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Newspaper Page TextBOlGiMM) MSBET AT BARNES, rubll.^hers and Proprietors. , BOl'VHTOS,.) II. WISHBT. i &.)t Confederate Union j /, pi'hlix/teJ Weekly, in Mill edge r Hie, Ga. Corner of Hancock and Wilkinson Sts. (opposite Court House.) At Si a year in Advance. OI K NEW TEB.11N. On ai**l after June 1st, 18<>3, tlits Terms if Sub script i'" 1 ti> ttie Confederate Union, are Koch Dol- i , in, iuvaribly in advance. All indebtedness lor Milmeripriou •" paper, previous to June 1st, 1863, at tile rate of T:iree Hollars per year. ADVERTISING. Trassiest—One dollar and fifty cents per square of not lines, for tlie fiist insertion, and seventy-five , , nts for each subsequent inseition. Tributes ol respect-, Resolutions by Societies, (Ol.it- naries exceeding s.x lines.) Nominations for efiiee, Communications or Elitorial notices for individual benefit, charged as transient advertiser. LilaL—Citations for letters of administra tion by Administrators, Executors, Guardi ans, arc - Application tor Dismission from Admiuistrator- Applicutiom for Dismission from Guardiausliip, Application for leave to sell Land or Negroes, N.uice todebtors and creditors Sales of personul or perishable properly, (per square of ten lines Sales of Land or Negroes, (per square of ten Each Sheriff’s Levy, ot ten lines or less Each Mortgage sale, of ten lines or less All advertisements by Sheriffs exceeding ten lines to be charged in propotlion Eon-closure of Mortgage and other Monthly advertisements^ per square of leu lines.... Establishing lost papers, per i-quaie ot ten lines, fora man advertisirg hts wife (in advance,; $11 Of fi fl<! 4 Id 5 tit- 4 IMi 2 Ob' 5 00 3 (10 0 00 1 50 H I!' JO 00 LEG aL ADVERTISE.,!ENTS. Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators. Ex- ecutors or Guardians, are required by law lobe held on the first Tuesday in the mouth;between the hours ol Min the torenoou and three in the afternoon, at the Court house in thecounty in which heproperty is sit uated. Notice of these sales mas* be given in a puldit ga- zett * 40 days previous to the day ofsule. Notices fortlie sale of personal property must begiv- eninlike manner 10 days previous to sale day. Notices to the debtors and creditors of an estate must also lie-published 40 days. Notice that application will be mndetothe Conrtof Ordinary for lea veto sell Laud or Negroes, must be published for two months. ‘ Citation* forletterso'* Administration Guardianship. A *roust be published 30 days—for dismission from Administration, monthly six months—for dismission trotn Guardianship, 40 days. Kules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published in n, I hi if for four month*—for establishing lost papers, for the fnt/ space of three months—fur compelling titles from Executors or administrators, where bend has been given by the deceased, the full space of three months. . Publications will always be continued according to these, tbelegalrequirements, unless otherwise ordered Ho Advertisers. Persons sending advertisements to this paper, will obsetve tlie following rules : All notices must he accompanied with the cash, except from persons with whom we have contracts. 15 cents a line, for the lirst insertion, and 7j- cents a line for every subsequent insertion is our charge Count nine written words to a line and every person can tell .just xvhat amount of money to send. Obituaries, Editorial Notices, Nominations for office, and all communications for individual benefit, are charged as advertisements. Legal adver tisements are charged according to the rates under the head of this paper, on the first page. COTTON CARDS, TOOL CARDS., (0FFEE, AC., At. PAIR Whitemore’s Coiton Cards mini her tens. Kill PAIR Wool Cards number s. lbs. COFFEE. 50 dozen Shoe Blacking. 5 Cases Cognac Brandy. 100 Gross Pearl Shirt Buttons. SUMMER CLOTHING. Received and for sale by J. CANS & CO. VOLUME XXXIV.] MILLEDGE VILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBERS, mi. [NUMBER m* -nn I*! \ |!o«tii v. I llipoi I«1 III < Ol l-4'W (lOlllN 11( 4 * ' Copy ) Griffin, Ga., August 10, 18G.L Col. Janus M. ISm/flt : Dkak .Slit—V e are beginning to look about for some ot;c on whom to bestow our voles lor Congressional honors. Your name is mentioned, and stronglv urged in some quarters in that connection. We, therefore, propose to propound to you certain questions,and your answers,though . mercy to their vile bodies as he may see fit to grant ? Are there those who would ' he willing to see their proud old common wealth degiaded—shipped of its sover eignty and convert! d into Yankee planta- I lions under the control of “Atneiican cit izens of Afiican descent,” who had proved their loyalty to “the best Government on earth,” by tire murder of their former mas ters '! 1 tiust you w ill answer—there are ! none such in Georgia. If there he such, | let me say to them that they have no synt Important from lfi<* Enriny. A !