Georgia Historic Newspapers

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Confebniite - elnion
Is published Weekly, in MiUedgrvUtc, Ga.,
Corner of Han/:or); and Wilkinson S/s.,
(opposite Court House.)
At $3 a year in Advance.
BATES OF ADVEBTIM.’VT..
1’rr square of twelvehnet.
Oneiuserli<>n$l 00, aid li fly cents for each- jb.sequent
continuance.
p'noM: sent without fiie specification of the aaiiiljerol
insertions wili be publisned till forbid and chargee
accordingly.
{u-in or Professional Cards, per year, where they
do not exceed .3i S Li.nts - - 81U it'
4 liberal contract will be mode with those who v ,.*/<. u
Advertise by the year,occupying a specified spec
I.KG^L ADVERTISEMENTS.
Sales of Laud and Negroes, by Administrators. Ex-
jcutors.ir Guardians, are required tiy iuw io he belli
jn tile first Tuesday in rhe mouth; between the iiours ol
lOiu tbelorenoon and three in the afternoon, at the
Coart house in the county in which theproperty is sit
uated.
Notice of thesesales must be given in a publiega-
xetts 4(1 days previous to the day ofsale.
Notices fortlie sale of personal property must begiv-
en in like manner 10 days previous to sale day.
Notices to the debtors and creditors of an estatemusi
also be published 40 days.
Notice that application will be made to the Court of
Ordinary forleaveto sell Land or Negroes, must be
published for two months.
Citation«for'etters of Administration Guardiar hip,
&c., mustbe published 30 days—for dismission from
Administration, monthly six months—for dismis.- i n
trom Guardianship, 40 days.
Itules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published
monthly for four months—for establishing lost papers.
for the f ul l spore of Ih ere months—for compel!!: ''
from Executors or administrator where bund ‘ ; :
given by the deceased, tin lull Si* ' i- ree
months.
Publications will always be continued <:■■•■* r .: !
tliese, the legalrequirements, un'e.H-otln rwisc ordered
at the following
KATES:
Citations, on letters of administration. Are.
“ “ dismissory Irom Admr’n.
“ “ “ Guardianship.
Leave to sell Land or Negroes
Notice to debtors and creditors.
Sales of personal property, ten days, 1 sqr.
Sale of land ornegroes by .Executors. Are. pr sqr
Estrays, two weeks
For a man advertising his wife (in advance.)
$475
4 50
3 no
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1 50
. 5 on
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manulactured to order. Prompt attention will be
given to all work entiusted to me.
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‘""“SPECIAL IS
fpHE undersigned having rem- ved from Uil-
1 ledgeville desires and intends to < lose r.p bis
business matters of that place spcecny a- ]
ble. All persons indebted are notified that, the
notes and accounts are in the hands of J. A.
Breedlove, and P. II. Lawler, who are authori
zed to collect and make settlements if not ar
ranged at an early day, settlements will be enforced
by law.
13 tf. A. C. VAIL, Agent.
Western & Atlantic (State Railroad.
$§|gKiSlS
c'AZ W:' .• J TV g Zl <c.
Atlanta to Chattanooga, 138 Miles’, Fare $0 00
JOHN S. ROWLAND. Svi’T.
PawBrngcr Train.
Leave Atlanta at 7 30 P. M.
Arrive at Chattanooga at 4 57 A. M
Leave Atlanta at 4 do A. M.
Arrive at Chattanooga at •> L> F. M-
Accommodation I’lisscnjjrr Train.
Leave Atlanta 2 40 P. 51.
Arrive at Kingston G .>7 Y. M.
Leave Kingston 4 30 A. M.
Arrive at Atlanta H4;>A M.
This Road connects each way with the Rome
Branch Railroad at Kingston, the East Tennessee
& Georgia Railroad at Dalton, and tlie Nashville
At Chattanooga Railroad at Chattanooga.
July 29, 1802. 10 tf.
New Arrangement,
Change of Schedule, on and after Monday 11 III inst
THE Subscribers are convey- '-2—
ing the U. S. Mail from Mil-
h-dgeville via Sparta, Culver-
t<*n and Powelton to In-idili r.iTi I -
Wells,anil would respectfully invite the attention ot
their friends and the travelling public, to their new
and complete arrangement for travelling facilitien
over thisline.
SCHEDULE—LeaveMilledgeville after the arrive,
of trains from Columbus. Macon and Savannah: Ar-
stTifijn Sparta atCo’clock P. M. and at Double Wells
Leave D’omm* .. .
trains from Angusta. Atlanta mrir/svo.!,.s\ r morning
Sparta 11 o’clock, A. M.; Arrive at Milledgeville earn*
evening.
With good Hacks, fine Stock and careful drivers,
we solicit a liberal patronage.
MOORE & FORBS.
Stage Qttieen—Milled gcrilh Hotel Milled pert. U ,(ia
Edwards' [fume. Sparta.
Moore's Hotel, Double H ells.
July 11, 1859. Stf.
JOUST *£. BOWOOZU,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
EtTOSTOS. 4JA.
Eatonton. Ga., Feb. 14, IcOO.
38 tf.
