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Cii^frr ii hlrout half* Wav befWfien
l\*H‘rsbing am! UidlituHliil, miniated di
rectly «>m the railrttad* and is a pleas
ant Jiltlo country Village of some dJSen
or two houses.
The Strength of the Yankee Armada in
the James River.
The Yankeesmust have an immense
artaadn-hf the James River. A parol
ed prisoner who came up cm the last
Hug q^v-truce, and who on the way,
passed through the whole fleet, gives
tis What we have reason to believe is
ati entirely trustworthy statement of
tjie numbers and strength of this expe
dition ill the"* James River. He states
that Jie counted, on his way up, sixty-
four Marge transports, averaging, he
would say, about five hundred men ;
seventeen gunboats, carrying each from
five to ei"hl outis ; lour *nonitors, one
double arid °lhree single turreted.—
From the closest calculation, based on
fiis.observarion, lie would suppose the
enemy to have a force of some thirty-
two thousand. The enemy had some !
six thousand negroes, four thousand of
whom had been landed at City Point,
and two thousand below Fort Powhat
an* •’ With the crews of the gunboats,
which will average about a hundred
men- to §ach boat, our informant thinks
the aggregate force of the expedition,
as hear as can be figured up, may be
set down at from thirty-five to forty
thousand men, and the Heel—monitors,
gunboats and transports.—at about one
hundred and thirty vessels in all. I his
statement is probably the mos.t accu
rate we have yet bad of the armada in
the James River.
The. Yankees at Chester.
The Yankees made their entrance
into Chester Monday morning. Their
force was about six thousand. There
was Hone in the phtce but women and
children. No damage was done to the
place.
After remaining at Chester some
three or four hours they left—their
cavalry turning off’in the direction of
Clover Hill Mills, a point about twenty-
five miles in a westerly direction from
Chester.
F, •om the Fcninsnla.
An official dispatch received in Rich
mond, dated, at Old Church, at eight
(/clock, A. M. t reported that there
were no Yankees nearer than Discund
bridge and the Forge mills. The
Yankees bad made no demonsy-alion
in that section.
Our pickets at New Kent Court
House were driven in by the Yankees
on Sunday night.
A Dash on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
. road.
A telegram from Harrisonburg salys
that McNeal struck the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad at Piedmont on lasL Sat
urday, burning the bridge and machine
shops; destroying nine locomotives,
and inflicting other damage to the ex
tent of several millions of dollars. No
further particulars arc giveji.
Northern papers received in Rich
mond confirm this.
The Yankees kill two of our Men and
Nail their Bodies to Trees.
A gentleman connected with the
naval s'ervice tells us of a most fiendish
atrocity committed by the Yankees at
Bermuda Hundreds. It appears that,
a dav or two ago, the Yankees espied
a small party of our men engaged in
laying torpedoes in the river, near
Curl’s Neck, and immediately started
in hot pursuit of them. Our men, to
elude the chase, took to a swamp near
by, where they attempted to conceal
themselves; but two of them were
soon found and captured by the Yan
kees. On getting possession of them,
the Yankees proceeded lo*put them to
death on the spot in the most horrible
manner. They bayoneted them to
death, thrusting it through them, but
this seemed even not to satiate their
hellish passions; they took their dead
bodies and nailed them through the
flesh to the trees ! This was done out
of revenge for the blowing up of one of
*their gunboats on last Friday by a tor
pedo. .
The two unfortunate men who suf-
• fered this terrible fate were a boatswain
named Gundiy, #nd a boatswain’s mate
named Smith. Tnere are two others
of the party unaccounted fir, and it is
feared that they too may have fallen
into the hands of the Yankees.
A Yankee Raiding Party on the Centra!
Rail road.
A Yankee raiding party appeared at
Beaver Dam depot, Monday. At the
time they’ reached the Station there were
•four trains laying there heavily laden
with bacon and otber*supplies, intend-
• ed for Lee’s army. One of these trains
succeeded in gening off'in time to save
itself, but the other three fell into the
hands of the Yankees, and it is sup
posed, may have been burned. The
party numbered about one thousand.
