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VOLUME I]
Acts Passed at the Provisional Con
gress of the Confederate States of
America
AN \CT
In relation tn iht* Sla\»' 1 » «de, ri 11 <1 t
Punish ppi 5 fi> offending therein
Skc. 1 I tie Collar* ns (»l th ( unlnl
ferate States of Amen a, d-» nar*. h t
ho person shall dir< ciiv «»* imlireo i>,
import *»r briiitf in »u«y manner
soever in«o the (hmfederate * s » at» s.or
the TANARUS» rrnon*— from it»v for*
Mjgn Kingdon, pi *ee or eotinln , (other
than the Slavehnldtng States ot the
United States of Amenca.) nor from
the sea any mulatto. coolie o
person of color, with intent to hold -eh
or dispose of, any su< li negro, mulatto,
coolie, or person of color as • slave, «>i
to he held t<» service «• labor, for any
U-ngth of time whatever, and *» v i*l*ip.
vessel or »a ei chli, employed hi nnv \
itnpor at ton aforesaid, shall In- liable to
seizure prosecution and l«»rle»lur» hi
any district in which ii may We found,
one half thereof after til*' payinen* «»t all
expenses, to the use of the Conladt-rate
Stales, and the other hall to the use if
him or them wiio -hall pmsei ute Hie
same to effect.
Sec. 2. No citizen ot tie- «>nf der
ate States <»r any o t »er fc persu»i **r per
sons shall lor him-elt or oilier fierson,
either as master, fa coir or owner, build,
fit, equip, load or otlwwi-e prepare
hyv ship or in any p <ri or place
within ili« juri-diciion of ihe Coiiferier
ate Slates, nor cause any such ship or
ve-sel to sail from any port or place
whatsoever within die jurisdiction of
the same, for the purpose of procuring
»!y negro, mulatto, coolie, o person
of collor, from any foreign Kingdom,
place or country (except as aforesaid)
to he trasported to any poit or place j
whatsoever to lie held, sold or otherwise
disposed of as a slave, or to he held to .
service or labor. And if any -hip i r
re st I shall he so tin ill, fitted out, * quip
ped, laden or ollierwi-e piepar and tor
the purpose tfores iiil, cveiy sti-li ship,
nr vessel, her tackle, apparel, furniture
ami lading shall b** l*»rleaed ; one inon
tv, after the payment «d* all expenses to
the u-e of the Coot* derate IV.lTtes, and
iW nth* rto h- use •>! -nen pers«M» •-
s:i*il»un for said f ifci tm- and pro
cute the sain • »«* effet in an\ court and
lie Confe i -rate States
Sec. 2 Any person viola!iug i 1
s-'CMon of tliis act or anv p» "vision
theretvl, or a ding or ahciting othc.-- ii
the violation thereof, on « on. »<»
thereof, shall be ;*»inish-d • impris-M
rneut in the pentb-ntno y t coo -i.<
jail —if den* lie no penitential' ! In
state where the conviction o! ?v ;> ' ?d,
Aliere h\ the law- of 'll S•-!•: ’ h
peuitetitiarv «r j *ii ma*, do u- and I tho
purpose, and »i not. in such tub* • phtcre
ms may he provided ■yla ', for ?t tei in
not le-«a than ten r.nr foujer than tw ty
.ml -hall mot cover be f»-«ed a
ih» discret ; 'u of the court, an •«-s ban
one tho .sold nor m *re d»an live hou
aand dollars. And if any per-on with
m die ( o:.idler-a** S'.ves .-halt k *•
mgly ell. purch - . receive, coie *i.
