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VOL. XXL , SPARTAN MTRO. S. TTTURS'n A Y. NOVEMBER 24, 18P4.NO ?0 M
fc;?^ ii i i . . i .. i . , ??? ? 1. ?
W To^ in Kind.
or4?r? just received. I cannot rc.
jT tviVe returns of the Second drop which
PMbrqtM Corn. Jfcc. i ibetefore withdraw my
appaintasents in the District.
L. M. UBNTKV, Assessor.
K* H?T IT 2'J if
"T NOTICE. '
TpaSBookeof VERNON und OELAND ?*
Blnekamiib's. have boon placed itt m.r
^haad* Cor eltlrmcni. A so the Medical acpeunte
due to J. J. VERNON, d*oea.<e<l. I'er etn
Indebted will please oatl early and setitc.
J. M. ELFOUD.
. *ov $ 27 61
WANTED
fvA/N POUNDS orUtfTlEU for llot-pital
*\r purposes, for which $1 wdl be paid.
s ? Also ,V>) doiett EGOS, fot which f l oll per
fteeeu witi he paid. Uring them in imravdialelj
ae iticv ard much needed in llusoiial.
^ , f , OLIPliANT 4 WALKKR:
"UtrW 28 if
TAX IN IilND^
If AK now prepared to receive the lithe MoJL
l?*s?< Crop of I8i>4. Where the titJie. of
Mlf- owproJuctfr, amount* y? as much ai a
barrel, the barrel will he paid for or furnish
jL Small quantities will be received by me
nt t.?e Tax Depot, and the vcmcI returned to
"fhe tax payor. All persons producing more
thha thirty gallons are liable.
. "A. H. KIRDV, Agent
Depot Ke. 1, Spartanburg District.
Tithe X^oclclci*.
Tr AM now prepared lo receive the Ti.'hc Fod
I der crop, or isni. it ts necessary that it
should be securely packed, otherwise, it cannot
he received. Producers will please deliver
- as early aa possible, take receipts, and give
in to the Assessor accordingly.
A. 11. KlllltV, Agent.
Depot No. 1. Spartanburg District.
BETWlJr'K the Methodist Church anil Mr.
II. MitclialK^fi small gold LOCK.KT ?
about the site of a twenty fire t cl.! pi'"**?con 1
? tainlng a gentleman's likeness A liberal reward
will be paid for it it left at this office
Aug 'ii la if
13STUAY.
WILLIAM Ull Ai.'KWOO'l mill lioforf inr
Urge MO It It KL STALLION HOUSK.
*bout sixteen hands high, itnppo*t<l tu lie 17
%* 18 years old; one hind foot white. and hits
bten apprat ?vd at otic hundred and twentv five
dollars.
The o?ner can find him mi S.Tih PacoSc't
two milea above Camp's Bridge
, W. T. T1I0HN.
Saot I ' 1* If
01OO JLHz nvah i>.
USAWAV about nix. peeks since, inv ntJA)
pi bojf PIS K. Said b'?y is about 2\
yaar? old?mu!*ito?5 11 iuchc* hig , and
sreighta about ltd pounds. 1'ink is supjos.
4o be lurking about the neighborhood of Campabello.
io .till* l>i?iriut. The above rrw i. '
will be paid for ht? appi?a?. i i.. i,_
Meat in jail. II. U. THOMSON.
Ju!j 21 12 tf
JProf. 13. l^ilk
WILL give to a limited number of pupil*,
private lemons in in>truiiieiu?l and vo
?al iuusic, at CiT.lvge charges, payable itivari
ably, in a*>un<:o.
t or the benetii of those vt ho d->ire to fit I linn
elves tor the n.ndi inns ?if Teachers ?n I 11.iv
* rtitia?M, a Sep irate class will bo formed lor in
iruriion in the theory and harmony of nutsic
K? Iv applications are requcMed.
J inv 14 11 If
^nrolUnff Office,
Si*?itT.\.Nni;ua C. Si.. 8. C. AuguiiaS, 180-1.
/' ^ilMl'LAl.N rs have been made to me thai
|||_^/ certain [icimiiii who iirvo been detailed
tk grutiad1! ol public necessity, are cburging
ureason ililc p: ices l<?r i It products <d tlioi
labor. l'be tr. rrii ty ior I lie del Hit ?d a man
eteta*. waourver lit* n-ighb.r's dcterminthat
his prices ,-nao true i-oimble All .tn. lt
persons will c--rtnii?ly be moiii to the utiny.
Tenners. M.llor*. Shoemakers, lUacVsmi |m.
Mill wrig! its Ac., take warning Ion ere de
Mi led for the ben.-lit of your neighbors, and
el on any other grounds
J. II. M A ItsII \ LL,
Lieut, ar.d Mar.tiling Onic-r.
Aug 11 , lit if
iNovTcfc:
'\tf K.HKBii*V give'., ice i ,;.i . . - ,
Yf proscciuo aco>rduig 1 * n.- '
eery person, wtio may ne I r i.,-- vi< ur
lend situated near the in? of K| in.?.
bst|. (' \ ' ! F. H' ?.v : 1 O
May 2ft 4 if
Inline I I^inu' I I aim*-!!
AT ilio kilns, Fn*?s Lime i< n.v !
of the best Quality, for .;v i.. ..
g>ruvi*toue. iewther. *ruu eie.. iro p i .
earm. Exchange only on the on
(berh aid.-H. U . i i. ill I <.
%f\-. 1H 4t II
7\\ W uT\o7TkSP OK 1863.
MAVJLNG nUtniucd a ?|<cci^( or Irr iu reopen
the UUOttf .toy J Mi*, Ix.r 10 J?jfn only
Jo receive rtroin fteraons wlio, from various
?(uim liM? neglected fo deliver their liili.- lor
ike put year. Nonce is hereby. gj veil to all
ach, Jo deliver S-he *?id J the yet due, by i!bc
26th iiMiout, >it Which time the Honks will be
Anally closed hdJ delimiters turned over to
iintt AwrO'.ng VoH!"w: wluj w,n i,rocei,J "
A. If. KIRUY, Agent,
Depot >'a 1, Spartauhurg District.
