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V()l; IV; • -THE WAR TAX ’ • • * ‘ • Cons , .** * . • irized, from time t> time, u ies tn&y rquirft-, :• i-- • bearer at tiie expiration of’ six , • j • , ‘the •] * 4 not * ltd be • r. until the nne are payable; but the whole a -*>,* I .. A • ■ not exceed onq bun ij ? • > ■ • , ■ °th< r ; iblic d.ue except the export * • *. • . .‘ ■ * , mcnt of the’- subscriptions of the • net of • tod manufactured articles. I"irp• -all • “ msrtung exchange for ‘the proceeds.of. U • luce and mfinufactured arti< nr for the pureh pf -jor .military stores, the ‘• • “t the'Treasury, with tin? assent of the i- authi rized bsue B m Is, payable not *'’.•. • if * ling eight per tfentum per anneal, until they bt c me • . i ■ tie said 11 tads not * ► ■ • ions fit and >ll irs, aftd I *t ate for thirty millions of the Bond 4 by the Act approved May 16, 1> .V: and this Act.is to be deetfted a revo * ‘ to iss in’ 1 !.- said thirty n'ill fons. The said boftds Shall not l.x- issued itr less earns than one hundred qor- in fractional parts of’a hundred; excep* when the subscription fe less than one hundred dollars, th'e said Bonds may , be issued in subs of fifty dolors. They may -bj sold f..r specie, jnilitnry or naval stores, qjr for the I Is -f raw pr ■ luce an l manufactured articles, in tbe same manner as is provided by tbs Abt afore said, and, whenever subscriptions of the, same have : “, gable ar a V ita icular date, tile Secretary of the Treasury*shall have power to extend the time of .sales until such date after the raising ot'the blockade, as he shall see fit to *ndf cate. • . I ers of the lid Treasury Notes may. at at;;, time, demand hi exchange for I , Bonds ot’ tin- Confe lei ite States, according to such regulations as may I>c made by the Secretary of the Treayuay.. But whenever the Secretary of the Trea sury ghall a Ivertfse’that he wilt pay off any portion* ot’ tfcesaid Treasury Notes, then the privilege of funding as to sadh ates shall cease, unless there shall -be a failure to p£fy the same in Specie on pre sentation. . Sec. 4; That, for the special purpose of paying the principal and interest of the public debt, and •'!’ supporting :*;>■ Government, a Wan Tax sliall*be as sessed and levied of fifty cents upon eaeh one hun-J dred dollars in value, <■: the following’property in the Confederate States, namely? Real Estate of ‘ay kind-. Slaves. Merchandise, Bank Stocks. Railroad and other Corporation Stock, Mfiney at interest, or invest. <-i by individuals in the purchase of tails, nbtgs and other securities for .money, except the bonds of the ConfedcVafc- States of America, and cash on hand, or in deposit in bank or elsewhere; *••’1 watched, gold andsilvey plate, pianos and plea sure-carriages: /•/* >/, however, that where the taxable property herein above enumerated, of any head a family, is of value less than SfiOO, such taxable property shall be exempt from taxation un der tlii*u't : aft 1 -{further, tliafc the plftperty ®f colleges and sellout-, and of charitabfe or .reli ti na or associations, wft are created, shall be exempt from taxation under this act; and j> rorid’d further, that all pub fie fan*- and all proper ty owned l\v ft State for public piwposes be exempt i’rotn taxation. * • 6. That, fgr the pm ascertaining ‘all property included Ita the above classes and the value thereof, and tbe person charg&tbte wiili. tbe tax s . ‘ shall be appointed*one Chief Collt charged with the dAty of dividing the State ifltd a , convenient number -of collection districts, subject, to tfeef reyisal of the Secretary- of tlie Treasury.— The said Collector shall be apj the # Presi dent, and shall hold his office for one year. and re ceive s * 0. He slpuil c v t; bond with securities to -discharge tb£ duties of his office he such amounts as may be prescribed by the. Secreta ry of the Treasury, and shall,take oath faithfully to discharge the duties of his office, and to support and defend the Constitution. The said Chuff Collector shall, with* the approbation of the Secretary of the. Treasury, app tint £? Tax C dleeWor for* each cellec tiin district, whose duty it shall be to pause an as sessment to be made on or before the last day of November next,loft all taxable property in his dis trict, included in each'of above mentioned class es of property, and the persons‘Then owning or in possession thereof: and in order thereto, the said Tax Collectors shay anoint Assessors, who shall proceed through every pait of their respective *iis triets.and, after public notice, slmll require all per* sons owning, possessing, or having the care and management of any property liable to the [ax afore said. tedelivey written lists of the'samp, which shall be made in such manner as may’bfi required by the Chief Collector, and as fpr as practicable, conform able to these whidb may be required for the same purpose-under the authority, of the respective States: and the mid Assessors are authorized to enter into . apd upon all and singular the premises for. pur poses required by act. . . . 