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W JSSTJiiK.N DEMOCET, CHARLOTTE,, N.. O. "THE DESEHTER'2 WIFFV An, bat ti,is this Etinging shame, :HeiLiuks I couiU have Utttr borne- Al, mUct fconov.i are tut taaw? j.. t; l;c that make our honor mourn. i ih's- Ulble in bis breast, ; ut iLc un into liia hand, , t. wis h heart so much depressed, f ft cd l.Liu &hicld our Southern land. Il.i'i i.w Lteu lain on battle plain, - Or died wherever fate had. led, 3iy hi utt would htill know in it pain lie was amongst "the honored dead!" . I ef.iild have taught foy children thco To prize with love the name they boro, And bid them .sacredly defend . Hi native land forever mora. Hut now this bitter, cheerless woe That bums into my very life, This thought that wheresoever I go .They cull me '"the deserter's wile!" Hapsdalk. THE BABY. Another little wave Upon the sea of life Another soul to Fave, Amid the toil and strife. , Two more little feet To walk (he duity road ' 'To choose where two paths jneel, The narrow and the broad. Two more little bands To work for good or ill Two more littlo eyes, Another little will. , Another heart to love, 1'ceeiving love again, v And sothc baby came, A thing of joy and pain. This Poet above all the rest, lias certainly not done his best PUBLIC ACTS Purged at the Fourth Session of the First Con of (he Confederate States 1&G3, 1864. Chap. I. An Act to amend so much of eeciiotfll of tbc Tax Law a"s requires one-tenth of the Sweet Po tatoes produced this year to be paid to the Govern ment. The Congress of "the Confederate States of America do enact, That so much of section 11 of an "An net to Jay taxes for the cemmon defence, and cany on the Government of the Confederate State?," nppiovod Apl. .54, 18C3, as requires farmers and planters to pay one tentli of the sweet potatoes produced in the present year tO'thc Confederate Government, he so amended as uthorizc the producers of sweet potatoes in the year 18G3, to make commutation by payment of the money value of the tithe thereof, instead of payment in kind, at rates to be fixed by the commissioners under the impressment act. Approved Dec 28, 18G3. Chap. II. An net authorizing the tax in kind on Hacon tobe' commuted by collection of Salt Pork as an equivalent. The. congress of the Confederate States of America d? enact, That assistant Quartermasters and other t-genM engaged in the coHeetion of the tax in kind may b u;h.)riztd under orders and regulations made by the Secretary of War, to demand end receive, in com i). .? inn for the tax in kind or bacon, au equivalent tLe.-if'.r in salt pork. App-jvcd December 28, 1863. Cb.V' Jil An act to prevent the enlistment or en . rol:i"i t of substitutes in the military service of the t'or.fi i.i ?a'o Stni -S. The '-..j. . ?3 of the Confederate States of America do (-!;:. J -nt no person linble to military service frhiilj i.i ': . r be pei niitted or allowed to funiih a .!ili-M - . i such service, nor shall any subsimiic be rf( -i -r .- I. iili-ted or enrolled in the military service of the . . .; i 'Trie States ' ' A ... ved December 28, 1S63. Ch-ii- IV An act to put an end to the exemption from iiiilitai y service of tfcose who have heretofore furn ished Mibsiitutes. WherciK. in the present circumstances of the coun try, it leqiiites the aid of all who are able to bear arm, iheiefore Tbf congress of the Confederate State of A.mcriea do enact., Thai no person shall be exempted by reason of li- having furnished a substfuitc: but this act shall not be construed as to affect persons who, though not li.ible to render military service, have, neverthe less, fnrnihed substitutes. Approved January 0, 1S64. Chttp XT. An act to prevent the procuring, aiding, atiit assist iug persons to desert freiO the army of the Confederate Stales, and for other purposes. The congress vf the Confederal State of America do enact, That evciy person not subject to the l ules and articles of war, who shall 'procure or entice a sol dier or person enrolled fur ser'ice in the armv of the Confederate Stales to desert; -or. who shall aid or as sist aoy deserter from the army, or any person enrolled fjp service, to evade their pi opcr t-oiun.anders, or to prevent their arrest to be returned to the service: or who shall knowingly conceal or harbor any such de serter; or shall purchase from any soldier or person vnrolicJ. for service any portion of his arms, t quip ments, rations or clothing, or any property belonging to the Confederate States or any officer or soldier cf tba Confederate State?, shall, upon conviction before the District Court of the Confederate States, having jurisdiction of the otTcuce, be fined uoi exceeding one thousand dollars, and be imprisoned not exceeding two years. Approved Jan 22, 1S64. Chap. XIII- An Act authorizing chaplains, in certain casts, to diaw forage for one horse. The Congress of the Confederate Stales of America do enact. That chaplains in the army, in actual service H the field, shall be entitled to draw forage for one horse: Provided, The-chaplain has a horse iu his use. Approved. January 23, 1864. Chap. XIV. An Act to authorize the appointment of an agent of the Treasury Department west of the Mississippi. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the President shall, bv and witn the ad vice and consent of the Senate, appoi u au ageut of the Treasury Department, whose du:v it shall be 10 icside west of the MisMSsinoi. st such nlace. anil m rti5fli-rrr, 1 such duties, as shall, from time to time, be ris.