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w mmm BOLGHTO.V, MSBET, 1URNES k MUORE Publishers and Proprietors. ( Edil.r*. jO!(. «. NIUBKT. i £jjc (Canfctatc Pinion It published Weekly, in Mill edge v Hie, Ga., Corner of Hancock and Wilkinson Sts., (opposite Court House.) At $5 a year in Advance. ol'lt NEW TERMS. On and after September 1st, 18l rriotion u> the Confederate Un , 1863,the Terns of Sub- •eription to in* v.un-.eueraus Union, are Five Don i kh? invaribly in advance. All indebtedness for subscription to this paper, previous to June 1st, 1863, is at the rate of Three Dollars per year. ADVERTISING. Trsssiemt—One dollar and fifty cents per square of ten lines, for the first insertion, and one dollar for each subsequent insertion. Tributes of respect, Resolutions by Societies, (Obit uaries exceeding six lines.) Nominations for olKce, Communications or Editorial notices for individual benefit, charged us transient advertising. Legal—Citations for letters of administra tion by Administrators, Executors, Guardi ans, Sic. - Application for Dismission from Administrator ship ;•••; Application for Dismission from Guardianship, Application for leave to sell Land or Negroes, Notice to debtors aud creditors Sales of persona! or perishable property, (per square of ten lines Sales of Land or Negroes, (per square of ten Each Sheriff’s Levy, of ten lines or leas 15 00 Each Mortgage -ale, of ten lines or less 0 00 All advertisement* by Sheriffs exceeding ten lines to be charged in proportion Foreclosure of Mortgage and other Monthly advertisements, per square of ten lines.... 1 50 Establishing lost papers, per square of tun lines, 8 <«> For a man advertising liis v?ife(m advunce,) 10 00 LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Sale* of Land and Negroes, bv Administrator*, Ex ecutors or Guardians, an- required by law to be held outlie first Tuesday in the month; between the hours of 10 in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court bouse in the county in which the property is situated. Notice of these sales must be given in a public ga zette 4<l .lavs previous to the day of sale. Notices for the sale of personal property must bo $1100 6 00 4 00 5 01) 4' 00 2 CO 500 VOLUME XXXIV.] —- =- MILL EDGE VILLE, GEORG I A„ TIE M DAI, AOVEMDEIt |l, 1863. [NUMBER 28. The Senate took up the House Resolu tion relative to disbanding and furlough ing the Home Guards, to enable them to gather their crops and sow wheat, and post poned it indefinitely. Mr. Groover offered a resolution asking Congress to so change the Tax Laws so to compel collectors of the tax in kind to establish more depots for tbe delivering cf the same. The resolution, and an amend ment by Gen’l YvTight, were referred to tbe Committee ou Confederate Relation*. The Senate adjourned 10 o’clock to morrow. given iu like maimer It) days previous to side da_v. Notices to tbe debtors and creditors of an estate must also be punished 40 days. . Notice that application will he made to toe Court or Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must be published for two months. Citations for letters of Administration Guardianship, &.■ must be published 30 days—for dismission from Administration, month!t/ six, months—for dismission from Guardianship, 40 davR. ’ Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published m Is'hly for four months—for establishing lost paper*, f i!r the full spare of three months—for compelling titles from Executor* or administrators, where bond lias been l,v the deceased, tbe full space of three months. * Publications will always be continued according to tlie'e the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered. "When subscribers find a cross mark on their papers their subscription has ex pired, and must be renewed it they wish tbe paper any longer. Subscribers writing to have their papers changed from one post-office to an other, must state the name of the post- office they wish it changed from as well as the one they wish it changed to. November 24. Mr. Polk offered a bill to authorise tbe Gov. to take possession of and use any cr all Rail Roads and R. R. rolling stock cr other appurtenances in this State for pul- lie use on payment of just compensation. Mr. Price, a bill to amend the 4,012 section of the Code, in relation to Ordina ries. Mr. Speer a resolution in relation to tbe joint Committee on Finance reporting a bill to raise revenue for the year 1864, for tbe support of indigent families of soldiets. The House bill to supply certain coun ties with corn, was amended and passed. Seats were tendered, on motion of Maj. Speer, to lion. II. V. Johnson and Hon. C. Anderson. Mr. West reported a bill to authorise the Ordinary of Early county to grant letters of Administration on the estate of Terrell Crawford, late of Early county dec’d, o Clias. P. Crawford of Lee county, now about to remove to Florida. I be Senate took up tbe bill to suppress extortion &c. The yeas, on the passage of the bill, were 15, nays 17. (So the bill was lost. 1 be Senate proceeded to consider House bills. Mr. Speer's Resolution relative to tbe joint committee on Finance, was made the special order for Wednesday 25th inst. The Senate then adjourned to Wednes day, 10 o’clock, A. M. HOUSE. Proccedmgs of the Legislature* SENATE. November 21, 1SG3. A hill against the illegal milking of cows, read first time. November 21st. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Manson. A bill to prevent the sale for slaughter of stock. Passed. * A bill to regulate continuances in certain cases. Lost. A bill to repeal the G33d section of the Code. Passed. A bill to increase the pay of all officers and soldiers—a substitute was offered and referred to a committee of twelve. A hill to allow Attorneys and Commis sioners to issue interrogatories in certain ca ses. Passed. A bill to elect officers of tbe several Fire The hill to pardon John W. Martin, Companies of Savannah. Lost, convicted of murder in the county of I lab- j A bill to allow Ordinaries to draw tbe ersbani, being tbe special order of the day. i portion of tbe School Fund to which their After some discussion iti which it appeared respective counties are entitled. Mr. Hig- that Martin was an old offender, the hill j gius offered a substitute which’was adopt- •was lost. ed. Mr. Lloyd read several reports'from the j A hill to allow the Governor to appoint Judiciary committee. certain Staff Officers. Passed. A bill to suppress illegal intercourse with j Mr. Moore was elected Speaker pro tem the enemy—punishes the running away of j iu absence of Speaker, slaves to the enemy with death. Read tbe j A hill to relieve certain soldiers of taxa- second time. ! tion ; read first time. Mr. Blackwell offered a resolution against j A bill to amend 786 section of Code iu the introduction of new matter after the ! reference to taxing defaulting tax-payers. 2Sth instant. ! Passed. A hill to relieve from taxation tbe lands J A bill to incorporate the Coal Mining of those who have been driven from their j Company—passed. homes by the public enemy. Bill passed, j A bill to appoint Commissioners to su- A House bill to add certain sections to j perintend the Deaf and Dumb Asylum,and the penal Code of Georgia, read third time appropriates 812,000 for its support. A and referred to Judiciary Committee. j substitute was offered to appoint a Corn- House resolution requiring Congress to mittec to enquire into the condition of the appoint respectable citizens in each coun- Institute and report next session—adopt- ty not liable to conscription, to collect the j ed. tax in kind—resolution concurred in. j A hill to make a violation of Impress- House resolution to preserve breeding j ment act felony, animals, requests Congress to pass a law j A hill to authorize and regulate the vo- against the slaughtering and impressment ting of soldiers. of tbe same. _ ! A bill to increase the salaries of certain Mr. Cook said that the evil complained I officers—makes the salaries of the Comp- of was already provided against. That lie troller General, Treasurer and Secretary of supposed that the President and Congress j State $3,000 and of Governor’s Secretary had some sense and lie was opposed to so j §2,500 to be assessed in Confederate notes, many bills of instruction - Motion to post- j A bill lor the relief of Banks against pone indefinitely—carried. | penalties of suspension until a treaty of A bill to authorise the Home Guards to come home and gather their crops and sow wheat. Motion to postpone indefinitely was lost. Mr. Cook thought when the enemy was advancing on our border that it was ridi culous te call these men home at present, that he saw no reason or necessity why ex clusive privileges should be granted to tbe Home Guards—that Generals Bragg and Cobb knew better when these men should he disbanded than this body. The amendments and hill were discus sed by several Senators. Tbe preamble to tbe resolution was stricken out and a sub stitute offered providing that President Da vis and Congress attend to their business, and we, the Senate, attend to ours. Ou motion, the bill and substitute was laid on the table. The following bills from the House were read the third time and passed with amend ments : A bill to define tbe oaths of Notary Pub lics in the State of Georgia. A bill to repeal the second section of an Act to compensate certain officers for hol ding elections in the county of Emanuel. To amend the acts incorporating the city of Atlanta. To amend the penal code as to the plea of insanity. To repeal the 2d and 3d paragraphs of the 16th Division of the Penal Code as now arranged in the Code of Georgia. Senate adjourned until 10 o’clock Mon day morning. November 23d. Mr. Ramsay moved to reconsider the bill for tbe pardon of J. W. Martin, which was lost on Saturday. The motion to reconsider did not pre vail. The bill to extend the time of making returns of children entitled to the benefit of the Educational Fund, was passed. The Senate spent some, time in reading House bills. Resolutions, relative to the works of Georgia, in Virginia, engaged in making bait, requesting the Governor to send in any information he may possess on the subject, were adopted. The Senate passed the House bill to in corporate the Stonewall Insurance Co. peace—passed by a Constitutional majori ty November 234. A substitute for the bill to extend the time allowed the tax Collector of Glynn, to settle with tbe State, was passed. 