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j sight was singular and exciting. A long
| black line shoots from the position ot the
] reserves, crosses tho railroad at Hamilton s
! station, skiins across the \ alley, and in a
Of the battle of yesterday you have f ew niomen t s is lost in the pines nearly
iles away. After scarcely a breatk-
From the Richmond Examiner
Tkr limilc of rrr4fritL»imr*.
Hamilton’s Crossing. Dec. 14, 18G2.
from other sources learned the main result,
the driving in of tire enemy’s light batter
ies, and the repulse of his infantry. 1
will supply such particular as came un
der my observation.—But before doing so,
I must endeavor to give yon an idea of
the positions occupied by the hostile for
ces at the begining of flic action.
From Fredericksburg the Itappahar.-
liock hows nearly due east. The valley of
the river, lying mostly on the south side,
is a mile in width near the town and wi-
two m
ing spell, the same line emerges from the
pines, retraces its steps into its original
position. As this brigade resumed its po
sition in reserve, the lire of musketry di
rectly in its front slackened. A
cracking shots were heard to our left,
along Longstreet’s division, and then a
succession of volleys, which were kept up
at intervals-during the remaining of the
evening. The musketry fire on our right
was soon renewed, and the battle raged
FURTHER FROM 1 HE NORTH.
Terrible Bellowings over Fredericksburg—
An inrocation for help from Heaven, for
man has failed them—The AO't/i in the
lUnckness of Despair!
Petersburg, Dec. 23.—New York dates
to the 19th have been received here.
The New York World concludes that
the defeat, at Fredericksburg was the most
the people of all they possessed, and then
gave them permission to leave the city.—
The quarrel was caused by a lady, who
was so robbed and ordered to leave, ap
pealing to Farragut for protection, and
Butler’s refusa' to protect her.
Farragut said that Butler was the only
man in the United States whom he wished
to thrasli, and would avail himself of the
first, opportunity to do it.
| terrible defeat of the war, and says that (
the loss will rather exceed than fall short Quartermaster General's Office. )
dening as you go down .stream. At Ham- j witL j ncrcase d f llly . O nr batteries alou
the railroad the valley | 0llr „ llole f ront 'j,
ilton’s crossing on
is three miles across. 1' rom Hamilton’s
crossing to Fredericksburg the railroad
tin re-opened, and Col.
Walker's artillery regiment, composed of
of 15,GOO previously stated.
Meagher’s Brigade went into the fight
1200 strong, and but 250 could he found
next morning. Other Brigades suftered as
much.
The World says editorially :
‘‘ 1 Tea cert help vs!—there seems lobe no
help in man. Our cause is perishing.—
crossing to J?;reaencK d i g wic rauronu ; Latham’s, Letcher’s, Braxton’s,Program’s f] opc ( ,f ta / IUS vanished, and mar the
and the old Richmond stage road, both ‘ ( - rpns i inw . a „„,i At.Tntosh’s ,. r.h
running parallel with the river, skirt this
valley. South of the raihoad, begining
near the town and running to a point at ! stat
Hamilton’s crossing, and also parallel with j
the river, is a range of hills covered with ;
dense oak forest fringed on its northern i
border by pine thickets. Uur forces oc- I
cupied the whole length of this forest-
Longstieet’s corps occupied the highlands
above, opposite, and for a mile below' the
town. Jackson’s corps rested on Long-
street’s right and extended away to the
eastward, the extreme right under A. P,
Hill ciossing the railroad at Hamilton’s
crossing, and stretching into the valley
towards the river. Our front was about
• six miles in length. Most of the batteries
j Crenshaw’s, Johnson’s, and McIntosh’s |
batteries, stationed in tlie open low grounds
to the east of’ the railroad at Hampton’s
only pi aspect
Here we. are,
Atlanta, Ga.. 1S62. } j
To the TI ’omen of Georgia :
The General Assembly of Georgia, un
der the sanction of tbe Governor of Geor
gia have ordered a good suit of clothes and
a good pair of shoes for every destitute •
Georgian in the Confederate service, j
Your Governor has charged me with the j
, the very blackness of despair j dnties of collecting and forwarding to the
reeling lawk from a third | field the clothing and shoes which have
and anxious to desolate our fair homes.
Shall we not spend every energy of mind
body, soul and strength to keep strong,
cheerful, pure, willing and brave, those
who are now ready to breast tho storm and
teach our wicked invaders that to be con
quered, we must be, to a man, extermina
ted.
Let every man, woman and child, bond
and free, in the Confederate States, an
swer i:i thunder tones, ves, and resolve to
make this our fair heritage, one funeral
pile rather than living to surrender it up
into the bands of those, who iu fighting
u unjustly, have violated every principle
of honorable warfare and descended far
beneath the brutalitv of the untutored sav-
ton, moved forward several hundred
yards in the direction of Fredericksburg.
Hill and Early’s troops had driven tbe
enemy from the. woods and across the rail
road in the direction of their pontoon
bridges near Deep Run.
< )ur men pursued them a mile and a
half across the bottom of the laud, and
fell back only when they had gotten un
der the shelter of their batteries. Our
troops tlieu retired to the south side oi
the railroad. Again the enemy rallied and
returned to renew tbe contest, but were
again, about five o’clock, P. M, driven
back- All the batteries of Jackson’s
ampaign upon
the Grue l Army sacrificed at one siuiop,
and the rest escaped only by a hairs
breadth J”
If Justices of the Peace should hap
pen to be indolent in this work, let some
triii! champion woman assume the pleasing
i task and put to blush the man who has no
| sou! to labor for our suffering troops.
1 I want socks to come to me (and I bc-
S7 AV7SO&XZ7.
ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS
of the Sixth Session of the
PROVISIONAL CONGRESS
OF THE
CONFEOEBATK STATES.
1862.
