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jjoittHTON, MSBET & BARNES, Publishers and Proprietors. ISOlfiHTOM, ». \ss3i:x. L r;jc #oiifljcnt Jftiral ftlnioit ,,'ili*hril Weekly, in MiUedgcville, Ga., i' truer of Hancock and Wilkinson Sts., t oppt nosite Court House.J At <S3 a year in Advance. KATES OF ADVERTISING. Per square of twelve lines. , -ertion$l 00, and fifty cents for each subsequent nui nance. . ,it without the specification of thenumberot •rtions willbe published till forbid and charged ,-ordingly. , ..im-ts or Professional Cards, per year, where they ,io not exceed Six Links - $10 00 1 J.rrat contract will be made with those who wish to Advertise by the year,occupying a specif ed space LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Sides of Landand Negroes, by Administrators, Ex- ,rsor Guardians, are required bv laiv io be held the lirst Tuesday in the mouth; between the hours ol i i in tlie forenoon and three ill the afternoon, at the i- lU rt House in thecouuly in which the property is s ;t_ u i-" i. V ,tice ofthesesales must be given in a public ga- . t - I l days previous to the day ofsale. \: i i * ■ - s for the sale of personal property must begiv- rI1 • like manner 10 days previous to sale day. y iticesto the debtors and creditors of an estate must .i be published 10 days. X itiee that application will be made to the Court of : irliatry for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must be . shed for two months. r tat ions for left era of Administration Guardianship v must be-published 30 days—for dismission from 11 'illustration. monthly si.c months—for dismissioi i Guardianship, 40 days. Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published j monthly for four months—for establishing lost papers for the full space of three months—for compelling titles from Executors or administrators, wl ere bond lias been given by the deceased, the full space of three months. Publications will always be continued according 0 •hose, thelegalrequireuients, nnlessotherwise ordered at the following RATES: ( (rations, on letters of administration, Ac. $0 75 “ “ dismissory from Admr’n. 4 51 “ “ “ Guardianship. 30! I.^ave to soil Land or Negroes 1 0( V nice todebtors andcreditors. 3 01 v, os of personal property, ten days, ] sqr. I tit - J of land ornesrroes by Executors, Are. pr sqr. 5 0( VOLUME XXXIII.] MILLEDOEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1862. [NUMBER 12. COUNTING HOUSE CALENDAR, 1862. ©A VS, ©av; JA.v'i 12 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 I'LY. Feb’v. 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K-trays, two weeks y n man advertising his wife(in advance,) BOOK-BINDING. The Subscriber is now pre pared to do Book-Sind- ing - , in all its branches Old Books rebound, Ac. MUSIC bound in the best style. Blank Books r, it utactured to order. Prompt attention will be . ■ n to all work entrusted to me. S. J. KIDD. Eli 11 fiery in Mouthcin Federal Fnion <lir.ee, Miiiedgeville, March 19th, 18(>1. 43 101RT CALLENDER FOR 1862. SUPSZIIOK. COUZITS. JANUARY. 1 JULY. Monday, Chatham. 1st Mondav, Fioyd* * Floyd AUG 1ST. [1st Monday Lumpkint FEBRUARY. 2d M inday, Campbell .fl o inlay, Clark Clark t Lumpkin Dawson Monday, Campbell 3d Monday, Forsyth Dawson PolK .Mondav, Forsyth Glascock * Polk Merriwether Glascock Walton Merriwether 4th Monday, Baldwin Walton Jackson Monday, Baldwin Monroe Jackson Paulding Monroe Taliaferro Paulding Walker Taliaferro Thusd.iy after, Pierce Walker MARCH. SEPTEMBER. Thursday. Pierce 1st Monday, Appling Monday, Appling Chattooga Chattooga Cherokee Cherokee Columbia Coweta Coweta • Columbia Crawford Ciawford Madison Gwinnett Marion M adisou Morgan Marion 2d Monday. Butts Morgan Bartow Monday, Butts Coffee Bartow Elbert Coffee Fayette Elbert Greene Fayett Gwinnett Greene Pickens Pickens Washington Washington Webster Webster 3d Monday, Cobbt Monday, Cobbt Calhoun Calhoun Hall Hall Hart H art Heard Heard Maeon Macon Newton N errton Talbot Talbot Ware Tattnal Bulloch Ware Thursday after White 4th Monday, Clinch ;r.-day after White lay alter, Bulloch Putnam • Monday, Clinch Chattahoochee Putnam Lee Rab nr. Twiggs Chattahoochee Wilkes Lee Johnson Twiggs Milton Wilkes Rabun Johnson | Hi ursday afterllabersham Milton Monday af- 4 l iv after Habersham ;er the 4th > Echols Tnu:- lay, Montgomery] Mondav ) 'f ( Echols OCTOBER. is) &. 2d Mon. Cairoll k Lmngliam 1st Monday, Dooly APRIL. Emanuel *Y -'.1 Mon. Carroll Franklin Monday, Dooly Early Franklin Fulton Emanuel Gihner Eai ly Gordon Fulton Taylor Gordon Warren lay aft "iiday. Pike Taylor Warren Wilkinson yaf ter Banks lay, Hancock Richmond Harris Laurens Miller Sumter s-r, .McIntosh Glynn Haralson XZ? Liberty Murray Oglet horpe Pulaski Stewart Monday Worth after * * Bryan 4tn Monday,Wayne Decatur D. Kalb Houston Jasper Lincoln 8el. ley Whitfield Wilcox *■ i lav after, Telfair Camden ; ursday after, Irwin ■Monday “ Berrien Charlton MAY ‘ Monday. Clayton Scnven Gilmer Randolph Epson Catoosa J.fTerson Chatham Fannin Mitchell Monday Ml! Holiday, Bibb Burke CJuittman Spalding Tronp Union Baker ' lav after Towns Monday, Dade ' Terrell Monday Colquitt • .. juIte.