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THE GEORGIA WEEKLY TET. fc-GRAPH.
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j ^ , s IIOOI.. -Till* friends
I this excellent school will bear
will be re aped oh Monday.
,>*r!v;ii A Wade make » strong Mho-
i<** r ‘ d cmnot fail to give satisfuc-
•• K*®’
* VaM-ST Wkkelt Lkdook. We
fo** 0 f the first number of this
r*mtle craft, that has just ventured
Itp® )U(T j, ^ of journalism, Mr. Den-
commander. It glides well
^ ^wster. appear* well-balanced, and
*^.\ts prosperous voyage.
r p _ofall the disgusting knaves
X ^Zce the Anglo Saxon race, Horace
**3 who misrepresents a portion of the
JF*W y e nncssee, is tlic meanest and most
<*' * i„ » recent speech, he proclaim-
KfT |B fX nltant air, that he was always
’ Vionist of the deepest dye, but that
‘ d llje hypocrite from policy. He ad-
• Ml , negro equality in its most repulsive
^ndors* 1 miscegenation, andtlieaboli-
®*’* jj gnein] distinctions between the
LmkI negro race.
' itr the Tennessee community in which
* f ,Mature can reside and be considred
frttlemen. t [ f
Is Ross A 80s.—We ask special p.tten
-o die very attractive advertisement of
^-established and well-known house.
"'j‘ it w j]i be seen that their stock is
complete in every article in which
hitherto dealt. Indeed, the coun-
■ercbsnt or planter laying in his supplies
' ric Drv Goods, Shoes, Iron, Steel,
. [remning tney may need they can
• ;i j. this mammoth establishment.
„ i lU .tomcrsof the house need no other
( from us than the »>are announcement
ate ready to fill all orders; while
^ «e would say they will find the firm
-drier and accommodating in business
,iCti>DS.
w Italian Opera.—We are happy to
-j (er readers that the Ghioni and 8u-
[ Qp, B Company, under the direction of
'. nu >,r Impressario, Max Strakosch, will,
•he Sid of October next, give a short se-
j j operatic representations similar to
ywich last season attracted such large
j i riilisnt audiences. The agent is now
it city, and has engaged Ralston Hall
fooror five nights—commencing the above
. The Company has been considerably
ofjrcoed, and now embraces, with cho-
0.1 orchestra, a troupe of over forty-fiv
t t«n Madaiue Gbioni, Mile. Pauline
*, Madame Patti Strakosch will be the
iipsl lady solo artists, Signors Irire and
usi. the tenori; Signors Marra and Bel-
liiiumts, and Signors Colctti and Susiui,
WESLEYAN FEMALE COLLEGE,
ft would call attention to the announce-
of the upproaching term in this institu-
1, which will commence on the First Mon-
in October. The omissions in the list of
Faculty will tie supplied in due time,
fft would take occasion to renew our com-
.Jation of this old and useful institution,
vas the pioneer in the cause of female col
ine education, and has, during its long
mt, dispensed its blessings to every part of
Southern country. Many of our most
rming and brilliant women were educated
reared within its walls, and the public
dd see to it that there be no abatement
opportunities for doing good. We
K to see the college building and lecture
ci< filled to overflowing before the close
t tear.
tches ok Russian Life before and dur-
;the Emancipation of the Serfs. Ed-
>! tv Uenry Morley, Professor of English
tersturt in Uuivereity College, London,
•doe: Chapman & Hall. Philadelphia:
B. Lippcncott & Co., I860.
D* work before us does not pretend to
profound and elaborate exposition of
ha manners and customs; it presents a
t-tyt view of men and things in the
■ European dominions, of which com*
icrtly U;tle is known on this side the
c<ud therefore contains much of the
y style of reading for those who wish
entertained and have not the leisure to
51 themselves fully on the subject. As
^ t*niM in a railroad ride of a couple
miles, it will be found most agrec-
Corrcspondence.
Macon, Ga., Aug. 6, 1860.
En dieney, Andrew Johnson:
-The citizens of Macon approving
^-icy of restoration, and appreciating
l0 M* efforts in the cause of constitu-
liberty, beg leave to tender you a bale
wtton—the first of the new crop of
»a humble testimonial of their grat-
* 50 you, for your efforts in preserving
t V*% of the States, and restoring
u w d quiet to a distracted country.—
•■dominate war through which we have
’• *»* destroyed our wealth, paralyzed
‘’•merce, mid enervated our people;
m feel assured, that if your efforts to
: he Union shall bo crowned with suc-
tfidence will be restored, our people
with renewed energy, their ac-
tvocstions, our fields will yield an
harvest, and our commerce will
c *ith its sails tho waters of our oceans,
^•iag ©nr allegiance to the Constitu-
of our country, nnd thanking you
‘for
your stand in defense of constitu-
kl ihmy and the equality of the States,
I ***■ »ith feelings of profound respect,
* Ml », very truly,
Hardeman & Starks,
J. B. Ross & Son,
Knott & Howes,
Mitchell & Smiths,
Committee.
executive mansion, j
•ton, D. C., Aug. 27th, 1866. }
I have the honor to acknowl-
j**oeipt of your letter of the Cth in-
” the Bale of Cotton, “the first of tho
Vj -' I am deeply grateful to tho
Macon for the kind nnd truly cn-
[ words they have spoken through
(‘lease convey to them, also, as-
l a J great interest in, and warmest
•t ihe success of tlie Southern people
1 of the great stuple of the South,
' intimately depends their com-
ity.
esteem,
obedient servant,
Andrew Johnson.
t & Sparks, "1
Son, ( Commit-
P w «s, f tee.
