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Macon, March 18, 1864 J
Richmond Correspondence of the
Index. *
Death of a Minister—Mortality among Refu
•gecs—Northern fanaticism and would be
desDOtisna —Dr. Seeley—A sign of the times
—A novel case.
Richmond, March 4th, 1864.
After my prolix dissertation on the politi*
cal aspect of affairs, last week,* you will be
pleased*to receive the assurance, in the outset,
that I propose at present to confine myself
more within the ecclesiastical sphere, and to
atone for excees. of length then by a corres
pondent brevity now.
Recent advices from Norfolk announce the
decease of Rev. Jeremiah Hendren, for many
years a Baptist minister in that city—not a
man of brilliant parts, it is true, but a sincere
believer in Christ and a faithful laborer for
the advancement of His kingdom. The cir
cumstances attending his death are worthy of
record. lie had been in feeble health for some
time, and his natural force, abated by age and
sickness, was doubtless still farther weakened
by the privations to which the “Southern'*
population of Norfolk were subjected under
the despotic orders of the Federal usurpers.—
At length, with all income cutoff, all business
suspended and all supplies exhausted, he was
brought face to face with the terrible alter
native of taking the oath of allegiance to the
United States or suffering his family to perish
for absolute want of bread. He yielded to tbs
pressure of necessity and took the oath. But
the shock to his feelings was so great that an
outworn body gave way under it. He never
sat up after returning home, and iu four days
was a corpse. The humiliation and cruelty of
that oath* killed him. Butler was as truly,
though in a different form, hi* murderer, as
the murderer of Mumford in New Orleans,
and will carry to the grave and “the final
audit” the blood of fell is venerable man of God.
The train of thought awakened by this in
cident recalls the wonderful mortality among
’ refugees. I know Baptist churches in Eas
tern Virginia, which, three years ago, were •
vigorous and flourishing, but which the return
of peace now would find on the vergeof extinc- !
tion—so many of the senior members, their !
“pillare,” have sickened and died, after flee
ing from home, before the march of the inva- ■
der ! And who arc responsible for these des- ;
olations ofs£ion ? Are not the professed min- I
isters of Jesus at the North, who, according to j
the Chicago “Times,” have been the chief
support of the corruption and tyranny enthro- j
ned at Washington ? If there were no other
and no worse results of the crusade which they
have instigated, embittered and prolonged,
could we forgot, ought wo to forgive, the dis- ]
honor they have brought on the name of re- \
ligion, and the outrage they have perpetra- ■
ted ou the principles of humanity? Neither
the nature of man permits, nor the grace of
God requires it. In the matter of Christian
sympathy, they Lave interposed an impassable
gulf between themselves and us. And yet to ‘
the vain dream qf Southern subjugation, they ;
have added tho far vainer dream of religious I
unity in time to come between the North and I
South—a unity which they insanely seek to j
further wresting all church property out 1
of our and thrusting themselves into the I
pulpits of our loved and honored pasters ! j
Isaac Taylor lias said: “The priest of super- j
stition rides an ass, the priest of fanaticism a j
tiger;” but these divines attempt to verify
both branches of tho saying in themselves :
having found the “tiger” in the Northern ar
my, they hope to find the “ass” in so much of
the Southern religious communities ns it may
not rend in pieces. But you know, and every i
true man iu the country knows, hovr utterly J
they “reckon without their host.” Should this j
appropriation of our houses of worship ever |
take place, we should feel that we had lived I
to witness the fulfilment of Hilary’s prophetic j
question with regard to churches, “Is there j
any doubt that they will be seats of Antichrist?” !
We should realize that the time had come,
when, for purposes gs social devotion, it be
hooved us to follow the ancient seers of whom
that father speaks, in their “retirement or
banishment to mountains, woods, and river
sides, prisons and whirlpools.”