- Monday, Lowndes ,, Dougherty Monday, Brooks Mia , * .'lay dav. Thomas Wilkinson . Ptke Thursday after Banks 2d Monday, Fannin Richmond Hancock Harris Laurens Miller Sumter 3d Monday, Glynn Haralson Henry •Tones Murray Oglethorpe Pulaski Stewart Union W.rtii Thursday after Towns Thursday ) Montgomery after » 4th Monday, Wayne Decatur 1 leKalb Houston J neper Lincoln Schley Tattnall Whitfield Wilcox Friday after, Telfair Camden Thursday after. Irwin .Monday after Charlton NOVEMBER, list Monday, Berrien Scriven Clayton Effingham Randolph Upson 2d Monday, Catoosa Jefferson Mitchell Mnscogee ■ 51 Monday, Bibb Burke Quittmnn Spalding Troup Baker 4th Monday, Dade Terrell Thursday after, McIntosh Monday “ Colquitt ’• “ Liberty Mon. after Liberty, Bryan DECEMBER. 1st Monday, Dougherty Lowndes" 2d Monday,'Brooks Clay 3d Monday Thomas bolds three weeks, if necessary, at each Soldiers Letters.—A correspondent of tlie Richmond (Va.,) Enquirer suggests an excellent method for securing the prompt assortment and delivery of soldier’s Let ters. His plan is to “turn over the Army Post Office to the fair daughters of Rich mond.” We have no doubt that if a suita ble room was obtained, in the vicinily of the. Post Office, and the services of half a dozen young ladies obtained, all the letters directed to our brave, tnoops would be promptly and regularly assorted. We commend the suggestion to the favorable consideration of the Postmaster Gener al. W. a Another thing should he done. The postmasters throughout the country should be instructed to mailthe aimy letters in separate packages.— Under the present system, letters for soldiers and civilians are sent togethar in the same packages, and thus the labor of assortment is doubt- led, and the the delivery of letters delay ed. If soldiers’letters were sent as indi cated, they could he turned over prompt ly to the clerks in the army office, giving the cleik in the office proper ample time to assort the general mail.—Richmond Whig J tilti 20. The Drfcuff of Vicksburg. The following order has been issued : W ar De partment, 3 Adjutant and Ins. General's Office, > ^Richmond, July 22, 1202. ) [ General Order Xo. 51.J The successful defence of Vicksburg against the mortar fleet of the enemy, by Major ( • encral Van Dorn and the officers and men under his command, entitles them to the gratitude of the country, the thanks of the government, and the admiration of the army. By their gallantry and good conduct they have not only saved the city entrusted to them, but they have shown that bombardment of cities, if bravely re sisted, achieve nothing for the enemy, andalso serve to unveil his malice, and the hypocrisy of his pretended wish to restore the Union. The world now see that his mission is one of destruction, not restora tion. Lieut. Brow-n, and the officers and crew of the. Confederate Steamer Arkansas, by their heroic attack upon the Federal fleet before Vicksburg, equalled the high est recorded examples of courage and skill. They prove that the navy when it re gains its proper element, will be one of the chiel bulwarks of national defence, and that is entitled to a high place in the confi dence and affection of ’.he country. By command of the Secretary of War. (Signed,) S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General. All Important Order. Richmond, 2d,—Important general or ders No. .34, from the Adjutant and In spector General's office, will be published on Monday. The first article states that the follow- lowing orders are published for the in formation of all concerned. (The next of a pream ble”) '1 he. Second article recites the order is sued by tbe Secretary of War of the Uni ted States directing ibe military comman ders of the government to seize and use property, loth real and personal, belong ing to the inhabitants of the Confederacy, and states that no provision is made for anv compensation to the owners of private property thus seized. The thifd article quotes Gen. Pope’s recent order for the arrest of all disloyal male citizens, who aic to he required to take the oath of allegiance or he conducted beyond the lines, etc. The fourth article recites the order of Brig. Gen. Steinwehr for t he arrest of five of the most prominent citizens of Page county, Virginia, to he held as hostages and suffer death in the event of any of the soldiers of said Steinwher being f bv “busliwaekers,” by which tcun war, which Cartel, in so far as it provides for an exchange of prisoners hereafter captured, would have never been signed or agreed to by this fiovernment, if the inten tion to change the war into a system of indiscriminate murder and robbery, had been made known to it; and whereas; a just regard to humanity forbids that the repres- , siun of crime \vhich this government is ] thus impelled to enforce, should be uncec- i essarily extended to retaliation on the en- . listed men in the army of the United I States who may be unwilling instruments I of the savage cruelty of their commanders, | so long as t lie hope that the excesses of the I enemy may be checked or prevented by j retribution on the commissioned officers, | who have the power to avoid guilty action : bv» refusing service under a government! which seeks their aid in the perpetration j of such infamous barbarities. Art. 7.