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State Rights & Confederate States' Rights
TI1E CONFEDERATE UNION,
(Corner of Hancock and Wilkinson streets.)
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Tuesday Morning, March 1, 1864.
The CorrCDCf and Tax Billa—Their rflVrf
upon Price*.
Both the Currency and Tax bills will be found
in onr present issue- They are both vety strin
gent and severe measures, but not more so pro
bably than the situation of the country demand
ed. The money in circulation had depreciated to
such a degree that it was very difficult to tell what
a bill calling for a dollar was really worth. If
we were to judge of its value by the quantity of
the necessaries of life that it would purchase, it
would range between five and ten cents. The
reasons for this great depreciation in the currency
were, the large amount in circulation and the fear
that it would never be redeemed. I l.e new cur
rency and tax bills will obviate both these causes
for the depreciation of the currency. The great
inducements held out for funding in bonds in the
currency bill it is thought will absorb by the first
of April nearly or quite one-third of the currency
now in circulation, and the taxes called for by the
acts of ’63 and ’64 will absorb one third more, so
thst in a few months we shall not have more than
one-third as much money in circulation as we have
now. At the same time that this great curtail
ment of the currency takes place, confidence in
the solvency of what remains will revive, so that
if no great calamity befalls the country, iu a few
months one dollar of what is then in circulation
will purchase as much property as five will now.
What is then the true policy of every prudent
man? In the first place he should pay ajl his taxes
for 1863 before the first day of April whilst his
Confederate money is at par, and in the next place
lie should ptovide himself with bonds sufficient to
pay his tax for 1864, whilst his Confederate rao-
n% can be exchanged for bonds at par. If be has
not Confederate money enough by him to pay liis
tax for 1863 and also to buy bonds to pay bis tax
for 1864, let him now sell provisions or property
of some sort, enough to provide bonds fir paying
his taxes for both years, whilst property is high,
for ho may be sure that as the currency becomes
scarce, the price of everything else will come
down. Above all let no one fool away his Con
federate money lor things of little value, but rath
er let him invest it in bonds which will soon be in
great demand to pay taxes. We advise every one
to read the currency and the tax laws carefully,
and if he understands them we think he will come
to the same conclusions with ourselves and will
act accordignly.
Vk< Mew*.
TJen. Finnegan in command of the Florida and Geor
gieTroops, met the Yankees at Ocean Ponds Feb’y
20tb, and gave them a warm reception to the land
of Flowers. The largest portion of the Vnnkce troops
were negroes. They were put in the front and were
murdered like so many “pizen sarpieuta”—and served
’em right. Of course they had to fight,, with bayonets
in the rear, and bayonets in the front —but they had
no business to be there. They had left good musters
and comfortable homes, to enjoy “freedom” under
the Abobtionii-fs. What that “freedom” is the negroes
ought to be able to understand. It means freedom
to work in ditches day and night, and do the fighting
of their “friends" the Abolitionists. If another negro
runs away from liis master to enjoy “freedom” under
the Yankees, he does so with his eyes open. By the
by, would It not be well enough for owners of negroes
to tell them tile truth—flie whole truth .about this thing?
Why keep them in ignorance ? The Abolitionists are
stealing them daily. We feel well assured
that our negroes would not ran away if they knew
what they had to expect from the Abolitionists. Our
forces took all the enemy's cannon, 600 stand of arms,
and a large number of prisoners. Our loss 250, killed
and wounded.
Gen. Cobb adiresved the cities ns of Coweta county
at Newnan, on the 24th iast.
The prets and the people are applauding the new
Currency bill. A few of the “wounded pigeons” are
fluttering. But they are mostly men who have been
chught in a trap, and had their tails cr.t off. They are
miserable because everybody else does not support the
short caudal appendage they do.
Kla der, have you heard the news ? No you say.—
Well, the news is, don’t let the sharpers get hold of
your Confederate money. Take our advice, and hold
it very tight; and be sure to buy as little os passible.
Things will tumble somewhat by the' first of .May.—
Five dollar bills arc all the go now : iu a few months
the 10’s go's and 50’s, even at a discount of 33 1-3 per
cent will be worth more on the dollar thun they are
to-day. Don’t fool away your money. All that is
needed now to put tilings in order is, to impress ull
the Cotton Factories that do not sell to the Govern
ment ihd soldiers' families at a fair per cent on cost.
The Secretary of the Treasury has notified holders
of treasury notes not healing interest that they may
now exchange their notes for certificates which will
entitle them to four per ceut bonds, which certificates
or bonds, are receivable for taxes of the present year
at foil amount expressed on the face without interest.
He warns them to fund at once, ns they may be ex
cluded by a pressure of business if they put it off to
a late day in March. By April 1st. the privilege to fund
is lost. So, hurry up, or be loo late.
The Yankees are stirring np the Mexicans against
ns. They are also promising them help against the
Frcncb. Maximiffiun will soon be in Mexico. Then
look out Messhaars Yankees.
The Richmond Banks give norice mat ueposics not
withdrawn before the 1st of April will be paid in four
cent bonds.
Gold is-still advancing at the North. On the 17th,
icst, it was 1611-4.
Sherman’s expedition against Mobile consists of
three columns—one nnder Logan, one under Ilurlburt,
and one under McPherson, with some cavalry.
The Banks of Augusta have notified depositors that
they must withdraw their deposits by the 12th, of
March. After that time they will be held as special
deposits.
Gen. Bragg has been assigned to duty in Richmond,
and under the direction of the l-'reshient is charged
with the eoudnet of military operations in tGe armies of
the CaofedefBCT.
Our loss in the late battle at Ocean Ponds, Fla, is
Bokillod and betwaenTOd and 800 wounded. The ene
my's IomS between 2 oOOaiul 3000.
Hostilities have begun between the Danes and the
Germans. Two attacks upon the Danes had been
repulsed with heavy loss to the Prassiun and Austrian
troops,
Marshal Kane of Baltimore, who lias so longsnfh-red
imprisonment by the Yankees, and who escaped into
Canada, has arrived in Bichmond via., Halifax, Nassau
and Wilmington.
There has been heavy skirmishing near Dalton, be
tween Gen. Johnson’s forces and the enejuy. A gen-
‘eral engagement is daily expected.
