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VOLUME XXW,]
11: ii; If J X. XIS li E T, B A R N E S & M D 011K
I’j'jii^hers aud Proprietors.
HEADQAKTER.S ARMIES CONKED. STATE
”■ February D,18t>5
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ADVERTISING.
ivt. — Five I) jllars per square often
flenern! Ortleri, /
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I„ entering upon tlie campaign about to epet), t
Gereral-in-Ci’i* f feels assured that the sohiierskw
ij'ivt so long and so nobly lairne the hardships
dangeis bf the wat require no exhortation to res]
to tiie call of honor end duty.
With the liberty transmitted by their forefathers
tin y have inherited the spirit to defend it.
The ci.oice between war and ubject submission is
before them.
To such a proposal;brave men, with arms in their
hands, can have but one answer.
Tliey cannot barter manhood for peace, nor the Mglil
of selt-goverumeut for property.
But justice to them requires a sterner admonition to
those who have abandoned their comrades iti the horn
of peri!.
A last opportunity is ofteredt hem to wipeout the uis
grace and escape the punishment of tin ir crimes.
By authority of the President of the Confederate
Slates, a pardon is announced to such deserters ami
men improperly absent as shall retuiii to the commands
VILLE, GEORGIA, TIESRAY, APRIL if 1865.
MASKER 13.
ce between Gov. Brown
Secretary of War.
Tcutive department. )
MfLLKDGEt IU.K, G’A .
November Nth, 18G4. y
SEDDON,
Secretary of War.
(The following concludes the letter of Gov. Brown
to Mr. Seddon, which we were compelled, from want
of room,to break off so abruptly, in our last issue.—
Ed's.
“Without the general disturbance of a c-ail on the
militia, the,organizations nearest to the point* of attack,
would always be readily buuum ned to meet the < mrr-
settee/, and the population result tain cities and net ni
nes would, without serious interruption to their business
or tlumestic engagement*, stand organized aud prepar
ed to man their entrenchments anil defend, under the
most animating incitements, their property and
1 tomes.
........... ,,,,3 You remark aggin,“After the must active ami least
order, at the headquarters of the Department in which j needed portiou of the reserve*, wer« embodied under
j they may be. | the former law, the latter would allow smaller organi-
|,K(i\L ADVERTISING. Those who may be prevented by interruption of j nations with more ItaiitfJrrangeof-eeryiise,. for object
•nrl's sales, per levy often lines, or less,$10 00 j communication, may report within Hie time specified j of police and the pressm;
•20 00
preclude” any farther controversy; as the State, hav- ) questioned till within the la.-t feim days, when he wa-
mg no mfliiiu left, need have no further controversy I greatly enraged that a true bill for murder should hav.
about her right to any particular individuals as part 1 been found by.a grand jury against one of them lot
of it. * { shooting down a citizen int he sheets, who cffrndeu
I ids new discovery of the President of the mode of him by questioning Ids authority over him. Even
settlingu controverted tight, aud the magnanimity nnd j citizen in the Stale, both man and woman,is anested
statesmanship displayed by him in this affair, cannot j in the cars, streets and highways, who presumes to
be too highly appreciated. 'By imitating ids example j travel without a pass. They are arrested witln ut law.
in future, the stronger party can always make a speedy ; and imprisoned at the pleisure ol Government otticials
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kh insertion
of respect, K volutions by Societies;(Obit
•.• ling fit lines.; Nominations for office, i to widcii they belong within the shortest possible time,
nit ions or E fitoriai notices for individual j notexceeding twenty days from the publication of this
urged as transient advertising.
“ Mortgage ti fa sales, per square,
I*k Collector’s Sales, per square,^
Stations for Letters of Administration,
Guardianship,
„ contingencies of ne,ghbor-
tn the nearest enrobing officer, or other officer on duty j defense, vlould these laws be generally acted on.
i to be forwarded us soon us practicable, and upon -pre- 1 ® believed, as ‘till organizationsot toe reserve popu
l»lt0 r senting a certificate from such officer showing cum- ! lation would be secured ior casual needs, as would be
10 00 ! pounce with this requirement, will receive the pardon ! practicable.
I herebv offered.
There is not a word in any of this, about service as
se ttlement wiiii the weaker, without allowing any un-
pleasuul ( tntioveisy about rights.
Your assertion,that my pitsi action aud public ex
pressions have given eneuurngt ment to our enemies,
io the mortification of many patriotic citizens ot the
Confederacy, may bs properly disposed of by the sin
gle renmik, tli at if we may judge of tlie < neoumge-
m tit of our enemies by the general expression of their
public journals, the President gave them more delight,
nope and encouragement, by bis single speech ut Ma
con, than ail the past acts and public expressions ol
my life could have done, lm>! I labored constantly to
uiil and encourage them. He who can satisfy the
enemy that two-thirds of the men who compose our
gallant armies are absent from (heir posts, affords them
delight and encouragement indeed, as they will so
longer doubt, if this tie true, that the spirit of our peo-
piu u broken, ar.d that our brave deiendcis can no
longer be relied on to sustain our cause in the field.-—
All remember the mortification which this speech of
the President caused to.the patriotic citizens of the
Confederacy. Il it had been tine, surely it should not.
have been publicly pruclaimc
Bat 1 am satisfies, it was not tru
the.-tatcmeiit, the Pris.dent did grievous injustice, to
the brave men who dompnse our gallant, self-sacrific
ing armies.
It has also been agreeable to you to speak of my
The housts, lands aud efftets ot the people ol Ueorgit
are daily seized and appropriated to the use of the
Government or its agents, without the shaddow of law.
without just compensation, and in defiance of the Su
preme Judicial Tribunal.of the State : and her i fficers
of justice are openly resisted by the ( flicers of ihe Con
federate States. The property of the famili* s of sol
diers, now under anrs to sustain the Confederacy, is
forcibly taken from them without hesitation, and ap
pro] r,at ed, in many cases, without compensation.
in this state c-f things, the militia aie ntcessary to
uphold the civil tiibunu s of the State, m.d will be useu
torfliat purpose whenever the projiercali is made by tUe
proper authorities.
No military authority, State or Confederate, con be
lawfully used for any oilier purpose than to uphold the
civil nctlinritit a, and so much of it a.-iio- CV.e-tiiution
of mv country has confided to my hands shall be used
for that pm pose, whether civilsocicty, its Coiistitutiou
and laws shall be invaded from without or from within.
