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*■ UOL f til[Tii.Vi MSBET, BARNES k MOORE Pubiislinrs and Proprietors. s. II. NJ*Br. I . 1 (i ! jc Canfcbcratc Pinion ( J Weekly, in Alil/eilgrri/le, Ga. of Hancock and Wilkinson i'Sts. //■ Court House.) At $5 a year in Advance. OCR NEW TEB.fl*. : after September l»t, 18C3,tlieTerx* ot Sub- j GEORGIA, Berrien Countr" 1,1 tlie Coufodcrate Union, tire Iivf. l)oi. IlfHFBFAS i. m „ ». ' AU indebtedness for j W letters of'J.ZfJj. ?'*? a P» ,lie8to "te for JAMES S. IIARRIS^and Lgenia Harris apply ,,,-anV.v in advance. All indebtedness tor ; yy let»Pr« nf a* , appl.es to me for ;;'of'' Tl,ree^Vutlarl'per Daniel Panlk de^ased ^ lhe D ‘ in0r I,eirof Guardian's Sale. .... persons interested will take notice and fit. ! objections if any in my office on or before the first . Monday ,n March next, otherwise issue. letters will 1 GREEABLE to an order of the Court of Or- , Given tinder my band officially th;« T.a,,,,. \ Jinary of Jasper county, will be sold on the j 26th, 1864. y f “ iS •' !5nu “ r > r.t n Tuesday in Al’RIL next, in the town of J 37 5t Paid S3 HT PFFPT r»rd> M ,’ ti rv lo. in said county, the following proper- j „„ 1 LLh ' ° rd Y to-wit: mdred and eighty Acres of Land, the ■ne bcin" one lilth of the lands belonpinR to the inor children of Wm. F. Flournoy, deceased — •II ii,-d on Heard s Creek—adjoining lands of 15. i- . v H Preston. Jr. and otiiers. Sold «3 property of Samuel A F lournoy, minor, for 15. MADDUX, Guardian. February IIth,i^4- M 11 H M ids GEORGIA, Thomaa County. Court of Ordinary, January W MUREAS, John R Maddox, Adr 5, 1S64. ud eultigentium. iiinigtiator .. _ .. - . m application by Df-ii- tiou to tins Court, lor permanent letters of Ad ministration on the estate of Jesse W. Maddox to mo for letters of administration on the es tate of Moses D Harris dec'd of said county AU persons interested will take notice and file objections on or before the first Monday in March next, otherwise letters will issue. Witness my band and official signature II. T. PEEPLES, Ord’v. January 23th, 1864. (Pd $3) 3* GEORGIA, Appling County. To ah whom it may concern. Ailm in is/rat or’s Sale. fl.LllE SOLD,before the Court House door W t’l’ic Town of Yald Turs'lav in April next, a] t« *r tin; •ancd. I/(Wide* county on the first the lands belonging to tin; i) Carter late of Lowndes county dec’d. nt lit of the heir- and creditors of said deceased Ah persons interested, are notified to file their objections in said Court, otherwise said letters will be granted to said applicant at the regular Urn. of aaiJCourt, to beheld at Thomasville said county, on ttie first Monday in March next. 1(7 5t H. H. TOOKE, Ord’y. Fehmary let 1861. SAMUEL CARTER Adtn’r. j. w, H. 39 tds. GEORGIA, Thomas County. C ourt of Ordinary, January 25. 1864. "YA7 ULKLAS, Teressa A. Ho wen makes appli- v » latic- *- - - r • r A Jmimstrate/r’s Sale, 11"ILL HE SOLD on tlie first Tuesday in \V May next, at the Court House door m Ir- w invi'le. Irwin county Ga . w ithin the usual hours of sale, as the estate of Thus. S. Rigdou, dec’d., nart"It Lot Xo 214 in the 6th dist. of Irwin, con i nline two hundred and teu acres, more nr less. IVrms cash. ' REBECCA RIGDON, Adinrx. Feb. 1st, 1864. 38 tds lion to tins court for letters of admi'stra- tion on the Estaie of John G. Lindsey deceased. All persons having objections will file them in said coint ctheiwis- said letters will be granted to the applicant at a regular term of.-aid court to be held at i bomasville, said eounly, on the first Mon ti ay in March next. 37ot II. II W HEREAS, John Bennett Sr., makes appli- catien to me for letters of administration on the estate of Henry Bennett deceased. This is therefore t 0 cite and admonish all whom it may concern, to file their objection i. if any tbev have, on or before the first Monday in March next otherwise said letters will be granted. \\ itness my hand and official signature, this January 14, 1864. J. LIGIITSEY, Ordinary A. C. January 14, le64. 5 t A LL persons indebited to the estate of Newton J Rogerr * ~ .. 8 lele ot Baldwin County deed., are request- e 1 lua * e P a >' meu t ami creditors of said deceased will please present their demands. LOUISA .1. ROO ERS Ad.m’x. JAREI) F. ROGERS Adm’r. January llfh 1884. j. h. 3o 6t. Hot ice tej Ik eh tors and Creditors. G GEORGIA, I homas Couiity. AlTjiersons in* •Jebted to John R. Reville, of said county, deceased, are notified to make immediate payment TOOKE. Ordinary. GEORGIA. Thomas County. Court of Ordinary, January 25, 1S64. \XI HEREAS. Alary K J Daniel makes aupli- vt catic" *■ :J '’—• - - - H^eculor’s Sale. v iriLL BE SOLD, on the first Tuesday It March next, before the Court-House door, in the town of Biaekshear. Pierc Ite usual hours of sale, in ;li said town. Sold as the property of Allen C - v kland, decease!!. Terms on day of sale CASSEY ST THOM January 4, 1864. Pd. So. 34 tds ition to said Court for letters of Guardian ship for the persons, property and effects of Char- lottj, Julia C, and Mary F. Daniel, minor resi dents of said county. These are therefore to cite and admonish all . i terce co Ga .between persons concerned to be and appear at my office small parcels, lot no. 92 ; on the first Monday in March next, to show 1 ln “" r ' cause, if any they have, why letters shall not is sue to the applicant iu terms of the law. 5t 11. H. TOOKE. Ord’v. to the undersigned, and all those having claims against hiitl will present them in form as required b -V law. THOMAS HARVIN, Adm’r. December 25tn, 1863. it 11 r 33 Gt STRICKLAND, ) .. )MAS SWEAT, S xec rs. GEORGIA, Miller County. Administrator's Sale. nv VIRTUE el an order of the Court of Ordi- B \ V IK I ( L ot an order ofthe flonorabloCourt of C ” T l) nary Baki r County, will be sold before the Court-House door in Twiggs county, on the first j . sday in March next, within the usual hours of all the lands belonging to the estate of Mrs. Nancy Allen, late of Baker county deceased. No. ot -aid lands not known, but adjoining the lands ofD. W. .Shine’s and others, in Twiggs county Ga. Terms of sale cash. C. I’’. SMITH, Administrator. December 7. 