Georgia Historic Newspapers

    THE CONFEDERATE UNION.
VOLUME XXXV.]
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1864.
NUMBER f.
HOUGHTON', NISBET,B ARNES & MOORE
Publishers and Proprietors.
%.y. BOIIRHTOS, ( EUilor».
JOS. ■*. 1KISBET. \
ft(jt (Ctmfciitratc 0»io»
r t;- lVeel/i/t in MilledgeviJle, Ga.,
Is P Cor»rr of Hancock and Wilkinson Sts.,
( opposite Court House.)
At $10 a year in Advance.
^—
Ol'U NEW TERM*.
0n an l aft^r March 2,1,IW. the Ter™ of Sub
„ iotion to the Confederate Union, are Ten Don-
*, vai inraribly in advance. All indebtedness for
..hVription to this paper, previous to June 1st, 1863,
‘fat the rate of Three Dollars per year.
advertising.
Transient.—Two Dollars per square of tjir
uaries exceeding six lines.) Nomination* fo* office
Com uuuieations or Editorial notices, for individual
benefit, charged as transient advertising.
Legal Advertising.
Sheriff's sales, per levy of ten lines, or less, $5 Oft
“ Mortgage fi fa sales, per square, 1ft Oft
Tax Collector’s Sales, per square,
Citations for Letters of Administration,
,, *« “ Guardianship,
we had already murdered s me English.,) aid Peace
You won’t have much money till you're
33 years of old. Then you’ll have large
sums—forty thousand dollars jiaihaps.—
Look out for it. (We promised we would.)
A’ou have traveled some, and you will trav
el more, which will make yonr traveles
more extensive than they have been.—
You will go to Californy by way of Pikes
Pick. (Same rout taken by Horace Giee-
And why? Because the civ ) From the Macto Confederate,
il and military policy of the Adininistra-j House Impressment,
lion i. now directed, not to the su(,,.rc s . I „ j „ s „ . Col . D w .
! I|B rebellion and the restoration of (!ra . Cabb „„ d JoJ „ xl , bet fl „
ihe union, but to its subversion and over- l andCole and contra .
throw. This fs not the language of mere
• r The question raised in Ibis case is a great question
lurereoce. # - great iu its responsibility, in its couseqlienees, its
I but repeat tile avowals of the dominant j public interest, and its application to constitutional
nftrtv in and flip official andotll- tu the rights, view we shall take of it as judgee.we shall
paity in Congress, and the otuuai anu om keep the lau-sand the Constitution dearly and uudeviut-
• r declarations or the i l'es'd mt. J our ru- j j U jr|y in view. We regard noduty more sacred than tlte
ley.) If nothing happens on to you, you J lers are tending to disunion with as much preservation oftbe Constitution and laws of th« land.—
J ' . .,V 1 1 • 1 , ,11 ... , , /..I .„L«ii:„_ We recognize no higher law than the Constitution and
won’t meet with no accidents, and you II | certainty as the leaders of the rebellion.— laws llltl | e in purB u auce thereof. These have been
get through pleasant, which you other
wise will not do under all circumstances,
however, which doth happens to all both
great and small, likewise to the rich as al
so to the poor, Heaiken tome. There
has been deaths in your family and there
will be more. But reserve your constitu
tion and you will live to be 70 years of old.
Ale child, her hair will be black—black
as the raving’s wing. Likewise black will
also be her eyes, and she’li be as different
. . pursuance ,
The only difference is, that one party has 1 eutiusted to us, and these we must transmit unimpaired
drawn tl.e sword of open rebellion, and j lv,i„r,-l,
marches straight forward to the unholy | Royer Codard, onee uttered this impressive sentence,
work of overthrowing the Constitution; the ! “constitutions are not tents erected for sleep. II ey
r „ ; were intended as edifices built by statesmanship, to
other, falsely pretending to be the defen ■ „ urv ;ve th« storms of war, the agitations of public sen
ders of the Constitution, are now mainly \ tiinent and remain enshrined iu the sanctuary
intent upon subverting its plainest and j tncur She pSii^aud° wL.miof Uds liTm
most fundamental prov T istons, and electing. i,,n. for ifjudgescun change the Constitution to meet
the exigences of a particular case or clast) of cases,
tiieri the law becomes the plaything of official discre
tion, inse ad of remaning a laudmai k and boncdaiy for
judicial guidaticc. We cau concieve of no greater evil
to a nation than the exercise of unlisted powers by
any of its administrative officers, eitii or military.—
We agree with Jefferson in the necessity of constitu
tional restraints upon all public servants.
Iu meeting, then, the questions of this case, we elm"
5 on
5 00
5 OW
by military power, a totally different gov
ernment upon the ruins of the old.