Smiths, J
RADICAL I.EASON >OR KEEPING OUT THE ' tnckinn and I.Duisi.iuiun received pardons on
11 *** Monday. It is the design of the President,
The real reason, nnd the only one, with the at an early day, to so arrange the matter of
Northern Radicals for keeping the South out , pardons as to clear tlic docket, to a great cx-
ot Congress. 1s that their party must lo-c i tent, of accumulated applications by one easy
power the moment wc lire admitted, nnd they process.
arc unwilling to sign their own death-warrant.
Rather than give up the spoils, they prefer
that disoord should reign forever.
This excuse, however, will not avail them
An order has been is-ued by the Depart
ment ol the Treasury, which goes into effect
on the l«t proximo, highly important to all
Paymasters nnd Disbursing Agents of the
before the people, who are for the good of | Government It requires that all Disbursing
the country and not for party, and hence | Officers, whether military or civil, shall, ss
it has become necessary to frame one that
will. 80 far as we have seen they all tell the
same story, and as it is well and
succinctly given in a late speech by Bens*
Butler to the people of Gloucester, Mass., we
transcribe it for the information of our read
ers. He said:
“I for one do not believe that any portion
of this country is ready to participate in the
government ot tlic country, until any man of
aDy part of the country has equal rights with
every other man. And until that can be
done in every portion of the United States,
that portion is not ready to be admitted as n
portion of the United States. The Southern
man, whether arrived at tlic common age of
man or not, knows that he can go to any part
of the North and speak his sentiments freely,
and I do not want any part of this country
represented in Congress until you nnd I can
go and argue the principles of free govern
ment without fear of the knife or pistol, or
of being murdered by a mob. And when
men ask me how long I would keep these
men out, I say keep them out until tlic heav
ens melt with fervent heat, until they will al
low free speech nnd free press throughout
tlicir land. And if it should not come in this
generation wc will swear our sons to keep
them out till they become fit for a republican
form of government"
This is the whole case in a nutshell. Sim
mer down the froth 'of words to their real
substance, and we find it amounts just to this:
the South is to be kept out of Congress and
the Union until h*» p«opia ci, a ii Uwiuc w
utterly humiliated and debased that North
ern demagogues and mischief-makers can
come among them, insnlt and abuse them,
stir up a war of races, and uproot the foun
dations of Southern society, and all with im
punity. This is tlie great right asserted, and
the South is to be punished until it is grant
ed. It comes fitly from a descendant of the
Puritans—a people who have ever claimed
the right to interfere in everybody’s affairs
and compel everybody to think with them
selves.
It remains for the sensible and patriotic
men of the North to determine whether this
reason is a good or a bad one—whether for
the privilege of leaving their homes and in
terfering with other people’s affaire, they are
willing to disorganize the government, per
petuate strife, and outrage the Constitution
by imposing the burthen ot taxation upon
ten States of the Union who have no voice
in the enactment of the laws. This is the
issue tendered by the Radicals, and the
Northern people will soon have an opportu
nity of deciding it at the polls.
As regards the safety of Northern visitors
at the South, we need only say, what every
Northern gtntleman that has been amongst
us knows to be true, that when they come for
lawful purposes and conduct themselves as
honest men and gentlemen, they are as safe in
person and feelings as they would be in Chi
cago or Boston. This assurance has been re
peatedly given in the Northern press, by
Northern as well as Southern writers, and it
has been proclaimed by the Great Executive
Head of the Nation, and yet these infamous
Radicals cling to the slander, and, for the
purpose of retaining power, insist that the
people shall believe a lie.
8pecUl Correspondence of the Telegraph.]
Letter from Washington.
Washington, 29th Aug. 1806.
Scenes at nnd about the Executive Mansion
have undergone a marked change since the
departure of the President. The continual
daily line of comers and goers, all the while
to be seen, have, l'or the present, sought other
stamping grounds, nnd tlie Mansion presents
the appearance of a banquet hall deserted.—
The Commissioner ot Public Buildings, avail
ing himself of the lull, occasioned by the ab
sence of the President, has put to work a
large force of upholsterers, painters, and other
artizans, for the purpose of renovating and
cleansing.
The reception extended to the President
at Philadelphia was most enthusiastic, not
withstanding the craven conduct of the mem
bers of the Com Exchange and City Coun
cil in refusing to participate with the citizens
and various associations in doing honor to
the Chief Magistrate and suite.
Tlic scandalous report industriously circu
lated by the Radical press, to the effect that
the gentlemen of the several Executive De
partments, who have formed a “Johnson De
partmental Club,” are spies scattered among
the several offices, at the special instance of
the President, to act as informers and eaves
droppers, is an unmitigated falsehood, total
ly devoid ol any foundation, and an emana
tion only from the imagination of those
whose political sins are so many and heinous,
that, like the culprit, they regard every bush
an officer of the law. They are, themselves,
well aware that if proper retribution was
meted out to them, they would receive
prompt dismissal, and hence their dire ap
prehension.
The proper rates and forms to bo observed
in auditing and paying bounty to soldiers,
under the late act of Congress, arc nearly
perfected, and as soon as ready, the Govern
ment will proceed to take up the many claims
already presented and on file, and liquidate
them as fast as funds can be realized for the
purpose. Congress, whilst passing the bill
providing for bounty, made no provision of
money to meet the same, although urgently
advised by the Secretary of War, that it
would bo impossible, with the means in his
hands, to do so.