November 13, 180L 2'.?-lt
"EST iiay I; I >
FROM the posture of Mrs. P. Kirhy s opprw
site the Brick Hou*<f, ju t below the block
omith shop of A. J Daniel, Duq., has esoaped
* Bull Yearling with spots of red and while,
to blent si to amount to a roau color. No particular
car marks remembered. Any information
in regard to him, will be thankfully received
and n liberal reward paid al this offiee.
Oet 20 25 If.
~ NOtice7
ALL per/ons having claims ngainsl the Estate
of J . M. IK1ST, deceased, will pre
aaui iiicm *i once ro J. i?l. tvUortl, and nil peraona
indebted to void Estate. will please call
early and nettle their accounts.
J. M HLFORD. Afty for Estate.
Not S '21 Ct
noticeT"
1 FOREWARN all peraonn not to trade for n
_ sola given by me to John Paris, for Eight
undred Dollars, dated October from the lot It
la the 20th, 18(11.) Raid note waa g.veu for
a florae far tha Cavalry aervice, represented
earned a?d ia not. I tharafora will not pay tbc
*e*e wlaaa compelled by law.
A. P. TURNER,
Ifev # 27 ff
I For Sheriff.
| The friend* of 1'ATILLO W. FARROW, re
Spec (fully annouce him as a Camlul^te foi
Sheriff, for Spartanburg District, at the eUc
lion on (ho fill December nest. *
The frirn.is of ALEX J. W. LAND, respect
full> announce him as a ? andiJate for Sheril
ol Spartanburg District, at (he election uu the
tit it December uext.
The IVteitJs of Col. J RUFU8 TOOLS, re
speetfully announce him m ? Candi'la'-r fo>
Sticiil! for Sit ii'laiklitn itistru l :ii Li.e ei?e
liou on the Oil. nex?.
|* Tlie friends or JOIIN S. Kil*.\ NT';i i\ r*
i spec'.ully announc-* liim as a ?'-ni li ! fui
the ottice of Sheriff of Sparluuhurg I'.- r rt x
the neii election.
The friend* ot II. J. DANIEL. t-?r.i|>.->il?llj
' announce him aa a Candidate tor ths office o
Sheriff. (
The friends of JEREMIAH \VC)i FORI
announce him a candidate for Sheriff of S|tartanhurg
District to fill the unexpired term al
the present incumbent.
The liieads of J. W. OAKRETT. respectful
\y at nounce him as a candidate for the office
of Sheriff.
The friends of Colonel J. B TOLLESON
respectfully announce him as a ?andi<!ate for
re election as Clerk of the Court, Tor Spartanburg
Distriei
^EXC ^-I^TVO E*~
i OMHE undersigned lint on li nil a lot of ('AH!
I RlAOGS and Bl'dOIKA. which he proI
poses lo exchange Tor IMtODUOli ot ali kiuda,
w? 'he ni'St reasonable terms.
Also, -One Siuu
FOWI.Eft, FOSTER & CO.
Not it ~9 ?f
Wnr rrxi3T iStit fhbl
rpill! tax oT-J per ccnl. on all sslea and
gross receipts l'rom\egistercd business is
uutr u'ue for the tjnarier, end ng doth Ncp'fin
bcr, mi J tit "-i be pstd by the d'.'th in-tant.
I call aiirntiuu to my odTer isetnent of the
itith ?L September, in reference lo the Jll' per
cent. l ix?. i his tax is un profits arising from
i he pure hate ami sale of i he articles therein
:neniionrtl?ptircha-r'l since the 1st of Jan.
u a.'jr. 1 M??0, an<l sold between the 17th of Feb
ruary and 1st of July, 18114, bv yourself or
through ag. ti.s in this or any other r. a k?t.
I?0'.L 10 tIns matter as the l.?w will be ricidlr
.t........ I ... (..-I -II -I? ------
j mv -is ? whu in^ivwi mik ur ?njr
I .dlier ms. All return* i:iun be made to the
4.? < ?_go; ?.
J. *V. IVWICIt,
Collector, 27ill D.strikt
()c JO -J'. tf
r 111: statk osou r111 a im)i:i a
Sl'AllTANKfltG DISTRICT.
Tlirtm.ti Arnold, Adminisirator, *pp leant.
t*
Nm.c Dodger*. and other*. 1 efrndaiits.
t*e111i ti inV Rf:i(cvii**vii and deert?.
IT Appearing to inv e it>i-.fvt ion that tli* le
i?i?l lieirs wild rejire tit?tixVtt of JlMIN Alt
I.'wH.D, ilecKRicd, vis: . .iimIi Ami dd. Unity
IIh.iiir* Arn >ld. Mary Arnold. J.iliA< N. Ar
( n ilil and J 1>. \rtioid. defendnnf* in inia
0*R', reside beyond (lie lint m m this S-aie It
n ilri'i il I ilil i lie appear at ' lie ?n.r: of O
lina y to IR* h-d-li-it In,- Spat'laithu.'g F>i?u\tv
?t Spat tanb-i-g t'ottrl IIoiiac on th* I7l t day
>1 February next. lo >-liew cati-o il any exis-s
I wliv a li ai eritleuicnt of I -e e?ta e .it" NIM;
Hi Mi \U *t?I.D. decra ed, iditiuld not In* init io
! and a decree rende rtl llitjvwi.
t\ i it- h- my liand all I Real of otfi *. Novein
bcr 11. IShl".
JNO harm: UOMaa, u s. I)
Not 17 till 3 m
riiHLic s vi.i:.
)? will idlrr t^' public outcry a SpurtnnhuJ
I'. II , mi Wednesd ty tint 3 lilt inn tin, u
i ip properly ??r ilio l.i' v opt J HOST
?)?e i.ot of Valuable Machine.*
(/ NSHTlNd OK
O N |'L VIS 11,
t> i< l.?a4.ii'lainer.
* p in i drove* ixnU During
i < ' '
1 + 'in ! Sim M re "in p.
