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I YOLUME11. YORKYILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EYEYING, JANUARY 11, 1865. . . ;
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r To EAISE SUPPLIES FOR THE YEAH COMi
kW(0X?O IN OQXOBSR, ONE THOUSAND
EIGHT HUNDRED AND dTXTT-tOTJE.
i Sxc. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
| House of Representatives, now met and sitting
in General Assembly, and by the authority
of the same, That & tax for the soma
' and ia the manner hereinafter mentioned,
shall be raised and paid into the Treasury
y at this State, foiL#e use and service there\
of, that is to say: Six dollars ad valorem,
. on every hundred dollars of the value of all
lahdi granted in this State aooording to the
existing classification, as heretofore established
; four dollars pep head on *H slaves:
Provided, That ail lands or slaves in this
i State now in podfcfesiou or under the con?
I troi of the enemy, and also such slaves as
may have come into th* possession of the
enemy before the first day of April next, or
> suoh lands as shall have been abandoned by
< ?i nt
toe owners, to oowjequcums
L the military imthorrtiea,before the first day
P of April next, aha!! be exempted from taxattaf?jteir
dollars on eaoh frfe negro, mulatto,
or mestizo, between the ages of fifteen
[ . and fifty years, except such as shall dearly
| be 4&Wm8&o? the.eol^qggr
to be incapable, from wounds or otherwise,
| of proetzriaga livelihood, and except those
who now are, or have at any time since the
I first of Ootober, Anna Domini One
th on sand eight hundred and sixty-three,~
been in the service of the army of this
StaK^Of tile Confederate States, as iabor
- vl&RUVJi' f TT\3
era or otherwise, in the existing war; one
dollar ahd fifty oentB ad valorem, on every
! hundred -dottoe of;^ >^aloe -of ail lots,
That no taxshaHLbeievied pn lots, lands
and buildings within any oity, town, village
or borough in this State, whfch have passed
into the possession or tinder. the control of
the enemy, nor npon the property in the
city of- Charleston to the Southward and
i to wit:
p from'Cooper river through the oentre of the
P following streets,, to wit: Chapel and John
streets to Meeting street^ through Meeting
to Hudson, through' Hudson to King,
through' King to Calhoun, through Calhoun
i to St. Philip, through St. Philip to Green,
F through Coming to Bull,. through Ball - to
I Pitt, through Pitt to Montague, through
1 ' Montague to Rntledge, through Rutledge
to Broad, through Broad to channel of Ashley
river : Provided, That all property in
tiie oity of Charleston purchased ainoe the
flri*,dayof January, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-three, shall pay foil tax;
. not uppn wy of iboeft.,Iote,"iapor boild- a
ijfijja within any oity, tows, -village or borough,
the buildings- on whioh have been
danwgad by the shot or shell of the enemy,
or wbioh may pass Into the possession or
under the eontro! of the enemy before the I
first of April next; nine dollars ?er hundred
dollars on factorage, employments, in.
eluding persons engaged in inland naviga^
w tion by steam and sail boats, steam saw mills
hotel keepers, keepers of boarding houses
and restaurants, and other eating house
keepers, keepers of bar rooms, and lime and
eharooal burners, faculties ;ind professions/
including the profession of dentistry, whether
in the profession Und employment of law
or equity the profits be derived from the
cost of suits, fees, or other sources <?f pro
, feasional income, except clergymen, school
masters, school mistre^e^. &nd mechanics
ten dollars and fifty cents oaevery hundred
dollars an, the amount of commissions reoeived.by
vondue masters and commission
merchants j two dollars por hundred dollars
on thd capital -stock paid in on the first of
October, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-four) of all banks- which,- for their
present charters, have not paid a banns to
the State; ten dollars per hundred dollars
on the capital stook of any bank of issue
not incorporated by this State, paid in on
| the first day of Ootober, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty four, doing business by
agents within the limits of this State ; two
dollars and fifty cents per hundred dollars
on the capital stock of all incorporated importing
and exporting companies, and on
the capital employed Unincorporated
companies and individuals in importing and
exporting, and ill, incorporated and unincorporated
expels companies, or express
firms?said stook and capital to be taxed
upon its market value upon the first day of
Ootober last?said value to be decided by
the Comptroller General; fifteen ner centum
on all premiums taken in this btatc by iaoorporatod
insuranee companies, and by the
agencies in this State noting in behalf of
insurance companies and underwriters without
the limits of this State; three dollars
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and nity cents on every nunurea uouars ui
the amount of sales of goods, wares and
merchandise, embracing all artioles of trade
for sale, barter, or exchange (tb-> products
of this State and the unmanufactured products
of any of the States of the Confederate
States, when sold by the producer, exoepted)
which any person shall have made
from the first day of January, in the year
of our lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-fonr, to the first day of January,? in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-five, either on his. her,
or tbeir capital, or borrowed capital, or on
account of any person ?r persons as agent,
attorney or consignee; ten dollars npon every
hundred dollars of the amount of sales
of goods, wares and merchandise whatever,
which any transient person, not resident in
- tbis State, shall make in any house, stall or
pubfio place, whether the said sale bo made
by sample or otherwise; one hundred and
twenty dollars a day ou ill circus exhibitions
; eighty dollars per day for represent
ificr nnKI'mlc fnr er&in and reward *ny clay,
--=> ? o?.. - - - coauedy,*
tragedy, interlude or farce, or other
employment of the stage, or any part theroio,
or for exhibiting wax figures, or other
shows of any kind whatever, to be paid into
the hands of the Clerks of the Courts respectively,
who shall be boond to pay the
scene into the Treasuries of the State of S.
