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WEST SIDE OF TRADE STREET
' IN ADVANCE
CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1862.
YASS, Editor ant Propktetor.
ELEVENTH VOLUME N 0 M B E R 542.
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BY
WILLIAM J.
YATES,
IIMTOR AND PUOPB1KTOR.
$3 IS ADVANCE.
by- Trsn fie ut advertisements
tun St be paid for in
njmnee.
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nuscript ;
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j pPCIIlc lliur. mil uc uiciicu uiii vr ... j
h.r-ffl accordingly, j
Hides and Tan Bark. '
-r : . ..."11 V ;..aurA.l ,111111 f.rViiil unit i
I want to purchae (Ireen and Dry HIDES for the
urnosc of taiiuiii'' : also a quunliiv of TAX
l:.i:K. For thee article.-
the hijjh market cash
JOHN TRELOAK.
Cni-pd
j.i iee w ill be paid.
Charlotte, Oct. 2, lH'52
UNI) FOR-SALE.
If not sold t -forehand privately, will be soM ou i
T'i-i:y itl .Viivriiilier Court, at the Court-IIoiirc in !
Cliarliitte, the following tract of Land, viz : that part
t.( my late h'tVni's (James Hied) pl.tntatiou known
a- the Frnzier tract, .'tj miles from Charlotte, on the
T h kaseeec road. I viuy ndjoiuin? the lands of llooser,
M. D Johnston. Mrs. V. Alexander ai;d others. The
Ian. I is without building, but part ir under cultivation
ami in sfooJ repair. JANE A. KEID.
On. js, 4t
VALUABLE & DESIRABLE NtOPEKTT
For Sale.
I will sill on Tiiesiiay the 1Mb of November (Court
v i'i'k J at puhiii- salr, (if mil sooner disposed of. the
i.intaiioti on which I now re.-idi. adjoining the Depot
pounds of the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford
Kailiond. The tract contains about 5j acres of Land,
a. id is well watt red. 'flu-re i. a small residence on
the premises. Tt.i- i-' one of the mo.-t eligible loea
ti iii- tor a private residence in the i.eij'ht)orhood of
Chai ln'itr, lit-iuj; w tihiii a half mile of the I'uldic
Sijh ire. In in v absence, inquire of Dr. E. Nve Hutch-
iiisdii fur further particulars.
ASA GEORGE.
Oct. t. IM'.:. 41
Prime Seed Wheat
Early While
exchange"! for
Oct I sr. 2
Virginia Blue Stem," 'o be sold or
lean heat, in lots to suit purchaers
H. B WILLIAMS
& CO..
tf V in.-ioii II oust
Building.
i'l.AX SEED.
THE A Y II I'll. COMl'
for Flax Seed, in any
Hutchison A' Co.'s Drug
October 1 , 1SC2
ANY will pay the high
iuantity. Apply at
Slore
I in
st price
E. Nve
Payment of Jlale. Bounty
due
Deceased Soldiers.
Executive Deutrtment, Xorth Carolina. 1
Adjutant Generals Ollice, Raleigh, Oct. IT, lJ2 '
General Orders. No. U
The following regulations arc published for the in
formation of those persons wi; hing to draw bounty of
dcc-ied soldiers, in accordance with an ordinance of
the Con ventiou ratified the 22d day of February, l:t;2:
REGULATION'S.
1. The payment of bounty to the representatives nf
tieceised soldier i ba-ed upon the certificate of the
roiiiiiianding oiheer d" the conipaiiy, ho will state the j
time of the enli-tmeut t.f the soldier, the date id" his j
decease in service, the amount of bounty already paid i
by t ie Slate, aud the company and regiment to which !
he belonged. j
2. The claimant will make nffidavit before a ma iris. I
trate that he or bhe is the next of kin to the deceased
acci-rding to the provisions of the foregoing ordinance
of the Convention, ar.d that there is no other person
t-ntitled to make claim. The aliidavit of the claimant
must be sustained by that of otic disinterested witness,
that the facts stated are correct within his own know l--de,
and that he has no interest iu the claim. The
magistrate Mdmiuitt-tiug the oath will certify to the
credibility of the witness, and the clerk of the County
Court will certify, under seal, that he is an authorized
and acting magitrat-.
If the claimant or claimants be minors, payment
will be made to the guardian, upon the production of
the proper certificate under the seal of the Court, of
his appointment and the sufficiency of his bond the
claim to be proved hy him as in other cases.
