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( * *-■* t't’ **y ~pr~ . t . • .. b , ‘. . jj °-° e ° * * * ■ . # o \ ;fJd IT-. . * THE WAR TAX.. • ,V. *, • ■ . • ‘.. • • : rreasurj be and > ‘•••*• -• . . • • - >e;;r ■ * • * • • * * • . :i i•. ml to * . * • . . •.• . . ****.* • * . . .- * •. * • • • ‘ * ifton, and shrill also l>o * rt*<**-i v-* k< l in pay • ff the net pr . 4 „ ° • e.^ *** , * * < .•* • • * • • .: assenf.of the “.* * . • • * • • , * * to b* •** a • * . * , .’ * ■ i.iiilii tu es :ii s 1 ted to be isafied by the* Act appraved ■ .• •* 1 # a revo c iti >n of the aut iiority t o isstic the sii I thirty Vnll • 3 i bonds shall t. r be issued in less • - . i 1 Ii a* . a ;; il • • * • Jtioi ’ 8 o 0 • dollars. They may *be n .*■ and at res, or for the * . is provided by ylie Act afore-J • ms ol the same hate o’ • . payable at# particular date,* • jj ° i ‘ e time of -ales until such date after - he shaß see tit to inlj c;te. • * o tv, e o t 4 v regulations as may be made by the Secretary of the P *> • * of. the said Freaeury Notes, then tins privilege of f ti. lit:: •*- to • n •■- - hall cca- , th re sit ill be i failure to jay the sitae in specie on pre# seiilation. o o c , 4. Jhat, for the special se*of payiflg „ est of the public debt. i f ~ o o * . t * 0 „ “leoliuri. •fired dollars in value, of the following property in j4ie Oonte lerate Si st <, nan ly :l! ;! IN: tie ■; nU • Banff p* ck, M tney at interast. or . 9} individuals ;n the purchase * teftes.aud other securities for motley, except tint 1 bonds of the Confed*‘i te #. A terica, and ri- !i i *ii ind. er iit .!•>;> iu.,li.anx or eNewltere: . , , 1 . o . .♦ . . ’ ; w iTt’ Igo ; II; • o a J r t - .:. i. 11 ’: l. . : ■>: • - .a;.: • 1 ■ r i%■ • gious rorpor.itions or associations. where created, 1 shall ‘ ‘exempt from taxation* under this act; and l a. th >t -:';1 pi ■ll 1’ ami allei roper ty wo.-d t-v .• I pi:!.: *ii : ; f>tj he oxco.nt tV” l# I .1 * • * • * • ° •> . t r • • # • • >#r • 4* c * * - .. 1 t * , •• • ■. XV ‘ • .* * : \ * , .>! I * 1*•. :t 4 * • . 4.. * • J , y, and re-, .. t). He shall givd bond.vfith sequrii; ‘ t. ui- ha ze the duties of his office in founts as 5) y *he Secrets 4 4 tajl take eath fail Iffu 1] : ’ • - •, and to support and .1 * :t ■ ‘• i ‘ s':: c “. Th,■ •sa , 1 t’oih’ct or •to S , :'-y of til • * ■■ . * * *4O • , 0 . a . * • in his dis 4 4 • 4 • ti; n owning ir in .* * • •• •*• Assessors, who sh.iil ♦ ~ • t resj ectiv e dis * 4 4 •• 4 • • • * j . “ ° #h.*i ia 4 eras may be required bythe t'higf Collector, and a# far as practicable* cqpform a\)le to ihose which niay be requyred for the s , •.. • o ,'ii ; ; : r~ !to enter i:fl.. * I remfses for the pur- ; * • “ 0 4 ° . , i ‘ *, firecl, find shall con . * . ° srty • o . • * * .11 he* lie uuty of the officer# “i ‘•■itig distinctly read . • seat 1 to, 11 e receive 1 as the list ol’ such ‘ person r • •• •• • • That, ny persop shall deliver or dis< cl se to any Collector or Assessor appointed in pur- S- Act and requiring a as at .any false or frauduhoit list, with intent ffo defeat or eVele the valuation <*r enuuierati<t hew ,• . 0 ’ 4 q%o (Sen ling, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, to be .recover** Cqu e rapetent jurisdiction- * • Sec. 8. Any person who shall fail to deliver fo* t&et3 • jetor and Assessor a list of his taxable pro perry. •* ‘ i*y :a. sh ill 1 * lyible ! to a doqble tax upon all his i *. pr pertv; th.e * lector or o_\-- and to be collected yi the 8 r yid he . saffie processjas is herein provided as4o thC single tax. 4 * * . . • 0 e Sec. 9. The lists shall be ffiade in feferenoe to. o o *’ •ao value and situation Qi the property, on the Ist . I October next, and be made out, comple jT and fee deliveeed into the hands of eGchyjf *he # Fax Collectors on the Ist day of December *nexf; anu upon the receipt thereof caeh ii'.yx Collector v * • nty- in# days nefft qjianing the said first* yccembe#, hear and deterpine all appe fom the • ssments, as well applications fol* o the re * lotfbls tax, whei bnve ‘etf incurred to a tax. which determination shall *e final o o • See. ty. The several Tax Collectors slia’J.oiy or *; 0 * y eg. f ni-h to 14 9 : the S;.' Be* 8 e* in* widen his l;s- * * .... of tax to* be paid bjr sinyh “e•’ * # 0 . * * • in {Oop ej form, an 1 forward4.be collated list to the Seerey:.- • • - * o Sec. 11. Th#sa i sej ral n -h *. *.. 1* first day at May next,*proceed to collect from eve* p. a e 0 it# -•- # • a . 4 o- - P . f#r twrentj; days in m?e newspaper, if anr be published in his*Dii*tjict, and by notification in at lea t four I • J-lie places ■ i#otvti ship, ward or • if 11 v t \ °.v. it m V: yi • * • *’ Proprietor*. . • • precinct in inf District, .oi th# time aneb place at which he will receive the sail tax; and, on llilqre 1 ] ly the sane, it shall be th* duty of the Collec nty and ijw at'y-r* lie first yiay of May. • a • • . dto collect the sai l tyxesjfiy ands * . * persorig * is, sh :.i be left with the . 