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r»V KUOWX. WIIITNER & CO. DAILY REGISTER. Terms of Subscription FOK DAILY RKG INTER. O A If. V, PKR MONTH, ii ii it l l 11.00 lIS«JI,K foriK . 41 (KITS. •r T k pnpe will tie >allv«rad to all Nrtva il««l n■( Klflrrn Crnli per c Iji) , ricl'inltr of postage. Os PICK OKKKOINTKK. On Mclntosh Strrrl, oppotllr ll»e I'oit Ollier. ol Advorlitiug. W r«?k—|«! t«* |.*r I'jinn* f*»r enrh in«*-rtion ***' *»» VVi kk—f 1 fto f*«r for #*cli oin-rtl in. Tiitku Wkdk —II Ou |wr »<pi>tr> for rii'h ln««*rtioii. Tin* * »mc fur rT»-rjr ln*frtl<m. *T»VK|<THK *«>!>* in«(Tt«**l once, Iwlm or til TP* time! a w- »-•, c ar*»l .a m w *«|vt»riia«*m»i t« time. I••i |r rt*nt will be a»M. I to tho hlh>v rntra for Sji rial N ificed »PII lln» « (II «ko on-* t.<|U*r«». .No a lv.TlUi*monta Vm than mi** •«)it tr« Advortia tn»nt« tlmt nuko o?cr t»n b'md iiu lor flfta-Mi lliiea count id a* one ml a half "I'i‘f- 1 * Adfi-rtlicfncnta that ni ik*» o?cr flfWu linen, »nd undor twenty Viim, « , otint#* 1 an two wqunrm It will !>*• a fwtor if adtortia n» al l |»ipam> mark on thi-ir i% ivpr.U -iufMta tb«« number of • juirra they wiah to occupy H 'ltuiriiM, Kdit<*rinl Notlc * and Commnnicatlona, f»r Individual !»♦ milt, aid be chaignd 40 coma per line l< r c ich (natation Os No aiibarrlptiona received fir a longer time than two tu »ntha. THE CITY. NOTIC* TO CoRRRPPONPBNTS AND EXCHANGES ov the Register. —We are located in Augus ta, Qa. TO BI’BSCKIItKRS. In restimintf our publication at this point, and in the contusion incident to removal, mine ol the subscriber* Ui ibe Kkoi.-tek may fail to receive it. Many subscribers have also, like cuir*elve* t “ chang-d th**ir base.” If such will furnish us their new address, tb« paper will be promptly forwarded to them. Greeting. -The Local is in his chair. Let no dog bit k and biped al canines hold their tomruea while he Freaks. He knows bis duty and he will do it. Ilia aim iA to be the l.aithlul chronicler ol every event of importance that tr inspires in the beautiful city ol Augusta.— He believes the city of Augusta is “some’’ city, and he Intends that rhe world and the email ••balance or mankind” shall hear of it. He intends tj mike bis pencil ub quitoii* as soon as he has learned all the “holts in the wall,” and where the “willow” bangs lowest. jf 1:.- », .-c .»! prorogGives wi.l be to took utter the m irals ot *he city. If a store is broken open, it wi 1 be bis business to lock it up immediately, and, if posiibte, have the earu dtlty imposed on the burglar. If a inan gets into a happy go lucky state, from indulging in t>o frequent potations and falls, he will be set up forthwith. If some unfortunate individual should be suspended according to law he will be t .keu down at once. It an embejizier ab* sconda or a 1 inguisning couple elope they m.y be loun l in this column. In Bhort he intends to collect in this column a heterogeneous tans id good and bad. and it some benevolent has good segars on hand is willing to puff them I »r a consideration —until Hamburg outrivals Augusta, and that is all beneath this head as the man said when he drew the last hall pint of t'tu de vie from a favorite barrel. *♦- • Relief Foil the Ati.anti Exiles. -Our friend, I*. H. Runes, the Atlanta amateur, has just re turn- and fr..m a flying trip to Macon and Mil ledgeville, where, as usual, he has been giving l.is popular entertainments lor charitable pur p'»*es. He informs us that during tbe pnst week or «o he b:M assisted at four Concerts netting the handsome sum f'irtyfour hundred d"V'trs. Tlih is us ii should be. The situation **• pur who have been driven Iroin their home, demand* a constant and en ergetic effort, and every contribution in need ed. May donation* flow in f*«t, and the poor •it Atlanta be relieved Irom their present press ing necessities. The ladies of MilledgeviUe, on* and a'l, are eutitied to the thank* of lh.