’>iiji)V ,hi aid ami »• conceahn-/
•*r : removing any tiegr *. imiilmuo, c-*lo
i»t person of color, so il'egali, >u» r.ed
N4 at.co hi tic p* r -ii si-»d - ,'U»! y
of * high mtsdem-an and on con*
vicuon shall l*e p'iiustied ny a tin* ir t
less than oim thou and milur . oitl no*
exceeding fr «* th* n- and «o»;l r-. I' r
all offen-e- under dus am. each i.egro
mulatto, oi ; —ison of coin- »!«• gaily im
ported, or -*»ld. purcha ed ie.iv*d
concealed or removed, a-
aforesaid, shall be held a 0 consfd#* eO
as a separate offense,
Sec. 4. Kvery ship. boat «>r
other water craft, on hi h -ucn negro#
mulatto, coolie, oi person ot color, s all
have been taken on hoard, teceived or
tran-portud as aforesaid, hei 'm kie. up
parrel, furniture and lading -liali h
forfeited ; **n« moiety :o the ( ’onfeder*
ate Mates, and the oiher to ih-- i t. ro»
er. And all ne«gro-s mu!ati**e** couli-m,
or persons ofeobor s■■ illegally imported
as aforesaid shall h- :rre«te<i and I«* Ii
by the office! sos »h«- Confederate
Stales, to be dt-posed of as herein aft*«
directed.
Sec, o. Kv* ry person violating the
provision- oi »ny one of them, of th- 2d
auction of mis ac shall be guilty of a
high misdemeanor, and on eonvicfi n
shall be punished hy imprisonment, ns
before provided, not exceeding fiv*
years ; and a fine not less than one thou
•and nor more than ten thousand dol
lars
SeC 6. Every negro illegally iin - I
ported a- aforesaid into ihe Cuiifeder
erate Statds, shall be arrested hy th- j
Marshal or his Deout es, or any officer
of die said Slates, charged in any man- i
ner with the execution of thi- act, and |
•hall be safely kept subject to the dispu- j
•ition hereinafter provided And ihe
•aid officei shall immediately notify 'h-
Pfcsidenf of the Confederacy of any
such arrest and confinement. The
President shall as soon as possible,
communique with the Governor «f i|»**
negro* swere imported cleared, if th j
same be one of the United States <>i
America, and shnli offer t*» deliver sm*h ’
negroes to the -aid Stateon receiving a I
guarantee from such State, that the ■
,hkl negroes alia I enj \ the lights anc
privilege o freemen, in such Stite or
hi any other State of the Un ted Stat>-?
r h < i I iiegr**es sli do transported
io Africa uni ttiei«- I ice«l at liberty,
tr- eof expon- i i!»e Govern » tit. Il
-u* h propo-iu.m he ieje«- ed, or it th*
<*o?i hi •• mC, • «tj>. riti* (1 above shall not
h*v r iv.d, :hq Pre-i.lent s all receive
any propositions which may be made
hy any r<- ponsih e p is.u.- or surety
who will turnisti - .11 - .*j*t*»r guarantee
that sun. negroes wid b transported .<i
Alrma and th re placed iil»ert\ fiee
• f exp*- eto tins G \ * ■' tit. And
if no.-uch prop<»snit.ms sii II he made
iti• in a .easouahl* time tie President
snail cause said negroes to he sold at
public omen to ihe high*-st bidd. . in
hiiv ones the States wher»* -ueh sale
shall not f» ii runs.s -ot\v th Ii laws
I thereof, under -uch regul «» s is li*'
inay ir- M-i l- fie p:oce. *l> of which
;-ale. ah paving •» ihe expense- in
‘ curi.d by tmr Government in he ci -
hire a- tent .*ii and sale of such negroes,
and in th pros, cutiuu of ihe offenders
nd die forfemir. of the piopeity shall
he pan! * in* half to ‘lie mtormei ( J f lie
t*e .ms file u**fi) »nd ih odier half
! 1..10 .he s, y of 'h uidVderate
''late-
Skc 7 \<i pM**eeding under ilits
act, and all offerers -aja.nsi hs piovis
i ms, shall In* had and proscribed in the
I)l-ll • f'onrt I I lie c llf'll* rate SIM«*S,
held mi die vva ers adjacent to which
the same may <»«•<•.ir or into whose ort
j :in vessels may be carried; and the
.vrr.-, procr-se* ami oth.-i m uidaies is
•meU tnmi -uch co .rts shall run and be
enforced in any Slate of this Confedera
cy by the Marshal or his Deputy of the
District which such St ate shall compose,
and m the execution of this act any
M r* al <>r deputv mi) -uinmon as his
! r»os- my citizen or citizens of the Con
n-rate Mate*
Si c s All proceedings f..r offences
: committed tg.in-t >he provisions of this
ad. or forlei ure- incurred by the same.
