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\ j. E.&L.M.QBIST, | proprietors ^n Jnbtgratott Jfmnflj-IWrapptr: Jfor l|t |)rmturtigit cf t|t IpoMtal, jfotial, ^gritnteal anit Commtrtial Jfirftrtsfa rf.% &ontjf. - - ?5 PEB TEAH.1K advmjce. r ~ YORgYHJiE, SOUTH CimiNA, WTOESDAY EVENING, MAKCji 23y 1864.; y- , , XUlgER12. k NOTICE. J .CURRENCY ACT. ; - T^HE Banks of South Carolina liere, v - JL by call tlie attention of all concerned to the operation of the Act of the Confederate Congress, approved Februa.... ... ry 17,1084, by which the Treasury- notes above the denomination of five dollars, not funded in four per cent, bonds . .. . .. - befqre the Isthf April proximo, will be then subjected to a tax of thirty-three and one-third per cent., and they hereby give notice . ~ . 1st. That all persons and corporations having claims upon them for. deposits, bank balances, certificates of deposit, checks, dividends, kc., Sic., shall present tlteir qjaims and " t . "j 'i-receive payment thereoFon or bctore the 19th of March Instant. 2nd. To facilitate the operations of their customers In i* funding their Treasury notes In lour per cent, bonds, according to the above Act of Congress, the bankswvill continue i ? "; to receive the same on deposit, until the 12th day of March > < instant, and to pay checks drawn against the same until . (he 19tn Idem, inclusive. 3rd. After the 19th day of March Instant aforesaid, the banks, In order to avoid for their depositors and others In.. . "terested the tax of thirty-three and one-third per cent., will proceed to fund the Treasury notes then remaining in their' possession in four per cent., bonds, on account of and for the benefit of the said depositors and others, and. thereafter pay all such claims in sold bonds. , . 4th'.- The banks will continue to receive and pay out Treasury notcaof tbo denomination of five dollars and less, - and win receive in the same manner as heretofore the newIssues' to be made under litis Act ???; ~J. ATCKATVTORD, rreshlent Commercial Itu.nk, Co ,v lumblR. R. M. JOHN8TON, President Exchange Dank, Co. lumbla. D.RAVENEL, President Planters and Mechanics' Bank. J. K. 8ASS, President Bank of Charleston. JAMES ROSE, President Soutlt-westeruRailroad Bank. H. L. ELLIOTT, President Planter's Bank, Fairfield. ' . ~ G. S. CAMERON, President Bank of Chester. . * J. G. HENNING, President Bank of Georgetown. ' J. WM. WHAL*', President Farmer's and Exchange Bank. WM. GODFREY, President Merchant's Bank, Clieraw. - W. B. SMITH, President Union Bank. C. M. FURMAN, President Bank State of Soutli Caro . ' . lina. JOHN FISHER, President Branch Bank State of South Carolina, Columbia. ANDREW gIMONDS, President liranch hank, auucville. - GEO. B. REID, President Bank of South Carolina. * D. F. McCAY, President People's Btink. EDWARD SEBRIN'G, President State Bank. " B. D. BOYD, President Bank Newbewy. > March 9 " 10 2t RATES OF POSTAGE I .If THE C. STATES OF AMERICA. V Th'OR convenience of the public JL the following simplified statement of the rates of post ' age, under the act of Congress of the Confederate States of f' - Amqrica, has been prepared. It must be borne in nilnd that the Act is to go into effect from and after such period as the P.M. General may, by proclamation, announce: -' rates or postauk. ^ Single letters, not exceeding a half ounce In weight, to any part of the Confederate States, shall be each 10 ccuts. An additional single rate for each additional half ounce or less. Drop letters 2 cents each. In the foregoing cases, the postage to be prepaid by stamps or stamped envelopes. Advertised .letters 2 cents each. . ox new8fafer8. Sent to regular and bona fide subscribers from the office ' of publication, and 4ot exceeding three ounces in weight: Weekly paper, 13 cents per quarter. Semi-Weekly paper, 26 cents per quarter. , ' Trl-Weekly paper, 39 centr per quarter. Four litnee a week, 56 cents per quurter. Five times a week, 65 cents per qunrtcr. Six times a week, 76 ceuts per quarter. ox periodicals. Periodicals published oftenertban seuii-monthly shall be charged as newspapers. Periodicals published monthly, not exceeding IX ounces in weight, 1 cent on-each number, and one-, cent additional on each additional cance or fraetiou of an ounce. ox transient printed matter. The inland postage on every other newspaper, and on each circular not sealed, handbill, engraving, pamphlet, periodical, magazine or other paper, which shall be uncon nected with any manuscript or written matter, and not exceeding I ounce In weight, shall be 1 cent, and for every . r _ additional ounce or fraction of an ounce, 1 cent additional; and books, bound and unbound, not weighing over four pounds, shall be deemed mailable matter, and the inland postage on them 'shall be at the rate of 2 cents an ounce or fraction of an ounce, and the postage on all such transient manor and books, shall be prepaid in all cases ex cept whan ?nt by officers, musicians or privates of the imay. ntAXXIXO privilege. | The following persons only arc entitled to the frankin9 privilege, and in all cases strictly confined to official business. Postmaster General. ' His Chief Clerk. Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department. Deputy Postmasters. SOUTH CAROLINA'S DEAD. , BIOGRAPHICAL ROLL OF HONOR: HAVING received frequent applications from the friends of deceased soldiers to place in a permanent form and make it accessible to all who might desire a copy, the ROLL OF HONOR," on which I am engaged for the State, I propose to publish a work more cx ' tended in its scope and design than the State Roll, einbra- ing Biographical Sketches of tile officers and men from this State who have fhllen or died in service during the present war, and whose friends may furnish me with the ueces sary materials for such sketches. The plan is this. The friends of lite deceased soldiers , desiring a place in this work, will forward*) me the necessary information to make up for publication the biographical sketches, or scud tne the notices they wish inserted, when they will he revised and compiled for publication.? Each biographical sketch must be accompanied by the name of at least one subscriber and Tcii Dollars to defray (lie expense and labor involved iu the preparation and compilation ' of the .ketches, for which a receipt will be given entitling the holder to a copy of the work at the subscription price. J am perfecting arrangements with a leading publishing house for the publication of the work. It wlil be published in monthly numbers, and issued in the best style of letter press prinilng. on fine white English book paper, and printed with the bt?t English Ink. Each nuuil>er will contain one or more portraits of officers and men who have distinguished themselves during the war. The twelve numbers will make four handsome volumes. Terms $50 per annum or for twelve numbers, payable on tbo publication of the first number, of which-duc notice will be given. The work win .be continued until the Roll is ? completed. Those Intending to subscribe or furnish bio- , graphical sketches, should do so without delay, as the first . edition will be limited to the number of subscribers. ; v Address WILLIAM B. JOHNSTON, Columbia, S. C. February 17 7 3t EXCIIiXGE XOTICE \0. s7~7 ADJUTANT AND INSPCCTOK-GEN'S OFFICE, < Richmond, February 4,166-1. GENERAL ORDERS NO. 14. THE following order is published for the information ot all concerned : Confederate States ok America, War Department, Richmond, Va., February 1, 1864. 1. All prisoners heretofore held by the United States authorities, whether officers, soldiers or civilians, received at City Point befofe the 1st of January, 1864, are hereby de. clared exchanged. 2. All officers and men of the Vicksburg capture, who reported for duty at Enterprise, Miss., at any liiuc prior to the 14th of November, 1863, and whose names were for warded to me by Major General John II. Forney, are here hy declared exchanged. 3. All officers and men of the Vicksburg enpture belonging to the 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery, who reported for duty at Marietta, Gn., and whose names were forwarded to me bv Col. A. Jackson, are declared exchanged. ROBERT OUI.D, Agent Of Exchange. Bv order: (Signed,) S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. February 10 ? 6t Iff THE COURT OF ORDINARY, YORK DISTRICT. ^ To Oliver F. Parish. R. R. Parish ami D. F. Parish. WHEREAS, J. LEANDER PAR v t ISH has tiled a petition in my office, praying to be permitted to prove in solemn form, a paper which has been . " . * admitted to probate in common form, as the last Will and Testament of AR'KIUR PARISH, deceased. These arc therefore! to cite and admonish vmi, the said OLIVER F. PARISH, R. U. PARISH, and D. F. PARISH, to appear at my office, at YORK COURT HOUSE, on the 16TH day ot APRIL next, at 10 O'Clock, A. M., with such' witnesses as you may deem proper, for or a?nlnst the confirmation of said Will. Given under my band and seal of Office, at York Court [l. s.l House, this 12tb day of January,' 186-1. ($[2) J. A. BROWN. O. Y. D. January 13 1 3tm Ttate of south carolb a, York district. " Roddey \ Co., vs W. B. Dunlap.?attachsik.nt. TJS7"HEEREAS, the plaintiff"s did on T T the 15th day of October 1863, file their 'declaration . against the defendant, who (as it Is said) Is absent from and . without the limits of this State, and has neither wife nor attorney known within the same, upon whom a copy of the paid declaration might be served. It is therefore ordered, that the sqld defendant do appear and plead to the said declaration, on or before tfte loth day of October, which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty four, otherwise final and absolute judgment will Men ?e awarded against turn. (?16) 8. E. MOORE, Clerk. October 15tb, 1863. November 4 4 44 ' qly, 1?^ot*?wrkdistrict, Mary Rlppey, per pro amie, i Bill for Account, Settlement vs. / Edward Rlppey, Jr., ctal. ) . of Ettate, 4'c. IT appearing to. my satisfaction tliat EDWARD R1PPEY, Jr., one of the Defendants lit this ease, resides beyond the limits of tills State. It Is therelore, on motion of WlHlamf & Bcntty, Solicitors for complainants, ordered, that said absent Defendant do appear and plead, answer or demur to the bill filed in this case, within three months from the publication of this notice, or a decree, pro confato, will then be entered and awarded against him. WALTER B. METTS, (.?32.25) Conunli'slineriu Equity. March 0 10 . 3m. ^ONFEDE R ATE~iXX~P A YER S. Vy ?Persons paying TAXES at tills time will be required to make the even change, as It is impossible forme to do so. J. A, McLEAN, C. T. C.' " March 9 10 tf ^ * s . r> From the Richmond Examiner. Duties of Tax-Payers and Currency Holders in order of Time. Before April 1, 1864?Give in profits of 1863 on purchase and sale of merchandize, &c., and pay 10 per cent, tax, now due. Corporations give in excess of profits for 1863 over 25 per cent.j and pay 25 per cent, tax, now due. Fund 8100 notes?non-interest bearing. Fund 50's, 20's and 10's for four per oent. bonds. . ' Provide enough of such bonds to pay taxes due in 1864, and as many more as \7r?n nlensft. * J ? r April 1, 1864?Register and pay taxeB on sales and profits under Act of 1863. You oan now cxobangq 50's, 20's and 10's for .new issues. Before Jane 1, 1864?Give in ^property tax at value of property in I860. 