TflK CUBRBNOY BILL.
An Act to FuntL Tan and L>m!t (hr Currntcjf.
SBT'Troy 1 The ('on-jress o} fkf Vonffilerate
Staf-K of America do emicf. That ^he holders of
all Treasury notes above the denominttion of 85,
not bearing interest, shall be allowed until the
1st day of April 18G4, east of the Mississippi, to
fund the same, and until the periods and at the
places stated, the holders oi all such Treasury
notes shall be allowed to fund the saui> in regw-
tered bonds, payable 20 years after their date,
tearing interest at the rate of 4 per cent pot aa-
num, payable on the lit of Jauuary and .July of
each year.
Src 2 The Secretary of f jio Treasury is hereby
authorized to i.-sue the bonds refjuired for the
fundiritr providi'd in th-.- jwecediiii; pection,
and iir til the h.irid«> can be propart-d h»- may i«sue
certificate's fo an^wfr fhe purp(»se. Such bonds
andVeriiii-at-s shill ho r«'Cfivablo without inter
est HI f.a.'tii ri' of all G'iverttm«*nt dues paysible
in tl.,' )t'ir oxcept exp>4-t and import duties.
Ski' 3. That 'iH Tn'asury notes of the deuomi-
natio i ct ?lO-t, aot b -ariui; iMtt*res(,.which shnll
not be pre'erjfed for funding undertbo provisioiii*
of the 1st Bcctioi^ “f this act, shull, from un i after
tlwj l-'f d>iy' if \j>ril 1^61. ra to! tha AJis.-i ■>ijyi
ri^cr, and the l^l■da3 July 18«U, west of t io
3Iisi*issippi. caic to be receivable in payment of
public Ju r», aud said notes, if n>jt ijo presented at
that time, in addition to the tax of oo^
cents .Ui|M-dcd in the 4th 800*^100 of this act, be
snbjected to a tax of 10 per cent, per month un
til so presented; whi^h taxes shall attach to Haid
not( ? wherever circulated, .and shall be deducted
from the face of said notes whenever presented
tor payment or for funding, and suid notea shall
jiot be exchangeable for the new issue of Trea
sury notes provided for in this act
Sec 4. That on rill said Treasury notes not
f(^nded or used in paynieni of faxes at the'dates
and plaCfS pre-jcribed in the’1st section ot this
act, there sliuU lie levied at said dates and places
a tax of cents for every dollar promised on
the face of said notes; paid tax .'^hail attach to naid
notes wberevt r eircuiatt d, and shall be coll«cted-
by deducting the ‘■aioe at the trcsfury, its deposi
torii ■( anil by fni ♦•■jjlactor?, and by all (Jovern*
meat olEcorf; rccciviuir the same whenever pre
sented for payment or for funding, or in payment
ot Government dues, or for'postage, or in ex
change for new notes, ashereinatterprovided, and
said Treasury notes shall be fundable in bonds a.*«
provided in the 1st .«eetion of this act, until the
1st day of January 1805, at the rate of Ctij cents
un the dollar; and it shall bo the duty of the Sec
retary of the Treasury, at any time between the
1st of April and the lit of July, 1S04, west ol
the Miasis-iippi river, and the 1st of January 1%5,
to substitute and exchange new Treasury notes
for the same at the rate ol >0* cent^ on the dol
lar. Proi'iiJed, Thaf notes of the denomination of
?100 shaj? not be errtitled to the privilege of said
exchange: Pr rid‘d further, that the right to
fund any of said Treasury notes, after the 1st day
of January 16G5, is hereby takon away; And pro
vided r'nrther. That upon all such Treasury notes
which may remain'outstanding on the 1st day of
January lbG5, and which may not \>a exchanged
lor ne^ Trea.ury notes, a.s herein provided, a tax
ot lUO per cent, iii hereby imposed.
Sec. 5. That after the first-day of April next,
all autl^rity heretofore given to the Secretary of
the Treasury t© issue Treasury notes shall be, and
is herahty, revoked: Frovidtd^ the Secretary of
the Trea.sur'y may, after that time, issue new
Treasury notes, in such form as he may prescribe,
payabJe two years after the ratiticatiou of a treaty
■ if frfiHce wuh the*Uiiited States, said new issues
to be rccc!\vable in payment ot all public dues,
exc-p’" •, xport and iuiport dutie-, to be issuctf in
exchan>»c for old no'es at the rat'; of - dollars of
th new for 3 of th^ old issues, whethar said old
note.* surrendered for exchan(?e hy the holders
thereof, or be received into the Treasury under
the provisions of this act; and tho holders of the
new cotes or of the old notes, except those of the
denomination of SlOO, affer thev are reduced to
«.fob to «o.« 117 »d
said notesto be fundable and exchangeable for new . ^ prevent the Pre«d‘nt from detmhnf
Treasury notes, aa herein provided, subject to ti.ecl.rtt!>'cp. or pf«otis of ecientifio skill, to
tho deduction of said tax. perfnrrt) indiepens>»>flc iuMes in tt;* d«T'&rtBj‘ni8. or bu
8k 12. Thrtauy Stole holding Trewurj i
notea received before the times j ,„rm**ter. (^omznic^ivry. or AFsiBtafitn.'fonjmiFsary (other
taxing said notes shall be allowed tiU ^ those s'-rvii g with brigi»(ies or re{icat^nte in th«
day ol January lli65, to fund tho same in 6 per , j cifioers in tbe Ordnano* Bureau, or Nft^y
cent, bonds of the Confederate States, payable 20 | Ageafa, or ProTo-t M»rfih»l. or officer in the conicript
years alter date, and the interest payable
annually. But all Treasury notes received by Ju,.ub mentioned in thfcStb
any State after tho time fixed for taxing the Bume
as aforesaid, slmll be held to have been received
or biirenus. "r in any of
f>ociion of ibis apt, in viol
shhll, on ooaviction tbereo
^ion of the proviaittne hereof,
»f hy » oourt-icartial or mill'
^ one Stat«, in companies from another State, shall
tJGi cents on the jo'lar hy the tax rforesaiX m.-iy ' ^ if they desire it, a trautfer to oreaa-
‘ iiations from their own States, in the same arm
of the service.
Ssc. S. That at the expiration of fix months
from the flr»tijay of Aprjl next, a bounty of flOO
in a six per cent. Government bond, which tho
Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to
i.ssue, shall be paid to every non oommissioned
offi«er, 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 persons who would be entitled by law to re
ceive the arrearages pf his pay; but no one shall
be entitled fo the bounty herein provided who
*h!ill at any time, during the period of six months
ncSt after the said first day of April, be absent
froia his command without leave.
