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4ior. Brown, tlililnry Heii»wn, Kiection-
rcriug nnd Ftnnncierin* ’•!!
Iu h former number of our paper we took occa
gion to sliow that resolutions said to be passed by
the men of Gordon's and Anderson’s Brigades were
not the voice nor the sentiment of a majority of
these brave men. but only an erparte thing got up
by a few officers who were looking to the Presi
dent for promotion. To prove this, we produced
the written testimony of several gentleman of
high standing who were present and saw how the
whole thing was managed, and they all without a
single exception declare that a very large rnajori
ty of the men ot both these Brigades, both offi
cers and privates, were tiie warm fiiends of the
Governor. •These statements are corroberated by
the votes which these men gave in the last Gov
ernor’s election. We also stated our opinion that
the plan of getting up political meetings in the
army was a dangerous experiment, and wopld
have a tendeuoy to injure the discipline of the
troops. For thus exposing the fraud attempted to
be imposed upon the people by a few officers in
the army, and a few presses at home, we are
threatened with ostracism by the Atlauta Regis
ter. He admits that “under ordinary circum
stances this exposure might, be tolerated”, but in
tbe present condition of the country, he cannot
tolerate it. The labored defence of tbe army by
tbe Kegister was not needed. 1 hese brave men
do not require compliments at bis bauds: no one
has assailed their honor or their patriotism; and
their praises have been proclaimed by those far
better qualified to do tbcin justice, than the Ai-
lanta Register. This self-elected judge aud would
be executioner says : “From every portion of the
army comes the expression of unmitigated condemna
lion of Gov. Brown's course. The feeling is univer
sal with both officers and men." This is a bold as
sertion, made in defiance of facts, jlut bold as it
is, it has been made hundreds of times before and
has always been proved false whenever the men
had a chance to vote.
It is perfectly natural that some of the officers
of the army should abuse Gov. Brown, and tha!
ail the soldiers trom Georgia should love him
The soldiers know that the Governor and the Leg
islature have done all in their power to clothe and
feed them in the army and to sustain their fami
lies at home. And the officers, it is ..said, have
discovered that the surest way to win promotion is
to abuse Gov Brown. We do not kuow whether
this is true or not, but we shall see if it turns out
so in this instance. If it should, we can very
readily account foi the political' meetings in the
army. The Register does us too much honor
when he attributes our article, to which he takes
so much offence, to the pen of Gov. Brown. 1 he
Governor has won tor himself the credit of being
one of the best political writers in the Confedera
cy, but when he writes he is not afraid to sign his
name to his articles. If the Editor wishes to see
an article from the Governor od tjiis subject, he
ean be gratified by turning to our last paper
where he will fiad Gov. Brown’s answer to Gen.
Anderson. We can assure the Register that Gov
Brown is not responsible for anything in our ar
tide, he never having seen or heard of it until it
appeared in our paper. We should like to be as
Cimplimentary towards tbe Editor of the Register
as he has been to us, but we cannot in candor ss^
vve ever saw an article in the Register which we
coaid for a moment suspect of be ing the produc
tiou of Gov. Brown. The Register go«s back
many years fo some of the Governor’s old mes
sages to procuro ammunition with which to assail
us. When an officer has to draw his supplies from
a long distance in the rear, it ir always believed
that his resources are very limited, and his posi
tion untenable. We have not the honor of a per
sona! acquaintance with the Editor of the Regis
ter, but should judge from what he says about
Gov Brown, dost communion, etc, and from bis
style generally, that he had not only been a neigh
bor and associate, but also a pupil of Parson
Brownlow, and as we have no ambition to learn
in that school, the lectures of the Register will be
lost on us.
Something for errrv Sinn to think about.
Does any man realize the true condition of his Coun
try aud himself to-day / If we look bfffik six months,
what do we see ? The whole of the Mississippi in the
hauds of the enemy. All of Tennessee, except the
Eastern portion, in possession of the enemy. The
battle of Misiouarv Ridge drove Gen. Bragg to Dalton.
