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Newspaper Page TextBOIGHTOA, MSBET & BAINES, Publishers and Proprietors. ft. *. BOl'GHTOJf, f JOV H. 1M1BET. f Editor*. £|c Confeberatt Qnion Is published Weekly, in Milledgcr-i He, Ga., Corner of Hancock and Wilkinson Sits., (opposite Court House.) At $3 a year in Advance. KATE!* OF ABVEBTIfIJXG. Per square of ticclpelinrs. Oneinsertion $1 00, and fifty cents fur each subsequent continuance. 7" hose sent without the specification of the ntmiberol insertions will be published till forbid and charged accordingly. Business or Professional Cards, per year, where they jo not exceed Six Lises ... $10 (!• A literal contract Kill Ac made with those who with to Advertise by the year.occupying a specified space LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators. lix- ecutors or Gusraftiiis. are required by law to be held on the first Tuesday in t he month; between the hotirn of 10 in the forenoon and three in .the afternoon, attic Courthouse in thecouutyiu which the property is ,if. ua'ed. Notice of these sales must be given in a public ga- *c:ts 40 days previous to the day ofsalc. Notices fortho sale of personal property must begiv- en in like manner 10 days previous to sale day. Notices to the debtors and creditors of an estate must a!-o bo published 40 days. Notice that application will be made to the Our! of Ordinaryforleavetosell Laud or Negroes, must be published for two months. Cita'ionsforlettersof Administration Guardianship. Ac., most be published 30 days—for dismission fr<cn Administration, monthly six mouths—for dismi-sior. trom Guardianship, 40 days. Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage trued be published month!y for four months—for establishing lost papers forthr full space of three months—forthunpeilinir title from Executors or administrators, where bondhu- In v given by the deceased, the fail space of three months. Publications will always be continued according to these, tiielegalrequircmeuts, unleesothcrwiseordered at the following RATES: Citations, on letters of administration, Ac. f-‘ 7.4 “ “ dismissory from ,4dmr'n. 4 An “ “ “ Guardianship. 3 »fl Leave to sell Land or Negroes Notice to debtors and creditors. 3 i, Pales of persona! property, ten days, 1 sqr. 1 hi! Sale of land or negroes by A’xecutors, Ac. pr sqr. .5 00 Estrays, two weeks 1 50 Per a man advertising his wife (in advance,) 3 00 VOLUME XXXIII.] M1LLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1883. [NUMBER 34. COUNTING HOUSE CALENDAR, 18G3. ©AYS, ? “i *aj Or. V. ~ x a ©ays. Feb’y. I 2 3 4Jl'LY. 5 0 7 b b 10 11 12 13 14 15 1G IT IS .i 20 21*22232125 2C 27 2> 2b 30 31 Mar. 1 August 2 3 4 5 0 7 o H Ill’ll 121314 J5 Hi 17 18 19 20 21 2* 23 24 25 20 27 28. 1 Sept'k 2 3 4 5 0 7 8 b 10 11 12 1314 15 10 17 18 19 2021 22 23 24 25 20 27 28 29 30 31 Arr.it. ]224 5 Octob’b 0 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1819 -0 21 22 2324 25 2G 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 Nov nit 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ! 1 1213 14 15 10 17 18 19 2021 222324 25 2627 28 29 30 31 Decem. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 it) 11 12 13 14 15 If. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 4 6 7 8 9 10 I] 12 13 14 1.4 16 17 !8 ]9 2021,222321 25 26 '27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 0 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 11 15 jf, 17 18 19-0 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3i 1 2 3 4 5 0 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 M 15 16 17 18 19 ay 21 22 2324 25 20 .“7 28 29 30 Mat 1234 C 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 10 17 I8 25 Counterfeit Confederate Treasury rSotas. The notes mostly counterfeited are the 20*8, 50’s and 100’s, of the issue of Sept. 2, l^GI—lithographed by ]foyer & Ludwig, Richmond. In all the genuine issues of these notes there is a shield in the upper left corner, the the right upper corner of'which is placed in the centre between the let ter N in months directly over it. In the counterfeit the corner of the shield is placed directly under the right down stroke of the letter N. HUNDREDS. The Sailor in the lower left corner of the genuine note wears a black belt, with a buckle very distinct,—in the RESOLUTIONS Passed by tbeGeneral Assembly of Geor gia, authorizing the Governor to organ ize two Regiments of State troops to be employed in the military service of the State for the protection of her people against the invading forces of the ene my, and for internal police Jut) . Resolved bn the Central Assembly, That the Governor be, and he is hereby author ized to call into the service of the State, two Regiments of Militia, to consist of companies not exceeding one hundred men i rank and file, including the two compa- ! nics now in service on the Western and At lantic Rail Road; such amount of said force to be employed for guarding and pro tecting the Rail Road bridges of this State, as lie may deem necessary; and the re mainder of said force to ho rsed for such counterfeit the'belt is very light, and purposes, and at such points in this State 19 20 2122 23 26 27 28 29.30 31 •Ic.ne. 2 3 4 5 6 7 q 9 10 11 12 