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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1866)
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONALIST WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8,1868. Tumvmsgr,? TfflgHWßof shMC By reference to oar new terms, It will lie seen that the price of the Weeely ConMitc TiONALttrr has been reduced to $3 per annum. Onr weekly edition Is a mammoth paper, and one of the Tery host family journals published, containing all the latest news of the day, re views of the markets, and a judicious selection of the daily editorials. Our country friends would do well to give it a liberal support. —S Itl THE ABMY APPBOPBIATION BILL. No. 108 of the public Acts of Congress, so called, approved July 18,1808, and entitled, An Act making appropriations fvr the support of the Army for the year enr/ing the 6 th of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and for other purposes, presents some interesting informa tion. The sum total of appropriations for the array proper is fi11,003,791 83, the Frecdmen’s Bureau coming in on that special account for $6,944,450, making in all $88,008,241 83 as the grand aggregate. Tile various items for the Bureau are set forth In section three, as fol lows: The salaries of assistant and sub as assistant commissioners 8 147,500 For salaries of clerks r ...'.... 82,800 For stationery and printing........... 68,000 For quarters and fuel 15,900 For clothing for distribution 1,170,000 For commissary stores 3,106,250 Eor medical department 500,000 For transportation 1,320,000 For school superintendents 21,000 For repairs and rent of school houses and asylums 500,000 For telegraphing 18,000 $6,944,450 Among the more important Items of the ar my proper account are $10,702,052 for the pay of the nrray, $5,301,625 for subsistence, and $5,134,499 33 for the quartermasters depart ment. Whnt proportion “ The States lately in rebellion ” will bo culled on to pay of these thirty-eight millions there arc now qo means of knowing, but when Hint tribute, whatever it may be, is paid, we are done with the army, for no “rebel” is to obtain admittance therein hereafter forever except in the contin gency, doubtless, of a foreign war. MB. STEPHENS’ LETTEB. Credited to the National Intelligencer appears the following correspondence, embodying a tetter irorn the Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, which will doubtless be read with great inter est. It will be noticed that in its open ing paragraphs this letter swims to favour a view advanced in these columns to the effect that the objectionable language of the Call for the Philadelphia Convention was originally em ployed with the design of excluding “seces sionist delegates,” as a matter of mere policy: To the Editors of the National Intelligencer: Gentlemen : I ask a place in your columns for the enclosed letter to me trom the Hon. Alexander 11. Stephens. In committing it to the press, I am taking a questionable liberty with him, for the letter Is marked private. But in the present circumstances of tiie country, I think it so desirable that the people should know the real temper of the South, that 1 leel justilied in publishing this letter front one who, at the outbreak of the war, was the representa tive man of the Union party of the South, and is the recognized exponent of the Southern sentiment at this moment. President Lincoln had great confidence in Mr. Stephans. He told mo repeatedly that he had olferud him a seat in the Cabinet, and he retained great regard for ltitu to the last. Yours respectfully, M. Blair. Montgomery Cos., Mil., July 29,1866. Crawfordviu.e, Ga., July 23,1866. lion. Montgomery Blair, Washington, D. C.: Dear Sir : Your letter of the 17th instant is before me. I tiiauk you heartily for it. No man in the Uuileil States did, or could, more cordially approve and endorse the objects of the proposed Union Convention, at Philadel phia (its 1 understand them) than I did; and yet, from considerations of expodiency, I doubted the propriety of my taking active part in it. I was also In doubt to some exteut, whether, with other views ou the part of those who made the call, the words wero not so phrased in the call as to exclude all who occu pied a similar position to my own, aud from other considerations as those which had oc curred to me. Your letter relieves me from the last class of doubts, hut those oi the other class still exist, notwithstanding your stroug views to the con trary. Individually, tuy whole soul is enlisted in the cause of a speedy, 1011 and perfect resto ration of the Government under the Constitu tion, and Its permanency under that Constitu tion as it now stands. There Is nothing in my power that I am not willing cheerfhlly to do to effect aud accomplish that end. Indeed (you will excuse me in saying it, but it is tho truth,) I would be willing to otfer up my life itself, if by so doing this great result could be obtain ed, and peace, union, harmony, prosperity, happiness aud constitutional liberty be there by secured to the millious now living, aud the untold millions hereafter to live, ou this conti nent. There are many personal embarrassments or difficulties in the way of my going to the con vention—these I alluded to before—but I am resolved to be there if I can. In uo event shall it bo ever truthfully said ol me that I failed to do everythiug in my power to save the country and its institutions. 