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v, i ftiT) i ■uy-rj.rm to .v?v:- ‘. n ■’ iii nin \ Sr-i-i i 1 hi nr It, IgN-pj ’ vol. iy. • TH£ WAR TAX. • * • „ • • ° 0 - ■ . . . . • • ‘pftblicj • • • • • ; e • . ‘• • . *h • . * • 4 * • • • • • • ■ “7~: issued ik • • • ded, an i of *al! oth .’exp** duty : • • ■ . 1 in ]> iv rienr of the* s .*. * • • sales •!’ iww.prjJ i-*- ; • “ >* . . , < ‘.***•• .the* sales. of ra ’ * or for the purciVi * • f • ith the. J Preside ‘ * ... ,11'” ■ . • •,o 0 < • 4 paid semi-annually ;fo y . in tin.*hole, one hun Ired to be 3 * • fute iliona off <•i■ • 9 . • ’.* . r c•: i . i •* ...- . • * • i • .*s -. The : . • • • • ,• • . ; .. • • . • i- I',’ • m ’• ‘ . ” • • i • ‘” .They nftiy be * • 9 • • . * *. *. . , * ) pro*! - • pinner ass * • “ . said, ■ 111 i, . . . eves • * b • g .* ‘■ * *. , 9 ] r to* j . I*l. l t I, c.\u’ i‘l ‘ il'j ‘ •V* ‘ i . - 11 ‘. - l v ‘ t “ , * ‘ .. • • cate. • * • ; gee. 3. The holders ofthe said Treasury Not •> tn y, at trtiy time, demand Bonds oS the Confederate tea : to s regulations as*ei9j * etsvy of th* Tr< asu if.. Bty whenever lh*?s . Miry shall advertise that he will pay i asiy * ... . * . funding as to s not Bhall cease, unless there* • ‘• 8 * floatation.. * f * . supp* f . . • a dred dolht . ivinj* property in tne Confederate S ns 11 * Jtinds, •- * ► and other Corpbratiob 0 i invpst* ‘1 by individual: in* th | „* * notes and other securities lor money, except the l Aids of the Confederate States of America, and cash on hand, or in deposit in bank or elsewhere; j £oI 1 watches,‘gold and silver plate, pianos and plea *• :* : Provided, however, that* where the tax dil j • ‘ •: ! ‘lc*;; gh..ve ctn.i. ••rale*!, of any ! .i family, is of value less than SSOO, yuch i % . property sha\| be exempt from taxation un- , •jer this act :anl pr , l of eolleifs and seiioi l-. and ofcharitaMv or reji gwous corpoi itions *>r associations, where < . fie exempt from taxation im-t.-;- this irther, that all public lands and all proper ty ow ned by 9 from fixation. * • . Sec. 5. Th it. f.r the ] >jrp .<c of Ascertaining nil .property i: * t tl 1 ove an ‘• the J aim: t Isa • . * * ii strict, over which ■ball b cha * coat enient number of collect * • to tl • . * The said Colic * * • • r de a a *. • V*cive;i ilary of J'• ‘*. He -: .!! give I• ml with i • harge the duties of his o! , ‘ . res :ribed by the Sccreia ryl ** t the rrcasury, . *ia \ t i .:. ily*i o irge the dutiespt his • * • shall, with the appro) uion of the Secretary of the* app *>* a Tax C< llect >r for • • iioft district, whose duty shall,be to cause an as sessment tabe made on or iTefore the. last day *.t smber next, of all taxable property in tri&t. indtt led in each of the ab >ve iftcntf . * • * - • re#f; sfhd in order thereto, Tax € .* • proepfc 1 through every part of their respective dis ttiiets. and, after ;ul notice, Be all per , sons * * } e and tgemeijl,of any {*ropertyJiable to t .tax a: s&id, to lists of the same'whi shall • • . Jner aTs may he required by the • tor* and os fi*r as practicable, cottform > to tlfbse which may be required for* the same pun*’ er the authority, of the respective States; j ahd sh s said .\3sessors arauthorixed to etfter Into and upotf all and.'singular the fqjr’ the ■’ 1"’ > lby this act. * • T3e iay*person sl\plh nflt bp prepared*.to ’ ** wlien required, and shall*con sei*t to disclose thn J * •• .* sed by %im, or under his Cave and management, then it shall be*the diyy of the officef to the list, which, being dfstinctly* isad and consented t >, - •” . * * . person. • • . . . • • * Sec. 7. That, * . • . * 0 • .• * , o . * . • I lulent list, with intent to <!e,- * **• 9 • to be mt ie, sue , . * * - * m a jum not a • • * * . . gee. 8 , , • * ♦he Collector and Ass essor a list of his taxable pro perty, .at the time lby 1 sha * , to*a double tax upon all his taa ible property ; the ■ to *0 assessed by the ( ollector or• Assessor • ) be collected in the same manner find • •-* ein led as to the single • tax. . S*e.**9. xiie lists shall *be made sh referene* to theValtie and situation of on the Ist day ©f October n#xt,*an*d “shall bemadeoufy cdbtple- an 1 be delivered into the hand# of e ich * ’ . * f Deceml • * thereof each may. for Jwent v-. ne 8 * December, an 1 det * . .- ‘ • *’ • * ction of 4 * • • • ,* * ** T . * ‘ ‘ - * . * ry ensuing, furnish to the Chief I • . *. * be* . persons sue each ftbject of taxation; and the .“ * • er t-.um, an l forward the collated lis* to the Secreta-. ryot tho. Treasury. . . said sveral*Collectors shall, oi fir-t.'hiy of M ty next . eT .. ry.pei%4n liable tor the s&i 1 ■ tnts owing, and he shall previously Vive • ° e nubh hoj in his District, afl 1 l y , . 