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(T|jf _§oatljctn jfcbcal (tlnioit
/, published Weekly, in Milledgeville, Ga.
Corner of Hancock and Wilkinson Sts.
i opposite Court House. J
Ai 82 a year in Advance.
Unless is Advance, .>:$ Per Annum.)
i:ati:s of arveutising.
I'rr square, of twelve lines.
,' ;inii SI 00, and titty cents for each subsequent
rt) jtinUJiuce-
. t without tliespecification of tlienumberol
1 „ ... : ions will be published till forbid and charged
j.iurtiingly.
„ ...., s or Profest-ional Cards, per year, where they
do not exceed Six Lnras • - - fio 0()
j .// coniract trill be made tcith those who Irish to
,4 . elite by the year, occupying a specif ed spare
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
S;.V« of Luudand Negroes, by Administrators, Ex-
, ■, or Guardians, are required by law to be held
■ fii>! Tuesday in the month;between ihe hours of
t , tor-noon and three in the afternoon, at the
,, ;ir t ,ouse in the county'in which the property is sit-
Not ,• of these sales must be given in a public ga-
f, |o davs prc% ions to the day of sale,
y . s fortho sale of personal property must begiv-
• "in like manner lit days previous to sale day.
rices to the debtors and creditors of an estate must
publistied 10 days.
tii . that application will be made to the Court of
I trv for leave to sett Land or Negroes, must be
s |i ’,l for two months.
,,, fill, iters of Administration Guardianship,
.ini-0 be published HO days—for dismission from
ini.-tration, monthly si.e months—for dismission
Guardianship, 40 days.
► for foreclosure of .Mortgage must be published
•iif.ir fn.tr mnnlhs—for establishing lost papers,
. full space of three months—for compelling titles
Executors or administrators, where bond has been
i by the deceased, tiie full space of three
Si
c ations will always be continued according to
. the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered
. following
RATES :
j,.;is, on letters of administration, &c. f-J 75
• “ dismissory from .4dmr’n. 4 50
■ “ ** Guardianship. 3 00
•eto sell Land or Negroes 4 00
, tniiebtorfi and creditors. 3 0(1
i nf personal property, ten days, 1 sqr. 1 50
m l or negroes by Executor), &c. pr sqr. 5 00
a vs, two weeks 1 50
mum advertising his wife (in advance,) 5 00
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1801.
[NUMBER 19.
BY APTHOIUty.
A * A N I> KESOiiiioyg
nf the iSecond Session nf the
PR O VISIONAL CONGRESS
<f the
CONFEDERATE STATES.
186 1
L (No. 223.)
trf™, !.;r ntll0, ize “*« of Treasury notes, and
trlprov.de a war tax for their redemption!
1 he Congress of the Confederate St
States
AN
provide
Sermon 1
ot Alijriea do enact, That tlie Secretarv ^f the Treas
ury bjandhe is hereby authorized, from time to time
pubbe necessities may require, to issue Trcas-
, o*’ E?-" a . *° bearer at the expiration of
tit IS alter the ratification of a treaty of peace
p Die Confederate States and the United States,
* noted to be ot tiny denomination not less tlian
ars, and to be re-issuable at pleasure, until the
e payable; but the whole issue, outstanding
as th
ury
six r
hetwj
the ti
five <
saint
at on
nt . on ’ 1 n e ’ IDO ’ u,,iu K the amount issued under former
;V b ’ :‘ a ‘* Ilot exceed one hundred millions of dollars;
io said notes shall be receivable in payment of the
\\ nr Tnv -ti , t. . *
V ar T,IX beTelnafter provided, and of all other public
lues except the export duty on cotton, and shaft also
veil in payment of the subscriptions of the net
.ales of law- produce and manufactured
(;EXEHAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. J. & W. W. TlRflER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Or*. Jlu-r. 13, 1859.
Eaton ton,. Ga.
21 tv.
COATES & WOOLFOLK
oCLufijousc aitb Commission
MERCHANTS,
UtK now open and prepared for the reception of
C their N KVV EIRE PROOF WAREHOUSE,
j. -ie Hardeman & Sparks. We will endeavor to
it oars -Ives worthy of the patronage of those who
i i iv.ir ns with lbeir business. Liberal advances
mule on cotton when desired.
Macon Ga.. Sept. 21, 1859. 18 tf.
joust t. BowDoinr,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
V, VIOSTOS, Gti
Eatonton, Ga., Feb. 14,18G0. 38 tf.
BOARDING.
M V HOUSE will be open for transient and regu
lar boarders. JAMES E. HAYGOOD,
Milledgcville, Jan. 18th, 1861. 35 tf.
NOTICE.
fTIIlE UNDERSIGNED having bought the es-
1 tablishnie.it of bis friend F. SHOENBEIN,
deceased, respectfully informs the public, that h
"ill continue the business in the same forn: and
respectfully solicits a sbaieof public patronage.
WM. SCHEIHING.
Milledgeville, July 15, Ifefil.
8 lyr.
WATER PIPES,
FIRE BRICKS, AC.
rjMIB SOI THi:K> PROUEI.AIN MAKE.
1 FAl'TClil.VG l OttPASY,KAOLIN, SC.,
a • now prepared to lurnisli at short notice WATER
PIPES, double glased, with a perfect vitrious body
> i a lilt- for conduit pipes for cities, Ac., from twenty*
- \ i.uiies diameter tonne inch, capable of sustaining a
pressure of 150 bead of water.
ALSO,
EIRE BRICKS which have no superior.
We also manufacture all kinds of C. C. and Granite
Ware, and would most respectfully solicit orders for
the above goods. W.'H. FARROW,
12 3m Agt. Kaolin, S. C.
it I! "W-A-IEL!!
VOLUNTEERS UNIFORMS
CUT TO OHDEH.
rPllE Subscriber will, upon short notice, visit
i any County in the State, and Cut Uniforms
f"r Companies, and warrant a good lit.
Orders respectfully solicited.
lit Address. THOMAS BROWN,
Merchant Tailor.
Tull sett of Patterns for Uniforms
" 11 tunny pait of the Stute, upon the receipt ot $.>00.
Milledgeville, Ga., July Jf>, io61, 8 tf
BOOK-BINDING
—™ 1 "" THE Subscriber is now pre
pared to do Sook-Bind-
ing", in all its branches.
Old Bocks rebound, <Vc.
Ml'.SIC bound in the best style. Blank Books
manufactured to order. Prompt attention will be
given to .-.11 work entiusted to me.
S. J. KIDD.
Sioulhrrn Frtlcritl l nicii Office-
Rm fiery
Milledgeville, March 19th, 1801.
43
SLATING—SLATING.
W. E. ELLIOTT,
PRACTICAL SLATER A.T» DEALER IT
best slates,
RECENTLY FROM RICHMOND, VA.,
I S now ready to do any work in bis line of busi
ness—Slating, and warranted free from Leak-
age.
It, pnl'ra to old Mime Roof* ntlemlefl to
Promptly.
IV. E. E. is Agent for an extensive Manufactory
of Iron Railing. Verandah, Balconies, Iron Stairs.
