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Confederate Congress. Monday September 8, 1862. Senate--The Senate met at 12 o'clock. Prayer by the Rev. J. D. Coulling, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Yancey, of Alabama, introduced a bill to regulate the nomination of Brigadier Generals, the object of which is to give to each State something like a quota of such officers. He called attention to the fact that Virginia had twenty-seven in the field, while Alabama had but five, three of whom only were really from Alabama. Gens. Rhodes and Ledbetter were appointed from Alabama, but were not in fact from that State. Alabama had sent sixty full regiments to the field, about one hundred companies, and various battalions. He thought it due to the valor of the troops, and to the States themselves that such a system were adopted. The bill was referred to the Judiciary Committee. Mr. Hill, of Ga., introduced a bill changing the time of the assembling of the next regular session of Congress, from the 1st Mond
glory hath truly departed, and we can but leave you to hug the chains that bind thy once beautiful limbs. But we will not indulge such sad and unworthy suspicions. Already is thy great heart swelling and sending its hot currents to thy fleshing eyes and unfettered limbs. Blessed be God, she comes! she comes! How suspicious the hour! All things are now ready. Cope to the high attar of Liberty with your most precious offerings. Yours, A. B. C. P. S.--Fredericktown, (Md.) Monday, Sept. 8th, 1862--We crossed the Potomac Saturday night. Had to stand three hours in the river with our batteries, such was the crowded state of the ford — this was due also to bad management. We have come about fifteen miles into Maryland--have seen no enthusiasm for Southern Rights — not a white handkerchief from a window, though from the stateliness of some of the mansions there must be white handkerchiefs in them. The country is very rich and beautiful. All the Richmond boys are well — More
Address of Gen'l Lee to the people of Maryland. The following address of Gen. Lee to the people of Maryland has been issued from his headquarters at Frederick: Hdq'rs Army of Northern Va.,Near Frederick Town, Sept. 8th, 1862. To the People of Maryland: It is right that you should know the purpose that has brought the army under my command within the limits of your State, so far as that purpose concerns yourselves. The people of the Confederate States have long watched, with the deepest sympathy, the wrongs and outrages that have been inflicted upon the citizens of a Commonwealth allied to the States of the South by the strongest social, political, and commercial ties. They have seen, with profound indignation, their sister State deprived of every right, and reduced to the condition of a conquered province. Under the pretence of supporting the Constitution, but in violation of its most valuable provisions, your citizens have been arrested and imprisoned
hearts to our native State, and hundreds of thousands of her sons have sworn, with arms in their hands, that you shall be free. You must now do your part. We have the arms here for you. I am authorized immediately to muster in for the war companies and regiments — the companies of one hundred men each; the regiments of ten companies. Come, all who wish to strike for their liberties and their homes. Let each man provide himself with a stout pair of shoes, a good blanket, and a tin cup. Jackson's men have no baggage. Officers are in Frederick to receive recruits, and all companies formed will be armed as soon as mustered in Rise at once! Remember the cells of Fort McHenry! Remember the dungeons of Fort Lafayette and Fort Warren, the insults to your wives and daughters, the arrests, the midnight searches of your houses! --Remember these, your wrongs, and rise at once in arms and strike for liberty and right. Bradley T. Johnson, Col. C. S. A. September 8th, 1862.
nk were declared genuine. It is an old adage that the cheapest things are the dearest in the long run, and I think the people at large will find it so in this instance, if the Government does not. It is to be regretted that the Secretary of the Treasury, or whoever had the matter in charge, did not in the first instance procure from Europe good engravers, if we did not have a sufficiency at home, and more especially a person who understood the art of reproducing engraved steel plates. We would then have had uniformity at least in our currency, which is a great desideratum, as it would tend greatly to prevent counterfeiting and make detection much more easy. Had this been done, it would have saved much trouble and individual loss. It is to be hoped that the powers that he will make the latter good. I remarked before that the Government probably did the best it could at the time. It should have "made haste more slowly." G. W. N. Hardstown, Ga., September 8, 1862
The Daily Dispatch: October 4, 1862., [Electronic resource], Vice-President Stephens on Martial law. (search)
Vice-President Stephens on Martial law. Gen. Bragg recently declared martial law in Atlanta, Ga, and appointed Hon. James M. Calhoun Military Governor of the city; but Mr. Calhoun, doubtful of his powers sought the counsel of Hon. B. H. Hill and Vice-Pres't Stephens on the subject The latter's reply we find in the Southern Confederacy: Hon, James. M. Calhoun, Atlanta, Ga.: Richmond, Va., Sept. 8, 1862. Dear Sir: Your letter of the 28th ult, to Hon, B. H. H. Hill, was submitted to me by him a few days ago for my views as to the proper answer to he made to your several inquiries touching your powers and duties in the office of Civil Governor of Atlanta, to which you have been appointed by Gen Bragg. I took the letter with the promise to write to you fully upon the whole subject. This, there fore, is the object of my now writing to you. I regret the delay that has occurred in the fulfilment of my promise, it has been occasioned by the press of other engagements, and I