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C wrespondenceof the New York Tribune ]
Off Mobhis Island, December 24.-—
During a recent visit to Port Royal, I wit
nessed with considerable interest the ope-
rztnns of tfcc divers employed to clean
the bottoms of the monitors, and perform
the operations under the water. Messrs
Joseph H. Smith and James 13. Phelps
have a contract with the Government for
the performance of this work, and have
been of great use here. The principal di
ver—appropriately named Waters—is so
used to this work that ho has become al
most amphibious, remaining lor five or six
hours at a time under water. A man of
herculean strength and proportions, when
clad in his submarine armor he becomes
monstrous in size, and appearance.
A more singular sight than to see him
roll or tumble in the water, and dis
appear from sight ; or popping up.
blowing, as the air escapes lrom his hel
met, like a whale, can scarcely be imagin
ed. Waters has his own ideas of a joke,
and when he has a curious audience will
wave his seraperabont as “lie hobs around”
in the water with the air of a veritable riv
er god. One of bis best jokes—the better
for being a veritable fact—occurred last
summer. While he was employed scrap
ing the hull of one of the Monitors, a ne
gro from one of the plantations came along
side with a boat load of watermelons.—
While busy selling his melons the diver
came up, aud rested himself on the side of
the boat.
The negro started at the extraordinary
appearance thus suddenly coming out of
tlie water with alarmed wonder, but when
the diver seized one of the best melons in
the boat, and disappeared under the wa
ter, the gurgling of the air from the helmet
mixing with the muffled laughter, the
fright of the negro reached a climax.—
Hastily seizing his oars, without waiting
to be paid for his melons, lie put off at his
best speed, and has not been seen in the
vicinity of Station Creek since. He can
not be tempted beyond the bounds of the
plantation, and believes that the Yankees
have brought river devils to aid them in
making war.
The diver, when clothed in his armor, is
weighted witli 1S5 pounds. Beside his ar
mor, he has two leaden pads, fitting to his
breast and back. The soles of his shoes
are of lead, an inch and a half thick. All
this weight is needed to overcome the
buoyancy given by the mass of air, forced
into the armor and dress, the later ofindia
rubber, worn by the diver. When below
the surface, he can instantly bring himself
up by closing nlbmentarily the aperture in
the helmet for the escape of the air. IIis
buyancy is immediately increased, and he
pops up like a cork an 1 floats at will upon
the surface. The work of scraping the
bottoms of the monitors is very ardu- |
ons.
The diver upon a spar lashed athwart !
the bottom of the vesse.l, so arranged as to j
he moved as lie progresses, and with a j
scraper fixed to a long handle, works on j
both sides of himself as far as he can reach. I
The mass of oysters that become attached
to the iron hulls of one of the monitors,
even during the. summer here, is immense*
I3y actual measurement it was estimated
that 250 bushels of oysters, shells and sea
weed were takeu fion the bottom at the
Monlauk alone. The captains of the mon
itors have sometimes indulged in the nov
elty of a mess of oysters raised on the
liulis of their own vessels.
Beside cleaning the inonitois, the divers
perform other important services. They
have ransacked the interior of the Keo
kuk, attached bonys to lost*anchois, and
made under-water examinations of the
rebel obstructions. Waters recently ex
amined the sunken Weehawken, and met
an unusual danger, even in his perilous
calling. The sea was so violent that he
was twice thrown from the deck of the
monitor. Finally, getting hold of the iron
ladder, he climbed to tlie top of the turret
when a heavy sea cast him inside the tur
ret between the guns. Fearing that his
air hose would become entangled, he
made his way out with all possible speed,
and was forced to give up his investiga
tions until calmer weather offered a more
favorable opportunity.
T» Till-: It IK .NO* AND UCLATIVGN
OF THE MOI.IMKKM IN WRIGHT'S
BRIGADE.
I have just returned from the Brigade,
and never saw it in better condition or
spirits. At the Brigade l found a shoe
shop in full operation ; the lasts and tools
were all manufactured in the Brigade, nnd
the shoemakers detailed from the ranks.
They are, however, in want of leather
which they cannot possibly buy or make
without making an appeal to your chari
ty, patrotism or liberality. An opportuni
ty is hereby given you to contribute the
leather to shoe every man in the Brigade.
Please send it at once to the Rev. W. H.
Potter, Augusta, Ga , with your names
and quantity yon can spare: Who will
forward it to the Brigade.
A sample of the shoes made may be
seen at Mr. Potter’s, on B' - oad street.
William Gibson*
Augusta, Ga., March 2Stb, 1864.
SPURGEON ON NEGROES.
A London correspondent of the Witness,
Indianapolis, sends to that journal an ac
count of his interview with the Rev. Mr.
Spurgeon, and say6 :
“Of course he inquired about the war.in
America. Naturally enough, the conver
sation turned upon the negroes, whereupon
Mr. Spurgeon said: “We in England
aregettinga little tired of the negroes—we
are beginning to find them out. A year
or so ago a negro was qnite a pet with us,
and when one came to us we made much
of him; but now too many of them arc
coming—they come over in squa*ds,they are
ignorant and conceited ; we are very will
ing to help them to be free, to give them
money ; but then we do not want any more
to do with them.
Upon this the Illinois State journal re
marks thus :
Thousands of other people,like Spurgeon
are coming to the conclusion that there
can be too much of a good thing, and after
making the negro free, want, “nothing
more to do with him.”
Self Enrollment.—Gen. Cooper’s or
ders to the Bureau of Conscription to pro
ceed with the enrollment ol all liable to
military duty between the ages of seven
teen and eighteen and forty-five and fifty,
are dated the 15th instant. Within thirty
day* after notice given by the Enrolling
Officer of each county or district, all per
sons between these ages who fail to present
themselves to tbfe enrolling officer for en
rollment, will be liable to go into the gen
eral, instead of loeal State service, This
should be borne .in. grtfid'—Tclegra ph.
