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Y-sLUME XXXV.]
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MILLEDGEVILLE, GE0RG1J, TUESDAY, AU ft U S T 9, 1864.
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in common with her sistrrs. as a sovereign State,
had delegated to the General Government, ss an
ag’enf. certain powers: and only when these w< re-
transcended or usurped hv Mr Davis, or by Con
gress, had he, (the Governor) s'epped forward to
enter his protest against the act. In so doing, he
had merely made an issue on principle, that it
might not be retorted upon him in the future
that lie silently acquiesced in measures clearly
, inconsistent with the spiiit of the Constitution.
i Milled Seville, G(l., , The encroachments of centralized power had
been the cuise of the Continent, and it behooved
every statesman in the South to see to it that,
while yielding to our own General Government
all proper support, every attempt by it to inter
fere with the action of the State authorities, should
be promptly met and checked. To use the Gov
ernor’s own illustration—we were all sailing in
the same boat, and although the pilot at the helm
might he steering upon a reef, the crew while dis
covering the dar ger should only protest, not 11m
tiny. Thus he ■would be the last man in the Con
federacy to throw qjtstaclen in (tie way of the
President, and had ever rendered all the support
in his power. He had always furnished more
troops than were demanded, and he was in the
OUR. NEW TEKIIN.
an d after March 2:1,1864. the Terns of Sub
mi to tiie Confederate Union, are Tkn Dot.-I
iv iribly in advance. All indebtedness tor j
iption to’tliis paper, previous to June 1st, I8l>3, j
i,,. rate of Three Dollars per year.
present instance calling on his militia without, a j Lee j u yj
] Cm. Hood * j
i Gen. II od was born in Ilaih county, Ken'urky. '
I on the 29th of June,. ISil. at d is consequently
now only a little over 311 years of age. lie grad- !
uated at West Point in the c'assts of 1853, and j
was assigned to duty iri the 4th infantiy. in Cal- ,
ifornia, wheye he served twtnty two months. In j
Ju»y, 1855, he was transferred to the 2d cavalry, I
commanded by the late General Albert Sidney I
Johnston, and of which Gen. R. E. Lee was
Libutenant Colonel, in the winter of 1855 and
1856 he entered upon the frontier service in West
ern Texas, where, in the July following, lie was
wounded in a spirited engagement with the In
dians. He continued iu the service of the Uni
ted States, and a short time previous to the begin
ning of the present war was ordered to report for
duty at West P*iint as instructor of cavalry. At
his own request, however, he was allowed to re
turn to duty in Texas, being desirous of casting
his destiniis with Iliat portion of the country-to j
w hich be was most devotedly attached. On'tiie j
Kith of April, 1861, he resigned his commission I
and tendered his services to the Confederacy. His \
name was entered upon the roil with t ; ® rank ot j
first Lieutenant, and was ordered to report to i
Erom the Richmond Whig. I as^Sunday morning. Grant withdrew his forces
THE BURNING OF GOVERNOR LETCH ! fr(,£n Bermuda Hundreds and is now reported to
j have his whole army South ot the Appomattox and
ER’S RESIDENCE. I the James—except, indeed. Sheridan, who would
i he delighted if he was there too.
~ [ 1 lie engagements near Petersburg thus far have
We print below a doenment destined to become j been but partial anllisions—encounters between
TmNStr.NT.—Two Dollars per square of ten j hint to that end from the Executive. Peace he
fines for each insertion.
I’/ibutes of respect. Resolutions by SocietieiufObit j
mutes exceeding six lines.) Nominations foi office,
( oinmunieatumg or Editorial notices for individual
benefit, charged as transient advertising.
Legal Advertising.
Sheriff’s sales, per levy of ten lines, or less, $5 00
“ Mortgage fi fa sales, per square, JO 00
Tax Collector’s Sales, per square, 5 00
Citations for Letters of Administration, 5 00
• < “ “ Guardianship,
Letters of application for dism’n. from Ajlm’n 8 00
i. “ “ *• “ Guard'n 8 00
Appl'n for leave to sell land and negroes, 8 00
Notic9 to Debtors and Creditors,
Sales ol land or negroes, per square,
•• perishable progauty, 10 days, per sq
Estray Notices. 30 days,
Foreclosure of Mortgage, per square,
LEGaL ADVERTISEMENTS.
s iif Land and Negroes, by Administrators, Ex-
„ or Guardians, are required by law to be held
first Tuesday in the month ; between t be horns
0 . ju U11 | 10 forenoon ami three in the afternoon, at the
C mrt house in the county iu winch the property is
situated
6 00
8 00
2 00
5 00
2 00
Si
ec uti
n r ., ft! iLays previous to the day of sal
Notices for the sale of personal properly must be
given in like manner 10 days previous to sale day.
Notice.', to the debtors and creditors of an estate
must a!
irgi.iia. He served with distinc
tion on the Peninsula, and so rapid was his pro
motion that on the 30th of September he received
the commission of Colonel of Infantry, and was
placed in command of the Fourth Regiment of
Texas Volunteers, then in camp near this city.—
Subsequen.ly the 4th and 5th Texas Regiments
were organized into a Brigade, and on the 3d of
March, Col. llqod w as appointed to the command
Thus within the brief space of teu months and
seventeen days be rose from the rank of First
Lieutenant to that of Brigadier. At the battle
of Chickamauga, as in every other battle in
which he was engaged, General Hood bore a
prominent part, and was so sevetely wounded in
the right log as to render amputation necessary.