< (ter hag of the United States gun boat Ottawa, with letteis to ftiends at home dated as late as tlie 2!Mli inst., floated ashore on Sullivan’s Island Beach on Sun day, anil is now in possession of our mili tary officials at Headquarters. By letters from Oapt. Whiling to his wife, and letters peuueiice. of all otlicr officers, we have learned that ; the Yankees have entertained the idea of j breaking up our harbor obstructions by j night operations, and actually made the ! attempt last Wednesday night with their monitors and gunboats, of which the Otta- . wa was one. . : ; 4 tsired by the public, either in writing or speaking, as far as I may be able. The truth is, ve must have money,and for myself, I am willing to be taxed be supposed that so sagacious a com mander as Gillmore, with an abun dance of troops at his bidding,had foil ed to secure it by posting ample rein- one—tenth—one—fifth—one—half—all ! j Agreements at a convenient distance in yes, all, if necessary to gain our inde-|the rear. Besides this—for reasons Respectfully, John W. Lewis Editorial Correspondence. | which the enemy will find out when j they attempt the march, but which it | would he improper here to specify—we | could not deploy a column across the ; island in front of the fort for the pur pose of storming the rifle pits, and eon they will he held as 'africtly confidential, ! pathiserc in the army. Georgia has been will determine our futuse course. We desitc ! morc lll,, - v represented in the bloodiest tin early answer, that we may goto woik. i Laities ot the war than, perhaps, any otli- Wc see the people of Nr rth Carolina are ! cr Sfa,e - Lvcry battle field is ted ’.villi iunning candidates for congress upon I‘he blood of her children. Wc have seen the question of the appointment (f Com- i comrades fall by scores and hundreds, tnissioneis by Congress-to negotiate with ] always wiih their faces towards tueii conn- ._ ihe United States Government for peace. I $I Y S enemies, and the shout of defiance ! turning back Weft re reaching the obstruc- | nave an auaitionai reason lor "living n | ^|| jl, ese considerations having been If they should succeed in electing such i 0,1 their lips. They know well how to • tions, of whiefi our Yankee neighbors have, j understood, in the iaet that the opera- I maturely weighed, CoL Harrison wise- memhers. and they move in Congress for die 1,1 Jefei.ee of Georgia’s honor—they apparently, such a wholesome oread and . Rons on tlie island, at the time, were I | determined not to make the attack, an appointment of such Commissioners, j Ulti not know to submit to her vile oppress- , high estimate. j under the direction of our gallant and i i lowever anxious i. e m ;. r i lt r ' ’ will you favor or oppose the move, ami for | «rj arid , b Y God’s bless. djs_ theirjur- ^ 1 he JetUus^tate that jje attempt was esteemed young countryman, Col. Geo. j er the lost , rroun(1 . With all Ins force Charleston, Aug. 28,1863. , . mi . . | r i M-lpientlv would have to send the men The gramme we learn was for the „ Tl,e C ^ tun ' ‘He p.ts before j fonva ,. d ^ n jfo uk lljardl a | OIIf , lLt . ho isides to engage Fo.t Moultrie, while | ^ a fe r,ie f r ’ V ednesda\ vieniugi i M . a< .|, until the euemy should he reach- the Monitors vpn by. Violent squalls of j ’ a,u , 0lir al Ml< 0 11 '*. Icm ’ j ed, thus exposing them to a raking fire wind and rainare given as the reason for ma ) ie*|une a wold of explanation. 1 J a | ull or the whole line, tnr.iirnr hack liofor,. .oai-him- the. nhstruc-1 haveaii additional reason for having it and by God’s blessings their sur- Are you in favor of a pto-I v,vors shall grapple the foe wherever 1 to be renewed on the night of tlie 29th ice being made by thej lhe Y ,nect him, and willn ever prove v?onth ? or are you for fighting on until ! False to a cause baptised with their broth the proposition comes from the North '!— t ’ ,-s blood. \\ bile giving my t^asons what reasons f position for peace VC | List", (Saturday f Adt did not take place | Ilarnson, ol the J^l Georgia. | engaged, and that against great odds h- it is presumed that heavy weather again The rifle pits are situated immediate- : . U1 j to eve ,-y disadvantage, a repulse , • , i i Iv in fmnr nf flip harfprv and Between i .... u i 1 v. a ill he held in irday next. a. : e said about a ! We are tired i opped on some j you you I if A conservative meeting Clayton county oil t5a which something may Congressional candidate of the war, and want it terms, and if your answers suit may calculate upon our support run. Please answer as soon as you can make it convenient, and oblige. Yours, tiuly A. G. Ml RKAV. (Copy) Camp 13tii Ga. Rkg, nkai: Ohanuk f Court House, Va., Aug. PS, 18G3. / Mr. A. G. Murray: 8ir : Your letter of the 7th inst., stating that my name is mentioned, and strongly We observe by the letters that the Cap tain of the Ottawa was sick on the 27th.— I his fact, however, did not prevent him from writing home modil letters for husbands urged in some quarters, in connection with | f * j the approaching Congressional election in I ie f.,V?, 0 D l " , „ , , ■ - i ii While we nave one acre of ground to use /th District of Georgia, and propound- , , , ° .. i . [stand upon, or one jdattoou of men ; or it may not he amiss to state that 1 can never he brought to consent to a “re construction” of the Union—1 can never consent to take to my bosun the men whose hands are red with the blood of my kins men. I feel that an ocean of blood sepa rates ns from them. 1 cannot love them. But what, you ask, do you propose to do. This brings me to answer your second and third questions. You desire to know whether 1 am in favor of a proposition for peace being made by tlie South? or am I in favor of fighting on until the proposit ion comes from tlie North ? The first of these questions