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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; __ For any distance over 500 miles, 10 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. ON NEWSPAPERS. Sent to regular and bona fide subsri bers from the office of publication, nnd j not exceeding 3 Dunces in weight; Witlun the State where Published Weekly paper, 6A cents per quarter; • Semi- Weekly paper. 13 cents per 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. Without the State where Published. 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. ON PERIODICALS Sent to regular and bonajidesubscri bers from thi office of publication and 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. IVitnoul the State where Published Not exceeding 1A ounces in weight: Monthly 6 cent- pu r quarter or 2 cents for each number. >SW-Mnntlqy 12 eon's per quarter, 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«.