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s it(> Itiphts, and Southern States' Rights.
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FOB PRESIDENT,
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
FOR vice president,
ALEX. IL STEPHENS.
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W 1 tio “-
e have made several extracts this week from
L, r T ern new *P»pers all going to show that.Abra-
t ihl'ot U ° " l" °' ie tl,e nif!8t od>«us and detes-
yrants that ever walked the earth. No man’s
‘ e or property or good name is safe in the roisera-
°un ry over which he domineers. The laws
« r ' IO •’ rot _ cct i°u for they are virtually snspend-
. e Habeas Corpus is suspended,
' 1£ 11 °f irreproachable character are taken
from their houses by soldiers, and sent to the vile
ngeon* of Castle Lafayette without a trial,
without the form of law. and without even know-
'"f ° f w mt cri,T!u ,llf£ y are suspected. The lib-
y t ie press is abolished. No newspaper is
a ‘Owe to put.lish anything against the tyrany
under which they groan; even the liberty of
~ pee . C * 18 en i e d- Men are every day mobbed and
punis ie or speaking against the tyrant or his
w ..r. L\en ladies of the highest position in so
ck ty arc sent to prison or confined to their own
Houses and guarded by soldiers. How long can
such a state of things exist at the North* is the i
“f’On. That depends upon the solution of an-j
<»t icr question, whether the Northern people have !
lost ail the spirit and pride of freemen. Who I
would have believed one year ago that the North-
ern people would so soon have submitted to a
military despotism 1 We can’t believe that such
a state of things can continue long. Surely all
manhood lias not departed from the North, and if
not some l>rutus or Cassius will he found to
avenge his own and his country's wrongs at the
same time.
FOR GOVERNOR
JOSEPH E. BROWN.
Tuesday Morning, September 10, 1801.
• The War on llic Bnnli* revived.’»
IVj.T the above head, a writer in the Augusta
, , u .-;tutiona!ist labors through more than a
c nnin of special pleading and sophistry, in the
vi ; n endeavor to cover up and hide the truth of a
. ;ort sentence which appeared in this paper The
;rnth must be very troublesome to the bauxites.
„lien they take such pains to conceal it. It must
;. very powerful, when it requires a whole column
•t hank logic to combat six hues of plain truth,
lint v.e will state the issue between ourselves and
n attorney for the banks, and let the people de-
-.vliich has made a true statement, for we ad-
D .: that both cannot be true. The sentence
h gave rise to the column ol special pleading
•, the part of the banks was as follows: “We ask
, honest rotrrs of Georgia to look bark anil review
the numerous conflicts betircen the Governor and the
is'.j. and other monied corporations, and see if
■ r uts hare not slioicn that the Governor was right,
eedteas i« oil of them the true friend of the people."
p; s was the whole sentence which brought forth
a:, linlerof more than a column from the bank
r.; n. In the rejoinder the writer says : “In look.
: z hack we first find a conflict between the Gov
ernor and the banks, which proved in the result
il.at the Governor was on one side and nearly all
the people on the other. We refer to his famous
veto message of 1857.” Now, if the writer really
did find as the result of the veto message, that
the Governor was on one side and nearly all the
pe .ple on the other, he found what we suspect no
PtLer man in Georgia ever found before. It has
n generally admitted that the people sustained
i* i jv. Brown in his veto message of 1857. But
h tunately for the truth we are not left to conjec-
• i e in this matter. In the political campaign
nii . ii followed, the bank question was made the
miii: 1- ue. and the people sustained Gov. Brown
•gainst the whole influence of the banks, by the
.ncest majority evei given to any Governor in
• .. State, in a contested election. This the pub
ic records will show. IIow then can this writer
maintain that on that issue the Governor was on
ne side and nearly all the people on the other?
We admit that in nearly all of his controversies
with the banks, a majority of the Legislature lias
b.-en against Gov. Brown. But this is a very dif
ferent tiling from a majority of the people. Ti e
p-nple and the members of the Legislature have
generally differed on the subject of banks. The
people frequently elect men to the Legislature who
are bound to the banks, but the people do not
know it at the time of the election. I’robably
more than one half the Legislature are frequently
ao directly interested in banks that they w ould no!
be competent to serve on a jury when a case
agaiust the banks was on trial. There are many
t ank officers and attorneys who receive large fees
from the hanks, and mauy men who owe the
banks more than it is convenient to pay, in the
Legislature, besides those who own a large
amount of stock. All of these men would be di
rectly interested in a question of bank suspen
s on. Their interest would be directly involved in
- issue, and if men are generally biased by their
interest, it is not surprising that most of these
men should vote for the banks against Gov.
brown. But a large majority of the people are
not under this strong bias, and therefore they
1 ave stood by the Governor against the banks.
But the bank man says that the people elected
another Legislature friendly to bank suspension.
This is true, but the people did rot intend it. In
many counties they kept those at home who had
voted for the former suspension, and sent those
whom they believed would sustain the Governor,
but many of the new delegates deceived the
people who elected them. They were under bank
milueuees when elected, or were brought under
soon after. It is this assurance which the bank
men feel, that they can always control a majority
.:' tl.e Legislature, which makes them so dange
rou*. Many others besides the editors of the
C hrqn cle & Sentinel have found out that opposi-
TIm- Krai Objection to CSov. Brown.
Lvery intelligent man iu Georgia knows that
the third term about which some of the Bank
men make such a fuss, is all a pretence and a
humbug. They don’t want Gov. Brown because
they can t manage him as they please. They
want a very soft, pliable man that they can twist
about like a nose of wax. What they say about
a third term is merely to deceive and draw off the
attention of the people from their real object
Gov. McDonald was nominated for a third term
by the Southern Lights party, and no one object
ed to him on that account. He was defeated he
cause his party was iu the minority, not because
he run a third time. This objection has been
raised against Gov. Brown because they can’t find
anything else to say against him.
Our Coaal Drlruec*.
Gov. Brown with Gen. Wayne, and Capt. Mc
Intosh of the Navy, left here last Saturday morn
ing on a tour of inspection. They will be joined
in Savannah by Commodore Tattnall, and proceed
down the coast to examine the state of onr pre
paration to give a warm reception to any of Oid
Abe’s thieves, who may take it into their heads to
visit the coast of Georgia. Our people through-
cut the State may prepare for such a visit during
the coming Fall and Winter. They know the
cnaracter of the enemy, and their reception should
be every way worthy of their character. Wo
may probably find out before next January that
Gov. Brown has not been one whit too careful
of the guns belonging to the State.
Wf ni'Iinowlr(lt;r Ilie corn. Ihrrr is one ex
cept ion.
In a recent article we made the following state
ment, which was then strictly true: lie
hare, never list found a man in Georgia who denier!
that Gor. Itroicn had done well, all admit that hr
has made a first rate. Governor. The Savannah Re
publican of oth inst., denies our whole proposition.
