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ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT.
To the Soldiers of the Confederate
States.
After more than two years of a warfare
scarcely equalled in the number, magnitude,
and fearful carnage of its battles-—a warfare
in which your courage and fortitude have
illustrated your country and attracted not
only gratitude at home, but admiration
abroad—your enemies continue a struggle
in which our final triumph must be inevita
ble. Unduly elated with their recent suc
cesses, they imagine that temporary rever
ses can quell your spirit or shake your de
termination, and they are now’ gathering
heavy masses for a general invasion in the
vain hope that by a desperate effort success
may at length be reached.
You know too well, my countrymen, what
they mean by success. Their malignant
rage aims at nothing less than the extermi
nation of yourselves, your wives and chil
dren. They seek to destroy what they
cannot plunder. They propose as the spoils
of victory that your homes shall be parti
tioned among the wretches whose atrocious
cruelties have stamped infamy on their Gov
ernment. They design to incite servile in
surrection and bght the fires of incendiari m
whenever they can reach your homes, and
they debauch the inferior race, hitherto do
cile and contented, by promising indulgence
of the vilest passions as the price of treach
ery. Conscions of their inability to prevail
by legitimate warfare, not daring to make
peace lest lhey should be hurled from their
seats of power, the men who now rule in
Washington refuse even to confer on the
subject of putting an end to outrages which
disgrace our age, or to listen to a suggestion
for conducting the war according to the
usages of civilization.
Fellow citizens, no alternative is left you
but victory or subjugation, slavery and the
utter ruin of yourselves, your families, and
your country. The victory is in your reach.
You need but stretch forth your hands to
grasp it. For this and all that is necessary
is that those who are called to the field by
every motive that can move the human
heart, should promptly repair to the post
of duty, should stand by their comrades
now in front of the foe, and thus so strength
en the armies of the Confederacy as to en
sure success. The men now absent from
their posts would, if present in the field,
suffice to create numerical equality between
our forces and that of the invaders —and
when, with any approach to such equality,
have we failed to be victorious? I believe
that but few of these absent are actuated
by unwillingness to serve their country ;
but that many have found it difficult to re
sist the temptation of a visit to their homes
and their loved ones from whom they have
been so long separated ; that others have
left for temporary attention to their affairs
with intention of returning, and then have
shrunk from the consequences of their viola
tionofduty; that others again have left
their posts from mere restlessness and de
sire of change, each quieting the upbraidings
of conscience, by persuading himself that
his individual services could have no influ
ence on the general result.
These and other causes (although far less
disgraceful than the desire to avoid danger,
or to escape from the sacrifices required by
patriotism,) are, nevertheless, grievous
faults, and place the cause of our beloved
country, and of everything w’e hold dear, in
imminent peril. I repeat that the men who
now owe duty to their country, who have
been called out and have absented them
selves from their posts, are sufficient in
number to secure us victory in the struggle]
now impending.
I call on you, then, my countrymen, to
hasten to your camps, in obedience to the
dictates of honor and of duty, and summon
those who have absented themselves with
out leave, or who have remained absent be
yond the period allowed by their furloughs,
to repair without delay to their respective
commands and I do hereby declare that I
grant a general pardon and amnesty to all
officers and men within the Confederacy,
now absent without leave, who shall, within
the least possible delay, return to their
proper posts of duty, but no excuse will be
received for any delay bejond twenty days
after the first publication of this proclama
tion in the State in which the absentee
may be at the date of the publication.—
This amnesty and pardon shall extend to all
who have been accused, or who have been
convicted and are undergoing sentence for
absence without leave, or desertion, except
ing only those who have been twice convict
ed of desertion.
Finally, I conjure my countrywomen—the
wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters of
the Confederacy—to use their all powerful
influence in aid of this call, to add one
crowning sacrifice to those which their pa
triotism has so freely and constantly offered
on their cohntry’s altar, and to take care
that none who owe service in the field shall
be sheltered at home from the disgrace of
having deserted their duty to their families,
to their country, and to their God.
