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Newspaper Page TextVlLtlME XXXV.] MILL E D£E VIL LE, EEOIM.'IA, T l E S It A Y, FEBRUARY 14, 1865. tfJJJJT )N, SISB ET, B AttXES it .MUORI j PaMixhors ani Proprietors. Character of Gun. Lee—We find it ' value of sucli slaves, to be ascertained fa) agreement or appraisement, and paid un dersucb rules and regulations as the Sec retary of War may prescribe. x . Haonirrotxw ««!•«■•. jos. KT * \ I'M fijRftbtwtt ttBiau J , r in M Hiedger Hie. Ga., ft published an ,l Wilkinson St*., Court. House.) Af S12 a year in Advance. advertising - . I'lWAIE'AT. — Ftva Dollars per square often .:.m tor each insertion. ... , ltvM ,f reflect, t Mirlwtions by Societies.(Obit ‘ .. exceeding six lines.) Nominations for ofli* - **. , , nuMtioiis <»r Eiitorial notices for individual , i .it cnargeJ as transient advertising. Lf.gal Advertising. Sheriffs sates, per levy of ten lines, or less.JV <•*■ “ Mortgage ft ta sales, per square, **H> 1,1 Tax Collector’s Sales, per square, Citations for Letters of Administration, .. «• *• Guardianship, U* 6*' Letters of application for dism’n from AdmTiKi «'( *» *• •- “ Guard'll 16 I*' Api-l'n for leave to sell land and negroes, J6 • i rt n'.ther part <>1 Air. Bollard's work thefol- | () , v j,,g estimate of the great military chieftain of the Confederacy: N*» one accuses Gen. Lee of “getiitts.” A sedate, methodical man, putting duty before ev erytbing elee illustrating utt-.el fish and Christian orders of virtue, almost j sui.linte in bis magnanimity, and uniting j wiib these qualities a fair intelectuai abilt ty and au excellent practical judg ment-.t'iis nio iern copy of Washington bad nothing with which to dazzle man kind; but much with which to win admiration. It has often b» en remarked lmw entirely limited by professional ;*ou- tine was the circle of intellectual accom plishment in tbe old army of the United Slates. Thirty yexrs in this school had not made Gen. Lee an “Admiral Crirch- t*n.” Outside of this profession, hiscon- ti eir tar y steps shall he Turned towards our liber ‘ted countly; and jealously resulted’ to preserv. lie fmitaof our independence for those who hav* watered them with tlu-ir blond, or brought them ti n rtection Lv un weaned labor and sincere soli code. NUMBER 36. a 10 M 4 (It ID lit •1 0(1 N itics to Debtors and Creditors. Sates ol laud or negroes, per square, • • perishable properly, lb days,per sq Emray Notices, 30 days, Foreclosure of Mortgage, per square. LiSGaL ADVERTISEMENTS. ^ile>of Land arid Negroes.by Adiniui-trntors, I.x- >I S or Guardiaus.are required by law to be belu ■ n si ruosd.iy ill t ue inoillli; betsen the hi.iiio • lU ., ,r C i,._“.ii and tnree in tin- aft* rnoou, at tin F >uri uoiwe in Uieaouuty in wi.ich the properly jo ,il ?Mceofih3ai*4al«s mnAt be given in a public ga- (it diivoiirevioustothe daj ol^sale. S, ,,o tor ibe sale of personal property roust b< We manner H> days previous to sale day. deOturs and credltois vet tuition was limited to a few common places; he. knew nothing of literature, and j never attempted to draw an illustration j The iruthcomii; from history. Rut the stranger wh& was j ?t first shocked at such poverty of accom plishment it* one so famous was soon won to admiration by the charming simplicity of a man who knew but Jitlle outside ol the line of his duty, but in that was pro eminently able and thoioughly heroic. It max be said of hint that he was one ot The Exemption Bill.—'Flic Richmond Dispatch of Jan. jJ4rit, says that the House of Representatives has passed at exemption bill, which provides radical 1 changes in the present exemption law. It j iepeals a! solmely the fifteen negro law; j provides that no mail centractor undei . “7" i f° r, y five years of age shall be exempt, ! 3 S ..i **I , Tod limits the power of detail Lithtrio vested in tlie bands of the President ami Secretary of War. We have no reason to believe, the bill in its present fmm. wtl pass^e Senate. r l’he sense of the Sen ate. as recently incidentally .expressed in debate is in favor of leaving uutoucbeo the law now in force. Corrcspondeuct) of lire Richmond Enquirer: 'i ,ic Cotton qamlion. Gexti.i :.?k.v : In ]’ evident Davis’ special rnc.-sagr to tiie Ciiijie.lerate Stales, dated December 1*, I8bi ippu.-ir the follow iug wools : “loste«tl of b'-iag compelled to give contractors v arge profit on the en.it of their supplies and to mak* nuysneijt in cotton in opr ports at sixpence per pound ive now pureiiase supplies abroad, by our agents, n: cost in the foreign market, and pay them in cotton which seiria'the net price of twenty-four pence pci oonnd. When all Ihe.elements of toe calculation at* j !;<k« ii into consifh ration, it is by no means an eXagera ; lion to say that one hundred bales of cotton exported • bv tin* Government will purchase abroad the saim j linmi it and value of supplies that six hundred b.i!.