. A bounty ot lilry dollars, deducting the bounty
that may have been previously paid, is due to all per
sons wilt, may have volunteered for three years or the
war. and t, Mll persons mustered into or coutiiiueiid in
.-crvicc miller the
By order of t
provisions of llie
overuor Vance.
Conscription Act.
:t J. G. MARTIN, Adjt Gen.
VESUVIUS FURNACE
JKO-X WORKS.
The subscriber informs the public that he maiiH
facturing Pig iron at his Furnace in l.ineoln county,
me mi.e. norm ot Miaron Station on the Wil
Char.
.v uutiiertord Railroad He is also
prepared to cast
.Machinery, such as Mill Gearing,
I.-i.i s. Ac.: also lloilow -Ware and
Thrashing Machine
Sail Pans.
J. M.
O. July 15, 18C2.
SMITH,
y-pd
Ve-uvius Furuaco P.
I HON run SALE.
I hnve on hand, at
f nii emt of Idnc
my Furnnre In Lincoln comitv, '
Inton, about 30.000 LBS. of1
V K M OUT li:u- i.
I
e plow moulds, bars. Jfcc.
, I 111. II IM .-,J
I'reiiaten tui-ict .......1.:..., :. ... e .11
kinds,
te: ms
i-iiow -w are suU
alt pans, Ac. Orders solicited-
cali.
July 22, I
J. W. DElMt.
Cin-pd,
SpiinglJtU Forge
orge
Itcpniriiis. Uell-lmnsinff. Arc
The subscriber he-j r
is ureir... , . p . ? '? ,nf lrm th PubUc. t
b
i M
ii, .1 I ... 1 i . . ' r,vi iiccr;irf,ion,
iti'l Jewclrv: be 1 i, .
' " "i-i'.nr i.ni-wi .,r ... i . .
v,.rv rr;. V- Klxn Jclr.v tor a
v ; ,," f "akf lf kinds; i Url
all
attention paid u Hell-ban
" ""1 curing aone at sh
ort notice. pe?ial
Sr-S- He may be foujid
posite the post-otlice.
Jm 2S. l8;2.
w w. woocel
op-
Wanted, ten thoir-aud old
old G in-i.icks. ,v.r.
Jan 2.t. Is6S
Key?, of different sizes-
W. W. WOOPF.L.
opposite the posi-.iilice.
II W. HECK WITH
Has constantly on hand
WATCHES, JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &C.,
Of the best English and American manufacturers.
C a'1 am! ex imine his stock before purchasing clsewtere.
W.itch crystals put jn for 25 eenii aach.
January. J 662 y
Carriages and Buggies.
The mbscriber hag on hand a few Carriages and
Busies, which he will dispose of on reasonable
terms. Amoni? them U a fine Carriage of latest pat
tern and fine finish. SAML. LANDER, Sr.,
Lincolnton, Oct 21, 1802 pd Carriage Builder.
TOBACCO!
TOBACCO!! TOBACCO ! ! I
I have purchased about 300 bhds. of Tobacco. I
would like to sell about 100 hhds. suitable for manu-
1 factunn$r. I din sell in lota to suit purchasers prices
varying from $10 to $30 per hundred pounds
deliver at Frank.'inton, Henderson and Littlel
w ouia
tleton.
Address me at Louisburg, X. C.
Oct. 28, 1 t2
3t
THOS. K. THOMAS.
XOTICI2.
Application will be made to the next Legislature of
North Carolina for important amendments to the Town
Charter of Charlotte. MAN Y CITIZENS.
October 14. 1802 4t-pd
Flour mm for Sale.
The subscriber, having entered into a contract for
building the Railroad from Danville to Greensboro, is
desirous of devoting his whole time to that work, and
oilers his STEAM MILL for sale. The property is sit
uated in the tow n of Charlotte, on the Xorth Carolina
Rail Road, has six run of Mill Stones, and the Flour
has a hih reputation throughout the Southern Confed
eracy. It hai also a Barrel Factory, with improved Machine
ry, and Cooper shops attached, which will be sold
with the Mill or separately.
JOHN WILKES.
Sept. 1;, 1 C2. tf
J)1L J. 31.
MILLER,
N. C,
Charlotte,
Has resumed the Practice of Medicine, and can be
found at his Ollice in Brawler's Building, immediately
over Drucker and lleilbrtin's Store, or at his residence.
Feb. 25. 1SJ2.
Lost or Mislaid.
A Certificate for two Shares of Stock' in the C.
