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M O N T II L Y C 1 T A T IONS.
LEGAI ADVERTISEMENTS.
Saif*s of Land and Negroes, by Administrators, .Ex
ecutors or Guardians, arc required by law to be held
on the tirst Tuesday in tlie month; between the hours of
10 id the forenoon and three in the aftunn-on, at the
Court house in the county in which the property is sit
uated.
Notice of those sales rrtus* be given in a public ga
zette 41) (lavs previous to the dav ofsale.
Notices for the sale of personal property must be giv
en in like manner 10 days previous to sale day.
Notices to the del/tors and creditors of an estate mu-t
aLo be published 10 da} r s.
Notice that application will be made to the Court of
Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must be
published for two months.
Citation* for letters of Administration Guardianship.
A e., must be published 30 days—for dismission from
Administration, monftjy six months—for dismission
troin Guardianship, 40 days.
Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage mu‘■t be published
monthly forfour mon!+*—for establishing lost papers.
for thrjull space of three months—for compelling titi
from Executors or administrators, where boy
giv«*n by the deceased, the full space of three
mouths.
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these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered
at the following
RATES:
Citations, on letters of administration, tec.
“ “ dismissory from >4dnr’n.
1 “ 44 Guardianship,
Leave to sell Land or Negroes
Notice to debtors and creditors.
Sales of persoual property, ten days, 1 sqr.
Sale of land or negroes by .Executors, tec. pr
Estrays, two weeks
* or a man advertising his wife (in advance.)
GEORGIA, Jasper county.
W HEREAS. John II. Ezell and William K.
Powell Executors to the last will and tes
tament of Evan H. Powell deceased, makes ap
plication to me for letters of dismission from said
trust.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all per-
♦lLM'o sons interested to be and appear at my office oil
the first Monday in October, next, then, and there
to show’cause if any they have, why letters of
dismission should not be granted the applicants in
terms of the law.
Given under my hand and official signature at
office, this fifth day of March, 1861.
[4i> mfim.] M. H. HUTCHISON, Ord’y.
GEORGIA, Bulloch County.
To alt persons ichom it may concern.
IT? IIEREAS, Charles and Thomas Knight,
_ V i Administrators of the of Alexander
fmm Executors or administrators, where txipd has been ; Knight, late of said county, deceased, applies to
GEORGIA, Wilkinson County.
TITHEREAS, W. M. Whitehurst. Adminislra-
*7 tor mi the estate of John L. Whitehurst, de
based, has filed his petition for letters of dismis
sion.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
persons concerned, to show cause, why said peti
tion should not be granted in terms of the law, in
such cases provided. -
Given under my hand and official signature, this
iJ-itli July, 1861.
! 1 mfiin. ELLIS HARVILL, Ord'y.
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C*ENERAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. A. A W. W. TURNER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Eatonton,,fia.
October, 18, 1859. 21 I y.
me for letters of dismission from said Administra
tion.
'I liese are therefore to cite and admonish all
persons concerned, to be and appear at my office
w ithin the time prescribed by law, to show cause,
if any they have, why said letters of dismission
should not be granted to said applicant.
Given under my baud officially, this 10th day
of May, 1861. l) li
51 mtim. WILLIAM LEE, Sen. Ord’y"
GEORGIA, Twiggs County.
'y^l'HUlIKAS, Henry Carter, Executor of the
COATES <fc WOOLFOLK
Marti)irase nub Commission
I MERCHANTS,
ast will and testament of Benj. Saxon, late
of said county, deceased, has filed his final return i
and vouchers in my office, showing a settlement j
of said estate, anil makes his appication in due j
form of law for letters of disinissiou from his said !
trust.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
persons interested in said estate, to be and ap- j
pear at my ofiiee, on or by the first Monday in j
NOVEMBER next, then and there to show cause j
why said letters may not be granted.
Given under my hand officially at Marion,
April 12th. lr-61,
4* mfim. LEWIS SOLOMON.
option of
open a
Cottan ot their NEW FIREPROOF WARE IfO l’KE
opposite Hardeman & Sparks. We will endeavor l<
prove ourselves worthy of the patronage of those win
willfavcr us with their business. Liberal advance
made on cotton when desired.
Maeon fi«., Sept. 21, 1859. 18 tf.
UEUKliiA, Wilkinson county.
TTrilEREAS, John Holder, administrator of
T T James L. Sanders, deceased, applies to trie
for letters of dismission from his said administra
torship.
Therefore all persons concerned are hereby re-
j quired to show cause, if an}’ they have, why said
j John Holder should not be discharged from said
| administration, on the first Monday in January
i ne::t. j
Given under my hand officially, at office, this
2~'th June, 1861.
g mtim. ELLIS HARVILL, Ord v.
JOHN T. SCWDOIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
V.XTOS’VOS.Cl.
Eatonton, Ga., Fob. 14,1860. 38 tf.
BOARDING.
Oul
M y HOUSE will be open for transient and regn
lar boarders. JAMES E. HAYGOOD.
Milledgeville, Jan. 18th, 1861. 35 tf.
NOTICE.
rTHIE UNDERSIGNED having bought the es-
1 tablishinent of his friend F. 8HOKNBEIN,
deceased, respectfully informs the public, that lie
will continue the business in the same font: and
respectfully solicits a shaie of public patronage.
WM. SCHK1HING.
Milledgevilie, July 15, 1861. 8 lyr.
WATER PIPES,
FIRE BRICKS, 40.
Ti
^lli: ^OIMII IO PKOC’EEAD MAM.
_ I'ACTI KI.^ C O.WPA.W,KAOLIN. S C.,
are now prepared to luruir'li at short notice \\ A I LR
PIPES, double glazed, with a perfect vitrious body
suitable for conduit pipes for cities, tec., from t wenty-
six inches diameter to one inch, capable of sustaining a
pressure of 150 head of water.
ALSO,
FIRE BRICKS which have no superior.
