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THE SinL iriSr.T
By thin phrase we do not mean the military
situation. We do not propone just now to mui vi $
the Hold where our Armies are drawn up con
fronting the formidable hosts of the efferuy
An enemy formidable in resources. Jui-; a
the myrmidons of Xorx<■» v* ■ - liv
ing tide poured its billow upon Gr >-. <•_
There Is ai this supreme hour but little to lu:
said. Much to bit done. \V. ..wait even!
Nor do wo propose just at this moment to
write an article on the political situation.—
Tery much might be said on that subject. We
bavn the summer before us for that, and we
hope to do good service to the cause of the
people.
Jtut we wish to say just a word or two ies
pectlng tho situation of this paper.
In spite of our good temper, we find our
■clyes surrounded by belligerents. Tho indig
nant virtue of sorno of our contemporaries is
roused to excess. They exhibit a sensitiveness
which is tbo surest indication that they are
touched by our articles. Yes, they are touch
ed—- wouudod—hurt. VTe did somewhat blunt
ly, it may be, call tho attention of the people
to the fact, that certaiu presses wore exuberant
in their praise* of the acts of official persons ;
and that they were ready to defend any mea
sure of the Administration. Nothing could bo
done by public functionaries but what was
worthy of all praise. No aggressions upon the
rights of the people could rouse them into crit
icism. Tho functionalios were ‘'Sweet mas
ters.”
It «o happened, too, that their papers enjoy
ed public- patronage. The Administration lav
ished ill favor* upon them. 'They were making
“a good thing” of it And the indignant tone
they assumed when it was hinted- that their
opinions might be somewhat warped by the re
lations which they held to the Administration,
was almost ludicrous. It stiuck that happy
line between the tragic and the comic, known
as melo-dramatic. To he suspected of having
the slightest concern about their bread and
butter, was enough to awaken sensibility.—
Pure patriots I Disinterested friends of lib
erty! They were above such material consid
erations. From thn lofty region where they
dwell, oblivious of the vulgar people, holding
confidential relations with what they call “the
Government,” it was insufferable to have it
hinted that they wero paid for their editorials.
Just as some poets invoke the Muse to aid
them in singing the exploits of the reigning
Monarch, and record in glowing lines the vir
tue* of the Prince, who arc exceedingly i.npa
tlent until the substantial reward of ilieir ge
nius Is received in the form cf gold which is
sent in acknowledgement of their tribute—
greatly shocked would they be to have it sup
posed that they had any sordid sentiment when
panning such touching lines. So, too, certain
jonrnals which utter their indignant denuncia
tions against our course, look solely to the
good of the country, in giving to the Almini.v
Iratioa their nnbought support. Innocent
ake«ta I To suppose that they would accept
anything for their support of the public func
tionaries ! To bo sure they do fill their col
umns with official advertisements. Bnt, cf
«oi.r*e, they nro too patriotic to make any
charge for such services. Doubtless all that
is thrown into the public Treasury, just now
so needy. Is it- to be credited, that these pa
pers are actually paid at very high ratPs for
the work that they do for the Administration ?
Vfe very much fear, that after all, -‘to this
complexion they all must come at last."
We betleve that It requires bnt little penetra
tion on the part of the public to discover that
there is a great deal of affectation in this storm
of ind'gnnut virlue, exhibitd by some of our
“oon/r»res.’’ It is too transparent. The scenic
effect is very well designe 1, but the smell of
the lamps and the rotten orange peel scattered
over the hoards, destroy the illusion.
We do not say that we have no faith in the
perfectibility ol human nature. U may be
attained when our race roach the glowing sky
$f tho futuro ; when the elevating and euob
ling influences at work in favor of humanity
shall have had a few more centuries to work in;
and when there shall be an accumulation ol be
nifleieut results,so felicitous that even this world
shall bo pure and happy. But, we do not think
that society has yet attained that state of per
fection which makes men wholly oblevlous
to money. Alas I Yet, editors do hare some
regard to gold ; and it is very possible that
in writing tholr reviews of public measures,
they may bn insensibly influenced by cons dont
tions—not altogether removed from the bread
and butter question. Dreadful that it should
bo so i Positively shocking! But after all
there is a great deal of human nature in it. Is
it not true that certain papers »re under the
control of tho Administration ? Is it not true
that in political struggles papers are chartered
by th* parties combatting each other? Isi t
sot well known that iu this State, rery recent
ly, arrangements have been entered into for
the control of cerlain journals ? Who doubts
this f And is it not also true that the favors of
th* Administration are freely bestowed on these
papers ?
Bat enough of this. The people comprehend
the eaee perfectly. We have exhibited inde
pendence. We have written fearlessly. We
hare spoken for public liberty. Wo shall
do »o to the last. We cannot be silenced.—
We rely on the support of the people ; .and
we are la daily receipt of proof of public fa
▼or. There is an effort to proscribe us by
the Administration, because we dare to speak
the truth. No reply to our argument is at
tempted. They are unanswerable. But the
assault is made upon us personally. The cry
of “Yankee” Is raised against us. Let us
see what it is worth. It is an insult to
srsry man of Northern birth in the Confed
erate States. But it is a senseless cry ; as im
petaut as it is wanton. Our antecedents are
above suspicion. We were earnest in ad
vocating the cause ot civil liberty, when we
, published a paper at the North—we were
as courageous then in defence of richt, as we
are here. We have suffered for our opinions.—
W e have given the highest proof of our regard
for the cau3a of the South by advocating it in
he midst of its enemies. We do not intend
to see it betrayed iu the house of its friends, if
we can prevent it.
y» e submit to all men of generous nature,
that it i-: to the last degree unmanly to taunt
us with our Noithern birth, when it is well
known lli.it in giving up the land ts our na
tivity, we followed our principles, and fixed
our home iu the section whose cau3e we hail so
earnestly upheld. Yes, upheld until the gov
erurueut itself was subverted. If no other
reply to our articles can be found than to say
they were written by a man of Northern birth,
then we submit that it is because they are un
answerable. *
Let us leave personal themee. Let us deal
with questions in their public relations. We
may be plain; we may be pointed; we may be j
rude. If so we shall be pardoned by the peo
ple, in whose ca .se we toil. Rut ooine what
may through good report, and through evil
report, through weal or woe, we shall give
our tu.bought support to public liberty.
KbiLA,\US AKLTUAi.II If.
r, ’ T ''' ” ” " T * i. t.i leg.Td to Ibis
, so j a .i.i.. not been feigned ar.d de
ceptive. -n most selfish and unnatural.