50 Saw Cotton Gin for So lo.
ONE of WATSON'S best 50 Saw Cotton Gins,
is offered for sale. This Gin is new, and is equa'
to any in use. Sold for no fault, the present ow
ners having no use for it. Any planter wanting;',
good Gin,can have a chance to get one at a re
duction on the regular price. Apply at! his office,
< l ot N. Tift, or J. H. Watson, at Albany.
G-5303FLC3-X^-
black, ui J ssi: tts,
ARMY BROGANS,
WOMAN SHOES,
SPUN YARNS,
SHIRTINGS OSS A BURGS*
STRIPED HOMESPUNS,
By the large or small quantities.
Jacob Gaxs & Co.
January 28, l s 62 30 tf
JAM t D. IRVIN.
iltKENLKE BUTLER.
IRVIN & BUTLER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
ALBANY, Georgia.
I>RACTICE in the Superior Courts of the Souti
A Western Circuit,—in Terrell, Randolph, and Ear
ly counties, in the Patau!a Circuit,—in Worth ami Mb-
eon Counties, in the Macon Circuit, in the United
States Circuit Court at Savannah.—and by’ specie
contract,in liny County in Southern Georgia.
January 1st’ 1860. 34 tf.
ETHER]DGE &. SON,
Factors, Commission and Forwarding
Ini jeSXLOBC^-Tff ¥&,
MATINKAU, *SA.
w D. ETHERIDGE. W. D. ETHERIDGE, Jr.
July loth, 1856. 8 tf
Messrs. A. H. & L. H. KENAN,
Are Associated in the Practice of Law
Office lxf Door upon 2d floor of
MASONIC HALL.
■Tan.23d. 1857 . 35 tf.
J. A. & W. YV. TURNER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Eatonton, Cia.
Ort*b«r,18, 18«>
51 ly.
VOLUME XXXIII.]
NI SLLEDtrE VIL LE, GEOR&tA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER If, 1862.
COUNTING HOUSE CALENDAR. 1862,
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COURT CALLENDER FOR 1862.
SU^EKIOS. COURTS.
JANUARY. , JULY.
*" / Echols
( Effinghai
2d Monday, Chatham.
•Floyd
FEBRUARY.
1st Monday, Clark
t Luinp)rin
Id Monday, Campbell
Dawson
3d Monday, Forsyth
Polk
Glascock
Merriwether
W niton
1th Monday, Baldwin
Jackson
■fAiuafi-no
Walker
MARCH.
1st Thursday. Pierce
1st -Monday, Appling
Chattooga
Cherokee
Coweta
Columbia
Crawford
Gwinnett
M adison
Marion
Morgan
2d Monday, Butts
Bartow
Coffee
Elbert
Fayett
Greene
Pickens
Washington
Webster
3d Monday, Cobbt
Calhoun
Hall
Hart
Heard
Macon
Newton
Talbot
Tattnal
W.1-C
Thursua}- after White
Friday a'lter, Bulloch
iili .Monday, Clinch
Putnam
Rabun
Chattahoochee
Aee
Twiggs
Wilkes
Johnson
Milton
Thursday after Habersham
4thTliursday, Montgomery
Monday af
ter 4th M011
d
' APRIL
Lt & 2d Mon.Carroll
1st Monday, Dooly
Franklin
Emanuel
Early
Fulton
Gordon
Pike
Taylor
Warren
Wilkinson
Thnrsd’yafter Banks
3d Monday, Hancock
Richmond
Harris
* Laurens
Miller
Tuesday after, MelTItosn
id -Monday, Glynn
Haralson
Henry
Jones
Liberty
Murray
Oglethorpe
Pulaski
Stewart
Monday W ortli
after * 'Bryan
4th Monday,Wayne
Decatur
DeKalb
Houston
Jasper
Lincoln
Schley
Whitfield
Wilcox
Friday after, Telfair
Camden
Thursday after, Irwin
Monday “ Berrien
Charlton
MAY
1st Monday. Clayton
Scnven
Gilmer
. Randolph
Upson
2d Monday, Catoosa
Jefferson
Chatham
Fannin
Mitchell
Muscogee
3d Monday, Bibb
Burke •
Quittman
Spalding
Troup
Union
Baker
Thursday after Towns
1th Monday, Dade
Terrell
Last Monday. Colquitt
JUNE.
1st Monday, Lowndes
Dougherty
2d Monday. Brooks
Clay
id Monday. Thomas
1st Monday, Floyd*
AUGUST.
1st Monday Lumpkint
2d M >uday, Campbell
Clark
Dawson
3d Monday, Forsyth
Pol a
Glascock
Merriwether
Walton
4th Monday, Baldwin
J aekson
Monroe
Paulding
Thusday after, Pierce
SEPTEMBER.
1st Monday, Appling
Chattooga
Cherokee
Columbia
Cow. fa
Crawford
Madison
M arion
Morgan
2d Monday, Butts
Bartow
Coffee
Elbert
Fayette
Greene
Gwinnett
Pickens
Washington
Webster
3d Monday, Cobbt
Calhoun
Hall
Hart
Heard
Macon
Newton
Talbot
Ware
Bullot*h
Thursday afb r White
h Monday, Clinch
Putnam
Chattahoochee
Lee
Twiggs
Wilkes
Johnson
Milton
Rabun
Thursday after Habersham
Monday af- )
ter the 4th > Echols
Mondav )
OCTOBER.
