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HOLGHTOXf MSBET & IfUDL'S Publishers and Proprietors. t» >, uoiaiiTO.V/.,.. j(i«. SI. MMBKT. $ Editors. (T!j: ^onfcit jfeiraJ Pinion /, published Weekly, in Milletlgecille, tin., ('.inter of Hancock and Wtlkinnon Sts., I ,,,)j>oxitc Court House.J Ai $2 a year in Advance, (L'mxw ix Advance, $3 Per Annum.) JS1TKS <>»•' AUVEKTlMIItU. Per s/uarr of twelve tine*. One i-ieiTiionsFl <10, atui fifty cents for each subsequent ,-oatiniiance. 'j'n.wi -.-lit without tue .-peeification of the number o; itiserli aa will be published till forbid and charge: accordingly. Busbies- <rr Professional Cards, j»er year, where th<*> do not exceed Six Lines - - . £J0 01 J liberalcontract will be mode with those who wish tc Ad ' t <'<-• by the year, occupying „ specified, space LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Sales of Lund and Negroes, by Administrators, Kx centors or Guardians, are required bylaw to be held oil the :i l Tuesday in the month; between the hours 10iii theioreuoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court house in thecounty in which the property is sit uated. Notice of these sales mast be given in a public ga- !,.>( • ! I days previous to the day of.sale. Notices forthe sale of personal property must begiv eninlike manner 111 days previous to sale day. Notices to the debtors and creditors of an estate must s ]«o be published Id days. Notice that application will be made to the Court oi Ordinary for leave to sc :i Land or Negroes, must bi published for two months. F Ci'a'ioas for letters of Administration Guardianship. bi .. mast be published HO days—for dismission from A l ninistrati >n. monthly si.c months—for dismissioi i r .i , Guardianship, 40 days. Kulesfor foreclosure of Mortgage must be published ■ hi foe four months—for establishing lost papers. /'«// space of three months—for compelling titles r-o ii Executors or ndmimstrators, where bond has been uicen by the deceased, the full space of three Qionths. Publications will always be continued according to those, the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered st the following RATES: Citations, on letters of administration, Sec. $2 75 “ “ dismissory (roin .f dir.r'n. 4 5f “ Guardianship. 3 (It I...-vc to sell Land or Negroes 4 lit Notice to debtors and creditors. 3 tic g :l !es of personal property, ten days, 1 sqr. 1 5C S i’e of land oi negroes by Executors, Sec. pr sqr. 5 Itr gstrays, two weeks 1 31 par a man advertising his wife (in ad vance.) 5 (If VOLUME XXXI!,] MILLEDGEY1LLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, [NUMBER 25. general advertisements. J. A. & W. \Y TURNER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Eatoiiton, Ga. October, 18, 1859. 21 lv. COATES it WOOL,FOLK odtuvfboust nttli Commission MERCHANTS, A It id now open ami prepared for the Mtton Ot .heir N EW FI HE PROOF WAHEHOU: eption ot opposite Hardeman tc Sparks. We will endeavor to prove ourselves worthy >.f the patronage of those who will favor us with their business. Liberal advances made on cotton when d-dred. .Macon Ga., Sent. 2'. i" iJ. IS tf. Ji.JS’S jC. acts and resolutions of the Second Session of the PROVISIONAL CONGRESS OF THE COAFEDERATE STATES. 1861. (No. 135) AN ACT to admit the .State of North Carolina into the Confederacy, on a certain condition. The State of North Carolina having adopted meas ures looking to an early withdrawal from the United [state*, an t to becoming in tin-future a member of this Confederacy. which iiien-mes may not be consumma ted before the approaching l ece*aofCongri ss. There- iore, The Congress of the Confederate Statesof America io enact, That the State of North Carolina shall be ad mitted a member of the Confederate Statesof Ameri ca, upon an equal finding with the other States, under the Constitution forthe Provisional Government of the same, upon the condition that the convention of said State soon to assemble shall adopt and ratify said Cun- -t it ill ion f< rthe Provisional Government of the Con dole rate States, and shall transmit to the President of the Confederate States, before the re assembling .-( Congress, through the Governor of said State, or some other proper organ, nil authentic copv of t he act or nr- liiinnce of said convention -o adopting and ratifying mid Provisional Constitution : upon the i.-ceipt where- •f the. President b\ proclamation, shall announce the fact; whereupon,anil without any fuither proceeding ,n the part of Congress, the admission of said State mto this Confederacy, under said Constitution for the Provisional Government, slinll be considered ns- com plete, aim the laws of t!;is Coiii’.-dcraey shall thereby be extended over said State as fully and completely as over the nth: rStal. now composing the same. Approved May 17,1861. (No. 137.) A RESOLUTION in relation to imports from the Stales of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas. Resolved, That nil imports from the Statesof Vir ginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas, he e.\- inpted from the payment of duties; and that this ex- niption extend to imports from the said States now in warehouse. Approved May 17, 1861. (No. 110.) AN ACT to establish a Mail Route from Vermiiiion- vil!e,in the State of Louisiana, to Orange, in the State of Texas, and for other purposes. S-JCtion 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the following maiU loute b • and the same is hereby established, to-wit: From V: r- miliionville, in the State of Louisiana, to Orange, in the State of Texas. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Post master General tie and he is hereby authorized to make the first contract for carrying the mail over said route without the necessity of adveitising for bids for said contract, as required by existing law; and that this act take effect and be ill'force from and after its passage. Approx •d May 17. 1801. Sap- orosxsj t. sowDom, ATTORNEY AT LAW, eiTOSTOACA. Eatoiiton. Ga., Feb. 14,1860. 38 tf. BOARDING. M Y HOUSE will be open for transient aid regu lar boarders. JAMES E. HAYGOOD. Milledgev'Ue, Jan. 18tli, 1861. 35 tf. NOTICE. U1E UNDERSIGNED having bought the es tablishment of his friend F. 8HOENBEIN, ;-eased. respectfully informs the pnhlic. that lu ll continue the business in the same form and ipectfuiiv solicits a slime of public patronage. WM. SCHE1HING. Millcdeeville, July 15. ltOI. 8 lyr. illTER PIPES, FIRE BRICKS, 40. milE SOtTIIEKA PBOCKIsAIN tlAM- 1 lAmtiivG co n ha in v, kaolin, sc., a-e now prepared to lurnish at short notice WATER PIPES, double glazed, with a perfect vitrious body suitable foi conduit pipes for cities, Ac., troni twenty- six inches diameter to one inch, capable of sustaining a pressure of 150 bead of water. ALSO, FIRE PRICKS which have uo superior. We also manufacture all kinds of C.C. and Granite Ware, and would most respectfully solicit orders for tile above goods. W. H. FARROW, Ij :tm Agt. Kaolin, S. C. :V WAR!!^J VOLUNTEERS UNIFORMS oxj'xr rrc? onuEPL. mHE Subscriber will, upon short notice, visit 1 any County in the State, and Cl’T UNIFORMS for Companies, and warrant a gooJ tit. Orders respectfully solicited. it-- Address, THOMAS BROWN, Merchant. Tailor. ■Ui-.il sett of Fattf *'" r Uniforms (No. 1 It.) AN ACT In provide an additional Compni •icrs and Bombardiers forthe Army. Section 1. The Congress of tile Confederate Mutes of America do enact. That there be added to the mili tary establishment of the Confederate States one com pany of sappers and bombardiers, to consist of one captain, two first lieutenants, one second lieutenant, ten sergeants or master-workmen, ten corporals nr overseers, two musicians, thirty-nine privates of the first class, and thirty-nine privates of the second class, who slinll be instructed in and perform all the duties of sap pers and bombardiers, and slinll, moreover, under the orders of the chief engineer, be liable to strve by de tachments iu overseeing and aiding laborers upyn for tifications or oth«-r works under the engineer d. pnrt- ment, and in supervising finished fortifications, ns tort-keepers, pres enting injury and making repairs. Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the colonel of the engineer corps, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. to prescribe the number, quan tity, form, dimensions, Ac., of the necessary vehicles, ami's, pontons, tools, implements.andothersupplies for the service of said company as a body of sappers and bombardiers. .Sec. 3. That the monthly pay of the captain of said company shall be one hundred and folly dollars; of each first lieutenant, one hundred dollars; of the second lieutenant, nine-tv dollars; of the sergeant . thirty four dollars ; of the corporals, twenty dollars ; nj the musicians, thii teen dollu;s; of the-first conss pii- j votes, seventeen dollars; and of the second e-lms pri- . vales thirteen dollars. And the said commissioned | officers shall lie ent-.th-dto to s - me allowances as nil other commissioned officers ot the army, and the same right to draw forage for horses as is aeeoided to.ifii cerseif like rank in the engineer corps; and the en listed men shall receive* the same rations and al lowances as are granted to ail other enlisted men in the army. Approved May 17,1861. (No. 112.) AN ACT to admit the State of Arkansas into the Confederacy. The people of the State of Arkansas, in sovereign convention, having passed an ordinance dissolving their political connection with the United States, and another ordinance adopting and ratifying the Consti tution forthe I Vo visional Government of the Confede rate States of America s Therefore, The Congress of the Confederate States of Ameri ca do enact, That the S'ate of Arkansas be and i> hereby admitted into this Confederacy, upon an equal footing with the other States, under the Constitution for the I’rovisionnl Government of the same. Approved May 20, 1861. (No. 145.) AN ACT amendatory of an Act to provide for the organization of the Navy. Section 1, The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That from and after the passage of this act, the corps of marines shall consist ot one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, one major, one quarter master with the rank of major, one paymaster with the rnukof major, due adjutant with the rank <d inn ! ior. one sergeant major, one qui rierniaster sergeant, I (■•a (I'Mlieutenants, twenty second Imiiuicuan “ u 11 tilers ami two musicians. , See. 2. The pay and emoluments of the officers and enlisted men shall be the suuie as that of the officers and enlisted men of like grade in the infantry ot the army, except that the paymaster and the adjutant shall receive the saint- pay as t lie quartermaster, and tue adjutant shall be taken from the captains and subalt- ernsof the corps and separated from the line. Ti;e rations tif enlisted marines shall be the rations allowed i bv law to seamen. A 1 acts inconsistent with tae pro visions of this act are nereby repealed. Approved May 20,1861. (No. 146.) AN ACT to amend an act to provide for the organ ization of the Navy, approved March sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States , of America do enact, That the President tie and In-1- hereby authorized to nominate, and by and with the j advice ami consent of Congress to appoint, al* office!s : of the navv of theUnited States, who have resigned ; or may hereafter resign their commissions on account ,,f the secession of any or all of the Confederate | States, and who may be lit tor active service, to tin* t same rank and position in the navy of the Confederate | States which they held in that ot the United States: provided, however, That no officer shall be so ap pointed who may at anytime have committed any net of hostility against the Coufederatc .Mates or any one thereof. , , , , , Sec. 2. That the President lie authorized to assign officers of the navy to any duty connected with the defence of the country, and suitable to titeir rank, which lie may deem proper. bee. 3. That the President be authorized to appoint sixassistant paymasters of the navy, each to reeeix e a salary of one thousand dollars when employed at sea. and seven hundred dollars when not thus employed; and all paymasters of the navy shall lie taken tiout ' ie grade of Approved May 20,1 Ml. (No. I 17.) AN ACT to establish a separate Port of Entry at ba bine Pass, in" thecounty of Jefferson, in the State of 'Texas, and to provide for the appointment of a Cel- lector therein. • Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That all that part • -f tin* collec- I lion district for the District id Texas included mine ,. „ pin f-ir c.x!o ! enuntv of Jefferson in tile Mate of Texas, embracing lO S(iA Cotton (tin for LSI A* | ah the waters, islands. ba\s, harbors, inlets,shores and of IV VT.SOVS best 3(1 Saw Cotton Gins. ! rivers in the same, shall be a collection d'stnet, o W A ‘ j j, e qual ’ called the District of Sal.uie Pass, and bul.ine 1 ass a tor sale. I tilt* * * i 1)or t 0 f entry lor saiti diMnot. n use. Sold for no fault the present ow- snail beetle portol^^ ^, r the said district of Sabine ring no use for it. Any planter wanting* - ^ |, c appointed by the President, with the u<> n, can have a chance to pet one at » re ' v ; oe nn d enseut of Congress, who shall reside at So on the regular price. Apply at this office, J,j ue Pass, and hold his office for, the terms am] the Tift or J H. Watson, at Albany. time prescribed bv law foi the like ofliee m other dig- ,riots! and who shall be entitled to a salary not exceed ing seventeen hundred and fifty dollars pel annum, in? ciudiugr iu tlmt suisi the tec s allowed hy : aiul the amodDl ht eo kut in any one year tor lues*, i_x- ccediin'the caid sum of seventeen huiidred and filty doUnie.'shall be accounted for and paid mto the treas- ui v of the Confederate States of America. bee 6. That all laws and parts of laws now in force contravening the provisions of this not, be and the pauio are hereby repealed, and tuat this act lake effect from and after its passage. Approved May 21, 1861. BOOK-BINDING TllE Subscriber is now pre pared to do Book-Find ing, in all its branches. Old Books rebound, die. SIC bound in the best style. Blank Books lactured to order. Prompt attention will be to all work entiusttd to me. 8. J. KIDD. ilcry in Sonlhi-rn i ritornl I nion ttfiirr. ledpeville, March 19th, 1861. 4-' AT I NO—SLATING. H. E. ELLIOTT, MMCTIFU. SLATER AaD DEALER I\ SST SLATES, ECENTLY FROM RICHMOND, VA„ ow ready to do any work in his line of br.si- ss—Slating, and warranted free fioiu Lcak- pnira to old Mlatr Roofs altendwl to Promptly, F. E. is Agent for an extensive Manufactory a Railing. Verandah, Balconies, Iron Stairs, tains, Settees, Chairs, Tables, Tree Boxes, e«. &e,&c, anu all other Jrou Work ot a rtive character. ir-dns Cemetery I,oS« will rreeivr- Iiispnr- tirnlar Attention. F. E. is Agent for an extensive Marble J ment Works,likewise for the Steam Marble i the grade of a.-sistaut paymasters, e Works. . , . iigns of all, with prices, can be seen at his up stairs, ov- . Morning News office, Bay t. Savannah, Ga. pt'cimun'of our work maybe seen on tlie building in Milledgeviile. erenee—G. W. Adams. Superintendent L. bavnnnah. 23 dds&w-tf. 1 Conftderate iSURA' Notes and Bonds taken at PAR for uiture or Notes and Accounts due. WOOD tc CO., Macon,Ge. Albany, Cuthliert, Fort Gams^Griffin and sville papers will please copy six (4 0 ms.) .nonlbs and W.& CO. FOR SALE. PBKZOB TENT CIiOTH, igliiug 12 ozs per yard. 30 inches wi e, s coutaining about 620 yards, manuiac- y Oemulgee Mills. «s r0 TT ply to IsAAL ‘Wit, 1-th, 1661. (!) 6mos*) Alacon. Os. U S CORDIAL will relieve at once the most .- case of Dinrtho<ra,and dysentery, n " severe or violent, it controls the soothing the mucous lining of the inteetmm ;aying all irritation and, brings about* speedy Ckardial, which is an excellent remedy - . K,.«.t inflamed throat, «o [No. 222.J Au Art Amendatory of “An Act to Prescribe the Tates of Postage iu the Confederate Mates of Ameri ca," Approved February twenty-third, eighteen hun dred and sixty one. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact That all mailable matter addressee to officers of the several States Government, for the payment of the postage on which the sa.d Governments are re- sponsible, in the adjustments ot the accounts of the parties mailing the same, may be transmitted through tb" mails without the prepayment of postage thereum Provided, Thattho person mailing the same shall en dow thereon his official title and the nature of the mat te?mailed; and the postage thercoashai be collected of the said Government* 16th of August, 18dl, was not approved by him, no: returned to the congress within ten days (Sundays ex cepted) after being presented to him; it, therefore, became a law on the 29th August, 1861. J. P. BENJAMIN, Attorney General [No. 258.J - AN ACT to audit the accounts of the respective States against the Confederacy. Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate State, of America do enact, That it shall be the duty of sue! Auditor or Auditors of the Treasury Departmei t, a, may be designed by the Secretary of the treasury, and t" 11 at end the .