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' ■ jfOlMITOff, NISBET & BARGES, Publishers and Proprietors. S. !%. 80l - KIIT0S,/ rJ . II. .MSBKT. jE*lor», tyt mitijmi Jff&cral Snioit Is published Weekly, in Milledgeville, Ga., C truer of Hancock and Wilkinson Sts., (opposite Court House.) At S2 a year in Advance, (Unless is Advance, £3 Pkr Annum.) * R.VJ'ES OF ADVEBT1IHNG, /V,- srjuan Oj twelve tines. One insertion $1 00, audibly cents for each subsequent continuance. y^hos.-sent without the specification of thenumhcrol insertions will be published till forbid and chai ned accordingly. Busin"ss or Professional Cards, per year, where they do not exceed Six Links - . . £io y ( , A liberal contract v oailc with those who wish to Adrertise by the yen-, occupying- a specified space LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators, Ex ecutor* or Guardians, arc-required by law to be’ held on the first Tuesday in the month; between the hours <> Klin the torenoon and three in tin; afternoon, at tin Courthouse in tiie county in which the property is sit uated. Notice of these sales must he given in a public ga xe -t - 11 Jays pret ious to the day of sale. ” " Notices lorthe sale of personal property must be giv en iu like manner Id days previous to sale day. Notice-; to the debtors and creditors of an cstt »]<o be published 10 days Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Laud or Negroes, must In published for two months. r Citations for letters of Administration Guardianship he., must be published 30 days—for dismission from Ail ninistratiou, monthly sic months—for dismissiot irmn Guardianship, 40 days. Kales for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published n in".''/ for four months—for establishing lost papers, fur the foil space of three mouths—for compelling titles from Executors or administrators, where bond lias been given by tbe deceased, the fuil space of tin months. Publications will always be continued according VOLUME XXXII.] M ILLEDGE YIL LE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, 0 C T 0 B E R 29, 1861. . B’ST AUTHOB.XT’ST. ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS (f the Second Session of the' PROVISIONAL CONGRESS i estate must th**s* j . the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered It the following RATES: Citali' on letters of administration, Ac. ,*■_> 7. r > “ “ disraisaory from Admr’n. * 4 r,t “ Guardianship. 3 !;(; Leave to sell Land or Negroes 4 ()0 Notice to debtors and creditors. 3 00 gales of persoual property, ten days, 1 sqr. 1 .‘PI Saleoflsnd ornegroes by Executors, &c. pr sqr. 5 00 Esfravs. two weeks _ 1 5ti Feraman advertising his wife (in advance,) 5 (I!) (;EN K RAL ATIVERTISEMENTS. J. A. & Vi. AY. TURNER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Eatoiiioiu.Ga. October, IS, 1859. 21 lv. COATES A WOOL,FOLK (wLitcljonse :tni) Commission MERCHANTS, ARE now open an<l prepared f«»r the re. option of Coto.n ot i lieir NKYV FIRE PROOF WAKE MOUSE, opposite Ilrinleinnn & Sparks. V/e will endeavor to pmve ourselves wot thy of the patronage ofilmse who rillf/ivor us with their business, made on cotton when d< f*ired. Maeou Oa.. Sept. 21, 1859. Liberal advance: 18 tf. JOHN T. BOWBOIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BiTOSTOS. GA.. KatontoD, Ga., Feb. 14, I860. 38 tf. BOARDING. I»3S; hoi M V HOUSE will be open for transient and regu lar boarders. JAMES E. IIAYGOOD. Milledgeville, Jan. 18th, 1861. 35 tf. NOTICE. T HE UNDERSIGNED having bought the es tablishment of his friend F. SHOENREIN, deceased, respectfully informs the pnblic. that he will continue the business in the same form and respectfully solicits a skate of public patronage. YVM. SCHEIIIING. Milledgeville, July 15. IcCI. 8 lyr. HATER PIPES, FIRE BRICKS, AC. tlMIE SOITHKRT PROfELAlX JIANI'- I factikim; com pant, kaolin, s <’., are now prepared to lumisli at short notice YVATMIt PIPES, double glazed, with a perfect vitrious body mutable for conduit pipes for cities, Ac., from twenty- aix inches diameter tom inch, capable of sustaining a pressure of 150 head > ' iter. ALSO, FIRE ItUICKS which have no superior. We also manufacture ail kinds of C. C. and Granite Ware, and would most respectfullv solicit orders for the above goods. W.'H. FARROW, 10 3m Agl. Kaolin, S. C. OF THE t’ONFEDEKATE STATES. 2861. (No. 135) AN ACT to admit the 8tute of North Carolina into tiie Confederacy, on a certain condition. Tlie State of North Carolina having adopted inrns- u.res looking to «n early witiidrnwu! from the United States, «u<! to becoming in the future a member of this Cronfedernry, which nieaMireri may not brr consmnma- ted before t tie approaching recess of Congress. There fore, The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the State of North Carolina shall be ad mitted a member of the Confederate States of Ameri ca, upon an equal footing with the other Slates, under the Constitution for the Provisional Government of the same, upon the condition that the convention of said State ,-o<»n to assemble shall adopt and ratify said Con stitution t< r the ProviMonal Governme nt of the Con federate States, and shall transmit to the President of the Confederate States, before the re-assembling ot Congress, through the Governor of said State, or some other pioper organ, an authentic eopv of the act or or dinance of said convention so adopting and ratifying aid Provisional Constitution ; upon the receipt where of the President by proclamation, shall announce the fact; whereupon,and without any fmther proceeding on the part of Congress, the admis>ion of said Stall into this Confederacy, under said Constitution for the Provisional Government, rball be con.sidered as com plete, and tlie law's of this Confederacy shall thereby be extender! over said State ns fully and completely as over the otlier States now composiug tlie sawits. Approved May 17,1801. (No. 137.) A RESOLUTION in relation to imports from the States of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas. Resolved, That, all import* from the States of Vir ginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas, be e.\ nipted from the payment of duties; and that this ex- uipt ion extend to imports from the said States now in warehouse. Approved May 17.1861. (No. 110.) AN ACT to establish a Mail Route from Vermillion- vil!e,in the State of Louisiana, to Orange, in the State of Texas, and for other purposes. Section I. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the billowing mail!route b* and the same is lieYeby established, to-wit: From Ver million ville. in the State of Louisiana, to Orange, in (heState of Texas. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Post master General be and he is hereby authorized to make the first contract for carrying the mail over said route without the necessity of advertising for bids for ?a : d contract, as required by existing law; and that this act take effect and be in force from and after iU passage. Approved May 17. 