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'Tuesday Morning, December 24,3861.
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On a Had Errand.
Ill vii ha* ;'on.’ to Canton to bury lfia young
r, George W.Brows who died of typhoid
.mond Va on the night of the 17th iiot
liool in South Carolina, whore he volunteer-
asn privati- in Hainpton’e Lotion to Vir
battle of Manassas w here the Legion
rely he acted with great coolness and cour
- -lightly wounded. He was young, and
oi l expectation, but after he hud survived
■ the enemy the destroyer has mowed him
- I i t i’:iu-srt he was attended by liis two
1 vice with the Georgia troops in Va., and
win's ablest physicians but death olaim'
of Ge
s vielim and no human arm conld save.
Closing hours of the Messioit.
iar • ;i >ri of tlie prorcedingsof the Legislature elos-
t:v morning’s session ol'the last day. The on
: -.i ; net of either Home during the afternoon
i,'.lit ; ■••ion ol Saturday, was the passage of the
i,; 11» tiie appropriation bill, setting apart five
of dollars for the support of the troops pallet'
! the State from invasion. The only provi
, n-i! was one requesting the Governor to turn
i to ps to the Confederate States, if the Con
cates would accept them, and the troop;
id on nt to the transfer—which proviso amount;
!•: nothing at all. Tlie Legislature, after a war o’
iu-t what tiie Governor asked it to do. All’;
11 .-a,|„ well. Resolutions of thanks to the ofli
’,<•!Ii !i u es were passed, and after tiie transac-
■ u- businer of no great importance, and « geu-
i ami shaking of hands all round, the Legisla
arm'd sine die. We may safely say, that what
■a'mi tlw last day was worth all the other legis
n put together. If the House had not been so bad
t I with the cneocthex loquendi, the good that
lane would have been sooner done, and much oftlu
I,lane, heeu left uudune.
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A F
W I
i‘ill tin ill S.igiit Infantry.
It Davis of the Putnam Light Infantry
1 ! at the battle at Alleghaney M«uiitait
the tilth inst , and eight others wounded, viz:
Little; Ilex Middleton; A W. Haskins
Arnold; Ii S Davis; L. Ii. Thomas; Da
Kirov, A M. Ma shall.
A Miami I i-n-iile.s
:t ■* smal’est things a proprietor of a new.pa
...I, piohably, is to copy interesting, or valua-
n utter from a contemporary, and fail to give tin
■ redit. We have suffered, in this particular, fo;
I costs us labor ami time to furnish the puhlii
figence connected with the Legislative am
i ve departments ; but we would gludly furuisl
information in our power, if tlic-re were not mei
meted with the press in tiie State, who seize every-
ig they can lay their hands on, and appropria e it
ut as inuc’i ns saying, thunk you. We sec* tha*
ui abroad liave copied our lists of the Acts passed,
have failed to acknowledge the source wlienci
. were obtained. We had determined to issue hi
ra, with all tlie acts passed aud signed, as early at
Thursday, for the b.-mfit of the daily press; bjt
n we saw the spirit . dusting them, we concluded
to give our owd readers the benefit of our labors,
• pay for viral they get, and thunk as foo.
Hire
ii the
force of tin suite of Virginia.
iniial report of the Adjutant General ol
ol t
, if i
if Virginia we gather ‘he following interest-
Tttere are i 1C,090 men in the State subject
Inly, independent of the defection in a large
State. There are now in commission, in
in ac tive service, 131 troops of cavalry,
i:ies of Artillery, 101 of light Infantry, and
•men. The Slate lias now in the C’onfeder.
e i,-’ regiments of volunteers. During Hit
months there were issued from the State
department, at Richmond, 283 pieces of Ai
lit. 1 nm-kets, 3,.’AS rifles, 248 carbines, 111
is, 4,106 pistols, and 5,927 sworde, besides h
nt of ammunition um! accoutrements of every
i. (ten. Richardson remarks :
ivtliing more could have been done by
cities than has been oune. it passes mv
imagine what it was. Tiie fact is,
Governor and Commander in-C'hief,down
, • military departments, there has been
;i-rtioii. by day and by night, and cntir<
iv great cause of Southern independence.
iiaV that Virginia seceded from the lntt
sumiuff her sovereignty, rail her lot with
ii States,she has been gallantly and no
by her own sons and by the chivatrie
ii'ji—and although not so well prepared
eh has been forced upon us. us sin
, n,il the event had been foreseen, the re-
n that she was better prepared not only
e States of Ui* Conf-deracy, but than any
i composed the late I’nioii, except possible
ew York.
itc.-t the occupies the mott exposed and
ion, and none can deny that she has acted
■!e duty, or believe that the Virginia ol
nitrated from the Virginia of 1776."
i n tu
GmoSillion
iIn- Truui'iwre I.rgisln-
fai re.
i d to th- attention of our readers, and es-
whoare planters, the Joint Resolutions
I isluture of the State of Tennessee, and tlie
;• •• leg Resolution of tlie Senate of Georgia, to
lid in this paper. We are disposed to believe
planters will act upon tlie suggestions coutain-
i -Resolutions from self-interest, if from no oth-
u We can conquer a peace, in the next twelve
if little or no cotton is planted next Spring.—
.thisei - with the enemy in our midst, will do all
p wi . to deter the planter from the course nd
by pit-inrinstn him the probable depreciation ot
propei
War
not be
u-t is ]
As
. , if >v,* abstain from planting cotton:
vas to !)•■ a perpetual one, and negroes
put to remunerative labor, for a few years I
latent, that negro labor will be less valua*
next year in making cotton, than in any other ein-
•i nt on the farm. As long aa the blockade lasts
" 1 be anything but a wise policy to plant cotton
'■ s< cotton in the country when peace eomes the
i-r the pi ice it will bring in the markets of the
rid Ami until peace is made, cotton will be n drug
die market.
IVbin’s tb<- .Walter?
V. n Geo. D. l’reutice end Usury Winter Davis
. limit with the policy of the Lincoln Government,
must be something ‘ rotten in Denmark.” We
Prentice's article, only to show the way the wind
• the upper pait of Kentucky. It is passing
- !" us, that Prentice should manifest disapprvba-
: .my act, however diabolical, that the Lincoln
runout might be guilty of. He has long since in-
guests to the feast, and now when the compa-
1, he refuses ! i partuke of the banquet his
•n's have prepared What can the matter be ?
,Prentice has discovered, very recently, that
ft -t.vkiaiisdo not intend to he transferred to the
government; aud that it is very questionable
th - power of the latter is equal to the task it
"rtnlo-n. At any rate, his article shows very
! ' ,t he i- giving way in the knees, aud that a
'• -u"!i victories as Belmont and Piketon will
- itfviiing quite outof his joints. As for \X in
i’ who, next to old Hicks, is the meanest man
■'•I • ,ml, lie, too, is getting conscientious on the
1 ,it ion idea of the Lincoln government aud kicks
If Prentice, Andy Johnson, Hicks and
1 1 * * live through this War, they will he desp:s-
I e .-trusted by tlie North no less than by the
• f ..•;. will bo exiles in two years after peace.
It is urged as an excuse with some of our sub
scribers in Baldwin, that they cannot pay us
!bc:r indebtedness for the reason that they have
no money to pay with, not being able to sell
th .ii cotton. Now, to every man who is indebt
ed to us and has not money, we make this propo
siti m. We will take, at the market cash price,
«ny kind of grain, chickens, pork, lard, eggs.
butler, <fce., to the amount of the subscriber’s in
debtedness. Let no man who has any thing to
sell, give as a reason, hereafter, that he has no
money to pay us, and therefore cannot settle his
dues at this office. Any thing that man or beast
will eat, w ill be taken, aud. the indebtedness can
celled. Now, farmers and planters meet us on
this platform, and let us square up.
The
l-fyiwlatnrc,
I be actions of the Legislature that has just ad
journed, will soon be before the country, and their
constituents will have a chance to decide whether
they have been wise or otherwise. Of one thing
there can be no doubt, as a whole, it lias been the
most bitter and proscriptive partisan Legislature
that has assembled in Georgia, fur the last twenty
years. Before the election, the deceptive cry was
got up and reiterated from one end or the State to
ne other, that old parties were obliterated ; that
hereafter, there was to tie no more Whig or Dem
o.-ratic parties, but that all part}' prepossessions
were to be sacrificed upon the altar of patriotism.