9 is ■ ic9i township, ward or \*M BVA If A. It Blfl* A l . ) • I*tw- . i • # • • rict, bf the time and ; lace *•. * • * *• , 1 *• . . . •• , * * * * * • * * . • - ns delinquent. • *. * o o o • • • • . * ttels or efleets, • * o 0 * # ° O • o • i notification to be . posted lip at two public pla * • wii. u ’ . O • 9 * • ° ! ‘* ta(D.Trhich noticewsl . • articles di^rain • * •. . 0 • ball not be less than ten days . suciiifotii\pation, and tim place pro ■ ’ jhe sMe not mote than five, qjiles di •’ i* making such distress ;*proc . • . of di stress, for the payment of the * ~ the gio !-. chattels or effects so dis may*be restored *> the owner or •• . £T, *pri v t■ * the sale thereof, payment’ or let < if, shall bo made to *the projjer ■,r*.charged with the collectiorf the*full I * . • with such fee *for • • * and such . sufii for the necessary and • ’ ns(? of rembving and keepiifg the • . t Feels so dist rai ned, as iy be * , Ire la sor pract ire of the • - shaH have been i;% i"! c*c - tender as afor .... seU th* said goods, • • t “public auc ion, find shall and may retapi from the proceeds of s#ch sale, the b blB for i :o f use of. the Confederate ::•• • - iry and rCastmable. expt • ; di.'*? i- * ::1 - ile, mi i a commission of five per . • • •• • • •;i m nir the over . • • ‘ person i 9 Bs, ► ‘ . • have been * iwful tp mak distress of •of a ;raledr pi • beasts of the plow and farming utensils necessary i • * : *‘. improved lands, arms or such * niture* or apifarcl as may be necessary o e 11 9 t ■ i t.. 11 o * See. K. That if the i,ix assessed on any real es-* .11 .in *:!ij>;ii<l on the first day of June ~tlie*tax collector of the District wherein the on e * . pro isa ie, or a sufficiency ■ thereof at public 0 ° centum on tl s nt of ■ l c sts of %ale —said sale to boas the . 4>i unty “i- Parish wherein . e ate is situgtgd; and if there shall ho : moneCounty or Parish in % District the lb cfaor iia a ith irized to appoint deputies • in his name as he cannot atti nd . ! f<nfall lands so sol Iby said deputies . * naffcer | r >vi led f< r sliajl 1 e <*. ted by said collector, and such sales so irufde sh ill be valid. v.'Xi .diiec ttie real estate so sold shall be as lin tl • name of the true owner or not. * all ca •- jshere the property shall mot be di vi: ■ as to enable tbe collector, by a sale off) irt i Ol ■ : s the whole amount of the {ax, with all costs, charge# and commissions, the whole of sfu.li prcijterty shall be sold,* and the surplus of proceeds of tliesale. after satisfying the tx, costs, charges and commissions, shall be paid to the own er of th” nroperty or his legal representatives, oj if • be found, or refuse to reefive the - il * -m oliis should tie de|><*-ited in the ‘f., i . v . th ■ t'• if"derate States, to 1*“ there held for the use of the owner or his legal representatives • shall ijake application thcrvfor to • iarv oi'*the Treasury who, u; n ■ ; n, shall, hv warrant on tli<k Treasury, cause lo be pai 1 to the appli<ant. And if the l o . *v “.. -red . r vale a- afor- - li I. cannot We sold . am the tax due >n, with the saidd nty i* r centum thereto, the ;ctor a b half of the Confeder ate States for the amount atWesaid; Provid and, Int 1* nt qi the prop ;t t \ ■ b :foi e the same shall Jiave beeu act ualh a . * red to pay the amount of the fa x ii. w::!i a ; . .ih li * ; :• Tl pcf c ■ I u "1 i at!: ■■ saific. oil tlie payment ol wlucTi tile sale ot the v nfl *> ■ not*t ake place Prov ided, also, In • i . or any j *p i-. i.i their behalf, ••hall have* liberty to redeem attv 1.-ui Is umhotbtr real property sulTl as aforesaid , u two J trs fr i!t :* * time of sale, upon iv • ant to ii.e- collector for the use ol the purchaser, g . or assignees, of the amount paid by suefe * r, with interest for the syne #t the rate of pqr cejitum per annum ;• and no deed • shall ; be given in pursuance of such sale until the time ot redemption” shall have expiacd; Provided, further* • • the Swui r of any land or other real pro es uiuler the pro*isifln% of this * . • ] the Coal derate S . * * Slid s ile Shall h ive been made, the v hi owner shall have the prKilegc of redeem ing the said !