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AUGUSTA, CIA.
WEDNESDAY MORWIHO. APRIL S»
====r ’’ A TAX IN KIND.
The Cm federate h«iS.»a'l v
onoo a tax bill whieh pr«.* » be of <re*t
benett te Ooremment and people ; and among
,*<■- provisions ha. pror.ded for the wNun.i of
a tithe of farm pr-dio-. or a taxm
~ an entirely n-» system ol taxation m Amen...
and there are a one doubt, a. to ita prac'.cal Rood
u rking I‘ *»*« dombtleas be enmber.ome
bap. it may be a little vexa.t’m. and 'ronble
‘f> the assen Hors and collectors—ad \
,„. .. . what exp.owe :n the matter of eollec
tier. Heyond these objections, which are no* eery
tb- .relent -e-m, well adan.-d oi thatime,
an I cireum-cuoe ain which *“ *?• * >'* e ■
After *** hia own and V.l-.
fifty bnabeia t «• aid ■>( I Mi P° u> *• n
hundred hi.. ol corn. .«• B'.» buenel. o. wheat.
an-J tern'. fit-hole of peaa or bean.—which res
ervation w.i; exem.t tnaar a P' Mr
from anvu be, a* >l on<bt-e.eh tanner or
„-,r.t-r. throughout tne »m t.’on odcricv,
. . v . H I'uittr MX
; p. k y t.i g ~» 1 “ *** •
on tenth, or ten per eon'., of ail I ’e eorn. n -7.
(odder, cotton, *i"l, wheat, «_»r‘ey.
tiua, tobacc >, cattle aod mett. pO’-a, o' •*
broucd pea., sugar and or, ..see., eia .. r o
CHD «_wbi«h he may produce during the year.—
These .tor., are to be collec el at convenient
dep-.is, no* exceeding eiglu m:i-a from tne ti.ru>
or plantai'oa, at the prod.uer’s wn expeu.s for
irau-poriation to that short distance, which will
he very inconsiderable, when ibe Government
will take cbirge of them for such use. it can upa
piv them to. 'Vhen the tithe returns exceed, in
any locality, the present or prospective wauls of
the army ii '.bat vicinage, which must be the
rose in vrrv many localities, the surplus will be
sole and the proceeds panl in > the Treasury;
and when ii is manifest, from the assessment res
turns, that such surplus will exist, the suie may
be made without collecting tin. surplus. This
is one objectionable feature ia the system, this
nuktog Government a general trailtr m all iarm
products, but It is unavoidable.
Notwithstanding a few slight object! ms, the
system, it is Loped and bo laved, will produce
many happy resulis. It will insure beyond per
adyentnre an abundant supply - ' evety.ltiug
necessary for the army, so‘*r as the country is
capable o! producing army supplies , and this
am ply will not be drawn iroat one or a few locs
lines, «s heretofore, which has occasioned seii
ous mconveuienco, bat equally, according to prd
dueiiou, from the whole cultivated land. It will
saw to the Government, and of course to the
people, a large cost in the way of transportation ;
n will thus sa7e also the wear and tear of rails
roads and their machinery, and give them great-r
transportation capacity for the u ual trade ; a id
it wit! furnish to the army, fresh and heaithfu ,
such perishable articles as will not bear' long
transportation.__lt will, lo th* extern i' Ro*-s. I't"*
ten millions per mon n —a;, J, which s quite as
important, will to Ihe sirna extent prtve.-;! the
necessity of currency issues, now so greatly m
excess of business requirements; and it tvillal*
so put some monev into the Treasury, :hough
not a great deal. I will probably y id a full
supply to the army of nearly all aiticlvs it n'.-ds
ia toe way of food, except wheat, of which r may
g.ye two-tiths; it will yield a large surplus of
corn, and perhaps ot several o'.h.-r articles.
The country is indebted, we believe, to the rape*
rienced no t diistin/mshed Virginia Senator,
ilon R. \l. T. Hunter, for the suggest >n of this
tithing tax. The old plan of supplying the urqiv
biwe very hard on Virginia, because a large army
has been kept on her soil from th‘ commence
ment of Uie War ; and that glorious old mother
State has in many other respects borne the brunt
ol the contest. After long and mature delibera
tion both Houses of Congress have agreed to the
svstem, and we hope it may have a tuir trial
thorough trial, and believe it will prove salutary
in ,ts etiec'-s. Under the Mosaic dispensation
the Hebrews gave of the firstlings of their lloeks,
and the first fruits of the earth, as a sacrifice to
the Deity. Ia latev days, and in many countries,
ecclesiastic bodies, by permission of the State,
have derived their revenues from a tithe of farm
products—bat let not this prejudice cur people
against the present tax. We shall give our
tithes of the earth’s fruits, as a cheerfnl sacrifice
on ihe altar of our country’s independence : and
irav Heaven prosper it and us as we deserve, and
as its mercy may dictate.
