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Newspaper Page TextBOL'(iHTUN,MSBET,BAKNES&MUO e Tablishers and Proprietors. ROICnTO.X, ? Ed, II. .VIMBET. | VD jje' Confebcntte Sinioti ckly, in MiUedgevUle, Go.., lx published Weekly. Corner of Hancock and "Wilkinson bis., (opposite'Court House.) in Advance. At $o a year OIR NEW TERMS On »d after September let, 1863, the Tern* of Snb- p -ription to the Con'oderate Lui<m, are h ivf. Dol i,ns invaritflv in advance. All indebtedness for subscription to this paper, previous to June 1st, 18l>3, , (be rate of Three Dollars per year. ADVERTISING. TRISSIK'-T-One dollar and fifty cents per square { pnt-p, {01 the first insertion, aud one dollar f.,r cao’i Kabsequeniinsertion. . . T,ibut»s of respect. Resolutions by Societies, (Ohit- rie4 „receding six lines.) Nominations for othee. S.mmunicMion/or Editorial notices for individual benefit, charged as transient advertising.^ r>f administra- CONFEDERATE MON, VOLUME XXXIV.] MILLEDttEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, IS64. [NUMBER 39. Leoal—Citations for letters “ E<tA ji Exetuters, Guardi lion by Admini^lrat i for Dismission from Administrator $3 Go Applicatr ' ion for Dismission from Guardianship, t io„ for leave to sell Land or Negroes, N Otice IO debtors and creditors - - - •■ - - - • • Sales of personal or perishable prope.ty, (per square of ten lines.... "‘AV-Vn s of Land or Negroes, (per square oi en Applic Applicati Noti GOO 4 00 1 00 2 00 Kales i or less lines ” Each Sheriff’s Levy, of ten line lfitii Mortgage *ale, ot ten or *;,.**"/ ’ * All advertisements Uy Sheriff* exceeding teu fines to be charged n pr. .port ion ... ..... Foreclosure of Mortgage auu othei advertisements, per square, of ttn hu Establishing losl papers, per square For amanadvertisii g his wife(m ad\ante, f. 00 a oo G0U ■, Ex- held hours sale da LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Pales cf Land and Negroes, by Admini-lrator, ecutors or Guardians, urc required by law m ix on the firs! Tuesday in the month : between Jie • f !9 in the forenoon and three m the afternoon, at the Court house in the county : n winch the property is situated. . . , Noticeof these saies must be given .n a public ga zette 40 days previous to the day ot sale. Notices for the sale o, personal property^ mils, he given in like manner 10 days previous t Notices to I lie debtors and creditor - must also be ppfiisheddO day*. , ,. , . Notice tli at application will he made to tltc l.ourt oi Ordinary for lejive to sell Laud or Negroes, must be published for two months. Citation* foiGetters of Administration Guardianship, ite , must ba ibfidied 30 days—for dismission from Administration?, monthly six from Guardianship. 46 days. ..... Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published monthly far four months—for establishing lost papers, for the full space of th „ , ,, , ‘month*—for compelling titles from Executors or administrators, where bond has been given bv the deceased, the full space of lhree months. Publications will always be continued according to these, the legal requirements, nnlessOtherwise ordered. Cood Counsel. Correspondence of the CoUmnbus Times. Dalton, Ga., Jan. .30, 1864. The condition and numbers of the Army of Tennessee, since I last wrote you have improved daily and rapidly ; aud if the recent enactments of Congress are rigidly enforced, aud the people aroused to the dangers threatening the success of this mighty contest for civil and religious liberty, the buding spring will witness an army marshalled and ready to meet the invader, sufficient in number and spirit to drive hack the tide of invasion which pro mised, a few weeks since, to desolate our bt loved State. Wh:.tjver may he the public opinion as to the justice of the anti-substitute bill, no one acquainted with its beneficial effect upon the soldiers in actual service, can gainsay the proprie ty, if not the absolute need of such a Jaw. The first and most important result of its repeal was tiie change visible in the tone and temper ottho.se who, for three years, I have manfully breasted the storm of war in this department, and from inability or an honorable determination not to avail themselves of its advantages, have suffer- 1 cd hunger, pain and peril whilst their more fortunate or less patriotic neighbors have enjoined ease, comfort and saiety.— Men had become morose, and melancholy forebodings of disaster and defeat filled the minds of all. A pall of despair settled upon ns, enveloping officers and men in its cheerless folds,but as a ray ofligbt, ath wart the midnight darkness, catne the re peal. Substitution died and hope revived ; and now, to-day, no army on this continent stands more cheerful, hopeful or defiant before an enemy. out Us—f*ir dismission | Other causes of just complaint have : beeu removed, and have aided very mate rially in working the happy change in our condition. Men who have beeu upon de- : tatched service anywhere but at the right ! place, have been returned to their com mands. Rations have been of a better i kind and more abundant ; and notwith- , standing: General Bragg has deserved (and, [>f ten lilies t GO S Oil 10 00 estate SOUTHERN POWDER MILLS. A correspondent of the London Times, writing from this city, in speaking of the Government AVorks located here, pays Col. Rains a derserved compliment for the great energy aud ingenuity he has dis played in conducting them. Here is what the Times’ correspondent says: A long conversation with Col. Rains, the Superintendent of the Government Powder Mills in Augusta, and also the manager of the Arsenal of Construction and ot the cannon fuundery in this citv, ^.i.is taught me more than ever to admiie the ingenuity and energy which ’lie Con federates have brought to bear upon their struggle. Starting without any powder mill in the Southern States, except a small one at Nashville, it soon passed oat of their hands. \\ r ithout any large estab lishments for making