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daily times, J. W. WARREN A C 0„ Proprietors. Published Daily (Sundays excepted) at the rate of $5.00 per month, or sls for three months. No subscription received for a longer term than three month*. ADVERTISING RATES : Advertisements inserted for $2 00 per square for each insertion. Where advertisements are inserted a month, the charge will be S3O per square. Announcing candidates S2O, which must invariably paid in advance. SPECIAL NOTICES Tlie Medical Examining Board, For the Third Congressional District, will be at Hamilton Harris county, Nov 11 Sc 12 Cusscta Chattahoochee c 0... Nov 14 &15 Lumpkin Stewart county Nov 16 Sc 17 Preston Webster county. Nov 18 &19 Ellaville..... Schley county Nov 21 Sc 22 Buena Vista Marion county Nov 23 Sc 24 . , A'/'" ' 25.26,*,28*29 Talbolton., ...... Talbot county Nov. 30 & Dec. 1 Butler, Taylor county ...Dec 2 & 3 Oglethorpe. Macon county Dec..; 5& 6 An ericus Sumter county '..Dee 7Sc 3 Georgetown Quitman county Doc 9& 19 for the purpose of Examining all persons between the ages of 17 and 50, who have not been examined subsequent to the Ist, day of April, 1864. Each county Enrolling officer will notify all inco between tho ages of 17 and 50 to appear at the above mentioned places, for examination, at the time herein specified, and have a suitable room pre pared for that purpose. ROBT. Vs. PARK. Surgeon, P. A. C. 8. W- T. A GRAHAMS, Surgeon. P. A. C. S. P. B .MINOR, Surgeon, P. A. C. S._ oc 2 vv Notice. parties desiring to send Letters or Packages to their friends in Pemberton’s Cavalry can do so by leaving them at J. ENNIS & CO’S Store before the Bth instant, Cooked provisions wilEnot be re ceived. H. A. CHAPMAN, no 2 6t ~ Rovernuieut Sheep for Exchange. *t, ia HEAD SHEEP will be exchanged for Bacon t)UU or Beef. The Sheep rated at §2 00, Bacon 10c., Beef 2c. gross per pound. The Beef to be de live.oa alive. Apply to J. A . TYLER. Columbus, Nov. 2, 1864 —tt Deserted. Hi:>dquarters Government Works(Ord.) Colutuflus, Ga., Oct. 31,1864, JAMES PATILLO, a detailed conscript employ ed at this Arsenal, having absented himself from work without authority, is hereby published as a deserter. Said Pa till o is 27 years old, 5 feet' 8 inches high, lias dark complexion, gray eyes and dark hair. M. 11. WRIGHT, nov 1 lit Colonel Commanding. OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS, Columbus, Ga., Oct., 29,1864. VTO Freight will be received at the Southern Ex ii press Company’s Office after o’clock u. M.t o go East on that day, nor will any be received to go West after 4o’clock V M. oc 29 ts S. H. HILL, Agent. Notice. n RAND and Petit Jurors summoned to appear at 'J the May Term, 1864, of the Scperior Court of Mnscogoo county, are hereby notified to be and ap pear at the Court House in said county, on the “ Fourth Monday in November next. Witnesses and parties interested are also notified-to appear on that day. By order, of his Honor E. H. Worrell, Judge of said court. Oct 31,1861-td F. M. BROOKS, Clerk. <9*Enguirer and Sun copy until day. Bonds of the 500,000,000 Loan. J A M authorized to continue the sale of the 6 per 1 cent, long date Non Taxable Bonds of this Loan at the Government rate of o<io Hundred and Thir ty-llvo Dollars. die principal of the Loan being free from 'taxa tion anil the Coupons receivable ror all Import and Export duties, makes it the most desirable yet offer ed by tho Government. I therefore recommend it to tim favorable notice of tho people. W. 11, YOUNG, oc IP Ira Agent for sale of Bonds. Wa lited i r l l o HIRE—Four or Five able bodied Negroes.— I Good wages given. Apply* at our Government Works. oc 28 ts JOHN I). GRAY Sc CO. $35 Dollars Reward. CTRAVED from my place in Wynntou, a dark 0 bay mare MULE, about nine years old, hair rubbed off of both hips and i large scar on the right hindquorter. JOHN .COOK. oc IJ.1 J . ts A GOOD PJLAJVTATiOjY For Sale. IN Macon county, Alabama, lying directly on the * Montgomery anil West Point Railroad, The tract contains 1,200 acres—about 700 clpared. There is acomfortable Dwelling House 01 . the place, good Negro cabins with brick chitnnies and all the neces sary out-buildings. The land is productive and location desirable. Possession given in November. For further information apply to DAVID ADAMS. oe 27 lin Columbus, Ga. 4®“Telegraph A Confederate, Macon; Montgo mery Advertiser; Amstitutionali?, Augusta, copy. 'Wanted to Employ V GOVERN ESS in a private family for a limited f V number of scholars, in the cotmrrv, a short dist ance from Coluuibu*. Address Box 16. oe 31'2w’s W. G. W. To Resit. \ STORE on Broad street. Apply at oc3l tj’ THIS OFFICE. To Rent, \ BLACKSMITH SHOP with six or seven Forges. * all complete. Apply at oc 31 tf_ THIS OFFICE- S2OO REWARD. WriLL be paid for the apprehension and delivery to us of our two Negro Boys, BILL and JIM, who ran#>ff some time since. BILL weighs about 150, is tall and slim, black complexion, hair very short and thin, has a down cast, sullen look, and talks long and drawling, Left us about the Ist >f August last. V JIM is a fine looking negro, weighs about 180, _ o feet 10 or 11 inches high, black complexion, thin visage and high cheek bones, hair short. Left us ..about the Ist of October. We will pay the above reward for both, or SIOO for cither of the'above described negroes, if delivered us ir placed in some safe jail where we can get them. We will also pay SIOO for proof to convict any white person oi harboring them. BEDELL & CO. Columbus, Ga., Oct. 13, 1364. —lm EXCHANGE! i FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange 1 for sale in sums to suit purchasers by agio ti BANK OF COLUMBUS. £lo© Reward. \Y LLL be paid for a negro boy named Henry, who )) runaway about two months ago. lie is aboutfi feet Sinches high: weighs about 1-50 or 170 lbs.; com plexion yellow : fine looking; when laughing has dimples in both .'heel:?. It is probable he went to Atlanta with some of the troops from this city. eeS ts H. M. CLECKLEY. 