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Our Country's Independence.
GEORGIA. ^EBRtJARY 1 28
[From the Meridian Clarion.]
WAR TAX OFFICE.
-■ . : '.FOMYTH/CEOEGrA, 1
* n ‘‘ i : Pobraaiy 6il>, 1865.
Ta Assessors and Collector! of the Confciltrotc.Tcz:
■ The following ".Additional Inotructlons in reCvr-
cnce te (he UeeUfeeht end collection of t!..- I i„
here been received from tiio Commissioner of
tares, nnd the epeeial 'attention »f AaMuonand
CnUectere is eelled-to them.: - -
tlheynre.inslructed to proceed, with ns liulo .1. -
lay as possible, to' the assessment and collection V
the tax on Income and Salaries, arid tho.immcdiatc
collection ofall taxes rihiclt tire nottr due.
• Soap—A Patent Claimed.
If no one han.made tlte discovery and procured a
patent I hereby claim me for making soap I
t hereby give the beoeat of (be same to the Clari
on office. . "
' This morning my aricnOosrwancallW to a pot -of
ley hominy by toy iwinscwomans—top tnaeh water to
get moat, and we have to aubsist on ley hominy af
such .times—I called the .woman 'apd directed the
corn totte taken aad the ley saved. first tiyiiig'U and
iinding.iUo be.betier soap than I have paid two dot.
.Ursapouadjgr.i, - ^
] Jearo tile re was near three pecks of com and
abe6t JhiHy'iiaa ft*-of strong tey. and it boiled for
foor hoars.'. Tlte hominy Is at tins moment noder-
•oitig a cleaning to be eaten to-morrow. Tl'i" i»
no Joke.snd t tjii.pk the own who talked of'making
soap Iron shock's,'theant Corn. We have eleven
quarts of better soap tlun some of our hard Cases
would have charged me hill forty dullam for, and the
bominy made.. . ...
If I aid not io error this tea blessing in these times
ndieo grease Is scarce. I hope it- may benefit oar
peoplp, apd Ihos 1 prig be qnite paid for this.
1*1 some other person test it and then circulate
the result. - • ' “
A Refugee or Mat ’6S,'
t charge of, the Vaysld® Homo,
to bo made tothe Frosidcnt of
.Telegraph & Confederate will
]iv Et H-Hionan.
OS BUilAD st.—at the old stand.
nates of Advertising.
ich insertion of eight lipes,« less—...$fi 00
, At!tiumi?*tratio .810 0JT
1 iipmdo I....... 15 00
lljirtliaiwhip...... 10 00
ntaaiiiAioii from do ... ...... 15 Off
n.'tnrd ;i:ivi Creditors , 15 00
* tj H lidtatt* tad No»ro<3*,per square 5 Of
• :inl JItjgroea, per square.'.-5 00
i’ropoityj$3 pur square Cor each iaser-
U--rtisinij wife,4 insertions,®WM|» advance.
ns, fox skins, otter'
kins, nnd ; all other
^ I want them for
>m pay the bigh-
them- I will pte
.fckins; agoodooon
I m WA^T rabbit skins, co
skins, mink skins, bet
skihs that hare Tar upon
- WHICH CAU ue
made available without anv detriment to the cause
or disaffection to the per pic.' We ore under th* im-
,h?re V 0 -' 1 ' Icilst a r ' ll! ar,n y.corps of
‘,mri2br?f C /"-’r n a scattered through the
tiinUcof iho Confederacy, acting wiihont w..batty
mini Congress, or Secretary of War, whocbold be
ofmfinitelymore e^Vvice in the field lblti where they
* res . Not only at e\cry important post and city in.
(be Sooth do we find a commandant wUh his half
dozjti assistants and froth R. doatm to one- hundred
Provost guards, but also ** tvery; little insignificant
village and cro^s roatH doggery in the fand mow or
ess or Ihoso superrimniraries are sumgly cijsco*s»h1.
