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Ay persons listong occasion to advertise Sidles,
No i.-.-s, ett •. • c■: ‘ led ft law t*> comply witii the
fi dlow ing i nles: i
tduiiiii-i rator-, s'\?. ijtev-4 oi Vxailiiih^
. id Negroes Ify Ajlministraftirs,
Kxeeuioi-s or (1 irdians, are o juiivtl by law Jo lie
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’ a .. he county in which 4
, * , situate. Notices (d’ ther.a sales .must
, • Forty Qa_\ s prsvitt® to
Hie doy of sale. * * 1
saiie ot” Personal Property : •
•N •.*'! I*.opevtv must be
* £ i *•> v ■ !■> tie- >':iy of ,-ah .*
ft’ Itite lfi>To: . iml ( !•< .(il#i-o ,
• # Creditors of an estate must
b j. •>!:■ - 1 1- 1 >.,\
Coart oi-ilniiii.T i Lcarc to Sc!!: •
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■ f Ordinary for leave to sell Lund or Negroes, must,
bf published weekly tor Two Months. . • •
Aitittiuiifjrnliou and CSuartlianships • .
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a t Days: for Uisanssi*i4 front Admin
. ,•monthly fora Six*Months;. # for Oismission
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Porp'lo'iiuc of Mortgage; • “ ••
la Fori 1 Jre tl Mortgage must be puh
• * lished vaoiitldy for Four Jlomjis. .*
• liiilaliliitiin: Jiont I*gpels: , •
’ lislilug f,ost Papers muat be pub
lished for t?ie full term of Mooths. •
Publications will always be continued according
to thevtbove rules, unless otln ordered.
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Jacob Watsonr, •
A TTORI* EY AT RAW * . . *
HOMEK3VILLE, CLINCH CO., GA.
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. Edivaud li. Wsta*
TTORTSTS-Y AT LAW. .
A . JALL a VIIV^SEE.TLA.
*1 ■ • ‘j * i 1 la the (Hr- •
/•nit Courts c>t* thy MiodleCircnit. * • . mh.27-ly
Alexander & Love. •
A TTORNEYS AT LAW,
’ • . Til 051 AS VILLI?, GA.
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,j.* u. f;. stiVniey,
A.TTbBWEY AT LAW.
•jHL . • QUITMAN, BItOOKS CO., GA.
* U ■ . * ; S3utli< m Circuit*
Coffee, re and 1 * “
Circuit. ’ * dec L It.
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• W. 15.
AI?TC3iITNEY AT LAW, • •
QUITMAN, BKDOKS CO . GA
. VVill practice irf Thomas, L iwndes, Brook* and Berri
en’Couuties. • mil 10 ts
*. 18.I B . 15. Bedford,
A TTOSNEY AT LAW,
WARES BOROUGH, GA.
Will practice in the counties ol the BrnnswiA t ircifit,
and in Lowndes and Berries Cou . eru
Circuit. . . je iyjl___
John HI. Dyson, •* . • •
Attorney at law,
Till tNIASVILL.B, GA. •
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. Euuene S,. Hines, .
Attorney at law,
.je 26-ts r. r E, GA.
1., i’. lltyass,
Attorney at law.
mil TO • TIIOMASVILLE, GA.
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. * * E. C. Morgan,
Attorney at law,
~ * . # NASHVILLE, CO., GA.*
. Will practice in the Counties of tlje Southern Circi
and the Omnties oS Dooly, Worth and Dongherty of ti e
Ma and*C fee. Clinch and of the Brurmwick
• Circuit. Address at Flat Creek Post Office,jGa.
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; • 11. T. Peeples*,
Attorney at law,
. NASHVILLE. BERRIEN C(l, GA.
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Clie*rok’ee Baptist* College.
. . . eASSyJLLE, CA§S COtINTY,IGEO. 4
l*ays for Forty Wtv-ks’J’ni.
~*TM nmr~* l.odyina. WatUag; Fuel, ami
. Behl lacidcatals for m Vtaag Maa.
•• rrERE .ARE*SIX CLASSES, two A< and
A four.CoHegiate.) Students are received at any state 4
of preparfttion, and for any studies they may seleCT.
• Tuition payable in advance. Boardinft yi private fam-
Proviaons for two hundred atnueuts. .* #
br further partienlan,. address
* Rev. THOS. RAM BA IT. LL. ©., Pres’t.
N. B.—Spring Session oiiens iTliurada v Juumuy 17,
1861. . * jan 9-ly
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.Baptist Female College,. .
t he E SECOSD
, ■■■■ 1 re ® , i ent l >f DAGG will aid friends wh<f
,h-ire board for fighters. Mpny of our beet citi
• • • to open their hofciaes t<f accontHiod
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, 9 L . .■ -■ ■ these hard times.
