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VT_i5■_» VJLUJIE XXXV.] >1ILL EDGE VII, LE, GEORGIA, tIeSDAV, APRIL 18, 1885. Nl'VBER 45. » . HEAbO VltTFRS ARMIES C'ONFED. STATE DJU.iHrJN,N T [SBET,BAR5«KS&Ml)0RE) 1 v*™* il > 1805 - Pablis'aers and Proprietors. ^ • X • Editor*. j o +. <i. Aii-iati. r. s S:jt Canfeimtc Pinion Is published Week?;/, in MilledgrrUle, Ga., Cor nr r of Han't* and W,Hanson 6/,., (opposite (Janet House-J At $?- ;l yew in Advance. ADVERTISING. Tii — Five Dollar^ per square often Hass for each insertion. i , ire-* of re q»ect, Resolutions by Societies,(Obit iiiir»e« exceeding sis lines.) Nominations for office, C , a n i lieitions or Editorial notices for individual b jje'.ir,oii!irgel as transient advertising. Legal Advertising. Sheriff’s sales, j^r levy of ten lines, or less,$10 00 20 044 10 00 10 00 ]0 till “ Mortgage ti fa sales, per square, Tax Collector’s Sales, per square, Citations for Letters of Administration, »» “ “ Guardianship, STATES,} 5 General (Jrder*, ^ 111 eiitermg upon (lie campaign about to open, the General-in-Chief feels assured that the soldiers '.vlin huve so long and so nobly borne tlie hardships and dangers of the war require no exhortation to respond to theeallot honor and duty. With the liberty transmitted by their forefathers I they have inherited the spirit to defend it. The choice between war and abject submission is before them. i To such a proposal, brave men, with arms in their j j hands, can have but one answer. They cannot barter manhood for peace, nor the light ' of self-government for property. Hut ju dice to them requires a sterner admonition to j those who lrnve ab unioned their comrades m the hour • of peril. , A last opportunity n< tiered them to wipeout the dis- j j grace and escape the punishment of their crimes. * llv authori y of the President of tiie Confederate j j States, a pardon is announced to such deserters and j i men iinnropt rlv absent as shall return to the commune!-) j to which they belong within the shortest possible time, j : not exceeding twenty days from the publication of this j order, at the headquarters of the Department in which j they may be. Those who may be prevented by interruptio of communication, may report within the time specified j to tiie nearest enrolling officer, nr other officer oil duty j to be forwarded as soon as practicable, and upon pre- i senting a certificate from such officer showing com- j pliance. with tiiis r< quiremtnt, will receive the pardon | j hereby OflVred. . ! Those who have deserted to the service of the i Letters of application for dism'n from Adm’ulti 00 enemy, or v. ho have deserted after having been .* “ *• »• “ Guard’ll Hi (10 j once pardoned tor tire same offense, and those who Appl'u for leave to sell land and negroes, Xotiea-to Debtors and Creditors. Sales <>1 land or negroes, per square, perishable property, 10 days, per sq Kstray Notices. 30 days, Foreclosure of Mortgage, per square, legal advertisements. Silesof Lind and Negroes,by Administrators coutor* or Guardians, are required by law to be held on the first r.imnUy iu the month; between the hours , i 10 iuth • f ireiioon and three iu the afternoon, at the 0 ,.irt ,io ise in ihecouuty in wnich the property is " .1 • - >f tiiosesales must be given in a public gn- 10 days previous to the day of sale. V i-e-js tor tiie sale of personal property must be iv,;:i in like manner HI days previous to sale day. ' N’ meos to the debtors and creditors ol'an estate must also be punished 40 days. • X »ti-*.e that application Will be rnadefotlie Court ot 01 ii'.i u v for leave to sell Laud or Negroes, must be nj itisli -d for two months. _ . .. , . ill ri i,i < for lettersof Administration Guardianship, „ 1 d, published 3J days—for dismission from shall deseit or absent themselves without authoi ty after the publication of this order, are excluded from its ben, fits Nor does the offer of pardon ex tend to othc r offenses than desertion and absence wit in ut permission. By the same authority, it is also declared that no gemral amnesty will again he granted, and those w ho it lose to accept the pardon now offered, j or who shall hereafier desert or absent themselves p- x _ ! without leave, shall suffer such punishment as the it? 00 J1 JO 1(3 00 I 00 JO 00 4 00 ,v 10 III h. -lor dismission i uiuistrutiou, monthly !ro n G iardiauship, 40 days .- j U i - for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published far f mr months— for establishing lust papers, f Jf chr full *,> ice of three mo nth*—forcompellingtitles i j r i.n Executors or administrators, where bond hits been ,, j vr ;i bv the deceased the full space of three months. Publications will always be continued aeeordii gtn 11 ••.'C.t lie legal requirements, nnlcssot her wise orilered. Book a ni Job work, of a!l kir.de, PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED j A 1 T SS 1 K OFFICE. j-p* When a subscriber finds a cross math on t Vn paper ho will know that his subscription has expired, or is about to expire, and must be renew- ; ed if lie wishes the paper continued. We do not send receipts to new subscri bers. If they receive the paper they may know j that we have received the money. f “jp* Subscribers wishing their papers changed from one post-office to another must state the name of the post-office ’torn which they' wish it changed. coiiits ma^ impose, and no application lor cltnien i ey will be entertained Taking new resolution from the faith which our J enemies intend for us, let every man devote all his i : energies to.the common defense. Our