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VOLUME XXXIV.]
MILL EDGE V ILL E) G E 0 It G IA, T l T E S D A V, SEPTEMBER 15, 1S63.
[NUMBER 17.
To the Voters of the Fonrth Congres
sional district.
Knoxville, Ga., Aug. 19, 1863.
Physical disability, produced from
constant exposure for two eventful
years in the service, compelled me most
reluctantly to retire from the army. I
bad, at the beginning of this mighty
struggle, cast my fortune with the
proud defenders of my country. With
them it was my desire to have remain
ed until our liberties were won and in
dependence achieved. But fate decreed
otherwise, and I submit.
Since my return home I have been
solicited by many friends to'become a
candidate for Congress for this district.
My youth, and a distrust of my abili
ties to discharge the duties of so.high
a position, determined me at first to
decline the invitation ; but still, being
urged by friends whose claims I cannot
well reject longer, 1 have consented to
become a candidate.
In coming before vou for vour suflra-
j .o
] ges, I feel it incumbent upon me, par-
! tially, at least, to inform you what
measures will receive my approval if
elected. The condition ot our curren
cy demands our first attention. The
fact that ten dollars of our currency—
Confederate States Notes—are worth
but one dollar in gold, or three dollars
in bank bills, or two dollars in Federal
■ published in days. • I green backs, argues that some terrible
' ! malady afflicts the finances. Our able
,'d for two mfiutiis. and wise Secretary of the Treasury has
< furl utters o'.’ Administration Guardianship,
. provisions. The poor consumer and
1 the soldiers' families who have nothing
! to sell .and everything to buy, i
?:t or
ooo
4 00
b (Ml
4 00
2 00
5 00
3 0o
0 00
1 53
8 00
111 00
legal advertisements.
» .>3 of Land and Negroes, by Administrators. Ex-
.-..rsor Guardians, arerequired by law tube held
; ,ie first Tuesday iu the mouth; between (lie hours of
ii t!ie torenoou and three in the afternoon, at the
.i iiouse in thecouutyiu which lie property is sit-
I. .
N'.i-.ice of thesesales must be given in a publir ga-
• | i .lays previous to the day ofsule.
X..: i«es tortne sale of personal property must begiv-
pge manner 10 days previous to sale day.
\ -es in the debtors and creditors of an estate must
lie has had no opportunity to speculate t STATE Oh GEORGIA, i
and thereby mass a large, fortune ; and j Adj’t and Inspector Gen’s Office
and I ask the details themselves is there any | Atlanta Sept. 5, 1863. )
must be the victim of this most logical justice in allowing of them to receive j General Orders Xo. 24.
defensive warfare. While the different such prices ? The plan I propose for j In conformity to the foregoing proc-
classes nt home are fighting each other the correction of this evil in connection lamation of His Excellency, the Gcv-
and getting rich, the soldiers are fed with the tax in kind would supply the j ernor of this State, I am directed to is-
upon half rations, often marching bare- army and the families of indigent per- j sue the following Orders:
foot and seldom half clad. All admit sons who are dependent upon others j 1. All volunteer organizations for
that this is wrong, hut the remedy is for support. Consequently a large de-, home defense, whose prescribed limits
I not so plain. (We shall encourage the mand would be withdrawn from .the j embrace Atlanta, or a uy part of ihe
most necessary of these pursuits such market and the chances of speculation State between that point and the Ten-
as the manufacture of iron and sail by , at high prices would be much diminish- : nessee line, are hereby ordered to re-
j such legislation as becomes necessary.) ed. • port immediately, at either, Kingston,
! As a palliation ofthisgreat'eviiI would Thus, my countrymen, I have par- on the State Iload, or at Atlanta, as
j advocate an act to impress all facto- tially given the course I shall pursue if j may be most convenient.to the com-
ries, all shoe shops and ail other neccs- j elected. As 1 served you, together ; manding officer of the Confederate
j sary work shops, where .their
i were within the conscript- age.conscribe .
j the owners, and alter having mustered !
| them into the Confederate service, de- j
I tail them andpay them the same wages j
ot oursoldiers in the field. They should j
j receive at the rate of eight per cent, per j
j annum upon their properly invested, i
I can see no justice in allowing this
respectable class of gentry who are
j within the conscript age, to receive
j their present enormous prices for-their
i goods, while our soldiers are not only
defending of their liberties hut their
j very property.
Thus far they have given little or no , to the foe. Let us continue to present j each man will bring with him either a
support to the war. Their couscien- j the same proud spectacle to the civili- i blanket or other covering, and will
ces have become seared. There i* no I zed world of a band of brothers strug- I leave home with provisions enough to
law to reach them. No sooner did the gling together for their rights, with j carry him to one of the places otTen-
owners ! with my whole country, to the best ot j States Army, at those points ; except
PRETTY STANZAS.