I-hull he burr »ji.|.— commenced with
in five yc.r- from ihe time the same
v‘*re commi;i. and or ncrurrtd or from
i he time « f th** dmeovery of tin* same.
Sec f J No iitle to an
j ini.oc' ii' (in ci.ase, with lit nonce, for
..r vvniM.ui value, shall interfere with
sio-h forfei’iin-s. but the s one ha‘l be
de<* •* dat .he ius:auc of any informer
i>u - 11 irods th in rme* nr prose
cuf • I .1 ot f> r qun*-d ' < allege or
pr.w. >he name oi ' ft** ve-s*d in which
t c ili'-gal im; t»rt ,■ ■ m s made, nor
the 'i : mast
s gne nor ■ -on from w hom the
grow - purchn-ed, but -hdl only be
r.-spi : red t.- :■ i-ry the jury tint such
11 • :r<i ■ -■-ify tmpo'' and ; and
n aii sii h tri I- t". per-on having
nch neg <ll pos-* s-i ri * *il he com*
p n ! (, dii—<* -*)'-|i -gr ■ in open
i C illl t r«.e f» -oo«l ‘ eeiion of the
jury, on , ior io4*..||iplv with the order
Os th-* our* for m*h produeiton. judg
.Mi --f so • i ore shall go as o course,
n **;- -ansfa. u » v evcu>p for such fail
r i.e .ff «re«l t • ’in court.
*>EC 10 Al .'li* rli is .hi tin* same;
jci e n n -am .re hereby re-
AN <;T
T Minion is«* e "iecr ’ «ry of ihe I'reas
ur I si a bsli ofdi *ou:i| port- and
*Hr « -v, and ap
moi ffi er** ii-ere*»f
Sec I 1* Cos» g e-.- of the Con fed
raie Stai - *»» Am rica no c»n m t dial
th* "per i ir% *-» »to I reasnrv hpao lhe
IS h* h* aotllorispif a»■ eiup vveied «o
e-tatih-h -uch po»i> *.i entr. nd di-liv
ery of goods ' ares *«rid rnerciiandise st
ir) his jodgmeii in *y l >t* nec -a»‘ for
he proper code* t>oi> *.f the ou-n.m- and
the enforc mem >1 he r.-v-mi law- of
(he (Vml**«b iale 'Mai#*-; and bat b* have
power !»» eh mge, alter and .ho i-h such
ports and place- of entry and <1- i» ery at
any time wlt-o • !■*- public nnere-t may
requir* t
Sec 2 II • firth « . and, that
the Scr i . y"f :In Trev.s ry he and
he i- fie- - oi liori/ed and empowered
to app* inf sintaMe peiso-.s m Collec
tors at sip- • port- -tnd plaee« of entry
andifeliverv.u-.de- -uch regulanons and
wiih sip'h salaries as he may from time
to min* presen <• and estahlisli.
Pas-ed February 15th 1701.
#
AN A< T
To authorize «heS dietary < f the Treas
ury to establish additional ports and
places of entry and deliveiy. and ap
point officers therefor.
I Sec 1. The Cony/ess of the Con fed
! erate States of America do enact , That
llieS. cn tary o! ihe Treasury he and he
i- hereby atitimrized and empowered to
e.stahiish such ports of entry and delive
ry ol good-, wares and merchandize as
in li is judgment may be necessary for
the proper colDcnon of the customs
and the enforcein-nt of th** revenue laws
of tin* Confederate Stales ? and that he
have power t • change, alter and abolish
-uch ports and place- of entry an#l rle*-
!ivo» y at any time when ihe public Inter
est may r (pure ir.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted , That
he Seciv ary of the Treasury be and
he is hereby authorized and empowered
Timco Dannos ct Oonn Foronios.
(SAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 1861.
to appoit suitable persons as Collectors
at such ports and places rs entry and de
livery, under such regulations and with
such salaries as he may from time to
time prescribe and establish.
Pa< cd February 25th, 13G1
Post tl Report and Rill
The annexed report and bill were
adopted in secret session on the Ist
February, and the injunction of secrecy
removed :
Ur.roitT.