-ipned'! him by the Secretary of the Treasury, with a salary of -three thousand dollars per annum, payable quarterly, in advance. , - Sec 3. The Secretary of ite Treasury shall have power to give direction to the said agent to "discharge any dutyor function on the other side of the Slissits ippi which be, the said Secretary, is competent to dis-. charge; and shall also have ihe employment of such" clerk?, and to prescribe such regulations for the irov- hl f ?UC.h "gent ClCrk? R?' ,Vm ,imC U ,imP' I ine said Secretary mav deem proper: Provided, That t sncu cirrus sDu receive the salaries provided bv lav .for similar services in the Treasury Department. ' Sec. 3. That this act shall "exi.ire on the duv of tt.A ratification of a treaty o peace betw een the Confede rate States and the T7nfrt Si... r rate States and the United States of America. Approved January 27, ISC4. Chap. XT. An Act to amend "An Act to provide a mode of authenticating claims for mon-v agniiut the Confederate States liCUotherwise provided for ?' ap proved August 30, 1861. ' The Congres3 of the Confederate Slates of America do enact, That so mnCb of the first section of said act as requires ine Attorney. General to report toCongeSs upon said claims be, and the same is hereby," replied. Approved Janaary 30, 1861. Cnafv. XXI An act to authorize the President to as sign Judges of military courts from one court to- an other. ine congress of tb Confederate StaCeS of America co enatt, mm the Preident be and he is hereby an thorized at any tima to assign judge, from one mili tary court to another, as in his judgment the Bervice may require. v Sec. 2 Be it further enacted, That this act take ef fect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 3, 1864 - Cbf.p- XXIX. An act to provide compensation, for of ficers who may heretofore have performed staff duty under orders of their superior officers.' The congress of the -Confederate Slates of America i do enact, That when any otlicer or pinaie oi any le j gaily constituted military organization-may have here ' toforc, by order of his proper superior oJBcer, perform- ed any staff duty appropriate to each command, he j shall be entitled to receive psy for the time henvas so I engaged in the discharge of such duties ; Provided, ' That there was n t then present fit for duty, any officer j duly appointed for the discharge of the fame, j Approved Feb 11, 1864 ' Cbr.p. XXX.--Au Act to amend "An Act to establish a j volunteer navy,'' approved April 18, 18C3. j. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the act entitled ':An Act to establish a j volunteer navy," approved April 18, 103, be so ameu i did tiiAt the 1'iCiKleut he, and he is hereby, authoriz ed to iisne the commissions and warrants contempla j ted by said act, under such regulations as he may pre i scribe, to applicants for service in the volunteer navy, when satisfied that said appl cants will tarnish a suit able vessel for said service, and to receive into the vol unteer navy said vessel and her officers and crew with in or beyond the Confederate States. Sec aVThat the Piesident be, and he is hereby, au thorized to appoint assistant paymasters for the volun teer navy, whohall receive, when on duty at sea, fif teen dollars per month. But no person under forty five years of age, nnd liable to perform military duty, shall receive such appointment. Approved February 11, 18(34. Chap. XXXI. An Act to authorize the issue of certi ficates for interest pn the ' fifteen million loan.". The Congress of the Confederate States of America do er.net, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause certificates to be issued, in such form as he shall devise, for the interest which has accrued, or which shall accrue, on the'reg istered stock issued under authority of the act of Feb ruary- the twer.i v-eiirimi. eiernteen-nunurea anu sui entitled "An Act to raise money for the support . - one. of the Government, and to . provide for the defence of the Confederate States of America." The said certi ficates shall be prepared and signed by the register of the treasury, in favor of the persons, respectively, in whose names the sa,id stock shall be standing on the books of the treasury, or the order, at the designated periods, and shall be sent by him ta the treasurer, as sistant measurers and depositaries located at the places where said interest is payable. The said certi ficates shall be countersigned by the treasurer, or de positary, by whom they shall be delivered; and shafl be receivable in payment of export "J n t- on cotton, in the same manner as the coupons of the bonds issued under said act of February twenly-eight, eighteen hun dred and sixty-one, now vi'e. Approved February 11, lftul. Cap. XXXII. An act for the relief of tax payers in certain cases. The congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That when cotton or -other property subject to taxation in money shall have been burned or other wise destroyed by authority of the Government, before the expiration of the time fixed by law for the payment of the tax thereon, the tax payer may apply to the dis trict, collector, who shall investigate the facts and make report thereof to the State collector, who may, if satis fied of such destruction by government authority, re mit the said tax. If the tax in any such case shall have been paid in advance, it shall be refunded by the State collector. The tax payer shall in every such cape have the Tight of appeal to the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec. 2. That in all cases where the crop out of which the tnx in kind is to be paid,, has - been taken or de stroyed by the enemy, the district collector may remit the tax, in whole or in part, according to the extent of the loss sustained by the tax payer : Provided, That the facts in each case shall be reported to the State collector, and their remission shall not be valid until "approved by him: And provided further, That in case the hr-s be sustained prior to assessment, 'the assessor, on satisfactory proof thereof, may m'ake deduction then of in proportion to the loss. Approved February 13, 1 ;! , Chap XXXIV.