And for wh^tJ? Siinpiy to enforce the maife*t du v
est cash prices, or swop .hats 1
a good rabbit luxt for sixty tab
• hat- for two.doxot^good. coon
hat.for three bearer.skins.; a'
pounds of clean washed woo
and cut from the live sbeep?s J
skins most bo taken from tbsi
BXI :CiJT0&$SXLB$4
W ITxL be-sola oh the first Tuesday in March
licit, before Ibe-Gonrf Houeo door in Alba-
ny. tin., opp Negro"Woman named 8AP»» dv years
»ld, and her five cfiildren, tt th«property of the
estate df Fannld MV CMfUnW&l deceased, in compti
aaco with her last wiU.and*«*tpwcnt; Tertpa cash
WM. NEWSOME, Executor.
Albany, On., Feb. 10* 18Co.
: Additiqnal Instructions.' '
Vo Tax Officers in .reference to the
A FINE POEM,
beautiful lines were wrlftch on the
f tlie burial of the gallant Kentuckians
ns!y foil at Buena Vista, in the Ceindtery
;.ri. Kenluckv. The author, CrL Theo-
ra, is as-gallant a soldier JiShe is a gifted
iic Aususta Consiituiionalist says. Cot
a native of Kentucky, a gentleman of the
Untie attainments, has distinguished hiin-
editor in his own commonwcaUh and in
cs of the South. But while he is a man
by profession ho is a soldier by inslinet.-
jican war, tliongh but a youth, he fought
lnUic unfortunate exi>edltiop.tN Lope*,
f.kt»i'tn>n of Cuba, he was a Ideut. Col-
;• «¥tvr hero, lu the onset of our revolu-
junawleii nn Alabniua Begiment in Vir-
1 fll'i.'vwards chief of ?taff to his old
,.nal friend, Gen. Breckinridge: •
mutt- I drum’s sad r«dl has beat
u'e.'Mtcr’v last tattoo! .
nn life’s pnrnde shall meet ‘
,?• brave and fallen foe! ’* '
an-'' .'-.cvn/il champing ground,
,cir «ilcnt Irnts are spread, *
.- c-v it.ards. with s«demn round, . • <
3t biroiuw* of the dead. • ' - • r 4
oeorgfa—dOughbiity'COCnty.
N OTICE ft Iimby given t» all person!eencernml
Uiac <m (be 8th of January. 1805, S-. 8.
“rawfoni. late of Dougbejty, departort tbie life An-
testate, and no-person has applied for administra
tion on the estate of said S. S. Crawford,’and that
in terms of the law administration will be west** in
thffClcrk of the Superior Court, or so 9 ie other fit
and proper person, thirty days after the publicktion
of this notice, Unless soma Valid objection is made
to"his appointment. - 1 . . . '
Girpn under ipy hand and. official signature* this
Oil. fi ? y otFebrnary.lStk,. ^ .
Feb. 8tb, 1805. Xlrdinary.
Assessment Coilection of the
. l;ieo*ine T:t\. , - .
. . Office of Commissioxkh, or. Taxes,
. » . Jlichinoftd, J^n. 17. 1805.- /
i, Since the “ Supplemental Instructions’,” dated
8d September, 1803, werp issued from this'office,
the law has been changed !n several, particulars, to
which your attention is directed. The word> In
come.'’ as used in the law, does not mean the pett
balance a person may. have, after the deduction of
expenses, but is the gross amount of receipts for
btive their beads measuved and send me Uie-diman-
sions. , • ■ t- • ,/
mUSS’ REGISTER KF.YIVED.
prospectus Of
TBEE COUNTRYMAN.
S 'lLES’ Register, the most useful journal eve*
■ iratied in America, has been" revived 'im
^HpUblicstton of The Countryman. Tlit journal
is-a fae simile of its original in the numben_Mj(«p«
of iu pages, its typography,’ and nil tho featuro.
which gave value to'she standard publications ts^
sued by Mr. “NBes. ' ' . ■ '
: Besides the features of Niles’ Register, The Cobh-,
tryman has others which should render it still more
attractive—to dit: « department of eleganfllfera-
ture. rejCetlng thtf style ofyankee literary jonrnato,
and modeling itself after the best English miscella
neous'weeklies, but, at the same time; being stamped
with an independent southern tope, ^original with
and peculiar to itself. ‘ , ^ v
An altogether novel feature with it* is that it is
publshed in the country on the editor’s plantation,
niue miles from any town or village, and devotes
much attention lo agricuUurt. Yural sports, Md ev
ery thing that interests the couutry gentleman.
