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control of the President, the country would no:
have been doomed to witness so many sad r*;ver
see.. Nor would we now be burdened to suppor
the vast board of supernumerary officers aI ‘ a
political favorites, we are quartered upon us o
eat out cur substance, while they avoid duty aim
danger in tbe field. Laving little other duty to
perfotm, but to endorse, indiscriminate.}’ and pub
litly, by .lewapaper eoininunitaficus apu other
wise, every act of the Presid-nt. whether light 01
wrong: and to reconcile the people Dv every
means in thoir powt r, to the constant encroach
iuents which are made upon theit ancient usages,
customs and liberties. *
If all these favorites of power who are able for
active duty, and whose support in the style in
which they live, while all around them is misery
and want, costs tbe people millions ofdo'.laia.
were sent to the field and compelled to do tl e:r pm t
in battle, the President would have no reason o
make illegal requisitions upon this State or iei
old men and boys, who me not subject to ::s con
tror under any law, State or Conledera e, u >
would soon be able, by heavy reinforcemcn.s,
till the depleted ranks of the armies of the Con
federacy. As tbe President is clothed will, all the
power necessary to compel these political favorites
to shoulder arms and aid in driving back the inva
der, the sulject is respectfully commended to youi
consideiation as well worthy of energetic ac
tion.
Very respectfully, your ob’d't serv't,
JOSEPH E. 15ROWX.
State Rights & Confederate States' Rights
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THE CONFEDERATE UNION,
( Corner of Hancock and Wilkinson streets.)
OPPOSITF THEt'Ol’BT lt«l>E.
SOIGIITU.V illSCET & CO., State Pi inters.
Tuesday Morning, April 11, 1 r»G5.
ConiluJi 1.
The letter of Gov- Brown f • the Secve’ y of War
which we publish to-day concludes the co*respOndence
on the subject of a requisition- by the latter upon the
former for the Reserved militia of Georgia. There are
great questions and principles <’ : <cussed "i this co; es-
poudeuce, with ability, and some spirit, on both sides
We think the Governor has decidedly the advantage
'T the controversy, and p’l fair minded men will agree
with us.
The VIilitsiry going ahead.
Some of our excbftges ]>ropose that the sol
diers notr’nate a Governor. Tbe meaning of tP g
is, that a few officers under the dictation of the
President, shall nominate a Governor. This, is
the way that Governors P r e. chosen in those Stales
overrun by Lincoln’s army. A tew officers under
his dictation nominate the .candidate and a few
soldiers elect bim?
A very rfis’Hj* niict sale kind of palri*!*****-
There arc a large number ot men in tbe country
who wish to lia^e the name of being brave«nu
patriotic, but who are not willing to risk tlnor
l.ve| m^the army for the sake of be.ng cal .d
brave: nor are they willing to part with any of
-heir property to be calleJ patriotic These men
have invented a cheap and very safe bind of pa-
■liotism. They »-nagitie that they can make them-
seives famous by abusing Gov. Brown. Many
of thc-in are poiific.il vagrants who have dodged
md skulked from State to S' Ae, lrom city to
city’, and from town to town, to keep out of the
army. They have used all sorts of influences to
get 6ome appointment to k’ep them out of dan
ger, and then imagine that they atone for all of
their sins by abusing the Governor. They kav-
discovered that this is the safest and cheapest
kind of paliiotism, and that which pays best with
the government. Men who have nid in swfnp9
to avoid doing their duty whilst he was labeling
night'and day, assail "his pa''iotism. Is not th’s
a very safs and cheap kind of patriotism.
The seizure of the “Camel’' n! Hawtln»-
villc.
As this is a public matter, and our columns are
not equal !o the en' : re correspondence, we pro
pose to give »'ie subsi- *'ce of said coirf«pondence,
f; ’rly.
Capt.Norn” 1 McDuffie halted a boat, ‘he “Com
et” at orn<- r. Hawk nsv'He, some time ; n Mr cb.
The boat was loadc I v. Ilb cotton, “over 200 bale3.”
A port'un of the crew had orders f om Gen. Cohb,
to proceed lo Sav -•nah. U\ Asher Ayres having
no pap_-n. w- s sent under r rest to Macon: other
gentlemen 1 n \'.ug papers from Gen. Cobb, were
allowed to proceed, but tire boat was tied up. In
reply to an enqu ; :y of W. H. B; nes, Esq., as
to tbe facts in the case, Capt, McDuffie writes to
the Coti/n^racy, giving the statement above. It
appears .' om the official correspondence between
Capt McDuffie and Gen. Cobh, that the foi ner,
after ha' ‘ ig act las before stated not fled Gen.
Cobb. Gen. Cobb replied that the -'Comet” had
official despatches to Savannah, and that Capt.
McDuffie had no l'glit to interfere v Hb rn officer
acting under h's (Gen. Cobb’s) orders. Gen Cohb
released Mr. Ayers, and ordered other parties^lield
•\ a, rest, to be released, and that the boat be al
lowed to go lo Buzzard RoosV
Capt. McDuffie replies, tli t he was endeavor-
j'ogtoeitforce the laws of Georgia and the Con
federacy: that li« was nipp : -»g in the bud a nefa-
,’ous and illegal traffic with the enemy, and calls
en Gen. Cobb to ' ifown I 'm whether the trade in
cotton w ith the Yankees was, or not, a violation
of law. If it was, *v»s it not the duty of all good
c“izcns to pievent it &c. Capt McDuffie speaks
out like a man who had right on l ; s side, and so
far as Hie correspondence goe-, up to the present
writing, has all the advantage. But. le* us hear
Gen. Cobb in reply.
wwn«—
The Mil mi l ion.
P’ehmonu has fallen! The long coveted prize
drops l ; ke a ripe apple into hands of the be
siegers. We giva ail the particulars winch have
reached us. of the evacuation of Petersburg and
Richmond. Selma, too, a very important city, has
been cap!ured. In the East anil the West, we
lose, on the same day, the most important cities in
the Confederacy. But we do not despond—we
do not yield an iota of our confidence in the Anal
es‘ablishment of the Confederacy on a basis of in
dependence. We st ;1 l have 2C0,0'W) men in the
field, readv to meet the invader. We can put in
200,000 more men, and, being forced to conen-
,ra'’3n by the pc”cy of the enemy, will be all the
stronger. Our troops, scattered from one end of
he Confederacy to the other, will be brought to
.371b CSn. Regiment.