1^63. T. A. 34 tds Ordinary ot Miller county, will be sold „„ the first Tuesday in March next, at the Coifrt- House door in said county, all the lands belonging to the estate of George A. Collier deceased, late ot said county—including number’s 4(10, 401,409 and 408, all lying in the 12th distiict of said county. Sold for benefit cf creditors and for distribution among the heirs. JXO. W. SOLOMON, Adm’r. January 4, 1864. Pd. $5. 34 tds ny VIRILE of an ojder of the Court of Ordi- J j uary of Echols county, will be sold before the juty GEORGIA, Thomaa County. Court of Ordinary, Fcbru Where; T t istratrix ad colligendum, makes application to this Court for permanent lettersof administration IX TV days from dale application will be made Ewl.to the honorable the Court of Ordinary of 1 wiggs county, for an order for leave to sell all the land belonging to the estate of Joshua Staf ford, Senior, late of said county, deceased. MILLY' HUGHES, Adm'rx. Marion, Jan. 1 llh, 1861. 1. s 3594 I ’-WO months after date application will be made to the honorable the Court of Ordinary ot Lowndes county, Ga., tor leave to sell a negro man, and also a negro boy, belonging to the estate of Mrs Martha Sasser, deceased ILLIAM ROEBUCK. Adm’r. December lfith, 1863. j xv 11 31 9t police to Debtors and Creditors. G EORGIA, I nOMAS COUNTY—All persons indebted to C. W. Hines, of said county, de ceased, aie notified to niakf* immediate payment to ihe undersigned, and all those having claims against him, will present them in form as required bylaw. M. A. HINES, Admrx December 25th, 1863. ri n t 33 6t. Court House door in the town of Statenville,Echols on the estate of Samuel Hines, of said county, de- ( unity, on the fiist Tuesday in February next, ceased. within the usual hours of sale, one hundred acres j All persons having objections, will file them in i; laud, pait of lot No. 521, five hundred and twer.- | sa i J Court, otherwise said letters will be granted tv he, in the eleventh district of sai, county, j an d i sgue d to said applicant at a regular term of 8old as the property of James Touchton Jr., late ! sa ;d Court, lo be held at Thomasville, said county, -t said county deceased, for the benefit of the heirs 0 u the first Monday in March next. and creditots of said deceased JAMES TOUCH TON, Sr., AdnTr. Dec 19,1863. T. r>. c. I“d. $fi. 31 tds 38 fit II. H. TOOKE, Ord’y. Administrator's Sate. IT! Order of the court of Ordinary of Berrien 1 l ) county, wilt be sold before the Court House door in Nashville, on the first Tuesday in March ; next, within the legal hours ot sale, part of lot of | land 225, iu the tenth district of said county, con taining one hundred and forty acres, more or less, i belonging to the estate of James Hendley, dec’d. Sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased. Terms cash. D. C. SMITH, Adm’r. | Jan’y 5,18G4. Pd. fifi.OU 11 T t* 3fi tds GEORGIA, Pulaski county. Ordinarys Office for Said county. WHEREAS, Edward Tripp, applies to me for 1! letters of Guardianship ot the pdrsonofMa- ry Yearly minor of Henry Yearty deceased. This is therefore to cite all concerned, to he and appear at my office within the time presribed by law. and show cause it any they have why letters of Guardianship should not be granted the appli cant. Given under my hand and official signature this January 20th, 1864. JXO. J. SPARROW, Ord’y. 37 5t. GEORGIA, Appling County. OIXTY DAYS after date application will be GEORGIA, Lowndes County. ' made to the Court of Ordinary, of said county, for h ave to sell a’portion of the land and negroes belonging to the estate of Alfred S. Hall, deceased, for the purpose of paying debts. JOHN F. HALL, Adm’r December 15,1863. j. L. 31 9t YyHEBEAS, Isaac Jessup, administrator on S IXTY days after date application will be made ... - - - - * - to the Court of Ordinary of Irwin county f r leave to sell the real estate of John H. Tucker late 01 said county deceased. MICAJAH TUCKER, Adm’r. Dec. 7, 1863. 1. m c 31 9t. the estate of Joshua Jessup, deceased, has made application to this Court for letters of dis mission from the administration of said estate. These are therefore to admonish all persons in terested, to show cause, if any, within the tim8* prescribed by law. why said letters should not be granted to said applicant. . Witness my hand and official signature, this February 1st, 1861 JOHN W. HARRELL, Ordy. 33 6t Paid $6 S IXTY days ’mm date application will be made to the Co '01114 of Ordinary of Twiggs county for an order for leave to sell all the lands belong ing to the estate of llyram Parker, late of said county, deceased. RICHARD MYKICK, Adm’r. December 12th, 1863. l s 31 9t S IXTY’ DAY’S after date application will be made to the Court of Ordinary of Bulloch county, for leave to sell (be real estate of John W Gibson, late of said county deceased. JAMES J. MILLER. Ex’r. Dec. 15th 1863. (d b) 31 tds. S IXTY days after date application will be made to the Court of Ordinary of Irwin county for leave to sell the real estate of Thomas S. Rigdon. late of said county, deceased. REBECCA RIGDON, Adm’rx. Dec. 7, 1363. l m o 31 9t Notice to Debtors and Creditors. A LL persons indetneU to tbe estate ofE. T Bui lt lard late ofMitchell County, deed, are no- tetied to make immediate payment, and those hav ing demands against said deed,are notified to band them in, in terms of the law. M. JANE BULLARI), Adm ix. Febuary 1st, 1364. J J. it. Pd fi4, 33 6t Notice. GEORGIA, Pulaski county. t^IXTY’ DAY’S afterdate application will be made, GEORGIA, Mitchell County. yj 1XTY days after date application will he made > J to the Court ot Ordinary o 'yyHF.REAS, WadeC. Cox applies to me for Ordinary of l^vin county for eavetosell the real estate of Berry G. Rigdon a’e of said county, deceased. BERRY S. RIGDON, Adm i. Dec 7, 1863. I. M c 31 9t Administrator's Side. YITLL be sold on the first Tuesday in MAY’ M next, before the Court House dcor in Ir- '•.'. e. Irwin county, between the usual hours of r .9(1 acres of lot 214 in the 6th of Irwin, as the •j'ate of Berry G. Rigdon. deceased. BERRY S. RIGDON? Adm’r Feb 1st, 1864 . 