But let us come away from underneath
these clouds. lam gratified to learu that the
comparative leisure of Rev. Dr. Seeley, in
connection with Hollins Institute, will be de
’ voted to the preparation of certain works with
which he has long proposed to enrich our re
ligious and general literature. No man in
our midst is master of a more nervous style,
or of a riper erudition ; in none do all the qual
ities necessary to high and tasteful Christian
authorship more signally meet; and I felici
tate the South on the prospect that a son of
hers, so thoroughly furnished for the task, will
contribute the aid of his eminent abilities to
ward lifting her into her proper literary rank
. among the nations.
It is a pleasant sign of the times in Virgin
ia, that we have had quite a number of acces
sions to our ministry of late. There have been
repeated instances of the ordination of young
and promising men and men of riper age—
the majority of them exempt from military
service on other grounds, and therefore not
liable to the sneer of the infidel as making
the pulpit simply a retreat from the bes6m of
conscription. Important positions, both in
the army and among the churches, have been
supplied in this way, #ith efficient laborers.
Colportage maintains its reputation as a
“church training school"—as a preparatory
discipline for the higher sphere of the minis
try. Among those recently inducted into the
sacred office, some who bid fair to fill it most
worthily have been engaged in the services of
our Sunday School .and Publication Board,
from the beginning of the‘war, as army col
porteurs. Shall wo not accept Has a token
for good, that God should thus be sending
forth more laborers, into His vineyard ? Is it
not a pledge that He does not design to have
this vineyard trodden under foot—that He will
not let-it out to alien husbandmen ?
I heard this morning of a somewhat novel
case, which may at least amuse your readers.
A Methodist field chaplain applied to the War
Department for a transfer to the post chap
laincy in a certain Virginia city. One of. the
reasons by which he enforced (or weakened)
his application was, that ‘the Baptists had
managed to secure a disproportionate num
ber of chaplains at that post!’ The Depart
ment, unmoved by his sectarian logic, refused
the transfer. I wonder whether he has ever
told his regiment of this abortive effort to get
rid of them !
Not long since, a correspondent of one of
our religious journals, iu a pen-and-ink sketch
of a deceased minister, said : “Even when he
described ‘the terrors of the law,’ be spoke
‘ln notes with many a winding bout
Os linked sweetness long drawn out,
With wauton heed-and giddy cunning
The.melting voice through mazes running,
Untwisting all the chains that tie ‘
The hidden soul of harmony.’ “
“The Pulpit of the Nineteenth Century,”
surely, never had a greater marvel than that
voice.
But I must close, if I would not break my
own voluntary pact of brevity—like a min
ister I wot of, whose people say that when
ever he begins with the promise of a short ser
mon, he is sure not to end until he has made
it greatly longer than usual. SEMEI.
* The letter never came.— Ed. Index.
Army Correspondence of the Index.
Davis’ Mississippi Brigade- 4 *Working men’V
Schools—lntilligent Bible Class—Wright’s
Brigade—Lecture on Gen. Jackson—Bab
tisms—Meeting of Chaplains—“ Come over
and help us"—An entire congregation ask
ing for prayer—Dr. Burrows—The “raid
ers”—Captured—Escaped.
A. N. Virginia, March Ist, 1864.
Perhaps I can give a better idea of our work
in the army by a few quotations from my
Diary. Satarday, Feb. 20th. Preached to a
large and very attentive congregation in Da
i vis’ Miss. Brig., and after preaching received
: five ter baptism. They are having a most
• precious revival in this brigade, and Rev. Mr.
i Witherspoon, the efficient chaplain ofthe42d
! Miss., is alone, very much broken down, and
j calling loudly for help. Already they have
i had a large number to profess conversion and
j the number of enquirers is daily increasing,
j Sunday, Feb. 21st. Preached this morning
; atMahone’s Va. Brig. Tlioir large cbapel was
i densely crowded, and I have rarely preached
|to a more attentive congregation. There are
only two chaplains in this brigade of five reg
iments, but they are working men and the lay
| brethren are earnestly aiding them in their
good work. Besides their chapel services
i they have regular Bible classes and praver
meetings in nearly every ‘ company in the
brigade, and classes in-spelling, reading, wri
ting, English grammar, Geography, Astrono
my, Mathematics, Latin, Greek, Ac. There
I are a number of tho men who did not know
their alphabet three weeks ago, who are now
j reading very well. There are men coming
J forward every week to make a public proses
! sion of religion and the genuineness of the
: glorious revival they had last Fall is attested
\ by the almost uniform consistency and activi
|ty of the young converts. After a substantial
! camp dinner 1 rode over to Wright’s Ga. brig.