The great masses of the Democracy of the State
were deceived by this delusive cry. They be
lieved the whigs and know nothings were honest
in their professions, and to show their magnanim
iry, aud sincere desire to allav all party feeling,
in many strong Democratic counties and districts,
• hey elected to the Legislature old whig partisans
\ssoon as the Legislature assembled, the Demo-
cats saw that they had been cheated and sold
As soon as the old Whigs found they had a ma
jority in both houses, they commenced the work
of proscription. In the organization of both
■•ranches of the Legislature, no Democrat w as al
lowed to hold an office of any importance From
the beginning to the end, all of these were tilled
by old Whigs. So of ail the elections that came
oefore tbem, no Democrat iras elictid to uni/ ejfiet
ifltere there teas a II liig for his competitor. In the
election of Confederate State Senators, they all
voted for Mr Hill in preference to Mr Toombs, but
ifter Mr. Hill was elected, they prefered Mr
Toombs, to any old Democrat. Captain Jones
vas re-eiected Treasurer, but his competitor was
ilso a democrat; in that case, they had to choose
between two democrats. There were in both
aouses, a lew men, who had been old whigs, who
-howed a liberal spirit, and a desire to carry on:
he no party pledges that were made before the
•lection, but these inen were always voted down
end compelled to submit to the dictations of bitter
lartisaus. The conduct of the Legislature will
each the people of Georgia two important lessons
One, that the cry of no party by the opposition, is
» base cheat, intended to deceive and betray tin
Democracy; tlie other, that as long as wo have
mnual sessions, it is necessary- to have annttai
•lections of tlie Legislature, so that ever}* year the
nembers of the Legislature will have to go be
ore their constituents for the approval or disap
proval of their actings and doings.
itruiarUnl)li- admission* as to Slavery,
About the same time, we have two expressions
if opinion, from sources widely distant, and both
intagonistic to our domestic institution, yet per
fectly agreeing in a conclusion at variance with all
heir convictions, hitherto expressed, on the same
subject. We shall quote from both, and leave the
eader to decide whether, thus far, we have gain
jd or lost strength in the judgment even of oui
snemies. We quote first from the suppressed
passages of Secretary Cameron’s late report to
Jongress. It is known to most of our readers,
hat President Lincoln was opposed to a portion
if the report of Secretary Cameron,and suppress-
*d it. In the suppre-sed portion appears the fol-
owing remarkable confession.
It is vain and idle for the government to carry on
his war or hope to maintain its existence against it
lelliuus force, without employing ail the rights aud
powers of war. As lias been said, the right to deprive
he Confederates oftheir property in slaves and slave
abor is as clear and absolute as 111
ige from tile field, or cotton from
powder and arms from the magai
my in the possession of such pi
■ right to take
the nan hulls
me. To lean
operty as turn*
amt
•ottou and military stores, and the means of constantly
e-pmducingtheni, would be madness It is, there
fore, equal maducss to leave them in peaceful auci
■ecure possttBion of slave property, more valuable and
•fficient to them for war, ttian lorage,eotton, and mili
ary stores. Such policy would he national suicide.
What to do with that species of property is a question
•hat time and circumstances will solve, and uwl trot
be anticipated further than to repeat that they cannot
ie held by the government as slaves.
We tind in the latest extracts from Foreign
ales, rematks from BeRsFURO Hon;, Member of
Parliament, made at a lecture, which reiterates tin
idea of Secretaiy Cameron, that Slavery as it ex
ists in the Southern States, is an element of poor
er, uot weakness as heretofore supposed. We
quote the Englishman's words. "It was at one
time fancied that slavery would be an element of
weakness to the South, but, so far from the slaves
rising into a survile insurrection, they are act
ually a right arm of streng h to their owners, and.
as much as we may wonder at it, they seem to he
working hard for tiie very men against whom i:
was supposed they would betue first to turn tlnrir
hand.” Coming from the neighborhood of Exeter
Hall, this is rather a remarkable admission.
In the two extracts above quoted, we have pos
itive evidence of the radical change which public
opinioif has undergone, in reference to negio sla
very since the war began Ina few months mote,
we would not be astonished to hear a voice from
Massachusetts, proclaiming that negroes are un
lit to be tree, and deserve a slavery ten told worse
than the present.
Bill* Vetoed.
We publish to day a large number of bills
which have been vetoed by Gov. IF own, accom
panied with bis reasons for so doing. They will
be found woith reading.
Conipliiiieutniy,
On tlie last afternoon, the House took the follow
ing action relative to their clerk, Mr. Carriugtou :
Resolved unanimously, that we hereby tender to
Latayette Carrington Esqr. clerk of this House our
sincere thauks for the uniform ability, and courte
sy with which he has discharged the duties ol ids
office. The administration of Mr. Carrington as
clerk of tha House of Representatives will mark in
the history of Georgia, an era ot retrenchment O;
••xpenses, and of reform iu all respects in tiiat de
partment, which it is gratifying to every patriotic
citizen to contemplate
We also tender to Mr. Carrington and to his
family our respectful condolence with them, in the
affliction with which, within the last few days, they
have been visited by Providence.
Complimentary resolutions were also passed rel
ative to Mr. C's. Assistant, J. B. Estes and bis jour
nalizing clerk H. F. Merili, Esqr.
a* one cou.-olation, the Republican lias not.—
• have sustained Gov. Brown every lime lie
before them, and ere liave had the pleasure of
puny with it very large and intelligent con-
■ ■ * — l Vdecal I 'll ion.
1 the road that leads (o death,
'-"nd* walk together there- '—Ear. hep.
'• ‘'diran is improving. It was very natural,
• xhibiiion of bad temper, that lie should
anfort to his Hymn Book. We congratu-
the brief moments spent with the sacred au-
• advise him to read frequently the good old
' r ' ii which he has quoted, especially the last
uaiitlr*! Candles!!
Cousin John” Thrasher of Atlanta,
P a good tallow candle at his manufac-
°"r frii-ad
fiakir
j f 18 turning out 50(1 a day. He sells them
■aif . 1,0 l ' en,s P er pound, according to
I • put ;,p neatly in boxes of from 12 to
He also pays hiqh prices for tallow.
The >nv* from Europe.
The news brought by the late arrivals from Eu
rope is of the most cheering nature. If the Eng
lish Ministry have really demanded the prompt re.
lease of Messrs. Mason and Slidell and their Sec
retaries, and in default of the compliance of the
Lincoln Government Lord Lyons is ordered home,
we may look out fora great change in the state ot
affairs within the next sixty days The Lincoln
Government has already endorsed the conduct ot
Capt. Wilkes, aud can't now back down if they
would, and there will be no course left for the Brit
ish Government but to viudicato the honor oftheir
flag by War. In that event the Southern ports
would be openrd to the trade of Europe and the
Northern ports blockaded in their turn, Lincoln
would immediately recall the fleets and armies on
our coasts or they would be captured by the com
bined efforts of the English and Confederate forces.
The opening of the Southern ports would make
money plenty, and all those articles now so dear
would be cheap, whilst at the north there would be
a great financial panic.
For the Southern Federal Union.
Messrs. Editors : — I have understood that some
of tha route agents of the Post Office Department
on the Railroads are demanding gold and silver
from the Post Masters for their services, thereby-
forcing the Post Masters to demaud gold or silver
for postage, depriving many of our soldier’s wives
and children from writing to them, from the fact
that it is impossible for them to get the specie.
Now we think that these gentlemen should ne
displaced and mea put in those positions that are
willing to work for the currency uf the country.
There are many young men in the (ountrytbat
re fally competent, that would be glad to ge’
he positions. The government should look after
his matter, and not allow the mercenaries to
prey upon the defenceless.
a!
