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CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT.
.Tr.fiVr-. Davis of Mississippi, President.
Alex II Stephen of Georgia, Vice President.
j p j,,..,:;.,, of Louisiana, Secretary of State.
G. W. Randolph, of Virginia, Secretary of War.
C. G. Memminger, of South Carolina, Secretary
of the Treasury.
S. II. Malk.ry, of Florida, .Secretary of theiavy.
Thus. I. Watts, of Alabama, Chief of the Depart
ment of Justice or Attorney General.
J. II. Rougan, of Texas. Postmaster General.
! MEMBERS OF THE FIRST PERMANENT
rnwrrnr.n ate congress.
SENATE.
ALABAMA.
W,n L UCV,
Clement C Clay.
ARKANSAS.
R.bert V Johnson.
Charlie U Mitchell.
FLORIDA.
E Maxwell,
J M Raker.
NORTH CAROLINA,
George Davis,
Wm T Dortoh.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Hubert W Barnwell,
James L Orr.
TENNESSEE.
Langdon C Ilaynes,
Gustavus A lleury.
TKXAS.
Louis T Wigfall,
W S Oldham.
KENTL'i.'KY.
II C Burnett,
William E Siinmn.
MISSOURI.
John P Clark,
U S Y Peyton.
OKOUCilA.
Hi'iijamiu II LX ill.
J .hn W Lewis.
LOUISIANA.
Kdward Sparrow,
T J Sen.me.
MISSISSIPPI.
Albert (i lirown,
j.tnil.s pb.-lan
viruisi.y.
U M T Ilunturt
Total number, 2o.
Wm 15 Proton.
HOUSE
TnouA S. Cocock, Speaker.
ALABAMA.
I Tliorna? J Foster, G W Chilton.
., t.,. ! Wnlt. 3 .TiimcB T. T'ufrl.
John P Kalis.
I J L M Curry,
J n H t uriy.
9 E S Dargan.
5 Francis S Lvon,
ARKANSAS.
3 AuKiitus II Garland.
1 Felix J Ualson.
2 GranJison 1) Hoy e tor, 4 Thos B Hauly.
FLORIDA.
Hilton.
dUOKOIA.
, j .,;., n;liti:dp', U William W Clark,
o r j Mum.orlyn. 7 Rol.t V Trippe.
; ji,u,s -r.,jt 8 L J Gartr.ll.
j A H K,.nail. ) Hardy Strickland.
.i Duvid W Low:.,. 10 A B Wright
KENTUCKY.
I AIfr.d Bovd. 7 II W Bruce.
2 John V Crockett, 8 S S Scott,
: It K Ke-id. y E M Bruce,
I (irore W Fwin, 111 J Y Jln'iri'.
5 . S Chrisrnat:,
1 1 K J Brec.kinridiro, Jr.,
12 John M Elliott.
-p KUrnott,
LOUISIANA.
I Charles J Villiert'. 1 Lucirn J I)uprc,
"2 Charles M Conrad. 5 John F Lewis,
Duncan F Meaner, (i John I'erkins, Jr.
JiiSSLsilFIT.
1 John J McKne, 5 II C Chambers,
2 S W Clapp, fi OR Singleton,
3 Reuben lavis, 7 E Barksdale.
4 Israel Welch.
MISSOURI.
1 John I Iyer, 5 W W Cook,
2 Casper V Bell, Ci Thos W Freemnt),
3 George W Ye.-t, 7 Thos A Ilarrid.
4 A II Courew,
NOIirn CAROLINA.
1 W N II Smith, 0 Thomas S Ashe,
2 Robert R Bridgers, 7 James R McLean,
3 Owen R Kenan, S William Lander,
4 TD Mel).. well, 9 B S Gaither,
5 Archibald Arlington, 10 A T Davidson.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
i 1 W W Bovcc, 4 John MeQuecn.
2 W Porcher Miles, 5 James Farrar.
3 M L B.n.ham, f L M Ager.
TENNESSEE.
1 J T IL i.-kell, 7 G W Jones,
2 W (i Swann, ft Thomas Meneep,
3 W H Tebl.s. !) J U C Adkins,
4 E L Gardenshirc, 10 Bullock.
5 II S Foote, 1 1 David M Currin.
ti M P Gentry.
