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Out (ilv <•olruiputarirtf me out withehiborate
dtJenr-c-j <d the I’l-eshiciit's lluctn speech
According 1.) their showing, this production
need- a ( ouiliiental y lo iufe'picl its meaning
t.> the common iiudei.ttainlirig. ts i-. ns dark
and auihiguous >. the Sybilline Leaves or the
I'r lp*J ii# OIH* It n, Slid lihV liu'lll is susceptible
©t various constitutions. It might he will!
for there luminous' expounders of the Fieri
dent's fiiijt.ignous sayings to publish an edition
oi hi- speech with notes, iiilical and explana
tory, hot the erdtectdeninent of a benighted
pot.lie.
At ••«! dir:j? to them the “miserable ir.an'’ and
‘ scoundrelwin m v.->; aid nearly every one
l ine supposed to In Governor Brown, is a
iuylh, soma shadowy individual without “a
io. nl habitation or u nniue," a noin of straw
set up by ll.e bjesld.ut oil wliom lo rent his
pent up wrath 11.) i« uti mystic and intangible
a ( riMJUtlgo an the wandering dew, or the man
in the moon.
There wus ouy expression in the President’ll
denunciation which wo thought identified its
object as (toy iirown. lie said that this
loisoiat.le iiiup nod scoundrel, ".vus not a man
to save his country. ’ Thin remark coilid not
tail lo suggest to the bearer that tint person
referred to wus on© of such' eminent official
position and pi( luiin in « In tie State of Oe.or
y.vs Unit the pidiHe would lock to him lo save
the . ..utitty, in at least to take a leading part
,ui its defence. The President warned his
ftCdteiire I tint nu ll a man v. as not to he trusted
to save* (be countiy. \\ ithout beiog enlighten
ed by the commentaries of-our ooutempornrir?,
no one could fail to come to the com liioh.ii
tfiat the person a'luded to of inch piomineme
in tfiv State of 'Georgia was Gov. iirown. The
-suggestion of the Gmisteutitionalist that Him
i t.s. uio rvrilti ol an aili. le. in the lntelligen
• i was intembd, in eiiuply' ridieu'ous. "hat
Vt.e Ificuidenl ehoul.l intimate that a humble
S. lihhlei t.u tl.e | .le.s, disavowed by the.
e.til. i ot tin: liitell"'i u. .1 liililsell. was looked
to by tfie public to save lh„t count) v, is too
absurd tor rational belief. H would be 'like
cl..thing a pigmy with the arnpn- of a giant,
torch sllliliec.s is not to he attributed to one so
astute as tlie President, lie Itad in his eye a
Id Per mark, when he discharged this shaft..
The Kegistcr says (hat ‘‘no one but the
(’HBONiCL® A Hi*nan. applies language of
Fieetdent D&vi» JU> (tovenior Frown.” ltiit
iuiuiediatrly afterwards, in a .subsequent para
pmph, the Rtjjisler rmuaiks that it may not
be imp* *»pei lm 4lit’ wiitei hereof to stale Umt
tto. wad in Mm on when Mr. David njade liis
speech, ami nftoi its delivery lieaid him i email.
t iu conversation with ot heis, iu reply to tin
ts ugcgwiiUu it (iinl it would be supposed ho in
tended bt.v deiiiaWo apply solely to tiuverlli 1’
Hiowu, that •sui lt with not the case.. Accord
iiiu to bio own sli.'winy; (lion, the confidential
Iviriidh'ut All. Davis tiiiiit-i.-toi.il his language
just us we anil every body else understood it.
A eoulioveisialist should lake cure that his
statement. 1 * buiitiohi.se, ujul (bathe iloes not
etui by hanging hinisell in a noose of his own
tying We ate obliged to (ha Register for re
lieving us ot the vhatgo ot stupidity ill lon
etruing tlie t’lesidriit’s laoguisge, which it
was so ready to impute to us in tlie Hist in
ttuiice. U lontiailifis itself iu the most oblig
mg manner for our amtntuedation. We want i
in) bet ter chttiupion than itselt against its own
assault*.
»l is a pity that our contemporaries did not
Smiin i proilin e their cotitmuiifinicson (tie Pres
ident's speech, to relieve tlie public mind from
(be paintnl beltrl Unit that ollicial Imd applied
Those tei uis of contumely to our woithv Gov
ernor. The explanatory notes should haveac
c.ompauinl tlie speech itself, in Uui first in
‘■tame. The President's e* pounders are too
elow Iho public w*ll he apt to suspect that
these discluiuiois are hut afterthoughts, Bug
scaled by ii.<- necessity of getting ihl of the
daoiHgiug eiti tol uu inipnlitiu •epctdi. found
to be universally cotideiiiiied.
it it. ditto ult to iepret.* the suspicion after
ail these iugeiiivius disclaimers, that when too
I *ct injstit uHei ci 1 these harsh and petulant ex
previous i.nr Governor had some slmrc in his
thoughts. Out. Ilioivii, leellng a
f«i the safety of Ibeigia, us the efticml guar
diau ot Its lioini ami interests, with manly
fiauUniis ami imli p. n.teu. e hail t.iheu the li
baity of protesting to tlie ihesirient against
what lie considered to be shortcoming* in the
military management of Iba* ndininisiraHou.
•yue judicial to the successful defence of this State.
Iu a very recent correspondence with the Pres
ident, which will see the liglit wkeu the Legis
lature meets, he had expressed opinions uot
oeihaps very palatable to the President. All
-tide had irritated President Davis, who w; s
impatient of advice or objections turn siuh a
amorce. And it is uot at all unlikely that this
iitaiiid iuiluciiCcd lihu iu (be delivery of
the s hasty ami impromptu remarks.
The t ’ojistitutioiialist iu its exuberant zeal to
susla.'u the Vies'.deid. exclaims ‘'Places are no
thing—States ate uultiing, hut the cause is e.ve
> ' We trace in Ibis outburst of entuu
ei..»ut Dm miser, jev Otis leaven of centralization,
which ha* iutused 'l*elf into the tuiuds of the
champii>os of the Administration, glorifying
the idea of a centralized power mid depreciating
the State* and their honor ana safety, their
lights and interests. With them the Confede
rate Government is everything— the Estate*
nothing What matters it to them that States
are desolated, and bowed in the dust of a de
grading bondage* Their thouchts soar jar
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 12, 1864.
above such minor considgjafieins, and embrace
• only the giaml ooueejition of a consolidated
empire.
’t he States are nothing. We must give our-
I selves no concern about their individual fate.
