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Newspaper Page TextKOUiHTO.V, .MSBfcTf BARNES & MOOKE publishers and Proprietors. «. X. BOCfiHTO.'V, l g 4i|(rlf jos.h.hwbbt. 1 £jje (Doixfcbcrate 0niou Is published Weekly, in Millcdgerdlc, Ga., Corner of Hancock and, Wilkinson Sts., (opposite Court House.) At $5 a year in Advance. OFB NEW TERMS. On mil after September 1st, l«63,tlie Terns of Sub- i\oa to the Confederate Union, are Five Dol * C "P invaribly in advance. AU indebtedness for *AJriution to tills paper, previous to June 1st, 1863, is at the rate of lliree Dull illars per year. ADVERTISING. Tkasjiest—One dollar and fifty cents per square [ten lines, for the first insertion, and one dollar f, r i nch subsequent insertion. * Tributes of respect. Resolutions by Societies, (Obit- . re< exceeding six lines.) Nominations for office, Communications or Editorial notices for individual benefit, ( barged as transient advertising. I'Zc.kl Citations for letters of administra tion by Administrators, Executors, Guardi ans, A-c. •■•••• — . Application for Dismission from Adinmistrator- Aupfication for Dismission from Guardianship, Application for leave to sell Land or Negroes, Kotice to debtors and creditors 4 00 SaKt of personal or perishable property, (per square of ten lines 2 00 Sales of Land or Negroes, (per square of ten lines ^ 00 Each Sheriff’s Levy, of ten lihes or less Each Mortgage sale, of ten lines or less All advertisements by Sheriffs exceeding ten Foreclosure of Mortgage l.t,* • • •• advertisements, per square of ten lines.... Establishing lost papers, per square ol ten lines, For a man advertising his wife(m advance,) .. $300 000 -1 00 5 00 3 00 0 00 VOLUME XXXIV.] MILLEIIGEVILLE, GEORG I TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1863. :* . • . • ■: ••• I [NUMBER 211 1 00 8 00 10 00 LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators, Ex ecutors or Guardians, ure requited by law to be held on the first Tuesday in the month ; between the hours ot 10 in the forenoon and three iu the afternoou, at the C nrt house in the county in which the property is situated. Notice of these sales must be given iu a public ga zette to days previous to the day of sale. Notices for the sale of personal‘properly must be given in like manner 10 days previous to sale day. ” Notices to the debtors and creditors of an estate must also bo punished 40 days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Laud or Negroes, must he published for two months. 1 (’ih/tioni for letters of Administration Guardianship, Ac must be published 30 days—for dismission from Administration, monthly si e months—for dismission from Guardianship, 40 days. Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must he published a, ,ithhi for four months—for establishing lost paper*, for thr full spare of three months—for compelling titles from Executors or administrators, where boud lias been given l»v the deceased, the full space of three mouths. Publications will always bo continued according to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered. To Advertisers. Story of n Fi r «t Kiss. BV FREDERICA BREMER. “In the University of Upsala, in Swe den, lived a youttg student—a lonely youth, with a great love for studies, but without means of pursuing them. lie was poor, and without connection. Still lie studied on, living in great poveity, but keeping up a cheerful heart, and trying not to look at the future, which looked so grimly at him. His good humor, and good qualities made him beloved by his comrades. Once he was standing with some of them in the great square of Upsala. prating away an hour of leisure, when the attention of the young mpn became arrest ed by a very young and elegant lady, who, at the side of an elderly one, walked slowly over the place. It was the daught er of the Governor of Upland, residing in the city, and the lady with her governess. She was generally known for her beauty and her goodness, and her gentleness of character, and was looked upon with ad miration by the students. As the young of them exclaimed: ‘Well, it would he worth something to have a kiss from such a mouth.’ The poor young student, the hero of our story, who was looking intently at that pure and angelic face, exclaimed, as if by inspiration: ‘Well, I think 1 could have it!’ ‘What!’ cried his friends in a chorus, ‘are you crazy l lfo you know her?’ Not at all,’ he answered ‘hut I think she would kiss me, just now it I asked her.” ‘}\ hat ! in this place before all our eyes ?’ ‘In this place, be fore your eyes.’ ‘Freely V ‘Freely.’ ‘Well’ it she will give you a kiss in that manner, I will give you a thousand dollars!’ ex claimed one of the party. ‘And I !’ ‘And I !’ cried three or four others, for it so happened that several rich .young men wete in the group, and bets ran high on so improbable an event, and the challenge was made and received in less time than we take to relate it. Our hero^my authority tells not wheth er he was handsome or plain—I have You may want to know what the hell I was do ing up here. I will tell you all the particulars. I was gobbled up at Buffington’s Island. Hav ing on a very genteel suit of citizens’ clothes, on the wharf at Cincinnati, some bow or other I got mixed up with guard. They knew that I was a citizen, and ordered me back among the crowd— bully! Now, George, to biz. You have been taunting Gen. John, since he has been in prison, about having his head shaved, wearing striped clothes A c. Now, old fellow, the quieter you keep the , better, for you are going to turn up missing some | of these fine mornings—spirited away to Dixie. : I wiii be very sorry to have to do it, hut, by the Eternal God, you shall be scalped—no idle threat, j George. You came very near going up awhile back. A | little trap was fixed for yon so nice, but fortun ately for you, jou started to New York unexpect ed to us—mighty mean in you, George. All of your men are not such damn mean fellows; one of them was kind enough to leave his horse standing on the street heie for me, fully equipped with saddle, bridle. hol3te,rs. &c. Iv’e got him, and by the time you get this, will be far away in Dixie. Farewell, old boy, until I get you.—By tlio by have you any word for Clarence, or any of your former friends in the Confederacy? Yours, as ever, F Captain and’A. I). C. to Gen. John II. Morgan, C.iS. A. Persons sending advertisements to this ; peculiar icasons for believing that he was paper, will observe the following rules : j rather plain, but singularly good looking All notices must be accompanied with ! the same time—our hero immediately the cash, except from persons with whom j ' va lked oft to meet the young lady, lie we have contracts. 15 cents a line, for , !°7 ed t( ? h . er ’ aud said i , ‘My lady my , „ . , „ ! fortune is m your hand.’ She looked at the first insertion, and tk cents a line for i, im wi(1) astonishment, hut arrested her every subsequeut insertion is our charge, i steps. He proceeded to state his name Count nine written words to a line and 1 and station, his aspirations, and related every person can tell just what amount pimply and truly, what just had passed of money to send. Obituaries, Editorial Notices, Nominations for office, and all communications for individual benefit, are charged as advertisements. Legal adver- hetween him and his companions. The young lady listened attentively, and when he had ceased to speak, she said, blushing, but with great sweetness, ‘If by so little a thing, so much good can be first page. The Brave at Home. The tiiai-l wlio bind* her warrior’s sash, And smiling, all her pain dissembles, The while beneath the drooping lash One starry tear-drop hangs and trembles— Though lleaven alone records the tear, Ami fame shall never know her story, Her heart has shed a drop os vicar As ever dewed the field of glory. The wife who girds iter husband’s sword, Mid little ones who weep and wonder, And bravely speaks the cheering word, What tho’ iier heart be rent asunder— Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear The holts of war around him rattle, IIa< shed as sacred blood as e’er Was poured upon the plain of battle ! The mother who conceals her grief, While to her breast her son she presses, Then breaths a few brave words and brief, Kissing the patriet brow she blesses, With no one but her secret God To know the pain that weighs upon her; Sheds holy blood as e'er the sod Received on Freedom’s field of honor ! tisements are, charged according to the J effected, it would he foolish in me to re lates under the head of this paper, on the * ,lse ’ an( l she kissed the young man 1 x 1 public ly, in the open square. Next day, the young student was sent j | for by the Governor. He wanted to see j the man who had dared to ask a kiss of ; his daughter iu that way. and whom she ! had consented to kiss so. He received [ him with a severe and scrutinizing brow, | but, after an hour's conversation, was »n pleased with him, he offered him to dine at his table during the course of his studies in Upsala. Our young friend now pursued his stu dies in a manner which soon made him regarded as the most promising scholar of the university. Three years wer§ not passed after the day of his first kiss, when the young man was allowed to give a second one to the lovely daughter of the Governor, as to his betrothed bride. He became, later, one of the greatest scholars of Sweden, and was as much re spected for his learning as for his charac ter. His works will endure forever among the works of science, and from this happy union sprang a family well known in Swe den at the present day, and whose wealth of fortune, and high position iu society, are regarded as small things, compared with a wealth of goodness and love.” Obeying Orders -—The South Carolinian savs that a short time since, Gen. Beaure gard and two aids visited the lines above Charleston. They got out of their car riage and walked to the lines, where the sentinel on duty stopped them. The General told his rank when the sentinel replied that it made no difference who lie An Incident under a Flag of Truc.c.