wa
. ' 1'roin Ui nichmoui Vi"L;j.
Latest Froa ihe UnIicJ EUir.
-: We are" iodebiad to tba aourteay of, 'be
Exchange Bureau for United Staler pa-
mm id tha lTih inclusive, front wbwb
r
citsct tbe fcHowmg summary of oewa :
''. .. raon rtouiD.,.
Aa expaxlition teat out from tho gunboat
Tsboma dunng wa nasi aionin, aewoyw
- Utt extensive robel teJuworks at 8t- .Marks,
' Honda.- They were seven miles in extent,
and cqomcuh! . with thsai were-)- fait
lttW 170 furneoea. and 1G5 boom. Tbe
." property destroyed b estimatel at $2,000-
f 000, - ' .-;':-y4'-v- 'MfwniM;.
A correspondent of tba It T. Timca my '.
On tbe night of the 9di toecan expedition
ur t sooWlTClroo-iedwi OBtNSc
John' Biver. ami oaouirsd tha ' town of
Pilatka, a distance of sixty miles from Jack
sonville. Tbe place b to be fortified end bold
bj our troop Largs aawants of cot loo art
represented m being stored ia that vioiaitj.
0 umt or. ni FQTOMAO n snti&a to M
irnminJ mil aainnav ' ;
A Washugtoa e-patch to. tbe JL Y. Time
NotwifJistandinr the persistent denials,
Gen. Meade b to be auperaedod in poomommI
of the Army of tbe Potomac. Tbe order re
Uertas aim, and appointing hb successor,
wiB Ob beoed ia a ww days, A ,
Another dispateh to tba name paper says:
(Sea. Grant will return to Washington ia
tight or tan. daya, apd ooounenoo at once tbe
herculean task, of taorgaoiaiog tba Ann of
tb PommA) preparatory to a vigorooa of
ten ve spring campaign. He will take tbe
field in person at tba bead of tbat ana j, and
direct itxArst movement ia tba spring. Oca.
llalleck has 'been offered command of any
department be want. " T
ru woklo oi raa pratt.
-r - Tbe- New York World, underlie bead of
"Two Hundred Thousand More," says:
"The cew Presidential orocUnialioa for
.sni for defrsts l-Te i! .ld th
ness ftnj vij: r of the d : in eierj
k"rt- 7 ft
ljt of
rui,
J f, r lit I.;tTvtitiO!,an 1
t:;.wtJ bj tL aJli
.w....r...l.w..'V TKi-r i f n', ,1 rij)'er llit I I
liwvv'iu"'.- - " . 1 ... . ... T1 .1 l
the nn!,!ry nJ "I d irerwit Umo-; o or u ioa(...i J
itd !.: JtrUrvu "lur tba KinpMe.
tiiue lor iVwsrd lo dV-cUf Lira Lls linoat
arrired. We akafl auoa aX to wtat e tb
Tuk will put tbe Ml lo tbtrot bj
tba South ia tbrf Uobi-oe ivetnp. ,
atJee af TaArraiert-aaJ Catwaej Beam
new
two hundred tbousanU conscript ia addiiioa i
to tbe fire hundred thousand roJunteenl
tion tl.U vaar lioui whmt it did but, the
adminijlratiott apjrt Ucoaie that it Wrt
ooi face Um oooMqaenora. To abii k Uie re
aponsfbility of poMe dtHwHera ia the spring
oanipatKuV baa iuveausd Geoeral Grant
wilb lb. u ru erne oooimand, to awka bim
aacanegoat jof tba aiaa of the. administra
tion. ... . ...... -
' - war. oolb a) rr. - t -A
New Tork paprraaja: C t v
Tba' ckosea which ba pot tip the price of
"gill, of father, nort atrittljry baa a
in BneeofGoTeroinentconrrK?T.aret Krat,
the redundaocy ia tbe'paper iuom of tbe
ooootry." rtevioua.to tba war, at a period
nt rhmmrrcUl activity, 'wbea Uie whole
oooatry araa togatbar, tbraa bunJrwd iuSBooa
of paper aMoey waa wa oenauie umu em
tba aaeeasitiea of commerce reqniied. It it
mtinutttsi thel now. Tjrtare aot kree tha mt
bobdredaod fifty ndbooa of - paper aaoory;
while commerce ia aot at active aa It wa "be
fore tba war: and a larM Portiod of oar pop-
aiatioa bl eat ofTbr toe rebeilioa. .Second,
oar oatiooal onrreccf ia diaorcdhed by tbe
Culureaitbe hopca of tbe people. Itwaeex
Meted lat fall that tba wmthfeestM of tbe
reel.oarrrncy, and Uta diauacuoa wnico
oaLniablr prevailed, would cbaiprl tbe Sou-
tbern people to eoasent to aotne terma of re
anioa rather than prolong a aeairat atro-rgte.
