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lUcc£l)cklii Constitutionalist.
BY JAMES GARDNER
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
ftptt'&l Correspondence of lU ConHitut onalift.
Milledgkvillb, Ga Dee. 10, 1812.
HOUSE.
In tbe House this morning the aetion of the
fiovee in refusing to concur in tbe Senate amend
went to lake a recess after Saturday, was recon
sidered, and the resolution was concurred in.—
-So it is settled that the General Aasemoly will i
take a recess after Saturday until the fourth
Monday in April. Tbe vote was yeas 94, nays
40.
A bill to suppress the retail of spirituous
liquors was taken up. Mr. Tnrasber moved to
strike out the clause “exctpt upon tbe written
certificate of some practicing physician, Ac.,” !
which motion prevailed. Mr. Adums moved to |
confine the operations of the bill to Fulton county,
which was lost. Mr. Dußose offered a substitute
that licenses be granted uuder certain conditions
—consent of all persons within three miles, &?.
Mr. Adams moved to refer the bi;l and substitute
to special committee, lost. Mr. Adams moved
that the House adjourn until a quarter berfore 11 i
o’clock. The previous question was called, and
the vote on tbe substitute was ayes 52, nays $6.
The vote recurred on the original bill, and was
ayes t>s, nays 77.
On motion of Judge Cochran the bill for tbe 1
confiscation of the real estate of alien enemies
was made the special order for the first Friday j
after the fourth Wednesday in April next. ' ,
A resolution reau sting the Confederate Con
gress to make Treasury notes a Sega! tender was 1
adopted.
A bill for the relief of the soldiers : t. the ser
vice—authorizing the carpets in the State House
to be taken up and made into blankets, was taken
up and iost. It was urged that the carpets in
the chambers were necessary to prevent noise m
moving and walking. Mr’ Moore, of Tfcoinus,
made a gallant appeal in support of the b.ll. i
This measure was the result of a rtquest from
the ladies of the Relief Society here, to be per*
rai’tpd to us** tbe carpets for making blankets.
The ladies of the capital have, from the first, set
a coble example to their sex all over the State,
in their labors for the Idierg. Their concerts
this session have real . *d more than $1,009, and
large quantities of ctiling, prepared L;* their
ready fingers, have been sent forward.
Leave or absence was granted to*Mes?'-. Ttfem.
Blocs, and Moss.
The Senate amendment to tbe b ■! arp-plement
ary to an act to prevent the distillation*of gru'n,
w*a concurred in.
The House refused *o concur in ». Senate
amendment to a bill to prevent Small Pox. The
amendment proposed a vaccinating agen* a: a
-•alary of $1,500.
The House concurred in the Senate amendment
striking out the appropriation of SI,OOO for the
•tftate Treasurer for Clerk b;r?, and disagreed to
the amendment allowing the Ct ocptroller General 1
$1,500 for Clerk hire.
A bill to repeal the act reducing the tarries of
Judges was taken up and Jest—ayes 55, cars 7ti. !
I*llß is very singular legislation, ic connection
with the action of the House on the Appropria
tion bill, which provides that the Judges shall be I
paid tbe old salaries of $2,500 to Superior Court
Judges, and SI,OOO to Supreme Court Judges '
The bill to incorporate Castle Jiock Cou. Ccm*« i
puny, passed.
An act to amend the Revenue laws was taken
up, and pending i s discussion the House ad
journed to 3 o’clock, P. M.
The afternoon session was denied to the .•..•ns
aidt ration of the General Appropriation B j
HOUSE.
~r - , - * vWit„ ~. r ~
Loth Houses were in session *VDig hi. in tbe
House, tbe bill to incorporate the Empire State
Iron, Coal and Mining Company, which had betn
returned to t e Senate wi’L the Governor’* veto, I
I omitted to state that the Senate to day passed |
the bill over the veto by a constitutional majori
ty. The Governor’s Message was not read in the j
House, and Mr. Moore, of Thomas, rose to state
that he did not like to vote in the dark. Mem
bers intimated that it was some of the Governor’s
foolishness, and insisted on passing it, nolens !
Valerie. Judge CochraD explained iht LSture of
the bill, and the Governor’s objections, and sus
tained the motion to pass t. 'i’.ie ayes and nays
were called, and were 6S to £. The Governor :
refused to sign the hi)] on several grounds. It j
proposed to charter a manufacturing company,
which, by the Constitution, can only be done by
the Courts ; it contained more than one subject!
matter, granting the right to build a railroad
which wao not in the caption, and did cot con*- j
ta*n the personal liability clause, fbe points by
the Governor seem, therefore, well taken, and
were only overruled from a generous purpose to
grant lioeral privileges for tfie development of
our mineral interests.
A resolution wa* passed requesting the citi- !