For signal courage displayed on that hard fought
field, he tfcs made Lieutenant General. As soon
as he had sufficiently recovered, he resumed his
active duties iu the Army of Tennessee, of which
lie has now the command, and the country looks
with confidence for the achievement of new lau
rels in his uew and responsible position
[ Richmond Dispatch
The Currency.
Our new Secretary of the Treasury has com
menced liis administration by the adoption of a
measure which, wetliink, will improve our curren
cy. He has authorized the Depositories to receive
currency on deposit on call at 4 per cent, interest,
ft has been suggi sted that our’banks should now'
ville, Richmond and Chickamauga, and since then j loan all their surplus funds to the Government,
with General Johnston, on his retreat from Dal- j and utterly refuse to discount for speculators, and
did not. want, and would not have, except on
terms consistent w ith the honor of the South ; and
hence he was utterly and every way opposed to
the ifforts.ou the part of a faction in North Caro
lina to get up a State Convention, looking to the
accomplishment of that object by any other means
titan those now employed. He had advised a-
gainst it and should continue to do so. Hie idea
of a further si cession on the part of any SoU'h-
ern State was preposterous, and those w ho imag
ined that the attitude of Georgia to day. or of
r ( |() 1 any of In r officials, lent color dr probability to
such an event, were committing one uf the great
est of errors.
I confess myself surprised at Hie frank defini
tion of his position which Governor Brown gave
j me. Although the above is but a substance of
his rematks, 1 repeat them to your readers, be
cause they will serve to di.-abus6 many a mind of
I the idea that he is the dangerous “element of dis-
J cord,” which thousands now believe liiin to be.
Speaking of Governors, there is another now
I in Atlanta, who. in this connection, deserves at
I east a passing notice. 1 icier to Gov. Ishant
i Harris, of Tennessee. Probably no civilian, and
certainly no State official, has undergone more
hardship, seen mote active service, been exposed
1 to greater dangers, or cou.erred so much benefit
I on ins individual people as the gentleman above
I named. First with Albeit Sidney Johnston at
Vit ice of these sales must be given in a public ga- Shiloh, then with Bragg at Murfreesboro, Perry-
a. tl... ..f aala _ * I 1 _ T1 * I 1 J 1 i.l 1_ . — .. J „. * 1 ...
ust also be punished 40 days.
Notice that application will be made to tlie Court oi |
sell Land or Negroes, must be :
for letters of Administration Guardianship, ! highest qualities of the soldier and gentleman, ! pons of the tight, seven t.nu six percent bonds.
Ordinary for leave t
published for two month
CituHons for letters of Auiu . .
A >nust be published 30 days—for dismission from
Ad. iu lustration, monthly six months—tor dismission
from Guardianship, 40 days
ICd - for foreclosure of Mortgage must, be published
month! o' for four months—Ur establishing lost papers,
for -hr full spare of three months— forcompellingt itles
frmi Exeeutors or adinir.isttators, where bond has been
i(i veil bv the deceased the full space of three months.
Publications will always he continued according in
thf-.sp.tlie legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered.
ton, Gov. Harris has displayed on every field ot
battle a heroism that has become famous
On the chaige, or in the hospitals, battling with
his noble Tennesseeans, or bending c$*er their
w ounded bodies, he has d spiayed at once the
we shall soon see a fall iu prices: or. at all events,
a check to any further advance iu the necessaries
of life.
k If Congress will amend the Tax Act at its next
session, so that the lax should attach to the cou-
historic. i he calm, dispassionate and truthful re
vital it gives of one of the most wanton and bar
baric acts of the war needs no comment to awa
ken the indignation of every, manly bosom. Our
soldiers in Maryland, who are reported to have
laid iu ashes the residence of the Yankee Governor
of that State, by way of tetaliation, have given
practical expression to the feeling of our people,
and anticipated the judgement of mankind and the.
verdict of history. It is due to Gov. Letcher to
say that this letter was written with no view'to
publication, and in response to a private coranni-
rrcation addressed to him by the Mayor of this
eitv. The piassages omitted relate to personal
matters.
Lexington, Va., July 5th, 1864.
* * * * Finding the Yankees would
take the town on Saturday (11 th,) I left home near
midnight Friday night., and went to Big Island iu
Bedford, where I remained until Wednesday
morning following, when hearing the vandals had'
leit, I returned. I had previously heard that my
house had been burned, with all its contents. The
threats made by the Yankees against me, for the
past two years, satisfied me that they' would de
stroy my house when they came toLex’Ugton, but
I alway s supposed they would allow the furniture
and-my family’s clothing to be removed. In this,
however, 1 was disappointed.
When the Yankees took possession of the town
Dr. Ration, medical director for Hunter’s army,
and who hails from Marion county. Va., went to
my house, told my wife lie was unwell, and said
lie must have a room in the house. He took the
room, supped and breakfasted, and when break
fast was nparly over, remarked, in a manner half
jocular, half earnest, to Lizzie, that it was the fast
meal she would take in the house Shortly after,
be left, without taking leave of any of the family,
nor was he again seen by any of them.