*••>>**•*%• at any time within two years after jhe cl ise of his term of service. And th* lector shall render a distinct account of t£e*charges incurred in offering and .advertising for sale ■, and pay into the Treasury the sur plus, if any there be, of the aforesaid addition <f I * | r centum, wr ten per centum, afl*the case may be, after defraying charges. And in every the sde o $ real estate, which shall he made • under t|te authority ed’ tiiis act for the assessment and collection of direct taxes by the. coHectora or •marshals respectively, or their lawful deputies res pectively, oM)y any qther person or persons, the d<, ds fift- the estate so sold shall be*prepared, made, executed, and approved .or acknowledged, at * jd times in this act by kh collec tors respectively within •whflse collection district sffch real estate be situated, or in case of their leath*i i'removal from office by tbeiivsuccessorS? op j ayment of the purchase money, or producing a fls ... rif Already* paid, in such form of liw * b? authorized and required by the laws o, .* * * in v. . sb{h teal estate lies, for making, execut^ig * lodging deeds of bargain and . s, th# 1 rin af* r aßd e< n * • . T w ev* ry ‘!•■.• I so pre * .i. made, executed, proved and acknowledged, . the -urn of Ifvq dollars for the u-e of tlie collector - ..:,!,* or other pqjfoon effecting the sale of the •. ‘ • nveyed. The commissions r allowe 1 to each collecfor shall be in full 1 [satisfaction of alTgervices rendered bj them. The sors ynjer them niuill he entitled to three dol l irs for*every day employed in making lists and as *. - ui ler this ac 9. the number of d%y*s ‘going Hector, and approved by the chief i collectoi*af the .''late: and also five dollars for eve •ry I ifidred taxable persons contained in the lists as n jftetoed by him, and delivered to the collector.— fProvided; ThatVhenihe owner of any real estate is unknown, or is a non-resident of Jhe State, V>r tax district, wherein the same situated, ami has no ling i’i said district, tbs ass * . oU a list of such real* estmfe fqr as sc'-ui nk # # * * * . Sej arate acc luuts sh&ll he lcqpt .at the • •. all m - received from each of the Chief Collector shall pfo ... *• • * tax, and shall classify the same in such manner as , f the “Treasury %hall direct* and so , provide full information as*to each subject of taxation.* * Sec. 14. Each Collector shall be charged with an interest of five per celitum per month J’or all moneys retained in his pof&essiqn beyond the time at which ired lo p#y over the same by law, or by * established by jhe S-A-reiary ol the •* * . gee 15. £*ch collector, before “entering upon.tne . . ail give * ond in su* h sum as I be prescribed by fine Secretary of the Treasu- O O •THOMASVILLE, GEOIiQU, WEDNESDAY, OCTQBER*9„ 186 L # ® * * * • * * o o • • . h . son. the Cjllcctor shall Mgti two receipts in dupti *-* ill bQ delivered to the person 9 • , „ • • • ♦ ° * * . • * • i • • * * two imgiicdiatejy to tl*c Secretary * i t 0 t.l*. . . o * • s * s • Sec. J 7. Tlie taxes s s#cd . be a statutory lien for one year upon all t lie proper- j tj “?f that per&en, in# . the said lien to lake date first day of Octo ber, to which the. valuation has “relation, and t'’ lands and other property of any T* 11* * r shall bej •bound by li* a for fi* • . * Sec. 18. . „ * • (received, i. per cent op*all sums Jieyond that *amojinl? until the coHipensa*tion#*lia i reach $81)0 ; bi*yond which • Sec. 19. Tlie Secretary of tl * * a 1 , carry this a*-t int*g eliect ; Win -li ! iolis :• “ binding on all officers; the seid Secretary may also frame instructions as to alt details which shall bo o V upon all part?* s embraced within the pro- . in asßessment * * colic■•tio:i*!h: !•; li', in. li I*i iu and upon such evi-. ii. a the - lid * tary.n y ay: cove. .* ions* } ifltended to'bq crfljiratf ,ed un ler the w ord “persons, ’ used in t l*is. aat : and whenever the capital stock of an j* .. *. •turned by the corp*jrt tl m il ili au i the tax said, the stock in the band# ol individuals shall be exempt from taf, and also all the t. ..! * state < J *tho corporation and used for carrying on its • aiql the capital stock ot all sorporations shdll be re- , turned and the tax paid by the corporation* tlieiu jllvcs, and not by the in livi Utah stockholders* l*he term* merchandize is designed to embrace all goods wares and merchandize heULfor sale, except the ag *• :> untfy. Money, is in- i . Sto include the principal sum, of all money ; belonging to any petison oilier than a 1 ml*, res! is paid or t<> be paid by the debtor, ’ • tbe first day of (Ictober. The ! • ,r* ’ nfiules, is intended to inent le *. re raised fj • not such as af* • * ly *foii fooS ond work on the . •lationor f.ufiit where they are held, ine term real . 