The opeqing movements .ol die tpdng eaq-
baim Drove. Iiowvver. ttut tuie was aa eu-
tire mutake : that the rebeBion is apnereotiy
aa strong as ever; and, with tbelaiiureuf tbe
popular bopear-eomea a paiiM ni the gokl
market. " Third, tbe orgauwaiioo of the new
national Banks 'renders it certain that, instead
of a diminution, tliere ia to be an addition to
the paper moofy of the owontry. Tbe nve
twentv loan baviuc been all takea bp, tbne
b no longer an outlet lor green-back, and
hence (be surplus oaper money is poured in
to the chatHM-O) of btN thas eratiMf a
fur ions speculation in gold, well at in eve
ry other purchasable eomniodity.
Kurrucsrr autvu aao tui naarT.
It is understood Governor lJramkHte. of
Krtilffdtv. baa roinoatratrd with the Preai
r .dent afsjast the enroflment anf eahetmeat of
staves m acuitmj , uwimw. ui
he will exeeuttf the btws of the Stale aganwt
all who atten.nl to take slaves Irora their
owners without theirconseoL
- The New Turk Tixea says :
. " Kentucky is m a ferment over tbe Con-
rressional bill making slaves liable, in the
sfiiue maoner as white men, 1a the natioual
militarr aeryioe. She cUjihjts thai this
actmeni is an inyasion of her State sovereign
ty an unconstitutional interference w ith Lev
domestic institotions. Soma of her bot-Leads
rave aa if realty purpoeing tu make common
with the rebellion, or, at least, to re-
which have almoat been raised, wdi not be
received with patience by tbe country.
tor all the patriotio sacnticee wbidv have
been made by wards, towns and counties
tnrougbout tbe North, it b disheartening that,
ailerlt, we sboukl be subject to tbe hard
ahif' of an i enforced JrafL "I'hat make tie
maUer aaoreaacouragiog b taeuUer useless
noss of giving llr. Linoola mora men with
out a dwtinct assurance of a, change ol mili
tsjy policy. During tbe past six months a
winter campaign in the Gulf States and
against Savannah, and Charleston, could have
been conducted better titan- any other time
of the war; yet aO, air. Lincoln has lo show
for tba vast outiav of niooev and tbe myriads
; M men placed at. hi disposal b . Obistea andJ lapaa in, neutrality, unless Kentucky is sjar-
a Kw MTHating, wa innuees raius, i ap- i mk jjmvwvu w Hraa.-
peal to our filea to abow that we have hon
estly and .earnestly done what wa could to
bete volunteering; but tbb order for a draft
i more tfcall we bargaioad iur. In vieir of 1
- be readinesa with which aolunteera can be
secured Wben sufficient pecuniary induee
meilti art oflered, it b a needless aod cruel
hanUirp to torce poor men froca their ntu-
he' ana compel them to serve for tba pil-
' tapee in derjreciated eturancy now paid our
aoJdiera. .
i ' '
acrua ajio tub kxcbasus or rtuaoxaaa.
