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SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE
VOL. IV.
Cjjt J&mtJjern (Enterprise.
IIS C. BltVA.\, EDITOR.
TIIUMASYIIJK. GA.
ffEP.IESDAV, DECEMBER 18, |MI.
IW” The meeting of the Ladies’ Soldiers’ Aid Society
ot Thomas County, for the distribution of work and the
return of that made up hr the tnemberrs, will be held at
the Court House in Thomasville, every two weeks, on
I uesday at 9 o’clock, A M , the first meeting being on
Tuesday, September 3d, and regularly every fortnight
thereafter , ‘ • ■
rlje meetings of the Executive Committee, so
tho o-t ..t -rr4., &c., Will be held weekly on
Thursday mornings, at 9 o’clock, at the house of Rev. A.
W. C'lisby.
©ASH NVMTEJI,
H wc liave 10 P : ‘J cab for paper, labor provis
io‘ns, &c., we have determined to adopt the cash *yg
lem. Hereafter aHjHraßsieat Aclveriiserueiifs must
be paid fbr beio/e inserted, and all Job Work must
be paid for on delivery. In no case will we deviate
from tide rule- For rates of sec first.
P-V*- r IT 1 _ S
TABLEiIX,
We are requested to annonnee that the la
dies of the New Hope Soldiers’ Aid Society
will'give a series of Tableaux, on the 23d inst.
at the New Hope Baptist Church, on the Mon
ticello road, eight miles from Thomasville—for
the benefit of the soldiers.
E IiETCIIE R IXSTITITE.
. The exercises of this institution, we learn,
•will be Continued as usual next year, under the
direction of Mr. W. s'. Dodd, as Principal,
who will be assisted by able and efficient teach
ers in the different Departments.
. TABLE.AI X AT <II ITUAX.
The Ladies of Quitman and vicinity will
give'.an exhibition of Tableaux, on the night
of the 26th inst. —the -proceeds of which will
be turned over to the Soldiers’ Aid Society.
Correspondence of the .Southern Enterprise.
(’amp Jasper, Pee. 10, 1801.
Nothing has transpired of interest in this
neighborhood since my last. The enemy are
once more in occupation of Tybee, but seem to
have no idea of making a raid on the interior
for the present. They have been stealing a
good deal of corn, cotton and potatoes, near
Port Royal, S. C.,biif. reliable authority informs
US that the Caniinians.phe other day, sent a
detachment from one of their regiments and
laid Waste all the farms in that region, devot
ing all the barns and cotton houses to the flames.
TJiat was perfectly right', and ire are in favor of
devotin g the populous’and wealthy city of Sa
vannah to the same destroying element, in pre
ference to letting it fall into their hands. But
we have no idea they will ever attempt to cap
ture Savannah, for they are fearful of a defeat
in this quarter, lest it should kill off the poten
cy'of their great fleet, and prove, what every
body knows, that with all the splendor of their
equipments, they are unable to cope with the
naked valor of the South.
We have been watching, with considerable
interest, the fight going on at Milledgevillc, be
„ tween Gov. Brown and the Legislature, and
while the difficulty is deprecated and re
garded as shameful at this important crisis,
Gov. Brown is sustained in his attempt to pre
serve the Georgia army, and ue (the second
regiment) believe now, that the dignity of the
State demands it. The writer has.rcad the ar
guments of those who supported the “transfer
of the troops,” and without any groat confi
dence in Gov. Brown, he believes that the
States of the Confederacy ought, as a measure
of safety against a future possible aggression
bv Confederate authority, maintain a distinctive
identity, as indisputable evidence of theif sove
reignty. In no way can the fact be more fair
ly established than by the acknowledged right
to raise and maintain an army. She surrenders
.up her right to do this in time of peace, but
she has power to raise an army when she needs
it, find that is when she is threatened with in
vasion. whether bv a sister State or a foreign
State. State sovereignty is the only safeguard
left by the dissolution of the old Union for the
preservation of constitutional liberty. We have
seen a great, enlightened nation, full of great
statesmen, endowed with all the knowledge of
past ages, ruthlessly broken up, and its people
pTumred’ into all the horrors of civil war; and
whdt .shall we say to those who ask us to surren
der up o'iir privileges into the hands of a
crad Government? It is said that “a burnt
child dreads the fire.” So it is with us now.
Who will be security for the permanence of
the Confederate Government? Perhaps it will
last as long and even much longer than the old
Union did, but that is not the end of posterity.
Here we iuterpose “ State sovereignty as a
bulwark against the ultimate destruction of the
liberties we at this day enjoy, and are now on
the battlefield to defend. We have seen that
if they had been left entirely in the keeping
of the General Government, they would now
have been lost to us —perhaps forever. But
the States resumed their sovereignty when they
found their rights in danger, and they have
been taught a severe lesson —let them heed it.
