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F. If. I'M,DFS, -Kama:. ~ QUITMAN, CHBO. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, |W(>B. KdH rittMlDftNT : IIOUATIO SEYMOUR. <>i NEW YORK. J*m \|CK PItfeSU)BNT : FRANCIS I’. BLAIR, or MISSOURI, HT 1T K” KI. K.C r« a AI. jr ICK et . Fl'K TUB STATE .If I.AU'JH i Hex. .RUIN' H. GORDON, of J'uiton. iio*. JOHN’t. Clarke, of n«o<ioiiJi. At.TEKNATKS ; Ci.s. \V. t. WOFFORD, of Bartow. T. M. NORWOOD, of Cliatttum. »oft TUB DISTRICT*: 1 JO 11 NX- NICHOLES, ol l’Wrep. 2. Coi.. CHARLES T OOODE, ofSumti'r. * R. J, MOSRH, of Miiucokoo. 4 A O. BACON, of Bibb. .V Maj.J TANARUS». CIj»MTN*W, Os WehmomE (i. 11. It BELL. »f l ornyth. 7. CoilVAiniS D. WADDELL, of Cobb. ALTSKNITICft. 1 J. IT. HUNTER. of Brooks. 2. WILLIAM 0. FLKMINO. of Decatur. 2 W. (J, TUGGLE. of Troup. 4. Du. HENRY WIMBERLY, ol Twiggs. 6. Oen. I). M. WfIKWK. of Wilkes. o. GARNETT McMILLAN. of Habersham. 7. Col. Y. A. (TASKILL, of Fulton. FOR CONGRESS : [ION. A. ir. HANSELL, OF THOMAS COUNTY. I— (gp-TUfi publication of tho proclnma t ion of Governor Bullock and the “Home stead Act” ’necessarily crowd out a large quantity of nows items, editorial and other matter of importances The Merlin* on Friday JLast- Avery litrjjfau number of the citizens <if BrookaifisftctßbVed at Quitman on last Friday, ox peeling not only to listen to our nominee for Congress, the lion. A. 11. Bins Est., but likewise that gallant Koklief* and brilliant Oiutov, Gen. John 11. GuSno.v, For some cause tlie latter failed ’to he present, hut we learn (not being present ourself) the masses wore edified and instructed by Judge IIansELI, in a sensible, practical argument, which was well received. He was followed by Col. S B. Slender in a brief and elo quent address. Robert*' 1 A Tillman. These popular Commission Merchants of Savannah we learn are doing a lliri ving (business; and they afo certainly (leserving. We have known Judge Tillman for many years, and always found lmn prompt and reliable, and a wb o.'i, gouied, clever gentleman. The other members of the “firm wo are not personalty acquainted with, but their association with our friend Tillman is a guarantee that the firm is “nil right,”— See their card. Major I’. 11. Helm. All that is necessary with reference to tins gentleman, is to direct attention to his curd Ho is located west of the Ex change, and is ready to servo his old friends and patrons as a Gotten and Rice Factor and General Commission Mer chant. Homicide. We learn that a man by the name of Barfield, we believe a resident of Madi son County, Florida, killed, on last Man day, in the immediate neighborhood ol Dr. Hines' residence, a little boy by the name of \i.ex. I'hqveh.uit, formerly a resident of Quitman. It appears that the boy had borrowed a undo from B»u- KiKi.n and not returning it at tho time specified, on account of illness, Umr lat ter became indignant and started to hunt Alex. He met him on tho road in the neighborhood ol l)r. Hines, as sta ted, jerked him from the mule, violently threw him on tho ground and kicked him in the side. Dr. 11. was promptly' sum moned, as tho boy' gave signs of great pain. After an examination by the Doc tor, Barfield asked if he was seriously injured. Upon beiug informed that death would ensue in fifteen minutes, the slay er mounted his mule, and bidding those present good-bye, rode ofl". The Adjournment, The Speaker of the Georgia House of - Representatives, made a conciliatory’and able address, when declaring that body adjourned on the 6th. He said: “Vi > met as strangers personally, but j po’itically our feelings are fully embif | toi ed byffrtUextraordinary teachings of j these why sho Bid have known better.— ! We separate to-day almost as one pco- i --pVimi—inm«tn and common interest.— Iri-itcn not to teachings of political slan Meters. This is our Government, let us | correct the dvitS that may exist by ap- ' pealing to the intelligence and the wisdom j oT the nation, no’t to the passions of a j moli! Let (in' urtta he Wisdom, Jus Tne Assembly will re assemble in Janua ry; the members separate with fraternal j feelings towards each other.” Death of (irn. HowrllCeJfS!