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; ,)L'iiHTu>, *< iSB ET,MKXLS & MOOSE yjolishers anl Proprietors. •v norKH ro.x,) _ JiZ:SrsWUB'C. 5 Confekvate Union Jdished Weekly, in MilMgcriUe, Ga., \\,nnr of Hancock and Wdktuson Sts., apposite Court House.) U Si a year in Advance. OIK NEW TEKUM. , aD ,l after .lane 1st, 18G3, the Terms «.f Sub- .ti‘>11 1 '* *I |B UouCeilerate Union, ure FucrUol- nv.mtiiv in mlviinee. All imiebtedness lor ",.,'iiiiiiou to tliis paper, previous to June let, 1863, j rate of Tiirce Hollars per year. ADVERTISING. , aSsiest—One dollar ami u'ty cents per square liues, for tiie tirst insertion, and seventy-five .. for each subsequent inaeition. i , , ites of respect,ltenolutions by Societies, (Obit- exceeding six lines.) Nominations for office, i nunications or Editonol notices for individual rii.cnarged as IrtuuictU advertising. I f -.iAL Citations for letters of administra tion by Administrators, Exciut'-ix, Uuardi- ;tioii for Dismission from AdminUjfator- ■ -ation for Dismission from Guardinnsliip, n.'.ucatiou for leave to sell Land of Negroes, xice to debtors and creditors of personal or peiisbable propelly, (per >quare ot ten lines — . , - Ot Laud or Negroes, (per square of ten SuetifTs Levy, ot ten liues or less '■li .Mortgage sale, ot ten lines or less advertisements by ijlierifia i Meetin g ten lines to be charged in proportion .ireclosure of Mortgage and otber Monthly advertisements, per square ot ten lilies.... •ablishing lust papers, per tquaie ot ten lines, • ramanadvertis'd gins wtfe(inadvance,) 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. i if iiii? M IT v; 11 .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 . J u! i l w , 181- 9 6t 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.