Weakness and a common danger has made us
one and an unconquerable people, but let us be
ware of a loßg peace, prosperity and wealth.—
With ease and luxury comes indolence, imbe
cility and corruption, and these are mortal dis-
< B R A A W A REJE Al’,)
Proprietor*. |
eases to ail nations afflicted with them. The
old L nion died with them all combined—let
j the new take warning.
But I have digressed somewhat. You will
discover, from what I have hinted, that we, as
Georgia State Troops, are opposed to being
transferred to the Confederate States,” with
out our consent, notwithstanding the eloquence
Oi Messrs. Moore and Love, of your county, to
the contrary, and claim, as citizens of Georgia
and, moreover, as soldiers in her army, to have
and feel quite as much interest in her welfare.
We have no objections to fighting for the Con
tederate States, in fact, we are doing so when
we are fighting for Georgia; but after wc have
been regularly organized, armed and equipped
as State Troops, served out nearly half our
term of service, with feelings of just pride, for
the power and influence of the great State we
represent, you may readily imagine that we
have not watched with pleasure the folly of the
Legislature iu putting themselves to so much
trouble to get rid of us. I liave thuoght that
as none of them ever had anything to do with
an army before, perhaps they sprung the ques
tion merely to “try their hands’’ and to have a
record ot the fact. Doubtless they have read
the histories ot Greece and Rome, and perad
venture, so far civilized as to have heard of the
trench Revolution—where great armies lay
idle in the field at enormous expense to the go
vernment, simply awaiting the puny decision of
factious Senates, more honorable for antiquity
than poteut through their wisdom. It we
guessed correctly, we hope they have gained
by their experience, and will hereafter acquit
themselves as legislators of turbulent times and
provide for the defense of their State with a
firm, decisive resolution to make preparations
in proportion to the magnitude of the danger.
I intended to speak of some other things in
this connection, but find that I have already
lengthened out this article more than I expect
ed. 1 Soldier.
LINES
Suggested on Visiting the Grave of the Illustrious
Barlo-w.
BY S, H. W.
Rest softly, Bartow, in a soldier’s grave,
No braver heart than thine e’er beat beneath
The Southern banner's proudly glittering wave;
None nobler ever won the glory wreath,
None truer consecrates a soldier’s grave.
“igo to illustrate Georgia ” —what other theme,
At such a time, could brighter laurels claim?
The hero’s grave, the sequel proves he went —
Then rest, thee, in thy Country’s Southern strand,
Hero of daring soul and mighty hand.
Camp Jasper, Dec. 14, IS6I.
Corraipoa.lcace of eLc Souijcin Eutcrjirisc.
Camp Jasper, Near Savannah, Ga., {
Dec. 11, 1801. j
Friend Rcncau: Nothing of importance has
happened in or around our camps since I wrote
you last. Although our shores are daily threat
ened by an invasion from a hostile foe our sol
diery are apparently unconcerned. We are
decidedly the most self-complacent, indifferent
set of meu I ever saw. At night we retire in
to our little “ cloth houses’ ’ and feel as secure
there as if we were lying within the arched
walls of some impregnable fortress. Often
times during the calm, quiet hours of night
the sound of the belching cannon is heard
from the Lincoln fleet, but so indistinct arc the
sounds in our camps that they do not excite
even a fear of alarm ! We give attention for
a few moments —the camps are still —then
change our positions upon our pallets of straw
and we are soon cradled again in the arms of
“Somnus” to dream, perhaps, of loved ones at
home.
To give you an idea of the unconcernedness
of our soldiery, I will particularize an instance:
A few mornings ago, between the hours of one
and two o’clock, we were awakened from our
slumbers by the rapid firing of large artillery!
I arose aud went out of my tent when the
glare of the light caused by the burning of
“Tybee Light House” was visible —a distance
of more than twenty miles ! Notwithstanding
the firing continued for mors than an hour, ra
pid and sharp, our camps appeared unconcern
ed and quiet. After the reville that morning
only a few, very few, of the men inquired what
the firing meant. They were told that “Capt.
Reed, with four or five men, had set a torch to
the Light House upon Tybee Island for the
purpose of destroying it entirely.” The Yan
kees seeing this demonstration began shelling
the Island believing they would do great de
struction ; but, as usual, were disappointed in
their malicious designs.