300 Howard. VEGRO boy CIIARLHY; about 25 years old, yel- A low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or- Gnary intelligence ; left Mr. Nat. Thompson’s near r>ox Springs, Talbot county. I bought him of a Vlr, Brown, a refugee from Mississippi, who now resides in Tuskcgee, Ala. He originally came from Charleston, S. C. A suitable reward will be paid for his delivery at this office, or in any safe jail and information sent to me at this office. JAMES M. RUSSELL. Columbu’s Ga.., ang 1 ti * Strayed or Stolen. S3CO REWARD! AN SATURDAY NIGHT, Sth instant, two rnedi w urn sized MULES, one a black the other a bay. ihey were ii fair order and fpesb shod. A reward 1 Go will be ’>aid lor their delivery to me at the ty House. THOS. E. SMITH. _ oc 19 ts * Shoe Peg- tor Sale. A BOUT 500 bushels, in quantities to slut purcha . sers, at reduced prices. AljPlyjo HARRISON. BEDELL Jc CO. Columbus, Oct 28—ts G'olutnbtts limp. VOL. Xl.} Saturday Evening. (Special Correspondence of the Daily Times.) Georgia Legislature. Milledgeville, Nov. 4th. In the House to-day the resolution of yester day to print 200 copies of the Governor’s Mes sage was reconsitler&d and 500 copies order6d. A resolution was adopted declaring that Wm, G, Browne, a member of the House from Washington county, being a paroled prisoner, lost none of his rights here from such position- Bills were offered to amend the act reorgan izing the Militia of Georgia so as to exempt men over 50 years of age from such service. And to amend the distillation act. To repeal-all laws restricting, the planting of cotton. To relieve certain parties from double tax. To amend several sections of the code. To furnish corn to certain citizens in desti tute circumMances. To extend the time for the final settlements of Tax Collectors. To prevent the impressment of breeding cattle. To reduce the number of Justices of the Peace in each county. To tax distilleries and repeal all laws against distillation. To regulate the dowar of widows—allows one-third of the whole estate. To make uniform the valuation of slaves in the State. A motion was made to take up the unfin ished business of the last session. The speak er ruled this to be a distinct session, and the motion out of order. The rules of the last session were adopted and tho House adjourned. SENATE. In the Senate bills were introduced to giv e force and effect to the laws of this State re specting writs of certiorari and of error in cer* tain cases. A memorial from the banks or Savannah asking to be relieved from a tax on thejr as sets as these are included in their returns of capital stock. To extend the time for final settlements of Tax collectors. Ordering 50 copies of the resolutions adopted by the recent convention of Govern ors to be printed. Also to refer to the Senate several subjects of the Governor’s message to appropriate committees. A few other measures of no general inter est were offered, but are not worthy of a place in your columns. • The Senate then adjpurned to lo ociock to-morrow. Trout. The Front,' Montgomery Mail Office, 7 Thursday, Nov. 3d, 10 A. M. j The only fresh intelligence we have this morning from the Army of is through an officer who has just reached the city, Captain Manning, of North Alabama. Capt. M. was present at the capture of De catur, and states that we captured about three thousand prisoners at that point. Advance was still the word, and the troops were in excellent plight and buoyant spirits. The whereabouts of Sherman is not known, outside of official circles. The "West Point Republican of the 2d has reports that “the Front” of our army is now in Middle Tennessee, somewhere in the vicinity of Tullahoina. Med. Exam’g Board. 3d Congressional Dis. GOVERNOR’S_MESSAGE. (Concluded.) OUR FINANCIAL CONDITION. As_will be seen by the reports of the Treas surer and Comptroller General, the public debt of Georgia, independent of the appropriations of the past year for the payment of which a sufficient tax has been assessed, and of the change bills issued which are payable in Confederate States Treasury note, amounts to $14,474,270. Os this the bonded dobt is $6,088,250 of which $216,000 being part due is drawing no interest. The remaining debt consists’of $6,993,000 in Treasury notes, and $1,395,000 in Treasury Certificates of Depos it. These notes and certificates bear no in terest and the State will not be called on to redeem them in specie or bonds till six months after a treaty of peace. Os the above $2,670,750 is the old bonded debt which existed at the commencement of the war, incurred chiefly on account of the construction of the Western and Atlantic Railroad which is the property of the State, and for stock in the Atlantic and Gulf Jtoad. To meet her liabilities the State has public property consisting of the Western and At lantic Railroad, Bank stock, and Railroad stock, valued before the depreciation of the currency at $8,840,124,68. And b*r whole taxable property worth over $700,000,000 up on a specie basis. The debt to be paid in Confederate Treas ury notes is $1,411,442 of change bills, and $8,095,000 payable in mew issue of Confed erate Treasury notes 25th December next, which by the terms of the centract are to be presented for payment by 25th March next, or she State is not bound to redeem them, but they are to be receivable in payment