9tc. 0. If any person sliqff not, be to exhibit : Vritten list when required, and shall con sent to disclose tho-particulars of taxable jTroperfy “owned qr poSsdsse Iby liinj. or under his care and management,.then it shall bejthe duty of the JfScei; to’make the list, which, being distinctly read and donsefitted to, shall be received as ijte list of such person. * . See. i. That, if any petsen shall deliver or dim .close to any Collector or Assesso# 4n pur suance of this anti requiring a list as aforesaid, any false or fraudulent list, with intent to defeat or fvade the valuation or enumeration hereby intended t # o he m iile. such person offending. sfiall be fiqed in n sum ndbexceeding five hundred dollar*. to be recovered in any Court of competent jurisdiction. See. S. Any person wlya shn#l fail to deliver to the Collator ajad Assessor a li* of his taxable pro* perty. at “the time* prescribed by him, shall be liable to a double tax’upon All his taxable property; the samejto be assessed by the Collector or Asseesor and to be collected In the same manner *and by tlee s*ame proocss as is herein*provided as to the single ’tax. I • * Sec..T<. The lists shall*be made in reference t<a the value and situation of the property, on the, Ist .‘day of OettJwrjwxt, and shall bw made out, comple ted, and be delivered into the hands of, each ot the Tax Collectors on the Ist day ot* December .next; < and upon receipt “thereof, each In Collector, may, for twenty- me days next ensuing the sai*l first December, hear and determine all appeals from the sal! assessments, as w*lf as applications for the re duction of *i doTible tax, when such rti*x may hav, been incurred w> r tax. which determination shall be final. Sec. .The several Tax C'ljectors shall, on or beforefirst daj.of February ensuing,furnish to thea< hiet i'nllecjor of the -State in which his tfis trict. and of the amount of tax to be paicf by such pers Yi* specifying each object of taxation? asd the said Chief (h>Oecter shall collate the fame in prop er form, and forward the collated list to the Secreta- Yy 0/ the Treasury. • See. *ll. The said several Collectors shall, on the i •first day of May next, proceed to collect from eve- j ry person liable for the saul tax. the amounts seve, rally due mid ctfiing. and he shall previously “ive noticeYor twenty days in dhe newspaper, if any be published in his Distinct, and by notification in at least four public places in e:*.lio township, ward or O -I It v'a \ A ■: r. \ E A'l . j ( * Pi opri< lorn. • ) ® o I precinct in his-District, of the time and place at which he will receive the said and. on failure • ‘ • , Vit shall s>* the duty, of the Coilee tor, days, after the first l,y. f May . . by himself or his deputies, to procee i to ’ • , .* distress and sale of tli£ A * Is or effectaaof the persons delinquent. And in eve of sitch distress, shall.be left with the owner or poosessbr of such go S ‘or at jiis or tier dwelling, with a note of the sum de- Tnandied, and the tinfe end plaee of sqlcT and the • . * * ■publicly advertised or posted up at two public pla te, the Residence *Af the person wTios?-‘i * be, listrained, or at the court house the same county, it’ not more thvn ten miles *dis • hieh n tiqe sh ill’specify the article?distrain- I. and * ‘ • :-.-e proposed for, the,sale thereof, which, time*shall not ‘o le-*- than ten from 1 1:.- date of such notification, and the {dace pro posed fm- the sale *not mere thav tfve miles distant “ from the place of yueft distress; provided, that in any case of distress, for the payment ,f the, taxes aforesaid, the cffnitels or effects dis-.; train? 1. shall and may oe restored to the owner or| pbssessqr, if, paidr to the sale*thereof, p&yjment o*r tender therrof,. sfiall be ma;le to the proper officer charged with, the collection of -the* lull amount demanded, together w'ith sncli fee for levying, ‘and. such sum for the necessary and reasonable expense of removing and'keeping thq f ’ gooffs, ch.iujds or effects so distrained, ,as may be allowed in likenesses by ihe'laws or ju-aejiee. of the wherein Ae distress shall have Jbeen made; •but jn case of non-pnynfcnUor teiwler as aforetai<t, the sai* iffieet, shall prqpeed to cell the said goods, chattels or effects, at publiqauction, and shall and ntay retaiu froiji the proceeils of such‘sale, ijie any>untftlemaadable for tho u* of the Confederate States, with tjiw necesfiary and reasonable expenses of distress nj'.J s;jh:, and a # commL<si(jn of fly* per • centum thereon for his own use, rendeejpg the oter plqs- is l any there be, *to tHe person vvlwse goods, chattels or effecls. shall have Ifteen <UstraineA : Pro that it shall not.be lawful tp make distress <yf the tools nr implements of a trade or profession, beasts of tit# plow and ftirmtng ftiten-il-, necessary for tbe cultivation of improved lands, arms or such household furniture or fpparcl as may be necessary for a family. _. • Sec. 12. That if the tax assessed on any real es tate shall remain unpaid on the first ‘day of dune nexj, the tax collector of the Disfi ict wherein, the same is situated slufll, on the First Monday in July thereafter, proceed to sell the saTne, o*’ a sufficiency (hereof, at public outcry, to the highest, bidder, to •getWwith twenty per centum en the amount of said taxes ;fnd costTs of sale—said sale to be at‘the Court -House door of*the County or Parish wherein sftud real e-fate is sftuatcd; and if there shall be more than one County or l’arMi in a District the haid tax collector is authorized to appoint deputies in make such sales in bis name as he cannot attend I t. liimsulf, and for all lands so sold by said deputies i tbe deeds as hereinafter provided for shall beexecu* I ted 4>y said collector, and such sales so made shall be valid, whether tbe reel estate so sold shall be as ses- ssed in thu name of ‘tlie true owner or not.-- But in all cqses where the proftprty .