13^ The following bills h?\i been introduced in the ] oath, to the best and utmost of their information and be- House of Representatives and will probably become laws, j lief, the amount and nature of the property held by any and The bill for the relief of soldiers’ families of Mr. McDonald of Banks, amended so as read “six mil lions” instead of as amended : “five millions,” and passed the House A BILL A soldiers v the support wounds or d on federate 8 tat rovide for the i oresaid, and for To be entitled Ac Act to port of indigent fan if public service, an. who may be disable of this State, orc e ti the year 1864,. 4 a t same to the p- poze Sec. 1. The en ■ al t sembly do .-mac ’ ’oilars, or so much t! , .he same is here!at le Treasury not other\ " indigent widows and < >een killed in the ser tes, for the suppo may be in the p il igent soldiers wh • be disabled oy wi u cate or the Confederate 1S04, Provided, the woi Act, shall be taken and h< * dependant for support 0; or may go into the military ropriate ru- ney for the sup have not been specifically repealed aud which arc not repugnant to the Code. Also, a bill to authorise Guardians, Ex ecutors, Administrators and Trustees to invest in interest bearing Treasury notes of tbe Confederate States. Also, a bill to incorporate a Ware House Insurance Trust, Loan aud Deposit Co, in LaGrange, Ga. Mr. Adams, a bill for tbe relief of J. D. Patterson and Kate B. Patterson. Mr. Wood, Resolutions in relation to ex emption and substitute laws. The bill to extend the time of making tbe returns of children entitled to tbe ben efit of the Educational fund, was amended aud passed. Pending the consideration of the bill ap propriating money for indigent families of soldiers, the House adjourned to 3 o’clock Three o’clock P. M. The bill to repeal an act to require cer tain county officers of Emanuel county' to be at tbe Court-House and keep open office every day except Sunday - , was lost. Several bills were taken up and referred to Committees, when the House adjourned. November 24. Jr. Gartrell, offered a resolution teuder- a seat ou the floor to Hon. H. V. John son and Hon. Clifford Anderson, during their stay - in this city, which was adopted. Mr. Phillip of Richmond, appeared, was . qualified and took his seat. Mr. Jones offered a resolution in favor of j printing 2,000 copies of the Report of the I Ga. Relief'and Hospital Association, which 1 was agreed to. >v i Mr. Moore reported a bill to amend 3d I section of an act to alter and amend the revenue laws of this State, and to provide 1 a penalty for violation thereof. The House took up tbe bill to appropriate money - for the support of indigent families of soldiers. The Committee arose reported the hill back with amendments. The House proceeded to consider Sen ate amendments to House bills, and ad journed pending the same, to 9£ o’clock Wednesday. From tlij Mississippian. Interesting Incident.—A story we have somewhere read of a blind man-car rying a lame one ou his back, was yesto day forcibly - brought to our recollection. As wo were walking in tbe western part of the city, we observed two meg making fc nJllave notthe meang of support, whether they are the their way through the drizzling ram—L . „ ,.. ,, f £ >i j j- l j j 1 Our way lying a short distance together, ™ lves of soldlcrs ln the service, or disabled discharged soL was, on motion I persons who have been allowed to become beneficiaries of this Act iu their connty. Sec. 8. Thac it is hereby made the duty of the Grand Jury in each county to make diligent enquiry into the re turns, accounts and disbursements of the Inferior Courts, and such agents as may be appointed by said Courts under this Act, and to make report thereon in their general pre sentments, in case they can obtain information and evidence of the violation of this Act, by any person or persons charged with its execution in their county. Sec. 9. That.all laws and parts of laws conflicting with the provisions of this Act be and /he same is hereby re pealed. of five mill: necessary - , any money for tbe who hr the Co lies 5 ' th >0 t v > yt. v * T ' i 1. as 1 1 ib.’ SOI 10 w 1 may be in.the i . cut soldiers 1. the service •r and during cation of the purposes. ; the sum 0 is may be i. ated, out of appropriated, bans of soldiers, *f this S:u. •, or 1 digeot 1 mi- ji me and lor I ve een and se ' the for and r- 's \> het man all } - i ch p /so j from Goor- y, <>e it fin flier enacted, Th.i io\ ‘rnor immediately after tl. c shall be the lassage of this se a copy thereof to be furuishet 0 the Inferior h county in this State, with sue instructions, may think pioper to give them ; nd upon t 3 by said Inferior Court, it shall e their *c -r recced, under the rules hereinat rprescrib J t a schedule of parsons within th ’respective counties wno may - be entitled to the benefits oi is Act, and 1 e J he same in their respective offices, and to fo - ard * 0 the : ’o roller General, before the first day 0 i$«Y , a statement from said schedule of the nun residing within their respective counties ofs died, or been killed in the military ser 'tare or the Canfederate States during the exist have died after being discharged, of sickness coi wounds received in the service, and who are uuai e to sup- : ’ r tnemselves, and have not the means of su oort, the 1 mber of soldiers who have been discharged ant who are residing within the oounty disabled by siokness 0 wounds in the service, and who are not able to support thi nselves, 1 e i, l t fany. as receipt tl forth wit 1 to mafife t'U • havi February, er of wid- diefs who ce of this g war, or racted or New ITI alter. Mr. Awtry, a bill to repeal several en actments allowing the issue of licenses to distill spirituous liquors. Also, a resolution that no further drain should he made on the producing class of men over 45 years of age. Mr Gue, a bill for the relief of A. 0. Jones, of Chatham. Mr. Ezzard, a bill to punish Conductors and Engineers for carelessness and negli gence, in running their engiues. Also, a memorial of Dan’l P. Furgersoh of Fulton county. Mr- Stephens, a hill to provide for the education of soldiers’ children—ordered printed. Mr. Kimbrough a hill to provide for the burial of paupers in this State. Mr. Carswell, a hill to authorise the Or dinary of Jefferson county to keep his of fice open two days of each week. Also, a bill to allow certain free negroes to go into slavery. Mr. Johnson, to suppress extortion in yarns and cloths in this State. Also, a hill to teduce the hound of the Sheriff of McIntosh county. Also, a bill to allow the Justices of the Inferior Court to appoint a Druggist in each county. Mr. Russell of Muscogee, to amend sec tion 11 and 1,783 of the Code. Also, a hill to repeal sections 2.50S, 2,- 509, 2,510, 2,511 and 2,512 of the Code ; And a hill to repeal section 2,563 of the Code. Mr. Brown, a hill to change the line be tween Chattahoochee and Stewart coun ties. Mr. Moore of Thomas, a bill to repeal 22Sth paragraph of the Code. Mr. Bighain, a bill to encourage the or ganization of a Navy. Also, a hill to declare the law in all ca ses of law3 as existing in Georgia at the time o£ the adoption of the Code, which wo addressed to one of them an unimpor tant remark. The manner in which it was received induced us to look more closely at them, when we observed that each was laboring under a terrible deprivation, dis tressing to each, hut differing in its uature. Ono of tlic-m was blind, tbe other deaf and dumb. The sense in which either was deficient was enjoyed by the other. He who was blind could hear and speak for both, while he himself went confidently on his darkened way, under the guidance of his silent companion. It struck us.that their communication with each other must of necessity be restricted and uncertain ; yet they seemed, and doubtless were hap py in each other’s companionship. We looked from one to the other, and thought that there was presented to us an instruc tive lesson. It taught 11s to look with less of a repining spirit upon those ills of life which occasionally - beset our path, to feel in a higher degree that holy feeling of charity towards our fellow men, which seems, more than any other, to lift our fallen state up to communion with Hitn who has told us to love our neighbor as well as ourselves. “THE MARKET PRICE.” “I am satisfied with whatever will be the market price,” is a common remark, now-adays, among producers. That is generally the response to parties who wish to engage„for strictly - private consumption, pork, sugar, syrup, corn, Ac. The le- inark is very- simple and to one unacquaint ed with its literal meaning, appears to he a just and fair proposition. But let us tell you what a great many farmers mean by the “market price.” It is this : The necessities qf life will he surely stored away —hidden from the hungry view of man— and to all applications from purchasers, will come the response : “I am sorry I can’t accommodate y - ou ; hut really I have bare enough to last me, and cannot possi bly spare any.” In this manner the mar ket is kept hare for a long time, and the people are tempted to give most any price for produce; At length some hoarder of provisions seeks his hidden treasure,brings a load to town,and asks for it