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corrupt the people. A studied system of
deception was practiced as I 011 ?. as P*® 81 '
ble on the people. I or a time it was de
nied that t'lpy were Federal camps, and it
was said that they were merely voluntary
assemblies of Kentuckians for their own
protection and that of the State. These
monstrous falsehoods have since been
freely exposed. This was the second vio
lation.
Previous to these events, the State was
in a condition of tranquility and peace.
No indications existed anywhere of inter
nal disorder. Put now, the people be
coming alarmed at these proofs of a pur
pose to force Kentucky into the war, be
gun to assemble in great mass meetings
and to demand loudly the promised neu
trality, The Washington Government,
however, and its abettors in Kentucky,
supposing tlieir schemes to be ripe for ex
ecution, now resolved to have what they
called “active loyalty.” About this time
the Legislature met and the drama then
moved rapidly on. The camps were
avowed to be Federal camps. The guns
which had been clandestinely and illegal
ly introduced, were now called out to
maintain “active loyalty.” Federal offi
cers begun to swarm among us. Every
appliance of corruption, every allurement
of ambition was brought into play. Pres
antly a Federal army was in possession of
large portions of the State and the conspi
racy stood fully revealed, while the peo
ple. whose only error had been their gen
erous credulity, stood thoroughly 7 betray
ed. It is known to citizens of Louisville
of all parties that just before the meeting
of the Legislature, a member of the Wash
ington Cabinet, said to a prominent citi
zen of Kentucky, that the position of the
State should not be maintained, that the
Government preferred hostility to neutral
ity, and that Kentucky 7 must be compell
ed to support the Federal Government in
the war. Your wishes, fellow citizens, had
been spurned and you have been thrown
into this vortex by the Government at
Washington, aided by their Kentucky
sympathisers.
The pretended reason for the military
occupation of the State, founded on the oc
cupation of Columbus by the Confederate
troops, is uncandid and false. For be
sides the fact that the invasion of Ken
tucky was a foregone conclusion at Wash
ington, and that camps of soldiers were in
our midst to invade Tennessee, it is noto
rious that Gen. Grant left Cairo to seize
Paducah before the occupation of Colum
bus, while in taking the latter place the
Confederate troops anticipated the Feder
al troops by less than an hour. For fur
ther proof of the insincerity of the false
clamor about the invasion from Tennessee,
the Confederate commander announced to
your authorities that lie occupied Colum
bus purely in self-defence, and stood ready
any moment to withdraw simultaneously 7
with the Federal forces. To say 7 that the
Washington Government bad a right to
invade the State, is to say that you had
no right to be neutral, and to submit to
the invasion from a power which has ef
faced every vestige of tire Constitution,
would be to bow in the dust and surrender
to a simple despotism.
It is not necessary to say much about
the Legislature. A majority of them, in
stead ot protecting ihe rights and persons
of the citizens, have either voluntarily or
under duress been engaged in sustaining
the usurpations of the Federal Govern
ment, in passing bills of pains and penalties
to terrify 7 a spirited people into servitude,
in depriving ilie Governor of his just con-
stititutional authority, and in abdicating
their share of the Government by formal
ly inviting a Federal military fore to take
possestion of the State, well knowing as
they did that this military force would su
persede the State Government. Of that
body 7 nearly one-fourth have retired be
cause of the military occupation of the
State, and the seizure, imprisonment, pur
suit and exile of many 7 of the most emi
nent and patriotic citizens of the State
by that military 7 force. The voice of these
members can no longer be heard in the
councils of the State, nor their votes be
taken. The Legislature is thus, to say
the least of it, a mutilated department
of the State Government. It is true that
there remains a sufficient number for a
quorum, but are they free? For when the
Federal Government takes military pos
session of a State its Legislature must
conform to the will of the military chief
or be suppressed, as we have recently
seen in the case of Missouri, whose State
Government was dispersed and martial law
proclaimed, and still later, in the case of
M aryland, when thirty-eight members of
the Legislature were seized and imprison
ed on the mere suspicion of intending to
legislate at variance with the will of the
military 7 Government. We cannot, there
fore, know that the public resolutions, or
pretended laws of these bodies, r.ie the dec
larations ot their active will, because we
have the strongest reason to believe that,
if not in accordance with the will of the
Government at Washington, they 7 would
meet the fate of the Legislatures of Mis-
s >uri and Maryland. On the other hand,
we know that these resolutions and laws
are in conflict with tlieir public pledge and
with the expectations of the people. It
is more charitable to believe that the mem
bers at Frankfort, ora majority 7 of them,
are actuated by a fear ot military force,
rather than by 7 a perverse design to vio
late the will of tlieir constituents and de
grade the State to the condition to which
it is attempted to bring down Missouri
and Maryland. If anything were wanting
to strengthen this view, it will be found in
attendant events.
The resolutions they adopted on the Stli
of September, sanctioning the entrance
of General Anderson’s forces were accom
panied by one declaring that no person
should be touched in his life, liberty or
property on account of his political opin
ions. Yet on the very day, 1 believe,
that these resolutions passed, tlic agents
of the Federal Government seized the
printing establishment of the Louisville
Courier, the only offence of whose propri
etors was that lie criticized with freedom
the usurpation of ihe Government at
Washington. At the same time and ever
since, citizens of Kentucky 7 have been
imprisoned or compelled to fly 7 from their
homes and families, against whom there
were no accusation but of holding opin
ions either unfriendly to Mr. Lincoln’s
Government or friendly to neutrality. It
is impossible to suppose that a free Ken
tucky Legislature, in view of recent pro
ceedings in other States, would have
turned this State over to the possession
of a Federal military 7 force, or betrayed
the people by throwing the State into the
arms of Mr. Lincoln, to be used for South
ern subjugation, or consented to the sup
pression of the press, or suffered without
an outcry that would have pierced the
skies, the indignities and outrages which
have been inflicted upon the people by
Federal soldiers.
Fellow-citizens; yon have to do now
■not with this fragment of a Legislature
with its treason bills aud tax hills, with
its woful subserviency to every demand
of the Federal depotism, and its woful
neglect of every vigln of the Kentucky
citizen; but y 7 ou have to deal with a power-
which respects neither constitutions or
laws, and which, if successful, will reduce
you to the condition of prostrate and bleed
ing Maryland. Gen. Anderson, the mili
tary dictator of Kentucky, announces in
one of his proclamations that he will arrest
no one who does not act, write or speak in
opposition to Mr. Lincoln’s Government.
It would have completed the idea if he had |
added) 6t think in opposition to it. Look
at the condition of our State under tin
rule of our new dictator. They have sup
pressed the freedom of speech and of tin
press 'J hey 7 seize people by military
force upon mere suspicion, and impose on
them oaths unknown to the laws. Otbei
citizens, they imprison without warrant,
and carry them out of the State so that
the 7 writ of habeas corpus cannot reach
them. Every day 7 , fereign armed bands
are making seizures among the people
Hundreds of citizens, old and young, ven
erable magistrates, whose lives are dis
tinguished by 7 the love of the people,
have been compelled to fly from theii
homes aud families to escape imprisonment
and exile at the hands of Northern and
German soldiers under the order of Mr.
