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CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, "JUNE 23, 1863.
ELEVENTH Y0LC3IE N ilB EE 674.
H YAIS, Editor ani Proprietor.
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(QPublWied every Tucsday,o)
WILLIAM "Y VAXES,
EDITOK AXy PUOIMSIETOR. j
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j
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Advertisements not rmtrked on Jie T-.Khor:rt !
f,r a -pacific thn-, will be inserted njitil forbid, and j
charged accordingly. i
FIELD OFFICERS OF N. C. TROOPS.
I t
,c I CoI 'NKI S- ! LlFXT.-C'Oi.'S
Majors.
. r r..!.u.-IL Hani A Hrown. i.Jatm-s S Hum.
m W K r.x, JVVS Stalling. '! V Hurt
;VU' L Ill.W'rt, !S. 1). Thin t. .11, V M Parley
4 I?rv:-n (iiiiii,'S!. I.Iaints H Wood 1 A Osbnin.
r( j- (;.(rr. !t IJuhn W Lea j William .1 Hill,
! 1-i.taC K Av-ry. -R-dx'it F Y-bb,i.Sani Mel) Tatt.
T Ed ( Haywood, lV L-c D.ivid.-ionl.J McLod Turn r
u U...H V M Shaw. '.J W I Linton, ii.nry Dunur
i!r. S li .kt r.
:.Jus 15 Uoi'lull,
jS 1) Pool-:,
' Win .1 Martin,
Jno II Whitaker.
Guion and Sparrow
Egbert A Ross,
jojj A J Uradford,
1 1 C L.-v. iitlioipi?,
I
Ij'Alfn-d M Scales,
J II Ilyman
V A .Johnston
WIl YarboiV,
Jno T Ilanibvirk,
It It T It nil. it,
Win Macliae,
Jti .1 S McKlrny,
17, Wm F Martin,
H John I Harry
i'.f
iD Tho. F. Toon,
o I W WT Kirk land
y- .lames Dmiiii r.
jtiW Hauiinojid
II D L.-.
Wni A Siowr,
John C Lamb, (Thus II Sharps.
W G I!obius;.u, 0 M Aiuh-. ws,
iSi-lson Moitii
IW J Siiinlv
W 8 linnkin
ILabau OJ. ll
'(,' U Ui.u k na!!,
'T D Love,
j W S Grady
J T Jones
jj C W. bb
:ainl N 8:owe
iW Ii 1 i aMnaii
I Wm W Si Hits,
id A D Mt-Kav
O C Col
'JA Hani H Clirnsti. Hi D Johnston,
iMlWm .1 Clark.-, J. hn I, Harris,
':!ll M Iiuthd".', iS C Jj-yson,
-2' H Jv iJii'frwyiin, :julin i; Lun
27 Jiihn A (filni-rjr (i F WhithVld
'j-, Saniurl l Lowe, W II A Sprar
.0 Fran M Iuk r,
:il .l.ihu V Jordan.
:.' E.! .1 l'.rabblr,
Ijam.'R T K.dl,
i; iiii"iu
W T Wiilu.ms,
; D (toward.
Xi CMai k M Awry,
Rcbt ' (.'.(wnn.'T W M.ivh.-w
3 1 V L J Lowrance ! J I ili-DuAV-ll i
Xt M W llaitsoui,
Jolm G Jim' s,
:5l Artill. ry
;?7 Win M Harbor,
.'H William J Hoke,
T.) David Cil.-inan,
Art ill--ry
41 John A "Raker
U (J.-orjr.- C t;ibbs,
rimuias S K- iiaii,
di-Jflvhed
W G Morris
John Ashfoid,
F A Ivcynnid-,
I.taclicd
'conipnnii's,
iUv. n X l!iovn
jM M McLan-ldin
i
ji-oinpniM-'s,
John E Iirown, W Pra-lshaw
Wm. (i L.Mvis. i Walt J I5..L!'rau.
41 T (J S'mjfcltary.
45 .1 H M .. . h- 1,
If, IMward I) Il.iH,
47 H II Faribault,
4-i Rob. it (J Hill.
T I HarsrvoVi-. C M Sfcdinan,
i.Vn.h. w J II. .v.!.'. I U Wiii.-um
-W L Sannd.-v.s A V MeAt!'-r
'John A Grav.-s. A 1) L'rudiip
jS II Walk up, lAib.-rl A 11 ill
I'.t I M MvAf. o.
.Ml .1 A W;isii'm'!oii J;.-o. W.irtliam. :.l (.' Van Hook
;j II Mclwthaii, it' I IIubM.n j Ja- K Mel ). maid
f,-i. 1 K Marshall, Marcus A I'aiks, J , Richardson,
r,:i; Win A Owens, !.! T Al on lo ad, ; Jas ,J livdcll,
MiR. M Muichison, 1 Anderson Kills, Jas A R.rTs
S John K Conallv,!Alf:vd II 15. do jM T .Vmith
-f. lV.nl V l':,isn ' It; t; l.nki . Ill F SlhclH'k.