-aid Secretary lie authorized to appoint us many extra clerks tor the time, ns he may deeu necessary, at the lute of salary now allowed for clerks oftiie Treasury Depart mu t to aud t (lie accounts tud claims of tiie respective States of the Confedera cy against the Confederate Government for/the ad vances and expenditures made by the t raid States res peetively for the use and benefit of the Confederacy in preparation for or in conducting the war now existing against the United States, and all claims for advances or expenditures of any kind made by any State prioi to the passage 11 its Ordinance of Secession, shall be slmw n to have been made in contemplate n of the Act of Secession afterwards consummated, and of the war that might probably ensue, or in the seizure or acqui sition of forts, arsenals, navy yards, nimamei.te, mu nitions and other useful instrumentalities cf war, or in the purchase or manufacture of aims or munitions w hich have since been transferred to the Confederacy, nr in some regular mode been brought into the service for the pro-ecution of the war aforesaid, before euc-1 claims shall be audited ar.d t lie amount ascertained. Sec. 2. Aud iu auditing the claims of the States of Vir ginia, North Carolina and Tennessee, reference shall be had to the special compacts and engagements had with those States respectively by the Confederate Gov ernment in view oftfieir proposed adhesion to the Pro visional Constitution, or of the support of their arma ments and the prosecution of the war afterwards, and all claims coming fairly within the purview of such compacts, being property verified !>v vouches, shall, in favor of said States, to audited and ascertained. See. 3. That proof shall be made in ull casts by proper vouchers to the satisfaction of the Auditor that the amount claimed was actually advanced or expen ded, that the expenditure was proper, and no greater amount for pay and services shall be audited than is by the regulations of the Confederate Government for pay and services in the like cases, aud the Auditor shall make a special report of his action under tide law to the Congress at its next session. Sec. 4. The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause notice to be forwarded tothe exet utive of each of the States of this Confederacy, immediately after the pas sage of this Act, calling on such executive to forward the claims which may he held by his State, subject to be audited under the provisions of this Act. Approved, August 3(1.1861. [No7"259.] AN ACT to establish certain pott routes therein na med. Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America no enact, That there be established the fol lowing post routes, viz: From Loving Creek Post Office, to Wude'n Post Office, in Bodiord County. Yiiginia. Also from Charleston, in the County of Tallehntchie, to Friar’s Point in the County of C’oaha 11m, Mississippi. Also from Culloden to ilarncKville, lithe tateof Georgia. Also, that a route beestablisli- lished from Calhoun, on the Alabama and Florida Railroad, iu the County of Lowndes, in the State of A! lliama, to Benton, in said County, through Mount Willing.and Gordonaville Also, n Post Route from Clarkesville, iu Mecklenburg County. Virginia, to Brownsville, in the State of North Carolina. From M nilciis to Lime Kiln, via Campbell Home in Alabama Also, from Morgantown, in Burke County, North Carolina, to Johnson's Depot Tennessee. Also, a Post Route from Louisville, in the County of Winston, to Valden, in the County of Carrol, in the State of Mis sissippi. Also, from Wilmington, North Carolina, to Wiulesboro’ via Wilmington, Charlotte and Ruther ford Railroad. Also, from Jefferson, Ashe County, North Carolina, to Marion, Smyth County, Virginia. Also, from Clarksville to Spadra Bluff’, in Johnson County, Arkansas. Approved August 30,1861. [No. 260.] AN ACT authorizing the President to inflict retaliation upon the persons of Prisoners. Whereas, The Government of the United Stales lias placed in irons and lodged in dungeons,'citizens of the Confederate States acting under the autliorityofLet- ters of Marque, issued in accordance with the laws of the Confederate States, by the President thereof, and have otherwise maltreated the same, and have seized and confined sundry other citizens of the said Confed erate States, in violation of al! principles of humane and civilized warfare: Thcrefoie— Be it enacted bv the Congress of the Confederate Statesof America, That the President be, and ho is hereby, authorized to seleet such prisoners taken from the United States, and in such numbers as hemaydeetn exped-c-nt, upon the personsof whom he may inflict such retahiiition, in such manner and kind, ns may [ seem to him just and proper. Approved August 30, 1861 [No. 261.] AN ACT to provide for the defence of the Mississippi river. Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause such floating defences, as he may deem beet adapted to the protection of the Mis- sissippi River, against a descent of iron plated steam gun-boats, to be constructed or prepared with the least possible delay. Approved August 30,1861. [No. 262.] AN ACT to amend A11 Act entitled ‘An Act to estab lish n patent office and to provide for the granting ami issue of patents for new and useful discoveries, indentions, improvements and designs,” approv ed May 21, *1861. Section l. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact. That the Commissioner of Pn- tcnts.with theapprovalof the Attorney General, shall have power to appoint, in addition to the examiners of patents, provided by the second section of the above recited Act, such assistant examiners, at a salary of fif teen hundred dollars per annum, as may be required to transact the current business of the Patent Office with dispatch. Sec. 2. Aud be it further enacted, That the Commis sioner, with like approval, may appoint a —- - for said office, at a salary of t | ’r"e ! dollars per annum. St-c. 3 And »a Commis- st • , a„. _ed to require np- eiue, and iillother persons with whom joligeu to correspond, or to whom drawings and other papers have to Dereturned for alteration or cor rection, to deposit a sufficient sum of money to pay tin- postage : Provided, That in no single case shall the de posit so required exceed two dollars. Approved August 3(1, 1861. Sec. 4. Tlie President of tlie Confed erate States sltall be inaugurated on the .iventy-second day cf Febuary, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted. That in case the State of Virginia shall adopt and ratify the Constitution for the permanent government of the Confederate Statesof America before the elections in this act provided for, she sltail be entitled to elect sixteen members to the House of Repre sentatives; and the State of North Caro lina, in like case, ten members; the 8tnte of Tennessee, in like case, eleven; and the State of Arkansas, in like case, four mem bers; the same being upon the basis of one member for every ninety thousand repre sentative population, and one additional member for a fiaction over one-half of the ratio aforesaid, in each of said states, tin ner the census of the United States taken in eighteen hundred and sixty, and being tlie same basis of representation fixed for the seven original states in said Constitu tion for permanent government. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted. That the same rules ami principles shall be observed as to the number of Presidential Electors in the states aforesaid as in the other seven original States. Approved May 21, 1861. 