13 14 A 10 17 18 19 2021 23 24 25 20 27 2s .to 30 12 3 4 5 ft *89 1011 12 14 15 10 17 18 19.';, *21 2223 24.25 26 - .28 29 30 3) the buckle scarcely to be seen. The face of the sailor in the genuine is fine and regular—in the counterfeit the mouth seems pinched up, and the eyes have a bleared or scratched look. The sailor in the left hand end leans upon an anchor, diagonally across the as to His Excellency shall seem advisa hie. Resolved further, That His Excellen cy the Governor, be, and he is hereby au thorized, in raising said Regiments, to .ad vertise and call for volunteers from all the militia except the part in actual service of the. Confederacy, and from such able bod BOOK-BINDING (J The Subscriber is now pro pared to do EoolfSind- ing, in all it* branches. Old Looks rebound, &c. MUSIC bound in the best style. Blank. IOkik: manufactured to order. Prompt attention will bo given to all work entiusted to me. COURT CALLENDER FOR 1863. 3UFSB.X0B. COURTS. S. J. KIDD. Kiiitlrry in Southern Frilcral I'nxon Cihif. Milledgeville, March I9th, 1861. 43 “SPECIAL NOTICE." irtHE undersigned having removed from Mil— 1 ledgeville desires and inttnds to close up his business matters of that place speedily as possi ble. All persons indebted are notified that the not es and accounts are in the hands of J. A. BREEDLotE, and P. H. Lawler, who are atithori Z'-J to collect ar.d make settlements If not nr ranged at an early day, settlements will be enforced bv law. 13,tf. A. 6. VAIL, Agent. Western &. Atlantic (State Railroad New Atlanta to Chattanooga, 138 Miles, Fare 5’G 00 JOHN S. ROWLAND, Supt. PRMcngrr Train. Leave Atianta at 7 30 P* M. Arrive at Chattanooga at 4 57 A. 51. Leave Atlanta at 4 DO A. M. Arrive at Chattanooga at 5 15 P. M. Accoiiiniqdnlion I’aNufngfr Train* Leave Atlanta 2 40 P. M. Arrive at, Kingston 6 57 P.M. Leave Kingston.. 4 30 A. M. Arrive at Atlanta 8 45 A. M. This Road connects each way with the Rome Branch Railroad at Kingston, the East Tennessee A Georgia Railroad at Dalton, and the Nashville ic Chattanooga Railroad at Chattanooga. July 29,1862. IQtf. Arrangement. Change of Schedule, on and after Monday 11 th inst THE Subscribers are convey ing the U. S. Mail from Mil-t' '.cAr'C leageville via Sparta, Culver-.‘7,7 . . — 1 7 ton and Powell,m to Donbleirtfr^--- — Wells,and would respectfully invite the attention*)) their friends and the travelling public, to their new and complete arrangement for travelling facilities over thisline. SCHEDULE—LeaveMjlledgeville after the errivn of trains from Columbus, Macon and Savannah; Ar rive i„ .Sporfa at 0o’clock P. M. and at Double 47 eh- fame evening. Leave Double Wells utter the arrival of mornire trains from Auetista. Atlanta and Athens; Arrive ttf Sparta 11 o’clock, A. M-; Arrive at MiUedgcvillesame evening. With good Ilaeks. fine Stock and careful drivers, we solicit a liberal patronage. MOORE A FORES. Stage Office*—-ViVWgeriV/e /lotelMilh ’gcri!Ie-,Ga. Edwards' House. Sparta. Moore's Hotel, Double Wells. July 11,1859. 8 tf. ~ JGSJia tT bowdoin, ATTORNEY AT LAW, teUTOSTOli, GA, Eatonton, Ga., Feb. 14, I860. 33 tf. 50 Saw Cotton Gin for Sale. ONE of WATSON'S best 50 Saw Cotton Gins is offered for sale. This Gin is new, and is eqna to any in use. Sold for no fault, the present ov ners having no use for it. Any planter wanting* >4 Gin,can have a chance to get one at a re dcctiou on the regular price. Apply at this office ■ o1X. Tift, or J. H. Watson, at Albany ^ ~S50 REWAR-D ! S TOLEN from the subscriber's place A _ last night, a dark bay poney, Raddlef and bridle. The mare is about ten yearsLl /_> nid. lias a small white sjiot in the forehead, a small lump on the left knee, and blind iu the left eye. The saddle is black, about half worn, quilt ed seat, and has a horn to it. I will pay fifty dollars for the thief, poney anr Baddle and bridle, or ten dollars for the deliver) of the mare, Ate., to me at home.mile* east ir. MiUedgoville. STEPHEN C. TURNER. Dec. 1 Ith, 1862. 50 41. JANUARY. 2d Monthly, Chatham. ' 'Floyd FEBRUARY. 1st Monday, Clark t Lumpkin 3d Monday, Campbell Dawson 3d Monday, Forsyth Polk Glaeeock Meniwetlier Walton 1 1th Monday, Baldwin Jackson .Monroe Paulding Taliaferro Walker JULY. '1st Mondav. Floyd* AUGUST. j 1st Monday Lumpkint |2d M jnday, Campbell Clark Dawson [3d Monday, Forsyth Polti Glascock Meniwetlier Walton Houston [ Itli Monday, Ita J ackson Monroe Paulding Taliaferro Walker iThusday after, Pierce MARCH. SEPTEMBER. 1st Tliiir.