AW also manufacture all kinds of C C. and Granite
Ware, and would most respectfully solicit orders for
the above goods. W. II. FARROW ,
lg 3 m Agt. Kaolin, S. C.
IWWAFl! "W"-A-DFL!!
VOLUNTEERS UNIFORMS
CUT TO OHDER.
rpilE Subscriber will, upon short notice, visit
, any County in the State, and Cut l nifoum
for Companies, and warrant a good fit.
Orders respectfully solicited.
I'ir Address, THOMAS BROWN,.
Merchant Tailor.
Tull sett of Patterns for Uniform
sent to any part of the Mute, upon the receipt of
Milledgeville. Ga., July 15, 1801,
5 00.
8 tf
GEORGIA, Twiggs County.
yy IIEREAS, Wiiiiam Bryan, Executor of the
last will and testament of Algernon S.
Bryan, late of said county, deceased, makes appli
cation for letters of dismission from said trust, he
having fully executed the same, as will more ful
ly appear, by reference to the Records of my office
and r ouebers of file.
These are I her, fore to cite and admonish all and
singelai the kindred and others concerned, to be
and appear at my office, on or b v the second Mon
day ;iu January next, then and there to show
caus'-.ilany they have, why said letters may not
be g’anted.
Gi ’en under my hand officially at Marion, June
28 th,. 18*31.
7 i.iCra. LEWIS SOLOMON, Ord’y-
Abrrlhatn Deloch ) Libel for Divorce, Echols
j vs. v Superior Court, April Term,
Jajie Deloch. ,1860.
T appearing to the Court by the return of the
I S|eriff, that the defendant in the above enti
tled ansc, is not to be found in the County of
Ech i s ; and it further appearing, that said de
fendant resides out of the State of Georgia.
It’s on motion of William II. Dasher, Attorney
for j aintiff, ordered, that service be perfected by
pub ation in one of the Gazettes of this State
onctioer month for four months prior to the next
tcru Df said Court.
WILLIAM H. DASHER,
Plaintiff’s Attorney.
A rue extract from the minutes of said Court
May the 1st, ISGI.
J. P. PRESCOTT
G m lin 5 Clerk S. C.
GEORGIA Wilkinson county.
’t*/’ll ERE AS, A. R. Brundage, makes applica-
VV tion to me for letters of dismission, from
the Guardianship, of Rebecca J. Holden, now the
wife of J. T Medows.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
persons, to be and appear at my office within the
time prescribed by law, to show cause if any they
can, why letters of dismission shall not be granted
to stfld applicant. Given under my hand and
official signature, this Feb., 14th 1861.
3!» mGui. ELLTS HARVILL. Ord’y.
BOOK-BINDING
THE Subscriber is now pre
pared to do Book-Bind
ing', in all its brunches.
Old Books rebound, &c.
MUSIC bound in the best style. Blank Books
manufactured to order. Prompt attention will be
given to all work entiusted to me.
S. J. KIDD.
Stir,it:TT in *oisthcrti Federal l niciu Ollier.
Milledgeville, March 19th, 1861.
43
SLATING—SLATING.
GEORGIA, Bulloch County.
“1A 7'HE RE AS, Joshua F. Hodges, Moses L.
VV Hodges and Benjamin B. Hodges Execu
tors ot the will of Joshua Hodges, deceased, ap
plies to the undersigned for letters dismissory
from their Executorship.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
persons to be and appear at my office within the
time prescribed by law, to show cause, if any they
have, why letters of dismissory should not be
granted said applicants.
Given under my hand and official signature,
the 1st day of March. 1861.
41 rofim. DAVID BEASLEY. D. Ord’y.
GEORGIA. Bulloch county.
\\T IIEREAS, John Goodman Ex’r. of (lie es-
V T tate ot Nathan J. Jone and administrator
on the estate of Josiah R. Jones, late of said coun
ty, applies to mo for letters of dismission from
said executorship and administration.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular, the kindred and creditors ot said deceas
ed, to show cause, if any they have, why letters of
dismission should not be granted the applicant at
the October Term of this Court. Given under my
hand, this 14tli March 1861. fdb) 43 mGm
WILLIAM LEE, Sr., Ord’v.
W. E. ELLIOTT,
PRACTICAL SLATER A.Y!> DEALER II
BEST SLATES,
RECENTLY FROM RICHMOND, VA„
I S now ready to do any work in his line of busi
ness—Slating, and warranted free from Leak
age.
Kcpnim «o old *lnle Roofu attended to
I’rotnptly.
\V. E. E. is Agent for an extensive Manufactory
of Iron Railing. Verandah. Balconies. Irou Stairs,
Fountains, Settees, Chairs, Tables, Tree Boxes,
Figure*. &e.,&c., and all other Iron Work ot a
decorative character.*
Enclosing Cemetery Lots will receive his par-
tirulfir Attention.
W. E. E. is Agent for an extensive Marble
Monument Works,likewise for the Steam Marble
Mantle Works. .
Designs of all, with prices, can be seen at lus
office, up stairs, over Morning Nows office, Bay
Street, Savannah, Ga.
A specimenjof onr work may be seen on tlie
Depot building in Milledgeville.
Reference—G. W. Adams. Superintendent C.
R. R. Savannah. - 3 dds&wtf.
50 Saw Cotton Gin for Sale.
ONE of WATSON'S best 50 Saw Cotton Gins,
is offered for sale. This Gin is new, and is equal
to any in use. Sold for no fault, the present ow
ners having no use for it. Any planter wanting a
good Gin, can haven chance to get one at a re
duction on the regular price. Apply at this office,
«i of N. Tift, or J. H. Watson, at Albany.
GEORGIA, Bulloch County.
To all irliom it may concern.
‘TkT’HEREAS, Nathaniel J. Dugger, Executor
It on the estate of David Dugger, late of said
County, deceased will apply at the Court of Or
dinary for letters of dismission from said Execu
torship.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
whom it may concern, to be and appear before
saiil Court, to make objection, if any they have,
on or before the tiist Monday in December next,
otherwise, said letters will be granted.
