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CsrrespsRdence between Governor Br0wm
aRd the Secretary sf war.
Coz. Br0aoH's Letter.
MurEDaEvILIn. Ca. March 3, 1854

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Z
MMLEDGEvILLE, Ga, March =, 1864. :
Hon. james A Seldom, Secretary of War.
Sir The General Assembly Of the Siats Of Georgia
has passed & resolution, a copy OF which Ii herewith
transmitted, In which they decline 70 express any Opin-
ion as 10 the wisdom Of the act passed by Congress. en-.
rolling such persons as had been enrolled under the State
law, and recommend that ], as the executive, lnierpose
no obstacle to Its enforcement, and also requesting me
to omen q correspondence with you. and request you TO
exonerats from the penalties Of said set, such persons
between tie ages Of seventeen and eighteen and forty
i've and fifty, who did not volunteer or enroll within the
time specified, surprising their enrolment under the
State law to be legal.
HRving given nay views upon this question, in my mes
sage to the General Assembly, and submitted Il 70 their
decision, { yisld to thsir recommendation.
An act was passed by the General Assembly Of this
Etata, approved December l4th, 1868, to organise the
rolimsnt Of all male white residents, who were then
or should be Of the age OF sixteen years and not over
sixty years for military service, according to ths pro-
Visions Of said act, which enrolment was immediately
lordersd and made. After which Congress passed an
act declaring THAT from and after the passage OF the
same, all white men, residents Of the Confederate
States, between the ages Of Eeventesn and any, shall
be In the military services OF the Confederate States
during the war" Under the 9Th section Of said act, 1t
Ia made the duty Of all white male residents OF the
ConfsderAts States between tbs ages OF seventeen and
eighteen and forty five and Afty to be snroIlsd within
a certain time, and any person who shall fail to enrol
himself withut = reasonable excuse therefor, shall be
placed in service In the Geld for the war, lnatead Of
constituting = reserve for 6tsts defense and detail duty.
These persons honestly believing that both acts re-
CURED the same Ststs defense, and ss they Wers en-
rolled by Sta.e authority for that purpose Il was legal,
failed TO enroll themselves in the Confederate service,
which / think Is y reasonable excuse therefor. l. there.
fore, respectfully request that thsy be allowed thirty
days after notice is given to volunteer, organize and
elect their officers. And AZ It ia important that your
decision be made known Immediately, with your con-
sent, I will pubHEh your reply to this letter II ron con-
form 10 the wishes OF the General Assembly, and grant
the privilege requested for the persons no" made sub
iecs TO enrollment
Very respectfully, etc.
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act suspsn6ipg the writ Of habess CORPUS. FOR that
promisescvery man under arrest q speedy hearing OF
his casa HISS Gov Vance asked, or rather has he de-
manded that these men have aspssdy bearinRf
Tnsreis another case q gentleman, q citizen OF Cra-
ven county, now ID held In this city, oompsslsd to report
to the provost marshal every morning, without know.
ing the charges against him. He bsing refused psrmls.
son TO go TO his own plantation In Craven, has asked the
privilege oftaking charge Of q piacs belonging 70 3 rela-
tive In Guifond, and even this 10 denied him. He Is held
Is 3 dangerous character, but at the same time Is denied
an investigation Thls iE contrary TO the inHtructicn1 70
commissioners Cnder the act suspending the writ Of ha-
beas corpus, and yet the Stste auyhoritlas allow thiB man
to be thus held. II be is guilty OF treason, or any crime
Sgainstthe Confsderaoy, IL Is the dnty Of Gov. Vance
70 have him tried and punished, and II not guilty, II Is
his duty TO demand HE relsase.g
We have no sympathy with crime or wrong dosrS, but
insist that the worst Of crininal1 hGvs a right to dsmAnd
q speedy. fair and impartial investigation of charges pro
ferred against them This has been denied the men Of
whom we hRvs here spoken, and sh0nid the governor
not interfere in their behalf we hope the legislature,
when Il assemblies in hay, will not fail TO look into the
matter.-Rdisigh PTogrss.
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POLITICAL aEGNs al EHE N0ETA'
Ia publishing the collection Of extracts from
Northern journals, which we TsPredEoe IN an
other eolumn, under the bead Of "PrssSaeHi@'
Movements Ncrsk," the Mobile TsT6sHs az
presses the opinion that it lie plain the Washing
tan Administration lie likely to be hurt most in
the coming presidential slection By is quondam
fisnds. FREMONT is their man. BE is the
~fsvorite candidate Of the Germans, and has an
almost ~unbounded influence, in the West ssPe-
ciaIy while in the Middle States his popularity
is very great. His opinions, and those OF bis
fiends, are more radical even than those St
LINCOLN and, besides, they boldly avow what
there Is now an evident disposition At Washing
ton to svsds. namely, 3 manly and unconpro-
missing disposition to carry the Monroe doc
ssine' into effect If Fremont were the Presi-
dent, he would probably be Is little disposed to
trouble the subject as LINCOLN is but he is
very popular with the Germans, the Irish, and
the French Red Republicans, and also with q
large part of the abolition and miscsgsnAtion
party. It is a capital hobby to mount for the
presidential chase among these people.
FREMOET's party Will divide the LEEcOLN
party. That we consider certain and, if Lis
COLH determine to run, there viii be at least
three candidates in the CANVASS. 1t ia not GER
ssin that be will. 1t may depend en- army vic
tories. If GRANT be beaten in Virginia, it is
not improbable be will abandon the field.
Then there are all the opposition elements to
uni.s, under 8 conservative idea. viii they
unite, or loss their strength by putting out q
fourth candidAte1 That we shall see before long.
Bat, Is well IS We can Judge, these elements
are getting very hopeless of oonquering the
South; and, falling in that, they see nothing but
social, political and property ruin before them.
May they nos find this 9 stronger reason for
unity of action than the snimoBities By which
they are nov sepsratedY Yes And 50 we can
not yet tell or predict the precise forms which
the Northern parties viii take before the close
of the summer.
Unless the army vote, and it be almost q unit
fer LUCoLH, or unless the Yankee AIMS make
great progress toward our sabjugation; or unless
the powers at Washington seize the Govern
ment-End the last is not by any means proba-
bic or possibls-ths LESCOLE dynasty seems to
as TO be doomed.
And what we have never thought before, We
believe thst the wiser population Of the North
viii prevail, and something ike reason be re-
stored where complete insanity has ruled. What
of good viii come to US from this supremacy of
common sense ID m9rs than we can foresee.
Let rs, however, hope something from it, a.
though We believe that it is quite possible that
before the Yankee election we shall be in a con-
dition to sxEort terms from the enemy, instead
Of being expected to grant th0m.
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JOSEPH E. BROWN.