With cb. nig and repulsive indifference, she
has stood aloof, witnessing the mutual arid ter
rific slaughter of her own kindred people, of
her own blood and lineage, speaking her own
noble longue, the language of Shakspeareand
Milton, and sharing common sentiments and
institutions. Deaf to tho clainiH of consan
guinity, she has coldly refused to raise her
voice or her hand to stay the fratricidal strife ;
and, even when solicited by .Louis Napoleon,
lo unite in a mere offer of friendly mediation,
spurned the humane proposal. Her conduct
throughout this bloody diatn* has been both
unchri.-tain and ungenerous—unworthy her
boasted civilization, and lofty pretensions to
philanthropy and Christianity. Wore tho peo
plo now engaged iu this war an off-shoot of the
German race, there emnot be a doubt that
•fraternal feeling would long since have prompt
ed the German States to offer their mediation.
Cut haughty and cold blooded England, wrap
ped in the maQtle of her own intense and ab
sorbing selfishnets, witnesses without emotion,
tho wholesale slaughter ol her own flesh and
biood.
England has not wished this war to stop.—
Shu h;u hud her own mercenary ends to pro
mote by its continuance. Bho has only been
too glad to witness the destruction ot both
parties, as her rivals in commerce aud agricul
ture. It tuts suited her to see the growing com
merce of the North, threatening her own su
piemacy on the seas, crippled by the dissolu
tion of the Union ; and the cotton ciop of the
South blockaded in our ports, that she might
have the opportunity of realizing her private
scheme of rendering herself independent of the
American supply, by extending the cotton cui
ture in her own Asiatic dependencies.
Cut the British Government has neither
been honest nor impartial in its pretended neu
trality. It has even leaned to oar enemy. It
has constantly given its aid and influence to the
North, while discriminating against the South,
in every way it possibly could, without entire
ly throwing off the mask of a hypocritical neu
trality.
The law < f blockade has been overthrown
to sustain a paper blockade of our coast, aud in
aid of our enemy, and to our detriment, lle
cognition of our national independence has
been refused, though demanded by the prece
dents and principles of international law, lest it
should prejudice tho Northern cause. War
vessels, suspected of being intended for our
service, have been arrested and detained, in
the face of British law and the decisions of
British courts.
Palmerston and Russell have shown them
selves nervously anxious to avoid even tho
appearance of a breach of neutrality, when it
would favor us; but utterly indifferent when'
tho Yankees wero to be benefited. They have
not expressed the slightest objection to the
shipment of any quantity of war material, in
tended for the slaughter of ths Southern peo
ple, but have been horrifiodat the thought that
a single ship, intended lor their defence, should
escape Irom a British port. That wotiid be an
unpardonable breach of neutrality, which must
bo stopped at all hazards, aud with or without
law. it is a notorious fact that tho Yankees
could not carry oil this war, unless England
supplied than with saltpetre. It is not found
at the North, as at the South, in cousiderable
quantities; ami can only bo obtained from British
India, the chief source of supply to Europe. It
will he remembered, that during the pending
of tho Trent affair, when a war was apprehend-
cd with tho United States, the British ministry
ordered the shipment of saltpetre to that coun
try to be stopped ; but so soon as that difficul
ty was cleared up, the embargo was removed.
Not a single ship for the South, but powder
uJhlrtum for the North, is the maxim of this
hypucritai aud knavish abolition ministry.
The Yankees have been permitted in bare
faced violation of the English foreign enlist
ment act to recruit thousands of men in Ire
land to fight against us. But not a word has
sanctimonious aud negro loving Russell had to
sty ogaiust this flagrant breach of neutrality.
On tho contrary, he has connived at and en
couraged it. sanctioning the flimsy pretext that
these emigrants wete designed for peaceful
laborers, when he knew they wero intended for
the Northern army. He could raise a great
outcry against the construction of Laird's
rams but the recruiting of armies in Ireland
for the destruction of tho Southern pcoplenever
has ruffled his serenity, or extorted a protest
from him. This Earl Russell, who only a lew
weeks ago, declared in a speech in Parlia
ment, that be hoped this war would termi
nate in tho destruction of slavery. In this de
claration he openly committed himself and
government to the cause of the North. It was
a declaration of hostility to the South, to her
institutions, lo her whole social structure, to
her very existence. It was. also, a proclama
tion of sympathy and encouragement to the
vandals who are seeking our destructim The
conduct of this canting, insidious minister has
been in strict keeping with this expression of
envenomed hostility, lie has been the willing
tool aud ally of Seward. He hvs ever been
ready to sacrifice the honor of England, and
eveu her neutrality, to pander to the evil pur
poses of abolition malignity.
The pretended neutrality of the British gov
ernment has been only masked hostility to u=>
England under the leadership of her abolition
ministry has been degraled from her proud
eminence ands ink in the estimation cf man
kind. Her base truckling to the Yankee gov
ernment. has shorn.her of her influence. She
no longer holds the position which she
once dii in the family of European nations.
She has loss the ck tracer for magnanimi
ty and fair play which she once enjoyed by
meanly siding with the strong against the
weak. Her r.cord daring this war will be
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 29, 1864.
an eternal blot upon her name She has
earned for bei self the deserved contempt and
i hostility of the South, and may yet be made
| to repent, in sackcloth and ashes, her per
fidious aud dastardly conduct, when the
commerce of the South, and especially the cot
-1 ton monopoly, which Lave heretofore enriched
her, shall be transferred to other nations more
honest and honorable, and more ftieodly lo
us in this our hour of need.
AT ACT TO AMKXD THU TAX LAWS.
The Congress of the Confederate States of
America do enact, That the first, second, and
third sections of the aetto levy adtiuiona! taxes
for the common defence and support of the
Government,approved Hiventeenth of February,
eighteen hundred aLd s ! xty-four, bo amended
and re-enacted, so as to read as follows, to wit;
Sec. 1. That iu addition to the taxes levied
by the-‘act to lay taxes for the common de
fence, and to carry on the Government ot the
Confederate States,” approved April 2-f, 18(13,
theie shall be levied, from the 17th of February, .
18C4, on the subjects of taxation hereinafter
mentioned, anil collected from every person,
copartnership, association or corporation, lia
ble therefore, taxes as follows, to wit:
I. Up' n the value of all property, real, per
sonal and mixed, of every kind of description,
not hereinafter • exempted or taxed at a differ
ent rate, live per cent.: Provided, That from
the tax on the value of propel ty employed in
agriculture shall be deducted thevaiue of the
tax in kind derived therefrom during the same
year, as assessed under the law imposing it,
and delivered to the Government, whoiher de
livered during the year or afterwards, includ
ing the bacon, deliverable alter, and not prior
to, the assessment of tho tax on property em
ployed in agriculture, as aforesaid; and the
collection of the tax on such property shall
be suspended after assessment, under the or
der of the Secretary of the Treasury, until the
value of the tithe to be deducted can bo ascer
tained, and when so ascertained, it shall bo the
duty of the post quartermaster to certify, and
of tho district collector to deduct, the value of
sui h tithe, and any balance found due may bo
paid in bonds and certificates therefor, author
ized by the ‘‘Act to reduce the currency and
to authorize anew issue of notes and bonds,”
in iike manner as other taxes, payable during
the year; Provided, That no credit shall be al
lowed beyond five por cent.