.".7 Arch 0 Godwin, jll C Join s, Jr.. j-Jauios A Craig.-,
f-i .John H Vahncr, j "in W Froi'iit, 'J C Ko. u. r,
.V.I I) I) i . r. b.-..- i; l'ai:tv. il
I .las M Mavo,
() Jos A McDow. ll, Wm II IViiver.
iW M Hardy
lJas. I). Ra.lcliiTo, j Win S D.-vauc,
(J.' Rolit. (J. A. Low. (i W Clayton
F.-torG Evaiu S F Evans,
Ib-ni'V llardiusf.
jD G Mel)...u. 11
!.I II McXt iil
fil'L M All.-n. iJain. s A Iv-itli.
i"Gi-orjr N Folk, i
Th. above Jl.-iin'mts arc in tin.' f.JIowiiij
Ib irrruL s:
Clingniairs - rih, ;5 1st, lt and tUst.
Cooko'b loth, ih, -H-th and l'th.
Rite's '.hh.
Rmi.d's ::, Y., r,th. r.fti, mid r.:M.
Davis" ."."! h .
Hok.-'s oih.lst, !th and :7th.
Hainpon's 'Jib, (cavalrv )
lv.i son's r.th, l-Jth, ynth'aiid 'j:'. 1.
Jjauf's 7th. ilii, li-ih, :J.5d aiol .'.7ili.
W II F Lc. 's It'll. . (cavalry)
I'rj-or's !:d and od.
P.-mlcr's FUh. Kith. 'Jd, 31:h and :?Hth.
P. ttigrew's Uth, ,'Cih, -J-.M. 17tl and ;V'd.
Ransom's y 1th, y.'ith. ".'tl:, I'.Mli .md oiilli.
Rauisi ur's yd, 1th, Ilili and :;in!i.
ItobtTtson's 4lst,-:'.'th, and C:M.
Tb.i 10:h, 17ih, 'Mih, Uhh, o-tli. i)(nh, tV.M, (ilthaud
otii Regiments arc not lb ia-l.-d.
The Uili, I'.'ih, list, f.iUh, ti.ld and (Mth arc cavalry Re-fc-ini
-n:s.
Tin- 10th. ",t'th and liifhart Artillery Rt gimt iTts.
In ndiiitiou to the Ri piinents, there arc tin following
Ikittalions : r.iout-Col. Chas 1 Shi. T.s infantry (t'or-
m,..tv H I t J....,.' i- I .I ! II V. ,.,,t,K- p....
p-eis; M tj R W Wharton's Shai p.-hoot. is; M.-.j John W j
Moor.i's ArtilSery; Mai W Lbmn Arti.l. ly ; laj Al.-x i
MvRac's Artill.ry; (" i 1 ter .M.ihi ii's camp Guard. j
k.ui. in ii i iiom:i lias a i.,. ;;!. n ol JI i;lil..nd- fs and
Iu.lian nunibeiiu-- over l,..0v nu n.
The Charlotte Mutual Fire Insur
ance Company,
lOXTINTKS to tale risks ugaiiii lo by f.rc. on
.V Houses. Gr.ods, I'roi'ace, ic, at usual rates.
rresiJnityi. H. TAYLOR.
Vice J'i.:siJaitC. OVKR.MAX,
Atttrnftf JOS. H. WILSON,
.SVc .j- 7V7a'r E. XY1-: HUTCHISON.
DIRECTORS:
A C. STEKLK, WM. J. YATKS,
JNO. L. I'.ROWX, WM. JtiliN.TOX
M. B. TAYLOR. F. SCARR, '
CIIAS. OVERMAN.
IUtcu;ivc Co.nmittcf- F. Scarr, Jno. L.Rrown, Wv.
J. YiltfJ.
April 10, 18C3.
Copartnorsliip.
WITH A sas & OATCS
InoS,ly!,?:i' ,,C'1,vh!, tbe Mercantile
and CommissiM bslP, LEWIS W. .SANDERS:.
The sole of tW hn will lrcatter be
WILLIAM-?, fl ATI'S i CO.
NOTICE. All persoH inliiii.. i ....
Willi, & Oates willIee l..':i,Lr ;:tC fi,,a ot i
we wiih to close our cl 1 bu.inc-. RS ;
r WILLIAMS i otfs
Dec 0, 1?C2 tf OA1LS.
IM'i. .1. M. Mii.LKli
Charlotte, M. C, '
iUs resumed the Practice of Mtdicine, and-can be
found at his 0lice in the Hrawh-y builditrc onnosite to
Kerr'a hotel, or at his teiidtuce. " '
. Feb. 25, 1862.
rvoTict: to dkbtoks.