. I he citizen must become callous to the welfare
of his . wu Slate, which claims bis dr.-t at.d
J paramount allegiance. Thoiu'h it should l>e
torn with the ploughshare of ruin, arrdcouver
i ted info a .'.:-sert, through tire mismanagement,
i the prejudice and obstinacy of tin- powers, at
1 ll" hniond—he must not murmur, he must not
j dare to complain or to protest. That is n trifle
! light aa air. Tlie cause is every thing. Tire re
-1 veree of this is true. '1 he States—their h .nor,
1 their welfare are everything the cause di
vorced front these U nothing—is a delusion and
j a snare What is Ibis can.-.: but the cause of
| tiie Elates, of a h and every one ol them V It
! is that or notliing.
These worshipers of consolidated power are
ready to hurl their denunciations, at Governor
Grown and all others who dare to concern
themselves about tire immediate safety of their
own State. They would com er t the Confedera
cy into a ear of Juggernaut, beneath whose
ponderous wheels they are willing 10 sect the
States crushed into thy dust, anti before which
they prostrate themselves in idolatrous, wor
ship.
Citizens of a complex Government, wo ov/e
a divided allegiance—first to our own Stale,
and secondly to the Confederacy of which it is
a member. We would faithfully fulfill our ob
ligations to both. We would care tor the safe
ty and honor of our own State ; and we would
also stand by our sinter States according to the
•compact, to the bitter cud, in our mutual strug
gle for independence, lint as lo the heresy
that the States are nothing—the heresy of Abe
f.iucoln and of all despotic Governments—we
hope that its poisonous influence will never be
infused into the SoutlieruTnind.
1.1 KI TK.\Avr £k\».k,u, pcrkkst.
Tt is with profound satisfaction the country
has learned that the invincible Forrest has
Ikjcii made a Lieutenant General, and placed
in command of the cavalry of Gen. Hood's
army. 'This appointment is Universally hailed
by the people as auspicious to our cause. It
is full of cheer, fringing the dark cloud of our
despondency with the dawning light ci a bet
ter cm in our affairs—an era of greater vigor
and nnvess i.i the military operations of this
depurtnuat, «
Fy common cogent, Gen. Forrest is the
great cavalry leader of the West, ns Gen.
I lauipton is of The East. Helms earned this
reputation by a series of brilliant and astonish
ing achievements', which have exhibited not
only great valor, halt tejna:kabie military
genius. His capture of Muifrceahoro, ol Fort
Fillow, and Memphis, showed lfiuj to bo . pos
-erne-.t of a very JiigU cider of- generalship.
II is croupe from Fort Ponelaon, and his cap
ture >f Si might proved him to be one of the
most daring and brilliant of modem chieftains.
Napoleon would have Selected him for one of
his Maiskaia, -and eivi n him the command of
his cavalry, as e man after his own heart.
In action lie is hardly equalled in the im
petuosity of his charges, and the lightning
rapidity ol his movements, whiclToften con
found the enemy, and secure the victory hy
the consternation they produce. lint. Gen.
Forrest is not a mere fighter, endowed with
hull >ic;; ( ouragj and resistless animal force.
He is a strategist of inexhaustible resources,
:*ml reityly and unfailing sagacity. In the
midst of tin} hottest battle, he is prompt to
lieict-ivo aiul avail himself of every advan
tage. I!i* plans are formed and executed at
the moment, anil always with accuracy and
success, hi the Management of a campaign,
and the conduct ol 1 extended militaiy epeta
tiou.s,- lie has exhibited a touiprchensive in
tellect, and a“c*irrect judgment, always re
liable. His recant successful in
Mississippi, where lie has had to.contend with
vastly superior for,vs, and to hold iu cheek au
army which would have overwhelmed almost
any other commander. I;us exiorted universal
lultniralion. It will form ono of the most
brilliant chapters in tlie history of the war/
True, he has not enjoyed the advantages of
a previous miiiiaiy education; he is not versed
in tlie technicalities and science of tjie mili
tary profession; he is not.a graduate of West
Point. Put, what is far better, he is endowed
whli military genius, lie possesses tint which
no school can impart*— a natural aptitude for
military command, lie was born a fieneril.
He has graduated in the rough school of arms.
He has received his diploma on the battle field,
written in characters of Mood, with his own
victorious sword, and stamped with the seal of
his own invincible genius.
The aulhoiities at Itichmond, wedded to
their prejudices in favor of West Point afi.l Us
graduates, and scarcely believing in i,h j possi
bility of a civilian possessing military talents
ol a high order, have been slow to recognize
the merits and abilities of Gin. Forrest. He
has been overslaughed and outranked by bis
interiors. IVhere be should have commanded,
he ha*, be* u compelled lo obey. He has been
neatly driven -Horn lire service by the Latcur
ami irjustice of West Point pride arid preju
*li* •', lie Ims (ought his way to the position to
which lie was entitled. By a series of unsur
psttwrd achievement.-, he has wrung from his
prejudiced superiors iu rank, the acknowledg
ment ol his great abilities.
We are glad for tire sake of onr cause that
they are at last appreciated by the Itichmond
authorities. .The necessities of the occasion
have compelled them to give Gar. Forrest a
command commensurate with his deserts, arid
in which he will be able to render the most
signal seiviues to his country. The field of op
erations assigned to him, demanding energy and
talents ot the highest older, we rejoice that we
have the light man in the right place.
The people and the army, for a long time,
have impatiently expected Foircstto be sent to
the rear of Sherman Their «i* k being at length
gratified, we confidently anticipate important
and favorable results. Sherinau cannot remain
secure in Atlanta with Forrest in his rear.
He will play havoc with his railroad oommuui
catioos. He w ill not long permit the trains to
run wilb that beautiful and uninterrupted reg
ularity of which the Northern press have been
I vaunting with such au air of confidence end
j triumph. Rumor says that they are already
! stopped. Sherman will not likely boast in Lis
next manifesto to his army that Forrest's cam
paign was a blunder, as he did in reference to
Wheeler's. He Ims had some disagreeable
experience of the prowess of that redout-table
leader, which will moderate his bragging pro
pensity. and Suspire him with whole-'ome dread.