! "tintains, Settees, Chairs, Tables, Tree Boxes,
figures. Ac, Ac , and all other Iron Work oi a
decorative character.
Enclosing Cemetery Lain will receive lii* par-
lienlnr Attention.
W. E. E. is Agent for an extensive Marble
M moment Works, likewise for the Steam Marble
Mantle Works.
Designs of all. with pi ices, can be seen at bis
‘‘hire. up stairs, over Morning News office, Bay
Street. Savannah, Ga.
A specimenjof onr work may be seen on the
(Upot building in Milledgeville.
R“fereuce—G. W. Adams, Superintendent C.
R R. Savannah. ^3 dds&wtf.
5!i Saw Cotton Gin for Sale.
ONE of WATSON’S best 50 Saw Cotton Gins,
ls offered for sale. This Gin is new, and is equal
10 any in use. Sold for no fault, the present uw-
,iers having no use for it. Any planter wanting: a
* "’ i Gin, can have a chance to pet one at a re
action on the regular price. Apply at this office,
' "l X. Tift, or J. H. Watson, at Albany.
Confederate
TREASURY Notes and Bonds taken at PAR for
-* i" urniture or Notes and Accounts due.
WOOD & CO.. Macon,Ga.
Americas, Albany, Cnthliert, Fort Gains, Griffin and
Jl •‘‘■dgeville papers will please copy six months and
mi bill
* papers
(4 0 ins,)
W.tfcCO.
S^rEHIOB. IBNT CI.OTH,
* , 12 ozs per yard, 30 inches wide,
•'! ot.i-s containing about 620 yards, manufac-
u, ed by Ocmulgec Mills.
, Apply , 0 h ISAAC SCOTT,
' ,u b r 1 tfh, 1861. (9 Gmos*) Macon. Ga.
FOB SALE.
'"'mate case of Diarrlinma, and dysenteiy
■'‘iw severe or violent, it controls with the utmost
JACOB'S CORDIAL will relieve at once the most
no tnat-
, CXca-dial, which is an excellent remedy
Bu "?' , * : "i colds, pain in the breast, inflamed throat, Sec
a ) be luund at the Drug Store of HfRTT di Hall.
be rei
proceeds of
articles.
A- That, for the purpose of funding the said
notes, and of making exchange for the proceedsof tin-
sale of raw produce and manufactured articles, or for
tlie purchase of specie or military stores, the Secretary
ot the Treasury, with the assent of tlie President, is
authorized to issue bonds, payable not more than twen
ty years after date, and bearing a rate of interest not
xeeedmg eight per centum per annum, until they be-
ome payable the interest to be paid seuii-niiiiually;
the Sant t.MLinds not to exceed,in the whole,one hundred
millions of ik.llars, and to lie di-i-uied a substitute for
thirty millions ot the bonds authorized to l>«* issued bv
the act approved May sixteenth, eighteen hundred and
sixty-one; and this act is to tie ili-(-:ned a revocation of
the authority to issue the said thirty millions. The said
Bonds shall not be issued in less sums than one hundred
dollars, nor m fractional parts of a hundred, except
when the subscription is less than one hundred dollars
the said Bonds may be issued in sums of fifty dollars.
I bey may be sold for specie, military and naval stores
or tortile proceeds of row produce and manufactured
articles,in the same maimer as is provided by the act
aforesaid; and, whenever subscriptions of the same
have been or shall be made, payable at a particular
date, the Secretary of the Treasury shall have power
to extend the time of sales until such dates as he shall
see fit to indicate-
Sec. 3. The holders of tlie said Treasury notes may
at any tide demand in exchange for them, bonds ill
the Confederate States, according to such regulations
as maybe made by the Secretary of the Treasury —
But whenever the Secretary of tue Treasury shall' ad
vertise that he will pay off any portion of the said
1 reosurynotes, then the privilege of funding, as to
such notes, sliull cease, unless there shall be a failure to
pay the same in specie on presentation.
Sec. 4. That, for the special purposes of paving the
principal and interest of the public debt, and'of sup
porting the government, a War Tax shall lie assessed
and levied, ot fifty cents upon each one hundred dollars
in value, of tin- following property, in the Confederate
States, namely: Real estate i.fall kinds: slaves; mer
chandise; bank stocks; railroad and other coi*porath >n
stocks; money at interest, or invested bv individuals in
tlie purchase of bilis, notes, and other securities foi
money, except the bonds of tlie Confederate States o!
America, and cash on hand or on deposit in banks oi
elsewhere; cattle,horses and mules; gold watches, gold
and silver plate, pianos and pleasure carriages; 1’rovi
ded, however, that when the taxable property herein
above enumerated, of any head of a family,is of value
less than five hundred dollars, such taxable propi-riv
shall be exempt from taxation under this act; And pro
vided further, that the property of colleges and schools
and of charitable or religions corporations or associa
tions, actually used for the purposes for which such
colleges, schools, corporations or associations were
created, shall be exempt from taxation under tins act.
And provided further, That all public lands, and all
property owned by a State for public purposes, be
einpt from taxation.
Sec. 5. That for the purpose of ascertaining all
property included in the above classes, and the value
thereof,'and tile person chargeable with the tax, eai 1
State shall constitute a tax division, over which shall
be appointed one Chief Collector, who shall be charged
with the duty of dividing the State into a convenient
number of collection districts, subject to the revisal ol
the Secretary of the Treasury. The said ( ollcclni
shall be appointed by the President, anil shall hold his
office for one year, and receive a salary of two thou
sand dollars. He shall give bond with sureties to dis
charge the duties of liis office in such amount as mat
be prescribed by the Secretary 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 Secretary of tin- Treasury, appoint a tax collec
tor for cac4» collection district, whose duty it shall be
to cause an assessment to be made on or before the
first day of November next, of all the taxable proper
ty in bis district, included in each of the above men
tioned classes of property, and the persons then own
ing or in possession thereof; and in order thereto, the
said Tax Collectors may appoint assessors, who shill)
proceed through every part ot their respective dis
tricts, and, after public notice, shall require all persons
owning, possessing, or having the care und manage
meat of any property liable to tlie tax aforesaid, to
deliver written lists of tlie same, which shall tie made
in such manner as may lie required by tlie Chief Col
lector, and as far as practicable, conformable to those
which may be required for tlie same purpose under t he
authority of the respective States: and the said as
sessors are authorized to enter into and upon, all and
singular, the premises for the purposes required by this
Act,
Sec. 6. If any person shall not be prepared to ex
hibit a written list when required, and shall consent to
disclose the particulars of taxable property owned oi
pessessed by him, or under his care and 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 thelist of such person.
Sec. 7. That, if any person shall deliver or disclose
to any collector or assessor appointed in pursuance of
this act and requiring a list as aforesaid, any false or
fraudulent list, with intent to defeat or evade the valu
ation or enumeration hereby intended to be made, such
person, so offending, shall be fined in a sum not exceed
ing five hundred dollars, to be recovered in any court
f competent jurisdiction.
Sec. 8. Any person who shall fail to deliver to the
olleotor or assessor a list of his taxable property, at
the time prescribed by him, shall be liable to a double
tax upon all his taxable property; the same to be as
sensed by tlie collector or assessor, and to be collected
in the same manner and by the same process as is here
in provided as to the single tax.
