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. '' ''' ' ' ~ . N S. MORS 1?. <s|njwclc it s?cnttiid. r V H! R MS. THB WEHKI.V CIHtO.Mt LE & KEVIINEL. 18 PU B LISHED EVE RY W EXIN EH DA Y THREEMONTHS *«oo SIX MONTHS.., ALWAYS rv A DVANCI ' WEEKLY AI) Y ER'i ISl.\l RATES. **»<»»« Ai>vinrihr.min ts published ii.Uk Weekl}we kurne onedollar aline’each ln-ertlon . S pioial Yoticis wilibecharged one dollar and twenty 11 vacant a alineforeacbi mertion. i i#BraoK»,l)**rHß iud K'cmehai. Notioxsflvedollara ■a eh. Obituam NoTicisone dollar per line for one Insertion • Ithe Uallyor Witikly. Where Oyltuai No; Ice an |u- I* llrlied Dally and Weekly—one < ii,-.r am. flfl \ c<■; 'e. MR. 1111.1.1Altli’s. Hi* Ki ll We publish to-day a nyuops : s of the great speech delivered by Mr. Hilliard to the troops under Gen. Shelley’s cronuuand Tito speech in remarkable for ciadeasatiou and power. It. will be observed that Mr. Hilliard defines his position with clearness Opposed‘in the - first instance to the : pirate action oi the States in seceding L in tiie Union, he did not hesitate to take part with the South lor the ▼indication if constitutional liberty, against the assumption oi Iho Lincoln administration ol the right to *oefce the States into ouedionco. But he bau been ready at all times’to make peace upon terms consistent with the honor of the States cnguged in war with the United States. The position which he takes is a states manlike one. We are contending tor a princi ple—not for any particular policy, ilo insists that tho United ."states government shah recog nise our right to negotiate ns a free peopie--as to all questions of p iicy, they would be made to contorm to the condition of the parties enga. ged in forming iho treaty, lie .lisists that ibis is not the time to talk üboulthe tuture leJationK ofthe States to each other. That is a question to be setiled hercalter. That is a policy. The great principle involved in the contest is to up hold the right t t.he Btaics to decide for thein •eives their relations to each other. The mo ment this is conceded the war ought to end. The people will then take up tho question and form such a government as tuey desire, and establish such relations wi.n the United Stales as they see fit—that is for the people to decide. The sooner peace can be made, toe better l'or al. parties, io overrun the couth by military for. e is to luin both governments—both sec tion i an u both peoples! I .. i y issue then be excluded from our ntalesin. '-hip, ex epf tho single dema id ol the n* at to negotiate _,r the terms of peace. What is Needed Wm.t tins country needs I jnst al present above dl things else, is the res torution of contidcnc iu oui leaders. To se •ni® this Tresideol Davis must dismiss incom petent men iroui Ins cabinet unci l'roiu high po •ition in the army ; listen calmly to the appeals and complaints ol me people ; cease nia btiler hatred ol Vico-President btephum) and all oth er* who do not agree w tU him on every point, and quit upholdiug and thrusting forward men in whom the people and the army have tost confidence. Every able-bodied war man iu Congress and our otate Legislatures should shoulder his gua and go iuto the ranks won his constituents, and thus show them mat he la in earnest. Editors and politicians who coun seled secession should drop everything oise and hasten to the trout. In mis manner, and iu this manner only, can cos lidenc i be restored. Another thing would not be out of place.— It would not be out of place tor ail our street war men to occupy positions in the ranks. It would appear much belter tor them to prove that they mean what they tay, when they talk loudly ot war, by deeds. Acts not proies aionsis what the country needs—is what the «ause demands. When you see an individual who is nicely sheltered beheld some bomb proof, provided for him through Intlueuce or fa voritism—talk about men being out of the army, and about his being determined to have the war prosecuted, and-all that sort of stuff ; you «an put down such men as that as of little ac count —as far as the lighting part of the strug gle is concerned. Thi Duty of our I*i,anti.ns —lu tho present state of the country, aud iu view of the tact that we are j ust on the verge oi that seusoll yrhen the planters are about pitching their ftropg, they cannot bo too often, earnestly ap pealed to on tht subject of their duty in the arUis that is upon us. # The fate aud destiny ot the country wo may say is now iu their hands, and If tho cause of our country ( :Is, they must necessarily go down with it to rum. It is now absolutely obligatory on them to bend all their energies to tHe production of grain and other subsistence. This duty is rendered the more obligatory upou them in ▼lew of the devastation of Sheim tn and his army. By these many large sections of coun- Iry have been laid waste, and all moaus ol | cultivating the soil destroyed. Georgia, Vir ginia, North and South Carolina, as well as n | large portion of Alabama aud Mississippi, have l»een seriously ciippu din ill v '.gricuttinal indutsry and resources, and wiif j reba .y tali nhort at hast ouo-third. or one-half of last year’s pi eduction. To make up tor' this defi ciency, the country is now dependent upou the planters iu those sections that have not been overrun and devastated by' tho enemy.— They have been highly favored by Providence In being spared fioni the vandalism of the foe. They now should do their whole duty to their country by raising all the bread and meat they ] can. IHai.— An old wood building on Ellis street, Via discovered to be on tire on Saturday night about eleven o’clock. It was completely de- Mrpyed together with its contents. It was oc cupied by Messrs. C. A. Platt and N. S Morse ior storage Several valuable ma chines were among property burned. Loss cbout „No insurance. The fire was &e work of an incendiary. A Tokkajdo in Terrel:. County, Ga.~Some •notions of Terrell county. G*’., were' visited March 10, by a terrible tornado Trees, fences. houses,'aud eveijffhiPK else.injU track were praetratad. Several persons were injured, but po ono killed, AUGUSTA, a.. 