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/fMEDGlhlLLE, GEORGIA, TIE SI) AY, MARCH 28 t IS65.
NUMBER 42,
i{ J L T J; IT J X, X l S B E T, B A R N £ S & M U 0 R E | IlEAI)<jAKl£IUsAK February 11,1^^^* !i
* * I (acuernl drier*, / > h *
p iMl sSArs and Proprietors. N°- » ,, ? _« „ in _
s’orrj*S T 10ndl 1 nrf'CaV. I? TO Hll ) - v '°* !,v ;i * not I ermit any forces yon can control t< l Untligd-fence ofyour state and the overthrow
tumspvnUCIHl (Hir.ein l-ivnu J ^ ,. nl , ject fo 1)i(< disposition; but w il J0UU*1* ottfemvader.
retain their conirol, and mete out jour assiatp.net Ver/r'pespectfully, your obedient servant.
P jbli i’acrs and Proprietors
(bK Cinfeittalc
1 'tlgC V *ff C t Crfl»i
\\ r tl/civ*on S/'s.,
and the Secretary of War.
In eufeiififr npou (lie campaign about to operA
aco.oiding to jour views of policy and Stale inter
est.
2. Thit you suspected the President of a d< sign, j
ftw»- flirt . .. .. V il.-ort • *» i l i t: n f <» il i •»: i r«r?i t t i v t*
deti-rfll-in-Ctii'-l'. feels assured that the ecifffors ; CONijJSUERATE STATES OP A v ERICA. )
j,’ u ve ho long and ’so nobly borne tlio hardships War Df.PARTAIENT, / . * ... ,.
dangers • if the war reqniie no exhortation to resjxuni ' /it. kmc ml Octuber 8th, 1864, j afier the reception of these imlitiA, to Oisi'rgJinizt-
to t lie call of honor amt duty. ' r . rc T . vn r, T T „ XTr . v ’ T or disband them that be may displace tlio givers
With tiie Jiu;-rty transmitted by their forefathers j Hio xt-AULLLLNUY J L. J'.KO A .\. : commanding them and substitute li s partisans
thev have inherited the spirit to defend it. ■ GOVERNOR < r GtoRfil ' and favorites.
JAMES A SEDDON.
Secretary of War.
's puhlisfiril Weekly,
Corner of
(opposife Co"' H °
a year m a
ce.
ADVERTISING.
;\ssir.vT. — Piv s D riUrs per square often
■in *.s tor each in*;rtion.
i' i 11! -s of respect, Resolutions by Societies,(Obit-
i -i e (needing six lines.) Nominations lor office,
I i ,i .i i lie Ltions or Eii’oriai notices for individual
*» * i- *ill ejargod as transient advertising.
Leoae Advertising.
Sheriff's sales, per levy of ten lines, or less.? 10 00
•* Mortgage fi fa sales, per square, ’gout)
Tax Collector’s Sales, per square, 10 00
Citations for Letters of Administration,
»* *• •• Guardianship, 10 00
J. - iters of application for dism’n.from Adm’uK; 00
.< “ “ *• . “ Guard'll 16 00
Tiie choice between war and abject submission is j
before them. ) Sir:
Tn such, a proposal, brove men, with arms i a their: Vcr.r
hands,'can bnve but one answer. j. s *-
Thej'cunnol barter maniiood for peace, cor the right
of self goveri.meatfor property.
But justice tu them requires a'sterner ndcioniti'.ii to
those who Imvc ah.tudoimo their comrade^, m tue hour
of peril. *
A last opportunity is efferoiThein to wij ■ out the dis
grace nod escape the pur.is.hmer.t ofthipir crinn-s.
Byauthori'y of the I’residcct of ti e Confederate
States, a pardon is muonic.d to siK-h m--. iters ..in!
men impropt r!v absent as«!iaU return t'H h.x t -'iiuiiHai! -
to which foev belong witlnn the shortest possible time, - , , , , ........... ...
not i xeeedii g Iwuty daysfrom i <*■ puimea!:on cl this j J'* 1 e **' ' '. V
oider, ut ttie hcadipnuicis of the Deportment iu which bveiipo e! to r p. I to
th. v mav be- t Odmgra, by tfh- me ti.y,
Miiit'dgevilic, Ga
etter of the 12-ih nit
•luce. I s tenor and i
painful surprise. It requires h
to maiipain the r. •« s vt C won
and wbnt-rvc tun otrivial } »• |
trI SCsIi^eij. I hlMiil s rk 1.0 l.
i-iUs n.- ,ej.tiati 1\ tic-trill t
* reached m} s’onu
ip i t have caused
-i:cc in reply
v'uretiti n,
><•11 ini' e so
illy such per
j. l -tl VI I'.Uiti
ll h> e>
I • a
= pa
’’’be It
tii« aiaVi.-m «
upon you tor
■ , ot; <)ie gi fh >,( August, mi'ier
■ i’res-'^euf. in i*! * a eqirisi’ion
tni .'f Mi.k a vt ’ii had toil
’ou. that, they Hugh-
lorin d lie i a Vush n'
d to M-i ui c her ii no
i ric
qn.
ill-ll
tu
y
Aopl it for leave to sell land and liogrot s,
N.itici to 1)blots and (.Creditors.
Sales ot iand or negroes, pm square,
• • perishable property, 10 days, per sq.
Kstray Notices, BO days.
Fo
,uro oi Mortgage, per square.
L. E G A L A DV GUT IS EM E X T S.
* L« 1 and Xegrwcs.by-A luiiui
ran
-iqiiiied by iaw to hi
(h.iardiaus, i
l I'aesd vv in the mouth ; between the hours
: forenoon anil three in the afternoon, at ih
s-i in Ihecouuty in which the property i
tor i.
• if these itE-s must be given in a public ga-
iV-taVs previous to the day of sale.
sillc of personal property must be
i liter 10 daV^ previous u sale day.
, „„ .he deotors and creditors of an estate
i*' riiso be punished 40 days,
x - mat ipplication willb
i , tic
11 ii-
1 for tvvi
i n i:
Joo:
madetotbe Court of
; >J Eaud M‘ Negroes, must be
[ninths.
r * ol Vd.nini t rat ion Guardianship,
o :>• "i iblisii.- l Bd (lavs—for ilisiiiission from
rut ion' tn-ju'Uy *ix~nu>iilli.i—for dismission
,.irJiaiiship.4d days , .. , ,
for.ored -ure of Mortgage must be published
, r,,,. i,i moii,!It*—for esiabiisl.ing lost pajiers.
it!! spare of 'b "CC mu it! Its— tqrcompe'llirgtities
eutors or administrators, where borni has te en
the deceased, the full spare of three months,
is will alway s be continued accordn gto
t | reiiuiremeiits,miles,olherwiBConlered
Those who Huy be prevented by interruption of i ' <]■ stru li.ve raids
coiiininnic.ition, lntiy report within the time specit’n-d MiVtia in a state of organ
to the nean-st < tirohii.g < Dicer, or oti i r ( flleeron duty I u^ent offl-e cli'eers of Militia is re
to 1.0 fi, warded a.--soon as practi.-i.Lie, and upon pre- i Constitution to the Slate from \vi:i
senting a eert.fieato from siwh ofiieer scowmg eon,. . d . 6 m „ ,., ir , l0 .