We look for stirring news since Forrest has
fairly started on the war path. The allair at
Athens, Alabama, in which he captured oho of
the strongest of the Yankee ganisons with ail
its supplies, is a highly satisfactory and en
couraging commencement of the campaign.
anoness
7 o iht reople of tl r Smlefi of Xorlh Curolim,
Gonyia, A’-.-.humi, Flotilla, Mississippi, and
Tennessee. •
At a meeting cf the commissioners of your
respective States to fix prices under the’ha
pr .mum laws, convened by order of the bee
ret,my of War. at the instance of the Secretary
of the Treasury, at Montgomery on tire 20th
ins:., for mutual conference, with a view to
uniformity of prices between the several States,
anti hy a redualion of prices just, to the Gov
ernment and the people, to sustain the credit
of the country, the undersigned were appointed
a coinmttee to address you on this important
subject, and to appeal to you, who of ail have
it most in your power to bring about this de
sired result, to come to the aid of the Secreta
ry of the Treasury, to the rod of the Commis*
siemens, and to the aid of your country upon this
question, vital to her life, and to your own fu
ture interest and welfare.-
It is your own government we ask you to
sustain—your own cahse we appeal to you to
support—your own credit we wish you to up
hold. Hit two tilings are required on your
part to do this. One is to furnish'your sup-;
plies to the government at low rates; th« other,
to invest your surplus money in governmeu
securities. Hut. two things ure necessary tt
bring the war too successful ebse. Men v
money. Men to fight our battles, and me
to provide the naans to support our nrrait
the field. The patriotism of the couritry.-
eupplied the men, and wo appeal to that h
patriotism on the part of those at home ch*
folly to supply the means. • T
It must be known to you that, in proporr
as the Government expenses are reducer,
in proportion will its burdens, u|«):r yotW
taxation be reduced. To reduce its ox pci.
you must give value to its currency, so tk
its purchasing power may , Ire increased, arc
the largest amount of supplies secured with tlriF
h ast amount of money. There are two Ways
to give value to our currency The first is to
dimini'a ' volume; the second to have erhr-’
lidence in Government securities, both thesß
depend upon yourselves.
There arc two wavs to diminish volume
of the currency. „One is, to furnish the* Gov
ernment with your surplus supplies at a low
rate; the other, to invent your surplus money
In Government securities. It must be plain
to you that this will sustain the Government
credit, add that it, is in your power to accom
plish it.- It mu l also be plain to you that this
is to your own best, interests, as you will then
hold yourselves the. Government indebtedness
which will be returned to you in interest upon
her securities, and in your diminished burdens
of taxation. But do you dislruat the Govern
ment securities? H you do, you distrust jour
own cause, and by so doing impede the pro
gress of your independence.
H e.h ono of your Stales was represented in
tire t Convention, and the Commissionera. after
the most mature consideration, determined up
on a uniform schedule of maximum prices !Tir
the several States, reducing the average
prices heretofore.about one-third, or perhaps
slightly more. An extract froim| tire closing
remarks of the President wifi inmfm you of
the spirit of of the Conven
tion . *
‘•Never, in all my experience in delibera
tive bodies, have I scon manifested more har
mony, more courtesy, and more conciliation
between the members themselves, and between
them and the Chair, than have been exhibited
in your entire proceedings; and each member
of the Conventmu has, with earnest and con
scientious faithfulness, endeavored to discharge
his duty to the Government and the people.
‘•We have unitedly taken an advanced step in'
the reduction of prices by the establishment of a
uniform maximum schedule to sustain thetrredit
of tits cufrency, the responsibility of which
each one of us lias deeply felt bu 4 t which ne
cessity compelled us to take in the exigencies
of tlie country.
“Tli ' people, T think, will appreciate our ac
tion, end approve wbat duty required and pa
triotism demanded; but whether approved by
ali or not, ouis is the responsibility; and we
leave it to the calm judgment of iiiat public
opinion which it goes out to meet, and which,
tilled with a just appreciation of tlie success of
our struggling cause, will determine justly up
on the measures which we have taken, finan
cially, to maintain it.”
Congress has provided that the expenses ot
tlie Govorcment|nre to bejpaid in treaeuryjnotes,
and certificates of indebtedness bearing six per
cent, interest, payable two years after tlie
ratification of a treaty of peace, and free from
taxation. These certificates arc intended to
reduce the volume ol the currency, and are
the most valuable means of payment olleied
by the. Government. ,-
We cannot too strongly urge upon all cred
itors ot the Government, as a measure for their
own interest, and ro sustain the -credit of the
currency, to fake those certificates for all sur
pluses beyond what their necessities may re
quire in treasury notes accumulating in the
hands of the capitalists and others being in
vested in the purchase of the nor.Aaxabie six
per cent, bonds provided to 1* sold <or the re
demption of these notes, tire currency will be
reduced to the actual business wants of the
country, its credit restored, prices lowered,
.the expenses of the Governmenment econo
mined, taxes diminished, aud the blessings of
a financial system realized iu lime of war such,
as we have been accustomed to in times of
peace. May we not with reason, confidence
and hope, appeal to each individual, and to'all
classes of the community, to unite in accom
plishing this most desirable result.
As part of this address, we append a letter
frOm lhe Secretary of the Treasury, addressed
to the Commissioners, giving the most conc.se
view of the condition of the government, and
tlie exposition of the reasons which influenced
the action of the Convention ;
Tuuasluy Dki'abt.mext.C. S. A,, |
"a the for the several
of pi
■-.vai! myfFU'Y to oh-r you.
.. eiSt-v. .-
upon ;he is
your attention. •
’Jhe omftui.u oiSWHfefsry, and the em
bitrtasMuents TBof’fts derangement,
tr< wsilkQov.ii £*Wh«n gold sells at
twenty for ece pared with treasury
notes, ever; hod that the curreu
government =; . purchased with this
depreciated turreftuy, we all understand as
well that the must neeessariaily
be ncavy. But tiMfte evils should not be al
lowed to go further. ’I be ability of the gov
eminent to conduct tlie war to a successful
issue, and the happiness r.nd welfare of our
people after the war shall have terminated, arc
too deeply involved. And in the functions
conferred upon you by Congress seems to re
side, under existing laws, the only power capa
| hie ot mterpoMug a cheek to the progress of
depreciation.
I Luo king then to tha dignity of vour office, aud
the momeutous results depending? upon your
action, 1 have thought it inj duty to communi
cate to yon every information possessed by this
department that may aid your judgment in the
discharge of your important duties.
One active cause of the depreciation is dis
trust cf the government securities; and 1 will
endeavor to show that this distrust is without
reasonable foundation.
The entire public debt, funded and un
funded, was on the first of July, last about
$ 1.250,000,C0U.
The expenres frem Ist Jutvto Jlst
Dec. are estimated at about 325,000 000
Making an aggregate of. ... 51.5 *5.000.000
In this amount is included $250,000,000 of J
per cent, bomlg, ty he ii.sj*od ■<< piac« of a like
amount of oh’ s '-'"' -W the act
Os J 7th FV Merable
portion ol * the
Treasury i %i
i
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Why - '- /tirrtheri
bedo"”' js alleged
(an atb) that ri
si x ua i]y paid
k sby should
’ ; own-Gov
id to us in
• he magni
,ir property,
au«l bankrupt
this-posef-
' ; .:ose proper
r4oo,sell dur
s t<* the value
fit bonds for
\ risk of b:i-
JJf one citizen
\ is equally true
inattention to
-oat we arc sell-
T>7 yfitir, only the
in which the
geaiYe, an the following
. The government paid
o. jO.OOD for certain supplies ;
and fu. ,6 .received’ this sum bought
with it, !,(..« a foreigner, sls,ooo'in gold, de
liverable in England. With the $3001)00 thus
obtained, tlie foreigner then bouaht-an equal
amount ol'government bonds, bearing 7 per
cent,, per annum interest.