INCOME TAX OF GEORGIA
The General Assembly that has just ck-sid its
abors, has passed the following Income Tax
Act:
An Act to levy and collect a tax on tee aet in
come or profits of all persons and corporate bo.
dies in tins State, arising from the sale ot goods,
wares and merchandize, groceries and provi
sions; also, on the net income or profits of
all persons and corpora,e bodies engaged tn
the manufacture and sale of cotton and woolen
goods, tn the tanning and sale of leather, and
in the manufacture and sale of any article
made thereof; and in the distillation and sale i
of spirituous liquors from grain of any kind, j
or fr in any otfier ar.icle, und to appropriate;
the same, when collected, for the support oft
indigent widows and orpha n of deceased sol
diers, and other purposes therein named.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the e 'eral Assembly
of the State of Georgia, Tha all persons ana
bodies corporate in this State engaged in the -aie
ol goods, ware and merchandise, groceries a.-d
provisions; in the manufacture and sale of cotton
and woolen goods ; in the tattn.og and sale of
leather, and m the manufacture and sale ol any
articles made thereof, and in the disti iation and
sale of spirituous liqnors from grain oi anv kind,
or from any other article, when they make a r tu-n
of their taxable property, shall be required to make
a return under oath, ot the net income or profits
which he, she, or they may have made respective y
ia the sale, or manufacture and sale, of any c7f
the articles above enumerated, from the first div
of Apr.;, 1562, to the titst day of April, 1863.
See. 2, Be it further enacted, TuaS when the
profits for the year preceediug tbe return shall
amount to twenty per cent, on ’.he capital or credit
invested, a tax of fifty cents on every one hundred
dollars (}100).
When they shall exceed twenty ner cent, and
hm i°«?. t 10 lhirlv Percent, or under, one dollar
and titty cents on every ($100) one hundred dol»
When they shall exceed thirty per cent, and
amount to forty per cent, or under, two dollars
($2) on every hundred dollars
When they shall exceed fortv per cent, and
amount to fifty percent, or under, ,$2 50) two
dollars and fifty cents on every hundred dollars.
When they shall exceed fifty per cent, and
-mount to sixty per cent, or under, ($3) three
dollars on every hundred dollars.
When they shall exceed sixty per cent, and
amount to seventy per cent or under, is 3 33)
three dollars and fifty cents on every one hundred
dollars.
When they shall exceed seventy per cent, and
amount to eighty per cent, or under, lour dollars
(st; on.every one hundred dollars.
When they shall exceed eighty per cent and
amount to ninetv per cent, or under, four dollars
and firy cents ,$4 53] on every one hundreddol.
tars.
When they shall exceed ninety per cent, and
amount tn one hundred per cent, or under, five
dolla-s on every one hundred d.liars; and so on
in the same ratio of per cent, profit and taxation
id ir.finitum.
Bee. 8. Be it further enacted, That if any per
son or body corporate shall or refuse to make a
return of bis, her, or their profis, made or real
iz'd as aforesaid, he, she or they shall be held to
have mtde tbe sum of SIOO,OOO, and shall bs tax
ed accordingly.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted. That if, upon aay
return of income or profits by any person or body
corporate, the Rsceiver ol tax retuns shall sus
■oect the-.im- to be false or fradulent, or if a sug
creation ot trand in such case shall be made to the
Receiver bv any citizen of tbe county in which the
alleged default may occur, verified bv atfidavitto
•tie b at of affiant’s knowledge and belief, in ail
.-uch cases n shall be tbe dutv of tbe Receiver
to apply tn tbe Justices of the Inferior Court of
ih» county for the BDpointment of three assessors
o investigate the alleged traudulent return ; end
upon sum appointment being made, the Receiver
| It cll give to the person charged with making
Uie fuse return five days’ notice of ibe time and
place of making ihe investtgali >n ; and fie as
sessors, before proceeding to their duly, shall
besworn to make a tail, fair and impartial inves
tigation as lo the alleged lalss or traudul-nt re
turn, aod shall require the person o.- persons, or
ttody corporate alleged to have made ho fraudu
lent return to produce before the assess it s, nts.her,
or ibetr books of eDtry of their purchases -uu
sales, if he, she, or they, keep such books, and
upon luilure or refusal to produce such b>ok,
the persons so refusing shall be held to have
made (1,003) sno thousand per cen'. on ($1,00,«
000) one hundred fhonsand dollars ae profits,
and -hall be taxed accordingly ; and the raid as.