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. >
Mu-lEdgeviule, Ga , Dee 10th, leoj. $
Col. Jareo I. WHITAKER, Commissary Geaer-
M'lieu I directed you to seize the salt in the hands of
speculators, and to pay each £.'>.00 per sack with
freights from .Savannah added, the Senate of Georgia
had passed a bill making it penal for any person to sell
salt or other articles mentioned in the bill at more than
sixty percent upon the prices which it brought in April
last- The sum mentioned by me would, in case this bill
had passed the House, have been more than the law
would have permitted any one to receive fora sack in
themarket. As the bill did not pass the House and be
come <t law in this shape, but leaves the question of ex
tort ion as one of fact to he determined hv the jury in
each case of indictment, and as some persons may have
paid more ihm five dollars per sack besides freights to
the place of seizure, you are now directed to pay to anv
person who wifi swear that he paid more than five do!
lars per sack, the amount which he swears he did pay
for it with ten per cent ou the price aud cost of trans
portation I am informed that you, iu obedience to my
orders to seizea supply for our troops in the service of
the State, have secured a sufficient quantity for the
purpose intended, taken mostly- from speculators, some
of whom weie attempting toship it out of the Slate ; aud
that you liave, in addition to this, purchased several
lots which you did not seize Judging from wiist I con
sult r reliable information. I liave no doubt there are
now large lots locked up by speculators and salt dealer?
in their cellars, in ail the larger towns in the State who
are denying that they have a sack, while they hold it
back for stili higher prices. It is much to he regretted
tha’ our Legislature could not di-vise some means by
which this class of heartless public swindlers conld be
more effectually readied. Yh.n will return no portion
of tl-e salt which you have on hand to the persons from
whom it was taken, hut, having paid them just com
pensation for it, you will use it for the army, and yon
wii! place the lots purchased in thou t seizure, or as much
as yo v thus purchased, in the hands of reliab'e agents
at several of the most accessable points in the State,
and dire, t them to dispose of it, to persons who need it,
a! just what it cost the State, with expense of sale ad
ded, permitting no one to have more than one halt
hush I, and in evc-ry case giving the preference to the
families of absent soldiers in ’he service of the State or
Confederacy.
As tin* quantity is not sufficient to enable you to
make anything iike a general distribution, you will
direct your agents to observe strictly the order to dis
pose of it iu the small lots above mentioned, giving the
preference above directed, so as to supply, as far as
possible, the necessities of soldiers families, and poor
persons who are not able.at present prices, to get a sup
ply for table use. In case any responsible person from
tlie country coming to the Kail Road with a wagon will
]> ty for it and give a written obligation to distribute it
among his neighbors as above directed, not more than
a half bushel to each, your agent will be authorized to
deliver a supply for a number of families to one person.
Very Respectfully,
JOSEPH E. BROWN.
For tl.” relief of Soiouiotl ftivFxuui Abu fur mb*, put
pu«e<
l\ .
3ILLS VETOED.
The Governor 1ms withheld his sanction from the fol
lowing bills passed by the late General Assembly, for the
reasons following each caption.
A bill to authorize the Inferior courts of Coffee aud
Berrien counties to have said counties laid off in school
Districts, and the Ordinaries of said counties herein di
rected topropoitionout the school fund in I'ro Rata to
each district.
Because it violates the lfith item of the 1st article of
the constitution of this State, aud for the further reason
that the General law of this State makes sufficient pro
vision for all purposes contemplated by tins bill.
A bill to rtgnlate the collection of Jury fees iu the Su-
p.-ri >r and Inferior courts of the counties of Talbot,
Chattahoochee, Habersham, Polk. Bibb aud Dougher
ty,
On (lie ground that it. violates the 19th item of the
1st article of the Constitution of this State.
A bill to exempt Plaintiffs and Defendants from pay
ing veidicts and confessions iu bills of cost in the Supe
rior mid Interior courts of St-riven county.
For the reason that it violates the lUtii item of the 1st
article of the Constitution, and for tlie further reason
that ample provision is made for the subject matttr ot
tin- bill m the general rule ot law now in lorce.
A hill to alter and make uniform the present statutes
in tins State in regard to the payment ot Grand and
Petit Jurors in the counties <>t Decatur, Murray and
Chatiiam ,'11111 for other purposes.
On tin- ground that tlie General law on the subject
makes sufficient provision, aud is as applicable to the
counties herein inentioned as to the ntiicr counties of
till.** State, and for the further reason that it is in viola-
lion of tin- 19th item ot the 1st article of the constitution
of this Suite.
A bill to compensate managers of elections iu this
Stale:
Because it violates the 19th item of the 1st article of
the constitution of this State.
A bill to prevent the peddling of Spirituous liquors in
the counties of Jasper, Burke, Whitfield and Scriven
I la the ground that it violates the 19th item of the 1st
article of tlie constitution of this State.
A bill to protect the rights of Malachi Jones and Thom
as Hardee of the county of Brooks iu certain lakes on
their lands
For the reason that it violates the 19 th item of the 1st
section of tlie constitution.
A bill to give equal fishing privileges to all persons
owning or living on water courses.
For the reason that it violates the 19th item of the
1st article of the constitution.
A bill to confer upon John E. M >rgan, Jessee Mc
Lendon and others, their assoeiat. s a id successors, the
right to conduct the business ol franking upon tlie
terms therein expressed.
Because it is in palpable violation of the 5th item
of the -Ith section of the ‘Jud article ot the constitution of
this State.
Because it contains three distinct subjects matter to-
wit : it incorporates the Bank of Western Georgia, it
confers the Banking privileges given to tlie Atlanta
I (a 111- upon the Atlanta Insurance company, and it
changes the name of the Insurance company, while al.
that is expressed in the biil about the Atlanta Bank, and
the Atlanta Insurance company, is a matter different
from what is expressed in the title ot the Bill as no allu
sion whatever to cither is contained in the title of the
bill.
-V bill to charter the Macon Insurance Trust aud Loan
company, um! to confer on said company {certain rights
powers and privileges.
On tne ground that it incorporates two Insurance
companies in the same biil, one in Macon undone in Au
gusta, while not the slightest reference is made in the
title of the bill to the one in Augusta. This is a clear
violation of the oth item of the 4th section of the x’nd
article of the const!.ution of this State.
A bill to prevent any Negro slave or free person ol
color living on any let separate and apart from the lot
on which their owner, Guardian or employee shall actu
ally reside, in the town of Louisville or Clarksville,
and to prevent free persons of color from hiring or hav
ing any negro slave in their employment iu said town,
amt io point out the manner iu which ail violations o;
this act shall be tried and punished, and the manntr in
which the tine money shah be disposed of.
Because it violates two provisions of the constitution
ot tnis State.
A bill, more effectually to organize tlie Georgia In
st itution for the education of the Deaf and Dumb and
ut .
purposes
Because it violates the .'it It item of the 4th section Ot
tin- Ji»i article ot the constitution of this State, in this,
that It amends the penal code of this State without any
reference to penal enactment.* in the title of the bill,
ami therefore contains matter different from what is ex
press d in the title oi the biil. A.so for the further rea
son lout tin effect of the bill is only to eject one of the
oid parties to the lend, mentioned in tin bill, to make
room tor the other, which woo’d uot in his opinion, be
beneficial to the Institution.
A hid to consolidate the offices of clerks of the Supe
rior and Inferior courts of the counties of Fayette, Sum
ter, Ctiattahoocnee. Terrell, Newton, Meriwether.
Franklin, Habersham and Johnson.
< >u the ground that a general law of this State author
izes tlie voters of each county iu the State, ii they choose
to do so, to elect the same person to both tiie clerkships,
there is therefore uo use for the proposed law.
A bill for the relict of Sumner W.Baker, aud Solomon
B. Smith, Executors ou the Estate of Benjamin Lane,
deceased, of the county of Lowndes.
Because ample provision is made by the Genera] law
of the State for allsuch cases.
A bill for the relief and protection of the rights and
property of the minor children of Sophia McBride ot
Haralson county Georgia.
On the ground that tne laws of this State afford am
ple relief iu behalf of the Minors against the Executors
or Guardians, if the recitals in the bill are true.
A bill to provide for the compensation of Grand aud
Petit Jurors of the Superior aud Inferior courts of El-
bei t and Taliaferro, and to repeal all former laws provi
ding for tlie same.