Mr Chilton, (rom the Committee on
Postal Affairs, made the following re
port :
The Committee on Postal Affairs,
having considered of the duties assigned
them, have instructed me to make the
following report, and the bill aceompa •
nying the same :
The committee have mainly directed
their enquiries to the question whetliet
without material inconvenience t the
puld the Post-office Department oi
this Coutederaey can be made self-sus
(aining.
The committee find from the latest,
most reliable means of information, of
which they have been able to avail
themselves, that the excess ol expendi
ture over the receipts of this Department
in the six States composing this Confed
eracy, for'lie fiscal year ending 30th
of June, 1859, was $1,660,59 83.
They have not been able to obtain the
report of such receipts and expenditures
for file; last fi-cal year, hut they presume
the above furnishes an approximation!
sufficiently accurate for the predicate of
our present action.
'J’.) provide for this deficit your com
mittee would suggest that the latesof
pastage may be increased as provided
jby the accompanying bill. Ity this bill
I they estimate an increase of receipts ap
proximating 8578,874 83. They be
lt ve that h saving can be < fleeted by a
change in tbe mode ofletiing out mail
Contracts, adopting what is usually call
ed “the star biu providing all
due safeguards foi' the celerity, certain
ty and security of the mails, but wjetmut
other restrictions as to the mode of
transportation. In this tvay your con.
rnitt.ee ate satisfie : that the expense of
mail transportation may lie reduced,
sny thirty three and a third p< r cent,
upon th - piesent co t, say $619,033.
l'hey are further of opinion tlmt
there should ho a discontinuance < f > u
inerous routes, the cost ol which is j
greatly disproportioned to their eonven
ience arid tlieieceipts ol the Rust-offices
supplied hy them. In this Way they
believe a saving of one tenth of the
present cost ol transportation may be at
tained, say $£06,344.
The service upon many of the routes
may; without material detriment, be
j changed—daily routes reduced to tri
| weekly, &.c , at an estimated reduction
! of say $206,344.
They would also recommend tbe
! abolishing of a number of minor Post
offices. w hich occasion considerable ex
pcii-e without corresponding profit or
convenience. In this way a saving to
the Department might be readily secur
ed to the amount of say $50,000. —
These suns added, say by increased re
ceipts by reason of postage rates.
$57 8, *374 88
Hy saving as above indicated 1,081,721 0 0
Total #1.860,598 83
Present exceas of expenditures ov r
receipts - 51,900,565 83
Your committee are of opinion that
.-reps should be immediately taken to j
procure postage stamps of the denomin- j
ation of two, (2, five (o) arid twenty!
(20) cents; that these stamps will be
sufficient to meet the wants of the De
part mem for the present.
They would further suggest that im
mediate steps should he taken for pro
curing a supply of locks and keys for
tlie mail service; an:! for Post-office
blanks, such as are now in use.
l'hey would further recommend that
all the mail contracts within this Con
federacy be re-let at as early early a
day a- practicable, and until they are
re-let the existing contracts remain of
force, government becoming responsible
to such contractors from the Bth day of
February. 1861.
Your Committee are unable o sug
gest any plan until further arrangements
shall have been made for the transmis
sion <»* mail matter to and from other
government. T bev believe, however,
that until postal treaties .. ” be made,
expedienis, arising from tire necess,. *"
of the public, will readily suggest them
selves which will in a great measure
remedy the inconvenience Tbe wide
spread ramifications of the Express
Companies’would furnish valuable aux
iliaries tor communication beyond the
Confederacy, the mail matter bearing
the stamps of each government through
which it may pass by said express.
All of which is respectfully submit
ted.
VV. P. CHILTON, Chairm-ao.
“G r an you ieU me Billy, how it is that
that chaticleer always keeps his feath
ers so smoothe and slick 1” “No
Well, it is because, like many ladies, he
always carries a comb with him.”
How Co\ni.Ksr. x Looks in tim:
Evn of a Yankki .—‘ Charleston un
der arm-,” i- tin- title of a pleasant ar
ticle in the Atlantic Monthly for April.