See. 9. The lists shall be made iu reference to the
value and situation of the property, on tlie first day of
October next, and shall be made out,completed and lit
delivered into the hands of each of the tax collectors on
the 1st day of Dec. next; and upon the receipt thereof,
each ax "collector may for twenty one days next on
suing :11e said first December, hear and determine ali
appeals him the said assessments, ns well as applica
tions for Ihe reduction of a double tax, when such tax
may have been inclined, to a single tax, which deter
mination shall be final.
■ei. H’. The several tax*collectors shall, on or be
fore t io first day of February ensuing, furnish to the
liief collector of the .State in which nis district is sit
uated-, a correct and accurate list of all the assessments
made: upon each person in his district, and of the
amount of tax to tic paid by such person, spceifjiug
each ’ibjcct of taxation; and the said chief collcctoi
shall'Collate the same in proper form and forward the
colla ted .ist to the Secretary ot the Treasury.
Sc>. 11. Tiie said several collectors shall, on tlie first
lny i t f May next, proceed to collect from every per
son l iiblc tor the said tax, the amounts severally due
and swing; and he shall previously give notice for
;y cays in one newspaper, if any oe published in
bis district, and by notifications in at least four public
plae sin each township, ward or precinct within ids
disti , t, of the time ami place at which lie will receive
the t .id tax; and on failure to pay the same, it shall be
(lie . uty of the collector, within twenty days after the
first (ay ot May aforesaid, by himself or his deputies,
o pi iceed to collect the said taxes by distress and sale
if ti a goods, chattels, or effects of the persons delin-
quem. And in case of such distress it shall be the duty
of tlie officer charged with the collection to make, or
to be made, an account of the goods and chattels
which may be distrained, a copy of which, signed by
the officer making such distress, shall be left with the
owner or possessor of such goods, chattels or effects,
or at his or her dwelling, with a note of the sum de
manded, and the time and place of sale; and the said
officer shall forthwith cau.-e a notification to be public
ly- advertised or posted up nt two public places nearest
the residence of the person whose property shall
be distrained, orat the court bouse of the same conn-
tv if n“t more than ten miles distant, which notice
shall specify tiie articles distrained, and the time and
place proposed for the sale thereof, which time shall
uot lie less than ten days from the date of such notifi
cation, and the place proposed for the sale not more
than fi ve miles distant from the place of making such
distress ; Provided, That in any case of distress tor the
payment of the taxes aforesaid", the goods, chattels oi
effects so distrained, shall and maybe restored to tlie
ovner or possessor, if, prior to the sale thereof, pay
ment or tender thereof shuli be made to the proper
officer charged with the collection ol the full amount
demanded, together with such fee for levying and such
sum for the necessary and reasonable expense of re
moving and keeping the goods, chattels or effects so
distrained ns may be allowed in like cases by the laws
or practice of the Stale wherein tlie distress shall have
been made; but incase of nonpnvinent ortenderas
aforesiid the said officers shall proceed to sell the said
goods, chattels or effects at public auction, and shall
iiud may retain from the proceeds of such sale the
amount demandnble for the use of the Confederate
States, with the necessary and reasonable expenses of
distress and sale, and a commission of five per cen
tum tl ereou for his own use, rendering tiie overplus, if
anv tl ere be, to the person whose goods, chattels or
effect shall have been distrained; Piovided, That it
shall Lot lie lawful to make distress of the tools or im-
plemiGts of a trude or profession; beastot tlie plough,
and Rirmitig utensils necessary for the cultivation of
hnprcVed lands, arms, or such household furniture or
appaihi as may be necessary for afamily.
Sett li That if the tax assessed on any real estate
shall remain unpaid on the first day of June next, the
tux c (lector of the district wherein the same issitua-
ted, flinll, on thefirst Monday of July thereafter, pro
ceed* to sell tlie same, or a sufficiency there
of, A public outcry, to the highest bidder, to pay-
said '^.xes, together with twenty- per centum on the
amo- .it of said taxes, and costs of sale, said sale to
beattlie court-house door of the county, or parish,
wherein snid real estate is situated ; and, if there shall
be more than one county or parish in the district, the
said tax collector is authorized to appoint deputies to
muke such sales in liis name, as he cannot attend to
himself; and, for all lands so sold by said depnties, the
deeds, as hereinafter provided for, shall be executed
by said collector, and such sales so made shall be valid,
whether the real estate so sold shall be assessed m the
naine of the true owner or not. But in all cases where
tue properly shall not be divisable,so as to enable the
collector by a sale of part thereof to raise the whole
amount of the tax, with all costs, charges and com
missions, the whole of such property shall be sold, an.!
the surplus of the proceeds of the sale, alter satisfying
the tax, costs, charges and commissions, shall be paiil
to tlie owner of the property or bis legal repiscnta-
tives, or, if lie or they cannot be found, or refuse to
receive the same, then" such surplus shall be deposited
in the Treasury of the Confederate States, to be there
held for the use of the owner or his legal represent:!
lives; until he or they shall make application therefor
to the Secretary oftiie Treasury, who. upon such applica
tion shall bv warrant on tlie Treasury, enu-e the same to
be paid to tlie applicant. And if the property offered fin-
sale as aforesaid, cannot be sold for the amount of tlie tax
due tlier with the said additional twenty per c. n
turn thereto, the collector shall purchase the same in be
half of the Confederate States for the amount afore
said; 1’rovided, That Ihe owner or superintendent ol
the property aforesaid before tlie same shall have been
actually sold, shall be allowed to pay the amount
of the tax thereon, with an addition of ten per cen
tum on (he same; on the payment of which (lie sale id
the said property shall not take place ; Provided, also
That the owners, their heirs, executors or administra
tors, or any person on their behalf, shall have liberty
to redeem any lands and other real property sold as
aforesaid, williin two years from thetime of sale, upon
payment to the collector for the use of the purchaser,
liis heirs or assignees,of the amount paid by such pur
chaser, with inte.est for the same at the rate of twenty
per centum per annum, aud no heed shall be given in
pursuance of such sale until the time of redemption
shall have expired; Provided, further. That when the
owner of any land or real property sold for taxes under
the provisions of this act shall be in the military ser
vice of tiie Confederate States, before aud at the time
said sale shall have been made, the said owner shall
have the privilege of redeeming the snid property at
any time within two years after the close of l;is term
of service. And tiie" collector shall render a distinct
account of the charges incurred in offering and adver
tising for sale such property, and shall pay into the
Treasury tlie surplus, if any there be, of the aforesaid
addition of twenty per centum, or ten per centum, as
the case may be,"after defraying the charges. Ami in
every case of the sale of real estate, which shall be
made under the authority of this net for the assessment
and collection of direct tuxes by the collectors or mar
shals, respectively,ortlieirlawiul deputies, respective
ly, or by any other person or persons, the deeds for the
estate so sold shall be prepared, made, executed and
proved or acknowledged, at the time and times pre
scribed in this act by the collectors respectively with
in whose collection district such real estate shall be
situated, or. in case of their death or removal from
office, by their successors, on payment oftiie purchase
monet, or producing the receipt theiefor, if already
paid, in such form of law, as shall be authorized anil
required by the laws oftiie Confederate States, or by
tlie law of the Stute in which such real estate lies, ft.r
making, executing, proving and acknowledging deeds
of bargain and sale or other conveyance for the trans
fer anil conveyance of real estate; and for every deed
so prepared, made, executed, proved and acknowl
edged, the purchaser or grantee shall pay the collector
the sum of five dollars for the use of the collector,
marshal or other person effecting the sale of the real
estate thereby conveyed. The commissions hereinaf
ter ullowed to each collector shuli be in lull satisfac
tion of allservices rendered by them. The assessor-
appointed under them shall be entilled to three doiims
for every day employed in making lists and assess
ments under tliis act, the number of days being certi
fied by the collector and approved by the chief collec
tor of the State, and also five dollars for every hundred
taxable pel sons contained in thelist ns 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 tux district wherein the
same is situated, and has no agent resident in said dis
trict the assessor shall himself make out a list of such
real estate for assessment.
