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THE WEEKLY OPINION.!
BY W. L. 8CBD00S AND i. B. DUHBLE.
“Confidential.”—The newspaper* ere
publishing u letter addressed hy lien. Ho
race Giikei.kt to President Johnson,dated
January. 1800, anil marked “Confidential.”
How did that letter reach the public
without a shameless violation of confi
dence on the part of the President? Will
somebody anawer.
Keki> Trying.—That man's condition Is
truly a pitiable one who yields to discour
agement. There Is always hope so long as
the will to do ifenialns. Hut when that Is
broken, everything Is lost. There Is no
hope for such a man. lie cannot survive
the crisis, Ills doom la Inevitable. lie must
ultimately take position among those who
have been tried and found wanting.
The times are “hard.” The pressure in
the money market has never been eijtialled
in this portion of the country since 1837.
There Is no business, no money, no confi
dence, no credit! and, we regret to add,
very little disposition to pay even small
debts. It Is, In very truth, a time to “try
men’s souls.” ,
But why cease trying t If A duns B, and
11 duns C, and this causes C to dun you, do
you try to pay up, and thus stop this an
noying process? One man. by paying
promptly all Ills little bills, will enable
others to pay theirs. But If lie disappoints
Ills creditors, thoy In turn must disappoint
theirs. Tills destroys confidence, and we
all know that without confidence there can
he no business.
Gf.N. BKAUBKQAIID AND THE FlSII WO
MEN.—As we predicted a few days since,
tien. Beauueoabd has fallen under con
demnation. The “knitters of the Guillo
tine” uro clamoring for bis bead. Thettsh
women In pantaloons, who conduct a cer
tain class of Georgia newspapers, are cry
ing, - Down with the Badlcal.” Season:
Gen. Beauregard recently declared forBe-
eenstruction upon the Republican basis.
This is tho sum of his offending. He Is
irreverent enough to believe tlio perpetui
ty of the Democratic party, with its ex
ploded heresies, Is not essential to the res
toration of the Union; and he has had the
temerity to say so. Therefore, these “ re
spectable white men ” and boinb-proof he
roes ignore the argument, and villify the
nina.
“ O, wad some power the girtlc alo ns,
To see ourselves as others see ui,“ Ac.
Gen. Charles GRirriN.—In noticing the
death of this officer, the Hew York Tribune
saysi It Is rendered doubly pathetic by
the circumstances of Its occurrence. When
Gen. Sheridan was removed, a month ago,
the command of the Fifth Military District
devolved, by virtue of seniority, until Gen.
Hancock's arrival, upon Gen. Griffin, then
commanding the Sub-District of Texas,
with headquarters at Galveston. At this
latter point the yellow fever was then, as
now, raging with great lliry. Not a sur
geon was left for duty i the majority of the
superior officers were down with the fever;
the troops were felling as rapidly as the
ettliens; the wives and children of officers
were dying. A more selfish soldier than
Griffin would have wolcomed as a piece of
good fortune the opportunity of removing
bis headquarters to New Orleans, as his
new assignment authorized and required
him to do. Instead of that Griffin instant
ly telegraphed to Washington for permis
sion to stay at Galveston, reciting the rav
ages of the fever as his reason, and adding
that for him to leave the city would “al
most seem like deserting his post.” The
ehivalric request was granted. The easily
foreseen consequences came. In less than
a week after this correspondence Griffin
was attacked, as nearly all his subordinates
had been. He did not “desert Ills post,”
but died at It. __
W The remains of Napoleon IL, are
soon to be removed from Vienna, to the
vaults of St. Donia Abby. Paris. A depu
tation of distinguished officers have been
charged witli the duty of conducting the
removal and superintending the .ceremo
nies, which are to be on n scale of great
magnificence. Paris Is alreuily excited 111
anticipation of tho event.
The Removal or G» ’. Pore Uriikd.
Ex-Mayor Withers, of Mobile, accompa
nied by a delegation of Alabamians, Is won
hero urging the removal of Gen. Pope.
Thoy argue that the removal of Sheridan
was prompted by a policy absolutely de
mands the displacement of their military
rulcr. Withers Is anxious, of course, for
rei nstatemont.—Watkingloa Correspondent
0/ He N. Y. Timet.
Ex-Mayor Withers Is opposed to Recon
struction. ne Is, therefore, consistently
opposed to any man whose duties are to
enforce the law of Congress, and who Is
faithfully discharging that duty, “without
fear, favor,or affection.” Ex-Mayor With
ers will hardly succeed, any more than did
certain parties In Georgia.