The author, who •vulently has an eye
for the ludicrous, visited Charleston in
January; and appears to have made the
most of his opportunities. We quote
two or three passages-trom h,is.readable
story:
At two o’clock we were steaming over
| the yellow water ol the harbor. The
| volunteers, like everybody else in
| Charleston, discu-sed Secession and
Fort Slimier, considering the former ns
| an accomplished fact, and the latter as
j a fact of ihe kind called stubborn.
They talked uniform, tao and equip
ments, and marksmanship, and drinks,
and cigars, and oilier military matters
j Now and then an awkwardly folded
: blanket was ta'o n from the shoulders
I which is disgraced, refolded, packed
I carefully in its oovi ring of india Timber,
and strapped once more in its place,
two or three generally assisting in the
oheration. I’lesentlya firing at marks
j from the upper deck commenced. The
j favorite target was a conical Hunting
buoy, showing red on ihe sunlit surface
ol the harbor some lour hundred yards
j away. With a crack and a hoarse whiz
tl.e Minin balls flew towards it, splash
irig up the water wlierf they first struck
and then taking two o| three tremendu
ous skips before they s ink. A militia
man from New York a-ty, who was one
ol my fellow-pa-seng-gd, told me that
he “never saw such gii and shooting,” li
seemed to me that ev t ' sixth hall ei
ther hit the buoy full.p' touched water
but a few yards this sii of it, while not
more than one in a do! n went wild.
“It is good for a llpus ind yaids,"
said a volunteer, slappa u bis bright new
piece proudly $
A favorite subject o aigument ap
peared tube wbetliuA-Fort Sumter
ought to be or not.
A lieu enarit ,iali me talked
long and o; ‘-g
ter with '
at las' in
.
i
■
111 ii
ii \ Ca
—the bloodiest —'J'y
Ane here, unable to^lf
in wordu Jim flung lit w Idly
about, ground li is !• 'lncx/ 0 ]- o b excite
ment. spat on all sides,T ( '\ walked off. ,
shaking his head, I 'bjaglit, in real
grief of spirit. f*’))
i l / ~ '
A ScitooNßit I’ik(J Into— The,,
Unietrd Strifes Flag •' nii\worth ad
We make the Ibllowin Jfexiract from a
lefer to the Macon \togropl. t of the
IGilt u!t., from a meml»e,jof the Jack
s>n Artillery l , station'd o Fort Brown,
Georgia:—‘ On Tnesda mornsng, a
Bihooner was discovered If Jokyll l’oint
which soon showed a disj .-ition to pass
us without calling. Liei Cummings
was the officer of the day.find in a few
minutes he had die guu« n ilined and a
ball whistling aero-s lh> bow of the
craft. This the sclioode 1 did not heed,
but a shell from < u>- ofiur howitzers
passing unconitu lablv npai her bow,
brought her to a. quick as possible A
boat was lowered, and the captain came
ashore, with the crown of Ids hat full of
papers. To Lieut. Cummiog’s inquiry
why he did it not show a flair, he an
swered that he had none on board, but
a United Slates flag, which he snppos
ad was n> t *o tli much. The !i> uten
ant anstve ed, -Not a d—n,” and after
examining his papers, invitedJiim to the
officers’ quarters, and then
him. To-day. we have overhauled two
more schooners, but have found them all
right, and let them goon their way re
joicing '
v-iy"
I’tiF. Zoi'avks of rm: Reotlaii
Army of tiie .'south.— ''his regiment
is composed, so far, of 630 men, the
majority of whom have all seen active
service in ihe war- of France—many of
them w ith distioc'ioo and honor. They
ere daily increasing, having added to
their ranks some fifty un ii in two horns
yesterday. The organization of this
body of men in tliis ciiy originated about
two months ago, with Major Gustave
Coppens, a graduate of the Marine
School of France, and a gentleman well
known in this city for hi*, bravery and
soldier'y qualities. Nigln after nigh:
"hiring the week ir the last two moults,
these if, n “ ere drilled, their comman
der lit 1 ling out in’ ‘hem the seeming
p >wer that alnni- inspired (belli, active
service. With ' .i-- '.>ew <Jver fnremost, |
he enjoined upon each inaß to .-ay as
little as pos-ihle about ili-jprgcnizstion,
and even Ind twr street ptiipde, holding
Ihe organization >n readii.yss solely for
war. Hence so tew persons knew of
the existence ot this endpse. In the
event of ibis State requiting additional
forces it» a moment of emvirg-ncy, these
Zouaves were n> offer iheir services.
