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BOLiHUOA, NISBET & BARNES; Publishers and Proprietors. jtfi. II. .VIMBKT. 5 l-ditorn. £j)c Soutlm gtkrd Inion Is published Weekly, in MilledgcvMe, Ga., Cu tter of Hancock and Wclkituon Sis. (opposite Court House.) At $2 a year in Advance (Unless in Advance, $3 Per Annum.) KATES OF AUVEBTISItYr.. Per s'/nare nf twelve line*. One insertion 5! OU, aud fifty cents for each subsequent continuance. Tho* -ut without the specification of thenumberot insi-r: ions will be published till forbid and chan-ed accordingly. Jiu-in s or Professional Card*, per year, where they do not exceed Six Lines - - . $|imhi A liberal co ifrart. mill be made tcilh those mho wish to Advertise by the year, occupying a specif cd space LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators, Ex- ecators ir Guardians, arerequired by law to be held on I lie first Tuesday in the month; hetwt en the hours of 10 in the l irenoon and three in the afternoon, at the i.-t house in thecOuutyiu which the property is sit uated. Notice of these sales mast bo given in a public ga ted ' • ’ days pre* ious to Uie day ofsale. Notices tortile sale of personal property must begiv- eninli'.te manner 10 days previous to sale dnv. B N >ti- est.’i the debtors and creditors of mi estate must a !-.« lie published 10 days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinaryforlcovetosell Laud or Negroes, must be published for two months. Citations forb-ttersnf Administration Guardianship, !cc., mast he published 30 days—for dismission from .VI niuistration, monthly si.e months—for dismission [r im Guardianship, -10 days. Utiles for foreclosure of Mortgage must he published t>. - thty for four months—for establishing lost papers, fart’. full spare of three months—for compelling titles l'/o-n Executors or administrators, where bond lias been given by the deceased, the full space of three months. Publications will always be continued according to tliesc. the le gal requirements, unless otherw ise ordered at the following RATES: Citations, on letters of administration. See. $2 75 “ “ disinissory from Admr’n. 150 “ Guardiansliip. 3 0 heave to sell Land nr Negroes I 00 Notice to debtors and creditors. 3 0(1 Sales of personal property, ten days, 1 sqr. I 50 S ile of land or negroes by Executors, Sec. pr sqr. 500 Estrays, two weeks 1 50 For a man advertising his wife (in advance,) 5 00 VOLUME XXXI!.] MILLEDUEYILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1SG1. [NUMBER 24. GENERAL ADVERTISEMENTS. J. A. & W« W. TURNER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW Eutonlou,.Ga. October, 18, 1859. COATES A WOOLFOLK ttihrfjjoust anu Commission MERCHANTS. AUK now open and prepared f«»r the reception of Cd oiut their NEW FIBE PROOF WAREHOUSE, opp* *»>iti* Hardeman At Spark«. We will endeavor to prove ourselves worthy of the patronage of those who will! ivor us with tin ir business. Liberal advances made on cotton when dtwired. Mae mi (tt., Sept. 21, I&VJ. 18 if. JOHN T. BOWDOIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, V. VFOWOV Gi. Eaton ton, Ga., Feb. 14, I860. 38 tf. BOARDING. [iSltg5| mill M Y HOUSE will be open for transient n ml regu lar boarders. .JAMES E. 1IAY GOOD. Milledgevil'.e, Jan. 18tli, 1861. 35 tf. NOTICE. milE UNDERSIGNED havirg bought the es- X tablislnnent nf his friend I. NHOKNBE1N, deceased, respectfully inlet ms the public, that he will continue the business in the same form and respectfully solicits a shale of public pationage. YVM. SCHEIH1NG. Milledgeville, July 15. ltd. 8 lyr. WATER PIPES, FIRE CRICKS, AC. rpiIE NOI TIIEBX PKOCEI AIN .11AIVI’- l FACT! Rl.TG COnrANV,ICAOLIN, S C., are now prepared to lurnish at short notice WATER PIPES, double glazed, with a perfect vitrious body suitable for conduit pipes for cities, Are., from twenty- six inches diameter to one inch, capable of sustaining a pressure of 150 head of water. ALSO, KIKE BRICKS which have no superior. YVe also manufacture all kinds of C.G. and Granite YY’ar,-. and would most respectfully solicit orders lor tin- above goods. YV. II. FARROW, 12 3m Agt. Kaolin, S. C. IV XVAH.! WAIL!! li VOLUNTEERS UNIFORMS CUT TO OnDEn. rpilE Subscriber will, upon short notice, vi-it X any County in the State, and Ct’T UNIFORMS fur Companies, and warrant a good lit. Orders respectfully solicited. I-if Address, * THOMAS PROWN, Merchant Tailor. Pull sett of Patterns for Uniforms sent to any pat t of the State, upon the receipt o! $5 00. Miiledgeville. Ga., July 15, l8(il, 8 tf BV AUTHORITY. ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS of the Second Session of the PROVISIONAL CONGRESS OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES. 1861. (Xo. 235.) AX ACT to admit the State of North Carolina into the (^onfwlerucyjOii :i certain condition. Hie State oi North Caroliim Imvingr adopted meas- uro« looking to an early withdrawal ln»m Ilie United Sin ten, and to becoming in thefutarc a member of thin (-onlederaey, which nn*nsim s may not be consumma ted before the approaching recess a f (JoDgreaa. There fore, 1 he Conjrres* of the Confederate States of America do enact, '1 hat the State of North Carolina .'-hall be ad mitted a member of the Confederate States of Aineri ca, upon an equal footing with the other States, under the Constitution for the Provisional Government ofth same, upon the condition that the convention of said State soon to assemble shall adopt and ratify said Con stitution frrthe Provisional (government of the Con federate States, and shall transmit to the President of ihe Confederate States, before the re-assemblinj Congress, through the Governor of said State, or some other proper organ, an authentic copy of the act or or dinance of said convention so adopting and ratifying said Provisional Constitution ; upon the receipt where of the President by proclamation, shall announce the fact; whereupon,and without any further proceeding ou tin- part of Congress, the admission of said Stall* into this Confederacy, under said Constitution for the Provisional Goveminenl, shall be considered ns com plete, ami tlie laws of this Confederacy shall thereby be extended over said State as fully and completely as over the other States now composing the same. Approved May 17,1861. (No. 137.1 A RESOLUTION in relation to imports from the States of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas, Resolved. That all ini ports from the States of Vir ginia, North Carolina. Tennessee and Arkansas, be ex empted from the payment of duties; and that this ex emption extend to imports from the said States now in warehi use. Approved May 17, 1801. (No. 140.) AX ACT to establish n Mail Route from Vermillion- ville,in the State of Louiriann, t<» Orange, in tin* State of Texas, and for other purposes. Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the following maill route b * and tlie sum** is hereby established, to-wit .* From Vcr- millioiiville, in the State of Louisiana, to Orange, in the State 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 said contract, as required by existing law, and that this act take effect and be in force from and after its Approved May 17,1S(»1. (No. 14!.) AX ACT to provide an additional C pers and Bombardiers for the Section 1. The C» BOOK-BINDING The Subscriber is now pre pared to do Hook-Bind ing-, in all its branches. Olil Hooks rebound, A:c. MUSIC bound in the best style. Blank Books matiutactared to order. Prompt attention will be given to a'l work eutiusted to me. S. J. KIDD. Einitrry in tioiitlirm I’c.IcrnZ I uioai Kflirr. Milledgcville, Marcli 10th, IStil. 43 | S L ATI N(i—SLAT TNG. I W. E. ELLIOTT, PBUTItU SLATE B AY I) DEALER IA BEST SLATES, RECENTLY FROM RICHMOND, VA., r S now readv to do any work in his line of busi ness—Slating, and warranted free from Leak age. It .-pairs to oil Mint. Itoofs atM-ndrd to Prom plly. YY r . E. E. is Agent for an extensive Manufactory of Iron Railing. Verandah, Balconies, Iron Stairs. Fountains, Settees, Chairs, Tables, Tree Boxes. Figures. &e.,&c., and all other Jrou YVork oi a decorative character. Km-losing C’-inelory I.ols will receive his pnr- lienlnr Attention. YV. E. E. is Agent for an extensive Marble Monument YVorks, likewise for the Steam Marble Mantle Works. Designs of all, with prices, can he seen at his office, up stairs, over Morning News office, Bay Street, Savannah, Ga. A specimen;*,f our work may be seen on the Depot building in Milledgeville. Reference—G. YY r . Adams. Superintendent C. R- Ii. Savannah. -J dds&wtf. 5ii Saw Cotton Gin tor Sale. ONE of WATSON'S best 50 Saw Cotton Gins, D offered for sale. This Gin is new, and is equal to any in use> Sold for no fault, the present ow ner- having no use for it. Any planter wanting* P "4 (tin, can have a chance to get one at a^ re duction on the regular price. Apply at this office, ‘ of X. Tift, or J. II. Watson, at Albany. Confederate r pi5E\SITRY Notes and Bonds taken at PAR for ^ Furuiture or Notes and Accoants due. YVOOD & t O., Macon,Ga. Atnerious, Albanv, Cutlibert, Fort Gains, Griffin and AElledg.-iville papers will please copy six months and j pp.pe ‘aid bill. ; I ti ins,) YV A CO. FOR 8ALE. UP SB. i OB. SENT CLOTH, weighing 12 ozs per yr.td, *10 inches wide, Da.es containing about 020 yarns, manulac- ed by Oemulgee Mills. Apply to ISAAC SCOTT, r «ly 18th, 1 SGI. (0 Chios*/ Macon. Ga. HOB S CORDIAL will relieve r.t once the most ; ate euse cf Diarrhooea.and dysentery, no n:-at- severe or violent, it controls with the utmost '"V soothing the mucous lining of the intestinal • allaying ail irritation and, brings about a speedy —dial, which is an excellent remedy breast, i uflamed throat, <Sw • Army. , if the Confederate States of America do enact, That there be added to the mili tary establishment of the Confederate States one com pany of sappers and bombardiers, 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 the second class, who shall be instructed in and perform all the duties of sap pers and bombardiers, and shall, moreover, under the orders of the chief engineer, be liable to serve by de tachments in overseeing mid aiding laborers upon for tifications or other works under the engineer depart ment, and in supervising finished fortifications, as fort-keepers, preventing injury and making repairs. Sec. 2. 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, (inan ity, form, dimensions, Sec., of the necessary vehicles, arms, pontons, tools, implements, and othersupplies for the service of said company as a body of sappers nisi bombardiers. Sec. 3. That the monthly pay of the captain of said company shall be one hundred and forty dollars; of each first lieutenant, one hundred dollars; of the second lieutenant, ninety dollars; of the sergeants, thirty-fourd.-liars: of the corporals, twenty dollars; „j tlie musicians, thirteen dollars; of tlie first class pri vates, seventeen dollars ; utid o: the second eluss pri vates, thirteen dollars. And the said commissioned officers shall he entitled to the same allowances as all other commissioned officers of the army, and the same right to draw forage for horses asisaccotded to offi cers of like rank in the engineer corps; and the en listed men shall receive the same rations and al lowances as are granted to all other enlisted men in the army. Approved May 17, 1801. (No. 142.) AN ACT to admit the State of Arkansas into the Confederacy. Tlie people of the State of Arkansas, in soveroign Convention, having passed an ordinance dissolving their political connection with the l mted States, and another ordinance adopting and ratifying the^l (insti tution for the Provisional Government of the Confede rate States of America ; Therefore, The Congress of tlie Confederate States of Ameri ca do enact, That the Slate of Arkansas be mid is hereby admitted into tliisConfed nicy, upon an equal footing with the other States, under the Constitution for the Provisional Government of the same. Approved May 20, 1861. (No. 145.) 