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EsG Georgia has sent into the field since
the opening OF the war near eighty regiments
of infantry, thirteen battalions of artillery
and infantry, a numbar Of cavalry TT giments,
several independent companies, who have
been attached to regiments from other States,
and large number cf volunteers who have
connected themselves with companies from
almost every State in the Confederacy. Be-
sides these, she has for some time been fur
nishing conscripts, and is still daily doing 80,
in large numbers, from every section of the
State, to the extent of her capacity. Georgia
has not only done this, but she has armed and
equipped from her own resources, more than
thirty thousand of the men whom she sent
into service at the beginning, or first year Of
the war,
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RESIGNATION in Times of Sore trouble
It was remark OF Ioha Newton, that we
recuire, comparatively speaking, only an
ounce of grace to do the will OF God, but
mound to bear it." Never were the Chris
iians of the South plunged into circumstances
which rendered this apound of grace" moro
necessary. than now. Our ship Of state rides.
on " a sea Of blood, ploughed into such deep
lnrr ,ws as have almost sunk it, and who
can have the assurance that there are any
forms OF calamity and anguish which may not
oyertake him Z? Looking on these evils. only
from the earthly side, "tbe noblest nature
NAV catch wrench" may be entrapped into
siufu, dependency before the lowering Clouds
or into sinful expedients to clear them from
the sky.
The ouly effyctual safeguard against such
perversion, lies in the spirit of unfeigned re-
sicnation to the will of God-the spirit en-
forced by one of the old English writer's:
"a Still raec for. good the snpplicatins vYice,
H., l,v. IN heaven the nie,lsure and the choice
| Iuplore His aid, in His decision rest, =,
Secure, whate'er lie gives, He gives the best"
This was the spirit displayed By Mary
| S,ever son, af,er langushing for twelve months
on the couch Of n slow but painful illness. 1o
her mother she said: 81 am very happy, and
quite resigned; but this is ntt of myself
I have never before spent a year so comiorta
b,v as the last, though it has been year o
vreas aifliction. have not wish for any
thing but the Lords will"
: Does i, not become. us, then, at such
crisis as the present, to join with Mrs. Pesrc
in the nrayer which she borrowed form Mrs
Rowe? "If hm wouldst permit me t.
choose for myself, would resign the chcic
arain to Thee. dread nothing more tha
the guidance of my own blind desires.
s tremble ut the thought If such fatal li3er'.
. Avert, gracious God, that miserable ire'
dom Thou foresec.t all events, and at OIL
S single view dcst Look through eternal cons'
S .onence therefore, do T5on determine M
circumstances, and 10; to crafty my o"
: blind DESIRES bat to advance Thy glory"
q Whatever betides, may our Inmost hea
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chord, they would reach from earth to HeaV'
en-. and bind the wanderer fast to the Eternal
Throne Of God
But come with me once more.
The rain still falls, and the wind walls. A
young girl stands at the window watching
the storm. There is warmth andlight below,
and all is cbeerless in that upper chamber;
Kind words and loving smiles await her, but
she fingers mere. What holds she in that
haad clasped close to her hearty All, it is
letter; there is little pile Of them on the
table tied with blue ribbon, and brown
curl nes'les cose'beside.' Watch how tender.
ly she smiles as she takes it up, and the silk
ken shreds cling lovingly to ertaper fingers.
All, Maiden, do not hope too much There
are terrible dangers yet to pass; inhuman
enemies, to face; disease and death-sickness
and sword; and if these spare him. there are
changes-changes-changes He may return
with his handsome face Scared with glorious
wounds; those Gear eyes may be forever
darkened that proud step may move feebly !;
in the place of that leal right arm may hang
an "empty sleeve"-'hese things would but
endear him to you. Buff he comes with a
strange and cruel tale written upon his once
noble brow-if he comes deyotee OF that
enticing goddess who sets up her altar in the
midst of the camp, and lures on young souls
to eternal destruction-better fer him to have
offered an unstained life to Liberty, and died
gloriousy patriot and hero. Oh, let him re-
turn pure, or return no more
Son, husband, lover, all gone" gone to
the war" God knows how we sit here at
home with fearful eyes and trembling hearts
listening for that awful word "Dsad" Give
us grace, oh Father, to bow submissive to
Thy we'll.