‘Wf I r,, ‘ mu ; law ‘ t ’ " i;1 utu,ve U,C pardon , iitia, the odicers kg.niy appuiuted « mild
Ti-rise who have deserted to the service of the
enemy, or who have deserted alter having be*-u
once pardoned tor the same (dfenre, and those who
• sha'i dcseit or ah-1 lit tliemselvcs without autlnni
: ty after the publication of this order, are exclude- 5
fiuui its benefit. Nor does the offer of pardon t-x-
r tend t" cil.er otfeiises thati desertion and absen: e
wiibout peimission.
j 15y the same antiioritj’, it is also declarnl flmu
i no general amnesty will again be grained, and
those who refuse to accept the pardon now offered,
or v ho shall hneafier desert or absent then selves
without leave, shall suffer such punishment as *h.
I courts n ay impose, and uo application for ciciiien
• cy wilt be enitriaiucd
Taking uev.' rcsolurion ficm ttie faith which o> r
, enemies intend for us, let every man devote ail ins
I energies to !h>' common defense. •
Our resource.s, wisely and vigorously cnqdoyid,
are ample, and with a brave army, sust*iucc by a
delermina . and uuiied people, success, with God's
i assistariee. can not be doubtful.
, The advantages of the enemy will Lave but
; little value it we don’t permit them to impair our . , . ■ . - ^ .
j resolution. J.et us, then oppose cnsiam-y U» ad- ! »•’ ><'*" judfiin-w or disposal, but to the control
j versify, ioitiiodc tosufl'ering, ami courage to dan
g( r. with ihe film assurance ihat he who gave {roe.
• deni to our fore-lathers will bli ss the t-fiorts of
. their children to preserve it.
40 lit. li. E. LEE. General.
B. You apprehend that tli“se snili-ia. under U’e |
resident’s control. wi‘l be employed for sih ,; j
g-th* of rime, and under sr.cli n rdition as wil' ;
■ deleterious to the interests of then selves .ind j
c Slgte.and tstctrn yoursilfa bi tter judgcci: {
-se prints, espocii iiy as to when and where 1
y shall be employed, furloughed or dis- ;
Charged, dtp. -i
4. That tlics troops, besides -being necessar' 1
— a dr-f-t cc against invasion, are also necessary I
*o i'ef; ml (be 8tat« against usurpations cf power, j
and ,-.s ’.i protect-inn against the enc oachmin oi !
y; lit;al:/.?d.powt r, v and tli-it the know’e go of 1
die Pi arid* it ot their abi ity an’ disposition to do
tliis was the motive r : r the r.u v n
In rcfereiT c t-
EXECrTIVE DEPARTMENT, )
Mii.ledt.lvillk, Ga , .
November 14th, !96l. \
HON. JAMES A. SEDDON.
Secretary of War.
jFir: Official eugitgeuieuts have prevented ear
lier attention to your letter of Sih ult., yy hich reach
i-.J me on the 'doth.
You are p’,« ;iai d to characterize a portion of my
letter as te iuiouious, m.d claim that I have
trausc! tided the boumis of official propriety, and
seem to tbv-i.' >“fne to understand that you In but
under difficulti.s in restraining yourself within
•lie hounds ot forebcarance iu your reply- As the
acrimony of my letteV consisted in a simple narra
tive of truths, communicated in a - plain, ’straight
forward manner, exiling things by their right
name, I feel tbai I am due vou no
ate service, which would give the President the
entire.command of them and enable him to des
troy the militia organization of the State. Fortu
nately the temptation succet ded in seducing but a
small portion ot the Militia to desert and return
home. They were generally true men and stood
gallantly by their colors, knowing that their coun
try needed their services at the trout and not in h •
cal compani's in the rear. General Order No. 63
xyas issued on the 6th of August and.was follow
ed by General Order No 67 on the 16tli of the
slime month. The President then waited two
\yie..s, and as the V.nitia still remained in the
.rim.'Cs urout'd Atlanta, he found it necessary,
o ci.. ; >ge iif-poi-ey had resort to a requisition up-
on n.^Tor tlie yvtole Mibt.a uf the State, as the
ui.lv means : It . f aecon.j.lLtiing |.i, ol bets
r ren tent Lnusoi, offered no sud: inducements
aim made no sueli n-quisitiou upon the Mili-
| course no person; 1 disresp
t.ic ca.I on y u. am dealing, not yyiili individuals, bot with groat
the first, it might not bo safe ns j principles, and with the conduct o f an admiuis-
riaof Massachusetts and Connecticut. «o much
tor the analogy ol the two cases. But you are as
.. r,,,... . ““fortunate iu your Lets as in your analogy, as
,,;.,. 0 ;o„v \)t j t , nrt !\ er j-our statement that the
' i . > judicial tribnqals dcteripirted adversely to the
j pretensions cf the Governors ’ By reference to
j the -.!) volume Mass-tc.husflts Reports, Supple-
i 'ff ent - page 549,*you will find ih.it the Judg.n of
JO lift
iff JO
jt; (a
4 on
in tin
4 i t)
s. F.x-
i Ji -y hi
rgHlri/.e.i M
ntc:
gaiiiy accuu:paii> ineir crimncnJs.
