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■ mrv 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 * . >•. ucr.iiTO.x, ... ’{Editor) <LjK (Caitfcbenttc Pinion r u,Li Corner of lion fork " (of>j>osi/r C^ou/t /[ouse.) 1 f es f.i ,S 12 a year in Advance. ADVERTISING. ivt. — Five I) jllars per square often flenern! Ortleri, / So. 2. \ , . » 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 J, til ...i/M.i ...!. : a. 1 ... ..I. ... .. .it 1 . • t il 11. .ilMaov <ii> f* <1*. r P I . K. ..... .. 1.... d . .. .. , J A' t. , t tli. . i 1.. . t J 1 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 w \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.