1 did, in 1860, exert my efforts to their ut most extent to avoid the late most lamentable war, and to save the U uion on conditional prin ciples without a conflict of arms. This 1 did, too, while many of those now so clamorous for what they call “the Uniou cause,” were giving encouragement, at least, to the extreme men at the South by clearly and decidedly intimating, if not fully expressing a perfect willingness, on their part, that “ the Union might slide” if the people of the South so willed' it. I was even taunted with endeavoring to hold our people on to a Union that was no longer esred for by leading men of the domiuanl party at the North. 1 withstood these taunts, even when I knew, (or was informed truly, as 1 believed,) that there was an organized body of men in Savan nah to seize the Custom House, Fort Pu laski, Ac., in case the State did not seeede. All this 1 staled to you, and to which you al lude iu your letter before me; nor should I have any hesitancy iu stating it to the public, it any public good could thereby bo etrected. The public good is my only object. How best to subserve that, consistently with truth, honor, and uprightness, is the only question with me. Personal interests have no Influence with me whatever—at least I think so, and may be ex cused lor saying so. Had I been governed by personal feelings, I should have had nothing to do with the late troubles, further than entering my eaiffiesr protest Against them. And'tfadT been governed by personal feeling 1 should not now be in the situation X am. . If the Union shall be restored under the Constitution, as I earnestly desire to see It done, (and 1 am willing to do all 1 can towards that end,) it is my fixed purpose to retire for ever irora all connection with public affairs.— So that while it would seem that my present efforts are tending to a result in which I have more or less personal interest —that is, my ad mit* ion as a Senator in Congress—yet I assure you 1 never expect or intend to hold that posi tion long, even if the seat should be awarded tome. Yours, truly, Alexander H. Stephen®. [COMMUNICATED.J Is it Necessary or Proper to Send onr Chil dren to Northern Schools ? This question, Messrs. Editors, may well be asked just now and is deserving the notice of the Southern press, as is a fact, many Georgia parents are on the point of sending their sons or daughters this fall to Northern institutions, and when, as is equally true, some did so as soon as the war was ended. Is this necessary ? The answer in the affir mative means simply that there are no institu tions of learning at the South where a safe and profitable education may be hid. It means that Northern institutions are vastly superior to those of the South and that Northeru teachers are more interested in the welfare of Southern youths, more unselfish, purer and wiser than our own. It means that the many patriots, highly educated and capable though they are, whether they have fought as men upon the battle field, or as women brayed the dangers of the hospital, must not be supported when they uow, as means to earn an honest liveli hood, apply their talents to aid in the education of our sons and daughters. Such propositions would be as many slanders upon the sense and the patriotism of Southerners, yet we are under the humiliating necessity to make them. Everything is now being done by Trustees, Presidents, and Faculties of Southern institu tions of learning, both male and female, to raise up and give a home-reputation to Southern education. Have those parents who would rather patronize Northern schools, calmly con sidered what they are doing ? Have they ever thought about it, that with every dollar with which they aid Northern schools aud Northern teachers, a hundred dollars worth of discour agement is thrown upon Southern effort ? that they increase thereby the power, wealth and comfort of Northern educational interest while they drag into the mire that of the South ? They can never have seriously contemplated the harm they do thereby to all their vital interests. If our Southern schools were really below the mark of Northern colleges, there might be a slight excuse, but none with a true frieud of his country, for he would rather give to his children an Inferior education at home and do all in his power to raise the standard of home education than still more discourage and lower it by a contrary course. But this- fancied infe riority of Southern schools, the only excuse which such parents really have, can readily be disproved. The so-called superiority of North ern schools consists in finer buildings, larger libraries, more expensive apparatus, more gau dy exhibitions, iu fact in mere show. North ern method of teaching is not superior nor are Yankees’ intellects superior ; it is rather shrewd ness aud not intellect which gives cn eclat to Northern universities. Catr our Northern friends show better statesmen, divines, lawyers, doctors, or mathematicians, better soldiers, en gineers or