*’ The following are tlifj—particuluis at tending the itefilii of this distinguished Georgian, which occurred at Now York on (he Dili, and reported by telegraph: ‘‘Yesterday morning Col. Williams, of Florida, accompanied by a Baptist- cler gyman, called on Gen Cobb. An ani mated conversation occurred between the minisler and Gen. Cobb. When the latter and Mrs. Cobh were taking leave of their guests on tho stairs leading from the pailor to the office, Gen. Cobb! sat down on the stairs, when Mrs. Cobh; observed a tremor of Ida body and eon traction of the muscles of his face. The j attending physician of the Fifth Avenue Hotel whs called, and the General wan carried into the reception room, but be fore medical remedies could bo adminis tered, he was a corpse.” Commenting on this sad event, the Savannah Republican says, “the intelli gence falls heavily upon the hearts of ull his corn flymen. It is diffi ult to find language that will afford an adequate expression of the mingled surprise and pain that filled onr own mind when our eyes first fell upon the news. Wo both loved the man and felt that in him the country had bound np an interest of vast magnitude. To his patriotism, sagacity and skillful management, those who knew him well looked as the strongest hope for the political doliverauce of tho South, so far as any agency of its own could effect it. He was a learned statesman, and in what is known as political skill, had no superior in the country. But he is gone, and tho stricken South must add his death to the long catalogue of ca lamities with which Providence, in its . wisdom, has seen fit to afllict her.’’ Kditorlnl Hrcvit ies. Iter The Savannah Itqmbhcan will hereafter be edited by Col. J. It. Sneed, its former editor and late of the Macon Telegraph, He is well known ns a fluent and foiciblo writer, and will make tbe Republican equal to any Daily in tbe State. Iter The Democratic meeting in New York on the night of the sth was the greatest ever held in that city. It is es timated that ninety thousand persons were in the procession. Iter Returns from Connecticut indi cate 5,000 majority in the recent muni cipal elections. JBtetjr - A riot occurred in Louisana on the Glli, during which two whites and five negroes were killed, and ten whites and fifteen negroes wounded. It was in stigftted by white radicals. BEft- It is said the Spanish Provisional Junta will free all the children of the blacks. SPi).,. Tho State elections in Pennsyl vania, Ohio, Indiana and lowa took place on last. Tuesday. It is possible we may have partial returns before going to press. Ztey Chief Justice Clmso was expec ted in Savannah the present week,—his visit made necessary by the death |of Wayne The dead body of a child was found in a street gutter in Cincinnati the other night. It was wrapped in several pieces of brown paper, and on a little piece of white paper pinned to it was written : “Father bury me; mother has no money. lam twelve days old.” #sj_. Santa Anna has been perempto rily ordered to leave Cuba—no cause for said action being assigned. B«iX- Gen. Sherman asks for more troops to fight the Indians. *«a>" C-. Adams, a Confederate soldier, who killed a Union soldier in Lexington, Ky\, for which he was sentenced to. Dry Tortugas for life, was commuted to twelve years in the Penitentiary at W#n coid, N. If., has been released by the President on tho recommendation of Holt supported by Gen. Schofield. A terrible accident occurred on the P. & G. near Quincy, Fla., on last Saturday (fight, by which one man was killed and seven or eight woun deck Itefe President Johnson has ordeicd the Sooretaty of the Interior to restore to Louisiana the statute of Washington, carried North by’ Beast Butler. &*■>“ Many arms have been carried in to North Carolina, concealed in coffins. The Radical Governor conceds the fact. rv*x„ Great excitement prevailed at Philadelphia on the 12th. A telegram says : “Business is almost suspended. Each party is parading with bands and music urging their friends to vote ear ly. The Mayor, who is a republican, has sworn in one thousand extra police men for to-morrow. The Sheriff who is a Democrat, has sworn in one thou sand deputies. A week ago the Sheriff ordered one thousand hickory clubs for ids deputies. The house where the clubs were stored was burned last night-” Iter The United States Government was the first to recognize the Spanish Provisional Junta. &ir The President has issued an im portant Military Order,in which military commanders arc directed not to interfere wiili elections. Noticing said order the Washington Star says: “in Republican j quintets, it seems to be apprehended fiat' fn the unrepresented States tho ( Jomtervatives will now make arrange ments to choose Presidential electo's, 1 and that President Johnson will demand that their votes shall be counted.” tfj£T The colored Convention at Macon j Concluded