Gen. ForreRt despatches Gcd. Polk, that he has
punished the enemy 's cavalry severely near Okaloua,
’Mississippi.
Mr. J.B. Sneed of Sav&nnah has been appointed
dec’d POrt * Sa ™*’ 1 ' lh iD P l8Ce ° f J0hn
The wheat crop in the State is reported looking
boJiy. It will improve no doubt. Corn should
ba put on every available acre of ground.
A Fri(la y the 8th day of
April, 1861 ; ag a day ot Fasting and Prayer.
••jt'an Hnc!i •Jiingabc’’ Arc.
Of all the deceptive and trial delusions that
eVec. betrayed an intelligent being to ruin and
misery, that which now enshrouds the senses of
*so many of our people, most appals and saddens
To expect forbearance at tlic hands of our im
placable foe, is the essence- of madness. Yet it is
lamentably true, that many of our property-hol
ders are bugging to their bosoms the delusive
phantom, that all will be well with them, let the
consequences bo as they may. If it were not so
if every mind and heart in this Confederacy saw
and felt that ruin and misery would ba their cer
tain portion iu the event of our defeat in one
word, if we were an uniteil people, all cooperating
and vvoikiiig to tbe same greatend—independence
aud perpetual separation from the people of the
North—could the enemy have overrun and estab
lished himself on the soil of so many Southern
"" The little Confederacy of Switzerland, with an
area of 14,800 square miles, one fourth the size of
the State of Georgia, has defied all the efforts of
all her enemies to conquer her people and possess
her territory.
The Southern people are as brave as any the
sun ever shone upon. W e have arms, munitions
of war of all kinds, in quantity and of quality
quite equal to those of the enemy. We, too, are
engaged in a defensive War, a war for our
firesides, our liberty, our property, and the graves
of our fathers. We have every incentive to make
us figlit as men never fought before. Our Sol
diers have fought as men never fought before.—
But they have not had the moral support of the
people at home. Thousands out of the Army, are
to-day engaged in the wild hunt after fortunes,
utterly regardless of the solemn and fearful trage
dy being enacted in front. Other thousands
are whining and grumbling because they are
compelled to make so many sacrifices of personal
wealth, ease and pleasure; aud still other thous
ands are calculating tbe value of their property,
and easting about for some convenient and safe^
refuge from the impending storm. Of the latter
class, there are many intelligent, but misguided,
men who have cultivated an idea until it has
grown to be a conviction ; an idea that though we
be conquered, and our sovereignty pass into the
hands of our enemy, tlicir lives and their property
will, by some sort of hocus yoeus, escape unharm
ed. Was reasoning ever so false! The Abolitioif-
ists began tbe war for plunder : and for plunder
will they carry it on to the “last syllable of recor
ded time,” if not convinced, by our determination
and bard blows, that it were wisest to let us
alone.
The path of the enemy through onr territory
is blazed with fire and blood. Policy lias temper
ed the storm to our unfortunate friends in Ken
tucky, Missouri and Tennessee. But for the heart
of the rebellion—far Georgia. Alabama and the
Carolians. they have reserved the red hot bolt of
wrath. We are told by a lady who has just arriv-.
ed from Knoxvi'l i, who spent three or four
months under Yankee rule in that city, that the
Yaukeo officers said, Tennessee was neutral ter
ritory, and therefore they would have mercy on
that people—that the Tennessee “Secesh” were
enjoying a “heaven to the hell” that was in store
for Georgia and South Carolina. Now, to give the
reader an idea what that “heaven” was, of which
the Yankees spoke, we will add, our informant
told us, that no difference was made between
Tennessee “Secesh” and Tennessee Uuion men.
All were stripped of their property—all insul
ted.
With all these lights of the past singing on the
path before us, the man who calculates to save
his property in the event of our subjugation, is a
madman, or, worse, a fool. Th« hallucination
dispelled, but it will bo too late—too late
for tears ; too late for high resolves, hut not too
lato for Hcmorse.
The War that will then be upon us, our wives,
daughters, and little ones, will be another sort
of a war to that we are now struggling under:—
As Byron has it.:
‘‘Ambition’s dreams expiring, love's regret,
Endangered glory, life itself beset :
Tlfc joy untasted, tlie contempt or bate,
Gainst these who fain would triumph in our fate :
The hopeless past, tlohliasting future driven
Too quick'y on to guess if hell or heaven ;
Deeds, thoughts aud words, perhaps remember'd
not.
So keenly till that hour, but ne’er forgot ;
Things light or lovely in their acted time,
But now to stern reflection each a crime:
The withering sense of evil unreveal'd.
Not cankering less because the more conceal
ed—
All, in a word from which all eyes must start,
That opening sepulchre—tbe naked heart
Bares with its buried woes, till Pride awake,
To snatch the mrirorfrom the soul—and break.”
A Very Singular C’hkc.
During the Superior Court for this county last
week a negro woman aged 18, named Becky, the
property of Mr Goodwin Myrick, was tried for
tbe murder of a negro child about nine months of
age, the property of Mr. Webb. The testimony
disclosed this case: Upon the return of Mr. My
rick last fall from service in the State troops, he
discovered that Ilecky had been very idle, having
been put to spinning, spinning only a broach a
day. He went to the field where he bad just put
her to work, and said to her, “you have been pre
tending for some time to be iu a family way. I
believe you are trying to impose on me. I will
cause you to be examined and if you have deceiv
ed me, 1 will liavo you blistered.” In two nights
afterwards Becky laid up, aDd alledged that she
Lad been confined. The master of the little child
finding it missing from his premises and hearing
of the confinement of Becky got a friend and
went over about a mile and an half to Mr. My-
rick's, where upon examination they found tbo
'child on its all fours on the floor of the negro
cabin—Becky in bed attended by a negro midwife
and liar husband. Upon examination of tbe child
it was found that its hair had been mostly pulled
out, its two front teeth pulled out and the tip of
the navel cut Wf, thus opening the sack so that its
intestines slightly protruded. A physician, Dr.