Sec. 13. Separate accounts shall be kept nt the
Treasury of all moneys received from each of the res
pective States, and the chief collector shall procure
from each tax collector such details as to the tax, and
shrill classify the same in such manner as the Secretary
of the Treasury shall direct, and so as to provide full
information ns to each subject of taxation.
Sec. 14. Each collector shall be charged witli'an in
terest of five per cent per month for all moneys re
tained in bis possession beyond the time at which (lie is
required to pay over the same by law, or by the regu
lations established by the Secretary of the Treasury.
See. 15. Each collector, before entering upon the
duties of liis office, shall give bond in such sum as shall
be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, with
sufficient sureties, and shall take an oath faithfully to
execute the duties of liis office, and that he will sup
port and defend the Constitution oftiie Confederate
States.
Sec. 16. Upon receiving the tax due by each per
son the collector shall sign receipts in duplicate, one
whereof shallbe delivered to the person paying the
same, and the other shall be forwarded to the chief
collector of that State. The money collected during
each month, or during any shorter period which huiy
be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, shuli
be also immediately forwarded to the said ehiet collec
tor, and by him be disposed of according to the di
rection of the Secretary of the Treasury; and the snid
chief collector shall report the same immediately to the
Secretary of the Treasury, and shall furnish him with
a list specifying the names and amounts of each oftiie
receipts which shall have been forwarded to him as
aforesaid by the district collectors.
Sec. 17. The taxes assessed on each person shall be
a statutory lien for one year upon all the property ol
that person in preference to any other lien: the said
lien to take date from the first day of October, to which
the valuation lias relation, and the lands and other
property of any collector shall be bound by stututory
lien for five years tor all moneys received by him for
taxes; the dote of such lien to commence (rom the
time of liis receiving the money.
Sec. 18. The compensation of the tax collectors
shall be five per Cent on the first ten thousand dollars
received, ami two and a half per cent on all sums be
yond that amount, until the compensation shall reach
eight hundred dollars, beyond which no further com
pensation shall be paid.
Sec. 19. The Secretary of the Treasury is author
ized to establish regulations suitable and proper to car
ry this act into effect; which regulations shall be bind
ing on all officers; the said Secretary may also frame
instructions ns to all details which shall be obligatory
upon all parties embraced within the provisions of thin
act. He may also correct all errors in assessments,
valuations mid tax lists, or in the collection thereof, in
such form und upon such evidence ns the Secretary
may approve.
Sec. 20. Corporations are intended to be embraced
under the word of “persons ’used in tills act; and
whenever tlie capita! stock of uny corporation is re
turned by the corporation itself and the tax paid, the
stock in the hands of individuals shall be exempt from
tax; and also all the real estate owned by the corpo
ration and used for carrying on its business; and tlie
capital stock of all corporations shall be returned, and
the tax paid by the corporations themselves, and not
by individual stockholders. Theterm “merchandize”
is designed to embrace all goods, wares and merchan
dize held for sale, except the agricultural products of
the country. Money at interest is intended to include
the principal sum of all money belonging (o any person
otliertliun a bank upon which interest is paid or to tie-
paid by the debtor, ns 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 arc held.
Theterm “realestate”is intended to include all lands
aud estates therein, and all interests growing thereout,
including ferries, bridges, mines and the like, and in
all cases the actual marketable value of property to
be assessed.
See. 21. If any person shall, nt any time during the
r-xistenceof the present war between the Confederate
States and the United States, or within one year after
tlie ratification of a treaty of pence between them,
falsely make,forge or counterfeit, or cause or procure
to be "falsely made, forged or c< uuterfeited, or willing
ly uid or assist in falsely making, forging or counter
feiting any note ill imitation of, or purporting to be a
treasury note of the Confederate States; or shall
falsely 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 ns true,
any false, forged or counterfeited note purporting to be
atreasury note of tlie Confederate States, knowing the
same to be falsely forged or counterfeited; Or sliulljiass,
utter or publish, or attempt to pass, utter or publish, as
true, any falsely altered treasuiy note of the Confede
rate Stiitis, knowing the same" to be falsely altered;
or shall conspire or attempt to conspire with miothei to
iin—, utter or publish, or attempt to pass, utteror pub
lish. as true, any falsely Forged or counterfeited, or
any falsely altered treasuiy note of the Confederate
States, knowing the same tube fat.-ely forged or coun
terfeited, or falsely altered; every such person shall be
deemed and adjudged guilty of felony, mid being
thereof convicted by due course of law, shall suffer
death.
See. 22. If any person shall at any time falsely
make, forge orcounterfeit, or cause or procure to be
falsely made, forged or counterfeited, or willingly aid or
assist in falsely making forging or counterfeiting any
bond or coupon ill imitation of, or purporting to be a
bond or coupon, of the Confederate Slates; or shall
faisc!v alter, or cause, or procure to be falsely altered,
or willingly aid or assist ill falsely altering any bond or
coupon, of the Confederate States; or shall pass, utter
or publish, or attempt to pass, utter or publish
as true, any false, forged or counterfeited bond,
purporting to be a bond or coupon of the Con
federate States, knowing the same to be falsely forged
or counterfeited; or shall pass, utteror publish, orat-
tempt to pass, uiteror publish as true, any falsely al
tered bond, or coupon, of the Confederate Slates,
knowing the same to be falsely altered; or shall con
spire, or attempt to conspire, with another, to pass, ut
ter, or publish, or attempt to pass, utteror publish, ns
true, any false, forged, or counterfeited bond, or cou
pon purporting to be a bonder coupon of the Confed
erate States,or any falsely altered bond or coupon oftiie
Confederate States, knowing the same to be forged or
eounterfeited, orfalselynlteied; every such person shall
lie deemed anil adjudged guilty of felony, ami being
thereof convicted by due course of law, shall be sen
tenced to be imprisoned and kept nt hard labor for a
term not less than five years, nor more than ten years,
nnd be lined iu a sum uot exceeding five thousand dol
lars. , „
Sec. 23. If any person shall make, or engrave, or
cause, or procure to he made or engraved, or shall
have in hisoustodj or possession any mctalic plate en
graved after the similitude of any plate from which
any notes or iionds issued as aforesaid shall have been
printed, with intent to use such plate, orcause.or suffer
the same to be used in forging or count, rfeiting any of
the notes or bonds issued as aforesaid; or shall have in
his custody, or possession, any blank note or notes,
bond, or bonds, engraved and printed after the
similitude of any note, or bond, issued as aioresuid,
with intent to use such blanks, or cause, or suffer tiie
same to be used iu forging or counterfeiting any of the
notes or bonds issued as aforesaid; or shall have in
liis custody or possession any paper adapted to the
makingof notes or bouds, aud similar to tlie paper
upon which any such notes or bonds shall have been i.--
sued. with intent to use such paper, or cause or suffer
the same to be used, in forging or counterfeiting any of
the notes or bonds issued as aforesaid; every sueii per-
soti bring thereof lawfully convicted by due course of
law, shall be imprisoned and kept to hard labor fora
term not less than five, nor more than ten years, and
fined in a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars.