J%dulpence for Tuition Feeß will be granted, if neet -sa
ri/, patrons.
.* n , * T LIL SIALLAU\. President
. Cufjibert, (,; •Jtqmry 2.1861 *.
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S BR V A \ a E 11, )
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. MEDICAL AND‘DENTAL CARDS.
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prs. Iti u< c A. Ilct’d •
H ‘FORMED aV copartnership l.\
• * ° * • . services
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*• i one occupied by Brnce for many.j
* at a HOSPITAL for
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a ’ • R. J. BRUCE. M. I).
• . J. It. M. REED, M* D.
* Dr. Mcponaur,
| N TENDERING if Is PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
a I le of Thomasville ams vicinity, would in
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‘ ‘ County, Florida, tar five years, duying which time he
1 has iul treated umst >f the diseases yyhicli occur in
tlii- !,-ititi:-1 • ,
OFFICE, on tl • !'• stse t, jhe office formerly
occtipi : bj C. J. Harris.
* RESIDENT E, the ho ise fi rmerly dbcupied by E. L.
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• Dr! S. S. Adams,*- o °
Hereby informs his sriends and the
public, that lie will continne Ihe practice of me<B
the old stand ami respectfully tenders iih seiwices
to the public. . #
Thonmsville, April 2 1860.’ -ts
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* Dr. I*. S. Bower,
OFFER.*? lIIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO
, i pville and vicinity.
, Call.s at li.'iirs, promtjily attended. 0 ml* IS ff
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Dr. Bramlot!.,
Has removed to the office formerly
occupied by John Miller, Esq., as a Law Ollice.
Calls pr<cue:lv attended. a •
ia* attention wilk be given to Surgery and
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• Bis. S3. B. N IL 4 Ab \ri!Olv>,
• Resiflent Dentists, Thomasville, Ga. *
TMTEHAVE THE PRACTICAL ADVANTAGE OF
* • fifteen a jieara experience in ev*ery .. • *
* bfeseion. o o
i We can pftr to many v. It > have had the
benefit of our operation* in thipCounty for
the ]>ast xix years. *
VV e have every fdkility for dedng the best
Plate-Worka
• NOW KNOWN, WHICH IS DENOMINATED
Contiguous Gum Y/ork,
oil I’latina l’iaie, which is impervious to any of
eve* in a concentrakid forni. • 0
1 filled with pure gold in assuperior majiner.
Patients favoring ns vyitli their confidence *nay rely
iqion onr utm<*!t exertions to perform every operation in
rfoct a mannuer .impossible* • • mb 10 tl .
‘New Drug-Store. •’ #
HQWidt h *s opened a Drug Store at
the stand formerly occupied by PALMAR &BliO.,
oppositj; E. Remington's, amtis prepared toTumisii
i>rsi ■■;.<. Psrfumevy, Inks.
. FANCY soaps, &.,
upon fair terms,*to those who may favoHiiyi with a c*ill.
To Ids Il< fi mi frien s he vvoTild say, that lie lias on hand
a i and n liable ; • lineiii of
. SS,
and will be* glad to. supply them with such articles as
rhcvjnav liecTl. * •
. ‘ # ALSO,
Kerosine, Fine Cigare and Tob.Tcco, Fine Jfedlcinal
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’sale. • • may 23-ts “
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Drugs !i<! Mt'dictlies.
I UST RECEIVED A LARGE A.\*l> WELL SELEC
*3 t -J stock of Drugs and Medicines, Chemicals of all
* Also Painta, Oits.ftla I y, Varnisln Brushes,Dye
Stull's. Patent Medicii'es,•Garden Seeds. Toilet Articles,
Perfumery, Brushes, &.e. Kerosine *iil and Lamps;
Camp* 4 ’ . 1 and Lamps,
i * KDWAiiii ifEIXAS. Druggist.
Timm, sville, jilay 21, IS.VI. * If
mmmmmmmmrnvmm- mm iiiuiirni i ■■ ■iii—i, ■■■ ■■in ii” ti asrist
p ‘TT7- ‘RkT A P t PA
a_ii9 uUe
>LESALE*AND RETAIL *•*
mi mi sfflifiiißs fiu-jm*
• • 110 Congress Street,* •
iYi I Side iSoiSiiiiin:) *>>:iv
’ .SAVANNAH ..*...* .GEORGIA. •
HENRY* It CHRISTIAN,
Ain mmi cHiissisf wm\
% . SAVANNAH, GA.