of pub lic dues at any future time. To redeem these notes and the undrawn ap propiations of thejpast year, there is now in the Treasury $2,146,087 and a balance still due on the tax digest, about sufficient to cover the whole amount. But as some of the coun ties whose digests have been returned have since been thrown within the enemies lines, it may not be possible if the enemy is not driv en back, to collect a sufficient sum within the time to pay all these notes when presented. In that event I respectfully recommend that provision be made for the issue and sale of seven per cent bonds running 20 years with semi-annual coupons, to raise the Confede rate currency necessary to pay the debt, which ft is believed would command a high premium, or that new State notes be issued upon the same terms as the notes to be re deemed payable in new issue of Confederate notes one year after date, which could be ex changed, it is believed, for Confederate notes with which to make the payment. This would enable the State' to pay the debt in Confederate notes as soon as the tax can be collected. I also recommend that the appropriations ot the present fiscal year be provided for by the issue of similar notes payable in Confed erate Treasury notes, so as to enable the State to pay the appropriations out of the taxes ot each year when collected, and that sufficient tax be assesied to meet all the appropriations made. As the money must be used during COLUMBUS, GA., MONDAY, NOV. 7, 1864. the year and the taxes of each year are paid during the latter part of the year, it becomes necessary to issue these notes to meet the de mands of the Treasury till the taxes can be collected. As I stated in a former message no prudent man will now give his note for property at present rates payable in specie after the war ; nor will he borrow the present currency if he is obligeed to use it, and give his note for it at par, payable in lawful money after the war, but he will sell property even if it exposes him to much inconvenience and raise the cur rency which he is obliged to use. If no mem ber of the General Assembly and no prudent constituent of any member will raise currency for his own uses and give for it his obliga tion for specie after the war, no legislator should do it for the State, which is composed of the members and their constituents. If it becomes necessary to sell some portion of our property to raise the currency necessary to meet the demands upon the Treasury we should do it without hesitation, rather than incur ah enormous debt in currency to be paid out of our property and that of our posterity in future at specie rates. In imposing the necessary taxes the law should make provis ion for the exemption of the property of the poor who cannot sell property to pay a heavy tax and live; and should place the burden mainly upon the wealth of the (State where it can be borne without causing suffering or want. As the poor have generally paid their part of the cost of this war in military service, exposure, fatigue and blood, the rich who have been in a much greater degree exempt from tlfese should meet the money demands of the Government. WESTERN A ATLANTIC RAILROAD. As will be seen by the Report of the Super iutendant of the Western & Atlantic Railroad the net earnings of the road have been sl,- 117,522,48 for the fiscal year. In addition to this about half a million of dollars have been made to this date, by the use of the rolling stock since the road was given up to the enemy, by the purchase of cotton mostly in localities threatened by the enemy, which was carried to points of greater safety and sold for a profit. The sales had not been made nor had that sum been real ized at the date of the Superintendant’s re port. Part of the cotton now stored will soon be sold and the money paid into the Treasury and accounted for in the next report of the Superintendant, When we had rolling stock which could be spared from Government transportation I thought this a legitimate business. When the road was taken possession of by the enemy and our engines and cars sent to the interior of the State, I found it necessary to keep most of the employees of the road with the stock, that we might have them at command incase we recovered the road. As they were gener erally dependent upon their wages for the support of their families it was necessary to keep them upon such pay as would accom plish this object. The loss of our engines and cars has been heavy. The raid under General Stoneraan de stroyed at Gordon and near Griswoldville seventeen passenger cars and thirty freight cars and seriously injured four engines. At the evacuation 'of Atlanta three of our en gines and eighteen cars which were in the employment of the Government transporting ordnance and commissary stores were destroy-, ed by order of Gen. Hood, to prevent their falling into the hands of the enemy. The families of part of the employees who have been driven out without shelter have been permitted to occupy a portion of the freight cars. The balance of the rolling stock when not engaged carrying cotton has been used on other roads to carry government freights for the supply of the army. The Confederate Government owes as will be seen by the Superintendent’s report, the sum of $975,774 GO. I have made every effort in my power to collect this, but have not been successful. I trust the Government will not much longer delay payment, which ha3 been withheld from time to time under various pretexts. TAX ON BANKS. the act of the last regular session im- j posed a tax upon both the assets and capital \ stock of the different Banks of this State, ! which amounts to a double tax, and