F«ur Per Oat Certiorate*—Haw Tritavler-
atblc*
Assume uncertainty,and even misappre
hension exists as to the transferrablity of
the four per cent, certificates now being
issued under the recent Currency Act, the
following statemeut, which the Richmond
Sentinel makes upon lull information from
the Treasury Department and by its de
sire, will be acceptable to the public.
The four per cent ccitificates of deposit
will bfe received in payment of taxes of
the person to whom they are issued, or of
any assignee. 'The certificates are assign
able in the form usual with certificates of
stock. We would advise holders to take
the usual business course ot making an
assignment before a magistrate, using the
form to be found on the back of all Con
federate registered bonds, but leaving
a biank for t he name o< the assignee. The
name of any holder can be iuseited to suit
occasions.
We are further informed that when a cer
tificate of deposit presented by a tax pay
er shall exeeed the amount of his taxes, the
tax collectors will he authorized to give
him a new certificate for the excess. For
example, if a citizen’s tax he seven hun
dred dollars, and he give in a certificate of
deposit for one thousand dollars, he will
receive a new certificate for three hundred
dollars. Thus a certificate for a large
amount may serve the succesMve uses of
several tax payers. Fractional parts of a
hundred dollars, however, the tax payer
will be required to pay in money, as no
bond containing such fraction will be issued
from the Treasury.
The denominations of the bonds to be
issued in redemption of the certificates of
deposit now being given, will he five, and
no more—viz : one hundred, five hundred,
one thousand, three thourand, and five
thousand.
We may add to the remarks of the Sen
tinel that the transfer must be executed in
the presence of and witnessed by either a
Confederate States Judge, District Attor
ney, Clerk of the District Court, Collector
of the Customs, Confederate States Treas
urer or Assistant, or a Notary Public —
The official seal of the witness must be
attached in every instance, and the trans
fer made on the back of the certificate.—
The following is a convenient and coriecl
form of assignment.
Statu of Georgia, ) For value receiv-
County. / ed,I hereby trans
fer and assign to A- B. of the county of
, State of , all ifly right, title and
interest in and to the within certificate.—
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed
iny own proper hand and name this
day of , J8G t.
In presence of C. D.
(seal.) E. F.—Notary Public.
When the certificate is presented for a
bond, the name of the last holder will he
forwarded to the Register of the Treasury
at Richmond, after which the certificate
will be no longer assignable, and the De
positary will make an entry thereon to that
effect.— Republican.
Extraordinary Sermon from Rct. Henry
Ward Beecher—the rebel* Eulogized.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher rather star
tled his hearers at the Plymouth Church,
at Brooklyn,in a eulogy of the rebel troops,
in the course ol e sermon designed to show
that the price of liberty was not only eter
nal vigilance, but eternal self-sacrifice.—
“Where,” exclaimed the speaker, “shall
we find such heroic self denial, such up
bearing vnder physical discomfort, such
patience in poverty, in distress, in abso
lute want, as wc find in the Southern ar
ray ? They fight better in a had cause
than you do in a good oue ; they tight
better for a passion than you do for a
sent iinent. We believe then to be mis
guided, but wc must do them the credit of
saying they fig^it well, and bear up under
trouble nobly ; they suffer and do not corn-
plain; they go in rags,but do not rebel, they
are in earnest for their personal liberty ;
they believe in it,and,if they can,they mean
to get it.”
Mr. Beecher also denied that slavery
was dead. “Dead!” he exclaimed, “we
know that within the lines of the frontier
army there are yet three millions of slaves.
As yet, we learn that they are docile,
amenable to the will of their masters,
patient and subservient. Don’t be deceiv
ed.”
It is scarcely necessary to add, that not
a few of Mr. Beecher’s flock went home
that night astonished.
Freni the Montgomery Mai!.
‘•IVhnt of our Bovrrnor. ’
Editor Mail.—The above quotation
heads a sensible,patriotic, and independent
article from one of your correspondents,
“Oi Polloi,” in your daily of the 20th inst.
“The noble Brown, of Georgia, sounds the
alarm hut no response is heard from
Watts.”
We have given the sword and purse to
President Davis, and shall we tamely with
out a murmur, give up the civil authority
too (State Rights.) No, and, in reply per
mit ine to quote from yonr editorial of the
loth instant: “We are free to confess we
had rather see the extreme running in the
direction of over vigilance in respect to
State Rights.”
“History is said to be philosophy teach
ing by example, and the precedents of the
past deduce no more unfailing truth, than
that tho proclivity of power is “to gradu
ally steal from the many to the few.”
‘ The temper and tendencies ot ail cen
tral authority are towards absolute and
unquestioning obedience, which is the
pyre of public liberty.”
An Old Watts Man.
The beautiful Empress Engine is said to
be in the highest health. It is stated by
a Paris correspondent that recently she
was on a hunt in the forest of St. Cloud,
and brought down nineteen birds with her
own gun. Tho writer adds: “She is pos
sessed of amazing powers of physical endu
rance.
Fremont—There seems to be a simul
taneous movement among the Northern
Dutdli for Fremont. In. St. Louis the Post
and the Zeit—in Chicago all the German
papers there—in Cincinnati do, including
a democratic German paper, are among
the black letter organs out for him in con
vention. In New York the Germans arc
organizing National clubs for him and
have started a paper to advocate his elec
tion under the name of New Nation. The
tone of all these organs is fierce and un
compromising against Lincoln-
Better too few words, from the women
we love, than too many.
An English paper announces the con
version to Christianity of Joseph Barker,
long known on both sides of the Atlantic
as at once one of the ablest and most ma
lignant defamers of the Bible and those
who beHevcd in ii, as a divine revelation.
iworcriior Bratrn laid of the
ll.'ibrati Cor|»n» Act.
