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J. KNOWLES and*B. ROSE,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
The Officer* Called Out.
STATE OF GEORGIA, }
Adjutant a Ins. General’s Office,
Milledgeville, Feb. 23, 18f>8. • )
General Order No. i.
I. A moving appeal having been address
ed to the people of Georgia by Gen. Beaure
gard to rally for the defence or Savannah,
aud a cull made also upon the Governor to
furnish all the assistance in bis power for
the - ame purpose : His Excellency, a? the
i- IFst ami most effective manner of meet
ing th • Goueral’s request, and of contribu
te ; much as in him lies to the protection
f 1 Georgia’s comaiercia! capital, from the
iiorde of abolition < tmnissaries seeking to
wrest her and her constitutional rights from
the care and guardianship of the State and
of the Confederacy, hereby order all the
militia officers of the State (except those al
ready tendered to and accepted by General
Beauregard) including General, Field, Staff
and company officers, to repair forthwith—
. chout hesitation or delay—to the city of
. a* onah, and report to Gcu. Beauregard,
be organized under hiiTdircctiou into colo
nies, .as hereinafter directed, aud for duty
i the defence of that city until their ser
v ces can he dispensed with.
11. 'I be officers of the thirteen military
divisions of the State will be organized at
Savannah into, and will constitute thirteen
companies, to be officered as follows—the
M ijor General of each division will act as
Captain of the Company formed iu his di
vision, with hi* Brigadier Generals,, uud so
many us the Field, (Stall and company offi
cers, according to grade and rank, as may
be requisite, acting as his Lieutenants, Ser
geants and Corporals, allowing four Lieuten
ants, six Sergeants* and six Corporals to a
company. The officers taking position ac
cording to the date of their commissions iu
their grades, and the supernumerary officers
falling iuto the ranks as privates. Should a
division be without a Major General, as inuy
bo the case + two or three division's, the
Senior Brigadier General of it will act as
Captain, and so on in the order of sonority
according to grade,
ltl The transportation to Savannah will
be furnished to the militia officers on reach
ing the line of any railroad, on their exhibit
ing to the agents or conductors of the trains
thuii commissions or if their companies be
lost, on a certificate previously drawn outset
ting forth their rank, and the district, regi
ment, brigade or division to which they are at
tached furnish ing also their names. Which
i affirmation will be noted by the agentor con
ductor and forwarded to this office for com
parison with its records to form a bads; of
settlement by the quarfcermasfcer’sdepai tment.
Railroad companies ure requested to take
special notice of this paragrrph, and to pro
tect themselves from imposition, will scru
tinize carefully the commissions and certifi
cates of all claiming to be militia officers.
IV. Each officer will Take with him to Sa
vannah a blanket shot gun, or rifle, or other
serviceable weapon. But that there may
be no delay for the want of an arm, prepa
ratiuns will be made to supply all that re
port with an efficient fighting weapon, with
which, as Gen. Beauregard suggests, be can
“kill his enemies or protect his friends.”—
Each man moreover will take with him pro
virions enough to feed himself until he
i>a' ues Savannah, where, on reporting, he
w H be subsisted by the Confederate authori
ties.
As the companies arc organized, mus
ter rolls of them will be made out by the
‘O tr.iu. for payment or other purposes; the
Ulcers and men being paid as Captains,
.omen.mts, Sergeants, Corporals aud Pri
vat- - according to the provisions actually
held by tl ni m the companies while in ser
vice.
•V i Any militia officer not obeying this
:. ’.mmon: aud reporting immediately as hcre
ir ordered, will, if within the age for oou
s riptiou, be no longer exempted,, but will
i ted to the proper officer for enrollment
i li- Confederate service; aud if he*be be
j ud the conscript age, lie will be tried by
Court Marshal, for disobedieuee of orders.
That there may be no excuse for disobedience,
on the plea of ignorance of the order, news
pipers throughout the (State arc requested
to give it immediate publicity, each will in
sert once and send iu bill, and patriotic citi
zens are urg- and to make it known through
their counties.
VII. All able bodied citizens, whether
subject to militia duty or not are earnestly
invited to volunteer, till the emergency is
jwsstd, in answer to General Beauregard’s
eloquent and patriotic appeal. All who vol
unteer wtll be expected to confirm for the
time their services are needed to the rules
which govern troops in service, and to such
organization as the commanding General
may find it necessity so order. To facilitate
their journey to Savannah the Railroad will
be authorized to pass all volunteers who pre
sent certificates of militia officers that they
are volunteers on their way to Savannah.—
The certificate must, in each ease, give the
name of the volunteer and his place of resi
dence, and must give the name and rank of
the officer, with the county of his residence,
or it will not be recognized when presented
for payment
V ill If this order is promptly carried
out, it is expected that from two to three
thousand able bodied effective men will be
added to the forces at St vannah in time to
assist in repelling the assaults of the enemy.