*eDs of this State n «t to sue soidiqrs in the sera
vice. The House refused to accede to the Senate
amendment ol $3,00'..'. r "*o to the bill for the relief
of soldiers* fam.liee. and appointed a committee
of conference.
Tie appropriation b was taken up, and occ •»
pied the remainder of tbe night sessroL
SENATE
Tuesday,
The Senate to-night took up a number o's house
bills for a first aud second reading, and Senate
bills for a second reading.
Tne following bills were taken up for a third
reading.
A bill to extend the charter o: the .South Geor»
g»a A Florida Railroad Company. Passec.
A bill to make penal the furnishing : f persons
• confined in tne common jaiJs of the ''late wifi
apiritnons liquors- Passed.
The House bill allowing Clerks to tbe Comps
Iroller Genera, ond State Treasurer was tiiec
up. The clause allowing the Treasurer a Clerk
was stricken out and tne salary of the Comp
trollers Clerk fixed at $1,590, and the t .
passed.
The bill to prevent extortion was mi.de the
upeciiil order for Th ursday c«. xt.
The bill to exempt from military duty certain
State and municipal officers, was passed. The
Senate then adjourrsd ♦<» o’clock to»mcrrr.w.
Wednesday, Dec. 10th.
in xu* Senate, i L morning, the report of *Le
'ComaiiWe on the siice fraud against !fae Peni
tentiary, was taken up. and tbe testimony retd.
•On motion, fifty copies were ordered printed, and
"the report was laid over to the adjourned session.
A House bill to incorporate the Central Georgia
insurance Company, of Macon, passed.
A bill to make valid the sales of sheriffs and
thesr deputies in certain cases—rei&tee to absence
in tbe service—passed.
A bill to provide for tbe toxmg of cotton that
J»as passed cut of the producers’ OaDd—passea. 1
The Senate insisted upon its amendment of
$3,000,000 to the bill for tne relief of soldiers* j
families, and concurred :c the Hou-e resolution j
for a committee of conference <n the subject.
Tbe special order—tbe report of the majority
and minority committee on the Conscript’-ew— .
was taken up. Judge Gibson nad the floor, and '
proceeded to an able review of the speech of Mr.
GordoD, and sustained tbe constitutionality of
the law I will endeavor to send vou a report of 1
„his speech in my next.
Judge Gibson is enthusias l ic in support of tbe
wu! 4 ; ii od the war policy of the administration,
a’ld £2'nd r mnp. the op no?, tie a to the Conscript
taw ae anost mischievous. bc d -iir olated tc lower
the prou& crest George :as n. * t ta.neo .r !te
airugpte.
AUGUSTA, GA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING, DFC. 17, iSf,2.
In the afternoon, a motion to lay tbe Conscript
, resolutions on the table was lost, and they were
made the special order for 12 o’clock to-morrow.
The explanatory resolutions from tbe House,
in rest i cnee to the seizure of goods for clothing
i the soldiers, was taken up. Mr. Brown moved to
extend the time of seizure to January 1. Mr.
Seward was opposed to altering the resolutions
as they passed at first. We seize soldiers and
negroes, and shall we hesitate to seize the prop
erty rs speculators? Mr. Furlow offered a sub*
stiiure, rescinding the resolutions authorizing
seizures. Judge Gibson sustained the explana
tory resolutions as they passed the House. He
j represented a community in which perhaps
i more goods had been seized than in any other in
tbe Slate; and he did not think there was a
, holder of goods there who would object to taking
10 per cent, profit on goods for clothing the ar*
my. If there were such men there, he did not
represent them. Mr. Seward moved to lay the
resolutions on the table for the balance of the
session. Judge Gibson opposed the motion.
He would be perfectly willing to withdraw the
! protection of the law from the lawless and heirt 1 -
less persons who prey upon the necessities of the
people. Bui it was our duty to clothe our troops,
aDd to do it promptly. He did not believe there
were 5,900 Georgians without shoes in the army;
| but such as there are should be supplied. Two
months ago there were manv thousands in want
! of shoes and clothmg, but most of them have
since been supplied. He would seize and pay a
; fair price for enough to clothe anti shoe those in
need, and no more, and this could be done in ten
days. Togeize under the provisions of the bill
aa it first passed was public robbery, and a dis*
grace to any State or country. This explanatory
resolution rt medics tbe wrouga perpetrated, and
will effect the object desired. If we wish
to render tbe Government odious to every
pense of honesty, aud to prepare the
> minds of its outraged Citizens for propo
sitions for reconstruction, or aoy other relief
from a tyranny so burdensome and unpardon
able—we have but to let the process of indis-1
crirn'cate and unregulated seizure go on. Mr. j
Mitchell favored some well regulated ol !
meeting ’he wants of the artnv. Mr- Echols aU !
j luded to tbe case of an irishman *n Lexington, !
whose leather bad cos: him $2.75 per p ound, and >
was seized at s]. He deemed the wnole system
of seizing private properly ae wiong, and in most :
cases unconstitutional.
