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Newspaper Page TextNITkBEK 27 UNION. V OLUME mv,] MfLLEDGEYILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, U E t E ffl B E R IS, 1864. jjj.idr »N,NuSRET,iiA.c EfcVviUUl-. Publishers and Proprietors. 4 . N i OS BOFBHTOS, l Edilora. II. XlitBKT. S Cjte Confebentit at«w n . . nfiitedgevMe, Ga., r, published ’and Wilkinson Sts., yaZZJfo*** axut.) At $12 a year in Advance. advertising. Transient.—^Ttiroe Dollars per square of ten : nes for each insertion. trir , a te8 of respect, Resolutions by Societies,(Obit • e! , exceeding six lines.) Nominations for_office r' aminieatione or Editorial notices for indivldftu A.jt,charged as transient advertising. Legal Advertising. 9ben $t sales, per levy of ten lines, or less, $5 Of - Mortgage fi fa sales, per square. 10 Of T»x Collector’s Sales, per square, Citations for Letters of Administration, ** »* << Guardianship, Letters ef application for dism’n.from Adm n 8 (>i ., <* “ *• “ Guard’ll 8 < A ppPn for leave to sell land and negroes, 8 0< Xjtioe to Debtors and Creditors, f.alts oi land or negroes, per square, .. perishable property, 10 days, per sq. £ g . ra v Notices, 30 days, Foreclosure of Mortgage, per square, LEGAL advertisements. * i .EREAS Eb-rtD Tayloi applies to m \ f 0 /jitters of Guardianship <>i the persm i property of Quitman A Phillips, minor hen r Asbly Phillips, deceased. All persons will take notice and file objections, any they have, in terms of law. bv the first Mon >\ in December next, or said letters will bt granted. Witness my hand and official signature, Oct. :27 th 1864. 23 fit W. W. JORDAN, Ord’y. 5 Of 5 Of fi (It) b Of 8 <;< . 2 0( 5 Of 2 (X. Ex- Kinard uureprt GEORGIA. Jasper county. HEtiEAS, the estate of Francis M ate of said county, deceased, is nted. and therefore subject to waste. These are tlieiefore to cite and admonish ai nd singular the kindred and creditors of said de eased, to he and appear at my office cn the se ond Monday in January next, and take the ad Ministration of said estate, or file their objection * any they have, why the same shall not de olve upon the Clerk ot the Superior or Iuferioi lourt of said county as provided by law. Given under my hand officially, this 10th day Nov , 1864. 2fi fit M. TT HUTCHISON, Ord'y GEORGIA, Wilcox county. ITIfHEREAS, GAR. Mims applies for let T f ters of administration on the estate of Elias dims of ssfid county, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all pe'r- -oi r interested, to be and appear at my office vithin the time prescribed by law, and file their bjeotioPB. if any they have, or said letters will be granted. Witness my hand officially. Nov. 3, 1864. 25 fit J W MASHi-URN. Ord’y. « i py of Land and Negroes, by Administrators, I .,n.,Rrdians.are required by law to be Lei | or Guardians,are requiy * first Tuesday in t lie month GEORGIA. Bulloch county. To nil whom it may concern. uxTTTEREAS Mitchell Lanier and Eliaa Sumerline » T applies to me for letters ot administration on the ■■state of James Sumerline late ot said oounty deceae- between the "diouri ! ed. *?oHntlio forenoon and three in the afternoon, at th, p,art house in thecouuty iu winch the property is pituateu V i.eeof these sales must be given..n a public ga- V, . in .lavs oreviousto the day of sale. for P the sale of personal property must be f, veil ia like manner 10 days previous to sale day V itiees to the debtors and creditors of an estate ""s Iti'c’thst’apiucSiJn wTbbe madeto the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must be i for two months. . for letters of Administration Guardianship, ba published 30 days—for (lismi pUDlISII' Cit'it Sc Tln*o are to cite and admonish all persons concern ed to file their objections if any they have, In my office on or before the first Monday in January next, other wise said letters w ill be granted. Given under my hand officially this 31st day o. Oc tober 1864. 25fit . DAVID BEASLEY, Ord’y. J A< be sion fro mthx- for dismission - j a "strution. monthly six mo, t ,i n ir-aardiatiship,40 days . , i for foreclosure of Mortgagbmnst be publiehed Rule these,tin ,. r, r f 0 , ir month*—for establishing lost papers. , pace of'hree month*— forcompellrogtitles ■ V. .I,.'.,mr* or administrators,where bond has been 1 by rhe deceased the full space of three months j ^, vcii , lu J| ... Puications will always be oonl rawed accoru.rgto j tl .; s October 2fith, 1864 . le^al requirements,uiilcs-potherv*i fieor dereu , GEORGIA, Pulaski County. To the Cleric of Inferior Court of said County . AOOB Morris of the fi42d district. G M i tolls efoie. me. as an Estray. taken up u; on the ( freehold of him, the said Jacob Morris, in said | county and district, a Sorrel Horse, marked with 1 white specks on the rump, blaze or white streak ! in I he face, white hind feet; about 12 or 13 ye'->rs i of age Appraised by P. F. D Scarborough md John Fale. freeholders of said county and iistrict. to be worth six hundred dollars. Given under my hand and official signature, Book and Job work, ©f all kiads, PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED A T T SI I S OFFft’E- J. W. FET.TZ. .T P The above is a correct extract from the Estray ! Book ot said county. Givenjmder ray hand and official seal, Nov. 1st, j 1864. 24 fit A. M FRASER, Clerk I C. HEADQUARTERS, ( Macon, Ga... Nov gfith, 1-64. J It is hereby ordered that a camp for organizatu of the Mihtia of this State be established undt •ny proclamation ordering a levy in masse at Ma con, one at Albany, one at Newnan, and one a Athens, and that the Militia report to the one o: the other place as they may find it most conven ient with the least possible delay. Col. L. N. \V kittle will take charge of the Catrq at Macon, and assign to duty under him such a» sistants as he needs. Col. B. C Yaucy will take command of thi Camp at Athens, with Col. >S. P. Thurmond as As sistant if he can prncuie his aid, and such othei assistants as he needs. Col. William Plumps will take command of tin Camp at Newnan, with Col. VV. S \\ allace as as sistant and such other assistants as he needs. Aud Xiieut. Co! Jones will take command of tin amp at Albany with necessary assistants, unies.