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State Rights &, Confederatt Stales' Right
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THE CONFEDERATE UNION,
( Corner of Hancock and Wilkinson struts.)
Ol’i'ANITE TJIE C'fll Itf
tfODGUTGY, 1IISBET & CO., Stntr Printirs.
Tuesday Morning, June 28. 1884.
President Savin ainl the Blockade.
The course of the President in connection with
Ihe exportation of cotton and the importation of
supplies by the States, it appears to us is most
extrao'diuay. On the (3th ot February last, CBu-
frress passed an act, declaring that the exportation
of ccttpn ami tobacco, &.C., is prohibited, except,
under'Wich uniform regulations as shall be made
by the President of the Confederate StaTes. The
act then provides for the seizure and forfeiture
ot the property of any person or •persons who shall
attempt to export it in violation of this acte and
points out the whole inode of proceeding in such
cases, and then contains the express proviso “that
nothing in this act shall be construe)/ to prohibit the.
Confederate States, OR ANY or THEM, /row tsport
i,,ir ur.y of the articles herein enumerated on their
uim account.” The President prescribes uniform
regulations to apply to all persons aud companies
engaged in running the blockade, prohibiting
exportations by them, unless they allow the Con
federate Government the use of one half the room
of the vessel at such low rates as he prescribes.
'i his, the law authorized him to uo. But not con
tent with this, he went a step further, and by his
mere order, repealed the proviso in the act above
ijU’ ted, and proiiibted the States, or any of them,
from exporting any commodity unless they would
submit to the same uniform regulations impdsed
upon persons and corporations, or trading com
panies. This, the Governors of the States, whose
legislatures had made provision for the importa
tion of supplies for their troops, and for the use
of the State, aud for the exportation of cotton
Ac., to pay for the supplies, refused to do, and
tiie Governors of Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama
and North Carolina, sent a memorial to Congress,
asking that this most unjust restriction be remov-
clfroir. the commerce of the Sovereign States.
The Governor of South Carolina also concurred
in the seutim l.ts c-f the memorial, and wrote to
the Senators of bis Slate in accotdatice. Con
gress then took up the question and passed an
act, removing tha reslrictions so far as the Slates
were concerned,, which was sent to the President
for l^s sanction, and he retried the bill. Tire Con
federate Government has never been able to sup-
p’y all the troops in its service with all the notes
series of life, and the States have been obligedjo T Q p r"
step fbrward and supply the deficiency./Tilt *
s ipplits are now so far exhausted, that tUf^jcihi
only be done in future by importaion. ap^ytni
c tn not he done without the exportation j*§- U’ot-)
t >n with which to pay for the supplies. ^evcraK
of the States, Georgia among the rest. htlv£ tfk
propriated large sums for this purpose, audim 1
structej their Governors to export the cotton, a
import the articles needed for the comfort of their
sous who are in the field, often half naked and
half fed. The Governors of the States, have, un
der the Authoiity of their Legislatures, pur
chased or chartered ships for the purpose, and the
President, in the teeth of ihe plain provision of the,
act of Congress which prohibits him from placing
any such, restrictions upon the States, or any of
them, refuses to allow clearance to State vessels,
and has ordered the Military commanders of ports
to the exportation of cotton which they now have
on hand as ihe property ot the Stares, to plact
funds abroad with which to pm chase snpplit 9 to
be returned upon the vessels to Confederate Porte
for State use. At this point, i hey regret tossy,
that (hey are met. by an order fiom the Secretary
of the Treasury untiS 1 the authoiity of the Pies
ident, which prohibits the Custom Hi use ofticeis
from granting clearance to vessels owned or char
tered by the States with State ■‘•argues, some ot
which are now aboard, unless tin y will conseut
to allow theCi moderate Government lo use one-
half the storage room of their vessels upon term
wtiich would cause actual loss to the Slates. Sur
rounded. by all the embanasments with which
they have to contend, they can not consent to
ibis; and believing as they do, that the order has
grown out of an erroneous construction of the
late act of Congress, which, as they understood
it. exempts the States from ail the restrictions
thrown around exp stations arid importations
made by private individuals or companies; and
feeling aseuied that those who represent the Sov
ereign Stages and people, vveuld tail to carry out
the views nr w ishes of the people or governments
of their respective States, if they should attempi
by any law or regulation to prohibit the States
from the exportation of their own productions up
on their ow n vessels, or such as they may char
ter for that purpose, and the importation of such
supplies as they need, the undersigned appeal
with confidence to Congress, to remove said re
striction, aud enact such laws as shall secure to
all vessels, in the service of the States speedy c ear
antes upon application to the Custom House ofti
ceis at the l’orts from which the vessels ait ex
pected to go to sea.
While the undersigned are aware of the impor
tance of exportations and importations by the
Confederate GoverumenL and would gladly fa
cilitate its operations iri every proper way, they
are of opinion it is better that each government
should conduct its own business affaiis lor itself.