machinery, and without a single trip hammer between the Chesapeake and the Rio Grande; deficient in iron, lead, copper, tin, saltpetre, cannon, small arms, everything save feod, they have taught the world a lesson in regard to the impossibility of subjugating a brave people, which will point a historical moral for ages to come. There are two men, whose names are seldom heard in connection with the histo ry of this war, but who have probably con tributed more to the Confederate success than any other persons with the exception of Lee, Jackson and Longstreet—I mean Col. Rains and Captain Brooks. Both of them modest and unobtrusive men, absorb- el in sciea iic researches. Iucxaustible in the fertility of their resources, indefatiba- ble in energy, they have presented during the last thirty months a record for the stu dy of their .countrymen, which will every where be read with profit whenever the history of this great revolution is fairly told- I have seldom had the advantage of encountering any man whose conversa tion was so instructing and interesting as that of Col.Rains. Ills recapitulation of the difficulties which he has had to encounter, of the deficiencies which he has every day IN Some gentleman has beon furnishing some 1 ^ frust always will deserve) the unlimit- ; to supplement and circumvent by ingenui- good maxims and wise sayings to the Rich- j confidence^ the army^yet his velun- ty, and the results of his work, as evidenc- the for the times AVlien the public safety is in pen people should hear counsel. A nation at war is a ship at sea, whose safety is as much dependent ou the skill aud fidelity, as upon the lumber of its jnond AA'hig which are very appropriate tai T relinquishment of his high trust, and j ed by his contributions to the Confederate | the appointment of Geu. Johnston, was j armies, is such as to awaken atnaze- 1 patriotic and wise in the highest degree j meat, coth wjth our beloved old chief and our J In a former letter, written some months able Chief Magistrate. | ago from this town, 1 gave a short sketch The revolution in the morale of the ar °t tbe Augusta gunpowder mill. From my must he fed and kept alive is success 1 that time up to the piesent hour its effi- crew> I is to crown the next and most important i ciency has been constantly ou the increase, A General and his subordinates are a i campaign of the war How to do this is and as evidence of its prolific working, I un ;t. j the acme,the essence of generalship. AA*e j may mention that since its opening on the AGeneral however great—with ill-ap- j believe our leaders able, willing and I 27th April, 1862, Col. Rains has sent a pointed subordinates, is a chain some of j brave; and so far as men, by acquired | mjNion and a half pounds of powder to whose links are fractured. The weakest | skill or natural ability, can control the link measures tlie strength of the chain. I temper of an army, its zeal will not be He should be Generalissimo, who is best ; permitted to relax, qualified and is responsible for the result, J3 U t to the people at borne we shall look a:! officers under him should be nominate ( f or moral support equally as essential as only by him. i bread and beef to the integrity and use- AVhile the battle is not always to the | fullness of the army. Shall they have it stiong.it is nevertheless,generally so ; and . in the f utllre ? j f ear t i, e rec0 rd of the slow a swift horse generally outruns a one. What sometimes appears to be a neces sity, is exactly the reverse of what is necessary. It can never be necessary to do wrong;. people at Lome is net what the exigencies of the case require. Too manv are de spondent and doubtful of the final result. Too much zeal has been wasted fo keep men from the field of death and honor.— Too .many, whose pecuniary interests are The righteous sometimes fall a prey to ; com pl c tely involved in our success, hav 1- ! ..ii J ii .1 •_ I , ood cause does not al- withdrawn all their moral support. In a ! word, too many abominable, cowardly the wicked ; and a Ways succeed. No najjon should presume upon its i croakers are permitted to sow discord and righteousness—for all nations are wicked/ In distress, it is wise to call upon God for help ; but it is not always certain what the answer will be. The honor and majesty of a nation lie in the truth and integrity ot its people. A people that is not held together by dissension in the land. I have been led to m; ke these remarks by reports brought to camp by men return-^ ing from home on furlough or detached f-ervice. “The people at home are whip ped.” is the universal story. And if one- thehWs of mutual good faith isatub with I half they tell be true hundreds are ready me uauua u. mum* h i to we | Come peace on dishonorable terms— to bow their proud Southern hearts and bodies to the rule of Lincoln and bis min ions—to kiss the rod which smites and stand forever on the pages of history as a people unwilling to hazard life and the comforts of home for a season, for the in- rotten hoops. To break a covenant, and then as a sub terfuge to deny its existence, is to com mit a fault, and afterwards to tell a false hood to bide it. A citizen who owes the government witLouTa SSSt | estimable blessing of freedom gloriously whether that contract be to pay money, or in^ig^shJld be banished ; Then legislators forsake the teachings and all unite, as one man,against the com- of common “sense, and employ as a sl.bsti- I mou danger Unity is strength, concord tutethe refinings of sophistry, in the con- w invincibility. ... stitution of the laws—then must tlie hearts "i esterday this brigade (Bates ) had an of the people fail them—and then must opportunity afforded them to express their their hands fall down. 1 feelings with regard to re-enlistment.