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i .1 i J.\ . N ISBT5T . r> V R N & MOORE } February U,l8ttiA ■
I General Orders, £ ' : C<* : '
3?aMi3hers and Proprietors.
. £ { jc 6i«fcbcrate Pinion
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It puUnhcJ Weekly, in Mi/ledgccMc, Ga.,
Corner of Ilanrark ana »»
f opposite Court I louse-J
Vl $12 a year in Advance.
| In imenng upon the campaign about to opcB. the
! General-in-Chief ft-h nsaured timt the sohiienf who
| y yi . long and so nobly borne the hardships and*
i .r,. r .» of the war require no exhortation to respond*
I to t t?e call of honor aucf duty. v
With tlie liberty transmitted by their forefather?
th<-y have inherited the spirit to defend it.
The choice between war and abject submission is
before them.
EVILLE, GEO Eli I A, TCESDAV, MARCH 21, 1865.
NUMBER 41.
ADVERTISING.
■v. . ir.'tT.— i’Tvo D ri'iars per square often
{,»' each insertion.
H re.poct, R solutions by Societies,(Obit-
• ;:eding six lines.) Nominations for office,
i i,ii • itims or E iitorial notices for individual
i u gc l as transient advertising.
Lkual Advertising.
rut's dRes, per levy of ten lines, or less,$10 00
Mortgage fi fa sales, per square, 20 00
Tax Collector's Sales, per square, * 10 00
■ Stations for Letters of Administration, 10 00
Guardianship, 10 00
Letters of application for dism’n.from Adm’nlO 00
,i n “ “ “ G'uard’n 16 00
Anpl’n for leave to sell land and negroes, 10 00
,N dice to Debtors and Creditors. 1- .>0
arioso! laud or negroes, per square, Iti 00
perishable property, 10 days, per sq. 4 00
F.stray Notices, 30 days, * JO 00
I ..roclosure of Mortgage, per square, 4 00
LEGAL A L» VE UT18 E ME NT 8.
,,f L'uid:sjLlNegroes,byy\.<lniiiiistratois,Ex-
or Guardiitt.R,arc required by law to be held
• in U Tuesday iu the mouth ; between the Intuit-
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iud three in the afternoon, a-t tli»-
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ounty in wnicii the property is
• fill
ose
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s must be given ’.ii a public g«-
ays
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stothe flay of sale.
toi
ill 0
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ie of personal properly infls-t be
k.o
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tlie
ier
Iff days previous to -ale d.-iy.
to
del
ifros lied Creditors ot an estate
Ijw j
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l 40 days.
nut
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ica
tion will be niadeto the Court of
for
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e to
sell Land or Negroes, mutt be
for
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mills.
,1 ; ft
r let
i C’.‘k
of Administration Guardianship,
•ruh
,..i Id days—for di.-inission from
rail
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n,tij six month*—for dismission
iirdittiisffip* ^ uuy^-
i ,.;ve!*sure of Mortgage must be published
' , ", tr month for establishing lost papers,
i's . f three Month* -for compelling! itles
F ieetitorsor administrators,where bond has been
, I,..'ji„. deceased, the full space of threemontlis.
, '...'.'lions willalwajs be continued accordirgtn
. <j, •; - Vjil requirements, unlessol her wise ordered
ok a h i Jcb work, of ail
•ROMRi’LY AN1) NEATLY EXECUTED
v T T it S « O F t J I C E •
kinds,
ry= When a subscriber finds a cross mark on
liis paper lie will know that his subscription has
expired, or is about to expire, and must^e renew
ed if he wishes the paper continued.
iy ty 0 jiot send receipts to new subscri
bers. If they receive the paper they may know
that wo have received, the money.
tjy Subscribers wishing their papers changed
)/■>,.n hm* ro another roust statf* the
name of the post-officef-Artiin which they wish it
changed.
GEORGIA, 1 Jailer county.
Ordinary's OJjice of said County.
■\iriTEREAS, Curtis ficrews has made appiica-
V T tion to me for letters of Administration upon
the estate ol .John C. Uutler, late of said county,
deceased.
These are therefore to cite all interested, to ap
pear at my office on or before the first Monday ill
April to show cause, if they can. why said letters
should not he granted the applicant.
Given under my hand and official signature,
tills loth day of Feb , ISO."
To such a proposal, brave men, with arms in their
hands, can have nut one answer.
They cannot barter manhood for peace, nor the l ight
of self-giwenmiont for property.
Rut justice to them requirei^stVrner admonition to
those who have abandoned their comrades m the lioui
of peril.
A last opportunity is ottered ihem to wipeout the dis
grace and escape the punishment of their crimes.
tty nuthorily of the President of the Confederate
States, a pardon is announced to such deserters ami
men improperly absent as shall return to the commands
to which they belong within thesUoitest possible time,
nut 3 , seceding twenty days from the publication of this
oraer, at the headquarters of the Department in which
they may be.
Those who may be prevented by interruption of
communication, may. report*witliiri the time specified
to the nearest enruHing officer, or other officer on duty
to be forwarded as soon as practicable, and upon pre
senting a certificate from such officer showing com
pliance with this requirement, will receive the pardon
hereby offered.
Those who lmW! deserted to the service of the
enemy, or who have descried after having been
once pardoned tor the same offense, and those who
shall desert or absent themselves without authori
ty after the publication of this order, are excluded
from its benefits. Nor does the offer of pardon ex
tend to other offenses than desertion and absence
witiicut permission.
By the same authority, it is also declared that
t no general amnesty will again be granted, and
I those who rt fuse to accept the pardon now offered,
j or who shall liereaftej desort or absent then selves
! without leave, shall suffer such punishment as tin*
j courts may impose, and no application for cli men
i cy will be entertained
Taking new resolution from the faith which our
j enemies intend for us, let every man devote ail his
energies to tire common defense.
Our resources, wisely and vigorously employed,
are ample, and with a brave army, sustained by a
determine-: aud united people, success, with God’s
assistance, can not bo doubtful
The advantages of the enemy will have hut
little value if we don’t permit them to impair cur
resolution. I.et us,*then oppose constancy to ad
versity, fortitude to suffering, and courage to dan
per. with the fitm assurance that ha who gave free,
dom lo our fore fathers will bless the efforts of
their children to preserve it.
