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Slate Rights & Confederate States' Rights
THE CONFEDERATE UNION,
( Corner of Hancock and Wilkinson struts.)
OPPOSITE TBECoi'BTnortt.
«orcniO*. 5ISBET fe €0,, State Printers.
Tuesday Morning, December 13,1864.
Onr C«nditi«a.
Gen. Shennenk late visit toMilledgevffl® pot na to
» great deal of trouble and expense, bnt we are again
at our post prepared to carry on our business as here
tofore. Onr pocket book, however, has suffered
••rarely and looks very thin.as we hare put, nothing in
it for three weeks, and have been taking out all the
tim* to pay the expenses incident to moving away
end moving back, and replacing such things as were
stolen from our office doing our absence. W« hope
those indebted to us trill take the hint and aet accord
ingly.
A Hspr/ol View of (be mUnntimn.
The desponding amongst ns will find an article
in our paper to day, copied from the N. Y.Aeies,
which will revive their drooping apirits, if any
thing cair We agree entirely with tha writer, in
his review of the past, and bis opinion of the pres
ent aspects of the enemy's invasion of our soil.
The enemy has lost thousands of square miles
territory,,within the last six or eight months,
which cost him million# of treasure and rivers of
blood to possess. True he haa devastated much
of the territory he 1ms yielded; but does this not
prove the folly of attempting to hold in subjec
tion so vast a country as ours? Gen. Sherman’s
grand campaign through Georgia, is a retreat from
a position be could not hold any longer, on account
of the movements of Generals Hood and Forrest
in his rear. The only serious thing to (ear from
his position on 1 he coast of Carolina, is, that he
may destroy the vail roads passing through that
State,by which communication i3 maintained be
tween Gen. Lee’s Army and the granaries of the
cotton States. But it is possible that Sherman
may find a foe in hi.3pa:h that will not let him ex
ecute his vandal plans against South Carolina.
At any rate the situation is not half as b&d as
noma w ould Lave it. The Confederacy is not gone
because Georgia has felt the presence of tbeinvader,
We hope the weak kneed man amongst us will take
courage from the picture presented by a Northern
'Writer, and inatead of deploring the probable fall
of his country, renew his vows, put on hia armor,
and gird hia loins for the grandest and noblest
work that ever engaged the hands or affeetions of
a free people.
milledgeville and Wairmtoa Railroad.
We understand that this Railroad with one or
two very slight exceptions, is graded all the way
to Milledgeville The Road from Macon to Gor-
non and from Gordon to Milledgeville. can be
* repaired in a few days. Then if the iron from
Milledgeville to Mayfield, on the Warrentou and
Milledgeville Road could be laid, which is only
about 31 miles, we should have a short and unin
terrupted communication from Central Georgia
and Alabama to Richmond. This route would be
much shorter than either of the old routes if they
were in good repair. But it is very doubtful
whether either can be repaired this Winter; and
if the one by the Central Railroad and Millen was
repaired, it is very doubtful how long the enemy
would permit them to remain in order. But the
one through the Middle of the State, will, in all
probability, remain unmolested for the balance of
thia Winter at least. Under all these circumstan
ces, would it not be great economy for the gov
ernment to finish, that is, lay the iron on that
small portion of the Warrenton and Milledgeville
Railroad between Mayfield and Milledgeville ■
CXnnawRT and Stalea jVrgrar*.
Many of the negroes taken from their owners by
Sherman's Army wiU be picked up by oar soldiers and
citizens. Women and children will be dropped by
Sherman when they get to be tronblasometo him ; and
others will run away from him when they find out that
they are not treated as they expected. Many of onr
citizens may recover their property, if our Military
authorities will promptly advertise all the negroes
falling into their hands, giving the name* of the negroea
their owners, and their whereabouts.
What ban been dene t
A few weeks ago, Sherman had undisputed posses
sion of one hundred and fifty miles of our territory, from
Chattanooga to Griffin. If he escaped to the coast ef
Carolina, he will not hold one foot of soil in Georgia.
Has he lost, or gained 7 What thia or that maa may
have lost is nothing. Georgia is Lee from the van
dals. Whatbther Southern State is ?
Osr City.
If hasbees Iwo weeks since the Yankee Army left
as, (to-day Friday) but the mournful relics of their
preseuce arc fresh as when they swarmed iu our sheet*,
and crowdedour residences and public square*. Many
of our citizens who left the city at the approach of the
enemy have returned, and familiar face* meet us at ev
ery step; but a stillness almost Sabbath like pervades
our business streets, and the blackened, sightless u aha
of the Penitentiary, Arsenal, Magazine and Depot re-
miud us constantly of the presence of the vandal hor
des of Sherman. It is due to Sherman to say that
most of the outrages committed by his men were per
petrated in private residences where the owners, both
male and female, had left the premises. Where our
citizens remained in their houses night and day, we
hear of but few acts of diabolism such as were commit
ted in unoccupied buildings. The attention of the ene
my was principally directed to poultiv, stock, provis
ions of all kinds, hogs, harness, money and valuables.