33 tds letters cf administration on the estate of B. M. Cox, deceased, late of said county. These are therefoie to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said de ceased, to be and appear at my office, in Canrilla, to show cause in terms of tbe law, if any they have, why said letters should not be granted. Witness my hand and official signature this Feb. 1st, 1864. J J. BRADFORD, Onl y 38 ot Raid $3 to the honernble the Court of Ordinary of said county for leave to sell a negro man belonging to the estate of Abel T. Wright deceasd : late of said ouutv. WILLIAM WRIGHT. Feburary 1st, 1864. (j. J- s. 38 9t GEORGIA, Pulaski County. S IXTY days after dute application will be made to the Ordinary of Pulaski count}’, for leave to sell all the lands belonging to the estate of C- G. Davis late of said county deceased, for the heirs and credi tors of said deceased. 5IAT1IEYV GRACE Adm’r. January 8th, 1684. (j. g. s.) 37 9t. mVVO MONTHS after date application will be X made to the Court of Ordinary of Appling county, for an order to sell the laud belonging to the estate of Christopher Cbancey. late of said county deceased. HUGHEY CIIANCEY. Adm’r. January 11, 1864. J L 36 9t GEORGIA, Thomas County. 1 rt of Ordinary, February 1st, 1864. YI7HEREAS, Lindsey, makes M application by petition to this Couit , for let- administration on the estate of Johu G. h.iiilsey, of said county, deceased. A , persons having objections, will file them in : Court, otherwise said letters will be granted ai 1 issued to said applicant at a regular term of «a:J Court, to be held at Thomasville, said county, n the first Monday in March next. 38 fit II H TOOKE, Ord’y. GEORGIA Bulloch County. To ad ichont it may concern. W HEREAS. Susannah Gay applies to me for letters of administration on the estate of Mathew Gay, late of said county, deceased. These are therefore to cite arid admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said decea sed, to hie their objections, if any they have, in j GEORGIA, Irwin County. S IXTY' DAYS after date application will be made to the Court of Ordinary of Irwin coun ty, for leave to sell the land belonging to George ( J Young, late of said county deceased. CHARLES ROBERTS, Adm’r. ! Jan’y 11. 1364. . L m c 36 9t said let- my office in terms of the law, otherwise ters will be granted. Given under my hand officially, this 25th day of January.-1864. 33 5t i> B YVILLIAM LEE, Ord y. W! GEORGIA Berrien Ccuuty. \\ T HKREAS, Hamilton, W. McCranie applies 1 » to me for Tetters of Admistration on the estate of Allen T. Hart of said county deed. All persons ntercsted will take notice and file objections mi or { granted to said applicant. Wore the first Monday of March, otherwise letters ! VVitnesAiy hand and official signature, Feb. ai l be granted. Witness my official signature, j (gt, ls64. GEORGIA Lowndes Couuty. HEREAS, James Carter. Guardian of Irwin Swilley and Mary J. Swilley, makes applica tion to this Court for letters of dismission from said guardianship. These are therefore to admonish all persons in terested’ to show cause, if any, within the time prescribed bv law, why said letteis should not be GEORGIA Lowndes county. rilWO months after date application will be X made to the Honorable tlie Court ofOrdinary of said county for leave to fecit the land* belonging to the estate of Isaac D. Carter, late of Lowndes county deceased. SAMUEL CARTER Adm’r. Feburnary 1st, 1864. J. w. h. 39 9t. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. A LL persons having demands against the es tate ot Benjamin James and Frances M.. Ifi b, 5th 1864. I’d f3, II. T. PEEPLES, Ordinary. 39 fit. 38 fit JOHN W. HARRELL, Ord’y. James, late of Pierce county, deceased, will pre sent them duly authenticated within the time pre- j scribed by law, and all persons indebted to said ; estates, are requested to make immediate payment : to WILLIAM T JAMES, Adin’r February 12th. 1864, I’d $4 39 (it GEORGIA Bcilien County. GEORGIA, Berrien County. YW HEREAS, William Best applies to in© for an »1 order calling upou the administrators ofDavid Maithis, Deceased, late of said county, to execute foies to lot of land 333, in the 10th district of S’.id county. All persons interested, will take notice and file i ons or before the first Monday In May, raise said order will be granted. Witness my official signature, this February : ’tii, 1864. II. T. PEEPLES, Ord’y. Pd 86,09 39 3m GEORGIA, Bulloch County. To all whom it may concern. U'HEKEAS. Jane Ann Deloach makes ap plication t3 me for letters of administration 0,1 the estate of William Deloach, Jr., late of said county, deceased. I lo se are therefore to cite and admonish all per ‘ aw interested to be and appear at my office with- ■ lb’’ time prescribed by law to show cause, if *'iy they have, why said letters should not issue the applicant in terms of the law. Given under my hand officially this 4th day of 1 I'64. u B. 39fit WILLIAW LEE, Ord y. GEORGIA, Bulloch County. "U’HEREAS, Benjamin C. Lee and Nicy Wil iiams make application to me for letters ol on on the estate of Simon P. Vfilliams ^Inuuistration ‘(‘fo of said county deceased. 1 liese are tnerefore to cite and admonish all per- fons interested to be and appear at my office iu forms of tbe law, to show cause, if any tbev have, "by said letters should not be granted to Aiid ap Plicants in terms of the law. Given under nA- hand officially this 4th day of 1 - b 1661. d 3 39 fit WILLIAM LEE, Ord’y. 300 CORDS OF TAN BARK WANTED for the Georgia Penitentiary, for which * the highest Market price will be paid. , JAMES A. GREEN P. K. January 18th, 1864. 33 4m W M Besh. applies to me for nu order requiring the AdmrV of David Mathews dec’d of said comity to execute a deed to part ol lot of laud no. 331 in the 10 district Berrien . ’ * . All persons interested will take notice and file objec- (ions if any by the first mornlay in May. otherwise said order will*be granted. Wituess my official signature this Jauuary 30th, H. T. PEEPLES Ordinary. (Pd. fill) 38 3m. GEORGIA, Jasper County. W HEREAS, Samuel C- Shy makes application to me for letters of administration on the es tate of Joseph Jones, late of said couuty, de- C6MCd< These are therefore to cite and admouish all per sons concerned, to be and appear at my office on the first Monday iu April next, to show cause, if any they have, why letters shall not issue to the applicant, in terms of the law. _ Given under my hand officially, tins ^nd rub- rn *33’fit S 4 ‘ M. H. HUTCHISON, Ordinary. STATE OF GEORGIA, Pulaski county. W W PERRY’, Guardian of J. L. Holland, . having applied lo the Comt of Ordinary of said county for a discharge from his Guardian ship of J. L. Holland, person »Dd property. This is therefore to cite all persons concerned to show cause, by tiling object ions in my office, why the said \V. W. Perry should not be dismiss rd from his Guardianship of J. L. Holland and receive the usual letters of dismission. Given under mv official s 'P n ® , (F re ’ « JOHN J. SPARROW, Ord’y P. C. Jan. 30th, 1864. 