President Johnson, in an interview with
Representative Trimble, of Kentucky, the
din prior to his leaving, assured him that on
his return* to the seat of government, many
Radicals now occupying elevated official po
sitions, would be removed
heretofore, withhold a tax of five per cent, lor
internal revenue on ull sums over $600 per
annum, and shall render a true statement of
such collections. »ud return such statements
with their accounts, as now required, but
that they must not hereafter make deposits
of such amounts collected, but retain the
amount thereof from their disbursements, and
make no entry of the sums in account cur
rents, but will charge therein only the net
amount of payments after the deduction of
the tax. The Accounting Officers of tlie
Treasury will be required front the evidences
furnished by tlie schedule ol the Disbursin
Agents to pay the same over from time to
time to the office of Internal Revenue.
Messrs. C. Cushing, of Mass., Judge John
son, of Cal., and R. J. Meigs, of Tenn., Com
missioners to Codify the United States laws,
have taken an office, and entered upon the
discharge of their duty. The time allowed
for perfecting the work is three years, and a
salary of five thousand dollars per annum to
each Commissioner.
C. Wendell, Esq., formerly printer to Con
gress, has consented to accept the responsible
position of Superintendent of Public Print
ing, (which be had once declined,) in place
of DeFrees, Radical. Mr. Wendell is a very
capable and efficient officer, and is universal
ly popnl&v •• ““ unciimpFomisinS «•! vo-
cate of the policy of the Administration. His
appointment gives universal satisfaction.
The Paymaster-General has decided that
the Peace Proclamation of the 20th instant
does not effect tlic pay of tlie officers and en
listed men of the regular army, which remains
the same as heretofore.
General Howard, Superintendent of the
Freedmen’s Bureau, has officially announced
that the responsibility for withholding ra
tions to the destitute refugees and freedmen
of the South, Is attached to him alone;—that
no order from the President incited the act.
At a meeting last evening of the Radical
Union league, the Vice-President and several
members tendered their resignations, alleging
as a reason, that the machine had been con
verted into a political association, which was
foreign to its original purpose. Rats will
leave a sinking ship.
Since the President left here, several anon
ymous threatening communications have been
received here by bis private Secretary, which
have been promptly forwarded to the Post
master at Niagara, to be handed to him on
his arrival. Anonymous scribblers, even when
the embodiments of cowardice and servility,
are the most vile miscreants that crawl the
earth.
The practice heretofore indulged in through
the several Executive Departments, of permit
ting promotions, and in some cases appoint
ments, to be controlled by the heads of Bu
reaus is to be abandoned in the future, and
this sphere of duty is to be the sole preroga
tive of the heads of Departments.
Through tho a«;ency of a pliant clerk in the
War Department, who could find more time
to serve his party than to execute his trust,
the radical wire-pullers of Pennsylvania
have secured a list of all Pennsylvanians re
corded as having deserted during the war,
to the almost incredible number of sixty
thousand, and design challenging the vote of
every one who attempts to cast his ballot for
the conservative candidates.
All volunteer officers now remaining on
stafl duty are to be at once mustered out of
service.
Hon. N. G. Taylor, of Tenn., and other
speakers from this section, have left for
Maine, to aid Senator Doolittle and Governor
Parsons, of Ala., in the canvass on the side of
the conservatives.
The ovations lavished upon the President
so far as he lias traveled are represented as
surpassing anything of the kind ever hereto
fore witnessed.
In the Second District of Gcoigia, tlic fol
lowing localities and days have been desig
nated for weighing, marking and assessing
cotton:
Macon, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
days; Columbus, same days as Macon; Al
bany, Mondays arid Tuesdays; Hawkinsville,
Tuesdays,Thursdays and Saturdays; Bain-
bridge and Fort Gaines, on Mondays and
Saturdays; Fort Valley,Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays; Americus, Wednesdays and
Thursdays; Cuthbert, Tuesdays and Fridays;
Georgetown, Wednesdays and Thursdays;
Griffin, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
In tlie First District of Louisiana New Or
leans is designated as a continuous depot.
In Arkansas—Little Rock, on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays; Pine Bluff, Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays; Helena, as
at Little Rock; Madison, as at Pine Bluff;
Lewis, Camden and Fulton, as at Little Rock;
Napoleon, continuously; Osceola, Chicot and
Jacksonport, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat
urdays ; Marie, Saline and Champagnolle,
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Potomac.
Harper & Leslie—We alluded, yester
day, to the fact that the Atlanta booksellers
bad discarded the publications of these
houses. We are pleased also to state that
our two leading book concerns in this city>
Mr. Boardman and J. W. Burke & Co., have
refused to receive them for several months
past. This is right. The recent numbers of
the journals referred to have been outrageous
beyond endurance, and every dealer in the
South owes it to the public to do what he can
to suppress such attacks upon our rights and
feelings. We hope to see a general move
ment against them. Though it is but just to
say that tlie periodical dealers are not alone
in the wrong, for if the people would refuse
to buy such publications, their circulation
in the South would soon be brought to an
end.