(? .< ! ciiiplivp i n .
n<; f>r?!>''r.
.i J. ?*i iftftiiif arid i\?ll y ?
T?j? i . iih oil - "orfmr'ti ,il
HersT V- <1 ?> N
\ u sisrisr.
11 -IP. - Mill 11 I'Sf'.i, llu. ;? ,1 >i . 1
li i i o. .<Vr.,' v
<>.\K PIA %'< *.
Ono Sowing MiKililtic.
m T14ItMS Ot SAI.K :
Twelve mouths nfier ilf.tr, Interest frou
?l;Ue. or e*tdi will he received if prefei red
J. .VI. ELKOBD, Au'ry. for Adm'ri.
Nor 17 29 2w
" I.OM T,
QN the r.th iutfaol, ft ladies SHAWL. blu?
grounded, Mack, while and rod border
n i. .1. U ??? ?n?rl ?li*ck*il in the grotliK
with clack ami red check. A reasonable re
ward will ln> paid for its delivery to me
E. J. IILASS1.NUAME.
Oft 27 -<> I f
Mi's. Itlwart
INFORMS the citiseas of Spartanburg, thai
she lias opened a S'llOOL fur boys al hei
residence. Latin with all the hi/her Knglisl
branchy, will be taught if dasired. She no
licit* a share of patronage.
Sept ' > 19 If
im FR ess,
And it ill be yublitlifd in a fric d< ye,
TltE CAPTAIN VS B RIDE:
A Thrilling Talo of tho War,
nr w. i) urnrihotoa, .Inn if. c? cavaikt.
Neatlv bound in miner, nnYe on
? ? r , I
UI'ON receipt of the price it will be mailer
to any port of the Confederacy piwtugt
prepaid. A lilioral discount to (lie Trade.
Thin charming Story has just htecti rur
through-the oohiiuns of the Illustrated Mer?mry.
during which pit HI cation it was pronoun
red liy hnth the pies* and lite public, as ont
of tlie most deliglitlnl contributions thai hat
been made to Polite Southern Literature.
Ah the edition ia limited, the Trade will d?
welt to forward t^eir order at once.
H. SJMdTH, Publisher
Raleigh, N. tfr
| 1' 1\ I >> 1U it,> i/Jr M A U k.
[Concluded. j *
r ' Yoar ajM-oui attention i* <;;?ruc.?f!v III
| to 11<c report o? tile Secretary ot tin
Trtarurv, sul>t?iiteil in conformity wt:l
luw. * 1 lie facti th?rmn .Tikcioh iI art 1a
I ?i>iin itiocou'u.'ii-f. Hi?i demonstrate ih it
> with ^thl'Ciotu* Ifpula.ion, Wf sliatl be cm
4Lieu io meet all t ? ex ifie timet* of Hie we
fi? tu i'ir abundant iijtuarceo, ami ari id
nt llit' same time, >uch.an mr.Uoilltai inn <*
debt an Hoii'd render m ail doubt iwi ou<
J capacity %u redeem it.
Tlic total rctft'ipiH into tW? ne*Mtry loi
tl.e (Mil l]ll?rU'IS Plldllia Ml) he 4lf Il Sop
'.'Hit <f. tfJtM, Wiin 8 ! "? 1>>1, whirl
1 mud add. .1 to iliii bantuec ot <o 'M.liSw,
7'l'i. that remained in th- lieusitrt on tin
r l?t o April ai1, t-i'in.4 a total of b7J3,f
474,27-. Ol'tliid total. net tiir fmin half
I that is to say. 83 l-,f?oU,3_7. have been ap
. plied tu the extinction ?<l the public debt
* while (lie total expenditures have been
$27-,37x,i>o6, leaving a balance in th<
r . treuMny on the 1st October, 1SC4, ot 4>lU8,
j 4 ?;"),440
. ! TH. total aaioutit of the public debt, at
i exhibited on the bunts ol the ll%i?ler ol
the Treasury, on the 1st October, 1*04,
was $1,147,U7U.20X.# ol which 8do9.34t>,r.uti
c... .. a t u v.
I vvv fiviv I'll.'.. ?? ui ?i inj^ iint'irni,
' 8288,88'M-*'1 j v ? a?-t;ry note* ol tiic
new issue 4- M?taii7?Vr consisted ol
the tbiinc ?.-? i tii-iinj note* which
will lie con >vi u'O ?iti:cr forms of deht,
and witi c - exiat ae'curreucy on the
. 31.>t ut n.-x) <> >.
' T(i? report e-er, explains thof, in
cnnsrqtH-t.ce ? } ' . .tb rncu of certain returns
from iJitifau. *.fhew-. the true am unt
ol the debt is less. t>\ aUiut twenty one and
a halt millions ol dohata, than appears on
the books ol the Register, and that the total
public debt on the first of last month
may he fairly consiucicd to have been $1,
! 126.881,005.
i 'J he increase of the public deht during
i the ?ix months from the 1 st April to the
| 1st October, was 5'J7 OD'J.iftv, in..-,; r?th
' - - ....... . I. Cll! IllJl . >1. -- >
ci miuic man v n^vuv^uv |?vi iiumiiii, siiu
'l w-ill be app..fent, 011 a fn'riiml ut^ie re
port, lout litis augmentation would unite
" t.ni.ii avoided, a positive reduction ol
the umouut would Lave bc?M| t-uecioa, but
j lor the ecrtuiii detects in the legislation on
the suhjcCt?ol the finances, which arc point
t cd ou' in the report, and which seem to
! udnnt ol easy iciuedy.
In the stall einvntf just made the foreijjn
debt is omitted. It consists only ot the
. unj aid l a!unee ot the loan known as the
J cotton loan. This balance is nut ili.iUH,
j UUU. ai d is adequately provided lor by
about 250,UUO hu.e? ol eotlou owned hy
j the CjoTcruiucnt, even it* the cot,on he ra
j l(tl nit ?w?lll hut >i? pi'licf per |> Illl.l.
