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Publishers and Proprietors.
*. v ^ Editor..
J4)> . U. M»»*fcT. <
(T.|)f d'Oiitlm jfckul Pinion
r, „n!t!is/tc<l 11 celly, in Milledgcrillc, Ga.
i \tr* ,r °f Hancock and \Vdkinson kits.,
n.ntc Court House.)
\i §2 a year in Advance,
Unless is Advance, £3 Pek Annum.)
KATE* O*' ADVERTISING,
I’rr s/junre of heeler tin**.
OJ, ami titty cents for each subsequent
i'jjuanco.
«ri:hout the specification of the number o'
trillbe publii*ued till forbid and charge*
‘ ’. ...rilin.'ly.
; Professional Cards, per year, where thej
■' in nt eieeed Six Lises ... $10 lli
. ,‘„rnt contract trill be made icith those. vho Irish h
i,{ re rti*e by the year, occupying a specified space
legal advertisements.
v of L in t and Negroes, by Administrators, Ex.
/’ r , ,>r tJnariiians, a re required l>y law to be hel<
(J g r ,t Tuesday in the month;between the boms
, , ; |, tnreiioou and three in the afternoon, at (hi
■ mce-e in the county in which the property is sit-
ren in a public ga-
uf sale.
of these sales must be gi
. i ida -s previous to the dav
, . for the sale of personal property must begiv-
., manner Id days previous to sale day.
.stri the debtors and creditors of an ettate mus'
ha published l<» days.
it application will be made to the Court ni
„. ir y for have to sell Land or Negroes, must b<
oiir i for two months.
,, ,„.*fiir!ettersof Administration Ounrdiansliip.
■nn-tbe published 30 days—fur dismission fron
, i.str itiou, monthly six months—for dismission
i.irdianship, 40 days.
.. fir foreclosure of Mortgage must he published
„ ifour months—for establishing lost papets
{.of space of three mouths—for compelling titles
Executors oradmimstrators. where bond has beet
,y the deceased, the full space of three
' ions will always be continued according rt
:i.c legal requirements, nnless otherwise ordered
flowing
RATES;
, ; is. on letters of administration, &c. $2 ;
“ dismissory (rom AUmr’n. 4
“ “ Cuardiansliip. 3 00
... ( n (mil Land or Negroes 4 0(1
’.... todebtors and creditors. 3 00
, „f ])er5onal property, ten days, 1 sqr. 1 50
'•id nr negroes by Executors, Sic. pr sqr. 5 00
<> weeks 1 50
nn advertising bis wife (in advance.) 5 00
VOLUME XXXII.]
EY AUS30RITY.
AC 1S AND RESOLUTIONS
°f l,,c Second Session of the
PROVISIONAL CONGRESS
OF THK
CONFEDERATE STATES.
1861.
(No. 223.)
V.N AC F to authorize the issu
M ILL EDGE VIL LE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, OCTOBERS, 186!.
[NUMBER 20.
Yf», t
.;KNK!L\L ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. A. A W. W. TlRNEIi,
attorneys at law,
Eatonton, Ga.
,ber,lR, 1359.
21 ly.
COATES <k W00LF0LK
(itCircliOBSt anb Commission
MERCHANTS,
tt
E ii"W open and prepared for the reception of
i„t their NEW KIKE PROOF WAREHOUSE,
ite Hardeman & Sparks, We will endeavor to
ourselves worthy of the patronage of those who
rums with their business. Libera! advances
nn cotton when desired.
Ga., Sept. 21, 135'.*. 18 tf.
JOHN T. BOWSOIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
F.ITOSTOI. GA..
Estonton. C.a„ Feb. 14, 1860. 38 tf.
BOARDING.
Tiiimjs
ljgjE*5
if V HOUSE will be open for transient and regi
.*! lar boarders. JAMES E. IIAVGOOl).
Miii-.lgeville, Jan. 18tb, 1861. 35 tf.
NOTICE.
T HE. UNDERSIGNED having bought the es
tablishment of his friend F. SHOENBEIN,
. a.-ed. respectlully informs the public, that lr.
«i;l continue the business in the same form and
risptclfully solicits a slinto of public patronage.
WM. SC’HEIHING.
Milledgeville, July 15. Ml. 8 ivr.
iVtTEit Til ES,
FIRE BRICKS, 40.
in: SOl'THEKh PKOt liLtn .BAJir.
I »« I'IKI.\U ?Ii».VN » .kaolin, sc.,
now prepared to furnish at short notice WATER
PIPES, ilouole glazed, with a perfect vitrions body
■ I for conduit pipes for cities, & c., from Mvnty-
i inches diameter tonne inch, eapable of sustaining a
—Mire of i50 head of water.
ALSO,
KIKE BRICKS which have no superior.
We also manufacture all kindstrf C. C. and Granite
W:.i, . anil would most respectfully solicit orders for
nlmve goods. W.'H. FAKKOW,
12 3m Agt. Kaolin, S. C.
VOLUNTEERS UNIFORMS
CUT "370 ORDEH..
’DUE Subscriber will, upon short notice, visit
A any County in the State, and Cl'T I. XIFOHMS
■r L'empaiiies. and warrant a good tit.
Orders respectfully solicited,
t? Address, THOMAS BROWN,
Merchant Tailor.
Tull sett of Patterns for Uniforms
•in to Miy part of the State, upon tli<* receipt ut $«>UtL
Miiledgevilie, (5a., July 15, I £-01, 8 tf
BOOK-BINDING
The Subscriber is now pre
pared to do Book-3ind-
ing", in nil its branches.
Old Books rebound, Ac.
MUSIC bound in the best style. Blank Books
■oiutactured to order. Prompt attention will be
I ven to all work entiusted to me.
S. J. KIDD.
Bindery in Noulhern Federal Union Office.
Mu edgeville, March 10th. 1861. 4*5
SLATING—SLATING.
Vi. E. ELLIOTT,
PRICTKAL SLATER 4T» DEALER If
U Tii S T7 SLATES,
RECENTLY FROM RICHMOND, VA„
I'm * ri ady to do any work in i.is line of busi-
^ ness—Slating, and warran ed free from Leak-
4tN».
Repnira lo old Slate Roofs attended to
(*ron;ptlr<
W. E. E. is Agent for an extensive Manufactory
Iren Railing. Verandah, Balconies, Iron Stairs.
; umains. Settees, Chairs, Tables, Tree Boxes,
{jure-. Ac Ac . aud all other Iron Work oi a
'"rative character.
f arlosing Cemetery l,ot» will reeeire Ilia par-
lienlnr Attention.
