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I Editors.
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. fu'ih Fed IJ id,l>>, in AJi/ledgerU/e, tin.,
(/ oj Hancock and 11 ’ilkinson Sts.,
(ojrpovte Court Home.)
A! $3 a year in Advance. j —
THE CONFEDERATE UNION.
VOLUME XXXIII.]
5I1LIEDGE YILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 21,1863.
bites op advertising.
Per square oj twelve tines.
0 „.i.,*ertion*l HO,awlfifty ccutsfor each subsequent
COBiUiOUKW. -
r u .iM-‘«iit without the specification of theuumberol
ni-rrtions will be published till forbid and charged
j.oordinglj'.
jj l’rofessiocal Cards, per year, where they
donotexceedSix Likes - - $10 00
/ 1,'wrat contract will be made with those who wish to
AJrtrlhc by de ye 'r,occupying a sqncifed space
LEC
if Lane
A NEW RE 11 MEAT
for the
Department of Middle Florida.
’General Howell CoMi’s Command.
Hired a Substitute to Stay Behind.
We have heard of many cases ol
men liable to conscription hiring sub
stitutes to take their places in the
ranks; but the instance reported below
is uncommon and noteworthy. The
3*L ADVERTISEMENTS.
d^ad Negroes, by Administrators, Ea
rs .ir tiualWhis, arerequired by law. lobe bold
■ first 1 ue.-w.iy in the uioni li; between the houis o!
lb in tie torenoon and three in the afternoon, at the
Court uottse in theooanty m which the property is sit
uated.
-Votive of theaesales must be given in a public ga-
relt? I I day* previous to the day ofsale.
Notice* lorthe sale of pcnional property must begiv-
t*n in like manner 111 day* previous to sale day.
Notice* to l lie debtor* and creditors of an estate must
nl.a i»e published 40 days.
Notice that application will be madetothe Conrtol
Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must be
published for two months.
for letters of Administration Guardianship i
Are., must be published 30 days—for dismission froif. [
Administration, monthly si.e months—for disutissioi
trom Guardianship, 40 days.
Kales for foreclosure of ‘Mortgage must be published
month!a far four months—for establishing lost pnpers
for the full space of three vwnti s—forcompelUngtillee
from’ Executors or administrators, where bond has been
given by the deceased, th« full space of three
u. mths. .
Publications will always be continued according to
the-e. the legalrequiremcnts, ni dess o t her wise ordered
at the following
RATES:
Citations, on letters ofadministration, Ac. f ‘27b
“ “ dismiasory trom Admr’n. 45(1
“ Guardianship. 3 00
Leave to sell Land or Negroes . 4 00
Notice to debtors and creditors. 3 00
Sales of persona! property, ten days, 1 sqr. 1 50
Sileofland or negroes by Executors, &e. pr sqr. o 0(1
Estrays, two weeks 1 50
Per a man advertising his wifefin advance,) 5 00
rnilE ur.dcrsigi.nl having been authorized by i V0UUS[ volunteer who hired a Stthkti-
X .1,. s,c,.„ .( ..: l ute to stay bn with tire ordnance
wagon, while lie hastened to take part
in the fight, was Seaborn Williams, of
Tuskegee, Ala., a very modest and re
tiring hut courageous youth, of-less
than eighteen years, who was killed in
the great light near Murfreesboro’,
j The account which we copy is from a
j letter from the Captain of his compa
ny, which formed part of the 40th Ala-
serve under Genera) Howell Cobb, in Ids depart
ment ot Middle Florida, all persons v.hnlu-ve
raised or may design to rinse Companies, .are in
vited to correspond with me at Macon. Georgia.
Companies of sixty-four, squads, non conscripts
or exempts from any portion of tin Stale, and ll-
so persons subject to const-tip!ion, residing in
the district ot Middle Florida, and in the fol
lowing named counties: Baker, Calhoun, C'iay,
drowned rat figure which the stranger
GREAT .SPEECH
cut, streaked- it for the house. Having ;
reached the door she stopped—turned,;
and squealed—Oobbee—dam!”
‘•Good heavens!” said Thompson, j
digging his heels between his horse’s i
HON. D. W. YOitRHEES,
©X
THE IS DEM MTV HILL.
I partments in which the powers of the Uov- :
eminent are placed, but the voice of the
People is supreme over them all. The Ex-
|®i' utnoca ° make no law, annul no lew,
j nngenolaw. He j g not responsible for
| bo laws as he linds them. They are made
>y t lc j, eopJe tiu ][ , j 8lafiv * it
and he » .imply their servant. to 'execute
then- w,l thus expressed. ! he depart-
ment.of the judicialy was created to inter-
jpret and pronounco the meaning of law-
' and if the law, as thus declared by the
""""courts, is not iu accordance with the popa-
individual and national happiness. But if! ! ar ^ s hes,^it is to be corrected by new leg.
[NUMBER Ir.
ribs—-‘good heaveus! let me get out
of this horrid place, where not only
the men, but the very babes and suck
lings swear at inoffensive travelers!”
:k
islatiou. But one department cannot in*
vade or coerce the other when each con-
lines itself to its constitutional boundaries.
These rides are very old and very familiar,
but they assume a new and wonderful sig
nificance in the light of present events.
I hey are like the face of an old friend be-
Decatur Dougherty. Early. Lee, Mitchell, Miller,
Randolph, Tern-111, Thomas, Worth, Chattahoo
chee, Marion, Quitman, Stewart, Sumter, Schley,
Taylor, Webster, Muscc^cc.
Erfuralion ol K.ldinV Orphan*.