Soon after, a great movement against the States Of
Mississippi and Alabama was inaugurated. Northern
p ipers expressed the utmost confidence in the success
of this grand movement which was to result in the
Capture of M ibile. the possession of the eutire State of
Mississippi and the occupation of a vita! point in the
State of Alabama. West of the Mississippi all was
gloom and darkues*. Our torces in that section were
looked upon as totally inadequate to defend'the Coun
try threatened by tue Yankees. A grand demonstra.
tion, headed by Banks, reinforced by Sherman’s Army"
from Vicksburg—with a powerful adjuvant in the
•bape of Porter’s fleet—was made against Shieveport
and the whole of Western Louisiana. There was not
a bright speck upon the horrizon, of the size of a man’s
hand. Long faces met us in the street—despondency
was widespread- Suddenly the tide turns. The notes
of victory come up to us from Mississippi and Florida,
and are reverberated from Kentucky and North Caro
lina. The West is soon lighted up with a blaze of
glory which covers the whole Confederacy. Shei-
man is defeated : Seymour is defeated: Banks is de
feated. The coast of North Carolina is almost cleared
ofthe enemy. And now comes the repulse of Grant
in his grand march to Richmond. Ife hud made aii
his arrangements. Success was certain, so the N. Y.
Herald said, beyond peradventure. At all points he
has been repulsed, and Gen. Lee is master of the eitua
tiou. In Northern Georgia, the enemy has been re
pulsed at every point. Now, to the moral of all this :
Suppose tee had met with the reverses that have
b -fal’en trie enemy in the last five months. What
wjnldhave been the spectacle presented in the South-
urn Confederacy ? Despondency would have bowed
our heads. Every man and every woman would have
felt discomforted. Now, as to the object of this ar
tide:
If the news were to come to-day that Gen. Johnston
had been forced to fall back from Dalton to tbe Chat
tahoochee, what would be the effect upon the people ?
Would not long faces, and murmurs of'diseoutent eve
rywhere prevail? Yus, Georgians, wc are not ns
strong under disaster as our enemy is. We beseech,
•we entreat oar people to bear with disaster as easily
as they rejoice in success. One swallow does not
make a summer; and one defeat, or two, or three
defeats does not subjugate the people of the South.—
We cannot always be successful. God has blessed
us, and we are happy. If he turns his face from us
let us not distrust Him or ourselves.
From Dalton.
The special dispatch which we copy from the An-
guata Chronicle, dated Calhoun May j4tb. is the
latest intelligence we have from Gan. Johnston,
lighting was going on Saturday, aud we hear,
verbally, that on Sunday there was a general en
gagement, with what results we kuow not. The
enemy, it appears, were successful in their flank
movem nt on General Johnston’s left, and forced
him to change his front. We suppose that Dal
ton has been evacuated, as the fighting of Satur-
d iy was about 20 miles this side of Dalton. The
enemy is bold, and represented to be in great
force. All accounts agree that he is fighting
stubbornly. We hope to get additional news be
fore our edition is worked off.
Another Yankee steamer wag blown up
©u the St.John’s by torpedoes* Good!
From the (Virginia) Religious Herald.
We clip the following notice of the
fiction of the late Baptist Convention
at Atlanta and the sp.eeeh of Gov.
Brown in fayor of an Aayltirii for sol
diers’ orphan#, from the above named
journal, whicR, we doubt not, will be
interesting to our readers :
Ihe great movement of tbe Conven
tion was an effort to establish an orphan
asylum for the maintenance and educa
tion of the children of soldterB who may
die or be disabled «!uiing the war. At
the last session of the Convention a cofh-
mittee was appointed to metpmialise the
Legislature on this sirbject, but failing to
secure an appropriation, it was resolved
unanimously to found such asylum-
Hon. J. W. Lewis, former member of Con
federate States Senate, was made Presi
dent of the Board of Direction. The
constitution provides that the asylum shall
always be under the control of Baptists
{speeches of great power in behalf of this en
terprise were made by Rev. 11. II. Tucker,
S. Henderson, J. L.*M. Carry. Governor
J.K. Brown and others. 1 will jot down
some of the points which Gov. Brown
made in his address. He was rejoic
ed to see his brethren ready to enter upon
such a work. As a Baptist, he liked to
see the Baptists leading in such enterprises.
The world honors us for it, and the denom
ination gains in public estimation. He
wanted every man jfresent to consider how
much we owe tbe soldier and his family.
What is your property worth, what are
your family to. you, if these brave men
stand aside and permit the invader to come
down upon you? All your wealth, your
quiet slumber on your soft beds, the
bright faces around your firesides, arc
yours,because of what tire soldiers tire do
ing for you. The soldier, to.do this for
you, gives up all. His wife and children
areas dear to him as yours are to you,
and yet he does not see them from yeai tc
year, lie has as much right to make
money as you have, and yet he voluntari
ly submits to see bis little estate waste
and bis family, become beggars. Now',
sirs, why should onepart of the communi
ty endure all the coot of securing Gie
rights and independence of us all? What
was the understanding among us when
these men rushed to arms/ You said to
them:- “You go and protect our property
and lives, and we will take care of your
families. If ypu fall, we will stand father
to your little ones and will divide with
them our last crumb of bread.” They ac
cepted the offer, and one hundred thousand
bloody graves aud many a brilliant victo
ry attest how nobly they have made good
their part of,the contract. Have we at
home come up to the extent of our obliga
tion? Let us see. When this war began
the whole property of Georgia amounted
to eight hundred millions ot dollars.
