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We are fs*queatly treated to a dish of refined horrors by our administration Itiends, and the pet text is our utter ruin in the event of sub jugation We*l>ever read these patent exag geraiions without think ng of the good brother who said in his meeting-house V!y friends, thereto a sot ol tuen now days who nay t|)at all men will go to heaven, but we, my broth - ren, hope for better things.” It really does seem as if “the wish was father to the thought,” and there was really a hope, mixed up with these terrible pictures of a’prostrate South, kneeling in the blood of her own did dren, with the heel of the Yankee Ooddiss of Liberty upon her neck. Now we solemnly protest a am t all such writing, for. several serious reasons. There never was a child long threatened with a whippffig, bu 4 what expected it ; and it is not uncommon to wish it would come and be over with. There never was a child called a fool, but whut had a fair prospect to become one. And there never was a nation educated to look for degradation, iut was also, the same processes, well prepared to submit to degra dation. In the second place, the asseriion lias bad little foundation in tact, and the principal ob jection to it is, that it is not true ! There has been but ono question for solid ion in this whole long war. That i% has a State a rigid Inform and regulate both her domestic and foreign rela Hons in her oren univ, not subject to the Constitu tion of the United States, but subject only to the pleasure of the people ? We answered that question in tho afiiiuiutive, and the “ pleasuie of the people” resulted in anew Government called the Confederate States. The euemy an - twered in the negative, and have sent a mill ion or so of men, a few hundred ships, and spent some thousand million dhliars, to keep us “ subject to the Constitution 01 tiro United States.” We are told of confiscation, and Lincoln Only holds up that “ raw head and bloody bones” to scare us truant children back into his “ glorious Union.” We are told of execu - tions, and one battle piles up more dead than all the victims of the law tor fifty years. We are told of negro equality, and the abolition press of tho South propose to free the negro slaves and confirm their social tqua'ity, by giving them the arms to defend their new marie rights with,.and crowning them with the lau rels of victory and honorable war. All such stutf deceives nobody hut the men who manufacture the t iles—tor luion can tell falsehoods so olteu as to finally believe them themselves. Ihe plain truth i , that the gold en gates of the New England paradise are eternally open to take in all strangers, and the Confederacy could get a large slice of Fourth of July cake, ornamented with stars and stripes, and served by “ < ur brethren at Ihe North,” at any hour she might choose to lower her own sacred bunting, and disband the Government that used to hail from the holy hills of Richmond. But a few weeks have passed since the Van kees sent Blair to otfor to take us back, and let us settle tbo negro question by the vote of States ; and would doubtless have levivtd tho old bid made by Sumner, Hale .v Cos., before secession, to pay us four hum Led millions of dollars lor our slaves out of taxes we were to help pay. But not only is it not true that the fate of the Confederacy is condensed in the two alter natives of ab olule success, or utter ruin ; and not only does the assertion tend to unnerve the timid among us, and cause property to seek for some compromise to avert the threat ened ruin, but thetalsehood told here, suggests a hope to the enemy. The evil of creating despair in the minds of oar people cannot be exaggerated, and we know of nothing more likely to e luse desertion, and nat-jh plans of dishonorable compromise and submission, than to threaten equality with slaves, the violation ot virgin-, the ruin and confiscation ot all property as the alternative of continued resistance. For all who read these dquble-twisted horrors in our Southern papers, and then read one of “Old Abe’s” par don proclamations, very' natuiaily ihiuk they had best take the last chance, aud save self at the price of honor. But this home evil, as we stated above, causes a kindred evil at the North, for tho evil one seeing himself painted so Llack, Las an inclination to verity the portrait. Abraham Lincoln begun this war for territo ry, and to be able to boast that he had saved Ike Union, preserved the iftars and stripes, and earned a right to play Bail Columbia on h'l9 Yankee Doodle fiddle. But iu every Adrnin lctratirn paper that goes irom here North, the Yankees read that they are to get all our prop arty, and what wonder that the cute New Englander finally swears, _“Gosh all gr-ass kopper if I don't!” Lincoln finds that he rides a storm that he dees little towards either controlling or direct ly, and the radical party of the North, wish the drunken Vice President trom Tennessee at lie bead, readily catches the prophecies of the South as the possibility of its future, and pro poses to make Territories of wnat Lincoln calls gtates, and to confiscate as a punishment, while Lincoln only insults with the offer ot pardon Let us have no more tales of Yankee giants «rkO are to devour our girls if every conscript don't prove himself a “Jack the Giant Killer,” bat calmly satisfied that at the worst, we can be bat little worse off than before, let us go to week to maintain our first position, "of the right of the people to fix their politkal destiny in their oicn icay.” Send no scared people' to the field with the tale that it is a desperafe figbt for life, but rally freemen to a gr- at contest lor principle and the tights of man. What Iheu shall we do? President Davis -ays truly that the army of Northern Virginia has long been the mere unless guard of a town, aud wc give up Richmond without a -igj, and only wkn our word- had found listening ears when we advised long a»o to give it up But it is useless to speculate upon *iiow the ditch tied veterans