'Sec 4. That no person shall be rejievei^ from
the operation of this act by rea‘on of having
ow ^laid or i heretofore discharged frnui the army whcnj
alUhereaf- i 'li^Jthiiity now exi.^t.*; nor .shall those whohavo
diminished by thp amount of^aid tax. The dis- t^rj ocurt be cAahiere-i; aw J it shall
criraination between the notes subject to the tax iirpartnn»r.t or
and those not so subject, shall be—
Sec 13. That Treasury notes heretofore issued
hearing interest at the rate of $7 30 on the if 100
per annum, shall no longer be received in P^J'
mcut of public dues, but suall be deemed and
considered bonds of tho Confederate ^tates, paysr
bio two years after the ratifi'^ation of a treaty of
pcH.ie with the United States, bearing the rare of
interest specified on their face, payaMe 1st ol
January of each and every year.
Seo. 11. That the Secretary of the 'i reasury
be, and ho is hereby, authoriaed, in case the cxi-
eenciea of the Goverunic'it should require it, to
pay th'' demand of any public creditor wh«*se debt
may be contracted after the passage of this j!Ct,
n’illing to rec«ivc tho samrc in a« certificate of in
debtedness, to be isKued by said Secretary in such
form' as he may deem proper, piayahle two years
after a ratification of a treaty of peace with the
Tnited States, bearing interest at the rate ol six
per cent, per annum, payable seini-annuallv, and
transferable only by special endorsement, undtr
regulations to be prescribed by the >'*eereiar^ of
the 'I’reasury, and said certificates shall be exempt
from tuxktiou in principal^nd interest.
Sk.'. 15 The Seccrfary of tho Treasury is t»u-
thorizod to incrc»«e-the number of dept^itorics so
as to meet the retiuirenifnts of this act, and with
that view to employ «uch of the banks of the sev
eral States as he may deem expedient.
Sko. ,1‘> The Secrc'taiy ol the Treasury ^liafl
forthwith advsrtisp this act in such newspapers
published in the several- S’tates, and by such other
ni?ans as shalV secure immediate publicity; and
the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the
Navy shall each cause it to bo published in gene
ral order for the information of the army and
navy.
Sec. 17. The 42d section of the act for the
assessment and oolleotiou of taxes, approved May
1st l'^f)3, is hereby repealed.
SEf. 18. The Secretary of tlua Treasury is
hereby auth)riied and re^juired, upon the appli
cation of the holder Df any call ocrtitieato, ^hich,
by the first section of the act to provide for the
funding and further i.«sue of Treasury notes, ap
proved March 2Sd 1803, was required to be
therealter deemed to be a bond, to i^sue to sueh
holder a bond therefor upon the terms provided
by said act,
THE MILITARY BILL-
Sectiow 1. That from and after the pabsage of
this act all white men, residents of the Confede
rate States, between the ages of 17 and 00 shall
be in the military service of the Confederafe States
for th» war.
Sec. 2. That all the persons *toref»aid, between
the ages of lb and 45, now in service, shall be re
tained during the pre.sent 7ar^ith the United
States, in the same regimests, battalions and com
panies, to whith they belonc «t tiio p4(j.sage ot
this act, with the same organiaati »n and officers,
anle.~s regularly transferred or discharged, in ac
cordance with the laws and regulations for the
government of th^army: P.'ovi'te/, that companies
from one Stite, oriiaaized against their consent,
''xproK^t'd at the time, with regiments or battalion.o
from another State, shall have the privilege of be
ing transferred to organiiationi of troops, in the
same arm of the service, from the Slates in which
said companies were raised; and the soldiers from
convert the same into call certificates bearing in
terest at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, and
payable two years after h ratification of a treaty
of peace with the United State.-i, unlcsi sooner
converted intc^new note^.
Sbc 0 That to pay the ,expenses of the Gov
ernment not otherwise provided for, the Secretary
of the Treasury is hereby authorised to issue 6
per cent, bonds t^an amount aot exceeding five
hundred millions of ^lollars, the principal and in-
tesest whereof shall be free from taxation, and
for the piyment of interest thereon tha entire net
receipi' fi any expoff du’y henafter laid on the
vaiu>^ ul any eoif^n, tobacco,' and naval stores,
.whicri all bu exported fr m r^t* Confedcate
StarC', and the tn-.- prjcecd- of thti import duties
now iiiid. or .s» uiiicli th“r'.it as miy bo nec^'spary
to pny aiiiiuuiiy chi.' interest, are her>'by .specially
p'cig'-d: tliat ttivi dufi-9 i.ow ' ''
impurts aio her- by piedired and sb
r in seeding exchange,'or
larni^ucd auhstitutos be any longer exempted b}
therc'if: Proviiti. a 'i^.- i
xrmptfd on acccur: .f opinions and vrao h«.s
l-.i'fir-d to -ia 'ro'a
■ ■ r qiir' } t j irr ^ervic;- ■iml-r iLij. ac
Hbo 5 lent a 1 .uale rtsii nls of lb«*
. Jiie 8t(%tep, butwtfi-n thr *jtes nf 17 ani ]8 »>i l 45 u4
60 y^itH. enroll ihemv>l»o«i at nuoh f.nies “nd
l>i'ice8. and under i>u«h r^jtulatfuns, a« (he President
way preBcribe, the time allowed not beinp l«8a than 80
days for those onet and 60 diya for tfao-e west of tbe
MissipiippL river, anH any person wiio sbull f«il go to
enroll himself, without a rea^uniible excuse fierefor
to be jndg*d of by the President, sball be placed in
service in the Celd for the war, in tbn r^bio nja’im^r as
thonirh they were between tlie «ges of 18 and 45: Pra-
vidtd. that the persons mentioned in tiiis section sSall
coDstiuite a reserve for State defeaoe and de'ail duty.
■»nd ehall not be required to perform service out of th*
St'ite in wotch they reside
fasc 6 That all persons required by the 5*h s**ction
of this act to enroll theoiBelves, miy within 30 daya
after tbe pa.^sage thereof, e.'ist ef the Nfie^Bsippi rivrr,
anil witihin 50 days, if west of said river, form them-
aelvea into voluatary org.'iaiz'^rionB of oomp»nies, batta
lion-i. or regimcote, and efcot tJi»;irown otft^wa; sa'd or
ganizations t j conform to the exist ii>(rl»we; nnd, haring
so org'inii'id, to tender (heir servioes as volunteers 'fnr-
ing the war to the President; and if such orjcanisUions
shall faraish proper muHter rolls, as now organin^d, and
deposit a com thereof with tho enrolling officer of their
dij>iriot, whi^ shall be gqiiivalent to enrollment, they
may be aooepted as minute men for sfrvice in each
State, but in no event to he taken out of it Tho«e
wh6 do not so volun*e.er and fginixe. shall enroll tbojn-
selves a« before provided; and may, by tho President,
be required to assemble at c 'nveilfent piaoes of rendex*
? *i«, and be fo”meJ or o:*gahiied into companies, bat
talions and regiments,* under regulations to be pre
scribed by him; and ehall h^ive the ris;\it to el"or th-s’r
co'upaay and regimental officers; and all trrxjpg orgm-
i*ed under this aot for State defence, shalt b* entitled,
wbilo in AcUtr-1 co.rvioe, (o tb« same p^y and allo«anoe
as troops now in the field.