♦
No 32
AN ACT to provide.for the organization of Army
Corps. 1
The Congress of the Confederate States of
America do enact, That the sixth section of the
Act to provide for I he public defence approved
March 6-h, 1862, he so amended as to authorize
the President to organize Divisions of the Provis
ional Army of the Confederate States into army
Corps, and by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, to appoint otiicers to tho command
thereof.
Approved Oct. 5th, 1362.
[ Confederate Slates. Each member of the con .
Judge Advocate and tho clerk, shall have ’
power to administer oaths. 0
I Sec. 2. Each court shall have power to adoro
| rules tor conducting business and for the trial r
j causes, and to enforce tho rules adopted and t
! piinisii for contempt, and to regulate the’t; ki °
| of evidence, and to secure the attendance of*"?
: nesses, aud to enforec and execute its 0 .j m
| sentences, and judgments, as in eases of court.
; martial. 3
| Sec. 4. The jurisdiction of each court shaller
tend to all officers now cognizable by com t, .
rial under tho rules and articles of war . : t j 9
Richmond, with 15000 of\ been ordered; and as socks form an imp^.-,
fant part in this outfit, and one which can- ! ^ I ?ha» get them,) from the _ mansion
not be bought in our markets, nor had
of both co'ps were posted in the sk.itts of | corps were at this time in full play, and
the forest, along the line of the railroad,
the seven batteries in Colonel Lindsey
Walker’s regiment, and Stuart’s horse
arlillery, being stationed in the valley, be
tween the railroad at Hamilton's crossing
aud the river. The enemy's crossing and
• the river, the enemy’s forces occupied tbe
valley north of the railroad from Freder
icksburg to within halt a mile of our ex
treme right- Ilis light batteries were pos
ted over the southern extremity of the val
ley, a't from a quarter of a mile to a mile
from the railroad while the hills on the j
northern banks of tlie liver from Falmouth j
to Fitzkugh’s farm, fivesiniles below Fred- :
ericksburg, were studded at intervals of \
half a mile with his batteries of heavy i
guns. •
The opinion had prevailed on tlie night j
before that the enemy was to attack our lines
on yesterday morning, but when t lie day*
broke without the sound of a gun being
heart! in front it began to be thought that
he had deferred his advance until tin's morn
ing,
The sun rose clear, hut a dim fog shroud
ed the valley, limiting tlie vision to a short
half mile. The enemy was supposed to
be within a mile of the railroad at Ham
ilton’s crossing, but there was no indica
tions of his presence.
At half-past eight A. M., Gen. Lee, at
tended by bis staff, rode slowly along the
front of our lines, from west to east, and
halted in the valley a mile to the east of
Hamilton’s crossing, and half a utile in the
rear of our batteries on the extreme right.
At nine, o’clock a column of our troops,
which proved to be Ewell’s division, Gen.
Early commanding, advauced up the val
ley from the direction of Port Royal, and
defiled into the woods to the left of Ham
ilton’s crossing. The men were marching
at a very leisurely pace, with a careless
swinging gait; hut there was that in the
quiet dignity of their demeanor, which
told that each, though undaunted, was con
scious that the next hocr might he one of
stern battle and death. Scarcely had tbe
rear of this division disappeared in the
woods when direelv in their front the ar
tillery of tbe Old Stonewall brigade,
Woodis, Braxton's and three other batte
ries opened a brisk fire on the enemy’s
batteries north of the raihoad. At this
time, owing to the fog, few of the enemy’s
infantry were visible. After events proved
that they were lying close to the south of
the river. The cannonading soon became
general along the front of both armies.—
In ten minutes front the time of firing their
first gun, the Danvill battery, Capt.
Woodis, bad lost fifteen men killed and
wounded, a number of homes, uud bad two
guns disabled-
The enemy’s battery, eight hundred
yards distant, had the exact range from
the first fire. In the beginning of the action
the loss of the other batteries of Taliafero’s
division were also quite heavy. Our men
fired with great presion, their shells burst
ing in front ot directly above the opposing
batteries. In the course of an hour the ar
tillery fight had become so generakthat it
was almost impossible for an observer to
distinguish what paiticular battery of the
enemy was engaging the attention of any
given battery of ours, and vice versa.
Scarcely a battery that had been unmask
ed on either side but was exposed to a
direct and enfilading fire. The roar of can
non along a line of six miles was tremend
ous.—The air was resonant with the sav
age music of shells aud solid shot. The
white smoke wreaths of exploding shells
were everywhere visible among the trees
of the forett, which hid our forces in the
valley and away beyond the river in Staf
ford. Lines of ambulances could be seen
bearing off tlie wounded of both armies,
but, there was nothing by which to Judge
that the advantage rested with either
side.
At noon the fog had clered atray, but
there was thick haze in the atmosphere.
About this time the enemy’s infantry mov-
• cd forward from the «river towards our
flatteries on the hills. As they pressed for
wards across the Valley, Stuart’s horse
artillery from our extreme right opened
upon them a destructive enfilading lire ol
round shot. This lire, which annoyed them
solely, was kept up in spite of six batte
ries which were directed against the hotse
artillery as soon as it was unmasked.—By
one o’clock the Yankee columns had cross
ed the Valley and entered the woods south
of the railroad. The battteims on Loth
sides slackened their f ire, and musketry at
first scattering, but quickly increasing to
a crash and roar, sounded through the
woods. Dense volumes of smoke rose a-
bove the trees and, as volley succeeded
volley, sometimes so rapidly as to
blend into a prolonged aud continuous
roar.
A. P. Hill’s division sustained the first
shock of battle. The rest of Jackson’s
corps were in diffcient lines. D. II. Hill’s
division was drawn up in J. L. Maryc’s
field, under a long bill, in rear of our line
of battle. Here they remained most of
the day, being moved from time to time to
the right or left, as the exigencies of the
battle dictated. Shortly alter the 'infan
try tight began, a brigade of this division
was moved at a double quick a mile and
a half to the right, and posted in a dense
clump of pines in supporting distance of
Stuart’s horse artillery- In ten minutes
they were brought back to their original
position. The celerity of this movement
would be incredible to any one who had
out witnessed it. To no observer tbe
in the approaching twilight the blaze of
' j the guns and the quick flashes of the shells
were distinctly visible. The scene along
tbe valley was at once splendid and ten t
fie.