21 ent an the No. 148. AN ACT To jrut in operation the goreminent under the Permanent Constitution of the Con federate States tf America. Section 1. The Congress of the Confed erate States of America do enact, That an election shall be held in the several States of this Confederacy, on the first Wednesday in November, eighteen hun dred and sixty-one, for members of the House of Representatives in the Congress of the Confederate States under the per manent constitution, which election shall be conducted in all respects according to said Constitution and the laws of the sev eral States in force for that purpose; and in States which may not have provided bv law for such election, according to the laws heretofore existing in such States for the election of members of the Houso of Representatives in the Congress of the United States. And on the same day the several States shall elect or appoint Elec tors for President and \ ice President of the Confederate States of America, accor ding to said Constitution, and in the man lier prescribed by the laws of the several States made for that purpose; and in States where no such laws may exist, according to the laws heretofore in force in such States for the election or appointment of Electors for President and Vice President of the United States. Sec. 2. The Electors for President and Vice President shall meet in their respec tive States on the first Wednesday iu December, eighteen hundred and sixty- one, and proceed to vote for President and Vice President, and make out lists, certi fy the same to the President of the Sen ate; all as directed by the said Constitu tion in that behalf. Sec. 3. T he members of tlie House of Representatives so elected, and the Sen ators who may be elected by the several States according to the provisions of said Constitution, shall assemble at the seat of government of the Confederate States, on the eighteenth day of Febuary, eighteen hundred and sixty-two; and the said mem bers of the House of .Representatives shall proceed to organize by the election of a Speaker, and the Senators by the election of a President of the Senate for the time being; and the President of the Senate shall, on the nineteenth day of Febuary, eighteen hundred and sixty- two open all the certificates; and the votes for President and Vice President shall then be counted, as directed by said Constitu tion. ■ [No. 275.] AN ACT to authorize the appointment from civil life of persons, to the staffs of Generals. The Congress of 1 he Confederate States of America do enact that the President lnavin his discretion upon the application and recommendation of u Gt acral of the Confederate States Army, appoint from civil life, persons to the staff authorized by law of such officer, who elialJ have the same rank and pay a* if appointed from the Army of the Confederate States. Approved August 31,1801. [No. 276] AN ACT providing for the appointment of Adjutants of Regiments and Legions, of the grade of subaltern, in addition to thesubnltcrns attached to companies. Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact,Thut the Adjutants of Regiments and Legions, may be appointed by the President upon the recommendation of the Colonel thereof, of the grade of Subaltern, in addition to the Subaltern officers at tached to Companies, and said Adjutants, when so ap pointed, shall have the same rank, pay and allowances as are provided by law to Adjutants of Regiments. Approved August 31,18G1. [No." 277.] _ AN ACT providing for the reception and forwarding of articles sent to the army by private contribution. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact. That the Secretary of War be authorized and required to make all necessary arrangements for the reception and forwarding of clot lies, shoes, blankets and other articles of necessity that may be scut to tho Army by private contribution. Approved August 31,1861. [No. 278.] AN ACT to allow rations to Chaplains in the Army. The Congress of the Confederate Statesof America do enact, That Chaplains in the Army he. aud they are hereby, allowed the same rations as privates. Approved August 31,1861. [No. 279.J AN ACT to reimburse the State of Florida. AVI icre.TS, The State of Florida has made large out lays of money in the arming, equipping and main- taming troops for the service of the Confederate States, and in the construction of sea-coast defences whereby the State of Florida has exhausted her treasury, and has great need of money to carry on her military O'ganiza- tions: Therefore— The Congress of the Confederate States of America do €?naet, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed issue totheState of Florida* upon tlie applica tion or the Governor of said State, three hundred thou sand dollars in Treasury notes: Provided, That the said State deposit with the Secretary of t oe Treasury of the Confederate States an equal sum in the bonds of the Statn of Florida authorized to be issued imd*»r an ordi nance of the Convention of said State, which bonds shall be held by the Secretary of the Treasury until the account of the State of Florida, for advances made for military purposes, is adjusted as Congress may di rect. Approved August 31,1861. [No. 2<sk] A RESOLUTION in relation to Drill-Masters appoin ted by States. Whereas under the authority of some of the States, Drillinasters were attached to various regiments-. And, whereas, such officefr]s are not recognized by the laws of the Confederate States, and consequently were not mustered into seivice: Ami whereas, several of such Drillinasters have nevertheless continued to do effective service, voluntarily, with their respective regiments Therefore— Re*olrcd % That such Drillmasters be granted an hon orable discharge whenever they shall apply therefor. Approved August 31,1861. [No. 285.] AN ACT to establish the Rates of postage on newspa pers ami periodicals sent to dealers therein through tlie mail, or by express over post roads. Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That persons engaged as dealers in newspapers and periodicals may receive by mail any quantity of such papers and periodicals as they order offthc payment at tlie place ofdelivery, at the same rate of postage as is required by the existing law to be paid by the regular subscribers to such newspapers or periodicals. £ ’’ ’ ” * 1 f ^r pernor* ^erno*^* 1 in^uy- oadsof the G* delate SAies, on' » ibe mail, upon paying the postage at the same rate charged to regular subscribers to such papers and periodicals into the post office nearest the place of publication or purchase thereof, and such payment shall be indica ted by the stamp of such post office or by writing upon the paper so sent. Sec. 3. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars, to be recovered by action of debt iu the Dame and forthe use of the Confederate States. Approved, August 31,1861. 22 CiOYERXOIi’S MESSAGE. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. ) JIlLLEDGEVlLLE, Ga., NuV. 6, 1861. J Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of lleprcscntutices : Prior to tlie Revolution of 1776, our State and the other Atlantic States of this Continent, were Colonies of the British Government,created hy it, and subject to its contiol. The people then had only such civil rights as were recognize:] by tlie Parliament of Great Britain, while tlie Colonies neither possessed nor claimed inherent sover eignty. The inhabitants, mostly of British origin, were attached to the Crown, and were in the enj lyment of prosperity and happiuess, till the government conceived the plan of enriching and aggrandizing itself by imposiug onerous and oppressive bur dens npon the Colonies The people remonstrated against these aggressions in the most respectful manner, giving assurances of their loyally mid pe titiouing for a redress of grievances. Their peti tions were disregaided aud their natural rights trampled upon by an unwise aud ambitious minis try. 'Finally, when it was ascertained that their own government had ceased to he their protector and had become tlie.r oppres-or, and that the only al ternative lett was submission or resistance to tyran ny, they threw off the yoke and boldly defied the power of the British Crown. The Representatives of the people met in Convention,and appealing to the God of the universe for the rectitude of their intentions aud humbly and fervently invoking His assistance in the mighty conflict in which they were about to engage, declared that tin: Colonies were, and of rie lit ought to be free. Sovereign and Independent States. An attempt was then made by force of arms to coerce the Colonies back into a unioii with the British Government. In tiiis conflict the disparity of physical strength w as fear- tul. The Government of Great Britain was a power of the first magnitude, possessing large fleets and armies, thoionghiy equipped and armed with the best military weapons of the age. The Colonies were without fleets or armies, numbering but tbrte millions of people, badly trained, almost destitute ofarms or military equipments, relying alouo, undei the blessing of Heaven, npon theii stout hearts and strung arms, and the inherent justice of their cause. The war w a s long and bloody. The world knows the result. STATE RIGHTS. Soon after the achievement of our indepen dence, the gretl and good men who conducted the revolution met in Convention and entered upon the work of forming a Constitution, and cst-iblish- ing the government