All persons indebted to the Rjf.ue of Patrick J.
Loirric, deceased, art- requested to rail and niaVr j.u"
.uMiate p;iv,nen, !o SAM L. p. SMlTtl
'' Mtnrr.ry f.'.r Fvf-.Mtri..
NOTICE TO SHIPPERS.
Office Charlotte & P. C. Railroad, 1
Columbia, 'Mat 30, 163. .
Liquor will not be transported ly this Company or
the A., -Term & O. Railroad company unless securely
boxed and .strapped.
THOS. R. SHARP
June 1, 18C3 Ct Cen'l. Sup't.
Klnl of Cill oIiUii-MecKIeubiirg Co.
: L'uUTl of 1'Uas and Quarter Session! April Term, 1863.
! Joab P. Smith, Adm'r wiih the Will annexed ol Dan
' Alt'xaii'ler, dee'd. vs. The Hciib at Law of Dan Alex
ander, deceased.
! - - P4S9W-Laiid to pay debts. " .
It appei ing to Hie satisfaction of the Court That
j Marcus S. Alexander and Wtn If Alexander, two of the
I heir? at law of the'gflid dw-ease'd, are not inhabitants
i of this State' it i9 therefore ordered by the court that
j publication be made for six weeks in the Western De
' uiocrat, a newspaper published in the town of Char
i lotte, for said defendants to appear at the next term of
i tli id court, to be held fur the county of Mecklenburg, at
the court house in Charlotte, on the 2d Monday in July
! next, and show cause why the lauds described in the
i petition thould not be told according to the prayer of
I the nclitioner.
Wiiiies.', Wrn. Maxwell, clerk of our said court,
j office in Charlotte, the 2d .Monday in April, 1863.
at
6J-ot adv StJ WM. MAXWELL, clerk
State of X. Cai olinst Itlccltleiiburg Co.
Court of I'J ran ty Quarter Sessions April term 18G3.
Isaae X. AU-xaro'cr, Adm'r of John T. Reid, dee'd, vs.
Jainc V. Henderson, wife, and others.
Petition for setlleaicnt of the Estate of John T Reid.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that N
A. McCoinbs and wife Jane, 'One of ihe defendants in
this case, red !c beyond the limits of this State, it is
therefore ordered by the Court that publication be
made for six wevks in the Western Democrat, a news
paper published in the town of Charlotte, notifying
said defendant to be and appear at the next term of
this court to be heid for the county of Mecklenburg.-at
the court house in Charlotte, on.the 2d Monday in July
next, then and there to plead, answer er demur to the
petition, or judgment pro eonfesso will be taken and
the same heard expat te as to them.
Witness, Wtn. .V;ixvell, clerk of our said court at
ofiice-in Charlotte, the i Monday in April, lbG3.
(53-Ct adv $6 M MAXWELL, clerk.
TO
I have
COTTON
been appointed
PLAIfTERS.
by the Secretary of the
Ticasury, Chief Agent for the purchase of Cotton tor
the Confederate Government within the State of North
Carolina, and will pav for the paruein 7 percent Bonds
or Cash.
Sub -Agents visiting the different parts of the State,
bnving in my name, will have written .certificates of
appointment.
Ry order of the Secretary of the Treasury, all Cot
ton purchased by myself or my agents, on and-after
ihe lth day of March, J8 J3, will be paid for in 7 per
cent Houds or Cash, and not ? per cent Bnns as stated
in a former advertisement. Up to that time, however,
the S per cent bonds will be furnished as stated.
Patriotic citizens are now offered an opportunity to
aid the Government by selling to it their Cotton rather
than to private capitalists.
LEWIS S. WILLIAMS.
Charlotte, March 24, 1SG3 tf
Wilmington, Charlotte & Hutherford
0n and after Monday the 25th of. May, 1863, the Pas
senger Train will run on this Road (Western Divi
sion) daily, Sundays excepted, as follows :
GOIXG WEST;
ARRIVE:
8 15 A. M.
8 r.5 "
9 25 "
10 00
io rr "
ARRIVE;
LEAVE:
1 30 A. M.
Charlotte,
Tuckasecge,
Rrevard,
Sharon,
Lincolnton,
Cher ryville.
GOIXG EAST:
Cherry ville,
Lincolnton,
Sharon,
Rrevard,
Tuckaseege,
Cha rlotte.
8
0
9
10
20
00
30
05
LEAVE:
1 1
12
12
1
2
30
25
55
25
00
A
P.
M.
M.
