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State Rights &Coafedrratt Stags' •»»k*
THE CONFEDERATE UNION,
(Corner of Hancock and Hitkinsov streets.)
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Tuesday Morning, September ’!7, 18(54.
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sage.
As-tnuch has been said about the informal m'3-
sage sent by Go§. Sherman to Gov. Br->wn, \ i e-
Presideut Stephens and Senator Johnson, invi'-
ing them to visit the General in Atlanta, for a
conference in reference to the. State of the conn-
try, with a view to negotiations for peace, and as
the public mind has been much excited upon the
subject, some saying that it is the duty of there
gentlemen to accept the General’s invitation and
m ike an effort to settle ottr difficulties by nego-*
tiation, others contending that it wes thejduty of
the Governor to have seized the General’s mess
enger and have ordered him hung as a traitor, we
have for the gratification of oui own and the cu
riosity of our readers, called upon the Gov
ernor, and enejuired after the facts.
The Governor, in reply to our enquiries, stated
that Mr. Wm. King, who represented himself as
tiie bearer of a message from Gen. Shercian call-
el upon him, and stated in substance, that Gen.
S’.Ktman bad requested him to say to tbe Gover-
Conaectlcu which is set of her o‘.vb ciioico, lt\
this Were'done, rtfoit? in future, govern hsr
people by the bayonet, which wottid convert » 1 br
republicanism into the worst species of military
despotism. So it mus' bo with the North if Mr.
Lincoln should succeed in his policy of conquer
ing us. •
If we were overrun and for a time subdued, ©ur ter
ritory is so vast in extent, andonr population solaige,
that it would take aregularanny of two hundred thous
and men to govern and hold us in subjection. The
support of such an army would not only continue the
country in baukiuptcy, but in the hands of the Fxeec-
tive it would soon he used to subvert even tiie form c f
the Government and change it from a republic to a
monarchy. Thus to destroy our liberties must cost tl e
Northern people their own, and the republicanism of
America must infnture be a reproach and a byword
among all nations.
If President Lincoln and President Davis will agree to
stop the war and to transfer the settlement of the issues
from tbe battle field to tlie ballot box; leaving each sov
ereign .State to determine for herself what shall be htr
future connection, amfwho her future allies, the present
devastation, bloodshed and carnage will cease, and
I nor, that he would be pleased to receive a visit i p eafe „|,d prosperity will be restored to the whole
I f I'... ...si f 'noKfiana unlh c .1 ,1 t 1 it 1 xi
from biin and other distinguished Georgians, with
a view to a conference upou the state of tbe coun- j
try, and the settlement of our difficulties—that he j
would give the Governor a passport through his ;
line.-, with an escort, if desired, to go and return j
at such time as might be agreeable to him—that j
he (General Sherman) recognized him (Governor j
Brown) as the Governor of the whole State, and .
as over one hundred miles of the territory of the j
All persons, in Baldwin county, indebted
to us are requested to cal! at our office and make
payment.
“Will joh walk into my parlorf"
Maj. Gen- Sherman, since the culmination of
liis grand campaign against Atlanta, and his in- j jjtatc is now behind his lines he (Gen. S) would
stallation as ruler over tho Gate City,has dropped i allow the Governor to go aiid visit his people in
the sword fur the pen, and aspires to the double j tbe rear if lie desired to look after their condition,
dignity 0/ Military batrap and Minister J'leni : and to return at his pleasure—that he would re-
potentiary from the Couit of Abraham'the I. Ills ! eeive him and the other distinguished Georgians
various epistrrlary effusions would occupy too much j at his Headquarters, and treat them with the
of our space; we must therefore content ourselves respect and consideration due their positions dur-
with an extract fr.om his last, and most remaili
able letter to MayorC.’lhoiin and several of thp
Councilmen of the city, who had made an earnest
and feeling appeal to Sherman to revoke lii.s Order j
expelling all classes of citizens, on account of the j
great suffering it would entail upon the very poor,
the sick and disalrled. Sherman. however, re- J
fuses to abate one jot or tittle of bis order, and I
essays to enlighten tbe Mayor and his confeder
ates. on the origin of the War, the causes of its J
continuance, the political history of the country,
the “glorious Union” and the spread Eagle gener- j
'allv. We make the following quotation fiom that
remarkable letter »M September I'Jlli, to expose
the base deception and trickery which this Van- j
kee Major General attempts to impose on the
credulous people of the South. I|c says :
“You might as well appeal against the thunder
iug the conference which he invited—that he did
not wish to bs compelled to overrun and desolate j
more of the territory of the State, Ac.
After hearing the statements of Mr. King, tin
Governor replied ;
l’lcase make to General Sherman an ac
knowledgement of my obligation for the per
sonal courtesies which you say be proposes j
to ekternl to inc. But as lie is only a Gen
country. On the other hand if this is not done, tl
war will last for years to come, till both sides are ex
hnusted and overwhelmed with debt ami taxation,
when it may degenerate iato a guerilla strife, the end
of which jnr.y not be seen by the present generation,
and the hale engendered by which will last through
many future generations.
Neither General Sherman nor I can control this how
ever much we.may deplore it.
II those on both sides who have the constitutional
power of negotiation, from obstinacy or ambition, re
fuse to recognize the soveri ignty of the States, and to
leave the settlement of the question to the States when
they can not themselves agree, and insist on continual
effusion of blood to gratify their cnpiiec-, all the States
North and South in their sovereign capacity may thru
be Justifiable in taking the matter into their own
hands and settling it a« sovereigns in their own way.
“Demoralized.'