Their commander -eein;| the progress
of affairs in the country ■r-H' i- ie>i last
week to Montgomery anJF'li-re got an
audience with the Pje-idwnt ami Secre
tary of War. I’ne result was tue draft-
ing of li.e Zouaves into the regular ar
my ot the Southern Confederacy, they
being nearly a regiaient Thus, in
brief, is the h story and orig nos tbe
Zouaves—a feature of tne riny on (bis
continent never before known. So far.
we are informed, this is the first tv dy of
men of the Southern regular army; and
to Louisiana is this honor, and to these
brave men, who have made Louisiana
ilieit adoptep home, the greater honor.
N. 0. Delta.
Georgia Pluck. Georgia furnishes to
her sister States of the South the lies l
possible orgttment in favor of prompt
action—precipitate action it you choose
in the way of redressing wrongs inflicted
upon her by an unfriendly pow r.
Thirty odd years ago, during John
Quincy Adams Administration, she
brouSln the Federal Government to
terms, through the gallantry and deter
mination of her Troupe. Subsequently,
in defiance of a mandamus of .lie Su
preme Court of the United States, she
asserted her sovereignty over the Indi
an Territory which had passed to her
hy treaty, and soon succeeded in secur
ing an acknowledgment of her claims,
legal and moral, hy the whole world.
And now, when the goods of her citizens
are seized hy the authorities of New
York, Georgia, acting andet tlieZe.c ta
lionis, seized all the New York vessels
she could find in the port of Savannah,
and the result was n speedy surrender,
on the part of New York, ot the goods
stolen from Georgians! Well done,
Georgia. —Richmond Enquirer.
New York, March 26—Tho Eng
lisli mails by the steamship Cana kauri
important, as showing the progress o
the revolution in public sentiment ii
England ci neerning the dissolution o
the American Union. The news of th.
formation of the Confederate State!
Government had reached London
The London Times, ol Fiiday, Morel
Bth, say s that “the legislation of lit
North will bring about a considerable
modification of British relations will
"America.” The Morrill Tariff, it says
, su i« „jX(i/u aVoKn yVu/ii tnt> r*t
i its frit n*D. and will divert European
trade tram iio-ton and N**\V i orfc to
Charleston nil > New Orleans. “The
warmest friends ot the Union,” it con
tinues, ‘‘cannot expect from British rm r
cliants self immolation."
The London Chronicle, say that “it
would be impossible to ignore the im
portune** of ihe new nation —the Con
lederate Stales of America ”
A Visitor to the Southern Con
federacy— Mr. Russell, the Loudon
Times’ correspondent, it is said, is com
missioned to pay a visit to the Cotton
Confederacy, with a view to ascertain
yvlt il public opinion on the secessii n
question really is there. Te>- stupid and
sy-tematic misrepresentation of that part
of the country bv the Northern Ilepob
lican journals, is 100 much now, oven,
for intelligent Englishmen—and hence
the despatch of a special correspondent,
by the leading British journal, to enable
it to see and judge for itself. The step
is one which does as much credit to the
impartiality as to the enterprise of our
transatlantic colenaporary, and there
can he no doubt that the reception of
its correspondent, by the Bouthern
“Barbarians,” will be quite as genial as
his reception in this latitude — N. Y.
Express.
Rates of Postage in the Confederate
States of America
The Montgomery Advertiser publish
es the following simplified statement
of the rate of postage under the act if
the Congre-s of the Confederate States
ot America adopted on the 21 st. Febtit
ary, 1861 It must be borne in mind
that the act is to go into effect, “from
and alter such period as the host Master
General may. hy proclamation an
nounce.”
rates of p ostage.
Between places within the Confederate
States of America.
ON LETTERS,
-’ingle letters not exceeding a half
ounce in weight—
For any distance unber 509 miles, 5
cents; __
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cxnts:
An additional single rate for each ad
ditional halfounCß or less.