'WEDNESDAY MORNING, JLABfcH 29, 1865. Pketinint QuESTioxs -'Hiere is a ci .as o, newspapers in Georgia which are continually finding fault with Governor Brown. They give no good reason for their iil-naturcd course, neither cau they. Governor Brown to them appears to be an object of hate and malice. No official during this revolution has pursued a more upright au.f consistent course He hasmaintained thepriucipk-s tnis revolution was started to vindicate, with a firm and un yielding support. The cause of civil liberty has had no warmer or stauncher supporter than he.' Yet notwithstanding ail this, the "Journals of the Court” are very deuuuci* tory. Some of tfiem have even gone so i.. as to apply the epithet of “traitor”, win n speaking ol him. The public know that ail tuis abuse ;s paid for out of .he Confederate Tiva.su;/, in various ways, Hence the little in’ no miiu -iwe it has on the minus of the masses.. The Macon Confederacy asits these gentle men a lew very pertinent questions, Here they are : Up you believe the Constitution of the Con federate btates “ confers,” or can ‘’oolll r’ ! power on the States? «lti does, upon ./h it principle was this revolution commenced? Lr.l you believe, prior to secession, that the ;*• -.i.- of Georgia was sovereign, tree and indepen dent ? if so, please inform your reader., by what constitutional power*the industry or the hi ate has beeii placed under the control of in- Confederate Government? Uo you believe the regulation ol the industry of ihe'btates belongs* to the b lutes or to the Confederate - Govem rneut ? lfyou believe it belongs to the btates, then you and Gov.’Brown agiee. Uo you believe the President has control of the militia of the btates; and that he had a right to order any portion of the militia oi Geoigia io report tq Gen. Jones, atCarieston ? 11 you do not, then you and Gov. Brown agree touching that point. Uid you believe it wise to take the command of the army irom Gen. Johnston and give it io Geu. Hood? It you do uot, you and Gov Brown agree again Are you willing to prosecute this revolution upon the Idea upon which it was commenced namely, “mat 1110 btates are sovereign free a ,and i(/dependent?” li so, you and Gov. Brown agree. Uo you believe in the doctrine of State Bights as taught by President Uavis himself while m the Senate of the United States ? it so, then you agree with Gov. Brown. Uo you believe the Conscript law ought to be repealed ? If so, you and Governor Brown agree. Uo you believe encroachments upon the right of the btates ought to bej-esisted ? It so, yi u and Governor B.own agree. Impobtant to Detailed AaßiouLrumsTS. Annexed is a copy of a correspondence, in re gaid to detailed agriculturists, between T. 11. Stewart of Macon, and Gov. Brown : Macon, March 13, 1805. Gov.*JosephE. Brown : Detailed agricultur ists are now ordered into Confedmate service in the field. Will those whom you called, and went into the militia, be compelled to re port ior duty in Confederate service, or will you claim them still iri the militia? Answer immediately by telegraph. T. R. Stewakt. Executive Department, ! Milledgeville, March 13,18(15. j All persons who belong to M»j. Gen. (Smith’s division, are in the actual military service of the State. No one of them, whether detailed agriculturists or not, will obey any order from a Confederate officer, unices so directed by Gen. Snrith when he is under orders from me to report to a Confederate General lbe State Hook the detailed agriculturists into her miiiiary servidt at a time when, according to the decision of the Supreme Court, they were not in the Military service of the Coated eracy, and the Confederate officers can take no control over thtm, without the consent of the State, till they are disbanded by the State. They are now only on inrlough. Josurci E. Brown. Gov. Brown has taken the light position in this matter, and one in which every sensible man him. Food ol all kinds is scarce enough, without steps being taken to reuder it more so. The Augusta Chronicle advises the people of that city to resist the burning of cottou iu that city. —Richmond Sentinel. The above assertion is incorrect. And tho edi tor who made it has been guilty of making a cool and deliberate misstatement But we cannot expect better things of an administra* tion organ which is continually deceiving the people by absurd statements. ,\t the time preparations were made to de stroy.the cotton in this place we did say “War is to protect the property of citizens, not to destroy it.’-’ We repeat what.we said, and we defy the Sentinel or any other fanatical paper of its tone or belief to prove that any nation ever went Jo war to destroy the property of its owu citizens. As matters have been con ducted the past few months, the citizens of the Confederacy have had about as much to tear from many a loader who professed to be a frleud, as from those who openly claim to be foes. * Telegraph Communication Again- Open.— We are happy to state that telegraphic communication is again open with Richmond aud Columbia. Now if Mr. Regan could only show a little enterprise in his department the community would he thaukfuly indeed. wa «»»■ From Upper Ind Georgia Railroad. —The upper end of the Georgia R R is in running order from Decatur to Litbonia,. sercalotn miles. The buildiug of the bridge over Yellow River, and the track from the river to Litho nia, and from Decatur to Atlanta, is the unfin ished work ot the road. . The Supreme Court.— The Supreme Court at Macou, adjourned Friday evening. Judge Lumpkin was not pra-ent. The Macon papers state that he was detained by the bad condi tion of the roads over which he would be obliged to travel. Georgia Cadets. — A correspondent of the Macon Telegraph states that any number of respectable young men under the age of sixteen years will be admitted to the Military Institute, now located at Milledgeville. BiI'EAT OK THE Enemy w Louisiana.—Official news has been received in Mobile to the effect that Gen. Hodges defeated the enemy on the 7th near Baton Rouge, a large number of horses and mult s were captured. • Progressing. —lu the streets of Columbus, on the 15th inst., a man was knocked down aDd robbed, and a railroad train was fired into. It looks as if we were progressing. OF H. YV." MILLIARD. • YAOPSIS Os a speech delivered to the Troops at ihe Camp * of Oi tjauizcuTn runr llamburq, 8. C\, under command of (Jen. Shelley, on Saturday, Uprch 11, iB O S, by lion, il W. Milliard. Hiili&id said: Recognizing the right oi. my old ! iends and consular ufe> to call for an exp.essiou oi - my views at this critical period oi our national m 1,.,.,; , 1 have yielded to your jiii .'alsou. ' S-.