40 (it. R. E. LEE. General.
IIEADQ’KS AJIMIErf OF THE C STATE.*, ?
Frhruary II, I865. )
General Orders, l •
No 3 i
The discipline and efficiency of the army have
been greatly impaired by men leaving their prop
er commands to join others, in which they find
service more agreeable.
This practice, almost as in ju rjous in its conse
quences as the crime of desertion, by the Article*
cf War exposes the offender to a similar puiffsh-
ment, and subjects the officer receiving him to
dismissal from the army.
It is therefore declared that the provisions of
Genotal Order No. 2 of this date from army head
quarters apply' to such men as have left their
proper commands and joined others without being
regular transferred. They will receive the pardon
promised in that order upon complying with its
conditions, or suffer the consequences attached to
neglecting it.
The names of such absentees will be forthwith
reported to these headquarteis by the officers with
| whom they are serving, and immediate measures
I taken to return them to their proper commands.
! As seen as practicable an inspection will be
made and charges will be prefeircd against those
v.ko neglect to enforce this order. R.E. LEE.
40 (it General.
orrespoiideufe
t — j 7731 BETWEEN THE
cr WAR
IfcrV- V
S&^OYEMOR BROWN
Growing out of a Requisition made upon
the Governor for the Reserve hi//din oj
Georgia to he turned over to Gmfederate
Co/diol.
Confederate State* f America, J
War Department, '
Richmond, Va., Agust 3d, it'd, )
His Excellency J. E. Brown,
Governor of Georgia.
. MiUcdgtziHe G i-
Sir:—The condition of your State sul j- ctr d to
formidable invasion and menaced with des'ruc
live raids in different directions by the enemy, re.
quires the command of all the forces that can be
summoned for defence. From ncent official cor
respond* nee submitted to the Department, it ap
pears, oil your statement, that, you jiavc organized
# ten thousand or mote of the militia ot your .State,
and 1 am instruct’d by the President to make re
quisitiou on you for that number, and such frnth
er force of militia, to repel invasion, as y ou may
be able to organize, for Confederate service.—
Those within the limits of General Hood’s De
paiIn.cut. will report to him: those outside, to the
Commandant ot the Department of South C’aroli
un and Georgia
i am, v. ry respectfully.
Your obedient servant,
• JAMES A. SEDDON.
Secretary of War.
:>nl\
• >t.
W. VV. JORDAN, Ord’y.
for lc-t-
GKOII >IA. Berrien County.
THERE AS, Mary Dumpier applies
V I !ers of Administration on the estate of Wil-
]ijm Dumpier, deceased.
, sc are therefore to cite and admonish all
persons concerned to he and appear at my office
within tii>- time prescribed by law, to show cause,
:. any they have, why ^aid letters shotild not h**
Given under my hand officially, this 2nd day
of February, I boo. •
;>,7 -«■ * Paid S'»—due
W. E. CONNELL, Oid’y.
GEORGIA, Irwin County. .
- \ ’ I!UREAS, Lott Wbiddon applies to me for let-
,tis of Administration on 1 lie estate of Elias
i Wl.id.Ioii, lute of said county, deceased.
I therefore to cite an t adinnmsh nil ana
- 1 tiic kiiidred aed creditorsof said deceased to
,.., ir at my office within the lime prescribed
. Ihow cause, if any tli
aid not be granted,
iunder nr
7 At
nil appi
Giv.
ey have, why said let
ay fiaTid officially.this J.^l--3,1365.
L. M COLBERTII. Ord y.
GEORGIA. Twiggs County. !
' %niKEEAS. Wii.iam Faulk applies to this I
2 1 Court for letters of Guardianship of the;
; ropnrty of Mary Lee, minor daughter of George
s- Li-e. • ..
i heso are therefore to notifyqpcrsons interest* d
to make known their ohjectiens (if any th«-j
have) by tlm first Monday ni April n* xt.
\V itness my band aud official signature Feb-,
ru-iry 2lth, 1803.
rid lit J B. MCDONALD, Ordinary.
GEORGIA, Wilcox County.
Ordinary's OJJire said County.
T \ J IIEoEAS, the estate of Frederic Land is
11 unreprosented and uo person has applied
f.i;■ letters of administration
'£'o rise Woiurn of Georgia.
Richmond, Va., February 14, I(''05.
I am in Richmond, and am issuing to th«» gallant
Georgians in ti.e Army of the Northern Virginia,
a supply cf comfortable cloathing. I have issued
to them the last token of your affectionate remem
brancc of their manly deeds, and of sympathy
for their sacraficcs. which you have forwarded to
me. Tii?re is not a pair of socks left in my depart
ment. Although I am compellod to witness the
sutler! ng s of our troops, as they tiuJge with die. r-
ful obedience through alternate snow and mud,
with sockless feet, J am unable to ameliorate those
guffs rings without you aid. You have done nobly
in the past. About thirty thousand pairs of sock
have Leeu sent me. I know you are willing to do
even better in futura.. Without your assistance
our boys nirlst sutler. Tou will never allow them
to suffer white you have powtr to prevent it.
A number of ladies have socks on hand made
| from the yarn furtiishid by us. ,Wii! they please
1 forward the same as directed below:
We have yarn on hand still. On application
by a letter, or pthervnse, to any of the parties
I mentioned below, yen will be furnished. When
5 the socks are ready they may be returned to the
! parties from whom the yarn was received. We
want tin thousand pairs lor our brave boys. Shall
1 they have them ?
Ira R Foster
Q M- Genu of Georgia.
N. B.—Ladies living .near the follow ing places
can forward socks to the following officers. Re
quisitions for yarns can also be made upon
them:
Aurgusta—Capt.iJno W. Walker
Greensboro—Gaf t. W. G. Cade.
Madison—Capt. Jno A. Erwin.
Macon—Capt. J, A. R. Hanks.
Gridin—Capt. L J. Gnilniartin.
Milleogeville—Col. Ira 11. Foster.
If the packages are marked Sucks fur the soldiers,
the Express Company will forward them, and the
officers receiving will pay the freight. r i lie ladies
w ill please enclose the Express receipt to the offi
cer to whom they ship the socks.