upon a permanent basis. In that convention it was discovered that great di versity of opinion existed, as to the proper form of the permanent government. Some very able and influential persons lavored the plan of a limited monarchy, similar to that of Great Britain, or some other strong government which would con solidate the sovereignty of the States in the em pire, and place the supreme power in the hands of the few. Many .who did not aspire to the throne in case of the establishment of monarchy, no doubt, looked for positions as ministers at court, or for dukedoms aud other grades o! noble hereditary dis tinction that would elevate tnem and their pos terity to permanent ruling positions above the grea'inassof their fellow-citizens. This class of I persons opposed the great doctrine of Slate /lights and sought to divest the (states o! their sovereign ty, and virtually to convert them into mere pto-I vinces of a consolidated central power. The doc trines of this class of statesmen were, however. successfully combated in the convention by the j commission every officer of great champions of the doctrine of State Sovereign- j thin] Lieutenant to a Colonel. This act by ves' ty, who succeeded in procuring the sanction of i Rig denied to Congress tlie right lo-confer that powe: on tlie President or any other person. Notwith standing the express reset vation by the States o this power, tho nets above referred to, anthoiiz- the President to accept the Volunteer Militia o Regiment from r the convention to a constitution, which, whi delegated to the general government such attri butes of soven igntv ns \vt re necessary to conduct the foreign affairs of a confederation of States, and to regulate such internal affairs between the States necessary to the good of the w hole as were be yond the control of a single St rte confederated with sister States, reserved to each (state its in herent sovereignty, with power to exeicise all its attributes except such as were expressly granted to the General Government, or such as were ne cessary to carry into : ff’: et the delegated powers. After the adoption of the Ci nsrttntion, a con flict again arose between the two classes of states men above mentioned. The one class, headed by the great statesmen of Virginia, contended that the federal government should, in practice, be confined to the exercise ot the powers delegated to it by the Constitution, leaving to the Mtates the exercise of all tlieir reseiv: d powers. The otlie class, headed chiefly by Northern statesmen, at tempted, by a lai.tudinartan construction of tlie Constitution, to accomplish indirectly what they had tailed to secure directly, and to consolidate the government by the assumption, in practice, ot powers not delegated by the Stares. The conflict has lasted throng a long series of years, and the fortunes of the two classes of statesmen at differ ent times and under d.fferent names, have been as vat ions as the ebbs and floods of popular senti- n;ei t under different influences and controlled by different interests, have been unstable. The statesmen of the original federal school, have, however, with the assistance of tlie tariff laws, navigation acts, fishery laws, and other legis lation intendtd to build up and (oster Northern in terests at the expense of Southern industry, suc ceeded iu directing the Northern mind into the consolidation channel. By the iiistrnmentalitj ot these laws, the government of the Unit: d States has pout ed the wealth of the productive South in to the lap of the bleak and sterile North, and the people ot the ice-clad hills of New England have grown rich and haughty upon tlie tribute which they have levied upon the productions of the sun ny South. The result lias very naturally been, that they have learned to look up to the govern ment which taxed our industry for their ad vantage and enriched them at our expense, as the great dispenser of all benefits ; and they have sought to strengthen its bancs and enlarge its powers, hy weakening the hands and diminishing the powers o the States. They were willing to consolidate the government, if the government would, in turn, enrich them. They have u-ed the slavery question to excite the mass- s and to place in power such men as would administer the government ior their benefit. The people of the Southern States, who have beeu the sufferers under the operation oi the fed eral govermn nr, which has drawn from tliein the incomes of their labor to enrich their Northern neighbors have very naturally opposed the consolidation of all power at Washington and have maintained the doctrine of State flights as their only security against the encroachments ot haughty and unrestrained imperial power. They endured wrongs an I submitted to injustice till their wrongs were uo longer sufferable, They again and again warned the people of the North ern States of the consequences of fuither aggres sion. Their warnings were unheeded and tln-ir remonstrances were met with renewed acts of 111- justice. Seeing that there was no further safety for them in the Coutederac), each one of eleven States in its separate capacity as an ilia pendent sovereign power, asserted its original rights by re suming all the attributes of its original sovereign ty. The government of the United States is now in facta consolidated military despotism, and its Executive who claims and exercises the right to suspend the writ of Habeas Corpus and to im prison in chains or take the lives of the citizens of the States of that gov: rnment at his pleasure, de nies the sovereignty of the States, contemns the doctrine of State Sights, claims that the States are as subject to tlie control of tiie federal govern ment, ^which isin fact their m -re agent) as were the Colonies to the British Crown; and imitating the unwise and unjust policy of the British gov ernment in 1776, now attempts to coerce the eleven seceded States back into the Union, and by force of arms to subject them to the government and control of that despotism. To accomplish this wicked purpose and to secure our subjugation and degradation, he has made war upon us. blockaded our ports, anti invaded our territory with large armies. In violation of every ruie ot modern warfare, he has permitted his soldiers to disregard the rights of private property aud to in flicl the most grievous wrongs upon unoffending w omen and children By tho assistance of tiie God of battles, we have met his hosts in the field, and against vast superiority of numbers and of preparation, we have repeatedly dispersed and driven them back with wild consternation and great slaughter. Still he persists in his wicked purpose oi forcing upon us the choice between submission to tyranny and the vigorous prosecu tion of a protracted war. Our lives, our liberties, our wives, oui children, our property, our all, are at stake in this contest. A gracious Providence has given us the resources in men, money and means, to live within ourselves and to maintain the war against the invader for a whole genera tion. But one alternative is left us aud but one response can be given to the inquiry as to our future policy. That response is on the tongue ot every freeman, it is felt from b:east to breast, and heard from lip to lip, reverberating from the hill tops to the mountains and Irom tho mountains to , . ytrfnry over the invader, or death tothe i,., - ' ■ ' r/ ’’•at ice are rnn- ijutshcd. seceded Stn , are as tue i.c. - - m .. that great heart beats responsive to the patriotic sentiment, that the enemy may exterminate us it he has the power, but conquer us, he never shall. UNCONSTITUTIONAL LEGISLATION DANGEROUS TO STATE RIGHTS. The Constitution formed hy the Convention and since adopted by each of the eleven Confederate States, :sthe old Constitution of the United S ates, amended and improved in such particulars as the experience ot three quarters of a century had shown to be necessary. Under this Constitution, the new government of tho Confederate States is now in successful operation and is maintaining itself with great ability both in the Cabinet aud iu the field. The action of our Congress has been generally characterized by prudence, wisdom and forethought. While I take much pleasure iu making this statement and in yielding to the new government my hearty and cordial support, the candor, which I would exercise towards a friend, compels me to say, that in m> judgmeut, two im portant acts passed by our Congress, are hard to reconcile with the plain letter and spirit of the Constitution. The 16th item of the 8th