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AUGUSTA, GA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 15, 1863-
CAN BTAT3 ENDORSEMENT MAKE CONFED'
EBATE BINDS MOKE SB'JURE ?
The reasons urged upon the States, to induce
them to endorse Confederate bonds, are that sucl-i
endorsement will give greater confidence, and
will in anv event, secure the payment of the
bonds But we think such endorsement cannot
give incrAsfd confidence to those who will re«
aect upon the matter, nor make the bonds more
secure. There an two contingencies only in
which Confederate bonds can become valueless.
These are, the failure of the Confederacy to estab
lish itself, or the accumulation of such a vast
amount of indebtedness—say five or ten thousand
millions—as will utterly preclude all idea of pay
ment. .
In either ol these events, how is it possible that
State tndoiaeuieut can make the bonds good t
As to the m6<i/<0 of payment, all must admit that
the States, as such, cannot possibly have more
ability than the Confederacy, for the Confederacy
is but the representative of ail the States taken
together, and of their powers and capacities to
nuke war und pay debts. The Confederate Gov
eminent has/eally m »re power to pay debts than
the States, tor it can exercise all the taxing power
that uay Slate can, and it can also exercise taxing
power that th.* States by the Constitution are pre*
eluded from exercising.
It can tax property es all kinds, incomes, do*
mestic manufactures, and everything that a State
can tax ; and it can, in addition, levy tonnage
dues, export duties, and imposts on imported
goods. It can wring every dollar out of the peo- l
pie that can possibly be got by any sort of taxa« I
tion; and while the tax-paying capacity of the t
Confederacy can oe neither more nor less than [
that of the States together, yo t the c ons.ito
tiona! authority of the Confederate Government to
levy tana la more extensile than that of the State l
The entire resources of all the States comprising
the Confederacy are the meins whereby the Con
federate debt is ultimately to be paid, and these
cannot be increased an iota by State endorsement ;
so that in the event of accumulating u debt too
great for the Confederacy to pay, the States of
course will be unable to pay their proportional
part. If the Confederate d :bt should amount to
ten thousand iii.llious and could not be paid by
the Confederacy, neither could Georgia pay her
proportion, one .h) it sand millions. If the debt
does not exceed one or two thousand millions the
Confederacy can and will pay it, if it mounts up
to tea thousand millions the Confederacy can
u •vcr'pay it, nor can any State pay i:s own part.
It is not contemplated, however, that the debt
will become so great that it can not be paid. The
only other event, then, in which the bonds can
prove valueless, is tue failure ol ihe Confederacy,
And the very fact of aikitij State endorsement is
an admission of two things, neither of which
should be admitted—first, that the Confederate
‘ Govern contemplates the possibility of its
nvn lailure; aha that in such a a event,
Much Will ttiUi-Liu iutuci and become
again parts of the old Union. And t lis latter is
either a deception or a huliucmatioo. No qu*s
tiou i t money, iu our judgment, can m ike the ,
Confederacy a failure, nor anything else but want ,
of f.iod Hut., admitting that the Confederacy (
so .11 tail, what results? It *’*/,. nA fati un’.vs*
die North is able to subjugate us; and what ]
then? Will the Stales remain such Will ,
Georgia continue to be an independent sorer* ;
ciguty? Not a bit of it. For, if Lincoln could
succeed, State lines would be w.ped <;ut, State ,
sovereignty and popular Lberty would go down ,
together in one common rum, and these subjn*
gated States become l’dnk.t Provincs. That is
what subjugatiou means, uni it can mean no*
thing else.
!so, then, Stale endorsement cannot p.issibl) be
ol anv aratl ts the Confederacy ails, tor whets it
tails t.e States because conquered provinces, ami
their endoraemetns are not worth the ink in
which they are written. And as the debt paying
capacity ot the States composing the Confederacy
ts just so much and no more, aDd the Confederate
Government can wield and dev lop that capacity
without State mterveution, and no financial ’ J- s'*
dtvutin can alter these things, we can couceive ol
no event in which State endorsement can make
Coniederate bonds more valuable or more secure.
GENERAL BEAUREGARD TO HIS TROOPS.
Headouarvrks, i
Oai aBTUKST ok So. Ca., Ga., and .• la., >
Charleston - , S. C., April lu, IS6J. )
.General Orders, No. 55 ] ...
The Commanding Geuerai is gratified r o have to
announce to the troops the following joint resolu
tions uuaaim msly adopted by the legislature of
the State of South Carolina :
Resolved, That the General Assembly reposes
unbounded confidence in the ability aud skill ol
the Commanding General of this Department, and
the courage and patriot ism of his brave soldiers,
with the Dlessing of God, to deieud our beloved
City and to beat back our vindictive foes.
" Resoived, That his hxcellency the Governor
be instructed to communicate this resolution to
Gen. Beauregard.”
Soldiers: the eves of your countrymen are cow
turned upon you on the eve of the second anni
versary of the 13th of April. IStU, when me sov
ereigns of the State of South Carolina was trt
umphantiv vindicated within tae harbor whicn
we are now to defend. The happy issue of the
action on the 7th instant-the stranded, riddled
wreck ol Ihe iron-mailed Keokuk—her patllid
coadjutors, torced to retire .beyond the range ol
our guns, have inspired continence in the country
that uur ultimate success will be complete. An
inestimably precious charge has been confided to
your keeping, with every on your mans
hood and enduring patriotism.