He says "we believe Georgia never had a Governor
tr,ho managed her affairs with less ability, and cer
tainly she has nerer had one who made us oftenrr the
laughing slock of the whole intelligent public." We
hasten to make the correction, we have found one
man, viz. the editor of the Savannah Republican,
ihat denies that Gov. Brown has done any thing
well. We admit, also, that Gov. Brown has, no
doubt, unintentionally, made the editor of the Re
publican “the laughingstock of the whole intelli
gent public.” If the editor of the Republican
chose to show his spite and spleen, and make a
Judy of himself generally, how could the Gov
ernor help it ? Ilovv can any man expect to avoid
being a laughing stock to the public, when he
makes such assertions as this : “ Not one of his (the
Governor's) recommendations has been approved and
adopted, every solitary one since he went into office
has been toted down.” These strange assertions
were iu the Savannah Republican on the5th inst,
when the records of the country will show that a
great many of Gov. Brown’s recommendations
have been approved and acted upon, and are now
the law of the land.
Mil Cloth.
Messrs. Cyphers & Kidd of this city are in the
daily receipt of orders for their oil cloth garments
for the soldiers. They are now prepared to fill all
orders on short notice. They have made a large
number cf coats, blankets, &c., which, so far as
we have been able to hear. Lave given entire sat
isfaction. We would suggest to gentlemen hav
ing large linen sack coats that they send them
to Messrs. Cyphers & Kidd to have them made
water-proOf and send them to our soldiers.
WilkiitMou County.
It will be seen by a communication, in to-day’s
issue, over the signature of “Wilkinson,” that this
county is doing her duty nobly. She has sent about
400 men to the war, subscribed about 2500 bales
of cotton, raised by voluntary contributions near
ly $8000, and has levied, by the Inferior Court,
a tax of about $9900.
O. A. Lochrane, Esq., of Macon, has been
appointed bv Governor Brown, to fill the unex
pired term of Judg. Lamar on the Bench of the
Macon Circuit.
Mud Arf-idml.
We have received a letter from Laurens Hill,
ion to the banks don’t pay, and peiliaps a few j stating that a young man by the name of
may have found out the converse of this rule, at
any r»te the hanks have fur many years refused
to redeem their bills whenever they pleased, and
a majority of the Legislature have sustained them
against tne known wishes of the people. But this
bank man says nobody has been hurt by their
suspension. He reminds us of one Abe Lincoln,
who amidst the crash and ruin which had been
brought upon the country, facetiously declared that
“nobody was hurt.” lie, being like Lincoln, one
f the few that had been benefited, could not feel
that: cv one was hurt- lie probably had never
been torced to pay from 3 to 5 percent for exchange,
and bring connected with a bank or a rail road,
•:>s never been taxed from 10 to 25 per cent at a
ticket office for not making change.
If this is tho best showing which the bank
men can make for their client, their case is a very
■ad one Their special pleading is like their
mk bills, fair upon the face, but false and decep
tive when put to the test. They promise to pay
’ is bearer on demand, but when the demand is
mad-*, the money don't come. The bank men
pruuisotodo great things for the country, but
upon investigation, it turns out that they are
i ring gieat things for themselves.
H hi the People will vole for tfar. Brown.
The people intend to re-elect Gov. Brown be
cause they believe he cau manage the affairs of
the State daring the next two years better than
any other man that can be elected. I his is reason
enough, without any other. In less than six
m mths it .s highly probably our State will be in-
T aded by a merciless and vindictive enemy. Gov.
brown has been at the helm tor the last tour years
*ud knows our resources of men and money b«‘t
t*r than any other man in the State. The people
know his energy, his industry, his iron will, his
honesty and his pure patriotism. These are the
'cry qualities that will he wanted to meet the
‘'•’i'ii. The Governor of Georgia for the next two
.'cars, w ill have a load of responsibility upon his
•boulders that would crush any ordinary man
I be people have tried Joe Brown, and they know
that ho can sustain almost any load that can be
P aced upon him. As has been well said by tlie
sagacious editor of the Corner Stone, Gov. Brown
15 cither a very good judge ot men, or he lias been
tcniarkably lucky, for he lias generally placed the
fight man in tbe right place. This is a very im-
poriaut qualification iu such times as we are ap-
proaching. Noordinary man will do. We must
kave a man at the helm of the State, that is not
afraid of lesponsibility, but will decide and act at
°uce When everything is at stake, men ought
b* lay aside their old prejudices and old maxims
4,1, i put that man at tho helm who can steer the
Elbert Lamb came to his death, a few days since
by the accidental discharge of his gun. How-
many accidents occur by the careless use of fire
arms ! It appears that tills gentleman was at
tempting to reach a bunch of grapes with one
hand, and sat his gun down below him with the
other; it is supposed the sudden jar caused the
o-nn to go off lodging the entire contents in his
left side, killing him almost instantly.
LARGE Corn.—Mr. E. Chandler has presented
us with 10 ears of corn weighing 15 pounds.
I'lir Convention to inert on rtlursilay.
As yet we have received reports of only about
tbiriy counties that have appointed delegates.—
There will probably be others represented by vol
unteers, by proxies and by Hocus Pocus. Iu no
county meeting to appoint delegates so far as we
have he*rd, were one fifth of the voters present,
in many counties, less than twenty men got up
and managed the whole affair—they appointed
large delegations that they might make a great
show, and this will be called an imposing demon
stration. It is imposing, and was intended to
impose on the people. But will the people be im
posed upon ? Not many of them. They know
that tlieir old friend Gov. Brown, is in the field as
the independent People's candidate. They have
tried him and know that he will do, and they will
vote for him in spite of the caucuses, and Conven
tions of the Bank men.
j:pe R t . v c -\v. Lane will address the people
of Twiggs county on Thursday 12th inst, at
Jeffersonville, and at Clinton, Jones county, on
Saturday 14th inst., on the claims of the Georgia
Hospital Relief Association.
Communicated.
ATHENS, Ga., Sept. Cth, 18G1.
Gentlemen :
We must have Hon. Joseph E Brown for our
next Governor, regardless of conventions and
nominations. He has proven himself worthy and
wiU be elected again. Many of both the old par
ties will give him their suffrage and they want no
one else. No doubt bank men will oppose him,
but we might as well have this issue now. for it
must come sooner or later. Our country has been
duped quite long enough by designing men, and
now this is is an age for reformation. Use all
your efforts to put Brown forward, as there are
many of tho Pi ess led by the nose by bank men
Respect ful ly,
MANY VOTERS
oi Clarkfe, Jackson, and adjoining counties,
PUBLIC MEETING.
The Citizens of Baldwin County are requested
to meet at the Council Chamber in Milledgeville
on Saturday tbe 14th instant, to nominate a suit-
For the Southern Federal Union. j Milledgevlle, Sept. 7th, 1861.
Army Correspondence. According to a previous notice, a portion of the
Messrs. Editors: — I have lately read a number | citizens of Baldwin, met at the Capitol for the
of letters from young men of Milledgeville, iu purpose of aiding the Georgia Hospital Society for
the Army at Manassas, to their friends at home, j ihe relief of our sick and wounded soldiery, which
I have permission to publish two or three ex- j was organized by calling Col. D. C. Campbell to
tracts which go to illustrate the seif denial of our the chair, and requesting Fleming G. Grieve, to act
young warriors, the patriotism that swells their ; as Secretary.
' * 1 3 - ' The meeting was opened with prayer by Rev.
S. E Brooks, and was then addressed by the Rev.
W. J. Hard in behalf of the above named cause.
Rev. S. K. TaImage, D. D., then introduced the
following resolutions:
Resolved. That we hereby form ourselves into a
Society, auxilliary to the Georgia Relief and
Hospital Association.