33 fit. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. A LL persons indebted to YY ilford. “"V late of Thomas county, deceased, are notified to come forward and make immediate payment to the undersigned, and all those having claims •gainst him. wiff present them in form, and with in the time prescribed byJaw^ R|C£ AdmV Feb. 1, 1864. [11 HT] 3801 GEORGIA, Mitehel couuty. S IX MONTHS »ftor dote I will apply-la the Ordi nary of sai l county for letters of dismissal from the Administration of the estate of Dolly Oliver, de ceased. This February 3rd,3864. B. B. KEATON. (Pd $6.) 40 6m. GEORGIA, Bulloch County. To all whom it may concern. HEREAS. John M. Martin and Sarah Mar- .._ make application toine for lettersof ad ministration on the estate of James II. Martin, late of said coiBity, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all per sons interested to be aud appear at my office by the first Monday in April next, to sliow cause, if any they have, why letters should not issue to the applicants in terms of the law. Given under iny hand officially this 4th day of Feb. 1864. u. il. 39 fit YVILLIAM LEE, Ord’y’ GEORGIA, Jasper County. W HEREAS, Jesse M. Owens makes applica- I lion to me for letters ot administration tbe estate of Charles Kitchens, late of said coun ty, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear at my office on the first Monday in April next, to show cause, if any they have, w hy letters shall not issue to the ap plicant in terqis of the law. Given under my hand officially, this 13th day of Y'ebrnary, 1864. 39 fit M H HUTCHISON, Ord’y. GEORGIA Lowndes couuty. ■yyHEREAS Owen Smith and James E. Griffin . . makes application to this Court tor letters of ad ministration ou the estate of Mitchell S. Griffiiu late of Lowndes county deceased. Theseure therefore to admonish all persons interest ed to file their objections, if any at this office within the time prescribed by law why said letter! should cot begranted to euidapplicant,otherwise said letters will be granted and issued to said applicant. Witnessed my hand and official signature this 1st, day of February 1864. 7 JOHN W. HARRELL Ord’y, 39 fit. The following biil was passed by Congress iu secret session, and the injunctions of secrecy hav ing been removed, it is made public : “A BILL to suspend the privilege ofthe writ of tiibcas corpus in certain cases- •‘Wher,-as, the Constitution ofthe Confederate Mates of America provides in Article 1, Section 9, Paragraph 3, that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended unless when, in case of rebellion or invasion, tbe public safety inay require it, and whereas the power of suspen ding tbe privileges of said writ, as recognized in Artic.e I, is vested solely in (lie Congress, which is the exclusive judge of th3 necessity of such suspension; and whereas, in the opinion of tbe Congress, the public safety requires the suspen- siouotsaid writ in the existing case of the inva sion of these Mates; and whereas, the President has asked for the suspension of the writ ol habeas corpus, and informed Congress of conditions of public danger which render the suspension of the writ a measuie proper for tbe public defence against invasion and insurrection; now, there fore . * The Congress of the Confederate States of Ameri ca do enact: That, during the present invasion of the Con federate States, thepnvilege of the writ of habeas corpus be, and the same is hereby, suspended; hut such suspension shall apply only to the case of persons arrested or detained by the President, Secretary of YVar, or the General Officers comman ding tbe Trans -Mississippi A'iiitary Departrmnt, by the authority and under the control ofthe President. It is hereby declared that the pur pose of Congress in the passage of this act is to- provide more effectually tor the public safety, by suspending the writ of habeas corpus in thel'otlow- ing cases and no other : “I. Of treason, or treasonable efforts or combi nation to subvert the Government or the Confed erate States. ‘TI. Of conspiracies to overthrow the Govern ment, or conspiracies to resist the lawful authority ofthe Confedi rate States. “ill Of combining to assist' the enemy, or of communicating intelligence to the enemy, or giv ing him aid and comfort. “IV. Of conspiracies, preparations and attempts to incite servile insurrection. “V. Of desertions, or encouraging desertions, of hai boring deserters, and attempt to avoid military service : Provided, That in case of palpable wrong aud oppression by any subordinate officers upon any party who does not legally owe military service, his superior officer shall grant prompt re lief to the oppressed party, and the subordinate shall he dismissed from office. “VI. Of spies and other emissaries of the ene my. “VII. Of holding correspondence or inter course with the enemy, without necessity, and without the permission of the Confederate f States. | ,VIII. Of unlawful trading with the enemy, and other offences against the laws ofthe Confede- & echos I. That from and after the pas sage of this act all white men, residents of the Confederate States, between the ages of seventeen and fifty, shall be in the mili tary service of the Confederate States for the war. Sec. 2. That all persons aforesaid, be tween the ages of eighteen and forty-five, now in service, shall be retained during the present war with the United States, in the same regiments, battalions and companies to which they belong at the passage of this act. with the same organi zation and officers, unless regularly traits-' ferred or discharged, iu accordance with the laws and regulations for the govern ment of the army ; Provided, that compa nies from one State, organized against their consent, expressed at the time, with regiments or battalions from another State, shall have the