a3 these ! corporations have not the advantages over the other pursuits in the State which they had before the war, on account of the suspension of their regular business which has been ab* sorbed by the Confederate Treasury; and as they exchanged large amounts of their own bills with the Government at the comrnence mefit of the war for ifes notes as an accommo dation, ‘which have greatly depreciated in their hands; I doubted whether it was the | intention of the legislature to make thi3 dis crimination against them. I therefore direct- j ed the Comptroller General to suspend the j collection of the tax upon their Capital Stock and collect only upon their assets till your : pleasure shall be known. TAX ON COTTON. As the law now stands cotton in the hands of all persons other than producers, is taxa ble, but the cotton held by the producer in his gin-house from year to year as investment pays no tax. I can see no just reason for this discrimination. If the planter sells his cotton and invests the proceeds in bonds or other property they are taxable, as are almost every other species of property, but if he con siders the cotton a better investment than currency bonds or other property, and holds it from year to year, it is exempt in his hands from taxation, while all other things of like value are taxed. If A purchases cotton which he holds as investment and B raises cotton which he holds from year to year for the same purpose, I confess my inability to see anyjust reason why the one should pay tax and the other be exempt. INEQUALITY OF TAX RETURNS. I call your special attention to that part of the Report of the Comptroller General which points out the inequality of the tax returns from the different counties under the present law, and respectfully recommend the passage of the Bill suggested by him, or one of like character, to remedy-this evil and prevent fu ture inequality and injustice between the peo ple of the different counties. Each should bear its just part of the public burdens, which is not and will not be the case under the pres ent law. MILITARY APPROPRIATION. As our State is invaded by a powerful ene my and it is iniposible to foresee the exigencies which may arise within the ensuing year to so require the use of our military force, or the extremities to which we may be driven, I rec ommend the appropriation of ten millions of dollars as a military fund for the political year. RELIEF OF SOLDIERS' FAMILIES. I recommend the appropriation of six mil lions of dollars as a fuMd for the relief of in digent soldiers' families and sick and wounded soldiers, and indigent exiles. While hundreds and thousands of our pat riotic fellow citizens who are poor and without means to support,their families in their ab sence. are standing as a bulwark between the enemy and the sefety and property of the whole people whose homes have not been overrun, it is the imperative duty of the peo ple at home to see tha* their families do not suffer for the necessaries of life. I have con stantly advocated this policy and feel the im portance of it the more as the sufferings con sequent upon the scarcity of provisions are increased in the State. The wealth and prop erty of the State must be taxed to any extent necessary to prevent suffering among the fami lies of our brave defenders. They have freely shed their blood in their country’s service, and those who have money must be compelled to part with as much of it as may be required to cheer the hearts of the widows and orphans of the slain, and the distressed families of those still upon the field. Let our soldiers’ know that their loved ones at home are provi ded for, and you stimulate them to greater ex ertions and nerve them to nobler deeds. The law should be so amended as to make it the duty of the Inferior Court3 of the res pective counties to make quarterly reports to the Comptroller General of the disbursement of the funds received by them, with a state ment of -the names of the indigent persons to whom the fund is distributed and the amount received by each. It is believed that the courts are not held by the present law to sufficient accountability. The law should provide for the prompt dis missal of the courts from the trust, and the appointment of other agents to disburse the, fund, when they fail to make legal and satis factory returns, or to discharge any other of the duties imposed upon them by the statute. Provision should also be made to enable the courts of counties* containing refugees to draw enough of the funds of counties behind the enemies lines to afford relief to such refu gees when entitled, without the certificate of the court of the county of their former resi dence, upon other satisfactory evidence when the certificate of the court can not be obtained. CLOTHING FUND. I recommend the appropriation of two millions of dollars as a clothing fund to be used for the supply of clothiDg to Georgia troops in service when they cannot get what is necessary to their comfort from the Confederate Government. While it is the duty of that Government to supply all its troops with comfortable clothing, if it fails to dis charge that duty from inability or otherwise, Georgia should see that her sons do not suffer by such neglect. This fund should be U3ed for the purchase of tho necessary supply either in the Confederacy or in foreign markets as circumstan may show the one or the other to be the most practical with the least cost. PURCHASE OF PROVISIONS. The conscript law having been extended to 50 years of age, embraces much the greater portion of the planters of this State. Most of these men who make surplus supplies of provisions have received details