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GENERAL ORDERS, I
" No. '.to. y
Commandants of conscripts will cause the fol
lowing order to he published for at least seven
times in a sufficient number of newspapers in
each State of the Confederacy to ensure its
reaching every part of the country :
I. AH commissioned officers and enlisted men
who are now absent from their commands from
any other cause than actual disability, or duty
under orders from the Secretary of War, or from
their department coiumauders, will return to
their commands without delay.
11. Commissioned officers failing to comply
with the provisions of t lie foregoing paragraph
within a reasonable lei.gtb of time, in mo case
to exceed twenty days after the publication of
this order, shall be dropped from the rolls of the
army iv disgrace, aud their names will be fur
nished to the commandant of conscripts for en
rohneut in the rank*.
111. All enlisted men who shall fail to comply
with the provisions of paragraph 1., of this or-,
der, within a reasonable length of time, shall be
considered as deserters, aud treated accordingly,
their names to be furnished to the commandant
of conscripts iv their State, for publication, or
such other action as may be deemed most effica
cious.
IV. Iv order to ensure the efficient co-opera
tion of all concerned to carry this order into im
mediate effect. Department Commanders are di
rected to require from the commanding officer
of each separate command in their Department
a prompt report of the names of all commission
ed officers aud eulisted men now absent from
their commands. These reports must state in
each case the cause of absence, and any regi
mental, battalion or company commander who
shall neglect to furnish such a report, or who
shall knowingly be guilty of concealing any case
of unauthorized absence, shall, on conviction
thereof, be summarily dismissed.
V. Under the provisions of the 2d clause of
paragraph 1., of General Orders No. 82, com
missioned and privates who are incapa
ble of bearing arms in consequence of wounds
received in battle, but who are otherwise fit for
Bervice, are required, if not otherwise assigned,
to report to the nearest commandant of con
scripts in their respective States, who will, if
they are fitted for such duty, assign them to the
collection of stragglers and the enforcement of
the provisions of this order, with full power to
call upon the nearest military authority for such
assistance as may be necessary thereto.
VI. Officers of the Quartermaster's Depart
ment, charged with payment of troops, are here
by directed not to pay any commissioned officer,
non-commissioned officer or private who does not
furnish satisfactory evidence that he is not Ha
hle to the penalties described in the foregoing
order. Any disbursing officer who shall make
payment in violation of this order, shall be
liable on his bond for the auiouat of such pay
ment. By order,
(Signed) S. COOPER,
Adjt. and lusp. General.
Dec. 2—Bw.
BRIGADE HEAD QUARTERS, i
Abingdon, Va., Nov. 24th, 1862. /
9) SPECIAL ORDERS, 1 .
y No. ICB. /
All the members of the various Companies be
longing to the sth Ky. Regiment who have not
faithfully served their term of twelve months,
according to the term of their original enlistment
—all those who have re-enlisted in said Regi
ment—all the members who have an unexpired
term yet to serve, or who have enlisted—all
members of Ficklin's Battalion, are requested to
report to Col. Hawkins at the earliest moment
for duty without further notice, at the Camp
near Osborne's Ford.
By Order of
H. MARSHALL,
Brig. Gen. Com'g.
Chas. E. Marshall, A. A. Ceu.
Nov. 28, 1862—tf
ATTEKTIODI COSS£RIPTS.
I HAVE received orders from the commandant
of the Camp of lostructiou, Dublin Depot, to
enroll, as conscripts, all persons not legally ex
empted from miiitury duty, between the ages of
eighteen (18) and forty (40) years, and I call on
all such persons to report promptly to me, at
Abingdon, on Monday, the 24th, and save me
the painful duty of calling at their domicils.
D. A. P. CAMPBELL,
Enrolfing Officer, Washington eouuty, Va.
Nov. 21, 1862;
ROPE-MAKE& WASTED.
A MAN whe can work up rotted hemp into
Rope, can find a job, if application is made
at#the office of the Quartermaster of this Post.
Dec. s—3t. WM. RODEFER, A. Q. M.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA.
A PROCJLAMAITOZV.