1. Value of land, negroes, (unless.boughf since January 1, 1862?then give in the price paid for them,) plantation jstock, mules, horses, cattle, and all live stock, plantation tool? and - provisions, and all property employed in agriculture. Keep this separate from the other property, because it is to be paid in the tithe, or the value of the latter deducted from the tax. 2. Other property, viz : real estate not used in agriculture, furniture, books, provisions, utensils, cotton, tobacco, &c., &c. (But if cotton and tobacco, bought since January, 1862, value it at the price paid for it.) 3. Coin and bullion held in this country. Confederate bonds, (not including the four per cent, bonds last authorized,) bank bills, and other currency, (except non-interest bearing Confederate Treasury notes, add except capital or notes, &o., employed in trade, otherwise taxed;) also, credits, notes, accounts, &o., bonds. A \T/vn/vn hrtl J nk?/\A J of llfl VY\ O rtof "x* lauuujr uciu umivhu^ uv ho ui?tau* value in currency. 5. Joint stock, at market value in currency. 6. Plate, jewelry and watches, (10 per cent, tax.) Merchandize is not given fibr taxed as property, the income being taxed. June 1, 1864?Pay property tax on the foregoing?except on agricultural property; on this pay tithes from'time to time?and the residue, when ascertained, in money. Pay gold and silver ooin tax, exchange, &cin kind. Before July 1, 1864?Fund ?5 bills. July 1, 1864--Give in and pay sale or profit taxes under Act 1863, commence payment of tithes, from time to time, as crops are gathered. Octohcr 1, 1864?Sales and profit taxes again. Continue to pay tithes. January 1, 1865?Sales and profit taxes again. Income tax for 1864 now due. From income, exclude house rent, servant hire, interest on notes,.value of cattle and beef sold, and aDy other income derived from taxed property. Salary for 1864. Give in and pay extra profit tax levied by late Act for 1864. Corporation tax on ej;<^ss of profits are 25 per cent. Corporations pay no other income tax for 1S64. The stockholders il. i. -i. 1. pay tue lax uu tuc biuu&y no piupcuy, uuuv 1, 1864. March 1,1865?Cotton and bacon tithes. Pay residue of agricultural tax of -1864. As the taxes due in 1864 are payable in 4 per cent, bonds, it is important to know i which taxes are due this year. It is to be remarked that the tithes of corn are not so payable. What taxes are ? l; The whole property tax of every sort, I (tithes excepted,) the tax on gold and. sil- : ver plate, jewelry, watches, &cj the tax on joint stock. < Query.?Will the 4 per cent. |bonds pay the taxes on coin, exohange, credits, bonds and currency? We think not. They are i to be paid in kind. 2. The extra profit tax of 10 per cent, on profits of 1863 is now duo. 3. The registry and gross sales taxes for April, July and October. But not the income, salary or professional taxes for 1864, which are payable January 1, 1865. We will now propose and answer a "few of the most important or most perplexing questions connected with thes? Acts: '1. When is the tax on agricultural property to be paid ? By section 6?on 1st June, 1864, or as soon thereafter as practicable, thp whole property tax is to be paid. By section 1?^from the tax on property employed in agrioulture shall be deducted the value of the tax in kind delivered therefor, provided that no credit shall be : allowed beyond 5 per cent. We oannot i think this language authorises the construe* < tion which requires the plaater to pay tho ] 5 per cent, tax in advance, and have the i values of the tithes refunded from time to i time. The money tax is to be paid wheq I ascertained. The tax is to be paid as soon I after June 1 as practicable, "when it is 1 ascertained what deduction" is to be made ! from the 5 per cent, tax for the value of < the tithe. The other construction'.is not < supported either by the nature of the thing I or the language of the law. Tho law does i not oontemplate "refunding," but "deduction"?not the advancement of more than 1 is due, but the payment of a residao. And j it would be a most convenient and rigorous , rule to require aen to raise money at a timo ( of the year Wuen planters certainly have. , nnlhint* tn coll tr? Wo rafnnftari hv dvihlfita VV WWil| ?w UW IVIUUUVU K J ??.?r-?ww j in tbo fall. * . ( The law would alike be inconvenient to 3 tax-payers and tax-collectors. < Query.?Could a planter pay his estima. 1 ted deficit (viz: between the 5 per cent, tax * and the aggregate value of tithes, supposing I the latter insufficient,) in advance in the 4 i per cent, bonds, or ^t the close delivery-r- , which for bacon and cotton, might be in i 1865 ? Probably he could. 4 . V It is an important fact that the tithes will be valued in the new and reduced currency, and, therefore,-not go so far as might be anticipated, judging from this year's valuation. Also, that the 4 per oent. bonds do not help the tithe. 2. Is the tax upon gold and silver coin, exchange, &o., to be. paid in kind ??i. c.} 5 per oent. of gold itself, Ao.^ The language seems studiously to imply this : In other sections the word "value" is employed?in reference to gold and silver coin, &o., the word "amount"?"upon the amount of gold 6 per cent."