- Major Central Smith has assigned some other ofii cer to v saidcommand. In case of a change of commandos of either oi said camps, notice will.be given accordingly. The commander of each camp will call upon the Confederate Commissaries and Quarterinas ters at the place for all necessary supplies. Gen Beauregard promises to issue the necessary orders to thfese officers. It will he the duty of each Commandant of a Camp to organize as lapidly as possible a!! w ho re-, port into Companies. Battalions, and • Regiments In all casek where enough men report they will bt formed inlof regiment or regiments, when noi enough tor a regimjeul they .wiR be formed into’a battalion or company. The organizations already formed under my proclamation in Cherokee and North Eastern Georgia, will be maintained if they report as organizations, but m case of battalions they must when it, is practicable, unite and form a regiment. All officers not already in commission in these organizations, will be elected by the men to be commanded, and the same rule of election will apply in case of all new organizations Com missions will issue on thereceipt of the returns at the Adjutant & Inspector G-scral’s office at Macon. In the mean time those elected will command as b'evet officers. All cavalry-organizations will re port dismounted. When needed as cavalry in fa ture they may he remounted. They are not now- needed on h* rse. The Commandant at £amp may excuse neces sary physicians not exceeding'three to a county; the three selected by the Inferior Court wherever a selection has been made by them. All actual millers engag' d in ibo mills as such wheti needed at home, will be excused. In extreme cases ol hardship where it is the unanimous report of the neighbors, that, humanity .requires it. on account- of the condition ot the family, as in case of blind or insane wife, &c. temporary exemptions may be granted. This power is to be exercised with great caution, as it is subject to abuse, and a thorough organiza lion of all persons able to bear arms in this emer gency is absolutely necessary. • The Commandant at Athens will confer and con sult with Brig Gen Reynolds,who is respectfully r; quested to give all the aid in his power by conr- ers to circulate my proclamation and these orders North-Eastern and aid in furnishing Message of Piesideot Dam [Conclusion] Department of War. The- condition of the various branches of the •nil iary sei vice is slated in tie accompanying re- >rtof the Secretary of W T ar. Among the sug- r-stions made for legislative action with a view o Id to the numbers and efficiency of the army, all f which will receive your consideration, there •ire some prominent topics which merit special no ice. t Toe exemption from military duty now accord -d by law to ail persons engaged in certain spe eitied pursuits or professions is shown by expert jnce to be unwise, nor is it believed to bt* defensi ble in theory. The defence of home, family and country is universally recognized as the paramount political duty of every member of society; and iu a form of government like ours, where each citi zen enjoys an equality of rights and privileges, nothing can be more invidious than an unequal distribution of duties aud obligations. No pur *uit nor position should relieve any one who is able to do active duty, from enrollment in the umy, unless his functiffiis or services are more useful to the defence of his country in another sphere. But it is manifest that this cannot be the ease with entire classes All telegraph operators, workmen in mines, professors, teachers, engineers, editors and employeess of newspapers, journey men printers, shoemakers, tanners, blacksmiths millers, physicians, and the numerous other class es mentioned iu the laws, cannot in the nature ot things tie either equally necessary in their sever al professions, nor distributed thioughout the country in such proportions that only the exaci numbers required are found in each locality; nor c%n it-be overywhere’impussible to replace those within the eouscriptage by men older and less ca pable ol active tieid service. A discretion should be vested in the military au thoriiies. so that a gufficrent number of those es sential to the public service might be detailed to continue the exercise of their pursuits or profes sious, but the exemptions from service of the en tire classes should be wholly abandoned. It af- j lords greatTacility for abuses, offers the tempta | tion, as well as the ready rneaDS of escaping ser j vice by fraudulent devices, and is one of the priu j cipal obstructions to the efficient operation of the ; conscript laws. A general militia law is needful in the interest j or the public defence. The Constitution, by ves i ing the power in Congress, iaiposes on it the duty j of providing “for arming and organizing the mili- i na. aud for governing such part of them as may j be employ ed iu the service of the Contederate i Mates.” The great diversity in the legislation ot I i lie several States on this subject, aud the absence ol any provision establishing an exact method lor calling the militia into Loufederate service, are sources of embarrassment which ought no longer to be suffered to impede defensive measures 1 he legislation in relation to the cavalry de mands change. The policy of requiring t e men to furnish their own horSes has proven pernicious in many respects It interferes .with discipline, impairs efficiency, and is the cause of frequent and prolonged absence from appropriate duty. The subject is fully treated in the Secretary’s re ry When a subscriber finds a cross mark on , hi paper be will know that his subscription ha* ; expired, or is about to expire, and must be renew- J ed it ho wishes the paper continued. r»» 'Y e do not send receipts to new subsen j bers If they receive the paper they may know | that we have received the money. I’iT' ^r u ^cribers wishing their papers changes from one post-office to an >tber must si at name of the post-office rent which they changed. • the nsh it GEORGIA, Baker county. WfHERE AS, Mary A. Wilks applies to me for let- » t ters of administration on the estate of Isaac D.. Wilks deceased. These are to cite and admonish nil interested fo ap pear at my office on or before the first monday in De cember next to show cause if auy they have why said letters should not be granted Given under tnv hand officially, this28th day of Oct. 186-1. 