sailors? Where are the Northern colleges that can show a brighter record of names distinguished in the history of our coun* try than those of William aud Mary, Hampden Sidney, Washington, Charlottesville, Chapel Hill, Columbia, Franklin, Oglethorpe and many, many others ? These questious must be first answered before we have a right to lower our reputation in our own and the opinion ol the world. Owing to our political institutions, the facili ties for acquiring a purely practical education were of course iuferior at the South. But this is now being remedied by earnest efforts aud the best talents. It will henceforth not be im possible for a young man to have a thorough education in applied sciences. To come fully up to a fine standard, we see such men as Gen eral Lee devote themselves to this dearest in terest of their country. He might have easily obtained positions that would have yielded him more leisure and money, but he placed himself at the head of Southern education, as he was plaecil at the head pf our armies, to best serve his country, and may well say iu no other j 1 other way could he now be more useful to his native South. So in other Stites— very best officers now are sought after and placed iu high positions in our colleges and universities. Instances are not necessary to mention, for every one knows this to be the case, even those who nevertheless purport sending their sons away. Whether it is propet for a Southern man to send his son or daughter to the North for edu cation, must be answered by our hearts. No truly Southern man or woman can hesitate to reply. As regards our daughters it is a matter of still greater importance. I do pot design to pronouuce au invective against Northern charac ter; we ought all to.kuow what that is; but I mean to say that the fittest place to give au education to our doughters is at the South and the best persons to teach them are Southern wotueu. Think of how many there are uow that are gtmpelled to teach in order to live; women wjjp once gave tone to society, who have enjdyajl all possible advantages of educa tion wealth could give; who now stand alone, widowed mothers and wives, and who ask their more fortunate sisters to aid them for a fair equivalent! Are you willing, mothers of the South, that it be said of you, that to enrich nor thern schools and make comfortable northern teachers you permitted your own kith and kin to suffer ? for to that the issue really narrows. There qan be but one answer trom the women of the South. Hon. George W. Julian, was caned in Wash ington city, Friday evening. The Minority Beport on the Case of Mr Davis. On Saturday, Mr. Rodgers, of New i(nn *heminoritr*tf the Judiciary Committee' of the House of Representatives, made a re port ou the case of Jefferson Davis. The Washington Herald says: The report declares the charge of complicity made against Mr. Davis not only absurd, but the mere work of malice and avarice, and claims that the testimony adduced was a chain of flimsv fabrications. And these assertions Mr. Rogers bases upon the testimony of the accomplices Conover aud Montgomery. Mr. Rogers believes that the exposition of this plot so invalidates anv testimony comiug through the hands of Mr. Holt that it renders ail belief in the charges against Davis, Clay, Tucker et. al. impossible. * The nature of this testimony is best shown by extracts therefrom. *• May 8, 1865.—Campbell’s testimony.—The testimony of- this witness, taken by Judge Holt, was read to him in the committee room, and he was asked if it was true, aud he replied no, it is all false. “ Why did you make it ? “ I was informed by Mr. Conover that Judge Hoit had offered a reward ot SIOO,OOO for the capture of Jefferson Davis; that he had no authority really to do it ; that now tint Jeffer son Davis was taken they had not enough against him to justify them in what they had done; that Judge Holt wauted to get witnesses to prove that Davis was interested in the assas sination of President Lincoln, so as to justify him in paying the $100,000.” Speaking of the woman that had testified iu Holt’s office to corroborate Conover, Campbell says at this examination : Sarah Douglass is not her real name. Her name was Dunham. There was another woman sworn. Her name given was assumed. One was Conover’s wife and the other his sister-in-law. The one that called heaseif Mrs. Dunham is Conover’s wife. Conover’s name is Charles Dunham. Conover told me that if I engaged in it it was not going to hurt anybody, that Jeff. Davis would never be brought to trial, and that if this evidence got to him he would leave the country. Conover di rected me to assume the name of Campbell. There was a person described by that name who was supposed to be implicated in that affair, and 1 was representing that party. He met Conover, in the first place, by the appoint ment of Snevel. Snevel said I could make money out of it. Money was my motive. I received SIOO trom Conover and SSOO from Judge Holt. I got $l5O at Boston and at St. Albans. I went to Canada to hunt up a wit ness to swear false, who was to represent La mar. Snevel aud Conover together arranged with me to go to Canada. Suevel saw the writ ten evidence I was to swear to after Conover