The result of tbe fight on our right wing
may be summed up briefly. "We drove tbe
enemy back, killing three to one, and at
night held the ground occupied by the enc
ray's batteries in the morning. The ene
my had twenty thousand men engaged
on this wing; while altogether, from first
to last, we had not more than ten thous
ati<l ia the line of lire.
Longstreet's waa even more
complete.
He drove tbe enemy iqjo the streets oi
j Fredericksburg, killing at least ti'-e to one.
| At dusk the firing ceased simultaneously
I on botli sides.
It being as yet impossible lo ascertain
with accuracy the casualties on our side,
1 forbear to attempt a list.
Our wounded have all been removed
from the field. 'The most severely hurt
are receiving treatment in the field hos
pitals, whilst those slightly wounded are
being sent down the railroad.
Cm. Thomna It. K. Cobli.
Tho nation will doubtless mourn, with a pecu
liar grief, the los of tiiis Georgian; j et—and p,-r
haps tnus is it best—the nation at large can never
know the full measure of its loss. God grant that
nothing may take heart from our people.’ In this
Burnside telegraphs from Headcjuarte.s
on the 17 tit that the whole army had re-
crossed the Rappahannock without loss oi
men or property—that it was found im
possible to carry a crest of hills, aud re
crossing became a military necessity.
The New York World says the army
will now go into winter quarters because it
can’t go any where else.
Additional particulars from the battle of
Prarie Cave, Arkansas, show the abolition
loss in killed and wounded 995, and a
rebel loss oi 2700. [Who believes that ?]
Several of Banks’ fleet put into Hilton
Head short of coal, disabled, &c. 'I be
troops on board lias suffered much.
I ho rebel pirate Alabama was heard
from on the 28th November, when she
was at Dominica, West Indies, whither
she has gone in prusuit of a schooner which
had taken refuge at Dominica, The San
Jacinto had been at Point a I’etre only a
few days before, but had sailed for St.
Thomas.
Gold closed at New York on the IStli at
132 1-2 to 132 3-4. Sicriin
Flo 1-2 to 146 1 2.
Congress has appointed
1 who left Washington on Thursday last for
; the to inquire into tbe
facts of the late terrible en—» or Fred
ericksburg.
FROM THE WEST.
Habile, December 23d, 1862.—A spe-
■ eia! dispatch to the Advertiser & Register,
| dated at .Murfreesboro’ the 22d says late
Northern papers state that a bill lias been
! introduced into tbe Yankee Congress,
! authorizing the organization of 100 regi-
I ments of contrabands to serve seven years,
j Also establishing a line of steamers be-
| tween New York and Liberia, which ap-
■ nropriates the. proceeds of confiscated rebel
| property for these purposes.
The New York Times says parties
in the North are eagerly purchasing Con-
great comfiL-t, where liberty struggles as never she j federate Bonds at fifty cents on the dollar,
and that private papers of wealthy South
erners sells readily at par.
Canton, Dec. 22.—Grant’s army has
fallen back beyond Tallahatchie. An
important expedition under Van Dorn,
which lias been out several days, is not
yet heard from.
struggled before for existence, let us pray of Heav
en force to surrender, not simply comfort, and pro
perty, and life, without a murmer but even—liaid-
es of tasks!—to feel with composure that the less
a friend who has fallen does not cause to the na
tional heart a shock at all commensurate with his
worth-
There is a community, however, where that
shock has certainly beenlelt, and with so mush
ing an effect, that, were it general, even the roar
of tbe enemy’s cannon would fail, for the time,
to shake a nerve, or to quicken a pulse. It is the
community in whose bosom he was horn ; where,
through infancy, and boyhood, and manhood, the ,
virtues of his heart and the powers of his intellect j
have unfolded themselves cotemporaueously, and
into proportions so grand, as to have made him
self the chief life and light of any cause that claim
ed his devotion. A puie Doric column, already |
high overtoping all others, and yet broken off ir,
the middle, would alone typify ttie ideal of him in j
the actual thought of his own people.
'The life, then, must have been vveil spent, which
thus dosed ereits full meridian, ieaves to ttie pub j
iic heart a grief so vast, and to public contempla
tion a blighted future of such transcendent promts
In him mind and soul must bava brought togetli- j
er well. And so-indeed it was; for, while from j-ear j
to j tar, the profession in which he labored re-1
cognized the presence of a great and master iulel- ;
lect—reason, memory', imagination taste, all com- |
hining to give power to his argument, affluence to
his thought, lustre and pathos to his eluquiiice—i
no child who trod the streets of Athens Put wasj
,-urc to expect Ins smile, and sure to grow the hap
pier therein His soul was t-xliau«*-t«"B of us sytn
pathos as the to>n of Its pearls. Ilis daily life
was the model life of a Christian gentleman; And
all around in works ot public heuevoleuce and pub
lic improvement he has It ft the foot prints of his
wonderful energy deep behind him-
11 was not until after the election of Lincoln had
stiired up the profounder fires of the Southern
heart that he took an active part in politics. Then
with his whole soul he threw himself into the con
flict; with a pow er and eloquence, which all must
remember, he advocated before the Legislature
and the people, aDd in Convention, the. rights ol
Georgia and the vindication of her liberty; and
when the issue with friends had been won, and
issue with enemies had been formed with untiring
zeal lie hurried to the field, and has crowned tin.
patriot's devotion with the hero's death.
Aud now he sleeps w ith Bartow, his friend.
Pur nulnlf fiutrnm! -They were lovely and pleas
ant in their lives, and in their death they were not
divided.’’—Sar. Nurs.