What signifies the passage, ofCougress-
from which you are as night and day.— j ional laws for dividing the lands of the
Lot k out for the darkish man. He’s your j people of the South among their own
rival. Beware of the daikish man. (We slaves, or the slavish adherents of the
. . . ,, . , « ' i i TY • j i nri s. • n\ iv . • A i lu meeting, then, the questionsot this case, we shall
promised tbnt we d introduce funeral i 1 lesiclent. »\ bat is tbe eliect, m the le* j uot look to the hardships that grow out of the proper
into the darkish man’s family the moment j hellions States, of Presidential edicts, a- j and manly administration ot the laws of the laud. Jt
we encountered bin,) Me child. Ibere b boHsliing slavery, arming the slaves, and | “J 'C’pSS™STJIS?
more sunshine than clouds for ye, and send placing them as guards over terrified wo- streets; with the consequences we have nothing todo.
all yer friends, up here. 1 men and children? We «bonld be unworthy the high position we fill, if
/ j * r r . • \r • .i . . .i i ' matters like this could control our judgments, and the
A word befor you goes. Expose net j None the military situation the only j aud the citi2en wouldallke J co h uteinn aU)1 oon .
be erected purchased «r obtained, mid not maintninn
upon the ruiu and bankruptcy of the citizen. Th<
Gove nment haw done ninth, but it is competent,
with its means and power, to tin this act of justice ti
the sick and wounded, and a *o to tl.e citizen.
Application should be n a le at one to the Govern
meat for means to build hospitals at otuces when
health and comfort and economy could he attained
and the impressment of houses should be made in view
of these essentials, and not the mere convenience of
the surgeou or surgecus. The opinion of the medical
officer as to fitness is necessary, but the selection is
one with the discretion and management of the officer
whose duty it is to furnish them. If, as appears from
the evidence, the Government has a great many public
stores in Macon, the Government, iu e vacuating then
stores, should put up with iaconvenience as well as the
private citizen, whose very living, in many cases, de
pends upon his business. Government property is not
more sacred than private property, and if private prop
erty must not lie weighed iu the discretion of the court
with the soldier’s comfort, we say emphatically neith
er must the property of the Goa eminent. The harness,
leather, corn. <Sto , of the Government, had better be
moved to make room for the soldiers than the citizens'
property. The one pays tax—the other does not ;
loss is nothing to the one—it is ruiu to the other.—
With these views fully concurred in by this court, we
have to hope that the temporary use will be no longer
than the available menus ot the Government will per
mit to erect hospitals, either iu this city, or procure
them in some adjoining locality, where we believe
physicians can be obtained.
But the power Which we adjudge exists is one
For the Columbus Sun.
lewis’ Kentnrky Biigade.
EY VIRGIMIS HI’TCHEN.
This veteran biigade comprises the 2d,
4th,*5th, 6th and 9tli regiments of Keu-
tucky infantry. Entering the service
early alter tbe fall of Fort Sumter, the
three years term for which it enlisted is
nearly expired. It was originally com
manded by John 0. Breckinridge, now a
Major-General ; next by Roger W. Han
son, a famous orator; then by Hardin
Helm ; and now by Joseph H. Lewis —
Time and the ravage, of war have made
great changes. Breckinridge is iu Virgin
ia ; Hanson fell at MurfteesLoro; Helm
poured out the rich libations of his life’s
blood on the alter of patriotism, where *lie
‘‘River of Death”—dark Chickamauga
murmurs a dirge as it winds like a slugglish
serpent through its Georgia vale; and
yourself. Your eyeo is sailer, which is ac-
Appl u for leave to sell land and negroes,
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
Sales ot land or negroes, per square,
perishable property, 10 days, per sq.
Estray Notices, 3ft days,
Foreclosure of Mortgage, pet square,
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Sa le, of Land and Negroes, by Administrators, Ex-
ecat. of Guardians, are required by law to be held
m, the tRst Tuesday iu the month ; between the hours
“ l0 in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the
Court house iu the county in watch the property is
fll Noticeof these sales must be given in a public ga-
7ettt*40 daysprevioustothe day of sale.
Notice- for the sale of personal property must be
(riven in like manner 10 days previous to sale day.
" Notices to the debtors and creditors of an estate
must also be punished 40 days.
0 qq { don’t have bile on their systims when
6 yy 1 their eyes is not sailer. This bile assends
0 QQ | down on you from many generations,
2 go I which is in their graves and peace to their
5 00 j ashes.
2 00 | Madam Crompton.
I
We proceeded directly to Aladame
> u nn I j«uiohi. xuu. v,vo in com., ..... u nv b which arouses my apprehensions i deuni the violation of these sacred guarantees for life l pect their sacrifices should establish something better
Letters of «,.pl;c.lio„ ^ g ’£! j cost on of bile on jour njetim. Some and fe„s. Financially, w. ». on the j teetSSAlK «£?