wrote it. May 24, IB6o. —Joseph Snevel sworn; his right name is William H. Roberts. His depo sition before Holt read to him, aud signed Jo seph Snevel, he stated, was false from begin ning to end, Conover wrote out the evidence, and I learned it by heart. I made it to make money. I received $375 from Holt, and SIOO from Conover. I told Conover that I was com ing on here to testify to the truth ; that I had not had any rest since I swore to what I did. He said I would be in a worse fix than I was now. This was on last Saturday. He said things would be settled aud there would be no further trouble. When the false evidence I was to swear to was read over to me by Cono ver, Campbell and Conover’s brother-in-law (Mr. Anseu) were present. Conoverjtold me he knew what Holt would ask me, aud Couover asked me the same questious. I gave this evi dence before Holt. When i was wrong‘•Cono ver would nod his head. Conover was present when I was sworn by Holt. When Conover would nod, I would then correct it as near as' I could, Campbell, Couover and Holt present. Campbell and I rehearsed at the hotel in Wash ington. Conover said “ I was asked if such a suin would be satisfactory ? I said it would. I can’t tell how much I received. Conover was an agent of the Government to hunt up evi dence.” Conover has escaped, as already stated. Mr. Rogers was kept from seeing the evidence in possession of the committee, for selection and arrangement, till 12 o’clock on Friday, the House adjourning on Saturday. Mr. Rogers closes his report by urging the speedy trial of Mr. Davis, aud agrees with the majority of the committee in seeing no need of additional legislation to try Davis tor anything, unless it be the design to try him by ex post facto' acts of Congress. The Morals of Washington Under Radi cal Auspices. —The Washington correspond ent of the New York Watchman, a religious journal, thus depicts the state of morals at the National Capital under Radical auspices : “Licentiousness and drunkenness are the prominent features of Washington life this sear son. Members of Congress spend their after noons aud evenings in billiard and drinking saloons, and their nights in houses of ill-fame or assignation. Five-sevenths of the Republi can members of Congress spend their nights in licentious dissipation. While a majority of the Democratic members are working for the good of the country, the opposition, relying ou its majority, goes in for a 1 good time,’ so-called. Washington, under Abolition auspices, is the most licentious, depraved city in the Union. Drinking saloons, gambling houses, houses of prostitution and assignation are about the Capital as side-shows are about a circus. Har lots and niggers occupy the galleries, smile on their pet members ou the floor, and throw kisses to the 1 God and morality’ representatives of honest constituencies. “ Sad, sad indeed, but every word true. Let us hope that the next election will send here a different class of men. “ Malcolm.” A Lesson, to a Scolding Mother.—A littla girl who had witnessed the perplexity of her mother, on a certain occasion, when her forti tude gave way under severe trial said : “ Mother does God ever fret or scold ?” The query was so abrupt and startling, it arrested the mother’s attention almost with a shock. “Why, Lizzie, what makes you ask that question ?” “ Why, God is good—you know you used to call hiiq the “ Good Man,” when I was little— and I should like to know if he ever scolded.” “ No, child ; no.” “ Well, I’m glad he don’t; for scolding al ways makes me feel so bad, even if it is not me in fault. I don't think that I could love God much if he scolded.” The mother felt rebuked before her simple child. Never had she heard so forcible a lec ture on the evils of scolding. The wo/ds of Lizzie sank deep in her heart, and she turned away from the innocent face of her little one to hide the tears that gathered in her eyes. The President has nominated Colonel Lud low to be Naval Officer for the port of New York. New York is. London.—A London corres pondent says : “ A member of one of the largest silk establishments in the world told me shat his impression was that all this did not equal the jpleador with which the ladies of New York must be at this time decking them selves. It was hard, he declared, to satisfv the American merchants, who always demanded something finer than the finest thing they have in London. And, he said, when we say, “That is the finest silk worn in fashionable circles here,” they asked to have a finer produced without regard to price^’ The New Cotton Tax. THE PROVISIONS OF THE NEW INTERNAL REV ENUE LAW ON THE SUBJECT. Xu it ffi&ter ofvefy general ujferest to our readers, we present below the first eight sec tions of the new Internal Revenue Law, which embraces all the provisions of the law which relate to the internal tax on cotton : Be it enacted'by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the United States of America «» Congress Assembled , That on and after the first • dav of August, eighteen hundred and sixiy-six, j in'lieu of the taxes ou unmanufactured cotton, as provided in “An act to provide internal revenue to support the Government, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other