resources, wisely an*d vigorously employed, • i aro ample, and with a brave ainiy, sustained by a i determine and united people, success, with God’s ; assistance, can not be doubtful The advantages of the enemy will have but I | little value it we don’t permit them to impair our j j resolution. Let us, then oppose constancy to ad- j i versity, iortitude to suffering, and couiage to dan ger. with the firm assurance that lie who gave free. : dom to our fore fathers will bless the tfforls of j their children to preserve it. 4o (it. R. E. LEE. General. GEORGIA, Junes County. ( )rdinary’s office said county, March \st, 1865. Wf HE REA S, John J aekson applies tome for ad- j i T ministration on estate of Lewis Jackson dec d. ] These arefn cite rind admonish nil persons concern ed or interested to file their objections in this office by i the first Monday in next mouth (April,) it any they ^ have to the contrary. Given under my hand officially, March 1st, 1865. , ROLAND T ROSS. ()nl v. (pit.) , 40 51. GEORGIA, Pulaski county. WHEREAS, Andrew M. Fraser administration of, ’) V Mary Sandlin dec'd, lias made application for i. - s of dismission tr un said adjpinistration. » I are to cite all persons interested, to file their . nb j, . tions, if any they can,on or before the first Monday ! s jiteniber next, otherwise letters of admission will he granted the said Andrew 31. Frazer in terms of the 1 law. Given under mv hand and official signature, this fitli I dav of March 18(1-5. It) 6t. JOHN .1.SPARROW, Onl y, GEORGIA, Pulaski county: T17TIEREAS, James M Buchan, temporary It adm’r on Joel Dunns estate, has applied fur | pc-rnianent letters of administration on said estate j All persons interested will be and appear at my of fice on or before the first monday in April, next, j show cause if any they can why said letters HEADQ’ESARMIES OK THEC STATES, ) Erbtuary II, 1-865. j General Orders, I No •’* i . A he discipline and efficiency of the at my have been gristly impaired by men leaving their prop er commands to join minis, in which they find service more agreeable. This practice, almost as in-ju lions in its ednse- j qncnces as the clinic of desertion*by the Articles ' of War exposes the offender to a similar punish- | mi lit, and subjects the officer receiving him to i dismissal from the army. It is then fore declared that the provisions of General Order No. 2 of this date from army head quarters a) ply to such men as have left then proper commands and joined others w ithout being regular transferred. They will receive the pardon promised in that order upon complying with its conditions, or suffer the consequences attached to neglecting it The names of snch absentees will be forthw ith reported to these headquarters by the officeis with whom they are serving, and immediate measures taken to return them to their proper commands As seon as practicable an inspection will be made and charges will he preferred against those who neglect to enforce this order. R. E LEE. 40 6t General. Confederate Taxes. I am requested to give notice that ell who do not pay 1 their tax lor Inst year in thirty days, will he dealt with according to law, viz: Taxes in property, income, sain- I ry, 16 per cent, prefits, and 4th qr, on gross sales for year 1864. Those who have not given in their income, salary and 10 per cent, profits for i861, will cull on the Assessor and make their returns and pay up. ROJI’T. M1CKLEJOHN, Assessor. J . C. YVHIT4KER, Collector. 42 4t 50th Dist. ' JlWO months, after date application will be Jl made to tlte’ Court of Ordinary of Baldwin county to seil a portion of the sidles belonging, to the estate of Thomas II. Morris late ol said county, deceased HARRIETT M. MORRIS, Adm'x. Febuary, 14th 1865. (J II.) fiti^Pt. GEORGIA, Twiggs County. A T the May term of the Court of Ordinary of said county, Mrs. Missouri A. Champion, Ad- should not be granteTi the applicant in terms of ministratiix of Elias F- Champion dte’d. w ilt ap- theliw. * ply for leave to sell one negro man named Tom, Given under mv baud and official sigDatute, this M '.re!: 6th, 1865. 41 fit. JOHN.! belonging tc Sr ARROW Ord’y. said estate. J- E. MCDONALD Ord’y. March 6th, 1865. 40 Dt. GEORGIA, Twiggs county. 4 WHEREAS. Narcissa Bass applies for adminis- M tration of the estate of 11. Ba.-s dec’d of said comity. ' _ * - ] Tin- kindred and creditors of said deceased arc ad- tnouished T at letters will irsiie at the May term un less valid ot j < tints he made _ I Given under in v hand officially March 81 - t 186.). ;:i5t ' j. e. McDonald,Ord y. GEORGIA, Baker couuty. \ I'llEUEAS, J. (-.Screws has made application ll to me for letters of guardianship of the per- • ,i.3 and property of John, James and Mary But- j -r. minor heirs of J. C. Butler dec’d. These are to cite and admonish all interested to j j.pear at my office on or before the first Monday | n May next, to show cause if any they have why | lid letters of guardianship should not be granted i die applicant. ■ Given under my hand and official signature i Ei- nth day of March, 1865. 4:; fit W. W. JORDAN Ord’y. j GEORGIA, Baker county. 6 W’UEUEAS, Josiali Winchester late’y died intes-I ’’ lute, and it appears tliat there is no one to rep-| • . estate, unless some suitable person nppdes j r !! - s of administration upon said estate I shall 1 & i ', 1 :lie Clerk of the Inferior Court, or some other j ■ersou administrator of said estate on the first 1 m May next. _ . i uinh-r my hand, and oflicial signature, this : I'fMarch 1865. W. W. JORDAN,Ord’y. GEORGIA, Twiggs, County. A T the May term of the Court, of Ordinary of Twiggs County, A. I> F. McWilliams, will apply for letters of administration on the estate of Jacob VV. Collins late, of said county dec’d. Given under my hand and official signature tit Marion, this March .6th, lc63. 