We lay before our readers to-day fo
much of the late message of Gov. Brown
to the Legislatuie of the State of Georgia
as relates to the Act passed by the Cun-
fedente Congress suspending the Habeas
Corpus Act. The argument of Gov. Brown
against the constitutionality of the Act
of Congress, whether correct or not, is
worthy, from its intrinsic ability.to be free
ly circulated by the press at any time ; but
it is especially worthy of careful considera-
tio.i at the present time, in view of the
great events moving around us. V e are
waging a terrible- war for independence
and liberty, and all disquisitions bearing
on these gieat subjects must deeply in
terest the hearts of the people of the Con
federate States. Our sympathies are in
unison with the whole course of Gov.
Brown's argument. Over and over again
have we urged the impolicy of the suspen
sion by Congress of the Habeas Corpus act,
admitting that Congress had the authority
to do so. We I lave been unable to see
the necesity of interfering, on the part ol
j the Government of tho Confedeiate States,
with the ordinary operations of the law
protecting the personal liberty of the citi
zen. The despot on the other side of the
Potomac, had done so. He had bad the
Habeas Corpus act suspended throughout
the United State. The whole world look
ed upon the suspension as establishing a des
potistn over that depraved people. It left us
of the Confederate States in the proud po
sition, of being the only free people on the
continent ; and gave to our cause, the most
imposing dignity and elevation, in the eyes
of the nations of the world. It was clear
ly our policy, uot only as a matter of lib
erty, but of statesmanship, to kr*ep our
selves in .this high position. To grovel
after the mean despot on the other side
of the Potomac, and to place the Confed
erate States on the same low level his base
ambition and tyranical love of power had
placed the United States, was a hideous
folly that no man, it appears to us, of eleva
ted views of statesmanship could entertain
or practice. Yet Congress has perpetra
ted this folly, to the disgrace and shame
of our gieat cause. But beyond this we
hope, and we believe, the evil has not
passed. A despotism, practically, does
not ever exist over the Confederacy, how
ever subservient Congiess may be,
nor can the people of the Confedarate
States be im.de slaves. A powerful enemy
is in their country, threatening to subju
gate and destroy them, lint let their cruel
enemies be driven from their territories—
and tbe judgment seat will be erected, and
the books will be opened—and all their
public servants will be “judged out of
those things which were written in the
Book according to their works”—they
that have done'good* “to the life eternal ;
and they t!*.it have done evil,“to tile resur
rection of damnation.’
Our readers have seen the protest of the
noble State of Georgia against the suspen
sion of the right of personal liberty.
(Charleston Mercury.
Execution of' a Confederate.—David
Owen Dodd, aged seventeen, son of a mer
chant of Little Rock, Ark., was executed
by the Federal military authorities there,
a few weeks since, as a spy. A letter
says: *
Mr. Dodd had a short time previous to
the execution of his son removed his fam
ily to Little Rock, and had sent his son
back on business. While there he gained
important information in regard to tlie gar
rison and defences of the city, and had
noted them in telegraphic characters in
his memorandum book. On his way to
Camden he was met by a Federal scout,
wbo searched him ami found the fated
book. He was taken to Little Rock, tri
ed by a court martial, and sentenced to
be hung as a spy. Previous to his exe
cution, Generals Steele and Davidson
botli conversed with him, assnring him of
their sympathy on account of his extreme
youth. And as they knew some one in
timate about their headquarters had given
him the information, they proffered to re
lease him on condition « he would divulge
the name of his informant. This he
scorned to do, saying that if a wrong had
been committed he was the guilty one,and
“that a man that would not die for his
principles was not (it to live.” When
brought to the scaffold lie s'eadiiy ascend
ed it, calmly puilerl off his coat and met
his fate without a shudder. Two hours
before his execution he wrote with a steady
hand his “last letter” to his parents and
sisters, telling them not to weep for him,
but to meet him irr Heaven.
TLt* I pimtLh*!
It is now certain, says a dispatch, that
General Jones has entered Kentucky
through Fulkerson Gap, with some 1,500
men. The Federate have been driven hack
both at Morristown and Whites bn tg. A
general engagement it is soon expected
will take place betwen all the forces on
both sides.
McUaws division lias been ordered to
tbe front. It is reported that the Fede
rals have been heavily reinforced. The
Federal movement to flank our left has
so far failed.
Gen. Longstrcet has issued very strin
gent orders relating to unlawful impress
ment and thieving by soldiers.
The Richmond Enquirer of Saturday
says .*
Loxustreet Moving.—Advices from
Eeast Tennessee represeut-that Longstrcet
is again advancing towards Knoxville.—
He returned from Richmond on Friday
last, and commenced his forward move
ment on Saturday. He advanced ten
miles on that day, which threw his front
near Rutledge. Our forces are now at
Morristown. The Yankee army is on
yonder side of the river,having been forced
hack by our forces. Everything betokens
active movements on tbe part of Long
street.
The sea drowns out humanity and time ;
it has no sympathy with either; for it be
longs to eternity, and of that it sings its
monotonous song forever and ever.
Gen. Price.—We are glad to learn that
Gen. Price has at last been placed in com
mand of the Confederate Army in Arkan
sas. The affairs in the State have been
sadly managed sioco Gen. Holmes took
command. We have lost, and lost, until
the whole State and a large number of
people have gone over to the Yankees.
The land was lost by bad Generalship and
the people by disgust g,t tbe conduct of the
whisky loving Gen. Holmes. We may
well expect that affairs there will now take
a new turn, and that the State will Le
cleared of the invaders. When the peo
ple lose confidence in their leader, and the
government stubbornly persists in keeping
him in that position, as was the case in the
incompetent Holmes, it does uot take the
public enemy loug to win them over.
military l,«*r Meprrntc.