pur-. DOse«” approved June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty four, as amended by the act oi March third, eighteen hundred aud sixty five, there shall be paid by the producer, own er or holder, upon all cotton produced within the United States, and upon which no tax has been levied, paid or collected, a tax of three cents per pound, as hereinafter provided; and the weight of such cotton shall be ascertained bv deducting four per centum for tare from tile gross weight of each bale or package; and tax shall be and remain a lien thereon, in the possession of anv person whomsoever from the time when this law takes effect, or such cotton is produced as aforesaid, until the same shall have been paid ; aud no drawback shall in any case be allowed on raw or unmanufactured cotton of any tax paid thereon when exported in the raw unmanutactured condition. But no tax shall be imposed upon any cotton import ed from other countries, and on which an im- port duty shall have been paid. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid tax upon cotton shall be levied by the assesor on the producer, owner, or holder thereof. And said tax shall ue paid to the col lector of internal revenue within and for the collection distriet in which said cotton shall have been produced, aud before the same shall have been removed therefrom, except where otherwise provided in this Act; aud every col lector to whom any tax upon cotton shall be paid shall mark the-bales or other packages upon which the tax shall have been paid, in such manner as may clearly indicate the pay ment thereof, and shall give to the owner or other person having charge of such cotton a permit for the removal of the same, stating therein the amount and paymeut of the tax, the time aud place of payment, and the weight and marks upou the bales and packages, so that the same may be fully identified ; and it shall be the duty of every such collector to .keep clear and sufficient records of all such cotton in spected or marked, aud ot all marks and iden tifications thereof, and of all permits for the removal of the same, and of his transactions relating thereto, and he shall make full returns thereof, monthly, to the Commissioner of In- ternal Revenue. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of Internal Revenue is hereby authorized to designate one or more places iu each collection district where an assessor or an assistant assessor and a collector or deputy collector shall be located, and where cotton may be brought for the purpose of being weighed and appropriately marked : Provided, Fhat it shall be the duty of the assessor or as sistant assessor and the collector or deputy col lector to assess and cause to be properly mark ed the cotton, wherever it may be, in said dis trict, provided their necessary traveling expen ses to and from said designated place, for that purpose, be paid by the owners thereof. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all cotton having been weighed and marked as herein provided, and for which permits shall have been duly obtained of the assessor, may be removed from the district in which it has been produced to any one other district, with out pre-payment of the tax due thereon, upon the execution of such transportation bonds or other security, and in accordance with such regulations as" shall be prescribed by the Com missioner ot Internal Revenue, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. The said cotton so removed shall be delivered to the collector of internal revenue or his deputy forthwith upon its arrival at its point of desti nation, and shall remain subject to his control until the taxes thereon, and any necessary charges of custody thereof, shall have been paid, but nothing herein contained shall author ize any delay of the payment of said taxes for more than ninety days from the date of the permits; aud when cotton shall have been weighed and marked for which a permit shall have been granted without pre-payment of the tax, it shall be the duty of the assessor granting such permit to give immediate notice ot such permit to the collector of internal revenue for the district to which said cotton is to be trans ported, and he shall also transmit therewith a statement of the taxes due thereon, and of the bonds or other securities for the payment there of, aud he shall make full returns and state ments of the same to the Commissioner of In ternal Revenue. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That is shall be unlawful, from and after the first day of Sep tember, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, for the owner, master, supercargo, agent, or other per son having charge of any vessel, or for any rail road company, or other transportation com pany, or for any common carrier, or other per son, to convey, or attempt to convey, or trans port any cotton—the growth of produce of the United States—from any point in the district iu which it shall have been produced, unless each bale of package thereof shall have attach ed to or accompanying it the proper marks or evidence of the payment of the revenue tax and a permit of the collector for such removal, or the permit of the assessor, as herein before pro vided, under regulations of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, or to convey or transport any cotton from any State in which cotton is produced to any port or place in the United States without a certificate from the col lector of internal revenue of the distriet from which it was brought, and such other evidence as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, sub ject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may prescribe, that the tax has been paid thereon, or the permit of the Assessor as herein before provided, and such certificate and evidence as aforesaid shall be furnished to the collector of the distriet to which it is transport ed, and his permit obtained before landing, dis charging, or delivering such cotton at the place to which it is transported as aforesaid. And any person or persons who shall violate the provisions of this Act in this respect, or who shall convey or attempt to convey from any State in which cotton is produced to any port or place without the United States any cotton upon which the tax has not been paid, shall be liable to a penalty ol one hundred dollars for each bale of cotton so conveyed or transported, or attempted to be conveyed or transported, or to imprisonment for not more than one year, or both; and all vessels and vehicles employed in such conveyance or transportation shall" be liable to seizure and forfeiture, by proceedings iu any Court of the United States having com petent jurisdiction. And all cotton so shipped or attempted to be shipped or transported with out paymeut of the tax, or the execution of such transportation bonds or other security, as provided in this Act, shall be forfeited to' the United States, and the proceeds thereof distri buted according io the statute in like cases pro vided. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted. That upon articles manufactured exclusively from cotton, when exported, there shall be allowed as a drawback an amount equal to the internal tax which shall have been assessed and paid upon such articles in their finished condition, and in addition thereto a drawback or allowance Was many cents per pound upon the pound of cot ton doth, yarn, thread or knit fabres, manufac tured exclusively from cotton and exported, as shall have been assessed and paid in the form of au internal tax upon the raw cotton entering into the manufacture ele, the amount of such allowance or a er Mti ' to be ascertained in suoh manner •,7 lwbaclt prescribed bv the Commissions- Keveniie, tfMer the direction bi tb of the Treasury; and so much of seuin!? 1 ' 7 "* hundred and seventy-one of the HtVrf t°* thirty, eighteen hundred and sixtv four fi S?* proride internal revenue to support the r eminent, to pay interest on the public <i,L ov ' for other purposes,” as now provideVfi? ll4 drawback on manufactured cotton uv, , 1 repealed. ’ “ ert % Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That it „ be the duty of every person, firm or com 14 tion, manufacturing cotton for any mir™?" whatever, in any district where cotton is V* 5 duced, to return to the assessor, or assistant * sessor of the district in which such mamif lß " ture is carried on; a true statement in wrifi signed by him, and verified by h.s oathoraffi?’ matiou, on or before the tenth day ofta h month; aud the first statement so renders shall be on or before the tenth dav of of Auenst eighteen hundered and sixty-six,"and shaft S the quutity of cotton which such manufacture had on hand and unmanufactured, or in pro! - cess of manufacture, on the first day of sari month; and each subsequent statement shan show the whole quantity in pounds, Kroi “ weight, of cotton purchased or obtained and the whole quantity consumed by him in’ anv business or process of manufacture during the last preceding calendar month, and the quan tity and character of the goods manufactured therefrom ; and every such manufacturer or consumer shall keep a book, in which he shall enter the quantity iu pounds, of cotton which he has on hand on the first day of August eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and each quan! tity or lot purchased or obtained by him there after ; the time when and the party or parties from whom the same was obtained ; the quan tity of said cotton, if any, which is the growth of the collection distriet where the same is man- ufactured ; the quantity, if any, which has not been weighed and marked by any officer herein authorized to weigh and mark the same; the quantity, if any, upon which the tax had not been paid, so far as can be ascertained, before the manufacture thereof; aud also the quauti ties used or disposed of by him from time to time in any process of manufacture or other wise, and the quantity and character of the pro duct thereof, which book shall, at all times da ring business honrs, be open to the inspection of the assessor, assistant assessors, collector or deputy collectors of the district, inspectors, or of revenue agents; and such manufacturer shall pay monthly to the collector, within the time prescribed by law, the tax herein spec ified, subject to no deductions, on aft cot ton so consumed by him in any manu facture, and on