4 • * 4 4 • eof the sum *le . md place of sale; and the ...n ■ ■ ‘ publicly advertised*or nosied uji at two pahlte ] . •* * 4* * .;, op. ii, ■-o • listraineek, brat the court house of the same county, • Lis ten t, which notice shallsneci*y Iho articles distrain lace proposed for .the sale • • • • :• t . • o • such notification, and the pftaee'pjro * l< not m ire than five miles distant from the place of making such distress; provided, I * 4 of distr the payment of the s aforesaid, the goods, chattel ft lis-J * . • 1. shall an i may be restored to tise* owner or !*possessor # if, prior to the sale thereof, payment or tender thereof, whall be made to the •propiw ; office charged with* the collection of the full • # . c led. t 5 nier with stfpb fee for . “ f for reasjiiable expense of removing and keeping the •* “o . allowed in like*cases#by the Taws 01*practice of the i State wlicri in tlie distr. ‘j shtrtl have been*nubile; | MtLfn caye of non-payment or tender as aforesaid, j * 1 fffficers shall praceed toSeS the ids, chattels or e!T ets, at public auction, and shall and 8 may retain from the proceeds of sale,, the amt* fori * lerate , ® 0 4 • * . • i sal s, anth a ecntoTission of five pee thffi • if for l#s own use, Vendering the ny there be, to person whose goods, 01 effects, shall*havebeea distrained: Pro . it sh * no! be lawful to make distress of e o o ® “ the tools or ibaplements of a trade or profession, r # *> „’ ir y I fortl e cultivation of improved hmds, arms or such . .ti tore or ttpparel a%raay be necessary for a lainiiy* • * * Sec. 12. T*.:fi ii* t*i e t px ass ess i I •* 0 . 1 fin] till on the first day 06 June next, t lect ir of wherein the . ■ #• First Monday in July *4 8 9 or a sufficiency . lie outcry, to the highest bidder, to * • . twenty per centum on the affnount of * ■ its of sale —said sale to be at the a *’ the < •• or Parish wherein *si I; and if there shall be ti m one roiintjo or i’.:: i-h iii a*District the 0 ■ ‘.h-rtoi- is ao: h 8 1 i/,. and to *appoint doputit'< ik sucl#sales#in his name as h# cannot attetid Jor lands so 4 i by said deputies ~ ••>l - 1 by said collector, and such sales so made ’: ■ v .9. i. wh.-.her the w .0 o ssi lin il:.’ name#of tlw true ovflier or not, — * But in all cases whese the property shall mot be di . by 1 - lie of phrt th • whole a 11 Mint of the ttwc, .with charges and conunissions, th# whole ol *-.. -. pr p"iy- 11 ? lio -■ Id, upl tin* surplus of the r Shtisiying the*tax, costs, *1 be paid to the own-* al representatives, 4>r if c 9 j, reTuse to recewe Ihe • 5 should be deposited in t*e f. -i-11 .of too ( # *l. r-t • S'-lies, to be there hold •J . 8 8 111.;;! #! • - • .1 ni t';. i • .iion therefor to . f such ap ■ ■* in. -inil. bv wa#-r.'int on the Treasury.* cause 1 i*ti * pa; *to the applicant. *\nd if : g,s atoi said, oannst be sold : ir tite amoupit of the tax*du<^thereon, with the said • • * i * i collector * ; 4 in ‘ • t 1 * oiifoder - fbr #he amount aforesaid; Provided, i'i.at tiie owner or superintendent ol # the property af..res-aid.*before the same shall have been actually hall • al’qiwtd to pa> the***.. Mint of th? tax ;v oi, \* han arklitidti ol* ton \ r centum on the samc* on the of which the sale of the said • Pfovided, also, That > i•. th ir oxeeutors ijr adniiiiisiratoff-. or an v per.-hi in their behalf, shall have ••liberty to redeem any 1m l# oud other realqiroperty sold as aforesaid within two years from tne tim*o 8f sale, upon pay ment to phe collector for the. u*e of the purchasqp, his heirs or as-ignees, of the amount paid by suc-h i ~-er, w,*!’ in n -t ; r the -ame #’ the ratw of twenty per centum per annum ; and no deed shall be j.'iven in pursuance of such sale until the tirnft ol j in uij lion shall have expired* Provided, further! . *of any land oi otlyr veal pro * and I fbr taxes under Uie provisions of this act . 4 4 i • *’ ? 0- . • ( • * been mad#, • *m said-property, at anjv time within two yearsj . * !.* A*i 1 . r accoftnl*of the chaages incurred in offering and advertising for sale such * | ropi rty, and shall pay into the Treasury the sur plus. it any there be. of the aforesaid addition of tw .. . pet centunj, qr tei^ pet Centum, as the case ] may be, a Ter defraying chaages. And in every ;*. f the sale of real estate, which shall be marfe undur the.aiUhoritj of this act for the asaeasfhet , aie ■■.. > ■ i ei ei’ direct# axes by the collectors iW j * ■ sportively# or thmr>l%wful deputies wes lecti by gnysother *person or#persons, the Is for the estaftj so odd shall be prepared, made. ** i ipproved *;■ acknowledged, at the * fi • • • *>y the collec* * within,wl - Uection oisti > such real estate shall be situated, or in case hi , Bsors, # on payment .f ihe purchase money, oti producing a re ceipt therefor if “already paid, iff sudh form of law as shaft be authorized and required by the law • of the Confederate Sr *s. or by the law of the State 1 inwh : .i a -.a,* leal e.