Resolved, That an acting Committee of seven
be appointed 10 act iu concert with the Centra!
Board at Augusta, who are authorized to cal!
meetings of this Society, and to receive and lor
ward all contributions for the Association to
Henry Moore, Secretary of said Board, which
were passed unanimously.
The following gentlemen were appointed as the
Committee of seven, three of whom to constitute
a quorum for business.
Col. D. C. Campbell. President. Rev. C. W.
Lane, Secretary, W. H. Scott, Esq.. Gen. S. P.
Myrick, D. B. Stetson, Esq., Col. L. A. Jordan,
Col. M. Grieve.
A subscription was then taken up, with the fol
lowing result:
D. C. Campbell, Cotton Bale, I.
W. A. Jarrett, “ “ J.
W. A. Roberson, “ “ 1.
Wm. McKinley, “ “ 2.
Mrs. M. P. Tufts, Flour Barrel!. L
Miss Lizzie Hawkins, $5 00, paid.
L. H. Briscoe, $10 00, paid.
A. M. Nisbet, 5.00, paid.
L. A. Jordan, 100.00, paid.
T. F. Green, 25.00, paid.
Mrs. James Shea, 5.00, paid. •
Mrs. R. A. McComb, 5.00, paid.
Miss Maria McDonald, 5 00, paid.
Miss S. A. Tucker. 1.00, paid.
Mrs. W. A. Roberson, I 00. paid.
Miss Maiia Whitfield, 10.00.
Mrs. Latimer. 5.00.
John Jones, 20.00.
M. Grieve, 25 00.
John Spiegiits,5.00, paid.
T. B. Lamar, 50.00.
Rev. 8. E. Brooks, 2.00, paid.
Miss V. Doles, LOO, paid.
Win, A. Williams. 5.00.
H. Rodgers. 5.00, paiJ.
T. N Whitaker, 2.00, paid.
N. J. Rodgers, 2.00. paid.
Parish Furman, 5.00
E Trice, 5.00, paid.
Miss M. E. Hutchens, LOO, paid.
1 Miss Mary Whitaker, 2.00, paid.
Miss E. Whitaker, 2.00, paid.
Miss Dollie Whitaker, 2.00, each.
Mrs. James C. Whitaker, 2.00. Paid.
Miss Laura Tucker, 5.00.
Grieve & Clark, 10 00. Paid.
I). C. CAMPBELL, President.
Fleming G. Grieve, Secretary.
Gov. Brown, prior to the meeting subscribed
five thousand dollars for the State and one thousand
dollars for himself.
The last grand jury of this county subscribed
individually last week one hundred dollars.
Several the citizens of this county have al
ready subscribed.
Any person who may wish to subscribe money,
cotton, wheat or flour, can do so by calling on
W, II. Scott, D. B. Stetson, or either of the com
mittee and who will inform the ladies what they
can prepare to subserve the best purpose.
bosoms, the hardships of warfare, and the duty of
those, who are permitted to remain at home, to ex
ert all their powers to relieve, in every possible
way, the trials of those who are perilling every
thing dear, to save, and to tiansmil to posterity,
tlie liberties that have been purchased for u.s by
the toils of our revolutionary sires, and cemented
with their blood.
These letters were written in the nnresfrained
confidence of friendship,.and only intended for the
domestic circle, with no thought of their ever
meeting the public eye—but extracts from them
will do good, in shewing the material of which our
Southern Army is composed, and in enlisting our
prayers and our efforts in behalf of the sons and
relatives of our friends and neighbors, whom we
know and love.
A young soldier from Milledgeville writes to
his sister as follows : “I have read your letter very
carefully and with much interest, and will keep
it and read it again, for it accords with tny own
ideas of life. I am now in my twenty-first year,
and it is becoming a time when I should begin to
think and act fur myself. There is milch in a
large camp like ours to injure a young man in
many respects ; the men are becoming*verv reck
less on account of the time and fatigue of *our
tainp. I lead a hard life, but one that I am not
dissatisfied with, for there is an under current
through ail of this, which is a spirit of patriotism
that compensates me for any fatigue or hardship
that I endure. * * * We have moved many
times since we left Winchester, and have marched
about through the country, and are now encamped
three miles from Manassas. Our tents have reach
ed us at last, and we are under good shelter. * *
Winter seems to be fast approaching high up here
among tlie mountains. The nights are fast get
ting cool, and the rain is cold. The weather is
damp and disagreeable. * * The anxiety you
shew for me, my sister, is very consoling to me.
and wherever I am and in whatever situation I am
placed, 1 still kuow that I am cared for and
thought of by my family and friends at home.”
Another young sollierin Virginia from Milledge-
ville, writes to his sister as follows: “I could write
to you a volumue describing to you the hardships
and privations of a soldier’s life in this cold moun
tainous country ; but it would be only the repeti
tion of a “thrice told tale, ’ and is the burden of
many ft letter which reaches home. It would
shock some of our sensitive young gentlemtn, who
stay at home, to think of the number of men who
die from hardships, and the consequence sickness
An Alabama Regiment near us. has in three weeks
lost It? men. The 11th Regiment, Geoigia Vol
unteers in onr vicinity has lost in 25 days 41? men.
The truth is that at at! hours ot the day the dull
sound of a plattuon over the grave of some poor
soldier, strikes upon the ear. The Regiment to
which belongs buried two men yesterday —
The world can never know of the poor fellows
who have sickened and died, when a little atten
tion and the roughest comforts at home would have
saved the mail’s life. Every one is stirred to tlieir
innermost depths of National pride at the news of
the battle of Manassas. All Geoigia mourns the
loss ot the brave fellows who fell from the 7th and
8th Regiments : and yet both combined did not
lose as many as the II th, and that too infighting
a foe more insidious, and therefore, more to be
dreaded foe. But who in Georgia ever hears of
the 1 i tli Regiment or of their dead. History too
will neglect them, but many a vacant place
around their firesides and the rough pile and
rude carving on wood or stone at their heads will
call upon the careless passer by to pause an’d
view the resting place of a poor soldier. Do not
for oue one moment think I am disheartened or
low-spirited. I endeavor to take the matter with
as light a heart as I can.
A young soldier in Virginia writes to his moth
er in Milledgeville : “We arrived at. the Manassas
Junction just after the battle was ended. It was
a matter of great mortification and annoyance to
me that the rest of our Brigade were engaged iu
the battle and we were not. but we could not help
it. On arriving at Manassas we immediately
commenced a march of ti miles to Bull Run, near
the battle giound, and encamped. As soon as our
guns were stacked each mess commenced to make
a tent out of the green branches of trees to shelter
ns from the lain, and our fire being made, each ot
ns laid down upon the ground to sleep. We are
still encamped in the same place, and the weather
is fine, and our tent is a good one. I am becom
ing accustomed to this kind of life and do not
mind it much. On the hill behind our camp lies
the battle field, about half a mile off and extend
ing several miles at length. I went up on Tues
day evening and walked for several miles up and
down the battlefield, and truly it was a sight that
I shall long remember. The field was covered
with the dying, the dead and the wounded. Nearly
all of our troops were moved off and buried by
tlieir friends. The number ot the enemy’s dead
on the field was truly very great, and the correct
statement of the dead, I suppose, will never he
given.
All of the Northern men were dressed very
well and with their haversacks full of provisions.
They seemed very neat in their wearing apparel.