Braver Dam is about forty miles
above Richmond, .and the depot there
is a very substantial brick building—
among the finest on the road. It is a
favorite point of attack for the Yankee
raiders, aiul this is the third or .fourth
time they have dashed upon it.
SECOND DAY’S BATTLE- FRIDAY, MAY G.
The next day Longstrcet’s corps ap
peared in its old position as right of
Lee’s Army—well’s pflfcition being
on the left .and in the centre—it
bad, we believe, been posted back to
ward Gordonsvillc,. convenient to the
expected field of operations. It sig-
tialized its participation in the battle
« by turning Grant’s right flank, and
driving’ it from uhe field with heavy
loss.
Mili ! s Uorp$ quickly reCriVgfed frhijO
ground lost early in the morning while
relieving, with fresh troops, the divis
ion that had sustained the first day*a
fight. A general attack by our centre
and right wing appears to have been
then made, which forced Grant’s lines
back several miles to \Y ilderm^ss, with
great los$ in killed and wounded.
Kweli, on his part, was not inert.
A. highly creditable flank movement
was made by Brig. Gen. Gordon, of
his command, which was rewarded
with success, and ris its fruits, the cap
ture of a considerable number of pris
oners, and the pressing of Grant’s right
from Germania down to Ely’s ford.
When it is.remembered that Grant’s
confronted by Ewell, rested on the
Rapidan, the difficulty of flanking it
will be understood and'its success ap
preciated. Here the battle of Friday
reste*!* - .
FIGHT ON SATURDAY NIGHT.
There was, we learn, severe fight-
ing*on Saturday night, somewhere near
Chancellorsvflie, between the members
of Wickham’s and Lomax’s cavalry
brigades, and the Yankees—the former
being mostly dismounted and acting as
sharpshooters.’ *•
The engagement was severe, and
resulted in the enemy being severely
punished. The figlu Is represented to
have been protracted into the night. A
number of our men weie killed or
wounded.
THE VERY .LATEST FROM THE SOUTH-
SIDE ANOTHER GUNBOAT BLOWN UP.
A dispatch was received in Rich
mond on Monday night, about 12
o’clock, from Gen. Bushrod Johnston,
at Swift creek, stating that a gunboat
on the Appomattox was destroyed.—
She was disabled, and the enemy burnt
her to prevent our forces getting
her. •.
The other gunboat engaged in the
attack on Fort Clifton retired from the
conflict.
Haygood’s (South Carolina) brigade
met with heavy loss,—enemy outnum
bering them greatly—and wore forced
back into our woiks.
The enemy advancing on City Point
in considerable force.
FITZ LEE DRIVING THE ENEMY.
A letter received by. the Fredricks-
burg train, Sunday, states that Filz
Lee engaged the enemy with his cav
alry on Friday, and again on Satur
day. In Saturday’s fight, which took
place at Todd’s Tavern, in Spotsylva
nia County, a few miles from the court
house, he drove the enemy to Mitcheli’s
Ford, punishing them severely. Two
captains and forty-eight privates, cap
tured by Wickham’s brigade, were
brought down on the train—most of
them belonging to New York regi
ments.
•It was reported at M,lford, when
the.cars left, that the cavalry \#ere
fightings the enemy Monday.
Exchange of Prisoners Resumed.
Qn Friday', Judge Ould, Confeder
ate States Agent of Exchange, receiv
ed a dispatch from Maj. Mulford prof
fering an immediate exchange of pris
oners, which was agreed Irf. Aiken’s
Landing on the James River, was se
lected as a point of exchange. The
prisoners sent down on Friday, and
not received by the enemy, left Rich-*
inond on Sunday morning.
Arrival of Exchanged Prisoners.
