as b;\vc uigfd on iMs war, to moet him a«d thoir
'■i.Wf' ''T)d ‘ier\d, at the Judgment Har of
Ahni^htv t^oH;'• ro to answer.
V .o-fvi th^V' \T*?ro that did not thrill as
the Bi«b p cnnrluJcd. ‘ And maj God tflve mcrcy
tj]"'. •, ill t ’ov.”
.p»i • t-io ^M-a »d swell ol' the organ filled the
'’hu’ch; thf'D tt'o evcrjr-’ens wore re arranged oa
tlie luri. l cisc, -md t}’C df'nd \vna carried out
where the tlawcrrf iaiiiiC blooui, and the dews ol
Hravrn p ab'»vn hia da^*
L pun r, th(' grav^^ H>slu)}> Eliiv'*tt pfi*
ceeded with 'be U'Ual scrvicc, and arf he pro-
counc^’d ‘I'c W'Tos ‘ t'artli to ewth, ashes to a-»hen,
diist to dus(,” Bi.-l)Ops Green and Lay, and Lieut.
Gen. L; ng-tn "= :in;fed in onsling earth upon the
coffin, while tbe rortr of ariillery gave tho last
salute of si arpiv f i if$ u»>partcd ornament; and
we sre IJ- th; aiid the ni'-mory.
uju.'if'J oO^A.
SKi^UJE^^TR/lLTED DEBT9.
fpHE uiiTfrfiJf^nsd will i»Uaad »t. the following times
JL »nd ol^cc^, to ooU''Ot tho iaterap* on tbe 8i?iut3-
ti’ttfod Dibts ia nia Dutriot, vIk
At H'.ll»boro’; July 14th. 1864.
••Raleigh •• V!0 & 21,
'•FayciteTdii' - *^7. 2» & 29, “
}. II WILDER, Rtoci»*.r.
Jui-e 27. • . 45 tJ29
s -/>'/?. K cm>/—The record of the
i tl '^ cn':j>y IS tunices. Eicli day
> w, ’nsiancc’ to iigbt The connty
li' _ur ; ad'-'rs are nw'ir*'. has
■y pii i,'cd by the raiders. Am ng
t snlf-rers is Ocl. W. II Ayl
atr
br!* • s ■
ot K ' '
boon rut' 1
tho ficavl : t snlf-rers is (Jcl. \S. Jl Ayiv-ti,. now
ooia’nu Bii' '’"s brigade, whose fine estate
oath-: ?J 'ni r'vcr ’ a.s bren completely do-
vast'f*'!, ’d -'- his •:’aii?ion Unc sc'it of refined
fcaipitality) madr' a ccaiolnte wrcck. We learn
from a rcsii^cnr of ho county that Col. Aylctt
has l t!t -’11 h^- tl;tvcs, c.X'’cpt two o!d and worth
less O' os; r I h ’ij 1' rscs, n.ules and stcck of every
kind; all ;^uppUe'« of provisions, and his famiiy
left in a niO't distressing condition. During tho
last vi‘'i' 'f the encpiy to his plantation (after
they bad bop;' whioncd at Trovilliaa’s by Haiup-
tea) lh :y ‘ ac’rod 'i; d nilliircd his dwelling, broke
ap his fur-inrc and cr 'ckcry wnrc; s^olc and de-
i^troyed.the clothing of his wife end childro”;
scittored and burnt his valuable law papers; cut
to pieces bis desks and trunks with axes; in a
word, rui d him cjuiplotely. All iliid was done
avowe i]y l. cau-c he was a Colonel in tbe Con
federate service—Richmond Whig.
A Drc'iv^.—Tho Albany ‘ Patriot-’ htatoa that
it i?! in " oeipt of a letter from a gentleman ol
Irvinj onunty, which sa^’s:
•‘Li'u:. (tC’ -;cith, with 20,UU0 men, will
furia a juuciion wit • the hero Forrest in Miissis-
sippi 'i’hcT '•'ill march ino Middle Tennessee,
recapture Meiaphis, and establish a line of oom-
munici ion with Price, on the opposite bide.
Recruiting largely as they advanoc, Smith and
Forrest will capture Dalton and destroy tbe
State road as iar as llosaea. They will then ad
vance 0. Sh; mr.a’a roar, and a'*t the part which
Stonewall Jackson did on the 28th of June, 1862,
only wiih more disaster to tho enemy. The vic
tory will be cou'pb’te, and Georgia will be for
ever free of tb^) vnndalfi.”
—Wood l.air&d.
ffIHE uoderalgned will give » fair price for a well wooded
t tract of LAND oi' lilD or 201) ftcrua. on the liallread at
nay poixit bt‘twt'‘ n Jouesbcro’ and Fayoltonll-J. Wood,
pitcL piae boxed or uiibo.xt*l
lili.NRy K. tJOLTON. A^•;a^ K. K. Co
I'livettf'vilie, AprM IT 25tf
Paliaa Christi Beaus.
PH fc sabsflriher wiii p&y th-a Hgbcot prices
I of PaIt-. Povr?. ...
J 1 ^OBTP
0
C. s. AirSBNAli ,1NI> AHMORJ, \
FAXa'^rnviLtR, N ’ . Jfl? IS'IJ. )
Foiiudry Iflasi Waret^d.