S. C. Railroad, No. 924, dated Nov. 8th, 1854.
CVRL ri A. ALEXANDER.
Concord. Sept 2, 18(32 3ui
The market price tiai.l for Hides, bj'
Mav 13. IHCJ tf S. M. HOWELL.
NOTICE.
Persons wishing to settle their Accounts or Notes
wit' Fisher & Burrough, can have an opportunity of
doing so by culling at the store of A. A. N. M. Taylor.
Don't delav, as we are anxious to get our business
settled up J. C. BURROUGHS.
June ::, 1802. tf
(Jjggiz& Application will be made to
i:'-w3f l'le Legislature at its next session for
ill
an incorporation of the Moriah Baptist
Associat ion.
Sept 3. 1S'32
3m-pd
The subscriber is daily receiving supplies of a good
article of Sound SALT, which be offers for sale at
lowest market rates.
Orders accompanied with the money will receive
prompt attention. A. E. HALL,
Sept 23, 1802 3ni-pd Wilmington.
Wilmington,
Charlotte & Rutherford
On and after the loth of November, the Passenger
Trains will run on this Road (Western Division) daily,
Sundays excepted, as follows:
GOING WEST:
ARRIVE:
h
LEAVE:
8 00 A. M.
8 51 '
Charlotte,
Tuckaseege,
Brevard,
Sharon.
Lincolnton,
Cherryville.
GOING EAST:
8
9
9
10
4S
23
r.4
23
A. M.
9
9
10
28
59
30
ii
f 11 15
ARRIVE:
LEAVE
155 M.
12 55 P.
Cherryville,
Lincolnton,
Sharon,
Brevard,
Tuckaseege,
45
19
50
P..M.
M.
1 24 "
1 53 "
2 2S "
3 15
Charlotte.
Passengers are required in all cases, without ex
ception, to purchase tickets, wherever there are ticket
agents, and also to furnish the right change, as the
Company cannot procure change for every one. An
omission to do either subjects the party, to an extra
charge of 25 cents, which the conductor is strictly re
quired to collect.
By order, V. A. McBEE,
Acting Master of Transportation.
Lincolnton, Oct. 28, ISG2
Pi'OMpcctiiK of I lie
DAILY STATE JOURNAL.
On and after the 1st day of November, the State
Journal will be published Daily, Tri-weekly and
Weekly. The Daily State Journal will contain all the
news received up to the latest hour before mailing, and
will consUt of two editions dailr. The Morning Edi
tion will contain the news by the evening mails, and
all telegraphic news up to 10 o'clock the previous
night, and will be supplied to city subscribers and sent
by the morning mails Xorth and East ; the Evening
Edition will be printed at 3 o'clock p. m., and will
contain the additional news bv telegraph up to 2
o'clock p. in., and will be sent to subscribers by the
trains west and by the rayctteville mail. Thus sub
scribers, no matter iu what direction they may live,
will have the news up to the departure of the mails.
Arrangements have been made to procure telegrapjic
new s from all part of the Confederacy, expressly for
the Slate Journal. Gcnernl news bv mail will be
promptly published. ' The Markets will be fullf re-
promptly published. ' The Markets will be fully re-
potted Meltable Correspondents will be secured in
u.e .vrrny ana e.sewnere I he Legislative Proceed-
n'T u Lit ri-TiuriPii nm h r irai.nrrafi
The State Journal will be essentially a newspaper
Teums: For the Dai!v12 mouths, $0; 6 months,
S:i :.o: ;t months. 52: I month. i Pr ti Tri.Week-
ly cj months, $4: 6 months, $2 30: 3 mouths, $1 50.
ADVERTING KATFS:
square,
do
do
do
1 day,
2 dajs,
.1 days,
4 dj.vi
$0
0
l
1
square,
do
do
do
5 day, $l 50
1 week,
3 weks,
1 month,
l 75
-
00
25
I
Ten ynes make a square.
Advertisements for the DailT will be inserted in the
T,i-U.i.!.. (... r .1 V1.11 ...
which cannot fail to attract the attention of advertisers.
me aooe rates apply only to the daily paper.
Ad.
vertisements will be inserted in the Weekly paper at
the usual regular rates, viz: One dollar per squ-re for
.... ww. uu iwepiy-qve cents ior eacu euo-
" Address,' ' JOIIN SPELMAX,
Editor and Proprietor,
liakigh, X. 0.
KhsUrn 3hmarrat.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
NOTICE.
Our terms are thrtt dollar per year in advance.