The high character, intelligence and milita-
Xj training of the persons of whom this force
will be composed, jusities the expectation en
tertained by the Commander*in-Chief, that
they will not only render the State ihe most
effi otive service in this hour of trial, but
that the) will display au intrepidity of valor
upon the buttle field, which will make them
invincible, and will satisfy all that injustice
has been done the militia officers of Geor
gia l) those who have doubted their willing
ness to sacrifice their lives, if need be, in
the defense of their State.
By order of the Commander in-Chief:
Henry 0. Wayne,
Adjutant and Inspector Genera!
Tin; Law ulitfins flm
»t Codon.
For the information of ail who arc inter
ested in the raising of the next cotton crop,
we publish the law regulating the number
of acres to the baud, Ac., as passed by the
lust General Assembly of Georgia .
Au Act to prevent and punish the planting
aud cultivating, iu the rftate of Georgia,
over a certain quantity of land iu cotton,
during the war witc th" Abolitionists.
Sec. 1. The General Assemb’y ol Geor
gia do enact, That it shall not be lawful for
any person or per ans, whether residing iu
this State or not, t * plant and cultivate iu
; my county in this .Ftate, by themselves,
i their agents or employees, or allow the auic
to be done, a greater number oficres of lard
1 in cotton than three (3) acres for each band
owned or employed by the hi between the
age* of fifteen aud fifty-five; and wheu said
persons may owu or employ bands over fifty
fiv« years of age and under sixty-five, or
over twelve years of age and under fifteeu,
two of said bauds shall be counted as one
hand, and, therefore, s*id person or persons
may plant aud cultivate three acres of land
iu cotton, and no more, for every two of said
hands so owned oi employed by them,
Sec. 2 That every violator of this law
’hall be guilty rs a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof, shall be fined, for every
acre so piauted more than three to the baud
or hands, or mi to the two hand;, or hands,
or nine acres to the three hands or hands,
aud so on in proportion to the number of
hands empioyey, the sum of five hundred
dollars for each aud every acre so planted
above the number specified; one half of
which sum shall be, iu cases where there is
a prosecutor or informer, paid to said prose
cutor or informer, aud the other half paid
to the Inferior Court of the county where
the conviction takes place, for the benefit
of indigent soldier’s falilies in said county.
Sec. 6. That any person or persons who
may intend to desire to prosecute any person
or persons for the violation of this act, may,
upon aplication to any Justice of the Infe
rior Court of said county, supported by affi
davit that he has good reason to believe
said Law has been isolated, obtain an
order requiring the County Surveyor, or his
lawful deputy, to enter the premises of said
penon, and make a survey of all lands so
planted and cultivated iu cotton : and said
person shall pay said Surveyor for making
said survey his usual rees, wtutn sunii mi
taxed in the bill of costs on the final adju
dication of the same.
Sec. 4. That all owners of slaves or ern
ployees shall give in, to the Tax Receiver,
the number of hands owned or employed by
them, between the ages of twolve and fifteen
and fifteen aud fifty-five, and sixty-five,
each year during said war.
Sec. 5 That, the Judge of the Superior
Comts lie required to give this iaw specially
in charge to the Grand Jurors, at each term
of their courts, during said war with the
Abolitionists.
Assented to December 11, 1802.
41>olitIoni*t* at Woodstock, Fla.
Wa art* indebted to a* lady friend, “a
Refugee,’’for the following 1 account of the
J Abolition raid at Woodstock, Florida:
“On Friday, the 30th ult., the Abolition
gunboat, John Adams, supprised the inhabi
tants of \V oodstoek, at 2 o,clock, a. m., with
j a force of about 200 blacks, commanded by
white officers. Availing themselves of the
; early hour, they placed negro pickets around
each dwelling, entered the houses, and cap
tured every male adult, among whom were
Messrs. Betseut, Bavatte, Flood, Smith,
Grovcnstein, and Sterling—the former gen
tic man was only sojourning for a few days
at this place, to recuperate his health, but
lie was ruthlessly forced to leave lus bed
aud accompany the foe.