24 fit H. H. JORDAN, Ord’y. camp. Ail persons under Cherokee Georgia, and | port with suggestions as to the proper measures for supplies to the militia pertectiug that branch of the service. Hie recotnmenAtion hitherto often made is aeain renewed that some measure be adopted tor fifty y ears of age who are I the more necessary that this should be cone as the absence of legislation on the subject has forced I PER1N0 BROW N ifc Co. FORMERLY OF ATLANTA, GA., HAVE LOCATED AT 272 BROAD STREET, j AUGUSTA, GA ND offer their .services to tber customer and j friends for the purchase and ReaLind | j - 1 j, 5^(34. GEORGIA, Wilcox County. ! 'Vz, THERE AS. Penelope Shanan applies to roe VV for letters of administration OK the estate of William Shanon, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the next of kin and creditors, to be and appear at my office’within the time prescribed by law, and show cause, if any they can why said lattprs should not be granted said applicant in terms of the statute Witness my hand and seal of office, this October subjett under my previous order to service iu Ma- i the re-organization and consolidation of compa- jor General Smith’s command of Militia, and who j n i e s and regiments when so far reduced in num- bave failed to report will be denied the privilege of i hers as seriously to impair their efficiency. It is going into the new organization, and will be sent forward to their respective commands under Gener al Smith. This will not affect the organizations which have heretofore under my proclamation been formed in upper Georgia in the rear of the enemy if they now report promptly as organiza tions, but will.apply in all other cases. Only those not subject to dirty under General Smith wili be received in new organizations. •JOSEPH E BROWN. Generals in the field to resort to various expedi ents for approximating the desired end. It is surely an.evil that a commanding officer should [ be plated it* a position winch forces upon him the A PROCLAMATION. By JOS E BROWN, Governor of Georgia choice of allowing the efficiency of his command I to be seriously impaired, or of attempting to sup- ! ply the exercise of doubtful authority in the want j of proper legal provision. The regard for the I sensibility ol officers who have heretofore served ! with credit, and which is believed to be the cou ching ' trolling motive that has hitherto obstructed legis- ll " K lation on this subject, how ever honorable and pro- W bile our noble armies are doing every in their power to defend our homes and property. , bl! carri ; d to a point which seriously in- and are entitled t» the lasting gratitude and active P ^ ^ blic p0lM j. £ n d if this be the case it support of the people of this . tate. and ot the , J 8Cfirce L be questioned which of the two con whole Confederacy, and while the mifitia have left ; 13 J - R- . —. their homes unprotected and'have taken up arms j and acted with the gallantry of veterans upon Personal Estate, Produce, Stocks, Bonds. Dia monds and Merchandise of every description.— j We deem it unnecessary to state that any ; n^ss entrusted to us will be attended to with hdei- j M y U LIcffrENSTADT, PKRINO BROWN, j 16 3m] Wil. II BARNES. j US’”Intelligencer,Confederacy and Sav. Repub lican copy two weeks, aud send bills to us at Au gusta. - GEORGIA, Jasper county. WJ HEKEAS. the estate of John Kinard, late VV of said county, deceased, is unrepresented. Tbv\‘.e are therefore to cite and admonish all persons concerned, to be and appear at my office on the first Monday in December next and take the administration of said estate, or show cause why the same shaft not devolve upon the °* the Superior or Inferior Court, as provided by law 21 fit J W.MASHBURN. Ord’y. almost every battle field from Powd-r Springs to Griswoldville—it is matter of extreme mortitic* tion to know that a large part of our cavalry farce, which should hang around and constantly annoy GEORGIA, Jasper comity. V% / DEREaS, William R. Pope makes applies- ollu „, u , m .. 6 ^ ^ , V V tion fo me for letters of administration de the enemy as lie passes thro’-our State, and cut j bonis non, on the estate of James Lawrence of said 0 1T his foraging patties and impede his march, j county deceased. have left their commands and are now scattered I These are therefore tocite and admonish all pw- j n squads and in small bands over nearly half the J sons concerned, to be and appear at my office on territory of the State, robbing and plundering the J the second Monday in January next, to show citizens indiscriminately, and taking from the cause if any they have, why letters shall not issue to the applicant in terms of the law Given under my baud and official signature this 1st dav of November 1864. 