Sic 7 Tbat any person who shall fail to attend at
the place of rendezvous as required by tbe authority
of the Presideht, without a snffioiont exouae, to be
judged ef by him, shall be liable tQ be pUfted in ssr-
vioe iu tke field for the war, aa if be were between the
ages of 18 and 45.
8ko. & That heteafter the duties of provost and hos
pital guards and clerks, aad of olcrks, guarlls, agents,
employees or laborers in the Commissary and QiKrter-
mneier’s Departmenfs, in the Ordnanotf ^reau, and of
clerks and employees of nary agents, as also in the ex
ecution of the enrollment aot, and all similar datiea,
shall be performed by persons who are within th» ages
of 18 and 45 years, and who by the report of a Board
of array snrgeons shall be reported as nnabis to perform
active service in the fitJd, bu* capable of performing
ter be pai l i = -p ■
in coupon i -a. i ;
Sec. i. Tna. tsi*; utjtjry ;f the Treasury ia
hereby ;xu h .i.z-a, . oru am to' .:ime, ti» the
waut.^ .f the Trea-ury may require it, to sell ur
• hypothecuto for Ticasury notes said bonds, or aii\
pait thercol, upon the best tcrm>i he can, so as to
meet appropriations by Congress, and at the same
time reduce and I'ostrict the amount ot tha circu
lation in Treasury notes within rea.sonable and
safe liniitj.
Sec. 8. The boiids authorized by the’ Gth sec
tion ot this act may be either registered or cou
pon bot?ds, as the parties taking them may elect-
■and they may be exchanged for each other under
Buch regulations as the Se retary of the Treasury
may prcacriUi , They shall be for SlUO, and shall
together with the coupons thereto attached, be in
such form and of such authentication as the Sec-
nttiiry of the Trt.usury may prescribe; the intcrcwt
shall b. piyablJ i;i!f ydUrly on the first of Jan’y
and Julj in cjxrh y«ar; the principal shall he pay
able nul less than years from tkeir date.
Sec. 9. All call certificates shall bo fundable
and shall be taxed in all respects as ifi provided
for the Treasury notes into which they are con
vertible. If converted boforc tho !ime fixed for
Uxing the Trfa.«ury noto.s, such certificates shall
from that, time boar inter.^st upon only Ofijf cents
for every dollar promised upon their face, and
bhail bo redeemable m now Treasury notes at’
that rate; but after the passage of this aot no call
certihcatcs shall be i.ssued unt.il after the first dav
ot April, .. J'
Sec. 10. That if any bank of deposit shall give
it- depcsitor- t-e bf.iris authorized by the first
section 01 this act, in exchange for their deposits
and specifying the same on the bonds by some
f^*1mark or token, to ba agrQed upon with
nnaU/f Treasury, then the said de-
^ • X . be entitled to recievQ the amount of
‘Q treasury notes, bearing ao intorcet
passage ot this act: Pro-
the said bonds are p/eBcnted* before the
pnvi ege o funding said notes at par shall cease
aa herein prescribed.
■ I V her.-'toforc
iS8uedofthe deno:.iinationof S3 Phtll continue
to be receivable in payment of public dues, as
provided by law, and fundablo at p:^r vmlcr the . , v .
provisions of this act, until the first of Tnl„ lurA i »«>“e of tie above said duties, spe/'ifying wh;cb, and
taut, and until the first OnfnV/.r i *ben loose persons afcall have been assigned to those
thp M; ; • • • u i , of duties as far as practicable, the President eh^il assign
fth* U river, but after *h-dt time thty ■ "'r to tbcir performftdoe suoh bodies of troops, or
anail b»i subj-ct t; a tax of r ocut on ev- ' '“dividoals, required to be enrolled under the 6th geo- .
®ry dollar promised on the face th«rcof, said tax I this4wt, as may be needed for the dwoharge of |
' auvh dntiw: Prcvidtd, that peraons between the mm df I 15.
oath of t.ny crtdible perenn, that any suoh officer b*«
violated this t.rovi?ion in> mediately to relievetuch offi-
(j,.r from duty; and said ootnmandcrs shall take'prompt
to have him trie.l for such offence; and any
! coiomen.ier a afaresfiid l.iiling to perf«rm the diulea
- . uj >»:ied hy thi.i seoticn f-ftH upon being duly oonvici-
tS> r«(er be di'ohar;:'’ *
I HkO to Tfiai 1*11 !»»''
i itary ^erviat- be. and the Siiine are hereby repealed, and
! rono !»l«^ll he fxef^fi ed exo*'Pt the followin«;
1 .All whc phail bs held uafii' f*r miiitary service,
' under rules to preHcrihid'hy the Se*ratary ot War
' 2 Vi«: Vice-Tr! aldeni f the (?ocfedorate States, the
•••ib.'rs and i ffioers ef (’ongrcss i'»>a of the several State
I, •!4’ur(»ii, r.ni sues ot.'-er (!c^ffcd«)ate and .State of-
lioerd aa «hf Presid 'nt, or the Governor of the respeotiTe
Htnte?. 01-.y crtify to be neofusary for tbe projer ad-
rii'i'Ptriiicn ■ th-^ CooTederaie or ?tate Qovornments,
as tbe ea?e may be
8. Every miuinter of religion authorized to preach ao-
coidii g to the rales of bis ohuroh, »nd who, auhe pas
sage of this fcct shan b« rrguUrly employed in the dfs-
c'»arff'^ of liia minis^frial duties; puperlntoadentg a»d
pbyiiici Ui of asylums fur toe ueaf uiid dumb and blind
.».,I of the iuiHue; oue uditor for each newspaper b«ing
u«b!i«hfd f.t ine time of this act, and such euplojer*
i,s said editor mty ccrnfy, oa oath, to be indicp^nnable
to i*»e prblio'itioE of such newspaper, tho public printer'
of tbe‘!onf*Jrrufe aalSt-U- Govtrniaentu, and suoh
j'.urneymen'vrinters as me said puhlic printer 6h»H
c-Ttify, on oathj tcbe indispensabi? to p»;r^or!n tbe pub-
Itu irintiug: one gkille'* apo'hecary in eaoh apo»h«oary
-Lorr, who was Jiring btiniaes' as tiuch on fhe lU'b day
of Oetober 18li'.i, anJ has O 'ntiBiied said bu.>iness, with
oui ii)ternui>6^ a. since tnnt period; ^11 phyuiciatis ov«r
the ago of So >eaTs, who now are. an4 for tho la-t 7
_. ‘'t! have been, in ihc Mt!Uf>l and rerular practice of
loitr profession, but tbe term physioifin shall not in-
c!u t.’deniisis; a'l j residenis and te’ichers of ooll“7e*.
theological seuiiuaiios, aoa leiriies ^uid schools, vhu have
‘ et u resrularly . ngaged as nuca for two years next be
fore tho passaj^e of this aot: Provided. That ihe benefit
of this 9x^mv>lion shall e'xtettd to those teachers only
whose schools are composed of UO studenta or more.