Sunday evening, 401 Confederate
soldiers, who bad been sent from Point
Lookyut, Mo., to be exchanged, arri
ved in this city, and proceeded lo
Camp Lee. Amongst them were a
few connected with Lieut. Beall’s na
val expedition, captured on the Chesa
peake, and who, for a long time, were
threated as pirates by the Yankees.
The truce steamer New York ieft For
tress Monroe on Wednesday.
An outrage by Butler.
Beast Butler came up in the Grey
hound, a* few days, and observing a
few ofour men in charge ofthe signal
picket station, (a pjaee regarded by
Mulford as neutral ground,) he ordered
a company of negro troops to fire on
them. They did so without damage
to the assailed pari}', but the Beast
fearing the salute would be returned.,
quickly fled behind the v^lieel house
of-the steamer. The single station had
a while fl ag flying at the time he order
ed it to be fired on.
Narrow escape of Butler.
♦Butler escaped caplrue one day
last week by the “skin of his teeth.”
He rode up in the direction of Chaffin’s
farm to inspect his ljne % of pickets, but
mistook a Confederate picket post for
one of his own, when he was fired up
on. At once preceiving his mistake,
he turned and followed by his suaff,
galloped off as fast ns their horses
could carry them. Our pickets, how
ever, succeeded in capturing his order
ly, who was sent up to Richmond. .
Items from all around the field.
The re’port that the enemy had oc
cupied Fredericksburg is without foun
dation. They have not been nearer at
'any* time‘than five or six miles of the
town.
A spy, captured by our "scouts has
been brought down.
The prisoners say that Burr»ide has
two.brigades of negro troops this side
of the Rapidan, and that they are giv
ing no quarter to our men who fall mto
their hands. ®
Marauding parties are landing on
the James below, and not far from
City Point. Nothing is feared from
them, however, as they seem loth it>
advance to meet our troops. The
force of the enemy on both sides of the
JariieS is not i . he
20,000; ‘
THE MOVEMENTS ON Tfl'e RAPID AN*
Grant’s cavatlrv * .o-sed UieRapidan
at Ely’s* Ford, on Vedriosday morn
ing May 4th, abo it daybreak. His
infantry followed cr**P«im, the same
day at Ely’s Ford, which s not far from
the mouth of the Rapidly, arid at Ger
mania, which’is some iniies tiigtier up.
Both of these fords were below the
right flank of Lee’s fortified position.
On the same day, Ewel.l’s .and Hill’s
corps were despatched from above,
and by the next morning-—Thursday,
the 5th—had gained a position very-
near Grant’s line of march. Grant
was thus forced to confront him, in
order lo save his flank from attack.
And to do him justice he seems lohave
crossed in order to fight-; for he swiftly
advanced upon Lee’s line, and thus
brought it on.
THE FIRST DAY’S BATTLE— THURSDAY,
MAY 5.
Lee received the attack on this oc
casion. It consisted of a powerful
assault on Ewell’s corps, forming the
left wing ofLee’s army, and of several
repeated, courageous and desperate
attacks on two of Hill’s divisions.
The altackson Ewell seems.lohavc been
first and easiest silenced. It resulted in
the complete repulse of the enemy’s
right wing, with the loss of four pieces
«of artillery and a large number of pris
oners—how many is not definitely
known.
Hill’s corps was more obstinately
attacked. The enemy are said lo have
charged with great vigor and bravery
advancing up very near our lines.
Tney weie received with the veterans of
Heth.’s and Wilcox’s divisions, and in
every,instances repulsed with heavy
slaughter.
An attempt to turn our right flank
with cavalry and artillery was success
fully resisted and driven hack by Ros
ser and his gallant brigade of cavalry,
though greatly outnumbered. This
closed the operation of the first day.
Mr. Lincoln as painted by a Frirnd.