eeisors shall have power to compel such citix-ns
or tax payers to appear before them, and to give
testimony in said investigation. Upon hearing
of all the testimony which nmy be adduced on
the investigation, if the assessors shall find the
return to be false or fraudulent, they shall csstss
the true amount of profits made according to the
evidence belore them, and certify it to the Ke
ceiver, who shall double tax tbe defaulter on tfie
amouut returned to mm according to the rates
hereinbefore prescribed. Tfie assessors shall be
paid two dollars per day for every day they may
be etwgaged in the investigation, to bo paid by
the deiinquent. if found to have made a false res
turn, or, If his return should be found correct,
the as>esso-8 aha 1 he [mid by the person filing
ihe ufiidivit.or hy the Receiver, il ihe invesuga*
lion is made noon his suggestion; aud in either
case, the Receiver shall immediately t-sue exacus
tton in favor of tbe assessors, fur tne amount ol
their fees, ugamst toe pe’son who n;av fail or re
fuse to pay tbe same; provided, that in case ol
corporations, if the i’reeident or other ilicer
managing the sarn i shall tile an utliiavit will;
the assessors, that they cannot remove their
books from tbeir places of business withi r.t se-|
riiu.s inconvenience and loss, then n id asses ors ;
snail investigate theaaid boaxtat tbe place ot I
bttsine-s ofsa.d corporation.
Sec. And be it further ease ed, That « any
person or body corporate shall fail or refuse to ;
pay the tix useessed against him, her, or them,
by the first day of December in each year, it shall -
he the duty of tne Tax Collector to issue exrcus '
tion agaiusi such defaulter m double ihe amount |
assessed, which slmil be levied and collected, us ,
in other cases of execution against defaulters.
Bee. ri. And be 11 Itiriher eoac'.ed, That this act |
shall not be construed to embrace those who are
mere producers of agricultural productions, but !
emot from its operation, aud shall" u i 'mi taxed J
on the amouut ot profits made from tu ■ Olio of
their agricultural productions, but shall be I
exempt if engaged in buying and selling an >f
the articles beloreenmnera’ed, or in the dtsttila- I
tion of spirit'it ns liquors fr'm gram or from anv j
other irticies, or in the manufacture aud rale Jf i
cotton and woolen good, e .liter, or shoes, or anv j
artic.es made of ieather; Biovided, said manu
factured articles do no’ .used tu value the sum
of two thousand doiiur.i per annum
B- 7. And be It further enacted, That the tax
to be collected under this act shall be pa d into
the .Stale Treasury ov the Tax Collectors of the
several cnatie* in this State bv the fifteenth duv
et December in each vear. And as soon tlicreal’er
as practicable it shall be the duty ol ills Excel
lency the Governor to apportion und‘distribute
the same among the counties of the State, accord
ing to represetnative population, the iasi preced
ing census to be taken as the basis for Ihe uppor
tiomnent, and the amount apportioned to the sev
eral counties shall be paid to the Justices of the
Inferior Court thereof or their order, for the sup
port of indigent widows and orphans of soldi Vs
who have d ed ur been killed in the service of tlrs
htate or of the Confederate Btu U-a, for the supnort
of indigent families of soldiers who tuav he u
service, and lor the tuptott ol tad'geat soldiers
wbo may be disabled by woitoris or disease ’n tbe ,
KoPv.ce ot this State or of the Ooofedeiate Statts:
1 rovided. The tax ramed under this act shall be
ia addition to the one aud one-half millions oi
dollars raised under the general tax act.
Sec S. Be it further enacted, That ail law* and
parts ot laws conflicting with tats act be und tne
same are hereby repealed.
Ay>xnted to April 15th, 136:1.
FROM THR NORTH
TH2 ATTACK OX CHA2LSTON —A Y.fiKKS SIMTOit WIT
NESSES THB ATTACK —UK IS GREATLY CBAGRIX’KD
AT THK SSSULT AND CALLS LOUDLY FOR FARBA
GUT.
■ The Petersburg Express has the Baltimore
American of the loth. Its Yankee editor, C. V.
Fulton, was an ere witness of the !a:e fight, and
i greatly chagrined at tbe terrible castigation in
flicted by toe Charleston batteries on the invui*
nerab.es. c uilon takes the affair more to heart,
because he has repeatedly told the American re'
ctu..y, tiit’-.‘Ugh i.i? Hilton lit act coirespondence,
that the fall of Charleston was a fixed fact that
the fleet would know no such word us fail and
j were bound to conquer. Hear how Ih whints •
FOURTH DAY AFTER TUB ATTACK.
Steamship Ericsson )
On Charleston, Ba’. April 11. ’ ;
We are still stationary, the Ironside* und the
Monitor* retaining tbeir position tn front or M r*
rislsland. The preparations to leave are howl
ever, progressing slowly, as u-Udl in aii* naval
operations here, as the use « t be Ericsson rat
and torpedo for blowing up Ke«buk rms oeen
abandoned, a further delay oi' three or tour .iuvs
will probably take place devise other aus
tor blowing h?r up. She could easily be u sed
by the rebels, and made a very efficient vessel
against thn wooden b.ockaders.
On Morris and Sullivan’s islands the white tents
of the rebel encampments indicate that rein
forcements have been sent to the coast, whilst the
bright glitter of the spades, mostly in the hands
of negroes, working on the batteries being con*
structrd under the guns of our iron clads, a most
cause us to admire tee energy und earnest ness of
tbe eaea:v us compared with our great lack of
these quail lies.