Richmond, Dec. 23.—In Iris recent
dash upon the enemy’s lines, Gen. Ham-
ton captured a number of sutler’s wagons
loaded with Christmas supplies, some
of which were marked for Gen. Burn-
John Van Burni^ f.nwl.
In John Van Buren’s speech at the
Democratic meeting in New York, the j
night before the municipal elections, lie j
said:
They have talked of arresting promi
nent men on our side, and they have spo- I
ken at times of arresting me—not to me— j
they would not talk such nonsense to me, I
hut to sick relatives, to women and child- j
ren, and to other persons that might be !
around. I told riteni that they dare not
arrest me in tlie city of New Y’ork ; the
physical force was too strong against
them. They thought they would arrest
tne in Philadelphia, where they had a ma
jority ; I went there to see if they would ;
but they did not do it there. I went to Bal
tiinore and as they did not do it there I
went to Washington and into the Presi
dent’s House. My business there has
been the subject of considerable con vet sa-
tion. I had no business on earth except
to see whether they wanted to arrest me;
and I now- say that while I knew then,
and knew always, that they did not dare
arrest me as long as I kept inside the con
stitution and the laws, (aud however mod
erate a lawyer I may be, yet I know law
enough not to violate it) and while I know
pet feet ly well that they did not dare ar
rest me as they had arrested others ; and
more than that. I say this, that if any man
connected with the illegal arrests that
have been made in the State of New York
sets his foot upon the soil of New Y'oik, I
will arrest him—and, so help me God, he
shall he brought to such punishment as
the constitution and the laws of the coun
try demand.
A train of 3
mules to each,
| brought in.
The notorious Federal spy Underwood
j was captured at bis mother’s house, in
Prince TFilliam county,
j Gen. Hampton has rendered important
| service with his Brigade of cavalry since
; the winter campaign opened. About two
i hundred prisoners captured by ltis coin-
| maud will arrive.
Dec. zi>.— LTn'coTn has sign-
I ed an order relieving General Wool from
j command at Baltimore.
General Schenck has been appointed
1 bis successor.
The New York World says no further
j attempt will be made to reach Richmond
j this winter.
| It was reported in Philadelphia, Dec.
i 19, that Burnside lias resigned ltis com-
! mattd of the army of the Potomac.
Steamers Phoebe, Harriet, Pinckney,
i Jnstitia and Merrimac, with stores and
j ammunition fertile Confederates, have ar
rived at Bermuda.
Couft thTalc Victory in Tcii«ie*»f»«*.
Capture of Lexington—Large Amount of
States, Sfc., Taken,
il/CRKREESBORO’,
Forrest captured Lexington
Dec. 29.
Henderson
county, Tetin., Dec. 18, together with 400
prisoners; six peices of artillery, 200 hor
ses, large amounts of stores, arms, ammu
nition, &c. He sustained hut trifling
loss. Forrest left Muifreesboro’ with a
determination to eclipse Morgan’s Ilarts-
ville expedition, and this is only his be
ginning. He lias doubtless captured Jack-
son before this.
un
til made, 1 have determined to appeal to
the noble hearted women of my State to
aid in this great work, worthy our best j
energies.
I desire every woman in Georgia to send
me, at this place, one pair of good stron^
cotton socks. This will require but a
small effort on the part of each woman,
vet in the aggregate, it will amount to a
great work. Let each one write her name
and county on a slip of paper, and sew it
on the pair of socks donated, so that I
may know the names and residence of all
who shall aid in this great and philan
thropic enterprise. Will the Justices of
the Peace in each Militia District, who
are known to be, generally, public sell
ing men, interest themselves in this good
work by collecting all the socks that will
be made for our suffering soldiers in their
respective districts, and taking them to tbe
Court Houses ot their county, and asking
tbe Clerk of the Superior Court to neatly
box them up and forward them to nte at
this place; designating contents, number,
and from which county sent; also, to send,
g Exchange j (,y mail, a list of the contributors’ names?
Some kind friend will take them to and
a committee j forward by railroad, and I will pay rail
road expenses if any should be charged. I
have asked for cotton socks because all the
woo! in Georgia should bo made, without
Q c, v : -'*o cloth for coats or pants for out
brave boys, now shivering in ,v c i;
mate, and periling their lives in the face of
the tbe to keep the cruel invader from des
olating our homes.
Women of Georgia! I shall not appeal
to you in vain. I know the noble sacri
fices you have already made, and I well
know that your love to work for soldiers
has not grown cold.
Read this address to your lovely daugh
ters, whose bosoms are now but tling with
indignation at the insults offered their sex
by the worse than savage despots Jrom the
North. Read it to your neighbor, your
slaves even, read it to all, that all may
know that they are earnestly and cordial
ly invited to co-operate in the most be
nevolent work.
The mother may make a pair of socks
that will find its way to the cold feet of
her darling boy. The sister may bring
the tear of affection from some fond broth
er- Tho anxious wife may provide for
the comfort of her dear husband and send
a thrill of joy through L is soul, which
which words cannot describe, as lie fondly
gazes upon her loved name written upon a
messenger of mercy, winging its heavenly
flight to some cold soldier’s relief as lie
stands upon the outposts holding the ene
my in check. The tender damsel may
reassure her lover that her plighted love
still burns warm upon the consecrated al
tar of her constant heart. The Dorcas-
hearted woman (whose “good wotks and
alms deeds” for the needy and the stran
ger are sufficient stimulus for her action)
may find ample scope for a partial devel
opment of her cliristisn charity.
Even the servant may cause her master
in some distant camp to pronounce a hear
ty God-blessing upon her kind retnem-
l - - r —i—mm to return to sec not
only his dear wife and little ones, but. his
constant servants whom lie loves so well.