The papers of the State will copy thre e times,
and. as the socks are donated to the soldieis. they
will please make as small a charge as possible.
March 8 40 3t
Extchtiv i: I)K.rartmf.nt,
Milledgeviile, Ga , Sep. 12, IHJ1
11m. James A. Sedtlen, Sicretury of liar
Sir:—Your letter of the. JJOili of last monil
readied imi by last marl.
You refer to the tact that I have organized ten
thousand *4 the militia of this State, and say you
are instructed by the President to make requisi
tion upon me for that number, and such other force
ot militia, to repel invasion, as I may be able to
organize.
You preface this requisition by the remark that
Hie condition of niv State, suljti-ttd to formida
ble invasion aud menaced with destructive raids
in different directions by the enemy, rt quins the
command of all the forces that can be summoned
lor defence.
In common with the people of Georgia, 1 have
‘abundant reason to regret that the lTtsidtuit. liss
Upon so late in making this discovery. This “foi-
midable invasion” commerced in May last, and
steadily forced its way, by reason of overwl elm-
ing numbers, through the most fertile section of
Georgia, till its leader is now in possession of the
their full share in the dangers, fatigues and suffer
ings of the campaign, and have acted w ith distin
gnished valor both upon the battle field and (or
ovtr forty days in the trenches aropud the lity of
Atlanta, and "that they foamed the rearguard when
Atlanta was Vyacuated and brought c-ff with them
safe and in good ordor the reserve artillery fif the
army which was especially entrusted to them by
• he Commander-in-chief. For all this no woid ot
thanks or praise corpes from the President to en
courage them. They were militia. Their Gener
als and other officers were not appoint* d bv tin
President and their services are ignored by
him.
in making this requisition it is quite clear that
it w is no part ot the President’s object to get these
brave men into service. They were iliere ai (he
time, in the trenches, among therm who were near
est to the enemy, where they never t.i.tereJ a sin
gle ins pnee. It was not done to produce harmo
ny in the command, for the most perfect harmony
hie; existed between me and Loth tlie Gem rals who
have commanded ;lie army since the.militia were
callgd out, and it is well known that I placed them
for the time undi-r the absolute contiol of the Con
federate General commanding. It was not done
to increase the number in service at the front, for
the President is too fain.liar with the obstacles
ihroVn in my way by Conlederate officeis when
I have alD mpted to compel men to go to tie trench
es, to have committed this mistake. It was cer
taiuly not done, to cause Gtorgia to furnish her
quota cf troops required in like proportion of otli-
tr States, tor she has alleady iuitiisl.ed more than
her just quota, and to every call responded with
more than were required, while si.■ Las bonie Bfie
rigois of conscription executed with as much se
verity us ill any other State. I hear of no similar
r.qnisitirn having been made upon any oilier
j State. While Georgia has more than filled ever.
! nqnisiticn made upon her in pummon '.nih her sis
j ter trtntis sm] has borne her full share of eonserip-
f lion,tmd lias tor months Lad iu r reserved militia
\ under arms from sixteen to fifty five years-of age,
j I -am informed that even the Confederate reserves
•children, (heir homes and their altars, and the ‘‘greet
graves ’ of their kindred and sires, and I, as their Ex
ecutrve, promise that whoever else wiav be withdrawn,
from her defence, they will drive tlie eneinv back to-
her borders, oi*overwhelmed and stricken down, thev
will nobly perish in one last grand and glorious effort
to wrest the standard el her liberties and independence
from the grasp of the oppressor aud plant it uiuuovn
bly upon her Sacred soil.
I am, very rosj\ectft!uy,
Your obedient servant.
JOSEPH E. BROWN.
(To be continued )
From tka Southern Confederacy.
Rsvirnor Itrowu mi.I :>is Kcvilers.
Afr. Editor—The demagogues of Athens labor
ed long to expel Aristides from the councils of die
nation. They finally induced the people to drive
that virtuons patriot an^yast statesman from hi.-
bonie aud native land. Why did the demagogues
bate Aristides? Lie was honest and just, and was
the example and embodiment bf truth. It
-uffer the penalty prescribed by the la W8 G f this State
for false swearing. oiiubsijw
Sac. 5. Be It further enacted, That before any
receiver of tax returns shall assess a tax of five hun
dred thousand dollars upou any person or body certior
ate for failure to if.ake his or their return, he shall
notify the party or his or their agent in writing of hia
intention to tax them, and that the persoiM.se notified
shall have ten days from the service of such notice
within which to make his or their return.
Sec, G. And t'e it further enacted. That all laws
and parts of laws rpiliiatiug against this act, be and
the same are hereby repealed.
Approved March'll, 1865.
GENERAL TAX ACTS.
As Act le provido for rntring revenue for the political
\e;u eighteen huuured and sixty-live and for other
purposes.
Ssc.l. Be it
the Governor
>i' -f enacted. That it shall be the duty of
, .. ' ;UI '* Comptroller General, in assessing
I lit; taxes for the ensuing vear. to assess and have col-
leeted such |»er eejit. as shall be sufficient to raise an
amount of money, added to the othei resources of the
State with other means provided by this General \s.-m-
, , . . , It was be- b y, to support the Government for the political veur
cause he was honest and just, and true to the peo- ] eighteen hundred and sixtv-five: Provided, that tho
pi? of Athens, that the spoilsmen wished to get *gr : - -* ri “ - - ’
rid of him. Aristides never deceived the people;
yet through the influence of placemen and dema
gogues, they ostracised him.
The same reasons that set tlie demagogues of
Athens oil Aristides influence certain papers and
leaders in their course towards Gov. Brown, lie,
like. Aristides, lias never deceived tho people. He
has heen honest in defense of truth and right, ai d
has been just to all In his late message lie bold
ly, fearlessly and forcibly states facts and inde
pendently utters tlie truth; and for This, all the
placemen, from the mightiest to the feeblest, from
the lowest to the highest, open upon him with the
cry “wrangling and dissention.”' The truth is
cutting and piercing. The truth w ill blister, and
hence the necessity of crying, “Wrong, wrang
ling and dissention.’’ The object <Jf all this is’ to
draw the mind of tlie people fioiu the facts and
truths set forth in the Governor’s message That
is their aim. their object 'These men wiio I
i ot our State from seventeen to eighteen aud from ! |' ice and stay in boinbpreofs, understand and fear
tor'y live to fifty, Lave till very lately been per-| the power of truth.
nutted by tlie President to spend much of their
time af Inline attending to their ordinary business.