* exile* tor the prom,lines* with wh cb they responded to the c»l made upon them, and we trust their recent successful efforts are but the beginning of what they intend to do for our suffering lellowsciti ZM- from Atlanta. Tub Hall—lt will be recollected by all who love —“T • trip it »s tlipy go On the light fantastic toe,” that the Palmetto Band gives a ball at Ma sonic Hall to-night. All iudulgers in Terpsi chorean festivities will of course he on hand, ns it is a well known fact that thing* of this kind nro well done up by the famous Palmetto. 1 iioht —The weather for the past two or three days has been decided'y Octoberish and bis breathing sounds pbthisicky ns he vvherr.es bis way into our room. On Sunday and Monday mornings frost was very perceptible to those who were guilty of early rising. We didn’t see it. Tub Montgomery Mail’s special agent witn the army of Gen. Hood, learns that scoots just in from Middle Tennessee, report the capture of a train on the Louisville k Nash ville railroad, on the 27th, "by a body of guerrillas under Col. Lasselle Hall. Great disturbance exists In Central Ken tucky, and a body of troops had oeen sent to put down the guerrillas, whose headquarters are below Hopkinsville. At abama Leoislatcrk. —ln tbe House, on toe 4th inst., adverse reports were m-ide by committees upon the proposition to arm the slaves, upon the ground that the subject properly belongs to Congress. ; The Daily Register. TE L E G It A P HIC. Itrpnrti of tile Press Association. Entered acr-rdimr to net of Cnnzress. In tti. yeirlMMl, by J.B Ttminim. in the O. k'a eol Vh- DiVriet O uri of lh* (Gnu-deratc gtater (or tho Norlbsru D-s --trict i>f Georg a TIIE ENEMY ADVANCING ON THE MANASSAS RAILROAD. nE IS MET AND ROUTED BY MOSBY. OUR CAVALRY PURSUING SHERIDAN. FROM PETERSBURG. THE ENEMY EXTENDING HIS LINKS. NORTHERN NEWS FEDERAL LOSS AT SQUIRREL LEVEL. FARRAGUT IN VIRGINIA. GUERRILLA OPERATIONS. PRICE’S MOVEMENTS IN MISSOURI. Richmond, Oct. 9 — Aft official dispatch to the war Department states that tho enemy 1,000 strong, advanced up the Manassas Gap Railroad on tbe -Itb w ith trains of cars load td witlr railroad material aud occupied Salem and Rectortowi*. Mosby attacked them at Salem, capturing RO prisoners, all their camp equipage, baggage, Stores, <kc. He killed and wounded a consid erable number. Ilia loss was two wounded. Richmond, Oct 9 — Official dispatches to the War Department say Sheridan is still moving down thh Valley. A large force of bis caval ry was attacked by us on the 7th and hand somely driven. We captured a number of horses, several ambulances and wagons, nine f >rges with teams, ami fifty prisoners, besides killing and wounding a number. Pktirsbcbo, Sept. 9.—Yesterday about noon tbe enemy moved in force on our right, supposed at first to be for tbe purpose of ma king an attack on our lines. It turned out to be nothing mgre than an extension by the enemy of their lines on our right in order to occupy all our lost works near Fort Mcßca. The enemy by this move gained nothing in the direction of the South Side road, and only prolonged their lines, driving in afcwTidettes and occupying this ground. lleth took the only post works occupied by the enemy near Fort Mcßca. All quiet to-day. The weather is cloudy and cool. Richmond, Oct. B. —Northern dates of the sth have been received. In the engagement of September 30, near Squirrel Level, the Fvderals acknowledge a loss of 2,000 killed, wounded and prisoners— more than half were prisoners. Farragut arrived ut Fortress Monroe on tho 4th,.and proceeded up the James river. Guerrillas captuied two trnins of cars on the Nashville Road, between Richland and Fountain ll*ad, on the night of the 3d, and burned nineteen cars. Accounts from Missouri state that General Price is moving on Rolla, with three columns, the right under Shelby and M irmaduke, the centre under himself, and tbe left undfr Cooper, the latter being composed mainly of half-breed Indians. SHO rebels entered Union, the county seat of Franklin county, on Sa urday, and captured 100 militia. On the l*t, Forre*t shelled Athens, Ala., and and