W. E. E. is Agent for an extensivs Marble
Monument Works, likewise for the Steam Marble
Minti. Works.
Dt-igns of all. with prices, can be seen at bis
"See.up stairs, over Morning News office, Bay
’’heet, Savannah, Ga.
A sp*c.imen»of our work may bo seen on the
“"pst buildiug in Miliedgevillo.
Reference—G. W. Adams, Superintendent C.
avanunh. M3 dds&wtf.
k*k
oil rSaw Cotton Gin for Sole.
ON'K of WATSON'S best 50 Saw Cotton Gins,
•'offered for sale. This Gin is new, and is equal
; *ny i„ „ s0 . Sold for no fault, the present uw-
" r « having no use for it. Any planter wanting a
‘ "si Oin, can have a chance to get one at ” re '
•ct on mi the Tegular price. Apply at this office,
"V Tift or f. II. Watson, at Albany.
(oofA'derate
THEASUBY Notes and Bonds taken at PAR for
Isruituru or Notes and Accounts due.
WOOD & CO.. Macon,Ga.
Amedcus. Albany, Cutbbert, Fort Gains, Griffin and
’ papers will please copy six mo*^‘‘s ami
1 1 <> ins,)
■slgl
‘'H'l hiil
WACO.
FOR SALE.
. 'SRIO& TENT CIiOTH,
"'sighing 12 ozs per yard, 30 inches wide,
in. J 7 s vnntaining about 620 yards, tnannfac-
-by Oemulgee Mills.
. Apply to ISAAC SCOTT,
1'th, 1361. (fl 6roos*) Macon. Ga.
• T AC0B S CORDIAL w : U relieve at once the most
u r I ,Mernw Of Diarrhnrcn,and dysentery, no mat-
ri.i ’* ** v ere or violent, it controls with the utmost
' *°. ,,t **i n K *!'« mucous lining of Hie intestinal
^ ^ irritation and, bring* about a speedy
hr***’. Gawd in I, which is an excellent remedy
Hu,, i i'oM>, pmn in the breast,inflamed throat,ate
• r* toundat the Drug Store of H«RTT U Hall.
^,*. - “ -i-iirer at the expiratu u of
■ i tu - nV'i i . 1 ' r ' l *>hcatio;i of a treaty of peace
■ Uwteu the Cimfcdernte Stales and the Cuitcii States,
HvsTiu V JL . denomination not less than
i'<- dollais, niHJtobere-,-suable at pleasure, until the
.ainc are payable : but tin- whole iisue, outstanding
<t on.- time, including the amount issued under former
icts, shall not exceed one hundred millions of dollars;
_n- smd notes slia.I bo rei eivable in pavment of the
War Tax lierehiafterptovided.and of ail other public
ilea except the export duty on cotton, and shall also
i,e reCL ‘. ,ve « “• payment of the subscriptions of the net
proeeeiis ot sales ot taw produce amt manufactureii
irtieles.
Kec. i. That, tor the purpose of funding the said
notes.,and ol making exchange for the proceeds of the
i ot raw produce and manufactured articles, or for
die purchase ot specie or military stores, the Secretary
d the Treasury, with the assent of the President, is
authorized to issue bonds, payable not more than tv.-en
ty years after date, and bearing a rate of interest not
•-‘xeeedmg eight per centum per annum, until they' be-
come payable the interest to be paid semi-annually;
rhe said bonds not to exeeed.in the whole,one hundred’
millions ot dollars, and to be deemed a substitute for
unity millions ot the bonds authorized to be issued bv
. e approved May sixteenth, eighteen hundred and
-ixty-one; and this act is to be deemed a revocation of
the authority to issue the said thirty millions. The said
Bond, shall not be issued in less stuns than eue hundred
dollars, nor in fractional parts of a hundred, except
when the subscription is less than one hundred dollars
the said Bonds icuy be issued in sums of fifty dollars.
1 hey may be sold for specie, military and naval stores,
or tor the proceeds of raw produce and manufactured
'litieleH.in the same manner as is provided by the aet
aforesaid; and, whenever subscriptions of the same
have been or slinil be made, payable at a paiticular
iatc. the .Secretary of the Treasury shall have power
In extend tile time of sales until such dates as he shall
see fit to indicate.
Sec. 3. The holders of the said Treasury notes may i
at any time demand in exchange for them, bonds of j
the Confederate States, according to such regulations
as may be made by the Secretary of the Treasury. j
But whenever thc-Sceretarv of the Treasury shall ad- I
vertise that be will pay off any portion of the said I
rreasut y notes, tlien the privilege of iuuding, as tul
such notes, shall cease, unless there shall be a failure tol
pay the same in specie on presentation.
bee. 4. That, for the special purposes of paving the
principal and interest of the public debt, aud'of sup
porting the government, a War Tax shall be assessed
and levied, ot fitly cents upon each one hundred dollars
in value, of the following property, in the Confederate
States, namely ; Real estate of alfkinds; slaves; mer
chandise; bqpk stocks; railroad and other corporation
stocks; money at interest, or invested by individuals in
the purchase of bills, notes, and other securities for
money, except the bonds of the Confederate States of
America, and cash on hand or on deposit in banks or
lelsewlieie; cal tie, liorscs and mules; gold watches g"!‘i
and silver plate, pianos and pleasure carriages; I’rovi-
icd, however, that when the taxable property herein
above enumerated, of any bead of a family,isof value
less tliau five hundred dollars, such taxable property
shall be exemptfroni taxation under this act; And pro
vided further, that the property of colleges and seliools
and of charitable or religious corporations or associa
tions, actually used for the purposes lbr which such
•olltge-. schools, corporations or associations were
•reated, shall be exempt from taxation under this act .*
And provided further, That all public lauds, and all
property owned by a State for public purposes, be ex-
mpt from taxation.
Sec. 5. That for the purpose of ascertaining all
roperty included in the above classes, and the value
aiieroof, and the person chargeable with the tax, each
btatc shall constitute a tax division, over which shall
be appoint ed one Chief Collector, who shall be charged
with the duty of dividing Ihe State info a convenient
number of collection districts, subject to the revisal of
the Secretary of the Treasury. The said Collector
shall be appointed by the President, and 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 his office in such amount as may
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
f the Secretary of the Treasury, appoint a tax collec
tor for each collection district, whose duty it shall be
to cause au assessment to be made on or before the
first day of November next, of all the taxable proper
ly 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, tire
said Tax Collectors may appoint assessors, who shall
proceed through every part ot their respective dis
tricts. and, after public notice, shall require all persons
owning, possessing, or having the care and manage
ment of any property liable to the tax aforesaid, to
deliver written lists of the same, which shall be made
n such manner as may be required by tile Chief Col-
[lector, and as fares practicable, conformable to those
which may be required for the same purpose under the
authority of the respective States; and the said as
sessors are authorized to enter into and upon, all and
ingular, the premises for the purposes required by this
Act.