HAVING received a conimunication from the
President of the Confederate States, invok
iug the aid of the State Executive on several im
portant points, I deem it proper, in giving my
cordial co-operation, to call uuon the officers of
the State, civil and military, and upon the
people of the Commonwealth generally, to leud
their assistance.
By united and harmonious action our indepen
dence can and will be obtained. A cheerful
and ready obedience to the laws should be given
until they are pronounced by competent tribunals
to be unconstitutional.
It is the duty of every good citizen to sustain
the constituted authorities in their just endea
vors to promote the public welfare.
The President asks fur assistance "in the en
rolment of conscripts and the fmewarding of
them to the proper points of rendezvous." To
vender his appeal effectual, I invoke the aid of
the Commissioners of the Revenue, the Sheriff's
aud Constables,.and the Justices of the Peace.
From their general knowledge of all the inliabi- j
tants of their several districts, they have it in ]
their power to find out and to report to the en
rolling officers all persons liable to conscription,
and will render efhcieut service by expediting
the conscripts to their several destinations/
Tho cause iv which we are engaged, the holy
purpose we have at heart, requires that every
man, liable to military duty, should be stimulat
ed by moral suasiou. and, if need be, by cum
pulsatery process, to give to the country the ad
vantage of his intellect and his physical ener
gies. The country has a right to the services of
all, and none should be allowed to sneak or
skulk from 'bity.
The President asks assistance "in restoring to '
the army all jyfhcers and men now within tho
State absent without leave, or whose term of
absence has expired, or who have recovered from
disability, and are how, able to return to duty."
This absence is the cause irf the fruitless victo
ries heretofore gained, if in any one of the
great battles in which our armies have been
victorious, all the force composing those armies
had been present,' none cau entertain a doubt
but that the enemy would have been utterly
crushed and destroyed, and that our State would
have beeu relieved from tne curse of invasion
and the consequent desolation of the fairest por
tion of our territory. How essential then is it
that this fruitful source of ili should cease to
exist. An officer or private absent without leave
is nothing but a deserter. Let the finger of
scorn of the young and the old, of the matron
and the maiden, be pointed at -such delinquents,
and if shame will not cause them to return to
duty, let them be hunted from the neighborhoods
in which they are skulking and be curried back
under a guard to their encampments. The la"w
of Virginia prescribes that—"lf any person
shall fail to appear at the place of" rendezvous
when ordered, or shall absent himself without
leave, the commandant of the detachment or of
the regiment to which he belongs may order him
to his proper officer, and such person, without
justifiable excuse, shall be treated as a deser
ter." There is reason to believe, and I regret
to state it, that it is too common for men who
have recovered from disability, aud arc now able
to return to duty, to continue to absent them
selves and to draw their pay while rendering no
manner of equivalent. This is a burning dis
grace, and no family should tolerate an inmate
who will thus act in times like these, it be
comes their friends not only not to ask them to
stay, but to implore them to go. that they may
aid their comrades in conquering a speedy peace.
Then, and not till then, will they be able with
honor and gratification to recline under their
own vine and fig tree, and to enjoy the blessings
they will have sefcered by their manly exertions
for themselves and their posterity.
The President, with an anxious solicitude,
asks assistance "in securing for the use of the
army all such necessary supplies as exist within
the State in excess of the quantify indispensa
ble for the support of the people at home." I
have heretofore with earnest appeals in my pro
clamation, invoked from the people these neces
sary supplies. I report now, that the necessity
for suchjsupplies still r c:ci.sts, and that prompt as- j
sistauce will prevent or at any rate alleviate j
much suffering. Men who are fighting for us
and risking their lives for the common cause,
have a right to expect that proper exertions shall
be made to protect them, by suitable clothing
from inclement weather and to provide them with
necessary food. lam happy to testify that I
have had presented to me, by individuals, noble
examples of liberal gifts, to add to the comfort
of our troops, and that I have seen in all our
public prints ample evidences of unbounded
charity, which would reflect the highest honor
upon any people. Virginians have not been lag
gard of their means, but have opened their
hearts and their purses in generous acts. Such
conduct deserves the thanks of the State and is
worthy of all emulation.