about twelve times its intrinsic value. A suffering citi zen, who Las an abundance of money be comes the purchaser, and immediately “the market price” is established. The consequence is. the patriotic farmer, who has been withholding his produce for months—“sorely troubled in mind as to what should he the market price,” is now disposed to sell and he satisfied. Poor fellow ! He makes a great sacrifice; but then such is the established price, and he must submit. So wags this unrighteous world. We have no idea the Yankees will ever get this country, hut think it pretty certain the Devil has already got his titles perfected. If he has not, it has been through his own negligence. Family Friend. A BILL, To be entitled An Act to provide for the education of sol diers’ children. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact: Section 1. That the sum of dollars, to he called the fund for the education of soldiers’ children, shall be annually appropriated from the net earnings of the West ern and Atlantic Railroad, for the education of soldiers’ children of the following description: that is to say, any child, to have the benefit of this act, must be a resident of this State; must be between the ages of six and eighteen years; must be unable to procure an education without public assistance; and must be the child of some citizen of Georgia who shall be in the military service of the Confed erate States, or of this State, or shall have died in such ser vice, or shall have had a discharge granted or his resigna tion accepted on the ground of permanent disability. Every child of this description shall be a beneficiary of this act, and none other shall be. * Sec. 2. Each child of the foregoing description may at tend any school inside or outside of his or her county or State, and be instructed in spelling, reading, writing, arith metic, English grammar and geography, or in one or more of these branches, at such prices for tuition, books and sta tionery as may - be required from other children in the same school and same studies; provided, the price for tuition, books and stationery all together, shall not exceed the rate of fifty dollars for a scholastic year of ten months. Sec. 3. The accounts of teachers shall state the number of days each child has been taught, the studies pursued, and the rate of tuition, aud shall he verified by oath. Each ac count tor any year shall be deposited with the Ordinary of the county where the child resides, by the tenth day of De cember in that year. Sec. 4. On the tenth day of December in each year, or, if the tenth shall fall on a Sunday, then on the next day there after, the Ordinary of each county, with the assistance of the Clerk of the Inferior Court, shall proceed to audit all of such accounts with close scrutiny, approving or rejecting the same in whole or in part, so as to make each conform “Rilliai the FuUmrd Ualf.” Seward’s Auburn sni'eih is interpteted by some to bold out an informal and an* tuoritativo tender of a liberal accommo dation, if tbe Confederate Sia’es will “re pent” and Teturn. Symbolizing these States by the prodigal son, Le savs : “Nevertheless, i am willing that the prodigal son shall return. The doors, so far as I am concerned, shall always bo open to him. The longer be is content to live upon husks the sooner he will hun ger. The longer li6 is content with his ilalliaueo with tlie harlot of treason, the greater will be his ultimate disgust with her embrace. The greater his Lunger and disgust, the deeper will he his repen tance aud the mote lasting his reformation. I shall send no invitations after him ; and yet, speaking not for himself, but for yon and tbe whole American people I express the conviction that neither man nor angels can prevent the fatted calf being slain for bis welcome, when he dees come back, saying penitently, “Brothers, I have offended, and 1 desire reconciliation.” Now if it is tbe purpose of the abolition States to deal with the South in and such spirit as these words would imply, why is it left alone to Seward the man who pro duced the irrepressible conflict—tbe man who befoiea blow was struck declared the Union could not live “half free and half slave,” as Lincoln writes it—why is Ac the only man t) deal in words of conciliation ! Whv, as the fortunes of war turn against us, and the Federals become more and more confident of success, do they increase in severity and cruelly, imposing every day a heavier yoke upon tbe unhappy Confederates whom, they have overrun— adding every week new tenors to their lawless domination. Why don’t they manifest the slightest disposition to recon cile the people to their sway, but with every new step of progress inflict new horrors aud atrocities, so that the last territory overrun is always the hardest dealt, by. Above all, why do they neglect to avail themselves of even these cheap and delu sive arts by which a suft'eriug people are divided, and