from military service ou condition that they sell to the Confederate Government all their surplus at schedule prices, which are now so far below market value as to afford not even the appearance of just compensation. In this way the Confederate Government prohibits the citizens of Georgia from selling their surplus productions to their own State, vghen the State needs these pro ductions and is ready to pay just compeusation for them. This makes it exceedingly difficult for the Quartermasters and Commissaries of the State to procure the supplies absolutely necessary for the State troops, indigent exiles, and others support ed by the State. .Under the order of Confederate officers that detailed men should sell only to Con federate Agents, the officers of the State during the past summer were driven out of her ownmar kets, and were obliged to go tojour sister State Ala bama, and purchase corn and import it at a very heavy-expense to the Treasury to save the suffer ing poor from starvation. For a more detailed statement of the difficulties growing out of this prohibition you are respect fully referred to the official Reports of the Quartermaster General and the Commissary Gen eral. Some of the other States have enacted laws which authorize the State officers to impress when in the hands of producers such supplies as are needed for State use. This in my opinion is the only mode of obviating the difficulty. Such a law should make ample provision to secure just com pensation to the owners whose properly may be taken. A confederate regulation cannot be de fended upon any principle of reason or justice which drives a State out of her own markets for the purchase of her necessary supplies. THE EXILES DRIVEN OUT BY THE ENEMY. Your attention is invited to the deplorable con dition of the unfortunate exiles, who have been driven from their homes in Atlanta, and other parts of the State, by the savage cruelty of the enemy. The inhumanity of the treatment to which these unfortunate sufferers have been sub jected, has probably no parallel in modern warfare, and but few in the history of the world. Thous ands of helpless women and children, many of them widows and orphans of brave men, who have sacrificed their lives in the defence of the liberties of their country, have been driven from their homes, with but iittlo of their clothing and fur niture, and thrown out and exposed upon the ground to all sorts of weather, without food, house or sheller. I have had the best means in my power provid ed for their protection, and have ordered provis ions issued to those who were entirely destitute. As I hhd no special appropriation for this pur pose, I have used the Military fund, or so much of it as could be spared, not doubting that my course would meet your approval. Tents have been furnished to such as could not get shelter, and I have directed that log cabins be constructed, at a suitable locality, by the Quartermaster General, who has taken great interest in their behalf, for their comfort during jthe winter. The Quarter master and Commissary General have dene all in their power, with the means at their command, to mitigate the sufferings of this most unfortunate class of our fellow-citizens. I recommend that proper provision be made by law, to supply those who are destitute, with shelter, and the necessa ries of life, till they can provide for themselves. GEORGIA HOSPITAL AND RELIEF ASSOCIATION. Your attention is invited to the Annual Report of the Board of Superintendents of the Georgia Hospital and Relief Association. This associa tion is composed of gentlemen of the highest char acter who have labored faithfully and successful ly to alleviate the suffering of our sick and wound ed soldiers. Their efforts merit the thanks of our whole people. It i3 doubted whether aay other as sociation with the same amount of means at com mand has accomplished as much good. I respectfully recommend an appropriation of $500,000 to be expended by the association as heretofore, during the ensuing year. SCHOOL FUND. As_our schools cannot be conducted with success till we have a change in the condition of the country, I recommend that the school fund, for the future, be applied to the support of the widows and orphans of our soldiers, till we can again re vive our educational interests, with reasonable prospects of the accomplishment of good, by the distribution of tha fund among the counties, for educational purposes. DESERTERS AND STRAGGLERS FROM THE ARMY. It is a fact that requires no eifort at con-< eealment since'the late announcement of the President, in his speech at Macon, that our armies have been weakened to an alarming extent by desertion and straggling. The suc cess of our cause, and the safety of our people, require prompt action to remedy this evil,- Many of these men have fought gallantly, and hpve left their commands, under cireumstan ; ces the most trying to which human nature can be exposed. As our armies have retreat ed and left large sections of country in posses sion of the enemy, they have found their i homes and their families thrown behind the enemy's lines, where the latter are subject, not only to insult and injury, but to great suffer ing, for the necesaries of life. Under these circumstances, their sympathy and care for their families triumphed over their patriotism and sense of duty, and in an unfortunate hour | they yielded to their feelings, laid down their arms and abandoned their colors /FIVE DOLLARS t PER MONTH. A strong appeal should be made to these men to return to their companies, and a free pardon should be extended to each one who will do so. This is already offered to them by Gen. Beauregard