1801. (No. 111. AN ACT to provide an add it i oinl Company o Sap ryw-AJEi.! ,ju VOLUNTEERS UNIFORMS OTTO? TO OTIOEII. 1 AHE Subscriber will, upon short notice, visit .any County in the State, and Cut Uniforms for Companies, and warrant a good lit. Orders respectfully solicited. US’" Address, THOMAS BROWN, Merchant Tailor. Full pctt of Patterns for Uniforms •“'■tit w any part of tlie State, upon the receipt «<i £•> 05. Milledgeville, Ga., July J5, Jt6J, 8 tf BOOK-BINDING The Subscriber is now pre pared to do Book-Bind ing, in all its branches. Old Books rebound, etc. MUSIC hound in the best style. BLANK Books tnsiiiifactured to order. Prompt attention will be given to all work er.tmsted to me. S. J KIDD. Hinder, in Southern i'eileritl l nion OlEic. Milledgeville, March 19th, 1861. 43 SLATING—SLATING. H. E. ELLIOTT, PRACTICAL. SLATER A\» 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. Repairs to old Mlatr Ft oof* intruded to Promptly. W. E. E. is Agent for an extensive Manufactory oflron Railing. Verandah, Balconies, Iron Stairs, Fountains, Settees, Chairs, Tables, Tree Boxes, Figures. &c,«£:c., and ail otlier Iron Work ot a decorative character. Knrlusing Cemetery I.oIn will receive hispnr- lirnlnr Attention. \Y. E. E. is Agent for an extensive Marble Monument Works, likewise for the Steam Marble Mantle Works. Designs of all. with prices, can be seen at his officp. up stairs, over Morning News office. Bay Street, Savannah, Ga. A specimi-njof our work may be seen on the Depot building in Milledgeville. R fereace—G. VV. Adams, Superintendent C. k. R. Savannah. 23 dds&wtt. 51) Saw Colion Gin for S;\le. . ONE of WATSON'S best 50 Saw Cotton Gins, G offered for gale. This Gin is new, and is equal to any in use. Sold for no fault, the present ow- "ers having no use for it. Any planter wantinga P' 1 ' 1 '! Gin, cnn have a chance to get one at a re duction on the regular price. Apply at this ofitce, 1 ol X. Tift, or J. H. Watson, at Albany. Confederate 'TREASURY Note® and i>OTid« taken at PAR for A F uruiture or Notes and Accounts duo. WOOD A. CO., Macon.Ga. Americas, Albany, Cothbort, Fort Gains, Griffin and ’*■ ie.lg,-ville paper’s will olease copy six months and •*nd bill. ( j 6 mSi) • VV. & CO FOB SALE. ^UPSRXOB. TENT CLOTH, ; "dghing 12 ozs p er yard, 30 inches wide, , containing about 620 vards, manufac ture Jh y Ocmulgee Mills. . Apply to ISAAC SCOTT, Jnl y 18th, 16CI. (9 Gatos*) Macon. Ga. ./’ADOH S CORDIAL will relieve at once the most le r oa “e of Dbirrhocea.and dysentery, no mat in?'* IMIV, ‘ r ‘V ,r v ’ fl ' ent ’it controls with the utmost S|i ything the uucotts lining of the intestinal, cur l " 'Dug all iri. ; ion and, brings about a speetly Vyordtul, which is an excellent remedy Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That there be added to the mili tary establishment of tlie Confederate States one com pany of sappers and bombards rs, to consist of one captain, two first lieutenants, one second lieutenant, ten sergeants or master-workmen, ten corporals or overseers, two musicians, thirty-nine privates of the first class, and thirty-nine privates of tliesecond class, who shall be instructed in and perform all the duties of sap pers ami bombardiers, and shall, moreover, under the orders of the chief engineer, be liable to serve by de tachments in overseeing and aiding laborers upon for tifications or other works under the engineer depart ment, and iu supervising finished fortifications, as fort-keepers, preventing injury and making repairs. Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the colonel of the engineer corps, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War, to prescribe the number, quan tity, form, dimensions. A-.c.. of the necessary vehicles, arms, pontons, tools, implements, andothersnpplies for the service of said company ns a body of sappers and bombardiers. Sec. 3. That tlie monthly pay of the captain of said company shall be one hundred and forty dollars ; of each first lieutenant, one hundred dollars; of tlu> second lieutenant, ninety dellnret of the sergeants, thirty-four dollars; of the corporals, twenty dollars; oj the musicians, thirteen dollars; of the first class pri vates, seventeen dollars; and of the second class pri vates, thirteen dollars. And the said commissioned officers shall be entitled to the same allowances as ail other commissioned officers of flic army, and the same right to draw forage for horses asisocconled to offi cers of like rank in the engineer corps; and the en listed men shall receive the same rations and al lowances ns are granted to all other enlisted men in the army. Approved May 17,1861. (No. 14-2.) AN ACT to admit the State of Arkansas into the Confederacy. The people of the State of Arkansas, in sovereign convention, having passed an ordinance dissolving their political connection with the United States, and another ordinance adopting and ratifying the Consti tution for the Provisional Government of the Confede rate States of America : Therefore, The Congress of the Confederate States of Ameri ca do enact, That the State of Arkansas be and is hereby admitted into this Confederacy, upon an equal footing with the other States, under the Constitution for the Provisional Government of the same. Approved May 20, 1861. (No. 115.) AN ACT amendatory of an Act to provide for the organization of the Navy. Section 1, The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That from and after the passage of this act, the corps of marines shall consist of one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, one major, one quarter master with the rank of major, one paymaster with the rank of m qor. one adjutant with the rank of ma jor, one sergeant major, one quartermaster sergeant, ten captains, ten first lieutenants, twenty second lieu tenants, forty sergeants, forty corporals, ami eight hundred and and forty privates, ten drummers and ten lifers and two musicians. See. 2. The pay and emoluments of the officers and enlisted men shall he the same ns that of the officers and enlisted men of like grade in the infantry of the army, except tlint the paymaster and tile adjutant shall receive the same pay as Die quartermaster, and the adjutant shall be taken from the captains and subalt erns of the corps and separated from the line. The rations of enlisted marines shall be the rations allowed by law to seamen. All acts inconsistent with the pro visions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved May 211,1861. (No. 146.) AN ACT to amend an act to provide for the organ ization of the Navy, approved March sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixly-mie. Section I. The Congress of tiie Confederate States of America do enact, That tlie President be and lie is hereby authorized to nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of