NE rxp-rkncci ii» th' hn'iccsq c&n fiiid st'ai7 B’li
4" 6tl COMP’Q OFFICER
FaycttCTlUo Anonal re(3 Armorj, i
Jc»r 30 18^4 (
SlOO BOUi^TY.
W'atitca, 4V mllounteU RiHemeH.
Authority bavinjr (fr-'jtr ? ^7 tHft Da-
ps^r^m'n?. raif?c s (?cn:pnr; of M' rntel R flemca
for eervlci' in thi« vioiaity. iiosi;o ie hi'r-sby giTPa tb^t
Toc'T-itfl the rutabe? o* 40 non contcrijut rili be re-
cciTe'*' foK this service, to fi’l rp th? cora.'-tiy to !he re
qaire>1 N!?.mbcr of 109 Esob rocnilt •nill te required
;o far”i«h a eeTiOPiiSlo f irhic'.’ ha will h« al-
lotr'»'t 10 cer.is per diem, and his p&y $12 per month,
Wriii^ psmissi^n bt* rcqi!’'^ ! fro.r or
euai Ji» ?, whp.rts Rpp1irf.r* i? unigr the co'a^cript
E*cii rccni’t n:>’st br .’Je V'V'' him t. b’aaict or bed
£.ncl c' prrp.';;cd to r?:n^tia-
Bridl.->p, aadcl‘'T3, h»!t«rs anJ «ad»*'» blj>.akete furnisl*-
•' I ^y thf Qo^t -rcicct jr't th : r-onia coisca proTidcd
’"rilh ihi £, he will b^ p.vJ for fbeta a fair Tnldkticv.
Apply lu Msjor MATTHEW P. TAYI OR, r%t «ic Ar-
ncnial F. L. CHILDS.
4') If") Lieut. Col. C. 8. A. Comfl’g Po*?t.
Desirable Goods.
WM. MACINTYRE
A
for Srtle on Coiisig^Eiin'ciit.
li r. > 2 iioh TYRE IKON,
16 .ic-rct'fr-'sh beatfi Rio
Jnl
T. HAIG!I & SONS,
'9
200
Offer? for sale:
.'£13 KNIVES *nd ?OR£S!. n.’cone^i.
40 Dos. Pin5 H au-l 4 Bl(^Jcd Kuivea;
930 Qrosti Steel Peas;
r.J‘* Gft'fcs Bl;iet Si?el Eaitting NefidJea;
:0 lle»!E3 Ruled Poet Pfiprr,
300 Gro..3 A^^t9 Shirt Br*t«ne;
200f> Gross English Dou5 Pant Ba"ot8;
1 B»rre! ^ anpijcr;
2 Birrelfl Bor^l;
5 B^rr'ls Epaon SaUj;
5 Alum;
5 Eag:i»b Greo';i Copper*!*;
10 Bi C4rij, Sad.i;
1 B\Z .iljpinr;
3 Bigs B!^ck Peppu';
I PicV.sgs SiiUpetr?.
Jaly 4 40-6i
oirrn^t* fffY SJllft -'or-*-
Caroliua Female Collcg^e.
Tee exe’-"i.3-8 cf this Icttitution wili he resum-sd on
Moaday the l«t of Acguat 18’'4, with a fall corps of
Teaohcre. For oircuUr adurci>3
Bev J. R GRIFFITH.
AosonTille, N. C-'
June 14 41 9ipillA
Wod Wanted for the Slats cf W, Caroiiaa.
COTTON
“3 V i'ara ‘ vr 4 ib.-« u^-
THE under?irripi ooa'lajf* *
YARN for WOO.^, on
washed, or Ib'f cic“3 washe t Wool T-ey will siso
p*y a li^^ral p'to’ i'j '■»i\ fc~ o’" Bmll Jotu.
QtiO. ^ »vILIIAM!^ & CO.i Agtg.
Fayettevil'p, Jun? l*^.
Prc8bytf'ri.,a c
42tf
£
foongN. .%rU^niieHca* f>ictlceary,
MBRACING R. *,T\i -nciio, jy Rc.-’iv.
er, Iatc”'*W 'r, iic >k Keeping, Form?, .^o
” J. WALS .'r
T>er'r IB.
SurgcoQ General’s Offlcv, \
P.A.L'sion, ih ^^5., JunB 10th, 18'^4. /
A MESSENGER wiK t’lia OG'i ca the S.-“? 4'^y,
an'? f '5 t'-f ■; of CTcry month, for Osn.
Lee’a arciy AU bwi n ‘vi. '--re for Tncrab'r of
th»t nr^y will ■ e c-»ri*ioi tb-rc protaptly by ai£o ana
deliverei to tho owa:r.
EDWARD WARREN.
41-ti Surge c G u»*-a5 N.>rih Carolina.
FLOUtt A.iru OATS.
FLOU’^- ; OIT . rill D« ;ios#G^,.d ■'itu l i tjo
Store of D M;Launa, by ciTirii: t ja a 'ar days
notioe. ? "t saod. N>'. *. or i/aite.