Hr fees, hi/ permission, lo—
ill. o ident Metahants’ and j
Plant*!'-’ Bank.. •
* I. K*Tef Ci • te Bank of Georgia, } Savannah.
Briifl tun Baldwin A Cos., , * j •
(). (♦ >ben & ('o.. Wilder, Wheaton & Cos. j
CASH ADS'AN( ES MADE on consignments to my
*'*::, !“. . <fli, New Philadelphia and Baltimore.
Orders for Planters* Supplies filled on rms.
May 2, ISijO. . ly
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WMT. H. •URROUGHS. • THOS. H. MAXWELL.
* W 32. 11. BHIIIOI GHS & CO.,
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No. 97 Ilav Street, ,
•• SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Commission on Upland Cottou*so ets. per bab. . •
May 30, 1800. . ly
DOti;ORTWS
’ Breakfast House.
Accommodations on the Main Trunk, or
Atlantic & Gulf Railroad-
PASSENGERS ON THIS ROAD WJLL BE A
L coi'.niiodoud by tin l’*oprietor of the
EOOT.ORTOWN house,
as usual, with the very best that*c&n ] e pro Sured in the
markets. HOT BREAKFAST will be prepifl'ed and all
ready to avoid detention.
| No pains will be snared to* render tin* accommo
dations equal if not superior to any of the hotels in the
country. The Proprietor fitters himself that he lias
hitherto given full satisfaction, and htfpes to merit a con
tinnance oPthe liberal patronage of the public.
| ./ His House is at aconvenient point for breakfast
ing the passengers on the trains ana he donuts mh that
he will oe able to give tle fullest satisfaction.
May L 1861. ts
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Aew TiYiloiing Esilal)ii>hinc9i(.
Liefer Lindsay,
Merchant tailor, wouuj respectful
l y inform citizens of • . *
TAomasvillc * ; A
.AND At V 5
SURROUNDING .COUNTIiY. and
that lie has opened a 4
• shop M * : A. .
Next to Rkmim.ton A l)t:iit.fs | f, ; - j
. 9 Furniture St6re, * 1 \U.
whprehevrtll be p]easejl to wait • t
upon (hose who aiay. favor him • HI • (HI
‘with a call. • * \ f. (
, ‘I G . mkn i- ~f all kinds ent *il A
and made up in the*latest and moot ~ s *-
fimhioaable styles. Clothes, Cataamero, and Vestings,
constantly on hand. * > • .
Patronage splieited. * mil 25 ts
] House and Lot for Sale. *
IAM NOW OFFERING FOR.SALE MV HOUSE,
and Lot. 1: is sifnated in a tad
pleasant-part of the town. The bonse is nt'WjSta
and large, very convenient, with good outbuild- [a*jjjgßl
inlis and mio’dei!. i(*iH|
l have also FI >UR BUILEtING Id Ws. con 1
taining one acre each, aH corner 1 will sell.
Shotdd any one desire * • -build, or tq'bny an improved
place in town, now is the tj mi .as I ; *:n dcteimined to sell.
Tcu-ms ‘jfiajsy.
As the times are hard, 1 will sell the above property
on the most favorable terms ... ..
fel> 20*it ISAIAH. DEIvLE
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY,. JUNE 12, 1861.
TANARUS the Planters of Georgia. •
The mask is A war of subjuga
tion* and aV’diulation is being waged agtrtuv us, ‘
with a foroejty. cretlitable to brutes and a ma
lignity worthy of demons. Depopulation and
spoils tire the war cries of*our enemies. Lib.
erty or dad If is our uriariftnons response.
. Men ‘and money are the sinews of war. We
cah*su] j.’y both. Shall, we do it, and how?—v
Os men. *'.iere are wcirrutcering for the war ♦m
; ample number. *ln ytll parts of the country,
.the struggle between contending compahics *s,
who shall get it? God bless onr brave volun
teers ! The planters are remaining* at home
and doing well. It is,as neocssary to have the
earth tilled, and on* crops certain, as to light
the battle. We may rejoiee over the fact that
such is our favored Condition*; that our immense
.army in the field takes away but few hands
from ( unproductive* agricultural. Our field la
‘ borers are not necessarily pur soldiers. Wat
dug- yet therefore stagnate our industry or de
stroy our ineftne.
But we must, have money. * Our enemies
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pronounce us paupers, and flatter'themselves
with the thought, tlfat an Cuipty Exchequer
will soon conquer a peace for*thqm. T\ e smile
.at their i jitorancii and laugh over their blind.
ncs It is true that*we have* not accumulated
capital in the vaults of banks. You have in
v ted your surplus in-land .and ’slaves. It is
true that‘You cannot check on your factors for
large amounts to Invest in the Confederate
State Bonds.. Y’u must-wait for your crops
before you camempty your contribution to the
support of tJie credit-of the Goverfuncnt. But
the Government must have mqncy at’once. —
Our soldiers must he fed and clothed. IIla?
shall this money be raided ? •
•Two plans ‘wore presented to yciur Congress.