The Cotton Tax;
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has
just issued the following important regula
tions concerning the weighing nnd marking
of cotton, the assessment and collection of
the tax, and the removal of cotton under
bond:
Treasury Department, 1
Office of Internal Revenue, -
Washington. July 81, 1866. )
The act of Julv 13, 1S66, provides that on
and after August 1, 1866, there shall be paid
bv the producer, owner, or holder, upon all; any collector shall be taken as sufficient evi
cotton produced within the United States, | dene fer the cancellation of the transports
and upon which no tax has been levied, paid : tion bond, unless it bears the foregoing en
or collected, a tax of three ceBts per pound, dorsenient of the assessor of the district where
and that such tax shall be and remain a lien 1 the cotton was delivered, and the tax paid,
thereon, in the possession of any person whom- ‘ In case the taxessliould not be paid to the
soever from the time when such law took cf-; collector of the district to which the cotton
who will thereupon present it to the assessor
or assistant assessor of the district where the
tax was paid, who will thereupon debit the
bonded account of the collector of the dis
trict with the amount of tax so received, to
which he will certify at the bottom of the
collector’s certificate in the following form
I hereby certify that the foregoing certifi
cate has been presented to me, and the amount
thereof entered in the bonded account of this
district. ,
, Asscseor.
And no certificate of payment issued by
BE ON THE AI.EKT' DANGER IS AT HAND!
Tl.10 has been a sickly season. The medical faculty
prophesy exit in tho Iktnre. They think pestllenco Is
00 the wing for Ameries. Suppose this to be true, what
is the best defense against it! Redoubled KerTous Vig
or. This.is the only protection against panic, as well as
against tlie principle of infection. Why do not those,
who prediet the epidemic propose an adequate prexen-
tixe? There is one; atonic, nerrine and alteratixe
The pressure competent to shield the system against the subtle eie-
against the retention of Stanton as Secretary ">«»<’ of disease, whether they float hitheron the winds
f , . , . i 1 * from distant lands, or rise like vapor from our own soil
ot M ar. is immense, and several ho have , r „„ | ncorpor , ted with the universal fluid. This one
communicated with the President, relative preventive, of which there is no duplicate among the
to his case, feel satisfied that tlie War Secre- compounds either of tit., o d World or the New, is
lary will fall, in response to the almost : is^.peciflc fcs-riltk. eovopfatot,
universal demand of the conservatives of the Which lay tlie sy.-tem open to visitation* of deadly
country. t cpidemiep. If jou are dj«p*plic, it renews tho vigor
The Light House Board have established, ofyourd.gestive powers, give, you appetite, and r-
° stores your cheerfulness, if you are n-rvous, it in-
ou' the Southern coast, 38 Light Houses and
eight vessels since the close of the war, to
supply the place of those destroyed pending
the strife.
The vacancies in the army under the new
law, have been filled, and will be promulga
ted on tho return of the President.-
But few pardons are being issued to South
erners at present. A Texan, Georgian. Ken-
vigorates evsry fibre of yonr nervous system, from the
base ot the brain, where it begins, to the extremities,
where it terminates. If you arebilhous, it disciplines
yonr unruly liver and brings the action of that organ
into harmony with the laws of health. It is, in short,
an mvigoraiit and alterative so powerful that Nature,
with Hosteller's Bitters for her ally, may hid defiance
alike to native mahitia and foreign intection. If tins
enemy we hear of. this disease which is desolating Eu
rope, Is really bound hitherward, it behooves the pru
dent to put on their armor, to clothe themselves with
invulnerability as far as human means will permit, by
preparing tlic system for resistance with this pur« vege
table antidote.
Jhg. Ii-d4wly E. BOURNE, No. M, Market St.
feet, or sucli cotton is produced, or until the
same shall have been paid. The same law
prohibits, under severe penalties, (which
take effect September 1. 1866.) _ the removal
ot cotton out of the district in which it is
produced before tlie tax is paid, unless it is
removed under bond or other security, ac
companied by the permit of the assessor of
the district.
If, however, before September 1, 1866, cot
ton should be removed out ot the district in
which it was produced without the payment
of the tax, or without being bonded, it will
be subject to the payment of the tax of three
cents per pound by the holder thereof, wher
ever it may be found; and in such cases, if
any should occur, an immediate assessment
should be made upon the holder, and if the
tax is not paid upon the demand of the col
lector, the cotton mav l>c seized under section
48.
Any cotton produced in the United States
prior to August 1, I860, which may be found
after that date beyond the limits of the dis
trict in which it was produced, no tax hav
ing been paid thereon, will be subject to the
payment of tlie tax of three cents per pound
by the holder wherever found, except in the
following cases, viz:
Cotto* removed under a bond executed
prior to August 1, I860, in accordance with
the regulations of the Secretary of the Treas
ury, dated Octol>«r 9,1803, which bond does
not expire until after August 1, 1866, will be
subject only to the rate of tax (two cents per
pound) in force at the time of the execution
ot the bond.
In all cases where cotton may have t>een
assessed and tlie assessment returned to the
collector prior to August 1,1866, such cotton
will be subject only to the rate (two cents)
so assessed, although the tax may not have
been paid prior to August 1.
PLACE FOR WEIGHING, AC.
Section 3 authorizes the commissioner to
designate places in each collection district
where an assessor or an assistant assessor, and
a collector or a deputy collector, shall be lo
cated, and where cotton may be brought for
the purpose of being weighed and appropri
ately marked. These places will be desig
nated and public notice given of the same,
front time to time, as the proper information
is received from the assessors and collectors
of each district. At such places an assessor
or assistant assessor, and a collector or depu
ty collector, must be located, and, where
found necessary, persons will be stationed
there whose duty it will be to weigh and
mark the cotton, under the supervision of an
assessor or an as-istant. who will be appoint
ed by the Secretary of the Treasury, under
the authority conferred by Section 8.
The fees for weighing and marking will be
fixed by the Commissioner of Internal Reve
nue, and must in all cases be paid by the pro
ducer, owner, or holder of the cotton for
whom the work is done.