0 therein, and all int< “ • bridges, mines, aftd tluflike, tnd ?n all ca ses the a -mal marketable value of i rqpcrty is to bo assessed. . > Sec. -1. If e*ty person shall at any tinte durin; (lie existence of the prc.seid was between the t'on- I'cderate States ami tlie railed Heittos, or within rim year after tlie ratification of a treaty <?f peace be tween them, falsely tuakV', forge, or e■.lunteri’eit, or caiu*e. or jirocttre lo lie qiisely made, forged or coun terfeited, or willingly aid or assist in falsely, making, for .>in r, or eountenleititig ;iy” note in imitation of, or purporting to be a Treasury note of the Confode- j rate States; or shall falsely alter or cause, or pro- j cure to be falsely altered, or willingly ai*l or r,--i t in falsely filtering any Treasury Note ?>f the Cot;fed erate States; or sltall, utter or publish, or attempt •to pass utter, or publish, as true, any forged. ” | • i not ■ purporting to be a Treasury • : 11 es, knowing the same to bo tah-ety fee. “re* 1 1’ -erfe; i<t; or shall pa.--'. * , as true, anyJ falsely altered Treasury Note of im* < opji •. * ! .shall conspire or attempt t . • • -.* • uttor tir publish, as trt ■ ’ 1 lor count .1-el V aftc | crate States, knowing the s yne to be # falsely, fbrj I ! or counterfeited, or falsely altered ; every such per son shall be deemed and adjudged guktyj of fcl 1 and being tVierqof convicted by due c : law, :d;:tll suiter death. . , Sec. It any person shall, at # any time,.fal Ike, . . ‘• or procure to be fal 3cly made, forged <*r c* tint* t feited, or willit ly aid or assiSt in falsely m.fking, forging or eoun tetVeiting anv T>*u lor < *> 11 j > * g of the ("on!.•domic Stai j: of shall falsely alter, or cause qr procure to be falsely altered, or willingly aid oi -t in | falsely altering any Bond or Coupon of the Confed , or at ,s, ° false forggd or counterfeited Bond, purporting lo lie a . i lor Coupon of tlie Confederate States knofivittg 1 the sa ° cited; o j shall nass, utt : lislt, tp pass ujter I or publish* any falsely altered JSond ar Coupon of tte Confederate States, knowing tlw • , • pt to coqspirS •vfith another to passf utter, oi*-publish or attempt to pass utter, <>g publish as true, any false, fcft’ged or counterfeit* t Bond or*obiipon, purpofting to be a lgf thite Confederate States, or anvdatsely al tered Bond or Coupifn of the CouiVdorate States, knowing the same tobb falsely fffirged or counf ei* Teited or falsely altered ;*eveiy such peason shall be deemed and adjudgtM guilty of felony, and being thefeof convicted Bi>y due qpurse of law, shall De* sentenced to be|imprisoiled and ke] i*at liardlabot bn a fierm not lass.tlian five vearsv n*y more than ten g , and in a sumn t thou sand dollars., * • * * e , ,* o :,•!*■ made** t , - *, * !,;(•.efin bis custo ly or posg * ° ived aft er i he similituae ofany pi ite Pecfin w hicn or I"# Is 1 shall,bnvc been printed, with intent to*iisc such plate, or cause , * a a 9 o p issued J-ai 1- or shffil have in Bis custody or p* ssessiop any * , 1 r printed ter the similitude of any note or bofids issued as a£p esaid, with intent I ueh bjanks, or cause For suffer t*abe used in iorging or counter feiting any of the notes or i.or.'is issiTe 1 as atoresaid or shall have in his custody possession any paper adapt -I > or bond■ • to the paper upon which any suen ftjfites or bonds J sljall have beepgssued, with intent to us** such pa per or cause or sufffr the same to be used in forging or counterfeiting aqf of the#iotcs or bonds* issued aa%foresaid; such person, being thereof law fully coo lue course of law,* shall be sentenced to be impris ri 1 kepi at hard # labor , i. ; less,tban five nor more than ten * ; etn*l fined iu a sum not exceeding five thousand dol .** . ° ,• State shall, on or before the Ist day *f ,\,pril next, pay in the Treasury poles pf # the Confederate States or in,specie, tbe• taxes assessed : ;_aitiie *8: a ■ . ‘.c- ■ tell ] *'t- i*i - turn thereon, i; shall ‘ e the duty of the Secrets *1 * wl Ta X , * ‘author ity un ier ilii. a"t •• *• . • *• > c. 25.* If any person shall, at any tinb. after between the. Confederate States and the United States, commit atiy of tlie acts and :scribed in the g> “ o , h i ersoptshall be deem* 1 and guilty of felony, and being thereof cqn-’ victed, by ‘hi” course *>f law, shall be bct lie imprisoned and kept at hard la-bor, for a period of not less Ahan five nor more than t^n . urn not exceeding five thousand dqllars. • • < * • • . , • rape I tli* 1 las stto I* :-**i::i*. * *, • \ t • . , v-It .\ii ju •c • ° lei,* where ho arrived yesterday, • from Gen. * #lis t stfiape and subse < fluent aaventures are ectuftl to a ircnck ro inan.ee. • • After Col.Tliointw and Alexander 1 1 • 1 cup, . ij tlfiey startc 1 upon an ref expodiUon/siud by ouc of those iiT>ace*.)untab:i.