24 fit M II HUTCHISON. Ordinary. GEORGIA Pulaski county. \\THEREAS, Henry Anderson applies to me for V V permanent leters of administration on the es- ! tate of Win. W. Mayo late of sajd county deceased. This is to cite all persons concerned, the next of kin „ . f 1 and creditors tob# ’ " Given under my hand officially, this Uth day ol j t ], e wives and children of soldiers who are in service discharging their whole duty, the supplies of pr<J- J visions which are their only means of support. These predatory bands of thieves and robbers. ' who devastate the country under pretext of ma- | king impressments of property for the use ot the | are a disgrace to the commands to which siderations should be deemed paramount The Secretary’s recommendation on the subject of facilitating the acquisition of the iron required for maintaining the efficiency of railroad commu nication on the important military lines are com mended to your favor The necessity for the op eration in full vigor of such lines is -Joo apparent to need comment The question in dispute between the two Gov ernments relative to the exchange of prisoners of war has been lrequently presented in former mes sages, and reports, and i.s fully treated by the Sec retary. The solicitude of the Government for the relief of our captive fellow-citizens has known no abatement; but has, on the contrary, been still more deeply evoked by the additional suffering to which they have been wantonly subjected, by de- privaiion 0/ adequate food, clothing ann fuel, which they were not even permitted to purchase r ,1 • * ! .— Eliot tKo onarriV army, are a disgrace .u me u ’“ i from tbc f T i aon sutlers. Finding that the enemy they j-refee. to f..-io»p«n J I ant sure then eonduct * ■ excuse their barbarous treatment by meets the mpnaUfted c.udemcmn and scorn of ^“"Xnded “ilgstiou that it was retaliatory ever true soldier in the annj 1 ° ~ 3 All other means tor the suppression of this in : for like conduct on our part, an offer was made by Oct, 1864. 22 fit M H HUTGBISON, Ord’y d creditors tob« and appear at my office, on or before All other tor xne supf™ - j us with a vie w of ending all pretext tor such re- a first Monday in January next, and show cause i? discriminate robbery having tailed, the peop.e are minat}ons -f r pretended retaliation, y they can, why said letters should not be granted* obliged, as Ur as they have the ability , to depend , pffer ^ sbeen acC epted. and each govern- e applicant m terms of the law. . _ upon tlieir national righcS of self-piotection by i . m nrovtde. nec.es- GEOKGIA Pierce county. AVI'EKEAS E. D. Hendry applies to me for lefteis ( If of guardianship of the persons and property ot . Hester A Stone, Isabel, Reasie, James A.Queen; V ic toria and Mathew Stone all minor heirs oi Daniel J. j Stone deceased. All persons will take notice and file objections if any ; they have in terms of Law by the fiist .Monday in November next or said letters will be grantcib H W. GRADY, (Wd’y. j Sept ,28th, 1SG4. (Pd $5.) — 5t - any t the app . Given under my hand .and seal of office, in Hawkms- ville this Nov 8th, 1864. 24 fit * JOHN FADE, D. Ord’y. pon the use of force I therefore hereby call upon the Justices of the Inferior Courts, Clerks, Sheriffs and all other per- GEORGIA, Wilcox County ' sons remaining at home not subject to my Iasi call 7 Ht.REAS, Charles Spradley applies for let- i t0 organize and arm themselves as best they can, d wherever a band of thes*- plunderers enter Walden, orphan child of Wil- the county and takes the property of any citizen by force, .to pursue them immediately and shoot — and to re- w ULOltGIA, Pierce county. . 11EREAS, Jane E. Bunce applies tome lor let- , , ters of guardianship of the person and property i of Daniel Stone a minor heir of Daniel J. Stone de- | ‘vlV persons will take notice nncl file objections if any 1 ttiev have in terms of Law by the first Monday m No- ' vemberuext or ..id MM. orf . y Sept. 2gfh, 1801. (Bd -- :,t GEORGIA. Baldwin county. rilWO MONTHS after date hereof, to wit; on 1 1 first .Monday in December next, I shah apply the Court of Ordinary of Baldwin county tor leave tot sell the land and negroes of Louisa Anderson, late ol said county deceased, for benefit of creditors and dts. LUCY ANN GIBSON, Admr'x. ! October 1st, IS64. 18 . t : L Ei’T THE premises of the subscriber on Rat- I urday, 15th October last, MAHAI A, a negro | woman about 27 or 28 years old, medium size light complexion, quick spoken and action, and ! pleasing countenance and manners I fear she j lias been enticed away by some white man, as sue j l.ft my house with-* ” slightest known can- , Sunday and Mond r she i«t, ene was toez. j . the shanties on . .. ' of Little River, on tr ; Ailtedgevilie a , 1( 4 ...„—-vn Railroad, tene was j raised, ag i ^ - Newton county. A suitable r»-w ar d will be.paid for her appre- bension.soaslcan get her; or any information ot her will be thankfully received- v PM. COMPTON. Milledgeville, N ov . g, 1864. 24 4t ’ Af ters of Guardianship of the person and -prop erty of Conelia E liam G. Walden deceased j These are therefore to cite and admonish all : and singular the next, of kin, Arc., to file their ob- i jections, if any they liave, within the time prescri- j bed by Jaw, why said letters of Guardianship j shooid not be granted said applicant in terms of the law. . Given under my hand and seal of office, this ttie lfit.h day of October, 1864. 2t fit J. W MASHBURN, Ord’y. GEORGIA Jasper county. HEREAS, Susan H. Daniel makes application m me for letters of administration, with (he will an nexed, outlie estate of Isaac Daniel late of said county 011 'jol ‘ Vhescare therefore tocite and admonish all persons 40 concerned, to show cause if any they have, on or be fore the second Monday in January next, why letters shall not issue to the applicant, in terms of the stat- Givcn under my hand officially, this 8th day Nov. l^ 54 . ^ „ 25 fit M. II. HUTCHISON, Ord’y. W GEORGIA Pulaski county. m'HEBEAft, Wm. M. Anderson applies to me for i f .permanent letters of administration on the estate of Mary A. Mayo late of said <y.unty deceased These arc to cite ail persons concerned to file their objections, if any they can. within the time prescribed bv law, why said letters should not be granted ihe ap plicant in terms of the statute. Given under my hand and seal of office, id Hawkms- ville this Nov. Sth, 1864. 