I will remark that the slaves of the South
are as much interested in the final success
of tlie Confederate States as any class of
people. Tell them that 1 have seen in
the free States their colored brethren wan
dering, homeless, ragged, hungry and for
saken, with no kind master to provide for
them, nor no watchful and sympathizing
mistress to make them feel that they have
a friend in the dark hour of affliction and
distress. The real truth is that the black
man has no true friend at the North who
is waging this unholy war. Most of those
unfortunate misguided slaves who have
gone to the Abolitionists, are now sighing
in that cold frozen region for the plenty,
attentions, and endearments of their South
ern homes; but the cruel hearted North
man holds them in unwilling bondage, and
with hard work and harsher treatment,
than they have ever before known. Bit
terly are they ruing the day that induced
them to leave tho sunny homes of their
birth.
I want thousands of pairs of socks spun
and knit by the colored friends of our
soldiers, and 1 believe 1 shall get them if
their masters and mistresses will hut give
them the opportunity to express their
sympathy. Black men and boys having
if the Governor down to the humblest cot- j
Sage in tbe land. 1 have addressed the
women of Georgia more particularly, hut
help wuuId be agceptible from all quarters
—the men and boys, one and all may
here have a chance to do good. Send in
| your socks, each with your name and coun
ty written, as I have suggested, so that I
may transfer it to my book of record, and
kuow hereafter those generous ones who
so nobly and promptly responded to my
call. Hy-and-by, when the wars are over
these love tokens will form some of our
pleasantest recollections, when some re-
turnon noble soldier, with wreaths of un
dying renown decorating his brow, kind
ly informs us that ltis cold, frost-bitten,
suffering feet were relieved by cur timely
and generous contributions.
People of Georgia! 1 beg of you to be
in haste, as winter is now upon us, and I
want to have the great joy ot telling our
soldiers that all the fingers of Georgia are
busily working for their relief; such cheer
ing news as 1 hope to be able to communi
cate will make them (under God) omnipo-; ^
tent, and soon -to enable them to wring j
from our hateful foe an honorable peace, as j
they have already nobly won the welcome i
plaudits of an admiring world for their
flccilfl <>f’unequalled daring upon many a
hard fought and victorious battle-field.
Such a people at borne, all heartily
working for such an army in the field will
present such a moral and physical aspect
to the eves of the civilized world as to
draw down the admiration of mankind,
and teach a lesson not to be misunder
stood—that we have resolved to be free-
“Strike till the last armed foe expires;
Strike for our alters and our fires;
Strike for tlie groeti graves of our sires;
For God aud our own dear land.”
IRA II. FOSTER,
Quartermaster Gen. State of Georgia.
P. S. Factories and merchants can ren-
No3fi. ... .
AN ACT for the relief of John Hunter, Collector but punishable uy- the laws ot t!
of customs and agent of the Marine hospital at States, said court shall nillict tin
the Port of Natchez Mississippi.
Tlin fonn-ress of the Confederate States of
customs of war, and also to all otT nets dtH- j ? 9
crimes by the laws of the Confederate M.. j 3 *!
’ of the several States, and when beyond
tory of the Confederate States, to all casi , s n f
der, manslaughter, arson, rape robbery a . ,| i
ny, as define I by the common law, w |„ ctmoVk'
ted by any private or officer iu :!■-■ army (jj ,i.
Confederate State, asair.st any other pnvste *
officer in th ; army, or agair.st .he property or of*
sou of any citizen or other person within ;4 • f
my: Provided, Said cbuits shall not licvo juris
diction of oflFemlers above tho grade .,f
For offences cognizable by eotu ts martial th c ’oui t
shall, on conviction, inflict the penalty p )( oribed
by the rules and articles of w ar. and” in |),j. m
ner and mode therein mentioned; and for (;ih n , ‘
punishable by the rules aud articles of wrir
Confederate
penalties i
scribal by the laws of the Confederate
and for offences against which
! not pm:
pre-
states;
penalties ate not
spital at that place, and allow ; committed: J roviueu, I nat in cases in which, by
s may be shown to have been ex- the haw-s ot ihe Confederate States, or of the Stat
io usual aud proper charges of the punishment is by fine or by impiisonment, or
so much thereof as
pended to meet th
said hospital.
Approved Oct. 8,16G2.
No 37
AN ACT. to authorize the establishment of ramps
of instruction and the appointment of officers
to command the same.
The Congress of the Confederate States of
America do enact, That the President be and lie
is hereby authorized to establish camps of instruc
tion for persons enrolled for military service, at
such places and in such numbers in the several
States as lie may deem necessary, and to appoint
by and with the advice and consent ot the Senate,
officers in the Ptovisional Army with tbe rank
and pay of Major, to superintend and command
the game.
Approved Oct. 8, 18G2. \
No 38
? to repeal the law authorizing commuta
tion for soldiers’ clothing and to require cloth
ing to be furnished by the Secretary of War in
kind.
The Congress of the Confederate States of
America do enact, That so much of tbe existing
j law as provides commutation for clothing to the
I soldiers in the service of the Confederacy, be, and
the same is hereby repealed; and hereafter the
| Secretary of War .shall provide in kind to the sol
diers respectively, the uniform clothing prescribed
by the regulations of the army of the Confederate
| States, and should any balance, of clothing he due
! to any soldier at the end of the year, tho money
Value Of Such balnneo kIiuII bo paid to sucb ool
di’-r, according to the value of such clothing fix
ed and announced by order from tho War dnpajt-
ment.
Approved Oct. 8, J8G2.
m No 39
AN ACT to encourage the manufacture of cloth
ing and shoes for die Atniy.
The Congress of the Confederate States of
by both, the court may, iu its discretion, inti ; ct
any other punishment, less than death;and for
offences defined as murder, manslaughter, arson"
rape, robbery, aud larceny, by the common law
when committed beyond the territorial limits of
the Confederate States, the punishment shslbe
ir, the discretion of the Court. That when an offi
cer under the giade of Brigadier General, or pri
vate shall be put und: r arrest for any offence co<*.
nizable by the court herein provided for, notice of
his arrest and of the offence with which he ^all
he charged shall be given to tbe Judge advocate
by the officer ordering said arrest, anu.he shall fe e
entitled tons speedy a trial as the business before
said court will allow.