Caroline, except in eases where the same is
now required by law to be paid to corpora
lions or otherwise; one per cent, on ell
moneys loaned, moneys at interest, all moneys
invested in tbe stocks Or bonds of any.
individual, State or corporation, other than
bonds or stooksof this State or of the Confederate
States, and other, than the stocks
of the banknand railroad companies of this
State : Provided) Such railroad companies
carry all packages over their roads free of
charge to the Central Association in Colombia,
to be by themiorwardedto the soldiers
in the army, and other, than the stocks of
other companies whose capitals are taxed bythis
Aot; fifteen dollars for every hundred
dollars of gross receipts of all commercial
agenoies within the limits of this State;
two. dollars on every paok of playing cards
sold in this State ; two hundred dollars upon
every billiard table within 4his State,
used to and for the purpose of raising revAitiiA
therefrom.
Sec. 2. All taxes levied on property, as
prescribed in the section of this act, shall be
paid to the tax collector for the tax district
in which said property is located: Provided^
That where negroe have been removed from
any district or parish, by reason of the dangers
arising, from tho invasion or occupation
thereof by the enemy, it shall be lawful
to pay the taxes apoo the. same to the tax
collectors'of the distriots or parishes from
which said negroes were - removed. That
all taxes .levied on property in this State,
daring the contiuuanoe of the war between
tbe Confederate and .the United States of
America, may be paid in Confederate notes
pr other current funds. Tbe oommiasions
to be received by the various tax collectors
of this State for the year oodimenoing on
the first day of October, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-lour, shall be at the rate
of thirty per centum of the commissions now
allowed them by law, except such districts
and parishes when, by suoh reduction, the
tax collector will receive less than eight hundred
dollars per annum.
Sec. 3..The tax collectors in the several
distriots and parishes in this State, in their
returns hereafter to be made, are hereby required
and enjoined to state the preoiao amounts
of taxes collected by them for supporting
the police of the said several distriots
aod parishes aforesaid, stating the rates percentum
on the amounts of the.State tax. collected
for said district and parish policepurposes,
and the total amount of commissions
received by each and every of snob tax
collectors, and tbe rate per centum of bis
commissions, and tbe Qajmptroner General
shall return the same in bis report.
Sec. 4. Free negroes, mulattoes, and
Murivnaa an tan Tann?raA tn maVa f.tinip
MiWM?WO ?MV MWAW AV^IMIVV* vy ?HN>MV ?-V?re
tarn s and pay. tbeir taxes daring, the month
ofJtptfl ; and the Tax Colleotor of St. Philip
and* St. Michael is allowed until the
month of Jane to reoeive the taxes of white
persons.
Sec. 5. The lots and houses on Sulivan's
Island shall be freed from taxation daring the
existing war between the Confederate
and United States of America, the same being
used by the troops of the Confedrate
States, or by the works for defence.
Sec. 6. That the tax collectors be authorized
to extend the time foi;' the receipt and
also for the payment of taxes^ and also for
the payment thereof into the Treasury
of this State, for a period of thirty days beyond
periods therefor hitherto fixed by law.
Sec. 7. That the tax collectors whose
commissions were paid in the 'old issue of
Confederate treasury notes after the first of
April, one thooatad eight hundred and sixty-four,
are here by declared to be entitled
to payment oat of the Treasury for the lose
Unstained by thorn by reason of the tax of
thirty throe' and one-third per cent, levied
on said notel by'the Confederate 'Government;
and the Comptroller General is hereby
authorized to draw upon the Treasury
in favor of (he said tax collectors for the amount
due to them respectively under this
provision.
Seo. 8. That the State auditor shall prepare
and present for adjustment and settlement
all claims of this State against the Confederate
States, and all other claims of the
State arising oat of the existing war, or
which may be referred to him by the Governor,
and shall receive all moneys that may
be acknowledged and paid by the said Government
of the Confederate States, - or by
other parties on aooonnt of the said claims,
and'deposit the moneys so received in the
Treasury of the State, together with a partieular
account thereof, and make a report
thereon to the Legislature at the regular
session next succeeding the date of the said
settlement. .V Se?
9 That-in order to relieve the burden
of, taxation, the net profits of the
I aU iliA +VkA loaf ft or* a 1 t7AOf*
ui mo uwro ivt we ,
amounting to eight hundred and eightythtee
thousand and fity-five dollars and seventy-six
cents, be used toward the payment
of the appropriations made by this General
Assembly at its present session, and that a
saffioient amount of railroad stocks now held
' by the State, to be Seleoted by the President
of the bank, be, and the same is hereby,
pledged to the Bank, at the present valne
Qf the said stocks, as a security for the profits
so nsed.