VVifhhiit departing iVom legitimate inquiry as to
the cause of this requisition. I might, e.sk why this
distinction is made against the good people of this
State, and why her Confederate reserves are kept
constant : y in service, arid why requisition is made
tor her whole militia, when the same is not icquir
ed of any other State. It is quite clear thar it was
not. run.le.either to compel the State to do her just.| el Governor
; art which she Iims always dune, or to put mure ot
her sons into active service for her defence, tor ev
ery man called f.r by the requisition was in ser
vice before it was made. The President must then
Lava luid some other motive in making, the re
No intelligent man can, or dare, assort that Gov.
Brown l^as not stati-i} facts. No man who has les-
pect for truth can say lie has told other than the
truth. If Gov. Brown had said all was well, all
had been done for the proteciioii'of the State and
country—that no errors hail been committed “that
tlie enemy would soon be driven friun tho States,”
"and it would be the last march of Sherman,”
there revilers would have endorsed him as a mod
Why? Simply because he would
have told what w as not the truth. It men, or a
people, or a liatton fear the truth, I tremble for the
result of a struggle for freedom and indepen
dence.-
The Governor never has and nevt r will deceive
his countrymen. His predictions as to tho effect
uisition, afld I think it not uncharitable Under
all the circumstances to conclude that the object ! of the President's policy have been verified. Tlu
was to grasp into his own hands the entire control j historian must and will give him the brightest
of the whole reserved militia of tho State, which j page of patriotism, sagacity and statemansbip.
would enable him to disband its present organiza- j l)i S devotion to the rights of the states, and his
tion. and placein power over it his own partizans | veneration and love for the doctrines taught by
^ . _ and fa'orites as Major Generals, Brigadier Gener- J the fathers, are a sure £uarautee of his devotion
citv of Atlanta; menacing the centre of the State, j als,.&c , &.c , in place,of the distinguished officers ! futiie causo of the South in tiffs struggle. His
threatening by his winter campaign to cut the last | " lio were appointed to command i:i conformity to j efforts to preserve the rights of the States is an in
line of railroad that connects Virginia and the j tlie Consfttution of the country and tin? Jurys of j dex of his inflexible purpose to stand by the Con-
Carolir.as with Alabama rind Mississippi Tho the State, and who have ^commanded the organi- federate cause in weal or woe. A less selfish and
zatioo with so much honor to themselves, satis- j purer patriot Georgia does not <*wn. I have watch-
iactioti to the troops, and advantage to tho public J ed him long, and I know that honesty of purpose
service, | is the rule by which he squares every action of his
Again it is worthy of remark that the requisition is j life- His morality is sublimated grandeur. His
made upon me for the whole ini" '
President daring most of the time since the cam
paign against Atlanta began, has had nt his com
mand a largo force, said to number some 30,0b‘(l
men, in Texas and Louisiana. Since the brilliant
victories achieved by our armies in the latt* r State
early in the season, this largo force has had no ei^
emy to confront ckeept the troops of a few garri
sons, who were in no' condition to penetrate the
interior of tho country, cr do any serious damage.
He has, also, if correctly repoited, had about
204)110 men under Gc-u. Early, invading Maryland
and Pennsylvania, thereby uniting Northern sen
timent against us. and aiding President Lincoln to
rally hispeuple to reinforce Lis armies. About
the same time Gen. Morgan was raiding in Ken
tucky, and General Forrest, the great, cavalry
lender, has been kept in Northern Mississippi to
rc-pel raids, after the country had been so often
overrun as to leave but little public property for
them to destroy..
Thus, reversing tho rule upon which most gre.if
Generals, who have been successful, have acted,
of rapid concentration of his forces at vital points
to destroy the invading army, the President has
scattered his forces from Toxiq to Pennsylvania,
while a severe blow was being struck at tlie heart
:e, as tens of thousands of their brave ! ‘
-ware, while Georgia aud tbeir homes! hght possible. All his acts aro charactered by
un. If I am n.-ked to trusf the sound strong common sense. I honor lum tor laboring
litia of tlie .State—all ; intellectual gifts make him the peer of the great-
I have organized aud all I can organize—without limi- j est of men. Gifted with a mind that enables him
; tation o( tune or place ot service. If I comply with it 1 critically examine any subject presented for his
i the militia oi Georgia alter the President has obtained consideration he at once presents bis thono-hts and
absolute control over them may bo taken for the war 1 . . w. ...
, , , ■ p, . . , ■ , ,. - - , views in the clearest strongest and most forcible
lrom their State, as tens of thousands ot their brav^ 1 “
j fellow- cilizens nt
are being overru_. _ „
judgment and good faith of the President for their ! to prevent the destruction of the rights ot the
discharge and return to their homes at such times as j States. I honor him for the effort to save the
tucir services are not indispensable in the military 1 Temple of Liberty from wreck aud ruin,
field, I cannot forget the laitti that was violated last} The attacks of pensioned vampires can neither
fad to the thousands ot Georgians who were organized j blur the grandeur,of bis morality or detract from
urdera requisition from the J resident to be "emp oy- h r of his mind . When they can hide the
e<l in the defence ot miportaut cilxes. and m-repellinff ! » • 4 , x ,
in emergencies the sudden and transient incursions Jf | brightness of the sun, and veil the lovlmess ot
tiiu enemy,*’ to be employed “only \riien and so long j moou, they may obscure the one and cloud
as they might be liveried.” ‘ with the privilege of re- the other, but not uutil then* I pity their detiac-
lnuiniug at home in tlie pursuit of their ordinary avo- I five insinuations, lie seeks tif cover up nothing,
cations, unless when caked font temporary exigency 1 Like a true man and patriot, he tells his counlry-
to active duly.”