Congress to appoint, all officers of the navy of the United States, who have resign td or may hereafter resign their commissions on account of the secession of any or all of the Confederate States, and who may be tit for active service, to the same rank and position in the navy of tlie Confederate States which they liehl in that of the United States; provided, however, Thnt no officer shall lie so ap pointed who may at any time have committed any act of hostility against the Confederate States or any one thereof. See. 2. That the President be authorized lo assign officers of the navy to any duty with the defence of the country, and suitable to their rank, which lie may deem proper. Sec. 3. That the President be authorized to appoint six assistant paymasters of the navy, each to receive a salary of one thousand dollars when employed at sea, and seven hundred dollars when not thus employed; and all paymasters of the navy shall be taken from the grade of assistant paymasters. Approved May 20, 1861. (NoTl47.) AN ACT to establish a separate Port of Entry at Sa bine Pass, in the county of Jefferson, in tin-State of Texas, nod to provide for the appointment of a Col lector therein. Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That all that port of the collec tion district for the District ot Texas included in the county of Jefferson in the State of Texas, embracing all the waters, islands, ba\s, harbors, inlets, shores and rivers in the same, shall be a collection district, to be called ttie District of Sabine Pass, and Sabine Puss sht.il be the port of entry for said district. See. 2. A collector for the said district of Sabine Pass shall be appointed by the President, with the ad* viee end canseut of Congress, who shall reside at Sa bine Pass, and hold his office fur the terms and the time prescribed by law foi tlie like office hi other dis tricts, and who shall be entitled to a salary not exceed ing seventeen hundred and fifty dollars per annum, in cluding in that sum tlie fees allowed by law; uml the amount lie shall collect in any one yeur for fees, ex ceeding the said sum of seventeen hundred and tiny do’lurs. shall be accounted for and paid into the treas ury of the Confederate States ot America. See. 6. That all laws and parts of laws now in force contravening the provisions of this net, be and the same are hereby repealed, and that this act take effect from and after its passage. Approved May 21, 1861. [No. 222.] At Ait Amendatory of “An Act to Prescribe the rates of Postage in the Confederate Statesof Ameri ca,” Approved February twenty-third, eighteen hun dred mid sixty-one. Tlie Congress of tlie Confederate States of America do enact, That all mailable matter addressed tooffieers of tbe several States Government, for the payment of tbe postage on which tbe Buid Governments are re sponsible, in the adjustments of tlie accounts of the parties mailing the same, may be transmitted through tin; mails without the prepayment of postage thereon: Proviied, That tbe person mailing tlie same shall en- do -se tliereou lus official title and the nature of the mat- tei mi lled; and the postage thereon shall be collected of ui Li rfimeritments at the office of delivery. 16th of Augu-t, 1861, was not approved by him, nor returnad ti> the congress within ten days (Sundays ex cepted) after being presented to him; it, therefore, became a law on the 2 1 th August, 1861. J. P. BENJAMIN, Attorney General. [No. 258.] AN ACT to audit the accounts of the respective States against the Confederacy. Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That it shall be the duty of such Auditor or Auditors of the Treasury Departmeit, as may be designed by the Secretary of the treasury, ami to that end the said Secretary be authorized to appoint ns many extra clerks lor the time, as he may deem necessary,at the rate of salary ncwallowed for clerks ofthe Treasury Department to audit the accounts an t claims of tiie respective States of the Confedera cy against the Confederate Government for the ad vances and expenditures made bythe^said States res pectively for the use and benefit of the Confederacy in preparation for e,r in conducting the war now existing against the United States, and all claims for advances or expenditures of any kind made by any State prior to the passage of its Ordinance of Secession, shall he shown to have been made in e-ontemplalion of the Act i f Secession afterwards consummated, and of the war that might probably ensue, or in the seizure or acqui sition of forts, arsenals, navy jmds, armaments, mu nitions and other useful instrumentalities of war, or in the purchase or manufacture of anus or munitions which have since been transferred to the Confederacy, or in some regular mode been brought into the service for the prosecution of the war aforesaid, before such claims shall be audited and the umotitit ascertained. Sec. 2. And in auditing the claims of the States of Vir ginia, North Carolina and Tennessee, reference shall be had to the special compacts and engagements had with those States respectively by the Confederate Gov ernment in view oftheir proposed adhesion to the Pro visional Constitution, or of the support of their arma- mentsond the prosecution ofthe war afterwards, and all claims coming fairly within tlie purview of such (■unquiets, being propei ly verified by vouches, shall, in favor of said States, lie audited and ascertained. Sec. 3. That proof shall be made in all easts by proper vouchers to the satisfaction of the Auditor that tlie amount claimed wasactually advanced or expen ded, that the expenditure wes proper, and no greater an,mint for pay and services shall be audited than is by the regulations of the Confederate Government for pay and services in the likecases, and the Auditor shall make a special report of his action under this law to the Congress at its next session. Sec. 4. The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause notice to be forwarded to liie exec utjve of each of the States of this Contedcracy, immediately after the pas. sage of this Act, calling on such executive to forward the claims which may be held by his State, subject to be audited under the provisions of this Act. Approved, August 3(1. 1861. [No. 259.] AN ACT to establish certain post routes therein na med. Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That there be established the fol lowing post routes, viz; From Loving Creek Post Office, to Wade’s I’o.