Savannah, Starch 5’lst, I SOU.
Mr. Editor:—I ask for space in your
columns -to repeat, a suggestion, already
made through some of our religious papers
in regard to the education of the indigent
Also, non-conscripts, exempts and THOSE ! 7 J ’ F“ 1 or l I,nns of oar soldiers who have fallen in
*I T IME«/T TO CONSCRIPTION. in General 1 IkPgJUient. Capt. Abercrombie j this war. It may not be improper for me
Cobb’s Department ^ | writes this concerning the matter: * to mention, that I have 1 bored among
a bounty ot 5‘,,o an>j a complete outfit will be j “The day btTore the light, I receiv-1 oar lroo ps, from the. beginning of the strug-
furnished to every A oliinttcr, as soon as he is *
mistered in.
ed au order to detai
this people refuse, from this lime forward, J.
to be led by these principles, an abyss of
horror awaits our speedy entrance, as ter
rible to tbe upright soul of a free-born
American citizen as tbe flaming depths
where the lost angels writhe in agony.
| The world, it is true, will not stand still, -
ivbrkd I.V Til E iiou.se OK it KPBK.SKNTA- i some other people more worthy the high . ® unexpectedly under terrible and start
TivES, on the IStii of l-TB. 1S63. t toust will take up the cause of constitution- bn e circtnnstanees. I do not allude to
. al government; but we will bo dropped in j 1 lCul af dine, because I supposo they
c . , j gloom and utter despair l>v the wayside. I are new to the humblest mind in tbe land,
oir, the lull now before the House has no b .. ... 1 I allude to them l.nw -vor K ; r f„ r .u
; c*ir, times like the present are ahvavs full era ’ I0We ' el * s, r» i°r lue pur-
parallel m the history of this or any other , of( j. ing€r to fhe rig i l(g of{ j IC pcop! p ]„ j P°£c of asserting, as I do here now iu my
Lee people. It is entitled A.iacttom an j lour j ike this, if we expect to retain the P ,ace as :l Representative of the people,
demnify the ] resm.nt and other poisons institutious of Jil, er ty. an increased degree i that 1 ,c preseut Executive of tbi. Govern-
of vigilance is required. For when the el- I ment bas usurped the powers of the judicial
ements of political organization arc in coin- j ai ? c * ( . e ^ e o lsial be departments of the Con-
motion, .'ind disorder pervades the whole j s * ltu * ion an extent which is totally sub-
face of affairs, bad men in authority unbri- ve, ; siv , e of republican institutions, and not
die the spirit of tyranny in their breasts j *? bo bcrno 1 b - v , a * re , e P. eo P «• I make the
and leap over the walls of constitutional re- cha ^* aml W,1J sub,nlt tl,e P ro ° r to m 7
straint. Such periods in history have been * countrymen.
the rich harvest of despotism. When the | , U ' Vl1 ,,ot bc denied on this floor or else-
tl.under rolls along the sky and midnight i ™ e that tbe pus P cns i° n of the writ of
gloom increases the terrors of the storm,
the- savage beasts of the desert go forth ai.d
; , —- j very reluctantly, and went hack to,
A NfAV DAILY IN MAI ON* j the train. Harly next moniiug, I saw J
; him again, with his " gun, in line. Il
On the SECOND MOXDA\ of 1EB- j \ Ven t up to him ami asked him why I
RUARY. inst., the undersigned will com-1 } ie was there. He replied, I have hir- j
mcnce the publication of a new Daily l‘a-1 e d another man to stay behind with the i
.j i per in JIacon under the title of
Tli Daily Confederate.
BOOK-BINDING
Till: .Subscribi-r i.* now pre
pared to do Book'Bind-
ing, in all its branches
Old Books rebound, &c.
MUSIC bound in the best, style. Blank Books
miTiiitHctnred to order. Prompt attention will be
triv-L-u to all woik entiusted to tne.
S. .f KIDD.
1'iiiwiTf in Botithnn Federal l iiion OBfre.
Milledzevillij, Marcli irJth, 1861. 43
SBR2SS:
For one year, Cash in advance $10 00
“ six inontlis, “ “ 5 00
“ three “ “ “* :j 00
“ one month, “ “ l 00
Advertisements inserted on the most lib
eral terms, payable, in advance.
From an experience of a quarter of a I
century in the business of Journalism, the j
Editor feels-confident in being able to fur-
wagon, and il you will let me B pi er
for to he with the company in the
fight to-day. Unwilling to mortify
him, I consented to his star.
It should mu L-c forgotten, that onrarmy
is composed almost exclusively of volun
teers, who have proven themselves among ; '
the best, (if not tbe very best,) soldiers! e ’ ’f.
Hie world lias ever seen. I am satislied
this is owing in a great measure to their
intelligence. Leaving out of the question
the soldiers from other States, of whom I
know but little, it is true of our Georgia
soldiers that the proportion of those who
cannot read does not exceed one per cent. I
make this statement deliberately, and
know whereof 1 affirm. And then you
will scarce find a company that does not
contain sometimesjas privates in the ranks
graduates of Colleges a: d Universities.—
Such men know and feel- their personal
for suspending the privilege of tbe writ of
haheus corpus, and acts done in pursuance
thereof. But it embraces even more than
its startling title would indicate. It gives
to the Executive and all bis subordinates
not merely sectiritj- for crimes committed
against the citizens in times past, but con
fers a license to continue in the futme the
same unlimited exercise of arbitrary now- | . , ,, ,
, , , , , , * , 1 i thunder rolls alon
er which has brought disgrace and danger
i to the country. I propose, to tbe Lest of
1 my ability this day, to show that neither
f , , , i i , ! fion do the same- Beniamin was a ravin
future can be bestowed on those who have j - ’
violated, and who pronose farther to vio- j
rent and fundamental principles j
of constitutional liberty.