on the 31 demanded the surrender ol Dal ton, Georgia. Ou tbe 4'b gold wa« 190$ In New York. Rather Ominous. —To be importuned by your wife to get your life insured. M. C. Cayce & Cos., AUCTIONEERS, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, GENERAL AGENTS, Negn and Real Estate Brokers, Formnrl)- of MEMPHIS, TKJII*. Kate of ATLANTA, UKORGIA. i Tbe sale of STOCK will receive onr special attention. I cordially Invite the public to remem ber lb* ARCADE, when they want to TRADE Oot 1 -tl NORVELL HOUSE, No. 176 Main Street, LYNCITBXJRG, Va. I’HB Prnprieter retorn lit, thank, fir the liberal pa tronage heretofore rec.-lved, and hopes by strict attention to share a liberal portion of the traveling public lit* table will at all tiraee be supplied with the b s< the market afford#, wl li g«od SO I attentive servints to at htod WM. A. CLKMKNT. Bcpt 39—ts AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. MONDAY EVENING, OCTORER. 10 18f>4. DIED, BEN’NKTT—Iu Colutnbue, Georgia, on tbe 4th inet, of Cholera Infantum, M u:cti KiuxiUX. sg<d 13,mouths sod 8* days, second i hdd and only sod of Mr. anil Mrs. B f. Bennett, of Atlanta. Ot New lA^dvortiHements. HF.AOQf ARTKRB OK 'BGIA RESERVE) AND XILItAItV OmttlCT OF SEOKRIA, '> Macon, Us-, Oet. bth, lbC4. J GIXiRAT. otstaa no. 21. I. In view of the alwolute DereMity of having every m-n In eervlee capable of bearing arm, at tbli critical jsneture. and to svobl al. mfaappreheneUn of tbe mean ing of Paragraph V. General * Mere No. IS from three Ilc.vlqnart re—current eeriea it ie hereby ordered. 11. All perrons belonging to tbe Militia organisation, recently furloughed by Governor Brown, ere notified that they will not be relieved from their liab llty 1 1 the Militia by joining the local organisations, authorised by General Orxl-rs No. IS, from three Ileadquar'ere. QIII. All detailed men, not employed In the public ser vice, who failed to Join the Militia organization when called out, are notified that they are placed on tbe e»me footing with the men who did Join and are now required either to unite iu the Militia organization or report to the Rrferve Regiments. By command of Maj. Gin. UOWELL 0088, Commanding, Ac. Lama* Cobb, M -Joe and A. A.O. Oct 10—St MASONIC HALL. A Ball will bo given by the PALMETTO BAND ON MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10. COMMITTEE ! Lieut. P. Malone, W. O. Dottier, Esq., J. D. Kavansgh, Esq. C. Spaeth, Esq. TICKETS $lO EACH. FLOOR MANAGER : T. FISHED, Eiq. Oct 10—It* NEVER DESPAIR! TIIE ARCADE ALL RI3HT! It will be remembered by thousand* that the Arcade baa been oil the wing for tbe last four years. It has now put down stakes in Augusta, Oa., ON BROAD STREET, OPPOSITE TUB PLANTER3’ HOTEL. The ARGADE is now a Commodious Establish ment and FIRE PROOF, which offers extra inducements to a I who wish goods sold ot stored. The post history of thirty years in the trade encourages its to trust the future for success. Oct l tt FIRE PROOF. Those who wlah Goode Sold or Stored will find TILl© AroadLe A SiFE PLACE TO trade. M. C. CATCE k CO., Auctioneers, Oet 3—lw Negro and Real Estate Broken. MORGAN RESTAURANT. 322 Broad Street. OPPOSITE PLASTERS’ HOTEL. Meals Served at all Hours. The Table Is always supplied with every necessary and delicacy prepired in Ilia beat style. Oct 8-1 m BRAN DY,BR ANDY. FOR SALE A LOT 0V 43 BBLS. OLD APPLE BRANDY. A. NO. 1 ARTICLE. For sale by MILLS Kit, KEEN k OX, Bept 23—ts No. D4 Broad street. WANTED AT ONCE, rilWO or three Rooms, convenient th'« Postolßee, on I second or tolld Hour. App.y at this Office. 