Negroes were treated very bad by their professed
friends and libeinlors. They were robbed of money,
clothing, blankets—every thingstealable. Indeed our
negroes have cause to remember the enemy quite aa
feelingly as their masters and mistresses. Many left us
and followed the Yankee army. Some have returned
and more will follow in the same direction ; but the
loss of negroes in the section overrun by Sherman
must be very gre.it. It is a little remarkable that
those negroes left who were least expected to leave,
and in most case* they were idle and vicious charac
ters. It is a little^ingular, too, that thos^iegroes who
took up with the Yankees were universally known to
be most free, before the Yankees came. Negroes who
had been managed as they should be, were content to
stay with their masters, but those who had been per
mitted to do as they pleased were the first to run away.
Onr streets and public squares are filled with private
papers and public documents. Even private corres
pondence of a nature the most sacred, is blown to and
fro by the wind and subject to the rude criticism of the
most vulgar'and illiterate. The State House for
many days haa been knee deep in papers. The build
ing is much defaced. The windows on the side towards
the magazine are all broken, and tho plastering injured.
The fencing around the square is broken down, and
many of the young trees iuthe square ruiued, the bark
being bit off by the horses tied to them. Our chur
ches were not respected. They, too, bear the impress
of the unhallowed footstep of the foul invader. But
bad as it is with us, we are truly thankful it is no worse.
But few ladies or children were insulted or even mo
lested in their houses. It might have been expected to
be much worse, trom the known character of Sher
man’s Army. No occupied residences were destroyed.
Many feared that,the city would be burnt and were
greatly relieved when assured that it would not be.—
In a few weeks our public offices will be put in repair
and the business appertaining to them be progressing
as though Sherman had never been in a thousand miles
of Milledgeville.
The Bridge ever the Ocean.
The fine bridge over the Oconee at this place,
was destroyed by the rear guard of Sherman’s Ax'
my. We learn that a temporary bridge is being
constructed to pass orer wagons and troops. The
work is in charge of Capt Winston of Virginia,
and will be completed at an early day. This will
be of great service to the government, as the road
through here has become a highway for the trans
portation of troops and supplies.
Pretty deed.
A friend tells us the following etcry. He wat travel
ling from Albany to Savannah, about the 30th of
November ult. He was baited by an old man, who
asked him the news. Our friend told him all he knew;
when tha venerable man asked him, with much con
cern, about .Toe Brown. Our friend told him Joe
Brown was all right. Oh, replied the old man, I’ am
mighty sorry for Joe—mighty sorry for him. I have
known him since he was t. boy, and drove an ox cart,and
I have voted for him every time he run for Governor. I
wae proud of Joe, but I am mighty sorry for him now
What is the matter, now, old friend, was the reply
Well, says tfca eld man, Joe has got in tronble at last:,
I hear he has got the disability, and I am mighty
fraid ‘twill be the death of him. Explanations were
•nnecenary.
i—♦— ■
The Eattlc in Teaaeawc.
A severe engagement took place near Franklin, Tenn.
on the 30th ult. between a portion of Gen. Hood’s
Amy, and the enemy. Our accounts place our loss
at 3,500, and the enemy’s at 10,000. Gen Pat Cle
burne was killed, also three other Generals on our side.
Northern accounts claim a victory, but say that Thom
as’ army fell back to Nashville, some 18 miles Tha*
looks like a Federal defeat. We may get further partic
ulars before we go to press. Steele is said to have
crossed the Mississippi to Memphis, with 15,000 Fed
eral troops. If this be so, Arkansas is given up; but
pen. Hood maybe checked in bis march to Rwhrille
The duty of the hour.
This section of our beloved State lias been
swept as with a besom of destruction. Many
of our citizens have their houses, lands, and their
slaves lett them, but have been deprived of their
stock to such an extent as to give them but a
scanty forco to make a crop the coming year.—
Others who bed laid in their supplies of provis
ions for six and eight months, have been stripped
of almost everything, having at Lest a few weeks’
supply left to them, Some tiro worse off than oth
ers. At such a time, and in such an emergency
it behooves every man who has a drop of the milk
of human kindnes* running in his veins, to lend
helping hand to his neighbor in distress. It
will not do to turn coldly away from a brother,
with the reply to his appeal, that you are as bad
oft’as lie. Many are able to help others, and it is
thfiir duty in this solemn hour of trial to do it.—
No one expects, or ought to expect, to have the
things ho was accustomed to enjoy before the
desolator touched his substance, iu the same
abnndance, or of the same description. But ot
plain food all must have a little. And it ia the
duty of every man and woman who can spare eith
er bread or meat to sell or give it to their suffer
ing fellow-citizens. Do not say that you have
not enough to carry your own family through the
year. If you can supply your own household for
a few weeks, it is your duty to sparo tho excess
to those who must suffer dtrry day of this winter
unless broad and meat *be within their reach —
There is abundance of provisions in the State yet
untouched by our own or the enemy’s Armies.—
The rich can go to a laud of plenty, and buy pro
visions : the poor cannot. Yet the poori must
have food. By the poor, we do not refer especial
ly to that class who are generally included in the
term, but to .all who have been accustomed to buy
their supplies from day to day or week to week.
That other sections of the State, more favored
thr.n ours has been, will help us, in this hour of
our sorest need, we are assured; but until
the railroads caD be repaired and the trains are
running as .usual, those who have provisions
must help those who have none. If they will sell,
all right: if they will give, all the better. Let us
hear no muttering of discontent—no threat, no
abuse of each other ; but let every one do what
be can to mitigate tho afflictions that has bowed
our heads into the dust, and almost broken our
hearts. Let us sefr examples of economy, indus
try, patience under suffering, one to another—let
ns bo brothers as we walK through the fiery fur
nace, and we shall come out purified, and all the
better for onr chastening. Never have our people
bad such an opportunity to give tlie world an as
surance of their manhood. If we help one anoth
er, God will help us all.