Orestes Brownson “strenuously ad
vocates the re-election of Mr. Lincoln,,
from the fear thaL by bis defeat “the
country would be condemned to worse
rule.” Who the worse man could be
it seems difficult tp imagfno, from the
following* ‘ sketch which Brownson
gives of his favorite. Tiuly, he must
have a deplorable choice, it Lincoln is
his best. We copy from thc*\Vashmg-
toirConstitutional Union:
His soul seems made of leather, and
incapably of any grand or ndble emo
tion Compared with The mass of men,-
he is a line of flat prose in a beautiful
and spirited lyric. He lowers he nev-,
er elevates you. You leave his pres
ence with your enthusiasm dampened,
your better feelings crushed and your
hopes cast tef the winds. Y ou ask not,
can this man carry the nation through
•its terrible struggles, but can the nation
carry this man through them, and not
perish in the attempt? * * * *
He never adapts a clear policy.—
When he hits upon a policy substan
tially good in itself, lie contrives to
belittle it, besmear it, or in some way
lo gender it mean, contemptible and
useless. Even wisdofn fpoin him seems
but foolishness. We blame not, says*
the amiable Brovynson, because he is
mole-eyed, and not eagle-eyed, and
that he has no suspicion of that- higher
region of thought and action in which
lie the. great interests and questions he
is called upon to deal with as President
of the United States. His only fault is
in the misfortune of being unconscious
ness of his own unfitnes for his place.
*e« • • # * *
Mr. Lincoln’s is a nomination emi
nently unfit to he made. We have
never been able to discern in him a
single quallily m any manner fitting
him lo be President of the United
States at any time. We have found
in him no quallily not &niinently unfit
ting him for his high office. _ As to his
administration, its extravagance has
been appalling, its expenditures enor
mous, and little to show for him. Du
ring four years it will have run up a
national debt greater than that of Great
Britain, and equal to one third of the
wboie Union. And no nmll poytion of
the sum has been literally wasted.
What has become of Thayer’s ^force of
“eight^regiments,” which formed one of
the converging columns in the lata trian?
gular expedition against Shreveport. ?
Banks has been found as good a com-,
niissary in the West as Stonewall found
hfm in the East, The last reports from
Steele represent him. in full retreat to Lit
tie Rock wkli Price at his heels, “two
hundred wagons and a large quantity of
prisoners” being already our profits of his
•part of the programme. But where is
Thayer, who marched from Fort Smith
about the same time Steele left Little
Rock, confidently expecting Jo share in
the easy tiiumph at Shreveport 1 The
most reliable intelligence from him makes
it highly pTobable that he has fallen into
the hands of the gallant Stand Watie, the
distinguished chief of the Cheiokees.
We have been furnished with the fob
lowing extracts from letters lately receiv
ed in this city, which will throw some
light on the above interrogatories :
"1st Indian Brigade, Camt Lonustreet, )
Ciiocjaw Nation, March 30, J8G4. j
* * “It-is reported that a heavy'
force ^f the enemy from Fort Smith is on
the march to clear out the Indian Nation :
it probably numbers ten regiments, or
four or five.thousand men. So you see we
are likely to liave~somc fun soon. Stand
Watie now commands the 1st Indian Brig-
age, it is in fine spirits, fuff of confidence,
and anxious to meet the enemy. Look
out for stiring news from us.”
lu another letter of later date this wri
ter says : “ ‘We have met the enemy and
they are ours,’ that is, what's left of them.'
Old Stand, with a portion of hi* Brigade,
attacked a foti& 6(tkc enemy 1500 stfOhg,
thirty miles ftom Bog^y Depot. He,
fought them Until dark, and retreated
several miles, leaving the Y.nfiiVos in, fnl.1
possession ot the battle field, and under
the pleasant delnsioiwhat Stand W«ufc
waa whipped—but Watie out-YankeedT
them this time. In the still hours of the
uight, when the ‘Turk was dreaming .of
the hour,’ £>tand Watie aud his cut-throats,
as the Y"ankees uncharitably call us,- fejfl
upou the slumbering Yankees and scat
tered them to' the four wiuus. W« cap
tured six hundred horees and equipments,
hundreds of arms, and literally smashed
them ‘into a cocked hat.’*” ’
There is little doubt, but this - force, so
roughly haudled by Star.d Watie, was a
part of Thayer’s column. From the
swamps of Florida to the praries of the
Indian country, our successes ruu nnbrok*
eu.