This gall; ut R*glinent was in the fight at Ben-
toaville, N. C., on the l'Jth, and also on the 21st.
We have read letters lrom members of Co. H.
They came out all light. Capt. Bonner command
ed Smith’s Brigade of Cleburne’s Division, in the
battle of the ’Dtb ult. The boys cla'in to have
g’vei; the 14'h Corps of Shermau's Army a sound
tie ashing.
The Albany I*atrioI again.
The Pat.lot was called upon for proof of a
number of false charges which he made in his
columns against Gov. Brown. He promised the
proof, and gives in his two last issues, what he
calls proof No. 1, and proof No. 2. On reading j getlier, and once united under Lee, Johnston, and
them, wo find they are simply the w/.ter’s reiter. Beau re gr -d, they will to - a upon the boastful and
ation of the charges, without the oath or even I confident invader, w .th a force and effect that will
the certificate of any person to substantiate them, j Live Jhe dream of subjugation from their madden-
r l he last adds another to tho numerous falsehoods j brains. We are severely tried fis true. We
the writer has heretofore stated. He says Gov. may have to bear much more for the sake of ,: ber-
Brown entered the Executive office about eight ty and independence; but we are destined to be
yer r 8 ago worth about $>10,000, and to-day. is Lee,: id a just and l'gliteous God will yet ’.‘sit
worth millions. This is .false both ways. Gov- j n pon those who would enslave
ei.ior Brown was worth several timps ten thou- jHie'- wickedness and folly
sand doll; s in gold when he entered the Esec.ci- j u ; j, rcsig.ia 'on to the chasteuiogs of the Alonigh-
llve office. Has since inbe. ted a handsome sum L.—let us do our duty to or • country and our-
from a deceased rela'ive, "hud is not now worth se l V rs.and -■ '1 v. Ill yet be wet 1 with us.
rr : llions or a million, or littie if : ty more in gold ' - . ...
than what he bad when elected and what he bas i !>ut a deiiei-nl \v r 1 1 niinvrr tSicir
since inherited. But suppose lie was. Is it ciim- purpose,
inal in Gov. Brow n tmmake money if he can do j The enemies of Gov. Brown, have already stc-t-
it honestly 7 Who will not do it ■’ Will notMhe ! el sevc-ra! Candida' -s to heat > '>n at the next election,
Editor or Publish ~r of the Patiiot do the same nn-J what is very s : igulur all of these c-mdidates hap-
thing ? If 5* r . I lr enan, tlie publisher, who as-'j-pon to be Gonerals. This shows that their object G 11
sume8 to be the author of those slanders wl’l con-1 establish a nr ta. _■ government in Georg a. If they
sent to the publication of a pi I vale letter wiitten jsrh-ceed^ instead of civil Magistrates fid Constables
by tiimse’f to Gov. Brown within the last , .vo \ ant ^ we shall have 1 rovost Me alir
months, when he wanted some money, ami wil*
give his own letter to the Governor to hfs readers,
we will undertake to prove that Mr. Fears, the
EdHor of the Patiiot, iofoi.ned the publisher that
the Govei.ior has been much misrepresent -d in
that paper, end that the Editor requested lrm to
drop 6ucli remarks in I'.ituie We will also prove | yet on an eqii- fly ' v law nd “ one of or- <>i ’/.ers
that Mr. Hienen then spoke of the Governor’s i hr • a right to trade with the enemy, all have. But
already exalted reputation : aud that he prem : «ed j we contend
if the Goveiuor con-’nued to act as he had acted c r ‘ j°‘ :,e ?
since the fall of the Capital he would see noth- | ofdiosiug th
ing more denunciatory of h’n •* i the Albany Pa-
ti’.ot. What says the Publisher ? Will he consent j
to the pub "cation of the letter, and let his readers j c en ’
see 1 T s private opinions of Governor Brown’s* rep-j J11 ° all8 >matter how mean i
utation, and his pnvate promises to the Governor? j b :
If as agreeable and convenient to Mr. llienan,
tuu iii j ct ’ leresis ui me ptiojnw, siiuuiu luiijr ica' ie tut
us the nenalty off lenceof the “upas poison” ia the Governor’s
Tet ‘ns submit the t. ning of tbeOpeople (the igm
cowr dlv masses) with the consideration ar
id f, ie*r
Guards, and instead of Coqi ts Rnd Judges nd Juries,
we shall have drumhead Cor t Mc r 8hn’s. A 'ready
Generr's make new laws, or set at defuiiKie those in
existence. According to their decision, it is rank trea
son for some ineu ' • ade wi’b tlte enemy, wlr'st it is
right pud proper for sucli as have the : >- permissio.i to
do so. We rejoice that in Georgia the peopie r - e
at none have this l ight r * : idividuals.
> tlmtt'ie people have yet the privilege
• Governor aud their Leglslat >rs.
the public would prefer the evidence as he goes
along with the proof of Ins charges. The simple
reiteration of the charge by the writer, is no proof.