Bv command ot Gen. Beauregatd.
(Signed) Tbohas Jordan,
Cinet of Stall'.
iOrvict.AL:]
Jso, M Otey, A. A. G.
A dispatch to the New York World, front
Washington, says it seems to be well understood
that as soon as the Provost Marshals are selected
and an enrollment Becurtd, that a draft will be
first ordered in those States tbut have not filled
their quotas under Ihe old a.lotmeat, fir men
tuo tgu t-> nil up deficiencies. TuiswiU put at
ieast lortv thousand men into the field, with a
. r s p ec t of a cal: ere Ju .e lor two or three hun
dred thousand additions .
BLUkIM,
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Star*. corner of Broad »ad'>n^ p *****• Low-r Marw*
Orders wildland promptly
’ * Augusta, Q:
REASONS GIVEN FOR NOT PLANTING ALL
CORN.
There are several reasons given 07 planters,
soma ol wnich have been urged m the Legisla
ture, why they thould not plant al. lheir usual
corn and cotton ana in corn. One reason is, that
witk their usual plow- force they cannot Cultivate
all such land it planted in corn, and cannot weii
increase their teams. Another is, that much of
their poor land will not produce corn, out by mat
nuring, will produce cotton. And another is, that
by not producing cotton.th*y lose a most valuable
manure in tbs seed. These seem pretty grave ob*
jecuons ; let us examine them.
The planters in Middle Georgia generally cul
tivate sixteen, eighteen, or twenty acres to the
hand, in corn and cotton, half in each, with a
amah graiucrop about equal to either, and keep
half as many mule 3 aud horses as hands, witu
aa extra horse or tw > for tight or tea head,
for tne use of the family, and occasionally to be
used on the farm. In Southwest Georgia they
cultivate more, Say twenty-five or thirty acres,
but they only count efficient hands ; their lands
are easily cultivated, and they sow lightly of
small grain. They cultivate two-thirds cotton '<> 1
one-third corn, and haul little manure except cot- 1
ton seed, aud of late years guano, haunng ol .
: either being a small j >b. It is said that a hanu ■
can ciiiiiva e more cun man corn and cott n,
'■ while the contrary :s true of a mule, corn requ r- •
t iag more plowing, cotton more hoeing. Cotton
■ requires, or at any rate usually gets mere plow
f work :n the preparation than com. wut less n the
1 cultivation, solely for the reason that the swamp ,
> is used for cotton, while gels the stouter |
and shovel.
1 A planter with thirty hands of all ages and oath j
sexes—say twenty-five good bands—cultivates in ;
; this sec iou about five hundred acres :o corn and .
• cotton—half each—and two hundred or So in small !
grain \ seeping twelve or fourteen regular piow |
animals, and two or three extra, which is more
than tmrty«five acres to the horse. But he thinxs j
he cannot well cultivate more than four hundred 1
acres in corn—le*s than thirty acres to the horse— '
hut can make as much on the four hundred as on I
five hundred; and that he might just as well cuia j
tirate one hundred in cotton, especially as it is too '
poor for corn. We think he is laboring under a
delusion, and tbut if he would g»v.j bis corn land
as much preparation us he gives his cotton land
be could cultivate his five hundred acres aboir as
well as he usually cultivates his two hundred ani
fifty
the sweep might be used much more, particularly
on all l ght land, or that which was not heavy
clay, and good hoeing too would tell well on the
crop.
But admitting that four hundred acres in corn
is all that he could well cultivate with his in*
adequate plow force, he might still produce /I d
instead ot cotton, on the remaining Mmured
acres, with certain advautage to his country and
profit to hi mat If. Let the hundred poor acres
he planted in p.us iu three leet drills not
neglecting to plant them m all the coru too.
Everybody will admit that peas require less cuL
tivation than c >tton ; nor will they seriously »n„
terfere with cultivating ihe corn, for they may
he planted alter corn is laid by, say the middle
ot June. Such p’ened in cotton and
jhgbily manured, will make * In, tit three in: ai
red and lilty pounds of seed cotton, worth
nt present about thirty-live dollars, with a de
duction oi four dollars and thirty cents for bagg
ing and rope. Tnesame .a id, without manure,
pUtnriutfß, MOti .»»» tiwriug, Will '
make from four to s x bushels of. peas—more, if
helped a little with cheap plaster, or with ashes,
or a ur'xture of these. Five bushels of peas will
make fifty pounds of pork—or thirty-five pounds
of bacon, worth at present thirty-five dolors.
And there is much greater probability of getting
a dollay a pound lor bacon next soring than
thirl votive cents for cotton. The transportation
is less for equal values, and packing leas.
Now, us to manure. Cotton seed ate excellent
on all crops and most convenient to apply. The '
acre of poor laud will produce eight bushels ot
thirty pounds. But it the manure trom five
bushels, or three hundred pounds, of pea*, were
carefully saved, it would perhaps have an equal
value; for so nitrogenous a food us peas must
certainly yield an excellent manure for gram.—
Chemistry aud Physiology teach that all grain,
coru, wheat, oats, consume from the soil tnat
valuable and costly manure, ammonia, while
peas, like closer, draw it from the air and store
it up iu their stems and leaves and roots and
seed, aud will flourish ou poor land, it it is only
supplied with the mineral substances necessary ;
and peas Sourish even where clover fails. Be*
sides, where pulverized earth, unless totally with
out clay, is shaded through the summer bv such a
cover as peas ufl >rd. »t will absorb and retain
ammonia, aud thus become fertilized. And hence
expei :ence proves what science teaches, that a
heavy growth of peas is a go >d manure for wheat
or oats. Taking all these views into constdera*
lion, we think the planter, convenient to trans
ponation aad markets, wili find it to his interest
to cultivate all his best land m corn, plant the
poor in peas, ignore cotton, and thus insure that
the Yankees don': subjugate us by starvation.