I. The following clauses, from the general
order of A dj. Gca. Cooper, prescribes the
mode in which military commissioners are
to be established in each military division
of the Confederate States, cast of the Mis
sissippi river, to examine the cause of citi
zens* arrested by military order under act
of Congiess suspending the writ of habeas
corpus. It will be seen that if probable j pi re State
cause ior detention does not appear, tbe I forward in the arena of this contest
military commis iineis cannot release the | as v iewe i in al! its aspects—as the
GOVERN* >R JOSEPH E. BROWN. I "* "«“*•» •'
... | llic Eriiprnl Aoruibl). lStil.
It lias been well and truly sai^ v j ^.j ie f 0 n ow i n jj Acts Iin ,i Resolution* of the culled
one of the ripest thinkers and sagacious i Session ortho General Assembly of Georgia, March
statesmen of the age, that Governor
Brown’s late message entitles him to
“a statue in gold.’’—Such is precisely
our estimate of the profoundly wise
and courageous Executive ot the Em
ile stands prominently
prisoner :
II. There will be appointed by tbis de
partment, for each .military division of the
Confederacy east ofthe Mississippi river,
one or moic qompe'ent persons as commis
sioners, to investigate the cause of persons
who may be arrested or detained by any
military authority for any cause specified
iu the above reported act. Information of
all such arrests will be given to him by tho
department commander as soon as practi
cable after they are made, and he will pro
ceed to investigate the same. If upon
examination, a reasonable anti probable
cause for detention dors NOT APPEAR,
HE WILL CERTIFY THE FACT TO
TLIE GENERAL UR THE OFF1*: ER
IN COMMAND, who will immediately
discharge the prisoner from ar est. But
if a reasonable and probable cause does
appear, tbe commissioner will foithwith
transmit to tbis department a copy.of the
evidence taken iu the case, with his opin
ion thereon, for instructions, and mean
while the prisoner shall remain in custo
dy*
III. In all cases in which a person who
has been enlisted iu the army under any ot
the acts of Congress to provide for the
public defense, or to raise troops to serve
during the war, or to provide for loeal de
fense and special service, or who has been
eniisted or eniolled for service under the
act of Congress further to provide for the
public defense, or lias been placed* in the
military service by the act of Congress to
organize forces to serve dining the war,
approved 17th February 18G4, shall be
held iu custody for desertion, or encourag
ing desertion, or harboring deserters, for
I fJtempts to avoid military service, or of
’ holding correspondence or intercourse with
j the enemy without necessity and without
the pei mission of the Confederate States,
or of combining to assist the enemy, or of
communicating intelligence to the enemy,
or of giving him aid and comfort, or for
any other cause spneified in the act afore
said; and in all cases in which any person
not belonging to the military service shall
be held in custody by any military author
ity (or any of the causes mentioned in the
act, shall apply to any court or officer in
the Confederate States for a writ of habeas
corpus.it will be the duty ofthe cflicer
having the command or custody of such
persons forthwith to report the cause with
all the relevant facts, to the \V ar Depart
ment for instructions as to the proper un
representative man of a new aiulspieu
did empire, whose foundations are to
rest upon the solid granite of Consti
tutional freedom, as inherent in the
States, and not upon the quicksands ot
a centralized agency at Richmond, des
tined to dissolve like frostwork in the
Ti#t breath ofan indignant and liberty-
inviting popple. The aggressions ot
the Washington despot, who wields a
power not inferior to the Czar ot Rus
sia, trampling as he does upon all the
guarantees of political, civil and reli
gious liberty, furnish no reasonable
pretext for similar usurpations at the
South, however potential the exigen
cies of the crisis may be: for if we cut
loose from our Constitutional moor
ings under the delusive plea of milita
ry necessity, as looking to a more vig
orous and successful prosecution of the
war, we will find ourselves very soon
at the mercy of the wild waves, with
out chart or compass, and will ulti
mately be engulphed in greater evils
than even those that are iikely in any
possible event to overtake us from the
impotent despot enthroned at Wash
ington.
Indeed, there are evident premoni
tions of a coming storm at tlie North
that will as certainly sweep away the
power of the Black Republicans, as
the day arrives when the voice of the
people shall have been enunciated
through -the ballot box. Passion may
have blinded, but it has not extinguish
ed the loveof liberty in the Middle and
Northwestern States; and the allied
.powers which antagonize the despot
on the question of State sovereignty,
are marshaling for a protest against
his usurpations, which will crush him
into powder. We have but to restrain
our legislation within the limits ofthe
Constitution, and keep our status in
tact as freemen, to triumph over the
party that has decreed our enslave
ment, if not our arnihilation.
From the sea of blood whose fell
waves threaten to sweep away the
guerdons that encircle the Ark of our I
Col. (lonfon’s Address
F°« “T '>,-"<**>' <;f ihf- Soldier* Wayside Hon, e .iaf* r
Afil'edgevilie Feb'y23rd, 1861. , J0 (f
GEORGIA, Kerri.-n County.
H64, (rave been approved by lire Governor.
A#ts.
1. To reduce the Bonds ot the Receivers of Ta r R,
turns and Tax Collectors ot this State, aud to repeal
so much afrim 146th section of Ute Code ns hunts the
securities on said bonds to tho number of five. , ... . , - _
2. To amend 15th,section of an a<jt, entitled an act ■ , P er * on * interested, will take notice, and
to reorganize Ute militia of Georgia, approved iitlr ' , e 0*'j60«ioiiSi it any, by the first Monday in
December. 1S<si. April next, or letters will be granted.
Vy UKREAS. Wilham Tygart applies to mo
,* T ktteis of Administration on the estate of
tnauia Hogan of said county, deceased.
An
iacV tneSS rny official signature, tbis March fitb.
H T. PEEPLES, Ord* T .
45 iit.
Paid $4
GEORGIA. Irwin County.