2—tl NOTICE. ! Partfi shipping liquor by the SOUTHERN EXPRI 1 COMPLY will he brM liable fir all charges ■( heeh' t ft* ighi that niav be Itnpneed by Railroad Compaoi . and If I't paid at time of rl.ipnu nt they w ill lw «o lec I at duration. JAMES SIICTKK, Acting Preddt-nt IST.CHANGE NOTICE NO. 12. i LICBWoSD, Tj, September, 18*4 All F°er« and men of ttie Vlikshurg capture of J / 4th. who reported far duty at any parole ramp e t of the, lisulsaippl, prior to September 10th, 1884, > a herehgleclarej exchanged. HO. OULD, Ocl#-6t Agent of Exchange UUAU ARTERS CONSCRII- SERVICE, GEORGIA. Augusta, October 7th, 1864 unexs No 4S. Herya ler no leaves of absence for a period longer th i three days will he granted by any Subordinate lifll r in th.j <oneeript Service for Georgia, to any officer empl J<e without the approval of the Commandant f Con-ctita. Nor shall leave of ahaence be granU-d to a: r offlceijcr employee without the approval of the Col mandril, who has been alisent on leave withm the tbi • monlhi ,receding the date of the application. WM. M. BROWNE. Oct *-tf Colonel C 'mmauding of Conscripts. HEADQUARTERS GEORGIA RESERVE) XSD UII.IT.tKT M.SVRICT OF OXOnou, L Muoou, October Ist, 1864. J Gzskril Oxnm No. 22. Iu prrsuatio of orders from the Wnr Department, require Jt Quartermasters, Comiul series of Subslsten. • Ordnan'i aud oilier officers, aud Contractors wilh t • Governuent who have detailed men Iu taeir employ * furnish ai mediately to the Commandant of Conscripts Angosta Georgia, a list of all such detailed men, setti firlh th.Jr names, agi, residence, county, when de alb . by who-i. detailed, nature of employment, and whetl found sis for field service or for light duty by Medl Examirdg Boatd. And iHa fulther ordered that after the 20th of Os ber. In*!- Enrolling Officers will not regard as valid a certifli lie of det-II Issued to the above mentioned ei ploy cm. I tearing date prior to the date of tills order, bi will b4’i.l them to Camp of Irstrnction for assignment duty it the army. By ccrnmand of Maj. Gas. HOWELL COBB. Lajoii Cobs Major and a. A G. Macon Confder >te k Te'rgrspb, C ’unilius Time Savannah New- aud Republican will copy aud publi . daily fix times. Oct 6—6 t [Extract.] HEADQ’US DEPT TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA, I In the Field, Sept. 28,1864. j Stecijl Ouperx No. 5. 11. Major Ge.nera 1 Howell Cobb. P. A., la assigned'* the cemmand of a District within tho Department . J Ti-nnmaee and Georgia, to be known as tbe “I’istriet n Georgia.” emhr icing all that portion of the Slate ofGeor. gia. Include,! within the Imils of this Department, ex ceptin; that portl u lying in tbe immediate vicinity i' tho Army of Tennessee. 111A The Commanding officers of all Poe's iii'luded I* the DMriet of Georgia, as well as all Cointn inders of ho due of detaihrd troojie, will report in future to Maj Gen r»ta, • • e « . . By command of General Ilood. . A R MASON, Major anj A. A. General. IIEADQ RS GEORGIA RESERVE ANDDI3T.OF OA ,1 - Macon, October 1, 1864. ( Gcszral Orders No. 18. I. In conformity to the above Extract of Special Or ders No. 5. Department of Tennesson and Georgia, the undersigned assumes command of the District of Geor gia. 11. Mqjor Lamar Cobh is announced as Asslstsut Adju tant aud Inspector General to »h->m all official commu nications will he addressed. HOWELL COBH. Oct 6—3 t Major General Commanding. - ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, 1 Richmond, Sept. 22, 1864. J OisttiAt Orders No. 74. I. The Geurrals of ILserves will hereafter control the Enrolling Uffleers, and conduct the bunnets of couecri| tion aud enrollment in th- Ir respective States, under tb - direction of the Secretary of War, through the Conacrip Bureau. 11. Commandants of Conscripts, and of Camp* of In ■traction, will be under tbe direction of the Generala ■ . Reserves. 111. As soon as practicable, all officers and men now employed in trie enrolling service, whether as enrollin; officers, conscript guards, clerks or otherw-lse, excep' such as are retired or ass gned to light duly by the Med! eal Hoards, will he relieved by de-ails from tbs Keserv • Forces, and sent to the tiold IV. All applications fir exemptioa and detail of per sons between the ages of 18 and 45 years will lie trans mit!