See. If any Stale shall, on or before the first
day of April next, pay in (lie Treasury notes oftiie
Confederate States, or in specie, tiie taxes assessed
against the citizens of such States’ less ten per cen
tum thereon, it shall be the duty of the .Secretary of the
Treasury to notify the same to the several tax collec
tors in such State, and thereupon, their authority and
duty under this act shall cease.
See. 25. If any person shall, at any time, after one
year from (be ratification of a treaty of peace be
tween- tlie Confederate States and the United States,
commit any of the acts described in the twenty-first
section of this act. such person shall be deemeil ami
adjudged guilty of felony, and being thereof convic
ted by due course of law, shall be sentenced to be im
prisoned 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.
Approved August 19,1S61. 17
From the N. O. Delta.
f»cu. Albert Sidney Johnston.
Tlie part} - constituting Gen. Johnston’s escort
was organized from among the mountaineers and
frontiersmen ot California, by Capt. Alonzo Rid
ley, to whose energy ami boldness are we indeb
ted for the presence raid services of one of the
ablest Generals of the age. Tlie movements of
both tlie General and Capt. Ridley were so nar-
rowlp watched by tlie Black Republican army
officers stationed nt Los Angelos, that it became
necessary that the organization and meeting of the
company should be as secret as possible.—Every
pretext was resorted to in order to obtain author
ity upon which to undertake an arrest.
The Governor of the State was applied to for
an order to disarm the party, and thus force the
gallant men who surrounded the General to give
ovei their purpose or commit an overt act of trea
son. A United States grand jury was summoned
from among the ranks oftiie Blacks, and every
effort made to indict Ridley for treason; lour com
panies of United Slates troops were ordered to
Los Angelos, and it seemed as madness to under
take a departure. However, our men were not
to be daunted. Like the Templars, whin nif-na
accd by Richard the Lion Hearted, they made
front against the whole power of the State, pro
claiming their intention to depart in peace, if un
assailed.
On the 20th of June last, the party left Loss
Angelos and on tlie 30th of the same month com
menced its journey across the great Colorado
desert. At Fort Yuma the Federal force of two
companies of infantry, with four pieces of artil
lery. indicated a desire to make an arrangement
similar to the one proposed by a certain cock to a
horse, to wit: that if the horse would not tread on
him, be, the cock, wc-uld not tread on the horse.
It was agreed to and no hostility ensured, although
Ridley aud bis men felt an itching to apply the
torch to the Federal fort. The Journey to Tuscan
was without interest, except the suffering endur
ed by both men and animals. The temperature
during the day varies from 100 to 120 degrees in tlie
shade, a, d is not less than a hundred degrees at
night. Strong blasts cf hot air frequently sweep
over the plains during the day and night, parch
ing and drying up the poor wretch who may be so
unfortunate as to feel them. Couple this with
the fact that there is but one point at which good
water can be obtained within a distance of four
hundred miles, and you have a very- slight picture
of the route.
At Tuscan the party was again menaced by four
companies of Federal troops that were destroying
the Government property in the vicinity prepara
tory to leaving. These latter, combined with the
Apaches, made the march rather exciting to Mes-
siila.
Gen. Johnston arrived at Messilla, and found
that Col. Jack Baylor had removed the last ob
struction to free progress in Arizona—the eleven
companies of Federals at Fort Fillmore.
Notwithstanding tho hardships oftiie trip, many-
good jokes were originated, one of which, at the
expense of the Genera! himself, is too good to
remain inrecorded. While encamped near Tus
can tlie General was visited by a Texan emigrant;
a conversation ensued, iu which the emigrant
undertook to describe a certain road in Texas,
with w hich lie w as not half so familiar as he would
have had it, appear, and, as it happened, the Gen
eral was particularly acquainted with it. The
description of road and country progressed, and
an error occurred, w hereupon the General proceed
ed to correct it. The emigrant demurred, the
General insisted, adding that he himself had trav
elled over the mute fifty times, and knew every
rut in it. “Ah!” said the emigrant, in a pleasant,
suggestive manner, “stage driving, I presume!”
The General has had no knowledge or opinion
of roads in Texas since then.
Female. Ilarriur.—The Memphis Avalanche, of the
12th, says: One of the Lonisana companies in
the battle at Manassas lost its captain. The compa
ny then unanimously elected the wife of the de
ceased tofili his place and the lady, iu uniform, pass
ed through the city yesterday, on her way-to as
sume command of her company.
By universal consent Gen. Jeff. Thompson is
the Marion of this war. He is followed by an
atmy without shoes or hats, and with coats and
pants curtailed of their fair proportions, but who
c-au whip with ease double the number of Iles-
sians who may dare to encounter them. They
aie a breed of warriors the like of which never
was seen. A few hundred of them are holding
Southwestern Missouri against Fremont and all
his hosts. The response of Gen. Jetf. to Fremont’s
proclamation is a model document. Napoleon
never excelled it We confess to a special ad
miration of the great Guerrilla chief.—Memphis
Ara.
Items from tlie Washington Star, of September
11th, says: “A delegation of the citizens of Phila
delphia, consisting of Morton McMichael, II. C.
Carey, Clias. Gilpin, and six or seven other influ-
eulial gentlemen, arrival in Washington on Mon
day evening, and on Tuesday they called upon
Secretary Cameron with the view to procure from
the government the services of a competent en
gineer to make a reconnoissance of the approach
es to Philadelphia by land and water, so as to se
cure the erection of fortifications for the better se
curity of the city. Upon stating their business to
Mr Cameron that gentleman said that he had al
ready responded to the request of tho Mayor of
Philadelphia, made to him on the same subject,
and bad already dispatched an engineer to Phila
delphia as suggested.
A Fid! Acknowledgement.—The New
York Herald at last acknowledges the
whole truth. The Grand Army on tlie
Potomac is to remain alone in its glory.