—Therefore it is ordered that j Major Gen. Pope, Brig. Gen. Steinwehr, ! and all commissioned officers serving un- ; their respective commands, be and they \ are hereby expressly and especially de- | clared to ba.not entitled to be considered j as soldiers, and therefore not entitled to ! the benefit of the cartel for tbe parole of j future prisoners of war; Ordered, further, ) •A PROCLAMATION. By Joseph E. Brown, Governor of Georgia : Executive Department, ( Georgia, July 31st, 1SG2. ) Complaint lias been made to me by tbe Secretary of War, that instances of deser tion from the army now in the service of the Confederate States, exist, and that officers and soldiers are too frequently ab sent from their regiments without leave, to the great detriment of the public service; at a time when it is of the utmost impor tance that every man should be at his place to enable the Government to im prove the splendid victories lately won by the distinguished gallantry of our offi cers and soldiers upon the battle, field. 1 am also informed by the aide and dis tinguished Head of the War Deparment, that it has not* been in his power entirely to correct the.evil by the exercise of the usual military discipline, and that it can probably only be done effectually by the powerful aid of a just public opiouiou. ilc therefore appeals to me as the Execu tive of this State, and through me to the good people of Georgia, for aid in the par ticular above mentioned, and requests per- that in the event of the capture of Maj. | mission to use the officers of this State for Gen- Pope, Biig. Gen. Steinwehr, or of any commissioned officer serving under them, the captive so taken shall be held in close confinement so long as the aforesaid or ders shall continue in force and unrepeal ed by the competent military authorities of the United States, and that in the event of the murder of any unarmed citizen of the Confederate States, by vir- ] use or under the pretext of any of the or- I ders herein before recited whether with or without trial, with or under pretence of I such citizen being a spy or hostage, or any other pieteuee, it shall be the duty of the | commanding general of the forces of this Confederacy to cause immediately to be hung out of the commissioned officers, prisoners as aforesaid, a number equal to the number of of our citizens thus murder ed by the enemy. By order, (Signed) S. COOPER. Adjt. &: Ins. Gen. hot are meant the citizens of the Confederacy who have taken up arms to defend their homes and families. . The other three articles are as fol- '"'art. .3. And whereas it results from the above orders, that some of the military authorities of the United States, not con tent with the unjust and aggressive war fare. hitherto waged with savage cruelty against an unoffending people, and exas perated by tbe failure of ibe effort to sub jugate them, have now determined to vio late all the rules and usages of war and to convert hostilities hitherto waged against armed forces, into a campaign of robbery and murder against unarmed citizens and peaceful tillers of the soil V . 1 1_ 1 A E.rillmut Telegraphic Feat. A Confederate Operator Reads Gun red Halleek's Dispatches for four days. The Yankee papers say the Confederates have been tapping the telegraph wires be tween Memphis and Corinth and reading the official dispatches. Some of those dispatches, according to the correspondent of the New York Tribune, were of the ut most importance, “giving the very infor mation most uesired by the Confederates.” “This brilliant and audacious telegraph ic feat,” we are told, “was performed with in fifteen miles of Memphis,” and was con tinued tor a week before it was discov ered. W e copy the Tribune's account of it : The Telegraphic line between Mem phis and Corinth is exceedingly important. General Halleck’s message to Commodore Davis, General Curtis, and the command ant of this post, have all passed over it. Little of the line is guarded, but of late the Confederates have refrained from cut ting the wires. The unusual amiability is now explained; tliey found a better use for it! For a week tbe Memphis operators have detected something wrong in the working of the instrument and surmise that some outsider was sharing their tele graphic secrets. They communicated ibis suspicion to the superintendent at t'orinth, who promised to keep a sharp lookout. Yesterday they discovered that their uninvited confident could talk as well as listen, the transmission of a message was suddenly interrupted by the ejaculation, “() pshaw/” A moment after it was again broken with “Hurrah for Jeff. Da- the apprehension of deserters and of ofii cers and soldiers absent from their com mands withour leave. While our brave troops are having to hazaid life, and to endure great hardships and privations for the protection of our rights, and the preservation of our liber ties, it is certainly proper that each officer and soldier in service, should share his just proportion of labor and privation.