1st & 2d Mon. Cm roll
1st Jlonday, Dooly
Emanuel
Franklin
Early
Fulton
Gilmer
Gordon
Taylor
Warren
Wilkinson
l’tke
Thursday after Banks
2d Monday, Fannin
Richmond
Hancock
Harris
Laurens
Miller
Srrmter
•3d Monday, Glynn
I '
He.*---
/ones
'Murray
Oglethorpe
Pulaski
Stewart
Union
Worth
Thursday after Towns
( Thursday ) Montgomery
} after ‘
.‘4th Jlonday, Wayne
Decatur
DeKalb
H ouston
Jasper
Lincoln
Schley
Tattnall
Whitfield
Wilcox
Friday after, Telfair
Camden
Thursday after. Irwin
Mondav after Charlton
NOVEMBER.
1st Monday, Berrien
Scriven
Clayton
Effingham
Randolph
Upson
2d Monday, Catoosa
Jefferson
Jlitchell
Muscogee
3d Monday, Bibb
Buike
Quittman
Spalding
Troup
Baker
4th Mondav. Dade
Terrell
Thursday after. McIntosh
Monday “ Colquitt
‘- “ Liberty-
Jinn.after Liberty. Bryan
DECEMBER.
1st Jlonday, Dougherty
Lowndes
2d Mondav,’Brooks
Clay
,3d Monday Thomas
Mav holds three weeks, if necessary, at each
term.
t Judge not required to draw Jurors for two
weeks;.md not obliged to hold tmo weeks Court
in counties of Cobb and kurnnkw.
f'tUYTY dnvs after date application will be made to
C. and Thomas P.
Epps, late of saiiH-mndy. ^ M p I0X , Admr.
Nov. 4th, 1862. • **" s > ~’ )
CIXTY days from d-.c -PP^^'"/of
0 to the honorab ^ for leave t0 ge ]]
1 vvijrprs coiiTity, 0 •» -. r *: pn of the negroes as
all the lands, and «nch portion of ^ ^ of
may be necessary, belonging ,
Hartwell L. Solomon, !at jqHN FAULK,’ Ex’r.
ed /. st 25 9t.
Nov. 4th. 1862. ( LS >
I TT nonlieation will be made to
C IXTY days after date apphc«uon onnty for , eave
Othe Court of Ordinary of J 1 es tate of James
to sell the Negroes be'^&^JdeceMed.
JL McDowell late of B S«d c C0^' OWELLt ,
— (MB**)
Nov. 3d, 1862.
A E£orrid &2urder.
On Saturday niglit last Confederate
States Marshal for Georgia, Thomas L.
Ross, was shot dead at the Kennessaw
House in Marietta.
It appears that four young men,
all citizens of Atlanta, went to Mariet
ta to have asp ree. (So much for the Leg
islature allowing men license to keep
open murder pens.) After getting
drunk enough, they went into the ho
tel and raised a difficulty with* the pro
prietor. One of the party, Dick LJam-
mond. cut the hotel man severely in
seven places. During the fight Mr.
Ross, who was a most excellent officer,
as well as a clever gentleman, com
manded the peace, when some one ol
the party put out the light, and Joe
Harrison put a pistol close to the bo
dy of Air. Ross and shot him dead.
The party attempted to escape, but
being too drunk to effect it, they were
all arrested and brought to jail.
This party consists of four young
men—Ave Harrison, Dick Hammond,
Dick Stegall, and Jimmy Loyd, and
are what people call “fast young men”
—all of them, except, perhaps, Ste
gall were members of the Gate City
Guards.
We do not know where Harrison
came from. The first we ever knew
of him, was his arrest and confinement
in jail here several vears ago for the
murder of young Hammond, a brother
of Dick. We believe lie was acquitted.
He then went to Texas, where he kill
ed a man in cold blood and then re
turned to this place, where he lias cut
and shot a number of men. Since serv
ing out his twelve mouths in the army,
he lias been here foliowin2L_fij.S„,D
nnr, Handsome, pleasant countenanced
man, with a smile always on his face—
but the most dangerous and reckless
man in the city.
Hammond is the son of our highly
respectable citizen, Col. A. W. Ham
mond. He is a hat! boy, and has been
in several ugly fighting and shooting
scrapes since his return from the army.
He was very quarrelsome when in
liquor, and associated with rowdies.
Stegall we know but little about,
except that he was a gambler, and
always with this clan of bad, fast boys.
Loyd is a soil of late James Loyd,
who was many years proprietor of the
Washington Hall. He is naturally a
clever boy, but by corrupt associations,
lias become identified with this danger
ous company, and has been in several
serious scrapes. He has a fine proper
ty, a young wife, and clever family
relations ; still lie persisted in tying on
to bis evil associates.
All these young men are good look
ing, and have capacity for any kind of
useful business. But from idleness—
not being put to any useful employ
ment by their fatliei s, they first learn
ed billiards, then cards, then to drink
liquor and iiight, and finally to commit
unprovoked murder.