46 fit j. E. MCDONALD Ord’y. DR. Kali,. H AS REMOVED to the house recently occu pied by Maj McIntosh. Office in Confederate Union Building. MilleJgevHe March 16th, 1865. 41 tf. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. ,4 LL, persons indebted to the estate of William t\. G- Walden, late of Wilcox County dec’d. are requested to make immediate payment and. all persons having demands against said estate, are requested to present them in terms of the law this February 14<h, I “65. 40 tit (J. w. M.) D. A. McLEOP Adm’r. *uit«h|(. GEORGIA. Berrien County. W HEREAS, Hicks Eilis applies to me for let ters of guardianship on the persons and pro perty of the mint r litits ol William S. l.ilis dec’d. i' Onl’v Alul whereas James Griffiu applies tome for \’ i lettersof guardianship on the persons and proper- GDiUiilA, Benien County. ty of tlic minor heirspf MitchelI M. Griffin dec’d \\ r BEHEA8, Josiah Parrish applies to me for | These are therefore to cite and admonish all per- ** letters ot administration on the estate qf 1 sons.interested to file their objections in my office within the time prescribed by law ii any they have why said letters should pot be granted. mgMvorth Jr. dec'd Ueseare to cite all persons interested to be and ;;r; r '' l,n y office within the time presented by 'cts >1 any they have why said lot- : 1 . ' ' n °t be granted, aiy iiand officially March 21st IBGrv. J (pd ) D. P* LUKE D. Ord’y. Jones county. ^t... 11 "d nary't office of said con uf.y. \\ 'EEA.s. p)|ij, a q uX iipplics to me forad- c rise,*" 011 the estate of Thomas J. Cox de- T (o file Witness my hand officially this March 6th 1865. 40 fit. (pd. $2h.) .W. E. CONNELL,Ord’y. W ■ ( !'. ,<; ‘te and aSmonish all persons concerned : -Qi V cu under my nuim, anu t«. «. B ■i •: e r " '.lections If any they bare ttl the contrary, 0 -.i, 1S85 • (i ,“' c , utl " r by thefirst Monday iu May next. | , ,’r, ' ( p,i 1C ) II. W. GIL' ::i •t UU< ,:r “'.v hand, officially,March28, 1805. 41 ut -—Ljl (I’d-) R. T. ROSS, Ord’y. ' GEORGIA,Pulaski county. GEORGIA, Pierce county. rjlEREAS, Mathew Sweat applies to me for / permanent lettersof administrationou tjie estate , of Holland H. Simmer late of said county deceased. I Theso are therefore to cite and udmonisli.all persons concerned, to appear at my office, on or before the I fi rs t Mondav in may next, to show cause, it any they I | iavc , why said letters should nut be granted to the applicant*:^ my | iall ,i > aIK i official signature, March ,\DY, Ord y. GEftPc;. . \U|.L-; )r , ’ 1 w iggs county, . II .^''E.iS Martha F. Paul applies to me for let- T_ 1,1 (•duiinistration on the estate of Rob’t, All f said county dec’d. part’*-- interested lire notified that letters will '■said applicant, ou the first Monday iu May ' ■ 11 under my hand, March 81st 1865. J. E MCDONALD, Ord’y. imiB; . _ .. .xruiwoi Inn,Jl. Ruchan lifts made applica- W “onffir fetters of dismission from the Guardian- ship of the person and property ot ^aii.ue B. Goff. All persons interested, will file their objections, if any they can, 0:1 or before the 1st Monday 111 May • otherwise letters dismissory will be grau.ed tae t p •* cunt iu terms of the law. . „ . ■ Given under my hand aud official signature to Match 20th, IHC5. 41 6t. JOHN J. SPARROW, Old y. I.iUlc ’Crilui. The following poem is tiie “Casa Wa|ip>" of Davie Mac bet )i Moir, with some omissions ami 'slight varia tions. E. N. B. • And hast thou sought thy heavenly home, Our loud, dear boy— The realms where sorrow dare not come, Where life is joy ? Pure at thy death its at thy birth, Thy spirit caught no f tint bnm t-arih, Little ’Cellos. Despair was in our last farewell, As closed thine eye; Team o, our anguish may not tell. When tlmu didst die ; Words cannot paint our grief for thee, Sighs are but babbles on the sen Oi our untuthomed agony, Little 'Colins. Thou vrert a vision of delight To bless nr given ; Beauty embodied to our sight, A type of h aven ; So dear to us thou wprr. thou^irt Even less thioe own self thou a part Of mine and of thy mother’s heart, Little ’Colitis. Gem of onr hearth, and household pride, Earth’s uudetiled; Could love have saved, thou hadst not died, Our dear, sweet child ! Humbly we bow to Fate’s decree -, Yet we had hoped that Time should fee Thee mourn for us, not us for thee, „ Little ’Cel us. Do what we may, go where we Trill, Thou meet’st our sight: There dost thou glide before us still— A torni of light f We fee’tliy breath upon our cheek — We sre thee s» ile, we hear thee weep— Till, Oh ! onr hearts are like to break, Little ’Cellus. Methinksthou smilest before us now, With glance of stealth ; The silken hair on thy full brow, In buoyant health ; We see thine eyes’ deep violet light, Thy dimpled cheek carnatien’d brigh , Thy clasping arms so ro.tnd and whe, •Llttie 'Cellus. We mourn for lliee. jvhen blind blank uight The chamber tills ; We pine for thee, when morn’s first light, Reddens the lolls; Thesuu, the moon, the stars, the sea. All to your lone sad mother and me, Are changed : We saw the world through thee, Little 'Cellus. I ISvpori oftbe jUcnnir CouiinilK-c on Proidciu of the Mississippi river embrace about nine thous Duvis laic .IlfMagr. J int ^ ln, n one-lhird of whom ate physicians, am * „.i„ rmin.tiiM oentIv another third are ministers of the gospel; the following is the report ot the Senate Committee I .v .1 :..i K : his report. It was abando»<d without rcgr.t, be cause, at a subsequent period ot tire S* ssioji,it w as ascertained that the anears of public debt consti- uiii g* ash demands on the Treasury exceeded. .here is urgent need of men and supplies for the army. ; Tiie measures passed by Congress dining the present • session f.