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 utter 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 tlierankof major, one adjutant with the rank of ma jor, one sergeant major, one quartermaster sergeant, ten captains, ten firet lieutenants, twenty second lieu tenants, forty sergeants, forty corporals, and eight hundred and and forty privates, ten drummers and ten filers mid two musicians. Sec. 2. The pay and emoluments of the officers and enlisted men shall be the same as that ot the officers and enlisted men of like grade in the infantry ot the army, except that the paymaster and the adjutant shill! receive the same pay as' the quartermaster, and the adjutant shall be taken from the captains and subalt erns of the corps and separated from the fine. The rations of enlisted marines shall be the rations allowed liv law to seamen. A'l acts inconsistent with the pro visions of this act are i.ereby repealed. Approved May 20, 1861. (No. 146.) AN ACT to amend an act to provide for the organ ization of the Navy, approved March sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact', That the President be and lie is hereby authorized to nominate, and by and with the adv ice anil consent of Congress to appoint, all officers of the navy of the United States, who have resigned or may hereafter resign their commissions on account of the secession of any or all of the Confederate States, and who may be fit for active service, to the same rank and position in the navy of the Confederate States which they held in that of tlie United States; Provided, however, That no officer shall be so ap pointed who may at anytime have committed any act of hostility against the Confederate States or any one thereof. Sec. 2. That tlie President be authorized to assign officers of the navy to any duty connected with the defence of the country, mid suitable to their rank, which lie may deem proper. See. 3. That the Presiitent be authorized to appoint sixassistant paymasters of the navy, each to receive a salary of one thousand dollars when employed at sea. mid seven hundred dollars when not thus employed ; and all paymasters of tiie navy shall be taken trom the grade of assistant paymasters. Approved May 20, 1861. (No. 147.) AN ACT to establish a separate Port of Entry at Sa bice Pass, in the county of Jefferson, in the State of Texas, and 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 part of the collec tion district for the District ot Texas included in the couiny of Jefferson in the State of Texas, embracing all the waters, islands, liajs, harbors, inlets, shores mid rivers in the same, shall be a collection district, to lie called the District of Sabine Pass, and Sabine Pass shall be the port of entrv for said district. Sec. 2. A collector for the said district of Sabine Pass shall be appointed by the President, with the ad- vice and consent of Congress, who shall reside at Sa bine Pass, and hold his office for the terms and the time prescribed bv law foi tlie like office in 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 the fees allowed by law; and the amount he shall collect in any one year jor fees, ex ceeding the said sum of seventeen hundred and fifty dollars, shall be accounted for and paid into the treas- , urv of the Confederate States ot America. See. 6. That all laws and parts of laws nowin force contravening the provisions ot this act, be and the same are hereby repealed, and that this act take effect from anil after its passage. Approved May 21, 1861. [No. 222J An Art Amendatory of “An Act to Prescribe the rates of Postage in the Confederate States of Ameri ca,” Approved February twenty-third, eighteen hun dred aud sixty-one. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact That all mailable mutter addressed to officers of the several States Government, for the payment of the postage on which the said Governments are re sponsible” in the adjustments of the accounts of the parties mailing the same, may be transmitted through the mails without the pi epnyment of postage thereon: Provided,Thntthe person moiling the same shall en dorse thereon his official title and the nature of the mat ter mailed; and the postage thereon sbal. be collected of 16th of Augu?t, 1S61, was not approved by him, uor returned to the congress within ten days (Sundays ex cepted) after being presented to him; it, therefore, became a law on the 2Vtli August, 1861. J. P. BENJAMIN, Attorney General IN*T?:8.] AN ACT to audit the accounts of the respective States against the Confederacy. Section 1. Tlie Congress of the Confederate .States of America do enact. That it shall be the duty of such Auditor or Auditors of the Treasury Departmei t, as may be designed by the Secretary of the treasury, ami to liint end the said Secretary be authorized to appoint as many extra clerks lor the time, as he may deem necessary, at the rate of salary now allowed for clerks of the Treasury Department to nudt the accounts ami claims of tlie respective States ol the Confedera cy against the Confederate Government for the ad vances and expenditures made by the^said States res pectively for the use and benefit of the Confederacy in preparation for or in conducting the war now existing against the United Stales, and nil claims for advance s or expenditures of any kind made by any State pi ko to the passaged'its Ordinance of Secession, shall be shown to have been made in contemplation of the Act of Secession afterwards consummated, and of the war that might probably ensue, or in the seizure or acqui sition of foits,arsenals.navy yards, umminei.ts, mu nitions and other useful instrumentalities of war. or in the purchase or manufacture of arms or munitions which have since been transferred to the Confederacy, or in some regular mode been brought into tlie service for the prosecution of the war aforesaid, before such claims shall be audited and the amount ascertained. .Sec. 2. And in auditing tlie 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 of their proposed adhesion to the Pro visional Constitution, or of the support of their arma ments and the prosecution of the war afterwards, and all claims coming fairly within the purview of such compacts,being propciJy verified by vouches, shall, in favor of said .States, lie audited ami ascertained. Sec. 3. That proof shall be made in ail casts by proper vouchers to the satisfaction of the Auditor that t!ic amount claimed was actually advanced or expen ded, that the expenditure was proper, and no greater amount for pay and services shall be audited than by the regulations of the Confederate Government for pay and services m the like cases, ami 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 the executive of each of the States of this Confederacy, immediately after the pas sage