What a sad lesson to fathers who are
raising up boys in idleness, and what
a reproof to our Legislature lor coun
tenancing licensed dram shops.—Con
federacy ( Jt/i.
We are indebted to Mr. Wm. Crutch
field, of Goochland Court House, for the
following details and receipt for tanning
leather. If. in -jr* «j»rfpet-
K . -..igtole, JNlr. G. will take great pleas
ure in affording any additional informa
tion.
The true mode for farmers to adopt, is
for each i e gliborhood, consisting of from
three to six, to combine, construct the
vats and divide the labor among them
selves. They will make as good leather
as they now get, if not better, and they
will get double the quantity they now r re
ceive from the tanners:
Tanning Leather.—Pure water vat six
feet square, four feet deep. Lime water
vat—same.
Vat for bark four feet wide, four deep
and eight long. Soak hides till soft in pure
water—from five to seven days -then tlesli
on beam.
Beam for breaking the hides six feet
long—a log, two feet in diameter, split in
two—-underneath hollowed out for prop,
to raise or depress. In the process of
breaking, use a knife two feet long with
shanks for handles—knife little rounding.
As soon as the flesh is taken off, (one
hand will flesh a dozen hides a day,) the
hides are put in the lime vat—weak solu
tion-one bushel lime—first slacked. The
vat not quite full of water. IBdes to be
taken out every other day to air, and re
placed smooth. Plunge or stir vat every
time the hides are drawn. An iron hook,
like ice hooks, to draw the hides.
As soon as hair will slip, throw hides
over beam, hair s'de up, and rub with
fleshing knife. The hair off, the hides are
put hack in vat of pure water, and to re
main there a day or two—then throw a-
cross the beam again, and with same flesh
ing knife, work out all the lime and re
maining flesh. One hand will tlesli oOjiides
a day.
The process of bating may be omitted
in tanning coarse leather.
Take the hides as clean as possible to
tire bark vat. At first one bushel of bark,
pounded or ground—this weak solution
to continue two days—and giadually
strengthened by addition of bark, say one
bushel daily. Keep it in two weeks; hand
ling and strengthening liquor.
Then clean out vat, taking out all the
bark. Throw in pounded bark—put down
one hide—cover that inch thick with bark,
and so oneach hide. Let in water and let
it remain a month. Again clean out vat,
reverse hides and repeat operation—and
let this remain a month. Again clean out
vat and repeat operation—and remain
another month.
(Chestnut oak 1 ark the best—tho’ the
Spanish or black oak good.)
After 3d month the hide being tanned,
is taken out and hung upon p'des. This
is sole leather without further labor.
That intended for upper leather, half
dry, is oiled on the grain or hair side with
a mop. Reverse side, and‘ grease heavily
or. flesh side, Y pound tallow -and \ pint
train oil to a side mixed. This mixture is
prepared thus: melt the tallow slowly ar.d
take same quantity of oil mixed and stir
red in—after it becomes cool, is ready for
use. Then hang the hides in shade till
dry.-- Richm. TIT is.
Georgia Legislature.
SENATE.
Dec. 4. 1SG2.
The Senate met according to adjourn
ment.
Leave of absence was gi anted to Messrs
Mosely and Boyd.
RestJutions were adopted thanking our
gallant sisfer Stale of Florida for permit-
ing numerous salt companies to establish
works in her borders.
Mr. Vason, from a select committee,
reported a bill to prevent monopoly and
extortion, and to put in effect the laws of
England on that subject.
Vice President Stephens, lion. II V.
Johnson, and \V. W. Clark, Represen-
tive in Congress, were invited to seats,
and were introduced by Messrs. Vason,
Stephens and Sliewmake, a committee
appointed for that purpose.
A bill to relieve Win. Stett and John
Farmer—passed.
A hill so fix the hours of labor for facto
ry operatives—lost.
• To incorporate Dahlonega Gold Com
pany— passed.
'1’iie bill to protect theproperty of mar
ried women was laid on the table for the
present.
A resolution in relation to organizing a
Home Guarri—lost .
and exemption act was taken up. Judge
Gibson made an able and elaborate argu
ment in behalf of the law, and the decis
ion of the Court. At the close of his
speech the Senate adjourend to 3 o’
clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
3 o’clock P. M.
The Senate met.
In the afternoon the conscript resolutions
were laid on the table.
A bill to allow one Driscoll to practice
medicine was lost.
A bill to suspend tbe computation of
compound interest against administrators,
executors, &c., paissed.
A bill to legalize an extra tax in Echols
—passed.
Senate adjourned.
in the proposition by Mr. Whittle, but
will take either notes or bonds.
Judge Love thought it was not a ques
tion of confidence in the credit of the gov
ernment, hut merely of State convenience,
and called the previous question on
the amendment of Mr. Whittle,
The ayes and nays were called, and
were ayes 4S, nays S6. All other amend
inents were voted down, and die original
proposition was adopted.
A hill for the relief of H. ./. Nichols, of
Camden, was lost.
t*d
daily
A bill to increase
wages of employees of the T1 estern oc
Atlantic Rail Goad. Passed.