>r recruiting the army are considered by the i President im ffieient : and it is said that tiie results ot i the law authorized the employment of slaves as sol- i diets will he less than anticipated 1 , in consequence ol I the dilafmv action ofCougiess in adopting tne irnrs- cousequenee ot this abuse of the power of detail Congress,at its jivesent session, passed isu act re voking all derails and limiting the exercise of that power iu the future The third section ot this act exempting skilled artisans aud mechanics from ait military sen ice. which is excepted to by the Bros ident, and which has since heel) iepcrfled, was or- . , , 1 1 V ‘ iginal! v aJop'.t d in consequence of suggestions naut to the nreitidices 01 our -people, and so mtimatelv . » .4 .. , ... affecting the organism of society, should encounter j *« tlmreport ot the 8ecretary of War. opposition, and receive a tardy ought not 6 sxcite suiprise -. but it the pnhey aud’m-ccssity ' I11 alluding to the embarrassments encountered >t'tlie- ! by the administrative bureaus he he says: measure had been seriously tiigcd on Congress by an ! “Iu addition they have been constrained, by the Executive message legislative action might have been stringent legislation of Congress, to telinqU’sh ■ quiektfned. The President i t noofficialcvmmunieation i their active and most experienced agents atidem- I to Congress, has recom tin mb d iim j.assage of a law plovers, and substitute them from more infirm aud j vs into the army as soldiers, and the tnes- j fl g cJ c l ireses .- ri* si!](ItTi # oinsi«kTation is tiie iir»tlifticiti! lnforination . . I that such a law would meet his aimro\al. The. Exk u- j* . h* ll \ c . . . . . . . , . j tive transmitted to Congress on the < tii of No ! Interfricnccs of this kina ^re inevitab»y so j vember i;^t surests the propriety of enlurgii g the j prejudicial and disturbing tliat it is hoped a well I sphere 0/employment of the rn-gro as a laboit-r, and j devised and permanent system of providing arm j fiir this purpose recommends tliat the ungulate title to j retaining in continuous employment, a sufficient ■ impressment, aud, as au incentive to the faithful dis-j ntftnberof artizans, experts and laborers, for all j charge ot duty, that the slaves thus acquired be libera- | essentfal operations, may be devised and establish- i ted, with the permission ot the States train which they e£ | » drawn. In this connect ion, the following Ian- | . gimge is used : “If this policy should recommend itself to tii e judg- ! f ment of Cougiess, it is snggested that, ill addition to j the duti< s hereto fore performed by the slave, he might i , be advantageously employed as pioneer and engineer . laborers; ami in that event, that the number should i j be augmented to forty thousand. Beyond this limit 1 ; ami tlitse employments it does not seem to me desii'a- ! hie, under existing circumstances, to go.” | In the same message the President further re- f I marks : | “The subject is to be viewed by us, therefore, solely 1 in the light of policy and our social economy. When so regarded, 1 must dissent from those who advise a j ’! general levy and arming the slaves tor the duty ot ! ! soldiers.’’ It is manifest tliat tlie President, in November last, 1 did not consider tliat the contingency had then arisen , winch wouldjustify a resort to the extraordinary policy . of arming our slaves. Indeed no other inference can i be deduced from the language used by him: for Tie > says: “These considerations, however, are rather applien ed.’ The truth is. tliat the bill originally’ introduced into the Senate exempting skilled artizans and mechanics was actually prepared in one of the bu reaus of the War Department. Congress, there- ! foie had reason to suppose that it would meet the i sanction of the Executive. To conscrihe the ministers of religion, and re- i quire them to obtain details to preach the gospel', would shock the religious sentiment of the coun try, and inflict e greater injury on our cause than j can be described. The conscription of editors aud ' ot the printers necessary to the publication ot j newspapers would destiny the independence of the press, and subject it to tiie control of the Elx- ceived for tithe certificates were to be Cancelled. 1 he military reverses, which impaired the credit of tho Goverinent to mu-It an extent as to destroy t^* ss.eability o! any of irs bonds left littie hope tliat treasury notes would be exchanged for tithe certi- hv.iit s As soon as the ononm us incicase in ihe arrears of debt was discovered', as above mention ed, all idea of itdncing the currency was abandon ed as impracticable For-these reasons, the com mittee of conference having charge of the curren cy bill agreed to abandoned it as a useless pledge ol future resources without corresponding present advantage. Indeed, if the bill had been passed the first day ot the se#si<-n it would have expired trom inanition on the 9th ot January ,1865, the day on which the Secretary of the Treasury report ed to Congi tss the deficit ot four hundred millions, and recommended aujnc-rease of taxation to meet it. " • I’he tax is regarded hy the President as literal, though inadequate No nation on earth ever con ducted a protracted