• The Countryman id a handsome quarto, of lod
ges. published weekly on the editor’s, plantation,
near EatontOn. Ga., tO which aU cemmunications
should be addressed. »•* »4yiiS -
Our terms ire $5 for throe
annum. , ^nUaU reaiW.^ ^^^^ '
t *t**srir s ^ -Batonton,Gs^
December 22*.18G 1-41- ~ *
the St. Johns riv»*r, all i*afe. I have 85 prisoners,
including one Ueut. Culoucl, badly wounded, uire*
Captains, oue lJcutenuul and several non-comrais-
sioned officers, many small arms, 10 targe fine wa
gons and tiwmr,; landed with cotton, and about 55
hordes and mules and one large 4 horse ambulance
—all c* mplete. Koemy's loss, killed'5, including
an Adjutant. WomMed 4, including the Colonhf.
By tfw* protecting liaiyl n'. JBvine Providcnc, com
mand are all safe Uml well.
’.night haunts
tun. • : .wui.proJao r !p ra )’. 1 l "» t 'bj. "p" hWVaatlfeffificb have so
otherwise aruV^utrea 4 lx»rfie heavily iMion us*, nt.vy*be fisrsetf’CwajrSby
Thet|S"on^4*i«eie^ili.iot«:; .ilwt Hj*su«t aming greto
irodTVnt dnihosd'em-i<u.»JV.itcople,^-id 1IUdivine wisdi tn.imparled
«c Who Hw.in.iii*!..-..IWpiwjjtilcusatlmt the I.'/»!.of ilqots wih be withpnr
srsd by the.Amcssoi-spffijor u.-«"4w«»twf «mr enemies; and
IpduClcdj/roip ihe tax*tn«t Ho wilt »rrai > lMilhiy tak^ onr ta;u>e-into His own
if tax.’ 5 ' The tax on hand a-id nieVi'ituHy csfidyHsh-.tor uwkt lasting, just
; • :r oa . , I and hq.mriiUepeai'C-mdindependence. - • - ,
not to be assessed or Ami let ijbj «*i fbrget-to render pula Ujsi holy,name
tlu; thanks anil praUe uhi«*b are stf justly due' His
great Hlne-s.-and'-fur t!jC many merries whiich He
NITRE AND ’MINING
• Bureau. , -
T>EKSON8.Josiring oontmats villi this Bureau
f for tb< manufacture oi Nitro or l’otasii, wtil
Jufjfe.3 CoVLcwi, Tumlin al Albany,’0a;,-vho la
my Atutmfi). for Sbolb-Westem Georgia. -AUvho
wiali to (tell Bo—ir-.Coppcr, fr., -u- cxclianqa tbo
same for 1‘owto .a^iSbtHLb^Jinjg® *SR Jj?
exchange supplies of SUbSilWpOV ror ^Ofaanj WMi
address him.- * ' ’ ‘
- HENRY P. FARROW, \
• CapU & Sup’t Nitro &- r“ -
Contraband Trado In Yankee Whiskey.
The G/pjmdu correxpf*mI m of llie. Mem-dws Ap-
je.*!, writing on the 3d ine>ant,thus alludes to the //«>*. IF. Tl.
s anda!ous tr-uli* of Confejenttr cotton for Yankee Dear Sin
whiskey. We think a sdop onght.to he pul to this: » >or t) f t| tl . ‘jo
The reporfed passage ofm hill to seize all thd cot-r t* 0 ne-fifth flu
ion and tobacco; couphxl with 1i* liberality of the fioncer’s ciin
Yankees in wratniog penuits, hiTs giwn a new im- tlio passage *
pulse t«^b!o<*Ka<!e runnnig, an«l I am told that not a r\have the
d »y passes but tlie road beyond Herttsddo is filled bring iilvnlvi
with Mnc.K»»dc wagons'going*iif With cothm and re* the Attorney
tnm Ud» r n wTlfi ** D<*an£and Magnolia ” whiskey ] could not hat
and Yankee ..wares, s ~ **' 4 ‘
•people of the inW r;ni r^-s-r. _ r , r ^ _ ...^ r <
in this illicit irufilc ; nnd nu re their son*, bivop- The Tax t
a r king ill the op n air fliese bitter cold nighls ilefeu- | ;i rcordingiy.
