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- BOILHTON, NISBET & BARNES, Publishers and Proprietors. *■ *• BOi'OHTOJIJ.,.. JOW. U. NISHKT. J Kd"*ra. Ck Smtftcrn fcbctnl Simon Is published Weekly, in Mill edge rilie, Ga., Corner of Hancock and Wilkinson Sts., (opposite Court House.) A! $2 a year in Advance, •> ' (Unlkss im Advasce, $3 Pek Annum.) KATE* er AnrKKTINING. Per square*)/ twelve line*. One insertion $1 00, and li 1 ly cents for each subsequent continuance. Those sent without the specification of the nutnberof ” *”' ' "lain insertions will be published till forbid and charted accordingly. ° Business or Professional Cards, per year, where they do not exceed Six Lines - jiy " A tilvrat contract mill be made triih those irho icish Advertise by die year, occupying a specified space 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. Publication* will always be continued according to 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. 150 3 no sqr. 5 (10 1 50 5 on 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_ *~