CP” Tho Massachusetts State Temper
ance Convention assembled at Worcester
on Tuesday. There were 1,800 delegates
present, ltov. Dr. Eddy, of Boston, was
chosen president, end, on taking his scat,
addressed tlio Convention, declaring that
no man who Is not pledged to prohibition
can occqpy tho gubernatorial shat. Hon.
Henry Wilson also made n speech in favor
of prohibition, stating that the Idea of
granting licenses to sell liquor, filled him
with horror, Numerous other gentlemen
made brief addresses, and a aeries of pro
hibitory resolutions were adopted, t r 1
Yellow Fever at Mkmfuis.—Public re
ports from Memphis, Tcnu., regarding tlio
prevalence of yellow fever there, are evi
dently exaggerated, as reliable advices re
ceived here state that not a single case bas
yet occurred In tlio city. Tito river is
strictly quarantined.
GEORGIA WEEKLY OPINION
WHO IB RESPONSIBLE 1
Are the military Government*, sueli n*
Con^reM* has established, despotic and oh-
jectloimble? The President and the chat-
terlnjr "host of Democracy say they jire,
and perhaps this is the case. But who Is
responsible for tills State of things ? Who
hut tho President and this same fag end of
Locofocoism which rejected Impartial
HiittVnge and Amnesty, and which subse
quently rejected the Constitutional amend
ment, is responsible for their existence?
Who hut tiie same party is responsible for
their continuance?
Axdrkw Johnson and his Democratic
allies brought these Military Governments
into being, by refusing acceptance of all
previous and less oppressive measures of
Deconstruction. They now seek to per-
petunte these Military Governments, hy
refusing compliance with the Law which
is to render them iuo|>erative.
If, therefore, Georgia shall not return to
her normal condition In time to vote for
President next fall, let the blame rest
where it belongs—witli Andrkw Johnson
and the hungry geni, that play round the
great Departed
tSjT A dispatch to the New York Tri
bune says: “Information has been re
ceived at Washington that the Greek Gov*
eminent has been trying for some time to
purchase from our Government two iron
clad vessels. The Government, it seems.
Is anxious to close a bargain, and the only
drawback is the price; that is whether it
shall he cash or eredlt. The plan proposed
is to turn over to the contractors who have
lost money in imiidlng iron-dads, and who
have been endeavoring to obtain relief
from Congress, two iron-clads. and allow
the Greek Commissioners to purchase from
them. This, it Is claimed, would be justice
to the contractors, and rid the Government
of further embarrassment in settling their
claims."
Rklikf for Galveston.—The Savannah
Benevolent Association have forwarded
the sum of three hundred dollars to parties
In Galveston, for the relief of the suffering
in that scourged city.
Columbus Cotton Markf.t.—Tho Sun
of the 20th says
Market brisk yesterday with Northern
Middlings at 20c, tax Included. Receipts
151 bales—1 by M. & G. R. R.; 16 by Ope
lika R. R.: 131 by wagons. Shipments 120
bales—all by M It. II.
Editort Opinion: There appears In the
Intelligencer, of the 10th Instant, a sugges
tion of relief, which seems to be put forth
as the motto of the Reconstruction party
of Georgia. If Mr. E. Hulbert Is the Re
construction party of Georgia, then It may
be the motto of the party, but if he la not
the whole party, then It Is not the motto of
the Reconstruction orUnlon party of Geor
gia.
The Intelligencer, with Its usual honesty
and consistency, heralds forth the sugges
tion for relief as a Radical trick. That
may be so, but If It Is, It must be of that
offensive Radical party heretofore known
as the old Secession party; for no party
was over more Radical than it. But If it
Intends to palm it off upon tho public as t
motto of the Union Republican party, the
people will not be duped by them. The
principles ot that party are too well un
derstood by the people of Georgia for them
to be trilled with by the Intelligencer or any
other tupplient tool or leader of the late re
Milton.
It Is well known by every school-boy In
this country that the Union party Is op
posed to the repudiation of any honest
debt. Wlmt other relief Is suggested by
Mr. E. Hulbert? No other Inference can
be drawn from It. He says that the Stay
Daw Is practically dead; that Judge
Warner bas decided that law unconstitu
tional, and Geu. Hope bos refused to grant
relief In the premises. That Is Just what
any man of good sense, in his situation,
would do. He says that executions will
now be levied, and that thousands will be
sold out, and that good men will suffer If
some aid Is not granted.