— Lieut. Commanding H. A. Adams, jr., •was—that his orders wore that no one | U. S. Navy, lias arrived at New Orleans, should pass who did not have the I’ro- vost Marshal’s pass. The General made him call the Seigeant, and informed him that the sentinel had refused to allow him, the General Commanding, to pass. The Sergeant said, “He is right sir ; until you change the order you have promulgated, you yourself can’t pass.’’ The General returned to his carriage, and next day an explanatory order was issued that the or der of the Commanding General was to take precedence of all others. A State with Three Gocernors.—We are reminded by the Augusta Constitu tionalist that Tennessee presents the ex traordinary attitude of having three Gov ernors, neither of whom may be said to hold his office by a very fixed or certain tenure. Hon. Robert Caruthers has re cently been elected by a very large ma jority of the voters of the State, hut as he must he inaugurated in the presence of the General Assembly, lie cannot take his 6eai, and Gov. Harris retains his po sition until his successor is sworn in. Both of them are now in Georgia. The former answering the progress of events, in Atlan ta ; the latter with 13ragg’3 army on the confines of Tennessee, in the meantime, Andy Johnson exercises the functions ot military Governor, under the protection of Lincoln bayonets, and in violation of the popular will. A Letter to the Lord.—I n a garden of Berliu, a Canary bird was found bearing on its neck a small note. The address was unusual—An den lichen Got—to the good Lord. The finder broke the seal, and found a sincere message in accordance with the direction. It was written by a lady, an inmate of a lunatic asylum. The unfortunate one pleading for relief from her sad situation asked a speedy death.— She complained that the misrule and self- will of a rude female attendant was the cause ot her suffering. All explanations to her relatives were vain, because this attendant attributed her complainings to a diseased mind, and punished her for making known her situation. The benev olent individual who found the note de termined to investigate the matter. The lady’s name was subscribed in full, so that her friends were easily found. She was removed to another institution. In » few months the best wishes of her friends were gratified. She was folly restored. having been relieved of the command of the United ^States forces in Mississippi sound by Lieut, commander Green. He recently sent his boat on shore, and de sired the officer in charge to say that if any military officer received the flag, he would bo glad to see him on board to ar range the business of tho trace. As the boat returned, he saw an officer who re cognized him, but he could not make out who lie was. When the heat came along side he went to the gangway to receive the stranger, and even helped him over the rail on the deck, when he immediate ly’found himself clasped in the aims of his own brother, one in command of the Con federate forces on the shore, the other in command of the United States forces afloat. The meeting under such circum stances, was. as you may imagine, a very painful one. After the business was over, and a brotherly chat bad, the Confederate saying, as he got into the boat, “Whatev er happens, Hal, reccollect one thing; wo will always he brothers.” Both are sons of Commodore Adams, United States Navy. A Rich Letter lottro D. I'rcnlicc. The Louisville Journal has the following let ter from one of John Morgan's Captains. It says; We have reason to believe that the thing is gen uine. We have not been ignorant of tho exis tence of conspiracies to get possession of us. Three or four of them have tailed; possibly tho next may succeed. But we guess not. Our trust is in God and our natal star: Lexington, Ivy., Aug. 4, 1863. Geo. D. Prentice, Esf. How are you, ol I George, any how? I liavo just come from a visit to our old city, George, af ter and absence of two years or more in the Con federate army—Brig. Gen. John II. Morgan’s command, a particular favorite of yours, 1 be lieve. Nothing would have given me more pleas ure, old fellow, than to have paid you a call, ar.d have had a social chat with you. After due con sideration I thought it would not have been heal thy; so I contented myself with a pissing look at your noble countenance. How handsome you have grown, George. -The Captaiu with bis whiskers took a sly glance at me,” (old tong.) George, your detec tives ain't worth a damn. I splurged around in Cincinnati fora week or more betore coming to your city.—Burny’s orders have not killed all the seccsh there yet Didn t they spread themseives to put me through in royal old style! I came to your office, old fell, bought a newspaper, saw Ellsworth’s lightning machine, and several other curiosities you have there; adjourned to Wa.ker s, took a mint julep; went to Hotel de Raine. took several juleps.