war by resources derived from taxation aione. The message intimates a regiet that the recommendation hy the Secretart- of the 1 reasury oliaxou agiictiltural'incuinecqual to the augmented tax on other income, pajahle iu treasu ry notes, was rijected by Congress. This is evi dently a mistake, as it assum.s there has been an increase ot taxes on 'other than agricultural 4n- cotnes ihe present income taxes are those laid by the act of April, l.8t>3, as ann-mb-d and re enac ted on the 17th ot February, 1864. To require the agriculturist to pay a tax on tiie income de rived from his farm in additon to the one-tenth of his gross productions, and the property tax of niue per cent, ad valorem, would be manifestly ui jiist and oppres-ive Alter the d-livery of his tiiiie, to tax the income ot the agrk-hliurist ceiived from the property producing the tithe, w ould leave b!e to the improbable contingency of our need of j tiv<eto the maiutainance of socie'y and th And though, perchance a smile may g'eaur Of casual mirth, It Goth-not own, wliate'er may seem, An inward birth; W e miss tiiy gentle form so fair, We miss thee at the hour of prayer, Ail day we miss thee—everywhere— Little -Cellus. ‘Tisso; but can it be—(white flowew Revive again)— Man's doom,iu death that we undo;.;'* For aye remain! Oh ! ear: it be, tliat o'er the giav^, The grass renewed should yntiiv wave, Vet God forget ourchild tosnve ! Littie ’Cellus. It cannot be, for were it so Thus man could die. Life were a mockery—Thought were woe— • And Truth a lie— H raven were a coinage of the brain, Religion frenzy, Virtue vain— Audull our hopes to meet again, Little 'Cellus. Then be to us, O dear lost child ! With beam of love, A star, death's uncongenial wild Smiling above; Early thy little feet have trode Tte skyward path, the seraph’s road, That led thee oae-k from man to God, Little ’Cellus. Yet, ’tis sweet balm to our despair, Fond, fairest boy, That Heaven is God’s and thou art there With him in joy ! There past are death and all its woes. There beauty's stream forever flows, And pleasure’s day no sunset knows,- Little ’Cellos. Farewell then—for a while farewell— Pride of our heart! It cannot te that long we dwell, Thus torn'apart; Time’s shadows like the shuttle flee ; And. (lark howe’er life’s night may lie. Beyond the grave we’il meet with thee, Little ’Cellus. FKIENDKIIII'. “Friend after fnend departs ” Who hath notlosta friend, There is no union here of hearts. That hath not here and »nd.” Death with remorseless hand, Severs a tie each hour, Hope reunite) the l>ainl> In heaven’s blissful bower. Friends, earthly friends, deligift To change with every blast, WRen sunshine, or when night, The lights or shadows cast. In sorrow, reckless woe Who then ean find h friend? To God alone we go, Whose friendship hath no end. Friends at the shrine low bend. Of glory, wealth and power; Defend me. God defend. From friendships ot light’s hour! SPRING. MEMET. Spring, glad spring, has dawned on earth, Birds rejoice for her bright birth, Farewell now to winter drear, Spring with all her joys is here. Trees clothed in green, cur hearts delight, Rare floweret** bloom in colors bright; E artli jo- ful now her riches yields, While spring her radiant sceptre wields- Lowing kine with thanks rejoice, Insects hum with drowsy voice; Everything on earth, in air, All say that spring is passing fair. But alas no transient bloom. Can take from each sad heart its gloom; Her misery, with weight untold,. Rests on each heart of mortal mould. When years ago, spring woke the yeur. Full many an eye ne’er shed a tear, But now, alas! war's chilling blast, Its arm of death, has round us cast. resorting to this element of resistance than our present J condition.'’ The Secretary of War, in his report, unjjer date of November 3d, seemed io concur in the opinion of tiie President when he said: “While it is encouraging to know- this resource for future efforts is at our command, my own judgment | docs not yet cither perceive the necessity or approve j ; the policy of employing slaves in the higher dutie : soldiers.” . At what period of the session the President 01 Secre tary of War considered the improbable contingency had arisen, which required a resort to slaves as nu element of resistance, does not appear by any official documint within tie knowledge of yoor coiriin.t‘1 e Congress might well have delayed action mi this sub- , jt-et until the present moment, as the President, whose constitutional duly it is “to give to the Congress infor mation of the state of the Confederacy,” has never asked, in any authentic manner, for the passage of a law authorizing the employment of slaves as soldiers. The Senaie, however, did not wait the tardy move ments of the President. On the,2'Jth December. 