Sec. 5. Said courts shall attend the army,shall
appropriate quarters within tho .hies of the army,
shall always open for the transaction of business',
and the final decesions aud sentences of saij
courts in convictions shall be subject to review-
mitigation and suspension, as new provided by
the rules aud articles of war iu cas.-aof ceutts
mar.ial.
Sec. G. That during tbe recess of the fVnate
the President may appoint the members of tho
courts and the Judges Advocate provided for in
the pievious sections, subject to the confirmation
of the Senate at its session next ensuing said ap
pointments.
Approved Oct. 9, 1662.
No 4 1
AN ACT to provide shoes for the auny.
The Congress of the Confederate Stales of
America do enact. That the President be, and he
Is heteby authorized, on the requisition of the
quartermaster General, to detail from the Army
persons skilled in the manufacture of shoes not to
: exceed two thousand in number; and it shall be
the duty of the Quartermaster General to place
; them, without delay, at suitable points in shops
under proper regulations prescribed by him, and
iniploythem diligently in tho manufacture of
shoes Inr the army.
•>ec‘ ., Le it farther enacted, That soldiers de-
( 1 P1 . c.riwfinti-il assist-men hv snllin^varris ! A " ! , trica do eIMct - ThiU ,he Resident is hereby j hdlcd under the provisions of this net shall been-
uet s..t>. tan.ial as. tsumce oy- tiiitif, } atrts au thonzed to import duty free, cards or card cloth, : tied t(
new wagons with G fine
was also captured and
FIGHT ON BLACKWATER RIVER.
Federal Gunboats Driven Back.
Richmond, Dec. 23.
Three Abolition gunboats advanced up
Blackwatcr river, Va., a few’ days ago, and
were repulsed by General Pryor’s com
mand.
Richmond, Dec. 23.
Fremont is announced as tbe radical
commander-in-chief, and McClellan as tbe
conservative.
'Fite New York Herald says that Sun
day was tbe gloomiest day at Washington
known in its history $ and thinks that if
Fremont is appointed, or Stanton retained
the newly elected Governors of six great
Staies will withdraw’ their troops and de
mand a change of policy.
A despatch from Washington, dated
Sunday, at midnight, says that the Presi
dent lias anounced that he is the proper
judge of the conduct of his armies, and
will not he influenced by the dictation of
Senator is.
Burnside was in Washington cn Sun-
day.
It was telegraphed from Burnside’s
headquarters, on the 21st inst., that his
staff knew nothing of his resignation.
Gold rose one per cent iu New l'ork
when the news of Seward’s resignation
reached there.
at cost to those who will furnish socks un
der this appeal.
Every editor in Georgia who loves the
soldiers will please insert the above in ltis
paper three or four times, and greatly
oblige !• R. F.
Fredericksburg, Dec. 17th, 1862. ;
G o’clock, P. M. ;
An interesting ceremony took place
here this evening. By agreement between
Gens. Lee and Burnside, the prisoners
Held by both parties were paroled. Col
onel Fairfax ot Gen. Pickets staff conduct
ed the ceremony on our part. Most of
the prisoners taken by ns having beeu
sent to Richmond, we could muster but
but two hundred and seventy-three. ’Lite
Yankees brought forward four hun
dred and seventy-six. Each set was
drawn up on the river hank and paroled,
and then sent over to their friends in boats
taken from the pontoon bridge just below.
'1 he Yankees sent over the first loads, and
the same boats took back a cargo of their
own. and so on.
Most of our prisoners belonged to Arch
er’s Brigade, A. I’. Hill’s division. From
one of their number I learned, some inter
esting facts connected with their capture
and subsequent treatment.
A mile and a half above Hamilton's
crossing there is a boggy morass, which
our Generals thinking impassable, had left
unguarded, The enemy, however, push
ed through the hog, and turning the flank
of Archer’s brigade, captuicd some four
hundred men. 1 hese were immediately
sent to tho rear. 4n five minutes a por
tion of Early’s division charged forward,
and ac'ually captured the same troops
that bad taken our men.
The Yankees sent the prisoners by llie
cars to Acquia Creek, where they were
put aboard steamers and were otr the point
of being transferred to Fortress Monroe,!
when they were recalled to le paroled. |
On their return to Fredericksburg, our
prisoners met several trains loaded with
ammunition and ordnance.
Iu my previous letter 1 omitted to state
that several intelligent prisoners informed
me that ‘‘Burnside’s statement that he
spent the whole day of tha battle cn this
side of the river Is alia lie.” They say
he did not come over at all during the light.
The conservative journals oflndiana
pretend to have discovered a plot, or
a couple of plots, by which the Re*
publicans intend to clog the wheels
of the State Government. One story
is that it is "their purpose to have a
or any machinery’ or materials necessary for in
creasing tlie manufacture of clothing for the ar
my or any articles necessary for supplying the de
ficiency of clothing or shoes, or materials lor shoes
for the Army.
Sec 2 Be it further enacted, That any machi
nery' or parts of machinery or materials imported
as aforesaid, may he worked on Government ac
count, or leased or sold at the discretion of the
President.
Sec. 3 Be it further enacted, That the President
may extend the privileges of this act to compa
uies or individuals subject to such regulations as
he may prescribe.
Sec 4 That the clothing required to be furnish
ed to the troops of the Provisional Army under
any existing law, may be of such kind as to color
and quality as it may be practicable to obtain, any
law to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved Oct 8,1862.
No 40
AN ACT to refund to tile State of Louisiana the
excess of the War Tax overpaid by her.