-: vonM nuie.iwise delivered to contractors in the Coufed- i eracy.” From the Columbus Sun. The Class ihut tatuflTer. Tliere is An effort, anil it is exceedingly sucfessful. o throw the whole burden ot this War up'nn the aam Hid nou-prodticeis. One class advances their goods’, the farmer to.get even increases the price of provisions', the physiciars to meet this charges higher, the law yer does tlie same, and the mechanic ami every othei lass follows suit; while upon poor women ai d chil dren, upou soldiers who are toiling and bleeding tin .iberty, upon salaried men, who have not the time, i i •vh® desire to speculate, the whole weight of thi earful struggle fails. One class criminates the othei nen of wealth, who are hoarding thousands, pirt iq .he pibous cry of exhorbitai.t rates—more bitterly lian ever just after increasing ptiecs one tlnni.-ainl bid, while upon rugged, blood drenched .soldieis, upon Ftacc fommissicncrs. It is best to say openly, in plain English, what is going on ; to brush away the mys teries which have been thrown around ihe alleged movements ‘ looking towards’ peace ; so that nobody may be disappoint* ed hereafter. TLree eminent Southern s talesmen have gone to Washington.— 1 he> are \ ice-I’resident Stephens, Sena- tor Hunter, of \ irginia, and Judge Camp- i *. . v r ... AUbfUun. 1 (igy njit not ue fro- veaty, despamng, henrt-sick women, and those wl,os* tintors and bnvo , ... ° •uly dependence is a pitiful yearly sum must be made | , 7 ‘ power to treat - — to bitterly si. Non protjtofceii* alone feel the war. Others can meet high'rates with'tf)e same—those who speculvti not, muat shift as lest' Uu-y can. What matters life or death so avarire can be .gratified ? What is honor unattended by wealth ? What is liberty, unless money in be bqanhd by million' ? What, if the countr\ riic quantity of cotton and other products exportei ro.-n the Confederacy within the pas! year, ii it hap ver were truer words uttered l>v anj - statesman, i lu eiiati iiv- \ itices to — , . m is also be punished 4U d«ys. - S.ueel.i.Uip;»lie:it«onw.llb« mailetothr O- bn iry tor leave to soil Land or Negroi.t n.l MSttCil tWO lOiHlths. ^ < ’ t tor <»l Auduniit- r i n i-t o,. tfublistied :«* days—for rn'in:- s:. i f.v., A . i listration, mouth!}/ ox Months—for dismission Tiardiauahip, 4 U days , ( - for loreci >'Ui e of Mortgage must bepabiishf d * four months-fi.r o :u»blisl.iog lost papers. /„■ . - full Jaa.-r of -h ree torcompelli. I . i EtocuUraor.td uinistrcD.it.wben viven by the deceased the full space *' P iidii’iitioiis will always be continue** '•| <OJ hese,thc'.-*ga! aequiremeuta.uulesf ollu-rww workj of ail EXI'XETLD it ■ Court of . n.tis! be Sion Guardianship iHStl f three mouths. . ordered. those Fclf-deptcciat ng nun whose inag- iianimity was not seutiment&I, and whose modesty was not unmanly. Minister Blair and his Mission.—Air Ititiir left Richmond yesterday morning upon the steamer Allison, with Commis sioner Onld, for the “truce, tryst” at Boul wate’s Landing. It # is understood that Mr. Biaii’s mission to Richmond was em phatically one of peace. After laying le- loie our authorities, informuly, of course, t!.e wishes ol the Federal Government, the imerpretatation of which is peace on a subjugation basis and finding that these modest detires were not likiy to be com plied w ith, he came down pointedly to the pn position of reunion upon any terms, and debited to know upon what teims the South out— ihe rimipaigi, in T’i'ij- 1 lie editor of the Mobile Regtr’er has seen u ; letter tr m » gentleman holding a position in thi Army oj Tennessee, which enables itinj to “,-peak j by tjiecaid ” which sets forth the cause of thi I into disaster in ’lenne.see. The following ex* ; tracts are copied from the lette’: We shali n*.ver have again so good nil opportu i nity to redeem that b.iie.st portion of the Coaled j eiacjtand it was causelessly and cowardly, thrown i j away Thu'enemy liad retreated rapidly before ns] I afier wc crossed tlie river, i^uil they rtnciieo : Columbia, where they seemed disposed to makes [ stand on ihe uorth side of Duck river. Gen Hood crossed about live miles, above Col- 1 i uinfaia with two cprps. leaxitg Lee'e in front ot | the enemy, and had, by a rapid march, got almost ; | t , their rear, at f'piing Hill, before they di.-eovt >- I ed his movement. I hey then commenced a pre ! | cipitate light, and the head of their train? was ; passing when we came in sight, ot Spring Iliii. about 4 o'oiock P M,— G*n. Gheatiiam, in tivend vauce, was ordered to attai k imtncdiaiely," as was Stewart when he came up.. Hoth, how ever. 1 fiont trivolous excusi 8, tailed to do so, and ia\ within lialf a mile of tiie road and allowed a Yankee army and its trains - to para unmolested ah night.' Tlie n - xt day was fought the bloody battle I hey. at.j cot eicn commissioners from out (iorerittoetit ; nor arc tbev empow ered to represent, or speak for the coun- try ; inasmuch as tbeie has becu no ap- c pointment by the President or by the Sen- tie ruir.edTmJ women Tavished, its[':omes desolated, j afo. In short.jus’t as Jaquees and Kirk,and attci them Air. Plan - , came to Richmond, to r ..B >alk with any one. who would converse with property “may be secured,-and ! them, and were but too Luccessful in A-ettimr the price at which Ubertv is bought rests as light as i thcmwlviw received r.i ♦!,» r.' possible upon their patnptic shoulders ; That is right. Pil tip wealth—no matter whether bread be drawn from the mouth of the soldier’s orphan, itfi altars violated and freedom forever perish—what matters all so the almighty dollar may lie amassed in piles? What care men of the present day whcthei j i ’veil properly disposed of, might have netted threi j times in vahfk the amount of the entire importations ; sin! thus have thrown the exchange largely in favor ol these States. Instead of which, the wretched contract 1 system b.is ca ised large .