Sec. 6. If any person shall not he prepared to ex
hibit a written list when required, mid shall consent to
disclose the particulars of taxable property owned oi
possessed by him, or under his care anil management,
lien it shall be the dmv of the officer to make the list,
which, being distinctly read and consented to, shall be
leeived as the list of such person.
Sec. 7. That, if any person shall deliver or disclose
■my collector or assessor appointed in pursuance <>1
this act and requiring a list as aforesaid, any false or
fraudulent list, with intent to defeat or evade the vain
utionor 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 cotiri
•ompetent jurisdiction.
Sec. S. Any person who shall fail to deliver to the
collector 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
sessed bv the collector or assessor, and to be collected
in tile same manner and by the same process as is here
in provided ns to the single tax.
Sec. !*. The lists shall be made in reference to the
value and situation of the property, on the first day of
October next, aud shall be made out,completed and be
delivered into the hands of each of the tax collectors on
the 1st day of Dec. next; and upon the receipt thereof,
each tax "collector may for twenty one days next en
suing the sail first December, bear and determine all
appeals from the said assessments, as well as applies
tious for the reduction of a double tax, when such tax
may have been incurred, to a single tax, which deter
mination shall be final.
See. 11*. The several tax collectors shall, on or be
fore the first nay of February ensuing, furnish to the
chief collector of the State in which nis district is sit
uated, a emreet and accurate list of all the assessments
made upon each person in his district, and of the
amount of tax to be paid by such person, specifying
each object of taxation; and the said chief collectoi
.-hall collate the same in proper form aud forward the
collated list to the Secretary ot the Treasury.
Si e. 11. The said several collectors shall, on the first
day of May next, proceed to collect from every per
son liuble tor the said tax, the amounts severally due
and owing; ami he shall previously give notice for
twenty days ill one newspaper, if any be published in
his district, and by notifications 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 In
the duty of the collector, within twenty dnys after the
first day ot May aforesaid, by himself or his deputies,
til proceed to collect the said taxes by distress and sale
of the goods, chattels,of effects of the persons delin
quent. And in cn.-e of such distress it shall be the duty
• if the officer charged with the collection to make, oi
cause to be made, nn 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 cause a notification to be public
ly advertised or posted up at two public places nearest
to the residence of the person wtiose property shall
be distrained, orat the court house of the same conn-
IV, if not more than ten miles distant, which notice
shall specify the articles distrained, aud the time and
place propose*! for the sale thereof, which time shall
not be less than ti n days from the date of such uotifi
cation, and the place proposed fur the sale not more
than five miles distant from the place of making such
distress ; Provided, That in any caseof distress tor the
payment of the taxes aforesaid, the goods, chattels or
effects so distrained, shall and may be restored to the
owner or IH-Shi-Mir, if. prioi to the sale thereof, pay
ment or tender thereof »lm!i be made to the proper
officer charged with the collection ot the full amount
demanded, togetherwith such fee for levying and such
sum PH the necessary aud reasonable expense of re
in- iving and keeping the goods, c!mtte,s or effects so
distrained as may be allowed ill like cases by the laws
or practice of the State wherein the distress shall have
been made; but incase of nonpayment ortenderas
aforesaid, the said officers shall proceed to sell the said
.roods, chattels or effects at public auction and shah
and may retain from the proceeds of such
amount deinandnble for the use of the Confederate
States, with the necessary and reasonable expenses of
distress and sale, aud a commission of live per cen
tum thereou for his own use, rendering the overpms, it
anv there be, to the person whose goods chattels or
effects shall have been distrained; Provided, That it
shall not be lawful to make distress of the tools or im
plements of a trade or profession; beast of t he plough,
and farming utensils necessary for the.cultivation ot
improved lauds, arms, or such household lurniture or
anuarel 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 ot June next, the
tax collector of the district wherein the sameissttua-
ted, shall, on the first Monday of July thereafter, pro-
cced to sell the same, or a sufficiency there
of at public outcry, to the highest bidder, to pay
said taxes, together with twenty per centum on the
amount of snhl taxes, and costs ot sale, said sale to
h^atthe court-house door of the county, or pansh,
wherein said real estate is situated ; and, if there shall
said tax cffilecmr is^autlicriz^d to appoint deputies to
make «uch sales in bis name, as he cannot attend to
himself) and, for all lands so sold by aa.d deputies, the
di ens. as hereinafter provided for, shall be executed
by said collector, aDdsueli sales so made shall be valid,
whether the real estate so sold shall be assessed in th*
name of ihe true owner or not. But in all eases when-
the proper'v shall not be divirable, so as to enable the
collector by a sale of part thereof to raise the whol*
amount of the tax, with all costs, charges and com
missions, the whole of such property shall be sold, aud
the surplus of the proceeds of the sale, after satisfying
the tax, costs, elmrges and commissions, shall be J«ii0
to the owner of tile property or his legal repisenta-
tives, or, if lie or tin y cannot be found, or refuse to
receive the same, then such surplus shall be deposited
in the Treasury of the Confederate States, tube then
held for the use of the owner or his legal representa
tives; until he or they shall make application therefor
to the Secretary of the Trt usury, wlm upon such applica
tion shall bv warrant on the Treasury, cau-e the same t<
be paid to tlie applicant. And ifthe property offered fin
sale ns aforesaid, cannot be sold fort lie amount oltbetax
due thereon, with the said additional twenty per cen
tum thereto, tlieeullector shall purchase the same in be
half of the Confederate btnti-s for the amount afore
said; Provided, That the owner or superintendent cl
tin* prnji.-rtv aforesaid beforethe same.-liaH have been
actually sold, shall be allowed to pay the amount
of thetnx thereon, with an addition of ten per cen
tum on the same: on the payment of which tin* sale oi
thesaid 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, within two years from the time of sale, upon
payment to the collector for the use of the purchaser,
bis heirs or assignees, of the amount paid by such pur
chaser, with ir.te.est for the same at the rate of twenty
per centum per annum, and no heed shall be given in
pursuance of sncli 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 he in the military ser
vice of the Confederate States, before and at the time
said sale shall have been made, the said owner shall
have the privilege of redeeming the said property at
any time within two years after the close of his term
of service. And the 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 the 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. Aud in
every ease of the sale of real estate, which shall be
made under the authority of this net for the assessment
and collection of direct taxes by the collectors or mar
shals, respectively, or their lawtul deputies, respective
ly, or by any other person or persons, the deeds tor the
estate so sold shall be prepared, made, executed and
proved or acknowledged, at the lime and times pre
scribed in this act by the collectors respectively with
in whose collection district such real estate shall lie
situated, or. in case of their death or removal from
office, by their successors, on payment of t he purchase
monot, or producing the receipt tlieiefor, it already
paid, in such form of law, as si mil bo authorized and
required by the Hlws of the Confederate States, or by
tin- law of the State in which such real estate lies, tor
making, executing, proving and acknowledging deeds
of bargain and sale or other conveyance for the trans
fer ana 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 allowed to each collector shall be in full satisfac
tion of all services rendered by them. The assessors
appointed under them shall be entitled to three dollars
for every day employed in making lists and assess
ments under this act, the number of days bciug certi
fied by the collector and approved by the chiet collec
tor of the State, and also five dollars for every hundred
taxable persons contained in tin list us completed by
him and delivered to the collector; Proviited, 'lhal
when the owner of any real estate is unknown, or is a
non-resident of the State, or tax 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 at the
Treasury of all moneys received from each of the res
pective States, and the chief collector shall procure
trom each tax collector such details as to the tux, and
shall classify the same in such manner as the Secretary
of the- Treasury shall direct, and so as to provide full
information asto each subject of taxation.