I noticed through the CQlumns of your paper
that the different county offices are in great de
mand. Some of the aspirants, if I mistake
not, were once staunch war men. Do they en
tertain those principles yet? If they do, T
would say to them come ! Our country lound
;ly calls for help. Let every man come that
can leave his home without material injury to
his comforts and his pockets. It is not I, an
humble writer, that tells you come; but it is
an appeal from your own beloved South! She
is calling in clarion tones upon every one of
her loyal sons. Already has the bright escutch
eon of our beloved Georgia been insulted by
the footprints of Lincoln’s minions. Sons of
j Georgia ! Sons of the South! how long shall
\ve suffer these indignities to be offered ? Shall
;it be for years? God forbid. If you cant
i come as a commissioned officer, let me whisper
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1861.
that it is no disgrace to enter the service of our
country as a private. Our army, both infan
try and cavalry, is not full and their ranks re
main open for recruits. Voters of Thomas
i county, act judiciously, act prudently in the
selection of your county officers. Let it not
j be said that you have detracted, in some de
gree, from the strength of our Southern army
by placing into civil offices men that could
have been made soldiers. Arborist.
Daunt ion- to the Soldier*’ Aid Society.
Mrs. Sarah Bennett (74 years old) 16 pair
socks. .
Mrs. Homan, 4 cans fruit.
Mrs. knitting yarn.
The society gratefully acknowledges the re
ceipt of the following liberal and appropriate
donation from the Oclocknee Light Infantry,
Capt. Win. J. Young, with the accompanying
letter :
HEAD QUARTERS, )
OCLOCKONEE LIGIIT LnFANTRV,
Darien. Ga., Dec. 9, 1861. l
Mrs. M. E. dishy,
Secretary “Aid Society,”
Thomasville , Ga.:
Madam : Inclosed, I herewith send to you
One Hundred and Twenty-five Dollars, which
many of the members of the Oclockonee
Light Infantry were pleased to contribute to
your patriotic and praisworthy Society, as per
inclosed list. It is the wish ot the contribu
tors that your Society appropriate-this amount
in any way that in the judgment of the Socie
ty it will do the most good to the most needful
Yours very respectfully,
Wm. J. Young,
Capt. Com. Oclockonee Light Infantry.
II II Sanford, $2 00 John A McKinnon, $2 00
M H Young, 5 00 Janies Mirmns, 2 00
J Kqbitsbek, 2 00 JR Braswell, 2 00
R G Mitchell, 500 MB Braswell, 2 00
W J McKinnon, 400 Hardy Hancock, 100
Geo llarland, 2 00 D W Massey, 2 00
Joseph Newman, 200 11 II McKinnon, 200
T J McKinnon, 2 00 J D Baggett, 1 00
J M Lightfoot, 2 00 I) W Alderman, 3 00
S M Thomas, 2 00 HA Ramsey, 3 00
J E McLean, 4 00 J T Jordan, 1 00
D S Monroe, 2 00 J T Hinsely, 2 00
Eli W Beasley, ‘2 00 W A Benton, 2 00
I) B Lammons, ] 00 J G Culpepper, 1 00
Edwin Griffin, 1 00 R A McKinnon, 2 00
J W Groover, 1 00 J W Stansell, 1 00
W H Culpepper, 1 00 Aaron Daniel, 1 00
Lewis Ebenger, 1 00 LA Ammons, 1 00
Achiles Smith, 5 00 Martin A.lams, 1 00
A Homeister, 5 00 P W McKinnon, 2 00
J C Smith, 3 00 M Piosenfield, 2 00
VV N Mitchell, 3 00 G W Parnell, 3 00
A B Moore, 2 00 S S Little, 2 00
Extra Duty, 2 00 LA Ilall, 1 00
R T Ilicks, 2 00 Lebbeus Dekle, 5 00
W H Hancock, .’ 200 W J Young, 10 00
Wm A Pugh, 3 00
THE LATEST NEWS.
Rienrnond, Dec. 14.—Official intelligence
received says the Fcderals five thousand strong
attacked Col. Edward Johnson’s command on
Valley Mountain on the 13th, but were repuls
ed with great loss, after an engagement of sev
en hours. The battle commenced at seven
o’clock in the forenoon. Johnson’s force is
1,200, and has since been reinforend by two
regiments. Johnson is a Virginian and a
graduate of West Point, but commands the
12th Georgia Regiment.
Excepting the news of the victory at Valley
Mountain, there is nothing ox interest from the
camps.
Ben McCulloch has arrived.
New fork, Dec. 30.—Cotton firm. Sales
1800 bales of middling upland at 31 to 31T
New York papers, of the 10th, and Balti
more papers, af the 11th, have been received
at Centreville.
The news of the Mason and Slidell affair Lad
not reached England.
The steamer Nashville was still at South
Auipton, and created a good deal of discussion
in England. The London times says that the
Nashville must be treated as a ship of war, on
the same footing as those of the United States.
The abolition tendency was increasing in the
North.
The Philadelphia Enquirer publishes a state
ment which evidences the number of sick and
wounded among the Fedecals to be from forty
to fifty thousand.
The New York correspondent of the Inqui
rer says that Minister Faulkner has been liber
ated and will soon be on his way South.