Now, If Mr. Hulbert uml Ills no-party
friends desire to grant relief that the
Union Republican party eannot grant, why
docs he not come out and toll tlio people
what that relief is? They do not want to
be deceived u;ioli that question. Do not
let him sweep the State by thousands, and
Induce delegates to go to tiie Convention
and deceive their constituents by promis
ing them wliat they cannot do. And then
again, do not let them pass an act of repu
diation tbut will not be sanctioned by Con-
gross.
Mr. Hulbert and Ids old Secession, but
now no-party friends, must not think that
they can run a gauntlet of that sort.
Congress nor tlio Union party are to be
trapped by so silly and slmplu a thing os
Mr. Halbert's motto, “no plan.”
It Is the solo purpose of tho Union Portl
and of Congress to grant relief to tlio
South, and they Intend that Italian bo douo
by fair and honest legislation, and by pre
senting a Constitution tlmt will be accept
able to the people of Georgia and to Con
gress, and to set no clap-trap of repudia
tion. Tlmt IstboworkofDemoeraey,and if
there are any sprigs of treason working
their way into the Union Republican party
by any back way, they had better wash their
bunds and leave their old tricks behind
them. The day it past for deceiving tho
people, anil If Hr." Hulbert and ills no-
party friends have any tangible plans of
relief, let them eomo out and tell them
wiiut it Is, and If It Is practicable; anil they
think po, then perhaps he'may carry tiie
State by thousands, and hereafter satisfy
bis political ambition. His motto is'not
the motto of thb Union Reconstruction
party of Georgia, Republicae*
Atlanta, Ga, Sept. 11,1807.
T E X A 8 .
PROGRESS OF~TIlK EPIDEMIC.
TIIE COTTON CIIOI*.
I NTS It HA h TmI'H O YE MUSTS.
Condition ot tho People,
Hpeciul Correspondence of tbe Opinion.]
Richmond, Texas, Sept. 10,1807.
Notwithstanding tlio unfavorable cir
cumstances which at present surround tbe
Texans, all litter failure of the cotton crop
In u large portion of the State, tbe fearful
ravages of tiie yellow fever in her princi
pal city, and In feet all along her coast, tlio
people seem lirmly determined to push
ahead gigantic railroad enterprises. Tile
best talent and tlio first financial ability in
tlio State, are now devoted to the extension
and completion of made which cannot fail
to prove highly beneficial In developing
the latent resources of the State.
An Iron bridge, costing about u hundred
thousand dollars, is now being thrown
across tho Brazos, at this point, for the
Buffalo Bayou und Colorado railroad, and
n similar bridge is being built on tlio Colo
rado for the same road. Itn a year or two
wo shall be able to visit Austin, tiie Capi
tal, front this teetion, by rail.
Capitalists are availing themselves of tiie
fact that money in manntoctorlcs, pays
handsome and a certain dividend. Within
a year manufacturers, these great promo
ters of wealth, comfort and industry have
sprung up in various parts of tiie State,
and tiie establishment of scores of others
arc in progress and contemplation.
The reports which reach us from tiie
east side of tho Mississippi show that in
that regiou the people are blessed witli
abundant crops and good health. In the
Western and Northwestern portion of our
own State tlio people arc doing much bet
ter than in tills section. There, stock and
wheat being tiie objects of Industry, the
farmers’ incomes are not affected by the
caterpillar They are certainly more for
tunate than those who depend on an unccr
tain crop of cottou for the amount of mo
ney they may handle.
Less crime has been committed in the
last three months than was formerly usual
In the same period, though It has been
years since Texas has had more tjjan her
share of crime.
Yellow fever Is now an epidemic at
Houston. Five or six days ago, twenty-
five died there in one day of the disease.
There Is no abatement of It In Galveston.
It also exists at Alleyton, a little town be
tween this and Columbus, on the Colorado.
It prevails at LaGrange, situated on the
same river above Columbus. Navosota
and Hempstead, situated on the Central
Railroad eighty and ninety miles north of
Houston, and a hundred and twenty miles
from the coast, are afflicted with the dis
ease; so, also, Is Victoria, forty miles above
tide water on the Guadeloupe. At none of
the places mentioned hat It ever been
known to appear before, except Galveston
and Houston. It once existed here. God
only knows how much longer we may be
mercifully permitted escape.
This Is and has been a year of sore trial
and deep sorrow to the people of Texas.
No one but myself knows how gladly I
would make a different report, but oandor
forces me to the unpleasant admission that,
it will require time to recover from tho
blows we have this year received.