See. 14. Each collector shall be charged with an in
terest of five per cent per mouth fur all moneys re
tained in his possession beyond the time at which {lie is
lequired to pay over the same by luw. or by the regu
lations established by the Secretary of the Treasury
Sec. 15. Each collector, before entering upon the
duties of his office, shall give bond in such sum as shall
be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, with
sufficient sureties, and shall take an uatli faithfully to
execute the duties of his office, and that he will sup
port and defend the Constitution of the Confederate
Stutes. *
Sec. 16. Upon receiving the tax due by each per
son the collector shall sign receipts in duplicate, one
whereof shall be delivered to the person paying the
same, and the other shall be forwarded to the chiet
collector of that ijtutc. The money collected during
each month, or during any shorter period which may
be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall
be also immediately forwarded to thesaid chiet collec
tor, and by him be disposed of according to the di
rection of the Secretaiy of the Treasury; and the said
chief collector shallreport the same immediately to the
Secretary ot the 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.
See. 17. The taxes assessed on each person shall be
a statutory lien for one year upon all the property ot
that person in preference to any other lien; thesaid
lien to take date from the first day ot October, to which
the valuation has relation, and the lands and otiiei
property of any collector shall be bound by statutory
lien for five years tor all moneys received by him for
taxes; the date of such lien to commence from the
time of his receiving the money.
See. 18. The compensation of tin- tax collectors
shall be five per cent on the first ten thousand doliar=
received, and two and a half per cent on all sums be
yond tiiat amount, until the compensation shall reach
eight hundred dollars, beyond which no farther com
pensation shall be paid.
Sec. 19. The Secretary of the Treasury is author
ized to establish regulations suitable and prnperto car
ry this aet into effect; which regulations slim! be bind
ing on all officers ; the said Secretary may also frame
instructions as to nil detuils which shall be obligatory
upon all parties embraced within the provisions of this
act. lie may also correct all errors in assessments,
valuations and tax lists, or in the collection thereof, iu
such form and upon such evidence ns the Secretary
may approve.
Sec. 20. Corporations arc intended to be embraced
under the word of “persons’used in this act; and
whenever the capital stock of any corporation is re
turned by the corporation itself and the tux paid, the
stockin the hands of individuals shall be exempt from
tax ; mid also all the real estate owned by the corpo
ration and used fiirearrying on its business; and the
capital stock of all corporations shall be returned, and
the tax paid by the corporations themselves, and not
by individual stockholders. The term “merchandize"
is designed to embrace all goods, wares and merchan
dize held for sale, except the agricultural products of
thecountry. Money at interest is intended to include
flic principal sum ot all money belonging to any person
otbertban a bank upon which interest is paid or to be
■raid 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 nut such as are raised merely for food and
work on the plantation or farm where they are held
The term “real estate’’is intended to include all lands
and 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. . .
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 utter
the ratification of a treaty of peace between them,
falsely make.forge ur counterfeit, or cause or procure
to be’falselv made, forged or c« unterfeited, or willing
ly aid or assist in falsely making, forging or counter
feiting anv note in 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 as true,
any false, forged or counterfeited note purporting tube
atreasnry note of the Confederate States, knowing the
same to be falsely forged or counterfeited; or shall pass,
utter or publish, or attempt to pass, utter or publish, as
true,any falsely altered treasui v note of the Confede
rate Starts, knowing the sume to be falsely altered;
iir shall conspire or attempt to conspire with auothei to
pass, utter or publish, or attempt to pass, utterorpub
fish, 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 coun
terfeited. or fata-lv altered; every such person shall bo
deemed and adjudged guilty of felony, and being
thereof convicted by due course of law. shall suffer
ISec. 22. If anv person shall nt any time falsely
make,"forge or count et feit, 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 in imitation of, or purporting to be n
bond or coupon, of the Confederate States; or shall
falsely alter, or cause, or procure to be falsely altered,
or willingly aid or assist m falsely altering any bond or
coupon, of the Confederate States: or shull pats, utter
or publish, or attempt to pass, utter or publish
true, any false, forged or counterfeited bond,
purporting to be a bond or coupon of the Con
federate Mntes. knowing the some to be falsely forged
or counterfeited; or shall pass, utter or publish, or at
tempt to pass, utter or publish ns true, anv falsely al
tered bond, or coupon, of the Confederate States,
knowing the same to be falsely altered -, or shall con
spire, or attempt to conspire, with another,to pass, ut
ter, or publish, orattempt to pass, utter or publish, hs
true, any false, forged, or counterfeited bond, vr cou
pon purporting tube a bond or coupon of the Confed
erate States, or any falsely altered bond or coupon of the
Confed- rate States, knowing the same to be forged or
counterfeited, or fah-elv altered; every such person shall
be deemed and adjudged guilty of felony, and being
thereof convicted by due course of law, shall be sen
tenced to be imprisoned and kept at hard labor lor a
term not less than five years, nor more than ten years,
aud be fined in a sum not exceeding five thousand dol-
' Sec. 23- If any person shall make, or engrave, of
cause, or procure to be innde or engraved, or shall
have in hiscustodv or possession any lnetaiic plate en
graved after the similitude of any plate from which
any notes or bonds issued as aforesaid shall have been
printed, with intent to nse sncli plate, orcanse.or suffer
the same to be used in forging or count, rfeiting any of
tlie notes or bonds issued as aforesaid -. or shall have in
bis custody, or possession, any blank note or notes,
bond, or bonds, engraved aud printed after the
similitude of any note, or bond, issued as aforesaid,
with intent to use such blanks, or cause, or suffer the
same to be used in forging or counterfeiting any of the
notes or bonds issued as aferesaid; or shall have in
his custody or possession any paper adapted to the
making of uote* or bonds, and similar to the paper
upon which any such notes or bonds shall have been is-
t-ued, with intent to use such paper, or cause or suffer
tl.-e same to be used, in forging or counterfeiting any of
the notes or bonds issued as aforesaid: every suc h per
ron beingthereof lawtnlly convicted by due course of
law, shall be imprisoned and kept to bard labor fora
term not less than five, nor more than ten years, and
lint-din a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars.