Jfcn’r ‘^9- *5 ^ ■
^ xVurse Wanted.
A TBU^Ti (>) d letaurtre' cj,.rsl woiuhu id wiot.d
A to hire »5 1.U.SJ to infcnt ‘ App'y to .Mra. iJ M
Walker n&y .‘louai
Jon* iO. 45-f
CO.MF&illHATK or AMILlilCA,
LsiI3K«B UlPA.aT>lB;!iT, Dwt. Capm iSAt
Wixutiugtoa, N. J., M-ifCi 10'h. I3!i3
N0TI0£ 13 ..oicSy giV-ra ;o s.Ii p^rsoaj ?. Tinj; ^^-.ina
sg&ia^t i.^e auisr D;p.urbisi;ui., for ..;rv.Cw.i of
frlarea ctaploy 1 m uborrra on ta5 iartd defences a«ar
Wilmiaj i 0 , aii. n" aaderoijnj' ia authorised
aad prct:ir>id to pi/ laa •'f.Me fcia eS&09, on the ao-
oond floor o' cauiini; next »bo7e Mear'>a’ l)rug
Store, rJar»3t dtrciv.
*®*P e^aoa^ iseouting Poirera of Attorney will ob
serve the follotrmg thcir aigniturefl, ia all oaioe,
t* bo w:ta; 'y t;?o witaes.*? ,3 sijr.oi ia dupli-
oate, or lae/ a.y 09 WitaeasJ b>n; ra a Jaativ'^o of the
Paaso or Oierk .ny Ojari..
FORM O- ?"OWiiR OF •.XfORlJEr.
I, -TT- of . dv» hereby appoi U , of , mr
true lawful Ajeat i>; sign raceiijts for, *r.i recvive
paymoai oi’ ati aion:/j aa-j to ma t y .^ '^^naor Dc-
partmoat oi tha (Janff icrat.' Staw -..i A-danci, Tor the
■ervioea of lay elav-is -‘aipioyed a3 Libjr}r3 on the iaad
defenosa ai , daring tae moath of , 153
Witness my .hand aad se*l »t , th» Oav of
, lb« '
(Signed in duplio^ie.)
l8-b%Vl
WJtnaas#
The signatures of ooior«4 pers ws should be witae38e-J
by three witasas^.
There zauat be separate dapIios"-a Powerr of Attcrnoy
for each jzua a. Bi«ak foroui ca.a be ha i upon appli-
OfttiOB tAiS C'i^Cida
W. H. JAM 3d, Oapt. & Chief Eag.
Jan’y 20, lb64 ISOOtf
SiORTfl CAROtlNA VOLmEER MU CO.,
GSNiBRAL AgSNT^S OfFICE,
Fraokliaton, N. 0., Jun« 20j 1884. ,
AS general Agent of the aba.re Corapaay I wish to
call the attcutioa cf all eaterprising and patriotic
men of this State to this all-importMit enterprize This
Company has uow a capital of over one n>iUiou of dol
lars subscribed, and nearly all paid in. Great efforts
are being made to secure vessels. Our b(,.,k3 may not
f^ia open loag, but while they arc open hare is a
glonoas chanee for » good and lasting invadtme^it The
ageiit »s instruciel .o tako bonis at their faae la pay-
mept of 3«, y'ell‘ie.-' Ji^iaations exaspt 4 psr cenv
bonus; tncy w.;,l :t^ea c. 33i per cLt. di;,ooLt
with the promwe to p; ,o- t, t;,o credit of .ii« D.»rty p.,-
ing ttsni »u a-,/ aaouul this. C.rap,%ny 'sail
for over the 66| per cent, allowed ^
Cotton aud Tobacwo will ->3 lakon ia paw j..n. ^
•t the right price, acoordlng U quaUty. A,ny
ing to take stock in this Company can do eo by add^
Ing me ss abc»o. ^ '*ro«8»
I wlU ^0 tajte pleMure in glting all v^forn^tim to
parties wiehiog to take stock.
Rev. WILLIAMSON HARRIS8,
General AeroL
Joae 25. [w. j.J 44^
Biaok Warrant tor aai% Iim.
An Act to lay additional Tcueea for the coror
mon defence and auppoi't of Ckmemm&nt.
Sec. 1. The Gongreea of the Confederate
States of Ainerioa do enact, That in addi
tion to tho taxea levied by the act ‘‘to lay
taxea for the common defence and to carry on
the Goveniment of the Confederate States,”
approved 24th of April 1863, there shall be
I levied, from the paasatce of this act, on the
! subjects of taxation hereafter mentioned,
j and collected from every person, copartner-
• ship, association or corporation, liable there-
! to, taxes as follows, to-wit:
I I. Dpon the value of property, real, per-
; soTal TTid mixed, of ev«rv kind arnl dt»crl|>
i tion, not hereinafter exempted or taxed at a
j difforont rate, 5 per ccnt.: Provided, Tlsat
j from this tr.x on the value of property em
ployed in .agricnlturo shall be deducted tlie
j value of ti’O tax in kind delivered therefrom,
j ae aseeescd under the law imposing it, and
delivered to the Goveniment: Provided,
That no credit shall be allowed beyond 5
per ccnt.