The Dmuerat tcill be ditcontinued to all tultcri
ter$ at the expiration of the time for vhieh it it paid.
Thoxe who want to continue mutt rentte htfore ot at the ex
piration of their time.
Destruction bt Fire. On Friday morning,
about a mile North of Henderson Depot, a train
loaded with cotton, on the Raleigh and Gaston
Railroad, caught fire and from 80 to 100 bales and
three freight cars .were consumed." The mail train
coming South found th9 cars on fire and were de
tained one or two hours, the passengers assisting
in extinguishing the fire, and in removing the
wreck and obstructions from the road. Only
through the exertions of the passengers the track
was saved from considerable injury by the fire.
Raleigh Journal.
Intervention. A gentleman who recently
arrived from Europe expressed the opinion to us
that armed intervention would occur before forty
days. This was before the last arrival, which has
caused a renewal of the old story. We will see.
On a recent visit to Richmond we gathered
enough to lead to the belief that something good
is brewing. The officers of Government are in
fine spirits, but very reticent. Columbia Caro
linian. . 4
Death of North Carolina Troops. -In
a list of 20 Confederate soldiers who were wound
ed at the battle of Crampton's Gap, Maryland, ar.d
who subsequently died at the hospital at Burkets
ville, we find the following North Carolinians :
Jno A Gillam, company II,
J C McCall, " K,
Jas L Russell, G,
Franklin Folks, " I,
John Dunlap, " " D,
15th N.
C. Oct.
(
Sept.
14
14
3
SO
2S
u
it
a
tgrlhe Yankee authorities at Norfolk have
established a colony tor blacks near that city, and
immediately, in rear of the cemetery. They are
not allowed to visit the city, nor to penetrate the
rural districts. Here, to the number of three
tlrousand or more, they are living filthy in pens,
and upon means so scant, that they are daily har
rassed by hunger. Their condition is said to be
terrible in the extreme, and the entire settlement
presents a scene of the most squalid wretchedness.
Guards are placed in their front and rear, to con
fine them to the narrow limits prescribed by their
newly found friends and benefactors.
Eighty Yankees Captured Some fifty or
sixty members of the 13th Virginia Cavalry suc
ceeded in capturing eighty Yankee soldiers in the
vicinity of Manassas, last week. Our men bad
information of the approach of the enemy, who
were coming with a small train of can for the
purpose of procuring wood. Arrangements were
immediately made to throw the cars off, and the
Confederates concealed themselves near by to
await the result. In a short time the train come
on, and encountering the obstructions, was thrown
from the track. Amid the confusion caused by
the disaster, our cavalry rushed upon the affrighted
Yankees and took every man prisoner. Only half
of them were armed, but they made a very slight
resistance, and thus fell an easy prey into our
hands. The cars and locomotiv-eft'vere destroyed,
it bieing impossible to save them,'; owing to the
proximity of heavy reinforcements which the en
emy could easily have thrown upon us.
Capture of a Yankee Ship in the Poto
mac. Among the prisoners recently brought to
Richmond were the officers of a Yankee ship, ta
ken under the following circumstances: Lieuts.
Wood and W. Lee, of the navy, with ten volun
teers from the "Patrick Henry," went off twelve
miles in Chesapeake Bay, from the, shore above
York river, one night last week, boarded and cap
tured the ship alluded to without difficulty. She
proved to be the clipper "Alleghanian," of New
York, 1200 tons register, with a crew of 21 men,
bound from Baltimore to London with 1,420 tons of
guano. After removing the prisouers and instru
ments her captors set fire to and burnt her. The
adventurers passed tvo or three steatuer6 on the
way oat and back.
A Substitute for Shoes. An able and ex
perienced, citizen has called our attention to the
subject of the use of cowhide moccasins as a sub
stitute for shoes. He states that when he moved
to the Mississippi, fifty years ago, no shoes were
to be had for the negroes, and they made their
own out of this material, which answered tlje pur
pose as well as the more elaborately made article,
and in some respects better. The process is sim
ple; take a green cowhide, or one well soaked,
with the hair on which is to go next to the foot
. .1 r i j e 1..M !i 1 ... -,f
I p iuiuui uuu uom; uFu n, au
! the pattern desired, make the necessary holes along
the edges, and lace it with a thong 01 the same
material at thn heel and un the insteD. Let it dry
h f t M h acconilnodates it8ef perfectly
, , . . t . ., .. . V ti
l he shape of the latter, while it is sufficiently
! substantial for all kicds of traveling, and its elas-
ticitv is preserved by use. Socks should be put
ticity is preserved by use.