has been already full- answered. I answer tlie last by saying that I am in favor of fighting on, and on, i forever, unless the North withdraws its j armies from our country, and leaves us in the quiet possession of all the rights of expounds of shot and shell, and apparently interveined between tlie monitors and |y *** Urou t of the hat ter} mill between would have surely resulted iu the A.tH our obstructions, which j ct stand intact. three and tour hundred yards distant j (l p t | ie |»atterv, wiiieli lie vvasdeterniiii- trom that work. They commence ! od to MtL A more rash mid ambitious some bundled )aids fioni tlie beach on | commander would have made the nt- the left, and run in a south-westerly di- ( jfinpt, and in doing so probably lost all. in his long “and minute description of his j Inf bTttm v thfnH o'h'ft mross the^T- i lJ 1 " ,le '' th , C ci I rCUn, ? tance CoK H. dee.n- daily life and events, and in the express-1 , . ‘ ’’ J . ed it as clearly an issue where prudence ion of his ardent conjugal affection. ! Jand. which is very narrow just there, j was the bette r p art of valor, and his Fiom these effusions we learn; as was | a boideiing on the marsh. 1 ie\ sagacity ;md good inatiagement are 100 Millcdgeville, May 2f>, 1863. I if TO TRAVELERS. J Y House is opon to receive tran- . sient boarders.am] all who may give trie a ll. ] study to please al! and keep one ot the st and cheapest houses in the city. Call and t ,ne. JAS. E. IIAYGOOD. Milledgeville, March 13th, 'lifid. 43 tf. ing certain questions and requesting my answers thereto, has been icccived. 1 have little time to give to the preparation of an answer, and must ho brief. 1 have been absent fiom Georgia over a year, and during much of the time have been so situated as not to be able to hear from my family even. 1 am entirely tin- informed as to tlie questions which will enter into the canvass for members of Con gress,*in my State; hut believing it to be one of the tights ol tlie voter, to lie inform ed of the opinions of candidates who ask the poople to elect them to office, upon all questions involving tlie public welfare 1 unhesitatingly send vott the following , ... ^ J -. ,, , timtu or treacherous are tired ol the war, answers to your questions. By way ot ,, . . ,, , , . , . . 1 or would submit, let them go to lands inducements to your questions you say , , , . . 15 . J , 1 ..-v .1 ,< ,- whel^subinission to tyranny is no dts- that, “W e see the people ol North Garoliua , ,,,, , J J , • . * r ,, honor. 1 here can be no peace here so are running candidates lor Congress upon , - , ....* . . , ,. .... . ° I long ns one armed abolitionist is upon tne question ot the appointment ot loin- | ,, .. .. . , i . .* i ., 11 . . . . , i ooutliern sou. 1 fits is no empty boasting, tntsstoneis by Gotigress, to negotiate with , ,,,, . . * J ° n , ,,i tlie men ot our armies are in earnest.— the u. *8 Government lor peace. I was . , , ., . ,, , , „ , , , 1 ... . Litev intend that their counuy snail be not aware, until 1 read your letter, that “ , ,, , . . . . , ,,,i i tree, and they do pot intend that the conn- such nr, issue as that mentioned had been | , J ■ . .. . .. , , ... . - sels ol wily politicians, nor the timidity ol made hi tore tlie people ol any Mate in ,. . , * r , . . . . , , , „ • . taint hearted patriots at home, shall di- the Contederaey. ton fail to say hate \ , , ,, .■ ‘. , i “ , . , . *v ., vert ilicin Irom tliat purpose, ilie question has been presented in North i ■ , , 1 * , ,, 1 | 1 trust you understand sine, it vour- Carohna, whether tlie candidates V’ou . , - sell, and (hose you seem to represent, are stale to be running there hold that m the I • ... , . ° .... . . i in tavor ot submission to Lmcoln.tnenper- present aspect ot our atlairs Commissioners , T , , * • , ! . , « , • • mil me to say* 1 would not be your tit rep- ouglit to be appointed, or whether it is i . J , f. , . r ^ 1 1 . . resentativo m Congress. It you desire supposed that some contingency may arise ! • . , , - , J ,, , *.* , . J \ • i i a policy inaugurated winch would result before the meeting of Congress winch will . J \ ,■ ■ . ..... r , . b . ... ■ - I tu the abatement oi one lot or tittle ol render it proper to appoint Commissioners, r • , , . .. . 1 * , < 1 , , , our utmost churls to scenic our nidepen- 1 infer, however, from your letter, taken ' - r — aitohether, vhat’ you ctesire me to say whether I am in favor of the appointment eleven thousand pounds of powder. A number of important documents were found which it is not deemed p.udent to mention. Charleston Courier of yestet day. Patriotic /Letter frem the Zion. J. W. Xcwis. CAUTKR.SVi.LU, Ga., Aug. 24, fsfio. upon, or one women either, to fire a gun, 1 would fight in such a quarrel. And let me say that lliis is tlie spirit which animates tlie sol diers of the Confederate armies. Yve know more of the Iiorrois of war than you do.