It is asked of the different States to provide ■
such laws "as will enable the Governors to com
mand slave labor to the extent which may be re- i
quired in the prosecution of works conducive
to the public deience." The State of Virginia j
has already responded to this call, and the Lee- <
islature has passed an act ample for the purpose, t
but I regret to say that the counties heretofore \
sailed on, with few honorable exceptions, have }
lot-complied with the requisitions as fully and
promptly as could have been desired. These
ire proper laws. T,he slave population is a large
me, nearly one-third of the population of the '
whole State, not far from being one-half of the '
copulation of the loyal part of the Slate. The f
laves are exempted from serving in our armies
hey are freed from all military duty, and it is *
>ut reasonable that a small portion of their time s
md labor should be devoted to the prosecution r
if works conducive to the public defence. The {
aw is a liberal one to the owners. It allows x
ixteen dollars per month as compensation for *
he labor of each slave, besides rations, medicines t
.nd medical attendance. It provides that "the c
■alue of all such slaves as may escape from the I c
lonfoderate authorities and not returned to their ) t
iwners, or be seized or killed by the public ene- ]r,
oy, or may, by want of due diligence on the | i
I the authorities of the Confederate Stages
manner be lost to the owuers.s hall" be
by the Confederate States, to the owners
like manner allows compensation ''for
iry to slaves arising from a want of due
c on the part of the authorities of the
rate States."
r army is constituted, it is but. rjVht to
he burdens they have to bear and to
c earthworks upon our fortification to be
:ted by the laborers who are inured to
vice. The County Courts are authorized
■tion the slaves called for in their respec
tive*, and they ought to make the appor
lin such manner-as to be least onerous
ar fellow cumens, particularly as there
peal from tic decision liiey make. By a
exercise pi this power, much hardship
averted. 1: the courts fail or refuse to
ivith the requisitions, the law invests the
te, with authority, by officers and agents
m selection, with the aid of the commis
if the revenue, to impress tlie proportions
demanded from the county, not exceed
)er centum i ; f the entire slave population
The performance of this duty the Exe
roiild gladly forego, greatly perferriug
justices elected by the people, and who
Jir situation and circumstances, should
c it. but If the failure continues after
se, the duty will be performed with un
g fidelity, under the full belief that the -
led for is necessary, and that the prompt
m of the fortifications will greatly con
he public d«_.epce.
ition to these several subjects I deem it
duty to call'the attention of the people
r , lint of the country and corporation
pecially, to the necessity that now exists
used vigilant in regard to domestic and
K.iice. Ouv slaves have hitherto been
1 and happy. ...e-icoable and trustworthy,
ibt not they will continue so, notwith
the" proclamation of the president of
■d States nr* the shameful attempts of
emissaries a id armies to render them
ted and ins But in times
• it is proper'to be ever watchful, ever
anl. I tLew'ore recommand earnestly
everal count..' and corporation courts
hwith pvoi'C(.d to execute the .provia
iie State, i«v; relative to establishing
a each ooimtv and corporation, to visit
eh bound.? m ihe courts may require,
quarters ai.'t others -places suspected
therein unlawful assemblies, or such
may stn-i iV.ffl one plantation to ano
lout permission. Let exery master
■ttchfui geferiKanship over his pianta
cause- hi.-; -1.-i'-cs tv keep within their
own premises, and pwtthit others from m"aking
unnecessary visites. If; the county courts cannot
Imhle promptly, lei ach justice of the peace
sr out patrols, as ii: t; law authorizes him to
to continue in sew? c until the next term of
country or Corporation court.