-um> of gold to be exported ,■ hv sea and passed through the lines. v» lien the precious , metals slum’ll have been arriving here to pav balances j iue to the Government M*“l people. Had tlie foreign eo nmcice ,»f the count)} - been properly managed, he f lyirrciicv would not have reached its present deplora ble condition. Tlie agents of the Government, who S ought ti he employed at moderate salaries, can mnn- i age the couinicice of these States without the aid of the A’ glo-t onfederate contractors, most of whom are novices of holhctMiimcice and finance. Nor is this all; tlie granting of almost a monopoly ot the trade by a few individuals and companies has been of iejuiy to the South Though England is a nation ot exporteis, her merchants of capital and stami- icg l ave kept aloof from the Southern trade in con- sequeiice of the advantages possessed hy those con tractors. No commercial house feels warranted in competing with that class of adventurers. Up to the present time, tlie Confederacy has neither a commer cial nor a financial constituency in England. The con tractors, iisa general rule, arc shoddy men, and there fore have no political influence ia that old fashioned country. Having examined the cotton question very closely, I w<*aii! urge, for political reasons, a prohibition of that witlrjt'forMipphes.'muTbaleuniter'trie^sys^isfprop'^sed | » re . at leas ’ a ful1 arm y cor P s Tiovost out sending Pj.ccial ntesfcngers to hear it Davia will answer the purpose of six ■ Officers ana guards scattered througfi the *’ limits oftlie Confederacy, acting without or the one-armed, one limbed hero who hungry walks vour streets—take every dollar you can, pay out ns little ns possible, deprive our noble warriors *of every comfort and luxury, increase in every way the ne cessaries of life, ninke everybodylutt yourself nnd mm producers bear the taxes'of the war; but be very enrelul to parade everything you give before the pub lie—tnlk loudly on the street corners of your love of country, be a graud home general—and, when the«war is over, point to your piincely palnoe and its magnifi cent surroundings and exclaim with pompous swell, "These are the results of uiy patriot ism.’’ The Provost System. While Congress is earnestly looking around for material to replenish the bro ken ranks of Confederate armies, we beg leave to call their attention to a very im portant element of strength, which can be made available without any detriment to the cause or disaffection to the people.— Wc are under tlie impression that theic themselves received at the Executive mansion, so these three Confederate gen tlemen go to Washington to have a con versation with the enemy; though it is doubtful whether they will havu equal success in being admitted to the White House. Now it would be unjust to prejudge the action or impugn the motives of'the three gentlemen who have gore thus into the enemy’s country. It may be that they go to Washington knowing very well before hand that neither peace nor armistice can come of their proceedings; but that terms ot submission will be offered to them *o degrading and revolting as at once to shut •he mouths of all “peace men” in the Con federacy, and uuilc all the people in tho unanimous resolve ot fierce resistance to such an insolent and remoiselcss foe.— And wc all might know well enough with- Pr. titles under the contract arrangement. -The Confederacy has, unwisely, been feeding the . . . of imr neutral friends in Europe and onr Yankee j RUtltonly lrom Congress or becretary ol Franklin, where we tried to drive the Yankees j enemies in the Northern States. It was a mistake to i War, who could be of infinitely more ser- ’ * ! Vico ink. field Ikan wkm .key are. from a position as strong as the i<io- tiny inn Gettysburg. Itwasa terrible i*nd senseless loss ol life, lor they would have evacuated the place any bow. Hut the grand finale was the scene ! old agree to leiurn to the sheltering i fore Nashville, and a moredisgtaeelul one I nev Book a:n J PROMPTLY A T AND NEATLY THltt Of F lit ry When a subscriber finds a cross mar v on hi* paper he will know that his subscript .on a* expired, or is about to expire, and must be renew ed if lie widieTi the paper continued. ‘Vo do not send receipts to n**w sn! scri Leis. If they rev ive the paper they may r-imw tliat wo have received the money. 