The duty of tlic weigher and marker will
be to weigh each bale and to mark its gross
weight thereon, with marking ink or paint,
in large figures. The amount of tax to bous-
sessed upon cotton will be ascertained by de
ducting from the gross weight of each bale or
package four per centum for fare. The as
sessor or assistant assessor located at the des
ignated place for weighing, must either weigh
and mark, or see weighed and marked, each
bale or package, and must keep an exact ac
count of such weights and marks, and also
the names of the holder, owner, or producer,
for whom the cotton was weighed and mark
ed.
WEIGHING AT OTHER THAN THE DESIGNATED
PLACES.
Under the proviso of section 3, the owner
ol cotton may have it weighed and marked
wherever it may he in the district, provided
he pays the necessary traveling expenses of
the officers who do tfio work. It is presum
ed that these expenses can be readily agreed
upon by the parties, but in case of disagree
ment an appeal may be taken to the Com
missioner. In no case, however, mud: an offi
cer decline or delay to do the work because
of such disagreement
When cotton is weighed at such places,
the services of a regularly appointed .veigher
may be dispensed with, provided the owner
of the cotton provides for the performance of
all the manual labor connected witli weigh
ing and marking. In all cases the assessor,
or an assistant assessor, must see thecotton
weighed and marked, and must keep arecord
of the weights, marks, and the name of the
owner or person for whom it was weighed.
Assessor and collectors, as well as pro
ducers. owners, or holders of cottoi. will
note that the weighing and marking of this
article as herein provided does not cause the
tax to accrue and become payable immediate
ly thereafter. Cotton can be held vithin
the limits of the district where procuced,
without payment of the tax becominy due,
at the option of the owner, unless soil for
consumption in the district.
Withdrawals for transportation under
bond, or upon payment of the tax, can be
mnde at any time after weighing and nark
ing.
ACCOUNT TO BE KEPT WITH PRODTCEZS OF
COTTON.
In order to prevent confusion in the assess
ment and collection of the tax on cotton af
ter the same has been weighed and matked,
each assessor is required to keep an account
with each person for whom cotton has been
weighed, similar to the account now kept
with manufacturers of the goods produced
by them monthly. This account will be
debited with the quantity of cotton weighed
and marked for each producer or owner, and
bo credited with the quantity trnnspoited
beyond the limits of the district in bond un
der permit granted by the assessor, or re
moved upon payment of the tax, as also with
the quantity, if any, sold or delivered to any
manufacturer or manufacturing company for
consumption in the district.
REMOVAL OF COTTON UNDER BOND.
Under section 4, cotton may be removed
from the district in which it has been pro
duced to any one other district, without pre
payment of the tax, under bond or other se
curity, to be prescribed by the commissioner
of Internal Revenue, subject to the approval
of the Secretary of the Treasury.
When the cotton is proposed to be with
drawn by another party than the one for
whom it was weighed and marked, the
authority to withdraw, from the proper per
son, should always accompany the entry.
Upon receipt of this entry by the collector,
he will exact from the party making it a bond,
with at least two good and sufficient sureties,
the penal sum in which shall be double the
amount of tax upon the cotton described in
tbc entry of withdrawal.
Section 4 requires that the cotton remov
ed under bond aad permit, as aforesaid, shall
be delivered to the Collector^of Internal Rev
enue forthwith upon its arrival at its point of
destination, and shall remain subject to his
control until the taxes thereon, and any nec
essary charges of custody thereor, shall have
been paid; which payment must be made
within ninety days from the date of the per
mit granted by the assessor for the remova
of the cotton.
Upon tlie arrival and delivery of the cottoi
to the collector, and upon the payment t>
him of the taxes stated in the permit and tie
proper charges of custody, if any, he wil
make, under his seal of office, and delivers
certificate.
The collector receiving the tax will deliver
was sent within ninety days from tlie date of
the permit, said collector must immediately
notify the collector w ho took the bond of the
default, and it will then be the duty of the
latter to proceed upon the bond. Unless the
signers to the bond pay the amount of the
taxes without delay, the bond should be
placed in the hands of the United States
District Attorney for suit.
A collector to whose district cotton is per
mitted to be removed in bond may at any
time receive the taxes named in the permit,
without the actual delivery of thecotton, and
in such case he may give his certificate that
the taxes on thecotton described in the per
mit have been paid, and omit the statement
that tlic cotton itself has been delivered.
W-nERE TIIE TAX IS PAID BEFORE REMOVAL
‘ Wliere parties are desirous of paying the
tax on their cotton before removal front the
district where tlie same is produced, they will
be required to make a return to tlie assessor,
or an assistant assessor of the district.
Upon receipt of this return, the assessor or
the assistant usses3or to whom it is delivered
will immediately proceed to assess the tax
upon the cotton mentioned therein, and will
at once certify the amount thereof to the col
lector, and >»aJte *Lo required entry in his
montliiy list.
collector’s permit.
UpoR receipt of the assessor's certificate,
tlie collector will at once collect the tax,
and will thereupon issue his permit for
the removal of the cotton; which per
mit must state the amount and pay
ment of tax, the time and place of pay
ment, and the marks, numbers, and gross
weight ot tlie bales or packages, so that the
same may at all times be fully identified.—
The blank permit will be furnished from the
office of internal revenue lor this purpose.
MARKING TAX-PAID COTTON.
Whenever the fax is paid upon cotton, the
collector or deputy collector receiving the
same will, until otherwise instructed, affix, or
cause to be affixed, by the designated marker,
the metallic tag or mark heretofore used for
denoting such payment; and will, in all ca
ses, carefully insert, under the proper permit
for the removal of the cotton, the letter and
numbers upon the same.
