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MILLEDGEYILLE, GEORGIA, TIE SPAY, SEPTEMBER *2, 1862.
[NUMBER 15.
JA>
COlWTLMi HOl’SL CALENDAR, 1862.1 TREASURY DEPARTMENT, CS.A.
~~~ ~ ——- r r I SseoND Auditor’s OfpicE.
'-1ANL, iSAYia Richmond, June 24, iSti2.
REGULATIONS
Forthe Payment of Claims fur Arnarsof
Fail ihtc to Deceased Soldiers Per Act
402. Approved February 1*3, IM>2.
The first section of the Act is as
follows. “The Congress of tiie Con
federate States of America do enact.—
That the pay and allowances due to
any deceased volunteer, non-commis
sioned officer, musician or private, in
the Army of the Confederate States
shall be paid to the widow of the
deceased, if living; and it not. t-o the
children, if any; and in default of
widow or children, to the farther
i 2 3 4 if living, and if not to. the mother o;
i r» 14 is is!? i's : such deceased volunteer;”
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Disbanding Hunters A igro Brigade in
S oith Carolina•—The Northern papers
Kiciimoiiii Go^ip.
‘Hermes’ of the Charleston Courier, wri-
ive the following account ot the dis- Get'Prince a'short, stout-bAilt fellow
banding of the mkro brigade raised at —good looking and pert. He an! all his
Port Royal, S. (p, by Gen. HENTER : comrades do not compensate the loss of
Gen. Winder-nephew of the commandant
of this city, and one of the best officers in
the service. It is rumored there has been
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The subject of a Confederate Navy is
almost ignored by the President in his
Message. No mention is ‘made of the
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BOOK-BINDING.
The Subscriber is now pre
pared to do Sook-Sind-
ing', in ail its branches.
- Old Books rebound. Ac.
MUSIC bound in the best style. Blank Hooks
manufactured t& order. Prompt attention will be
given to all work ent-.usted to me.
S. J. KIDD.
ltindery in Southern Frdcrnl l ltiot. Offirc.
Milledgeville, March 19th, 1561. 45
§ i
IWRT CALLENDER FOR 1862.
SITPES.IOK. COUNTS.
loss oi Nor
of lire Nlerrimae, the
kansas. The fall oi N
was a naval event, is
termitted. But these
should stimulate Con
etibrts for t
It will not no touepej
vessel at Savannah
Mobile, in the James ri
other point; as was done a
reiving ur
Rouge", in
aru, or
Ar-
rhieh
pre-
licli
oled-
»•
avy.
pgle
at
at any
Norfolk, in
n the Merrimac, or at Baton
rusting exclusively to the
JANUARY.
2 i Monday, Chatham.
‘ *Flovd
'1st Mu
JULY
lav, Flo
AtGU
:1st .Monday Lu
2d 51 mdav. C..:
Monda
k.-.
311
W»
!4tk Mondav. Ba
Ja<
31.>l
Pau
Wa!
ThusJav after. P
SEPTE3IBER.
1st JJondav, Applirg
CSattoog
Uherok.i
rford
SOU
FEBRUARY.
1st Monday. Clark
" t Lumpkin
3d 3Ionday, Campbell
Dawson
3d Mondav, Forsyth
Polk
. Glascock
31 .-rriwetker
Walton
4tb Mouday, Baldwin
Jackson
Monroe
Paulding
Taliaferro
Waiker
MARCH.
1st Thursday, i'iertse
let Monday. Appling
Chattooga
Cherokee
Coweta
Columbia
Crawford
Gwinnett
Madison
Marion
3Iorgan
2d Monday, Butts
Bartow
Coffee
Elbert
F ayett
Greene
Pickens
Washington
Webster
31 Monday, Cobbt
Calhoun
Hall
Hart
Heard
Macon
Newton
Talbot
Tattnal
Wa* e
7 jrsuay after W kite
1 -iday after. Bulloch
•h Jlonday, Clinch
Putnam
Rabun
Chattahoochee
Lee
Twiggs
Wilkes
Johnson
Milton #
Thursday after Ilal>ersham ter the 4th ; Eehois
4*iiThursday, 31o!itgomery Mondav ^
Mondav 4 Kr Lois OCTOBER.
Ar!