Lincoln and his military subordinates
While yet holding an important political
trust confided by Kentucky 7 , I was com
pelled to leave iuy 7 home and family or
suffer imprisonment and exile. It is asked
why I did not meet the arrest and seek
n trial; my answer is, that I would have
welcomed an arrest to he followed by a
judges and jury; but y 7 ou well know that
1 could not have secured these constitu
tional rights. 1 would have been trans
ported beyond the 8taic, to languish in
some Federal fortress during the pleasure
of the oppressor. Witness the fate of
Morehead and his Kentucky associates
in their distant and gloomy prison.
The case of the gentleman just mention
ed, is an example of many others, and it
meets every element in a definition of des
potism. If it should occur in England,
it would be righted, or it would overturn
the British Empire. He is a citizen and
native of Kentucky. As a member of
the Legislature, Speaker of the House
Representatives in Congress from the
Ashland Histrict, and Governor of the
State, you have known, trusted and hon
ored him, during a public service of a
quarter of a century 7 . He is eminent for
his ability 7 , bis amiable character, and
bis blameless life. Yet this man, without
indictment, without warrant, without ac
cusation, but by the order of President
Lincoln, was seized at midnight, in his
own house and in the midst of his family,
was led through the streets of Louis
ville, as I am informed, with his hands
crossed and pinioned before him, was
carried out of the IState and district, and
now iies a prisoner in a fortress in New
duty of every citizen to acquiesce or to
.etirefrom the State.
For those who, denied by the Legisla
ture the protection due to the humblest
citizen, have been delivered over to the
tender mercies of foreign mercenaries, and
hunted like partridges on the mountains,
what remains but imprisonment, exile or
resistance? As one of them, I intend to.
resist. I will avoid conflict with Ken
tuckians, except in necessary self-defense,
but 1 will unite with my fellow citizens to
resist the invaders who have driven us
from our homes. To this course we are
impelled by the highest sense of duty 7 and
the irresistible instincts of manhood. To
defend your birthright and mine, which is
more precious than domestic case, or prop
erty, or life, I exchange, with proud satis
faction, a term of six years in the Senate
of the United States, for the musket of a
soldier.
This letter is written at the first mo
ment since my 7 expulsion from home, that
I could place my feet upon the soil of Ken
tucky. I have not been able to see or
communicate with my 7 friend and col
league, Gov. Powell, nor do I know what
course he will think proper to take. But
this you and I know—that his conduct will
be controlled by pure motives.
Your fellow-citizen,
J oh .\ C. Breckinridge.
Bowling Green, Ky\, Oct. S, 1861.
Letter from lion. C. G. Tlcmnilnger.
Confederate States of America. )
Treasury Department,
Richmond, Oct 15t!i, 1861. y
To the Commissioners appointed to receive sub
scriptions to the Produce Loan:
Gentlemen: Enquiries have been made from
various quarters—
1. Whether during the continuance of the block"
ade efforts should be made to procure further sub
scriptions.
2. Whether the Government will authorise pro
mises to be held out of aid to the planters, as an
inducement to such further subscriptions.
The first enquiry seems to imply a misunder
standing of tho scheme of the subscriptions. Ma
ny persons have supposed that the Government
was to have some control of the produce itself; oth
ers that the time of sale appointed by the sub
scription was to be absolute and unconditional —
The caption at the head of the lists, when exam
ined. will correct both those errors. The sub
scription is confined to the proceeds of sales, and
contains an order on the commission merchant or
factor of the planter to pay over to the Treasurer
the amount subscribed, in exchange r or Confeder
ate Bonds. The transaction is simply an agree
ment by the planter to lend the Government so
much money; and in order to complete the trans-
York harbor, a thousand miles away. Ho action, a time and place are appointed when and
you think that any free Legislature, ever where the parties may meet to carry it out. The
assembled inKentuckv since the days of point is, that it certainly shall be com-
. . ... ,, ./ ! pleted At some time, and that is secured by the en-
..Italics, cott and Isaac blielby, until now, gagement of the planter. Whether that time be
gagemeut of the planter.
would have permitted such a spectacle I December or June is simply a question of conve-
to dishonor the State? No! Fcllow-citi- ! nience, and works no injury to either party. The
Zens, the Legislature could not have been ' ^'-ernment is sure of the eventual payment, and
, c ; denves from that certainty so much credit: and it
* rce - _ _ i loses nothing, because it gives its bond only when
1 would speak of these things witli the I the money is paid,
simple solemnity which their magnitude I It is obvious, therefore, that the subscriptions
demands, yet it is difficult to restrain the ""S" 11 ® T valuab, * to i be Government during
J .. . ... ... ! the blockade as after it 1 he blockade simply sus-
cxpression ot a just indignation, while we pends the completion of the engagement. It be-
sinart under such enormities Mr. Lin-. comes the inteiesr. of both parties to wait for a
colli lias thousands of soldiers on our soil, 1 K ooJ price, and the Government will readily con-
n early all from the North, and most of. 8t '"' to a postponement of the sale.
. , , . ! You perceive, therefore, that it is desirable to
them foreigners, horn lie employs as Ills j continue your exertions to increase the subscrip-
instrument to do these things. But tew |tions; and you are authorized to say that the Gov-
Kentuckians have enlisted under his Stan- ! ernment will consent to a reasonable extension ot
issues, it may hazard its entire credit and stabili
ty. The experiment is too dangerous, and relief
for tlie planters must be sought in some other di
rection. And may not that remedy be found?
In the first place, let the planters immediately
take measures for winter crops to relieve the de
mand tor grain and provisions. Let them proceed
to divert part of their labor from cotton, and make
their own clothing and supplies. Then let them
apply to the great resource presented by the money
capital in banks and private hands. Let this cap
ital come forward and assist the agricultural inter
est. Heretofore the banks have employed a large
part of their capital in the purchase of Northern
exchange. Let them apply this portion to factors'
acceptances of planters’ drafts secuied by pledge
of the produce in the planters' hands An exten
sion of the time usually allowed on these drafts
would overcome most of the difficulties. This ex
tension could safely reach the probable time ot sale
of the crops, in asmucli as the suspension of specie
payments throughout the entire Confederacy re
lieves each bank from calls for coin. The banks
are accustomed to manage loans of this character,
and will conduct the operation with such skill as
will make them mutually advantageous. The
amount ot advance asked from the banks would
be greatly less than if advances were offered
by the Government; and all the abuses incident
to government agencies world be avoided.