Inn.
Intehistinq Decision in BANanutTCY.—
The United States District Court of New
York bas just decided that during the In
terval between the adjudication of bank
ruptcy in the case of a voluntary bank
rupt and the delivery of the assignment to
the assignee, and which Interval may bo as
much as nlncty-flvc days, or even more,
the property of the bankrupt cannot, un
der the act, be put Into the possession or
custody of the court, or of any offlccract-
Ing under the bankruptcy act, but must
remain In the possession and control of tho
bankrupt unless It can, during that inter
val, be kept In tlio temporary custody of
the register, to lie handed over by him to
the assignee when elected or appointed.
The Maine Elections.—The official re
turns from Maine, comprising nearly nil
tiieHtatu, show the following result;
1SSS 1ST.
RapulilU-an es.ua muss
Democratic 4U.5IS SQjS
Uciutlilk-un majority 37.006 II,m
The total vote Is 101.108, against 108.lt:(8
In 1800—a felling off of 7,230. The Demo
crats gain 4,300, and the Republicans lose
11.010. Tiie Republican majority will be
fully lip to the average for ten years past.
Whisky and Democracy, whose Interests
In Maine seem to have been Identlal, com
bined against tbe Republicans.
Memory and Judoment.—“Essex. Mass.,
has a little girl three years old wliu plays
over two hundred pieces on tiie piano.”—
Exchange.
At a Sunday school celebration on Long
Island lately, prizes were given to those
children who recited from memory the
greatest number of Blblo verses. Of
course the uuiemonlc performances were
many and varied, and wore all aeconnted
wonderful by the listening parents of tlio
several prodigies. Theaclilcvementof one
Infant phenomenon Is recalled to mind by
tlio item above quoted. A little pnlc-feced
~IrI of only fohr years old actually gali-
lcd oil’ ono hundred and eleven verses of
St. Mark's Gospel.—AT. 1”. Times,
“Gabbled off.” Why not quit stuffing
the minds of children witli words, and
teach them to rcllcet upon and understand
what they read ?
TEEEGIIAPIIIC INTMI.MOENCE
From tho New York Presi Association.
New Orleans, Sept. 22.-Intcrmenta from
yellow fever cases, up to six tills morning,
were sixty-four.
The Picayune of to-day says tlio disease
Is wider spread and tho number of cases
much greater than during the epidemic of
18(13, hut owing to a milder type of the dis
ease tho mortality fa comparatively much
smaller,
Ht. PiRHnx Mecceden, Sept. 17.—A lire
occurred here lost night, which destroyed
two hundred houses.
Boston, Sept. 22.—Tiie Mount Hope Iron
Works, on Tauten river, covering three
acres, was burned last night. Lobs, fifty
thousand dollars; mostly insured. These
works employed over two hundred and
Uftv men.
Hartford. Conn., September 22,1807.-
Tiie Depot of tlio Hartford and Now
York Steamboat Company was burned last
night, witli all the freight. Loss, one hun
dred thousand dollars.
Washington, Sept. 22.—A suggestivo
question has arisen In the City Council.
The lower hoard, whieli went in on negro
votes, gives the Collector of Taxes, who
Cm - -
:ives the Collector of Taxes,
i per ci
umier board, who are white represents-
went in witli them, two per cent. Tho
CST Tlio New Orleans Bee saysi Tlio
City Council of Now Orleans, let it lie
known, have elected three men. of color—
no doubt worthy persons lit their sphere,
and perhaps fit for tho position—as Asslst-
ant Recorders of the Metropolis. These
officers have criminal jurisdiction similar
to that exercised by Justices of the Peace.
tfves on account of holding over, have a
majority who favor onu per eent.JA commit
tee of conference was appointed, which
ly.tl tlio commission at one and a half per
cent. The up|«fr board refused to concur,
and the city finances are at a stand still.
Another y'enr will give the black radicals
the upper house, when their favorites can
have reniimorativc commissions.
Gen. Sheridan inis been summoned
and will testify before tlio Paymasters’
Fraud Committee. It is expected that
Sherldan'stestlmony will throw somo light
on the Lowenthal complications.
The Star says it learns that Genera)
Sickles has received a letter from Gov.
Orr, expressing gratitude in behalf of the
people of South' Carolina for wliat Geu.
Sickles did for them during his rule.
Receipts of Customs lor the week end
Ing tiie 14tli, three million and fifty-two
thousand dollars.
Tiie Grand Army of tlio Republic will
serenade Gens. Sickles and Sheridan on
Monday night.