It was certainly the flower of the Northern army.
The wounded men that I spoke to seemed to give
no excuse for fighting against us. and appeared to
have done so unwillingly. Nevertheless they
fought very bravely. Around the point where
the Shetman battery was taken, the men and
horses lay together iu great heaps, and all seemed
to have died at their guns before they were taken.
Some had died as it were in the act of striking—
some suing for mercy—and others in binding up
tlieir wounds had crawled off and died. Although
they were our eneinios, the sight of the wounded
men was euough to melt one’s heart in pity for
lliem. All their dead were robbed of tlieir val
uables by thousands of camp scavengers : as for
me I touched them not—there was something ap-
paling in robbing the dead * # * You might
have seen a brother who belonged to our army
weeping bitterly and wringing his hands over the
stiff and blackened corpse of his brother who had
fallen on the other side. It was a sight truly pit
eous to behold. The poor fellow was shewing us
some of his brothers letters to him, full of kind
ness. This civil war is a terrible thing. Every
house for miles around is converted into a hospital.
* * * * It is said that Bartow called out for
our men in the battle when he was wounded, but
we were far away from him.
As a compensation for our absence from ihe
battle we have the promise of being the head and
front of the next battle.”
I close these extracts, which I have been greatly
tempted to continue, with the simple enquiry, can
we consent that such soldiers shall be exposed to
all the liabilities of military life without doing
every thing in our power to minister to their com
fort, and to mitigate the perils to which they are
exposed ? T.
of State through the breakers. We believe a b1e person to represent the County in the House
‘ n all sincerity, that four fifths of the people of
Georgia believe in their hearts that Gov. Brown
• the man for the times, and believing this, they
w hl elect him, not for his benefit, bat their own,
* r -d their children’*'
of Representatives in the approaching Legisla
ture; all persons interested without reference to
pest party distinction are requested to be present
A large attendance desirable.
Sept. 3rd MANY CITIZENS.
For the Southern Federal L?nion.
Messrs. Editors: Having seen nothing from
old Wilkinson of her actiug and doing in regard
to the war, &c., I concluded to make a few state
ments through your paper. altho’ a weekly, yet
the most reliable when it does come, and decided
ly tbe most popular in this section for its manli
ness and boldness in opposition to a power which
is now crowding the people of Georgia worse
than any on* power—I mean the Bank influence.
Wilkinson has now about 4(l(t men in the War.
She subscribed about 2500 bales of cotton; has raised
by voluntary subscription nearly $81100, and has,
through her Inferior Court, levied a Tax of about
$!?000 to be collected by our Tax Collector; this
was humiliating, yet it had to be done to reach
some in our county who are worth their thousands,
and who have never contributed anything, if any,
not more than $30 or $50, and yet holding thous
ands in ready cash, that they refuse to give, or
loan to those that would give, and it may be,
waiting till the property c.f the liberal, or even
poor soldier, might be put upon the block, and
then, the Bonds being closed, buy it in for nothing.
I hope this is not so ; yet there is money enough
From the Savannah Morning News.
Operations on the Potomac.
We are doubtless on the eve of stirring events,
It is belioved the Generals in command of the
Army of the Potomac are now ready for a for
ward movement, and already have the advanced
posts of both armies been in conflict. On Mon
day last the Maryland iegiment took possession
of Munson's Hill, two miles from Bailey’s Cross
Roads, near Alexandria. This j movement was
followed, on Tuesday, by the occupation of Ma
son's Hill, by the advanced Confederate forces,
under General Longstreet, probably four or five
thousand strong. The advance guard, consisting
of two companies of the Maryland reigment, and
four companies of Col. Hill's (Virginia) regimpnt,
had quite an animated skirmish with about four hun
dred Federals, who retired before them, leaving ten
on the field. Our loss was about six killed and
wounded.
All day Wednesday our troops were under arms
expecting momentarily to be ordered to the sup
port of Longstreet, who had every reason to an
ticipate an attack. Thus stands the case at last
accounts.
I have a letter dated 29th, from a member of
Col. Williams’ regiment, (First Georgia Regi
ment,) which has been stationed hitherto about a
mile and a half from Head quarters, Manassas
J unction, saying:
“We are just ordered to prepare for a march
with three day’s cooked provisions—there is a
rumor a fight has been going on in the direction ot
Fairfax Court House.”
The Position of the Cotafrtlerntea.
[From Special Dispatch of the Pliiia. Inquirer.]
Washington, Aug. 29.—It is more than likely
that in tho course of the next tivo days there
will be some important military movements in
the immediate vicinity of Washington. It will
be interesting, theretore, to know the exact po
sition of the enemy's forces. With the aid of the
maps of the vicinity of Washington, heretofore
I ublished in the Inquirer, the reader will be able
to follow our description. It must be borne in
mind that it is now five weeks since the defeat ot
our army at Bull Run ; that that defeat has had
the effect of an electric shock throughout the
whole South; that it has aroused the enthusiasm
of the South to a higher pitch than ever; that,
during the last five weeks troops have been pour
ing into Virginia from all the other Southern
States; that the Confederates have nowin arms,
according to their own accounts, forces distribu
ted about as follows :
No. of men.
Beauregard’s forces, west of Washington, 89.000
Johnston's forces, at or near Leesuurg, 40,000
Magruder's forces at Acquia Creek and
Fredericksburg, 20,000
At batteries on Potomac, York, James and
Rappahannock rivers, 12,000
At Yorktown, 12,000
At Norfolk and Portsmouth, 10,000
At Richmond. 5 000
Forces ot Generals Lee and Floyd, in
Western Virginia, 50,000
At Lynchburg (Camp of Instruction,) 10,000
Total, 239.000
The disposition of the forces in the immediate
vicinity of Washington is apparently in the form
of a crescent, the horns resting near the Chain
Bridge and Shooter's Hill, and the crescent near
Ball’s and Bailey’s Cross Roads. There are
strong detachments at Falls Clinrch, at Vienna,
at Fairfax, at Centreville and at Germantown.
The great Parrott gun captured by the enemy at
Pull's Run has been brought up by them to Bai
ley's Cross Roads, and was placed in a position
there yesterday behind their intrencbmenls. It is
nut believed, however, that these preparations in
dicate any design of an immediate attack on
Washington, but only a closer approach to it on
all sides, in order to be ready for ail attack, if that
measure is finally decided on.
RECONNOISANCE AND NEW POSITIONS.
Washington. August 29.—Matters near the Un
ion line on the Virginia side of the Potomac re
main pretty much as they were yesterday. The
enemy still continue to show themselves near our
pickets, and occasionally fire at them. No move
ment of importance, however, has yet been made
by our troops.