But independently of this view of the case,
they can not yield their assent to the docltine
that the Confederate Government has any right to
impose any euih restrictions upon the States, 01
compel them to submit to any such terms. Whefi
in their power to assist the Confederate Govern
ment with Slate vessels, they wiil do so with
great pleasure, hut they will not consent to do
this under compulsion
They 3euy that the provision in the Coiwti
tulion which authoiiees Congress to'regulat*
commerce “auion& the seveiai Slates,” colder*
the power to destroy the commerce of the States,
oi* to detain State vessels till they consent to re
linquish half their storage room to the Conteder
ate Government. If Congress has the power to
place this restriction upon tiie commerce and ves
sols of the .Stales, it may claim for the Con fed racy
three-fourths or nine tenths the room, or nitty
deny the right of the State* to clear a vessel up
on any terms The power to regulate commerce,
does not include the power to destroy it, or to put
any such restriction upon it
The unoersigued beg leave farther, to submit,
to the consideration of Congress, the question ot
the propriety of allowing, the States to export
produce aud import supplies necessary for Stfite
use free of export or import duties, as the iuipor
taiions are made for the public use and in furth-
erance of our cause.
In considering tiiis question, it is hoped Con
gress will not fait to take iuto the account the
fact, that the legislatures of part if not all the
State* have passed laws exempting cotton and
all other property belonging to the Confederate
Government within the limits of the States from
all State tax : and they submit, whether upon
principles of reciprocity and comity apart from
ihe want of Constitutional power in Congress, to
tax State property, it is not the duty of Congress
to exempt State property , including exportation*
and importations by the States from all Conteder
ate. taxation. The undersigned beg leave to add
that ic is not their intention to import article* < f
! luxury, or indeed, any articles not u ce*sary loi
! the public use, aud for the comfort of the troops
I from their respective States, in military service,
j April 1864.
Josem E Brown,
Go vernor of Georgia.
Ciias. Clark,
.Governor of Mississiopi.
T. H. Watts,
Governor of Alabama.
Z. U. Vance,
Governor of North Carolina.
I.ineoln ninbe* a Kpeerh.
Old Abe opened the political campaign with a
characteristic speech in the ci f y of • Brotherly
Love,” i'u the 16th iust. He told the amiable
people of that gooJ oi l Quaker city that the Wai
Had buried a heap of people and lots of treasure,
aud that taxes would be awfully high, hut he in
teuded to run the machine as he loiiud it, unti
the authority of the United States extended evei
every foot of soil in the rebellious States, if it
look three more yturs of liar to do it. He iurthe.
asked his hearers if they would furnish hint ih
means to carry on ihe War, and every sen of i
Dutch replied, YAH! lie also sa d that Gian
aud Mesde had now got a foothold, aud the;
could not be ousted, and were bound to tak-
Richmond after aw hile. It is a little strange tint
Lincoln should find it necessary to make such s
speech in a ciiy like Philadelphia, full and run
ning over with abolition, and enthusiasm for tb>
War. It is strange, too, that he should speak f£
Meade in connection w ith Grant, as it is genera;,
ly understood at tiie rfortli, and everyw hense!s>,
that the‘‘Man on horseback,” and ni body else
is in command of the “finest army on the planet/
Ft is strange that he should tell the people ths
Grant’s army had got w heie it could not he du
lodged, when everybody at the North was expeef
iog to hear that Richmond, and not Grant, wa
l>e«“iged. It is not strange, however, that Lii
coin should declare for three years more of W»r
He is only carrying out the policy of his Genei
als in tiie field and his Minister of War. They
tell the Government that they have gained viclo
after victory. Grant told Stanton he intendei
“to fight it out ou this line if it took all the Sun.
mer,” and he has taken a new line every week h<
has been in Virginia. Lincoln tells the people In
will fight on for three years more, when he know
that the War canuot live another year if Gran
fails to take Richmond this Summer. But, hum
hug is the word with the Yankee Nation.
CUTIVE DEPARTMENT, \
ogevii.le, May 9th, 1864. j
I hxVe purcRased 31),000 soldiers’ blankets for
...e Stp$6 ©f/Geoigia now in the Islands, and have
j^pend vyH cotton tn pay for them. The steamer
HnUiJe'A'da, chartered by the State, has been load,
ed for three weeks witlt about 300 hales of cot
ton, ready for sea. She lies 30 miles from Charles
ton. I ask clearance for her to go out now, while
we have-dark nights. She is detained at heavy
expense to Ihe State. I solicit an early reply
JOSEPH E. BROWN,
llis Excellency, Jefferson Davis. Richmond.
Richmond, May 10th, 1861.