—Mighty refreshing, George, after an “absence in Dixie for several years. Mr. Bragg don’t allow any such luxuries in his department, you know. THE FORT SUMTER FLAG. The fi;tg captured by the Charles- j to^Battalion during the recent as- | sault upon Fort Sumter by the Feder- | al troops, was transmitted by the Gov- ! ernor ot South Carolina to the Legis- ! lature of that State, in session at Col- | umbia, Sept. 2Sth, with the following j letter from Gen. Beauregard: Headquarters. A Dep’t of S. C., Ga. and Fla., n j Char. S. C., Sept. 22ml, 1S63. ^ Sir.—during the night of the Sth | instant, thirty or more of the enemy’s | launches, containing about 800 men ! attacked Fort Sumter, defended by j the Charleston Battallion under Major Blake—Major Elliott being in com- I inand of the post. Preparations bad been made for such an event, and, at a concerted signal, all the batteries bear ing on the work, assisted by the gun boat Chicora, properly located, open ed on the exterior of the fort; tire balls and hand grenades were thrown out by the garrison, which behaved with coolness and gallantry: In less than half an hour the dnemy was de cisively repulsed, leaving in our iiands J2o prisoners, (thirteen officers includ ed) five launches and live colors, llis additional loss in killed wounded and drowned must have been large. For tunate 1 }’, we had no casualties. Ameng the colors taken was an old garrison dag, weather worm, stained and tattered, which was reported by some of the prisoners to be the one that had been lowered to us when Fort Sumter was rurrendered by the United States on the 12th of April, 1561. TIip appearance of tills flag, ami the circumstances under which it .was found, satisfy that really it is the same one that Major Anderson was permit ted to remove, and which our adversa ry’hoped to replace above the shattered walls of that fortress, as a dramatic surcease to his humiliation.—With the sanction of the War Department, I have the honor to present it, through j your Excellency, to the State of South I Carolina, as the fitting custodian of a j ilag that was designed to mark and make memorable the discomfiture of i your people, in the face of your wives, I children and servants. 1 also send you herewith a set of; photographs of Fort Sumter, showing ! its condition at the time of the as sault. Respectfully, your obd’t serv’t, G.T. BEAUREGARD, General Commanding. To His Excellency M. L. Bonham, Governor of South Carolina. OKRA COFFEE. Mr. Editor—The okra seed pro perly prepared makes a very good cof fee. For a family of eight persons two gills of ground seed will be required. To make the coffee still better, add one teaspoon full and a half of coffee to the two gills. I use the biggin or French coffee pot, but I think that boiling in the ordinary way will do just as well. The seed must be roast ed a dark brown and not roasttoo much at a time. In my department of the FieH and Fireside—the agricultural—I publish ed an excellent article from the pen of Dr. Cloud, on the culture of okra, and hope, if its precepts have been heeded, that there is an abundant supply of seed in the country. Respectfully. V. La Taste. Truth Told of a Federal Soldier.—A Knoxville refugee reports as follows to the Atlanta Register: Shortly after the entrance of the Yankees, the Union women from the south side of the river came over in large procession and marched through the streets, cheering for . the Union, and denouncing Jeff. Davis. An old woman accosted a Yankee and express ed her joy at the advent of the Feder al soldiers. “You have been long coming,” said she, “but we are very glad to see you at last.” “Yes,” was the reply, “but before a month is over you will be d—d glad to see us go away.” Useful Information.—In the absence ©f quinine, an effective substitute may be found In red peper tea and table salt— say a table spoonful of salt to a pint of tea—which will answer every purpose for chills. Commence some hours before chill time, and drink copiously of the beverage. It never fails to keep off the , chill. XkKqjor General Cleburne. This is a remarkable niaa. He is a Major General in Brarg’s army, and is but little known outside the army circles. lie is yet a young man, an Interesting and Important Correspon dence. , We devote a large space in our pa per to-day to the publication of tbedoj- lowing interesting and important’oof- Irishman by birth, aid was a lawyer ; respondence between the Acting 1 -Bot in Arkansas at the tommencement of ish Consul at Savannah, and His E^- the war; a man of alility in his pro fession, and whose leading trait of character was devoti*n to the cause of bis clients. Upon tie breaking out of the war he joined a mmnany as a pri vate, and was elected Captain. He is .now Major General, 'Commanding one of the best divisions ii the army. He has never been in a bittle that he did not distinguish himself, and was gen erally wounded, but after the battle nothing is heard of Lm, (and no one sees him without g« og to his com mand) until the next battle. Shortly before the battle of Mur freesboro’, when Maj»r General Buck ner was