2fi 4t JOHN FALE. D. Ord’y GEORGIA, Baker County \\T HEREAS, M. Jil. & B. J. 81appy applies to f T mo for letters of administration on the estate of John J Slappy, late of said county, deceased These are .therefore to cite and admouish all persons concerned^, to be an 4 appear at my office on or before the first Monday in December next, to show cause, if any, why said letters should not be granted. Given under my hand officially, this Oct* 27th. ^23fit W. W JORDAN, Ord’y. them down whenever they find them port the fact, it the force is more than they can manage, to Lt Gen. Taylor at Macon, who will, while he remains in Georgia, uphold and sustain them by force. I am authorised by General Taylor to ssv that he will give the citizens ail the aid in'his power., to slay them when and wherever they are found committing the out!ages above mentioned and in plain cases, where proof of. the robbery is satis factory and the parties can be identified he trill or der them shut as soon as they can be apprehended and the facts established. For this protection the whole people of the Mate will owe Gen. Taylor a lasting debt of gratitude No c-fiicer or band of men is authorized to make any impressment of private property without, the exhibition of competent authority from the War Department Till furtln r notice no impressments w II be legal ynless the party making them exhib its an order from Maj Norman W Smith, Maj Gen Howell Cobb, or in special cases, from Maj Gen Wheeler, over his own signature, specifying the necessity and the particular property to be ta ken. or an order from some General of higher rank than any above mentioned; and iheu only when there is a strict compliance with tht? laws ot Congress regulating impressments Ad who attempt impress without an order over the genuine signature of one git the officers above mentioned, are robbers, and will be shot down by any one able to do it. Given uud, r my haul and the Real of the Exec ntive Department this 24th day cif November, 1864 utl ^ JOSEPH E BROWN. Notice to Debtors and’ Creditors. \ kL persons indebted to the estate of John Speights ^ Baldwin oounty dec’d are requested to i 03 ^ pavment and those having demands against . tt.ia dec’d are notified to present them iu legal form i witliin the time prescribed by law. _ ARA.MINTA SPEIGHT3, Ex'rx Oet.-ata 1864. j. n. 23fit , rpwO Months after date, application will be WATirC' i 1 made to the Court of Ordinary of Pulaski NO Uth* ! County, Georgia, at the first regular term after CIX.TY, day* after date application will be cxniration ot two months from this notice, for made to the Ordinary Conrtot Wilkinson Conn-i leave to sell the land belonging to the estate of ". for leave to sell, a portion of the real and pe sou- Alexander Goleman late of said County, deceased p of Wmiiain Lord Sen’r dec’d late «,f said f or ;b „ benefit of the heirs and creditorsiof^said de C »amy Q. W. LORD Ex’r. ceased HORTON HENDLY Aam’- 4th, 1864. pd$8. 24 9t * Nov. 6th 1864. fa! • f=. 4 • Hit i iiLili* A LL persons having demands against the estate Aof Wm Lord, Re nr of Wilkinson County Will present tin in to me for payment and any per son indebted to said estate will please make pay ment immediately. G. W. LORD Ex r Nov 4th, 13<)4 pd$6. 21 bt 25 at. Administrator's Safe. B Y virtue of en order of the Court f wdinary of Pierce county, will be sold on the first Tuesday in Febuary 1865 at the Court house door in the town of Blackshear, between the legal hours ol sale, one lot of land nomber 84 in the 5 90 district of originally M are now Pierce county, sold as the property of Darnel J Stone late of Pierce county deceased for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased, terms made known on the day of sale. _ , JOHN STRICKLAND, Adm r. . November 8th 1864. * Pd. #8. 2Stds. . assured result. ment is hereafter to be allowed to provide neces sary comforts to its own citiz iis held captive Jiy the other. Active efforts are in progress for the i*diat.e execution of this agreement, and it is hoped that but few days will elapse before we shall be relieved from the distressing thought that painful physical suffering is endured by so many of our fellow-citizens whose fortitude in captivity iilusirates, the national character as fully as did their valor in actual conflict. NEGOTIATIONS EOR l’EACE The disposition of this Government for a peace ful solution of the issues which the enemy has re ferred to the arbitrament of arms, has been too often manifest!d, and* is too well kuow’n to need netv assurances. But while it is true that indi viduals and parties yi the I'nited States have in dicated a desire to substitute reason for force, and by negotiation, to stop the further sacrifice of hu man life, and to arrest the calamities which now afflict both countries, the authorities who control the government of onr enemies have too often and too clearly expressed their resolution to make no peace, except on terms of our.unconditional submission and degradation -to leave us any hope of the cessation ot hostilities until the delusion of their ability to conquer.us is dispelled. Among those who are already disposed for peace, many ar • actuated by principle and by disapproval and abhorrence of the iniquitous warfare that their government is waging, whiL others are moved by the conviction that, it no longer to the interest of the United Slates to continue e. struggle in which success is unattainable. Whenevrr this last glowing conviction shall have tak-n firm root in the minds of a-majority of the Northern people, there will be produced that williugness to nego tiate for peace which is now confined to our side. Peace is manifestly impossible, unless desired bj both parties to this war, and the disposition tor it among our enemies will be best and most certain ly evoked by the demonstration .on our part of ability and unshaken determination to defend our ri hts and to hold no earthly price too dear for their purchase Whenever there shall be on the part of our enemies a desire for peace, there will be no difficulty in finding means by which nego tiation can be opened; but it is obvious that no agency can be called into action until this desire shall be mutual. When that contingency shall happen, the uovernmont, to which is confided the treaty making power, can be at no loss tor means adapted to accomplish so desirable an end. * In the hope that the day will soon be reached when tinder Divine favor, these States maybe allowed to enter on their former peaceful pur suits, and to develope the abundant natural re sources with which they are blessed, let us then rtsolutdy continue to devote our united and un impaired energies to the defence of onr homes, onr lives and our liberties. This is the true path to peace Let ns tread it with confidence in the v * ’* JEFFERSON DAVIS. From the Macon Telegraph. President Dnrlv !IIrMngr.