'1 here is one il? in ol liie puhlie.aleht not
inc.u lei in ilm lan.p presented, to wlueli
\^iir a l en I ion i.-> leu'iind. i he boon ,
noons pi unused 10 our soidieis w y the tuiro
j j>eution oi the act ol 1 7(11 February, ISlil.
were deliverable ou the 1st October. '1 he
S? cie ary bus hern uuah e 'o issue then,
by reason ot an vomism u in -the Lw. no
time bun^ thci in tiled tor lliv p.tyiu-Mi.
ot I lie hwilds.
The ap^re^itc appropriation* Called lot
i?j the ditfercul depait merit* of the tt>>\_vTiio?<nt
accorUn^ to llio otimute* >uhluitteu
witli iIn* reju'rr, lor.lnc^six ia*nithi>
ci.d.n^ on the Jlhh June, I8'H, aiuxint i?
C i.jS.IU-i.liiit, while the Secrelurv oli
utaiih (hut tliere will rt ipaiu unexpended,
ut til t lie mi iin-r ui prnpi iar.'ii*, on t In- i-I
i Ua' U \ I "uii), a nui.n.Ctt o> t I ti7 .ltd
.) ( ? i rt.iii-. , tlu . i im e, .-cem th.it tui
iti. i '!.i .ei !?- -1- i eon la'. ely in .-id I
a. i...i i ijm iMiiiiiri i>, aim limt m- aitui
; tiu j. .?, ij?r u- in > * it e re ,j i . I lot in.*.''
in. lit-* i. ii [I'tii.;.? .-m.-.' i;i i
I .. i v/111 yvMi tun railU'fl. 1IM
, ou .did consideration \rliich is muted In
' liic importance of the subject.
The recommendations ol the report to
the repeal of certain p.ovisiona of the tat
laws which produce inequality in the but
I (hen of taxation; lor exempting alltiof9
i erniiicnt loans Iro.n tuxuticfrou capital, it ':<
I from any atlver.-e dixeriminaiToii in'luxattoi
1 * on income do ived from them; lor placing
; the taxation on bnik* on the sutno looting
, I us tire taxation of other corporate bodies
t lor securing the oaytm lit into th* Trra rj
ol that portion of the barii' lirnulutmi
1 which ia Itabln to confiscation o?cn>i>d h it
hy alien onc.rtiieef for the eonVorJ?3n <T th?
(intwrant hwai ihfr JPunuury D<*M oow -nrl
wm 1 11 "1 " .' v?r? ?
standiii^ into c??ujhhi (jimila, u >>t |'..r tin
quarterly coileojvtn of taxation; all pieaeiii
ijuc^fi inn (or lugialtition, winch
if * iKely Jo* iced, will j?rralU improve th<
" I u I 11 o credit, uini ?llt>riul? .he biirliicni
' now lOijiiWfl by the ext.ciue Mini iiuucti-a
r nary (Irpruciuiion m tli<* value ui the cur
' l ncy.
Tile refuiiim .?( flu I't??j>u?*? Loan Hurcau
r are mu^ih tied ?i?!i the rc|?>rt, ? id the hi
I ioriiialiiei 'v !, ill.?i lie; Irtit^ury
Am'lll'* to the 'I r.nis .t1n?*i?Mj?;i| l>e(>uri
1 iilcttl iiM.i Urn tuHy oti?.?imod. ami it now
111 upcrniiuit wiiii promteC Ol uui'H in'J awU
r tmei'M
'i'lie pro>iiti'iiix heretofore ma le in name
1 ex cut lnr increasing the compensation <>l
puoiic ofliccrs, civil uiiii (initially* in toil ml
! to Ik; in some pines iimiiii|',at' to their
't support; .perhaps nut inure m? any where
* than in hichuimn], ami enquiry wuh a
view til ppmprtalc reilte-ly. in miguentciJ
' to your cuiisnlciiitiun. Your notice is ? mi
' en 11 i'i! to the eoiflitiuu nl'cer? in oiBocuMui
the Treasury, who w. re ouiit e ? in iltc laws
heretofore passed tur ihe rcl of nl oilier
pu'juo utiieem, mh tin illumed in tin: repirt
J, ?I' the Seireisiry nl i he I rr^.-ury.
DM'AUTJM .Illt'WaR.
t I
Tbc .condition nl the vatious hr.nchcs
, of the Military.sei vice is ?;? e?l in the ac?
! coin; anyiuu report ot liie Secret a y ol >\ ur
Among ihe suggest on* made tur legial
live Mctioii with a view low"Ni to the mini
, liei a mill efficiency ol tile army, a'l "f winch
will receive your cotfiiicruiioii, there arc
i s-Jtiic prominent 'wpies which merit s|icct.il
uotice.
'i lie. exemption from uiilitarv (intv now
Accorded by law to all pu'aoii* engaged in
ecru in specified pursuit* or prole ilioiia is
aliow 11 hy experience tn he unwise, nor it*
I it believed to he defensible in theory. The
def ence of home, family and Country ia uni
j verbally rcoogtjitcd a* the paramount polit'
ieul duty el every lueinber of aoci'-ty ; and
, in a lorui of guvgf*iucnt 'ike n'.ira, when.
! each cil.l'Mi ei.joy? an equality ol right*
and pr*vi 0_? s, nothing can he iu<-re mvid
i< na thm, mi uneijunl distribution ofdutie*
t*iwl ohli^ationa. purst'it ri<>r position
| enould relieve any one who is ameMo do
| active duty, Imui enrollment in the am y,
j uuleaa Ins I unction-* of service* a* e mora
u-etul to ilio deictice <>t his couiury jn
another ? ; here liut it ia manifest thai
tins eannoi he the ease witii entile ela-?ei?.
All telegraph opciatoni, aroikim n in mince,
profeaaura, t-nclieii*. enjiliiicri. editor* and
employee- of n? w*p*>pera ; journeymen
printers, alto in.ilcin, tanner*. t>luclx?ioiiiiH
miller*. ph vMciuna, and the numerous
other classea me tioi-ed in iho laws, cannot
| hi ili?.* nature nl tint be either equally
I flec.?**a y ill their several pmleissiniia, nor
! <heli i ut? d t lin.tiuhoi.l tic count ry in su li
proportions Unit only 'n-exact nnuineis re>iniied
arc luumi in each locality , iit can
it t.e < voi \ a lit ic imp-ssi.de to replace
th a w ti. i he -u is i ta^e >y hi n onl i
..mi to* cupahlc ol active tiel*' service.