transferred** Mobile, General Cleburne \vao placed in command of that noble division, and throughout the whole division there was a quiet, celiency, Gov. Brown, on a question involving the liability of foreign resi dents to bear arms in defence of the State when it shall be invaded by a foreign foe, or in cases of insurrection. The successful manner in which our patriotic and able Governor has con troverted the assumptions of her Brit- tanic Majesty’s Consul, adds another to the many evidences of his ability as a statesman and jurist, and his firmness as the Chief Magistrate of one of the Soverign States of this Confederacy. Georgia may well be proud of Iter pa triotic Governor! No unprejudiced man will rise from the perusal of this correspondence without feeling impres sed with the convict ion that-the State ■— her every interest and right, is safe in his hands, let assault upon either come but perceptible hum of dissatisfaction, j from the bloody-minded tyrant and his Buckner was idolKed by his command, ; minions at Washington, or from the and the new commander was unknown j Agents of “ Her Brittanic Majesty, the to them, except sxch-as had traced his i Queen.” We invite the special atten- quiet steps. But soon the division I tion of our readers to this important began to feel that ihey had a man and j correspondence. Now that Georgia a General at their bead, and when the j has been, and is still, threatened with scenes upon the l loody field of Mur-- invasion, it is important too fbr British freesboro’ were enacted, every soldier ; foreign residents to know and well un- who saw him upm that bloody field derstand the relative position they oc cupy between the allegiance they owe to their Queen and the duty they owe to Georgia.—Intelligencer. became his enthusastic admirer. His division, thi night before the fight, was moved from the extreme right to the extreme left, and he was there ordered tc support the com mand that was to attack McCook at daylight. This command was not equal to the task,and, as we have of ten heard, by the inefficiency of the commander, there was some confusion in the ranks. Bit the powerful com mand of Clebune, with the General (whose very loot would make a cow ard fight) at the iead, in perfect order and yet with the power of a tornado, threw its whole force against, McCook, and tlie rout became general, and for miles tie gallant Cleburne led bis men agaiusi the Yankees, who made frequen; stands—only long enough to he slaughtered or captured —many of the prisoners were taken by Cleburne. So, in the late battle-field, Cleburne led his men, and the swept over the field with such rapidity that the Yan kees could find no escape. A very large proportion of the prisoners w’ere taken by General Cleburne. Everybo dy in the army says whatever Pat Cle burne undertakes to do he will accom plish. lie is a quiet man, a soner man, and a man of mind. Thank Heaven, he is saved from even a w’ound on this bloody field.— Winchester (Tenn.) Bul letin. —■ Bishop Green.—At a meeting of his church in Jackson, held at the house of Mr. Yerger, shortly after the evacuation of the city by the Federal army, Bishop Green stated in his ser mon that while our army was m the field, the naked thought of reconstruc tion was treasonable. The sentiment is worthy of the' man. The church has no purer Christian and the South no better patriot that Bishop Green. May his useful life be prolonged many years after the freedom of the South is acknowledg ed.—Mississippian. Attempted Escape of Prisoners. On Friday night last Colonel Streight and two other Yankee officers attempted to effect their es cape from tho Libby prison by bribing the guard. The bribe offered the guard was fifty dollars, three of them being concerned . but the guard proved true steel, and communicated their de signs to their superiors, the officers of the prison. The Yankee officers were allowed to descend and approach the river, but here their further progress was barred by»a double guard detailed for their especial benefit and to escort them back to their quarters. Col. Streight went out strait, and straightway they had him. In the absence of quinine, an effective substitute would perhaps be acceptable to some of your readers. Red pepper tea and table salt answer every purpose for chills. Say a table spoonful of salt to pint of tea, commencing some hours before chill lime, j they would be under the operation of and drinking copiously of tho beverage, j a ] aw (requiring them to take up arms ; against the United States Government.) [COPY.] British Consulate, Savannah, July 22, IS63 To llis Excellency, Governor Brown, Marietta: Sir:—My attention has been called to your Proclamation, and to General Wayne’s General Order No. 1G,attach ed thereto, ordering a draft, on the 1th of August, from persons between the ages of IS and 4-5 years including Brit ish subjects, in eacli county which does not furnish its quota of volunteers to complete the number of 8,000 men re quired for home defence. I am informed that this force when organized