These three years of carnage have added
nothing to the aggregate wealth of the
State, and yet many who were poor when
the war began are men now. The few
have become richer, therefore, by tbe
many having been made the poorer. Is it
right for you to hold these hundreds of
thousands w hile the family of a soldier is
in need/ Take an example- Here are
two families in about the same condition,
living within a few yards of each other.—
The notes of war are sounded and the main
stay of one rushes to the conflict. His
family soon consume the little he had ac
cumulated for them, by years of toil; but
the neighbor stays at home and goes to
trading. Ills gains are counted by thous
ands; and now- ho is a rich man. His chil
dren are clothed in the fluest style, his ta
ble groans underits burden of delicacies,
while he himself *is clothed in purple aud
fares sumptuously every da'y. In some
desperate conflict his soldier neighbor
falls, and his little ones are now fatherless
as well as poor. Imagine the feelings of
that widow and her children as, intbeir
rags, they look on t he splendor aud luxury
of their neighboring family. They have
a vivid recollection of the fact that a year
or two ago they were all in about the same
condition of life; nor would there be such
a difference now, had not the husband and
father of tbe one family fallen in defence
of the property 7 , rights and happiness of
the other. Who needs to be told that the
rich lainily ought to provide for the poor?
I knew a beautiful girl, continued tbe
speaker, who, a few years ago, married an
honest, thrifty man, and settled on a few
acres in one of the loveliest valleys in
Georgia. When the war began these two
honest, industrious persons had accumula
ted a few thousand dollars. They had
just got to a point from which they might
hope for happiness and ease. But the
man was summoned to the battle-field.—
With a sad heart he turned away from bis
cottage, his lovely wife, and his charming
little ones. In tbe battle of Chiekamauga,
as cur victorious forces were pressing qn,
he was pierced through by ft ball and fell
dead to the ground. The wife has since
died of a broken heart. The throe chil
dren remain, but with no earthly lriendor
protector. The little that their father ac
cumulated has been exhausted. I ho,only
hope of those children, and of thousands
like them, is centered in this movement.—
To you their eyes are turned. Their lit
tle hands are extended to you. The
graves of their patriotic, martyred fathers
cry aloud to you. Y\ ill you turn a deaf
ear to this cry? As for myself, brethren,
my mind is made up, that never while life
is spared me, shall I fail of a hearty re
sponse to such an appeal. He felt willing
to give his salary for one year to this
movement, f*4,000.) and oniy regretted
he was not able to do more. He wanted
the brethren to remember that nothing
short of a million of dollars would effect
the purpose. He urged that an effort be
made to raise two millions. At the close
of the Governor’s speech a subscritpion
was opened and about $200,000 raised.—
One brdther gave 8100,000, another a lot
in Atlanta, worth S-30,000}" and thus the
amount soon readied 5200,000. The
brethren fed confideift that tiro millions
can be raised. The Baptists of Alabama
are putting forth noble efforts in this direc
tion. They have raised some $2,30,000
towards establishing an asylum lor’tbeir
orphans. Would it not he well for the
Virginia Bfyitists, at their approaching
anniversary meeting, to consider as to
whether they might not wisely enter upon
this field of philanthropy apd Christian
enterprise? In every, neighborhood, a!
most, throughout the Ohi Dominion, ihtt
cry of the orphan will be heard before this
.war is over. Many connected with our
churches in Richmond, Cbarlottsville,
Staunton, Lvnclibutg, Danville, Peters
burg, and throughout the country, might
give from one thousand to fifty thousand
apiece to such an asylum, and have enough
left to support their families and to give
their children a start in life; and onght
hny Christian to desire, in these times of
suffering, to do any more than this for his
own household?.
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TfceNews. 5;->.
Our accounts last week hrohght the
War news in Virginia up to Friday the
6th.
Fran* Virginia.
We get nothing later from Gen. Lee than his
despatch that Grant 4 was entrenching near Spott
sylvania Court House. The enemy, it seems, still
holds the Railroad between Richmond and Peters
burg, though a dispatch from Weiden on (he 13,
reports General Beauregard as having driven the
enemy .to the river, and sunk six of his gunboats.