. The threats made by soldiers ou Saturday even
ing, induced my wife to fear the house would be
burned, and she expressed her fears in the hearing
of Dr. Patton and Capt. Towns of New York —
Gapt, Towns very promptly said, that I, bring a
private citizen, and the house being private prop
erty, burning it would be au inexcusable outrage,
and proposed at once to go to Hunter’s headquar
ters and ascertain. He went, and was diiected by
Hunter to assure my wife that the Louse would
not be disturbed. The sequel shows that the sole
object of this assurance was to quiet her apprehen
sions, and thus prevent anything from being re
moved. About half past 8 o’clock, a. in. (Sunday,)
Gapt. Berry and his Provost Guard road up, and
the officer called for my wife.
She came to the door, when Berry informed her
that he was ordered by Hunter to fire the house, j
only the smaller portions of the respective armies.
In future, however, the prospect is different It
Grant fails to take Petersburg w e recommend h iu
to try a village or cross roads.
Liability of Exempt and Detailed Tien to
militia Service.
JUDGE LOCHRANE’S DECISION,
i Thos. Rains and others,
vs. >■ Habeas Corpus.
Willis B. Scott.
The question raised iu this case is whether the
movants, being in part “exempts,” and in part
“detailed,” uuAr the conscript law, are liable to
service in the militia forces of the State, ealled
into active duty by the Governor to repel inva
sion.
It is contended that parties vyho have been de
tailed or exempted for one year to stay at their
plantations and have given bonds to furnish sub
sistence to the Confederate Government are, in
fact, in the service of the Confederate States, and !
cannot be forced to take up arms as a part of the I
militia of the State to defend tluir homes. :
The law of Geoigia, re-organizing the militia of ’
the State, declares all tree w hite male residents in j
their districts, from sixteen to sixty years of age, I
except- those who are actually in the army or navy
of the Confederate States, liable to enrollment as
the State militia. Section ii.
And it is enacted that a person subject to con
scription shall not be enrolled Ulricas lie is found
to be exempt after he is enrolled by the Confeder
ate officer—Section xxiv.
All persons, then, from sixteen to sixty, not ac
tually in the army' or navy of the Confederate
States, or already in the State seivice. or who are
found to be exempt after they are enrolled, aie
within the terms and embraced by the provisions
of the law of Georgia, and by the law, whenever,
by his Excellency, the Governor, we have the
b-‘st assurance of protection to the interests of
every citizen of I he State.
The movement of a!! in solid column will ren
der the service not only brief, but effectual, and
while we feel, that in tlie space and scope of a
ffigal opinion we hav«.- already raid more than was,
psfhaps. necessary, still we are satisfied the pecu
liar Circumstances that utrronud ns, will justify
an allusion to facts contravening the public policy
so auly urg.-J in the argument.
Let th-Writs of Habeas Corpus be dismissed
at the movant’s cost, aud the Parties be remanded
to the custody cf Capt. Scott.
OSBORNE A. LOCIIRANE. .
Judge Sup. Court, Georgia.
From the Richmond Sentinel, 21st.
Removal of Johnston and Appointment of
Hood.
The very few instances in which the President
lias exercised the power of removal, and the
known notorious iucompetency of the officers
heretofore removed by him, should go tar to sat
isfy every one that nothing hut the moat urgent
State necessity has compelled him to relieve Gen-
Jobnston his command. The fewness cf remo
vals, considered ia connection with the success of
our anus, shows that the President is a good judge
of military merit and ability, makes good appoint
ments, and has seldom icason to repent his selec
tion. We believo that where he has acted solely
ou the dictates of his own judgement, he Las
made no mistakes ; but much deference is due to
the opinions and wishe.4 of large bodies of tho
people, not because they are the best judges of
military worth and efficiency, but because it is
sometimes butter to do wrong, and satisfy the peo-
ols, than to do right and disoblige them. The
President has had ample opportunity to test the
military worth ot Johnston ; those who condemn
the removal have had comparatively noue; and
no matter what had beeu their opportunities, they
know nothing about military affairs, or the quali
fications of milit.'iry'meu.
We all voted for the President as’our ruler,
because we thought him best fitted to command
and we to obey'. Wo who selected him to drive
in the opinion of the Governor, it shall be neces- | tLe car of State, should not now perplex and em-
sary either to rep 1 invasion, suppress insuriec- ; barrass him by seizing hold of the reiiis ourselves.
tl ?, 1 !’. or t0 execute the laws, be may call the State j Nothing is more dangerous thau for a nervous,
militia or any part thereof into active military j scary rider to seize hold of the reins when the
service. . j horse threatens to kick or run off'.
It is hardly necessary to argue the constitution- j Republican government is a monstrous and ab-
ality of this law. It simply places the residents j sljri ] failure if the people have no faith in the men
ai DOt * lciua *0’ 111 the ainiy or navy of j they select for office, and fiud it necessary to dic-
the Gontecerate States, in the militia of the State; \ , ate t 0 and rule their rulers. All the attempts to
and while the State ot Georgia, in her sovereign- i dictate measures and make appointments lor the
fp, :an exempt a man I ruin military service to the ! President proceed front an ignorant, reckless and
State, the Confederate Government has no such ; corrupt spirit of deinagogueisin.
power. The constitutional right to exempt a man j i„ ,] )e beginiug of the. war it was exhibited in a
from military duty resides in the sovereignty of ; peifec-t tornado of anger with the President, be-
the States alone. _ ! cause he preferred making appointments of men
I he Confederate Government has the right to j as officers who had militaiy knowledge and quali-
Ihe intlm litial official and the humane friend.—
. lie holds no position save that which his people
! have couferrtd upon him; acts simply a voluu-
■ tary aid, and then only during battle; but there
is no officer of cur Western army better known
j nr more highly appreciated by the troops than
tins quiet civilian, with whose form they havc-
becon.e so familiar amid the scenes ot danger, in
which he has voluniatily held his life as cheaply
as they have done their own, The best tribute
Book and Job work, of all ktw*, \ ZS’gZS? tZ,
with a gentleman, one of the soldiers reeogniz-
PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED
AT THIS OFFICE.