-t Office, in Bcdiord County, Yuginia. Also from Charleston, in the County of Tallcliatcliie.to Friar’s Point in tlie County of Coalm ine, Mississippi, Also from Cullodeu to Barnesville, n t iie -tafe of Georgia. Also, that a route be establish- fished from Calhoun, on the Alabama and Florida Railroad, in (he County of Lowndes, in the State of Alabama, to Benton, in said County, through Mount Willing, and Gordonsville Also, a Post Route from Clarkcsville, in Mecklenburg Comity, Virginia, to Brownsville, in the State of North Carolina, From Mullens to Lime Kiln, via Campbell Home in Alabama. Also, trout Morgantown, in Burke County, North Carolina, to Johnson’s Depot Tennessee. Also, a Post Rente from Louisville, in the County of Winston, to Yalden, iu (he County of Carrol, in the State of Mis sissippi. Also, from Wilmington, North Carolina, to Wadesboro’ via Wilmington, Charlotte and Ruther ford Railroad. Also, from Jefferson, Ashe County, North Carolina, to Marion, Smyth County, Virginia. Also, from Clarksville to Spadra Bluff, in Johnson County, Arkansas. Approved August 30,1861. [No. 260.] AN ACT authorizing the President to inflict retaliation upon the persons of Prisoners. Whereas, The Government of the United States has placed in irons and lodged in dungeons, citizens of the Confederate States acting under the nutliorityofLet- ters of Marque, issued in accordance with the laws of tlie Confederate States, by the President thereof, and have otherwise maltreated the same, and have seized and confined sundry otlier citizens of the said Confed erate States, m violation of all principles of humane and civilized warfare: Therefore— Ite it enacted by Hie Congress of the Confederate Statesof America, That the President be, and lie hereby, authorized to select such prisoners taken from the United States, and in such numbers as he may deem expedient, upon the persons of whom lie may inflie such retaliation, in such manner and kind, ns may seem to him just and proper. Approved August 30, 1SGI. [No. -261.] AN ACT to provide for the defence of the Mississipp river. Section 1. The Congressof the Confederate States of America do enact, That the President be, and lie hereby, authorized to cause such floating defences, as he may deem best adapted to the protection ofthe Mis sissippi River, against a descent of iron plated steam gun-boats, to be constructed or prepared with the least possible delay. Approved August 30, 1S61. [No. 262.] AN ACT to amend An Act entitled ‘An Act to estab lish a patent office and to provide for the granting and issue of patents for new and useful discoveries, inventions, improvements and designs,’’ approv ed May 21, [1861. Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact. That the Commissioner of Pa tents, with the approval of the Attorney General, shall have power to appoint, in addition to the examiners cf patents, provided by the second section of the abovi recited Act, such assistant examiners, at a salary of fif teen hundred dollars per anmun. as may be required to transact tlie current business of the Patent Office with dispatch. Sec. 2. Aud be it further enacted,That the Commis sioner, with like approval, may appoint a messenger for said office, at a salary of three hundred and sixty dollars per nuntim. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, that the Commis sioner be, mid he is hereby, authorized to require ap- Sec. 4. Tlie President of the Confed erate States shall he inaugurated on tlie twenty-second day of Febuary, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted. That iri case the State of Virginia shall adopt and ratify the Constitution for the permaifent government of the Confederate States of America before the elections in this act* provided for, she shall be entitled to elect I sixteen members to the House of HeprC- j sentatives; and the State ot Xorth Caro j lina, in like case, ten members; the State of Tennessee, in like case, eleven; and ‘‘die State of Arkansas, in like case, four mem bers; the same being upon the basis of one member for every ninety thousand repre sentative population, and one additional member for a fiaction ever one-half of the ratio aforesaid, in each of said states, un der the census of the United States taken in eighteen hundred and sixty, and being the same basis of representation fixed for the seven original states in said Constitu tion for permanent government. Sec. G. Be it further enacted, 1 hat the same rules and principles shall he observed as to the number of Presidential Electors in the states aforesaid as in the other seven original States. Approved May 21, 1861. 21 pheanta for patents, and ail other persons w ith whom be is obliged to correspond, or to whom drawings and other papers have to be returned for alteration or cor rection, to deposit n sufficient sum of money to pay the postage ; Provided, That in no single case shall the de posit so required exceed two dollars. Approved August 30, 1861. No. 148. AN ACT To put in operation the government under the Permanent Const.itutiem of the Con federate States of America. Section 1. The Congress of the Confed erate States of America do enact, That an election shall be held in the several States of this Confederacy, on the first Wednesday in November, eighteen hun dred and sixty-one, for members of the House of Representatives in the Congress of the Confederate States under the per manent constitution, which election shall be conducted in all respects according to said Constitution and the laws of tlie sev- eial States in force for that purpose; and in States which may not have provided by law for such election, according to the laws heretofore existing in such States for the election of members of the House of Representatives in the Congress of the United States. And on the same day the several States shall elect or appoint Elec tors for President and Vice President of the Confederate States of America, accor ding to said Constitution, and in the man ner prescribed by the laws of the several States made for that purpose; and in States where no such laws may exist, according to the laws heretofore in force in such States for the election or appointment of Electors for President and Vice President of the United States. Sec. 2. The Electors for President aud Vice President shall meet in their respec tive States on the first Wednesday in December, eighteen hundred and sixty- one, and proceed to vote for President and V ice President, and make out lists, certi fy the same to the President of the Sen ate; all as directed by the said Constitu tion in that behalf. Sec. 3. The members of the House of Representatives so elected, and the Sen ators who may be elected by tbe several States according to the provisions of said Constitution, shall assemble at the seat of government of the Confederate States, on the eighteenth day of Febuary, eighteen hundred and sixty-two; and tbe said mem bers of the House of Representatives shall proceed to organize by tbe election of a Speaker, and the Senators by tbe election of a President of the Senate for tbe time being; and tbe President of tbe Senate shall, on tbe nineteenth day of Febuary, eighteen hundred and sixty- two open all the certificates; and the votes for President and Vice President shall then be counted, as directed by said Copstitn- [Xo. 275.] AN ACT to authorizetlio appointment from civil life ot persons, to the staffs of Generals. The Congressof the Confederate States of America do enact that the President may in his dLcretioit upon the application and recommendation of a General of the Confederate Stales Army appoint from civil life, persons to t!:.