But as the mads do not yet come through, the en
emy must be between Richmond and Petersburg.
Tha force of the enemy on the South side of
the James River is estimated at 3!),000. Butler is
iu comanand.
——ii
Not true.
We have seen it slated in several Newspapers,
that Mr. Stephens aud Gov. Brown, considered
the present, the darkest period in our National ex
istence. We have the best authority for saying,
that neither of these gentlemen have entertained
or expressed such an opinion.
Thr poor old liiaii iu Ills Dotage.
Editors of the Confederate Union :
I have seen one or two of the articles of Judge
Longstrcet assailing Goveinor Brown and Vice
President Stephens, which are published in the
Columbus Times, and they show such a medley of
sophistry and unfairness, uot to say weakness,
that I, on reading them, could not help thinking
hat when a man gets in Iris dotage, he had better
retire. When we think of his former strength as
a writer, it is painful to read such productions as
now appear over his signature; and to think,
bow have the mighty fallen !
He has even oeen caught by tbe silly trap of
the Recorder, and assails Gov. Brown lor protect
ing 25,000 men. Has Judge Longstreet" so far
lost his miud, that he did not detect the falsehood
on reading the Recorder's article ? Or has he
sacrificed truth and candor to his prejudices, and
his wish to have Lis honored nephew made a full
Geneial by the President, whose cause lie so
warmly espouses with ^willingness to defend
§11 usurpations of power
By the way, I see that the Times, the Journal
i Mcssengi r, and the Atlanta Register, have
each, published the false statement in the Recor
der, and no one of them has had the manliness or
fairness to publish your correction, which shows
that the Recorder overstated the number protect
ed more than 23,000; or that there were, in other
words, only about 23 000 falsehoods iu the one
editorial. These Editors have published them,
and on the correction appearing, have refused to
publish the tiuth, making themselves as guilty of
of wilful misstatement as is the Edilor of'the
Keeorier hjrns If. They say the Governor pro
tects over 25,000 State officeis". You have shown
that he does not protect 3,000 who would have
been subject to military duty ; and with the facts
before, them, they refuse to make the correction.
Is this honest ? BJBB.
On tke 7th Gen. Gordon turned the ene
ray's right, drove him from his rifle pits
and captured a number of arms and priso
uers—: among tbe latter were two Gene
rals, Seymour and Skaller. Our loss up
to the 8th is put down at 6000 killed and
wounded, the most being only slightly
wounded. There was a light at Chester,
on the road between Richmond and
Petersburg, on Saturday the 7th, in which
tbe Yankees were repulsed with a loss of
one thousand killed and wonnded. Grant
had been driven down towards Fredericks
burg, and, it is probable, will have to
change his plans entirely.
Commodore Cook with the iron clad
Albermarle, fought with-eleven of tbe ene
my’s boats on the 5th inst: Gen. Beaure
gard dispatches, that the largest of the
enemy's gunboats was sunk, and two oth
ers disabled. The ram Albermarle receiv
ed no serious injury. The fight took place
at the mouth of the Roanoke.
From the West, we still get cheering
news. It is reported that Gen. Steele
with 9,000 men, surrendered to Gen. Price
on the 28th of April at Camden Arkansas
Gen,Smith had Banks hemmed up in Alex
andria, and lrad demanded his surrender.
The Yanks w r ere damming the Red river
to get their boats over the falls. They
have damned Red river more than once iu
the last three weeks.
[Special Dispatch to Chronicle Sc, Sentinel.]
Calhoun, May 14.
Test n’ay Kilpatrick’s cnvaliy were gallantly
repulsed by Griggsby’s Ivy
sac a*.
Kilpatrick is reported mortally wounded.
Loring and Cheatham’s division then became
severady engaged, severely repulsing the eue
my.
Col. Stanton, of the.28th Tenn. was killed.
Gen. Hmdee bad two horses shot under him.—
Our loss slight-
A heavy engagement commenced this morning,
near Tilton.
This morning cn our right at 10, Stewart’s and
Stevenson's divisions repulsed the enemy four
times with great slaughter, we capturing a large
number of jlfeoners.
Onr loss is severe.
The fight is still progressing.
The enemy resists stubbornly.
There has been shelling and slight skirmishing
near Calhoun all day^
The enemy are crossing now four miles from
Calhoun, and are held in check by Mnston’s cav
alry.
A general engagement is expected to-morrow.
All confident and hopeful
Banks is said to have reached Baton
Rouge.
Gen. Jenkins and Stafford who were
killed in the battle near Richmond, were
buried at Richmond on the 9th.