Drop letters 2 cents each;
In the foregoing cases, the postage to
be prepaid by stamps or stamped envel
opes.
Advertised letters 2 cents each.
* ON PACKAGES.
Containing o'her than printed or
written matter —money packages are
included in this class:
To he rated hy weight as ietters are
rated anil to tie charged double the rates
!nf positive on letter!*, to wit;:
j p'or any distance tinder 500 miles,
10 cents for each hall-ounce or less;
For any distance over 500 miles, 20
cents for each half-ounce or less;
In all cases to be prepaid by stamps
or stamped envelopes.
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bers from the office of publication, nnd j
not exceeding 3 Dunces in weight;
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Weekly paper, 6A cents per quarter;
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quarter:
7V>*Weekly paper. 19.} cents per
quarter;
Daily paper. 30 cents per quarter;
In all eases, the pos age to he paid
quarterly in rule nee at the offices oft lie
subsciibers.
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Weekly paper. 13 cents per quarter;
Semi Weekly paper, 26 cents per
quarter;
Tri Weekly paper, 39 cents per quar
ter;
Daily paper, 78 cents per quarter;
In all eases, tbe postage to be paid
quarterly in advance at the offices of the
subscribers.
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Sent to regular and bonajidesubscri
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not ixceeding 1A ounces in weight:
Within the State where Published
Notably. 3 cents per qnarter or 1 cent
for each number.
An iitlditi ii a I cent each number for
every rdilitional ounce or less, beyond
the first lj nonces.
Bi monthly or Quarterly, I cen! an
ounce.
In all eases. tbT* postage to he paid
quarterly in title mice, at the offices of
subscribers.
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for each number.
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in 2 reins for each number.
Two cents additional for every addi
tional ounce or le-s beyond the first 1J
ounces.
Hi-monthly or Quarterly. 2 cents an
111 all esse-, ihe poor ago to lie paid
quarterly in advance itt the offices ol the
subscribers.
ox TRANSIENT PRINTED MATTER.
Every other newspaper, pamphlet pe
riodical anil intigaziri*’. each circular not
Sealed baud lull and engraving, not ex
, reeding 3 ounces in weight. 2 cents for
any ilisinnce; 2 cents additional for each
additional ounce or less bey ond the firs:
three ounces.
In all cases, (he postage to he fire
paid hy stamps or .-tumped envelopes.
FRANKING PRIVILEGE.
The following persons only are entt
tletl to the franking privilege, and in all
ease- shir thy confined hi “OFFICIAL Bits
i ness:”
Post Master General.
Ilis Chief Clerk.
Auditor of the Trea-ut y for the Post
GfTUe Department.
D' puty Post Wn-teis.
[We recommend <*ur readers to cut
this out and preserve it or reference,
until familiar with ail its provisions.
A Monstr us Vii.i.ain.— Michael
Kennedy, a drayman ot St I .Oil's, was
arre.-tep there on Thursday, charged
with attempting to prnc> re the murder
of h ; s wife. The villain offered a phy
sician,who was in attendance upon the
poor woman. SIOO if he would mix poi
son with her medicine and thus ki 1
both the mother ami her infant, three
weeks old. The doctor pretended an
agreement to Ihe | reposition and ever
fixed a time for the administering of the
fatal dose, when to still further ti mp'
him to the performance of Lis murder
ous contract, Kennedy paid him hall
the sum agreed upon—ss6—iuadvanc,
The docl. r then m l 6-1 I>e police ol
ihe | lot and when on the appointed
dav K> iinetly called for his accomplice
and with a via of so; p >s-d poison, ac
companied hm to the ch imber of his
wife in order Out lie mielit witness the
accomplishment of his fiendish purpose,
he was encountered tl era by Ih: officers
who conducted him to jfai . The moil
ing cause of the crime was Kennedy’s
passion for a damsel whom lie was and •
sirous of substituting in the stead of his
wife and mother of his two childr n
Tiik French Mode of Grafting
The French are practicing anew meth
od of grafting, a kte w!« dg*- of inch
may prove valuable to American 1 1 orti
coburalists, inasmuch ns it can he per
formed at any season ot the year, when
the sound matured buds can be had
whether the sap is in a flowing state or
not. It s performed by removing a
small piece of Lark and wood, leaving a
smooth and flat surf >ce. to which a sim
ilar piece containing the bud, which is
to form the future tree, is fitted. Which
is sealpd nvef immedVitely with collodi
on. Tliis forms a strange impervious
cuticle, wmch secures a free circulation
of the sap on the approach of warm
weather and a perfect union of the
partk
[NUMBER 36.