\ (Iirci'eti?>ii -In-uld he vcted in ihe mi i?
tary nuihoittn.*. no thai a Muh' irni uuui
t cr *1 ill- hi: < -si lit ml lo tin* | nolie service
ni uhl lie <iet -iletl to coiitiue ihe exvrcio
t tlien pursuits or pioicssions. t>ut ill ex
e"optmils lioir service ol tin entile ?-as i
sin uid be wholly ah.imtnm'd. li alioM*
^rc.it laeility for alnncs, oti. r* tin l?-ii.pla
- j Moii. iis well as ready menus of et-cap tij:
1 I v* \ ft- by ir in I'lieiit device- ami i* one ot
tin* pr.iieip.il obstruct ions in ttie eihcid
i I opr-retton of the con-ciipl .a-v.
A general imil'la tax oe I! li t 'tie
ihTcivm > i she pit ? 1 . ti i \ ' ?>,i
-IIMI I'l y M? . I'i -!?.
it.|??wr? .mi i: ?I unit I <>? ,.].i n " !???
:11 ''?11 _1. ill i.i. o jii i J.-4. i| ..' iii^ tit hi
lltlH. .1 ?1 lit! )i .?- . ii ? such | .< t
iht* ill :t> I' . ! I. til. ft '4 I.:*
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I Iti II t I. it? > !lc*i|.It'll till.I I'll!
i < t .ii>--t*ii * ii .it a^tiiiuj riit't* iiti \.
. n >.! j. < is .uii\ 111*?414*ii in (ho >i. n .it
?'* i?; tu t wi. It 11in.- .is it? lit pr ipi-i
itn* isuro.i Kir rot niuii f, tii.il branch t>l Hit1
set v co.
I (tic rrci-.nih n.lafi ><i hi ho tn n!r.-n
I III.I'll' I.H iiv-illl HIIOWlM. 1 l.l I ftnllli III ?i si I l'i
t1 niiOjiti'il in' till- rinro m /. i. HI .HI-i cm
i i siiiuliit iUii nt nil t? .iiifs <i hi I rc_iinc
? mlicniii'l.ii ri iit it in mi.n ii'i.? nt srimiit
Iv to impair ilior . lii .-?? \ i i? (lit
j iftoro iiecwMuy ilia ii??- * ul-i t>
a* t!ic 1 i.- . it >i,. ii ?u j t
> I:', a t'T'c'il (nii? - I.i i.\. ii i.j h) HI
1 t<? V.llloll* i'X|i4* IICIil . 1 ir II | | ?1*< S I III.(Mill!
I he desired ffi'l it i* Mi?*. sin v 11 iliii
- 11 roii'lii.i .hJiiij Mi, .-S . i;.| or p,.|f"i (II
1 a jiOM'tion whion ioi?t? ti | *i ii i iii hi tl.f
cimire u| allowing iho . Hii'ii'ticv nt hi*
t c niHUiiii'l to lie . .Tiousiv i(ii|> irod. or ul
.1 ultciiif. t r j i i?i Ml Hp, v ! > III.* ex> r-isrt 1
l>?t11itt<il jiiit.ii,ii> tin in i.t pii jii'i 4?**_ri,
* ! provision. Die it'.f.inl in ilii* Man<?ibiiil\
t r ul ?.|l>-. rs who 11. ve h* ri'toloro nerved Willi
i ' ore In, si.'i,l which it believed to bo 'I.
f j controlling motive that has hithcrm ? !?i
i M ructed leoi.tlution "ii thin subject. lio? v
r j or honors' h* ami proper; m iy he carried
\ to a |i*ii:i* wlri \ rfeifoiisk injures the put>
r tic S" "l ; ami it this be the e.i ' it ran
i scarcely bo oil* nioiieu which of the i v*.
! ,l.".?..i . V L. ..II I. - - J I
I vMii'ViitinnuHi r'tuuio uc iieemtvi piil.t
-1 mount.
i The Sccotitrv'' recoiritnonilutii.n oti 'h>
1 ?il"J?'Ct Ol J itlr ;ii*<i.iiMI!i?
j ' I In* iron rfij ?? ! tor m i'lt tin it tin < t
' < fieioitey ol i.tili ml c nintointc iti<>o on tin
importm I luil.t.tiy iii> .?> ?jiii n n le t t
f ! Mitir l.tvor. I lie i?e<v?Mty tor lite ojmrai
| tion in full vi^oir of ? loh lines is too apI
parent :b need comumut.
< The question :h dispute ihe
Cr<i (imotnmen* t r'Mative to the toh.-rne
ilt? l?r t . .); 14 ^ ' . r ! u1 it
t;ii: . < ?:? v? i>? '< ?<! i. ! i ?
i? iv!!... .ij -t' - 01 a \i i.iU.t
1 .. liii- i 1 I'H' * . i i??* ? ?- ? <i
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--ill i"? : , i > \M-li ifi
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( i t i-;.i r i' / i !,- ?
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1 rilll - ii" \ '.I tin .i*i ' , i? f .
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a i Miifti niliai A lir . i> !(' ?
. ..i . i... : i i
wi i ii i vjv* vi iiicu' urr jii i \ *!?<,
( buln slini ?\or rem on <x ..} <m tax
atiou Jii That no iMiu- - i ma It
beyond lli.it Whtca i* air < ' a a >/.