On the ground that the General law of the State ou
the same subject matter is applicable to Elbert and Tal
iaferro as wih as to the other couutiea of this State.
A bill to authorize James I’oliaid Executor of the
Eslateol Britten 0. l’ollard deceased to pay to John T.
Pollard one of the minor heirs of Britten C. Pollard his
distributive share ol said estate, and to authorize I>. L'.
McNeil to receive aud receipt forthe Bame.
For reasons frequently given to the General Assem
bly iu similar cases, an 1 for tlie further reason that the
same object may be accomplished by the appointment
ot Mr McNeal us guardian by- the court of ordinary un
der the general Jaws now of force.
A bill to authorize and empower James Bozeman and
William Jordan indigent invalids of Muscogee county
to peddle without license within the bounds ot the Third
congressional District except counties therein named.
On the ground that the luferiorconrt of each county-
in this State lias the power under the General law pass
ed iu lSol), with the recommendation of the Grand jury
to authorize indigent and inffrm persons to peddie ou
such tet ms as tney may prescribe.
A bill to incorporate the Town Creek and Ralstons
Branch HydraulicHoseMining company.
Because’it violates the 2lst item of tiie 1st article of
the constitution of this State, in this that the bill makes
no provisions when the duuiages are assessed and no
appeal entered, that the money shall be paid to the par
ti- injured before bis property is taken by tlie company
lint only provides that execution shull issue for it, ou
which execution, the money might or might not be col
lected.
A biil to make effectual the second clause ot the sec
ond section of the fourth article of the constitution of
the State of Georgia, and to prescribe more fully the
mode by which ti<e rights and disabilities of parties in
actions of Divorce shall be determined.
Because it is a legislative assumption of power given
by the constitution to the Supreme courts aud on the
ground that the legislature has no right to direct what
shall he the judgment of the courts us to the disabilities
of the parties, as that discretion is bv the constitution
expressly vested in the courts, and is therefore ex
pressly denied to the General Assembly.
A bill to amend the charter of the Cherokee Insu
rance and Banking company- so as to reduce the capi
ta! stock of said Bank, to release the same from extra
tax assessed againbl the said Bank and for other pur-
poses. _
Because it is a virtual re-charter of the Bank, and the
biil does not show that it passed by two thirds of both
Houses of the General Assembly us required by thecon-
elitutiun. And on tlie further ground that it contains
no personal liability clause and no termination of the du-
i at ion of the charter. Aud on the still further ground
that this is the second time this Bank has applied to the
General Assembly for relief against its own neglect to
pay its tax, and has run the State, in the lussof time by
the General Assembly while considering tlie question,
to more expense than the amount of the tax. It is not
therefore proper that it be again relieved against its
own neglect by paying simply the tax due.
A bill to incorporate Ware House Insurance and de-
posite companies in the cities of Americus Sc Albany.
On the ground that it contains no personal liability
clause.
A bill to consolidate the offices of ordinary and clerk
ofthe Inferior court of the county of Gilmer.
For reasons of public policy whic h the Governor has
frequently expressed in his eumunimcations to the Gen
eral Assembly, he withholds his sanction from this
bill.
A bill for the relief of David Dyer, Thomas Hollis,
Lester Markham, John Huff aud James W. Burn-
siites, and other purposes therein named.
For reasons of public policy which the Governor lias
frequently explained in his communications to the Gen
eral Assembly, lie withholds his assent to this bill.
A bill for the relief of William E. West of the county
of Polk.
Ou the ground that the State is not liable to pay the
damage^ claimed on the statement ,ul facts recited iu
the bill. ’
A bill for the relief of Anderson M. Hamilton of the
county ot Whitfield from the payment of a certain judg
ment and forfeiture reudered against him.
For reasons of public policy which tlie Governor has
requentiy explained iu his communications ou the ae-
turu of similar bilis to the General Assembly, he with
holds his assent from this bill.
A bill to amend an act passed December lfith 1859
entitled au act to incorporate au Insurance company in
the city of Columbus to be- called The Georgia Home
Insurance company.
liecanse he did not think it good policy to extend the
charter for fifty years, aud because the provision rela
ting to the insurance ofthe lives of husbands by their
wives opens a wide door lor frauds upon the rights ot
creditors by enabling the wife to take the money of the
husband and place it in the hands ot a friend to be used
for tbe purposes of this act, which would place it beyond
the l each of the just debts due bytlie husband to credi
tors.
A bill to settle the conflicts ofthe Code of this State
with the acts cf the last General Assembly and for other
purpost*.
For the reason that the biil does not make sense as
enrolled, aud there exists no conflict between the code
and the acts ot the ’ast session and cannot tiff the legis
lature again meets, as the code docs not go into opera
tion till 1st January 1863.
A bill to repeal so much of an act passed in the year
1850 adding lot of land No. 6 to Talbot county aud to
change certain couuty lines aud for other purposes.
Because it changes among others the fine between
Bulloch aud Emanuel counties without giviug sucli de
scription ot the new line that a Surveyor could look to
the act and run it out, and make it certain.
A resolution in regard to freight ou the Western and
Atlantic Rail Road.
Ou tlie ground that the Legislature of Georgia lias
assumed tire Confederate War tax and added it to the
public debt of the Slate instead of paying tne tax due
each year. In the present war if we do not collect mon
ey either hy Taxes oron the State Road we cannot ex
pect to be able long to support our arms iu the field as
thedebt ofthe State willsoon beso large, as to materi
ally impair the credit ofthe State,and to load our pos-
teiity with burdens winch they cannot discharge. Un
der these eirqumstunccs as all Rail Road supplies have
advanced several hundred per cent, he will direct that
the freights be increased so as to cause the Road to re
main, with proper management a source of revenue to
the State. We canuot conduct the war entirely on
credit. We must raise some money.
From the South; rn Federal Union.
COMPLETE LIST OF
Acts of the I,egi*litflire, Session 1861*
I. To authorize the ordinary of Brooks couuty to
draw a balance of the Educational fund due said coun
ty for the year 1869.
fi. To authorise tlie several Banks and Banking In
-titutions located at Savannah, to remove their places
of business into tbe interior during the invasion of the
enemy.
3. To consolidate the offices of Secretary of State and
Surveyor General, aud to require all the duties of said
offices to be performed by the Secretary of State, and
for other purposes.
4. To authorize the administrator ofthe late William
Williamson of Harris county, to sell all the lands be
longing to said estate, in the counties of Harris and Tai
but, at the Court-House in Harris county.
•>. To authorize the city Council of Augusta to issue
One hundred thousand dollars in Treasury notes, aud
forother purposes.
6. To until irize Charles H Johnson, administrator ou
die estate of George Dugan lute of Spalding county to
sell lands of said estate on the 1st Tuesday in December
next.
7. To alter and amend an act changing county lines
between Dooly and Macon counties assented to Decem
ber 17, 1860, and to change the line between Clayton
and Fulton counties.
3. To authorize the Judges of the Inferior courts of
the several counties of the State, from time to time, in
their discretion, to levy such extra Taxes as they may
deem necessary, to equip volunteers and provale for
the indigert families ol soldiers—To a lltionze the col
lection of the same, and for other purposes.
9. To authorize the Governor to draw money from
the Treasury for the support of the State troops.
10. To continue in force the-Ith section cf an act pas
sed over the Governor's veto on the 3tltii of November
i860, entitled an act to provide ugainst the forfeiture ot
the several Bank charters in this State, ou account ot
non-specie payment for a given time, and for other
purposes,passed in the year 1857 ; aud an act to add a
provisoto the 4th section of an act for the relief of the
people and Banks of this State passed November 30th
I860, and to add an additional section to said act assen
ted to 30th December i860.
II. To re-enact and continue in force the 1st, 2nd and
3rd sections of an act to grant relief to the banks and
people ol this State See, passed over the Governor’s
veto 30th day of November I860, and also to re-enact
and continue in force the 4th section of an act to add a
proviso to the 4th section of ail act entitled an act for
the relief ofthe Banks and people of this State; &c, as
sented to 3uth December I860.