11. On the value of gold and silver ware and
plate, jewels, jewelry and watches, ten per
cent.
111. The value of property taxed under this
section shall lie assessed on the basis of the
market value of tho same, or similar properly
in the neighborhood where assessed, in the
year eighteen hundred aud sixty, except in
cases where lands, slaves, cotton and tobacco
have been purchased since Ist day of January,
1862, in which case tire sidd lands, slaves, cot
ton and tobacco so purchased shall be assessed
at t e price aotually paid for the same by tho
owner; Provided, That land purchased by ref
ugees, and held and occupied by them for their
own use and residence, shall be assessed accord
ing to its market value in the year 1800
Bec. 2. That section second of an act entitled
“An act to levy additional taxes for the com
mon defence and support of the Government,”
approved 17th February, 1864, be, and the
same is hereby repealed; and it is hereby de
clared, that all the property aud assets of cor
porations, associations aud joint stock com
panies, of every description, whether incorpo
rated or not, shall be assessed and taxed in the
same manner, and to tho same extent, as the
property and assets of individuals; the tax on
such property and assets to he assessed against,
and paid by, such corporations, associations
and joint stock companies; Provided, That no
bank or banking company shall be liable to
pay a tax upon deposits of money to the cred
it of, and subject to the checks of ofhers: Pro
vided further, That tire stock, shares or inter
ests, representing property or assets in corpor
ations or joint stock companies, or associations,
shall not be assessed or taxed. And, provided
further, That all property within tho enemy’s
lines be, and the same is hereby exempted from
all taxation so long as it remains in the enemy’s
lines.
Sec. 3. That paragraph one of section three
of an act entitled. “An act to levy additional
taxes for the common defenco and suppoi t of
the Government,” approved 17th February,
1804, be, and the same is hereby amended
and re-enac t’d, so as to read as follows: Upon
the amount of aH gold and silver coin, gold
dust, gold or silver bullion, monies held abroad
or bills of exchange drawn therefore, promis
sory notes, rights, credits and securities, paya
ble in foreign countries, five per emt. to be
paid in specie, or Confederate Treasuny notes
at th'cir value, as compared with specie at the
time the tax is payable; the relative value of
specie and Confederate Treasury notes, for
tbopurposo of payment under this act, to be
fixed by regulations to bo prescribed by the
Commissioner of Taxes, under the diiection of
the Secretary cf the Treasury
Sec. 4 That section sixteen of the “Act to
amend au act entitled “An act to lay taxes for
the common defence and carry on tho Gov
ernment of the Confederate States,’’ approved
17th February, 1864, be, and tho same is here
by, so as to read as follows:
I. The income, property and money, other
than Confederate Treasury notes, of hospitals,
asylums, churches, schools, colleges aud other
charitable Institutions, shall be exempted from
taxation nnd>*r the provisions of this act, or any
other law. The property of companies formed
under the act entitled "An act to establish a
volunteer navy,*’ sh ill be exempt from taxation,
except on tho income.
11. That paragraph six, section seven of the
same act, be and the same is hereby amended
by adding thereto, as follows;
“If any person shall fail to make due re
turns, as required by said section, of the in
come or profits taxed under any law of Con*
gress, or in case of disagreement with tho as
sessor, to submit the same to referees, as pro
vided by law, or shall fail or refuse to pay the
the tax thereof, within such limo as shall be
prescribed bv public notice, by tho district col
lector, under the direction of the Commissioner
of Taxes, such person shall bo deemed and held
to be in default: Provided, That such person
shall not be deemed and held to he in default,
who may fail, or has failed to make payment,
or due returns, in consequenoe of the presence
or interference of the enemy, or tho absence or
neglect of the officers charged with the assess
ment and collection of taxes.”
Sec. 6. That this net shall not be so construed
as to subject to taxation corn, bacon aud other
agricultural products, which were produced in
the year 1863,send in the possession of the pro
ducer on the 17th of February, 1864, and ne
cessary tor tho support of himself and family
during the present year, and from or on which
taxes in kind have been deducted and delivered
or paid.
Sec. 6. That section four, paragraphs one
and two, of the act approved February 17.1864.
entitled “Anact to levy additional taxes for the
common defence and support of the Govern
ment,” be so amended is to levy an addition
al tax of thirty per cent, upon the amount of
all profits made by selling the articles mention
ed in the said paragraphs, between the l~th of
February, 1564, and the first day of July next,
which additional tax shall be collected under
said act.
Sec. 7 That all Treasury notes of the old
issue, of the denomination of five dollars, not
xeebanged for the new issue prior to the Ist day
of January. 1865, and which may remain out
standing on that day, a tax of one hundred
per cent, is hereby imposed.
Sec. 8. That section seven of an act entitled
‘•An net to levy additional taxes for the com
mon defence and support of the Government,”
approved 17th, February, 1864. be, and the
same is hereby repealed, and the following in
sert «and in lieu thereof:
I. That the first section of the “Act to lay
taxes for the common defence and to carry on
the Government of the Confederate States,’’
approved 21th April, 1863. is suspended for the
year 1864
11. In all cases where a tax is levied on In
come derived from property, real, personal and
mixed, of every description, on the amount or
value of which an ad valorem tax is laid, the ad
valorem tax shall be deducted front the income
tax: Provided, That in no cose shall lets be
paid than the ad valorem tax
111. In the assessment of income derived
from manufacturing or mining, there shall be
deducted from the gross income or profits, the
necessary annual repairs, not exceeding ten
per cent, on the amount of the income derived
therefrom. And, in addition to the deduction
n w alb-wed by law in the awe3-,ment of in
comes derived from any source, the following
s rail be made, namely: The Confederatedixe;
actually paid by the owner on sales made by
him. and the commissions actually paid by the
consignor or shipper for selling, and in the’pio
duction or manufacture of pig metal, or other
iron, the cost of fuel.
Sec. U. That all citizens of any one of the
Confederate States, temporarily residing in an
other State, shall be liable to bo assessed and
taxed in the State or district in which lie mat
temporarily reside, and it'shall be the duty Jr
all such who have not heretofore made return
of their taxable prupeity to the district asses
sor where they may temporal ily reside, within
thirty days after the passage 'of this act, to
make such return, and any one liable to be as
sessed and tax and as aforesaid, who shall lad or
refuse, within the said period ot thirty days to
make such return, shall be liable to all the
pxin3 and penalties imposed by, tho laws ol the
Confederate Slates in sujbh case.
CONFEDERATE,STATES CONCHIES}.
HO'Sli- V :s 10.
Nicntt-Siac:;:;;. fie House resumed the con
sideration of the tax bill and sent the same
baik to the Senate, w.tli sundry amendments
Au amendment was offered to make the tax
assessor* and collectors of States, .counties aud
districts, officers under this act.
It was moved to lay the bill and amend
ments on the table, which motion prevailed—
yeas 34 nays 33.