01 tw
macs
have
.—T
•ral p
[Od Monday. Butts
Bartow
Coffee
Elbert
Fayette
Greene
Gwinnett
Pickens
Washington
Webster
3d Monday, Cobb-
Calhoun
Hall
Hart
Heard
Macon
Newton
Talbot
j Ware
• Bulloch
Thursday after White
' ,*th Monday, Clinch
Putnam
CUattah(K»chee
Bee
Twiggs
Wilkes
Johnson
Milton
Rabun
Thursday after Habersham
Monday af-}
tore, i
a nipt o
, er
let ion k
we had
Monitors and Galena
been brought to bean
there had been twov
kansas on the Mi-'iv-
if there had been a flu
cy which die-
i singlevt*ssel
u!d have die-
each instance
ad two Merri-
tads, Norfolk could
ite of Huger; and
ided against all tile
is that could' have
: by the enemy. II
■ssids like the Ar-
i»pi. much more,
t of them, not on-
ana pay
ment will be made accordingly.
1st* If the child or .children be
minor, payment will be made to the
guardian, upon the production of the
[ proper certificate, under the seal of the
j Court.
. 2d. The claiming heir must produce
' his order affidavit, and that of one
I disinterested person, stating t he rela
tionship, and that their is no other
person entitled to claim. For instance:
it the claimant be a Mother, the affida-
lit must state that there is living nei
ther Wife, child or Father of the
dect^i’sed; if the Father, that there
is neithbr child or wife : and it the
Chihl that there is no wife. The
Magistrate administering the oath
should certify to the credibility of th
witness, and the Clerk of the Court
should certify, under the seal, that he
is such a magistrate.
-3d, These regulations do not applv
to commissioned officers, expect when
the amount due floes not exceed one
hundred dollars, and there is no admin
istration.
Lir'Chiims prepared in compliance
with the foregoing instructions, and
transmitted to this Office by mail, or
otherwise, will receive as prompt at
tention as the business of the Office
will allow.
W. II. ,S. TAYLOR, Auditor.
Comptroller's < )ffice, June -J4 1
1 concur in and approve the above.
LEWIS HUGER, Comptroller.
The negro brigade, organized by
Gen. Hunter, hat proved an unmitga-
ted failure. Oijt of eight hundred
contrabands on the muster roll, there
were some five hundred who “skedad
dled,’’ and many of tie remainder felt
so uneasy under military control and ;
disoipiine, that they watched for
opportunities to escape. On Saturday j
afternoon last a rumor prevailed around ,
Hilton Head that the famous negro
brigade would be Disbanded that;
afternoon. The rumoi of the disband- ;
incut proved correct, fiv General Hun
ter had dispatched an Adjutant and
several officers to Elliott’s plantation,
were the brigade was in camp.
(>n the arrival of these officers their
more lighting and more prisoners taken,
but nothing is certainly known. The pub
lic is anxious to see what Dr. Davis is go
ing to do with the captured commissioned
officers.
As was expected, the fiat has gone forth
for drafting at the North. How will it
work ! The Yankees hope that its effect
will he to bring into the recruiting offices
the hundreds and thousands of foreigners
who have been holding back for the boun
ties that will be paid to substitutes, and
this hope is not altogether vain. But it is
hard to get as many as BOO.000 substi
tutes. ,Say the average price will be
S500; that will be a hundred and fifty
millions of dollars—rather a heavy sum to
come out of Doodle’s sensative pockets.—
purpose soon spread through the camp, Conscription may bring the men, but be
creating the wildest juv among the sure it will bring trouble with it. It is a
“soldiers.” The fragmettarv remnant I ste P towards peace,
of the brigade soon fell Ipto line, and \ The Philadelphia Inquirer, in an article
were offieialy disbanded. They were j ° u negotiation lets the cat out of the bag
i r , j i* , by admittiucr that people are talking about
delighted, but not more so than the t jf e subject ft . It is a difficult one, as a
white troops. The ex-soldiers rushed
to and fro, and were soon busy in ma
king preperations for their homes in
Beaufort and other places.
The discharged negro regiment was
styled the
♦
na volunteer:
declar-
two bites a
things by 1
all itsnotoi
despair ol
perfectly a
ly would Baton Rouge have been re
gained, but New Orleans and Memphis
also, and the Mississippi would have
been cleared of the enemy.
Tiie Navy Department has from the
. itteu t;.;■ mSt;,k.- of taking )
lerry. Its attempt to do
' has been tiie source oi
disasters. We must not
*ss on the water. It is
attainable, it only we adopt
means lor securing success,
j The first great desideratum is a man of
j brains, purpose and enterprise at the
{ head of the Aiavy Department. Such a
j Secretary, with boldness to take all re-
> spousibiiity, and to push his measures
j through every obstacle, would soon re-
j vive the hopes of the country in that
, arm of the service, and put the Confed-
' eracy in a condition to withstand the
i powerful Navv of the North. The ques-
1 tion of maritime success, in tiiis day- of
j steam and steamers, is a men? question
I of money, not of training or experience
in seafaring life. It is simply a matter
of expenditure ; and the valje, the ne-
! cessitv of a powerful Navy, lenders all
idea <»f®o ;t secondary tothemlin object.