Leaf by leaf the roses fall
Drop by drop the. springs run dry ;
One by one. beyond recall,
Summer beauties fade and die ;
But roses bloom again,
And spring will blush anew,
In tlie summer sun and uew.
So in hours of deepest gloom.
When tlio springs of gladness fail,
And the roses in their bloom.
Droop like maidens wane and pale ;
We shall find some hope that lies
Like a siicnt gein apart,
Hidden far from careless eyes,
In the garden of the heart.
Some sweet hope to gladness wed,
my poor.ability for two years in the | the l loyd County Legion,which is now Whcn ief - s sLa i, have fle d,
field, so if I am elected it shall be my i m camp on special service, and the
chief duty to promote the interests of companies in Rabun, Habersham,
those who have given both their blood
and treasure in support of the war.
< )ur safety consists in our unity. As
such, let there be no differences among
us. Let none falter. There has been
Towns, Union, Fannin, White, Lump
kin, Gilmer, Walker, Chattooga and
Dade, which will await special orders,
as their services are considered indis
pensable at their homes, holding thein-
Giving {dace to rain and dew—
Seine sweet hope that breathes of spring,
too much blood shed,- too many lives 1 selves in readiness to obey orders at a
lost, too much treasure expended, too > moment’s warning, and drilling twice
many sufferings endured to stop short j a week until the present exigency is
of our independence. Gpd is just, and ! passed.
! He will not forsake us. Let us contin-j 2. Every man who has a shot gun
j no to present the same hold front to ! or rifle, lit for use. will bring it, and
.•mistbe published 311 days—for dismission from
iiiii-1 ration, monthly sir months—for dismission
Cn.irdiansliip, 46 days.
i;for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published
■ / for four months—for establishing lost papers,
fnll space of three for compelling titles
n K xeeutore or administrators, where bond has been
!>y the deceased, the full space of three
pub aliou’s will always be continued according to
the legalrequirements, unless otherwise ordered
To /Ldvcrtiscrs.
|Y,sons sending advertisements to this
■ ; j er. will observe the following idles :
All notices must be accompanied with
• cash, except from persons with whom
■'■have contracts. 15 cents a line, for
done all in his power to arrest the evil,
and with a most laudable zeal has used
every effort to remove it, now that it
is upon us. Our President lias direc
ted 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 threat
ened to become embarrassed. Theevil
cannot be attributed to the negligence
of our officials. The first great source
that gives force to this mighty stream
is to be found in the evils of the block
ade running. The unfortunate subject
.'iirst insertion, and 7.1 cents a line for oi pity tiie blockade l uiiuer lias lie-
cry subsequent insertion is our charge come pc i feet I y blinded to the good ol
mat nine written words to a line and country, to the evils that are uuder-
:v person can tell just what amoimt : RM.iing its foundations, by theeliulgent
uoney to send. Obituaries, Editorial ‘‘O'* prospective gain and persona
•L, . .. ,. ... i i, ! aggrandizement. He lias discovered
'u - es, Nominations lor otn.ee, and all i t - i= . . , , , ,
..... ,. n, I a mine of wealth at Nassau that may
nunications icr individual benefit, are i , . . . , . , . , ,
T , i i be Ins bv his purchasing goods at chean
aciver- ' » i o o ».
, I rates, and running them through the
, f . . , blockade safely.
S under the head of tins paper, on the i He kl)0W8 t j );lfc if he call „ et a cargo
Through the weary, weary time,
Budding for its blossoming.
j n the spirit’s glorious clime.
[From the Constitutionalist.]
(an iat'm nuonx
“In conclusion 1 take great pleasure iu
recognising that the history of the past
year affords tiie amplest justification for
your assertion, that if the question bad
been, whether the conscription law was
necessary in order to raise men in Geor
gia, the answer must have been iu the
negative. Your noble state has promptly
responded to every call that it has been
present Confederate tax become public, j the unalterable determination to main- j dezvous named above, and to serve him j " a *i|y a j''xecut'i vi^'l''«!• knowieT-e
1 one day aftei hisairival. my indebtedness for the prompt, cordial
| 3. In counties where almost the on- - - -
j tire population have volunteered only
; a number as large as the quota requir-
1 ed from the county will-be called upon
! to respond to .this order. More may
j come if they choose to do so, but those
I who remain will bold themselves in
than they rose from fifty to a hundred ! tain them or die in the -attempt,
per cent, higher upon their goods, ! With much respect, -
thereby making the consumer pay Iris ; Wilde C. Cleaveland.
own tax and theirs also. It may be j’ September 1-5, 1S63.
urged that if such an act was passed, ^77'^
that tho^nvners oi such s^ops would r^- ’ ION
fuse to run tlienp In that event they
can be sent to the army, and men de
tailed from the army wlro would be
willing to run them, and such details
would soon be found.