II. On the value of gold and silver wares
and plate, jewels, jewelry and watches, 10
per cent.
III. Tbe value of property taxed under
this section shall bo assessed on the basis of
the market value of the same, or similar pro
perty iu thff) neighborhood where aseessea, in
the year 1860, except in cases where land,
slaves, coi;ton or tobacco have been pur
chased since the 1st day of January 1862,
in which case the said land, slaves, cotton
and tobftcco so purchssod, shall be assessed
at tho price actually T’ftid for the same by
t)ie owner.
Sec. 2. On the value of all shares or inter
ests held in any bank, banking company or
aaeociation, canal, na.vigation, importing,
exporting, insurance, manufacturing, tele
graph, express, railroad, and dry-dock com
panies, and all other joint stock companies
of every kind, whether incorporated or not,
5 ^r cent.
^e value of property, taxed under this
section shall be assessed upon the basis of
the market value of sucli property in the
neighborhood where as-ieascd, in such cur
rency as may be in general use there, in the
purchase and sale of such property, at the
time of assessment.
Sec. 3. Upon the amount of all gold and
silver coin, gold dust, gold or si^lver bullion,
wkether hold by the banks or other corpo
rations or individuals, 5 per cent.; and upon
all moneys held abro^, or upon the anxoant
of all bills of exchan^, drawn therefor on
foreign countries, a tax of 5 per cent; such
tax upon money abroad to be assessed and'
collected according to the. ralue thereof at
the place where the tax is paid.
II. Upon the amount of all solvent cre-
ditSj and of all bank bills and all other pa
pers issued as currency, exclusive of non
interest bearing Confederate treasttry notes,
and not employed iu a registered business,
the inoome derived ftom which is taxed, 5
per cent. *
Sec. 4. Upoa pro:^te made in trade and
business, as follows: ■
I. On all profits made by buying and sell
ing spiritous liquors, flour, wheat, com, rice,
sugar, molasses or sirup, salt, bacon, pork,
hogs, beef or beef cattle, sheep, oats, hay,
fodder, raw hides, leather, horses, mules,
boots, Bho9B, cotton yarns, wool, woolen, cot
ton or mixed clotiis, hats, wagons, harness,
conl, ii'on, steel or nails, at any time be
tween the 1st of January 1S63, and the 1st
of January 18c5, 10 per cent., in addition
to the tax on sucli proflts as inoome ander
the “act to lay taxes fcH* the common defence,
and carry on the Government of the Con
federate States,” approved April 24,1863.
IL On all profits made by baying and
aeUing mooey, sold, ailyer, foraiffi exchange,
yii*. Srtrti, oMigrtfci—
tv or effects of any kind, not enai
the preceding paragraph, betwi
named therein, 10 per cent., in
the tax on such profits as income,
act aforesaid.
III. On the amount of }>rofite exoecdmg
25 por cent., made during either of the years
1863 and 1864, by any bank or banking
company, inaurauce, canal, navigation, im
porting and exporting, telegrapii, express,
railroad, mannfactnring, dry dock, or other
joint stock company of any description,
whetlier incorporated or not, 26 per cent on
such excess.
Skc. 5. Tlie following exemptions from
taxation under this act shall be allowed,
to-wit:
I. Property of each liead of a family to
the value of i^500; and for each minor child
of tho family to the further value of $100;
and for each son actually engaged in the
army or navy, or who has died or been
killed in the military or naval service, and
who was a member of the family when he
entered the e(»rvic€, to the further value of
$500.
II. Property of the widow of any officer,
soldier, sailor or marine, who may have
died or been killed iu the military or naval
service, or where there is no widow, then of
the family, being minor children, to the
value of $1000. c
III. Pr.operty of every officer, soldier,
sailor or marine, actually engaged in the
military or naval service, or of such as have
been disabled in snch service, to the value
of $1000; provided, that the above 'xemp-
tions shall not apply to any person, whose
property, exclusive of household funiiture,
shall bo assessed at a valne exceeding $1000.
IV. That where property has been injured
or destroyed by tho enemy, or the owner
thereof has been temporarily deprived of the
use or occupancy thereof, or of the means
of cultivating the same, by reason of the
presence or the proximity of the enemy,
the assessment on such property may bo
reduced, in projx>rtion to the dam.ige sus
tained by thb owner, or the tax assessed
tliereon may be reduced in tho same ratio
by the district collector, on eatiafactory evi
dence submitted to him by the owner or as
sessor.
Sro. 6. That the taxes on jiroperty laid
for the year 1864, shall l>o assessed as on
the day of the passage of this act, and be
due and collected on the 1st day of June
next, or as soon after as practicable, allow
ing an extension of 90 days West of the
Mississippi river The additional taxes on
incomes or profits for the year 1863, levied
by this act, shall be assoss^^d and collected
forthwith; and tbe taxes on incomes or pro
fits for the year 1864, shall be assessed and
collected according to the provisions of the
tax and assessment acts of 1863.
Sko. 7. So much of the tax act of the 24th
day of April 1863, as levies a tax on in
comes derived from property or effects on
the amount or valne of which a tax is levied
by this uct, and also the 1st section of said
act, are snspended for tbe year 1864, and
no estimated rent, hire or interest on pro
perty or credits herein taxed ad valorem,
shall bo assessed or taxed as incomes tmder
the tax act of 1863.