Tho Federal Court processes are regular
ly executed In theSccond District.
The Express says It is understood that
Gen. Hancock will not assume command
ot the Fifth Military District until tho
15th proximo. „ „
Security held by the Treasury for Na-
tionul Bank Notes, $340,500,000; for ae-
S jsits of Public Moneys $38,250,000; Na«
onal Bank circulation, $299,000,000.
Revenue Receipts to-day $387,000; for
the week 81,803,000; for the fiscal year to
date $02,250,000.
COTTON REGULATIONS.
Tax on cotton produced in the United
States two and a half cents per pound.
Cotton properly assessed anu returned
prior to September 1st, subject to three
cents; cotton removed under bond prior to
September, is taxed three cents; the tax Is
a lien on the cotton till the tax fa paid.
Class A—Cotton upon which the tax has
been paid. , „ ,,
Class JJ—Cotton removed from the dis
trict of production while the tax remains
unpaid. . . t . .
Class C’—Cotton removed from point to
point in the district where produced before
the payment of the tax. ... ,
Cotton must be described by these de
signations in bills of lading, way bills,
manifests and permits.
Each assessor is required to keep an ac
count with each cotton producer in his
district. Assessors at receiving points
shall keep accounts with such receiver.
An assessor or assistant assessor, and col
lector or assistant collector, is required st
places where cotton is weighedand marked
The use of metalio tags for marking cot
ton will hereafter be required In all cases.
Tags will be ftirnished the assessors’ de
partment. On each tag will be starapeda
letter, a number in figures and United
States Internal Revenue. These tags will
be put up in packages of fifty and num
bered In consccutivo orders, and assessors
must be very particular to use them In
regular order, as from one to fifty, from
fifty to one hundred, etc., as the case may
be, on each lot of cotton weighed and
The owner can have cotton weighed and
marked at any point in the district by
paying tho traveling expenses of tho offi
cers. A disagreement may be referred to
a commissioner, but the officer must not
delay In proceeding to weigh tho cotton on
account of dlsagrcmcnt regarding ex
penses. Owners may dispense with the
official weigher by providing all manual
labor, hut in all cases the assessor or as
sistant assessor roust seo the cotton weigh
ed and marked. , ,
This process docs not require tiie imme
diate payment of the tax. Cotton can be
held within the district without the pay
ment of the tax unless sold for consump
tion within tiie district. Withdrawals lor
transportation tinder bills of lading, or
upon the payment ot the tux, can bo made
at any time.
Tho Secretary of the Treasury appoints
weighers.
Applications and recommendations
should eomo through the assessors of the
respective Districts, am) lie addressed to
tho Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
Weighers must take the oath of office re
quired by Congacss, passed July 2d. 1802.
Each bale shall be marked gross weight
with Ink or paint, in lnrgo letters, by the
assessor or assistant assessor, and weigh,
era must make dally returns to tho asses,
sors. Fees for weighing sliall lie 2Bc per
halo, the weigher turnUliliig mctallc tag.
Tho owner pays tho weigher's fees. The
assessor must see that the tags are used
and Inserted at the time of weighing and
marking, except In cases hereinafter men
tioned. The letter and nnmboron each must
Iks accurately entered In tiie record ke(it
by tho assessor, and an account kept by
him with each holder, owner or producer
of cottou, and permits, whether Issued by
the assessor or collector, for tho removal of
cOftaa, mbit clearly specify tho letter and
number for each bale, so that there may be
'no troulilo la Identification. When num
bers are consecutive, ltwlll suffice to enter
both on the record and permits. Thus, for
a lot of tlfty hales tho entry may lie made
hy letter A. Whenever tax is paid on
cotton previously weighed, marked and
tagged, tiie weigher win mark, or cause to
lie marked on each bale, with brush and
ink, or paint, in largo letters, tho words,
,‘1’aid, -under section 4 of act of July
1800.” Cotton may ho removed from tlio
district ill which 'it Is produced to oilier
districts, without prepayment of tax, un-
dur bond or other security-, to ho prescrib
ed by tho Commissioners of Internal Rev-
enne, BUbjcet to tlio approval of tlio Sec
retary of tho Treasury. It having been
found by experience that ftirnishingol
increased facilities for tlio removal of cot
ton without prepayment of tax Is consist
ent with increased security to tlio Treasu
ry, it Is determined to substitute shipments
to revenue officers.under hills of lading for
bonds heretofore required. Accordingly,
owners or other holder of cotton which he
desires to remove from the district of pro
duction to another district, without pre
payment of tax, will hereafter bo requir
ed to obtain a bill of lading In duplicate,
signed hy a well known,regularly establish
ed und responsible transportation compa
ny, consigning the cottou to the collector
ol the district of destination, for delivery
to tho factor or agent of tiie owner after
payment of tho tax. The transportation
company signing such bills of lading will
be required to furnish tlio assessor of the
district In which is the receiving port or
point of destination, immediately on Its
arrival, a copy of their manifest or way
bill, so far as It relates to any cotton trans
ported hy them, and stating therein wheth
er tiie cotton is class A, B or C, as herein
before required. Koch assessor will keep
on nccoimt of all cotton entered upon tiie
copies of manifests and way-bills so fur
nished to him.