Trio Chair laid before the House a message
from the President, returning, with his objec
tions, a House bill amendatory of the act im
posing regulations upon the foreign commerce
of the Confederate States. The President asked
that the bill be so amended as to provide that
nothing under this law shall be so construed as
to retain for the Confederate States the use of
one-half of the tonnage, except such vessels as
are owned exclusively by the States.
Tho House thereupon proceeded to vote upon
the question as to whether the hill should pass,
the objections of the President to tho contrary
notwithstanding.
The veto was sustained—yeas 26, nays 43.
A motion lo reconsider the vote by which
the veto was sustained was lost.
The House took up and passed the resolution
of the Senate postponing tho time of the ad
journment of Congress till Tuesday next.
SENATE— JUNE 11.
The following wero passed: House bill in re
lation to the ply of clerks in the office of tho
Depositary; Senate bill to provide for the im
pressment of the railroad iron, equipments and
rolling stock of railroads, when the same shall
become necessary for the public defence, etc.
The following were rejected: House joint re
solution explanatory of the act increasing the
compensation of certa’n civil officers and em
ployees in the city of Richmond to extend the
provisions of the act to provide for the appoint
ment of officers with temporary rank, etc,; au
thorizing the President to assign general officers
to tho command of any army corps, division,
brigade, department or district; to establish a
buieau of polytechnics
Tho bill to facilitate the settlement of claims
of deceased soldiers, was laid on the table.
#OUSE.
The bill amendatory of ths tax laws was
taken up and referred to a committee of con
ference.
The bill to increase the compensation of tho
heads of the several departments, and the
Secretary of War and the Treasury, was taken
up, and the House insisting upon its amend
ments, a committee of conference was asked
for.
House [fill to provide for tin enrollment and
conscrption of certain non commissioned offi
cers and privates in the trans-Mississisippi de
partment was taken up, aud the Senate amend
ments were concurred in.
Senate bill relating to the issuing of certifi
cates of indebtedness by the Government of the
Confederate States was taken up.
Senate joint resolution authorizing the rais
ing of the rent of tho building owned by James
Lyons, now occupied by the Treasury Depart
ment, was considered and passed.
Senate bill to authorize the manufacture of
spirituous liquors for tho use of the army and
hospitals was taken up, and a debaie ensued
iuvolving the merits of whiskey manufactured
in general, and the duties of the Government
concerning the matter in particular.
Pending the consideration of the subject,
the House took up the special order of the day,
namely: A Senate bill pr wiling for the estab
lishment and payment of claims lor a certain
description of property taken or informally
impressed for tbo use of the at my.
The discussion of th s bill occupied tho re
mainder of the morning session.
SSITATB—JUNE 13.
The bill relative to the President’s salary,
reported from the Committee on they udlciary,
was laid on tire table.
The following joint resolution was passed:
Resolved by tire Congress es the Confeder
ate States of America, That the Secretary of
the Treasury be, and he is hereby directed to
pay in gold, to the President, two thousand
dollars of the annual salary now allowed him.
Bill to increase the salar y of the Judge of the
District Courts of tits Confederate States in
the State of Georgia—rejected.
The Senate proceeded to the oonsidaration
of the message of the President, giving his reas
ons for withholding his approval to the bill tor
the relief of Zedekiah McDanisl and F. M.
Ewing.
On the question, “shall the bill pass, not
withstanding tiro veto of the President,” it was
decided in the negative—yeas 9, nayi 7—two
third-* not voting in the affirmative.
The Committee of Conference on the bill,
to amend the tax bill, made a "written report
of the action ot the Commutes.
The Senate were noli lie; that the nouse had
passed joint reaoiu'ion for the relief of W. Gud
din; and concurred in report of Conference
Committee on the disagreeing votes of the two
Houses on the bill amending the tax law.
Tho merits of the report were then discussed
till the hour of adjournment-5 o'clock.
Niqht Session. —The following were passed:
House bill to amend the act reducing the cur
rency; House bill in reference to the exporta
tion of products by the States; House bill to
ame*nd the laws relating to the commutation
value of hospital rations.
The report ot the Committee of Conference
on the House bill to increase the compensation
of tho heads of the Executive Depnitment was
concurred in. •
House amendments to Senate bill authorizing
the appointment of additional Quat termasters
and Commissaries were concurred in.
House.
The House took up the bill to provide for
the payment of claims for a certain description
of property impressed by the Confederate
Government. The bill was not passed—yeas
32, nays 35.
The Committee of Conference, on the part of
the House, in relation to the bill amendatory
of the Tax laws, made a report and presented
a bill in accordance with tire agreement of the
committee. Passed! yeas 47, nays 25.
The Committee on Ways and Means reported
back the bill to authorize the issuing of cer
tificates of indebtedness by the Treasury of the
Confederate States for property impressed. Al
ter much amendment and discussion, the bill
was lost—yeas 31, nays 26.
The joint Committee on Commerce reported
joint resolutions in relation to the exportation
of cotton, tobacco, military and naval stores,
rice, 6Ugar, &c., exported by any of the Confed
erate Mates in a vessel owned or chartered by
said State.
This wa* a resolution in answer to the Teto
by the President of a bill relating to foreign
commence. The resolutions were passed.
The Military Committee reported back a bill
authorizing ths appointment of additional quar
termasters and assistant quartermasters, com
missaries and assistant commissaries, ten in
number of each, with the rank of colonel, lieu
tenant colonel aud major, to be attached to
each of the different army corps of tiie'Coofed
erate Provisional A 1 my. The bill waa passed.
Night Session' ,—The vote by which the
House passed the bill providing for the pay
ment of property irn-gu aily impressed, was
reconsidered and again passed—j eas 33, nays
32.
Bill for the relief of the State of Tennessee,
passed.
The committee on the Jndiciary reported
back a Senate bill to organize military courts,
which was amended and pasted.
A bill was rep rte i to amend the act to levy
additi. n. l taxes for the common defence and to
support the Government, it levies a tax of ten
per cent, on all profits made by selling spirit
ous liquors,- ti ;ur, wheat, corn, rice, sugar,
syrup, molasses, salt, bacon, pork, beef and
beet cattle, horses, mules, boots and shoes, cot
ton yarns, wjolan l woolen, cotton or mixed
cloth, hats, wagons, harness, coal. iron, steel,
aud nails, iu addition to the tax on such as
Come under such acts. After some minor
amendments the bit! was passed.
A resolution was offered- and agreed to au
thorizing the appointment of a committee of
three to contract wilh suitable persons for re
porting and pubb.-hing in full the proceedings
of lire House in future.
Senate joint resolution of thanks to Gen. E
Kirby Smith was taken up and discussed till
half past II o'clock, at which hour the House
adjourned.
SENATE—JUNE .14.
The Senate concurred in House amendment
to the bil' requiring the Secretary of War_to
detail disabled officers and soldiers to fill the
cftices of Itaishalsa.id cl. rks in mditary courts.
Huute amendment was to substitute for •■sol
diers’ tho woids 'noncommissioned officers
and privates.’’