Our Indian allies, under Stand Wati*
and others, who have never wavered in
the darkest hour of our struggle-, who
have sacrificed their all to the great cause
of Southern liberty, will ever be grateful
ly remembered by the people of the Con
federate States.— Richmond Enquirer. ■ ,
From the Confederacy •
LATEST FROM THE FRONT.
Gen. Strahl is not killed, as was reported.
Col. Stanton, of Gen. Wright’s Biigade
Is certainly killed. .
We are losing a great many killed and
winded in the heavy sharp-shooting in
froht of the. breastworks.
No change in affairs up to two o’clbck,
since yesterday.
The enemy is spitefully shelling every
thing within rauge of their guns.
It is imported that Ikood is engaging the
enemy on the Dalton and Resaca roads.
The enemy occasionally opeu on our
loft in the direction of Calhoun.
All are confident as to the result. Cor
rect information hard to get. O. % G- G.
Since the above ivas in type we learn
that a genera! engagement is in progress
this (Sunday) morning, Reports all favor
able.
Rome Ga., May 14.
About four hundred of the enemy’s cav
alry wore at Summerville on Thursday,
and they 6eemed to be temporarily station
ed tliere.Theyhave out picketsaud scouting
parties. .
At LaFayette there are about 400 cav
'airy and mouuted infantry, commanded
by Gen. Wilder. These have been there
four or five days at least, and they also
have out scouts and pickets. On Thurs
day they sent a brigade of cavalry down
to Subligna, but it souu returned. About 50
of their 6couts "came on Thursday night to
withinone mile and a half of Dirt town mov
ttdbacaud just before day eaineto the samed
point again, but soon moved ofl towards
LaFayette in the disection they came.
A large force of the enemy are reported
to be entrenching themselves at Villanqw.
Their force from Villanow to vicinity of
Resaca, inclusive those at both places is
believed to be at least 20,000.
It is believed that these forces, scattered
from Villonow to Summerville, are for thd
purpose of protecting their wagon train,
which is moving through Lafayette towards
Resaca, and that is not their intention to
operate immediately against Rome. .
• One Regiment of abolition cavalry
with eight wagons came down from the
directiou of Trenton on Wednesday to
within two miles of Lobanon Ala., camp
ed that uight, hut returned the next morn
ing. It is said that they killed two of
Capt. Weatherspoon’s suo'uts and captured
another.
About 10 -o’clock yesterday morning
Hookers corps, back by the whoIe’Feder-
al army,-attack three d ivisions of our ar
my a little to the west of Resaca Hook
er’s corps had^ been in this vicinity for
sometime, and on Thursday night the
whole of Shermau’s army shifted down
Sugar Valley, towards llesaca. Before
abandoning their position in front of
Rocky Face Ridge and Dalton, the enemy
on Thursday night seemed-to create the
impression that they were receiving rein
forcements for a hold assault next morning
Large fires could he seen along their lines,
and the federal troops were cheering -and
shouting at intervals. Before midnight
the whole force had disappeared, and the
next morning found them massed near
Resaca.
In this they were anticipated by the
sagacious Johnston," who also silently
moved the greater portion of his army
massing in front of them at Resaca. ' The
enemy evidently expected a small force
at this point,* and doubtless hoped to reach
Johnstou’s rear unawares, and cut him
off.
Hooker’s corps open the attack on
three divisions of our Army, at 10, A. M.
For three hours the roar of artillery and
rattle of musketry, as we are informed by
an eye witness to the exciting duel, was
terrific. The cannons pealed their dread
salvos at the rate sixty shot? per minute.