“These citizens, with their families, are j
refugees from St. Mary’s who sought it as
an asylum of safety when the dastard inva
der so ignobly took possession of Fernan
dina Being sure of their prey, they com
mitted depredations of severaf kinds, such
a* aj propriating guns, enticing off four De
gree:--, the property of M rG . Alberti, and
stealing her sheep, bacon, rice, and other
stores. Noi was this all; Col. Higiogson,
of the ‘South Carolina Volunteers,’ entered
a lady’s apartment before she bad veutcred
out, and rudely searched among the mattras
ses. She told him that she expected such
of pirates and thieves, to which heauswered
that is she did not hush her tongue he would
have her arrested ; but this weapon is not
so soon foiled, for her southern blood was
at its height when the degraded Colonel told
her that the negro was as good as the white
man.
“Another'lady, Mrs. 8., wishing to pass
from her room (which was now picketed
only bj ‘red legs/) to claim the protection
of a white man, was ordered back by one,
who told her that he could protect her as
well as the white man, and if she dared to
pass he would shoot her down ; but she was
not to be daunted by so base a wretch.
“I take pride in informing my readers
that all the ladies comported themselves ou
this trying occasion with great composure,
yet with that dignity which becomes every
daughter of the South. The fiendish work
work being at au end, the allies were mus
tered and marched back to the gunboat.
Ou their way down, however, they met with
a warm reception, and the Captain was kill
ed at Reid’s Bluff by Gapt .Clarke’s com
maud.
“We have learned sinee, by flag of truce,
that the prisoners were taken to Hilton
Head, after a day s deteutiou at Feru&ndina,
Here the curtain tall*, ami our hearts wither
at the thought that, the loved ones may lan
guish within the lonelv bars of prison.
Though they have been torn from us—
though our homes, where clustered so many
endearing associations, have been desecrated,
and are iu ashes, yet are we happy to have
saci iticed our all on the altar of our cherish
ed country, aud our abiding faith is in God,
who has promised a blessing to those who I
trust in him ! “A Refugee/’ i
Scott’s ucaltfi said to be failing him
iast. He is confined to his appariaients, almost
entire!v helpless; and what is worse, it is said
tnat bis miud at length is breaking down uudei
the weight of years aud meutal and bodilv trou |
be. Lie receives verj few visitors, and these
only his most intimate friends.
tie llfhcl. Fe*>. -*v-
The Jfcilualioi*.
We have new# from Nashville. By a-arc |
ful computation of reliable parties ?Set arc
fifteen thousand inmates of Federal buytals |
iu that city with a tendency to iocr<je. — j
I here are at present forty-two largoospi
tals, and all crowded to overflowing Be
sides these are boarding-bouses, wild are
also firti of officers, either sick or winded
A late letter to the Cinciuati fifiette,
says “the condition ot the army ofAJddle
Tennessee cannot be said to be verqui*cfu)
or promising; officers iu the greatift J.>uu
daucc arc off on leave, aud as for tbrfoidjei s,
tbr hospital* are stuffed with them
The eiuatus of Nashville sutfer^greatl j (
from the overbearing iotwknee of tbeuemy.
Now that Andrew Johnson has be# strip
ped of his power that is boon perfccy over
shadowed by the military, he huibecouic
especially kind aud courteou®. Hisit L
generally believed trimming hi-, sa* to suit
the* North-western breeze, lie tiers his
assistance freely to “bi* suffering illow-oit
izeus.” and professes to be very mch ag
grieved by the brutal course of tb<Y*nkee
officers Fire-wood is very feearoeand the
poor would suffer, but the bon i befeeu the
rich and the poor, who are true ad loyal,
has dissipated all distinctions us frmUity,
and one Southern family helps anoter, free
ly and at all times.
The families ol our absent soldHs are uot
iu want Mitchell, the commauciut of the
Dost is represented us a Kansas .uftiau out
and ont. The “daily dirty Union’’ spreach
ing the most foul aud extreme aboljtwuism.
There are only one Division and two or three
Battalionsof Cavalry now in the city >esides
the artillery—men and hands emphyed on
the fortifications, numbering in allalrmt. ten
Thousand men.—Eight thousand npic are
at Franklin, and the main body neir Mur
freesboro'.
The Nashville Destroyed by the en
emy.