FiT When a subscriber finds a cross mark on !
his paper he will know that his subscription has ,
expired, or is about to expire, and must be renew- j
ed if he wishes the paper continued.
fj^Wedo not $end receipts to new subscri
bers. If they receive the paper they may know
that we have received the money.
FF* Subscribers wishing their papers changed
from one post-office to another must state the
him, shouted, “Weli. boys, here's old Ishani
Harris again—there's a fight on hand,-sure,” and
then s'ueh yelling was heard as can only emauate
from Confederate throats
All quiet in front to-day, and for the first time
in several weeks, attention to Sunday services is
observed.
FERSONNE.
The Peace Negotiations.
The telegraph columns contain a narrative of a
very singular attetnpt at negotiation with Lin-
name of the post-office trom which they wish it j coln> tlirough George N. Sanders and llor
changed.
l ax Colin lari Itlnnk Krceipt Books,
Will be furnished from this office for $10 per
quire, and $2 for binding. There will be 12 re
ceipts to a sheet or 288 to a quire.
Collectors or-
>•"»* receipt. .1,1 .end » cop, of .b. kind fhc, | £J« “*iS "beT
n ish.
Greeley, as go-betweens. We leave the reader to
make what he can out of the affair, and to decide
for himself how far the Confederate Government
is complicated with it. We take it for granted
that such a respectable statesman as Clement 0
Clay would have been concerned in nothing of
j the kind icithuut authority, aud indeed we have
sent abroad by the Gov
ernment as a commissioner to negotiate for peace.
Had it been the object of our Government to
pin Lincoln down to the naked position that he
is waging war (not to reconstruct the Union) but
tor the abolition of slavery, we suppose it has
succeeded in that object. Over his own sigu
manual he has formally announced that he will
ered
„ „ - j. and
motion, which betokens at once the peacefulness j this is published to the world by the chief abcli-
of a lamb, or the leap ol afiger; let there rise j organ-grinder and ortcle, Horace Greeley, of
from the recesses of a roughly turned shirt collar j j| |e K ew York Tribune. The Peace Democracy
a long muscular neck, on w hich there sets a hand- iherefoie have that solid fact to go upon, and tin-
somely shaped head—not too broad across the I less‘.he fortunes of war hear hard upon the Con-
eyes, but long from front to rear, and high trom | f fc jeracy, they can possibly use it to some effect
< ars to summit—a little too large tor the body be- i y> uf a s i,ort time ago Lincoln, in one of his pub-
low. both as regards motive power and proportion ; j ;; s Hed letters, pledged himself to listen to the first
surmount the whole with a not too thickly grow- ■ 0 f)',. rs 0 f p t -ace which should, come from a power
Army Correspondence of ihc South Carolinian.
Atlanta, July 17. 1864.
Take a delicately constructed human form,
robe it in a summer suit of black with that care- ^
■-> grace which so well becomes a Southern gen- receive only commissioners who are empowt
tleman ; give it a light, quick step, and any easy j guarantee the “abandonment of slavery,”
“able to control the insurgent army.”
It is impossible, by the vague wording of the
telegram, to determine precisely in what form of
authorization the cwmmisscnets propose to pre
sent themselves, but it is sufficient for the uurpose
to say that they promise to satisfy him that they
are acting under the sanction ot “the eommand-
er-in chief of the rebel armies.” Here, then, his
own prescription is met; hut instead of comply
ing with hid promise, lie substitutes it with anoth-
instead of to the bonds themselves, as the law
now provides, the Treasury will receive a. much
larger amount of the bonds are leaving daily for
Europe, and nothing but taxing the coupons will
ever enable the Government to realize the tax on
the bonds’ England, when she pays the public
creditor or bolder of her bonds, keeps back the a
mount ot tlie Income Tax. We might advantage
ously follow her example in this matter.
[ Mercury.
Patriotism of Columbus.
Fot several days past our cotempoiaries of Col
embus have issued only small extras from Iheir
offices of not sufficient size to give the situation of
affairs around the city in detai. -
Au attache ot the Confederate who has just re
turned from Columbus is full cf admiral ion of ti e
patriotism and pluck of the citizens of Muscogee
county. !So soon as the news.was received that the
Yankee raiders had struck the Montgomery and
West Point railroad, had captured Auburn and
Opelika, and threatened a visit to their city, the
male population eumasse turned out and went to
the suburbs of the city gun in hand. The shops,
factories, stores, printing offices, everything were
closed, aud men and boys turned out. Little
boys no older than teu years went to the trenches
gun iu hand, and the least symptom cf refusal to
serve by one able to walk met with a withdering
iebuke.
It is fortunate for the raiders that they declined
coming They were up to Thursday expected
every day. and night and day the noble citizen sol
diers anxiously expected them.
The organization is thorough and complete and
the citizens are still under arms, although it is
supposed the raiders have gone back.
There was a report in the city that they were
coming down on the other side of the river but it
was not deemed reliable.