Given under my hand officially, this 16th day
of May. 1861. [r> B]
52 niGin. WILLIAM LEE Sen., Ord’y.
GEORGIA, Jasper County,
k I / HEKEAS. Jarrett B. Kelley, Executor to
v T the last Will and Testament of Benjamin
W. Banks, late of said county, deceased, makes
application to me for letters ot Dismission from
said Executorship.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
persons interested in the estate of said deceased,
to be and appear at my office, on the first Monday
in December next, to show cause, if any they
have, why letters of Dismission should not be
granted the applicant ill terms of the statute.
Given under my band and official signature at
office, this 7th day of May. 1861.
51 mtim. M. H HUTCHISON. Ord’y.
Confederate
rrtREASURY Notes and Honda taken at PAR for
1 Furniture or lu^, ^
Americas, Albany, Cuti.bert, Fort Gains, Griffin and
Milledgeville papers will please copy six months and
Bt*n«l bill. (4 b raa ») -
F0K SALE.
S VFB&IOB TBITS
weighing 12 ozs per yard, 30 inches wide
” * • • * in an uiuc-
in Bales containing about 620 yarns
’"'TJ,?'"""” ™" ISAAC SCOTT,
July 18th, 1861. (9 6mos*)
T he best corn bread ever made.
<
Macon. Ga.
try* If you are afflicted with Piles, send to Herty
& Hall and get a box of Sturdevant’s pile oint
ment, and be cured. Price §1 a box.
lACOB’S CORDIAL will relieve at uuoe the most
nK.tinate case of Diarrho<ea,and dysentery, no mat
ter how severe or violent, it controls with the utmost
rediiu-sH soothing the mucous lining of the intestinal
all irritation and, brings about a speedy
fore.
GIN GEAR.
THE OLD COUPLE.
It stands in a sunny meadow,
1 he house so mossy and brown,
With its cumbrous old stone chimneys.
And its gray roof sloping down.
The trees, fold their green arms around it,
The treps, a century old;
And the winds go chanting through them,
And the sunbeams drop their gold.
The cowslips spring in the marshes,
And the roses blooms on the hill;
And beside the brook in the pastures.
The herds go feeding at will.
The children have gone and lift them.
They sit in the sun alone!
And the old wife's ears are failing
As she harks to the well known tone
That won-her heart in her girlhood,
1 hat has soothed her in many a care;
And praises her now for the brightness
Her old face used to wear.
She thinks again of her bridal—
How dressed in her robe of white,
She stood by her gay young lover
In the morning's rosy light.
Oh, the morning is rosy as ever,
But the rose from her clietk is lied;
And the sunshine still is golden.
But it falls on a silvered head.
And the girhood’s dreams, once vanished.
Come back in hei winter time,
Till her feeble pulses tremble
With the thrill of Spring-time's prime.
And looking forth from the window,
She thinks how the trees have grown,
Since, clad in her biidal whiteness,
She crossed the old door stone.
Though dimmed her eye’s blight azure,
And dimmed her hair’s young gold;
The love in her girlhood plighted,
Has never grown dim nor old.
They sat in peace in the sunshine,
Till the day was almost don*-;
And then, at the close, and angel
Stole over the threshold stone.
lie folded their hands together—
He touched their eye-liils with balm;
And their last, breath iloated upward,
I.ike the close of a solemn psalm.
Like a bridal pair they fa versed
The unseen, mystical road,
That leads to the beautiful city,
‘Whose builder and maker is God.’’
Perhaps in that mirieal country
They will give her lost youth back;
And the llowers of a vanished Spring time
Will bloom in thespiiit’s track.
One draught from the living waters,
Shall call back his manhood’s prime,
And eternal years shall measure
The love that outlived time.
But the shapes that they left belling them,
The wrinkles and silver hair,
Made holy to us by Ihe kissi s
The angel had priuled there—
We will hide away 'neatli the willows,
When the suit is low in the west,
Where the sunbeams cannot find them,
Nor tlie winds disturb their rest.
And we’II suffer no tell tale tombstone
With age and date to riso,
O’er the two who are old no longer,
In the Father’s house in the skies.
j Sacrilege.—The New York Herald
■which doubtless needs a. job—thus white
washes the soulless old dunderhead who
now rules at Washington—or who did
some days ago :
“Long ago, months before his inaugu
ration, the Herald pointed out the certain
ty with which Mr. Lincoln must either
prove himself inadequate to fill the Presi
dential chair, or else eclipse, in renown,
every one of his predecessors. It looks
now as though he would do the lat
ter, and in future times, when peace shall
have been restored to the union by his ef
forts, his name will be encircled in the
same wreath which coutains that of Wash
ington—“first in the hearts of his country-
The Iflynlery Solved.
The Richmond Whig gives the follow
ing, as solving the mystery of the route of
the yankees, after their repeated dispatch
es of their grand success :
The solution of the matter is, that the
route was merely a Yankee trick. Im
mense supplies of arms, ammunition, pro
visions, clothing, See., had been accumu
lated for the use of the army; and it oc
curred to the shrewd Y'ankecs, that they
could make an immense spec out of the
Government, by retreating and leaving
these supplies to the Rebels, and getting
a contract for furnishing a fresh stock.
As ev<*Yything at the Nrrtli is living upon
the Government, every branch of business
will feel the reviving influence from this
increased demand.
This explanation saves the Yankees’
reputation for valor, and at the same time
vindicates their proverbial sharpness in
trade.
mirskiug Jiiciilcut in tho f i^hl at JIniia<,sn«.