Harper, was called some twelve hours .before he
was i liable d to make his visit. He found the in
te.-tines ,swollen aud inflamed and was compel!
ed to make an incision so as to replace them. The
true mother of tlie child was taken to see it and
recognized it as her own. The child died from
the cuiitng of the navel. 'When tho <m;iJ
stolen, by whom, or by whom the teeth were ta
ken out and tho navel cut, was not disclosed by
the testimony. When the child died Becky ex
hibited great grief. It was conceded by the
State's counsel that they did not believe Becky
intended to kill the child — but that the circum
stances attending the case made it a case of mur
der.
The Jury, however, a r ter deliberation of two
hours, rendered a verdict of Involuntary Man
slaughter. The punishment under the Code ad
mitted j,f nothing heavier than the lash. She
was sentenced to receive two hundred lashes—in
instalments of 25 at a time—at intervals of four
days. This was a case entirely circumstantial,
and hence the unwillingness of the Jury to find
a higher grade of Homicide.
illililin-S'tOlh Diatrict of BaliTwia.
We notice that Col. Irwin has omitted the
320tb district of Baldwin, in organizing the Milk
tin of his District Why is this? Can our friend
of the Central Georgian explain the cause of the
omission f
Lieut. Colonel Barrow is reported among the
killed in the late battle in Florida.
Knoxville is said to be the dirtiest place in tbs
Country. A suitable throne for King Browulow.
the blackguard.
General Hood passed through Augusta on Tues
day last, having reported for duty. He is still on
bis crutches. General Johnston’s Army will be
insured • livelihood, when be reaches it.
The celebrated Dr. Livingston, whose travels
in Africa liave elicited so mncli valuable informa
tion, has been murdered by the Natives.
General Longstreet's Command is reported to
be on the move. Where it will turn up, a few
days will show.
THE CIKKEKCV BILL
“A/i Act tit be entitled An Art to 1mui
Tax and Limit the Currency.”
Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confede
rate States of America do enaet. That
the holders of all Treasury notes above the
denomination of five dollars, not bearing
interest, shall be allowed until the first
day of April, 18G4, east of the Mississippi,
to fund the same, and until tbe periods and
at tlic places stated, the holders of all such
Treasury notes shall be allowed to fund
tbe same in registered bonds, payable
twenty years after tlicir date, bearing in
terest at tlie rate of four per cent, per an
num, payable on the 1st of January and
July of each year.
“Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Treasu
ry is hereby authorized to is^ue tire bonds
required for tbe funding provided for in
the preceding section, and until the bonds
can be prepared lie may issue certificates
to answer the purpose. Such bonds and
certificates shall be receivable without
interest in payment of all Government
dues payable in the year 1S64, except ex
port and import ditties.
Sec. .3, That all Treasury notes of the
denomination of one hundred dollars, nut
bearing interest, which shall not be pre
sented for funding under the provisions of
the first section of'tliis act, shall, from and
after the first day of April, ISC I, east of
the Mississippi, cease to bo rcccavible in
payment of public dues, and said notes, if
not so presented at that time, shall,.in ad
dition to the tax of.thirty-tliree and one-
third cents imposed in tbe fourth section of
this act, be subjected to a ta* of ten per
cent, per month until so presented; which
taxes shall attach to said notes whenever
circulated, and shall be deducted from tbe
face of said notes whenever presented for
payment or for funding, and said notes
shall not be exchanged for the new issue
of Treasury notes provided for in this
act.
Sec. 4. That on all said Treasury notes
not funded or used in payment of taxes at
the dates and places prescribed in tbe first
section of this act, there shall be levied at
said dates and places a tax of thirty-three
and one-third cents for every dollar prom
ised on the face of said notes : said tax
shall attach to said n%tes wherever circu
lated, and shall be collected by deducting
the same at the treasury, its depositories
and by tax'collectors, and by all Govern
ment officers receiving the same whenever
presented for payment or for funding, or
in payment of Government dues, or for
postage, or in exchange for new notes, as
hereinafter provided, and said Treasury
notes shall be fundable in bonds as provi
ded, in the first section.of this act, until
the first day of January, 1865, at the rate
of sixty-six and two-thirds cents on the
dollar; and it shall be the duty of the Sec-
etary of the Treasury, at any time be
tween the 1st of April and the 1st of July,
1SG4, west of the Mississippi liver, and
the 1st of January, 1865, to substitute and
^xchange new Treasury notes for tbe same
at the rate of sixty-six and two -thirds cents
on the dollar : Provided, That notes of
the denomination of one hundred dollars
shall not be entitled to tbe privileges of
said exchange : Provided further. That
tbe right to fund any of said treasury
notes after the first day of January, 1865,
ie hereby taken away ; And provided
further, That upon all such Treasury
notes which may remain outstanding on
the 1st daj'of January, 1SG5 and which
may not be exchanged for new Treasury
notes, as herein provided, a tax of one
hundred per cent, is hereby imposed.
Sec. 5. That after the first day of Ap
ril next, all authority heretofore given to
the Secretary of the Treasury to issue
Treasury notes shall be. aud is hereby
revoked ; Provided, the Secretary of
the Treasury may, after that time,
issue new Treasury notes in such form as
he may prescribe, payable two years after
the ratification of a treaty of peace with
tbe United States, said new issue to be
receivable in payment of all public dues,
except export and import duties, to be is
sued in exchange for old notes at the rate
of two dollars of the now for three dollars
of the old issue, whether said old notes be
surrendered for exchange by the holders
thereof, or be received into the Treasury
tinder the provisions of this act; and tbe
holders of the new notes or of the old
notes, except those oi tbe denomination of
one hundred dollars, after they are reduc
ed to sixty-six and two thirds cents on tbe
dollar by the tax aforesaid, may convert
tbe 6ame into call certificates bearing in
terest at the rate of four per cent, per an
num, and payable two years after a rati
fication of a treaty of peace with the Uni
ted States, unless sooner converted itfW)
new notes.
Sec. G, That to pay tlic expenses of
the Government not otherwise provided
for, the Secretary of tbe Treasury is here
by authorized to issue six per cent, bonds
to an amount not exceeding five hundred
millions of dollars, tbe principal and inte
rest whereof shall be free from taxation,
and for the payment of interest thereon
the eintire net receipts of any export duty
hereafler laid on value of any cotton tobac
co; and naval stores, which shall be expor
ted from tbe Confederate States, and the
net proceeds of import duties now laid, or
so much thereof as may be necessary to
pay annually the interest, are hereby spe
cially pledged: Provided, that the du
ties now laid on imports ate hereby pledg
ed and shall hereafter be paid in specie, or
in steiling exchange or iA-coupons of said
bonds.