-. lay. Fierce list Monday, Appling 1st MondaV, Appling Chattooga Chut tonga Cherokee Cherokee Colombia Coweta Coweta Columbia Crawford Crawford Madison Gwinnett Station Madison 51 organ Marion 2d Monday, Butts Morgan Bartow 2d Mondav, Butts Coficc ' Bartow Elbert • Coffee • Fayette Elbert Greene Fnyett Gwinnett Greene Pickens vignette from left to right, in the gen- | ied citizens of this State not subject to military duty as will volunteer; stating where each Regiment will be located or expected Jo perform service; and the same shall be organized by the Adjutant Gener al of this State, pursuant to the laws of force in said State, and such rules and reg ulations, consistent therewith, as he may prescribe therefor. Resolved further, That the Regiments so organized, shall be governed by, and subject to, the rules and articles of war of the Confederate States, the military laws of the Confederate States. *Lc confed crate regulations for the army, so far as consistent with the Constitution of Geor- Wii-liiiigton Webster 3d Monday, Cobbt Calhoun Hall Hart Heard Macon Newton Talbot Ware Bulloch Thursday after White 'tli Monday, Clinch Putnam Chattahoochee Lea Twiggs Wilkes Johnson Milton Rabun Thursdav after Habersham Pickens Washington Webstar 3d Monday,£Cobbt Calhoun Hall Hart Heard Macon Newton Talbot Tat tr,al Wire Thursday after White Friday after, Bulloch Ith .Monday, Clinch Putnana | Rabun Chattahoochee j Lee Twiggs Wilkes | Johnson Milton 'Monday ufO Thursday after Habersham t t . r the 4th / Echols IthThursday, Montgomery Monday a f- i E< , lloI * ter4thMon- Effi ham day. ) e APRIL. 1st &- 2d 5Ion. Carroll 1st Monday, Dooly Franklin Emanuel Early Fulton Gordon Pike Taylor Warren Wilkinson Tbursd’yafter Banks 2d Monday, lltiucoek Richmond Harris I.aurcus Miller Sumter Tuesday after. Jlclnlosh 3d Monday, Glynn Haralson Henry Jones Liberty Murray Oglethorpe Pulaski Stewart Worth *Brvan • n. IKVl!f. GREENLEE BUTLER IRVIN & BUTLER, ATTORNEYS AT hht ALBANY, Georgia. PRACTICE in the .Superior Court.*? <»f the J>cntl , A ^ e§ternCircuit,—in Terrell, Uandolpli, end Ear v couutit^.in the Pataula Circuit,—in Worth and Mu ^'»n Counticn, in the Macon Circuit, in the Unite( • Circuit Court at Savannah,—and by sneeiH contract,in any County iu Southern Georgia. January 1st* 1860. 34 tf. ETHERIDGE SON, Factors, Commission and Fortvardinj HA VANN AH, CA. w - D- ETHERIDGE. W. D. ETHERIDGE, Jr •Inly 15th, 1856. 8 tf Messrs. 1, n. & L. II. KENAN, A-Re Associated in the Practice of Law Offiee \st Door upon 2dfoorof T MASONIC HALL. Jan. 23d, 1857. 35 tf. J. A. & W. W. TURNER, attorneys at law, Eatontos, 0a. ••'•Vsr.l*, Mlf- Monday after * Itli Monday,Wayne Decatur Dt-Kalb Jasper Lincoln Scliley Whitfield Wilcox Friday after, Telfair Camden Thursday after, Irwin Monday “ Berrien Charlton MAY 1st M-mdai*, Clayton Semen Randolph Upson Jd'.Monday, Catoosa Jefferson Chatham Mitchell Muscogee Gilmer Thursday after Fannin, 3.1 Monday, Bibb Bu rkc Quittman Spalding Troup I'nion Baker Tlmrsdav aft«*r Towns nil Monday, Dade Terrell Last Mondav, Colquitt JUNE. 1st Monday, Lowndes Daugherty M Monday, Hro.-ka < ’lay W Mondav, Thomas 1J)> Monday J OCTOBER. Is! A 2d Mon. L'atroll 1st Monday, Dooly Emanuel Franklin Early t niton Gordon Taylor W arren . Wiikinson l’tke Tlmrsdav otter Banks 2d Moiuluy, Richmond Gilmer 11ancork Harris I.aurens Miller * Sumter Thursday after Fannin. 13d Monday, Glynn Haralson llenry Jones Murray Oglethorpe Pulaski Stewart Union \V*rth Thursday after Towns Thursday ) Montgomery I after » Ith .Monday, Wayne I- Decut ur DcKalb Jasper Lincoln Schley Tattnall Whitfield Wilcox Friday after, Telfttlr Camden Tlmrsdav after, Irwin Monday after Charlton NOVEMBER. 1st Monday, Berrien Striven Clayton Effingham Randolph Upson |2d Monday, Catoosa Jefferson Mitchell I Muscogee 'ad Monday, Bibb Burke Quittman Spalding Troup Baker 4th Monday, Dade Terrell Thursday after, McIntosh Monday “ Colquitt <• “ Liberty Mon. after Liberty. Bryan DECEMBER. 1st Monday, Dougherty Lowndes 2d Monday,'Brooks Clay 3d Monday Thomas | time, there is a hair line* very distinct, j as if the stone from which the impres- sion was taken Jiad been broken or ! cracked. In the counterfeit there is j no such blurr or hair line. In the i centre vignette, right side, near the ' cotton press, is a mule—in the genuine it is very indistinctly executed, and the mule looks as if ho were walking from you, presenting only a tail view—in the counterfeit it is much plainer, and the mule presents almost a broadside view. Ai the upper l ight corner of the genuine notes, the white ground ap pears through the shading of the me dallion work; in the counterfeit the entire work is dark. FIFTIES. Several white spots appear just over the figures fifty, in the medallion work at the upper, light corner of the gen uine notes; there are none in the coun terfeit. The outside of this medallion work in the counterfeit is covered by a running net work; in the genuine there is none. In front of, and at tached to the chest, in the centre pic ture of the genuine note, there is a padlock; there is none in the counter feit. In the genuine note the head of the man in the lower left corner is nearly bald, a little hair is combed down on the right temple; in the counterfeit a full head of hair is represented, the hair on the right temple being slightly dishevelled, as. if blown by a puff of wind. In the genuine the head of the fe male between the words Confederate States, is near the centre. In the coun- eiffeit the head is placed so as to touch the letter E iu Confederate. TWENTIES. * In the counterfeit bills the figure 2, on the right side, in cut by a line line, entirely separating the tail of the fig ure from the main body of it; in the genuine the figure 2 is perfect. In *j»<? genuine Dills the hat on the head of the man in the lower left corner ol the note, sits more upon the top of the head than in the counterfeit; in the counterfeit the