«ovrrB«r Brotra’f undelivered message to the Georgia Legis lature. The following messago was prepared by Gov. Brown to bo sent to the General Assembly, but *vbUe it was being copied for the two houses, tliey adjourned, on account of the near approach of the ememy, before the message was received b\ them. As Congress probably now has the ques tion before them, and as it is the opinion of the Governor, important that the people and press of the country should speak out boldly to their rep resentatives before the fatal step is taken by them he lias uirected the publication of the message, with a view to call special attention to the subject. Executive Department, Mille Jgeville, Ga., N^ 18,1864 To the General Assembly: I feel it my dntv, to call your special attention to that part of the lata message of the President of the Confederate States which relates to exemp tions from eonscripti< it. The president declares that “no[pursuit nor posi tion should relieve any one who is able to do ae tive duty from enrollment in the array unless hi-* functions or service are more useful to the defence of his country in another shape.” But he says “it is manifest that this cannot be the case with entire classes.” He then enumerates several classes, such as telegraph operators, professors, teachers, editors, millers, shoemakers, tanners, blacksmiths, physicians, &c , who should not be exempt as classes, and adds, “ and the numerous other clas ses mentioned iu the laics,” who, he says cannot , in the nature of things, be either necessary in the several professions nor distributed throughout the country in such proportions that only the exaci numbers required are found in each locality.” Nor. says he, “can it be everywhere impossible to replace those within the conscript age by men older and less capable of active field service.” He then >ays, “A discretion should be vested in the milita ry authorities (which can only mean in him as the Dead of these authorities) so that a sufficient num ber of those essential to the public service might be detailed to continue the exercise of their pursuit or professions, but the exemption from service of the entire classes should be wholy abandoned•” This is very compehensive language. If such a law were enacted by Congress, and acquiesced in by the States and people, it would not only give the President absolute control over all per sons of the classes enumerated by him in the mes sage, but of what he terms the “numerous other classes mentioned in the laics.” \\ ho are these other classes mentioned in the laws, ot whom the President seeks to get the ab solute and unlimitted control, without startling the country by the designation of them in this message? One of the ctusess, “mentioned in the laws, "is “ the menbers and officers of the several state legislatures ” Other classes mentioned in the laws are judges of the state courts, sheriffs, clerks, ordiuaries or judges of probate, &c. An other class mentioned in the laws is “ministers of religion,” authorized to preach according to the rules of the churches. The President denies that these could be more nseful as classes “in another sphere” than in the military field and says “they cannot, in the nature of things, be either necessa ry in their several professions, nor distributed throughout the country in such proportions that only the exact numbers required are found in each locality.” He therefore demands that Con gress leave it to his “discretion” to say who of them shall be detailed to continue in the exercise of their pursuits or professions, with the declar ation, in advance, that their exemption as “en tire classes” should be ‘‘wholly abandoned.” Aside from constitutional objections, what would be the effect of vesting in the President the absolute power over all classes of people in these States, which he now demands at the hands of congress? No man could cultivate his fields to produce corn, wheat or any other of the necessaries of life, or run his factory to make clothing, or work in his blacksmith shop, mill, tannery, carpenter’s shop, machine shop, or follow industrial pursuits without tbe.consent of and a detail from the Pres ident. Mo men can then publish a newspaper without the consent of the President and a detail for that purpos e This would at once destroy all indepen dence in the press, and abridge its freedom, which the constitution of the Confederate States express ly declares congress shall make “no laws” to do. If each editor must have a detail from the Presi dent (which would be revokable at the will of the President) to publish his paper, what freedom or independence of the press in future can exist? No bold, independent, high-tone man would be wil ling to accept a detail for this purpose, as it would be an acknowledgment in advance that his press shall be the tool of the President, with its freedom abridged, and its existence dependent upon the President’s will As this law wqull give the President the power to say how many editors he will tolerate, it would leave it to his “discretion” what sort of editors