We can never regain New, Orleans,
we can never re-occupy Temlpssee and
hold Memphis, we cannot reasonable
expect to preserve Charlestoi am’
APRIL.
1-: X 2d Mon. Carroll
. : Monday. Dooly
Franklin
Emannel
Early
Fulton
G< 'rdtn
Pik.
Taylor
Warren
Wiikiuaon
i imrstl’y after Banks*
2d Monday, Hancock
Richmond
, Harris
Laurens
Miller
Sumt'-r
Tncsilay after. McIntosh
34 Monday, Giviin
Haralson
Henry
Jones
Liberty
Mnrray
■ < Ijrlethorpe
Pulaski
Stewart
Monday Wurth
after * 'Bryan
!tb Monday.Wayu-
Decatur
i itKaib
Houston
Jasper
Lincoln
Schley
Wliitfietd
Wilcox
Friday after. Telfair
• • Camden
Tiiursday after. Irwin
Monday “ Berrien
Charlton
1st M.
MAY
'relay. Clayton
Emanuel
Franklin
Early
Fulton
1 Ulmer
Gordon
Taylor
Warren
Wilkinson
Ptke
'Thursday alter Banks
'2d Monday. Fannin
Richmond
Hancock
Harris
Laurens
Jf iUer
Sumter
3d Jlor:ur.y. Gh rtn
Haralson
I • Henry
Jones
Murray
< tcletliorpe
Pulaski
.Stewart
Union
W.rth
Thursday after Towns
Thursday I Montgomery
<■
1th Monday, Wayne
Decatur
DeKalb
Houston
Jasper
Lincoln
Schley
Tattnall
WhitS.ld
Wilcox
Friday after. Telfair
Camden
Thursday after. Irwin
Mondsr after CUhrlton
NOVEMBER.
1st Monday, Berrien
sa
vannah, without a Navy. Tie hulks
of two dozen gunboats ought now to
be on the stocks at Richmond; and as
many more at each of a score of other
places iu different parts ol the Confed
eracy. Put the right man instead of the
wrong one in the Navy Department,
and we might raise the liloekade in a
year.
This question <tf raisingthe blockade
Las become a serious one. We have
been depending on Europe to perform
tiie task for us. Happily that hope is
aorta. We can only expect to raise the
blockade by our own enterprise. Suc
cess in the -undertaking would repay
the expenses vt it, however great, ten
times over. A Navy is as important to.
-us as a new army.
[ Richmond Examiner.
liail lotion sind Tobacco Npeculntion.
We Irave iieforc us the Louisville Dem
ocrat: of the ‘id August. It coutains an j merits of our glorious old
account of the destruction at that place on , J)av attributed more
the evening previous of the steamer Com-
•which is described as the
Gilmer
Randolph
Up*,-i
2d Monday, Catoosa *
Jefferson
Cliatlmm
Fannin
Mitel,<11
M uscogee
1 Monday, Bibb
Burke
Qnittman
Spalding
Troup
Union
Baker
7 arsday after Towns
I Monday, Dade
Terrell
List Mondav, Colquitt
JUNE.
lot Monday, Lowndes
Dougherty
id Monday, Brooks
< ’lav
W Monday, Thomas
modore Perm/, I
“most terrible accident which it has * been
forced to chronicle for years.” I he steam-
ri collapsed a fine and immediately caught
| ihe. The passengers were all at the sup-
; per table. Many jumped overboard a»» ( l
were drowned." Others were blown into
the river, killed by the concussion, &c.
The destruction of life and property is de-
i scribed as terrific. .
r J liis steamer Lad just landed at Louis
1 ville that morning, and was in the act of
proceeding on to Cincinnati—its destine-
j [ion. It had just returned from a trip
down the Cumberland River into Tennes-
! see, and was heavily laden with oOO bales
I cotton and a large amount of tobacco sto-
i len on the trip, it was considered a suc
cessful venture, and the owners of the car
go, Messrs. Guthrie &*Co.. of Louisville,
Mon.afu*r Liberty.ijryan were in high clecover the laige ])i e t icy
(it Monday E JX^plurty ! « cre SOOD to rei ‘ lizC 0Ut ° f ^ °'
Lowndes
kid MondayJBrook.q
Clfty •
girl 3Iondny Tm-iba*
Kffincrhaitt
Randolph
L’pi'on
2<1 Monday,) afooxa
Jpfforwra
Mitchell
31 i;-cogee
3d Monday, HID
Burke
(Jniiiman
Spalding
Tmup
Baker
Utli Monday, Dad-
' Terrell
Thursday after. M<-Intosfc
Monday “ Colquitt
Lib-
From the Enqrfirer.
