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B(R(*HTO>', MSBET & BAKNES) Fublishcrs and Proprietors. . v sioufJiiTo.'v. f » j' OM ] ||. JiW»BT. j Editors. £it Caitfebcrate Union j j t l,hshed Weekly, in Milledgenlle, Ga., Cartier "f Hancock und Wilkinson Sts., (opposite Court House.) At $1 a year in Advance. oi b ni:iv i cirri*. On and after Juu** 1st, 1863, tlie Terms of Snb- to tiie Corriederate Uuiou, are Four I)ol- ,i‘. iovaribly in advauce. All indebtedness f,.r uli- ri^tiou to'lliis paper, previous to June 1st, 1863, a t tlie rate of Three Hollars per year. ADVERTISING. Tiussiest—One dollar and fitly cents per square (1 f ten hues, for tlie first insertion, and seventy-five „ . |„r each subsequent iiisciliun. ‘ I'ributes of respect, Resolutions by Societies, (Obit- u'ire's exceeding six lines.) Nominations for otliei*, C iniaiunie.itions or Editorial notices tor individual beadfit, charged as transient advertising. 1l— Citations for letters of administra tion by Administrators, Executors, Guardi ans, A.C.; • $3 OP ^•eidcatiou lor Ills mi-si on from Administrator- ‘ ship. - COO Aupli’-'- , i" u for Dismission Irom Guardianship, *1 (Ml \'.,1,n ation for leave to sell Land or Negroes, 5 00 X-itice to debtors and creditors... ,) up ,N. es of personal or perishable properly, (per -quale of ten lines f> 00 gales d Land or Negroes, (per square of ten lilies ^...- 5 00 j:.u-li SlieriJTs Levy, ot ten lines or less 3 00 | a -Mortgage sale, of ten lines or less COO A.i advertisements by Sheriffs exceeding ten liii- to be charged in proportion......... Foreclosure of Mortgage and other Monthly a iv. rtisemcnta, per square, of ten lines.... 1 5(1 K-;.ibIisliiug lost papers, per iquate el ten lines, 8 00 ForamauadverUsii gins wife(iu advance,; 10 00 LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Sal '- 'f Laudand Negroes, by Administrators. Ex- e at us or Guardians, arereqmred by law to be held on the first Tuesday in the month;between the liouisol | iintlielorenoon aud three in the afternoon, atthe Court ii-iuse ill thecounty in which lieproperty is sit uated. Xotice of these sales must be given in a publiega- z ,, t - id days previous to the duyofsale. Notices forthe sale of personal properly must begiv- tn in like manner 40 days previous to sale day. Xotieestifthe debtors and creditors of an estate must 4 !-o be published 10 days. .Votiee that application will be madctolhe Courfof Ordinary for leave to sell Laud or Negroes, must be r.-i 10i-ilied for two months. 1 cVff.'/oavforlettersof Administration Guardianship, ,v , mast be published 30 days—for dismission from A l ninistration, monthly six months—for dismission Irani Guardianship, 40 days. gules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published n infill ’/ for four months—for establishing lost papers, ! f.ir/f' full space of three months—for conipellingtitles ! (ru n Executors or administrators, where bond has been j (riven by the deceased, the full space of three VOLUME XXXIV,] MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER I, 1863* [NUMBER 15. District Congressional Convention. Blackshear, Ga., July 23d, 1SG3. In pursuance of the call for a Dis trict Congressional Convention, for | ”‘ e purpose of prssenting to the voters j of the First Congressional District of Georgia, a proper candidate for their suffrages at the next Congressional election, delegates from the various counties of the District assembled at this place to-day. < »n motion ofMr. Fostell, of Glynn, [ Dr. H. J. Smith, of Telfair, was call- | ed to the Chair for permanent ergani- I zation. The object of the Convention was House of Representatives; the lar^e part of their proceedings conducted in secret session for no imaginable rea son except to shield the individual members from a proper responsibility to their constituents; tire criminal neg lect or bungling mismanagement of the great interests of the country, have aroused the people to a sense of the yield a profit of six huiYdred millions of dollars in what would be equiva lent to so much gold and silver, or more than tlie entire cost of the war aud all the expenses of the Govern ment up to this time. The question will naturally be ask ed, why did not Congress authorize and provide for the purchase of the vital importance of a change of their j cotton ? The simple answer is, they representatives.—This opinion appears ! did not! And that is one of the rea- to be universal. It is not strange or I sons why this convention has assent- singular, therefore, that it should per- hied to call their statesmanship in vade this district. j question. It is possible they objected \\ here ail assume the responsibility | to place so much power in tlie hands of shielding their proceedings from j of the Executive or the Secretary of briefly explained by the President, public observation and scrutiny, the j the Tr when, on motion. Messrs. Postell, of j respective constitutencies have no al Glynn, and I loyd, of Camden, were ap pointed Secretaries. reasury; that was not necessary. A Board of Trade might have been (lout Col. Styles, of Ware, moved the .appointment of a committee of seven, to prepare business for the Convention ; which being adopted, the President | sents itself for consideration is the tentative but.to Bold each individual | organized, or a Committee of Con- member responsible for what was i gress, and authorized to take charge done, or neglected to lx Congress by the I of aud manage file whole business. If this had been done there would have I lie first great question which pre- j been no necessity for the passage of appointed Col. Styles, of Ware. Hon. A. E. Cochrane, of Glynn, Capt. Hen dry, of Pierce, Mr. McCool, of Wayne, Mr. Hall, of Appling. Mr. Tomlinson of Clinch, and Mr. Ashley, of Coffee, on said committee. The committee retired for delibera tion, and on returning reported through their Chairman the followin tion—to-wit: c 11 r- the go any tax bill at all, and certainly not rovemment | for such an enormons tax as the whole lown, and j people are about to suffer under. Who can doubt or question that the Govern ment, with thecotton crop in its hands, paper money, ( could control European capital and they should have commenced a moder- European opinion, so as to bring both ate system ot taxation, and also a fund- ! to act in our interest and give us the renev. If that fails, must also fail ami the country become an easy prey to our enemies. When the Congress au thorized the issue of tlie part of Congress. We believe we bare, said enough to prove to the people of this District the expediency and necessity of a change in our immeejiate Representative j and we are proud to bn able tn-arj-ejent'a candidate whose' _kno'vicego*"’the 1 great questions the xx^jr^asTorced Jfpon consideration, cannot be questioned^and whose successful service of twenty ’years in legislative halls, as the representative of Georgians, has proved his fidelity and ability to deal xvith them. There needs no convention to tell the people of the District xvlto the Hon; T. Butler King is, or what he has done for them and the coun try. They have known bint through thir ty years of public life, and through all the political revulsions and national earth quakes that threatened the old Union, from 1833 to its final disintegration in IS(50, they found him a reliable sentinel upon th<? xvatcli toxver of their liberties,- unxvavering in bis devotion to tlie rights of the South, am! as true as the needle to the pole to the doctrine of State Rights and State Sovereignty. Ever faithful to the trusts reposed in him, his career as their representative lias been marked xvith as tlie<pne I have just , been considering, is mom palpable, aud tjrerefote more unen- durafiftu. Tme^peojtftict’of the industrial as sbJc-mhkerK, tanners, man- txfacfurerjySrc., are sold at most enormous dtrioco,making it very burdensome—almost (ruinous upon the consumer. The practice of selling some articles at high prices has paved the way for every one to sell at corresponding prices, out of* self-defense as it is called, until the whole country has insensibly and justifiably in the oppinion of the different classes, glided into speculation. T-hc farmer sells his produce at fabulous prices to protect him self agaiDSt the high prices of the other classes ; and they in turn justify them selves on account of the high prices of pro visions, The pooT consumer and the sol diers families who have nothing to sell and everything to buy, is and must be the victim ot this most logical defensive xvar- fare. While the different classes at borne are-fighting each other and'gettTng rich, the soldiers are fed upou half rations, often marching barefoot and seldom half clad. All admit that this is xvrong, hut the remedy is not so plain. (We shall great ability and uniform success, and they , encourage' the most necessary' of these have never failed to acknowledge his tri- { pursuits such as tjie manufacture of iron mg system, so that the currency could resolu-j have been kept under control—its val ue maintained, and its ultimate re- Ileso/ccd, That this Convention res- demption provided for. pectfully present the name of Hon. j Instead of adopting such measures, I homas Butler King, of Glynn, to the j more than twelve months were al- people of the First Congressional Dis-1 lowed to elapse after the present trict as a proper candidate for their j Congress came into office, and more suffrages at the next Congressional j than two years from the commeuce- P:i!ii;<-.itions will ftlway3-be continued according to the-’e. t!iu legalrequiremeuta, nnlesBothcrwmeordered Ho ildvertisers. Persons sending adveitiserr.enfs to this paper, will observe the following rules : All notices must he accompanied xvith the cash, except from persons with whom we have contracts. 15 cents a line, for the first insertion, and 7-1 cents a line for j t rery subsequent insertion is our charge. J Count nine written xverds to a line and even person can tell just what amount ] f mortev to send. Obituaries, Editorial | Notices, Nominations for office, and all j "tnniunications for individual benefit, are : Lai red as advertisements'. Legal adver- • --monts are charged, according to the j rates under the head of this paper, on the first page. COTTON CARDS, WOOL CARDS, COFFEE) 100 AC* Cottpn Cards PAIR Whitetnore her tens. 1 <31 PAIR Wool Cards number 8 51111 lbs. COFFEE! o'l dozen Shoe Blacking. 5 Cases Cognac Brandy. 