Not another coil will he added to the ter
ror of the t?outh and amazement of the
world, the great annaconda- Under the
moderate and scnsationlcss hearing of
“Naval and Military Mistakes,” the Her
ald argues tlie notorious inefficiency of the
blockade, the inadequacy of their crui
sing squadrons, and censures the Adminis
tration for refusing to purchase Vander
bilt’s ships, and to accept other offers of
serviceable merchant craft. And the con
duct of the Navy and War Departments
are thus contrasted, and similarity of re
sults anticipated :
“The Navy Department in thus acting
is repeating the blunders of the war au
thorities in refusing the half million of
men who volnnteered to enlist, when, soon
after the bombardment of Fort Sumter,
military enthusiasm reached its highest
point. The Government would not have
them when it could get them; and now,
when it wants them, they arc not to be got,
orat least slow to come forward. A little
more than three months ago, volunteers
offered themselves by thousands for the
Sickles Brigade, but they could not get
accepted, and the result ir, that at the pres
ent time recruits sufficient to' complete the
five regiments are not forthcoming This
is the great evil of a blind procrastination
resulting from the want of proper fore
sight. The mistaken policy, whether ari
sing from false ideas of'economy or not, is
working badly in the army, and will be
still more disasterous in the ease of the
navy.”
A Female Rival of Blondin, who recent
ly essayed to cross the Thames on a rope,
opposite Cremorne Gardens, came near
meeting with a serious accident. She pro
ceeded half way across, but was unable to
get any further, owing to the rope having
become too slack, some of the guy ropes
having been stolen. She dropped astride
the rope, and as it was found impossible
to throw lines up to her, she ultimately
flung herself upon one of the guy ropes
and gradually lowered herself into a boat,
amid the cheers of excited thousands.
Scoundrels.— Do many subscribers a favor
by publishing the following article from
the Mobile Register. Rusticus.
W e are mortified beyond expression to
remark that there are men in the South
who in this war of independence find the
dictates of selfish interest stronger than
that of patriotism to a degree which is
only not criminal in the popular under
standing because there is no law that makes
it amenable to criminal statute. The
Richmond papers state that certain per
sons have secured in advance the product
of a number of mills which the govern
ment chiefly relied on for furnishing the
cloth for the manufacture of winter cloth
ing for some soldiers at the -Confederate
factory in that city, and now hold their
bargains, demanding an exhorbitant profit
on the prices of fabrics.
If there is no law to punish such offense
it is simply because law makers never con
templated that human nature would as
sume so degraded a phase. The act—
whether committed by native Southerners,
or nierelj’ men in the South, we know not
—is worthy the Yankee contractors who
are remorselessly sucking the life blood of
the Lincoln administration, and to sympa
thetic fellowship with whom they should
be despatched without delay. Their
offence of preying on the necessities of the
government is only a more rnagnificient
phase of that of less pretentious scoundrels
at many pointsin the South, who pocket
excitingly tlie vile profits accruing from
preying on tlie necessities of tlie people.
These small change plunders and trai
tors to the spirit of patriotism which they
affect, recreants to morality and standing
disgracers of the country of which they
arc or must soon become citizens or leave,
are everywhere practising their petty pil-
lag upon soldiers, and absent soldiers’ wives
and children, and upon all; securing mon
opolies of necessaries in local markets that
they may exact exorbitant profits; playing
into eacli other’s hands that they may
force necessary articles up to a fictitious
valuation which will enable them to make
cent, per cent, depreciating the credit of
our . patriotic government by shaving its
currency; and practising all the unhallow
tricks of trade and finance which will en
able them to wring a few more cents from
the ill provided purses of the needy.
We h ave no patience to discuss the
turpitude of the creatures who coin the
necessities of ti;e people into profits for
them selves; who give a dollar to a Vol
unteer Aid Society while they extort an
hundred from the people; who in these
fearful times, guage their profit on mer
chandise not by the coast, hut by the
necessity which compels the people to
have it who unblushingly continue their
practices simply because there is no law
to inhibit; who dare to walk out before
their fellow men, and in the blessed sun
light of heaven without a trembling terror
that a bolt will fall from the just arm of
tlie Ruler of its azure heights to punish
theiriniquity as it exists before Him, their
country and their fellows. Judas sold the
Lord of Heaven for a price, and is it
strange that there should he other Judases
to sell their own worthless selves to Satan
for a price? Let them go to their pur
chaser.
How a Man Feels When he is Mint,—TVe take the
following from a letter written by one of tlie
Iowa volunteers, wlio fought in the battle near
Springfield Missouri:
“I was standing, or rather kneeling, behind a
little hush, reloading my musket, just before the
rebels engaged in this close work retreated. Sud
denly I felt a sharp pain in tiie shoulder, and fell
to the ground. Jumping up, one of our hoys
asked me if I was hurt. 1 replied that I thought
not, and drew up my musket to fire, when he said:
‘Yes,you are shot through the shoulder.’ I think
it was this remark, more than the wound, which
caused the field all at once to commence whir
ling around me in a very strange manner. I star
ted to leave it, with a half ounce musket ball in
my shoulder, and ouce or twice fell down with
dizziness, but in a short time recovered sufficiently
to he able to walk back to Springfield, nine miles,
where the ball was taken out.”
Balloon Rcconnoisance.—ProFr. Lowe’s
mommoth balloon was inflated yesterday,
and carried through our streets and those
of Georgetown. Although the car was
near the ground, the monster loomed up
above the tallest houses. It was carried
across the Alexandria Acquiduct, and in
the afternoon was seen riding majestically,
high above the Virginia hills, in the vicin
ity of Fort Cocoran. Many of our citizens
were out. to take a peep at it; and many
wise remarks were hazarded about the pro
bability of the Confederates sending a ri
fled shot through it and letting the obser
ver down, Ac. The reconnoitcring will
he done by a military officer, who can com
municate with those below by a “paper ex
press”—that is, the message is weighted
with a bullet and run down the cord by be
ing attached to a ring.— Wash. Star.
Crops in Lower Alabama.—A gentle
man who has recently made a tour through
the lower counties of Alabama, writes us
that he found the corn crop in every sec
tion to be superior, and much more has
been cultivated than formerly.
Cotton is much damaged by the recent
rains which have fallen every day for more
than a month past. There will not be half
the cotton that was made last year.— Col
umbus Sun.
The. Preacher’s Regiment.—A regiment
of Arkansas troops, from the Southern
part of the State, says the Helena Shield,
passed up last Sunday, en route for the
seat of war, that should properly be styl
ed the Preacher’s Regiment. The colo
nel, Bradley, from Bluff, is a Methodist
minister, and besides him there are no less
than eignt preachers in the regiment, one
of whom is over seventy years ago!
Johnston and Beauregard.—Why is the
name of Beauregard in all the papers more
renwned than that of Johnston? as though
Beauregard had slain his tens of thousands
and Johnston only his thousands. On
Manassas Plains what did one more than
the other? Who has shown more strate-
getic tact in his Harper’s Ferry and Win
chester monteuvering than Johnston?
Who has shown more energy than he? Is
the name of Beauregard more euphonious
titan Johnston? '1 Ley are equals, and
should be so treated in public allusions
to them. One has the start iu the popu
lar mind, that’s all.— Talk (gee Baptist.