which no excise tax has previously been paid; and every such manu facturer or person whose duty it is to do so, who shall neglect or refuse to make such re turns to the assessor, or to keep such book, or who shall make false or fraudulent returns, or make false entries in such book, or procure the same to be so done, in addition to the payment of the tax to be assessed thereon, shall forfeit to the United States all cotton and all products of cotton in his possession, and shall be liable to a penalty of not less than one thousadd nor more than five thousand dollars, to be recover ed with costs of suit, or to imprisonment not exceeding two years, in the discretion of the court; and any person or persons who shall make any false oath or affirmation in relation to any matter or thing herein required shaft be guilty of perjury, aud shall be subject to the punishment prescribed by existing statutes for that offence; Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed in any manner to affect the liability of any person for any tax im posed by law on the goods manufactured from such cotton. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the act of June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, as amended by the act of March third, eighteen bundled and sixty five, relating to the assessment of taxes and en forcing the collection of the same, and all pro ceedings and remedies relating thereto, shall apply to the assessment and collection of the tax, fines and penalties imposed by, and not in consistent with, the provisions of the preced ing sections of this act; and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall make all necessary rules and regulations for ascertain ing the weight of all cotton to be assessed, and for appropriately marking the same, and generally for carrying into effect the foregoing paovisions. And the Secretary of the Treasu ry is authorized to appoint all necessary in spectors, weighers and markers of cotton, whose compensation shall be determined by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and paid in the same manner as inspectors of to bacco are paid. Sale oy Southern Railroads and Rail road Stock.— lt appears from a statement made by the War Department relative to sale ot railroads and railroads stocks in Southern States by the Quartermaster General, that the amount of 3uch sales for cash was $3,403,412 22, and for credit $7,418,962 30. General McCul lum says: “ The greater portion of this pro perty had been on hand and iu use a long time, and though the prices obtained were below, the cost, with some exceptions, they are believed to be very favorable to the Government.” The sales on credit were better than those for cash. In order to secure the payment for sajes oa credit, companies purchasing were required to I give bond in double the amount of property transferred to them. These bonds are all on file in the War Department. They give Govern ment a lien upou the property, and require prompt payment of all jQtalments of purchase money. A great numbwßf the companies have failed to comply strictly with the terms of their bonds, but owing to the prostrate condition of the roads and the expense of repairkg them, it is believed they are actually unable to. meet their obligations. It is thought that an attempt Xo enforce immediate paymeut would arrestthe operations ot the roads and deieat the very pur pose had in view in making credit sales. The roads all manifest a willingness to meet their engagements, and a large proportion of the payments already made have been in cash. All moneys accruing to their credit for transporta tion of troops, supplies and the mails are stop ped against them and applied in liquidation of their indebtedness, and it is confidently believed that in this manner the whole amount will ulti mately be secured. Anecdote of Antoinette Brown.— While Antoinette Brown was studying theology, Prof- Morgan, who improved every opportunity to persuade her that there was more congenial as well as more effective and seriptual employ ment for a young lady than preaching, once gave her this subject for a dissertation: “ » 11 a shame for women to speak in the church. (I Cor. 14: 35.) Antoinette read an essay ot halt an hour’s length, learnedly discussing the Greek word talem there used, quoting the classics, and proving to her own satisfaction it is one of those words in which the sound resembles the sense, like rattle,- ring, Ac., and that it ought to be translated babble. Prof. Morgan heard her patiently to the ena, and then smiling archly, asked, “ Is it nos fath er a poor compliment to the sex? ‘Let m women hold their tongues; for it is a enam® for them to be babbling in the church. Bfa, he continued, “ let us look a little at the - Testament usage of this word.” So turning John 6: 63, he read as follows: “The words that I babble to you, they are spirit, and tnra are life;” also John 7: 46: bled like this man ;” and 2 Peter 1: 21: “Oiy men of God babbled as they were moved by ™ Holv Ghost,” and many other passages. Antoinette blushed scarlet, for she was V ed of much maidenly modesty and b«iut , ’ convinced against her will, concluded , that passage stand as one in which she Paul differed.