I ?_y law. ii*i I 11.11 a ri. .1 ,-i |> >11 a
ot the annual tvreij'i* It 1 turnip
the war nliaii he id n, rt < n?r t!u
jiiailnal extinction ot in? mi -.union
amount until it shall li.ut .1 r ujii i l ti
1 8l5U,UUU,UOO) in,.,, i h. I he pledge a::i
appropriation ol >a ijtu .i-m (,| tin
tax in ItinJ. ao' ln Kin-It 11 an' it nl year
alter the fr: u 1 s-i ia !>. v,i !i
uiwiit tor tn. .>1 liie volt
t cnctllatioii. j/l.m, tin
r calculation* .< j, t.- ?lh
i cicticy ot its t/jM v . ? . 1 vail
tn<?is which v.0111 . . it 1 ?ne?os.
are fully ndailiai m , caniio
DC fairy pie?? :?;?- t III .0 ...ti n nth
Condensed tnr this iiit'SHU'e. 1 nouht llo
11. Will r?<>iii tru I .1111 ?J..?? I I* - --
- .1 ..-J ?J y JJ
, of rtM >iur.i 11' *tr ha* lioan IrBijO'inlljl
preaoutei in iornicr iianMiKes and reports
and u luMy irwifl . b) the Secretary
, fhe solicitude ot the (Javrnment lor the
, relief ui our captive fell >w citizens In*
known no at> itciMfiit ; (hit Iiu<. on the one
trary. Ic? n ?ti|i more deeply evoked by
| the additional sufl.rtnr* to which they
( ' have been Wantonly subjected, by deprivu,
tiou <?f iideo'iute t od, clothing and fuel,
which thry w. re not .-van permitted Ui
tcirchr.sefrom the prison sut era. Kite Ho*
, that the eneiuy attempted to excuse llieir
I harbar >us treatment t?y the unfounded allegation
that tt wm ret j'iatoiy for like conduet
on our part, an oft? r wan made by Ui
with a vie* of culling ?M pretext for mull
rccrimiti ?lioni or pretended retaliation
'1 he otter ha* bi;cii nu.-epted, an I e^S
K >w?Tnni?*n In lu'fj lor to bo allow*! to
pro. i-io ni'(siw?rj' oooilbrifl to itn own citizen*
held e-ajiti e b? the otlirr. nul'Tu
I'ltorn ;tro in om^re** for the immediate
execution o| tin- n^rwuicnt, an 1 it in Imped
that hoi tew ?lavf wnl elapse before we
nIiuII be mil ;ve?l from llic di^f tossing
thought .hat (iiiului physical nufferino
en Inroil by no hi .ny ot our tellow citizen*
: whose lorti.ude n captivity illustrate* the
I I.. - a. I '
| imii i</i?ui cu ii.iv'ri u.i iu:ij uiu turn vmor
in nriu ii conflict.
KMMKNT <?K sLWV.K.
The luployiuent of stave* tor service
will- die uimy as tnuiHl.-rii or cooks, or in
tlic w..y ot Work upon tort itiralious, o. in
llic government woik-hojie, or in hospitals,
ami other similar iJutiea, was authorized
hy the act ot l7tli lVhruary last, ami pro
vi-ion was uiaile for iln-ii impressment to
a number not exovdinu twenty thousand,
it it all >ii.d be loumi impracticable to oi>?
| tain tlieiu by oontrac; with the owners.
The law couteiuplated the hiring >uly of
the la or oi t'le.-c slaves ati-1 imposed on
the government the It* ility to pay (or the
v.t.uc ol such as might be lost to the own
er? tioui casualties re-ultiug tioiu their
employmciit in the service.
1 lit-, act Inn. proiuc-d less result than
was anticipated, and iu tiler provision is
required y render it etReaeiowa Hut uiy
( {oeeciti po.'tairc is to invite your consider?
J alien to the propriety ot a radical in ni.tica
; turn lit the theory ol the law.
Vicweu merely as property, and therefore
as vie su j'-et oL impresatuent. the
service or .abor of the slnv* has lioe-t Ire?
qu> it11v claimed tor short qieriods, in the
co. .mi action ot defensive works i'hu
1 t ..vc, however, bears another relation to
til - St..to tli.it of u pcMon. The law ot
I si February contemplates only the reln'
tiou ot the Marp to the master, and limit*
i he iiiiprcssiiioiit LO u certain term * ?r?
vice. Jiut lor the purpose* enumerated in
the act, inaiiuclmn in the manner ot encamping,
mmci.illii and parLintt tram* in
I itii'iltui, ho thai even iu ttii? Inured employ'lo'ir.
length ot service a ds ? eittlv to
to Va uc ot I tic Ultf ru'n labuiaa Hazard i?
aiMi eiicoiint red iii ail (tic p <srioiis to
witicii negroes can he luci^uvil tor service
w ill tiie army, ami the duties required ot
ill- in >1 luitid loyalty aod t??i III this
ispeci ll?c retail .11 ot per* oi predominates
s . iar as io ren ter it douotiui wnether the
prnaic rig.it ol property can C osisfeutly
and Ui'lU'UUiJlO t?C colli lulled, .til d it Wolll i
h a III piUpei IO icqnile tor the plltilic ?er?
j > u:?- nit' uiiiip' j.roj ei v 111 ine i iur ul Mi.
| s.dte, uiui i?? |mv llureloi due tMiii|?en*a?
.!.>.i, laitiei tu..n to iiijire** his labor tor
?ii..ri it imis . an I linn the uiort^ oaj.eom'iy
.? ? lie flu01 Ol 'llf ll? < 11* .aw T?oi? J VOM
iuif? fiidii |> o -triy. in ail mim-* w here tli?
i t.ai< 111 _: * 'it roe. i. lined, at'or ct>wj?"i??
-ui.oii iur li?? i''M.? lim i been |?aui to the |iri:
i?n' finer v\ h? mm r I hi* entire pruierr
' :j in l.> mtvi. o ft a > ivc i- t ill* a">iuire>i
1 lilt ii'jti'ii mi i ?. (in >I >I**Iinn pre
i.e. ^ .ii.ai li'inii' It .*! uii i bf hel.|
|*ii ! t he ?? re* allied in servttiiile, oi
,-ti u i.i* r-iiiauei. 4U011 be lie i out to tl.tii
. .1 uiVfii 1 In tit it 11 let i >errice. r h!iuu1>.