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BRAGG AND HIS GEsERALs.-We learn from,
en- unquestionable source that on tho arrival
Of Gen. Brsgsat Tullahoma, he addressed
circular letter to his generals, in which he
desired to know if there was any foundation
for the rumor prevailing, that there was dis
satisfaction and want Of confidence in him,
existing in the army? all the Generals
with the exception Of Withers and Cheatham
replied in the affirmative, stating thatSuch
was tue case, and that it would be to
the interest of the service if Gen. Bragg would
ask to be relieved.
1t is further stated that none but Generals
Polk. Withers ard Cheatham concurred in
the proposition to retreat from Murfreesbo boro
all the other Generals not only being oppos-
ed to it, but the majority Of them were mol
even consulted on this point. General With
ers in his statement in this regard was there
fore entirely mistaken.
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Hterarg .9tpartment.
Dy MISS CLARA V. DARGAN.
salutarory.'

II Gives us pleasure at this particular juno
ture. shut ont as we are from the rest OF the
world. and entirely dependent upon ourselves
for Literary journalism as well as every thing
else, to add our mite in the noble work of
forming the Literature Of the South. Much
has been said Of genius unappreciated in our
midst, of rare minds wasting their sweet
ness on the desert air"-pardon the thread
bare ouotat;on-and We cannot but admit
the truth.
When we consider the scanty provision
made for the accommodation of this very &C.
nius-the few periodicals Of real value es-
tablished in the Southern confederacy, we
readily perceive tho cause and not the eFec'
of this dormant and uncultivated talent We so
much deplore.
Then, friends, to the rescue! We do not
propose in our unpreiending corner OF the
:: Advertiser" to astonish the world with any
such display of this awakening genius as
might provoke the envy of the London
;Erleetic,' or North British Rcriear; but
simply to afford pleasant hour to those who
turn YEARLY aside from the troubled ques-
tions of the day, and seek few moments
rest for mind and body around the quiethre-
side at home. We are sure our Southern sis'
t.rs will appreciate this effort on our part.
And the little children-we will not forget
them. Get your states and pencils, Fannie
aud Charlie, fer We mean to give you some o'
the most impossible (?) enig'nas yop ever
saw, besides other little remembranceEs o.
more value tAan puzzles. Aud 50, without
further flourish Of trumpets, we salute ou'
readers, and hore that OCT intercourse VIII
be mutually pleasant aud beneficial.
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Deiusions.

Nothing is more abundant these days than
decisions, of Rhi.h there are two sorts, one
sprinsing from erroneous reports, and the
other from error ofjudgment, or "m'scaicu-
la,ion of forces" or the first kind, the mass
meeting, which GoT.- Foote proposed to hold
over the good news from Kentucky, is an
amusing illustration. Of the second, we have
two very curious instances in Mr.. LncOln's
Secretary of State, and Mr.. Davis Secretary.
From the beginning, each Of these gentlemen
has persistently maintained in the face OF
facts, and in spite of law and logic, that the
war could not last sixty days. Mr.. Seward
assured all foreign Governments, in innum-
cradle dispatches, that the rebellion would
be crushed in SIXTY days. Mr. Benjamin
never lost an opportunity of convincing every
man who would listen t, him, that Euro
mean intervention and peace were inevitable
in the aforesaid magical sixty days. But tie
sixty DAYS Of both tho honorable Secretaries
have repeated themselves some dozen times
and the important event predicted is as re
mote as ever.
Mr. Berismin's delusion ia moi so funny a
that Of Gov. Foote; but it may be that botl
Of these shall have the laugh on their side il
tie lapse Of time.