TEXAS.
1 John A Wilcox, 4 Win B Wri-ht.
2 Peter W Gray, 5 Malcolm Graham,
i 3 Claiborne C Herbert, ii B F Sexton,
f VIRGINIA.
! William Smith,
10 Alex ll Boteler,
I 1 John B Baldwin,
12 Walter R Staples,
13 Walter Preston,
14 Albert G Jenkins,
15 Robert Johnson,
10 Charles W Ru.-sell.
j 2 John R Chambliss,
3 James Lyons,
; 4 K"-cer A Pryor.
i 5 Thomas S Roeoek,
, t! John (ioode. Jr,
7 James P IL'lcombc,
S Danl C D.'iurm-tto,
T ..1 1.
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GOVERNMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
1 1 1 : N ! : Y T. Cl.ARK. Governor 6Z Otlicio. Salary
f3,00 per aunum.
Vhi.-ki C'owper, Secretary to the GovcmorT Sal-
rv. .vol,5v of fees. .3(I0.
K,,t-i(S u. Secretarv of State. Salarv .80().
D ii!:. 1 W. Courts, Treasurer. Salarv 2,000.
VY. U. Richardson, chief clerk to the Treasurer, t
S:,;-..-v :1 -'tel. !
C. H. Bro-den, Comptroller. Salary 1,000.
OliwrH Perrv. Librarian.
q;u. ( ',,nriCil ,,f State is composed of the following
centlemen: Council Woolen of Lenoir, President,
,I,lm W Cunningham of IV-r.-on, David Murphy
of Cumberland. Wm A Ferguson of Bertie, J F
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(,ravesi ot hurry, J J Long ot Northampton.
Graves of Surry, J J Long of Northampton. W
L liiharil ot buneomoe.
G.-vei iror's Aids' Hon Danl M Barringer, Spier
Litki:ry Boako Henry T Clark, Presidcnt'ex
( il-cio: AtclCd Henderson of Rowan, Jas R Gr-
don of Wilkes. Win J Yates of Mecklenburg.
Intu.knai. Lmulo v km f.nt Boakd Henrv T C lark
President ex otlicio; James Fulton of New Hun-
over. N M Lon of Halifax,
The General Assemblv commences its session on
the third Monday ( f November every alternate year.
Tlie next el. etion fer Tuem'oers. and for Governor,
will beheld on the first Thursday of August, 18t)2
OTIC 12 TO DEBTORS.
The PcitaJry and Machine shop of the late firm of
ALUXaNCEP & MclX UG AI.t having been sold,
.s. I.ci ihv ei.-en to those itidehted to the concern
to eoiuo tyrwurd iunuediateiy and make settlenieut by
ea.-'.i or in :e; unl those having claims aeainst the
inn v!l prc-ent ihcra for settlement. The under
:. i. i i? )H; th.i. ri.e ; to attend to settlement?.
" '-'-2 nENPvY ALFSAVDEP..
Cjje WisUxn 0nnocrni.
CLTAIILOTTE, N. C.
EST" The Democrat will be discontinued to all sttlseri
ters at the expiration cf the time for which it is paid.
Those who want to continue must ren-.w before or at the ex
piration of their time. The dunning businest is unpleasant,
and we do not want to engage in it again. Those who are in
arrears, and whose papers have been discontinued, will ob
lige us if they will pay up without pulling us to furthtr
trcuhla ahout it.
Gun Boat Fund. We learn that Mrs Gov.
Ellis, who is the Agent for the gun boat scheme,
has determined to appropriate that fund to the
widowa and orphans of deceased soldiers through
out the State. The money could not be expended
in a better way.
The Statesville Express states that the eum col
lected iu Iredell county has been returned to Mr
J. A. Rosebro, who will distribute it to the wid
ows and orphans of soldiers in that county.
A Yankee Trick. It is stated that a Geor
gia soldier picked up" on the battle field what pur
ported to be a "Richmond Dispatch" newspaper,
which had been dropped by a dead yankee. It
was printed exactly like the Dispatch at Rich
mond, and filled with desponding and despairing
iirticles, pronouncing the southern cause without
hope, and predicting that McClellan would take
Jliehtnor. This is another yankee trick to keep
the yankee soldiers' courage up. They counter
feit southern papers and distribute them as com
ing from the South. To what base means the
yankces resort to keep up the war.
