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T H E C 0 U N T K Y M A N.
TURNWOLl), GA., APRIL II, 18(55.
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ADVERTISEMENTS-
All advertisements—legal advertise
ments, and all others— will be charged at the
rate of 50c per line, for each insertion, cash iu
advance. Obituaries and marriages, short or
long, are advertisements.
W ILL be sold, on the first tuesday in June
next, the following negroes, to wit:
Chaney, a woman, 60 years old ; Harriet, and
one child ; Matt, Celia, and one child : Monday,
Susan, and two children, Matthew and Phil:
Jane, a girl, about 14 years old : Gus, a hoy,
about 12 years old : Maxey Ann, a girl, about
9 years of age. Levied on to satisly a mort
gage fi. fa., in favor of Lewis Lincb, aud Wilk
ins Linch, vs. James N. Lineh.
March 28, 1865. R. H. GRIFFIN, Sheriff.
A LL persons indebted to the estate of W. T.
Howard, late of Putnam county, dec’d.,
are requested to ri.ake immediate payment.
Those having demands against the same, must
present them iD terms of the law.
H. J. HOWARD, Adm’r.,
Feb. 28, 1865. 7t Cum tee. an.
G’
lEORGIA, Putnam County.—Whereas, C.
E. Whiting, aud M. Graybill, administra
tors of the estate of O. P. Cowart, deceased,
apply for letters of dismission from said ad
ministration—
tflo This is therefore to cite all persons interested,
appear at my office, within the time pre-
W 0 '" scribed by law, and show cause, if any they
have, why said letters should not be granted.
WM. 13. CARTER, Ordinary.
Jan. 24, 1866. • 6m
OFFICIAL.
Macon, Ga., March 16th, 1865.
fTAHE following orders have been received
I from * Headquarters, Military Division of
the West:’
For the purpose of collecting and providing
for the prompt restoration to their several com
panies, battalions, or regiments, all absentees
from Lee’s, Stewart’s, and Cheatham’s corps,
the following measures will be taken, without
delay;
I. lirig. Gen. Mackall, P. A. C. S., in addi-
lion to his -other duties, is- specially charged
with the general supervision of the service in
volved (his headquarters being at Macon, Ga.)
nnri he will take all practicable steps to recall,
to their colors, all who are absent from Any
other cause than actual disability for field ser
vice, or on properly granted furloughs. To
this end, he will establish camps at Columbus,
Atlanta, Albany, Macon, and Augusta, Ga.:
at Montgomery, Selma, and Mobile, Ala.:
at Jackson, Macon, and Columbus, Miss. : and
such other points as may be found expedient,
to which absentees, living in the. vicinries, re
spectively, shall be required to repair, aqd re
port,' and to which will be seut all those who
may be collected by neighboring enrolling of
ficers, who will be called on to give assistance,
tinder the regulations of the conscnpt bureau.
He will also require all officers, and men, to re
pair To the nearest rendezvous appointed, who
may be absent by any authority, less than that
of these headquarters, or of the commander of
the department of Alabama, Mississippi, and
East Louisiana: iu which case, he will make a
requisition, for such absentees, upop that com
mander, to whom be will communicate a copy
©f these orders, with a request tor the necessa
ry orders, to enable him to execute his dutiee,
within the limits of that command.
H. All officers, and men, collected at the sev
eral rendezvous, established under these orders,
south and west of Montgomery, Ala , will be
concent!ated, as soon as practicable, at that
place, and those brought together, in Georgia,
will be assembled at Augusta.
**-;;-** * *
I. In obedience to the above order, Major E.
D. Willet, 40th Alabama regiment, has been di
rected to take command of the rendezvous, at
Montgomery, Ala., to which place all officers,
who have already been sent to collect absentees,
belonging to the three corps in Tennessee, Mis
sissippi, and Alabama, willsend them in squads
of ten, or twenty—the number ’o depend upon
the facility of transportation from the centre of
their field of operations, and the practicability
of Subsisting them at the point of assembly.
2. Camps of rendezvous -will be established,
as early as practicable, at ihe following points,
viz—Columbus, Atlanta, Albany, Macon, and
Augusta, Ga. : Montgomery, Selma, and Mo
bile, Ala., and at Jackson, Macon, and Colum
bus, .Miss The officers, and men, collected in
them, will he forwarded—those reporting in
Alabama, and Mississippi, to Montgomery;
those in Georgia, to Augusta, or Macon. Un
til these camps are established, officers, and
men, will report, to the nearest post command
er, or enrolling officer, who are requested t*
forward them, as above directed.
The officers on duty, under these orders, will
make a weekly report of the absentees collect
ed, giving name, company, regiment, and
brigade—the time, and the place, at which they
report. The commanders of tbe rendezvous at
Montgomery, aud Augusta, will make a week
ly report of the officers, and men, received du
ring ihe week, and the strength of the camp at
date report.
4. Post commanders are requested to direct
their quartermasters, and commissaries, to give
all necessary supplies called for by officcrsen--
gaged on this duty, within the limits of their
commands.