WHEKEA8. Martha Rountree applies to me
T T .or let.crs of Administration on the estate of
Rtibm Rountree, Lie of said county, deceased
ll.ese are therefore to cite and admonish all
persons concerned, to be and appear at my office
within the time prescribed by law, to show cause,
it R!»y they have, \xhy said letter* should i.ot b»
granted.
n ., und,r n, y fianJ, at office, this March
loth.
Paid $3
jL. M. COLBERTII, Ord’y.
45 at.
:i. Toameud 167t)th section ofthe Code of Georgia.
4. To admit copies of deeds and other instruments in
evidence when the originals arc in the United-States.
5. To repeal an net to change the time of holding the
Inferior Coart (for comity purposes) of Washington
county, from the first Tuesday to tlie first VVeducsdaj
in each month, assented to April !7th 1 Krj3.
ti. For the relief of the Tax Receivers and Collectors
of ftichmond, Chatham, Muscogee, Bibb, Decatur and
Vniton Counties, for tlse year 18ii3.
7. To appropriate the sum of $ 1 18, for tlie common
school fund of Wilcox county for the year 1 Ht'sl.
8. To incorporate the Columbia and Augusta Rail
Road Company.
'J. To authorise the Governor to impress, in certain
cases, the Roiling stock of Rail Roads of this State,
or found in this State not iu use at the time of impress
ment, fof the purpose of transporting supplits to in
digent families of soldiers, by paving just compensa
tion.
10. To exempt certain persons from service in the
militia of tlii - State
11. To amend an net to incorporate the town of Fort
Gaines.
12. Torcqnirc the Reporter of the Supreme Court
to puhli-li the decisions of the Court in pamphlet
form.
IU. To allow persons to administer upon property
in the couuty to which it has been moved for security
from the enemy.
14. To atnen.l nn act to amend the charter of the
Macau ,\- Western R. R. Co., assented to December
11.18(53.
I V An act supplementary to an act assented to Dec.
14, 1863 for raising revenue for the p ditietj year lofil,
nnd for other purposes,
lt>. To amend an act to fuither provide for the
suppression of the distillation of grain and other
commodities in this State, assented to»December 3.
1863.
17. To require Raid Road companies in this State to
keep vvuter and lights in the ears ter passengers, on
their respective trains.
18. For the relief of Habersham county anil other
counties alike destitute, Ac.
10. To autiioriza Ad ninistrators. Executors, Guar
dians and Trustees to invest in Confederate Slabs
d pet cent Bonds. (I he OuVeriior appends tp the net
the following: While I do not approve of the policy
of ill vesting the estates of orphans mid persons repre
sented by trustees, in the present depreciated currency,
I assent to this act to avoid injustice to trustees and
other fiduciary agents who have in good faith received*
Confederate notes, before the passage of tlie late Act of
Congress) | of Guardianship should not be granted the appli
20. Extending the time for county officers filing t.ieir . rr
bonds and taking out commission*.
21. To exempt from taxation cotton and other prop
erty owned by the Confederate States Government in
this State.
22. To encourage the organization .fa Navy.
GEORGIA. Lowndes County.
r 1 'll I Ii I” V days afterdate application will be
S. ma le to the Court of Ordinary of Lowndes,
county.for letters of Guai diaushipot the person and
properly iif Jam. s H, and Archie D. .'Iclutyre.
min r f.oits of Atchibald McIntyre,lute of Lowndes
county deceased. March 1st IwM.
•t:i 5t. I’d 86. K A. McIXTYRE.
GEORGIA Bulloch County^
A \7*H EkKAS, Janies H. Wilkinson anil Janes An-
T i del,sot;, Ad’mii.istrntors on the estate of James
hkiusun dee d, applies to mo for letters of dismission
tto-ii said Administration.
1 imse are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the parties concerned to be and appear at iny
office oil or before the first Monday in October next,
'hen and there to show cause why said letters n av uot
be granted.
my hand officially this March 8th.
DAVID BEASLEY Crdv
1S61.
i t nifi-.t
GEORGIA, I’ulnski county.
Ordinary* Ojjtce fur Said county.
YjSrflEREAS, Maty Jane Bemliry applies to mo
t T for letters of Guardianship of the person nnd
property of Sarah Jaue Bumbry minor of Win. Betn-
bry deceased.
This is therefore to cite all concerned, to be and
appear at my office within the time presribed bv
aw. and show cause it any they have why letters
Given under my hand and official signature this
7th, day of March lHtil..
JNO. J. SPARROW, OrdV
43 5t.
GEORGIA, Pulaski county.
I VlrilEliEAS, Augustas C. iMcPhail administrator
i I T on the estate of Thomas J. Tompson deceased
|Tins made application to this Court for letters of di»-
j swerto fie made to such wiit, aud iu the j covenant of’i’reedotn, there rises in the
meantime to retain the custody and con- person of Joseph E. Brown, of Geor-
trol of such person under this order, a copy
of which will he cummunicated to the offi
cer, or court issuing the writ as affording
the reason why time should he givm to
make a complete, leturn.
IV. In all cases when the requsile delay
cannot be obtained, it will be the duty of
the officer having command and custody
of persons embraced in the preceding sec
tion or who may have in custody as priso-
nersany person charged under any of the
sections of the above recited act of Con-
gia, u nucleus around which a sum
moned resistance will aggregate which
it were madness to oppose. The black
clouds which embowel the thunder
bolts of impending wrath have no sil
ver lining for the tyrant, but are mes
sengers of an avenging power which
will bring deliverance to the ojipress-
ed, and a fruition of hopes long deferr
ed that will make our Republic, with
its radiant clime, a very Paradise
among the nations of the earth.—
gres to make a special return in A'ritiiq
and under oath that tlie hotly of shell per _
son so detaiued bv him is detained by ilie J hough stripped ot all the habiiaments
authority of tlie Secretary of War, and i which wealth or available resources
j that he declines, under and by virtue of j can furnish, and reduced to the naked
1‘is authority nnd the act of Congress afi re- grandeur of a people with naught save
said, to produce the body of such person
or to make further appearance or return to
the said writ.