The people of Middle Georgia were justly in- j
d gnunt that the people of tne coast should run j
off their negroes to safe reheats and seize '
| up-country negroes to £ll their places. The j
revolution we are kindling it Georgia is almost i
as fatal to» liberty and justice as any other.— I
The vote was on Mr. Brown’s amendment, j
to extend tbe time of seizing to .lanuary ; lßt, I
It was carried. Judge Gibson called for tbe ayes
and nay», and appealed to the .Senate not to for
get the Constitution they, had sworn to support, i
l and not to buzird the fate of the resolutions by I
j clogging them with amendments. Ten days is !
ample for securing the amount of goods needed. |
'lbe vote WdH taken on the motion to extend the |
time to January Ist, and tbe vote was ayes 15,
nays 15— Col. W.m. M. Brown, in tbe chair, votea I
, uo, and tbe amendment was lost.
The Senate then adjourned.
Both Houses m**et to-night. Aristides.
REPORT OF GENERAL HALLECK -LINCOLN 8
COMMANDER IN-CHIEF.
General Hilleck has made a report to the Fed
j eral ?>eeretary of War, giving a detail of oper>
ations s?nck his appointment to the chief com
rnana ol the army, of wi - ■ :••••-. • - ur. ab
.i,. ..«•¥*£-!* „T XnlT "«oT
risit the grtty of tbe Po'omac totsoertatn if there
war a pr.wib'iitr es ao aciranee upon Richmond
jrnm llariison’e Landing, and, if not, to form
I Rome plan of uniting the armies of Gen. Pope and
Gen. McCieilan, who was (if the opinion that it
wonM require 50,000 additional men to go on.—
Halleck replied that there could not possibly be 1
-eut more than 20,00(1. McGieilau asked to con* :
sider the matter til! morning, when be agreed to
I go on with that number. On Gen. lialieck'e ar* i 1
rival borne be received a dispatch saying that at I
least 85,000 would be required.
Tbe report states that such reinforcements j 1
could not be sent without leaving Washington ! [
and Baltimore almo.t defenceless, aDd lialieck’e j
; order for the withdrawal of the Army ol tbe Po» 1
tontac was issued August 3d; a preytous order]'
baviDg been given for the removal of the sick ; |
and transports in vast number supplied; but that \
a protest was received from Gen. McClellan on j
the Otb, and that tbe order was r.ct put ?n force
! for eleven davs, the 14th. On tbe lat ciders were ;
g veu to Gen. Burnside to embark at Newport!
News for Acquia Creek, who arrived there prompts j
] ly on the nigot of the 3d.
A review of the movements before Washington ,
i is made. Be says that a part of tbe army of tbe 1
Potomac was ordered to tbe front Irom Alexan
dria, and that Gen. Cox was ordered to come by
| rail, tic. Washington, from Western Virginia, with |
tbe main portion of bis force. Os Gen. Pope’s or- ,
der on tbe 27t1, to Gen. Por'er, to be at Bris’ow j
station the next .morning, he says, ‘‘for tome
unexplained reason, Porter did not comply with !
the order, and bis corps was not in the battles of
tbe2Bth and -29th,” in which Gen. Pope “-gained
considerable ground,” though tbe battles were
' not dec:e-.ve.
Os the reinforcements from Alexandria em
b'-cingat length tbe whole Peninsular army, it
is sa d “some of the corps moved with becoming
act.vity; but the delav of others was neither
creditable nor excusable.” Tbe soldiers actually
engaged m those battles “fought with great
bravery,” but many thousands straggled away
from their commands, and it is said that not a
few voluntarily surrendered to the enemy, so as
to be paroled as “prisoners of war.’’ It is also
. added, ' Bad the army of the Potomac arrived a
few davs earlier, the rebel army could have been
' easily defeated, and perhaps destroyed.”
The losses at South Mountain aDd Antie’am are
pot at :742 killed ; 6M6 wounded and 923 missing
—a total bf 10,721.
The report states that the armv rested on tbe
North bank of tbe Potomac, near Sbarpsbnrg,
from the 17th of September until the 26th of Oc
tuber, and says that “tbe inactivity of so large ao
army in the face or a de'eated foe, and during
tbe most favorable season for rapid marches and
a vigorous campaign, was a nc2’terot great dis
appointment and regret.”
Gvr. Halleck says he te>graphed McClellan
October 6, to cross the river. General McClellan
disapproved the plan of crossing South of the
Blue Ridge, but proposed to cross at Harper’s
Ferry and move on Winchester, but did not cress
until October 26, and then at Berlin, the passage
! occupying till Novembers. During this period
General McClellan stopped communicating with
the Commander-in-Chief, addressing the Presi
-1 dent. -Jn tbe sth his removal was ordered.