-ball mot be <ii-, visible.so as to enable tbe collector, by a sale of part thereof, to r.-use tbe whole ainount of tbe tax, with ‘all costs, charges and commissions, tbe vtbole of such property shall be sold, and the surplus of the proceeds o of the sale,‘after satisfying the tax, # costs, charges and commissions, sliatl be paid tu the own er of tbe property oY bis legal representatives, or if lie or they caifnot be found, #;r refuse to receive the same, then such surplus should be deposited in the Treasury of the Confederate States, to be there held for the usff of the owner or bis legal representatives •until be or they shall make application therefor to vhc Secretary of tbe Treasury, vyluy, upon such ap plication. slpill, by warrant on the Treasury, cause t!ie*samc to be paid to tbe applicant. And if the ]* operty otiered for sale as aforesaid, cannt be sold for the alnount of the tax?due therein, with the*said additioflal twenty pci* centum thereto,, the eolU’Ctor. shall purchase same iti beliafi’ ot tin* tonfeder ate States for the amount aforesaid ; Provided, T?iai the owner or superintendent of the property 8 -a : ftl. before the sam?shall have Been actually • sold, shall be allowed to'pay the amount of tbe tax -attic,.on the payment ol which the sale ot the said property.shaH not take place; Provided? also, That the owners, their executors or administrators, 9r any person in their behsdf, shall,hawe liberty to redeem any lan*ls amt otjier real property sold as aforesaid wikhin two years from tbe time of sale, ftipon )>ay ment to the collector for ,the use of, the purchaser, •hia heirs or assignees, of the amount paid by such purchaser, witle intcrest*for tlie same at the rate ot . twenty per centum per annum ; and no deed shall be’given in pursuanoqYif guch sale until i*ie .time'ot re'leinptisn shall have expired; Provided, further ‘1 hat where the-owner of a fly Jaqd or.qther real pro sold for.taxes under the provisions of thjs act shall be in the service of.the Confederate States be fore and at the time said sale shall have made, the sqid owh’er shal^have the privilege of redeem •ingfthe said property at any time within two years after tbe close of bis term of service. And tbe col lebtor shall*render a distinct acsonnt of the’ charges incurred in offering an*l ad\Yrtising tor sale such property, and sifall p;w into the Treasury the sur plus,*if any there be. of tire aforesaid addition <rf twenty per centuta, or ten per centum, as the case may be. if ter defraying charges! And in every case,of th sale of real qstate, which -ball.be .made under the authority of.this.act fer the assessment, and collection of direct by tbe collectors ‘m niarsttals respectively, or tlielr lawful deputies res • p*ectivelv. or by any other person or persons, tltc deeds for tbe estate so sold shall be prepared, made, executed,-apd.approved or'acknowledged, at time and times prescribed in'this act by tne collecr tors respectively within whose collection “district , such rt?il estatehall be situated. or in case their de.vrh or removal from office by their successors, on payment ot* the purchase money, or producing a re-. ceipt*tlierefor if alfiea<Jy paid, in sucl? fii'rm of law as shall be authorized and required by the laws of *the I’onfedtfrate States, or by the law of ;lie State fa which s*)eh teal estate lies, for making, executing proving mid ackifowledging deeds of bargain and sale, or other conveyances, for the transfer and con- 1 vey ince pT real instate : and fflr every deed so pre pared. mode, executed, .proved and acknowledged, the purchaser or grantee shall pay to the collector, 1 the sum o£ ivfdeQtn fdr ihq'use of the ,collectflr marshal, or other person effecting the sale <?f Uie real estate thereby ’conveyed. The cosinoissions hereinafter allowed to each collector shall be in full satisfaction,of all services rendered by them.. The a’ssessors under them shall b.e entitled to three dol lars £or every day employed in making lists and as sessments utoler this act. the number of days being certified by Hie collector, jnd approved by the chief* collector of the State f amFalso five dollars for eve ► ry hundred taxable persons. contained in the lists as eojnpleted Vy him, and delivered to*tlie collector.— > Provided, That when the * owner of any real esnue is unknown, or is a uon-r,esident of the State, or tax district, wherein the same is situated, and* no agent respliug in, said HistricT, the assessor shall himself oftt out a list of* such real estate for as , sessment. • , . * See. 13. Separate accouuts shall be kept at* the Treasury, of all moneys received from*each of the States, and jhe Chief Collector shall pro cure from each Tax (Collector svft-h details Its to the tax. and shall classify the same in such manner as th*e Secretary ofothe Treasury shall direct, and so as to provide full informatioif as to each subjeptaof taxation. ’* ‘ *• * Sec. H. £sach collector shall be charged vitn an i interest of livf per centum per monlli for all moneys retained in'lii* possession beyond the time at which h°ei required to pav over the saniA by tow, or the regulations established bv the. Secretary of the Treasury. 0 .. • *,, °Sec. 15. Each collector, before enteftng upon the duties of his office, shalf give bonfil in such sum as shall be prescribed by the Secretaryof live Treasu eQ° „ o THOMiSVILLE. GEORGIA, WiPNESDA.V, OCTOBER 16, 1861. • ry,.with suAncient sureties, and shall take an oath * * ‘ * - ii :- ‘’bee. and tjiat *. 