War DEPARTMENT
RWruMnnn Anil ?

WAR DEPARTMENT, I
RIcHMoED, April 2, 1864. )
BIS Exceleney Joseph E. Brown. Governor Of Georgia
SIR I have the honor to acknowledge your lister in
closing q resolution Of the General Assembly Of 6sOr
gia, recommending that no obstaele be iRterposed 90 tbs
conscriptiOn under recent laws Of the Confederate Con
grsss, Of such persons a. had been enrolled under the
State law, and desiring that the Secretary Of War Of the
OonfsderKts States, be requested to exORsrste from any
penalties imposed by the Confederate law on such per
sons so enrolled, ss had failed 70 comply with the call
for enrolment, under the Confederate law within the
specified time.
While I will not disguise the feeling, that even greater
satisfaction HoEld have been experienced, from the
cordial spprovsl by your general assembly of the wis
dom Of the Confederate law. yet & Il gratifying 70 have
the evidence afforded by the resolution Of the assembly,
Of the spirit Of harmonious cooperation and patriOsie
zeal that animated their deliberations; l take pleasure
in responding to their request that. on reference to the
conscript bureau, which il charged with the execution
Of The Confederate law, 1 am Informed ne Measures
have been taken, which as yet have imposed penalties
on those enrolled under the late law, and that oppOrtu-
nifty has been and will be afforded 70 all such, TO report
themselves or volunteer before they win be subjected to
the prescribed penalties.
should add ths additional pleasure 1 have found IN
the assurance, that your own original objections to the
ga~@~law VIII be relinqut4hed in difference 70
ne aeclsion OF yonr An8cEa5ly. and nv hope that . Spirit
Of wise Cancellation ana foFhsaranos W1n atways avoid
any conflict, so much to DO deprecated between Con.
fsdsrsts aud Stale suthOritles
Very respectfully yours,
JAMES A seldom, Secretary Of Wa.
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: E~asenisence.