Given pnder my hand, hnd the seal ofthe
Confederate States, at Richmond,
[Seal] this Ist day of August, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty three.
Jefferson Davis.
Local Organizations.
As many persons between the ages of for
ty and forty-five years, jure enrolling their
•ames as members of companies for local
defence, we publish the following:
Governor Shorter, Montcotn ry:
Your Ingram ot the 17th is received.—
I have no right to exempt those between
forty and forty-five, or allow them to form
new companies. By a regulation adopted
by the Adjutant General, all belonging to
• local v’gsnilitions between the ages are
discharged and made liable to conscription.
Local organizations * ill be proscribed if
any new conscript.
the B A I>TI H’r banner.
Commissary General’s Office, )
Atlanta, Ga., July 23,1863. j
To the Justices of the Inferior Courts :
Gentlemen : lam required, by his Ex
s cellency, Joseph E. Brown, to publish his
, order addressed to me, dated July 24th,
: 1863, directing the further distribution of
j Salt to the families of our noble and gal
' lant soldiers: also, to give you notice of
i the same. I shall send to the Justices of
■ the Inferior Court in each county a printed
• copy of said order, and will expect them
• to send me a correct certified list of the
• names of all the persons entitled to salt
- residing in their county, with the amount
; of money required. Then I will order the
• salt shipped to the Court, as they may des-
> ignate, to be distributed strictly in accor
dance w ith the directions’ of the Governor.
t Very respectfully,
t JARED I. WHITAKER,
Commissary General.
r Executive Department, ]
3 Milledgeville, July 24,1863. j
- Col. J. 1. Whitaker, Commissary General:
3 Colonel : Information reaches me from
- various parts of the State, that the families
- ot our gallant soldiers are again in great
i need of salt, and must soon suffer if their
I necessities are not relieved. While those
- who are their natural protectors are re-
> quired to leave them, and confront the ene
rny on the battlefield, those who remain at
I home, and especially those in authority,
! must do all in their power to relieve their
wants, and prevent distress in the necessa
i ries of life. Considering the State as the
> natural guardian of the helpless families of
i absent soldiers, I have, as its Executive,
i done all in my power to contribute to their
j comfort. I have found the difficulties in
getting salt into the State, on account of
i our limited means of transportation, and
i its frequent interruption by the raids ofthe
enemy, to be very great. But, after much
effort, I have succeeded in importing from
. Virginia about twenty thousand bushels
within the last three months, which I see
from your reports, you now have in store.
The late burning of the railroad bridges by
, the enemy, has seriously interrupted the
, transportation between Georgia and Salt
ville, Virginia.
The quantity on hand will not supply
i all ; but it will, if distributed, relieve a
, great many, and the others can have assis
i tance when more can be shipped to the
I State from the works, which may be done
, soon, if the enemy does not again inter
j rupt the railroads in East Tennessee.
I My intention is, so soon as it can be had,
; to make a distribution of one half bushel
-of twenty-five pounds to the family of each;
j officer and soldier in State or Confederate]
j service from Georgia. You will, therefore,!
» give notice immediately to the Justices of]
i; the Inferior Courts of the respective coun-
s ties of this State, that they are required,'
without delay, to ascertain and report to
t, you the name of each soldier’s wife, each !
- widow having a son, or sons, in service,
; each other family dependent upon the labor
t of a soldier in service for support, and of.
- each disabled soldier, who has been dis
charged on account of wounds, or other
i disability, in their respecth ecounties. Sol
, soon as the Justices ot each county have]
made their report, and have sent you four'
dollras for each family reported, you will, 1
furnish them to be shipped at the expense i
i of the county, to such railroad depot in |
• the State as they may designate, one half I
bushel of salt, of twenty-five pounds, fori
each soldier’s family, so reported, in the
county.