Sir, tbe prope^^Muon and lawful cxer- j
cisc of tbe pouj^^M^Kovcrumcnt consti- j
tnte a qucstiln^^^^^uiie and paramount I
importance. No people in tbe history of j
the world ever long maintained security I
from tbe foot of the oppressor who lost sight i
• i raveii for their prey. Therulersofthena-
indemmty for the past or impunity for the I - Y
haheas corpus by proclamation, to which I
have alluded, closed the civil courts of the
country, from one ocean to the other,
against the trial of any one arrested by th9‘
order of the President or his subordinates.
! It gave access to the vaults of the prison.
It is the part
of the natnie of trail man to sin against
laws, hi. li human and divine, but God him-
SPECIAL NOTICE.
FIXIIE nnoi i signed having removed freni Mil-
I iedgeville desires n.d intends to close up his
business matters of that place speedily as possi
ble. All persons indebted are notified that the
no.esand accounts aie in the In nd* of J. A.
Hkckhlove, andP. 11. Lawlfb, who are authori
zed to collect and make settlen ei-ts If not ar
ranged at an early day, settlements willbe enforced
bv law.
K5 tf. Ji. C. VAIL, Agent.-
Western & Atlantic (Stale Railroad.
■RR0SS1
kfianU to Chattanooga, 138 Miles, Fare $0 00
JOHN S. ROWLAND, Sipt.
fnaiM-ngrr Train.
Leave Atlanta at.....
Arrive at Chattanooga at
Leave Atlanta at
Arrive at Chattanooga at...
Acronnnoilirlicn Pnuriigrr
L’-ive Atlanta
Arrive at Kingston
Leave Kingston
Arrive at Atlanta
This Road connects each way with the Rome
Branch Railroad at Kingston, the East Tennessee
A Georgia Railroad at Dalton, and the Nashville
it Chattanooga Railroad at Chattanooga.
July 29, 1862. ’ 10tf -
7 30 P. M.
4 57 A. M
. 4 (>n A. M.
. 5 15 P. M.
Train.
.. 2 40 P M
.. 0 57 P.M.
.. 4 30 A. M
.. 8 45 A M.
lie was conspicuous for It is aljifcst
reckless daring and courage, Aid
though immediately fronting tli£
my’s artillery, which was but it' few
yards iiom us and was sweeping j responsibility, and hence “every man’s a
lanes through our ranks, lie boldly I hero.” Many of these heroes hare sacri-
and fearlessly pressed straightforward tice d their lives in our defence, and jt^
while some others would attempt to _ te nie * Mr. Editor, foeciai-nte
nisli to the reading public sucb a paper as I 8et*k some shelter fiotn tile intervon- ^, C11 orjfbkns!’ aMeast to such au extent
will be acceptable. I be latest intelligence, : trees. Ills arm seemed to be tin j jy,i] qualify them to appreciate the
by mail and telegraph, wid bc given, and j first to plant fl victorious banner upon , rights and privileges which they will enjoy
no effort will bo spared to deserve u lib ; the enemy's artillery. But he was too under a.free government. If they bad
eral patronage. I conspicuous a mark to pass unscathed j lived, their children would not have been
EjF’Elcven copies of the-Daily will be ■ through the shower of balls and cards ; doomed to ignoYaticc, as well as poverty.
ter that the enemy, was raining upon ; U* 11 nothing be done to prevent the eutail-
us. and just as the enemy was giving j „ of s,,cJ ! an e p vil a P°n tb em ? ; .
way, a fatal ball entered his bowels I I bel.eve it is perfectly pra«jt:cable to give
; , , , ,, c ,, i nil to tiiese pool orphans inour ctate a plain
and passed through them, he le i but T, , J . 1
— — b — — «uu jaw o English education. (I trust many-of them
week, to tbe oflice, next door below Ross j looking up from the spot consecrated j m{J y p e st ;j] inorc highly favored.) Up to
& Coleman*8 Cotton Avenue, up-stairs. by a brave soldier’s fall, he saw tho | t )ie battle of Sharpsburg, tli ere were left
UiF'No name entered without the cash, ! enemy flying in dismay and his com- j in Georgia three thousand six hundred and
continued longer than the rades in hot pursuit to avenge his heighten widows. The battles which have
sent for $100, or one copy, gratis, to ev
ery agent who will procure Ten cash sub
scribers at above rates. Business men ot
Macon wishing to advertise, will please
send in their favors during the present
and no paper
same is paid for.
L. F. W. ANDREWS*.
Macon, Feb. 2d, ISG3.
fall.”.
New Arrangement.
Change of Schedule, on and after Monday 1 Itli inst
THE Subscribers are convey-
ns tho- C. S. .Mail from
Seville via fcpnrta, Culver-
ton and Powelt-on to Double
W<-!l*,und would r*-*pcctfully invite the attention ol
t!i< ir friends and the travelling jiublio. to their new
and complete arrangement for travelling facilities
over thialine.- .
SCHEDULE—Leave Alilledgevilie after tbe nrnva
of trains from Columbus. Me'-on and Savannah; Ar.
: - ive in Sparta al 0 o’clock 1*. M. and at Double Well^
■erne evening.
Leave Double Well* alter the arrival of morning
train* from Augusta. Atlanta and Athens; Arrive at
Sparta 11 o’clock, A. 31.; Arrive at Milledgevillesame
evening.