While making these suggestions, it is not our
purpose to advocate further restrictions upon
planters as to the quantity of cotton they shall
cultivate. Any interference with the law passed
at the last session of the Legislature would oper
ate partially, in some cases oppressively, and be
of doubtful benefit. Where convenience to a lo
cal market, or to ra lroad or water transportation
affords a sufficient inducement to plant provision
crops only, no legislation is necessary. Where
the want of tfeese shuts out the planter from
equal inducements to devote his entire labor in
that direction, legislation would be oppressive.
But the law, as it stands, is sufficiently
restrictive. To make it more so, is to
hazard heart burnings and jealousies, which
are at all times to be deprecated, and especially
now. The planters have acquiesced in the law as
it stands. The further curtailment of the crop
can be safely left to the combined influences of
the impulses of patriotism, and the suggestions
of self-interest.
Arrival cf Captured Yankees. —About two
weeks since, a force of about four hundred men
of the Seventh New Hampshire Volunteers, stav
j stati ned at St. Augustine, Fia., were out in the
woods in that place, either on a foraging expedi*
‘ . rtivi or making an attempt to capture the company
I o* Cap*. Dickerson, of the Second Florida Cava'-
| rv. Upon their retiring into St. Augustine, Cup:.
• Dickerson cut ;;fl from the main body of the Yan*
| kees a Sergeant and tour men. They were seut
' to Lake City, the headquarters of General Fine*
! gin. Last even n z a guard brought to this feitv
th-Sergeant and his comrades, and a
Irom the Sixth Connecticut Volunteers recently
stationed at Jacksonville.
irharUttoh Jfrcurjr, 9th,
PAYHEXI OF IKE "WAS TAX
When Confederate Congress n 136; .22
posed a war tux 2 the people—-a small tax,
r only t'>aae twenty or twentyalive m..»
11 lions—the £>:a*e us through its Legia.s*
tore, ascureel i*s proportional part thereof, and
pa iitby se ling : ? s b ads; thus relieving tae
; people tempor&n.v of the ouraen, and distributing
iit through a period 0: years. Such policy »o 3
; deemed w*se at the time and ww adopted with*
! out much opposit.oa. It was adopted oecause
| tae power 01 me pe»p:e ti pay taxes was act so
gr-*ai then as now —ai at of them being far from
I “feu. uanded ’—and because there was aot taea a
j great mdatioa of the circu at.on-
I Tae reas as watch prompted tb s poi.cy in IS6I
• no longer exist. The people now care aouLdaat j
mean ato p.*y almost every species of property
! and t.l. x.uus of industry are unusually produce j
I ti7e—and everybody is anxious to pay into the j
| public Treasury a pirrira of n:s surplus, in order :
j to make the balance more ratable, by increasing j
its pur chasing* power. The very actor taxation j
revivts confidence am tig us a. at home—no j
matter h w the tax = tad; &n« this revival of !
canh'icace :s an essentia, cons.aeration. Bui the
ictuai paying o.‘ the tax oy ta.-cic* the money j
d rectly out ol each citiz.Ld pocket, must aave a \
j much oetter tflecr - u out riders than the paying u j
j by the issue aud sale of .State ponds, or the issue ;
j <>i State Treasury notes, because the former snows I
I both trie people s wiliiagaeM and their ability, j
And us th’s direct present payment w.!i, to the J
ex e ;t .t goes, rtiiev* m*;. let.. :.a of cimu.aboa, j
t is hv tl a* much a p -a t:ve g >->u—a pai t:ai rem* !
edy lor an ex sting ev I. I. cannot be a hardship 1
to the people now 1: on*, lxjs, a nh aoaii to!
be a 35.
fa those States which ore part v overrun by !
the ea?iny, making the t lectivti in the invested j
Uistric s mpracticabie, and wh.-a it would bc .x- ;
uema.y onerous even f { rac.:cable, because ins'
dustry is comparatively unproductive, it may be 1
propar enough ;or th« 8u:« G-aT«aa.«a! t* as.
same and bear the burd .
The idea is very prevalent mat tae whole war
debtshnuid besadiied ia our jisterity—La% as
this generation has to oear the heat and danger
of ih- actua* conflict, com.ng -'fen-ratioas should
"pay the piper.*’ This i.s not altogether a just
aad correct 7: t w, tjf although posterity will ea-
J»y in security the blessings won by the valor
and eaiursace of the men of the revolution, vet
many of the latter will also see ‘.hi splendid fra:.
j tion ot their toils and labors, laefact is, Low*
| ever, that the great balk of the debt will be tn«
j tailed on posterity for long years, and will fa.l
! maia.y oa the se who out.ive the war. Hut still
I we Mint ia7 a purt as we go a! >ng—must pay at
i least the interest. That much is 1 necessity of
I the situa'ion : lor unless wed; pay, ouhience
will become so impaired, depreciation will go on
s > rapidly, pricis wii! go so h:gii, the deb: will
j ::i unt ti 4 < so tr:gh:fu..y, that wesh.'l put such
j in jeopardy, f not wholly preclude it. And
I it by putting od Uvt ev:l day of payment, we
should succeed, we would accumulate a deb: ap
| palhng to posterity, acd wntch, from its ve: v
| magnitude, m./ht foice repudiation.