Wall street is afflicted with the blues in con
sequence of the big estimates of the Secretary
of the Treasury.
The New York Herald, of the 10th, says
that Gen. Price, of Missouri, has played out
and a young Virginian has been appointed over
him.
A large number of Hatteras prisoners, in
cluding eleven officers, will be released in a
few days from Fort Warren.
Gen Banks has gone into winter quarters at
Frederick.
Gen. Scott and family had arrived in Eng
land.
Mason, Slidell, McFarland and Eustis have
published, in the New York Herald, a protest
of their"feeizure.
Aid for Charleston.
Richmond , Pec. 13. —In Congress to-day,
Mr. Kenner, of Louisiana, offered the follow
ing resolution, which was unanimously adopted:
A resolution to make an advance to the State
of South Carolina, on account of her claims
agaiust the Confederate States.
Resolved, That the sum of two hundred
and fifity thousand dollars be aud is hereby ap~ j
propriated as an advance on accout of any
claims of the State of South Carolina against
the Confederate States, and that the same be
paid to such person as may be authorized by
| the Legislature of South Carolina to receive
the same.
The Georgia Legislature, we learn, Satur
day unanimously appropriated §IOO,OOO to” the
: city of Charleston, as an expaession of their
| sympathy with her in her recent affliction.
The City Council of Savannah have appro
priated ten thousand dollars to aid the suffer
ers in Charleston.
Over §6,000 were subscribed in a public
meeting in Augusta, Friday last, for the relief
.of the Charleston sufferers. A committee was
1 appointed to solicit other subscriptions.
From the Charleston Mercury. 12/A inst.
. The Crval Fire iu Chtirlr-ion. ‘
This morning dawned drearily upon a night !
of terror and disaster. About nine o’clock last
evening, the alarm rang out, calling the citizeus
to quell the beginning of a tire, which, in the
| subsequent extent and rapidity of its ruinous j
j sweep, will compare with the’most terrible con- j
j flagrutions which have ever visited the Ameri
: can continent. The wild work of the flames, i
and the immense destruction of property which
has thus far taken place, is chiefly attributable j
to the sudden and unfortunate change in the
weather, which occurred almost simultaneously i
with the breaking out of the fire. The mild
and spring-like calmness of the atmosphere du
ring the last fortnight was broken by heavy
gusts of wind, which swept the dust and smoke
and sparks hither and thither in blinding
clouds. Great flaming bits of wood were borne
in dense showers for a distance of nearly a mile
in a southwest direction, and the whole city was
brightly lit up by the dreadful and widening
glare.
Before ten o’clock the fire had began raging
in several, different points in the lower part of
the city. The buildings in the stricken neigh
borhoods were mostly of wood, old, closely
built and surrounded by small out-buildings of
an exceedingly inflamable character. As ten
ement after tenement was first licked by and
then enveloped in the fast spreading flames, ,
the panic became awful. The fierce, roaring
march of the lire was a horrible scene; but tar
more heart-rending was the sight of hundreds
—we ought, perhaps, to say thousands—of poor
and bewildered families, driven suddenly from
their homes, destitute of their scanty effects.—
All the available carts, drays, handcarts and
wheelbarrows, were immediately brought into
requisition; but these were altogether inade
quate to remove even a tithe of the moveables
beyond the reach of the devouring elements.
Towards midnight the fire had assumed pro
portions of appaling magnitude. The circum
ference which it embraced was such as to ren
der the most desperate efforts of our entire fire
brigade of comparative insignificance. The
regiments from the Race Course came down at
double-quick to the burning Wards, and co op
erated most earnestly and indefatigably in the
labors of (ur undaunted firemen. But still the
northeastern gale fanned the fire with its deso
lating breath, and the people began almost to :
despair of checking the progress of the disas
ter. From the precincts-of Market, East Bay
and State streets, the conflagration had now
reached Meeting and Queen streets. The terror
of the families (in tnanv cases without their
usual protectors, owing to the military exigen- ]
cies of the times) was contagions, and much <
farther up into the city the work of packing up
valuables and getting ready to desert their i
homesteads became general.
To give anything like a full account of the
results, of what will hereafter be khown as the
Great Fire of 1861, in the confusion and gene
ral consternation that prevails while we write, ;
is manifestly impossible. Many positions of the
burned district are quite unapproachable, and
it is exceedingly difficult, at this time, to glean
any accurate information whatever in regard
to the enormous losses which have occurred. —
We must content ourselves, therefore, with
giving our scanty notes jotted down at various
hours during the night.