11 - irt and -defend the Conctitufion of the Confederate States. ceiving the'tax due by each per son, the Collector shall sign two receipts in dupli cate. one whereof shall be delivered to tlie person i g the same, and the other shall be forwarded to the Chief Collector,.ot that State. The money c dlecte l'during each month! dr during any Shorter peri i whi h a-sty be designate 1 by the.Seerctary *1 the .Treasury,-shall be ajso jmudlltately fofwardqd j to the saitf Chief Collector, and by him be disposed of/according to tbe direction ofi the Secretary of the, ‘Treasury; and Chief Collector shall repoij • immediately to the Secretary of the Treas-i ury, furnim him with a lisT speefij ing the ; -and a; * -a the receipts which shall have been forwajded to-him as aforesaid, by theJDismet Collectors. ,- . *•. • .s*ee. .17. Xhe taxes adressed bn each person shall be a statutory Tien for one ye >r upon all tbe proper ty of that person, in preference to any other liep;, th6-sai(f lien to take date from the first day,fef Octo 4>er, to which tbe valuayou lias relation, and the ,sands and other property of any shau be bound by’statutory lien for five years, for all money received by*bim for Taxes :, tbe date of such lien to commence from the time*of his receiving the<moimy. Sec. 18. The compensation ot Tax fVllectors •shall bo 5 per cent on the first reqgived, and 2.1 per.cctjt bn all -urn* beyond that amount until tlxjmmpeusation .-flail reach $800; beyond wlTich no further compensation shall be paid. * .. See. lb*. .The Secretary of the* Treasury is’autho rized tq establiSji regulatioils suitable and proper to carry .this aet into effect ;* which regulations shall be ‘binding on ftll office#.-; the said Secretary may also frame in*truct*ons as to all details which shall be obligatory upon all parti * embraced within tlu: prt>- xi inn- *i f this aet. He may also correct all, errors ‘in assessments, valuations and tax lists? or m the collection tiiereof, in sucli form and sifeb evi dence as tbe said Secretary may approve. *• Sec. 20,*CorporTitions are intended To be embrac ed undef tbe word used in thi** act ; and whenever the capital stock of any eorppration is re-e turnedtbe c#rperatloit itsell” and the tax paid, tbe stock in tlac hands of individuals shall bc-exempt # • from tax, and also all the rejl*estate Awned bythe corporation and used carrying on its business, and the capital stock of all corporations shall be re turned antr the tax paid by the corporations them selves, and not by the individual stockholders, iihe term merchandize is designed to.embrace all goods wares and merchandize held for.saje, except the ag ricultural products of tbe* country. Monikv, is in tended to include the pj-iliffipal sum of all money ll'kinging to any person other tlftm a bank, upon which interest is p.aid or to be paid by the debtor, le standi on the*first day of October. The term cattle, horses and mules, is ifltended to*include all suchnimals as ar# raised fo* sale And uot such as are raised merely for food and work on tlie plan tation or farm where they are held. The term real • estatY, is ifltended to include all lands and (Mates therein, and all rtitorest growing thereout, including ferries, bridges, mines, ami tbe like, and ill all ca ; %es the actual valjie >C property to be assessed. “ 0 Sec. 21. If any person*shall-at any time during the existence of tbe pn-fti nt war between tbe Con federate States and the United Scales, or within one year pfter tlie rtTtilication ol’ a treaty of peace be tween'tbeni, falsely make, forge, or counterfeit, or cause, or procure to be falsely rnaiV, forged oft coun terfeited, or willingly aid oe.issist in falsely making forging, or counterfeiting any note ip imitation of, or purporting to be a Treasury note of tlie Confede-’ rate States; or shall falsely alter or cause, cr pro cure to be falsely altered, of willingly aid or aswst in falsely altering any Treasury Note of tbe Confed erate States; or slialL utter or publish, or attempt* to pa-!? uttew, or publish, nsdrue, anyftalsc, “forged or counterfeitwd piote purppn'ting to be a T’i’easury* note of tlie Confederate States, l<*iOwing,the same to°l>e falsely forged or counterfeited : or shall pass, or*attempt to pass B fitter or publish, as true, any falsely altered Treasury of tbe Confederate States. Iciiowing the ‘*t:ie to be fSI.-eljr* altefed ; or •ball conspire or attempt to conspire witlktftiotiiyr to pass.aitter or publish, or attempt. to.’pass, utter or publish, as t rue, any falsely forged or count erfeifed, or any falsely altered Treasiwy Note of tbe Confed erate States, knowing tbe same to be falsely .forged, or counterfeited, or falsely altered; t;very such per son shall be dqemecl :\nd*adjudged guilty of felony, and being thereof corfvioled by due course oi law, slwall suffer death. . • • • Sec. 22. If any persbn shall, at any trine, falsely make, forge*or counterfeit, or cause?* or • procure *o be falsely made, forgadfer counterfeited, or willing ly aid or assist in falsely .making, forging or go Jin terfeiting any Bond or-Coupon. ot the ,( (Jfefedferate States : or shajl falsely alter, .or cause or procure to be fa!-ely altered, or willingly aid or assist in falsely aftering any* Rond or Coupon of tbe Confed erate Statfts; or shall pass, .utter or publish, at tempt tffpass, utter or pubHsli, as any forged or counterfeitt r d Bond, purporting to be a” Bonl or Coupon of the ConfefferateGtates, knowing the sam ■ to be falsely .forged or- counterfeited : or shall pass, utter or publish, ob attempt to pass utter or pdblist*, any falsely altered Bond or Coupon of the Confederate States, knowing the same tobefulse ly altered.