?not of its value, it would seem, but of itself. A distinction made in the third "section seems to favor this view?it being impossible to pay 5 per cent, of the aotual corpus of money held abroad, the tax is levied upon valnA" ?"vf annh mnnnv Thfl rAflJtnil seems to support the construction. Why such discrimination between foreign exchange, on the one hand, and money held abroad, on the other?as would tax the latter twenty times as high as the former?? None, evidently. They are both taxed alike, both in the same seotion, and having like relations. The gold or exohange here is to be paid in gold or exchange. The gold abroad is to pay tax in Confederate money here on its valne here, while exchange here can be paid in kind. Since the foreign gold itself cannot be reached in kind, the third,section of this Act seems to have been drawn with a nice distinction. Query.?Will four per cent, bonds pay these taxes on gold, silver, bullion, exohange, &o.? No j not if the foregoing view-is correot. The foregoing reasoning applies to credits, currency, &o.?the "amount" of which, and not their value, if taxed?these, too, are payable in kind. It will be a troublesome matter with some of them, for they are not properly devisable?still the argument seems decisive. 5. If tbe Government prefers that Treasury. notes should be funded rather than pay the tax of 33? per cent., oould not the mecnamcai aimcuicy or counting in a limited time be overcome readily enough?? Could not the department issue notes after the manner of the express companies, for packages sealed, and said to oontain so much, to be afterwards opened and oounted at leisure. If there be a deoided preference for funding as 4he interest of the Government, the mechanical difficulty would seem a pitiful obstaole. PROCLAMATION m By the President of the Confederate States \ of America. ' The Senate and House of Representatives of the Confederate. States of America have signified their desire that a day may be recommended to the people, to be set apart and observed as a* day of humiliation, fasting and prayer, in the language following, to wit: . "Reverently recognizing the Providence of God in the affairs of man, and gratefully* remembering the guidance, support and deliveranco granted to our Patriot Fathers in the memorable war which resulted in the Independence of the American Colonies, and now reposing in Him our supreme confidence and hone in the nresentrstrusrcle for ?r A oo Civil and Religious Freedom, 'and for the right to live under a Government of our own choice, and deeply impressed with the conviction that without Him nothing is strong, nothing wise and nothing enduring; in order that the people* of this Confederacy may have the opportunity at the same time, of offering their adoration to the great Sovereign of the Universe of penitently confessing their sins and strengthening their views and purposes of amendment in humble reliance upon His- Gracious and Almighty power: "The Congress of the Confederate States of America do resolve, That it bo recommended to the people of these States that FRIDAY, the 8th day of April next, be set apart and observed as a day of Humiliation, pasting and Prayer, that Almighty God wonld so preside over our public counsels and authorities; that- He would so inspiro our armies and their leaders with wisdom, courage and perseverance; and so manifest Himself in the greatness of His goodness and majesty of His power, that we may be safely and successfully led through the ohastening fewhioh we arc being subjoefhd, to the attainment of an honorable peace; so that while we enjoy the blessings of a free and happy Government, we may ascribe to Him the honor and the glory of our independence and prosperity." A recommendatioo so- congenial to the feelings of the people will receive their hearty concurrence; and it is a gratef?l duty to the Executive to unite with their representatives ip inviting them to meet in the Courts of the Moat High. Recent events awaken fresh gratitude to the Supreme Kaler of nations. Our enemies havo suffered repeated defeats; and a nefarious scheme to.burpancj plpnqer our capital, and to destroy our civil GovlPhment-bj putting to death the chosen servants of the people, has been baffled, and set.at naught. Our irmies have been strengthened; our finan363 promise rapid progress to a satisfactory 3ondition; and our whole coiintr^ is animated with a hopeful spirit and a fired determination .to achieve independence. In these circumstances-it becomes us, with thankful hearts, to bow ourselves beFore the throne of the'Most High, and while gratefully acknowledging so many mercies, confess that our sins as a Deonle have iuBtlv * " exposed us to His chastisement. Let us recognise the sufferings whioh we have been sailed upon to endure, as administered by i fatherly hand for our improvement, and with resolute courage and patient endurance , let us wait on Him for our deliverance. In furtherance of these objects, no*?, therefore. I, JEFFERSON DAYIS, President of the Confederate States of 4?erioa, Jo issub thi<j iny Proclamation, calling npon the people of the said States, in conformity with the desire expressed by their repress^ _ , , ' ' |' tatives, to set apart FRIDAY, the 8th day of April, as a day of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer, and I do hereby invite them, on that day to repair to their several places of publio worship and beseech Almighty God "to preside over oar public- counsels and so inspire our armies and leaders with wisdom, courage and perseverance ; and so to manifest Himself iff the greatness of His goodness and in the majesty of His power, that we may seoure the blessings of an hon' orable peace and of free government; and that we, as a people, may ascribe all to the Honor and Glory of His name." ?Given under mv hand and the fs -.1 seal'of t^e Confederate States of j EAL [ America, at the city of Rioh^ v?v?'' mond, on this 12tib day of March, in the year of onr Lord ooft thonaand eight hundred and sixty-four. JEFFERSON DA\<S. By the President. J. P. Benjamin, Seoretary of State. An Impressive Scene.?Bishop Meade and Gen. Lee. It was a beautiful evening in the summer of 1863. The sky was cloudless.? The sun was nearly setting. Its bright, slanting rays passing through a curtained window, lightened tip a room, in which the incident now about to bo related was occurring. In a plain but spacious mansion had long lived, and was dying, the great and good Bishop Meade, Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church, of the Diocese of Virginia. Full of years and ripe with the good works of more than half a century, that good man waaabont changing time for eternity .His last-battle was fought, victory was his, and he was now receiving, his discharge from earth's battle fields forever. It was a sad and beautiful scene. A oalm but hojy serenity, lightened up his countenance. Friends were there and strangers too, to witness the death of the good and 'i holy man, and 3s almost breathless they gazed upon the solemn scene, they felt that "the chamber wUere the good man meets bis fate, is blessed beyond the common walks of life, quite on the verge of Heaven." 1 His hour had oome. With holy serenity, but feeble voioe, he bade a last adieu tft ftll. hflt.h friand nrnl nfrnneror in l>ia i-nnin ?7 ? ? - ?? ; except one, and gave to each his dying charge. The exception referred to was that great and good man, now at the head of our forces in Virginia, Gen. Robert Lee, He approaohod the bedside of tho dying Bishop, and sank upon his knees. He wa? weeping. Bishop Meade thus addressed him;. "Gen. Leo, I am dying, and from this stand point of time, in sight of eternity, permit me to give jgu my last injunction. ' "For a considerable period I thought this war an unjust one, and was for maintaining the Union. But when I saw Lincoln's proclamation, my oyes were opened, and I saw nothing remained to the South, but deepest degradation or war to the bitter end. Since that time I have done all in my power for the Confederate arms. But I can do no more.' God calls and I go at his summons. Gen. Lee, you are engaged in a holy oauso?the cause of liberty?the cause of unborn millions. I see it now as \ I have never seen it "before. You are at . the head of a mighty armyj to which mil- t lions look with untold anxiety and hope, j You are a Christian soldier. God thus far t nnjflD on^ K1 aacrAa trnn in nnn* nflpAwfa L unvo uuv? i/i?oogo juu *u jruui wuui 10 xui vuo X cause of the South. Trust io God, Gen. Lee, with all your heart," and placing his palsied hands on the General's head, he added, in a voice never to be forgotten by * the by-standers, "you will never be overcome?you can never be overcome !" The dying man ceased to speak, and I slowly removed his hands from Gen. Lee's 1 head. He arose from his kneoling posture, 8 his eyes swimming in tears. There were * no dry eyes in that room. It was Jacob 1 blessing his son?and as he ceased to speak v he ceased to live?Bishop Meade lay there ? a corpse. Tell me not ye skeptics that it is 8 enthusiasm, when I boldly assert that I a firmly believe that. by that act of Bishop ? Meade, Gen. Lee was rendered invinoible. The dying blessing of that holy man will E rest upon him throughout this war. Yankee 1 millions may howl for his destruction, and t all the. bloodhounds from Lincoln's kennel may be turned loose to hunt him down.? h Kivers of blood may bo shed, and thous- ( ands of lives sacrificed; yea! all our fair ? sunny land may be made one vast Golgotha, * but amidst all the carnage and blood, the v crash and havoc of battle-, Gen. Lee, ys S with charmed life, will stand secure. Noj tl Gen, Lee oan "never bo overcome," he oan It "never be conquered!" S. S. h [Montgomery Advertiser. n An Army Bake Oven?Qno of the ri greatest discomforts of the soldier i9 the 9 want of well baked bread. A remedy for " this is .probably now in the power of the a Government. An oven was some time ago 0 oaptured from the Yankee army on the ^ Potomao which-baked bread for 6,000 men; J It so happened that Mr. Lapsley, the New G York inventor, was in Richmond when the b captured .oven was brought there. He has b Binoe improved upoa it, and operated it at w Spottswood Hotol, in presence ot the Sec- r< retary of War and other spectators. It baked hard bread in 14 minutes, biscuit in 10 minutes, and loaf bread in 35-minutes. It has 5 pans, baking 32 loaves each, or about 300 per hour. The hread is of most oxoellent quality. The machine is in the shape of a wagon, and is carried about with tc the army on wheels.as one of the wagons. ^ Wkaf Ttoaf nrl^lhnnfl frt ffia nftmfnrf nf W Tf uau iaov ? ?v i/uu vuuiiuiw v* oar soldiers can be made by' these bakers, a and shoe shops, and soap manufactories,.and ^ such like conveniences, attaohed to every " brigade. a* By the way, speaking of soap, a.friend informs us that he obtained from the Observer a reoipe for making the article, which is si worth a dozen -years' subscription. It is tc simply strong ley and rosin boiled together till of the proper consistency. Not a par- 1? tide of grease u necessary. His family tt ; .-v. ' if - ; *" ' was thus supplied with an excellent soap all last year?excellent, as his own' fanltless shirt bosom showed. If salt were not so dear, an addition of a proper proportion of that would make "bar turpentine soap." Fayetteville Observer. Danlgren ana isaipatrioK as ?ieroes. The New York Times is in a, fury with the Confederate soldiers at whose hands Dahlgren found his fate. It calls them "cowardly assassins,"""midnight' assassins," and the like. We are pleased to see the Times take it so hard. The complaint is that the Confederate troops ambushed the flying blue-coate, and took them by surprise. This unexpected attack is represented aa.a villainous expedient, to be sure. Is the Times toa rabid to remember that Kilpatriok's and Dahlgren's whole expedition was intended, as a surprise ? Of that, as one of the expedients of war, we have not been pitiful enough to complain. It was