hat seems to he thrown neck. In the genuine the crown of the sailor’s | hat is broader than in counterfeit—the sha ding line, on his jacket in the genuine, run | square across the body—in the. counter- feit they run diagonally across the body. gia. Resolved further, That the pay and al lowances of the officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates, shall be the same as in the Confederate Army; and drawn from the military fund providrd for the year, 1S63, according to tho usage now obtaining. WARRIN AKIN Speaker of the House of Rep’s. L. C A KINGTON, Gl’k of House of Rep’s, JOHN BILLUPS, President of the Senate* James M. Mobley, Sec’y of the Senate. Approved Dec. 13th, 1SG2. JOSEPH E. BROWN, Governor. May holds three weeks, if necessary. at each tJudce not required to draw Jurors for two iveeks ; and not obliged to hold two weeks Court it counties of Cobb and Lu nan kin. CJIXTYdavs after date application will be made to Si,., llonoinblo the Court of Ordinary of Twtpjrs i untv ,;t ft r an order for leave to seifah Me bnd. belonein" to tho .-Mates of Edward C. and 1 luu.as 1 . Kpps, late Of^eouffiy. £<^ kpI0S> A dmr. Nov. 4 th, 1862. (L.S.) wAXTY days from date application will be ma^de to the honorable the Court o* to sell Twiggs county, Ga.. for an order for leave to sell all the lands, and such portion of t i - " , •nay be neerssary. belonging to , Hartwell L. Solomon, late of mAcootA dece ed. JOHN FAULK, Ex^r. The Flarcup in l!ic Yankee Cabinet. The Richmond Examiner thus alludes to Old Abe’s Happy Family : ” The physiogomy of the Government at Washington varies from hour to hour and from day to day. Now we hear that the. Cabinet is smashed, that Seward and Chase have resigned; now that Stanton and Halleck, and the reds who are redder titan Lincoln, and the Abolitionists who are blacker than Seward, have triumphed or been beaten ; that Lincoln has turned out every body or refused to order the decapitation of'any one; and finally that thieves have ceased to fall out, and that the mantle of & patched peace covers their venomous animosities. But whether this or that member of the plot goes out, or comes in, or is turned out we ma3 r safely .leaunie H5 a certainty huh mm and concert is forever ended. The party quarrels now in full conflagration are unextinguishable save in the bath of a new Presidential election. The ilaine will rise despite all efforts to quench it, to more towards the back of the {culmination in November of’64. It is the old, deathless, eternal quarrel oi the outs and the ins. Offices cannot be given to all. Contract will not make a millionaire of every Yankee. The sands of the shore and the water in tho sea have both limits to their numbers and to their quantity; the ., - , - -1+ offices in the gift of Lincoln, numerous as Also, between the on ,e rig l j are> ] iavc l) ePn finally counted, and lower corner are two hearts separated ^j ie pockets of the nation, deep through and pointing towards each other in the tj re y p ej fi a ve been sounded by the fingers genuine, but in the spurious only one, ; 0 f peculators till their bottom is reached, or if two, run together. ! Without the door of the treasury stand the The paper of all the genuine notes , hungry millions to whom no morsel of the is of poor quality, but in the counter- feast has been thrown. The long growl ,. ., .A c i- ■ Kn.,b rises to a roar, and the solid gates shake lint it is of a fair quality of bank note ^ handg Tllc wa b r upon thc paper. South has drained the hearts of mat y a id •Note.—The hair line is not an infallible test, t f a tt C ned the purse for none of these. The til?“ r^of 1 jSno : quarrel of those .Senators, Cabinet officers bill t\ill enable you to detect the false one on | and Generals are but the whirling chips sight. J- J- ; and scattering foam that shows the agita- | t ; 011 on tj l0 wa ters beneath. It will he Ihotice. ( found impossible to reconcile their disputes firms is to forewarn all persons against tra f()r lLpy are i usp i re J l y t ] ie divisions of a nation. The people of tho United States have ceased to be a unit, even for tho plunder and murder of the South. Here we have a solid ground for satisfaction.— The real union of a nation for any purpose, good or bad, constitutes a tremendous agency. The union for resistance in the Southern Confederacy exists in its great est integrity. 'The combination for attack in the North is disordered and discordant. That division does not immediately end the war, nor even diminish our danger; hut it is an element, the growth of which will render our safety and success purely an affair of time. From the Montreal Advertiser. STONE H'A I- J, S ACKSON, Not in the dim cathedral. Filled with the organ’s tones, But on the sward beneath the trees, Through which th* sad wind moans; Where spurs and sabres clank, And chargers paw the ground, And the bronzed and bearded troopers kneel, Silent and stcru around. Thence to Heaven ascending, Breathes forth as earnest prayer As ever irom the towering roof, The angels upward beat; When the bloody toil of battle Is o'er and the fight is won, And the dying gaze from their last red field, Upon the smoke-dimmed sun. And be, the war-worn