For the Coufed6rate Union.
Gen. A. K. Wright, as ex officio Governor.
Messrs. Editors ; In assuming the powers of Gov
ernor over the Eastern part, of the State by vir
tue of his office as President of the State Senate.
General Wright alleges the disability of Governor
Brown to perform th9 duties of his office in that
diyision of the State; claims, and exercises the
right for himself to decide as to the fact of that
disability, and proceeds upon the supposition that
it is lawful for two or more Governors to rule in
the State at one and the same time.
A few words upon these assumptions in their
order..
First. Did any disability attach to Gov. Brown?
True, direct railroad communication was inter-
upted between the two sections of the State—but
at tbe time, when Genl. Wright made his assump.
tion of power, Gov. Brown could have visited all
the more important parts of the State with con
siderable dispatch, had he thought proper. The
same reasoning would show all of the old Gover
nors of the State previous to the establishment
of railroads, to have labored under disqualifying
disabilities—an3 likewise the present and'al! fu
ture ones in regard to those parts not convenient
to such communication. And much mere so
would President Davis be rendered unable to act
as President, beyond the Mississippi River, and in
various other parts of the country.
Has any person claimed the right to divide the
honors and powers of that high functionary ?
Ignorance so profound, and audacity so bold,
have not been found except in Georgia.
The Constitution of the State provides that in
case of the death, resignation, or disability of the
Governor, the President of the Senate shall act.
A disability, not great difficulty, or event, partial
disability, is sufficient. And Genl. Wright ad
mits the Governor's ability to discharge the du
ties of his office over a portion of the State ; and
so doing, ho condemns himself. A further con
clusive proof of the non-existence of tho assum
ed disability, .ia furnished by the facttli.it tbe
Governor, even in so great’an emergency, actu
ally did perform every duty required of him by
the laws of the State or the demands of patriot
ism. He repaired in person to Macon, a central
and important point., and there, in union with liis
illustrious associates, sustained by the bravo
hearts and strong arms of a few aoldiers, drove
back the legions of the invader, and ieducod his
boasting to disappointment and mortification —
in addition to which, his Excellency dispatched
efficient and skillful staff officers to Augusta and
other important points with all necessary powers
and instructions for performing the duties of the
occasion. Where was any disability or even par
tial disability to be found ? The *writer thinks
there was none. ' Perhaps a large porlion of the
people, and even Gov. Brown, may-think like
wise. Genl. Wright, and doubtless some few
others, may think differently. In this conflict
of opinion, who is to decide? Genl Wright
claims and exercises the power of decision for him
self, and thereupon goes to tbe extent of revoking
the orders of the Governor, and threa'ens to ar
rest his aids, if they attempt to enforce those ci
ders. Does the history of constitutional govern
ments furnish an example of usurpation so stupid
and presumptnons? If such conduct did not on-
pear so very ab-urd and contemptible on its face,
it would be a mopt dangerous precedent and might
lead in future to much civil strife. Ambition*
Presidents of tho Senate, being vested with the
•ole power of fixing some imaginary disability to
the Governor might frequently by assuming.tha
powers of Governor bring on the country war
and ruin. In the absence of any legal provision
on tho subject it would doubtless be the duty and
the right of the General Assembly of the State to
determine as to the question of a disability of the
Governor,
It is a question, p‘rhaps. not. fully settled
whether or not the President of tho Senate can
lawfully act as Governor without being sworn in
as such. The safer course then would require it
to be done. So thought the authorities and great
men at Washington, when John Tyler succeeded
Gen. Harrison. Tyler look the oath of office
though he had previously .jtaken the oatli as Vice
President and Prasident of the U, S. Senate —
Gen. Wright from nil that appears seem* to have
had no scruples on the subject, but went forward
on bis high errand without any such preparation j
In the last place the General's greatest error is |
in assuming the Executive office to be divisible
and capable of being exerciser] in part by ono
man and in part by another. When was it ever
contended that two or more Governors could rule
over the same State at the. same time? What unity
of purpose, energy of action and dispatch of bus
iness conld there be in snch a case ; all of which
are needful in the Executive at all times and pre.
eminently so in time of war and invasion. The
very atructure of the Government no less than
the duties of tbe office refutes the proposition.
CRITO.
Milledgeville, G*., Dec. 8tb, 1864,
ftherman’e Plans.
The Now York Herald blows lustily over Sher
man's grand march through Georgia. The Ed
itor says, Milledgoville, Augusta, Columbia,
Charleston and Wilmington will bo consecutive
ly hit. He closes his boasting predictions with
the following:
11 is not even probable that he will have to
fight a battle; for through tho whole district that
he ia to traverse the rebels have no force at all,
and there is no able bodied population. lie has
to make a march of three hundred miles through
a pleasant country, that Lib army can live upon
if neccessary, and he strikes and involves in a
common capture the capitals of Georgia and
South Carolina and Charleston. He will hold,
therefore, those two States definitely and posU
lively. And to gain this, what does he risk ?—
Nothing. His immediate command is not risked
in tbe least, nor can it be supposed that he risks
the safety of Tennessee. Hood can do no harm.