Or
NotVethat application will be made to tbe Court of re( ] < rose d face is continually wreathed ill
rdinary for leave to sell Land or Negioes, mnst e | sni j] eP) reminding one of a new tin pan
t* U /e' i/rt'//n rM letters of Administration Guard iansli i p, basking ill the noonday SUli.
must be published 30 days—for dismission from ^j )e a greasy pack of common
Administration, waiiihiy sjx jplajing cards, and requested us to “cut
from ouaidians up- 0 ®*jj ort ?age must be published them in three,” which we dith She spread
_ Our public debt has reach- i pulton more worthy of commendation than when he
a figure which almost baffles our powers of refused to take the humble cooper's hut by force, Rud
, ° , r-, , I left it to remain, tu his own language, "a monument of
calculation, r our thousand millions!— j hls resi p ect tbrthe laws of the laud ”
History in vain attempts to unfold a page i The case before us is the right of a court to interfere
on which to trace its mrallcl Ar.d it is ! by injunction to retain the surgeon in charge of lios-
on which to trace its parallel. Ana II is I at ti|isplacUf and the,colonel commanding the
increasing at the rate i f three millions per j P o*t, from taking foicibly the Planter's hotel and
day! The hour of settlement must come. ! sU, '' es adjourning, for the purpose of a hospital. We
J „ | will not discus the right, for it is admitted and sustaiu-
. 1C 11 cl i ° “link ot payment pre-supposes an lin- ,. d yy authority that the courts have this power, if the
Lrompton, ttie other toitune teller. obe | povenshed people in all COmin cr time.— seizure is not an act of urgent immediate necessity, or
has rooms in the Farmers’ Hotel. She j Repudiation, though sustained by mimer- 1P lil5ll| y witUiu the dbcction ‘>P«ationof
was driving an extensive business, and | ous precedents, will leave a blot upon our j The facts of the case make a different question as
we were forced to wait half an hour or so j national escutcheon which no necesity can I to tliu taking of the hotel aud the seizure of the
for a chance to see her. Madame Cromp- i ever Prase . Bankruptcy ! repudiation ! ^I^pears from the bill and answer that Home is the
ton is of the Lnglisli persuasion ami has | terrible words, and of what fearful import, j owner ot the Hotel premise*; that he rented it to Mur-
evidently searched many long years for j w v, en as alternatives thev aremesented '. 1,,ck -, u \" 1 Mu, ' dock sublet to the quartermaster for
, l:r | • ,, J ° , wnen, as aneiu^ti'es, mey ate piesemcu hospital purposes. In the opinion ot the court, the an-
herli. ohe is small in statue, but con- to the honest child of toil. Before him »wer to the bill that this subletting by Hawkins to the
sieerahly inclined to corpulency, and her j jj es the dim domain of poverty, behind,
the footstep ofthe tax gatherer is heard.
But 1 forbear the attempt further to lift
the veil of that future which lies beyond.
Book and Job work, of all kinds,
promptly and
AX T II
you may be sup- ;
- * ! prisoned as a witness, hut you’ll git it,
VW* When a subscriber tinus a cross mar on m0ft ]y j n so ]j,)k jold, which you will keep
his Dancrbe will know that his subscription has J J . , , \
expfred or is about to expire, and must be renew- | mostly in chists, and you must look out
ed if he wishes the paper continued. for them. (VVe said we should keep a
vve do not send receipts to new subscri- j skinned optic on "them chists.”) You’as
bers. If they receive the paper they may know i an enemV, and he’aa lightish man. lie
wants to defraud you out of your ’onesty.
He is tellink lies about you now, in the
Government was with the consent of Murdock is tli
rectly responsive to the bill, aud meets the objection
urged by reason of the jirovisions of our code agaiust
subletting witLout the consent ofthe owner, and there
fore Hawkins, having been in {possession with the
knowledge of Horne and occupying the premises, di-
I rectly over his head for a considerable length of tin e,
Rrxmmtinn nf fhiixe and being in possession at the time he leased to the
IUsi e llttllUil til lilluxr. Government, and their being in possession of the same
The voluntary a abandonment of the Yan- j utH * e r the lease at the time of the fi.ing.of this bill, we
, c i .i f, > u are ot opinion that the injunction granted in this case
kee finances by tbe man who has upheld j tu^ ? umt .he same is hereby,dismissed. The charge
them through so many reverses, injdew ! that a hospital is a nuisance not being, in our opinion,
of the circumstances in which it takes i quity inter P" 61 -.
. . turn to pi event its establishment, it being a matter
all over Jt and marrv a lJo-lif roirnlrcted I P ,ace ’ 18 a mrst S^gnihcant event. After| arising out of the manner of keeping such hospital,
, • 1 , ^TI- 1°, ■ *14 f-* I herculean exertions, and a long series of; an<l hospitals being necessary to the protection otour
gal With ray t her reddish hair. JjctoYe .. . . , J . Sick ami wounded soldiers, we cannot eiqoin their es-
— - *- C„H 3^^.. I expedients; winch lor boldness and vigor | tablislm.cnt.
urt to decide upon the
places selected foriios-
. . • i i ■ r — i , - r with the opinions of
Simply’ that the chances ot serving the the very respectable and intelligent witnesses examiu-
wbich we will not control in its legal and proper ex- i Lewis yet linger^ the war-worn “chief of
ercise iu cases of actual and urgent necessity, and in I • „n-' >» nr i.„„
regard to proper objects. As we have been appealed j * rebe.llOUl clan. lover t elve liUU-
to express our opinions in regard to other buildings dred bl'aV'6 youths U hose names were llist
referred to by the evidence with the view, us 1ms been j enrol led in Breckinridge's old brigade, a
exiireesed, of obtaining thejudgmeut of tins court tor 1 , . , . ° .
guidance. This appeal to us we recognize as proper j IRS ■ how many sleep tlieil'.last sleep, how
and just, and we will meet it in the spirit iu which it j many have passed away from our vision
plianct-with the law aud constituted nutliorities is the foiever, luted by the sweet persuasion Ol
only mtnle ot keeping tbe loyalty ofthe people, who cx-1 a hand that beckoned somewhere iu the
distance still!”