privilege of being trans ferred to organizations of troops, in the same arm of the service, from the States in which sait^iompanics were raised ; and the soldiers from one State, in companies from another State, shall bo allowed, if they desire it, a transfer to organizations from their own States in the same arm of the service. Sf.c. 3. Be it further enacted, That at the expiration of six months from the firs’ day of April next, a bounty of one hun dred dollars in a six per cent, Govern ment bond, which the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to issue, shall be paid to every non-commissioned officer, musician and private who shall then be in service, or in the event of his death, previous to the period of such pay ment, then to the person or persons who would be entitled by law to receive the arrearages of his pay ; but no one shall be entitled to the bounty herein provided, who shall at any time, during the period of six months next after the said first day of April, be absent front his command with out leave. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted. That no person shall be relieved from tlie operation of this act by reason of having been dis charged from the Army, where no disabili ty now exists ; nor shall those tvlio have furnished substitutes be any longer ex- rate Slates, enacted to promote their success in the war. “IX. Of conspiracies, or attempts to liberate prisoners of war held by the Confederate States. “X. Of conspiracies, or attempts or preparations to aid the enemy. “XL Of persons advising or inciting others to abandon the Confederate cause, or to resist the Confederate States or to adhere to the ene my . “XII. Of unlawful burning, destroying or inju ring, or attempting to burn, destroy or injure any bridge or railroad, or telegraphic line of communi cation, of property with the intent <f aiding the enemy. XIII. Of treasonable designs to impair the empted by reason theieof : Provided, that no person, heretofore exempted on account of religious opinions, and who has paid the tax leveid to relieve him from service, shall be required to render military ser vice under this act. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That all white male residents of the Confederate States, between the ages of seventeen and eighteen and forty five and fifty years, shall enroll' themselves at such times and places, and under such regulations, as the President may prescribe, the time allowed not being less than thirty-days for “XIII. Of treasonable designs to impair the t nd sixty days for those west military power of the Government by destroying, , t-no-jo K ’ . . . / 7 or attempting to destroy, the vessels, or arms, ; of the Mississippi river, and attempting to destroy or muntions ot war, or arsenals, foundries, workshops, or other property of the Confederate tttatos. SEC. 2 The President shall cause proper officers to investigate tlie cases of persons so arrested or detained, in order that they may be discharged if improperly detain- d, unless they can be speedily 11 led in the due course of law. Sec. 3- That during the suspension aforesaid, no military or other officer shall be compelled, in answer to any writ of habeas corpus, to appeariu in person, or to return the body of any person or persons detwined by him by the authority of the President. Secretary of War. or the General officer commanding the Trans Mississippi Department; but upon the certificate, under oath, of the officer having charge of any one so detained that such person is detained by him as a prisoner for any of the causes hereinbefore specified, underthe au thority aforesaid, further proceeding underthe writ of habeas corpus shall immediately cease and remain suspended sq long as this act shall continue in force. Sec. 4. This act shall continue in force for ninety days after the next meeting of Congress, and no longer. Loss or Hints.—Welearn, says the Savannah Seres that the Confederate Government had a large quantity ol hides stored at Sanderson, in Florida, when the ene my took that place. They, as a matter of course, were all destroyed. If we are correctly informed that a very large lot of hides had heeu accumulated at that point, and suffered to fall into the hands of the enemy, some person is to biaine, and censure should fall upon him through whose reinissness the Government and the soldiers met with the loss of so scarce and necessary an article. any person who shall fail to enroll himself, without .■treasonable excuse therefor, to be judged of by the President, shall be placed in ser vice in the field for the war, in the same mariner as though they were between tlie ages of eighteen and forty-five : Provided or bureaus, or in any of the duties men tioned in the eighth sccti(|p of this act, in violation ofthe provisions thereof, shall.on conviction thereof by a court-martial or military court be cashiered ; and it shall be tbe duty of any depaiIntent or district commander, upon proof, by tbe oath of any credible person, that any such officer has violated this pro vision, immediately to relieve such officer from duty : and said eommande-rs shall take prompt measures to have him tried for such offence; and any commander as aforesaid failing to perform the duties en joined by this section, shall upon being duly convicted thereof, be discharged from the service. Sec. 10. Bft it further enacted, That all laws granting exemptions from mili tary service be, and tbe same is hereby, repealed, and hereafter nono shall be ex empt except the following : 1. All who shall be held unfit for mili tary service, under rules to be prescribed by the Secretary of YVar. 2. The Vice-President of the Confeder ate States the members and (Officers of Con gress and of the several State Legislatures and such other Confederate and State offi cers as the President, or the Governors of the respective States, may certify to be necessary for the proper administration of the Confederate or State Governments, as the case may bo. 3. Every minister of religion authorized to preach according to the rules of liis cliarch and who, at the passage of this act, shall be regularly employed in the discharge of his ministerial duties; superintendents and physicians of asy lums for the deaf and dumb aud blind and