With good Hack*, fine Stock and careful drivers
»e solicit aliberal patronage.
MOORE A FORM.
glare* Offices—MHlcdgrritle HotelMilled gcrille;Ga
Edwards' House. Sparta\
Moore's Hotel, Double Wdlt.
July 11,1359. 8 tf -
A California Story.
Administrator's Sale. . t he 1 no * liern P art of S ^’
T>Y virtue of an order of the Court of Orclina- j (C al lfornla.) IS a Stream Called N uba
I ) ry of Appling county, will be sold on tbe \ riVGr. ACTOSS it SOlllC GTltcrprisiUg 111-
first Tuesday in MAY next, before the Court ! dividual If till t a bridge; and, Oil the
House door in tiie town cl Holnicsville, Jppling ; , , , , , ' , ,
county, the following lands, belonging to the fs- , baillvS Somebody else built tllioe Ol
tate of Henry Clary, late of said countv, deceit*- ! four llOUSCS. The inhabitants called
ed: Number ltlij, in third district of said county, | t , , Vllba Dtlll). Three bars
containing 390 acres, subject to a widow s dowery : r 1
for life time. Also, number 473 in the 4tli dis- were instantly erected, and the “town
trict of said county, containing 490 acres, more or i i ncl - ease d rapidly. About 110011 OilC
less. Terms on the day of sale Sold lor the i . , 1 • J ,, , ,
benefit Of the heirs. ' | coo[ lay, a sojourner III the land pass-
willis clary, Adm’r ed this flourishing locality, and se*»'ng
March ifitli, 1863. 44 tds k 1 ft ] 0 ug_](iorg(j(] specimen of humanity in
a red shirt smoking before one of the
bars, thus addressed him:
‘Hello!”
‘Hello!” replied the shirt with vig
or, removing his pipe from his month.
‘What nlaco is this?” demanded
be
Executor's Sale.
old before the Court. House door in
tho town of Marion, Twiggs county, on j
the first Tuesday in MAY, within the legal hours !
! of sale, the following land belonging to the es- j
j tate of Hartwell L. Solomon, deceased, to-wit:
| Six hundred andTwentv-five acres,- lying and i __ T . .
beyig in said county, and in tho 25th and 27th dis- i ‘»» hat place IS
j tilets, numbers not recollected, hut known as . t] !C traveler, whose name WHS TilOllip-
’ the settlement on which Bennett Jones now lives. !
and the settlement known as the Davidson place,
adjoining lands of John Faulk, Wm. L Solo
nion, and C R. Faulk. Terms on Hie day of sale.
JOHN FAULK Ex r.
March 2d, 1863. ls 42 tds.
A dm in istralor's Sal e.—Post/ion ed.
W ILL be sold on the First Tuesday in MAY
next, before the Court House door in
Nashville. Berrien county, within the usu
al hours of sale. Lot number three jjundred and
thirty in the sixth District, originally Irwin now
Berrien, as the properly of William Garrett, dec’d.
Sold by virtue of an order from the Ordinary of
Wilkinson county, for the benefit of thecrejitors
of said deceased 'Terms cash.
E. CUMMIMG, .
JNO. M. GARRETT. ) Ad “ Ti
JOHltJ T. BOWDOIM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BtTOSTOS.Bk.
Katonton, Ga., Feb. 14, I860. 38 tf.
50 Saw Cotion Gin for Sale. •
ONE of WATSON'S best 50 Saw Cotton Gins
-s offered for sale. Tiiis Gin is new, and is equal
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
daction on the regular price. Apply at this office
■ otV.Tift nr.f. H. Watson.at Albany
HOES
X f) DOZ. HOES Just received and for sah
OIJ by WRIGHT & BROWN.
Feb 2d, 1863. < f -
A DUN! A DUN!!.
r p 11E undersigned request all persons indebted
to them to call and settle.
HERTY & HALL.
Milledgeville, Jan 10th 1862. tf
s **'t.n.iRviK.
OKEEKLEX Bt'Tt.EB
IRVIN & BUTLER,
attorneys at law,
ALBANY, Georgia.-
PRACTICE in the Superior Courts of the Soutl
I H esteinCircuit,—in Terrell, Randolph,' qnd Ear
■ Viatic* in the I’utaula Circuit,—in Worth and Ma .
'■’0 Counties, in the Macs n Circuit, in tho United
, '■* Circuit Court ct Savannah,—and by specia
'lirurt.in any County iu Southern Georgia.
•Isn-iary lat’ISoO. 34 tf.
£THERIDGE 8g SON,
Factors, Commission and Forwarding
M3RCHAN TS,
SAVANNAH, CA.
* D ETHERIDGE.
j| n, y 15th, 1856.
W. D. ETHERIDGE, Jr
8 tf
Plantation for Sale.
J h ER for sale a well improved Plantation
: 7 l “ )ln three miles of Milledgeville, contain-
“ ' ,ljar te8n hundred acres of land.
B . WILLIAM A. JARRATT.
P,b - L 1 *9 m+
Spool Cotton,
2 0 Coats Spool Cotton for Sale by
J WRIGHT & BRQWN-
r «b 2d is
April 3, 1863.
47 tds
; son.
i The answer of tho shirt- wa« unex
pected:
! “Yuba Dam!” *
There was about fifty yards bc-
! tween them, and the wind was blow-
| ing. Mr. Thompson thought he had
been mistaken.
“What did you say?” he asked.
“Yuba Dam,” replied the shirt cheery
I fully.