All su].‘eri(ttendeuts of public hospitais, es'ablished by
law before the passage ot this aot, am! snch physioians
and nurses therein as such superintendeme skaii certify,
on oaih, tu be indiapen^ble to the proper and efficient
mAnagepjent ihereof.
4 There shall be exempt one pewon as owner or ag-
rieuJtufiat on eaoh farm or phuitaiicp opon whioh there
are now, and were-on the 1st day of January last, 16
able-bcdied field hands, between the agois of Iti and 50,
upon the fol.'awing conditions;
1 Tbis exemption shall only be granted in cases ib
whioh (here is no white male adult on fh'- f%rm or plan-
laticn noi ll'ible tn military ('r'rvice, n»r unless the per
son claiming :be exemption w«i«n the let day of j^n’y
lt'‘i4 either the owner %ud manager or overs;er of taid
plantation, hut in no case shall more than on* person
be exempted for One farm cr plantation
i i^uch persoi* shall first execute a bend, payable to
the Cl nfedcrate States of Amcrica, in suoh fo'Tm, and
with duch security, and in r>uoh penally as the S oreta-
ry of War may prescriba. oonditioned that be will de
liver to the OovVrnir^nt sciae raihosd depot, cr such
other place or piaoes as n.ay be designated by the Seo
retary of War, within li months next ensuing. IdO
pounds of bacon, or. a.* tha eiection of the Ocverniaent,
its equivaUnt in pork, aad 100 pounds of net beef (paid
href to be delivered on fo.*t,) for each abW-t^'jdiei slave
nn «aui tarm «ir pUniati' u, within the above said ag«8
whether -aid slaves in tbe field or not, which said bacon
or pork and be*f ■«baM t*e pi*id for f y the jioverunieni
a* the price* fixed by the CommlsHioners of the State
under the imrre«?mfD; ac.: Provided, that when the per
hcn iJius extmpted Bh^U prodiu'c »*'iBfacf>rj evidetico
ibat it has heen imp;-?»ib!e for him, by the exercise'of
pr.:p/-r d.ligence, to fur»i=b toe amount of meat thn.s
c .crKOied far, and lc>*ye an alequVe supply for ihe
stih>i9ieno“ of those living cvn the said farm or plaata-
sion the Bec^evary of War sba'.l dir.'ct a eommntBiion
of ihe satne. to the extent of two th'rdji thereof ia grain
^r other provisions, to he delivered by suoh pers'^a as
af^reaiid at equitnlect rates.
8 Suc.n person shall Curther bind himqelf to sel! the
iA«rk#tah(e. rurplus of previsions aad graia njw on
aand. and which he may raise froBi year to y*-ar while
hi« exemi iion continues, to the ?.vsrnmeat or to the
lami)i?s tif soldiers, a1 prices fixed by tbe ('ommission-
eri of th* State under the impressment act: PrOnded,
that any per>on x^mpted a4 aforesaid, shall he enti
tled to a credit ot' ‘ih p. r ecut. on a^^y an«iunt of me»t
wa'teh^* may d» aver within*thr»e aonths fram the
ossi'Hga of *bis aot: Prowided fttrliwr, that persons
asmlDg within the provii:on4 of this exenptioB eaa’I
not be deprived of the hencfift thereof hy r*a«oa ef hav-
iDg beee enrolled tince the 1st day of February 18tH
4 In additica to the foregoing exeapti(vaa, the Sec
retiry of War, under ihe )lrectiot of the President,
may €X ’r pt or detail sncb ot^er pers ias »s he may. be
hiiit'ified ought to be exemp'ed on account of public na^
cee«!tr, and to insure the produotiou of graio and other
1 r»vtpiona for the a'my a»>d the fkmilifa of soldiers
FIv rnj, al»o. grant 'Xsaption* details, oa such
as he may prescri e, to suoh ever*-itrs, farmers
. r p .ntfrs as he may be satisfied will be more useful
i> th? conn'ry ia the pursuiis of agriculture than io
the military g rvice: Provided tkat suoh exemptioa shaU
ceasc what ever fhe fariuer, plaater or overseer shall
fail diigeutly ta empl y in gr)od faith, his own skill,
C' I'ai auJ iab-r exciui-iyelj ja the production of grain
and f.rjviai.'ni, to t e s*ld to ’-he G.>verumsnt and the
I'ii i'iio# cf 3; d’crs at prices not exseeding taose fixed
4i ='8 i’.me fur Hke articles by ;a’e C .mtuisaioners of th*.
^i!ite under the luipreesmeat Act.
i> TI1J rre ide.it. tr “ iurft-. auditor an ! superin!.'»n-
Jtii of any aaro^^iomiiaiiy Vn{;aged in traaspijriaiion
'{‘F lie Governiaent, and jtuch offij?ers and employees
• heie(/.la» tiie pri>sident or superuilwndent shaH certify
oa oath lo be ind»s)^nsab]e to the ethoicnt operation of
said railroad: Provided, that tho number of persens so
exempted by this tvct on any railroad shall not exceed
one person for e^h mile of suoh road in actual use for
military transportation; and said exempts shall be re
ported by name and description, with the names of any
who have left the employment o/said eowpany, or who
may oe‘>i*o to be indiapeusable. /
6. That nothing herein contained shall be oonstru^
as repealing tho aot appr.jved .\pril the 14 h 1863, en
titled an aot to exempt contraotoY's for carrying the
m-^ils of the Confederate Ptates, and the drivers of post
c.> >cbca and hacks, from railiiary service: Provided,
that ail tbe exemptions granted undnr this act shall
•nly ooniinue waii^t the persons exempted are aatually
eng-igcd in their roa>e«tive purnuits or c'acupations.
Sec. 11. That tbe President b«, andi.be i« ikaeab^f^ >
authorized to grant details, under general rules and
re^'ilatiuns to'be issued from the V/ar Department,
eit’-er of pereon*i between 4& and 60 ye-'^r* of age, or
frou tbe aruj.' in iho_fi«ld, in ail cases whe^e, in his
judgment, justice, eqiiity and necessity reqaire suoh
From tbe Western Demoorai.