is to be turned over to the Confederate Government. British sub jects, if drafted, will then be forced to be come Confederate soldiers, a position in which Her Majesty’s Government have since the commencement of the war, contended they ought not to he placed, and from which Her Majesty’s Consuls linvr Virrn xnriiruotoci to tiac every means at their command to preserve them. Her Majesty’s Government acknowl edges the right of a foreign State to claim the services of British subjects resident within its limits, for the pur pose of maintaining internal order, (in other words, to act as a local police force,) and even to a limited extent, to defend against local invasion by a foreign power, the places of their residence, but they deny the claim to services beyond this, and accordingly I have given ad vice in the following sense to British subjects, who have applied to me on the subject of this draft; that militia duty is in general an obligation incident to foreign residence, and that therefore they must not object to render the ser vice required so long as the Jaw re quires a militia organization lor the maintainance of internal peace and or der. But if it shall so happen that the militia after being so organized shall be brought into conflict with the forces of the United States without being turn ed over to the Confederate States, so as to form a component part of its armies, or if it should be so turned over in ei ther event the service required, would be such as British subjects cannot be expected to perform ; in the first case, in addition to the ordinary accidents of war, they would be liable to be treated as Rebels and traitors, and not as pris oners of war, and in the second case, never fails to keep off the chill. This I have from an intelligent physician, who uses it among the whites as well as the blacks of his own family. Several of his neighbors have employed the same remedy with complete success. which had no existence when for com mercial purposes they first took up their residence in this country, and would moreover be disobeying the or der of their legitimate sovereign which exhorts them io an observance of the strictest neutrality and subjects them here and there, uttering cries and com- ; sev !'‘ ,e Penalties. Eor: all local ser- plaints, slandering and reproaching his i ' lce ’ howexei, short of the service 1 enemies. Still further is he from mur- j liave 1 endeavored to describe,I have ad- muring against God. He does not be- ! y. lsed . ^m that the militia orgamza- lieve that God is engaged against him, i t,o ;‘ ,s iau , ful a “ d sL ° uld je acquiesced and become his foe? as the flesh, the j 10 reside,lt Bmish Ejects, world and the devil earnestly strive to Nearly all British subjects have be- persuade him. Instead ofthis gloomy sides taken an oath that they will not, persuasion, he sees the merciful spirit ; under any circumstances, take part iu of his God ; he has a glimpse ot the j [l je contest uow raging in this country, sun through those dark and thick clouds ; he dares to call with confi dence upon Him who apparently gives him so poor a reception, and whose hand hath fallen so heavily upou him. See here the peculiar work of the Holy Spirit! It is not to overwhelm us that God sends us afflictions ; it is to induce by taking up arms on either side. I hope, sir, you will therefore, so modify the General Order in respect of British subjects who have certificates from me, as to release them from a po sition which, in the event of a draft, will certainly render them liable to all the penalties denounced by their own us to cry out for his assistance, so we ; sovereign against a violation of their may learn to acknowledge Him iu an neutrality, calling upon them, at the entirely new character. Should we ; same time, to render service as local know God as he ought to be known, if our happiness were unalterable ? No. Without afflictions we cannot be Chris tians. It is affliction and anguish which drives us to Jesus. They are more necessary for us than life itself. [ Luther. police for the maintenance of internal peace and order. On a former occasion, Mr. Molyneux advised you that the Consulate was placed under my charge during his ab sence. I recently submitted my au thority to act as Her Majesty’s Consul to, Mr. Benjamin who duly accorded to incihis approval and recognition; ••••■’ I am sir, Your most obedient servant, A. FULUARTON, Acting Consul. ! r, ; ?J Marietta, Aug. S, 1S68. Mr. A. Euhstrton, Acting Consul of Great Biitain : Dear Sir :—Your letter of 22d July reached these Head Quarters during my absence, which has caused delay in my reply. J udging from your communication, I am obliged to conclude that you have not correctly understood the objects of the Governmer^tin organizing the 8,000 men for home defense. You admit the right of the State to claim the services of British subjects resident within its limits, for the pur pose of maintaining “ iv i nal order,” and even ton limited ..tent ti- the places of their residence agaiust local