Soo. 24. If any State shall, on or beloio the first
day i f April next, pay in the Treasury notes of tlie
Confederate States, or in specie, the- taxes assessed
against tiie citizens of such States, less ten perceu-
■ mn thereon, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the
Treasury to notify tlie same to the several tax collec
tors in such State, mid thereupon, their authority and
duty under this act shall cense.
Se-c. 25. If any person shall, at any time, after one
year from the ratification of a tronty of peace be
tween tlie Confederate States and the United States,
commit any of the acts described in the twenty-first
eetion of this act. suc h person shall be deemed and
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 no,
ii-ss than five years, nor more than ten years, and be
fined in a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars.
Approved August iff, 1861. 17
[From tie New Orleans Delta of the 25th ]
Nhipping Cotton to the City.
We understand that a petition, emana
ting fro in a number ot our merchants and
other citizens, has been, or is to be, presen
ted to Gov. NIoore, requesting him to take
measures lor stopping the shipment of cot
ton to New Oaieans during the existence
of the blockade, or while it is threatened
with attack by the enemy. We had hop
ed that the circular issued in the summer,
signed by the great majority of our cotton
factors, and supposed to be assented to by
all. ur ging plantei s to keep their crops at
home until further advised, would be quite
sufticient to effect the object desired. We
did not wish to see any extraordinary ex
ertion of authority on the part of the Gov
ernor invoked to accomplish a purpose
which tlie planters and factors seemed
so eagerly disposed to accomplish of their
own accord. We still believe that it is
possible to obviate the necessity of the
Governor’s interference in the matter; and
we hope that it will he only as a last resort
that the Goveror will proceed to prevent
by force the shipment of cotton to this
city, t-ucli an act would import a morti
fying contradiction of the patriotic, and
self-sacrificing determination with regard
to the disposition of the cotton crop, which
was asserted by the press ot this city, and
indeed of the entire South, to .actuate our
planters and merchants without exception.
W e have no doubt that tlie shipments to
which objection is made are regarded by
the planters from whom they come, and by
the factors to whom they are sent, as too
small to constitute a serious breach of the
rule agreed upon of retaining the cotton
crop at home. But the least reflection will
show the idea to be fallacious. r l’hese
small shipments would soon amount to a
large aggregate. If a dozen exceptions
are allowed, a hundred may he claimed
with equal reason, and a thousand with
not less reason than a hundred; and the
rule would soon be reduced to a practical
nullity. It ought to he unnecessary to
allude again to the urgent considerations
which demand that, while the existing
situation of affairs continues, no cotton
shall he shipped to this city or stored what
in it. There is enough already in New
Orleans to tempt the rapacity of the ene
my, and tempt the connivance of Eng
land with Northern designs, without ad
ding twenty or thirty millions worth of cot
ton ready for foreign shipment. If plan
ters and factors, however exceptional in
uurnber or in transactions, were allowed
to coutinue to act in disregard of a rule
obviously demanded by tlie emergency,
the effect might be to change the whole
policy of England regarding the war, and
lead to result of the most deplorable na
ture. In view of all the circumstances of
the case, we still hope that the shipment
of cotton, in even the smallest quantities
will he at once stopped by the voluntary
action of merchants and planters. But
should this not be done, let them be warn
ed that it will certainly be stopped some
how, and that summarily and sharply.
In another article, in the same paper,
the editor says;
Our shipping intelligence informs us of
the arrival yesterday of 120 bales of cot
ton by the steamer Mary T. which swells
the stock now on hand in this city to 10-
SSG hales. The determined policy of tlie
South, the unanimous voice of our people,
is thus disregarded. It is a small beginning,
but still it is a beginning, and ought to be
treated as such in the way all such viola
tions of public policy and duty are treated.
The parties who receive, those who send,
and those who bring cotton to this city,
are all participants in a palpable violation
of the declared will and obvious policy
of our Government, and the interest and
defence of the people. If not stopped at
once the quantity brought will gradually
increase, and the patriotic determination
and purpose of our cotton factors and peo
ple will be defeated. If there arc factors
who are unpatriotic enough to receive such
cotton, it is not right that they should
profit therefrom, while the great majority
of the factors are submitting to such se
rious sacrifices in order to carry out the pol
icy of our Government.
The Governor has made many seizures
of private property, such as gunpowder,
sulphur, arms, ships, &c., and lie might,
with equal right and wisdom, seize the
cotton which is sent here to endanger our
safety, and forbid any further additions to
the amount now on hand.
From tiio Corner Stone.
Dividing the Country*
There is no use in getting out of temper
and using hard words. Brown and Nis-
betjarebotli candidates or Govern tor and
one of them will be elected, the friends
and supporters of the defeated candidate
will have to submit to it with the best
grace they can, and we had better all make
up our mind to doit with a good grace.