Editorial Gleanings
The'French Army has been irt-*
creased to a million of men, being equal
to about one twenty sixth part of thu
whole population of the empire. Tb»H
there are the navy, the polica force, the
spies and so forth, making a formidable
public service.
COnoKEL I.AMon, Lincolrt s (afmtr
i law partner, whom we mentioned in
in our last as having been sent on a se"
cret mission to the Virginia Convention
arrived in Charleston on the 24th ult.,
registered his name as from Virginia
at the Charleston hotel, where he re
mained quietiy till the next morning,
when be sent his card to Got. Pickens
requesting a private interview. He
afterwards veiled Fort 'Sumter, and
left Charleston flie same day.
Tfi& Cotton Cko y up so the 20t‘
ult., showed a deficiency of about 721.
000 bales. The deficiency for nett yen'
will piooably bo much greater nev
year, unless the season is unusually fa
vorable, many planters having turned
their attention to the raising of provi**
si oos
Castle Pinckney, in Charleston
.laifinr is new garrison and by the troop
and command by officers of tin- army of
the Conii demo- States Government.—
I he Foils at Savannah are also garri
sooed exclusively by r -gnlars.
Prince Alfred, the second son of
Q.ueen Victoria, will vi.-n Canada tni
summer, and will travel abou the same
route that his lumber did Hi will ar
rive in June.
An American Enginkkk who fra*
bfc/r niiau H "Triiie i/irnugh the manu-
I factoring districts of England, cotitftlil
forty-six new steamships in tlie course of
construction on the river Clyde, most of
them of ( ver Wo thousands tons.
Recruits fob the Army of th*
Confederate States, over two bundled
in number, left Baltimore for the South
about a week ago
A proposition has been made! in 1
i he British Parliament for a speedy re
cognition of the Southern Confederac
The names of a lumber fi/f Massa
chusetts negroes are on file at Washing
ton, as applicants
Abe—most of them wanting to be Post
Masters,
The EtiiTon the B urner of Fretfdokn
an Abolition paper, says: “Until we see
whether Mr. Lincoln will keep his wofef
attd retake and keep our property,
which the southern rebels hare, we
shall say no more in favor of his admin
istration.” He has prob bly been rea
ding the works of Cyrus probably* and
learned that, 1 L»t a fool hold his longue
and he will pass for a sage.
The REPCiit.iCAF fspEßs are mat*
ing a great row because some of the
pretty girls of the South kissed the Pre
sident of the new Republic There is
no danger that any pretty girls will kiss’
the NortheflftPresident
A New England Paper in com
menting upon the warlike preparations
of the Federal Government, says : “We
spe lightning iii the sky at Washing
ton.” The New York Day Book tells
him to wail awhile. :u and li will hear
thunder at Montgomery
Rev. Dr. Van Dyke , Ne# York
lately prencliet rs -nnon in Cliaileston’
in which lie told hi** .oners that ■ Col
ton was not King m-ithe. was grain nor
hay out (rod alone
The MiobkAn l/t.O'isr.Ai *at; ha r
intielitu ely posfpmp >f ihe eori-i 'era mo
ot t lie full pH the rep* a ot i 1 a p<- sum
lilieriy law, by a von- ot -t:> * ; 2#
Tab Bitfrrsit Army rh > t »•?
t umber 212,773 men, last y * • t
bered 228,85-f The * Y;o o • ■ ’
takes' place in tli* 1. * i ■ - . ■
1 he f< re< rt .inert in I t- ’
lands will amount to 146,(J0i?
A Boric on “ Abolitiom.-rtY *d Si
very, a- viuvnt to r Geo ’ t - ■ '
lias been put do bed ai At ama. r
rison Berry, iln? author. i- a t.. bl • u
ed negro, the pfoper'y it S 'V Rice,
of Covington, G«.