invasion by a foreign power. In view ofthis correct admission on your part, I do not deem it necessary to quote authority to show the obligation of her Majesty’s subjects to render the service now called for. To maintain “ internal order,” and to defend to a limited extent “against local invasion by a foreign power,” are the sole objects of the proposed military organization. While the men are to be mustered into service for the purpose of affording them the rights and privileges of pris oners of war, in case of capture by the enemy, and to enable the government to command them without delay, in case of sudden emergency, it is not pro posed to take them from their homes, or to interrupt their ordinary avoca tions, unless it be a case of sudden emergency or pressing necessity, fbr the defense of their homes, or such lo calities as command their homes, when in the hands of the enemy. The Government of the United States, in violation of the usages of civ ilized warfare, is now resorting to ev ery means within its power to incite servile insurrection in our midst. It is not only stealing our slaves, which are private property, or taking them by open robbery, mustering them into its service, and arming them against us, but it is doing all it can by secret agen cies, to stir up and excite the angry passions of the mass of ignorant slaves in the interior, whom it can neither reach by theft nor robbery, to cause them to rise in rebellion against their masters, with whom they are now com fortable and happy, and to set fire to our citips. towns, villages, and other property. It is needless for me to add that in case they should he successful in inciting insurrection to this point, the butchery of helpless women and children would doubtless be the result. As a means of accomplishing this object, as well as of destroying public and private property, the enemy is now preparing to send cavalry raids as far as possible into this and other States of the Confederacy. These robber bands will, no doubt, burn and destroy property where they go, carry off as many slaves as they can, and attempt to stir up others with whom they come in contact to insurrection, robbery,and murder. It is not expected that the S,000 men called for by my Proclamation, and the genera] order to which you refer, will be used against the regular armies of the United States. The provisional armies of the Confederate States have shown themselves fully able to meet the enemy upon an hundred battle fields, and to drive them back with se vere chastisement, wherever they have not had the advantage of their navy as a support. But it is expected that this home organization, while it may be but little of its time in actual ser vice, will, in case of sudden emergen cy, assist in repelling the plundering bands of the enemy, which evade con tact with our armies, and make preda tory incursions to our very homes for the purposes already mentioned, and that they will assist iu suppressing any servile insurrections which these plun dering parties may be able to incite. Many who claim to be Her Majesty’s subjects in this State are large slave holders, whose danger ol loss ot prop erty, and of insult and cruel injury to their wives aud children, in case of in surrection, is as great as the danger to the citizens of this State, and their ob ligation to protect their property and their families against the local aggres sions of the United States forces is no less. While Her Majestv’s government has constantly refused to recognize the existence of the government, of the Confederate States, her subjects have enjoyed its protection. And while she refuses to hold any diplomatic relations with us, you, as her representative, are permitted to represent her interests here and to be heard for the protection of her subjects and their property. In this state of things, British subjects who still elect to remain in the Con federacy, should not expect to do less than the service now required of them; and while free egress will in no case be denied them, should they desire to depart from this State, less than the service now required will not in future be demanded, in case they choose to remain in the State and enjoy its pro tection. Experience has convinced the gov ernment at Washington of its inabili ty by armed’Torct rathe battle-field t) combat’Southern valor and compel us to submit to its despotic Tyranny.’ It has therefore, in connection with jjbot above mentioned, adapted the further policy .ef destroying agricultural 1 im- plements mills, and provisions wher ever its armies penetrate inter tour country, with a view of effectilijDby starvation that which it cannot Accom plish by the skill and courage of its troops;’ 7 A,s a further auxiliary to the ac complishment of this’object, it drives from the territory overrun by its ar mies, the men, women and children who are true to the government of• their choice,, and compels them to seek safety and support in this and other interior states. It thus taxes the productions df the interior States •with Hie support, not only of their own population anfl the armies of the Cbufederacyj but of a lafgc number of refugees. ^Vith the 'blessings 1 of Divine Providetice, which, thank’s to His name, have been so abundantly showered upon us, we are, t>y aban doning the culture ot cotton, making ample supplies for anoth^V year.