Another Exploit that did not Occur.—
The reported “gallant” exploit at Hall’s
Hill, which resulted in the occupation of
that important point by our forces, after
the killing of between two and three hun
dred Hessians, and a loss on our side of on
ly about twenty, also turns out to he a
buble of the most magnifiicent description.
No attack has been made upon the Hill
by our forces, and as a consequence, the
enemy still hold possession of “the lovely
spot, which lends a charm to all the sur
rounding country, and from which the
Federal Capital and the beautiful Poto
mac are so magnificently presented to
view.” We would state, however, as the
latest “report,” seemingly reliable, that
“Hall’s Hill” will probably be the next
point attacked by onr forces, and that, at
this time, it is possibly in our possesion.
| Lynchburg Republican.
Who Would Ilare Thought It.
On the first day of Febnary, 1840, John
P. Hale then as now, the jester of the
United States Senate, from New Hamp
shire, presented two petitions from Isaac
Jeffries, and other citizens of Pennsyl
vania, and J. F. Woodward and others,
praying that “some plan might be devised,
for the dissolution of the American Un
ion.”
The Hon. Daniel Webster of Massa
chusetts, was unsparing in his denuncia
tion of the petitions, and suggested that
there should have been a preamble to them,
in these words:
“Gentlemen, members of Congress:
Whereas at the commencement ot this
session, you and each of you, took your
solemn oaths, in the presence of God and
the Holy Evangelists, that you would sup
port tlie Constitution ot the United States;
now therefore, we pray you to take imme
diate steps to break up the Union and
overthrow the Constitution as soon as you
can.”
These petitions received three votes
Who docs the reader suppose they were?
He will be astonished when we name John
P. Hale of New Hampshire, William II
Seward of New York, and Salmon I*.
Chase of Ohio. The last two are Cabi
net officers under Lincoln, and the first
tried to be, hut was not quite quick enough.
Yet all three of these immaculate patriots
are now loudly proclaiming, “the Union,
it must and shall he preserved.” Is it
profanity to express a wish that the hot
test portion of the lower regions may be
reserved for this hypocritical trio? Their
votes to dissolve the Union will be found
in the Senate Journal, First Session, Thir
ty-first Congress, page 129.
[Petersburg Express.
Thr LndirN in Tcxxin.
M iss Nannie Snead writes to the Belle"
ville (Taxas) Countryman from Lancas*
ter, Dallas county, as follows:
On receiving the glorious news of onr
success in Missouri and Virginia, which
has been confirmed several times, and is
certainly true, tlie ladies of the town as
semble at the Masonic Hall, (not letting
the other sex know what was going on,)
and fired tho cannons, having selected
one gentleman to assist them, accompa
nied by the beating of drums and loud
shouts of every one, even to the little
girls wl:o had joined us—some hurrahing
for Jeff". Davis and the Southern Confed
eracy, and seme one thing and some an
other. Every heart seemed to leap with
joy whenever victory was spoken of. Ev
ery clerk, blacksmith, in fact most of the
males about the place were not long in
joining us.—We marched in procession
through the streets, back to the hall, where
Capt. Guy made a speech suitable for the
occasion. He was cheered by all sorts of
shrieks from the females, from six years
old to thirty and upward, after which all
retired quietly to their peaceful dwell
ings.
with no defence but a sand hank, and guffs
that could not reach the enemy! Or they
could have retreated over a level sand
plain, for two or three miles, under the fire
of said guns, and in the face of two batter
ies on the land, of J2 and 24 pounds, one
of them a rifle gun. Pity hut they had
been there.
'I he fact is, the fort was a failure; the
jrnns not of sufficient calibre; and a retreat
impossible. A surrender or annihilation
"as the only alternative. The office:s
were brave, and true as steel to the South.
I he men were equally brave and went
into the fight, with cheers, and ready to lay
now n their lives if thereby they could
drive hack the toe and save their native
land from the foot of the invader. And
he who insinuates to the contrary is wholly
ignorant of the spirit, the pluck of officers
and men, or cowardly and mean or both.
NY e know them, or the most of them, and
we hesitate not to say, that better, braver
men there are not. The odds were fear
fully against them; tho means of defence
the}’ had not; the possibility of retreat
cut oft. They must he butchered or sur
render. It was a dire necessity, hut they
dill right. Let the blame rest upon some
ot those in, or who were in, authority.
The Military board, we hesitate not to
say, is to blame,
Lettfr From Vifc-l'rcuidriil A. IV. Stephen**.
Richmond, Va„ Sept. 17th 1861.
My Dear Sir :
Your kind favor of the 11th inst.,
inclosing fifty dollars, from the Hebrew
Benevolent Association of Atlanta, for the
benefit of the Georgia Hospital, Ac., in
this place, has just reached me. In ac
knowledging the receipt, you will allow
me in behalf of the Board of Managers, to
return to the donors, through you, our sin
cere thanks for their offering. It is op
portune and timely. YVe will endeavor
by its proffer and immediate application,
to accomplish the objects of those kind
hearts who contributed it in giving com
fort and relief to afflicted and suffering
Georgia soldiers. Allow me further to add
that all such contributions will be most
thankfully received by our Board. TY"e
have now about one hundred and fifty un
der our charge, and are now making pre
parations for more as fast as we can to the
extent of our means. There are from the
best information we have been enabled to
obtain, not less than sixteen hundred sick
volunteers from Georgia in and about
Richmond. Many of them are very well
provided for at present in another hospital,
but a large number are suffering for the
want of better accomodations and atten
tion than they can at present have render
ed. Our Board will do everything in our
power, to the extent of our means for
their relief. Yours, truly,
ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS.
Hon. Jared J. YVhitakkr.
From the Knoxville (Tenn.) Register, Spet. 21.
Fight in Kentucky—the l.incolnitca Routed
at Rarbonrovilie.
Capt. John Robertson, of the Hurst
Dragoons, of Union county, who came
front Cumberland Gap yesterday, informs
us that there was an engagement at Bar-
boursville on Thursday, between 1S00
Lincolnites encamped there, and S00 Con
federate troops, who advanced upon them
from Cemberland Ford. The Confeder
ate troops consisted of a portion of Col.
Battle’s Regiment, and two companies of
cavalry—Capt. Simpson’s and Capt.
Plumlec’s. The Lincolnites were utterly
routed, and we took 400 stand of arms,
besides other equipments. The Confeder
ate troops now have possession of Bar-
boursville. The loss on our side was two
killed—Lieut. Powell, of Hawkins county,
and a private, name unknown. The loss
on the other side has not been ascertain
ed.
Mnld rough's Hill—Its Importance to
the. Confederates.—The Nashville Union,
20th, referring to the report that this
strong point has been occupied by the Con
federates, furnishes the following descrip
tion :
Muldrongh’s Ilill is a precipitous ridge,
which is tunnelled for the track way of
the Louisville and Nashville railway,
about thirty three miles from Louisville
and one hundred and fifty two miles from
Nashville. It is regarded as the strongest
position from Louisville to Nashville.