Bu,. as to Seward, it would be well for bin
if he could escape as the victim OF delusior
On his skirts is more blood than on those {
any other man on thi>~ontinent; and as sur
~ there is retribution OIL earth, or Cod i
heaven, blooly doom awaits him. Coward
; " as cruel, he may dodge and twist, recat
his opinions aud disavow his agents, but th
: ;uexoraile furies are on his track. The eV
J. n.s.lols he has aroused will not be appea
ed the blood he has shed will not sink III
t avenged. The monsters be has sugeuderf
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Miss CLARA: desire to call you- attention
to the following lines which pluck from "a
poem contributed to the Field d: FHeside :.
:. E,e he peaci shall hare Jlnshed ia an Ar5ust
sun,
o. the rintage hare grneed tie roe.
n, South .iaR ee.lt nrer Goth ond Ha1
L:te y;ant SJreshed ,ri,h aei"e."
It was hopeful as we'll as poetical mind
that indited this stanza; but .tear the proph-
ecy is wide Of tie mark. The writer makes
the prediction. ON the. .hgh ground that the
/" reign of Emanuel draws nigh," and that a
:. nt,o born nation" is to "grace MS tram
while the "demons of darkness fly" Here
alas is the difficulty, mountain high, that
r. yes me pause: A ne'c born Nation must
not al, ne convey. in this connection, the idea
Of nation politically rsgrnerated, but also
Of one morally and re1isiously regenfrated
If am right, where is the present prospect
of so happy aresult 3 Echo, locking ont "p'l
the unaisputed reign of ,9immon in all lh'
laud answers tremuluu>ly, "where 2
But ith God all things are possible; an'
let the sisters Of the South lift up their hear,
in rrayer to the Great Disposcr of all things
that He may visi, our land with that pa
Spring from on High which alone can regrile
rate and exalt our poor fallen humanity.
II occnrred to me 10 write this brief com
meut upon the pretty lines | have quoted, n
foo /, for reflection to the men and the women
ny. and also to tue children Of the South.
META.
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The Women and the Private soldiers.

The Women and the Private Soldiers.
The following is an extract from private
letter written by an officer now in the army
to his wife.
You are the most incorrigib!e patriot
know. Hang me, if don't believe 5ou would
sacrifice me for the cause. These women, us
old Stein used to say, "are de devil )" but n
they were entitled to.that distinction in times
of peace, they are certainly the incnrnate del
ties of a revolutionary war. do not say this
in disparagenent of the sex; for l really BE-
lieye that if we ever achieve our indepen
dence, the glory of tshouldbelong to the wo-
men and the private soldiers of the South
Tie great work will be due to the ungrudg-
ing spirit of devotion and sacrifice animating
the women and stimulating and supporting
the tireless energg and heroic endurance OF
the soldiers. Take my word for it, the peo'
pie who stay at home, have no conception
whatever Of The splendid metal of onr sol
dery. The tones it sends out when struck
by the wild hand Of war, will ring through
all history in purer and grander key than
was ever realized in the olden ages OF chlv'
airy. The mailed warriors of ancient ro-
nance were sickly children Of sentiment COM
pared to the stern manhood and unconqneFa,
bic grit Of Southern soil.
For my part, there are but two Glasses
engaged in this war who command my res
meet and aimiration-wosneu and the private
soldier. lore, cherish and obey tue first a
becomes christian gentleman, aud hono'
and reverence the last as the only living i'm
personation of. pure ard uuselfsh patriot
ism. May God protect their lives, aud CIV
to their country that peace and independence
for which tLey are 80 nobly struggling"
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BY command of Maj. Gen. Banks.