I ding i!»C ^Vertivs <»( flieir country. Think of the
] up*p picket one of thrsc bleak,cold aighfar, drawing
hi< thrcadbarr blsnkel nrotib-l hM wHrrerrng frame,
nnd peering into tUc? AyknCVs heybod m {Jnest of the
hated f*KC lest, hd rieep.piniwa'es upon lifs sleeping i
comrtdas, and cherkroffThe risitrgslgh as the tmnYi . -J.
uf tie. V Ved . n s at home.cove up onbi <fcn,and .u»* lo r.i,p
perchance' panping to oyipe -away will* 'the rough j_ nmrnt „r
! fltaeve of l»»« ja< kef a tear shat comes welling op at atl0 ” pt to
the thought* of hiwm*4lier andsisters, wlm are, per- mnrh ^ iln( j,
4»aps, up-si their beialed knees praying to Him who "j ”
watches overwii, to shield ami shelterl&eir patriot
bov fu the distant camp, and restore him unharmed i t *
tq ihe»o ; while a) the same fropr of night|^jp,
la carefully wonjlc» Wa wa^<bvt>ngli nur pi. kct» ;|JggJ' t r o
with CiiM.ni to hHI to .lie cneti*a .1 W« cmmtry m .,
return for .heir ware. tte tife-bl.nrf nriil.
Can time tiling! be ? Can a father thue ttafiic vith , •JgJJ
those whose hands nwf at any‘m«>mcn», sod perliapa. ,
,re; red whh the bTotol, nF liia offapnngY yon jak.— u
flic flashing blade,
.1-tajinonade,
- INCOME TAX FOR 1864.
A LL Persons Ate reijuipitLto oome forward and
. give in a -list of thcir : income for 18B4, and
pay the tax thereon\ Tiie foUo>vin*j nreaompof the.
sources From which income are derived : * - -i ‘
tal.' Rent of houses, lands, tenements, manufac-
I it ring-and mining estwhlisliinents* fixtures and 'roa*,
chinery, mills, springs of SilJt or oil, veins of coal,
.iron or Other, minerals. M ^ ^ . . ' . 1.3
3d Mann fact«»ring and mining. '
'3d. Navigating «*nlerj>risei?. *
• 4th. Shipbuilding, * <*v
5th. Sale of merclstnduc and all o.her prope<ty>
real andporsonal.
6tl». The iucome.&rivpd-lrora any other occnpa-
tion, profession, employment ol labor, skill or money
whatever, (except froip the sale by thp producer
himself of uis own products, which are taxed in
kind. l *
• All persons In flu * district are required by them*
selves or .their agents, to-come forward-and give in
and pay Paul tax in 3J days, or show that they have
bas extended >vb ! us irbid fhe trials and suflemgs of
ibis protracted aml hiootly. wHr.
Now tlieref^re, J, Jvneii.*n f)avis, President ol
flie Coufoder.Jte States qf A’merica, <Fo Wue .this my
J priX?lamr.firtrt, appointing Friday,’ the' 10th day of
March next, as a day of pablic 1 tasting, humiliation
dnnbt, it was submitted to
llis decision is, that tlie law
i-jrr r-br-v- i--r ^ , on..u .w.n •-^-active epenriinn, and applies
and a witftM astonish the loyal»only to the commissions on sties made subsequent
»r ip seethe class peep’e engag'd j^o rhe passage of the Act. . ,: •*
* ui.—- .« " •ctors will be immediately in> - trocted
Vcjrv Rrspccftnllv. x-
/* G f ,A,Ti:ENH(Vl4L;
Albany, Decetftber fitb, x ll
V. S. WAU ftEPARTMEST,
Nitre and Mlnlii? Iiurcan.
DlSTBICr OF GEOIU3IA, \
■ ::> *. -Macon, Dec: 26, 1804. / .