“What place is this?” roared Mr.
I Thompson.
“Yuba Dam!” said tbe shirt in a
slightly elevated tone of voice.
“Luokce here!” yelled the irate
Thompson, “I asked you politely what
this place was, why in thunder don’t
you answer?”
The stranger became excited. He
Administrator's Sale.
A GREEABLE to an order of the Court or Or
dinary of Bulloch county, will he *rdd before
tbe Court House door, in Statesboro, on the first.
Tuesday in JUNE next, one negro boy, named
Cuyler, eighteen j’enra of age. Sold as tlie prop
erty otO.H. P. Lanier, for a division among the . —. . ~
heirs of said sstatp. Terms made known on the ; rOSC and replied With the voice Ol .‘III
day of sale.
BENJAMIN WILSON, Adtn'r.
CATHERINE LANIER, Admr’x.
April tllfc. 1H8S. n i'. 47 tds.
Appling Sheriff Sales. V*
TILL be field on the fiist Tnesday in MAY
eighty pounder:
“Y ou-ba Dam! Don’t you liear that?”
In* a minute Thompson, burning
with the wrath of the righteous, jump
ed ofl'his horse and advanced on tbe
next, before the Court House dour in the i stranger with an expression not to be
own of Holmesville, Appling county. Georgia, j nl j s ^ a ^ cn . ’p|, e shirt arose and assumed
between tliu usual hours of s*le, the following - lie
lots of Land,to-wit: Nos.6ti. 4ii. 410,313, 53o. 1 a posture ot oflcnse and detensc.
2, 280,305,519.64,,43.551, 346,272^399. 3.3, j Arrived within a yard .of him,
for the last time, what
W
Putting his hartd to his mouth, his
in the 5th district: also the following fractions in ! flrm 0 uent I'Otired:
the 4th district 41H», 500, oOl, o(2, *>(<.;, i>(14, • * F
526. 527, 522. 339, -541. All of the above lots | “ Y OU-ba Daill. , ^ **5
and fractions lying in the county of Appling.— ! Xiiti UCXt minute they* Were at it.
i Ti«‘ Thorepsou «•«. dow..; then th.
I. Hutchinson vs. Nejicmiah R. Butlwr, adminis- I shirt; then it Was a (log tall—that is,
trator on the estate of Abraham Coiby. 1 ruperty both were down. They lolled about
JAMES SMITH, Sh’ff.
44 tds
pointed out by C B. Hitt.
March 13th, ls03.
PR ESS
FOR SALE-
a riAntile-cnd Adam’s Power Press,
A ®?pSect “tr have used it and can
’“■■"tomiS® 4 tuatxes.
Milledgeville, March 10th. 1863. * 42 if.
occurred since and other causes have
probably increased this number to five
thousand. Suppose there are three thou
sand of these, whose children must be ed
ucated by charity or never he educated at
all. I think it would be found, on investi
gation, that not more than two children
of a family, on an average,- could he spared
to attend school at the same time. Some
of the-larger boys have already grasped
the handles of the plows which their fath :
ers left standing in the furrows when they
rushed to arms, anti the larger girls are
aiding their poor mothers in making music
with the spinning wheel and the loom —
Yet even these may snatch sufficient time
from labor to acquire such educations I
propose should he given them. Suppose,
then, we have to provide for the tuition of
six thousand orphans, who shall board at
home and attend school in their own
neighborhoods. At $40 a scholar for
tuition and books, it would require
tiro hundred and forty thousand dollars
per annum Cannot this amount bc raised
wolf, and stands as the emblem of unlaw- ;
ful and sanguinary power. Seditions and i., . . , ....
civil wars are the unhappy occasions for ; but imt to tbe bar of .|ust.cc
the exercise of this baleful propensity
which high official station so generally bc- ; ,8 !Y 3 ’
gets in the heart of man. And, Mr. Speak- ; se , 8 . r. f——;
er, the mournful evidences arc thick and i a . nd s alone repudiate the justice of
fearful on every band, whichever way we i * 16 -Almighty, lo deny to the accused
turn, that the public confusion which now ; P erson tbo r, S »o be heard m his defense
- f , y-• . , y „ .... , j reigns in our own once peaceful land, has I “Pre-eminent J the. attribute of the worst
of tins fundariRntal truth. I ho sentinel bro bt with it to U3 this 1 pernicious evil in i 5 *?f sof b ! u , tal despotism. Condemnation
who stands guard over he citadel of popu- ;ts m06t fri h{ful an j / ggra feted form. ; without trial, and punishment without lim-
kr liberty cintmly protect and defena Ins , 1)isastc ,. i, as P Allowed disaster in terrible ! ^^ttion to my mmd,
sacred trust by keeping his vigilant eve I , . .... . , , . 4l *v most atrocious tyranny that ever
steadily fixed on the movements of power. ' a . n ! al In L 1 a l' 1 1 Y 0 a ThcT cup ; Toasted on the groans of the captive, or
Every attempt to divert his attention., by i sorrow.’' Our territorial ! °” tbc 4 tcars lb « ^
proclaiming other and more important cb-) ^iaaoenr has been torn and disputed by l lbe , ther esfa ’. -Did yet on this spectacle
jects, or by lulling him to.«K~- J “° l’ 03 ” the sword, homes have been desolated and , Lor 1 ror and of fibame American citizens
comes !° I1L '^ government, j li]lctl witl , the pj Ucrness G f deaili, debt and bavu been S aziu o for more tban a J ea - !