A. T. STEWART BUYING ALI. TIE CoTToN
GooDs The New York correspondent OF
the Boston Jo,unal, writes to that paper as
follows:
Mr.. Alexander T. Stewart, the dry goods
millionaire Of. this city, has refused t" sell
cation goods at any price. He has been a'e-
Gently engaged in buying mp all the goods
he could purchase Empty stores have been
taken, warehouses rented, and filled to the
raiters with goods. This done, he closes sales
aud waits for coming events. 1t is well
known that Mr.. Stewards connection will
the government is such that he has early IN
formation of changes to take place, oil move
lnsnts to be made, and the signs Of the times
are within bis vision. He has Lad the mon
opoly Of one kind of goods for which the salt
has been great; and the past year has tee'
to him probably the most successful year h'
has ever known. Over fifteen millions dol
lars worth Of goods-he has sold within th'
year 1862, and When lie holds up and refuse
to sell class of goods, men begin to opel
their eyes. If we have 81 ba,tle and do no
win, cotton goods will run up like gold.
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will rend him. If justicetdid not admonish,
history would teach him what will be his fate.
Richmond Wing.
Order of Gen.Banks.

The Mobile Advertiser & Register has the
following from the New Orleans, La, Delta,
Of Jan. Goth: Y
GENERAL ORDER No. l2-The following
proclamation Of the President of the United
States. dated Jan. l, lS6s,is published for
the information and government of the off,
GERS and soldiers of this command, and. all
persons acting under theirauthority.
IT designates the portions Of the State of
Louisiana which are not affected by its pro-
visions The laws of the United States, how
ever, forbid the officers Of the army and navy
to return slaves to their owners, or to decide
upon the claim of any person 10 the service
or labor of another.
The inevitable conditioned a state of war
invariably deprives oil classes of citizens of
much absolute freedom of action and control
of property, while loyalty, law and continued
peace guarantee and secure;theln.
The forcible seizure of frgitives from ser
vice or labor by their owners, is inconsistent
with these laws and condition of war.
Officers and soldiers win sS5not encourage or
assist slaves to leave their employers, but
they cannot compel or authorize their return
by force. %
Negroes who leave their iremployers will be
compelled to support themselves and fami-
lies by labor upon the public works.
To secure the object both of of capital and
labor, tie sequestration Committee is author.
lied and directed, upon confert nee with the
planters and other pqrtiesiitp propose aud es
tablish yearly system ofnegro labor which
shall provide food, clothingc proper treatment
and just compensation forsnegroes at fxeE
rates, on an equitable prcIaFton of the year
ly crop as may be deemed advisable, s'ut
when accepted by the planters or other par
ties, faithful service and sabordination shal
be emf reed on the part of 3the negroes ant
officers of the Government
To secure their payment the wages of la
Dor will constitute lien upon its products.
Ouartermasers fthis department are charg
ed with the duty of harvesting corn on deser
ted fields end cultiya;ing a6sndnned-cstate'
Uncmplol ol@negr0es will be engaged in thi
service.
BY command of Maj. Gen. Banks.
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re-echo tho sentiment embodied in lines,
written-it is said, with pin-by Lady Jane
Grey, during her Imprisonment, and since
rendered from Latin to English, as follows:
mHarmleap all malice. if our God be nigh
Fruitless al pains, if He His help deny;' :.
Patient, pass these gloomy hours away,
And wait the morning of eternal day."
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w.:D. PORTER.
prssiden. q the Senate.
,>A.-P.i iALERIcH5 .
Speaker OF House of Representatives

AT an Auction.ss in Ghafaestoa, on Thur :.
day, an entire gang Of thirty two eoastfy Rs7s,
eross, FIVE Of whom sess, pssepqanNeds mn
sound, and thirteen Of whom ssero >ehiidfeas
fro,n the ages ,f three months 10 Ten yesrN
sold for the round sum Of s2s7"si.9 Also,
several single negroes sold a.,edese aasging
from $l6o5 to $3.50 Tor prime boyg end
$1,000 to $3.50 for psime g.shs
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"Goue to the War"
BY CLARA V. DAEGAS.