; and got there just as their Sunday school was
i being opened. They had a large attemiance
of deeply interested young men and I felt that
it was good to be there. I tanght a class of
some twenty, and have rarely spent a more
pleasant, or (to me at least,) profitable hour—
I there was a sharpened attention to. the lesson,
| an eager enquiry after the meaning of partic
! ular passages, and an intelligent expression
j of opinion which is rarely found in the best
I regulated Sabbath schools in the churches at
] home. I turned away feeling that if I bad
j been unable to interest or profit the class they
| had certainly done both for me. At night
the chapel was filled with eager listeners as I
tried to point them to the .“friend that stick
eth closer than a brother.” After preaching
I received five for baptism, and went to my
quarters (four miles off,) enjoying the moon
light ride and meditating on tho great’ work
to be done in our army.
[I may add here, as likely to interest your
Georgia readers especially, that there have
been recently some twenty professions of re
ligion in Wright’s brigade, and there are still
a number of enquirers. They have only two
chaplains, Rev. Messrs. Cook and Stokes,
(Methodists) and while they are zealous and
efficient they cannot do all the work to be
done. They say that they would like to have
a Baptist chaplain in the brigade, as a large
proportion of the men are Baptists. Cannot
the Baptists of Georgia send on some earnest,
working man of God to labor as chaplain or
missionary among these noble men ?J
Monday, Feb. 22d. I went to Davis’ brigade
this morning to hear a lecture from the Rev.
B. T. Lacy on “The life and Christian charac
ter of Gen. T. J. Jackson.” The lecturer was
well prepared for his task by his intimate as
sociation with the lamented hero, and for two
hours he enchained the audience which, far
too large for the chapel, assembled out in the
open air. It was a fit and eloquent tribute to
a great and good man. After the lecture I re
ceived three others from Davis’ brigade and
. one from Wright’s, and we repaired to a mill
pond near by where some of the brethren had
cut off the ice from a space sufficient for our
purpose. We sang an appropriate hymn,
earnest prayer was offered and appropriate
passages of scripture read, and, in the. pres
ence of a large and* solemn congregation, I
“went down into the water” and “buried with
Christ in baptism” the fourteen young breth
ren whom I had received.
Tuesday, Feb. 23d. We to-day a very
interesting meeting of our Chaplains’ Associa
tion. After an earnest and practical sermon
from D. B. Ewing, we had very interesting
report oit,die religious condition of tb army,
showing revivals in several of the brigades,
and a hopeful state of religion in all. Nearly
every regiment has its Bible classes andpray
ermeetings, thousands of pages of religious
reading and all the copies of the word of God
that can be obtained, are regularly distribu
ted and great attention is being given to the
primary schools in which many poor fellows
are being taught to read and write. Tbes#re-’
ports clearly indicate that now is the time for
preachers to come to either as tem
parary missionaries or permanent chaplains.
A committee was appointed to prepare an ad
dress setting forth the religious condition and
wants of the army, and one to devise (if pos
sible) some plans to increase the number of
Bibles and Testaments for circulation among
the soldiers- Various other matters of inter
est claimed the attention of the meeting and
we adjourned feeling that our meeting had
been profitable as well as pleasant.