oar business, as it was Dahlgren's, to keep a lookout.' Bat Dahlgren and his coadjutor came not as adroit warriors to gain merely a warrior's advantage. They came , not merely to liberate their'men and capture ours. The papers which Dahlgren bore upon his person show their errand to have been black and disgraceful. and infa- < mous beyond conception and example.? They came to kill all the horses that they oould not steal, and all the cattle,they could '< not appropriate; and, for example, we learn ; that on the farm of Col. Tomkins, near here, they shot down a cow with a calf qf a few weeks1 at her side. They q&me to de liver the women and children of our city to the passions of an unbridled mob of ten i thousand men. They came to consign our < houses to the flames. They came*, to kill 1 our civil officers. These things are fully j avowed. They are, so to speak, the dying i confessions and explicit declarations of this' i same man Dahlgren j * I This is the New York Timetf hero; and 1 wnen ne tell in battle, conducted on our part within the rules allowed by war, he is a martyr, and his vanquishers are-assassins. What villainous, whining stupidity! The trubhris, that the enterprise of Kilpatriok was no less absurd in conception, and contemptible in eieoution, than it was infamous in purpose. How he could have anticipated success is strange; but how, being once-embarked,9 he should have done 30 little to secure it, is stranger still. Dahlgren's orders prepared his men. for desperate endeavorsj and we should have expected as muoh, from the character of the undertaking. But-never were men whipped 30 easily. Their cowardioe was, indeed, their protection, and was lucky for them j. for it kept us from getting a grip upon them, whioh we would have done, had they stood a little better. They fled at battle's irst front, and qaickly gave way before our mere skirmishers. J>ahlgren himself was ihoxoqghly whipped io ten^ minutes, by our mere advance, less than half his own numDers. From that time his thoughts were >nly on running; and it was while attemptng to catcti up with I^ilpatriok, who had un first and fastest, that he met his fate. The only way to get a fight out of these raliant cow-killers was to surprise them.? is to their expedition, it was a fai'ure ihroughout. They faile'd in every purpose, . ind achieved not a single thing to redeem hem from contempt. They came as tigers,, ought like'sheep, and ran like hares. Richmond Sentinel. _ ? - . a Prom the National Intelligencer. "V, ? -... . , *t Discretion and Leniency. The following is a oopy of a handbill, a )refaoed with a spread-eagle and printed I n displayed typography, whioh has been ] ent to ns by a citizen of Talbot County, 1 Maryland. It will be seen that it pro- s )0unds a rule of qonduct according to f vhich "discretion and lenlenoy" will be u ;raciou8ly exercised by the military toward ii i portion of the people of Maryland. In a , government of laws such a style of lan- o ;uage would be impossible and inconceiva- fi ile, bat in a government of tnen it is a latural and familiar dialect, tboagb some- b hing very alien to the 'ancient and tradi- 1 ional habits of the Amerioan people- fi If such proclamations are. allowed to be ai asued in this country, it is evident that b longress cannot too soon prapojife to the ai States to amend the Constitqtion in the ?ords suggested by Mr. Sumner: "Every- D rhere within the limits of the United h States, and of each .State or Territory hereof, all persons are equal before the & iw, so that no person can hold another as P is slave." . - *' v *' T 11 To the People of Talbot County.?AH i? ersons owning able-bodied male slaves are d' equealed to report them to these head- ^ uartere, and all persons complying with his order will, on presenting them, receive hi reoeipt and descriptive list in duplicate, *1 n which document they will receive pay rom the General Government. None but ^ oung and sound men are of service to the 4' iovernment, and none but this <dass will 01 e Accepted. Discretion and leniency will e.used towards all persons who comply d< ith this order; and any information will 81: jadily be given by applying to t0 ' Lieut. J. C. Vanderiioof, }n "U. S. Army, Reoruiting Officer, <?Talbot County, Md." nc "Eaaton, December 26, 1863/' ? % l0i Got)d One.?The following is too good m i be lost: A little boy who is in the hab- to of bringing wood to town to sell, and of hose appearance would indicate him to be w< very dull child, happened to be in town qc le other day with a load, and oq passing ti< te shop of Mr. --t' a shoemaker, wa? ri( iked by him the price of the wood. di "Ten dollars, sir,'* says the little fellow. If "What'! ten dollars!*' exclaimed the of loemaker. "Why, where do. you expeo.t to i go when you die ?" bo qoqtiqqed. de "I doq't know," remarked the little fel- qi w, rtbut suppose 1 may be somewhere in ti< ie neighborhood of the shoemakers/^ 1 V a ? E lis so 11 and Beoognition. Those who have accused Rassel of poltroonry in his correspondence with Seward, are now constrained to acknowledge that they were guilty-of great injustice. It tarns oat, as oar readers are aware, that the noble Lord never had any offioial knowledge of that celebrated despatch, in which the Yankee Premier threatened to parsae Confederate eraisCrs into British ports. He was, indeed, folly informed that such a despatch had been written, and that -it was at the. option <Jf Mr. Adama to deliver it to him at any moment, bat as it was not formally presented, there was no necessity that be should notice the insalt, or allow it to influence, in any way,- the deferential and conciliatory attitude which he ' has alWays preserved towards the Government of the United