There is still another cause which
halt'd to the gr«^^ depreciation oi our
currency. There are those in our
midst who have become so recreant to
Executive .Department, (
September 5. l“t ; 3. J
To Ihe urms-lirMring People of Georgia :
irged as advertisements,
rinents are charged accordin'
111^. 5
lw;i
COTTON
WOOL
(0FFEE,
CARDS,
CARDS,
it.
i'AIit White move's Cotton Cards nuni
ber tens.
I' ll PAIR Wool Cards number 8.
,Vi0 lbs. COFFEE.
:,'i dozen Shoe Blackino’.
Cases Cognac Brandy.
Kill Gross Pearl Shirt Buttons.
SUMMER CLOTHING.
.•rived and for sale by
J. GAN’S & CO.
I of goods through, he can realize from |
J twenty to forty dollars for every one I
i he has invested. Why, look at it— j
j shoes that he can purchase at Nassau,
j New York, or Boston, for one dollar
[per pair, he can sell in the Confederacy
j for from twenty to forty dollars per
I 0(1 Whitemore'sCoiton Cards num p a j r . So it is with every article brought 1
I through the pretended blockade. lie
i sees nothing but bis profits, thinks of
j nothing but his gains, and the means
j by which they may be secured. What
are the results '/ He must have gold, j
, What is it to him if he has to give ten |
: dollars of Confederate money for one in
; gold'/ He knows that when he is once
off our soil he can buy twice as many
i goods for the one dollar in gold as he
j could hiiv for twenty dollars in Gonfed-
\p House is open to receive tr.m-; Grate money. As such, lie has bis j
AI sient boarders, and all w ho may give me a i a ,r ell ts ill every part of the Country buy- I
c.md cheapest bouses in the city. Cafi^and j lllg up gold. 1 Ills process depiecliltcs I
our currency in two ways. First, by
the rumor that takes wings with the
morning sun that Confederate money j
is selling ten for one, which creates dis- !
trust and impairs confidence. Second
ly, bv reducing the quantity of the pre
cious metal, thereby creating a greater
demand, with a less supply, and, con-
M:
May 26, 1863.
R) TRAVELERS.
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.JAS. E. 1IAYGOOD.
rich 13tL. 1863. 43 if.
HGIA, Baker County.
ft if' Ordinary, July Term 1563.
earing to tlio Court from the Petition of
mu W. Johnson, that Jesse Coliier late ol
lnty.made and executed bis last will and j
. '. appointed said petitioner his executor, j
- ti.is day filed his application propounding j
Uet^ently, creating a greater deprecia-
i legat' cs of said Jesse Collier, to-wit: tion, with increased loss of confidence.
Collier, is of full age and resides in
. i.f Texas ’.and cannot be served with pro-
torn this Court, except by publication
it -ilierefore ordered that service on said Zach-
’ diU. Collier be perfected by publication in the
■ ■ .'.'derate Union"’ once a \jeek for forty days
' -us to the next October term of this Court,
t! a! be be and appear at said Court to be
ieand for said county on tlie first Monday in
’ -r next, then and there to show cause, i! any
U*. w hy said will shall not be proven in sol-
'( t >rm and admitted to record astbe last will
‘ I'-siafiient ot said Jesse Collier, deceased.
" i:ne>s the Hon. John" F Grifiin. Ordinary of
1 ('junty, this 6th dav of July I<>.t.
Til DMAS ALLEN. D. Cfk. Court
Ord'y. Baker co.
T 'diGIA, Pierce County.
WHEREAS, Jackson Thomas, late of this
'' county, died intestate,*and no one having
it 1 U r letters of administration on said estate,
'is i eieby given to creditors and next ot kin
'rid di l eased, to be and appear at my office, in
town ol Blacksbear. on the first Monday in
;!■ refer next, to show cause, if any they can,
>' administration of Jackson Thomas’ estate
dd not be vested in the Clerk of the Superior
1 t nr som? other lit and proper person,
witness inv official signature this duly 23, 1863.
t (l'j s:{) L. H. GREENLEAF, Ord’y.
TWO MONTHS after date application will be
*■ Wade to the Ordinary of Irwin county for
f rder to sell ail the lands aiH] negroes belong-
"C to tlio estate of Jesse Hobby late of said
,urit y deceased.
