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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.— Obituaries. [We publish 10 lines gratis, but will pub lish as many as 30 lines, for 20 cents for each extra line. If obituaries overrun these lim its we will have to abridge them. Our limi ted space obliges us to take this course. The money must accompany the obituary.] 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.) March 18—11 4t MRS. c. a7whight’s M ILUNAItY ST O 11 E, (Next Door to the Baptist Depository.) Cotton Avenue, Macon, Ga. IIATS Bleached, pressed and Trimmed ; Bonnets made and Trimmed; Hoop Skirts made and Repaired. Also for sale an assort ment of Bonnets, Ilats, Ribbons, Calicoes, Sewing Silk, Whalebone and other useful and necessary articles for ladies’ use. All work done with neatness and dispatch at the shortest notice. Work sent from tho country will be promptly attended to. Prices suited to the times. March 11—10 st* HE MAGNOLIA WEEKLY.—It compri ses eight pages, containing thirty-two col umns in new and beautiful type, devoted to the encouragement and dissemination of South ern Literature, Embracing Romance, Biogra phy, Poetry and Miscellany, A special department will be allotted to Gen oral News. The eerviees of the leading estab lished writers of the south, together with many of the first among (be younger favorites in the field of literature have been secured.— No effort, indeed, will be spared to give bril liancy and spirit to the columns ofthe “Magno lia” throughout its future career. The “Mgm>lia will be furnished to subscri bers tor twenty doljars per annum, or ten dol lars for six months. All Correspondents pleas* address SMITH A BARROW, Publishers. . * - 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.