Sec. 10 That the President of the bank
of the State and the Comptroller General
be, and they are hereby, authorized to raise
temporarily, and in such manner as they
may deem proper (other than.by the issue
of State bonds,) any amount that may be required
to meet the demands upon the Treasury
before the payment of the taxes, and
in anticipation-thereof.
A Dinner Twenty Mixes Long.?The
New Years' dinner to General Leo's anay,
which was given on Monday, mast have
boon a monster and a magnificent affair.?
Just think of a string of turkeys, geese,
ducks, chickens, hums, bsef, mutton, pork,
I vegetables uaa bluer goomes, twenty miles
long. ^
? The oars on the Atlanta and West
Point Railroad now run to Palmetto, and
i will gosh through to Atlanta by the 10th
.Jjkwaiy. , ^ .
. ; .' AH ACT
TO REPEAL ALL ACTS AND PARTS OF ACTS
HERETOFORE PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF THIS STATE ON THE SUBJECT
OF FDRNI8HXNO SLAVE LABOR ON THE
COAST AND FORTIFICATIONS WITHIN
THIS STATE, AND OTHERWISE "TO PROVIDE
FOR FURNISHING *tfCH LABOR-' ''
8EC.1. Bent enacted by "the Senate'tina
Home of Representatives, now met. arid
sitting in General Assembly, and by tht
authority of the same, That ih order to for'Dish
the necessary slave labor to work'on
the coast of this State'and the fortifications
within the limits of the same, there shall
be organized a force, consisting of mali
slaves between theages of eighteen and
fifty years, liable tinder existing laws'to
road duty, not exceeding in number, at any
one time," of ohe tenth part" of said Blives,
to serve for the term of twelve months from
thd date of their impressment, subject, however,
to the right of their respective own???.
at the ftniration of everv three months
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of said term of service, to sabstitute ochei
slaves so liable to road duty ia their place,
and who by snoh substitution shall constitute
a portion or the whole of said force, at
the case may be, from the respective dates
of each sabstitation. This force shall be
raised by a general impressment throughout
the whole State, whenever his Excellency
the Governor may order orditeot such wgent
of the State as he may appoint to make
s^ch impressment, under the previsions of
this act. Bat if the impressment of a less
number than - one - tenth would produce
should be found to be sufficient, then the
impressment shall be made on'the State at
large aooording to one uniform role of equality,
to be prescribed ro the order oi
the Governor directing sach impressment tc
be made by the State-agent; and whatever
amber greater than ten shall be so ptesoribed
as a divisor td make the appointment
by, no fraotion of slaves, either below 01
above snch number selected as a divisor,
shall be considered or taken into the ap,
portion men t, unless it is at least One fifth
or more of snob divisor; and in snoh case?
the faction of one fifth shall be taken by
requiring the party owning it to famish ont
hand for two months, with the same right
of substitution as in case of whole numbers,
and the same rale as to fractions shall bt
observed wh8re the number ten is issued at
the divisor in making the appointment.
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of his Excellency
the Governor to appoint a State
agent; Buch agent to be selected from the
class of persons not liable to conscription in
Confederate military service, if the service*
of a suitable agent can be secured from said
class, who-Bhall receive for his services the
pay of ft'. lieutenant colonel of infantry as
allowed by the Confederate Government,
daring his employment, to be paid to him
monthly by the State.
Sec. 3. That it shall be the daty. of the
State agent aforesaid, immediately on the
reception of any order from his Excellency
the Governor, to make impressments oi
olatroB under the nrnvifiionH of this act to
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extend such orders to the Sheriffs of the
several judicial districts of the State, whose
duty it shall be to^execbte the same in theii
respective districts; audit shall be theduiy
of the Commissioners of Roads and the authorities
of incorporated cities, towns and
villages, and such other person or p rsons
as the State agent may appoint, to furnish
to the Sheriffs of their respective districts,
within thirty days after the passage of thie
act, a full and correct >etttfir of all male
slaves liable to road duty within their "fespectiye
jurisdictions^ which returns shall
be based on statements furnished by the
owners of such slaves, sworn to'in writing.
Said statements to be returned to the Seoretary
of the Boirds of Commissioners ol
Roads, and by them kept on file. And it
shall be the duty of the Baid Sheriffs, upon
being duly notified by tbe said State agent
of any order for the iinpressment'of slaves a*
aforesaid, thirty days before, to summon all
owners liable under said order to furnish
slaves, to have the slaves so liable at the
respective depots, and at the proper time,
giving ten days' notice thereof to the owner.
for transportation to the place of labor.
as may be directed by 6aid order. And the
said Sheriffs shall, in their respective districts,
with the assistance of a respectable
l<^al citizen, to be ohosen by the owner of
each slave, if he - will, and if not, by. the
Sheriff, appraise said slaves otf their delivery
at said depots; and in case of their disagreement,
they shall seleot a third citizen
of like qualification, whose deoisions shall
be final; and to give receipts to tbe'ownen
for them, specifying in said reoeipts the
names of the slaves, the valuation pat upon
them, and the term of servioe for whiob
they are impressed, a dnplicate of which
reoeipt shall also be furnished by the seve?