Should any transportation company re
fuse or neglect to furnish tlio assessor with
u copy of the manifest or way hill as above
required, tho assessor will Immediately no
tify all assessors on the lino of such trans
portation company of such neglect or re
fusal, and thereafter no permit for the
transportation of cottou by such company
will ho granted hy any assessor without
Iieruilsslon to do so being obtained from
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
Refora cotton Is shipped, tiie owner or
holder will apply to tho assessor or near
est assistant assessor of tho district In
which tiie cotton was produced, describe
the cotton by tiie marks placed upon the
hales, and give the weight of each, and
must also state by what route and mode
of conveyance it h proposed to transport;
and name tho transportation cc
with the name of tlio collector to i
is to bo consigned, and of factor or agent to
whom It is to ho delivered on payment of
tax. Tlic net weight will ho ascertained hy
deducting four per cent, for taro from gross
weight. Ono copy of tills certificate must
he transmitted to the collector of tiie dis
trict and tlio other copy must ho delivered
to the assessor, if, however, the assessor
or assistant assessor is satisfied from the
location of tlio cotton, or distance of the
cotton gin or place of shipment from his
own residence, or that ot the designated
weigher or marker, that tho weighing
and marking cannot ho done without great
Inconvenience or extra expense, the officer
may tako tlio weight as certified hy the
owner of the cottou gin, or by tlio freight
agent at the place of shipment, and will
deliver to tiie applicant, witli permit, a
number of metalie tags equal to tho num
ber of hales named In the permit, w-hlch
must be carried with the cotton and bo de
livered by the transportation company at
the place of destination hereinafter direct
ed. If the transportation company named
In the application is known to the assessor
or assistant assessor to bo responsible, ho
he will grant a permit. It will be the duty
of the consignor of tho cotton to obtain
duplicate bills of lading and hand or send
them forthwith to the assessor who issued
the permit; and said assessor will keep ono
copy and Immediately mall the other copy
to the collector of the district to whom the
cotton la consigned.
Should the consignor fell within a rea
sonable time to furnish the assessor with a
duplicate bill of lading as required, said
assessor will immediately ascertain the
cause of failure, and If he shall find that
the cotton has left the district, he may im
mediately assess the tax thcreon,and unless
satisfactory and proper explanation of
failure be given, he will thereafter Issue no
other permit to the .person so In default.
Upon arrival of the cotton at;the place of
destination, the transportation company
must deliver It, together with a permit of
the aasesor to tho collector of nlternal
Revenue to whom the cotton la consigned;
and at the same time the company must
deliver to the assessor ol tho receiving dis
trict accompanying mclalllc tags, if on;
are sent unattached to bales, together with
a copy of their manifest or way-bills, so
feras the same may relate to cotton, an ac
count of which must be kept by said asses
sor as hereinbefore directed In section
four, of Act of July, I860, which re
quires that cotton removed without
n ment of tax shall bo delivered
o Collector of Internal Rev
enue forthwith upon its arrival at Its point
of destination, and shall remain subject to
his contaol until tbe taxes thereon, and
any necessary charges of custody thcreot
shall have been paid, which payment must
he made within ninety days from date of
permit granted by assessor for removal of
cotton. Under this provision of law a col
lector, Immediately upon delivery of cot
ton to hlm.by a transportation company,
will dispose of tiie cotton and accompany
ing permit of het assessor in the following
manner:
If tho cotton was not officially weighed
and tagged in shipping, by tho District
Collector, he will have It weighed by an
officer appointed for that purpose, whose
duty it will be to affix accompanying tags,
to ho delivered to him by the assessor, and
to mark on cacli halo tiie grots weight ns
hereinafter directed. In such cases the
weigher will make duplicate certtllcntcs of
weight. Tlio weigher will deliver one copy
of tills certltlcnte to ids collector and tiie
other copy to the assessor of somo district,
amTwill be required to pay to said assessor
tho sum of tlvo cents for each metnllc tag
delivered to him for tiie purpose of marking
tiie bales so weighed, which sum tiie asses
sor will dispose of as elsewhere directed,
whether the cotton was weighed mid
geil In shipping or In receiving. Tho
trlet Collector will require the tax to bo
paid before he allows the cotton to go out
of his possession and custody. If the tax
is paid immediately, the collector will, on
tlio same day, deliver or forward to his as
sessor accompanying permit of assessor by
whoso removal it was permitted, after en
dorsing thereon the certificate of payment
of tax. In case the tax Is not paid Immedi
ately the cotton Is held and stored hy the
collector, as hereinafter directed. He will
deliver to Ids assessortho accompanying
permit as above directed, but changing the
ccrtlHcate so as to read ns follows:
I hereby certify that tho tax on within
described cotton amounting to dollars.