. THB 48th N. C. REGIMENT
Tbe following is a brief and hasty abstract of
the history of the 48th N. C. Troops. The rcg’t
was organiied at Camp Mattgum, near Rttleigh,
N. C., about the 8th April, 1862, having four
oompanics from Union county, two from David
son, one froQi Davidson and Forsyth, one from
Iredell, one from Moore, and one from Chatham.
Co. A, frora Union, Capt. F. L. Wiatt, (after
wards promoted to Major, July 15, 186^, to fill
vacancy oooaflionecfr by death ot Major ,B. R.
'Pluske.)
* B, liavidson, Capt Albert A Hill, promoted
upon the resignation of Major Wiatt, Sept’r 22,
18G2, to Major, and Eiuce the death of Col R 0
llill, to the Lt Colonelcy.*
C, Iredell, Capt A M Walker, since resigned.
D, Moore, Capt B R Huake, clodtcd Major 9th
April, 1862, and died of wounds receivod (in
battle near Richmond) July 15, 1868.
E, Union, Capt J W. Walden, since resigned.
F, Union, Capt S H Wulkup, elected April^ quarters to-irorrow, the 2d'Tcb., 1864.
* th% W'hito House upon Richmond, And Cooke’s
Brigade was ordered back to Richmond. July
3d, we advanced under MaJ Gen D H Hill across
the Chickahominy, at Bottom’s Bridge, and drDve
the enemy back to the White House. July 7th,
w-e again marched to Hanover Junction to pro
tect the bridges from the enemy’s raids, and
thence, Airg 1st, to Fredericksburg, on picket
duty, until Sept 1st, when we returned to Hano
ver Junction; and thence, on the 24th, to ?ot-
donsville, and on the 8th Oct, to Madison C H,
where we. joined Gen Heth’s Division, in Lt Gen
A P Hill’s corps, on the march to Culpeper C
S!’ 1race to which we belong
the 14th Oct, Cooke h and Kirkland’s N C Bn pi« |re not yet ready for tht
grades engaged a whole corps of the enemy and
were badly cut up. We took into the light 500
men and lest 8 killed and 116 wounded, many of
the latter ninca died. We have since that time
been guarding as pickets the lines of the Rappa
hannock and Kapidan rivers, at which last place
we are now on picket, but will go into winter
9tk, 1862, LtCol, and promoted to Col, Deo 4th,
1863, by death of Col R C Hill.
G, Chatham, Capt W H Jones, promoted to
Major, since death of Col R C Hill.
H, Davidson, Capt Michael, since re
signed.
I, Union, Capt (Dr.) E 0 Alexander, since
resigned.
K, Davidson and Forsyth, Capt Jesse Atwood,
sin CO died.
Tho ahovo companies were organized into the
48th Reg’t N C Troops by the election, on 9th j ed by transfer 6, recruitij 28—total 1445
A^ril, 1SG2, of R C Ilill,-of Iredell county, as
I omittcQ to Btatc that soon after our.organisa
tion we were placed in Gen. Holmes’s Division,
in whioh we remained until after the battles around
Richmond. We were in Gen. Whiting’s Di
vision whilst at Wilmingtou, and in Gen. Walk
er’s Division whilst in tbe vicinity of Charles
ton, S. C.
Whole number of men who Hare belonged to
the Regiment since its organization^ 1445. Num-
bar at orjfanization, (April 9th, 1862",) 844 V'ol-
unteers 909, con.seript.s 481, substitutes 21, reociv-
dotMlt, and he may revoke suoh orders of details when*
ever fte thinks proper: Provided, inat tbe power herein
trrpiuted to tbe Rresident to make details and exemptions
shall pot be oonstrued to authorise the exemption or
detail of any contractor for furnishing supplies of any
kind to the Qovernmint, by reason of said contract,
unless The head or secretary of the department making
snch contract shall'certify that the personal servioes of
suoh eontraotor are indispensable to the execution of said
contract: Provided fUrther, That when any silch oon-
fr8’tor shall fal', diligently and faithfuMy, to proceed
with the execution of suoh contract tie exemption or
detail shall ccas^e
Seo. 12. That In appointing local boards of surgeoes
for the examination of persens liable to military ser
vice, no member composing tbe>saiDe shall be appointed
from the county or enrolling district in which thejc are
re^ttired to make such examination.
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rior quality of tbe paper on which the
Observer hm been printed of late, and
which IS a great eye-tore to us, is owing to the want
a suflctent enpply efgood rag?, and the tK>n«eqaent neo-
esiity to r,j«or- to inferior materials. We appeal to the
frUitds of fhe Observer at al! acoessiblo points, to save
up and bring to town all the racB they oan proaare.
have no time o«rselv«s to attend to their pui^hase,'
bot Mcaare. leo W. Williams & Co , the Agents iii
this town of Mr. Murphy, will pay 16 eents per lb. for
ti>«*m
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IMtJ
Colonel; Capt S H Walkup, of Union county, Lt.
Col, and Capt B R Hurke, of Fayettoville, Major.
They remained about one month ah Camp Man-
gum and removou tr Goldsboro, N. C., periecting
them.'iclve.'* in drill. The Regiment wa.i next or
dered, on 1st June, to Petersburg, Va., where the
drill was continued and the Regiment waj attach
ed to Gen. Rob’t Ransom’s Brigade. June 10th,
tore m[i the Norfolk & Petersburg railroad from
Black water toward Petersburg. June 17th, .sent
down to James River to get ice for the N.* C hos
pital, at Dr Kpps’ hou.4e under cover of tho ene
my’s gunboats. Juno 18th, attacked the gua-
bouts'and the Regiment first got under the ene
my’s lire from severe shelling. June 24th, or
dered to Richmond 'and arri\^d on the morning
of the 25th, at French’s Farm, on the Williamsr
burg Road, were the regiment in the evening
charged two brigales of the enemy, and got badly
nut up—out of 480 men engaged, lost 17 killed
on the field and 88 wounded, many ot whom have
since died, including Major Huskc and Captain
Clegg of Co. D. ^Thif was the beginning of the
Richmond “seven days fights.” On th^ 26th,
heard heavy tiriffg up the Chickahominy to our
lef^, the battle of Mechanicsville. On the 27th,
firing •oDimenced at Gaines’ Mills and Cold
Harbor. On tho 28th, we were placed in Gen.
J. G. Walker’i Brigade, and ordered acrosa the
Chickahominy to^Cold Harbor—the battle was
over before we rcached there and enemy iu fiight.
We w«ro then marched to Alien’d farm on Jam«s
River, near .Malvern Hill. June 30th, got un
der a terrific Hre of gunboats, and continued in
line Qf battle under severe shelling until tlft>
morning of July 2d, when we were ordered to
Drury’s Bluff, and thcnce back to Petersburg,
where we remained throvriug up «ntrenchments,
making excursions to Prince George C.'H., and
attacking McClellan’s camp, July oOth, at Har
rison’s }>«nding, in Geo’l D. H. Hiil’s Division.