-tar The RappahaDncck is navigable up to
* Fredericksburg. Above the town, it is fordable
at all trines in the absence of freshet 9. From
Fredericksburg down to Fort Royal, a distance
| of twenty-*two miles, the banks are high and un
favorable to the rapid passage of artillery and
baggage trains. A: these two points, however,
the approaches to the river are easy and free
from natural obstructions; and hence the opinion
prevails in well informed circles ibai it will be
at one or both of them the passage will be at
. tempted. Below Port Royal, the river becomes
much wider, and the passage more difficult and
hazardous; weiist above Fredericksburg ;t .* too
• shallow :o admit the gun boats. j
! THE INTEREST FELT IS ENGLAND IN TBS
amebican war
//ow the London Timee.
Every one feels that the struggle going nin
America if the most remarkable event of our
times. Since the first French revolution nothing
to be compared to it in tragic interest has been
before the world. Even the wars of the great
Napoleon, though they more nearly affected'our- .
selves, bardlv equalled the American conflict in
the qualities that excite surprise and admiration.
The great number of troops engaged, the inordi
nate proportions that these beat to the popula
tion that furnishes them* the vindictive persever
ance on the one side, the heroism and devotion
on the other, the sudden turns of forttiue, the
barbaritvof the invaders evinced bvti tyranny
over individuals, and a destruction of private j
property unknown in modern times, the haired
amounting to frenzy that is felt towards the eD»
emy by the whole population of the South; these
things give the American war a character which
will maxe it remarkable in history, anti which
now causes every nation to follow its course with
unfailing interest.
But this American conflict is described entirely
by only one party. We really know far less or
the South than we knew of the Russians during i
the Crimean campaign. Though the South has ‘
its press, and though ibe newspapers of its cities ,
come to the North and to Europe, we cannot bt *
said to have any real knowledge ot what is pass
ing in the blockaded territory. Every battle, every
expedition, every act of the Fedetai Generals and !
Governors is described bv Northern pecs and re*
vised by Northern censorship.
REMARKABLE SPIRIT AND ENDURANCE AT THP. SOUTH—
THE FEELING OF CONFIDENCE. AT THE CONFEI E
RATE CAPITAL.
from y*Al.ondo* Time.
Whatever may be the result of iLe war, there
cannot be a doubt ihgt Tor years to come the
) States o* Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee must
j N.uffVr under the devolutions caused by it. and
j that the idoki flourishing district*, of the former
Slates especially, must ! e fo««4M4*iuzed, as if the
j first settlers had juetioir.e into ihe wilderness,
j iiui we cat: well imag te that, in spite of this
. glooniv future, there .» uO c at Richmond
j1 r anywhere else, except where the Federal ar
mies actually Lava possefi'iion. The Confederates
now know the wore;. For a year and a half they
have had to make war against an enemy three
times as numerous as themselves, and’ with a
complete command of the sea and an exhaustible
supp v of every provision and munition of war.
Inc South has t d to grow its own grain,
breed its owu hogs and sheep, n anufac’ure out
(»f cotton its own I Jung, produce gunpowder
as best it coaid, cam .annon, make rifles, auti
with its small population Dot only fight the North
but manufacture again.-t Europe. The Conteder*
I afes now know they can do all this and maintain
j their independence against the invader. With
1 all the chances in favor of their enemitp, they
I 1 have won a series of victories unexampled in
brilliancy and completeness, and repelled two
invasions of their territory. The consequence is
I that, iu spite of suffering and privation, there is
. a spirit of joyfulness, abroad, I i tbmond is pro
bably more lively now than ever it was as a city
(if the United States. The Confederates do not
! allow even the prosper of defeat to interfere with i
their cheerfulness. Such feeling is, no doubt, ]
rightly attributed to the courage and Mem deter* 1
j nunatioD ot all classes, but there is also a reason
for if, arising from the nature of the country. !
J If England were threarewed with invasion, and
1 London were expose,, like. Richmond, to the do? . |
fvkrtrtb'ti!* min yvmfnumi \
L rrjk. -< Vl. , r. vas‘. ..
country the fall of i city has much less import- ;
ance than in an European State. Mr. Davis said
before the last campaign ’bat if Richmond were I
taken the war in Virginia might be continued I
twenty rears, and this, no doubt, expresses a iru»* !
conception of the struggle. If McClellan bad !
succeeded last spring in capturing the city, he*j
would have come into possession of so many j
1 acres of bricks and mortar, and if a second But- i
; ler could be found, there might he a series of I
| indignities in store for a few thousand Confeder
ate citizens. But Lie effect on the independence !