One, an immctliatc _ direst tax; the other, to
rely*upon the credit of the Government and
issue bonds and treasury notes. The foryier
requires a cumbrous machinery, and time for
its .execution, while justice required full infor
mation by your Legislators before they acted.
The other‘premised to-be effectual from flic
alacrity with which our fiwst loan.was taken by*
oUr capitalists. To make it so we nurtft have
yoflr le?lp. • * , ° *. *
You, class, did not take up the firstToan.
We hay*e given *the nnsson. Your Surplus was
already invested. Tin? same reason will deter,
yoi* from taking up tlyis loan. What can you
•do? To answer that questidft is the object of
tliis * And balyre we stn.swbr if let us
say that we are not volunteer interlopers tend
ering ach'icc to you, but ?ve are special agepts of
the Government, (as every ’other member, of
.Coitifress is,) without pay, and at our own ex
pense? commissioned £o present this.inatt*r spe
cililly to you. The credit erf this Government,
and the speedy termihation-of this wary, depend
hu'gcly at tjiis momenk upoft t[ie patriotic*ac
*tion*o4‘ the.planters \oi the South. Yo man.
doubts you* patriotism. To point out t<* you
the way to man.ifest-it is* eu* present purpose.
.Thc.government will need at least fifty mill
ions of dollars. *-The capitalists of .the South
h_av<4 the .money. Nay more, .treasury nUtes*
•kept at par will rtieet tlye demond. But we
cannot expect enpi'r, lists to Invest their all in.
bonds, while the planters do nothing. Nov
can Voles pec t treasury notes to remain at par,
when nothing ot* value behind them insures
their speedy redemption. Hej)ce,*to* induce,
capitalists to take up the bonds and to retain
par value to otir treasury notes, jvc must liavt*
behind them a substantial basis •either of coin,
or, whaji is mote* valuable, the staple pvmfuc
‘tions qf our oiJ. .Thesfi-we get cither Ly
taxation <?r,*in. war times, by seizure. The
‘Northern Governmeutjiavc already resertcJ to
the latter. We have not and we will not!—
And in preference to taxation, we appeal to you
voluntarily.to sustain the credit of \our Bov- ’
eminent with your crops. We do not ask* or
expect you to make donations. We propose to
you “dollar for dollar.”” Now furVthe
r lan * . . ..
Anncxed'herctcp is copy of the first section
of an*qct *to authorize a loan, &c. By ft you
will si*e that the Confederate homl*, bearing
eight per cent, may bt: issued for “the proceeds
of tlie sales of raw produce.'’ I nderthis, the
Government proposes so cvcTy planter and far
mer to receive irpm him a subscription in ad
vance of his crop, of any portion thereof, ex
ceeding one hundred dollars in value, and. to
pay him?for the same in Confederate bonds, so
soon as the crop is made and sold.
To • illustrate —you {hake ‘2OOO bushels of
wheat, the same amount of command 200 bales
of cotton. You subscribe,looo bflshels of
Wheat, 1000 bushels of ca>rn 100 bales „oi k cot
ton, and specify the place of delivery., W hen
made and delivered', you or your own factor
will sell it ams pray over the proceeds to the
•agent.of fchc Government, and* to receive for
the*same a like amount in bonds of the Con
federate States, beaming eight per c<?nt. In
other-words, you agree no\? to sell a specified
part of your crop for bonds. That°is all.
What good will this do? All immense good.
Jt will sustain the credit of your Government,
I and convince eur enemies that* by tepeating
i the san>e operation every.year, we can keep up
a war for a ctmtury, and pur people flourish, alid
prosper all the while. .•• •
j. Let us .show ytm h*>w it will sustain our cred
| it.* Take a single article, cotton. The South
makes annually four millions of bales —sup-
pose each planter subscribes one fourth of lus
crop and agrees to sell it fpr bond*—that gi?es
pur Government one million of btries of ootton’
as a basfs on which to demand credit. They
’.are worth.fifty‘million of dollary—European
capitalists will advance that amofint upon them*
I All planters .will not, and some “can not subscribe
at aIL ToVensurc enough, lpt each subscrifwJ
1 one-half, and we will be sure toobtaia a million
of kales. .Is there one of you who would not
give one halfi of your crop to yecure your lib
. ert .y ■ •
1 Sapppse the vice planters, the 4 sugar*plantcrs,
, and th.e tobacco planters, all, with equal patri
otism, .subscribe one. half of their crops the
l same way —do you not see that no. stocks on
earth can compare .with oifrs as a desirable in
vesflnent? Here, then, is our credit establish
•cd. * ’
The grain raiser mprq. immediately assists
the Govi.imm’wit, for hi produce w<? will buy
directly to feed our armies.