Hood, Forrest, Taylor, and all the South-western
rebels together canuot muster more than fifty
thousand men, and Thomas is undoubtedly able
to defend tbe State from such a force.
Georgia and South Carolina, the capital and the
principal cities of those two States firmly held
by Sherman, and what is there left of the so call
ed Confederacy ? Not a single State. Richmond
and Wilmington will be all that will be left of the
great rebellion. 'How long will Willington, the
only seaport of the Confederacy, remain in the
hands of the rebels with Sherman only one blin
ded aftd eighty miles from it, and that great
squadron, that troubles the Richmond papers so
much, battering at its defences fSherman’s march
will also be equally decisive in the fate of Rich
mond ; for if Lee, in view of this advance, does
not suddenly divert a large forco to meet Sher
man. he will in two months be hermetically seal
ed in his capital, and if he does divert snch force
his capital will fall under Grant’s persistent ef
forts. Looked at in any light, Sherman’s move
ment promises to bo a most decisive one, and
there is every probability that it will be the de
cisive operation of the war.”
If Sherman bad not crossed the Savannah River
before tbe lieavy rain of last Friday, he may find
a lion in his path be did not expect; and will
hardly be able to prosecute biff campaign any
further this Winter,
Correipondence of the Confederate Union.
.lira, ff.yey Williams. Again.
BV AX ACQUAINTANCE.
j In tbe Confederate Union of the 14th inst. there was
; a communication, by a Confederate officer, ‘‘refuting,’’
as the Editor says, the article relating to Mrs. Lucy
Williams ns Morgan’s betrayer..
If Lucy Williams did not betray Morgan, the press
and its reporters have done her a great injury ; but she
and her friends by t heir tardy vindications seem to be
late in perceiving it! No one would be farther from
wishing to injure the innocent than the writer, and the
article alluded to would never have been penned had
she doubted the guilt‘of the party; having seen it,
again and again, without one contradiction, or any
Editor seeming to doubt its truth !
Nevertheless, all of the article that purported to be
original, in description of Mrs. Williams or others, she
reaffirms to be true to the very letter. And since the
publication of said article, she has had admission from
other acquaintances, and even relatives of Lucy Wil
liams that the description was correct throughout.—
Then, is it possible that a Confederate officer can be so
intimate with the wife of a man, whom ho should con
sider his as his country’* enemy, as to learn her charac
ter in a few months more accurately than those who
have known her a* a girl and a woman for years past ?
He is the first person the writer ha* ever known to
associate “modesty or timidity” with the bold, unscru
pulous manners of Lucy W’illiams ? His zealous and
lengthy defonse of the Williams and the Rumbough
families was entirely superfluous, as they had not been
assailed.
The writer did not design to reiterate the charge of
the betrayal of the gallant dead, but to delineate the
woman whom the press affirmed to have committed
that dark deod of infamy. What Southern woman is
there, who could have read of the revolting exhibition
of the mangled corse of our noble -defender, amid
cheers and huzzas, without feeling utter detestation for
the creature of her own sex; and an acquaintance too,
who had caused that cruel death and that brutal tri
umph ? Then, if she had known that tlioee same
wretches had reduced her nged parents from plenty
almost to poverty, arousing them from the tranquil
dignity of ease, so sweet to the old and weary, to st rug
gle again in the rough turmoil of busy life, without the
buoyant hope that sustains the young, would her de
testation have been less f If sl»e had heard of a little'
brother, whom she had taught to rend, and on whoso
fair brow she had Imprinted a farewell kiss more than
a year ago, being caught upon the highway, by those
same wretches, and not only robbed and shot, but
stamped beneath their vile, cowardly feet, his life pre
served only by the mercy of God, would her detesta
tion have been less! If she had known that a dear
brother, who would have bared his manly bosom to
any danger for her sake, and who had been his couu
tr^’s faithful soldier from the beginning of this bloody
struggle, was with Gen. Morgan when betrayed, and
narrowly escaped with his life what would have been
her destestation for the creature, who, with woman’*
smiles, was leading on that band of incarnate de
mons ?
Such was the feelings that stirred the heart of the
writer, and which the officer attributes to “pique I”—
Such were the motives that he affirms to have been not
“respectable” or “justifiable!”
Milledgeville, G«. N*v. 16th, 1864,
Caught.
We understand that J. Hamilton Whitney, who
figured so extensively about Milledgeville while
the Yankees were here, is a prisoner in the jail at
Augusta, having been captured near Waynesboro.
^Sunday night was the coldest weather of the
winter. It was a bitter night for Sherman’s “sun-
nv South” campaigners. The mercury feli so low
we couldn't reach it from the bed.
. The Lnwi,
The adjournment of tiie Legislature was so sudden
and unexpected, as well as the removal of the State
archives from the city, that we have not been able to
ascertain what laws were enacted at the lasj, session of
the General Assembly. We understand that the Gov
ernor will be in the ei‘y as soon as his duties will per
mit, when we will publish a syuopsis of the acts of the
General Assembly of the- late session.
HU— PI
IHerr from Ibe fight in Tennessee.