Thourunds of,these men organized for six months
service, with the guarantees above mentioned, were
Called out early in Septomt c-r last, and were kept con-
tactly in service till the expiration of their term in
of the Confederacy; aud Atlanta has been saeri- ; March, During must of the time they were guarding
,• ,—i ,t...—: ..i n .... »i,,tr. u „ important city. There was no sudden emergency or
transieut incursion of the enemy, no exigency for the
last four months of time, and stiff they were kept in the
service in violation of the faith that hail been pledged
ticed and the interior of Georgia thrown open to
further invasion for want ot reinforcements to tho
army of Tennessee. Probably few iuUsiiigmt men
in the country, except the President and his advi- j »«
- ~ ... ti i them, am
oi* attending
11XTY DAYS from date application will be
, ^3 made to the honorable the Court of Ordinary
Hu c e are therefore to cite all persons concern- of x’uirt.-ki county for leave to sell, the real estate
nt the administration will be vested in tlie , 0 fj t ffyi .U. Daniel Jr. deceased.
I ff; o'f the Superior Court, or some other fit and j
; r rsrin. unless valid objection*
(• under nw hand cfficiaily, this 2* Hi day
ef i.ruaw, HJIm.
' j\s. W MASH BURN. Ord’y.
B. II. IIAKRELL, Adin’r.
1I3 !»t
t;[ Pulaski county.
Jan. IWtfb, 18G3.
GEORGIA. Appling county.
rilXTY DADS alter date application will he made to
O the Coart of Oidinary of said county lor an order
to sell a portim: of the negro property In longing to the
estate of Isaac Ogdon late of said county deceased,
this January f'.ith, IS(>-».
3tP.it (j l.) SARAH L. OGDON, Adinr’x.
~GEORGIA, Appling couuty. .
>’ • .i‘\i ,‘mffavio Aiml next Otherwise letters ' "amriLL BE SOLD on the first Tuesday m April II xt.
v ll 'a’ Granted tlie applicant in terms | \ V at the Court House door in said w.iiu.y, bet ween
ip w .11 uc 4,ra | the legal hours of sale, one negro girl, about eighteen
r in v hand and official signature, this Cth, years of age.^Sold antt.e p.»P^\y‘/f"‘.m’ !!r
\ \"lU.Iii: Vs, IyOtta Cndw-ell applies to me for Itt-
!' Guardianship of t iic p* r^yiind property
. of Martin Cadwell dee d.
interested, will file their objections on or
.. .
' u >' Mnii-h 18U5
i JOHN J-SPARROW, OnjjH
1 'i-V J ,n«s County. r
IXrneV ' - ee said county, March 1st, l
I) ,j,i, B Jackson applies toma forail-
, '"' i'.ion ou estate of Lewis Jaekxea dec a.
, ri : ' r '-. . :te Hn l admonish all persons concern
'll to file their objections in this office by
l t * hoininy in next month (April,) it any they
" ' <" Contrary.
' under nsy iianil officially, March 1st,
ROLAND T ROSS. Ord’y.
(jjd/F 40 ot.
. I’aluski county. *
\y LKREAS, Andrcvy M. Fraser administration of
; Mary Saadlin ilec-M, luis made application for
* "f liisiiiinaionfrom said administration.
,. ; ■ nr.- to cite all persons interested, to file their
' ' ■ us, if miy tiiey can,on or before tho first Monday
1 ’ '' dicr n*-xt. otherwise letters of admission wi’l
' *' "uii.i,-1 the B aid Andrew M. Frazer in terms of the
law.
'oven under my imnd aud official signature, this Cth
March
:if t. JOHN J.SPARROW, Ord’y.
up l
sera, have tailed to see that if Generals Forrest I to them i ,,, ii were denied the prrvilege of going home
i »« iii . ...... . ,i - 0 ;i,«„ i„ oi attending to the pursuit of any of their ordinary
and Morgan had been sent to destroy the railioa S r av0Ciltl0M fi a „d tins too,after the contrail, under
over which General Sherman s supplies have been I nhich lhey h id entered the service had been pressed
It is impossible for
transported fo? three l.undred miles tlirougli an en- U p 0!! n 10 fionsideiu, ion of the President.
emy's ‘ country, and to keep the roads cut fora - ■ ■ ■ •
few weeks, and at the same time the forces of Gen
eral E. Kirby 8iniih and Major-General Early, or
even half of them, had been sent to reiuforce Gen.
Joffnstoii cr after lie was superceded, General
Hood, tlie army of invasion might not only have
been repqlsed and driven back, but routed hud
destroyed. _
This would instantly have relieved Georgia,
Alabama, Missisa ppi and Tennessee from invasion
and raids, and have thrown open the gret n fields
pf Kentucky for the support of ourgaiiaut troops.
As the army of General Sherman is the only pro
tectiMi provided by the Lincoln government for
th? Western States, and us the battle tor the pos
session or a large portion of the Mississippi Val
ley, as well as of- the Gulf States, was to be fought
in Georgia, justice, not only to the people of Geor
gia, but to Hie people ©fall ihc- States, required that
aihthe troops which were not actually necessary
to the defence of Richmond, and to hold-toe ene
my in check at the most vital points on the e^ust
should have been concentrated for the: destruction
ot the Federal army in Georgia, which would, in
all probability, have brought the war .to a speedy
termiatrffon. _ .
I have bogged the President lo s’ml reinforce
ments to-the a'my fur the deletion oi Atlanta ever
■since the enemy were at Etowah. But a very
gniali number have been scut, and if I am correctly
informed, part of tho troops under General Hood’s
command have been ordered from ibis to otucr
States •
While we have,been sorely pressed by tho enc-
y, a camp of 30,01)0 Federal prisoners has been
agricultural and other imlus-
triaUpursuits of the people to be saved from ruin if the
whole reserve militia of the State,’from 1G to 53, are
put permnnently into tlie service as regular troops.—
Judging from tiic- past,l cannot place them nt the com
mand of the President lor tlie war, without apprehen
sion that wicli would be liu-ir fate. Indeed, not even
the President's promise to tiie contrary is fontul in tlie
requisition you now-maker 1 am not, then fore, will
ing to expose the whole reserve militia of Georgia to
this injustice, and our 'agricultural or other interests
to ruin, wlteu no other Slate is required to make any
such sacrifice or lo fill any such n qisit:i ii.