- An acl to establish certain post rontes tlicrtjn named. . The 'congress of the Confederate States 6f America Kio enact, lltat tr.e following: named post routes heanu I the same are hereby established, namely : From the ! town of Claiksville, by way of Blue creek and.Clenye- land. to Ualonega. Also, from Athens, by way of Jug Factory, in Jackson county! and G W Smith's store in Walton county, to Auburn in Gwinnette county. Al.o, from Douglass in Coffee county, to Forest in Clench county. Also, from Dawsonviile in Dawson county, by way of Fcrdy's, Tyra's, Harbori's. and X 11 Gt-ss', to Prince Edward. A'.o, from Station Number Nine on the Atlantis and Gulf railroad, by way of. Central Val ley, Tinder's Hill and Uowardsville. fo Baldwin. From Station Number Five, AthmLio ;md Gulf railroad, via Middletown store, Appling comity, to Ocmulgce, in Coffee county all the. above routes situate in the State of Georgia. Also, the following in the State of North Carolina: From Gibsonville depot on the N C Railroad, to Long's Mills, in the county cf Randolph. Also, the following in the Slate of Texas: From Burnet by way of Leano, to Snnsnba. Also, the following in the Stale of M ississippi: From Greensboro to Starkville in Oktib beha county. Also, the following in South Carolina and North Carolina: From Nichol3 depot, S. C, Via Allen's Badge and High Hill, 'ia South Carolina, and Ilolmesville and White House, to Leesville, in North Carolina-. Also, the following in the State of Louisi ana From' Alexandria to Niblett's Bluff, on Sabine rifcr. Also, in the State of Florida : From Orange Lake, on the St John's, to Sand Point at the head of Indian river. Approved Feb 1?, 1SC4 (.'hap. XXXV. An act to increase the commutation value of Hospital rations. The congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the commutation value of the rations of the sick and wounded, and of all employees in hos pitals, be fixed at such rates, not to exceed t'wo and a half dollars, as the Secretary of War shall designate. Approved Feb 15, 1861 Chap. XL. An act making allowance to officers of the mivyof the Confederate States, under certain-cir cumstances, nnd to amend an act entitled. -'An act ttfl provide for the organization of the navy," appro-ved March sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. The Congress of the Confederate Stales of America do enact. That the commissioned and warranted offi cers of the navy of the Confederate States, on dity, are j hereby allowed rations, quarters and fuel, or comma- i talirtn therefor, as are now 'or may hereafter be aijuw- ! ed officers of tlu aimy, viz: To admirals, the same as jrenerals; to vice-admirals, the same as lieutcnant-gen- j erals; to rear-admirals, the sanv; as major generals', to i commodores and captains, the .same a? brigadier ren- J erals and colonels: to commanders and first lieutenants, ; the same as .lieutenant colo-.u-ls and majors; to second ' lieutenants ar?d lieutenants -for the war, the sauu; t:s ! captains nl chaplains; to masters and passed mid shipmen, the same as lieutenants: and to officers of the medical, pay, and eugiiieer corps, to naval contraclor? and to boatswains, guuuers, carpenters, and sailmafc ers, the same as the foregoing officers of the line of e'na vy with whom they hav . e assimilated rank. cc That' all tbc navy -officers in the foree-oin-.r grades shall liwe the same privilege o'f purchasing commissiry and quartermaster's stores, as arc now, or may hereafter be, allowed to officers of the army. Approved February 1C, 1864. Ctiap. ALU. An Act to increase tli e compensation of certain officers of the Treasury. The Congress of Ihe Confederate States of America do enact, That hereafter live follow ing salaries and compensation shall be paid to the several- officers and clerks hereinafter named, instead of the sums now au thorized by law : The treasurer of the Confederate States,: four thousand dollars; the assistant treasurer t Charleston, four thousand dollars. The Secretary of the treasury may divide depositaries of the treasury i:to classes, tlie etni missions on which shall be limited a follow s: In the first clas?, not to jexceed four thou, sand dollars; in the second class,. not to exceed two thousaud five hundred dollars; and in the third class. a j not to xceed fifteen hundred dollars a year, according -1 lo the character of the doties required of tbem, and subject to the other conditions now Imposed by law. Each clerk employed in the office of any assistant treas urer or depository, shall receive a salary to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, (not exceeding fifteen hundred, dollars.) - . ' : ; . . SecT. 2. That the increase of salaries allowed to the clerks and emplovee3 of the Treasury Departmeut, at ! Richmond, be, and the same is hfrtby extended, upon the same Conditions, to the clerks and employees of the j said Department, at Columbia, South Carolina. Approved' February 16, 18C4. j Cha.pl XLF? .An act to authorize the President to ' establish additional military court3. 1 ' '' The Congress of the Confederate States of America j do enact, That in. addition lo.the military courts now authorized by law, the President be and he is hereby j authorized to appoint a military court to attend any division of cavalry in the field, and also one for each I State within a military department, whenever, in liia judgment, such courts would promote the public in terest; which courts shall be organized, and have the so.me powers and duties, and the members thereof ap pointed as provided by law. Approved Feb 16, 1864. Chap. XLV. An Act fo allow commissioned officers of the army rations and the" privilege of purchasing clothing from the Quartermaster's Department. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact. That from and after the passage of this act. all commissioned officers of the armies,, whilst "on duty in the field, or in the naval service, whilst afloat, of the' Confederate Scutes, shall be entitled to one ration in kind each, in quantity and quality, the same as are now allowed by law to privates, aud shall dr.iw and receive the same under such regulations as maj be prescribed by the Secretary of War. Sec. 2- That all commissioned officers of the armies of the Confederate -States shall be allowed to purcirase clothing and cloth' for clothing, from any quartermas ter, at the price which it cost the Government, all ex pense? included: Provided, That no quartermaster shall be allowed to sell to any officer any clothing, or cloth for clothing-which it would be proper to issue to privates, until all privates entitled to receive the same shall have been first supplied: Provided, That the offi cer offering to purchase shall give his certificate, on honor; tl'at the articles are necessary for his own per sonal comibrt and use, and in no case-shall mote than ... i. n i . u ...,..,.!.. r any officer: Provided, That no ltl0n ciiG.ll noi'Aitt0p hn pftnctnipi to nHowr an nmcfr TO nur- one sun per uunuiu ue nuuncu tu uc tu jjuiiuuocu -jj shall hereafter be construed to allow an officer to pur chase or draw from subsistence stores, more than one ration a day, or for less pice than the cost thereof, in cluding transportation. Sec. 3. That no officer under the rank of Brigadier General shall hereafter be entitled to forage, or com mutation for forage, for more than one horse, except when on service in the field. Approved February 17, 1864 28 THE 'NEW TAX BILL. An Act to lay additional taxes for the common de fence and support of the Government.' . Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America, do enact, That in addition to the taxes it-vied b3r the "act to lay taxes for the common de fence and to carry on the Government of the Con federate States,'- approved 24th of April, 1803. then? shall be levied, from the passage of this act, on the subjects of taxation hereafter mentioned, and collected from every person, co-partnership, asso ciation or corporation, liable thereto, taxes as fol lows, to. wit: I. Upon .the value of property, real, personal and mixed, of every kind and description, not hereinaf ter exempted or taxed at a different rate, five per cent : Provided, that from this tax on the value of property, employed in agriculture, shall be deduct ed the value of the -tax in kind delivered therefrom, as assessed tinder the law imposingJt, and delivered to the Government : Provided, that no credit shall bo allowed beyond five per cent." II. On tho value of gold and silver wares and plate, jewels, jewelry and watches, ten percent. III. Tho value if property taxed under this sec tion shall be assessed on the basis of the market value of the same, or similar property in iho neigh borhood where assessed in the year 186i, except in cases wherj land, 'slaves cotton or tobacco have been purchased since the 1st day of January, 18(32, in which case the said land, slaves, cotton and to( hacco so purchased, shall' be assessed t the price actually-paid. fr the same by the owner. Sec 2. On the value of all shares or interests held in any bank, banking company or association, canal, navigation, importing, exporting, insurance, manu facturing, telegraph, express, railroad, and dry dock Companies, and- all other joint stock companies of every kind, whether incorporated or not, five per cent. The valti of "property taxed under this section shall be assessed upon the basis of the market value of such property in the neighborhood where assessed, in such currency as may be in general use there, in the purchase and sale of such property, at tho time of assessment. Sec 3. I. Upon the amount of all gold and silver coin, gold dust, gold or silver bullion, -whether held by the hanks or other corporations or individuals, five per cent.; and upon all moneys held abroad, or upon the ammint of all bills of exchange, drawn therefor on foreign countries, a tax of five per cent; such tax upon money abroad to be assessed and col lected according to the value thereof at the place wife re the tax is paid. " . . ' II. Upon the amount of all solvent credits, and of all bank bills, and all other papers issued as cur rency, exclusive of mm interest bearing Confederate treasury notes, and not employed in a registered business the income derived from which is taxed, .five per cent. Sec 1. Upon profits made in trado and business, as follows : I. On all profits made by buying and selling spir ituous liquors, tlour, wheat, corn, rice, sugar, mo lasses or syrup, salt, bacon, pork. hogs, beef or beef cuttle, sheep, oats, hay. fodder, rawhides, leather, horses, mules, boots, shoos, cotton yarns, wool, woolen, cotton or mixed clothsv hats, wagons, harness, coal, iron, steel or nails, at any time be tween the 1st of January, 1803. and the 1st January 1865, ten per cent., in addition to .the tax on such t pronts as income under the '-act to lay taxes for the common uefenceetand carry on the Government of the Confederate States,'" approved April 24th, 1863 II. On nil profits made by buying and selling inoney gold, silver, foreign exchange, stocks, notes, debts, credits, or obligations of any kind, nnd any merchandize, property or effects of any kind, not enumerated in the preceding paragraph, between the times named therein, ten per cent., in addition to the tax on sucfr profits as income, under the act aforesaid. III. On tho amount of profits exceeding twenty- five per cent., made during either of the years 1803 1 and IWb-1. by-any 'bank or banking company, insu rance, -"'anal, navigation, importing and exporting, telegraph, . express, railroad. mnmifactiuiMg. dry dock, or '-other joint stock company of any descrip tion, whether incorporate or not. twenty-five per cent on such excess. Sec 5. "The following exemptions from taxation under this act shall be allowed, to-wit ; I. Property of each head of a family to the value rvffive bund red jlo liars nnd for each minor child of! the family to the further value of one'hundred dol- "J lars; and for each son actual!' engaged in the army or uavy. or who has died or been killed in the mili tary or naval service, and who was a member of the family when he entered the" service, to the further value of five hundred dollars. II. Pj-operty of the widow of any officer, soldier, sailor or marine, who may have died or been killed in the military or naval service, or where there is no widow, then of the family, being minor children, to the value of one thousand dollars. III. Property of every officer, soldier, sailor or marine, actually engaged