ITis Excell-mcy, Governor Brown ;
Y'our telegram of ninth, to the President, in re
lation to steamer Ada. has been referred to thi*
where State vessels lie, \vh re heavy Confederate ; Department. Ou twelfth April, a telegram was
batteries are to he passed, tiot to permit the State
vessels to leave port unless they submit to the
terms imposed by him. Congress attempts to
correct this by the passage of an act to reiieve
the Sovereign States front dictation, aud the
President vetoes the bill. In a few words, Geor
gia troops need blankets, shoes and qlotbing,
which tiie Confederate Government is not able
to provide, and the State proposes, at her own
expense, to purchase or charter her own vessels,
and to export her own cotton upon them, and to
purchase the articles needed, in foreign markets
and to import them, at her own risk and expense,
mil give them to her troops when they are suffer
ing for them, and can not get them from the Con
federacy. Congress says the States shall be au
thorized to do tiiis; the President, by order, pro
hibits it, unless the States will submit to such
terms as ho dictates. Congress passes an act to
relieve the States from this dicta!ion, and the
President places his veto upon it, and persists in
his course. The Stales must submit to suen terms
as lie imposes, or the States can not export State
property and import supplies for their brave sons.
Tiie LiuccAn Government tins expended, probably
$’>()(),000,000 in attempting to blockade our ports,
because that government supposes the blockade
a great injury to us as a people, and so it ha«
been. But our own President has made the block
ade much more-effective than Lincoln w as able
to do if a State ship attempts to go out, she
must evade the Confederate batteries with which
she is threatened at tLe mourti qf the Harbor, and
must then elude the Federal guns on the block
adin'' - vessels. It would seein that Mr. Lincoln
ami Mr. Davis together, will surely ha able to
i cccxd in blockading our ports against the ships
o tlie Sovereign States. We publish below, the
’x-mortal of the Governors of the States aud the
correspondence between Gov. Brown and the
President, through Mr. Memroinger, in reference
t0 ‘he little Ada, and leave the public to judge
for tl
“enisclves.
MEMORIAL.
r, Mi< and House of Rtprtscnlatircs in Con-
Asstmhltd.
-Sums U ,!'. d T i{riUiJ ' Governors of their respective
: "“ vc - respectful! v, to invite the atten-
the Cm.frA n k les V° ,1 ‘« fact, that tire States of
for Sun. . !‘ ave great need of many article*
“ hicli crrn only be obtained by im
Aim that the legislatures of sevetai
;, ave made appropriations for the
i ,,, . ■^porting cotton and other produc
importing
To the Si
portation
*' t ' the State
purpose of
• SJ „ necessary articles for the use
. ' l *S,iincluding clothing, shoes, blankets,
icles. indispensably necessary to the
u[ i 1 ‘ ‘“rtf tioops in Confederate service,
1i | 1 /,T U i nt ^ suff * r trom ' Vauto > necessary ar-
th„ f! 11 :s not - *tthc ’» ‘he power of
^vontrcjeiate Government to furnish. The
ot t!
sad
ton
service,
necessary ar-
o it uicii ir » *j n & «i. . * r
the
^imitations an ^ importations are to he made Ly
the ’ l ' v . l!, j no,s of the Spates under the authority ot
(j. * ‘“g;/stores, at the risk and expense of the
I. , e8 ‘ u P°n vessels purchased or chartered for
that pu p jse.
eJ..' le ; W ™ 8 '’Overal of the States ill the
hav^V° n i°* t l‘ <3 aci8 their State legislatures,
purchased or chartered steamers preparatory
sent to you, stating that the act of Congress, im
posing lestrictions on export, of cotton, required
that the regulation of trade should be.uniform.
Therefore, the requirement that one-half of the
cargo of every outward bound vessel should be
for accoun’ of the Confederate States, cannot be
relinquished as an exception in your favor.
27tii April, Mr. Lamar applied for a clearance
for this steamer, and was informed that she could
not go until she complied with the regulation.
C G. MEMMINGER,
Secretary Treasury.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, ?
Millevgevillb, May 21st, 1864. $
Your telegram of Ihe I Ot h did not reach me till
yesterday. The Act of Congress to which you
refer which prohibits the exportation of cotton and
oilier productions except tiuder such uniform reg
illations as shall be made by the President, lias in
it this express proviso, “that nothing in this act
shall be construed to prohibit the Confederate
States or any tf them from exporting any of the
articles herein enumerated on their own account.”
The three hundred bales of cotton upon the Little
Ada belong to tiie State of Georgia, and I pro*
pose to export it on State account to pay for blan
kets for Georgia soldiors. and if.any surppts to
arpply it to the purchase of Cotton Cards, for the
people of the State, under an act of the legisla
ture. ^
I deny your right to repeal ths act of Congress
by your order, or to refuse cl.earauce to the State
under any just rule of construction which you
ctn apply to the plain proviso in the act of Con
gress. I, therefore, again demand clearance as a
right, not as a favor, and waiving for the present
tho question of your right to ask it of the State,
other lo pay export duties.
JOSEPH E. BROWN.
Hon. C. G. Meuimiuger,
Secretary of the Treasury,
Richmond, Va. •
Richmond, May 23, 1861.
Guv. Joseph E. Hroioti :
Y’our telegram of 21st inst. is received. Clear
ance canuot be given except in conformity with
the regulations of the President.
C. G. MEMMINGER,
Secretary of the Treasury.
Rev, S E. Brooks’ School.