If the Muscogee army is disbanded it .can be
called togeether at any time at a half a days no
tice. It is indeed giatifying to record this display
of pluck and chivalry Instead of the people call
ing upon the hard pressed at my at Atlanta to re
pel au insignificant raid of marauders, they them
selves rallied to their own defense and asked not
Gen. Hood.for a single man. Other cities; other
counties, aud other communities in Georgia, in
stead of reposing in inglorious ease and cowardly
submitting to small bands of plundering raiders
sent out by the Federals should emulate the ex
ample of Columbus’
3 here are enough men and boys stijl left in any
county in the Confederate States to protect them
selves against these strolling bands of marauders.
Let :io man quietly and cowardly cross his h uds
and be tied, and meeklv bow the neck and receive
She renlied therp must bp somp mistake and asked ■ ra * se armies, and such aiuTies heiug the organized j. iications, rather than those who knew nothing
sue replied there must be some mistake, ana askeu , Ini -i;f orv *i rruiIls ,,f „ii t!.o sitates ur « ,.nt liable tn i v-... —i i.i
for the order; He said it was a verbal order,—
She then said lo him. “Can it not be delayed un- j
til f can see Gen. Huniei?” Ki
The orde is pdremptory, he replied, and you i
have five minutes in which to leave the house.— j
She then asked leave to remove her mother’s, sis- |
ter’s. her own and her children’s clothing, which ■
was insolently refused. Immediately thereafter j
campliene was poured on the parlor flon? and ig
nited it with a match. In the meantime, my
daughter lniu gathered up au armful of clothing,
and w'as going fcutg^’lien he discovered her,ian for
ward apd fired the clothing in her arms. He then
poured cumphene in the wardjobes, bureau draw
ers, eud ignited the clothing—taking out my
clothing, which he said he intended to take
North. ’ ..i
Every honse on my lot was burned save a gran
ary over my ice house. Not a particle of flout,
n.eal. or anything edible was left, all haviug beeu
carried off on Saturday.
My mother, now in her 78th year, lives on the
lot adjoining my own, having with her one of her
J military troops ot all the States, are not liable to j Lout military affairs—and who were too old to
separate State legislation, or control. But liable i ] e a, „ anything about them—for the favorites with
to the control and legislation ol Congress, while ] the ignorant demagogues, who abused West
they remain in the army. If exempted from tlie ; Point and the President, were stump oiators over
army aud returned to the States, the rights of the j ftfty. Time has since amply proved tiiat West
parties are remitted to the States, and the control , Pointers-men who have learned the science of
over them as citizens resumed. war at school and its practice iu camp—are best
Persons exempted from the Conscription laws, I £ tte( ] to command Jaige armies. Old stump ora-
cannot be re. aided as “actually in the army. It tors may stumble into victories, but they will
might be looked upoti as an anomalous condition generally fail; and it is almost treasonable to place
them in command when their tailuies may do se
rious harm.
The people have seen enough of Johnston's re:
treats to satisfy theta that, if let alone by the Gov
ernment, he had no idea of making a stand this
side the Gult,of Mexico. If he could not hold tho
for a man to prove he is exempt from service, as
au evidence he is actually in service. To claim
exemption by being in the army, by showing an
exemption out of the army. We confess our in
ability ta appreciate this apeeiea of login.
The fact that the Confederate State? has taken
a bond cf the parties, cannot affect the claim of j strong position of Kennesaw Mountain, much
the State to their military service, for. a contract i ; ess Vt0U id he have held thi weak one about At-
by the Confederate States not to take them in the j Jauta The people do not generally know that all
army for one year, is only binding on the Confed- t L e while that Johnston has been retreating be-
erate States aud applies only to the military ser- f ore Sherman, he has.had an army approaching
vice the Confederate Government had aright to j nearer in numbers to that of his adversary than
discharge them -from . ... , i Lee ever had when he has won his gieat victories.
\A e repeat the Confederate authorities could not i Indeed, at Dalton, and ever since lie left there.
grand children and a servant After my proper- ex emnt a cTtizen of Georgia from the militia bv i " L 1 ' , e r ,*
tv bad been tired the fiend* fired the stable lor a- fx«mptacitizen of Georgia from the militia by his army has been large enough to justify anu
tn#u.
mg ifcss of iron gray hair, which is biusjied well
back trom the temples, revealing a tall, expansive j
and expressive forehead, marked with lines of j
mental foil; set tinder a brow indicative of the I
moral strength of the man, a pair of keen daik j
eves, mild or piercing as lii's thoughts may chance i
to flow, whose variable color may be either gray,
black or brown ; fasten in .its proper place oue of j
those solid looking nose6 by which Nnpoieon used !
to choose his ‘thinking’ men ; close the catalogue j
of features by the addition of a large Henry Giaj er Hr ,j q,jjt e dilierent one, to wit: that he will r<
•'ie of mouth, with an under jaw that can work t ceive an’d protect the comnnssioiiers, provided
*:t the force at.d vehemence of a triphammer,, they stand authorized to guarantee the integrity
. . tl lips so pliable, that like his eyes, they express of tl , e Union and tho abandonment of Slavery.— !
very teelmg, and you have nl.e tout nisemble of; The terms must be fixed before ihe Convention is I
the not ungraceful oruf aud clean shaven face ot , 0 p ene d; and is not a negotiation for peace he will i
a man whose name has gone the lounds of every i entertain, but a single deputation to announce
household circle in the Confederacy Ills Excel- submissi>.n and surrender.