-iate lies, for making, executing •* g deeds of bargain and T sale, or other oonyei m s, for Ibe transfer and I veyam-e of TgaV estate : and/or every >ff‘ed ao pae-4 pared, made, executed, proved and acknowledged, * the | qrcb iser or grantee shall fay tiothe * the sum of five doH . use of the collector * marshal, or other pefson effectiut the of the real estate Thereby conveyed. The commissions ‘ hereiafter allowed to each collector shall be in full satisfaction of *tl services remjpred by tlpQ. J'iic assessors .under them sUhll be entitled to three dol ; hr.-j r every day employed in making li?t* and a<- sassmeats under this act, the number of days being , certified by tlie collector, and approved by the*chief collect of of the Stjlte; sad also five dollars frir eve ry hundred taxable persons contained in the lists \a eosoploted bj lftm,*and delivered to the Collector.— Provided, To;af when the owner of any real estate 4s unknown, or is a ts ‘uyre 1 * tht State, or tax* > district, wherein the same is situated, and has no •agent acsiding in said district, the annAr shaftl hi* >’f mAe out afiist of such real estsue for as sessment. 0 ° Sec. I:'.° Separate account? slml! o 0 ‘at th# Tffeasnry, if all aaoaeys from each of the respective States, and the Chief Collector shall pro cure from catch Tax Collector such details as to tffie 0 : ix. i•. the cyme in such manner ons the Secretary of tfie*Ti#asury shall direct, and so as ? provide#fuU*information as to each subject of # o * • * Sec. 14. Each Collector shalfbS charged with an interest of five pyr centum permontfi for all moneys ua#d ia ’ t ’ n, ° n * which he is requin * c ( ay over the fune by law. or ! *- th’ ftions establishedJ>y the Secretary ol tu# Treasury. 0 s-... 15. fach collector, toef&re entering upon the * dies of bis office, shall give •bond in stftdi Sum as J Sfcribld by the Secretary of the tntiß* THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, WED.NESOAY, OCTOBER •>:>; 186L‘ • a O 0 •• • ry, with* sufficient*sureties, and shall take aq faithfully to execute the duties of his office, a*nd that he willyrapport and defenjl tiie Constitutiqß of the Confederate States. * , Sec.* 16. Upon receiving tiie tax due by each per- ‘ eon, the Collector shall sign two receipts in dupli .*: - delivered to ‘he* person payir.: ■he same, .and the otji* • • 0 • • * • . • ~ : the’Jreasury, sh ill be als . • ’ said ( bief JColleetor*pnd by hjm be disposed • * . * * etaryof the Treasury; and the sai i Cbi< f Collector shalj report the same immediately to the Secretary 6f the Tiysas-• ury. and shall furnisWhim with# list speefiyingthe names and amounts ofeoch on the receipts which 4 t.-rv * ffd cd to liim ■ !. I/Jr | the District ( * * Sec. 17. The taxeg assessed on 0 son “hell *be a statutory lien for yr*e *a nr upon all the proper* ty of that person, in preference to any other lien; , 1* a.#o take dale from the first day of Octo ber, tgwhich the valuation bas“"relation, and thy 1 ! * ° o *\° * ,11 be boun !,!y statutory lien Tor five ye vs,‘for all money .received by him for fhxes : the date of such lien t§ S from the time es his receiving* the n *Soo. I-. *flte c mpens.-uioti • f Tax‘Collectors 4 # percent on all sums beyond that .until the coafpensqtion shall reach SBOO ; beyond which no fiwt shall be j * . >■*•• 19. The Secretary of tiie Treasury is autho l to i stablish to ’ carry this act into effect; which regulatiwneshall be bindiifg on all offiei rs; the s#id Seen t.ery may also frame instructions as t,o all details which shall be obligatory upon all p Mes Embraced withia the*pi#- visions of this art. *He tiay alsoliorrect all errors (p assessments, valuations and tax lists, or in the * 8 * * h evi deni e as said Secretary* may approve. See. ‘Jo. Corj # 115■“ns ifre intended to b<#eibrac *edbinder the “persons,” iiffed in this act : anil whenever the capital stock es any corporation*iJ re tained by the e o* u -rlon i: elf atqj the tax paid,,, the stock in the hands of individuals shall be exempt i faom tax, andplso-all the rial* 1 and by the corporation#ind*iy?ed for carrying on its business, an 1 the capital stock ot all eotporations shall be re- , tuni and and the tax paid by the corporations thetTi selv#s, and n ; h\ the in iivi . > hi; ! ! rs. ‘ftie* term merchandize is designed to embrace all gWids wares and inercii ndize fit 1 1 for sale, except the ag rieulvural product Tif.tlic country. Mon v, is in tended to include the principal suai Os all myiey m\ pyrsoiP other, than a bank, upon * which interest is,paid or to bo paid by the debtor, aS thy same stands on the fifst day'of Octobeft The term cattle, horse*and mules, is intend ia tojnclude #U such anipials'as are raised fo# Bale and uot such is :ir#raised m rely for food and wbrk on th^ plan tation tr fa i ere thi yai e held*. The I si m teaj estate, is inten h 1 to include all ltn Is and . 