‘nceideiits the (.!u!oiiel was cap ut *° ■ r, si ; boldly up the* (?htsa peak. Th.e wcutber canto on*squaJiy and very siisj ici tus nfoyements atitone some . . * a led his ht< hin the hold, of i tfto vessel, plaped his brother-in-law at* the .*and he himself on .!*•*•!;, disgujst 1 as an • • J > fan into Anapolis, audanchored under FortfiSevern, ,Vt daylight, gof*uuder[ wbigh and stood over to Chester River. , a terrific finale* tßreiv his little craft liiith upon Eastern Neck fsKtnd. lie then, in disguise, boarded the steamer Arrow, got the pa; ers and saw the ■*. count of tlta Colonel’s ar rest; ;lit-it jibnvd tiie main body ol* hts men under the chat it of ilieut. Blackston, wish or- ‘ • • ders to make the best of bts*way to .Virginia, across the 1 b*v and through Calvert county? .. . ! nobly *n doing.— ! Kandcr then, wkh lbs brother-in-law and i\fio uk it, started for Aeeomae, tfown tl*e eastern shore t-1 . .aryland. * • • .Everything went on sjvitnmingly until his arrfval*at Cambvidgc, where one of the party bing recdgtfized*by* Judge Spenee, and he be; ft : a relative, Moiiteitblike, proved a ti. ,ii forni* lon them. In a short tin:*’ G*ov.4 i ;ieks onicTcd out iitw i rclu ster Guards; the • • - sui rouifd ■ v ere* taken in cu tody, “dragged to the common jail, placed in i [a rm, and kept until in trning. Then closely tarded, thqy were conveyed to the steamer.— (*n the wharf an immense throng surrounded GqV. Hicks, and shoujod loudly for the hubcos : *' o;j ns. Alexander-demanded of Gov. llic-ks j |to La- treated as a g* tleiuan. ‘"flic Gover >r i I re;-.-, -d, “You are in the bam!.- of the yiilitary.” ■“I at i glad to hear it,” said. Alexander, “for i th ught ! was in ygty hands.” * Here the crowd attempted a rescue: but,. = v ■ -power* and by numbers, Alexaftdet* was borne ; on 1 a;■*l the steamer and conveyed to Fort*3lc- I | lieury. llis wife”, who was in Virginia at the | ; time, immediately saw President Jjavis, jvho | • t!r:t ev( rythig possible 1 sh be done tq save him. She then went to 1 Maryland, procured a pass tq visit her husband, ant! at once commenced the invention of plans for his escape. She procured a Federal sol dier's uniform, a clothes'line, and au inflated life-preser zing- waistcoat. These she smuggled to his cell beneath her garments. * During the argingement she purchased plants and made j for her husband a tittle garden* at his cell win-, dew, thus disarming all suspicion that* any es c. pe was mcditiitOAl. Sixteen days ago, cvdryfbing being in readi- ; ness, just after dark, Alexandes ddnned disguise, and while Col. Zarvora (Thomas) en^ ! gaged the attention o*‘ the sentinel, he slipped and “gained the ramparts, passed over the mortar battery*. :flul spnnig IV* At the cut taiu.in ■ jMteh. The fall being great he* dig * red, < n rising, that he was crippled. .Nothing j daunted, he crawled through the übittis, over the gl cis, ini - the river, inflated lbs waistcoat, | . and made a bold stroke for freedom. , * Aftqr F-ing in. the watPr it lgng time, bo [ crawl* tbvee-fourths* of a mile to a bouse. There he found soflie friend ly <i; * ed peoplifj two Catholic girls washed and (!;■’ * I liiin, put a “scapula’’ rou'.l his Beck’ for projection, placed him in the bottfmi ol a ! carriage, and, tln'-m: rises covered hun with tin ir garments* drove to a friend s house, where he was taken pars of. • • i ‘ne next, dr.v a man-of-war hauled into the river, and fired gtyis fora longtime to raise Alcxau*b-r’s body, sitppo.- Hig he must have been drowned. After this, friends of the cause kt -Marvliind conveyed hi at from place to j?lacc by ni >h) foi eonffealittcnt, uiTtil’at last be was car vied to the short) of the Pofpmac.* Her*-. i*y the meresf accident, he fell in *with Lieutenant | Uunott* who had escaped from Washington, and Ccorge Bear, a young man who. w;’s* intr- A:ing- his w.-gy to J’ortsmojijh, \ti. Alexander purchased a boat. DUnott “and Bear carried iiim on their shoulders a mile. * Tjear tore off his coat-skirts and muffled tin’ oars; and •al though the guard vessel was within 150 yards they quietly pushed off and succeeded-in reaching the ) irgfoia shore in’safSty.* A man, taking the boat for remuneration, carric 1 them •i'o his conveyance to Gen. Johnson’s pickets. Alexander sp-aks very feelingly of his iVieyd. •Lieut. Lunott, who, while bearing hjru on bis , back, at overf*alartil, turned to face the danger, | thus showing tne d§vof,um* of otic soldier *to .mother. • . **••.. ° o O o~ • ~ * • ° o . rm, ° * * ° , . One of the ri ,iofiTous anomalies of ltabit in the defunct I’nitcd States was tlie prefix ‘kHon orable”<o every name’ of a citizen vrtio had b* < n in any We regret toee it*kept up jn the States, acid hope it willflfo ’ abandoniqd. . , S If it must be anywise, let it be lint- ! to a*ctual inqp nts df “certain rtffices, to bcle.