The unfinished business—-the bill enlarg
ing the militia l y organizing all under IH
and over 45 was taken up, discussed
at length, and laid .on the table for the
present.
A bill to equalize the valuation of slaves
was taken up, and pendinj J '
the house adjourned.
its discussion
HOUSE.
Dec. 4th
to adjourn-
The House met accordin
ment.
Mr. Dover moved to reconsider the vote
on yesterday, by which the bill for the
removal of the women and children from
Savannah in case of an attack, was laid
on the table. Messrs. Burk, Thomas,
Culberson and Norwood sustained the
motion. Capt. Raiford opposed it. The
motion provailed.
The following bills and resolutions were
taken up and passed:
A Senate amendment to the bill for the
relief of Ruben King—applying it also to
Miller Hallows; a resolution explaining
tlie act in reference to tbe election of Com
missioners in tbe town of Madison ; a
bill to legalize an extra tax in Worth
qpunty
A resolution to
of dues to the W
object of the resolution is to instruct the '
Governor to collect tho sum of §000,000 \
or $800,000 duo the Road fmnj the Con- i
federate tnivermucm. Air. Meimnger
desires the Governor, as a matter of con
venience, to take 8 per cent bonds instead
of Treasury notes. Mr. Whittle moved
that the Governor he requested to receive
payment in bonds. Mr. Adams had a
AFTERNOON SESSION.
3 o’clock, P. M.
Tlie House met.
In the afternoon the unfinished busi
ness of the morning was taken up and
lost.
A resolution to allow the tax collectors
of Giynn county to the first day of March
to make their returns. Amended so as to
apply to McIntosh and Fulton, and
passed.
A bill to organize a mounted police was
taken up. A Senate bill on (be same
subject was proposed, and after some
discussion, laid on the table for tbe pres
ent.
A bill to appropriate money for the
Lunatic Asylum, was taken up and read
a first time.
The General appropriation bill was read
a second time. ^ _ _ .. gi anted to ilon.
xr. V® Johnson, to-night.
SENATE.
Dec. 5, 1862.
The Senate met according to adjourn
ment.
The Senate re-considered its vote re
jecting tlie bili to regulate the hours
of iauor in factories. [The object of
tbe bill is to prevent ■ tbe working of
minors more than 10 hours a day]
The bill to Hid in tbe manutacture of
cotton cards—appropriating $100,000, of
which $60,000 is paid to iliessrs. Lee
Co., for a half interest in tho works, was
taken up and passed.
The unfinished business—Judge Shew-
make’s bill to provide that bank and
railroad stock he subject to county tax
in counties were the holders live, was tak
en up and amended so as to except all
those railroads . exempted from taxation
by their charters, and those railroads not
in running order and as amended passed.
Heretofore bank stock has teen exempt
from county tax, and this bill will add
very materially to the revenue for county
purposes.
A House bill to allow tbe W. and A.
Railroad to transport corn free of charge
to soldiers families in Dade county, was
amended so as to apply to all the counties
on the road, and lost
The House bill, appropriating $2,000,-
000 for indigent soldiers’ families, was
taken up. Mr. Mitchell moved to strike
out $2,000,000, and insert $3,000,000. Mr.
Jackson opposed the motion. J/r. Brown
advocated the motion. Mr. Lewis moved
to use the nett earnings of the YV. and A.
Railroad—lost. The question was divi
ded, and the motion to strike out prevail
ed. Mr. Vason favored $2,500,000. Mr.
Lewis offered a substitute, making the
[NUMBER 30.
SPRSflS OF HOY. IlERSCIfEI. V
JOHNSON,
Delivered in Milledgeville, Georgia, Thurs
day, December 4, 1S62.— Reported ex
pressly for the Daily Intelligencer, By
A. E. MARSHALL.
> faciliate the collection I s " m 2,500.000 and the proceeds of the
r « i r> a f i't „ i VV . and A. Railroad, i lie, question was
,. A A. Railroad. 1 he ^ ^ t<j fi] , with ' 1 §3,000,000,
which was carried. The previous question
was called and the bill passed.
.it. resolution to exempt from impress
ment tbe slaves of those 5 w r ho have been
driven from their homes on the coast—
passed.
At its afternoon session the S’enate
passed the bills to repeal an act to amend
similar resolution, and sustained)he motion charter oi Coiambus, and to vest
of Mr Whittle. It was our patriotic duty I’ 0 ™ f' h(i M »y" a ? d Council
t and Ip rb.ino- ot Columbus. 1 hese btllls had previ-
to sustain the Government, and in doing
so we would prevent the inflation of tho
currency. Judge Cochran, Mr. $chley
anil Col. Washington, sustained the res
olution. Mr? Hook offered an amend
ment requiring the dues to the State Road
to be paid in interest bearing Treasury
notes. Mr. Norwood proposed an amend
ment, that the amount be received in bonds
provided the Secretary of the Treasury
will receive them in dues for Georgia to
the Government. Mr. Bigham urged the
importance of aiding the Government, in
every way in preserving its credit, and
in preventing as far as possible the inflation
of the currency.