Y. The commanding General of the
Trans Mississippi department will preform
the functions devolving upon the War De
partment under these orders, in that por
tion of the Confederacy.
By order. S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
[ Columbus Sun.
YnlimMr Rrcipoa.
Compiled Expressly for the Sun.
Whooping Cough.—Take of Emet
ic Tartar 2 drachms, boiling water, 2
oz. tinct. Cantharides vine drachm, oil
or thyme*d drachms. Mix a teaspoon
ful* to be rubbed on the chest night
and morning.
For Affection of the Kidneys.—If
any one affected with this complaint,
will use the following directions, they
will find it of great benefit: take of
car, two pints, of boiling water one
gallon ; mix by stirring with a wooden
rod for quarter of an hour, let it stand
until it becomes settled, and then bot
tle it; may be drank to the extent of
a pint a day..
To Destroy Crickets.—Put Scotch
snuff in the holes where they come out.
To destroy bugs—the china berry
stewed in lard. To keep away the
musquito—wet a cloth with a little
lavender, aud place it near your pil
low, the smell of the lavender is pleas
anter than the sting of the musquito.
To prevent hay stacks taking lire.—
When there is any reason to fear the
hay is not dry enough to be housed
sprinkle a little common salt between
each layer, that by absorbing the hu
midity of the hay not only prevents the
fermentation and consequent inflamma
tion of it, but adds to it a pleasant
taste which stimulates the appetite* of
the cattle and preserves them from
many disasters.
To Prevent a Cow Failing in Her
Milk.—Wash 4he cow’s udder and leafs
with pure cold water befor milking, aud
milk her morning and evening as dry as
possible; negligence in this later precau
tion is one of the causes of cows failing in
their milk. The cow should, if possible be
milked by the same person, and while the
process is going on, feed should be placed
before the animal. Tbis furnishes employ
ment for the jaws, and draws her’attention
from what is going on, keeps her in good
humor, and the milk is in consequence
yielded freely.
Five Dollar Notes.—The Richmond
Sentinel of the 26th ult. says:
We think that the holders of five dollar
notes will soon be glad to produce them and
throw them into circulation. After the
first of Apriljhey will be undesirably as
compared with the new currency, and the
smaller notes, for they will have to be
funded in four per ceuts. pricr to tbo first
of July, or submit to a tax of one-third.—
So the small note famine will be ended in
a few days,
liberty and the eternal sentiment of rc*
sistance to tyrants, we will stiil be a
magnet which will attract our allies in
the Mississippi Valley, and Lincoln
will as surely be overthrown as there
is power in the ballot box.
Reporter.
AGITATION.
The enemies of Gov. Brown—many of
whom have all at once become very fierce
admirers of the President, notwithstanding
their former enmity to that functionary—
pretend to deprecate agitation on the al
leged ground that it will distract the pub
lic mind and weaken us. // they really
believe this K why, in Heaven s name, do they
airiteste ? Nobody else is disposed to get
up any agitation. If they are opposed to
it, let them keep quiet, and there will not
be one word said.
The Legislature of Georgia, in common
with that of Alabama and two or three
other sovereign’ States, had, at the last re
gular session, passed an act making any
■ bstruction ofthe -writ of habeas corpus a.
penal offence. If no agitation on this ques
tion were desired, the Agency at Rich
mond aud the Goufederate Congress should
have studiously abstained from an at
tempt to strikevdown tho “writ of liber
ty.”
Having suspended tbis writ, liowpvor,
it was eminently proper that the Governor
should have called attention to the fact,
and that the Legislature should, at its
called session, take action upon the sub
ject. It was necessary to preserve the
dignity of tlie sovereign State of Georgia
that this should have been done. Those
who denounce the Governor and the Leg
islature are tho agitators themselves, and
w’hen denouncing agitation, stand before
the country self-condemned.
[ IT atrhmun.
Resolutions*
Requesting our Senators and representatives in (’.in
gress to use their intluenee to liave a weekly mail run
between Jefferson, iu Juckson county, and Gaiusville,
in Hull county.
Prescribing the form of tfce issue of State Treasury i
Notes under the act of 12th, Dec. 18<>3.
Requesting a mail route established bet ween Grant- j
ville and Greenville.
To have certain books sent to members and officeis '
ot tbe General Assembly.
To reestablish mail route between Dublin, nnd Mt. j
Vernon in Montgomery county.
Authorizing citizens to purchase corn fn certain ea
ses and under certain circumstance*.
Authorizing the Governor to fund iu Confederate
Bonds all Confederate States Treasury Notes in the
Treasury of this Stale.
In relation to the military act of Congress.
Declaring the ground on which the Confederate
States stand in this War, a.id the terms on which peace
ought to i.a offered to the enemy.
On the suspension of tlieXrrii of Habeas Corpus.
For the settlement of Tax fita vs. II. P. Livingston
of Clinch county aud It. II. McCrosky of F»iton coun
ty-
In relation to the publication .and distribution ot the
acUof the General Assembly . j GEORGIA,"Twigos County.
Apprving. tbe action of the Governor perclias-.ng uuuww t? , ,,
wagons aud teams to transport corn to* Soldiers’ fami- \J HEKEAri, l A Rice administrator drbo
lies. V v nis non ou the estate cf Henry Faulk, late of
Requesting the governor to employ counsel and pay : said County deed, makes application to me in due
them such fees as he may think proper, iu the proseeu-. j form of law tor letters of Dismission fr .m said r.d-
tion of persons for unlawful distillation. ! ininistrationshio, he having fully and faithfully
In reference to certaini Battle flags j Executed the siimc, as will more fully appear lrom
In rdterence to the distribution of the relief fund for . ■ - • -
soldiers families.
mission from Lie administration of said estate.