I bare taken some pains : 3 ascertain tbe
grounds given by the Admiral and ins advisers
tor what st’ii seems to oi tue officers
and men of the fleet, and to the spectators to have
been a farcical assault and a disgraceful abandon•«
ment of the purpose oi the Government to reduce
this rebellious city
On the evening after the atracx a counc 1 of war
was held, attended by ail the Captains of the iron
clads. They reported to the A imira that the Kea
okuk was totally disabled and in a sicking condi*
tion—that the Nabant’s pilot house was injured,
and three men badly wounded by 'he flying bolts.
This was the only Tease! that bad no lining to the
pilot house, and although a bolts were started
in some of the others the lining fully protected
those inside. The turning of the Nabant’s turret
had also been parttally obstructed by 'be concns
sien of the blows she had receded. The Patap
sco also reported, that a shr-ll had got wedged in
its r fle gnn. which c >uld not at once be removed.
The Nantucket hid some damage done the muule
box of one of i>s tuns. The Ca skill, I ibinK,
also had some difficult? with one of her gun •car
riages, and the port hole slide of the Passaic was
reported bent and immovable. Thus, four of the
vessels were reported as temporarily injured,
whilst the Keokuk was totally disabled, and sunk
at her anchorage next morning.
The workmeo and supervisors of the Monitors
were sent for. and having examined the four
damaged vessels reported that they could have,
have them all in good working order the next
day. The Keokuk was of course >f no further
account.
It is also now asserted on the flagship that
each JQd all of the captains of the iron clads, at
their couacil of war, advised the abandonment of
theattemot to reduce Sumter or take Charleston,
regarding it as a hopeless task.
Be this as it may, however, early on the even
ing ot Tuesday the Admiral, previous to bearing
these reports, declared his intention of renewing
the assault oo Wednesday, declaring his purpose
to lead the way with the Ironsides, which he con
sidered an impregaable vessel. At the close of
the council of war he made no decision, and, us
far as I can learn, he slept on his determination
only to reverse it on awaking on Wednesday
morning.
The work of putting the vessel in «id-*r lor
battle progressed rapid*v on Wednesday moms
ing, and at 1 o’clock the workmen had all left
the vessel, reporting every difficulty as to the
working of turrets, guns, Ac , to be fully re me*
died. I visited B*ver:l of ihe Vessels about this
time, and found the » preparing for the signal to
advance, expecting to move forward to renew
the assault about halt past one o’clock. No sig !
uni was given, however, and during the after
noon the tiist indication reached their decks
that the Admiral had given it up.
It is now asserted by those who are iu the
c mtidsnee of the Admiral that, after duty weigh*
mg the reports of the commanders, and taking
into consideration the fact ’hat of »he ve«« I
ss's injured rep r'<»d that they were under fire 1
forty minutes, he deles mined of his own volition |
not to reuew the assault. The danger of any o' j
the vessels becoming disabled and falling into the ,
hands of the enemy, also had reat weight with
him, as w»!l as the opinion of some of the com
manders that there was ;t great probability that
in undergoing another fire of similar fury and
fore , home of our vessels would be unabie to
return to their anchorage.
As *ar as I can ascertain the subject of forcing
through the obstructions and making .1 da->h on
the city, leaving the great fortifications behind
them, was uot entertained. What was the char
acter of the invisible obstructions is only known
hr statements and intimations of blockade run
ners atid olher parties who had an interest in
deceiving u*. They had represented torpedoes
manufactured out of steam boilers, twenty feet
loug, tilled with powder, acres and ions of fish
nets, and all manner and variety of devilish con
trivances which were to blow our ircu-clads out
of water—sharp pointed s akes which were tn
p erce their hull-*, and a ram of bombshells to j
crush their decks. Indeed, there is no doubt
that the authorities of Charleston relied ns much i
on «Ue fear of obstructions as they did on ihe ob
structions themselves, aod the imigioury torpe* |
d >«m have done their work most eff ctuillr.
TIIE ERIC'S N HAFTS.
Another cause of the want of success in ih>s !
tnoveoieut has been the umipathy til ting among
t‘ie high luficlionarit s of navy to Kricsswu and i
his Monitors. They look upon these vessels as !
destined, i* successful, 'o do awav with quarter**
deck grandeur and the iignity of high rank.—
They were opposed to i: owing victories through
engineering skill and :*y Yankee inventions.
j Kt lesson and his Monitors are spoken of us curses
tli-. m constantly denounced at a time the eery
! csi once ot t!ie nation almost depended upon
j them. True, they are not very pleasant places ot
i abode, either tor officers or men, b-t* a vast deal
j depends on them at the present time—the sup-
I pre-sun of the rebellion ami the securing to cur
| nattou ,1 proper degree of respect (rout foreign I
Governments at this critical period in our hi;.no v. !