- staft'authorizecl by law of seen officer, wiioshall have the same rank and pay ns if appointed from the Army ofthe Confederate States. Approved August31, 1861. [No. 276] AN ACT providing for the appointment of Adjutants of Regiments aud Legions, of tlie grade of subaltern, in addition to tliesubuiterus attached to companies. Section 1. The Congress ofthe Confederate States of America <lo enact,That tlie Adjutants of Regiments and Legions, may be appointed by the President upon the recommendation of tbe Colonel thereof, ofthe grade of Subaltern, in addition to the Subaltern officers a t- taehed to Companies, and said Adjutants, when so ap pointed, shall have thesame rank, pay and allowances as are provided by law to Adjutants of Regiments. Approved August 31, 1861. [No. 277.] AN ACT providing for the reception and forwarding of articles sent to the army by private contribution. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the Secretary of War he authorized and required to make all necessary arrangements for the reception and forwarding of clothes, shoes, blankets and other ariicles of necessity tiiat may be sent to the Army by private contribution. Approved August 31,1861. [No. 27S. ] AN ACT to allow rations to Chaplains in the Army. The Congress ofthe Confederate Statesof America do enact, Tnat Chaplains in the Army be, and they are hereby, allowed the same rations as privates. Approved August 31, 1861. [No. 279.] AN ACT to reimburse the State of Florida. Whereas. Tbe State of Florida has made large out lays of money in the arming, eqnip[p]ing and main taining troops for the service of the Confederate States, and in the construction of sen-coast defences whereby the State of Florida has exhausted her treasury, and has great need of money to carry on her military organiza tions : Therefore—- The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact. That the Secretary of the Treasury is herebt directed issue tothe State of Florida, upon tlie applica tion oi the Governor of said State, three hundred thou sand dollars in Treasury notes: Provided, That the Said State deposit with the Secretary ofthe Treasury of the Confederate States an .equal sum. iu tb« frf the State of Florida authorized to be issued under an ordi nance of the Convention of said State, which bonds shall be held by the Secretary of the Treasury until the account of the State of Florida, for advances made for military purposes, is adjusted ns Congress may di rect. Approved August 31,1861. ture wbicli we will also publish, we hope in time for the planting season It would be well, we think, to plant numerous groves along tlie different rail roads in tbe State, so as to have tbe con veniences necessary to make shipments profitable. Indeed, their is no reason in the world why Florida should not furnish Savannah and Charleston, the interior of Georgia, and, Carolinas, and portions of other States with oranges. We hope the wise will have an eye to this important matter, for money can be made without much labor or outlay. From all the in formation we can gather, ov.r opinion is, that the insect which has heretofore proven so disastrous will make its final disappear ance in a short time. The effect they pro duce upon the wild groves does not amount to much, the oranges there being large and beautiful, and the bitter sweets delicious. [ Micanopy (Fla.) Cotton States. A T isif to ex-President Buchanan.—The editor of the Monmouth (N. J. ) Democrat lias been on a visit to ex-President Buchan an. Has written back to his paper as fol lows: I visited Wheatland, the residence of ex-President Buchanan. J had never seen liiin, and gladly embraced the present op portunity. As we approached the house, we saw the stars and stripes floating from a fine flagstaff in front. He received us in the library. He had just recovered from a fit of sickness, the first, lie said, lie had ever had. He looked well, but complained that his former strength bodily was gone. He entertained us for an hour in conversation, which principally turned upon the rebellion. He related many personal anecdotes of the leading military men now before the country, North and South. lie was emphatically of the opin ion that there is no way to get out of our difficulties but to fight it out. I came away well satisfied that, for weal or who, James Buchanan stands fiintly for the Union, and that, whether mistaken or not,he lias always acted from the highest motives of patriotism. [No. 283.] A RESOLUTION in relation to Drill-Masters appoin ted by States. Whereas under the authority ofsome of the States, Drilhnusters were attnohedto various regiments; And, whereas, such office[r]s are not recognized by the laws of the Confederate States, and consequently were not mustered into service; And whereas, several of such Drillmusters have nevertheless continued to do effective service, voluntarily, with their respective regiments Therefore— Resolved, That such Drillmnsters bo granted an hon orable discharge whenever they shall apply therefor. Approved August 31,1861. [No. 285.] AN ACT to establish tlie Rates of postage on newspa pers and periodicals sent to dealers therein through the mail, or by express over post roads. Section 1. The Congress ofthe Confederate States of America do enact, That persons engaged us dealers in newspapers and periodicals may receive by mail any quantity of such papers and periodicals ns they order offtlie payment nt the place of delivery, at the same rate of postage as is required by the existing law to be paid by the regular subscribers to such newspapers or periodicals. Sec. 2. It shall be lawful for persons engaged in buy ing and selling newspapers and periodicals, to carry any quantity of such papers and periodicals over the post roads of the Confederate States, outside ofthe mail, upon paying the postage at the same rate charged to regular subscribers to such papers and periodicals into the post office nearest the place of publication or purchase thereof, and such payment shall be indica ted by the stamp of such post office or by writing upon the paper so sent. See. 3. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall forfeit and pay the siim of fifty dollars, to be recovered by action of debt in the name and lorthe use of the Confederate States. Approved, August 31,1861. 