If ive receive the Bonds of the Confed
erate States, hearing 8 per cent interest,
and issue State Treasury notes, we save
the interest.
prevt
ously passed tho House. One of them
restores the old system «f election of
Aldermen by wards.]
The Senate also passed the following
bills: To provide that executors, &c.,
shall not forfeit their trust for failing to
make returns while in the. service, to
charter the Bank of Coosa; to legalize the
election of Ordinary of Chattahoochee
county ; to relieve soldiers of double tax ;
to compensate owners of stills seized ;
to legalize the orders and judgments of
Ordinaries in certain cases ; to prevent
the poisoning of fish.
The Senate passed, over the veto of the
Governor, the bills in reference to tbe pow
ers of Superior Courts to grant charters
within the jurisdiction given them by the
Constitution.
, r „ , , -, r , The House passed the following bills;
Mr. Moore, thought Me. Adams s pro- To legalize sheriffs sales in cmtain cases;
position amounted to this: preserve the j to anien( ] the charter of the Planters’
credit ot the Confederate GoverBrnent, Insurance and Trust Company
the expense of the State. As to the mere At night> H on. II. V. Johnson, Con-
matter of interest, tlie Confederate a reas- federate Senator elect, delivered an ad-
ury notes near 7.30 interest, therefore we dress upon political questions, which
only save the fractional difference between w m rnoie particually notice hereafter,
at and S per cent.
Jiiat and 8 percent. If we receive bonds,
we cripple the operations of tbe road, for a
large portion of its business is for tbe
Government. The preference for the
Treasury notes is an endorsment, and not
an attack on the credit of the government.
He therefore sustained the resolution as
amended by Mr. Hook.
Mr. Whittle reviewed the financial pol
icy of the Government, in funding its
indebtedness*.
Mr. Lawson argued tbat we* do not
diminish the redundancy of the currency,
hut simply changed it by refusing to take
Treasury notes. It is tlie province of the
State and of the Confederate States, each
for itself, to protect their own credit.
Mr. Render sustained Mr. Whittle’s
amendment.
Mr. Smith thought the States should co
operate with the Confederate Government
in sustaining its currency. He regarded it
a fatal blow at the credit of tlie Govern
ment to refuse to receive her bonds.
Mr. Norwood opposed the resolution.
TFe do not say we will not take the
Treasury notes of the Government,
GEORGIA, Appling; county.
I1EKEAS, Jacob Woody
Administrator on
the estate of Moses Martin, represents to
the Court of Ordinary, in Ids petition duly filed
and entered on record in this office, that he has
fully administered said estate.
Tbt se aie therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors ot said deceas
ed to show cause, it any they have, why said ad
ministrator should not be dischaigeu from his ad
ministration ar.d icccive fitters of dismission on
the first Monday in Julv next
J. L1GHTSEY, Ordy.
December 2d, 1862. 29 mfim
W
Administrator’s Sale.
ILL be sold on the 23rd day of this month,
at the late residence of Alexander Hearstori
of Wilkinson county, deceased, one and a halt
miles from the J5th Station, Central Railroad,
north-east course, the following property-, to wit:
Twelve hundred bushels of corn and the fodder—
the peas and potatoes—the pork hogs and stock
hogs—cows and calves and stock cattle—3 head
of tior»es. 1 mule, 1 yoke of oxen and 1 cart
house hold and kitchen furniture—plantation
tools and all other articles too tedious to mention.
Sale to continue till all is sold. Terms cash, as
all the heirs are of age, and desire it.
B.O. BANNON, Adm’r.
December 6,1862. . 29 tds-
At the hour of 7 p. m. Mr. Johnson en
tered the Hull of the House of Represent
atives, accompanied bv Hon. A. E. Cncb-
rance, of Glynn, anti Hon. Mr. Washing
ton, ot Bibb , and was greeted with pro
longed applause by tlie large audience,
who, notwithstanding the inclement night,
had assembled.
V\ r..Washington, on announcing to the
assemblage tlie name of tbe distinguished
speaker, said ; In response to a call from
a targe number of his friends and fellow
citizens at tbe Capitol assemble^, tbe
Hon. II ei sell el V. Johnson, Senator elect
to tlie Congress ol tbe Confederate States
of America, being now present, will ad
dress tlie people.
Mr. Johnson (\ ice President Stephens
occupying tlie Chair) rose and said :
Fellow citizens : As lias just been sta
ted to you I appear here to night, in re
sponse to an invitation signed bv a large
number of members of the Senate and of
tbe House of Representatives of the State
of Georgia, to address you tipoit the con
dition of our country.
