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Newspaper Page Text* ! : ■■■*;. v-- 'a* 1 5LUME XXXV. J , „ ... ™ „■ MiiAti i, V HKADQARTEUS ARMIES %'ONFKP. STAjKth./ 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 j 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- J vut Oil iud three in the afternoon, a-t tli»- J5C m t Hi 1 ounty in wnicii the property is • fill ose «ali s must be given ’.ii a public g«- ays \*Vf\ ioi stothe flay of sale. toi ill 0 s: ie of personal properly infls-t be k.o na:i tlie ier Iff days previous to -ale d.-iy. to del ifros lied Creditors ot an estate Ijw j »uni «lie l 40 days. nut •ipp ica tion will be niadeto the Court of for e;iv e to sell Land or Negroes, mutt be for t w< m mills. ,1 ; ft r let i C’.‘k of Administration Guardianship, •ruh ,..i Id days—for di.-inission from rail pt) n 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.

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The Confederate union. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1862-1865, March 21, 1865, Image 1