It seems to me. therefore, that it is neither nec
essary nor expedient that the Government should
embark upon this dangerous experiment. It is
farbettet that each class of the commnnity should
endeavor to secure its own exertions, and if an
effort he at once made by so intelligent a class as
the planters, it will result in relief. Delay in
these efforts, occasioned by vague expectation ot
relief from Government, which cannot be real
ized, may defeat that which is yet practica
ble.
Respectfully.
Your obedient servant,
C. G Memminger,
Secretary of the Treasuiy.
The Extortioners.
Several articles, of a pertinent and pointed charac
ter, written for a different latitude, but which, we are
sorry to learu, are not altogether inapplicable to this,
will he found in our paper to-day. In our recent visit
to tlie up country, we happened to overhear a conver
sation in ti e ears, carried on in broken English be
tween Kiuulrysliarpera, who had, been into the interior
to gather up “fragments” out of which to indulge tlieir
invent gain. We were informed at Rome that the
country had been scoured by such sharpers—getting
from the patriotic but credulous farmers and their
wives, and country dealers, clothes, bedding, goods,
Ate., under false pretences, at small prices, or fot noth
ing, that they might huckster it off at exorbitant
profits. Such scamps deserve to be cropped and bran
ded aud sent to Lincoln’s Kitchen Cabinet.
Tiie Montgomery Advertiser gives these beastly
sharpers the following broadside.—Journal and Mes-
dard, fur wc are not yet accustomed to his j appo ' n . ,ed *l orsale ' . ,
.. J 2. I lie next inquiry is as to a promise of mate-
peculiar rorm ol liberty. 1 ■ -
. rial aid from the Government to the planters.
I will not pursue the disgraceful subject, j In answering this inquiry, 1 am to speak in ad-
Has Kentucky passed out of the control v «nce of any action of Congress. What that body
of her own people? Shall hirelings of the i ma ? see tit to do ’, it .‘, s not . for , l ° dl ^ ern,i,le ' I
i *. , r , ° i I can express mereiy the views of this Department,
pen lecently lnijioited from the North, j an( j these must govern your action, until reversed
sitting in grand security at the Capitol,! by a higher authority. ’ It would be a sufficient
force public opinion to approve these usur-! a,,s ' ver to the enquiry, to say, that the action of
pations, and point out victims? Shall the G ° VPI " nmen ‘ is settled by the Constitution No
. . , .1 - , . ,, ; power is granted to any Department to lend money
Mr. Lincoln, through his German mer- ] f or the relief of any interest. Even the power of
cenaries, imprison or exile the children of 1 Congress in relation to money is confined to bor-
the men who laid the foundation of the! rowing, and no clause can be found which would
Commonwealth, and compel our people to i ?? ncti ° n 80 stupendous a scheme as purchasing
, . *, 1 i the entire crop with a view to aid its owners But
exhaust themselves in tin mshing the mon-; mav he said that the Constitution of the Provis-
ey to destroy their otv n freedom? Never, j ional Government m&v be altered hy Congress,
while Kentucky remains the Kentucky of i » n(i tliat il > 8 tlie dut y of this Department to pre-
old—never, while thousands of her gal- j pare f ,h *. wa / for . s " cb alteration if, in its judg-
, , ...... i ment. the financial necessities ol the country de-
lant suns nave tlie will and tlie nerve to ma nd the change.
make the State ring to the music of tlieir j I am not disposed, then, to close the enquiry
rifles! The Constitution of the United i witl > the abrupt answer thus made by the Consti
States, which these invaders uncoustitu- j ,u,ion: . " d * iil . proc ?, ed ,0 consider subject
t tonally swear e\ery citizen whom they ] Two plans of relief have been proposed. Tlie
unconstitutionally seize, to support, lias one is that tlie Government should purchase the
been wholly abolished. It is as much for- ! entire crop of the country, the other that an ad-
gotten as if it lay away lack in the twilight! should be made of part of its value. In eith-
, . rni - J t i & , j er rase the payment is to he made by the issue ot
ot history. Ihe tacts I l:a\e enumerated Treasury notes, and therefore, if we put aside for
show that the very rights most carefully j'lie present, the many and serious objections to
reserved bv it to States and to individuals, ■ tlo possession, transportation and management of
have been most conspicuously violated. ,he ‘•, rop b >; the Government. “ becomes simply a
.... . *! J question of amount lo purchase the whole crop
And tins destruction lias not been ac-1 would require its whole value, less the amount of
complislied by the President alone, but i the subscriptions made to the Government. If we
by the Congress also, and with the ap-1 estimate the whole crop of cotton at 2'ifl millions
provalofthe Northern States and peo
ple.
They have deliberately made the con
test a constitutional struggle between so
many millions on one side and so many on
the other—one party fighting fur subjuga
tion. the other in self-defense and for in
dependence. Whatever may be the fu-
] ture relations of the two confederacies, the
idea of a restoration of the Union under
! the old constitution, is wholly visionary
j and delusive. If the North should con
quer the South, (which it will perceive to
be impossible after a few 7 lioundred mil
lions more shall be expended and a few
hundred thousand lives lost,) the character
of the Government would be radically
changed. It would probably not take,
the form even of a mixed government,
but would soon end in a military despo
tism. It must soon become apparent to
all thoughtful men that the last hope of
constitutional liberty lies in tlie early
recognition of these great truths—in an
honorable peace and friendly intercourse.
You declared your promise not to en
gage in tlie war to subdue the South, and
that you would he neutral and mediate in
the interests of peace when an opportunity
should offer. This is the recorded will of
tlie State as expressed by the people. But
those who assume to represent you have
violated that will. They have attempted
to burden you with enormous taxes to
prosecute a war you abhor, and to sustain
a government which has trampled under
foot every safeguard of a Constitution
which w as the only bond of your political
connection with it, while they have al
lowed that government to cut} on off from
the only avenues of trade which would
enable you to pay these taxes. They
have invited a military force of that gov
ernment to take possession of the State,
and practically stipe r cede the State Gov
ernment, and they have seen, with compla
cency, these foreign soldiers seize, im
prison and pursue hundreds of your fel
low-citizens—fugitives, without a crime—
over tlie plains aud mountains of Ken
tucky. In a word, they have attempted,
and the subscription at 50 millions, the purchase
would then require 150 millions of 1 reasury notes
and, if to this sum be added the amount of values
fur other agrieuliural proaurts, which would cor
tainly claim the same benefits, the sum required
would probably reach 175 millions.
'1 he amount called for by the other plan of mak
ing an advance, would depend upon the proportion
of that advance. Few of the advocates ot this plan
have put it lower than five cents per pound on cot
ton,and at the samo rate upon other produce. It
may, therefore, he very fairly'set down at tlie one
hundred millions.
If we consider first, the least objectionable of
these plans, it is certainly that which requires the
smaller sum, and if this be found impracticable,
the larger must of necessity be rejtcted. Our en
quiry. then, may be narrowed down to a pioposal
that the Government shall issue one hundred mil
lions of Treasury notes, to he distributed among
the planting community upon the forthcoming
crop.