of the Southern States woo d have been small, j
j The Sent heftier s feel that their best protection is I
'■ the great extent of.their country, which makes
I even »he gigantic kraaiea of the North insufficient
to hold the post tL?y have gained, and at the
! same time keep communications with
! the Federal Staled
The m.^SjT.LKR.— We don’t re- |
collect to have seen a and pungent
paragraph than the following, which is copied
from the London Times. This man, if* eyei-he
| visits Europe, wiy be like Havnau, a kindred
I spirit, the mark for tie Lisse* and curies of the
populace of its citie6 :
* * * Nothing s clearer inlaw and ethics'
; than that an oath extorted by unlawful coeicion
, void. Nothing is so assential to the sacred
charity of an oath than that this should be
1 thoroughly and universal! v understood, other
; wikev-b path would cease to be the bond of society,
and wbuld become the instrument of th eves and
Lrigat’dS. But it i. a horrible outrage lor a
wretco'hke this liu*.‘-r f who pn bab y ho* never
in hijjife done ere -ct of manhood, to drive up a
whole populitko . u: ler the muzzles of cannon
and tinder threa of being utterly despoiled, to
commit a sort of write perjury. These people
had, ali, no doubt, luken the oath of allegiance to
the Government ‘ f their choice, ana they have now
swallowed by for ;e r.n outh of allegiance to a Gov
ernment they Late. •
£ven Butler cannot suppose that an oath thus
extorted can give b;rn any further right, moral
or legal, over these people. It is a senseless bu
miliaticD and a »>eless insult—no more. It is not
only an act of tyranny, but an act of tyranny with
out an advantage. The Northern people ought
to be ashamed of themselves for keeping This
stupid ruffian in such a post. A gentleman with
little tact might by this time havelet loose 3,000,-
(H'O cotton bales, finding out some compromise
which would tempted both parties, dutie« to
tie North and t urebase price to the South ; but
while this miserable creature is in command, New
Orleans cm se’ve for no other use Out as a warn
ing to all Southern cities what submission to the
North involve?.
Thp. French Dress and the Proposed Inter- j
VENTION.—The views of the French pre-s in ie- j
gard to ihe intervention project of the Emperor j
are conflicting. La Franc**, the organ of the* Em
press, sustain- it as an "appeal made in the name ;
of reason acc hum unity," and is severely ear- ;
castic on England for its refusal to co-operate ■
with France. The Pans Presse (opposition. {
brings all its abolhon malignity to bear upon 1
the question, and therefore condemns the propo
sal. The article leads as if Greeley Lad written!
it. The Journal des Debats comments in a some- I
what similar strain, and argues that the proposi
tion is "a virtual request to the North to prow j
claim not the suspension, but the end of the war." j
The iSitcle expresses "regret" at the rejection of 1
the proposition by England and Rnssia. The
Constitutional is more outspoken in fav«r of the
scheme. The Patrie (Government organ,; says
that “we should seek in vain to discover m the
name of whai principle* it would be possible to •
reject the propositn n ” The Opinione Nation- ;
ale (organ of Prince Napoleon,) and the Gazette i
de France, both oppose the proposed interveD- ;
1 tion, whilst the Us on ted the Monde express j
! their fail approbation of u e course proposed tv
, M. Droin r Je "Huyg.
• I [Comniutiiofttsc.]
THE -WHiTTEMOEE CARDS
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 8, 1862.
iMr. £iitor Sts: My attention has been drawn
to the communication of your special correspond
ent at Miiledgeviile, ;n vour issue of the 4th inst.,
giving, as he supposes, tbe history of the card
I machines now owned and operated by Messrs.
Lee & Co. Not knowing the source from which
your correspondent derived his information. I
can but suppose that it was from some one who
either knew nothing about it, or else wilfully de
ceived him ; and for the information of the pub
lic, and that tbe credit and honor aiav t’. be
■ stowed where it is due, 1 will give the true his
tory o! tbe affair, but must refrain from giving
publicity to names of parties concerned, as it
might implicate friends who are still within the
bounds of Lincolcdom- B.s firs' asse-ticn, that
they are fae nimik Whittemores, may he true;
but that the machines are his. ,s net correct,
i They are not the same make, nor did '.hey ever
beli Dg to Whittetnore—though equally as good,
l In regard to tbe opinion ol the Mae ter Armorer
| at the Penitentiary, at Miiledgeviile, that “twenty
1 (if those machines can be duplicated at that olace.
I c three months,” with all due respect for that i
I gentleman’s opinion, 1 venture the assertion that !
! they cannot be duplicated there in three years.
I A? to the estimates of the finance committee of
j tie Legislature, it :s not my province to speak.
| No doubt those gentlemen hare given ibe subject
jd>.e cons!delation, and understand tbe subject,
land Is-03 sutined t< leave it to their discretion auu
icdgment. We next come to bis statement re
go? d:ng tbe enterprise, foresight, risk o! ':te,
. | liuertv, and money. Tbe tnarbin*-; wtre brought
I j ibiougb tbe hues at great risk, i.'-tfc of ;;ie,
1 | liberty, and money, it is true; but no: by Messrs.