Jfi. (Vetoed) Salaries and compensation of Judges.
13. (Vetoed) l’er diem pay of members of the General
Assembly.
14. To consolidate tlie offices of Receiver of Tax re
turns and Tax Collector in this State See.
15. To extend the time fur Tax Collectors in this
State to make their settlements with the State Treasur
16. To legalize the adjournment of certain Superior
courts in tne Northern circuit.
17. To authorize the ordinary of DeKalb county to
grant letters of administration on tlie estate of Thos. H
Chivers, deceased, of said county.
18. To appropriate money for the support ofthe Geor
gia Academy for the Blind.
19. To amend an act approved December 17th 1859
prescribing time for holding Elections for Senators in
the Congress ofthe United States, from the State ot
Georgia.
fin To incorporate the town of Bellville iu the county
oi Richmond.
fit. To aiter and amend an net incorporating the town
of Jonesboro in Clayton county.
fifi. To incorporate Cavender’s creek and Field Gold
Mining company.
23. To amend an act incorporating the North Wes
tern Bank of Georgia.
24. For tlie relief of Gabriel Toombs.
25. To alter and amend the act incorporating the city
of Atlanta.
26. To alter and fix the time of holding the Superior
courts in the counties of the middle circuit.
27. To direct and empower the Inferior court of Sum
ter couniv to levy collect and disburse an extraordi
nary tax for the support ol soldier’s families &c.
28. To confer certain powers and impose certain du
ties upon the Inferior court of Tattnall county, and to
provide for collection by taxation of money to aid in
support of volunteer companies from said cottnty, and
forother purposes
29. Tochauge the name of the county of Cass in this
State, and for other purposes.
c 3t). To extend the time for the payment of
Taxes for the year 18C1.
31. To authorize the Inferior Court of /fhitfieid
county to levy a tax, and appropriate tbe same.
32. For the relief of Mrs Margaret Dillon,
adrnrx of the estate of Michael Dilion of Chat
ham. county.
33. To authorize and require the Treasurer ol
he State to make an advance to the State Prin
ters.
c 34. To give to the several Justice Courts of
the State, jurisdiction in cases sounding in dam
ages, in certain cases.
35. To aid the Georgia Relief and Hospital As
sociation and locate the same, and to appropriate
money* therefor.
36 To amend the Certiorari laws of this State.
c 37. To provide for the payment, by the State
of Georgia, of the War tax levied by the Con
gress of the Confederate States, approved Aug
ust ]9th, 1861.
C 3S. To alter the sixth section of an act to
amend the patrol laws of this State, approved
February 20th, 1854.
39. To allow all slaves and free persons of col
or who may leave this State in the service of any
person, or connected with the military service, to
return to the State ot Georgia.
40 To extend the provisions of an act, entitled
an act to regulate the collection of Jury fees in
the Superior and Inferior Courts of Coweta
Floyd and Cass counties, approved Feb iotli
1856. so as to include the county of Whitfield,
and to add another section to provide for the col
lection of the same.
41 To authorize the Savannah, Albany and Gulf
Railroad Company to extend its track to Tybee
island upon certain conditions, aud to authorize
the Central Railroad and Banking Co, to extend
its track aud transport freight and passengers
over said line to Tybee island.
42 To prevent any person or persons from fell
ing in timber or otherwise obstructing the current
of Taccoah river, in the county oi Fannin, and
to punish offenders for the same.
43 To repeal so much of an act assented to De
cember 15th. 1859. as includes the North half of
lot of land No 10 in the ‘27th district of Sumter
county, in the county of Schley.
44 'I o legalize certain acts of the Inferior Court
of Butts county, for the present year, and make
the same valid.
45 To designate the place of holding sales by
Sheriffs, Coroners, Executors, .4dministrators, &c
in the county of Muscogee.
46 To incorporate the Direct Trading Company
of Georgia, and for other purposes.
47 To amend the Tax Laws of tlie State.
48 To authorize the manufacture and purchase
of arms for the public defence, and to appropri
ate money for the samp.
49 To authorize B P Key of Jasper county, his
heirs aud assigns, to extend and keep up a dam
across the Ocmulgee river.
50 To change the time of holding the Superior
Courts of Putuain county.
51 To repeal an act to authorize the Inferior
Court of Ware county to assess an extra tax for
the purpose of buildiDg a Court house in said
county, and for other purposes
52 To authorize the Justices of the Inferior
Court of Coweta couuty, to levy a tax, collect
and disburse the same, for certain purposes.
53 To relieve certain persons from the pains
and disabilities of a judgment of Divorce
54 To direct aud empower the Inferior Conrt of
Stewart county to levy, collect and disburse aD
extra tax, and for other purposes.
55. To incorporate the village of Summerville in
Richmond county.
°56. To legalize tbe orders and judgments of ordina
On the ground that the duties ot tbe two offices are ries of this State when the same may be passed by tbem
not under the laws of this Stale compatable with each
other, and ou the further ground that the act violates
the constitution of this State.
beyond the limits of the same.
c o7. To prescribe tbe proof in certain cases of open
accounts in the several courts of this State.
■■
m
58. Tu lew ami eoUuut a tax ft>! the poiltluol year
1862.
v 59. To authorize the Justices of the Inferior courts
ami ordinaries of the several counties to appoint some
til and proper pci soil to open and adjouru said courts iu
the abseuceot an officer to do so.
60. To prescribe the term of office of the Judges of
the Supreme court of this State.
-61. To alter the revenue laws of this State, and for
other purposes.
tifi. To amend an act to authorize and empower the
Justices uf the Inferior courts of this State to disclmige
criminals or offenders ugainsttlie law,from Jail, iu cer
tain cases, and also to discharge defendants iu certain
civil cases, approved December 29, 1847.
63. To alter and ffx the time of meeting of the Gener
al Assembly of this State.
64. To protect soldiers against judgments iu certain
cases.
65. To authorize ali volunteers and other troops in
the service from this State, to vote at all elections with
out regard to the place, when they may be iu service at
tlie time of such elections and for other purposes.
rtki. To amend the military laws of this State.
6*. To authorize continuances of cases pending in
the Superior und Inferior courts and city courts, of this
Slate, daring the war, iu certain cases.
68. To regulate foreign Exchange.
69. To amend an act to abolish imprisonment for
debt, in certain cases, assented to December 1 ith 1858.
70. To p> event attorneys at law, who fail to pay their
professional tax, from practicing in the courts of this
State.
'71. To alter the great Seal of the State of Georgia.
72. To suspend the Statutes of limitations, and for
other purposes.
73. To provide for the reduction of the salaries ofthe
officers of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, and also
tiie employees of said Road.
74. To authorize John H. Wiley to draw the Eduea
tionalfund of Habersham county, and pay the same to
Board of Education of said comity.
75. To authorize commissioners of town of Spring
Place, iu issue license tor retailing spirituous liquors, tu
ffx amount of license, aud punish for selling without li
cense.
76. To provide for raising a revenue for the Political
year-1862, and to make certain special appropriations.
77. To incorporate the Planters Insurance Trust and
Loan company and confer certain powers aud privile
ges thereoo.
78. To legulizetlie adjournment of the Superior courts
of Habersham and Banks county.
79. For the reflet cf Abner Hearn of Miller county
and Wesley Sheffield ami W. J. Bush, of Early, and
appropriut emuney for the same.
80. To prevent citizens from other States from dri
ving cattle or other stock into the counties of Murray
and Fannin in the State of Georgia, forthe purpose of
grazing, und to punish thesame.
81. To appropriate extra compensation to John H.
Seals forthe publication ofthe Code of Georgia.
82. To appropriate money for the support of the
State Lunauc Asylum, ler the year 1862, und for other
pill-poses.
83. To incorporate the Cotton Planters' Bunk ol
Georgia, and for other purposes.
81. To authorize ami require the Governor to draw
Ins warrant on tlie Treasury of the State in favor of the
widow of A. J. Boggess late Surveyor General, for the
sum offive hundred Hnd four dollars and eighty cents,
85. To add an additional section to the K'th aud J3th
divisions of the Penal Code.