Sko. 8. That the tax imposed by this act
oa bonds of tho Confederate States hereto
fore issued, shall iu no cnso exceed the in
terest on the same, and such bonds, when
held by or for minors or lunatic#, shall be
I oxempt from the tax in all c.'taes where the
interest on the same shall not exceed $1XM).
Of conspiracies, or attempts to liber
ate prisoners of war held by the Confederate
Stated.
^ Of conspiracies, or attempts or prepa
rations to aid the enemy.
XI. Of perscms advising or inciting others
to abandon the Confederate eanse, or to re
sist the Confederate States, or to adhere to
the enemy.
XH. Ot unlawfully burning, destroying
or injuring, or attempting to bum, destroy
or injure any bridge or railroad, or tele
graphic Kne of communication, or property,
with the intent of aiding the enemy.
Yin. Of treasonable designs to impair
-the military power of the Government by
destroying, or attempting to destroy, vessefc
or arms, or munitions of war, or arsenals,
foundries, workshops, or other ^roj^erty of
the Confederate States.
Sec. 2. The President shall cause proper
officers to investigate the cases of all persons
so arrested, or detained, in order that they
may be discharged if improperly detained,
unless they can be speedily tried in the due
course of law.
Sec. 3. That during the suspension afore
said, no military or other officer shall be
compelled, in answer to any writ of habeas
corpus, to appear ?n jjerson, or to return the
body of any person or persons detained by
him, by the authority of the President, Se
cretary of War, or the General officer com
manding the Trans Mississfppi department;
but upon the certificate, under oath, of the
ofljicer having charge of any one so detained,
that snch person^ is detained by him as a
prisoner for any of the causes hereinbefore
specified, under the authority aforesaid, fur-
thf'• proceedings under the writ of habeas
corpus shall immediately cease and.remain
snspended so long as this act shall continue
in force.
Sec. 4. This act shall continue in force for
ninety days after the next meeting of Con-
grees, and no longer.
THE MILITARr BILL.’
Section 1. That from and after the passage
of this act all white men, residents of the
Confederate States, between the ages of 17
and 50, shall be in the military service of
the Confederate States for tho war.
Sec. 2. That all the persons aforesaid, be
tween the ages of 18 and 45, now in service,
shall be retained during the present war
with the U. S., in .the same regiments, bat
talions and companies, to which they belong
at the passage of this^act, with the same or
ganization and officers, unlesi^ regularly
transferred or discharged, in accordance
with the laws and regulations for the gov
ernment of the army: Provided, that com
panies from one State, organized against
their consent, expressed at the timc^with
regimonts or battalions from another’State,
shall have the privilege o^ being transferred
to organizations of troop*, in the f^me arm
of the service, from the States in which said
companies were raised; and the soldiers from
one State, in companies from another State,
shall be liable to be placed iiT service in tiie
field for the '^ar, as if he were between the
ages of 18 and 45,
Sec. 8. That hereafter the duties of pro
provisions, to be delivered by such person
as aforesaid at equivalent raitM.
3. Such person shall further bind himself
to sell the marketable surplus of provisions
vost and hospital guards and clerks, and of i and grain now on hand, and whim he may
clerks, guards, agents, employees or labor
ers in the Commissa^ and Quartermaster’s
Departments, in the Ordnance Bureau, and
of clerks and empbyees of navy agents, as
also in the execution of the enfbllmeat act,
and all similar duties, shall be performed
by persons who aro within the ages of -18
and 45 years, and who by the report of a
Board of army surgeons shall be reported
as unable to perform active service in the
field, but capable of performing some of the
raise from year to year while his exemp»tion
continues, to the Government or to the fam
ilies of soldiers, at prices fixed bgr the Com
missioners of the State under the impress
ment act: Provided, that any person ex
empted as aforesaid, shall be entitled to a
credit of 25 per ccnt. on any amount of meat
which he may deliver witnin three months
from the passage of this act: Provided fur
ther, that persons coming within the provi
sions of this exemption shall not be deprived
above said duties, specifying which, and of the benefit thereof by reason of having
when these persons shall have been aligned been enrolled since the 1st dfty of Feb. 1864.
4. In addition to the^ foregoing exemp-
An Act toauspcrud t?ie privilege of the Writ
. of TTdbeas Corpics in certain cmm.
Whereas, the Constitution of the Ooufed-
erate States of America provides in Article
1, Section 9, Paragraph 3, that “tbo privi
lege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not
be suspended unless when in case of rebel
lion or invasion, the pubb’c safety may re
quire it;” and whereas, the power of sus
pending tho privilege of said writ as recog
nized in said Article 1, is vested solely in
the Congress, which is the exclusive judge
of the nooessity of such suspension; and
whereas, in the opinion of tho Congress, the
public safety requires the suspension of said
writ in the existing case of tho invasion of
these States by the armies of the United
States; and whereas, the President has asked
for the suspension cf the writ of habeas cor
pus, and informed OongrcsS of conditions of
public danger which render the sns|)ension
of the writ a measure proper for the public
defence against invasion and insurrection;
now, therefore.
to those duties as far as practicable, the Pre
sident shall assign or detail to their perform
ance such bodies of troops, or individaals,
required to be enrolled under the 5th sec
tion of this act, as may be needed for the
discharge of such duties: Provided, that
Eersons between the ages of 17 and 18 shall
e assigned to those duties: Provided fur
ther, tliat nothing contained in this act shall
be so construed as to prevent the President
from detailing artisans, mechanics, or per
sons of scientific skill, to perform indispen
sable duties in tlie departments or bureaus
herein mentioned.