PAVING ordered my Assistant, Cplonel Lewis
[_ Turaliui to duties irf anotber portion of tb«
e, wnleb will require bis absenos from Albany
% few weeks, iwwens haviug^nrinasa wJtb^Ms
cau in South-Western Georgia will address,*/
MU>AY,
OF AMERICA,
CCSFEDEttATE
W.\n DtffAnTuakT, Bear.Au or tjo^scmtmox, V
• * <Richmond, Nov-. 25th, 1804. )
CittcucAR No. 35. THe , ^ /
Generals commanding Reserves in flic respective
States will proceed forthwith, and with tke.utmcsC
vigor,' to organize for Continuous lbfcal service to bo-
mastered'in for tbo war,!’ companies to consist of q)l.
jpon.found fit for. ligbf ^uf not, otherwise as
signed and, actually employed, 6t mqn transferred tt>'
‘the “ fHvaufi^brpa,” and fbun«l'fit‘ for tbe duties
of battle blew—
glory tide—
old chief! ain knew;
rengtli could bWle.
. HENRY P. Fj
Capt. A Sup’t Nitre a
command,
own loved land,
•ning K’tk
Albaoj. s
, sbocier )
L rviu
I'bsfsma*
■MW:.
gore.
it'born laurels ere
be dremed the'so
lives for glory too.
-WtSfl-tor biraai^adS^CTinl iV.v.h* of Two I
odred •SMW|frr,.fl»* i *y——*
«... «..tcd lots*
• They Will bo
medicabaften-
tion furuiahqd. , 1 also wish to ..hire or purchase a
few good teams.
*■■■.' ^ + P.^AtBOURr^
v . , OpUMbp’A Nlire.k-Mining
jy a Non her * brent b has swept
‘2 !••(* pitying pky hath wept, ^
c 'kc moulder’d slain. .
or eagle’s flight,», •
dvc lay, ^
alien h« igkt
:tion y
[»VikC:
HBISOS.
- ' ■ • Jon. K
Albinj; P6b. 33, i8B3.-pt
' -A ’(jES *leIIit.—\ COUUlI
ovrr-iKWnpUf l-id fi* M. W
GEORGIA-MITCUELt COUKTY.
A U. ‘ ftcraori! indabted to. .lie eotote t
^i.-CdUinO, late orarilireouOTy.-aodaiMW
•niartod to maba iimnedtato*oymcnt1 Aba
clain^ tlgataat said dacoaaedorUI Srtwoa^
authenticated in terms of IbeV”- Wbcf
1864* JOS. & Io.A.TK'COfiJ
i Powaberia.Mtlg - (.«<.'
GEORGIA— MITCHKI.L COUMR>
yyUfWM Eljiabcth Palmar apr'ie'
ael t^alnicr.^oie of aibFhoumy.'dcc'tl: .
dciice. * tVvotinn and valor multiply iMinrber.., a™
1 lui ’means of co'nrcniraiwm af pjanUi fs better
lhan vast armies dpenuiog withrtnt coficctl ol pur
pose. r The- erMsular n niiiea of Rn.n* werar rerety
JO,000 men,-rand frib •tjipssi' they ^ooquared 'tW
workl. XeboplaTn 'cftndiictcd ’ Ills nwsterly retreat;
of Persia tvdtr f<i,bl)ftwin, nnd B^jl*
tlinfes, with thd same number, vanqulsl»ed rlie lu#ts
of pujioa. Alexander set' t)6t to eonqhcr Aw* with
lie l>nrk and Bloody Ground i
1,1 n ' ,t slumber there,' ' "
r inger Mej.s aud tongusa rfHWhd
’ ^l»e heedless air.
r n proud land's heroic H«ul *
U y.,ur filter grave, ..
a*from vriir her richest spoil,.
111144 uf 1.. I..... "
of TbofM
ecyoaod. on
paviuaat.--
irdin| <» **•
MAS,
eemaS,
the most
; .wK^™* w f a
neigldsirbww,
,l|»ey roiitil whip a feuyment.
ff 0»at‘«n. they'bp
tnvfll oMy th’fk wuKw
striti Wlauil,-
»h that parent turf they rest,
bom the gory field, * t 1 \ *-
10 % Spartan mother’s breast 1 •*.