Sec. 7. That tbe Secretary of tbe
Treasury is hereby authorized, from time
to time, as the wants of the Treasury may
require it, to sell or hypothecate for Trea
sury notes said bonds, or any part thereof,
upon the best terms lie can, so as to meet
appropriation by Congress, and at the
same time reduce and restrict tint amount
of tbo circulation in Treasury notes within
reasonable and safe limits.
Sec. 8. The bonds authorized by the
sixth section of this act may be either re
gistered or coupon bonds, as the parties
taking them may elect and they may be ex
changed for each other under such regula
tions as the Secretary of the Treasury may
prescribe. They shall be for one hundred
dollars, and shall, together with the cou
pons thereto attached, be in such form and
of such authentication as the Secretary
of the Treasury may prescribe; tbe inte
rest shall be payable half yearly on the
first of January and J uly in each year ; the
principal shall be payable not less than
thirty years from their date.
Sec. 9. All call certificates shall be
fundable, and shall be taxed in all re
spects as is provided for the Treasury
notes into which they are convertible.—
•If converted before the time fixed for tax
ing the Treasury notes, such certificates
shall from that time bear interest upon
only sixty-six and two-tbirds cents for
every dollar promised upon their face, and
shall be redeemable in new Treasury
notes at that rate ; but after the passage of
this act no call certificates sfyall be issued
until after the first day of April, 1864.
II. Upon the amount of all solvent
credits* aud of all bank bills, and all other
papers issued as currency, exclusive of
nun interest bearing Confederate treasury
notes, and not employed in a registered
business, tbe income derived from which is
taxed, five per cent.
4. Upon profits made in trade and busi
ness as follows.
I. On all profits made by buying and
selling spirituous liquors.fiour, wheat,corn,
rice, sugar,' molasses or syrup, salt, bacon,
pork, hogs,beef, or beef cattle, sheep, oats,
hay, fodder, raw hides, leather, horses,
mules, boots, shoes, cotton yarns, wool,
woolen, cofton or mixed cloths, hats, wag
ons, harness,. coal, iron, steal or nails, at
any time betwen the first of January,
1863, and the first oCJanuary, 1S65, ten
per cent, in addition to the tax on such
profits as income under the “act to lay
taxes for the common defence, and carry
on the Government of tbe Confederate
States, approved April 24th, 1863.”
II. On all profits made by buying and
selling money, gold, silver, foreign ex
change, stocks notes, debts, credits, or
obligations' of any kind, not enumerated
i:t the preceding paragraph, between the
times named therein, ten per cent., in ad
dition to tax on such profits as income, un
der the act aforesaid.
III. On the amount of profits exceeding
twenty-five per cent, made either of the
years 18G3 and 1SG4, by any bank or
banking company, insurance, canal, navi
gation, importing, telegraph, express, rail
road, manufacturing, dry dock, or other
joint stock company of any description,
whether incorporate or not, twenty-five
per cent, on such excess.
Sec. 5. The following. exemption from
taxation.under this act, shall be allowed,
to-wit :
I. Property of each head of a family
to the value of five hundred dollars ; and
for each minor child of the family to tbe
further value of one hundred dollais; and
for each son actually engaged in the army
or navy, or who has died or been killed
in the military or-naval service, and who
was a member of the family when he en
tered tbe service, to the further value of
five hundred dollars.
il. Property of the widow of any officer,
sordier, sailor, or marine, who may liave
died or been killed in the military or na
val service, or where there is no widow,
then of tiie family, being minor children,
to the value of one hundred dollars.
III. Property of every officer, soldier,
sailor, or marine, actually engaged in the
military or naval scrvice,or of such as have
been disabled in such service, to tbe value
of one thousand dollars ; provided that the
above exemptions shall not apply to any
person whose property, exclusive of house
hold furniture, shall be assessed at a value
exceeding one thousand dollars.
IV. That where property lias been in
jured or destroyed by tbe enemy, or the
owner thereof lias been temporarily de
prived of the use or occupancy thereof, or
of the means of cultivating the same by
reason of the presence or proximity of the
enemy, the assessment on such property
may be reduced in proportion to the dam
age sustained by the owner, or the tax as
sessed thereon may be reduced in the
same ratio by the district collector on
satisfactory evidence submitted to him by
the owner or assessor.
Sec. G. That the taxes on property laid
for the year- 1SG4 shall be assessed as on
the day of the passage of this act, and be
due and collected on the first day of June
next, oi as soOti after as practicable, allow
ing an extension of ninety days west of
army and navv. the Mississippi river. The additional tax-
EC. 17. The forty-second section of, es on incomes or profits for the year 1S63,
the act for the assessment and collection of
taxes appraised May 1st, 1SG3, is hereby
repealed.
Src. 18* The Secretary of the Treasu
ry is hereby authorized and required,
upon the application of the holder cf
any call certificate, which, by the first
section of this act to provide for the
funding and further issue of Treasury
notes, approved March 23d, 1SG3, was
required to be thereafter deemed to be
a bond, to issue to such holder, a bond
therefor upon the terms provided by said
act.
THE NEW TAX BILL.
The new tax bill was leported from the
Committee of Conference in both Houses
of Congress yesterday and at once acted
upon and adopted. The following is a copy
of the bill as it received the sanction of the
House.
Sec. 1. The Cong'css of the Confederate
States of America do enact, That in addit
ion to the taxes levied Gy the “act to lay
faxes for the corr.on defence and ta carry
on the Government of the Confederate
States,” approved 24th of April, 1SG3,
there shall be levied from the passage of
this act, on tbe subjects of taxation here
after mentioned, and collected from every
person, co-partnership, association or cor
poration liable therefor, taxes as follows,
to wit :
2. Upon the value of property, real, per
sonal and mixed, of every kind and des
cription, not Iiereinafter'exempted or faxed
at a different rate, five percent ; Provided'
that from this tax on the value of prop
erty employed in agriculture shall be
deducted tbe value of the tax in kind
delivered therefrom; as assessed under
the law imposing it, and delivered to the
Government; Provided, That no* credit
shall be alowed beyond five per cent.