On the now classic field of Donelson, on
the floral shore by Baton Rouge, on the
green hills ol Vicksburg and the sunny
plain of Jackson, at Harisville on the mar*
utcanuot betaken i gi« of Stone River by, the Indian stream
The female college lias been alluded to. We are of
opinion that the fact of the professors having their
homes and families there, renders it beyond the power
of anv person to throw them out forcibly, this insti
ly pi
tution being used for the most important and valuable
public use, not only should not, but cannot betaken
without the consent of the owners. Privateresidepccs, ■ of Chickamauga—on dilated Missionary
we have already held cannot betaken. No civilized n-i, r Tx_l. _ i _ .1 1 - J
goverament baa the right or claims the power of press- j ILdgt, and fiotn Dalton to wheretlie Ken-
iiiga man’s home, As the great Pitt once said of the ; 11CS3WS Haunt their plUO plumes ill the gol-
honse ofthe Englishman “He may be in rags and his i (igy sln j] e 0 f t j ie Jay god, the Kentucky
hut 111 rums, the winds ot heaven limy euter there, but , . , . . e \
tlie King dare uot." The home of a Georgian ought to
be as sacred, and it is. Churches are liable under tlie
rule of urgent necessity already laid down, but we
would deplore the calamity of closing ttie temples of
brigade has lost and left the hones of mem
bers, where, in each recurring May, the
blue e) : ed violet will bourgeon aud bios-
\YtkVI4* (>l <111 Ulllti”* iriy iiici iruuiuu . » • , i i i i • i oh'k tmu w uuuueu cumieit!. we vanu
uuin, wi ’ I o * J , * I__ arpv fall down i expedient?; which lor boldness and vigor tablishment.
4 NEATLY EXECl TED ^ . .. , . h ^ r , 1 have no parallel in history, he throws up ; It is not the province of this court
, « OFFICE. I be a lawsuit about it, and you may be sup- t ! loh , elin f nd *f tlre ? t<J ,he ho ? d ’ Jt mea ,‘ is ! SSESricK
simply that the chances ot serving the the very respectable and intelligent
ship are all gone, and that she must cer- ed it* this case, that hospitals down in the centre ot
. . r , , , . , town, with heavy brick walls surrounding them, want-
tamly go down and become a rnighty . i,^. proper ventilation, and the approaching warm
that we have received the money.
Subscribers wishing their papers changed
from one post-office to another must state the
name of the post-office irora which they wish it
'opes of crushin’yourself. (A week inven
tion ofthe opposition.) You never did
changed. ! nothin’ bad. l our art is right. l T ou ’ave
Tax Collector. Blank iteccipi Book., j a great taste for ’osses and like to stay
from this office for $H) per with ’em. Mister to you so 1 sez! Gard
Will be furnished
quire, and $2 for binding. There will be 12 re
ceipts to a sheet or 2^8 to a quire. Collectors or
dering receipts will send a copy of the kind they
wish.
against the lightish man aud all will be
well. The supernatural being then took
an oval shaped chunk of glass, which she
said was a stone, and requested us to hang
onto it. She blowed into it and said—
“If you’re not keerful when you get your
money you’ll lose it, but which otherwise
you will not, and fifty cents is as cheap as
I kin afford to tell anybody’s fortune and
no great, shakes made then as the Lord in
in Heving knows.”
There is no burlesque or exaggeration
about the above. We have failed, indeed,
to give half the senseless ligmarole as it
fell from the lips of these shallow hum
bugs. But their rooms are almost con
stantly crowded, not solely by the weak-
minded, for many persons who are popu
larly supposed to be gifted with sufficient
sagacity to go under cover when it rains,
have been known to consult these “As-
trologists*” This the intelligent age, you
know!
Lincoln in his own State.
lion. J. 0. Robinson, member of Con-
cress lrom 11th district, Illinois, in a let-
| ter to his constituents declining re-election,
says:
“The Administration [of Lincoln J has
resulted in much more than a failure To
denounce it as infamous might be regar
ded as the language of mere passion; to
characterize it as imbecile is only repeat*
The Light at Home !
The light at home! how bright it beams,
When evening shaoes around us fall:
And from the lattice far it gleams.
To Kve, and rest, and comfort all,
Wheu wearied with the toils ot day,
Aud strife for glory, gold or fame ■
Ho w sweet to seek the quiet way,
Where loving lips will lisp our name?
When through the daik and stormy night,
The wayward wanderer hoinew-ard flies,
How cheering is the twinkling light,
Which through the forest gloom he spies'
It is the light ot home; he teels
That loving hearts will greet him there,
And softly throng his bosom steals
Thejoy and love that banish care.
The light at home' how still and sw-eet
It peeps from yonder cottage door—
The weary laborer to greet,
When the rough toils of day are o’er!