1 CUrt*Cffa a Qtafn or>Anf A nd if
(tu uugnuo UVI wuv vwifw juiuu tij
upon the day and at the plaoe so notified,
any owner of slaves so liable shall fail to
have them in readiness, then the Sheriff of
the district where each owner resides shall
immediately arrest such slaves and send
them forward to the plaoe of labor; the cost
of snoh arrest, subsistence of slaves, and
transportation to bo paid by the defaulting
owner and to be taxed and collected as
other costs now are by law. And where
there is sooh default, failure, or refusal to
send slaves, after due summons to the owners
by the Sheriff, and the said slaves are
taken by the Sheriff, the slaves of suoh defaulters
shall labor and serve on the military
defences for twice the period of time
> specified in the call made by the Governor:
Provided, That the slaves thus furnished
! shall not be detailed for any other servioe
i than snoh work as is intimately connected
with the defence of this State.
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j Sec. 4. That the State agent may,.witu
. the consent vi the CroVoruui, appoint such
| other eub-agenta as may be found necessary
! and proper to the execution of the provis!
ions of this act. Bat in no case shall he
i appoint any person- as saoh agent who it
j liable to consoription in Confederate service
I and physically able for active service in the
army; sttch.ngents shall,be paid by the T1
, 8tate eignt dollars pfcr day for tbelr Bervioes
at the end of each month. th
' Sec. 5u The respective Sheriffs, for their th
: servioea rendered under the provisions of an
this aot, shall 1>e paid by the State eight an
I dollars per day whilst "actually engaged in is
the discharge of said duties, besides their sb
; costs for arrests and for forwarding prison- is<
r ersso arrestedia pursuance thereof, which th
. latter shall be paid by the owntirs of said m
, prisoners. or
r the pay for.each slave shall *
i be eleven Hollars per month, and be Ornish- ^
ed with snffioient rations and two suitsof th
i clothes during the teflon of one vear, or one ^
f" suit of olotheaeverv.flix months, including w
i two pairs of shoes and one hat for tlxe year, Wl
by the State, or a fair commutation in mon- *l
ey for the clothing if furnished by the~ownor.
And that it shail be the; duty of the
State agent to eertify the pay-bills for the a'
. pay of the said slaves for their respective ai
i owners, specifying the number of said slaves, 61
1 the time they have been employed, and the 61
names of the owners; whfoh' bills, so certi- re
fied, shalf entitle the ownera, by themselves. fr
r or their order indorsed thereon to receive ^
i thesamefromth? State, and md bills-shall ^
> be forwarded to the Sheriffs of the respect-, 0
; ive districts where, the owners reside, to he ?
delivered by them to said owners. _.? J(
Sec. 7. That the Commissioners of Roads,
i city, town, and village authorities, for peg- ^
: loot of any of the duties required-of them
i respectively by ibis ast, shall be liable.to P]
\ indictment, and upon conviotion fined in a ^
i sum, not exceeding one hundred dollars.?. *n
; And that any Sheriff who shall neglect or
refuse to disobarge any of. the duties re- ai
,f quired of him by this act, shall be liahie .to w
i bo iadipted and punished upoQ. conviction
.as for a misdemeanor, in addition to liabUi- C(
; tfy on his official bond .to any person who
; may have been aggrieved by such default 8t
Seo. 8. That it. shall be the duty of the ^
i State agent to visit all the caihpg of the la- C'
- borers, to examine their condition, to observe
their treatment and discipline,* to ex* f?
i amine their food, both, as to qnalhy and &
' quantity, and to see that it is the proper nu ij]
' tion for each, as in allowed by law,'as well ^
> as.their clothing, and especially to inform
i himself as to their medical and surgical at[
tendance and cafce, and- whenever required ^
' to report the'some to the Governor; and m
particularly at the conclusion of the term 61
- of service i)f each lew, it shall be his duty ^
i make suoh report to the Governor, in whose;
>, possession it may be open for exanpnition aI
t" by the ownersof the said slaves. And it je
I shall also be his duty to prohibit the inflic- tt
1 tion of corporal punishment by one slave <"
1 upon another, and shall inquire that if a h
' slave is to be punished for' any default of
> his duty, the punishment shall be adminis- it
t tered by a white man in authority. And hi
for the neglect or refusal Of said agent to oc
i discbarge" faithfully any of his duties as fo
f prescribed by this act, he shall be subjeet 01
to removal from office by the Governor, Jts Bi:
* well as liable to an action for damages oy f?
i aDy individual who has been injured by his so
i negligence or default of duty. . hi
! Sec. 9. Transportation shall bo famished "
' by tbe State agent for slaves impressed un*
der this aot at tbe expense of the State, w
going to and returning from the place of ca
I labor home, and in returning also vith snf- "
1 fioient rations toJaBt them.borne, and tran&- tr
| portation shall be fdrnished in like manner a
for substitute in going to and returning m
L from said place of labor. And an account a
1 abonld he kept by said i^atnf ajlexpen- *'
ditures incurred and paid by the State in .