On account of the great increase in the
cost of everything used in the manufacture
of salt, including the increased cost and dif-]
ficulties of transportation, and, on account
of the further fact, that the bushel of fifty
pounds at the works, will lose several pounds
drippage and other w’aste, before it reaches]
the consumer, the half bushel of twenty-five:
pounds cannot be delivered to the consumer
for a less sum than that above mentioned.
Last year I adopted the rule of deduct
ing from the half bushel, the wastage from
the place of manufacture to place of deliv
ery. But I found that there was much
complaint that the Courts, in distributing,
did not always give each family an equal i
quantity. I think it best, therefore, to fix
the price at such sum as will enable the
State to lose the wastage, and deliver to
' each family the full half bushel of twenty -
I five pounds. This will secure equality.—
As most of the dripping and wastage will
have occurred before the salt leaves the
store, you will carefully weigh it when ship
ped to each county, so that you can detect <
any unfairness, should any be attempted in
any county.
The Court may pay you for the salt out
ofthe relief fund of the county, which is;
entitled to relief, under the act known as
the act for the relief of indigent soldiers’
families, one half bushel of twenty-five
pounds, as part of the relief due each, and |
will sell to each family of a soldier, residing
, in the county, and entitled to relief under
said act, one half bushel of twenty-five
“ pounds, for four dollars and the actual costi
, of freight, from the place of shipment to the
■ place of delivery.
■ ] Each Court will be required to return the
] empty sacks to you, before another dLtrib-
I ution will be made to the county.
As you have heretofore done, you will;
supply each county in the order in which j
.it makes its report to you, and pays
the money. As all cannot be supplied "at
once, and many cannot even be supplied
I out of the quantity now on hand, but must
wait till more can be imported, and as I am
unwilling to discriminate between thecou?.i
. ties, I know of no fairer rule that can be
i made practicable, than the rule, ‘first come
i first served? Hence I adopt it.
l] The reports can soon be made, it th?
> Courts in the respective counties will, at an
. early day, call to their assistance the Jus-
tices of the Peace, and a few other intelli
f gent citizens, from each militia district, in
each county.
That the people may have notice of this
order, and hold the Justices of the Jnferior
Courts responsible in case of neglectof duty,
you will publish it and send a copy imine
’ diately to the Clerk of the Superior Court.
’ in each county ■with request that he post it
’ up in a conspicuous place on the. Court-ho use
door, or other most public place in the
’ county.
f Tendering you my thanks for the prompt
i and efficient manner in which you have
constantly discharged the duties of your
J responsible position, »
I am, very respectfully,
J JOSEPH E. BROWN.
; August 4, 1863.
The Domestic Mission Board.
. its work and responsibilities.
These are four fold : Ist. The cultivation
of the Domestic feld. When this war was
pressed upon the country, more than one
hundred missionaries, scattered throughout
the land, occupying destitute points, were
: under appointment of the Board. These
i devoted men could be found from the States
3 bordering on the Atlantic to the Pacific
t coast, and from the Northern boundary of
r the Slave States to the Gulf of Mexico.—
» Hundreds of churches had been organized
. as the friuts of their untiring labors, and
. thousands ot souls taughttheprinciples of the
t Gospel, but for this agency, must have re
, mained ignorantofthe way of salvation. But
r- the war so deranged all our plans that the
. Board were compelled, for the want of
» means, to suspend this great work, and sav
c to the brethren under appointment, you
, must look to other sources for your sup
-iport.. The result was that many churches
i ] were left without any spiritual guide, and
fi these interests hvea greatly sufferred as
[ • was sadly anticipated. Thus far during the
• war many missionaries have been sustained
i upon the Domestic field. Only six have
i been at work under appointment of the i
i Board. This subject was brought to the
> attention of the Convention in Augusta, and
, the Board was instructed to resume its Do
mestic operations as rapidly as possible.—
: Many neighborhoods are destitute of a 1
Gospel ministry, and should be supplied '
from the liberal contributions of Southern
Baptists. Many families of our brave sol '
.diets have not heard a seamon in months, '
and when called to suffer the loss of an as- 1
: fectionate husband and devoted father, have
had no kind minister to adminieter to them '
the consolations of religion. How many a
soldier dying upon the battle field, or lin-
gering out a painful death in some distant
hospital, has had his sufferings only inten
sified, by the reflection that the loved ones
]at home would have to bear their afflic-
Itions with none to sympathise with them.