We have pronounced certain charges lalse. He
says he will prove them, and gives iiis owu un
supported assertion. We want proof. The pub
lic will not be satisfiil wi'h bold assei : ous. It
E'irGtioUM lrlifr».
f a central despotism a-e r* : ug fvery
how criminal they may
to : >j> u every champion of Stale ilgh’» and per
sutial liberty. A’noug their dev.ees they write letter 8 ,
pretending they come from persons lately released
f ri) m Noi hern pi Isons, abusing Gov. Brown and tel
ling what is thought of-Ill'll at the North. We have
show .1 in a former number iiow mijch this echo of
Northern opinion is worth. We would now remind
our readers .that none of those pretended letters have a-
responsible name attached to them ; they a I have fic
ticious signatures and were no doubt n.itten to order,
is not the quantity of talseliood that a mu heaps ! ml have been gotten up for po''* ; c: 1 pnipoaes There
together which makes proof. The statement of a j is not one man outside of the ar my, a id vary few in
Second falsehood is no proof of the Jirst one. j it, that has done more for the cause i*r which we are
Mr. H cites the case of Mr. Jefferson, who he i engaged than Guv. Brown. This is not an empty r <-
says was considered a worthy m»n when elected]® er jj? n «f ours. We lmve abundant document t”
President, and who was reduce
the “extravagant expenditures”
office, and that the State of Virginia had lo step
forward and. pay off the mortgages to save his
property. This, he thinks, was highly coir mend,
able. But as Gov. Brown hrs avoided these “ex
travagant expeuditr-es,” nd is not i beggar, the
fact that he is not obliged to call on the people of
Georgia to pay off mortgages to save his property,
would seam, in the estimation of Mr. II., to be
very culpable. ‘We are much mistaken in the
people bf Georgia, if they do not isttom the nwn
the more highly, whs manages we 1 ' both pub'ic
aud private business. A'l admit that Governor
Brown has managed tho finances of the State ably
and faithfully, aud it Is not certainly to his dlis
credit that he has avoided all improper extrava
gance afcd *~ken care of his private foitune.
Our observation has been, that a man who mana
ges bis private affix's well,’s the sr'est man to
trust with the management of public affix's. We
think Gov. Brown has generally acted on this
rule in the selection of public official ; Lut we
never heard of his selecting Mr. Hienan under
this rale.
man when elected ' 81111,11 "e nsive aounuani uoeumen'' i-
“to brg^ary” bv j 1,rovc :t to t!ie satisfactio11 ,,f !1 "y honest man. Among
” ; .iTr. . r! them unrletters from Gen's. Jo! istoii, Hood, Beasre-
04 years t.i ,
• , • • i j*, . I t;ard. L *e an IPiesident D*i\ .3 ! * n«ulf to the Gove*,.ior
irr .niA l»aii In ^ ’
fOT We were plei-ed to meet, on yesterday,
Cspt. Mmoo, of the 3rd Ga. We were, howev
er, sorry to find him sufferiug from a wound ic
ceived it Hatcher’s llun. ll e ^ 8 on his way
home, where we hope he will soon recover.
acknowledging his prompt and efficient sei \ le
times of our greateot need. We doubt whether tliere
•h unot'ier mm i-i the Confederacy that can show such
an :■ rayofweii deserve<l*te8t : 'nouy : -i ids favor. And
yet when we are struggfi'ig for oi” very existence, tliere
i re men among u-, wiio lrom peisonal melee, or from
envy or f.,r selfish pm poses, would if tiiey were able,
str”-'.e d»-.v:i one ol “ie most reliable and most
efficient champions of or • carse. But the people are
honest and cun te" the 5 ’ friends o n their eneir ; es.—
They have frequently trusted Gov. Brown end he has
never deceived them yet.
OiJI» —
The Ficnl.
We have no tidi'g8 from Genl Lee. It is not
known what <hrection he took after evacuating
Richmond, or what losses he sustained. He
wid doubtless tu: .1 up afi right. Gen!. Johnston
is between R neigh and Goldsboro, watching
She.man, who is rest 1 ig and prepp-ing for active
operations. The enemy had not crossed tho Ala-
bama Itivor at last accounts. It Is probable that
Montgoinei/ will not bo disturbed at present.
Mobile has uut fallen.
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T.I. Col. # t'. A. Conn.
We learn from an officer just from tho Army,
that Col. Conn was kifietl on the 2'>th ult.Puud
his body fell into the enemy’s hands.
From the Southern Confederacy.
A Few thoughts Suggested by Kendiug Mr.
Hill’s Leller to ITIiss'Fvnns.
Mr. Editor. I have just finished reading this
somewhat noted production of our “talking ’Sen
ator. I should think he did not expect this ex
hibition of his scholarship, natriotism and gal
lantry to appear in print; but how could the “d-ar
Miss Evans” withhold from the public such a com
pliment to herself from such a source?
The Senator is “comfortable” in tbe belief that
by his “talking” he has been ot some service to
the people of the dear old State, which he is proud
to know gave Iter birth, and happy to feel gave
Atm birth. Wei'may any State boast ol tbe pro
Auction of ruch prodigies as these two most extra
ordinary personages. It can detract no 1 liing from
the meiitofthe production of the one, or the
statesmanship of the other, that the vulgar herd,
consist .g of nine-tenths of the people, have
scarcely neard that the dear Miss Evans had w rit
ten a novel, (much less readmit) or that she was
born in Georg : a; or that none ot them can point
out a single measure for the success of our cause
or tbe re ief of our people, wr ; ch has. originated
with the Senator.
But how can the igooraree of the people on
these points affect the great t-.r.Hi that these two
illustiious Intellects were born in Georgia? In
compailson with this proud boast on the part of
the dear old State, how ^significant is the fact,
• flat, such men as Jackson, Froup. Clarke. Craw
ford, Cobb, Lumpkin, S ephens, Toombs, Johnson,
Jenkins, and ail that class of second rate intellects
were born in Georgia? The communication to the
world of the ilnporta.it fact of the birth place of
both these individuals was qr ; te sufficient to justi
fy her in the publication of the letter of the Sena
tor.
But Jet us oxr nine the compliment paid by one
of these truly great minds to the other After men-
tioi'Mig tho hai rest of p-o’od derds, kind words, and
ee-m-st foititude, ' O ric.i, so abundant and so ripe,
the Senator excle :_ n8. : “I eongra.alate you, wy
dear Miss Evans, that, w IMi the truest strokes of
the longest blade, you are mowing in»the richest
of the field. Ah! my gifted happy friend: you r-e
beating.away sheaves that will make a feast at
wl' : ch the angels would glutton! May God spare
yon to your country, free you' country to you.”