22 England States, with New Jersey, Mich igan, Iowa and "Wisconsin, all pnt togeth er. Virginia, North Carolina and Ten nessee produced 115,471,593 bushels of a quantity exceeding by 300,000 bushels the joint product of New York, Pennsyl vania, Ohio, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. Tennessee alone produced 16,500 more hogs than all the six New England States with New York, Pennsylvania, New Jer sey, Iowa and Michigan ; for that State produced 3,104,800 hogs, while the eleven Northern States named produced but 2,- 088,394. Most people have thought that the North was really the hog producing section, but such is by no means the fact; the whole number of hogs produced in 1850, was 30,316,608—of which the slaveholding States furnished 20,770,730, or more than two-thirds ofthe whole swine production. It will doubtless surprise many persons to be told that the seven Gulf or Cotton States of South Carolina, Georgia. Ala bama, Mississippi, Louisiana* and Texas, produced 45,187 more beef cattle than the six New England States, New Y’ork, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin, altogether ; but such is tbe fact, for tbe census of 1S50 tells us these seven Cotton States produced 3,357,489 beef cattle, while the thirteen Northern States named produced but 3,- 312,327. A single glance at the live stock columns of tbe seventh census will prove to the in quirer that the slaveholding States pro duced more beef cattle than the non slave holding by 1,782,5S7. That while the North produced 3,541,121 cows, the South produced 2,827,810. That the Northern States produced 866,397 work oxen, against S20.340 produced by the South ern States. That while the “North pro duced 2,310,961 horses and mules, the South produced 259,353 more, for the Southern production was 2,570,319. \DeBow's Revicic. A Blow between the Eyes.—The follow ing, from the Petersburg (Va.) Express, is expressive: Robert J. Walker.—This notorious individual, who was for many years one of the. most distinguished and influential Southern Senators in the Old Union Congress, and whose fortunes at that time might have been not unreason ably supposed to be identified with the South—has tumbled into the northern gutter in a slate of beastly inebriation from his deep potations from the Black Republi can bowl. Born and raised at tbe North, his long residence at the South, where he acquired whatever of honorable reputation be ever possessed, has not assimilated him to her institutions or eradicated tbe paltry instincts of the l’ankee. He lias, in true swinish fashion, returned to bis wallow, and there we hope he will end his days. The accounts between him and the South are now closed forever, leaving him her debtor to an amount that of itself would beggar him, were he not otherwise hope lessly insolvent. The Orange Groves of Florida.—After a while, when our Northern “blue law” sanctimonious friends of the fanatical portion of Satan’s subjects, become thor oughly convinced that it is unpleasant as well as unprofitable to wage a war, dic tated by iniquity, against the Southern people of America, who alone have the true landmarks of Christianity and free govern ment we will pullish a very excellent article, by Rev. R. Abbey, suggested by a visit to the Orange Groves iu December, 1858. Our friends farther North need not feel much surprise to learn that we-have fine oranges in this section every month of the year, and if any of our cotempories should feel the want of acidity of language at any time, a visit to our beautiful groves, with a little tasting, will supply the de ficiency, though just at this time, artificial means are not, in demand for Ancient Rascality (Bennett) and the whole ofthe “blue nose” clan cause us all to prove con clusively that scribblers have a temper of their own, peculiarly fitted for emergen cies. But enough of this. We have the sour or Seville, and the bitter-sweet oranges, growing wild a few miles from our town, and it is considered profitable to transplant the bitter-sweet and engrafttfie sweet orange on it. Mr.W. Eit|w4pds of this place has a number_offin^trees_andJias > written_8ever^ Sugar and Salt.—There are one hun dred and fifty car-loads of sugar at tlie Grand Junction in Tennessee, awaiting transportation eastward. Much of this im mense supply has been at that point for sometime; but the railroads arc not pre pared to bring it away. The half of it put iuto our Eastern market would bring the price of sugar down to reasonable rates. There are said to be a hundred thousand bushels of salt on the line of the Virginia and Tennessee railroad; and the capacity of the Salines of Smyth county is equal to the manufacture often thousand bushels a week. Y et, salt cannot be bad in Rich mond for less than six or seven dollars a sack. It is said that the Danville railroad com pany has proffered to send its trains—-cars, engines and all—to the Smyth county Saiines for the salt, if the South-Side and \ irginia and Tennessee companies -will permit; but has yet succeeded in bringing down only a single train loaded with the much-desired article. We hope the Dan ville company will be importunate in this matter, and persist in these proffers. The people have too much at stake in this mat ter for such a proposition to fail. In regard to the great quantities of sugar and salt awaiting transportation, it is said that powerful combination of capitalists exist to prevent their transmissions on the public works. Thus, while Northern Yan kees blockade our seaports, home Yankees blockade our interior channels. We are fighting the Northern Y'ankees with can non and bayonet. What sort of weapons should we use against the home Yankees, their aiders and abetters?—Rich. Dispatch. A Formidable TU«r Steamer.—The Shreveport Daily News says: In yesterday’s paper we alluded to the launching of the boat built opposite New Orleans for tbe purpose of attacking tbe enemy’s men-of-war. The boat is tbe length of an ordinary steamboat, the roof being arched in shape, covered with rail road iron, so as to prevent balls from penetrating, and the balls in striking will immediately glance off without having any effect, let the position of the gun fired be what it may. At the bow of the boat is a ponderous cutter, made of the best steel, the object of which is to cut a vessel in two. This will require a very great power, which the projector think they have ob tained in the way of two powerful engines. The mode of attack is with hot water, which is thrown through hose attached to the boilers. The vessel attached cannot keep her men on deck, nor can she use her cannon, as they will he kept wet hy the water thrown. Besides being covered with the heavy iron, the boat is built of tlie heaviest and best timber. The boat has been down the river with a view of letting the fort fire on her. Cnn tin; Mouth be Mtnrvrd t It must be admitted that the Yankees have a bad prospect ahead, in this respect, the present season, when Providence has vouchsafed us the most unparalleled har vest. For ordinary and scant years the recotcls is thus made up by a correspon dent of the Baltimore Bun : I will select, first, South Carolina, to run the parallel with, for