VVe have no sort of doubt of Brown’s elec
tion, but if it should turn out that we are
mistaken, we intend to submit to it very
quietly satisfied that Nisbet will do the
best he can. But to the question; “Who
divided the country?” Let us examine
the question tairlv. Every candid man
who knows anything about it will admit
that there were a great many men in Geor
gia who wished Brown to he a candidate,
men too, who had no sort of personal in-
terst in the matter, beyond that common
to every man in the State. Then there
was a very large number of the people
who were very much opposed to the sys
tem of nomination by caucus.—Every
body knew that. Indeed so strong is aud
has been for years the opposition of a
large portion of the people to that system
that they considered almost anything pre
ferable to it. Then there were a great
many men who prefered to take Brown
even for a third term to any man except
some particular favorite of their own.
In the face of these things somebody
chose to try to get up a convention. This
they determined to do and persisted in
doing notwithstanging there was a very
strong expression of the public feeling, so
far as it cou’d be ascertained against it
Now here was the first great step to divis
ion ; and the convention notwithstanding
less than half the counties of the State
were represented persisted in nominating
a candidate; of coarse if the majority of
the State had been willing to have a Gov
ernor thns thrust upon them there wuuh
have been harmony for, of course, that Con
vention and not the people would liav*
elected the Governor. For ourself we
don’t want harmony upon any such turns
The Exportation of Cotton,
The following article, which we copy
from the Charleston Mercury, so well ex
presses our own views on the question ol
the policy of permitting the exportation
of cotton during the existence of the block
ade, that we adopt it. The writer says:
We, as a people, derive no benefit from
the exportation of cotton unless wc are al
lowed to receive something in exchange
lor it. If we cannot import foreign mer
chandise, the cotton might as well remain
where it is, so far as we are concerned.
Keep the cotton at home while the block
ade lasts, and those who want will be in
terested to have ihe blockade broken up:
but if they get the cotton notwithstanding
the blockade, they will care very little
how long it is continued. It is the policy
of the Lincoln Government that the block
ade shall he kept up, and if they can pro
inote that object l>y connivin
Hon. Jrssce D. Bright.—This genii
tleman, Ex-Senator fiom Indiana, was
recently asked by Senator Fitch whethei
he had furnished a friend, in March last
with a letter of introduction to Presi
dent Davis. Mr. Bright, after acknowl
edging that the letter in question is a gen
uine one, says further:
You say the impression is sought to be
created, on account of this letter, that 1
am in complicity with the Southern rebel
lion. I have so little regard—indeed, such
an utter contempt—for abolitionism, whicl
is seeking, by every means in its power
to “crush out” every man who dares ti
desert from the policy it prescribes, that i'
it were merely to satisfy the corrupt par
tizans of that doctrine, I would not take
the trouble of denying, or attempting te
counteract this impression. But for youi
sake, and the sake of such old, tried
friends as you, 1 think it due to myself ti
say that I am, and always have been, fo>
pieserving the integrity of this Union
L was laboring zealously for its preserva
tion when these men, who are now so clam
orous for its maintenance, were willing t<
‘‘/o let it slide,” rather than abate one iota
_ at Die ex- 0 f their unconstitutional doctrine of ine-
portation of cotton to England and France^ j^alitj; and no man regrets more than I
whereby the chief motive which might
prompt those po.wers to break up the
blockade would be removed, they will
allow English and French vessels carrying
cotton to pass out unmolested, taking care,
as far as they can, to prevent tlie ingress
of vessels bringing its the value of our pro
ducts in the form of foreign merchandise.
They know very well that we gain noth
ing by the exportation of our cotton, it
we get nothing in exchange for it. It is
policy, on the other hand, that the block
ade shall be broken up, and we can and
ought to advance that policy by prohibit
ing the exportation of cotton. "VVe have
as good a right to pursue cur own policy in
the management of our own affairs, as the
nations; and if they think proper, from
considerations of policy, to respect the
blockade, with what reason or justice can
they charge us with doing them any
wrong or acting in any unfriendly spirit
towards them, if we keep our own property
in our possession until we are able to get
an equiva’ent for it.
Our two hundred millions of products are
much better security for the kind feelings
and good offices of other nations towards
us while they are in our own country and
under our own control, than if they were
on the other side of the Atlantic beyond
our reach, and in the hands of those who
want them. People will always put them
selves to more trouble and inconvenience,
and incur more risk to get what they want,
than to pay for it after they have got it.
They are much more likely to break up
the blockade in order to get the cotton,
than for the purpose of giving us its value
after they have got. ’J here is not the
slightest reason to fear that by holding
back our cotton for a few months, we
should raise up competitors who would de
prive us of the commanding position we
have hitherto held in tlie maikets of the
world. If such a thing were possible at
all, it would require a much longer time
than this is likely to endure. The bugbear
of immense cotton production in India has
been long thoroughly exploded, and asto
the mote recent scheme of drawing a large
supply of cotton from Africa, all who are
at all acquainted with the condition oi
that country, know that the idea is simplj
ridiculous.
It is possible, and even probable, that
if the exportion of cotton were allowed,
it might he a source of great profit ton
iiidividals peculiarly situated; such, for
example, as having commercial interests
and connections abroad, if they were
unable to bring home the proceeds in the
foim of foreign merchandize could turn
them to profitable account in foreign coun
tries, until the termination of the war or
the blockade. But the great public in
terests of the many are not to he post
poned to the gain of the few. If the Gov
ernment lias failed to lay an embargo on
cotton, the people ought to supply the
omission
Let the full weight of public opinion he
brought to bear against the strong impulse
ot private cupidity, and let those who are
known to he concerned in the exportation
of cotton, have the black mark of public
reprobation.
—
Patriotism of the Jews.—A letter from
Richmond in the New Orleans Crescent
contains the following testimonial to the
patriotism of the Jews:
I am not sufficiently acquainted with
the- history of the Jews in the United
States to authorize me to chronicle the
unanmity of the Hebrews in favnrofthe
South, and the patriotism evinced by them
in our common struggle, as even remarka
ble. But such is the fact, I am aware
that they always take the lead in com
merce—1 have learned that in modern
times they fought bravely and withdes-
pention in Warsaw and Cracow, and the
Old Testament establishes the fact that
they were formerly a warlike people, and
the present struggle demonstrates that they
have a good deal of the old leaven still in
them. They can he found in considerable
numbers in the army of Virginia, scarce a
regiment but can number from 20 to 50
of them in the ranks, some more or less,
aud are well regarded by their officers as
cheerful aud active soldiers. Among the
1300 Federal prisoners confined in Rich
mond, every nationality is represented ex
cept the Israelites. There is no Jew among
them. Besides men, they have contributed
money to the cause, and with no sparing
hand at that. 'I hose residing without the
Confederate States are with us to a man.