‘ The moral and spiritual condition of the
country earnestly appeals to us, to send out
’the faithful, living ministry, that the people
at home may have the bread of life to sup
-1 port them in these times of suffering and
distress. Brethren of the churches, shall
we address you in vain ? Friends of Jesus,
'jean you be indifferent to these calls? In
order to put an adequate force into the field
I the Board must have the means—money is
I"indispensable. Can it be withheld? We
I think not. Shall this department of labor
' be longer neglected ?
J 2. The army. This must be supplied
; with the living ministry and the printed page.
(Since January 1862 the Board have been
(actually engaged in meeting the moral and
I religious wants of the soldiers of the Con
federate army. Forty-four missionaries
have been employed, who have been con
stantly in the camps and hospitals of the
army preaching Christ and .distributing
I tracts, religious newspapers and Testaments
to our self-sacrificing troops. As the result
of these labors hundreds have professed
faith in Christ, many of whom have submit*
ted to the ordinance of baptism, mid by
: their lives exhibited the fruits of right
eousness. Still the spiritual wants ofthe
army are great. There are yet to be found
regiments and whole brigades without a
chaplain, and many of these have not heard
a sermon in months. The eagerness with
which they receive the labors of Christ’s
minister encourages us to prosecute this
i work with increased zeal. Protracted meet
ings are held in every division of the army,
and glorious revivals are yielding their
fruits to the praise and honor of Him who
came not to condemn, but to save. The '
thousands of Testaments and Bibles distrib
uted to the soldiers are proving the Word
of Life indeed to many, and the pious tract
is but following up the impressions previ
ously made upon the mind by the voice of ’
the earnest preacher as he unfolds the blessed
truth that Jesus died for sinners. Shall we ]
look in vain to you, my dear brethren, for
aid to carry forward this labor of love? <
3. The Indian Department. It is known
] that this department of labor has been un
.derthe management of the Board since:
j 1855. It has been prosecuted with vigor
I throughout, even during the war, the work,
though somewhat interrupted, has not been
abandoned. Thenative preachers (between
30 and 40) have,for the most part, joined
the army and taken their muskets in hand
]to fight the battles of their country. But
during all this time they have not failed to
i preach Christ to their count ymen as they
■ had opportunity. There are 7 Indian regi
ments in service, 2 from each of the tribes.
] the Creeks, the Cherokees, and the Choc
taws, and one con posed ot whites and In
dians in the Terr.tory. But for the pres
ence of these native preachers in the army
there would be n» preaching to the Indian
regiments, as moit of them do not under
stand English. How thankful should we
be, then, that we ire able to have the Gos
pel proclaimed inthe hearing of these brave
defenders of our Western homes, and that
they should enjoy its conservative and sat o
tifving influences. The a hire missionaries,/]
brethren Buckner.
Hogue, with the exception of tjie latter, have
been driven from their homes, /tnd taken
refuge in Arkaaaw and Texas, where they |
are occupied still in proclaiming the ever
lasting Gospel to the soldiers of dur army,
and others as they may find opportunity. —
They have not been idle, though their
labors have necessarily been interrup
ted. The expenses of this department are
heavy, and demand of the friends of the
Board the continuance of their liberality.—
she Board has recently made an appropri
ation of 30,000 copies of the New Testa
ment and 300,000 pages of tracts for the
use of this, trans-Mississippi, department
to be taken out by brother Compere in a
few weeks. It is to be hoped then that the
Associations hitherto in the habit of making
up contributions for the Indian Missions
will not be unmindful of our wants at this
time. Brother Compere will take out some
S6OOO to meet our present liabilities with
this department.