Ihs Rebel" has been furnished with a letter from a
| citizen Of Hslsna to an officer in the army OF Tennessee
dated March 18th, from which il makes the following
extract;
'I ind that most OF the citizens about Helena have
taken the oath, It being made compulsory on them, all
for the want Of an organized force nesr. a small regi-
mint well managed would BE- Sufficient.
The election in Arkansas has passed of. Dr.. Jackson
for Congress; the two Hanks for some once. which I
forget John Q. TsyloT for Ststs senator Moors, the
livery stable man, for o'erk, and old Hall for treasurer.
4 have not heard how many votes any Of them got
The Yankees have bean making raids through Phil
ips, Monroe, st. Franc 8 and Crittenden counties, in
small squads, aud ~capturiDg . good many Of different
commands. A man by the name Of Fisher, who used
TO sell 6sh about Helena, heads these raids. He Is very
suceessful, and the people fear him. Since Drbbins has
been away the Feds have had 1t nearly all their own
way.
Dobbins came back the other day, got tie boys to.
esther, and met q raid Of three hundred, coming out Of
Esiena, and fought them nine hourz Ny informant
says he could not learn the particulars OF the hght bnt
he saw come into town while he was In Helena, eight
wagons loaded with dead, and nine wagons lOsded with
wounded.
Gsa Hurlbuta corps, or most OF Il has passed mp The
river. after getting whipped At Yazoo. Some Of them
got Of at Memphis, and some went above.
We have jusy learned that the expedition up Red
river has returned: having made a failure minus i've
thousand men. Dick Taylor has disposed OF them.
Confederate money In Aemphi Is worth s5 cents on
the dollar In greeabaekA.
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CONFEDERATION or THK VaOTORR
EN- WEST 10 UEsLANA.