their labors on Thursday ol ; last week. A memorial to Congress was adopted, asking that body for protection ! in office, also a now party is to be organ-; ized, to be composed entirely of colored men, and to be known as “The Civil and . Political Rights Association.” The hois-; terons colored man Turner (who was president of the meeting) left his chair, and offered a resolution which passed, declaring that the members ol the Con vention had not convened with any ma lignanl feelings or opposition to the white citizens of the State That they had met to inaugurate war against the foul and base action of the so called Legislature, and to oppose the principles of all me u who oppose equal rights before tbe laws jof tbe land; that the Bible and tbe priu ; ciples as embodied in the teachings of I Jesus Christ is onr guide ; and that as ! soon as these rights are given to all ir respective of color, our organization will lie dissolved. But until this is done we will fight them with words with the press on the stamp, on our knees, in the Court* in the Congress, or wherever we can ex cept in mortal combat. The Homestead Act. We invite the attention of all interes j tod to the following, which is uow a law j of Georgia, and which is of interest to ! every man, woman and child in our good old commonwealth -. An Act, to provide for setting apart .a,, Homestead of Realty and Personality and for the valuation of said property, and for the full and complete protection and security of the same to the sole use and benefit of families, as required by section First of Article VII of the Con stitution, and for other purposes : See. 1. Jia it enacted big authority of the General Assembly of this State., <(■<■., That each head of a family or guardian, or trustee of a family or minor children, shall be entitled to a homestead of realty to the value cf two thousand dollars in specie, and personal property to the val ue of one thousand dollars in spe cie, both to be valued at the time they are set apart ; and no court or ministe rial office:' in Ibis State shall ever have jurisdiction or authority to enforce any judgment, decree or execution agaiust said property so set apart, includingsueb improvements as may be made thereon from time to time except for taxes money borrowed and expended in the improvement of the homestead or for the purchase money of the same and for labor done thereon, or ma teria! furnished therefor: Prodded, the same shall have been set apart and val ued as hereinafter provided. Sec. 2. Every person seeking the bene fit of this act, and of said section of the Constitution, shall make out a schedule and descrip lion of the personal properly j claimed by him to be exempt under said ' section of tho Constitution from levy and ] sale, and hand the same to the Ordinary I of the county iu which ho resides, and shall apply to said Ordinary for an order ; to tho county Surveyor or if there be none | some other Surveyor to lay off his home-j stead allowed by said section of the Con I stitution and to make a plat of the same ! which order the Ordinary shall issue at! once and give to tho applicant. Sec. 3. When said schedule has been so filed and said application has been ! made, (he said ordinary shall publish, in ; the gazette in which Sheriffs sales for said county are published not lwxo than j twice, a notice as follows : A. B has j applied for exemption of personality and ! setting apart and valuation of homestead j and I will pass upon tho same at i on the day of— 186—, at my office. C. 1)., Ordinary, filling said blank so that all persons may know the time for action by the Ordinary on said petition. •*"' Sec. 4. The time fixed by said notice shall not he less than ten nor more than twenty days from the date of the order of tho ordinary to such surveyor. The surveyor to whom said order shall be delivered by the applicant ahall lay off the homestead on or out of the land claim ed by the applicant, and make a plat of the same and make an affidavit that the same is correctly platted and laid off, and that the same is to the best of his knowledge and belief n t worth more than two thousand dollars in specie and return the same to the ordinary before the day appointed in the order for passing upon said application. Should any county sur veyor fail to comply with his duty as ! prescribed by thisj act, he shall l»e by said ordinary punished for a contempt of court. Sec. 5. If at the time amipplape appoin! tod for passing upon said application, no j objection shall be urged by any