It follows tn-.it at the end of the war, for $15,-
00(1 thus acquired bv !be citizen, the govern
ment will owe a debt of $300,000.
Tire citizen wilt receive annually 01.050 in
terest; the Government will pay annually
$21,000. Had he, on the contrary, bought the
bonds himself, the $21,000 annually paid by
the Government would have been received by
one of its own citizens, and, the country, as a
whole,'would haw been neither lichcr nor
poorer, t would earnestly impress upon your
consideration, that when traced through all
their various ramifications, tlii3 is at last the
uniform result ol every case iu wljicU supplies
are sold to the Government, amt property of
any description is bought with the money, to
the exclusion'of Government securities.
It should be.-borne in mind that we leave now
no commercial class in this country; that the
batiks have but a limited capital of about sl>o,-
000,000, aiid beyond this sum have no power
to purchase government bonds, The great*
mass of our C'tizsns then, of every class, must
combine, aud take government securitidß, and
nothing else, in exchange for treasury notes,
or tne public debt must infallibly go abroad.
There is no single class of our own citizens, who
have the power to purchase and hold $1,500,-
000 of bunds. The question then is between
public debt being taken by our entire popula
tion of all classes, or by foreigners, in tlie man
ner, and on the terras already indicated. Judg
ing from present indications, there will be no
difficulty iu finding purchasers for our bonds
among those who are sending them abroad ?
There can be go escape from tire ultimate pay
ment of the debt.; if held by foreigners, we
could not evade it if we would; if held hy out
own people, we would not if we could; and un
der no circumstances, I trust, would a sug
gestion, so dishonorable, be gravely entertained.
In the consideration of this question, there
fore, such an apprehension as this should be al
lowed no weight whatever. Every man must
take home to himself the conviction that in
proportion to his property, he is tire debtor for
liis share of the national debt; aud the ques
tiorvfor him to determine is who he will hold
that share of the debt himself,.or-with a cleat
perception of the consequences, he -will permit
it to be taken and held by foreigners.
It it is tr vie that the public debt must infallibly
be paid; that every man’s property is bound
for its propotionate share, that all must p.iy
taxes according to their wealth to defray the
annual interest, then it follows that all me
equally interested in limiting the expenditures
to the smallest po sible sum; and in purchas
ing and holding the bonds that thus continue
a charge upon their estates.
The t vpenditurcs depend in a great degree
upon the prices you shall lix; to you alone
have Congress confided the power of exer
cising any control over this question. Ami
through you, may these engaged in furnishing
supplies to the Governmeu’, find lor the pay
ment of whom the public defct is created, most
easily and metura'ly learn, how much better
they are served; when jour fnedeiation in re
straining the public expenditures, confines
within more prudent limits the mortgage upon
your estates; and with how much greater late
ly they may thomseivf s become the purchas
ers oi' these mortgages, than permit them to
pass into ike hands of foreigner
The whole question, complicated as it may
at first appear, , is perfectly simple and lies in
a nutshell. ’Congress lias ordered the follow
irg expenditures to be made, viz:
For pay of the army $75,000,000
For clothing, shoes, material, trans
portation, &.r. 125,000,000
For provisions for the amiy 100,000,000
$300,000,000
The have dirteted these expenditures to be
paid for in treasury note*, and in certificates ot
indebtedness, bearing fi per cent, interest aud
free from taxation ; and for tlie security and
ultimate redemption of the treasury notes, they
have provided non-taxable 0 per cent, bonds,
which they an d me to sell for treasury notes.
' You have now before you the whole scheme
of the currency, and of the government finances.
That these supplies should cost no more than
the sum pro-aided, depends of course upon t be
prices ; aud the prices are to be regulated by
you.
I have endeavored to show that the best in
terest of every citizen consists in the establish
ment of moderate prices; but no argument
seems to me as forcible as a clear statement of
the simple facts of the.rase. This L have now
endeavored to make.
If we suppose the purchases to have been
made, and the community to be in possession of
tne f.JbO.OOO 000 of Treasury notes, the pert
question is, will they pass them about from
baud to hand, -in exchange for property at ex
travagant prices, until they gradually fall into
the bauds of foreigners, and are exchanged by
them for Governmentjbcmds ; or will every citi
zen tike the Government bombs hinr-eif. 1 have
endeavored to prot e that cur true interest con
sists in following the latter course.
llopiog that you mav concur in these views
and that your deiibeialions may result in pro
VOL. LXX7: m;-—NK-vV SEMEN VC.c. XXVIJL NO. ft
motiug ttiewclfare *o!' £otir suffering ooiunrv
. 1 remain
Yonr most obedient servant-.
G. A. Tjrr.Mut u,
Secretary of Tre-van.
T«> the foregoing tetter oi' ' • F » itc..r<r ,-
the Terwnry. v - cm, ad ? ■ -Yr. . r la, ,
upon the iireis-t TuT ■ - -,h r ; . ■
to coiue to tbe supp,a i , ei.vci-’uue-it .
measure ot reform which wo :.r - at,empt'-g.to
inaugurate, and the success of which ; ,v 7 >-
senliai, if noHndispensably is the hie oft» ■
Confederacy.
JouxJ Moll a;:, j
Wftßx IT. Mason, - Com mitt- e.
U.. 8. Wir.Ktxsov )
Montgomery, 'September 27. js-n.
A LETTEtt KitOS! AOJITAM' OKX, te.
Sr.:TU or Gkoi-ma, ,
Ad.i't. A 1.\.-i>r.('Toit Gk.m.'s. Ui-sicK -
MilleiJgevilie, Sep'. 2stii. ii
.. Col • E. li Pottle. A. I>. i .11, , ... .-
Conoxrr.: 1 have retort it your b Tter of the
23d instant, ia relation to the casts . :
• corpse in Colombia county, in which < ,;u . ;
for the State us Attorney at the n-qn cl f
tain Lumpkin, and have advh-od with tax (fi.y.
ernor fully on nil the points piesenie.l hr it;
. The point, that tbe petition from tire interi
or Court to the Superior should be goio.roil-J
by paragraph 3i)58 of the Code, ia not. in G -
opinion of the Governor, mateiiai to the m en
issue presented, and he therefore'pnsst* over it.
With regard to tbe cases of Mr John T. ber
ry, or Gerry (?“ accidental blot fibscun ■; tbe
first letter am? fiakes it dnubtful,) who sup.i
out a writ of dZjorari and claims that pendiuv
the decisfion on his appeal, the military power
cannot hold him, and that an attempt to do so
wiil he prosecuted, as an act of false imprison
ment, 1 am-instructed by tbe Gorern-n- to
send him forward to Macon when the furlougli
of the Ist Division of the Militia under coin-,
mand of Major General Smith shall expire.