of this Act, calling on such executive to forward 4he claims which may be held by his State, subject to be apilited under the provisions of this Act. Approved, August 30,1861. Sec. 4. The President of the Coni'ed- i erate States shall be inaugurated on the | twenty-second day of Febuary, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That in case tlie State of "N irginia shall adopt and ratify the Constitution for the permanent government of the Confederate States of America before the elections in this act provided for, she shall be entitled to elect sixteen members to the House of Repre sentatives; and the State of North Caro lina, in like case, ten members; the S^ate of Tennessee, in like case, eleven; and the 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 over 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. o. Be it) in /her enacted, ^ liat 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 most valnble gifts of fortune. If they fail to bring success they cannot fail to bestow the consciousness of having deserved it. [No. 259.] AN AC1 to establish certain p<.ft routes therein na med. .Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, 1 hat there be established the fol lowing post routes, viz: From Loving Creek Post Office, to YVnde s Post Office, in Bodiord County, Virginia. Also from Charleston, in the County of Tallahatchie, to Friar’s Point in the County of Coalia mu, Mississippi. Also from Culloden to Barnesville, n the .state of Georgia. Also, that u route be establish- lisbed from Calhoun, on the Alabama and Florida Railroad, in the County of Lowndes, in the State of Alabama, to Benton, in said Comity, through Mount Willing,and Gordonsville Also, a Post Rente from Clarltesville, in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, to Brownsville, in the State of North Carolina. From Mullens to Lime Kiln, via Campbell Home in Alabama Also, from Morgantown, in Burke County, North Carolina, to Johnson's Depot Tennessee. Also, a Post Route-from Louisville, in the County of Winston, to Y’alden, in the County of Carrol, in the State of Mis sissippi. ALo, from Wilmington, North Carolina, to YV ndesboiV 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 Stales has placed in irons and lodged in dungeons, citizens of the Confederate States acting under the authority of Let ters of Marque, issued in accordance with the laws of the Confederate States, by the President thereof, and have otherwise maltreated the same, and have seized ami confined sundry other citizens of the said Confed erate States, in violation of all principles of humane and civilized warfare: Therefoie— Be it enacted by the Conar®** of the Confederate States of America, That the President be, and be is hereby, authorized to select such prisoners taken from the United States, and in such numbers as lie may deem expedient, upon the personsof whom lie may inflict such retftbinfion, in such manner and kind, as may seem to him just and proper. Approved August 30, 1861 [5-1261.] AN ACT to provide for the defence of tlie Mississippi river. Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That Ihe President be, and he is 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-liouts, to be constructed or prepared with the least possible delay. Approved August 30, 1861. (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, M.861. Section l. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact. Thntthe Commissioner of Pa tents, with the approval of the Attorney General, shall have power to appoint, in addition to the examiners of patents, provided by the second section of the above recited Act, such assistant examiners, at a salary of fif teen hundred dollars per annum, as may be required to transact the 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 u salary of three hundred and sixty dollars per atminn. See. 3. And be it further enacted, that the Commis sioner tie, and he is hereby, authorized to require ap plicants for patents, and nil other persons with whom he is obliged to correspond, or to whom drawings and other papers have to bereturned for alteration or cor rection, to deposit a sufficient sum of money to pay the postage : Provided, That in no single ease shall the de posit so required exceed two dollars. Approved August 3(1, 1861. No. 148. AN ACT To put in operation the government under the Permanent Constitution 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 tin’s Confederacy, on the first Wednesday in November, eighteen hun dred and sixty-one, for members of the 11 ouse 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 the sev eral States in force for that purpose; aud 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 and Vice President shall meet in their respec tive States on the iirst Wednesday in December, eighteen hundred and sixty- one, and proceed to vote for President and Vice 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 the 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 the said mem bers of the House of Representatives shall proceed to organize by the election of a Speaker, and the Senators by the election of a President of the Senate for the time being; and the President of the Senate shall, on the 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 Constitu- tioa ’ [X". 275.] AN ACT to authorize tiie appointment from civil life of persons, to the staffs of Generals. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact that tiie President may in his discretion upon the application and recommendation of a General of tlieConfederate States Army, appoint from civil life, persons to the staff authorized by law of snen officer, who shall have the same rank and pay as if appointed from the Army of the Confederate States. Approved August 31,1861. [No. 276) AN ACT providing for the appointment of Adjutants of Regiments ami Legions, of the grade ofsubaltern, in addition to thesubalterns attached to companies. Section 1. The Congress ofthe Confederate States of America do enact,That the Adjutants of Regiments and Legions, may be appointed by the President upon tin- recommendation of the Colonel thereof, ofthe grade of Subaltern, in addition to the Subaltern officers at tached to Companies, and said Adjutants, when so ap pointed, shall have the same 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 YVar be authorized and required to make all necessary arrangements for the reception and forwarding of clothes, shoes, blankets and other ariicles of necessity that may be sent to the Army by private contribution. Approved August 31,1861. [No. 278.] AN ACT to allow rations to Chaplains in the Army. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, Tnat Chaplains in the Army be, and they are hereby, allowed the same rations us privates. Approved August 31,1861. [No. 279.] AN ACT to reimburse the State of Florida. Wh ereas, Tiie 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 sea-coast defences whereby the State of Florida has exhausted her treasury, and tins 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 hereby directed issue totheStnte of Florida, upon the applica tion ot the Governor of said State, three hundred thou sand dollars in Treasury notes: Provided, That the said State deposit with the Secretary of the Treasury of the Confederate States an equal sum in the bonds of tile 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 tlie 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. [No. 283.] A RESOLUTION in relation to Drill-Masters appoin ted by States. Whereas under the authority of gome of the States, Drilhnnsters were attached to various regiments: Ami. 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 T>rilluiasters have nevertheless continued to do effective service, voluntarily, with their respective regiments Therefore— Resolved, That such Drilhnnsters be granted an hon orable discharge whenever they shall apply therefor. Approved August 31,1861. [No. 285.] AN ACT to establish the 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 mailunv quantity of such papers mid periodicals as tiiey order offthe payment at the place of delivery, at the same rate of postage as. is required by the existing law to be paid by t he 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 of the 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. Sec. 3. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars, to be recovered by action o*i debt in tlie name and for the use of the Confederate States. Approved, August 31,1861. 22 Energy in Adversity—Some live not only to see earth in its vanity but to experience years of misfortune Adversity and care have faded from many a fair cheek the rose tinges of health, and bowed many a manly form beneath the weight of their oppressive burden. Unfeeling as the world is, they have been left, no matter of what merit, to toil almost in vain, amidst the glitter of wealth and the sunbeams of surrounding prosperity. Many minds are so gently and delicately constituted, that they yield easily to the wintry blasts of disappointment and the blight of faded ex pectations. While this may show that they have hearts of keen sensibilities and refined emotions, it proves also, that phys ically and mentally, they are not constitu ted to buffet the angry waves of fortune, or have cultivated and strung to an undue extent, those delicate chords of soul which yield melody to the breath of happiness, aud wail to that ofmisfortuue and sorrow. While it is pleasing to see in any one the emblems of sensibility under danger, diffi culty and misfortune, it is admirable to show a true heart, a sustaining energy, and an unconquerable spirit. He who displays energy in adversity is far more certain of receiving the substantial sympathy and encouragement of the world than sympa thy and encouragement of the world than lie who sinks under the sweep of the tempest. The man who defies the rage of the storm, who looks upon its approach with an unblinking, steadfast eye, whose spirit never yields, though the body may be crushed to the grave, is apt to excite admiration and sympathy, and may tri umph over apparently insuperable dan gers. But the proud spirit of man should rise in dignity and unbroken strength, though adversity and poverty and neglect should surround it—though even human love itself should falter in its idolatry. ‘Heaven helps those who help them selves.’ But Heaven will help only those who do right. Integrity, energy, and a proper dependence upon the Supreme Ruler of the world will give the talisman «>f success, and scatter disappointment, misanthropy and despondency, like mists before the morning sun. If then the spring flowers of hope have seemed to wither along your path, if antici pated success and triumphs have vanished -1 TYord To Boys.—Boys, did you ever think that this great world, with all its wealth and woe, with all its mines at.d mountains, oceans, seas, and views, with all its shipping, its steamboats, railroads, and magnetic telegraphs, with ail its mil lions of men, and all the science and pro gress of ages, will soon he given over to the hands of the boys ofthe present age- boys like you, assembled in school-rooms, or playing without them, on both sides of the Atlantic? Believe it and look abroad upon your inheritance, and get ready to enter upon its possession. The kino-s, presidents, governors, statesmen, philos ophers, ministers, men of the future, all are boys, whose feet like yours cannot reach the. floor, when seated on the benches upon which they are learning to master the many sylables of their respective lan guages. Boys, be making ready to act well your part. Become good scholars. Read only what is instructing. Spend no time wijh novels. Study science and government, and the history of the world. Study agri culture aud mechanism. Become as near ly as possible perfect in the occupation you may choose. Learn prudence and self- control. Have decision of character.— Take the Bible for your guide. Become familiar with its teachings, and observe them. Seek wisdom and prosperity from your Heavenly Father. As you grow in stature, in bodily strength, and in years, grow in piety, in intelligence, in caution, activity, in firmness and in charity. As pire to he of the noblest character. Re solve to he useful, and we tiust you will he happy. Cherish the feeling that you were born to receive gcob and to do good. Be manly in spirit and act. Turnip Culture At the South.