The Senate coreqmd in a resolution of the
House of Representatives to extend the time
of adjournment to 2,\ ocleck P. 1.1
House joint resolution of thanks to Major
General Forrest and the officers and men under
his command, ior the iveent victory
at Tishomingo < reek, was, under the rule, re
fened to the Military Committee.
A message tiom the President announced
that ho had approved and signed tho following
bills:
An act to authorize tho formation of new
commands, to be composed of supernumerary
officers who may resign to j ciu such commands,
and to limit and restrict the appointment of
officers in certain cases.
Au act to authorize tho appointment of quar
termasters and assistant quartermasters and 1
of comre’saries and assistant commissaries in the
Provisional Army iu cetlain cases.
An act to amend au act entitled “an aetto
prohibit the importation of luxuries,” &c., ap- i
proved February 6th, 1864.
Au act to provide and organize a Genera! i
Staff for armies in the field.
Aud thtee acts amendatory of the act to es
tablish military courts for armies in the field,
and to define their powers.
It being announced by the Special Commit
fee that the President had no further commu
nication to make, at 2} o’clock P. M. the
President pro km of the Senate declared the
Senate adjourned sine die.
House,
Senate amendment to the House bill relative
to sick and wounded sold ers in hospitals'was
concurred in.
Joint resolution of thanks to, and for the
tehefof Gen. .Gasper Tcoilman. Placed on
the calendar.
rite Committee on Claims made a report on
the claim of Flag Offlet-r Forrest, which was
laid upon the table. Aiso, sundry unimpor
tant, bills, which were placed on the calendar.
The Committee on Claims reported a bill
providing compensation for officers and pri-.
vates who have heretofore performed the du
ties of drill officers, which was placed on the
calendar.
Sen ile bill to provide and organize a gener
al staff for the armies in !be field to serve du
ring the war, was taken up. The bit passed
—ayes 88, noes 19.
Senate bill to amend the act, to prohibit the
importation of luxuries or of articles not
accessaries or of common use, was taken up
and passed.
Senate bill to amend tho act to organize mil
itaiy courts to attend the armies in the field,
was amended and passed.
Senate joint resolution directing the pay
ment, in gold, of $2 000 ot the President’s
annual salary, was, on motion laid upon the
table—ayes 47, noos 11
’] he Committee on Ways and Means reported
back, without amendment, Senate bill to pro
vide for the impressment, of railroad iron, equip
ments, aid rolling stock of railroads when
the same shall become necessary for the pub
lic defence, and to make further provision for
the efficient transportation of troops and mil
itary supplies.
After a lengthy'discussion the bill and pend
ing amendments were laid upon the table.
A message was received from the President
vetoing the bill allowing further time to per
sons withiu tiie enemy’s lines to fund their
Treasury notes. Postponed to next session.
A message was received from the Senate an
nouncing the passage of a resolution appoint
ing a committee to wait-on tho Presid< nt to in
form him tli it, unless he had some further
communications to make, Congress was ready
to adjourn.
The resolution was concurred in, and Messrs.
Russel!, Barksdale, and Foster were appointed
a committee on the part of tile House.
Joint resolution of thanks to Gen. N, B. For
test and the officers and men of his command,
for the brilliant victory recently achieved by
them at the battle of Tishomingo creek—unan
imously passed.
A resolution to authorize an investigation
into the frauds alleged lo exist in the Commis
sary and Quarter-master Departments. Adopted.
l ho committee to wait on the President re
turned and reported through their chairman
that they had discharged the duty confided to
them ; that the President bad no further com
muuicationz to - make unless it might be some
bills now under consideration, and he bad de
sired the committee to convey to the members
of the House Ids sincere wishes for their health
and happiness, and expressed the hope that
before their next meeting the blessings of peace
might dawn upon our land,
At half past two o’olock the Speaker de
clared the House adjourned sine die.
■ —« ;
Huntkk’s Order to Ron tiiePeofle. — A Gen
eral Order, issued from the Headquarters, De
partment of Western Virginia, by Major Gen
eral Hunter, just on -the eve of his recent march,
contains a couple of para graphs that it would be
well enough for otir authorites to make a spe
cial note of- We copy :
For the expedition the clothes that
soldiers have on their hacks, with one pair of
extra ehoe3 and .socks, are amply sufficient. —
Everything else in the shape of clothing will
be packed to day and sent to the rear. In each
knapsack there must be one hundred rounds of
ammunition, carefully packed ; four hundred
of hard bread, to last eight days ; ten rations
of coffee, sugar aud salt, and one pair of shoes
and socks, but nothing else.
Brigade and all other commanders will be
held strictly responsible that thek- commands
are amp'y snppiied on the march. Cattle,
sheep and hogs, and, if necessary, horses and
mules must he taken and slaughtered. These
supplies will be seized under tire direction o
officers duly authorized, and upon a system
which will hereafter be regulated.
lho commanding general expects of every
officer and soldier of the army in the field, an
earnest aud unwavering support. He relies
witn confidence upon an ever kind Providence
for a glorious result. The Lieutenant Goner
alcommanding the armies of the United States,
wh_> is now vigorously pressing buck the enemy
upon their lai-.t stongboki, expects much from
the army of the Shenandoah, and he must not
be disappointed.
\ an, .EE Outrages in Florida.—New Troy
Bi'ti'T— Vecopy the following communication
fronrthe Lake City Columbian :
The ueseiters, about cue hundred strong
came up on last Tuesday night and burned .ip
New Troy, the country site of Lafayette Coun
ty. Not a house was left. They also burnt
nearly ail the houses in the centre and Sou'h
era portions of the country, leaving only a few,
and it is presumed the owners of those were
either concerned or sympathized with the de
s.rters. Tney carried (iff all the negroes, horses,
and mules they could get. ihey say riiev did
this in revenge ior the injury the troops did
tnem, by turning up and earriving off their
property. * °
It is a depiorable fact that between the oner
axons of our troops and the deserters, Lafay
ete bounty is made a sad wilderness; hundreds
ct women and children rendered completely
desiHu e, without shelter, food or clothing, are
thrown upon the cold charities of a friendless
world. The government nor itscitizens neither
caring for or offering assistance to them in their
unfortunate condition. If something is not
i done many of them will most certainly starve.
IIVOL. LXXVIIL—NEW SERIES VOL. XXVIII. NO. 26.
COXFFDE -VIE STATES Ci».A(JUI>S.
Ac's and Jiunf Resolutions passed by Congress
and Approved by (he President, during the
First Session of the Second Congress oj the
Confederate Slides :
SENATE BILLS. *
Ail act to provide and organize a General
S.aff tor service in the field, to serve during
the war.
An act to provide means of transit across
the Mississippi river for the members of (.'en
gross residing west of sai 1 river, in going to
and returning Horn the Confederate Statts
Congress.
An act to provide passports for Senators and
Representatives iu Congress when travelling
iu trio Confederate States.