The steamship Nashville and cargo were
destroyed in the Great Ogeeehee liver on
Saturday last by shell from the ebolitidn
fleet. She had on board about 7011 bales
compressed upland cotton 75bbls rosin
and 40 boxes tobacco. Having cropped
down the river a short time since, she was
ordered to change her anchorage and come
up. On Friday at 4p m, she weighed an
cLo* an J wkila pr inwftcling up, she grounded
on a sand bar about a mile rrorn Fort McAl
lister, at. the point known as Seven Mile
bend, and In full view of the enemy. Every
effort was made to get her oft but with no
avail. At the next high tide, early Satur
day morning after futher efforts but with no
better success, she was abandoned by the
officers and crew, the fleet consisting of an
iron-clad and three gunboats, being in mo
tion. The irou-clad opened upon her from
across the marsh, at a distance of about three
•fourths of a mile, about 7d o,clock a. m. as
sisted by the gunboats, and kept up a steady
tire upon her till 10 o,eolek, when one of
their shells set her on fire. The flames
reaching her magazine, she soon up.—
The fort kept up a lire upon the vandals,
three shots from which, wo are informed,
striking the iron-clad. The fleet having ac
complished their object in destroying the
Nashville, withdrew to their old anchorage.
The Nashville had been employed previ
ous to the war as a packet in the New York
and Charleston trade. Since the war she
has done good service iu forcing the block
ade. For several months past she has been
lying in the Great Ogeeehee river near Ar
nold’s Landing undergoing some alteration
having been purchased by a stock company,
who had succeeded in obtaining from the
Government letters of marque aud reprisal
for her under the name of the Rattlesnake.
Bhe was commanded by Capt. ’J’. Harrison.
Baker, and mounted one32#nd one24 poun
der. iSac. Rcj>. March, 2d.
Capture of Another Federal Train.
—The Rockingham, Va., Register gives the
annexed account of the capture of the Fed*
tram : .
Oapt John H McNeill has agiiiti beeu
making ?i successful dash at a Federal train.
He caught one of them about seven miles
south ofjtouiuey, on the Northwestern
Turnpike, at the junction of the road lead
ing to Moorefield, and took 104 horses with
splendid harness, and destroyed twenty-sev
•n wagons lot ded with hay. *
Not content with takiug the horse aud
harness and destroying the twenty-seven
splendid Federal wagons with their forage,
he took seventy one of the Federals tbem
t>el yes, with two negroes in their possession
which they Lad stolen from some farmer.—
McNeill made the dash at the train with
only twenty-seven men; whilst it had a
guard of one hundred and fifty Yankees, one
hundred and thirty-five of whom were in
fantry and the balance cavalry. McNeill
would have taken the whole party, but the
balance took flight and ran off.
This brilliant affair was bloodless, _not a
Confederate getting a scratch. Os course/
our men were iu too fine a humor to kill any
of the Yankees; so, as Lincoln would say,
there was “nobody hurt/’ The train had
beeu sent out from Romney, and the Feder
als there are waiting for its return
K'roiii Tickybiii’g.
A gentleman, in the official position, ar
ii\ed heie yesterday, direct from Vicksburg
Mississippi. The firing on the 18th was
tiom a mortar boat, stationed behind an is
land on the Peninsula, and out of the range
of our guns. The general opinion was that,
it was only a feint to cover their withdraw
al as they were about dre wued out by the
rising of the waters of the Mississippi. ' Our
informant is of the opinion that the Gibral
tar of the West cannot be taken. He was
at several “run offs/’ “break downs” and
“smash ups” on the railroads, as he was re
turning, and displayed great presence of
mind, where he would have liked better to
have had absence of body. lie escaped with
out injury. The affair at Chunky Bridge
lie describes as truly heart-sickening, where
mauy a soul perished by the giving 'wav of
the bridge. He think that there i, greater
danger of being killed on the* ca t s between
tiere and A icksburg, than there is of death
from Yankee bullets at that gallant city.—
A tin ntu ( oin nion wealth Feb 20M .
Confederate »«vy Victlory al Sh
bine Paws.
We get from tbe Houston (Texas) Tele
giaph the following particulars of the bril
liant naval exploit at h&binc Pass :
Maj. Watkins, some weeks since, organ
ized an expedition by order of Major Gener
al Magruder, having for its object the clear
ing of Sabine Bay of the enemy and theii
captures. To effect this object, ths two lit
tie iteauicrs Josiab Bell and Uncle Ben were
placed uuder bis command, with about 301)
men, drawu from Pryon’s and Speight’s and
Cook’s regiment. Tbo Bell was armed with
i 1U pound rifle cannon, and the Uncle lien
with two 18’s'. The cuemy learning no
I doubt , that the expedition was fitting out in
\ Sabine Bivcr, and warind by our bUoaese at
Galveston left tbe Pass and took position il*
' tbe Golf, twelve miles distant.