The Congress of the Confederate States of
America do enact. That the sum of seventy thou
sand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropria
ted out ot any money in the Treasury not other
wise appropriated, to be paid to toe State of Lou-
isiana, the same being the estimated excess of the
war tax over paid by her, the said payment to be
made to the’Governor of the State of Louisiana or
his authorized agent, subject to a final adjustment
whenever the assessments and returns of the war
tax for said State eh»ll be completed"
Approved Oct 6, 1362.
No 41
AN ACT to repay to the State of North Carolina
the excess over her quota paid by tier Into the
Treasury of the Confederate States on account
of tire war tax.
The Congress of the Confederate States of Amer
ica do enact, That the sum of one hundred and
eleven thousand one hundred and seventy-four
dollars and sixty-nine cents be paid to the State
of North Carolina out of any moneys in the Treas
ury not otherwise appropriated: the same being
the excess over her quota paid by her iuto tire 1
to receive pay fur extra duty, and also thirty-
live cents per pair for shoes manufactured by
them set eraliy, iu addition to regular pay and ra
tions.
Approved Oct. 9, 1352.
Asl-ntnnl and Huspvcsor (icncraPtOffice,
Ri< IIMON’I) Nov. 27th, 1362—GENERAL OR
DERS, No, 96 — Commandants of conciipts will
cause the following order to be published at least
seven times in a sufficient number of newspapers
iu each State of tho Confederacy to ensure its reacta-
; ing every part of the country.
I. All commissioned officers aud enlisted men
1 who aro now absent from their commands from
any other cause than actual disability, or duty uu-
| Her orders from the Secretary of War, or from
their department commanders, will return to tbeir
commands without delay.
II Commissioned officers failing to comply with
Ike provisions of the foregoing paragraph ivbliin a
reasonable length of time, in no case lo exceed
twenty days after publication of this order, shall
be dropped from the rolls of the artnv in disgrace
and their Dames will he furnished to the com
mandant of conscripts for enrollment ia the
ranks.
III. Afi enlisted men who shall fall to comply
with the provisions of paragraph I of, this order,
within a reasonable length of rime, shall he consid
ered as deserted and treated accordingly, their
names to be furnished to the commandant of con
scripts. in their State, for publication, or such oth
er actiou as may be deemed most efficacious.
IV. In order to en*ttre the efficient co operation
of all concerned to carry this order into immediate
effect, department commanders ane directed to
require, from the commanding officer of each separ
ate command in th ir departments a prompt report
of tliejnames of all commissioned officers and ends-
ted men now absent from their commands. These
reports must state in each case llie cause of absence
and any regimental,battalion, <r company com
mander, who shall neglect to furnish such a report
or who shall knowingly be guilty ofconcealing any
case of unauthorized absence, shall, on conviction
thereof, be summarily dismissed.
\ . Under the provisions of the 2d clause of par
agraph 1, of General Orders No. 81, cemnissioned
1 reasury of the Confederate States on account of officers aud privates, who are incapable of bearing
arms in consequence of wounds received in battle,
but who are otherwise lit for service, are required,
if not otherwise as signed, to report to the nearest
commandant of conscripts in their respective
State, who will, if they are fitted for Such duty,
a?sign them to ike collection c-fstrazglers a nd the
enforcement of the provisions of tins older, with
full power to call upon tho nearest military au
thority for such assistance as may be necessary
thereto. . *
4 L Officers of tho Quarter Master’s Depart
ment, charged with payment of troops - , are here-,
ed by the entolling officer wi ersver found, wheth- *9’ directed not to pay any commissioned officer,
er within tlie State or county of them residence or non-commissioned officer or private who does not
not; and when so enrolled, shall he subject to the furnish satisfactory evidence that he is not liable
the war tax
Appruved Oct 8, 1362.
No 42
AN ACT to amend an act entitled “an act to fur
ther provide for the public defence," approved
16th April, 1362, and the act to amend the same,
approved Sept. 27th, 1862.
The Congress of the Confederate States of Amer
ica do enact, That all persons subject to enroll
ment for military service may be enrolled under
nstrnctions from the War Department and report-
tile chance, will cheerfully spend their sufficient number of the Democratic
dimes for thread for their wives and sisters
to knit. If nothing more he needed, they
will hold the negroe’s candle, the blazing
lighttvood torch.^to aid their fellow ser
vant woman while working for the soldiers
in the war. Some negroes may not care
for the noble work and sit idly by, while
j members elected to the Legislature
' arrested and sent to Fort Lafayette, to
i give the Republicans a majority in
both branches. Another is that the Re
publican members elect will absent
themselves front the Legislature; and,.
abject i
provisions of law as fully as if enrolled within the
county and State of which they may bo residents:
Provided, That this act shall not extend to any
member of a military organization under aifv
State law, while he remains in actual service
without the limits of his State: And provided fur- t
ther, That the President is authorized to suspend 1
the execution of this act as regards the residents
of any locality where ho may find it iu.pvactica- ;
ble to execute the act entitled -«n act to further
provide for the public defence,” approved Apiil
16th, 1862,*and the act to amend the last mention
ed act, approved September 27th, 1762.
Approved Oct 8th, 1362.
to the penalties described in the foregoing cider.
Any disbursing officer who shall make psyineut in
violation of this order, shall be liable cn bis bond
for the amount of such payment.
By order.
Dec 9.h. S. COOPER,
A ljutant and Inspector General.
THE SOUTHERN CO ME HER 1 IT.
BY IIAXLEITIiR [ADAIR,
ATLANTA, GA.
others are busy and thankful for the priv- the Constitution declares that ‘two-*
thirds of the members of both houses
must be present to transact business,
and the conservatives not having that
number, the vote for State officers can
not, therefore, becourited, and no busi
ness qan be done. There is no trick too
low, mean, or despicable for an Aboli
tionist to be caught in.
I.ntrnui! Interesting front, New Orleans.
Mobile, Ala., Dec. 24th.—The Mobile
Tribune learns from a private letter receiv
ed by a gentleman in this eitty that But-
ler’s brother who has beeu in copartnership
with Jacob Barker in New Orleans, recent
ly absconded w ith a large amount of mon
ey. lie, also, forged Buttler’s name to
permits for schooners carrying on a con
traband trade.