section of the 1st article of the Constitution of the Confederate (States, is in thiSe words: “ Congress shall have power” “ I o provide for organizing, arming and disciplining the militia, and for governiug such part ot them as may be employed in tlie service of the Confederate Slates, reserring to the Stales respectively, tlie appoint ment of the officers and the authority ol training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress.” The first section of the act of the Congress of the Confederate States approved 8th May 1861, authorizes the President to accept- the services of volunteers who may offer their services without regard to the place of enlistment. The second section of the act is in these vvoids : “That the volunteers so offering their services, may be accepted by the President, in companies to be organized by him into squadrons, battalions, or regiments. The President shall appoint alt field and staff officers, but the Company officers shall be elected by the men composing the Com pany ; and if accepted, the officers so elected shall be commissioned by the President.” Thetiist section ot the act approved 11th May 1861, is in these words : • That tlie President be authorized to receive into service such companies, batta ions or ragi- giments, either mounted or on foot, as may tender themselves and he umy require, without the delay of a format call upon the respective States, to serve for such term as ho may prescribe.” And part of tho third section of said act is in these words: “The President shall be authorized to commission all officers entitled to commissions of such vo.unteer forces as may be received ttuder the provisions of this act.” The language of our Constitution is the same that is used in the Consti'utiun of the United States, and it is believed that the term Militia, as there used when applied to troops, was always on derstood lo'be in contradistinction to the terra re gular. The Constitution gives Congress the pow er to “raiso and support armies.’’ Under this au thority our regular army is enlisted aud its officers are appointed by the government under whose authority it is raised. In this case there is no re straint upon the power of Congress, and it may tberefoie confer upon tlie President the power to appoint all the officers. Iu the cas6 ot the MUilia. wticb term includes Volunteers and other Mili tary forces not embraced in the regular army, the same unrestrained power is not granted* While the States have delegated to Congress the power of organizing, arming anJ discipling the Militia, and of governing each part of them as msy be employed in the service of the Confederacy, they bare expressly reserved to themselves the appoint ment of the officers, and have therefore expressly in the President the power of appointing thi j officers of the Militia, w hieh power the Stan s h«v« | careful y aud expressly reserved to themselves i enables him to control, independent of State au I thority the whole consolidated Military force ot ! the Confederacy, including tho Miiitia as well a- ) the regulars. If this practice is acquiesced in : the Confederate government, which has the con I trol ot the purse, with tho power to tax the peopb of the Stsites to any extent at its pleasure, als: acquires the supreme control of the Military force of the States, an I with both the sword and tin purse in its own hands may In come the uncon trollahle master instead of the usetul servant ol tlie States. I am not aware of any case in which tho Gov ernment of tho United States prior to its disrup tion, ever claimed or exercised the power to accep volunteer troops, commission their officers and or der them into service, without consulting the Ex eeolive authority ol the State from which they were received. The idea does not seem evert: have occurred to President Lincoln, so long as ht liel 1 himself bound by any constitulional restraints, that he had any power to accept troops from tin border States to assist in coercing us iuto obe dience, without the prioi consent of the Execu tives of those States. Hence he made his call up on them fur troops and met a repulse that turner the tide of popular sentiment in our favor in mosi of those States and redounded greatly to the sal vat ion of the South. During the war of IS|*2, when M assachusetts refused to send her troops out of the State, the plea of necessity might have been set tip hy Mr. Madison, as a justification to so a, extent, for such an encroachment, but neither he. who had partici) ated so largely in the formation of the Constitution, nor the Congress in that uay seemed to have fell justified even by necessity io adopting any such measure In the present in stance, the plea of necessity could not beset up as it will not be pretended that tho Executive ol any State in the Confederacy, had refused to re spond promptly to each and every call made upon him for troops. Even now. I believe, it may be truly said, that the number required in each and every case of each and every Executive, has been promptly^ furnished. These acts have also been very inconvenient in practice. The Secretary of War has frequently made requisition upon me as the Governor of this State for troops: these I have promptly furnished Thirty Kegiinents and three Battalions of State troops have gone into the service ot the Coufeder acy. Of this number twenty one Regiments and three Battalions have been armed, accoutred and equipped by the State. W'e now have accepted an I nearly all in the field of State troops, not iu Confederate service, seven Regiments aud three Battalions, which with tho help of the country arms in use, are being fuily armed, equipped and accoutred by the State. We also have in service taom Georgia ten Regiments, which have beeu ac cepted by the 1’iesident independent of State au thority. making thirty-seven Keaiments and six Battalions ot State troops, aud ten Regiments ot independent or Confederate troops Counting two Battalions as a Regiment, Georgia has there fore iu set vice fifty Regiments, torty of State troops and ten independent. Including a few country arms she : as armed, accoutred aud equip- ed thirty of these Regiments. On several occa sions. after 1 liavo put companies under orders for the purpose of filling requisitions made upon me, l have learned that these companies had previous ly leit the State without my knowledge, which caused delay growing out of the necessity of or dering in other companies to fill their places. So lung as there are two recognized military heads iu the State, each having the power to order out tlie Militia without informing the other of the compan ies ordered by him, conflict and contusion must be the inevitable lesult. Again, as these indepen dent R.-giments receive their commissions from the President, and leavo the State without official notice to the Executive, there is no record in Georgia which gives the names of the officers or privates or shows that they are in service from ihe State. The only knowledge which the Execu live has of their being in service, is such a.s lie de rives from the newspapers or other channels of in foimatiou commou to any private citizen ot the St te. But I fear that those acts may. in the end, entail upou us or our posterity a greater misfortune than the mere practieal confusion aud inconvenience growing out of them. As I have before remarked, they give to the President the control of the Mili tia of the States and the appointment of the offi ce: s to command th-m, without the consent of tue States. This is an imperial power, which in the hands of an able, fearless popular leader, if backed by a subservient Congress m the exercise of its taxing power, would enable him to trample under toot all restraints aud make his will the supreme law of the land. It may be said in reply to this, that tlie acts only give the President the power to accept the services of such of the Miiitia of the S'atcs as volunteer to serve him. This is true. But we cannot shut our eyes to the fact, that in times of high political excitement, when the people are divided into parties, a fearless favorite leader h iving this power, and in possession of all the public arms, munitions of war, torts, arsenals, dockyards, &c., belonging to the government, might he able to rally around him such a forco as would give him a fearful advantage over those who might attempt to prevent the accomplishment of his designs. Such is my confidence in the present able Executive of the Confederate States, aud so thoroughly atn I conviuced of his lofty patriotism and