— “Truth is mighty and will prevail,”—but Your leaders will be gratified to know that with whom is truth to be found ? Money, or credit, is the sinews of war : but where there is no money, and very little credit, the sinews of war are relaxed. The bond of an honest man who lias but IrttLbMS worth more than a swindling resolution unani- prince. Taxation should be equal; but is not equal when men downing equal amounts of propeity are unequally taxed. To tax one man more than another, simply because he lias acquired bis prop erty by a different, though equally lawful, means, is to inflict a penalty for prosecu ting a lawful pursuit. bo one should bo made to pay a flue, or to suffer any other penalty, unless by the judgment of a court of competent juris diction, aud for a violation of law. they passed the followiu mousiy : “Resolved, That we, the officers and men of Bates’ brigade, do this day resolve to enlist for the war determined never to lay down our arms until every foot of Confederate soil ’s free from the vandal foe.” I have never seen exhibited more en- thuiasm. I saw brave men, battler won and bullet scarred, x^eep as children whilst listening to the eloquent appeal of Gen. Bates; and when the time comes, and “forward!” is the word, for every tear drawn from eves unused to weep, blood shall flow, and our woes forgotten in the delirium of victory . Surely the people at home, especially Richmond alone, exclusive of his contribu tions to Viekburg, Charleston, Mobile and the armies of Geys. Bragg, and Johnstou. From his Arsenal of Construction he has sent out 6,000,000 cartridges for small arms and 50,000 round shot and shell, to say nothing of caps, hand grenades and torpedoes. From his cannon foundry he is continually turning out 12 pounder Napoleons, 20 pounder Parrots and how- -*■——, 1 —*■ - 1 — — Ufc - C « r 11.11 ,i nlroady possessed by the Confederates is such that he has ceased to produce Napoleon guns with the rapidity which at one time char acterized his proceedings, his rate produc tion having been one Napoleon gun perdi- em. The daily yield of the powder mill is now at the rate of 3,400 pounds a day, which might, if occasion required, be in definitely increased. But, with every important station in the Confederacy already surfeited with pow der, with large supplies iu the hands of Gens. Beauregard, Bragg, Johnston, and at Mobile and Wilmington—Gen. Lee, of course, darws his supplies from Richmond and with two other powder mills in ac tive operation, it is of little importance that even this rate of production should be maintained. The ordinary consumption of powder in the Confederacy is rated at 2,000 lbs, a day; but is, of course, greatly increased by such sieges as those of Vicks burg and Charleston, which bring up the average to 10,000 lbs, a day occasioned by the large demands of the heavy artillery employed. It is a singular commentary upon this war, that a nation which two years ago, produced not a pound of pow der, should now think nothing of a daily consumption of 10,00.0 lbs, produced en tirely from their own resources. —Augusta Chronicle. Two parties are necessary alike to make | croakers, will learn a lesson of patient en- and to lescind a contract, though the Gov- 1 durance and entbi s astic devotion to a com- ernment may be one of them. mon cause, honorable to them and bene- \ riirht that is bought and paid for can- ; ficial to us, by tins demonstration of pa. not be destroyed bv calling it a privi- j triotism It is not confined to bngaae j ' | bound, but is sweeping through this entire indiscreet clamors against the Govern- j army. What a magnificent spectacle! ment are pernicious and improper; but if j Thousands of veterans, moved by the pu- thc people are not allowed to think for j rC st of motives, say to you in the day of themselves and to utter what they think y 0 ur anxiety and trouble: “It our coum for the public ^ood the Government is not j (r y demands further sacrifice ot tune, of democratic, and the people are sovereigns, ; life, we will stand in the breach so long as but sublets :thc enemy threatens the Republic. — . J u_ .1.. i„„;cloGvn tn dis- ! With such a spirit we arc unconquerable. Thou-li the bones of our comrades bleach parage the judicial branch of the Govern ment or to assume its functions should be on lull and plain, and rise as mountains to promptly condemned as a violation of the love of liberty from Texas to Virgin! i, we Constitution, and a palpable assault upon j shall yet be free, and not count the cost too the liberties of the people. great lor the boon. The Constitution of and laws arc as , Tlie health of the troops was never so obligatory iu time of war as in time of j g 00 d. This regiment numbering now for peace, and he is an enemy of liberty who enlisted men, lias only three sick denies it. It is in our power to hope ; but to hope c r ot b; n g. " proverb should read „ rs> Our we should be just, always be Justitia fiat, col urn ruat. Northern papers state that Gen. Grier- 8 in is a piisoncrin Forrest’s hands. If so, tlie cowardly scoundrel has concealed his name or we should have heard ofd through other channels, says the Mobue Register. ,.a S p« AVe have an abundance of g . By the way, as some of your / w ;il have to go to war, this regiment (37th} has gained some few honors during the war, and its members are perfectly willing to divide houors with recruits fighting on our soil, made sacred by the graves of onr sires and friends. T Ins army should be a rallying point for Georgians. We will welcome you with open arms—a salute according to feeling, not Hardee. Orderly. Army Corressondent Sav. Republican. THE HORSE INFIRMARY GEORGIA. Magnolia >Hill, Johxsox County, Ga, \ Janu-ry 25th, Ieii4. J Having ever felt a deep interest in that noble animal the horse, and especially since the commencement of the war, you will pardon me if I ask at your hands space enough for the following account of a visit I havejust made to the Infirmary, established in Laurens county in this State, for the treatment and cure of diseas ed, wounded and disabled animals belong ing to the government. The Infirmary is located in Laui;ens coun ty. near the line between that