chieftain, With bowed aud humbled head, Pours forth a prayer for his native land, For the living and the dtad; In sight of their desolated homes, Laid waste with fire and sword, Of the wounded and slain, he bids them turn To the eternal Loud. He prays for the wives ar.d mothers (Worthy of ancient Rome.) Who watch iu the gathering night, for those Who will never more come home ' Old gray haired men like children weep, And boys press nearer still; The wounded open their fading eyes And forget the warning chill. lie pray3 for their bleeding country— The wronged and outraged South— And the grim, stern look of vengeance Gathers around each mouth, He thanks the God of battles For His blessing in time of need. And asks for the help of that right strong artn Until the land is freed. Next day where the fight is thickest, And the bayonets clash and meet— Where the shell and round shot his-, and scream, And the bullets come thick as sleet—. Jackson will lead the forem~-‘--t>arge, Till the rocman iec-1 in riant and rear the avenging stroke Of the trenchant Southern steel. The moon light gleams on the cannon, And the scouts go galloping by; The watch-fires fiare through the gloomy trees And redden the quiet sky. The spirit of prayer has strengthened all, Who live on that gory field, Where patriots vow on their unbonght swords, To die—but never to yield. The Fight of Cobb’s Brigade.—In giving on account of tho battle of Satur day, allusion has been made to the des perate encounter of Cobb’s brigade with the enemy in which that gallant com mander lost his life. ’I’lie Richmond Whig has since learned, that this figfit occurred on Mr. John C. Marye’s place just out side of the .town of Fredericksburg. A stone wall runs through this place on eith er side of a small building, and behind the wall Cobb’s men were concealed. The position is on a hill, separated from thc town by an interveuiag valley known as Sandy Bottom. A heavy column of the enemy advanced to dislodge our small force at that point, and when within mus ket range they lay down and opened fire ; but finding this had no effect they gath ered up for a charge* Gen. Cobb waited until they had appeared within a hundred yards, when he ordered his men to fire. The effect is represented to have been terrific. The approaching column was broken, and in the retreat many were left dead on the field. A second, and yet a - PiesiJent of the Confederate States, he had determined to know no State, yet his heart beat with livelier pulse for Mississip pi, and he looked upon Mississippi sol diers with a pride and emotion which no others inspired. 'The President spoke of his love for the j old Union. He alluded to it, however as • a matter of regret, that tho best affec- | tions of his heart should have been be- j stowed upon an object so unworthy—that ! he should have loved so long a government i which was rotten to its very core. He bad predicted from the beginning a fierce war, though it had assumed more gigantic proportions than he had calcula ted upon. He had prediettd war, not because our right to secede was an un doubted one, and clearly defined in the spirit of that declaration which rests the right to govern upon the consent of thc governed, but the wickedness of the North wouid entail war upon the country. The present war waged against the rights of a free people was unjust and the fruit of the military establishment was of evil passions of the North. In the pro gress of the war those evil passions have been brought out aud developed; and so j far from re uniting with such a people l a people whose descendants Cromwell had j gathered from the bogs and fens of Ire land and Scotland—a people whose intol erance produced discord and trouble wher ever they went—who persecuted Catho lics, Episcopalians and every other sect that did not subscribe to their bigotted and contracted notions—who hung witches and did a thousand other things calcula ted to make them fororcr Infamous—the FrP-AAoiit: was emphatic in his declaration that under no circumstances would he con sent to re-union. ITc drew a glowing picture of the hor rors of war, and the ravages of tho enemy; and while his tears flowed for those who suffered, yet all these would be endured cheerfully before our manhood and our liberties would be surrendered. The War upon Northern Soil. He alluded briefly to his desire to trans fer the war upon Northern soil, but the failure to this proceeded not from a want of inclination, but of*power. We were not an old established nation, with armies and navies at our command. TIipso had to be improvised from the scanty materials to be found within the limits of our own Confederacy. TFe were blockaded and cut off’from other nations, and everybody knows that we had been an agricultural people, and that our facilities for manu facturing materials of war were extremely limited. Notwithstanding this fact, pa tent to the most casual observer, we had now an army larger than ever before—our arms and munitions of war were increased iu number and improved in quality, and we are in a better condition to-day than we were twelve months ago. Conscription and Exemption Acts. He alluded to the Conscription and ex emption laws of Congress, explaining