M. D. HOBBY, < Ad •
JAMES PAULK. ( Adror8 ’
bwinville, Juno 13tb, 1863 5 0t.
''1.01,’GIA, Ware County
\\ HEIseaS. Mrs. Ellen Turner makes appli-
, ' *ti( u to me for letters of guare iansbip of
Urst'i'S ;,nd property of Lucinda, Delpby,
'"’er, Mary Jane and Anna Turner, all minor
'' ! Henry Turner, deceased. “
'arc therefore to cite and admonish all and
- • ar the kindred and creditors of said deceas-
, appear at rny office on the first Monday in
I’m er next, to show cause, if they can, wbv
"• guardianship should not issue to said
Wicant.
’*"u under my band officially the 9lh day of
u L U03.
„ . D.E. KNOWLES,Ord’y.
1 aid $3 9 (it
,J DiRGlA. Bul'oeb County.
Police to Heitors and Creditors.
AD. persons having claims against the estate
tl
«uneH WilUinsou, Sen., deceased, ftre no
Look at the consequences. A soldier
who still gets his wages, fixed before*
this state of things existed, must send
home two months wages to buy bis
wife a pair of shoes, orabushel of salt,
or a pair of cotton cards. It elected,! i
now pledge myself to use every effort
to tear up this evil, root and branch, j
I shall endeavor to have a law passed to
seize every vessel owned by private in
dividuals that runs the blockade, con
script its crew, and put them in the ar-
iiiv. Every peddler that should cross ■
the lines I would subject to the same j
punishment, irrespective of age. While ,
I would prohibit the running ol the!
blockade by private individuals,I would
spare no pains in fitting out government
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
commencement of the war, I should
support an act to increase the wages of
the private soldiers in a corresponding
ratio. If necessaries have increased
four fold, 1 would increase their wages
to four limes as much as it is now.
Another evil, if not of such magni
tude as the one I have just been con-
sidering, is more palpable, and theie-
fore more unendurable. The products
of the industrial classes, such as shoe
makers, tanners, manufactuers, *fcc.,me
sold at most enormous prices, 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 pu
ces, out of self-defense as it is called,
until the whole country has insensibly
and justifiably, in the opinion ot the
different classes, glided into specula
tion. The farmer sells his produce at
himself
rciuse flBrike Confederate money iu
the payment of debts. .Such charac
ters have forfeited their rights as citi
zens. Such characters have forfeited
the protection of their Government.
The man who can refuse to take the
money iuDayment of debts that the
proud d^r^lers of our country must
receive,M^^nld be shunned, despised
and execrated by every patriot in the
land. The next Congress,so soon as it
meets, should pass an act to conscript
any m^n, irrespective of age, and send
him to the army without the privilege
of procuring a substitute, who shall re
fuse to take Confederate money in the
payment of debts.
Thera is another respectable class of
geuth^uen, known in our country as
Government contractors, who have
grown fat by their cunning, that have
helped to depreciate our currency.
They, too,are detailed to stay at home;
and, whether it is to get rich or not,
they have iu nearly every instance, by
their craftiness, massed large fortunes ;
and not only the contractors themselves
are detailed, but in many instances
their whole families become interested
in the contracts and thereby procure
an exemption from field service. I
think the original contractors alone
should be detailed, and they should be
mustered info the service and receive
only the pay of our soldiers.
These are the evils, in part, which
have led to the great depreciation of
our currency. L have given the only
remedy that will arrest them. The
tax in kind will remedy the evils which
have grown out of speculation in pro
visions ; and it is high time that this
hitherto favored class should begin to
contribute their funds as wcli as their
blood, if it becomes necessary, for the
support of this great struggle.
1 think also that the present law al
lowing an exemption to owners within
the conscript age, of so many slaves,
should be amended. 1 can sec no rea
son iu-detailing of a man to raise pro
visions for the army and the country,
and allowing him to sell his produce at
the present high prices. Ho should
be allowed to sell only to, the Govern
ment and to indigent families depen
dent upon others for support, and that
at such prices as the like produce
brought in time of peace. It may be
argued that in consequence of the ex
travagant prices he lias to pay for ev
erything necessary, he should be allow
ed to sell at the present prices. My
answer to such an argument, is, that, I
consider him amply paid in being de
tailed to remain at home with his fam
ily. Besides, the prices that 1 think
he should be allowed to receive, will
procure everything necessary for the
carrying on of his farm, and that is
what he is detailed for. Let us look
In tljese. cases the commanding officers
will collect the whole force and select
from them for the present service the
most able bodied soldiers pt'’their com
mands.