'1 he inducements to this call were several
had in official cr-minunic&lipn, stated tlis* you
had ten tho«-and Miliiia organized, aid you i
wi re known to be ajqiareritly hnsy in organizing
otiieis. Of those, h portion, it was known wen j
with the army of Ti nuessee in some auxiliary
relation, and l>ad rendered valui iile service with -
tha’army in ibe detinco of Georgia Only a
limited number, liowevr..believed to constitute
ballot the number reported by y*>u to bo actual]. |
oi _aii zed. were so employed, and were, as hast
m-eri announced by you. held there cn'y at yuur '
pleasure, ami fur r.uch r-perations as yon night *
a] prove. The servh es of tho;e gallant d leiidcis
or their S ate, wei« so appreciated. ;-s to rcv.d j
it dcsitahla ihat the full nnnilier organized, or t;
bo organized, should be secured, to repel tin-
Imr.iidable invasion threatening to ovi-mm trie
Stale: and both to impait greater unity and
efficiency to the e( nimi.nd of ihem and enable
ihe General Commanding, to lely on tie period
and tenure o! limit services, i’ was necessary they
should he ill Conled* rate service, mid snbj. ct not
f ” - ’ ' »"* }lV y ^ U,!0W V* »'* f- ! ^ l5 «V ,lie «*?' -meat of which your Depart- , the Supreme Comt of that 8 ate hadThe case'ba
nmsr> nf s tue prese nt rr.mr icrn. the counsels • raent is but one bianco. Audit you will not con t u, n nil i j,.*..,, •„ • . “ L
! t. p’ . ’ i.or the ii simic-s that have been or i?idcr the remark acrimonious, I will add that the I Governor kroner inViJf ^ P<*iut inado by
..•ild b- - • m i-ianded for its operations. J people of my State, not being dependent and nev i pjetentionV’ of'the lVeCident"' adversel J r Ut * ie
M have known more epartain!v than ' t ‘ r intending to be, upon that Government tor ihe I
pictentions of the President
But you remind ine, that the 1(1,600 Militia!
your Ex< elh nev The z -al aud tri< rgv vviili wliieh ! privilege of exercising th« ir natural and Consti- . ... * , .;?T’
„:a, nt f i,: s la-uai-tmeiit under ki, l tutiona! rights, nor the Executive of the Stale for -y. u • > 1 had organized, with those I wxs
i have striven to cen.nm d resources and j Lis official existence, I shall on all occasions feel | ^6^11 ‘i S weZT'! rio!r irTTni with ‘m
the defence of Georgia, and the over- ’ ®‘ ,iberf 3 t0 . exercise perfect independence in the ; . ' . " * to .he first of May, would
tiie Pr<
ar c pic*t
mefl
throw of'the invader, nor'the' ''imnedimem.s 'ami | d >scharge of my official obligations, with no oth- j JjJ'J l ^! a , !uab !° ^q-iisi-ion to the army
- . . - _ rt •« t ... .. » (be/.., .. .. rnn *..) ..... I... .. 1,4 t-CII
i difficulties often unfortunately resulting from j « r restraint than-thoso thrown around me by
| !h • obsimcti'Hi of the local Jiuthoiitics w hich they j s^nse of (ljity, and the Constitution of my conn-
had to encounter. Xware early of the danger that 4r 3’* an “ 4 “ e *® vvs °*
• rnm ac< d the State, besides concentrating troops I 'on remark toat this is the hrst instance in the
| from othtv Departments for its defence, this p e - annffis of the Confederacy of the suggestion of a
partment strained all the pnwe
vested in it for
ruiring the army within the limits of Georgia,
j and accumulating supplies for its support. The
! I* gisi^'ion of the Congress that ended its session
j. in February last had been comprehensive and
j vigorous,
1 Your Excellency can not have forgotten how
j that legislation was denounced and the efforts oi
the department impaired bv the countervailing
j action of she Executive and local authorities of
j your State. To the department it can not be im
| pntei as a fault that Georgia was nvaded b ' aw r
I whelming numbers.” The ten thousand militia
you boast to have organized, without adding to
doubt on tile right of the President to make such
a call, and the obligation of compliance by the
State Executive. Doubtless you are rig
*!.*
nessee and not improbably have buried
back die invaders from the threshold of my State.
If this w ere true aud the movemeuts and strength
ot the enemy were so much better understood "by
the i resident than by myself, as y ou would have
t.iu country believe, why was it that.!he President
made 1.0 coll for the Militia iu May. when the ar-
mh:-- were above DaltonT Why was the call de
layed ii;! the .kith ot August two days beloro At
lanta foil, and then mailed to me too late to reach
Milk-dgeville till after the fal-T If the control of
the whole Miiiiia of the State, by the President,
was so essential to the defence ot Atlai ta, how'
do you account for the neglect of the President to
■ 1 - ... . e 1. ■ the count those y on are proceeding to organiz
ot ihe constitutional Gonimaudt r in (. hit f. J is , i . 4 - - 1 -
i it men
<1 tin
s to their conlro.
mice by the Com
■U r-i?:
all calc
•aln
aa! jab work, of all Ultsds,
i.MI’TEY AND NEATLY EXEC'l TED
A T SS i M OF *' 8 A H .
IIEADQ K8 APtMlEi OF THEC. STATES, ?
I'i binary 11, 1^6-». j
General Oiders. (
No II * I
The discipline and efficiency of the atrr.y have j
been gnatiy impaired l>y men leaving their prop-'
er ccinmands to join otUr«,in which they hi d
service mote agreeable.
This j-ractiee. a ! most as in ju lions in its conse
quence-- as the crime of deseition, by tlio Article' 1
of War expos* s the efu nth r to a similar 1 unishr- j
1 ment, and subjects the officer receiving him tol
subscriber finds a cross mp.rk on 1 dismissal from the army.
It is therefore declared that the provisions of J
Gtiiora - ! Order No ff ot this date from army lo ad- j
quaiters apply to such nun as Lave left their
proper commands and joined others yvitlioui being |
tiT-When , - • 1
bis paper h- will know that his subscription has
expired, or is about to expire, and mustue renew
ed if J*-* wishes the paper continued.
We do not send receipts to neiv subscri
bers. If they receive the paper they may know
u wo have tlio iuon€} •
Subscribers wishing their papers changed
»jin one jiost-oSt' O to another must state the
name of tin-post-office :rCm which they wish it
chauged.
regular transferred They yvill receive the pardon
promised in that order upon comply ing yvitli its
proniiseu
condition
neglecting it
'J'he names
reported to these headquarters by theofficeis
e;.sy to see iiow uncertain
i or retention, must impair
inaiutcr on those tiov J-s, *1
lations for their employment an-1 iffieieney 'in j
l combined operations. An additional ground ot j
rise cal! was. that some of tin se troops had bci 11 ;
detailed for-objects not admitted by the Enrolling j
i Officer-in the state to be authorized by Coated- j
) eratc iayv, and othns yvete claimed as primarily
1 liable, or previously subject-d to Confeder
| service. Tliis had engendered controversy, s
endangered collision bitv-ei u tie* ;o< al. Cooled j
| eratc aud Slate authoriti- s, which it was most j
j disiiable to anticipate and j redudo.