county and Johnson, on the lands of Dr. Thomas A. Parsons, and about twelve miles from Oconee statimin the Central Ilailrord, and one mile from the Oconee river. Tlie lo cality is healthy, the land rol! ; ng and pro ductive, the water facilities excellent, and the pasturage very good in spring and summer. r I lie government rented 3,000 acres of land from Dr. P. last summer, and immediately began the work of erecting stables, lots, corn and fodder bouses and other necessary buildings. There is con siderable cane on the tract, an-d over 200 acres of luxuriant Bermuda grass, both of which afford fine pasturage for the horse. Horses that have become diseased, or been worn down.pr otherwise disabled in the public service, in South Carolina, Georg’aand Tennessee, are sent here for treatment. Large comfortable stables and shelters, and high dry lots, have been pro vided for them. If they are suffering from glanders or any contagious disease, as farcy or distemper, they are assigned to n hospital for that particular disorder, which is located at a safe distance from the other stables and lots. If they have been wounded or crippled, or have a bad case of fistula, or scratches, each fine is put in a comfortable stable to himself; and so if they have been disabled by hard usage, they are placed iu roomy stalls at night and turned out to graze and exercise during the day. ’Each animal is curried and rubbed daily, his legs and feet washed, and his particular malady or hurt carefully attended to. Indeed, all the diseases to which the horse is subject, are here thor oughly treated by experienced and practi cal veterinary surgeons and farriers, whose zeal is highly commendable, and whose success has been remarkable. The estab lishment is systematically arranged and managed, and hostlers conversant with their duties are assigned to the care of the animal, under the superintending care aud direction of the farriers; iu certain diseases, as in glanders and larey, gentle exercise is prescribed, and the horses are led or rid den for short distances. The general opinion is that glanders is a fatal disease, but I am assured that over thirty cases of it have beeu cured at this establishment. Of the whole number ot diseased aud disabled animals thus fat sent to the Infirmary, nearly eighty-five per cent have beeu saved. Mauyof them after beinu cured and reernited, have been returned to the army. Others are improv ing rapidly, and will soon be in a eon ition for service The rule adopted by the commandant of ^the post is not to send back any animal until it has beon thor oughly recruited and rendered fit for duty. Such as can never be made available for plies, nor keep proper watch upon the ene- ] my. AA T hat further motive does a saga- j cious and patriotic government require? p. xv. A. MORGAN S OFFICERS IN THE OHIO PEN- ITENIARY—HOW THEY ARE TREATED. Tbe following' slip from tlie special correspon dence of the Cincinnati Enquirer has been kindly- handed us by a gentleman who lias just succeeded in making his'escape from tlie Yankees. It needs | no comment from us: Examiner. Columbus. December 27,1863. Morgan is not c-uight, so far as we know here, but his officers in the penitentiary are well caged. If we can t get the’chief to punish, we e»n punish his colonels, captains arid lieutenants lie left be hind him. Every one of his officers is iu solitary continment, iu a sione eeli, seven feet long by three and one-half feet wide, cold and dark at tiiat. Here their exercise is walking a plank six feet long and one and half broad, laid lengthwise on the ffoorofthe cell. Three short steps forward— whe 1 to right about three steps the other way— about agiin, march three steps for ward, aud so they exercise untill the short steps make them diz zy, when they are glad to lest themselves on iheir cots. We are punishing them because they didn't escape, or because Morgan and half a cozen of their number did. Any how we are punishing them. We allow them to write to their parents, wives or sisters, it they have any, and if they havn't we inspect then letters. Nobody can com plain of that. Nor do we allow them to receive shirts or clothing from friends or relatives. Wo complain of the way our Union prisoners, at Richmond, are treated. I guess the rebels can’t beat our Ohio Penitentiary, nor the Western Pen itentiary of Pennsylvania, at Alleghenytown.— Solitary confinement in a narrow cell will soon bring prisoners to the lunatic apartment, or mother earth. The history of all bastiles proves that— General Neal Dow and Commissioner Meredith The Dulchnaan and Staaewall Jackaaa. The following amusing story of the ex* j perienee of a German sutler iu the Yankee army is told by one of our surgeons who was left in charge of our wounded at Gettys burg, Fa., last summer. It seems the sur geons, in passing through Uageistown, Md. oveiheard a conversation which took place on the street between the sutler and a friend othis which was as follows : Friend.—“Hello! Broom, 1 thought you were down in Dixie, sutlering.” I?room.—“AA T ell you zhisf take one drink o’ lager beer mit me and 1 tells you.” r l bey botli drink, and Broom con tinues : You see de times git dull here about Hagerstown, und I tinks I gaes mit the army und sutler. A’ell, I zhist takes me mine ehpring vagon uud mine negro boy Ike, und gits me some goots und goes me to Villiamstown. Und dine is de covalreo und de infondroe und de ardilleree ; und de bond plays Yonkee doodles, und Shtar Sbpongled Bonner und Hail Golumby ; und de Shtars und Shtripes float mit de tops ov de houses mit do vind—uud 1 thinks me dos all is right : Und den falls me in mit do rear ov de army und gaes me to Martinstown ; und dare sells me mine grackers und mine sardines uud mine lager beer, und gits me de creen backs mit mine pocket, und I thinks me dos is good. Und den falls me in mit de army again und goes me mii ter Zheneral Banks to Winchester. Yell dare at Yiuchester sells me mine sardines und mine grackers