'I he expedition got under weigh on Jan.
•JOth and ran down to the Pas?. On the
morning of the 21st the steamers got up steam
and started for the bar. They discovered,
at about twelve miles distance, two vessels,
1 which proved to be the brig-of-war Morning
Light mountiug eight 32’s. and one rifle
gun, and the sebr. V elocity mounting two
. splendid Dabigreu guns.
Tbe moment the vessels discovered them
they up sail aud rau to sea to escape our
■ steamers. All steam was at once put on,
and an excitiug chase commenced. At about
10 o’clock, the chase having continued about
tiftecu miles, the Bell got in range and the
Davis Guards let fly their first gun at the
j Morning Light. The chase continued for
some miles father, giving our boys time to
fire ten or twelve shots several of which took
effect in the brig. r i be brig answered but
was uuable to hit the Bell at all, Having i
uow approached within good musket range
it. did not take the riflemen long to clear the
enemy’s decks. Before the Bell reached
her her colors were haueld down and our boys
took undisputed possession.
It did not require long to take the schoo
ner. Thus has Major Watkins continued the
brilliant performances inaugerated by Gen.
Magruder on our coast) and, without the
loss of a man or a gun, added to our navy two
excelent vesseds eleven heavy guns and stores
of tbe most valuable character. Hew the Bell
and Uncle Ben were fitted up need not be
told. They belong to the Magruder fleet.
Not a man was scratched on our side. The
enemy’slo9s was four killed and afyout fifteen
woimd-rd
ihe Morning Light tas now been towed
up to the Sabine bar, drawingjfifteen feet wa
ter. She is being discharged, and it is be
lieved it can be lightened so as to draw no
more than nine feet, when she can be easily
taken over the bar Her cargo consists of
clothing, ammunition and a large stock of val
uable medicines. Her ballast consists of
i pig-iron, and is a valuable acquisition- Be
, Bides the 109 prisoners there are fifteen or
twenty contrabands and free negroes captured
making in all 125 or 130 prisoners.
Federal prisoners say a supply steamer was i
being daily looked for by them with a large
amount of provisions* Measures are accor- 1
dingly taken tffhfc nothing shall prevent her
safe arrival and reception at her port of des
titnaiou.
Eighty ITliiliou* Biiyliels ot Com.
Who wants such an amount ? Georgia next
October, for the ensuing months.—
Fifteen millions buffiels for the people of
1 the State; fifteen more her pro rata y to sus
tain the soldiers ; forty miilious for horses
and cattle, aud ten for hogs and pork.-*-
Where coni has to be moved we must allow
j twenty per cent loss—that is sixteen mil
lions. Suppose an ordinary cotton crop had
been planted last year what with the drought
iu Cherokee and other places would have been
our condition this 18th of February or rath
er three mouths hence ‘i Not a bushel would
have been tor sale. Famine would have
stalked abroad from the sea-board to the
mountains—from the Savannah to Chatt
alfoochce. Our brave boys would have been
worse ;fi than at Fort Donelsou—too feeble
to make a charge upon their assailants, from
stiained efforts sixty hours—now it would
be for want of food. Never was such a crop
produced in the State and yet if it holds out
to October, we should be full of gratitude
I to the Father of mercies, who blessed the la
! bor of our hands. \
It was the result of true patriotism that
controled our people to abandon a cotton
j crop and plant so largely in corn. i iod has
! rewarded this patriotism with his blessincr
j upon our labores ; but. threrfortbs less in
'corn would have proved our overthrowfto
day thousands would have witnessed famine
in all its horrors.
“But we shall have peace in three months i
and then cotton will briug 1G to 20 cents.j
Let no such illusions deceive you; the wilv
foe may be holding out these omens on pur- I
pose to decieve and ruin us Odi omnes omuns
JJemaoram —they lure to destroy.
A corn crop is worth more than a cotton I
crop at $1 per bushel. Three acres of eot-,
ton may produce 1600 pounds in the seed • i
400 ginned, at 15 cents, is worth §6o. j
Those three would produce 60 bqshela corn
—B6O If you estimate the cotton at 20 :
ceuts then I estimate the corn at Si 50 and
the corn is most profitable But four times
the labor is required to gather three acres I
of cotton which the corn demands. This
would enable you to plant 12 in corn ; then
you are 400 per cent, better off
j But 1 appeal to your love of country—to I
i your willingness to sacrifice a little longer in
! this good cause to save your country by sus* |
! Gaining the soldiers. Don't let avarice tempt
! to barter what you Lav# .suffered so ruueb for. j
ito get money for your cotton crop. I CO u- !