The enemy have not only established their old
line of pickets, as before tbe battle of Bull Run,
but have actually encroached upon the territory
in the countv to relieve the wants of everybody, ; formerly held by ns, nearly one-half mile nearer
but it can’t'be bad at any sacrifice, but tot e 1 tonifications. '1 hey now occupy sev-
credit of Wilkinson it is only two or three men, j era l important strategical points, upon which they
the people generally give, and have given liber*! are throwing up fortifications. J lie line of the
ally, and have put their inaik on those who are ; enemy’s pickets covering ourfront on the Virgin-
able and yet refuse. The Ladies have a Soldiers i » a side, ot the 1 otemac, commences on the Orange
Relief Society and have gone to work manfully ; and Alexandria Railroau, running thence in an ir-
to supply those of our people who are in \ irgin • regular course, taking advantage ot all the nat-
ia with such comforts as they need. While 11 anil lines of defence across the Little River turn-
would not make distinctions yet I must speak ot I pike, between Cloud s Mills and Benton's tavern,
the liberality of Mr. W. E Carswell who has but I to Bancroft s Mills, at the junction of Hunting
three sons, two of them gone to Virginia, the Creek and the Columbia turnpike. At this place
other physically disqualified ; he has uniformed a | tlie enemy have constructed a breastwork, com
company to everything needed, even to tents, and > manding the turnpike iu the direction of Bailey’s
i... win .n.1 Cross Roads. Proceeding from tiii.s nnint over
is giving to any nnd everything, not hv $10 and
$V!i) but by $190 and even $1099 and says it is
only a beginning.
Our people yesterday decided against Conven
tions, either for Governoror Senator. The friends
of Gen. I) N. Smith declared him a candidate
for Senate from Wilkinson, Twiggs and Jones;
and while I kuow Gen. Smith did not desire to be
a candidate yet his friends iu this county present
him and hope that Twiggs and Jones may ratify
their choice this time, knowing that no man iii
the district would ever feel ashamed of snch a man
as their Senator. WILKINSON.
Richmond. Sept. 6.—Passengers from Manas
sas, by the afternoon train, report that a courier
reached there yesterday forenoon with the news
that Shnter’s Hill near Alexandria, was taken
by the Confederates on Wednesday.
The Federals loss in killed and wounded was
400, with 399 prisoners.
The Conlederate loss was 120 in killed and
wounded.
Col. Wheat who fought so bravely and was
wounded so badly at the battle of Manassas Plains,
has arrived in this city and is much improved.
Canvas Shoes for the Army — The Quartermas
ter General's Department in Richmond has receiv
ed there 5009 of a new kind of Shoes, of a rather
curious description, that promises to answer well
in the great scarcity of shoe leather. The upper
portions of the shoe are made of canvas instead of
leather. The canvas is prepared so as to make it
impervious to the weather, and is said to equal in
comfort, durability, and all respects of wear, the
best of shoe leather
Cross Roads. Proceeding from this point, over
tilled fields and through heavy woods, the line of
pickets continue to Munson's Hill, one and a
quarter miles from Bailey’s Cross Roads, on the
Leesburg turnpike. On this hill the enemy are
constructing works, cannon at the southerly face
of the hill, from which for the past few days they
have kept up a desultory fire on our troops at
Baiiey's Cross Roads. Proceeding in a north
western direction from Munson's Hiil, ahont one
and a half miles, we reach a small mountain, the
summit of which commands the country for four
miles around, overlooking the famous Union
works at Arlington. The mountain three days
ago was in the easy grasp of our troops, but
since that time has been seized by the rebels, and
upon it they are constructing large fortifications.
This point is of immense strategical value to the
rebels, in obstructing tbe march of our troops
inso the interior of the State, should such a meas
ure be adopted. From this mountain the enemy’s
line ot pickets stretch along, in a northwesterly
direction, to the faim of Basil Hall, and from
there, iu a westerly direction, to a point opposite
Chain Bridge. Along the route referred to, the
enemy have several depots of supplies and rein
forcements, at least three new fortifications, and
probably double that number concealed and under
construction.
From a personal reconnissance, made by onr
special correspondent, of the enemy’s force at
Munson's Hill, he discovered that it consisted of
seven hundred cavalry, oue thousand infantry,
and three pieces of field cannon. Of all these
rebel movements Gen. McClellan is fully apprised,
and he will, no doubt, when tbe proper time ar
rives, pay his respects to the enemy.
NOf.RIKRS RELIEF SOflETV.
The Soldiers Relief Society gratefully acknowl
edge the following donations received during
the past week :
Mr. William Sanford, $50 00.
Sylvan Lodge, No. 4, I. O. O. F , $25 00.
Mrs. Harper Tucker, 4 blankets.
Mrs. R. L. Hunter, 2 “
Mrs. Briscoe, 1 “
Airs. Wm. Carakar, 2 “
Mrs. Wooten,2 “
Mrs. Keel. 2 “
M rs. Wind sor, 2 “
Mrs. W. G. Robinson, 3 “
Mrs. I. L. Harris, 2 *•
Airs. A. B. Moore, 1 “
Airs. John Jones. 2 “
Mis Howard Tinsley. 3 blankets, 8 pr. socks.
Compton &■ Calloway, a lot of hospital stores.
Wright & Brown, “ “ **
Wm. Scheihing, “ “ “
J. Conn «fc Son, “ “ “
Scott &- Caraker, “ “ “
Airs. Wm. Barnes, “ “ “
Airs. Harper Tucker, “ “ “
Airs. E. D. Brown, “ “ “
Airs. Thomas Turk, “ “ “
Mrs. Windsor, “ “ “
Airs. W. G. Robinson, “ “ “
Airs. John Jones, “ “ “
Airs. Jerry Beall, “ “ “
Airs. B. A. White, “ “ “
Mrs. John Hammond. “ “ “
Airs. James Whitaker, “ “ “
Aliss Alaria AIcDonald “ “ “
Alisa Margaret Paine, “ “ “
Mrs. Goodwin Myrick, “ “ “
Airs. Compton, .“ “ “
Miss Susan Tucker, “ “ “
Airs. Supple, $2 for hospital.
Air. Boiighton, $5 for hospital,
Mrs. R. M. Jolmston, of Athens, 7 lbs. of fine
woolen knitting yarn.
AIRS. M. L. FORT, President.
R. Harris, Secretary.
Special Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.
I.ettcr» from Ihr Arm).
Army of the Potomac, ?
Alanassas, Aug. 29. j
The eyes of the whole Confederacy are turned
to this point; every one is anxious to hear from
Alanassas : and yet there is very little news—that
is. very little that it would be wise to publish—
All the spies and tories have not yet been weeded
out along the Potomac. For many years, the Yan
kees have been emigrating to the eastern counties
of Virginia, and large numbers of them still re
main. They are neither fish, flesh, nor fowl, in
this war—a sort ol amphibious creature—political
hermaphrodites—who go neither with the South
nor with the North. It is necessary, therefore, for
correspondents to observe great can'ion in their
communications from this point. Virginia is
picketted all over with resident traitors, that “na
tive and to the manor born,” but the false and ly
ing spawn of New England Abolitionism. None
of the Southern States are wholly exempt from
the presence of these people. They form a kind
of connecting wire between the two nations,
along which treasonable communication is main
tained. And hence the importance, even in the
very heart of the cotton States, of preserving a
strict watch, not only over these miserable go-be
tweens, but over ourselves, lest we speak or pub
lish something that might inure to the benefit of
the enemy.