The Constitution ot the Confederate States, authori
zes the States, as -Wv.il the Confederacy, to keep
troops in time of war wWn actually invaded, r.B Geor
gia now is. Her militia have been organized and
called into active service under her o*rn laws for her
own defence ; and 1 do not feel that I aui authorized
to destroy her military organization at the behest of
the President, or to surrender to him the command of
the troops organized and retained by her by virtue
ot her reseived power for tier jiwn defence, wm-a
greatly needed for that purpose, and which are Jier
onlv remaining protection against the encroachments
of centralized power. I therefore decline to coirq ly
with tnfcf extraordinary requisition. While 1 refuse to
gratify tlie Presidents ambition iti this particular, and
lit surrender Hie la t vestige of the sovereignty of the
State, by placing the remainder of her militia under
lbs control for the war, 1 beg to assure you that 1 shall
not hesitate to older them to (lie front, and they-will*;
not shun the thickest of the light when the enemy i- to
be met upon the soil of their beloved State. Nor will
withhold them ^froiii the te mporary command ot tlie
Confederate General who omit nils-the army during the
great emergencies when henccdB their, aid.
I shall, howcvi-r, retain power to withdraw them and
to furlough or disband them lor a time, to look to their
patriot, he teils his country
men the true condition of iiis and tbeir country.
Davis.
. Our State Taxes for 1865#
> TQE LAIVSIN FULL,
INCOME TAX ACT.
A Bill to he entitled An Act to levy aud collect a tax
on the net income or profits of all persons engaged
in agricultural ami farming, and net profits of all
persons making incomes by purchase aud sale of any
property, real or personal, upon the net income of all
express companies, railroad companies, not exempt
by their charter from such taxatiou, insurance com-,
panics, brokers, auctioneers, ail petsous etigaged in
manufacture of iron and salt, cotton dealers, aud per
sons engaged in tlie manufacture of flour, meal, grits
ami hominy, and upon all prottw arising from the
sale of goods, wait's, and merchandise, groceries and
piovhiions; also, on tho income or profits of all per
sons and bodies corporate engaged in the manufac
ture of cotton or woolen goods, in the tanuingand sale
of feather uud the manufacture and sale ot ojiy ar
ticles made thereof, and the distillation and sale of
alcohol or spirituous liquors, all cotton dealers, all
persons engaged in the manufacture of wooden
win v, and to punish all persons who may fail to give
in their income or net profits, and tor other pur
poses
amount raised shfl/1 not exceed one half of one nor
cent, upon the value of taxable property of this State
e.-timated in CM)federate Treasury notes.
Sic. '2, Be itJurther enacted, I list of the property
of all officers and soldiers in the service of tl.e Confed
erate States for three years or during the war aud of
the two regiments of the State Troops now enlia»ed for
th** war, oi the widows aud orphans of deceased sol
diers. and widows and other females who have no hus
bands, whose sons are in the army, upon whom they
were dependent for support ; of ail disabled soldiers,
whether rendered so by sickness, wonnds, or other
causes, while in said service, the sum of two thousand
dollars be, ouff the same is hereby exempted from tain
tion under this act: Provided, that tlie exemption
contained in (Ids act shall not apply to persons whoso
taxable property exceeds the sum of ten thousand dol
lars.
tire. 3. Be it further enacted. That in the assess
ment npii collection ot the Gennal 8tnte Tax for eigh
teen hundred ami sixty-five, no Receiver of the Tux
Returns or i’.ix Coffee;o* shall receive more than fif
teen hundred dolhus commissions on said tux, that is
to say, on all digests tli.lt net ten thousand dollars anil
under !w -nty thousand di liars, notn.o.e than six hun
dredjlollurs commissions .-.hull be allowed to each offi
cer ; when the digest nt ts over twenty thousnud dollars
and under forty thousand dollars, not more than eight
hundred ihbhus siuil! t>e allowed each rdicer; that
when ti.e digest nets forty thousand dollars Mid under
sixty thousand iloilars, not more than » ne thousand
dollarssliall be allowed each officer ; when tlie digest
nets over sixty thousand d liars and under eighty
thousand dollars, the amount allowed cm Ii officer
shall not exceed twelve huifdred dollars; and that
when the dige-t nets over eighty tlsiusr.nd dollars,
fifteen hmylrcd dollars, and no more, shall be allowed
to each officer by the Comptroller G.-ni ral; 1‘rovided,
tlint in all case- where the itmnuin of the digest ex
ceed.- two handled thousand dollars, the Tax Collector
and Tax Receiver shall rcec.ve one-half of one per
cent, for each additional one hundred thousand dollars ,
and above that sum until the amount reaches one mil-
liofi dollais ; and thyt in allowing these officers’com
missions the Comptroller Genera^be directed to allow
the commissions to eaeli according to the schedule in
the Code until the limits above stated, as to commis
sions, are reached, after which the limits slt%Il be the
whole commissions allowed for each net digest speci
fied in this Section. *
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, '’’hat this act shall
go into . llei-t the first day of January next.
Sec. 5. Repeals conflicting laws.
Assented to Nov. IS, 1864.
A Bill to be entitled An Act to levy and collect a
tax for the political ydar 1865, and for other purposss.
Sec 1. The General Assembly of the State of Geor
gia do enart. That his Excellency the Governor of this
Stute, with the assistance of the Comptroller General,
shall assess on the entire amount of taxable property of
this State two firths (2-5) of one percent, additional,
for the support of the Government for the political
year eighteen hundred nnd sixty-tive, (1865) any law
to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved March 31, 1865.
I didn’t want TO.—I didn’t want to be weaned.
My mother’s bosom and her soft embrace were of
all the comfort, I had in life then, and I didn’t
want to lose them. I didn’t want to be taken
away from her and made to sleep with a servant.
I didn’t want a servant to rock me to sleep when
my heart was breaking to my own mama. I didn’t
want to be put away to bed alone in the dark and
told to lie still, or tho bogaboos. wonld catch me.