• ! Lee k 00. Tbe succtss of tbe whole enterprise
» ts due to a gentleman n>w resid.og t il s city.
and but for bis - exertion ano risk of money the
i mnctines would have still been in the city • ! ,
I Baltimore. No one connected with Messrs.’Lee
. & Co. run anv risk, either of hfe or money, any j
* more than you did in your office They |
. brought to this city and sold to Let <k Co- for five !
» thousand bve hundred dollars, and even this j
i amount they we-e not willing to invest until they j
. I were perfectly conv.need thai tbe machines would i
Ido tbe work. They were put to running at a I
| shop il tits city. Tbe machines were lirst I
t i started in Richmond by myself, and j was perfect- j
• ly satisfied they woula work, having seen those
[ identical machines at work in Baltimore. Lie k
, Co. w ould not have obtained the machines at all, !
, bad it not been that the party wlr wee principal !
i in the enterprise was, and is now, engaged on a ,
, contract lor Government which occupies all Lis ;
time and'energies, which be cons dered of rnort
importance. J make these statements positively,
| and can substantiate them if necessary, and fiat- I
I ler myself that 1 know something about tbe |
j machines, having worked with them consider*
I ably I will also suggest, that if the Legislature j
I of Georgia will appropriate one half the amount j
proposed to give Lee & Co., they can have two j
j machines delivered here long before one of those
1 can be duplicated, and tbe State, if tbey choose,
cun duplicate as many as tbey please, being sole
owners, it may not be amiss here to say, that
the whole enterprize has been carried through
by the energy and money of Marylanders exciu-* j
ivelr, until its arrival in tbia city and disposal i
;t pfopejpv belongs. Aefor mynetf,
‘j a comparative etHanger to most of your readers,
1 can be endorsed by gentlemen of standing anti
influence, both in this city and e'sewhere in the
Confederacy, and can be found or addressed at
my present residence in Atlanta, Ga.
Respectfully. James Mabool.
RicnnowD, November U4‘.b, 1862.
i To ‘be Loiter ot tbe Examiner
i Will you allow us a small space o your jour
nal. to correct an impression which may have
been made upon tbe public by a letter in tbe En
quirer from Genera! E. A. Wise, animadverting
upon tbe course of Colonel a. C. Myers, the able
and efficient Quartermaster General.
Before giving to the public a brief statement of
tbe facts in the case alluded to by General Wise,
we will state that the writer has served as an
officer in the Quartermaster’s Department siDCe
the beginning of the war, both in tbe armyot
j the West and Virginia, and known that the able
: and efficient manner in which the Department ol
j i.he Quartermaster General has been conducted,
has commanded the praise not only of the (.fleers
of that paiticular Department, bui also of tbe
ttdApianditg Geueral6 with whom he has served.
I " Major o»«arv, ■ Genera: Wise’s Quartermaster.
J called upon CoJong! Myers sometime since, t-rsa
, made a requisition for Uiagfegta JKjf h is comm ud; i
I in response to which the Genera' 1 !
I replied that the supply of bianrete wag small at 1
. present, though he bad made every exert.on to }
j procure them, and those r. store were for General
! Lee’s army, who were unde' marching orders,
and whose necessities in that respect were very
great. Major Cleary replied that his command .
Wu 9 suffering for blankets. Colonel Myers said i
be could not help it. ended tbe conversa
tion. Now let us see whether h;8 address was
reprehensiole. He, through his agents, had made I
every exertion to procure this much needed art;-
• cle, with oniy partial success. Then t w-s b'is
j duty to distribute those art cles where tbey were
j most needed. General Lee’s army was constantly
under marching orders, and therefore necessa
rily exposed. The urgent recess-tv cf their .
having ,’olankets was too manifest. On the
other hand. Genera. Wisee small ~ore
mand was stationary and accessible to Richmond, j
and could be supplied immediately after the stock ,
was replenished. They were a'fo ’iving in gnod ;
quarters. The Quarter master General wisely de*
tided to give the small supply •' General Lee’s
large army, and we fee’ assured ’hat ar mpartia.
public wiil approve his decision, Gen. W ige to j
! tbe contrary, notwithstanding. The artic.e r: I
I G*-n. W;se wc u’d be ’ se.y ( create tbe .mpres
| Bioc upon the reader, that tbe Quartermaster Gen- *
era! was both coid and heartless; but with per- ;
t feet sincerity, I can assure both Genera: VV ise and
i the public, that thi? impression would be equally
j uT:iuM and erroneous, and that to tbe poorest sot- ;
I dier who Cede fc ! s way to he Department, :n quest
jof nformation about bis pay. Ac., this high <&'
j rer e kind in the extreme, arci endeavors l all !
w*rs and at all times, to serve them.
A Quartermaster tv the Field.