1864, the following resolution was adopted by the Senate iu secret session: “Resolved, That the President be requested to in form tl e Senate, in secret session, as to the state of tine finances in connection with the payment of the troops; the means of supplying the munitions of war, transportation and subsistence: the condition of the army, and the possibility ot recruiting the same; tiie condi: iou of our foreign relations, and whether any aid or encouragement from abroad is expected, or has been sought, or is proposed, so that the Senate may have a clear aud exact view of the state of the country, and ol its future prospects, and what measures ol legis lation are required.” In response to this resolution, the President might well tr»ve communicated to the Senate his views asto the necessity and policy of arming the slaves ol' the Conf deracy as a means of public defence. No answer whatever lias been made to the resolution- In addition to this, a joint committee was raised by Con gress, under a concurrent resolution adopted in secret session on the 3f!th December, 1861. That committee, by the resolution creating it, was instructed, “by con ference with the President, and by such other means as they shall deem proper, to ascertain what are our reliable means of public defence, present and prospec tive ” A written report was made by the committ<*e 011 January 25th. 1865; and although it had a conference with the President, no allusion is made in the report to anv suggestion by him thet the necessities oft I iiRcutive Department of the Government. Therail- j 'ffihd officers and employees are as necessary to the | iittle tor t'heVurcha.se of supplies necessary for prosecution of the war ss soldiers m the be d | carrying on 1,is agricultural operations, and lor the Pnystc.ans and apothecaries are essential to the ( pa) ment llf the ad valorem tax on his p.onerty. , health of the people, and no complaint has reach j Congress, therefore, did net concur in thereconi- , ed Congress of abuses in t ns class ot exemptions. ■ memJati o n of the secretary of the Treasury, ba it the education ot youth be regarded as conduefeyteving it to te highly inexpedient. pre- I The recommendations of the Secretary of the lieasury have, in tie- main, received the approba tion of Congri ss. and every disposition has tern manifested to co operate with him. The tax hill adopted very nearly approximates the rate desired by him. He recommended leu per cent A new ioreign ioan was authorized in secret session, at bis n quest, without any limitation on his authori ty ( xo pt as to tiie amount. A transfer of certain sterling funds abroad was, l.y joint resolution, Greeted to be made from the Navy to tte Treasury. sen ation 1 f liberty, it is not perceived that the ex eruption of professors of colleges and teachers ot i schools can be justly censured. The Senate pass j cd a bill containing a section repealing the exemp- ! tion allowed.to mail contractors and drivers of post j couches; but, at a subsequent Gage of proceedings • an-J on the recommendation of a committee of con j cl ! ference, based on the urgent n monstrances of tbe j | Postmaster General, the section alluded to was j sircken cut. The message under consideration recurs to the 1 inst ig at . 0n of the Secretary of the I reasury. It same subject It is to be regretted that the views j pears from the correspondence submitted to ot the Legislative Department ot the Goverment | Congress that the Secretary ot War, as early as have "ot m4 the flavor ot the Executive, and that 1 the irf.h of February, notified the President of the hr- should deem it both necessary and proper to ex- f , mbarrassed condition of his Department: and it press dissatisfaction with ihe matured opinion of Congress. It is true that Congress lias failed to respond to the recommendation of the President to enact a general militia law. The subject was considered, and the failure to act was the result of deliberation The conscription laws enacted by Congress have placed in the military service of the country all its able-bodied citizens between the ages of seventeen aud filly. The whole military material of the country, so far as 1, gislatioi) is concerned, is ab sorbed by the conscription acts There is none left on which a militia law can operate except, the exempted classes, and the boys under seventeen, and the men over fifty years of age. It was deem- Department is to be regretted that the Executive deliberated on, and postponed for so long a period as nearly twenty days, the communication of that intoriua- tion to Congress. If loss ot time be a vice inherent in deliberative) assemblies, promptitude is a great virtue in Execu tive action. There is every disposition on the part of Congress to comply with tiie reeomnmnda- tious oi the President, and some means of raising the coin desired will, no doubt be devised. It is unfortunate that the necessity for coin in the Com missary Department was not made known until tbe message under consideration was received.— Hie use of coin in one department of the Govern ment is calculated to superinduce the necessity setters, and to enforce the administration of .State laws. It is also true that the Presicjent has recommen ded the passage of a law suspending the privilege of the writ oi habeas corpus. This recommenda tion was the subject of a special message, in secret session. It occupied the attention of Congress for four or five weeks. After mature deliberation,, the measure was laid aside as unimportant and inexpe dient. Spies can^lie arreted and tried summarily country required the employment of slaves 11s soldiers, j without suspending the writ of habeas corpus. Under these circumstances. Congress, influenced, 110 ! Conspiracies, tending in any manner to the injury doubt, by the.opinion of Gen. Lee, determined tdr of out cause, were pruv tied for by a special, t-ct itself the propriety, policy and necessity of adopting the I pa88ed at the present st . ss i ou , “ to define and pun- “TbTrecommelffiations of the President to employ i «J* conspiracy against the Confederate States ” forty thousand skives ns cooks, teamsters, and as en- j . of North Carolina. Georgia, and Miss- gineer and pioneer laborers, was assented to, and a j issippi, had expressed, thr6ii£W their Legislatures, law has been enacted at Ihe present session for the ! great repugnance to tbe past legislation