Sad is the soul that does not know
The blessings that its beams impart,
The cheerful Lopes and joys that flow,
And lighten up the heaviest Jieait.
Fortune Telling.
The very clever specimen of a newspa
per humorist, who often figures under the
cognomen of “Artemus AYard,” lias been
on a visit to some traveling fortune
tellers, and furnishes the following as the ! ing the animadversions of its partisan
Tesu lt.* j friends; to stigmatize it as corrupt is but
AVe urbanely informed the ladywith. reiteratingtiicswornstatementsofunwill-
the‘Caul on her face,’that we have called 1 ing witnesses who have deposed to the
wreck.
weather, wil
ppioacliing
render such places unhealthy and un
The Richmond Whig, iu commenfing on |
the event, philosophises as follows
“Chase is a man ot real ability. He was,
in fact, the ablest man connected with the
Washington Administration. He accom
plished more than any other financier ev
er had accomplished befoie. He succeed-
gromids for exercise, could be made. Still over this
subject we are not made the^ jndgts and cannot be
controlled by our private opinions or feelings iu the ex
pression of our judgments.
Tlie next question is one more serious and embarras
sing iu its proper adjudication. It is contended for
the goverumentthat the right exists and the power to
exercise it is lodged in these officers to take every
ed for three years in keeping up the value ! house in the city of Macon for hospital purposes with-
.. J r ‘ • ! out limitation—without restraint—without any control
of a paper currency actually greater, m save tlie discretion of the officers. As we have been
asked for our opinions fully on-these subjects, we will
proportion to the wants of the community,
than was ever before known ; aud which
had expanded its volume with a rapidity
entirely unparalleled in the annals of
finance. And the remarkable feature of
his career is that he effected this by a
system of expedients, we will not say piin-
ciples directly at variance with all the ad
mitted doctrines of monetary science. He
proceed to give them. We do uot assent to this geu-
eral unlimited power, conceding the right in cases ot
urgent aud immediate necessity to take private proper
ty for publie use under law; we hold that this powe*
is rightfully in the limitation of the courts to prevent 1
unreasonable seizure of houses, aud also to prevent
oppressive and flagrant injustice. The principle then
in this broad seuse is limited by the courts under the
provisions ofthe Constitution,
The discretion of"officers, no matter how just and
gentlemanly, cannot be substituted in lieu ofthe Con
stitution. The house meant by the Constitution, in
the living God. In this daik hour of onr nutiorml SOU), flesh from the Soil of Carnage, and the
troubles when clouds are fringed with fire and the- g • above the ghastly and
atom) of desolation howls around us, we would ur^e ij ^ii to J
the propriety of keeping open the churches and gath- | mouldering fckeleton.
ering the people around the altar*. j Though the ranks of this old brigade are
laid down thus clearly und emphatically, we will be | klmttereu thill, it yet Htanas like a
brief. ” wall of brass between the ruthless invader
The stores seized underthe amended bill we hold j an d the land of Marion and Patrick Hen-
that the aetuutand immediate necessity contemplated j
by the Constitution has not oocurred. VVe agree with i
the gentlemen, that the necessity is likely soon to hap j
pen ; that a battle, will be fought over one hundred I
miles from here, we believe to be true. Such inipres- !
siou lias been existing for some three weeks. We may -
be no neaier now than when au absolute attack was .
expected some time ago. As we put the right of ta
king the store-houses of (lie citizens on the ground ol ■'
urgent necessity, and not under the laws of impress- r
nient, which we think does not apply to it, we think
tbe fact now existing, of fifty spare bed* at tlie time of -
tlie hearing, makes this a proper case to retain the !
injunction until a battle 1ms occurred, or until the sick
and Wounded soldiers have been
tbe field, which facts we believe
ry, still upholding its riddled banner, and
waving its blood stained stars and bars in
the face ofthe foe, feeling the time-honor
ed sentiment of Rodman Drake—
Forever tl >al tlmt standard sheet,
WI icre breathes the foe hut fails before iw,
With Freedom’s soil beueatiiour feet,
And Freedom’* banner wavingo’er ns.
The members of this brigade were aptly
eent to this point from, termed “orphans by General Breckin-
to be evidence of ne | ridge. They have been legislated into
cessity sufficient, in terms of the law, and upon notice worse t h au Siberian exile by the meaner
of winch, ottered to me, this lijunctiou will be dis , , r ... . . .
solved. | than Muscovite law-givers of their native
land
solved.
In concluding this decision, I will take occasion to
say, that uiy friend, Judge Cochran, who presided with ,
me on the trial aud tfie benefit of whose clear aud ■ nOp®*
legal ability l had in the consideration of it, fully con
curs with me iu the opinion expressed.
O. A. LOCHRANE.
Judge Superior Court, Ga.
Starvation—the Crops.
knew very well that the crash must come ! theopinion of Judge Lochrane.who writes this de’oi-
at last. He knew that the vastly inflated
currency of the United States was always
intrinsically worth less than its nominal
value as compared with gold ; but he di
rected all the energies of his genius and all
the power of his unquestionable abilities
to the task of keeping it up at least during
the war. He did all probably that human
energy and ability could do. He perform
ed his part of the contract—it was Lincoln
and Seward who failed to fulfill theirs.