Nine Sons in the Army. A. . 1). Chaun
cey, of Montgomery county, N. C., writes us that
he has nine sons in the Confederate tcrvice.
Five of them are in Co. K, 28th Kcg't. They
average in height a fraction over 0 1'eet, and in
weight loT lbs. They are all between IS and 35.
Mr Chauncey may well challenge the Confederacy
to beat this. We hope that his "material aid" to
the caue will not be at the expense of either life
or limb in his large family. Fuycttcville Obi'T
ctr. What Alabama has Done. The Montgo
mery "Advertiser" says that "from the most accu
rate estimate that can be made from the returns
of the probate judges and sheriffs of the counties,
Alabama lias sent to the war from first to last,
about sixtj'-live thousand men, out of a voting
population of some eighty-five thousand. Of these
the State has armed nineteen thousand aui equip
ped eight thousand. Alabama also turned over
to the Confederacy twenty-one thousand stand of
arms, captured by their own troops from Mount
Vernon arsenal." Richmond Eiiqutrcr.
Alabama has done well, but not quite as much
as North Carolina. In fact, no State is up to N.
Carolina in the good work, except Virginia.
The Ar.mv or tue West. Gen. Bragg has
issued a general order assuming the command of
the Army of the West, as Fiiccessor to Gen.
Beauregard, who has been relieved. lie con
cludes as follows:
"A few more days of needful preparation and
organization, and 1 shall give our banners to the
breeze shall lead you to emulate the soldiers of
the Confederacy in the East, and with the confi
dent trust you will gain additional honors to those
you have already won on other fields; but be pre
pared to undergo privation and labor with cheer
fulness and alacrity."
m
The Knq,xville (Tenn) "Register," of June
2Gth, says that the Federals are commiting serious
depredations on private property in East Tennes
see, while passing themselves off as Morgan's men.
This is doubtless done to bring odium upon the
gallant Morgan, and iuduce the people to fear the
Confederates. The Colonel will, no doubt, set
things to rights there ere long. The "Register"
sa)s that he is to be transferred to the department
of Gen. Bragg, who succeeds Gen. Beauregard
the latter retiring on account of ill health.
MECKLENBURG
G V i FACTORY.
Stockholders in the Mecklenburg Gun Factory sra
required to pay the first installment of ten dollars on
ibe share, within ten days from date.
Bv order of the Hoard,
L. S. WILLIAMS.
June 10, Sec. and Trens.
WAITED.
Twenty hands can find immediate employment by
applying at the Envelope Manufactory of
J. H. STEVENS & CO.,
June 17, 1862 tf Opposite the Postofric.
ATTE.VriOA TO AMi.
200 Reams of Writing Paper,
I 100,000 Envelopes,
; Jn;t received at the store of
KOOPMANN A- PIIELr.?.
May 27. ISfi? tf
The ST. CATHKRIE MILLS,
Near Charlotte, are now in excellent repair, and are
grinding for th? public both WHEAT and CORN.
June 17th, ldo"3 2m
BARLEY WAITED.
I want to purchase, immediately, all the BAFJ.F.Y
I c.-.n fct, for which hc highest market price will he
paid. " MARTIN MUNZLER
Charlotte, Oct 23, ISdl. tf
Selling oS.
The largest stock of WALL PAPER, W ENDOW
SHADES, CORDS, TASSELS, ic, in the State, must
be cold in 00 duvs. to make room for other business.
All those wanting bargains had better call soon.
Tho.e in the trade will do well by calling on
W. II. SCHUTT,
Dee. 31, 1861. tf . Opposite Post Office.
Tanner's Oil-
On hand and for pale by
XJ HO WELL
GEN. LEE TO HIS ARMY.
A brp.vc and skillful leader has seldom had
more glorious achievements upon which to con
gratulate a noble and gallant army, than are nar
rated in the following admirable address of Gen.
Robert E. Lee to the army near Richmond:
Headqearters in the Field,")
July 7th, 1862. j
General Order?, No 75.