cred-! itur of the applicant, tho ordinary shall j endorse upon said schedule and upon said plat, approved this the day of sign the same officially, and hand the j same to the Clerk of the Superior Court j of his county, who shall record the same , in a book to be kept for that, purpose iu ' Ids office Sec. 6. Should any creditor of the ap plicant desire to object to said schedule ! for want of sufficiency and fullness, or for fraud of any kind or to dispute the valuation of said personality or the pro priety of the survey, or tho value of the premises so platted as tho homestead ho : shall at said time and place of meeting, specify the same in writing thereupon, unless the applicant shall altar said sched nlo or plat, or both ns to remove said oh jections, said Ordinary shall appoint three disinterested appraisers to exam ine tho property concerning wh eh the ob * jections are made to value the same and on their return (which shall bo made j under oath) if either bo found to be too j la:ge such alterations shall be made iu said schedule and in such plat as the Or dinary may deem proper to bring the! same within the limits of the value allow oil by said section of the Constitution, and lie shall then and there approve said schedule and said plat as required by I the fifth section of this act, and hand the same to the clerk of the Superior Court of his county, who shall record the same ns required by section the fifth of this j net : Provided, that either party dissat isfied with the judgment shall have the , right to appeal under the same rules and regulations and restrictions as are pro -1 vided hy law in cases of appeal from the | court of Ordinary. Sec. 7. If the applicant seeks to have a homestead set apart out of town prop | erty, exceeding in value two thousand j iin specie and it cannot be divided as to : give a homestead of that value, he may i make application to the Ordinary, and upon satisfying iiirn tlTut this is true, said Ordinary may pass an order tint | should said property (describbqi the same) thereafter be sold by virtue of any ) order judgment or decree of any court in this State, two thousand dollars in spe cie or its equivalent in currency, of the i proceeds of such sale or the whole of the said proceeds if they do not exceed that 1 amount, shall be by the levying officer, paid over to the Ordinary for time being aialf'mvested by [a >nie proper person to be appointed by the Ordinary, in a home for the benefit of the family of the appli cant which shall be exempt as if laid off under this law and shall cause the .Clerk ! -if the Superior Court to record said or der in said book. See. 8. Should any r ministerial officer of this State, upon being shown a certi fied copy of such order fail to retain and pay overdo said Ordinary said proceeds as above required or should any Ordinary receiving the same fail to appoint said person, to have the same investigated and turn over the proceeds to him, said officers and their securities respectively, shall be liable to said applicant for said money and twenty per cent, interest thereon, while they respectively wrong fully withhold the same or any part thereof Sec. 9. In'all cases, before the appro val of said Ordinary can be demanded, its aforesaid, the applicants shall pay the costs of raid proceedings including the Clerk's cost for recording the same, to the Ordinary, lie shall he bound for such costs if be approve* the same ; the said officers shall each have for his sir vices the same fees as are now allowed ; him, or may hereaftei be allowed him,! hy law, for such services: Provided, nevertheless, that if any person filing; objections to said schedule or plat shall I fail to have the same sustained, he shall , pay the cost ’of said proceedings. Seo. 10. Any officer knowingly loving or selling said property thus made ex empt from sale shall be guilty' of trespass and the'wife or family of the debtor may j lecover therefor for their exclusive use. Sec. 11. Said property so set apart can not bo encumbered or alienated by the j husband, but if the same beso'd '.or en cumbered by him and his wife jointly, (in the case of husband and wife,) or with the approval ofthc Ordinary for the time being endorsed on the encumbrance or deed, said encumbrance or deed shall be valid as if said property had never been so set apart. Sec. 12. Said property so set apart shall he for the use of the wife or widow and children during her life or widow hood, and at her death or intermarriage, ibe equally divided between the children | of her former marriage then living. Sec. 13. Should the husband refuse to apply for such exemption,his wife or any person acting as her next friend may do the same, and it shall be as binding as if douelby the husband. Should* any' trustee or guardian of a family of minor children fail to apply for said exemption the Ordinary may, upon application of any next friend for the minors allow him or her to act in lieu of such trustee or ] guardian and this shall ho ns binding! as if done by the said guardian or tins | tee. Sec 14 Nothing herein contained shall 1 be construed to prevent any debtor, who ! does not wish to avail himself ot the; benefits of this act from claming the ex- ! allowed by sectiod*l,ol3 of Ir-! win’s revised Code, and should he claim i them, then he shall getbbe benefit there of by complying with the law prescribed in tiiis act ; but no perapn Ajjio shall be allowed the exemptions under these laws shall take any benefit under this act, nor shall any person who shall be allowed the exemptions under this aot be allowed the exemptions under said laws, except; the articles named in parts lU, 11, 12 and 13, of said section 2,013. Sec. 15. Be it enacted, etc.. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Benjamin- Ooni.et, President of the Senate. A. E. Marshall, Secretary of the Senate. R. 6 ' L. McWhorter, Speaker Boose of Representatives. M. A. Hardin, Clerk House of of Reps. Approved October 3, 1868. Rcfus B. Bullock, Governor. Office Secretary of'Statf., ) Atlanta, Ga , October 5, 1868. ) I hereby certify that the above and j i foregoing pages contain a true and cor- j i reel Copy b of the original act on file in this : office Given under my hand and seal of; | office. ! [seal] David G. Cotting, Secretary of State. j We publish the Governor’s Proc lamation, announcing the distribution of United State's troops for the pnrpose ot j assisting the authorities in preserving ! order during the canvass and election. ; We reiterate the remark of the Macon Telegraph, when it says, “we can coofi-l dently speak for Democrats, and say that j the civil and military authorities will i meet with tlieir hearty co-operation in maintaining peace and order in this State.” - ■ It is stated a plot has been discovered; for the assassination : the President. ■ THE NORTHERN ELECTIONS. i Sail News As staled elsewhere, the Northern elections { took place on the 13th, and the first dispatches \ proclaim the sad intelligence to the South, that— i Pennsylvania has gone Republican by 10,000 majority. Ohio gives the Republicans 20,000 majority. Indiana reported to have gone Republican by | 7,000 majority. We have no heart to coinm'nt on this fell stroke of destiny. It shatters the hopes of the i South, for the restoration, in November, of Con stitutional liberty, ar.d is indicative that the chaf : ing chains of oppression will be inercsed. Why ; are we thus accursed ? COTTOZV MARKET. Savannah. Oct. 13.—Quotations are from 22}e to 26c. Middling nominally at 2.5 c. Thanksgiving.—The President has ! issued a proclamation, appointing the 26th day of November, as a day for praise, thanksgiving and prayer. Horrible Case of Mlweienution. Tite Columbia City (1ml.) Tout of the 30th ult., gives the details of a horrible transaction which has recently occurred in Whitney county: A white man by’ the name of David | M. Long, a Republican in good political standing with his party, and who itad , | been a citizen of the place for many j years, has been successful in gulping | down the last plank in the black and tan j platform. This monster has been a widower 1 twice. His former wives were respect ;ed by all who knew them. By these j marriages he had five children—two boys ; and three girls—who, too, ate respected ! and esteemed, | The memory of the dead and the fair I fame of the living have been blackened j by this unnamed beast by uniting bint seif to a negro wench in marriage. Knowing that he could not procure a i license in our county for such an a liauce he takes his muscle material with him to Michigan, where, by the laws of that State, ttie twain were made one flesh. This little victory of Republican priu-‘ j ciples being won, lie turned to bis fami- j ly—wiiii her to whom his little ones! must bow, and whom they must call by 1 that endearing name, mother, j Those children, who had often in their! j fond recollections for the loved in the grave, amid blinding teurs, whispered; ’that sweet name in their prayers, now j ! are .commanded to forget the treasures! jof the tomb. Before