1 *iierei;i. and all intorest growing thereout, including ferries, brid >s, mines, and the like, and* in alf ca ses thekctual marketable value of property* is ty be Assessed. f c • See. 21. If e.v ])*;■ on shall at any 4:me during the existence of she present war between the Con federate States and the ly or withtn one yf.-fr after the riitili- ation of a treaty of peace be tween tin.;* f ils ly in-ike, forge, or counterfeit, or cause, or pr ill” lo he fa!-, iy m ide. foi y*t or equn t< : feited, or wiiin :I,\ aid iii falsely t#aßing ’ y ng any note in imitation of, or pt to be a Treasury note of the,ConfeTle- , Pate States: oi 11 f# . .. > .•* or .pro* to be falsely alter 1* or willingly aid or assist ,in #ilsely liltering any Treasury* N ; ■ of th ('onletl- Spates; or shall, utter or publish* qr*attempt to pass utter, or publish, as true, any false, forged Sv counterfeited m o purporting to be a Treasury note the Confederate States, knotting the same til* lalseTy forgcl o ,ou!iieri\ itid : t.r sliait ] ass. o*att*m]i to ]iass. iitt": or publish, gs true.* any” fal.kdy altered Teem P .N ie ol the Coiifedeftite Sta:es. knowing ft.’- sn *e to !#• Falsely tillered ; or shall cgnspireor att nipt .< •in Snothewto i ass *utter or ]*ibli- li, yr aitempt to |uj , utter or publish, as true, any falsely forgtd or counterfeited, or any falsely altered Treasure Note of the Confed era ■Si• s. knowing the sr *p to b ■ falsely *lbrgcd or couuiltifeitei* or falsely altered*; every such per son shall be deetqed and adjudged guilty of felony, and being theiTol coSvicted by due cotWse of la\#. aliall suffer detith. . Bec. 22. If any prs*tj shall, rft Iny time, falsely inaTve, forge or cguuterfeit, or cause, or procure to be falsely ma le, forged er counterfeited, or willing-* ly aid or assist in falsely making, forging or coun terfeiting any U- # 1 or <'<••* <n of tin t oiifedcrate States; or shall false!# alter, or cause or procure to*be false!v altered, or willingly aid •or assist in falsely tdtering any Bond or Coupon of the < on It 4- erate Stalls; oir sj^all pass, utter or publish, or at temps to pass, utter.or pnuli *. as true, any false forged or conn# routed .I'. uni, purporting to 1* a •‘.•uni ‘ i*C"Up i oT derate States, knowing . le to_be falsSly forged of counterfeited ; or ” 0 0 shall pass, utter or publish, or attempt to pass utter or publish, a#y falsely altered Bond or* Coupon # of i#ie Confederate fc'tates, knowing the same to be false ly altered ; or shall conspire, or attempt to oanspire ’ with another'Jo l*i-* utter, dr publisli or attempt to* pa-s utter, or pjiblish as true, any la.-w forgeyl or eounterl'eiied Bond or Chacon, purporting to be a Bond of the ContVderdte Stqti or anv falsely al r I Bond or Coupon of* the I rate States, * • 4 • lely foiled oi* counter feited or falSely alt :red ; everysuch peason shall be deei • d,an-l 2;uilty* # of fel ny, and being thereof convicted by due urse oi law, shall be sentenced to kept at hard^borfor a term not # less th-m gve yea s, pnranore than ten id be fined in #. sip.# not exceeding five thou sand dollars., * * • * 0 * See. 23. If any pVvon shall make or engrave, or feause or procore lo.be*made or engravi 1. or shall •have in his custody.orpossession any metalic jdate engraved aHerthe similitude of any plate froln which *any aoteqor bondq issued aforesaid slylll have hern printed, with iptent t h plate, or cause 1 or suffewthe s*yme to bp used in forging or counter feiting any rff trio notes or bonds issued as afore, said ;or shall have#n his custody or possession any* blank note or notes, bonds, engraved or printed af ter the similitude of any note or bonds *ssmed as ‘"-aid. with*inl ch ‘■ qj* can-# or sutfer the same to be used in forging or counter feiting any bf the notes or tlonds issued as aforesaid or shall have fn his custody possession*any paper adaptedlto the making of not%s or bonds, and similar , to the paper upon which any such notes or bond# shall have been issued, with intent <•■ use such fa-* per or Ca&se or suffer the same to be used in foeging or counterfeiting any 9f the notes or bonds issued anorestyd; everT such person, being thereof law fully convicted by duf course of law, stall he setffeneed to V>e imprisoned and kept at hard ■ for a term not less than five nor more than\en years #nd fined in a sum not exceeding Ijve thouqpnd dol-* lars. 0 * • # Se -.21. Ii |sj Stpte fjiall. on nr be for# the Ist day of April next, pay i “f the Confederate States or in Specie, the #ixes assessed against the citifans of such State, less ten per cen- • turn thereon, it shall be the duty Secretary of the ’fifeasury to not iff the same the several Tax * ‘ rs of suck state, and thereupon their#iuthor ity under tins a. ceases. • o Sec. 20. If any person shall, at any time, after one year from the •„ t treaty between tie Confederate*States an# the * liny of the acts described in the 21 section of Act, such person shall be deemgd and •adjudged guilty of felony, an 1 _ ° . ere victed, by*duo course of law, si,all tie sentenced to* * * isoued at I#’.’ ° of nol less than five nor more than ten years and be , fined in a sum not exceeding fine thousant# dollars. .'t ;ir S;I, i.rni Enterprise. I B IIAPPUINT PERIOD. # * * BY S. H. W* .• • • _______ ! . I. love (o.think of the dayssf old —*. • ‘'’ . •. I > ‘-- f ’.iv : ! •. An ■ fsu*de myself lam hot gVown, . For my Fucks qre nt>t yeCgray, . . .* • * # • I'*r stirs the blood in fay lavish heart, Vtl'l it Ii! ■ ! ,_S : ,1~ I't.r. 1* 1, • * H> catch ilio b* :11 i ’ i- mt voice, * Andi • fee u* its gla J’ning sound* * • * • , •*! have A>ved tins world around for .years, * * And they say tliit I am grown, * And tiiv h< %rt is rife for the yds of tears. *• my boyh > >ia\*s ;*re well nigh o * O j • I f iwy true, it is very true,* * . • • I grown, I bide fny time, BafnQr heart wm leap ata # sc*nelike tlys, ?sow in niv prime, qpw in my prime. * ° 0 fay ott, play on; l*a!h with you there, * i* a In ;] j (Ur ring; 1 can feel the tlirKl of your merry jun*p 0 And flie rush o* breatljl ess living. 0 “ *< I hide with you in the fragrant hay, And 1 whoop the smothered call, • * • Ami re v feet slip ujf on seefy floor, ° • Ami 1 care n*>t so? - the fall. ° • ° q *• I am willing to die when my time snail come, ® o And glad to grp * • For the world at behfis a weary place, * And uiv pulse is getting slow. e ° ° • • e® o 0 But*tl?e gvtpve is dark, and tlunlieart will fail °in teeading ifs gloomy way, And it wile- my he a* fro;a its dreariness, To see the young so gay. o e 0 o Oil.° shall Inf more feel the thrill, o ° ‘ That, caused niyjjhiodpo fly; 0 0 Shall 1 ift> more bound the rill, • Or climb the hills ou Li<ij]. e* ° * • T # ll(1°!° * ° 1 would t tin t 1 xnw young again, o ° Fbr the happiest hours of life, * • Are when n . < r selfish aims, • ° 4lave filled our minds with strife. * V* • o ° ®1• ■ * • But soon my will nil be over. 0 And I will sleep my last long sleep; Trouble mu # sorrow, noa pain no more, o Fhall ever cause my soul to weep. . > If never, never mor* 1 hear 0 0 • Those - uinivto memory clear, Farewell foreverf to Georgia dear—•• ° Land of my birth, so near, so®ncar.*. Camp Harrison, off J.he Georgia coast. -*• * - o “ They hare Iciffed me, my brave boys, but do not gfee j, • V*/.” oLa i Woods ok Bartow. • T’was thus he spokt;} and as lie fell • tfporrtlie battle field, * * • • Ilia gallant boys he knew full well *• • Would not to Vankees yield. * * * •• ° *■ a o For well he kne\ptheir Southern fire . 0 Would kindle at Iris fall, . Ar.d as ihev saw him there e^pirfc O o © 0 • ’Twould them one and all. * • • , * • S.. a they i led, iftifl soon the ground , Was theirs without flispute, # • Ai*l m®! a Yankee could be found • * - For Southern mei*lo slloot. • • • .. , For they Had tlfought it best to l^avc, • • And sL w their Yankee speed ; • So.'piu, ly they the air did cleave,® And non *hi but fens did heed. _ , • * * . . And as they ran they strewed the way •“ 1 With fragments, few, ° ° o Of*that grand Outfit with illicit they ® KxpAdcd to subdue —* , . . ° 0 The- •*’ thoiii men kvjio mTd them there • On t* at good Sabbath i,'iv; c . But thcMvore seized will* hoi*id fear, Th-ei mined nn<J ran away. *•• ° O o 0*1 ! ij: ;.*■ ale? atfi. Northern men. • * From this teat,* • And learn'that you can’t conq*ier when Youieat up o a retreat. # © Forjf you think to conquer jnen By running from theyi. you • • * * i Will be mistaken, dear sFrs,” when • Your plans arc carried thfough. * • . * W. McM. © • ° o . # Written for the Soifthem Enterprise. . lADEPJADEACY. 0 • What care 1 for King or Queen — • • Far Lofdly Knight or Princeljr Darnel * . What care I for Courtiers fia’e, So one fond heart beats true to mine ? • What, cartel for the World’s cold sneess — 0 0 Their haughty frowns or heartless jeers; Whai,care l *let them vgnt their spleen, So one fond heart beats true to mine. * . • . * # If adversity’s storm, e’er so dark ; • ° O’er my pathway should break, • 0 Bravely ®he current I will stem, if one fon*l heart heats true to mine. Jf friends and forsake nte, • • And all the world seetii dark,and dreary, I'll still hoping lake courage and gcTon, ,* • If one fond heart beats true* to mine. ® * * . . N. Brevier. . ® ► - *• °o # * • /V. //■ Mon! in cry (Ala./ Advertiser. * | .l/oi'c • I'rom |*eft->:tcolu—The lvx]ir<lilioa to Minta Bo Ikl::iiil—Ail iicroaul from l>r. Tl:iiil} . •Amiri theuifusion and uncertainty of con’ Aiding reports brought by and Jet ters by fhis train from Pensacola, w o e I nad altfiost despaired 8f obtaining tw.ivthin” ap pi'*gfhing rclfctbiiity. AYc fortiwiately, liowev-* ; er, founTl lr. Manly, who happened to be on ’ tin* scoinjt)i’ action on a peaceful mission„frcAn whom we received a connected* account. Dr. M.'s well known accuracy of judgment wfll, wc trust, l?e a suflßcientTjpology for the unwar ranted use of !