W uat grandeur in tl-'ls h nguage! VVe scaice-
]y know which to adm : e most: the depth of pa-
tilotism and bv ; Rg love of con try which pron:p
ted these grnd conceptions, ’be poetic thought,
magnificence of idea, sub ,; ir : ty of sen-iment, the
elegance > id finish of the production, the softness
and tenderness of affiC’ : on, or the Senatoilal dig
nity, so conspicuously displayed. Think of the
gi..ed and happy Miss Evaus with lhat “longest
blade” of hers. slT.k : '>«r- the “truest strokes,”
(heavy!) and piling up rich sheaves for the feast
and the'n imagine the angels spreading their gol
den wings and gathering around the' pile,” anx
ious to “glutton”! Ain’t that grand? The coun
try owes Miss Evans a debt of gratitude for giv
ing publicity to this chaste, beautiful and digni
flea production, winch detracts nothuig from the
importance which the world will never fail to ac
cord her name and labors.
The letter also shows the great difficulties with
which great minds have to contend in this tenible
struggl". The patiiolic Senator tells tlie more
than patiiotic flovelist that the “recre; ts” (the
mean cowardly pa t of our people j :»-e ■ « “two to
the faithful one,” and that tho recre: nts will in
crease, while the faithful will diminish What a
sad reflection to ihe devoted pat. lot! They have
to conduct this great revolution to a successful is
sue ao-ainst the wishes aud without the rid ot over
two-tcirds of our people who are mean cowards.
In view of this state of public feeling, well may
the Senator excls s m. ‘Do avoid conventions now
as you would reoonsfi action, for they mean the
same tFng, as now proposed—the fi.st being tbe
means, tbe second the end.” Avoid conventions
now—at a time when the people ve so cowardly,
mean aud cor; apt.
How unpp donable in Gov. Brown to say, he
was not af aid to trust the people in convention!
Senator.IIill and the dc Miss Evans know the
danger of trusting the people w.ith the manage
ment of their own affairs. The Senator commrq-
irates. it to her, and she with praiseworthy pui-
denc j communicates it to the public. Those who
are charge?! with the management of the public in
terests of the people, should fully rea ,: ze the \lru-
s mes-
norant.
) with the consideration and di
rection of the?’’ own aff-’rs. Tl ’s dangerous heresy
hr 2 cost the Senator a great deal of “talking” and
has no doubt cost Miss Evans many sleepless hours
Such outrages on the part rf Gov. Brown are irn-
nardonable, ::Bd do most justly b.ing upon ids
nead the me.'ted scorn and contempt of that gif
ted class whose duty it it is to save the country
without the r hi of over two-thirds of the people;
and who Re r e bot a to the sublime but laborious
task of th : iking and > cling for the people, wiio
have neither the cot age nor'ke patriotism to act
for themselves.
Senator Ilill and M : ss Evans will no doubt save
the country by a timely expose'e of the Gover
nor’s “upas poison,” and their names will descend
to posterity embalmed in pe.petuai gratitude,
wKle those of lhrte.or four men ; *t this Stale—Gov.
Brown, Vice President Stephens and Uetr Tootnbs
—who have adn mistered this poison, must live in
l ,: storic : iny. GK.oitt;>\.
Address of I'rrsideul Daria.
D;”iv’"e, April 5.—Tbe president lias issued an
address t nhe people, in wliieli he says :
The GejH-ral : 'i-L’liiefe for id it necessary to make
sncli movements with the troops as to uncover die
Capitol. It would be t iwise to conceal the moral and
ina rial injuiy lo our curse, resulting from the oceujia-
on of the Capital by the enemy. It is eqna^y unwise
and nnwo:dry of us to allow our own energies to falter
or our efforts lo be relaxed, rider reverses however
calamitous. For many moiT’is *’ie finest army of ihe
Cor r ederfcy, r ider tlie command of A leader whose
presence’"isDii.tj equal confidence in the troops amt
people, hus oeen greatly trammeled by the necessity
of keeping constant watch o\ ei the approaches to the
Capital, and has been forced to forego more than one
oppoitunity for its promts" 'gente. ii>sc.
It is for us my counttymen, to sjiiw by or~ bearing
reverses, bow wretched has been the self-denial of
those wiio have found rs let i able to endure misfortunes
with fortitude, than to encounter danger with courage.
We have now entered upon a new phase of the strug
gle, ami be : ig relieved f , oni the necessity of guarding
pe ticr'e* - poitTqnnr army will ba free to move Trout
•Joint t > pAiut, and whip the enemy in deta : ', far from
jis base. Let us but will it and v.-e are free. Anima
ted by that confidence in your spirit aud fortitude
which never yet fu'Vd.
I announce to you feliow-countzymon, that it is
my purpose to maintain your cause with my
whole heart and soul; that I will never consont to
abandon to the en< my one foot of the soil of any
one of the States of the Confederacy, or of the no
ble State whose ancient renown has been eclipsed
by her still more glorious recent history, w hose
bosom has been bared to receive the mr’n shoik
of this war, whose sons and daughters have ex
hibited aheroism so sublime as to render her illus-
nious in all time to come; that Virginia, with the
help of the people end by the blessing of Provi
dence, shall be held r*td defended, and no peace
ever be‘made with the infrntoas invaders of her
homes by the saci’fics of any of her rights or ter.
titoiies.
If, by superioi’.ty ot numbers, we should ever
be compelled to abandon or withdraw from her
lines, or those of any other of tbe Border States,
Pgain, and again, will we return until the baffled
and exhausted enemy shall l*are abandoned ki
despair ins endless and impossible task of making
slaves of a people who aro resolved to be tree.
Let us then not despond, my country men, but,
relying on the never-failing mercy and protecting
care ot our God, let us meet the foe with fresh
defiance, with unconquered and unconquerable
hearts.
" '
Gubernnlorinl.
There seems to be a disposition on tho part ol
some of our cotentporaries to discuss prematurely
the question of the succession to Gov. Brown.
It is a long time till tho election ; and, besides, we
believe a majority of the People wish to vote for
Gov. Brown again ; so that it is highly probable
that Got. Brown will be his own successor
Southern Watchman.
I£ic:ita«m«l Tvncuntnl.
mville, Apt!! 4.—The evacuation of Richmond
commenced Sunday afiornooii. .
President Davis an l Cabinet ai.ivedhere on Mon
day morning. . .