„.ci> attempt to convince tljc public mind ; taxa(ion (owcr up ]ike ft g ] oomy specter i t t 1,ie f ruat , bl,lw ' a,k nbicJl U aD<Mr *' io ™ **
that here may be higher duties tor the at- ouy IllidBt> al){] c J st an apDa li^/ s ), aJo , v , U°ody toil have erected agatpst the wick-
izcn to perform than to preserve inviolate , ovcr the Lo ofthe preset a „d of future I f exercise of unlawful power has been
the inalienable rights ot person, property peueration / of Iabor } or moro t!ian a huu . j torn away with a panic,dal hand. Every
died years to come; but such scenes have 1 c, I tlzcn , ,u this Republic, the farmer at h,s
not softened the heart of executive author- P. low * *l>e mechanic at Ins shop, thi mer
it}-, tempered 4he insatiable lust of personal j ? l,R ! ,t h.s counter, every calling add pro-
To measure out the metes and bounds of | domination, or stayed the hand of official CM °! l ln , c ’ 10111 , tbe Pyo’^d man m his
tresjiass and oppression any more iu the
administration of the American Republic
than they have in the administration of the
Governments of former ages.- The usurper
seizes the moment when the Constitution
ot his country is weakened by some deadly
peril to assist in breaking it down. He
watches the opportunity when tbe laws
are unsettled to trample them under bis
feet and substitute bis own imperious and
unhallowed will in the place of their well-
defined and peaceful operation.
and the.pursuit of happiness, is an. assault
upon the existence of this Republic and a
sacrilege .against God.
po-wer, and estiblish them by constitution
al landmarks*sufficiently plain and strong
to resist the encroachments of executive au
thority, lias- been the-lofty purpose of every
friend of freedom who has left his name to
illuminate the annals of human conduct.—
Such names belong to the people, and are
household deities around the humble
hearthstones of those who eat their bread
in the sweat of their faces, and liiul safety
alone in tlie well-defined limits of the laws
under which they live. The surveyor
with his chain can run the lines and plant
the corner-stones along the borders of king
doms, empires, states and territories, hut
statesmen and philosophers have taxed all
the hours since the dawn of civilization
with the efforts of incessant industry in cir
cumscribing and restraining a lawless and
impatient spirit of power. Vast armies
have been marshalled and great battles
fought; the earth has been turned from its
primeval peace and purity intonne mighty
sepulcher, and the sky has been rent with
the voice of mourning in order to appease
the lust of conq uest and to extend ili C phy
sical boundaries of a country to a moun
tain, a liver, or an invisible, air-drawn line,
which is disputed by armed force ; hut one
drop of blood from tjje veins of John Hamp
den or Joseph Waricn ; one handful of dust
from the graves of Saratoga or Camdcu ;
one expiring sigh from the lips of Bozaris
or Winkelreid ; one relic from the plains of
year by year, to accomplish an object so \ °ld Blatea or Marathon, is more valuable
important ? If not, I am mistaken Loth I an *l more glorious in the cause of human
as to the ability and spirit of our people, progress, atid more acceptable iu tbe pres-
T’be question as to tire best plan for raising , once of infinite justice and eternal right
tbe necessary means, I leave to the wis- ' than all the wars of invasion and subjuga-
dotn of our people.. “Where there’s a tion with which the world has resounded
will, there’s a way.” If. the object shall! from Issus to Austerlitz. I bow before the
commend itself to their favorable consid- | shrine which liberty has erected to the
cration, the want- of means will not bc
allowed to prevent its accomplishment.
Some may inquire, Where are the teach
ers to come from ; the men are all in the
army ? I answer, that our women must
become the instructors of the youth, or
the children ofthe rich and poor will all
grow tip iu ignorance together. Happily
for us, as a people, we have women in
every neighborhood “worthy aid W’ll
mansion to the good man in his cabin, all
sta id this bay naked and exposed, utterly
and entirely at the mercy of one man, and
of tbe fawnin^ninions who crouch' before
him for pay. ^Pltate a fact in the bearing
of tbe country, and wherever my feeble
voice may penetrate, witnesses will rise up
and solemnly attest its truth.
It would bc tbe natural supposition of
every intelligent mind, that an argument to
prove that there is a warrant in the consti
tution for this state of affairs would k* an
! insult to the genius of the revolution in
Mr. Speaker, on the 24th day of last which our liberties were won, an outrage on
September, tbe I resident of tbe United (| je memory of the great dead of that peri-
States, in a few brief lines published in the
newspapers and styled a proclamation, de
clared that the people of this country were
under martial law, and that all civil rights
and remedies touching their personal liber
ties were suspended. Tbe blow was sud-
ory ot tlie great dead ot that peri
od. and a mockery to tbe common sense of
the world. But the spirit ofabject servili
ty which always invites the arrogant as
sumptions of power and precedes the down
fall of liberty, is performing its loathsome
office on every baud. We hear on every
names of Washington and of Algernon Sid
ney, of tlie elder Brutus and of Thomas
Jefferson. I invoke their memories and
the guidance of their spirits tvliilc I de
nounce a measure which surrenders back
to tbe bands of power all those grand
achievements in tbe cause of human free
dom which have rendered their names im
mortal.