When I grew bigger I didn't want to go to school,
and be stuck for six mortal hours a day upon back-
breaking befltdies, and to abide in constant terror
of a cross mistress, and a great, thick ferrule, whilo
all the timo cut of doors the sun was shining, the
birds were singing, and the sweet flowers scenting
all tho summer air I didn’t want my dear pet
lamb to be sold to the cruel butcher. I didn’t
want to give up the first money that my father pre-
sentednue, for the sake of a pair of homely, heavy
boots, that made me ashamed of my feet as ever
was a peacock of hid I didn’t want to wear to
school a hood so peculiar in its form and general
appearance that all the great boys that saw me used
to catch it by th^ears, and bending down to look
under it, cry, • Booh ! little granny !’
I didn’t want to have the hogget into and uproot
my garden. I didn’t want to lose my pet white
mouse, to have.my tame rabbit die, my beautiful
cat hung up by the neck, nor my birds fly away
and nevor return to me. But t^e most of all oh !
most of all, I did not want my mother to die.
I did not want to be scot, whi.e yet a child, to
live with careless strangers. I did not want to
feel that there^vero none who cared for me, nor to
know that my home was broken up.
I did not want to be, at thirty five years of age,
a gray-haired old woman, with a discouraged heart,
and a sad, pale face, living afar from every pleas
ure, in deep poverty, and with a wretched drunk-
, mi r- it 11 r . | ard for my charge; but all this I have been obliged
act
iug are bmiies copm atc in this State ; all persons mak
ing income by pun-liose-and side iff cny property, real
ni personal, all keepers iff'hotels, inns or liveryoitubl^s
express comp tries, railroad companies, not exempt
trom taxation by their charter, insurance companies)
brokers, arid auctioneers, miller^, coopers, all .persons
engaged in the manufacture of sugars and syiup, all
persons' engaged in tlie manufacture and sale ot salt,
all per-ons engaged in the sale of goods, wares and
merchandise, groceries and provisions, all persons and
bmlies-oorporate engaged in tlie manufacture and sale
“The Greatkst and Most Fkarfil of ai l
Civil Wars.”—So at last, has tho Sataoic Yankee
Secretary of Statc' # , Wm. H. Seward, come to con
sider this insignificant “insurrection,” as be called
our defensive war of secession in 18(51. It gradu
ally rose to the dignity of a real “rebellion”—then
a sefious “war”—and now, he announces it, in a
late speech before the ‘ Christian* aud S-nitary
of cotton or woolen goods, in the tnurjng and sal.; of j Commission” in Washington city, its “the greatest
J. Courson deceased, for distribution and benefit of
creditors, this 13lh day of January 18o5.
33 ‘>r .(j. l.) NANCY D.CAFRSON, Artui x.
Notice lo Debtors and. Creditors.
A LL persons indebted to the estate of \\ illis
Harrell, deceased, are requested to mako lm- ...» . .. -
mediate payment, and those having demands tion upon me for the militia of Georgia lo aid ««
ncaiiist said deceased, will present them duly au-'r repelling tiffs -‘foruffdude invasion or these ‘ des-
p - « - tructive raids” and it is only when he is informed
tent in the rear of our army, which lias added agricultural and other vital interests which would
gre°tlv to cur embarrassments, and has it seems otherwise be ruined by neglect, -whenever I see they
gie j .. . .. r *n r i i> cun be spared from the military field witboufceiulan-
geringthe safety of the State. Of this the Governor
uf the State, at Milledgeviile, where lie is near the
field of operations uud can have frequent interviews
with the Commanding General, ougnt to he as com
petent to judge as the President of the Confederacy,
some hundreds of miles fromthesceneof action, charg
ed with the defence of Richmond and all the other re
sponsibilities which requite his attention and divide
his time.
Georgia now has upon the soil of Virginia nearly 50
regiments of ns brave troops as eVcr met the enemy
in deadly conflict, not qpe of which ever faltered in tlie
hour of trial. She has many others equally gallant
aiding in the defence of other states. Iuueed the blood
of her sons has crimsoned almost every battle-field
East of the Mississippi, from the first Manassas to tl.e
faff of Atlanta- Her gallant sous who still survive are
kept by the President’s orders far from her soil while
their htflnes nre being overrun ; their wives and chil
dren driven out before tlie enemy and reduced to beg
gary and want, arid their almost idolized State exposed
t ** * — s - ' ’
then Heated.
SOPHIA
Feb Dill, 18155.
HARRELL, Adm’rx.
j j s 36 (it
GEORGIA, Berrien county.