Of one thing you may rest satisfied—the splen
did army now here, has not been raised for mere
holiday parade. It is intended for service, and
not fora Rpectade. There is work enough before
it, and it will not remain idle longer than is nec
essary to put it in a eonditicn to move. Many of
your readers, doubtless, feel impatient. They
long to hear that the army has advanced—that it
lias crossed the Potomac, and is driving the ene
my out ot Washington. This would he pleasant
news to all of us. But they should remember that
a great army cannot be extemporised in a few
weeks or months. Time, and money, and pa
tience are necessary to raise, equip, and prepare
for service such au arinv as the Confederacy now
has in the field. The future historian will be
struck with amazement when he comes to write
the history of the present revolution. Never be
fore, in alt the former annals of the world, has
such a miracle been witnessed as is now passing
before our eyes. We behold a revolution accom
plished. a Government organized in all its parts,
Without bloodshed among ourselves, a magnifi
cent army brought upon the field, and two splen
did victories won over superior forces, and all
within the space cf a few months. The wonder is
increased, when we remember, that the enemy
with whom we are contending, is provided with a
navy, a thorough military organization, a regular
established Government, which is recognized by
all the world, has means and credit, and outnum
bers us two to one.
Let your readers then possess their sou’s in
patience. A Government and an army, that have
already accomplished more than any other Gov
ernment and army ever did, in the same time and
under the game circumstances, may well be trust
ed in the future. To say nothing of the time nec
essary to clear the land, it requires a whole year
to plant, cultivate, and gather a crop ot cotton, ere
your planting friends can realize the proceeds of
tlieir labor. Let no man suppose that it requires
less time to raise an army, conduct a great war ex
tending over a line ot 1,500 miles, and conquer a
lasting peace.
But let me give yon such non-contraband news,
as oue can pick up in this advanced p«>et.
The army of the Potomac is divided into two
corps d'armce, the first of which is commanded by
Gen. Beauregard, and tbe second by Gen. John
ston—the whole, however, being under the com
niand of Gen Johnston, the Commander-in-Chief
in this department. The first corps will take po
sition in front for the present.
Gen. Toombs commands the Cth Brigade, which
is composed of the 1st Geergia Regulars. CoIoiipI
Williams : tiie 2d Regiment Georgia Volunteers,
Col. Sennnes ; the 15th Regiment Georgia Volun
teers, Col. Thomas : and tlie Regiment Geor
gia Volunteers, Col. Smith : the last of which has
been detached and ordered forward for special
service.
General Toombs has his headquarters about a
mile and a half from this place, on the railway
leading hence to Alexandria. It is a pleasant
camping giound, and is well supplied with good
water.
Within a half a mile of his headquarters are the
7tli, 8th. 9th, and 11th Georgia Regiments, under
command of Brigadier Gen. Samuel Jones, who is
represented to be a good officer.
Within a few hundred yards of the depot is the
Snmter Flying Artillery. Captain Cutts, from
Georgia. This company has been supplied with
a battery of six pieces—four brass aud two iron
guns—captured from the enemy in the battle of
the 21st July. Capt. Cutts has his company out
for drill twice every day, and military men speak
in high terms of the manner in which he and his
men acquit themselves. It is probable that the
battery will bo attached to General Toomb’s Bri
gade.
Gen. Wm. H. Walker arrived here two days
ago, and has been assigned to the command of a
brigade composed of the (5th. 7th, 8th, and 9tli
Louisiana regiments, Maj. Wheat’s battalion of
New Orleans Tigers, and a section of the New
Orleans Washington Artillery. Among his aids.
I notice the gallant Captain ITartstene, of the old
U. S. Navy, and Captain Robert Anderson, late of
the U. S. Army, and a son of Hon. Jno. W. An-
erson. of Savannah.
Gen. Walker’s brigade will constitute a part o t
the corps d’armce under Gen. Beauregard. Gen
eral Toomb’s and General Jone’s brigades wil.
forma part of the Second, under General John
ston.
You will be glad to learn that Lieut. Colonel
Gardner’s wound is doing well, and that Lieut.
Colonel Stephens, of the J5th Georgia regiment,
is improving. They are both in tlie same house
Vice President Stephens has been here some
days in attendance upon his brother. Did you
ever publish the facts connected with the capture
of Gen. Gardner ? If not, they will interest your
readers.
He was struck by a Aliunie hall below the
knee, an.1 both bones broken. His regiment, the
Sth Georgia, having been compelled to fall back,
lie was left on tlie. ground. When tiio enemy
came up, four or five Zouaves placed him on a
kind of litter about as wide as a plank, and started
with him to the rear. This he could not.stand, be
ing in great pain; and he did not want to be ta
ken prisoner. He told them this frankly, and rather
than be carried to Washington, he begged them
to take him out aud shoot him ; they declined to
do this. When the main body of the enemy
moved on, however, he opened a parley with his
guard, and told them if they would move him out
of the way and take care of him, he would see
that no harm should come to them, and that they
should ue sent back to their friends. Whether he
offered them any other inducement, I cannot say.
But they did take care of him, and when the battl*-
was over they were all provided for, and sent on
to Richmond and thence to Norfolk and Fortress
Alonroe, without a parole or conditions of any
kind. This was right and honorable to all par
ties WELLINGTON.
Tribntc of Respect.
At a meeting of the “Albany Guards,” held at
Camp Jackson, headquarters of tho Fourth Regi
merit Georgia Volunteers, near Portsmouth. Yir
ginia. on August 3i)tb, 1*61, the following Pre
amble and Resolutions were passed unanimously:
Whereas, God, in His wisdom, has taken from
our midst our comrade in arms, John L. Hill,
whose pore patriotism induced him to embrace the
first opportunity to offer himself as a volunteer iu
tho service of his country, and who lint a few
days ago was ill the full vigor of life, and engaged
in the active performance of his duties; theretore
be it
Resolred, That in the death of John L. Hill,
we deplore the loss of an energetic and patriotic-
soldier, and a trustworthy and noble-hearted young
friend.
Resolred. That we sincerely sympathise will: his
mother and other relatives in their deep affliction,
and we tender them our condolenca iu their sad
bereavement.
Resolred. That a copy of the foregoing be sent
to his mother, nnd copies be forwarded to the Mil-
ledgevilie papers and the Albany Patriot for pub
lication.
A. J. Robert, ) »
M. E. Vason, ’Committee.
B. M. Cromwell, )
CAPT. Y. G. RUST, Chairman.
From the Intelligencer.
The August Pa> iiM'iit of the Mlnlr Itoail into
the Slate Treasury.
In July last, Dr. Lewis, the Superin
tendent of the State Road, paid into the
Treasury, at Milledgeville, SEVENTY-
TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS! A
day or!two ago; for the month of August,
be paid into the Treasury, the sum of
SIXTY TIIOUSaNDDOLLARS ! We
.gall the attention of the PEOPLE the
TAX PAYERS of Georgia to these facts
—-fart that even the enemies of Governor
Brown dare not dispute. We call their
attention especially to them, for the rea
son of the war now waging in the State
against Governor Brown and his appoin
tees to office, forwithhthe defeat of the
Governor, rests the hope that the manage
ment of the State Road will fall into other
hands. That the prosperity of our great
State work is owing to the watchful care
of Governor Brown; the abilitj', integrity,
and untiring—nay, sleepless energy of its
worthy Superintendent, Doctor Lew
is, must be admitted by every observing
man, and every citizen watchiul of tbe
management of tbe Road. In bis man
agement of the road, the Superintendent
has thrown aside, fearlessly and independ
ently, every shackle that fastened it,
heretofore, to the policy of private corpo
rations, entering into no combinations, and
governed by no arrangements, that, in the
slightest degree, conflicted with its inter
ests. The Hoad was, and is the people’s,
and its interests alone, neither by coaxing
nor threatening, could he be diverted from
protecting and maintaining. Governor
Brown’s wisdom in the appointment of
Dr. Lewis, and other officers of the Road,
tlie people will recognize and endorse in
his triumphant re-election. We have not
a do'.ibt, that those who hunger and thirst
after the offices of the State Road, will be
sadly disappointed. Turn the present in
cumbents out, in their hungry howl; hut
no response will come from a majority of
the voters of the State itr October, save
the one we read of in the Good Book.—
“well done thou good and faithful servant.