- or shall consjirft, or attempt to conspive with aotltei?t pass, uttqr, or publish or attempt to* pass.utter, or publish as true, any false, forged ‘or counterfeited lhmd.or .Coupon, purporting *to be*.a •Bond of th*e States? r anv falsely-Al tered Bond or Gouporf of.the Coniedcflrate States# Vnowing the same to be falsely forged ‘or* fcounter feiti and ot falsely altered : every sycb peason sl\pilbe deemeand thereof conVietcd by dTte cotffse of law, shall be sentence? to kept at liavj labor for a tesm not less*than five yearff, nor more than ten yegirs, and be fined*ia a sum not exceeding five thdli-,, sand,dollars. I ’ Sec. 23. If any person shill malt* or cjigrave, or craise or procure to'be made or engraved, or ■shalk lave in his custody or possession any metalic plate | eng’raved afterJ l*e similitude of any jflate fiom which | any notes or bonds isssed a* aforestyd shall fcave bqcn pwnted, withintept to use such plate, or cause or suffer the same twbe need in forging or cou*itcr feiting any of the notes or bonds* issiupl as “afore said shall haye id his custody or possession any blpnk note or notes, bonds, engravgd or printed ut ter the similitude ot siny note or boueft issued* as ’afbrcsaid, with intent 40 use sbcli blaqks, or cause ♦ or suffer the same to be used in forging or counter * feiting any of thq’notes r bonds issued as aforesaid or .shall Inave in his custody possession any paper adaptekto tig making of notes or bonds, and Similar to the pipe?- upon which any‘such not*s or bonds Shall*have been issued, .with intent to use .such pa per or cattse or suffer the s?inip to be used in forging. Or counterfeiting any of t.he notes or bonds is * [ ( as aforesaid; everysgeh person, being*thereof law fully convicted by dus course of law, shall be sentenced t?> be imprisoned and kept q? held labor* a'term not less than five npr more than ten years and fintd in a sum nut exceeding five thousand dol , • * . tars. Sec.*24. If ruty State shall, on or before the Isi day of April ‘next, pa£ in the Treasury notes of the Confederate Stales or in specie, the taxes assessed” against the citizens of such State, less ten pec cen tum thereon, it shall be the duty of Uie V>f the Treasury to neftify the same tp*thc Tax rolleet'ors of such State, and thpreupoft?heir author ity under thisuicl ceases. Sec. 25. If person shall, at any time, after one year from the ratification of a treaty of peace between bhe Confederate States and the Lnited States, bomfiiit.any ofO’ue acts iescribed in<he ifst section of this Vet, such perso#t shall be Tleemefl and , adjudged guilty of fqlony. and *beitTg thereof con tictedf by due couyge *f law, shall be to be imprisontfil and kept at ipml labor, foj a period* of not less than five nor more thaiVten years and fie fined in a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars.* •I Belton I,IKE TO IIEAiS Hitl PJKAT. • * Ido n?u like to hear him pi jiy* * . * . • Who twenty-five per cent, . -For that 1 tfcink thebqfrowenmay * . • Be s to pij I foi and and rent; *•< • And is that book, *vhiv!t all should heed, Which s:i3's we after shall be blest, As sure a* 1 have oyft- to read, * . • It dbes not say, ‘"take interest.*’ . *•. - • I . Ido not like to l-.car bint pray, Übt bended knees, a boat an h< tin . * Fot grace to spend aright tT.e day, ° Who knows hj3 neighbor lfas no flour; 1 and rattier ,-ee him go to mill, • Anfl buy tbe luckless brother bread, And see bis children eaf their fill? And laugh*b. :* Sth tlieij’ !*uiyble shed. • * • .. Ido not like to hear him pray, • “Lot blessings qn the widow be!’’ • • Wife nev#r seeks liw home to say, • ‘•lf want overtake you coim; to me.” I bate tbe prayfor so loud and’long. . That’s uttereih for the “orphan’s weal,”- . By Li.Tn who sees him’erushed by wrog, • • And only with the lips doth feel. ° • . Ido not like to bear hint pray.* • . With faeqas long as any rail. * “ • fiVlw never meaQY life? debts to pay, *lseejiuse lie can't be putin jail; For caution afeks the written boqd, * . 4>ut friendship trusts the word alone; And he’s a where’er lie # found,. ’ • Who never comesrffie debt to own. o O • • • I do not likq,to hear her*pray. With jawejled eaVs and silken dress, . Washerwoman toils qll day, . And then is aslfted to “work for less.” * Sftch pious shavees J desjffse; m . Wit(} folded bands and air deAure, .. ’ lift to Heaven Their “TuigeT’ qt es,- * ITten steal tbe earnifigs of tbe poor. .. • .• • • I do ot lute such sbulless pvayers- If.wrong, I bofie tb beforgivep; No wing them upward bears— . Tliey’r* losft n-miflion miles feom Heaven. I do not like long prayer To bear, And, studied, from tluo lips depart; ■> Our Father lends a ready ear— Let words be few—be bears the heart. ° • * • . . Written for the Southern Enterprise. ■ IIATE. LEFT TIIE IIIEf.S. • - . bY s. h. w. * . • • . • . I’ve left tjic bills of Georgia, . * Wliea’o dear to fne ag life Was every scene of childhood? * . 1 * . When free from cares and strife. . * • lAe left tlie bills of Georgia— * • Each cliaru*of boyljobji days-- .-Whore meyry woodland songsters** • . Still chant the happy lays. .