In giving me IMs order. Ills excellency vio
lates no Jaw ot the land, overrides no lawful
mandate, precept, or judgment of any Court,
nor does he deny to the party any legal rig: it.
Tlie Courts are open to him and to every oth
er citizen ot the State; and any judgment ret: ■
dered in his favor by the Court of competent
jurisdiction, if not in open conil'et. with the
filling oi a-Court of higher, authority, will he
respectekthe *tio matter what’may
be his opinion of its correctness, until set aside
by the proper judicial decision.
The to re-organize the militia of this Stale
declare-, aii persons between ceitaiu ages (ex
cept such as in j declared exempt by the taat
nbr)" to he subject to militia duty 7 It fuvti.cr
declares that any inilitianfan ordered into active'
service by the Governor-who shall fail or r«r
tuse after due notice to enter sarct scrvic-, or
being tbciin, shall leave the service without
permission, shall be liable to be triad, and pn%-
hhed as a deserter-, and subject to all the pair,*
anil penalties imposed upon detei-lerg by tbe
Rules and Articles of War for tiro Govern
ment of the army of the Confederate States '
Sec. XIV.
It is not denied that the party in question Is
within the age which subjects him to vica
under the statute, and if is not pretended that
bo is exempt from the scivico hy m-iy provision
ot law ol the State. He is then pcimo fad)' 1.-
pble, and tbe legal presumptions arc alia,gainst
him. He lias been ordered into service by the
Governor. He has disobeyed the order, and
tlie levy presumes him to be a deserter. The
Enrolling Officer ol the State was sent to ih'-
i-ostvtiijn and did to. lie wm. legally in
bis custody, mfi-l the officer ccTtainty h--d o
right to hold him until he should be relieved
from bis custody by the judgment, in Jils f. vor
of some Court having jurisdiction of tim case.
He sued out n writ-oi irftbeas corpus returnable
•to the Inferior Court of his coutay a.s ho Im-J
a right to do 'J'lie case was in-ard by th*■
Court and the judgment rendered against, h;<H.
Independently of the judgment, hetbic if was
rendered, be was liable to be sent lo tbe front.
When it bad been rendered against hiaj, he
was liable under it, to be sSut. Tt'? Unrolling
Officer v.as then doubly armed with antho;ity
to scud him. ife the isa 1 out a will of■-
p rati to the Superior Court, to carr y fh;r < -.-a
into tiro Conn and to ask oi it v;i;at he had
failed to got in tbe-Ini'eiioi- Court, naoifcHV. .ir i
judgment in his favor; Lint what iu the di'oct
of lids writ of certiorari! It is not judgment
for or against him. It simply car ries' the case
into the higher Court.
but it may be said the mU of c rHorari when
legally sued out supersedes ilie judgment: < f
the Court below. Grant it; and where does it,
leave the Jiriiitiaman ’ If leaves him prcc'isi-iy
where it. found him bcfoie the judgemi-nf was
tendered—iu the hands of the ihirolliug-Oliic-er
with all the legal presumptions against him
which existed before the judgement .war ren
dered or the case brought into Coii ;. He
must therefore remain in tire military service,
where/he Inferior Court found him, until ho
can find some court that will decide in his fa
vor— that is, that be is improperly held, and is
entitled to be discharged. No legal or con.fi
■ tational right of his is violated i-y holding
him in service until I he can flail a Court that
wiil decide that he is entitled to a .discharge.
A writ superseding a judgment rendon-d
against him while in legal custody cannot j
surely operate, as a judgment relieving
him irom custody. He may carry bis case up
from Court to until! he rcaelms tbe high
est Judicial tribunal, but in tlier re n time,
remains in tbe hands of .the Military authori—
it'es whoie the first Court found filin’, until
some court shall decide that.be inis a right to
be released.
As an illustration, suppose a soldier iu the
regular army who has enlisted for three yrnrs,
and served* two, should suo out his writ ot ha
bus corpus in the Inferior Court ami it should
decide against him, and he should carry tbe
case to the Superior Court by or from
the Superior to the Supreme Court by Bill of
Exceptions; will any lawyer contend tin' thix
entitles him to he discharged from the scrvic ••
and set at liberty ponding the litigation when
all the judgments that have been lcndcicd in
the case are against him'.’ If this be the law,
General Lee’s whole Army may be legally dis
banded auy day, when each soldier in it" may
sue out a habeas corpu rand get
an luferiur Court against hi-- right tube dis
charged, find then cuter an appeal to a higher
Court. The whole Militia o; Georgia may be
• ii.-i-h.iigorl iu tire same way, vviren ;>••> C ,-ui-s in
tbe iitatu has decided in lavor of a :-,:i>eic one
of them, but when a decision has been made,
in the Gomt, of bis own choice, against <• :o .
and every one of thsnr. Tne principle in. y
kave been against them evea in the Sopn-me
Court, and still they may,-if this be law, be
all discharged for years.
For instance, one of the Militia may sin;
out Lis witt of habeas corpus ciaimhig his dis
charge on the ground, that the Act of the Leg
islature under wbiclr lie is held is unconstitu
tional. This case may go tp the Supreme Copit
and the judgment may be rendered against
him. This'judgment would be binding on ail
the Courts below. But each Milifiamaa ot the
State might ffihmediatoly .me out bis writ ..’
the Inferior Court on tiie same ground, ami
when the Court ruled against him early the
case nn to the Supreme Court claiming 4rigl-1
to haw a j-e'gin ut of the Suprenre Court >,ll
the quo o; 1. ..is iudirMgpl case ; an-1 iho
mean tine ne would he entitled to his. J: ■
chargel inliiiai-y ser vice while the’e.-.;-.
wa?j, r oing up from Com tto C';mt by dropiy
paying the cost of an appeal'from e*ek .Copt t,
successively, to the one above i:. 1 .0-. would
he, probably, the chehpr-st ] :;al -mate y ■ and.
covered of keeping out of > -,-i vie-.-. Such
position will stand neither the test of It ..u
investiga'ion nor ot common sens?, and is al
most too absurd for serious argjihvjn 1 . •
Tne Governor holds thereto! , thateti:-.-poi
son iu question, and ail others wi. c-;ae vvith
in the age and description mention •] iu the
statute, are liable to military duty uatil they
can show that they fail within some rule ot !
te'env tli • •(hem f., • , .
: - ' , • n '!-■■' I•" t'.utr of
acid thi ro and c-o i:,t< item i.> --n
til socif! «>rrt ot V'-;o. ot.-ut jmhd c;i...r h-.s
doci :-.‘d 1 hut thf v.O • entiticl rob,: p.p- -. ,t‘
a tl is rule ■ . .
* -i - .■■ ■
tboi ptivi nr.iM.n
ties \vno Imv.'- -•••< a an. w-te- . ;
and have la.let! to pet j adginaii'a in tl:. i: jV : ..
