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HEAD QUARTERS, j Commissary General's Office, r Atlanta, Oa., August 4, 1802. ) To the Justices ot the Inferior Court of Fulton County, Georgia: Gentlemen —I am directed by His Ex cellency, Joseph E. Brown, to notify the Justices of the Inferior Court of each coun tv in Georgia, of the arrangement he has made for Salt, and of his plan for distribu tion to relieve, as far as possible, the ne cessities of the widow of each deceased soldier, the wife of each soldier in the ser vice, the widow having a son or sons in the service, and the heads of all other families. For this purpose, I herewith furnish you with a printed copy of the Governor’s order to me on the 31st* July, 1862, and respect fully invite and solicit your immediate and prompt cooperation in the execution of said order. Please send to me a certified list ot the names of the parties mentioned in the first and second sections in said order, and the amount of money stated in the second sec tlon, and I will order the Salt shipped to your address, as you may direct, for the use of said parties. You will discover in the sixth section of the Governor’s order an important sug gestion, and I would respectfully urge the propriety of holding the public meeting in your county, and the appointment ol a re liable Agent to sell salt for the accommo dation of the people of the county ; this would no doubt greatly aid and facilitate our object in relieving the present necessi ties of the people. Yours, respectfully, Jared I. Whitaker, Commissary General. • HEAD QUARTERS,. / j Marietta, July 31,1802. i j Col. Jared I. Whitaker, Colonel: Finding that there was but little prospect, on account of the impossi bility of large importations, that private enterprise would afford a supply of salt for our people this year, and knowing how in dispensable it was to health and comfort, I determined, as the Executive of the State, to do all in my power for the relief of the people, though 1 might, by assuming the | responsibility, be exposed to the censure of; speculators and such captious fault-finders ; as can never be pleased. After considerable effort, I have succeed ed in procuring a lease upon a sufficient supply of salt water at the Virginia Salt Works, to make five hundred bushels per day, during the war, and till th*ee months after its termination, if we should need it so long, I have also employed a reliable man to go to work, who is to make all the necessary preparation as soon as possible, and use sufficient labor to make the quantity above mentioned. Ife is already at work with what kettles and furnaces he has now in order, and ex iects to be able in another month to turn out the five hundred bushels per day. Hon. John W. Lewis acted as my agent in the negotiations necessary to secure these ! results. A large proportion of the credit,' if any attaches, is due to him, as 1 should j not have been able to secure the lease and j make the other arrangements, without the I information received from him and his per-j sonal influence and efforts in the negotia-1 tions. He has rendered valuable service,; and has refused to receive any compensa tion for either his time or his expenses while engaged in this business My purpose is to sell the salt to the in habitants of this State, at such price per bushel as will cover only cost and necessa ry expenses to the time of the sale. The standard established at the Works is fifty pounds to the bushel. I have to purchase by this*standard, and must sell by it, de ducting from the fifty pounds whatever may be found to be the wastage from drip ping, leakage, &c., alter it leaves the works tiil it is sold to the consumer. Experience will soon show how much each bushel loses in weight during its transportation and storage. 1 shall order all the salt consigned to you us Commissary General, and desire you to take charge of it and have it sold by relia ble agents, to be employed at such central points as may be selected as distributing points. If it is ascertained in future that the price now fixed does not pay cost and ail ex penses. it can be raised until it covers both; or if it does more than this, it can be reduced. For the present you are directed to dis pose of the salt, when received, ns follows:! 1. You will •five, without charge, one half bushel to the widow of each soldier who. has been killed in battle, or has. died in the military service of the State or the t 'onfed-j crate States. As you cannot know the; tacts, nor make this distribution without assistance from the different counties of the State, 1 request, the J ustices of the Inferior Court of each county to send you a list of the names of alt widows of soldiers in their county, with a certificate of two or more of said Justices that the persons whose names are sent are the widows of deceased sol diers. On receipt of such list and certifi cate, you will ship to said Justices, at such point as they may designate, one half bush el for each soldier’s widow, to be dist ributed among them by said Justices. 