Messrs. Editors:—“A Soldier”calls
the attention of the authorities, in
your issue of the loth inst., to the
propriety of another national fast. To
this every Christian heart in the com
munity can give but one response.—
The Capital of our. Confederacy was
saved by the prayers of the church :
no reverent and observant mind can
doubtthis. Has our country ever seen
a darker day than the period of our
last national fast? How gloriously
since then have we been delivered from
the hands of our enemies. Our thanks
are due to Him who “taught our hands
to war, and our fingers to fight, and
gave courage to our valiant men to
drive back the army of the alien.” If
we have any success in the future, it
is through Him alone we are to look
for it. Let us not be classed with
those who “receive not because they
ask not.” We have acknowledged God
iu our Constitution as the Supreme
Ruler of nations ; let us neverforget as
a nation, to lift up our voices unto
Him “in all times of our prosperity,
and in all time of our adversity.” It
chiefly becomes us so to do now, when
we are struggling for our very exis
tence. The insolent government
which threatens our extermination is
gathering its mighty host for the pur
pose of desolating our fair land and
1 laying waste our possessions. We
tnay well say in the words ofJeliosa-
phat of old, when he proclaimed a fast
under similar circumstances: “We
have no might against this great com
pany that cometh against us, neither
know we what to do, but our eyes are
upon thee.” May the lifting up of
our hands be an acceptable sacrifice,
and the response be to us as to Him :
“Stand still and see the salvation of
the Lord,” and the day of our deliver
ance us perfect and as triumphant as
that granted to the chosen people of
God on this occasion.
I I thank’God that many of our rulers
j and officers and leaders are Chris-
j tian men—men who fear God and
1 work righteousness. The signal suc-
J cess which has attended the move-
‘Stonewali”
than to any
other one cause
unceasing prayers, which are testified
to be those who surround him. The
honored head of our noble young
Confederacy, who received the trust
of a nation’s welfare with earnest
invocations to God for a blessing on
his “country and its cause,” has called
upon his people again and again to join
with him and with each other in sup
plications for our deliverance. May
we hear from him again the order to
fall down as otic per>pie upon our knees
before Him who has said “Call upon
me in theday of trouble, T will deliver
thee, uud thou slialt glorify me.”
Albemarle.
the construction
kets.
glance at the map and a moment’s reflec
tion in regard to the interests at stake vvill
show. Euless we can dictate our own
terms, will we ever be satisfied ? W hat
will satisfy the North, holding as it does so
1st regiment Mouth Caroii- I much of onr territory and so many forts in
, ,i our waters ?
and, on being disband-1 r! u v, ,• in- , - • ,
i he. like ot peddling that is carried on
in the city you can hardly conceive. Ev
ery boy, every old negro woman, and al
most every other body who can procure a
few bruised apples, or peaches, or peas, a
stick or twist of candy, three mean segars,
a plug and a half of bad tobacco, a news
paper, a pie, or anything else, immediate
ly establishes a shelf in a hole in the wall,
or a table on the shady side of the street,
and goes to peddling. I saw a negro boy
yesterday, with a bottle tied to a long
e»l, were furnished with paper
ing them free forever, and also their |
wives and children'.
The vast number of contrabands
brought trorn Edisto andStono, togeth-
er with those imported from George- j
town, has made some provision for ]
their employment necessary. They j
are. accordingly, to be instructed in J
tin 1 fine arts, so far as they relate to 1
of tubs and bas-
string, fishing water out of an unfinished
well and sellin-- a drink for five cents.
Ax Incident.—About the time Gen
eral Banks left the Valley to evade the
hot pursuit of Stonewall Jackson,
three \aukees we r to the farm of Mr.
Crane, sheriff of Jeftevsoii county, and
deman ed a favorite horse. Mr. C.
refused to comply with the demand,
when the thieves went to the stable
and took the horse out, but that gen
tleman, determined not to surrender
his horse without a struggle, shot one
of the marauders, wounding him ser-
verely. The other two left the prem
ises hurriedly, but soon returned
strongly reinforced, and after capturing
Mr. Crane fired his barn, containing
about 1,‘JOO bushels of wheat, and his
corn crib with 200 barrels of corn.—
Mr. C. was taken first to Harper’s Fer
ry, where he was closely imprsioned
in the engine house of John Brown no
toriety, and from thence sent to Balti
more for trial before General Dix. Af
ter hearfngtbe testimony, that officer
said, “Mr. Crane, I ought to hang
you.” “What for?” asked Mr. C.