17* Subscribers wishing their papers changed from one post-office to ati .tlmr must slat- thy name of the post-office rem which ’.bey wish it changed. ot he old flag. He suggested ihe *T »ii*>n sis it was.” the "nigger as he is,” ai d the ^euthasit used to be. He sng g*s»ed also that the North would foot ibe I ill. atrti pay for ail the negroes stolen and jrojeiiy destroyed by tne armies and entissaiies i.f the Federal usurpation. Of course he made all ot these suggestions on l-is’ own responsibility; but whether deem cd authoritative or not. be received not the slightest encouragement to hope for ro il.Jon, and was made lo understand that ‘■t b*-h. !d We had a vi r\ strong line, heavily in- rrenched, and the iiu-n perfectly seerue behind their breastworks. The cut my made lour or five assaults during the day, and had been iasiiy ro- i tilsed all aiong the iine, when, at aOout hart past •J I*. M., they made an attai-k upon onr lefl eei.tri. lieid hy Bate’s division - Without waiting for the HS'.iUit, mid offering blit the slightest reM-aunce, tins division, which Iih<J already di-graced it- ii a t^w days before, at Murfretsboro’. was stt^.d proclaim cotton to he king four years ago. greater mistake to ignore I ’ monarch at tiie present time. Your obedient servant, . George McHenrt. Seventh and Grace sts. Jan. 9 1805. Not only at every important post and city in the South do we find a commandant with his half dozen assistants and from a Wr’itli their own ears, what terms will bo proposcu to sucli of Air. Lincoln’s “fellow’ citizens” as may wish to make peace. Not only from all the olficial declarations ol the Government, hut also fiom the lan guage hold by Air. Blair to various persous ' in this city, two things - are certain—that the enemy will stipulate, first, for suhir.is- Arririd of Yankee Prisoners.—A hatch of gpn tlrmeti of azure-colored clothes and negro steal ing proclivities, were brought to tlie city last ev ening on the Wayn&boro’ train. They were cap- tui - . J by our scouts near Sisters’ ferry, and report themselves as belonging to a Yankee gunboat. Tin y also report that an attempt was being made to cross a column of the enemy over the .Savannah ! cozen to one hundred Provost guards, but si on to (he Federal authority; serond, foi also at every little insignificant i iilagc and : abolition of slavery either immediately or cross roads doggery in flu* land more or j gradual. less of these superiHti^iraiiesate snugly j i hese ate two main points ; and these ensconsed. And for what? Simply to ! include every thing; these would decide wiiii a causeless panic, which si-on cnmniumcatetl ! river at tlie ferry from the Georgia to the South iisrlf to the whoie iin , and in ten minutes tho ar my was one wiid mass of fugitives. Could the enemy hot have known our cotuli lion, and pursued vigorously, notone of us would Carolina side. [Avgusta Constitutionalist, JItf. tiie South was fighting for independence, I have escaped, for there was not even an orgatii«, - d and independence only. He then iriqnir- regiment tor twenty-four hour- afterwards, to oll’.w ct whether, if the independence of the ! I »n. h^ni'y si. k and di-gnsted with r . nil tin* aimjk not that tiie uiat^ial is imt giMid etioiijjii “J Hie r ecietai j „f a ]| miserable, in* fficient. good-ot-nothing GEORGIA, B'-nien cmiuty. T HERE AS, D. P McDonald applies tot L-sta'e ' - tor Henry letters of administration on tl. Stokes !nt« of said county dij^ * *. And. Whereas, Aosaioni PaH*:-Vi *V r>i’.,i'ha Porti-h applies to me f. r letters of administration on the Estate ■ I.lames Pan it b late of said county deceits’* d. And. Wneroas, Mary E. Parrish applies to me lot left ■ s of administration de bouis non on tJie estnte t f j.i kie! Pan,9h iute of Kiiid county deceased And, IViiereas Neiiy Ann McCutchen applies me for letlers of giiardinii-hip on the person j ropertv of tlie minor heir* of Robert Mcl'utcd;* i oksaid county deceased. These are tlieivfi.re to cite and.admonish ad perro* interested t-> tile their t.bjections if ony they have wilh in the time prescribed by law, why said letters thi uu not he granted. Witness mv hand officially, January 9th 13*>>. :I3 ot ' l*d ?-4) W. E. CON N ELL. Oi d y t'ontli were recr>«nize.d by r the Federal (L.vetument, the xiuth would make cum- tm n can-e witb the North and dtive the Fietrtb item Mexict ? '1 be iespouse understood lo bav'e been to tliia il piouiatic feeler, was “Make the proposition lutnially and ofBcially, and you will get a teplv.” This is the sub stance of Air Blair’s political conversa- j officers the world ever saw. the mean* st aie ngiit i here. If there is not a complete reorganization, j from Lieutenants up to Corps comtuatidtry, noth- I Jug need be expected tioui it. * We have seen and conversed with an officer i who was in all the late Tennessee campaign, and 1 participated in every battle He >a.ts that this demoralization did not extend to Stevenson’s *tmd j Clay ton’s divisions, and made particular mention of the 39th Georgia, w hich full back in good older Cure f or the Small Pot. —The following prescrip tion is vouched tor by tho Eastport (Me J Sentinel as a cure for the small pox: Give to the patient two table spoonsful of a mix tore of-hop yeast and water, sweetened with mo- p cKit I ^ (>•««•* rP er P i ac cui«ge enforce the manifest duties and obligations of Enrolling officers, and nothing, more: We find them occasionally bedeviling some