These tags or marks must be firmly inserted
into the bale, and must be used by collectors
in their regular consecutive order.
The cost of inserting or affixing the tags
denoting tax-paid cotton will, in ail cases, be
paid by the producer or shipper of the cot
ton. Unless these tags are affixed by the col
lector, or deputy collector, the designated
marker is the only person who can be legally
entrusted with the performance of this duty.
The attention of the collectors is called to
the fact that an account is kept in this office
of all tags with which they have been or
may be furnished, and that they may expect
to render an uccount of the disposition made
by them of the same, and to see that all of
the foregoing requirements arc carefully com
plied with. The convenience and safety of
tax-payers, as well as the security of Govern
ment, require that toe mark shall, in all cases,
be properly affixed, so that they may surely
accompany the hales to their destination, and
also that the permits be carefully filled up in
every particular, as herein required.
REGULATIONS REVOKED.
The regulations of October 9, 1865, per
mitting the removal of cotton and other pro
ducts under bond, having been revoked by
the Secretary of the Treasury, ceased to have
any force from and after July 15, 1865.
COTTON MANUFACTURERS’ MONTHLY RE
TURN, AC.
Section 7 of the act of July 13, 1866, pre
scribes that the manufacturer of cotton in
any district where cotton is produced, shall
perform the following duties, viz:
1. On or before the 10th day of August,
1866, he shall return to the assessor or assis
tant assessors of the district in which such
manufacture is carried on a true statement,
verified by oatli or affirmation of the quanti
ty of cotton which sucli manufacturer had on
hand and manufactured, or in process of
manufacture, on the 1st day of August. 1866.
Assessors must be particular to obtain this
statement from all manufacturers in their re
spective districts, even though it may not be
returned until after August 10. This state
ment is absolutely necessary, as the starting
point of the account which assessors must
keep with each manufacturer.
2. On or before the tenth day of each sub
sequent month, each manufacturer must, re
turn to the assistant assessor a statement,
verified by oath or affirmation, ot tlie quan
tity of cotton consumed, nnd the quan
tity and character of the goods manufactured
therefrom, during the last preceding calendar
month. This statement must be made on
lorni 37.
3. Each manufacturer or consumer must
keep a book, as required by law, in which lie
must enter the quantity, in pounds, of cotton
which he had on hand the first day of Aug
ust, 1866, and each quantity or lot purchas
ed or obtained by liim thereafter; the time
when, and the party or parties from wkom
the same was obtained; the quantity of said
cotton, if any, which is the growth of the
collection district where the same is manu
factured ; the quantity, if any, which has not
been weighed and marked by any officer
authorized by law to weigh and mark the
same; the quantity, if any, upon which the
tax has not been paid, so far as can be ascer
tained, before the manufacture thereof; and
also the quantities used or disposed of by him,
from time to time, in any process of manu
facture or otherwise, and the quantity and
character of the product thereof. And this
book must be kept at all times during busi
ness hours open to the inspection of assessors,
collectors and other revenue officers. Asses
sors and their assistants will see that this
book is faithfully and accurately kept, in ac
cordance with the foregoing regulations, by
every manufacturer or manufacturing com
pany in their respective districts.
4. Every such manufacturer must, on or
before the last day of each month, pay to the
Collector the amount of tax assessed against
him upon all the cotton consumed by him
during the preceding month on which no tax
las been paid, which amount, subject to no
deductions, must be entered on the above
uentioned form 37, and certified to the col-
ector on the assessor’s list.
The special attention of all manufacturers
*f cotton in districts where it is produced,
ihould be called to all the duties and penal
ties prescribed and imposed by section 7 of
;he act of July 13, 1866.
TRANSPORTATION OF COTTON.
All persons engaged in producing or deal
ing in cotton, or in the transportation of the
same, will specially note that section 5 of the
act of July 13, 1866, renders it unlawful, from
anti after the 1st day of September. 1866. for
the owner, master, supercargo, agent or other
person having charge of any vessel,
or for any railroad or other trans
portation company, or for any
common carrier or other person, to convey, or
attempt Jto convey, or transport any cotton,
the growth or produce of the United States,
from any point in the district in which it
shall have been produced, unless each bale or
package thereof shall have attached to or
accompanying it the proper marks or evidence
of the payment of the revenue tax and a per
mit of the collector for such removal, or the
permit of the assessor, as hereinbefore provi
ded, or to convey or transport any cotton
to any port or place in tlie United States,
without the certificate of the collector of in
ternal revenue of the district from which it
was brought that the tax has been paid there
on, or the permit of tlic assessor, as hereinbe
fore provided; and such certificate and evi
dence must be furnished to tlie collector of
the district to which it is transported, and
his permit obtained before landing, discharg
ing or delivering such cotton at the place
to which it is transported. Any person
who violates these iirovisions, or who con
veys, or attempts to convey, from any State
in which cotton is produced, to any port or
place without the United States, any cotton
upon which the tax lias not been paid, is lia
ble to a penalty of one hundred dollars for
each bale of cotton so conveyed or transport
ed, or attempted to be conveyed or transport
ed. or to imprisonment for not more than one
year, or both; and all vessels and vehicles
employed in such conveyance or transporta
tion, are liable to seizure and forfeiture by
proceedings in any court in the United States
having competent jurisdiction. And all cot
ton so shipped or attempted to be shipped or
transported, without payment of the tax or
the execution of transportation bonds, may
be forfeited to the United States.