Shot and Shell fell in showers around
Resaca, and the few citizens who were
there changed their base for safety. One
shell went through the telegraph office and
scattered the occupants, but they were all’
at their posts again last evening.
The enemy never gained an inch, but
were repulsed at every point. It is the
general impression that another encounter
has been commenced this morning, and Mf
the enemy is driven back, as in all prob-
bability he will be, there is. but one es-
cape for him, and that* is through Snake
Creek Gap. m
It is rumored that the enemy is in G*06-
tinaula Valley, which is a. continuation of
Sugar Valley, and in heavy force, at Rives
Ferry, which is seven miles soutlt. of. Cal
houn, and in possession of the old "Indian
Ford seveu miles west of Aalairsville.
It is very evident from the movements
of the enemy, that he has miscalculated
both the resources and the strategical ca
pacity of his dangerous antagoitasi. The
greatest confidence is felt, and the finest
spirit prevails among the troops of our
line, whose souls are in arms and eager
for the fray,
BATTLE OF. RESACA.
Additional Particulars.
Atlanta, May 14,1864.
No doubt it will interest some of the
many readers of the Confederacy to know
something of tire battle at Resaca. Ga..
eu the evening of the 13th. 1 was present
and saw -the greater portion of the
affair.
It became necessary for general Jol n«.
ston to move his army from Dalton, frrm
the fact that th® enmey concentrate! iis
Gntiro folds on, and passed Gc ; ti. Joliri 1 -
ston’s left, leaking A demonstration on lie
saca.
At one.o’clock. FAf.,yesterday, (the! 3th}
fie made an attack on ihe place, Gen
Johnstnu’s left resting upon the banks of
the Ostenauia,' near Kesac-a, commanded
by Gen. Cheatham. After a slight akirnrf
isU our men fell back, apparently in con-
fnsion lint in order to more effectually to
draw the enemy after them. The cnerav
run np-thei** artilerv to within 'about. »ix
hundred yards of oui* “gutis. when we open
ed oti thprn with.snch fury that instead of
butshellirtg our batteries, vve made tlTem
ashamied.
Wo 1 were not. expecting the erserty so
near u».so suddenly. All our commissary
storeR-.wera lying in heaps at the depot
ouY sick were being put on the train, our
WAgops manoeuvreing o.ver tUo.pltce, and
a vast muhitudo of. negroes scatered pro
miscuously over the Whole region, so that
it looked as though a’shell could' not pass
without destiuctiou to lives. But we repuls
ed them so soon that but little damage was
done to ns.
1 was told by a gentleman who left Resaca
After the affair, that our loss was 15 killed
and fjbout the sanm amount wounded, and
that the enemy’s loss w-ns four h-undred
killed. It is thought there will be a gen
eral engagement to day. -
Gen. Johnston’ army is in fine health
and hpirits, and are sanguine cf success.—
They now have the enemy ont in the epeu
field, away ♦froiri his fortifications, v.-here
it is as fair on one side as the other.
* . “SOLDAT.”
Very Laic and linjftrtaiil from Rkantas.
The Trans Mississippi Ntics Confirmed.
YYe are peviniitad to published the fol
lowing extracts from a private letter just
received by Rev. K. Hawthorn of this
county, from Us son, Gen. A. T. Haw
thorn who holds a command in Gen.
Price’s army'. It will be seen that con
tirmatiou is given, in this authentic manner
to the best intelligence we have received
from the Trans Mississippi department—
Mobile Advertiser and Register.
Came near Camden. April 28th 1864.
Dear Father j I have an opportunity
to write y on a few lines and embrace it
•with pleasure. The Trans-Mississippi
Department is now in a glorious condition.
Victory perches upon our banners every
where. The grand Array of Banks
has been utterly defeated and routed,
and is hurnying in confusion and dismay
to the Missisippiriver for safety.