den, quick and radical. It was a piece of i g j t j e jj ie 0 ] d cr y 0 f tbe courtier and tbe par-
the inevitable logic of executive encroach- . as ite. At every new aggression, at every
ment. lyranny Las its rules of action as additional outrage, new advocates rise np
well as other systems of wrong. Chicane- ; t0 defend that source of natronage, wealth
ry, fraud, and subtle, obscure, false dealing j an d fame—the departnTent ofthe Execu-
cli.i.cierirc its attempts when it does not tlve . Technical and obscure rules, enn-
feel secure in more daring efforts. But | lling ly devised special pleas, and skillful
this act or the President and Ins cabinet is and deceptive sophistry, all combine in
tbe unblushing assumption of power which ; the hands of the supporters of this admin-
lias ceased to respect or fear the constitu- i8tratiou t0 tearaway from the people the
turn or laws which the people have made, j protec tion of the laws of their own making,
and which these servants of the people have : SacL ass i s t ance has always waited on the
sworu to support. It throws aside all dis- jnost maligDant efforts 0 f tyranny. Nero
guise, tears oft its veil, and displays the had his poet laureate, and Seneca wrote
horrible features of despotism to American . , lis defense for the murder of his mother,
citizens. Will any^member of this bouse i q*i 10 p res:eD t dark hour affords ample evi-
disputc the correctness of the terns which deuce that linman nature is tbe same that
I employ ? Let us divest ourselves of all ; it was two thousand years ago.
passion and resentment. Let us take a Ami(1 the opening scenes of this disaa*
caltHAietv of facts and principles, as bisto-; trous aud deplorable war, the President
ry will do. and, by the steady light of suspended the operations ofthe writ of ha-
truth and leason, lot us examine and dis leas corpus in certain unsettled and afflicted
cover it we can, what the ^dinirnstratiou ; c Jti e s and portions of the country. This
now* m power lias done in behalf ot the was in my judgment, without authority of
constitution of the lathers, and in behalf of t | e constitution ; but the people bore with
the cause for which this republic was foun- heroic patience their own wrongs rather
at ’“- tliau add to the disorder and calamities of
ing it would be to our country if, in the The convulsions which have signalized the j bat against a weakening
providence of God, the rising generation past are being reproduced in tbe present, istry, who violated it in i
The object for which our ancestors re- j the nation But this partial assault on the
volted from the British empire, and enact- principles of free government is rendered
ed that sublime tragedy of history, the j insignificant in view of tbo daring and gi-
! American Revolution, was to secure to the gantic stride taken in September, and
Sir, ije live in tbe midst of storm and | citizen more liberty and personal security , which the blandishing tongue of flattery
qualified,” who will enter upon this work, revolution. A memorable epoch in history | tban he possessed under the jurisdiction of an l adulation commend and sustain in the
if the necessary countenance and cncour- j s transpiring in our view. The air is dark j tlie British crown. Their complaints were ! American (’> :.cv ,-s. and in the face of the
gement are atlorded them. What a bless- -with tbe elements of strife and of change. [ not against the constitution of England,! Ameri •u. t c , r.h ‘.bis last act in
and a wicked min-j ,|j3 m tl i j,i .[ tragedy <1 national honor,
„ ...... order to oppress the j an d, 1 to . na’inii.,1 *'•? iotetce, I shall more
should be educated by select teachers.— The murderous roar of cannon, the sanguin- ! subject. They studied tho dangerous na- (.gp^ci J c n «: :1ns time.
Why, many of the wives and daughters ary crash of war, and tbe pallid, appealing lure of a lawless executive during, seven I Sir,t ungni content myselfas to the power
of our fallen heroes would engage in this faces of the dead mark our time and our ; years of grief, of bitterness, and of blood, ofthe President to suspend the writ of ha-
business, and thus gain a livelihood for country as they have marked al! climes j When day dawned on their independence \ / teas corpus by resting upon judical prece-
tbemselves, at tbe same time that they and ages heretofore. History is being re- • tbe great secret of free government was no 1 dent. I might declare, to this House and
might be a blessing to others. written ; and what man lias done, man is longer a secret to them. They had learn- . j 0 the country, in the language of that emi-
If this work, Mr. Editor, ought to be doing again. 1 see nothing new in tlie ca- j ed it, and learned it forever in tbe high and i nen t jurist, late justice of tbe Supreme
done its commencement should nut be long lami ies which now assail the destiny to holy inspiration of battles fought for the : Court of the United States, Benjamin
delayed. All the arguments in favor ot j which we aspire. We arc treading over , inherent right to govern themselves. ]| a nd Curtis, of Massachusetts, that •• the
the timely edneation of our youth gener- j a g a j n the footsteps of generations which W isdom then succeeded their swords, and only Judicial decisions which have been
ally bear with double iorce in favor of the ; h aV e passed away. Mutation and change the American Constitution became the oft- j na j c upon this question have been adverse
orphans, whose cause I plead now, and.! js the order ofthe world. Stability and spring of the American Revolution, and in- to the power of the President.”
whose cause 1 will continue to plead while * * '* * * ’ '
God shall permit me to use my voice or
<ny pen. If Georgia shall lead off in this
good work, her noblg sisters will soon fol
low her example.
J. H. CAMPBELL.
I might
LARD' WANTED-
10,000 SjgSS''
Milledgeville, Jan. 24th, 1863.
toTravelers.
36 tf
M Y House is open to receive tran- . a
sient boarders, and all who may K |he
call. I study to please all and *eep m(J
best and cheapest houses ^ HAYGOOI).
^VfiledgsTille, March 13th, 1S$3-
43 tf.
GEORGIA. Jasper County.
■yiTHEKF.AS, Michael Kinard and John J
T\ Kinard, makes application to me for letters
of administration on the estate ot John 11. Kinard
late of said county, deceased
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
persoufi interested in said estate, to file their ob
jections, if any they have, by the first Monday
iu June next, why letters of administration on
tiie estate of said deceased shall not issue to the
applicants in termsof the law.