Assessors and collectors are strictly enjoin
ed to rigidly enforce the provisions of this
section.
E. A. ROLLINS, Commissioner.
Approved: TV. E. Chandler, Acting
Secretarv Treasnrv.
OUR CHESS DEPARTMENT.
g^All those
should subscribe
Macon, Ga. $4 p
interested in this column
for the Werily Tihgraph,
lt annum.
Communications on matters pertain
ing to Chess are solicited, and should he a 1-
dressed to “Che— Editor" of the Telegraph.
CLUBS.
TVe hope the players of our neighboring
cities will unite in the formation of Chess
Clubs, anil get up some interesting matches
by Telegraph. TVe will be glad to hear of
the formation of any such clubs, and will,
with pleasure, chronicle their organization.
TVe know that Atlanta, Augusta and Colum
bus can all boast some fine players.
[For the Georgia Telegraph. |
TO AN EDITOR-NO MATTER WHO.
1. What is the matter, 6lr, with yon;
That you have grown so crusty ?
Suppose yonr correspondents are
A little dull and rusty ?
2. If they could all be Editors,
And all live in a city,
?erhaps they conld do better, then,
And be quite sharp, and witty!
2. Or could they eW* the Editors
To dine with them, aud stuff them,
Their wits would all be right again:
The Editors would puff* them!
4. They only need encouragement,
Which they could get, quite handy,
It they would send the Editors
A box or so of Brandy!
5. They ought to learn of business men,
2hey seldom 1I0 neglect it—
To do them little favors, when
The Editors expect it.
6. This is the way the Editors,
The buyers, and the sellers,
Do manage for each other; and
They all are clever fellows.
7. But let us turn our thoughts, uwile,
Upon their brighter parts, sir,
And see, with all their foibles, if
They have not noble hearts, sir.
8. Yes 1 Editors are useful men:
And when they fill the station
They occupy, with honor, they
Deserve our commendation.
9. They area noble brotherhood,
And have a nob'e calling,
And can do much, when they will try,
To keep the State from falling.
10. In tho late Fratrocidal War,
They nobly fill’d their places,
And neyer, from the enemy,
In battle, turn’d their faces.
11. As soldiers, and as Editors,
They fought our battles over,
And were the last t > yield our cause;
The last to give it over!
12J Had Congressmen, and officers.
Their many warnings heeded;
About the danger of defeat,
And what the country needed:
13. Aud had the people here at home
Supplied what soldiers needed
The great and glorious Southern cause
Had surely, then, succeeded!
14. But it is lost! And we accept
The present situation,
Impos’d upon us by the great,
And mighty Yankee nation.
15. But there is one great battle yet,
For Editors to fight, sir,
In which ail Editors should join.
And battle for the right, sir!
16. Consider well your power, then,
You Editors, and use it
In this great Southern cause of ours;
Let none of yon abuse it!
17. Make war against the Radical* !
With manly courage, meet them!
And drive the last one out of power,
And thoroughly defeat them.
18. And, when you get them out of place,
Be certain that you never
Allow them to have power again;
But keep them out forever!
19. Then, with the noble, and the true,
And Patriots, to lead them,
The people may the flog unfurl,
Of universal Freedom!
Irwinton, Ga., Aug. 30,1866.
J. C. B.
this certificate to the person paying the sane, Irom any State in which cotton is produced,
Tlic Loudon Times on tlte Radical
Congress.
From a severe commentary of the Times on
the disreputable and revolutionary proceed
ings ot Congress at its last session, wc select
a paragraph :
When they [the Congress] met last Decem
ber, they had before them the greatest issues
which ever were at stake, and the most splen
did opportunity for reconciling differences
that, after deluging the country with blood
for four years, were still practically unsettled.
There was not a man in either Chamber who
rose to the full height of the position. From
first to last the whole business of the country
was placed in the bauds of less than a dozen
persons, whose hatred of the conquered and
prostrate South was not, perhaps, unnatural,
but was profoundly antagonistic to the gene
ral welfare of tlic country. It a member here
and there protested against this closet legis
lation, tlie jeers of his friends or the remons
trances of his constituents soon caused him to
waver and fall back into the compact ranks of
the dominant party. There is scarcely one
measure of public business important to the
nation which has not been trifled with or al
together neglected. The finances of the
country have never received the smallest at
tention. Questions of trade aud commerce
have been left in the hands of the most rabid
of New England protectionists. The curren-
cy, the taxation, the position of the govern
ment in reference to its loans and other lia
bilities—these and other subjects of similar
consequence have been passed over almost
unnoticed. The Southern States are exactlj
as tlic-y were eight months ago, with the ex
ception of Tennessee, which has crept into
the Capitol in a manner that cannot be grati
fying to the pride of her citizens. Much
might have been done for the West, with its
incalculable riches, but all its best interests
were expressly legislated against by Mr. Mor
rill and his friends. Protection has been
made more firmly than ever the corner-stone
of American commerce, and five-sixths of the
country have been deliberately sacrificed by
and on behalf of the other sixth. It has
been one of the most extravagant and im
provident Congresses ever known—an idle,
unpractical, and frivolous one, sacrificing ev
erything to old prejudices. Its debates have
been singularly poor and weak, and a desper
ate struggle for party power, terminating
with indifferent success, is all that the histo
rian will find to place on record in its his
tory.
CHESS PAPERS.