An act to aid any State in communicating
with and preparing records of its troops.
An act to extend the flunking privilege.
An act lo authorize the withdrawal tiom the
Treasury of money ooutribu ed to build an
iron-clad gunboat ay ladies of the State of
South Carolina, and deposited therein.
An net to extend to the navy and marine
corps the provisions . f the, third section of an
act to argun'Ze forces to serve during ihe war.
Approved Feb 17, 1864.
Au act to amend an act entitled “an act to 1
piovide au invalid corps,” approved February
17, 1864.
Au act to authorize the payment of the ac
tual and necessary expenses of naval officers
while traveling under orders.
An act to secure the prompt printing of the
laws of the Confederate States. *
An act to provide for the appointment of
additional military storekeepers in the Provi
sional Army of the Confederate States.
An act lor the relief of .ae whiuw and heirs
of the late Brig. Gen. Leroy A. Stafford, of
the Confederate States army.
An act to amend au act entitled “an act
creating the office of ensign in the army of the
Confederate States.’ ’
An act to promote the efficiency of the cav
alry of the Provisional army, and io puui.sli
carelessness, and irregularities of any portion
thereof.
An act to regulate the compensation and
mileage of members of Congress for the pre
sent session.
An act to provide for the compensation of
non-commissioned officers, soldiers, sailors and
marines on detailed service.
An act for the payment of commissioners
appointed under the act entitled “an act to
suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas
corpus in certain cases,” and to confer certain
powers upon said commissioners.
An act to amend the several acts in regard
to chaplains.
An act to provide for tho appointment of a
disbursing clerk in the War Department.
Au act to regulate the pay of a general as
signed to dmy at the seat of government, under
the piovitious of the act approved March 26th,
18C4.
An act to authorize tho manufacture of spir
ituous liquots for the use of theaimy and hos
pifals.
An act providing for the establishment and
payment of claims for property taken or infor
mally and unwarrantably impressed for the use
of the government.
An act to amend the several acts in relation
to a volunteer navy.
An act to authorize the formation of new
commands, to be composed of supernumerary
officers, who may resign to join such com
mands, and to limit and restrict the appoint
ment of officers in certain cases.
An act to 'authorize the appointment of quar
termasters and assistant quartermasters, and
commissaries and assistantfteotpmissaries, in the
Provisional army, in certain cases.
An act to authorize tho owners of the regis
tered eight r-er cent, ten year convertible bonds,
issued under !he provisions of the act approv
ed 10th of May, 1864, and lo exchange the
same for coupon bonds.
An act to amend an act entitled “an act to
prohibit the importation of luxuries, or of ar
ticles not necessaries or of common use,” ap
proved Feb 6, 1864.
An act to amend an act entitled “an act to
organize military courts to attend tho army of
the Confederate States in the field, and to de
fine the powers of said courts.’ \
An act to amend an act entitled “an act to
create a Provisional Navy of the Confederate
States,’’ approved May 1, 18G3.
An act *o authorize the appointment of ad
ditional officers of artillery for ordnance du
ties.
An act to amend an act entitled “an act to
reduce the currency, and to authorize anew
issue of notes and bonds,” approved Feb. 17,
1864.
Joint resolutions of thanks to Major General
Hoke and Commander Cooke, and the nfficeis
and men under their command, for the bril
liant victory over tho enemy at Plymouth,
N. C.
' Joint resolution of thanks to General Fin
negan and tire officers and men of his com
mand.
Joint resolution of thanks to Missouri officers
and soldiers in the Confederate service east of
the Mississippi river.
Joint resolution for the relief of Wellington
Goddin.
Joint resolution for the relief of James Ly
ons.
Joint resolution declaring the di-position,
principles and purposes of the Confederate
States in relation to the existing war with the
United Stales.
[The last joint resolution, known as the
“Manifesto,’’ was passed in secret session,
and the injunction of secrecy afterwards re
moved.]
HOUSE KILLS AND RESOLUTIONS.
An act to continue in force and amend the
provisions of au act.approved January 36,1864,
increasing the compensation of certain officers
and employees in the civil aud legislative de
partments in Richmond.
An act to exempt railroad companies from
lho payment of certain duties.
An act to authorize the district court of the
Northern district of Georgia to change the
place of holding said courts.
An act to provide for the redemption of the
old issue es treasury notes held by certain In
dian tribes.
Au act to amend the act approved February
17, 1864, entitled “an act, to allow officers of
the army rations, and the privilege of purchas
ing clothing from the quartermasters depart
ment.”
An act to authorize the appointment of com
missaries for regiments of cavalry.
An act to amend an act ot this Congress, en
titled “an act to provide for lio'ding election
of represent dives in the Congress of the Con
federate States in (he state of Tennessee.”
An act to increase the compensation of the
non-commissioned officers and privates of the
army of the Confederate States.
An act to amend so much of an act entitled
“an act to mg-inizo forces to serve dating the
war,” approved February 17, 1864, as relates
to the exemption of certain religious denomi
nations.
An act to establish certain postmasters there
in named.
An act to amend an act entitled “an act to es
tablish a Nitre and Mining Bureau,’’ approved
April 22, 1863.
An act to amend tl-e tax laws.
An act to amend the laws relating to the
tax in kind.
An act to raise money to increase the pay oi
soldiers.
An aci making appropriations for the sup
port of the Government off the Oonfcdei.V.e
States of America from July Ist to Dec. 31st,
1864, and to supply a deficiency.
An act making appropriations for the posta.
service of the Confederate States for the years
1862 and 1863. .
An act to increase the compensation of the
heads of the several Executive Departments,
and the Assistant Secretary of War aud of the
Anact to amend an act entitled “an act to
regulate the supplies of clothing to enlisted
men of the navy during the war, approved
April 20, • r
An act to amend “an act 1o organize forces
to serve during the war,” approved Feb. 17th,
1864.
An act concerning the salasy of the Trea
surer.
An act to amend an act entit’ed “an act for
the relief of tax payers in certain cases," ap
proved Feb. 13, 18' 4.
An act to allow sick and wounded officers of
the army transportation to their homes and
hospital accommodations.
I An act in relation to the pay of clerks iu the
office of the Depositary.
An act making additional appropriations lor
| the support ot the government.
An act further to amend "an act to reduce
(be currency, and to authorize anew issue of
notes and bonds.”
Joint resolution of thanks to the 35th and
3(hh regiments of North Carolina troops.
Joint resolution of thanks to the Texas Brig
ade. in the army of Northern Virginia.
Joint resolution pioviding for the appoint
ment of a special committee ot the Senate aud
House of Representatives, ou the subject of
impressment.
Joint resolution of thanks to Gen. N. B. For
rest, and the officers and men of h s command,
for their campaign in Mississippi, West Tennes
see and Kentucky.
Joint resolution authorizing the auditing of
accounts of members for pay and mileage.
J int resolution requiring the Department of
Justice to furnish the standing committees of
the two Houses with printed copies ot the acts
of Congress.