II. On the value of gold and silver wares
and pla'e, jewels, jewelry, aud watches ten
per cent.
III. The value of property taxed un
der this section shall be assessed on the
basis of the market value of the same, or
similar property in the neighborhood where
assessed in the year I860, except in cases
where land, slaves, cotton or tobacco have
been purchased since tbe 1st day of Jan
uary 1SG2, in which case the said land,
slaves, cotton, and tobaeco so purchased,
shall be assessed f t the price actually paid
for the same bv the owner.
Sec. 2.On the value of all slaves or inter
ests held in any bank, bankimg eompany,
or association, canal, navigation impor
ting, exporting, insurance, manufacturing,
telegraph, expiess, railroad and dry-dock
companies of every kiud, whether incorpo
rated or not, five per cent.
Th^ value of property taxed under this
section shall be assessed upon the basis of
the market value of such property in the
neighborhood where assessed, in such cur
rency as may be in general use there, in
the purchase and sale of such property,
at the time of assessment.
Bec. 3. 1. Upon the amount of all gold
and silver coin, gold dust, gold or silver
bullion, whether held by the banks, or oth
er corporations, or individuals, five per
cent.; and upon all moneys held abroad,
or the amount of all bills of exchange
drawn therefor on foreign countries, a tax
of five per cent/; such tax upon money
abroad to be assessed and collected accord
ing to the value thereof at the place where
the tax is paid.
Sec. 10. That if any bank of deposit
shall give its depositors the bonds authoi-
ized be the first section of this act, in ex
change for their deposits, specifying
tho same on the bonds by some distinctive
mark or token to be agreed upon with tbe
Secretary of tire Treasury, then the said
depositor .shall bo entitled to receive tbe
amount of said bonds in Treasury notes
bearing no interest and outstanding at the
passage of this act; Provided, the said
bonds are presented before the privilege of
funding said notes at par sbail cease as
herein prescribed.
Sec. 11. That all Treasury notes here
tofore issued of the denomination of five
dollars, shall continue to be receivable in
payment of public dues, as provided by
law and fundable at par under the provi
sions of this act, until the first of July,
1SG4, east, and until the first of October,
I8G4, west of the Mississippi river, but
after that time they shall be subject to a
tax of thirty-three and one third per cent,
on every dollar promised on the face
thereof, said tax to attach to said notes
whenever circulated, and said notes to be
fundable and exchangeable for new Trea
sury notes, as herein provided, subject to
tbe deduction of said tax.
Sec. 12. That «ty State boiding Trea
sury notes received before the times here
in fixed for taxing said notes, shall be
allowed trll the first day of January, ISO*',
to fund the same in six per cent, bonds of
the Confederate St ites, payable twenty
years after date, and tbe interest payable
semi annually. But all Treasury notes
received by any State after the time fixed
for taxing the same as aforesaid, shall be
held to have been received diminished by
tbe amount of said tax. The discrimina
tion between tbe notes subject to the tax,
and those not so subject shall ba—
Sec. 13. That .Treasury notes hereto
fore issued bearing interest at the rate of
seven dollars and thirty cents on the hun
dred dollars, per annum, shall no longer be
received in payment of public dues, but
shall be deemed and considered bonds of
the Confederate States, payable two
years after the ratification of a treaty of
peace with tbe United States, bearing the
rate of interest specified on theirface, pay
able 1st of January of each and every
year.
Sec. 14- That the Secretary of the
Treasury be, and lie is hereby, authorized
in case the exigencies of the Government
should require it, to pay the demand ot
any public creditor whose debt may be
contracted after the passage of this act,
willing to receive the same in a certificate
of indebtedness, to be issued by said Sec
retary in such form as hfc may deem prop
er, payable two years after a ratification of
a treaty of peace with tbe United States,
bearing interest at tbe rate of six per cent,
per annum, payable semi annually, and
transferable only by special endorsement,
under reglations to be prescribed by the
Secretary of the Treasury, and said cer
tificates shall be exempt from taxation in
urincipal and interest.
Sec. 15. The Secretary of the Treasu
ry is authorized to increase the number of
depositories so as to meet the requirements
of this act, and with that view to employ
such of the banks of the several States as
he may, deem expedient.
Sec. 16. The Secretary of the Treasu
ry shall forthwith advertise this act in such
newspapiers published in the several
States, and by such other means as shall
secure immediate publicity ; aud tlieSec-
retaty of War and the Secretary of the
N ivy shall each cause it to be published
in general order for the information of the
GEORGIA, Jasper Conuty.
ws
Died, on the 11 Ui of February, 1864, in Camp,
near Dalton, Ga.. Lieut. Charles Fleming De- j If cation to me for letters of administration on
Bighon, of the 26th- Georgia Battalion, Walker's the estate of Benjamin B. Freeman, late of said
Division, in the tilth year of his age. i county, deceased.
Thus has another young life beeu offered upon | These are therefore to cite and admonish all
the altar of our country. Al^s, ho w mauy of our | and singular the' kindled and creditors of sa d
firesides tell the ta’e, of tho cost of liberty an J j deceased, to be and appear at my office on the first
right, in the sacrifice of the loved and lost. Iu
this ruthless invasion of our altars and our li mes,
how many of our young and brigh’est have offered
up their lives for tlitir countiy. Charlie, too, ev
en before sixteen summer suns had show upon
his head, buckled on his armor, aud with a soldioks
pride and courage, freely laced the dangeis, pt ™i
tions and sufferings oftiie campaign in North
Western Virginia, and returned but to qualify
himself in the school of the soldier for further duty
to his country. When the war burst upon our
own border, Charlie again buckled on hts sword
and hastened to seek the camp and the invader.
And how well hedid his duty, let his Commander
tell
Monday in April next, to show cause, if any they
have, why letters alrall not issue to the applicant
in terms of tho statute
Given under my haud officially, this 22d day of
February, 1864.
41 5f ' M. H. HUTCHISON, Ord’y.