Measured by your standard, this is doubtless disloyalty.
Tbblto . ^ ! Li IP I h, 1|< l.i 111 .« I . 1 Ilf f eA 111 |. ti ...ill...
ue, surely it should not -Ttjsttfd by miuv, i-t is high duty to my country.
d by the President ' W- ' Respectfully, etc.
c, and that,An making JOSEPH E. BR
Ian J or negroes, per square
perishable pioporty. 10 days,per sq
Notices,, “J days,
(sure of Mortgage, per square.
LEG A L A D VEUTISEMENTS.
,,t Bind a:rl Negroes, by Adiaiuistrat
nr Guardians,are required by iaw to
,t T.ics'kiy m the month; between the hi
. • l.ir.-noon ami three iu iIk- afternoon, at ih
.use in tlieoounty iu Which the properly i
tend toothtr offenses thau desertion
m
.f these sales must be given iu a public ga-
1 i vs lire vimis io I he day ot sale.
■„ ior j lie sale of personal properly must be
manner days previous to sale day.
, iri the debtors and creditors oi an estute
■ i be punished 40 days.
• tuat application will be marie to the Court or
v for leave to Sell Laud or Negroes, must be
-.1 for t wo months.
, ,. fur let tern of Administration Guardianship,
■ ,- o.i ilis'.i -ri 3tt Jays—for dismission from
itratioii, monthly sir months—for dismission j
eirdiaiiahip, 40 days |
f.. -iorecl->s<li'e of Mortgage must be published j
f ,r fane mouths — for establishing hist papers, •
,// spare of Hirer month «—foroomp*llii..gtitlos I
editors ov adininistratoi s, where bond lias been i
v the deceased, the full space of three mouths, i
i- ifious will alwny s be coutinlicri accordii g to
i • ie . a! recplirclliet:Is, Uulc.-rot l;c-rwis< ordcl t;<i
nd absence j
without permission. j
By ihe same authority, it is also declared that
’ no general amnesty will again be granted, and J
those who refuse to accept the pardon now offered,
1 or who shall hereaf'er desert or absent then selves
without leave, shall suffer such-punishment as ihe
courts may impose, and no application for ciemen
cy will he enti-slained.
Taking ntw resolution from the faith which our j
enemies intend for us, let every man devote ail his |
enemies to the common defense.
. Our resources, wisely and vigorously employed, i
| are ample, aud with a brave army, sustained by a |
determine i and united people, success, with God's :
assistance, can not be doubtful.
The advantages of the entiny will have but
little value it we don’t permit them to impair our j
| resolution. I.et us, then oppose constancy to ad- |
j versjty, fortitude to suffering, and courage to dan j
i per. with tiie fiim assurance that he who gave free, j
j dom to our foie-lathers will bless the ifiorts of
; their children to preserve it.
40 0:. ' R. K. LEE. General.
administration; or to discriminate between loyalty to^
u eause, and loyalty to their master. My loyalty is
only due to my country, you can bestow yours where
your /uteres! or inclinations may prompt.
1 do not consider that tiie point yon attempt to make
about tiie pay amt subsistence of the militia, while
under the Confederate General Commandu'g the De
partment, has in it t^ en a show of plausibility. They
were Accepted by him for the time, as an organization,
and while under his control, he lias the absolute com
mand of them, and the Governor of the State does not
exerci-e the slightest control over them. Wbat pos-
for saying that 1
emergency had passed, they should-be permitted t
return home and attend to their “ordinary avocations,"
t!u*r “! ii.siness or domestic engagements," etc. The
troops recollect how this promise was kept.
But von charge that I bad formed nondescript orga
nizations not conforming to the regulations of the
Provisional army, scant in men and abounding in offi
cers, with every variety of obligation for local service,
generally of the most restricted character, and for the
brief peiiod of only six months.
Each organization formed by me was in conformity
to tin* statutes, Copies ot which yon enclosed as tin-
guide for my action, and for the i-xaet time designated
in yt ur requisition over your own signature. Each
had ttie number of men specified in Cite statutes, and
no one of them had a supernumerary officer, w ith my
consent, or so far as l know or believe The requisit
ion expressly anthcrized me to adept troops for local
defense, of the most restricted character, with “Hie under General Hood should not be subsisted and paid j t'onte.t<
limitations prescribed in their muster rolls, of service i while he commanded them. The truth at the bottom ] rightin'.
only at la/me or at spet ijhd po/nts of. importance."—
ROWN.
ATE STATES OF AMERICA.
War Department,
Richmond, Vic. ]JSbJ,
HIS EXCELLENCY J E. BROWN,
Governor of Georgia . j
Macon, Ga.
Yenf letter of the 14th ult. has be%n received. In j
accordance with the rule I have prescribed to myself •
in my correspondence with you i shall avoid all notice >
of the observations in your letter which do not in my j
opinion tonn matter proper for official communication ; :
and therefore uihcIi of your letter will have no re
sponse. »
An Act of Congress of the 28th of February, ISfil,
provided : “That to enable the Government of the
erate States to maintain its jurisdiction
may claim;” and with these regulation* the«Aet o r
Congress ot August 21st, 1881. was published, which
infliorized the! resident to accept the services of vol-
mteers of sHi-h kind and in + ueli preportion as he nmv
deem expedient to service for such time as he may pre
scribe. tor the defence of exposed places or localities
or such special service ns lie igny deem expediei t
The general'feat tire* of these regulations 1 have
already stated. They define with exactness the con-
•fifioiis as to time of enlistment, the place o service,
the duration <d their special and particular service upon
ihe Presidential ca !. These Were the’ organizations
hut you were expected to form, and you seem to have
entirelv ovt-iloi.kedor forgotten the dutv tiiat you uu-
dertoek to fulfill. J J
}* J‘. ot pretended by you that you earned into
t iled t.us plan for the organization o. the State re
serves, and that your promised co-operation was un-
prodiietive ot li e results antieipamd from it. Y> it
followed the suggestions ..{ year own mind, nnd did
net net. nnd, so tar as tins Depui tun i t knows, did
,:,, t attempt to ac-t,conformable to the views presented
to you.
i made no complaint of your failure to do- tr.is, r.or
was tiie failure made the subject of any observation
mull you assumed thy ground ot being the injured
party, trom which you railed at the President ar.d the
1). partincni, ns wanting in faith to you ; while the fact
was. ii tli ere was any want of tuilh or breach of dutv,
you alone were the guilty party. I recur to the subj. j t
trow simply to collect the misrepresentation of the
conduct ol the Department bv your garbled extiaets
from Us correspondence—extracts which do not ex
hibit tairiy the subject under consideration. I alstain
now from imputing your conduct to bud faith to the
Department, in repelling the wanton and reckless
assault upon the integrity of the adnunisirution of this
Department.