und mine se- about nine inches below the otuamejitsil buttons on bis coat. “God Almighty.” answered Joe, in all elevated tone, ai the same tflRe'iising to Itis feet. • “That is correct,” replied tlrfc teacher* “but it is not necessary »hat you should' rise in answering; a sitting posture is ja»t as well.” . <i Joe was seated auu tbe catechism pro* ceeded. * AA r ho died to save the world ?” Tbe p;n was again inserted. “Jesus Christ!” in a louder tone than before again rising to his feet. “That is correct, but do not manifest so much feeling; do be a little more reserved in your mamiers,” said the teacher, in an expostulating tone of voice. After Joe bad calmed down, tbe exami nation went on. “AA r Lat will be tbe final doom of all wicked men ?” was the subject now up for consideration, and as tbe pin was again “stuck in.”Joe thundered out, a still high er elevation in bis body. “Hell and damnation !’•’ “My young friend, you give the true an swers to all the questions, Tut while you are here we wish you to be moro. mild in your words. Do, if you can, restrain yonr enthusiasm, and give a less extended scope to jour feelings.” say that the rebel Government allow our Union prisoners to receive what their friends chose to _ send them. Norifanyof tnem escape are those ! gars und mine lager beer und all mine that remain shut up, each man by himself, in a g 00 t s> uild gits me de Creenbacks mit mine pocket; und 1 tinks me dos all 30 good. solitarj’ coll, either by way of punishment or warn ing. CaptSin Hurt has gone to Cincinnati, where he will go through the raili. We shall know soon, it is to be hoped, what there is in his defence; espe cially anxious are we here to hear his explanation of those letters to Jay Cooke & Co. There are not a few anxious hearts here as to the result, and especially as to the testimony that will be produc ed by the Government. Good Avick.—The Atlanta Confederacy gives some excellent advice to its readers on the sub ject of gardening. It is plainly the duty of every one who has a spot of ground he can cultivate, to raise sortie thing in the eating line. To become a product.r. In this way, no maiter bow little he raises, he assists that much in releiving the wants of the public. Here is what the Confederacy sat s: Jl’iie season for gardening is rapidly approaching ami we hope every one that has ai. available foot of ground will make rapid haste to have it planted in vegetables of some sort, not only for our own use but for the use of our soldiers, especially those who sre in hospitals. Itis a well known tact that vegetables are earnestly craved by soldiers, who are contincd|to bnadaud beel rations that they almost detest the sight of either of them, and long for something fresh from the garden. Then fet every one plant all the potatoes, peas, beans, tomaloes, &c, that his ground will accom modate, and not only will their own living be great ly economized but they will have it in their power j to furnish many thing3 to the soldier that would ’ 1 luxuries to them while they would cost the grower only a little trouble. Persons generally fail to have a just apprecia tion of the value of even a small patch of ground. We know that a very email patch well cultivated, has often yielded more profit to the owner then many a farm of considerable dimensions. (Thero is always a demand for vegetables of nearly all kinds, but at Rie present time that demand is ex traordinary. and a good crop of vegetables will yield a neat little income. Hut we desire not to ague the question with our readers, we merely meant to call their attention to the necessity of cul tivating as many vegetables as possible, in order that a generons supply mauy be available for the hospitals. It is a well known fact that patients in hospitals confined to the usual hospital rations lin- active service, especially mares, are stiver- j £ er ver .>' ,on £' in their recovery, while those who Used and sold at public outcry to farmers. I ure s0 ns t0 P rocure Y^ etab ' e8 much Some of the animals were received in the lowest condition, but under the close at tention and skillful treatment given them, they are now doing remarkably well. A number of cases of lameness sent to the Infirmary arose from non attention to the hoofs and feet. The Commandant of the post is Capt. J. G. McKee, of Columbus, Georgia, au more rapidly convalescent. Then give the sick and wonnded soldier vegetables and thereby you will be giving him health and strength and aiding the country in so tar as sending men to the army is concerned. A Federal Opinion of Ihc Prospects this Spring A correspondent of the Chicago Timts, right ing frem Washington, gives his views upon the prospects of Lincoln's Generals, the coming cara- officer of rare zeal and fidelity, who has ! b, ‘ seen , that ' vh . ile be ht coufident j t 11 1. * . J . T . , , that no headway can be made in Vlr^inia, he is boen disabled' in tbe service. He is dev o- ; not . a j| sanguine of any success in t »e West, ted to his business, and is one of the most j From all (hat can he learned of the plans and energetic men I have met with in the pub- ! resources of the Confederates, itis evident that lie service. He has in his employ fifty ne- ! ll ' 0 ^ are ful1 * P re P ared ,or 3 vi S oroU8 a P riu .* and i ... - „ | summer campaign. Thein armies are much less groes anu eight white men. He is now , numerous thm ours. It cannot he .shown that preparing accommodations for 2,000 more ! they have quite 400,000 troops, but they are all horses, which are expected to arrive soon, I well disciplined, and in a defensive war are equal to and tide „rill ,»n ,ln. If naanaaaa^ fa la,- ~! Ml, 1)00 »Ct 1 Og offensively. It SCOUIS t<* boUndiT- stowd that, at the opening of ihe spring campaign, they wll he divided between Gen. Lee. on the The Recent Fight in Lee County, I a.