And finally, the Prc>. hut denounces, in ap
propriate terms, the tilefspirit of extortion, now
I'fe in all portions Tf the Confederacy, and
itly appeals to the i,xecutives of the States,
upon their.sen ml Legislatures the ne
y of passing such Atws as will effectually
unand crush it, 1 rmostly invoke thepa
-0 everywhere,to dheountenauce extortion
xtortioncrs, ami if Patriotic appeals will not
c them to change Ih"ivpolicy, and abandon
rse of conduct cab .dated to prejudice our
cause, then I urge rhem. to impress upon
Senators and Deio/ ites in the General As
y the necessity of a Opting such legislation
1 remedy the evil, a! the next session in Ja-
We have soother struggle to make against our
unscrupulous foe. It may not be the last, but
let it be at least worthy of our ancestors and
ourselves. Let it be a gallant fight in which we
shall put forth all of m.-. hood, of vigor and of
courage that has been given us from Heaven.—
Lee it be recorded in futujffj time that Virginians
emulated their glorious si,, s and fought with de
cess.
erf —i Given under my hand at Richmond,
St s land under the S.-ai of the Cominsn
(. ;- '/wealth, at Richmond ,this Bth day of
v —I —' December, ISS3, and in the 87th year
of the Commonwealth.
JOHN LETCHER.
By the Governor.
G_o. W. MrvFono.
' Secretary of Cue Commonwealth.
Dec. 12, 1862—2 w.
Important Enclosure.
Relations of English Dighnmcgto the Ameri
can Question.
[Correspondence of the New York World.]
London, Nov. 14th.—The tone in which the
Emperor's proposals for an armistice in Ame
rica have been treated by our press will be so
likely to blind you on the other side of the
Atlantic to the real origin and objects of these
proposals, that I think it right to inform you
of certain facts which must eventually come j
to light in connection with the diplomatic his- ;
: tory of this crisis in the United States. While j
! neither the French nor tho English govern
ment has for some time past believed a re
union in 'Americans probable in any event,
and when both governments' regard such a re
union as utterly impossible! if the war is pro
secuted in the interest of abolitionism, there is
this important difference to be noted between
the attitude of the two powers : France de- !
sires to see America united antler one govern- j
ment; England prefers the establishment of
two Confederacies. ' The reasons for this di
vergence of view are obvious, and in my judg
ment perfectly compatible With real good will j
to the people of both :-ectiu|s on the part of |
each-of the powers which hfeve formed such j
contrary opinions in respect-to the best solu- i
tion of the existing Be this as it I
may, each power has recently been acting unon 1
its own theory. The date of the dispatch of'
ij M. D.Nrnyn de PHuys id October 30. You
>jwill remember that Lord Lyons sailed for
» j America on the 25th, having originally intend
*!ed to leave on the 11th of that month. His
! ! departure was delayed to enable hi in to re
• j ceive instructions based on the result, of pro
| positions made by this government to the goV
' i ermnents of France, Spain, Italy, Russia and
' | Prussia, earlier in the autumn. " The tenor of
i j these propositions was simiiar to that of the
| subsequent propositions of Napoleon, with
' j this vital difference, that the English proposi
) tions contemplated what M. de i'Huys, in his
i subsequent dispatch, describes as a '"pres
! sure," in the case of their non acceptance.—
I The powers, as I am well informed, replied
substantially as follows:
Spain as a maritime and colonial State,
nearly interested, declined committing her
' self to any action which might at once expose
j her possessions to immediate annoyance, and j
'bring ber the imputation of availing herself
i ungenerously of the distresses of the United/
! States to secure indemnity for the past and \
j security for the future.
! Itlay regarded that her relations with the
j United States were such as to indispose her to
j become a party to any untimely pressure upon
| that country while passing through a crisis
I analogous in many respects, though in an in
verse sense, with that from which the Italian
kingdom itself is jusc emerging.
Russia regarded the moment as inopportune
I for a the kind intended, and
i did not consider herself sufficiently interested
( to wurrent any action so emphatic, at this
j time.
France was unwilling to adopt measures
whi(*h might indeed bring on a peace, but at
the expense of the Union, the hope of seeing
i which re-established she was not yet folly pre^
pared to forego.
Such, I have reason to believe, was the
tenor of the replies which finally determined
the English cabinet to hold their action on
the American question in suspense-, The
French propositions were intended to take the
place of those just rejected, and had they
been accepted by Great Britain, they would I
probably have commanded the adhesion of the !
other powers. Failing in this they have been I
published as a part of the history of the ]
times, and to put the French government right !
in regard to its intentions in this momentous I
matter.