- We have stronger reasons than you have, to he tired of the war. We expect in tlie future, as we have in tlie past, to suffer from hunger and thirst, from heat and cold, from fatigue and nakedness, and think it altogether likely that we shall fali in the carnage of battle, at last ; but we know what we light for, and wc are i -r „ . • -c , , , b i now lighting m our delence, or it not willing, it need be, to purchase our coun- l 3 0 * -- - - liberties with our own blood. If the anticipated, that “very many of the offi- ('contained room for sixty-eight men. cers in tlie fleet are breaking down and I The line ol tlie enemy's works, at least being sent home continually for the incess-[ the nearest approach, also extended ant. wear and tear of them in this hot cli- across the island, and combined with mate.” • | our line formed the letter V, their left .... , It appears, too, in the attempt to de-| , Qur ri , jt comillg vvithill thirty' mV stroy our obstructions tlie Monitor Passaic r e p i n , -n i* t-ieuit got aground and came near being abandon- ste l ,s , of 0acl ! other - Ir wl11 . tl,U , S be e 1 by her crew. ' seen that their sapping operations have The Ottawa has throw eight thousand j been conducted with the greatest skill and efficiency. Their zig zag works, like an immense worm fence, stretch for a mile or more up the island, and I they continued burrowing until they J actually brought their works almost up ! to our own. The unmiiitary reader will better understand such operations j in the lace of an enemy wlien he learns j that they are conducted behind a large ! iron cylinder, called a “sap,” which is j Editor Intelligencer: I authorize the so arranged that it is pushed forward as j si , )t of8moke from our guns, Mayor ol the City of Charleston to the work progresses afford,ng almost moine , lt after the explosion of perfect protection to the advance torce draw on me for one thousand dollars, to bo expended either in the purchase of refreshments for the noble soldiers j deuce, then 1 am not vouv man. Y< EORGIA, Baker County. "noi f of Ordinary, duly Term 1SGM. j :qipearinp; to the Court from the Fetition of Arthur W. Johnson, that Jesse Collier late of i 1 county, made and executed his last will and j orient, appointed said petitioner his executor, j a lias this dajr tiled his application propounding 1 1 will for I’rohate in solemn form. It further 1 'earing from said petitioner that one of sr.id ; rs arid legatees of said Jesse Collier, to n il: j i liadahC Collier, is of full age and resides in State of Texas .and cannot he served with pro- ; s from this Court, except by publication ^ , t is therefore ordered that service on said Zach- j ah C. Collier be perfected by publication in the "tifederale Union'’ once a week for forty dajs 'vions to the next October term of this Court, i that he be and appear at said Court to he Id in and for said county on the first Monday in t"ber next, then and there to show cause, it any has, why said will shall not he proven in sol- n form and admitted to record as the last will 4 testament of said .Tesse Collier, deceased. Witness the Hon. John F Griffin, Ordinary ot d county, this 6tli day of July 1863, TiiOMAS ALLEN. D- Ci k. Court 1 fit. Ord’y. Baker co. find him. You say my answer “shall lie held in strict confidence by you.” Per mit ine to say that I cannot become a par ty to such a confidence. It is the right of all to know tlie opinions expressed by me to you, on the subject briefly touched upon in this letter. I shall, therefore, send a copy of this letter, together with a copy cf your letter, to tlie “LaGrauge Reporter- er,” and “Atlanta Intelligencer,” fur pub lication. I am, sir. very respectfully, Your obedient servant, Jam us M. Smith. Important to Drafted IVEen. Governor Brown lias issued the fol lowing order in reference to drafted men in Atlanta. As the same course will doubtless be observed toward of Commissioners to negotiate with the U S. Government for peace in our present situation. My answer to this question is, I am not in favor of the appointment of such Com missioners, situated as we are at present. You desire that I should give my reasons. They are briefly as follows : The wards oppress re upon the part of the North.— Before its commencement, it was authori tativel v made known to the Lincoln Gov ernment that we desired that our separa tion should he peaceful, and that we were icady and anxious to make an amicable adjustment of all matters out of which questions might arise to distuib the friend ly le’ations of the two countries. Our proposition was treated with silent con tempt. I will not stop now to demon strate. to a Southern horn man that the North is responsible for the first blotv.— Since the ivar began, our Government . , e . , • ,, , ,, has, in all honorable ways, made known to | those drafted in other localities, they the enemy’s Government that we areanx- would do well to “make a note ’ and ious for peace ; that all we desire or ask of i iun (; up some mustering ollicer at thus needed, then to go fo the relief of the poor and suffering of the city. I authorize, and respectfully request of the Governor of Georgia to draw on me for one thousand dollars to be ex pended in the purchase of salt for the wives and widows of Georgia soldiers, and hopefully trust that others will do likewise, by thousands. As to myself, 1 feel that to a certain extent, I belong to my country, yet I respectfully de cline the invitation of many ftiends to be a candidate for Congress from this district; at the same time, though, feeling grateful for this manifestation of their confidence in me. Ibelievethat I am at present in the proper position to do most good for the country ; and how having very briefly disposed of tiiese matters, I ask some space in your columns to treat upon-a subject of vi tal interest to the whole country at the present