This is the term so often applied to our brave
soldiers in tbe field, when they happen, by the
chances of Wait, to be defeated. When General
Hood lost Atlanta, at once we heard the raven
j cry, “demoralized”, from tiie immense Army of
{ exempts at home. We never believe a woid we
e-al commanding an army in the field, and I the j ^ of ^ demoralization of our troops in the
Governor of a Slate, neither the Constitution of - qq ie y are beaten sometimes, but are never
bis countiy nor of my own, confers upon us any , ,. aemmMw i r There is a large Army at home
power to negotiate a treaty of peace. \\ e prob- | w j,i t b is sure to be “demoralized’’ whenever de-
ab!y bold but few sentiments in common, but it we j ea ^ comes. Two-thirds of this home Army have
should agree iutvery particu'ar, we would have , ^ een speculating on tbe necessities of the poor,
power ti> bind no one bj’ any compact we might j ^ , uore than three years. The home Army has
m ike- As our interview could therefore icsplt in , nia j e a great deal of money since the War began,
j and is very anxious to save it At present, there
1 is danger that the immense home Army of Geer
. gia may lose all the money it liaa made; conse
quently the home Army of Georgia is very much
nothing practical, I must decline the invitation.
stonn as against those terrible hardships of war. | While the portion of the State now iu the rear
They are inevitable, and the only way the* people ' 0 f (j rn . Sherman's army is held by him. and the
of Atlanta can hope once nmn: to iive in peace | execution of tbe laws of the State suspended by j
and quiet at home is to stop the "ai, which can j ann( ,j f orce> I know of no service which I could
alone be done by admitting llial it to gau in error . , „ . ...
and is perpetuated in pride. We don't want your | r ~' ldfr t0 People of that section by a personal
negroes, or your hoises. or your houses, or your J visit. It 1 could better their condition or niiti-j
lands, or an> thing \ on have, but we do want and gate their sufferings, 1 would, on their account, !
will Itsve a just obedience to (lie law s ol th
ted States. '1 bat we will have.
How gracious, how mild a mannered man this
Sherman is Who would believe him to be tl e
author of that infamous letter, will tell jjf't M
Huntsville a few months ago, consigning ti e
people of this L'onfcdeiacy to hopeless extermina
tion, and their property to sweeping confiscation 1
Ho roars you and it were any lion ; and then
again as gently as a sucking dove. But how
false, how reckless the assertion of Sherman, that
he does not want our negroes, our houses, our
horses, our lands, or anything we have. With
the statutes of his country before him, confiscat
ing our property, and the emancipation proclama
tions of Lincoln fresh in his memory, what
shameless audacity ami falsehood in him to de
clare that he does not want anything we have !
Moreover, what has been bis past policy in refer
ence to the rights and property of our people in
portions of our territory overrun by his vandals?
The history of this war cannot furnish so long
and fearful a list of outrages (not even under But
ler’s rule in New Orleans) as have bn eh perpetra
ted by tho invading armies under Sherman.—
Having fixed himself in a vital point of the Con
federacy, and knowing full well that ho will licit
be permitted to enjoy the fruits ot his victory un
molested, he endeavors to deaden the senses of
our people by an opiate, in the shape of a procla
mation of amnesty, to all those who will be sim
ple enough to swallow it, and a declaration that
his government asks ndthing of tis but “a just
obedience to the laws of the United States.”—
It is the old story of the Spider and the Ely.--
Walk into my parlor, says Sherman and I will
show you the beautits of peace and quiet. Wa^k
into my parlor, and you sliali not only have peace," with her Southern sister States,
but you shall not bo disturbed in any ot youj
rights of property. Ob. seductive Sherman 1
Once entangled in your captivating web, escape
there is noue. Once agree tfl yield “a just obe
dience to tbe laws of the United Statqs”, and how-
can any citizen of the Confederacy expect to
save a dollar's worth of bis property; for the
••laws of the United Ststes’Hake all his property
from him; and Gen. Sherman is r.s powerless to
restore it to him, as the most illiterate private in
bis Army. Tbe enemy have tried '..aid blows, and
they find the people of the South stubborn and
unyielding. They now seek to entice us into
their toils by flattery, and promises of peace, plen-
Vheei fully go at tbe expense of any inconveni- |
nee or persona! sacrifice which the trip might ;
cost me. * {
To the remark that General .Sherman does not 1
wish to be compelled to^overrun and desolate j
more of the territory of Georgia, 1 reply that no i
compulsion rests upon him to attempt this, unless |
it be the crurl orders of his Government.' If he
makes the effort, he will find much greater diffi
culties in the way of his advance for the next
hundred miles than those encountered during his
march from Dalton to Atlanta. Georgia may pos
sibly bo overrun, but can never be subjugated,
and her people will never treat with a conquerer
upon her soil. As a sovereign State, she had the
undoubted right to dissolve her connection w ith
the Government of the United States, when*the
compact had been violated by the other States of
the confederacy, and to form a new compact which
she has done She is as sovereign to day as she
was tT.e day she seceded from the old Union, and
lias tho same power, by a convention ot her peo
ple. which she then had to resume all delegated
powers, and all the attributes of sovereignty, and
then to declare war, negotiate treaties of peace,
and do all oilier acts which a sovereign State may
do. While this power rests in her people who are
tbe original source of all sovereignty, her Consti
tution formed by them., lias conferred no such
power upon her Governor.