Thus far you have experienced but little of the j readiness to assist in repelling any raid
®*y W~li noigUborWl.
wise have enjoyed, jou have sufiered compara
tively little privation except the loss of friends on
battle fields in other States. Now, a powerful
army, commanded by one of the most unscrupu
lous of the Generals of the enemy, is advancing
upon your Northern-western border, threatening
to violate your homes, lay waste your fields, de
stroy your cities, desecrate the graves of your
fathers and the altars where you worship the Liv
ing God.
If the enemy is successful, you must flee from
you native country, aud as outcast paupers, wan
der iu foreign lands ; or you must submit to ty
ranny with chains of oppression the most galling
that were ever worn by an enlightene-l people.
Let no one hope to escape by mean absudon-
! nient of our cause in the midst of our troubles, or
I by swearing allegiance to a government that has
j wantonly shed so much precious Southern blood,
j and laid Ids friends aud relatives cold in death —
j Our noble dead slain by the' efiemy would rebuke
j such dastardly conduct Iroin their bloody graves.
Let none hope to save their property by favoring
I a reconstruction of the old Union, or by any re
union with our wicked and heartless invaders —
j All such dreams are worse than delusions. Three
quarters of a century of experience has proved
that no covenant, agreement, or constitutional
compact will hind the people of the Northern
States, as communities, longer than it is their in- 1
ten st to observe the obligation.. It would take all |
the property of the South to pay'the immense war j
debt oi' the North, and to satisfy Yankee cupidity J slj a j[ permit
in possession of unrestrained power. Reconstruc- _ v
tion is nothing but submission, and submission '-*• IlflUfl try -companies will supply
plunges ns into the deepest degradation, and the themselves with the best means of
most abject poverty and misery. It there he any
who favor such means to serure peace, let them re
member the sentiment of the great Carolina
statesman. It is the peace which the kite gives
to 1 he dove, the wolf to tiie lamb, Russia to Po
land, and deatli to its victim. If we prefer to die
free rather than live slaves, we must put forth our
n hole energies in this crisis of our fate.
Georgia has never failed to respond to every
call made by the President for troops from the
commencement of the war to the present day, and
she has, in every case when a call has been made
for volunteers, tendered more than the number re
quired. in response to the late call for 8.000 men
tor local defense. I shall have the gratification to
tender to the President over 15,000 w ithout count
ing the drafted men. The draft was only, neces
sary in a few localities to compel each county to
do its just part, when some had tendered three
times the number required, and to compel a few
men to enter service who could not otherwise b«
infiuenced to do sg. The result lias been a tri
umphant vindication of the charact* r and volun
teer spirit of the State. There yet remain in our
In-loved State, including the oiganizatiotis formed
for home defense, over forty thousand men able to
bear arms iu an emergency. If but half this num
ber will reinforce the Confederate army now on
our border, we can drive the enemy out of East
Tennessee and free our State from threatened in
vasion
Georgians, you tvlto remain in tiie Slate,
owe this to the gallant tnen who have left
their homes and gone to distant fields to
meet the foe. You owe it to the orphans
of the immortal dead who have lost their
lives in your defense. You owe it to the
noble women of Georgia who with hearts
full rrf patriotism, have by their untiring
energy clothed the naked, and contributed
millions of dollars to the support of our
cause ; and who like guardian angels, have
ministered to the comfort and soothed the
agony of the sick and wounded ol' every
State, who in their passage, over our terri
tory have conic within their reach, i’ou
owe it to your own wives and children, to
the families of our soldiers now in service
in other States, and to unborn posterity.
Will you not rise in your might and put
forth all your manliness for this glorious
consummation ?
and effective co-operation you have af
forded me in the effort to defend our
common country against the common en-
emy.”
Jefferson Haris.
When wo reflect that our people have
been engaged in a revolution unparallelled
in magnitude, unequalled in devastation
and unknown in atrocity—homes desolated
and destroyed—property laid waste and
whole families murdered by worse than a
savage foe: When we remember and
contrast the prosperity and happiness our
country enjoyed with the ilepiedaiiqiis and
misery which they have endured, which
4. The remaining companies in the they have been and what they aie,
•State.whose boundaries ot service do
not embrace the upper portion of the
State areSmited to volunteer for this
particular service ; aiiul other persons
not members orihe companies,who are
able to bear arms, qire invited to join
them and aid in reptHRng the enemy.