86. To prevent trailing with the enemy in time of
War within this State or a port of any other State.
c 87. To authorize married women to dt
deposit money in
any Savings Bank,or Institution now chartered by this
Slate, aud lor other purposes.
88. To amend an act to authorize the settlement of
criminal prosecutions in certain cases, aud to regulate
more particularly the duties of Attorney and Solicitor
General and fix their liability, aouruxed February 22nd
1859.
■89, To add an additional section to the Penal Code of
Georgia.
90. To encourage the manufacture of Salt within the
limits of the Stale of Georgia.
‘-91. To authorize the Receiver or Receivers appoint
ed under the Sequestration act ofthe Confederate States
to bring suit on all claims of alien enemies sequestrated
in any of tiie courts of this State, and to maintain all
suits which are now pending in any ot the courts, and
forother purposes.
-92. To autnorize Guardians,Trustees, Executors and
Administrators to invest in Confederate States’ bonds,
and iu land ami negroes.
93. To repeal an act to regulatethe Agencies o! For
eign Insurance companies, aud to provide for the ap
pointment of au Insurance Commissioner, assented tu
12th December 1859.
91. To amend an act to approve, endorse and make
of force iu the Slate of Georgia, a revised code of laws,
assented to December 19th, I860.
-95. To define the manner in which suits may be insti
tuted against Insurance companies iu this State, and
prescribe the manner in which service shall be perfec
ted upon thorn
96. To prevent duringthe War, monopolies and spec
ulations in bread stuff's and other articles of general use
and consumption; to make such acts criminal aud pro
vide penalties for tile same.
97. To allow secondary proof aud testimony in cases
where copy wills, deeds aud other papers cannot be pr
cured, and forother purposes.
'98. To provide for the appointment of new assignees
and trustees, in certain cases.
99. To prescribe the bond of Tax Receivers and Col
lectors, and tor other purposes.
100. To amend an act to provide for Ihc public de
fense.aud for other purposes, assented to December 18tl
1860.
101. Forthe relief ofthe several banks inlhe 8tateo!
Georgia, which have made advances to the State upoi
bonds or other contracts, and for other purposes.
102. To legalize the proceeding- of the Southern
Stockholders of tbe Brunswick and Florida Rail Roan
company, and amend the act of incorporation ; to ex
tend the charter thereof, andfacilitatethe building there
of.
103. To amend the act passed I jth December 1858
to compel the Judges of the Superior courts of each
circuit in the Stale, to hold adjourned terms in every
county within their circuit, when the business requires
until the ducket is cleared aud free, and for other purpos
104. An act concerning the Superior courts of th
counties of Lumpkin aud Cobb, and to change tlietimi
of holding the Superior aud Inferior courts in certain
couuties.
-105. To provide for the safety of property or funds
the hands of Guardians, administrators or administra
trixes.
loli. To authorize the issue of change bills by the Su
perintendent of the Western aud Atlantic Rail Road
107. To relieve W. B. Taylor of the State of Florida
nominated Executor of Henry L. Taylor deceased, ft or
legal disabilities ou account of non-residence &o.
11)8. To authorize to city council of Augusta to h*
the salaries ofthe Judge of the City court of said city.
109. To authorize the removal of the Timber Cutter
Bank.
110. To incorporate the Georgia Mutual Insurance
company.
111. To compel non-residents to pay taxon cattle anti
sheep, in the county of Colquitt.
llfi To constitute an Electie Board of Physicians ai <
locate the same in Athens, Ga,
113. To appropriate money to pay certain debts cod
traded on the faith of the State, for the State Lunatie
Asylum in the year 1860.
114. To authorize Elmira Matthews, a free person ol
color to seil herself into perpetual slavery.
115. To authorize the ordinary of Towns comity to
turn over to tlie chairman of the Relief committee oi
said county*, a balance of the Educational fund.
116. To make valid the doings and actings ot Augus
tus B. Raiford and Sterling Glover ns Deputy Sheriffs
of Sumter county
117. To amend the laws heretofore passed incorpora
ting the city of Rome, and for other purposes.
118. To incorporate an Insurance company, to be
called “The Great Southern Insurance company."
119. To incorporate the Direct Trading anil Navign
tion company of Georgia.
129. To exempt practicing Physicians and Millers
from Military duty, in the county of Jefferson.
121. Tu amend an act incorporating the Bank of F
ton.
122. To authorize the connecting of the tracks ofthe
Central Rail Road and the Albnuy and Gulf Rail Road
through oraround Savannah.
123 For the relief of Moses Formbyof Floyd county-
124. To alter and amend the 8th section of an act iu
relation to the town ol Athens assented to Deceuabe
22nd1857.
125. To amend an act act passed 19th December
1869, in relation to the road laws of Can.den county
and for other purposes.
126. To legahzetlieproceedingsof G. J. Green, clerk
of ordinary ot Spalding county.
127. Tu authorize tlie ordinary of White county to
pay C. II. Kyttle for teaching poor children in said cour
128 To repeal an act to authorize aud require the
Justices of the Inferior court of Decatur county to or
der payment of certain officers of Elections, iu said
county, ussentod to December 16tli 1857.
129. To incorporate the Turner Mountain Copper
Mining company.
130. To aiter and amend the 10th section of an act to
amend theseveral ac's of the General Assembly iu re
gardto tlie Election of Public Printer approved Febru
ary 16 1854.
131 To repeal un act ‘‘to compel all persons non-resi
dents of the counties of Wayne, Irwin and Wilcox own
ing, penning and grazing stock cattle in said counties,
to return and pay taxes on the same in the counties
aforesaid, assented to December 19th 1859" so tnras re
lates to the county ol Wilcox.
132. To amend the chaitc-r of the Dalton city compa
ny approved February 2.3rd 1850.
133. To incorporate the Georgia Telegraph company
134. To aineDd an act to compensate the sheriffs of
Burke Elbert and DeKalb counties for summoning
Grand aud Petit Jurors, in said couuties, assented to
December 23rd 1836.
135. To amend an act to incorporate the towno. Cus-
seta, in the county of Chattahoochee, approved Dee.
221855.
136. To amend an act entitled an act to incorporate
the city of Americus, and to alteram! amend an act to
incorporate the town of Americus in the county of Sum
ter.
° 137. To authorize the Justices of the Inferior court
of the comities of Floyd, Bartow, (Cass,) Chattooga,
Decatur, Cobb and Burke, and any other counties of
this State,to issue Bonds aud borrow money in certuiu
cases.
J3S. To incorporate the Confederate Fire and Mariue
Insurance company of Atlanta.
139. To incorporate au Insurance company in the
city of Savannah, to be called the Southern Insurance
company.
c 140. To legalize tbe action of the Palace Mills com
pany of Columbus in issuing change bills, and to legal
ize the issue of change bills by others, on certain condi
tions. (This completes the list Eds. Fed. Union.)
° All tbe above acts marked thus 3 . are in Wa
ters’ Pamphlet of the Piblic Laws of 1861, which
is now published and ready for sale. Price, single
Copy, ONE UOI.LAR.
Address H. H. Waters, Miiledgeville, Ga..enclosing
the price, and the Pamphlet will be sent by mail imme
diately. Write the name, Post-office, (and county when
in the country.) plainly.
Stats to reduce Ibe quantity oi tbe cotton u rup,
Ac
A resolution fixing a mode of settlement between
tlie Comptroller General and Tax Collectors, in
relation to taxes on lauds belonging to alien ene
mies.
A resolution relative to the Resolutions of tbe
State of Tennessee.
A resolulion requesting the Governor, to trans
mit to the Governors of the Confederate States, a
certain act ofthe present General Assembly.
A resolution declaring Georgia's ancient para
mount right and original proprietary interest and
title in and to all lunds within tbe limits of the
State
A resolution requesting our Senators and Rep
resentatives in Congress to have certain msil
routes established in this State.
A resolution relative to the transfer of the State
troops to the Confederate Government under cer
tain specified conditions
A resolution on the State of the Republic.
A "resolution relative to classifying the convicts
in the Penitentiary.
A resolution asking Congress to have census
takers paid.
BY TEIaEGRAPH:.
Fron iiirhuion J—-Acconut* of the Northern
Paper*.