.ncy Joseph L. Brown, Governor of Georgia, j copperheads have all along declared that
An hour’s conversation has revealed him to me Lincoln did not want to see the old Union re oon-
;.r one of the most remarkable men it uas been gtrnrted—that he would not accept even the sub-
mv fortune to encounter during the w’»r, not re mission of the South under the terms of the Fed-
markable perhaps for -high intellectual attain- j era | Constitution. Now they ^iave the fact de- .
ruts—though piobably he is not wanting in , nionstrated by actual experiment, if it can be of 1 with Samuel It. Anderson, of Nashville,
the?—but remaikable in the possession of those j an ^ us ^ t o them.— Telegraph. ' j late Brigadier General in the Confederate
•i g personal qualities which eminently fit him i s
r the position be now occupies, as a leader of ;
the people of his State, and an obstinate opponent From Arkansas.
Ate policy of the General Government. ; jjy way of the North, we have the annexed
ty had been fired, the fiends fired the stable, loca
ted about forty feet from her house, with no oth
er view thau to burn her out also.
The house caught twice, aud would have been
consumed but for the untiring efforts of Captain
Towns, who made his men carry water and extin
guish the flames This Captain behaved like a
gentie.man towards my own and my mother's fam-
ily.
Generals Averill, Crook, Sullivan and Duffie de
nounced the whole proceeding as.an outrage, in
violation of all the principles of civilized w arfare,
arid stated that Hunter affine was responsible for
these atrocities
TP # « * * *
I feel-grateful to you and other kind friends in
Richmond tor their generous sympathy and kind
tender of a home There are no people ou the
earth w ho have been more uniformly kind than
the good people of your city, and I assure you I
appreciate their kindness, as'does also my family.
AecepFour thanks.
So soon as I can visit Richmond'I will do so—
perhaps this month.
I am truly and in baste, your friend,
JOHN LETCHER.
Joseph Mayo, Esq., of Richmond.
tiie yoke of slavery. It does the heart good to re
cord the valor and manhood of Columbus. It re
minds us of the people of Vicksburg, foritisa
well known fact that the military authorities
v.-ould have given up their city had they notde-
termined that it should not be done. The citizens
innoculated the military with their own courage,
and the result was the Federal armies stormed
tiie devoted place for two years before its capiure.
It, would never have been captured but for the
errors of the most atupid man thatever commanded
a body of men.— Macon Confederate.
COMMUNICATED.
Patriotism.
On last evening I had the pleasure cf meeting
If his manner is polite to a fault, and winning - , .
v ■■ - J news from Arkansas:
Anderson, of Nashville, Tenn.,
service,
whom his friends and the public are aware was
compelled to lesign his position on account, of ill
health caused by the arduous campaign in North
Western Virginia: Upon the call of Gov. Brown
upon the Militia of the State, he again manifested
his willingness to take up arms in detence of his
Amusing Incident.— Quite a ludicrous incident
occurred ou our Chesterfield front a day or two
since. One of the rebel privates who boasts a
shirt which was once white, subjected it to the
washinip' process, aud after cleaningltto the best
of his ability, hung it on a stick, aud placed the
6tic-k in the trenches. The wind was blowing
.briskly, and tne shirt soon became sufficiently dry
to flutter in the breeze, which it did with no little
display. Presently, a couple of Federal officers,
very handsomely uniformed, were seen advanc
ing to our lines, with a white fiag'hoisted. They
soon reached our breastworks, and one, who rank
ed as Major, enquired with becoming gravity,
“Gentlemen! what is your wish?” “I don’t un
derstand you sir,” responded the Confederate offi
cer of the day. “You have displayed the white
flag,” quickly rejoined the Yankee, “and we have
come to see its Gause.”- “You are mistaken sir,
it’s only a newly washed shirt, hung up to dry.”
Yankee officer looked first at the shirt, and then at
the Confederate he was addressing, and realizing
me uuuiiu nciino j: Wl. )
tion, his detnurephiz speedily relaxed into a
broad grin. •
Without another word, the couple about faced
aud soon iound their way bftek to their own lines
Our boys were greatly -amused to think a Yankee
coultFnt tell a shirt from a flag of truce.
[ Petersburg Express.
in its silent eloquence, his conversation is doubly ...
attractive, as the outpouring of a nature evident- The Lafayette In. Journal notices the return of i country’s cause by joining a company, notvyith-
ly sincere, conscientious, and fuliy imbued with Capt. lline to that city, torom Arkansas, where lie j standing he is upwards of sixty years of age, and I
a sense of the grxve responsibilities with which l- has been for three months. Ilis description of j now makes his appearance in this city a Capt. An- [
lie has Wt-n invested. His utterances aro rapid, ! the condition of things is gloomy. - No prej ara-| derson at the head of one hundred and fifteen
though frequently overtaking speech, and his ges- | Hons have been made for raising a crop this year,
tines few, but forcible and nervous Fastening and to all the other horrors of war absolute fam
ing eyes on or, e who converses with him, fact af-*■ i ne is to be added. Crowds of ragged aud woe
t>-r inct and statme nt after statement rolls from begone people, whole faniiliec. men, women and
his lips ill quick succession, until the whole ar-i children, besiege every steamboat for passage,
I gument cieaily and completely shaped stands be- j willing to go in any direction to escape the deso-
F tore you like a pffitu-e^ Then, he beconrcs lation and misery of their homes. Many leave
ready listener. With great frankness he coin-! their families, cattle, and household goods, to he
Distribution of Abe's Documents.—The Peters-
ination that* never’baulk* at^iffi- appropriated by the first comer, anxious only to burg Express of the 19th gives us a novel mode ot
Id make Inn almost fierce in the . scape with life. The country is over run by distnbututing old Abe s documents :
riiuiGsi _ r i _ i . :u A vvsw tn fmrr
Georgians. Such au example is worthy of imita-
talion and should awaken all to their duty.