GRENADA, April ia courier, with Shreveport
dates Of the 9th. passed Greenwood this morning. from
Gen. Taylor, who reported . battle on the 9Th below
Mansfield, capturing two thousand prisoners, twenty
pieces Of artillery, two hundred wagon, and Thousands
Of email arms.
Our loss in officers was very heavy. Gen. Mouion,
Col Noble and Gen. PolignsO we're severely wouaded.
A later dispatch reports the capture of fifteen more
guns and the enemy retreatisg-
Gen. Steele is reported on the north and east Of the
Little Missouri river awaiting reEnhOrcements. His srmy
had been stationary three days. CAbsll and Governor
Flanagan ere on the northeast, MAxey and MarmAdnks
in his front, Shelby. FsgAn aud DOekery in hs rear
west front and south Of him.
Reports ThreHEh OGheF OhanneIa.
JAcKsoE, MISS, April 16.-An officer from Vieks-
burg to-day, who was In under dag Of trucs, says .
high Yankee oiaotr admitted a serious disaster On Red
river, and the matter grows wore IS the details come
in. Seven zunboAis were above he fAllE, two miles
shove Alexandra. unable TO get down, the river hAv.
ing fallen since their asOsnt, and their total loss was
expected.
TAEeIPAHOA, April l9.-An extra Of the Baton
Rouge Comet has been received, which acknowledges
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WoKKUG.-Ws hope those who are 50 patri-
ofe hat they are willing to place their personal
Liberties under the control Of military authority
shat admits responsibility to no law, and are
satsfed with the act Of Congress repeating the
great safeguard Of every citEen-the privilege
Of The writ Of tEbsss eOrpus-wil not fsl to
read the Article from The Raleigh Progress, pub
lished elsewhere, under the had Of military Op-
preston. 1t furnishes practical evidence of the
necessity of WAtcbfulness, if we would preserve
cur liberties, more convincing than columns Of
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As ELOQUENT DEDICATIoN-Miss Augusta
J. Evans, one of AAbama'B peerless daughters,
world-renowned as the author Of "Beulah,' has
lately issued from the press "MseATiA, OF Affairs
Of Sacrifice" which she dedicstss in the folleW-
ing ehtsts and beautiful style: "To The Army
Of the Southern CODiedsrscy, who have deliV-
cred the South from dsspotiSn, and who have
won for generations yet unborn the precious
gusrdOn Of Constitutional Republican Liberty /;
70 this vast Legion Of Honor, whether HmpiBe
on eTuieheS through the land they have saved
and i~mnoTtahzsd, or surviving aninjaTed 10
share the blessings their unexsmpled heToism
bought or sleeping dreamlessly in nAmeless
mArtyr-grsvss, On bsIlowed bsttle-6elds, whose
historic memory shAl perish only with the rem
nants Of our language, these pages are CRATE
fully and reveTently dedicated by one who,
although dsbarred from the dangers and death
less glory Of the tented fsld,' would sin offer
. woman's inadequate tribute to The noble pat
Eiotsm and Sabine sslfEbnegAiiOn Of Der dear
Aad devoted countTymen."
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~ A correspondent of the Rome Courier
says Gen. LongstFeet has issued an order allow
ing = Through Of thirty (3O) days to any sol
der, who, himself, or through the instrumental
ity Of friends st home, viii spprehend and de-
liver to his command any deserlsr or soldier abb
sent from the army without leave. Let those
who have friends in this corps be diligent in
sE~Eesting ~strsgglers; dessrtsfs, and those absent
without leave, and returning them to their com
mAnd, Is they could not do their county a bet
tea service, or thsiE friends a greater favor than
by thus procuring them a f1rlough.
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We learn thai there are from twenty 20 thirty citizens
now under arrest At Kinaton. Not enc of them have
been arrested on oath or "sfirmstion." and a speedy
trial Il denied them. They were arrested By military
order and are held By military order and while some OF
them have been for many weeks In prison, not the slight
eat disposition Is manifested 70 give them a bearing
We do not know one Of these men and have no special
interest IN tben. II they are guilty Of any oaenss
against the government We insist on tlsir being speedily
be at once relsesed. These men are citizens Of tho State
and have q right 10 demand justles at the hands Of the
State authoriass. What has Cos. Vance done or what
iahs doing 70 give these men = hsari0si Surely the mill
tary authorities have n0autheTity 70 hold them uRdsr the
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Prices FALLHG-Tbe Mobile Tribune no.
tees evident signs of a rapid deeliae in prices
Of groceries, provisions, etc. Butter, that COM
nGpded in the Mobile market, three weeks sgo,
from 80 to Sl2 per h., IS now dali at IS to So
per lb. BGcoR is offered at 80 so per ID. Fresh
meats have declined in the past ten days from
thirty to fifty per cent. Corn is selling at SO
to s. per bushel, according to quality.
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The Rome COATisT announces the dessr.
ton Of R. D. DeJOurnett, company A, 9Th Geor-
giA regiment, and says; "Ai last previous &C
counts be was in the nilitsTy prison at Louis
vile, KY had taken the oath of allegiance to
the Federal Government, and gone to Europe.
His father got g letter from him, yesterday, da-
ted ct Liverpool, England, to which place be had
worked bis passage on a merchant ship"
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A gentleman, who is posted, advises The
editor Of the Macon Telegraph that Whist is
called the "~OistsT rise" in the Western rivers,
takes place usually in June from the thssing Of
The ice and SHOWS Of the nountAiss. II hat be
she case, the Yankee gunboAts viii probably be
HOAisd out Of Red river before ~niasunmer, If
fhey should not be destroyed ed inlsriz. He
says they are detained BY n "Eah." but BY 3
shoal, iaSi above the town Of Alexandris, where
he felt sure they would be caught when they
went above it at this season of the veal.
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~ Tho Savannah NesOs is informed by a
gentleman, who was for a time q prisoner at Pa
dpcsh, that it is the depo. of depots of supplies
for eli tie Southwestern armies. A year ago the
vslue of grain and other supplies there, was es-
Hmeted at fifteen millions Of dollars. Since that
time the amount Is said to have increased to
s,me twenty nillions. Forrest burned all these
stoEehOusss and military headquarters.
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EXTRACT.