! on whcn lt js ma(je thoujrh it can be worn without,
. , .i,oWaoee be lliade for sbrinkil." SO as to
! avoid too tLrht a fit. The
moccasin, it is scarcen
necessary 10 ODServe, auapw i wtuc
! the foot, and the fit is perfect. It outwears leatu-
, er, and is not hard, as some might suppose, rut
quite tne reverse. 11 uereu, 11. can ue uau
! with the same materia
i -. - - ' . .
.uai u ucaa iiuiwb B
1 the advantire of warmth, so that socks, wben not
I to be had, ean be better dispensed with when moc-
1 casing are u.-u man 11 nuca were wuiu.
u i., k- .Ki(.cr '
1 'i h risnn to wnom we are inaeoieu ior
' auajseaiiwH -
; to soldiers, who are very much pleased with it, and
; say there is no reason wny soldiers aoouia gw u-
foot
while so many hides are thrown away
. caraDS.
, th nk the idea a valuable one. and wouiu 1
and would
j be Kf 1 newspaper in the Confederacy
1 would lend its aid in giving lt circulation Mobile
(Stye
J Register.
OP THT! LATE SESSION OP CONGRESS.
We avail ourselves of the following abstract of
the acts of the late session of Congress, which we
find in the Richmond Whi?. It will answer a
great many questions as to what Congress did and
did not :
Bill No. 4 Provides for the organization of
army corps, to be comuaandc 1 by Lieutenaut-Gctl-ertls.
No. 32 Authorizes the President to organize
divisions of the provisional army in army corps,
and appoint officers to the command thereof.
No. 5 Authorizes the appointment of addi
tional officers of artillery for ordnance duties.
No. 7 Makes it the ilnty of the Secretary of
War to transfer any private or non-commissioned
officer who may be in a regiment from a State of
this Confederacy other than his own, to a regiment
from his own State, whenever such private or
uon-commUsioned officer may apply for such
transfer, and whenever such transfer can be made
without injury to the publio service. This act
does not apply to any one who has enlisted as a
j substitute.
j No. ,26 Authorizes the Secretary of War to
luruish transportation whenever he grants trans
fer agreeable to the act No. 7.
No. 10 Confers rank on officers of the Engi
neer Corps of the Provisional Army equal to that
of the Engineer Corps of the Confederate States
Army.
No. 16 Increases the Signal Corps.
No. 17 Is the new Conscript Act.
No. 25 Extends the provisions of an act ap
proved August 31st, 1861, relative to Adjutants,
so as to apply to independent battalions, etc.
No. 30. Provides that claims due to deceased
non-commissioned officers and privates for pay, al
lowances, and bounty, may be audited and paid
without requiring the production of a pay-roll
from the commanding officer, where there is othr
official evidence. The other sections of this act
provide for the employment of additional Clerks,
and otherwise for the prompt settlement of the
claims of deceased officers and soldiers.
No. 37. Authorizes the establishment of
camps of instruction in the several States, and
the appointment of officers to command the same.
No. 38. Requires the Secretary of War to
furnish uniform clothing to soldiers, instead of
coin in utatioti therefor.
No. 42. Provides that all persons subject to
enrollment for military service may be enrolled
xcherever found, unless in actual service, without
the limits of the State, as a member of a military
organization under any State law. The President
is authorized to suspend the execution of this act
as regards the residents of any locality where it
may be impracticable to execute the conscription
laws.
No. 43. Provides for the organization of mili
tary courts to attend the army in the field. Each
court shall consist of three members, to be ap
pointed by the President, and its jurisdiction
shall extend to all offences now cognizable . by ,
courts martial, etc.
No. 47 Authorizes the President to accept
and place it) service regiments or battalions which
were prganized prior to 1st October, 1862, al
though composed iu part of persons between the
ages of 18 and 35. Also, companies, battalions
or regiments of infantry, raised or organized be
fore 1st ot December next, in middle and West
Tennessee, or in North Carolina, East of the Wil
mington and Wcldon railroad and troops to se
lect their own officers, for firsc election, but all
vacancies to be filled by the President.
No. 48. Adds to the Adjutant and "Inspector
General's Department one Assistant Adjutant
General, with the rank of Colonel.
No. 49. Establishes places of rendezvous for
the examination of enrolled men.
No. 51. Provides for raising forces in the
States of Missouri and Kentucky.