OUR RICHMOND CORRESPONDENCE
Ricumonx>, Apiil ii, ljidb.
i n it;Cv- i v *rv g: ii•_ ra 1 dispos non on the port
• - i*ie pieSo to co mwiua the pou.yoi ourUovn
niaivui u sending representatives to tue Euro
pean C( urs. Undoubtedly there :s mucu trial is
disagrtv.able m tuo cours* pursued ov certain
Foreign Governments; but at the same time, we
aie obtaining idvantage? which we couWi not
,/ <»■» Oo«t. rtates were
t*a A»i mat transpires n % »: made public, nor
is it prope* ’bat there mu be such publicity.— j
A mom* n* s»< ti.eum wilt convince the most seep- j
ncal that there is something in re than :s appa
rent to !h- careless observer in having comuiia* j
sinners ;n Europe, ;r the • xpenenced bead o; our
Government would mag suce have withdrawn i
them. It may be that tiicv are not vet able t> :
ex rt any lotlu net .pou tne subject at recogni*
t! I.; it uav be that Europe!:; not vd readv to
acknowledge >u - m i-peudeuce, bui this is iph ;
a g. oi reason lor wnluintwing cur commissioners, •
and depriving oursmvrs r the opportunities iba.;
afforded for correcting the misif’preseotations ot
our eneurt and pliuiag • e acn »u of our Gov
ernment iu a true i.ght betcTs the Governments or j
Europe.
The has again exercised the veto j
power vested in ni.ti by me Constitution. Senate !
Diij “io increiy-e u.t .airength and efficiency of i
heavy artillery t »r sea defence,** was reiurn* i
vd yesterday with his objections stated at length.
This bid wa* introduced oy Mr. Orr, of feutuh j
Carolina, and pr-»v deu ihat the first regiment ot i
South Carolina Infantry shall hereafter oe Known j
as the secoud regiment u South CarolinaartiU |
lery, and uure the same >rgamzi!iou as is now
allured by law t » toe first regiment ot South i
Carolina Artillery ; also tiiat the first and second !
regiments of South Carolina Artillery sbailbe j
increased :<» twelve companies each, and that toe !
complement of a company >haii be one hundred [
| and iwenty-tive enlisted uiea.
The first object.on of tae President is. that the j
: •’orghqiza’i' n <>: ar iliervinto regiments is suo- >
; j.*c: to great inconvenience and impairs toe elli* j
eiency us that arm «i tue service second, that j
the a.t see is u be special legislation, and the j
third is m ’oe following terms; “It tsfinally
• geste i t-»r the consuieia ion r Congress waetfier
; semeot ihe provisions of this bill we not equiv
alent to the exercise of the Executive functions
bv the leg:s,a f .ve department of the Government,
and therefore, an infringement of the piincipies
ot the Constitution wtiicb so caretully separates
the duties of the?e uiflerent depart meats.”
i A WI fc“ s intruduced in the Senate to
abolish supernumerary officers in the Comm is
sarv's and Quartermaster’s departments. It pro
vides that the office of Regimental Commissary
shad it-* abo.iahfd, aud that hereafter the duties
1 ! fi al ofii:e shall be pe formed by the Regimen**
ta! Quartermaster; that he Colonel of each regin
tneut may retain ei her he Commissary or Quar**
terma>.et. and tp.at officers who become perma
nently detacuei f-»m their commands sbail cc&se j
n> oc r-mceis ot tue c;mv, and their names i
dropp -u lr :m tie roils, unless reassigned bv a
spec,;., -rde* v*f the Setretary of War.
‘i'hefrieLas ot the b: l to establish t e Supreme
Court are once niore hopefuFcf its passage by
the House :’.i its presu u form—t;:at is without
tpe k> h anu 4;:ii se-: : .ious, which give it appel*
.a*e jur.sdiet: a . r.. ■.». decisions of the estate
Courts. Anivg ui; m ;es mentioned inconnec*
uoa with the _.lu«ig. ships to be created by the act
! is that of Judge A. O. ?. Nicholson, of Tennes
see, a gemlen.aj whos* iegai abiiities are we i
Known in the South, Judge Nicholson was for a
; Uug urns a prisoner it the hands of tne Yan
kees. As a Senator Iro n Tennessee m ike L T . S.
Congress, be rendered important services to the
>outh during the commencement of our struggle
, lor iaitneudence
The jjecretury of the Treasury has called for
estimates for tne ti,* uses of the Government
irom t'ie Ist Juiy to the Ist next. As
appropriations for the support of the Government j
un i; me 3>tb June cex: have already oeen made, |
this is an indication that the present Congress
w.i not re*.»semb;e un t.ss called together by the j
President • - pr-.v;Ue :or some unforeseen ex 1-
gency.