The new relation which I occupy to the
people of Georgia, invests its citizens with
the right to my sentiments ; and imposes
upon me fheduty to express them.
i had supposed that my political ante
cedents since the rupture of the.Charles
ton Convention in .1S60 had consigned me
to private life. I was sincerely content
that it should have been so. Indeed, at
that time. I anticipated that —”“ ,J
be the r**.- 1, » 1 raced it firmly be-
vuuse 1 was honest in my conviction of
duty and public policy; but tbe General
Assembly of Georgia has thought proper
to assign me the position of Beuator in the
Congress of tlie Confederate States.—
H Iiilst I question the wisdom of their
choice I should he untrue to tlie feelings
ot my heart il I were to suppress my sense
of gratitude for this distinguished evi-
dence of public confidence. I neither dc-
sueo nor expected the senatorial office;
but it would be uncaudid to say that my
election is not a source of personal grati
fication ; since it makes me the recipient
ot a compliment ot which any man, under
the circumstances,, ought to be proud-—
therefore, in language as sincere as it is
simple, I thank the General Assembly for
tbe honor conferred upon me
lt is well known tbat 1 opposed the
secession of Georgia. Not that I doubted
the right of secession, for I always main
tained it and I maintain it still ; [ap
plausej but from reasons of policy only.
I desired the co operation of the slave
States iu an honest and earnest effort to
maintain our rights in the L ition if possi
ble, and defend them out of the Union if
necessary. | Cheers.]
I believed that the preservation of the
Union was an object worthy of patriotic
desire, and an earnest effort by the united
South for its accomplishment. I had hope
of success—at all events I thought the ex
periment ought to be made.
My bumble counsels were over-ruled.—
Georgia, as she bad the right to do, with
drew’ from tbe L nion and resumed her
separate independence, and, from that
hour, I resolved that her fate should be
my fate ; that her people were my people,
anil that where they might he buried there
would I be buried also. [Cheers.j The
ship is yet fast to its moorings : the pas
sengers and cargo on board are ready for
the voyage ; the sky Jooks stormy ; the
capitain, hesitating to sail, submits the
question to the passengers, and by a large
majority they vote in the affirmative.—
Her cables are loosed and her sheets are
given to the winds. Anon, a storm
springs up, the ocean is lashed into fury,
the vessel trembles and creaks from stem
to stern—she springs a leak, anti the cry
is heard, ‘to the pumps 1 to the pumps!’
M iiat would you think of that man who
woiihl turn a deaf ear to the call because
he had voted agaii>6t the embarkation ?
1 he indgnant passengers would hurl him
into the boding deep to struggle and per
ish in its billo.ved wrath. And so say I
Georgia lay in port dissatisfied, chargined,
enraged. I lie question was whether she
should loose her cables and trust her fate
to the winds and waves. I and many
others, as true patriots as ever trod her
decks, said : No, don’t! the storm cloud
is visible, let ns pause and see if it will be
dispersed, or whether w e ma\ not avert its
threatened fury. But the majority said
cut loose, and give her to the winds and
the waves; and now the storm is up, the
ocean is lashed into anger, the billow's
beat and the thunders peal around her,
and theory is heard from all quarters,‘to
the pumps, to the pumps!’ and I say
woe betide that recreant son who will turn
a deaf ear to the thrillin
[Cheers.]
I here is work to do—bloody rvork—
work for brawn and brain—W’ork for all.
Let every man perform his part to bring
our bark into calm waters and a sunny
port.. It’s freighted with the lives, the
happiness and the liberties of eight mil
lions of freemen ; the highest interests ot
human civilization, and the last hope of re
publican liberty* Let us have courage
equal to the crisis.; fortitude commensu
rate with trial, and faith strong as the
bonds of duty.
Our country, fellow-citizens, is scour
ged by ;i w ar that has no parallel, perhaps,
in the annals of history. It is unparalleled
in tlie vast extent of territory over which
it spreads its pall of fiie ; in its sacrifices
of I lood and treasure ; the incalculable in
terests involved ; and it! ;ti influence upon
the condition of the world ; reaching eve
ry branch of industry and capital, it affects
universal commerce. Affecting as it does
the precious principles of free government,
the fate, of republican liberty is suspended
upon the issue.
For the present my post of service will
be in the Confederate Senate. I feel hum
bled under a sense of tlie grave responsi
bility. Who is equal to it in this perilous
hour of our country’s fate I “Fools lush
in where angels fear to tread ;” and as for
me, I would have rejoiced had the burden
been thrown upon some one more able to
bear it. I have spoken of the condition of
our country, under the figure of storms.—
summons.
! We gaze with awe upon the tempest'as it
5 uproots the forest, shakes the adamantine
| hills/ and fills the vault abo\ e with tbe
echo of its thunders. We are elevated an.l
inspired by the sublimity of the scene.—
5 But I am almost overwhe nsed with the
I lnagiui ude, and terror, and wrath, and ;
| carnage of this revolution. It seems re
sistless as ihe tempest and w ay be des».