Vei v few persons were able to leave the oitv except
Government offi*i«d»> ’ a consequence of the suudenness
oft lie movement , T , „ , , . . t
The enemy broke tl*"0'’'ffi Lee s lines Site-day r’ght
n ,-,r Petersburg, after sej-eral days hard figlp'Ug, and
made it necessary for him to w ’.thdrawsofs to uncover
tiie Capital.
Tiie poVtion of toe ai.ny is now unk’iow j.
No teleoTaob beyond toe ji’ictiou. The Richmond
Ai s.eiai has oeen removed.
The valuables of the Banks ia Richmond were
brought away, u:«t the specie belonging to the Govern
ment. *
The last passengers repon a great m >b in tlte city,
burning nvilsaiul warehouses an i plaudering stores.—
This was done by foreigners ami the low classes.
The rolling stock of tiie Ricktnoud and Danville
Raflroad was a 1 ' saved.
-'Tne enemy ha*l uot oecupie 1 the city at the last ac-
cor-it*. ■ "
Ti,e President will probably remain here for the
present.
A' 1 ihe Richmond newsnapers were I - ft in the city.
Gov. Smith went toward Xiynchbi-rg. The urebivtsof
State Government were ltf: behind.
Shooting Affray in Columbus—The Colnmbus
Times of yesterday contains the following:
A personal difficulty oCv trred yesterday after
noon in front ot Mr. B. jackson’s store, on Broad
street, between Dn>: A. C. Wingfield and E. A.
Rossy, in which the former was shot through the
abdomen and dangerously wou ided. Report has
it llrtT a difficulty of several data standing, re
sulted yesterday morning in a challenge from Ros
sy to Wingfield, which, the latter refused to con
sider, on the ground that the former was “not a
pentleman.” Just previous to the shooting, Wing
field was standing at Brannon’s drug store, and
Rossy a short distance below and several paces
from the sidewalk. The immediate piovocation
we did not learn Both parties fired at each oth
er—Wingfield firing fir S t. Rossy fired three shots,
under tbe last of which Wingfield fell Rossy
has been arrested aud lodged in jail. The affair is
most unfortunate. Dr. W. is one of our best
physicians and most highly esteemed citizens, and
w^sinceri-ly hope be may recover.
TheJSun says Dr Rossy ia from New Orleans,
and fours that Dr. Wingfield’s wound is mor
tal.
The Enquirer says:
Dr, Win-field is a gentleman vvol 1 known in this
ci'y and universally esteemed for his social quali
ties pnd kindness of heart. Dr. Rossy is compara
tively a stranger among us, but enjoys the confi
dence ot those who know him.
— i— • »
JTjp 1 It i» a retntukable faettbat however well vounp
iadies may be versed in.graintnar, •
to dec'lne mat.imouy..
very few are enabled
At Scolts’ooro, Ga., on Sabbath evening,
April 2nd, after a brief illness from pneumonia,
Mrs. Ki iz.v Cartf-r, relict of the late Col. Fat-
tsh Carter, iu the 7Gt li year of»her age.
The common places of an ordinary obituary no
tice would b -highly inappropriate, in announcing
the death of one, whose character possessed so
much of excellence and loveliness. In life’s iri-sh
morning, whilst yet amid the pleasures of the
home of her youth, she consecrated heis -lt to Je
sus; an. 1 for more than half a century she was a
faithful member of tiie Baptist Church. Of mi-
petior intelligence and cultivation, of great ener-
gvand strength of characler,blended with rare gen
tleness, delicacy and genial sympathy for others,
to know her was to love and reverence her. Though
surrounded with affluence, she felt that wealth,
instead of simply ministeilng to her tastes and
comfort, widened tbe sphere of her usefulness and
increased the responsibilities of her station. Hav
ing adorned the doctilne of God our Saviour,
through a long and active life, by an earnest and
faithful discharge or her Julies ..s a Christian wile
and mother and friend and mistress over a largo
family of servants,—with her piety expanded and
ripened by tbe labors, sufferings, and bereav-
ments, which had marked her pilgrimage,—all
around her felt that her house was continu
ally in order,—that whenever the mastc-r should
call, to go to be forever with tho Lord - Meet was
it that one who bore so much of the image of Je
sus, should, at the close of au earthly Sabbath iu
Springtime at. tbe stiil twilight hour gently pass
without a struggle or a groin to tbe eternal Sab
bath in the blight land where “fadeless flowers,
immortal bloosn.” “Being dead she yet speaketh,*’
and by the fragiant memory of her Christian life
aud character, of her affectionate counsels and so
licitude for the salvation of those around her,
she still pleads vtith those she loved and left be
hind to look unto Jesus and live.
A FRIEND.
$500 REWARD.
1 741 YE HUNDRED DOLLARS will I
the a,.est of a negro man Santee, and a wo
man, Mason, his wire. They ran away from this
place about tiie 25th of Novem jer last They are
thought lo be in tiie upper edge of Baldwin near
Jones county, !n Dili’s Distiict. Santee is 45years
of age and his wife about the same n f > r e.
1 want tnein lodged in some safe Jail.
F. A. 11USON.
Milledgevjlle March 21th 1805. 41 2t-
$300 REWARD.
Negroes, Wade and Clav, runaway from near
* Gordon on 1st inst.. and 1 thick the w are go : ag to
Savannah. I w” pay the above rewaru to any person
confining them i - i some wife jail so loan get them.—
Wade is years old, weight 150 lbs, and is dark.—
| Clay is 22 years old, weight 1(50 lbs—is dark.
\V. M. STEPHENS.
MiOedgevifie, AprilTth, 1865. 44 tf.
! GEORGI A.* Jones county.
Ordinary's office iff said county.
W HEREAS, Mrs. NaiicyKitchensadmr'x. ofWm.
Kitchens dec’d. has made application for leave
, to sell all the land and negroes of said estate.
All persons concerned ai e notified hereby to file their
objections, if any they have in this office, on or by the
! first Monday in jc ie next.
Witness my baud and officiallv A-iril 5th, 1865.
41 fit (Pd.) U. r i . UONS, Ord’y.