Richmond, Dec. 20.—A special dispatch, dated
at Norfolk yesterday afternoon, reports tbe recep
tion there of New York papers of the 18th inst.
The steamer Africa had been detained a few days
to take out Lord Lyons' response to the dispatches
from the British Government.
The Queen's messenger and the messenger from
Minister Adams left Boston on Tuesday for Wash
ington.
English dispatches are to he sent in haste to the
Admiral of the North American squadron at Hn-
In this city, on Sunday morning, the 23d inst..
of Camp Fever, contracted while iu the service in
Western Virginia, George Gilmer DeLaunay,
aged 22 years, 5 months aud 18 days.
Departed this life on the 29th of November in tbe
39th year of her age, Mrs Adai.i.ne C. Vaughn wife of
B. K Yauglin. As a wife and mother her life was em
inently lovely, it was a uniform display of conjugal af
fection and fraternal tenderness.
Her highest earthly enjoyment was found in the bo
som of her beloved family. Their happiness was her
own and to promote it no exertion ana cure were too
great to add to their comfort and happiness. She has
left a husband two small children and numerous rela
tives to mourn over her unexpected removal. May the
God of consolation be their stay and support.
T.
December 16 1861.
On the 19th of December, Pauline Miles, sec
ond daughter of L and Pauline V. Carrington,
aged 4 years aud 9 months.
‘‘Gone! ere the clouds of earthly care,
Had o’er life’s sky been driven ;
Gone ! from earth’s joys and hopes to share,
The better bliss of H eaven.”
NOTICE.
?J3HE Undersigned
to James Jarrl
books and settle up a 1
and accounts are ir
Shea for settlement,
stand, corner of Way
Miiledgeville, Dec
sold out his Store
esirous to close his
accounts. Tbe books
hands of Mr. James
be found at the old
Haucock streets.
S N. BOUGHTON.
1861. 31 3t.
WOOD FOR .SALE!
Pome hundred and cords of WOOD
FOR SALE; it^scu/s feet, and ready
for hauling. ThisIPiyid ifcjJjeclearing of
new ground, and is mfced wnoHT'jmd will
be sold very low for/ash, if hauled off im
mediately. Apply tp AIR. DAILY,on the
Fish Place, near Midway.
December 20, 1S61,
Mules and\Ca£ts for Sale.
T HE City Council o
public sale in
28tb inst, three
desired, they
time betore the
will call on
rfrd.orj. H
M illedgevy
Uedgeville will offer at
, on SATURDAY the
three CARTS. If
at private sale, any
sons wishing to buy
aas, B. B. deGraffen-
: Committee.
1. 31 It
TO THE PUBLIC !
Those Interested Jake Notice*
1
Afrom tbe uu’'oubte|
material to operate^
eracy. Then, vc
WATERS 1 PAMPHLET.
I SHALL AGAIN PUBLISH THE
PUBLIC LAW!
in pampniet turm, with all chauges made in the
Court Calendar. The pamphlet will be
got out as promptly as heretofore.
Price |1. Address H. H. Waters, Mii
ledgeville, Georgia.
H. H. WATERS.
ty Any newspaper copying the above and Bea
ding copy of paper to me containing it. will be sup
plied with a Pamphlet. H. H. W.
November 20, 1861 dds
Insurance*
T HE SUBSCRIBER having been appointed Agent
for the following responsible Companies is prepar
ed to take risks ou all descriptions of property. Also,
upon lives at reasonable rates :
Insurance Co. of the Valley of Virginia,
of Winchester, Va.
The Florida Haute lassraaee Ca.,
of Apalachicola, Florida.
THE GA. HOME INSURANCE CO..
COLUMBUS. GA..
CAPITAL $250,000,
DR. JAMES F. BOZEMAN, President,
D. F. WILCOX, Secretary.
LIFE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT,
SAVANNAH, GA.,
AARON WILBUR, Actuary,
DR. R. D. ARNOLD, Consulting Physician,
Claghorn dt Cunningham's Building, 98 Bay street.
I he privateer Sumter overhauled the ship Mont
morency, of Bath, Me., which was ransomed for
$20,000, and allowed to proceed to New York.
i he New Yorkf/frruW says in three weeks not a
dollar will be left in the United States Treasury,
aud that uo provision has been made to replenish
it Wall street is in great confusion. Stocks have
greatly declined, and there is au entire stagnation
of business iu the city The Herald urges the im
mtdiale enrollment of all the young and able-bod
ied men in the city.
There was a report brought to Richmond this
morning that two Yankee regiments mistook
each other near Fairfax, on Wednesday, and
firing ou each other, kided some hundred or more
and wounded many. Both regiments retreated,
and the Confederates coming up took sixty pris
oners. The wounded will be brought to Rich
mond.
The Vnuilal* at their Work in Charluln
Harbor.
Charleston. Dec. 20, I*. M.—Twenty-
three Federal vessels are now off our bar.
The Yankees have sunk seven whalers
across one of our channels.
rjxHE Georgia Home Insurance Co., in their Life Da-
_ partment at Savannah, are still prepared to insure
tlie lives of all healthy persons, at the lowest rates and
upon the most favorable terms of any company. Poli
cies in northern companies can be transferred to this
company on liberal terms and with little trouble.
This being the only Life Insnrance Company in Geor
gia, and the necessity for every man insuring his life as
great as it ever was, we hope all will avail themselves
of its benefits.
Apply to:
S. B. BROWN, Agent,
27-1 w—29-3m. at Wright & Brown’s.
fi—We are authorized to announce the name
of JERRY G. FOWLER as a candidate for
Receiver and Collector of Taxes at the election in
January next.
a^*=» WE are authorised to announce the name
vLj of J. J. GUMM, as a candidate for re-elec
tion to the office of Receiver of Tax returns and
Tax Collector, at the ensuing election in January
next.
afiajcx ixiui'j: aa 9
In Wilkinson County Ga., at the residence of
Thomas Mehaffey, on Thursday, the 19th inst.,
by O. H. P. Kawls. J. I. CL, Mr. W. T. Holland
and Mir*s Rinv Mehaffey.
W HALL. Sr. as a a candidate lor R-ceiver and
Collector of Taxes, of the County of Baldwin, at
the ensuing election.
Milledgevile, Nov. 7th 1861.
25 tf.
^ Administrators Sale!
Died, at Camp of 10th Georgia Regiment,
near Young's Mills, Va., on the 17lb of Decem
ber. Charles C. Cl'sihng, eldest son of I. T
Cushing, Esq , of Miiledgeville, Ga. He died of
Typhoid fever after two weeks illness. He was
aged 19 years, 9 months and 9 days He held the
position of Drum Major, and belonged to the
Pulaski Guards of Savannah, Ga. The letter fiom
Lieut J M Milieu communicating the sad intelli
gence to bis faiher, paid a compliment to Charles
as a soldier, and spoke of him in terms of warm
personal esteem Friend CushiDg has lost two
worthy sons, since the war began, and the com
munity sympathise deeply with him in his be
reavement. Two such sons, is a sacrifice on his
country’s altar, worthy any patriot’s heart.
J. H. N.
BY virtue of an order i f the Court of Ordiuary
of Jones county, will be sold before the Court
House door, in the town of Clinton, Jones county,
Georgia, on the First TUESDAY in JANUARY
next, within the legal hours of sale, about Eighty
Negroes, all young men, women and children, very
likely and valuable; consisting ot valuable Housa
Servants and Mechanics, among them Black
smiths. Said Negroes are excellent Plantation
Hands. Sold as the property of John Towles, late
of Jones county, deceased, forthe benefit of his
heirs and creditors.
Terms of Sale: The terms of the Sale will be on a
credit, nnd more particularly to be made known at
the lime and place of sale.
M. M. MILLS, Adra’r.
Jackson, Butts Co., Oct. 10, 1861. 21 tds.
GROCERIES!