tilled to shake the nations like an tarth-
quake. YV hat can I do ; to feeble and
short-sighted; to stay its desolatingmarch,
or temper the fury, or guide the sweep of
its terrific wing ? But the post ot duty
has been assigned, and in the fear of God,
I mist, a proper appreciation of the re
sponaibility, 1 will go and do the best I
can. [Cheers-[
Why such a war as this? What have
we done to the North ! M hen did we ev
er wrong her people? V\ hv then ;ne mr
gallant men slain in battle, our soil inva
ded, our seaports beleaguered, our towns
and homes thieatetied with fiie n:*d • ■<
latior,, our social and domestic instiiirtions
imperiled, and tlie people of these Confed
erate States spujght to t e subjugated .? It
is because we assert and maintain tht
great American doctrine that Government
derives its just powers tiom the •oosenr
ol tlie govered, ami that it *s *iie i gbi * i
the people, when it becomes ut sfrucitvg ot
the ends foi which it was ordained, to
throw it off and erect new safeguards lor
the preservation of tlirir liberties. l be
Federal Government at TI a’sliiugton ig
nores these cardinal principles ot its own
Constitution, substitutes those of despot
ism iti their stead, and seeks to force them
upon us by the bayonet and sword. We
stand where our fathers stood in ’76—
they, where Great Britain stood, except
that their attitude is more odious, because,
false to a common and renowned ance^tiy
and treacherous to the Constitution which
they profess to revere. But our fathers
triumphed, and if true to ourselves, under
the blessing of Heaven, we may hope to
triumph also.
To insure success, we must have a clear
conception of the object to be attained.
This underlies all the interests involved.
If is primary and paramount. YV ithout it,
it becomes an aimless contest, and at eve
ry step we shall be bewildered by increas
ing confusion, and fail in tbat concentra
tion of »>no»-gte» which Is Indispensable to
our cause. YVhat then is the object to bo
attained ? Certainly not to prove that ours
are more brave aud more skillful in the
use of weapons of war than the Federal
armies. Certainly not to conquer the
North, by confiscating their property*, des
olating their homes, destroying their peo
ple, and uprooting their institutions. We
would do them no harm, if they would let
us alone. We are w illing to hold them,
as we do the rest of mankind, enemies in
war; in peace, friends. YVhat then, let
me repeat, is the object we seek to accom
plish ? It is twofold ; first, to achieve our
independence, and finally to establish a good
government for ourselves aud our posterity.
The one must be won chiefly by the
sword ; the other must he the offspring of
wise and prudent statesmanship on the
part of officials, and stern virtuve on the
part of the people. The one demands a
vigorous prosecution of the war ; the oilier
unsleeping vigilance in guarding the rights
and sovereighty of the States against ’he
unauthorized encroachments of power.
It is a fatal mistake to comfound inde
pendence with good government. Too many
regard them as synonomous, while they
are as distinct as light, is from darkness.
Independence means merely separate na
tionality—the recognized right to deter
mine ourown relations to. and regulate our
intercourse with other powers Good gov
ernment implies the best political organ
ism for the protection of popular ligb’s
and the advancement of its citizens in civ
ilization and domestic happiness. A po
litical community may be independent ;
that is, possess a recognized separa 1 v na
tionality, and still he the victims of des
potism. Mexico is independent, but its
people are cursed with had government.
The nations ot continental Europe are in
dependent, but their people, without ex
ception, crouch beneath the iron heel of
tyranny.
We may achieve our independence, and^
it its achie-vement we may lose popular
liberty. YYhilst we are intent and unswerv
ingly resolved upon the achievement of the
former, throughout all the struggle, no mat
ter how many phases it may present, the
people and rulers must keep good govern
mi nt in view as the end ; il not, our rev
olution is more worthless than rags.
Fellow-citizens, pause for a moment and
consider the value of good government. It
implies the largest liberty of evety indi
vidual citizen, that is compatible with the
general safety and weifare. It implies a
universal obedience to the laws that pro
tects private property, piivate rights, rep
utation, and life. It implies necessarily
under our system, a firm maintenance of
the sovereignty of the States. [Applause.]
YVitbout that, we bhail drift into consoli
dation or some form of despotism. YY’e
have abandoned the old government of
the United States because the sovereign
rights of the respective States, and espe
cially* of the South, were not respected ;
we believed that our rights would not be
safe in the Union, and that we could not
successfully resist the encroachments* of
Federal power.
Then, keeping constantly in view the
establishment of good government, as our
ultimate object, we must first achieve our
independence. This, I repeat, must be
chiefly the work of tlie sword—of our
brave soldiers and their skillful comman
ders. Looking to this element of success,
the {tast justifies cheering hopes for the
future. Considering our inferiority in
numbers and equipments, the paucity of
our means at the'beginning of thacontest,
and the fact that we are thrown entirely*
upon our own resources, being cut off from
supplies through the ordinary channels of
foreign commerce, it is wonderful that we
have not teen overwhelmed. The old
world stands amazed at tlie success of our
arms Since the war began, we have
fought more battles and won more victo
ries than were ever crowded within the
same space of time. The balance of vic
tories is largely in our favor; the zeal of
our people is undiminished, and the cour
age of our soldiery as indomitable as in
the fiist hour of enthusiasm, when they ral
lied in the tented field. Our energies are
being strengthened, our resources multi
plied and developed, and our armaments,
of every kind, augmented. YY e have no
reason to give up the contest. There is
no retreat but in chains and slavery—no
submission but in dishonor and degrada
tion. But we must be patient under trials
and privations, and, with willing hearts,
we must make the sacrifices which our con
dition demands, for these constitute tbe
price of liberty. At her birth she was
christened in tears and blood. Those who
expect the protection of her divinity must
be ready and willing to lay upon her altar