Gen. Wheeler captured, near Varnell’s
station, in YVhitiielj eonnty, the entire cav
alry command of Col. LaGrange.
The Yaijkees have been drivem from
Florence, Ala. by Gen. Roddy.
Thomas’ Army is moving coutiously
against Gen. Johnston at Dalton.
There has been some heavy skirmishing
for positiqti, during the past week, but
nothing like a general battle. The enemy
made assaults on our wotks in Mill
Creek Gap, bat were repulsed, leaving
their dead upon the field. The object of
Thomas it appears is to flank Gen. John
ston's position opposite Rocky Face.
Our casualties of all kinds in the late
engagements in Virginia are said not to
ijavalry near Re-)exceed six thousand* The enemy’s is
much greater. Gen. Lee reported Grant
entrenching near SpottsyIvania Court
House. If Grant has gone to digging to
get Richmond, he will have to make his
line of works stretch from Winchester to
Suffolk, and. then there will be several
gaps left through which Gen. Lee can turn
his flanks, aud take him in the rear. The
fact is we suspect that Grant has found a
hard road to travel,and is apprehensive that
Gen. Lee may assume the offensive. We
hope to hear that Stewart’s cavalry are
cutting away wildly in the rear of Grant.
Hon. T. Butler King died at his home
in Ware county on the 10th.
ssa-
rfc***for»itaed tik
iny hi# grateful eckno'
of Mi! I edge vi I:*. by w
ing flnnue wa9 saved
l*«t. No tiling bat cr
ance on the pert <
izetm. prevented
when dwellingscj| dd neither
Death ©f Hon. T. Sutler King.
We were much surprised and pained to
read the announcement of Col. King’s
death, as lie was in this office but a short
time ago, in such usual and vigorous health
a« to hold out the promise of many. days.—
The political career of Col. King has too
prominent - and widely known to require
any extended notice. A man of high
culture—vigorous mind and laborious hab
its, he has left behind him substantial
memorials of his value as a public man.—
In private life he was a man of unexcep
tionable moral j—genial and graceful man
ners—great affability and kindness of
heart, Since the outbreak of the war de
votion to the cause of the Confederacy was
his master passion. He thought or talked
of little else. And inexorable opponent
of reconstruction or compromise in any
form, his whole study was upon the most
effectual means of consolidating every pow
er and energy of the people in the great
work of resistance' to Northern tyianny
nnd the accomplishment of Southern inde
pendence. The whole country will deep
ly regret his loss.— Telegraph.
m —
Strength of the Enemy.—The Romt
Courier alluding to the strength of Thom
as’ Army says :
The forces of the enemy are estimated
at GO to 70,000 men, moving in three col
umns, under command of Thomas, Hooker
aud Howard. He is advancing slowly and
with extreme caution, building bridges,
cutting roads, etc., as he progresses. He
has evidently concluded to give up the
idea of attempting to flank our armj, pro-
fering to “clean up as he goes,” and fear
ing a counter flank, movement on our
part. ' *
The Port of Wilmington Opened.—
A letter received at the Courier office,
Charleston, states that the port of Wil
mington is opened. The iron clad Raleigh
has done her work effectively. On tbe
morning of the 7th none rf the. blockaders
were in sight. Our iron clad remains out
side to protect vessels and drive away tLo
enemy.
Tiie Five Dollar Bills.—The Mem
phis Appeal contains a card from Mayor
Calhoun of Atlanta, calling a meeting of
the citizens to obtain the expression of the
popular will upon the reception of fiv§
dollar bills at par until the 1st of July.—•
This is a move in the right direction and
we would respectfully suggest to our city
authorities and the citizens .generally the
propriety of a similar meeting For the pur
pose of taking some actioq on this ijppor
taut subject.— Const.
Tbe Departed Capture* of Steel’s and Banka'
Armies.
The report of the surrender of Steel
with 9000 men to Gen. Price, is not con
firmed before we have another report of
the surrender of Banks and his army a*
Alexandria. We are doubtful of the
truth of either of these reports. Give a
Yankee General a clear field in front, and
he can run amazingly. We have no doubt
that both Banks and Steel are pretty
well used up, having lost nearly every
thing but their remnant of an army. But
that Banks and Steel have surrendered we
do not believe. The reliable accounts
from tbe West are good enough, even if
Banks and Steel have escaped after the
most decisive. defeats which have thus far
been known during the War.
GEORGIA, \MitcbeIl County.
W HEREAS, John A. Bafl applies to me for
letters of administration on the estate of
'Timothy Qbryan Uta^of sqjti county, deceased.