— Public opinion must, therefore, frown up on those who, while in service, attempt to avoid their due proportion of labor and danger; otherwise the whole burden must fall upon those who are faithful and true, and those equally able, but less willing to do duty,-must often escape. I therefore issue this my proclamation, in accordance with the wishes of the Sec retary of War, commanding and requiring all Sheiitls, Constables, and Jailors, in this State, to he vigilant in detecting and arresting all deserters and all officers and soldiers who belong to regiments, battal ions, or companies, of this State, now in the military ser Confederate States, without the limits of this State, or to volunteer regiments, bat talions, or companies, now in service, within the limits of this State; and I ap peal to all patriotic citizens to aid the offi cers above mentioned in the discharge of this important duty. The officer arresting a deserter, or an officer or soldier, absent from his post with out leave, will confine him in the, common jail of the county in which the arrest is made, if the jail be sufficient, if not, in the jail of any adjoining county; in which case, the jailor of the adjoining county is hereby directgJ to roeoivo u.ifi detain the person till further order; and will imme diately notify the Secietary of War, at Richmond, and the Adjutant and Inspec tor General of this State, at Milledgeviile, of his action in the premises, with the name and description of the person, ar rested, and the command or corps to which he belongs, if that fact is known to the officer. Given under my hand and the Great Seal of this State, the day and year above written. JOSEPH E. BROWN. By the Governor : N. G. Barnett, Secretary of State. Individuality shows itself as well in telegraphing as in the footsteps or in the handwriting. Hr. Hale quo of tbe Mem phis operators, immediately recognized the performer not by histune, but bis time, as a young man formerly in Buffalo and other Noithern offices, hut now employed by the Confederates. Mr. Hall surpri sed him by replying promptly, “Ed. So- ville, if you dont want, to be bung you bad better leave ! Our cavalry is closing in on both sides of you !” There was a little pause, and then the reply, “How in the world did you know me. However, I’ve been here four days, and learned all we want to know. As this is becoming rather a tight place, I think I will leave. You’ll see me again wheu you least expect it. Good bye, boys.” The Confederate operator made good his escape. He had cut the wire, inserted a piece of his own, and, by a pocket instru ment, been reading our official dispatches, some of the utmost importance, giving the very information most desired by the Con federates, were passing, and as t hey were not in cipher he must have received them. One from General Hovey, commandant ofthis post, in reply to a question from General Halleck, stated the precise num ber of our available men in Memphis (only about 3,000 and their exact loca tion.) The ill effect of this exposure of our weakness has been guaided against as far as possible. General W. T. Sherman J HEAD-QUARTERS, \ Marietta, July 31st, 18G2. 1 dispose of the salt, when received as fol lows : 1st. You will gice, without charge, one half bushel to tbe widow of each soldier who has died in the military service of the State, or the Confederate Slates. As you cannot know the facts, and make this dis tribution without assistance from the dif ferent counties of the State. I request 1 he Justices of the Inferior Court of each county, to give you a list of the names of all widows of soldiers in their county ; with a certifice of two, or more of said Justices, that the persons whose names are sent, arc the widows of deceased soldiers. On receipt of such list and certificate, you will ship to said Justices at such point as they may designate, one half bushel for each soldier’s widow, to be distributed among them by said Justices. 2d. lou will sell to the wife of each soldier now in military service, if she de sires it, and to each widow having a son or sons in service one half bushel for one dollar-, the names of those entitled to it, to be certified by the Justices of the Infe rior Court, as in case of widows of soldiers, and the salt to be shipped to ibe Jm.ticc<* of Inferior Court in each county, at such point on a Railroad as they may desig nate, so soon as you have it on hand, and they send you the. money for it. It is supposed theie is no county in the State whose Justices will refuse to make this advance from the County Treasury, for the benefit of the soldier’s families, and to take the trouble and expense of getting the salt from the Railroad, and distribu ting it among those in the county entitled, at the price mentioned ; which can he re funded to the County Treasury when paid in for the salt by those who are to receive it. Should the widow of a deceased soldier, or the wife of a soldier in service, desire more than a half bushel for her own use, she wiil he permitted to purchase it at at the price paid by others, in preference to all other persons, if there is not a sup ply for all. 3d. \ou will sell to all other heads of families at the rate of four dollars and fifty cents per bushel. But no head of a fami ly will be permitted to