several reasons, the chief are that she lias been supposed to produce nothing but cotton and rice, and she is the most derided and contemn ed of the slaveholding States. Not many persons are aware that this State alone produces five-sixths nearly of all the rice grown, but the seventh census of 1S50 shows that to be the fact; besides nearly all the rice, she produces wheat to within 3.000 bushels of all produced by the six New Englaud States together. She pro duces almost as much corn as the State of New York, and 6,000,000 of bushels of that grain more than all the New Englaud States together, for she produced upward of 16,000,000 of bushels. She produced more oats than Maine, more hy 1,000,000 of bushels than Massa chusetts ; more than 1,000,000 bushels of potatoes over and above what Maine pro duced ; more beans and peas by ISO,000 bushels than all the Northern States to gether, except New Y T ork ; more beef cat tle than Pennsylvania by 1,740, and al most as many as all the New England States together; more sheep than Iowa and Wisconsin by 10,699; more hogs than New York by 47,251, more than Pennsyl vania by 25,137, and 86,000 more than all the New England States, with New Jer sey, Michigan, Wisconsin and California in the bargain; more horses and mules by 10.000 than Maine, New Hampshire, Mas sachusetts and Rhode Island together ; besides all which, she produces largely of oxen, cows and a variety of products of to act on them, the smaller kinds. ' * ’ * Virginia and North Carolina produced jointly 13,303,000 bushels of wheat, or 241.000 bushels more than tbe great wheat State of New York, or a quantity A POWKKFl’I. DOdt’JlElVT. ArirfrcK* of lion. J. C. Breckinridge lo Khe to I he people of Kentucky. To the People of Kentucky : By your representatives in the last Leg islature you conferred on me the commis sion ot Senator in the. Congress of the United States. In March last, when my term of service began, the Union had been dissolved by the withdrawal of seven States, which the policy of coercion has since increased to tw elve States. At that time a majority of the people of Kentucky still cherished the hope of a peaceful re union. Soon afterwards, when the Gov ernment at Washington commenced that series of usurpations which has now r left nothing of the Federal Constitution, and resolved on a war of subjugation against the withdrawing States, to secure union and brotherhood you determined to take no part in the war, hut to protect your liberties by a position of armed neutral ity. This decision was expressed by a large majority ofthe people at the election in May. I had opposed the policy before the election but afterwards, in common with the great mass of those with whom I had acted, I acquiesced in your expressed will and have maintained it as the fixed atti tude of Kentucky. In obedience as 1 suppose to your wishes, I proceeded to Washington, and at the special session ol Congress in July spoke and voted against the whole war policy of the President and Congress; demanding in addition for Ken tucky the right to refuse not men only hut money also to the war, for I w’ould have blushed to meet you with the confession that I had purchased for you exemption from the perils of the battle field, and the shame of waging war against yonr South ern brethren by hiring others to do the work you shrank from performing. Dur ing that memorable session, a very small body of Senators and Representatives, even beneath the shadow of a military despotism, resisted the usurpations of the Executive and with what degree of digni ty and firmness they will w illingly submit to the judgment of the world. Their efforts were unavailing—yet they may prove valuable hereafter as another .added to former examples of manly pro test against the progress of tyranny.. On my return to Kentucky at the close of the late session of Congress, it was my purpose immediately to resign the office of Benator. The verbal and written remon strances of many friends in different parts of the State induced me to postpone the execution of rny purpose, hut the time has arrived to carry it into effect, accord ingly I now r and hereby return the trust into your hands. And in tbs connection, since the Gov ernment at Washington has thrown a drag net over the whole surface of society to collect proof against individuals of con nection with the Government of the Con federate States, and since a portion of the Northern press has charged that certain private correspondence recently seized at Philadelphia by the Federal authorities will convict me of political crimes, 1 deem it due to you and to myself to declare that I have not done or said anything in consistent with the relations I have borne to the State, and to the Federal Govern ment, or which could reflect a stain up on the commission which I now surren der. I do not resign because I think I have misrepresented you. On the contrary, I believe that my votes and speeches in the Senate have expressed your deliberate will as attested through the ballot box. I resign because there is no place left where a Southern Senator may sit in council with the Senators ofthe North. In truth there is no longer a Senate of the United States within the meaning and spirit of the Constitution. The United States no longer exists— The Union is dissolved. For a time after the withdrawal of the Southern States, aud while there was a hope the rupture might be healed, it might be assumed that the Union was not yet dissolved, and such was the position of Kentucky, in declaring her neutrality and offering her mediation between the contending parties. But time has now elapsed, and mighty eyents have occurred whieh banish from the minds of reasonable men all expectation of restoring the Union. Coercion has been tried and tailed. The South has muster ed in the field nearly as many combatants as the North, and has been far more vic torious. The fields of 3fanassas and Bethel, of Springfield and Lexington, have marked with a terrible and sanguin ary line the division between tbe old or der of things and the new. It is the right of Kentucky and her pecu liar duty to recognize these great facts and The constitutional com pact which created and upheld the old Union is at an end. A large number ofthe original and additional parties have with drawn from it. So large a number that iiB stipulation can no longer, ever decided a contract to be binding tween the remaining parties, or attempts to enfore its execution. The Constitution requires positively that each State shall have at least one representative in Con gress, but now twelve States have none; that each State shall have two Senators ; hut now twelve States have none; that all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States, but now in more than one third of them none are or can be collected. Commerce cannot be regulated between the respective States. Uniform rules of