—This vegetable, like almost every other kind, requires a different culture in the South, from that which it gets at the North. Our winters are so mild, that the turnip in some of its varieties, will grow through the whole winter, and the careful cultivator may have turnips fit for the table every month in the year. For the first fall crop, plant the early white Dutch; sow as soon after the twen tieth of July, as a season offers to vegetate the set ds; lor garden culture, sow in drills; for field culture, sow broadcast. For late crop, sow the red top, and where tops are an object as well as good roots, sow the large English Morfolk. The immense amount of foliage, with its large succulent stem, which this turnip produces, should commend it to more general culture, es pecially for plantation uses. But of all the turnips for Southern soil, and Southern climes, commend us to the Rutabaga; like all other varieties of the turnip, they re quire rich ground; lands that have been trodden by cattle, well and deeply plowed, suits all the turnip tribe; hut any manure that is stimulating, well turned under will answer. Guano answers a capital purpose, but should he well turned under. Three hundred pounds to the acre will pay well in the increased production of roots. The advantage the Rutabaga lias over all other turnips, is in the fact that it has hut little disposition to seed in this climate; conse quently its roots remain firm and sweet long after the common turnip has become pithy and worthless; its tops are also more valuable, fully equal to the best collards. We last season took a place of new pine land, less than half an acre, cowpenned it, and plowed it every good rain, from April to July. On the twenty-ninth day of Ju ly, we mixed a half pound each, of early white Dutch and Rutabaga turnip seed in a bushel of plaster, sowed broadcast, and roled them in with a heavy cast-iron roller. The first day of September our market wagon had a load ol fine wdiite turnips in the market, and continued daily to carry them, until we had sold one hundred dol lars’ worth of white turnips, besides sup plying a large family; as soon as the white turnips were gone, the Rutabagas took a start, and were fit for the table and stock in October; continuing to grow through the whole winter and spring, keeping in good order some thirty head of cattle supplying a large family; preserving all their good qualities until the first of .May, when, in clearing the ground fora garden patch, we pulled some fifty bushels for the hogs. Now, kind reader, what other crop con be grown in the soil ofthe South, that pays as well as turnips? Remember to plow the ground deep and often, before planting, and look to it in season, for turnip time is at hand. SnwtrnclionN for Collector* of T<ixc», Ap pointed to Collect War Tax. Confederate States op America, j Treasury Department, [■ Richmond September 28, 18G1. ) 1. The Chief .Collector appointed for each State shall take the usual oath of of fice, and shall give bond for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, with sufficient sureties, in the sums herein after mentioned. The sureties may he separately bound in sums of not less than five thousand dollars. Their sufficiency must he certified by the District Judge of tlieConfederate States, and the bond, with a certified copy of the oath of office endor sed thereon, must he forwarded to the Sec retary of the Treasury. 2. The penalty of the bonds of the sev eral Chief Collectors shall be in the follow ing sums: Alabama 860,000 Arkansas 40,000 Florida 30,000 Georgia 75,000 Louisana 60,000 Mississippi 60,000 Morth Carolina 40,000 South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia I. Ileal Estate—Including all lands and estates therein, and all interests growing thereout, including Ferries, Bridges, Mines and the like. II SI a res. III. Merchandize—embracing all goods, wares and merchandize, held for sale on 1st October, 1801, except the agricultural products of the country. IV. Bank Stock. T. Raihoad and other Corporation Stock. T I. Money at Interest—Including the principal sum of all money belonging to any person other than a Bank, upon which interest is paid or to he paid by the debtor as the same stood on the IstOctoher, 1861. and all money invested by individuals in the purchase of hills, notes, and other se curities for money, excepting, in all cases, the Bonds of the Confederate States. 17/. Cash on hand or on deposit in Bank or elsewhere. \ 111. Cattle, Horses and Mules raised tor sale, not including such as are raised merely for food and work on the planta tion or farm where they are held. IX. . Gold TI atches. X. Gold and Silver Plate. XL Pianos. XII. Pleasure Carriages. XIII. Bank or Corporation Stock not duly returned by the Bank or Corpora tion. Tax payers include all individuals and cor porations owing property, except heads ot families whose whole property subject to tax is of value less than live hundred dollars. The property of Colleges and Schools, and of charitable or religious corporations or associations actually used for the purposes for which such colleges,schools,corporations or associations were created, is exempt frow taxation; also, all public lands and property owned by a State for public pur pose.-; also, all real estate owned and used for carrying on its business by any corpor ation which has made due return of its capital stock. 7. 'Tlie Chief Collector shall furnish a sufficient number of these forms to each lax Collector, and, also, such other forms ns he shall deem expedient, and lie shall issue such additional instructions to the Tax Collectors and Assessors under his jurisdiction as in his opinion will carry into more complete effect the act of Con gress and the instructions of this Depart ment; and any negligent or defaulting officer he will promptly report to the Sec retary of the Treasury. 8. Each Tax Collector shall, immedi ately after his appointment, divide his Col lection District into convenient sub-divis ions, in each of which he shall appoint an Assessor, who shall proceed to such places as such Assessor shall appoint, and, after public notice, shall require all persons own ing, possessing or having the care and man agement of any property liable to the tax aforesaid, to make return thereof according to the form above set forth; and in those States where returns for State taxes are sworn, the Assessor shall require a sworn return. 