the necessity of the one, and the intention of the other. Was sorry to perceive that there had been a false construction upon the first of these laws. There was no dis honor in being conscripted. The Govern- third attempt was made by fresh troops. • men t j iat i as much right to make laws rc- to take the position, but with the same result. The third time, after our men had discharged their pieces with deadly aim, they leaped over the wall and pursued tho retreating Y ankees, loading and firing as they run. The position was held through out the da}*; and after the fall of the General, at 2 o’clock, p. m., there was not a manSn TffC imgcrttr. w* in spired with a desire to avenge his death. It was remarked that General Cobb dis played a spirit of invincible courage, and doubtless the fact that he was fighting in sight of his mother’s birthplace, now inva ded and polluted by a mercenary foe, con tributed somewhat to his determination to die rather than surrender. PRESIDES! DAVIS I diti£ for two notes atven !>y me to D H San* tiers as administrator of Seth Bolton, each of said notes for $200, and dated the lOth of November. 1301. one due I >t January, 1803, and the other 1st January, 1884, as the consideration for which said notes was given lias failed. I shall not pay them unless compelled by law. \YM. B. FORD. Camilla. Dec- lHh 186*2. S9 t* % Exchange notice KTo. 3. | ALL CONFEDERATE OFFCERS A. auc | MEN who have been captured and paroled in Virginia or Maryland, at any time from tlfe beginning of hostilities to the 1st of November, 1862, have been duly exchanged, and are hereby so declared. 2 All Confederate officers and men who have beed delivered at Aiken’s Landing, on James liver, at any time previous to the 11th of November, 1862. have been duly exchanged, and hereby so declar ed. 3 All Confederate officers and men who have been delivered at Vicksburg, Missis sippi, previous to the 1st of November, 1862, and including said date, have been duly exchanged, aud arc hereby so de clare.d ROBERT OI L'D, Agent of Exchange* dec 16 Gt LspSoutbern papers copy and send accounts to War Department at Richmond \Richmond Examiner. LEGISLATURE OF MISSISSIPPI. At noon yesterday, the hour appointed for the speech of the President, the Rep resentative Hall was crowded to over flowing—not a space large enough to stand upon was left unfilled. The ladies occupied nearly all the seats, leaving the men all standing. The gallery, too, was literally thronged, and many hundreds, perhaps, had to turn back disappointed, so great was tho eagerness of our people to hear the President. The President spoke about one hour and a half, and during all that time the | drop of a pin might have been heard itr I any part of the auditory, except when ; the welkin was made to ring with thc , quiring the services of its citizens in the army, as to compel them to work public roads or to pay taxes. The object of that portion of the exemption law which ex empted thc owners, agent or overseer of twenty negroes, was not intended to draw any distinction whatever between classes. No benefit vt as intended to the rich from • it. It was simply to provide a police force • which C’ongieoo thought necessaiy, and j to facilitate the agricultural productions | of tlic country, to supply the wants of ! both the poor people and the army. Any law intended to bear unfairly upon the poor, even to a feather’s weight, would never have received his signature. “Tho poor have fought our battles,” said the i’residcnt, “and so have the rich.’ / The poor in all revolutions are flic main stay and props of the country. But while the poor have nobly done their duty, wc have no cause to complain of the rich. All have done well, and many of the wealth lest aud most distinguished families in the South have sons in the ranks. He in stanced Hon. Israel Welsh, and others, who had fought as privates in the blood iest engagements of the war. He thought there might be very properly a revision of the exemption law, and trusted there would be no conflict between Confederate and Slate laws upon the subject of the military. That there should be no war with States; and if any State chose to in flict a blow upon tho common cause by enacting conflicting military laws, he hoped that .Mississippi would be thc last to adopt such a suicidal policy. Indigat Families--Reserved Corps. The l’resident expressed his gratifica tion at the message of Governor Pettus, . , , , • K?® ^l* Y* IC ! and cordially endorsed his views, in refer- loud and enthusiastic plaudits of liia Its- tQ ^ provisions for indigent teners. Y\ e had hoped to be ab.e to sup- I fon|ili and the enrollment of exempts, ply our readers with an accurate report ot j wbo cou]J be rea dy upon an emergency to his speech, but the absence of stenograph-1 forthand 0 tho trenches, while Nov. 4tb, 1SG2. (L6) 25 fit. CJIXTY days after date application will be made^to Otlio Court of Ordinary of Jasper Co J , j ame5 to soil tlio NcpjroeB bclonpiDg; to the e*t M. McDowell, late of paid eormty. deoeoEcu. joelc. McDowell, 4®r. K«T.3d,18**. fmnu) Administrutoi's Sale. W ILL be sold ou the first Tuesday in Febrn- aty next before the Court House door in the town of Irwinville, Irwin county, within the i legal hours of sale, the following property, to-wit: Lot of Land No. 231 in the 4th Dist. of Irwin | county, also 245 acres of Lot No. 167 iu the 6th j Dist. of Irwin county, as the property of Henry I sj. Townsend late ot Irwin county, dec’d. Sold j agreeable to an order of the Court of Ordinary of Irwin county, for the benefit of the heirs and cred itors of said deceased. Terms on the day of sale. R. W. CLEMENTS, Adm’r. I p«e.4tb, ISW. 90 tds Last Moments of Gen. Gregg.