Presuming that an attempt would be made to j
take ChailestOD, as well as to reduce Sumter, the
Navy Department had provided appliances to tit
on their bows and pu-ii before them, that were :
calculated to remove ur.y obstruction that could
be placed iu their tvay. These contrivances were
cnn.l.un d by the authorities here without trial,
and a determination was evinced from the first
net to use them. The first objection was that no
vessel would steer with such an appendage.—
Af'er they had been here for a month a trial was
made as to the steering qualities of a Monitor 1
with one of them, and this objection fell through, I
I the vessel obeying the rudder iu a heavy sea-way ,
! as well with it us without it. This being'eettled. |
a pro loritiou to drive some piles in Port Rovai
harbor to test ihe torpedo, was miked about, but
1 nothing more done with it. When the fleet aps
j preached Fort Sumter one of these apparatuses
j without a torpedo, was attached to the Weehaws !
. hen, and a number of grapples suspended from
it. The Weehawktn took it up past Sumter, and
ia-.d tor 'wo hours alongside of the obstructions.
If a torpedo had been attached what a magnifi
cent opportunity there would have beeu to test
it to the discomfiture of the enemy.
After the atiack on Sumter a proposition was
made to use it to destroy the Keokuk. Several davs
were consumed in talking about and assenting to
tt, but it was final y abandoned, and the raft and
torpedo ordered back to Fortress Monroe. Its
successful use in destroying the Keoknk would
have been ati unanswerable condemnation of the
latlure to use it against the rebels. They were all
however, afraid o; it, although it was as harmless
in baubling as a loaded gun without a l.i*«, and
every danger guarded against. It w.-.s condemned
without examination, not a man in the squadron,
front the Admiral down, having scarcely uesigned
to look at it. the dislike of Ericsson and his
naval innovations prov.ng too great to be over,
com--, even in such a dreadtul emergency as that
to be encountered.
It there is another Farragut in the fiavv he
should be sent here at npce to lead the gallant
officers and men of this squadron to then- long
and anxiously expected victory. Whoever he
may be, he will Snd them ready and anxii us to
coeoperate with him in securing this gte .t na
tional retribution. Above all, do not tin t its
execution to those who have been tnghtened by
Rebel phantoms, expect defeat ar.d do not be
lieve that success is possible.
Yours, Ac., C. C F.
A BILL TO CREATE A “3TIR.’
The Ssena!e*ht:s passed a bill from the House of
Representatives, turning out of office all the
cietks in the Quartermaster and Commissarv De
partments, wno are capable of shouldering a
musket, and authorizing the detail of disabled
soidiers to take their places. The following is a
copy ot the act:
The Congress, etc., do enact, That rhe act entt- I
tied “An act to provide tor an increase of ffi e j
Quartermaster and Commissary Departments,'’ |
approved Feo. 15,1362, be and the same is hereo’y |
amended by striking out the proviso at the end of
the same, and inserting in lieu thereof the follow. I
ing:
Provided, That no Quartermaster, Assistant I
Quartermaster, Commissary or Assistant Commis
sary be author zed to employ as a clerk anv one !
liable to iniiitarv service. And the commanding !
officer of Qnarteimasters. Assistan - Q t triei nns« I
ters. Commissaries or Assistant Commissaries
mav detail from the racks under his command]
such persou c-r persons as may be necessary for
service in the offices of said Qaartermas’ers, As
sistant Quartermasters, Commissaries and Assist
ant Commissariest Provided. That only disabled
soldiers shall be so detained, while Joe can be i
found for such service. —Riehttotiii IT iy.
ACTS VETOED.
The following bills passed at the ’ate -ession of
the Legislature have been vetoed 3/the Governor
tor the reasons annexed ;
A bill to suppress insnrrection, repei invasion,
establish a 8 are abrogate the commissions
of 'he militia ofltcerTof this State, Ac.
This bill was passe I near the end ot the session,
when there was little over a bare quorum present
in either bran-h of the General Assembly. It
proposes, with few except! ns. to compel a I tree
white male ctiiz-ns of G-orgia between 13 and 60
years of age to do military duty. It includes all
ministers of the gospel, justices of tbe Inferior
e (Ur's, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, clerks and deputy
clerks of the Superior and Inferior coarts, tax
collectors, counts treasurers, coroners, justices of
'he peace, constables, Ac.
If it shon'd become a law it would at once sub
ject most of these officers to conscnptioo, as the
act of Congress which exempts Executive and Jn«
• dicial officers of th; State from conscription, does
not exempt such as “the several States may bare
declared, or may hereaf sr declare by law to be
liable to militia duty.” It tbe State now deelares
these officers to be subject to militia duty, tbe act
of Congress makes them subject to be seized es
eonscitp’s, and carried out of the State, if within
tbe conscript age. Tbe Governor thinks it would
be the height et lolly tn Ihe Legislature, after the
State has contributed more than her just propor
tion of men to the armies of the Confederacy, to
render su >jeci to conscription alt of her civil and
military officers, and harry them out of the State,
thus virtually disbanding the State Government
(a folly of which no other Legislature of a State
has been guilty,) leaving no one to attend to our
county affairs, or look alter the support of the
families of our soldiers, and none but the old men
to make bread, and to constitute a force for tbe
defence of the State. Somebody must cultivate
ou r fields if we expect to continue the war, and we
now have few but the old men left to do it.