— The report that Gen. AA'in. E. Jones had a fight with the Yankees in Lee coun ty is entirely confirmed. The Bristol Ga zette is indebted to Lieut. J. C. Anderson, of the thirty sixth Virginia Battalion, for the following particulars. It seems that a portion of the sixteenth Illinois cavalry, consisting of four compi- t.ies, were sent out from Cumberland Gap to gather up forage, and if possible, to gather up the little band of soldiers in that comity, under the command of Lieut. Col. Pridemore, of Colonel Slemp’s regiment, Wlio an. alwayo watching and liari-aeeing these foraging parties. He informed Gen. Jones that tills party could bo bagged; and. by Gen. Jones’ skilllul maneuvering succeeded in capturing nearly the whole party. Pridemore toled them from the Gap, and Gen. Jones, with his command, got iu their rear, and being attacked both in front and rear, were caused to surren der; which they did after a hard fight of some half hour’s duration, about half a mile west of Jonesville’ The enemy took refuge in, and fought from the large brick dwelling of A. Mil- burn, of said county. Jones brought on the attack, but as soon as Pridemore came up with his little baud of some one hundred men, the enemy- surrenderd. The whole capture is as follows: Three buudred and eighty prisoners, including sixteen com missioned officers, upwards of four hun dred horses, twenty or thirty wagons, and something like five hundred stand of small arms, including three pieces of artillery. The officers captured consisted of oue Ma jor, four Captains, and the remainder of a less rank. This affair has added another chaplet to adorn the crown of military glory, to be worn by the gallant Jones. AVe learn from Mr. AldeUson, that Gen eral Jones’ Brigade during the last two months, has captured 1295 prisoners, over one hundred wagi ns, c’ght hundred mules, and upwards of fifteen hundred horses.— In the affair refered to above, he lost five men killed, and twelve wounded. The enemy’s loss was ten killed and some thir ty wounded. and this will render it necessary to employ- additional help. No white man is em ployed except disabled soldiers and per sons unfit for service by reason of age or other infirmity. The farriers and veteri nary- surgeons attached to the Infirmary are Alessrs, AA r . P. Davis and J. Disbrow, both of whom are devoted to tlie horse and exceedingly skillful in the treatment of diseases to which he is subject. Indeed, all the employees at this post, white and black, manifest a zeal and an earnestness that is truly refreshing in these clays of shuffling and affected patriotism. The horse receives here the same care and at tention as the sick or disabled soldier docs line of tlie Rapio'an, and Gen - Jose ph E John ston. between Chattanooga and Atlanta, with a sniali force under Beauregard, at Charleston' — Un den gaes me to Mr. Taylor, of de Taylor House, und tell me der Mr- Taylor, now you zhist keep de sphring vagon and de nagro boy Ike, und I gaes men to Bal timore, und buys me new goots—und den gaes me to Baltimore, und buys me beep o’ new goots—four five dollar tousand vort —und comes me back to Vinchester und gits me one house close by de Taylor House, so you can see him as you comes mit de Taylor House dis way; und puts me de nice.fly paper on the vail, und puts me mine goots in mine house : und runs me two shtiicks mit de door out for trow de callico agross zliust for tract de ten- tion. Und von day coom von negro hoy nnd looked him mine vinder iu und say, “Oh! vot puny goots ! Vot beep party goots ! A r ish I had some dem goots. Never mind, Shtoueval Zhackson coom here some dese days, den gits me some dem goots!”— “Und I say! A^ot you know bout it ?— Shtonewall Zhackson not come here; dey be too many beoples !” Und von day coom von Ynkee coavalree und shteal me mine goots ; und den gaes me to der Zheneral Banks and tells me der Zheneral es von Yankee covalrec shteal me mine goots; und de Zheneral say, “I makes dat Yankee covalree bring back dem goots.” Und de next day coom de Yankee cov alree und put me mi^e goots on von counter und another Yankee covalree shteal me mine goots from de other counter, so I have not so much goots as before. Und von day coom von nagro vencli and price me de goods und say “Dese goots be too high. Never mind; Bhtonewall Zhack son coom here some dese days, den gets me dese goots for nothing.” Und I say “Darn the nagro vench. Vot you know bout it ? Shtonewall Zhackson not can coom here ; dey be too many beoples.”— Und den coom de bick bucks mit de ladies und price me de goots, und tbey make up mit de uose, und say “Does goots be too high. Never mind ; Shtonewall Zhackson coom here some dese days; he git dese goots.” Und I say “Vot you know bout it ? Shtonewall Zhackson he not can coom here ; dey- he too much beoples.” And von day shtand me in mine door und looked me de sbtreet up, und sees me vou Yankee covalreo come down the shtreet, last as he can coom—in mit oue shoe and out mit one shoe, und his hair shtick shtraight out mit do vind. Uud I say, “Helloe ! mine friend, for vot you run so last ?” Uud the Yankee covalree say “I no stop talk me j-ou. Stonewall Zhack son coom,” und den hears me de big gun go loose and I thinks me dis be one sker at the hospital. How much better is this than the prac-1 t j iat between Cliattanoo# tice which has prevailed, in many parts of the Confederacy? Previous to tlie estab lishment of this infirmary, horses worn out or disabled in the cae,.:,.a turned out. to perish around the camps or left behind on the march, whilst allj animals bavin - the glanders, heretofore considered incu rable, xfere taken out and shot. The places thus made vacant were filled by the impressing officer, one of whom is known to have seized a fine stallion and appropriated him to his own use. The impressed animals were taken to the army, where they were neglected, abused and disabled, and where in their turn many- of them finally perished. The drain thus kept up upon the stock of horses in the country has beeu enormous, the prevailing idea seeming tq be that the supply was in exhaustible. It bad been fortunate for tbe Confedera cyifthe authorities, both civil and milita ry, had sooner appreciated the value of an able bodied man and a good horse- In a country like ours, bounded on one side by a cordon of hostile States, and shut up on the other by a blockade which effectually prevents us from recruiting our. wasted ar mies from other parts of the world, the worth of a capable soldier* or horse is in calculable. But the authorities have at last taken a step in the right direction. Let them fol low it up by establishing other infi.maries at points where, as at this, there is an abundant supply of corn and forage.