The Telegraph of the 0th has reliable informa
tion from ihe fight near Franklin, Tenn., between
Hood’s and Thomas’ Armies No casualties are
given except the following Generals, killed and
wounded. Genls Cleburne, Stralil, Granberry
Gist, .and John Adams, were killed. Generals
John Brown, Canty, Mannigault, Quarles, Cock-
erill and Scott wounded, and Gon. Gordon cap
tured We captured 1,000 prisoners. The enemy
claim to have capture d over a thousand of our men.
From ail the lights before us, We can see no good
resnit to either party front, this battle. It seems
to have been a drawn fight.
Where is .SSiernian ?
It is reported that Sherman is making for the j
Georgia Coast, and is on the west side of the Ogee-
chee river.
IVrijiil’s l‘ro<,-1 situation.
We had heard something previously of Gener
al A. R. Vi right assuming Executive powers for
the eastern part of the State by- virtue of his office;
but his prociamalion did not reach us until yester
day. when it was brought by the Savannah papers.
We judge trom the tone of the News, that this
proceeding is regarded by Governor Brown and
others as “unwarrantable and unlawful ” The
foliow>ing is the proclamation:
Augusta, Ga.Nov 21, 1864.
I. His Excellency, Governor Joseph E. Brown,
Governor and Commander-in-chief of the Militia
oi the State, being cut off ttom communication
with that portion of the State east of the Oconee
river, by tire interposition of a hostile army', it be
comes my duty as IVesideut of the Senate and ex-
onicio Governor during the disability of the Gov
ernor, to assume commanckof ail that part of the
State thus left without the jurisdiction of the Gov
ernor, and as the prompt and faithful 'execution of
the recent act of the Legislature providing for a
levy cn masse, of the arins-bearing people of the
State is of vital importance, I do. therefore, issue
this order revoking so much of the Governor’s
proclamation as provides for the reporting of all
the troops raised under it to Maj. Gen G. W.
Smith, and do order that the men in all the coun
ties east of the Oconee river (except such as may
be already reported to Major General Wayne) re
port, immediately to me at this place, when arms
and equipments will bo issue by the proper offi-
1 cers.
| II The Aids de-^amp in the district cast of
j the Oconoo river will proceed 1 once to send
j ort all men liable to service under the aforesaid
i act.
j III A Medical Board will he established at his
place for tbe examination of all men, when fitness
for tho service may be considered by the Aids-de-
Camp as doubtful.
IF. The emergency is such that the delay even
of a single day will in no case be permitted—all
must be sent forward at once
A I?. Wright.
President of the Senate and ex-officio Governor
during the disability of Gov Brown
_T!ie News of the 26 says: “We see that Gen
Wright ha* carried his ‘assumacy’ to a pitch more
unblushing than we ever dreamed a sane man
would be guilty of. He has issued General order
No.. 1, dated at ‘Headquarters Georgia Millitia, in
which he establishes a camp .of instruction and ap
points a commander charged with its organization
He also appoints a chief quartermaster, an assis
tant quartermaster for the forces assembled there,
and an adjutant for ’those headquarters,’ and or
dels that, they be ‘obeved and respected according
ly.’ This‘General Order No 1’is signed hy Gen
Wright, as ‘President of Senate, Commanding
Militia. We ha' o again to say that those assump
tions are unpareiieled
M e iearn tnat Gcv. Brown is expected here to
day or to morrow, and that he will propably go un
to Augusta in a day or two If this be so ‘the ex
officio, commanding militia,’ will learn the extent
of his ‘disability ’
E^Gen. Joe. E. Johnston is inRichmond.
FlF’Geo. D. Prentice ot the Louisville Journal is in
Richmond, mi a visit to a son, a soldier in the Confed
erate Army.
Fjp’Gen. Beauregard was in Augusta, at ln*t ac
counts.
FsWGrov
week.
E3FGol. Toombs and lion,
on Gen. G. W Smith’s stuff.
mPDecatur, the strongest post on the Tennessee
River, with the exception of Chattanooga, ha* been
evacuated by the enemy.
The Press and Gov Brown's Late Coll- 1’he
following correspondence it, publis- ed in order to
present to the Press of Georgia Gov. Brown’s de
ci-don in regard to the State Press, under his late
call. The tiist despatch was received from the
Press of Columbus
“Shall the Press of this city be suspended, an I
its members report for duty at Macon/"
The Governor s answer: “It is not mv intention
to intei fere with the publication of any newspaper
or public journal m Georgia No editor or other
person actually necessary tor that purpose is re
quired to report for militia duty ”
JOSEPH E. BROWN.
T/t? Grahamril'e Fight —The fight at Graham-
vtlle was one of the most couipiete triumphs ot the
war The enemy came against .us with fully five
to our-two. A large portion of our lorces were
raw, uudriileu militia, who had never seen a battle
They waded into the work vigorously and heroi-
ca ly, and covered themselves witlt honors tmmor
tal Their praise is on the lips ot all When
the fall fiistoiy of that battle is written, it will be
shown to have been one of the most hotly contes
ted, against, the most overwhelming odd-, and re
sulting in tbe most complete triumph of any fight
during this war —Savannah Aetcs
Tlic t'ouuly Officer*..
We are now doing the advertising of county offi
cers as cheap a* any paper iu the State. We shall be
pleased to do the advertising of county officers, and re
spectfully ask their patronage. We are now ready to
execute Job Work, of all kinds, as cheap as it can be
d<Jne anywhere else, and pledge ourselves to give sat
isfaction.