V '-’T- And the Govern,>r orders ti flier rosy
bo held to .f-T-. ieo nr; I- ~(• .
.tent iiu'B-'J;•:••) 11 m,y.d.oite. net in .:., .':;.;
’with t!.e.iu 1.-ment of n hhrh.r court. :b-<; Guv
rre i-nut’eil to a dUchai'go—when C , wiil.i-e
difoharged
iti exa blning q ; 'Stiohs*of this c.luvad :
'
the satuC legislative autluu i'.v -1’.,.,v. a
this c iUD’ i-y.iibe uuiiva ot tire ( iijz n
twofold, one “5 a civilian, the t.rh.-r
diet: Fuat military la-v b,-;i< ... ( a ;•
eii.h. and tl-m. i-i ien fmb.,;.:.■■ -U:,- ,■:>; ■-
lions of a. mUitiatnan.' ifr* .
tier .* of law .-< 1, ■ !, ■o- 'I ' .-.,
can apt come in eobiG.rn v.i:U =.i - ,-ivil
code, a; they Ipc ate- in <3; : ’ h. ;
»"•! the pi-ivilcga c-t b'e vi it .n fid u
cm pus .guaranteed 1:.- ; d,-ri, 1.,!.. :,d-
MiriJual It u
attacks upon hi*liberty. > ■ tiv- ;-..ma by'iiffi-e
hy wiii.t'.h his oMig.s- iom. to 1 i,.- -a. ;.i.
weighed, douiw u-is •,
w" .in-:- .• io nritipi, > a fij.,,.
Ly c-ulor ci ii»e G vevnur.
t.h . :M. •
A-ti. ,t | in*. G.vucrai.
•t'tfx KAII» IS S'-j >; : - 1) ire.
Vvloui G:.-n- ;:ti K iy in c.'..- v d:,',-.c :o :
from id. hare id,: uin h! the
his .u-my,
'ami, we v-r J - J I : r ‘.'-A
siK-n a moytauni .oi;-i pr -.;. , 0 • n.-.Uite::- fi;!
evil to our cause. The sin up . -
down ol
isnes about \vtuo-p a.-, ~-dv- ■ .‘..fipiiioil t ii,
; : Wc saw i iHuri
which our eriptuior cotb,* not- at. this '.imc ci!-..*i-- !
wigs raise, q ;
v/hib-J. on,- Ia a, in tl*: :•n,-,t wound -d i.fio :
- ■>; ■ t ' outweighed
all tb.r booty our winy con. Liv, in, i-1 'od'i:jho
two thonsan-I jieiid of caGte, i;,py r.u said to
have carried off in : od ri.fv:
Time has passed now v. e Hail see re
-tlfi'- al l])0 fill OP, pi !>:;). i ,l.iay
is raised, is in tin--Valley of Vi.-rin;hu>oie
Gen, Eiriy. It has tlefoaind liim in two Bat
tles.' Nor is this-all. Those toote.; id.: (h,,|
in the Unite! .-date: up si-.-pfids cf .p.; .
aided povrerfully th-.: urY- .cement of id - ,ha:t
now golD{ 1 icm i will thus,
add t< ns of thousands oi more men to oar ene
mies in the ji-’ki.
The Richmond - VFe 1• r undertook io det.iud
this ctxpii.ulU a (in tb-T p-ipi-cpj, fr.,p; im
iei i defend 1 I the vail
road irom :;vt ; 1 i-■ -■ -i I Im.rg
was threatened hy liurre/.- rev in the Yal •
ivy ut' k i.prir ■; I’d; cxy-'-'P-on ro to
eh« . ;..p , and
1 ’ it and: .- ,-r* ’•
burg. S'
A single i“i • . n ;l > - sufficleiit to.
show, that twenty two
land could pet he ties:;rued V : ioI-.-i t • ho rail
road at ebburg,'in WcH Viri ' (
Hunter hod ad van: - ‘y Lyu: h
burg. ll,e bad six or ej;;-:fif; thousand men un
der his ecru annul, who were to eo operate with
a Hv force nacter Got;..-: ,
mens 1 . ; C: -■ tev. u
Bermu-!-i Huadr-J , .to - p-d Hfcvrf- •
dan failed to e •-npo-.-t r, 1 c-:: ’ - bad i ,|f
dofcute'l by Gy;,, r :• Hampton; end but'e: p 0
balily tabid, becau.'.e and. :he
couibin -a L.. ■1 • iiius tap
ing, He - -. nfcov idi : : :Ji u inn 10 ! -pi
our stria;;; ill. rd.' j :-p.d vd h a,Si ex edit ion
down the Valley of Yi^;;n : a. Th-; li’.a-f wap
most (li'-:;;C i!c fied and ■ -.,1 ; '■ : 1 . •-,<
wh«n he 6 ivruc-1, cel i'. - fur-- “cary ntten
(i.-d with ,-d:i t:j:■ ! pc- ul'v.p. a- i .
t ; on in r.c.riv r.-. ■ pa:; They. roacTied 1 v\U ts
cl’ the Potom: -.- : iev’y and moralized .ad L
k‘?n,do,rn. ‘ . ■
. Now, ... >• • '•(.'•.such civ n : -sar- -. a.F
General F»- iy p ‘nto the ceunjiHUd •: : « -r
ty-two Ti t,
meu were rate * ,;ry U> iaaip i: ■ ■
iLK-upand ha,iS v:n .• I v • and p.k .-
T f ill,) Cr: V, ■' S■■ ' . , • :i!P
between it s .ti idJ .a, au ;-..-.a C- 5-
purely raven thmi :a„if mail, : 1 Horu-d soroe
), p.ae in tiro Idfiley bdfw'c- In Rchi-.ai-gr wus
quite BuUkk-nt- for jis. proiectii ti. The other
fifteen and oussaffi, or twenty thou p.p.l :h«i,
con! 1 have been ;;p,i‘c4 ju.-i. wt.il to go to
Georgia as FetuisylvanL;. But t!v.-y w.re not
fp-a.t to Cteoigia. Nor vvvro ihoy i-t n-.e.r
Lynchburg, nor in iS -- V. - .’i:.-1 ,i5:■
General Early Jrft if-:; Ya!:<-v, whtei: i( i ! said
be was to protect. He Fat La liter i'-cblnc 1,
wliom it is f,alii he Itm to prevent afoaiUng
Lynchburg: aud. mo rc’o-i t.is 'wfiote- force
acro-ss the Fotoma* i
oylvania. Cftn un> nuta h«ii,:ru thut ids /J
--jeot. in such an exp- dition, w.-.r to vr itch Hun
tet-or to protect Lynchbur;. ' fi hs can he b s
ti nt so. - ' of faith which can 1-. (noye mono tains.