in the military or naval serviee. of such as havbeen disabled in such ser vice, to the value of one thousand dollars; provided, that the above exemptions shall not apply to any person, whose property, exclusive of household fur niture, shall be assessed at a value exceeding one thousand dollars. - IV'.' That where property has been injured ot de stroyed' by the enemy, -or the owner thereof baa been temporarily deprived of the use or oecupancy thereof, or of t.he means of cultivating the same, by reason of the presence or the proximity of the ene my, the assessment on- such property may be re duced,, ia proportion to the damage sustained .by the iowner, or the tax assessed thereon may be re duced in the same ratio by the'district collector, on satisfactory evidence submitted to him by the own ct or assessor. . ' . - Sec 6. That the taxes on property laid for the year 1SC4, shall be assessed as on the day of the passage of this act, and be due and collected on the fir.st of June next, or as soon after as practicable, allowing an extension of ninety days West of the Mississippi river. The additional taxes on incomes or profits for the year 1863, levied by this act. shall be assessed and collected forthwith; and the taxes on incomes -or profits for the year 1864, shall be as sessed and collected according to the provisions of the tax and assessment acts of 18G3. Sec 7. So juuch of the tax act of the 24th day of April. 18G3, as levies a tax on incomes derived from property or.effects on the amount or value of which a tax is levied by this act, and also the first section ff said act, are suspended for the year 1864. and no estimated rent, hire or interest on property or cred its herein taxed ad valorem, shall be assessed or taxed. as incomes under the tax act of 1803. . Sec 8. That the tax imposed by this act on bonds of the Confederate States heretofore issued, shall in no case exceed ine intesest on the same, ana such bonds, when held by or for minors or lunatics. shall bo exempt from the tax in all cases where the interest on the same shall not exceed one thousand dollars. ..-"' Adopted in February, 1864 THE NEW MILITARY LAW. " A Bill to organize forces to terve during tlfe War. Sec. 1. That from and after the passage of this act all whitemen, residents of the Confederate States, be tween the ages of 17 sud 50, fhall be in the military service of the Confederate Stales for the war. Sec 2. ThaUall the persons aforesaid, between the ages of 18 and 45.-now in service, shall be retained during thepresent war with the United States, iu the same regiments, battalions and companies to which they belon at the passage of this act, with the same organization and officers, unless regularly transferred or discharged, in accordance with the laws and regu lations for the government of the army : Provided, that companies from one State, organized against their consent, expressed at the time with regiments or bat talions from another State, shall have the privilege of being transferred to organizations of troops, in the snmearm of the service, from the States in which said companies were raised; and the'soldiers fionv one State, in companies from another State, shall be allow ed',, if they desire it, a transfer to organizations from their own States, in the same arm of the service. See 3. Be it further enacted, That at the expiration of six.months from the first day of April next, a bounty of one hundred dollars in a six per cent. Government bond, which the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to issue, shall be paid to every non-commissioned officer, musician and private who shall then be in service, or in the event of his, death previous to the period of such payment, then to the person or per sons who would be entitled by law to receive the ar rearages of his pay; bnt no one shall be entitled to the bounty herein provided, who shall at any time, during the period -of six months next after the said first day of April, be absent from hi3 command without leave. Sec 4. Be it -further enacted, That no" person shall be relieved from the operation of this act by reason of having been heretofore discharged from the army, where no disability now exists; nor shall those who have furnished substitutes be any longer exempted by reason thereof: Provided, that no person, heretofore exempted on account of religious opinions and who has paid the tax levied to relieve'him fiom service shall be required lo render military service under this act. Sec 5. Be it further enacted, That, all white male resident;? of the Confederate States, between the ages of 17 and 18 and 45 and 50 years, shall enrollthern selvcs at such times and places, and under such regu lations, as the Piesident may prescribe, the time al lowed not being less than thirty days for 1-hos.c east.. and sisrj -.daya for those west bF tlie.UTsYissippi iTYcr, ' and any person who shall fail so to . enroll himself, .without a reasonable excuse therefor, to be judged of by the President, shall be placed in service in the field for the war, ia the same manner as though they were between the ages, of eighteen aud forty-five: Provided, that the persons mentioned in this section shall con stitute a reserve for State defence and detail duty, and shall not bo required to perform service out of ihe State in which they reside. Sec 6. That all persons required by the 5th section of this act to enroll themselves, may within thirty -days after the passage thereof east of the Mississippi river, and within sixty days, if west of said river, form them selves into voluntary organizations of companies, bat talions, or regiments, rind elect their own officers ; said organizations to conform to the existing laws and, having so organized, to .tender their services as volun teers during the war to the President; and if such or ganizations shall furnish proper muster rolls, as now organized, afrd deposit a copj thereof with the enroll ing oflicer of their district, which shall be equivalent to enrollment, they may be accepted as