Y our remarks upon the patriotism nnd services of the
people- of Georgia will huve do contradiction from me.
I fullvappreciate both. I Imve not believed that they
could be seduced from their fidelity to the Confederate
States, or their duties uudertheii constitution. ] have
lot supposed that they could bo betrayed into any de
sertion oi the common cause. The unanimous voice of
the L« gislature of the State was not required to assure
t.their truth and loyalty. It has but confirmed
P *1'« opinion that the seeds' of baleful jealousies, suspic-
\ ions and irritation that have so industriously been
j scattered ninorg*theni. have been vvholy UL'prodllCt-
j ive t-f the fruit autinipaled.
Confederate States to maintain its jurisdiction over all ; , tnture that all the energy that
, questions of peace and war, and to provide for the ! ' , e V t ! *kus i niphyed wdl be dverted to the legiti*
' public defence, the President be, and lie is hereby i m.a e m jee o ae.iiev ing the mdcpendeuce of tlieCon-
atithorizedand directed to assume control of all milt- • »'“ tefi , wearing thoffiea.-e and tranquility of
‘•ie Confederacy, ai.d promotirg thereby the tiue
IlEAlK^'liS ARMIES OF THEC STATES, )
iribruary 11, lSUo. jl
General Orders, l
No :t i
The disoiprine and efijcic-iicy of the army liave }
been griatly impaired by men having their prop-
. ‘ ! ft " '
SltDii.
ani Job work) ‘>S’ ft
)M I* PLY AND NEATLY EXECI TED
in which they find
T Hi i S
2" 2 1' K
kilidS, e * cou.mantis t
scrvu-c more agleeable.
This practice, almost as in ju rious in its conse
quence.- as the crime of deseition, by ihe Article*
of War exposes the offender to a similar puuisb-
mc nt, and subjects the officer receiving him to
dismissal front the rimy. » ' il,M "
It is therefore declared that the provisions of
about to expire, and must be renew - j General Order No. 2 of this date from army head
quarters apply to such men as Lave left their
proper coni mauds and joined others without being
regular transferred. They will receive the pardou
promised in that order upon complying with its
conditions, or suiter the consequences attached to.
But while you expressly authorized this I refu
do it, except iu case of companies of mechanics amt
other workmen in'cities—the operatives hi factories,
and tiie employees of railroads, etc-, when the nature
of their avocations made it actually nt cessary. In all
other case-I refused to accept the companies when
tendered, if llicir muster rtdls did not cover and bind
I them to defend, at least otic fourth of the whole ferri-
! tory of the State. Many of them covered the whole
i territory of the State with the conditions of t!
I ter rolls. Some complaints were made at niv course,
! because I required more than was required by either
j nets of Congress, or the requisition ot the Secn-tm y. of
War
sib!** pretext for saying that he may'not order this ,
division .-iihsiste*! and payed as well as any oilier divi* 1 tary operations in every Slate, having ivfeieuce
ion under Ids cominaml ? There is just as much reason 1 connection with questions between said States, or any
for saying that a Division of Georgians, under General them, and powers foreign to them.” On the fit ii
Lee, should not be subsisted and paid by the (touted- ! March ot the same year they empowered the President
erucy, while under his command, as that this Division i “to employ the militia, military and naval forces ot the
under General Hood should not be subsisted and paid j Confederate States t» repel invasion, maintain-the
possession of tin* Confederate States in every
f all this is so visible, that it cannot be concealed even | portion ot the territory belonging io each State, and to
by an attempt to muddy ihe water. ’ j secure the public tranquility and independence against
1 find the statement emphasized by yon, that the
tec
the
greatness of Georgia.
W ry respectfully, your ob’d’t serv’t,
JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of YVsr.
Iron: kiichmond.
rajp When a subscriber finds a cross mark on j
his paper lie will know that his subscription has j
expired, <
i if ho w ishes the paper continued.
YVedo not send receipfs to new* subscri- .
rs . If they receive the paper they may know
at we have received the money.
' m \f" Subscribers wishing their papers changed , neglecting it
o one post-office to another must state the j The names ofsnch absentees will be forthwith
f the post-office Irom which they wish it reported to these headquarters by the officers with
. une c
hang;
d.
GEORGIA, Twiggs County.
lirilEREAS, William Faulk applies to this
M Court for letters of Guardianship of the
property of Mary Lee, minor daughter of George
\V. Lee.
These are therefore io notify persons interested
ti make known their objections {if any they
:,ave) by the first Monday in April next.
Witn- ss my hand and official signature Feb
ruary 2 Ith. I’-GS.
fit J E. MCDONALD, Ordinary.
GEORGIA, Wilcox County.
Ordinary'$ Office said County.
VALERKAS, the estate of Frederic Land is
? unrepresented and no person has applied
r testers of administration.
These are therefore to cite all persons concern-
1, that the administration will be vested in the
i ik of the Superior Court, or some other fit and
jmper person, unless valid objections
Giv n under my hand officially, this 2/th day
i: 1-Vbruary, IdtiY
40 fit JAS. W. MASHBURN, Ord'y.
whom they arc serving, and immediate measures
taken to return them to their proper commands.
As.seon as praiftirable an inspection will bo
made and charges w ill be prefesred against those
who neglect to jnforce this order. R. E. LEE.
•Ill fit General.
[i:\iKurj NT AIK OF GEORGIA, j
Adjuta\t asd Inspkctor Gkskual's Office.