AVith the delusive promise of a termination
of the war wi'hin ninety days continually
out to him, lie struggled for three years
held against the ceaseless aud tremendous
operation of laws which had never before
fc.ien known to yield to statesman or finan
cier. His history during this eventful
period is an other illustration of the great
fact that while general laws may suffer a
temporary interference from the interven
sion, s is tbe bouse or domicil, aud there is uo powe , no
law, no necessity, no judge, uo military officer, that
can, by f >rce, take tlie freeman's castle and throw
him homeless into the streets, with his family and
house-boul I goods, except it be necessary for the pub
ic defense, or to avert a great public danger. Tlie
establishment of hospitals, though a great necessity,
is ot the kind or class embraced, and does not come
up to that exigency where “saint popnli est suprtma
lex." Such act would be not only unreasonable but
oppressive, aud tlie exercise of a power claimed by no
constitutional government, and one which We think is
wittiiu the control of courts to preveut.
The power to take stores or publie buildings in prop
er construction of law does exist in circumstances which
render tlie appropriation necessary and subject to the
rules and rcaillations. We wifi now proceed to lay
down when the necessity is actual and urgent. As by
illustration, if 500 or 1,000 wounded soldiers ure lauded
in Macon aud there is no accommodation provided for
their shelter, this court will not enjoin the quartermas-
tei at this post from impressing stores or public build
ing for their immediate use iu a case of such actual
and urgent necessity. While we are of opinion that
the government, now in possession of la ge stores, and
believe its goods couid be stored in its own buildings,
and that the large government works going up might
possibly be used for the purpose ; and the control of
railroads, saw mills, and otlier appliances might be
dressed'in painfully positive colors, and j but time will leave it neither apologists hope for it. But he leaves it a legacy of
heavily loaded with gold chain and main- ! nor defenders. Its guilt will be confessed j embarrassment and ruiu to the Washing*
moth jewelry of various kinds.) said Ju-1 by posterity, and, should it be retained in i tou Government ; and retires to chuckle,
pher indicated powerfully that we wore a
slim constitution, which came down to uf
611 our father’s side. Wherein our consti
tution was not slim, do it came down to us
fiom our mother’s side. ‘Is this so/ and
we said it was *Yes,’ continued the
"itch, ‘I know’d 'twas. You can’t de
ceive Jupiter,me, nor any other planick.—
power, the evidences of its criminality no doubt? in 6ecret, over the frantic but
will be manifest in the broken fragments; fruitless efforts of his successors.”
of a dismembered Union. 1 fraukly tell
yon, there is but one hope for our country
—a feeble hope, it is t^ue—still a hope, it
is expressed in these brief words—a
,ichange of Administration. «Uo-elect Air.
Lincoln, or fill his place with any man, I
Tou may swim over Hoil’s Point same as 1 care not how eminent he may be, who in
sander did, but you can’t deceive the
p amcks. Give me yer hand. Times
.. - c -. ... ,. . put in requisition to establish hospitals, without in-
tlOll Ol minor disturbing forces, they can- , eonveniencing the public, still over these questions we
not be permanently checked or modified, i have no control, and must leave tlie citizens to peti-
r)(L.. ,7- : r. ii tion iii case the government inself could afford the nes
.1 he disturbing forces are finally overcome; | US8a j-y accoimnodation and does not do so.
inferior agencies are swept away and the In such event, the citizens who have large taxes to
general law resumes its inexorable and re- I payarewdjtJed.-to protection from the Government,
P . ,, , aud, while the sick and wounded must be sheltered.it
lentless course. | must not be overlooked that the merchant pays his
“Of course it makes no difference now I heavy taxes for this purpose in part, and should not
—.c,. i.:_ ,-j.. j. i be thrown into the streets tomake room for them out
who may be Ills successor; ability, medl- . ofhisstore, when tlie Government store may be used,
* i.i _ii c - ___ should he used for tlie purpose. Tlie issue of a
battle has been long looked for, but the necessity the
law recognized is au actual and immediate necessity";
not an anticipated neoess ty—aud preparation may be
made of cooking utensils, of beds, &o., and all held
ready for use when the necessity actually takes place.
If the Government officers do not make these prepara
tions, aud sick and wounded soldiers arrive in Macon,
tbe same necessity might be urged to take the bed out
of a house, or his cooking uteusils from bis family to
supply them. We a*sert that these things are easier
for the Government to get thau individuals; with
money,and transportation, and ageuts every where, it
must make provision for the sick and wouuded. It is a
disgrace to put them on charity. It is their right that
They are not, however without
They remember that He who
howls the Ocean in the hollow of His hand
; has said, “The race is not to the swift, nor
I the battle to the strong.” “More in sor
row than in auger,” they accept the dread
arbitrament of the sword, in full belief
: that the God of battles, who took cog-
i nizance of human wars iu the days of
I Joshua, would aid their efforts to relieve
their loved laud—the land of Kenton and
of Boon—the green “Garden of the AVest”
—from the fangs of the serpent of fanatic
ism!