Given under my hand officially this 8th day of
April, 18l>3.*
17 5t M. H. HUTCHISON, Ordy.
They
and kicked up a trenteudous dust.
They squirmed around so energetical
ly, that you’d thought they had a do
zen legs instead of four. It looked like
a prize light between two pugilistic
centipedes. Finally, they both rolled
on the bank and into the river. The
water cooled them. They xvent down
together, but came up separately, and ] geokuIaT Jasper County.
nut for tlie shore Both reached it ! YV H1 ’ :REAS ’ tehi,drach L McMichael, Benton
putior me snoit.—Dorn icjcnui it yy j McJtficliael Hm] C iark w. McMichael.
about tne same time, and Thompson [ Executors to the will of Shadrach McMichael,
scrambled up the bank, mounted his ! deceased, makes application to me for letters ot
warlike steed, leaving liis foe gouging i These arc therefore to cite and admonish all
the muS out of one of his eyes. ! persons concerned to be and appear at my office
Having left the business portion of
the town—that 1£ the corner where shall not be granted to the applicants in terms ol
the three bars were kept—he struck ‘be law. . t
a house in the suburbs, before which j 6(5:? 47 niCm M. H. HUTCHISON, Ord y.
a little girl of about three years old ——^ " T~ ~—: rrrT*
- . mVO MONTHS afterdate application will be
WAS playing. j ma de to ihc Ordinary of Baldwin county for
“What place is this, si&sy ?” he ask- an order to sell all the real and personal estate ot
j I Moses West, late of said county, deceased.
ed ’ . ... . . .. , J _. , WILLIAM P. B. WEST.Ex’r.
The little girl, frightened at the March 31st, 1863 t u 46 9t.
permanence in the works of human hands herited all its ideas. In immediate view ; airav negative upon negative, and cite in
is the utopian dream of abstract specula- of the unparalleled struggle which ha«^ist support of tny position tho great names of
lion. The different forms which govern- closed, and of tbe causes which produced ; judicial history, before whose glory it the
mentshave assumed to redeem society from it, the Constitution of the "Luffed States higher walks of useful ftme among men the
chaos constitute no exception to this re- ! came forth from the hands of its framers, , most exalted names of to-day would be as
mark. On the contrary, till history stands tiie great missionary of freedom to the citi- the feeble spark of the glow-worm in vain
as an awfiil witness to the fact that no gov- ! zenr, of this chosoii land first,and afterwards competition with the blazing sun at its me
lt fj intent lias ever yet been established j to tbe whole earth. This is the Spirit with ; ridian. I might show from the recorded
which has been exempt from the fierce j which it was born, and such the purpose for transactions of the past that the nineteenth
blasts of human ambition. which it was set.apart. it is an old max- century and the laud of much vaunted free-
But instability and tempestuous strug-! * UJ °^ aw every instrument shall be j doift have produced a President and a Cab
les do not necessarily roll backward, or construed and interpreted according to tiie | inet who, in a species of delirum, have de-
p _ intention of those who made it. I ins inax- ^ fled, spurned, and sought
even check tlie wheels of progress. Great
;ht to crush and ha-
principles are immortal. They cannot die. j was followed until these modern days | m ,Rate the legal decisions of centuries
The forms in which they are encased may bave engendered not merely a spirit of ma d e m behalf of personal security and
perish and decav to dust; hiit, like the lib-| fa,se cor,struc . ,,on , ot °l ien , auda * ; personal independence ; decisions which sa
turated soul. Truth puts on new glories in : cious usurpation, such as never haunted lute the eye of the wayfarer and the down-
every *phase of her existence. Our course ! ! be . ^ordered brain of George III, even j trodden of every age anti of every clime like
is onward, like the mMity liver, to the i J n llIS llours of madness, lam not about j ligfit-bouses on the stormy Leach, beckon-
oceau of destiny. I believe in the steady b f e to cuter into an elaborate discussion j i, !g the mariner iff the midst of darkness
advancement and ultimate civilization of 'f tb e various primary functions of the and despair to the shelter of a peaceful
the world by the benignant power of a i Constitution. It is the text-book of the | harbor. I might do all this, and it.would
higher and purer gospel tlnfn that of hate j P eo P 1e . 8 happiness and security, and they | seem that it would be ample enough; but
r of force The trinity which presides j know 11 by heart; but in order that the ! it would be no more tban has already been
- - * baud- ! dangers which now assail it here in the j Qoho with far moro ability than belongs to
house of its pretended friends may bc more my humble powers. All the world knows
plainly seen, I may bo allowed to dwell a j these things. Even the Representatives
moment on some of its simplest but most j w ho misrepresent the people on the other
important features. *’ " ’ ’ 1 - n J
By the letter and by the spirit of the
Constitution this is peculiarly and emphat
ically a popular Government. The people
make every part of it, uphold the entire
fabric, and control its whole economy. It
is true that the Constitution makes three de-
ver my belief is composed‘of those ha'
maidens of God,—liberty, charity audjus-
tice. With faith in these, the American
people, though assailed by thdse painful
convulsions which no nation ever escaped,
though desolated and heavy in heart, and
weeping over departed glories and joys,
may } et look off across tbe dark and angry
face of the waters, and in the distance be
hold tbe star of peace and honor,and around
it clustering the beaveuly constellation of
side of this Chamber know all this, and
shrink and tremble before tho application
which future history will make of past his
tory. I wish, however, to dwell tor a fear
moments, amidst the historical association!
of this immortal writ of human freedom and
human progress. I wish to scan its put*