ot Virginia could have annihilated Sheimaa on the sou oi Geor gia, !or the question is not of the past, hut of the future. Having given up the pet mark which we thought it manly not to let the Yan kees cross, we now hope to gain somr victories. If {Stephens, Toombs and Brown are allowed even at this late hour, a voice in the councils of the Danville Government, we will whip eome Yankee aym/before long. We all waut peace, hut cannot get a very desirable peace without some V’ctories. But we may gut vjc tones, aud it we do, then L-,t us strike for peace, before we loose them again. Fair terms would be these : Two Govern ments. under two Presidents, au i two Legisla tive aud Judiciary systems. No custom houses on the boundary line, and no dudes at each other’s ports. No interference with slavery Tb« Monroe doctrine sustained on the Conti nent. In shori, two governments for ail do mestic purposes, undone government for all foreign purposes. The dual government re commended by the great South Carolinian, John C. Calhoun That woul i not be Subju gatiou, but Ii dependence. If we cannot settle the matter this way, we can settle it in some other way tqually as hop orable, ii we will only go to work right. We have tried to run backwards long enough. Ltu us now see it we cannot walk forwards lets belter always to commence at the bottom of the ladder and go up, thau to get on the top and fall to tho bottom. The Augusta Chronicle Sentinel say that “what Ihia country needs just at present above all tilings else is the restoration ot cotideuce in their leaders.” We are glad to see that the Chronicle & Beuiinei has discovered that the success of our ctuse requires the restora tion to our leaders ot the confidence oi which it has been laboring so assiduously* for ihe past Iwo years to depiivethem. No paper in the Confederacy has been more bitter and un reasonable in its assaults upon the adminis tration than that paper Selma Rebel. The party who wrote the above is evidently a servile administration supporter, who be lieves the “king can do no wrong.” The Eab ei belongs to that class of truckling sheets who knuckle to men in power. Devoid of politi eui principle, it cares but little whether or no tho men it supports have any. Judging from ihe toue of its columns one is led to believe that it does not know what good government is. The Chronicle & Sentiukl has never endeav ored to destroy confidence iu our leaders. Ou the contrary, by showing to them their uncon stitutional deeds and the tendency their tyran nic vl acts would have ou the public, the'paper has endeavored to have them so shape their course th»t the people would have confi lence in the u. It our Confederate leaders have so abused the powers delegated to them as to make the pe iple lose confidence in their opinions and their acts—it is the fault of the leaders, not ours. If the engineer through his own negligence or folly causer the train to run- ofl, it is not the fault of the passengers who have war*»ed him wh«t the resul sos Ids acts would bo, but it is his own—and on him the blame must rest. No smoothly written newspaper articles, false sophistry, or special pleading can shiitthe censure he deserves on these parties who warn ed him of the danger of his recklessness. An Injurious Practice —A gieat manv per sons have leit their homes in the *coiuniy wil lingly, and nmoved into cities. Refugees also who have been driven trom their homes, instead of g®iug into ihe ruiai disliicts, go to already over crowded places. This is all wrong. It is one of the things which tends to make high prices. It is a matter which has caused much Buffering, and one which will continue to, un less stopped. Every one in these times should endeavor to become producers as well as con sumers. We have now altogether too many oj the former and too few ot the latter. In au exchange we find some sensiole remark ou this subject. lfeie_they are : The praeti ™of refugees abandoning the country and crowding into the large cuieß is one wu ch would be moie honored in the breach ihau in the observance. It would be wiser lor many who are nowin the city to look about for homes in tne rural districts. Living is cheaper i 1 the Country, and not a few oi them may become producers instead ot Cousumeis. It they can get evui au humble cabin, and a small gar lea, and pioiiuee a mtte, if ir is only for th* ir own use, it is better ihan to remain here, where ttieir preseuce can omy add to tneir own stiff, and those ot others. A High Bii» fob Chims.—Just before Rich moud feU Gov. Smith, of Virginia, pardoned nut of state Prison, a nlm convicted of the luu;der of hie wife ; two bouse breakers ai.d thieves ; a man who had been proved guilty of committing forgery nine times ; and two persons gut lty of grand larceny. This leniency on the part of State Execti tives is criminal. It is a high bid for crime. It assures evil disposed persons that if they caunet succeed in “slipping through the roeeh es of the law,” that there is a chance to get clear through influence of friends or influence which can be purchased with money. It is a difficult job uow-a days to convict a law breaker, aud when one is convicted, he ought to be made to tinder the penalty of his detds, unless .there are some very extenuating circumstances in his case. <¥here is crime enough committed, with out Governors encouraging wrong doers by removing the terrors of tho law with Executive pardons. From Florida. —Highway murders and rob beries are becoming of frequent occurrence in Florida. It is quite unsafe to travel about alone. A large number of deserters and tories have recently been arrested and dealt with accord ing to law, YUGUSTA, G 4., WEDNESDAY MORNING. APRIL 19, 18(15. What Might bk Expected — General Pem berton has published a card in the Richmond Enquirer, in which his chief object appears to b-i to puff General Pemberton while he depre elates General Johnston. We have but littlte 1 to .