The Jews of Chatham-street, New York,
and of Harrison-street, Baltimore, are
under the surveillance of the Federal de
tectives.^ They are believed to he disloyal
to the Lincoln Government, and are sus
pected of furnishing material aid to the
Rebels. Richmond is full of merchandize
declared contraband by Secretary Seward,
and every day brings fresh arrivals.—
l’istols, swords, holts, buttons, gold lace,
uniform trimmings, blankets, cassinets,
casimeres, shoes and woolen socks are be
ing received every few days, and it is no se
cret where they come from and who brings
them; and the prices charged for these in
dispensable articles are not half as exor
bitant and unreasonable at those charged
by christain speculators in pork, bacon,
flour and coffee, for the support of our
gallant soldiers.
Advice to Planters.—Gov. Moore*
of Alabama, calls upon planters of Ala
bama to gather carefully, dry and put up,
in two bushel sacks, all the peas they can
spare; also to cut, cure and carefully put
up in the usual size bales, as much hay as
possible- The recommendation is made
from the fact that the blockade of the
southern ports and of the Mississippi has
ent off the necessary supply of hay and
beans for the use of the Confederate army.
Ready sales can no doobt be made to the
Government for Treasury notes.
Sav. Republican
the present condition of public affairs, or
is more anxious to see peace, unity and fra
ternity restored. 1 do not believe the
policy of this Administration is calculated
to produce such results; so far from it, the
inevitable tendency of its measures is, in
my opinion, to render the disruption per
manent and incurable. And hence, 1
have opposed, and so long as my present
convictions last, bhall continue to oppose
the entire coercive policy of the Govern
ment. I hope this may be satisfactory to
my friends, for my enemies, I care not
Sincerely yours, etc.,
J. D. BRIGHT.
Keep your Cotton at Home.—We do
not deem it necessary to warn our planting
friends of the impolicy of sending theii
cotton forward to the various points of
shipment. They must know the great
importance of keeping it within their own
gin houses for the present. Our only ob
ject is to call their attention to the call for
a public meeting, which, we understand
is to take this matter into consideration.
[Ala. Post.
A Pulpit Accident.—Some days since
we chanced to be in company with several
eminent divines, who were relating numer
ous amusing anecdotes of the pulpit.
Among others, the following struck our
fancy as deserving record: “I was,” said
the reverend gentleman, “attending divine
service in Norfolk, several years ago
during a season of much excitement.—
While the officiating clergyman was in the
midst of a most interesting discussion, an
old lady among the congregation arose,
clapped her hands, and exclaimed, ‘Merci
ful father, if I had one more feather in my
wing of faith, 1 would fly off to glory.’
The worthy gentleman thus interrupted,
immediately replied. “Good Lord, stick it
in, and let her go; she’s but a trouble here!’
That quieted the old lady.”
Th<* Farewell of Ihe New York IVcw*.
It has already been announced that the
publication of this able aud fearless journ
al lias been suspended. The following
announcement of the suspension and the
causes which rendered it necessary, ap
pears in the issue of the 14th inst.
TO THE PUBLIC.
To-day the unpleasant but imperative
duty devolves upon us of bidding our read
ers and subscribers a temporary, hut, we
trust, a short farewell. After this mein
ing’s issue, the publication of the Hail)
and the Weekly Atws will be suspended
for a rime. We make this announcement
with a feeling deeper than regret, for it is
a consequence of events that should liavt
been impossible of occurrence in the Re
public where we claim the rights and im
munities of citizenship. We have stooo
manfully at our post while the slightest
hope remained of weathering the storm;
but as our area of action has been narrow
ed until even the possibility of our render-
' service to our countrymen lias vanish
ed, we lay down our pen in the bitterness
of despair, and await, for its resumption
the propitious hour when persecution shall
no longer strike the instrument of labot
out of the hand of industry.
The causes that have led to the suspen
sion are so palpable as scarcely to need a
recapitulation. We have been denied the
enjoyment of mail facilities, which, in it
self, is virtually a suspension by Govern
ment decree. We have been shut out
from express transportation, and attempts
have been made to prohibit the sale of out
issues in public vehicles of travel. Out
property, and the property of our sub
scribers, has been confiscated by Govern
ment officials, acting without warrant ot
process of law. Our advertising patrons
have been threatened through anonymous
communications, and some of those win
have been in the habit of contributing to
our editorial columns, for no other known
cause, have been arrested and consigned
to the dungeons of a fortress. Policemen
in their official capacity, have interfered
with our circulation by practicing intimi
dation upon news venders. Our readers
have been subject to insult and indignity
and it had actually become dangerous foi
a citizen to he seen perusing a copy of tlie
Daily News in public places. Rival co-
temporaries have paraded us in their col
umns as fit subjects for popular fury and
administrative severity, and have been as
unceasing and unrelenting in their perse
cutiou as were the prmtors of Caligula
against the early Christians. The fanat
ics in private life aud the fanatics in bigl
places Lave leagued to crush us, and wt
find ourselves at this day so completely
shackled and shorn of all essential privi
leges of journalism, that further puhlica
tion becomes a mockery and a mere waste
of time and substance.
We wish the. public to understand thal
while we withdraw, for a time, from the
arena of our labors, we do not yield or re
tract, or in any way admit as reprehensi
ble, erroneous or treasonable, one thought,
sentiment or doctrine that we have hither
to advanced. The course of the paper,
under its present proprietorship, was sha
ped after mature and deliberate considera
tion. Its policy was based neither upon
selfishness, nor avarice, nor ambition, but
upon a solemn sense of duty, in an hour oi
great national danger- It were useless
for ns to rehearse now those opinions,
which, without deviation, we have abun
dantly advanced from the beginning ; but,
in the face of all the imputation against
our loyalty that have been Hung at us by
thoughtless enthusiastic and railing fanat
ics, in the face of the bitter hate of rivals
and more effectual hostility of official pow
er, we affirm that those opinions were bo-n
of honesty and matured by conviction-
conviction that arguments and events have
not changed, ana that reflection hat bat
strengthened. Our _
been the country's welfare* and we
knowingly published to the world no word
or sentiment that had not in view that
sacred object. We may have erred in onr
estimate of the means by which a nation’s
prosperity can be secured, but we can ad
mit no arbitrary dictation to our heart and
brain by any mortal being. .