It may be suggested, suppose the ‘blockade
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jis made effective^and Continues, will not* the*
scheme fail?* Not at*all. First, because the
“bloekado oan not eonrinuc, as every .sensible
nmn may kijow. We have not spaep l\ere .to*
sliuw it*. Second, the ootton, *kc., will be like
i bank’s coiw jn oqr vaults, .(the warehouses,)
and will give credit to our notes though the
vaiVlts may be temporarily shut. ’•
We have thus briefly developed the stncmc.
Need we add a word of exhortatiiAi tij induce
•vou. promptly* to respond ? What you do must
be done quickly. A hea'fty response from you*
will strike more terror into our efieftiies than
the most brilliant victory won fey our arms.—**
The appeal is to bach man. lie* that reads
and fails to act, gives aid and comfort to those
who have preditof our bankrunttv- He that
i* | i° *• ° *•
seeks out the opportumty to ccUtribute even
his mite sustains and strengthens the arms of
OU2 soldiers. .
.Planters of Georgia ! We appeal confident
ly to you. * (lur* State has the singular hon
or of bein’g thv only State in the Confederacy
who gdopted tlto Constitution unanimously
without suggesting an alteration. At thief mo
ment she is offering to the Government tJie lar
gest number of brave volunteers of any of the
original sevpn, and ha* now the greatest
number in the field. Let us add. to this‘the
crowning honor o(, heiug the first and most lib-*
oral State hi sustaining the credit ox ihe Gov
ernment by furnishing the produce of our
fields.*
It is desirable* to lihvc a special agent in ev
ery county* in the State, teho wilP gratuitously
serve his country in getting these subscriptions,
livery member of Congress is authorized to
appoint *uch agents, lb'opcr blanks, will be
furnished by tlsein and all furtheff information
desired. , .
Will not the editors.in t.lie State call atten
tion to this? • He well Cobb,,
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Jji Act—To authorize a loafi and issue of trea
sury notes, and prescribe the punishment for
forgihg the same, antT'for forging certificates
of Stock anc? Bonds. .
Section 1. The tkmrjress sis the* Conf*lcrate
States of America do enact , That the Secre
tary of the Treasury n*iay, with J lie assent of
the President of the* Confederate States, issue,
fifty millions of ch 1 Inrs in .bond* payable at’
the ex’piration of twenty years from.their date,
and bearing a rate td’ interest liot ex’eeeding
eight per cent pew annum, ifntil they beconjc
payable, the said interest to he paid semi-annu
ally. * Tlfe said bonds, alter ]iublic advertise
ment in three newspapers within tlie Confede
rate States for six weeks, to he sold for specie,
military stores, or for the proceeds of viles of
raw produce or manufactured .articles, to be
jiaid in specie or hills of exchange iu ’sinjh a
manner and Under si*ch regulations as may be
prescribed by the of the Treasury,
with ihe assent of tlfe* President. *But it shall
he Ihe duty of tfic Secretary of the Treasury
to rcpoi*t its uext gnsuing session tp tliQ,Con
gress of the Confederate State.?, a precise state
m®nf of his transactions under tUis law. Nor
shall the said bonds be? issued in fractional
parts of thc4iundi\d, or be exchanged %y the
sai.d Secretary for treasury notes, or the notes
•if afiy bonp, corporation, oiindividual, hut.ol4-
ly in the manner Jifiryin prescribed; Provided,
That nothing herein contained shvill be* so con-,
strued as to prevent the Secretary of Ihe Treas
ury frotfi receiving foiwign bi?l>. of exchange
in payment of these bonds. o
•Vu tcrc.it ing CoiVfKiioiiilcncc. .
... ; * 84 vann Ah, JMay 2k, *1801.
To k,s Rxccllcncy, .Joseph K. Broicn, (Joe., S.T.:
Slit —1 take my “depart Tire *to-day with my
Cbnijiany,.the Oglethospe .Ligkt Infinity, for
, \ irginia, uiv]cr the orckcrs of the President of
the Confederate States. It is a source of pro
found regret, That any question of
should “have arisen’between you and myself.
Under ordinary circumstances, 1 should nev
er qi?e tion tin! propriety of any orders emana
ting from your department. The situation in
which I have been placed by the acceptance of
my tender off service to the Government at
Montgomery, in my judgment, leaves me no
alternative ljut to take the arms and military
equipments now in possession, of my* corps.