and Gen. Hood, and I have reason to believe would be granted by the General in command of each of the Mili tary Departments. All who refuse to accept the pardon, and return, should be arrested and sent forward with the least possible delay. The civil officers of the State, in their respect ive counties, with the aid of tho military officers, when at homo;: and the patrol of each county, is believed to be the most effective, for the arrest and return of deserters and stragglers, if placed by the laws of the respective States* under proper legal obligations, to act in this capacity. These officers, by the Constitution of the country and laws of the States, and of the Confederate States, are exempt from the-Confederate conscription, and should be required in'consideration of the .ex emption extended to them, to keep all deserters and stragglers out ot their counties, when not overrun by the enemy. To compel the civil officers to act, as many of them are not inclined to do so, I recommend the passage of a law, authorizing the Governor to turn over the civil officers of any county, or any portion of them to conscription, when they refuse to act or to obey orders, for the apprehension of stragglers and deserters, from State or Confede rate service, and if they cannot be turned oyer to conscription from age or otherwise, that they bo subject to militia duty, and to trial by court mar tial, for neglect of duty or refusal to obey orders. And that all neeessary penal sanctions be added, to compel the discharge of this duty. Proper pro vision should be made, by the Confederate author ities, to receive the deserters at convenient points, not too remote from any part of tho State, and to pay jail foes and other necessary expenses prompt ly. The want of proper regulations, in this par ticular, deters many civil officers, who would be willing to act, from making arrests, as they have not money to spare, to pay the expenses, and do not know to whom or where they should deliver the persons arrested. While it is the duty of the States to make pro vision to compel deserters, and persons absent without leave, to return to their commands, an imperative obligation rests upon them to make such provisioi/for the families of the needy as will secure them from want of the necessaries of life, in the absence of their husbands and fathers. Whatever tax upon the wealth of each State, may be necessary for this purpose, should be assessed by legislators without hesitation, and paid by property holders without complaint. ROKBER BANDS OF DESERTERS AND STRAGGLERS. It is a lamentable fact that bands of deserters from our armies, and small bodies of cavalry be longing to the Confederate service are constantly robbing and plundering our people of their stock, previsions and other property. This is generally done by these robber bands, under pretext of ex ercising the power of impressment in the name of tho Government or of some General, who not only knows nothing of their conduct but disapproves and condemns it. They go armed and take what they please by intimidation and force, having re gard to neither age, sex nor condition. They are not amenable to any civil process as there is not generally sufficient force at home to arrest them, and they pass on and cannot in future be identi fied. If arrested and committed to prison they will aid each other to escape by force if necessa ry. They are lawless banditti and should be so treated. I therefore recommend the passage of an act de claring all such outlaws, and authorizing any cit izen or association of citizens whom they may at tempt to rob, to shoot them down or slay them in any other way in their power, and to baud to gether and follow them when they have committed a robbery in any neighborhood and slay them wherever found. This is the only protection left our people at home against the depredatious of these incorrigible thieves. RANK OF THE QUARTERMASTER AND COMMISSARY GENERAL. The gentlemen who fill these positions have ia ! bored incessantly and faithfully to serve the State and promote the public interest. I feel quite sure no better officers fill similar places in any Stace in the Confederacy. The Code only gives them the rank of Lieut. Colonel and allows the Governor no discretion in raising their rank no matter how deserving they may be of promotion. As I know of no other State which has failed to give higher rank to offi cers in these positions, I respectfully recommend as an act of justice that their rank be raised to that of Brigadier General. GEORGIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, Upon the advance of the enemy, in the direction i of Marietta, I directed the Superintendent, Profes sors commanding, and Cadets of the Georgia Mili tary Institute, to report to the Military commander for orders, and to aid in the defence of Atlanta, or such other points as they might be assigned to. The order was obeyed with promptness and cheerful ness, and they were, for a time, placed at the bridge at West Point, then at a position on the River in front of Atlanta, and finally in the trenches. In every position, they acted with coolness and cour age, and won the respect and confidence of their commanders. Finally, when it became necessarv to place troops at Milledgevilie, for the defence of the Capitol, against the raids of the enemy, I ordered them to this place, where they are covered with tents, engaged in study part of each day, and the balance of the time attending to their duties as a battalion of troops- I have ordered them supplied with provisions by the Commissary, while engaged ; in this service, and it will be necessary to pay the Professors out of the Military