- - Iba Waahmgtoo - aonaspondeat of -tba l
World aaytr
The sUtement that General Du tier jtaa
- aayxhiog lo do witb the exchange of prison
ers b incorrect.' lie baa nothing more to do
with tbe business than General Dix .had
when b6 commanded tbe department Then
Lieut. GoL Lodknr was the recognized agent
of exchange, and now tdie negotiations are
carried on throogb Uaj. Muliord. . The re
oelt have not recognised General Butler in
any manner, all aswrtious to the contrary
ftoiwiiMtauduig."
' " tit BKASr tDKirotnroBO. .
The World copies Beast Butter's order
consigning George M. Bajne and W. H. W.
. Hodges, of Porttmootb. to hard Ubor at Dat-
teras. with the .following severe comment:
"We pity tba American citizen who can
read the above without fits blood boiling
with indignation at the pranks of the malici
ous human brat whom Mr. Lincoln h
placed in command at Fortress Monroe to
bring oodtempt.npon the fair name of bb
'eountry. While ..Bugler n warring npon
clergymen and suspected person bb -nilitarv
department is steadily becoming smaller
through his incompetency. I What does Con
gress mean by nennitting these things to go
on wiihoat indignant protest T'
,Troaioiri alio UaoMJt
-v-;: -. Hiscixujriura. -
Tite small pox b spreading with fearful ra
pidity OTer the ooouiry. li b worse than
ever in Cincinnati aou Coliimbuf, and thera
are lPf) cases in eteavetawt
r In tha.U. & Senate, on the liih, Mr.
Davis'of Ky, said, be woe Id with- that Gad
would deliver as rrota such Generals as But
ler, for be was the meanest and the mo-4
aaaroeaar y ever sent to c4raa the earth. , lie
could be bought and soU every day in the
.week. . . .". .r' .
The U. S. steamer ILami Las received or
ders to proceed to Halifax to convey tbe
Chesapeake to Portland.
Thelocdmotive builders at Patterson, S.
J., have been notified that uulesi they fur
nish the Government 200 locotuntives their
shops would be seized and run ou Govern
ment account.
- Rosencrans-bas been exonerated of ail
blame fur tiie defeat at Chickamauga.
Lt CoL James Sanderson, myt returned
from JRmsuuood, baa been sent to Fort War
ren, chargejl with betraying to the rebWs ibe
plot wTiich the prisoners cipceived to etc-ape
vom Uie Lietoy.
Cot Frank Wotford has been arrested for
disloyal seMtroent In a speech at Lexingtan,
A.entucKy.
A special Washington despaU-h to tbe N.
V. Times says Geo. Wadsworth leit W.4-
ingluon the I3th, lr Fortrens Monroe,
witn liirfiructions trom tbe War Uepartrnent
to suspend rurtlierezehange,of prisoners on
General Bailer plan. They want man for
man without regard to color.
A rebel pnvateer b "reported to be cruLnn?
w uie westwaru ol uavaua.
- - - -I-traef
IV lore Apri . l,18A4-Oire tn profit's of
Lfrq'purts-aawt satet satr.aan Jtft,
Ac and nav 10 aer cent tax. now.' '
Corporation gritM'etQr'-ptXtif tor
I'MiJ'OTer 23 per cent, no pay per cent
Ut now ooe.
F d lloO Irtasa -mteresfarmf:
FiaWMOOa.-aad 100, for low per crgt.
Provide twoogb of sack beads to far" tax
es 4m aa 1864, and aa saaaj taora as you
AprfClslLgbwr aaVI 'pay taxes on
sales aid peofita onoer act U Mtt3.
T can bow exchaoge 50a, ZOa, and Ids,
for new issaas.''