To our apprehension, it wins clear that G< noral
Early’s expedition into Mary hind was film that
cf General L-oogstricf and; to Knoxville. It was
a part of that;division policy. w-idi has cor
tinually cluggod-onr encciys, au-.l «<>,'••»-}<: 1 t*i--
frnitg bafor: tiioy arc: readied. It is tills which
has coKt.His the halt (■• t',. ,r. i-. To cnd;;.--voi
to pa Hate it in 1
t hat it »urg dd
its railrciuls -is .one of th-pcO 1- tel v- ul-;n. - on
the gullibility of tl *.« pite-ple; width is t-uvec;--
fol,.but never worthy our rv.-pt.c: - .- appiobit
tion—Glmrlesior. iitynny. ' * .
-
‘‘lt is t : •- duty of cv»:y oi)'* lo aa.’p't H-
Governin': nt. i-tnj-rw-.-rt it in -I tu.;i .word.
Give it y -11 mot i nlli ;i- ; - iden > With
held from it alt c.r.L-im.n until the wliifth
com pa-as us about iJja.i Imv p. p ala.
Jijxhir.ojc.
This is a question upon v I d:h m.' av, ill dii
tc-r, and very tiom-sUy too. id;-.- --; aro f x:r
isis in eve ycj ch aii {ions of
public poi:<"-. For his: tdcio.fiie t!>
who stand pled: vd to ’< , •:- c•h:. .J ■ .
rr.cwure of tte.c C , • riot r - v> • •
:re are th
port” each aud • .
...
iun. dangerous leaders. Yi'ii.m the puh’f-J.j' .'
nalist Ibfows I imseLte.t the HL— r f
either of the:;:: < .vdrente paid .;• rcan
he no iomoa ip:.; <1 1 .; 1 p ■ m:.
lialmediuru.ot’ 1 q ■ ~- '.-
res;.»‘red onlyaa ajv - i,-; aim-. - or ’--v
gan” which d'.-iv-aii.- tfi-.-ip : . id - pufi
liC iu <;:■(< 1- lo r-rve the <:■!■■■. :p. .
The crp.ptisy of the pi'vifii !o of tier di-cr R
ioaoa. ad mat t--ru t.lfccti.ig flw r.-r' y/--’
I-,: 0, ho is..- pe, .0, • -i e
right ih ,
couuiry:.:od-bi - m.-iv dit
(fit
and becanve he is > qu.Jiy 0 <id In <--■ Hpniov
in .- --..a: you m .doaar a-'p; >v <i 1
nol i0.5 .-,;• flint you k;v. r.iiili xrz- and to a vr ■
hiu >U! i.lc. peace ft r tear lie
N- . . 1 -o.i prp,suir. to oi- r t >dv.(;e
unite you •• •• •/UmirnUy Jil.-- -.! (-• noa .-
I ot; hi::: id- wh.--'-' y-7 '.shave arr; g'-teu So
yo'.io’-'ii.-
-. 1.1v.r, in the L • A’ab'i^a
-H. . - - • - ‘j! utioi|
lr 1, noli teen* ami ''riteuiziften ■• Ml ablp
bad;- and raa’o sir.i., which was referred.
Th- b teli.ii' -ac-r tbi .k- in 1 (» the P
r: id cf ti cv. -iy, .J t) - lost Its ia>j.c-r- '
t-vn;>'. as .tore i.itei--* :'•« ehange oi fro , gt ji..*v
tog Hated ti ; eruov .i of-all - ' *
quired bj ihc army, ’o i-*f . drm , •jj t
very far v.-estwin-d. N-i ! -r ar i, -' -
uablu iri.uufdCtaring ialire-’f to ~,v> "Tr. .
umy, find the u a-tructio-1 of v. J a jd -
COmmeuyuiate with the oust© the exp- /.;rjut
I A'». CCftei? v, sswa.
' H . L ; : ;.po <lyn:iM.y negro soldiers
cont.cmen and Indus v ,h»
‘ te.’ : "x'l i do. Kentucky over thv
” ' ’ te ,!l::J d’dion, Auiericun ciiizeiu
v.ie • /- g.'p to su omit.
r i; ;'• , V ’ y- that the movement
' °‘ ; tny m lire valley are simple
te‘ : ; i : tores n« \t mavementsaroun I
. ’ }\ • =’ : ->.slt«to.-: that Gi.-iut has bi*«
1 1 ■ t\R I. if;» iATffi'lv „
~ -'te ‘ -iH*n to i'di-.d hi the New Voile
te • ! iy . .te Insane asylums, is at
! • lof atteL'liou. The writi-A
civ • oi tliYnmre mere prison
", ! ‘ a nan iaear.-«ratts6 bis daitgh
' 11 ■ ’* : " let-s to lane her out of
"■'te "•’■•"• hiijuiFou their sged
,ui :-"!' tto euojy the larger part of hev
’ ': neral Hana has arrested a raaioii'y
‘ ’; 1 ’ 'e v. A‘p-'iits at \ icksliurg for smug
•"• " Vi:. : m (he ccuirahand trad*
"“• >b- ’• te'fs. In one transac
der p rmitted a man
i, ,■ tev ,'.;,; lake six barrels of wbi«kew
! ‘ ‘ “ ri , v '=> !te” i”g through th®
■l, ".try re;> not irons ’ Hm “six barrels’* waa,
• - e.te te y barrels.” win'd, were barter
■i m twelve dollars 11 gallon for cotton atfoity
■. i- :; v.mv.l -tho !i:;le opet.-. •• u yielding
da V couc-vrned » net proii- hundred
■ ilea - a.'- dolh'-ts. Some-of this liquor«.siwell
>■ >1»'I1 tea . found iter way ta
mi, lu.* b an-action being on Government
' Account,
"A 1. piher of the citizens of Memphis war®
‘ ; led a.:-.I tbrov.u into living prison after
• o»cet; te-te tiie e ty. Ihe charge Hast
1 ' 111 ' !l 1 G"‘ ' .‘onfederate suetless. Os
number cnested live were ladies,
i , e iso'\. J oi k I leiohl j; drifting towards th®
-0; .a a!, it JJi and lei hiu w K
. ' 1 1 leMtombe, tho peace negotiator at
; n lap;:.:a, nos gone, to Eur ope. While at St.
■’Afifi-- N. li h, t .AiM-esced hiu confidence in Hut
1! ,i:e i.'orded.era.ey, and the establish'
ill, oi i;; indcj’cucJenco. 1
A correspondence bt-iweeii President Lin-
O'.'-i and L’.o-f-ncuit-]General Grant which
' last’ has ji st been mado’
lent writ a the Ljeutentanb
■ '' ■ • 1 is much pleased with what;
Xah '-te done p.-, seeded the opening of the spring
: : ate riiiyi of h’is plans -.that heclthec*
i-fi-’-' U 1 - -.te.U i-i kno vA!ieui,-!ind “if there
> •* : tei.ng vtoiibrig which,js within tnypow .