Tho fact must not be overlooked however, that
while Georgia possesses the sovereign power to
act separately, her faith, which never has, and I
trust never will be violated, is pledged by strong Y
implication, to her Southern sisters, that
not exercise this power without cons<
part, and concert of action with thfeiu
demoralized.'' It is awful that Georgia should
be menaced, after three years of exemption from
the consequences of a war that lias no parallel in
modern times, thyiks the home Army. But the
time has come when the home Army has got to
fight, or lose the rich spoils of three years hard
labor robbing the poor. Of course the “situation”
“demoralizes” the home Army. Let the Govern
ment put the home Army in the field, and we
guarantee that there will no longer be heard of a
‘ demoralized” man iu Georgia, or any other Con
federate State If Congress would save the Coun
try from demoralization and subjugation, let Con
gress disband the immense Army of exempts,
and eeud them to the front. If this is done, and
done thoroughly, tbe word ’‘demoralized” will be
expunged from tbe Confederate vocabulary, for a
season, at least.
Hi? Xort’ii
The ,Waf dobs hoi fbkatd diminish**! (ho race
of fools’ iit the fibi th, it wo Bitty judge by (he flaming
adrerti?fenient9 of popular nostrums Which daily ap
pear iu tfie cohim ns of tnb New York journals. We
find in a late copy of the "New York Tunes, which lies
before ns, many of the same infallible remedies, hi the
same Vernacular and familiar style, ante helium, in
which they were wont to be paraded before the South
ern people, and w ixingly‘presented to their thoracic
ducts, at the inviting.price of 25 cts. a box and one
dollar a bottle !
Our old friend Holloway, who used to boast that*
his pills were used by Kings ns well as subjects, (who,by
the 1 v,wrs as good for his contracts as a thrip for a gin
ger cake.) is still alive,and assures “Wives, Mothers and
Sisters, whose Husbands, Sons and Brothers are serv
iug in Hit Army, that they cannot put a more valuable
gift in their knapsacks, than a few Boxes of Holloway’s
Bills and Ointment.” Ilis piils are guarantied to be
easier to take than 1%-bel bullets, and bis Ointment
lubricates the joints so effectually as to render it im
possible for any Yankee soldier ever to be captured
who is accustomed to use it. Holloway is a “brick.”
Next we meet our old acquaintance, Bran Iretli, who
appeals to the Public, and especially to the “United
States Sanitary Commission,” in behalf of his life-pre-
serv ing, bullet proof- Pills. Four or five of these pills lie
declares to be a specific for costiveness, colds, chilis,
di-irrluei. dysentery, and, to keep up the alliteration,
dialA .' Speaking of alliteration, reminds us that we
miss tiie familiar face of It. R. R. or Railway’s Rea
dy Relief. Perhaps he has been run out of the mar
ket by no less distinguished a competitor than Robert
E. Lf.e, who has,in the past three years established a
reputation for furnishing a Ready Relief to the Yankee
population, that has consigned Rad way and his It’s to
the shades of oblivion.
But here is another gjd sinner. Helmbold, with his
“Highly conceiitratt« compound Fluid extract of
Bueliti, a positive and specific remedy for Weakness
lass of memory, difficult breathing, weak nerves, trem!
filing, horror of disease, dimness of vision, wakefulness,
pain in the bm-k, universal lassitude of the muscul&t
system, hot hands, flushing of the body, dryness of tiie
skin, eruptions, pallid countenance,*’ and lilty other
ills that tl ‘sli is heir to (we pause for breath) is as big
a h‘.rc ai ever aril twice as big a liar. Ilis
“compound fluid extract of Sursapanlla in war
ranted to cine the “worst disorders which afflict
mankind,- that arise from corruption.” We advise
him to make the President ami Cabinet a present o I
sevjial dozen, to be used exclusively in the unhealthy
political family of “honest old Abu.”
{Southern laities lnusn’t fret their dear little hearts
over the following announcement. Sterling, (not our old
Bass druuimei) advertises “Ambrosia for the Hair,”
which is certified by Mrs. L, A. Brown, 493 Uroadwtfy
New York, to have made her li lie grow so long that it
reached the li xu 1 Old spinsters, whose pates were so
slick that a lly couldn’t rest a second upon them, pos
itively aver Unit a little use nfthe “Ambrosia” brought
out a e:op of thick, soft, glossy hair !
But here’s a new candidate for popular favor:-—
“Fiefeardt’s Cattle Powder ’ is warranted to cure all
the disorders of the Cow family, and not to hurt the
Horse. Anything from a hoof hurt to a hollow liorm
disappears before its magic effects, like mist before the
morning Sun. The udders swell nuder the “sweet in
fluence,” and the cream on the milk gets so thick that
it can’t be churned: Ot course the butter is as rich as
a New York shoddy Contractor, and keeps as sweet a 8
Mrs. Lincoln’s temper when Bob aint around.
Buff Prince of Humbugs, Barfnnn still tl mrislips
unrivalled. Ill- Marvellous living African Mud tisii,
brought here in dry, solid clay ; his dwarfs, Albinos and
millions of other curiosities, are daily paraded before
tbe World, ia the New York press, and exhibited at
h s American Museum, all for the insignificant sum uf
idhcts, children under 10,15 cts.
Taese are but iU'ew of the “bright partionlar stars”
in the Northern firmament of Humbug. Time and
space forbid a more extended notice.
ytoin «?!o lesion Courier.
The (ale Caiupaifu.