A'drerisaiug ami Job Work.
All advertising done at this office, except with
LOST 'BUOt.f.
O NE of my negroes picked up a Bug-ry ,. n .
enemy beymid the Oconee Bridge*’ 7 Tj
can have it by proving property Bn j ' • f owner
advertisement ^ ” ‘K for thi*
B. B. deOfiA rpvynn-r
Dec. 10th, 1854. VRIEd.
— 27 tf.
GEORGIA. Baldwin County.
P URSUANT to an order »f
Court of Culinary of said eoi Inr ' onn tfible
>>e sold neforo the Court House don r ’
ville.on the first Tuesday in in J 'NUahv' i ? e ‘
within the legal bouts of s»fe. all j •
longing to the estate of Louisa And.* SVt '‘ H * )e *
of said county, deei-ased, consisting*** 011, :a ? e
valuable uegroes of different ages 8 “ver,il
j ■
male—also the plantation on which . Ie *
at. the time of her death. Sold for iht ^
distributees and creditors • ‘ °f
LUCY ANN GIBSON,
Dec. 1. 1864.
GEORGIA, Wilcox County.
Ordinary's Office for said County,
W HEREAS, Stephen Bowen applies fnrle't^
of Administration on the estate of Joh a
Odum, late of said county.
These are therefere to cite and admonish all per
sons interested, to be and appear in my effice
within the time prescribed by law, and file eb.
jections, if any they have, or said letters will hi
granted.
Witness my hand officially.
JAS, W. MASH BURN, Ord’y.
Dec 13, 1864. * 27 5t.
HEDQ’SMIETY IHV’S OF THE WEST?
Macon, Ga., Nov 2l?th. 1864. >
SrEciAi. Orders, »
No —. \
All supernumary Officers of this Military Divis-
persous with whom we have business transac- 1 j on no t otherwise assigned to duty, will report
tions, must be paid for in^idvance No Job Work
will be executed at this office unless the money is
paid down when the work is ordered. This is
posi tivc.
vVe are authorized to announce the name of
Alfkkd B. Mooue, as a candidate for Judge of the
Inferior court of Baldwin county.
Dec. 7th, 1864. 27 3t.
F^We arc authorized to announce the names of
B.B. deGraffemiea, Dr. G. V. Case, O. P. Bonner,
Peter Fair & W. H. Scott, the present Judge* qf the
Inferior court as candidates lor re-election.
Dec. 7th, 1804. 37 3t.
to Commandant of the Post, Maeon. Ga.
By command of General Beauregard
A. R CHISOLM.
A. D. C and A A A.G.
fc#~All papers in Military Division will publish
three times a w eek for two weeks and send bill to
Chief Quartermaster. A. R. C., A. D C.
Nov. 30.
Female Academy.
milledgeville
fg^liE Exercises of this Institution will be re-
JL sumed Monday, 2nd of January, 186b.
Tuition first quarter of ten weeks, $40 00
Fuel “ “ “ “ •
Payable in advance.
Ptoducers are expected to ray in provisions.
JAS. 8. BUKRil.L, M
D'C. 10, 1864
ctpab
Brown was expected in. Savannah last
Thomas Hardeman, are
SvIIgOl A'O'iitF.
rnilE Rev. S E Brooks, assisted by his wife,
I will resume his School tin bo^s and girls on
the first Monday in January, 186b.
The first quarter of ten weeks, $46,00
Fuel first “ “ “ 5 00
Music on the piano 1st quar. of ten weeks, 50 GO
Producers are expected to pay in provisions
at current prices. Payments in all cases to be
made iu advance.
A few boadeis can be accommodated wilh the
teacher by paying isi provisions
Milledgeville, Dec. 10, 1861. 27 3t.
O^Tt you wi-h to know the true from the fake friend,
try him in affliction and suffering.
(ffiP'Gen. A. li. Wright has been made a Major
General.
KFTne lieol and Fireet.de journal has been moved
from Augusta, Ga. to Raleigh N. C. .
ITirGen. Kilpatrick, commanding Sherman’s cav
alry was wounded in a tight, near Waynesboro, Ga.,
with Gen. Wheeler.
Atlanta, Rome, Marietta and Dalton arc in our
possession. It is said there ts not aFederal soldier this
eade of Chattanooga.
ES*“We refer the reader to the card of J. I. Whita
ker Esq. The Intelligencer will soon be published iu
Atlanta, Ga.
EdF* We publish to-day' Gen. Wright’s proclc
know there was not a day or an hour that cour-
ric-rs could not have passed from the west to the
eastern part of the State, aud Gen. Wright’s or
ders w ere ealeulatcd to embarrass and disorganize
our military affairs.
I.ntr Pajtvra.
We are indebted to the courtesy of Mr Dempsey
of the So. Express Company for Augusta papers
of the 10th The Express Company is a trump,
aud no mistake, and Dempsey is an ace.