2. You w ill sell to the wife of each sol dier now in military service, if she desires it, and to each widow' having a son or sons in service, one hat/ bushel for one dollar ; the names of those entitled to it to be cer tified by the Justices of the Inferior Court as in eases of v\ daws of soldiers; and the salt to be shipped to the Justices of Inferior Court in each county, at such point on a railroad as they may designate, so soon as you may have it on hand, and they send you the m< uoy for it. It is supposed there is no county in the State w hose Justices will refuse to make this advance from the County Treasury, for the benefit of the so!-! diers’ families, and to take the trouble and i Wmm b&mmmm am® BA&wmw. expense of getting the salt from the rail-! road a;.d distributing it among those in, e unty entitled, at the price mentioned; which can be refunded to the County Treas ury when paid in for the salt by those who are to receive it. Should the widow of a deceased soldier, or the wife of a soldier in service, desire more than a half bushel for her own use, she will be permitted to purchase it at the price paid by others, in preference to all other persons, if there is not a supply for all. 3. You will sell to all other heads of families at the rate of four dollars and fifty j cents per bushel. But no head of a family will be permitted to receive more than one bushel till all are supplied with enough for : present use. You will have each agent to i keep a book in which he will enter the name of each head of a family who gets j salt; and in case one person applies for the quantity allowed each of several fami lies, and has the means of hauling it, your i agent will let him have it, taking from him a written certificate giving the name of jeach person for whom he receives it, and stating that he will deliver it to such per | son at the price he pays for it, and such | price for hauling as may have been agreed ion bet ween the parties. The names of the heads* of families thus supplied will be en i tered on the book, that the person receiving i the salt for his neighbors may be detected jif he should act unfaithfully. All pur- I chasers will be required to bring with them \ their own sacks to carry their salt home from the place of sale. ' j 4. As I can place the salt only at a few; central points in the State, you will estab lish a depot for its sale by a faithful agent, at each of the following places, to wit Cartersville, Atlanta, Athens, Augusta, Griffin, Macon, Albany, Columbus, and Savannah. Were I to* undertake to send it to all the towns and depots on the rail roads, I must employ so many agents as to embarrass you in securing prompt set tlements, and greatly increase the price by the payment of so many salaries to dis tributing agents. You will take bond and j security from each agent, for the faithful | discharge of his duties and the prompt pay | rnent to you of the mon iy collected by him, | and for the delivery to you of the salt on hand at an) time when demanded by you or other agent of the State. Each agent will sell for cash, and will remit to you the amount he has collected each week. Any agent failing to make such remittance, will j be promptly discharged. 5. You will notify the Justices of the In j ferior Court of each county in this State, of | the arrangements proposed for the purpose! ofsupplying the widows of deceased soldiers and wives of soldiers now in service, with salt to relieve present necessities, and re quest their active cooperation in the pro j posed plan. 0. When the people of a county will, by j public meeting, appoint a reliable Agent who will obligate himself to them to sell salt for the accommodation of the people of the county, at the prices above mention ed, adding only the freight which he has to j pay from the place where he receives it; from your agent to the place of sale, you will be authorized,when you have a supply on hand, to sell for cash, to such County Agent, in such quantities as would be the reasonable proportion for his county, at the i prices above specified. This will afford i those who are disposed to render a public i service without charge, in a matter of vital ! importance to their fellow-citizens, an op- I portunity to display their liberality. It is ; hoped some person with sufficient means I will be found in each county remote from ! the central points of deposite, willing to I serve the public for the public good. The different railroad companies in this State have shown a liberality and a disposi tion to afford relief to the people in the present emergency, which entitle them to the gratitude of all. 1 determined to carry i the salt imported bv the State over the j State Road, to the places of deposite and ■ sale, free of charge, and to carry from the place of sale to the depot of the consumer free. I communicated this determination to the Presidents of the principal Roads of the State, and asked their cooperation, and that they also carry all salt imported by the State free, as well while in possession of the State as for the consumer after he | has purchased from the State’s agent; and lit affords me great pleasure to say that 1 hrve received responses from the following Railroad Presidents, in the order mention ed, promptly and cheerfully agreeing to render this public service free of charge, till further orders: ITon. R. R Cuyler, President C. R. R. and Branches, and of j the S. W. R. R.; Isaac Scott, Esq., Presi dent Macon and Western R. R.; Hon. J. i P. King, President Ga. R. R. and Branches, and of the A. & W.