1. o ^lautiu >ti onof uii rtie |'roiu.*<- ?
* 11 mi mo 1 ice, u'ul, 11 fin .liftiiati il, * hut ac
; '.o.i 4iiou.il no taken to-ffiiie tor ilu tree i|
u.aii tlic tii-i 111 i.*a|uii ol tlie >lalc t'loiii which
j ue w 1* i:|..\\n i.ireMite with n it.s inu at
u i me ru *e. ul Dm 1 u'dio *en ice The
( 1 i ir. 1 iv* on eoUei iloa tie-** l?- io> r>t reudi
\ .1 c 'tmil ai a if\v.iii| for p,i?. t othlui
iii.ee , uud a Jouoie ui live for /tjioU
Mi Oil I ?? ?>l 'lu!\ would ilill- V>?: III
iii.-i- i i.| i.ivc t :y Mil! om\ i i iiui iii, their
I. t*?i"Ui iiiui tin' pi.it LVuii i ni iii- liii'ai
,<li lIlllltMll A inc.I i? V> lll l.ki' N ch'HMO iit.c
ol tin iiipio, a..il tm hi- pow?%riui
.hi me n' 11 ? ' * )n.-> .luiiiiu. i lii. polic\
" ' /. H"1- ?'? ill-- in fill on bin
?i .ii.|uino iilii-r m mor lu.tnni \ rt nderf.i,
-r in- t uii iireh-i.ih.t- tn th.it ol'^rau
ti 11tiin- iiiutc iii.niuiir? m i. nr t ??f
e mi i _ In in in * i\i . e. if fh.a
! JMII'.U, rlimt t nii'uiinUi u-i i no i IM |li?" jiid^:
. nil-Hi ut thiti^it l< m sii0i' i<*J tint, in
. j iMhioii t?? i tic tiiini'* li'iru nfon* ptx^m ui<h
t>y Mm n..ivi*. ||.- niij-lit Ik1 tulwnita^iiiU'i)
ii,i i,. I .i- (.niin?T i.rl i ujjiiicei' libnrcr;
n !. in that i-vrut V* it '*'> ' ituiuher vho I u
| in- ai!;'m :ut t> lo^y t!?our?ai:il.
i | Ji'vnii'l i hi* it mm an I tlic-so i tiij.iMV
i?? "iitM it J * -> not >cuin i .i tuc ilrsiranh*
: U'i t-.r cv- iiij; ctrciiuiat.iiici'n, to p'o. A
tl ii.i i iiii'iai lii-iiiitiun cii?.i liottvp** lh?
I u< ol -luvi'ii u.i ,-i !Uicr.t in ihi* ilottfiiOrt o!
I; .mil lioiin-?, uii'i the inuiloiu-nt o| tin
i - Itin- |U!ln i||H to iliSUI IVCtiOll .IM-nn-t t'n-li
i in i-u-i"9. I tic onu is jtt*ti(iuhl if ih-.<
! i tn-other i-? inii|i|itoi|!4 no i unworthy ?>!'?i
rv.vin/.oij people ; ai?<l such is the jil lament
^ ail writers osi putiiio law, ?* well ax thai
j exprc.xxcJ and insisted on t>y oar i n inic-I
in ail ivaix prior to that now erased again*t
i >x. Hy none have tin- j.r.ir!in?, o| wlu.di
> tliey are now tn11y. been n t itnced wild
1 greater severity Ihaf by them-elvo in tin
{ two wats v.ttll Ureal Untain in the lax
I a.til ii tin* p rose lit Century: and in tin
' ?t elaru uni of ill dependence of 177'*
when imhioumxtio i wax made of the w*o'i?
wlncli justified the revolt front' threat Hrt
teiM the climax of atrocity vfa* deemed t
to reuetied only when the Kr.gliwh niunurol
was denounced ax having "excited domes
tic insurrection adtiurgx'. tlx."
i The snV.joct is to ho viewed by u?, then
fore, solely in tho f.r'ifc of policy find ou<
p.. J p? ?^
' I social economy. When so regarded, I !*(
. ! dissent intiu ifco-.e wlio juirise a ^nMral
j lcv^ mikI Mrmtiiji ot the slaves Jor the d(Mj[
i ot soldiers IjimJ our white population
shall prove iti?ut&<-uuit for the 'arbif** we
require ami can te'Krop in the fifl'K
' to cmp <>y a* a soi-ber the ne^ro, who boa
merely been trebied -to-Tabor and an a in
borer. the white mail, aceastoimik) from Ma
, youth to the m+> ot lire rums would ec<*r-e11
K be deemed w-V* or aikau'ageQU* by any;
and this in,the qu *;ioit now before ua.
j but should the i teiontive ever |m? preeentI
? I ot su' ju. at ion or of the orupl n tnent at
the ?laee u* u sbldWV, iln tr seems no rea?e
i to doubt whet should then be our deei*tow|
W lieihar our viuW cnibccos what woul >,
in sc extreme a esse, b>. me sum of misery
"Ulaili'tl nv fl>A <ti<uiii>i?i> nl'rlt? - ?* ?
- , " "? /t
The roetntned uoUdy to ih? qjmt >pvn |h?
, wetture and happin.*- of the nein* p??po>'
In tniii Uiem-nl*#!, tl.f ank w -aid beds*
| name. The appalling 'ii'iuoraliaa- ?* , Ml*
Icing. dtnea.*e and dc?.ti whio'u b i*e beeai
0 uaed by partially Mioetitutiug tbe inra?
j drrn' system ot police, tor the find relation
' proTiou- y ?uh*istiitg between the mantet
ami n'nvr, h-ive been a nufficimit detuor-v
n'ruiioii 'hi(t**ti?rial inteiiercnce with en#
institution ot duu>v>tie ^larery is pnniuct*
tv? ot evil only, it tbe subject involved '
i??* ??tb?*r consideration 'lian the mere right
ot property, the nacriticw heretofore made
by out people hare bcon such as to permit
mi doubt of their remiioew to surrender
I every p mwi'Kjn in order to aeoure their
! iudepundeiiee. But the social aud poltii1
cat question* which in exe usively under
the control of the several States, has s fur
wider and timrc endur ng importance thau
tiiat of pecuniary interest, in its mani*?
told phase* it embrace# the atabiiity of our
r>;pubiicau institution#, >cut'Usr oa the aet>
U'l political equality ?*f all its citisena, and
1 includes th> fulhimant ot the tusk which
I han been .10 happiiy bejtfn^-Kh'a't $ Christianitiup
nud improving the Rendition o?