These are therefare>toAjite and admonish all
and singular the kindreiywnd creditors of said de
ceased to be and appear at ray office on the first
Monday in July next id terms of the law, to show
cause why said letters Should riot be granted....
Given under my hand aud official signature this
9th day of May, 1861.
52 5t H. C. DASHER, Ord’y,
Wounded Georgia Officer*.
Among the wounded officers at Rich
mond, are the following from Georgia :
Lieut R W Hood, thirty-first Ga, in
thigh ; Lieut D B Sanborn, Philip’s Le
gion ; Lieut S D Mann, forty-fourth Ga,
thigh : Lieut S A Sanders, fifty-third Ga,
head ; Lieut S E Pahn, fiftieth Ga, neck;
Lieut Col W T Hartsfield, fifty-third Ga.
mouth ; Capt A W Gibson, forty-fifth Ga,
hand, Lieut B S Tharp, fourth Ga, thigh ;
Adjutant A G Thompson, twelfth Ga,
hand : Capt L Poole twenty-fourth Ga,
both thighs; Lieut D R Calhoun, fourth
Ga, shoulder ; Lieut J T Pugley thirty-
eight Ga, arm ; Lieut G H Pierce, Cobb’s
cavalry, arm ; Capt G W Baldwin, Cobb’s
cavalry, arm ; Capt J L Dogge. Phillips’
Legion head ; Lieut Col W C Holt, tenth
Ga, tbigli; Lieut W C Dood, fifth Ga, hip;
Brig Gen Bennicg, Benning’s Brigade,
left shoulder, severe ; Lieut H B Williams,
fourth Ga; thigh ; Lieut Col W H Willis,
fourth Ga, knee ; Lient B R Hertqy,
fourth Ga, in arm ; Col W C Hodges, sev
enteenth Ga, shoulder ; Maj R T -Bry,
thirty-first Ga, ahdomen ; Maj W B Jones,
sixtieth Ga, Shoulder; Lieut J Cartledge,
tenth Ga, Leg ; Lieut A G DeLay, six
teenth Ga, neck; Lieut A W Latimer,
forty-ninth Ga, wrist ; Lieut Dk. Lovell,
sixty-first Ga, shoulder; Lieut R L Ander
son,fourth Ga, arm.
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NORTHERN NEWS.
The Boston Courier defends the action
of Gem Forrest at Fork -Pillow—-po mat
ter, it says, how many Yankees were kill
ed.. It cites history to prove that garri
sons who persist in holding untenable
points have always been massacred after
those points have been captured.
CONFEDERATE TEXES.
We publish belpw, for the infornia
tion of our readers, a list of all pro
perty taxed under the act of Feb. 17,
IS64. Persons making oitt returns of
tfyeir property, will find this list indis
pensable to making them up correctly.
It will be sedn that everything of any
value is taxed, except non-interest
bearing Confederate notes.
RETURNS and Assessments of Confeder
ate Tax on Property, Moneys and
Credits, under the Tax Act of Feb
ruary 17, 1864.
Value of Property to be assessed on the
basis of the market value of the same
or similar property in the neighbor-
hood where assessedf, in the year
1860, except lamd, slaves, cotton or
tobacco purchased since 1st of Jan.
1862, when th^^are to be assessed
at the price actually paid. The val
ue of shares in any bank, banking
company, &c. taxed under section 2,
shall be assessed upon the basis of
the market value of such shares or
property in the neighborhood w>^
assessed:
Land or other real property.
Slaves.
Horses, mules, asses and jennet
Cattle of the bovine species.
Sheep, goats and swine.
Cotton and wool.
Tobacco.
Corn.
Wheat*
Rye, oats, buckwheat, rice and all
er kinds of grain.
Potatoes of all kinds, peas, ground pi
beans, and all other products of ti
farm, garden or orchard, not specifi
cally mentioned in the foregoing
columns.
Flour, meal, sugar, molasses, hacon,
lard, and all other groceries, goods,
wares or merchandise, spirituous
liquors, wines, cider, vinegar, &c.
Value of all household and kitch
en furniture, agricultural tools
and implements, and all tools of me
chanics or others, musical instru
ments, and all articles of domestic use.
Carriages, wagons, carts, drays and ev
ery species of vehicles on wheels
All gold and silver wares and plate,
jewels, jewelry and watches, lOpr ct
Books, maps, pictures, paintings, stat
uary, and all other works of art.
Value of all shares in any bank, bank
ing company or asssociation, canal,
navigation, importing, exporting, in
surance, manufacturing, telegraph,
express, railroad and dry-dock com
panies, and all other joint stock com
panies of every kind, whether incor
porated or not.