-me two yeais since, under the m iiiouco of great despondency in regard to >m -la,e ol the country, i left disposed to * -nd. >.W lroin P’»'H! iue. Bu 1 soon dis .,v ;• and li « 1 t.ati err- and, and 1 took the ear nest- oo- ejioii to resume me pursuits in which ; h i 01-en ah my hie . engaged. Every man . duty to m country, and uo mao must n ol •he Republic. it is proper, gentle in. .i, that i hUOiuu t j something of my Idrmer n-e- t;> pontkui question*. This very asßenibkige ... eminently a representative may; il . : ; citizens of nearly every ru bi 1 e : but it is composed of a large ; uiii 01 grnUeuieu from Alabama, my own Kii-i .i), and lroin that part of the State formerly ivp • uted, by me iu the Congress ol the Uni ; i-.iam.i. i is known to tnese gentlemen < fiat iaas a member of - the old Whig party. I ■ ... all u . loitunijr, prosperous aud adverse. ; ,< u i;» aceesbion*»f Mr. Buchanan to the T.vi-ideucy, impress. 4 with tire sound consti tu-ional cnaracter ol his administration, and : mg the ionmdabie opposition which it was dvsuaed <* encounter lrom the Republi c m party, 1 counselled a generous support of that admiu'.stration by Ue people of the bouth, j imspecuve of old party divisions. Misunderßt od by some, misrepresented by oth-jis, 1 was li. re. ly assa led lor this course. But 1 do not esitato to declare-—standing up on this spot, tiie soil of boutii Carolina—that if my . eouusi'ia ha i pie failed, the country would Lave eceu in a tar better condition than it u, to day. An undivided front on onr part, an unbroken suppoit to a single candidate in the F'esidemiai e.eetion of 1860, aided by the true in. of the North, would have secured to us a complete triumph over ihe Republicans. .Tom by domestic dsssemions; alienated by ny j mlousies; eliminating mid recrimina ting, we went, into the contest, and lost it. file sun never went down upon a more disas trous field li war the fi id upon which the fortunes of tire Republic were inetrievabiy lost It j- known to you, too,, that 1 was opposed to the measures that took Alabama and other btates out of the -Union by independent action Loyal to the South always, boVu m it, educated in it, honored by it, I yet desired to save the government; and i believed that a united, firm aud em rgetic movement on the part of aii the btates ot me boutlr co-operating with each oiker, would seqpre our rigais under that gov ernment. borne of yon will recall the earnest tone iu which I appealed to the buite to pause iu its couii-e. The auwincing tide..of the revolution swept by me, and i saw its angry biliows roll over ail that I had desired to save. I was qu’etly engaged iu the pursuits.of private life, obseiv ing the progress ot events. Seated in my li br iy, a note was brought to me from a mem ber ot the Cabinet, requesting ,ie to meet the President at us office. Upon calling, I was i.-.f by the President of his wibh that I should proceed to Nashville, as the Cpip-n*® 1 slcuer t.ora the Confederate States to tttbatme or Tounes. *• I accepted the mission, which was crowned with complete success. The proclamation ol the President of the United States lmd appeared, declaring tho pur pose ol that government to coerce the (states that had seceded from the Union iuto obedi ence. That proclamation changed the whole face of affairs It was so flagrant a violation of every principle essential to.free government, that I tell it to be the duty of every man who loved cbnsdtutional liberty to resist it; and I appealed to the gallant people, ot Tennessee to take part with us in the great battle for free dom which was impending. From that hour to this, gentlemen, i have thrown iuto the contest whatever'of kbiiity or influence I could command, to give success to the cause. That is the cause for which you are in arms to-day. ii involves everything dear to us as a people. li£i us keep in view the great issue. Let us free it from every complication. Gentlemen, we are contending for a principle, not a policy. When we attempt to mix up a policy—a plan of settlement with the great principles involved m tho depute—we put it out of our p'<wer to agree upon any satisfactory terms of adjust ment with the government of the U. States. We insist upou the right o* every State to de cide Us owu political relations with other St ites. That is the principle for which we are contending. This is the right oi every free commonwealth, ft is essential to its exist ence. The moment that is yielded up, it opuses to boa tree State. « Georgia was a State before the government ’ of the US. hid an i xistence—so too was S. irolina, Viigiuia—and so were -all the old thirteen States. The U. S. government was toe work ol their Lands. Alabama, Mississippi and other States have been formed sinoe the oiga zition ot the U. S., but they were ad mitted mto the Union with all the essential rights ol tree Stales. What we contend lor to day is the right of each of these States to -decide for itseil, what relations wilt noffi to other powers, European or American. There is a comity between kindred Spates which of course ought to be respected. There are politico-moral obligations, which oaunot be disregarded.' There are memoxies, hopes, association;, interests which diaw us towards each other, and which ought to. be cherished. But tire right of a State to determine its own destiny with a proper rega.d for the rights of other States, ..s a great luudam-ntal principle .esscuti.d to the existence of constitutionaTiib berty. The States were united under a com mon government whose powers were defined by a Constitution. That was the’tundameu tal iaw oi Hie Union. To admit that the will ot the majority oi the people of the U. S. might override the (Jonsiitution, and impose their imperious deciees upon the country by military force, is to } leid up everything. That doctiioe would construct out of the ruins ot the Udpnblic a coiussai despotism.. A law passed in conformity with the Constitution ohgiit to be obeyed, an act which violates it is uo law at all. Heie uvu is -the isspe. 