12
12
i u
5 P. M.
r.o
53
C
Fare, six cents per mile. Soldiers going to and re
luming from the army, half fare Passengers are re-
j uired to make the proper change, as the Ticket Agent
cannot fnruish change 'or every one. ,
A Ft eight Train leaves Cberryviile for Charlotte at
7 O'clock, A M, on Mondays, and returns same day.
For Passenger Trains transporting Freights, 50 per
cent to the la rill' rates of freight will be added.
V. A. McBEE,
Master of Transportation.
Lincolnton. May 25, IS'? 3.
Richmond, Maj 9th, 1S63.
The following- Confederate oflieers and men have
been tiulv exchanged, and are hereby so declared .
1. AH officers and men who have been delivered at
City Point at any time previous to May CtL, 1863.
2. AH oflieers captured at any place b?fore the. 1st of
April, lso;. whu have been released on parole.
3. AH men captured in Xorth Carolina or Virginia
before the 1st of March, lso'3. who hare been released
on parole.
1 The oflieers and men captured and paroled by
Gun. S P. Carter, in his expedition to East Tenneisee
in D.'cember last.
5. The oflieers anl men captured and paroled by
Lieut. Col. Stewart at Van Burcn, Arkansas, January
25th, !tW; hv (,L Dickey, in Deceruber,l 8J2, in his
march to the Mobile and' Ohio railroad, and by Capt.
Cameron, at Corinth, Mis., in December, 1862.
(!. The officers and men paroled at .Oxford, Mis3., on
the 23d of December. ISC2; at Des Arc, Ark., oa the
lTih of January, lStJ3, ru;d at Baton Rouge, La., on
the 2 3d of February. 1863.
7. All persons ho have been captured on the, sea
or the waters leading to the same, or upon the sea
coast of the Confederate or United Slates, at any time
previous to December 10th. 1862.
8. All civilians who have hrn nrrocfid at nnv time
.... vv li Ul 1 v "J - - w,
before the Gth of May, JS03, and released ou parole, j
aie oii-cnarea Horn nv and vrv r.hlicration con
ny and every obligation con- .
tained in said parole. If any such person has taken
any oath of allegiance to the United States or given
any bond, er if his release was Accomplished with any
other conditiou, he is discharged from the same.
i. Ifanv nersons finliMi.l .ti-,- iS fWr rroJp.fr
.- i .. ... ... !., v . r '
sections, or in any section uf any previous Exchange '
Notice, wherein they are declared exchanged, are in !
any Federal prison,
lca.-ed and delivered
May 17, lb63
they are to be immediatelj7 re
to the Confederate authorii ie.
6t " ROBERT OULD.
VtM2I.lSTE2ATOK" NOTICE.
llUinS taken out Letters of Administration with the
" id annexed on the estate- of A. J. Dunn, deceased,
, Pcrsos having claims against said estate ar
Uerebv notifii.i :.i.r .'.
notified
scribed bv 1
v. trs.vtlfc tUilll H IU11U UJV.tui w
(r (lit.? r, ... ...1 1 1 K' rvln a il cri ill llAr
rTIir...
' i i u is iiu i r niii lit" nicaucu su
v. - ii i nuivrr
And tw inH.htod to said estate
a.c icquested to niske immediate settlement.
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u- v nnirn l.tmV t
I-eh v ir''. r .... ,
Cie tBrjstrm JJtraofrot.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
NOTICE.
Our terms are or dollars per rear In advance.
Individual or local shinplasters will not be re
ceived. When sent to us they willTje brld subject to
the sender's call, and not returned by letter.
The Democrat will he diseontinved to all sultcrim
berg at the expiration of the time for which it is paid.
Those who want to continue mutt renew before or at the ex
piration of their time. - , .J
Northern Items. The democratic Stale Con
vention of Ohio unanimously nominated Vallaridig
ham for Governor, and Hon. Mr Pugh for Lieut.
Governor. Pugh made a speech defying such or
ders a3 have" been issued by Gen. Burnside. A
committee was appointed to wait on Lincoln and 1
demand that Mr Vallandigham be restored to
Ohio. We are glad to learn that Vallandigham
has left the Confederacy and is now on his way
to, Canada
The Illinois Legislature was adjourned by the
Governor in consequence of divisions between the
members as to the proper time to adjourn. The
republicans retired from the Hall and left the
democrats without a quorum. The action of the
Governor created considerable indignation.
The yankee enrolling officers in some parts of
the North have been pretty rcughly handled by
being stoned, rotten egged, and shot.