! SOUTHERN CCRREVCT AT THE NORTH. — Ti e Rich
i mend Enquirer says: A gentleman just from the
United .States iniorm? tie tbat the notes of j
Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, and South ;
j Carolina banks are at a discount o! oniy five per •
cent., and tbat Virginia oaok notes are from fif> j
j teen to twenty ter cent, discount. Tbis is a •
I great improvement on ffiv and s.xty per ceD f . j
! discount, and indicates that a teeing o' earlv
j peace is f-ntertamed by the brokers of the United
! States, the best barometers cf national storms.
Our informant save tbat he was told that Con^
| federate nctee would be at about tbe same die -
| c--uc*. of five per cent., if tbev could be dealt it.
Toe cause of the difference between Virginia and *
! other Southern States is said if? be oecause Vir*
! ginit. was ‘'deeper in,” and tier territory wa>‘
; uio r e wasted and destroyed, than any of the other i
i States. Our -eadere car. draw the'** own conclu* I
1 since, from :t*» state i f Southern money in the
, it terete.
VOL l .7—NO t,l
/Vom Ibt Bq\ anna A Republican,
A yis:t to J A CKSONVILL—AFFAIRS at
ST. KARY’S.
Camdin Coixty, Ga., Dec. 2,1852.
' l„ A detachment of fifty meo fro*
. j a P‘ ai . n company, Mercer Partisans, re.
1 turDeQ tiere oc Thursday last, from a reconnais
| sa “ ce “roitgb Nassau and Dural counties, Fla.
l as lar as Jacksonville. J„cksoavi!le has not been
i burnt, as reported. The only marks of tire visi
! j b ‘ e ,. we J e !fcos * by our own men. at the time
, i or .|“ e brsi evacuation. Tbe Judson House, steam
: mills, foundry, and all the wharves, were burnt
About thirty famines remain in the place, mostly
J Germans, wfic seetn quite content with their pres
cut condition. They offered for sale to the men
coffee at twenty*five cents, and Sour aDd onions
at tod prices,' which they acknowledged to have
j purchased from the Yankees,
j After the affair at St. John's Bluff, General
i Brano , ot * n i Ca P ! - Steioman, (the latter a tone
gaae 3ou*h C&roiiciar,/ t.sited Jacksonville, and
* s '“itiTiew with a prominent citizen oi the
State, who, it is to be regretted, still tematns
there, esquired oi h.m very particularly as to tbe
extent of Union sentiment existing in the State,
fbc rcplj wiiß, “I knew of none.” “TLeu, ’ said
tbe Geoeral, “but one Government shall* er:at
uere ; tbe «_ moo must be restored, and, if ueces
i to effect tbit our Government will liberate
i * ver J annihilate the wLitr race South.'*
j Jdo. fwbobaSfaDegro wife,; Philip Frasar,
j rrice, Aloo ax, from Florida, and a Lumber from
j o?ber ™tef, naye signed a c&il for a public meet
log in l ork, to arrange tor a speedy gup*
prees.cn of the rebellion. They s.gn themselves
j cittsens oi the rebellious States.
r ' m j l ii COn, ®S DicAtion ‘ 6 t 0 be cut off between
fiddle and East Florida, and for this pu;poae
i “ttiowin .s to be occupied ia.mediately with a
, I large force. From the S:. Mary’s to the St.
i|*°“ U 8 bliV o but one ccorpaLv. The Tan«
sees make frequent vifcua *o Jacksonville ; they
destri-y every boat they find oa the river, and
j say they have orders to remove every negro
*Ley UiL Lied, and tc go whercrer thev can find
; one.
! *oe Mfy e affair, vrh’ch bus so much ex«
j c ted the sympathies of our Governor, and offered
such an opportunity ftr oratorical display iu our
Eeg:-i&’are, i- a grand humbug. There is uotb»
ng n St. Marv s to induce the Yankees to visit
the place excep: a few head of cattle, and some
furniture left by the citiztne, who hare given
j ‘■hemve.ves i(• trouble to remove it, though every
; opportunity has beec offerea, as they ‘'expect the
i Government to pay tor it.” Hut three persons—
| ojo 'adiej—remain to the place; two of them
j clitic British protection ; neiiter of tLeui will
lesre the place. Thecitzens in the country, ns far
: cor tit no Crooked Hirer, love ictcoved to places
o: sufeiv. The town has oteu shelled, and u large
! portion .otd to ashes, and the Vandals have been
revenged for the killing o! their man by Captain
Brown, and are no doubt satisfied. All that por.
lion of the town from Mr. John HuFour'a to
j Clark s store .nclttatre, baa been destroyed. To
I suppnsethat they wiij ever attempt an invasion
jof the State from inat point, to any one ac
; quainted w ; tb the countre, is simplv ridiculous,
j and the expense of supporting troips to protect
I It, is bo much money thrown away. The black
j troops, are exceedingly awkward, and are handled
rongbly by their while officers. Their uniform
j is r-d pants with bluejackets,
i T J‘ (r Partisans made the trip to Jacksonvilieand
back in four days, carrying nothing with them
but the r blankets, and fed on potatoes procured
.rom !be fsrmeis bv ihe way, The. comp&o? is
new on the soutb_ bank, of 'ie t&fflla. the unit
■limjU »-4.. op. jy.