—! through ibe Commandants of Conscripts to the Bureau of CemtcriptUm for a- ciaton. Similar applications from persons of tbe Reserve class wl-l he transmitted through the t'ummnndaute of Conscripts to the Generali of Reserves for decision. The office of the Cmgres-loii*. District Ktiro ling t'lfic-r li abolished, anj communica tions from local enrolling officer! will be transmitted through the Commandants of Gonecription to tbe Gene rals of Reserves. An officer may be assigned to duty in each Congress oual District as Inspector ol Conscription. By order. 8. COOPER, A. and I. O. HEADQUARTER-GEORGIA RESERVE) ASP DISTRICT OF UEOR'HA, > Mrcoo, Ua., October 1,1864. j Gexrral Orders No. 19. I In pursuance of she foregoing order, the noder slgned hereby assumes the direction ami control of the C'-nscrlpt aud Enrolling service in the State of Georgia. JI. Tlie Commandant of Conscripts of Geoigia w II re port directly to these Headquarters and will continue to exerciee immediate con man-1 of the conscript and en rolling service under orders from these llea b|aarters 111. All official commiioinllona In relation to the Con script and Enrolling service will he forwar ted through the 'Commandant of Omscripla to these Headquarters with eurh remarks as he may deem proper. IV. Tb» office of District Enrolling officer being abol ished, the C mmandant of Conscripts will forthwith notify officers holding that position to complete the un finished business iu the-r respective offices by the 15th of October, Instant, and lie prepar- and to turn over on that day their official records ot the district. Ins|>ectora of Conscription b- resfter to b - assigned to that doty, and who wdl be appointed upon tbe recommendation of tbe C -mmandant of Conscripts. * V. The Commandant of Conscripts will forward to tbeaa Ilesdqoaiters, on or before lit** of every month a condensed report ■ I the operations of th* tervire for the preceding thirty diva In the several D ft, lets of th-- Slate, r-owing the cumber of men enrolled, and what dlspoaitlon lias I e-n made of them, the number assigned to the army in the 11, Id, to th* reserves, Ibamt fit for li bt dnty. detailed under the provisions of the act of October and of 17th February, and exempted. VI. Ths Commandant of Conscripts will (irwsn l to these Headquarters without delay a complete list of tho officers aud men now engaged in U.s enrol -nr; service tra-h-r hie command, setting forth 'o the case ol the offi cers. their names, rank, to what duty assigned, and by whose order, arhetber they era fit or u-.flt lor field ser vice, apd in the case of detailed employe)!, their Dines, age, fesidenee, dat of enrollment, how employed, whether fund by Medical Examining B sird fit or unfit for field service. HOWELL COBB. Oct o—fit Major General Commanding. HUAI QUARTER-* GEORGIA RESERVE) AXD Mil ITAKT M-TRlrr OZOROIA. > Mmvn Oct. sth, 1*64. J , I. Under orders from Ilemlquartera of th a Depart ment. a Camp of Convalescents bas been established at this place under tbe charge of Brig. Gen. M. J, lVnght, Command!! g Poet. 11. Every Crovalesceat within this Military District will report forthwith at this place. 111. All CoaniaudanU of Posts will see that this order Is pts-mptly and thoroughly executed. IV. Applications for Post Guard will then ha made to th*se Headquarters sod wld be furnished as far as tbe pnb Ic service will authorize and Justify. Bycommaudof Maj. Gs*. HO WELL COBB. Commanding, Ac. Lama* Cobb. Major and A. A. G. Oct B—3t RFMO VFD. G. R. CRUMP & CO. HAVE REMOVED TO 209 BROAD STREET, OPPOSITE SOUTHERN STATES HOTEL, In the Store formerly occupied by Wm. Shear. Oct 6lm FOE SALE, A FINE CARRIAGE & HARNESS, Nearly Now. CALL SOON IF YOU WISH A BARGAIN. Oct B—6t MILI.NKR, KEEN A CO , “AUGtUSTa HOTEL.” THE undersigned would respectfully inform tlielr old friends, pstr-na aud tho travelling public, hat they have I- an and the nb-ivu-nain -d Hote , an I faaviug had it tiinro'igh-y refitted and renovated, c-n confidently pro mise to give all who may favor them witu their pa ron age, eutiro eitisfactl u. JONES A WHITAKER. . Late of Washington Ilall. i Hants. 