"Who has gone to the war;
Como with me and I will tell you.

Come with me, and WIZ tell you'
How, cold and dark il, is The rsia e drops
drearily from the win,ry sky, and the wind Is
rising. Here by these few emoers SITS pare
woman. See how thin those small hands are!
The grey hair folded over her meek face WI, was
ouce as sunny and luxuriant as yours Child
and her faded eyes as bright. Time and sor-
row have blanched the one, and d'inmea LIE
other the poor wear their silver on 'he1
brows.
Che is sewing, and tears fall thick and fast
on the coarse garment as she thinks OF hin
vbose form it is to clothe, thru weary march
90 and bloody battles; and which, perhaps
nav be-his shroud "The only son Of his
mother, and she a-widow !
Draw the candle closer, the light is dim
al lipbt is dim now-a.d days. Something has
clo,,ded her sight. She wipes her spectacles
and replaces them; it is now near midnight
and no time to be lost. Is not her only son
crouched beneath this wintry storm without
Garment to shield him? Poor as is her fare'
hard as is her lot, sad as is her late, Is not
his harder, poorer, sadder2 God heap thee'
moor uotherl Who knows bat this very n'sot
that idol may be lying low on some Dlooay
field with the pitiless rain beating INTO h'S
glazed eyes ~
Vat she does not despair; God gives her
ea;,h-t-ust. Listen, she sings IN ner
trembling voice:
aye fearful saints, fresh courage 'AAe'
Tho clouds you 70 much drend'
Are biz with mercy, and will break
In blessings on your heads.
His purposes win ripeu fast,
Unfolding every hour;
The bud may have bitter tas.e'
F,ut sweet will be the Hower'
Turn to this picture.
1t is bright, pleasant room' Inc hTe
crackles .merrily, and the, pine torches CAST
their chcesfal glow over the scene. You heal
cbildren's yoices-sweet and infsntile, ming
lad with their mothers gentle accents. There
!, no carpet on the floor; the costly .BFussel
:. nov, the soft resting placefo many wound
ed and weary soldier. Nor are there an.
l,,nries on that board which once grtane'
18th rare viands. "My husband is a 90
s;sra this sweetyoiced wife says, with an II
donation of womanly pride, and smile OF VIC
.,onlv tenderness, sand l cannot enjoy thes
.bipgs while he endured hardships."
you say she has pretty hand. Yes, it
small and lady.like, but not SO white as the
ono. we're they do not lie idly in her sllke
Ian now. Night and day she labo7s with he
hand.iraidens, and those delicate aogsrs al
familiar with TIE needle, the shuttle and II
a;.,ag See bow deftly they ply those Me
-.osnous. the most eaectual in til. hands q
Southern woman.
The hi.ar,n are gathered ro"nd'her fee
thew are TALK, g Of Father" Lizzie 70
aers s if be is not asleep and dreaming Of the'
@ l;,,le sfaiuie hopes it is not r.ining tier
a.d W lie asks earnestly il NJ 'mma thi"
r. will be Old eaugh to "t' 20 to tie We Va
hv next year. Mamma SMILES and says -
bsps so!' Ln: there is tear in leF eye
.be remembers him so far a"a7 from
home and loved ones.
Noble woman Tender wife! Ifthy pra
ers and tears were pearls strung on a g0ld
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aN.A AcT roPesvesr .sDP1 P1Esisa TsiE P1AiiNr.:

AN.lCT roPesvssr afDP PuosisH Tas PLxNr:
ING !, AND cuLrIz4TRs. = y TINS STATE, ares
A, CERTAIN QUANTITY OF Cof4ps' DpRiSs
THE PsIsExr YEAs. re-. '''-I r. - -. a.,
/. Be II enacted by the Senate and HSsass
of Representative, nox net and sitting la
General Assembly, andSy, the authority Of
ths same, That, during the war in which We
are now engaged, it shall not be lawful V tO'
any person Or petsons, during the Pressnt
year, whether, residing in this State oraof, 70
plant and cultivate in this Ststs,t ,tby' tbefi-
selves, their agents or employee otto TO f!ow.