-!gnated * v a competent convention. V and find the above suggestion in the Charles* too Courior, and cheerfully unite with our # co- in his efforts iflr tbeabolition of a j-idiculeus custom. As matters stand every ! other man you 0 aft *Honorabldf Colonel • or Biajpr, Ac., an*j all ting rest arcßEsquir* • - us drop this Senseless habit and call n?en O o by their proper natnes* — tSav. Republican. • • ° • A!vct to B*!:intci*.w. # • , o • Gov. More, of* upon planters ,V Alabama to gather carqfully, dry and put up • , in two bushel sacks, alFtb* pdas they can spare; : ; j.G.i tn cut. vurft and carefully’ put up in tlie • . a- ucn hay as possible. The t> made from the* fact that t!i<‘ blockade of the S >nth< rn j orts and of the? y\ i>s Is i ppi hag; cut “ft’ the necessary supply.of , ’ hav and lieanslur the use or the Confederate ly sale can n*Q doubt be made to foveromeqt fur the Treasury notes. — $av. :* . *. CwWlfStMf ita Ski f.tissi c 1& l^;*|9iil!iG.;s*. # Richmond, Sept. - >s . 1861. thcr wek hqs folded its shadowy* wings over the sncftiotiuous routine of *oamp life* tind closed in itaembraces the* aDtiVe armies of the Fotomac. ,No advance has bpenmiade of.which | [wc arp permitted to (cceiwe information ; only tho occasional results of skirmishes, ntarcqps an l countermarches,'occupations a;:*l cvacua-** turns, which haw no intrinsic bearing tt*on the sesults of tfig campaign in that region.* Rein forcements have juie*ly and steadily wendßd their to thp respective of John* • ifin amt 13eaurcg;\rd, army supplies, ol’ every * oft,vire constantly forwarded, • and hve-, iy, A\**'tion is*made fertile comfort* anil conve nience of our *!hint boys. Whaf line*of mil itary policy will be adopted, nfl one of us can say with any decree oT*bcu*taity, though it ! :■ee*ii;* to Jjc the general desire, if five may jjudjte : of the loud mouthed journals, for th*’ tr.xps to march onward and possess* the cjty qf # Sodom. The s;*tm? sojt <•!’ extrjjncou? influence wlii h the vacillating Washington Cabindc *t*fi hazard their success in arms upon* the for- ; tunc of ;; pitched battle,* jeonducted by jjl dis ciplined troops, is*being exercised, though hap pily to.no purpose upon the Government- .‘Ev- j cry day.tl ■ # rs teem with complaintstlfc ! and i.i ays of our Generals, tjje inactivity of onr arms,.the situ; teomings of eomiuissaries . and others, upon wlfom devolve filio syriyus of war, and with matters with wlpch j the people are necessarily * I*if tieuce’ftvhic!i*overcomeflh all things, is a virfuc cifcixlat* 1 here iD'Verymallcjuantitips—though , fortunately amongst thosy best ahle'.to. appre ciate ’keenly its specific; blesgings. Jio\v to , couSpreheiy.! tlie strategic movements in the* Northwest, bciflg to civilians mytlniial, in’-ites thenfwith um*erta?nty .anfil sear r and hence ari ses the murmurs which have daily gathered up on the pa: *g bie(e; complaint becomes pve;> ua.nt with t umor,*and finally tends to panic.— Tims, at thy connneneement of tiie past week we heard that tlic’Cabiuet luid held l**ng ses* sions with a view to discuss the propnety*ol or dering our iorc’-s into winter quarters, or pftslt ! ing- lbnvaj'd the war vigorously, and that a ck‘- 1* j;t had been arrived at favorable to the for mer proposition, wherc&s no such object vwi.-*en | tertained iu tke councils of the Cabinet. Next comes calamities in Western Virginia—-Floyd and \Yi ‘.umiblr to ofleet a junction, and this morning Gov. \\ ise and all lfis army were ta ken and out to pieces ; whereas it is .scarcely ! ;iu hour since lie arri\.ed in Richmond.’ Rut I ‘.-.titis cat.’ Truth js simple* and like fit uni or, ‘•will out,” bat my experience lately Ims taught* me that it takes a mighty long time to ‘out.’ This morning, an iuvoicc.of contraband pa pers from T York having arrived here, ve were gratified afi thc*iiitclligcncc of the de!*_•-,it of the Fedcrals by Gen. Price in Missouri, the captury of three tliousand, and tlie loss of their ! military stores. The manner in which they at i tempted.to modifiy tlie circumstances by every conceivably ground of self-excuse and condem nation of others, ‘gave rise tu o a reasonable ex j peetation that the affair was more aggravating than they were desirous of confessing —and this efieuing yttr l#ip<;s,were confirmed by despaß !