“Why, for not killing them all, if you
could,” was the General’s reply and
Mr. Crane was released and sent
home.
[ llichmond Despatch.
A Bold Protest from Maryland.
The Annapolis (Aid.,) Gazette, here
tofore the organ of Administration par
ty in the Gth Congressional district,
speaking of the late prounciamento of
President Lincoln to the Border States
Congressmen, delivers itself as fol
lows :
But the most singular features of
the address is a vague and timid allus
ion to the iAbolition pressure brought
to bear upon the President, and his
evident conviction that the destruction
of slavery iu the Border States would
be a sufficient sop to the Abolition
Cerberus. Give the dogs that bone,
and they will readily furnish men to
push further South; doubtless, in
the hope of freeing more negroes.—
Conversely, we suppose, if they do
not get what ’ they demand, no
more means will be furnished for
the prosecution of the war.
This is our interpretation of the
President’s meaning. If it be correct,
we should like to know if such a hu
miliating speech has ever before come
from the White House? And is it not
an absolute and positive declaration
that the war is for the negro, and not
for the restoration of the Union : that
From the Jcckson Mississippian, Aug. 12.
Adiirrsu ol l.m. Breckenrid^e to li i*
Troop**.
Headquarters in the field, j
Camp near Comite River. >
August Gtli, lS6g. }
To the Officers and Soldiers under my Com
mand.
I desh-e to express to you briefly my
sense of your gallant conduct in the late
operatious. Baton Rouge, from the char
acter of the ground, could not be taken
and held while the enemy commanded
the river. Accordingly, the Arkansas
was to engage the gunboats, mortar boats
and floating battery, while you were to
whip the enemy on land. Unfortunate
ly the machinery of the Arkansas became
so much injured that she could not reach
the scene of action. Your part of the
woik was nobly done.
After marching all night through a
country destitute of water you attacked
an enemy superior to you in number, ad
mirably posted and supported by the fire
of their fleet, you forced them, from their
positions; taking prisoners and several
flags; killing and wounding inanj^; destroy
ing most of their camps, and large quan
tities of public stores; and driving them
to the bank of the river under cover of the
guns of their fleet. 1’he inability of the
Arkansas to reach the scene of conflict,
prevented the victory from being complete I
hut you have given the enemy a severe I
and salutary lesson. I Tompert, Charles Ripley, Nat. Wolfe, W
And now those whoso lately were rava- j F< Bullock and Lewis F. Harvie.
ging and plundering this region, do not dare xJ pon t}ie i 7th of April, after the fall of
to extend their pickets beyond sight of their Fort Sumter, this Central Committee is-
• sued an address to the people of the State,
You have proved again, what lias been g rst distinctly and officially proclaiming
so oiten demonstrated in this i\ai that the nnli<*v of nrmprl nnitmla„ nnfl <l<*plnr-
soldiers of the Confederate States, fight-
and of their spirit of resistance to oppres
sion like his, must have been low indeed.
The sequel to his career, as well as the
sequel to the career of all such; of Butler,
and l’ope, and Stoinwelir; proves, and will
prove, how terribly deceived he was, as
will be officers of his stamp; to whom the
laws of God and mail appear to be un
known, or aie deliberately disregarded.
When our readers peruse the Y'ankee ac
count of McCook’s death which we lay
before them, let them remember the ty
rant iu his day power, and rejoice at liis
fate. And should it prove true that tie
enemy have “retaliated,'' as they term Jt,
by killing and executing unoffending citi
zens, prisoners, or not bearing arms, let no
more of their officers or men be treated as
prisoners of war, but let all whom tltay
capture be hung as high as “Hainan” was
for the buzzards to fatten upon.
From die Richmond Enquirer.
KcuIucUt!—ThcFoliry ol nrim-d Xrulanliii.
Gentlemen: The Union party of Ken
tucky was formed by a coalition of the
Bell and Douglas parties, first brought in
to co-operation on the 8th of January,
18GI—when both parties met in State
Conventions in tjie city of Louisville. The
two Conventions met as distinct bodies, in
separate halls; hut they appointed joint
committees of conference on resolutions
and adopted the same series, word for
w**rd. Prominent among the members
of the Douglas Convention were Hon.