STATE OF GEORGIA, )
AOJ’T. AND IX.SI'KCrOR GENbR IL’S OFFICE
Milledgevile, Aptil tiili, id<i5. ^
Special Orders. \
No, 37. S
I.... Tho presence of the enemy in the upper
and Northwestern sections ot this-Stite, with oth
er causes, having rendered it heretofore impracti
cable to make u complete and accurate enrollment
• if the Militia in many Counties, pursua it to tlia
“Act to re-organize the Militia of tbe State of
Georgia, and tor othar purposes,” assrn'ed to
December 14 1863 a new emo !m >nt, entire in ev
ery respect a' if n >ne hAd been made or attemp
ted, is ordered of the following Counties, viz:
Hart, Franklin and Habersham, or 31st Mil Dist;
WLite. Lumpkin and Dawson. 32nd Mil D.st;
Hall, Banks and Jackson, or 33id Mil. Dist.: Gwin
nett, of tbe 34th Mil Dist : Cobb, of the 35th Mil.
Dist; Carroll and Heard, of the 37tb Mil. Dist ;
Polk, Haralson and Paulding, or 38th Mil. Dist:
Mi t >r, Floyd; and Cherokee, or 39ih Mil. Dist.:
Union, Rabun and Towns, or -Mth Mil. Dist;
Fmnin; Gilmer and Pickens, or 41st Mil. Dist.:
Cass, Floyd and Chattooga, or 42nJ Mil. Dist.;
Murray, Whitfield and Gordon, cr 43rd Mil. List.;
Walker, Dade and Catoosa, 44th Mil. Dist;
Ii The Aides of Military Distiicts to which
the Counties named belong, will commence the en
rollment on reception of tuese orders: and with a
view to the thorough and early completion of the
work, will appoint for assistants, as allowed by
law, persons of intelligence and energy.
Ill There will be requited a careful record
by yea:s and months of e u h person’s age between
the ages of Hi and til), to the special, end of deter
mining and classifying those between the ages of
16 and 17—50 and 55, and 55 and 60 The name
and age of each resident of the Counties specified
will be embraced, who is not in the actual service
of the Confederate States, or exe;npt from Militia
duty by express a> I specific enactment. Tfieen-
jollment will include among others, Justices of
the Peace, Bailiffs, County Treasurers, Deputies
of Clerks and Sheriffs, aud Ordinaries’ Clerks, No
taries Public, County agents and contractors, and
all men detailed by State or Confederate author-
ity.
IY-.... All persons liable to Militia duty uot
heretofore enrolled, will be assigned to tbe Com
pany organization of tbe Militia Distilct in which
they reside, provided such assignment does not in
crease the number of the Company beyond the
maximum allowed by law, iu which event a new
Company or Companies may be organized.
X Tlte A-'des of D.stricts will forward to this
office, copies of the enrollment made by the 2Utb
of May next.
VI....Col. Wm Phillips, A. D C. to the Gov
ernor, is especially charged with the general su
pervision of the enrollment hereby ordered, and
will take such measures as he may deem best suit
ed to the end, to enforce in each District aud Coun
ty named, a full aud accurate enrollment as requir
ed by the second Section of Act of December 14,
1863
By command of Iiis Excellency the Governor.
HENRY C. WAYNE,
Aiij. & Ius. General.
A NEW WORK:
C0N “5' t ««r.
mr TAl r •>
BY MRS. EDWakV^-;
JFST Pl’BMNMEo An
At the Confederate Un\J°“
Also at Grieve & Clark’s Dru» t V ® C(> ‘
PRICE $10 PER COPY-Liber ,rp ’
Book Sellers. ^’ ber * discount , 0
ET- The edition is small—those wW
should apply a t once. ^copi,,
Mtlledgeville, March 20, 18fio.
xtim-lmA’ F* ola ^ki comity.
)'V r i • •J» a,n ” Coward applies to me t
Jennings ot '
why letters eu'b ^
tbeapplicont m terms of t| ie Statute “ -
d.? l o v r m r ,S h *" d “
JOHN J. SPARROW'-
iMSALr
OIX hundred acres of pine land, mixed w ;tL
O hickory, lying about six miles from MiFe
I
iLt-
There ih one hundred and fifty acres of the lun.i p.
years new ground.
For particulars apply at this office.
Milledgeviile Jan. 7th, 1865. 3],
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
GEORGIA, Twi ggs county.
r|X> Redding J. Loyless, one of the Distribute. •
. * ,e estate.or Mrs. Georgia Ann Evans,- ;..
said county deceased.
Yon u« hereby notified that I shall apply in >
of the law to the Court of Ordinary of said crash '
the next July Term thereof for a division ofUieT'
of saul deceased, among the distributees ’ a
1 Ins January 18tb, 1865.
33eow4m • By
. 'v ; in mat.
Notice to Payers of~“T
Kind”, Baldwin Com
GEORGIA, Jones County.
Ordinary's office, of said county.
\ VTLI MR MAS Mrs. Lydia Choate applies to me for
* administration emit testamento anne.ro on the
Estate of Thomas W. Ciioate late of said county de
ceased.
These are to cite and admonish all persons (whatev
er) concerned to file their objections, if any they have,
to the contrary, in this office, on or by the first Monday
in .May next, otherwise administration will be granted.
Given under my hand officially, March 28th. 1865.
43 5t (Pu.) ROLANDT. ROSS, Ord’y.
- GEORGIA, Jones county.
Ordinary's office of said County.
Vk/fllEitEAS, A.J. Mi.ldlebrooks applies to me for
Y ? administration on the estate of Thomas J. Childs
deceased.
These are to notify all persons concerned to tile their
objections iu this office if any they have, to the contrary,
on or before the first 51 onday in May next.
Given under mv hand, officially March 28, 1865.
43 5t (Pi.) R. T. ROSS, Ord’y.
A LL persons who have not pa.d tbeir tithing- f 0
1864, are hereby notified to do so at onj
the tune is short. And all persons holdinar!
ceipts for tithing given by any other than th'
Agent for the collection ot the same, are rauu ••
ted to bring them forward- for examination I
settlement.