Tho assessor, on receiving sold permit,
with the indorsement of tho collector, will
mako tho proper entries on his account of
cotton received, and will then transmit tho
permit to tho collector of tlio district in
vrlitoh It was issued. When tlio collector
is obliged to retain custody of cotton con-
sig led to 1dm on account of failure to pav
tsA, Immediately on Its arrival ho sliall
cause tlio same to be stored In some sulta-
ablo Warehouse, the owner of which sliall
give adequate security for tiie safe custody
of such cotton, nud sliall take a warehouse
receipt from such proprietor. Tho charge
for storage must not exceed the usual rate.
Tho collector will, In no ease, permit tho
owner of cottou, ids agent or factor, to
havo actual possession of tho same until
tho tax shall have been fully paid. If the
tax Is paid before the expiration of ninety
days from the date of the assessor’s permit
tlio amount will bo reported. If the tax
is not paid before the expiration of ninety
days from tho date of the assessor's permit,
tlio assessor will at once certify the tax to
the callootor for collection, auu if necessa
ry the collector will cnforco collection hy
distraint and sale of tho cotton. In sue ,i
eases tho assessor will enter the tax on hi
next montlily list and both he and the col
lector will. enter tho proper credit in
bonded account, under tno beading of col
lected by distraint and solo of tho cotton.
Whenever tho tax Is paid on cotton
shipped, under blUs of lading, the collec
tor receiving it will deliver to tho proper
person his certfleato of payment and per
mit for removal.
The following words must bo printed o
written In red Ink r.erosa the lace of tlia
permit, viz; “Tills permit authorizes tho
transportation of such bales o cotton on
ly as bear metalie tags, lettered and num
bered ns herein prescribed.” In case it
should be desired to export part of said
cotton and ship part to another port in tho
United States, tho collector may givo a
separate certificate and permit to cover
each lot. In such case the permit cover
ing the lot to tie exported must bo deliv
ered to and takou up by tlio collector of
customs at tho port of exportation, who.
after cancelling tho samo, will transmit it
to tlio assessor of tho district in which It
was issued. The permit covering a quan
tity to ho shipped to a port in the United
States must be delivered to tho collector of
the district In which such port Is situated,
before the landing, discharging or deliver'
Ing of such cotton at the place of destina
tion can bo permitted; nud said collector
will, after cancelling it, transmit said per
mit to tho assessor of tho district from
which it was issued. Substantially the
same course will bo taken witli cotton re
moved from tho district of production af
ter the payment of tax, uudera single per-
mlt from tho collector of said district, to a
place or jiort in nnother district, when It
may be desired to divide and ship it in
separate lots, oitlicr to foreign or domestic
ports. In cases of this kind tho original
J Bcrmlt must bo presented to anil taken up
,y the Collector of Internal Revenue for
itho district in which the port of tranship
ment is situated, and he may Issue new per
mits covering separate lots, which must
bo taken up hy tho collector of customs or
collector or internal revenue, as tho case
may be, as above directed, cancelled and re
turned to tho assessor of tlio district from
which such permits were issued. Tlio orig
inal permit above named must likewlso be
cancelled and returned by tho collector who
takes it up to tho district In which It was
Issued. When owners or holders of cotton
desire to pay taxes on the samo before its
removal from the district In which it was
produced, thoy will ho required to have
tiie same weighed, tagged and marked Ur
tlio manner hereinbefore prescribed. The
weigher will maka his certlflcato In dupli
cate, and will send one copy to the asses
sor and the other to the collector of the
district; tho owner or holder will then re
turn the same to tho assessor of the dis
trict. Upon the receipt of this return, the
assessor to whom it Is delivered will Imme
diately proceed to assess the tax upon the
cotton mentioned therein, and will at once
certify the amount to tho collector, and
make the required entry in his monthly
list. Upon the receipt of the assessor’s
certificate the collector will at once collect
the tax, and will therefor issue Ills cer
tificate of payment and permit for tbe re
moval of tbe cotton, which permit must
state the amount and payment of the tax.
the time and place of payment, and the
marks, numbers and gross weight of thr
jiales or packages, so that the same may at
all times be frilly identified.