he will have, aud what princi ples they shall advocate- Thus thepublic press ot the country, which, whatever may be its errors and abuses, is next to the Christian religion, the greatest promoter of civilization, and when left free and untarmmeled, is the strongest bulwark of constitutional government, ami the most powerful advocate of civil and religious liberty, is to be prostrated at the feet of the President, and prosti tuted to the base end of overthrowing constitu tional liberty and establising despotism. Where did liberty ever exist with the freedom of the press abridged and its existence dependent on the will of a single individual ? The President not only demands of congress the passage of a law giving him the power in fu ture to muzzle the press aDd prevent it from ex posing the errors of his administration, or the cor ruption of hit officials, but he demands that the state governments bo placed absolutely under his control, and that it be left to his “discretion” how rnanv members and officers may attend each ses- siou of the legislature, and what shall be the ages of the members, and if he ciiooses, what shall be theic political sentiments. It is also to be left to i- s “discretion” how many judges of the superior, inferior or other courts each State may have, and what shall be their ages—how many sheriffs, clerks, tax collectors, justices of the peace. &c., he wil! tolerate in each State. Each of these classes of state officers is one of the other “nu merous classes mentioned in the laws,” who he declares are to be diflrihuted according to his dis cretion throughout? the country in such propor tions that only the exact numbers required are ■ lotind in each locality, those within conscript age to be replaced by “older men,” less capable of ac tive field service, and in the selection of those with whom they are to be replaced, regard might be had to those who would be “less capable” of opposition to the President's will. But this, intolerable as it seems to be, is not the worst feature in the demand. The President asks that Congress place the “ministers of religion under his absolute control, with a declaration ac companying the demand that they are not to be exempt as a class but only such of them as he in his ‘discretion’ may deem a sufficient number to be detailed to continue to exercise their pursuit or profession, “that only the exact numbers required may be f -and in each locality ” There is no mis taking the purpose; they are one of the classes “mentioned in the laws.” In "other words, 4hey area class who are mentioned Jn the exemption laws, and are exempted as a class. Give the President this power, and the minister of religion can no longer exercise the high func tions of his calling under the commission he has received from Heaven, without a detail from the President. This would give the President the power in his discretion to deterniine not only how many may be necessary, but to select the ties where they will be tolerated, and to prescri , if h. should .WM proper. the « ■!, Jmely "«^r hi. co„. t.ol .. the freeSom of th. pr... Mid th. govern- ro ne° f provis!on’ - of the Constitution which de- dares that Congress shall have power to raise and support armies, mast be construed in connection with that other provision, that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of reli gion. or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or a- bridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” Taking these two propositions together, I do not see haw any candid man can say that Congress has power, under the pretext of raising and sup porting armies, to place the free exercise of reli gion and the freedom of the press at the “discre tion” of the President. Nor can it be denied that the freedom of bdth are dependent upon his will, when the law permits no one to publish a paper or to preach thegfoappl without a detail from him. What possible connection does the preach- mg of tne gospel in the city of Milledgeville or any other place have with raising and supporting armies ? And why is it necessary that the preach er of the gospel should by act of Congress be mustered into the military service of the Confed erate States and put under the control of the President to be detailed back in the “discretion” of the President to preach ? Is this tho “free ex ercise of religion”? Is not the freedom of the press abridged when a newspaper can only be published with the con sent of the President-, and is not. the independence and dignity of the legislator lost when ho is com- compeiled to enter the legislative hall with a de tail in his pocket, Subject to be ordered out of it at any moment when it suits the interest or ca price of the President ? Is this State sovereignty, freedom of the press and free religion ? When Congress enacts such a law, it converts tho republicanism of the Confederate States into the despotism of Turkey, makes the President a dictator, and prostrates the libesti,eg of the coun try, the independence of the press and the religi ous privileges of the people at his feet Even tho Lincoln government, despotic as it is. Das not dared to attempt any such encroachment upon the liberties of the people ot the United States. I wish in advance to enter my solemn protest agaiust this monstrous proposition which, if adopted bv Congres^, will not only endanger the success of our cause, by breaking the spirits of our peoplo, which may preceipitate counter revo lution; but may. and I fear %ill, engender a strong feeling for reconstruction with the odious government of the North, as the only means of escape from a worse despotism. I therefore earn estly recommend the passage of a joint resolution by this General Assembly, instructing our Sena tors and requesting our Representatives in Con gress to vote against and use all possible influence to prevent the passage of any spcli law. JOSEPn E. BROWN. The Work of Sabjufcntion. Wo commend tho