distracted with the hope held out of escaping a common and universal doom ? Why do they treat friend and foe alike and sweep all with tbe besom of destruction ? The answer to all these questions is plain enough. They feel sure of their prey—they mean to destroy it, and therefore care' not to employ coaxing or stratagem. Hence their plain dealing^— for no man in authority, except Seward has held out any other hope to the South, except the utter extinguishment ami ruin already prepared for her by Federal legis lation. Seward’s talk at Auburn was doubtless for some purpose connected with the then pending election ; and even if he were honestly in favor of a conciliating course towards the South, he is powerless to in augurate it. According to the New York Heraid he is in a practical minority in the Lincoln cabinet upon ibis point, and the plau of uniting to reduce the States to conquered provinces under military gov ernors, confiscating tbe possessions of the people, and emancipating the negroes, is the plan of Lincoln, Chase, Stanton aud Wells, backed by all the magnates of the strictly with the requirements of this act as to the rates of ? e P u j , i ica ° W Le t t . uo ^/dude . ... J !• _ r , • tlM 1 himself with the hope of mercy, if we fall ! into the hands of the Black Republicans. The declaration of tbe organ of Lincoln, the Washington Chronicle, that a speedy death upon the gibbet is more mercy than the ‘.‘rebels” are entitled to, is a fair illus tration of the animus of their men who then have our fate iu their hands. Telegraph. A tali. WOMAN.—A girl of seventeen, accompanied by her mother, reached this city last Saturday, from the hack woods of Maine, via the eastport boat, on her way to New York, where she has been engaged to exhibit by Barnum at five dol lars a day and expenses paid. The girl is seven feet andthree inches high, weighs two hundred pounds, and the length of her hand from the tip of the finger to the wrist bone is thirteen inches. The girl, being unused to society, did not relish the sight of so many people, and would have returned home had she not been under contract.—Boston Herald. Do not like it.—We do not like to see people laying the shame of their exter- tion to Confederate money, and at the same time scrambling worse than a dog after a bone to get it all. If such people were half as good as Confederate money they would havo some soul. diers, or whose sou or other person upon whom they have usually depended upon for support heretofore, has died, been killed, disabled, or is then absent in the military ser vice, and who are indigent and have not the means of sup port, also the number of orphans under the age of twelve years of soldiers hereinbefore described, and also the num ber of children of other women not widows, as hereinbefore set forth, who are under the age of twelve years, and chil dren of indigent disabled soldiers who have been discharg ed, and who are under said age, and which said orphans and other children are indigent and have not the means of sup port, and also including in said schedule and statement all children and other indigent persons usually dependent on the soldier for support over said age, who, from bodily informi- ty or other cause, are unable to support and maintain them selves, which said statement to the Governor shall be accom panied by the affidavit of the Justices making out the sche dule, that the same is of file in their office, and is just and true, and is impartial to the best of their knowledge and belief. So soon as the said first day of February, A. D., 1SG1, shall have expired, the Comptroller General shall consolidate the said digest into one general digest and he, together with the Governor, shall, upon the basis thus formed, apportion to each county the amount of funds to be distributed for the purpose aloresaid to each county. Sec. 3. The funds to be disbursed in each county shall be delivered to the Inferior Court of the county, or to their order, under the seal of the Court, and shall by said Court be appropriated to the purposes aforesaid, in such manner as they shall deem most efficient, and in substantial com pliance as to the application of the funds with the Act as sented to November 29th, A. D., 1S61, or in cases when special acts have been passed for any of the counties then r .v»v- .uvuuuum .uuu jav 1 Thor from - h Th in such county or counties in substantial compliance with 1 vided by this act, among the several counties of this State, : i/s/ted on a °be/wit/1wpKe stanTo^' the local act in force in such county or counties. ; assigning to each county the full aggregate of accounts re- head, holding a sceptre in the ri°-ht hand Sec. 4. The Inferior Courts respectively of the several; ported by its Ordinary, when the fund is sufficient to pay all i Friga, frora^wheoce wa have Friday, is counties of this State, are hereby authorized to make all the aggregates so repot ted, and