period, to-wit: the embarrass- of diggers, who throw up the earth high enough for those who come be hind to enlarge and strengthen the line to the extent desired with little or no risk from cannon balls and sharp shoot ers in front. A shell dropped into the trenches sometimes creates havoc among the workers, but putting it there is a nice work not very easily accomplish ed. On the afternoon in question, the en emy opened a tremendous fire on Bat tery Wagner—one of the severest of the siege—from all their laud batteries. It was evident that they intended to fol low it with an assault, first upon our rifle pits and then on the main work. Col. Harrison watched their every movement, often from the parapet, which is a position of imminent peril, and formed his relief picket guard for the night on the parade of the fort in the midst of a most galling fire. Some idea of its intensity may be formed from the fact that he lost eight or ten men in the fort whilst organizing this ed condition of our finances and what | f orce . Heretofore the attack of the in my best judgment, is the proper I enemy has been made at dark, but iu remedy. i this instance, whilst the heavy tiring on And in the first place,I remark that. | (]i e battery was progressing,and before in a great and sudden revolution, such j sundown, a large body of troops sod as vve are involved in, thinking men denly turned the point of their works would not only calculate certainly up- : on our right a ml fell upon the pickets on financial derangement, but also de- | w ith tremendous fury. In less than rangement and suffering in every de- (j ve n ,iuutes along their entire line of partment and position in life. All j works a large body, numbering not less t hings considered, with the blessing of | t i, an fifteen hundred men, overleaped Gotl, we have sustained ourselves be- die trenches, and forming immediately into line of battle charm'd across the sagacity warmly applauded by bis superior offi cers. There is sometimes more in sa ving an army or position than in gain ing a victory. It was so in this case, and Col. Harrison is entitled to more for nis generalship in not fight ing at the time, than lie would have been bad he, at such imminent risks, assaulted the enemy and retaken the rifle pits. Everything has been comparatively quiet to-day. Moultrie, by way of ex periment, joined the James’ Island bat teries ami opened with her long range guns upon the enemy’s working parties iu front ol Battery Wagner, it is said, with much accuiacv and the happiest effect. 'The Yankees were seen scamp ering in every direction on the first but in a plosion of the shell all were at their work again. It were impossible to conceive of a more indus trious and indefatigable set of beavers than these same abolition tools of Gen eral Gillmore. Day and night,through sunshine and storm, have they kept up their unremitting labors, approaching, little by little foe miles, until they are now right under our noses. Their lines to-day are within two hundred yards of our battery. The shelling of the city has not been resumed. Gillmore has either repen ted of tlie iniquity—if a Yankee Aboli tionist can repent—or his battery is hors de cumbat, most probably the latter. It is said that Maj. Gen. Gilmer, af ter a thorough inspection of Fort Sum ter, holds that it is tenable, even in ruins. From the vigorous measures 1 see taking to hold it, I infer that the report is true. There is much talk in the city of an alleged caustic letter from Gillmore to Beauregard, closing up the late corres pondence. Why it was not published with the rest, I cannot say. Whatev er may have been its character, Beau regard has evidently committed a blun der in withholding it. It will appear certainly in the Yankee papers, audits suppression here has very much the appearance that somebody is afraid of it.—Savannah Republican. S. GEORGIA, Fierce County. • WHEREAS, Jackson Thomas, late of tins ll county, died intestate, and no one having applied tor letters of administration on said estate, notice is hereby given to creditors and next ol kin ot said deceased, to be and appear at my office, in tlie town ot Blackshear.cn the first Monday in Sopttniher m-xt, to show cause, if any they can, w hy administration of Jackson Ihoinas estate should not be vtsted in the Clerk of the Superior ‘ “tirt or som? other fit and proper person.^ Witness my official signature this July 25, U-6.3- l ; Hit (IM *3.) L. II. GREENLEAF, Ord’y. r pWO MONTHS after date application will be A made to the Ordinary of irwin county for ?n order to sell all the lands and negroes belong- lD Z to the estate of Jesse Hobby late of said county deceased. M. D. HOBBY. 1 AJ • JAMES PAULK. $ Adm bwiaville, June 13tb, 1863 *’ !,t - GEORGIA, Ware County- \1TBEBEA8, Mrs. Ellen Turner makes applt- cation to me for letters of guartiansbip of the persons and property of Lucinda, Delphy, • ilvestcr, Mary Jane arid Anna ’1 urner, al! minor “eirs of Henry Turner, deceased. ihese aie therefore to cite and admonish all and 'mgular the kindred and creditors of said deceas ed to appear at my office on the first Monday in September next, to show cause, it they can, w-by '•tti-r» of guardianship should not issue to said *Ppiicant. Given under my band officially the 9tn day of J °iy, 1=63. Raid §3 them is to be left iiluue in the enjoyment of the right of self-government. Our enemies knew before a blow was struck, that war would not he made by us upon them except in self-defense. '1 heir Gov ernment has known all the while that hos Atlanta, Aug. 20, 1600. Col. J. M. C. Ileal, Commanding, f Colonel—I anl informed that the persons drafted by you in Fulton coun- tilities would cease upon the instant it L- j iavc *iot yet appeared and been should appear tlmt the war was not I mustered into service. You are, there- tended to be an aggressive one unoti the ; fore Hiroctod to issue an order requir- part ot the * oith, x otwit ist.int mg a | log them to appear at an earlv dav this, their aimies have invaded our coun- . 