Probably no battle ever fought called forth more re-
markable instances of personal heroism than the con
test at Manaseas. In the progress of the struggle,
regiments, anil even companies, became seperated,
and in many eases there was a liand-to-hand contest be
tween individuals of the opposing armies. At this
stage of tlie battle an incident occurred which, proba
bly, has no parallel since the days of David and Go-
liali. A young man from Augusta eounty, named
Stitzer, a member of Capt. Grinimii’s company, found
himself confronted with a tall Yankee. Stitzer hud
discharged his musket.and the yankee had loaded his
and was about to put on the cap to shoot Stitzer. It
was rather an ackward predicament to be placed in,as
there was no time for parly, Stitzer, fortunately, re
tained iiis self-possession, and finding his chances of a
contest with muskets very much against him, prompt
ly threw hisdowu, and seizing a good size atone,
threw it with great force and unerring aim and struck
the Yankee between the eyes, crushing in his skull and
killing him instantiy. Stitzer when a boy was accus
tomed to practice throwing stones, and had acquired
such skill that he could bring a squirrel from the tall
est tree in two or three trials, This incident is vouch
ed for by two intelligent officers of the regiment, and
may be relied on as authentic.
Verily, tlie days of miracles do not seem to have
passed '.—Jtirhmoml Whin.
GEORGIA. Bulloch County.
\\T H ERE AS, Miles Scarborough. Administra-
77 tor with the will annexed on the estate of
Catlieirue Kirkland, deceased, applies to me for
letters of dismission from said trust.
These 3re therefore to cite and admonish all
persons interested, to be and appear at my office
on or before the first Monday in March next, to
show cause, if any they have, why letters of dis
mission should not be granted the applicant in
terms of law.
Given under my baud officially, this 26tli day of
August, 186E [D. B.J
14 uit’m. WILLIAM LEE, Ord’y.
TRY IT ! TRY IT I TRY IT !
CORN BREAD!
CLOTH, A NEW WAY TO MARE IT.
ONLY A X>XX£B A LOAF, at
WM. SCHEIHING’S BAKERY, CONFEC
TIONERY, Ac. Every Family should try it, as
it will surely give satisfaction.
WM. SCHEIHING.
August 13, 1861. ]2 1m.
The I.aniioii Times Correspondent.
This round bellied, self-conceited, English pe
destrian. Russell by name, has been lor months
past, traveling over this country, regaling tlie
public in general, and the London Times in par
ticular, with his quips and quiddites. upon the
manners, customs and institutions of the people
of the South. Y\ hatever, reputation he may have
acquired during tlie Crimean war in Europe, as a
“graphic delineator’’ and “able correspondent of
the Times,” it is not likely to be eclipsed by his
letters touching the American war and our people,
llis reflections and criticisms relative to the people
atni institutions of the South, show the profound-
est ignoranceiand most unpardonable misconcep
tion of their entire spirit, genius and character.
His English notions and abolition affinities, evi
dently intervene to blear bis sight, warp his judg
ment, and tinge his thoughts with the dark hue of
bitter prejudice and scornful self-complacency,
llispil ccncealed ridicule of what lie saw and heaid
in this Southern tour, evince a prejudged opinion
against any good coining out of tlie South, and
that iu his view, it is clearly the “land of bondage”
and the “Nazareth” of America. While he may
have had no qualms of conscience for sojourning
and communing with slave holders, he evidently,
at times, w as troubled with qualms of the stom
ach, and felt that he was among semi-savages,and
a people only iu the rudiments of civilization,
where it might be prudent, if not polite, to keep
liis fingers on his nose at times. His “English
raising,” could not brook our rude customs and
rougher manners, nor steer his pen out of the
line of a crooked sneer and flimsy sarcasm.
We trust that Mr. Russell’s recent amateur ob
servations at the great “Yankee run” in Virginia,
will give him a better opinion of Southern valor
at least, than he seems to entertain of onr morals
and manners, and we shall dismiss him for the
present, until we hear from him on that subject.
[Spirit of the South.
| HAVE ON HAND FOUR SIZES OF GIN
GEAR, and will manufacture to order other
sizes if required. They will be sold to suit the
times. JAMES DUFFLEY.
Milledgeville, August 19th, 1861. 13
The planters of Chicot, the wealthiest cotton county
in the State of Arkansas, have determined almost to a
man, to keep their cotton at home this fall until the
blockade of the southern ports is raised. They far
ther more declare their intenticn to burn every bale of
it before it shall fall into the possession of the invading
Liucolnites. This is the right spirit,and oughttc p'e-
vail throughout the South.
THE WAR TAX.
AN ACT.
To authorize the issue of Treasury notes,
and to provide, a tvar tax for their re
demption.
Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate
States do etiact, 1 hat the Secretary of the
Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized,
from time to time, as the public necessi
ties may require, to issue r l reasury notes
parable to bearer at tlie expiration of six
months after tlie ratification of a treaty ot
peace between the Confederate States and
tbe United States, tlie said notes to be
any denomination not less than fire dol
lars. and to be reissuablc .at pleasure, un
til the same are payable; but the whole
issue, outstanding at one time, including
the amount issued under former acts, shall
not exceed one hundred millions of dollars;
the said notes shall be receivable in pay
ment of tbe War Tax hereinafter provided,
and of all otLer public dues except the ex
port duty on^cotton, and shall also be re
ceived in payment of the subscriptions of
the net proceeds of sales of raw produce
and manufactured aiticles.
Sec. 2. That, for tbe purpose of funding
;he said notes, and of making exchange
for the proceeds of the sale of raw produce
and manufactured articles, or for the pur
chase of specie or military stores, the Sec
retary of the Treasury, with the assent of
the President, is authorized to issue bonds,
payable not more than twenty years after
date, and hearing a rate of interest not ex
ceeding eight per centum per annum, until
they become payable, the interest to be
paid semi-annually ; the said bonds not to
exceed, in the whole, one hundred millions
of dollars, and to be deemed a substitute
for thirty millions of the Ronds authorized
to be issued by the Act approved Ylay 16,
1S6I ; and this Act is to be deemed a revo
cation of the authority to issue the said
thirty millions. The said Ronds shall not
be issued in less sums than one hundred
dollars, nor in fractional parts of a hun
dred; except when the subscription is less
than one hundred dollars, the said Bonus
may be issued in sums of fifty dollars.—
They may be sold for specie, military and
naval stores, or for the proceeds of raw
produce and manufactured articles, in the
same manner as is provided by the Act
aforesaid ; and, whenever subscriptions of
the same have been, or shall be made, pay
able at a particular date, the Secretary of
the Treasury shall have power to extend
the time of sales until such date after the
raising of the blockade, as he shall see fit
to indicate.