Before 3 mi 1, '.jaO-Jive la property
tax at vahseW fwaperty aa 18Ca
1. VahM ejs;4 MXroaa, (atrieas bought
since ianuary. r, then give ia price
pail for thrM V ( Ealtat iua stock, mules, hor
ses, cattle and dH ae stock, plantation touls
and provisions,' aO prwputty em4oyed in ag
riculture. 1
1 Keep ihb fc-paral from the other property,
because it b a be Pd fa tiibsr; or the value
of the koter dodoctsxl from the Ux. '
2- Other proprrty, vbi real eaUte not
ased in atrica!tate. furniture, books, provb
iocM, aensas, cotton, totaoco, Ao, Ac (But
if cotton and tobacco, bought since January,
18C2. valusit at the price paid for it)
X Coin sad buQion held in this coon try,
(JonfodVrale txi (nor mcfadinar the 4 per
cent boods last aut homed.) bnk bills, awl
other currenr-y. (excej sMtu-interast bearing
Cwtiiedei ate Treasury notes, and except Cap-
Hal ur notes, A&. emfoyed m trale. Other
wise taxed. also, crexhts, notes, accouuis.
Aa, bonds. . . T
A Money jM abroad, at its market value
in currency.
5. Joint stark, at mai ket value in enrrency .
Septate, irwtlrj ani watches, (10 per
cent tax.)
a!.:,'.
1S J
be tslii
an4 UiiTviort no uw vr
!,t 1 i
litl.is wil
f, r 1 44.-.-U and ti'ttoii,
J UUy he --IA "
(ant L I that llitf
.A in ih- new and n-dncrd currency,
iiL-litte aniK:'
luala'U.-'-
hatcjtJuJitigtrn thbyear jslualwu.--Also,
that the 4 per aent. bonds wot hitj
9 I. tK l. yrWMi inJd and tiller 'colfl,
eicbanrev Ao. to be paid 'a W & i
ner nent. of the sold itself. &.
litis
TW Unfraage seema studKSi.-ly Wnj'T
Mm nllr MKlmM flM WOT1I raiuv m
..nln.a.L!n n.LfMie to 9old sad silver
min X ih a imouniUf wimhi the amount
nf gi4d 5 pet cent hkH of its valued-it wonhl
is3i put lUcuJtiwuiH i''!
ih 3d sactuia axauui to favor thb vieWit
beats- asipossiUa 4 fay 6 fX wuV,uXj.ll5
actual corona money hekl atroaa, ie i
L.rMd wua - valuei " of sueh ttioney. The
rrasott arcrna foprwrt the i1 ruction-?
Why tuc ilberiminatibn brtwverr Korrijrn
escbann on the one lani ami money ur..i
abroad on tba other as would Ux the hi
ir 20 tianes as lurk B the ftaSuer? None.
evideatly. -They are boJl tased alike, both
in Uie same section and have like jvtatfons
The cold or exchange here b to be paid m
gold or exchange. The gold aireedw to py
tax- in Confederate monev uere on tno vsine
ksra. while excharie can be paid in ki'id
Sinea tba iirenrn cJd itself cannot be reach
ed in kL the 3d section of thb act s.-em
tA have been dtawn With a Dice aal rserl
reference to thb distinction.
Oaere nil four p'r cent bon-lt pay
theM tare on gold, silver, buttlon, exdiaiiai
No Not if the foregoing view is correct
1The forejroiog reaaotiin); applies to credits,
currency, oic ine "amouin oi wnicn, a an
not their value b taxed these, too, are pay-
abb-' in kind. It win be asSrouWrsoete mat
ter with some of there, for they are not pre-
. i . i . . t . i..
peny UIVIWUK SUU Ul aigueiem arw MC
cisive. t
3. If the Sforcruinent rreft-rs l.at Treasury
nofes slioutd be funde-t ralher Ihaif pay the
tat (4 334 per cent could not 1!h meoiiani
cat diffk-ulty of aouatinr ia a binned lime be
oveer-ome readily enough ; could nt the 'de
partment bsuje notes after the manner of the
Express couj panics, for packages sealed and
atid to cuouin so much; to be aftetwanU
openetl and counted at lei.are. If lliere bo
a decided preference fc-V fotHhivg as the inter
est of the guvernuieiit, the mechanical difB
eu'y would seem a piltiful objtacle.
Some other views ol the general system
MerciiaMdue i not given m nor taxed as and of eertain maUers of detail will be pre-
prcpertr. UieifiK-wpe petng laxed.
June 1, le4 Pay proierty .lax ou the
foregoing--except on agricultural pruprrty ;
on tub pay ttLaa, Irum time to . time and
the refine, bea ascertained, in money.