. >lbe at. Mary’s. Youis, rtspectfi,%T ;:u'
Caudes'.
“Ksueasv or Fokt VVaebe.s I'sisonkrs. The
total number of prisoners released f: m Fort
Warreo, a lew days ago, is fmrteer, jVuue of
whom had been imprisoned fur over a vear. The
following is a correct Ist:
Geo. P. Kane. Geo. Wm. Hrowr, Cbas. How
, ard, Uen-y M. Warlieid, it’a. Harrison. Robt
; He-'. 8. Teacle Wall’s. CLes. Mac Gill. Wm (Jatj
cbell, Tbos. W Hall, T. Paiktr. Scott Wai H
. Winder, B. L. Cutler, Frank Howard.
! Mr. 8. T. Wallis has written a note to the
editor of the New fork World, denv.og that they
i entereo into any engagements as "a condition of
their release; nr coneincus whatever were
\ sought >0 be imposed, and none would bare been
, accepted, as the Secretary of War weii knew.
l j Mr. further sat s : ’
Speaking of my feilow.pnsoners from Marya
; i land, I have the rigbt to sav that they math*
j ’amec to the last principles which they asserted
I from tne first, namely, that if charged with crime
[ they were entitled to he charged, held, and tried
| .n due foim of law, and not otherwise, and that
in tbe absence of .awfu: accusation and process
it was the: - r.ght to be d-sebaAO VWAthoul terms
I or conditions of any ». r\ ana thy, wou/d submit
Ito none. With the exception of Col. Kano (who
; is under indictment, but oas never been a.lowed
i to ofler oaii , we are al! ,< ignorant aa we were
i when arrested of the grounds upon which the
Cocat.-.-’tion and .tws of the country have been
nsu.tcd ard violated, ,n i ur persons, for so long.
'* ' THE If DEBEE AT MARIETTA. I*”' 1 *”' ‘°‘ A
.ce four young men arrested tor the murder
- of Marshal Ross, at Marietta, have had & preliml.
nary tr.al. Alter a cartful investigation, and
Hi i tut* testimony, Mr. j j-- Harrison war
committed for trial.
Mr. Dick Hammccd was bailed in the case of
cutting Mr. White, tbe hotel keeper. His diffie
unity was distinct and separate !rom the shooting
j affair—he beiag engagec wilt Mr. White at the
' time of tbe shooting.
Mr. Stegall qfas> acquitted-the evidence ahow.
>ng that he was sober, and did ail he could to
I prevent rcu tut- d.fficulty.
Mr. James Loyd was e!s< acquitted, there being
no testimony to show teat he had any hand in
:l** d.nicuity more tfcuc beiDir present.
Upon the whole, it appears to Lave b»en one
! ,,f ,’. t!0 * e . onlortunate difficulties that result so
w “d y men ur.nk and become anxrrv It u
Inot thought that Harrison aimed his shot at
‘ fe! ***> at another man who had taken
i M dts and struck at Hammond with a chair
wnilst he wss closeiy engaged with Mr. White!
-•iarsbai. Koss and all the young men were np-.
i teerty friendly, no evidence of difficulty ani P ill
teeting against him by either Harrison or any of
The r there. v Wl
All these young men had been summoned to
Mar.etta as witnesses in the Confederate Court
aga.es, a mac accused of counterfeiting, and
we re Retained there as wit nesses by Mr. Rom bv
oroero: the court, till after tbe afternoon train
’ t ‘“ Ce sUir s ' a >’ at »«gh“S
i yT L a es f ar t k ‘‘ ,Ce cew Khl * we haT e been en
i « ate wteA'triJ! 0 ta:S °»«iaiieaoly affair, ants
we are g.ad it re. eves some ot .be parties from
tbe ;nd gnation .elt and free v expressed iu this
community against then . We hope those who
• ?io e na“v?pi nt M 'bt* either accidental or inten*
■ v - 1 •■evMi°v»> W ' USt! w “ ruin K' au< i iu future
d.r<?!U even ebe appearance of evil.’*
.... Jj‘ e ‘ » nn!balf carry oni war more economically
.ban aov other people. Their Commissary and
Thav'™;‘ r fl Deparfaieafs are veiy sfmple
They ea. their enemies, aod wear a ff,;i length
1,81 '' thnat sal '. pepper°*or
t".e,„icl. and feel much comforted tiieiebv
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