Sec. 3. Tite holders of the said Treas
ury Notes may, at any time, demand in ex
change for them, Ronds of the Confeder
ate States, according to such regulations
as may he made by the Secretary of the
Treasury. Rut whenever the Secretary
of the Treasury shall advertise that he
will pay off any portion of the said Treas
ury Notes, then the privilege of funding as
to such notes shall case, unless there shall
be a failure to pay tlie same in specie on
presentation.
Sec. 1. That, for tlie special purpose of
paying of the principal and interest of the
public debt, and of supporting the Govern
ment, a War Tax shall be assessed and
levied of fifty cents upon each one huu^,
dred dollars in value, of tbe following
property in the Confederate States, name
ly ; Real estate of all kind, Slaves, Mer
chandise, Bank Stocks, Railroad and oth
er corporation stopks; Money at interest,
or invested by individuals in the purchase
of Gills, notes and other securities for mo
ney, except the bond of the Confederate
States of America, and cash on hand, or
on deposit in bank, or elsewhere; Gold
watches, gold and silver plate, pianos and
pleasure carriages : Piocided, however,
that where the taxable property herein
above enumerated, of any head of a fami
ly, is of value less titan $500, such taxable
property shall be exempt from taxation
under this Act ; and provided further,
that the property of colleges, schools and
of charitable or religious corporations or as
sociations actually used for the purposes
for which such colleges, schools, corpora
tions or associations, were created, shall
he exempt from taxation under this Act;
and provided, further, That all public
lands and all property owned by a State
for public purposes be exempt from taxa
tion.
Sec. 5. That, for the purpose of ascer
taining all property included in the above
classes and the value thereof, and the per
son chargeable with the tax, each State
shall constitute .a tax district, over which
shall be appointed one Chief Collector,
who shall he charged with the duty of di
viding the State into a convenient number
of collection districts, subject to the re-
visal of the Secretary of the Treasury.
The said Collector shall he appointed by
the President, and shall hold his office
for one year, and receive a salary of 82,-
000.
He shall give bond with sureties to
discharge the duties of the office in such
amount as may be prescribed by the Sec
retary of the Treasury, and shall take
oath faithfully to discharge the duties of
his office, and to support and defend the
Constitution. The said Chief Collector
shall, with the approbation of the Secre
tary of the Treasury, appoint a Tax Col
lector for each collection district, whose
duty it shall he to cause an assessment to
be made on or before the 1st day of No
vember next, of all taxable pioperty in bis
district, included in each of the above
mentioned classes of property, and the
persons then owning or iu posession thcre-
| of; and in order thereto, tbe said Tax
Collectors may appoint Assessors, who
shall proceed through every part of their
respective districts, and, after public no
tice, shall require all persons owning, pos
sessing, or having the care and manage
ment of any property liable to the tax
aforesaid to deliver written lists of the
same, which shall he made in such manner
as may be required by the Chief Collec
tor, and as far as practicable, conformable
to those which may be required for tbe
same purpose under the authority of the
respective States; and the said Assessors
are authorized to enter into and upon all
and singular the premises for the purposes
required by this Act.
Sec. G. If any person shall not be pre
pared to exhibit a written list when re
quired, and shall consent to disclose the
particulars of taxable property owned or
possessed by him, or under his care or
management, then it shall be the duty of
the officer to make the list, which being
distinctly read and consented to, shall be
received as the list of such person.
Sec. 7. That, if any person shall deliv
er or disclose to any Collector or Assess
or, appointed in pursuance of this Act,
and requiring a list, as aforesaid, any false
or fraudulent list, with intent to defeat or
evade the valuation, or enumerations here
by intended to be made, such person, so
offending, shall be fined in a sum not ex
ceeding five hundred dollars, to be re
covered in any court of competent juris
diction.
Sec. 8. Any person who shall fail to
deliver to the Collector or Assessor a list
of his taxable property, at tbe time pre
scribed by him, shall be liable to a double
tax upon all his taxable property; the
same to be assessed by the Collector or
Assessor, and to be colleded in tlie same
manner and by the same proeess as is
herein provided as to tbe single tax.
Sec. 9. The lists shall be made in refer
ence to the value and situation of the pro
perty, on the 1st day of October next,
and shall be made out, completed, and be
delivered into the hands ol each of the
Tax Collectors on the first day of Decem
ber next; and upon the receipt thereof,
each Tax Collector may, for twenty-one
days next ensuing the said first of Decem
ber, hear and determine all appeals from
the said assessments, as well as applica
tions for the reduction of a double tax,
when such tax may have been incurred to
a single tax, which determination shall he
final.
Sec. 10. The several Tax Collectors
shall, on or before the first day of Februa
ry ensuing, furnish to the Chief Collector
of tbe State in which his District is situa
ted, a correct and accurate list of all the
assessments made upon each person hi his
District, and of the amount of fax to be
paid by such persons, specifying each ob
ject of taxation ; and the said Chief Col
lector shall collate the same in proper form,
and forward the Collated list to the Secre
tary of the Treasury.
Sec. 11. The said several collectors
shall, on the first day of May next, pro
ceed to collect from ever) 7 person liable for
the said tax, the amounts severally due
and owing, and he shall previously give
notice for tw nty days in one newspaper,
if any he published in his district, and by
notification in at least four public places in
each township, ward or precinct within his
district, of the time and place at which he
will receive the said tax; and on failure to
pay the same, it shall he the duty of the
collector, within twenty days after the
first day of Ylay aforesaid, by himself or
his deputies, to proceed to collect the said
taxes by distress and sale of goods, chat
tels. or effects of the persons delinquent.