recreant officer or private who is try ing to evade duty, but oftencr we <fiud them hunting down those who have hon ored their country by their fidelity and zeal, and still oftener in studying devices to throw annoyances in the way of citizens who are legally exempt by Congress — These officers are well enough in their years of age should take two spoonsful three times a day Hi*!: boiled rice and miik, and toasted bread up istmed with water, and without butter. Eat armies or in localities immediately threat ened, where martial law has been declar ed. It is sU-*ge that the attention of iove tit usll-pc :■ i.;iii-ut is strictly followed, no marks of : j ec t before now. will remain. Mini late Hons with persons in and out of authority i with colors flying They would w bile in Richmond, so lat as we have been | rp P ulse ,lie- stacks of the enemy r e may be something GEORGIA. Jasper county. \\ T HEKEAS. Fleming Mobley makes application It t„ me for letters *if administration .on the estnte of.lulm L Mc.Micliatl late *>f shu! county deceased. Tiu-rte are tiierefore to <*it« and all an'* singular the kindred nud creditors of said dee’d. to be and appenrat n.y i ffice mi the first Monday in M.iic.i nsxt, to show cause il any they have, why letters th-i!! not issue to the applicant, in teinis of the Invr. a Pl ,,k ... . . G ven under rny hand nthcia.ly. this ora, Jan idfio. ; )t M. H. HUTCHISON, Ord y y ol GEORGIA, Twiggs County. WHEREAS, Mrs. Julia E. Jones has applied tor the guardianship <•• live mim r children of Dr l’ M. Jones, dec* used. j A 1 parties interested*, are hereby r-ntified that ' ’u tters will is-u- to said Julia E Jones a* tiie j Mar.-h term of th;s Court unless valid ot j ctions be made. _ j Given und r mv hand and official sigr-^'nrr, this January ltL 1&(>5 35 5t able to leant, 'i lie yet sr/h resa. but we doubt it; though. nr*»b ably, ihere may have been s< me allusion to “iliivit-g the English out of Canada” I in comtecuon with the last proposition Rich. Enq 20>th. S?iir of fJrn. BSi - ng^’a Frata Editors Southern Confederacy: The al lusion itt lour editorial to (.en. Bragg’s tailmes, and the excuses made for them by laj it g the blame on bis officers, and ti e intimation that be may be trying to atone for his loss of Wilmington, by throwing the blame ot his superiors, teminds me of a small tiick which lie attempted while com manding the Ajiity of Tennessee. It came to my knowledge by accident,’ and I ihitikat present there isno impropriety in la\ing it before the public. At any rate,: with your permission, I shall take the lespotisiliiliiy of doing so. ihe facts are. substantially these, press of the country was beginning to com : suit. and then continue to tall back ia good order, and the same of o.i er regiments in the divisions of i Stevenson and Clayton. , Covfrdracy. The facts stated in this .1 article are patent to all. There never has been a system or regulation since the Chinese Tea —Last summer wc raised war that has proved sq annoying to the Ronlbri n Ki iirgadm in the IVorth. A writer in the Richmond - Examiner— 51 r. Pol lard, w e presume—aljinling to the many thousand 1 renegades from the South, who are 11 mri-hing in j the Northern cities, sets tlum off as follows: While rrferiug to party opinions in the North, | tiie wriier may extend the allusion to a cert&iu ill- j dt fined collection ot people blind in the bulk of: Southern reiugees and tesidetits in the N:‘rih. i bese direlict Cniifederates are the most contt-nip- ; tible of all creatures. Tbeie are e.\ce]rtions; some } few and honorable trieti are detained in the North j hy ihe confines of their domestic life, doing a ; good work, contributing to our prisoners, not nois} in their demonstrations, but holding their , opinions decorously within the sanctity of their ; homes, or within the pale of the clove society of i those who think with them. - H .t time are hun- j dreds and ihoUnatujs ot these ayinp - nhetic abse.il i tees who, in a spirit of the sheetest cowaidice; nd the grossest setlishncss, txpiolt their Soittliern j “patriotism" ingansli hotels of New York, and i tea enough to last our family during the year, ainl it rs as good as any tea raised in China, which now cests one hundred dol- lats per pound. Sow the seed about tho middle ol March, and when the plants get four or five inches high transplant them setting■your plants aboftt two feet apart, people, so tyianical in its operations, and so destructive ofpersonal rights and liber ty as the Provost system, and if there is anything in the Constitution, in the laws of Congress, or in tho instructions of' the Secretary of War authorizing it, we have yet to see or hear of it. These same and by the first of September they will I petty tyrants have in some cases assumed grow to the bight of three or four feet, and branch out like a stqlk of cotton. Then pick the leaves off and dry them in the shade, aiifl you have as good tea as you can purchase in any maiket. We saved a quantity of seed, but Lave given most of them aw ay, and bare promised all w r e can spare, but we presume some of our neigh bors. who also raised tlie plant last year have seed to spare.