a pro rata amount to each represented with a drawn sword iu hig such arrangements and regulations as they may deem ; when the fund is insufficient. When any balance is left in necessary to secure the custody and application of the fund | the Treasury after paying all the aggregates so reported, it they may severally receive, and they shall have power to ap- j shall be turned over to supply any deficiency in the annual tuition and qualifications of beneficiaries. When the aud iting is finished, he shall carefully ascertain the aggregate of approved accounts for the whole connty, and immediately report the same in writing to the Governor, with the seal of his Court affixed thereto, and his affidavit appended, to the following effect: STATE OF GEORGIA, ) County. > I, A. B., Ordinary of said county, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that the foregoing is the true aggregate of accounts approved by me for the instruction, during the present year, of soldiers’ children resident in said county ; that, in no case, does the price allowed by me for tuition, exceed the price required from other children in the same school and same studies, nor does the price allowed by me for tuition, books and stationery all together, exceed, in any case, the rate of fifty dollars for ten months; and that I have, in no case, ap proved an account for the tuition of any child but such as I believe to be entitled to tbe benefit of the act to provide for the education of soldiers’ children. This, the day of December, 18— The origin of the names op the days of the week—In tbe museum of Berlin —remarks a foreign writer—in tbe hall devoted to Northern antiquities, they have the representations of the idols from whom the names of our week are derived. From the id al of the suri comes Sunday - . This idol is represented with Lis face like the snn, holding a burning wheel, with both hands on his breast, signifying his course around the world. The idol of the ipoon, from which comes Monday, is habite&jn & | short coat, like a man, but holding the I moon in his bands. Tuisco. from w hic^| cometh Tuesday, was one of the most This affidavit shall be signed by the Ordinary, with the ! anc i en t and popular gods of the Germans, seal of his Court annexed, and shall be administered to him j and is represented in his garment of skin and be certified as having been so administered; by some j according to their peculiar manner of cloth- person qualified to administer oaths. j ing. The third day of the week was ded- Sec. 5. On the first day of January in each year, or when j Kated to his worship. Woden,from whence the first falls on a Sunday, then on the next day thereafter, > ^ / nes< l a y> ; l va * lant prince among the Governor shall proceed to apportion the annual fund pro- I ■ e , baX011 * - image was prayed to for , r , “ , 1 victory, lhor. from whence Th.irsrlnv. point one or more fit and discreet persons, in each militia district, to receive the fund from them and appropriate it for the use of the beneficiaries of this law, by purchasing articles of prime necessity for them, or otherwise, as may be found most to flie advantage of the persons interested, and to receive aud appropriate all such articles as may be delivered to them i 1 lieu of money under any provisions of this law. Sec. 5. It shall »e the duty of the Inferior Courts of the several counties of this State, and all such agents and other persons as they shill employ or appoint to aid in carrying out any provisions of this Act, or the Act of 1S61, to make diligent enquiries asd to see that no person shall .receive any aid or assistance under this Act, who has sufficient property or meant of support, or income, or who might have a sufficiency ky using proper industry and labor. Sec. 6. If any agent appointed to receive and pay out and appropriate this fund, or such articles as may be delivered to him in lie* of money for the purposes aforesaid, shall apply the sam(, or any part thereof, to any other use or uses than thefee set forth in this Act, or shall trade or spec ulate on the sine, or any part thereof, or shall fail or refuse to come to a ! full and fair account on demand with the In ferior Court of the county in which he may have been ap pointed, or tqsucb agent as the Inferior Court may appoint to demand and make such settlement, he shall be deemed guilty of lai’chiy, after trust delegated and confidence re posed, and 01 conviction thereof, shall be punished by im prisonment i^ the Penitentiary for a term not less than two nor more thai seven years ; Provided, that this Act shall not, in any njanner, repeal or affect an act assented to 20th uay of November, 1801, or any local acts now in force for tbe rebel of the widows and children of indigeut soldiers. Sec. 7. Tiat the Governor shall make distributions of the fund heipin appropriated, to the several Inferior Courts of the respective counties of the State, in