The State has two tine regiments ot troops in
her service, and there are over three thousand
tnili'ia officers, who hold themselves in riadiness
to obey the Governor’s orders, and maicb at a mo
ments warning to any part of the State, should an
! emergency arise to require their services in the
defence ot the State- This is an effective organiz
ed force o I brave men, always ready, and is as
many as the State can arm, or ts likely to need as
u State Guard.
While there are some good provisions in the
bill, tbe Governor is satisfied that taken as a
I whole, it would be most mischievous in its effects
I aud that it does not reflect the will ot a majority
I( f the I. -g du-ure, had the membsis generally been
present, ii 'iieref >re rtfuses to give it bis sane
| tion.
A bill to mcorp rate tbe Southern Iron and C -al
Mining Company, on tne ground that it con'atns
two subjects mallei, in violation of the Constitu
tion, and that it contains no persoaal liabil.ty
clause.
A bill to fix the rates of toll for griuding groin,
in tbe counties of Gwinnett, Cheroxee and For.
sytb, on ihe ground that it violates the 19lb i’or
ugruph of the Ist article of the Constitution. The
Legislature has the right to reduce the rate of toll
by general law, applicable alike to ail tbe coun
ties, but cannot vary the general rule by sp-c.il
exception against the nu'lers of these count:-s
without their consent.
A bill to define the liability of the W. A A Rail
road for injuries to persons, Ac., for the reason
thu’. the hill proposes to impose a liability on the
State Iload to which olher ruilro d.s in tha State
! are not subject. The Governor has signed u bill
j making the State Road snitab'ejnst as other muds
are, hot he does not think tbe Siate Road should
' he exposed to liability not imposed on other
j Roads.
- A bill to giant to the corporation of me city us
■ C (iuntbuH, the North, South and E.st Common of
i said ci v, Ac., for the reason that the bill proposes
, to donate to thecity of Columbus, lands adjoining
the eitv, known as the commons, now the property
] of the State, worth a large sum ot no m y, without
i any compensation; which :he Governor thinks,
I violates the spirit of the 3d p.irugtuph of the bin
section of 2d article of the Constitution as the
bill was not passed bv a recorded vote of two
thirds majority, in both branches of ihe General
Assembly.
cu.-urshseiUßiL SUMMARY.
In the Senate, Wednesday, the House bill pre
scribing the rates of postage on newspapers pe
riodicals, etc., was passed. A similar biljhad prev;
ously passed the Senate, concurrently with simi
lar action in the House.
Mr. SeDit.-.es, of La., from tile Joint Cotnuii-te •
I on Fag and Seal, reported a bill to establish ,h •
: flag Ot the C mfederate States, which was passed,
j It provides that
i Th. flag of the Confederate States shall consist
I of a white tielu, with the battle flag for a union,
! which shall be square and occupy two-thirds m
the width of the flag, and a blue bar, oneatbtrd of
ihe flag iu its width, dividing the field length,
wise.
A House bill to allow hospital accomm dations
to sick and wounded officers was passed. Also,
a Senate bill allowing f 3 per day to soldiers del
tailed in certain cases, in lieu of all other com.
I pensatioo.
I djJA bill tn'rodnc'd yesterday by .Mr. Wigfall. to
j amend the impressment a at. was taken up and
passed. It provides that tbs impressing officer
disapproves of the appraisement tne ciai'm shall
bo referred to the proper accounting officer ot the
Government, to be settled according to the price.-
pies of equality and justice.
! ' Belore tbe passage of the bill Mr. Wigfail caus
ed to be read a letter from E. C. Mostly, Agent to
Capt K. P. Arcber, A. Q M , Richmond, stating
that 73 bale- of hay, impressed bv him in Pow
hatan county belonging to M. W. Miehaux, had
been appraised by Geo. Y. Bradley and Juhn M.
Wooifin at »20 per hundred. Dr. Miehaux de
clining to serve Mr. Bradley was selected as ape
p'at-er on behalf of the Government. Mr. Mushy
expressed the opinion that if this force is to be
repealed in iu'.ure appraisements the debt insured
by the Government to sustain the army will
touch io such an e ormeus figure as may endin'"-
er its ultimate payment.