* • . I’ve left bills, proud Georgia, * Where many a lovely rill, . And many a cherished idol, o Now blend my heart tu.flll. I’ve left the hills of Georgia— o Each sunny spot and glen— * Where first a mother Jauglit me; o,‘l wag happy then. * o I vc left the bills of Georgia— llow dear to memory still * Is cviy-y nook amj streamlet* . Whereyiants Hie whipporwill. I’ve left the hills of Georgia— . - llow can I ever forget, • .Amid lite*s joys and sorrows, *. My.heart is on them yet, . • *. 9 . . I’ve leG bills of'Georgia, . . • A milder clime roam j •• But ne’er have found so fair a land ° thou, my native florae. o - * * • • • I’ve left the hills and nfpuntains— I love them for my birth; * I’ve left their tfliri*Ual fountain*— • Tlie purest *ll the earth. . ... , . . I’ve left the hills of Georgia— . . Far-front th* ocean’s.roar — . .Whepe fed by golden streamlets, • • My native rivers pour. • • - * ~ I love thy mounds, oh! Georgia,. Above all sport ami glee; Ye lift your dome's so lofty, . •• So boldtwid protftef and free. . . - 1 • * I lovejthy mountain scenct’y, ’ . And lovely dales between, . . . Where* nugny enchanting beauties . * This roving Jbody has seen. * - •’ . . q * IJove myfoative llomcr— “ ‘She sends her fame around.; * rroud, sacred spot,.l love.thee, •• And all thy iftountry routid. ••‘ . . Classic aliades, oh! fajc thcejwell, .•* . Thw dearest gn the earth; I Qwtf to thee the power to tell, Now from a distant land thy woyth. I 9 • * O • .1 lbve them, too, for these *.. ..'iiowftin the cherisheand .Whose spityls now'*sw9et vigils keep,* . To ‘guard our s*>ul* around. ‘ • ,*f . • • # • * 9 1 - * i love thee, oh! I love thee, . O o • ; • • „ • Proud hills on*.every hand; Oh! tins is wby'you’re (loar to’me*, . • • Tli&*i art my native land. .• . O -• ♦ ► • Written for 9/he Southern Enterprise. THE BROKEN “PROMISE; •• 0 A SKETCH FKOIJ KEAI/IJI ft. • • * • BY KARL • © • • It is an evening® in the month of January, <nnd tfic beautiful, but now bleak ibrests west of* Homer are fast, being wrapped ift the g*ldo*m of night, U'e winds *sigh sadly fhrougfi the tops of“< the lofty pines,*aad she winter songster* are singing their good night song* to man. ( And standing with folded arms against ope of the sturdy oaks of the forest, with eyes peer ing thre ugh the.detise foliage,*we see a young man of noble appearance, -fie stands <sr rath er leans against the trecg insensiMe. t.o the ap •proaah of .night, while his beautiful auburn* hair is flowing and wa\*ing in’ the wind. .He was a man’who might, perhaps, Jilve numberod over five and twenty years ; but -at a . hasty | ‘glance he would haw seemed much younger, lle’was • not* above the ..ordinary ‘stature; his I frame wtis thin and rather slender, bus graceful an*d fair proportioned.* Nature had originally east his form in an athletic mould; but sodep ta*ry habit* and the wear of mind deemed some what to have impaired her gifts. ’ Ills cheek was pale and delicate ; yet it “was rather the dehdacy of tlfougljt tlran weals hearth. If is. | hari which fvas and of a. rich and dark, auburn, was worn back.from Jiis.facc and tem- * pies, and left am* tinpretending fotehead* and on the* brow there wa- pot a single twinkle, it was • | as smooth as it might hajre huen some ten y ears ago. There Was a singular calmness and, so to i speak, profundity'of thought eloquent upon.its 9 clbar expanse, witi-.-lt stijrgestea tho idea of .one , rwhojwd parsed his life iQ contemplation, and emotion. It. was a face, that a plrysiognotllist would'have loved to h;ok utmn, so uiueti tHtl it speak both ol’ tiie retiueuient ;ytd djgnitV of in tellect. .. * ... . fcucl* was-the-person —if pictures convey a faithful resemblance or tho*voice of jfame jnayl be‘trusted in. her rdport—of a man, who cer tviiuly claitTis sonie eminence in his daj’ l’or va rious ‘and profound learning, and and gpnius whol ly self-taught, yet never contented to repos*: upon the stores it bad laboriously .accumulated. fe mnv’standj wtotionless, a deep cxpro-sio*u is settled o*t.his- brow, his gfey eve ila.-l .. -. abd*-his lips a.re Compressed. Stronger add stronger blows the wind, and the‘boughs of.the lofty.fore%t-giant laslt and crash oveabis 1 head, yet he moves not; he is WeitVible to the approaching storm. -JSvery heart knows it’sftown Irouhles, so no man can jutlye of the happiness of another, yet, Ue might have been* heard at broken intervals, mjittyVijig to’ hitnsell. Ifis* mind “hits ’(timed him back, far® baok. to a love ly spot on the borders’of Florida, where he had” spent many’hapny hours‘some years a’go, and hg can see nothing but a lovely ebjefit, wlfo in by-gone dayq captivated and Won his noble and poetic heart. Ah yes; he can again see that, beautiful face ami matchless form, and his fe -1 verfid brain .construes the howling storm into her silver laugji’nnd gentle a’ngol voice. A.gain* lie imagine? lie is with her in the romantic'and unassuming, yet lo\*ely hall of “her far off’ home. Again lie hears tljat sweet voice* in hi.- ear, say ing “Roland 1 -till loVe you, I have at last con cluded °te be yours, 1 will do everything injny powee to make 3-011 happy—l am .thine.”— Again lie speaks deaVest, ah i dearest ! you have indeed rendered n*c happier, than I de serve. Frongbis cctntemplations of so happy a natmre, be was now aroused by the contending the-stern fjttpressicn upo? his brow relaxes,and tfgaiftt the calm expression Which was natural to. him is agftin visible upoi* his countenance. • The winds ltowl loudvr and kuder, the limbs fall*thit‘k and iaSt around his unshcltcyed head but lie heeds it fiot.; nor dogs he War the wild shriek of the ill-omened night hawk, as it darts , along before the -storm. *'Tis false! ’tis false ! he ejaculates, it is nothing hut‘a drcam 4 a de lusion to.lure’my soul-tway, and” make it snore wretohed than it now is.