Richmond, Sept. 6.—It is generally con
ceded here that the advances of tbe Con
federate forces towards Alexandria, Ar
lington Heights, and other points on tbe
line of tbe Potomac, bas been steady and
successful,
Salt.—The Indianola Courier says, that
enough sait can be gathered upon the cr.ast
marshes of Texas to supply the whole Con
federacy, and the business will soon be
come very profitable.
The Charleston Courier says that this
material can he found abundantly in Sonth
Carolina also.
S IXI\ flays atier date application will be made
to the Ordinary of Applm^-Uounty. for leave
to sell tho lands belougiijirtotlie estate of Mary
Johnson, late of said c^lfnt vAdeceased.
(J L) JAMES' JOHNSON, Adm’r.
Sept. 3rd, 1861. r 16 9t.
GEORGIA. Dooly County.
S IXTY days from date application will be made
to the honorahU-tfec Court of Ordinary, for an
order for leave type'll t* land and a portion of the
negroes belonging to toe estate of John A. Red
ding, late of said conntvxdeceased.
MARY J. REDtrtNCj /
ROWLAND REDDING, ) J
August 23, 1861.
' Admr’a.
15 9t.
WOT
a
Gor. .Tlcuongr to the IsegiMlnStirc.
Louisville, Sept. (5.—Gov. Magoffin’s
message to the Legislature on Federal Re
lations, is mostly retrospective, showing
the neutrality of the State to have been
thrice ratified at the ballot box, and that
his own course iu iefusing men to Lincoln,
and that his efforts to keep tlie belligerents
off Kentucy soil, have met with the unani
mous approval of the, Kentuckians. He
says—
“And now, addressing myself to the
representatives of the people of Kentucky,
I protest, in their name, presence, and in
the name of constitutional liberty, and in
the presence of Ileaven and earth, against
all and every of the President’s usurpa
tions and unconstitutional and illegal acts;
I protest, furthermore, against the prose
cution of a war profe'ssedly fertile object
of restoring the government—an object
utterly impossible of attaiument by such
insane means as a war of coercion; and
I protest, morever, against Kentucky be
ing made the camping ground, or the path
way for the movement of forces by either
of the belligerents; and I recommend ear
nestly to the General Assemby the adop
tion of prompt resolutions requiring both
belligerents to keep off our soil, and res
pect, in good faith, the neutrality which
the people of Kentucky, with the unexam
pled unanimity, desire to preserve.”
Death of Washington King.—Washing
ton King, agent of the Adams Express
Company, and at one time Mayor of St.
Louis, died very suddenly at his resi
dence on Tuesday evening. He had just
returned from Gen. Fremont’s head
quarters, where he had made the arrange
ments for the conveyance of Gen. Lyon’s
bod\- East, by his company, and was
giving directions to the clerks of his office,
when he was seized with a fit of apoplexy,
and died in two hours after being removed
to his house.—Exchange.
Connecticut, Represented at. the Rattle in
Missouri.—Capt. Totten, whose artillery
did such service in the great battle of
August 10, in Missouri, is a New London
man. In that bloody battle, Counccticut
furnishes the lamented leader, Gen. Lyon,
and the most effective captain of artillery.
We had the pleasure of meeting, to-day,
two of the relatives of Gen. Lyon—his
uncle, Marvin Knowlton.of Ashford, and
his cousin, a son of Mr. K. They believe,
with thousands of others, that it is time this
war was stopped. [Hartford Times.
We soon will gather and garner a
croj? of provisions to be unusually abun
dant, and the farmers aud planters through
out tbe South will be preparing to convert
their meat stocks of all kinds into meat.
Shall the}' be prevented or hindered in
a work so necessary for the whole country
and for the continued maintainance of our
armies by the extravagant extortion of a
few Salt monopolist?
Let our enterprising, honest men harry
up salt works and leave the speculators to
the care of their own reflections and the
indignation of an outraged people.
[ Charleston Courier.
“A FEW MORE OF THE SAME SORT,"
WE have, at ISLAND CREEK. Hancock Co.,
a Company of brave Volunteers who are anxious
to pet off to tho Scat of War, tu aid their friends
in repelling our common foe. and we want a tew
more of the same sort. Mho will enlist with us
under the molto “NEVER SI.RRENDER.
Those wishing to unite with us can find a roll
in the hands of Mr. Archibald McKinley of Mil-
ledgevillc, Mr. Simmons of Sparta, Mr; J. li. Bill
ion, or the undersigned in the settlement of Island
Creek. J. H. CORLEY.
August 29ih 1861.
Warlike.—We looked into Quinby and Rob
inson's shop yesterday and found eight beautiful
brass cannon ready for tbe carriages, and twelve
more in various states of forwardness There
were also three or four iron cannon oil hand, one
of them of the peculiar kind known as the Parrott
gun, a long slender piece which throws a shot of
ten inches in lenglli and two aud three quarters in
diameter. The same manufactory is also making
a boring machine for the Confederate States arse
nal, by which twelve rifles will he bored at once.
They are also putting up machinery for rifling
cannon.—Memphis Appeal.
A St. Louis correspondent of the Louis
ville Courier says Gen. Fremont is repor
ted to have said, that “if compelled to
evacuate St. Louis, he would leave it in
ashes.”
The New York Herald, of the 9th inst. [has the fol
lowing :
Employment for AU.—It is said that there are thir
ty thousand persons out of employment In the city of
New York alone. This need not be. There are 500,000
men wanted for the war.
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS*
REGULAR MEETING.
Council Chamber, )
Aug. 5, 1861. )
Present—His Honor, John Jones Mayor—Aider-
men Hall, Barnes, Myrick and Vaughan—Absent,
Aldermen Huson and Haas.
The minutes of the lust meeting were read and
confirmed.
The Wards were called in order and no special
business reported.
On motion of Alderman Barnes, Dr. C. H. Hall
was appointed to fill the vacancy ot Dr. S- G.
White in the Board of Health.
The Street Committee was charged with the
duty of examining the condition of the Sewers,
running North by Jarratt’s Spring, and haviDg
the same opened, if necessary.
Tho following accounts were passed to-wit:
E. J. Hogue, for work on Harness, $3 40
T. P. Ethridge & Co., for wood work, 5 50
F. Lewis, for brick work on well, 5 90
Thos. W. Simpson, for hewed sills, 17 50
On motion, the Council adjourned.
N. C. BARNETT, Cltrk.
A LL PERSONS having Demands against tlie
GEORGIA PENITENTIARY, wiB-please
hand in tlieir biils to the Book Keejmfton or by
the 30th of SeptemberLiwtfrr and all debts
now duo the Georgia Peu/fiMifcary, must be paid
by that time. JAMESJ^.. GREEN,
incipal Keeper.
September 5th, 1861. \ 16 4t.