The pecuniary !o»s involved in the case of Atr
hnta. may, under present prices ami circtimstan
eee, be lairly estimated at W.000,000. We cannot
estimate the loss of life and ia the new courage
mid hope infused iuto the resources and ranks of
tftie enemy, but it will be immense Atlanta a
bandouded and evactuated after and according to
the plan and policy which Gen. Jobuston judi
ciously and properly indicated, as the best that
could be followed with tbe means at bis com
mand, would have been merely a toss of territory,
and of a few mile» of railroad communication,
which bad already lost ito chief military value iu
the loss of Nashville and Chattanooga. The Gen-
ral who approaches nearest to Johnston iu tender
r-gard for lile. and in Using strategy where fight
ing would involve purposeless slaughter, is the
beloved Lee. Yet, lie has fought several battles,
which, so far as we can see, could have been prof
itably avoided by a movemeut.
There was at leisure in Georgia one Gustavus
whiskey,
Sept. 17th, ISfil.
Sept. 23rd. 1SGP
fTMWO months after d atp ~ 7. 7—
*■ made to the honorable Y> ^ wijj ^
Jones coimty, for leave to sellthe uL • of
gro woman, belonging to the e ^ t . , " nd “ tie-
Blow, deceased, for the purp 0 , ft ,® °. rnes A.
Terms on the day of sale. a division —
WILI *IAM BLOW. Ex
18 9t
GEORGIA- Jasper County.
W HEREAS, Elizabeth Word ^ ,
tion to me for letters of Aiw . 8 a Pp!ica-
the estate of James D. S Word, lah'J I J ,,rat ' on mi
ty. deceased. ‘ 8H *<1 coun-
These are therefore to cite and »,i
and singular the kindred and csaditoril n l 0n ' s f 1 *!1
ceased, to be and appear at my office df»«
W. Smith, Who, with proper orders and assistance. M „ n j Jn N(>v?0 , b ' e ' r ne xt, to .W''cans'? first
or- l .1 ...1 ... . „
’this contest with full knowledge of alLttte respon
sibilities which attached to the act; and come
weal or woe, she will never withdraw from it in
dishonor. However unequal may be the propor
tion of suffering or sacrifice which her people may
have to endure, she will never make separate
terms with the enemy which may free her territo
ry from invasion and leave her confederates in
tho lurch. Whatever may be the opinion, of her
people as to the injustice dor.C her by the Confed
erate administration, she will triumph with her
(Joufederate sisters, or she will sink with them iu
one common ruin. The intelligent people of
Georgia already understand, and our enemy will
ty, prosperity and property, if we will but return ! soon learn, that the independent expression of
to the Union, and yield “a*just obedience to the j condemnation of the errors, to use 1,0 stronger
laws of the United States ” Their “nods and term, of the administration, is one thing, an! dls-
bteks and wreathed smiles” will be as vain to
loyalty to our sacred cause, is another, and quite
corrupt us as their persecutions aud tbeir cruel a different tiling. While tho people of Georgia
warfare have been to conquer us, if the high | think for themselves and will not blindly applaud
spirit of our people shall be preserved iu the face
of danger and privations. Let Georgians ever
remember their dead brothers, and the sufferings
which the noble people of Virginia, Tennessee,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, anT! Missouri,
the mismanagement of tbeir rulers, they will nev-
or violate principle for expediency; nor accept dis
honor for reward.
The foundations of our Government and the
liberties of the people, rest upon the sovereignty
have home uncomplainingly ; and let them never-t ’* ie 88 their chief coiner atone. Destroy
forget that tbe alternative presented to them in
tbis great issue, is slarrry or independence : In
the language of our contemporary of the Macon
Telegraph and Confederate, let them remember
tiiat “He who would think of submission, at this
stage of the contest, is a coward, unlit lor freedom,
and deserves to be a slave.
t’oei- !t]«r$nn !
The reader will find an interesting statement in
this paper, relative to the fate of the braye and
chivalrous Morgan. It is written by an intelli
gent lady of this city, who is well acquainted
with the lqpding character in the bloody tragedy.
We regret to see the announcement of
Major General Rhodes’ death. Ile was with
General Early in the valley. He was one cf tho
best officers in the service, aud his loss will be
seriously felt by the army and the country. It
seems as if it was to bo our fate to lose all our
b -st Generals.
Dtfrat. of atari?.
J he 5 an kee accounts claim a great victoiy in
tbe Valley, near Winchester, over Gen. Early’s
forces. They claim to have, captured *>.500 pris
oners, fi caunon, and to have driven Early L^_
miles. Two of our Generals were killed ; Rhodes
aud Goodwin. Wc expect, w hen wo get the true
account, it will not be half so bad as the Yankees
represent. W.e are pretty certain Gen. Eaily has
been compelled to retreat before Sheridan, who is
*aiJ to have 40,WU ineu.
the sovereignty of the States, aud the whole fab
ric falls to the ground, and centralized power with
military despotism takes the place of Constitu
tional liberty.
When the passions of the people North and
Sous li have sufficienty subsided, we may make
peace bv negotutlion, but never by tbe sword. ! an (\ na ,
, , , . , 1 My dear sir, if this reaches you, please inform
It Mi. Lincoln would have peace ami prosper- ! me w | ier p n,y boy is, if alive and what may 1 ex-
ty re-eslab!iibed upoli a firm basis, let him stop 1 pect from you in his behalf.
1 distressed Father.
If any of our readers have any sympathy to
spare from their own sons, brothers, relatives and
friends, then the following letter may elicit it.—
Let it be remembered that this “Benjamin” of the
Sidney Doctor capie South for a hundred days to
shoot our own sons, brothers and fathers. How
awful it is that be should be compelled to take
the same fare our own soldiers get, after be bad
como amOteg us on au errand of death! Pound
cake and preserves he has been used to eat, and
his father is terribly distressed for fear our poor
fare down in Dixie may derange bis dear son’s
bowels.