the same to be- done, greater number Of
acres Of land. in Cotton: than three spres OF
short staple or.ons and g half Of iorgssap.s
for each hand owned or employed 5ythsW
in sggriculture between tho aees Of fftssp
and iiAy.ays; and. when said psrson OF r,pess
sons m.y own of employ hands ovee hffy,6ss
years Of age, and under sixty FIVE, OF over
twelve years ofige and under ffts.n, ts tE0 q
said hands shall, be counted as one hand:
pronided, That nothing contained In this
Act shall be construed toafssct thu dghtlfs
any white person himself % plant ind cal's-- cal'ss-
vate Cotton according TO the nate hl'teinspfe-
scribed.. = ~ 80
III. That every violstor Of shis la,r shallts
guilty of misdsneanor, and oPo'l conyscss NC
ton Thereof shall be fined the suln 81 IF Ave
hundred dollarr fsr each aid every ,aess's so
nlanted. above the. number speeiG,d j; sueh
penalty ts be paid 70 tho fsoldisrif Board
of Rsliefn Of the District where such son,;e.
ton takes place. -. - s ;se's!, =.
III. That altar warrant issued, ie,inss any
person OF i ysrsons, for rotation q this Act,
i. shall be. the duty of Tie Clerk Of tie Court
of General Sessions and. Common Pisss,S' for
the D;s,rie. in which the!oaeno', ia CHARGED,
upon the application, ander oath p either
party, prosecutor or defendant toisslls . Rule
of Survey, 1.-The case, giving .6se days no
4 lice thereof, to the opposite party thr costs
of such Rule and Survey 70 be taxed in the
|, Bill Of Costs, upon the final adjudication OF
the case.
iy. That all owners of: slavea or employees
shall give in, On oath To the Tax Collector
the number Of hands owned or employed by
them in agriculture. between the ages OF
twelve and fieen, und 6f:een and afty-dve,
and 6fty.Rvs aud .ixty-tivt, each year during
said war, under 3 penalty Of one hundred
dollars for each hand, to be recovered ss spec
, flied in the former sections ot this Act.
V. That the Judges Of the Courts of Com
mon Pleas and General Sessions be required
, to give this law specially in charge 70 tn
fraud Juries, at each term Of their Courts
during said war with the Abolisionis''.
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F,phLIrY.--Never Eorsake q friend. " hen
enemies gather thick and fast around hun, or
sickness falls on his heart, when the world Is
dark and cheerless, this is the time to try
friendship: They who thrh from'the scene.ut
distress or Offer reason why they should be
excused from extending their sympathy and
aid, be,ruy their hypocrisy. aud prove that
s.lfsh motives only prompt or move them
If you have friend who loTes you, who mas
studied yonr interest and happiness, defended
you when prosecuted aud troubled, be sure To
defend him in his adversely. Let him 'e'
that his fri, nd.,hip was moi la'ished "n l"'
for nanght.
Real fidelity may he rare, hut it "x''ts IN
,hs heart. Who has not seen aud lrlt Its
power? They only deny its worth ard pow
or who have never loved trien, OF laooreo
to make one hsppy. The good, TIE kind the
stlec,onate, and virtrons, see a"d teei 'nis
heavenly principle, for heavenly 1t IS II
is fruit gathered from sacred germ planted
by heaven in the heart.
And true fidelity has its reward. 1t may
be slivh,ed by some, overlooked by Others
but rure-minded men cherish Ion" a'!i III"
dying love for it.
AS the diamond found in the darkness :
the mine, as the lightning shoots with TN
most vivid flashes from the darkest Cloud st
does fidelity proceed from heart susceph
ble TO the calls Of the deepest melancholy, an'
shows itself brighter and stronger III Tue au
yersity of friend