his purity of purpose, that I entertain but lit tle fear that he would abuse even absolute power or subvert the liberties of his country for his own - l: THineut Tiiis is no reason how -to see absolute power place,. ... '''* f ear him as a dictator In... made dictator. His term of office i<> ...uited oy tue Constitution arid must expire with his new term at the end of six years. His immediate successor, or some future Napoleon, occupying the same posi tion, may be less pure and patriotic, aud with the precedent established and approved by the pe,ople, pla ing the vast Military power in his bauds, he may make the Presidency a stopping stone for the gratification of His unholy ambition, and by the use of the Military at his command, may assume cue imperial rubes and seat himself upon throne. To guard effectually against usurpation, sustain republican liberty and prevent the consolidation of tht- power and sovereignty of tho .'tates in the bauds of the few, our people should watch, with a jealous eye, every act of their representatives tend ing to such a result, and condemn in the most un qualified manner every encroachment made by the general government upon cither the rights or the sovereignty of the States. DEFENSE OF THE STATE. The act of the last Legislature authorized the Gov ernor to callout ten thousand Volunteers, if necessary, for the delence of the State. Early in the Spriug, I divided the State into four sec- ti.m.s or Brigades, intending, if necessary, to raise one Brigade of Voluuteeis in each section, aud appointed oue Major General and two Brigadier Geuerals, with a view to the prompt organization of oue division iu case of erne-gene}-. The position of Major General was ten dered to Gen. Henry R. Jackson, who lately gained a very important victorv over a greatly superior force of the enemy in North iVostern Virginia, who declined it in favor of Colonel Wm. II. T. Walker, late of the United States Army, an t a most gallant son of Georgia. I then, in accordance with the recommendation of Gen. Jackson, and the dictates of my own judgment, ten dered the appointment to Col. Walker, by whom it was accepted. The office of Brigadier General was tender ed to and accepted by Col. Paul J. Semines, for the second Brigade, nnd'to Col. Phillips forthe fourth Bri gade. With a view to more speedy and active ser vice under the Confederate Government, Gi neral Walker and General Seniines resigned before they had organized their respective commands. About this ime, our relations with the Government of the United States assumed so threatening an aspect that I ordered General Phillips to organize his Brigade ns rapidly as possible, and to throw tlie officers iuto a camp of in struction for (raining, that the} might be the better prepared to render effective those under their com mand. This camp of instruction was continued for about two weeks, and the officers sent home to hold their respective commands iu readiness. This was the condition of our volunteer organization early in June when the United States troops crossed the Potomac, and invaded the soil of Virginia. Not knowing how soon a similar invasion of our own soil might be made, by a landing of troops upon onr coast, I ordered Gen eral Phillips to call his whole Brigade into camp of in struction, ami hold them iu readiness tor immediate action, should emergencies require it. This order was promptly obeyed by the energetic and efficient officer to whom it was given. General Phillips, assisted by Adjut mt General Wayne, and Major Capers, the Su pei iiitendaut of the Georgia Military Institute, press ed forward the instruction aud preparation of the troops with great activity and energy. The troops re mained iiicuoip from the 11th of June till the 2d of August. They were a noble, patriotic, chivalrous band of Georgians, and I hazard nothing in saying, military nen being the jndges, that no Brigade in the Confed erate service was composed of better material, or was better trained at that time for active service in the field. The season having so far advanced that it was not probable that our coast would be invaded before cold weather, I tendered the Brigade to President Davis for Confederate eerviee in Virginia. The President re fused to accept the tender of the Brigade, bat asked for the troops by regiments. Believing that a due re spect for the rights of the State should have prompted the Presideat te accept those troops under their State organization; and if any legal obstacle, in the way of accepting a Brigade existed, that it r.bculd have been removed, by the appointment of the General who had trained the men, ana who was their unanimous choice, to continue to command them in active service; I, at first, rainsed to disband a State organization, made in conformity to the statute, and tender the troops regiments; more especially astlie President only de manded (ho two regiments which would have left the three Battalions to be disbanded or maintained as Bat talions, throngli the balance of tlie season, by the Stats. Finally, the President agreed to accept the Battalions and Regiments, and iu view of the pressing necessity for troops in Virginia, 1 yielded the point, accepted General Phillips’ resignation, and permitted the troops to be mustered into the Confederate service by Regiments aud Battalions. About the time these troops left, the Secretary of nr also ordered out of the State, the Regiment of Regulars under Col. Williams, and tlie 2d Regimeut of volunteers commanded by Col. Semnies, both ex cellent Regiments, well drilled mxl armed. This left the coast almost entirely defenceless. By that time I had permitted nearly al] the arms of the State to go into the Confederate service, and it has beeu a very difficult matter to get arms enough to supply the troops siuceordered totlie coast At the time that Fort Pulaski was, bv an ordinance of our State Convent ion turned over to the Confeder ate Government, the number aid size of the guns in tiie Fort were very inadequate to its successful de fence against n fleet with heavy puns, and as the Secre tary of War made no provision for the proper supply of guns and ammunition. I deemed it my duty to pur chase with funds from the State Treasury the neces sary supply, which was done at a cost of 8101,521 43. In this estimate is included the freights p, : id on the supply, and a number of heavy goes sent toother parts of the coast together with work done on gun carriages, <kc. During the months of August and September, our climate was considered n sufficient protection of i ur const against invasion. But au attack was reason ably lookou for, so soon us the advanced stage of the season would render the heaithof an army on theeoast secure, i had petitioned the Secretary of War toseud n larger ferae to onr const, prior to ihe order by which I leid called out Gull. Phillips’ Brigade, mid hrd offer ed to supply, promptly, any number of troops needed in obedience to a requisition fromthe War Department, and had mentioned hve thousand as the number which I thought necessary. He ranlied, declining to order so man v,and I felt it to he my duty to hold .State troops in readiness to meet any contingency until the p-riod when the climate would bea sufficient protection. Early in September, I visited the coast aiul inspec ted the fortifications and batteries which had been thrown up by Confederate authority. 