8 M. JONES, Late of Commercial Hotel, Memphis, Tenn sses. Sept 22—lm SALT, SALT. The Subscribers are prepared to fill orders for VIRGINIA SALT. We are receiving at market Talue the B <nda and Trea sury Notes, all issues of the State and C-nf dersev. BE AGO. PALMER A CO.. 1 ct 4—3 m No. 2’jfi Broad >treet, Augusta, Ga. HOMu FOR SALE. I OFFER at private sale t to hundred scree of land, •iiimirti "i» *1 *-»«!• k-ilwotai. in Wtrpiin rnniitr, ou wliirli tin re i* a eoiafi-table le-g Dwelling. Smoke lit.use, Kil.-hen.Crilmand .'tahje*: in the yard lb-re i« a gij-sl Well of Water; Garden In good r.-nilliiup. anil bsati-n beautilul: situated a >out two miles n| Barnett Depot. II not sold in a few days will be withdrawn from the mar ket F-r fuitiler pirlicutar* apply to Jacob R. Davis, Augusta or address the undersigned at Harnett. Sept. 23—2w* . W. F. HOLDEN. Clironicle A Sentinel please copy. ON CONSIGNMENT. Four Cases EXGLISU LONG CLOTH, BLEACHED. For sale C. T. W ALKE t k CO., Oct s—lw Broad street. NOTICE. ALL men detailed by me, and employed at the Empire Iron Works at Atlanta, Georgia, will report to me, at the Auguata Hotel, without dc ay o lie considered as deserters. TH -8. E. WHITAKER. Contractor and l’roaidenl Empire Iron Works of Oct 7—3 t Atlanta, Georgia. A#* Atlauta Intelligencer copy 3 times. CAVALRY FOB THE RESERVE FORCES. HAVING received permission from MsJ Gen. Cobb to Increase my command to a Halt -lion or Iteglni nt, companies sufficient to form a regiment w II be received, If organized and reported to Headquarters in th s city, by tbe 20th or 2otb of this mouth. WM. C HUMPHREYS*. . Captain Commanding Cavalry Georgia Reserve*. Oot 7—4 t .’ F-OR SALE. ONE FINE BLACK MARE. Worka well single or double harness. App'y at tha REGISTER OFFICE.. Oct s—2t On Consignment. TEN BAGS BLACK PEPPER. For by C. V. WALKER A CO., Oct 6—lw Bnud itr^t FOR HALE, 1 “SILAS HERRINGTS” BANKER’S SAFE. Oct A—sl WM. KETCH AM, 261 Bread st- set. WANTED, $2,000 Bank Fulton Notes. Oct B—st J. M. WILLIS. 2tU Broad street. FOR RENT, APF.SH ABLE RESIDENCE, for a email family, con taining three room* lu Hie maiu t-nl ding, and kitrne with eervaut’s room attached pplv to JO. BRUCK'KR. '• Oct B—lt Corner Campbell and Telfair streets. WANTED T> purchased a few lik»ly Negroes for (am use, by a gentleman Iron North Carolina. App yat H C'dlK-V - Office Kills street Oct 7—2 m FOR RENT. \PM ILL HOUSE, with two comfortable Rooms suita ble for an office and led rmi. Cunvenieut to Georgia Railroad Depet App yon tbe premises. J.O. BRUCKNER, Oct • —St Corner Campbell and Telfklr streets VOLUME IV—XU.MRER 64. BY AUTHORITY. Act* .tid Resolutions Passed nt the First 8r as Inn of the Second Congress, 1801. CHAPTER XXT. An Act to amend an not entitle.! • An act to regulate the supplies of clothing to enlisted men of th-naiy dur i g andTlxi'y-*l!rea ,TCj A^* snll? ’TaVru' * , ' r "*f Plate* of America do enact, hat the act entitled -An act to regulite the eupp.co clothing t-e,listed mm.r tie navy daring theear. spprov.al April tbirueth. a gt.tecn'huudr-d and sixty-three, be. and the same is hereby, amended r?.not!°.* , V ~On n 0, . , ‘* of the Navy to is.ne supplies ..f am ill stores to tho rtili te.l men of the navy. upon the same term, as providid for the c othing au thorized by said ae». b Approved June 7, 1864. CHAPTrit XXVI. An Act to jtotlV Wvrs,.jrtaiicr !.. kind In f-rtaln cases lo and delegates In Ck>n<r«M. The Congress of t ie Confedurste States ol Amerirado enact, Tliat whenever the usually tTave led routes be tw - II the h.intes of m mbe-a of a.ng-e*s an t tbe capi ta! are interfer and with hv the enemy, K shall be tbe duti of uiilHary commanders to facilitate the passage of members and de eirates going to or reluming front Con gress. by fu- lushing traus| ,u tation in kiud for any distances over which they may state In writing they cinuut provide themselves with Irno.-pnrtati u: and such written applies!ion, endorsed “furnished.'