*> baffle. •Everythin}’ was still in cnnfusmoi l>r. NT. Toft at 9 o’clock last* •night, and the statement liß g ive* us was, f I course, nyde up from tiic sifting of the pergon- of per m-niore o* less reliable, whom lie board them yesterday, ilisac® j count is substantially *ag follows : ** On oTro-day night, about twwlve o’clock, some twelve or fifteen hurylred of our men, un -1 der®command of Prftgftlier General ®\.nders(in,. ; crossed the bqy in two small steanTers and SCOW% attached to them. The men we*e picked i “generally from fourteen to seven® in number, from £he Companies of the regiments from A|- abama, Fieri.fa, Georgia, o Diuisiana, w and Jlissis’ ■ sippi ; no 4’ull company being taken, except i o haps, tlie Clinch from Georgia. The m anoint opposite®Poo’ I i.i. neaf Sai&t Ib-sa Gland, about five miles I fr mi Fort Pickens. The m*n had towdeyißth * sous” of th< :n to swim, to reach the beach, — ‘ S'iim’ of tlieie cartridge', Ac., got wet. Landed on the Island, thcy\cre o diyided in' # I tot e ° co&eedingjdirectly across to the Fontliorn beach, bevopd Billy •’Wilson’s 1 camp, and the other marcned®down the No*th- > ® o ———— . I U • 4 (Nra beech, opposite each other. • Thpy killed tl*e sentries as they went, some.six in ntimber, spiked the gun?,.set fit’c to the.cabins in which thd Zouavea were .eacaibped, sod shed tliltn as they ran oat.* AH agree that the Zouaves rail incontinently lor Fort Pickens. They rarely Jooked back or topped to fire at our boys, but shot tfs they ran. The* had thrown up some satfd banks, but none cd’ their big wore 1 mounted. Oar men took brer a goodly qqanti. ty of rat files,’with Which they Sbcoreljc spiked every gun exchpt two.. They burnt all*the houses i|od.stores except the hospital, * The only formidably resistance was from 1 1 . S. regulars, sent out fforn Fort Pick ens to redeem life .ground wKiah the oowdrdly Zouavesi had abandoned. The regulars, how-* e\#'r, finding cyir.Jorqe larger than they had ok pcqted, seemed to have Beeotnq paltic-stricken, and fetaeated. until our men were in the ict#of returning from the Island, in obedience lo the.* •signal from the Navy Yard. They then ad vsmeed and fired deliberately at our men, hud # up in the boats, and did. iheffi ( more*dam age tfian they received during the on the* Island. It was al this time that (3eh. Andlr-, son was. Wounded in the arm. Two or three guns were aW fired at •thett wbgo crossing/ iteqn Fort Pickens, without effect. 4 >ur ni # en supplied theinselvdfe wclKwith small tifins tlmt from tiie enemy. ilTiey al *s# kill#d one negro and .captured another. P’ev* eriti*i'ii prisoners ware. ‘seen, what they broug4it back : how many, i*’ anv raore,*is not known*.*— One qceottnj said tl*c notorious Colonel,* Billy* WilsoQ.had ftaade a run from his mar* ‘quee to the Fort. account from one of tln 4L-aptfUred prisoners tlTat hy had not sleptcamp that night, as usualjtad re maineiUat Fort Pickens*. AIP stafonfeuts from tur men who jlaiticipatetl agree that they kill ed*F)e?wecn t v.o and three hundred of the Yan ker's. Our loss iti killed atfd missing is forty, and thirty-flv-e woundpd, tive of whom died yesterday. Most of our lpsscs iu the skirytish ( are attributed # t*o cros# firing, when our men were shooting at the Zouavop, * from opposite sides, ants to their not being able to Tlistiuguish (lie badge o*f their comrades in the darkness of the night, and shooting out; another. Lieut. Sayre, when seen hist, was. n the beach, in a wpuqded condition. *ois friend# ‘.who had. him in charge, camera him two o* thTee miles, and were finally compelled to leave him to save* thciticlves. lie .had requested them to do so* prea'idusly, hy£ tlict clung ‘w him to the la.-t mrtment, tftid then juit a coat tyider his head for a pillow, lie was ,shut-in ‘the thjAi, and warn much exhausted Irony bleed ing. He fought gallaiftly as song as he could. It is supposed lje.was taken iu Inis helpless ‘condition Jay the Yankees.* ("ipt. Nelms, ot ony of tin; Georgia companies was killed, whoso, death was greatly regretted.