Pay for guid and silver coin tax, exebaage,
ActmJriWal
Before July 1, 1864, fund $iU!l.
July 1, ltitil Give in and pay sale or
prvfii taxes. andes.aet l'i3f eomioence pay
UHHit ef tkbea. from tune to time as crops are
gaihered. .......
Uttober L I Sales anJ profit taxes
agaiu.
Coarmur to pay tithes.
isented ia anoherrticle.
From tiie Kichmond Tiig.
rrsps Serf bast. 1 arw af tsUlsg. Pr
teeUttsest aad Valtie.
Amsua Col, March 15, 1861.
rfa EJHortff inig: "
I have been for a week or rt b this cono
ty, and am glad the farmers .are making pre
paration to plant a large crop of corn, pota
toes, and every article that wiQ coaiributa to
the support of the people and our annus.'
JeSMaare- I lV-eWJea ad nront 1 I Wtt.O w1uch.lt MtMraafl -aUl -fc
' ' . ,. , n ;t . . i i . ... I ' - " : .
again. , . i negmomg m looa very weu, uwugn nox qiuia . on llie H'Mid nnUa lU party W-
Inmnwi t. V I 1MU aMjliA 1 V..hJ !- 2 . i . .. . J . .
From income exdude booae rent servant I ..w-rv ol the Ua. dre anell wa k! ikU -in. ulnZ ranportUoB) Will an gTe-
hire, interest on tMttrs, value of cattle and ! ter. Though a little backward, it b not
beef sokl, and any other income derived from ,' thought to be materially injured1 by tlte'dty
taxed property. weather, but is regarded as bring quite pr
ikrj for 18GI. "mWng,, . . . ;,:.
Gtee w and pay exira trofit tax levied by . Tlteet bnothint more worth v of the attention
late act, for 1864. - of tba planter than the cultivation of sorghum
orporauDU ui on excess or proa is ate y It was pUnedjn this jneigblorbood jqmt
extensi vely last year, and the culuvatiop of it
; .U..., liiiit.iJlii
SALKSUUUY.N.Cj ' .
'" iimf hvi:-ii c. aisca t-Ci wj.
ixzr:TXir? - .i--.s-i-i.'3U..-r j:srras
.. .
--Thrt tat Uolltors apointmenu. for ...
OoU Hill, MiH-gaiis an.l r3Hlit.Ury, be-A
lieea eliarftl on ao5uan of iha Fast, pat.
. .ii . .:. 1
Uee uta noive t jr-""-
. ...
ypcarf lip" two f rtnC! fJrt vt Ilr"
r7lj-irtlsrTsa f ita-nxtlJitsoWBicIt,.,
mock lalked." .daring tba approaching .
tluMe, iboogh wacaanot well sea bow.
any (tactical good is to coma of. it.' Tba
northern people are deeratly roaiaaittetj
to the rwtoVatiow pfjka o4 Untopr
old Abe, a ilk all the power of tagreat
country fully in bis hands, b as aide aa be
istjwdlitig, lo ciosb.lba. dawninu of an
muleineiit tba . 0iUi uotavuealde to
.... . "
bia tlraigns. If ! war rvntmaes ,iojr
enough, ihvre may lie rmH) cbaaca for the
Northern enpfo to tnvaa tba pear
- '..cii.lea of 1776." lu tbb imautiine.
our best trorecl la in a" vitforoiis deeoca
vf our territory against ma lurtaaera.