minute men for service in such State, but in no event to be taken out of it. Those who do not so volnntcer and organize, shall enroll themselves as before provided ; and may, by the President, be required to assemble at conven ient places of rendezvous, and be formed oforganized into companies, battalions and regiments, under regu lations to be prescribed by him;-and shall have the right to elect their company and regimental officers ; and all troops organized under this act for Sta-te de fence, shall be entitled, while in actual service, to the same pay and allowance as troops now in the field Sec 7. That any person who shall fail to attend at the place of rendezvous as required by the authority of the President, without a sufficient excuse, to be judged of by him; shall be liable to be placet! in ser vice iu tho field for the war, as if he were between the agijs of 18 and 45 years. . Sec 8. That hereafter the duties of provost an1 hos pital guards and clerks, and of clerks, guards, agents, employees or laborers in the Commissary and Quarter master's Departments, in the Ordnance. Bureau, and clerks and employees of navy agents, as also in the exe cution of the enrollment act, and all similar duties, shall be performed by persons who are within the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, and who by the report of a Board of army surgeons shall be reported as una ble to perform active service in the field,. but capable of perforiuiug some of the above said duties, specifying which; and when those persons shall have been assign ed! to those duties as far as practicable, the President fhall assign or detail to their performance such bodies of troops or individuals required to be enrolled nnder the 5th section-of this act, as may be needed for the discharge of such duties : Provided, that persons be tween the ages of 17 and 18 shall be'assigned to those duties: Provided, further, that-notbing contained in this act shall be so construed as to prevent the President from detailing artizans, mechanics, or persons of scien tific skill, to perform indispensable duties in the de partm'enrs or bureaus herein mentioned. Sec y. That any Quartermaster or As sistant-Qnar-terVnastei-. Commissary, or Assistant-Commissary (oth vr than those serving with brigades or regiments in the field.) or officer's in the Ordnance Bureau, or Navy Agent-, or Provost Marshal, or officer ia the conscript service, who shaft hereafter employ or retain in hi cmployment any person in any of their said depart ments or bureaus, or in any of the dutie3 mentioned in the 8th section of this act, in violation of the provis ions hereof, shall, on conviction ' thereof by a court martial or military court, be cashiered ; and it shall be the diiy'ofany department or district commander, up on proof, by the oath of any credible person, that any siich officer has violated this provision, immediately to relieve inch officer from duy; and said commanders sJiall take prompt measures to have him tried for euch offence : and any commander a aforesaid failing to perform he duties enjoined by this section, shall, upon being duly convicted thereof, be discharged from the service. . IN RKfiAIUJ TO EXEMPTIONS. Sec !0. Be it fifrther enacted. That all laws granting ecemptions from military service be, and the same are hereby repealed, and hereafter none shall be exempted except the following : 1. AU who shall be held unfit- for military service, under rules to be prescribed by the Secretary of War. 2. The Vice-President of fhe Confederate States, the members nd officers of Congress, ajpl of the several State Legislatures, and such Qlh Confederate and State officers as the President, ot the Governor of the respective States, may certify to be necessary for the proper administration of the Confederate or State Government, as. the case may be. '3. Everv minister cf religion authorized to preach according to the rules of his church, and wjio, at the passage of Ihia act, Bha'.l be regularly employed in the aiscbarge Ot nis nuuifci.crii uuuwj eupenmenueurs and physicians of asyliyni for the deaf and dumb and blin4 and of the insane; one editor for each newspaper being published at the time of this act, and auch em ployees as said editor may certify on oath to be indis pensable to the publication of such newspaper ; the public printer of the Confederate and State Govern ments, and such journeymen printers as the said public printer shall. certify, on oath to be indispensible to per form the pnblio printing; one skilled apothecary in each apothecary store, who was doing business as such on the 10th day of October, 1862, and has continued said business, without intermission, sines that period ; all physicians over the age of thirty years, who now are, and for the last seven years have been, iQ the ac tual and regular practice of their profession, but the term physician shall not include dentists; ell presi dents and teachers of colleges, theological seminaries, academies and schools, who have been regularly en gaged as Buch for two years next be fore "the passage of this acts Provided, that the benefit of this exemption shall extend to those teachers only whose schools are composed of twenty students or more. All superin tendents public hospitals, established' by law before the passage, of this act, and such physicians and nurses therein as such superintendents shall certify, on oath, to be indispensible to the proper and cfiicieut manage ment thereof. ' " 4. ..There 6hall be exempt one person as owner- or agriculturalist on each farm or plantation upon which there are now, and were on the 1st day of January last, fifteen able-bodied field hands, between the ages of sixteen and fifty, upon the following conditions: 1. This exemption, shall only be granted in cases in which thcro is no white male adult on the fann or planta tion not liable to military service, nor- unless the person claiming the exemption was, on the 1st of January, 1G4, either the owner and manager or overseer of said planta tion; . but iu no case