1 care not, gentlemen, what relations we hind to the question of secession as an original ques tion, that bae gone by. We are confronted now by a powerful government, which asserts its right to compel these Southern States, by the bayonet, to submit to its authority. We deny tno right. We have taken up arms against it. Wo intend to be loyal to the great principles ot constitutional liberty. What we I oemaud is the rig at to treat with the governs ment of the U. 6. We am a free people They march their armies into our territory, thev demand absolute submission to the Gen eral Government'. But a lew jpeeks since they refused to cuter into negotiations with us. Tney rejected our appeal to be b.eatd as to the terhis ot reconciliation —they must recede trorn tt#ir demand tor submission. N-?w i would say trankly that I have ob sei-veu a disposition on the part of those who conduct cur government to dictate the terms ot settlement m advance. To shut us up to a policy. To proclaim to the U. S. that we will not treat for peace except upon certain terms# I insist mat ail questions affecting oar future relations to the U. 6. ought to be left open to be settled by suture* negotiations. I is not now *he time to talk ot tne extent of our tvrrnbiw, of the number ot States that shad be einoraced within a common government, of our boundaries or any other mere matters ot policy, All these questions must be disposed of, as they were disposed of after the first revolution. The people of the several States will decide these question* for themselves. No has the right to announce tor us, that we will make peace only upon certain terms What we demand of the U 8., is die right to be heard as equals in negotiating aa-to the character of our luture relaigurs. When that is conceded t-> us, % j ! > e ready to Lvat upon liberal term-. YVe will then uitcuss questions of policy. Until We obtain ’-bis great light we wdl range ourselves with unshaken con stancy and .v -a.iy. heroism under the banner of consti utknal 'liberty Which we have im lurled. No rove sba-r usiArten; no mus tering hosts shall inf.uddatd us, We will breathe cue dr ofirnkprn-Tuc--. The gener ous aspiration oi every heart s-mil be for free dom. ‘•Thy spirit ifidependeqc let me share, Lord of the lion heart and agie eye, j hy steps I’ll follow with my bV.:-m bare, Nor heed the storm that .iowefh along the sky.” 1 believe that t’us great, quaiuei can bo set tied i pee pI e 1 Jons j an c m fer with A-.ia.-h .or., riu ivge.rd <0 it. YVe' liave friends at. tho North. If we eouid bring about a fiee intorchnnge ot seiiiituent, w could close this dread drama of blood and suffering. Bill the Lincoln administration do not desire a set tlement. They would not even allow our commissioners topioc. ed to Washington,where they would have bau auction-. > with the great conservative pari y ol the North, if ttey st ii refuse to treat with us, we must fight out ihe issue. 1 hate war. i deplore its violence its desolations -its-sa uifio of human life—its foul vapors coming up from stygian pools—its torches Ughied from mf-■■mat hr n. But if war be forced upon ns,, we must meet ir. YVe must teach our enemies that col ore they reach the lieatr, ol the Boutii, they -shall pass a line- of flame and steel. Rl.ra x may yet be repioJUet and upon these Southern plums. As the setting sun gilded the arms of the ten thousand Greeks wno defeated the Persian hosts, so too ji may vet flame upon ■ ur victorious banntjes. There is a God vho ruk.- ~-ha desi.uies of na tions. Let us put our trust iu him aud do our whole duty. it is said we want men. But if our govern ment will adhere to a true courge—provide well for our troops; deal generously with the people, and keep its faith# with alt men, we shall find our armies growing, their ardor deep ening, and their heioism becoming still more intense We 'need not revolutionize uur soc.ial systemi»y pressing negroes into the ranks. The policy in fulji of peril to us. To train a servile race to the use of arms ; to put them side by side with our high spirited soldiers ; to teach them the idea of equality with the - white man —an idea which will never pass out of, the brain of the negro —is a policy in conflict with our institutions and fatal to our interests Like the elephants ’ anciently employed in the armies of the East, they might turn upon our ranks and spread disaster among those who took the iff to tae field.' No, gentlemen,, let our government deal j u-tiy and generously with our soldiers, and our crimes will be full; while out slaves will cultivate ojir fields and make our crops to maintain our army. Con gress has-no more power over slavery, thau it has over serfdom in Russia, or the apprentice tem in England. It belongs to the States.—> The resioration of Gen. Jonuston to the com mand of the army of Tennessee, has produced the finest effect. To has wrought a happy change in the spirit' of our troops Hrnceforth let there be uo divisions. Lot us make every ’sacrifice, lor our country. We must on our parts be prepared to settle the great dispute upon liberal terms. There is no great stream dividing us from tho United States, no moun tain range • They must be our neighbors, and the terms of peace must be satisfactory to both parties, if th t pea x> is to be lasting. But I repeat, this is not the time to discuss the terms of settlement. What our relations are to be with the other States'upon the North American Continent, must be left for the fu ture to decide, and tout decision should be left to the people of the States. We are contending for a principle —we may yield much in the way ot policy. We must rise to the full grandeur of the issue before us. ill i cry of reconstruct ion, and every such mere party cry, is out of place# The crisis is too solemn; fho strug gle too momentous to tolerate the catchwords of party. Statesmanship is practical. It seeks to save the country. We must co hide to it the settlement of this tremendous question which convulses the country. It requires high cour age, and a noble disdain of mere party ends to accomplish its mission. Be it yours, my coun trymen, to uphold our banner until we can be met m a just and liberal spirit by our enemies. 