9. The said Assessor shall, after receiv ing the return, proceed to assess all the property included therein, and shall com plete such assessment on or before the first day of November next; and if there he any property omitted from any return which ought to have been included there in, the Assessor shall add the same to the return and make due assessment there of. 10. The Assessor shall diligently en quirer whether there be any person who has tailed or neglected to make return and whether there he any taxable property not returned, and lie shall report the same to the Tax Collector of his Collection District. 11. Each Assessor shall deliver to the Tax Collector of his Collection District, on or before the first day of December next, the list of each tax payer, complete ly filled up and made out, with his assess ment complete, upon all the property therein returned. He shall also, at the same time, report all the persons and prop erty within the sub-division assessed by him, which have not been duly returned, and shall assess the value of such proper ty. The assessment, in all eases shall have relation to the first day of October, 1861, and shall set forth the marketable value of the property under ordinary cir cumstances. 12. Upon receiving the said lists and assessments, the Tax Collector shall, on or before the first day of December, 1861, make out an alphabetical list thereof in a hook to he kept by him for that purpose, arranged according to the classification hereinbefore stated, and setting forth the amount assessed to each tax payer under each head ; and the same shall be exhib ited to any tax payer desiring to see the amount assessed upon his own property; and for twenty-one days ensuing the said first of December, each tax payer may challenge the amount so assessed and shew cause against the same to the Tax Collector, and the said Collector shall de termine the same according to right and justice. 13. 'I he Tax Collector shall also assess a double tax in all cases in which no re turn has been made, and shall include the same in his list, and for twenty-one days after the said first of December, he shall hear and determine all applications for a reduction of said double tax. 14. As soon as the appeals are disposed of each Tax Collector shall, on or before the first day of February, 1862, furnished to the Chief Collector of his State a cor rect and accurate list of all the assessments made in his District and of the amount ot tax to be paid by each tax payer, collated in proper form, so as to show, in proper columns, the separate and separate and aggregate 50.000 amounts paid by each person under each 60.000 | head or classification. 40.000 j 15. The Chief Collector of each State 75.000 shall on or before the first day of March 3. Each Chief Collector shall, immedi- next, forward to the Secretary ofthe ately upon his appointment, divide the Treasury a collated list of all the lists and State under his jurisdiction into such num ber of collection Districts as he shall deem expedient, and report the same to the Secretary of the Treasury. The ex tent of these Districts will be controlled by the fact, that the compensation of the Tax Collector is limited to 8800. 4. Each Chiel Collector will nominate a Tax Collector for each Collection District^ and report the same for the approval of the* Secretary of the Treasury. 5. Each Tax Collector shall take the usual oath of office and shall give bond for for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, with sufficient sureties, in a sum sufficient to cover the presumptive amount of taxes which he will collect, until that sum shall reach 825,000. 6. The Chief Collector in each State shall cause to be printed, Tax returns, in such numbers and form as he may deem advisable, in which each tax payer shall as summer-night dreams, take courage, look up, depend not upon vain hopes and | return the property held by tiim on the fruitless lamentations, but upon integrity first of October, 1861, under the following .nil pn.r.v (nr „-,H. H,'.! assessments returned to him by the several l’ax Collectors in his State, which list shall classify the amounts of taxation, un der their appropriate heads. 16. The several Tax Collectors in each State shall, on and after the first day of May next, proceed through their respec tive districts to collect the tax assessed upon the several tax payers. Each Tax Collector shall give at least twenty days notice of the time and place at which he shall attend to receive payment, and such notice shall be advertised in one newspa per within his district, if there be one, and if not, in at least four public places in each township, ward or precinct within his dis trict. He shall receive payment in coin or Treasury notes at any time which he may appoint within twenty days after the first day of May, and on failure to pay the same within said twenty days, the said Collector, by himself or any Deputy, shall proceed to distrain the goods, chattle, or effects of any delinquent, and to dispose 17. Each 'Fax Collector shall he pro vided with a book in wbifch receipts arc printed in duplicate to he filed up in due form for each tax payer. One of theso receipts shall be delivered to the tax payer, and the other remaining in the hook shall be forw’arded to the Chief Collector of the State. 18. As soon as the sum of ten thousand dollars shall he in the hands of any Tax Collector, lie shall pay over the same to the Chief Collector of his State, and on the first day of each mintli he shall make due return to such Chief Collector of ill moneys received by him during the pre ceding month, and ot the persons fiom whom received, and shall pay over the same to the Chief Collector. 19. Eacli Chief Collector shall deposit, weekly, with the Treasurer of tLe Con federate States, or with such Assistant 1 rcasurer or Depository as may he desig nated by the Secretary of tlie Treasury, all moneys received by him from any l ax Collector during the' preceding week, and shall make special report thereof to the Secretary of the Treasury. 