States. Jle. stood exactly in the position of a Mr. Smith, to whom a'Mr. Jones has intimated that he had been empowered by a Mr. Brown to kiok the aforesaid Mr. Smith. Jones, however,. in the exeroise of a wise discretion, having withheld the actual application of the boot, Mr. Smith takes no offence at the unexecuted menace, and replies to the harmless insinuation by expressing"his unaltered belief in the peaceful intentions, and valuable friendship of Mr. Brown. By the light of this illustration, it will be Been that Earl Russell could not have acted otherwise than he did^ and that, in fact, England, if insulted at all, has been insulted in a strictly Pickwickian sense algae* . . It is possible, nevertheless,.that the English people may. be disposed to take another view of the matter. Though not quite so sensitive, on the point of honor as the Frenoh, they oreinot wont, either- as individoals or as a nation, to submit tamely to the language of bluster. We would not be at all surprised if the affair should end by unseating Russell, or, at least, by compelling him to take into consideration that proposition for the acknowledgment of our independence which, it is reported, Napoleon is again aioqt to make. ' With regard to the rumored intention of the Frenoh Emperor, we have already said in these columns almost as much as we oare to give to the subject. The news mav. or nay not, be true; bat, as the Examiner remarks, it is bbnnd to prove trae one of ;bese days, and, at the present moment, we iave better groands to ueiievc it trae than ve ever bad before. The Emperor's em* jeror being now on his way to assume the ihrone of Mexico, the alliaooe of the Con'ederate,States, therefore, become more im* nediately neoessaiy to his Imperial Majesty, md, for this reasoji, itjs by no means im* probable that Napoleon may conclude to do it onoe what there is-mo doubt he has hitherto only reluctantly deferred. Farther than ;bis;.W6 do not wish to disease the chances. Recognition does not imply the condusiba )f the war, for recognition will not drive Meade .from Virginia, or free Tennessee 'rom Grant. That will still remain , to be tohieved by ourselves. Meanwhile, a dismay of too much interest in the troth or 'alaehood of the report, might cause us to ippear somewhat in tbq* light of a half)eaten pugilist praying lustily for a third )arty to como and take bis antagonist off. South Carolinian. Funding Treasury Notes, Size of Bonds, &d. :-| Editora Courier:?I ask, where is-the j .uthority derived fromrfor refusing to land ,ny of all notes over five dollars ? Certain- , y not from the currenoy aot. The first secinn nf that anfc nrnvidna an fnllnwa "That the holders of all Treasury notes i ibove the denomination of five dollars, shall i le allowed until the first day of April, 1864, ! Hast, and until the first day of July,. 1864, t Vest of the Mississippi river, to fond the < ame, and until the periods and at the | ilaces stated, the holders of all Shoh Treasry notes shall be allowed -to fand the same i a registered bonds, payable twenty years 1 ftqr their date, bearing interest at the rate ] f fonr per oept. per annum, payable orr the t rat day of Janoary and July of-eaoh year?' a Now from this, is it not clear that *the onds should be of the same sige as the 'reosnry notes above "the denomination of ve dollars 1" The notes above five dollars 1 re tens, twenties, fifties and hundreds; the f onds should, therefore, be for any of these t mounts, at the option of the parties fund- t ig, or for any other larger amount that the f otes may eall for. Suppose a man only as one fifty dollar bill- The Aot says as i Iriihly as possible that he shall be allowed H ' fund it in a registered "bond, bearing four g sr cent, interest. He presents it at the t reasury, and-ho is told that bondsi are only e sued for the denomination of one hundred e a ollaw.' TVho loses the tax on this note, a ie holder who complied with the law,*or s le Treasurer who refused to allow a man t is rights under it ? I think it quite olear n tat the Treasurer might he made ta pa; o ie amount. But where oau this idea that d ie bonds qannot he for less than a hundred a jllf^rs have originated from ? There is not 1< ie word in the Act to authorize the ooncep- si on of such an opinion. It is true the Aot a )es not expressly declare what shall be the ? zes of these bonds, but I think it was al- d gether unnecessary so to do, as the express ai elusion of all notes, above five dollars li zarly enough points out of what denomu b itiom the bonds must necessarily be." If the present course is persisted-in much ss will ensue to those who hold small a? n ounta of Treasurer notes, confined of course, tl the nnnrnr nltnas on/I mans iknnaon^a >. v?MHWUJ WU%k ^MWWWMW Ul notes-will be e*ohided which might and a juld have been fnndod. If the ooarae 7 m punned is the result of the oonstrao* no m of Assistant Treasurers and Deposita- m 5s themselves, I hope this artiole may in- bl toe them to reconsider then construction^ ts it be by the directions- of the Secretary lc the Treasury himself, I hope he may have' o< pay thfrr'tazon all notes which" may be m ibarred the privilege, of funding in coose- ; tence of so griovous and palpable a viola- )Q of law and right S. A Id- bi OBttK fw??rS. 0.) March IT, 16ft. fit The Force our Troops will have to Fight this Spring. While theartniea of theConfederaoyhave * been streugtheDed by the-reoent ooosoription and the men already pat in the ranks, the Federal armies, says the Richmond Dispatch, will be much weaker than those they fought last year. JJut a few weeks since the Yankee papers published two important facts?one^that thejast draft had oot added 50,000 men to the ranks of their army ? This was official from.the Provcet Marshal General The other was a statement-made by letter writers, that not 40,000 .