The Bacon tithe must be “Hams, Shoulders an
Sides’ in equal proportion. Planters should b
careful to deliver their tithing to onJy those au
thorized to receive it.
JAMES C. SHEA. Tithe A-t. B. C
Milledgeviile March 29th, 1^65. o (
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
A LL PERSONS indebeted to the estate <4 Irw
H. Hamilton deceased, are requested t- cuinefo
w| W<i and settle without delay. Ai d linvii* r.i,
mauds against said estate, will present them dulv’m
thenticated. ■
r on., , JOHN J. HAMILTON, Arimr.
January 30th, 1865. j.j.s. X, ii-
'1 he evacuation of Richmond has caused r:o d< s
ptmdency bore, that we can hear of,
GEORGIA, l’l.-rce county.
A Y?'!!UREAS, Mathew Sweat applies to mo fiir
t T pei.rianeiit h-tters of admint.-trutiourtn the e.dafe
of Holland II. Sumner late of said comity deceased.
Tiieso are therefore lo cite and admonish,all persons
concerned, to appear at my office, .on or.before the
first Monday’ iu may next, to slrow cause) if any they
have, why said letters should not be granted to the
applicant.
Given under my lidiul, and official signature, March
27th, 1865.
44 5t (Pd. 10) H. W. GRADY, Onl y.
GEORGIA,-Pulaski eot- fly.
W HEREAS. Richard L’n/.ey applies to me for let-
tertf of dismission jrom the aJui ; " ; stration cf
A’ft-ed Shivers, estate.
All persons concct .led will file their objections if any
they can,on or before the first Monday-in October next,
otherwise letters of dismission wi 1 ' be granted the
apolicant in terms of the law.
triven under my hand, and official signaftue, this
Aptil 1st 1865.
44 niCui JOHN J. SPARROW, Ord’y'.*
GEORGIA,Pulaski .
'HKEKAS. James
>nnty.
W HEREAS. James M Buchan has made applica
tion for letters of dismission troin the Guardian
ship of the person and pronerty of Samuel B. Goff.
All persons interested, will file their objections, if any
they can, on or before tjie .1st Monday In May next,
otherwise letters ixmissory will be granted tbe appli
cant in terms of the law.
Given under my hand and official signature this
Match 20th, 1865.
44 6t JOJIN J. SPARROW, Ord’r.
GEORGIA, l’ulaski county.
W ilKRE AS. John F. Pierce lias applied to me for
letters of Guardianship of the minors of Tiieop-
bilousltoz ir late of said county dec’d.
These are therefore to cite all persons in'orested to
be and appear at my office on oi» before tli1st Mon
day in May next, and show cause, if any they can, why
letters nfOuanilut.t hip shor’d not be granted in tortus
of the statute.
Given under my hand, and official signature, Lliis
April 1st, 1863.
14 5t JOHN J. SPARROW, Ord’y.
Administrator's Sate.
1Y7TBL BE SOLD in the town of Monticello, Jasper
coc ity, on i he first Tuesday in June next, within
the legal hours of sale, the following negroes belonging
to the undivided estate of Harris Alien, of said county,
dec'd, to^wit: one negro min, Tom, about SO years old,
and one negro girl Eliza, about 12 years old. Stdd
under ail order of the Court of Ordinary of Jasper
county, for distribution among the distributees of said
deceased.
This 23th day of Match, 1865.
-II tds JOHN M. ALLEN, Adin’r
(m. H. h ) with the Wjll annexed’.
Macon, Ga., March 16, 1865.
The following Orders have been received from
,,Headquarters Mi itarv Division of the West:”
For the purpose of collecting and providing for
the prompt restoration to their several Regiments,
Battalions or Companies all absentees4rom Lee’s,
Stewart’s and Cheatham’a Corps, the following
measures will betaken without d;lay:
I. Brig. Gen Mackai.I., P A C. S, in addition
to his other duti< s, is specially charged with the
general supervision o‘‘ the s> rvico involved—his
Headquarters being at Macon. Georgia—and he
will take all practicable steps to recall to their
colors all who are absent from any other cause
than actual disability for field service, Or on prop
erly gi^tited furloughs. To this end he will es
tablish camps at Coiumbos, Atlanta, Albany, Ma
con and Augusta, Ga ; Montgomery, Selma and
Mobile, Alabama: at Jackson, Macon and Colum
bus, Mississippi; and such other points as may be
found expedient to which absentees living in the
vicinities respectively- “hall be required to repair
and report, and to which will be sent all those who
may be collected.by neighboring Enrol ing Offi
cers, who will be called on to give assistance under
the regulations of tbe Conscript Bureau, lie will
also require all officers and men to repair to the
nearest rendezvous appointed who may be absent
by any authority less than that of these Headquar
ters or of the Commander of the Department of
Alabama, Mississippi and E >st Louisiana; in which
case be will make a requisition for such absentees
upon that Commander, to whom he will communi
cate a copy of these Orders, with a request for the
necessary orders to enable him to execute his duties
within the limits of that command.
II. All officers and men collected at the several
rendezvous, established under these orders, south
and west of Montgmery, Ala , will be concentrated
as soon as practicable at that place, and those
brought together in Georgia will he assembled at
| Augusta.
I. In obedience ta the above order, M-jor E.
j D. Willet, 4 >th Alabama Regiment, lias been
directed to take command < t the Rendezvotise at
I Montgomery, Alabama, to which place all officers
I who have already been sent to collect absentees
I belonging to the three corps in Tennessee, Missis
| sippi and Alabama wifi send them in squads often
| cr twenty, the number to depend upon tbe ffiffilify
I of transportation from the centre of their field of
j operations, and the practicability of subsisting
j them at the point of assembly.
5. (.’amps of Rendezvous will be established
! as early as practicable at the following points, viz:
, Columbus. Atlanta, Albany, Macon and Augusta,
Georgia; Monfgomory.SeltnaanJMobile.Alabama,
and at Jackson Macon and Colunibus, Mississippi.
Tho officers and men collected in them will be for
warded, those reporting in Alabama and Mississip
pi to Montgomery; those in Georgia to Augusta cr
Macon. Until these camps are established, officers
and nten will report to the nearest Post Comman
ders or Enrolling Officers, who are requested to
forward them as above directed.