Mors Rumors of Recognition. Northern
papers of the 10th bring us some interesting
advices from Eur9pe. The rumors of recognition
are again revived. On the 29th uit., Mr Roebuck
gave notice that at an early day he should move
that an address be presented to the crown, praying
that her Majesty would cause negotiations to be
entered into with Kuropean Powers, with a view to
the recotrnition of the Confederate Slates. Lord
R. Montague gave notice that he would move an
amendment to this. A great meeting was held at
Sheffield lately in favor of a recognition of the
South. The Mayor presided, and ten thousand
persous were present. Resolutions were passed to
memoralize the Government pn the subject. The
Paris correspondent of the London Morning Post
also reports that fresh efforts arc being made by
Messrs. Mason and Slidell to obtain from the
European Governments the recognition of ihe
Southern Confederacy. The Paris correspondent
of the London- Morning Herald says, that Mr
Mason's presence in Paris has strengthened the
report of the approaching recognition of the
Southern Confederacy. The great stumbling block
continues to be the stubborness of a portion of the
British Cabinet. The general" impression is that!
trance wm rase ine leau in tne recognition or tne
South, and the rest of Europe will not be slow
to follow.
m mu
President Davis's Plantation Pillaged.
The Jaekson Mississippian of the Gth inat
sa?s :
Lnst Sunday a body of Yankees went upon the
plantation of Preeiuent Davis and rifled it com
pletely, destroying every implement of husbandry,
all his household and kitchen fgrniture, defacing
the premises, and carrying and driving off every
negro on the place. The plantation of Mr Jo.
Davis, brother of the President, was treated in
the same way, if we except four or five domestic
servants which the robbers left..
BSiF Col. William H. Thomas's Legion, a fine
body of men embracing seventeen companies, we
observe, has been ordered to Zollicoffer, Tcnn.,
in view of another Yankee raid upon the East
Tennessee & ,Virginia Railroad. Asheville News.
The President has called upon the State author
ities of Virginia for eight thousand Militia for lo
cal defence and to be ready for active duty by the
1st of August, and the Adjutant General of the
State has issued orders for their enrollment and
organization.
For Europe.--Col. Richard Thomas Zarvona,
recently released from a Northern dungeon, after
two years confinement, and for the past manth
sojourning in Richmond, has, or is immediately
to sail from a Southern port for Europe. When
he returns, it will be, probably, on the deck of a
Confederate steamer of a belligerent class, like unto
the Alabama.
m m
Well Done. Northern dates of the l3th
state that whilst the steamer Maple Leaf was con
veying 300 Confederate officers from Fortress 31on
roe to Fort Delaware, on Wednesday the prisoners
overpowered the guard, captured the boat, and
tun her in near the Virginia shore, when all but
26 escaped. General Dix sent cavalry after them,
but up to the latest advices they had not recaptur
ed them.
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The Wheat Crop in this eection is highly
promising. If nothing occors-to mar it, the crop
will be the heaviest harvested in many years.
Asheville AVtcs.
A Revolt at Berlin, Maryland. We
have learned from a source whose reliability is be
yond all question, that a serious and sanguinary
riot occured on Tuesday, of hst week, at Berlin
Marvland. A Maryland regiment, commanded
J J C
by Colonel Sly, had received orders to proceed to
Harrier a Ferrv to nrenare to nntrate into Vir
ginia; but being unwilling to g, tbe soldiers re
volted. Tho principal officers at first remonstra
ted, and then attempted to use force, when- the
men attacked them pell mell, clubbed the Colonel,
.1 T ... AM..lt. 1 L f Inrino
wie .uieufc. vui. .uj&uj j auu mc iuajox.. - r
the revolt, a telegram was sent to Point of Rocks
; for assistance by the Colonel, and it, was answered j
I by the speedy arrival of the 5lst New York infan-
I iiy, nuu uiaikiicu ujiuu iuc icuciiiuiu "-o
j aud forced them to take the cars for the Ferry, at
the point ot the bayonet. luaunona &iin-
. a a r- t w w ' - .aaa
Yankee Drinks. A gentleman recently from
, Z i V i,. j,;nirQ I
labels are exhibited naming the popular dnnics.
iiiiriM hik -x iiiiiiii'ii immiu lug uj u m i
a .u 4r.i.i-. nVtir. ' 'Sumter !
T, , ci!t t..r,i,- ' .Tftflr Tfl'l Cock-1
imiiivr iirH v null IL..1IIIU jwkw i
""UP"S cumi.. . -
tain. etn. - -
: .COLLECTION OP CONFEDERATE
TAXES.
The Secretary of the Treasury has recently
issuea the official - instructions tor the collection of
tne Confederate taxes. Wo copy some parts of
the circular which are of general interest to our
.readers:". -; - ; v -- ?,
Immediately after his appointment, each district
collector shall give public ndtice requiring the per-
buiib uieniioncu in me nun section or xne lax act,
of April 24, 1863, and hereinafter set forth in
t-'oiu (uiiiccu ui il cbc Juan ucuous, io aticnu at
F . . . -
suen places as ne may appoint, on or berore tbe 1st
of July, 1863, or at the time of beginning easi
ness, and register, in the form to be prescribed by
the commissioner of taxes, a true account of the
name and residence of each person, firm or cor
poration engaged or interested in the business,
with a statement of the time for which, and the
place and manner in which the same is to be con
ducted, and isuch other facts as may be requisite
to ascertain the amount of tax upon such business
for tbe past or future, according to the provisions
of said act.