Under the law, none ol p^e Home or
ganizations can be compelTWd to go out
of the State, hut if asked to o^o, it is
not doubted that they will promptly
volunteer to cross the line if they can
better defend Georgia on Tennessee
soil. Those who may volunteer to
cross the line will lose none of tlieir
rights by so doing, and will be permit
ted to return as soon as the exigency
transportation they can procure tof^ie
'nearest railroad depot, from which
point they will be transported to the
place of rendezvous, as is usual in such
cases, on the certificate of the com
manding officer. Cavalry will march
by the most;direct roads usually traveled
6. The captain of eat!h company is
authorized to make details of men,who,
in consideration ot the public inter
ests, and their efficiency in rendering
service to the community, tire most ne-
cesstu'yjithome ; prodded that the num
ber detailed to remain at home shall
not exceed, in any case, one-sixth of
the company.
7. Drafted men attached to compa
nies will he required to go with them,
unless prevented by bodily infirmity
absolutely disqualifying them fora short
term of service. - Drafted men attached
to companies who may refuse, from any
other cause, to obey this order, will be
arrested by the commander of their
company and compelled to serve.
S. Companies organized for the local
defense of cities, factories, workshops,
or iron-works will remain at their po
sitions and drill twice a week, await
ing orders. As such points are most
likely to be first attacked by raids of
the enemy, Ihe companies at them will,
at all times, hold themselves ready for
action at the shortest notice.
9. Companies throughout the State
not called into service by this Order
or volunteering under it, will drill tit
least ouce a week. From this drill on-
how deficient in all the elements neces
sary ter successful resistance— btnv
averse to war and zealous of peace, we
will search in vain for a resemblance in
history exhibiting the fortitude and the
heroism which lias characterized our peo-
plc from the ineipiency to the present mo
ment of this momentous straggle. The
complimcui. of the Chief Magistrate of the
Confedemto (States to the State of Geor
gia is enough to animate every son with
pride to sustain her in the lofty position
she has won, and rekindle their determina
tion to justify the praise she has so hon
orably received and so richly deserved.
But the president has not only invoked
the kind remembrance of every Georgian,
in the meritorious homage lie has acknowl
edged in the services of her people, but lie
has inspired their gratitude for the justly
recorded tribute be has paid to the Chief
Executive, who lias so ably sustained
her character in this great contest. It
Governor Brown has never rendered any
other service to the (State which has so
profusely honored him, this acknowledg
ment above, from one occupying President
Davis’ position would give him a conspic
uous place in the Pantheon of history.—
But 1 desire not to he the eulogist of any
one. I propose to present a few reflections
which suggest themselves, why the voters
of Georgia should continue their confidence
in the present Chief Magistrate of the
State. I deprecate any and everything
like hostility to, or collision between the
Confederate and State Executives—it is
no time to indulge in personalities or ani
mosities ; the cause demands a “prompt,
cordial and effective co-operation”between
the people and the rulers, and no man is
imbued with the spirit essential to our
final triumph who harbors opposition to
those who have been made to assftme the
responsibility of conducting the affairs of
either the Confederate or State Govern
ments. In another month the voters of
Georgia will be called upon to select a
Governor for two years more, and it be
comes every freeman to select the man
who will most faithfully and ably dis
charge the duties of the office without
favor or partiality, and with an eye single
to the public interest. Governor Brown
has already held the office six years—how
ho has discharged the trust has become
history—with what fidelity is almost a
proverb, and with what ability every one
remembers.
The low murmur sometimes whispered
that he lias already held the office long
enough, is undeserving comment and un
worthy retort. It has not the dignity of
objection, and is beyond the reach of re
ply. What has he done, and how has he
this State, aud direct that it ho promptly
obeyed.
Men of Georgia, who have stout hearts-
and strong arms, when you leave your
farms and your merchandise to assist in
driving the vandals from our borders, the
remembrance of the fate of New Orleans,
at the injustice of allowing these de
tails to sell their provisions at the pres- surrendered to the enemy, must unalter
ent high prices. A soldier comes hoine ably fix your determination,that they shall
1 ''(pri't-unt them to us properly attested, or fabulous prices to protect him sell
l. m l and an persons indebted • , , - , • es 0 f' the Other
krid estate to niake immediate settlement.
JAMES II WILKINSON ? . Ws
J A M ES ANDERSON, . j .