Miliedgc-viie, March 20tli, 1 ififi. )
Special (Orders, f
\o. UI. S
I. It is witii pleasure that the Governor has revived
•lliriiil iufonnaticn trom Mujor-Gehcrai Sam Jones,
Comd’g. the District of Sou tli-Western Georgia aud
Florida, of the complete repulse of the enemy in liar
demonstration upon Tallahassee. As the attempted
invasion, however, though foiled may be renewed, and
if successful, imperil the counties ot Georgia adjoining,
and in tlic neighborhood of the Florida liue, liis Ex
cellency directs that tiie-militia of tiie Counties of
Ware,' Clinch, Lowndes, Berrien, Colquitt, Thomas,
Decatur, Mitdhell, Baker, Early and Miher, hold them
selves in readiness to meet any call upon them for ac
tive service in defence of their homes that Major Gen
eral Jones may require, and His Excellency orders and j
enjoins prompt and full compliance with the orders ol
General Join s iu such emergency. Aidea-de-Camp of
Districts embraced in this detail, will see that T»n*per
support is given to General Jotoes should lie Vdl for
Another change is, that when called c-ut ‘‘scare* 1 n
decent divisi«*n i I I* urtho. send men cnuld.be n us!*ie*i
for tiie field, and li en only for i.e months." Yotir
ob'ivioiisrc-ss of facts, as well ns of records, is indeed
rciiiai kable. < Inly those whose muster rolls embraced
Atlanta and the territory lx tween it and the Tennessee
recalled out till pear, iiie end of the peiioulor
wiiieli all were enlisted, and you get a dixision of
many more than for thousand within that boundary.
Tiie others, over twelve thousand, weie at home,
engaged in their “ordinary avocations,” ready to re
spond to your call in case of an “emergency,” or “sud
den incursion of the enemy” But you never called
for any of them till a short rime before the end of the
term of their enlistment. Those you then called
threatened invasion.” .These Acts of Congress do not
exceed the competency of that body under the Con
stitution! They eonter plenary powers upon the l’resi-
deut to employ all the military power ot ihe Confeder
ate States to meet the extraordinary emergencies that
might arise, and which were then Ion-shadowed
do not deny the existence of the emergency anticipat
nnd provided for by Congress. Y'ou simply contend
inns- i it. But admit your statement, and what follows ?— j that you should employ the militia instead of ihe J'resi-
You were obliged to-admit in the next sentence, that ! dent. Tuat you should conduct some military ope ra
the States di.d reserve that power. Having reserved ! )hnw, rather than the President, and that Congress
it, they are-eertainly authorized to exercise it. As yoir j judged unwisely in confiding power to him, rattier
admit, thc-y not oruy reserved the power, but. the re j than to yourself. In my judgment, these Aids id
servatiim naturally includes whatever is neci-ssaiy to ; Congress bui*l y-*u, both as ;i cilizen and an l liner,
neeiimpiish the object of it. But you then attempt to i and y*> io ,ve p umpt, cordial mid uidiesitat ug idieda n,-e
it away, by denying that the reset vatiou
Constitution of the Confederate States does not r/>ufer
oi) the States the power to keep troojis iu time of war.
A- the States were sovereign and possessed all power
when they formed the Constitution which gave life to
the Confederate Government, neither the Government
■ftrtrrae Constitution could confer any power on .the
Mates. 'I liev retained all that 1 hey did tot confer upon
YYe had the pleasure, yestei day, says the Constitu-
! tionalist, 23th, ot meeting Major John 8. Hope, of
Lieut. Gen Taylor's start, who has just arrived iu
j our city, after a somewhat tedious trip of ten days
| from Richmond. . 1
Major Hope l*-ft the Confederate capital on the 14th
V 1 ! I in.-lii nt. and brings us later aud more direct inttligenee
trap we have received by mail. The condition iff
affairs eastward by no mean gloomy, and there is
but Idle can .-tor despondence. In fact, tiie people of
Virginia and the grand army of General Lye do not
manifest tin-least syinyiom iff gloom. They are not
nuiy sanguine, but drtiu.t. Tiio^b-st spirit poshib e
i-e. \ ados til*- people ol tin- 011 Dominion. Long tacts
■ io ! lm-iaueholy Words are a rarity in Richmond.—
Cioaker.-,
.explain o away, oy denying mar, rue resei vailou means
anything, aud in eff'-et, contend that the Confederate
-Government may take from the State the last one of I
the troops whieli she has reserved the power to keep,
without.violating the resei ved’ rigtits of the Stale. In
other words the State hasplaitily reserved the right to j
keep troops in time of war wneu actually invaded— ;
But thie right, you in effect, say, is fiitmrdioHte to the j
will of the President, who may take the last one- of I
tli cm from her whenever he chooses fo do so.
.According to your mode of r. u-xmo.g, .1'n State or j
an individual Uelegates certain powers to an agent,
ami reserves certain other powers, the reserved pow-
you never even armed, and it was believed by them ers are limited by, and subordinate to the delegated
that they were only assembled for the oonvenience of powers, and may be entirely destroyed by them when,
the [conscript officers to save them the trouble of | in the opinion of the agent, this is necessary to enable
I assistance upon their count!
GEORGIA, Jones County.
l.ditiart/'ioffice said county. Mart i/ 1 si, ISb5. .
\\ r ME REAS, John Jackson applies tome tornd-
t r ministration on estate of Lewis Jackson dec d
I -- are to cite and admonish all persons concern
r.-rested to tile their objections in this office by
lust Monday in next month (Aprih) il any they
uavs to the contrary.
i. n under my band officially. Marrh 1-t, IMG.
ROLAND T ROSS. Ord'y.
(pdj 40 fit ■
GEORGIA, Pulaski county.
UKREAS, Andrew M. Fraser administration ot
Mary Sandlin uec’il, lias made application for
of dismission fr *m said administration,
si- are to cite all persons interested, to file their
: .mis, if ii ti v tlu-v can,on or before the first Mouduy
pt inbe.r next, otherwise letters of admission will
anted the said Andrew M. Frazer in terms of the
Bv command of Hi Excellency the Governor.
'(Signed i HENRY <’. WAYNE,
Adj.'& Ins. General
Official;
Jso. O. VKRUIt.I.,
Asst. Adj’t. General.
4” 2t.
S IXTY'-DAYS from date application will be
made to the honorable the Court of Ordinary
of Puhcki county for leave to sell, the real “estute
of John M. Daniel Hr. deceased.
B. II. HARRELL, Adm’r.
J.111. noth, ISfifi. J.J.S. -Ifirtt
sr>on
\ • ti under my iiund
**f March ISt*;
30 fit.
.1 official signature,this lith
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\Y
EWAKD.—BUNA WAV OR STO
LEN.