Gold and silver coin, gold dust, gold or
silver bullion.
|^“Tax on gold and silver coin, bul
lion Ac. to be paid in kind.
Amount of solvent credits, bank bill*,
and all other papers issued as cur
rency (exclusive of non-interest bear
ing Confederate Treasury notes, and
not employed in a taxed-bflsiness.)
Value of moneys held abroad, bills of
exchange on foreign countries.
Value of all articles of personal or
mixed property, not in terms em
braced in any of the foregoing col
umns nor exempt from taxation.
Make your return* before the
first day of June.
In the’ depth of
M*jr 16, 1664.
od of return-
the citizens
xeitions his Dwelt,
e «nTw.‘d»y night
' and pe reerver.
i"d twl.ow-cii-
loss at^a tune
built .ofren ted.
h* art he h-’-ls the obligation;
W. o. JWB1NSON.
LAST NOTICE.
A LL persons- h'airie to War Tax, which in
cludes tax oni laconics. Tax on Cattle,
Horses , for the lear 1863; Afcfo tax in kind
and Tax onpork,a*d mercUsnts. traders, aud
professions ot all kill'd*, to specific Tax for
IS64, and taxon said* dne Apr:i l*t, 1864. are
hereby notified that are ^defaulter* ; and if
returns and payments Ere Hot made before 1st
day ol June next, the penalties prescribed by law
will be assessed in addition to the Tax.
A. W. CALLAWAY.
Assessor 49?h District, Baldwin Owmty.
May 14,1864 . 52 2t.
Tax .in Kind.
\ /
fT^HE producers of Baldwin County are hereby no-
A titled that I atn ready to receive all the Tax in
kind that is due. Cotton.tnust. he ginned an l secure
ly packed, whatever-its quantity. One dollar per
bushel will 1)c received for the Tithe ot sweet Potatoes,
and corn will be received in lieu oi Fodder, when the
quantity is less £han a bale', at tbe rate of one bushel of
corn for one lunidred pounds of Fodder,
A w
not reside ^
State, it is theretpi.
be perfected on said dew _
of this order once a month for four icuDum. ...
tbe Confecjri'ate Union, a weekly paper published
in the city of Milledgeville, Georgia.
J. W. HEATH, Pl’ff. Att’y.
• Granted, Geo. D. Rice, J S. C.
A true extract from the minutes of Court, April
9th, 1864. 52 m4m R. B McCUTCHENS, C. S. C.
GEORGIA, Appling Comity.
N OTICE is hereby given tp-kll persons con
cerned that the estateiprVviHiHin Tuten is
unrepresented by the marrMge of the original ad
ministratrix, and in tern^ol the law the adminis
tration will be vestedhf thelClerk of the Superior
Court, or some other fit and p\oper peison, thirty
days after the publication otHhis notice unless
some valid objection is made.
Given under my hand and official signature,
this the 2d day of Mav, 1864.
52 5t J. LIGHT8EY, Ord’y. A C.
GEORGIA, Appling County.
W HEREAS, William Johnson applies to me
for lettors of Ukiirdianshk* of the person
and property of Alexander \V>' Crosby, a miner
heir of Stephen M. Crokby/fleceased.
All persons Will takeVotico and file their ob
jections. if any they lytvA before me, iu terms of
law, otherwise lettpfs will \ssue.
Given under va/f hand officially, this May 2d,
1864. 52 ot/ J. LIGHTSEY, Ord’y. A. C.
GEORGIA, Appling County.
W HEREAS, Martha Hagin applies to me for
letters of AdmiaUtraiion on the estate of
James Hagan deceased,\(ate of said county.
These are therefore toMite all persons concern*
ek to file their objections r«i terms of law, if any
they have, why saidJfetters should not be gtanted,
otherwise they wilfissue in onfler after this citation.
Witness mv hand and officiahsignature this May
3rd, 1864. 52 5t- J. LIGHTSEY. Ord’y A. C.
Confederate two cent postage stamps
are selling in London at two shillings
each.
Notice to Contractors.
W rLL be let to tbs lowest bidder on Saturday,
Fourth day of JUNE next, at 12 o’clock
M.,in front of tbe State House, the distributing
of the Laws and Journals of the General Assem
bly, aud such other books as are required to oe
distributed, to the Counties in the State by Judi
cial Districts.
Bond and approved security will be required of
Contractors for the faithful delivery of the books.
Sealed proposals will be received up to the day of
the letting. E. D B.ROWN.
State Librarian
Milledgeville, May 7,1664.. 51 4t
GIVE IN YOUR TAXES.