providing the slave labor sforesaidf aod.in J9
1 carrying thisactwto fall execntion, wbich Ia
, shall be annually deposited by Krai la the
office of the Governor of the State, to be *
' presented or preferred by him as a claim by ti<
> this State against the Confederate Govern- le
1 ment for payment, and that , the funds ne- ^
< cessary to pay all expenditures incurred _
1 under the provisions of this.aot shall be paid
1 oat of the funds of the pablio treasury not ta
1 otherwise appropriated, upon the presenta1
tion of the pay-bills signed by the State ra
i agent. T<
Seo. 10. It shall be the. duty of the Guv- ca
i ernor and the State agent to have all slaves er
1 returned to their owners upon the expire- tb
fion of fVifl term of MrviflA for which thev hs
1 were impressedj and the owners of each as se
: may have been killed or died from disease ao
i duripg their term of service/ shall not be Pi
liable to sapply their plaoes with other -to
slaves for tho unexpired portion of said term da
i' of service. ... ? a
Sec. 11. If the Confederate government
1 should make any impressment of slave labor
1 over and above what is to be furnished by
: the provisions of this aot, in view of greater ^
emergencies than are contemplated .in this
act, then and in that event the owners of
such slaves shall have credit as for so much. ^
i labor-furnished for coast duty.
i Sec. 12. That all acts and parts of aots
I heretofore passed by the Legislature of this ^
State on tho subject of furnishing labor on
the coast or fortifioations, be and the same
are hereby repealed. 6J
i ,mt, nt
Latest from Gen. Hood.?Gn official 'ai
> information, we jpe enabled to state that
i flnw, VfnnA iwifVi his nrrnv. iii onrw more rln
MOU. UUWIj J 1 - _ _
1 thia side of the Tenpessee river, whiohhe'
1 oroased at Bainbridge feriy on Monday and 00
' Tnesday last No particulars whatever are an
1 given, though we are inclined to think, from P*
the tenor of recent Yankee dispatcher, that ^
' -he was not very closely pressed by Thomas, kc
and infer that, with the exception of some ^
stragglers and severely wonndod, ho has IQ
' bronght his army oat entire.' There is little w<
1 reason to doobt-cleo that he has lost a con- j c.?
1 sidorable portiom of his artilleryr though j8u
this aan easily be replaced. A few days, !^?*
however, .wo hope will place us iD posses-;
j aiou of allihe particulars. Altogether, wo j ^
'! can bet regard this as an ill-starred cam- ,u.!l
| paigu, though we feel great relief from the
i j knowledge that he Jias succeeded in again i
i patting the broad Tennessee between turn- < v.
I self and the enemy. 115
!? . - Montgomery Appeal, lit. ' gr
tie Darkest Hour Precedes the Dawn.
It is natural that, under present reverses,
e public mind, should be despondent?
at anxiety should weigh upon every heart
>d it is, therefore proper, that ever and
ion, but especially whenroor political sky
darkened by the shadows . of doubt, we
ould reeor to the principles of the. great
me, and satisfy ourselves of the justioe of
is war, in order to prevent that doubt from
inning into despair. There are two views
ily in whieh we can regard the contest:
As it bears upon oar duties to .God.' 2.
8 it relates to.oar immediate quarrel with
e North. Aa regards the first, I woold be
e last to deny tbd troth of tho Gospel
krning: "If we my we have not sinned,
b deceive ourselves."; Not only on this
ithority, which will hold good .through all
me, daring the present order or dispense
in, bat h/ bar btn consciousness, I call
I to witness, that lost, fraud, intemperance
id avarice have prevailed among as to an
itent which, however exaggerated' by oar
ramies, we feel and know, though . we are
luotant to confess it, called for vengeance
om on high. Bat thohgb great have been
i evilr and abases, a thorough sifting of
ie subject has satisfied as, as a people, that
0 quote from dor friend, Dr. Lord, of
artmoath College, while addressing the
rang men - of New*England on slavery^)
the South is right in principle, however
ifioient they-may be.in practice." Even
, therefore, the issue of this war should.
:ovo its doom, we may be assured that this
tall have been the resnlt, nothecause it is
i?f&ory:fc <5rime,but because it is perveron
from high objects to those of appetite
>d|ra<ranipry aggrandizement, as has al<,
ays been the case wherever it has existed,
r which reason^ tpoj ^we^mjy partly horant
fir its gradual .abolition, until we are
most the only retainers of that ancient initutibn.