I jtllOM my house in Wilkinson count
inst. my 'negro Imy Ben, 2J years
complexion, 5 feet fi inches high, lias
walk, and when spoken to, a down cast look.
A lib.-ral reward will be paid tor tiie delivery of said
boy to me, or his confinement in Jail so that 1 can get
bun. If stolen I will pay the above reward ior the ne
gro and iifo*_*f to convict the thief.
S. J. 1AJK.1).
Toomlqsboro Wilkinson Co Ga.
March 21st 1885. Pd $10 4S 2t.
O'oofederate Taxes.
I am requested to give notice that all who do Dot pay
under"mv liaml anil official signature this | their tax tor hist year in thirty days, will be dealt with
jggj ’ ) according tolaw, viz: Taxes on property, income, sak-
ffVfit F CHAMBERS. D. Ord’y. < rv. frt per cent, profits, and 4th qr, on gross sales for
-• — — I veirlSfit.
Those win. have not given iu I In-ir income, salaiy and
10 per cent, profits for J8lil, will cal! on the Assessor
and make liieir roturns and pay up.
ROB’T. MICKLEJOHN, Assessor.
J C. Will LAKER, Collector.
42 41 fi'kh Dist.
searching through the country to see if any among
them were subject to eonseripti. n. Nobody pretended
that there was any-‘emergency,” or “sudden incursion
of the enemy” at the time of the last call, in the sec
tions ot the State they agreed to defend. 1 have gone
thus fully into this record for the purpose of showing
the palpable injustice which you attempt to do me.
aud of exposing the flimsy pretext under which you
seek to defend the bad faith which was exercised by
the Government towards the gallant men who, by their
prouipt respouse r niurethan doubly filled your requisit
ion in its letter and spirit.
As ;► last means of escape you say I peisistetiily
claimed t lint they should be field and regarded as
militia. “In that ease llnw could not. it dismissed, he
ri called on emergency ns local troops, and tins natural
ly induced their detention for the full period of their
limited term of service." J should have been greatly
obliged if you had given a reason why Militia, mustered
into service for the period of six months, \yjtli the ex
press promise that they should be permitted to remain
at home In the pursuit :»f tlieir “ordinary avocations,’*
excipt in “emergencies" or to meet “sudden ajid
transient incursions of the enemy," could not receive"
furloughs nnd icturn home between “emergencies"
or “sudden and transient incursions of the ene i y.”
and reassemble oc. the recurrence of tiie emergency.—
Why could net the same men, living in the same dis
trict, united for the same purpose, to defend the same
territory against “sudden and transient incursions of tin*
enemy,” have received furloughs to return home and
attend to the pursuit of their “Ordinary avocations,”
if called Militia and commanded by officers appointed
as the Constitution provides, hv the States :— as weH
asil called local companies,and commanded by officers
appointed b/Ilia President / What strange magic is
thereabout the President's com miss iou which would
him to execute, to tlieir fullest extent, the delegated
powers. In other words, the reserved powers are to
• be construed strictly, aud the delegated pffwers liber
ally, and the reserved are .to yield to the delegated
whenever there is apparent conflict. 1 confess I had
not understood this to be the doc.rine of the State
Rights or Jeffersonian school. I had been taught that
the delegated powers are to be construed strictly, and
- in case of a delegation of powers with certain reserva
) lions, that the delegated powers are limited and con
trolled by the reserved powers. This well established
rule fsttpudiated by you when it conflicts with the
purposes of the Confederate Administration, und you
claim that the-power reserved by the States Ut keep
. troops in time of war, when actually invaded, simply
! means that they may keep them till the Confederate
Executive chooses to call for und take the last one of
them out of their control.
To justify all this, you are driven to the usual plea of
necessity. You say it was necessary tnat. the whole
militia of Georgia should be iu Confederate service,
and subject, not to my judgment or disposal, but to
| the control of the Cou-titutional Commander-in Chief.
1 deny that the President is, or ever can be, without
tiie consent of the State, the Constitutional Coinman-
der-iu-Chif of the trkole militia of the State. When
we take the whole contest together, the Constitution
is plaiirupon this point. He is declared to he the Cam-
nuiuder-iii-Chief of the Army and Navy of the Confed
erate States and of the militia oi the several States,
‘/rh.-H ttpJh'd into the actual service of the Confederate
States. . -
Congress has power to provide for calling forth the
militia, to execute the laws of the Confederate States,
-upprei-s iiisixrivctions and repel invasions.
Congress has power to provide for org raizing, arm
ing and disciplining the militia und for governing such
it tuere ever iveri auj;..hve disappeared
t > Ifu-m. * before the buoyancy of publid sentiment. Kv.ry ni;:n
In stating the parallel case ot the condnat of the ic- , isulmt , (1 rafra-p/c as a soldier, and prepared tor the
fractorv Governors ot Massachusetts and Conm-eticut j gr . at struggle whirl, is sa imminent Whenever the
in the war with Ureat nntain, nunng lli^ aauunistifi- tocsin of al/isTn i.-i i
lion of Mr. M udison, 1 was aware that the former lmd
the support of tlu; opinion of the Judges of that Mate,
as contained in a letter addressed to him. and as cited
by you. They had also tiie support of their State
Legislatures, and of the resolves of the Hartford Con
vention, composed of delegates trom those and other
States. The authority of these different public officers
and agencies support your Excellency ; but the judicial
opinions of the 8uprcune Court offiVeW York, and ol
the Supreme Court of the United States, as rendered
in the line of their duty incases before them, and the
general sentiment of the people, and the uniform ac
tion of the authorities of loyal States, afford no such
support.
Mnj. Gen. Cobb informs the Depai tme*t that he
has made satisfactory adjustment of this difficulty, aud
I dismiss the subject without further remark.
Ih the summer of 1863, it became apparent tliatun
Bounded, all classes rush to their
postsin the trenches. Tuore are mi laggards and no
exempts among these. Virginians—old aud young,
the business man and the cUrgymau, physicians and
sportsmen—all rally ut the word.