Besides, these Militia, as far as they yverc serv I
I ing yvith the Confederate army, had to he subsis- !
j ted from the eomniissary stores oi the Confedcra-
! cy. and might equitably expect jay from its
Treasury ; but if held as State troops only, both ;
subsistence aud pay constituted a charge on the j
State alone
Serious embarrassments had already arisen on
these very points, an 1 departure had been neces
sary from the regular obligations of the Con ft der-
incorporated yvith the veteran regiments prior to
the 1st ot May, would have been an invaluable
acquisition tc the Army of Tennessee, and net im
probably : ave hurled back the invader from the
threshold of your State That they, or a large
proportion of them at lea-t, yvere not ready for
that ser v! y and other auxiliary means to its oper
ations v e not afforded, I atn bound to think
was due to the obstacles and embarrassment in
torposed by your Excellency and the local au-
ti .- | th'jrities with your countenance, to the enforce
as this !
is unquestionably the first instance in the annals
I of either the old or new Confederacy of nw h a call
| made by the President. It presen's the- isolated j
1 ease of an attempt, by the President to single out ■
[ a particulaT State, and, by grasping into his own (
i ha* ds its whole military strength, to divest it of j _ w
its last \ estige of power to maintain its sovereign- i * or them tiii aft-r the campaign had ended,
!j; not only denying to it the right plainly reser | * u ^ ie surrender of the city to the enemy?
j ved in the Constitution, to ketp troops in time of i Seeing that the President did not seem to ap-
j war when actually invaded, but claiming the poyv- j preciale the emergency, aud the danger to Atlan-
1 er to deprive it of its yvliole militia and foave it 1 ta. upon consultation with that far-seeing Gener-
j not a man to aid in tfce execution of its laws, or j al aud distinguished soldier Jos- uh E. Johnston l
j to '■nppres'8 servile insuirection in its midst. i bad ordered the Militia to report to him aud aid
1 Tiie President demands that Georgia shall tarn the rallaut army of Tennessee. I first ordeted
• over to him, and relinquish her cemmandftind c->n- : out the civil ai.d luiiiiaiy ctficeis of the State
| trol oyer every militiaman now organized i v her I when theariuies wwe near Daitou, and afterwards
Ex* c.utive. and all he rntybe itl.lr to organiz-. The ' called out the reserved Militia, including all be
militia is composed mainly of a class of men and j tween sixteen and fifty -five years of age. when
j boys, between ages pot subject by the laws of they were at Keuesaw.' During all this time and
; Congress or of the State to serve in the Coined- , for nearly l wo momhs afterward, no call was made
The Pre i lent calls for all the State j by the President for their services. If the state-
erale armies.
has of the above deserip ion. As no surh requi- { merits you now make are correct, surely such
sitionVas ever before made upon any State, and ( neglect by the President in so critical au emergeu-
it probably in ver entered into the mind ot anv * cy, involves lit lie less than criminality.
1 the armies, lour Excellency statfcS: J :au sucJ ‘ a ca,ii f m . a ' ,e * u Again, you state, as one of the inducements to
seen and realized the extellt j nevei became nectssaiy to question tae light to I the cal], that I had stated
ment of the acts of Congress for the recruitment
and 'maintenance of the armies. Your Excel le
may not have far-
official
make it ~ | j ’— u ,u -—ciai correspon-
and import of the approaching invasion, but to; .. * ... deuce, that I had ten thousand Mi/UUt organized
whom, tii •'!. w irii n#ost safety and wisdom (apart 1 l°u cite the case of the refusal of the Govern- t ] lat a port i on 0 f t j, Pse wer eknown to be with the
level, from constitutional obligation,) can the | « r " u * Massachusetts ayd Connecticut during the army of Tennessee in some auxiliary relation-om
iisuo.viion aiul coin mand of the troops in question ast war With , G / Pat Br,taln ’ , t0 f,,r " ,sh . troo P* [ or ly a limited number, however, not believed to cor-
,.e ‘committed? ' he common defense upon the requisition of the , 8titute half the number reported b
. . I President of .tbe united States, ami say it must be tnali v organized r J c
In YOUi* second r^asoTl it IS dlfincu*t to lino ildrriitted tliat mv f Oiirsp. ix ana!nanus to theirs**!?! ! v r ?_ •
1 conditions, or suffer the consequences attached to | ate Government, winch were not jti«t to either
I that Government or its disbursing officers. I be
The names of snch absentees will be forthwith I powers of the Confederate Government to provide
: office,s with for the common defence, me-xercise 1 according
GEORGIA, Twiggs County.
It THE REAS, William Faulk applies to this
IT Court for letters of Guardianship of the i
property of Mary Lee, minor daughter of George
W. Leo. •
These ar# therefore to notify persons interested
t> make known their objections (it any they,
navi-) bv the first Monday in Apni next. __ 1
Witness my hand and official signature I-eb-
ruary ff Itii, HG5. 1
:'„S r,t J. E MCDONALD, Ordinary.
whom they are serving, arid immediate measures! to laws through agencies adopted by Congress
♦akeu to leturn tin ra tu their proper commands. None of these laws contemplated the futfi.ment
As scon as practicable an inspection will be I of this duty, by troops organized and held by the
„ admitted that my course is anatooous to theirs “in , Yii„ iwawin tnni»»v.i • » . ,
anything but the ascription to the President of j a u particulars,” and that there was more plausi-if ortanatel f7„ nor ”nf" t “A* n B y°" r .f ttc ^'* ,ld , nn -
un unworthy design—a design that can not bo bility-iu their case than in mine, in the grounds I that, was under vour command ^ ° forc «
accomplish' d without disappointing the object : assigned for refusal. Let us test tins statement
which I have explained as too cause of the requi- By the standard of truth. You say the cases are
'1 he disbanding of the militia organization, | analogous “in all particulars
eir call into service, would result in the 1 are analogous in any particul
made a.:d 1 L."“ vs w i I be preferred against those
who neglect to enforce this order. R.E. LEE.
4n tit General.
’S o the Wemrii *f (■corgia.
Rit'iiViOXl), Ya., February i ; fo
State in its uv\li service, ai d under uilieeis
sponsible only to it. _ •
The Constitution of the C-'nfcderafe States does
not confer on the Slate, the power to keep troops
in time of war. The States are prohibited from
“keeping troops or ships of war in time of peace,
entering i-.toau agreement or con pact with an
other State, or with a foreign pov> » r, or e.n
GEORGIA, Wilcox County.
Ordinary's Office said County.
» V HEKEAS, the estate of Frederic Land *is
7t unrepresented and no person has applied
for i >tt< rs of administration.
Tii"se are therefore to cite all persons concern
ed. that the administration will be vested in the
1'eik of the Superior Court, or some other fit and
proper person, unless valid objections
Given under nry Land officially, tins
of February, I860.
4,1 5t JAS. W. MASH BURN. Only.
Coi stitution of the Confederate State;
17th day
(iKOKtUA. Pulflrki county.