#- e.s which arriv.ed oilfeialU’ at tin? X\ M‘ Jjcpart incut. They were of a very general ajid limit ed chafacter, but we arc permitted to state that ! tlie telegram contain* au announcement ot a u< • to our arms which finds do parallel even in Manassas. Seven thousand prisoners were taken, three thousand* live hundred horses gain ed to the cause, and a quarter: million specie, immmse quantifies of arms, antmunition.and valuables secured. ()f this there is not a shade of dftybt, and its success has fomplctely revolu-* tionized the torpid condition into ‘wbieh • \y* were gradually and ‘steadily relaxing by the calmness of the last few weeks. *1 be moral yl fect of this grind victory, the*loss 9o the i ui ted States (lovernaiciit of tllh State, an*l the influence it will have upon the fiery spifits.wbo raised the “On to Richmond*’ cry, only be calciulated by the terror they experienced at Manassas. I hope to-morrow to be able to send you 4'urthcs.particulars. . \ lOuET. CoufcdtTalr Virlory :tS Lexiftglon.— • # Accoanl. , OflicTal information jpf the. capture of IjCX ington, Mo., and thc*surrender of tlfc galjant * Col. Mulligan to tiie rebel forces of jJcneral Price, reached the War Department yesterday; I and as no contradiction of tlia report com* - from any other quarter, we arc unfiyllingly* j compelled to “receive it as .authentic. General. Prentiss has despatched to St. Louis a state ment of the surrender, which reduced tlie lpss ufii belli sides considerably below tjic first re port?. Col. Mulligan held out bravely for dags against immense odds; and.it is said only* j si*Tcmft*red for wat of water, without wliffh. .his men had to maintain •themselves for two days ; but there seams to be *something*in this fpiitc consistent with the position 1 •he occupied in tflosc proxiiqity to the Missouri. - • riven*. • * According to*our.adviess, lus fijrtifications were created between .tlie old and. new towns, and extended*dowo to the rivar bluffs, at which pofnt, a- f'.*r a* yur intelligence ’extends, the defence#iverq not • assailed. How,* then, liis water supply yould hav<? been cut off, we ave at | a loss tft determifie. * • The latest accounts from Lexington,’previous to the announcemenTof thfi surrender, repo . *the movements of reinforcements t*r sustain bol Mulligan, bow by land and .waWSr. .The steanfors \\ iiite Cloud ami Des Moines wqptup the river qp Saturday with throe raiments to ( | assist the gariisofl at Lexington, and a torcc ol 8,500 men, infantry, cavalry and artillery, had feft St. and *&n the loth inst.,*for the same ppiut; but it none ( of their reinforcements arrivedin tync to sa/e tfic g a-G.-:in,.whjci was undoubtedly confpellcd to yield to the immeiTscly suptrior force of flic i A • O _• o O rebels. , • , o it, is s-d.l tf.iat.the Cabinet exjifiy *■■[ tionsi 1® erable t some indignation,tbat 0 < cn Fremont did not rgin force Col. Mulligan, as he has plenty oi’ men at Ids commaad. ®Gcu. ‘ Fjomoat is reported now as ab^ut tft yiketbe - field in person against*tiren. Price. *. t •All quiet on the linesft)f th? I’otvsnac* yesterday. 0 ® • . IMPORTANT FROM MISSOURI. Washington, Sept. 28,— Despatclics re-; ceived at the War to lyght o confirm ( IMMIS. T>VO,IM>M ;AI” j* In Alvaucc.. * . S tjie surrender i n t >n, Mo., totte* rebel , • • ‘ . . ‘general. . Another dcspateli.a&< r - that Geu. Fremont has* taken the nel 1 in p< r*on, and declares his purpose to capiu * ; ! 1 chieftain, Pricy.* . .Tii President am] ‘ foinet Ministers urc ♦ i face hf the Swfc that Con. Fremont had over fifty thousand nuyi * undcf lfis*couimandj ai 1 coeld • have easily rc j in to rood CqJ. t Lexington, aml.saved the disaster. • ’* . . rot., mulligan i:;:m vsifli ‘NM'ARoIe. * . • Cujssa *. SppK 23. -A dfc*patefi from Quin.y, t* 6 Jow ‘’ that Col. Mulligan has been r. h a* a! on parole, and will be hefu this weni * :’*• will remain until Con. Fremont’s orders are received. Gen.‘Prentisshas I * •* jl* Irom l?iT>ok** field to the As tai t QUart. r to provide : avn.iw c for t ..•> Ui wsaud men, syid to have it readv Oil their arrival. * • Thd commissioned officers arc rcftaihed as prisoners of warby the. rebels. • # Vnithor dispatch says * * ; ('m!. Mulligan and all the commissioycd oili* ! ccrs are held as prisoners by the labels. ‘ * * ‘ Capture f Cexiagloa—CoafcaetaUi Victory. . • Memphis, Sept. 27 - Passengers from i’ol ! umbos, K v.. this l in 1 ring the. following: •“Gen. Johnson received by special express from Paducih, a Ft. Louis Republican;giving a*fuliace >hnfr of tlip hmjle <*f Loxingtotf, Mir., Gen. Price, with 1?8,0 >0 hi sn attacked #Lexiog ! ton, where Cos!. Mulii .-m was strongly*fortific with 5,000 *tpcn. Aft sr three days fighting, w FcdohilS ,s&rr< ired with.their arms aminujiition, yrtijlery and .