Geu. Steele, who was inarching a
large army towards Shreveport, to unite
with Banks has been defeated, and is now
flying before us, burning wagons, tents and
stores, scattering arms, clothing and as
centrements along his path. We have
killed, wonnded and captured 30(*ki of his
men, taken 14 pieces of artillery, and
550 wagons. He hasjnst evacuated Cam
den, And we are in hot pursuit, about
twenty four hours behind. (Air cavalry
are all around him. He cannot escape.
We shall capture his whole army.
Banks has lost nearly 15,000 men and
the most ol his gunboats and* t#*fnsports.—
His defeat is complete, and we have an
army pressing and fighting him day aud
night.
In three weeks this department will be
fr5e. Not a Federal will dare to show
his head, except on the Mississippi liver
and the coast of Texas.
I know that this will be welcome news
on your side of the river. The people on that
sidehad lost confidence inthearmy and peo
ple on this side; but our army have shown
what it can do when properly handled.—
The victory over Banks is the most com
plete one of the war.
l"otir affecionate son,
A. T, HAWTHORN.
Rev.K. Hawthorn, Mobile.
Information in Regard to Titties.—In
the Atlanta Confederacy wo find the an
nexed • letters froln headquarters which
contain some valuable intonnation con
ceruiug what tithes the producers have
'got to hand over to tIio tax collec
tors. ;
CfT’iCE of Commissioner of Taxes. ?
iiivuMoNDMay 3d, 1S64 (
Hons. Warren Akin, Geo A\ Lester, II. P.
Bell ;
Gentlemen.—Iu reply to yonr inquiry
relative to-the penalty 'for the uon pay
ment of the tax in kind commonly called
the.Tithe Tax. I have the honor to inform
you tnat the five fold penalty for the
non-payment of the tithe tax applies only
to the tithe tax of 1564, and not to that ot
1863. The penalty for the non payment
of ihe tithe tax of 1803 is the assessed
value thereof, with 50 per-cent, added.—
The tithe tax ou bacon b«ing payable in
the year 1S64, and the time for assessment
not having arrived before the 17th FeTiuary
1864, the date of the amended l’ax Law,
is subject to"Yli.e live foldjrenalty.
Yery respectfully,
Tiiom as A llaN, Corns', of Taxes.
Regulations in Reference to Tithes, where
• the Articles subject have been Receipt-,
ed fir by Qu^termasters, Commissaries
or other persons, for the use of the army
of the Confederate States'.*
Office cf Commisshiner of Taxes. ^
• Richmond April 25, 1864 j
1. In cases where* the produce subject
to tax in kind has beet), taken and receipt
ed for by any Quartermaster os commissa
ry. serving with troops in the field, the re
ceipt may be alLowea by the Collector in
settlement of the money value of the tax
in kind.
2. I'u cases w'here such produce' of the
farmer has be«*n taken and receipted for
by »ny person belonging to tiie, army uot a
Quartermaster or Commissary, and proof is
made of tloe facts foftthe tax payer, and
jsuch other person or persons as may have
knowledge of the facts and character of the
Jax payer and witnesses for truth and integ
rity established by- evidence, if the Collec
tor is satisfied that the produce l.aa been
received . and -used by the Confederate
States army, the receipt may in like man
ner he allowed..
3. Iu cases where such produce has been
taken by the Confederate ‘ States, and no
-receipt given, upou proof by affidavit of the.
producer, and such other person or pevsous
as may know the facts, will* proof estab
lishing the character*of the producer and
witnesses for truth and integrity, • *bc
amount so takeu may' in like manner bo al
lowed,
(Signed.) Thompson Allan,
•" Commissioner.
Approval :
(Siguad.) C. G. Mesiminger,
Sqcratary of Treasury.
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MILLE DO-EVIL Lr.
TUESDAY, MAT 24, 1864.