! jure you by all that is sacred in home, eoun- I
! fry, liberty—both civil and rcdigouy— l con . j
. jure you to plant corn and thus save all • fur i
without food, we are a prey to our nurelent- !
iog foes. Our temporal salvation depends I
on a good corn crop for 1863- We have done 1
j and suffered too much already to be led
I astray by the avarice of a cotton cron.
I orn COrh «>rn, for 1863.— Atlanta tntd- ;
i i ujencrr. -
FogTinciTlOKS AT WKLPOK.-The Raleigh (N.
C.) standard learns that the fortifications at that
P ldl General \V alter (rwinii > are progress- \
mg rapidlj, and are now in a condition to enable
our troops to resist, and repel m? number ot the
enemy. V\ eldon is a very important point, and
y* gratified that step* have been taken to save
i the udiosd and intone at that point at adihazaids
* -C i ■ * ;• f
“Important if True.”
The Atlanta Intelligencer of yesterday
rives the following “in almost the exact
vords of the relator” during a personal in
terview with the editor. If true tbe news
is certainly huge .
Private J. B. Johnson, Cos. K, 2d Ken
tucky Regiment, says on Sunday last, ab( ut
six 'o’clock A. M., a heavy firing of cannon
was Lcard in the direction of tbe enemy’s
line, fix or eight miles this side ot Murfrees
boro’. From the leport which the eatiiftin
made, it was judged that they were charged
with balls and shells. Mr. Jthusou timed
the firing, and it lasted two hours aud fif
teen minutes. A deserter soon after came
in and related the cause of the firing. This
deserter raid that the Republicans aud Dcmo
.uats iu the Federal army became engaged
iu a dispute about tbe holding of the Con
vention in Louisville, Ky., aud trom words
tbe parties went to blows with the fist :
thence to pistols and muskets; when, final
ly, Rosencranz ordered out artillery to quell
the disturbance. Two divisions of the led*
oral army thus became engaged and fought
cttch other fjr the ieugth of time specified
above with cannou. Two huudred aud fifty
were killed and a large number wounded. —
We give the report for what it is worth,
hoping it may prove true.
To Ihe Press.
To our brethren of the Press, who only
issue a weekly paper. We desire to call
yoiir attention to the fact, that we are as
much interested in the high prices paid for
material and labor as the daily press is, and
we should do something towards having uni
form charges for subscription and advertis
i iDg
| The present charges are almost as varied
in amount as the papers themselves, and un
| less some arrangement is made, the people
who have advertising done will be dissatis
fied and the press will suffer. We tkere
! fore propose, that the weekly papers in the
State of Georgia hold a Convention for the
purpose of regulating the charges of sub
i scription and advertising, which scale of pri
-1 ces shall govern the weekly press until the
war is over.
Subscription should be at least $3, and
advertising 50 per cent higher than the pre
: sent rates. What s§y out brethren ? If
this suggestion does not meet the views of
! those of our ootemporaries who hare been
: occupying their position much longer than
ourselves, then we hope they will suggest
some plan We are willing to adopt any
plan that will pay us for our time and labor.
_ Whkr£ the Cavalry art.— -At, l>est accounts
J Van Dorn bad crossed the Tennessee river with
several thousand cavalry. What he intends to do
is not known He will undoubtedly be heard from
in due time.
Morgan’s men are busily engaged in harrassiug
; the Federate in the neighborhood of Readsville—
have already captured more than three hundred
prisoners, thirty wagons and a thousand horses,
mules and beef cattle.
| Gen. Forrest’s command, which formed a por
i tion of the late attacking party on Fort Doneison,
tas returned to Middle Teuuea^ee.
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! Trial for Seizing.—On yesterday e trial for
seizing beeve9, in which Maj. R, A. Crawford was
she defendant, came off before i|ie city Magis
trates.
The facts, as we are informed, are about these
Maj. C. has a contract to furnish the hospitals
here, witwbeef. A lot of' beeves were driven to
this market some weeks ago and the Major was
endeavoring to purchase them of the owners, when
the jfrosecutors of the case bought the beeves and
were carrying them away from the city ; where
upon Maj. Cummings, who has the proper authori
ty frop the War Department, applied to Col. Lee
for a detachment of men, who, under the direct
tion of Mr. Cmwford, took possession of the cattle
for government use, first offering the then market
price, which was refused.