Wednesday, Feb. 24th. Preached this morn
ing to Kirkland’s N. C. brigade, which is on
picket near “Rapid Ann Station.” As they
had lost the use of their chapel by coming on
picket the services had to be held out doors,
but there was a large and attentive congrega
tion present despite the blustering day. After
preaching I received and baptized in the Rap
id Ann nine hopefnl converts. At night I
preached in Scales’ N. C. Brig, to awery large
congregation, and when at the close of the
service an invitation was given for all Chris
tians and all who desired the special prayers
•of God’s people to kneel, the entire eonyrega
tion promptly kneit.
And thus I might go on, but .these quota
tions must suffice Tor my purpose which is to
show onr brethren at home the great work
daily claiming our attention in the army and
to earnestly send them the Macedonian cry
“Come over and help us.” For several days
past I have been laboring with the Artillery
of Ewell's corps amongst whom there is a good
deal of religious ipterest. Rev. Dr. Burrows,
of Richmond, has been laboring with them for
a week with his usual success. lie has also
delivered his admirable lecture (which I am
glad to say will soon be published) on “Col.
Lewis Minor Coleman, the Christian scholar
and soldier,” and as Col. Coleman was attach
ed to this command at the time of his death
there was tho deepest interest in the lecture
and great good must have been accomplished
by its delivery.
We were interrupted on yesterday about
two o’clock by tidings that a large force of
Yankee cavalry were within a mile or two of
the camps and rapidty advancing. Every,
thing was put in immediate readiness for ac
tion, and a good deal of apprehension was
felt as there could be mustered only about a
hundred and fifty muskets to act as a suppqrt
to the artillery. It was determined, however,
to make a desperate fight to keep off the enemy
until our infantry supports could come up and
every preparation had been made when it was
discovered that the raiders had taken the
main road to Richmond and were making rap
id time in that direction. The Richmond pa
pers will give yon full information of their
subsequent movements and I shall be greatly
disappointed if they do not relate that.-most of
them succeeded, as f have many of prede
cessor*. in effecting their “on to Richmond.”
T regrot to say that they captured Lt<sol. 11.
P. -Times, Capt. Page and oight or ten others,
whir were attending a court martial about a
mile from camp. Our hoys are hoping that
they may conclude to try this route hacH as
we are now fully prepared for them.
—Vi.—
P. S.—March 3d, 1864. I am glad to be a
ble to say that Col. Jones, Capt. Page, Capt.
Watson and Lieut. Courtney have made their
escape from the raiders and returned te camp.
—W.—
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Mart Permelia Reese, daughter of Rowel
and Zarah Reese, deceased, was born Nov.
16,1839, and died Jan. 24th, 1863, aged 23
years, 2 months and 8 days. The tiuie shall
doubtless come when we may be able to think
of “Mollie,” to repeat that lovely name, with
out a tear, or sigh; but so long as we regard
all that is strictly estimable in human char
acter, we will not forget her memcrj'. It is
amidst emotion of excessive grief, that the
mind, totally absorbed in its own reflections,
can see no termination to its distress. We
sometimes can scarcely realize tho extent of
our misfortunes. Thus it is with the brother
who was devotedly attached to the sister who
had so often expressed the fondest affections
for him she almost idolized. For a timo the
world to that brother seemed but a dreary
waste. When alone and solitary, memory is
brooding over the past, fancy represents her
in all her affection and sisterly kindness.—
This ia indeed a sweet reflection, but ah ! thro’
the same channel which has filled the heart’
with rapture, it becomes • cruel in bringing
with it sadness and grief, as it fears the pres
ent. We are reconciled to the will of God—
Wo thank him that he has given unto his
children grace by which they leave a testimo
ny unto those who are left behind. In all her
relations of life, then, Mollie has left us this
testimony. In her social capacity, her relig
ious dpvotion, in expressing her extreme anxi
ety for a brother who was upon the eve of
abandoning the cause which he had espoused,
and in the.:very hour of death she gave unmis
takable evidence of her acceptance -with God.
Let us then be reconciled, and strive to meet
her in the land of rest, beyond this vaie of
tears. ’
‘-“Even so, father; for so it seemed good in
thy sight.” j. B. R.