And in case of such distress, it shall he the
duty of the officer charged with the col
lection, to make, or cause to be made, an
account of the goods, or chatties which
may be distrained, a copy of which, signed
by tbe officer making such distress, shall
bo loft with the owner or possessor of such
goods, chatties or effects, or at his or her
dwelling, with a note of the sum deman
ded, and the time and place of sale; and
the said officer shall forthwith cause a
notification to be publicly advertised or
posted up at two public places nearest to
the residence of the person whose property
shall be distrained, or at the Court House
of the same county, if not more than ten
miles distant, which notice shall specify
the articles distrained, and the time and
place proposed for th« sale thereof, which
time shall not be less than ten days from
the date of such notification, and the place
proposed for the sale not more than five
miles distant from the place of making
such distress: Prodded, That in any case
of distress, for the payment of the taxes
aforesaid, the goods, chatties or effects so
distrained, shall and may he restored to
the owner or, possessor, if, prior to the sale
thereof, payment or tender thereof, shall be
made to the proper officer charged with the
collection of the full amount demanded,
together with such fee for levying, and such
sum for the necessary and reasonable ex
pense of removing and keeping the goods,
chatties or effects so distrained, as may be
allowed in like cases by tbe laws or prac
tice of the State wherein the distress shall
have been made; hut in case of non-pay
ment or tender as aforesaid, the said offi
cers shall proceed to sell the said goods,
chattels or effects, at public auction, and
shall and may retain from the proceeds of
such sale, the amount demandable for the
use of the Confederate States, with the
necessary and reasonable expenses of dis
tress and sale, and a commission of five
per centum thereon for his own use, render
ing the overplus, if any there be, to tbe
person whose goods, chattels or effects,
shall have been distrained: Prodded,
That it shall not be lawful to make distress
of the tools or implements of a trade or
profession, beasts of the plow and farming
utensils necessary for the cultivation of
improved lands, farms, or such household
furniture or apparel as may be necessary
for a family.
Sec. 12. That if the tax assessed on any
real estate shall remain unpaid on the first
day of June next, the tax collector of the
District wherein the same is situated shall,
on the first Monday in July thereafter,
proceed to sell the same, or a sufficiency
thereof, at public outcry, to the highest
bidder, together with twenty per centum
on the amount of said taxes and costs of
sale—said sale to be at the Court House
door of the County or Parish wherein said
real estate is situated ; and if there shall
be more than one County or Parish in a
District, the said tax collector is author
ized to appoint deputies to make such sales
in his name as he cannot attend to him
self; and for all lands so sold by said dep
uties, tbe deeds as hereinafter provided for
shall lie executed by said collector, and
such sales so made shall be valid, whether
the real estate so sold shall be assessed in
the name of the true owner or not. Rut
in all cases where the property shall not
be divisible so as to enable tbe collector,
by a.sale of part thereof, to raise the whole
amount of the tax, with all costs, charges
and commissions, the whole of such pro
perty shall be sold, and tbe surplus of the
proceeds of the sale, after satisfying the
tax, costs, charges and commissions, shall
he paid to the owner of tlie property or his
legal representatives, or it lie or they can
not be found, or refuses to receive tlie
same, then such surplus shall be deposit
ed in tlie Treasury of the Confederate
States, to be there held for the use of the
owner or his legal representatives until he
or they shall make application therefor to
the Secretary of the Treasury, who, upon
such application, shall, by warrant on the
Treasurer, cause tlie same to be paid to
the applicant. And if the property offered
for sale as aforesaid cannot be sold for the
amount of the tax due thereon, with the
said additional twenty per centum thereto,
the Collector shall purchase the same in
behalf of the Confederate States for the
amount aforesaid : Prodded, That the
owner or superintendent of the property
aforesaid, before the same shall have been
actually sold, shall be allowed to pay the
amount of tbe tax thereon, with an addi
tion often per centum on the same, on the
payment of which the sale of the said pro
perty shall not take place : Prodded, also,
That the owners, their heirs, executors or
administrators, or any person on their be
half shall have liberty to redeem any lands
and other real property sold as aforesaid,
within two years from the time of sale,
upon payment to the collectors for the use
of the purchaser, his heirs or assignees, of
the amount paid by such purchaser, with
interest for the same at the rate of twenty
per centum per annum; and no deed shall
be given in pursuance of such sale until
the time ot redemption shall have expired :
Provided further,. That where the owner
ot any land or other real property sold
for taxes under the provisions of this Act
shall be in the military service of the Con
federate States before and at tbe time
said sale shall have been made, tlie said
owner shall have the privilege of redeem
ing the said property at any time within
two years after the close of his term of ser
vice. And the collector shall render a
distinct account of tlie charges incurred in
offeing and advertising for sale such pro
perty, and shall pay into the Treasury the
surplus, if any there be, of the aforesaid
addition of twenty per centum, or ten per
centum, as the case may be, after defray
ing charges. And in every case of the
sale of real estate which shall be made un
der tbe authority of this Act for tlie as
sessment and collection of direct taxes by
the collectors or marshals respectively,
or their lawful deputies, respectively, or
by any other person or persons, the deeds
for the estate so sold shall he prepared,
made, executed, and approved or acknowl
edged, at the time and times prescribed in
this Act by tlie collectors respectively
within whose collection district such real
estate shall be situated, or in case of their
death or removal from ofiiee, by their suc
cessors, on payment of the purchase mo
ney, or producing a receipt thereof if al
ready paid, in such form of law as shall be
authorized and required by the laws of tlie
Confederate States, or by tlie law of the
State in which sndh real estate lies, for
making, executing, proving and acknowl
edging deeds of bargain and sale, or other
conveyances for the transfer and convey
ance of Teal estate ; and for every deed so
prepared, made, executed, proved and ac
knowledged, the purchaser or grantee
shall pay to the collector the sum of five
dollars for the use of the collector, mar
shal, or other person effecting the sale of
the real estate thereby conveyed. The
commissions hereinafter allowed to each
collector shall be in full satisfaction of all
services rendered by them. The asses
sors appointed under them shall be enti
tled to three dollars for cveiy day em
ployed in making lists aud assessments un
der this Act, the number of days being cer
tified by the collector, and approved by tbe
chief collector of tlie State ; and also five
dollars for every hundred taxable persons
contained in the lists as completed by him
and delivered to the collector; Provided,
that when the owner of any real estate is
unknown, or is a non-resident of the State,
or tax district, wherein the same is situa
ted, and has no agent resident in said dis
trict, tlie assessor shall himself make out a
list of such real estate or assessment.