Should 1 leave*them, L must take on hun
dred of the youlh of Georgia, under orders for
the”war, without the means of offence* or de
fence, to a country where.war is already actu
ally commenced. This L cannot do in justice
to them, to myself.and.to the*State- 1 repre
sent.* ° .
I have endeavored, by all the means in my
power, to Comply with your wishes, but I have
found no method of extraction, except in the
course l have tlwmght proper to pursue. 0 * *
o°l protest that l intend, and never intended,
any disrespect to the authorities of my Bt;tec. —
It is to nyi a question-pff honor ?tnd °of fidelity
to the important tru^t.confined to me by the
Government and the gallant men I lead to the
service of the country. 0
I go to illustrate, if I°can, native State;
at all uvents, to be true to Iter interests and
her character. 0
1 had lioped that tdie blessings and commen
dation of every sop and daughter of Georgia,
would follow me in this expedition, undertaken
for her and her confederate* associates, o ad 1
still cherisJi the hope that? a common danger,
and a common cause, will put to flight contro
verstos which should never exist *imong those*
whom a common patriotisuio should constantly
unite. .
° I have the honor to be, °
You? obedient servant,®
. •
Atlanta, May’ 29, I*B6l.
o - * *
Col. Francis S. Bartow :
Dear Sir— Your letter *of the 21st instant,
is received, ky which 1 am informed bf. your
refusal to obey my General Orders to the N’ol*.
untecr Military Companies of this State, for
bidding then* to Carry the arms belonging to
t°he State beyond he”£ limits, withouf tho con
sent of the Camniander-in-Chief. When you
reflect, you will doubtless feel that there are
good reasons why * this ■ jiet of insubordination,
and disobedience to Orders, by one professing
to be a military man, aspiring to* command,
should meet my unqualified condemnation.
You commence your military career *Jjy set
ting at deJianco Ordet of the officer upun
whom the Constitution of your* State con
ferred the rigfit to eonnnapd you. • What may
be thp.effect which you? example may produce
upon those whom you are to command, is not
for me to determine I trust, hewrever, tliat
eaeli offioer* under yoxir command may t’ake a
•soldier’ s view of. his duty, and that none may*
follow tike example set them, in this respect,
by-their leader. You are, at present, • beyond
thp reach of Btate Authority,*and “State lines,”
so far as you ar* concerned, have been “oblite
rated.” .1 bow. long this may remain so* de
pends upon the developments of the future.
It may not be ami/s toVefer to the circuiw-*
stanoes eonnectvd*with your .departure, for the
purpose of understanding more correctly the
responsibilities you have assumed in leaving
your home* and your family, for other A unaccus
tomed to the climate to protect, while you
serve B ie common cause, in a more, pleasant
summer climate, where there is a better pros
pect of glorious distinction.
.You doubtless remember, tlrut sonm Iveeks
’since, you ten'dered to me your gallant ’Compa
ny for sevvice in Virginia, and L refused to ac
cept the tender. This.refusal, on my part, was
not prompted by any doubt, as to the patriotism
or valor of the Oplethorpo Light Infantry; hut
by a sense of duty to tlie State, and especially
to the city of Savannah. If the common en
emy’ should invade the State of Georgia, we
have every reason to expect that an attack
would be made upon that city, lfours was a
well armed* and well drilled corps, residing in
Savannah, accustomed to its climate, and •ac
quainted with every approach to it, and every
inlet in its vicinity. It was in your power,
to dp more with your Company, for
the defence of the city, than could probably be
done by twice the*number of troops, sent there
fuom other parts of the State, who are equally
brave, but with worse arms and less*drill, unac
customed’ to the; climate*, and unacquainted
with the approaches .to the city. * 4 *
Tinder these circumstances, believing that
true requires each citizen of the
, State —at the, sacrifice of persotfal ambftion-*-
to remain where hc*"is most needed by. the
State, 1 flo not doubt that it‘was the duty of
yourself and ytur Company to remain at your
post and defend, if need he, your wives and
your children, your fircsidfls a*d your altars,
no\V guarded by others, against the assaults and
desecration of the* enemy. ”
It k true, the invasion of thc.Confcilcracy is.
now made upon the soil of Virginia, and it is
the duty of Georgia to send as nrnny troops as*
may he negesSary to pieet the invaders upon
the border and. drite them back. Ta the ac
comprishmcnt of this object, I shall in future,
as 1 have invariably.done in the past, respond
promptly to every call for troops, mad.c on me,
a? the Executive of the State,*lay ihe Govern-.,
yient of thmConfederate States. Were it difi-.
cult to get troops in other-parts of the* State,
not exposc’d as Savannah is.to attack, for ser l
vice in Virginia, j ou might be justifiable iti lca
.ving Savannah, (not now attacked,) and gbing
to’the point where the first attack is expected.