—On the evening of the great battle at Fredericks burg, after he had received his mortal wound, Gen. Gregg dictated the following despatch: “ To His Excel/envy Gov, Pickens: “I am severely wounded, but thc troops under my command have acted as always have done, and I hope wc gained a glorious victory. It I am to die j uow, I give my life cheerfully for thc iu- j dependence of South Carolina, and 1 trust j you will live to see our cause triumph j completely. “Maxcy Gregg.” To this Governor Pickens returned the following reply: • * To Gen. Maxcy Gregg, Yearly House, j near Fredericksburg: “I trust God will spare you; but if you die, your glorious name will be loved throughout all time. Every South Caro lina heart beats for you and your heroic men. “F. TV. Pickens,” ic facilities rcuders that impossible aud we have only to draw from our memory. Upon thc appearance of the President, lie was greeted with rapturous applause, clearly showing that he still retained the deep love and hearty confidence of bis old friends. Ascending the Speaker’s j stand he was introduced by Hon. James i Drane, President of the Senate. There j ! were several moments before he could be ; continued applause heard amid the long of the audience. He commenced by stating that two years ago he had been called to fill a posi- j tion the duties of which had occupied all 1 his time, leaving him no opportunity to j they '■ mingle with his friends of Afrssissippi,. or have share personally in the dangers that me naced them. But wherever ho might bu —wherever duty commanded him to stay —his heart was with us, and the success ! of thc common cause for which we were | the disciplined aud active soldiery could take thc field. The calls for such service could be for thirty, sixty or ninety days, and when the emergency had passed, they could return to their pursuits. Raw sol diers, the President contended, could do effective service in the trenches, and the adoption of such a policy would strength en our means of defence quite materially. In his allusion to thc vast numbers of the North, thc President said that upon any fair field wa were willing to fight them two to one; at Antietam, Gen. Lee whipped them four to one. But this might not be the case always. As thc enemy pro gressed in discipline, they approached nearer to our own troops in efficiency. Hence the necessity of providing some thing like a corresponding force to that which the enemy arc bringing against us. Stragglers. The President denounced in terms of all battling was first in his thoughts, first ( in his prayers, and the safety and promo- I scathing hut dignified rebuke tho habit tion of which should be the object of bis . of straggling from the army. He invoked constant endeavor. When he left Missis- 1 public opinion to frown it down, andcall- sippi two years ago he thought his absence i eu upon the women to drive tho strag- would be only temporary—that he would glers back to duty, soon return and lead her heroic sons to bat tle in defence of their dearest rights—a task which ho thought would have been more congenial to his tastes aud better suited to his capacities, than tho one to which he had been assigned. Although iu the discharge of his responsibilities as Fill up the Ranks. He urged the necessity of filling up the thinned ranks of our regiments. Those veterans who had gone through many hard fought battles looked for their kindred at home to supply the places which had been made vacant by the death of their comrades. A brigade which mustered only twelve hundred men, would have to bleed as much as if it had its full quota of 4,000. Their ranks must be filled; hu- manity demands it. It was a time for- patriots to throw off tho shackles of pri vate interest, fly to the rescue of those he roes which thc ravages of war had yet spared, and consecrate themselves to the most sacred cause on earth. The real Danger. ' v The President remarked that when be arrived here he thought the enemy were pressing down upon us from the borders of our State, but when he went to Greneda he there learned that noth ing could be seen of them but their backs. They were going back, perhaps with the intention of reinforcing the heavy column that was now being thrown down the Mississippi river. The real points of at tack was at Vicksburg and Port Hudson; and to all who desired to lend a helping hand to the country in her present exigen cy he would say, “Go to Port Hudson and Vicksburg without delay!” 