No. 52. Secures to all soldiers who shall have
entered the army for three years or the war, the
bounty granted by act of December 11th, 1861,
although be may have been killed in battle, died,
or been honorably discharged before the expira
tion of the first year's service of his term.
No. 53 Is the "exemption act."
No. 63 Allows to cadets in the service of the
C. S. the same pay as second Lieutenants of tke
arm of service to which they are attached.
No 65 Provides for relieving the army of die
qualified, disabled and incompetent officers. The
1st section authorizes the General Commanding a
department to appoint an Examining Board to in
quire into and determine the qualifications of offi
cers brought to their attention. The' 2d section
provides that whenever the Board shall determine
that any officer is clearly unfit to perform his legit
imate and proper duties, or careless and inatten
tive in their discharge, they shall report their de
cision to the General, who is authorized to sus
pend said officer, and directed to transmit the de
cision etc., to the Secretary of War. Under the
3d section, the Secretary, if he approve the find
ing of the Board and the action of the General,
shall lay the same before the President, who is
authorized to retire honorably without py, or
drop from the army, the officer who has been'
found unfit for his position. The 4th and 5th
sections relate to filling vacancies.
No. 70 Authorizes the erant of medals and
badges of distinction as a reward for courage and
good conduct on the eld of battle.
No. 72 Authorizes any number of persons
i not less than twenty, who are not liable to mili-
i tary duty, to associate themselves as a military
JJ. , . .t - T
company tor local defence, eieci inetrown ouicers,
. bg 5-,,. a8 belonging to the
provisional Army, serving without pay, and enti-
! 1 1
., T, roIts of ..a C0T0X)i.
j nJ forwarded to the Secretary.of War,
, j ,1 Preaident. or the commander 01 ID
m . v. a ." , w -
military district may, at any time, disband such
comDanie8. etc.
, T3 Authorizes the President to appoint
; twent penerai officers in the Provisional Army.
u . - . 1 -.
and to assign them to such appropriate duties as
"
Tu SAVt.
1
jfo. . Authori zes the issue ot $3,500,000 in
I bonds to meet a contract made by the Secretary
4 1
of the Navy for six iron clad Vessels of war and
1 8!X ri"n,-JnPy."l boilers complete, to be con-
4 cu uvicu auiutiu.
i No. 11 Increases the number of non-com-
missioned officers and musicians in the Marine
j corps. - .
No. 15 Determines the pay of the Engineer-in-Chief
and Passed Assistant Surgeon of the
Army.
No. 29. Authorizes persons subject to con
scription to enlist in the Bivy and marine corps,
and increases the pay of sailors and marines $4
per month. '
No. 57 Authorizes the appointment of three
naval store keepers.
financial.
No. 8 Authorizes the-issue of such additional
amount of bonds, certificates of stock and Treasu
ry notes as may bo required to pay the appropria
tions made by Congress at it? last and present
sessiou. Also, extends the authority to issue re
convertible bonds or certificates in exchange for
Treasury notes from $50,000,000, to $100,000,000.
Also, authorizes the payment of interest annually
on all interest-bearing Treasury notes, , and au,-,
thorizes " the extension of the issue of Treasury
notes under the denomination of to the amount
of 810,000,000. '
No. 67 Provides that Treasury notes ! issued
after the 1st December mxt shall be fundable
only in bonds bearing interest at the rate of seven
per cent. Notes issued prior to that date and
those now in circulation may be funded within trix
months after publio notice in eight per cent bonds,
thereafter in seven per cent bonds.
POSTAL AFFAIRS.
No. 18 Provides for the payment of sums
ascertained to be due for postal service rendered
under contracts made by the United State Gov
ernment before the Confederate States Govern
ment took charge of such service.
No. 35 Authorises the Postmaster General to
employ special agents to superintend and secure
the certain speedy transportation of the maila
across the Mississippi river, at sue Ii points as may
be found practicable.
No, 69 Establishes various post routes therein
named.
JUDICIAL.
No. 21 Divides the Slate of Texas into two
Judicial Districts, and provides for tho appoint
ment of Judges and officers in the same.
No. 34 Authorizes the Judges of District
Courts to chango the place of holding court in
certain places.
TREASURY NOTES.
No. 13 Authorizes the Secretary of the
Treasury to offer a reward not to exceed $5,000
for the apprehension and conviction of any person
engaged in forging or uttering counterfeit Treasu
ry notes. .