This, however, is not the case. 4 On the contra
ry, thete arc thousajids of troops?, from parts of
t'ye State not likely* to be attacked, who are
ready and anxious tgo to Virginia. Indeed,
I may truly Say,.there arc thousands mflrc than
can be accepted. Your efiurse off insxfljoudina
tion fin’d s no justification in tlie pk*j
of necessity. Neither the honor nor the digni
ty of the State? required you'to.go to Virginia,
or that you carry the arms away.from Savannah.
. Soon a’ftcr 1 had refused—for reasons above
mgnt : oncd—to ’accept your-tendpr, you pro;
cecdcd !o the Confedcraite. Congress, of which
you are a member, and. a bill xvas passed I sup
pose, chiefly hy your influence, as yon are
Chairman-of the Committee on Military Affairs
winch aythortzes tlie President tojicccpt the
forces of the State?, over the head and inde
pendent of State authority. Unitor this act,
you wore accepted inio service without yiy con
sent, and permitted to leave Savannah and. go
to Virginia.
As long as I have men and.guns, I shall res-,
pflnd promptly to every call for troops which 4
the Secretary of War “makes upon me, as tke
Executive of Gcorgia;*but 1 shall arm no troops?
why disregard State authority, as you have
done, and leave the State without the consent
of .her Executive.
1 consider the act of Congress, under which
you go, a palpable encroachment upon the
.lights of the States. If my conclusions as to
the character of this-act, in its effects upon
rights arc troubled hy any, the conduct
of the Chairman of the Committee on Military
Affairs, who must be presumed to have been
the leading spil’it in procuring its passage, and
who was probably the first to avail himself of
its benefits by accepting a high command un
der it, (it is said he is to have a Colonel’s com
mission,)-and then immediately setting at defi
ance the constituted authority of his SBtate,° in
the very commencement of his career under
the act, must, it serins, dffepel that doubt from
the mind of every reasonable man. .
Mad President Lincoln been invested .with
the power, under the laws of the United States
to acoept troops from the border States, •with
out the consent of the *Governors of those
States, he would never have made .his requi
sition upon them, and received the stern, uni
ted rebuke which they administered, and which
gave such. tone to public sentiment there, that
few, if any companies, have dared to tender
themselvestcf him, to aiJ in the Accomplish
ment of his wicked designs; but he would have
pass§d l*y the Executive authorities and called
for companies fiom the strongest L niifn sec
tions of thpse States, to rally to defend the Cap
ital, and having received nii rebuke from State
authority*. wcAild probably hate obtained as
many as he desired. It was to
maintain tlfe grea’t docteine of State rights and
State sovereignty, that we hazarded all on this
revolution, and we should b*e. .earfiful in the in
auguration of the new Government, that we
do'not disregard State rights and trample State
authority un<]er foot! While the President of
.the Confederate States has my highest confi
dence and warmest support, and while lam
cntirely.satisfled that he-has no unholy ambi
tion to gratify, and will never subvert tho lib
erties of his country, by the arbitrary excr
ciscg ol’ Executive powers, lam unwilling to
establish a bad precedent; by placing power in
his hands, which may be used by some future
o’ 0
s TERMS, TWO nOM.ARK, (
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; Napoleon, whose unholy ambition mtiy prompt
him, under the pleij of necessity, to jjlace liig.
heel upon the.. Constitution, and aScend the’
! throne by the use of the military power, with
’ out tlie Consent of the States.
Were t to arm Companies tendering directly
to the Secretary of War, I must leave unarm,
ed those who recogfiize State authority, ami
make tLeir tenders to me, as .the Executive of
the State; as I could not have arms sufficient
to supply both, ‘fhe result would be that soln
panies from weak points, which ought not to be
taken away, would frequently Jae accepted by
the Secretary of War, withoi® knowledge of
the locality from which they tender; and,com
panics from focalijics, not exposed to assault
which, make late tenders to the Executive,
( finding .other companies from their counties al
ready tendered and accepted, would at onee
change tlieir application to the Secretary of
War, and if accepted, would call on me so arm
tfhem, and enable them in this way, to obtaiu
aiul unjust preference over others, who tender
ed tn the State and arc entitled to priority. —
The result would be constant* embarrassment,
confusion and difficulty, as there would be nei
ther system or fixed policyfin the State, in re
ceiving and arming troops. *
In your letter you refer to the State which*
’“you represent,”*and you say ‘you* go to illus
trate, if you can, your native State, a t all events
to be true to her interests and her character.”