' The General Commanding, profoundly grateful
to the only Giver of all victory for the signal suc
cess with which He has blessed our arms, tenders
his warmest thanks and congratulations to the
army by whose valor such splendid results have
been achieved.
On Thursday, Juno 2Gth, the powerful and
thoroughly equipped army of the enemy was en
trenched in works vast in extent and most formid
able in character, within sight of our Capital.
To-day the remains of that confident and
threatening host lie upon the banks of James
river, thirty miles from Richmond, seeking to re
cover, under the protection of his gunboats, from
the effects of a series of disastrous defeats.
The battle beginning on the afternoon of the
2Gth June, above Mechanicsville, continued until
the night of July 1st, with only such intervals as
were necessary to pursue and overtake the flying
foe. His strong entrenchments and obstinate re
sistance were overcome and our army swept re
sistlessly down the north side of the Chickahominy
until it reached the rear of the enemy, and broke
his communication with the York, capturing or
causing the destruction of maay valuable stores,
and, by the decisive battle of Friday, forcing
the enemy from his line of powerful fortifications
on the south side of the Chickahominy, and driv
ing him to a precipitate retreat. This victorious
army pursued, as rapidly as the obstructions
placed by tiie enemy in his rear would permit;
three times overtaking his flying column, and
as oftea driving him with slaughter from the
field, leaving his numerous dead and wouuded in
our hands in every conflict.
The immediate fruits of our success are the re
lief of Richmond from a state of siege, the rout
of the great army that so long menaced its safety,
many thousand prisoners, including officers of high
rank, the capture or destruction of stores to the
value of millions, and the acquisition of thous
ands of arms and fifty-one pieces of superior
artillery.
The service rendered to the country in this
short but eventful period, can scarcely be estima
ted, and the General Commanding cannot ade
quately express his admiration of the oourago, en
durance and soldierly conduct of the officers and
men engaged.
Those brilliant results have cost ns many brave
meu; but, while we mourn the loss of our gallant
dead, let us not forget that they died nobly in de
fence of their country's freedom, and have linked
their memory with an event that will live forever
in the hearts of a grateful peeple.
Soldiers! Your country will thank you for the
heroic couduct you have displayed conduct
worth)- of men engaged in a cause so just and
deserving a nation's gratitude and praise.
By command ef General Lee.
K. A- Chilton, A. Adj't Gen.
ANNOYING THE ENEMY.
On Thursday a Confederate battery of eight
guns having been placed in a position on James
River commanding the channel below Bcikeley,
opened a very effective fire on several Federal
transports, couvoyed by two or three gunboats, as
they were asceuding the stream. The river was
narrow, and as the shot from our guns fell thick
and fast among the feJeral craft, the consternation
among the yankees was great. The gunboats at:
tempted to return the fire, but the elevated posi
tion of our guns rendered the enemy's fire com
paratively harmless. Oer fifty shots were fired,
striking several of the federal boats and damaging
them severely. The large transport Daniel Web
ster, crowded with troops, suffered more than any
other; she, from some cause unknown to us, mak
ing slower progress in escaping from the scene of
danger. In addition to the fire from our field
pieces, we had some 250 sharp-shooters lining the
bank of the river, who poured repeated volleys on
those occupying the decks of the steamers. Many
must have been killed, the range being short, and
the sharp-shooters comprising several of our most
expert marksmen.
The Daniel Webster was afterwards seen lying
but a short distance from Berkeley apparently use
less, many holes in her sirles being distinctly visi
ble, and her smoke stack, railings, and other upper
works bearing palpable evidence of the damaging
effects of the fire from our guns. Our men cs- i
enped without injury. The latter facts we lctm
from a gentlemau who passed up James River
under a flag of truce from Old Point.
The present position of McClellan C3n in this
way be rendered wholly untenable. No river in
the South offers more superior advantages for this
peculiar mode of warfare than the J tunes, and we
i are gratified to perceive that our autnorities nave
j determined not to allow such advantages to go un-
improved. Cut off (Jen McClellan's supplies, and
check the advance of his reinforcements, and he
; will soon discover that Berkeley is no pLce fur
j him. In fact, tho New York Tribune and other
j Lincoln sheets have already stated r,s much.
j V 'fnhvTij Express.