In taking present leave of our friends
and patrons, we will now make a pleasant
use of the occasion in extending to them
the. assurance of our lively gratitude for
their past favors. When the laws by
which, till now, wo liavo beer* accustomed
to be guided, shall resume their sway,
when authority shall be stripped of its ex-
tmucous attributes, and shorn of its usur
pations, when the free thought of freemen
shall bo permitted to radiate throughout
the land, and American citizenship shall
have become once more a reality and not
a shadow, then wo will ask our friends to
tyelcome us back to the duties and respon
sibilities of journalism. Meanwhile, let
them be reminded that the Neics “sleep-
etb, but is not dead ”
BENJAMIN WOOD.
A Womna’a Devotion.
A woman in camp is a rara aris. a sight
good tor some years. They are like an
gel visits, “few’ and far between.” How
ever, I have several times seen one lately,
and she comes upon a most painful and sor
rowful mission, to see a brother who is un
der sentence of death for striking an offi
cer. He is a fine looking young man. I
have never witnessed a scene so borrow
ing to my feelings, so painfully impressive
as the prison scene, in which she first met
him. 1 never heard pathos and eloquence
equal to hers. The spectators were in
tears. I was sent for by her and went to
the prison. I would not, for a long time,
announce my arrival, but stood at a dis
tance, held in awe by the singular scene.
In the dim light of the prison, she was
kneeling by her brother, and uttering such
a prayer as I never heard before. A
friend and relative accompanied her, and
to him I at last announced myself. But
it was long before he could talk coherently.
“My God! and this is war!” was his re
iterated exclamation.
His sister had hurried to see him at the
first notice of his situation. She has la
bored for his salvation, moral and spiritual,
with the spirit of an angel. She obtained
a copy of the proceedings of the court-
martial, and went as fast as steam could
take her to Richmond to get a pardon for
him. The President was sick, but she
saw the Secretary of War, and he advised
her to come back and get a petition for his
pardon. Back she came, and with great
difficulty got one numerously signed by
officers. One officer of high rank refused
to sign it. She seemed much dejected at
this, and asked me what she should do.
I replied, “go to him yourself, madam,
and he will sign it. 1 know that you are
irresistable, and no man with a heart in
fils Lofiy can say ‘no’ to you.” I had
signed it mjrcoif a g a i ns t my view’s of mili
tary discipline, bui I would have torn the
“articles of war” into atoms rather than
grieve that noble woman by refusing her
request. She took my advice, went in
person to the recusant officer, and he signed
it. She started that same night to Rich
mond again, to plead for her brother’s life.
He was to have been shot to-day at noon.
This morning an order came postponing
the execution of sentence. 1 look for her
soon again from Richmond. Heaven speed
her efforts. She is a young married wo
man, and lucky is the man w ho has such
a wife. She is, indeed, a jewel, and if
her mother has any more like her at home
I shall go to see them when this war is
over.—Manassas Letter.
Gen. McClellan.—The Commander in
Chief of the Yankees, who has superseded
Gen. Scott, prefessed, when a West Poin
ter, to sympathize warmly with the Sonth.
Like all genial and generous Northern
men, he preferred the warm-hearted South
rons to the cold, cynical, selfish mass of
his own section. He may have been hon
est in these sentiments, and we have heard
that Yankeedom suspects his heart is not
more than half in the wicked business
of this war. He is said to have endeav-
ered in Western Virginia to civilize his
followers, and it is believed that he has no
inclination to make this an abolition cru
sade. We are willing to give him credit
for qualifies which he may possess in com
mon with many officers of the old regular
army. But the huge pretensions which
the North sets up of his military ge_ius
are ludicrous in the extreme. He is au
able engineer officer, but, when lie is talk
ed of as a man of genius, he would langh
in his sleeve at the idea, if he were not as
vain as a peacock or Gen. Scott. His on
ly success was in Western Virginia, and
but for the aid of a spy and traitor even
that successs would never have been
achieved. If he had been the great man
he is represented, he would have turned
that success to the most brilliant account;
for ho might have marched upon Staun
ton and taken it without a blow. He
however, went back to Cincinnati to see
his wife, which shows that he thinks more
of his home than he does of his country.
We don’t blame him for that, for it must
be a forlorn and repulsive home indeed
which has not more claims upon its inmates
than such a country as the United
States.
The enthusiasm with which the North
has takeu up McClellan, without knowing
anything about him and converting him
into a Napoleon on the strength of his
exploit in Western Virginia, is pttrile and
absurd. Poor old Scott, a short time
ago, was the Captain of the age! Poor
old man, sitting with his legs in a tub of
ice water and when asked about Beaure
gard and Johnston, closing his stiff, par
alytic fiingers in a grotesque attempt to
represent that he’d “got ’em,”—where ia
he now ? But yesterday, the god of North
ern idolatry—now none so poor as do him
reverence. We never hear of him now
“Oh. no; they never mention him; they
never breath his name.” Where is old
Scott?—We fear that Loncoln has made
way with the dear old man. We insist
that a habeas corpus shall be procured by
hook or crook, if in all Lincoln’s domin
ions such an article can be obtained, and
the body of ‘the great Captain of the age’
produced. Ifthe North is unable to fur
nish habeas corjnis, we have no doubt
that Jeff. Davis, merciful to a fallen foe,
will lend a Southern writ for the purpose
anil even provide the officer who will at
tend to its execution. Nothing short of
that will establish the fact that the great
Captain still lives. At present we hear
of nobody but McClellan, who in a mili
tary point of view, is a greater hnmbug
than the Lientenant-GeneTal. It is said
that the bes f at Bull Run was sur
passed by Ml leindeerin the late
footrace at Le> -:.e-r. McClel
lan himself was present : n
backers.
Tests of Character.—That wl:ich yon most enjoy,
that which yon seek aud practice with the greatest
pleasure; the company you prefer, the books yon read,
the kind of pleasure and amusement yon most frequent;
the language you use, the kind of stones you tell with
the greatest pleasure, things for which yon make the
greatest sacrifices, and on which you place the highest
value; these, more than yonr professions and preten
sions; are the true tests of‘character. Example disclo
ses the true cheracter, while profession, without exam
ple, is but a vapor which soon measures your influ
ence.
Arkansas Baggage.—Boy, nm up stairs to No ,
and bring down my oaggsflw—^burry, I m about mov
ing, said a tall Araansas-meat-axe Cooking person to a
waiter. “Whar ia jam baggsg*. mwa, and what ia,
Wtettme piktols. a jmckof casda, a Bowio-
aadoM shirt Yen’ll find them all ruder my
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