FIVE DOlOF^OTeT^
We have qr.e&tigned the policy and th«
justice of discounting Five Dollar Confed.
erate Treasury notes, and have been re.
ceivmg them at par, although of Ut« Wfl
find it impossible to purchase anything
with them, unless the reduction of on*
third is allowed. Not being able to ni«
them wiihont this loss, we are compelled
in selDdefence to notify our Patrons that
from this date we shall decline receivi Bg
Five Dollar Confederate, notes, except
a discount of thirty-three and one-third
per cent., which puts them on a footing
with the other denominations under $loo
On this scale only we shall consent tor*,
ceive them in payment cf dues to the Be.
corder office, or lor subscriptions in
vance. :
YVe notice that the Railroads, for coa^
venience of change, take Fives at $3 25
and Ten3 at S6 50, which practice we be
lieve is generally adopted. We shall do
the same.
* ♦
OFFERING PEACE.
Among the novelties in Gov. Browa’i
late message was a recommendation to
offer peace after each important victory.
Coupled with this step was something not
very definite in relation to the “soverti
iy of the States . ”
“Let each State have, and freeiy tier-
cise the right to determin^its own destiny
in its own way.”
“Let both Governments (Northern and
Southern) adopt this mode of settlement,
i which was bequeathed to them by the
great men of the Revolution.”
In a previous part of his message, refer
ring to the war, the Governor said— *
“Negotiation will finally terminate it.
lliepen of the Statesman, more potent
than the sword of the warrior, must do
what the latter has failed to do.”
These passages, in connection with a
variety of others, seemed to indicate that
the Governor -desired to withdraw the
question of peace from the Gonfederat*
Government, and to call on the States ia
their sovereign capacity to agree npoa
such terms as each thought proper for
itself, although in the first instance the
Agent at Richmond was to make the first
advance to the enemy, for a cessation of
hostilities. If not received by Mr. Lis-
colu in a fair spirit, the people of the
States, North and South, were then to
work out their own destiny as sovereign
communities, either by joint or separate
action a3 to them might seem proper, in
adjusting terms of peace.
This construction of the message irsi
dispelled by Gov. Brown’s letter of 14th
April to Gen. Colston, in which be ex
plained his meaning to be, that the State*
should bring their influence to bear on the
Confederate Government to make this of*
for of peace. We are willing to accept
this interpretation, and no longer hold the
Governor responsible?for the heresy-charg
ed upon him, though" the Stephens’ Reso
lutions ill harp on “our willingness to
make peace on the principles of 1776.’
This platform is exceedingly mystified by
the phrases which surround it. On the
whole, it is but an act of justice to jhe
Governor and to Judge Stephens, that
their opinions should be stated in a mcr#
favorable light, and we take pleasure ia
ihaking this -explanation.
There is mnch^intrinsic delicacy in tbs
fact of.proposing peace by either belliger
ent. In the war of 1812 between the
United States and Great Britain, the Em
peror Alexander offered his mediati
which was accepted, and the Treaty
Ghent was the consequence. In IS
when President -Jackson recommend
hosrfiiities against France, for the w
payment of §5,000,000 which had be
agreed by the Convention of July 4, Jfi
for spoliations to American commerce p
vious to 1S00, William IV interposed
friendly offices, and the payment *
made without compulsion. We think
quite probable that the Emperor Napole
or Queen Victoria will offer medisd
just so soon as ou# arms are victorio
and our ability to maintain our indep*
donee has been fully demonstrated. 1
it may be that Maximilliau will come i ;
ward,‘soon after ascending the Throne
Mexico, and propose Degotiatiorfe, *f [
the honor of both parties have been s*t ;
fied in combat. A few months will ®
ture important transactions.
id^ Mr. Lincoln says that circmnsfi
es controlled him, so that he fouud d
cessary to emancipate the slaves of
South as a means of restoring the h u
although when he came into office be t
no design to interfere with slavery. S
ing yielded to the fore a of circa®** 30
to vfolate the Constitution and to p6 f
trate a great wrong, will he not, fr 0ID
same philosophy, yield to reason, aid Cl
sent to end the war, after the late cw x
stances in Florida, Virginia, North Ge
gia and the West have ended in di»* s
to his cause 1