PROMOTKU Wa are pleased lo leam
th.r mir townstnan. Cant A. Mrass, Com
missary at thb placs ha barn promoted to
U-eranWof Maj.r, It Je well earned. 11a
ha Iteeu untiring in hb effort lo procure
supplies for tle siiUwtrnce dt our brava atai
heroic soldiers id the fl4d. ' ' )
JT Owing lo severe Affliction in bb
fitmdy, Mr. Troy will not start n botr
for Cooked Hri jJo as be expected, but will
give tnnely nottoe when be a go
Tba travelling Agent for tba N. C Vol-
ntkrr Nav J Company, Rev. Widiamaoa
Harris, aidresael a small nteetinj; at Tar-
bora!, s few J) ago, and aft?twrd rv-
ceivrd subsoriptions to tba stock of the
Company aiaoaoling to 170,000. lis
ill probably visit this county again ahwot
the 1st of April. In the maati tinse, a
book for seUcriptioa to tbe tork b open
at lU Sslbbary Ur. of tba llank of Ca
ttmttlcttbit. TU i-eterebarg Register
saya lite Wilmington V WalJoa It R.
Cuibaa adupu4 th Alloi j eitraofJtn-
MEXICO.
Tba KIV'Tork World says Fremont, ac
cording to weU infonned sources, b to be ae-
signea to tne eommana of too uepartment
of tbe South, which. U b underslood, will be
' Stripped olJLrOQSX t thai be Will have noth
ing to do but to foak after the darkies. . Thb
. abowi that Mr. linoola baa beomta serioo Jy
alarmed at FremootY strengtifas a. Radical
Uepubocan TreaideoUal candidate;
The chanre of pobcy on the part of the
Mexican Regency, "alluded to iu the Whig a
tew Uays ago, is Oeginniug to bear its leyMi
inate fniiu. News reoeived at New Turk
gives the Yankee very littfo ecooaraemeut
as to . the. pj aspects of their ally. Use Juarea
Governineut " One by one," says the. Pirl
adelpbia IoquKer, u the Statef asl won over
to tiie lmpertalbts, either by the force of
arms, or through tbe treachery of the native
leaders.' All Of Which means thai, the leaders
amsjrs sxo sis sew
roeiTios ninsQta
Hon
est old Abe" exoecU to kill Grant ncKi it-all v
- - pauingjjiiji m uiA wsy otuieeuow te.vr
at- Hike Memkrrrrrrrrr'rrr
I I mi . . 1 1.' , I I
Of t umgu, wu iwuwih uie r n-ncu tjlia iim;
Uburch party, to rescind UV decree of eontt.
cation. Jaares sUil refuses to resign tbe i Pre
sidency, but it b admitted 'hat be has cory
little chimce of maintaining a successful re
. . ,r: t t ' . . . . .
wtwant-e. f tuaum, n is ssij, has nen in
bb adhesion. to the intervention. Ha is the
most important event, that could happen .in
Mexico. It will at once open the three mat
on try with, States of Nueva Leon, Coahdila and Tamau
tottaring to j lipas to tbetiew Goternment, and rebeve tba
m renon orxne necessity Of coaqoenng them
by force of arms. . Vidaorri b almost a Die-
war m tnsc parr or xuxicoxt least us tu
Tba World asfi :
. Tbs rebels have" had a long breathing
apelL and" most industriously have they im
proved it Their military strength baa never
. been so great as it b" at thb moment While
tba . administration, for elsctioneerior rur-
Poees, naa peen amnsing uie coco try
tbe idea that tba rebellion was totter
ha downfall, the -Sooth bat peeo quietly pat
tia forth all energies in atraagthenittf its
armies and recruiting try shattered stieugth.
ITJt Winasaatwsjs, that Una eight months thority and Thff-seace ara overwhrliasn - and
retaiwooas pa our aide and of energy on Lb defectwu from Jaarex learea ihToU'Gov-
tbeir's, wa an, about to enter npon an on- arnment without reapuroea, and jxmnnes its
pgasJ aootest m tba spring campaigns. ' Our power to the remoter Stales of Durango and
iutroB9tmum.x--bm aew etiphem- Sottora, which poaseta noelemeotsaMraogtk
per cent Corporations pay no eber income
lax lor 164. The Mockhofckrs pay tLe tax on
tbe stock, as property, Jane 1. 1801.