'1 he first remarkable feature in this scheme is,
that it proposes that a new Government,yet strug
gling for existence, should reject all the lessons of
experience, and undertake that which no Govern
ment, however long established, has yet succeeded
in effecting. Tlie organization of labor has called
forth many ingenious attempts, both speculative
and practical, among well established Govern
ments, but always with disastrous failure. With
us, however, the experiment is proposed to a new
Government, which is engaged in a gigantic war.
Our enemies are in possession of all the munitions
and work shops which have been collected during
fmty-fivo years of peace—their fleets have been
built up at our own joint expense. With all these
on hand, they yet arc obliged to expend nearly ten
millions of dollars p*r week to carry on tlie war.
Can we expect to contend with them at less than
half that expenditure? Supposing that it may re
quire 200 millions of dollars; then the proposal is
that at a time when we are called upon to raise this
large sum for the support of Government, we shall
raise a lurther sum of 10U mi I Ions for the benefit
of the planting interest.
For be it observed, first, that the Government re
ceives no benefit whatever from this advance. The
money is paid to each individual planter, and in
exchange the Government receives only his bond
or note—or, if the cotton be purchased, the Gov
ernment receives only certain bales of cotton.—
That is to say, the Government pays out nmnev
which is neediul to its very existence, and receives
in exchange planters’ notes or produce, which it
does not need and cannot in any way make use of.
It must he observed, iu the next place, that
Treasury Notes have now become the currency of
the country. They are, theretofore,at present, the
measures of value. In this view it is the duty of
the Government to limit their issue, as far as prac
ticable, to that amount which is the limit of its
currency. Every person acquainted with this
branch of political science, is aware that if the
Tallies not content with stocking the market in
Montgomery ,have,goiie to the villages and towns adja
cent to this oily, ami attempted to get in hand all the
meals, candles, soap, shoes, coffee, cloths, &c., at pri-
eesso high as to convince any one that their only ob
ject was to control the market, and sell at their own
prices. Cuses have actually been reported in which
men had represented themselves ns agents of the Gov
ernment to get needed supplies. Was such apostacy
ever dreampt of by any but a political ingrate? Tlies’e
things have even been done in Montgomery. Shnll
thev be kept secret in order that such men mnygrow
ricli at the expense of the blood and sacrifices of tlie
country ! We cauuot express the utter loathing which
every good citizen feels tor tlie^jibominable creatures
who "have degruded themselves to such extortion upon
the necessities of their own people at a time like this,
we can compare them to nothing better than jackuls
and hyenas of society, who live and fatten upon things
which"disgust and sicken the rest of mankind. Com
pare these beasts to the great heart and soul of our
population who are staking tlieir lives and fortunes
upon the issue for liberty and independence. Look at
tlie noble women of Montgomery, who are toiling
night and day to supply our brave soldiers with clothing
and uniforms free of charge! Contrast these men
with the hundreds of patriots of this country who have
poured out their money, and meat and meal like water
for months at a time to the soldiers and their poor fam
ilies, and iu what light can we view them except as
misanthropes, or vile ulcers upon the body politic?
They are worse than thieves and robbers. They ure
in no respect better than the hireling tools of the Nor
thern despot. They ought to be pointed at, scourged
aud spit upon wheu they make their appearance upon
the streets. Let them remember that the eye of pub
lic vengeance is upon them. Forest ailing anil monopoli
zing are public offences both in the eye of the English
anil the American law, and if the Grand Juries ot our
courts shall do their duty, they will have a plenty to do
finding bills against this class of offenders. Doubtless
they do not fear punishment, inflicted by the regular
process of law. But there is a law that may be
brought into requisition in tlie absence of the ordinary
process; it is the first law of Nature—self-preservation.
The people are obliged to have tlie necessaries of life,
and il they are held and stored away by greedy specu
lators at such prices that they ought not to be bought,
then an outraged community will demand the use of
these articles at a fair market value. The specula
tors may think that they will evade the scrutiny of the
public necessities through transportation, storage,
agei ties and under-sellers, hut we warn them iu time,
that the eye of tlie community is open, and if they
would save themselves they must do an honest trade.
VV- have a pretty full list of this class of persons in our
mind's eye, which we have abstained from publishing
for the present, to see if they will not snve themselves
tin- mortification of publicity. We cannot promise,
however, to resist the pressure of the community much
longer on this subject. There is no irresistible feeling
among us to ferret out aud punish the piratical specu
lators, and if they do not open their articles soon at
considerably moderated prices, no* men or influence
can stand the torrent of a just retribution.
From the Liverpool Post.
The Recognition of the Southern Confed
eracy .
The Liverpool Post refers to the action
of the Czar on the American question, and
says: What Russia has done, why should
not England and France do? After speak
ing of the probability of such interfer
ence, the Post concludes in the following
strong terms:
If mediation fails, then the question
No reliable details have yet been received, giv
ing the number of the killed and wounded on our
side.
GEN. BEAUREGARD S OFFICIAL RETORT
R.chmnmJ, Va., Oct. 23.—General Beauregard's
r< port of the Battle of Manassas Plains, fought on
the 21st July, lc61,has been received at the War
Department. It is quite a lengthy document, with
volutniuous accompanying reports. Some days
" ill probably elapse before copies of these reports
can be obtained tor publication.
LINCOLN’S FORCES IN THE FIELD.
Richmond. Va., Oct. 23 —An intelligent gentle
man, who has just arrived from Washington, says,
that Lincoln's forces iu Maryland, Virginia, and
the District of Columbia, arc fully 200,000 strong,
and well equipped, with the exception of their
cavalry, which, he says, is much interior to the
Confederate cavalry.
THE LEESBURG BATTLE.
Richmond, Va., Oct. 23.—Several gentlemen
who were engaged in, and were witnesses ot the
battle near Leesburg, on Monday last, say that
the rout aud pauie of the Federalists exceeded that
of Manassas Plains. When the F“dera!ists took
to the river, tlieir heads appeared to be as thick as
a large swarm of blackbirds. They siy it is im
possible to describe the scene, or to estimate the
number of the drowned. Hundreds of the enemy
were shot while swimming and struggling in the
water; many of them left their clothing, of all
kinds, behind them; and many of them drowned
each other in their efforts to escape.
Most of our woundeJ will bo brought here to
morrow, and nearly all of the prisoners are ex
pected to arrive here to day or to-morrow.
Collector!! of War Tux.
Tlie following named gentlemen have been appointed
Tax Collectors of the “War Tax” in the districts, com
posed of ti.e counties named in the State of Georgia,
by the Chief Collector of the State, and the appoint
ments confirmed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Dist. Composed of
t. Chatham—LeviS. Russell.