4. Bible Distribution. This labor is
now impressed upon the Domestic Board
for the home field. The Convention at its
last meeting in Augusta abolished the Bible
Board at Nashville, and made it the duty
of this Board to superintend the distribu
tion of the Word of God upon its field of
operation. Since the meeting in Augusta
the Board have gone to work in good earn
est, and already has it purchased some
12,000 copies of the New Testament, and
several hundred copies of the Bible for the
use of the army. All funds for Bible dis
tribution can properly be sent to the Do
mestic Board, when they will be employed
as the donors may desire.
The operations of the Board, as appears
from the above, are extensive, and lequire
the constant sympathy, prayers, and aid of 1
the brethren to give them efficiency. Will
not our churches at once take up collections
in aid of these objects and forward the
amounts to Rev. M. T. Sumner, Corres
ponding Secretary of the Board, Marion,
Alabama ? Brethren, this Board belongs
to the Baptists of the South. They have
given it existence, to them we must look for
its support. Our operations in the army
are daily increasing. Two appointments
are made at every meeting of the Board.—
Bibles and Testaments must be purchased,
and tracts, all of which are had, specially
at this time, at great expense. But is not
the liberality of our people equal to the
demand ? vVill they say to the soldiers in
camps, we an send you no more preachers,
our money’ is exhausted, and you must go ‘
withoubthe Word of God? No. Never <
can we forget these node men. May t
Heaven's blessing be upon them !
, M. T. Sumner, Cor. Sec.
McDaniel & Rippey,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
1 s Building, on Decatur Street.)
ATLANTA, GA.
Goods bought, sold, a >d shipped, on commssion
also, all business promptly tai hlully attended to-
A. K. SEAGO. BEN. F. ABBOTT.
Seago & Abbott,
(Successors to Seago A Davis,)
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Office at Beach A Root’s, Whitehall street,
ATLANTA, GA.,
Will give their personal attention to the PURCHASE
and SALE (at wholesale only) of
Real Estate. Negroes, Cotton, Tobacco, Produce,
and General Merchandize,
(Liquors excepted.)
Anderson, Adair & Co.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
PRODUCE AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Whitehall street, near Georgia R.-R. Bank,)
ATLANTA, GA.
Oct. 11. 9m
Lowe, Fambrough & Co.,
General Commission Merchants,
IN DANIELS’ AND W’INSHIP’S BLOCK,
ATLANTA, GA.
For the sale of PRODUCE, and all kind?
of MERCHANDISE; Negroes,
Real Es ate, &c., &c.
Orders and consignments respectfully solicited.
Gen. I. R. Foster. J. L. Queen. H. R.Fowler.
Foster, Queen & Co.,
GROCERS,
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
ATLANTA, GA.,
Keep constantly on hand all kinds of PRO- j
VISIONS and Family Supplies. Buy and sell
all kinds ot Tennessee and Country PRODUCE,
and s?ll Goods consigned to the best advantage.
Brown, Fl < ming & Co.,
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,!
(Masonic Hall Building) Decatur. St.,
ATLANTA, GA.
Advances made on Sugar, Molasses, W 00l and
other Produce. Special attention given to the
Texas and Georgia uade. cL JL i
Robert L. Crawley,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
(Franklin Building,) •
I ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
i i October 1, 1862. _
Pease &. Davir,
WHOLESALE AND BET*II DEALERS IN
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS,
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
(Winship’s iron-front store, Peach-Tree st.)
ATLANTA, GA.
P. P. Pease.] [L. B. Davib
Ant business entrusted to us will receive r-mpt
attention and returns early made. We ask oui
friends to (rive us a call when in our city. Adv Pro
duce consigned to ua will receive every advantage
our market can give. Also we can make purchase*
. to the very be-t advantage, as we are aiwaya n O s!
ted in reference to the market prices. H
February 15, 1862.
J. T. Porter,
WHOLESALE GROCER
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANT'
Marietta St,
ATLANTA, OlO«»U. QSS I
AmosK, Ligon <Sc Co,,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
AND
COMMISSION. MERCHANTS,
For the sale of. Produce, Merchandise, Real
Estate, Negroes, Ac.,
Corner of Whitehall and Mitchell Streets,
ATLANTA, GA.