At the time of such registry, the district col
lector shall coll6ct the specific tax for the year
ending 31st December, 18C3, and such other tax
as may be duo on sales or receipts in such busi
ness at the time of such registry, and the collector
shall make said registry and give a receipt for the
amount in duplicate, specifying therein the sepa
rate sums received as specifie tax, and tax on
sales or receipts; and one receipt he will deliver to
the tax payer, and the other he will forward to
tho State collector, as io case of other receipts for
taxes.
There shall be a separate registry and tax for
each business, and for each place of conducting
the same. But no tax is required for the mere
storage of goods at a place other than the register
ed place of business. Upon every change in the
plaCe of conducting a registered business, there
-shall be a new registry, but no additional tax, and
so also upon the death of any person conducting
such business, or upon its transfer to another
person, there shall be a new registry in the name
of the person to continue the business, but r.o ad
ditional tax shall be required.
The following are the occupations, trades and
persoas taxed under tho provisions of the fifth
section of the tax act and the specific and general
tax to be collected at the time of registry.
Occupation. Special Tax. General Tax.
Apothecaries
Bankers,
Brewers,
Brokers,
Butchers,
Bakers,
$50 2 per cent on gross sales
500 None.
100 2 per cent on gross sales.
200 None.
50- I per cent on gross ?alcs.
50 1 per cent on gross sales.
40 each.
50 i of one per cent on gross
sales of etock or securi
ties for money
2 per cent on gros9 value
all other things from 24th
April to 30th Jnne, 18G3,
both days inclusive.
Bowling Alleys,
Billiard room
Auctioneers,
Commission mer
chants and com
mercial brokers,
Cattle brokers,
Circus,
Confectioners,
Distillers,
Dentists,
Distillers of fruit
"for ninety days j
or less,
200 2J per cent on all sales.
60 $ per cent on gross sales.
100 $10 for each exhibition. .
50 2J per cent, on gross sales.
200 20 per cent on gross sales.
50 None.
J50 cts per gallon on ten
gallons, and $2 pr gal
lon on all spirits dis
t tilled bevond that
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500 first class.
300 second class.
200 third clas3.
100 fourth class.
30 filth class.
Hotels,
Inns,
Taverns,
Eating llonses,
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Jugglers and exhib
itors of shows, 50
Lawyers, 50
None,
do.
do.
do.
2J per cent on gross sales.
None.
2 per cent on gross salts.
1 per cent on gross sales.
Livery stable keep's, 50
Pawnbrokers,
200
50
50
50
Pedlars,
Physicians,
Photographers,
Retail dealers,
Retail dealers
liquors,
Surgeons,
Theatres,
Tobacconists, -
in
100
50
500
50
10 per cent on gross sales.
None.
5 per cent on -all receipts.
2 1 per cent on gross sales.
l percent on gross sales.
Wholesale dealers, 200
Wholesale dealers
in liquor, 200
5 per cent on gross sale3.
The several
persons mentioned in article io,
who are required under the tax to make returns of
sales, shall be required by the district collector to
make further e turns to the assessor at the end of
everv three months, from the 1st July 1803, of
the gross amount of sales made by them during
said quarter, and to pay the amount of tax which
is chargeable thereon to the said collector. The
form for such return will be furniehed by the com
missioner of taxes.
If, on the 1st day pf July, 1863, a commission
merchant holds in store on account of producers,
the article enumerated io section one of the tax
act, or any agricultural products of the growth or
production of any year preceding the year 1863,
fie will be required to make full return thereof to
the assessor, and to pay the tax of eight per cent
upon the value of such article, whether as owner,
agent or factor, will bo required to make the re
turn and pay the ax. So, also, every person who,
as trustee, guardi&n, curator or committee, executor
or administrator, or as agent, attorney in fact or
factor, of any person or persons, whether residing
io the Confederate States or not, and every receiver
in chancery, elerk, register or other officer of any
court, shall be unswcrable for the doing of all such
acts, matters and things as shall be required to be
done in order to the assessment of the money,
property, products and income, under their con
trol, and the payment of taxes thereon, and shall
be indemnified against all and every person for all
ttavments on account of tne taxes in said act
specified, and shall be responsible for all taxes due
fr01n tj,e estates, income, money or property in
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j-Col. "Jno. II. Wheeler is preparing a new
edition of the Historical Sketches of North Caro
lina, first issued by him in 1851. He is solicitous
of receiving any new information in regard to the
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history of the late, ana aesiroas oi Having any
errors in his work as already printed corrected for
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COTTON AT' THE NORTH.
i About three montha ago th price of cotton in
Nef. York was between 90 and 100 cenU rr
pouod. It has gradually gone down to about CO
cents only a few cents hijther than the- article
sells for hero. What has caused this remarkable
fall? . Evidently nothing else than the facility
with which steamers run the blockade, .carrying
large quantities of cotton to Nmssu, from which
place the Yankees take it to New York. Instead
1 of being entirely destitute of that creat necessary
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now have no occasion to. complain of Its want.