them sto >d the re- j J ptilsive form of their father’s wild choice. l ; Her, to call mother! There was too' i much of forgetfulness towatd the dead; ; in this. i The little ones, who had no one to j whom they could look for protection but t j their father, whom they had never dis- j ’obeyed in the least, now for the first! , time declined obedience, when, to obey, ■ ! would be a sacrifice to tlieir honor. To! embrace her and call her mother, set med i to them more of the character of a pui -l ; ishment than a duty, and t ey refused, j | and for this refusal, the eldest daughter, j ; sixteen years of age, was whipped and beaten J y him who claimed to be her f t ! j thor, until she was literally covered j with biuises. After being so cruelly 1 j beaten she sought and found refuge with j one of the neighbors. She was follow-1 led by her fattier, found and driven home, ! with the threat af taking her life if she i itrtlie least disobeyed him. j He told her that, unless she did return ! to the family within fifteen minutes, he 1 would cut her heart out. She leturio and, but to meet a worse fate than death. Du j i ing: her absence arrangements lino been i j made for her ruin, a id one Pompey (col ! orud) was awaiting her return with a conveyance to take her to Michigan, ; where they were, after tlieir arrival, mar • ried. Great excitement prevails among the ) people of Sm tb township, and threats of; j violent proceedings against this unnatu-j ! ral I teas t have been made. «. Special flotice. PROCLAMATION. ilj- the Governor. Whereas, Notwithstanding the Exec-' utive Proclamation of September 14th, 1868, many lawless acts have occurred in violation thereof, whereby the lives j and property ot citizens have been de stroyed, the right of free speech irnpair i ed, the performances of the duties of the [ offices to which citizens have been elec-; i ted, denied, the lives of the citizens so I threatened as to cause them to abandon their homes and property; and Whereas, “the protection of persons and property is the paramount duty of ! government, and shall be impartial and complete;” and Whereas, the sheriff of each county is, by law, charged with the preserva tion of life, property and peace in each county; Now, therefore, I, Rufus B Bullock, Governor and Commander in-Chief of the army and navy of the State ot Gcor ! gia, and of the militia thereof, do here , by issue this, my proclamation, charging I and commanding the said Sheriffs, and j each and every other civil officer in ; iy county in this State, to see to it that \ \ the lives and property of all citizens, 1 and the peace of the community, are i preserved, and that all persons are pro- I tected in the free exercise of their civil ; and political rights and privileges.—! j And farther, to make known that for ! failure in the performance of duty, the ; said Sheriffs and other civil officers will : be held to a strict accountability tinder ; i the law. And, to charge upon every ! person, resident in this State, that they i render prompt and willing obedience to j the said Sheriffs and other civil officer, 1 under all circumstances whatsoever; and that they demand from the said offi | cers, protection, when threatened or dis turbed in their person or property, or ; with denial of political or civil rights;! ! and, that failing to receive such protec I tion, they report facts to this depart- ’ men*. The following extract from General Orders No. 27, dated October 8, 1868, from Headquarters Department of the South, is published for the information of civil ofliccis and the general public, by which it will be seen that said civil officers will, in the performances of tlieir duties, be sustained by the military pow er of the United States. Given under my hand, and the great seal of the State, at the Capitol, in the j city of Atlanta, this 9th day of October, ! in the year of our Lord eighteen him* .died and sixty eight, and of the inde pendence of the United States the nine. ! third. RUFUS B. BULLOCK, Governor. By the Governor: David G Cotti.no, Sec’y of State. llkadq’rs Department or the Semi, Atlanta, Ga., October 8, 1868 — General Order*, No. 27 —Whereas, By an act of the Congress of the U Riled. States, ap proved March 2d, 1806, it is nttreh- the duty of the military authority to pro serve the pence at the polls at any elec tion that may be held in any of the State*; "And, Whereas, this duty lias become (he motto imperative from the existing political excitement in the public mind, from the recent organization of civil gov ernment, and from the fact that Congress !