* Away, demon-away,. and* leave me to my n iserable and lonely lot, and*do not.mitigatg my pain by carrying me hack to* former and happier days. Oh ! I-! I—; thotr wast*a noble, generous girl, I do not-blamc you for your nearest and dearest* relatives wore up in council “against me, and you knew not what you did! You never knew nor rightly appreciated the heart you have for ever made miserable and desolate.’ gener •ous girl, I cannot believe you acted* witlj an\’- thing hut true motives; and he drew. from his pocket album a slip of note and read aloud: . * “My dear friend, I received your welcome letter by lgst mail, I was glad to heap from you notwithstanding 1 have flt very had for'sffver al days past,*my spirit# have beefl depressed; ht your letter iifot with a warm reception. — lloland you desire so much ° that I should act frank with you. ITvitow you possess a true , heart ayd am confident you would not deceive any person.* \Vuh this assurance I ca I*l not hes itate, when I feci it my duty. It is my nature honest and .candid, and I believe yvu have ever sp acted with fne, though as I told you 1 thought yoqr affectiop was flighty and would*soot? wear away, and that you would soon 1 forget.that there was such a-creature as I am, hut sou persitfed in what you had told Tne un til I found I had placed confidence in jou, you have c\cr acted the perfect gentleman. I be* 1 lieve that yu are every thing that is nuble; my confidence is unshaken, hut I‘ftland, much as it pains me to cause your true 4ml noble heart one .single pang, if I could avoid it I would not for worlds, deceive you. I nffvcr. before thought ’seriously upon the subject,**l considered It .well aitd will come out frankly 4*ll and tell you* my true genuine failings. * • “Roland, with tfic opposition I have to c*jn te’mf with, I fear I Pan never make you happy, •this is what, once led. me to say J. wished to please all, I believe I could -plAtse all except myself. ‘Also geytly .to disclwse to- you with contending emotions tljat sonicthing might ]>os .sibly transpire to change our .views,* and Jthot we. should Tint be too certain in regard to what had been arranged in -the past. 1 regret that it has goii£ so far, but d*o not', oh, Uo not num ber me among the heartless deceivers*. If was nOt my Intention —no, never—so deceive you whew I had concluded at last to bd yours*, ]’ thought I # would *be firm, but Roland do .not blame me. Oli! say that you do not, and that’j you will be ny friend. \\ hen we take jnt’o CDrfsideration that our life* will be* a bright sjiui meifdayora lilo of wretchodness, twill al-. ways regret that 111 id not o act with more firm ness, lout 1* hope you jvifl think .it all for thef best, a'nd now jn conclusion 1 ask you to for give, 1 fcopc that we shall meet in Heaven.aftd shat very soon. * . , * . . • • Your unchanging friend, • .. * i— * * Roland uttered otk! deep long grdhn and fell senseless to the ground, # The storm raged ’ heavily over lys head, but a. ficrccr'stoi’m raged . within his heai't. . •*•'.** * •* * * * . . * • • * • . . t® ,*Oh, when will the children.*of men lcarii how mrucl, hjw better it is tp .‘disappoint the hopes of another. How many noble natures Jiow many glorious—how tnpny.expandilig intellects have been crushed or blasted into guilt by tin* force of (Tisappointfhent. It may bu yoted here that at one time or another in their lives*, • those whtf have-felt love for the first tinm*iu ; nwiture but still* youthful yeaps, have been, of, .a'J the tribes of men, the most kednly suscep tible to the bitter*ness*of disappointed hopes.— When this filter birt most glowing love is oiu’e a*dmitte*l tcftljcir hearts, there’iS* .no ‘counter elienk tt> its.cmotiotis, . and no escape frofn its : excitation. . t\ hafeetfer might fiave keen tlnTde lusions.under which Kulami hiboredyone merit* ‘he at least possessed. Never was woman .more huj-ningly aud deeply loved than he, who, .for* ..the first .time, a\\oke*thp lo*ng-slumber*ng pas sio.ns in the heart of ltoland # Brown. . Every, day the prdor of his affections seemed to in crease. With whit anxiety he watched # <wh 1 \ TEKJIS.TWO DO I. EARS, V o - Lreturning rii’ail, that per<dityi>* sonic gale*from the South might watt Uim some word’ of.con-” gelation. For a time he ffnjejea the pleasured ’afforded hy a clandestine correspondence, but., new this was flensed *.-hia. o*ly in qnh. in . stance*, aftd that as we have** seen, after much . struggle^he’hadLgiven w.sy to the emotions that agitate his kmd, atid had* surrendered himself, to the dominion of another Now waking from his wiil ve\er.v yitha*slart and abstwited* sir, ahd.arms folded across his breast, he gaitd Os the.broad expayso pf the Ijpavens around him. . Noble youth! he utters no word of complavni;, it ’ was now nigltt, and he looked forth upon the deep and .