The letter is genuine, having been communica
ted to the Richmond Examiner, by the Maj. Gen
eral in our Army to whom it was addressed.
‘Sidney, Ohio, August 2Gfc 1864.
'ajar General , near Petersburg, Va. :
DEAR Sir : My son. Charles E. —, was
captured ’ while on picket duty by your subordi
nates on the evening of tbe 25th ultimo, while
iu the act of exchanging papers. A note from
him,‘cm flag of truce,’ dated the 27th, the second
day after his capture, which only caipe to hand
last night, informs me that he was in the guard
house at your headquarters, but knew not where
be would be sent. His aged mother is in great
mental agony for he is the son of lmr old age, her
hope and stay, now torn from her, perhaps to be
confined in crowded prjsous, in a Southern clime,
in this most sickly season. Will you please to
convey, or have it done, this note to him. It will
••beer him to know that our ‘gray hairs have not
yet gone down to the grave,’ though we are over
whelmed with sorrow, like Jacob of old, because
our’younger son is not, nor do we know where or
how he is, if yet alive. . Oh ! sir. if you are a
father you can feel for us. He was of the one
hundred day corps, and belonged to the ‘Ohio
State Guard,’ and had no expectation of being ta
ken out of the Stale three days before his depar
ture from home. He is young Rud tender, unac
customed 4o hardships or privations, and to he
thus suddenly put upon an entire change of diet,
dose confinement, with the mental distress re
sulting. excites our most anxious fears for the re
sult. Ilis time iu the service has already expired,
and his comiades wi.l sooit-be at home.
Must he remain a prisoner, or fall a victim to
disease and mentai aDguish ? If not exchanged,
can you not parole him ? He may now be suffer
ing for apparel, for we learn that he had not even
his blouse on nor a cent of money with him when
on picket.
On Veceiving intelligence of his capture I start
ed for Petersburg to procure his release, having
testimonials of the highest character, entitling me
to the confidence artd kind offices of the War De
partment, Ac., hut was taken down with fever
and got no farther tlmn Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,
and with difficulty succeeded in getting home,
1 yet very feeble.
The President in .Aincou.
President Davis arrived in Macon on Satur
day, and addressed tbe people at the Baptist
Church. He. was very hopeful, and denied that
he would leave Georgia to defend herself. He
says two-thirds of the Army are absent from the
field, and they must go forward. The President
went up to see Gen. Hood.
For the Confederate “Union. *
Mrs. Lucy Williams—Morgan’s Betrayer.
r.Y AN ACQUAINTANCE.
the war, and planting himself upou !he principles
of the Declaration of lndepeiidence of 1776, lef
him recognize the sovereignty of the States, apd
agree to leave each sovereign State to determine
for herself, by a convention ot her people, whose
delegates shall he fairly chosen by the legal vo
ters of the State, without military interference or
intimidation, w hat shall be her future connection
—whether she will remain in, or if out, return to
the old Union, or adhere to her present league.
1 here may be doubts whether Kentucky, Mis
souri, aud probably other States, desire to contin
ue their connection with the Uuitcd States, or to
cant their lot with the Confederate Statee. The
'only just mode of solving these doubts, is the or e
above indicated. If these or any other of the
Southern States, should in solemn convention de-
c de to go with the Uuitcd States, ueither the
Confederate Government, nor the other Statesman
object. We canuot govern Kentucky for instance
•gainst her will, uuless we can subjugate her.—
This, wo have no power to do with the Northern
SMes at her back.; and if we bad the power, we
have no right to -coerce a sovereign State into a
Respectfully, in the deepest sorrow,
Y'our obedient servant,
William ,
M. D.”
The following was the reply of our Major Gen
eral to the above letter: “Had not the State of
Ohio better ask that her delicate sons be exchang
ed— or that tha States Rights Doctrine and tliHi
State Governor prevent the tyrant from forcing
them into a war which they are disinclined to! ’
—
Registration of Exempt* and Detailed Men.—The
War Department has ordered the registration of all
male wht e persons between the ages of seventeen and
fifty years who are not now actually in the field or in
the reserves, and also of nil hoys who will attain to the
age of seventeen within the next twelve months, with
the month in which they will become seventeen. The
grounds Of exemption or detail will alse have to he
given.
Value of the Bowls.—Our people are committing an
act of arcat folly to be buying property of all kinds at
ten times what it will bring when the war is over,
while foreigners are buymg their 6, 7 and 8 per cent,
bonds aud carrying them abroad. These bonds will
bring more iu specie when peace comes, than they
arc bringing now in currency, and we will have to pay
these straugers in fall whether we wish or not; where
as, if we keep the bonds at- home, we would get back
nil tho taxes collected to pay the interest.—Extract
from Letter of Secretary Trenholtn.
Perhaps it would be pleasing to your readers to
<rivo a few facts concernir% the creature that was
bold and base enough to betray the chivalrous
Morgan, lie, who, instead of imitating their
Butlers and Popes, has invariably shown woman,
on whatever boundary he found her. that respect
ful deference due the modest chastity expected
of our sex.
About ten years ago, Mr. ltumbough and fami
ly removed from Lynchburg, Va , to Greene
county, Tenn., where they have since resided.—
Lucy, the youngest daughter, was then a good
looking, romping girl, but frowardly inclined —
As she grew, her taults increased 111 inverse ra
tio to her graces; and, at eighteen, little compli
mentary could be said of her beyond her mere
personnel. With but little education, she pos
sessed that cool impudence that was soon con
verted into the sang froid of manner, which en
abled her to enter society without betraying the
hatter’s daughter ! »he loved daucing and card
playing, aud was noted as a reckless rider.