No. 58 Provides that any person in the
service of, or adhering to the enemy, who shall
pass or offer to .pass, op dispose of spurious or
counterfeit notes purporting to be Treasury notes
of this Government, shall, if captured, be put to
death by hanging, and every commissioned officer
of the enemy who shall permit any offence men
tioned io this act by any person under his authori
ty, shall also be hang.
RESOLUTION OF THANKS.
No. 1 To Captain Raphael Serames, officers
and crew of the steamer Sumter, forgallant and
meritorious services.
No. 3 To Commander ' E.1 Farrand, Capt. A.
Drcwry, and officers and men under their com
mand, for the victory at Drewry's Bluff.
No. 28 To Lieut. I. N. Brown, and all under
his command, for their skill and gallantry in the
engagement of the "Arkansas" with the enemy's
fleet near Vicksburg.
SICK AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS.
No. 20 This is an important act entitled "an
act to better provide for the sick and wounded of
the army in hospitals ," which, if enforced and
carried out, would silence many of the complaints
in, regard to the treatment of sick and wounded
soldiers in and out of hospitals. The first section
fixes the commutation value of rations of sick and
disabled soldiers in the hospitals at oae dollar,
! which shall constitute the hospital fund, for the
purchase of supplies any excess over $5,000 to
be paid into the Confederate States Treasury.
The 2d section directs the Secretary of War to
make contracts for the speedy transportation of
supplies purchased for hospitals, or donated by in
dividuals, societies, or States, etc. The 3d sec
tion allows to -each hospital suits of clothing
(shirts pantaloons and drawers,) equal to the
number of the beds in the hospital. The 4th sec
tion allows two matrons in chief, twr assistant ma
trons, and two other matrons for each ward in every
hospital, and prescribes their pay and respective
duties. Every matron so employed should be
furnished with a copy of this act.l The surgeon
or assistant Surgeon in charge of an hospital is au
thorized to employ such other nurses (giving
preference to females) as may be necessary to the
proper care and attention of the sick. The 5th
section provides for accommodating in the same
hospital as far as practicable, all sick and woun
ded soldiers from any particular State the peveral
hospitals to be numbered and designated for that
purpose, ine wn section relates to the payment
j of employees, not engaged in the military service,
The 7th section authorizes the Secretary of War
to perfect suitable arrangements with the railroad
companies for the reservation of seats in one or
; more cars, in each train, for sick and wounded
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i oiuicrs uesmug transportation, aim ior requiring
conductors to provide for the use of the sick and
; wounded m tnecare so reserved, a aumcient quan
tity of pure water.. The 8th section makes it the
duty of surgeons sod assistant surgeons having in
charge any sick or wounded soldier, desiring
transportation, to detail ame competent person,
actios nder their authority, to accompany such
j tick and wounded to the depot to see that they
j are properly cared for, ind that they ltain
tent.
No. 27 Authorizes any Quartermaster to ad
minister the oath required to enable sick, wound
ed or other soldiers to receive their pay.
MISCELLANEOUS.
No. 2 Appropriates $13,500 to pay the Choc
interest on bond
. due to them.
i No. 9 Provides for the payment of certain
. claims against the Confederate Statea m the State
jof Missouri," tis: for the pay due the Missouri .
ptate troops raised Dy uen. mce, and enrollod
into the Confederate States service.
No. 12 Fixes the 2d Monday io January,.
1863 as the day for the meeting of the nxt reg- ,
ular session of Cogress.'. t .
No. 14 Authorizes the Commissioner, of
Patents to dispense with s chief clerk, whenever
the revenue of tho Patent Offico is insufficient.
No. 19 Authorizes certain alterations to the
building occupied by the Post Offico Department.
No. 22 Extends the time for selling property
for taxes io default.
No. 24 Appropriates $1,122,480 92 In beads
to construct a railroad from Blue Mountain. Al
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i to Rome, Ga., for military transportation.
T . rfca-i a a
o. ay Authorizes the President to import,.,
duty free; machinery or other materials necessary ,
for increasing the manufacture of any artioles re
quired for supplying the deficiency of clothing or ,
fchoes for the army said machinery to be worked !
on Government account, or leased or sold, at the
discretion of the President. Clothing furnisW
to the troops may be of such color or quality as it
may be practicable to obtain.
No. 44 Authorises the President to detail not
exceeding two thousand shoemakers from tbe
army, to be employed at suitable points in the
manufacture of shoes for the army, and to receive '
thirty-fire cents pSr pair for shoes manufactured'
by them eeterally, in addition to regular pay and
rations. 1 '
No. 40- Refunds to Louisiana the excess of
the war tax everpaid by her.