5. 1 am informed that tbe officers sent to me,
for this duty, have been selected for their
ageda; fitness-, f* ;■», thorafnre. not necessary
to urge upou them devotion to the service, auii
earnestness in their endeavors to assist in bring
ing their old comrades back'to their colors, but
as the very nature of their service sends them
to the vicinity of their homes, I may warn
them of the danger of allowing themselves to
lose one day in ihe enjoyment of home, which
should be devoted to filling the ranks, by which
homeb are to be defended.
6. All officers, and men, returning, are urged
to bring iu their arms, or any arms they may
find in the country. They will the sooner be
enabled to join their colors.
W. W. MACKALL, Brig. Gen.
Ail newspapers in Georgia, Alabama, and
Mississippi, are requested to copy the above six
times. Those in Georgia will send their ac
counts to Post Quartermaster, at Macon—those
in Alabama to Post Quartermaster, at Mont
gomery—those in Mississippi to Post Quarter
master, at Columbus, for payment..
ap4-6t W. W. M.
OFFICIAL.
H’oq’rs Armies Confederate States,
February 11, 1865.
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 2.
J N entering upon the campaign, about to
open, tbe Generat-in-Chiel feels assured
tiiat the soldiers who have so long, and eo no
bly borne the hardships and dangers of the
war, require do exhortations to respond to the
calls of tionor, and duty. ^
With the liberty transmitted by their fore
fathers, they have inherited the spirit to defend
it.
The choice between war, and abject submis
sion, is before them.
To such a proposal, brave men, with arms
in their hands, can have but one answer.
'They cannot barter manhood for peace, nor
the right of self-government, for life, or prop
erty, •
But justice to them requires a sterner admo»
nition to those who have abandoned their com
rades in their hour of peril.
A last opportunity is offered them to wipe
out the disgrace, and escape the punishment of
their crimes.
By authority of the President of the Confed
erate States, a pardon to such deserters, and
men, improperly absent, as shall return to the
commands to which they belong, within the
shortest time, not exceeding twenty days from
the publication of this order, at the headquar
ters of the department in which they may be,
will be granted.
Those who may be prevented, by interrup
tion of communication, may report, within ttie
time specified, to the nearest enrolling officer,
or to any other officer on duty, to be forwarded
as soon as practicable—and upon presenting a
certificate from such officer, showing compli
ance with this requirement, will receive the
pardon hereby offered.
Those who have deserted to the service of
the enemy, or who have deserted, after having
been once pardoned for the same offence, and
those who shall desert, or absent themselves
without authority, after the publication of this
order, are excluded from its benefits. Nor does
tbe offer of pardon extend toother offences than
desertion, and absence without permission.
By the same authority, it is also declared,
that no general amnesty will again be granted,
and those who refuse to accept the pardon, now
offered, or who shall, hereafter, desert, or ab
sent themselves without leave, shall suffer such
punishment as the courts may impose, and no
application for clemency will be entertained.
'faking new resolution, from the fate which
our enemies intend for us, let every man devote
all his energies to the common defence.
Our resources, wisely and vigorously em
ployed, are ample: and, with a brave army,
and sustained by a determined, and united peo
ple, success, with God’s assistance, cannot be
doubted.
The advantages of the enemy wiil have but
little value, if we do not permit them to impair
our resolution. Let us, then, oppose constan
cy to adversity, fortitude to suffering, and cour
age to danger, with the firm assurance that he
javo freedom to our fathers, will bless the
efforts of their children to preserve it.
R. E. LEE, General.
All newspapers in the Confederate States are
requested to copy the above (General Order,
No. 2) six times, and send bills, with a copy of
the paper, to the Richmond Enquirer, for pay
ment. ap4-6t
Headq’rs Armies op C. S.,
February 11th, 1865,
GENERAL ORDER, No. 3.
fffTHE discipline and efficiency of the army
J. have been greatly impaired by men leav
ing their commauds to join others, in which
they find service more agreeable.
This practice, almost as injurious, in its eon-
sequences, as the crime of desertion, by the
Articles of War, exposes the offender to a sim
ilar punishment, and subjects the officer re
ceiving him to dismissal from the army.
It is therefore declared, that the provisions of
General Order, No. 2, of this date, from army
headquarters, apply to such men as have left
their proper commands, and joined others, with
out being regularly transferred. They will re
ceive the pardon promised in that order, upon
complying with its conditions, or suffer the con
sequences attached to neglecting it.
The names of such absentees will be, forth
with, reported to these headquarters, by the of
ficer with whom they are serving, and imme
diate measures taken to return thenvto their
proper commands.
As soon as practicable, an inspection will be
made, and charges will be preferred against
those who neglect to enforce this order.
R. E. LEE, General.
All newspapers in the Confederate States are
requested to copy the above (General Order,
No. 3) six times, and send bills, with copy of
the paper to the Richmond Enquirer, for pay
ment. »pi«