shall more than one person be ex empted for one farm or plantation 2. Such person shall first execute a bond, payable to the Confederate States of America, in such form and with such security, and in such penalty, as the Secretary of War may prescribe, conditioned that he will deliver to the Gov ernment at some Railroad depot, or snch other place or places asanay be designated by the Secretary of War, within 12 months next ensuing, 100 pounds of bacon, or, at the election ot the Goverumenttits equivalent in pork, and 100 pounds of nett beef (said beef to be delivered on foot), for each able-bodied slave on said farm or plantation, within the above said ages, whether 6aid slaves are used iu the field or not, which said bacon or pork and beef shall he paid for by the government at the prices fixed by the Commissioners of the State under the impressment acf; Provided, that when the person thus exempted sliall pro duce satisfactory evidence that it has been impossible for him, by the exercise of proper diligence, to furnish the amount of-meat thus contracted for, and leave an adequate supply' for the suhsistenceof those living"" on tho said farm or plantation, the Secretary of War shall direct a commu tation of the same, to the extent of two-thirds thereof iu grain or other provisions, to bii delivered by such person as aforesaid at equivalent fates. 1 o. jSuch person shall further bind himself to sell the marketable surplus of provisions and grain- now on hand, and which he may raise from year to year while his ex emption continues, to tho government or to tho families of soldiers at prices fixed by the commissioners of the State undrr the impressment act: "Provided, that any person ex empted as aforesaid, shall he entitled to a credit of 25 per cent on any amount of meat w hich he may deliver within three months from the passage of this act : Provided fur ther, that persons coming within the provisions of this ex emption shall not he deprived of tho benefit thereof by reason of having been enrolled since the 1st of Feb. Ic'Gl. 4. In addition to the foregoing exemptions, the Secre tary of War, under the direction of the President, may exempt or detail such other persoiis as ho may be satisfied ought to be exempted on acccftint of public necessity, and to insure the production of grain and other provisions for the army and the families of soldiers. He may, also, grant exemptions or details on such terms as he may prescribe, to such overseers, farmers or planters as he may be satis lkd will be more useful to the cotftitry in the pursuits of agriculture than in the military service : Provided, that such exemption shall erase whenever the farmer, planter or overseer shall fail diligently to jfcinpl'oy, in good faith, his ovvit skill, capital aud labor exclusively iu the produc tion of grain ami provisions to bo sold to the government and families of soldiers at prices not exceeding those fixed wt.On-"'-- ' ttm ritmnils?ltm'Ti of tlm State under' the impressment act. 5. The president, treasurer, auditor and superintendent of any ltailroad company engaged in transportation for the government, and such officers and employees thereof as the president or superintendent shall certify on oath to be indispensable to the efficient operation of said railroad: Provided, that the number of persons so exempted by jhis act on any railroad shall not exceed one person for each mile of said road in actual use for military transportation; and said exempts sliall he reported by name and descrip tion, with the names of any who may have left theem jAoynieut of said company, or who may cease to be indis pcnsable. - . G. That nothing .herein contained shaM Io construed a repealing the act approved April 14th, 1WG3, entitled an act to exempt contractors for carrying the mails of the Con federate States, and the drivers of post coaches and. hacks, from military service: Provided, that all the exemptions granted under this act shaH only continue whilst the per sons exempted are actually engaged in their respective pursuits or occupations. Section 1 1. That the President be and he is hereby au thorized to grant details, under general rules aad regula tions to be issued from the War Department, cither of per sons between 4o and 50 years of age, or from tin: army in the field, in all cases where, in his judgment, justice, equi ty and necessity require such details, and he may revoke such orders of detail wlienever lie thinks proper: Provided that the power herein granted to the President to make details and exemptions shall not te construed to authorize the exemption or 'detail of any contractor for furnishing supplies of any kind to the government by reason of said contract, unless the head or secretary of the department making such contract shall certify that the personal ser vices of such contractor are indispensable to the execu tion of said coutracft Provided fiuther, that when any such contractor shall fail, diligently and faithfully, to pro ceed with the execution of such contract, his exemption or detail shall cease. Sec. 12. That in appointing local boards of Surgeons for the examination of persons liable to military service, no member composing the same shall bn appointed from the c ounty or enrolling district in which they are required to ii;uke such examination. Adopted in February, 1SG4 CARRIAGE and W A(i0. W0KK, And Blacksmithing, The subscriber informs the public that be will con tinue to carry on the business of Repairing .Carriage?, Buggies, Wagons, &c, at the shop formerly occupied by John Harty, on College street, in the rear of the Mansion House. He is also prepared to do nny Blacksmith work tht may be required, such as Shoeing Horses, repairing, kc. CHARLES WILSON. January 12, 1861 ' tf DR. J. M. MILLER, Charlotte, N. C, Can be found at his Office next door to Hutchison's Drug Store, opposite the Democrat Office. Jan. 12, 18C4. And committed to the Jail of Mecklenburg county, on the 29th of February last, a negrr woman who eaj? her name is LUCY and belongs to Nick Davis of Rich mond. Said negro is about 25 years old, f6ry black, and rather under medium size. She says that she was persuaded off from Richmond by a man who gave hia name as Robinson. She was arrested on the cars on the N. C. Railroad near Charlotte, N. C. The owner is hereby notified to come forward- prove property, pay charges and take her awey, or she will be dealt with as the law directs. . ' II. M. WHITE, Sheriff. March 15, 184 if 1 STKAYBD From the subscriber, a red and white ' moley COW. A liberal reward will be paid for any information concerning her. F. W. AHRENS. Charlotte, April 25, 1864 3fpi . Short Almanac for 1864, 2 R- 5 ? i . .. ' - - g : JANUARY - - v 1 2 3 4 5 C 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 lo ; 17 18 10 20 21 22 2a 24 25 . 