quarterly instal ments, or fit such other stated intervals ot time as he may think best, ind if at any time he shall receive information or be otherwise induced to the opinion that the fund, or any part thereof, has been misapplied in any way in any county of the State, he is hereby authorised, before making any further distribution of the fund to the county, in relation to which he may have received such information, or come to such conclusion, to require a full explanation and report from the Justices of the Inferior Court of such county, re quiring in said report that the said Justices shall state on common school fund; but shall be re-drawn together with any surplus of that common school fund, in order to make up any subsequent deficiency in the fund provided by this act. The Governor shall also cause each Ordinary to be in formed of the share goir.g to his county, so soon as it is as certained by the apportionment; and shall draw his warrant for the same on the Treasury in favor of such Ordinary, when he is satisfied that such Ordinary has given bond ac cording to the eighth section of this act. Sec. G. The Ordinary shall apply for the share of his coun ty so soon as he is informed what it is; and his receipt therefor, after the Governor’s warrant drawn in his favor, shall be the proper voucher for the payment of such share from the Treasury. Sec. 7. The Ordinary, after getting the share of his coun ty, shall, without delay, pay the full amount of each ap proved account for his county, when the fund is sufficient for fall payment of all, aud a pro rata amount to each when the fund is insufficient. Sec. S. The Ordinary shall give bond for the faithful per formance of the duties imposed upon him by this act, iu a sum, and with sureties to be approved by the Justices of the Inferior Court, such Justices taking special care that the amount of the bond covers the share which the county gets from the general fund, and requiring new bond as often as may be necessary for that end. The time for giving his first bond shall be when he receives notice of the first coun ty share coming into his hands. Sec. 9. If the Ordinary shall fail to pay out any part of the fund committed to him by this act, according to the re quirements thereof, on knowledge of such failure coming to the Justices of the Inferior Court, they shall issue a rule nisi against him, lequiring him to appear before them with in ten days and show cause for such failure; and upon his failure to shew good cause, they shall order the clerk of their Court to issue fi. fa. against him and his sureties in favor of the person entitled to the money. Such fi. fa. shall be directed to all and singular the Sheriffs of the State, and shall claim interest from the time of default at the rate of twenty per cent, per annum. Sec. 10. The compensation of the Ordinary for tbe servi ces imposed on him by this act, shall be five per centum of the moneys paid out by him in accordance with its provis ions. Sec. 11. This act shall take effect from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. right hand, and a bow in Lis left. He was the giver of peace and plenty.— Serter, from wLorn is Saturday, has the appearance of perfect wretchedness, he is tbin-visaged,!i> chaired,with a long beard. De carried a p.ti! ot water in his rigiitkand, wherein are fruits and flowers. From east Tennessee.—From ^ the following private dispatch received by Mrs. Leyden, of this city, we glean further in formation of the position of our forces in East Tennessee. Major Leyden’s bat- tallion is now attached to Longstreet’s corps. Loudon, November 20.—I left the Ma jor this morning near Knoxville,safe. He has been in four battles. The battallion lost one killed—private Wm. Joyner. J. W. Brown, Captain and A. Q. M. second dispatch. Missionary Ridge, Nov. 23.—The ene my formed in three lines of battle in our front this morning, drove in our pickets, and attempted to storm our works. Ai 2 P. M. they opened on oqr lines, their bat teries playing, also Musketry firing was very heavy, but ceased at 3.P. .M. ar- iliery firing only at the precant time. 290. A PIOUS YANKEE CHAPLAIN.—The fol lowing is an extract from a letter written by an abolition chaplain connected with Lincoln’s army in Virginia: “Camp near Romney, Nov. 11, 1S63. “Oh ! for success. I now believe wa shall have it. And oh for*a little more ‘Greek fire’ to be rained upon Charleston, that sink of iniquity! As fire and brim- stoue was the remedy for Sodom and Go morrah, so is “Greek fire’ the remedy, and a very benefiting one too, for that nest and hot-bed of rebellion. Burn it to the ground, end the inhabitants along with it, if they choose to remain in it; then raze its very foundation until one stone shall not be left upon another, and then rear a hecatomb of skulls on its ruins to tell to generations following the folly and wick edness of its former inhabitants. And sq mote it bn.”