—Brandon Republi can, , The Brandon Krpublican says: Tho fond hope cognizance in civil matters when it. lias ; been expressly by the. leading jurists of : the country, that martial law is unccDsfri 1 tutional as well as incompatible, with ihe i rights and privileges ol the citizen in lo- J calities where civil laivs can be enforced, j The people everywhere are complaining of 1 these infringements of law and order. We ! can trace the grant to exercise these hurt- ! fid powers among us to no higher source j thau to General Bragg. General Wind er or other Generals in tho ser* i vice, who are more successful in offen- i ate trying to pass th*-ir time pkasnuili anuit:p ihe Tlie 1 cieatufe. ciiotorts of Ystikeedom. voile the be loved people ot the t-oath mo h it to taks ior - -! themselves ail the priva-ion and risk of iiic wa*. piain quite neely ol bis bad management, Many if them live extrav-gantij; tint a lew -amble no* ri .* ii ^ fly u • Jt uo J v li v* li**p* ^ t | . , the airiiy of tl:** Tennessee that their gallant ! sive assumptions than in their assaults i-hii-ltsln would he restored to them, has been I upon the enemy. Congress should take J E MiDONAl.D Only. OK( )11GIA, Pulaski county. IIEREAS, Nicholas Rsivlrt.: ■TP lo ine for W "pi rnmiieiit letters of admuiistrstion on the * state [ i f Nicnolxs P Rawlins, late of said county de* ea.-wl. j i ,ie-c are tlieivfire to eite and admoni-li ai! persons nter*-sted to be and nppear at my office, on or before ; • .• iir-t Monday in March next,and fib-tlieir objeetions n .v t-iey can j to the granting of said letter* ot ad - . n. • -illation t<> the said Nicholas KnwIit'S. i rjiven mvler my narnl and official sigimtare, this i Jamury ‘A tli 1865. ' :i.i j. JOHN J. SPARROW, Ord’y. wticu lie made w hat 1 consider an effort to In the a ci rt; in edifr-r to sustain him be fore ibe public in the columns* f hi?news paper. He wrote a letter asking the edi tor lo do so ptomising a special or substan- ti.il favor of some kind as compensation, tor the particulars of which the. editor was requested to communicate with hi* Adju tant General. The editor to whom this bribe w’as of fered, luts never, so far as I know or be lie vc, disclosed the existence or contents itr ibe Gold Room. And these nfiigees. dough faced ad venturer fugitives from the conscription, and cowar-ts of every stripe, who are bloHtieg and pam;.e>iug themselves iu Yiiuktedoni, talk “*ecenV’a» loud- j ,)y and bravely in tlie New Ymk iadels ns in the Spottswuod at Richmond Despite the civilities tli writer in* - 1 in this former house, arid its Mngii j [sir flMi-di.in fr.tm ilia t.liuuL I ", .. L.. r. — - —r . life, he must remember occasions of disgust in seeing so many spruce “refugees’* feasting, and . gnzz'ingin the d* licate sops of New York luxury, , talking Southern “patriotism” as tieice as baited • bears, aud in the n*xt breath compiling their j gains in cotton and the protfis of their last uiys- i libistrd, nnd wo are fearful of the results ! G<‘it Jil tisti ti been r< stored to the command, ten. 1 thousand deserters ftom the ^tate would have te- : turned to it be lore tlie commencement of the spring j campaign, besides as many more from Geoigia | i nd Aiabaiua. When tliat army. reached Gorintii on tin* rctieat from i’entussee, rt received the re port that Gen Johnston had been restored, when j one long-continued shout went up from the whole- line in which every ofii - er and private "f‘>iue<3 and even tho sick and wounded threw up bats and shouted for joy. I steps to place all men now engaged in tin* " " j Provost service, in the field, or sorrow here j ' else where iheir efforts will be more likely i to be appreciated and have their present dujies enforced by enrolling officers.— Let the press ventiliate this subject thoroughly. “Opposition to tyrants is obedience to i God."—Times. 1 the letter. I srnv it and read it, but. as j terious trips to Nashville and New Orleans GEORGIA. Twiggs County. WHEREAS, Missouri .A Champion ha* ap »» p . dto-me fur letters of administration on Vie sute of Elias F Cuampion, deceased A l porsor.s interested, are hereby admen shed to tic tlit-ir objections in my office by the first 3d on lay in March next. Writings my hand and official signature this J auusry v:,, 1-05. Tiat j. e McDonald, ordy. Itiesiugulat that, this class arc invai iiibly the trnmpeteis of Piesideut Davis. T4uy tiro so ex- cessivei} pairiotic that they worship liitn tnorniug. ut ev«rything that <b'0!* eracy ia the colors of ihe this icason I ask a place in your columns * ri.se; and every expi-s-Jvn ot Southern opinion. - r * 1 no matter what its manly and iiicuiit* stable pioots ot Mttachnx m to the Gonft derate c.-ras. - that itn- I before remarked, it was bv accident. I ! heretofore kept this knowledge to myself, ! biit now 1 think there i* a special propriety , day and ingu,; ittey rcs.- in giving j't.liitiiy’ to tlie f c>; and for not represent the Coated: for this communication. ’E bU*\\ Pulaski county. federate. House of Representatives, on tlie 3d instant, rite Senate bill *.o provide for tlie compensation of persons whoso V/»I*EAS. .,, me8 H.G*sxlman applies to me j slaves have been lost while in the service; uf gilininiiiticD on the crtxte ol M«ny , t.