26 27 28 21) Cu 31 ' FEBRUARY - 1 2 3 4 5 r, . 7 8 9 10 11 12 j;. 14 15 10 17 18 19 2 21' 22 23 24 25 2G 27 . 28 20 MARCH - . 12 3 4s 0 7 8 1) 10 11 12 13 14 15 10 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ' 27 28 29 30 31 APRIL 1 2 3 4 5 0 7 8 ) 10 11 12 13 11 15 U 17 18 19 20 21 22 zi 24 25 20 27 28 2( 2j MAY 1 2 3 4 5 0 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1G 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2o 20 27 28 29 30 31. JUNE 12 3 4 5 0 7 -8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 10 n 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2Q 27 28 29 30 JULY 12 3 4 5 0 7 8 0 ' 10 11 12 13 14 15 10 17 18 19 20. 21 22 2'1 24 25 2G 27 28 29 20 31 AUGUST 1. 2 3 4 5 C ' " 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 10 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2G 27 28 29 30 31 SEPTEMBER 12 3 4 5 0 7 ' 8 9 10 11 .12 13 14 15 10 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2G 27 28 29 30 OCTOBER - - - . - 1 .2 3 4 5 0 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 10 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2G 27 28 2U 30- 31 NOVEMBER 12 3 4ft G 7 8 .9 10 11 12 13 14 15 10 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2G . 27 28 29 30 DECEMBER - - 12 3 4 5 0 7 8 9 10 11. 12 13 14 15 10 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2G 27 28 29 30 31. WHEAT ! The subscriber is prepared to purchase the new crop fit Wheat at the highest market price. Farmers will find it to their advaotafru to call nt 1U0 C1IA ! LOTTK STEAM MILLS before selling. Jan'v 1, 18C3 tf JNO. "WILKKS. PEA MEAT. ttWekecpnt our Steam Flouring Mill in this place Pea Meal for feeding ccrws and stok. ALo, we have on hand at all times, Family, Extra, Superfine and coarse Flour. We warrant our family flour. ' Corn Meal and Grits can always be had at Ibe mill. " J. WILKKS k CO. Jan'y 1, 18C2 ,700 ROVI1S OF - THE SOUTHERN HEPATIC PILLS Have been ordered in one day. WI.erever known llieir use continues. Without puffing, they have pn'metl ground by their real value. jft3rMore tmn tire hun dred persons are known, to hare been cured tr tliete Pills.-YJ5a This excellent family medicine is recommended hy the proprietors as good for Diseases of the Liver, lb correspondents my that they also cure iiillious Klieu maligna, Pneumonia, Chill and Feveri , Billious Fcveri, Piles and Worms. They ar,e a perfectly safe medicine. Peter Vaden, Esq., of Dinwiddie county, Va., After describing remarkable cures in his family of IJilliowl Rhetnnnti-m and Pleurisy, say.: "My iVjcior's bill ba been heretofore from $175 to $200 per year. I bate used then (these pill) forlL.? familr, which ronsisti of eighteen white and colored, and have not called In a Doctor.. This -Is a great saving. Tuey certainly t the best family medicine ever ducou red. Rev. John W. Patter, of Greene county, North. Caro lina, had suffered twelve years from a digenred liver, which the physicians had Lot been able- to cere. JI says: I commenced taking the Hepatic Pills with 110 confidence in them. They acted like a charm on mo. From that hour I have improved. I hare persevered in their use, until now, by God's blessing, I m ! atd hearty. I bad a negro man who, aa 1 believe, ws saved from death by a dose of these Pills. My Doctor 1 bill was manually fiom $100 to$20J, but I Lavs bad no use for a physician klnce." Col. Jehu Wright, of Goldsboro, N. C., (Aug. Hi 1662,) sss: "1 hava nscd the Southern Hepatic Pil!' in my family here, and also on my plantation in Ala bama, aud always with success. 1 Lave a valuable servaut girl who had been a long time under trmtiuit.1 for consnmption. without receding' any benefit. Al most ia her extremity I was induced lo try the Hepstic Pills. TJ.ey were given according to direcliot.f, "! she ia now well, eultrel restored by them. A similar case occurred among my servants in AUbatua. For . liver and lung diseases I have perfect confidci.ee io them." Full?irrctionsand other cerlificates will be found on Ihe wrapper of each box. Price, $3 00 a box. For' $30 a doxen boxes will sent b mail, free to any part of the Confederacy. Still pieater jiscouut to Druggists, or others buy (? by the gross. Not less than a dozen need be ordered. Retailed generally by the Druggists, and ia Charlotte N. O. by F. SUARU. - TheaV.rei of the Proprietor is GEORGE DEEMS, Wil.'on, N. U. A tig 50, I8C3 : WfiCE. ' All persons Indebted to FCLL1.VGS A SPRINGS, bv note or account, are hereby ooliGed to call upon Wm. W. Grier ex-shcrir,nnd make Immediate fellle menC J. HV SPUXC3. Febvnary3. 1863 ' tf SEnCHAWT TAILORING. ' The. undersigned having: located t" doors south of the. Eiprcss Office, Char lotte, N. C, is prepared to fill all oHers in his line of busine, sueh as Military and-Cillzcns' Clothing, Caps, Lace, Dot toos, Ac, tc. A liberal har of l!i rt"onsge of the public is respectfully solicited, as all orders entrusted to my care will be. oromMlv and fuithfullr filled. I hare ccmpetrr.t workmen, and can compete with any other establiib roent in giving a "gyod fit," and I warrant my wot to give entire satisfaction. Mr. R. M. ROBINSON, an experienced cutter, is en gaged in this establishment, and he will be pleased to wait tipoD-bls friends. J.A. CALDWELL. June U, 1863 j .y-pd