Not a barque of life went down in the
gory sea of mortal strife, from Donelson to
i Kennesaw, but calls for an avenger—not
one that will not be avenged.
If auy tiling were wantiug to disabuse the Yaukees
of tbe absurd idea of conquering tlie South by starva
tion, it would only be necessafy for them to take a
flyiDg trip through tbe States of Mississippi, Alabama
aud Georgia, and get a view of tlie vast oceans of grow
ing corn that greet the e^-e on every hand. It is a
source of eongratulatiou to our people that the exten
sive cottou plantations throughout tlie South hive
been converted into corn fields, aud that the yield
promises to be superabundant, and with a plentiful
supply of com, we need have no fears of starvation.—
Increased stocks of horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, etc.,
is the necessary result of this abundant supply of corn,
and we have no fears but that the Confederacy will be
able to sustain her armies in the field as long as the
Yaukees shall see proper to continue the war. _
The ptanters seem fully to appreciate their whole j 'I’he soldiers of this brigade, considering
duty to tlie country in this great crisis, and while our | „i;i, _ * -i °i j f
soldiers in the field are resisting the advance of General a j , 6 ®®Yere toil they hav e undergone.
Grant and Sherman, they are resisting with equal sue- ! and tl)6 depletion of their ranks, ardently
cess the approaches of General Staivation, he upon j desire the Goveinmeut to have them
whom our dastard loe nave mostly relied for success j x i . c .
iu tlieir hell-bom enterprise of conquest aud -ubjuga- | HlOUnten. In tbe capacity ot cavalry Or
tion. They seem even yet to be ignorant of what sub-; mouuted infantry, tinder Buckner, Lewis
blime sacrifices the people of the South can make for a wl * a.l.
the sake of liberty and independence, and although j their steeds WOilld hOOn slake
they may succeed in inflicting the most dire calamities : thirst ill the tide of the Ohio, and they
upon individual in particular sections overrun by f W0U M rejoice to show the world llOW vete-
them, they will yet find it impossible to devastate ft; J , ... .
whole country bo extensiveas the Confederate States. ** a ** -Iventtickl&lis can Strike for liberty, and.
The recuperative energies of our people are too reeq- for tlie gathering of their scattered hoUSC-
lute, to be subdued by one or a dozen raids of the ene- i,_i j_ - -j ,l® l „ i. _ „. *
my. The determination to resist to the death will only ! ® ^ ^ broken, alt.ir-stones of
be >tr.ngtkened by every wrong and outrage infilcted ! home. If the same spirit that actuates
upon them, aud Hie determined zeal of our planters in j t J len , cou |a be infused illto all Other brig-
ain t so easy as
yer
they has been.
So, so—
ut Islen) P’ry. You may be trampled on
i° ° Dce or twict, but you’ll reciver.’ You
p e nte child, You can make
a Lengrosser if you likes to be. (AVe said
\n e would -be excused, if it was all the same
her.) Aou can be a lawyer. (We
tbanked her, but said we would rather re-
Ain our present good moral character.)—
ou k n be a soldier. You have courage
enough to go to the Hostrain wars and
1 k rench. (AVe informed her that
Prisoners at Andersonville.—The num
ber is now over twentv-seven thousand 1 l,1 £v B nm> | d be accomodated.
,, . . . The Government for which they have fought owes
and has beon almost daily increasing. An J it to them, and while courts will not i*auo injunctions
addition of five acres has recenty been j f° leave them in the streets a* long as there are stores
made to the inclosure, hut even with this, j ‘'riieGovcrSent"^^^^^^ ^citiiew
it is already too much crowded apd the for acts of embarrasment brought about through its
negligence, or that of its agents, iu not making proper
preparations for their accommodation. We do not
design any reflection upon the default of officers, with
dorses the policy of the Administration,' commandant is endeavoring to receive no
and a restoration of the Union ol tbe ! more. The mortality is considerable, be-
States becomes that irntaut impossible.— iog generally from fifty to-sixty a day. A
I repeat, a change of mlers and a total i strange state of affairs seems to prevail
change of policy, civil aud military, must! among them, wholly of a domestic ehar-
precede the remotest possibility of saving | acter of their own. There has been thiev-
the country. I ing, fighting and murders, and to secure t
Everv dollar now being expended by some of them from damage from the others, i (he citizen atbome not liable to military service,
Jii.oijr « o r . . P , -1 ,1 18 paying, m part, the expenses of this war. which
the President is so much treasure thrown about ninety have to be keep out side the have occurred; and if loj-aUy and obedience is to be
11 ' ■' walls under guard. It is said that several expected upon the part of the Government from him,
will kn lmn» hv tbe.il- comrades for the it certainly owes in return something belter than turn -
W| !I be Hung by ttieu comraaes ior me inga man Bnd | lis goods out of his own bouse into tbe
out being aware of the trouble in their way of making
preparation. We design simply to utter our regret
that the Government has not made provision through
its means-for the purpose for parlies id stores and doing
business, are entitled to the guarantee of protection hy
the Government, ifit exacts taxes at their bands. It
is true the soldiers in the field have suffered much.
away; every soldier who falls beneath our
country’s flag,from this time forward, dies
in vain. Every step which the Govern*
ment has taken for nearly two years past
has but iucreased the obstacles to Union particular.—Macon Journal Sf Mes.Gt/i.