ot Con- purpose, without limit as to number. j gress suspending the writ, and a large portion of All the measures recommended by the President i the people throughout the country was ariayed to promote the. efficiency of the army have been | against the T°'icy of that legislation It was ed expedient to allow this material to remain sub- for its us , in Jfother depkrtmei.ts; and bencJ ri/e ject to the control ot the State authorities for the po | icy 0 f rhe proposed measure, in a financial view, purpose ot local police, to aid in the arrest of de- 1 ; 8 very questionable. The necessity for smmlies. very questionable. The necessity for supplies, however, overrides all other considerations. If practicable, it would be wiser to employ tbe specie in the purchase of treasury notes’and then use the notes to obtain supplies. _ Nothing is more desirable than concord and cor dial co-operation between all departments of Gov ernment. Hence your committee regret that the Executive deemed it necessary to transmit to Con gress a message so well calculated to excite dis cord and dissension. But for the fact that the success ot the great struggle in which the coun try .is engaged depends as much on the confidence ot ttie people in the Legislative as in tiie Executive Deparment of the Government, the message would have been received without comment. Your com mittee would have perferred silence. It has been inuuced to ail opposite course, because they be lieve Congress would be derelict in its duty to permit its legitimate and constitutional influence to be destroyed by the Executive admonitions, such as the creation of th* office of General-in- Chief—were originated and passed by Congress, with a v.ew to the restoration ot public confi Jei.ee and the euergetic administration of military af fairs. some public exposition of its conduct. Respectfully submitted. James L. Ork, Chairman, Thomas J. Semmes, \V. A. Graham, • A. T. Cafekton, John W. c. Watson. — Wo me 11 and Children ItuniHhrd from JUnvnn- Further hoc* of the eracualion rf Richmond.— Yankee loss in storming our work* 60,000.—Gen. A. P. Hill killed. Augusta, April 11.—Twenty-five ladies and twenty- three children, wives and families of soldiers banished from .Savannah by order of the Yankee commander Grover, arrived in this city yesterday. They were well eared for by citizens and relatives. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. A LL PERSONS inuebefed to the estate ot Irwin B. Hamilton deceased, are requested t< come for ward aud settle without delay. Aud those having de mand* against said estate, will present them duly au tbenticaled. JOHN J. HAMILTON, Adm’r. January 30th, 1865. J. J- s. 35 6t LAND FOR "SALE" IN SOUTHERN GEORGIA. Address Z. D. HARRISON, at Clinton or Milledge- ville. March 17th, 1865. 'll H. , , , 1 , , . - , - . - ... . . | such as those contained in the message under cou- adopted except the entire repeal ot class exemp- 1 detmeu wise and prudent to conciliate opposition 1 8 jd er ati 0 n without s - tions; aud some measures not suggested by him— ; at a tuno when dissensions are runious; and as the benefits to be derived from tbe suspension of the writ were conjectural, the deliberate judgment of Congress was expressed by its siienee on the sub- j ject. It is to be regretted that the .Executive does not concur in these views, and again calls on Con- j On the subject, of exemptions, the President in giess to revise its action, and to suspend ti e writ ! 1 bis message of Nov 7th, uses tho following Ian \ of habeas corpus as a measure “ almost indispensu- ! gutge. . bte to tUu -successful conduct of the war ” If the : •:No pursuit nor position should relieve any one fac’at stated in the Confidential Message, alluded I who isable to do active duty from enrollment '.11 tu by tin Pr; sident, be the basis of tbe opinion that the army unless his functions or services are more , the suspension of the writ “ is indispensable to tbe useful to the-defence of hi# country in.another , success.ul conduct of the war,” the Congnss does I sphere. But it is manifest that this cannot be the not concur in tuat opinion. The writ has not been t case with tbe entire classes. All telegraph opera- j suspended since August last. It is not perce.v. d that ; tors workmen in mines, professors, teachers, en- ; the military reverses of the country since that pe- 1 officers, editors and employees of newspapers,} riod were-occasioned by the absence of the iegisla- ! journeymen priuters. shoemakers, tanners, black- | tion asked for , smiths millers, physicians and numerous other IiiregardtoiinpTessments.Congress.atthepres- ' classes mentioned in the laws, cannot in the n»- eut session, has passed a bill declaring that the; Responsible a.. Uiorffy states that the assault made at j ture of things, he ei her equally necessary in their terms "just compensation,” as used in ihe Consti- j Petersburg was in accordance with a council of war- several professions, nor distributed throughout th- ] ution, entitle the qwner whose property is impress- held by Yankee generals at Grant’s headquarters, couiitry in such proportions that only the exact ed to the market value thereof at the. time aud place 1 Sherman shipped a number of trof.ns from the coast numbers required are found in each locality,” j of impressment. This legislation Avas considered j and immediately upon their being landed off James etc. I necessary, iu consequence of judicial decisions in 1 R‘ v " r l 'ie assault began, breaking onr line at the The casual reader would infer that the laws, as some ot the Mutes, and because of the difficulty of j ^'eakest^pomts, when Gen. Lee ordered the evacua- they stood at tbe date of the message, exempted procuring supplies on any other terms Indeed j ‘ q' h ° e Yankees^saultedour works with an immense the classes enumerated by the President, as well it was supposed tliat the Executive had reached force,aud were repulsed with great disaster to th.