Both Generals Lee and Grunt had massed tli* greater
proportion ot their forces on the lines confronting the
koutlieido rail read There, just So soon as the weather
will render the roads aud fields passable, the next
terrific struggle of the war is to take place. What
are general Lee’s forces it would he impossible to
state. They are, however, ample, and the men are
sanguine of success. On the north side of the Jamas
j river, immediately in front of Richmond, I^oagstreet
maintains his position, nnd is prepared for Sheridan,
i who has lately reached the White House. Events in
| North Carolina may render the evacuation ofRteh
rnond politic without the great struggle which now
, , , . , c . - - , i seems impending, but it will only be done as a measure
less the population of the different States who were not I of prudence and for the attainment of greater .esults
embraced m the Acts of Congress of the Rth April and * -> - -— . .. . . «
iu the luture. Lynchburg has been very strongly
fortified, and is in impossible dunger from any s lire©
This cheering view of the situation is that of tho
caIiii, sagacious experienced officer, who lias Seen
much service,aud may be relied upon.
Exemptions and Details.
It will be seen by reference to the telegrams in our
yesterday morning’s issue, that Congress has very
properly refused to clothe the President with all power.
enable men, organized for service under officers hold- purl of them as may be employed in the service ot the
ing it, to receive furloughs when not needed for service,J Confederate States. Then comes the qualification,
which the same men,.organized for the nime service,I The State* reserve the right to keep troops intimeofwur,
could hut get if their offineis rtccivAl their coumiis- wheii actually invaded. It she is invaded, under pro-
sions in the consatitutional mo le trom the State*? If vision made by Congress, they may b ■ called forth,
the same companies, composhd of the same officers T if the emergency requires it If she is invaded, she
and men, may be tempornnjy dismissed when net need- ! may keep snch part ol them as she.tiiinks proper, under
for the service they have engage' 1 , f'* render, when j hdr reserved right, and they cannot be taken without
JOHN J.SPARROW, Ord’y. j
GEORGIA. Wilkinson county.
ITKKEAS. Wiley Holland applies to me for letters i
of administration de-bonis-iion on the estate of I
S. Pierce. late .of said county dec’ll,
lese are therefore to cite and admonish all persons j
,-ri-d. to be and appear at the Ordinary s office, in |
f*);- -aid county, withiu ‘he time prescribed v j\ law , '
-how cause, ii any theycau,why said letters should (
I, ■ granted to the applicant.
Rl.\, Twiggs county.
ItKAS, Re/.-jamin .T Kay admini-lrafor with
1 Hiinexed. upon the estntcof James' R. Kay
' , » applied for letter^of dismission.
■ *• • hen-fore to ciU* and admonish, the kindred
t* r* **i -aid deceased tiiat letters of disuii-sion
I., ,;,]]» q-. Ray. at the September term of
' Ordinary of said couuty, unless validob-
fJYVVO months, after date application will
JL uyde to the Court of Ordinary of Baldwin
called by .the name -‘local companies," why may
this not be done when lliey are called by the name
MUltra '
i. As no reason <‘an exist for the cist irn tion you at-
j tempt todraw as a jiistificotion ol the President's con-
on tiie 18lh 1 duct, none was assigned by you. It i> simply absurd
face, black ( to say that militia cannot he fuilougliedand sent home
ivacgerin when not needed, to he recalled when needed. But lor
“ the interruption of our militia organization, which
grew out on the Conscript Act of February In t, n-
stead often thousand, I c-*uld have si-jit, nearer thirty
thousand to Atlanta to aid in it- defense
The Legislature, untoituiiati-ly lor Georgia, turned
over br the Pres-'deiit s control that part oi the oig.ni
zed miKtm within the ages speeilic.i u; tin-act ot Con
gress, mid when the boll!* of jieril ('tlTTTt’, onr Cl ryi tlle
lnrge iiumfier embraced in the act of Congress and
turned over to his control by the resolution of the
Legislature, he had not a single one at the front with
a musket iu his hands to aid in tiie defense of tin*
State. Of all the Confederate, resi rves, to which the
State was fold she might safely look for defense, not a
man with amuskei jn his bunds wa#at the Toi t during
the whole march of the Federal army from Dalton till
its triunqilinut entrance into Atiat.fa. And if action
had been delayed until the President railed, ns shown
by tin- date of his cal), not u man id'all the reserve
uiditia of the State Would have been tjiere.. Tne Con
federate reserves - organized were uot sufficiently
numerous io guard the" unarmed Federal prisoners iu
the State, and I had to -furnish, when their services
were much needed nt the front, a battallion ol militia
to aid them. ‘ . .
.The interruption by the State authorities, to which
27th September, 1862, providing for the public defence,
usually termed Conscription Acts, wtre organized for
Service, that the country would be exposed to frequent
and injurious incursions from the enemy, by which it
would be'devastated before'the means of delence could
be carried to the place of invasion. A proposal fur the
organization was prepared and communicated to the
Governors of all the States. This plan was to organize
alt the inm-conscript population iu companies tinder
the Acts of Congress to provide for the local defence
or speeinl service. These Acts provided only for vol- ^
uuta'ry enlistments, aud an alternative, or rather an 1 in reference to exemptions. Instead of doing this, they
auxiliary proposition, was presented to faciliate the ; have taken the power out of the hands of the President,
accomplishment of this leading and prominent ob- try revoking all the details he has heftrofore made. Iu
ject- _ i doing this, they hare -‘hit the nail on the head." Con-
I a dressed you on the 6th of June, 18fi3. a letter on gross, iti the report concerning the recommendations
the subject, a telegram on the 12th. aud a second letter of the President, discloses the tact that the classes ex
on the i'Jth of the same month. The General Orders enipted by law, e *st of the Mississippi, now embrace
of the Department, embodying, its views as to the mens- I only nine thousand men, while teeenty-tvco thousand
urc, were published by the Adjutant aixi inspector | have been detailed bv Executive authority. Because
General, the 22d June, 1863. These orders required of their abases, Uongress has revoked ail details here-
that those companies should be formed tor service | tofore made, aud restricted the exercise of this power
during the war; tiiat they were not to be called into so as to make it apply only to conscripted minister*,
service except in cases ot emergency ; that they were We think that Congress has taken tne proper view
not to be employed beyond the limitsof the State : that , of this question, and tne plan adopted will adu greatly
when the emergency terminated they were to be dis- i to the efficiency of theunny. It cannot he denied that
missed to their homes; that service in those companies the detail system has been greatly nMBsed, aud has
would excuse tiorn service as militia ; tiiat tlioKu coin- dune much to impair the effective "fighting force of the
pauies were preferred to militia organizations; that j army.—Bulletin.
they were to be armed Cy the Confederate States as « , ,
tar as necessary, and were to be paid by them w bile in |
service. A copy ot this order is eueloscd.
q hese views were disclosed in the letters 1 have be- i
fore r< ferreii to. The extracts you have made from j
them to defeud your conduct ito not leptesent the
vu-ws of the Department fairly.
in my letter ot the 61^ ot June,I stated the necessity j
foi organization of the non-conscript population-, the
many and grave objections to the, use ot the militia;
[From Porter's Spirit of the Times J
THE MAID I LOVE.