receive, more than one bushel till all are supplied with enough or aiiy other ^ or P resent nse. You will have each agent ervice of the to keep a b°°k in which he will enter the name of each head of a family who gets salt; and in case one person applies for the quantity allowed each of several fam ilies and has the means of hauling it, youi Agents will let him have it, taking from him a written certificate giving the name of each person for whom he receives it, and stating that he will deliver it to su£h person at the price he pays for it, and such price for hauling as may have been agreed on between the parties. The names ol the heads of families thus supplied, will he entered on the hook, that the person re ceiving the salt for his neighbors may be detected if he should act unfaithfully. All ^ purchasers will he required to bring with 1 them their own sacks to carry their salt home from tho plaoo ofsale. 4th. As I can place the salt only at a few central points in the Slate, you will establish a depot for its sale by a faithful j agent, at each of the following places, to- wit: Cartersville. Atlanta, Athens, Au- i gusta, Griffin, Macon, Albany, Columbus | and Savannah. Were I to undertake to send it to all the towns and depots on the Railroads, I must employ so many agents as to embarrass you in securing prompt settlements, and greatly increase the price by the payment of so many salat ies to dis tributing agents. You will take bond and security from each agent, for the faithful discharge of Lis duties and the prompt doubt, gc to any point in the State, on a Railroad, to the consumer purchasing from the State agent, free of charge for freights. I shall do what I possibly can to sup ply all during the summer and fail ; and ! trust, with what may be made by the Georgia Salt Manufacturing Company, whose office is located at Augusta, aDd with what our peojde will make upon the coast, (it is expected that all who live near the coast will at least make their own supply,) that all who practice strict econo my may have enough. I respectfully sug gest to our people to so divide what they may receive, among their neighbors, till more can be had, that none may suffer. And I further suggest that they do all they can to permit speculators, who have a supply on hand f>r the accommodation ot i he people at fifteen to twenty dollars per bushel, to hold it till the end of the war, when they can probably afford to sell it much cheaper. Joseph E. Brown. Col. Jared. I. Whitaker, Commissary General ’ Colonel : Finding that there was hut j little prospect on account of the impossi bility of large importations, that private ; enterprise would afford a supply of salt for our people this year, and knowing how 1 indispensable it was to health and comfort, ; 1 determined, as the Executive of the j State to do all in my power for the relief j of the people, though I might, by assum- j ing the responsibility, he exposed to the censure of speculators and such captious fault finders as can never be pleased. After considerable effort, I have suc ceeded in procuring a lease upon a suffi cient supply of salt water at the Virginia Salt Works, to make 500 bushels per day, during the War. and till three months af ter its termination, if we should need it so long. I have also employed a reliable man to go to work, who is to make all the nesssary preparation as soon a; possible, and use sufficient labor to make the quan- j titj' above mentioned. He is already at work with what kettels and furnaces he has now in order, and expects to be able in another month, to turn out the 500 i bushels per day. , Hon. John W. Lewis acted as my agent ! in the negotiations necessary to secure these results. A large proportion of the credit, if any attaches, is due to him, as I should have not been able to secure tbe lease and make the other arrangements, with out the information received from him, and his personal influence and efforts in i the negotiations. He has rendered val uable service, and has refused to receive f iayment to you of the money collected by lim, and for the delivery to you of the salt ou hand at any time when demanded by j you or other agent of the State. Each agent will sell for cash, and will remit to you the amount he has collected each j week. Any agent failing to make such 1 remittance, will he promptly discharged. ; 5th. You will notify the Justices of the ! Inferior Court of each county in this State, of the arrangements proposed for the pur pose of supplying widows of deceased sol diers and wives of soldiers nowin service, with salt to relieve present necessities, and request their active co-operation in the proposed plan. Gth. When the people of a county will, by public meeting, appoint a reliable agent who will obligate himself to them to sell salt for the accommodation of the people of the county, at the prices above mention- tioned, adding, onl} tbe freight which he has to pay from the place where he re ceives it from your agent to the place of ; sale, you will be authorized, when you have a supply on hand, to sell for cash, to i such county agent, in such quantities as would be the reasonable proportion for his county, at the prices