And in return for this mlirfc oHtolxthem kindness
in supplying their pressing need, they send us all
sorts of manufactures of their own, not even dis
guised by a pretence of an English mark. We go
on as we used td do when they pretended to be
our friends, supporting their manufactures and
mechanics and trades-people; and they in turn are
hiring Irishmen ami Dutchmen to come over by
every ship from Europe to murder and rob ns.
It is a strange state of things. Strange that Con
gress has not put a stop to it. Not a vessel should
be allowed to enter one of our porta except with a
cargo ot tho absolute necessaries of life or war im
plements, and without the clearest evidence that
none of them ever saw a yankee port or acknowl
edged a yankee owner. Lt must come to that, and
speedily. And we therefore caution our readers
who may take n fancy to speculate in blockade
stocks, that the demands of public opinion will be
ooeyea ana tne ousinesq stopped. men what
will be the value of the stocks in blockade run
ning companies which people in Charleston are
now rushing to buy at ten times the original cost?
Jiut the evils above alluded to, great as they
ajre, are not so great as tbat to which we have
heretofore more than once directed the attention of
our readers, viz.: the effect upon our currency. This
is depreciated by every ship's cargo that .enters our
ports, but more than all by tbe blockade running
anrnus th Pntnni.irvtn Hinfimnnd If ia nmif!n.r
that this has failed to arrest the attention of the
government and to induce it to propose the proper
remedy to Congress 1 he multitudes of specula
tors in Rinhmond have been willing to give any
price for gold, silver, bank notes, or State stocks
anything that will pa6S across the line with
which to buy yankee goods Confederate notes
being the only thing that will not pass there, is
the only thing that the speculators reject, and o
thev have been sinking constantly whilo the others
rose.
The newspapers generally abuso tho blockade
runners, but they are not the parties to blame.
Not only is there no law' against such a traffic,
but it is knpwn that the government has been
urged to put a stop to it, and has refused. A
military commander at one of the ports where the
steamers' arrive is known to be strongly opposed
to the whole system of indiscriminate importa
tions, and to have remonstrated against its contin
uance, but without effect. Fajcttecille Observer.
A BRILLIANT EXPLOIT.
A party of our daring marines started to get a
steamboat; the party was under the command of
Capt. James Duke. After experiencing rather
hard fare in the marshes of the Mississippi for
some days, they discovered. tbe Boston towing the
ship Jenny Lind, loaded with ice, up to New Or
leans. This was some throe miles from the Pass
a l'Outre light-house. The brave fellows hailed
the ship, end a line was thrown out to them; they
were in an open boat. On getting aboird of the
Boston, the Confederates made a very pretty dis
play of revolvers, when the Captain of the ship
remarked, "I told yon they were d d rebels."
It was too late; the fastenings were instantly cut,
and our men were in possession of the steamer.
In coming round at sea, they met the bak Len
nox, from New York loaded with an assorted car
go, principally stores, to which they helped them
selves aod retaining the Captain-and Mate as pris
oners, sent the passengers and crew as bote; they
then set fire to her, completely destroying the
vessel. There were about 40 on the Lennox.
About an hour afterwards they came up with the
bark Texana, also from New York. - They-did not
take anything from her but the Captain and Mate
the balance, they sent ashore. The Texana
was then set afire, and was burning splendidly
when she left. There arc about 17 prisoners on
board of the Boston. The Boston arrived at Fort
Morgan about 2 o'clock. She is a staunch tug
runs about twelve knots an hoar, and Is a propell
er. In tbe Mississippi River the Confederates
were for some time within speaking distance of
the United States man of-war Portsmouth, 1G
guns, aud about half an boor previous to their
capturing the Boston, a gunboat had passed up
within gun shot of our men. This prize will
prove very valuable to the'eaptors and shows
what daring can accotnplish in the way of a little
private enterprise. The Boston was cheered all
along our front as she came inthe Confederate
flag over the gridiron. Motile Advertiser.
An Expert Artillerist. The London cor
respondent of a New York journal asserts thtt tbe
chief gunner of tbe Alabama is the most expert
artillerist ever in the British Navy. After being
mustered out of her Majesty's service, with the
expectation of re-cnlistiog, be joined Captun
Semmes, with whom his pay is 200 sterling a
month, "which in Confederate currency' is equal
to $42,000 per annum.