HEADQ8AKTKRs ARNY OF TESEEssrE. ,
Dalton, Ca. April 18th, ls6l. B
Special Orders Ne. 1e2l
<. At the Request Of tho Chief Guartsrmaslsr
Major ]. BLUE MOORE, Assistant Ohisf Quartorma,
ter is especially charged with The collection, shiD-
msnt and supply OF forage for The Army Of Tsnnes
see. An oEeSrs and agents now upon the abovs duty
BY order from these Headquarters will report 10 Bajo,
Moore.
By command Of Gen. JoHEsros.
KINL0oH PALCoSER,
MAJOR J. BLUE MOORE A.. A. General.
Asst. Chief Quarisrmsster. Army Of Tsnnsasss.
spIs 30t
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The telegrfph llne IL now In operation from this city
10 Shreveport, It somewhat facilitates us In the 70
osfpt Of newt From the fset that travel e 20 meassr
now from the east-oEtheFiver States, we very rarely
see any Con6sdsfste newspapers Nearly zl our intel
HRenes from our sompatdots there comes through the
Yankee prssE- No Hzn has besn received since Shsr-
mans raid hBgan-
The ffsnds Of Col J. I. Wood and Nj. Robert Dunn
will be glad 70 know they reached hsns last week, but
with the loss Of sIl their baggage. captured in crossing
sha rfwae
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The Augusta CO~EsrtHiOHoIat stsAss that
many Of the stoTskeePers in that city refuse to
exchange their goods for five dollar notes sx-
cspt 81 = discount Of Ssa Like al Others, We
supposs, these same men advanced their prices
enc third previous 10 the LIST, to meet The deprs-
cation. The cONstitEtiOSGlist says: This il
wrong. 1t Is . miserable, contracted, unpssFi-
otic policy, and those who are guilty of this
outrageous extcrsion should be made to suffer
the penalty Of he law, if there is any law to
meet saeh cases, and We believe there is, for
Congress has enacted that bills of this dencmi-
nAtion shall be received a. par until the 6rsi Of
JAY. Let an example be made Of some Of
these modern Sbylocks, and then We may have
an end Of this dishonest and wicked practice.
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the loss Of eight thousand men on The Asla al Manrasid.
De Soto parish. La.
Il EAyr the oonfsdsratss whipped them on the hrst
day, bat they gained the eight on the second day bat
thought 1t best 70 withdraw a. the Confedsrafs forces
Wers overwhelming.
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NORTHWEsTERN GEORGIA-Ths Rome Con-
risT, of yesterday, saya; Just as we 60 to
press, we hear that 8 considerable force of Fed
erals are in NeLsmore's cove, and 'sn advance
on this place may be their intention"
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= The court house in Elba, Coffee county,
Ala, WIS completely destroyed by FIRE on Sat
urdsy last, the work Of an incendiAry. The re-
cords and valuable papers were saved.
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ELEGRAPHIC


Entered ~aeoerding % act Of Congress tn ne year 1888.
!. Z. EAAAsHER, In the Clerks oeacs Of the DIS.
EIes youTt Of ina Co1iederz4a States for The EsrtA.
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n A cotton and wool card factory has been
established at Richmond, Va, with three ma
shiaaa each turning out ssventy-6ve thousand
card teeth in ten hours.
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y james n. Folsom, of Gordon, Ga, is
preparing = work entitled Heroes and Martyrs
Of Gsorgis's Record in 1851
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Attention.

COMPANY A, Of the Lat B~eRimenb QartrslFs Bri.
gsde, will meet AZ the City Hall, on MONDAY.
the 18th iRatanL at 3 o'clock A. n, for tbs purpose Of
being mustered Into service.
By order Of s. CHAMBERLAIN.
ap20 A. Captain CommaDdiRO.
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q A pearl formation in a TivoIi aysLar has
been discovered at Charleston. South Carolina
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q A slight frost was experienced at Mont
gomery on the morning Of the 20th.
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y A hss ana blanket factory viii soon be
put in operation at Montgomery, Ala.
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Y Tbs MAJ says smallpox Is becoming
quite too prevalent in Montgomery for one to
observe with mistaken nerves. The cases are
pansEous and are increasing daily,
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Y Gov. CLARK, Of Mississippi, is in Mobile
Alabama.
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800 RRWARD!

d AN AWAY from The subscribers a. Cahsbs. On
HI he night OF the z9th uit11no, the BOY, MATT,
aged about twenty years, with very little or no beard.
dark copper ceior, has a small Eoar on his len. ehssk.
caused from a recent boil. De rpeAkH quickly when
spoken 70, and IL very Intelligent The boy II up-
posed 70 have len ChhsbA with one williams and 20
nave len selma en- The Southern Republic on her an
trip Of Wednesday. 30ih uL
/ will give the above reward for he dsIivsrV Of aaid
negro, or II lodged IN any Jail where We can get him
B~REAZEALE 8 MOORE,
Cahaba,
apI9 2t Dallas Countv- Ala
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BATTLE

THE prOPristOrs Of this wslLkaOHn and p0pulsr
HOaGSe
Return their thanks to he citizens Of ! Mobile and he
travelling public fer he very liberal patronage hereto
fors extended. and hope, By strict attention 70 the
wants Of the people, to merit and receive = sontiaz.
Gaee Of the zsms.
We would say IN this R0hes, 70 correct sors mis-
representation that has gone abroad, that our ehSzo
z sTrrEs DOLLARS PER DAY. and In no case has
more been charged.
FAMILIES DESTROYS Ct procuring Apartments sau
do SO by addressing the undsrsig1sd
HABRIEG. DUVALL 4 Co,
apls In ProPrstors, Mo6ila. Ala.