— There should at least be one in the trans- Mits.ssippi Department, another in Alaba ma, and another in North Carolina.— Without the- horse, we can neither grow provisions for the army, nor move its sup- The geuei'Hl for. tures of the war, on their part, will mish ill de suburps of the town, and dis bs Strictly defensive. Oor armies, when they ad- be von i mmo ralize Yankee covalree run vance, will meet with little resistance until they are down far into tbe interior of the country, but aw rf' then they will be assailed with what tbe Confede- j L nd den looks me de street up and seed rates wsh try to make overwhelming uumbers.— me de sutler vagon come ; and zhust be- Military men understand perfectly that, until. hind the sutler vagon do ardiHeree; and de Richmond tails, Charleston cannot be taken* In ,. n . % ,, ’ the East, therefore, the exertions of the G'onfede- Liuilleree run IU mit the sullcr vagon, aus rates will be confined chiefly to the defence of their brake the sutler vagon, and dare lays do capita'; and it is not likely that any change will grackers, aud sardines, and cigars, and he made in the mode of con flicting that defense nee dles and pins, and calicoes and lager which has hitherto been so successful. . ,,- r ,, - i . . In the Westit is likely that our operations will beev - a11 ln vongrond heap in de street, carry us into what has hitherto been terra incog, ami zhust behind de ardilleree coom the n-.ta. It will be seen, on examining a g >od map, infontrec ; and zhust behind the infonliee i Chattanooga au l Atlanta there are j 0 cova lree; and zliust behind de covalree two livers. Joe hrs: is ttie north branch ot tie , . ; , . Coosa river, which extends from Rome to ldlijay, ! oe gray-backs . Mines varle. . v as gray- a distance of sixty miles. The second is the | backs ! and zliust benind the gray-backs Etowa river, which extends from Rome to Dah- coom vou Stonefence Zbonson mit von big l K ~, a -r --——a- u...i. uf ' ... these cover Atlanta, and both lorm admirable de fensive lines against an army advancing from Chattanooga. Itis probable that it is the design of Gen. Johnston to make use of ihese two defen sive lines to their fullest extent' It seems that an army, advancing from Chattanooga to Atlanta, must cross both of these streams at some point.— If Mine run. in its insigniticance, formed an insur mountable barrier to the advance of Meade's ar my, what cannot be done with two such streams as these? The praticability of turning them will, ofcourse, occur to Gen. Grant.' But to turn them will require a circuitous march through the untrod den defiles and across the tracklns- mountains of North Georgia—an operation quite as hazardous to an army as an attempt to cross two rivers in the direct lino of its march. There is no doubt how ever thatfiie conqueror of Vicksburg will be found equal to all the exigencies oi the campaign. Pro gress in the war in iy be made in the West, but there is little hope of any progress in the Ease Courtesy.—No woman can be a lady who would wound or mortify another. No matter now beautiful, bow refined, bow cultivated she may be, she is in teality coarse, and the innate vulgarity of her na ture manifests itself hero. Uniformly kind, courteous and polite treatment of all persons, is one mark of a true woman, and of a true man, also. Airs. Gen. Gaines, who was connected with the celebrated Gaines will case, has beeen ordered by tiie Yankee authorities to return to the South. .A gentleman just from abroad, says the English will let the Alexandra go, but not the rams. The Pope is heartily on onr side, and Cardinal Antonelli is as good a Confederate as any Southerner, tin horn and blows, -‘Who’s been here since I’ve ljeen gone?—who’s been here since I’ve been gone ?” and me nj slitay for tell him “who’s been here since I’ve been gone !” The old fellow became so much excited that he used the words “Stonefence Ziion- son,” for Stonewall Jackson.” A RACY SKETCH. A few days since, some roguish boys,in a town not a thousand miles from the capi- tol of New Hampshire, persuaded Joseph N , or, as lie was generally called, “Joe,” to attend Sunday School. Joe was an overgrown, half wilted pro fane lad, and the boys anticipated consid erable fun—but the various questions pro pounded to him were so readily and cor rectly answered that no one could for a moment suppose that he was not versed in theological lore. Joe was duly ushered in and placed on a settee in front of one on which his friends were seated, and recitation commenced The teacher first questioned tbe class on their regular lessons,aud afterwards turned towards Joe : “My friend, wLo made the world that we inhabit /” “Eh ?” said Joe, turning up his eyes like au expiring calf. “AVho made the world that we in habit ?” J ust as he was probably about to anawar the question, one of the hoys seated be hind inserted a pin into his (Joe’s J panto [From the New York Metropolitan.] millalouri Cor the IVrcUa of .Hr. I.incaln u4 hi* Cabinet. • The indications in favor of peace are becoming stronger and stronger every day. That portion of the press which sustains the war policy is now denouncing Mr. Lincoln and his advisers. Tbe New York AVorld, which no one can charge-^ with peace procilvitics, is absolutely threatening Mr. Lincoln—aye, predicting for uim tiie worst fate that could possibly be fall a man. In a brief