fund, or to make a i special appropriation for that purpose. STATE LINE. l t The two Regiments of the State Line have great ly distinguished themselves, for cool courage and intrepid valor upon the battle-field, and have ren dered important service in the defence of the State. The ranks of these gallant Regiments have been decimated, and they are now greatly reduced. In the short period from the time they reported to General Johnston at the front, till the fall of At lanta, they lost upon; the battle-field nearly 500 men, many of them as gallant as any who have bled in freedom’s cause. For a more detailed ac count of their services and losses, you are referred to the able report of the Adjutant and Inspector General of the State. THE MILITIA. The report of the Adjutant and Inspector General will afford, all necessary information, connected with the organization of the Militia, which would have been a most thorough and efficient one, but for the interruption growing out of the Conscript Acts since their organization, and would have ena bled the State to bring into the field, for her own defence, when Atlanta was threatened, a force of some 30,000 men, after making all reasonable allow ance for disability, Ac. Notwithstanding the difficulties with which the State authorities have had to contend, about 10,000 of the reserve Militia were armed and sent to the front, to aid in the deience of Atlanta, and other important points in the State. No troop? in the service discharged their duty more nobly and faith fully. They received the commendation of Gener al Johnston, General Hood, and their immedtate commander Major General Smith, for their galjan ! try and good conduct upon the battlefield. When Atlanta fell they held the post of honor, con-titut ing the rear guard, which brought off the reserve artillery of General Hood’s army. After they had been ordered back to Griffin they were furloughed for 30 days, and have again assembled under their gallant leader, and are in the right place nobly de fending the soil of their State. In the Constitution of the Confederate States each State ha? reserved the right to keep troops in time of war, when actually invaded, a; Georgia now is. __ Our fathers who formed the Constitution of the United States, from which we have taken this provision of our present Constitution, foresaw , that no State could part with this right without an unconditional surrender of her sovereignty, which they careful to provide against. The right of the Confederate States, if we admit the power of conscription, and of the State to raise troops, is mutual and concurrent. Each, in that ca=e, has the «ame right in war when the State is invaded, to enlist troops into its service, and neither has the right to take them out of the custody of the other, when regularly received into its military service.— This does not of course admit the right of the Con federate Government to enrol or interfere, with the ; officers, or necessary agents, of the State govern ment. As the present organization of reserve Militia is the only remaining force left to the State, she should, under no circumstances, turn them over to the unlimited control of the * onfeierate Govern ment, or any other power, But she should retain the control over them that she may send them to the field, when the Military exigencies require it, and withdraw them at proper interval, when her agricultural, and other material interests, impera tively demand it. ... , . tn fif , nera i I turned over the organization first.to Johnston, then to General Hood, and n j Beauregard, giving eaca th r» b * ol A a Jf_ co t hf nVht to 1 control of the force, reserving on.y the ..gut to withdraw it from their command, when, in my judgment, the of the State no longer requir ed it in the field. This right will, of course, be ex ercised with due caution, after Iree conference with tho commanding General, as was the case when I granted the 30 days furlough, after the fall of At lanta. This enabled the troops to save a very im portant crop of the State, much of which' would otherwise have been lost, and caused no embar rassment to Gen. Hood, in the execution of his plans. convention of governors. I transmitrherewith, a copy of resolution?, adopt ed by the Governors of Virginia, North Carolina, feoutn Carolina. Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, convened in Augusta, on Monday, the 17th October last, and respectfully recommend the enactment of such laws as are necessary to carry these resolutions into practical effect, so far as they contemplate ac tion by the Legislatures of the respective States. I also request the exercise of your legislative in fluence to induce Congress to carry out such por tions of the recommendations as are addressed to that body. It is proper, in this connection, for me tp remark, that I do not wish to be understood by either of said resolutions, that I advocate the poli cy, mthe present condition of our affairs, of arm ing otir slaves. I do however advocate the use oi them as teamsters, cooks, hospital servants, and in every other menial capacity, in which their services can be made useful, or in which they can relieve freemen from such pursuits that they may take up arms. CONCLUSION. In conclusion I earnestly invoke the blessings o: Almighty God upon your deliberations; and hum bly pray that Ho will endow you with wisdom from above, and will guide and direct all your councils, till they result in the adoption of measures, and the enactment of laws, which, while they strengthen our forces, and give victory to our arms, will lead to wise and just negotiations, which may stop the war, with all its horrors, and seoure the independence of the Confederacy, with the rights and sovereignty of the States unimpaired, thereby enabling us to maintain, to the latest generation, the inestimable blessings of civil and religious liberty, protected by adequate Constitutional guarantee.