The first term of Mr. Brooks’ Scl ool closed last
Friday, With a public Examination, held at New
ell’s Hall. We were present at a part bf the Ex
amination, and can testify that the scholars did
credit to ilieir teachers aud themselves. They
were examined in Spelling, Reading, Arithmetic,
Algebra,, Grammar, G “graphy. Latin ( Geometry,
Arc . &c. The whole Examination showed that
tiie teaching had been practical, and that the pu
pils answered from a knowledge of tho subject
rather than from mere uientoiy. Mr. Brooks is
assisted by his wife,’who takes charge of Ihe Mu
sic scholars aud the primary classes .At night, 9
Youug Ladies read original compositions, and 17
boys declaimed. %Tbe compositions were goodj
and very well read. The declamation very good
Every pareirt must have felt a proud satisfaction
in witnessing the manner in which each bore his
or her part. The school will open again the 1st
Monday in September next. Those who wish
to enter tlnir children had better apply soon-
Freni Petersburg.
During the past week alTeyes have been turne
to Petersburg. On Friday and Saturday, the I7il
and 18th of June, Giant hurled bis drunken ftil
u in in, with great fury, against our works neai
the city. They came up acres deep, a id * tin
slaughter by our artillery and musketry is said t<
have surpassed eveu that at Spotsylvania an<
Cold Harbor. Grant partially succeeded at on-
time, hut waS soon dislodged. He has now turn
rd his attention to the Petersburg and Weldoi
Railroad, and has. doubtless got possession of h
part of the Road, and cut the wires. His tenure
will be biief. We believe he will soon find him
self under cover of his gunboats on the Janit-t
River. Gen. Lee is, no doubt, able to attend tt
Grant. Grant is getting desperate, and will sac
rifice Ins whole army before be will give up thr
campaign
At lloiur.
We w ere pleased to meet Capt Charley Com
on the streets. He was wounded in the shouldei
severely in one of the late battles in Virginia. H<
Is doing well. His brother, Lieut. Thus- Conn
also at home, wounded, is doing well.
Willie Stetson of Capt. Bonner’s Company
reached home on Friday last. He was severely
wouudtd in both thighs, in a recent fight in Up
per Georgia. We wish him a speedy recovery.
To go, or not (o go.
To go or not to go, that is the question :
Whether it pays best to suffer pestering
By idle girls and garrulous old women,
Or to take up arms against a host of Yankees.
And by opposing get killed—To die. to sleep,
fGiteout) and in this sleep to say we “sink
To rest by all our Country’s w ishes blest”
And live loiever— (that’s a consummation
Just what I’m after). To march, to fight—
To fight! perchance to die, aye there’s the rub!
For while I’m sleep, who’ll take care Mary
AmFthe babes—when Billy’s in the low grouud,
Who’ll feed’em, hey ! Tlrerc’s the respect
I have for them that m-akes life sweet:
For who would bear the hag to mill,
Plough Dobbin, cut the wheat, dig taters,
Kill hogs, and do all sorts of drudgery
If I air, fool enough to get a Yankee
Bullet On my brain ! Wh-i’ii cry for me !
Would patriotism pay my di bts, when dead?
But oh ! the diead ot something after death—
That undiscovered fellow who’ll court Mary,
And do my huggin—that’s agony,
And makes me want to stay at home,
’Specially as I aint mad with nobody.
Shells and bullets, make cowards of us all,
And blam'd my skin if snortin steeds,
And pomp and circumstance of War
Ate-to be compared with leather beds
And Mary by my side.
. Exempt
The Horse—his claims as r. Belligerent.
In our accounts of terrible battles with
the enemy, of the valor of our men—the
numbers of dead and wounded &c., we
never see it stated that the noble horse
acted his part well and fell at the post of
duty.. We are glad to see that attention
has at last beeu directed to the subject,
and we doubt not that the horse will in
future receive a large share of the honor
and glory of the Victors.
The Richmond Examiner says,
The noble horse and his less noble kind
red, the mule, are no insignificant actors
in this great struggle for S?v>uthcrn liberty,
they are no mean helps. Thousands and
tens of thousands of them have fallen and
died, and gone to the eternal pastures of
the horse heaven that we trust is in reserve
for all good loyal horses and mules that
have discharged t«eir burdens and duty in
this world, neither neighing nor braying.
Torn in pieces by cannon balls and Par
rott shells, hearing the form of Mars into
the battle’s front, tugged and twisted to
death at the cannon wheel aud in th^wag-
on shafts, struggling to perform their duty,
they have sank down dumb actors of the
tragic show, and died, literally, with har
ness on their backs, without a moan, witli-
oui a sigh. Half fed, on half-quarter
horse rations; hard driven by heartless dri
vers, not half so worthy as the beasts they
bestrode; cudgeled and cuffed; overtask
ed and famished, many a noble beast has
lain dowu his life in this war for his proud
lordly master, man. If horses rcasou, and
we sometimes think they.do, they mnst
read the “situation” from a different
“stand point.”