article, entitled ,,Lin coln’s Follies,” it handles that “patriot and statesman” without gloves, and warns him to forego whatever aspirations he may have in regard to serving the country for another Presidential term. Th?s is trea son, actual, downright treason, if ever there was treason in the AVorld. It tells him that it would he better—but here are h’s own words,' and wo do not think we could improve upon them: “But Mr. Lincoln and his cabinet hud better have millstones hanged about their necks aud be drowned in the bottom of tbe sea, than hold power for another four years. The financial crash will come ere the ex piration of th^jt term. The political re vulsion will come before then—the waking up of the’nst on from its awful delusion— and woe, then? to the authors of our ca lamities. . “Ah ! yes,'the financial crash is the thing that will settle the matter. We could get along well enough, Messieurs Editors, so long as our pockets were not touched—well enough so JoDg as things worked on smoothly at home; but when we begin to feel iu our pockets, when our purse strings are cut (what matter about the heart strings), then w-e will rouse up, and waken the echoes with our roaring, It is of little consequence how many have been driven into Mr. Lincoln’s slaughter pens, and how many more have been re duced to poverty and . destitution; but the temple of Mammon must not be undermin ed if he would save himself from the “fi nancial crash.” He might strike at the very foundations of constitutional freedom, he might pull down the pillars that sus tain the temple of liberty-, but let him be ware of tlio financial 'crash, for if that should come, and find him still in office, then indeed it would be better for him and his cab’net ‘to have millstones banged about their necks, and be drowned in the bottom of the sea.’ It is only the sound of this crash that will wake up the ‘nation from its awful delusion.’ It is only this that will briug woe to the authors of our ca lamities.’ “AVe could stand the suspension of the babea s corpus, we could *tand the arbi trary arrest and imprisonment of our fello^tr citizens—we could in a word, stand the de privation of every right dear to freemen ; but the President who is so unfortunate in his policy as to bring a “financial crash” down upon us, had better look out for ‘millstones’ and ‘the bottom of the sea.’ “As we have said, this denunciatory language towards the President is p6culi- ary suggestive, for some of our papers are like weather cocks, showing which way the wind*blow3. Our Republican Czar is evidently on the downward track, and the memories which will be conjured up by those who have suffered at his hands, or through his policy, will embitter and inten sify the feeling of dislike and hatred that will follow him into private life. He and his advisers will have no smooth road be fore them. History is full of examples of the fate of those who have 6et at defiance the principles of right and justice in their mad attempts to retain possession of ar bitrary and ill-gotten power’ The Cost ur an Estate—“What is the value of this e*:^tc » ' sui ■ a gentleman to auoihsr, with whom he wa- ridh.g. ns they pasted n tine mansion, and ihroo^h lioh BbiJs- •« I dou't know wbat It is valued ati I know what it cost its late possessor.” “ How much I” “ His soul!” A solemn pause followed this brief aoswer. The person to whom it was given was not seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness. The late possessor referred to was the ■ son of a pious man, who supported his family by the labor oftis hands. The son early obtained a subordi nate positiouin a mercantile establishment in the city. Ho woo thou a professor of religion. He continued to maintaiu a reputable profession till he became a partner in the concern. He then gave increasing attention to business and less to relig ion. Ere he was an old man. he became exceed ingly wealthy aud miserly, and no one who knew liiui had any suspicion that he had ever been a professor of religion. Il6 purchased a large lauded estate, built tbe costly mansion referred to above, and,died. Just before he died, he said, “ My prop erty has been my ruin.” Analysis of the Tax Law in CVnorkss.—It is kaowutbat Congress is now maturing in secret Bessi jd n Bill to levy taxes for tlie support of Government. Tnis Bill lias come from the Special Committee on Currency. Its features may be briefly but reliable stated. It proposes a tax of twenty per cent, on a.l agricultural products; wheat, corn, tobacco, naval stores, provisions, cloths audgouera'.ly all articles which may be enumerated as army supplies. Stocks coin, aud all paper used ns currency are taxed five per cent. All urliioli liu vo honn Tiui.l if* (ififltK’-rntf* mfllU>V All debts wiiicli have been paid ir Con fed-rate money prior to the passage of the Act are taxed against the party who paid them, ton to twenty per cent, according to the date of payment. Profits in trade and business, made r-iuoe the 1st of January, 1H62, aro taxed thirty- three per cent, with some exceptions, aud with an additional tax of twenty-live per cent, on the exeeaa over twenty five per cent.of the profit* of incorpora te and joint stock companies made in any of tlie years since the war. The income taxiesuspended. GEORGIA, Mitchell County. W HEREAS, Mary B. Jones, minor child of Wm. J. Jones in tbe Confederate Army, i* possessed of a considerable estaio in ber own right, and whereas, David A. Bostick applies to me for letters of guardianship of the person and property of the said minor, ,, These are therefore to cite and admonish au and singular the kifileed and treditors of said de cease 1 to file their objections, if imy they have, in terms of tbo law, why letters shall not be grant- dhhilj W. *r - J ““' r "“jOS. J. BEiW'ORO.OHltor^ Jan. 12, ld64. Pd.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Confederate union. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1862-1865, February 16, 1864, Image 1