Id the House, the consideration of tbe bill re
ported by Mr. Gray, of Texas, amendatory of 'he
sequestration law, was resumed. A substitute tor
the first section of the biii was offered bv Mr
Hodge, ot Ky., providing enactments au
thorizing, directing or permitting the sale of real
estate or slaves are hereby repealed; but the
courts provided far by the original act and amend
ments may make -itch orders and decrees fjr t 'e
custody and management of real property rr
slaves as shall preserve tbe same from waste and
damage. This substitute was adopted by a vote
of 34 to 25. A motion to postpone the bill tndefi.
nitely was rejected—ayes 23, n-'es 42. Tbe vote
was then taken upon the bill reported from
the committee, as amended, in lieu of the Senate
bill, and it was agreed to. The vote upon the
final passage ot the biii was then taken, as amends
ed. ana resulted—ayes 34, noes SO.
-Mr. Conrad, of Louisiana, from the special com
mittee of one from each State, to whom was re
ferred a resolution with reference to providing "a
] homestead for discharged officers and soldiers,
reported a bill on the subject, which was post
poned, and placed upon the calendar.
Tbe bill continuing in pay all discharged wound
ed and disabled soldiers was reported back, w-.th
an amendment, and was also placed upon the cal
endar.—Richmond Ditpa'-cft.
■ Taz London Monet - arkst— The following i 3
l irom tne London Uaraid (city article,) March IS :
Business at the Stock Exchange continues to
l exhibit varying phases. Speculation is evidentlv
| rite m the teveral departments, and consequently
■ the sudden daily changes iu values. English se’-
cunties were at one moment vveii supported but
! later in the afternoon partial heaviness was aeam
I visib.e, the prices from Paris coming lower. Ii is
asserted that the French Government have recog-
I oized the raising of the blockade of Charleston bv
j 'b e Contederates, which, it is believed, mav lead
to the arrangements of a peace. The advices on
tne whole, were sot considered favorable trom
the Continent, the progress of the revolution in
Poland creating uneasiness. Consols for monev
fluctuated between 91% and %, and back to 92%,
for the account and bargain were at 91X; the
latest prices being 90% to }{ and 91% to 93. To
wards the close of the day th ere was a trenerai
| depression in railway shares.
from IV Richmond Whig.
FINANCIAL AND COMHEBCIAL.
Tcssdat, April 21,1333.
At Messrs. Dunlop. Moocure A Co’s, offering nr
yesterday, only a few hogsheads were sold
at {1 JQ@l 16—the rest was withdrawn
Messrs. Fowle, Sons A Co , bad an extensve
auction sale <o»day of groceries, drv goods, hard
ware, etc. some improvement in the Tobacco
market was indicated by the more active biddio*
for this article, and the better prices. The Brief*
ranged from $1 25@1 90—uo very Sne lots of*
sered. Other leading arucles sold as follows ’
Smoking tobacco, 59@»5 cents ; Florida cigars
|3O per M; white sugar, $1.40; brown da , in
casks, $1 15; rice, 28 cents; linseed oil #l*l
- potatoes, $6 73; fallow candles ?2 55 fO
- lot, *3 35 for another; sperm do, $6 23 ■ dried
peaches, sll per bushel; do apples, $7 7$- coin
ton yarns, from No. 5 to 10, sll ; y brown drills
mg, $1 30 : y do. cottons, $1 25 ; envelopes, sl2
tie- M ; Bnghsh letter paper, $29 uef ream • glue
$1 50 per lb., etc.
We continue to quote gold at $4 75 premium
some of the brokers asking $5,00 . Bank notes
are selling at 75@30 f) cent, premium. Treasn-r
notes, on issue, are not quotable higher than one
y cent, premium.
In New York on the 17th, gold c'osed at 154 _
Virginia stxesjwere sold at 62 ; Missouri’s 62=,
The Lynchburg Repnbliean of yestrdav, saps’
We note a dull and languid market m’tobacs
cos. Some few sales have been made, which
show a marked decline lrom the high prices tbs’
lately prevailed.
A careful estimate of the stock in thie marie’,
has been made, and the following figures show
the result. Itcan be depended upon as berne ra*
ther over than under the stock. The result of the
number of packages is given in boxes of the ave--
age weight of 110 lbs :
Black work, all grades, 8614 boxes
Poor and Common lbs , 3066 ••
Medium to Flue, 13,085 <•
F.ne, 3219
To!a >. 37,954 “
The proportion of medium and fine, as ahowo
in the above report, exhibits a light stock when
it is considered that this marxet holds the larg
est stock of those grades. We change oar qao’a
tion of prices as follows :
Fine grades, $2 00tg« 00
Good medium, 1
Common lbs., 50c®! 50
Hackwork 1 35@1 75
with small sales.
tobace 1 is quiet Prices are unebaeg.
The warehouse breaks ol raw tobacco, show 1
corresponding dul ness with the manufacture!
article. The breaks were small and no dispos
tion to force sales, except on common forked
lugs, which have declined heavily. We quote :
Common shioping lugs, funked and out of or,
der. sl3 25@17 50.
No strictly good shipping leaf or lugs offering
Medium manulacturid fillers, $25 005239 00.