The above being our humane estimation
of the horse and his worthy confrere, the
mule, we can never see either of the ani
mals abused, without wishing to take the
instrument of abuse from the hand of the
abuser, and apply it with ten fold interest
to liis'owu person. '
— — ■
APPEAL FOR CORN.
Tl ic Macon Telegraph of Monday contain* a strong
appeal, from Lee’s Army, for Corn. Almost every
Farmer can spare a little ; let him send it ns quick as
possible to the nearest Government Agent Our suc
cess iu8y depend’on it.
The News.
1$ tint cat' & loaded with Sldillery aud
wagons, captured by Forrest, arrived at
Meridian, Miss., on.the lGth. The Mem
phis Bulletin, Yankee paper, says that
Sturgis in this fight with Forrest, lost
eleven infantry regiments, 14 pieces of
artillery and all his wagons and stores
The biidge at Macon which connected
East & West Macon was broken in the
middle, by the freshet during the late
rains. It was built in 1S35.
We learn that Col. Phil Cook has been
promoted to Brigadier General, and wiR
command ihe Brigade lately commanded
by Gen. Doles.
Georgia Ladies Imprisoned at Fortress
Monroe.— I he Mobile Advertiser says, a
lady of Mobile who visiting her relatives
it Norfolk, was thrown into prison at For
tress Monroe by Beast Butler, has been
released. Among the ladies imprisoned
'here, she reports the name of Miss Amy
F. Cornick and Miss Ramsey of Norfolk,
and 'liss Gudbee and Miss Kate Davison,
of Mi Iedgeville. The friends of the two
last, she believes, are ignorant of their
situation.
The entire losses iu Longstreet’s corps,
in the recent battles around Richmond, in
killed, wounded and missing, is stated to he
mly 263
An exchange says : There is something
Inexpressibly sweet about little girls.—
The Louisville Journal adds: And it
grows on ’em as they get bigger.
Lugo, the spy.—Lugo, the spy, and once
the protege of Secretary Mallory, has
been court martialed, and, it is said, sen
tenced to be hung, his execution being
lelayetl on account of a serious illness by
which lie is now confined to hospital.
A Horrible Outrage.—We learn from
the Petersburg Register that another
nost foul and brutal outrage has just come
to its knowledge. The Yankee devils
visited a respectable house in Prince
ieorge, at which were two ladies, a moth
er and an unmaried daughter. The vil
lains stripped the ladies stark naked, and
made the mother, in this nude condition,
regale them with tunes on the piano.
The Yankees have destroyed nearly all
the buildings connected with the Virginia
Military Institute at Lexington, including
ibraries, statues, memorials and trophies
—one of the valued memorials thus stolen
was a statue of Washington.
We regret to learn that the late heavy
rains have materially injured the wheat
in the lower part of the State, whe r e it
was in the shock. Iu this section very
little has been cut, but Tears are entertain
ed of damage as it stands.
[Athens Banner.
Sixtieth Georgia.—We observe that
Col. Win. II. Styles.has resigned his com-
tnaud of this regiment. Asa consequence
Lieut. Colonel Thomas J. > Berry be
comes Colonel, and Major W. B. Jones
Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment.
Funeral of Gen. Polk.—The funeral of
Gen. Polk will not take place in Augusta,
as heretofore announced, but in Raleigli,
the family having telegraphed for his re
mains to be forwarded to the latter city.
Negroes are being impressed to work
on the fortifications at Atlanta. Well
enough, but why were not these fortifica
tions erected before the enemy were so
near, and when negro labor was not so
much needed elsewhere I
The Front*.
SiliCe the hvavy fi^litiu^ on \Vf<]ues<I.\v (:»!! ai-
coont of which w« publish flsewhere) th**re ha*
occurred nothing of importance at the Oem-gu,
front. Our loss is said to be v^ry heavy. From
Virginia we get nothing. What the matt.-r i*
are left to conjecture only. If tlie telpgr>p!i line*,
8mith of Petersburg; aie net iu tiie eiieinv’s hands
we are much mistaken. We look for the fog to
rise in a few d«jg, and when it docs we believe
it will reveal the situati-m in a cheerful and hope-
ful light lor the Confederacy. So mole it.be.
| Special to the Chronicle vV Sintine!. |
Marietta, June 23.
The details of the great fight of Wednesday af
ternoou are as follows:
Hood's corps, held iu reserve, was ordered at
noon to the extreme left t W hen it got iu position
a battery ot the enemy opened fire upon it. Con
siderable skirmishing eusuid, when our line un
Jer Hood, with Brown's Brigade iu advance, was
orderefl forward.
It moved out with cheering, and a fuiious battli
ensued.
We drove the enemy two miles, and took pos-
sessiou of two lines of fortifications, captured
twelve guns aud a Jarge i.umber of prisoners.
The loss upon both sides was frightful for tiu
numbers engaged.
Cleburne’s division also engaged the e.tpeni3
with success on the light-
Gen Pettus, of Miss., was killed.
Cols. Walker and Starr, ofTenn , are killed; and
Col. Clark of Tenu., mortally wounded.
[Special Dispatch to Chronicle & Sentinel ]
Near Marietta, June 23.