Ten o’clock —The fire began at Russell &
Go’s sash and blind factory, at the foot of Ha
sell street, and the report —though a vague one
—is, that it appeared in three places at the
same time. Crossing to the other side of Ha- :
sell street, it has burned Cameron & Co’s im
mense machine shops, and, under the impulse
acquired at that point and the stiff breeze from
the northeast, without a sufficient supply of |
water —for it is dead low tide—it has become
totally unmanageable, and rages without the :
hope of being able to arrest it, except at cer
tain strategic points, upon which extraordinary
interests depend.
Eleven O’clock. —The out buildings in the
rear of Institute Hall have been set on fire by
the sparks. The attention of the firemen is
directed thither and they are straining every
nerve to save Meeting street. The frame build
ings on Queen street are smoking and will pre
sently blaze forth.
Twelve o’clock. —Meeting street, from Mar
ket to Queen, is one mass of flame. The Cir
cular Church and Institute Hall are burning.
The Mills House is thought in imminent dan
ger, while the fire seems stretching its red
arms around the Charleston Hotel. There has
been a general desertion of both hotels by the
guests, under the that they cannot
be saved.
One o’clock. —The track of the conflagration
begins to be clearly defined. Leaping Church
street (on which no block excepting that next
to Market, has been burnt) the fire is steadily
pursuing its southwesterly course towards the j
corner of Archdale and Queen streets.
Two o’clock. —At this hour the fire is still
raging with violence scarcely abated. A splen
did effort was made by the fire companies to
save the house ot L. W. Spratt, on East Bay
street, which was successful; and with it was
saved the fine line of buildings on Ilasell street
the fiite of which depended upon that result.
Passing to the south westward, the fire has
swept the entire tract to the rear of’the Charles-)
ton Hotel, and to the end of the Hayrte street 1
ranges. There are no buildi?fgs north ot Mar
ket street, and east of the Hayne street stores,
still standing, except, perhaps, those of llenrj
Gerdts and the Misses Pinckney. Crossing
Market street, the fire has extended down East
Bav to Cumberland street, and thence across to
’the Mills House, taking, in its way, the Cir
cular Church, Institute Hall, the Charleston j
Theatre, all the buildings upon King street, |
from Clifford street up 4c within a few doors of 1
Broad street. Crossing King street, the flames j
are approaching the rear of the Cathedral, the
Unitarian and the English Lutheran Churches.
Three o'clock. —The steeple of the Circular
Church has just toppled and fallen, with a
heavy crash. Gen. Ripley, who is moving to
and fro, superintending the movements of the
troop with characteristic energy, gave orders
several hours ago, to blow up certain buildings
in the track <sf the flames. The execution of
this order, delayed at first, has at length been
accomplished. Ever and anon, daring the past
) hour, the explosions have rent the air.
* Iu the lower part of the city the fire has
j done its work in thorough style. Its path is
I now burned out, and nothing now remains to
mark where it passed, save smouldering piles
of cinders and gaunt and smoking walls and
chimneys. The Charleston Hotel is safe and
Hayne street too. The wind lias swept the
j danger off further to the south. Although the
; fire rages on three sides of the Mills House, j
| that fine structure has not caught. The Thea- !
tre, Lloyd's Coach Factory opposite, the Ex
j change Office, the old Executive building and
I all the houses between that point and Quqep
: street have been burned. The fire seems ma
king straight towards the Jail. Companies of
the Reserves have been ordered out to repress
any possible disturbance among the prisoners
confined in that building. The wind has abat
ed somewhat.
Four o'clock. —A change in the wind has
bent the course of the fire towards Broad street.
The Lutheran and Unitarian Churches are now
considered safe. The Cathedral seems now in
exceeding danger. The buildings on the west
side of Friend street, near the corner of Queen,
are burning fiercely. St. Andrew’s Hail is on
lire, and the noble spire of St Fin bar’s glitters
with a splendor of portentous import. The
occupants of houses on Broad street, beyond
King, are moving their effects.
Quarter past jive o’clock. —As the clock of
St. Michael’s tolls the quarter, the Cathedral
steeple'has fallen with a tremendous crash.—
The Cathedral is burning furiously; likewise
St. Andrew’s Hall. In fact, the whole of Broad
street is on fire from Mr. Gadsden’s to Mazyck
street. The residences of Messrs. Geo. M. Cof
fin, Jas. L. Petigru, and others near by, are
consumed. The flames have now crossed Broad
street, and, as the wind has not lulled, it is im
possible to say where they will stop —Short of
the river.
There does not appear to be any imminent
danger of the fire again making headway either
to the right or to the left of the furrow which
it has cloven through our fair city from East
Bay to King street. But the head of the con
flagration is Brill fearful to look upon and is
pushing forward with giant strides as we go to
press.
Great, indeed, has been the calamity which
has fallen upon our noble old city. But let us,
with unfailing hope and courage, bestir our
selves at once to amend the losses we have sus
tained, and to relieve, each one according to
his means, the great sufferings which the fire
must entail upon its poor “victims.