To those of our readers who may desire to
know the names of New York papers that
contain able Chess Departments, we would
say that the “Field, Turf and Farm," “Wilke’s
Spirit of the Times,” and the “New York
Clipper,” all contain able and very interesting
' columns, in that department. The “Field,
Turf and Farm,’’ generally contains most
matter. The “Clipper,” edited by the vete
ran, M. J. Huzletine, is always good. The
“Spirit,” edited by N. Moraebe is excellently
conducted. The New York Albion, has a
Chess Department, but publishes no games,
while the other papers always do. These
papers may be obtained of any news dealer.
To the above we may add, tlio Kingston
(N. Y.) Journal, which has an interesting
chess column.
■ Enigma Ao.
a.
KY W. MANNERS,
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Q. 6. Q. Sq.
KB. : 3.
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at Q sq.' Q 2.
Q7.
White to play an-J give mate inUx!*e moves.
PROBLEM NO. 8.
M. COOKE, OF MARION, ALA.
BLACK.
■ iit?
WHITE. . S-
White to p]»y and give mat* in font-more.?.
GAME.
Played at Macon, Ga., between B. and W.,
August, 1866.
. Evans’ Gambit. i-ovt '
B.
1. P to K 4
2. K Kt to B
3. K B to Q B 4
4. Q Kt P to 4
5. P to Q B 3
6. Castles
7. P to Q 4
8. P takes P
9. Q Kt to B S
10. P to K 5
11. P to Q 5
12. K Kt takes P
13. Q to R 4 (eh.)
14. K Kf takes'B
15. B to Q Kt 5
16. P takes P
17. K R to Q
18. Kt takes P
19. Kt to Q C (ch.)
20. Q to K B 4
21. B to Q Kt 2
22. Q to K Kt 8
23. B to R 3
24. Kt to B 5 (ch.)
25. Q takes P (ch.)
26. Kt to Q 4 (ch.)
27. Kt takes Q (cb.)
28. R to K (ch.)
29. Q to Kt 4 (ch.)
30. Q home (ch.)
31. R to Q B
t.
W. tL
P to K4 1
2. Q Kt to B 3-
3. K B to Q B4
4. B takes P
5. B to B 4
6. P to Q 3 *
7. P takes P ,
8. B to Kt 3
9. P to K I{ 2
10. P takes F 4
11. Kt to R 4
.12. K Kt to K 2 i
13., B to Q 2.
14. Q takes K Ivt.
15. P to Q B 8
16. P takes P
17. P takes B
18. Qto QB3.
19. K to B ,
20: P to KB 2
21. K Kt to' Q 4
22. B to B 2 ;
23. R to Q
24. K to B 2
25. K to K 3
26. K to K 4
27; Kt takes K-t
28. K to Q 5
29. Ivt to B 5 ■
30. Kt to Q 6
31. ' K R to K
And white mates in three moves.
chess gossip.
British Chess Association.—The Asso
ciation’s handsome Silver Challenge Cup.
with its accompanying prize of some £30 in
money, litis been w'on by Mr. De Vere, who,
however has to hold the Cup against all
comers again in 1868, before tie can call it
his own property.
The following is the score in the Handicap
Tourney at the last advices:
Won. ’ Won. V'n.
Lord Lyttlcton,
Mr. Minchin,
Mr. Mocatta,
Sir J. Tre lawny,
Herr Steinitz,
Mr. S. J. Green,
0—Mr. Chinnery,
2—Mr. Bumc, ' 0
2—Mr. Mann, 0
1—Mr. Mongrcdien,2.
1—Mr. De Vere, 0
1—Mr. Barber, 0
Air. W. S. Gover, res'd, Mr. V. Green, - 2
Chess at the New York Chess Club.—
Captain Mackenzie, of the New York Club,
and Mr. B. Rice, of Brooklyn, met last week,
by agreement, in order to play a series of
games. Capt. Mackenzie loses somewhat of
his prestige as to invincibility, for in their
first sitting ilr. B. Rice succeeded in winning
two out ol four games which were played.—
IVe were told, moreover, that Mr. K. had an
advantage in the other two, but subsequently
lost it through sheer recklessness.
J3F* The British Chess Association is go
ing to issue a World’s Chess Directory, under
the supervision of its manager, Herr J. Loe-
wenthal. All chess players everywhere are
invited to send their names address to
Herr L., 28 Camden Road, Londo N- W.
E5?'Tlie Glasgow and Dundee CU- 6s have
played a march, each side sending ten cham
pions to battle, Glasgow winning thus:
Drawn, 3; Dundee. H; Glasgow, 15.
R. D. S., Thomaston, yours is a good oae;
but try and make it a little more complex.
C. H. 8., Eliaville.—The Chess Editor is
temporarily absent. Will reply on his re
turn.
irv
Solution to Problem No. 7.
BLACK.
K takes Q
K to K 2
K takes Kt
WRITE.
Q takes Kt (ch.)
B to Q Kt 3 (ch.;
Rook takes B (cb.)
R to Q 2 (checkmate.
W. L. Gordon.
The gavel used by the presiding offi
cer of the Philadelphia Convention was made
of an oak plank from the frigate Constitution
—“ Old Ironsides.”
Washington’s Order.—Qeorge Washing
ton would not allow the Tories of the Revo
lution to be plundered. Wonder how many
of our modern heroes ever read this order:
General Washington strictly forbids all the
officers and soldiers of the Continental army,
ot the militia, and all recruiting parties,
plundering any jiersou whatever, Tories or
others. And it is expected that humanity
and tenderness to women and children v ill
distinguish brave Americans, contending lor
liberty, from infamous savages, whether Brit
ish or Hessian i.
George Washington.