Usrcfa 1, l?a4 toitou and Bacon tithes. 1
fay r-wdua of agncuhnraJ tax in let
As tb taxes doe in IPX are payable in
4 pet cent ttoiMls, if is anportaat an know
which taxes are due ia tha year, f t b lo
be remarked that tbe tiiaes of corn are not
so payable.- Wheat taxes are r
1- Tba whole property Ux of every Jrt
(tithes i excepted the txx on gold and silver
plate, jewelry, watches, Ac, the tax on oirtt
stock. f. .
arrjr.WiJJ tbe 4 per cent boods pay
the taxes on coin, auiiange, eredits, Irmd
and currency t Wa think not ".They are to
oe paid in kmo.
ou
Z The extra profit tax of 10 oer cent
i . .... . .
prouis cw irwJ, is now uue.
A The registry and gross sales taxes for
April July and October.
But not the iacome, salary or proft-anoaal
taxes for 186, which are payable January 1,
We will now propose and answer a few of
the most important or moat perplexing ques-
uons conneereu witn tnrse acts :
L When b tbe tax on agricultural proper
ty to be paid By svtijn 6 on the 1st June
1664, or as anon thereafter a practicable, the
whole ptoprny lax 1 to be pwL By See-
tion 1 from toe tax on property employed
at agriculture tbaM be tfoducted lite -ralne of
the tax in krud dclurered therefor, ttrovkled.
that no credit sbatl be allowed beyonl 5 per
eent We cannot tbipk thb language au- J
inorues tne eMuvcuou wtocu reauires the
pUiiter to pay the5 per cent tax la advance.
aa-i nave tte v Jnes of the .Uthe rt-fundwil
would be greatly enlargel I lib, if a suffieient
uumberof kettles, or a subAitate for tbcm
ceuld be snnnlied. I remember to have seen,
en sow ot the ptantationii in the South, a box
j made of Jwo-inch plank, etosely Jointed and
; fitted -toiretber,-with a stm-iron bottotn.'
.Lugo enough to cover the entire bottom of
the box, and extend six mdics up the sides
and ends of the box, used for aU toe purposes
sf Aeating water, to boil corn for stock. The
box. thus pn-pared, ia se( on a rude furnace,
and the fire b ijjlh?l In the same mauuer as
if kettles were in the furnace in trad 'of this
Woolen box with a shevt-iroa bottom. Ii b
usually four or five feet long and two or ll-ee
wide, and can be made to bold the synio fnnii
; the sorghum as wtl as kettles, and to bml it
siring transportation will sign i
I meranneatJitlK CoTipAQy from any -
resMasibjlilj for tost or da-nse bj 6r,
water, or aUalaga. .
Is it reayjrse that the Comany bat
dona thb thing I It cannot get clear of
luaTeVuponsibilii
tbink, by such a dishonest coatritaoce.
SaoW.Wiutar as ia a raging fury at
tba s.-J active blanislimanla of dallying
ISprmTfairly ll IA reaaon last Tuesday
nioraing aWatA or 5 o'clock, and with
bowling: gust of wind Utter corl -shook
down from lie thick, dark' ovrrhaegfrrg
etouds, such a snow rfeig'al iurlias ia depth)
as wa have rarely witnessed. The storm
oottlluued almost wiiltont ibtarropfion
tbrottgboat tha jay nntil dark. Vednes-
day and Thursday Wera brigbt anl warm,
and 'the snow' inelteJ tspidly. lint Friday
mornirSgdswna-l in another ihoer, wbicfa,
however, wss ofthTrt-duialiou Miidofaaub
duel cbafaoler. Tba peach trees, wbicb
were neerfy ig fat! blooirf, look .sery
routili wonted by tba storm ; but whether
the fruit m all killed can be better
rHundail-1 If tkit ii.natin.i k . I V f ''
posttiioo- waten extate eft
after June A as practicable. "'When
it basomaiued what deduction' w to be
made from the per cni, tax i il al.u.
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w uie uutc lue ouier coustroctivn is not
bnported either by the nature of the thing
or language of the law. The law does Dot
contemplate " refunding" but dluctiotr
-not the advancement of m-e Una one b due ,
but tbe payment o a residue. Aud it would
be a moat ineonvenient and rigorotis rale to
reqoire men to rabe money ju a time of (he
T when plant-irs certainly have nothing
to sell to be refunded by dribblets ia th.; tall.