BY 11. L FLASH.
r consent. The whole ease is in a nutshell. Con
gress may provide for calling ‘forth the militia, and for.
governing such pari of them' as are employed, in the I the superiority oruie system « ucrcuw “ >’J
M*rvice ut the Con:ed?rate States# The Prt*t'id**ut h, ; voliu-tary oiganiz&tiuiis tur home <leteiice, unu the
ior the time, Comamnder-ia-Cliief of all who are »» | motive* ilndl might be addi efcae**,tu the people, to_ adopt
\'iaploy 0 d. An«l all may be so employed, except anch that mode ut defence. 1 stated ia th if letter tnat:
as the State determines, to keep, by virtue e*t her re- I “For this (the organization) the legislation od Congress
served right m time of war. when actually invaded.— 1 lias made a full provision by two laws one entitled An
These Congress has no right to call forth, and no right ! Act to Provide tor Local Defence an*. Special Service,
to provide for governing, and of these the President is I approved AugiiBt21st, 1861: the other entitled An Act
not the Constitutional Couimander-iu-CLief, but the to Authorize the Formation ut Volunteer Companies j
Governor of the State is, so loug as the State keeps for Local Defeuee, approved October l-ith, 18b_ ; to
them, ami she has nn unquestionable right to keep | which your attention is in vited, and ot which, as they L
them ns long as th'e invariou Of her territory lasts. t are brict, copies are appended, c inter the former ot f
This I UllderstiU.d toJm U*e ounstitnlt.uad ri.rU* f it nrw-nGarions eonld be effeeie/l lllfil-I
rate ot Georgia. By this, ns tier Executive, i
be
. p _ T _ r ^_ f
* my baud and official signature, Y eh. 21, ' col | n ty*to sella portion of the slaves belonging. y,,u *efer, is entirely" imaginary. After the decision
to the estate of Thomas II. Morris late of saii> of the Legislature your officers were left perfecTy free
w
J. B. MbDONAI.D Ord’y
■ 'IA. Pulaski county:
’ ;U'V‘P • . x« l>
comity, deceased.
HARRIETT M. MORRIS, Adm’x.
Febuary, I4th 18ti.fi. (J. II.) Ut.
, nt 'ii Joel Dnun s estate, has a.iplied for
’ ' ; ter* of adnrinistra'ion on said estate j
‘ ** ifkerosted will be and appear at in/ ol-,
'’-litre the first inonday in April, next.
:, Aa;tse Mi
etllj
GEORGIA, Twiggs County.
A T the May term of the Court of Ordiiiaiy of
j\. said comity. Mrs. Missouri A. Champion, Ad-
■ rue pm .uui.u^ ... -e-- - - ministrat.ix of Etias F‘ Champion dec’d. will ap-
. it any they can why said letters ply for leave to sell one negro man named lom,
,; Jfc he granted the applicant in terms of j belonging to said estate.
(. ' . . I
» f ,' M under mv hauJ and ofiicial siffnature, this j
3iarc, ' ,; :h. l-o.fi/
41 “b JOHN J. SPARROW Ordy^ !
'h bJilA. Twiggs County.
? ... 1 "Urt of Ordinary March term 18Gfi
j Appearing to the Court that by the death of
• has F. Champion late of said county dec'd.
'* »l 11 A D
belonf
March Tt’n, 18G,>.
J E. MCDONALD Ord'y.
40 Ot.
states of Hartwell A Epps, Thomas P Epps,
Liward C. Epps are ltft without legal repre-
r n !r - C it is therefore ordered th^t parties in in-
r, "t apply u t the May terra of this court to rep
7 l! E states, in «Iefaiilt of which, the court
ir ‘‘ appoint the Clerk of the Superior, or lnfer-
r 0,ir t* or some ottier suitable person.
J F.. MCDONALD Ord’y.
‘ •n March Glh. istifi. 40 5t.
GEORGIA, Twiggs. Coumy.
A l t i, e ifor term of the Court of Ordinary ol
Twiggs County, A. B F. McWilliams, will
apply for letters of administration on the estate of
Jacob W. Collins late of said county dec’d
Given under my hand and official signature at
Marion, this March Uih, 1^-
40 fit J- E. MCDONALD Ord y.
DK llAlX
AS REMOVED to the house reeently occu-
Mj
pied by Mr] McIntosh.
Office in Confederate Union Building-
MilleJgavile March 10th, 18tifi
4! tf.
toexe<-ute the law of Congress in itrf rigor. But it it
were real, surely the President, with the aid of his largc-
loree of officers in this State, should have been able
to get somebody to the front'. A singV man w ith a
good musket might have rendered some as-istai.ee
Or if this, by reason of iueftieieucy, cou!*l not he done,
if he had ordered his corps of conscript officers there,
as I ordered the State officers, they were sufficiently
numerous to have done essential service. For even
this favor, at that critical period, the people of Geor
gia would have beeu under great obligations to
liiui.
I must not forget another ground of tiie call, ns you
term it, w hieli was that some of these troops (the ten
thousand organized militia) had bead detailed lor ob
jects not admitted by enrolling officers ot the State to
be authorized by Confederate lair, anil others^ were
claimed as primarily liable, or previously subject to
Confederate service. This, you say, had “engendered
controversy,” whieli it was most desirable to “antici
pate and preclude.” As Confederate enrolling qfficeis
hud denied the right of the State to make details, an*,
had claimed certain men whom the Governor held
as pait of.tlie militiaof the State, and as the Governor
did not at onco vichl to the pretensions ot tia>se Con
federate officers, but was disposed to contend tor the
rights of the State, the President, unwilling to allow
the controversy, determined to relieve the State of her
tehole militia, by making requisition for it, and taking
it all into bis own hands, which would “anticipate aud
stand, and regard-with perfect indifference all assaults
upon either my. loyalty or motives by those who deny
this right, or seek to wrest it from her, to increase their
own power or gratify their own ambition.