-ay about the card ; for it is only necessary to compare the merits of the two olfficers, in the popular estimation, to decide which of the two is the superior General Pemberton always has been, and i- till continues to beau especial favorite of the ! President’s. Gentral Johnston it is well | known is not. These two facts when taken in I connection wi h other things will explain :ead | ily the 'reasons why the card was published.— Any assault upon General Johnston, no matter ! how unfounded or unjustifiable, is looked up : U with au approving eye in high places. No i amount of official abuse or vituperation, can h wever, injure him in the estimation of the people and the soldiers of his old army. They know his bravery aud noble traits of character wt-il—and knowing, appreciate them. From the Texas Frontier —Late advices irom trie Texas frontier show that that section of the world is not quite as civilized as it to tie. A Brownvilie paper, in speaking of affairs, says the chapter of murders »nd out lawry ibis week will compare favorably with tne eriiirina* records ol most any country in the world. Bid meu are prowling about this frontier who seem to possess a fi ndish passion ior blood aud booty. It is rumored that, some forty renegades crossed to this side trom Mexico this week ; and it is surmised that some, if not all, of the dark deeds we chronicle are attiicutable to them. Don’t Beleivb ael y u HcAR.— Some party who probably wanted to buy cotton or some other destructible property with Confederate Treasury notes, started the rumor yesterday that ihe enemy was advancing on Augusta with ten thousand troops. Speculators don't car-, what they say as long as they gam their ends. Tne people should not believe ail they hear. you see a man crying “wolt” and at the same time wanting to buy. some thing you have, look out for him. A Bad State of Affairs. — Rather of a bad state of affairs exists in some sections of North Carolina. Deseiteis are being taken from the hands of officers who have them in charge, the citizens are being way laid and shot down, and other unlawful deed;; committed. This condition of affairs is truly fearful and much to be regretted. Ic shows a disposition to override ail iaw, and to inaugurate anarchy. This is what all'good citizens should strive to prevent. From Trans Mississippi.— The Mobile Tri bune learns on good authority that the whole ol Gen Price’s command has voted to come to the help of their brethren on the east side The question was put to them, and it was carried unanimously. Our Loss at Bentonvillg. —The Raleigh papers state our loss iu the Bentonville, N. C., fitrbt was 2,500 The proportion of the killed was small, and most of the wounds were slight. Georgia Railroad & Banking Company - St-'Ck —At the auction sale of B F Russell & Cos. on Hond .y, Georgia Railroad & Banking Company Stock was sold foi $725 per share. Gen. Clanton Improving.— A soldier from within the enemy’s lines repot ts the health of Gen. Clanton improving. South Carolina Legislature.— An extra session of the. South Carolina'Legislature has been , onvened to meet at Greenville on the 25th of April. Death of Gov. Milton. —A letter to the .Yfac.n Telegraph states that Gov. Milton of Florida, committed suicide April 1. Confederate War Tax. — Tax payers and officers charged with the collection of the taxes for support of the Confederate States Govern ment, art; interested - in the subjoip uotice from Hon. E. G. Gabaniss, State Collector. War Tax Office, i Forsyth. March 21,1866. f Tbe following Cucular has been received from th Commissioner of Taxes, and is now communicated to District Collectors as therein directed ; “Tbeie seems to be an erroneous impression prevailing in the public mind, that Congress iutends to change the iaw in order to make four per cent certificates or bonds receivable for the iucome tax and the tax of last quarter ly sales for 1864, aud rnaay persons, are delay ing the payment of their taxes in anticipation ot such change This is, therefore, to notify you, that so lar as lam informed, or believe, there is no just ground for believing, that any such change will be made; and it there were, Collectors would not be justifiable in delaying collections. . Oa the contrary, itris their duty to press col lections, and mate them as speedily as possi ble, in view ot the pressing wants of the 'ireas ury to meet current demands. No tax officer has the l ight to dejay the piompt performance o his dunes iu anticipation of what Congress may or may not do, and all who do so are guiny of serious dereiiation of duty.” Collectors’ are therefore instructed to pre cved wuk r he collect ou of the income tax and ihe tax or. q umeriy sales as rapidly as possi hie. t hey will proceed with the collection of ail tuxe - : now duo, without further delay, in oidcr that cidhetton- miy lie completed before osst ssm n r s ut the tax tor the present yea - shall be commenced. They are required to give im mediate uotice, that after the expiration of thirty days, all who are in default in payment of taxes due, will be proceeded against as the law directs. Assessors are instructed to complete all as sessments now required to be made with all possible dispatch. A neglect of this duty, when reported bv the Collector, will be visit ed with a removal from office. E. G. Cabaniss, State Collector. Lands or the South *.t Auction in New York —The subjjiued advertisement in regard to the sale of the lands of the South is taken from ths columns of the New York Herald : Sals of Pi beic Lands. —“Beginning ou the first Monday ot A nil next, ] will selT at auction to the highest bidder, the richest lands in Mia s’ssippi and Alabama. Maps prepared from the records of the General Land Office at Wash ington. will be furnished on the day of sale.