-m r.s many other classes not mentioned by him Such the same conclusion, as the Commissary General, fifteen times Their loss 60,080. Dur loss dining the is not tho tact. The only class exemptions allow- j on the2 | '!li December, I^Jtil, had advertised that he ‘ ’ ’ ” ’ ' ' ‘ ‘ ed by the laws then in force were the following: j would pay ffir supplies the price fixed by local ap Ministers of religion; superinteudauts and pltysi praisoment; which is, in tact, the market price, dans of asylums for the deaf, d-umlx and blind, The Piesident, in bis annual Message of Novem- and of the insane; one editor for each newspaper, her last, did*not call the attention of Congress to and such employees as the editor may certify on any difficulties attendant on the execution of the oath as indispensably necessary, the public prin impressment laws. The prest nt message, for the ters of the Confederate and State Government, and first time during this session suggests a modifies tneir journeymen pi inters, one skilled apothecary tion i-f those laws; aud the recommendations of the in each apothecary store, who was doing business Pfteideut w.ll doubtless receive the respectful con- as such 0:1 the 10th of October, ISJ2; physiciaus } sideratiou ot Congress. It in *y well be doubted, over thirty years of age, and for the last seven however, whetln r the present spacie value paj a- years in practice; presidents and teachers of colie : bie in the future, will induce the owner of proper- ges, seminaries and schools, and the supermten- j ty to part with it; and whether the passage of sucls dents, physicians and nurses iu public hospitals; j a measure would not result in a general conceal- certain mail contractors and driver^ of post coach- ment of provisions, and consequent starvation of es; certain officers and employ ees of raffroad com- , the army. panies; and certain agriculturists or overseers. j It is apprehended by the President that some de- Otficers of the State Governments are not prop j gree of embarrassment in the management of fi erly included among the exempted classes, because i nance will be felt in consequence of the inadequate it is conceded that Congress has no constitutional } provisions made by Congress ; and it is intimated power to conscribe them as soldiers. Nor are j that some of tho measures recommended by him Dunkards, Quakers, or other non combatants, re- were so retarded as to lose much of their value,. . . garded as belonging to class exemptions, becairse, I aud otheis, after being matured, were, for the 1 tbeinlorniatiori of friends concerned? under tbe act of June 7, 1864, the exemption of sume reason, abandoned, because no longer app ! i- Wwanded Sgt. VV. T. Lundy and Priv C.F. T. these persons is subject to the control of the Sec- j cable to our altered conditon. The only financial j "* s|!lp g, Sgt D H. Wilkinson, Corporals, retary of War. The exemption of agriculturists or measure abandoned after being matured was the Lb "•^reli, James M. Grimes. J F Harris Privts. overseeis between the ag« s ot eighteen and forty ’ J J * k “ «( 1 E L Bear-lnm, *lo« t f — n engagement, including tbe sick and wounded, 15,060. and the withdrawal accomplished without muck lose. Gen. A. P. Hill was kilted during the engagement, together with many other gallant officers. Large fires occurred in Richmond durffig the night of the evacuation, destr oying an immense amount of property. —m Special Correspondence of the Columbus Sun. LATEST |ltOn MONTGOMERY. EVACUATION OF TIIE CITVI Montgomery, April 11.—Our forces evacuated Mont gomery last night. The Federate ;.re expected to 00- c-u;iy it to-day. Some fighting yesterday below Ben ton in which our forces were drivtu back. Rumor. Camp .Near Petersburg. ) March 20th, 1h65. j Messrs. Editors:—The following is the list of casuaiiries ot Co. G. 45th Ga. Regt. in the affair of the 25th inst. W’ill you please publish it for five has been repealed at the present session. Tan ners, shoemakers, millers, blacksmiths, telegiaph operators, and workmeu in mines, enumerated by the President as among the classes exempted, aie sufficent \itahty to render it valuable and applqja currency bill, recommended by the Secretary ot ' L- L Beacham^Jas I Etheridge, B. F. Griffin, the Treasury aad indorsed by the President iu iiis | Janies Huff, Jos. T. McCoy, Thus. Miller. S. W. annual mes-age. It may be remarked that the | Roberts, l nos. T. Raines, John M. -Raines, Math- failure to enact any fiscal measure, which has not | ew, IV Stinson. not now, and have not been since the passage ot the i We tor the short period of four months, does not aetof 17th of February, 1864, exempted as a class, i deserve much regret. I he currency bill was rec railroad officers and employees and State officcss I ouimeudtyi to Congress, tnd based ou the condi- who are not constitutionally subject to couscrip- j tion the finances presented by the President in his tion, be excluded the classes now exempted east message, and by the Secretary of the Treasury iu To allay the fears of friends and relatives, I would state that I am confident that none of the missing were either killed or wounded, but are prisoners of War W. G. fcHAMBERS, Lt. Comd’g. Co,