3 The officers on duty under tfiese orders will
•tiake a weekly report of the absentees collected,
giving name, company, regiment, and brigade, the
time at which tiiey report aud the place to which
oont. The commanders of the rendezvous at Mont
gomery and Augusta will make a weekly icpcrt
of the officers aud men received during the week,
and the strength of the camp at date of report.
4. Po3t commanders are requested to direct
their quartermasters and commissaries to give all
necessary supplies called for by officers engaged
on this J-i'v within the limits of their command.
5. I d that tbe officers sent to me
for this duty, nave been selected for their special
fitness. It is, therefore, not necessary to urge
upon them devotirn to the service and earnestness
in their endeavors to assist in bringing their old
comrades backfto their colors, but as the very na
ture of tbeir service sends them to the vicinity of
their homes, I may warn them of the danger of al
lowing themselves to lose one day in the fttjoy-
ment o: home, which should be devoted to tilling
the ranks, by nhidf homes are to be defended.
6. AH officers and men returning are urged to
bring in their arms, or any arms they may find in
the country. They will the sooner be enabled to
join their colons.
W. W. MACKALL,
Brigadier General.
ITS 63 All papers in Georgia, Alabama and Mis
sissippi are requested to copy for one week—six
times; those iu Georgia will send their accounts
to Post (Jhartermaster at Macon; those in Alabama
to Post Quartermaster in Montgomery; those in
Mississippi to Post Quartermaster at Columbus
for payment.
» a c W.W.M.
March 18th, 1865, ' 42 6t.
LAND FOB SALE
I N SOU T IIE RN GEO Hit IA,
Address Z D. Harrison, at Clinton or Milled,
ville.
March*] 7 th, 1265.
41 Jf.
Baker County, Sheriff' Sate.
W ILL, be sold before the Court House door
Newton, Baker county, on the first Tu sj
in MA l next, the following property to-wit-
Lot of Land No. 16, in the 12th District
Baker county, levied oy as the property of Pic
ard F. Lyon to satisfy a tax fit'a for State and cou
ty tax. • .
Also at the same time ouJ place tim prun.-
wliereon \\ niter KelljTformerly resided, No, J-l-
Also at the same time and place a sufficient p<
tion of the premises whereon M. E. Cook now i
sides; all sold to satisfy tax fifas for State and Cou
ty tax.
41 tds. - J. M. CALIIOUN Sheriff.
GEORGIA, Pulaski County.
W HEREAS, Alary E. McPhail applies to c
for letters of administration on the estate
A. C. McPhail late of said County dee d.
'Ihese are therefore to cite all persons interest!
to be and appear at my office on or before the fir
Monday in May next, and show cause if any the
can why letters uf administration sbnuM not 1
granted tl»e applicant in terms of the law.
Given under my hand and official signature tb
20th day of March, 1865.
42 5t. JOHN J. SPARROW Ord’y.
GEORGIA, Pulaski County.
J AMES R. Coombs applies to me for letters of
administration on the estate of A. C. DeLetti
late of said County dec’d.
All persons interested will be anil appear at the
regular term of tlte Court on the 1st Monday ia
May next, to show canse if any they can why
said letters shall not be granted the applicant ia
terms of the statute.
t»i ven under my hand and official rignstare.tbiJ
18th day of March 1865.
42 5t. JOHN J. SPARROW Ord’y.
GEORGIA, Pulaski County. ,
D ARLING JOHNSON, has made application
to this Court for k-tteis of dismission from
the estate of Isaac Johnson.
All persons interested will file their objections::
any they canon or before the 1st Monday in Sep-
timber next, orlettejs dismisscry will be granted
the applicant.
Givei. under my hand «fiicially this March iStfc.
1865.
42 nriGm. JOHN J. .SPARROW Only
GEG RG IA, Twiggs county,
YVHEKEASJiwtl.. F. Paul applies to nte f° r ”
T » ters of administration on the estate of Pold
l’niil Jr , late of said county dec’d.
All parties interested are notified that letter? * !
issue to said applicant, on the first Monday in IhJ
uext.
Given under my hand, March 31st 1865.
43 5t. J. E. MCDONALD, Orfj.
GEORGIA, Pierce county.
W HEREAS, John Waters has made nppiicafi®
to me for letters of Guardianship of tliepei**;
and property of Thomas J., Benjamin J.,nnd ;
E. Minchew minor children of Abraham Mincbevi*
of said county deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish, ailp«rs'“
concerned, to file their objections cu or before tbe l* r: ' '
Monday in May next.
Witness my hand, and oftiaini si«Dafttrc, 4l an -
Gth 1865.
42 5t (Pd. $10.) 21. \V. GRADY, Only
GEORGIA, Berrien County.
W HEREAS, A. D Patterson applies toi
letters of administration on the estate o>
Patterson dec’d.
These tire therefore to cite all persons int«i
to be and appear at my office within tb*
prescribed by law to file objectionsf 4f »nf
have why said letters should not be gran?!*-
Witness my hand officially this 1
March, J865.
42 5t. Vf. E. CONNELM
GEORGIA, Appling County. t „
WHEREAS, Aaron Johnson applies to
" T letters of administration on the £S
John Johnson dec’d. ,
These are to cite all persons interestedI to
appear at my office on or before the fir*y ]
in May next, and tiie their objections it WL
have otherwise letters of adoiini- s ‘ r,1 *i oa
granted said applicant. w /vJ?
J. LIGHTSEM031
March Gth, 1865. ‘
GEORGIA. Appling County. r .ctoOie ,0!
\\THEREAS, Aaron Johnson *FP! e rl0 n uu' Dor
.f t the guardianship of*Mary
heir of John Johnson dec'd. teiH 0 ^® 8 ^
These are to cite all persons int? reS jlotnW
appear at iny office on or before t“ e ,,y they
in M^ next, and file thair objection* ^fil bo
have, otherwise letters of guardian* A
granted said applicant iu terms Q r J'f-
J. LIUIU^*’ %»5t.