1 1 ’Bf-IUEAS, Lotta (Indwell applies to me for let-
t 1 !,..•« „f Guardiansliip <>f the persons and property
"f!' •• ini’.mrs of Martin Cadwell dee d.
A eraoiis interested, willfile their objections on or
ti '-.rjthe first Monday in April next otherwise letters
oirin.irdiacsliip w ill be granted the applicant in terms
"t the 1,-nv. ... ,, .
* liven under mv hand anil official signature, t.iis -tu,
•i-.v of March 1865. ... .
30 5t JOHN J. SPARROW , (Trd y.
UKOKOIA, J«»ne? Ounly.
(> •,], , irt r if % offirc suiii CJinUj/, March U7 r 181,4
\Y r !lMiIEAS, J..hn J .ek-on jqqdies tome forad-
* V niiniMrutiyn on estateof Lewis Juckaoii d****- ".
Th-se are to cite and admonish all persons nnneeru-
! - r ffiten-sti-d to li;e their objections in this < ffiee l»y
• S 'st Hmuiay ifi next niontli (Apri 1 ,) it any tliey
■*ve to tiie contrary. t
' liven under my hand officially, March 1st, fo'lfo.
KOhANl* T ROSS. Onl y,
(pd.) 40 5t.
1 am in liiehmorid, and am issuing to tlw* gallant
; Gem gian.-eiri the Army of the Nonhern A irginia,
a supply ( f con.-fortable cloathing. Ih.ro issued
to them the last t"kei> of your aiiVctimate leincm
htanceof their manly deeds, and of sympathy
for iheir saerafio-s. which you have forwarded to
me. There is not a pair of socks left in my uepart-
nien-. Although I am conipeiiod to witness the
, sufferings of our troeps. as they tiudge with clio- r- ,
fu! obedience through alternate snow and !,,, ^> 1 i avvs shall Le made in pursuance Uieteof.”
with soc.kless figet, 1 am unable to affitliorate those ! jj di es not imply any withdrawal from the Con-
sulft rings without you aid. 1011 have done nobly 1 j' 8 ,] L . ra - c (j 0 v in ment. of those insiriimeiitalities
i in tr." past About thirty thousand pairs ot sock | an j a g e;lc ies, that the Constitution has confided
have been sent me. 1 kn >w y ou are willing to do j ^j iu (j 0 vernmerit of ilie ('enffideiacv for
even better in future. Without your assistance l j- u '. fi | met;t 0 f the obligations it 1;
our boys must suffer. V oU "i‘l never allow tbun
io suffer while you have power to prevent it.
i A number of ladies have socks on hand made
j from the yarn furnished by.os
forward the same as direct*] below :
\ We have yarn oil hand still. On application
j by a lelfor, or otherwise, to any of the parties
! mentioned below, you wiu be luiuisbed. b lieu
- the socks 2ie r*-Hily they niay be returnc-o to- the
sttion
after their
diseliarge of such of the men as are not liable to
service under the act of Congress of February
last, and those w ho are liable, in such au event,
would be placed in those veteran regiments raised
for Confederate service in the State of Georgia
j prior to April, leffff, whose diminished numbers
I attest the fidelity, valor and suffering with which
! they have performed their duty. Whether,
: therefore, tiie militia be retaile d in their militia
1 organization, as is contemplated, or he disbanded
as you f.ppiehend maybe done, in neither event! States
j can new
oiii ted:
I deny that they
are analogous in any particular. To show the char
acter of that call, I quote the language of Presi
dent Monroe:
“It will be recollected that when a call was
made ou the Militia of that 8tate, for service in
the late war. under an arranaement which was
aiilie applicable to the Militiamen of all the States,
and in conformity with the acts of Congress, the
Executive of Massachusetts refused to comply
with the call.” That, then was a call under an
that was under your command.
In the official correspondence to which I sup
pose you allude, 1 did not state that I had organ
ized ten thousand Militia. The language used,
was, “nearly ten thousand armed men.” At that
time, the two regiments of the State Line, who are
regular troops for the war, numbered nearly fif
teen hundred They, too. were placed under the
Confederate Commander, and nearly fivq hundred
of tln-in, while under his command, have been
disabled or lost upon the battle-field. But if I
had made the statement as you incorrectly charge,
it would have been true.
arrangement alike applicvbleito the Militia of all the G \v BmUn^who ^omnmnds'S DivSn^of
rganizations be made or new officers ap- ^ent^eap^Zle^ | S/S bntT^V!^ f T
\ our suspicions as to the motives and or indeed of any ot tha other States- 1 his is a ■ ’• ■ ^ er the fall of At-
war, unless actually invaoed. or in such munim-nt de»i«i.s ol the Presidei t are simply chimerical. i c*'.I for all the Militia which the Executive
ot
lanta, showed upon the muster rolls of lus Divis-
danger as will not admit of d.-l-iy.” Tiie power of j In your third reason, your Excellency has np- • Georgia has organized or may l,e able to organize. Thi’s'report^did^ot^hiclude^the
kt-i pii’g troops in time Of war, is thus reset ved, parently forgotten the true inquiry, where, consti- I No zurh ealt was made by the President upon the ; tnn mu;*;. o_j i ° i™ 1 . ,
and naturaFy includes whatever is necessary to | tutiouafiy and h gaily, in all such ' ' " " ‘
accomplish the.ofiect oflii- rogervati* n, :.i: is | discretion . ui decision is lodged, aud further, that then at the very first step. But let us f.iace it a i! r ;.„ Gen m j Wrth-hV nZfe a—1
imited iu its scope, and operation only hy the i a provisii.n ad-quafe, in the view of Congress, 1 little further. That was a call for men within the nor ^ * the regiment of Trouo Cq 6
‘and the against abuse, has been provided iu tfcq limitation j age required to do military service in the armies w h;’,.|i iva» «i»ti"n»«.t ix. nJL
of time mr which the Mili'ia may be caifoffi'out,
to si x months In illustrating the danger of undue
detention in Com derate service, your Excellency - the Confederate armies, and of whom it is express-
refers to .the course pursued towards the ir-ops ly declared,.by*act of the L* gislature of Georgia, :
for locai service, * listed by you last under that they shali not be “liable to any draft or oth-
a call from the' Department. During tin. last compulsory process to fill any requisition for
winter, your ExceRney addressed to i. is D.-part- troops upon the Governor of tho 'Siate by the
the United States
exempt by act of Congress from all serv ice in
• lipote
the
u non
i t»
ci
parties from vvhem tlio yarn was receive
want ten tiiou smut pairs tor our b r .v e boys
they l;<xve them I
Ira K EBftbr
M. Gen’l of Georgia. N j
N. B,—Ladies living near site feTlowiHg places i
can forwaid sochs-tothe following officeis. Jte- ■
quisiiiiuis lor y^.rus cun a*so be made upon i
them;
Aiirgusta—Cspt. Jno \V. V,*aik< r
Greensboro—Capt W. G. Cade. -
Slaoon-^Cnpt. J, A. R. Flanks.