- oleiwn stillness of tiie. hour, aivd.now. •indulge**! the reflections that.it suggested... “Ye rolling orbs” said** ho, worfds upOh. worlds, bright deliers pf rest • and change, roll ing ever above our. petty sea of mortality, as, wave aftc* wy\V', we fret forth our little lite and gink, into the daik ahys's; can we took upon J ou or'notC* the exact order of your revolutions m their unvarying course,*and not f£cl that we are indebted to the arch-ordaincr for the stfiall part \yc are.to* apt* in yip’ resistlVSs destijiy. . • •’ Shall we imagine lie jvitl hold-back the tides 1 l°us"gejat forth frofb thrir unseen .soiirce at our miserable bidding? ShaU the tiirk forsalf© *thc chain an*l ycC the chain- be unbroken ■ ‘A wav then w*th.our vague fepinin'gs and'blind desires. All. must* walk .onward to the destiny,, be he the wisest who looks not one step.'behind. But may be our .prayers,‘for aught we know, can sfvert a doojn woven- with the skein of . events; such wyve the straffgo. -thoughts that broke,unbidd eu over"llolami s mind, lle.flieil tuTiled away from tlierpot where it w oil Id seem he had been spellbound, and* walked leisurely to hi father’s mansion, and seeking lbs room he. there kneeling poured iosth a prayer “that it might b’e all for.uic best, and that if possible he might be released from the “gloom that now rCstcd*upon-"hiiVL 1 lie prayer seemed to lift tbc oppression from bis breast; lie felt cheer ful and* relieved. And oil, let youth cherish that happiest of earthly boons, wiiite it is yet at their command lot there bonieth the day to all, ‘‘when neither the voica of tli.e lute or of .Cp ds” shall briitg hack the swcet-sluuibers that fell on their young eyes as unbidden as the dews. It is a dark epoch in a man’s life “when s]eeo forsakes hrlit ; when he tosses to and iro, and’thought will not bessilenccd. • Ilesirc, and grief, .and love, <hesq are ihe youug man’sTwrmcnts, but time removes them as it rglls on —and tbc vigils w<?keap, it weary T •aro-brief am! few, then let old time roll on. “So,” said lc, “I cannot ‘sleep, well I*must', cure myself of this btibit, but who is answerer ble fur his nature j.who can sag, 1 controlled all the circumstances whigji made .me what I am. Did I bring <ro myself this temptation ? did’l hot f<sr.a time fence it from me, thinking I could ovcrconle it as-1 had done tln'ough all my s’Out'u, and now-for the first tiir.c this emo tion—l camiot control —and for whom.? One I have lived with /known; beneath vVhosc eyes I have parsed through’‘all t-he fine gradatiens from liking to love, from* love to passion-? No one whom I have seen but little, who, it is true arrestcd.roy eye at the first glance it caught of her t}ow four years ago, but with-whom 1 have seldom spoken. * Her voice rings in my. dar; her look dwells on my heart; \vhen I sleep she is with nnej when I wake I am liahrnted bv her image.” . • * This great desiie of love'l btjjir,* • There Vs'no tongue can tell tlie wo, . 1 love tier still sli£ mar not .dare,. . To <rwn me tho’ before I go. —Roland. . • # # 0 Ever bad ’lie been faithful.to bis promisp, and th'c conscious lieart of Jloland now tbit"the c’on solahion the thought afforded hinit Once more he drew froVn his album, the little note, and • while his voice trembled .wjth emotion, and overflowed with* affection, he read-the letter which wo have before repeated. After be.was done,*be clasped it to bis Breast and” exclaimed Oil, I , the angelof my early Year's, for this •Wife token of your friendship and esteem 1 bleSs oh, yes, I will bless you in death, thgn the •poor hermit flinging himself on lii bed soon I fell asleep.\ * • * • Eor months afterward lie seemed’ like onfc in a trance whom no one could console, thus dis ‘consolatc he wctit wandering atnqfig the Ijetui , tjesaud romaptic forests of. his country seeking ’the spirit of his beloved. lie could .be for* hours together wandeting ailoijp in his fa vorite haunts, soipetinles ha’ \foi*ld k e Tn °f' on * dess for a time,* then vanish away to another •spot iioweycr distant and there linger until the ‘twilight hour, brooding oyer thoughts tlial ev eibrouglit sorrow, yet * sweetness, also to that bosom, he feels litce the.‘‘golden bowl was bro*. ken —tin? spirit flown forever,” apd he chose tb retire from the cold world, but still there is no repose in worshiping the spirit of the o beauti ful. ‘ The Unfortunate and iTbljappy Roland'is yet living, and’is at'this time somewhere on the coast of our beloved State* a subordinate officer in'the afmy in # defense of our country, pnd the lowed ono whose yiijmo lii will cherish even ¥n to death. • But if lie falls recollect him, recol lect the caitsa in he’has envbarked- . m “Eresh’.grow the sod over his tomb, •• Amtstill be hi*- greenwood repose,• . AVouud may swest flowers bloom,. . ’ ° „ And light be the s?ep of .bis foes.” ** Let daughters w.ho read this romance, bc.ad .llloll islrt'd. of the ganger of thtbwing off an afl •tachment a*s hastily as ..did the wio recorded above, whore tlu’ie lias’bcen allowed f* fomN ing* mi estimate of character, think*jvt;lf—pause 10114 —y’dting lady, \>eforc giv'rhg’a negative an swer to a*person such aij we have named. “All, bt?careful heed ienolr, • l'he’w-arning’s gently spoken, „ you e’er 4ia*e made avow, 0 * .* Then let it ne#c be bfoken.” JiAv. ‘ • • e * * •this is a’bad picture..but it is not iorc sad = , than true, l£or tfolatfd- has Kved, andjias suf fered a rbousUtid deaths in even our own loved ‘and cherished Georgia. Nvylear*readers, let the* life of Jioland BroWn be a waiting toT you to tiever deceive nor trifl<?*with a trye # no* ble heart. • * The man behind ther.age was*overthrow'll by the advancing civilization of the rising genera* tiem. . e * , ,N(J htf ’ wa*sn’t. o lie ‘bought two bottles 0^ “ketcb ; up” and.got ahead.* Knowledge of tli*; world is deadly bgutjht at the price of moral piyity- * , * -is.