^ r - *,.,,r - A.i„*-:,--— *i — r i, .; •; ' •’■* <it a<tininistron on mt - *=*■* *■ T)l ' c *'" 1 ter, lau» of said county decensed. e '*‘'‘rfiliereforc to cite aud admonish, all perao la, A 41 1 * I* Ma It/ l llv tin * a /• - d, t., be an.| appear fit rny office, on or bef re | f nn; M„i,^ay in March next mid show cause if any •*■•(1111, w|jy letters of goardinnsliip should not be K oiti.., th applicant in terms ot‘be Statute. ,u en under uiy baud aud offi'.cial .-iguature this pfwuurv t s.r=i JOHN FALE. D. Ord’y. pli, s a mistake on tho part ot Fresid* ;.r Davis, ,s . Slaves Lost in the Service.—In the Con- 1 li ‘‘ rcel J’ denounced ai.d fonjiwi.h totunhnwked by [ 1 these vagabond knights ot S> cessia. The writer was tuiormed that this pr cuhp.r Da- i vis mania, at the expense of everybody else and j every interest else in the Confederacy, prevails a - * much among the Confederate abse*-nter s and ; •*«} mpathiz*-rs’’ in London and in Dario as in New Y'ork This is not unaccountable, at least in good • part. Many ot these creatures are the agent, and emissarns of I’ltbidcnt Dav is, and, thr*ugh his j partiality are leaping rich pecuniaiy reward in protruding to political adventures in the North t'o r!ie oV^oulb Farolinn aiul Cror- g'®* I have brought your sons and brothers to aid in your ib fence. They have their arms, but they need horses Can you not supply onr wants ? /Hi horses furnished will be pi;id for by the men or the Government. I ap- poiil to youtoaid tbe men who begged that they might he allowed to risk their lives in your defence. Wade Hampton’, Major General. Columbia, S. C. Jan. 26, 1865. All soldiers of Young's Brigade Cavalry, who nre absent without Ituv e, ure ordered to report forthwith tomcat I bis place. 1 appeal confidently to the soldiers of mv oil! Brigade to raiiy promptly to the standard the-, have upheld with such honor. 1 have nev - er called on them ia vain, find they surely will hot disappoint me-now. Vv ai/i Hampton*. Major General. ot the0»nfederate States, was taken up, amended, and parsed in the following lur V '•-‘•hi 1865. 5t GKOROIA, Ja*per County. 'I heeCoDgress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That where slaves hired to the Confederate States before the passage of the act “to increase tbe.efficien- c) of the army by the employment of free negroes and slaves in certain capacities ” X\T HERE AS. Sarah A- Jones, makes sppW : at proved Feb. 17, 1804, to act as team- . ^ tion to me, for letters of ndministrs inn j gters in in the army, or for any of the purpo ses specified in the first section of the above recited act, have heretofore been, or may hereafter he lost, while so employed by dearii inflicted by the enemy, or by < isftasr*. comiacted while in any service re quired of said slaves, tho owner of the M. n. HUTCHISON, Ord y. j »ame shall bo entitled to receive the full 'hr* will annexed, on tho eatato ot David C. Jones. Into of said county de« ea»* d The.* m-e there tore to cit" and admonish all person, concerned, to show cause, ori or before the p r st Moh.Ihv hi April, next, why letters shall not is-ne to ih« applicant biv-n under my baud officially, thi* 27th day J-nnary 1865. 3^51. -, Esq; Confederate States of America, W’ur Department of Richmond, Juntfary 21,1865. Sih—I reply to your inqury of the 7th inst.. you nro informed that a bonded tanner who has been put.in the ... . Georgia Militia, aLd subsequently turned over to fhe and in Europe, and iu flying certain kites for their Confederate States, cannot be relt own belt* fit Titus the-writer recollects tohavo met; in a com pany in New York, a litt e ruddy gentleman, rud dy with good living, who could not be pursuadtd that Mr. Davis was uot the “Moses” of Confed erate deliverance. At parting he hoped that the wri er would recommends certain finance scheme that a certain friend of his had gone to Richmond to lay before the autliotiiies. by which millions of dollars were to be inised in Europe, after the ap pr >ved fashiou of extracting sunbeams from cu cumbers The “sympathizers” the writer has described may well .tread a party in the Honth sworn to up hold the standards of citizenship and society in the Confederacy; pledged to disown them when released from the ob ligations of his bond without the action of Congress. Respectfully, Jamks A. Seddou, Secretary of War. The Exemption Bill.—The Richmond Dispatch of Jan. 24th, says that the House of Representatives has Hn exemption bill, which provides radical change in the present exemption law. It repeals ab- olutelv the fifteen negro law ; provides that uo mail contractor tinder forty five years of age shall be ex empt, anil limits the power of detail hitherto vested in the bauds of the President and Secre ary of War.