§2>o,lHio in specie which Mulligaii hd shHen jroni the banks. Price used hemp lades as a moving battery, thereby cutting the enemy oil irom retreat .by the lip. r. The Hen■.ihllc?if st at c*that the Fcd .eral loss \v;i <lO fill’ and and lt'O wounded, and Price's e fed? The Federal pU rate:?* were released on parole and *ihe officers defailed .to retaliate ngaim-t Fremont’s threats! Dimpale * lb., state that2,ooo of the released prisoners lrtid arrived there. The Republics u gay - 20 pi ces of artillery ■wcrc'capfcurfid, begwles >,oo© arms—per haps more. Thu victory was complete and ev idently fully worth J he‘sacrifice. * • • * • ll C Ro:jllUEill€P €frnrr;il. When as, by the provF,: -ns of the 3d section of an Act of Congi proved August 30, 18X51, entith and “An c illgct, for distribp* >tien. the monk's remaining Tn the several Post •Offices of the -Confed. rate States at the time the postal service was taken in charge by said Government,” it is majje she duty of the Dost-, master peiysral to make proclamation that all persons who are citizens ol the Confederate States of America, and who may have render ed postal service in any of tho.’Stutes ot this Confederacy*, under I contracts or aj pointinents made by the Fnited States Government before the Confederate States Government took charge y f such service, shall present theft claims to this Department y.t ••! am! established accor ding t.t such‘rules as lie shall prescribe, ’by a time therein to*hc set forth not Jess than six months, and requiring the claimant to sUite, under oath, how uiucU has hcen j.aW and the date of such payments, on account of tlie con tract or appointment unde* which said claim oc curred,‘ami what fufld or provision* has been set apart ur lf.ade for th • lurther payment ot the whole or any portion qf*the balance of such laim, by the •* inent ot the 1 nijcd.States. or of any r of the .‘States j a;** they, shall also state, on oath, whether they perforjned fully services ac< ording to their contracts, or .appoint ments‘during the tii e for whicl! they <daim pay And if not, v.liat partial service they did per form and what .hdimtiyos ‘: :vc been madodronv trlifsir pay,so*far as tl<jsy knoiv’oi* account of any failure,or initial failure, tc perform sueli„scrvico. Now,’therefore, L John H. Reagan, Postmas-. ter Geuoral of the Confederate States ot Aim-, erica, do issue this* my proclamation, Requiring all ’ • service, un der tii ■ firm; an* provr ons ot the od section of the* übovi , i:ic *i a< t, to prggent s;wd chums to the Auditor of*the i rca.-ury luv tlie Post* * ht for examination, on Or be fore the 13th day of March, 1862, ia-order ’ that 1 may. mak.c a r*j it to*<’ongress of rho amoubt tlrereoCas requited by law. . < • Blant forms foY. \ i ting or verifying the i claim? will be.farßishcd t>n application I Auditor •’ the Treasury, for the l\>st Office ; Department. . . * . Audi hereby require all persons who have heretofore collected . moneys as-postfiiastcws-in the States *now composing tipi Confederate States, ;y)d which they Piad not paid over at t,ne time the Confederate States took charge of the postal service, to make Out, under oith, and send fro the Auditor of ti:e Ttcasurer for the Post Offiec Department, on or before the 15th. ,of October next, a general or lodger account with the Unit! I Stab * (or the service of the Post Office Department, up .to thc*time the *tal service was assumed by the (...on federate rdaac with the general regula* tions of the *1 ( 1 Department, issued M v 15th, 1859, :** ■ ■ 106, exhibiting the bal*. ances in the p< ‘< ll suc l l pos^mastera. . * Given under *iay.ka!id and seal of .* the Post Office Department of-tfio L. S. Confederate States of .Atilerica, at - *i;: , . nk, the 13th day of •* • . beptombor, in thp year l^fr4. Xno. H* Reagan, . * * * * ; Postmaster General. . • . • -- - • , , Wniu ot V*nfc.lai;H Jit **••- • • Thelissistant sure eon oT a Georgia Regiment.’ writes to the liiehmonil Dispatch, that cause of the frequency and verity of fe\ers *. particularly thc*typht*d) in camps, is the want of proper ventilation. He it ap ueaAs to he *llO conclusion <jl .all wl’o havo turned tdieir attention to tlie proper jnanulac* . fnd withaPa v ry natural con* elusion—*tbaUf the impur# .WM not es cape from t%e tenth by simply raising tho Can*-. vas at thelufttom ofnthe tent —the usual way of ventilating them. Tinge shoukl bc<m ara ’ pie opening n&r tho top of the tent, opposite* the whigh i-fPjald remain tjpeifr, unless p c >se of storms. . * ‘*l nlc.-s fiiisVni _• is headed, the camp, fever will preVail and igcrease, a* the tents i he kept closer as'the colifweather approaches, \o. 27: