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11-,n. Tjiom;•*<>•» Allan, the Commissioner of
'lax*-***, ha; U aicfcl the lollowing addition i* in
».truction<*t adapted to the amendments of the
tax laws of It y-i. and to the act im{» sing a • : ‘-
tior.al taxea, approved 17th February, it L
which will !.•; duly observed by all offl -r <
xryed in tlx- a«s< -sment an l collection of taxes
1j: the Confederate S atea :
1. Interr-it bearing Treasury notes, uwally
knuwa as tire 7 30 notes, are no long i- to be re
ceived lit payment ol tuxes. •
2 No certificate of deposit for taxes, made
since 17 th Feb. 1801, v. ill be received in pay
ment of taxes.
Any money received nu snob eer.ihcate intis
b« returned as ilb-trally paid.
3 Hat.dl dealers whose quarterly sales ex
reel SIOO and are F -s than SSOO, shall p v
sZf> specific tax and where their quarterly hP->
exceed SSOO, tbo specific tax shall be s>om
heretofore. tN here such sae; are les than SIOO
l >e party is exempt from tbo specific tax.
.
or offer t > sell slaves rliall be deemed a Tihote
»ale dealer.
.7. t ’orit: a 1 tor* ; - wiring for and selling their
own products exclusively to the Confedeiate
♦pales to an amount not exceeding $ >,OOO a
vc.tr* and dt-ttfeni that wril exclusively to soi:-
mw-tk. and not to other to sell again, are de
clared re*ail dealers.
C. Distiller •> are requirced, a= lieretotor-, to
Ti.tv 2(1 per centum on ah a, and also 2b per
centum on the value of nil liquor; distilled ior
others, j Iris refers exclusively to general dis
tillers, and not to distillers of fruit for ninety
days or less. The tax on distillers is declared
to be a lien ou the still or stills, and upon the
other articles and fixtur. k used, and shall Lave
priority over a'.l other liens.
7. Twenty days r.r.- allowed-register 'd per
sous to rn ike their quarterly returns, niVr the
expiration of a quarter, and payment of the tax
is isquired to be made within such time as the
(Collector shall designate; time not to be h-.-s
than ten, nor more than thirty days from -late
of notice.
8, When the income on any manufacturing
or mining business, is derived from the produc
tion of pig metal or bloom iron from the ore.
lilt-re shall be deducted the cost of labor, food
mid necessary rep lira.
M. When the farmer or planter shall fail to
ilrllvei Ids tuxes in kind, as required by law, he
Is required to pay live times the estimated val
uo.of t ie portiou not delivered, to be collect
ed in the manner heretofore provided.
10. N>.t only farmers, planters and graziers,
are required to pay the tax in kind on slaught
ered hogs, but every other person who slaught
ers hogs Is required to pay the same, except
such persons a» do not slaughter more than 250.
pounds of net pork,ami they are exempt.
11. Every ollieer, soldier, or seaman in the
military or naval service, or who may have
been discharged therefrom on account of
wounds, or physical disability, and any widow
<if such officer,soldier, or seaman, or any lie -.d
of a family, who does not own more than two
cows and calves, is exempted from the (ax im
posed on neat cattle.
12- In districts heretofore, or which may here
after be ascertained to be impracticable for the
collection of taxes in kind, where Quarter mas
ters and Commissaries serving with troops in
the fluid, shall have collected or may hereafter
collect from producers any portion of the tax
m kind, the receipts of such officers shall be
held good to (ho producers against the collec
tion of the money value of their tax, to the ex
tant and value of such portions as may have
been or may be hereafter collected, lax Col
lectors are directed to receive such receipts uu
th-r the oath of the tax payer in satisfaction of
the money value of tithes so collected, provid
« I they are sati -lid the name are genuine, and
to turn them over to the State Collector as so
much cash, and the State Collector will return
them to this office.
M-’e.tion 13 of the amend and ad requires that as
e<M.-.<>rs of tlm tax in kind shall hereafter be ap
pointed by, and be under the exclusive control
*>f, the War Department. Until such assessors
ore so appointed and qualified, and notice there
of given, <lu* present assessors will continue to
discharge all tile duties of assessors ol' the tart
In kind, tie well as of money taxes, ns hereto
fore.
13. The estimate of lucernes ami profits, and
the statoiuo’itH of hills for the amount of tax
on occupations, &0., insleajl of boing sent to
the htat" Colto- tor, as heretofore required, by
r«cuon 11 fax ,V t, shall be arranged and copied
Into a gam-rat list; a true copy of which shall
ho sent to the State Collector, iu lieu of tho
bills, erdhs !r cud idateuiontß themselves.
11. I lie '•aUrice of .State Uoltevtors shall he
Cuj» tenth of one per cent on ihc amount col
lected la i iol« State, tho salary in no case to lie
ie«s than iti.OOU, nor more than $5,000.
15. The assessors are required to make tho
two general lists of persona taxed, which have
lector*.
16. All properly, currency, credits, income
and profile, and every article or object sub
jected to taxation aba! Ibo estimated, valued
and assessed at the value thereof at the time
of assessment, in Confederate Treasury notes. ’
17. The compensation of District Collectors
will ho r eafter be five per cent, on the drat
twenty thousand dollars collected and paid
over, two per cent, on the next thirty thousand
dollars collected and paid over, one per cent.
(Hi the next lif'y thousand dollars, ru I on,-
tOntii of one per cent, on all money's collected
and paid over, above the sum of one hundred
thousand dollars.
IS. As-essois shall be allow- 1 eight dollars
for every and ly employed iu making lists and ‘as-
Mssmen’b and eight dollar! for everyone hun
dred taxable persons contained in the list as
completed and delivered to tho collector.
jp Helen s under tho Tax Act, shall be paid
for their services live dollars a day, while so
employed, and assessors and collectors are em
powered to compel tho attendance of witnesses
by written summons, and to require their testi
mony Iu any niuttoi or inves l igation in refer
ence to (lie assessments ami estimates of taxes,
and such witnesses are entitled to such coin
penDation as is hltowcd wi. nesses tor attending
upon courts of record in the State where they
utieiid.
Payments to refcm-s ami witn*'-- will lio
iiutdo by the dicbursing dork of this ofllce, up
on «'Vounts celt iu* required by regulations.
*O. When personal goods or chattels di-train
<-d for tuxes, shall bo claimed by any person
other than the party for whose default the die
tiaiut is made, the claimant shall be required
to file with the officer making tlic dial mint., an
affidavit, stating distinctly Urn nature and ex
tent of Ids claim: and then the right of proper
ty shall be determined as follows :
The collector and claimant shall each select
a disinterested freeholder of the vicinage, wlm
ni.tr call a third in case of disagreement, if
tiie claimant shall neglect or infuse to select 1
freeholder, the Collector shall select two. who
shall proceed to decide the claim. Wit re. s
may be introduced by either party, and the de
cis ou in each case shall be Anal and conclu
sive. . , , „
The referee* and witness* s m such cases shall
be paid as before staled, and any witness fail
ing to attend upon thfJ summons of referees, in
any case, is subject to n penalty of our hun
dred dollars, with costs, which the Collector is
instructed to sue for in any court ot comp, tent
jurisdiction,
o]. The Secretary of the Treasury is author
ised to dispense with the use of indir iduat lists,
PilU ( ,r statements, whenever he shall.deem it
,'xpodieut to do so. and the t omniissiouei of
taxes is authorised under his direction to de
vise the manlier and form of making returns
and estimates. Whenever any such new form
or p'an is devised and adopted with reference
to any class of tax returns, special instructions
will be issued to the tax Officers, explanatory of
the same.
22. Section .'> of the act amendaiory of the
assessment act provides that if the Treasurer,
Assistant Treasurer, or !Vp sitory of money of
the Confederate States, or any clerk in the oi
floo of such l ivAM ier, Assistant Treasurer or
Depository, or any Collector el' ’faxes, shall,
prior to the first day of January, Ist.4, iu the
course of the lawful lease..e» ot such offi-.-or,
have received in payment or on doposite, in
t-ch office. r.ny forged or eounteiieit i'rea-ury
i oil-* and shall establish by proof to the sati:
• .rtion of the iSacretary of tire .hat
the u • ipt Os: itcU forged or count.. !: l'reas
uryuousv si l He result ot any want of ail
igence or. i- and uttentw non tue part *•«>• . u
, 1 e.r but w.t i: goodtauu anu*taKe.ruvoiv
iugJiO fault on fils ..art, the Secretary is in
verted with the p ver to re.tore such officer
from liability. U-• fvot eontemp.ated by
said section, in cu-e any tax collector has rc
.vivedsuch counterfeit net -and is tltuw to
trace them to the per n from whom taey were
received, shall be made out in writing, stewra
rt mi-'d by the affidavit of the col.ecior. and
transmitted to this office .fit. l gu ...* Bi*.« t..
; t , , 0 ; s jequktd togivs his written-optn
, ’ t) * of the applicaticu for to
ion as to thv uc.t-a *>i i.
*‘ e ,y 9 p taxers of rv ret potatoes in 18fS may
- T ' uLitlcn hr payment of the money
v-,''"' s thereof at rate? to be fixed by the Corn
i donct* uc-dot the impresynen: act. iac
. '• ."ution " ill be collected nr Poet yuartw
’ 4 co * y,y the collectors of uionev tax.
act approved IStb February. 1164,
'[| - or otherwise d-Mroyed by au'uority of
'he Government, before the expiration of the
,ime tixt-d by law ior the payment of the tax
l i e u, ihe mx-payer may apply to the district
mlector, v.ko sh.il invtvsiga e the lacts and
nuke report thereof to the .State collector, who
ti-ty, 1 - ,'i-nsd of mien destruction by Govern
ji. u’- authority, reraicthr said tax. if the tax
. ar.v , ill have- paid in ai
ce, it shall Ik- i(bonded by the State c-.i
<: tor. and the tax-payer, la every such car
vie-n decided against him, shall k.,vo the right
>( KOt-wal to the Sectetary of the Treasury
•vh'rti ap-pval shall be transmitted iiy theStnt<
•olloctor, with his views, to this office. When
the crop out ot which tlie tax in kind is to he
,) »id, has been taken or destroyed by the cue
ay. the district collector may remit the tax, in
whole or in part, according to the extent ol
■he I'iss sustained i-y the tax-paver. Ihe lack
:n each case shall he reputed to the district
collector, and the remission shall not he valid
•intil unproved bv him, and in case ti e loss bt
-nsuinVd prior t«* assessm-ut, th-_asse-3or.cn
•atiefac'oiv proof thereof, may make deduction
’hi-rcf-.r in proportion to the loss.
In;,::, tieabie dis'i' • the post .juaitermaß
!<“is holding a:-d controlling the estimate of
■ixc-; in kind, shall be held and considered as
■
• >nf»rr<-d to remit, Lit irf impracticable dis
iriels where have be -u turneo over to
the a nd: tii- • collector of money taxes, he shall
have power to remit.
2d. The daily wage.- of detailed soldiers and
,tli-;r employees of the Governincut, v.diich arc
exempt fiom taxation a-income, extends only
to persons who are employed and paid by the
Government, and who do not receive a regular
salmv but only daily wages.
2«. Thu tenth of tobacco shall be ejected
by the agents appointed by the Secretary of
the Treasury, and all tax assessors eliall tntns
for their estimates of the tobacco, due from
each person, specifying both quantity and qual
ity to said agents or to sub-agents, taking their
i eoeiptfr therefor, and shall also transmit a copy
of these estimates to the chief of the produce
loan office at Uiciimond. '1 he tax assessors
rball also require a statement from each farmer
or planter as to the different qualities of tobac
co raised by hi c, and shall a- a- -s as due to tbo
Confederate States one tenth of each of said
qualities, which shall be stated separately in
bis cstimites, and shall be delivered separately
by the farmer or planter.
TAX ON PROI’EPTV, MONEY AND CREDIT- ! NDKIt ACI
or 7rii or i kukuary, 18(51, levying addition
al TAXES.
27. The district collectors shall as soon as
practicable, after being furnished with the ne
cessary forms, Rend the assessors throughout
their respective districts to inquire after and
procure returns ot all taxable property, mon
eys, or effects in such districts, and all taxes
duo by any person, corporation, company or
firm therein, and the said assessors shall require
-ucl* lay payer to make due return on oath ot
all articles or objects taxed by sections one, two
and three of the act of 17th February, 186!.
entitled an “Act to levy additional taxes for
the common defence and support of the Govern
ment,” to wit;
I. Upon the value of property real, personal
and mixed, of every kind and description, and
not exempted by the act or taxed at a different
rate, a tax of five percent, shall be assessed,
levied anil collected.
11. Upon the value of gold and silver wares
and plat-, jewels, jewelry and watches,a tax of
ten per centum shall lie assessed, levied and
collected. The value of the above property
t axed under section one shall be assessed on the
basis of the market value of the same or simi
lar property in the neighborhood where assess
ed, in the year lHiit). except land, slaves, cotton
or tobacco purchased since Ist day of January,
18(52, when the said land, slaves, cotton and to
bacco shall he assessed at the price actually
paid tor the same by the owner.
Ilf. On the value of all shares or interests
held in any bank, banking company or associa
tion, canal, navigation, importing and export
ing, insurance, manufacturing, telegraph, ex
press, railroad and dry dock companies, and
all other joint stock companies of every kind,
whether incorporated or not, five per cent, tax
shall be a:;.- and, levied and collected. The
value of property tax and under section 2of
said act, and enumerated under this head, shall
be assessed upon the basis of the market value
of such property in the neighborhood where
assess, and, in such currency us may he in gene
ral use there in tre purchase and sale o! such
properly, at the tine of assex aicut, that is, on
the 17th day of February, 18(5-1.
IV, Upon the amount of all gold and silver
coin, gold dust, gold or silver bullion, wheth
er h I<l by the banks or other corporations, or
individuals, five per cent, shall be levied and
collected, and upon all moneys held abroad,
or upon the amount of all bills of exchange
drawn there for on foreign countries, a tax of
live per ceut. shall be levied and collected.
Such tax upon money abroad to be assessed
and collected according to the value thereof at
the place where the tax’ is paid.
The tax upon gold and silver coin and gold
dust, and gold and silver bullion, is five per
tent, of the amount to bo paid iu kind out of
the thing taxed. That is, a tax of five dollars
in gold is to be paid on every hundred dollars
in gold coin, Ac. If tho article taxed be mon
ey hold abroad, or a bill of exchange drawn
therefor, it shall be valued and assessed at its
value iu Confederate currency at the place
where the tax is paid.
V. Upon the amount of all solvent credits,
and of all bank bills and all other paper issued
ns currency, (except non-iatercst bearing Con
federate Treasury notes,) ami not employed in
a registered business, 4-lie income derived from
which is taxed, a tax of live per cent, shall be
assessed and collected. This tax to be paid in
Confederate currency, and the credits, bank
bills, and other papers issued as money, to be
iv-essed at par according to the amount exhi
bited on their face.
The taxes on all properly, coin, money, cred
its, stocks, shares, bullion, Ac., before men -
tiovod, and laid lor the year Doi t, shall be as
sessed as on the day of the passage of the act,
and be due and collected on the first day of
June, 1864, or as soon thereafter as practicable,
allowMig an extension of ninety days west of
the Mississippi river.
28. The mode and manner of assessing said
tax shall be as follows : Instead of receiving
the returns on individual lists, as heretofore
practised, each district collector will be furnish
ed by the state collector with three copiesot the
tax digest in book form, with appropriate head
ings and columns for all of the subjects of taxa
tion. and the equivalent of a fourth book in loose
sheets; the latter of which will be sent him in
advance of the books. Upon the receipt of the
sheets, he will immediately place them in the
hands of the assessor of his district, who shall
proceed to make the assessments, requiring
each tax payer to sign his name to his assess
ment. having first been sworn according to the
form of oath in these instructions prescribed,
and the assessor shall certify to each sheet ac
cording to the form thereon prescribed. *
The- assessor shall transfer the sheets from
time to time, us they become tilled, to the Dis
trict Collector, vho shall tuanseribe them.into
one of the copies of the digest, arranging the
name of the tax payers in alphabetical order;
and after the assessments are completed, and
no!tee given, and time for bearing appeals has
expired, according to law. the District Collect
or shall proceed to collect the taxes on the first
day of June. IV L and shall furnish the com
misisoner of 'faxes and the State Collector
each with a copy of his tax book, transcribed
into the other two copies of the digest as furn
ished him, which copies shall be certified to
bv the assessor as true and correct. So much
of the Instructions of loth M :y. 1863. and of ail
subsequent instructions as sue not inconsistent
with the existing tax laws, and as are not iu
uppdeable to the tax laws of 1863. as amended,
are hereby declared to be in full torce.
rKOfERTT EXEMPTED BY SECTION 5 OF THE ACT.
29. The following exemptions under the Act
of rith February, 1864, laying additional taxes
shall l> > allowed hy the Assessors to wit:
I. Propertv ol each head ot a huffily to the
value of 'JSOO and for each minor child of the
of the family to the further value oi $ 100. and
for each soil actually engaged in the army or
navv, or who has died or been killed in the mili
tary or naval service, and who was a member ot
tlie family when he entered the service, to the
further sum of S-th.-u.
11. Property of the widow of any officer, so!-
ic.er, sailor or marine, who may have died or
been killed iu the military or naval service, or
where there is no widow, then property id' the.
larnily, it they are minor children, to the value
ot' §I,OOO
111. Property of every officer, soldier, sailor or
marine, actually engage*! in the military or naval
►i nice, ot such as have been disabled in such
ser\i. t\ to tae value of *>l.ooo.
30. The foregoing exemptions shall n>t be al
lowed to any person, Whose property exclusive
ot household lttrniturc shad be assessed "t‘a
value exceeding SI,OOO. Where property held
or owned on tile 17th day o! ! ebru . v. lbß4, j.
owner has been teinjacarily deprived oi the use
or occupancy thereof, or in case of lands, has
been deprived of the means of cultivating the
same, by reason of the presence or proximity of
the enemy, the assessor may red ice the assess
ment on such property in proportion in the dam
age sustained by the owner, or it the injury oc
cur* niter issc-.rmer.t ar.i l afore the payment
Os Ihe til. the »EMV I,my be .-educed la the same
■atiohv the DisWfi't Collector, on satisfactory
• -'-nee mitred to him by the owner or as
f-ssor. The assessor is authorized, in receiving
eturcs of property, money, &c., to administe>
' .'I:-, to tax payers, in the following form ;
‘•Vou do solemnly swear that you will render
-1 true and faithful return and statement of all th<
•rr.perty articles or objects ior which you are ha
de to taxation, and of which a return is required
>v law to be made at this time, and that you "ill
roe answers make to all questions which shall
■e put to you, touching your property or effects,
or any exemption which may be claimed, and
also as to any fact in reference thereto, and that
, .»u shall speak the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth, so help you God. she
fsspssor, after lidministoringjthis oath, will thei
ilerrogate the tax payer a3 to his or her return,
ind as to any other fact or circumstance lteces
irv to lie known in arriving at a true return, and
qter the same shall have been entered on tin
Ist or sheet, the tax-payer will lie required to
-ign it, as hereinbefore stated. If any exemp
;ion is claimed, the first tiling to he ascertained by
ihc Assessor will be whether, exclusive of house
hold furniture, the value of the property of the
i.x payer subject to the tax, according to the
basis of valuation laid down in the act, exceeds
one thousand dollars. If it does, no exemption
•an be allowed. If it does not, the party will
be interrogated under oath as to the facts upon
■vhicli it is claimed, and if the facts be satisfacto
ry established, the exemption will be allowed.
31. The question as to whether the value ot
the tithes of 1863 or those of 18154 is to be'de
lucted from the tax on the value of property for
18151, has so many attendant difficulties that it is
leemed best not to settle it at present by the
Department, but to refer it to Congress at its
meeting in May. The tax not being payable till
lune noinjury will ensue from the delay. .
ADDITIONAL TAX ON PROFITS, LEVIED UNDER ACT
17tH FEBRUARY, 1864.
32. Immediately after receiving the necessary
forms, the District Collectors shall cause their
isscEsors to proceed through their districts, and
■cquire returns of the profits made on trade and
nisi ness, such returns to be made within such
time as may be prescribed by public notice, qs
follows :
I. On ail profits made by buying and.selling
at any time between the first day of January,
1803 and the first day of January 1864, any
-oirituous liquors, fiour, wheat, corn, rice, sugar,
molasses or syrup, salt, bacon, pork, hogs, beef
or beef cattle, sheep, oats, hay, fodder, raw-hides,
leather, horses, mules, boots, shoes, cotton yarns,
wool, woolen, cotton or mixed cloths, hats, wa
gons, harness, coal, iron, steel or nails, a tax ot
ton percent shall be assessed and collected. This
tax is in addition to the tax on income and pro
fits under the tax act of 24th April, 1863.
11. On alt profita made by buying and selling
between the first day of January, 1863, and the
first day of January, 1864, money, gold, silver,
foreign exchange, stocks, notes, debts, credits or
obligations of any kind, and any merchandise,
property or effects of any kind not enumerated
in t!ie preceding paragraph, a tax often percent,
in addition to the tax on such profits as income,
under the act of 24th Aprii, 1863, shall be as
sessed and collected.
HI. On the amount of ail profits exceeding
twenty-five per cent, made during the year 1863
by any bank or banking company, insurance,
amt!, navigation, importing and exporting, tele
graph, express, railroad, manufacturing,dry dock
nr other joint stock company of any description,
whether incorporated or not a tax of twenty-five
per cent, shall be assessed and collected on such
excess, in addition to the income tax of such
banks, companies or corporations under the act
of24tb April, 1863.
The estimates will be made and the profits as
certained in tiie manner required by the last
mentioned act as heretofore.
For the return of profits under paragraphs I
ami 11, form No. 12 will lie used; and for profits
exceeding 25 per cent, named in this paragraph,
form No. 13 will be used. As fast as the esti
mates are taken, the assessors will transfer them
to the district Collector, in the manner heretofore
practiced and, required by law, who shall proceed
in collect them forthwith. The form of the oath
to be administered to the lax payers and referees
is laid down ‘in article 13 of supplemental in
structions dated 3d September, 1863. The mode
of ascertaining the amount of profits derived
from the purchase and saia of any of the articles
or objects referred to, will be that laid down in
paragraph V, section 8, of the act of 24th April,
18(53.
fid. The taxes on incomes or profits for the
ve.ar 1864 will be assessed and collected accord
ing to tlic provision of the tax and assessment
acts of 1863, and will be due and payable on the
first day of January, 1865. But no income or
profits derived from property or effects during
this year, which property or effects are taxed up
on amount or value by the tax act of !7tli Feb
ruary, 1864, will be subject to income tax, under
the provisions of the act of 21th April, 1863.
And no estimated rent, hire or interest on pro
perty or credits taxed ad valorem shall be as
sessed or taxed as incomes under the tax act of
1863, and the first section of this act te suspend
ed and excluded therefrom as amended and re
enacted on 17th of February, 1864.
34. All non-interest hearing Confederate
Treasury notes, of all denominations will be re
ceivable at par in payment of taxes up to the
first day ol‘April, 1864 east, and until the first
day of July 1864 west of the Mississippi river.
All Confederate Treasury notes of the denomi
nation of five dollars shall be receivable in pay
ment of taxes at par until first day of July,’64,
east, and until first day of October, ’64, west of
the Mississippi river. After that time they shall
be receivable only at the rate of sixty-six and two
thirds rents on every dollar promised on their
face. The new issue of all Treasury notes and
the old under five dollars will be receivable at
P» r -
All Treasury notes of the denomination of
ten, twenty and fifty dollars, front and after the
Ist day of April, 1864, east, arid the Ist day of
of .luy, 1864. west of the Mississippi river, shall
only be received in payment of taxes at the rate
of sixty-six and two-third cents on every dollar
promised on their faces; but from and after the
Ist day of April, 1864, east, of the Mssissippi
river, all Treasury notes of the denomination of
one hundred dollars shall cease to be receivable
in payment of taxes at any rate. The certificates
issued under the the act to’reiluce the currency
approved 17th Febuary, 1864, and the bonds for
which they may lie exenanged, are receiva
ble for taxes of the year 1864, at the full amount
expressed on the face, without interest, and are
not subject to the tax imposed for ths year 1864
on other bonds and credits.
From and after the Ist day of January, 1865,
none of said Treasury notes shall be recoivnble in
payment of taxes at any rate whatever.
35. Joint stock companies and corporations
may return and pay tax on the shares of their
capital stock themselves, and whenever they
shall elect to do so, notice thereof shall be given
to the shareholders, and to the collector of the
tax district in which the place ot buisness of such
companies or corporations is situate, and the
shares in the hands of individual stock holders
shall he exempt.
Thompson Ai.i.an.
Commissioner of Taxes.
Prison Life at the Nokui.—The prisoners
who have just returned from the Northern bas
tilcs, give accounts of the horrid treatment re
ceived there. Some ol them say they prefer
death to being captured again. In the Rich
mond Dispatch we find the annexed statements
in regard to the rnalter:
The fare at Point Lookout is one degree re
moved from s. at ration. The guard there has
recently been reinforced by the 36th U. S.
“colored infantry.-’ These negroes are report
ed by our men to be far more humane sentinels
than their white brethren—not taking advan
tage of the prisoners by firing upon, before halt
ing.them, and are respectful in their answers
to questions. Their officers, however, are a set
of brutes, and one of them celebrated bis arriv
al at the Point by cutting one of the prisoneis
over the head with his sabre for merely laugh
ing at the "American citizens of African de
sci nt." Many of the prisoners without money
are enabled by manufacturing trinkets to sell
them, and in this way live quite comfortably.
At Fort Delaware the treatment was most bru
tal, and none ot the guards were greater brutes
ll.uii the Confedeiate traitors who had "taken
the oath" and become, as our men call them,
-galvanized YaukeeSs " They fired upon the
prisoners without the slightest provocation, and
one of them was made a corporal for killing
private Lawrence, of the filth Texas regiment.
He did not halt him, but placing his gun al
most against his head, blew his brains out.—
When the prisoners Were transferred from Fort
Delaware to Point Lookout, nine hundred and
t*:ty were placed iu the hold of a little steam
ir.r. with butene hatch leitopen. lenofthem
died of sufiocation before the end of the voyage.
The "Constitutional Convention,’ sitting >.a
Alexandria, lias passed an ordinance abolishing
slavery in Virginia.
Several lending papers in Federaldom ari
urg ng Fremont's claim to the Presideacy.
A correspondent of the New York Tribune
say* that blockade ranninehss again eenunen-
CtJ at Charleston.
, x It I'Htil x XliV; >
A periistont efiytt for th. ma-f-.: ot uea-
Moade from the command of the army of :fa
Potomac is now being made in Washington.
Northern papers state that the late e!:c:icn
n Louisiana, was a conservative abolition vtc
.ory—the radicals being defeated.
Robert .1. Walker is spoken of a- ibe pro fi
de successor of Secretary ( base, as the latter,
t i- believed, cannot long retain bis present
Hist, in consequence of the rivalry between
trim and Lincoln for the Presidency. Walker,
ike Arnold, has earn'd bis reward.
A lady contributor to the Vallandigham
•untl accompanies her gilt with the annexed re
marks: “For refusing to spear by permission
>t and within the limits of Order No. 3s. sign
'd by Arnbro?' Burnside, and ch losing to speak
>y authority as he expressed it. of Or ler No. 1.
the Constitution of t’.ie United States, signed
ny George Washington, Mr. Valltutdigbaut is
banished from his home arid comitiv. Wc vet
lope lie may return and receive the highest
honors of the Republic.''
In reply to the assertion of one of the radi
cals. “That because the Confederate currcucv
is depreciated therefore the aimed resistance of
the rebels must soon cease.'' Mr. Nesmith, Sen
ator from Oregon, recently said in the United
stales Senate—“With their present resources
they have the ability to resist our military pol
icy for the next ten years, and. indeed, m mo
tract the war indefinitely." We are glad to
tee that there is one manat least in the Repub
lican ranks who is possessed of common sense
A Yankee correspondent says that not long
since the whole corps of General Wilcox, who
were stationed at Knoxville and Cumberland
Gap, went home, their time of enlistment liav
ing expired. This corps was composed es
Ohians, Miehigandets, Indianiuns tuni Ken
tuckians, These men declared most earnestly,
as they passed through Kentucky, that tliey
wonld never raise their guns against* the South
again.
Thurlow Weed says the North will find when
the war closes, that it has a debt of four thou
saml millions of dollars.
The public miud of the North is very fever
ish regurding the currency —bank. State and
national. In Chicago there hns been an excit
ed run on the most Mitstantial moneyed con
cern of the North west—the State Savings
Bank of Illinois. The papers assign but little
reason for the panic : but once commenced it
could not. be stopped. The people of the North
are losing confidence in the paper issue, and
their confidence a lit-lle more weakened, a
moneyed excitement must occur, and a finan
cial panic seize upon the country, which will
result in a collapse of greenbacks, which, once
upon the decline will be like the tall of Luci
fer, “never to rise again.' 1
A Yankee paper says a number of- Western
capitalists are making arrangements to go ex
tensively and legitimately intotiie cottoj
ness, both by cultivating abardoned planta
tions in Louisiana and Mississippi and by pur
chasing of tlie old planters. They mean to
demonstrate ouu large scale the advantages of
free labor.
A SIUO sword for Gen. Grant-has just been
finished by (lie Ames Company tit Chicopee.
Mass. Among the ornamental features about
the handle is a ring of font (ecu diamonds,
costing S4OO. On the sword is engraved a re
cord of twenty seven battles and sieges iu
which the modern Ulysses lias been engaged.
The Federal House soma days ago called up
on the President for a statement of the number
of re-enlisted veterans fruit each State, who
teplie 1 by stating that Secretary Stanton neeins
such a publication pejtrdieial to the public
service. The re-enlistments are so few that the
tacts would probably damage their cause ma
terially. !f»
Western Virginia is opposed to Lincoln’;;
nomination.
The Tuscumbia, a monster iron clad at St,
Louis, had broken her back by her own weight
while laying at the wharf. She is, therefore
useless.
M. Merrier, the French Minister at Washing
ton now at Paris, has asked to be transferred
to some other post.
A Government lias been organized in the
territory of Arizona.
The leading hotels of New York city have
advanced their prices ot board.
The whole number of Federal national banks
now authorized is 2(59, with a chpital of $559-
145,000.
The. Maryland Legislature have appropriated
five thousand lor the Anti-dam battle
field cemetery.
A large amount of Confederate property at
Superior. Wisconsin, has been confiscated.
Vallandighaiu has left Windsor, Camt-I.;. for
parts unknown.
Com. Wilkes is to he court martialed. Tie
-is charged with insubordination, disrespect, and
disobedience.
Tiie draft lugs in -the North. An official or
der announces its suspension, and says that a
subsequent .day wiJI be named for its resump
tion.
Gen. Roscncmnz, who has just assumed com
mand of the Missouri Department, lias issued an
order requiring all persons attending religious
conventions, synods, conferences, Ac., to take
the most stringent oath of allegiance.
A few Federal soldiers went to Brownsville,
Tetin.. a few days since, got drunk, and burnt
seventeen houses.
Kx-Governor Wright, who presided over the
Indiana Union State Convention-, dosed his
speech with tlic prediction that when the war
was over there would never be another negro
put on the auction block and sohl into slaveiv
on the American continent.
ft is stated Lincoln will slump the north in
the coming campaign.
A member of the Federal Congress spoke
the other day as follows of Linedu’s plan of
“reconstructiiog’-’ the Union : The President
has presented a scheme for reconstruction more
destructive than the old doctrine of State rights
The scheme was mapped out by the master
builder with a pencil dipped in blood. Persons
are to vote, just as the President may direct.
The effect was that the iron tread of despotism
was crushing out the last vestige of constitu
tional liberty, and leaving nothing but desola
tion. it would establish the most odious Abdis
tion Oligarchy of a savage and crttgl character,
and it was enough to fire any man’s veins in
which runs a drop of revolutionary blood.
Lincoln Ims ceased to back up Butler as hk
•exchange agent, which accounts for the recent
operations of exch inging.
Kentucky has enlisted but seven hundred
men of her quota under the new call ior five
hundred thousand.
The Lincoln Congress, lias provided that the
8300 shall exempt for only one year, after the
expiration of t.hieli the payer is again liable to
conscription.
During Gen. Grant's stay in Washington lie
was made quite a lion of.
The evidence produced ..-against Gen. Meade
thus far, has been ol a very damageing charac
ter.
Some of the Northern papers think that the
number of Federal killed, crippled or captured
in the late Florida camnaign was more than
enough to reorganize that State according to
the rule laid down in Lincoln's amnesty proc
lamation.
The New York Herald thinks if the German
ic Confederation succeeds in wresting tho two
duchies from Denmark, tii.it a general war in
Europe is inevitable.
The fnnd bow collecting in the Western
States for the relief of Mr. Vallandigham will
amount to $50,000.
Tho House of Representatives in Missouri,
which is strong Republicans, have refused to
endorse Lincoln's administration, and have also
refused to pass a resolution renominating him.
Among the late deaths in New York is that
of Mrs. Oscar Coles, who. as Miss Browne, was
for years a standing toast with leaux of high
blood, and was the innocent occasion of several
interchanges of balls, in one oi which August
Belmont, the banker, received a deposit ot lead
which made him lame.
A special dispatch from Washington says
Secretary Chase is about to resign on account
of unpleasant relations growing out of the
Pomeroy Presidential circular.
Twelve women, tor being loval to the South
are cow imprisoned at the barracks at Louis
ville.
A Northern paper in speakiog of the cargo
of the captured blockade runner Cumberland
says it cost seventy thousand pounds in gffid
in England.
The Northern papers are full of reports of
robberies, murders, and indeed every outrage
in the catalogue of crimes. ®
The Federal Secretary ot Navv, Gul Whiles
has been caught in giving good jobs to con
tractors who paid him for so doing. Welles
ba-s always beta noted for being a corrupt ras
cal. This is not the first time he has hu.'n
guilty of taking what did r.ot belong to him.
The causes of the delay of operations of the
fleet off Charleston, is lobe inquired into ; ,
the Federal Congress.
All male residents of Memphis, who do not
.already be! ,g to authorized companies of en
rolled militia. are to be enrolled ; and all per
sons who may hereafter arrive in the'city are
ordered to report at headquarters within ten
dars after their arrival.
Tne Federal Government is leasing toe aban
doned forms in Arkansas.
writ rnKHYMtvru.
•Y : Itc- Yankee paper says an expedition's-*
r-ntly $... at up the Chowan river, North Carol ■
a- (h shm-cd Sity Ut m.-an-i pounds of bacon.
Another H-.eu: rani up the same river re
sulted :a tiie destruction ol tiuee hundred
; '-'U.'.and jKOHids, in addition to other supplies.
■ . 'expedition of Smith and Grierson in North
-1 v ippi. though a splended failure in i;,
hie! object, was attended, as the Yankees
him. widi greater results titan those up the
. -howan river.. Same of tiie sufferers by these
r. : two probably those who hare Loathed up
•vlj;it they did not need for their own use. and
eve turned a deaf ear to the wants of the
country.
i he Democrats succeeded pretty generally in
tim recent New York municipal elections.
Gen. Smith, so badly whipped bv Gen. F'or
rest, has arrived at Cairo.
Ike 1- ederals have established a “bureau for
i rcedtiien s affairs"—or in other words, a fat
tii re for s.mj federal spittoon, or. treasury
plunderer.
I■-.1■ -.i 1 teen hundred and twenty-seven baits of
union arrived at Cairo from tbo lower
Mississippi,
t ;:e i. >bton Board of Trade propose to estab
:. : hfi iine of four luge steamships to run bo
! ween that city and Liverpool. The capital is to
■.'eurie million seven hundred thousand dollars.
ibe New i oik Herald has come to the con
clusion that the spring campaign opens very
unfavorably for tiie Federals.
■Amos Kecdtili has corns out strongly in fa
vor of Gen. McClellan for the next Federal
Fit sidetiey.
The New T ork Tribune says that tlie letter
of Franklin Pierce to Jeff. Davis assuring him
that blood would flow tit the North if the South
should secede, lots been lithographed and dis
tributed throughout New Hampshire. General
Fierce is said to be the Democratic candidate
for United States Senator.
Wiisod has introduced a resolution into the
Federal Congress extending the privileges of
bounties until the lirst of April. This looks as
if Lincoln vras afraid to enforce the draft.
Ten thousand dollars in gold in transitu
fimn Cincinnati to Tennessee has been seized.
A negro has been arrested in St. Lewis lor
endeavoring to induce colored persons to des
ert.
Tlie Maryland Legislature has refused to pay
loyal persons for property destroyed or taken
by the military.
There appeals to he discontent throughout
!>e eirtire North over the late failures of Liii?
coin’s armies.
The New York World’s Washington corres
pondent says that Grant is in favor of raising
250,030 men for another attempt against Rich
mond.
The Northern papers attribute the failure of
their, late raid on Richmond to the treachery of
their negro guide, who wis hanged.
The last North Carolina Sixes sold in the
New Yoik market brought 59.1.
The New Yoik papers state that the specula
tion mania in that city and elsewhere is on tlie
increase.
Lincoln's organs state tiiat the late raid on
Richmond was made simply to keep tip the idea
■lithe public mind that something was going
on.
Confederate guerrillas prevented the Federal
elections in Hickman county, Tenn.
Washington letter writers say that Sherman’s
expedition in Mississippi was simply mane only
to. devastate the co*un"try.
A late Yankee paper announces the death of
I ton. B. Tit. Samuels, of Dubuque, lowa, and a
native of Virginia. In a speech made shortly
before his death, lie denounced the war as uu
ra eessary, unjust, and waged with a vindic
tiveness which was fearful to contemplate.
Two Yankee regiments at Powderhorn, Tex
as whoso lime Ims expired, have refused to re
enlist and demanded to 1 be sent home.
A-reward of 8500 was paid by the United
States government for the murder of Little
Crow, the Sioux chief.
The Confederate deserters are giving the Un
ionists great trouble in Tenueskee. It is said
that Tennessee is full of guerrillas, and the
Nashville Press says their numbers aie aug
mented by every desertion from Johnston's
army.
Forney’s paper, the Washington Chronicle,
indicates that trouble is brewing in the Black
Republican camp. The onts wish to get into
office, and the ins are desirous of remaining.—
The' spoils of a thousand millions of dollars
yearly are too much for one to keep for eight
years. As there are more out' than ins, if the
runt tiro which now threatens to occur in the
lb-publican ranks takes place, Lincoln and his
clique will be defeated.
A Paris correspondent of the Xew„York Her
ald states that Mr. Harrington, the Assistant
U. S. Treasurer, now in Europe, has had the
offer of a loan of one hundred millions, from
the bankers of Frankfoit. but he informed them
that be does not think it will lie required.
Secretary Chase denies being concerned in
the publication of the I’omeroy circular.
Ijovejoy, the radical member of the Feder
al Congress from Illinois, is seriously ill.
The leading Northern fiaperg say that the
scige of Charleston is virtually abandoned.
COMMERCIAL.
Prices lit Nassau.
The Nassau Ilerald, in its commercial report
of Feb. 26th, says that business at that place
lias been more limited than at any period with
in the past.two years—the restrictions to trade
with the Northern States, and in the prohibi
tory laws enacted by the Confederate Congress
having; had a depressing effect on trade. A
great desire was manifested by holders liquors,
sugars, etc., to secure shipment before the Ist
ot March, it being understood that after that
date such articles will not be admitted into
any Confederate port. We copy the following
portion of the prices current:
Au-aoas--Demand limited.- Stock'on hand
sufficient for the Spring.trade, with a disposi
ti -n on the part of holders to make moderate
concessions.
Ai.conoi,—Stock light. Last sales $1 per
gallon.
Coffer —Supply good with ti fair demand,
and prices linn—Rio 18c, St. Domingo and Ja
maica. Lie to HUc.
Coj-vsttAS—No" demand. Prices asked vary
ing fiom 2-Jc to 31c.
Gandi-ks—Stearinc, selling at 24c to 25c.
Adamantine, 23c to 24c.
Cotton Oak os —Wh item ore, No. 10, 812 to
sl4. English, No. 10, SI Ito 12. Lea Cards,
SGT to i:
Calf Skins —French, waxed,.s3o to 35 per
doz. Stock moderate. We have heard of no
sales for the past ten days.
Darns a'nd Medicines —The market well sup
plied with most descriptions ; no demand ex
cept for some of tlie leading articles.
Hosiery of all kinds have been much de
pressed.
Ltqcom—The finer qualities of Brandies
have been in good, request without any change
in prices. Fair qualities, in cases of I dozen
hordes, have been selling freely at from $5 to
8 per case. Demijohn Gin 2£ gallons, $1,60
to 1.75. Bourbon Whiskey, from $1.25 to 2.25
per gallon. Scotch Whiskey, $5,50 to 86,50
per doz. ... ,
On.-;—-Olive, Marseilles and Nice, St 50 to
5 per doz. Lard, Si 25 per gallon. Sperm,
s•' 25, Kerosene, 60c.
Aunts—The market well supplied. 0-8 f
Mourning Prints, 12c to 13c. 7-8, 10c, to arc.
Dark fancy, 98- 14c, to 18c. Light fancy, do,
do, 9 8. 15 to 22c.
p kl , p r—Stock limited. Sales at 15c in small
quantities.
Potatoes— Last sales by the quantity, $2 per
barrel. „ , ,
Sabdisks—s Tins, $2 io to 3 per dor. i Tics,
Sugar—Crushed, lie to 15c. Stock small
here in first hands. Havana Brown, 7iaßc.
S, cars— First qualities of iavorite brands
arc in moderate demand at full prices. Large
sun: lies of inferior on hand and holders anx
ious to rclize.
Fayetteville, Si. C. Mai ket—March 15
Raton §3,50 per lb ; cotton $2 per lb : coft’eo
cj . p,, r i>j j cotton yarn 20 a3O per bunch :
exi - act Logwood SO pey bunch : flout 223 per
bb 1 wheat. S3O P r bushel: corn §25 per
b”<Aei- green hides §3 per lb ; dry hides $6
, ~'r lb ■ Swedes Iron 4,3(1 per lb : upper leather
§ls per lb; sole leather 12.50 per lb; com
, ,W‘v "apple and peach brandy §’ ■■' per gal ,
tnoh'S cV S3O per gal: noils §4.50 per lb ; rice
> ] per lb ; sugar > I.> per lb , Fayetteville 4-4
sheetings $1 40 a So p,r yard ; salt SfiO a 35
p r bushel : wool §4 ati per lb. Aorri Caro-
X' *v York Tobacco Market.-March 1
A N w York circular gives the following re
port t*f the fobicc© injirliot of tlifit city :
TtiibS*—Con-Merabte sales of teas h<’*ve been
made <lnrir*r the past month, both from stocks
on 1 ar.d Rod a! o to be manufactured on cen
tra t-—chi. I.';* iow,.n l medium grades—
t'i i . , cts. '1 he former, a* weii as tite best giades,
are how in short supply.
Halt Pcrxns —The buisness in Half Pounds
has -it prhioipaliy in low and medium quali
ti-s. h s-ih ? to a moderate extent The
‘. ock ou br.nd is very light, yet enough for pres
ent wants. t .
ViEGiMA Porxns—Retpaln without rhango
with Htt e or r.o buizaess in them to notice.
\> r-.f:'.. .. - A set- pa.,t<ls of bright
hro-d prtr-.-.'d 5.. vc- ,2 vigetl Lands, but
*' * I .1 ' S!> t ' - - . tkUvi \i * 0
market.
N,1,-, ad Twilt -Therebeing no Western
woik in reitkci, the transactions have b ,-n
confined to a k-w - - -11 payee's of fine brands
sold to an ire, at 70c. in bond, and contracts
have abo “ en made t > a considerable extent
for fii-< chi ;, Wes.: rn bran ! s, on private terms
Navy Rofn; >:—Have met with more ready
sale during the month thin any other stylo of
i nuac o. One line of 500 boxes, different
brands, was sold »i 68c. which together with
other lots, made up about 1,200 boxes, which
changed hu J$ io i-no day. Since then there
has lu'ffTi only a limited demand.
tYefiro
At a late auction in Columbus Ga , the an
nexed prices were obtained : ■
A liegr-• mot:. 4 > years old. 5i,600: a negro
•.nan. 10 years old. 53.66.0 : a man, 38 years,
i §3,025 ; a man and wife, 35 and 37, $6,950;
a woman. 3t5 yoais, $2,2-50 : a woman anil two
children 53.950; a woman, not sound. $1,570 ;
a woman, 35 years, $2,200.
Klriimemt Vc., VI n;ey Market-Marck 1.4
CosEF.i>kk ate Boses.—F.ight percent cupoti
bonds due 1881, lit; eight per ct-nt coupon
bonds due 5.5, 510 . five years bonds, 403 a
107 ; rogi-tt rod bonds duo *18(58, 104; eon
vertride bonds lOfalUT. 1 , ; seven per cent,bonds
lOOnKjD.J ; eight per cent cupoti bonds due IH
-66, 102 j ; registered bonds due 1879, 10(5; reg
istered bonds due 1674, 108; convertible bonds
hie R'7 L, 108al08A ; six per cent bonds 92 a
90 : registered bonds, fifteen million loan
138>.
State Stocks. 4 itgiiii.a registered bonds 194
a205 ; North Carolina sixes, new issue, 240a
255 ; Virginia Treasury notes 1549a 133. Inter
est coupons of fifteen million lean 122.
Cold 21.;. Silver Sterling bills 29J.
liclfi(i;!>, <!. 3farket-Maicli It*, rv-nt-
Facon $6 per ip ; Flour S2OO per bbl ; Mo
lasses SBO per gal ; Dork $4 par lb ; Sweet Po
tatoes sls per bush ; Sait $1 per lb ; Sugar 812
per ib.— Coiifederute
Liverpool L'uttoa Market, Fell U 6.
The Btokeis' Circular reports the sales of the
week at 554.300 bales, of which 1,270 are on
speculation, and 5.(570 for export. The actual
export of the week is 8,127 bales.
'The market is dull, and at Li lower for Amer
ican, and aid lower for other sorts. 'Jlte sales
to-day (Friday ) are estimated at 6,000 bales,
including 2,000 to speculating and exporters—
the market closing quiet atul unchanged.
The authorized quotations are, Middling Or
leans, 27jd.; ditto Mobile, 203d.; dilto Up
lands, 2(!]d ;
The stock.in port is 231,(500 bales, of which
24.900 are American. The week’s imports is
7,224 bales.
CITATIONS,
FOB I-KTTBItS DI^IISSORV.
OT-olCi! wIlR'Es cocNlryT •
*~y \\ h t- .<B, A. Arnett, (Ht ir i'mti ;V»r George F. and
\ I!tii ;i:\ A tir.**. t, jr. me t-r letters of dißinii^yr,
■•t singular
the kindred tin«! rsMi’-v-rs -i s; «1 dt*c>*a ed, to be and apj»ear at
my oflle -, v.-lt.V>u ihc Ui::e i r hud i-y law, to show cause, )i‘
any tL -y i.a.c, .why sii-: Ti c:* «!tou!d not be gn.uti-d.
Olveu «•:(! ;■ jtiv .it aii.i ottlcini siguaiureat ( 3:o in Waah
inglon thus llStii day ol \U.ic li, 1 fir i.
mh2o 6v.’12 O. G. >i'ORWAI\, Ordinary.
UTATjS'rtF GKOiTtTIA, TfCii>l *XD UOUIvT
t.J' '■'* h. rca j , T!.oUa:l; i*:;t V: ton, administrator on tho Estsio
o Andrew B ucksios, decea cd up;.Tijs to me for L-ttird of
I>i sinLsM'.:»n ;
TbiiJ-e ."jo th* i’e f o!e to cl'o and ndmonteh. a’l and e.ngo’ar
tho kindred and < red it ora ot si id di ceased, to be and appear ;»t
my office, (,n r r be *re ih.<' first Moudsy in <'cto‘<.r nt-jt, to
sii.-w t- ttso, if any tlu-j ):uve, winy &i*id Letters .-hovtid not be
granted.
CHvw. u;i er ny )i ;t i offi-.h.l cignature, ut office In Au
gu.da. this V:b day cl Ma:-:: . ltii'A.
Eilifi 4w 11 t DAVID L. ROATII, Ordinary.
OF GL iRGI.A, iiICTIMOND "
» l \\ b'.rviifi, .fcfin i i .iy at;d Jc-.it A. 'Morth, laxfcutore ut
ilejon i'yne, deceased, apjdy -tu me for Letters Dieml s or. :
’Jh .c ai ti. !! Her--to c• • : !•! ft monish, all utid slngu'ar
toe kindred aud ci edit r* c«t said d«c«.-iscd, t-> be aid appear at.
piy office, t i. or ■» i'.>;■».; Vonday in ueiobtr nfxt, to
ahov. cau-c, if any they have, why s.d.i Lettcn, should not 0c
granted.
Divt-.n imdrrniy h »t.' \rul offi Li! Rlgoalure, at office In Au
gusta, tbi' 7 k day of Mu: cli IS -I.
_\u\ * iv U I>A \ID L. ROATIT, Ordinary.
-O I'ATL Ob* « ICO IC'.l • ,']df’flldONl) COUNTvT ‘
iO herons, Th-ULiH X. lii ks, Guardian of lid ward J
ii:>fi.'|»cr, iLiilior tuow of piles tv foe for Lcllvm or Da
n.G-Jon:
TbccF iu e tlif-rc to city and p.dmoni.fih, ell and singular
Hu. kinttred end i. - •: id minor, to he and appear at my
cifion or buioie the :■ > >!•.■'.env in May jh v, to *h«.w
cau-.j, if :uty ibe* have, v. j.v said Letters should not b.-g;a:*t-
Oivon und:r n.-y hand t.*:d .-IgnatU’«. at office In Au*
gu.tri this 7lh day cl* Aiar.h, It 4.
mhS4wi 1 DaVID L. KOATII, Ordinary.
in h2O O’. 12 O. G. NORM AN, Ordinary.
UTATjS'oK GKOiTtTIA, I;TCii>l ’XD OOUIvTY^
1.7 v* f. mi j , T!.om:t. - > i*:u V: ton, administrator on tho Estate
o Andrew L> licksiudecea ed appli.’a to me for L l ..ttew of
I>i a mission ;
Tbii’-.-;jy ill* re f oie to ci‘o and a’l and e.ngu’ar
tho kindred and < red it era oi s-iia di ceased, to be and appear ;»t
my offic-', (<n <■ r be- ire ih.4’ ilist Monday iu October .next, to
show catiise, if any the} huve, wiiy &i-id Letters .-hould not be
gmrted.
Given u;t er my h;? i•. offi-.ial signature, at office in Au
gu.da. tills :h day ol Maier. 18f»4.
mliß 4wll . DAVJD L. ROATII, Ordinary.
()F GDKGI.a, LICTIMONI) COUNTf! *
» 1 M herviis, .Itriiji ii .ig r.itd Jc-.it A. ’North, Lx-tutors of
Ilejon I’yne, deceased, apply -to me for Letters IMmul*b on :
’ll- .c -ii ti.-’-- .-lor.- io a ' ■ : i<! a monish, all and sltigu'&r
tin kindred aud cicui! r-> c«» :-tiid dcco iscd, to be am! appear at.
my office, <u or b lore il:- tlis Vonday in ucioher next, to
abov. enu-c, ifatly they have, why s.u.i Letters should Lot Oc
gratilcd. ~
Given under my han* and odi Li! signalure, at office In Au
guahi, thi- 7 h day of Mu ch 1« •!.
’ml • *vU 1 >A_\ ID li. ROATII, Ordinary.
-or ate ob*« ico id .1 • .'ki f-HM oni) co OlsfvT ’
k? herons, Th-uaiH N. 111-ks. Guardian of Edward J
iKh-dicr, minor tuow of ::%(>,)*, piles to Joe for Lcltew or D a
itijs.-.lon:
Tbuce m e Oif-rt to cite and P.dmonhsh, ail and singular
Dk. kin arc and end i. .; id ndiiur, to be and appear at my
oiflon or buioie I’-e . Mof-.uav in May lu'r.O xhx.w
taa-e, if any the- have, v. said Letters should not b.-g;a,-,t-
Givoii under n.-y hand i.ml .-Iguaiu’«. at office In Ali
gn, la ill's Till day cl* iVi&r.h, It -1.
mhß 4wO I>aY ID L, ROATII, Ordinary.
i, I. .i.-• I A r-Ott rJ
??’■: ..!• risstt* ■ wwicumittm*r
,'T'TLOi «.;• -. y >MI VN IV- MV. '
l- J .' . .L‘T l '.l -t< n-.c l‘ir l.Uc-, ,:|
K-ilj 1 .. -._i.nl ' !..t-ir VT.vcr i.uyi....p,-i h;o..J. : ;i io of
J: c- a .Vi a-,,1 mlraontitb, all and nniMnr
tF- kli-i.vil n-.ii: ■: • • .-.i .!, w and m.-w ai
l-'5 C!l - I M. J) ,•
c-:.iua, ii iti.v aa-o why F.i l }.■-.tf i -.hn-.ild iol he srii.-ed
~ ..... vi'-0.-.i j.u,a'mv..u.. i ,;,i o„;v.
March 1-th, - itjhlO..a: t
CT-’TE OF OEui'.Gl \7Nt7)410A r :-, COUNTY r~ r
n _Wbc-:»:?, 7.1 r-. H-!»- app::.-. In n e for !-»lfr. of
itdn)Mi,.-;.-«a,ii m 1... iotatc ol la-ili:) EJi-h lau 0 r
eount;, ■ ’ -
~ 2 1 :-.“'7* r s to <■!'.:• i.n-1 ndtoni.hh a3 atd drga'M
.-.i? kdii re i r»an cr'-d! or# ol aid Deceased tube and am'-.ai
at my cfficc <u or b f.re t he Hist Monday in JHA\’v-xc
Jo f) mw fause if any they hr.v • vbv said l«»fers shou’d not
he fii ■■■•Mel. GEORGE 15. STOVALL.
mar 10 iw 13 J-epiity Urdu .ary.
OLDiNA RY, GCOUNT Y.-MTkOH
vYh-r iiuiv *Mapp, Guardian rs ITcurv S. Main) petl
l.om* thi; Court for l.elu-rB at Dismission f:‘-m . aid Guardian*
ehio :
I: is tbt refer.:* ord-.»*. <1 that ili peraonp cone ?re.l be and an
p* iifat tilt Court ot tmi.? uiv, to i.-e Led ir. ard \ jj said eoun
l>, o v - Ihe firs! Moi-.luy in M:..y next, to rhow cause. If any
they h.v.v, why I .etters of should riot then U*gr*nt
ed to said Guardian.
Ordered firth, rihatacopy of Rule be published lo conform
ity to law.
A tru*. ex'met from tire minutes* f Greene Court ofOrrtlnir*
ry, >: arch lei in. Lr-1. EL’ Q i'.N J c S L. KI h (>,
rnhli) Owl-2 % Ordinary.
feiITAT!•:’ OFcTfokgia7morgan COUNTY r
oi Gu t ! *1 -hip ‘■f lb-, p- r-f •.* and j»rdp<*riy of Mary Long,
Joiiru b.vi J.t .■ t**.l r 4:l?.'is L')i g. « :,.han children of
W. Lm-g riecoxs -d.
ta Th | "''; )•• ihcivfmi*. to ciit aid admonish, all ami s’ngulaj t’ie
kit-tired aul <mj u :,*> i»t stid orphnu*, to be aud npp.-ara goiv
< illco f u or tut mv tb*- so-st M .nay i.i v «y, Uitn am! th it* to
show cau-e, if a* > lit ay have, why said letters should not be
gruiiti and.
Giv.-n under my hand ;.*>•! official signature hi o£aee in Mud
son, this x 6*.k day oi a. arch, L's 4.
F. W. ARNOLD,
mh2o 6w PI Ordinary, i
iPTATE 01-’ ■ ;&>!«:I WILKES COUNTY.
» > \\ a -r.a-. H.l ; A./ D.it.i way, applies to ine for L<tYrsf>f
tin \r •'■■■■. - tip <-('*; v ; •-* n iiti prop. rU < I'Al. -tub 1. \VI,« a*,
ley ai.fi Alanmck J W .‘.cailcy, 1.-i'n r.. of J. J. Wln-nll* y, Ute
of *ai<l county, dm-.*:«-l,
, Thi c art? 1 1.eivDuel) cite and a«]:nonl«h all and singular, the
kindrul and creditors of kM d(u asort, to be and appear at
my ( fllce within the Unu- piv-«xibc-d by liv/.to show caup.o, U
any they have, why -n'-I K-n, :i should not If granted.
Giv* u uthPti:i} Garni :»Mi official signature aloffice, in V.’a.-h
--in/d on. this huh uay of Ala. eh,
iuUl’O CwJ2 G. G. NOliilAN,Ordinary
fiSTAT rOf GEORGIA, CnL U Mill A
C? Wlicica? .Ics-f*. .1. a.mnD applies to me fur letters of
auiuinLlratloii an- holds non, on the L>t:ite of A. .S. Wilkinson,
Thtte-o are theres -re to cite and admonish all and Singular, ti e
kind!-.-; ami creditor•; of .-aid duo >-•.-<!, to be and appear at my
t fllce within flic time pres ri;.t-U by law, to show chueu, ts any
hey have,* why said tellers should not be grafted.
Givv.q .’..itdcr my hand and official signature at office In Ap
pling. tliia* 10th day of March. 18t>L
mh'2o<?wl2 ■ .. SHlELDS,Ordinary.
TATE OF GEOU il A, COLUMBIA. COUNTY.
I’ Win r.n-. if;.- <. I:'» ). • 'own of Coluinbba county uf»-
; '3to me tor let'c o: : ~l hirniUm on the uure nceefited
*
la.- .-i- - Hi. r--iiicit. ii-.di.iiii.qi'isliaU.-'.ml B'miinr tin
kmd.c-' hoo ert >i.-t'r< said dec _hv:m to le r.nd h;>r.ea' at iuy
offle--, within the - r *■ m-u :>> 1,.,., to si.ow cause. If any
Given m:d--my b.utda.: t ill id tugualu;-, at office in Ap
phug, Gils I- 1 b Gay ol March, j • i.
mb*2o4wi2 W. \V. SHlELDS,Ordinary.
a ri : 6i"olf:7: gi,\. columhia ru I’NTX, “
lO Wher.- r,, Ricnmoml Harrs applies to mo for letters of
adoumstraiionon the estate oi John Harris ’ate of stud count-f
deceased.
These are iherefnre toe'te ai.d admonish all, and singular
the ferns red *>id erroriors ofsaia decea? d,'to‘ be a-.'d aopcnr at
iuy ( tn-’v v ItU ii -.i.e linie no cribed l>y lav to show cause if
jiT-v they bay<*, v t>y *. nd icitc’S "hctul** not be granted.
.ChMi under my h;. ;nd ofSei 1 signature at office In Ap
pi’D/, thii : Sh-n <!ay or Pohitiarv. is-d*.
dd- ? 4w 10 \V. W. SIIIKLDS, Ordinary.
•?»;ti teo: g h • a _ (-; county! ’
M:vry Ann Fr.-dcr ck applies to me for letters of
UN.TumstiP.t.on ,r ,i tu estate of Auguctiue Frederick, kite
rof v4i!il ccumy.doec* i:
_ r i i; > r.-cthcr ■';> etc and admotihib; all and singular
tnek-ndre. :*.«:•» <r- <i.*rs ol saht dec asjti, to and appear at
my office on or the jliVi, M.md yin /• prii l f-At, io show
c tuee, if any they ha -.v, why said i etters should no; be grant
OP en under my hand and offiyAi eignatuie, a- office in Au
gusta, this Al day ol xaich, I.' t
mi:4 iw 10 David L. ROATH, Ordinary.
6J'lA'> E y F GtOItGIA. ItIUfIMOND COI'XJ \ .
v "hereas. N•-■ m lirh.-: apuiics t'. me for Letter* ol
j. umlnstratlon on Die E> ute of John U. Rees, Lite ol »ald
eouuty, dccen:cd:
l!.v ic arf?thtrefore. to c u< * and 9.*l a*l and r/ornlar
a;.;w it
mv . on < r ry'eifcc f- t * . v 1„ Apr next, so show
ch i.-v it u.? trey ' t i »■ t not bog
Oiver. iimUr m-.- hanU-.-.<l c<3-!a! •:/n#(.ir«, ai in iV
gr'sta, this -7th day oi 1 t-.iv., . 1 -jm.
march! IwlQ DAV D »., I’.OATIT, Or.il-a y.
OFGKu :! *, it It II •. D'■ (7iT>: IV” '
H YVberea.-. u E- »• ■ : ,iR. Ci jcn . latcc-‘saidcoun
ty, dfeoearid, u, e .rupre-r. o -A ;
'Tiutca: ;-• ,-.• •• •'*)■.'-*.!n, -‘jj ah ; j G ?d, ; alar the
' - *
ofli x- on »>r Dcr.-Tt- r.,- « r-j .. >•.-v ; . Ap’-;! r togttow cause
if anyth* yhuv.-. w,.y l.yruv, or A-; *.* - ry am d* bonis non
shr-aid not •
may benaXDod aa-! and to :: c C
,v-• id- r:' * and <u. re at office iu Ac*
•ni** :;.»!: -v. -i day ol i-cbru.r- i«fii
- \) I-AViM L. ROATII Ordinary
O FATEOf-GE lIOIA TiLIAFEREO COUXTT.
r? Whe’t< - . ilrjj A<laU* e < rieron a;-’-’cs tor Jotter 4of
adir.ln’stratitm 03 H ■ ata of W. O. Or:*.s.>t, iat n-i eh Id
coDTity, deciNiaf and..