Joint resolution of thanks to the 9th regi
ment of Texts infantry. ,
Joint resolution of thanks to Maj- Gen. Rich
ard Taylor, and tho officers ar.d men of ids
comm ind.
Joint resolution to.allow sick and wonnded
officers of the at my transportation to their
homes, aud hospital accommodations.
The Yankee Gold Bill. —The rise in gold
has caused such a sensation at the North that
the Senate has passed the following bill
io check traffic and speculation iu it. The bill
was to have been brought up in the House, and
the Herald said that a party vote would -be ap- j
plied to it, and that its passage was almost cer
tain ; *
Be it enacted, &c., That it shall be unlaw
ful to make any contract for the purchase or
sale or delivery of any gold coin or bullion, or
of any foreign exchange, to be alelivered
at any time subsequent to the making of
such contract, or for the payment of any sum,
e ther fixed or contingent, in default of the de
livery of any gold coin of bullion, or of any
such foreign exchange, or upon any other terms
than the imm diate manual delivery of such
gold coin or bullion, or foreign exchange, and
the immediate payment in full of the agreed
price thereof by the manual delivery ot United
States notes or national currency, and not
otherwise, or to make any contract what
ever for tho sale, loan, or delivery of any gold
coin or bullion, or foreign exchange, of which
the person making such contract shall not at
the time of making it be the owner, ina dual
possession.
Section 2. That it shall be further unlawful
for any banker, broker, or other person to make
any purchase or sale of any gold coin or bull
ion, or of any foreign exchange, or any con
tiuct for any such purpose, or sale, at any
other place than the ordinary place of business
of either the seller or purchaser, owned or
hired, or occupied by him individually, or by
a partnership ot which he is a member.
.Section 3. All contracts made in violation
of this act shall be absolutely void.
Section 4. Any person who shall violate any
provision of this act shall be held guilty of a
misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, be
fined in the sum of one thousand dollars and
be imprisoned for a period not less than three
months nor longer than one year, or both, at
the discretion of the court.
bcction 5. The penalty imposed by the fourth
section of this act may be recovered in an ac
tion at law in any court of record of the United
States, or any court of competent jurisdiction,
which action may be brought in tho tiair.n of
the linked States, by any person who will sue
for saiii penalty, one half for the uso of the
United States and tire other half lor the use of
the person bringing-such action : and the re
covery and satisfaction of a judgment in any
such action shall be a bar to the imposition of
any fine fur the same offence in any prosecution
instituted subsequent to the recovery of such
judgment, hut shall not be a bar to the inflic
tion of punishment by imprisonment as provi
ded by the foui Ur section.
A Desolate Country.—Tire Kinston corres
pondent of tlio Raleigh N. C. Progress, sketch
es the present appearance of that once beauti
ful country between Kinston and Newbern :
Traveling down the “Upper Trent Road,”
where two years ago, we beheld beautiful
farms and farm houses, there is nothing now
seen save the crumbling chimneys aud debris,
ruins of the stately mansions. The fences are
ail gone, burned to ashes by a ruthless sol
diery, and tin; weeds and low pines growing iu
rank luxuriance where bounteous harvests
once smiled. Ornamental and shade trees,
once the delight and the balm of summer days,
have been hewn down or _ wofully disfigured.
We passed by one spot that once was a home
of opulence and splendor, and not a vestige of
building or improvement was now to be seen
except three stalely chimneys, towering on
their yeilo-w and red ruins, two massive gate
posts hacked to pieces, and one solitary elm of
the long avenue, where a few lilacs and pinks
were struggling to bloom amid the waste and
rubbish of the ruins.
Not far from this spot there are the ruins of
a once beautiful and thrivingchuroh—a church
where in the happy days gone by reverent feet
went tip to the worship of God. Ruined shrine,
ruined sanctuary ! Thy sacred precincts should
have saved thee the torch of the de poiier.—
But no ! Because it once witnessed the defeat
of a robber band of Yankees, aud was made a
shelter for a few tentless “rebel pickets,” it
must make an immolation on the unholy
shrine of fanaticism.
At Poliicksville. half of the village has felt
their incendiary torch. Two years ago we be
held part of the village in flames, applied by
their defeated Dutch ; visiting it now we dis
covered th it there was once a barricade and
houses from which our regiment bad driven
the vandal hordes, had a rotting chimney as a
monitor of their vengeance. Everywhere we
went Were traces of their worse than baibar
i.-m. Tt seemed, in tho language of Sir Walter
Bsott in [vanhoe, “like stalking from deso
lation to desoiaticn.” One can scarcely be
lieve the horrors that the Federal soldiery
have inflicted upon the country. A simple
accusation is known to have been enoug i to
subject all that war, possessed by citizens
claiming Federal protection to fire and con
fiscation. .
Arrival from tiib North. —Dr. Kerr, form
erly in charge ot th,: Marine Hospital in Balti
more harbor, reached Richmond on Tuesday
night, traveling in the desolate p ith of Grant’s
advance. The country through which he came,
the greater part ol which he traversed on foot,
presented a constant recurring scene of desola
tion, burned farm houses, basns and fencing,
dexl horses, and dead Yankees by the score
aud huudred, Dr. Kerr affirms that the war
spirit at the North is dead, swallowed up in
the pending Presidential campaign, Maryland
has been stripped of every organized force,
and hundred.lday men have taken their piaces.
About fifteen h ndred of lhe.se were in the
Arlington defence? in front of Washington
Grata had got all the men ho could get, unless
troops were re-called from Sherman. The losses
sustained by G rant since be set out on bis bloody
pilgrimage to Richmond, she “Mecca’’ of all
Yankee desire, were estimated at the North at
even higher fi.-tiros then Confederate accounts
;,, lV e fixed them. Thousands ban straggled
and deserted on the mi: eh, and our informant
en ouotered hundreds oil his way through,
maki >g their way to the Potomac, which wa*
idled with guard boats picking them up. Dr
Kerr has six brothers in the Confederate ser
vice.— Hkhwmtl Etcaminer.
Another Abuse of Power —The Richmond
Whig gives the annexed incident to show how
the appointing power is abused—.and also to
prove that places are bestowed onjlavoritcs, no
matter how unworlny, instead of on those who
can really disciiaige official duties, and who
merit's position :
it was believed that it had been agreed by
the beads of different bureaux and departments
that in the distribution of offices-at feast,
those to be filled by females—that qualifica
tions being equal, preference was t • be given
to the most needy, This is a mistake, and we
state it that there maybe in future no false
hopes raised to be cruelly dashed. Recently
forty places fur females were in the gift of a
department, aud he gave to his per
gonal friends or their friends.
The Impressment Law in North Carolina. —
Go;. Vance ot North Carolina, it appeals, is
determined not to allow the rights of the citi
zens of that State to be infringed upon iu the
least, if he can help it. Anuexud is a leher
written to the Secretary of War iu regard to ine
impressment law iu certaiu sections of that
State.