Nevertheless, let us remember
tat, so far as-thil main"feature of our poli1
is concerned) we are "right in prinoiple.""As
regards the North, it must be manist
to every reflecting mind, that the 'con-'
ct had to oome some day. The two oivizations
were dissimilar; theirs was impaent
and restive ; oars plotf hod conservave;
they needed somewhat of otir element
i operate as a balance wheel ' or break on
leir'too headlong progress and develop^
ent; while we most borrow from thefcto gy
and industry the great secret of taa
" ? Ik
onai growcn. vv e were uuv iu a uhuui >u
) this, while we wer? always at variance
id watching each other's expansion with a
alons eje; but if we endure, knowing
fat for us ex try thin (j hangs, on theissue,
ir enemies must, sooner of latere reach the
mit of their own War of .sentiment or conmienee,
when they perceive that with iiit
is one .of necessity?of* existence and
anor. Soleras they are concerned, odr
inscience is clear; we owe them nothing
r favors received before the crusade against
ir Government; firesides and aitars, and
irely-.we are under no obligations to them
>r this. Statesmen may write as philoiphically
and speak as eloquently as ever;
it on one side snob exhibitions,,unless dit/?
rtnr shiuMuent for sine before onr I
Laker, or exhortation to shame to the' wdrk
e are' bonnd by air that is holy to perform,
in be grounded only on fear. No war
jet was ended by diplomatic, overtaxes
om tbe weaker to the stronger party favor>Iy
for the former. We most make up our
inds t6 a long ,war?one of retreats^ With^
view , to exhausting fpe. en'emy;^and .by4
ord'and deed keep brightly burning the',
iacon fires of resistance'from every hill
p and mountain iu oar glorioap' Southern
nd. "B, r.'M., Jft"f
:rt ^ 1 "
The following article on the sitna)n
of affairs in. Tennessee shows that at
ast one paper in the United' States is not
inded by the exaggerated bulletins of
tanton and Thomas. The paragraph is
ken from the New York News: A
summary of the actual faots of the opetions
ending with last Sunday night, in
jnnessee, appears to *09, as nearly as we
n approximate to the troth, to be, ijx gen-'
al, this: The first day's battle resolted on
e whole, in a Eederal repulse. Hood,
iving held his ground daring the day,
nt back the wounded, who, both friend
? * ? i *-?? ?:a:_ u:_ i._ i.
iQ 100, naa ianeu wihjiu ui^ uuco, tu
ranklin. Having retired daring the night
another position, he was attached next
iy., His assailants, successful perhaps at
few points, and unsuccessful at others,
i maintained, on the .whole, his position
the morning. Again, having sent book
e wounded who had fallen ioto his hands,
ideral and Confederate, he withdrew daag
the night. His losses daring the two
fys, in killed and wonnded, oannot, with
e insight giveh us into his hospitals at
ranklyj, be supposed to have exceeded
500 men. When. 3,000 is confessed in .
e bulletins as the Federal losses on those',
lys, we think wo are not inoorreot in setig^them
down ^ doable that number.?
lattered by this terrible exhaustion of
imbera and mnsole, Thomas advanced
ognidly; but from the olose of the second
y'? battle, does not appear to have eome
fso olose as to have again drawn the fire
the retreating Confederates. Cavalry
llisions between the advapoe of one army
-1 A rnVn VtnvTA foIrian
id tne recreai 01 iue uwi m.?- nuV?
ace since thel?th; bat these, howevefc .
ey may have ans.wored tue purpose of
ispiDg Up an exoitement of the popular
m'd, amounted, we presume, to\*rv little
actual I023 cr gain. Up to this ruint,
} can'sco some light leading to truth, but
nfebs that we lose it altogether when con*
lering'those wonderful stories of captures
guns by the score, and of prisouers by olost
toDS of thou3r,nds.. On rheso point*.,'
c hcqw net how much of tho ptatenaents |
Side may be held to bo more worthy of be-!
if than a?bulletin.
? The machinery for an extensive cotton
d . - I
a woe! carding faotory has arrived at La- j
ago TQJ&F. . I
The 'Currendy Bill.
We are glad to see, says the RiohmOnd
Whigr that, there is a disposition in Congress
to lend to the Secretary of the Treasury
all the assistance possible in the gigantic
task which he bis undertaken. We
hope he will be allowed to take matters ebtirely
into1 his own hands, coovinoedr that if
there is any jppon in the Confederacy who
oan restored^, currency to its jproper status,
he is the main. By following the advice of
Mr. Ttebkolm, as nearly' as' possible^ in"
framing their bill, Congress Will be following
the .example of -the English; Parliament
on more than one oooasion. Always indeed,
when 4 question of this oharacter-ia before ,
that body, they summon the ablest of those
great London merchants who have made
England so rioh and so powerful, and after
placing the question before them, examine
them one by one, with the greatort dtrictr
ness. j j..
j Prom the information of thesd men tiHF
greatest assistance is dented, and npon their
suggestions bills are shaped to regulate tbe
system of finance. This was the case in
1810, when a pamphlet written by Bicardo
was adopted into the celebrated "Report of
the Bullion Committee." Canning, Horner
and Hoak in son did tot scorn to receive
the assistance and adopt the viewa of the,,
great London merchant, who. manifested a
profound knowledge.of (he subject, asbeing
one in which he'had been interested all his
life. late yeatt; a committee of the
Honse received most important assistance
from the exaltation of Lord- Overstobe,.
the great merchant, whose pamphlets about
banking and finance are mines of practical
financial wisdom.' In the Revolatioriiry
war, Congress, after qxhaosdng expedients
to renovate < the- currency, in vain, turned
the whole subjeot oyer to Mr. Robert orris,
a great merchant, who bad made it a
atbdy thrpogh the greater part of his life.