* by the party receivt g the transportation, sb dl be accepted as a suffli ieiit vouclier f r the expenditure of tne officer in furnisbing t -e same. Approved June 8, 1664. CUAPTXB XXVII. An Act lo provide for the compensation of non-commis sioned officers, soldier#, sailors, aud marines on detailed service The Congress of the Confederate States of Am rica do eii’Ct, llial a.i persons det-iled from the army or after enrollment for mi I.ary s rviee, or Irom the mvyor martne corps, f-r eneciat duty «r extra duty, ehall be al low and lor ci ire their re/ul.r piy, rations and all .w auces, us if tlu-y w. re perf .rming se. vice in the tie.d. Sir -2. That a ' such detac ed r detailed muu shall lat allowed, in adilition, ■ ot exceeding two dollars per day, ad compensation f-r id extra work, -r f r any uucm ■t il sk II or industry d'S. laved in the periormance of duth-R to which they uiay be assigned, in p op rtton to the v.ilu -of such extra la 1 or or un otnmou skill or In d> stry. whether it b- in performing au nnu-uvl amount of work within tho usual hours of lab r. or work per formed beyond th-> usual hour*, or extraordi-.ary skrtl ami sup<>rior woikmanshqi -HspUyed iu tlie execution of su h dutie-, the value of said extra 1 .bor or uncommon skitl or industry, to ho d-teimiaed by the officer or su perintendent under whose immediate direct on sabl detached or detailed service may he p-rformid, sa'jeet to the aporoval of tne Seer, tary of War or Navy. The adilit onat compensa'ion ptovided in this section shall ho 'lbe some f-r both Hie »nr and Navy Depai tmnuls, under certain rule* to be prescribed by (he• President. Btc 3. That all Bon-ronim asione I officers, mns riin*, privates, sailor* or marine*, deiailisl lo go. eruiueiit con tract rs. sh .11 be n detailed without pay and allowance*, but shall he compensa ed lor their s. rrices by waves re ce.ve l from s.i and contractors, under ru .-sio be prescribed' by the Secretary es War or of the Navy. Approved June 9,1864. CHAPTER XXVin. An Act f.«r tho payment of commissioners appointed under the act entit.ed -An act to suspend the privilege of tho writ • f habeas Corpn* in cer sin cases.” and to cooler certain powers upou sold l ouim siioiier i. Tile Con cress if the Confs-lerate State* of America do enact. That ibe conimtssio-.iers ap oint -d under th*- said act shad lie ent tied to receive tbe compensation of two huudr -d and fifty do’lar, each per month, from th- date of llieir respective *i p -intment*. nn'dl the expiration of th-ir service;- aud that th-ir as-istant* slial be allowed one huti-lie-l and Arty dotUrs per m -nt •. from th • date ol their npp'-inimeuis, reepecliveiy, uu ii the expiration of their s-rvice Bzc 2 Ti-at thesaideommisaionersshal! have the prwers contem-a u. on coinmt—t-m—i* ~ll—l-11—1 t.j u,, drlei courie by the act of the provisional C ngre**, approved thirtieth -f August, eighteen hundred and-sixty-one, and numbered two huudr- and aud seventy-three, in tho a ts of the s ml Congress. Approved June 9, 1861. CIIAPTEtt XXIX. An Act to increase the cwiupensa'i ,u ol th* non-eotn missmn' and offle. i« and pnvau-s if the army of tho Coutelerat-." States. Tho Congress of tho Con led.-rate Stab's or America do enact, Th.it'f mo au I alter ilie passage of this act. th" pay of the n >ll commissi m and officer*, private* and mu sicians of tlm army ol the Confederate Btat * be. and tho same t*Hereby, inrffiased triv.-n dollar* p r mouth for the p'riod of one year from the passageof this act. Appruv«d June 9,1864. chapter xxx. Aa Act to amend an act entitle! “An act to establi.h a Nitre and Mining B treau,” approved April twcuty second, eighteen hundred aud sixty-thrre. The Congress of the Confederate State# of America do enact. That the set approved April twentv seened. . Ighteen h-in-lr and and sixty-thr<-«. constituting the Nitre and Mining liureau an iiid.