I The hkavv guns of McClkllans arm v.
j It is now believed that a large number of siege
. cutis, designed tohave been planted around Ricli
: uiond, were at ti e White House when the Yankees
j evacuated that place, and that they were thrown
: into the Tamunkey river. Lrerything that has
i transpired ince the stampede of McCieHan'e army
; proves that arrangements were nearly perfected
j lor an immediate advance upon the capital, and
: tho purpose undoubtedly was to pursue the same
i system of uncivilized warfare that ha3 marked the (
I progress ot the Yankees elsewhere. The blow
! struck by the Confederate forces was a timely oue.
i JJeyond the frustration of a scheme initiated im
I mediately after the battla of Manassas, it occasioned
i the destruction of war material so vast io extent
' that the Federal censors are driven to the subter
fuge of falsehood in order to conceal the value in
dollars and cents, by which the popular clamor at
the North is to pome extent allayed.
NORTHERN ITEMS. j
Gen." McClellan's repulse nas caused stocks and ;
Government securities to tumble down in the ;
North. The shock was very great to tho capital- j
lsis, wuu us-, toanea their money in a conuaent
hope of the capture of Richmond. The Herald
says:
The financial credit of the country has re
ceived a shock from the disasters to McClellan's
army, from which it will not easily recover.
Previous to his being driven back from his posi
tion before Richmond, Ge.vercmeui -lo.ks ; at
an unexampled premium.
The rVashiugton correspondsnt of the New York
Times states that Gcu. Fremont was relieved of
his command in consequence of his having boasted
of a great victory at Cross Keys "when we were
actually repulsed with terrible loss." The War
Department thus lost confidence in the candor of
the commanding General. If this be the faot,
what is to become of Gen. Halleck and Gen.
McClellan, whose magnificent Munchausenisms
have made their names world-famous?
The Yankeeized New Orleans Delta, of the 5th
instant, notices in a very spiteful manner the fact
that the British armed vessels in the Mississippi
river near New Orleans did not, on the 4th of
July, pay the usual compliment to the United
States by hoisting their colors at tho peak, and
dressing themselves with streamers.
The Chicago Tribrfhe says there are thousands
of soldiers in tho West who were sent home sick,
but are now well, who do not intend to return to
their regiments until the war ia over, when they
will report to draw their pay.
The New York Post estimates the total value of
the vessels and cargoes seized during the past year
ani sent to Key West, while attempting to run
the blockade, at 1 ,379,289 68.
Tiie Evacuation op CoaiNTn. A corres
pondent of the New York World, writing from
Corinth, Miss., under date of June 1st, 6ays:
"But I do religiously believe that it ia best now
for the commonwealth to hear and heed what is a
bitter undisputed fact the Confederate strategy
since the battle of Shiloh has been aa successful
as it has been superior. Taking the enemy's
stand point and writing when and where I do, I
cannot possibly imagine how it could have been
more eminent for perfection or success. Taking
our stand-point, the stand point of the Union's
hopes and Ilalleck's fame, I canuot possibly
imagine how it could have been more mortifyingly
disastrous. If the attack -at Shiloh wa3 a sur
prise to Ge. Grant, the evacuation of Corinth was
no less a surprise to Gen. Halleck. If the one
ruined Grant, the other has laid out in pallid
death the military name and fame of Major Gen.
Halleck. That order, " Don't bring on a gen
eral engagement," uoff a household word that
makes this army wince, lasted, I am reliably in
formed, down to an hour when there was no enemy
with whom ll wa3 possible to bring on a general
engagement."
THE "ANACONDA" DEFUNCT.
The Tribune acknowledges that the grfat
Anaconda which was to surround and crah out
this "infamous rebellion," is defunct. He is
right, hear him :
Advices from various quarters justify the grati
fying belief that that conception of ineffable stu
pidity, the grand Union "Anaconda" is defunct.
Henceforth, we arc confident, the policy of mass
ing our disposable troops into one grand army and
hurliug it swiftly and strongly upon the chiof
strongholds of the rebellion will be successfully
adhered to. The Anaconda has cost us a year's
time, one hundred thousand men, and Jive, hun
dred millions nf money, and its fruits are not at
all commensurate with the cost. Had it never
been conceived, we should have failed to take
New Orleans and some other poits quite bo soon,
while we should have ero this utterly extinguished
the rebellion in Virginia, North Carolina and
Tennessee.