2. Effingham and Soriven—C. Humphries.
3. Tattnall and Bryan—John A. Davis.
4. Liberty aud McIntosh—James M. Owens.
5. Appling and Wayne—N J. Newsom.
(i. Glynn and Camden—N. 15. Ward.
7. Pierce and Charlton—I. Donaldson, Sr.
8. Ware and Clinch-—VV. G. Stewart.
9. Lowndes ami Echols—U. E. Peeples.
10. Thomas anil Brooks—T. W. Terrell.
11. Decatur and Miller--.B. F. Burton.
12. Early and Baker—E. Pierce.
13. Mitchell and Colquitt—M. C. Smith.
14. Berrien and Coffee— James Smith.
15. Worth and Irwin—W. L Hunt.
lt>. Dougherty and Calhoun—J. 11. Watson.
17. Randolph and Clay—P. C.l’arkeson.
18. Terrell and Lee—H. M. Buford.
19. Quitman and Stewart—I. 11. Hatcher.
20. Webster and Sumter-Il F. Carter.
21. Dooly and Wilcox —J. II. Dupree.
22. Telfair and Montgomery—M. J. Wilcox.
23. Muscogee and Clicttahooche—I. L. Howell.
21. Marion aud Schley—I. M. Gill.
25. Macon and Houston—L J. Bryan.
26. Pulaski and Laurens -I. T. Duncan.
27. Emanuel and Bulloch—-A. J. Gibson.
28. Harris and Talbot—J. T. Johnson.
29. Upson ami Eavlor—J. Lcadbctter.
30. Crawford and Bibb—W.T. Massey.
31. Twiggs and Wilkinson—'T. II. Jones.
32. Washington and Johnson--W. F. Ponmell.
33. Jefferson and Burke—K. II. Gray.
31. Troup and Meriwether—I. S. Walker.
35. Pike and .Monroe—VV. R. Banks.
30. Jones and Baldwin—F. A. Iluson.
37. Heard and Coweta-J. E. Morrow.
33. Fayette and Spalding—T J. Tiirdkeld.
39. Clavton and Henry—-Geo. M- Nolan.
40. Butts and Jasper—.1. E. Maddox.
41. Putnam and Hancock—W. II Bmntlv.
42. Columbia. Warren ami Glascock—F. 51. Fuller.
43. Richmond—B. F. Hull.
44. Carroll and Campbell—J. Carlton.
45. Fulton and DeKalb—J. Bartlett.
4(i. Newton and Walton—L. Zachrv.
47. Clark and Morgan -P. High.
48. Green and Taliaferro—J. Davison.
49. Madison an l Oglethorpe—J. II. McWhorter.
50. Lincoln and Wilkes—C. R. Strother.
51. Polk and Hurralson—-Win. Hubbard.
52. Paulding and Cobb—G. D. Riee.
53. Gwinnette and Jackson—Alsa Moore.
54. Elbert and Hart -W. 51. Hazlitt.
55. Chattooga and Flovd-.P. M. McCurry.
50. Gordon and Cass—J. D. Carpenter.
57. Pickens and Cherokee—J. L. Gult.
58. Forsyth uud Milton—J. B. 51cCullum.
59. Dawson and Lumpkin—J. Cantrell.
60. Hall and Banks—A. C. Daniel.
61. Habersham aud Franklin—J. 5P Freemen.
62. Dade and Walker—E. Dyer.
63. Catoosa and Whitfield--J N. Cate.
64. .Murray and Gilmer—J. L. 5IcEri!ire.
65. Fannin and Union— F. G. Hughes.
66. Rabun, Towns, and White- -J. B. Kendall.
From the Comptroller General’s Report.
AMENDMENTS TO THEjREVENUE LAWS
By Act of_1821, it is made the duty of the
Comptroller General, from year to year, to repoit
to the Legislature such changes or modifications
of tlie Revenue laws, as in his judgment tiie
public interest demands. As, however, the last
Legislature adopted a Code of laws to superecd
all others, in which our fornmr Tax Laws in rela
tion to the return of property, &c., and the col
lection of the. revenue in detail, have in many
instances been changed, some of which changes
I consider an improvement upon our former laws:
and as the same do net go into operation until
January next, until I see their operation and effect,
I am not prepared to recommend many amend
ments at present.—Nevertheless, from a slight
glance over that pait of tlie Code relating to the
Revenue Laws, and a glance at the Tax Acts of
the last Legislature, to be included in the Code, I
think there are several things omitted and not
provided for, connected with the collection of the
Public Revenue: and I would, therefore, respect
fully rail the attention of the Legislature to the
necessary amendments. First then, as io.
The fees of Tar Collectors for the issuing of Tax
Fi Fas.
Notwithstanding Tax Collectors have been is
suing tax fi. fas. and Collection costs on the same
without consulting vou, and against vour currency passes this point, it only bccamcs depre
recorded wishes, to' place you in active I c5 « t V , v bnl it.distu.bs the just relations of society
. ... 0 1 * 3 piecMsely as though an arbitrary authority should
host ility to your Southern brethren, an d | t .|i an jr e t( ie weights and measures of the country,
to lix your political destiny with the ! ]f ihe currency of a country should be suddenly ex-
North. ! tended fiom one hundred to two bundled millions
Whatever may be the condition or mo- j d ? llar8 - ,ba ' 7 wb,cbraeasur * d one dob
,, J i . ,, , .. . . liar is now measured by two, and everv article
tnes or the members at l'rankfort, they i nllist berated at twice its former price. (Itcourse
arises vhat ought vie to do? It is com-1 f rnm yearto 'ear, I have searched the statute now
potent for ns to recognize the Independence | of force and I cannot find where Collec'ors are
of the Southern States It is, at least, com
petent for us to refuse to recognize an im
perfect blockade. TI c want cotton, and
ice must have it. We are under the pres
sure, or will soon be under the pressure,
of necessity, and wecessitas quod cogit. de
fend it. National law, like municipal law,
must give way to any exigency. Millions of
our people, through no fault of climate, or
season, or government at home, may in a
few months, be exposed to positive starvation,
because of tlie persistent madness of the
people composing the American Union.
Are we bound to abstain from inter
ference under the pressure of circumstances
which have originated in a perfectly un
derstood promise of mutual exchange? At
present, however, it is not necessary to
make the point too fine- The Economist
may be right in its assurance of their be
ing an abundance of cotton brought to
Liverpool; and if our cotemporary can be
relied on, there will be no occasion for
studying too intensely the laws of nations.
But, in the meantime, Russia has set an
example which England will be very
wrong not to follow. Failing in counsel,
the question will arise, apart from pros
pective principle, whether it is best for us
to get cotton from the. Southern States or con- \ have been presanted at this office I havo rej
tinue at peace with the Northern States. tbeaame ' Forthe t san ’ ereaaon ,hat Re ? dver “°
L Kpt.nmq arp lint. nllnwHil ennituKcintiu nti
price.