:ne Ma -r:’, c It anpe&rs that -a Partisan j
... Q
3 PO * ' :** a legr i. e captured w.thn the I
esettiT ? .; . T - <t_ ;• d the n-'g" ’ was proved
by a witness *r r.*: "suurg, but the Mayor has j
postponed a decision unt the sth April next, for i
the pu’pose of aUawlag the accused tinea to pro» j
care witnesses to prove where he captured the
negro. The May or very p.ain:y staled mat 1:
I should be proved that the negro had been cap*
; ured within the Yankee i.nes, and had g:-e mere
1 roiun 4 ariiy, :.e would have no c dicuity .n u.soos
-1 ng of tae casi—.eaving the pubi c to infer mat
Ihe would approve the sa.e. Tms »ou.a ue a d?*
cision that would rece.vo :be nearly approbation
of the community.
Tue war does n» r seem ‘o cast a daxper upon
the politicians or Virginia. Nearly every paper
o n tains a card trorn ae various as.,:ran a for
politic*: d's.taction, and the indications a e taa.
ibe gubernatorial contest will Become interest ng.
Col. Thomas 6 F oorooy is oat mis mornirg in
a car 1 in me ana it s reported mat
Ch Won. Smith, who wa* weuaded at Scarps
ourg, and wao s-veral i>-ars ago tilled tae po
sition, Qas consented to respond to the so :c a•
| U"U3 of n:s frtecas *n ;ike manner. X V.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Millxdgbville, April 4, 1363.
I Since the cl se of my last letter, oa yeatercay
iat id o’ciocx, out .title progress has oeen made
I w.io tae easiness oeiore tae Legislature. Ia :ne
j SeLate cae or tw > unimportant bills were
| m tae a.iernoon, uni this morning was c >aaumed
jto a dis: .iss.oa m me motion to reconsider the
I oi.. •«> restrict the p.aai.ng of otton. Tae m > 10a
| to reconaicer prevailed, oy a vote of yeas h->, to
j asys 13. To-, districts were then ca lei tor new
j matter, and the toiiow.cg oi.»s wore introduced ;
Mr. Anthony, u b:.i to incorporate aa insurance
| company in tae tiwn of Jrort Ga nes; mso, a bi.i
i to mcorpora-e tee town of Fort Ga.nc.-.
j Mr. J. R. 8.-own, a Dili to amend tae 4,22 h ;
, sec 403 d the code. a.so, a b.il to define toe j
|o. the s o: the Western aua At.ant.c j
j Aa : i>.»d Company, a an, a bill for tae :e.itf u '
j Mary L. Cunnon aud Mary A. Prince.
• Co . Gibson, a b.i: to incorporate the Tiudc-i's i
and importe.'a Bam of Augusta.
■ Coh Go.dm, a hill :> incorporate the G-.- -. j-a
j>4 Coll* jVO alii a 00l >rss, a.a », a a.i: to Cail
t arat tue Confederate States .11 their tit.e to the .;~s
sea** anus .2 Rtchm *ad count7.
J Mr. Jackson, a resolution for a Joint Committee
j .0 confer and barman n», if poss.bie, ■ n same . .•
j icy m reference to otton planting.
! M ’ Smith reported a series of resolutions
- against tueenuorsemen. of w deaerate oond-,
] With u‘,vauii. i a , ia'..'j oi i..x»tu j and he pur
thase of cot oa.
, Tae Judicial;; Committee reported aOl i :<»reg~
■iiate tae sa e j: com, wne*t, oeef, bacon, Ac
Judge Oibsoa'i bi**—whica was -ageoujaad
passed. Taev also reported a series of
lions on me s i&jec*. wh.ca we>-e adopted.
A bM to iac 1: pirate the C a.easratc Express
C inipaav was passed.*
A oiii to rnaxe *egat the acts ol Oidinarus in
c-r*ain case-*, pajsea.
A bill to aataxr ze the Mayor and Cimncii oi
Atlanta to levy a tax on sales oy com mission me:*
j chants, passed.
A message from he Governor w*i asen up,
| enclosing me Texts resolutions on the sunjcct <j ;
• .he euiorsement ol tue Cooiederate Oonus.
j The .Senate tuen aoj mrned to Hondav morning,
i 10 o clock.
j The House has devoted the as; two diys chiefl'
1 to tne consideration of the bi.l io restr.ct ini
l planting cotton.
t The commit ee reported a bill which, with a
f aubsutute by Judge Cabineas, and or.*- by Mr
Walton of Wnkea, was referred to th-.» Judic.an
i j Committee, which reported adverse!? to them »if.
i en constitutional grounds. Tae bill from tat
1 J com mu toe proposes to restrict ihe crop to out
% ucre, on penalty of fine and imprisonment for ita
v oj.t.oo—ihe moi« ut j.eo.Uv »&x?d :« hw
1 ot tae .ax; sxss.oa. Tae oiaer b:IU propoied
■ UXi l .n, aaa Were s-.an.ar mat Mr.
I wi tidrew his. Tne prim; j.a taueti-.u-ioa*; ,rgi »
. meats were muie- ov Hen. Linton Stenuen* saJ
| JudgeCatiiness. Mr uiainuiae*! laal
j it la unaonsimMinnal to p-reveni or pdairt
fences, under it? new coc.tiiuuon, oy laxaii .a,
Thai iuxation is ..anted to tae nutto# of rereooe
I and Other purposes named in the graut, and ;>,at
the inject o! ;n:s t« :s not r - r»n ,e or’ ;r u. 0..