100 Gross Pearl Shirt Duttons. SUMMER CLOTHING. Received and for sale by Milledgeville, May 26, J. CANS & CO. 1863. I tf TO TRAVELERS. M election. Col. Styles briefly addressed the | before any Convention on presenting the resolu tion, which, upon being put bv the President, was unanimously adopted. The Chairman then announced that he was further instructed by the com mittee to report to the Convention an “Address to the People of tiic First Congressional.” The address being read by Col. Styles, was received with applause, and after an able and eloquent speech from A. E. Cochrane in its support, was put, and unanimously agreed to. On motion of Dr. R. McDonald, of Ware, the Chair appointed a commit tee of three, consisting of Dr. R. Mc Donald, Col. H. A. Floyd, and Matt. Ashley, to wait on Mr. King, who was in the village, and request him to ad dress the Convention. Mr. King was presented by the committee, and ad dressed tlie Convention at length upon the present condition and future pros pects of the Confederacy—alluding for cibly to the questions of the currency, naval affairs, &c. On motion of Col. •Styles, a com mittee of three was appointed by the Chair, to publish the proceedings of j the Convention and the address to the i people of the First Congressional Dis- ! trict—tlie following gentlemen were appointed: Col Styles, Hon. A. E. Cochrane and Dr. R. McDonald. On motion of Hon. A. E. Cochrane ? committee of three was appointed by the Chair, consisting of Judge Coch ? rane, J. M. Wilcox and A. It. Whilden , to notify Mr. King of his nonrina- Y House is open to receive tran- rit-nt boarders, and all who may _ w I study to please ail and keep one of the tion formally, and request his accep- apest houses in the city. Call and | J 1 1 tance. and cheap rv i M JAS. E. HAYGOOD. rrevilie, March 13th, 1863. 43 tf. GEORGIA, llakcr County. Court of Ordinary, July Term 1863. T appearing to the Court from the Petition of Arthur W. Johnson, that Jesse Collier late of ;1 ccunty. made and executed liis last will and -Min nt. appointed said petitioner his executor, has this day tiled his application propounding 5J «ill i r Probate in solemn form. It further ■'Irariog from said petitioner that one of said s and legatees of said Jesse Collier, to-wit: . I ;.- .IiC Collier, is of full age and resides in ••• Staie of Texas (and cannot be served with pro- --- horn lliis Court, except by publication It i-therefore ordered that service on said Zach- hC. Collier be perfected'by publication in the 1 nfederate Union - ’ once a week for forty days -V !is to the next October term of this Court, ■i • .it lie ho and appear at said Court to be "■! maud for said county on the first Monday in ’ ’ L r next, then and there to show cause, if.any e bxs. why said win shall not he proven itisol- mn firm and admitted to record as the last will : » .uncut of said Jesse Collier, deceased. ■ th( Hon. John F Griffin. Ordinary of county, this 6th dav of July J8G3. THOMAS ALLEN. D. Cl k. Conit 9 ft. Ord’y. Baker co. On motion of Capt. Hendtv, the Convention adjourned. H..J. Smith, President. James Po*t«ll, ? Secretaries. H. H. Floyd, ) GI.ORGIA, Pierce County. V PHEKEAS, Jackson Thomas, late of this * couuty, died intestate, and no one haxring applied tor letters of administration on said estate, t-otice is hereby given to creditors and next ot kin sail deceased, to be and appear at my office, in the town ot Blackshear. on the first Monday in September next, to show cai#e, if any they can, "hv administration of Jackson Thomas estate '-tiould not be vested fn the Clerk of the Superior f">irt or some other fit and proper person. ^ I'itn -s my official simrinture this July 23, ISC3. 11 A (I*d s:i ) L. II. GREENLEAF, Ord’y. T'VO MONTHS after date application will be *- made to the Ordinary of Irxvin county for *" !r| ler to sell all tlie lands and negroes belong- - U P t " tlie estate of Jesse Ilobby late of said ccunty deceased. M. D. HOBBY, ? . , JAMES PAULK, f Adra rs Irwinviilo, June 13th, 1863 5 9t. GEORGIA, Ware County VyHEREAS, Mrs. Ellen Turner makes appli- , * catim to me for letters of guareianship ol persons and property of Lucinda, Delphy, ;'wester, Mary Jane and" Anna Turner, all minor ■' "s of Henry Turner, deceased. hese are therefore to cite and admonish all and j>uUr the kindred and creditors of said deceas- ^4 to appear at my office on the first Monday in : -pteinber next, to show cause, if ihey can, why ‘rit-rs of guardianship should not issue to said applicant. * Given under my hand officially the 9th day of ““‘L 1-63. n D. E. KNOWLES, Ord ’y. Paid $3 9 fit Georgia, Huiioch county. Notice to Debtors and Creditors• A EE j ersons having claims against the estate Ar?" J mes Wilkinson, Sen., deceased, are uo- ‘■•‘etl to | resent them to us properly attested, or O will he re ected : and all persons indebted sai 1 fate to make immediate settlement. JAMES H. WILKINSON ? Ad . JAM t.S ANDERSON. r a y l 1 , 18o3. DB 96t The Committee appointed to pre pare business for tbe Convention, have i considered the subject of an address i to the people of this Congressional District, and ask leave to submit the following. ADDRESS To the I’coplr. of (he Firwl C’ongrcnaional DiHtrict of Georgia. Fellow Citizens: It will be admitted bv all unprejudiced minds that the momentous struggle in which the country is engaged requires, not only our ablest Generals in the field, but our most experienced and wisest statesmen in the