'Sccvssity of Harmony—Permanent Mili tary system. He spoke of the salutary effects of har monious action between the several States and the government at Richmond, and urged upon legislators, both State and Confederate, the necessity of establishing a.permanent military system, for even af ter the present war has ended we might expect trouble from our enemies unless our such char acter as to give them a wholesome fear of precipitating a war upon us. The true theory was to adopt a military system which would he permanent and opera tive in time of peace. The Question at Issue. The issue involved in this war was no ordinary one. The question is, will yon be free, or will you be the slaves of tha most depraved and intolerant and tyranni cal and hated people upon earth? This was the real question to be decided. Ev erything else was as dust in the balance. A people who had demonstrated iheir ut ter incapacity for self government, who had destroyed their own liberties in the vain effort to deprive us of ours, seek to be our masters, and inflict upon us such galling chains as have no parallel in the the annals of tyranny. Mississippi is the object of their peculiar hatred; upon her is to be visited their refined vengeance. But our cause is just and vengeance belongs to the Lord! We will resist the power of the enemy. Discard all other considera tions but the public defence, and victory will again be ours. Asptrtions of thc Administration. The President alluded very briefly to the falsehoods which had been circulated relative to the administration, which he could not disprove, because such disproval would give the enemy a knowledge of things which the good of the cause re quired to be concealed from him. That he had committed some errors lie did not doubt, though they were never the re sult of improper motives. For s^indica- tion of himself from the aspersions of some of his fellow citizens, he confidently a- waited the time when the cause would not suffer from such vindication. He, howev er explained the great necessity of public confidence in the officers of the Govern ment, and pointed to that great and good man Gen. Albert Sidney Johnson, as a shining example of the effects of withhold ing that deserved confidence which tha public welfare requires. Mississipjtians must sustain their Fame. Mr. Davis made an eloquent appeal to Mississippians to prove themselves in this hour of peril, worthy of the proud fame won by the State upon the plains of Chal- mette—to emulate the glory achieved by her sons upon the fields of Mexico, and in the still more glorious battles of the Con federacy.' By all the future and hy dll the past, by the memory of those whose bones already bleach upon the battle plains of our country, lie invoked then to stand firm against the devastating columns of theenemy. Duration of the War. Though the war had somewhat exceed ed his expectations, yet he has never doubted our final success, and he consid ered it now as absolutely certain. The duration of tho war was a question of time. He thought, however, it was not possible for a war waged upon such a tremendous scale, to bo long protracted. Be it long or short, however, we could not be the first to cry out “hold enough.” Vicksburg. The President paid a deserved tribute to Vicksburg. That noble little city had withstood the shocks of the combined fleets of the enemy, after the great cities of New Orleans and Memphis had suc cumbed to their supposed invincibility. The heroic women of Vicksburg cried out give the enemy the soil if it cannot be de fended, hut let hitn have nothing else. The Governor left his chair and repaired to the scene of danger and refused to listen to any advice except of defiance to the concentrated power of the enemy. We are belter prepared at Vicksburg now than then. Our defences are gieatly improved and strengthened. TVe have better ar mies, and that gallant soldier (Gen. John son) is pouring in reinforcements. He comes to Mississippi to protect and save her. (Immense applause.) Recognition—Foreign Nations. To the question of recognition and in tervention, the President devoted only a few words. TVe had a right to expact recognition long since, but it had not come and his advice was; “Put not your faith in princes, nor rest your hope, upon for eign nations.” It seesied that England still refused to take any steps towards either recognition or mediation* France had made a move that seemed friendly, to us, a.tdwhcn we she extended the hand of friendship, we would be ready to grasp it. No Relrogradation. The President took a brief retrospec tive view of tLo movement of our armies since the fall of New Orleans—an event as unexpected to him as it was to ns—and showed that we had not retrogaded, but had gathered largely in strength. Annies are not made up in numbers only. TVe have now au army that we can safely re ly on. We have stripped gunboats of their terrora. We have improved in all those things which go to make ns invinci ble. Our prospects are much better thau they were twelve months ago. Two objects of thc Enemy. There are two grand objects of theen emy: 1st, to get possession of the river, and thus cut our Confederacy in two, and secondly to seize the Confederate Capital and to hold it up to foreign nations as an evidence that the Confederacy does not exist. The President dwelt at some length up on the vast importance of thwarting the

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