GEORGIA, Jasper County.
^yi*SREA8. it is represenled to (he Ordina
ry, that the minor children of Joseph Jones
late of said county, deceased, are without Guar
dian.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all per-
- . ( sons concerned, to be and appear at uiy office on
: “During h:s illness we watched him as tonil , t j i(J xi„ n ,] a y in April next, and take out let-
s I would a brother ; hut all to no purpose. for | j ers 0 j- Guardianship, or show cause, why the
same slnU not devolve upon the Clerk of the Su
perior or Inferior Court of said county.
Given under my haud officially, this 22d day
cf Feb’y 1864.
41 5t M. II. HUTCHISON, Ordinary.
ly as _ __ ,.
death claimed him as its own. And no nobler vic
tim could he claim. His death has created a void
which cannot be easily tided. ’ And how Ids
generous and kindly nature told upon hi* fellow-
soldiers, let them tell: “He was kind auu gene
rous to the troops under his command, ever ready
to hear and redress all their wroftgs and by tbe
uniform attention to the wants of his Company
had the love and confidence of his entire com
mand, who all deplore his loss *’
But Charlie has gon^he died in tbe service of
his native land ; another -of ike costly sacrifices
of liberty and right.
We may not invade the sad domain of sorrow
nor can we offer mere words as consolation for a
loss that wholly desolates the heart. We know
that front the cold mansion of the tomb, tbe soft
radiance of those dark eyes, and tho light ef that
gentle, playful smile, which so often shone on the
countenance of tho affectionate, high hearted boy
will often—Oh, how often, shine on those sad
hearts and lighten even the darkness of the night.
Many, many, now far away, on the field of strife
J • .1.* _1 rv t Z ifa'n call IV il
Jlcad Quarters IRWINS’* ROADS,}
2lltli .Military District, Feb'y loth, 1864. j
J X order to onrrrv into effect the provisions of the
4 Act to reorganize the Militia oftiie State ef Guor-
gia, nssen.trd’Li, 1-ith day of December, 1S.>:», Flec
tions will he held tlironglioiit the 20th, Senatorial
District on Thursday, 10th, day of March next for
company officers, ut the places hereinafter designa
ted,
WASHINGTON COUNTY-
At Station No. 14, C. R. R., embracing the 88lh DOtli
98th 1 (istricts.
At IVucock's Court Ground, embracing 89th and
91st Districts.
At Kiddleviile, embracing 92d, 93r<l and 94th l)is-
trii
^ ^ ^ At Warthen’s Store, embracing'95tli and 9Gth Di:
and even iu the gloom of the captive’s cell, will If***' - , „„ , ,
- - - - ■ • ’ ■ i. «.s.t„.„,iE 97th, 100th, 136th and
levied by this act, shall be assessed and
collected forthwith; and the taxes or in
comes or profits for the year 1864 shall
be assessed and collected according to the
provisions of tbe tax and assessment acts
of 1863.
Sec. 7. So much of the tax of the 9th
day of April, 1S63, as levies a tax on in
comes derived from property or effects on
the amount or value of which a tax is lev
ied by this act and also tbe first section
of said act,are suspendedfor the year I8G4
and no estimated rent, hire or interest on
•property or credits herein taxed ad valorem
shall be assessed or taxed aS incomes, un
der the tax act of 1SG3.
Sec. 8. That the tax imposed by this
act on bonds of the Confederate States
heretofore issued shall in no case exceed
the. interest on tlic same, and such bonds,
when held by or for minors of Umatics,
shall be exempt from the tax in all cases
where the interest on tbe samo shall not
exceed one thousand dollars.
IVoir in the lime lo pay np.
Persons owing this Papar for advertising or
subscription, are notified that we will receive the
present currency in liquidation of their indebted
ness, until the 2oth day of March.
Our subscribers in Baldwin would do well to
bear this notice in remembrance.
?rf»rrr« Ibis Paper for future reference.
The present number of our paper contains the
Military, Currency and Tax Bills,and the law for
the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act. We
advise all of our patrons to preserve this paper,
as it will be very valuable for future reference.
Extra Mcaaiun of the I.rgislnlurc
In another, column of this paper will be found
the Proclamation of Gov. Brown, convening the
Legislature in this city, on tho 10th day of March.
f.ntc War IVcxrn.
The enemy, after advancing on Gen. Johnston,
liavn rotrofitd tovrm J.-, OliaLUmoo^a.
Gen. I’crrest, has. by bis success over tho Yan
kee cavalry in Miss, brought Sherman’s Army to a
backward move. Forrest deserves great credit for
his energy.
All quiet in Gen. Lee’s Army. Nothing of inte
rest from Mobile or Charleston.
GEORGIA Berrien county.
W M Gaskins npplies to me for letter* of Administra
tion on the estate of Daniel GaskinR deo’d.all per
sons interested will take notice and file objections if
any by the first munday in April next; otherwise letters
will be granted.
Witness my official signature; Feb'v 12th 1864.
II. T. PEEPLES Ord>.
see, too. the light of that face, and shed the teai
for their departed friend. But though we mny
not speak consolation or comfort, thanks to God,
there is a voice that may and lias done so. Who
afflicted friends, may improve the words of God ?
“Let not your hearts be troubled: ye believe in
God. believe also in ME. In my Lathers house ^ At Mount Zion, embracing the 109th, 103rd, 108th
are many mansions. I go to prepare a piaev lfl7tll auil Districts
for you—that yvliere I am, there ye may be al- At Devrenux’s Court Ground, embracing llCth
so.” I 101st 117th and 101 Dis'.riets.
Farewell, gentle, high-hearted, kindly boy ! —
At Sandersville, embracing
99th Districts.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
At Sparta, embracing the 113th and 102d Dis
tricts.
At Wiiliam Rachel’s, embracing 1 IStl;. ll ltb, li tth,
and 111th Districts.
At Mount Zion, embracing the
You have died in the service of your native land,
for which you wished to live, and for which you
feared not to die. Peace to the de id—CHARLIE,
Farewell !
Leaves have their time to fall.
And flowers to wither at the North wind’s breath ;
Thou hast all seasons lor thine own
Oh! Death.