Sec. 9. That any Quartermaster or As
sistant Quartermaster, Commissary or As
sistant Commissary, (other than those serv
ing with brigades or regimelfts in the field,)
or officers in the Ordnance Bureau, or Navy
Agents, or Provost Marshal, or officer iu
the conscript service, who shall heraafter
employ or retain in his employment any
person in any of their said departments or
bureaus, or in any of the duties mentioned
in the 8th section of this act, in violation of
the provisions hereof, shall, on conviction
thereof by a cotirt-niartial or military court,
be cashiered; and it shall be the duty of any
department or district commander, upon
proof, by the oath of any credible person,
that any such officer has violated tliis pro
vision, immediately to relieve such officer
from duty; and said commanders shall take
prompt measures to have him tried for such
oflence; and any commander as aforesaid
failing to perform the duties enjoined by
this section, shall upon 6eing duly convicted
thereof, be discharged from tbe service.
Sec. 10. That all laws granting exemp
tions from military service be, and the same
are, hereby repealed, and hereafter none
shall be exempted except the following:
tions, the Secretary of War, under the di
rection of the President, may exen^pt or de
tail such otUer persons as he may be satis
fied ought to be exempted on account of
public necessity, and to insure the produc
tion of grain and other provisions for the
army and the families of soldiers. Re may,
also, grant exemptions or details, on such
terms as he may prescribe, to such over
seers, farmers or planters as he may be sat
isfied will be more useful to the country in
the pursuits of agriculture than in the mili
tary service: Provided, that such exemption
shall cease whenever the farmer, planter or
overseer shall fail diligently to employ in
good faith, his own skill, capital ana labor
exclusively in the production of grain and
provisions, to be sold to the Government aiid
the families of soldiers at prices not exceed
ing those fixed at the time tor Ifke articles
by the Commissioners of the State under
the impreesment act.
6. The president, treasurer, auditor and
superinteodent of any railroad company en
gaged 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 this
act on any railroad shall not exceed one per
son for each mile of such road iu actual use
for military transportation; and said exempts
shall be reported by name and description,
wiSh the names of any who have left the
employment of said company, or who may
cease to be indispensable.
6. That nothing heroin contained shall
be construed as repealing the act approved
April the 14th 18^, entitled an act to ex
empt contractors for carrying the mails of
1. All who shall be held unfit for inilita-1 the Confederate States, and the drivers ot
ry service, under rules to be prescribed by j ]^x«t coaches and hacks, from military ser-
the Secretary of t^ar. ' .n .ll_
2. The Vice President of tho Confederate
States, the members and officers of ^Jongress
and of the several State Legisl-f^tures, and
such other Confederate and Stat*? officers as
the President, or the Governor of the re
vice: Provided, - that all the exemptions
granted under this act shall only continue
wliilst the persons exempted are actually
engaged in their re.spective pursuits or oc5-
cupations.
Sec. 11. That the President be, and he is
spective States, may certify to be necesfiary i hereby, autliorized to grant details, under
for the proper administration of the Con- j general rulo» regulations to be issued
federate or State
Governments, as the case i froi» War Department, either of pei^ons
shall be allowed, if they desire it, a transfer j j^^y be. i between 45 and 50 years of ago, or from the
to organizations from their own States, in I Every minister of religion authorized to | army in the field, m all cases where, iu his
the same arm of the service. i'preach according to the rules of his church, | judgment, justice, equity and necessity re-
Sec. 3. That at the expipation of six months | and who, at the passage of this act, shall be - quire such details, and he may revoke such
from the first day of April next, a bo0ity ! regularly employed in the discharge of his ' orders of details whenever he ttilnks proper:
of $100 in a six per cent. G^emment bond, ministerial duties; superintendents and phy- | Provided, that tlie power heaein granted to
which the Secretary of the Treasury IS here-■ giciana of asylums for the deaf and dumb j the President to make details and exemp-
by autlionzed to issue, ^all be paid to ev^ ^nd blind and of the insane; one editor for | tions shall not ba cbnstraed to authorise tUa
r;> non-commiseioncd officer, musician and i at the time i exemption or detail of any contractor for
private who shall then bo in service, or in I this act, and such employees as s^d edi-
t te event of his death previous to the period I may certify, on oath, to be indispensable
ot buch payment, then to the person or per- publication of such newspaper; the
sonswho would be entitled to receive by law j public printer of tho Confederate and State
tlio arr^ragesof his pay; but no one shall be ; Governments, and such joumeymen print-
eutiued to the bounty herein provided who j ga,id public printer shall certify,
Siiall at any t^e, during the j^nod of six ! oath, to be indispensable to perform the
mon^ next after the said fii^t day ot April, | public printing; one sTcilled apothecary in
be absent bis command without leave, ©ach apothecary^ store, who was doing busi-
Sec. 4. That no person shall bo relieved , n^ss as such on the 10th day of Oct'r 1362,
from the ojjc^tion of this act by reason of' ^nd has continued said business without
naving been heretofore discharged from the
army whore no disability now exists; nor
shall those who have furnished substitates
The^ Congress of the Confederate States of
America do enact, That during the present
invaeion of tho Confederate States, the priv
ilege of tho writ of habeas corpus bo, and
tho same is hereby, suspond«d; but such sus
pension shall apply only to the cases of per
sons arrested or detained by order of the
President, Secrotary of War, or the Gh^neral
Officer commanding the Trans-Mississippi
Military Department, by tho authority and
under the control of the President It is
hereby declared that the purpose of Uoa-
grees m the passage of this act is to provide
more elioctually lor the public safety by
suspending the writ of habeas corpus in the
following cases and no other:
, I. Of treason, or treasonable efforts or
oombipations to subvert the government of
the Confederate States.