! tion, wh.ah would ra.ae uo texeauj. He::.,, •'.!
j the hilt tram the comaif.ee constitution*;,'’ ii
I made to apply to those who mar punt alter' Ita
| passage; out the otil ni obieoiionabie as axing
■ a penalty upon an hanorable porsuit, sad .ft tci'-
tocr lesislatton was, ;tt V.s "J- neat. caoeccS"
;sa; v. Cora :s it n w»re atstrihuied ~a-i
: Is tu mostlocalit.es cheaper, when we coa.-tb-r
i the r».ue ot our currency, than ever before.—
| Judge Siephena spoke an hour and a halt, ~n i
maae a speecu o. great pow.r.
Lodge Cahtaess spoxe;a oelia.f of his eui.---
■tu e ;> He maintained that r d.d cot c .nd,- 1 w.t's
j tae Constitution; taut there is no unit: to th
: amount of taxation, provided the money tossed .»
tp|o.ni : revenue. Tae oi j.-ct t tee t.>x*tt-a
mu- 1 oaty he judged ot trout tae tae ot tb- i
1 s title ;s -t, levy and c idect a t..n i-a" a"d
planted and cultivated m cott ,u ahoTe a c ■■; .1 3
.lan-ttv." i’ae bill provides that tor everv ba'nd
between the ..gos o. lit and 5o one acre may a?
pi.uted ; and if there are slaves non-mV
.. >uuv*icsu>ea ueueen 12 it d
!p or “'• a * is ’ two “bull w«;t II a tt.ua ; .Old
. t »i every acre more iuuq oae call»rate J ii*ere
shall bi* levied a »ax ot ptr acre. Th ; s cu-«
“•* *»« !ltld '0 be a 01.1 to prohibit planting -<>'l
tou. am il ■: amounts to prohibition U is ».,• n
ceasurtly uncoasutuuo al. Thare is a class of
cases which are usually reaped m that war >Uev
are uoi wrong in themselves, but wrong in’tbeir
efleots, or relations to circumstances. For m«
stance, the keeping of a billiard labie is not a
crime denominated man in se, but sued tables are
beheeed to be corrupting in their infuence Sun.
pose there are ,'sj oi mem ,n the Slate .at each is
taxed t >o—this will yield a revenue of i'l; ~,
But suppose the owners should sav th-v coo'd
not afford to pay tie tax; then there wbuld be
no revenue—would that mate the law unconsti.
tutional ? He applied the same argument to
lotteries and distilleries. The bill in us a-,-.’ c
non to cotton-planting is based on the ground
that the cultivation o: cotton :s hurtful to’he
public good. It so, the Legislaluie ran restrict
it. If restricted, in accordance with the bil
r.-venue will result if any amount over an acre i ’
planted, and if none is planted, i: does not effect
the constitutionality ot the bill. The .Supreme
Court has settled tae principle la tb» case ol the
City Council of Griffin, in which a t«x was mi.
posed of #SOO on a retail license. A retailer con
tested the law. and the Court sustained it on the
gro :nd that “the General Assembly shall have
power to make a:i laws end ordinances which are
necessary for the good of the State, and which
snail not be repugnant to The
new Constitution is identical with the old on this
subject.
Other constitutional points were involved in t e
discussion—some contending (bat the law was
not retroactive, because the cotton was not cu.tt
vated, and the planter had no vested rtgh’s turn
the simple a t of planting.
The vote was taken on he subsutute. wiicT,
was lost. The vo.e nen was on the original bid,
which was lost, bra vote of yeas <5, Lavs "o.—
Tlt.s morning the question-cante up on a men m
to reconsider, which motion prevailed During
the debate on these bills a number of interesting
and eloquent speeches have been made. Those
by Messrs. Lester, .'.aitth, Candor and Briscoe, in
,avor of restriction, and by Messrs. Duß -se, lies,
ter, Moore and Schley against it, deserve more
extend d notice, out your space will, I know, mu
justify it. Mr. Scbley maintained that the titi-e
were uncoastitutional and unnecessary • that w. a
we most needed was transportation, and th - toads
are about to suppiv this. He thought we were
too much inclined to give way to tmpu.sc at.d
sentiment; that tue want oi any human beirg f.r
bread is melting to the heart, but it does not fol
ow that there :s a scarcity, for we are assured
that the garnets are full in many sections. The
roads have promised to transport 180,000 bushels
a month to Atlanta, and this will suppi. ■ _ t .
wants of army and people in that section. Tit re
fore let us assure the soldiers and the people, & c d
the enemy, that we have bread enough, and are
prepared to snsta-n the war until we jcj ev
our independence.
in the afternoon, me House faai und-r c'n« u.
eration the repot : of the Committee on Impress,
tuen-, which, after free discussion was re-erred
’.o a special comm ttee who rvpo-ted the resolu
tions oack without alteration. They !;e over
The Governor's Message enclosing the Tens
I resolutions on tae q testion o: endorsement of
Coulederate bonds, was taken up and read. H
j endorses the Texas poiicv.
The aqsj? sijounjd t \yf Meaday.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL—THI2 AIC3
MOND MA3SETS
i'rom <*•>? Somoni Apru i.
We present uar as-a. ?;ew on R:ctim jd
rt.-t'ks^: ,
The Money Maui?? —lne priacin' u*e .; r
tne money .3 tdc dec .ne in * >j ani rj»
ADateineat or .:* demaa-i 13 th? aaraai. The
»•;: :ng rate of tne srowi ysserday »a* #4(JO
p-annutn. tnskiag tae parch *ser pav t-ji:.!; h7e
•mitlars 0 mie-ierat anoner f>r one dihir 13 g : i.