-of the veterans had re-enlisted. This last important fact had caused alarm in Congress, and. in the House of Representatives, a few days ago, a resolution was passed calling on the President to furnish a list showing "the number of. re-enlisted veteran volunteers from booh State, and other information in ' this connection." On the 1st instant Linooln renlied to this call, enclnsino- a IaMav from the Secretary of Waiy tfho said that, < H in his opinion, it wouldbe ^prejudicial ttj I the public service" to transmit to the Hoose at the present time the information request- 2s ed. The fret is that the drafts in the Urn- , UK ted States hare proved ntter failures. Jhej ' M have brought paper money in commutation. 9 Paper money won't'fight. There is very I little personal danger to be apprehended wg from a bank note, and there is no. ease on - flg| record of a man baling *been bayoneted by HE a $1 bill. The new draft, will reahlt as all HE others have. The $800 commutation clause fl is still in foroe, and. the green backs will fl poor in. The disastrous defeat of- Gillmore fl in Florida, the rout of Griersou and Smith . fl in Mississippi,1 the disgraceful failure of |w Sherman's advance on Mobile, the rejmlse fl of the last "on to Eiohmodd,". and the \ general gloom thrown over the Yankee H prospects by these occurrences, will not encourage* going into the ranks. Thecom- fl mutation might be advanced to $600, and fi it.would be .cheerfully paid. WithNour fl strengthened armies in the field, let our H people take eoufage and do all in tkeir fl power to sustain them in comfort. 'The flHj stage is cleared. The curtain is slowly ri- H sing on the spring campaign. Already we ? BlB see the shining sandals of Victory, and as flfl it rises higher it will diaolose tp our view $ flflB the glorious ctown which enciroles her Bag brow. 9fln n lt'" .-i fl Dying Out of the Convention Scheme. Hfl Within a few days we have received sev-* eral assurances by letter and otherwise that ttflEa the projeot of getting up a State Ctfnveu- I tiofl to eoable North Carolina to "takd her gH| own affairs in her own hands," and to "with- fl draw*, the keystone from the Confederate B aroh, so that the whole structare would turn- fl ble to'the ground," is pretty effectually ..Hfl knocked in the head. A letter from Stokes fl oouoty informs us that but few even of the Mfeflg subscribers to the Standard are iu favor of fl a Convention. A letter from Gailford says fl that the project is, dying oat inthat seotioo - flfirel of the State. And ve see a card in the ' ffjSffi Greensboro Patriot, signed by a gentleman G 1 who had acted as Secretary to a Conveptior B meeting in Rockingham county, saying :. KBaaj " I have since beoome satisfied-that mj'cL ~ I meetings can do bo good, bat are calculated I to aid and encourage our enemies, and tint 9 the political wire workers who are at &MsHI bottom of them so understand them. I. floCHl therefore disclaim all connection wjth them . fl for the future." fl Upon the back of-theseoomestbespeeohes of Gov. Yaoce, at Wilkesboroogh, States- fl ville and Salisbury,.in which be took deoided ground against the Convention pgita- flflEH tion. This is uo sudden view of the Gov- 9 ernor; his speeoH is but an exposition of hRB his well known and well settled views on IWH this question, made public on the first proper B opportunity, which was afforded by ah invi- fl ation to address Ihe people of ^ilkes. Bailiff Upon the whole we congratulate our I eadera upon the.death of the scheme. Jt fl ias done a deal of evil- to the character of fl forth Carolina, - but we .have much to. be I hankfol foe that its power to do mueh more BjflMg md wbrse is at an end. fltifflfij Fayetteville Observer. <1 IffOIDENX OF THE WAE IN FLORIDA.? * BMBBi Che following incident, illustrating the j eelings of the negroes in Florida towarde BotMH heir brethren of fche invading army, is Bj ahen from a private letter just received I rom the vicinity of the late battle: After the battle, a gentleman accompa- HiBTmm iied by his body servant, went over the BrafllSl [eld, looking at the dead and wounded ne> 9 ;roes. Having proceeded some distance, 9 be servant's attention was attracted by an 9 xcellentpair of boots on, the feet of a ne- 9 ;ro soldier, lying near where they stood, fl nd, after getting his master's consent, oized one of the boots to pull it off. He BmPSe! tad hardly done so, When the wounded ,ogro oommenced kicking furiously, and 9 ried out, "Let my boots alone ; I am not ^ ead !" The servant startled, stepped hack nd asked, "What did you say V' "I jay 3t my boots alone; I ain't dead r The I arvant picked up a light wood knot, and . KtftfBfH k??i, ,t"v? ?:??* BBKKvM kimiug i/auftj ihuuj "JL.UU ?u ii ucnu i No, I ain't," replied the soldier. "Well, i en, if yoa ain't d?adj I'll, deaden, you," SmEB ad immediately dispatched him with the gaBBW ghtwood knot, and bore off the coveted oots. .. H :?7-7".. J9* Howell Gobb says: "A man who is * ot willing to fund his Treasury notes, when le condition of his country demands it, is I ot worthy^of a Government. These are M 9 ty views upon the eorrenoy Question.? I hey are short, and quite satisfactory to yself. Will men complain of the tax on -B toney and not complain of the tax on the . fl H tood of their countrymen ? Go pay the xes that onr brave soldiers are psyiop i? fl fl ,afng their heart's blood, and then ceaso to gjClflBfl tioplain of a little taxation upon yotoney or yonrproperty." fgmflHR 7 The planters of Talladega county, Al? - *m|H| tma, furnish corn to soldier's families at fcy ?aou per ooahal. iflMMM .fl _ . MIIIIBIB