— Fen simple titles will be made to purohssers . All oblizations to pay money, made by the Federal Government received as purchase mon ey Holders of currency should begin to in vestigate the qualities of lands In all parts of the Gulf States. Simeon Draper, Agent and Salesman for the General Land Office. [From c , ° ]umbllß En q u ’ter ] OF I.XTKKE6I TAX-PAYBHB. We have before us Pamphlet circular of instructions to tne Receive' s Tax Returns, given by the comptroller Gen Georgia. As we presume that each tax recover and tax collector of the State have received Cop*es ut this circular, we shail not repeat the Instruc tions relating exclusively to their action. But the circular contains also information of inur es! to tax payers, which we glean for their hm efit. It is made the duty ot the receivets to assess a double vairn- upon *he property of all de faulters, aud neither the S2OO nor any other deduction is allowed on any default property. Besides the special taxes heretofore imposed on professions, the following to be returned: To carry on the business of Auctioneer, $10; to keep aßiiiard ur Pool Table, $25; to keep a Ten Pin Alley, or alley ot like kind, $.10; to keep any other table, stand dr place for any other gum** or play, $10; to keep* u public Race Track, SSO All Georgia State Bonds, except those taken by adminisiratots or guardians aud all Confed erate States Bonds, are liable to taxation. All cotton and grain or other produce held iu this State on the jlrst day ol April, and not belonging to the original producer, are taxa ble the same as other merenand ze In cons« quence of the great inequality in the valuation of slaves througnout the State in previous years, the last L gisluture provi ded for a uuiioriq *iato of valuation, to be de teunined by the comptroller Genera!, who was required to receive the valuations of the Justi ces of the Inferior Courts of tbe several coun ties, aud to ascertain tbe average. This duty the Comptroller has now perlormed, and has instrucied the tax receivers to return the sub joined valuations for .-lares ; slaves under 2 years of age, valued at $ 870 00 “ fiom 2to 6 y’,i6 “ ‘ “ 728 WO “ from 0 toll” - “ “ 1.360 00 “from 12 to 16 “ “ “ 2.8414 00 Male Slaves from 16 to 25 y’rs“ “ 8 600 00 Female “ from 16 to 25 y’rs “ “ 3,187 00 Male “ from 25 to 35 “ “ 3 443 00 Female “ from 25 to 35 “ “ 2 850 00 Male “ from 35 to 45“ “ 2,768 00 Female “ from 35 10 45 “ “ 2 057 00 Male “ irom 45 10 65 “ “ 1,632 00 Female “ ftom 45 to 55 “ “ 1,134 00 Male from 55 G* 65 “ “ 663 nO Female “ fr ni 55 to 65“ “ 410 00 Fifty percent, is to be addl'd to any slave of any of the ages above who is a mechanic fol lowing his trade, or who is a body servant, a coachman, or a seamstress. To anticipate in quiries, I will remaik that I th nk, a body ser vant withiu.the meaning of Gie law, i8 a slave whose constant or general occupation is to wait upon his master or o her person as a body servant-; a coachman is one whose general oc cupation is to drive a coach or carriage, and a seamstress is one whose general occupation is that of sewing. ’ % All other property to be entered at its mark et value in Confederate Treasury notes on the Ist day of.April, 1865. In c.ise of disagree ment as to values between she tax payer and the receiver, arbitration is provided lor The Comptroller makes the following enu meration of the person. and business taxed by the Income Tax Act for this year (which has already been published by ns) • By the first section of the above, you will see that all persons or bodies corporate, mak ing income or profits by purchase and sale of any property, real or personal— all keepers of hotels, inns, livery stables, or managers of Ex press Companies or • Railroad Companies not protected by its charter against this tax; mana ger of an Insurance Company; or as a broker 01 auctioneer; or in the manufacture and sale of iron, salt, syrup, flaur, meal, grits, hominy, or wood«n.wt»re; upon all profits arising trom the sale of goods, wares and merchandise, groceries and provisions; also, on all profits from the purchase and sale ot cotton or tobac co, and tbe manufacture and sale of cotton and woolen goods; in tbe tanning and sale of leather, and the manufacture and sale of any article made thereof; or in the sale of, or the distillation and sale of alcohol or spirituous liquors—all such persons or bodies corporate, when they make a return of their taxable prop erty for the Geneval State Tax, are also requir ed to return to you, under oath, the nett in come of profits made respectively by them Over and above 10 percent, on their capital stock employed as above, during the year*, rorn the first day of April, 1864, to the first day of April, 1865. The following is the scale ot taxes on in comes and profits over end above ten per cent, on the c pital sto ik employed ; SIO,OOO or less, $5 * ior every SIOO 10 to 15 000, 7,50 15 to 20 000, 10.00 « 20 o 30 000, 12,50 “ 30 to 50,000, 15,00 “ “ 50 to 75,600, 17,50 “ “ to 100,000, 20 00 “ “ Ovar 100,000, 25,00 “ . “ * Any person or corporation falling or refusing to make a reiurn of profits to be deemed, aud held as having made two millions of dollars, and taxed accordingly. Before this tax for default is assessed, thtyrarty is to bo notified by the assessor of the intention so to return hie or their business, and the persons so notified are then to have ten days within which to make their returns. The Cause Before Men. —We have been able 10 understand why there should re main to the people of the South no hope of success in their struggle, simply because Mr. Davis and Mr Bn,wn disagree touching the merits of certain disastrous campaigns, and of the wirdom of certain appointments. Mr Davis is not the Confederacy; neither is Mr Brown the State of Georgia There are other men, we doubt not, who c.jiild till the p'>rit<on these officials uovr occujy with, equal ability. If Davis and Brown had never been born, the same causes which have operated tub ing aboat this war would have exis ed, If bota were now dead, it would not materially affect the •'genetal result of the struggio. Wherefore is it an evidence of disloyalty not to pin one’s political faith to the sleeve of Mr Dms or Mr. Brown? Are not the people supreme gin and can they not disrobe either Davis or Brown when ever they choose to do b« ? Why this effort to build tip the political fortunes of men by raising the hue and cry of disloyalty against those who mav be unable to endo r ?e all their official acts? What does it portend? Are we setting onr house In order for monarchy? Is the revolution to be thus dishonored and the cause of liberty prostituted to peron al ambition? Men who were born free cannot conceive how they came to owe allegiance to the person of this or that official, they can not understand how an honest difference of opinion with an officer of the government re specting the wisdom of certaiu appointments c anbe construed mean opposition to the government itself. It is certainly anew doo trine in this country, and one which the peo ple generally do not understand. —Columbus Sun. Sore Men’s Opinions Change with theih Positions. —When J<-ffer*ou D_»v>B was Colonel of a Mississippi regiment, in the Mexican war, President Polk tendered him the aipointm.nt of Brigadier General for his gallant oondnet. He declined it, upon the ground that the Pre sident had not the constitutional i ower to con fer such an office upon tim ; that he was an officer in the volunteer militia of the State of Mississippi, and that his State had the exclu sive right, expressly reserved in the Constitu tion, of appointing the officers to command her militia, when in the service of the United States. As soon as Mr Davis became President, he abandoned this sonnd doctrine, and called for the power to appoint all the officers down to Lieutenant.— Macon Qonftfaraoy. ’ [ orrespondeuce Macon Confederacy.] VISI- OF TIMS GOVEHVOK TO GEY. \VOF IVItIfs HtiAItQCAUI'KHti. SPEECHES OF GOV. BROWN AND GEN. WOFFORD. Atlanta, March 30, 1865. I had the pleasure this aluffnoon ol being at the camp of Gen. Wcffmd’s command, now i’endizvousing near th s city From, all I couid see, the brigade is composed of a line I body or men-some of ihtrn veterans with [ many scars, whilst others are young and mid dled aged ineu. who have not teen so much service During my stay, i noticed that tbe regiments were forming io line, aud was informed that the eomuiHird were expecting a visit and re view trom his Excellency, the Governor, and Gen. Wofford uieir com maud er They Were formed iu a below tajuare to await the arrival of these distinguished gen lem u Soon the carriages cental uug them drove un. anil the Govei nor aud General alighted.. His Excel lency was ioudiy called upon by the men for a speech, and in resuonse made a shur ad •dress The w’hd was blowing eo strong as to lendei it very difficult to bear him, and the General ordeied riie men to come up near er, without regard io their or-e r , whereupon theie was a general lush for front seats on the ground On account of the high wind and my unfavorable situation, 1 ou and not' hear or take notes of what was 3aid, as i would have liked. I, however, turnish the tollowiug synopsis of the remarks of both these gentle men. whirh, in the main, is collect. The Gov ernor was introduced by Gen. Woffoid, who said: .‘ Officers and : I tate pleasure in introducing u you, hia Excelleucy, the Gov ernor of the btote of Georgia.” A voice in the crowd called out, ••three cheers for Governor Brown,” which was responded to with a hearty wnl. Tne Governor thou addressed them sub stantially, as loliows: Officers and sold ers : As your General can teli you, 1 did not come here with the expee tation ot m .king a speech, but only to have a conference with him and to pay you a social visit. Hence I was unprepared to wituess this flattering manifestation on your part. lam glad to find that you have responded so nobly to the call made upon you 1 need not teli you of the perils of the country, or ot the lawlessness exhibited in (Jherokee, Geor gia, by armed bauds of plunderers and robners, who infest that beautiful section of our ttaie, and attempt to enrich themselves with spoils taken Pom honest people, while they skulk from duty and avoid service. Gen. Wofford has been sent here to organize the true and loyal men subject to Couiederate service, to protect the people iu their persons* and prop erty, to restore quiet, and to drive out those who set the law at defiance. Iu this good work he wi i have my cordial co operation and my active assistance. His success must de pend, in a g >od degree, upon tue promptness of your response, aud the fidelity, , ciiviiy aud energy with which you execute hfs orders and discharge your duty. The civil iaw must be permitted to resume its proper supremacy, justice must be admin istered ; judges and courts must be respected, aud all civil cffi.ers must be upheld aud sus tained in the dischaige of the functions as signed them by the civil (statutes miff laws Oi the State. The only legitimate use of the military pow er in a State is to aid in sustaining the civil. To the civil authorities the military must be subordinate, and must act in aid of them. The enemy could not desire a greater calamity to b fall us, than the tubversion of law and or der, and the regulation of thß rights of per sons aud property by armed banditti. I trust greatly in your aid to avert this calamity so fraught with evil to our case. For Lis purpose, every true man should rally around your Gen eral. Many who ought to be here wtifi you, are absent Piobably some ot them are at home committing depredations upon your prop erty. Tney must understand that they will be compelled to do their duty or to quit the State. Twenty years of my life, I have been a citi zen of Cherokee Georgia, and 1 have sympa thized deeply with hei people in their distress; and I am ietei mmtd to do all in my power to feed tbe hungry and protect the law abiding of’all classes. The appointment of Gen Wofftrdtos Con federate commander in that section, has been ;■ source of much gratification to me. We shall act in concert and harmony, as it has been my good fortune to do with every Con federate General who has been assign and to command in this State. I will not offend the modesty of your General by an expression of my opinions of his merits as an officer. I have known him many years. He has loug lived among you ; and it is enough to say he never turned his back to the enemy, or failed to treat his troops humanely, or to care lor their wants. Stand hy him, obey him, sastain him, and or der will soon be reared, and y iur people can go quietly to work to mate bread. In this connection I will remark, as I have often said before, that tie bread question is the great question in this . contest We can neyer be subji gated while we can feed the army and the women and children at home We have raftered much from the enemy, and much by the mismanagement of those in authority over our army ; but we are not ex hausted. We are not conquered, and it we are true to ourselves,-and those who have toe administration of our affairs, are true to the great principles of the revolution, we never can be. We entered into the contest to maintain State sovereignty, constitutional liberty and he institution of slavery. For these purposes, our people rallied to aims, with a sia! that was unlimited, and the further our authorities have departed from these great cardinal principles, and the more they have been disrt-garded, the more lukewarm our people have become, the more our rmies have been thinned by deser tion, and the greater have been the disasters whieh have befallen us. If we would reinspire the enthusiasm of our people, we must return to the principles for which we took up arms We roust rely uoon free white men to light our battles: and we must employ our slaves to m ike provisions for those who fight our battles, and tor their families in our absence. Gen. Sherman passed through our State from the seaboard to the mountains, in the absence of those to whom Georgia looks as her defenders. He burned tne city near to which you are now encamped, together with other towns and vilitges, laid waste our fields and destroyed an immense quantity of property.— Butt dais not subjugation. He could not garrison and hold. He passed over it like a torntdo, and is gone, and our pe >p!e are as defiant as ever. Our territory is too large o be occupied by the enemy, and he cannot ac complish subjugation without occupation.— With his 50 000 veterans he did not* dare to attack Macon, garrisoned with a few reserves and the militia. He was far in' the interior, and he feared that his supply of ammnnition would fail before ire reached the coast if he consumed it in au attack upon an inland city. We have nothiug to fear so much as the breaking of the spirits of our people by on - wise laws, unjust taxation and a departure from principles which are dear to them and for which they are willing to fight. FreemeD under arms most still be treated as freemen, and he who attempts to govern them upon any other plan will have abundant cause to regret the failure. ~ The people of Georgia a-e as loyal to our sacred cause as the needle it true to the pole ; and they regard him as most disloyal, who does most to break down the barriers which uphold constitutional liberty, and to trample under foot the great principle* for which they VOL. LXXIV.—NEW SERIES VOL. XXIV £?£ took up arms, and which thev are ready to die in determined defense. Gentlemen, I expect you Io stand firmly by these principles, and strike bravely for your country till our indipendence is achieved Redeem your beautiful section from the pol lution of the enemy and the tread of the de serter. Follow your General when be leads, and strike bravely, youug men, for your sweethearts, husbands, lor your wives and parents, for your children, and you will soon reclaim the land ot our homes, the land we love the best. As soon as the Governor concluded kud calls were made for “Wofford! Wofford! Wofford!”. The General in a modest man ner, stepped forward .and spoke substantially as follows: “Officers and soldiers ; As the Governor has said to you. I came here for the purpose ol re storing law hnd order, and proteciiug the wives and children of soldiers and citizens from ;iu depredations of lawless men. lam glad to saj to you that many have responded to my call, but many are yet delinquent. I say to you, as l did to Col. Baker, all I ask is prompt obe dience to orders. There is uot a man, woman or child in Northern Georgta whom I am not willing to d«loQd to the last, aud by your hearty co-operation with me in obeying oider* you can materially assist me. 111 this Ido dot hesitate to say 1 am serving my country. When I see my desola»ed home—poor women fudg ing for miles with a little sack of corn to oe converted into bread, my heart is touched, and what nobler task do we want than to protect their lit tie all trom the common enemy and from from outlaws aua and thieves ? I appeal to you to give me your aid in protecting‘our wives and children. If theie be a rnau of my command in the sound of my voice, who says he is not willing to share these honors with me, who is not actuated by patriotic motives, and who is afrgia to follow, I will release him from his obligation. If there be an officer or man here who will not assist me in restoring law aud order m this region, aud who will re fuse to obey my orders, I do not want him.- H-* shall not snare the honor of belonging to my command, and I shall not hesitate to come m-md him to the guardianship of the enrolling officers I desire to speak plainly to you and do not wish to be misunderstood. “Another thing ; It you captnre prisoners they shall be treated according to the customs and usages of civilized wai faro It shall not be for you to say who is disloyal and who is not. If a person be guilty J treason, it is for the civil tribunals of the State to decide upon the merits ol his accusation and not your selves. If a constable were to come to me to day with a legal warrant, it becomes my duty to submit as a loyal citizen. I mil you plainly you are not to take, seize or impress any de scription of property under any circumstance whatever. I want no horse thieves in my cum mand. I know that Tam sanguine, bui I say to you to-day, in the presence of the Governor, that I intend to .have one of the most efficient and well disciplined commands in tho service.’ “I would have you, when passing through the country, to hear the cry of women ana children : “there comes my shield, my protect or!” I would not have you to be a stance oi terror to our people;, but to the enemy. Lot us raise high the standard of patriot! in aud courage. I have come to offer my services ior this cause. Let us torget sell. The true sol dier does sacrifice tho comforts of heme and amity, aud otrikea alone r'or hisoountty. Yon save a glorious field. You wives, and children, and relatives call upon you to protect them. — You cannot, you will not refuse. If by this time next year you should have restored quiet and order in this section, you have done much and will be amply rewarded by the grateful acknowledgments of a dis turbed people.# We have the devout prayers of the pious fathers and mothers to go with us, and the aid of ihe Confederate and State authorities pledged. It devolves upon you to accompl Bh well the part assigned you. If there beany who doubt our success, let them retire to the shades of dishonor. None but the deserving shail share the honor I have no favorites. Merit shali be my guide iorj.-ro motion, and if you think ihe command is or ganized as a “bomb-proof” be undeceived. Oh no ! I will lead you lo the enemy. Tho se cret of our success is iu harmony. Do your duty, and I pledge you a rich reward trom the bauds of your country.” Sheridan’s correspondent of the New York Times who woe with Sheridan during his last raid through the Vnginia val ley, gives the annexed summary of the damage done by him : The real value of the work done by General SheridaQ’s command, during the la3t nineteen days, cannot be estimated in dollars and cents, and yet the money value when accurately com puted amounts to such a fabulous sum that a person with no personal knowiedg * of the ta.ts could hardiy credit the statement. When we say that $2,000,060 worth of provisions and material of war were destroyed by one iii tie command in one day, it is no exaggeration; and the same work was repcate J at different points. The Kanawha and James River canal cannot be repaired in the next two years, provided T o facilities, matt rials and workmen were at baud. The banks were not only cut and levels di%med, but this was done frequently at points where, owing to the recent rain-, rapid steams wash out the very bed of the tanal itself. At ono point near cScottville the bed before our troops left, had been washed out to tbe depth of at least ten feet, aud a powerful mruutaia feeder was making it deeper every hour. F.om Du quidsv lie to Gt ochlaud every h>ck and every level was destroyed, so thoroughly that every portion will have to Oe rebuilt. Then as to the railroads betwen Waynese boro and Charlottesville, Charlottesville and Amherst uourtnouse, aud Louisa Courtnouse, and the South Anna, and between Chesterfield Station and the Ch,ckaliomiuy nver, every bridge and nearly ev*-ry culvert, and scoieg of milee of the rail itself have been complete ly de troyed One of these bridges was oae thousand feet, another seven hundred and titty feet,another tour hundred aud thirty feet in leDgth, and quite a number between one and tfnee hundred feet long. These struct ures were ma ie in Alexandria, and no dupli cates are on band to replace them. The destruction of these lines of communi cation, draining as they have dune one of the most p olific grain growing sections iu tue United States, and which has more than Sup plied Lee’s army with “hog an I homioy” since the war began, very naturally creates a panic iu Richmond such as never existed tacre before. The main artery of the Confederate army—the canal—has been severed. F’>r nineteen days Sheridan’s army has ob tained supplies for noraes and men in the thn - teen counties traversed. Sheridan s troops are tree fighters and free eaters. Tbe 8U consumed and wasted would, mall probability it issued as systematically as other supplies l-are, keep the command in good condition for were destroyed and issued to the starving poor doubtless to feed Leb s army for three months When to tt efte things are added the destruc tion of other property, such as mills ot various kinds, tobaccd warehouses, manufactured and leaf tobacco, applejack, and many other useful articles found in large quantities, the ConKd-’ erate authorities as well as the people feel tnat Sheridan strikes hard blows. • To this may be added the extinguishing of Early, one of Lee’s favorites, aud the destruc tion of his ent re army by Custar, as will more ■ fully appear iu my detailed report. Under a skilful commander, assisted by able generals and a well disciplined corps of troop ers, ail this has been accomplished with a loss not to exceed Bix men killed—four in action, one drowned and one from ex pom ft*; command r C j-y , a feadv for fi.dd s'ejvi \ l was vviisn it first marched out of Wine ter. / FiSOII SMj i llf.lt » KK I ITCHY. A correspondent ot the L misville Journal speaks thus of the outrages and lawlessness in that section: U e are troubled in thiscountry with the deeds °* Ipon'illas .old cold blooded murdeui# But ! . citizens ot th s section have another source 01 trouble, compared with which guerilla war is,nothing, (hir country is overrun with cotn paui-'S and squads oi negro Souliers, who are insulting aud overbetirmg to all tney come ir* contact with, There has been stationed her u portion oi the Si veuteenih Kentucky cavalry doing garrison duty; but ouq who was n, uwiu-« ot it, w. uid.ever find I*. out, as there neatly always a aetachm ut or cotnpau; negro soldiers here, who seem to ride up down on.- stieetn mid make them«elvts so. spiepus that the white SoidttMs all mker<-- streets, t here seems to.be no effort at: line among Ibe office)s win) command ) gross Recently thoy wcte-ver, bjts' astloon,»ud tne keeper ordered the they went iorthwiiii and turned thej and went back to hunt tor tne nut -*“• they would shoot him. i'itcy also cursed an l tbrogue* I tciy ior protesting against, waiei in her cistern; and tu them won to a stage stab: < to a bnale the s.uge dr,vet (i£inaad on him tor it. Hoy to him. Ho then went* unit quarters i:nd»i!