Stats of North Carolina, 1
Executive Department, s
Raleigh, March 21st, 1864 )
Hon. J. A. Scddon, Secretary of War :
Dear Sir—A large lot ot artillery horse*
from Longstreet’s army, under the command
of Lt. J. W. Born, are now in Burke county,
N. C., impressing corn and eating out the coun
ty. Large sums of money have beu impro
priated by that county, and agents seat to somli
Carolina to buy com to keep the poor from
staivation. If these" men and horses remaia
there actual starvation to many of the women
and children must ensue. Please remove the n
south to where corn is more abundant.
Yours most respectful!*.
Z. B. Vance.
Our readers will see that there is nothing
unreasonable in this letter. Every fair man will
say that the request made in it might at onc i
have been granted, without any delay. But
it seems it was not. Ihe Governor, however,
determined to have thing* made right, ns* will
be seen by the following plain arid out spoken
letter which he sent directly to headquarters :
State of North Carolina, )
Executive Department.
Raleigh, April llitb, 1864 )
His Excellency, Jefferson Du vis :
Sir — l enclose you a copy of a letter from
an entirely reliable source in Wilkes county,
N. C. It is a sample ol many 1 am daily*receiv
ing, and about which I have lately complained
to the Secretary of War, without effect. Is it
strange that disaffection to the government
should be engendered by such conduct?
I can only say, sir, that if no steps on the
part of the Confederate authorities are taken
to protect our citizens fioru illegal impressments
of this kind, I shall be compelled to take such
measures myself, as may be in my power for
that purpose.
Very respectfully,
Y'our obedient servant,
Z. B. Vance.
A New Order from the Commander at ViCks
nup.d.—lt now appears that Lincoln cannot
run the plantations iu Mississippi with any
safety. Ilis overseers are being continually
killed off, and his contraband laborers con
fiscated. In order to prevent these things tho
General in command at Vicksburg has issued
the annexed order :
The United States Government having adopt
ed the policy of leasing abandoned plantations
and giving employment to freed men; it is the
duty of tho military authorities to give
protection, as far as [ffulile, to tuo lessee and
laborer. This protection can only ha given
by holding responsible tlio districts in which
bauds ofguerrllas, who are constantly commit
ting depredations upon them, are organized
and encouraged.
It is therefore ordered that hereafter, in ev
ery instance where a Government lessee is
robbed ol property, the commanding officer of
nearest miliary post shall send a sufficient
force to the locality, with instruotioqs to seize
from disloyal citizens property sufficient to
fully indemnify the lessee, which proparty
snail be snhl ut piiLilo om-ituii, and the pro
ceeds paid to the injured person .
If the crops ot a lessee axe destroyed, or in
any manner injured, crops of t.ie sumo kind
will be seized lrom disloyal citizens and bar
vested for the benefit of the injured pariv
If any lessee is killed by guerillas, au as.
sesstneutos 810,000 will at otpoe be levied up
on the disloyal people residing within tliiriy
miles of the place where the offense was com
mitted. Property ol any kind will be seized
and sold for the purpose; and the amount so
assessed will be appropriated for the family of
the lessee.
In deciding upon the class of persons to be
assessed, it should not be forgotten that the
oath of allegiance is not an infallible test of
loyalty, it a citizen has relatives aud fnenda
among these; if he harbors or protects them;
or it, having means of doing so, he fails to in
form the lessee of their approach ho must be
held accountable. Men must be judged by
their acts, not by the oath they have taken.
Condition of Northern Operatives.. The
condition of the Northern operatives appears
to be growing worse daily. Iheir taskmasters
seem to be more exacting, and the a
mere pittance. Here is what the Philadelphia
Press says in regard to the subject :
At a meeting held in New York city in be
half of working women, P, transpired that six
teen and three fou>j'„’ ng cents were given tor
making ol four pair of drawers per day, lrom
seven*A., iff. to nine P. M ; that seven cents a
[.iece were given for the making of coarse flan
nel army shirts of large size, two, or peihaps
three, being the greatest number that could
possibly be made in twelve hours; that sixteen
cents a piece were given for the making ot line
white shirts, two being the utmost that could
be made in a day’s work of more than twelve
hours; and that the thread iu all these cases iij
to be provided by the working women,,
Some ol these poor women were old p; j( j af
flicted. It these reports be perfectly i a j r Uow
i-orrid a picture do they present social av
arice in i tie city of New Yotk. And though
New York be the exponent of the highest pow
er of that avarice, yet the saine spirit is man
- elsewhere, \
Wbethcf it be manifested in Paris’ or Lon
don, or New Yoik, or Philadelphia, or any
where else, it is a vile and muiderous thing
that weak women should go through the daily
recurring agonies of a living death in order to
glut the avarice of these woiso than Egypt!; n
task masters. It is said that the iulo rtfauirlng
a workwoman to lumisu her own thread has
only been adopted by employers since tlm
price of a spool of cotton has risen from four
io eight or ten cents. But New York plumes
herself upon what she styles her present un
paralleled prosperity, and the features which
yesterday’s paper present farms’, a daik anil
striking contrast to that bo;', st .' it i H a state of
affairs which should (! •;, t w down the utmost ab
horrence and contempt upon the heads of tiio
heartless employers who starve poor women,
whilst their own eyes stand out with fatness.
The Six per Com. «va-iAXAWJs Bonds.—
Mr. W. Y. Leetch, the Assistant Treasurer,
writes thus to the Columbia Carolinian con
cerning the six per cent, non taxable bonds,
sold in that city on June 21 :
The interest on the bonds, which will be
payable semi-annually, on the Ist July and
January, will be secured by a pledge of the
uett receipts of the export duty on coUon, to
bacco and naval stores, and the n.fei proceed*
of the import duties. The security is thus
placed beyond question. Asa profitable in -
vestment, no other bonds can compare wild
them for the amount of the semi-annual inter
est will be increased by the premium to be ob
:ained, far the interest coupons from those
having import duties to pay; tko said duties
being payable only in the interest conpons
of those bonds, in specie or in sterling ex
change; and the exemption from taxation of
both principal and interest will boa very in> -
portent item of profit, ns all other bonds and
docks must bo hcavi'y taxed for many years.
It will thus be seen that these bends will
combine tho advantages of undoubted and
permanent security, large profit, aud of ready
sale; the latter advantage making them very
desirable a'so for those seeking a temporary
investment, which can be readily converted
into money. Coupon of registered bonds will
be furnished, as you may direct.
The steamer Coquette, on a recent voyage
between Wilmington and Nassau, was chased
for thirteen hours by a side wheel steamer,
supposed io be the fate Margaret and Jessie.—
Du.irrg the tome portioif of her cargo was
thrown overboard. She arrived at Nassau,
sa'ely, however on the ist.
Tlie crops promise an abundant yield in Vir
ginia.
The national bank bill has become a lavf
having been signed bv Lincoln.