20. On or before the tenth day of June next, each Tax Collector shall make re turn to the Chief Collector of his State of all taxes remaining unpaid, and of the measures taken to collect the same; and the said Chief Collector shall thereupon advise and direct such further measures as he may deem requisite for the speedy col lection of the same. 21. Five per cent, per month will he charged to all Collectors for ell moneys re tained in their possession beyond the time required by the regulations’ C. G. MEMMINGER, Secretary of the Treasury. NuppIrmruiaiT ln»lrnciion«, Ac., for Col. lector* and AMfte«Mor* of the War Tax. 1. The Collector will lay off the Coun ties of his Districts into as many divisions as lie thinks right and proper, being gov erned by the lines which form the militia beats or Justices’ jurisdiction, (if he have not done so) and to each division lie will appoint one assessor. The size and num ber ofthe division he w ill regulate so that the work to be done can be executed with in the time prescribed by the law. 2. Each successor will give five days notice of some well known place, such ’as Justices’ Courts or muster grounds, where he will meet the tax payers of that divis ion, or part ot division, aud the tax payer will make his return iu writing, agreeaoly to the form, a copy of which has been placed in the hands of the assessor. He will keep his office at such place one or two days, as the case may require, and then visit the place of his next appoint ment. 3. When the time of receiving returns has expired, the assessor will give a gener al notice of the fact through the district over w hich he presides, so that if that any one he in default from providential or oth er good causes, he may call upon him, and make his returns. The assessor shall make an alphabetical list of names, which he will compare with the last Digest of the Tax of the State, and if he finds there are other defaulters, he will enter the name and value of the property last re turned to the State, and mark the de faulter for double tax, in such a manner as will be plain, for the consideration of the Tax Collector, to whom the full list must be returned, with all the assessments complete, by the 1st of December. 4. The assessor will he careful to get a full w ritten description of the Real Estate of each party, as that, will probably be the only property about which there may be a difference of opinion as to value. All other articles on the list, the assessor and the tax payer, it is hoped, may he able to agree upon w ithout difficulty. Jt is desired that full and fair justice only may be done in the assessments of all property. 5. When the assessors have done their duty and made returns to the Collectors —which will be on or before the 1st of December—that officer will keep open office for twenty-one days, to hear and de termine all appeals from the valuations of the assessors, and his decision is final. Having received and decided on all the returns, lie will make an alphabetical list of those returns in a hook which will be furnished him, entering each article of property in its appropriate column, and extending each aggregate in the last col umn of aggregate value, and the amount of the tax computed in the last column of dollars and cents; the columns of each sheet will be added up and carried for ward, and so on to the end of the book. He will make two copies of this book, one of which he will forw ard me by the 1st of February, 1S62. 6. As soon as the assessors have made their full returns, the Collector will count the names of the persons returning taxes, and send the number to me, so that it may reach me as early as the 10th of Decem ber, if possible ; and by or before the 1st of January the neeessay books will he for warded to him. There are no books or papers to be sent, which it is necessary to wait for before commencing work; and you are specially referred to the first “Instructions for Collectors.” &c., and to the law which is appended to it, for all other information. The Chief Collector earnestly requests that you will make yourself familiar with all the law upon the subject, as that knowledge will greatly tend to simplify the course to he pursued in your official capacity. 7. When the assessors have completed their returns to the Collector, he will look to the latter part of Section 12 in the law, where he will note the manner in which they are to render an account of their ser vice ; the number of days being those ac tually engaged in their duties, and not from the time at which they were appoint ed. 8. The Collectors will not wait for farth er instructions, books or papers, but direct the assessors immediately to go on with the work, and superintend the same. 9. The sufficiency of the securities to the Collector’s bond may be certified to by any Judge of the Confederate District Courts, or Judge of a State Court, or Jus tice of the Inferior Court, and the oath may be administered by any of these offi cers, or a Justice of the Peace. 10. Cattle kept for food or work, or hor ses kept for work, are exempted by the Secretary’s instruction, hut any surplus which is not needed for food or work, but is to he sold, will he subject to the tax. 11. The oath to he taken by the tax payer may be admistered by the assessor verbally, but the written list of property returned by the tax payer should he sign ed by him, and the assessor should certi fy that it has been sworn to. The form ofthe oath has been forwarded. The bond must be attested by two or more credible witnesses, and returned to the Chief Collector. E. STANES, Chief Collector for Georgia. Greensboro, Ga., Jan. 31,1860. Gentlemen: this is to certify that in the yeur 1853.1 had a negro man afflicted with Dropsy. I gave him Broom’s Anti-Hydrcpic Tincture, which I believe el- fected a permanent enre. This negro was treated by other physicians, but to noeffect, and I cheerfully rec ommend any one who has the Dropsy to try Broom’s Anti-Hydropic Tincture. Respectfully, NANCY BICKERS. 24 4t. ADMINIOTRATIV’E POLICY’.—Questions of ad ministrative policy have, and probably always will, distract the public mind, and divide men into parties. But as regards “Jacob’s Cordial,” the mass are agreed in one opinion, that it is the best medicine for all oomcI diseases ever placed before the public.