Maj. Crawford, upon establishing these facts,
was honorably acquitted, and the prosecutors
mulcted in tbe costs. —Souther a *26.
The West vs. Thu- East.—The oldiued between
the East aud the Weat is manifesting itself in the
Northern Cougrcss. A Washington letter says :
In the House, to-duy, Mr. Washburne, of Illi
nois moved, that inasmuch as Eastern men had
refused to vote for the Illinois ship canal as a means
oj defence for Northwest, that the appropriation of
eight huudred thousand dollars for fortifications iu
Maine be stricken out ot a pendiug bill. The
Maiue delegation between very wratliy, and de
lcared tbattbe State would remain in tbe Union
whether they got their appropriation or not.
An army correspondent of a Northern paper
says that the following interesting scene look
place in the army of the Potomac not long since.
A chaplain wanted a horse, and without much
ceremony took one belonging to a Virginia far
mer, but his possession of the property was very
brief, as the following conversation shows: The
Chaplain rode into the presence of his superior
officer, and was asked where he got that horse?—
The chaplain says. “Down on the road'there.”—
The officer remarked, “You had better take him
back again.” The chaplain says, “why Jesus
Christ, when he was on earth, took an. ass from his
owner whereon to ride into Jerusalem." The
officer replied, “You are not Jesus Christ; that
is not an ass; you are not on your way to Jerusa
em, and the sooner you restore that horse to his
owner, the better it will be for you.’*
Important Rumor!—We learn that a gentleman
just from Nevr Orleans briDgs the welcome in tel
gence that the famous blockading steamer Brook
lyn was captured by our horse marines, near Gal
veston, a short time since He says the Delta
publishes a futl account of the capture, which was
about as follows: The Brooklyn got upon a sand
bar, near Galveston, and removed all of her guns
to the opposite side of the boat, to lighten the
one nearest the bank. Our boys quietly surveyed
the process of removing the guns, and when it was
accomplished, they immediately got in small boats
and quickly boarded her, compelling her instant
surrender —Jackson 3/i ; stipp Inn t 19 th
Northern Xews,
The Chicago Tribune is printed.on paper which
one quarter sorghum fibre. Two sorghum pa
per mills are already running in Illinois.
_ 7 h ? F , ed * rai ?V n>>oat Clyde was burned at Cairo.
1-eb. ~ ioaded with stores, Loss, SBO,OOO.
Lincoln decides that the Charleston blockade
was not disturbed sufficiently to render notice and»
necessary.
Sherman, of Ohio, has made a speech in the
Lotted bttilet Senate, advocating a general draft
»n tue Norte. As he is Lincoln's mouth piece this
creates great excitement.
The French legation at, Washington has seen
proper to deny peremptorily that the Emperor
has been plotting t§ separate Texas from the
oontederacy, and a correspondent of the New
\ ork Tribune, who evidently speaks from kuosvi
edge obtained directly from the legation, asserts
that the French Government is at present wholly
ignorant of what has taken place in reference to
thi* matter. The whole responsibility connected
with it falls upon unknown agents and subaltern
officers who, desirous of distinguishing tkemseivee
have at earned certain functions unwarranted by
when ifciuL iuii
MACON, GKQinTf t
Wednesday Mareh 4 I
— ... __ ’ 1 Oho,
are mailer obligations i
our subscribers for back payments }■ 1
during the past week, There are m, I
that we would like to Lear from. "
AYtt? Subscribers will be taken
20th instrat $2 50—after which
tl rec dollars, which is too low u ,. r . „ * • I
the present price of paper.
BLAN KS.—\V e have on hanj
assortment of Legal Blanks—proW>* '
largest and most complete in the f u>
Amoug them the approved form f .
1 ceiving Deceased Soldiers Pay
*aT Every thing seems quiet along t i
Potomac frontier. Mud and dem ? • !
seem to be formidable obstructive ,
'GJ3 a
advancement of the Federal army
There are some signs of a niovcim v
j the pait of Rosencranz in Tennessee
REMITTANCES BY EXPRESS
Our subscribers are informed that the?
cnit to us without cost to themselves a;,,
due us in a sealed letter endorsing on t
amount enclosed, and ta£e receipt of tht £ x , r
Company. Such receipt we will recognith,.
payment, should any difficulty ocecr.
| hope that many will embrace this opporiu., -,
IRISH POTATOES PROM SLIPS
< Perhaps it is not generally known, that
; Irish Potatoes can be raised from slips or and- .
in the afctme manner as the Sweet. It has h,
successfully tested, and as seed Potatoes
scarce this year, those who do not have a f u {],.
ply would do well to put it in practice.