Tho "Anaconda" makes a present to the rebels
of Uie all but exclusive use of railroads and tele
graphs. It cuablcs the euemy to choose among
our several army eorps that one on which he shall
precipitate his entire movable force. It enables
him to be uniformly superior at the point of col
lision. though we hive more unl better troops in
the field than he has. It enables him to know the
result of any conflict within a few hours after its
occurrence, while we inarst wait a fortnight for any
account of it but such as he chooses to give us.
Tn short, the "Anaconda" is a blunder, a humbug
and a nuisance. Away with him !
These arc bold words for the Tribune man to
utter, and wc shall expect to hear of hi early in
carceration in a Northern dungeon.
The Federal Fleet in the .Tamfs. The
Federal fleet of gunboats, now in James river,
commanding McClellan.fi new position, numbers
one hundred vessels. They are, we learn, under
command of Commodore Wilkes, of "Trent" noto
riety, who will now have another occasion to dis
tinguish himself, in case a foreign vessel should
appear in Virginia water- for the purpose of in
terfering with the Federal programme.
Prize Money for Capturing Nigroes
The Charleston Mercury contains an account of an
intciview between the Yankee soldiers on .Tame?
Inland and a citizea of Charlet-ton, who fell into
their hands. It says : -
In speaking ot the war, they elegantly re
marked: "We shall bea. you at this game, as sum
as h 11. It would make no difference to us if
our whole arm)- were annihilated. It consists of
nothing but ihe fcum of our communities, and.
when they are killed or captureJ, the solid men c-f
the North will take up arms; and then the rebel
lion will be crushed out, and the leaders of it
severely punished." They further eaid that they
had taken 400 negroes from Mr Arthur Blake's
plantation, and left 30 of them crying cn the
beach because they could, not be carried off; that
the soldiers arepv prize money f r every negro
they capture, and many officers had entered the
service poor who were now rich. The cegro men
are trained as soldiers and sailor.., and employed
on plundering expedition, Th woht'd are
shipped to the North
THE ENEMY'S LOSSES.
We are satisfied that our papers greatly under
rate the losses of the enemy in the battles befor
Richmond. We understand General Johnston
says they lost greatly more than 10,000 at Seven
Pines. One of the Yankee papers says theif lossea
have now been ascertained to nave exceeded 18,
000. We learn that captive officers estimate it at
uot one man thort of "20,000 killed, wounded and
missing. Our own loss 'was 5,800 in round num
bers. Yankee prisoners say they lost in the last
battle. Jijatless than 50,000 men, killed, wounded
and prisoners. This estimate is- corroborated by
every person we have conversed with, who had an
opportunity to form a judgment. Including th
battle of Williamsburg, and the loss from eicknesa,
we feel convinced that McClellan iaaBufferer,
since he landed on the fatal peninsula, to the tune
of at least 80,000 men. Our own loss putting
that in the last battles at 15,000 killed, wounded
and missing, ia about 25,000 in the last three
months. McClellan has been several times rein
forced; on one oocassion by 40,000 men. He bu
now probably, about 70,000 with him.
Since the great battles below Richmond, the
railway and wagon trains have been kept busily
employed in bringing in the property abandoued
or thrown away by the Yankee troops while exe
cuting their "grand strategic niovemont." Up
wards of twenty-five thousand muskets have betn
received at the Government Arsenal, many of
them in a damaged condition; besides a number
of superior field pieces, and a vast quantity of
ammunition, equipments, and olothing. Rich
mond Dispatch.
NORTHERN TAXES.
The following are said to be the details of the
tax bill passed by Lincoln's Congress :
For smoking oigars in the streets -8 cents, for
leaning against a lamp post while smoking a oigar
6 cents, for spitting tobacco juice in the "publio
streets 4 cents; buckwheat cakes are to pay a fine
-of 3 cents per dozen; buckwheat cakes with mo
lasses on 5 cents per dozen; buckwheat cakes with
honey on 6c per dozen, for using a corkscrew 45
cente a month, mutton chops broiled pay a tax of
3 cents each, fried 2 cents each, deviled kidneys
4 cents a dozen, for looking over tho fenoe 10 ots.