Charles A. Wickliffe, President of the
Convention, and now member of Ihe Fed-
al Congress, John H. Harney, editor of the
“Louisville Democrat,” and at present
representative in the State Legislature
from Jefferson county; Hon. Archie Dix
on, late United States Senator, and others;
while conspicuous in the Bell Convention
wern Hon. Garrat Davis, present United
States Senator; Hon. George A. Robertson,
lion. Joshua F. Bell, Hon. W. H. A\ ads-
worth, now representative in the Feder
al Congress, Hon. Jas. S. Jackson, also
representative in the Federal Congress,
and Brigadier General in the Federal ar
my, the editors of the Louisville Journal
and other active leaders of the party. The
resolutions adopted endorsed the Critten
den amendments, opposed coercion, advo
cated the formation of a middle or central
Confederacy, and declared “ that the peo
ple of Kentekv are oppose to a Union to
l»e maintained by standing armies and held
together by the sword. Such a Union
was not such a one as our fathers made,
and not worth being preserved.” Public
meetings of the people were at once called
in all parts of the State, and heartily en
dorsed these resolutions.
The Legislature was convened in spe
cial session, upon proclamation of the
Governor in January.
At this session the House of Represen
tatives, upon motion of Mr. Ewing, and I
think, by a vote of ninety to six in res
ponse to the resolutions of certain North
erii States offering to support the Federal
Government with men and money, declar
ed,
“That Kentucky would resist the pol
icy of coercion by the Federal Govern
ment with the last man, and to the last
extremity.”
Towards the close of the session the
Bell and Douglas members met in joint
caucus, adopted a common organization
under the title of the Union Democratic
party, upon the basis of the 8th January
resolutions, and appointed a Union State
Central Committee, located at the city of
Louisville, and consisting of W. H. David
son (declined the appointment, and George
D. Prentice subsequently nominated to-the
vacancy by the Committee,) John H. Har
ney, Hamilton Pope, James Speed, P,
in among other things, “the policy of co
ercion wild and suicidal, threatening to
drench the land in fraternal blood and dis
solve the Union irretrievably in the crim
son tide,” “that the soil of Kentucky was
and should be maintained inviolate from
the hostile tread of either section, and to
that single purpose the authorities of the
State were called upon to at once efficient
ly arm the State;” that whenever the war
! were soon .
their cotton-stealing expediii“n ; hut just
as the delicious draft’was being raised to
their lips, it was dashed to the ground.
May bold* three week*, if necessary, at each No doubt they thought hard of it, jut
term. : n o are not sorry—only for the .women and
-Judffe not required to draw Jurors for two J children and innocent horses wh(> lost their
we-k*i: and not obliged to hold two weeks’ Court ■ j, , . tJ ex0 sion.—Confederacy.
in counties of Cobb and Lutmikin. J 1
the President is opposed to such a
inoie man tu uuv i jj but i s obliged to adopt it ?
to his fervent and , j r ,. ad the seeming riddle it. no
other way. And, if ovr reading be
correct we have no hesitation in expressing
the hope that the days of the Republic arc
number'd. JVe wish to hear of no more
slaughters of thousands astm offering to the
Moloch of a petty and contcmptablcfanatic
ism. Be wish no longer to• hear ram
ing in a just cause, are superior to their en-
ernie’s.
John C. Breckinridge.
Maj. Gen. Commanding.
Official: John A. Buckner A. A. G.
TIm* Yankee General .TieCook.
It seems that it was the Y'ankee Gener
al McCook, not his brother, Col. McCook;
whom retributive justice recently overtook upon the part of the Federal Government
iu North Alabama, when he was slain by should assume the aspect of a war for the
our gallant partizan rangers there. The overrunning and subjugation of the sece-
Yankee account of it, taken from the “Phil- i ding States by the full assertion therein
adelphia Inquirer,” one of the most noto- of the Federal jurisdiction by a standing
rious of the lying sheets published at the military force, Kentucky will unsheathe
North, settles the identity of the individual the sword in what will then have become
killed, while, at the same time, it gives a . the common cause.” This address and
whinning. lying account of the manner in ! the policy of neutrality therein enuncia-
which the brutal officer met his death, ted was at once adopted as the platform of
Our readers will find the account . the Union Democratic party. Its princi-
of it in another column of to-day’s pa- 1 pies and declarations seemed at once to
p er . ; strike a key note of the popular feeling, and
This General McCook had become noto- they everywhere met with the enthnsias-
rious for liis brutality to, and tyranny ov- [ tic ratification of the people assembled in
er, the citizens of Nashville—we mean the j public county meetings. The State Legis-
loyal citizens of that place, men and wo- j lature, by the almost unanimous vote of
men, who were forced by circumstan- * both houses, at the called sessions in May
ces to remain there when the enemy took
possession of that city. It was liis vain
boast that he would subdue them, and
would force them to become traitors to the
South, to their own homes and firesides, or
he would crush, them under the heel of liis
iron despotism. It was ho who, on a mem
orable occasion, said ton venerable clergy
man, whom lie. was persecuting with hellish
malignity, “ Your people shall submit, sir
or they shall all b- pctemiinated. I AM
YOUii MASTER/ AND YOU ARE
MY’SLAVE!” Hiving for weeks cxer-
GEOKOIA, Bulloch County.