II. Of conspiracies to o^rerthrow the gov
ernment, or conspiracies to resist the lawful
authori^ of the Confederate States.
UL Of (^mbining to assist the enemy, or
of communicating intelligence to the enemy,
or riving him aid and comfort.
IV. Otf coiwpiracies, preparations and at-
teo^ts to incite servile insurrection.
V. Of dosertions or encouraging deser
tions, of harboring deserters, and of attempts
to avoid military service: Provided, That in
case of palpable wrong and oppression by
any subordinate officer upon any y>arty who
does not legally owe military service, his
superior oiScor shall grant prompt relief to
the cppre^ised party, and the subordinate
shall be dismissed from-office.
VI. Of spies and other emissaries of the
enemy.
VII. Of holding corroapondence or inter
course with the enemy, without necessitj,
and without the permission of the Confode-
rateStotes.
VJLLL Of anlawfdl trading with the ene
my, and other off«ioea againat the laws of
tlM OooManto^afeit, «umM ^ fCOWoK
is Ihi w.
intermission, since that psriod; ail physi
cians over the age of 30 years, wlio now are,
. , J , , . , s^nd for the last 7 years h? vo been, iu tho
D J J exempted by peMon thereof: j actual and regular practice of their profes-
xjovided, that no pereon, heretofore exempt- gion, but the term physician shall not in-
ed on wcount of religious opinions and who ^ all presidents and teachers
has paid the tex lovied to relievo him from , colleges, theological seminaries, acade-
service, shall be required to render military j mies and schools, who have been regularly
service under this act. • engaged as such for two years next before
^ Sec. 5. That all white male residents of [t||e passage of this act: Provided, that the
the Confederate States, between the ages of; benefit of this exemption shall extend to
17 and 18 and 45 and 50 years, shall enroll i those teachers only whose schools are com-
themselves at such times , and places, and | posed of 20 students or more. All superin-
under such regulations, a!s tho ‘'President ^ tendents of public hospitals, established by
may prescribe, the time allowed not being law before the passage* of this act, and such
less than 30 days for those east, and 60 days physicians and nurses therein as such su-
for those west of the Mississippi river, and perintendents'shall certify, on oath, to be
any person who shall fail so to enroll him
self, without a reasonable excuse therefor,
to be judged of by the President, shall be
placed in service in the field for tho war, in
the same manner as though they were be-
tweea the ages of 18 afid 45: Provided, that
the persons mentioned in this section shall
constitute a reserve for State defence and
detail duty, and shall not be required to
perform service out of the State m which
th^ reside.
»Bo. 6. That all persons required by the
5th section of this act to enroll themselves,
may within 30 days after the passage there
of^ east of the Mississippi, and within 60
«Uiys, if weet'of said river, form themselves
into voluntary organizations of companies,
battalions or regiments, and elect their own
ofScers; said organizations to conform to the
existing^laws; and, having so organized, to
tender meir services as volunteers daring
thd war to the President; and if such pngan-
isstions shall furnish proper muster rolls, as
now organized, and deposit a copy thereof
with the enrolling officer of their district,
winch^stiall be equivalent to enrollment,
tnsy may be accepted as minute men for
senj[ice in such State, but in no event to be
taken out of it Those who do not so volun-
tetf and organize, shall enroll themselves as
before provided; and may, by the President,
be reqmred to assomble at convenient pla
ces 01 rendezvous, and be formed or dr^^n-
izod into compuni^s, battalions and regi
ments, under regulations to be praecribed
by him; and shall have the rigiit to elect
tbeir company and regimental officers; and
all troops organised under this act for State
defence, shsdl be entitled, while in actual
service, to the same pay and allowance as
troops now in the field.
Sec. 7. 13iat any person who shall fail to
attend at the plaee of rendearooa as required
bj te aiOliiQBlif of the FMdaok without
In «/ Ha,
indispensable to the proper and efficient
management thereof.