Gi iffiu—L'aj.t. L
I be powers to declare war, to raise armies, to
, maintain a navy, to make rul-s for the Government
Wil. they picas, | w f t j, e i a „d and naval ;oices, to make rules con
cerning captures on land and w n-r, to protict
each Ql the Statr-s against iov .-i u, which are
d< posited with Gong!t ss ifianite t the poY; st- of
the* Sta*e in foiming their Cm :ti ufieri, t c! - gi
the Confcdeiate GovmT.n.V ’it -itli t ! -• t . «T u o.
provriiiig tor tiie* coninu n t * :<-nc i m* c uh-’
j-.. 11.Constitution rfoitive to the Miliii.i, wr?
framed in harmony vviib the sain-* j>urpo.v.e. T.;e
Got.-'titu'iqn charges G-rngq st-'v. ith tin organiza
tion, equipment and discipline of the Mi ilia, nd
dtHignatis toe I’reaiifopt as < .’oinmaniier-iu- Chief
of J hose that may »rc caik-uint -s ,* ce.
It was evidently t!:•* d-sr.-ti oj ttie ConstiriT*
ti jn,%!id nithe laws of C. n r t.. in jmrsnnuc-
ibeieof. winch are the supremo ^ aw gl 111 > bind,
that the President should nave the disci< rain and
tii’s midiia into service, and
ment an acrimonious letter oil this subject, which
was n plied to in a spirit of foibearei.ee, and
with careful abstinence from the
listing language.
•fustic-.* to myself demands that I should place
upon the records of tae department tiie facts to
wl:\-h you have ag-iiu alluded in the same lan-
gu r-» of acrimonious reproach. It. find been
d .s’gned to rais - Loops f.r-spi’cial' defence and '
loca (^ivica aa the generai rule tlrrongliout the
tsTro.e. io c- nstitute a part m the provisional
i • t*e subiect to the eft 1 of ih • President
!d-d You asked to b’upervi-' ^i. • • -ii»trcl
;ne whole matter, and unfortunately the privilege j
was yielded. _ •_
You abu.it d it to form )M>n. deseript erga. Iza-
liouc, not cont’oy.iug to tlio regulations t t^i
MC«lit ill Ilit'li,
here,const., ho zucheall was made by t .e President upon the ton Co „ nty Mifitia, which had been detoched for
lattcrs, the , Militia ot any other State. I he analogy fails | local service in the city, under the commlnd of
[t*L US ti UCQ it H ** "
nen within the
a ff e required to do military service iu the armies which was stationed by the Com.nanding Ge'nerii
Tins is a call for men who | at We8t Point, under Brig. Gen. Tyler, of tlm
Confederate army? Nor did it include the two
regiments of the. State Line, which bad beeu or
dered into other Divisions of the Anny of Tennes
see. Nor did it include the Battaliou of Cadets,
of the Georg a Military Institute, who did gallaut
i> i /.i r, e j „ „ „„ - .service in the trenches of Atlanta. Nor did it
I resident of the Uoufoderqte bt-ites, loat vvas . ,. m brace the names of the gallant dead of this Di-
■ | a c ? 1 .- u c ,| 1 p 1 resident could legally make, vision, who never turned their backs to the ene-
se of rtcumi ' and which the Governors had lawful authority to ; m „ j )llt
j fill. This :s a call which tha President had no j ] 1( ,g'pital.
I s’nou'.d place i lawful right to make, and which the Governor th» n,n«.
could not lii! without violatinj
ariay.
These had rendered the last service in
the power ot the patriot to their couutry before the
c | • Tll . v. P 0 " 1 :"® ';, i j U!e President saw the noctssity which induced him to
of i.tv... r e. That v...s -i ian for acme Lrlina call for them, and as they slept at the date of his
who were not mservree, but were at home att&nd CJlliin fhe 8( ,.der s grave, they were unfortunately
mg tu tiiei. ordinary pursuits, fin., is a cad tor una b!e to respond. But if you say that the whole
reserve Milui^, who at the tune it was mad, «n-J , tell thousand were not in the trenches with mus-
" erL *’ Tff!T^t' n l T :T l 1,1 aL tU r m tVfce hands. I reply, that while many were
it lie * -i . t.eiK ms around At. an a, 8 jck aud Boiiift absent without leave, a larger pro-
the cons.ant breed the guns oi the enemy: port ion of the miiuber upon the muster rolls were
merit
Ull
there than ot probably any other Di> ision iu Gen-
It;:,Se ta' flood's army. Aud judging from* the lata
ivisonai Arm.
and about
Kill*
Madison—Capt'. Jno A. Erwin. ■ t; , c p00 f
bsvino- personally or tinoiigii ConrYJ mte Com
officer's, with every variety of obligation far i of a Confed<-rate G> fteral, where they w
r n ice, generally of th‘> most restricted char- s very day the ca.I was made, aud had
J. Gri.rn .’.tin.
Foster.
f t lit in.
of plain iu-
H:h power.
i be papers
GEORGIA, Pulaski county. . .....(
WrilEKEAS. Andrew M Fraser administration of,
) t Morv Sandlin deo'J, has made application ior i
..;•*»!>• ofdisniiiwionfr *m said a lminWration
These are to cite all
'.•(wioos, if itny they c;_- ;
September next,otherwise letters of ndijy--
- granted the said Andrew M. Frazer in terms ol the j V, 1XT y DAYS from date an plication will be
vt-n under my hand and official signature, this 6U, 5 made t-J^Hmorabiatlm'Courio^Ordi^y
'.». <! vf,iren 1“
rmuicrers, the oispiisitiou am
lei.gevTITe—Coi. ira ii roster. In a crisis of g^rcat peril, and
lithe packages are marked Socks far Ute soldiers. yas j on 0l - vour'tit tre. he lias exer.’is- if ?r„ for the del', five -. : the* State, while* in fact, scat ce
the Express Company will forward rbem. and the j mn de tlm Con-tit-.itian-i i> q i.»• ;m-., eo y-.-u .1 cent divisinn cf forfr thousand men could be
officers receiving wil! p y the freight, ’ihe- lacie-s j bavc nict it vv.th a dictri!;-'- rcius;ri I mustered- for the fi.1-1, and those only for’six
will pleaae enclose the Express receipt to the oth- . q- n ; s j s t j, e instance ia it.o aunnli cf the Lmonth- s-;r*:ce. From the time they were liasned
cer to vv hom they ship the socks. Contederacy of the suggesti'.-n ol a uoutit ou the to Confederate service there was pressing neces
of the State will copy three times. 1 . t ,j j0 President io make such call, and the' shy for their presence in the field, for Georgia was
in
lee: ... _ .
acler. Bod for tlm brief period of only six months j some mouths previous.