'The wiiols world sees the struggle. The bat tle for constitutional liberty is be to fought out by you. The generous spirit that burns throughout these Southern States cannot be extinguished by the mountains that are throw upon it.' It will yet heave them and like pent volcanic fires flame up and irradiate the whole heavens. If the war must go on lam not without hope that France and even England may yet be in volved in it. The coutse of the United States towards the new Emperor of Mexico, threatens to disturb the friendly relations between the if. S. and great European power that seated him on his cis-Atlantic tnrone. France is restless and impatient, like a spirited war horse held in by a strong arm. Let Napoleon but lift his hand and the whole energy o i the French Empire will be directed against ohr 'enemies. England seated upon her island tkrane; proud seif reliant—and confident in her resources, has more thau one cause of quarrel with our adversary. The prolongation of the war threatens the tranquility of the world. “Tfie mills of the Gods grind slowly.” Every con sideration of generosity—o: policy—all the memories of the past—all the great interests of civilization, all Jihat is worth anything to the people of this continent in the coming future, should impel the United States to make peace with us. Until that cun be accomplished, let us do, and jet us endure with the spirit that should animate a free people. *■ An Available Reserve. — I Tne statement has been recefitly made in Congress that there are twenty thousand supernumera y officers Ju the military service of tho Confederate States. If this be true, then here is an available re serve that should be brought into the field ate once Why do not threw who are ever harping on “Joe Brown’s’Miiit.ia,” direct a little of their attention and influence to this monstrous evil and strive to correct it. What can me War Department at Richmond be about, when it permits so gross an indulgence to prevail? Barely there must be negiect of duty somewhere, or a favoritism extended which is without a parallel la warfare, No wonder calls Ibr negfo troops ate being made at Richmond. Wh it is Congress about, that it does not apply at once a corrective to snch an abuse? twenty tboi:san<l«Bupernuinerary offi cers! Why, here are two army corps—or a force equal to them —with “stars and bars on their shoulders, scattered over the lilies, towns, and Villages Qf the Confederacy, and some enjoyii\g .tfie, luxuries. q£. home, when they shoutiree' in the iieiif! Vfe Husk that under the new order of tilings at Richmond,, the War Depatrlmend will see to it that tio such abuse wiil be permitted longer ta exi3t. General Breckinridge will, we leel satisfied, soon apply the proper corrective. — HDnJgome ry Appeal. Taxfs Collected in C .wlta County —Eben Douglas, E-q.. Tax CoUeetor of the Confeder ate S'ates for Di.-trL't,s7, has collected and re mitted to the Treasury Department since the first of August, 1863. the sum'of 5515,681 85. This large sum, together-with the heavy -State taxes that have been collected, have gone very far towards absorbing all the money in the county. Money matter® here are very stringent. —Xewmn Companion, f fcPMRAL. MKfealA«E OF G 0 VE JV t ’ R BRO W V TO THE LKGISLATCRS. ' Exkcutivf Depaui_ March 9 th, 18U5. \ To the General Asseyibty : Wh.le my minu has undergone no change as to the propriety of cal ling a Convenl-ii nos the people of the Htate. for she purposes specified »n my m<:«sag<-of the 15:h uU , which 1 amV.it isfieil iho people will 1 quire in future, and which I i’ea they may imperatively demaud at a lime less favorable io calm deliberation in ti.e seleet-.on of delegates of known patriotism and loyaity to our cause, aud when mss could be-accomplished by ils deliberations. I do’ not pietend to caU in qu stion the integrity or pa tviothm of the m;j »rify «*f the members of t*>e General Assembly who hr.vo-refused to adopt jny suggestions upon the subject. Tho uiifm encetn opinion isdoubt ess an heaeat one. and I am content that the question of who is right shall be answered by the develcyrments oi the future and the decision of the people, whom I am willing to trmt with ihe management of their own affairs, and whose judgment, when pronounced, I am prepared to abide. Iu the meantime, it.affords me much gratifi cation to find that the Genera! Assembly con curs with me, so lar as I cud judge fiom the action of the body, and ihe express ons of tho members upon almost every other recommenda tion and statement contained in the Message in reference to our Confederate relations. While we may differ upon the question of the expe diency of holding a Convention at the present time, as the best corrective for abuses which are admitted by all to exist, it is the duty of every patriot to do aU ip his power to lilt up, strengthen and sustain our bravo armies in the field, and to provide for tiie comfort ol the ig/niiies of our troops while in active service. I have repeatedly ordered the civil and military officers of this State, with the police force in each county, to aid in. the aric-st and return of deserters and stragglers to their com mands But a sho* time since several ’hun dred were arrested aud sent forward by my orders, in>siugle week. I find, however, that the civil officers of this State, who ara by the statute exempt from military service, have res ponded too tardily 10 call’s made upon them to discharge this. important duty. I therefore recommend the adoption of a resolution by the General Assembly, requiring aii civil officers in this State, created by statute, to discharge this duty faithfully and promptly, and with drawing from such as fail or refuse, all protec tion agaiust* Confederate or Slate military ser vice. No class of persons can do more to rid their respective counties of deserters and strag glers than the civil officers, and they should be requited to do this duty or take, in the field, the places of those who, hy their pag lect, are permitted to avoid the discharge of duty in this crisis of our fate. I cannot refrain, before closing this com munication, irom congratulating the General Assembly, the country and the army, upon tne reported restoration of General Joseph E Johnston to the command of which he was so unwisely deplived at a most unfortunate pe riod. This act of justice to him and the coun try has been too 1 mg delayed, after it was de manded by the necessities of the service, by the army, the Congress, aud the whole people. Yielding reluctantly, it seems, to a demand which could no longer be resisted, the Presi dent has, as tne public press informs us, again placed him at the head of .the remnant of an army which was once raised by him from a condition of demoralization to a high state of efficiency. While he assumed the responsi bility, with the devotion of a seif sacrificing patriot, under circumstances of a most trying character,- tde drooping