Stevenson, supported by Stewart’s and Hind
man's divisions ot Hood’s corps, attacked the ene
iny’s right at five o'clock yesterday (Wednesday)
evening, at Manning’s Hill, rive miles west ot
Marietta, carrying two lines of the enemy’s woiks
we holding the enemy’s position and capturing
sixty prisoners.
Stevenson's charge was gallant and bloody, los
ing considerable. ,
Hindman’s and Stewart’s lo*s slight.
Co.cock, commanding Brown's Brigade, was
mortally wounded, Lieut. .Janus G. Blancherd
slightly wounded; Lieut. Thomas Thompson kill
ed!
This morning our batteries are shelling horn
Keunesaw.
Aa L
Xotiee to Debtor* and tonhtor*.
LI, persons indebted to the istafeot Vr.» G.
Evans. Ute of Tw iggs n unly. tie, eased,
ire it quested to make iinii-i diate pM ment. All
pf-rsons 1-avir.g demands against s»id tsta'e. vs iil
please band them to me immediately.
fl. M. LOYt hiSS. Admr.
Bv U. A. Rice. Attorney in iact.
'(i t. ! l. s I , f» rit
June 12.h, lc
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GEORGIA, Beni, u Ci nuty.
\KMON Gaskin, adniiniatrator. a; plus to
nte for letters ot dismission tivui the t»iale
if 1 hos. N. Connell, deceased.
^11 persons will take notice and file oljettons
by.the first Monday in Dec*mbtr, otLtiwbe In
ters wifi be granted.
Witness toy official signature, June the Cth,
1864.
f< m6m—Pd $-'> -W. E. CONNELL, Oid’y.
GEORGIA, Berrien County.
L UCINDA Kennington applies to me for let
ters ol aJnunistiatiou ou the estate of Ken-
neda Kennington, deceased.
All persons interested* will take notic* and file
objections on or beft-re the first Monday in July
nest, otherwise said letters will be granted.
Witness my official signature, this June 6th,
18(31.
ot—Pd $5 W. E. CON&ELL, Ord v.
GEORGIA, Berrstu County.
R . A. Elliott and II. A. Lastinger applies to
me for letters of administration on the estate
of Seaborn J. Lastinger. deceased.
All persons w ill take notice and fire objections
by the first Monday in July next, otherwise let
ters will be granted.
Witness my official signature, June the 6th,
1861.
5 :>t— Pd tgi.V W. E. CONNELL, Ord’y.
GEORGIA. Pierce County.
W H STONE having applied to be appoint-
• ed Guardiau of the persons and property
of John Stone, Harriet Slone, Sophia E. Stone,
minors under fourteen years of age, residents of
said county.
This is to cite all persons concerned, to be and
appear at the term of the Court to be held n<-xt
after the expiration of thirty days from the lirst
publication ot tins notice, and show cause, if they
c*n, why said W. II. Stone should not be intrust
ed with the guardianship of the persons and pro
perty of said minors.
Witness nfty official signature, this June 11th,
1864.
6 5t—Paid $5 W. II. GRADY, Ord'y.
GEORGIA, Jasper county.
VSTIIEREAS, Abraham H- Smith, Executor to Ihe
Y f wile ot John C. Gibson ilec’d., makes application
to me for Letters of Dismission from said trust.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all persons
concerned, to be and appear nt my office on the second
Monday in January next, to show cause if any they
have, why letters of dismission shall not issue to the
applicant.
Given under my hand officially this 82nd, da;-of
June 18t!4.
f, liitim M. II HUTCHISON, Ord y.
Berrien Sheriff Sale.
ILL be sold before the Court House door, in
the town qt Nashville, Herricn county, on
the first Tuesday in August next, the following
property to wit.
A lot of cotton, levied on as the property of
Lewis Levi, to satisfy one tax fifa issued by the
Tax collector of the 13th District of Georgia, this
the 21st day of June 1864.
tit tds, Pd JOHN STUD^TILL, Sheriff.
GEORGIA, Berrien County.
F RANKLIN Ray, Executoi 1 of the will of
Joshua W Lovitt, deceased, applies to me
for letters of Executorship.-
Therefore all persons concerned, are hereby
required to show cause why Ittl* is shonlil not be
granted in teims of the law. on ihe lirst Monday
in July next.
Given under my hand officially, June the Cth,
1564.
5 f»t—Pd $5 *W E. CONNELL, Ord’y.
GEORGIA, Appling County.
VI/'HEREAS, John Comas applies to me for
f » letters of administration on the estate of Ely
McGauley, deceased, late ot said county.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased
to be and appear at my < trice on or by the first
Monday in August next, then and there to show
cause, if any, why said letteis may not be gran
ted.
Given under my hand and official signature,
this 7th day of June, 1864.
o 5t J. L1GHT8EY, Ord’y.
GEORGIA, Appling County.
W HEREAS, Nancy Drcwcilia Courson makes
application to me for letteis of administra
tion on the estate of John J. Courson, deceased.