I to ; if- <’o“ 10 fail to let too know.’’ Gen-'
; - ’ (-< rent says that since Jr is entrance into the
- oy-yicr: lie bus never -had any cause of com
: !’■ • it. and he lias iK-nr expressed or implied
1 g vov-pmffit ag-rinfitbro Administration or tlie-
i•■■:■>• of War tor throwing any embarrass- •
a- j . tho vv-i.y *rf hiu vigorously prosecuting'
----i bj : CiPedto iio his duty. On the co.u-'-
;v:i:j', lu . >vs biat-f-lnve he was apported" to the.
i comma;-*.! rs all (inv nmies he has been aston-,.
■ '-’ii'*.t at tlie- reudiii.’.;..-'. which everything he ask-,
' ! -'d lor b: . n vfi.lded, without even an ex
■ pia nation being asked.
Ceeunts published in’- tbet
■ . " l-.othtor papers, largb cum
'•’'i- f> i' 3 - lir;' r: a in Fedoraldora, hereu foci
• ■•nip:',: v ih Uic'Repnblicans. have come out itr
, favor- of ffeOloHan."
' 1 ‘ th'unfc Lciii:'/?, nephew of (ten, Loslio
l CondiS. <• K lucky, was lately arrested at
, i-fi "do, Ne . York, on tho charge of being a
I rebel spy, Ho was afterwards discharged on,
f■ -.*l» of allegiance nnd giving $lO,-
• - , . fte-at ngninst the t’uiuu. iiu.
| lett atw.ee for Cal fornia.
"h • Yankee gnrboat John S. Chambers,
while nk-euby on hen way to New York hour
ivo., W- -A. lost her captain,clerk and fourteen
I hy yelldwiever. They were all buried at
sea. " ■
Ti:, average number of Confederate piison
'•■■■'■ 1" lat Ffift be! rwv.ro since the battl-. of
1:1 '» 500; <li il in an‘interval of
te.fi.ep r;>. 3.300; at Point Lookout 8,000
v'• : -i ■’ ' > ’Al!; the prisoners left; 8,222
nt Fort U ne, j iv-s five hundred who cisis
in. ee this ili'g of truce. Tho returned
i' ;| . oi -ey they # J:av.s suffered enough aud
vte-te tvt fce l.i;i:a pr* nciu again, their pat
x -i an ' (ipvatiui! to,the Southern cause is,
v -■! on ; -' t: ii by weary, hungry months
1 • f confinement.
. , 'H "• ot Diego. New York, has resolved
i/o p- y Pti '■ ’ debt incurred for bounties to
ton' !" ! I ' ’i His, wo are intormeit
•■■l call : r•; levy of sl. )on a $1,(100. And
; this .ii ad-, 1 ■tov o. national, St.ife, county,
and n'her L;x< s.
"> no city nuthju'itic.i of Louisiana, Mo., have
t-'pci! . p-•.- 01'- ih . ci: that place of the ne
j ■' *vho !iatheir ownw and gone in
• -o th-.t p ace in s-ch nutnbnrs a:: to 'become a..
! hfiusiwi to t 1..; < 'Jy. < toners are notified..to
j owne and tab their negroes away or givo
bonds for their corn.) cf and support them.
TbeMiiwa'fp- p-.p.-r-: late that vast uumberx
ol cohserfp have tip,’ to parts unknown.
Lincoln’s dial* in Cincinnati caused grtai,
excitement.
Th v.-.-c • rr.• •if women irt Baltimore on
the clia:;!.: oftiis’oytiky.
tt is thought tu.i i Fremont Is supporters wilt
• ::vde : nt equally in the support of the two
i’rcsntontm: candidates.
A'tfWM SiWrftARY. * .
I 7 'in T. M .!• ■. M .’.or of New Orleans, in
l"''-r !■ t-.sc -r-l-ne Tribune, advccatcs- the '
policy of uupLiny mg roes as soldiers in th®
j army.
Our recently refillnrd prisoners from tin*,
tefi.r!lifie r-;.-( erbej uy.the Richmond press
a, he ’ 'in a ■ fche i condition. Thirteen of’
■ hem ’y on ~- algo from Fortress Monro®
fete ify, a:,(I-: any others ure represented
■ahe ■ p ) verv ;i:iric;il health. ' '
■' !ur.dl'bfi3om died in GrapTille,
: ■ a tew days since aged . ouy. hundred,
j and fifteen years.
C-.-v Fterp iigiu .of Arkansas, In: -ailed nir
, ■ u ai-es. ion of the 1 egislaturo of . State.
i ; coi..--q•((■•■;-e of a failure to ibtain a
upply ol m . te ;. (tie Macon gas company
, will 1- <ompelleil to
ei, i Ut-i' rifyind .rktifcHS a short time.
T e i'tee; A v::ifi-:?r states that all obsta
-' -i te v.. ' xchtui"/') of the Fort Gaines
, prik n< rs having
ri remov !, w-i cun exj.ict tlleci very short -
:;■/ <0 bo retu'i.. ;.U a-.- iuksburg, the point of da
! ti vary.
-J- ' ••:••.. of i-: icrville, S. (!., has;
\“al he > . . ’vr a cucumber which is four- •
» -.'id <•:, . .ia: ter incusin length, 4b re®
U s th eo and thre®
qii-rtia jx/oiii!;:, and is eleven and odo eighth
rticket ,n cin iKruer. uce.
A ( ■! <;’ the Richmond Sentiuef
i- port* te Jij ot xoighuniy ia Virginia
o--'ve t'-i •: ,'d l>y. hybridizing with th«
:t -1 ■ . i; t;l ruiiiet growing
near, epte Vi'iir , •:, of (>f
A ate in -iiictingwpure seed tov
t.u 10 .at crop. w
v e learn ft-a.- te T.y. r-hburg Republican,
b: t excellent b te’ v .-a,i!irfg for $2.25 per
4>'*u ;d. and aide.;, aoughterod iu (ha
tty ot- 1 y. »-e .tiered at I.2ofpur pound.
ho Lake City Coteunbiau states that lb®.
iai ro i Irom L.,! City to Baldwin is nearly
repaired, and the road to.Gainsvil’e now in
runii' r .r '*der. ’ t
, An e>.c’ tbnt a wcnian residing?
.a' t' l ar> .1 ! :te g I’Uity, Texas, recently
gs' .::f .-fug boys -mother and.
:*.!♦) 1> <!• ’ t ■■ ••!.
Uf'iijo of llop
* J*/ '. ip, yr cri cd a petition
& ■ m< ry. which sdla
te ' families and are to
b't iin i out ol : • i;-juswi occupied by thera
to make room ior htgro teuauto