spirits of the people are revived, and their hopes reanimated by hi3 return to the field- It is believed thousands of his old companions in arms, who are now absent, \yill rally around his standard, and clinging the more closely to him, on account of the injustice which has been done him, will confront the enemy with renewed energy and determinat on. Let the conscript act be repealed, as you have wisely resolved it should be, let us return to the priucfples upon which we entered the contest, and let the whole country, with the spirit of freedom which animated them in 1861, rally around our glorious leaders—Lee, John— stop and Beatiregard—who should be untram meled by Presidential interference in the man agement ol military campaigns, and we shall again triumph, and roll back .the dark cloud o despondency which has so long darkened our horizon and blighted our hdpes. Georgia has done her whole duty from the commencement of the struggle. She has fur nished more thau her quota of troops, clothed them when naked iu the Confederate service, and provided subsistence for their families at home. Official reports show *ihat she has lott more men and paid more tax than any State in the Confederacy. However much she may be misrepresented, and the motives of those who have conducted her counsels and administered her Government, may be maligned by and designing politicians, both she and her public servauts may proudly point to the sa crifices made and the results achieved, as the highest evidence of loyalty to the cause. » I now appeal, doubtless with your concur rence, to Georgians at home aud iu the field, while they demand ihe correction of abuses and maintain iu sunshine and in shade the old landmarks of State Sovereignty and Re publican liberty, against foes without and within, never to permit her proud banner to trail in the dust, nor tire cause to suffer on account of their failure to stri .o with heroic valor in the thickest of the light till freedom is won and constitutional , .iSferty firmly established. (signed) Joseph E. Brown, Another Habeus Corpus Decision.— The an nexed decision, on a very important matter, we find in the Milledgeville Recorder: Wm. Babb, Petitioner, j Habeas Corpus. Be vs. ! fore Judge Harris, Rotalis, fin Baldwin Superior Enrolling Officer. J Court, M“rch7, 1865. The tacts of this appeared on lull in vestigation to be these: That Biibb was a priv ate in the Confederate Reserves; that he came hoqje on furlougji; that having overstayed his time, by orders from heauquarcers at Augusta, the enrolling officer arrested said Bibb upon the charge of his being absent from his com mand without leave. When about to be re turned to headquarters—by bis petit on, which wa3 sworn to —he alleged tout being over fifty yearß of age, he was illegally arrested ior mili tary service, and prayed a ’habeas corpus.— Upou the hearing oi the habeas corpus peti tioner wa3 permitted to prove his age, which appeared to be a little over fifty y* ; rs. The Judge, alter argument, said that in the view he entertained ol the matter from the facts before him, it would be improp r now to make a decision whether Babb was entitled to discnarge in consequence of his being over fifty years,ot age, That it, was evident that the arres -ms !a legal oue; was fora fiiiiitary crime—“absent without leave,” •.that military crimes a:« generally triable be fore the military court organized by the Con federate Government, ; many oi which those Courts have jurisdiction. That this cise is one of that description, and that until the.applicant was diioha'ged or free from ar rest therefor he would not consider and decide the question of liability to further military service. applicant B ibb was remanded to the custouy of the military officer arresting him. The House of. Representatives has passed a bill reported by the Committee on Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, “to establish an Arsenal and Foundry in Deep Rivet Valley in the State of North Carolina.'' 1 VOL. LiXIV.---NEW SERIES V< \ \- - v [From Milledgeville Union.] THE CAUSE VS. THE LEADER. It is not straDge that men, in the whirl of | a Revolution, should associate the head of the Government with the cause in behalf of which the Revolution began. It is natural (hat men should be strongly attached to then leader iu any great Revolution, unless Se proves a traitor to the cause in behalf of which the Revolution vyas initiated. But men are only human. One mao cannot be iuiullible If LTesideut Davis when ho took the oath of office had said, my countrymen, you have fixed on me as the head of your Government, aud by ; our act you have invested me with the ypweis of a monarch, aud in no case, can you, dur ing the progress of Ihe Revolution, quesrion my absolute authority, what would have been thought ot him? Would the popular res; • use have been, “Mi. Davis, you are our agent: iu vonr ham’s have reposed a great trust: if you so discharge the responsible duties of toe important office, to which the people Luv vailed you, we shall rejoice, and your n . shall the latest oi our posterity as worthy of all honorable praise.” BiL suppose the people—not your personal or political ea -1 mies, Mr. Davis—should pause iu the whirl of 1 lie Revolution, aud demand a dillereut policy tro/n that which had characterized the opera* i oua ot the Government, since its installation into being? Shall not the people be heard? Is he creature greater than the creator? Who is President Davis, aud who is Guv. Brown, or Gen. Leo, or Gen Cobb, or any odier official born of the Constitution and laws of the Gov ernment? They are only agents— the. fiduciaries of a Lust: Suppose they err in the manage meat of the trust confided to their keeping, shall every man shut his eyes and his ears,.and hold his tougue, because seme men may sav, l hat it would be impolitic to tell the truth? lias uot the President made serious mistakes? iiis own friends admit he has. He cannot therefore be infallible. If he has made mis takes, may not those mistakes be the cause of our ruin?, Shall we as a people* having at slake our lives, our fortunes qmi our s «.c;- and honor, remain silent iu tho very crisis oi the country's life? Certainly not Npm.tu, in his p rivate transactions, would continue to employ au agent to transact his business, or apiiy;;i- 1 oiau to attend his family, who had failed to dis charge the trust reposed iu them It is time to stearate the man from the cause. The cause is certainly good; there cau be no mistake about that. All are united on that point. All true ufbu are prepared to sacrifice everything ior ihe good <d the cause, but are not and nqver will be prepared to sacrifice everything to the judgment or caprice of any one mail, !