Some two or three years ago, she married Jo
seph Williams, second sou of the late Dr. Alex
ander Williams, so long and favorably known lor
his generous qualities of heart and hand. But
his weak-minded son inherited little from bis
father save his broad acres. He has been his
country’s enemy from the outspt, aud is now be
yond the lines with his northern comrades. His
wife lias beeu assiduously waited upon by Yankee
officers during his absence.
Lucy Williams is now about twenty-two years
old, tall and robust, with coarse hut evenly devel
oped features, with, dark hair and grey eyes, and
cheeks and lips that rival the rose's hue. Her
step lias none of that “airy tread” the poets love
so to ascribe to our sex, hut rings loud and clear
like the heavy stride of man. Her youngest
brother has been a captain iu our service from the
beginning of this wai; but. unlike his sister, is
noted mere for his bland and affabie manners, than
for his ‘manly courage! But a short time since
she buried heT babe, her only child, and perhaps
shed a tear of sorrow over its little grave. Bless
ed baby ! to be taken from such a mother.
Doubtless, it was' at the house of her mother-
in-law, Mrs. Alexander Williams, (as friendly re
lations have existed for many years between her
family and the Reedies, Mrs. Morgan’s family)
that the devoted Partisan lay him down to sleep,
believing himself to he surrounded by Christian
ladi*s, aud feeling per'ectlv secure.
What a heart must heat within her besotn, w ho.
under these circunfttaiiees, could wait until all
were sound asleep, and tt;eu w ith stealthy caution
leave the house, seek the stable, and mounting
tbe swiftest of the steeds, dash away into the
gloomy forrest, fast and still faster, until with
breathless purpose and jaded beast, s..e halts at
the Yankee encampment, having ridden eighteen
long, dark nines, to carry out her diabolical
scheme ! Methinks I can hear the loud exclama
tions of delight, and see the eager flashing of
vengefuley>s as the shout of “to horse, to horse.”
arises, “and the great Morgan is ours !’’ Then
the wild ride back, the cold blooded slaughter of
the pickets, the foul murder of the renowued hero,
aud her missioiuis accomplished.
So long as the proud name of Morgan shall
live, so long shall be heard the execrable one of
Lucy- Williams, his murderess .'
Milledgeville. Ga , Sept. 2JHh, 1864.
The World lias the following graphic paragraph,
the pictorial vigor anil truth of which puts the Tribune
into a terrible state of ne>ve»:
“Only say negro, and there is acla6s oftlus commu
nity whom the word has the effect of catnip on the
feline species. They wriggle, they smirk, they roll over
they mew, they|purr, they fondle, they stick out their
claws,cover their backs,and twist and gyrate m «very
conceivable form of delight. According to them, this
great American peop!e,thiagreat constitutional system,
the present and the future, lite, health, and property,
are of do account itf comparison with the possible ele-
vation of arace which has beeu slaves since the Legit.
uiugof creation.”
could and would have selected and fortified sever
al places between Chattanooga aud Ailauta, at
either of which even Gen. Johnston, with all his
characteristic caution, would aud could have made
an advantageous fight.
After terrible slaughter in Virginia at a distance
from the threatened point, our armies are now
arouod the lines of Richmond and Petersburg,
and it is difficult to show what we have gained
that could not have b**en more easily and cheaply
gained by increasing tht»forces sent forward, and
ihe chances of a decisive victory, or by selecting
aud preparing the sites of battle with more de
liberate wisdom and foresight.
The impartial observer and critic, who does not
estimate battles merely by the slaughter, will as
sign to General Johnston.a high place among the
Generals who have been permitted to enjoy par
tial opportunities of trial in this war.
1 hat a General, fronted and constantly threat
ened with flanking by an able and persevering
General with a much larger force, should have
done what Johnstoti did so well, is of itself e
nough to mark him. It is difficult to tell what
General Johnston could not have done had he
been furnished in time with the confidence and
means needed and within command, and with a
proportion of cavalry, whose achievements would
be known and reported in the enemy’s lines, aud
not merely in the columns of admiring and ful-
soinely applauding newspapers.
Vallantlingbani’a Speech ill DaylQit.
Vallaudigham made a speecli at Dayton, on the
night of the tith, of about au hour’s duration, iu which
lie gave an account of his stewardship as a delegate
nt Chicago:
The Convention, he said, was fully adequate foi the
purpose for which it asseuihied.'He did not exaggerate
when he said it wus the grandest convention assembled
ou this continent since 1787. He must be a bold man
who would undertake singly and alone to criticise the
action ot that Convention. Tna Convention was em
phatically notfonly peaceable, but a peace Convention,
I represented the public sentiment of the United States
The platform denounced the war as an experiment,
and insisted, first and above all, that it should stop.—
It declares for peace iu the name of two millions of
votes of this country.
As for McClellan, he had voted against him, because,
in doing so he represented the views of his constituents
and of himself. He hud preference for auother man,
but I13 was pledged to support the nominee, and upon
such a platform he bid so cheerfully. In conclusion,
he said that if the people wanted four years more of
taxation, confiscation and conscription, to vote for
Lincoln, but it they wanted peace on the basis of a
restored Federal Union, to vote for McClellan.
The next great Kntlle.