This quotation was painfully impressed upon
my mind, on the 17th inst., by witnessing the
death of William Aleuzo Green, in his 30th year,
at hts father's residence, in Milledgeville, Ga.
Death is a relentless reaper; with his “s'ckle
keen.” he touches the fair Slower whose petals ate
but just unfolding in the morning'of life ; again
the blooming maiden, whose feet are keeping lime
to merry music; anon, the stalwart man who is
rejoicing in the pride of manhood; then the hoary-
headed sire, whose footsteps have reached the
stream whose shore is eternity. But when he
touches the young man who is just entering tile
portals of manhood feelings of intense sadness
tills the heart. The subject of this notice yyas
just entering upon a life of usefulness, full of
high, generous impulses. When his country
called for defenders against an aggressive foe. In*
was among the first to respond to that call. With
liis youthful heart, full of devotion to ti;o land oi
his birth, lie determined to stand by her till the
ruthless invader was expelled or lose ail he had
to give ; which he did, a precious young life was
laid a w illing sacrifice on the altar of liis country.
He left his home, full of hope and vigor, but ere
long, disease laid her yvithering blight upon him.
Ho remained in camps till Vicksburg was surren
dered, and he had defended our sister State, Mis
sissippi, then exhausted nature could endure no
more, he sought bis home to lie down and die —
In liis last agony he still testified his devotion to
his country His last words were “Cover me up
and let me sleep, and I’ll help the hoys.” His
thoughts doubtless yvere yvith the brave hearted
who were battling for her rights.
“Weep not for him whom the veil of the tomb,
In life's happy mottling has hid ftom our eyes,
Ere sin threw a blight o’er the spirit's young
bloom.
Or earth had profaned yvhat yvas born for the
skies.*’
From a conversation on the Atonement and
’Resurrection a few days before his death, yve have
an assurance that “For him to die was gain.”—
His last moments yvere calm and peaceful, even
when his feet were laved by the cold Jordan ol
death, not a shudder crossed his frame, but geu
tly as an infant hushed by a soft luliaby so sweet
ly he slept in Jesus.
“Then weep not for him, in his spring'time he
flew
J’o that land where the wings of the soul are
unfurled,
And now, like a star beyond evening’s cold dew
Looks radiantly doyvn on the tears of this
world.”
FRIEND.
BALDWIN COUNTY.
At Black Spring church, embracing tlie lOotli and
1 lot’n Districts.
At Daniel Hill’s Court Ground, embracing the 319th
31sth, 322d ami 32lst Districts.
Each consolidation of Districts, as above given ctm-
stitutesone Precinct; ami each man liable to enrollment
for military service, under said Act, is entitled to vote
at liis precinct for one captain and four Lieutenants, in'
pursuance oftiie law, which willconstitntetheeompunv
tor that precinct. The election must beheld bv ora
Justice ot the Peace and one Freeholder, or two Free
holders, or two .Militia officers, and a list of the voters
undone tally sheet,correctly made out, showing thu
number of votes each candidate received, must ho
transmitted to tbe Commander-in Chief forthwith by
the superintendents of said election. Each Captain
elected will forward, w ithout delay, to these head
quarters, a list of the naincp of officers elected lor his
District.
By order oftiie Commander-in-Chief.
WM. A. IRWIN, A. D. C.
February 17th, 1864. 40 3i.
GFORGIA, Appling County.
\1THEREAS, Weslbrrry Bennett makes appii-
ti cation to me for letters of administration oa
the estate of John Westberry deceased.
These are therefore to cite all persons interested
to he and appear nt my office by the first Monday
in March next, to show cau^e, if any, why said
letters should not bs granted to sajd appliecant.
Given iu.dt-i.ny hand officially.this Fob. 9th Irtit.
49 5t. J. LIGHTsEY Ordy. of A. C.
MILL HOCK,
AND
VALUABLE PROPERTY"
.FOR SALE.
T HE one-fourth interest of fifteen thousand at res
of valuable Florida Land, situated upon tho
Coast, and Goose Creek, embracing nil the primi-
pal salt privileges and Fisheries—tbe Salt priri-
ieges alone liaviug rented tot ten thousand dollars
this year. Any one wishing to invest, can see a
map of the lands by applying to the undersigLsd
at Milledgeville, Ga. Price, $12 50 per acre.
ALSO FOR SALE,
1 Set No. I French Burr Mill Rock,—but litt'o
used, price §3,100 00.
R. A. McCOMB.
December 18th. 1863. 36 tt.
A PROCLAMATION.
BY JOSEPH E. BROWN,
• Goi'KRXOR OF G EORGtA.
To the Officers and Members
of tlie General Assembly :
A S in my opinion the public exigencies require
that the General Assembly convene at an
earlier day thau that fixed by law for your meet
ing. I issue this my Proclamation, requiring you,
and each of you. to assemble in your respec
tive Halls, in the Capitol at Milledgeville, on
Thursday, the 10;h day of March next, at 10
o'clock, A. M.
Given under iny hand and the Great Sea!
the State, at the Capitol in the city of
Milledgeville, this 27th day of Febru
ary, iu the year.of our Lord eighteen
hundred and sixty-four.
JOSEPH E. BROWN,
• Governor.
By the Governor:
N. C Barnett,
Secretary of State. 41 2t.
A CARD.
D R. S. G. WHITE has resumed the practice of
.Medicine and Surgery in Hits city aud vicinity.
Milludgevne Feb'y 2t)th, 1864. . 40 2t.
Col. Gordon’s Address
X^OR the benefit of the Soldiers Wayside Home, is for
F sale at Grieve A. Clark's Drug store. Price one
dollar per copy.
A/illedgeviile Feb’y 23rd, 1864. 40 tf.
ESTRAY NOTICE.
GEORGIA, Baker County.
Clerk's Office, Inferior Court, February
IS th, 1S64.
A LL persons interested, are hereby notified
that James T. Whitehead, of the 071st Dis
trict, G M, tolls before David L Parker, one of
the Justices of the Peace for said District, an Es-
tray mouse colored Mare Mule, abou$ s xteen
years of age, valued by Joseph Scollay and F.