The same letter says that Farragut has
had a quarrel with Butler, denouncing
him as a coward and a thief, who robbed
ilege to work for so holy a cause; so, too,
are there traitor white men, who have not
only done nothing, hut some of them have
gone to the enemy and rendered their
names infamous at home, and despised
’abroad. In Savannah the other day, I
asked the negro men on our defences what
they were about; they said they were
throwing up embankments for our soldiers
to stand behind and kill Y ankees, and if
the Y ankees came while they w ere there,
they said they wanted to kill one apiece
before they left.
Noble women of Georgia! may God
bless 3’ou for what you have already done.
Many are the offerings ofpatriotism freely
contributed by you, which have already
passed through my hands on their way to I
supply the wants of our brave boys in the j
field, the bravest and best the world ever
saw. My heart, with gratitude to God
Mobile, 24th.—(Special to the
Adv. &• Keg,, Grenada, 24th.)—Van
Dorn, with a large force, has been mak
ing a circuit through the enemy’s lines.
On monJay he captured Ilolv Springs,
with 1 oOU prisoners, a large quantity
of small arqis, and destroyed $1,000,-
000 worth of Yankee stores.
Gen. John II. Morgan is acting in
concert with Van Dorn. lie reached
for such angel women, has often rendered Jackson about the sametime Van
No 43
AN ACT to organize military courts to attend the
Army ot'the Confederate State.a in the field and
to d- line the powers of said courts.
; rpHE
L unde
DAILY SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY
under arrangements just completed, will contain til
1 the latest intelligence of every kind, reported express-
i ly for us by Magnetic Telegraph, and the Mails. Also,
j daily rSportsofthe Atlanta and other Markets, Loos!
; Incidents and Items, A c., A c. Price—$5 e-year; $3
The Congress of the Confederate States 0 f ’ for six mouths, or 5d ceuU for one month—always in
America do enact. That courts shall be organized
to be known as military courts, one to attend
each army corps in the field, under the direction
of the President. Each court 'shall consist of
advanci
Tbe WEEKLY SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY is
made tip from, and contains the cram of, the Daily.
It is a large sheet, tind gives more fresh rending matter
tlmn any other Weekly in the Confederate States. Its
its tribute of thankfulness, as my eye has
rested over and over again upon the ten
der testimonies of your unconquerable love
for our holy, our most sacred cause.
Y’ottr work is not yet over; the great
struggle is still upon us in all its terrific
fierceness; our dear soldiers are still bold
ing back the miserable hordes of aboli
tionists who are thirsting for our blood,
Dora got to Holly Springs. Yankee
communication with Grant’s army is
now entirely cutoff. At last accounts
Grant was “skedadling” as fast as pos
sible.
A graud review of the troops is be
ing held by Gen. Johnston and Presi
dent Davis.
, ' — I UICMJ BBJ UUU.I It cflkiy 1
three members, two of whom slinll constitute s M«iiket Reports, will be full, &nd roado up from fiftnsl
quorum, and each member shall be entitled to the transactions. Price $2 a year; or$l 25 for six months
rank ,aud pay of a colonel of cavalry, and shall be —advance."
appointed by the President, by aud with the ad
vice and consent of the Senate, aud shall hold his
office during the war, unless tho court shall be
sooner abolished by Congress. For each court
there shall be one Judge Advocate, to be appoint
ed by the President, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, with the rank and pay of a
captain of cavalry, whoso duly shall be as pre
scribed by Ihe rules and articles of war, except as
enlarged or modified by the purposes and provis
ions of this act, aud who shall also hold his office
during Ihe war, unless the court shall bo sooner
abolished by Congress; and in case of the absence
or disability of the .Judge Advocate, upon tho ap
plication ot the court, the commander of the army
corps to which such court is qpached may appoint
or detail an officer to perform the duties of Judge
Advocate during such absence or disability, or
until the vacancy, if any, shall be tilled by the
President.
Sec. 2. Each court shall hare the right to ap- •
point a Provost Marshal lo attend its sittings and
execute the orders of the court, with tho rank and
pay ol a captain of cavalry; and also a clerk who
shall have a salary ol one hundred aud twenty- ,,, ,
five dollars per month, who shall keep the recoids /EX.J. RA ORRINAR i C Ldt.oJ,
/ Tie Infallible Gum Coaled Fills,
case and file the same in court. The provost j m Are a certain and specific cure for all Uretbreal
marshal and tho clerk shall hold their offices du- I " Dischargee, Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Stricture, aDdlr r j
ring the pleasure of the court. Each member and i fca ^° n °f the Kidneys, Bladder, Urethra, and Prc?- «
officer of the court shall taka an oath well and , trate Oland They arc tasteless and free from pr-
truly to discharge the dnties of his office to the j 5*fi or *® ‘ h -f bre “ tl! ', Prepared twR^BRADro^,,,
best of his skill and ability, without fe.r, faTor or j Milledge^flR. Gn Dd price f! per Box. They willy
reward, and to support tho Constitution of tbe ! be seffibymail, freaofpoetoge, when ord*r* ‘‘ /
P?*! WtiiiUfders are authorized to net ns or.r-A^enfs
in obtaining subscriber* and forwarding the money—
for which they will be allowed to retain, as comnaision,
twenty-five cents on each Weekly, or fifty cents on
each 1 )aily subscriber.
kp* Persons srettii )£ np Clnlis of five, ten or more
subscribers, will be supplied with the copies ordered
at I - 1-2 per cent, less tlmn our regular rates.
ry? oname will be entered on onr books nntilthe
money n paid; and nil subscriptions are discontinued
when tho time expires for which payment is made,
unless the same be renewed.
Address, HANLEITER & ADAIR,
Atlanta, Georgia.
March 30, 1861. g
•Tax Laws of Georgia.
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