— We have no reason to believe the bill in its present form, will pass the Senate. The sense of the Senate, as recently expressed in debate, ja iu lavor of leaving untouched the law now in force. — — ff 1 s*Anlrri*a A brave soldier in the Army of Tenn essee, who has been with it iu all its for tunes and misfortunes, writes the follow ing for the benefit of croakers. We find it in the MUsissippian of the 26th January : Now a word to you “croakers” and“re- constructionists.” Do you remember how strongly you advocated secession l— Yes, you do ; and every one of you has lost some dear relative in this bloody struggle. Does not the spirit of those martyied ones call for revenge? ’Ihe Vandals have made every Southern home one of weeping and mourning. I hey have destroyed and pillaged our land, tnttr j vice required of said slaves, the owner of the same Jprod onr ^rev-headed sires, and foully ! be entitled to receive the full value of such slaves uerea our giuy ,, . ,. . J ■. to be ascertained by agreement or appraisement,am: the whole of the issue of this war, and decide them against us Slate sovereign ty would be finally overthrown by the * first condition, and these States would be come provinces or departments of an em pire; and the distinctive elements of our Southern civilization—which was also the occasion of the present struggle—would be abandoned by the second condition.— 1 hat is to say, by these terms of peaco we should confess ourselves conquered. Nor would it end there. We have already several times showed that, if conquered, we must be at the mercy of the conquer ors ; aud that they have already a code of laws enacted to make us know the meaning of tho two old words—vat victis. This is the kind of peace—the only kind— that the Confederate Commissioners will ever hear of at Washington. Richmond Examiner. Special Dispatch to the Pltila. Inquirer. The Smithsonian lnslitoie Burned. Washington, Jan. 23 —About three o' clock this afternoon fire was seen coming from the roof of the main building of the Smithsonian Institute. A general fire alarm was rung and the engines were soon on the ground, but no water could be ob tained, and for two hours the flame roared and hissed, aided by a wind consuming all the main buildings except the first story, which contains the cellection of beasts and birds, known a6 tho Smithsonian Museum. The east wing, Msed as a private resi dence, was not injured, except in remov ing some of the furniture which was some what damaged. The west wing, containing the library of over thirty thousand volumes, was not injured, being separated by fire proof walls. None of these books were taken out, and are all uninjured. The new’s of the fiie spread rapidly over the city ; aud in an hour ten thousand per sons were on the ground. A large for<^, of soldiers soon arrived, and the crowd was kept away from the building, and soon all were put out of the square except such as were needed to work the engines, which realiy were of but little use T he damage uf tbc building can be icpaired in six months, but the records and results of years’ research are gone forever. Stores lost in the Service.—Id the Confederate Honsa of Representatives, on the 3d instant, A Senate bill to provide for the compensation of jmsons whose ■hives have been lost while in the service of the Con federate States, was taken op, amended, and-parsed in the following form : Ti.e Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That where slaves hired to the Confederate States before tlie passage of this not “to increase the efficiency of the army by the employment of free negroes and slaves in certain capacilies,” approved Feb. 17, 1861, to net a* teamster** in the arary, or for any of the purposes specified in the fi^et section of the above recited act, have heretofore been, or may here after bo lost, while so employed by death inflicted by the enemy, or by disease contracted while in uny ser- outraged and fiendly robbed of virtue our virgin sisters, ami now you talk of reconstruction. To me. and to all good Southern men, there will always be a dividing line of blood between the land ol thieves, murderers, incendiaries and the imps of Satan, and tlie consecrated Souih. The vilest savage, the basest negro, the greatest infidel aud diabolical robber of virtue, is a fitter companion for Southern men thau a “Reconstructionist” on any terms. ®*&k,’SSb£3‘Jt?JSTJS ueonle 1 Think ot the idea of separating a newly mar ried* coaple, on a cold winter’s night, becaose Halls Journal of Health says so! Tou go to grass Mr. Hall. by agreement or appraisement, and paid under such rulys and regulations us Ihe Secretary of War may prescribe. Gen. Beauregards Op/ttton•—Gen. Beau- ward, in private conversation, says one of the main causes of the defeat of otir army at Nashville was the want of bayo nets. Tho bayonet is something on which a soldier can rely with confidence, and which in turn infuses confidence in the soldier. The General also stated “that it was impossible to have an efficient atmy—one writh which anything could be done—nn- less tbe troops are well clothed well shod and well fed.” Many years of service—brilliant and fronght with honors—have faught this dis tinguished officer what are the causes wheih give morale to an army*

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The Confederate union. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1862-1865, February 14, 1865, Image 1