The occupation of Mnldrough’s Hill by
Confederate troops at once liberates
Southern Kentu2ky from the domination
of the usurper, breaks up the blockade, as
far as that fine section of country is concer
ned, opens up to the Confederate States
a country which can replenish their com
missariat, furnish thousands of as brave
volunteers to their cause as ever handled a
bayonet, and throw the Lincolnites on the
defensive, instead of the offensive. Its
importance cannot he over estimated at
this time.
Ought the Force* at Hattcrn* to hare «f-
rendered.
Under this head a North Carolina paper
says:
Some think not. But they do not know
the ground, the nature of the fortifications,
and the utterly inadequate means of de
fence and escape, or they ignore them. If
they had been there, they could have stood
up against the fire of a hundred guns of the
largest caliber, worked by experienced
naval gunners, throwing shot and shell,
Vc»tirl.« Fnlling into the 3Iand» of ihe Ene
my.
An exchange paper says :
The schooner Ocean YY'ave, belonging to
S. Jt. Fowle A Son, of this place, Capt.
Warren, on her return from the Y\ r est In
dies, loaded with coffee and salt, was taken
by Lincoln’s forces at Hatteras last week.
Not having heard of tho change of things
there, Cap’.. YY'arren came in thinking all
was right, and was grabbed. Three other
vessels, we learn, have also been grabbed
there in the last few days. ’Those four
vessels and cargoes would have paid for
many guns and shells. The right honora
ble Military Board ought to foot these
losses, and pay all the expenses of retaking
Hatteras.
Camj) of Instruction.—It will be seen by
the General Order of Brigadier General
Harrison, which we published this morn
ing, that, for important military reasons,
he has determined to change the location
of the camp of Instruction of the troops
called out for our coast defense to a point
on the Savannah, Albany and Gulf Rail
road, at or near its junction with the
Brunswick Road. ’The object is, no doubt,
to have the camp in convenient reach of ei
ther Savannah or Brunswick by railroad.
The camp will he located in the dry pine
region beyond the Altamaha river, at all
seasons as healthy as any other section of
the State, and where tlie troops will enjoy
facilities for supplies from the interior or
from the city.
Gen. Harrison leaves in an extra train
this morning to select the site for the
camp, which is to be organized immedi
ately.
The. Coast of Georgia Threatened.—It is
announced by teleglaph that the large fleet
which has been fitted out in New York,
recently, is intended to operate against the
port of Brunswick, in this State. The Ma
con Telegraph, of yesterday, contained a
special despatch, dated Norfolk, Va.,
Sept. 23d, as follows : “There is a large
fleet at Fortress Monroe. Two secret ex
peditions are fitting out to operate on the
Southern coast,” signed, “Sandy.”
It may be that this fleet is not intended
for our coast, but still the voice of warning
should be heeded in time, and active pre
parations he immediately made to give the
invader a warm reception should he have
the temerity to land upon Georgia soil.
[From the N’aslivilie Register, ot Saturday.)
Advance ol' Ihe Confederate troops into Ren-
lucky,
From the Union and American of the 19th we
learn that a coips d’armtt under the command of
Brigadier General S. B. Buckner, Confederate
States Army, the advance of which is composed of
Kentucky regiments from Camp Boone, advanced
into Central Kentucky, arriving at Bowling Green
on Thursday morning at K'i o’clock. Whether
they would proceed further tiian this point, we
are not advised at this writing. The commander
of these forces is a citizen of Kentucky, and was
recently Inspector General of tlie State Guard of
that commonwealth, having resigned in conse
quence of the neutral position of his State having
been violated, with impunity, by the Lincoln Gov
ernment, without any corresponding effort on the
part of the State Covernment to maintain it.—
General Buckner is tlie same officer who entered
iuto an agreement with Gen. McClellan, when the
latter was in command of the United States forces
in the West, to maintain a “strict neutrality” in
Kentucky, by keeping its territory free from the
forces of both belligerents. That agreement, as
is now notorious, was only obsei ved so long as it
suited the convenience of the Washington despo
tism to abide by it.
Passengers from Nashville yesterday morning
report that the Confederate forces, gathering
strength as they went, were withiu some thirty-
six miles of Louisville, at the latest account, and
it is supposed that by this time they are in pos
session of that city, it is also reported that they
have possession of a great portion of tlie railroad
trom Louisville to Nashville, and have taken con
trol of a number of locomotives and cars. Gen.
A. S Johnson is supposed to be at the head of the
forces.
The following is the proclamation issued by the
chivalrous Buckner, at Growling Green:
TO THF. PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY.
Tlie Legislature of Kentucky have been faith
less to the will of tho people. They have en
deavored to make your gallant State a fortress in
which, under the guise of neutrality, the armed
fortress of the United Stales might securely pre
pare to subjugate alike tlie people ot Kentucky
and the Southern States.
It was not until after months of covert and
open violation ot your neutrality, with in
eampments of Federal troops on your
and a recent official declaration of tlie President ot
the United States not to regard your neutral posi
tion, coupled with a well prepared scheme to seize
an additional point in your territory which was of
vital importance to the safety and defense of Ten
nessee, that the troops of tlie Confederacy, on the
invitation of the people of Kentucky, occupied a
defensive post in your State. In doing so the
commander announced liis purpose to evacuate
your territory simultaneously with a similar move
ment on the pait of the Federal forces, whenever
the Legislature of Kentucky shall undertake to
enforce against belligerents the ‘ strict neutrality”
which they have so of en declared.
I return amongst you, citizens of Kentucky at
the head of a fpree, tiie advance of which is com
posed entirely of Kentuckians. We do not come
to molest any citizen, whatever may be his politi
cal opinions Unlike the agents ot the Northern
despotism who seek to reduce us to tlie condition
of dependent vassals, we believe tiiat the recogni
tion of the civil rights of citizens is tlie founda
tion of constitutional liberty, aud that the claim
of the President of the United States to declare
martial law; to suspend the privilege of the writ
of iiabeas corpus; and to convert every barrack aud
every prison in the land into a Bastile, is nothing
but the claim which ether tyrants have assumed to
subjugate a free people.
Tlie Confederate States occupy Bowling Green
as a defensive po-ition. 1 renew the plcdges-of
the commanders of other columns of Confederate
troops, to retire from tlie territory of Kentucky
ou the same conditions which will govern their
movements.
I further give you my own assuranco that the
force under my command will be used to aid the
government of Kentucky in carrying out the
“strict neutrality” ahe has advocated from the
beginning.
S. B. BUCKNER.
Push forward the Work.—Alargo fleet is concen
trated in Hampton Roads, and no doubt some new
raid against our coast is contemplated. This is to
be expected, and everybody who took the trouble
to think, must have expected it long since. What
must have been expected ought to iiave been
provided for, aud then victory would have been
equally provided for; and where due preparation
is made it will be perfectly secure. This expedi
tion is most probably intended for tlie shores of
one of the Carolines. Onr sand bills are rather in
need of manure.
The coast of South Carolina is bristling with
bayonets and lined with cannon, and old B. I*.
Butler (be is not old, though) will have n jolly
time if he goes there. If be comes to No th Caro
lina a second time, we can promise fc m a warmer
reception; indeed, it is due to the bos; itable char
acter of the State that tho balls to which he is to
be invited should be of a larger character j^and
better managed.