— While we are surrounded Jj^feneh an enemy, the British goverairu nt can not fail to see and appreciate the rea son why we cannot afford r<> retain and protect among us u class of consu mers who produce nor of th” ueces- life* and who«e£^*rio take up arms for interior or ioc»l defend, but claim the privilege of remaining as subjects of loreign powers, engaged iu commercial pursuits, in ports with which their government recognizes no legal commerce. But you insist that there was no law in existence requiring British sub jects to take up arms against the Un ited States government, when, for com mercial purposes, they first took" up their residence in the country. You must nor forget however, in this con nection, that at that time the State of Georgia was, by her own sovereign consent, a compotnent part of the gov ernment of the United States, and that since that time she has, for just cause, withdrawiijlier consent to furth er connection with the aggressive States of the North, and now, with her South ern sisters, forms the government of the Confederate)States upon which the States which remain united under the name of the United States are wa ging a cruel aud unjust war. With this change in the political relations of the country, new obligations are im posed upon the subjects of foreign powers resident within this and other Southern States, which make it their duty to and in the maintainance of internal order, and in the protection of their domicils and the localities where they are situated when assailed by the troops of the United States’ govern ment, or to depart from the States and seek protection elsewhere. Again, the commercial reasons which you say caused her Majesty’s subjects to take up their residence here, ceased to exist when her Majesty’s government re fused longer to recognize the existence of legal commerce between her sub jects and the citizens of this State, 3hd warned them of the loss of her prp^qc- tion if they attempted to carry,,on commercial relations with us through our ports. At the time English subjects took up their residence among our people for commercial purposes, our pbfts •were open to the commerce of tfie world, and loreign governments which had commercial treaties with us had.; a right to claim for their subjects|engaged in commerce the usual commeneiaLpai- vileges and protection while domicil ed here. Now the government of the United States claims that it has our ports blockaded, and while the whole civi lized world knows that the blockade is not effective, and that vessels enter and clear almost daily at our ports the government of her Majesty chooses to recognize it as a legal blockade, and to acquiesce in the paper prohibition which excludes English, subjects with their commerce from our ports. If the British government adqpt^ tbe pretensions of the government, of,, the United States, and holds that .Charles ton aud Savannah are still ports, be longing to the United States, it most be admitted that the blockade of these ports by the United States gOYfcro- meut is a palpable violaiipn ot tlje commercial trety stipulations liptweeu the two governments, as the U. S gov ernment has no right under these trea ties to blockade her own ports against English commerce. If tested by the laws of nations, to which the British Government is a party, it Is no block ade Legalise not effective. Under these circumstances, if tine government of her Majesty consents to respect the orders ot the United State government, which forbids British subjects to euter our ports for commercial purposes, that Government has no right while this state of things continues, to claim commercial privileges for its subjects within the ports where it admits the existence of a legal blockade,,but .it must expect those subjects to depart from these ports, aud if they refuse to do so, it has no just of complaint when the government having the possession of these ports compels them to take up arms to defend their domicils against servile insurection or the attacks of the troops of an hostile power. I learn from your letter that “near ly all British subjects have taken an oath that they will not under an}' cir cumstances take part in this contest now raging in this country, by taking up arms on either side.” In reply to this, permit me to remind you that bo such self-imposed obligation can free the sub jects of her Majesty who choose to remain in this State, from the higher obligation, which, by the laws of nations, they are under to the State for protection while they remain with in its limits.

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The Confederate union. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1862-1865, October 13, 1863, Image 1