A word as to the use I shall make of this militia and
of all the troops at the command of the State. No
sentence in iny former letter is an “inconsiderate ut
terance.” No word in it justifies the construction, that
I will array mv state in “Hnned antagonism against the
Confederacy.’’ On the contrary, I will use the troops
to support and maintain all the jftst rights aud con-
tutioos presented iu the muster rods of service only at I
home, or at specified points of importance withiu the !
particular State, they would be admirably adpated to j
obtain the desired ends, of calling out those best quail- !
tied for the service, of employing them only when and t
so lon^ as they might be needed; of having them ani- ;
mated with esprit dii corps-, relrant on each ottier and
their selected officers, and of thus securing the largest
measures of activity and efficiency, perhaps, attainable
fiom other than permanent soklieis. Atter the most
active aud least needed portion ot the reserves were
embodietbunder the former law, the latter would allow
stitutioual powers of the Confederacy, to the fullest i emahftr organizations with more limited range o!
extent. No Stn.e is truer to the Confederacy than
Georgia .- and none will make greater sacrifices to
maintain its rights, its just powers and independence.
Tly; sacrifices of her^jeupl# at home, and the blood of
her sons upon the battlchel*!, have abundantly e.-rab-
•lished thia truth. But while I will employ ali ffie force
at my command, to maintain all the cowututioual
rights of the Confederacy and of my State, I shah not
hesitate to use the samo force to protect tiie same
rights against external assaults and internal usurpa
tions. Those who imagine themselves lobe the Con*
. fedcracy, and consider only loyalty to themselves as
.loyalty to It, and who recognize in neither the-people
nor tin* States uuv rights wiiich conflict with their pur
poses or future designs, doubtless see in this tLe “tore-
shadowsing of ujpui.ty purpose.” It is, to say tiie least
of it, a fixed purpose.
It Ls not only my right, hat my duty, to uphold the
constitutional rights and liberties of the people of Geor
gia, by fjiice, if necessary, against usurpations and
abuse of power "by the Central Government’ The
militia is, an-ter the Constitution, one of the proper,
instrumentalities for that purpose. There is scarcely a
single provision in the Constitution, for the protection
of life, liberty or property iu Georgia, that has not
been and is not noiv constantly violated by the Con
federate Government, through its officers and agents.
It lias been but a short time since one of the stores
of the State of Georgia, containing property, in the
peaceable possession of the State, was forcibly entered
by a Confederate officer, nnd the property taken there
from by force, I bad no militia present at tiie time to
repel this invasion of the rights of the sovereign State,
but dhould have had them there soon if the property
had not bpen restored.
A single.Confederate Provost Marshal, in Georgia,
admits that thirty citizens aud soldiers have beeu shot
by his guard, without his right to shoot diticous being
vice, tor objects of police nnd the pressing contingen
cies of neighborhood defence. Could these laws he j
generally acted on, it is believed as tuff organization of !
tne reserve population uoiild be secured for casual i
needs us Would be practicable."
I closed tl.nt letter by sajii-g; “I am instructed by !
tiie Fresidsftkiu Ida name to inaKo oa.you u requi.-i;- ,
ion for five thousand- men, to be furnished by your ■
State lor service therein, unless iu the intermediate j
time a volunteer force, organized uuder the law lor |
local defence aud special service of ot least an equal
number he mustered nnd reported as subject to h.S
call for sere ice with m your Stale.’
Iu luy telegram of tins 12th, I say : “Your assurance
ot co-operation is gratifying. Organizations uuder j
tiie law of. the Provisional Congress ure preferred, j
because of their longer term of duration and greater
adaptation for ready call on temporary service, aud
then foidismissal to tlieir ordinary pursuits."
In mv letter of the I'Jth of June, 1 repeated the
arguments in lavor of organizations tor local defeuee
iu jitrfereBce “to militia organizations or organizations
tm a basis similar to the militia for a limited peiiod of
service.” I stated t+you that “i did not suppose there
would be suf.li difficulties, delays or confusion as yon
anticipated ,- that the process of forming the organiza
tions is vucy simple and familiar to your people as hav
ing been generally adopted in volunteering lor the
Provisional Army. There will be no occasion to send
on to the Department here anything but the mustei
rolls, which, trader the -regulation, to be issued may
be verified by a judge, justice or colonel ot militia. I
think, with defe.ence io your opinion, the whole mat
ter ot’ptoinpt and easy accomplishment. ’
The regulations referred to were published on the
22d of June, 1863. They declare their object to be to
afford “instructions as to the method by which such
•rgaiiizaiiona maybe made, and the privileges they
The maid I Love has violet ey»-p,
And rose leaf lips of red.
She wears the moonshine round her neck,
The sunshine round her hear;
And she is rich in every grace,
And poor in every guile,
And crowned kings might eavy me
The splendor ot her smile.
She walks the earth with snch a grace
The lflies turn to look,
Atnl waves rise up to catch a glajice,
Ami stir the quiet brook,
Nor ever wilt they rest again.
But chatter as they how, ‘
And Dabble of her crimson lips,
And of her breast of snow.
And e’en the leaves upon the trees
Are whispering tales of her,
And tattle till they grow so warm,
That, in the general stir,
They twist them from the mother branch
And thiough the air they, fly,
Till, fainting with the love they feel,
They flutter down aud die.
And what is stranger still ihan all
The wonders ot her grace,
Her mind’s the only thing to match
The glories of her face.
Ol she is Nature’s paragon—
Ali innocent of art.
Aud she has promised me her hand,
And given me her heart.
And when the spring again shall flush
Onr glorious southern bowers.
My love will wear a bridal veil,
A wreath of oiang3 flowers;
And s« I care not if the sun
Should founder in the sea,
For, oh? the heaven of her love
Is light enough for me.
GEORGIA. Berrien County.
W HEREAS, Ificks Eilis applies to me for let
ters of guardianship on the persons and pro
perty ol the niiuor heirs of William S. Ellis dec’d.
And whereas James Griffin applies to me for
letters of guardianship on the persons and proper
ty of the minor heirs of Mitchel M. Griffin dec’d.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all per
sons interested to tile their objections in my office
within the time prescribed by law it any they have
why said letters should not be granted.
Witness my hand officially this March 6th 1865.
42fit. (pd. $20.; W. E. CONNELL,Ord’y.