-P. R. R. It is not I doubted that the President of each other Road in the State will meet this request with like liberality and patriotism. The salt imported under my direction will, therefore, no doubt, go to any point in the i State, on a railroad, to the consumer pur | chasing from the State Agent, free of | charge for freights. I shall do what i possibly can to supply jail during the summer and Vail; and I trust, j with what may be made by the Georgia Balt Manufacturing Company, whose office is } located at Augusta, and with what our peo ple will make upon the caast, [>t is expect ed that all who live near the coast will at least make their own supply,] that all who practice strict economy may have enough, 1 respectfully suggest to our people, to so divide what they may receive among their neighbors, till more can be had, that none may suffer. And I further suggest, that they do all they can to permit speculators, who have a supply on hand for the aeeoru modation of the people at fifteen to twenty dollars per bushel, to hold ft to the end of the war, when they-can prabablv afford to sell it much cheaper. Joseph E. Brcwk, i STATE OF GEORGIA. Declaration of Fundamental Principles. 1. The fundamental principles of Iree Government cannot be too well understood, nor too often recurred to. 2. God has ordained that men shall live under government, but as the forms and administration of civil governments are in human, and, therefore, fallible hands, they may be altered, or modified, whenever the safety or happiness of the government requires it. No government should be changed for light or transient causes; nor unless upon reasonable assurance that a better will be established. 3. Protection to person or property is the duty of Government; and a Govern ment which, knowingly and persistently denies, or witholds from the governed such protection, when within its power, releases them from the obligation of obedience 4. No citizen shall be deprived of life, liberty or property, except by due process of law; and of life or liberty, only by the judgment of his peers. 5. The writ of “ habeas corpus ” shall not be suspended, unless, in case of rebel lion or invasion, the public safety may re quire it. 6. The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. 7. No religious test shall be required for the tenure of any office; and no religion shall be established by law, and no citizen shall be deprived of any right or privilege by reason of his religious belief. 8. Freedom of thought and opinion, free dom of speech, and freedom of the press, are inherent elements of political liberty. But while every citizen may freely speak, write, and print, on any subject, he shall be responsible, for the abuse of the liberty. 9. The right of the people to appeal to the courts; to petition Government on all matters of legitimate cognizance; and peaceably to assemble for the consideration of any matter of public consent —shall never be impaired. 10. For every right there should be pro ! vided a remedy ; and every citizen ought | to obtain justice without purchase, without j denial, and without delay —conformably to j the laws of the land. 11. Every person charged with an offence against the laws of the State shall have the I privilege and benefit of counsel: Shall be furnished, on demand, with a j copy of the accusation, and with a list of | the witnesses against t}im : Shall have compulsory process to obtain I the attendance of his own witnesses : Shall be confronted with the witnesses testifying against him, and Shall have a public and speedy trial by an impartial jury. 12. No person shall be put in jeopardy of life or liberty more than once tor the same offence. 13. No conviction shall work corruption of blood,.or general forfeiture of estate. 14. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. 15. The power of the courts to punish for contempt shall be limited by legisla tive acts. 15. A faithful execution of the laws is essential to good order, and good order in society is essential to liberty. 17. Legislative acts in violation of the fundamental law are void, and the Judi ciary shall so declare them. 17. Ex post facto laws and laws impair ing the obligation of contracts, and retro active legislation injuriously affecting the right of the citizen, are prohibited. 19. Laws should have a general opera tion; and no general law shall be vested in a particular ease by special legislation ex cept with consent of all persons to be af fected thereby. 20. The right of taxation can be granted only by the people, and shall be exercised only to raise revenue for the support of Government, to pay the public debt, to provide for the common defence, and for such other purposes as are specified in the grant of powers. 21. In ease of necessity, private ways, and the right to carry water over land, for the purpose of mining and draining, may be granted upon compensation being first paid; and with this exception, private property shall not be taken, except for pub lic use, and then only upon just compen sation—such compensation, except in cases of pressing necessity, to be first provided and paid 22. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers,and affects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated ; and no warrant shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place or places to be searched, and the person and things to be seized. 23. Martial law shall not be declared except in cases of extreme necessity. 24. Laige standing armies, in times of peace are dangerous to liberty. 25. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any bouse without the con sent of the owner; nor in time of war, but in a manner prescribed by law. 26. The person of a debtor shall not be detained in prison after delivering bvnajide all his estate for the use of his creditors. 27. The enumeration of rights herein contained shall not be construed to deny to the people any inherent rights which they have hitherto enjoyed. 28. This declaration is a part of the Con stitution, and shall never b? violated under any pretence whatever. Tract Depository. Brother A. E. Dickinson has established a Tract Depository in this city. Those de sirous of distributing Tracts in our hospitals can obtain them by applying at the office ol The Banner and Baptist. ,• V, 7*7. 1 OUA. State Evangel Ist. Brother Jesse H. Campbell has been la boring as State Evangelist, and recently as Colporteur among our soldiers on the coast. The committee regret that the income of the Permanent Mission Fund is so small as to allow no appropriation this year. We can only urge that our brethren will make contributions to the support of brother Campbell, and continue him in this import ant field of missionary labor. —[Extract from Report of Executive Committee , Geor gia Baptist Convention. Friend. Important to Conscripts. War Department, ) Adjutant and Insp. Gen.’s Dep’mt, Richmond, Aug. 19, 1862. ) General Order, No. 58. The following rules, in relation to the examination of conscripts, are published for the guidance of enrolling and medical ex amining officers : 1. At each camp of instruction,-and at such military stations and other points as may be designated, an experienced army surgeon, from a different section of the country, will be detailed to examine con scripts. r. 2. All conscripts capable of bearing arms will be received. 3. Conscripts not equal to all military duty may be valuable in the hospital, quar termaster’s or other stall departments, and if so, will be received. 4. Blindness, excessive deafness, and per manent lamenessj, or great deformity, are obvious reasons-for exemptions. 5. Confirmed consumption, large incura ble ulcers, and chronic contagious diseases of the skin, are causes of exemption. 6. Single reducible hernia, the loss of an eye or of several fingers, will not incapaci tate the subject for the performance of mil itary duty. 7. A certificate of disability of a con script, given by a private physician, will not be considered unless affidavit is made that fhe conscript is confined to bed, or that his health and life would be endangered by removal to the place of enrollment. 8. But when a conscript is incapacitated by temporary sickness, he must present himself, so soon as recovered, to the enroll ing officer. 9. No previous discharge, certificate, or exemption from any source, will be ac knowledged. 10. Medical officers of the army are npt allowed to examine conscripts and give cer tificates, unless they are regularly detailed for that duty. By command of the Secretary of War. ' [Signed] S. Cooper, Adjutant and inspector General. Headquarters, i Military Post, Atlanta, > May 14, 1802. ) ilcuet-ai Order, No.i. In obedience to orders received from Brigadier-General A. R. Lawton, command ing Military Division of Georgia, in assu ming command of this Post for the purpose of guarding the Government stores, to pre serve order in and around Atlanta, and for the protection of all loyal citizens and the "uhishment of all disorderly conduct, the following regulations will be observed : 1. Details will be made daily to protect, the Government stores and property, and guards will be posted at different points in the city for that purpose; also a scouting guard, day and night, to preserve order, act ing in concert with the city authorities. 2. Sentinels will be posted on each rail road train to examine and arrest all suspi cious persons pointed out to them; and to make this order effective, superintendents of railroads are requested to instruct con ductors to cooperate with the sentinels for that purpose. 3. Owners of all cotton, hay, or other combustible material, are required without delay to remove the same to such points of safety, distant from Government stores, as may be designated by the commanding of ficer of this post. 4. Any grocer or other person selling to or furnishing any officer or soldier with spirits or wine, which is prohibited unless upon the order of an army surgeon, will be arrested and dealt with by the proper mili tary authorities. 5. All officers, soldiers, or citizens, found drunk or otherwise disorderly in the streets, will be taken in charge by the guard and sent to these headquarters. 