>j he Legislator, Jongressm.au, Governor, or Presi dent. The officers of the Government are the servants ol the people, aud ts no greater and no less a man, than the hum blest citizen in the Confederacy. AU officials are responsible to the people, and Abe., the people think that their agents .not discharged the duties of the posithfh to which they have assigned them, acceptably, they h..ve a light to demand of those agents,to return the Lusts confided to their keeping, or comp y with their wishes and instructions. If any man shall say tous, we help the enemy by censuring tho agents entrusted with our rights, liberties,’honor and property, W 9 reply to him, that the enemy grows and strengthens by tho betrayal of popular confidence \i-item the Confederacy, more than by all tne blows he can strike us from without. We care not who the man is, whether President, General-in chief, Colonel, Captain or Corporal, any representa talive man, whatever his position, is responsi ble to the people "for the use ot trusts bestow ed, so long as we live under a Representative Government; and when the people believe that heir confidence is misplaced, aud their agents uniathful, they not only have the right to speak, but it is their most solemn duty to speak in terms that cannot be misunderstood. We claim ihe privilege of believing that we,are as much de voted to the cause, though we object to the po l icies of our Constitution head, as Jhe most uueomprimising friend or the President and his acts. And so believing we shall not hesi tate to criticise his official acts whenever we are convinced tiiat it will be for the good of the country to do so. « Tanked Leave Holders.— The Northern papers, learns the Appeal, state there was a meeting of the Anti-slavery Society recent ly held in Boston. A Dr. lvriox, who had been down at Beaufort, among the islands, within Saxton’s lines, was one of the speakers’ He professed to speak the actual truth, and from actual experience declared the whole idea of “freedmen” was a hideous joke; the Presi dent’s emrneipation proclamation a sham. The so-cailed lreedmen at the South were to day as bad off as they were in slavery; worse off than before the war; lor the Northern men who had gone down there and taken charge of the ‘ poor uegro, ,; in ihe name philanthropy, were full as wicked, as oppressive, as lyranuical-yes, more wicked and avaricious than the original slaveholders. The day wages for a negro on Sea island cotton fields is worth ST a day at the present prices for cotton; but they who hold the plantations make the negroes woik for fifteen cents a day, and, if he dare to complain, is treated with the foulest language, abused in various cruel ways, scourged, told lie is 'n A worthy of freedom iT he complains, and threat ened with immediate enlistment in tuo army . Iu this way they are forced to submit to the most galling servitude. Before closing his ad dress this Dr. Knox had sometbiug to say about the ‘ Freemen’s Society.” He charuc terized it as'“The God Forsaken National Freemen’s Aid Society !” It was* a humbug, a cheat; obtained funds under false pretences to buy goods, which they sell to the negroes and then pocket the money. The society, united wita the Northern slaveholders, were grinding tne negro to the dust, in the name of humanity, aid growing oi the sufferings cf the black man and th; miseries of the coun try. As for Gen Saxton, Dr. Knox declared, in the Aost emphatic terms, and repeated the declaration, that “Gen. ftaxton, who is a cow ard and a rascal, stands at the head of this op pression, and is, practically , the head aud lead er of the slaveholders at Port Poyal.” Abuses of Power.— We hope thal General Breckinridge, who is a statesman as well as a soldier, anif a patriot as well as a philosopher, now that he occupies a position so well adapt ed to his capacities, and so favorable to the. illustration of his great character for wislotn, justice and purity, will lose no time in iasti luting the reforms necessary to limit the into'!- j erable abuses of military power, by the official upstarts which swarm over the land and plague it, like the frogs of Egypt. We venture to gpclare it as our fixed opinion that all o.htr causes combined have not been half so disas trous to onr cause, as this abuse of power. Young men without experience, reckless men of careless, thoughtless habits, without refined sensibilities, iacapabie of the instincts ot gen tlemen, wh0147 devoid of the social refim-mems are often found in positions of power, which they abuse to insult our citizons *>id t'jj'msre every generous and unselfish impuise ot a pa triotic ueopie. Men who are incapable of aj predating the difference between a noble vol unteer soldier in the cause of liberty, who h s sacrificed the comforts of home and the genial delights of refined social life, for tiie exposures and hardships and periis of the camp and bat tle field, ana a mere Hessian—a “hospital”—a hired mercenary—a human bloodhound—i« not fit for the duties of any office in the army of the Confederacy! It is right that our authorities should know that the people chaie under the misrule of pet ty tyrants, who prey upon their subsi-teLce— insult their sensibilities and do all iu their power to alienate the affections and extinguish the zeal of the patriotic, the disinterested, the t generous, of ail .classes.. This is a source of weakness which has not yet been appreciated. It demands li*- earnest . ... ,7 ol . A New A-ie r,. ~ . „ 7 " ’ A act to ptovide tor ’ departed, ,* shal lu-p.. ,U , 'the’ Compel ate States wsthc-.j' - ’ Congress, aim f' fv i>aßaH ‘ i by ' Bec I. ifie Comnvss ut to, n • 1 Btates oi Ameiic.i u “ ok7 0 k 7 ,7 ? Gontederate. -on snail ,u.u .. ... f ’ 11 P-r --j crate fckaim, 1 f'f u lue GJtuad i Pres.ideai, or , .., u,- 1 • ’' 1 ’ 1 -T the 4 I o.g iac Irau-,.u ssics ~ . 7'"7','‘ c,u a ' u - ■ suenpe.mission. . 