In tho letter of B. B. DeGraffjnried, Mayor of
Milledgeville, to Colonel Ira It Foster, he returns
thanks to the Colonel, to Mayor Collins and oth- i
ers for the timely and generous contribution of
5,600 rations of .meal aud 18 beeves for the poor
of Milledgoville. Not it wotd is said, about the
Confederate authorities and the public would na
turally suppose that they had nothing to do with
tho gift. Now the fact of the matter ie, the 5,000
rations and 18 Beeves belong to the Confederate
Government and were turned over by order of
Gen Cobb to the Milledgeviilti poor and hauled
to them in G vernment wagons Gen. Cobb, ap
preciating the necessities of the people of Mill-
edgevilie, touk the responsibility of turning over
Government property lor their use and to him be
longs the credit. We think the omission of his
name in the letter of acknowledgement unjust
and would mildly suggest that the Mayor of Mill-
f-dgevilte not only acknowledge th^ corn but also
the Cobb. [ Tct Sf Cunftd ]
In this city on the 1st inst., after 17 days of painful
suffering Mrs- Laura B. Renfroe daughter of Milburn
and Amelia Turner. *
The Atlanta Intelligencer.
r jplIE undersigned Proprietor and Publisher of the
1 ATLANTA INTELLIGENCER embracing the
first opportunity of announcing to tho pu die that ar
rangements have been made by which, the publication
of said Journal will be resumed at an early day in At
lanta. His presses and material tor the publication of
toe papw as well as for executing all contracts ia the
Job Office attached thereto, being iu course-of trans
portation to that city.
N 15.—Papers in the State will confer a favor by
publishing this notice ouee,calling attrition aud send
bill to ttiisottice for payment.
JARED I. WHITAKER,
Proprietor.
Dec. 2, 1SC4. 27 It
EXUIIASUE A0SUE N0.--13*
Richmond, Dec. 1.1864.
1. All Confederate officers and men who have been
delivered by the Federal authorities at any- place prior
to November 25th, 1864, are hereby declared to be ex
changed.
2 Ail officers and men of the Vicksburg capture of
July 4th, 1863, who reported at any parole camp, either
East or West of the Mississippi River, at any lime
prior to November 1st, 1864, are hereby declared to
he exchanged.
RO OULD,
. AgentTof Exchange.
December fi, 1S64. 26Ot
A PROCLAMATION.
. BY JOSEPH E. B t-) vVN,
Governor op Georoia.
STATE OK GEORGIA.)
Executive Department, y
Milledgeville, Nov. I9tri, 1864. ^
The whole people understand how imminent 'is
the danger that threatens the state. Our cities
are being burned, our fields laid waste, and our
wives and children mercilessly driven from their
homes by a powerful enemy. VVe must strike like
men for freedom, or we must submit to subjuga
tion
Death is to be preferred to loss of liberty. All
must rally to the field for the present emergency,
or the State is overrun.
I therefore by virtue of the authority vested in
me by the statute of this State, hereby order n levy
en masse of the whole free while male population
residing or domiciled iu this State between sixteen
(16J and fifty-five (55) years of age except such
as are physically unable to bear arms, which phys
icaT detect must be plain and indisputable, or they
must be s.ent to camp for examination, and except
those engaged in the Legislative or Judicial De
partinents of the government, which are by the
recent act of tho Legislature declared exempt
from compulsory service.
All others are absolutely required, and mem
bers ol the Legislature *nd Judges are invited to
report immediately to Major General G. VV. Smith
at Macon, or wherever else in Georgia his camp
may be, for .forty days service under arms, unless
the emergency is sooner pas>ed.
The statute declares that alh persons hereby
called out shall be subject after this call to all the
Confederate States,
11 be subject to the
pains ami penalties of the crimes of desertion.
Volunteer organizations formed into companies!
battalions, regiments, brigades or divisions will
be accepted for forty (40) days, if they even ap
proximate to the numbers in each Organization
which is requir- d by the Mill's laws •:> rids 8t«i
whieh were in f-Tc-ep:ii r to th- ..
All police companies tinmen n .nt i 3 for iiomt
defence will report,.leaving at t, ate for Ltie time
only those over 95 years oi age; and ail peisuns
having Confederate details or exemptions, who, b >
thp lan- decision of the Supreme Court of dins
State, are held to be d&ble to State Militia service
are bov.’ ' - ! >py tho call.of tlje Governor.
All such ....using to report will be, arrested by
the police force or by any Aid-de-Camp. or other
officer of this State, and carried immediately to the
front. The necessary employees of Railroads
now actively engaged, and^ the necessary agents
of the Express Company, a'nd telegraph operators
are, from the necessity for their services in their
present position, excused.
AH ordained ministers of religion in charge
of a Church or Synagogue are also excused.
All RaHroad companies in this State will trans
port all persons applying for transportation to the
I tout, and in case any one refuses, its President.,
Superintendant, agents and employees will be im
mediately sent to the front.
All Aids ae-Camp and other State officers are.re
quired to be active and vigilant in the execution of
the orders contained in tfiis proclamation and all
Confederate officers are respectfully invited to ai
Slate officers iu their vicinity in sending forward
all persons hereby ordered to the front.
The enemy has penetrated almost to tbe centre
of your State. If every Georgian able to bear
arms would rally around hitn, he could never es
cape,
(8igned) JOSEPH E. BROWN,
nov25-.lt Governoi,
Administrator's Sale.
B Y virtue of an order hum the Court of Ordi
nary of Bulloch county will be sold on the
first Tuesday in JANUARY next, before the Court
i House door, in Statesborongh, Bulloch county,
j eight hundred and forty-five acres of land, more
! or less, one tiaet containing three hundred acres
| unimproved, bounded by laeds of M B Hen
dricks and John Mercer ; and five hundred and
i forty-five acres, more or less, except the widow’s
I dower, it being the late residence of Seaborn Hen
dricks, with Will and Agness, a man and woman.