1 U • . trv, and still occupy large portions of it.- and lie mustered into service. If any Their brutal soldiery, with the full appro- full or refuse to do so, you will call val of their Government, have destroyed upon Colonel G. W. Lee, commanding tlie property of our peaceful citizens, sto- j the battalion, whose muster rolls have lcn our slaves, and murdered our people, j ll0 fc ve t been sent to Richmond, who In many cases women have been violated, w ilfdttail S n C h armed force as you and feeble old age and helpless infancy; may Iiee ,l f or that purpose, which will have alike been driven from the bhelter of home to be fed, clothed and cared for by strangers. As the war has progressed, the unjust and unholy purposes, for the accomplish ment of which it was waged against us, have been fully developed ; and we are advertised that we can have peace only upon the condition ot unqualified suli State troops, who w .... . e .„., p — j. mission to the Washington Government, them and emply them in guarding the States, each lor themselves, can loan , about four hundred ofCol. Keitt’s20th | issues from the mills, smoke from the bridges tf that part of the State" road their credit to the Confederate Govern- ; South Carolina, reached him about a ■ chimneys of the planters’ houses and negro nearest the Tennessee line, till other ar- I meilt b .V * lie \ ssue ot ' its bonds, bearing , | ia ff | loul ? before day, the delay being I S™' 11 ' oce « ns of tiU g»r cane nr. i l . 1 I. 4... nn.-,4 nti/l o„l.l f..u fL... l . ... - .. * . * *— • l ! t t > I i I I 1TT tint pofil liponoau rf' D.E. KNOWLES, Ord’y- 9 6t GEORGIA. Bulloch County. Notice to Dthtors and Creditors. A EL persons having claims against tlie estate y*.o: J meg Wilkinson, Sen., deceased, art' no- ‘d 1,1 present them to us properly attested, or will be rejected ; and all persons indebted v said r-ate to make immediate settlement. JAMES H WILKINSON \ Aduir - S . JAMES ANDERSON, j f ily 18, 1863. db 9 6t mission whh As results from this submission, we are notified that our slaves are to he emanci pated, oar principal citizens turned over to tlie executioner, and our Slates rcuuceu to tlie condition of Territories: Now, if Commissioners were appointed by us to treat with the enemy Tor peace, what proposition could wc make through them which would be accepted ? Clearly, none, except unconditional submission. J am not ready for tliat. and more, l never intended to be. 1 may live to see my country conquered: 1 will not l.\c o con sent to its degradation. Just here per mit me to ask : Are you ready to submit to Lincoln ? Are there Georgians ready to crawl to his feet, and with less than the spirit of whipped hounds, to pray tot sue ) proceed to arrest such drafted person or per-sons as refuse to obey the orders anti you will at once send all who have to be in this mouner forced into the service to Grayville, Catoosa county, to report for tlie present to Colonel j duced, and greatly reduced ; thi Wilson commanding the 2d rogimeut I °"ly done by the States, and yond all precedent in the history of the world ; and if true to ourselves and to t.tr cause, we shall recover from our recent reverses, and when done with gunboat fighting, and the enemy gets spread out into our country, in the work of devastation, the tide of our af- The Condition of V,ouikinnn. A letter in the New York Times from | New Oi leans, says that l’ort Hudson is . .. now occupied by negro troops. Speaking narrow space upon our rifle pits Our i of the edition of things in Louisana, the men had but a moment to fire, but did W1 -itcr ars : the best they could under the circum- I ’flieru is a vast difference in thocharac- stances. They of course, were over- 1 tor of the country lying above Baton powered,but fought bravely to the last, | Rouge and that below. Above they have seventy-nine out of the eighty-six be- ! been searching for their “rights” by erect- fairs will change, and many of our foes j j n <r either killed or captured in the pits. in 6 batteries and tiring at steamers from will get a possessory title much less to ’ £ ° ta k e especial pleasure in recording I e , ve .T bend in the river. I he result cf be desired than a confiscatory one, to a i tfieir firmness, as they all belonged to 1 ,1,e , ir warch w. that where once were, owns iwrtion ofou, soil, three Jti* tee. or j ‘U o„t Nti & «£ It.ss. I he t. utliis, they have lio ll^ht, J brought odium upon itself by the bad j desolation; where once were prosperous no just cause to invade us, and we shall conduct of some of its men »>n a former communities and happy families, there are occasion. now only ruin, desertion and houseless Whilst this movement was success- vagabonds, ful, it was not unresisted and without i Below Baton Rouge the chivalry have loss. Such was the fire from the Yan- g” 1 beeu , K0 vigorously iu search of the* kee batteries and sharp-shooters upon : ‘‘■jghts, and in consequence both banks O . • 1 ... . 