7:':* . lij Sciyfce, , , • ; V- -I ; tLc tj toe property ot otner alien enemies, but ail proceedings, lor toe sequestration of ins mo - perty shall ce.iso, auu n. shatl cease t*e be treated us au alien cuvmy by reason, of such. Ucpatiuie, it. during the p no war, aud be toic a decree ol ScqucsuaLpn shall be pro nounced against, .us ptocercy, he snail return and enter upon toe pertoim.moe (ft mihtaty service, according to law. Bur, tins act shall not apply to persons » r..), a>- die time ot their dcpaituie, shah bona tide re.-ido within tne lines ot. the enemy, or m a pari of me Oonied ® ■'•• military occupi - the enemy. ejection 2. It any person to whom ihe pre ceding section applies, sh «it voluntarily, and without such pier mission, go wftniu the miiita ry Lues ot toe enemy, auu remain there more •nan sixty days, he en<*i. oe presumed to have departed irbm the (Jonf. m ime -iv.tcs wuhiuthe meaning o> tins act. • >et . i ■ . . person-has’heußt bore vol un,»ii.y, and without : uo.; - imissiou, de~ parted 1 rotn the Cpnmdcr.ae bwsss, or gone v.-ituia the military iinca oi die e.-.-any for she puipoae oi avo£u: t ,g inn.-.iaq tun vice, at the lime being to masary. service, accordiug to law, ‘or being non name to mii'ary service ac.coraing to law su-.n pers-jnsii also oe treat ed as an.uneii eucuiy, and 111s property shall h-; liabi .• - q . Iratiou ecu suit gto all the precedi g provisions, uniuts sUoh person shall letuin aua enuri - upm in....,,. ~ sorviec accord ing to law, within s.x moutus a.-.tor tne passage Ol Laid - * BtCnoii t. Aii grants, cun . oyances, sales, gins aud-trail: ieps 01 p.op.aiy uoiealter made by any person who suaii be uaoio to military Service, at me tunc or m it»ug toe same, aud whose property.scan -e, oo uaaie to ‘seques tration under tons act, aau uil aliens and «a --cumbranc-.s hereail.r cn aLd on ms pioperty wneu he is liable, to miiUary service, shall be void as against tire chdm 01 sequestration. Approved.Febrir-a.y 3 I M mites ot Points ire.eiueii !>y. liie Supreme Court, .. Parker vs Haagt. im-un —Uio rk vs. Brady : Habeas Corpus, - I. Tne p wer of Congress to rawe armies by contcf puop -i • not restricted * io men ante ior active .-m vice m the field, but extends to such aisojrs, though uuaffle tor that iapabreof. rite teg the dutiesof “provost or Hospital gu red, or eioi sis, or clerks" guard-, agon..'., employees or laborers m the commissary, qu.irtenua-i.;-. or 'ouiancedepart ment, oi ui clerks or employees of navy agents, oi the duties reqiliaiie'-iu the tx oi the enrolment Acte, or other similar duties.” The Btb section dt the Ac:ol reb 17 I8(il tii-, tilled. Au itCb to OrgamZb; forces to suive dur ing the war, is therefore constiiutiouaL 2 iu executing that, S-otiou of tins Act, it is necessary tnat tne report cf the of bur*— geous snould specify lire panic ar duty for which each man is capable. A report in geu erai terms, mat the conscript is lit lor light, duty, is not sufficient. Ju administering the military statues of tipi country, a sirict con form uy to their provisions is requisite. The following case we have heretofore pub lished, out vviiu important errors. We now produce it correctly : (Jobb vs. B;ack: Habeas Corpus—l. Iu -an equity case, the Judge having, under the code, appointed a Receiver in vacation, aud ordered the defendant to turn over to' him the assets in dispute, may also in vacation enforce obedience to-the order by attachmant for contempt. 2. Bueh attachment is not punitive merely, but remedial, and therefore the imprisonment ot the party under it may endure so long as the party continues disobedient. Tne limita tions lixod by the code ti> iho term of impris onment ior contempt generally are not appli cable. J ones vs Biilingklea—Jones vs C.utliff : Ha beas Corpus.»—ltepsona exempted from Confed erate service as managers of their own fa*ms, are, nevertheless, name to serve in ihe (State Militia. Thornton vs'Towns: Application for In junction—Ou'a tute-to show cause why an in junction should no' bo granted, the answer of the dclendaut to the .allegations’ .of the bill, and the affidavits supporting »he answer, were held sufficient to Warrant a reiusal of the in junction. Leonard vs. Acee : Habeas Corpus.—A lax assessor ol the Conledcrate States is exempt from military service ;n the militia. Brock vs. McCiuskey—Mciane vs.Collans: Habeas Corpus —B-oidierg .belonging to the Con federate Biates Iteseives, who arc . arrested for felony, by tire ervu authorities of the Stare, aud admitted to bad, are iiaoie to be ordered i)ix C/ii tO t»£i£tl CUlUlijL illCi » rtliv? tit find to be pitu again o-t auU*. iic -e casus are controlled in principle by the c .re of Afford vs Irwin decided at Awiiodgeviiie, in November last. The Georgia Legislature and the Conscrip tion' Law.— Jhe following request ing the repeal of ,ke conscription law passed the Georgia Legislature; . Whereas, In the pre-ent struggle/ for pendence, every ageniy oe ■ mployed . to recruit onr armies by effcourag,ng volun tary enlistments ii t scare-, aial believing' as we do that many .pi the citizens of this bfate who are now out of i;w vice, would wjll ingiy enlist in the same if allowed to voJun ;tfeer in orsan ziiioad of tneir own choice. Therefore, be it Resolved, By the Genera! Assembly, that out 1 fletegari-ffi in Cong' < -s be i equated to favor the passage of a re; c&aug the Lon fecriptioa Act, an fi.i’fajiiz up tic. Vi evident of Urn Confederate States to e.ee«pt battalions and regimen s m organ.z 1 1. under <meets of their own selection, for rei vice during the- war; Provided, that tae act to i peal the conscript iaw. to obviate all dounte on the c*, should contain ah express provision that it shall not relieve or take out of service any oi ganizition in me seiv : ce. Approved March Urn, 18'.*. Georgia StatS'Liss Iti.Gi.’.re t o ~-'i bese Regi ments are now in gamp near our city. The Ist Regiment i = com;, re ted by i»j. Xoctt; he Lieut. Coi. B. D Bre’p 2d ittriment. These Regiment--, UaU d< ih» 8 ate “some service.” On-the r ’dH <-f Jun •29h an i 22J of Jniy., und fG-JO. lire! ■•K - m iff, -ut tered ngaviiv A.r-@nswoluviiie, au a Hon ey Hifl, So tU. : dhey «c:-d flxe vetecins —• They have, voluntarily, g r out o the State three times, aitaough ia •«“. * ve only within the limi’s of th ‘ ! ' J "* •- ra:;i{s have almost been depleted by r-e.vtea ur the fit-id and by diseaseybiu - Lr t. ■ ♦•ommaad of their g&llaut Lit-utenaut. <J lonui they are ready to carry the flag oi the State wherever duty and the ordeis of their superiors .assign them. — Union,