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against the high prices <
classes; and they in turn justify them
selves on account of the high prices ol
from the army discharge!! either on ac
count of wounds or sickness. It soon
becomes necessary for him to buy pro
visions. He goes to one of these de
tails aud tells him of his wants. The
answer he receives is, that his wants
can be supplied by paying two dollars
per bushel for corn, one dollar per
ly Ordinaries will he exempted, on ac- j done it, are questions upon which lie is
count of the business in their offices roa ^Y to judged, and upon which lie
„ • r ,f I a. Ik »r v . which is necessary to the protection of j staud or f “!‘\ bi ! indom ;
llaviu£ been asked bv the authorities at ' , . . ri i i t- m ! itable energy, ms inflexible integrity, and
Richmond, to call out ihe Home Guards, | the estates of deceased soldiers. I hey ]lis ullKUrp b R J 86e d ability, given to Georgia
to assist iu this emergency, I invite their j wl “ he expected, however, to turn out t j ie p r0ll dest position in the sisterhood°of
attention to the accompanying order of j when threatened by a raid in their vi- j States, lie has armed and equipped ber
the Adjutant and Inspector General of cinity. I soldiers in such manner as to excite the
10. While in service under this or- admiration of all, and extort praise of even
tier, both officers and men must expect his enemies. He has responded quickly
to endure some hardships. The Quar
termaster’s and Commissary’s Depart
ments, however, will do all in their
power for their comfort and health,and
Nashville, and other places which have j contribute, as far as in them lies, to
make the service agreeable and pleas
ant. It would be well, though, for ev
ery man to look to his own probable j indebtedness of the illustrious President t
wants as much as he can without need- : Confederacy, for the “prompt, cor.dir
not occupy Georgia territory, and tyran
nize over Georgia’s citizens; and must
nerve your arms for the contest, and impel
y ou to strike for the preservation of your
homes, t lie protection of your property, the
purity of yaur wives and daughters, aud
tl c transmission of your liberties to the
latest prosterity.
Dark clouds hang around us and we are
pound for meat, and from four to ten passing through a trying ordeal, hut truth
far wheat. and justice are on our side, and if every
Bear in mind now that this is a Gov
ernment detail, detailed for the pur
pose of raising provisions. Bear in
mind also that a Confederate dollar is
worth as much to a discharged soldier
as a dollar in gold, for the reason that
man will put his trust in God, and do iiis
whole duty, our'cause will triumph, and
we shall not only conquer a peace, but we
shail establish Constitutional Liberty,with
out which our struggle will have been in
vain.
JOSEPH E. BROWN.
and energetically to every call which lias
been made upon him in a way to merit the
approbation of the whole country. Instead
of creating difficulties, he has removed
obstacles which appeared almost insur
mountable. He lias manifested a zeal
and patriotism which has placed under
obligation, or rather the acknowledged
ot
cordial
lessly burdening himself with baggage, j -^effective co-operation he
i, i r, , - ??.- (• | in his effort to defend our con
Byorderof the Commander-in-Chiet, 1 • . .
HENRY C. WAYNE,
Adj’t & Jnsp’r Gen.
An old Dutch lady at a religious
meeting became much concerned for
her soul, went about sighing and sob
bing and would not be comforted. Up
on being asked by the preacher what
the matter was, she replied “thatshe
couldn’t pray in English, and she was
afraid the Lord couldn’t understand
Dutch.”
has afforded
common country
against the common enemy.’ Not only
this, lie has looked to the commit of your
soldiery after they had be mine the wards
of auother guardian. Not satisfied with
what they were entitled to receive at the
hands of the Confederate Government,
he has exorcised a parental care credita
ble alike to his statesmanship aud his hu
manity.
There is not a mother in the land who
is not indebted to Governor Brown tor the
relief he has afforded and the suffering he
has mitigated in the camp and in the hos
pital—duties outside of and beyond the
legitimate tenne of his office. Betides,
be has given his attention to the "wants
of those who have been deprived of their
protection and support and the joy* lie has
imparted, by- the suffering he has relieved,
fully attest the benevolence of the mtin
and sagacity of the statesman. Time would
fail me were I to attempt to record bis vir
tues or enumorate his charities. The peo
ple are familiar with his public acts and
many a gladdened heart rej; ices in beni-
ficence. In your finances lie has exibitc-d
a wisdom which few possess, and none
have more successfully bestowed. In a
time of war, when public Agents, Quarter
masters and Commissaries, grow rich at
the public expense—when men seem to
have lost all regard for private virtue and
public honor, when the plummet of integ
rity is made to vary, and the balances of
deceit supply those of justice, no breath
of suspicion attaches to his cschutclieoti—
he stands firm, inflexible and erect, with
every dollar accounted for in -the right
way and at the right time. No statesman
in this or any other age presents a better
record or is entitled to a more enduring
monument Why then should he not be
re-elected? The would-be-friends of the
Confederate Executive, with moic zeal
than prudence, with more devoticn than
wisdom, more faith than patriotism, and
more pious indignation than honesty",affect
to believe that an honest difference of
opinion upon the Constitutionality of the
Conscript Law, embarrasses the Confed
erate Executive, and endangers the cause.