Miller # example to some extent at least.
o . - . mg a man auu U1B nouns urn. oi ms OWU UOU8e into IDe . r „ II7i „ , mi , ,
murders committed. I be precise facts we street*. We therefore concur in t*e opinion that the >1 he present crop ot w Heat will be ample
have not learned sufficiently to be more Government can only, and should only use houM* im-
• _ ! nroacmi for fumnurnrir nnrnnana . n»J if I_i
E ressed for temporary purposes; and if Macon is to
ave permanent hospitals established here, they should
the holy cause assures us that the ai uiy uud the people i , .. , . . . . —
shall uot want for bread so long as Heaven shall favoi adcs ot the armies of our young Goufeilera-
US with geueial suns and propitious Showers. j C y, that despotism which applied the torch
Foiled iu thw diabolical effort to starve our people ^ i a i i»
to death or into subnhsriou, our Yankee foe will be f*CGOn to Jie once proiffl temple of
made more fully to appreciate the fact that our armies ' ' ’
must not ouly be conquered but annihilated before -jie
can reasonably count on either our conquest or subju
gation. And this is a work of quite a different charac
ter from that of burning houses, killing stock, stealing
negroes and devastating the country generally, over
which the Y'aukee soldiers march. To conquer uud
destroy the veteran and invincible armies of Lee and
Johnston is a work fur greater than line tabled labors
of Hercules, aud may well bring our Northern cousins
to the point ofdespair. They have made the discovery
that their armies melt away much faster than our own,
aud that the spirit of a people cau never be subdued
wheu fighting toi life, liberty aud the right of freeself-
goveenment.
To tell tlie truth, tbe better iuformed of the Northern
people teel and know that to-day the prospect of our
conquest and subjugation, either by the process of rob
bery and starvation or by tlie defeat aud destruction
of our armies, is uot near so flattering as it was the
first year ot the war. We were then destitute of al
most everything iusces*ary for the successful prosecu
tion of hostilities, our people,ami especially our plau
* rs, had to be schooled to their duties under the
auged condition of affairs, aud we Were in a great
measure dependent upon the North for our meat and
bread. It was really believed by our would be sub
jugators that tlie blockade of the river at Cairo and the
stoppage of supplies from coming South, would very
soon starve us iuto submission. Rat thanks to the
necessity that has taught our people tliis salutary lesson
of self-dependeuee, we are now euahled to live and
subsist within ourselves, aud it is not within the pro
vince of Yankee arms to rob us of this power, so long
as mother earth will yield her accustomed rewards to
the labor and toil of a husbandman.
[Appeal.
A Veritable Prophet.—A few months ago, while
in command on Morris Island General Seymour said
he would celebrate the coming Fburth of July in Char
leston. Among ilie many creams and prophecies
which huve been going the rounds of the press recent
ly, we believe this the moet likely to be fulfilled ; bnt
we doubt whether the details of the “celebration’’ will
be quite in accordance with the General's wishes.
[Chat,. Mer'y.
That’s Right.—We learn from tbe Sals
bury Watchman that Mr. C. Miller of Ro
wan county, has determined to sell ont bis
last year’s crop of flour to soldiers’ families
at §10 per hundred. There is an abun
dant supply of last year’s crop of Wheat
still on baud in certain localities, aud we
hope those who hold it will imitate Mr.
and no oue need entertain fears of starving.
Chat lotte Democrat.
American liberty, and gambled for the
spoils of office by tbe lurid light of its con
flagration, would soon realize that there
is au iron band clutching for tbe throat of
Seward, and a whetted stilletto for the
heart of Lincoln.
This brigade will stand by the gonfalon
of the Confederacy, whether it wave in
tbe joyous sunlight of vjetory or trail in
the dust of defeat. They will never de-
sort the banner of the free in the hour of
peril, but like tbe magnetic needle to the
polar star, bo their hearts will turn to that
flag wheu disaster may conspire to shroud
it iu gloom, and lecreants become skulking
rebels trafficking for pardon. They have
aecretly sworn to crush the monster wrong
that has drenched their old homesteads in
fraternal gore, and will never yield to the
vile despotism that is seeking their en
slavement.
If the dread hour shall ever come—
which God forefend !—when the queenly
South shall bend her glittering tiara to the
dust of submission, and bare her bosom to
the caress of the Puritan libertine, the iron
pen of history will write on the tombs of
the Kentucky brigade, that they all perr
ished in indignation and shame, in the
mightiest conflict ever waged for and
agaiust the rights of man.
The Oat and Corn Crop.—We are glad
to learn from onr farmers that the oat crop
in this county, is generally good. For
several years past this cereal has been a
failure. The present prospect of the crop
will have a tendency to reduee the price
of corn to some extent. The corn crop is
in a most prosperous condition. If sea
sons continue to favor us we shall have a
better harvest this year of all sort of
grains than we have had since the begin
ning of the war. Surely Providence ia
favoring us in a most conspicuous manner.
[LaGrange Rep.