naturalization and bank ruptcy cannot be adopted. Post Offices and post roads in nearly half tlie States have been given up, Hnd a preference is given to the ports of one State over those of another. Even the election of a Presi dent has become impossible. The Con stitution is mandatory on all the States to appoint electors, and requires a majority ot the latter to elect, but more than on^ third of the States refuse to appoint, and hence r.o election cnn be made by the peo ple. If the election goes to the House of Representatives, the Constitution requires that at least two-thirds of the States shall be represented in that body. The Con stitution can no longer be amended, for it requires three-fourths of the States to con cur and more than one-third of the States have withdrawn from the Confederacy. AH the safeguards provided for by the States in the instrument still farther to se cure public and personal liberty have been destroyed. The three departments cf the Federal Government which were carefully separated and their boundaries defined, have been merged into one, and the Presi dent, sustained by a great army, wields unlimited power. The exemption of per sons from arrest without judicial warrant, the right of a citizen to have his body brought before a judge to determine the legality of his imprisonment, the security provided against searches and seizure with out warrant of law, the sanctity of the home, the trial by jury ; the freedom of speech and of the press; these and every other precious right which our fathers sup posed they had locked up in the Constitu tion have been torn fiom it and buried be neath the heel of military power. Tbe States made the Constitution, placed rigid boundaries around that Government and expressly reserved to themselves all pow ers not delegated. They did not dele gate to the Federal Government the pow er to destroy them ; yet the creature has set itself above the creator. The atrocious doctrine is announced by the President and acted upon that the States derive their power from the Federal Government and may he suppressed on any pretence of military necessity. The gallant little State of Maryland has been utterly abolished. Missouri is engaged in a heroic struggle to preserve her existence and to throw ofl’lhe horrors of martial law, proclaimed by' a subordinate military com mander. Everywhere the civil has given way 7 to the military power. The fortress es of the country are filled with victims seized without warrant of law, and igno rant of the cause of their imprisonment. T he Legislators of States, and other pub lic officers are seized while in the discharge of their official duties, taken beyond the limits of their respective States and im prisoned in the forts ofthe Federal Govern ment. A subservient Congress ratifies the usurpations of the President, and pro ceeds to complete tbe destruction of the Constitution. History will declare that the annals of legislation do not contain laws so infamous as those enacted at the last session. They sweep away every vestige of public and personal liberty, while they confiscate the property of a na tion containing ten millions of people. In the House of Representatives it was de clared that the South should he reduced to “abject submission,” or their institutions overthrown. In the Senate, it was said that if necessary, the South should be de populated. and re-peopled from the North, and an eminent Senator expressed a desire that the President should be made a dicta tor. This was superfluous, since they had already clothed him with dictatorial pow ers. In the midst of these proceedings no plea for the Constitution is listened to iu the North ; here and there a few heroic voices are feebly heard protesting against the progress of despotism, but for the most part beyond the military lines, mobs and anarchy rule the hour. The great mass of the Northern people seem anxious to sunder every safeguard of freedom; they eargerly offer to the Government what no European monarch would dare to demand. The President and his Generals are unable to pick up the liberties of the people as rapidly as they are thrown at their feet. The world will view with amazement this sudden and total overthrow of a Constitu tion which, if respected, might have been the boast and safeguard of the United States for many generations. When the historian comes to investigate the cause of this result, he will record the fact that no department ot the Federal Government has ever exhibited a case of aggression by the Southern States upon their Northern associates, and he will trace the dismem berment to the ignorance or disregard up on the part of the latter, of the true prin ciples of a Confederacy, to long continued and flagrant violations of the Constitution, to avarice, to fanaticism and general cor ruption. Against all these usurpations I protested in your name, in the presence of their authors, and at the seat of their pow ers. I protested in vain, and never again will I meet in couucil with the usurp ers. And now, fellow-citizens, I am sure you will pardon me if I add a few words in re ference to tbe condition of our State and my own course. The Constitution of the United States has been destroyed, and by no act of Kentucky. The power she del egated in that instrument to the Federal Government had vested to her, and any exercise of power over her by that govern* ment without her consent is usurpation. In the wreck of the Federal system, she exists an independent commonwealth, with the right to choose her own destiny. She may join the North. She may join the South. She may poise herself on‘her own centre and be neutral. In every form by which you could give direct ex pression to your will, you declared for neu trality. A large majority of the people at the May and Augnst elections voted for the neutrality aud peace of Kentucky. The press, the public speakers, the candi dates with exceptions in favor of the gov ernment at Washington, so rare as not to need mention, planted themselves on this position. You voted for it, and you meant it. You were promised it, and you ex pected it. The minority acquiesced in good faith, and at home and abroad this was recognised as the fixed position of the State. It was taken at the beginning of hostilities and it is but reasonable to infer that every subsequent act of outrage by the Washington government has confirmed your original purpose. Look now at the condition of Kentucky, and see how your expectations have been realized, how these promises have been redeemed ! First, by the aid of some citizens of tie State, arms belonging to the whole people were illegally and secretly introduced by order of the Presideut and distributed to one class of our people upon the false pre tense that they needed them for proteciica •gainst their own fellow-citizens. -This was the first violation. Next, Federal military officers be . recruit soldiers and