legislative halls; and in the opinion of this Convention, it would be quite, as Unwise to commit tne affairs of State in Congress to young and inexperienced legislators, as it would be to intrust the command of our armies to unskilled leaders. We must bear in mind that the destiny of tlie whole people of the Confederate States 13 involved, for weal or woe, in this terrible contest, which requires that every man should be willing to be placed in the position in which he can be most useful, and that the people should rebuke and frown down all self constituted leaders, whether in poli tics or war. At a time like the pres ent, when the lives aud fortunes of an entire people are at stake, when the fate of a nation is placed in the bal ance, it is a solemn duty tlie people owe to themselves and to posterity to look with proper care to the qualifi cations of those who they may select to represent them in the councils of tlie country, and to regard with jeal ous scruntiny the pretensions of those who constitute themselves candidates for their suffrages. It w’as these ideaes and opinions which induced the ap pointment of delegates to this con vention, for the purpose of electing a proper candidate to be placed before the people for their suffrages at the Congressional election. The universal coniplffiBfi of the want of ability and statesmanship of the present Congress; and especially of the nent of the Provisional Government, bill imposing a tax was passed. In the meantime the curren cy had accumulated and depreciated so fearfully, that, as a remedy, a tax has been imposed at least three times as large as would have been necessary, had it been done in time, to check the swelling volume ol the curren cy. When the present Congress was or ganized in February, I S(32, Confeder ate money was at par. When the pre sent tax law was approved, 24th, April, 1SG3—a period of about four teen months—it required six dollars of Confederate money to purchase one of gold, and at this time it has depre ciated still further, so that the sol diers pay of 811 per month is in fact worth less than two dollars. The first great evil arising front this neglect of the currency on the part of Congress is"the vast increase of the expense of the Government and the consequent augmentation of the national debt. The next is the increase of price of all articles of subsistence and merchan dize, and in fact of till property, to some six or seven hundred per cent, above its cash value. This has opened an immense field for speculation and enabled foreigners who could control sterling exchange to purchase cotton at a cost to them of but five cents per pound, when its price in currency was thirty-five cents. In this w r ay it is asserted that more than two millions of bales of cotton have passed int<^ the bands of foreign speculators*, at a price not more than one-seventh part of its real value.—It will at once be perceived that it is the interest of these speculators to depre ciate our currency by running the blockade, and thereby keeping up the price of gold and sterling exchange, and consequently to prolong the war by every means in their power—to pre vent the recognition of our Govern ment by England and France, or any movement on the part of those powers which would tend to the termination of the war. Would it not be well for the people to inquire whether or not there is any member of the present Congress, whose interests are identi fied with any one engaged in these vast cotton speculations and whose action as a legislator might be in some degree influenced, perhaps unconscious ly, by such interests? Our country is engaged in a strug gle for life or death'. The cotton spec ulator looks on with indifference.— If we fail, he can step on board an English ship and be quite safe with his millions, thus cunningly wrung from the hard earnings of the people. But this is not the worst feature of the case; the loss which the country sustains is almost beyond calculation. On the second day of the present month, cotton was quoted in New York at sixty-five cents per pound ; at that price the two millions of bales alleged to be in the hands of specula tors, would amount to the enormous sum of six hundred and fifty millions of dollars, which has cost them but about fifty, millions of dollars in ster ling exchange, leaving the round sum of about six hundred millions of dol lars as their prospective profits, to be increased as the war continues, and the cotton culture remains suspended. It will therefore be seen that their interests do not lie in the direction of peace. When the present Congress was in augurated tlie calculation was made that there were at least three millions of bales of cotton, which might have been purchased at ten cents per pound in Government bonds and Treasury notes. This would have amounted to the round sum of one hundred and fifty millions of dollars, and if we suppose it would be now worth but fifty cents per ponnd in the hands of Govern ment,. it would amount to seven hun dred and fifty millions of dollars, and ; means to close this war like a “clap j of thunder.”