It is not necessary to Gov. Brown’s vindi
cation to enter into any. discussion touch
ing the difference between him and I’resi-
dent Davis upon the Constitutionality of
the law in question. He has made his
record and is willing to abide the just
judtmjjqtfk- °f hisqpxytitiienoy when wild
war’s alarms are mfslied aud peace en
sues.
llis administration, even under this
difference of opinion, has received the
honest acknowledgment of promptness,
cordality, and effetive" co-operation in
defending our common country against
the common enemy, from ti e veiy best
authority. But those who pretend to
urge this objection to Governor Brown,
exhibit no solid friendship for the
Confederate Administration they would
defend, much less for the cause they*
would do any thing for, except to fight or
to die. From the manifestations that
have lately* transpired, it seems that the
opposition have settled upon a gentleman
as the competitor of Governor Brown,
whose loy alty up to a late period, at least,
was questionable, and whose silence to
the present, to call it by no harsher name,
is embarrassing. Does any one believe
that Governor Brown, with his difference
of opinion, would embarrass I’r-.-sident
Davis and endanger the cause half as much
as Mr. Hill, with his antecedents and his
painful silence ? Can any one suppose
that an Executive thathas given a prompt
cordial, and effective co-operation to every
effort of President Davis to defend our
common country against the common ene
my, can be improved by being succeeded
by one who has never publicly manifested
any interest iu the contest. I have no
desire to speak harshly of Mr. Hill per
sonally, or treat v/itli severity Iris former
opinions ; but I honestly’ appeal to the vo
ters of the State to look to the effect of
honoring him with even a complimentary
vote—his well-known anterccdents neither
entitle him to your confidence or your
cause to his keeping. But it is a waste of
time to argue the question, and I have
alluded to the subject to sho the extremity
of Governor Brown’s opponents and the
hollow-heartedness of the opposition.
Wo are in a contest, the magnitude of
which the living feel and the dead have
vindicated. The issue is liberty or death
and the petty jealousies and worse tfcuu
petty aspirations which animate men
should receive, as they richly deserve, the
condemnation of a suffering and heroic
people. If Gov. Brown has proved wor
thy, inspire his future efforts w ith a unani
mous approval. If he has been faithless
to the trust seek some one more deserving
his mantle. His friends point you to the
record ol his official life, challenge the
strictest investigation, and seek and de
sire the closest scrutiny; they make no
appeals to your gratitude, to add to his
honors by the continuance of your confi
dence, they solicit no favors for the ser
vice he has rendered, but they place it
upon the highest ground of duty to your
Btate and iidelity to the cause. Away
then with these spasmodic efforts to'get
uj) opposition to a faithful and honest pub
lic servant, they can cause him no injury
or the country any good. Let us rise to
the greatness of the contest, and with one
mind and with ouc heart show to our ene
mies and to the world that we arc united
compact and firm in our determination to
sustain our country', in supporting our
rulers . honestly aud sincerely, that with
them wo make and uphold a common cause
and with them we are ready and willing
to share a common destiny.
OuLETHORPB.
To the Citizens of Soutli-Westera Ga.
fiureka Medical Infirmary,
OF THE ALOPATHIC SYSTEM.
1 HAVE located at this beautiful, retired
and accessible point, to all sections in
South-Western Georgia, where there is
plenty of good water, pure air and clever
citizens, where 1 will be pleased to attend
to all calls aud receive patients of all a ex-
es, and treat them for any and all aecuio
and chronic diseases that human flesh is
heir to. After an experience of two years
in the Hospitals iu Europe, and fifteen
years in the malarious^ections, from Vir
ginia to the Gulf of Mexico, I feel prepar
ed to offer aud to render my' services to alt
who may need medial or surgical aid. I
have had great exi ericncc and success in
the treatment of all i uch diseases as are pe
culiar to females. ! will attend patients
or consultations at any distance. I have
associated the Rev. Doctor Ravins with me
in practice, who will continue my treat
ment, and attend ti my patients when it is
not convenient for me to be with them, for
riding and attendi3gt**«patients. I will be
governed by the ei tablishetTVafes of char
ges as published b ’ the. board of practicing
physicians of Americas. Then to dll u-ho
would sate time, health and money, 1 would
say, do not deteuj ta see your physician early
if you hope for relief. ( Bills due when
services are rendered.)
As for who I ain, I will very respectfully
refer to the following names : J. W. Jones
M. D., aud Professor 9t the Atlanta Med
ical College; Hon. D. J. Bailey, of Grif
fin: Georgia; Hon. R. II. Clark, of Al
bany, Ga. For further particulars see mo
at my office in Ellaville, Schley County,
Georgia. Very' truly
J. M. TROTTER, M. D.
Ellaville, Schley Co., Ga., Sep. 1, 1863,
Sept. 1st, 16 It.