Died in Hancock county, Ga., on the Ist of
Feb., 1864, AT J. Askew, son of Wm. and Ann
G. Askew aged 19 years 7 months and 16
day#. Another brave and gallant soldier im
ne more. Truly death loves a shining mark,
and plucks the rarest flowers first. He join
ed the State troops in 1863, and after enduring
the toils and hardships of.a soldier’s life. For
near six months he was permitted -to return
home and his last hoars were cheered and
comforted by the tender sympathies of his be
loved family. He bore bis sufferings with
calmness and appeared perfectly resigned to
tbe will of God. Having known him all his
life I can truly say, he was a dutiful son, a
kind, affectionate brother, and beloved by all
who knew him. May G.od bless his parents
and brothers and prepare them for a joyous
reunion in Heaven. L. C. PEEK.
Died at hia residence in Macon county on
the 14th of January, Mr. M. H. Leggett, aged
about 72 years. The deceased embraced
religion about 38 years ago, and was baptized
by brother James Henderson at Mount Gilead
church, Putnam county Georgia, ne was af
terwards chosen a Deacon of Travellers Rest
Baptist church wli'ch-position he filled for 24
years. His loss will be long and deeply felt
and bis memory and exemplary life will ever
be cherished by bis family and f.iemls. Thy
hoary locks and paternal vbice will bo no
more seen and heard around the family hearth
stone vfliich was the sacred sanctuary of thy
worldly affections and though the clods have
fallen upon tby generous bosom yet we behold
thee with the eye of faith resting thy aged
feet in some sunlit valley of heaven,enchanted
by tbe soft cadence of angelic music. Sleep
on undisturbed dearest friend in thy tranquil
slumbers and while the tears of affection are
distilled upon thy newly made tomb, we will
remember thy loss with epiotions of heartfelt
sorrow and look forward with Christian hope
to that bright period when we shall again meet
thee in the clime* of celestial beauty ! Fare
well.
“Hope looks beyond tho bounds of time,
Where what we now deplore,
Shall rise in full immortal prime
And bloom to fade no more.”
CLIFTON.
Receipts to March 12, 1864.
Joseph Reagan, Apr 17, 65. #5 00
Geo. 11. Katchford, Mar 31-, 65 10 00
Mrs A. E. Werline “ “ 10 00
H Petty, “ “ ........10 00
M Edwards, June 30, 65 10 00
Dr W Turpin, Oct. 31, 64 !.... 5 00
J B Haralson, Mar 31, 05 10 00
E P Macomson, Mar 31, 65 .10 00
A Owens, Oct. 31, 64 5 00
Mrs E V Battle, June 30, 65 5 00
Mrs S B Full, June 30, 65.. .5 00
Mrs S M Long, April 17, 65 10 00
Mrs Gen AII Colquitt, Mar 31, 65-.... 10 00
R E McGinty, Mar 31,65....... 10 00
Cada Malone, Mar 31, 65 10 00
Mrs E L Patterson, June 30, 65, ... 10 00
Prof S P Sandford, Nov 30, 64. 5 00
Rev T B Slade, Dec 31, 65 16 00
Mrs C II Wimberly, Mar 31, 65 10 00
J J Beverly, Mar 31, 65 ‘.... 10 00
Mrs R Chappel, Sept 11, 04 .5 00
Rev C A Tharp, Apr 10, 65 ~
C O Stillwell, Dec 31, 64 5-CO
(Part of receipt list left out.)
Cash received to send Index to Soldiers.
Mrs A E Werline, Pleasant Hi11,.'... .$lO 00
Mrs M Gresham, Columbus, Ga 10 00
Miss M E Smith .36 50
Miss Z Cosnahnm, 54 00
A soldier . .5 00
22d Ala Reg 20 00
W S Copley 1 00
E Cowart : 1 00
AN INTERMEDIATE
Historical Catechism
ON THE ©LI) TESTAMENT.
BT REV. W. J. MORCOCK.