GEORGIA, T wiggs county.
W HEREAS, William A. Andrews, adminis
trator with tlie will annexed^'oil the estate
of Bennett Tull, late ot said coplffly. deceased, ap
plies to me for letterAof tlisud^sion from said tiust,
he having executed tliXsaiife, as will more fully ap
pear from tho records^ilfmy office.
These are therp4fireV> cite and admonish all
and singular tlmrifindredfcud others concerned, to
to he and tiuyfiir at my Vffice on or by the first
Monday iiy/JIarch next, \en and there to show
cause w hy said letters may imt be granted.
GiveNiimler my hand officially at Marion, Sep
tember 2nd, 1861.
I(/m6m. LEWIS SOLOMON, Ord’y.
GEORGIA, Appfiiig County.
W HEREAS, Mr.\ Susan Sumerall, Guardian
for David and Suaefi Sumerall of said coun
ty, makes applicntioipA^ me for letters of dismis
sion fiom said
These are therefore tch cite and admonish ail
persons interested, to he\md appear at my office
by thq first Monday in November next, to show
cause, if any/they have, whVletters of dismission
should not 1/6 gianted to the applicant iu terms of
the law.
Given tufder my hand and offirT^l signature, at
office, this Sept. 5th, 1861.
J6 6t./ J. LIGHTS&i', Ord’y
GEORGIA, Baldwiq County.
M. t Gilbert M. and Laz-
Execupuff 1 of the will of
.•easadflisve filed tlieir final
lourt for letters of dis-
■^yHEREAS, Davi<
arus B. Andersoi
William Anderson, d
return, and petitioned
mission
These are there^dfe tb cite all persons adversely
concerned, to file tlieir abjections on or before the
first Mundav/fn April iiArt.
Giveii tinder my official signature, this 10th
Sent. 1 '
lOniltfn. JOHN'HAMMOND, Ord’y
GROCERIES!
WEIGHT & BROWN,
(OPPOSITE THE 3IILLEDGETILLE HOTEL,)
O FFERS FOR SALE LOW FOR CASH,
1209 Bushels of Corn,
199 “ “ Oats,
75 bbls., of Refined Sugars,
50 bags of Java and Rio coffee,
190 bbls. ot Family Flour,
30,999 lbs of Bacun side's and Shoulders,
19,000 lbs. Leaf Lard,
20 hhds. of New Crop Molasses,
109 boxes of Adamantine Candles,
100 Cases of Boots and Shoes, (at cost,)
Crockery and Glass Ware,
Tubs, Buckets, and Brooms,
Butter and Cheese,
No. 1 Ac 2 Mackeral, Also Pickled Shad,
Tobacco, and Cigars,
White Lead, and Oil,
Campheue and B. Fluid,
Nails, Trace Chains, and Hoes,
Liquors of all kinds, and in any quantity, with
many other articles, but we have not time to enu
merate them now.
March 19, 1861. 43 is tf
THY IT ! TRY IT ! TRY IT !
CORN BREAD!
A NEW WAY TO MAKE IT.
T he best corn bread ever made.
OCTI.-? A DIME A LOAF, at
WM. SCHEIHING’S BAKERY, OONhEC-
TIONERY, &c. Every Family should try it, as
it will surely give satisfaclion.
WM. SCHEIHING.
August 13, 1861. 12 1m.
FOR
11
T WO NEGRO WOMEN AND THEIR CHIL-
DREN. Prices to suit the times.
W. A. WILLIAMS.
Milledgeville. Aug-I8th, 1861. 13 0t.
S IXTY days after date application will be made
to the Court of Ordinary of Echols county, for
leave to sell the land and negroes belonging to the
estate of Jesse Howell, deceased, for the benefit
of the heirs and creditors of said deceased.
JOHN G. HOWELL, Adm'r.
August 24, 1861. [tbc] 15 9t.
GEORGIA, Echols county.
W HEREAS, Eli W. Prescott, Guardian for
the person and property of Cely Marcely
and Mercy Morgan, of said county, makes appli
cation to me fur letters of dismission from said
trust.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
persons interested, to be and appear at my office on
the first Monday in November next, to show
cause, if any they have, why letters of dismission
should not be granted the applicant in terms of
law.
Given under my hand and official signature at
office, this the 24th day of August, 1861.
15 fit. THOMAS B. CLAYTON, Ord’y.
^IXTYditys fromdate application will be made to
O the Court of Ordinary of Twiggs County for an
order for leave to sell ail the Lands and Negroes be
longing to the Lstate of John Pope, late of said county
".HUGHES. Admr’g
deceased.
Aug. 2Sth, 1801.
I). G.
[ms]
Irwin Sherifl Dale.
W ILL be sold before the Court House Door, in
the town of Irwinville, Irwin county, Ga.,
outlie first Tuesday in October next, within the
legal hours of sale, the following property, to-wit;
The entire interest of A. W. Weaver in Lot of
Land No. 133 in the 6th Dist. of Irwin county, the
interest being one half ot said Lot of Land. Lev
ied on as the property of A. W. Weaver to .atis-
fy two ti fas. issued from a Justice Court in the
421st district G. M., Walton county, Ga., oue in
favor of Studdard and Gresham vs A W. Weaver
and one in favor of John L. Gresham vs A.W.
Weaver, and controlled by Graves H. Weaver, levy
made and returned to me by * Constable, proper
ty pointed out by Graves H. Weaver, this 16th
August 1861. 15 tds D. J. FENN, Sh’ff.
Oil Cloth for the Soldiers.
W E have commenced the manufactnre of OIL
CSOTH OVERCOATS, with
large CAPES, detached, to be worn with or with
out the coat. We have a fine article ol Oil Cloth,
that may be lined with cotton or woolen home-
spun on both sides, thus constituting a warmer
blanket than two common woolen ones.
An ordinary woolen blanket, lined with a sheet
of Oil Cloth will render it waterproof, and at the
same time retain the heat of the body. Overcoat*
we sell for $3.00: Capes $150: Sheets to line
Blankets. $2.90 to $2<J per sheet; of these we
make two sizes, No. 1,2 yards long, 1 j yards
wide, No. 2,2 i yards long, I f yards wide.
Havelocks, 25 cents apiece. Leggins, 75 cts. per
pair.
The above articles can be had ot any color.
DR- K- C. CYPHERS.
S. J. KIDD.
Milledgeville, Sept. 2nd, 1861. 15 tf.
GEORGIA,Twiggs County.
W HEREAS, Isaac Carrol, Guardian, of the person
and property of Sarah Jane Martin, makes ap
plication to me for letters of dismission from said
Guardianship, he having fully executed his trust a*
will more fully appear by reference to the Record and
vouchers of tile in office.
These are therefore to cite and admonish aU aud
singular tlie kindred and others concerned, to be and
appear at my office on or by the first Monday in No
vember next,'.hen and there to show cause why said
letters may not issue.
Given under my baud and official signature, Marion
Aug. 28th, 1861.
15 tit. LEWIS SOLOMON, Ord’y.
S IXTY days from date application will be made to
the Court of Ordinary of Twiggs County for an or-
der for leave to sell all the lands belonging to the Ka-
tate of James T. Pearson, late of said county da-
ceased. JAMES PEARSON, | A<tor . #
Aug 28th 1861.
P P. PEAK SOX,
[L. S.]
15 9t.