The wisdbm of the assignment soon beams
apparent. Morris lost all-bis own fortannbat.he
saved the credit of bis country. ;
M;.' Trenhobto is undoubtedly oortwt in.
stating, the causes pf the depreciation of our
currency. First, it is too'mach expanded;
in other words, the oironlhtion is too great.
secondly, itwiaa notmng to tuna opcm. * At
the beginning of the war tberemsinopportanity
tg rpiscer it on the best basis in the
world. We could have- placed fonr millions
of bales of ddttow in . Europe, and that
Would have given ha-i' Bpecio basis of at
least.two hundred nrilliontj, Bat. the.then.
Secretary objected. It wonld cost, top much,
money, he said, to bay the whole crap. Congress
evinced nodfipoBrtfonto do TSoJ ttfti'
rather preferred to place oar- system of' finance
upon the old basis of the revolution
r?thi|,ip to say, lot it stood, ffpon nothing.
Thirdly, ana, by a corollary from the prece^
ding, the people have no confidence in the
currency. 'They see toothing to' redeem "it
with, and they,believe thatif Congress did:
not design to Repudiate they would provide
some means. ^vuS
Mr. Trenhotm applies the remedy to the
very root of the disease. He proposes to
ismte do more notes. The everlasting paper
mill of Mr. Memminger is to bnstoppedat
once, fad he proposes a fund for^edeemipg.
the circulation.- This is done , simply by
obhtiQuing the tithes for a certain period af-.'
ter the war, and appropriating them to this
purpose. Mr. Trenboim sees what* everybody
must see?whatyhe. Provisional C09-i
gross plainly saw, .but refused to. act-upon
?that the debt most be redeemed by tolatioh,
and he boldly calls on Cohgtetiif to apply
ii. Hit whole system teems intended
to avoid the necessity of tinkering any mora
with the cprrauoy.- He is forgetting ft a-:
kmc, jjnly curtailing the issue, and provi;.
ding nfunoTior redemption; There is to be
bo more discrediting of one portion of it?;
no more' new issue?nothing more of those
measures which sent it down so rapidly,*^
His object is to raise if he oan, and his plan {
seems well adapted to seoore this result.
Yankee Love for Cuffir.
The following preoions epistle iHostrates
the immense lore entertained by the Yankee
for the "poor, down trodden slave/'
etc. It was taken from a Yankee prisoner
near Waynesboro', Ga. A correspondent,
in sending it for publication, says: "I think
overybody, negroes and allj shonld read it,
for it shows the oaizse of the great love the
Yankee is manifesting fey the contraband
?-the absorption in the great oause is won-.
derful." We place it before onr readers
verbatim et literatim:
Indianapolis Ind
Sep 211864
My Dear ^ ' - v-.i
Frank l am not very well to.day. J had
the agae last knight and yon no I dont feel
right I got A letter from you fry day and I
am glad to hear fh&t ydu are veil, you
spoke A bout me coming to see you. Well
frank I would like, to come and if I can get
money A naff I will ;oome. everything is.
so high it takes'A bout all I osq make to
live on. 'Frank I want to ask you one
thing, do yon think I could get some
oounterbans, if I would come down their.
There givin snbstitutes from A thousand to
15 teen hundred, dollars A peace. Well
Frank; people goes and tells the counterbans
that if they will go with them the^wQl
give tbexh 2 hundred dollars, well jfousee
they ar.eagnaraot and we could make them
believe enny thing we tell them, nosrFrank
they was a man hear yesterday and
he told ins he" would give. me 5 hundred
for every One I g<5t'r and I toIdTnm I had
A notion-to^go and see yon and white I was
down thbre l'wobld ttseisqaxe cqgroce, au<f'
ho .pi^X.could, pake a-,fortioq if X would
be sharp, and if I had money to jotre my
expenses *1 would ' start to-morrow;. " r
would not let 'them have them for 3 hundred
dollars if I could -got Borne. - I wotdd
take then to jtfew ycrk and I get 15 thousand
A vjoaoe tor thera.^ um , Ffaak J believe
I coulttgel 2^r3enny hyw if I would,
ootne down their doht you Frank I want
you to see if you cant get 2 or 3 and aedfl
me word and I will come after them. - jut
tell them if thej^wll]. voUuUuir,yoa.wUi
steal tbom off and give them 2 hundred
dollars b^wde. tomr thai agfct
tbe men here would but tbejrte
yon no I could! ggfr" a" jjjflk ?om. gtrnqafr
Morton to see my bus Wad and while I was
down their I eomld get' sdme heeger men
and'tying back. most e?<?ymadlVJft .*
ir-u4 a i ?j *? M
buv|?W w wvwv .wwyy
#?a*JSh?? P'?,? *s?l?.
dow see if yoa can getl or 2 to promise to.