This, I think, you will find to be the tene
story of these interesting negotiations. Com- I
mem upon it I leave to you, for you will doubt
less preceive at once that it has a grve im- i
portance for the future as well as for the past. !
•f From the London Times.
HeinacikaMe Spiirit: and Endu
rance of tike South.
V
Tlie Feeling of Confidence at tlis Confederate
Capital. [
y Whatever may be the result of the war, j
- there cannot be a doubt that for years to come '
a the States of Virginia, Kentucky and Ten
t nessee most suffer under the devastations
ri caused by it, and that the most flourishing j
r districts, of the former States especially, must
Q be re-colonized, as if the first settlers had just
come into the wilderness. But we can well j
n imagine that, in spite of this gloomy future, J
there is no depression at Richmond br any-j
where else, except where the Federal armies J
" t actually have taken possession The Con- i
j federates now know the worst. For a year |
a and a half they have had to make war against!
r an enemy three times as numerous as them- j
. { selves, and with a complete command of the I
3 sea and an inexhaustible supply of every pro
. vision and munition of war. The South has i
- had to grow its own grain, breed its own
-'hogs and sheep, manufacture out of cotton
. its own clothing, produce gunpowder as best
,j it could, cast canuon, make rifles, and, with i
- j its small population not only fight the North i
U but manufacture against Europe. The Con- i
federates now know they can do all this and
maintain their independence against the in- .
vader. With all the chances in favor of their
enemies, they have won a series of victories
unexampled in brilliancy and completeness, '
and repelled two invasions of their territory, a
The consequence is that, in spite of suffering '
and privation, there is a spirit of joyfulness i
abroad. Richmond is probably more lively
now than ever it was as a city of the United j
j States. The Confederates do not allow even
j the prospect of defeat to interfere with their t
j cheerfulness. Such feeling is, no doubt, right
jly attributed to the courage and stern deter
! mination of all classes, but there is also a c
] reason for it arising from the nature of the
i country. If England were threatened with
I invasion, and London were exposed like Rich- .
I mood, to the possibility of capture, we should
. hardly look forward to the event with such v
indifference as these Confederates. But the
truth is, in so vast a country tho fall of a city
" has much less importance than in an European
State. Mr. Davis said before the last cam
paign that if Richmond were taken the war n
in Virginia might be continued twenty years, *»
and this no doubt, expresses a true concep- ~
tion of the struggle. If McClellan had sue- ,
i ceeded last spring in capturing the city,
he would have come into possession of so .
many acres of bricks and mortar; and if a
second Butler could be found, there might be a
t a series of indignities in store for a few thou
, sand Confederate citizens. But the effect fr
on the independence of the Southern States m
would have been small. The Southerners R
feel that their best protection is the great ex- pi
tent of tlieir country, which makes even the eti
gigantic armies of the North insufficient to
hold the post they have gained, and at the ri. l
same time keep up their communications with
the Federal States. Iv
v Horrible; Barbarities of tbe ?E__e~
i' »J :y lit Kentucky.
'- From different sources we are informed
s v? paralled atrocities committed upon our help
■■ less soldiers who were left in Kentucky, after
* the retreat of Gen. Bragg, by Union bush
- whackers of {bat State. A correspondent of
1 the Knoxville Register details the particulars;
fof one case—that of Willie M. Woods,.of
8 Col. Porter's Tennessee Regiment, who was
i wounded at Perryviile, and who, on his way
- oat of Kentucky, near Rockcastle river, had
! bis leg broken by a wagon, and was left at the/
- house of John Pitmau, three miles beyond
- London. He had there about two weeks
1 when a notorious Unionist named King, with
five others, went to Pitman's, tied a rope
, around his neck, and dragged him from the
- bed to a wagon and threw'him in, breaking
i his leg anew. They drove a short distance,
H to the nearest tree, where they hutig Woods,
t j and shot him while hanging. Woods was a
1/ native of Hawkins county, and entered the
I"j service, at the commencement of the war,
j under Col. Stephens. The above facts were
i ascertained by his brother, a citizen of Haw
• kins county, who went to Kentucky after him,
and saw where he was buried and the tree*
upon which he was hung. Pitman and other*
detailed the sad story to him. There was,
also, a Mississippian named Gray af the same
house, _ who had been left sick. The same
party tied a rope around his neck, and hung
him to the same tree with Woods, and he was
buried in the same grave. Mr. Woods was*
also told by Judge Jackson of two that were
hung with the telepraph wire, and also of
another ooldier who was on the very verge of
death, who was dragged out and hung.