; Sold for the benefit 01 the heirs and cteditors of
;the estate of Seaborn Hendricks. Terms on the
day of saie
MITCHELL B. HENDRICKS. Adrn’r
SARAH HENDRICKS, Adm’rx.
Nov 14. 1864. 26 tds.
GEORGIA, Bulloch County.
\\ y HEREA8. Jefferson G Williams, adminig.
T T trator on the estate of Berryan W. Sutton,
deceased, applies to me for letters of dismission
from said administration.
These are therefoie to cite and admonish all
persons interested, to file their objections, if any
they have, on or before the first Monday in
June next, why said letters should not begranted.
Given under my hand aud official signature,
this 14th day of Nov 1864
26 m6m DAVID BEASLEY, Ord’y.
Baker Sherijf Sale of an Fstray Male.
WILL be sold- before the Court House in
TT Newton, Baker county, Ga , between the
usual hours of sale, on the first Tuesday it De
cember next; one mouse colored Mare Mule, ahm.t
sixteen (16) years old. Said mule sold as 11 Fs-
trav. J. M. CALHOUN, Sheriff.
Nov. 1st, 1864. . 26.it
w
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
\ LL persons indebted to the estate of Saruii Ivey
. late of Jasper county dec’d „re requested to niuke
immediate payment, and all persons having demands
agaiust said estate, are required to present them in
terms of the Law.
This 27th Oct i86t.
23 yt ji h.h WM P. WHITE. Ex’r.
GEORGIA..Pulaski county.
THEREAs.lt II Harrell applies to me for
letters of Administration on the estate of
Jonn M Daniel, Jr . iate of said county, deceased.
These are therefore to cite all persons interested,
to be am) appear-at mv office within the time pre
scribed by law. to show cause, if any they can.
why letters of administration should not be grant-
ed to B. II Harrell, on John M Daniel, Jr’s es
tate. *
Given under my hand and seal of office this
Oct 27th, 1864.
23 fit JOHN FA IE. D. Ord’y.
GEORGIA Bulloch county. ■
iyHEREA8. Talbert Little administrator on the
* " estate ot V5 illiatn Little dtc.'d applies to me for
letters of dismission from said administration. *
1 liese are therefore to cite and admonish, all person*
interested to file their objections (if any they have)
within-the time prescribed by law, otherwise said let
ters will be granted to said applicant.
Given under my hand and official signature this 20th
day of Oct. 186J.
23 DAVID BEASLEY, Ord’y.
GEORGIA, Appling County.
t&JINI) days front date application will be made
L-7 to the Court of Ordinary of said county, tor
an order for leave to sell the land belonging to
the estate ot C. H. Middleton, late of said coun
ty, deceased,
JOHN W. HARRIS, Adm’r.
Oct. 3d, 1864. _ j l 21 9t
s
GEORGIA. Appling County,
f IX I’Y days after date application will be made
to the Court of Ordinary of said county, for an
order for leave to sell a negro woman, belonging
to the estate of John J. Courson, late of said
county, deceased.
NANCY D. COURSON, Adm’rx.
Oct. 3d, 1864- j l 21 lit
GEORGIA Berrien County
V%/ HERE AS Nancy E Guldens applies tome
* •* for letters of Guardianship on the person and
property of the minor heir of John' W. Giddens
deceased.
And, Whereas, W. D. Griffin and Harriett
Langdale applies to me for Letters of Adminis
tration on tb^ estate of John K Langdale, dee d.
Aud whereas, Jethro Hatten and Harrltt Reg
ister applies to me for letters of administration on
the estate of Reuben Register, deceased
And whereas, Leyi J. Knight, and Nancy Clem
ents applies to me for letters of administration on
the estate of John F Clements, deceased.
And whereas Caroline Golding applies to me for
letters of administration on the estate of Joseph B.
Golding dec’d.
And whereas, John Studstill applies to me lor letters
of administration on the estate of Riley Mathis dec’d.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all ar
sons interested to tie and appear in my office with
in : he time prescribed by law, and file objections
if imy they have why said letters should not be
granted. Witness my hand officially, November
7rh I >64 L pd $30255t. ] W, E. CONNELL Ord’y.
j ^ O months after date application will be
i made, to the honorable Court of Ordinary of
Jones county, for ieave to sell the land and a ne
gro woman, belonging to the estate of James A
Blow, deceased, tor the purpose of a division —
Terms on the day of sale.
WILLIAM BLOW. Er
Sept. 23rd. 1861- jg
FIFE* .HUNDRED
POUNDS OF BORAX FOR SALE BY
J. M.
Nov. 21st. 1864.
STANFORD,
Sparta. G®-
26 a
GEORGIA, Echols County,
O N the first Monday in December Dext, fly
Roberts will apply to the Court of Od „„
of said county, for letters of Administr^^. n ty,
the estate of John L. Roberts, late of sd' c0
deceased. a U
1 hese are therefore to cite auJ rnffsaotsw ^
persons interested, to liie their w by
they have, within the time P r ^% e / P ificant in
said letters may not bo gr» nte I tUe a P p
th » < 5| 1 ’ T. B. CLAVrOK. 0:l'J