TlfHEBEAS, Artimishm Grumpier applies to
Yf me for letters of Administration with the
will annexed on the estate of John i>. Crumplcr,
^Theatfafu therefore to cite and admonislT all per
sons interested, to be and appear in niy office
within the time prescribed by law, to show cause,
if any they have, why said letters s ioi e
granted. a 1Q ^r
Witness my hand officially* 1*>. | ^
38 5t Pd $10 W. E. CONNELL, Ordy
reqired all the small force of Cor-f‘di ra e Resolves,
organized by Major G m-rr.l Cobb, with other oc-
c&sional’ rcitif.rcemcnts to guard them. 'I lie re
served force organized under tho late Conscript
Act for State defence, has been thus iinployed.I
presume, by e i rd..r u‘ tiic President, and in the
hour of her peril Georgia lias not had a single one
of i)i, m ac the front with a musket in Iiis hand to
aid in her defence. Had (lie militia been at his
comm Aid for such service as lie might have order
ed, and at such place as he might designate, tlie
it sumption is the that same remark might h*v£
been applicable to them, as other employment
could, as in ease of the local companies under the
President’s command, have been found for them at
other places while the enemy were brsjjjiiig. At
lanta. _
Another remarkable fact deserves attention Du
ring the whole march of the enemy upon Atlanta,
and for more than a month alter it was closely in
vested and shelled by the enemy, it never seems
to have oceured to ihc President to mako reqnisr-
‘ ~ ’ to aid in
that 1 have an orga.iizatiou of galluni, tearless
men roaay to Jef. mi the Slate against usurpations
of Dower as well as invasions by the enemy, that
1.-‘ .b„o r, J ..„;rti;,m immune for this force and
he makes requisition upon mo for this
all others I can organize. I must express >»y as
tonishment, however, that you and the Indent
should seem to be ignorant ot the tact that this
force was organized by me to aid in repet mg
OTiny of invasion, that it was placed bv me uni er
the command of General Johnston ami afterwards
of Genera! Hood for the defence of Atlanta, and
that the brave men ot which it is composed uw.er
the command of the General appointed by ti e
President for the defence of the city, have taken
lo temporary subjugation and rain. Experience hav
ing shown that the Army of Tennessee, with tlie aid
of tlie militia force of the State, is nut able to withstand
aud drive back the overwhelming numbers of the
army of invasion, a* the Executive of Georgia, in 6e-
half of her brave sons now absent in other States, oj
Veil as of her whole people at home, I demand as an
act of simple justice that such reinforcements be sent
as are necessary {o enable tlie :ir ov upon her soil to
stop tin; progress of the enemy and dislodge and drive
him back. In view of tlie fact that tlu- permanent pos
session of Georgia bv the enemy, not only ruins her
people, but cuts the* Confederacy East of the Missis
sippi in two, and s.rikcw a death blow at-the Confeder
ate Government itself, I trust this most reasonable re
quest will be granted. If, however, I should be in
formed that the President will send no reinforcements
and make ro furthei'effurt to strengthen our defences,
I then demand that he permit all the sons of Georgia
to return to their own State, and within her own limits,
to rally around her glorinas flag—and as it flutters in
the breeze in defiance of the foe, to -’trike for their
attier, and in the manufacture and sale of any article
made thereof, and all persons engaged in the distilla
tion and sale of alcohol or spirituous liquors, and all
cotton dealers, all persons engaged in the manufac
ture of wooden ware, when they make a return of
their taxable property, shall make a return, under
oath, of the ntj, income and profits which he, she or
they may have made, respectively, in the sale, or
manufacture an.; sale ot any of the articles above
enumerated, and in the conducting of any of tlie busi-'
ness aforesaid, from the first day of April, 1S6I, to the I contemptible little*
fiintriayof April, 1865 over and above ten percent. a ,id',„ 0 st tearful iff
on the capita! employed in his, her or their business.
.sec 2. Be it further enacted, That in all cases when
tlie net incomes and profits are over and above the ten
per cent, onjlliecapitul stock so excepted as aiorcsiffd ai •
ten thousand dollars or less, the tux si.all be five dol
lars for every hundred dollars; upoifall sums'over ten
thousand dollars nor more than fifteen thousand dol
lars, seven and a half dollars upon every hundred
dollars ; upon till sums over fifteen thousand dollars
and not more than, twenty thousnud dollars, ten
dollars upon every hundred dollars ; all sums
over twenty thousand dollars and not more than
thirty thousand dollars, twelve and a Half dollars
upon every hundred dollars; upon all sums over thirty
and most fearful of all civii wars.” He is at last
on the right track. In a littTe while longer—or a
great wlffle longer, as wo may be resolute, energet
ic and successful, on the one hand, or timorous,
discordant and unsuccessful, on the otbsr— he will
arrive at the logical conclusion, from his premises,
that the best way will be for his .master to make
terms and let tis go in peace.
thon.-andand not more than fifty thousand dollars, fit
teen dollars upon every hundred dollars ; upon all sums
over fifty, and not more than seventy-five thous md
dollars, seventeen dollars and fifty cents upon every
hundred dollars ,- upon all sums over seventy-five thou
sand dollars, and not more than iffie hundred thousand
dollars, tiVeuty’ dollars upon every hundred dollars;
and upon all sums over oue hundred thousand, twenty-
five dollars upon every hundred dollars.
Sec. 3. And be itfurther enacted, That if any person
or bodies corporate embraced in any section of this act
shall fuiLorrirfuse to make a return of Ids, her or their
profits, inuik; or realized as aforesaid, he, she or they
shall be deemed and hold as having made two mil-
lionsijf dollars profit, and shall be taxed accordingly.
Si:c. 4. Be ii further enacted, That if any person
or tlie officer a of any body corporate, whose duty it is
to make the proper returns required by the provisions
of.tliis act, shall make a false return, or ehaH enter
aud charge the profits in the extension ot capital oi
stock so as to defeat the object of this act, such person
or officer or officers so offending shall be guilty of a
high misdemeanor, nnd upon conviction thereof shall
be taxed four-fold on the amount returned—one-halt
of which shall go to the person who may inform against
and prosecute tho person or officer so. offemliug; and
said person or pflicer or officers so offending el;All also
)
His '• ninety (pro
phetic) days” are running their last sands, and the
contemptible little‘ l ^Rurreetion’’ is “ the greatest
and most tearful iff all civil wars.” Bravo! The
good-A'-urk goes on!—Times.
Vedilao. Johnston and Daria.
“The late” Secretary Seddon, in a communica
tion to Congress, dated Jan. 3d, says that be cad
delayed forwarding the copy of Gen. Johnston's re
port, because “at first be doubted whether from iti
tendency to induce controversy, it would be com
municated without prejudice to the pnblic ser
vice ”
Piesidcnt Davis, in his official letter to the Sen
ate, dat^d January 4th, directs attention to this
suggestion of Seddon, and adds that it “is not ad
visable to publish the report unless accompanied
with certain correspondence.”
The Senate having waited in vain for this “cer
tain ooriespondence,” and having applied for it
without effect since the 4 th of January, determin
ed that the report should no longer be suppressed
from the public.
“The tendency to induce controversy” consists,
we suppose, in the fact that Gen. Johnston give*
an impartial history of the North Georgia cam
paign, leaving his readers to make up the verdict.
—
In the intercourse of social life, it is %f litt'e
acts of watchful kindness, recurring daily and
hourly,—aud opportunities of doing kindness, is
sought for, are forever starting up,—it is by words,
by tones, by gestures, by looks, that affection is
won and preserved. He who neglects these tri
fles, yet boasts that, whenever a great sacrifice is
called for, he fchall be ready to make it, will rarely
be loved. The likelihood is, he will not make it;
and if he does, it will be much rather for his own •
than his neighbor’s sake.