A. CITIZEN.
Macon, Ga.. July 22, 1864.
[Macon Ttlegraph.
bines a determ
cu .<ty, and would masi. a.mnsr nerce ,u , escarp - ' ’“ ”” ’ ' • A kile was seen to ascend from the Yankee j
and the parties engaged in the innocent
^ymewhat^juvenile pastime, ‘gave her string,’
1 it hovered immediately over our entrench-
" cce88 »> ad^iV,httarior7sute"affairT,7 8 j er ^blackened timbers ash heaps and smoking j nu-nts^ TLe cord [ lt ™ a
«» unimpeachable fact, to back him, and more ruins, where once stood happy homea. Fences, !
^ nA, for nia Bijeugth aad fortress a nrimiole r shade
* ' Va y* taking with the m
bTGovV„’:ffiS arit7 i XrVJcSTa sara i -a™w„f e .~„,
.Remarking to him, iu the course ol our inter- ! U bsups’s has taken the place of law. There is lit- the world ever saw. . , .
V1 ew, that Lis policy was not generally understood i protection for life or property. Might'rules | Crowds of \ auks mounted the *>1®
•”7ond tbe limits 0 f bis ow n State, and was « c - w i t t, P undismrted sway. Society is disorganized j see the effect of the discovery , wFereupo our
Singly regarded as inimical to the best inter- j Jd We? into barbarism. Gangs of slaves j boys placed themselves m lull view of the enemy,
e8U °f the Confederacy, he replied, and not with- “audw&S£ovefthe land, while Their masters j and by a “gyration” of the thumb on the nose,
out seme force, that the platform on which he scour the country on evil deeds intent. Arkan- j with tne digit manipulation rapidly K«vo them
* ood i 10w wa „ the 8ame aa ttjat 0CCU pjed by ev- f sai h as reached the ultima tbule of anarchy and j.vaders to understand that they would 8ee Old Ab
tr y State of the Confederacy iu 1861. Geoigia; j misery. i first
to back him, and nor. ruins ^ ' Vound" to.o^ist of "sundryT^opie;of Old Abe’s
S :"am i fn'd h to Rom the shore* fyUnds thS proclamation of last December* granting au am-
secret of th^l £ ! am uV and down in quest of plunder Alto- nea.yjo «ver y * w o woul d I.,-J--;
Bombarding the Defenceless —The Chicago
“Times" says of the shelling of Petersburg by
Grant's Batteries:
It strikes us that reflecting people will not see
anything in this fact to be rejoiced at. Vicksburg
was shelled for some weeks; Charleston was shell
ed for some months—and in both cases the only
result was in killing of a number of women ahd
children.- The defenses at Vicksburg did not ex
ist iu warehouses, churches, halls and residences
that make tip that city; such is the case with
Charleston; and such likewise is the caseatPe-
tersburg- In all these - places the defences consis
ted, or now consists, of fortifications, with rebels
behind them, and these were necessary to over
come before the towns themselves could be reach
ed. *
Therefore, as shelling a town under such cir
cumstances does not touch the defeuess of the
place, as it does not involve a surrender either
of the city or its fortification; as its ®nly effect
is to destroy the lives of women aud children,
aud to injure private property; and as it is a use
less expense of ammunition, we see nothing com
mendable either in shelling Petersburg or any
Other city.
The storm of war, remarks the Richmond Senti
nel, has passed entirely around Richmond and
now lowers upon Petersburg.
The Nortbside enjoys a strange peace. The
Southside now has its turn. On Saturday night
law, and neither can it be dODe by contract. ! render it his. duty to deliver battle.
We decided, aud the Supreme Court sustained, j The Whig makes a new issue. The ground of
that the law repealing discharges for the war, by its <ionjp i a iiit is not the removal of Johnston, but
the putting ot substitutes, was constitutional,, the preference which, it* supposes, was given to
wli^n the public danger and the very life ol ftm j Hood over Hardee. Hoes the Whig know wbetb-
nation depended upon bringing every able bodied j er Hardee would have accepted the appointment?
man to the field to protect it. Contracts to
empt men from defending their homes are void
when the war of invasion threatens to submerge
all in a gulph of ruin. No nation will die by con
tract.
The necessity which authorizes the Confederate
Government to use every means in its power to
avert public calamity, is equally the prerogative
of the State government to maintain the integrity
of their rights; the one is more extensive in pow
er. but no more potential in right than tiie other.
It follows, therefore, that in the judgment of the
court, persons who are on their plantations are
not "actually in the army,” aud being exempt
from conscription are not exempt from militia duty,
but ate liable to be called into military service by
the State to repel invasions, to quell insurrections
and to execute the laws.
The parties who have been detailed on farms
are in fact exempted from actual seivice in the
army of the Confederate States. They are at-
home in the avocations of business, aud do not
come within any principle of law that renders
them in better position to stay at home than the
class exempted. .