Tuese are therefore to admonish all person*interest
ed to show cause if any within the time prescribed by
law, why said letters should uot be granted to said ap
plicant. •
Witness my official signature this March 7th 1 Sf,t
83 .It, ‘JOHN.I. SPARROW Ord >
GEORGIA. Puiaski county.
W HEREAS, Tucker Mauldin applies to me for
letters of Administration on the estate of
Counccllor Mauldin late of saiJ county deceas
ed
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
and singular the kindred jittd creditors of said de
ceased, to be and appear at tnv office within the
time prescribed by law, to show cause if any they
have, why said I. tf. is should not be granted the
applicant. Given tinder i*\y hand, and official sig
nature this-5th day of March 18lH.
JOHN FALL Depy, Ordty.
43 5t. J. J. K.
the records nnd vouchers of file, in my office.
Expressing the confidence of the General Assembly j
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
in the integrity and
In reference to th
Regiments.
•atriotism of President Davis,
enlistment of all the G
NEW out.™
“Call me not back from the Eclioiess Shore,”
singular the kindred and creditors of said deed, to
, bo and appear at my office on or by the first Mon-
1 day in October next, then and there to show cause
i why said letters may not bs granted. Given un-
! der my hand officially, March cth lcbl.
LEWIS SOLOMON, Ordr'y. 43 m6m.
GEORGIA, Appling County.
yiTHEREAS, Westberry Bennett makes appli-
T V cation to me for letters of administration on
the estate of John Westberry d-ceased. _
These are theref.ne to cite) al! persons interested
to be and appear at. my ofiice by the first Monday
! Tis tils March ofthe Southern Men." j n M «*hnext,
1 letters should
In answer to “ Rock me to Sleep"—by the
author and composer of “ When this
Cruel War is over.”
Price $1.50.
From a Scotch Melody.
Price $1.50.
“No Oce to Love,”
By W, B. Harvey.
Price $1.50.—Tr ade one-half off.
GEO. DUNN CO,
Publishers.
Richmond Va., Jan. 18, 1864. 36 (it
uaLniy offic
to show cause, if any. why said
not he granted to said appliccant.
Given undermy hand officially this Feb. 9th Ie6L
4*t 5t. J. LIG1ITSEY Ordy. of A. C.
Administratrix's Sale.
B Y virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary
of Twiggs county, will be sold before the
Court house door iu Marion said county, within the
legal hours of sale to tbe highest bidder, on the
firstTuesday in May next, the followings lands,
belonging to the esta’e HyTam Parker, late of
said couuty deed, to wit 33,1-3 acres of land, ly
ing and being in the 27th Dist. originaly Wilkin
son now said courity of Twiggs, number net
known, but adjoining lands of E. 8. Griffin, and
John Fitzpatrick, aud others. Sold for division
of said estate. Terms on the bay ot sale.
March 8th 1861 —(L. S )
43 ids. RICHARD MYRICK, Admr.
| GEORG I A, Pulaski county.
TITHE RE P F. D, Scarborough applies to me
I f T for letters of administration on the estate
of Margarett M. Rose, late of said county, de-
! ceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
; singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased
; to file their objections, (if any they have,) in ir.y
office within tho time prescribed by law, otherwise
said letters will be granted.
Given under my hand and official signature this
3.-d March, 1864.
42 at (JJS) JOHN FALE, D. Ord y.
GEORGIA. Berrien County.
T ESSE CARROLL applies to me for letters of
administration ou the estate of Win. Knight,
deceased.
All persons interested will take notice and file
objections, it any. otherwise letters will issue.
Witness my official signature.
H. T PEEPLES, Ord y.
Jan 28th. 180 b Pd $3 38 5t.
Executor's Sale.
YTTILL BE SOLD, on the first Tuesday ii:
tT May next, before the Court-House door, ii
GEORGIA, Twiggs County.
W HEREAS, Henry H. Perry administrator on
tlie estate of Sarah Davidson, late of said
county deceased, applies to me for letters of dis
mission from said tiust, he having fuily settled
said estate, as will mord fully appear from the
vouchers of file in office.
These r.re therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred of said deceased, and others
concerned, to be and appear at my office on or by
the first day of Angust next, then and there to show
cause why said letters may not be granted.
Given under my hand officially at Marion, Jan
uary 2(tth, 1864.
36 mtiin LEWIS SOLOMON, Ord’y.
GEORGIA, Pierce Couuty.
W HEREAS, John VV. Stephens administra
tor, and Esther Harris, administratrix, of
William .1 Harris, represents to this court in his
petition duly filed, that they nave fully adminis
tered William J. Harris’ estate;
This is therefore to cite all persons concerned to
show cause, if any they can, why said administra
tors should not be discharged Iroui their adminis
tration and receive letters of dismission, ou the
first Monday in August next.
Witness my official jiguatnre, this Jannry 2!st
1864. L. H.GKEENLEAF, Only.
January 21, 1864. Pd. $6.0(1 36 m6m
GEORGIA, Pierce County.
VV r HEREA8, Banner Tnomas, Administrator
*' of Jackson Thomas, represents to this Court
iu his petition, duly filed, that lie has fully ad
ministrated Jackson Thomas’ estate.
This is therefore to cite all persons concerned,
to show cause, if any they can, why said adminis
trator should not be discharged from Lis admin
istration and receive letters of dismission on the
first Monday in July next.
Witness my hand and official signature, this
January 6th, 1864.
L H. GREENLEAF. Ord’y.
Paid $6 34 d6q
GEORGIA Lowndes comity.