DEATH OF A G- WARE
This gentleman, whose name Is well knowr a
beiugjfor many years connected with the pros*
! for some time the Agent of the Macon aad V\ ti
i tern Railroad at Atlanta, died in that thy •,<
J carbuncle, on the 27th inst. Mr. Ware was ant
'cellent citizen, and fulhlled his duties most hi
| factorily, in his station, a? Railroad Agent.
TBCUBLE IN ILLINOIS
i The House of Representatives h.
Resolutions, and to prevent their passage it* Ur
Senate the Republican* withdrew, leaving it with
j out a quorum. The Democrats now refuse to ji s .
i any appropriation Bills, unless the Republican* \
isume their places—arid so stand* the LegLiatm
!at last accounts. -
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DAY OF FASTING AND PRAYER
The President has issued his Proclamation a:
ting apart Friday, the 27th of this month, ai »
day of fasting, humiliation and prayer, iuv. inriu
denominations to assemble at their usual place* of
public worship on the occasion.
HOW MUCH COTTON A PLANTER HAY lUlct
We publish the ket of the last Legi
| this subject to day, which prescribes how trat
bales a planter may raise to the harm, Ac. W<
I but few of our planters needed any log a! it
i straint on this subject, but no objection should dr
made to the*law and its requirements hast ytv
they nobly sustained the country by Xachficir,
, the cotton for a provision crop, almost entirely
which proved abundant in middle add lower(tm
gia, leaving a large surplus for the army, aid i
supply for less fortunate sections of the State. 1:.
j doing this they have been amply rewarded pecu
niarily, and have done a great service ip suatakiir;
the cause oi our independence. It is to be
j that they will again provide for a large crop ot
provisions, with a free will, looking onlv to the
benefit ot the country, rather than beiDg controls
by legal restrictions.
THE ABMY OF OFFICES'?.
Thin unique corps, the invention ot G */. B oet;
i* the order of the day. The general plan of i'.i
organization will be seen in the g rn' ordfr*
published in our present paper. Large mothers
of officers aud other voluteers now throng oq;
Railroads on their way to Savannah. The Brigeie
(the Bth) of this section, it seems, is only requited
to meet aud organize (which took place yesterday,
and then wait further orders for its moveraeut,
whenever that may be necessary — probably cot
at all, unless some positive demonstration is made
against Savannah. Probably other brigades wbith
can readily get to Savannah, have similar orders
Such an army should certainly be a very efficient
arm for our defence, with no “awkward sq uads,
needing cultivation in military science or tactics.
We shall see something when they appear in the
held, aud trust that all will submit gracefully in
coming down from their dignified positious cl
commanders to serve as privates. The recessary
acquirements for the scale of reduction are much
easier obtained than those for a suddenly elevated
position, and no doubt it will be preferred by
many of modest military pretention*.
SAVAKHifi.
The following is the latest account we have ol
the war prospects in that vicinity, and is from the
Daily News of yesterday. No serious apprehen
sions are entertained there of a general attack
shortly:
“ Oo Sunday some fifteen gunboats, with three
iron-clads and a number of baigcs, were ia Osaa
baw Sound—also, four steamers, two iron ciatis
and three mortar boats off Genesis Point. Frora
this movement it would appear that the enemy
has to give our batteries at that point
another treat. It is not unlikely that they wiu
commence the attack to-day The other vessels
may be designed for a simultaneous attack on
Beaulieu or some other point. 1 '
Postscript.— The latest D syatch announces that
an attack is now bhing made on Genesis Point and
other places,
ORDER TO RAISE NEGRO TROOPS.
The President of the 17. 3. had the Icllow.oj.
order issued to the Gove: nor of Massachusetts or.
the 20tb January. Truly is the country degraded
when It has to resort to such means for it.® defend*
or for conquering the South.
Ordered: —That Governor Andrew, of ifa-ss
chucotts, is authorized, until further orders, to
raise such number of volunteer companies of & r
tillery for duty in the forts of Massachusetts ami
elsewhere, anil such corps of infantry for tha vol
unteer military service as he may find may b ?
convenient. Such volunteers to be enlisted to
three years, or unless sooner discharged, and may
include persons of African descent, organized 10
seperute corps. I]e will tak£ the needful requi* ;
lions ou the appropriate transportation, orgai
zation supplies, subsistence, arms and equipment*
ox »uct volunteer*.