Ti uv it was that you were enabled to indu-ge toe j j rl that case, the Governors of those States acl-
vain boast of riue.uig suine sixteen tiu-u-aud ineu j judged Ihat no emergency c xisted to justify .lie
call for thfe Militia, after the President had deci
ded that it did, and they rtfused to order fliem in-
> ..nnecticut refused to place the Miliim of
States unffi-r the eommaffd of a Fe leral C< nerat , peecb of {be P>esideot iu MwoTi, a much larged
ms . ii - -1. *a “« * a.rcn .y been P- H( ' ^ I Ilum bCr than the usual average in the armies of
‘ - " ' “ Sf-wnaand I the Gonfodervy.
Vs I understand your loiter you deny that it
by the Got. morel Georgia under
were on the
been for
^“ffifo^fod to file their I and. as the socks are d,muted to tin* soldiers, they O i"jjo. at j ya 0 f the compliance by the State Execu- 1 not only menaced, but actually invaded, and the
'•in on or before the’first Mondav j will pleqge make as*small a charge as possible ! live j * number was too limited to allow substitution or
ferwis.* letters ofadimssion will March 8 4 1 3t j During the last war with Great Britain, a ques- furlough- Apart from this, you persistently
During
..on of th
Massachusetts end Connecticut with the Presi-•
tio„ of The kind-was made by the Governors of c’nimed that they should be held and regarded as
Militia. In that view, they could not, if dismissed.
JOHN J. SPARROW, Onl y.
' VHKRr..VS, Wiley Holland upplie, to
•• i-tratio’n dc-bonL-imo-ou
JM'.Gl V. Wilkinson county.
Ties tome for letters I
the cslnte of
.. late of said county dic'd
,. iiiercfore to cite anil admonish all persons j
lu i„. aud appear at the Ordinary's office, in j
1 c.iiiuty, wii bin »he time prescribed bylaw, j
c lU .,.. jf any they can,why said letters should ,
of Joi.ii id. Dai.iol Jr. dec
l;
Jaa. .’filth, ISfiff. .i
IK IE
G.ELL,A lm*r.
35 i't
dm t ol the then United States. Tliyy claimed be fecal foil on emergency as local troops, and this
to decide whether tlie exigencies ex’sfod which naturally induced their detention tor the full
„ui.L"i iv: -d the Jb esident to make a requsition for i period of their liffiited term of service.
Mitifa to renal invasions, and nisu his power j , To your last reason J refrain from replying, as
to associate -them with other troths under a Fed- i ;. 3 character would justify I cannot think fhe
efnl officer. They nlteciod to believe the e»- [ significftricy of the lyigw^e quetedjias pyn duly
than
j'Vaul county fbr an onfor i -ercise of pitch a power, imperiled Mate Right,, appreciated byyour Excellency. I prefer td
. piopcrty UjloiigJngto the | K nd promoted personal ambition. The judidcal s jdor them asiuconsistant utteranaes rather
3 oi' nahi cqputy deceased, tribunals determined adversely to tl;e pretensions t i,e foreshadowing of a guilty purpose to ariay
GEORGIA. A puling courtly.
S ~ i.\n PAY r date application wiif be mad# to
the Co. i! i t y. T-irv of
to sella poiliy.; ot ...cju.gro
(-:u'i* of Isaac Ogdon Uteoi eaid (onuty deceased, tribunals determined adversely to tin* pretension* the foreshadowing-ot • guilty purpose to array your
this Jiuiuaiy.i3th, 1SU5. t i of these Gov.-mors, and the country did not fail i fltate in tirmed antagonism against th * Confederacy
. f,i v t l-.cv can.wh v'saiil letters should 1 vfl'it [3 i.,i HAWAII L. OGDON. A.'mr'x, io di-cover, lui king under their specious preten- I 4rnd 80 to betray the cause of herself aud sister
Notice-la Debtors and Creditors. ces, hostility, swreely tees than criminal to the I States.
m c t - ■•• * • authorities ot the Union, an urn ( 8nchpurpo.se I know would be scorned and
roils . rebuked by her heroic soldiery and loyal people,
patriotic 1 an j jf w jU no t, vvhjle it be possible to avoid it,
impression; be ascribed by me to one whose official station
l.YTwigg,county. I against sai« decoaseU, will prcecni, uwm uu.y an- either theft or since, that they ! mak^a them their recognised organ. I must,
i; k‘S. benjamin T Rny administrator with theutuated. hiurfi T Admix ! were even in communication with the enemy, or | however, gravely regret" that the spirit of your
6 . ‘ .’'fi.r.i-red noon the estateof James R, Kay ! 1 “■ -n. vcv . j • at least propos- d to give them encouragement and Excellency’s past action and public expressions,
1 " ■-ipplied for letteiH of dismission. j h-b 9,li, , J J > __L- moral support. * * 1 -
1 " T,. r-'r.To to Gtc and admonish, the kindred' —=r —rt : ^ moral supp
io uie apjHtniH* ^ . . j
I ..,, rmv 1, UIJ< | and official signature t,.is
l Hy ‘
l 1
lWw,
F. CII-AMHKF
\Y
at eignaimo i.us “ . , , , . , . .• ri authorities ot tnc Union, an mil
A LL persons indebted to the estate ot V\ ilhs j £ themselves, and » dangerom
•IRS, D. Ord y. j f\ Darrell, deceased, are. roquestec. to make im- ; P| tl)e of war, to cripple patriotic
! mediate payment, and those having deinamls , P-. , ^ o!ie ff e ft*0ce. The impression
-1 fifl-aimst Said deceased, will present llicui dl..y «.l»- . ,1 ..a ... that thev
has caused grievous misconceptions in relation to
the feelings and purposes of yourself, and perhaps
GEORGIA,Berrien coanty'. '*.«.• VV.lliout imputing to you such designs, I can
>• ... j J’ 1 Meceased tha 1 leltersoi'ti, "1 iVll ERE A8, ArtimisLia Grumpier applies tot ^ r ,. p tess apprehensions uf Similar effects ft out ; 0 f others of influence in your State, in the’eonvic-
!■“ '••nrt of o*dluarvofosaid-coimty'unless valid ob-1 FT me for letters ol. Administration with ' lu> . V0U1 - analogous course under the present more | tioDS 0 f our enemies to their encouragement, and
y 3, ■■ | w ;l) annexed ou the.estate oi John B. CsumpUr,. Jja „ ffircnrnstances, as indeed it mu*t be admit-j Gio mortification of many patriotic citizens of the
I ted iu all particulars; and especially on th- main j Confederacy. v
li.-h all p^r-1 ,,„ nt of the existence of invasion, there was more Q ar enemies appe&r