The debt incurred be
have exceeded their authority. No legis-! all contracts are disturbed
lativc assembly or other body, other than I fore the increase is discharged by paying one half
one elected by your ISovereign Voice for
that purpose, has the right, in this great
revolution, to determine, finally, your
political future. '1 he people, though taken
by surprise and almost unarmed, have
risen to vindicate their wishes and expel
the Northern invaders. The eagerness
with which their aid has been invoked by
those who have plunged the State into her
present unhappy condition is the strongest
proof of their conviction that but for the
presence of these soldiers the action of the
members at Frankfort would be repudiated
by the people. When the Northern inva
ders shall be sent back across the < 'hio
river; when the State shall be relieved
of all troops from abroad, and the people
ot Kentucky, by a fair election, shall de
termine their destiny, it will be the clear
its former value; and each article purchased must
be paid for at double its former price. The Gov
ernment, from the necessities of war, is the largest
of nil purchasers, and thus, by a kind or suicidal
act, compels itself to pay two dollars for what oue
would have formerly purchased And, at this rate
of advance, two hundred millions of dollars can ef
fect no more, than one hundred m.llions of dollars
would have effected before; or. in other words, one
hundred millions of dollars are actually sunk in
the operation.
Such a condition of the currency, the Govern
ment has anxiously endeavored to guard against.
The war tax was laid for the purpose of creating
a demand for Treasury Notes, and a security for
tlieir redemption. Their redundancy lias been
carefully guarded against by allowing them to be
funded in eight percent, bonds. It necessity shall
compel the Government to issue for the defi uce of
the country, andj to keep out two hundred mil-
.ions, it is plain that every accession must impair
and may defeat all these precauiions.
If the Government should undertake, for the
sake of private iuterests, so large an increase Of
The Prisoners Tnkeu in the Battle of I.ees*
burg.
Richmond, Oct. 24.—Five hundred and twenty-
five Leesburg prisoners arrived here to-day. They
are principally of tlie 15th and 20th Massachusetts,
42d New York and 1st California Regiments,
twenty-three officeis, among them Col. W. R.
Lee, of the 20th Massachusetts aud Col. Cogswell,
of the 42d New York Regiments, formerly a West
Point Professor; Maj. E. J. Revere, of the 20th
Massachusetts Regiment; six Captains and eight
Lieutenants, are among the prisoners. They con
firm the death of Col. Baker, and the drowning
of a large number of their comrades. The total
number of prisoners taken in the battle is thirteen
hundred.
Richmond, Oct , 24—We havo received some
further details of the Leesburg fight Tlie Fed
eral commenced crossing the Potomac on .Sunday,
night, and continued crossing during the fight
The fighting was terrible on both sides, the Fed-
erals being well protected by a heavy forest. They
w- re routed three times at the point of the bayo
net, and were reinforced each time. The 8th Vir
ginia Regiment charged and captured the brass
battery, putting the enemy to flight. '1 he Federals
made a desperate stand at the river, but were
slaughtered there, until, panic struck, they at
tempted to cross the river, in which attempt hun
dreds were drowned.
The battle field is thickly strewn with the Fed
eral killed and wounded.
Col. Burt, of the 10th Mississippi Regiment, is
badly wounded.
The Confederate tioops fought under great dis
advantage. They endured a heavy march on Sun
day on only two meals, slept under arms in the
open air on Sunday night, and on Monday fought
all day, without nourishment or reinforcements.
Richmond, October 24 — Five hundred and
twenty-five prisoners arrived here this morning
from Leesburg, taken in the battle on Monday.
Among them are Col. W. R. Lee, of the 2l>tli
Massachusetts Regimen!; Col. Cogswell, of the
12th New York Regiment; Major Revere, of the
26th Massachusetts Regiment, and Adjutant Pear
son and Assistant Surgeon Revere, of the 20th
Massacburetts Regiment—with six Captains ana
eleven Lieutenants from the N'aw York, Mas
sachusetts and California Regiments.
A considerable number more of prisoners will
be brought here to-morrow.
Some report over one thousand prisonei s taken
in the battle, and the lowest estimate report six
hundred and fifty.
especially allowed any specific sum as a fee for
issuing said fi. fas. I suppose, however, that limy
have usually charged the fee allowed to other
officers. But I think the amount to be charged by
them should he especially set forth: the| Sheriffs or
Cons'ables, into whose hands said fi fas are
placed for collection, charging the same as is al
lowed upon other fi fas. And in this connection.
I would also respectfully call the attention of the
Legislature to the subject cf
Allowing Collectors, Sheriffs and Constables costs on
Insolvent Tax Fi. Fos.
The various Acts providing for allowance to
Tax Collectors for Insolvents authorizes the
Grand Juries or Inferior Courts to make such al
lowances. Tlie Comptroller General is not au
thorized to go behind the certificates of the Grand
Juries or Inferior Courts, and enquire how, or in
what manner these Insolvent Lists or Certificates
are given—but. the manner of allowing them is
prescribed by law to a certain extent, to the Ju
ries and Courts, and the law presuming that these
bodies will follow the statute and guard the pub
lic interests, and will only allow what is right and
proper, the Comptroller General is required upon
their being presented at this office, in proper form,
&c., to credit them to the Collector in his final
settlement of the Tax of the State. But my ob
servation and experience have satisfied me. that
in some, if nut in many instances, from a mista
ken notion of the law, Collectors and other officers
havo been (allowed by Juries or Inferior Courts,
costs on Ihe Insolvent tax fi fas. As I cannot
find any enactment authorizing Collectors, Sher
iffs or constables to receive costs on insolvent tax
fi fas in all cases where-the claims for such costs
rejected
f Tax
Retains are not allowed commissions on the
default list they return to this office, and tlie Col
lectors are not allowed commissions on their In
soleent lists, I think Collectors and Sheriffs and
Constables should not be allowed any costs upon
the so-called “Insolvent fi. fas.,” unless they collect
the same from the defendant. Under the present
mode prescribed to the Grand Juries and Inferior
Courts for allowing Insolvent Lists, there is no
necessity for issuiug execution at all, by the Col
lector, in many instances.—and in those cases
where the Collector or Court think it best to issue
the fi. fas , it is better that the Collector and other
officers should receive no cost on the same, unless
they collect the tax, rather than indiscriminately
allow them such costs.
The present law in force authorizes and requires
the Grand Juries or Iuferior Courts to allow the
Tax Collectors their Insolvent lists, either at their
regular term, or in vacation, on or before the 15th
of December in each year.—They are required to
state in their certificate to theCollector, the amount
allowed for insolvents, on account of the State
Tax, and the amount allotted for the county Tax.