J3F* 1-00 K HERE. —The undersigned is a candi
date to take the Returns and Collect the Tax of Thomas
County for the ensuing year, aud he pledges liimself. if
elected, to give all the salary to aid in the support of the
families of the Volunteers of this county.
He rejoices to see so much unanimity and liberality in
the county, and throughout the entire Confederacy* in
the bestowal of money and means to support the “war ;
but not having funds on hand to apply in that tray, and
being too old to shoulder a musket, and endure the hard
ships and suffer the privations of an efficient soldier, he
tenders to his fellow-citizens his best services in this way,
with a full determination to give the entire profits as
above stated.
Dec. 9,1861. ROBERT FLEMING,
SP WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE
H. M. Hurst
as a candidate for the office of Sheriff of Thomas county
at the ensuing January election.
***.***%-_ WE ARE AUTHORIZED to announce
J- P- TURNER
as a candidate for Sheriff of Thomas county at the ensu
ing January election. • If he is elected, Abel Johnson
will be bis deputy. dec 4-tde
UP WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNAUNCE
Aaron Daniel
as a candidate for Sheriff of Thomas county, at the ensu
ing January elec ion. dee 4-tde
Os WE ARE AUTHORIZED TQ ANNOUNCE
P. B. Massey
as a candidate for the office of Tax Receiver and Collec
tor of Thomas Comity, at the ensuing January election.
He proposes, if elected, to appropriate one half the prof
its of the office to the support of the soldiers aud their fa
milies. .
rr WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE
JOHN G. PITTMAN
as a candidate for the office of County Treasurer of Thom
as County, at the ensuing January election.
ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE
_ JOHN 3F*.. MADDOX
as a candidate for the office of Tax Receiver and Collect
or, for Thomas county, at the ensuing January election,
lie proposes, if elected, to appropriate one half the pro
fits of the office to the support of the soldiers and their
families;
WE ARE AUTHORIZED to announce
Mh-a*’ j, Hl j, BF>OCK
as a candidate for the office of Tax Receiver of Thomas
County, at the ensuing January election. He proposes,
if electeted, to appropriate one half the profits of the of
fice to the support of the soldiers and their families.
--•y WE ARE AUTHORIZED to announce
M. R. Mcßae
as a candidate for the office of Tax Receiver and Collec
tor of Thomas County, at the ensuing January election.
~ , WI2 ARE AUTHORIZED to announce
Lebbeus Dekle
as a candidate for Clerk of the .Superior and Inferior
Courts, at the ensuing January Election. sep 4 t‘le
WE ARE AUTHORIZED to announce
James L. Everitt
as a candidate for the office of Tax Receiver and Collec
tor of ’J’honias County at the ensuing January election.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Clinch Tax Sales.
STATE OF GEORGIA, CLINCH COUNTY,—WiII
be sold at Homersville, Clinch county, on the first
i Tuesday in January next, within the lawful hours of sale
the following lots of land, to-wit:
No 239, in the 19th district of Clinch county, u., tb
; property of William J. Hamel—
No 294, in the 12th district of Clinch county, as the
property of A llutcliingson. Administrator on the estate
of S. B. Barker, deceased—
No lob, in the 12th district of Clinch county, as the
property of A C B Mitchell
Nos 495 and 496, in the 12ih district of Clinch county,
as'the property of Mibbrv S Martin —
I Nos 246, 247, 248, 249,259 m the 19th district ot Clinch
county, as the property of Thornes Taylor
N0*526, 527, in the'l2th district of Clinch county, ar
the property of Otis Childs—;
All levied on to satisfy their tax f*esnliOns for 1361.
j dec 4-50 J SHIMUEL TIMMERMAN, Sheriff
Will be sold, before the Courthouse door, in the town
of Homersville. Clinch county. Ga., within the legal
hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in January next, the
followiiur property, to*wit •
One krt of hind. No 242, lying in the 12th district of
said county, containing four huudred and ninety acres,
more or less, levied on as the property of Alexander
Jackson.
Also, at the same time and place, lot of land, No 169,
in the 12th district of said county, levied on as the pro
’ perty of James Stockdale.
Alse. at the same time and place, lot,of land. No 115,
in the 13th district of said county, containing four hun
dred and ninety acres, more or less, —said land levied on
by virtue of their tax ii fas for the State and county tax,
. —said executions issued by the Tax Collector of said
j county. Levies made and returned to me by a constable,
i This November 30th, 1861.
tda JESSE SMITH, D- Sheriff.
( TERMS, TWO DOL EARS, )
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Colquitt Tax Sales.