THIS LITTLE WORK by ,he simplicity
of the Answers is adapted for small chil
dren ; whilst at the same time it may be made
interesting to those of larger growth ly re
quiring them to hunt out and memorize tho
references made to the Bible and other auth
ors. Farents will find if a valuable aid in im
parting a knowledge of the Bible to their
children and servants, (since it is entirely
free from sectarian bias, as all works on the
Old Testament must necessarily he from the
nature of the ease.)
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The “Mgm>lia will be furnished to subscri
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. * - Richmond, Va.
Confederate Money Wanted.
WE will sell at market value 1,000 sacks
best Virginia Salt, and will receive in payment
until the 20th of March, Confederate Treas
ury Notes including the SIOO Notes. Ihe
money should be sea4Jy Express or in some
other safe way, and tho Salt will be shipped
as per instruction as soon as possible or held
subject to order. SEAGO, PALMER A CO.,
Mar 4—9 2t Atlanta, Ga.
Confederate. States Depository. c
Macon, Feb. 26, 1864. j
Notice is hereby given to all holders of {
Treasury Notes not bearing interest, that they
may exchange the same immediately at this
office,for Certificates which will entitle them to £
four percent, bonds ;and that the said privilege ]
will continue until the first of April, ensuing; \
after which all Notes over the denomination of
T ive Dollars can be funded only at sixty-six 1
and two-third cents to tbe dollar except One ‘
Hundred dollar Notes, which after that date
are no longer receivable for public dues, and
can only be funded at an. additional reduction
of ten per cent, per month.
The Certificates issued together with tbe bonds
for which they may be exchanged, are receiv
able for Taxes for the year 1864, at tbe full a
mount expressed on the face without interest,
and are not subject to the tax imposed for that
year on other bonds and credits.
The short time allowed should admonish all
holders promptly to present the Notes and not
risk the chance of exclusion by the pressure
which will occur at the end of the month of
March. W. B. JOHNSTON,
10—4 t Depositary.
“[OFPiciAL PUBLICATION.]
[No. 116.]
An Act to reduce the Currency and to autho
rize anew issue of Notes and Bonds.
Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate
States of America do enact, That the holders
of all Treasury notes above the denomination
of five dollars not bearing interest, shall be al
lowed until tho first day of April, 1864, east
of the Mississippi river, and until the first day
of July, 1864, West of the Mississippi river, to
fund the same, and until the periods and at
the places stated the holders of all such Trea
sury notoe shall be allowed to fund the same
in registered bonds payable twenty years after
their date, bearing interest at the rate of four
per cent, per annum payable on the Ist day
of January and July of each year.
Sec. 2 The secretary of tho Treasury is
hereby authorized to issue the bonds required
for the funding provided for in tho preceding
section; and until the bonds can be prepared,
he may issue certificates to answer the pur
pose. Such bonds and certificates shall be re
ceivable, without interest, in payment of all
Government dues payable in
cept export and import duties. *.
Sec 3. That all Treasury notes of the de
nomination of one hundred dollars not bearing
interest which shall - not be presented for fund
ing under the provision of the first section of
♦his act, shall, from and after the first day of
April, 1864, East of the Mississippi river, and
the first day of July, 1864, West ofthe Missis
sippi, cease to be receivable in payment of
public dues, and said notes, if not presented at
that time, shall, in addition to the tax oi thir
ty three and one third cents imposed in tho 4th
section of this act, be subject to a tax of ten
per cent, per month until so presented; which
taxes shall attach to said notes wherever cir
culated, and shall be deducted from the face
of said notes whenever presented for payment
or for funding, and such notes shall not be ex
changeable for the new issue of Treasury
notes provided for’in this aft.