\ TTIIEKEAS Samuel Carter has made application
T to this Court for letters of Guardianship of tho
Bulloch county under an order ofthe court of Or- j P erso,! ‘; and property of the minor heirs ot lssac 1>.
dinary, five hundred and two acres ofland. more Carterlate ofsam comitydec’d. ,
,. J ... . . . , , , , I neseare therefore »<> admonish all persona interested
or less, well unproved, pounded by ands of James : to file their objections if any, at this office within the
Denmark. John 8. Ilagtn aud John Wise, it bmo.g ,i, nL . prescribed by law. why said letter* should not be
the late residence of John V\ - Gibson deceased, ' granted, otherwise letters willissne to said applicant,
and sold as property of said John W. Gibson, anil Witness my hand aud official signature this 1st day
sold fora division among the heirs: terms oil the of February 1864.
day of sale, this 10th day of .March, 1664. JOHN W. IIARUELL Ord y.
4-1 tds. D. B. JAS. J-MILLER, Executor. i ^9 St.
;—y— • GEORGIA, Berrien County.
Administrator's Sale. TTTHEREAS, Fiances Fulferd applies to me
TTTILL BE SOLD on the first Tuesday in May ; *T for letters of Administration on the Estate
Tt next, before the Court-house door in Bui- j °T W. \V . Fu’riord late of said county dec d.
loch county, under au order ofthe Court of Ordi- j All persons, interested will take notice and tile
nary between the legal hours of sale on the first objections it any, by the first Monday in April
Tuesday in May next, one lot of land containing j next, otherwise letters will he granted; witness
two hundred and fourteen acres more or less lying i my official signature, Feb.^ 2 hd 1864.
on Canooche river, hounded by Brew*on ami r.tb- 42 5t. I’d. $3, II. I’. PEEPLCS, Ord y.
e.-s; well improved. Also at the same time and GEORGIA, Twiggs County,
place ten likely young negroes, to w, : Luck a W i; EKEAS , R^ert R. Wimberly, applies to
.mu, Miles a boy, berahy a woman and her three )\ f lett of Administration on the es-
clnldren, Altrain, a worn m and her two children, , . c \i u , . c ■ , . , .i
and Sam. a boy, sold for the benefit of the heirs ! atC , ° f f Mary ® ryan - late of salJ COU,Uy ’ U ceaSed ’
and creditors. Tenn*o*i the day of sale. This lu ^,', uc 0,111 ^ a 'J- - , .. ,
Tih of Xfareb i :i 1 These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
SF xitrWfc * nn, th J singular the kindred and creditors of said decea?-
Ob.imjKfl ik. (lULttibt). f . , , * , , . _. , ,v.
SAMUEL A. HENDRIX, Adrars ’ * * nJ . a PP ear or
n u ’ r irst Monday in May nsxt, then and there to snow
' * ~ ’ | cause, if any, why said letters may not be granted
GEORGIA, Bulloch County. j said applicant. , . t .
W HEREAS, John Lastinger applies to me for i Given under my hand nnd official signature at
h
letters of administration on the estate of
James Lastinger, late of sai l county deceased.—
These are therefore to cite and admonish and all
singulai the kindred and creditors of said deceas
ed, to be and appear at my office on or before the
first Monday in May next, then and there to show
cause, if any they have, why said letters may not
be granted said applicant. Given under my hand
officially this 10th March 1664.
41 5t. DAVID BEASLEY, Ordinary.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors
GEORGIA, Bulloch County.
A LL persons having demand* again-t John
Hendrix deceased, late of said county are
hereby notified and required to present them prop
erly attested, to the undersigned within the time
prescribed by law, and all persons indented to
said deceased, are required to make immediate
payment to tbe undersigned. 7th March 1851.
SEABORN R HODGK s . \ .
SAMUEL A. HENDRIX, j . ‘ rs
I> B. 44 tds.
M irion, Feb. 18th, 1864.
j 40 5t. LEWIS SOLOMON, Ord’y.
GEORGIA, Jasper County.
W HEREAS, it is represented to the Ordina
ry, that tlie minor children of Joseph Jones
latg of said county, deceased, are without Guar
dian.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all per
sons concerned, to be and appear at my ofiice on
the first Monday in April next, and take ont let
ters of Guardianship, or show cause, why the
same shall not devolve upon the Clerk of the Su
perior or Inferior Court of said county.
Given under my hand* officially, tbis 22d day
of Feb’y 1864.
41 5t • M. II. HUTCHISON. Ordinary.
GEORGIA. Twiggs County. i — . 1. he .
W HEREAS, laham Edwards administrator objections, ,f any they have, » my office on oir
ou the estate of Wyatt Alien, late of said | fore ti.e first Monday in May next,Othereintes.^
county, deceased, makes application to me fur let- i le i i u, . rs ll W, J i
or, in rtii» f.,ri„ n( law tor letters of dismiftsinti ! officially this K-th day o. March 180 ■
' DAVID BEASLEY, Ordinary.
; GEORGIA, Bulloch County.
W HEREAS. Wiley Mikell and Jane E. Bmice
Guardians ofMszetl. James A., Anne, b.
Mary L. Bailee rniuor heirs o? John A. Bunce. ap*
Ipii.Sto motor letters of dismission. These are
therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the
kindred and creditors of said minors to tile , b eir
ters iu due form of law tor letters of dismission
from his said trust, he having faithfully executed
the same, as will more fully appear from the record
and vouchers of file.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the parties interested, to be and appear
at my office ou or by the first Monday in Septem
ber next, then and there to show cause, if auy,
why said letters may not be granted.
44 Ct.
GEORGIA, Appling couuty.
O N the first Monday in May nest at a regular
term of said court, C'eiia Crosby, will
opplication to said court for letters ot administra
tion on the estate of Isham Crosby deceased.
□y naiu letters mAll persons having objections will file th fj" '
Given under my hand and official signature, l said court in terms of the law, otherwise asm w
at Marion, March 1st, 1664.
42 m6m LEW18 SOI<OMON, Ordinary. J
I tew will be granted, j. LIOHT8EY Ord L (