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McCleKan's Farewell.
Headq'rs Army of the Potomac, 1
Camp near Rectortown, Va., >
Nov. 7. 1862.)
Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the
Potomac: —An order of the President devolves
upon Major General Burnside the command
; of the Army.
j In parting from you, I canisot express the
love and gratitude I bear to you. As an ar
my you have grown up under my care. Id
| you I have never found doubt or coldness.-—
j The battles you have fought under my com
! mand will -proudly live in our nation's histo
j ry. The glory you have achieved, our Mutu
al perils and fatigues, the graves of our com
rades fallen in battle and by disease, the bro
ken forms of those whom wounds and sick
ness have disabled—the strongest associations
i that ever can exist between men—unite us
| still by an indissoluble tie. We shall ever
jbe comrades in supporting the Constitution
i of our country and the nationality of its peo
j pie. G2O. B. Mc 'lellan.
i Major Gen. U. S. Army.
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x Brig. den. Edwin Price.
The Jackson Mississippian says: "A pars
i graph, copied from abolition sh- ets, has been
extensively republished at the S >utb, in rata- •
tion to Gen. Edwin Price, which, contains a
j bald, groundless and malignant falsehood;—
: Gen. Edwin Price never held any commissi' -a
in the Confederate service, but was an officer
j in the Missouri State Guard, which organiza-
I tion is now disbanded. He was captured on
I the Osage last February, while conducting a
j body of recruits to join Major-Gdneral Price
j in Arkansas, and was confined i >/• months in
! the Penitentiary at Alton, IllinoiJ, whence he
I was released on parole. When tlie cartel for
j the exchange of prisoners was (perfected, he
I repaired to the army at Holly Sr/ ings. Hav
ing no command, he did not regard his pre
sence in the army as important, and returned
to his home in Missouri, a3 a eit.zen, without
taking any oath, or being placed under any
restriction. He is a trne and gallant man,
and has done nothing, and submitted to noth- »
ing which can compromise him iv the estima
tion of his friends.
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Condition of Jackson's Army,
Hermes, of the Mercury, writes from Rich
mond on the 20th :
A letter from Jackson's army, received yes
terday, is couched in glowing terms. Tlie
command was never so full, never so thorough
ly organized, never so healthy and high spi- '
rited. The men are "cheerful, even to reck
lessness." They received the order to break
camp with demonstrations of great joy, for
they were sick of inaction. "They feel," aayft l
the writer, "able to hold 100,000 at bay, to
whip 75,000, and will contract to annihilate
50,000." As to the present position of this
army, I can only say that a Colonel belong
ing to it reported yesterday for duty, and wa3
told to remain in the city-, as Hit department
could not furnish transportation to an un
known point.
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From tbe West and Southwest.
Knoxville,- December Bth.—Three noto
rious leaders of bushwhackers, of Cliffs rene
gade regiment, were captured in? Anderson -\
county, and lodged in jail here yesterday.:—
One of them, Vance, has been the terror of
the mountains for years.
Thirty four Abolitionists and four negroes
in Yankee uniform, captured by Col. Palmer,
at Big Creek Gap, have been sent here.
Mobile, December 6th.—A special dispatch
from Saltillo, sth, says the report of the ene
my's advancing down the Mobil* & Obi.. R.
R. on this place is without foundation. Our
pickets were not fired upon as reported. No
enemy is nearer than Corinth.
Paroled prisoners state that Corinth is gar
risoned by 2000 troops.
Only 200 of our wounded are remaining at