of the insane; one editor for each newspaper being published at the time of this act, an.l such employ ees as said editor may certify on oath, to be indispensable to tbe publication of such newspaper ; the public printer of the Con federate and State Governments, and such journeymen printers as the said public printer shall certify, 011 oath to be indis pensable to perform the pnblic printing; one skilled apothecary in each apothecary store, who was doing business as such on the 10th day of October, 1862, and has continued said business, without intermis sion, since that period ; all physicians over the age of thirty years, who now are, and for the last seven years have been in tbe actual and regular practice of their pro fession, but the term physician shall not include dentists; all presidents and teach ers of colleges, theological seminaries, acadamies - and schools, who have been regularly engaged a3 such for two years next before the passage of this act; Provi ded, That tYio bonefit of this exemption shall extend to those teachers only whose schools are composed of twenty students or more. AM superintendents of public hospitals, established by law before the passage of this act, and such physicians and nurses therein as such superintendents shall certify, on oath, to be indispensable to the proper and efficient management thereof. 4. There shall be exempt one person in the production of grain and provistboi* to be sold to the Govemmont and the famf- Hcs of soldiers at prices not exceeding those fixed at the time L»r iiko articles by the Gommissioncis of the Slate uuder tbe Im- j pressment act. 5. 1 he president, treasnrer, auditor and superintendent of any railroad company engaged in transporting for the Govern ment, and such officers and employees thereof as the president or superintendents shall certify op oath to be indispensable to the efficient operation of said railroad : Provided, that the number of persons so exempted by this act on any railroad shall rsb not exceed one person for each and every mile of snch road in actual use for- military transportation ; and said exempt 6hall be repotted by name and description with the names of any who may have left the employment of said company, or who may cease to be indespensable. 9. That nothing herein contained shall be construed as repealing the act approved April the 14th, 1SS3. entitled an act to ex empt contractors for carrying the mail of the Confederate States, and the drivers of post coaches-and hacks, from militaiy ser vice. Provided, that all the exemptions granted under this act shall only contin ue whilst the persons exempted are ac tually engaged in their respective pursuits or occupations. 11. That the President be, and he is hereby authorized to grant details, under general rules and regulations to be issued from the War Department, either of •per sons betwen forty-five and fifty years of age, or from the army in the field, in all cases wlfcre, in his judgment, justice, equity, and necessity require such details, and he ut»y revoke such order of details wherever he thinks proper : Provided, that the power herein granted to the Presi dent to make details and exemptions sbalf not be construed to authorize the exemp tion or detail of any contractor for furnish ing supplies of any kind to the Govern ment, by reason of said contract unless tho head or secretary of the department ma king such contract shall certify that the personal services of such contractor aro indispensable to the execution of such con tract : Provided further, That when any such contractor shall fail, diligently and faithfully to proceed with the execution of such contract his exemption or detail shall cease. 12. That in appointing local boards of Burgeons for the examination of persons liable to military service, no member com posing the same shall be appointed from, the countiy or enrolling districts in which they are required to make such examina tion. * Our Noble Soldiers. It D perfectly delig’itful, exclaims the Charlottsville /taily Chronicle, to see a soldier from the army.— Tnere may be alarm or anxiety at, home : he has never . Iieuid ot it. Tee currency may be failing ; be receive* ’ with caosrfnllness his eleven dollars a m-mth,and feels it , is the best his country can give him. There may bo ' fears that the Yankees will outnumber us : lie savs Gen. Lac can whip them fifty thousand against ninety ■fioino apprehensions about that the persons mentioned in this section | as owner or agriculturist? on each farm or shall constitute a reserve for State defence ! plantation upon which there are now, and and detail duty, and shall not be required to perform service out of the State in which they-reside. Sec. 6. That all persons required by the fifth section of this act to enroll themselves may within thirty days after the passage thereof, east of the Mississippi river, and within sixty days, if west of said, river, form themselves iuto voluntary organiza tions ot companies, battalions, or regi ments, and elect their own officers; said organizations to conform to thj^|^^ng laws ; and having so organized their services as volunteers durin were on the 1st day of January last, fifteen able-bodied field hands, between the ages ofsixteen and fifty,upon the following con ditions. 1. This exemption shall only b« granted in cases in which there is no white male adult on the farm or plantation uot liable to military service, nor unless the person claiming the exemption was, on the 1st day of January, IS64. either the owner and manager or overseer of said plantation, hut in no case shall more than one person er 1 be exempted for one farm or plantation, toe war | 2. Such persons shall first execute a thousand, lie miy beacatl a scarcity of fxid : he will tell you," "we get a quarter of a pound of meat a day, and it is a plenty. Some one asked a young acquaintance of onr’s (son of a wealthy gentleman,) who was a private in General Magruder'B army on the Peninsula—“Well John, how do you like the army “Oh,”, says he, “of course I like it; they give mu plenty of beef to eat, and plenty of straw to sleep on—ichai more can a man wart ?"