The opinion very generally prevails that the next
gr.-ut battle, the grand oouffict the result of which, if in
•favour of the enemy, is to put an end to the rebellion
is to take place in Virginia. Not only is this opinion
entertained by the Richmond press but the givings out
ol the Lincoln organs go to show that such also is the
belief entertained at tne North. A late number of the
New York Herald says :
Geu. Grant’s campaign from the Rnpidnn to Peters
burg and Sherman’s advance into Georgia arc feats of
arms as great as any achievements of Napoleon the
First. Iu both cases there were vast' obstacles to
1 ivercome.and a' dai ing and determined effort to conquer.
But these successes will be eclipsed by the fearful c >11-
test now preparing in Virginia, and which must ere
longtime place. Feelingthat tiieir cause is lost unless
they gain a victory, the rebels are concentrating every
available man under command of Lee. Driven from
so many places lately they find a great many soldiera
free to join their forces iu Virginia, aud they will strike
the blow which,if won, may give their ill-fated rebel
lion a short extension of life, or, if lwt, must ruin them
totally. Understanding this, the rebels will make eve
ry effort, strain every nerve, to render tbe next battle
in Virginia the most stupendous conflict the world ever
witnessed.
Our administration is fully alive to the importance
of the impending battle, ana reinforcements are being
sent to Gen. Grant with the utmost dispatch. Every
provision is made to insure that success which we onu-
hdently expect, and which shall rid us of this pestilential
rebellion, which lias cost such expenditure of life and
treasure, and given our enemies a chance to insult the
dignityof our government. But let success attend
our arms in this lust struggle, as we feel sure, it will,
and wc shall then be free to command from the world
that respect which is due. while we assume our true
rank at Ihe head of the most powerful nation of the
earth. Tiie battle which must soon tukepluce between
the North and South will rank as the most dreadful iu
the annals of history, aud will mark the turning point
iu tho history of this great republic.
they have, why letters shall not issue
applicant in terms of the statute.
lSuj Ven U, '^ tr n ’ y ** an( I offleiady. this 20th\8ept
JH ht M. II. HUTCniSON.%d y
GEORGIA, Bulloch Oourity.
To all whom it may concern.
W HEREAS. James W. Moore and Elizabeth
Grooms applies to me for letters of adminis
tration on the estate of George Grooms, late of
said county, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
and singular the kindred aud creditors of said
deceased, to file their objections, if any they have
in my office on or before the first Monday in N 0 .
veniber next, otherwise said letters will be granted
said applicants.
Given under my hand in officially, this ‘dOtl,
day of Sept., 1864.
J85t DAVID BEASLEY. Ord'y.
GEORGIA, Pulaski County.
WHEREAS, John J. Hamilton applies to m e
T T tor letters of administration ou the estate iff
Irwin B Hamilton, late of said coujity, deceased
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
and singular the next of kin and creditors to be
and appear at mry otfiee on or before the first Mon-
day 111 November next, aud show cause, if any
tiny can, why letters of administration should
not be granted the applicant in terms ot tbe stat
ute.
Given under my hand and seal of office this
the Uih day of September, 18154.
1H3t JOHN J. SPARROW. Ord’y.
SALT FOR FLOUR?~
5,000 rcE?r0UB T BY ,EXCH4K ° E
17 3t.
WRIGHT & BROWN.
BOTTLES! BOTTLES!!
Q UART and Pint Bottles, wanted in any quan
tities, by
17 3t.WRIGHT & BROWN.
S IXTY DAYS from date appiicafiou will he made
to the court of Ordinary of Pierce county fur art
order for leave to sell alt the lands belonging tl, *], e e ^.
tate of Daniel J. Stone late of said county deceased
JOHN STRICKLAND, Adm>
Sept. 5tb, 1864. (h.w.g.) Pd 8.0(1 17 f, t
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
GEORGIA. Pierce County.
A LL persons indebted to the estate ot Daniel J;
Stone, late of Pierce county deceased, arc
hereby requested to make imm'ediale payment,
and all persons having demands against said
estate, will render them in duly authenticated
within the time required by law.
JOHN STRICKLAND, Adm'r.
Sept. 9th, 1864 Paid |(; fit.
Speech of Mrrrelnrjr Seward—the Draft.
Secretary Seward has returned from his visit to the
North.
Secretary Seward made the following address to the
Lincoln and Johnson Association, who called upon him
this evening:
Fellow Citizens:—I understand that you are the Lin
coln and Johnson Association of the District of Colum
bia. (“We are.”) Well, I inquire because it is well
when people meet that each party knows exactly who
the other are. I’ll tell you, therefore, who I am, I am
a citizen who is in favor of the same ticket you support,
Lincoln and Johnson; I am for them because they are
the candidates of the Union which we are fighting for.
We have found it necessary to tight for the cause, aud
when I am obliged to fight for a cause, I am tiie last
man that goes to the polls and votes against it Fellow
citizens, iu a speech I made at Auburn, I said there
should be no draft, bee.use the army is being- reinforc
ed by five to ten thousand volunteers per day. The
people of Auburn understood me and tilled tiie district
of their dratt by volunteering. Patriotic men in Phila
delphia wri*e me that they understood me to snythere
will be no draft, and therefore, they stop volunteer
ing. I avail mysclt, therefore, of this occasion to
correct their mistake by saying that as grace can on
ly showitselt by woiks, so the draft will surely come
if we do not volunteer and try to prevent it. I hope
that point is settled now.
—
The RtreCrop.—A merciful Providence hascertain-
ly blessed ns this year by staying the elements until
our rice farmers harvested their crops. There lias
recently been delightful dry Weather for harvesting
purposes, and we trust our tanners took advantage ©i
it in gathering in their rice ciop.
Administratrix Sale.