* It is estimated that ; there will be at the close of this pres ent year two millions of bales of cot ton not in the hands of speculators. Wili they take it if not pttrented'! Cer tainly they will. They are “like the daughters of the itorse leach that cry- eth not enough.” Jt is not their bus iness to take care of our country, and it must not expect them to do it. But we have a light to hold our represen tative responsible for having failed hitherto to guard our interests, and to withhold from hint our support in fu ture. The failure to make early and ample provision for the construction and support of a navy sulHciently powerful to break the blockade of our ports, has left the in terests uf our people to suffer almost as much as >ne neglect of the currency- In fact, the effect of the blockade upon the currency and all the interests of the coun- tiy can scarcely be estimated. If it had been broken at our principal ports, our cotton and other products could have been sent forward to market, and ample sup plies for tbe people and tbe army brought into the country in return. The enormous profits of blockade runners and specula tors would have been unknown; the ef fects of the war would have been princi pally limited to tbe immediate vicinity of the operations of tbe armies in the field and those connected xvith them ; the prin cipal channels of trade would have been kept open, and the privations aud suffer ings of the people in a great measure pre vented. It maybe urged that to create a navy sufficiently strot g to break the blockade was impracticable. A very slight exam ination of the subject will show these ideas or fears to be without foundation. Those in the slightest degree acquainted with recent improvements in naval aiclii- tecture and in the construction of screw steamships of war. are aware that they have been made to attain a speed vastly superior to the old fashioned steam and sailing ships. Therefore the old Yankee navy could not compete in speed with ships built on the present improved English and French models with suitable steam power. Such vessels would have a speed of four teen miles an hour—the Yankee navy docs no average ten. Therefore these new modtds would overtake or escape from the enemy at pleasure. Consequently a Heet of such vessels sufficiently powerful to break the blockade at one port, could disperse it, successively, at all our ports, or compel the enemy to collect his whole Heet to meet us, and then if he were found too strong, our vessels could escape from j him and cause him to scatter in pursuit, j when they could be met and mastered in i detail. These considerations are so obvi- j ous that they have probably occurred to ! almost every man in the community, un less the members of Congress form an ex ception to the general rule. When the Yankee Congress appropriated one hun dred millions for their navy, if our Con gress had appropriated one half of that sum, the enemy’s blockading squadron could have been scattered like chaff be fore the wind. Fifty millions of dollars properly appli ed to tlie construction of a navy would have accomplished more towards briuging the war to a successful close, than live hundred millions expended in the support of armies. If our forces on land are per fectly successful in driving the enemy from our soil, if is difficult to imagine iiow we arc to dictate or secure an honorable or advantageous peace with cur ports block aded, and our whole line of coast, with the exception of three or four points, in possession of the enemy. Therefore it is evident that the progress of the war,-thus far, has in no degree obviated the necessi ty of a powerful naval armament, and that we shall ultimately bo dependent on this great arm of the service, as well as on our forces on land, for the complete triumph of our cause and the blessings of an hon orable and lasting peace. The neglect of Congress to provide for an increase of the soldiers’ pay so as to make it, in some degree at least, commen surate with the depreciating value of the currency, is not among the least of their sins of omission. The soldier now receives what is only equivalent to about two dol lars in gold or silver per month. This is a very* small pittance to divide between his own necessities and the wants of his 1am- ily at home. Let .every soldier remem ber this, when lie casts liis vote. The re cent tax act contains many objectionable features. That they ape in many partic ulars most unwise, and will be oppressive, and operate most unequally, is perfectly clear to every man of common utidei stand ing. We forbear further criticism, be cause we do not wish to contribute to the confusion aud discontent which are likely to arise out of this ill digested measure. Nor 6hall we pursue farther the evidence of the want of statesmanlike ability on umphs in legislation, or withheld from him the reward of their suffrages for exalted merit. Respectfully submitted, CAREY W. STYLES, A. E. COCIIRANE, JOHN F. HALL, WM. TOMLINSON, J. McCOOL, E. D HENDRY, MATT. ASHLEY, Committee. and salt by such legislation as Lecontes necessary). As a palliation of this great evil I would advocate an act to impress all factories, and slide shops and all other necessary work— shops, where their own ers were within the conscript age. con- scribe tbe owners, and aftel**having mus tered them into service, detail them and pay tlie same wages of our soldiers in the field. They should receive at the rate of eight per cent, per annum upon their property