STATE OF GEORGIA, COLQUITT COUNTY
On Tuesday the seventh day of January next, wilf
; he sold before the Courthouse door, in said county, with
! in the lawful hours of sale. Lots of land Nos. 304 and 37,
in the Bth district of said county, or so much thereof as
| will be sufficient to satisfy the “State and county tax of
C W How, for the present year, (1861) —amount due,
! $1.96, principal, besides all costs —said lots of land con
taining 400 acres, more or les3.
Also, at the same time and place, will be sold, 600 acres
■ of lots of land Nos 269 and 285, in the Bth district of said
county, or so much thereof as will be sufficient to satisfy
the State and county tax of A It D Sands, for the present
year, (1861) —amount due, SI.OB, principal, besides all
cost*.
Also, at the same time and place, will be sold 380 acres
of lot No 171, in the Btli district of said county, or so
much thereof as will bo sufficient to satisfy’ the State and
county tax of ,1 E Trippe, for the present year, (1861) —
amount due, 08 cents, principal, besides all “costs.
Also, at the same timo uml pWe, -will bo sold, 245 acre*
of lot No 301, in the Bth district of said county, or so
much tlereof as will bo sufficient to satisfy the State and
county tax, of Peter Durgee for the present year, (1861f
—amount due, 98 cents, principal, besides all costs.
Also, at the same timo and place, will bo sold, 1M) acres 1
of lot No 171, in the Bth district of said county, or so
much thereof as will bo sufficient to satisfy the State and
county tax of Henry Iverson, for the present year, (1861 y
—amount due, 39 cents, principal, besides all costs.
Also, at the same time and place, will be sold, 245 acres
of lot of laud No 301, in the Bth district of said county,
or so much thereof us will sutsify the State and county
tax of l'eter O. Strong, for the present year, (1861) —
amount due, 48 cents, priuoinal, besides all costs.
Also, at the same time ana place, will be sold, 245 acres
of lot of land No 251, in the Bth district, of said county,
or so much thereof as will satisfy the State and county
tax of F Wilkinson, for the present year,(lß6l)— amount
due, 58 (rents, principal, besides all coots.
Also, at the same time ami place, will be sold. 490 acres
of lot No 350. in the Bth district of said County, or so
much thereof as will satisfy the State and county tax of
A Bradciider. for the present year, (1861) —amount duo
98 cents, principal, besides all costs.
Also, at the same time and place, will be sold. 635a
af lots Nos 348 and 349, in the Btli district of said con
or so much thereof as will satisfy tne State and corn
tax of H Veight, for the present year, (1861)—-amount and.
sl.-17. principal, b< sides all costs.
Alto, at the same time and plaee, will be sold, 175 acr
of lot No 331), in the X;h district of said county,'or
much thereof as will be sufficient to satisfy the State an
county tux of M W Dodd, for the present year, (1861)—•
amount due 39 cents, principal, besides all costs.
Also, at the same time ana place, will be sold, 980 ac.
of lots Nos 267 and 268, in the Bth district of said ce
or so much thereof us will be sufficient to sati.
State and county tax of H M Holbrook for the
year, (1861) —amount due, $1.96, principal, l
costs.
Also, at the same time and place, will be
acres of lots of land Nos 161, 162 and 207, in tin
triot of said county or so much thereof as will .
cient to satisfy the” State and. county tax of D Fan .
for the present year, (1861) —amount due, $2.95, prii
beside* till costs.
Also, at the same timo and place, will be sold, 490 aci
of lot of land No 298, iu the 9th district of said county,
or so much thereof as will be sufficient to satisfy tie
State and county tax of A Bryan, for the present, year,
(1801) —amount duo, 98 cents, principal, besides all “costs.
Property pointed out by Darlin Creed Tax Collector.
HIItAM GAY, Sheriff Colquitt Cos.
dec 4 ($32.50) 30d
STATE OF GEORKfA, Thomas County.
Court of Ordinary, June 24, 1861.
Whereas"P. P. SMITH, Administrator on the estate of
Janies B. Edwards, late of Jefferson County, Fla., de
ceased, makes application, by petition, to said Court, for
letters of Dismi:?ion from said Administration,
All persons interested are. therefore, hereby notified to
tile their objections in.eaid Court, if any they have ; oth
erwise said letters will be granted to said applicant, at a
regular Term of said Court, to be held at the Courthouse
in Tbomasville, said county, on,the first Monday in Jan
itai y next.
je 26m6m HENRY H. TOOKE, Ordinary
Administrator';* Sale.
STATE OF GEORGIA. THOMAS COUNTY.—
Agreeable to an order and judgment of the honorable
the. Court of Ordinary of said county the undersigned
will sell, before the court house door iu Thomasville, said
county, within the legal liourß of sale, on the first Tues
day iu December next, all the lands and real estate be
longing to William H. Reynolds, deceased, of said coun
ty. Sold for division and for the benefit of the heirs and
creditors of said deceased.- Terms of sale made known
on the da}’.
oc 16-10d JOHN C. REYNOLDS, AdmT.