-. JOSEPH E BP. Vi N Perry House, -Columbus. —This popular hotel has passed into the hands of Mr. E. Par sons, who remains its sole proprietor. Under the arrangement of this gentleman the Perry House has been made one of the best hotels in the Confederacy. Travellers eojourning tkve will discover that the table presents a style of supply that will surprise them, not only by the profusion, but also the quality, which is the best that can be securred in the country. The rooms are kept very neat and clean, and have a wel coming, home-like appearance, that reminds the traveller of the times when hotels were places of rest, where the weary and hungry were really satiated and gratified. Captain Robt. Baker presides iii the office, and, as usual, is delighted to have it in his power to extend the courtesies of the%buse to his nutnerous friends and acquaintances. We take much pleasure in recommending this hotel to the patronage of the public, well satisfied that we are warranted in stating that it is one of the most excellent hotels, in every particular, that the traveller will find in the country.— Macon Intelligencer. Curiosities of the Earth.— ln digging at the Gity of Modena, in Italy, and about four miles around it, when the workmen arrive at the depth of sixty-three feet, they come to a bed of chalk, which they bore with an auger five feet deep. They then withdraw from the pit before the auger is removed; and upon its extraction the water bursts up, through the aperture with great vio lence, and quickly' fills this new made well, which continues full, and is affected neither by ruins nor droughts. But that which is most remarkable, is that at a depth of fourteen feet are found the re mains of an ancient city—paved streets, houses, floors, and different pieces of mosaic. Underneath is a soft earth made up chiefly of vegetable mat ters ; and at twenty-six feet deep large trees en tire, such as walnut trees, with the walnuts still on the stem, and the leaves and branches in a perfect state of preservation. At twenty-eight feet deep a soft chalk is found, mixed with a va-t quantity of shells; and this bed is eleven feet thick. Under it vegetables are found again with leaves and branches of trees, as before.— Exchange. Funeral Xolice. The friends and acquaintances of DANIEL GRANT and family, arc invited to attend his funer al, from the Ist Baptist Church, on to-morrow morning at 10 o’clock, nov 5 2t For Cliatialioocliee. The steamer Jackson, D. Fry. Master, will leave for the above and intermediate landings, on Sun day morning, 6th inst., at 9 o’clock. For Chattahoochee. The new, first class, steamer SHAMROCK, Hez Wingate, Master, will leave, on her first trip, for Chattahoochee, and all intermediate landings, on Tuesday morning, Bth inst., at 9 o’clock. For freight or passage, having superior accom modations, apply on board, or at the office «f HANSERD & AUSTIN nov 5 3t Agents. Notice. Headquarters Reserve Troops, Columbus, Ga'., Nov., 2,1864. Circular. The Jate members of the ‘‘DAWSON ARTIL LERY,” are requested to meet at the Carriage Shop of Jaques & Cos., at 4 o’clock, p. m., the Sth instant, for the purpose of organizing anew company. This has reference only to such members as are not subject to duty in the field. S. L. BISHOP, no 4 2t Major commanding Reserve Troops, Hr J 8. CLARK, DENTIST, FORMERLY OF NEW ORLEANS, HAS returned, and can be found at 106 Broad street, over Dr. R, A, Ware’s Drug Store. octlO-dlm . Dr. R, NOBLE, 3DE3STTIST, \ T Pemberton A Carter’s old stand, back room of A Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can be found at all hours, [oc 18 6m HandLs Wantecl THE EA(xLE FACTORY, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. FIFTY young women can find steady work and liberal pay at the ocll dAwlm EAGLE FACTORY. WANTED! AAA LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price Jjuoy will be paid. Appiy to F. W. DILLARD, sp7 ts Major and Q. M. FAROE CONSIGNMENT OF LETTER PAPER! AND MEMORANDUM BOOKS! For sale by *• J. K. REDD CO. ■oc 12 ts NOTICE To Mississippi Soldiers! THE “MISSISSIPPI DEPOT” and Office of I Agency for the Relief of Mississippi -oldiers in the Army of Tennessee, ha.? been removed from Atlanta to Columbus, Ga., and is near Barnard’3 corner, between Main st., and the Perry House. Your baggage is there. C. K. MARSHALL, sep2B ts __ * Agent. "’PHHOUSE. 1 THE undersigned would respectfully inform his old friends, patrons, und the traveling public generally, that as he has to be absent foi*a short time he has been so fortunate as to have associated with him hi? well known and worthy friend Mr. EDWARD PARSONS, late of Atlanta, Ga., whose reputation and superior tict for business is well jwown throughout the Confederacy. This House is large and commodious, and no pains, nor expense shall be spared to fit it up in the very best and most elegant style, and to obtain every thing in the line of substantial eatables and luxuries that thu market affords, With these _ assurances we most cordially solicit all our old friends, and the travel ing public generally, to give u; a call and an oppor tunity of rendering them comfortable, oc 15 lm* THUS. E. SMITH, Lard ITT ANTED in exchange for Sheetings, Osnaburgs 'M and Yarn?, at the nov 51m EAGLE FACTORY. Wanted Immediately. A GOVERNESS well educated and with unex -4 ceptionabie references. A liberal salary will be given. Enquire at *ao3 12t THIS OFFICE.