Sec. 4. That on all said Treasury notes not
funded or used in payment of taxes at the
dates and places prescribed in the first section
of this act, there shall be levied at said dates
and places a tax of thirty three and one third
cents for every dollar promised ou tlic face of
said notes. Said tax shall attach to said notes
wherever circulated, and shall be collected by
deducting the same at the Treasury, its depos
itaries, and by the collectors, and by all Gov
ernment officers receiving the same, wherever
presented for payment or for funding, or in
payment of Government dues, or for postage,
in exchange for new notes as hereinafter pro
vided and Treasury notes shall be fundable in
bonds as provided in the first section of this
act, until the Ist day of January, 1865 at tho
rate of sixty-six and cents on the dol
lar, und it shall be tbe duty of the Secretary
of the Treasury, at any time bet ween the Ist
of April, East, and the Ist of July, 1864, West
ofthe Mississippi'river, andthelstof Janu
ary, 1865, to substitute and exchange new’
Treasury notes for the same, at the rates of
. sixty-six and two thirds cents on the dollar:
Provided, that notes ofthe denomination of one
hundred dollars shalljiot be entitled to the
| privilege of said exchange: Provided, further,
that tbe right to fund any of said Treasury
notes after the Ist day of January, 1865, is
hereby taken away; and provided further, that
upon all such Treasury notes which remain
outstanding on the Ist day of January, 1865,
and which may not be exchanged for new
Treasury notes, as herein provided, a tax of
one hundred per cent, is hereby imposed.
Sec. 5. That after the first day of April
next all authority heretofore given to the Sec
retary of the Treasury to issue Treasury notes
shall be, and is hereby, revoked, provided the
Secretary of the Treasury may, after that time, •
issue row Treasury notes in such form as lie
may prescribe, payable two years after the
ratification of a treaty of peace with the United
States, said new issue to be receivable in pay
■ ment of all public dues, except export and im
port duties, and to be issued in exchange-for
old notes, at the rate of two dollars of the new
for three dollars of the old issues, whether said
old notes be surrendered for exchange by tbe
holders thereof, Or be received unto the Treas
ury under the provisions of this act : and the
holders ofthe new notes, or of the old notes,
except those of the denomination of one hun
dred dollars, after they are reduced to sixty-six
and two-third cents on the dollar, by the tax
aforesaid, may convert into call certificates,
bearing iuterest at the rate of four per cent,
per annum, and payable two years after a rat
ification of a treaty of peace with the United
States, unless sooner converted into new notes.
See. 6. That to pay the expenses of the Gov
ernment, not otherwise provided for, the Sec
retary ofthe Treasury is hereby authorized to
issue six per cent bonds to an amount not ex
ceeding five hundred millions of dollars, the
principal and interest whereof shall be free
from taxation ; and for the payment of the in
terest thereon, tho entire net receipts of anv
export duty hereafter laid on the value of all
cotton, tobacco and naval Btores, which shall
be exported from the Confederate States, and
the not proceeds of the import duties laid, or
so much thereof as may be necessary to pay
annually the iuterest, are hereby specially
pledged. Provided that the duties now laid
upon imports, and hereby pledged, shall here
after be paid in specie, or in sterling exchange,
or in coupons of said bonds.
Sec. 7. That the Secretary of the Treasury
is hereby authorized, from time to time, as tbe
wants of tbe Treasury may require it, to sell
or hypothecate for Treasury’notes, said bonds
or aDy part thereof, upon the best terms he
can a-) as to meet appropriations by Congress
and at tbe same time reduce and restrict tho
amount of circulation in Treasury notes within
reasonable and safe limits.-
• Sec. 8. The bonds authorized.by the 6th
section of this act may either be registered or
coupon bonds, as the parties taking them may
elect, and they may be exchanged for each
other under such regulations as the Secretary
of the Treasury may prescribe ; they shall bo
for one hundred dollars, or some multiple of
one hundred dollars, and shall, together with
the coupons thereto attached, be in such form
and of such authentication as the Secretary
of the Treasury may prescribe ; the interest
shall be payable half yearly, on the first of
January and July in each year; the principal
shall be payable not less than thirty years
from their date.