— This was in the first year of the war. Two years have DIDn^an^^t^i^g^V JSJL self had upou some occasion been taken prisoner; tho conversation turned upon the duration and serious character of the war; but from bim there fell not one word of weariooaj or discontent, and of the final result iu our favor he seenierfe to entertain no more doubt than that the ears would perform their daily trips. His brother Cold us,his letters invariably wouha up—“Don’t let Fanny forget me—and save me four hound puppies'. ' Fanny onglit not to forget him—and may be live upon his native plains, in tlie conscious pride of an unimpaired freedom, to indulge in his noble and favorite sport! Tiie history of the simpie-minded youth, is tlie history of the army. Thev.'ask no ques tions, they indulge in no speculations; they look np to Gen, Lee with affection and with trust, and pitch or strike their tents according to their orders, believing that their great leader will ultimately close their long toils and labors with a successful issue. Ward* efGn. Washington. CF-TheB ichmond Examiner censures the “shameful indifference to national calamities in parties and balls where the dance has sometimes interrupted this winter the influence of the deJth of a brother or relative of some ofthe gay and frivolous persons.” “The unpleas ant parallel] of dancing and fiddling while Rome was burning has been seen in Richmond during the win ter.” Dat ok Fasting and Pkater.—The following resolution, introduced in tlie House of Representatives on Wednesday by Mr. Farrow, of South Carolina, was adopted by both Houses : “Reverently recognizing the providence of God in the affairs of men, and gratefully remembering tbe guidance, support and deliverance granted to our pa triot lathers 111 the memorable war which resulted iu the independence of the American Colonies; and now- reposing in Him our supreme confidence and hope, in the present striiggl^for civil and religious freedom, and for the right to live under a government of our own choice, and deeply impressed with the conviction that, without liim nothing is strong, nothing wise, and nothing enduring; iu order that the people of this Confederacy may have an opportunity, at the same time, oToffering their adorations to the Great Sover eign of the Universe, of penitently confessing their sins niid strengt.hmg tlieir vows and purpose of amendment, iu humble reliance on his glorious an<l AlmiKlity “The Congress of the Confederate States do Resolve, That it be recommended to the people of these States, that Friday, the 8th day of April next, be set apart and observed a? a day of humiliation, fast aud prayer, that Almighty God would so preside over our public councils and authorities ; that He would so inspire our armies and their lenders with wisdom and persever- enee; and so manifest Himself in the gladness of His goodness and tbe majesty of His power, that we may bo safely and successfully led through the war to which we are being subjected, to the attainment of an honorable peace; so that while we enjoy, the blessings of a free and lmppy government, we may ascribe to Him the honor ami the glory of our prosperity and independenefe. GEORGIA, Dooly County. W ILL BE SOLD on the firstTuesday in May next, between the usual hours of sale, in the town ofY'ienna, in said county, lot of land No. one hundred and thirteen, 113, in the 13th district of said county. . Sola as the property of George J. Y’dung, late of Irwin county deceased, for the ben efit of tbe heirs and creditors. CHARLES ROBERTS, Adm’r. Jan’y II, 1664. * f M c 36 tds GEORGIA, Mitchell County. HEREAS, Brazelton Morgan, applies to me for letters of Admistration on the estate of Charles Palmei deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to show cause in terms of the law, if any they have, why said letters should not be granted. J. J. BRADFORD, Ordinary. Feburary 2nd 1364. Pd $3. 33 fit, Administratrix's Sale. IY LEAVE of the court of Ordinary of Baldwin county will be sold at the at tbe Coart house door in said county on tbe firstTuesday in April next, within the legal hours of sale, one negro woman by the name of Milly. Sold as the property of Cadwallader Raines deceased, for the benefit of the creditors. MATILDA T. C. RAINES. Adm’x J■ H. 33 tds. Febuary 9th 1864. to the President; and if such organizations j l, on( ], payable to the Confederate States shall furnish proper muster rolls; as now j 0 f America, iu such form, aud with such organized, and deposit a copy thereof with j security, and in such penalty as the Secre- the enrolling officer of their district, which tary of War may prescribe, conditioned shall be equivalent to enrollment, they tha.t he will deliv’er to the Government at may be accepted as minute men for service j solne railroad depot or such other place in such State, but in no event to be taken , or pl aC e» as may be designated by tlie Sec- out of it. Those who do not so volunteer I ve tary of War, within twelve months next and organize, shall enroll themselves as | enS uing, one hundred pounds ofbacon, or, before provided ; and may. by the Presi- j at t|, e election of the Government, its dent, be required to assemble at conveni- equivalent in pork, and .one hundred ent places of rendezvous, and be formed or J pounds of nett beef(said be to beefdelivered organized into companies, battalions and oa j’ 00 t for each able-bodied slave on said regiments, uuder regulations to be presen- f ann> or plantation, within tlie above said bed by him; and shall have tlie right to a g CSf whether saii slaves in the field or elect their company and regimental officers; n ot, which said l>acon or pork and beef and all troops organized under this act for State defence, shall be entitled, wlr.le in actual service, to the same pay and allow ance as troops now in the field. Sec. 7. That any person who shall fqil to attend at the place of rendezvous as re quired by the authority of the President, without a sufficient excuse, to be judged of by him, shall be liable to be placed in service iu tlie field for tlie war, as it lie were between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years. Sec. S. That hereafter the duties of provost aod hospital guards and of clerks, guards, agents employees or la borers in the Commissary and Quarter master’s Departments, in tlie Ordnance Bureau, and clerks and employees of navy agents, as