Sec. 13. Separate accounts shall be kept
at the treasury of all money received
from each of the respective States, and tbe
Chief Collector shall procure from each
Tax Collector such details as to tlie tax,
and shall classify the same in such manner
as the Secretary of tlie Treasury shall di
rect, and so as to provide full information
as to each subject of taxation.
Sec. 14. Each Collector shall be charged
with an interest of five per cent, per month
for all moneys retained in his possession be
yond the time at which he is required to
pay over the same by law, or by the regu
lations established by the Secretary of the
Treasury.
Sec. 15. Each collector, before entering
upon the duties of his ofiiee, shall give
bond in such sum as shall he prescribed by
the Secretary of the treasury, with suffi
cient sureties, and shall take an oath faith
fully to execute the duties of his office,
and that he will support and defend the
Constitution of the Confederate States.
Sec. 16. Upon receiving the tax due by
each person, the Collector shall sign two
receipts in duplicate, one whereof shall be
delivered to tlie person paying the same,
and tlie other shall be forwarded to tlie
Chief Collector of that State. The shorter
period which may he designated by tbe
Secretary of the Treasury, shall he also
immediately forwarded to the said Chief
Collector, and by him be disposed of ac
cording to the direction of the Secretary
of the Treasury and the said Chief Collec
tor shall report tbe same immediately to
tbe Secretary of tbe Treasury, and shall
furnish him with a list specifying the
names and amounts of each of the receipts
which shall have been forwarded to him
as aforesaid, by the District Collectors.
Sec. 17. The taxes assessed on each
person be a statutory lien for ono year
upon all the property of that person, in
preference to any other lien, the said lien
to take date from the first day of October,
to which the valuation has relation, and
the lands and other property of any Col
lector shall be bound by statutory lien for
five years, for all moneys received by him
for taxes; the date of such lien to com
mence from the time of his receiving the
money.
Sec. 18. The compensation of the Tax
Collectors shall he5 per cent, on the first
•$10,000 leceivod, and 21 per cent, on all
sums beyond that amount, until the com
pensation shall reach 8.NQ0; beyond which
no further compensation shall be paid.
Sec. 19. The Secretary of tbe Treasury
is authorized to establish regulations sui
table and proper to carry this Act into ef
fect; which regulations shall be binding
on all officers, the said Secretary may al
so frame instructions as to all details
which shall be obligatory upon all parties
embraced within the propositions of this
Act. IJ a may also correct all errors in
assessments, valuations, and tax lists, or
in tbe collection thereof, in such form and
upon such evidences as the said Secretary
may approve.
Sec. 20. Corporations are intended to
be embraced under tbe word “persons,” in
this Act; and whenever tbe capital stock
of any corporation is returned by the cor
poration itself, and the tax paid, tbe stock
in tlie hands of indivi^ials shall be ex
empt from tax, and aho all the real estate
owned by the corporation, and used for
carrying on its business, and tbe capital
stock of all corporations shall be returned
and the tax paid by the corporations them
selves, and not by the individual stockhol
ders. The term “merchandise,” is de
signed to embrace all goods, wares, and
merchandise held for sale, except the ag
ricultural products of the country. Money
at interest, is intended to include the prin
cipal sum of all money belonging to any
person other than a bank; upon which in
terest i^paid, by the debtor, as the same
stands on the first day of October. The
term, cattle, horses, and mules, is intended
to include all such animals as are raised
for sale, and not such as are raised merely
for food and work on the plantation or
farm where they are held. The term real
estate, is iutended to include all lands and
estates therein, aud all interest growing
thereout, including.ferries, bridges, mines,
and the like, aud in all cases the actual
marketable value of property is to be as-
sed.
Sec. 21. If any person shall at any time
during the existence of the present
war between the Confederate States and
the United States, or within one year af-
. ..
terfeit, or uue, or procure t
made, forged or counterfeited, or willir_
aid or assist in falsely making, forging or
counterfeiting any note in imitation of, or
purporting to be a Treasury note of the
Confederate States; or shall fiilsely alter
or cause, or procure to be falsely altered,
or willingly aid or assist in falsely altering
any Treasury Note of the Confederate
States: or shall pass, utter, or publish, or
attempt to pass, utter, or publish, as true,
any false, forged or counterfeited notepur-
poting to be a Treasury note of the Con
federate States, knowing tlie same to be
falsely forged or counterfeited, or shall
pass, utter, or publish, or attempt to pass,
utter, or publish as true any falsely al
tered Treasury Note of the Confederate
States, knowing the same to be falsely al
tered, or shall conspire cr attempt to con
spire with another to pass, utter or pub
lish, or attempt to pass, utter, or publish
as true any falsely forged or counterfeited,
or any falsely altered Treasury Note of
the Confederate States, knowing the same
to be falsely forged or counterfeited, or
falsely altered: every such person shall bo
deemed and adjudged guilty of felony,
and being thereof convicted by due course
of law, shall suffer death.