P>»ny s bloody shield.
Munine of their native sky
f * “ d ’j tn them here,
l^rcd and hearts watch by
tlieiiMHiey -at all.” -y .vvi*
M It Uaa hesii n4^risrt xtvirn loro^ajvcrthelere,
replied the paison.-•? | always^vmdMD^nuch better
when Have money iamy pocket-” b : ova ^ ^
Tbe bfcH WM <akMi^una tbe buUpce of ids Mlteyj
Was got together flte follQwiPg: da/; ‘ J
1 *’ l^ Miij. , Geh- ^ 4 orrrtt lias divided fits department
into twn aiib-dfirtrtctf.' Alt’-oT W^i TAwSdde^lul
the counties of Noxubee, Wlnstoo, IMfoc* and
Washington, in Mis-^ihi-ippi, coiiiilitiite L dwtrict
one hutulred milt
-trot,’ Btjtvlcbro. '
K embalmed and aalnjed dead!
f m ihe tloou you gaveT.
r iU * footsteps liere shall tread.
I J b> 8« jour grave. .
I*- your glory be forgot,
l« ramf her record keeps,
points ihe hallowed spot,
r ' alor r p oudly sleeps.
lint minstr fl’« voiceless stone, ■
i 4lUc,a foags shall tell,.* .
* T aals!»ed age’hath flown,;
hy u determined people,
■anro.tha! this war will
ince to the cajqlogue.—
1 fight as iW^oudjjce
ht., , WeIiavc.nqt>K^
by the l’liuvd of Surgeons so transferring ±
all dHaoled soldiers pronounced by tlie to
pdicat Examining Board' as teraporketty nj
’ 1 I...* fit- r.*iii. ni
c*r iflnstiroiis inf
.uot.j-ct bccitn
JOllS 0.1HUNEIt.
- • A'ltiiifi i-tin tor.
of tho tow.,. V
Camilla,-peo. 12, 18C4.
^PoripoTlplTAitllli
"4AY virtue, of an oyifcr. -
- J0r of MltolrtH eoatiy VI
llnuHo .loor in Lh» lo-a,ol
-tMitoarrlAeliui At forthodnticaproaorihefl -
bovo aiicular-.ftoiu tlui Iiurcan of .Cnwerip-
11 •giJ T W ! . lr W«rtJU,onc»4» Majoa Howland
[ujpvciiiMofCoiiacrifition vrllirtpMI tolbos.
a»UAathjttawit^of *uch Bntolling twficcr,,
' 13Officers,.man asaigued lo the
ut buck lu 'ilioir
rat. ilad all of
;e1# Ihey could
now notorious in
Air the buv7.a(ds
.. * : bkv nmo Bovs,:
F*«rjhow j. Mi.
r*, UVI- cliaajb, „„ r wiotci’a'biigHt,
l“»c, remorseless doom,
Iran’ 1 * of ’““'.J r ‘K*‘ l '
If b jour g.orioas tomb. ,
1^‘A l’, ;ir ^
|p . ^’iMingii and
■111* 1 Tr were
■ e ' rt ‘* r h nd inccr v
■all. 11 needs on!
fyy l u * ‘ l OVCr
^un reference lot
■0*'h*urc.
fcl’sJil tonlrict, confined
Kfir V" ">»ny «*!»«■
BL-i.- the lan yard, and arc
The 1 inidtoltomuH 1
■ w ‘ !l receive the attention nf ihe
lots in the town i}f 1
lrnebts
toftSttV
-Altliough
•tion, ifud Eocal ^Infol*
forward orfddr goardf
>s within the wails
wholly .destroyed,
die premises was
ngeoTaflt*
ads-high,
nwjtbcrp.
s ormoepepoen^u ■nno t .
Slat?* have-expended onln^bojft 1
.L and three onces by
mutton lose fourtcun otin
" X oona«liy rottsiwg,
, by bAk'US-
I Above
t.1 eAa^itft^WcmlS*'
ilili Uieto.