6. No officers or soldiers will be allowed to remain in and around Atlanta, unless such officers or soldiers be furnished with a per-; mit from their respective commanders. — And all cov.manders of troops stopping over in Atlanta will report the fact to the officer commanding this post. 7. No slave or free person of color will be allowed to walk the streets after the hour of nine o’clock p. m., either with or without a pass, unless accompanied by his or her owner. The officer commanding earnestly invites the aid and cooperation of his Honor, the Mayor, and city authorities, and all citizens in preserving good order and sobriety in the city, and specially requests ofall persons to report to him any improper conduct on the part of any of the officers or soldier* under his command. By order of Colonel Commanding. Banner for the Soldier#. The religious paper furnishes a cheap and available means of reaching them; and our brethren and sisters should come to the rescue before it is too late. What say our readers ? Shall the sick and wounded soldiers have The Banner ? - Pasteboard. Ail who have paste board boxes, can turn them to good account by sending them to the Franklin Printing-House, Atlanta, Ga,, to be used in binding Testaments. (lENkKAij JMRECTORY. Con red crate Government. President — Jefferson Davis, of Miss. Vice “ —A. IF. Stephens, of Ga. The Cabinet. —. Judah P. Benjamin, of La., Secretary of State. C. G. Meraminger, of S. C., Secretary ot Treasury. George W. Randolph, of Va., Secretary of W ar. S. R. Mallory, of Fla.,Secretary of Navy. Thos. 11. Watts, of Alabama, Attorney General. John H. Reagan, of Texas, Postmaster General. The Senate. Alabama —Wm. L. Yancey, C. C. Clay. Arkansas —Robert W. Johnson, C. B. Mitchell. Florida —J. M. Baker, A. E. Maxweii. Georgia —B. H. Hill, John W. Lewis. Kentucky —Henry C. Burnett, William E. Sims. Louisiana^ Edward Sparrow, Thos. J, Semmes. Mississippi —A. G. Brown, Jas. Phelan. Missouri —J. B. Clarke, R. L. E. Peyton. North Carolina —George Davis, W, 4'. Dortch. South Carolina Robert VV. Barnwell, James L. Orr. Tennessee —Gustavus A. Henry, Lamjofi C. Haynes.* Texas —L. T. Wigfall, W.S. Oldham. Virginia —R. M. T. Hunter, William B. Preston. House of Representatives. Alabama: T. J. Foster, W. R. Smith, J. P. Ralls, J. L. Curry, F. S. Lyon, W. P. Chilton, David Clopton, J. S. Pugh, E. S. Dargan. Arkansas: G. A. Garland, James M. Patterson. (Incomplete.) Florida: James* B. Dawkins, R. B. Hilton. Georgia: Julian Hartridge, Charles J. Munnerlyn, Hines Holt, Aug. 11. Kenan, David W. Lewis, W. W. Clark, Robert P. Trippe, Lucius J. Gartrell," Hardy Striek land, Augustus R. Wright. Kentucky : (Not yet elected.) Louisiana: Charles J. Villers, Charles M. Conrad, Duncan F. Kenner, Lucien J. Dupre, John L. Lewis, John Perkins, Jr. Mississippi: J. W. Clapp, Reuben Da vis, Israel Welch, H. C. Chambers, 0. R. Singleton, E. Barksdale, John J. Mcßae. Missouri: W. M. Cook, T. C. Harris, Caspar W. Bell, Adam H. Condon, G. G. West, L. W. Freeman, Hyer. North Carolina: W. H. Smith, R. K. Bridges, O. R. Kenan, T. Jf>. McDowell, A. 11. Airington, J. R. McLean, W. S. Ashe, William Landor, B. S. Gaither, A. T. Davidson. South Carolina: John McQueen, W. Porcher Miles, L. M. Ayer, M. L. Bonham.. James Farrow, W. W. Boyce. Tennessee: Joseph B. HeiskelJ, W.G. Swan, W. H. Tibbs, E. F. Gardenshire, Henry S. Foote, Jr., Meredith P. Gently, George W. Jones, Thomas Mennes, J. D. Adkins, John V. Wright, D. M. Currin. Texas: John A. Wilcox, 0. C. Her bert, F. W. Gray, F. B. Sexton, M. J>. Graham, B. IT. Epperson. Virginia: M. R. H. Garnett, John B. Chambliss, John Tyler, Roger A. Pryor, Thomas S. Boeocke, John Goode, Jr., Jas. P. Holcombe, D. C. DeJarnette, William Smith, A. R. Boteler, John B. Baldwin, Walter R. Staples, Walter Preston, A. G. Jenkins, Robert Johnston, C. W. Russell. — Government of Georgia. Joseph E. Brow.v, Governor. N. C. Barnett, Secretary of State. John Jones, Treasurer. Peterson Thweatt, Comptroller General. E. D. Brown, Librarian. John Billups, President of the Senate. J. M. Mobley, Secretary “ “ Warren Akin, Speaker of the House. L. Carrington, Clerk “ ** J. B. Campbell, Secr’y Executive Dep t. H. 11. Waters, Private Secretary. J. S. Rowland, Sup’t State Railroad. James A. Green, Keeper Penitentiary. T. T. Windsor, Book-keeper “ Supreme Court Judges.—3. H. Lumpkin, of Clark. Charles J. Jenkins, of Richmond. R. F. Lyon, of Fulton. Times and places of holding Court. —First District, composed of the Eastern, Middle and Brunswick Circuits; at Savannah on the second Mondays in January and June. Second District, composed of the Macon, Southwestern, Chattahoochee and Patauia Circuits; at Macon on the fourth Monday s in January and June. Third District, composed of the Flint, Coweta, Blue Ridge, Cherokee and Talla poosa Circuits ; at Atlanta on the fourth Monday in March and second Monday in August. Fourth District, composed of the West ern and Northern Circuits; at Athena on the fourth Mondays in May and November. Fifth District, composed of the Oemulgee and Southern Circuits; at Milledgevaile on the second Mondays in May and November. The Banner and Baptist is published ev ery Saturday morning, at Atlanta, Ga., at the price of three dollars per year, always in advance.