The State of Georgia is beleagured, and we
gravely doubt it any person, not actually in the
army, that is not actively in the military service,
except exempt by the law of the State, no matter
for what purpose detailed, is not liable to bo put
into service. For the time, the pursuit of the iu-
d vidual is suspended, and he serves lor the exi
gency to repel the enemy, so that he may receive
the benefit of the defence made by others with
himself, and thus be enabled to complete-lhe very
purpose for whieh he was detailed. Is not the
man who had a contract, to make whiskey in
Cherokee, Georgia, or he who held a detail to at
tend to some secular employment there, now as
liable to defend them as the people whose interest
w as less special? Details from the army for some
important military pressing purposes are exempt
from other service, hut all not in the army, and
left out of it as a public necessity, by a higher ne
cessity. become liable to immediate temporary mil-
lt has been urged that conflictwill arise between
the State and Confederate States on this subject.
We can see no necessity for such apprehension.
The State is simply bringing reinforcements to
save the army and the country. The only con
flict which could arise would be interposition to
prevent these reinforcements from being sent for
ward, and if this were done by -force, it would be
to coerce the titate authorities, a right we have
no id» a will be eitfier claimed or exorcised. We
do not anticipate conflict; on the contrary, we see
the State moving with solemn procession to the
field of battle with the Confederate States to repel
the invasion which threatens alike the interest of
both. The interest is identical. The arms that
defend are nnited The principle that inspires is
the same. The men that struggle are brotners.
The homes they defend are sacred to all.
If there be any conflict, however, it is in the
experience of embarrassment some foresaw in the
workings of the cousciipt laws, and the applica
tion of its provisions to roeu who could not be 1a-
into the Army proper, but were controlled upon
their and subjected to its prescriptions in the or
dinary avocations of life. No provision of the
law we may add, was more difficult of arrange
ment, and none protective of the industrial inter
ests more satisfactorily complete, than the system
of Details aud Exemptions inaugurated by the
Confederate Government. The nature of our
Government, however is so complex in war, that
time alone can bring to perfec ion a harmony o
political unities, so blended and yet so severs y
independent. , ,
The condition of the State in regard to a ser
vile population has been urged upon us, with
zeal and eloquence. We feel satisfied that never
was the State safer than when her people are un
der arms, aud ready to strike at any point where
danger iuvite* them- By a cordial sustainment
of the policy now pressed npou the whole people
In fact, Hardee had been ten cred. and had re
fused, the command of the army of Teunessen.
Be this as it may. The President, after auxiona
consultation with the best military authorities,
conclude to appoint Hood. No man in the Con
federacy was so much interested iu retaining John
ston in command, if he were likely to win a vie*
tory, as the President. No man had so good aa
opportunity to form a correct opinion of his mer
its. He came, under these circumstances, to the
deliberate conclusion that Johnston was unfit to
command, and removed him. If there be any
eiror in the case it is that the removal was not
made long ago. Lincoln delights in taking off
heads as much as the King of • Dahomey or the
Emperor of Hayli. President Davis has a nice
sense of honor, sets n high value.on reputation,
ana removes none but the notoriously incompe
tent.
It is because be is so reluctant to remove offi
cers that he is so cautious and fastidious in select*
iugand appointing them. We believe the ap
pointment of General Hood a good one, not only
from what we know of his past history, but be
cause he has been selected by the President, who
seems to be an admirable judge of the relative mer
it of men, and finds no occasion to repent to-day
for the appointments he made yesterday.
mmm » —
A Boston firm has gone into the manufacture
of artificial arms and legs—the company aunoun-
cing a guarantee of eight per cent, dividends to
stockholders, and a special permit from Secretary
Stauton to supply the Confederates!!! This con
cern doubtless goes in for “the vigorous prolonga
tion of the war'”
TREASURY OF GEORGIA, ?
Milledgeville, July 14, 1864. $
To Tax Payers and Collectors uf the State ef
Georgia aud all others whom it may concern :
F REQUENT enquiries being made as to th®
funds required at this department in payment
of taxes and other public dues, I take this meth-
uU jiulilloUlu)' tiiai, l)jr uidci v£ tuo Gorernoi, I
am only authorized to t®)re
Georgia Treasury Notes of all issues,
Bonds and Coupons of the State of Georgia due,
Confederate Treasury Notes of the new issu*
only,
Current Bank Notes and Specie,
Central Bank Notes of the State of Georgia.
JNO JONES, Treasurei.
HP All papers in the State publish one Has®
and charge the Executive Department.
1ST OF STOCKHOLDERS in the MiUedg®
ville Manufacturing Company.
E. Waitfelder & Co 537^ Shares.
8. B. Brown 90 “
A. W. Callaway, 86$ “
P. M. Compton, 26 “
W. H. Mitchell, 25
Chas. H. Wright, 10
Est of Daggett, 20
M. S. Thompson, 5
- 800 Shares.
L. WAITZFELDER. Sec’y.
Milledgeville. July 19. 1864. 9 It.
S IXTY DAYS from date application will bo
made to the honorable the Court of Ordinary
of Pulaski county, tor aa order for leave to sell
all the land belonging to the oafate of Sam. W.
Holt, late of said county, deceased.
W. W. HOLT, Trustee.
Hawkinsville, Ga., July 11, 1864. J i s 9 9t
GEORGIA, Appling County.
A LL persons having claims against the estate
cf Stephen Carter, deceased, late of said
county, are required to render them in .duly au
thenticated, within the time required by law.
GEORGE CARTER, Adm'r.
July 5th, 1864. 1 E. 90t