Sec. 9. All certificates shall be fundable,
and shall be taxed in all respects as is provided
for the Treasury notes into which they are
convertible, if not converted before the time
fixed for taxing the Treasury notes. Such
certificates shall from that time bear interest
upon only sixty-six and two-thirds cants for
every dollar promised upon their face, and
shall be redeemable only in new Treasury
notes at that rate, but after the passage of this
act no call certificates shall be issued until as-,
ter tbe Ist day of April, 1864.
Sec. 10. That if any bank of deposit shall
give its depositors the bonds authorized by the
Ist section of this act in exchange for their
deposits, and specify the same on the bonds
by some distinctive mark or token to be agreed
upon with the Secretary of the Treasury, then
the said depositors shat) be entitled to receive
tho amount es said bonds in Treasury notes,
bearing no interest and outstanding at the
passage of this act: Provided, the said bonds
are preseuted before the privilege of funding
said notes at par shall cease, as herein pre
scribed.
Seo. 11. That all Treasury notes heretofore
issued of the denomination of five dollars
shall continue to be receivable in public dues,
as provided by law, and fundable at par under
the provisions of this act, until tbe Ist of July,
1864, East, and until the Ist of October, 1864,
West of the Mississippi river; but after that
time they shall be subject to a tax of thirty
three a.nd a third cents on every dollar prom
ised on the face thereof, said tax to attach to
said notes wherever circnlated, and said notes
to be luudable and exchangeable for new
Treasury notes, and herein provided, subject
to the deduction of said tax.
Sec. 12. That any State bolding Treasury
notes received before the time herein fixed for
taxing said notes shall be allowed untiljhe
Ist day of January, 1865, to fund in six per
csnt. bonds of the Confederate States, payable
twi?n ty years after date, and the interest
able semi-annually. But all Treasury notes
received by any State after the time fixed for
taxing the same, as aforesaid, shall be held to
have been received diminished by tbe amount
of said tax. The discrimination between tho
i notes subject to the tax and those not subject
, shall be left to the good faith of each State,
. and the certificate of the Governor thereof
shall in each case be conclusive.
. Sec. 13. That Treasury notes heretofore is
sued, bearing interest at the rate of seven dol
. lars and thirty cents oa the hundred dollars
, per annum, shall no longer be received in pay
s ment of public dues, but shall be deemed and
. considered bonds of the Confederate States,
, payable two years after the ratification .-of a
, treaty of peace with the United States, bear
ing the rate of interest specified on their face,
r payable Ist of January in each and every
i year.
Sec. 14. That the Secretary of the Treasu
ry be and he is hereby authorized, in case the
exigencies of the Government should require
it, to pay the demand public creditor,
whose debt may be contracted after the pas
sage of this act, willing to receive the same
in a certificate of indebtedness, to be issued
by said Secretary in such form as he may deem
proper, payable two years after a ratification
of a treaty of peace with the United States,
. bearing interest at the rate of six pfer cent per
annum, payable semi-annually, and transfera
ble only by special endorsement, under regu
lations to be prescribed by the Secretary of
the Treasury, and said certificate shall be ex
empt from taxation in principal and interest.
See. 15. The Secretary of the Treasury is
authorized to iucrea4f“ the number of deposi
tories so as to meet the requirements of this
act, and with that view to employ such of tho
banks of the several States as he may deem
expedient. - v.
Sec. 16. The Secretary of the Tit&sury
shall forthwith advertise this act in such news
papers published in the several States, and by
such other means as shall secure immediate
publicity ; and the Secretary of War and the
Secretary of the Navy shall each oau6e it to
be published in general orders for the infor
mation of the army and navy.
The 42d section of the act for the
asessment and collection of taxes, approved
May 1,1863, is hereby repealed.
Sec. IS. The Secretary of the Treasury is
hereby authorized aud required, upon the ap
plication of the holder of any call certificate,
which by the first section of the-ltct provides
for the funding and further issue of Treasury
notes, approved March 23d, 1863. was requir
ed to be hereafter deemed to be a bond, to is
sue to such holder a bond therefor upon the
terms provided by said act.
Approved Feb. 17, 1864.