1 the Atroans wiiu l.are, by tho will oftof.
1 rtdenoe. been place I in our charge,
j Comparing the rc~u't# of our own expo*
r;,>nc* nritb tb^ae ot the?'iperiui?iiU ototh
I ?r? wiiv have borne similar relation to tilt
! A l ik'ju ra e, the pe<?p> 9f the Mfrtral
State of the C riffieraey have abuodntlt
rciwon tu be satisfied with the l*at, and to
use the (ert'tlart circumspect iou iu drtertniniug
their cou sc. i hex? considerations,
however, are. r-tber applicable to the improbable
cou in^rncy ut oar need of renottiiig
to th s element of rOHit?n?e than U)
our present ooudition. If the recooMMpdatioti
above nude, tor the iraiuiug of forty
thousand negroes for the sort ice ii.dioatci,
.-hull Hi eft your approval, it is certain
ilia* rnii 1I1U itu.itad number,, by their
pirp.iratory training iu intermediate duties,
w- uUI loiia u more valuable runeiva lorce,
I <n 1 axe ol ur^>-H. y. th m three fold their
uuiuher suddenly rulh-d from field labor;
| a.-lie a fioah levy could, to a certain ex|
lent, supply then places 10 the special ear{
vice toi winch they are now era^ioTCd.
Ol'UiR OfcJ?.iRTMENT:J.
The re^uiar uituu il ro-rorta of the Attorney
tlid S?cietavj of the Navy
and the i1)ftuu?tur Oou ral a in appended,
u .d ulve am, re iuloriiuUtou relative to the
eouuit <>n ot liio ieapc<ti\e departments,
iat) Contain au^^-aticiii for legislative
i<t -visions required ?o v< uiody curb defects
| iw the eziaivMn '*** as bate l???n diseloeed
by kipcitvuce, but uotus uf so general or ''
I toipuitanl a cliaikc <*r a* to require that I
I uou.d do lui'irc than. rcvotntiictid thcui to
. your tavoiabie doiMtbrdron.
| M.vJoliAl'|o.N? *oK >L1CK.
i flu-, a..ip.>-.iiu.u hi t)n? tjovernment for
* u-kceltil soti'ium tlu* which the
rn.iuy iian reieiroi n> me ar'-itneient ot, m
nr.u.1, bio Ln-ei. too <>tteu in ?nitested, nod
i.i to., will known to n??-d new assurances. *
I iiu' whi.e it i? true tint in iv.dtiuU and
| j.;ir?iei in lite I:uiied Sutes ha~e indica|
(H a icure to <iilw<iMti?- re on for icreo,
I mnt. t?y i-iiion to au.p (be further aac
ritioe ot iiuiii-iii It1<p, un . to arre.it the 3a?
i i.i hi t-es whicli now ntfl ct both countries,
t lie autboittiCi * In control the g >*einnaent
ot our?-h. titics have too often and too clear*
y ?xprv.-s?J their resolution to irate r->
j [" I'll r in (lit lei'UIS (II (MirDllOnumOMI
j ituttiumiiui liti degradation, to liAfi Uii
*nv hope ??t iIk of lovttlitita an t
' tii l e UeiUMnn < i th-ii ability 4o "bouquet
ii* in diNjieiwt Antony those who are ?1i
rea<tv <t s;. ?v-'l t-?r n. so-. many are actuated
by [?i mivfife <*nd <lis*ppro?U and abborleuee
of iK- uMquitoOA warfare that their
^ .r. riu/iciif is w.igm/, while others are
muted by tin. comcIi'JIi ibat it is no leu
to the lutei-eM Ot the Vitwed State* to
c mniui. * .?ru vie hi which u* ee?e ia nr*
? uioaile. U turnover this liut^ro-in^
| eon* ictioii ahull have tuks.u b?tn root iu
! the minds <>l a majority nf the Northern,
(ii-oph*, rhi-r wi.l br produced tl at willing*
iiesa to negotiate for |?ca e which ia nun
e<mitiund to in mHc. IVkcc ia manifestly
im[ma ible, uuie** demied by both parties
t. tins war, and ti e 'i-p ?-iti*?n lor it amor^
our en -mica Will l>e heat ami uioat certain.y
evoked by the d.-m ui-irati-'U on out
; pi t of ul.ili.tv and uusluk -ii ilrfermlnati ?'
| : ? defend our rLhrs. ami t.r hoi I no earth'
! y price t.io dear lor their puroftiieC. \V hr ti?
( . * or th.re shuii be on iSn oar ^rk,
niiin a dceiro for p.-acc, \\vco Trill b? ? ??
| liiSiull) in fiudiii^' im-ns by tthi-k n?^>>
i : ion- em be o|h?iio?1; but it m ohrioa.t
1 j (hat no i^fKCy tan be oalleJ into action
mil) tiiix dosiro shall be mutual. W-hon
1 . i bat c<nitinurruaj shall happen, tb? (iov-.rn '
moot, tu iri.ich is confided tfte treaty .ma1
kin^ power, can be >Mio loss lor means
1 adapted to Hceoinffi jb > desirable an cad.
' i luthe.koputti.it the day will nuou btr
' | reached, wUqp,- under lJiwuc taror, theso
.States may ha o'lowed (<> enter on tboir
'' t.inner peaceful puraoiti, and ! derdtopo
. t he abundant natural rtooorftvttoih which
i they are blessed, lot us thou wwolatolybon ,
I tinua to dvvotc.our united and unimpaired
-tieroJcs to tho dtfcncaXif ouf horn as, our
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tn the adored result.
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