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VlLtlME 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.
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I'M fijRftbtwtt ttBiau
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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.
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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
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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*