No. 41 Refunds to North Carolina the exeata
I of her quota of the war tax.
No. 48 fixes the pay and mileage of the del
egatcs from tho several Indian nations. '
No. 50 Relates to the payment of district en!
lectors in Ftate which have assumed the paymeut
of the war tax. Awards them $400 each.
No. 53 Extends the . term of office of chief
collectors of the war tax, who have not been able
to eompUne the da ties of their offico.
No. 56. Increases the pay of the officers sod
employee of the several Executive and Legislative
Departments employed in the city of Richmond.
No. 60 Authorizes the suspension of the writ
of habeut enrpuii.
No. G2 Authorizes the President to fill, by
appointment, all offices created, and all -vacancies
which my have oectirre during tho present soa
sion of Congress said appointment to be submit
ted to the Senate at the next session, etc.
No. G4 Allows the Assistajit Attorney Gener
al the same salary as that of other Assistant See-' '
retaries.- '.- '!..;,.
No. s 65 Anthorize fhe Vice-President io '
employ a Secretary st an annual' salary f $1,000.
No. 71 Provides 'tor the restoration' to their
owners of slaves recaptnrcd from the ! -enemy, or '
arrested &y any person conoceted with the- srmy
or navy of the Confederate States, ete.
NORTHERN ITEMS. ( .
A Rebel iron-clad Fleet Plant for wintering
in I'hftadelphiaA correspondent of a Northern ;
paper, writing .from Baltimore, says the following
rumors have been circulated thereior seversl dsys, ,
coming from such sources that he cannot ignore
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It is said hat the efforts of tbe rebels in Europe
towards the formation of a navy there have beea . '
attended with good success, and that there are now '
in various European ports,, no less tbaw fifteen
iron-clad steamers, in various stages of progress,
of which eight are nearly eady for sea. sTbeso .
eight vessels already hve .their armament on ,
board, and it is said that on a .given day they, in ;
company with the steamer "290," will rendezvous '
at some convenient point, and will cross -the Atr
lantic in -oompaoy; that they will Etcer direct for
Delaware Bay, and up the Delaware River, and
attaek Philadelphia. The armor of .these vessels
is said to be such that they will be invulnerable
to the effects of any known projectils, while their
armament as said to embrace guns and mortars of
the most approved construction. It is said that ''
the power of this fleet will be such that the
will be able to lay the entire city io ashes, but
that they expect thst, in order to avort this
calamity, the city will be surrendered to them.,
And this is only tbe beginning of tbe exploits
that are expected of this new rebel navy.
No doubt there ii much idle brag in all this.
But it may be wise to provide against sach an
attempt. Intelligence from other sources has de
monstrated the faet that the rebels are having iron
clad vessels built in European ports. And I am
informed to-day that besides the Merritnac No. 2,
there are two other large iron-clad steamers now
nearly ready for sea at Richmond, and two more
at Mobile. There is no doubt that the rebel Gov
ernment is preparing to strike a blow with their
navy somewhere. Bat I eannot see tkst Phila
delphia is any more exposed than New Feck, and
not so mue4j as Boston or Baltimore.
The other rumor has reference to the rebel de
signs on Baltimore and Maryland. It is said to .
be the design of tbe rebel leaders to concentrate
300.000 of their best troops st Gordonsvflle, in
cluding 30,000 cavalry, in order to invade Penn
sylvania, capture Philadelphia, and to bold tbtt
city and Baltimore daring the winter. Thst
; boast of having 800,000 otber troops, which tber
j say are sufficient to defand Mobile, Charleston sod
' Savannah, and to operate in Kentucky and West
of the Mississippi.- With 300,000 of their best
troops, they say t bey ean accomplish the above
designs, in spite of whatever force the Union can
bring against them.
Steameks Beaux. Two Federal stsamora,
the Admiral and Philadelphia, were burned at
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vuiumwa, xcuhu;a.y, on mc. -I'lia. joey were
laden with ordnance stores, j General Dodge, com
mander of the post, was injured by a fragmext of
a shell. The fo was estimated at $75,000. Tbe
fire originated in tbe cabin of the Admiral, and
while burning, she floated agsinst tbe Philadel
phia. One thousand kegs of powder were taken
from the latter daring the conflagration. Several
hundred sheila exploded on the Admiral, tearing
her to nieces and scattering fragments about town..
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