Tbelaw wotdd be alike inconveaient to
tar-payers aad Ux aevtora. "
(aery.Could a -planter pay bb estimated
deficH (vis: betweem tba S per eent tax and
tba aggregata vahrn af tirbea, aupposiog fhe
latter mu$coi,) b) adraoca M thm- 4 per
cant bonds, or at the dose of dehvery
ifown to uHtfiiSW quite as wrll.
The wliole thing wotitd wxt but a trifle
and ' will supjdy lite place of kHtles, if tb" 1
rotting milt van be ptevailed on to roil out a j
FonVctent quantity of sheet iron. If tbe width.
of the alieet is oojeetod to. on tha score of in-
eenvenivnee, it could be narrowed at iteiure.
It worly-noeeswry for ttie sheet to bo wide !
enough to cover the entire bottom of tho box, j
anil to torn np or. the ouUide of it an inch or i 1
two, sp as to fasten it to Urn box by nails or Uiited a few weeks bene,
screws. It jwitl be found it wil! nri kuk a f .
particle .and will boH m..rapilfy tUn M- J aVRRlh irURtk T tVTT
ties, simI answer every pwprto m welly It j It&KIATOiU A L CONTLST.
win be wed for the peters to caN the Itten- We have been aiutal se veral times if Ifaw
tion -of the Janters an. I owners of rutting . Was to be a' third candidate for Governor.
muU to thu fact, -and I do.iU not a vaM mat- Wa aa aaaMe to anaw K -qtMnHoO ptas
tuy of mahvwes will bo ma.fo, wiudi wiUsilp- tivdy yet ihere b aa lellmir what may oe-
vi."" oc!H saosiiiiue iu in cur oeiute ine tirsi vt Angus). Two years
world for meat As a, general thing llie sol- at a rejc(al niiiu-jcr of d risen f Sortb
0M,J 1-iwlW.ftwt. aoidS mG and' :
'ol gcialfifan of ability
pt1ifWwfflW remed. ies, tha wua bad atwsv4eeppoted to iwHyarty-'
r.at benefit that wiH-'Jiim ha Cooforred urton ; tiuies" we .UI at wilu iLj h. m of aneurin'
constiinert', wlielbekjn the army or oat of h, I flnja't fiywi-wt' imi.m:pmirt
. . ' . . . , r. t - . . .
a uwir aiK aiicrwarus appro veu ut tue
moat outragou oseripuoa as 'practised by
the fiieudstof the sucocaniui candidate. Those
wlio favored a con ten then, and would Ibten J
to no entreaties for harmony, of course Ws
preas different Opinions aooat such mattrra
net.- but tbef abuttal reiaemaer that ea
amplea often produce unexpected but natural
effect Wa bare been willing to let by
gones be by-gone, bat the twccessful eaodi Jets .
aad .most of tbose who supported bim have
me punter so well, J .know one instance
where a planter made 4oO gallons of nrttex
ses, as fine aod rich aj any siigaishouse mo
bwies I ever est, frtm thrc acres of .laud,
which, at $10 per gallon, which M Lea, than
-tiie ruling rates, would, make $4,500. Noth
ing pays so Writ and noUiintr else will eon-
tribute so much to the support of osr army..
I think thesn soggestioM a worthy" of a
piece m your valuable paper. I am told by
one pUnter that this torgUura, after ti4 j6lct
bed out by tba mitt, and which b gen
erally thrown away; could bfrnsed to make
any Quantity Of the fiiiets aa article
now m gtvmt damand, and absototety necee
sary for tha beaiU, of aoldiert iu camp. .
Pax Botro Ptauoo.
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not toamleetJ a untiW disoosition.
, For our own part wa lave never ooooj ad
any dotibtfat position -ars have very nttts
raapaot for what it BediJ?nBtrsily,4--ba
wa shall not falsa as active a part in nutobal
owtetU i braatjer M wa bar bemoiorn.