invested. I can see no justice in allowing this respectable class of gentry who are xvithin the conscript age, to re ceive their present enormous prices for their goods, while oar soldiers are not only defending their liberties but their very property. * Thus far they have given little or no support to tiie war. Their consciences have become seared. There is no law to reach them. No sooner did the nresent Confederate tax become public, than they rose from fifty to a hundred percent high er upon their goods, thereby making the consumer pay his own tax and theirs also It may he argued that if.such an act was passed, that the owner of such shops would refuse to run them. In that event they can be sent to the army, and men detailed from the army who would he willing to run, and such details would soon be found. There is still another cause whioh has led to the great depreciation of onr curren cy. There are those in our midst who have become so recreant to all shame, so lost to all honor, as to refuse to take Con federate money in the payment of debts. Such characters have forfeited their rights as citizens. Such characters have forfeited the protection of their Govern ment. The men who can refuso to take the money in payment of debts that the proud defenders of our country must receive, should he shunned, despised and execra- terrihle malady afflicts the finances. Our j ted by every patriot in the land. 'J he able and wise Secretary of the Treasury | nexl Congress, so soon as it meets, should has done all in his power to arrest the pass an act to conscript any man, irrespec- evil, and with a most laudable zeal has | tivo of age, and send him to the army used every effort to remove it, now that I without the privilege of procuring a sub- withdrawn from the market and the chances of speculating at high prices would abc much diminished. niy countrymen, I have partially givftn,tiie cqur.se I shall pursue if elected. As I EerV^l you, together with my whole country* to*Le best of my poor ability for two Jmars.jii the fiol-jk so if I am elected it shall bemfhchipf duty to promote the in terests of those! who have given both tiieic blood ajld rb^sure in support of this war. _ Our safety consist?? in our unity. As such, let there he no differences among ua. Let none falter. There has been too much blood shed, too many lives lost, too mnch treasure expended, too mauy bufferings, enduring to stop short of our indepen dence. God is just, and He will not forsake us. Let us continue to present the same bold front to the foe. Let ns continue to present the same proud spec tacle to the civilized world of a band of brothers struggling together for their rights, with the unalterable determination to maintain them or die it> the attempt. AYith much respect, "WlL.DK C. ClEAVELA.ND. To the Voters of tlie Fonrtli ('onjrrfMwioitnl JDiotricl. Knoxville, Ga., Aug. 19, 1863. Physical disability, produced from con stant exposure for two eventful years in the service, compelled me most reluctantly to retire from the army, 1 had, at the beginning of tlie mighty struggle, cast my fortune with the proud defenders of my country. With them it was my desire to have remained until our liberties were j won and independence achieved I3ut j fate decreed otherwise and 1 submit. Since my return home i have been solic- ! ited by many friends to become a candi- j date for Congres’s for this district. My | yputh, and a distrust of my abilities j to discharge the duties of so high a posi- tion, determined me at first to decline the \ invitation ; hut still, being urged by friends j whose claims I cannot well reject Ion- j ger, I have consented to become a candi- : date. In coming before you for your suffrages,I j feel it incumbent upou me, partially,, at least, to inform yon what measures will receive my approval if elected. The con dition of our currency demands our first attention. The fact that ten dollars of our currency—Confederate States Notes — are worth hut one dollar in gold, or "three dollars in bank bills, or two dollars in Federal green hacks, argues that some "■- - ", it is upon us. Our president has directed his best energies to the same end, but still the evil, like a mighty river, rushes on, gathering strength as it flows, until the Government is threatened to become em barrassed. The evil cannotr be attributed stitute, who shall refuse to take Confed erate money in the payment of debts. There is another respectable class of gentlemen, known in our country as Gov ernment contractors, who have grown fat by their cunning, that have he’ped to to the negligence of our officials. The j depreciate our currency. They, too, are first great source that gives force to this j detailed to stay at home; and whether it mighty stream is to he found in the evils is to get rich or not, they have in nearly of the blockade running. The unfortunate j every instance,by their craftiness, massed subject of pity—the blockade runner—has large fortunes; and not only tlie contract- become perfectly blinded to the good of j C rs themselves are detailed, but in many his country, to the evils that are under- instances their whole families become in- minding its foundations, by the effulgent terested in the contracts and thereby pro rays of prospective gain aud personal ag grandizement. He has discovered a mine of wealth at Nassau that may he his by his purchasing goods at cheap rates, and running them through tiie blockade safely. .