These are therefor e to cite and admonish all and
singular tho kindred and creditors of said de
ceased, to be and appear at my office by the first
Monday in August next, to show cause, if any.
why said letters should not bo granted to said
appliccant.
Given*under my hand and official signature,
this June 6tb, 15(34.
5 5t J LIGHSTEY, Ord’y.
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A dm in istra tor's Sa /e.
ILL he sold iu the town of Camilla Mitch
ell county, on the first Tuesday in SEP
TEMBER next, within the usual hours of sale,
the following property belonging to the estate of
B P. Bostick, late of said county, deceased, to-
wit: Rachel a woman about 40 years of age.—
Sold for distribution. Terms cash.
’ K. D. FAIROLOTH, Adm’r.
June IStli. 1864. (Pd §8) 6 tds.
The enemy have retreated from Lynch
burg up the valley ; our troops in pur
suit.
It is said Secretary Memminger will posi
tively resign, in a few days.
Yankee accounts by way of the West
say that Morgan had not been “used up’
by Burbrirlge ; and that Burbridge’s des
patches were false.
Gen. Dick Taylor it is reported, has
been relieved of bis command, at his own
request. Reason not stated.
We hope the report is not true.
Vallandingham has returned to his home
i.i Dayton, Ohio. He says he has count
ed the consequences of arrest. But if it
is attempted, there shall be an eye for an
eye and a tooth for a tooth, so help him the
Ever-living Jehovah.
It is estimated that Shermau’s available
force is only 80,000 men. A few days
will tel! the story of his success or re
treat.
Cciu-lhc Tax in Kind.
We h^ve beeu somewhat surprised, in looking
over tho Confederate Tax Returns for this county,
to see so small an amount of Gold and Silver te-
fcirned. There is. no doubt, a good deal more
coin iu the county, than the Tax Books reveal;
but much the larger portion untaxed, is in the
hands of negroes. Before the War negroes al
ways hoarded tbvir coin. They would not spend
it even when prices were low. Since the War
they have tied their stockings still tighter. If any
class of people ought to pay taxes, on account ot
protection, that class is our slave population. The
best blood ot the whites has beeu poured out like
water to keep them from the cruel mercies of the
Abolitionists, yet thoy neither defend themselves,
nor remunerate the government which affords
them protection beyond that it gives to its own
white citizens. The negroes, (with the exception
ot Baukers and a few others) hold the coin of the
Confederacy, in their greasy stockings.
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Hew Sell col.
Miss M. Ftflsoua, sister of the late Col. Robert
Folsom, proposes to open a School at Mrs. Mitch,
el’s House ou Tuesday the 5th of July next. We
understand Miss Folsom has been well educated
an d is qualified to teach Music as well asothi r
branches. We hope she will receive a liberal pat.
ronage.
GEORGIA, Bulloch County.
To all whom it may concern.
Vlf/'HEREAS, John F. Anderson late of said
»T county, deceased, left a nuncupative will
and fa ;, ed to appoint an Executor in said will, as
such the estate is unrepresented, and unless sprite
fit and proper person applies for letters of admin
istration with the will annexed on said estate, I
shall appoint the Clerk of the Infeiior Court au
ministrator as aforesaid as such; all persons inter
ested will appear at my office aud tile their objec
tions, if any they have, ou or before the first Mon
day in August next.
Given under my hand officially this 13th June.
1861. 6 5t DAVID BEASLEY, Ord’y.
GEORGIA, Bulloch County.
To all whom it may concern.
W HEREAS, Andrew Kicklighter, Jr , Exec
utor ou the estate of Andrew Kicklighter,
Sr. deceased, applies to me for letters of diniissiou
from said Executorship.
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 on or before
the second Monday in January next, then and
there to file their objections', if any they have,
otherwise said letters will be granted
Given under my baud officially this 13th day
June, 1c6t. 6 m6m DAVID BEASLEY, Ord’y.
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GEORGIA, Baker County.
HEREA3, George Jordan applies to me
for-4etteis of administration ou the estate
of W. G. Roberts late of said couuty, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred anu creditors of said deceas
ed to he and appear at my office on the first
Monday iu August next in terms of the* law,
to show cause, if any, why said letters should rut
be granted.
Given under my hand and official signature,
this 17th day of June, lefil.
6 5t W. W. JORDAN, Ord’y.
GEORGIA, Baker Couilty.
W HEREAS, Thomas J. Carter applies to
rne for letters of administration on the es
tate of John T. Carter late of said county, de
ceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred aim creditors of said deceas
ed to be and app» ar at my office on the first Mon
day in August ne.\tin terms of law, to show cause
why said letters should not be granted.
Given under niy hand and official signature,
this 17th day of June, 1864.
?3 5t W. W. JORDAN. Ord’y.
Exchange .\o?icc, No. X.
Richmond, Va., June 6 1564.
r T^IIE following notice is based upon a recent
A declaration of EXCHANGE made by the
Federal authoiides hearing date May 7ih, 1864,
and is supportedby valid Federal paroles on tile-in
my office:
Sec. 1 All Confederate officers and men who
have been delivered at City Point, Vn , previous
:o the 1st of June, 1864, are hereby declated to be
exchanged.