August 20th, ordered again to Richmond, and on
the 27th to Rapidan Station. On the liU Sept.
lV62; we began the campaign towards Marry land,
pHspin^ Manassas and Leesburg, and crossing the
Potomac river into Maryland ab far as Frederick-
town, and thcnce, returning, we re-crossed the
Potomac into Virginia, at Point of Rocks, and
arrived at Harper’s Ferry, on the 18th Sept«m
her, where we remained under the enemy’s shells,
on Loudon Hftighta, until the 15th, when 14,000
of tbe enamy surrendered to Gen. Stonewall Jack
son. W^e croeaed the Shenandoah and were or
dered on the night of the 15th to Sharpsburg,
croM»l the Potomac river at Shepherdstown next
day, tbe 16th, and formed line of battif early on
the m'Toing of the 17th, in Gen’l D. H. Hill’s
DivisioQ. About ten o’clock we #ere ordered to
the lef\, to support Gen. T. J. Jackson, and ba
came engaged in one of our bloodiest fighta^ at
Sharpsburg * 750 men of the Regiment en
gaged in thi^action; 86 were killed and 195 wound
ed, many of them mortally, of whom were Ad’t
H. J. Gaston, Capt Benj. Atwood, Co. K, and
Lieut G. W. WitherspooB, Co. C. The two for
mer Were captured and died ki the enemy’s hands.
Several of our men were here wounded and taken
prii>onor8, and many of them have not sinjc been
heard from.
On the night ot the 18th Sept, wo re-orossed
the Potomao and retired to near Mavtiosburg; and
thence, after a few days, to Winchester. For
about on« month we remained near Winchester,
and thcnce removed with Longstrcet’s corps to
Uppervillc,^ and thence to Madison C H, where
we remained a few weeks and then ordered, Nov
18th, to Hanover Junction, and on the way are
turned towards Fredericksburg. Gen J 0
Walker having been transferred to the army of
the West, wc were placed under command of
Brig Gen John R Cooke. .Wo arrived near
Fredericksburg, Nov 22d, 1862, and remained
until 11th December, when we were placed in
lino of battle in rear of Marie’s Heights. On
the 13th, when the battle hegan,^ we oocupiod
Marie’s Heights, beside tho Washington Battery
in full view of the enemy. We went into the
fight about one o’clock P. M. with two field offi
cers, 26 company commissioned officers and 387
•officers and privates, and remained exposed, to a
most destraotive fire from sliot, shell and small
arms-UDtil dark, over four hoars. Onr Icaa wm
209 in killed and wounded, 17 men and 1 "officer
(Lieut Peter Plyier, of Co E,) were killed; t^nd
both field officers, Lieut-Colonel Walltup, com
manding th© regiment, and Major A. A. Hill,
being wounded, also 15 of the company officers
were wounded, three whom, (Lieutenant S.
Dulin of Co I, Captain John StaflFofd and Lt.
H. C. Banner of Co K.) shortly afterwards died
of their wounds. We remained near Fredericks
burg until 3d January, 1863, when wo moved to
wards North Carolina; arrived at Goldsboro, Jan.
17 th, and from thence by way of South Wa^ing-
ton, Burgaw and Wilmington, to Pocotaligo* S.
C., where we arrived about the 2?d Feb. 1863.
We remained at Pocotaligo two months, during
which time we were ordored to Port Royal to se-*
cure a gunboat that the enemy had run aground.
Leh Pocotaligo on th(^22d April, 1863, and re
turned to Wilmington, N. C^ and thence to Wel
don and Kinston. On 22ti May we advaafted,
under Maj Gen D H Hill, through Gum Swamp,
where the enemy who had captured and scattered
two regiments, the day pre^us, were driven back
and pursued to Bachelor’s Creek near Newborn,
at which place their commanding officer, Col
Jones, was killed. We returned to Kinston,
May 25th, and remained Ijiere until June 4th,
when our Brigade was ordered to Richmond,
where we arrived on the 7th; thence to Hanover
Junction, on the 10th, to guard the bridges over
South and North Afna and Mattaponi rivers,
untihrelieved, a few days after, when we were
ordered to join Hi3th^8 Divifiioa, in Lieat Gen A
P fiill’s Corps, Hfor the Pennsylvania campaign.
But before we were relieved the enemy was re
port^ ad?»notng under Qtn Da, in ^oe iron
Killed in battle and died from wounds 167,
died of disease 231, discharged 54, resigned 12,
traucifered 3, deserted 65, dropped from the rolls
for disability and irom not knowing what has
becotxie of them 22, nnseicg (capturetl by the en
emy) 49.
Officers killed—1 major, 3 captains, 4 lieuten
ants Officer.^ died of disease—1 colon'cl, 2 cap
tains, 1 lieutenant. Resigned—1 major, 6 «ap-
tainp, 7 lieutenants
The Regiment was composed of 33en from the
following counties: Union 481, Davidson 409,
Iredell 149, Chatham 104, Forsyth 98, Moore 94,
Mecklenburg 85, Cleveland 33, Davie, Curnber-
hnd, Granville, Wake and Bladen, each 3, Guil
ford 2, Plymouth, Randolph, Alexander, Surry,
Anson, Caswell, Harnett, Catawba and Alamance,
each 1. From South Carolina 8, Tennessee 1,
Alabama 1, California 1. Very respectfirily,
S. H. WALKUP, ,
Col. 48th N. C. Regiment.
roa THB 0B8E&VER.
Camp Connally, 55th N.. C. Troops, )
Near Orange C. H., Feb^y 14, 1^64. )
Messrs. Editors:* It would be vain in me to
attempt atksquHtcly to express tho emotion of my
fellow countrymen which I know they mu.'^t feel,
when they take into consideration the fact that
nearly the entire army ot Northern Virginia—
those men who have bared their bosoms to the
relentless storms of war lor nearly three long,
weary years—those proud patriots and gallant
spirits of the Confederate army, who worship only
at the shrine of liberty and independence—those
men who have carried their country’s banner,
free from reproach or disgrace, on every bloody
battle field that has been fought in defence of all
that man can hold dear, from the “snow-capped
hills of Virginia, tj the lily-covered plains of
Texa.s.” I gay it were vain in me to attempt to
express the feelings of those who must recognize
tho fact that nearly every man has re-enlisted for
tho war.. And yet I am proud to rscord this
glorious and memorable truth. Yesterday Gen.
Davis’s Mississipjd Brigade, of which the 55th
Reg’t N. C. Troops is • component part, re
enlisted for the war, and although the term of
service of our Regiment does not expire until
M'ay 1865, their action on this occasion proves
conclusively, that they are no laggards in the path
of duty, and that the proud fame and unsullied
escutcheon of North. Carolina will never be de
famed by her sons and representatives in the 55th
Regiment of her Troop.-?.