B. B. AMOBS. D. LIGON. B. H. LEEKE
George W. Cools,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
AND
GENERAL AGENT,'
For the PURCHASE of all kinds PRODUCE.
Mound Carmel, Henry County, Ga.
Refers to the following gentlemen in Atlanta:
Captain J. M. Willis; Captain Wm. Bacon, A.
Q. M.; Amoss & Ligon; White & Powers; J.
J. Thrasher; J L. Winter; A. K. Seago.
March 28, 1863. ly
Bradi &c Root,
IMPORTERS and DEALERS IN
DRY GOO DS,
(Whitehall Street,)
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Oct. 11 8m
J. B Tippin,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Foreign and
Domestic
„ DRY GOODS,
SST" Connally’s Block, on Whitehall Stree :
_ ATLANTA, GA.
John Ficken,
manufacturer of and dealer in all kinds of
SEGARS AND TOBACCO,
Snuff, Pipes, Meerschaums, Segar-Cases, Etc-
WHITEHALL ST., ATLANTA, GA.
N. A. Hornady,
RESIDENT DENTIST,
FORSYTH, GA.
Office over Lampkin's store.
Particular attention paid to calls at home, and
also at a distance,
Forsyth, Ga., Jan. 10,1862. feb 15 ’62
S. D Niles,
Fire and Fife Insurance
AGENT,
Corner of Whitehall and Alabama streets,]
ATLANTA, GA. Oct 18
George E. White, M.
ATLANTA, GA.
teff OFFICE at Nile-’ Insurance Agency, up stairs
corner ot Alabama and Whitehall streets
At night he may be found at his residence, near the
dwelling of Judge Lyon, on Whitehall.
Dr. White would solicit the mention, especially, of those
afflicted witn chronic complaints. March, 1868.
AUCTION SALES,
BY
, CRAWFORD, FRAZER & CO.
THE REGULAR AUCTION SALES of our
house wi.l herealter be on
TUESDAYS,
THURSDAYS,
and SATURDAYS
OF EVERY WIEK.
’ AT HALF-PAST TEN O’CLOCK A. M
All goods, tvares and chattels should be
t sent in the evening before, or eaily in the
morning of sale day.
STOCK SALES OF
HORSES, MULEf, ETC.,
will commence at FOUR o’clock in the after
noon on each regular sale day.
Feb. 21 e m
No. 8.
CRAWFORD, FRAZER & CO..
GENERAL
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Auctioneers,
AND
DEALERS IN NEGROES.
■\o. *• 8.” Whitehall Street,
(Opposite the “Intelligencer” printing office,)
ATLANTA, GA.
In addition to our
AUCTION AND NEGRO HOUSE.
i at No. 8 Whitehall street, we have
FIRE-PROOF STORAGE
of three thousand barrels capacity at our new
Ware-Rooms-No. 1 Alabama street. Our
NEGRO YARD and Lock-Up, at No. 8, are
safe and comfortable.
Dealers and other parties will find us pre
pared to feed and lodge well; and, from
experience in the business since our bojhood.
TO HANDLE THE NEGRO PROPERLY.
Charges reasonable and right, and satisfac
tion guarantied in every instance.
Parties at a distance may know our market
by addressing us.
CRAWFORD, FRAZER & CO.,
No. 8 Whitehall street,
Feb. 21 6m Atlcnta Ga.
AUGUSTA HOTEL,
William Wheelock, Proprietor,
BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA.
~ GLOBE HOTEL,
BROAD STREET, AUGVSTA, GA.
Wullarky A. Gannon, Proprietors.
AUSTIN MULLARKY. JOHN M GANNON
A. C. W>!>:<& Co,
WHOLESALE GPvOCERS,
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Cbmar of Walton and Peach-tree »U,
ATLANTA, 9A. o 25