1 was fully sat isfied that tlie number of troops upou the coast in the Confederate service, was entirely inadequate to its de fence, anil as no requisition was made upon me for any increase of the force, I felt it to be my duty to call out State troops and increase the force as soon as passible. It is true the State was not invaded, but the danger was considered so imminent ns to admit of no further delay, and I was of opinion that my action was justi fied by both the letter and spirit of the Constitution of the Confederate States. In the early part of September last, I appointed Geu. George P. Harrison, of Chatham county, n Brigadier General, under the act of the last session of the Legis lature, and ordered him to organize a Brigade of vol* unteers anneu us far as we had the means with mili tary weapons aud tlie balance with good country rifles Rnd shot guns, and to throw them into camp ofinstiuc- tion near the coast where they eoulcl readily be used when needed. Geu. Harrison has pressed forward the organization w ith his characteristic prompt ness and energy, ninl now 1ms a fine Brigade under his command. I have also, within the last few days ap pointed Maj. F. W. Capers, a Brigadier General and ordered him to take command of the second Brigade now about organized. When I permitted nearly all of tlie State’s guns to go out of the State in the summer, I entertained the hope that such number of the troops with the guns as might be needed, would be permitted (o return to our coast iu case of necessity during the winter. Consider ing the danger imminent, I lutely requested the Secre tary of War to order back to our coast, five Regiments of armed Georgia troops. This request was at the t ime declined by the Secretary, who agreed, however, to supply the Confederate General in command at Sa vannah with one thousand of the Enfield Rifles lately imported. As very little expenditure lias been made by tiie Confederate Government to place Geo gia in a defen sive couditiou, and as the miinberof Confederate troops upon the coust is not sufficient to meet tlie necessities ot tho service, mid ns tlie enemy’s fleet is now off our coast, I am of opinion that tiie State will be compelled iu a very great degree to take her own defences into her own hands, and I, therefore, recommend such ad ditional legislation as the General Assembly may think necessary for that purpose, together with such appro priations cf money ns may be required for a bold and vigorous detenec of our beloved State agaiust the ag- giessionsof a wicked and powerful foe. should we have to continue our troops in the field, which I think quite probable, during the winter, an appropriation of lesstlian $3,5(10,000 will be insufficient to meet the ex igencies ot the service for the eusuiug year. It is true the sum asked for is large, but the emergen cy in which we are placed and the results which uiUHt follow our action are such, that we cannot tor a mo ment stop to count the cost. The only question propi r for discussion now is, how many men aud hew much monev are necessary to protect the State and rapt 1 tlie invasion. Other States have voted larger sums than I have asked. I see by tlie message of Governor Har ris, that the gallant State of Tennessee has appropriated and expended $5,000,000 us a military fund within tlie last six months. How the amount of money above demanded is to bo raised, is a question forthe serious deliberation of the General Assembly. The war tax imposed by the Con federate Government, together with the expenses as sumed by different counties for supplies needed by tlieir Companies in the service, will greatly increase the burdens of taxation. If we add this udihtioi al sum to that to be collected within the present year, the bur den will bo too onerous. On the oilier liarnl, we should not forget that thedebt which we now incur, with the interest, has to lie paid by us and our posterity. While we canuot avoid some increase ol the public debt of the State, I think it wise that we increase it as little as possible, aud that we meet a large part ot our neces sary expenditures hy taxation. I thereiore recommend the enactment of a law, au thorizing the eoliection, daring the present fiscal year of one million of dollars by tuxution, for State purposes, and the sale of State bonds bearing such rate of inter est as will command par in the market, to an amount necessary to raise the balance. If the interest is fixed at a high, rate, the State should reserve tiie right to re deem the bonds at no very distant period. In the management of private affairs, I have generally no ticed that he who is largely indebted, and keeps his property and pays heavy interest rather than sell pro perty enough to pay the debt and stop the interest, is seldom prosperous ;' so i t is with a State. The revolu tion has happened in our day; its burdens belong to tlie present generation, and we have no right by a very large increase of our public debt, to transmit the greater portion of them to generations yet unborn. MILITARY FUND OF 1861. By reference to the Report of the Treasurer yon will find a statement of the accounts upon which the ($1,660,000 appropriated a.s a military fund for the past year has been expended. The Report of Johu Jones as Quarter master General to the 18th day of May, and of Ira K. Foster as Quar ter-master Genera! since that date, will afford a detailed statement of the expenditure of the sev eral sums charged in the Treasurer’s Report to ac count of that department of the public serviee. The three Reports together with the Reports of the Quarter-master and Pay-master of the regular army while in the service of the State, afford, it is believed, all the information necessary to a com plete understanding of the entire disbursement of the whole sum. SALE OF STATE BONDS. • -r»t,p 1 p-1 c ->r: ’ tary fund lor tlie j u ,or rais ing money by the Saie ix pe- jtate Bonds. At the time of the passage of the Act, our Six per c<’nt. bonds wero above par iu the market and were eagerly sought after by capitalists. Soon after the dissolution of the United States Government, bonds and stocks of ail kinds were greatly depre ciated in the market and it became impossible to raise money at par on any securities bearing only six per cent, interest. Tlie Government of the Confederate States fixed the rate of interest on its bonds at eight per cent, and persons having monry to invest preferred these bonds to the six per cent, bonds of any Stnte. I was consequently unable to raise money on the bonds bearing tiie rate of inter est fixed by the statute without putting them upon the market at a considerable discount. After some negotiation, most of the Banks of this State agreed, each iu proportion to the anionnt of its capital stock, to advance to the Treasury at seven per cent, such sum as might be uecessary to conduct our military operations. This advance was made upon a statement placed npon the Executive Min utes and a copy forwarded to each, by which I agreed to recommend tlie Legislature when assem bled, to authorize the issue of seven per cent, bonds to each for the sum advanced, payable at the end of twenty years, the interest to be paid semi annually aud the State to reserve to herself the right at her option, to redeem the bonds by paying to the holders the principal and interest due at the end of five years. Upon this agreement, a copy of which is herewith transmitted together with a statement of the sum advanced by each Bank, the wants of the Treasury were relieved and such sums have been advanced from time to time as the necessities of the State required. It is prop er that 1 mention in this connection, that the Cen tral Rail Road and Banking Company through its able and patriotic President, the Hon R K Cuy- ler, tendered to the State one hundred thousand dollars and took Six per cent, bonds in payment before any other Bank had acted, and at a time when money cou’d not be commanded in the mar ket at that rate. This condnct was alike liberal and patriotic and was followed by agrrement on the part of several other Banks, each to take ten per cent upon its capital stock, to whi<-h the six per cent, bonds were issued accordingly. I do not thipk it right that these last named Banks should be permitted to sustain Iocs on account of their liberality -, and I therefore, recommend that tho six per cent, bonds i.'.sned to each Bank in this State on account of these snms advanced, be taken np, and that seven per cent, bouds be substituted in their place and also, that seven per cent, bonds be issued to all the other Banks for ’he sums ad vanced by them in accordance with the agreement upon which they made tlu-ir respective advances. This would plac - alt the Banks upon an equality and do justice to each of them. The part of the loan which has been taken amounts to $867,500. Of this sum $25,000 of tbo six per cent, bouds were issued to Sharp’s Manufacturing Company, of Con- necticut, in part pay for catbiues purchased from the Company, leaving the sum of $842,560 taken by the Banka ot this State upon which only $3i;5,- 0O0 of bonds have issued, the balance having been advanced without the issue of bonds upon the contract above mentioned. While nearly the whole amount of the military appropriation had been ex pended prior to the end of the fiscal year, the re ceipts from the State Road and from other sources have been aucb as to meet the ordinary expenses of the government, as well as the extraordinary ap propriations of the last Legislature; also to pay part of the drafia npon tbe military iuud, and to leave in tbe Treasury at the end of the fiscal year, a net balance of $324,089,86 As this sum in tko Treasury was not appropriated for poscfolMtisi - * **