To all vhom it may concern.
V*THEREAS, Uriah M Braoncn, administrator on
T V tin- e^tuti of Kim,in, Marnca, lute ol .--ni<l county,
ilecewe'l, applies to me for letter* of diamisuion from
suid administration.
These are therefore to cite and admonish nil per
sons concerned, to be and appear at my office within
the time prescribed by law, to show cause, H any they
have, why said letters should not be granted,
Given uniler my hand officially this 24th day ol
June, 1803.
6 m6m. WILLIAM LEE, Sen., Ord’y.
boasting of the strength ofour institutions.— cised his brutal tyranny there,—casting in-
L' t them perish, and let the vast ruins be a : t0 prison women and defenceless men, and
perpetual proof that men ate little better “tfierwise exhibiting the spirit of a fend
1 1 j., ! rather than that ot a soldier and man,
"'f ""ft. w a g ordored from that city into the
Our langu.ge may be deemed tooj eount where he ouly {ound new an d
strong; but we have expressed our; extended fields for oppression, ra-
convictious in the premises. And : pj De , and slaughter. These cruelties he
these convictions are none the less j exercised, not over an army that opposed
firm because of the fact that we j his march, but over, in every instance, and
uncompromisingly advocate emancipa- in a d instances, unarmed* unorganized,
tion in Maryland. We advocate it 1 peaceable citizensmf Tennessee and North
because we’Uliev. it will be of im- r ? ‘‘f'TJ'l J
mence advantage to the State. But £ Jomes were conB igncd to the flames; and
we are not prepared to do that or any fields were made desolate. Women were
other act at the nod oi crazy fanatics, ; iusulted and outraged, and men were inal*
who profess to prefer the destruction , treated and consigned to prison*. Did he
of the country *to the exintaiK-e of slav- hope to escape in his savage career? If he
ery.
did, then his estimate of Southern men,
aud June, re-affirmed neutrality astheset-
tled policy of the State in various bills and
resolutions passed at these sessions. The
Union candidates for seats in the Border
States Convention at the special election
in April, and in Congress at the special
election in June, and in the Legislature
at the regular election in August, adopted
the principles of the address as their plat
form before the people, and every form of
of public and private committal pledged
themselves as public men and gentlemen
to their honest support. The Union press
of the state universally did the same thing
aud urged the election of the Union candi
dates purely upon this basis. The Gov
ernor, Magoffin, by public proclamation is
sued in 31 ay or June, also declared neu
trality to he the fixed policy of the State
and warned both the Federal and Confed
erate Governments against any violation of
it by invasion of its soil for any purpose
whatever. The Kentucky delegation in the
Border State Convention, which assembled
in Frankfort in the latter part of May con
sisting of the Hons. John J. Crittenden,
C. A. Wickliffe, James Guthrie, Charles
S. 3Iorehead, Archie Dixon, James F.
Robinson, J. F. Bell, G. W* Dunlap, R. K.
Williams, R. Richardson, and one or two
others, whose names I do not now remem
ber, in an adddress to the people of the
State, strongly urged upon them the adop
tion of tie same policy, and in the most
absolute and unqualified terms, pledged
themselves to its support. At first the
leaders of the Southern-Rights party were
disposed to scout tne doctrine of neutrality,
aud rally their party in opposition to it
upon a basis of pure secession. But find
ing the policy overwhelmingly popular
with the mass ot the people, the greater
part of them gradually acquiesced in amH
finally ceased all opposition to it. so that!
it soon*became the recognized platformJ
and policy of all parties in' the State. A"
few bold Secessicuists repudiated and
scoffed at the policy from the beginning, as
a mere sham and cowardly subterfuge,
while on thejother hand, a small number of
as bold unconditional Union men freely de
nounced it as but rebellion and treason in
disguise. But the great body of the peo
ple, leaders and all, gladly accepted it as
a present, if not not permanent, escape
from the perplexities of their situation
and the horrors of a neighborhood civil
war. At the samo time the almost uni
versal impression among all classes of cit
izens was that the Federal government
would not long continue to respect the at
titude of the State an4 that Kentucky
would thus, by the violation of its neu
trality by the North, be forced into the war
and compelled to make common cause with
with the other States of the South against
common aggresssion upon the rights of all.