WRIOBZ A BRO iXTXt,
(OPPOSITE THE niLLEDCEVILLE HOTEL,)
O FFERS FOR SALE LOW FOR CA8H,
1206 Bushels of Corn,
1U0 •• “ Oats,
75 bbls., of Refined Supers,
50 bags of Java and Rio coffee,
100 bbls. ot Family Flour,
30,000 lbs of Bacon sides and Shoulders,
10,000 lbs Leaf Lard,
20 hhds. of New Crop Molasses,
100 boxes of Adamautine Candles,
100 Cases of Boots and Shoes, (at cost,)
Crockery and Glass Ware,
Tubs, Buckets, and Brooms,
Butter and Cheese.
No. 1 At 2 Mackeral, Also Pickled Shad,
Tobacco, and Cigars,
White Lead, 8nd Oil,
Camphene and B Fluid,
Nails, Trace Chains, and Hoes,
Liquors of al) kinds, and in any quantity, with
many other articles, but we have not time to enu
merate them now.
March 19, 1861. 43iatf
in Richmond.
let. that Artists cannot get
[th in the Southern Coofed-
r thik would like to get a copy
of yourselves jSt frieqds, now is your chance, as
there will Ixr no more material for this purpose
unlit peace is made or the blockade is raised.
31 It. B. J. HUTCHINS.
£y WE afj
name of B.
for re-elecj
and Infe
nthorised to announce the
STUBBS as a candidate
as Clerk of the Superior
aurts of Baldwin..
He ad Quarters 1st Brig. 6th Div. G. M. )
Hawk|nsville, Ga , Dec. 16th, .1661. J
F■ . 2.
is organiza-
de, theJus-
itia districts
reby author*
ir respective
CAPTAINS
ive districts,
tl ree of the
least fifteen
make their
illedgeville.
). C. Horne.
de-Camp.
31 2t.
T a mating of the Board (^Managers of the
Geqfgia Hospital in KichmorNL and of tbe
Execute Committee of tbe Georgia Relief and
Hospital Association, represented by the accred
ited afents, Rev. Dr Joseph V E. Wilson, Rev. J.
O. A.fblark, and Mr. J. M Selkirk, held this 14th
day o4 October, 1861, the following preamble and
resoltftions were unanimotwly adopted :
W herea.s, it is proper that there should be a
perfect understanding between the Central Board
of the Georgia Relief and Hospital Association in
Augusta, and the Board of Managers of the Geor
gia Hospital in RichmontLwith regard to the re
lations existing between dim ; and whereas, tbe
Central Board in Augusta has made arrangements
with the Confederate States Government, to carry
by express KU contributions made through then
to Georgia's sickand wounded soldiers, the Gov-
^pment paying dt^ half and the Association the
otnKjialfdfThe expl^gs freight; and whereas, the
Cent\l Bitaij) in Angusta is keeping a book, con-
tainingffa^bord of all contributions fiom Georgia,
with the names ot the donors, whether such con
tributions arc made in money or stores, which
book is intended to be hereafter published ; aud
whereas, it is thought to be^yie best system to se
cure union and concert of w^fion, and to prevent
wastage; Therefore, be it
Resolved, Tin* all -£onttibntiong are recoin-
mend^Uo be made diragr'&^he Central Board
of the GehMitJjielief anaRospiWi Association in
Augusta. \ 1
Resolved, If any contribution/ are made direct
to the Gedrgia • Hospital in ufebmond, or else
where in V^giuia, that said cMtributions, wheth
er in money Mhfn Hospital sjtpres of all kinds, be
reponpd to tbeiGeneral Agent of tbe Georgia Re
lief and Hospital Associatioijton Richmond, Mr. J.
M. Selkirk, as; money or Hospital stores contri
buted to Uus,Ga»rgia Relief and Hospital Associa
tion, to be Applied hy sal(sAssociation through
their agent aforesaid, as tbew$iuts of tbe Hospital
may demand- I 1
Eat aa affdi'aaa be drawn up and
e peoale of Geot|ua, signed by the
anagers im Richniono^uid the Execn-
of the ueorgia Refill and Hospi-
in Augusta, settingrtforth more
;cta of our Association, gud calling
Georgia to send all*their con-
Central Board in Augnsta.
tivi
tal
fully
upon the peop
tribution* throug!
GENERAL RESOLUTIONS APPROVED
AND SIGNED BV THE GOVERNOR.
A resolution requesting tbe Post Master Gener
al of the Confederate States, to change the name
of the Post Office at Cassville to that of Manas
sas.
A resolution relative to the boundary line be
tween Georgia and Florida.
A resolution declaring Georgia’s unalterable in
tention to prosecute the present War to a success
ful termination.
A resolution relative to tbe appointment of C.
W. Thomas Chaplain in tbe Georgia Army.
A resolution recommending the Planters in the
GEORGIA, Echols.county.
W HEREAS, JolJ Me Terrell, makes applica
tion to me for ie tiers of Administration on
th estate of David W. Terrell, late of said coun
ty, deceased. /
These are t her wore to cite and admonish all
persons interested, to be and appear at my office
Hay in February next, to show
have, why said letters should
applicant.
hanlSofficially, this 14th day
by the first Mo
cause, if a:'
not be granted
Given under
of Dec., 1861.
31 5t. THOMAS B. CLAYTON, Ord’y
Resolved, That (kis preamble and these reso
lutions be stgned oy Ylie Executive Committee of
the Georgia Relief and Hospital Association, and
by tbe Board of'Masagers in Richmond.
Resolved, That all papers fn Georgia be re
quested to publish the foregoing preamble and
resolutions.
Joseph R. Wilson, Cb’n.
J. O. A. Clark,
J. M. Selkirk,
Commissioners Ex. Com. Ga. R. dt H. Ass’n.
Alexander H. Stephens, Ch’n.
Henry F. Campbell, Vice “
and Medical Director.
Lewis D. Ford,
Jos. P. Logan,
Surgeons in charge.
James T. Patterson,
Wm. H. Pritchard,
Edwin A. Smith.
Board of Managers of the Georgia Hospital,
Richmond, Vi.
J. T. Newbery, Sec’y. /
Richmond. Oct. 14,1861. y
Approved by the other members of the Execu
tive Committee of the Georgia Relief and Hospital
Association.
Augnsta, Oct. 18, 1861.
Wm. J. Hard, Vice Ch’n.
Henry Moore, Sec. Board Snp’ts.
W. H. Potter, Cor. Sec. Ex. Corn.
J. M. Newby,
H. F. Russell,
Geo. W. Evans,
H. H. Tucker,
E Starnes,
Ex. Committee Ga. R. A H. Association.
Oct. 25,1861. 23 10t.
m
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EUFAULA [ALA.] INSURANCE CO.
Chartered Capital
Cash Capital and acramalatien f 154,DM
fi'HE subscriber having accepted an Agency
A in the abeve Company for this place and vi
cinity, will receive applications for insurance
agaiust fire on all kinds of property ; including
cotton in ware houses, and on plantations. Also,on
tbe life of all persons for the lmnefit of friends, and
on the life of negroes. All losses pionaptty set
tled. A. M. N18BET.
Nov. 18th, 1861. d&wtf.
ty We are authorized to announce the name of
OBEDIAH ARNOLD as a candidate for Sheriff of
Baldwin coanty at the ensuing January election,
.... A •
HEAD QUARTERS, 1st Brigade 6th Division, G.M.
Hawkinsritle, Ga. Nov. 26th 1861.
GENERAL ORDER No. 1.
There will be an election held on the let day of
January 1862, at the several precincts, and at tbe
Court Houses, in the counties of Wilkinson, Pulaski,
Twiggs and Laurens. In Wilkinson, for a Colonel 34th
Reg. G. M. In Pulaski, for a Colonel 36th Keg G. M.
In Twiggs, for a Colonel 37th, Beg. G. M. In Laurens
for a Colonel 39th Reg. G.M. .
All persons liable to perform Militia service, between
the ages of 18 and 45 years are entitled to vote; any
persona over 45 years old may vote by enrolling for
duty. The management of these Elections is the sama
as those for member, of the Legislature.
The Rel nr ns, most be consolidated for each county}
and forwarded to the office ofthe Adjutant Genera),
1 ** #< liyoommaud of Brig. G~n. O. C. HOBNE.
HUGH M, MOORE, Aid-de-Camp. (90 %
mmmrn
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