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State Rights &Coafedrratt Stags' •»»k* THE CONFEDERATE UNION, (Corner of Hancock and Hitkinsov streets.) OPPOSITE 'i' I! K <’<> * t* ‘ IIOISE. ’gtMCGBTOJ, X'ISBET fc C<>., State Printers Tuesday Morning, September ’!7, 18(54. r ... ijs( Rfowa s eeptt ig iJra, Shmusa's furs 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*