No one ever dreamed for an instant that
the South would willfully violate the neu
trality of the State in any contingency, or
that Kentucky would ever take part in the
war against the slave States, and with this
impression, in this expectation and with
these pledges from the Union candidates
the entire Union ticket for Congress, and
the great majority of tha Union candidates,
for the State Legislature, were elected by
almost overwhelming majorities. With
out these pledges, most solemnly made and
oft repeated it is more than questionable
whether they any, or at all events many
of them would ever have been elected by
the people to scats in either body. How
they violated their pledges, betrayed their
trust, abandoned neutrality and wickedly
embarked the State in the war upon the
South, will form the subject of another
communication.
Kentuckian.
From the North.—From the latest North
ern papers received we get some interes
ting news. The clerks in the State De
partment at YVasnington under 4o are,
upon the “recommendation” of Secretary
Seward, furnishing substitutes forthe war.
Brigadier Gen. Casey Las been appointed
to receive the new troops at Washington.
Senator Chandler has contributed §1,000
to the prosecution of the war. Gen. Frank
Patterson, of Philadelphia, is under arrest
(by 3IcClellan’s, order) for not holding
Malvern Hill in the recent skirmishing
there. Col. Corcoran and other releas
ed Federals had arrived iu Washington. An
Irish regiment has been authorized in
Hamilton county, Ohio, to be called the
“Corcoran Avengers. The Washington
Chronicle gives an editorial on the fact that
persons from Maryland are annoying vis
itors at Northern watering places by “Dix
ie” and “Maryland.” The fight in Taze
well, Va., is said to have resulted in the
capture of 212 wagons of forage by the
Federals but they lost “ the knapsacks of
two regiments.” The Federals are enroll
ing the citizens of Alexandria, Va., The
“rebel” steamer 3Iercadetta was adverti
sed to leave Lendon on the 15th inst. CoP
Turchin charged with numerous barbaritiei
in northern Alabama, been acquainted.
Ketiiliation on Filch.
The Adjutant General of the Confeder
ate Army has issued the following or
der:
Adj’t. and Insp’r Gen’r Office. ♦
Richmond, Aug. 20, 1862- j
General Orders. No. 59.
1. Whereas information has been receiv
ed that certain peaceable citizens of the
Confederate States have been seized and
put to death by order of Gen. Fitch,
aommanding the army of the United States
which had invaded the State of Arkansas,
upon the ground that one of the said in
vading army had been shot by some un
known person, who, whatever his condition
had an unquestionable right to defend his
home; and whereas inquiry has been made
of the Government of the United States
as to the correctness of the said informa
tion, and whether the action of General
Fitch has the sanction of the said Govern
ment, to which inquiry the authorities of
the United States have refused to an
swer; and whereas our Government is
hereby driven in retaliatory measures as
the only means to * aI tect the lives of the
peaceable citizent’ the Confederate
States who may Jail into the hands of Gen
eral Fitch or any persons acting under his
authority.
It is hereby ordered that general officers
commanding troops of the Confederate
States shall tortlnqjfh ascertain and report
to the President whether such acts have
been committed, and upon being certified
thereof shall forthwith set apart, by lot,
from among any prisoners taken from the
army under the command of General Fitch,
a number of officers equal in number to
the persons who have been put to death as
aforesaid, and place them in close confine
ment for execution, at such time thereafter
as may be ordered by the President, and
shall regard the said General Fitch, if cap
tured, not as a prisoner of war hut place
him in confinement as a felon, until the
further order of the President.
By order. (Signed) S. Cooper.
Adjutant and Insp. General.
The FrdrrnlN on the I'pperHirer,
The reinforcements sent to McClellan,
on the Potomac, has left in the West only
a small portion of the Federal forces here
tofore engaged in the Ylississippi Valley.
We have information from the variou*
points between St. Louis and Cincinnati
and Memphis, reaching us directly through
a well intormed channel, which serves to
convince i s that their hold upon the river is
precarious, and that some of the import
ant positions might he captured hnd their
stores destroyed, by a few energetic move
ments which would require but little prep
aration and only a comparatively small
force.
At Paducah, Cairo, Bird’s Point Colum
bus and New Yladrid, the garrisons are
very small, numbering from one to three
hundred each. Island 10 has been aban
doned, and they are now engaged in mo
ving the guns. Fort Pillow is garrisoned
by a considerable force, and Memphis by
only five or six thousand. Is there not
an opportunity offered to successfully ac
complish on the river what 3[organ did in
Central Kentucky? At Cairo; Paducah
and Columbus the quantity of supplies
gathered is immense—several millions of
dollars worth at the latter place alone.
The prize is tempting, and the country
would honor the brave spirit who would
snatch it.—Memphis Appeal.