Executor’s Sale.
f-i EORGIA, THOMAS COUNTY.—Agreeable to an
” A order and judgment of the honorable the Court of
Ordinary of said county, November term, 1861, will be
sold before the Courthouse door in Thomasville said
county, within the legal hours of sale, on the first Tues
day in January next, the negro slaves and the lands ly
ing and being in said county, belonging to the estato of
John Hurst, deceased.
Also, will be sold before the Courthouso door, in Mitch
ell and Worth counties, at Camilla and Isabella, on the
first Tuesday in February next, within the legal hours of
sale, the lands in said counties belonging to said deceas
ed. Terms made known on the day.
nov 13-40d . HENRY HURST, Ex’r.
Adisiasiiwf i ator’s Sale.
G 1 EORGIA, BROOKS COUNTY.—Agrceablle to an
I order of the Court of Ordinary of said county, tho
undersigned, administrator on the estate of Ann Hunter,,
deceased, will sell before the Courthouse door in Quit
man, said county, within the legal hours of sale, on tho
first Tuesday in January next, the following negroes,
slaves, to wit: Exodus, a man about 40 years of age, Joe,
a man about 25 years of age, and Lucy, a woman about
18 years of age—sold as the property of Ann Hunter,
deceased, for (lie benefit of the heirs and creditors of
said deceased. Terms cash. This the 7th October, 186 L
40d ($3.50] WM. G. HUNTER, Adm’r.
Guardian's Sale.
GEORGIA, THOMAS COUNTY.—Agreeable to an
order and judgment of the honorable tho Court of
Ordinary of said county, November term, 1861, will be
sold before the Courthouse door, in Thomasville said
county, within the legal hours of sale, on the first Tues
day in January next, the negro slaves remaining unsold
belonging to the estate of Elizabeth Smith, deceased,
aud the minor heirs and distributees of said deceased.—
Sold for the purpose of division and for their use and
benefit. Terms made known on the day.
nov 13-40d W. J. SINGLETARY. Guardian.
Executor’s Sale-.
AGREEABLE to an order and judgement of tho
Court of Ordinary of Thomas County, the under
signed will sell, before the courthouse door in Thomas
ville, in Kuid county, within the leg-.il Iwuwff f sulo, on
the first Tuesday in January next, lots of land No. 386, m
the 18th District, and No. (5, in the 23d District of for
merly Early now Thomas county, making a body of five
hundred acies of land, well improved, it being part of
the real estate of George Hayes, deceased, of said coun
ty. Sold for the benefit of the heirs of said estate. —
Terms made known on the dav of sale,
nov 13 40d JAS. T. HAYES, Executor.
STATE OF BEOKCIA, Thomas Connty.
C'sm Los Ordinary, A ov. 25, 1861.
Whereas HAMILTON W, SHARPE has this day, by
this Court, been appointed Administrator. Ad Cid tenen
dum, on the estate, both real and personal, of Charles
H. Reminfoon, deceased, late ot said county, and having
tiled in Court his petition praying the order and judgment
of said Court, authorizing citation to seue for permanent
letters thereon — ... ,
All persons interested are, therefore, hereby notified
to file fbeir objections iu said Court, if any they have,
otherwise said permanent letters of Administration will
be granted uni is.-ued to said applicant, at a regular
term *>f 3uid Court, to bo held at Thomasville, said coon
tv, on the second Monday of January next.
” dec 4 30d HENRY H. TdOKE, Ordinary.
STAIE OF GEORGIA, Col|iil** County.
Court of Ordinary, June 21, 1861.
Whereas Matthew M. Dukes, Administrator of Jona
than M. Dukes, represents to the Court, in his petion du
ly filed and entered on record, that be has fully adminis
tered the estate of Jonathan M. Dukes;
This is, therefore, to cite all persons concerned,kindred
and creditors, to show cause, if any they can, why said
Administrator should not be discharged from his admin
istration, and receive letters of dismission on the second
Monday in January, 1862.
PETF.R. O. WING, Ordinary,
aug 14 [s6,oo] m6ro
CI,J At 11 NUERIFF’S be eold,
before the Courthouse door, in the town of Homers
ville, Clinch county, on the first Tuesday in January
next, within the lawful hours of sale, the following pro
perty, to-wit:
Oiio lot of land, nnmber five hundred and seventeen,
(517),in the 12th district of orginally Appling now Clinch
comity, levied on as t.he property of Cornelius Joyce, to
satisfy one fi fa, issued from the Superior Court of said
county, in favor of Elius D. McClendon vs Cornelius
Jovce-, property pointed out by plaintiff,
nov 27-tds* SIT I MULL TIMMERMAN, Sheriff,
NO. 37.