: 'eider my hand and official signature, Feb.'24,
J. E MCDONALD Ord’v.
was the purpose or the President to disbahd or dis
organize the Miiilia, and say he intended to take
the organization, witlral! ita officers, and maiutain
it. I do not pretend to quote your language, but
state what I understand io be the substance. Un-
fostunately, your own record contradicts you. In
to thofieid Iti this case, ti.e Goveinor ol Geor- j the requisition-made by you occurs this sentence,
gia admitted that the emergency did exist, and j‘ Those within the limits of General Hood’s Do-
had ordered them iu months before the President j partment, w ill report to him; those outside, to the
saw the emergency and called for the services of Commandant of the Department of South Caro-
tLo Militia. In triat case, the President w;,s ma-j lina and Georgia.' The line between- these De-
king an honest effort to get tiie Militia of ilassa- partments, cuts in two Gen. Siriuh's Division,
chusetts and Connecticut into s-rvice^to aid in ; and probably three of the four brigades of which
repelli; g any assaults that might be mado by the j iti, composed, aud the requisition orders, that part
enemy. In this case, the President, after the Mil- | of this Division, and those brigades on one side
itia ot Georgia ha t been called out by the Govern- - of it, to report to General Hood, theu at Atlantr,
or and nut into ac'ive service, was using his offi- i and that part on the other Side to the Commai -
cial inihience, as shown by* General Orders Nos daut whose headquarters were at Charleston. But
Od and 6., i..oui*d by his Adjutant General, to get this was not all it amounted to au order in advauv ,
the Mil.tia of Georgia out of service, where they . if I responded to the call, to large proportion of
were confronting the enemy aud shedding their : the Militia then urn. er arms, to leave Atlanta in
blood in the defense of their State. i the very crisis of her fate, and return home and
When they were in the trenches under the fire report to General Jones, whose headquarters were
of the enemy, the President held out, as a reward at Charleston. This would not only have perma-
for theii delinquency in case of their deseriiou j nently divided and disbanded the militia organi-
from the State Militia aud return home, a guaran zation. as it existed under the laws of tho State,
(iCCPflSt* ll •
J These are therefore to cite and admen ir
to have conceived you
any they 1
Witness my hand officially. I oH^LL
r.r. Pd til 10 W E
'■l-ORGIA, Pulaski couuty:
HU RE AS, James M Buchan, temaorary ]
‘ ’ !* l.n’ron Joel Dunn's estate, has applied for
fo’-’uiiuent letters of administra'ion on said estate
j l “ P r >us interested will be and appear at my ot-
' ''' on or before the first monday iu April, next.
*■‘’1 slum cause if anv they can why sniff letters
< not be granted the applicant in terms ot
^ J >:vi n under mv hand and official signature, this ; county, decessed. , ,
M-m-h Oth, 1-65." i HARRIETT M. MORRIS, Adm x.
41 5t. JOHN J SPARROWOrdy. | Febuary, 14itli i860. (J ll ) o<’> 9t.
sons interested, to be and appear in my °ffi‘' c 1 plausibility iu tli-.-ir case tl.au in yours, oa the' sv ere even prepared to entertain overtures of sep-
witliin the time pro scribed by law. to show cause, - oun< ] s digued for rtiusal. | erate accommodation, and that your State, sojust-
ifanv they have, why said letteis should not be ? Excellency's letter, it is i ly proud of its faith, valor and renown could be
Ou analyzing your Excellency - . , .
i ntmaront that th-- prominent and influencing j seduced- or betiayed to treachery and desertion.
' r;i C nvtor,finnrft«»Hnn Fitriuff from a spirit of op i So painful u tnani<estatuon ot the hog^s inspired
CONNELL, Ord'y , ‘ lt ^j J " t ] tl)e Government of iTe Confederate ! by your indulgence of resentments and suspi-
been ’controlled** President, according to j ling ui just imputations, to be co-operating with
vour conceptions, or with the means you advised, j your Excellency m a spirit of unity and confidence.
ty of the privilege of remaining tlrere' in local
companies, to be called out only in emergencies,
to defend their own Counlies and vicinage.
I append to this letter paragraph 1. General Or
ff -rs No. CJj and a paragraph of General Older No
67, by reference to which it will be seen that all
detailed men were required, and all exempts trom
Confederate service invited to enroll themselves
in focal companies at home, with promise that
they should be called out only in emergencies tu
defend the Counties of their residence aud conti
guous counties.
The present Militia of Georgia are efimposed of
j exempts from) Confederate service and such detail
td men as are notiu tho military service of the
Confedera'e States. The Mi.itia of the State, then
at the front, was composed of men of these class
es only. I he order was addressed to nil men of
both olasses. The President denied the right of
the Governor of Georgia to call out the detailed
men for service, and would, if co n sis Le * t, Stand
ready to protect them in case they would d-sert
the Militia service and return home and join his
loca! companies. Thus the strong temptation ot
remaining at home \yas h-M out by the Presid* nt
to these men, il they would ingloriously abandon
Atlanta, when bclengutel by the enemy, and, af
ter desertion from the Miiitia, enlist iu Confeder-
but won Id iiave aided the President in carrying
out his policy already referred to. of withdrawing
the Militia trom Atlcnts before its fall, and com
pelling armed inen, then aiding io its detence, to
leave and report toa Commandant upon the coast,
where there was no attack anticipated from th«
enemy. So determined was the President to ac
complish both these objects, that he did not pro
tend to conceal his purpose, but incorporated it
irito the requisition itself. «
Fast experience has also shown that the Presi
dent will surmount all obstacles to secure to him
self the appointment of the officers who are to
command troops under his control. Soon after
the commencement of the war, Georgia tendered
to him an excellent brigade of her most gallant
sons, lully armed,accoutred and equipped, with
two months training in camp of instruction. He
refused to accept it as it was, but disbanded it, and
re.using to recognize the Commaaiing General
(though every officer, I believe, in the brigade,
trom the highest to the lowest, petitioned- to have
him retained,)scattered tile regiments into other
Brig-des The twelve niout linen «ntered the
service with officers elected by iiieui.and he accep
ted them with their officers. The Constitution of
the Confederate States, as I have heretofore most
conclusively showu, and as the Legislature of th$