1 b F.r.; :ere*orc to cite u- ,1 all persons interest
eA to be and appear &t t a Office of «n:d Ccriluty,
»itliin th**- 1 ir - tn'fho .- cauis if uuy they
Live, why s j-i let.*- botiid not b • granted.
(liven under :uy nan au; la (rewf rdv-l’e. thJ? March
]bt, J. I>. ElAililACK,
ruat »i‘*v 10 C. t, O.
YJTATE of OF EOIA,OGLF.TIT >KPE < 01.3 TY
V' t-reas F: f ! ■ . ' r. J 'ki -.-RGfOaar
tiiiaidd: ofth • r-:§< = • : r . ; ..l/.: O. jh,l H.
and y:*r. H. V■• •• c*.m :-&r§ IS ary ©. I>. \V II l»n,p.
• it*" U> . hod r.CKH a-the
fclr:*';-i f -..d rJ'-rJa £•;•-' r.'.r* k* He %-.<j a;’,»-Tr.r M y of
fie*. -r. * ft rr ' - . v-i • y ’ Atr, k> aL»;rr <Xa«l6c ( if any
Vl g\ V ;:7i "M eo 'nL.4
tit* <au j., > kntro fo'
CTATEOt "TTfi' : T yf T.
n vn L. ? :a y »,i p t■ r e f'r lettore cl
iia • ' •
T. et- a- b-ref ' i C:> er.-i t * ..-•v-.h ;d.. and
tb* '<;» -i red a: and -- .*'.s •?« A dto re aad epptar k*
mv '■ Mr • - * t•r* ■ -■* “ - . • y Uw. u- eb'-w cauw», M
acT ? tav •-a • 1 era led.
(y. in uacer ov hfci-;, t* c2»;e,ia Wr,hl*»j£oa. ude -4»h day
(,• i- ••duary, 1554. G.O.acBM. 4 a,
'feb 2 s Oidi^iry.
O? JEi TU *
CHRONICLE & SENTINEL
JOB PRINTING OFFICE
Is one ot tlie
Largest in the Confederacy.
y\E ARE PREPARED TO EXECUTE
IN THE
BEST
AT.
SHORT NOTICE,
AND ON
rieaisonaible Terms.
♦
Book Printing,
Pamphlets,
Sermons,
Addresses,
Catalogues,
Reports,
JOB WORK
OF
EVERY DESCRIPTION,
Such, as
Posters,
Handbills,
Concert Bills,
Auction Bills,
Programmes for Concerts
and Exhibitions,
Circulars,
Envelopes,
Druggists’ Labels,
Blanks,
Bill-Heads,
EXECUTED PROMPTLY, NEATLY,
AND OS TUB
XxiO'^VJESlSir
BY THS USE OF STEAM
AND TBii
BEST OF POWER PE ESSES,
All kinds of work used by Book Publishers,
All kinds of work used by Mannfadurrrs,
All kinds of work used by Banks,
All kinds of work used by Insurance Companies,
Ail kinds of work used by Railroad Companies’
AH kinds of work used by Sfeambeat Companies,
All kinds of work used by Joint Stock Companies,
ill kinds of work used by Merchants,
AH kinds of work used by Meehan!^’,
AH kinds of work used by Lawyers,
>!| ‘‘“t °f »orli used by Trartlting £.vl,i!,|| i( , a ,
I kmds of woik used by P«l CBt Modidw
1,1 kind ol work nsed l.j Professional .tin;,
Can and will b© Furnisliod
4S GOOD AMD CHEAP
AS AT AM OFFICE IN TEE CONFEDERACY,
WE ARE CERTAIN! WE CAM PLEASE ALL
Who will favor us with
‘PHESIR 3P> 'iTHONAOIS.
ALL IN WANT OF
Any Kind of Printing,
-A.:R,:E 135«TV1T3313 to o^olx,.
NOTICE
TO (tSBTOBS AND OREDITOBB.
TVo’rr e.
a. i All persons having eny demaadu a*(esnst the F.ptate of
Lemuel I)welle, late of KJehrnond county, deceased, are b*re
hv n 41 fled b> present then i lakns, and ell per»f»n» Indebted to
flftld Estate are hereby notified to come forward and make pay
ment. h. V WELLE. Jr.
F ahrimry Adovinlrtmtor.
VOTICE.
All per son »■ Indebted to the Estate of Job» H<vntberhtnd,
iatc of Green county, deceased, will make payment to the un
der* 1 . ned ; ind those buvlne dalioa afloat k*!d Estate, are
notified to pre-ent them duly within the time pre
scribed by aw. JOHN AHMijf JU>!?O, EtV
marfi 9wil 4
VU'J ICE.
X* Ail persona Indebted to tho Estate of t vdla Crawford,
a .Mari Lydia UiKk. late ( f Klchn.ond counts, are here
by required to make payment to the
fcavV-g clh’mt ujraln?t nadd E»'ft>aie notlfl*-d to pcr9eut then.
du’v a'teste-3, within the time by law.
i Jar S«w 10 Jack WON MaD POX, kdm'r .
YOU E.
A]; fe • sod- bavicf demandß against Ihe estate of Robert
Eberbwt, late of Det>ot*> couiity, Mississippi, deceased, &re re
ques.terl to present them within tne time pre»*crlt»ed by law;
and ail lodetUd to said deoeneed are requesUd to
make Immediate payment.
W. O. JOH.VSOy, Adm’r
mar 16 &w 12 of Estat e of Robert Kberbart, dec’d.
OT ICE.
All person? indebted to the FUjtaxb of J. J.
iate cfWilfea co inty, deceased, will make Irnrred'.ate pa>o*eut
of the earue to the aid. these bavin# cUtlmo
* tid Estate are notified prfsent them duly attested, within
the time prescribed by law.
c.:aj)‘o wia bEXJAMLN PUNA WAY, Adm’r.
ORPIN ARY’H OFFICE, WILKES CO OEOKOI \.
Whereas It has l/sen represented to ro<* that Fsnnie f*. Aa- i
d r rvA* % isiizcn of Win. Q dsocoaied, y without Guar
dJaa:
These ars therefor® ■ o cite sji persona lpterc«ted t o be and sp
l-eu' ii my >AQce lu WaOdcarton on rrr More the let Monday
lr* April nc-rt. to %how cause. If apy they har% why the au»r
dlanshlp of »h« tfoMFacrds L. Andemon abo*iid &ut be v«<tod in
ils« fchertff of W'UkM oounty, or oth«a fit and proper per
son.
Given undsr mv hand and cC44 sign Mure si ©flics to tr^h.
I ny.or. Feb. Mih, lm, O. 0, NORMAN.
relSs (
By-laws and Constitu
tions of Societies,
Printing from Stereo
typed Plates,
Court Dockets,
I
i Briefs, &c.
Blank Bills and Xotes,
Bills of Lading,
Bank Checks,
Business Cards,
Direction Cards,
Visiting Cards,
Labels/
Bills of Faro,
Fancy Job Printing,
Printing in Colors,
Bronze Printing, &e.
| or q rVaw!,!.T r“n!.-r\ wk-1 T
Hynjamin, t, jr,'G hJ o-i» 2'.« eu *. * id 01 *** ftc<l
“• Eiv! 1 “or AZTAn’. win
«w7
ADM»XISTRATOII’d6ALS. "
i F OF GEORGIA, ORJ'KSE 00l NTY
i
I y.xrsolJ, Kwr.hglrJaV,-;* l« v4ii l *
i tea ssl-«££r*w»-JsK
boll, ‘ Bo °- WIU Li lr Un l ; r iuJu^’dtc'Z
tw ?
"V r ')T let.
w «USbHimS
M ~- f S6w U ’ ’ JAI-KSO.X MADDOY, Adn. r.
( i'-PP Ak i S-omci;, WILKES CO GZORm*
rs- before ll„. Ist Moa.iTV
thjr tUwiiir 9t WilM. <»,*»>.,•, 0. wioeoibtt It atd prop« pei
dlv^TOawra;-hand tai oC..l jsteo,tor«itrg,to w»*i,. '
l X?-i }*!!• 2ilb - | O. NuaJUK,
froav-.y ontti'-ry
STiTE OF GEORO’A. r.RJEXE COVTS'CT.
* iKnt. ti,. ci ate ,i B-J**ea i% LoJv,* vod, ttmmfi
I* univi.rf^itipd,
thiih are liiei«fdr»to elt* and nqulrn aD r*rw>-5
to show causa why rhe n< t raid
vested In the Chirk of tho Court, or lr. s<--ma otbv* 1
ft ana proper pcrs>*r», ur I).* Court ol Ordinary to he held u*
: fcD*l for s-iM oounty on the fir it Mmday !n April crxr
Given under my hand at in February
kith. 1H54. EtGEiSiC'h t KING,
feb 2?7 4w9 OrCwry,