* Notwithstanding the unfottunale accidents referred t#, occasibn ing the death of so many of my brave soldiers , the object of the expedition was completely ac complished. anil the result was highly satisffA tory and Inspiring to thd officers and men of our army. Thejonly object otm tern plated was •the Creaking up of’iiilly NVilson’s .tautp, .and* not the taking o£ Fort Pickens. . . Tigs was (ione comijlettyfy. No artillery was taken over —only smali urn>t, j)ick-axes, Mrc bails and files, A reserve force, composed-of the rem*tinder*cd the 3th Georgia .Regiment*, ha 1 started over to re is force, our men when tne sig nals were fired by Gen. Bragg fin- the body on* the Island to roturfl. It wasabdut nine o’ck#dc in.thc mfirning; they‘had been entirely sub-. bessful, and being in danger o*f being sfroun ; ded lly the fleet aud*tle force at* Fort Pickens, it was thought .prudent for thew troops to recross the Bhy. JNlajor Ybgdcn, one of the “distin guished,, Yankee prisoners taken, told our offi cers Jlwt Col. Brew*), tbe commander at. Fort Vickens, would opitwi his batteries o£ them yes-. tcrday.or la*"t. night, but up to nine o'clock, when tlu* train Ibft, no demonstration had been* made. Our wounded* were being *well* cared for by kh ladiqßof Pensacola. •*.,•*. Vi e‘give Jnelow the following additional de tails frfnn tiie Pensacola ObsewcF: • Oti night before lasJarpart-yof Confederates, stationed h< re and at thwNavy ‘Yard, went over tef Santa Rosa Island, under the eotpraaftd of Brig. “Gen. Andersgn,* Commaride# 1 -in*Chief, ■ Col. Jackson, of*the sth Georgia Regiment, Col. Chambers, ofthe 9th Mississippi Regiment, each commanding their respective divisions,.to give’Col. Billy Wilson a ffilrprbe. , It may he well to remark that Wilson and his pirates have*been some time fixing themselves > c.olnfoftably on the Island, aba* that they had built a storehouse and fillcd’if with provisions.* This eur boys thought foo good* for such nl<*n, and were* determTued to* destroy them- ft hey crossed over th*e bay #trl\l marcheoTup the beach, killing pickets whenever hailed by one, tynl up on arriving near emlugh, opened iq-e upon the Yankees, who had by thi* time become aibuscd and returned the fire. .* . . . “Fur twoor three hours the* skirmishing was kept ujj, when otfr side ware ordered to*charge bayonets. This the Yankees* etyuld nqt stan*d, ayd fled towards proceededoto burn everything they could fi*d —< tents, the large storehouse, together with, the provisions, • making a.complete mat o& ruins of tiie nice encampment of the notorious Billy and his thieves. ‘They den gathered the splendid guns left by the* frigUttyned and cowardly vaqdals, and piled*them ujy am! burn-* cd them, besides e spiking unuinficr of guns found in. *kho batteries, and barning the car-* riages of the*Same. This is just retribtftion for. the act of burning tint scUooitcr spniOy time ago. ** • . • We cannot state positively Hie loss on either . side, but*the boys say they left the ground pret-. ty well pputted; with ’ them. They brought ‘fib teen f the*Yankees ilver ye.ster.day, and hold tflem as prisoners of wjr —one of them a ser geant and another do less a personage than Ma jor Vogden. . o * o O • From the jitlaula In Since writing the above we have been favor ed with the following particulars by * Lieut. Shivorsy of the McDuffie Rifl?s, a volunteer com party atf l’enstaeola, from Warre.n county in rlu.s apd who, witH private Hubert, has in charge the body of*C*tfpt. Nelms*, cu route with i?*to (iriffin, the residence of his father. 0 p In all flicre were Irom s(f to TO of our men i VI R7IS. TWO DOLL4BB, o • # In AdvaiMi killed }.nearly aft of them on their return frott • tlu> attack. Os the £th Georgia Regiment, 17 [ were killed ina badly.wounded. Ajnopg the killed were Sergeant Beddo/Corgoral i’aton, and privates JJamascns D. .Cody, and -lainos Julie*. Jr., ail Os the tfcPuffift-Rifles, Most? of this slaughter .was done by t party of the enemy in ambusfi, whn fled upon a chargo ; made upon them. .’ : • . • The l<!ss of the enewry is said to be large.— All their houses, tents, camp oquijmge, pofk, and clufching, of v*hfch they ball received a re cent supply, was rot lire to by our men, wjtli • the exception :onty of sewn© few blankets and overcoats, whiclu werg bnought* away by our° s • • ... Under the charge of.Corporal Tucker and private Ivey, tl* body of P'o.gcant l>eddo yea-, ehed here ou* hiif way to * Wc l*arn also that a detachment of “tec’s Volunteers’’ was in the light, but have no fur thlr particulars* • * * • Sanclicity of ltopilal---€'orrcM|oinleitrc Br tni'rn 'oI. Brown snxl {.Vii. . * ART! HRS. Dkr’tAFIOHJDA, ) ’ • Fort I'ivjkens* Qct. Bth, 1801* J Sir . —I observe this ‘morning fin- the flrsi [time a yellow flag hoisted over a large building directly in front *>!’ my butteries. 