above specified , This will afford those who are disposed to . render a public service without charge, in a matter of vital importance to their fel- lew citizens, an opportunity to display their liberality. It is hoped some person with sufficient means will be found in each county remote from the central points of j deposit, willing to serve the public for the public good. The different Railroad companies in this State have shown a liberality and a disposition to afford relief to the people in I any compensation for either his time or the present emergency, which entitle them his expenses while engaged in this busi- , to the gratitude of all. I determined to carry the salt imported by tbe Mate, over special danger of a Confederate dash. The brilliant and auspicious telegraph ic feat was performed between here and Moscow, only twenty-two miles distant, and probably within fifteen miles of Mem phis ! We are at a loss lieie to understand why, after the enemy has disappeared, . the inagnifice-.it army with which General Ilalleek threatened Corinth is unable to , trjjard two hundred miles of railroad and telegraph, or to furnish fifteen or twenty j thousand men for the capture of Vicksburg. ! We hope that our brilliant successes in the bushel as will cover only cost and neces- 1 place ofsale to the depot of the consumer, sarv expenses to the time of the sale.— free. I communicated this determination My purpose is to sell the salt to the in- j the State Road to the place of deposit and has already started for Memphis with two habitants of this State, at such price per sale, free of charge, ami to carry from the of the three divisions under bis command, and will arrive to day. So we are in no The standard established at the Works is 50 pounds to the bushel. I have to pur chase by this standard, and must sell by j and that they also carry all salt imp it, deducting from the 50 pounds whatever by tbe State free, as well while in p may be found to he the wastage from drip- Art G. And whereas this government, -^ egt are no t to be followed by an era of .nnrt bv the highest obligations o «.u } no t to do it. ■ not required to draw Jurors fortwo s and not obliged to hold tvv< - JU utie 8 of Cobb and Lumokin. bound by the highest « bli g a, recC ssi- to its citizens, is thus driven o • ty of adopting such just measures of re tribution and retaliation as slia f e b ; _ only Won ."* w t There has beeu a fresh eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The mountain is throwing out lava toward Pompeii and ashes on the Ported side, and the ping, leakage, &c., after it leaves the works till it is sol J to the consumer. Ex perience will soon show how much each , bushel loses in weight during its transpov- : tation and storage. I shall order all the salt consigned to ; you as Commissary General, and desire vou to take charge of it and have it sold by reliable agents, to be employed at such ; central points as may he selected as dis- i tributing points. If it is ascertained in future that the to the Presidents of the principal Roads oftheState, and asked their co-operation, ■■■Hteil ses sion of the State as for the consumer after he has purchased from the State’s agent; and it affords me great pleasure to say that I have received responses from the following Railroad Presidents, in the. or der mentioned, promptly aud cheerfully agreeing to render this public service tree of charge, till further orders : Hon. R. lb Cuvier, President C. II. R-> and branches, and of the S. W. Railroad; Isaac Scott, Esq., President Macon & Western Rail road ; Hon. John P. King. President Ga. Railroad and branches, and of tho A. 5: lired to draw Jurors fortwo; to this government since tlie o o . j g C l iar crefl with electricity, “red to hold two weeks’ Court i , c ° {for the exchange of prisoners ot City mm g j price now fixed does not pay cost and all J W. P. Railroad. It is not doubted that expenses, it can be rasied until it covers | the President of each other Road in the both ; or if it does more than this, it can State, will meet this request with like lib- be reduced, For the present you crality and patriotism. Tbe salt imported are directed to ! under my direction will, therefore, no [From the Charleston Courier.] EJcath of jauiest El. Thonnvril E>. D. Thousands of our readers will feel sad dened aud down, as if each had lost a near and dear friend, on reading the dispatch which announces the decease of Rev. James II. Thornwell, D. D. We had not been prepared for this sad loss by any tidings of bis illness, and un der the startling shocks of a great bereave ment we feel ourselves utterly unable to offer even an approximate tribute. It is consoling to reflect that he needs no eulo gy or record—his life, example, efforts, teachings,-labors, writings, and influence remain with ns. and will live with us, for good as long as truth shall live or virtue be honored, or genius admiiecl. James H. 11, ornwell was translated in his fittieth year, having been born on the 9th December, 1S12, in Marlboro’ Dis trict. His preliminary education was con ducted in that neighborhood and in Cber- aw until he entered the South Carolina College at an advanced stage. He gradu ated with the honors in 1S31, and engaged in teaching while preparing for the duties of the ministry. In 1834, he was admitted to the pulpit of tho Presbyterian Chuich, aud in May. 183-3, was installed as pastor of the Church iti Lancasterville, South Caro lina, aud soon after of two country chur ches. The abolition agitations and discussions provoked by the fanaticism of that date in the North, gave him one of the first oppor tunities for addressing a public assemblage in defence and Vindication of the institu tions of the South, and the Bible doctrine of the relation and duties of masters and servants, lie soon acquired and maintain ed a reputation which wculd have satis fied ambition had ambition been his guide. His aims and ends were higher and nobler. In 1837 he was elected to the chief of logic, rhetoric, and Relies Letters, in the South Carolina college, in place, of tha la. lamented Mott. His brief career in this professorship gave him opportunities for exhibiting his masterly powers of analysis and instruction, and gave to the class which enjoyed his labors advantages which are well remembered. Retiring from the College in 1S39, he returned in 1810 to take the chair of sacred literature, and the chaplaincy vacated by the call of the able and beloved Elliott to the Episcopal chair in Georgia. His studious habits and arduous labors impaired his health, never robust or vigor ous, and he soon found it expedient to take a tour in Europe, whence he re turned improved in health and with wide- ening fame. Of the manner in which he filled this office it is needless to speak in the space and opportunity now afforded. Suffice it to say lie was all and did all that could be expected from genius and talents elevated and ennobled and quickened by religion. In 1S51 he retired again from the Col lege to take the pastorship of the Glebe- street Church in this city, but in the close of-that year the call of duty and of the State replaced him in Columbia, not as- prolessor but as president. Such a rail tbns urged rvould be a mar ked tribute to any one, but it was more emphatically significant of tbe estimate in which lie was held, after serving the Col lege in two classes as Professor, that he was called to succeed Preston as Presi dent. Ilc left the college, in December, 1S55, to the regret to all the friends of that institution, and only in obedience to what he considered a higher duty. Since then lie has engaged chiefly as Theological Professor and a Pastor, and has always found time to take part in any good work or word for the advancement of re ligion, sound morality, learning or patriot ism. No man had less taste for the details of politics so far as mere personal contests or party pretexts are concerned. No son of Carolina was ever more keenly and fearlessly and thoughtfully awake to ail that touched the honour of tbe State, or of the South, or of the truth. Had he enter tained a doubt as to tbe justice and right eousness of the position and tentes which induced and proceeded the secession of the South, bo would have hugged the stake, or mounted ilie gibbet, sooner than he would have approved them. He loved his State, his home, his friends with a breadth and compasrion of love that showed his capacities of heart equal to his head; hut lie loved even more the truth and the Word of God, and it is for this, more than for his varied talents and his profound genius, that he was loved and is now lamented. Since the opening of this unrighteous war, he has been instant, in season and •..lit of season, in advocating and expound ing tlie great truths which underlie the cause of the South, and in enforcing the great moral duties which are involved in the struggle. He has done well and much, and while in chastened submission we thank God for such a man, we find it hard to repress the murmuring thought that he could have been spared to us and our country longer. In tlie teachings of his life and labors we may find the balm of our great grief, and to a better and fitter record of .that life we must now refer tbe stricken church, and community and country'. A TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT. The conscriptinn law is creating here something like, « tempest in a teapot, among some of those who had received their exemptions from militia examining boards and in other ways, and who had laid “the flattering unction to their souls” that they would never be called upon to face danger at the cannon’s mouth or win laurels upon the ensanguined field at the point of the reeking bayonet. The search ing examination to which they have been subjected before Capt. Whitehead has disclosed the fact that many of them have been playing ’possum, aud are as hale and hearty men as any in the Confederacy. As might he supposed, these men are kick ing up something of a dust, and swearing most vociferously that they are not fit subjects for the art militaire, and we veri ly believe that some of them would think it no great stretch of conscience to swear that they were dead men, and that the earth had been piled upon them for 12 mouths, if by so swearing they could save their precious carcasses from being food for Yankee bullets. But all this avails them nothing. The fiat has gone forth. They have been weighed in the balances and are not found wanting. Fight they must, and they had as well make np their minds to it at once. If the conscript law has no other merit, it has this one of de tecting those who have been shamming disability and putting them where they should long since have been, in the ranks of the defenders of their country. The tempests in these teapots had as well sub side.—The more they roar and rant and rave, the more sterniy will the finger of scorn be poiutedat them, and the tighter will be drawn around them ihe chains of (he military Jaw.—Lynchburg Republi can. Prcaialrnt Davis’ I.eHcr lo dm. I.io. Richmond, 4th.—The following letter is published this morning from the Presi dent to Gen. Lee: Richmond, July 31st, 18G8- Sir:—On the 22tl of this month, the car tel fora general exchange of prisoners of war was signed, between Major Gen. D. H. Hill, in behalf of the. Confederate States, and Major Gen. John A. Dix, in behalf of the United States. By theteims of that cartel it was stipulated that all prisoners of war hereafter taken shall be discharged on parole till exchanged. Scarcely had that, cartel been signed’ when the military authorities of the United States commenced a practice, changing the character of the war from such as be comes civilized nations into a campaign of indiscriminate robbery and mur der. The General Order issued by tbe Sec- etary of War of the United States, in the city of Washington, on the very day that the cartel was signed in Virginia, di rects the military commanders of the Uni ted States to take the private property of our people for the convenience and use of their armies without compensation; the General Order issued by Maj. Gen- Pope, on the 23d of July, the day after the sign- of the cartel, directs the murder of our peaceful inhabitants, as spies, found quiet ly tilling their farms in his rear, and even outside of his lines; and one of his Briga dier Generals, Steinwehr, has seized upon innocent and peaceful inhabitants to be held as hostages, to the end that they may be murdered in cold blood if any of his [ soldieis are killed by some unknown per sons whom he designates as “bushwhack ers.” Under this state of facts, this Govern ment has issued the enclosed General or der (No. 54) recognizing Gen. Pope and his commissioned officers to be in tbe posi tion which they have chosen for themselves that of robbers and murderers and not that of public enemies entitled, if captur ed, to be considered as prisoners of war. We find ourselves driven by ou» enemies by steady progress towards a practice which w-e abhor, and which we are vainly striving to avoid. Some of the military au thorities of the Unitod States seem to sup pose that better success will at:end a sav age war in wriiich no quarter is to be given and no age or sex to be spared, than has hitherto been secured by such Hostilities as are recognized to be lawful by civilized man in modern times. For tbe present we renounce our right of retaliation on the innocent, and shall continue to treat the private enlisted sol diers in Gen. Pope’s army as prisoners of war. But if after notice to the Govern ment at Washington of our confining our tepressive measures to the punishment on ly, of the commissioned officers who are willing participants in these crimes, these savage practises are contin ued, we shall be reluctantly forced to the last resort of accepting the war on tbe terms chosen by our foes, until the out rage of a common humanity forces a re- pect for the recognized rules of war. While thesefacts would justify onr reso lution to rescind the generous cartel by which we have consented to liberate an excess of thousands of prisoners held by us beyond the number held by the enemy, a sacred regard to plighted faith, shrinking from the mere semblance of breaking a promise, prevents our resort to this ex tremity, nor do we desire to extend to any other forces of the enemy the punishment merited alone by Gen. Pope and such commissioned officers as chose to partici pate in the execution of liis infamous or ders. You are therefore instructed to commun icate to tlie Commander in Chief of the army of the United States the contents of this letter, and a copy of the enclosed General Order, to the eud that he may be notified of our intention not to consider any officers hereafter captured from Gen. Pope’s army as prisoners of war. Very respectfully, yours, &c., (Signed) Jefferson Davis To Gen. R. E. Lee, Commanding, &c„ WesPern & Atlantic (State) Railroad. Atlanta lo Chattanooga, J38 Miles, Fare $6 00 JOHN S. ROWLAND. Suit. Passenger Train. Leave Atlanta at 7 30 P. M; Arrive at Chattanooga at 4 57 A. M. Leave Atlanta at 4 00 A. M. Arrive at Chattanooga at 5 15 P. M. Accommodation Passenger Train. Leave Atlanta 2 40 P. M, Arrive at Kingston 6 57 P. M. Leave Kingston 4 30 A. M. Arrive at Atlanta 8 45 A.M. This Road connects each way with the Rome Branch Railroad at Kingston, the East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad at Dalton, and the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad at Chattanooga. July 29, 1862. 10 «-