>■■»» by statute prohibited the organiza tion of military forces in the several States of this Department; it is there fore •‘Ordered, That the several District Commanders will, as soon as practicable on the receipt of this order, distribute the troops under their commands as fol lows: * * » * In the District of Georgia: “One company Sixteenth Infantry,'to Albany. “One company Sixteenth Infantry, to Columbus. “One company f . ..tenth Infantry, to Macon. “One company Sixteenth Infantry, to Augusta. “One company Sixteenth Infantry, to Washington, Wilkes county “One company Sixteenth Infantry, to ! Americas, “One company Sixteenth Infantry, to i Thomasviltc. “One company (C) Fifth Cavalry, to Athens. “The company at Savannah to he re j inforced, should occasion require, by such I number of the men atFoit Pulaski as can be spared from the post, * * * » “Di tachmeiiU, when necessary, may ; be made to points in the vicinity of < ac’li ; post; but in no case, nor on any pretext whatever, will deuichincuts be sent with out u commissioned officer, who will bo | fully instructed by Ids post commander, i “The troops will be considered as in : ihe field, and supplied with the necessa ry camp equipage; the men to be fur ! nished with common tents if practicable, ; and if not practicable, with shelter tents! | Commanding officers are permitted to j hire quarters, temporarily, when it cun be done for reasonable rates; but this ; will not preclude the necessity of carry ing tents, as the commands, in all cases ! must be in readiness to move at the shortest notice, with all supplies required j for their efficiency. “District commanders will instruct ! post commanders in tlieir duties, and the I relative position of the civil and milita ;ry powers. They will impress on pest j commanders that they are to act in aid and co-operation, and in subordination tu the civil authorities; that they are to i exercise discretion and jtidgm tit, unbi j ased by political or other prejudices; ! that tlieir object should be exclusively I to preserve the peace and uphold law and order, and they must be satisfied sue is the object of the civil officer call ing A » them for aid; that they must, in cases where time will pi-'mit, apply for instruction to superior authority, but | they must at a 11^ hazards preserve the ; peace, and not to-be restrained by tech nical points, when. in. their cocseierrciotiß judgment under the rules above set forth it is their duty to ret Dost common’- ders, on being notified of the proposed holding of political meetings, may' send an offic > ;•! it necessary a detach meat, to wat, , the proceedings and see that the peace is preserved. “To the people of the several States composing the Department, the Majot General Commanding appeals that they wi'l cooperate with him and the civil authorities in sustaining law and order in preserving the peace and in avoiding’ those scenes of riot end bloodshed, and the wanton destruction of property and life, which has already, in some instan ces, been enacted in the Department. He urges abstinence from all inflamma tory and incendiary appeals to the pas sions; discountenancing the keeping open ; of liquor shops on days of political meet ing* and of election; the absta.ning from . carrying arms, and assert the individual right of construing laws by force of arms. No just cause is ever advanced by resort to violence. Let there be char ity and forbearance among political op ponents, whatever may be the result let each good citizen determine that all j who, under the law, have the right to the ballot shall exercise it undisturbed. If there arc disputed points of laws, let be referred to the courts, and’ let ! mobs or political clubs, or other irre sponsible bodies, construe and under take to execute the law. This appeal is made in the earnest hope that the .Major ; General Commanding can rely on the good sense and correct judgment of the mass of the people, and'that he will not be compelled to resort to the exercise of the power in which he is entrusted, and which he will most reluctantly employ. But he thinks it is his duty to make known, that so far as the power under hi? command will admit, be will not per mit the peace to be broken, and that he will not be lestrained in the conscien tious discharge of his duty by technical tties of laws made when the present an omalous condition of affairs were nei ther anticipated or provided for. By order Major General Meade: K. C. Dkisi, A. A S ccl 16 S6