-p ndent b itoan of the War Ivpsr.iu- it. be ani> n.led os follow*: That the Nitre and Mining Bur an shall tourist of one Colonel os Chief of Burea.i. two Lie itenant t oloiu-I*. six Majors, twelve Captains who shall have the same par and atlowancrs prescribed for officer* of cavalty of ttio same grade. Bxc. 2. Be it further encored. That chi-mista and pro fee-iona- as* staid*. Absolutely ee-enti il for th* o,» r ithai* of the httrevu, not to excee.l six of each class, shall be appointed by the Seer t .ry of War, with pay in no cseo to be s'-ov-* that of Lieutroaut t'oloue of the commie* si lled corps Bto 3. That this act stall continue in force only da ring the present war. Approved June 9,1864. CniPTZR xxxi l. An Act to amend the laws rel itiny to the tax in kind. The Congress of the Confederate State* of America do enact, ibat the act approTid seventeen h February, eighteen hund ed an-l eixty-fimr, entitled “An aet t » amend an act entitled 'An act to lay taxes for the com mon a- fodse and carry on the government of the Om f.-.le'aie States,' approved April twenty f -u-th. eigble- n hnndrt-d unit sixty three.” b» and th* same :s her-liy, ani-nded a, follow*: After the wont ‘wool” In the first provi<o of the fourth paragraph of section 'en, the. words “in the aggregate,” -h ill l-e insert-d: and in the earn-’ article ands ction, the Word “eight” shaft b eul-stiiuted f-> r lh- wo it “nve.” so a* to read : I'mrijnt. That post quarts masters ehall direct such de.ivery t • be ni.de at auy time wiiliiu eight months after the date of said ■ s tiiiiaU *. Ac. Me 2. In nil cases where crops, subject to a tax in kind, have been or may lm de«tn>r*d. In whoh-or In part, l>y fire or any other accidental ranee, or by the enemy, if btf-re nss-semi-nt, file asw ssor shall regal il lh'- part cf the crop n t de t"-oyed os all that was pro In - 1 by the owner; If after nesei-mout. avid tho destruction be satisfactorily proven, (lie p-st qaarterma-ter eliall also regard tip- portion of the crop not destroyed as nil that wa* produced and Ihe proof relieving the producer en* I entit e tbe quarlo master to anoditon bis return for the property thus lost. Btc. 3 In cases where the quantity of c -rn reserved from the tax in kind is n -t sufficient t • s n ply the actual wants of th- prialucr. without any default on hi* partT me‘li lalisfeiUiry evid-nee of t-e iact. the Becr-t*rt of ! War ieau'horized to allow them n y valne to be paid for Ihe tithe to the extent that required Fit*. 4. The law imp i-h g a lax upon the assess and value of pro.-erty shall n*t he so e n-t-Uml as to imp -sea tax up°n th-- pro lucta of gardens intended lor th-- use of the f»mi y of ihe owner, uor upon fruit raieod for domestic use and no' fb sale file 5. That lh-' account of slaught-r>d bog* reqnir-d by the first ac tion of said act shall Im> rendered oa or alaiut the first and iy of March, eighteen hundred and sixty five and eUlit-en bun -red and sixty--lx, lor each year preceding said date. Approved June 1 , 1864. cniPTtJi xxxm. An Act to amend “An n- t to organize free» to serve du ring the war." approved F. bruiry aeven.een, eightesn hundnil and sixty l- ur. The Congress of the Confederate Stales of Amerira do enact. That th act entitled “An act to organize forces to serve durii.g the war.” approved Severn retb Febru ary , e gh',en humlre-l **-l sixty f oq h-. anj the nm, is lien-b-. so amended »« to allow all white main resi dent*. l-etween tho ages es seventeen and eighteen and forty flv and fifty years, who w-re prevented from en ridllng theuise vr# witli n Ibe lime prescribed by tbe j said act. by tbe occupation oi tbeir l-icalitiee or c untry by the public enem-. anil whose bomes are, and have been sin e ihe passage of said act. beyond the lines of I tne Confederate irmP-. to organise tftemselves in pur susnee of the sixth sort on if raid act. after tbeir beams nr localities are brought within lh* liniw of Ihe C n feoenite armies;, and lids p .vi eg- ehall continue for the epac -of thiriy days ifter ihe r oc-'upati*n is au- nunetd by an order is u—l by he g-neral comna-ding the de partment, an t pub isht-d >n th-- military dep*rtmi-iit in which such rroccupit -on may occur. Apprijved June 10, 1864 gept 7—w4t A LOT of Old New-papers for fc »a!e at thia 1 ffice.