Tae buying rite of the brokers ;s from $,75"-, 3 si)’
S 3.75 preia'uan- any ng ae
from 350 us u,50. r* erliog exchange commands
even 4,50 premium, w,-7n goon demand V.rgn a
su'l Southern a,ns notes are sold a? -ae otriie-s
a- 70 watt pnrm.t-tn ; tie a sy.ag rate :s 3 .;me j.j
cents leas.
'lie rail of gold 10 the Northern mon;? ml. -
hern a -oj-ce at atuea tali :a -ae a >j‘.,
t»ry circles of Steam ad A- the d-v 0 i
series* from the North (.the ri:a u.i;* ■ . aid
had dec ire i to 41%-a .title more tana hi
what it was wor'b a :e» weeks ag > This ~.• idea
J fal’ or gold in the Not'd canoot ,oe takes i* tas
I market standard, and is a.together fictitious.'The
Yankees have 'aiea up the delusion— l n oa T
j .let., j-, 1 h . ‘ takes possesrion >t then w
j coming ot every s. ring—that "the rece . 01 .
• he crushed in ttiae'y cars, ’ and h:s z—. • . >. 3 .
1 a new conhienje :a in.:- Government sen- > t
j and causes 1 id to i-ri re.
A dei-at or two r. w to tie N iro. w a j Ci ;s „
i g >;d to ; imp :a We i street to a a gar.- j”], j
th-.n ever before, as"d would dispel this re.uVii
j t ,e Yankees hare cf crashing tee rtbe Ii i.’g'i.j
| :s *he p-i. ica. barotce er ot :b. Yankee sat 0 j
and ts effected jus: j a tie way they have _ L!l 3 ;
La r succe?t .a this war. L'ade- tie 1 '
I ta.es 0! o'.fferng am starra'.: an t>.i i; o, v .
1 )t.i» It It bell-e-. i -hat the fvrh canno* ha'.: ui
s x uionila lor gar. .ad .a-meu.a'ely. g:.a ,
j under 'he lul o n*' it cf 1 s: eeay" =..o;ug it u
| ay the cosh»citton m'j a e } f Southern p- >•;.. ■, >
; With sola aprispe.: held up he:ate th; tvip e.
| tie Yankees g:rj a tint aliiesion to tie*, r lj-»
j and a conlii.-nce .-pr.n.s g> ».tj -he aua-e ,
! was arresting -he turta.r depreci.t >a 0: -,n
, currency. We wui guarantee teat a .ae next
■ anonta gi.J w... hare jutnpei up ~> 07jr ;ae
. hundred per cent, Tie Yankees are ?. me-ce* v
1 p>opl», and one who in wsthea »•. ag-io
I W.*t aa that the/ are prompted aaJ eia'-if >a
! hy s-asa’ilaa m re this any other people r'tie
! iaee of the gloae.
I There ie quite an actieitr a tie No-t’ae-n ni'
ae’s, especta'ly :a New Y'oi k and Ba ,mors <> 1
tfce dtate atoecs of toe South Tits ts earned 1
a aaeaaire, bv ttie “blockade runners Ciipiag., 1
and taking Ni rt 1 these s'oeks to tnase tas - eg*
change, tats offer ng a much cheaper l eg- -, a' .io
to-hem than to buy gold. Virginia sues a *
selling ia New York at 53; N irtn Carol.as a xei
at 75: Miss uri s.xes at 51; Teansseee sixes a
5' V. We as 1 hear ' hat aar" es buy C)c:e 1 ?-» e
w new private Jin the Xor’a at :jre 7 to ,
Cents on the co lar.
Ta* Stock Msskit.—The st icg aiari ;- 3 )c .
tire anj prices we.i maintained. The f « ;;
were the quotation* of tae market yesteria*
Contederate bonds, I'vW.OOd loan, cojpoa )
1 >5;., aad interest. Confederate bonds. 13 ~ r, O
loan, registered. 11> and interest, Ctnteie-ne
honds, ItW.iWO.OOO lean, ,oog dates, log a; 1 a.
t*r**\ C«n!edera-« bonus, 1 )«,oo»V.OO : .an, «a .
date*, 10031*151: Virginia s’s. suspended o >nif
(coupon,) i7O: Virg.nia State s'cck, 111 1■: t
mono (;tr bonds, 13 j; Miasonr: (i s oil .ss e,.
i 5 Tear. State oonds. lnteiest suspended. 117. S
(' .rolina s'a, ; )id taaue) 13. •; V rgtnta C a rs
Muilroad second uiortgege hie-is ail a-
, 'ere** : Ontrge A Aii-xaadm Ki.lr ji, teeoaj
, k per tea!., 10#; third mortgage, sp«-
j coot;; l'J2 ; Elchin mu and York R.verKa j
j drat mortgag-*, 3 :‘-r cat. oar an i :ateres* V. •
| gtnia and lenc ss*e Kai.rcad firat ai<>"*ga£-» ti
oer cen*., II- ; second m rtgasre, 0 par era”: . i i."
| third mortgage, 0 per cant.. ’.<>s; Kicr.mtad ass<i
i ittnrille K-ii.r »a<j stock, 1!5, Kicaaiai :■. j i
| i'fteieheiy Roitroad at-.c», 11 •_• ; H-.jj > 3 j
i r redec.rasoargand F i'cmac Railroad at.jc*. 10 r.