Sec. 2. All Confederate officers and men, and
all civilians, who have beet! captured at any place,
and RELEASED ON parole, prior to May 7. 18(34,
are hereby declared to be exchanged. This sec
tion, however, is not intended to include any offi
cers or men captured at Vicksburg, July 4th,
1863, except such as were declared exchanged by
Exchange Notices, numbered six, seven and
eight.
RO. OULD,
June J4-6t. ^ Agent of Exchange.
STENOGRAPHERS AND PHONOGRAPH
IO ERS.—Proposals will be received by the un
dersigned until the first day of September next,
for contracts for making verbatim repoi ts of ihe
proceedings and debates of the Seuafce of the Con
federate States-
The contractor will be required to furninsh his
own assistants. The sessions of the Senate will,
it is estimated, average about six months per an
num, and about three hours per day.
Stationery will be furnished at the expense of
the Senate, an also a reporter’s room for writing
out notes, together with lights and fuel.
The contract will he made for one^ypar from the
first. Monday of November next, and a pro rata
compensation paid the contractor monthly.
The reports must embrace a verbatim repost of
all motiofis, resolutions, remarks, speeches, and
such amendments offered as may be necessary to
explain the debates.
The committee estimate that the principal re
porter and three assistants can perform the work.
The chief reporter and his assistants will be
officers of the Senate, and entitled-to the privileges
and immunities incidental thereto, and removed
by the Senate for any waut of capacity or fideli
ty. " *
A fair eopy of the daily reports mustbewrit-
ten complete in time for the next daily morning
papers..
Proposals will bo addressed to James L. Our,
Anderson, South Carolina.
JALES L. OP R. Chairman,
R. W. JOHNSON,
A. G. BROWN.
Richmond, June 1 Itfc, 1864. 5 fit.
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GEORGIA. Pulaski County.
HEREAS, A. C. MePhail applies to me for
letters of admiuistratiou on the estate ot
John J. Auderson, late of said county deceased,
with tho nuncupative will of said deceased an
nexed.
These are therefore to cite and admonish ail
persons interested to tile their objections, if any
they can within the time prescribed by law, other
wise letters of administration will Lsue the ap
plicant in terms of the statute.
Given under mv hand and official signature
this June 21st, 1864.
6 5t JOHN FALE, D Ord y.
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Pulaski Sheriff Sale.
TILL be sold before th- Coort House door iu
the-town of Hawhinsvillo, ou the first Tues
day iu AUGUST next, the following property,
One negro woman about 40 years old, also one
negro man 8am about 24 ycais old, also Miles a
boy rfbout 16 years old, also, Brautly a boy about
9 years old, also Ashley a boy about 2 ycais old,
also one hoy about 2 mouths old, said property
levied upon as the property of N. N. Harrell to
satisfy suudry il fas issued from the Superior
Court of Pulaski county.
JAS. M. BUCHAN, D. Sh’ff.
June 17, ls64. 5 tds.
Bakct Sheriff Sale.
\\] ILL be sold before the Court House door,
» V in the town of Newton, Baker county, Ga.,
on I lie first Tuesday in JULY next, within the
usual hours of sale, one mouse colored Mare Mule.
Said mule sold as an Estray.
JAMES M. CALHOUN, Sh’ff.
Newton, May 31st, 1864. [T a] 4 5t
E STRAY.
O NE. COW; Color—red and white: horns
sawed off at the point, under bit and crop
of the left ear and slope on the right; about ten
or twelve years old , valued by C. H. Grier and
Isaac Henderson, freeholders, at one hundred dol
lars. . *
To led before A. J. Talmadge, J P. 295th Dis
trict, G: M., Jasper county, by I honias McKis-
sock. GEO. E. YOUNG, Ql’k. InFr. Ct.
May 20th, 1861. 2 9j.
S IXTY days after date application will be made
to the honuiable the Court of Ordinary of
Pulaski county, for leave to sell all the lands
belonging to the estate of Matthew W. Nutt, late
of said county, deceased.
GEORGE DUPREE, Adm’r.
April 28th, 18(34. • (J-»s) 59 9t.
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RUNAWAY
N ar about the 1st bf June instant, from near
Gordon. Ga , (w hile in the employ of the Ceu-
tral Railroad Co ) a negro boy named Charles.
He is about 18 years of age, 5 feet 10 or II inches
high, stout built, thick lips, fiat nosd, and quite
black. I will pay a liberal reward for his deliv
ery to me at this place, .or for his confinement in
jail until I cau get him.
JOHN CONN.
Miiledgeville, June 21st, 1864. 5 tf.
S IXTY 'days from date application will be made
!o the Court of Ordinary of Twiggs county,
for an order for leave to sell all the lands belonging
to the estate of Mrs. G. A. Evaus, Ute of said
county, deceased.
If! M. LOYLESS, Admr.
By U. A. Itice. Attorney in fact.
■ June 12th, 1861. [L 5 9t