also in the execution of the en rollment act, and all similar duties, shall be performed by persons who are within the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, and who by the report of a Board of army surgeons shall be reported as unable to perform active service in the field, but capable of performing some of the above said duties, specifying which an.l when those persons shall have been assigned to those duties as far as practicable,the Presi dent shall assign or detail to tlieir perform ance such bodies of troops, or individuals, required to be enrolled underthe fifth sec tiou of this act, as may be needed for the discharge of such duties : Provided, that persons between the ages of seventeen and eighteen shall, be assigned to those duties: Provided further, that nothing contained in this act shall he so construed as to prevent the President front detailing arlizans, mechanics, or persons of scientific skill to perform indispensable duties in the departments or bereaus herein men tioned. Sec. 9. That any Quartermaster, or As-* 6istant Quartermaster, Commissary, or Assistant Commissary (other than those -serving with brigades or regiments iu field) or officers in tbe Ordnance Bureau, or Navy Agents,or Provost Marshal, or officer in the conscript service, who shall hereaf ter ejnploy or retain in liis employment any person in any of their said departments shall be paid for by the Government at the prices fixed by the Commissioner of the State under the impressment act : Provided, that when the person thus ex empted shall produce satisfactory evidence that it has been impossible for him by the exercise of proper diligence, to furnish the amount 01 meat thus contracted for, and leave an adequate supply for the subsis tence of those living on tho said farm or plantation, the Secretary ot War shall direct a commutation of the same to the extent of two-thirda thereof in grain or other provisions to be delivered by suclt person as atorosaid at equivalent rates. 3. Such person shall further bind him self to sell the marketable surplus of pro visions and grain now on hand, and which ho may raise from year to year while his exemption continues, to the Government or the families of soldiers at prices fixed by the Commissioners of the State under the impressment act: Provided that any person exempted as aforesaid, shall be en titled to a credit of twenty-five per cent, on any amount of meat which he may dc- Captured towns.—“I am well con vinced that the enemy, long ere this, are perfectly well satisfied that the possession of our towns, while we have ap army in tbe field, will avail them little. It in volves us in difficulty, but it does not by any means ensure conquest to them.— They well know that jit is (oar arms, not defenceless towns, which they have to snbdue, before they can arrive at the ha ven of their wishes; and that until this is accomplished, the superstructure they have been endeavoring to raise will, 'like tho baseless fabric of a vision,’ fall to nothing.’* The Army and the People.—“I tdmll continue to exert all my inflnence and au thority to prevent the interruption of that harmony which so generally prevailed between the army and the inhabitants of the country. * * * The army and the country have a mutu al dependence upon each other; and it ia of the last importance that their several duties should be so regulated and enforced as to produce, not only the greatest harmony and good understanding, bat tho truest happiness and comfort to each. The Creoles of Lodisiana.—A Mas sachusetts chaplain. Rev. Mr. Hepworths, writes of the Louisiana creoles •’ Just beyond Carrollton is an immenso and magnificent estate, owned b.y one of these Croelts. His annual yield of sugar is fifteen hundred hogsheads. He might have taken the oath of allegiance and thus saved his property ; but he would not.— The Work of depredation oommoaiwd ; but he bore it without a murmur. First we took his wagons, harness and mules ; he said nothing but scowled most awfully. Next we emptied his stables of horses for the cavalry service ; be did not have even a pony left, and was compelled to trudge aloug on foot; still nothing was said. Next we took his entire crop,ground it in his own sugar house, used his barrels for the molasses aud his hogsheads for tbe sugar, and marked the head of each “U. S not a murmur. Then came his ne groes, three hundred and more, house ser- livcr within three months from the passage j vants and all, took into their wooly heads of this act: Provided further, that per-| to come within our camp lines. The cre- sons coming within the provisions of this 1 ole was most completely stripped ; still he exemption shall not he deprived of the \ stood in the midst of the ruins, cursing Abe Lincoln, and wishing he had eight instead of four sons in the rebel army. benefit theieof by reason of having been enrolled since the 1st day of February, iSfii. 4. In addition to the foregoing exemp tions, the Secretary of War, under lhe di- , rectian of the President, may exempt or j Macou Ielegraph says : detail such other persons as he may he in tbe city satisfied ougnt to be exempt on accouut of public necessity, and to iusure the pro duction of grain and other provisions for the army and the families of sol diers. He may also, graDt exemptions or details, on such term* as he may pre scribe, to such overseers, farmers or plan ters as he may be satisfied will be more useful to the country *in the pursuits of agriculture than in the military service : Provided, that such exemption shall ceaso whenever tbe farmer planter or overseer shall fail diligently to employ,in good faith bis own skill, capital and labor exclusively Forthbr Yankee Outrages.—The Letters received written near Waynesville, state that the Yankees captured at night our pickets stationed at Fancy Bluff, near Brunswick. They also captured and car ried off Mr. Wm. Williams, senior, who was engaged in making salt. They then proceeded to the bouse of Mr. E. Clubb. an old gentleman, who refusing to go with them, they beat severely, and carried off his two dangers, forcing them to go to their boat barefooted and in their nigut clothes. On arriving,as tho boat could not carry all of them, they permitted Mr, Clubb’s daughters to return.