L. Jarrett, freeholders of said county and Dis
trict. to be worth* seveu hundred dollars. Tbe
owner of said Estiay is required to coine forward,
prove property, pay charges, and take said mule
away, or she will be dealt with as the law directs.
41 5t THOMAS ALLEN, Cletk, I. C.
P<1 $3.
41 ot.
GEORGIA, Twiggs County.
W HEREAS, Isaac Carrol, administrator on
the estate of Isaac Young, late of said coun
ty, deceased, makes application to me in due form
of law for letters iff dismission from said admin
istratorship, he having fully executed his trust as
will more fully appear from vouchers of file.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the parties concerned, to be and appear
at my ofiice on or by the first Monday in Septem
ber next, then and there to show cause, why said
letters may not be granted.
Given under iny hand officially, at Marion,
Feb. 24th, 1864.
41 m6m LEWIS SOLOMON. Ord’y.
NOTICE.
OUGHT to Jail o
Negro man, «a;
ytfom Ohestdk and
owualBavelini
. JAR Was]
nd W<tlre nam^
hevtas been at work on the fortifice-
nnd run away from there about two
weeks ngo; saifl Negro is five feet six inches high, dark
coni pleetiou about 25 yean old and will weigh about 140
or lull lbs.
JOHN GENTRY Jailor.
February 28th 1861. 41 tf.
The owfier or Guardian is requested to come forward
prove property pay charges and take him away.
GEORGIA, Pulaski County.
Ordinary's Office for said County.
W HEREAS, James M. Woods applies to me
for letters of dismission from tiie Executor
ship of Pberiba P. Woods, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
and singular the kindred of said deceased, and
all interested, to be and appear at tiie Court of
Ordinary on the first Monday in September next,
to show cause, if any they can, why said letters
of dismission should not bs granted the appli
cant.
Givep under my hand and official signature,
this 23d day of February, 1861.
41 m6m JOHN J. SPARROW, Ord’y.
Guardian for
Confederate States Tax.
rjlAX Payers of BaUlwiu County, you tl at
JL have not made returns of your Income Tax
for tlie year lcfio* must do so by 1st of March
next.
A. W. CALLAWAY,
Assessor for Baldwin County.
February 22nd, 1864. 40 2t
GEORGIA, Twiggs Couuty.
W HEREAS. John Chapman, Guar
Win. M., John T. and M. I*. Cliapn
nors of William Chapman, lato of said county,
deceased', makes his application to me for letters
of dismission from his said Guardianship, in dne
form of law, ho having fully executed his trust
faith uily as will fully appear by reference to the
vouchers filed in office.
These are therefore to cite aud admonish all and
stngular the kindred aud others concerned, to be
and appear at my office, ou or before the First
Monday iu May next, then and there to show
cause, if any, why said letters may not bo grant
ed.
Given under my hand officially at Marion,
Feb. 18th, 1864.
40 Ot. LEWIS SOLOMON, Ord y.
GEORGIA Lowndes county.
vyHEREAS Samuel Carter has made application
It to tliis Court for letters af Guardianship of the
persons anil property of the minor heirs ot lssac D.
Carter late ot said couuty dec’d.
These are therefore to admonish all persons interested
to tile their objections if any, at this office within the
time prescribed by law. why said letters should not be
granted, otherwise letters will issue to said applicant.
Witness my hand and official signature tliis 1st day
of February 1864.
JOHN W. HARRELLOrd v.
39 5t.
Administrator's Sale.
B Y VIRTUE of an order of tho Court of Ordi
nary of Irwin county, "ill be sold on the
first Tuesday’ in April next within the usual hours of
sale before the Court House door in the town of Vienna
one town lot known us the MfDanniel lot, sold as the
property of William McDaniel dee d.
-Termscash,this 17th, Feb’v 1861.
D. J. FF.N'N Adm’r.
8. A. F. AlcDANIEL Admr’x
41 tds.
Administrator's Sale.
W ILL BE SOLI), on the first Tuesday in April
ne^, ut the Court House door in the town ol
Blaekshear Pierce county, within the legal hours of
sale,lots no 243and 264 in the 4th; District of l’iero’
county ; also at the same time and place tiie following
negroes Isaac 45, Nancy 36, and Sarah 3 years old,
said lands an t negroes sold as the property of Ben J-
Howard dee’d for the benefit of the heirs and creditors,
terms cash,
HUGHEY CHANCY Adm r.
February 8th, 18.64. (I., h. c ) Pd $5 ' 39 >t.
GEORGIA Pulaski county-.
• Notice.
B Y VIRTUE of an order of the Court of Ordinary
of Pulaski county will be sold at the Court House
door in the Town of llawkinsville on the Is!, Tuesday
iq^April next one lot land 38 in the 12th, Hist, of h i“-
eox county. Sold to perfect titles.
LUCINDA CONNER Guar,Pan
Minors W. D. Conner dee'd.
Feb’y 3d, 1864. j. j. s. 39 tds.
NOTICE.
EDrolling Office Baldwin County,
H AVING been assigned to duty as Chief En
rolling Officer of Baldwin comity, all persons
liable to service in the Army, and those having
exemptions, details, Ac, or claiming such, aad all
furloughed officers and soldiers will report prompt
ly, and sve themselves trouble. Information
and assistance of all good citizens are respectfully
requested to aid me and my Assistants Messrs.
Arnold & Strother, in tbe discharge of our duties.
R. W. BONNER.
Feb. 27th, 1864. 41 4t*
GEORGIA, Berrien County.
J ESSE CARROLL applies to me for letters of
administration ou the cstaie of Wm. Knight,
deceased. • ,
Ail persons interested will take notice and fiia
objections, if any. otherwise letters will issue.
Witness my official signature.
H. T PEEPLES, Ord y.
Jail 28th, 1861. PU $3 38 5t.
GEORGIA, Twiggs County.
W HEREAS, Robert R. Wimberly, app'ies to
me for letters of Administration on the es
tate of Mary Bryau, late of said county, deceased,
iu dne form of law.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred aud creditors of said deceas
ed to be and appear at my office on or by the
First Monday in May next, then and there to show
cause, if any, why said letters may not be granted
said applicant.
Given under toy hand and official signature at
Marion, Feb. 18th,1864.
40 5t. LEWIS SOLOMON, Ord’y.