-tire an exemption from field service. I think the original contractors alone should be detailed, and they should be mustered into the service aud receive only the pay of our soldiers: These are the evils, in part, which have lie knows that if ho an get a cargo of j led to’lhc great depresiation of our curren- goods through, he can realize from twenty to forty dollars for ever} one lie has in vested. Why, look at it—shoes that he can purchase at Nassau, New York, or Boston, for one dollar per pair, lie can sell in the Confederacy for from twenty to forty dollais per pair. So it is with every ar ticle brought through the pretended block ade. He sees nothing hut. his profits, thinks of nothing hut his gains, and the means by which they may he secured.— What are tbe results ? He must have gold, What is it to him it he has to givo ten dollars of Confederate money for one in gold ? He knows that when lie is once eff our soil lie can buy twice as many goods for the one dollar in gold as lie could buy cy. I have given the only remedy that will arrest them. The tax in kind will remedy the evils which have grown out of speculation in provisions ; and it is high time that this hitherto favored class should begin to contribute their funds as well as their blood, if it becomes necessary, for the support of this great straggle. 1 think also that the present law allow ing an exemption to owners within the, conscript age, of so many slaves, should bo amended. 1 can see no reason in de railing of a man to raise prov isions for the army and the country, and allowing him to sell his produce at the present high prices, lie should he allowed to sell only to the Government and to indigent families de- pnccs 1 My auswer to such an argument, is, that, I, consider him amply paid iu bcimr detailed to remain at home with his for twenty dollars in Confederate money. 1 pendent upon others for support, and that As such, he has his agents in every part ! at such puces as the like produce brought of tbe country buying up gold. This pro- , in time of peace. It may be argued that cess depreciates our currency in two ways, j iu consequeuce of the extravagant prices Frst, by the rumor that takes wings with he has to pay for everything necessary, the morning sun that Confederate money j he should he allowed to sell at the present is selling ten for, one which creates dis trust and impairs confidence.. Secondly, by reducing the quantity of the precious metal, thereby creating a greater demand, family. Besides, the prices that I think with d less supply, and consequently, erca- 1 he should be allowed to receive, will pro- tinga greater depreciation, with increased cure everything necessary for the carrying loss of confidence. Look at the consequen- j on of his iarrn, and that is what he is de- ces. A soldier who still gets his wagtfs, j tailed for. Let us look at the injustice ol fixed before this state of things existed, i allowing those details to sell their provis- tnust send home two months wages to buy ions at the present high prices. A sol- his wife a pair of shot’s, or a bushel of salt | dier comes home from the army discharged ora pair of cotton cards. It elected, IJ either on account ol wounds or sickness.— now pledge myself to use every effort to tear lip this evil, root and branch. I shall endeavor to have a law passed to seize every vessel owned by private individuals that runs the blockade, conscript its crew and put them in the army. Every ped dler that shall cross the lines 1 would sub mit to the same punishment, irrespective ol age. While I would prohibit tlie t un iting of the bU>ckade h}’ private individuals I would spare no pains in lilting out gov ernment vessels for the purpose of bringing in munitions of war, and for that only. In view of the great difference in the price of necessaries now and at the commence ment of the war, I should support an act to increase the wages of the private sol diers in a corresponding ratio. If necessa ries have increased four fold, I would in crease their wages to four times as much as it is now. Another evil, if not of such magnitude It soon becomes necessary for him to buy piovisions. lie goes to one of these de tails and tells him of his wants. The an swer he receives is, that his wants can he supplied by paving two dollars per bushel for corn, one dollar per pound for meat, and from four to ten for wheat. Bear in mind now tiiat this is a Govern ment detail, detailed for the purpose ol raising provisions. Bear iu mind also that a Confederate dollar is worth as much to a discharged soldier as a dollar iu gold, forthe reason th.at he has had no opportu nity to speculate aud thereby mass a large lortune; and I ask the details themselves is thers any justice in allowing them to receive such prices ? The plan I propose for the correction of this evil iu connection with the tax in kind would supply the army and the families of indigeut persons who are dependent upon others tor sup port. Consequently a large demand would 3 - l*<*K *« I’ulnaui. Eatontox, August IS, 1S63. At an adjqprned meeting of a portion of the citizens oi'Putnatn county, held in Ea- tonton this Robert