! Farmers’ Saak an ck, Virg'a-a 3au ,-r
] ; Kxcvnnge Hank sicca, ’.!7 . Traders' Baa;
[ st' c t\ 117^:
■ - —■> ———... ,1, , , ,
THE VERY LATEST FROM THE NORTH
- v ■ < ■- ■’
I R*DEBicKsiicac, April v. l-So-
The New \ ork .-ier.-iid <»t the 31 jt t Mare a
of th»‘ Port Hudson tight, sars all dwotj
*~e now cleared u:\ and the rebel "accci:.vs o ~i
V! ' <• .rfm-d. T:k* pp ss
aoatavt baru-’d, the am A .t*
tre.-s 4,! be. is: the Richmond lulled The
rr-im i tpise two r-sacis gefiog ijv is >o ~ss> ifas
t *>•••:.» •3' trotn Rod rivet. Arkansas. Teias «4
-»t i, oils a:a laa litis new n regattas u i
..opo-uni. The land h-rss la:leu\> rec-ier*aaV
cfl c n ■ US* S'aOCt.
Ate.igrc-n from i .rie-s, am-' f 'he ?;>-
• t >ni»e, reports the return ol a longing part? : n:
! the X .era Seek at V.rgiuia, with a .atft
t'l bacon pork, v-iieat, corn, beans and oats. Tb-v
a.so repur; having stolen a number o; uorsio a. •
males, and captured a number of prisoners
A lebelcava-ry raid be; wee a Dumfries and On
" d'ldn 5 reported, in which egh; Yanse-v* w«r*
captured
three English steamers, laden w h Koi- 1
r:*i.-s and munition* ol war, nave been Uiej as
pr.z.-s to .New York.
vsx Monitors, several guubea's and sever*
si tops. left Hilton Head on the 23th. Tae Er i
.■vn has uirived at Poit Roya; w::j a aondescrio
cal.ed the dev its objects is to clear the cr,no
ne! of torpedoes.
Hooker arrived in tVash ng-on on toe i
he.d a con>uiration wun Linc-on on an >
returned to the army ;,a 'he same da- The a ni >
is sa d'o be leariv to move. The --be. r-a i a a
Kentucky is said noe a taiinre. L nociu is -a a
lshed that Yansee prospects ere o-;’ate-■ 11 a
ever AM account* reoresect land ani nava
.orces of the Aa-aees in fine condition. who: 3
those of the rebellion are in tie last jiu*) >• *:■
haus.ion and desperation. Tae reb-*:* w i t
, vnd to get subsistence, and their finances a e
a'a--u. ta cobapse. lire \ankees sav toe r aav*
superabundance of provisions, and more means
than they o-ed are -ende-ed bv domett.c and
tnreign capitalists. A tew davs ot pleasant waits
er, and active operations, the He-a d sa-s ums
begin.
A telegram from San Francisco, dated i’s
3aysi "A bana o; sece siontsts, secret!? -j sVj
. were about to attack Benicia Station and li«
island, tor the purpose of capturing the a-ms
and magazine, and so as to leave -be df*-,. m,
protected in case ,f succe.-s. The Sagtnaw tm
Oeen teruered to tile island, and the garrison ,
• < ep underarms night and dav.- y'-j,, ....,
yet transpired, but officials have informal --
which tuey wt.i not ntaiic puoiic."
Gold closed a' 147. Exchange 163.
iue u:-ksb ig-jv Cc.iDt, —The truth is ieoa.ng
out respecting the Monrauk, and i: appe-: d tha,
neither jnr tire ior her own w;th‘ U* c 2 *c
v:; on her in her attack f.n For: McA :s-er. To*
New Yotk Herald’s correspondent, whose arc jn
the Savannah Republican copies, relates-ha! i
the fi'at encounter she was h'lt by our pr -ct is
• forty-eight ..cues, and that her sides, turret ana
deck were considerably torn and d-nt-.-i. To?
concession ot the ball.-, upon the ..-on piat.ng
, knocked men - if" iheirfeet, t-roducirg n.ti’iiest
and taking away ihe breaih. r.nd hoi's we:e
go tied out cf the pilot house and 3 :ng v en. 7
across it. Another writer says:
The turret, weighing ons hundred Mi > m
tons, is, as you know, keyed up iroai be -v, m i
i’s weight supported c-n a shai’t. After .1. siijcij
ti-mg, it saggeo somewhat, an-* oasiderua'-e
ir v-o e was encountered in keeping it up 7 ■ r,-.
,it would revi Ire easily a b-.- blast :r- a,'-.';- _■ :a;
, c4 ®« back through the eve-holes :» me pli .
jr.--.-o -- th.t the effects -If prac-.ce coal-:
I «'t»e biif suss fills op in :>-• .. ,
' : - ir ’tu!d not be s-ghtec. exes-;' bv -.he • ' .
: fv 1 -“ ■ rntfsia-.- if tt, whicti is rMUci guna- -
1 . tringover .hr stern -sad quarter canned thebe -
era to -rani; they ani.r aisu besecured more irm
ly. G -va glass suffered, and the wicks s
.amps disappeared at each discharge. idome means
must be devised for handling the eaormo-ts o-s*
jtc'.Ues, weighing upwards ,>f i<)j poniJs