I am not aware of* the State authority by which
yoy have been called to represent Georgia in
Virginia; nor do I admit that a military man,
in the act of subordination to State. authority,
properly illustrates Georgia; nor that any one
is true to her past character, who undertakes
°to trample down the great principles of State
rights so long and so ably maintained against
encroachment by her Jackson, li€r Irwin, her
Crawford, her Troup, her Berrien,.her Gilmer,,
her Golquitt, her McDonald, and a host of oth
er departed statesmen, (to say nothing of thy
living) wliose names are the common heritage
of her people.
In your concluding ran arks,.you skate that
you “had Imped that the blessings and com
mendation of evefy son and daughter of Geor
gia, would follow you in this tfxpeditiorf.” •
You have casried away from Savannah, ITII
- circumstances above mentioned, some of
her bravest young men, who leave mothers and
sisters behind. Should the city be attacked or
destroyed in your absence,” I fear you could not
receive the cmnmcndation of mothers and sis
.ters, whose sons aiid brothers you took from
that city to fill places in Virginia which thou
sands of others would gladly have Occupied.
Again: 4 may by that many of our bravest
young men, called from other parts (if the
Sfcafc, to fill your places may *iot be able to en
dure the climate, and'live through the summer.
In that case, 1 fear your course could .not re
ceive tho.commendation*of those •laughters of
Gfeorgia dear to them. ° . . * .
Fearing that the example.set Jay y*u may
have.a bad influence-upon the °miljtia of the
State, as isubwrdination*tc*ids to anarchy, and
desiring that my position in this matter be prop
erly understood, I* shall take th*e liberty of pub
lislung this correspondence. * ,
. I am, very respectfully,
* * JosEni E. Brown.;
flnn Olini-Ur Corwin im Kcttiifd in
l>y a late’arrival the New Orl<?ans Picayune
is in receipt of the Trait d’ Union, a journal
p’ublisbed in the city of Mexico, froui,which it
, translates ae article with reference to the new
U. S. Minister. Aj’ter announcing his arrival
tlm Trait d’ Union goes on to sav :
u ln what capacity docs? this representative,
apjfbintcd by Mr Lincoln, conn? here ? Evi
dently in the capacity of Minister of the Uni
ted States —that is to say, of the Confederacy,
such as it was befote the separation of the
States of the South. Can lie, ought he to be
received in that capacity,? This is the first
question to be solved. 0
“We must be very careful on that point. —
The first step on such grounds may be very,
dangerous. Mr. Corwin would not simply be
recognized as the representative of only the
States of the North; and the Mexican Gov
ernment <?annot recognize him as representing
the States ol 4 the So.uth.
“If Mr. Lincoln’s envoy limits his preten
sions to be only the representative of the North,
he strikes a blow .at the dignity of his own
Government, and admits thereby that the Ad-,
ministration, whose commission lie holds, is ma
king at this moment an unjust and unlawful
War on the South--and that it is not possible*
for him to do.
“If Mexicq should Teceive him as refiresent
ing at once the States of the North and of the
South, it would .thereby discredit die legitimate
authority of tjic Confederate States and of the
Government at Montgomery —and this is not
more possible for them.
“Mr. Corwin comes, as is said, to conclude a
treaty. That question may be handled later.
The question for the present is, that of his re
ception, and, frankly, the ease? seems to us a
very embarrassing one. Perhaps it will be sub
mitted to Congress. We shall see how they
will get rid of it. ‘lt must not be forgotten
that*the Republican party—the same which
Mr* Corwin represents —refused to.ratify the
treaty of McLane, which was so favorable at
.the time to the liberal cause, on tho main
’ ground that the treaty had been made by a
Government whose authority did not extend
over thq, whole nation. This argument may
now be turned agaii?st the Republicans; for
the/authority erf Mr. Lincoln is certainly very
far from reaching over the whole of the country
which once .formed the Confederation of the
• United States.
“This ’reasoning is strengthened by other
considerations not less potent. The necessity
which Mexico has for living on good terms
with ihe Confederate States, its neighbor; the
danger to its frontier of making fqr itself so
formidable an enemy ; its nee°d of commercial
relations with the Confederate States, and many
other irresistible reasons, upon which we shall 1
take more than one occasion to dilate ”
The New York Tribune says that Col. Ells
worth was shot as he was descending the
with the secession flag*by Mr. Jackson, keeptr
of the Marshal House, and died almost instant
ly, dying the flag with blood His last nous
were, “My God !”
•NO. 10.