B Y rirture of an order of the Court of Ordinary of
Baker county, will be sold, on if, e
in October I8t»4,at the Court Pquse door in said cwio
ty, between the legal hours of sale, Philip a man Si
years old and William a boy 9 years ol(k, S0I4- a* tin-
property of Elizaberii Bateman, dec < d.,fur the bent tit
of the heirs and creditors of said dee’d. Terms cash.
MARTHA J. DUNLAP, Adinr'x.
August 16th, 1864. ffltdr*.
Administrator's Sale.
P URSUANT to an order of the Court of Or
dinary of Twiggs county, will be sold before
the Court House door in Marion, said county,
within sale hours, at public outcry, on the first-
Tuesday in NOVEMBER next, the following
real estate belonging to the estate ot Mis. Geor
gia A. Evans, late of said county, deceased, to-
wit: The Tavern lot and lots adjoining the same,
together Vith stable lot. and other lots, (lying and
fnd being iu said Town of Marion. The bouse is
commodious and-fitly constructed for Its purpose,
and if properly supplied for company, would
warrant a handsome support for a small family.
Terms of sale on the day.
H. M. LOYLESS, Admr,
By II. A. Rice, Att’y. in fact.
September 12th, 1864. [l sj 17 ids
CF* Journal & Messenger please publish
above in terms .of law, and present account for
payment.
Administrator's Sale.
B N virtue of an order of tbe court of ordinary,
of Pierce county, will be sold on tbe first
Monday in December 1864. at tbe Court House
door, in said county, between tbe legal hour* o£
sa.e, one lot of laud No. (fi7.) j n the 9th, district
of origanally Ware, now Pierce county, sot,! as
the property of James R. Tbotnas, late of Pierce
county deceased, for the benefit of the heirs and
creditors, of said deed Terms made known on the
day of sale. BANNER THOMAS, Adm’r
Sept. 8th. 1864. Paid. ’ 'Sda
■ 0
Pulaski Postponed Sheriff Sale.
W ILL be sold before the court house door in
the town of Hawkmsville, on the first Tues-
esday m October next, the following property to
One negro woman, about 40 years old, aNo ons
negro man Sam, about 24 years old, also a boy,
about 9 years old, also A*hley. a boy^aait 2 years
old, also one boy. about2 months
erty levied upon as tbe property of N. N. TT*mll,
to satisfy sundry Fifas issued from the Superior
cours ol Pulaski county.
JAS' M. BUCHAN, Dept, sheriff.
Agunst 15. 1864. 13 ids.
GEORGIA Twiggs county.
W HEREAS, Ridley Ann Cranford applies to
me for letters of administration with tbe
will annexed on the estate of Benjamin Cranford
deceased (said Cranford baving nominated no
executor in his wi!l )
These are therefore to cite and admonish th*
kindred and creditors of snid deceased to be and
appear at my office on or before [lie first Monday
in November next tlien and there to show cause
why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand and official signature at
Mariou, September 14th, 1864
18 fit J E. MCDONALD, Ord’y.
BACON.'
! HAH IBs. of clear Bacon Sides for sale by
-LUUU WRIGHT & BROWN,
Sept. 27tb, 1864.
13 3t
DENTAL CARD.
DR. J. B. MURPHY,
R ESPECTFULLY informs the eitf-
zeus of Baldwin and the adjacent
counties, that he has returned to Mill-
edgeville, and opened an office in the
Masonic Hall with the view of practicing Dentistry in
all its various branches; being well supplied with a good
stock of Materials lie is prepared to attend to all Den-i
tial operations iu the most approved manner.
Aug. 23d, 1863.« (Pd.) 13 4t.
GEORGIA Bulloch county.
T WO months after date application will be made to
the Court of Ordinary of said county, for leave to
aell all the Lands and Negros belonging to the estate
of Simon P. Williams late ofiuid county dec’d, for the
benefit of the heirs and creditors, this5flj July 1864
BENJAMIN C. LEE, Adm’r.
( D >» ) 8 9t
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
A LL persons having demands against the es
tate of Z. L Dari# are requested 10 bwnj
them in duly authenticated, and all those indebt
ed ta said estate are requested to come forward
and settle at once.
L. L. HARRELL, Adm’r ,
p f U. Davis, dec'd.
Ilawkiasville, Ga., Sept. 5th, 1864. j j s 16 6t
estraFsaleT
'1TTILL be sol J on the first Tuesday in October
•town oTxio F ith n n ‘IV 811 ® 1 hours «f«ale, in the
town ot Monticello. Jasper county,” one red ai d
white cow, horns sawed off, at points, under-bit
and crop .11 the left ear, and under slope in the
right ear, abofit ten or twelve years old, and val
ued at one hundred dollars.
August 20th 1864.
B. T.DIGBY, Dept. Sheriff.
14 tds.
NEGROES F.OR SALE.
3 nfr nd r ner ’ an<fcan spin a «d wears’
well, Delia 30 or 32 years old, good cook, w-*'
and ironer, also good house servant, botA^* 80
women were raised at a hotel. - . „
7.APK j/eCOMB,
Milledgeville July Cth 1864. ' B,f ‘
T WO months after date s^pfiYWion win be
made to the Court of Ordtamry of Pulaski
county, Ga , at tbe first regain term after expira
tion -of two months from this notice, for leave to
sell the Land belong.'** to the estate of Counsel
lor Mauldin. lateo/reM county, deceased.>r the
benefit of the Loire and creditors of said deceased.
TUCKER MAULDIN, Adm’r.
Aug. 1st, le'GL ' [J 7 UK*