Fisheries for license to catch bullheads 35,
to catch eels 6, shad 83, suckers 52, to open oys
ters 85, clams S3 50, salt mackerel caught in
fresh water streams 3 cents eaoh. Fruits to sit
upon the curb Btone and peddle apples S8 a month,
license to peddle peanuts 825 a year, for soiling
cpples, peaches and pears 930 a year.
Miscellaneous snuff boxe? are to pay a tax of
81 a year, for every pinch of snulf given to a
friend 3 cents, for asking n friend to drink 85
cents, for playing billiards 25 cents, license to kill
woodcocks ?S a year, to kill skunksJ5 a year and
one fourth of the perfume, tax on moustaohes $2
a month, on whiskers (oth en" than those belonging
to cats and dogs) 83 a month, for blowing the nose
in the public streets 75 cents, in country roads 20
cents, license to shoot rabbits 81, marbles $1 a
month, if "China Allies" are used in tho game a
further tax of 40 cents, mocking birds 75 cents;
to play euchre 81 50, if the two bowers of trumps
are held a further tax of 50 cents, license to beg
cold victuals 81 50, to gather bones 32, for every
sermon over three quarters of an hour loDg a fine
of 51, for sleeping in church 75 cents, on every
mug of lager above twenty five a day 2 cents,
lincense to run for office 85 to 850 ad valorum, on
all legislative fees 25 per cent., borers must pay
over 50 per cent, of their earnings, bachelors over
forty years 5 a year, tax on colored'whiskers 810
a year, street organ 3 cents a tune, neglectiog to
pay subscription to paper, three months after it ia
due, a fine of 820, for every lie told by an editor
or army officer 850.
Judicial every person taking an affidavit shaJJ
be assessed 25 cents, every time a lawyer humbugs
a judge 85, for humbugging a jury 81, and oa
every judicial charge, exceeding twenty lines,
81 50 per line.
5?enp it to the Mill Uri.no it to Mar
ket. Speculator, some weeks ago, when he found
out that the wheat crop had failed, conceived a
violent attachment to Flour. He immediately
sent forth runners into the country to engage
every possible sack and barrel of that commodity,
and with a shrewd eye to the future made many
attempts to engross the crop of wheat in the hands
! of the planters. Under the impulse of these
j demonstrations flour rose at once from ten t
twenty odd dollars per barrel, and prudent bouse
keepers who could spare the money took the
alarm and laid in as much as they thought-they
would need up to next crop. Speculator gave it
I as hi candid opinion, founded upon minute inres
j tigation and inquiries among wheat growers, as
! well as a profound acquaintance with ' the opera
tion of demand and supply, that ' prices would
i range this season from forty to ono hundred dol
j lars per barrel, and ir deed if corn was short, they
might go up to ono hurflrcd and fifty. Upon
j these assurances every grain of wheat is treasured
; up as though it were that much silver, and in the
minds of some it was worth its weight in silver.
J These delusions are going to hurt the farmers.
' The yield .of wheat w'as scant, and very inferioi,
; but a much larger "breadth of land tban nsual
i having been sown in that grain, it may be ques
tiooed whctlicr ihero is not .after all, almost as
much wheat i Georgia as there was last year.
Rut be therrwhat there may as to quantity, it is
poor stuff and will be well nigh valueless when
wc pet Tennessee and Kentucky grain here,
: which may, in all probability, be in the course of
! a couple i t months. The crops in those States
I arc ,2no and large, and in our opinion Lincoln will
i not be able to hold either Tennesseo or Kentucly
.much longer. Prudence will therefore dictate to
wheat growers to cast aside this miserable delo
: fcion of ten dollars a bushel fur wheat, and sell it
for a good price, which they may. The time for
the profitable, "hoarding of any thing is over.
M'leon, (O'a.) Tdejraph.
Promotion. The people of the Confederat
States will be gratified to learn that the Govern
ment, appreciating h's distinguished services, has
conferred upon ' Old Stonewall" the rank of full
: General, the highest known to the Confederata
' service. This if a title richly merited by an offi
eer who hss shown himself at all times aetirt,
vigilant. zrA ki!!ful
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