1 also under; stand that wives and children are in • the adjoining buildings. Ido fiofmakc war ou , die sick, women dr childrcjr. * The buildings will necessarily be exposed to my tire, shoftld there b.o a bombardment, and they are besides subject under this. flag .to bo used as a protection toMiry of.your troops that may take shelter behind or before* them. L therefore give you this notice—that the • sick, women, and children, may be removed,* so that, if tired on, the* responsibility may rcsi. where it belongs? • I .am, very respectfully, . • your obedient servant, . ’ [Signed.] • * Hauyky Br*)\v.v, . Col. Commanding. Brig. Gen. Bntxt(?n*Bragg, . . ° Com. troops near Pensacola. ~ 8 Troops, C. S.Y * . near Pensacola, Florida. vt • • .. 8 Oct e 10th*l 8G J. y, • Sit;: —I received late last night, your com munication of that date with profound aston ishment. The IfuihUng on which you* had tep the first time,observed the yellow flag has been welTkiiown to *)ou**;id all your comiyamT, as well as the Cnitcd Slates Navy, as tJie military lios]lital this station, and ctmlfl nut help’ kno.wing that it is nowvused.l'oy that purpose. • 1> alintr with urn* who had b<?cn a brother’ 6 t o soldior of higli.rcputation, 1 hojigd that our in tercourse and conduct int;e hostile attitude in \vhi(,li }vc arc placed; would be marked by all the courtesies and* amenities ol ; civilized vfar farc. But it •eems from, your. Communication that you claim the right to violate the hospital li u l '. ‘Hiecause it may b 1 al>U'od. v Admit this principle .and v rev’ert so a state of bnrba ri. in. The sick, the v’oiiieii, arid children,,and prisoners must become obj cts Os vengeance, the while flag must be abolished, “beauty # and booty, rape ifndrapine,” must follow in the track of n victorious aoQimander. . I decline your invitation to umke Jlicsc the subjects Os war. Vtjur hogj ital U;fg has beepand shall.be res pected. In tire aiiair of Tuesday night, your hospital, with its initiates, was in our possession for at least one hour, amt as far asH. can learn, piv orders to scrupulously respect both, were ’ rigidly enforced. Our hospital and the two adjacent buildings, occupied by medical officers, will .continue to Ire used Tor legitimate “purposes?. Nothing has been or will be done tf> attract your fires.—. It’ Tuider*flume circumstances, you ‘should put your threat into e*xecution, which would be on- . ly in accordance with the acts of some of your brother commanders, of little experiance in the custom of .war,“l shall take care -that the fact shnll.be made Unown, that it may rc’ceivc, as it , will deserve, the‘.execration of the “civilize’d frorld*. 1 lfave the honor to bo * Your obedient servant, [Signed.] * . Braxton Bragg, . * ‘Major General Commanding. Col. Harvey Brown, conimanding U. S. forces . • • .*-•*•* _. — * The Wheat Crop of the IN'orth-wcat. The Chicago*Tribune of the i>th inyt., makes the following statement in.regard Jo the incom ing wheat chop, according to which.there is*a serious failing oft’ Trom the yield of last year : * During harverst-time the reports from nearly, all sections of the great Northwes&with regard ■ to tTiy-lToj) of spring wheat w&ro* more encoiir .aging'tha*ftuve.hd reason to expeftt, taking into account the bagkryard and unsettled “weather aurftig A‘pril and May. Buri.qg the months of June and July .it was •said we* whuld have .scarcely ball*a crop j but as harvest o drew near the prospects*improved, ami witli th&old wheaf left over it was generally estimated, that there would be nearly, if notcqwte, an average.* • * Within tj.e teii gr twelve days, however It ba&betn found that the crop docs not thresh out anything the 3*llol*o*° expected. la. j the northern part of the State, especially, is the yield deficient. Along the line of the Ga-‘ lena and Chicago [failroadftnd ‘its bunches it will hot yield an average of quite ten bushes to the* gcre ; while last year the yield was ftilly thirty bushels. On the line ®f the Rock Island ’ And Burlington roads the reposts arg not quite” so gloomy* but |he highest yield we haVe re- . ported to us is twelve buslipls to tbg acre on an. average, white iu° some places it. is as low as ten bushels. • * .... o w F/om Minnesota “ami*.Northern lowa the •°arne gloomy reports.to liand. The club wheat; i the former Stafe is almost a ( fife wheat.is a fair crop. * * * Jn Southern Wisconsin the reports are in substance similar, to tfiose from the..Nor£hejn part of Ih.is State. Irvsorne places thc<iuality ° *s much poore* - thTan.last year. • • These reports of a falling off ih’the yield of wheat are substantiated to some extent by a comparison of the receipts of wheat in this •city during the past month, this year and last. .Tile falling oft’ for tlfc past monWi, a* compared with IteiU is nearlv'hulf a million of bushels. • * • - -4 ♦- Tltree things avc well done in haste flee ing from the* j lague, escaping quarrels, and catching fleas. * . • * NO. &>.