following article, which wo clip from the New York News, to the attentive perusal of any of our people who may be afflicted with weekness in the knees; Some of our cotemporaries do us injustice in stating that we have made our reviews of tho progress of the war in disparagement of the Fed* eral Generals. The surveys wo make from time to time of the scene of conflict we make as matters of fact, but do so regardless of all personal predi lection, in profound respect and sympathy for the anxiety with which our readers follow the fortunes of nrmies iu which their whole hearts are bound, np. So completely, indeed, is the statement of the Opposition journals unfounded, that we have been led frequently in our reviews of the conflict to pass high encomiums on the dash and geniona of Farragut and Sherman. The state of the conflict is, bowevor, of more moment than auy newspaper misrepresentation. Some of our cotemporaries, in condemning our plain statement of facts, would have the public believe that the subjugation of the South is ma king rapid progress. Let us examine into the truth nf that allegation. Last Spring t.lie Feder al troops lorded it on the Rio Grande and the shores of Texas. Those lines of invasion are strangers to their footsteps now. In the beginning’ of this year’s campaign, Gen. Banks had to go to the head of navigation on the Red River to find the Confederates; he can find them, to-dey, with in a few days' march of New Orleans—Rteela had to move, last Spring, ono hundretUand twenty miles to the southward of Little Rock, iu order to find Southern soldiers; and at this moment they swarm as thick as locusts all around that city. Despotism in Missouri cut throats six months ago, with no one to make it afraid; and only two week* ago an army of twenty-eight thousand Confeder ates sat eating the good things of the land in per fect safety, under its very nose. That great force is even now manceuvering with the view of ma king a sudden dash, from the luxuriant valley of the Osage; upon either the political or commercial capital of that great State. Texas is gone; Louisi ana is gone; Arkansas is gone: and, while all ihia has happened within 6ix months, we are asked by the Herald and other city journals to believe that the conquest of the South is making rapid pro gress'. %. • In March, Central Mississippi was under the heels of Sherman’s advance to the Tombigbee; to day the troops of the Confederacy sweep up un» disiurbed, to almost the guns that delend the rear of.Vicksburg. Northern Mississippi has passed, within six months, from the domination of troops under Dodge or Hurlbut to that of the Confeder ate horsemen under Chalmers. Western Tennes see, and even the Kentucky part of th.* peninsula lying between the Tennessee and the Mississippi, know no sway, outside Paducah, Columbu3 and Memphis, save- that of General Forrest. The Memphis and Charleston Railroad has gone back to the Confederates. Corinth has, within six months, changed hands and is now a point of sup ply for the army of General Hood. Tuscumbia has gone back to its owners, aud all of Alabama south of tho Tennessee, with the exception of perhaps, the post at Decatur, has reverted to i^ rightful State sovereignty. Immense regions that had been held last spring in Mississippi, in Ten- nes&e, in Alabama, are thus seen to have been wrested from the hands of subjugation and placed under contribution of men, horses a(Sfi supplies in the interest of successful resistance. In Georgia, the work of subjugation has met with a peculiar undoing. A line of upward of a hundred miles, won at a fearful cost of life and limb, had brought Sherman into.a village of Geor gia, the “city” of Atlanta. We were told tbet he had “broken the back bone oftbe rebellion,” when sntldenly, his triumphant army pausing in its vain work, is flung back, by a mere • exercise of will, a hundred and fifty miles, to begin the struggle once more in.the neighborhood of Tennessee. Hood’s army was at Dalton last April; but it is now a hundred and twenty miles further north Horse men of the Cehfederate service are as thick a« leaves in the woods of Kentucky, and threaten to make that State, which haa heretofore been exempt from war, a scene of battle. Aud thus has inva sion gone back from the heart ol Georgia, not only to the Tennessee, in fact but, in prospect, to the Ohio. ' . Eastern Tennessee we held last spring as far as the line of Virginia, the Confederate troops find, now no one to oppose them within even two or three days’ march of Knoxvilie. In the Valley of Virginia, Hunter, a few montns ago, swept every thing before him to the works covering Lynch- burgh; but to-day Early is tramping down toward tho Potomac, with Sheridan falling back before him toward Harper’s Ferry. In May * ast > Federal army held the country between the Kapi- dan and the Potomac; to day the abandonment of the railway between- Alexandria and Manassas Gap has-placed it under the undisputed command of the Confederates. About five hundred square miles on the banks of the James River constitute accessions of territory by the invasion of Virginia, but in the Valley and north of the Rapidan, the losses of the last few months amount to four or five thousand square miles. Resistance stands firm on the James. At all other points it has advanced—from Shreveport to New Orleans; from Red River to the Missouri; from Central Mississippi to Western Kentucky,- from the Chattahoochee to the Tennessee. Inva sion ha? lost hundreds' of thousands of square miles in Louisiana, in Arkansas, in Mississippi, in Western Tennessee, in Eastern Tennessee, in Vir ginia. And yet with all this overwhelming evi dence to the contrary, the Herald has the coolness to ask its readers to believe that the work of sub jugation goes bravely on!

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The Confederate union. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1862-1865, December 13, 1864, Image 1