enlist if you steel theih off and than send
me WoW* jufc'aa tiiofoe o?ribd^IW? ,
conrerito away. Well Ifelfe Wrbto SMffSSh5Stia?i$55::
plenty to live On but you to it take*J?h|[
deal to live hear. toUthe
only want them for lyeaon v8iba tot
i ;w?ek A
twhen she oomes I think /he will wvgCjto
come down their to see you and maybe her
fri&ft&d wiH gome^iofe^tftir
and Fmak we^y-'body soya
mpaefjtf'l go shod meworl-whaTj i<
can gat one write and let me oowad I JtyL/
ooine rite away and I woni" pay e'nny more
renfcWell-aallie'fs going fc) the office and I
most olose good l>y for thii tirae.^TENNlSL^
; retook eaeu?tfij* fetoftjipfr aallih Vip^e
*****
j CkiuKiTwo^-GetiTting ii^atoaiiy; ffiCMl1
among Itndslij& >iifwiliiTlhi)H(", he has
been a deff man in She land ov handorgnri}
and by the ride.ov-moria^^iiaiiidai.wto^
steal out under arooksStho jfpotpv a^^^
and danaug.1and-tp*skrri?f
i Ujfiug twill UIMtUUg-MlV Pll HI!
ding under the babk: new full of aMBei^rf
am in favor ot long com ting; ifriymibe
pit** a ehsbee to finl
karda, it-1k good to
ioheSeutsa two fhtbi
w ^ffd-d^r
git mumed, settle down
three weeka^froimdrt?C WtfflS
tr*de<<-*^pfcuta0fc$ '
gi*tejiupber._o?^n$ety meau.ipeohani<skg^ .
we hav, and fcbe poor job lha turn out.rerbipa
it ir f staid state'shm gSd 2^
viae tew^Votiog"m?1ftwWiVrubc?iF<b-tbu?t^
wilta final view tojaatriinooy, as
woman who is ^Uling to j>e kourted o? iXe
The ne^aiug^?wioui^?fa<lhir^
iz which:yd chr-dtf bi jebid hovao^tN^
?ULs.jr, she iji;l?jiW..8l4nM4^**W
^s^jbssv
, jtb^KW? right in iH^Amir
6 monthi^iotoettittg'the'dOttab^pttiUflP'
sewta t?i itWh 90
dr sweetie on the start,
man never despizes, and that is aloetle.gOfti
iortiny/iFifc i^dtee striktly. <me the'aqaare. ^
Aftgr-thefogtyear ya will begin to
gallooks. ^ ' ''cov.; ?'h ;
OkAaionaly yon want 4a*i^?rry/>??#*c
oat what ails yew. .^ '
Erasing 'rieStxniPair 'r good tbirig tS j
tend.' It will keep pare religan, in Mb*f' "
and then if -the gol iapijftOLto be tfcu> hk*
aksident, she can ask yon to go
ber. JOS 5 BILJ^(9? .
: ?' - ..'1 ? y*? c;
P.jspKRT*B^?gftA^pftit**) :v
ten fjom Confederate .serjicejuyya,baaded
of this District; and have cofflmitteif'Mrioas
inroads npon the stock ?bd othe? -property
of 4ba peoplp gf4bct.aeati0a,;greaU?3o *
the *qnoyan<$ and diacomfitare of the Jatto#.
Several of the deserters were arrested last,
week, and it Lsbefieved that the steps which.
have been tak^n, will soon resnlt in the
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capture 01 rue rvmuinuerui wwhwu
quad, upon whom -it-y bopedthat wiiKlwjt;
justice will speedily^be meted opki^-t
In the lower portion oi'th^ District, bjr,
James A. P. Blackmon, a worthy citizen,"
mysteriously disappeared on a night in the
early part of lot?^:redbp$b?ttflBtufca
which lead to the eusp^OD that. he ww
murdered by negroes in the yicinity^^^e^
citizens in the neighhorir^qpne nfO&jpacerned
about the afiair, find have been unremitting
in their efforts to diise<w& the
crime and its perpetrators, imt jrithont4Ws*ri
N* TO: ^?ye
negroes ?**,3*
In view of these disturbances, it becomes
the people of all sections to redouble their "
vigilance in preserving order, and in assisting
the civil and military; aatherities-ill:
maintaining the supremacy of the law, -
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? -i vj'. t , v it. . --fro
j,'BnE ififirt war fallen."
said a Christian philosopher/'"into." the,
hands ofpublicans aud sequestrator?^^1
theyhave taken all fx&jpfrT i
Xet me lookahonfc me. ^TCe^hivfi Icftjop'
tan and moon, fire andWater, Ifey Wwub/
and manV friend/to mty me, ahd J can otSiL
disodaxffe j andj uhteda I list, 'they. have not
taken away my merry cohnfenanee? j>nd my
chh9rfalr spirits,' and a gQG^ja^teo^f-^
They have still left me the providence of
God, and ^11 the .promises .of. the Gnsgpi,
aed my hopes of He^en,' and my imamy
drtk1'
in
vanefiee
au id wnioD uoaae?iguw^uie^|ii ^ircjie
aod wpdom,*lw>"lKn7X TTifTb IfllllJl God
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