I Seel it my duty to ask you to publish this
statement, that our friends at home may know
the indomitable spirit that pervadoe our army;
and, although we would gladlj—yes, with tears
of joy, accept an honorable peace, an hour we
look forward to with considerable /inxiety and
hope, we wish our friends at home to know that
we are unwilling to lay down our arms as long as
a single invader's foot presses the soil of the
South, nor until our rights as citiions and free
men are guaranteed to us under our sacred Con
stitution, and then we hope to “realize without
alloy the enjoyment of that lone hoped for peace
under ttiO benign iuflucnces of a free goverment,
just and eqaitablc laws, which have been I trust
tho result of our mutual cares, labors and dan
gers.”
I have tho honor to subscribe myself.
Very respectfully, your obd’nt servant,
CiiAs. R. Jones.
^ ^ : ■■
Our Duty.—What is the i)uty of every man
in this Southern Confederacyf It is not to find
faiilt with and pick flaws in the Government—
it is not to labor to inccnsc the people against
their rulers—it is not Jo throw obstacles in tho
way of achieving our Liberty—it is not to pro
long the war by our acts—but it is our du^y f
pitch in and ielp to conquer a peace that recog
nises our right to govern ourselv^; if 'it be not
convenient for us to shoulder tho musket, then
is our duty to aid and assist in_ the prosecution
of the war to the extent of our ability, by all
other means. We must be a united' and not a
divided people. . We are in the war now,«nd the
only honorable alt-ernative left us.is to fight it
out, cost what it may. It is too late now to say
tho job is a bijgger ono than wo expootod, or fchst
it it* costlier than we dreamed of, and ergo we
had best give up. That wont do! If ’we give
up we cover ourselves with lasiting shame and in
famy, and bequeath to posterity disgrace and the
iron chains of slavery.—Milton Chronicle.
True Patriotism.—We understand that a gen
tleman was recently enrolled at the Enrollingoffice
in this city, who had entirely lost his right eye
by a gunshot wound. The sight of the left eye
was also much *injured through sympathy, yet
such was his patri^itism, and such his desire to
serve his country, that though the examining sur
geon would freely have given him a certificate of
exemption, hQ positively declined, and insisted
upon being sent,to the field. If the example of
this nan were emulated by all others whose ser
vices the country called for, the ranks of our army
would be filled to overflowing, and this year would
see tho close of the war, and bring a lasting peace.
_ ^tertoHrg Exppes*.
Yankee Deserters.—WiLMiN0T0rr,-Feb. 19.—
Three Yanke^o deserters wore brought in last
night ^nd lodged in the military prison.—Journal.
Interettvug la N. C. OJlcera.—Maj; H. A.
Dowd, A. Q. M. of the State, is now ready to fill
all the requisitions filed by N. C. Officers for
unitbrm cloth.—Raleigh Progren.
A OHi££aFU;i
t From th. Kic'; o ’
? ThtJ action af the arn.v i'? re liu
en a new impulse to the # tr It quit-td t) «
easy distrust ivbifh liad jK ivaJcu ihe j,eoj'
home, and siltt"ce3 tb« cr.vmy’o c-jnfident j r
tionft of spt'cdy and easy -ubjuir'iis-.n 'J h.
Southern home population may have been KMOiuy
and despondent before; but brighter au pictv l-ay'g
uow dawned upon the cuusc. Ti’.c itjri .if, 1^,,
selfi!*hness and greed which had b(«un t,,
high sway iu the laud, i;>.ry have slrdkeu tin-; ,;,v
! of many; but the army’s action has iuspin .j ne#
Ti:l.s Jto
«uL4U. ror\ joke
and are htill endowed with the paCif net; ol
tion, the persevering resolution, and the atn,,
haughty courage which unfit them tor hubjui/a-
tion. The army has revived the public soif-res
pect, cheered the popttlar.heart, pul backsliders
to shame, and opened a new chapter in the hi.
tory of the war. '
Well may the Northern President tiroclaiui»
new draft; for it is jaoro than probable that the
South will be stronger in the campaign oi IS64
than it has boea'in any previous year of the war
The late feeble reconnois.:auce on the ^iapid Acd
hag disproved the curirent assertions ut the Nerth
that Lee’s army was rcduoed to a skeleton by
desertions and furloughs; and Meade’s own retire,
ment from his advanced position is an acknowledge-
ment of the superior strength of his adveri^ary
Whilst ihe patriotic action of the artnj hai
Relieved'tho Confederacy of apprehension for the
spring campaign, the enemy exhibits symptcnjj
of fcebloneps. Tbe generally expected invasion
of North Carolina, from the seaboard, bas not
been prosecuted; if evor projected by thi- eaciay,
it has been deferred for the want of trLon/
Butler’s imposing advance from the Peninsula
upon Richmond, has dwindled into a petty at.
tempt to liolp a few prisoners run away Tht
land attack upon Charloaton was repulsed bj a
single brigade; and the renowned siegr of that
“doomed” city, about which the world was luaJt
to stand on tip toe for a painful lenirth of tiiue'
has developed ir^tothe mos«t stupt^ndousj abortiun
of modern times. Beaufort Island, which was tu
have been the base of an exteuded territorial con
quest, that would absorb a full fourth part of tLe
Confederacy, has degenerated imo a nest oi petty
speculators, penniless adveiiturers and demoral-
iEed negroes. That military colony, instead oi
being the pride is the opprobrium ol the invaders
Florida, though abandoned by the Confederacy,
still asserta herself against the Yankees, by oc-
'Oaslbnal feafa of courage and adventure, which
utterly disprove the preleace of subjuj^tion.
Even Trans-Alleghany Virginia, where the pre
sence of Confederate troopis was supposed to havt
become sn obsolete idea, has just witnessed souie
important operatioiw!; one Confederate expedition
having penetrated to the neighborhood of Cum
berland, made important captures, and broken t
chief line of railroad; another having advanced to
the very banks of the Ohio river and captured
on its -waters a Governmeet vessel, baviugon
board the General commanding the department
of the Kanawha. Farther west, Longstreet hai
virtually captured Knoxville, but refuse.s to real
ize his prize on account of the pestilcnce which
infests it, and has turned Cumberland Gap,
whose fall has become a mere question of time.
If Middle Tennessee is still under tbe enemy’s
dominion. West Tennesst e and North Misaisjippi
are, for the most part, reclaimed to the Confed
erate allegiance by an army, under Forn'st, re
cruited from the region itself. In Arkansas,
Confederate hopes are revived by a successful
affair of arms on the Mississippi, and a promising
advance on Little Rock. In West Louidana the
invader is losing instead of gaining ground; and
in Texas he confines himself to the seaboard, and
has made no impression upon the country. >to
where does the enemy exhibit any vitality, or is
he making any progress except in central Missis
sippi; and probs}>ly he will find, when be shali
reach the real ground of battle, that his advance
has beon imprudent, if not r^h and ruinous.