By doing this, the Comptroller >'ill know how
much to credit the Comptroller with on the State
Tax. And they are authorized to make these
allowance, either upon a list of names furnished
by the Collixtor under oath, or oil fi las with the
proper entries thereon. As before remarked,
there will be no necessity, under this law. for issu
ing fi. fas. in many cases, as the Collector, in the
first place, would not swear to the Insolvency of
a man, as to his tax. unless the ease was a very
hopeless and bad one, and if he should commit an
error, the Jury or Court could disallow what lie
claimed and require him to issue a fi. fa. iu the
case or cases. But were the State to pay him and
the Sheriff or Constable cost on fi. fas. so ordered
by the Court to be issued, so far from bettering
tho tiling in inquiring him to issue the fi. fa. or fi
fas , in all probability in many cases it would
make the matter icorse for the State and county.—
Having sworn that the person or persons were in
solvent, the Collector would still think so. and the
Sheriff or Constable might tbink so from the same
cause, and as it wonld be easitr to merely enter
on the fi fas. “no property” or “insolvent,"and
get pay for it, rather than hunt up property S(c., and
still only riceite pay for it, it will at once be seen
that this allowing these officers costs on '‘Insol
vent Tax fi fas” unless collected from the defen
dants, works injury in more than one way, both
*.o the State and the various counties. I would
therefore respectfully suggest that it be enacted
that no officer aball receive a fee on a tax fi. fa.
unless the same is collected from the defendant.
ST AUTHORITY.
acts and resolutions
of the Second Session of the
PROVISIONAL CONGRESS
j From the Knoxville (Tent. ) Daily Kegi 3teP .
j STILL MOTHER CONFEDERATE VICTORY
j Lynchburg, October 19, 1861.—There
: sharp fight at Bolivar, near Harper's FerrvV*
tween a portion of our militia, together with M *
Donald's cavalry, under Colonel Aslibv *h„, !*
hundred and fifty strong, ami fifteen hundred Ft
erals. atddcd by a portiou of Doubleday's batt
The enemy was driven back mid forced ta e'
CONFEDERATE STATES.
with the loss of two hundred killed and
and twelve taken prisoners. Our 1iw„ ded ’
1861.
[No. 153,]
AN ACT,
Concerning the transportation of soldiers
and allowance for Clothing <W Volun
teers, and amendatory of the Act for
the establishment and organization of
the Army of tlie Confederate States.
Sec. 1, The Congress of the Confeder
ate States of America do enact When trans
portation cannot he furnished in kind, the
discharged soldier shall be entitled to re
ceive ten cents per mile in lieu of all trav
eling pay, subsistence, forage, and un
drawn clothing, from the place of dis
charge to the place of his enlistment or
enrollment, estimating the distance by the
shortest mail route, and if there is no mail
route, by tho shortest practical route
The foregoing to apply to all officers, non
commissioned officers, musicians, artificers,
farriers, blacksmiths and privates of vol
unteers, when disbanded, discharged or
mustered out of service of the Confeder
ate States; and it shall also apply to all
volunteer troops, as above designated,
when traveling from the place of enroll
ment to the place of general rendezvous
or point where mustered into service:
Provided, That nothing herein contained
shall be so construed as to deprive the
mounted volunteers of the allowance of
forty cents a day for the use and lisk ot
his horse, which allowance is made from
the date of his enrollment to the date of
his discharge, and also for every twenty
miles Jravel from the place of his dischsrge
to the place of his enrollment.
killa l, and eight or "nine slightly wounded fi"®
victory was complete, notwubstandinj th e p ,
I er.Js forced women and children to confront •
1 lines to protect themselves from our (he ° ar
The fight reported yesterday, at Romney »
untrue. 43
The above is true, and no mistake occurs in th
locality.
Nothing interesting from Manassas or the North*
Religions Revivals Among our Soldiers—V
more than a w. ek a revival has been in p ro - r ° f
among the soldiers strtioned at Ashland si**
vices are held every night in the Baptist Cburc'^
and the seats set apart for the anxious are {*'
quentlv well riigli filled by the soldiers whn
*i,^ „r n„r . 0 Me
asking for the prayers of God's people R-.v. \y
E. Hutch, of Manchester, preaches every nieht At
Aquia Creek, thirty have professed couvertion
within a few weeks, a number of whom were ba°
tized in the Potomac, by Rev. George F. Bjo-by
chaplain. The entire regiment with which the
converts were connected turned cut to witness the
ceremony. Our informant says he has never
looked upon a mote lovely and impressive scene
We understand that a pro r icted meeting is ; n
progress in Col. Carry V|regiment, aud that R eT
Andrew Broaddus, ot Carolina, is officiating. \y e
hear of another revival in which twelve soldiers
professed conversion, five of whom united with
the Methodist, four with the Baptists, and the
remainder with the Presbyterians. Tiie religious
community of the Confederate States ought to
feel encouraged by these tokens of the Divine
power, to put forth still greater efforts in behalf
the spiritual welfare of our army. Fully one-
third of the soldiers are destitute of a copy of the
NewTestament, aud of all other religious read
ing.
Interesting Correspondence.—The following
interesting correspondence has recently transpired be
tween 5Irs. A. Meade Godwin of Greenville, Va., and
Gen. Beauregard
September 17,1,861.
Gen. Beauregard—Being unaccustomed to our chil
ly atmosphere, and fearing cold weather will find v „ u
regardless of self, permit me to have the pleasure ln d
honor of contributing a small gift towards your protec
tion in camp life, by presenting this worsted comfort
Sec. 2. That the fourth section of the I t( ) you. It is a piece of work of several years making,
act of March G, 1S61, "To provide tor
the public defence,” be amended as fol
lows, viz: There shall be allowed to each
volunteer, to be paid to him on Ihe first
muster and pay rolls after being received
and mustered into the sendee of the Con
federate States; the sum of twenty-one
dollars in lieu of clothing for six months;
and thereafter the same allowance iu mon
ey at every subsequent period of service
for six months in lieu of clothing: Provi
ded, That the price of all clothing in kind
received by said volunteers from the Con
federate States government shall be de
ducted first from the money thus allowed;
and if that sum be not sufficient, the bal
ance shall be charged for stoppage on the
muster and pay rolls; and that all accounts
arising from contracts, agreements, or
arrangements for furnishing clothing to
volunteers, to be duly certified by the
company commanders, shall be paid out
of the said semi-annuel allowand of mon-
havitig
designed it for my venerable relative Bishop
— the luxury of a home
! -’ted the commanding
Meade.—While we will enjoy the luxury of a horn,
fireside this winter, it may be
* Sec. 3. That the twenty-first section of
the act for the organization of the army
of the Confederate States be so amended
as to allow to aid-de camp and to adju
tants forage for the same number of hor
ses as allowed to officers of the same grade
in the mounted service.
Appoved May 21, 1S61.
[No. 154.J
AN ACT To be entitled an Act to amend
“An Act to raise and additional Mili
tary Force to serve during the War.”
Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate
States of America do enact, That so much
of the second section of the act en
titled an act to raise an additional mili-
tarY 7 force to serve during the war, passed
May eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-
one, be so amended as to authorize the
President, on the application of any com
manding officer of a regiment or battal
ion authorized hy said act, to assign a sub
altern of the line of the line of the army
to the duties of adjutant of said regiment
or battalion,
Approved May 21, 1SG1.
[No. 155.J
AN ACT To authorize the President to
confer temporary rank and command,
for service with volunteer troops, on Offi
cers of the Confederate army.
Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate
States of America do enact. That the Pres
ident shall be authorized to confer tempo
rary rank and command, for service with
volunteer troops, on officers of the Con
federate array, the same to be held with
out prejudice to their position in said ar
my. and to have effect only to the extent
and according to the assignment made in
general order.
ApprovedMay 21, 1861.
General of the Potomac.
The other little gift you will find warmer and more
durable than you could purchase.
May the God of Battles lay around you the arm of
his protection, and crown all your efforts with suecess.
I am, most respectfully.
5Irs.A.5I. G.,
of Greenwood, Greenville, Va.
Fairfax Court House, Va.,)
Sept 27,1861. j
Dear Madam : Permit me to thunk you most kindly
for the beautiful comforter and other presents you had
the goolness to send me hy Cupt. Griswold) of the
First Virginia Volunteers. I only regret that I have
not the name of tlie kind donor to associate with
them.
3The comforter is so exceedingly beautiful, and shows
so much taste, skill and patience in its construction,
that I shall have to keep it more as u work of art than
use, and on it I will inscribe “Regardes moir ne tou-
chez par.”
Our cause is so righteous and sacred that the “God of
Battles” has and will protect it. All that is required
tor final success is, that we should be true to ourselves
and that we should adopt ns our motto “victory or
death !” Who would dare to reluse to do so.and nre.
ter 11 live a vassal of the North ? I, for one, woulura
ther see the last of my name and blood perish in the
struggle, than witness such a degradation of my coun
try !
With much respect, Dear Madam, I remain vour
obedient servant, G. T. BEAUREGARD,
3Irs. A. 3L G., of Greenwood, Hicksford Postofiiee,
Greenville Couutv, Va.
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THE TWO GREAT QUESTIONS—Let them be
discussed on tlieir merits, and let a vote be taken
throughout the lnnd without reference to party orga
nizations, on the naked question, “Shall Government
expend thirty millions of dollars, if necessary, to secure
the constuction of a railroad from the Mississippi to the
Pacific ?''—“Shall ‘Jacob’s Cordial’ have a‘fair show
ing,’ that it may either work its own way to public fa
vor by its own instt insic merits, or fall and siuk into
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CLARK. 23 It.
[No. 287 ]
RESOLUTIONS to provide troops in the field with
bread and fresh provisions'
Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate Stoti s
of America, That the Secretary of War be, and he is
hereby, directed to furnish to such of our troops iu tlie
field as desire it, upon requisition made, and whenever
practicable, in lieu of the usual ration of Hour, an
equivalent ot well baked bread, and of this end he is
authorized to establish bakeries ill such numbers and
at sueh points ns may be necessary or to muk contracts
for the supply of such bread.
Resolved that a daily ration of fresh vegetables be
furuislijed] to all troops when ver the same can be
provided at a reasonable oost and charges to the Gov
ernment.
Approved August 31, 1861.
Crawfordsville, Ga., March 18,1860.
Gentlemen: This is to certify that several years ago
my husband, J. B. Darracott, was afflicted with Dr p-
sy. and after all medical treatment had failed, he was
induced to try yours, which terminated in a final cure.
He lived several years afterwards, and no signs of
Dropsy returned. I cheerfully recommend those of-
dieted with Dronsy to give you a fair trial.
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[No. 150.]
AN ACT
TO amend an act relative to Telegraphic Lines i f the
Confederate States, approved .May eleventh, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of
America do cimet, That the sixth section of the“aci
relative to telegraphic lines of the Conlederate States”
be ami the same is hereby so amended ns to authori
ze the President to allow such compensation as may
be reasonable amt proper, in addition to wbat may lie
allowed by the telegraph companies, to such ot the
agents of said companies as ho may charge with spe
cial and important duties, where such agents aredeem-
ed trustworthy auj acceptable both to him and the
companies concerned.
Aproved 5Iay 21, 1861.
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105 persons have been cured of General Debility
68 “ “ “ “ Nervous Debilily.
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180 “ Who have been afflicted with various
complaints, Fever, Chronic Diarrlia'a, Dysentery,
Liver Complaint, Night Sweats, Dyspeosia, and Weak
ness of the Digestive Organs, have been clued, besides
a large number from whom we have not yet beard.
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[No 159.]
AN ACT to divide the State of Texas into two Judi
cial Districts, and to provide for tho appointments
o! Judges and officers iu the same.
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact, That the state of Texas be and
the same is hereby divided into two judicial districts,
in tiie following manner, to-wit: all the territory ol
the State of Texas within and west of the following na
med enmities shall compose one district, to be called the
Western District, to-wit: Matagorda, Wharton, Colo
rado, Fayette, Washington, Burleson, Milan, Falls,
31cl.ell.in, Hill, Johnson, Tarrant. Wise, Montague;
and all the territory east of said counties shall continue
the Eastern Di.-trict of Texas.
Sec. 2. There shall be appointed a judge ami mar
shal for said Western District. The said judge shall
hold two terms each year of said court at the city of
Austin, and at Brownsville, in the county of Cameron,
at the times prescribed by the laws of the United
States for the holding of the district courts of the Uni
ted States, ut said places.
Sec. 3. All the laws of the United States relative to
the district courts of Texas, and the powersand juris
diction of the same, so far as they nre consistent with
the constitution and tlie laws of the Confederate States,
are hereby re-enacted and continued in full force.
Appro veil 3Iay 21, 1861.
R. R.
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[No 163.]
AN ACT To define with more certainty the meaning
of an Act entitled “An Act to fix the duties on ar
ticles therein named,” approved March the fifteenth,
eighteen hundred uud sixly-one.
Section 1. The Congress of tho Confederate States
of America do enact, That the above recited act shall
be so construed ns to embrace all railroad rails, spikes,
finishing plates and chairs, used in tlie construction of
railroads, which were imported and were iu bond at the
date of its passage.
See. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Secretary of
the treasnry is hereby directed to refund to such rail
road compauies as have, since the passage of said act,
paid ou any of the above enumerated articles imported
us aforesaid a greater rate of duty than is prescribed by
said act, the amount over and above said rate.
Approved May 21,1861. 2341.
Richmond, Oct. 21.—A letter was received here
to day, from Major J. Thompson Brown, of Yoik-
town, stating that a fight occurred on Friday near
Hampton, in which the Federals lost sixty killed
and twelve taken prisoners.
The Confederates had eleven killed and thirteen
wounded.
Richmond Dispatch, Oct. 20. ALLEN, Sandersville.
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