Fine mnufactured leaf 75 OOtglOl 00.
_ RvJutvm’i Whin
[COMMUNICATED.]
THE NEXT GOVEBN E.
Mr. Editor:—Even at this early stage of ti -
year in which we elect om Governor, 1 see the
names ot several very prominent and very worthy
gentlemen mentioned for that high office. M
1 -ester is put forward by some of his friends as »
very popula/gentleman, especially in the Cherokee
country. Wc know him to be talented. Col. < la’
trell, also, is a favorite with many, and we beiiev
deservedly so. But with those who advocate tb >
! claims, or rather present the name of Gen. A.
Wright, for that office, f am inclined to take my
. stand. Ido not believe that any man in Georgia ocv
pies a higher regard in the feelings ot the peon'
than he does, or whose services to his count 1 •
merits a greater share of public confidence. T,
ents of the highest order he is known to have : a.i j
from his military career, which has been singularly
brilliant and successful, we may reasonably infer
that tit* talent* eminently partaboof both an exei
utive and administrative character. With his o’;.'
regiment, and with his present brigade, to say he i,<
popular, i> to express scarcely a true sense of the.
feelings, for he is even more than that with the
whole army in Virginia. No one can deny h
thorough patriotism, and the full confidence be has
in the success of Mr. Davis's administration. V .
man better understands the wants of the army, o
knows the value of a hearty and thorough co-op-:
ation with the General Government. His t!-\s
steady and unfaltering support in all that can ad
1 vanee onr great cause may he fully relied on.
That may he said of him. which I think sunns'.
b 1 - said ol another officer of the line in the service
He has been twice a private. He first enlisted u >
1 private in Capt. K. G. Walker's company, afts
wards company G. in the 3d Georgia regiment Ic
less than two weeks thereafter, he was elected Colo
nel of that regiment, and continued in the -- r.
iuanii of it until its term of service expired. H •
was then an exempt. But he volunteered as apr
rate the secoud time, and upon the reorganization
of l' w old regiment. Was unanimously elected
Colonel. 1 believe this little incident is more than
can be said of any other officer of high rank In tl.
service. Men injfiigh official circles, and compete
-1 to judge, have pronounced the 3d Georgia reg;
meat, at the time it was commanded by
55 right, as the best drilled and best disciplin
regiment in the service.
I do not know if Con. 55'right would willing! v
abandon his brilliant military career, even for to -
gubernatorial chair: hut whether we may agree
Mr. Editor, iu onr choice of a Governor or not
think your readers, and all who know lien. Wrigb'
}>ersonally, will be re dv to award to him patriot
ism of the purest kind : and that in whatever p.
lie station it may please Lis countrymen to pla
him, he will bring to the discharge of his duties a
the abilities of a prompt and resolute mini and
clear and vigorous intellect.
An o;.d VeLrxTESft.
Ths Br.o ike Uc.v— Toe toilowmg descript.on
of the Brooke gun, used by our batteries in the
grand reception of the Monitor See!, (rather of a
contraband nature, we think, for the Yankees
are of opinion the gun and her projectiles are
English, and they are an imitative race,) we find
m the Charleston correspondence of the Rich
mond Enquirer of the ISth:
The gun which fired the holt through the tar.
ret of the Keokuk has been mveLied iv an office
«f the Confederate States. Called alter'-. Te .terr
or, it is known as the Brooke g-.u. A..-. > v
casting, r.fled to a seveo*inch bore, constitutes
ths body of that cannon. The breech, boweve":
is swengthened with bands of two and a ha.;
inches of wrought iron shrunk on. The trunnion
are of wrought iron, and like the bands, are also
sbruuk on. By obtaining a regu'ar distribution
of the etystais in casting ihe body of the gun ;n
a mode! of uniform outline, this method of sup.-
pljiug the trunnions ought to result in increased
strength of breech. Be that as it may, the
Brooke gnu was the most effective of the powerfu
cannon of F.-rt Sumter during the .ate coDdm:
here, and is at ail events the only one known to
have penetrated an armor p ated tnrre! n actan
war. The charge with which that has been done
was twelve pounds, but a ten-inch of tae sum *
pattern, on firing a boit of 126 . pounds .nronu
eight-inch plates on iron, exploded a charge o
25 pounds.
75jf The Jackson correspondent of the Mr bus
Regtster A Advertis"r says, “now that Farragiu
has been strengthened b•- five new boa’s. *
Hudson will be a'u.ckel forthwith ft m tare
sides—front, and flanks Though a constderab. -.
number of troops have been withdrawn from tan
point, enough are still there to hold out agnms
the entire Yankee armv. Two thousand men
could detend Fort Hudson against Sftv thousand^
and we have not less than men ana
true tbare now.”
Yesterday, 24tu April, wu3 the anni7C..
sary of the fall of New Orleans —ine gravest d. 3
aster that has befallen the Confederate arms.