4. There shall be exempt one person as
owner or agriculturist on each farm or plan
tation upon which there are now, and were
on the 1st day of Jan’y last, lo able-bodied
field-hands, between the {vges of 16 and 50,
upon the following conditions:
1. This exemption shall only be granted
in cases ip which there is no white male
adult on the farm or plants.tion not lia'ble to
military service, nor unless the person claim
ing the exemption was on the 1st day of
Jan’y 1864, either the owner and manager
or overseer of said plantation, but in no case
shall more than one person be exempted for
one farm or plantation.
2. Such person shall first execute a bond,
payable to the Confederate States of Amer
ica, in such form, and with such security,
and in such penalty as the Seeretarj of War
may prescribe, conditioned that he will de
liver to the Gioverament as some railroad
depot, or such other place or places as may
be designated by the Secretary of War,
within 12 months next ensuing, 100 iXiunds
of bacon, or, at the election of the Goveni-
ment, its e^uivalent in pork, and 100 Ibi. of
net b^ (said beef to be delivered on foot,)
for each able-bodied slave on said farm or
plantation, within the above said ages, whe
ther said slaves in the field or not, which
^id bacon or pork and beet ahaU be paid
for by the Government at the pricos fixed
by the Oommissionera of the State under the
impressment act: Provided, that whnn
person thus exempted shall produc-
facto^ evidence tnat it has been im.
for him, by the exercise of proper -
to furnish the amount of meat thns ■••uir’-.ct
ed for, and leave an adequate supply lor tne
subsistence of tihoee living on the said farm
or plantation^ the Secretary of War shall
dKWt » wmntttiou oi tb» aamflk to the
furnishing supplies of any kind to the Gov
ernment, by reason of said contract, unless
the head or secretary of the department ma
king such contract ^all certify that the per
sonal services of such conti^ctor are indis
pensable toXhe execution of said contract:
Provided further, that when any such con
tractor shall fail, diligently and faithfully,
to proceed with the execution of such con
tract, 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 com
posing the same shall be appointed from the
county or enrolling district in which they
are required to make such examination.
I. C.,|
«8. I
tiit at
Pc8t Offiod, FayetteviUe, H.
-OOTOBEB 3, 1868.
SchidtUe of the Arrival and Departttre of the Maik
Offlet.
RALEIGH via AVBRA8B0B0’, fto.
ArriTsa daily, except Sunday, at 4| P. M.
Daparte daily, except Saturday at S P. M.
KALBIGH Tia SUMMERVILLE.
Departs Tueaday aad Friday at ti A. M.
Arrives Wedacsdvky and Sonday at 9 P. M.
WARSAW via CLINTON.
^^ives daily at 12 noon.
J^parts daily at P. M.
GABTQAGE.
Arrives Tcesiay, Thar^day and Saturday at 7 P. M.
Departs Monday, Wedceiday and Friday at 1 P. If.
CHERAW, S. C.
Arriveg Taesday, Thtivsday and Saturday at 6 P. M.
Departs Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday at 1 P. M.
FAIR BLUFF via LUMBEBTON.
Arrivas luesday, Thursday aad Saturday at 6 A. M.
Oepai'ts Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday at 1 P. M.
ROBESON'S Via ELIZABETHTOWN.
Daparta Monday, Wednesday and Frid»,y at 6 A. M.
Arrirea Tuesday, Thurday and Saturday ai 2 P. M.
ELIZABETHTOWN via TEBEBINTH.
Arrivei Monday at 5 P. M.
Departs same day (Monday) at 6 P. M.
MAGNOLIA^via CTP&ESS OBEBK.
Arrives Taasd^y at"2 P. M.
Depwrts &une day (Tuesday) at 2i P. M.
3WUT ISLAND via MONTBOSB, OOYINGTON Bmd
POWBLLTON.
Arrivoe Tuesdt^ at 6 P. H.
Departs Wednesday at 11 A. M.
SWIFT ISLAND via TROT.
Arrives Tuesday at 6 P. M.
Departs Wedneeday at 11 A. M.
AU maiLi leaving bafora 7^ A. M , are elosed the even
lag before at 9 P. M Ail fetters to be sent off from
this office, other than by mail, moat be paid fer a* if
sent by miail. AO drop lettan should be pre-paid bj
2 oent stamps.
The offloe will be open on Sunday from 8| to 9} A.
M-, and firom 41 to 6} P. M.
JAS. O. COOK, P. M.
DIXIE PRlillEII,
liios the tiuse Fidks A farther snp^j at wnotoMit
U S'* —
THE MORTH €^RO£iliVA
MUTHIL LIFE INSUfi41«€E COMPAiff,
N
ti-
p,
?'a-
Jan’y 1«69.
the tenth ysar of suooessnil eptration, with
''g o&pitaJ and firmer hold upon puhlie eoa-
ctitiuc3 to iiiAore the lives of aU healthy per-
i 11» 00 yejL'*8 9f ftge, for one year, for seven
^f«^5ill rife taesabere sharing in the profits
^ 10 to 60 years of »gfi are insured Itg
ypan for tiro thirds their value.
noltiaUy paid >ritHin f)0 d&ys •fter
preaantad.
n .-’aAttou the p3\/t^4 IS referred to
t' in all parts o ' ^h« State, m
(f- it. BATTUE, SeoraU7, Baiaigh.
. S. J. HALB, Agmt at
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