>#his tun uu< ocad. Tee mvu was a quie citizen. ’l.O wa.i a poor m. wtio mid slireo children,.why 011 him lor a livelihood ■ y Mr. Uoeti Tuis was ail ted States Colored v, i: B.iso 11 is the Co'out 1 Oi , Lieut (J. Riihor soa .aid daugh, ol' Company 1 wore ! s.» Lieuteiiac: ch i ,tuie w..s 1.. other portion ot liie ugitu -m be no ellort mad to hud nu>; Wq iy paily. Tney, ween q 1 idiom? made Ins esc pe, ;;n l a Bqii.nl teen(,h Kentucky was sent in puii) no result.' Tney weieasiod to o*. < and sec wso was ui ssing from the cow. .JJ but mg looted to do so. They tuna inußCcre<L thuir forces and sTarti -.1, for ihinCeton, ready to kill any citizeu who refuses to surrender to them any horse, bridle, or other property they make take a iaacy to. J There exists in <*■ .on them portion of thi% country a perieitt reign of terror.. Moat of the slaver, uom I hero have gone to Clarksville, Tennessee, and the owners would be perfect ly satis lied it they won cl stay; but they coine back in squads, armed, aud 10b the taims, & meal, H<ur and bacon, also kill the hogs and ail ilie poultry, and, it the o wners remonstrate, they tiireateu to kill them. And many ot the murders and robberies mat tire committed and done by them are said to Undone oy guerril las. A Mr. Hopkins, of our county, had to fasten himsoli up in hi, house to keep from be ing shot by them. A Mr. Kitlcbrew, of th,s couuiy, had tiiree negroes who bad been gone over a year, to return to Ins place with a pass from the, comm imler at Ulaiksvilie. good lor luucatc an 1 irehiu.itr. ; u'ey verb armed, aud also had aa dylerfioni the Provost Mar shal ior Kilmbrow to pay the boy money for -thecrop of tobacco he run olf aud iett iu 1863. How long are we to ltmam in this state of anarchy? I would much lather Gov. Brdm iette iu his recommendation to the Legislature to vote for the “amendment with compensa tion,” that he wou,d in. e omitted compensa tion, and merely asked luu ieuioval oi every negro soldier from tne soil of Kentucky, and then I would feel that w« would have been much better paid. Armed negroes in our ritate will always boa Souice ot disturbance. I hope some effort will be made to remove them to some other field; “Loyal Kentucky” needs no such hiim.liation. I yet own soma thirty and want no compensation, but think it due our Slate to remove them from atnoug us. I have adopted compensation labor for two years, and hope to see our Legislature take some immediate act’on to remedy the labor system of the State. ’ There is also another outrage that has been committed by a lot of negro soldiers from Southland ami Paducah. They cams through ‘ Gaiwell. Trigg, and a portion of ttiia county, aud se*ed ami took off by force over ono hundred negroes. They catch Ui.au while in their beds at night, T iie negroes that are unwilling to go are taken off, anil they are punished iu every possible way to make them eu ist. lhey are made to go iorty eight hours without eating, worked in deep mud, aud smok ed, to toice tucm to enlist, ineieiy that the “Northern philanthropic officers’’ can get pay for recrui mg 1 his 1 know, is a violation of all law on the subject. There is no way to lorce any one in iff • aimy ex .opt by the diaft. It is a viola'at on of their nghtb as citizens; and those same negroes are euioiled and liable to the draft in this BCite. But tyre earned olf aud credited, I suppose to some pther* estate. I see our county has to furnish one hundred aud ninety iour lor the coming draft, when I know thcoe have gone over 1000 utoie hegroes from this Slate kh.ol we hav • got oiedil lor.— Our slave population iu 1860 was near ten thousand, anil now there is not enough left to raise enough produce toleed the women and children; whim at Clarksville the Government is supporting thousands of them in idleness. 1 hope we are Ip have- borne change in Ken tucky. Many —y car beet citizens a e moving »Ts. They had lost ull hope lor a return to law and order in K -uiuey. I think it the mditary cannot remedy he grievances of K-u --tu .ky very soon, our iatr and will b. Cos re a wilderness. What .ntai'es m .t i'.e-id nt, in his Special Message, a.-ks Congress to pass a law to provide toi catling on.,' lue m litia of the .States, and namea two lnsia.ces to illus trate lie necessity tor such* a law. oie is, rtsat the G./vcia ,r of a State hid nformed him that trie law ol bis Siate would not per mit him to cal! ! he mum* out ol one .county in tue State for service in another countv la the other e > he Governor refus; and to allow the militia to be employ din the service of ihe Confederate States, m the aosenco of a law lor that purpose. Now we want to know which Stat-a. these aro? We wi 1 fun hot venture that iuey are States whose Governors at.'l L uo-latures have indorsed tne Conscript Jaw, . ;1 a lowed the most important reserved rights of theii States to be overidden wi ’■soul *-vyo * > rot-. Who can teli us which ol th lies .rave these re plies to the President 'i We want to know.— Macon Confederacy Bao State of Ahai in FranAis.—We are-reliabiy informed that on Saturday, 2otk uit., Mr. James Connelly, one ol the enrolling officetß of Franklin county, was assaulted at Ginn Log Court Ground by about tkiny or forty persons, rno.-t of whom are said to be deserters. We are informed that the only reason for this attack, was that Mr. Connelly was a Confederate officer,, end-aving to dis charge iiis datv. They took niui iiuo cuitody and threatened to kid him, if be del ;.ot com r ply with certain demands ; v. hicb he promised to do, in order to sjve bis life Several re - pect.it>!** citizens say that they consider the life of Mr Connelly in danger, unless he gets . additional assistance. On the 26di uit., a worthy lady was shot through the head and kit led .‘while in bed. it is supfk>3ed that the perpetrators ot the mur der were endeavoring to kill her husband. The lady was the wileot Mr. Frank Wateis. It ia said these outrages are becoming frequent. [ Athens Banner,