The following words must be written or
printed in red ink across tbe lace ol the
permit, viz: “This permit authorizes the
transportation of such bales of cotton onlv
as hu metalio tags, lettered and numbered
as herein described.” Any person who
violates these provisions or convoys or at
tempts to convey from any State in which.
cotton Is produced to any port or plate
Iwithouftlio United States any cotton upon
which the tax has not been paid Is liable toa
penalty of ono hundred dollars for each
bale of cotton so conveyed or transported,
or attempted to bo conveyed or transpor
ted, or imprisonment for not more than,
ono year, or both; and all vessels or vehicles
employed In such conveyance or transpor
tion are liable to seizure and forfeiture by
S roceedings In any Court in tho United
tates having competent jurisdiction;and
all cotton so shipped or attempted to be
shipped or transported without the
payment of the tax or execution of
transportation order may be forfeited to
the United States. Assessors and collec
tors are strictly enjoined to rigidly enforce
the provisions of this section.
Richmond, Sept. 21.—Tlio first nomina
tion by tho Republicans for the State Con
vention, made to-day In nanover county
was Wm. James, late Revenue Collector
and Jno. B. Crenshaw, a Quartermaster,
were nominated.
The city politicians are holding meetings
to mako nominations. All nominations so
far publicly mentioned, are those of per
sons who have become residents since the
■ar ended.
New York, Sept. 21.—Money a shade
easier; 7 on call. Discounts 7ul0. Gold
■l.'i'L Exchange dull.
Baltimore, Sept. 21.—Flour quiet, mid
previous quotations welt maintained.
Wheat firm; prime to eholco red 2.BOa2.75.
White corn 1.28: yellow 1.32. Oats 00a70e.
Bacon steady; shoulders 14jgc, other qual
ities unchanged; bulk meats not so firm;
mess pork 25.00. Lard lSL/nl'ic, Cotton,
and coffee have ruled exceedingly dull nil
tho week. Whisky dull and nothing do-
§kw York, Sept. 21.—Cotton a shade-
lower; salesof800 bales atSlaMJjO. Flour
dull; State superfine 8.00a0AO; extra 0.75a
10.40; choice 10.50al0.00; Western scarce
anil firmer. Western mixed com 1.26n
- "H. Mess pork 23.75021.
*KW Orleans. Sept. 21.—Cotton market
to-day dull nnd Irregular with aalcs of 50*
boles; low middling nominaly at21W; re
ceipts 224 hales; exports 1038 bales. Noth
ing doing In sugar only In the retail busl-
Incas. Molasses, no Louisiana; Cuba held
at 58. Flour, no superfine In market, but In.
request; other grades quiet but very firm;
extra 0.02K; eholco V*.25. Corn lit light
supply hut linn; yellow 1.25; white 1.30..
late quiet but firm, holders asking 80.
I’ork dull and declining; nominally 27.
Bacon quiet: shoulders 16‘.lal0; clear sides
lUjjalOK. Laril quiet blit firm; hy the ■
tlereollK; bv tho keg 13j 4 L Gold 143L'
al44. Sterling BCa5SU. 4
Charleston. Sept. 22.Cotton dull and In
active t sales 20 hales; quotatatlous nn-
eliango; receipts 28 bales.
Avgusta, Sopt.21.—Demand for home ■
consumption good. Sales to-day 431 chief
ly old cotton, middling, 21; neiv cotton
coming In dally. Weather unsettled.
Savannah, Sept. 21—Cotton dull and
heavy; sales light; middlin'' 22; receipts-
270 hales.
Mobile, Sept, 21—Cotton in fair demand..
sales 200 bales, market closing laril; mid--
tiling20; 100 hales sold yortrniay after-
close of market not ri--( K) It.ll; receipts 820. •
It It said that Gen. .sickle- hat been or
dered to report at the headquarters of.the.-
army at Washington.