Sec. 22. If any person shall, at aDy
time, falsely make forge or counterfeit, or
cause or procure to be falsely made, forged
or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in
falsely making, forging or counterfeiting,
any Rond or Coupon, in limitatiouof, or pur
porting to be a Rond or Coupon of the
Confederate States; or shall falsely altar,
or cause cr procure to be falsely altered, or
willingly aid or assist in falsely altering
any Bond or Coupon of the Confederate
States; or shall pass, utter or publish, as
true, anv false forged or counteifeited Rond
or Coupon of the Confederate States,
knowing the same to be falsely forged or
counterfeited; or shall pass, utter or pub
lish, or attempt to pass, utter or publish, as
true, any falsely altered Rond or Coupon of
the Confederate States knowing tlie same
to be falsely altered; or shall conspire, or
attempt to conspire, with another to pass,
utter or publish or attempt to pass, utter
or publish, as true, any false, forged or
counterfeited Rond ot tbe cx*ntederate
States, or any 7 falsely already Rond or
Coupon of tbe Confederate States, know
ing the same to be falsely 7 forged or coun-
teifeited or falsely altered, every such per
son shall be deemed and adjudged guilty
of felony, and, being thereof convicted by
due course of law, shall be sentenced to be
imprisoned and kept at hard labor for a
term not less than five years, nor more than
ten years, and be fined in a sum not ex
ceeding five thousand dollars. j
Sec. 23. If any person shall make or en
grave, or cause or procure to be made or
engraved, or shall have in his custody or
possession any metalic plate engraved af
ter the similtude of any plate from which
any notes or bonds issued as aforesaid
shall have been printed, with intent to use
such plate, or cause or suffer the same to
be used in forging or counterfeiting any ot
the notes or bonds issued as aforesaid; or
shall have in liis custody or possession any
blank note or notes, band or bonds, en
graved or printed after the similitude of
any note or bonds issued as aforesaid, with
intent to use such blanks, or cause or suf
fer the same to be used in forging or coun
terfeiting any of the notes or bonds issued-
ed as aforesaid; or shall have in liis custo
dy or possession any 7 paper adapted to^ the
making of notes or bonds, and similar to
tbe paper upon which any such notes or
bonds shall have been issued, with intent
to use such paper or cause or suffer the same
to be used in forging and counterfeiting
any 7 of the notes or bonds issued as afore
said; every such person, being thereof law
fully convicted by due course of law, shall
be sentenced to he imprisoned and kept to
hard labor for a term not less than five nor
more than ten years, and fined in a sum
not exceeding five thousand dollars.
Sec. 24. If any State shall, on or be
fore the 1st day of April next, pay in the
Treasury notes of the Confederate States
or in specie, tlie taxes assessed against the
citizens of such State, less ten per centum
thereon, it shall le the duty of the Secre
tary 7 of the Treasury to notify the same to
the several Tax Collectors of such State,
and thereupon their authority and duty
under tiiis Act shall cease.
Sec. 25. If any person shall, at any
time, after one year from the ratification of
a treaty of peace, between the Confeder
ate States and the United States, commit
any 7 of the acts described in the 21st sec
tion of this Act, such person shall be
deemed and adjudged guilty of felony,
and being thereof convinced by due course
of law, shall be sentenced to be imprisoned
and kept at hard labor for a period of not
less than five years, nor more than ten
years,and be fined in a sum not exceeding
five thousand dollars.
From Ihe Enquirer.
Ed. Enquirer-.—In the papers of*the
12th ult, 1 see an accouut of a meeting
held in this city 7 , for the purpose of- selec
ting delegates to Milledgeville, to nomi
nate some person for Governor. For the
first time in my life, I agree with G. E.
Thomas, and bad I been there, should
have supported bis resolution. How often
have we been told there was no party line
now, the country was in war, needing
united action without strife; and not until
this fight between North and South should
cease, should this party hatchet be dug up.
Rut lo and behold, the Muscogee politi
cians will not let tbe people be in peace,—
when it is their inclination so to be. Can
we not have an election in an age, that
each voter can cast his suffrage as he sees
fit. without being bound by 7 King Caucus.
Gentlemen aspirents for the Guberna-
tional robes, can you not trust your fate in
the hands of the people! If you are
anxious to serve your country, join your
country’s ranks, and defend her from those
hateful principles adopted in a Chicago
Convention, which has driven us from the
Union; and so will it ever be, so long as
the people let trading politicians have
their way.
If we are all alike, why the necessity of
this Convention ? Ifthose«who are anx- "
ious for the Convention think there is dan- 2
ger of getting an improper person elected, £
they have nothing to do but expose himf
and my word for it, the people, left t® ^
themselves, will not elect an unsuitable v
person for this high office.
Mr. Editor, my feeble voice will be im
potent t<> stop this great folly; but mark
my words, bad will come of this move at
this crisis. It is true we had Union men
at the time of Georgia’s secession,
where are .all tlie prominent ones now?
Rattling faithfully for Southern rights.
Should such be kept in the back ground?
I think not. Let all have a chance, in_
dependent of King Caucus. Old Fogy.
Brigadier (lenc.rol E. Kirby Smith of FtoriiMfgr
This officer, whose distinguished bearing and genetal-
ehip on the field of Manassaa, Uaa brought him promt- i
nently before the country, is a graduate of the West ’
Boint Aeademy in the class oflS45, in which tie tm
commissioned ns Second Lieutenant Fifth Infantry.
In the battles of Palo Alto and Lu Pulma lie bore a
distinguished part; was bevetted First Lieutenant
Seventh Infantry in August, lS4t’>, for gallant and meri
torious conduct at tlie buttle ot Cerro Gordo, WM
soon after brevetted Captain for gallant and meritori- ■
ous conduct, in the battle of Contreras. After th* -
close of the war Captain Smith was detailed for
at West Point ns Professor of .Mathematics,
gome service at West Point, Captain Smith wao
tlie frontier in command of u company of cavalry, r
distinguished himself in Van Dorn's action with
Cammanches on the 13th May, 5U. e trust he
soon be in the saddle at the head ot his brigade.
Charleston Mercury, Aug- ST. S
TEe New Haven Journal says that
Connecticut Regiment brought home w
them twenty-five negroes from Virg r_ *~