Whether we look to current transactions in the
field, ot’ta the great fact, now so happily settled,
that we shall have a veteran army in the cam
paign to meel the undisciplined hordes which the
North will thrust upon us, the affairs of the
Confederacy not only wear a hopeful, but a chser-
fal aspect. •
/rom Mobile.—MoBlLE, Fob. 16.—An official
dispatch from Fort Gaines states that the enemjr
opened on Fort Powell, at Grant’s Pass, ,at 9
o’clock this morning. Five vessels are engagod
So far all the shots are falling short.
Mobilb, Feb. 17.—An official dispatch from
Fort Gaines, Feb. 10, says that seven mortar
boats and four gunboats fired 165 shots at Fort
Powell. Seven or eight struck, but no damage
was done to the Fort. A Lieut, and Serg’t were
slightly wounded. The officers’ Vaarters wer«
nearly demolished.
It is officially reported that the enemy occupied
Enterprise yesterday morning.
From the. ^orth.—Northern dates are to the
16th.
Col. Straight (one of the escapod Officers) is
reported to have arrived a^ Williamsburg* 'The
House, on the 15th, adepted a resolution, by six
teen majority, declaring that the Constitution
should be amended so as to abolish slavery in tbe
United States. The Supreme Cotirt decided tbe
Vallandigham case advetse to the petitioner. •
Grant has wcitten a letter, peremptorily declining
to be a candidate for the Presidency. Beast But
ler’s brother who j^as with him in New Orleans
ia dead. Gold 160i.
Troops Re-Enlisting.—New Makkjbt, Tb.nn.,
Feb. 17.—-Humphrey’s Mississippi brigade, Mc-
Laws’ Division, re enlisted to-day for tho war.
Other brigades are following the example. Tbo
ninth Georgia of Anderson’s brigade, has also re-
enlist«d.
£ight Com Bread.—Stir four pmts of meal
into three pinta of warm water, add one largo tea
spooril'ul of salt, let it rise, five or six hours, then
stir up with the hand, atrd bake in a brick oven.
Another methc^ is to make mush, and before'
it gets cold, stir in half • pint of meal. Lq( it
riie and bake u the firsts
Recrttiting at JSorth.—Gentlemen just ar
rived here, who hWe not long since been inmates
of Federal prisons, inform us that so far’as they
could see, hear, or learn in any way, the story of
enlistments or ro-enlistments in the Federal army
is almost wholly fictitious. Whatever troops the
enemy now gets, or is. likely hereafter to grt,
must be raised by drafting. The British Pro
vinces are already full of deserters from the
Federal servioe, and the persons engaged in tbe
Provinces as recruits or substitutes almost in
variably de^rt. Mention is made of a black regi
ment organised in Michigan mainly out of negroes
^om the other side of the lino, which, after get
ting the bounty, w^ reduced by desertion and
flight across the lines to sixty. How long these
sixty remained is not known. Evidently the peo
ple at the ^orth, however much they may wish
to see the war prosecuted to the subjugation and
ruin of the South, are averse to “going in” per-
bonally, and are thtfs far tired of the whole affair.
Wil. Journal.
Small Brigade.—The Yankee papers boast
largely over the capture of Brig, Gen. Vance aaJ
assert that a whole brigade was captured with him-
The truth is, the whole number captured w»s
forty-one, viz: Gen. Vaoce, Capt. Smith,
Lieutenants and thirty-acven privates. One sub
sequently escaped, leaving just forty, rank and
file, all told. Bather « stnall brigade.
w
g-s.
on
FA
]f«NBA¥
Tbe ruKRBNC
ging mail h&d at
measureB adopte
eion. Ttiey are
be better descri
Biohmond Exa^
of either tbe Co“
high credit to th
“Tbey are the
attamptcd on bi
their operation
We think tfcey
objects,—the red
of the army. M
are done. Thes
Tersal satiofactio
acts which wool
in the rankti and
diminishing thei
possible; and we
done the best t'
situation.”
For ouretWta,
ing only an arde
we have been pre
support to the co
body aiid the ao
and pairiotipm as
have a full view
tion of Ihe meauf
ment8 of the pub
scribe the requiai
the people’s Juty
far ae we are co
and exhort all oti
a costly one to al
tion or Bubroi-'ioi
the latter all.
We earaesiiy
cheer Jiilly and pr
CotBplaini’:g and
any oocadiun for
from it A checr
tion. The burJe
vastly diminished
Then our gallant
with honors, to eh
ing earth will
both poor and ri
•mailer share of
Confederacy and
d:>llar now devcte
a peace—shortens
oal moment. The
wanted, under 0
this spring. A fe
for the heart of th
The acts will bs
Th* Habeas Co
haji authorised tbe
has not done so as
cannot be doubted
questioned ibe pol
and the President
to both tho policy
ed. The people h«
gress in tho const
conferred, if exerte
has been heretofor(
plaint from any qu
a single case arisit
men have nothing
CovoEBas.—Con
We make no detail
are embodied in th
day’s Ob«ervcr. 0
tion of an address
leot comirittee on
Carolina. There n
voking failures of
day evening last ht
to-day more than ti
terest.
The vote on the 1
88. Missra Kenai
voted for, and Mtsa
ther, McDowell, am
Fits His Cask
the currency act
able citizen of this
giving a bolder of t
fnndiug tham in foi
of his notes and re
other half. He sat
soheme, that a vast
it, and that it woul
Congress who wou
aion. Well, the id
act, only that the |
ene third instead
jaan is allowed to
keep his ireasury n
please, at two-thi
every body is allow
ing people may s
should consider fn
it la intended to ea'
The telegraphic fl
general lUpposttion
to be retired bt;for
that it is not so.
are interfered with i
iield and circulatec
on the dolfar. It m
if those CO5 cenis t5
100 tow will. Cer
for the oouQlry will
ImPositast Movb
Qen. Preston of the
early in Janvi^iy, d
Confederate States
Mexico, and inotruc
on a reoi^irociil rio(
privileges. It is fi
is about'to s'ui a>
The Kichmond tii
recognized by Mexj
and Spain will indc
• ample
G»n Preston wug
chanan, is an cxperi
Spanish scholar
A Nobls LiBSiiA:
that Harris Tyrcr,
ed to the R-‘lief Cor-
for distribution atn
We are now iufnrnu
the Committee two ‘
lent object, h- ;s a
with a heart so -•.rfl
to therolifcf of sac 1
county, bat to ?,o iU
ties
Mr. Tysor is '.^liai
“Destructive”—1.2»
aaan, never was a 31
•ionist, but is an *i
dependence and of
State governments,
rjing it oa t« a suo(