C• Jenkins acted as Chairmaivand’C. S. Crcdille as Secre tary. Tb I in, j,ppoint<'d ,at a pre vious meetjttg, llLioiqili their Ulmirnmn- D. R. Adams, made the following re port : A state of war, although attended .w-ith some compensations, lias always brought, and will always bring with it, evils-im- mensc in their magnitude. Among them see mention only two for the consideration of the meeting to-day, namely: The des titute condition of the families of the poor, whose husbands, sons or brothers are in the army, and, as inseparably connected therewith, the high and exorbitant price of the necessaries of life. The duty of tlie country to provide for its poor generally, and especially for these families, is of the highest and most imper ious obligation, and must be scrupulously performed; and while money must be raised by taxation for their support, it will prove inadequate, unless we sell them the necessaries of life at such prices as will enable them to live. Prices are unavoidably high, owing to causes growing out of a state of war, bat • it is, sad to confess, and a stigma on our character, that they are’ rendered more so by the detestable tricks of’ the speculator, and the herrtless exactions of the extor tioner. We are not unaware of the difficulty of arresting or even mitigating these evils, but hold that public sentiment, as well as legislation, should, he (directed against them, with an energy* aqjK.deIowiination scarcely less than that wch wiiLert „we di rect our arms against th^ infaitrons inva ders of our soil and firesides. For the purpose of doing what we can to amelior ate these evils, wc submit the following recommendations and suggestions: 1st, That the Inferior Court increase the tax for the support of the soldiers fam ilies to any extent their necessities may require, having due regard to the prices they will have to pay. 2d, That they furnish each of said fam ilies not having them, and who are unable to buy, with a pair of cotton cards. • 3d, That in the case of families who have none, we call upon the more favored class of our community to loan to such families the use of a cow and calf, and we do earnestly invoke- the spirit of charity and liberality in this behalf. 4th, That the Inferior Court appoint, in each military district, a committee of three proper persons to inquire after and attend to tbe wants of tbe poor, and to organize individual charities in aid of the general object. High Prices. 1st, That the incidents of tlie war have beeu and are such in their effects on trade, as to disturb the natural order, and force it into the abnormal state ; wherein, to re ly on the correctives adapted to a time of peace, would be, as experience has de monstrated,-to famish the poor, fill the • coffers of the speculator and extortioner, aud threaten the Government with bank ruptcy. 2d, That inasmuch as prices are being settled by the speculator and extortioner on the one hand, or by the Government on the oilier, it is far best for the Government to do it. 3d, That as the best practical measure in the present circumstances for reducing prices to a lower range, we invite the Gov ernment to fix them’^oii all marketable commodities during the continuance of the war, and we do hereby pledge our acqui escence aud support of the measure. Reconstruction. Thai this meeting utterly spurn and re pudiate all filers in favor of reconstruc tion, and bold a l persons who advocate them as traitors to the cause of the Con federacy. The report was supported by D. R. Ad ams, chairman of the committee, in a strong and forcible address. Tbe meeting was also addressed by Cel. Wingfield in well timed and appropriate remarks. Al so by E N. Macou, J. A. Turner, J. W. Hudson and J. Adams on motions aris ing daring tho consideration of the report; after which the report was unanimously adopted, and the meeting adjourned until tbe first Tuesday in September for the purpose of considering the wants of the soldiers in the service from this county. On motion the proccediuga were ordered to bo sent to the Countryman, Savannah Republican and Macon Telegraph for pub lication. ROBT. C. JENKINS, Chairman. f TclegraqJi. One might say of our telegrams as was once said of a very conceited orator’s speech, that they contain some things neto and some tiling true, but the new things were not true and tho true things were not new.—Cokumhus Tunes. W Administrator's Sale. ILL be sold betore the Court House door in Irwinville. Irwin county, Ga., on tbe first I'ucsday iu OCTOBER next between the usual ho us of sa!e, the following property, to-wit: £ lots of laud No. 7 and & in tbe 2nd District of said county, also Lot No. 23 in the 6th District of said county, and tbe west half of Lot No. 377 in the 5th District of Berrien county, also one negro man, named 1‘eter, 40 years of age, one negro vomau named Mariah 45 years ot age, one negro giri Chano 19 years of age, one negro boy named David, 17 years of age, one negro girl pained Ann 15 years of age, one negro girl named Nslcv 14 years of age, one negro girl named Rachel 12 years of age. Sold by virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary of Irwin county, as tbe pro perty of Jesse Hobby late of said county, deceas ed. Terms of sale cash. M. D. HOBBY. } JAS. PAULK. ’ July 18,18C3. lm. c. lltd.. j