1 > nl tllM nvpr Fflllt lllliPtl KllFFPKKiniK nf thin. whip out this terrible fight if wc can hut get rid of those among us who have been whipped all the time, with out ever having fned themselves a sin gle gun. Bui to my subject. The States, in their State character, separate and alone, can bring back our money matters to a healthy condition, and after long thinking, and as close thinking as i have been capable of do ing, 1 am satisfied that the States only the fort, that it was impossible to keep i of the r ‘ vcr c ™ th,ue, i accessions of pic- the men at the guns for a ttires of wealth, quiet, retirement and HJpnieiJt, 1 happiness. Not a single feature of destruc- sonie firing, hpvvevei, was done in spite ( j on mav8 (j ie view, save at Doualdsonville of it. In addition,Col. Harrison plant- j here a few gentlemen took their rifles and ed two howitzers on the beach, and with grape and schrapnel mowed down can do it, Congress has already voted j large numbers of the enemy, but the entire credit of the States in their confederated character, and any fuither vote in that direction will but add ad ditional depression to tlie credit. The Confederate circulation must be small force were eventually compelled to retire. Tlie Colonel immediately endeavored to find their “rights” by send ing a few vollies into some passing vessels. They got their “rights” in the shape of a few negro regiments now encamped there, and they will for a long time he enabled telegraphed for reinforcements, saving I , . , that he would letake the line Jilts pro- i i„ a ,k where once stood their beautiful ru ”i vided they should arrive iu time. A ! town. < ,m small party, upw«»lds of two hundred, j One would seercely think as he passes ind done 1 1 - a/ 1 ' T * ^ - -- - - •illtake charge of1 i» this way ; The Legislature belonging to the 6th North Carolina, | down from Battou Rouge that ,. . ! l ” l ‘” r 1,1 - L ' U1111 Aniuimet, i down irom uauou ivouge tuiu a blood} oi the yiiived about ten o’clock at night, and ! -war is convulsing the country. 6team ranmgeuts can be made to turn them 11 I° vv uite ot interest, and sold for Con- j occasioned bv defective transportation l '! l l‘* e '* J* 11 ; C00 ' breezes of the Gulf, over to tlie control of the jnoper Con- federate notes tlie 6tateGovernments a | K j j| le ditficulty of reaching the is- Vn ", 1 ? '!• ,i P lh . , . l0< federate officer, who will compel such to lo;ul tll0se 11 ® t . es t0 the Confederate I fond with steamers. He had then, in- are evidences of uroFoerit^and* nuiet'.— persons to remain iu constant service : Government, taKing in place tliereot j eluding the garrisons of Wagner and lor the six months. Ail who obey Confederate Louds beating a low tate Gregg, all told, not more men than the these orders and are mustered in with- of interest. Thus we can relieve our- ene my had in the rifle jiits alone, and out the necessity of compulsion will selves. ^ lo shovv the difference be- () ie Jytqcj- j| a( ] immediately gone to be jiermitted to form into companies tween btateand Confederate credit, it J work with sjiadee and greatly strengtb- and elect officers and remain at home °"b r necessary <o look at the market, ened their jiositiou, extending our pits as in case of volunteers, till ealleri value of State and Confederate securi- .t,6.ai„ ,i.. r n as in case of volunteers, till called on value of State and Confederate securi /or temporary service. Those arres- ties. ted and sent off into the service, will I have thus stated the text of our have officers assigned to them. j financial relief, aud will promise to JOSEPH E. BROWN. elaborate it in its 'details, in any way entirely to the beach on the left. They had gained a point fur which they had been striving for weeks, a most imjior- tant one for their future operations against the battery, and it was not to are evidences of prosperity atitl quiet. There is but one feature that shows differ ently fiom that of old. There is evidently a sullen constraint among the residents; they do not sit on piazzas and watch the passage of river life, but conceal then slaves, aud, with closed doors and win dows, resolutely ignore our existence. This, however, we cau submit to with out being either seriously injured or mor tified. With us is the consideration that wc have made all these people happy, kept them wealthy, aud preserved for M tlietn their hornet afid property ,ih rjlte nf themselves. If they choose to listitit their o.’tck kitchens in,preference to tbc front pallors, or to sit in darkened rooms, iu stead ofoadtkitliug the beautiful healthful sunlight, wir'ean cheeitiilly. without com- pi'oiniaingAhe dignity the Government afford tQjiftrgive them such petty slights. 