T HE Receiver of State and County Taxes will
be at Milledgeville, on Fridays and Satur
days of each week, until tbe last of June, for the
purpose of receiving Tax Returns for Baldwin
County. S. H. HUGHES!,
Fax Receiver B* C-
May 7tli, 1864. - 51 31
GEORGIA, Mitchell County.
TT7TIEREA3, Jo^n A. Ball applies to me for
T I letters cf Administration on the estate of
Ea!y Whooly, deceased, iate of said county.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceas
ed to be aud appear at my office in Camilla 6n the
first Minday iu July next, in terms of the law,
to show cause why said letters should not be grant
ed. Given uuder my hand and official signature
this 9ih day of May, 1864. *
52 5t H. C. DASHER, Ord’y. ^
GEORGIA, Pulaski County.
N OTICE is hereby given to all persons con
cerned that on tbe 11th day of April. 1864,
Matthew Grace, administrator of John Wynne,
deceased, departed this life, and no person has ap
plied for administration on the estate of said John
Wynne, and that in terms bf the law administra-
tion.wili be vested in thoH/lork of tbe Superior
Court, or some other fi* and^roper person thirty
days after the publication of fttL citation, unless
some valid objection is made to hib- x appointment.
Given under my hand and official signature this
lhh day of May, 1064.
52 5t JNO. J. SPARROW, Ord’y.
GEORGIA Pulaski county.
TVT OTICE is hereby given to all persons con-
-L l corned, that on the 11th day of April, 1864,
Matthew Grace, administrator of F. L. Harris,
departed this life, and no person has applied for
administration on the estate of said F. L. Harris,
and that in terms of the law, administration will
be vested in the Clerk of tbe Superior Court, or
some other fit and pffiper, person, thirty days
after the publication of thisrcitatiou, unless some
valid objection be made to bi| appointment.
Given under my hand add official signature,
this 11th day May , 1864.
52 5t JOHN PALE, D. Ord’y.
dEORGIA, Pulaski county.
N OTICE is hereby-given to all persons concerned,
-thatin the month of September 18G3 Alexander
Coleman late of Pulaski county, departed this life in
testate, and no person has applied for administration
on the estate of said Alexander Coleman, and that in
terms of the law, administration will be vested in tbe
plaskof tbe Superior Court, or some other fit and prop
er person thirty days after tbe publication of this cita
tion, unless some valid Objection is made to his appoint
ment.
Given nnder my band and official signature this 11th
day of May 1864.
52 5U JOHN FALE, DepKy Ord’y.
GEORGIA, Mitchell County.
W HEREAS, IT W. Barrot and Mary Wade
applies to me for letters of administration'on
the estate of Augustus Wade, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
and singular the'kindred and creditors of said de
ceased, to be and appear at my office in Camil
la, in terms of the law, to show cause, if any they
have, why said letters should not be granted the
applicant. »
Given under my hand and official sigantnre,
this 11th April, 1864.
51 5t H. C. DASHER, Ord’y.
GFORGIA, Mitchell Connty-
Court of Ordinary in Chambers.
N OTICE ia hereby given to the kindred of
John Pearson and Leroy Griffin, minor chil
dren of John Pearson and Leroy Griffin, late of
said county, deceased, to be and appear at my
office on the first Monday in May next, to show
cause, if any they have, why Sarah E. Pearjon
should not be appointed Guardian of the person
and property of said minors.
Given under my hand and official signature,
this II tli of April, 1864.
51 5t H. C. DASHER, Ord'y.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
A LL persons indebted to B. M. Cox late of
_/\_Mitchell county deceased, are notified to com*
forward and make immediate payment to the un
dersigned, and alj those having claims against him
will present them in terms of law, and within the
time prescribed by law.
H c. o. W. C. & S. H. COX, Adm’rs.
April 20th, 1864. * 51 6t.
mWO MONTHS after date application will be
X made to the Court of Ordinary of Pierce
eounty, Georgia, at the first regular term after ex
piration ot two months from this notice, for leave
to sell tbe lands, belonging to the estate of James
R. Thomas, late of said county, deceased, for the
benefit of heirs and creditors of said deceased.
BANNER THOMAS, Adra’r.
Paid $8 of JemeetR. Thomas.
May 2, 1864. 51 9t
IRON! IRON!! IRON!!!
—00—
W E have en band, a lot of Iron, suitable for
Plantation tue, which we will exchange for
CORN, BACON, ot PEAS*
COMPIDN & CALLAWAY.
# April 29th, 1864. Pd $6 50