1 hert^rrti any quantity of miserable devils re now encased in tagged grav, who are starving, fighting, and dying ail over the. South, who would most gladly ex change positions with them. Their lot is not the hardest known in the history of this present war. The first thing that strikes nr,o as ho passes along the levee of New Orleans is the Sabbath like stillness that seems to tcign over the city. The levee, as far as the eye can reach, is bare of everything save a rich crop of grass, which, although a fine thing in an artistical point of view, is not calculated to convey a groat idea of commercial activity and prospeiity. A few Quit steamers Anil a half dozen river boats arc tied up to the landing—one or two have tip steam and seem to have been somewhere, or to be about to start for some otlieJ point; but the majority looks as if anything to do is a tiling ot tlie past, or of a very iuilefinite period in the future. FROM EAST "'TENNESSEE. TVe hear'by private letters from Chat tanooga and Dalton, dated yesterday, mentioning rumors prevailing at those pla ces, that Knoxville was occupied by the Yankees, 8000 strong, on Saturday, but our information from Loudon, to which point the telegraph is working, is up to yesterday evening, at which time nothing, was known of such a Movement.— Loudon is only twenty-nine miles this side of Knoxvill, and the fact of the occupation of the latter would certainly have been kuowu had it occurred as reported abeve. The city is open to the enemy, of course, but he lias not, we think, made his ap pearance. No trains run further than Loudon, .and the military have possession of the road. No passengers are allowed to proceed be yond Dalton and Chattanooga. The enemy were still on the river bank, opposite Chattanooga, yesterday, but their force, strange as it may .seem, continues unknown. On Saturday they did some shelling, with no other effect than cleaning the streets of what few people remain in the town. Passengers from Rome this morning bring reports of the appearance of the ene my at Trenton, Dade county, Georgia.— This is doubtful. We learn that the different gaps east aud west of Cumberland gap are garrisoned by our forces. To what extent we do not know, but it is to be presumed that the mili tary authorities deem tin in sufficient. To an eye net military it seems a little singular however, that there should be no. support ing force, left in tlie tear of these impor tant outposts—that they should be left to hold their positions, or if overwhelmed ine vitahley fall into tlie hands of the ene my. Also it appears singular that so long a line of railroad, so important as the lines centering at Knoxville, should be left exposed. The absetice of our army pla ces it within the power of the Unionists ol East Tennessee to effectually cut off our communications with Virginia, without the co-operation of Federal forces. That they will fail to embrace the opportunity we cannot hope. We cannot explain the “necessity,” millitary or otherwise, that gave them the change. Who can ? Atlanta Appeal. Mr. Bill for Governor. The recent announcement of Joshua Hill for Governor has awaked the peo ple, and the insidious attacks of his friends upon those who were opposed to Lincoln and voted for secession, has aroused those who opposed Gov. Brown because of precedent, and to day they are advocating his cause. The idea of a reconstruction candidate wont go down with the jieople who are for their country, and those we knew to ojijiose Gov. Brown because of precedent will be his warmest sup- porters. As long as Mr. Hill’s friends make war ujion such men as Toombs, Cobb, Davis, Bartow and T. R, R. Cobb, who were for throwing off the yoke of Lincoln before it was fastened upon our necks. They may talk of such men and abuse Joe Brown, but the peojde who voted for secession will not liston to such treason. They know whom to trust. Already in this jmrt of the State, those who opposed the Governor for what they thought were good reasons, cannot be induced to vote against him for reconstruction. We understand from Mr. Hill’s friends that he does not intend to make known his opinions, but exjiects to catch all those who oppose Governor Brown for auy cause. How badly mistaken they will be is already exhibited by those who have heretofore opposed him To talk of reconstruction but aids our enemies, and makes them believe that we are growing weak ami unable to cope with them. .But, thank God, there are but few in our midst, and they are compelled to be cautious in their remarks.—Grijiu Gazette. Bad State of Affairs.—A gentle man who resides iu Wajker county in forms the Fayette Sentinel that there are some two hundred and fifty or three hundred deserters am! tories now in that county; that they had armed themselves and declared their deter mination to resist the enrolling officers to the last extremity. The gentleman further states that while canvassing that county as a candidate, he was passing through the mountains a few days be fore the election, and he tame upon a company of twenty-five of these men aud in conversing with them they told him that they could collect two hun dred men in a very short time, and they feared no danger. This, says the Sentinel, is certainly a very bad state of affairs, and we think those in authority should look. aft<* this matter.—Montgomery Adv. Castle Thunder Items•—Two hundcred ind seventy of the inmates of this place were, yesterday, returned to the army of Northern Virginia. The recent proclama tion of the President, offering amnesty to many of the unfortunate subjects of Court Martial, has thinned the prison in a most effectual manner. There, are fewer prison ers iu the prison now than at any tirno

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The Confederate union. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1862-1865, September 08, 1863, Image 1