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Alcohol from China Berries. Messrs.
Beusse & Hines, of this place, are now manufac
turing alcohol from china berries. They have
succeeded in making it ninety per eent proof.
It has been tested, and pronounced an excellent
axticle for mechanical purposes. The enterprise
deserves encouragement. -Athens Baincr.
A government tannery is nearly completed at
San Antonia, Texas. Tbe capacity of the rats is
equal to the accommodation of 5,000 - bides at a
time, and the actual coat of tanoed leather to the
; government at 50 cents per pound, will be a Bar
ing of 500 per cent on present price o ieiuer.
General Braxton Bragg has joined tho Protec
tant Episcopal Church. . Ho was confirmed a few
days since at his quarters to Sbclbyvflle, TeniL, Rt,
Rev. Bishop Elliot, of the diocese of Georgia, ofS-
j ciatmg
"SIGNS OP THE TIMES."
f A friend has sent ns a lato copy of tho New
j York Herald, and fromtt wo make the following
I extracts. But a short time ago the Herald was
lor lancoitt iot tne -oext rrcsidential term; now,
it declares that tbe peace candidate, whoever be
may be, will certainly be electei. Here It what
it says in regard to the late peace meeting In New
York: . . ..
k "The greatest meeting ever held in tbiavity
was that of xhe Democracy on Wednesday evening.
It numbered thirty' thousand men, iacloJiog all
the fighting elements of the city, manifesting such
an UQttiistakeablo bitterness of hostility agtiou
the administration as ' has never before been
witnessed in the history of the United States. . Tbe
enthusiasm was op to the fever point. A sperk
of opposition to the objects of tbe mectiug, or the
right to hold it, would havo exploded a mine and
let loose a volcano. The most singular phae of
this meeting was the absence of the dcmoeratlo
political leaders. They were opposed to it, and
kept aloof. The sickly weekly papers representing
Tammany Hall were against it; yet the rank and
file of the Democracy wcro there, not only the
men of Mozart Hall, but the whole legion of the
Tammany section. All agreed that "failure' was
writtcu on the brow of tbe administration, end
that it was high time to stop tht war. Peace"
is henceforth the platform of the democracy."
"Mozait Hall and its leaden, boldly aeixing cn
the elements of discontent and disaffection whioh
cxt in the community, havo inaugurated peace
revolution which is" bound to be successful, and
bare left the Tammany lights of other days licking
the empty plates in the kitchen of the Corporation."
The following are two of tbe resolutions pasrd
by tho democratic meeting spoken of by the
Herald:
Rcselvcd, That the war, io its inception 'and
further continuance, being contrary to the Constl.
tution, must ncccssar'Jy fat eousutne all tho
elements of Union, and hence thut our duty as
citizens, our obligations as men, and ourrelaUous
to our common Father, alike demand that an end
should be put to what is repugnant to the law,
abhorrent to the humanity and civilization of lhi
enlightened era, and inconsistent with the benignant
spirit of morality and religion.
Resolved, That thus believing there can be no
reliable security to persona or propcity peoding
this war, and that by its continuanco the Uovern
ment itself will be utterly and Irrevocably sub
verted and tbat the South as well as the North
must alike crumble into general ruin and devssta
turn, we recommend, ia the name of the people,
that there be a suspension of hostilities between
the contending armies of the divided auction f
our country, and that a Convention of tho State
composing the Confederate State, and a separata
Convention of the States still adherinc to the
Union, be held, to finally settle and dctcrmioe in
what manner and bv what mod a tho contending
sections shall be reconciled; and appealing to the
Ruler of all for the rectitude of our intentions, we
implore .those io authority to listen to the voice of
reason, patriotism, and ofjustioo.
The rcadio? of the add res nreunlrd Lnnt
three-quarters of an hour, and was received with
eenerai favor. Amon? the sentiments nf th
audience elicited by the reading wero groans aod
nisscs tor I'resiucnt jjincoln, nurnaidtand Butler,
cheers for Vitllatidichnm and MrlMrllnn. hmo
for the Emancipation Proclamation, prolonged and
hearty cheers for pcaco, groans for military court
martial of citizens, aod cheors for the proposition
for a Convention to tako preliminary steps to
secure peace. The croans and biases for tha
President and tbe cheers for Vallandicham and
peace were specially vigorous.
Tbe following is another 'Sign" given by tho
Herald :
A Sign or the Tim Ea.- From mm of th
Harrisburg papers we learn tbat tbe soldiery io
Harriflbun? a few dava t?n burned down ihm nrrn
r5 w..w ---o -
0 carters in tbat citv and drove all the neerora out
of the place. This is a sign of 4he times. The
soldiers detest the nczrors. Tbe black race are
in danger of being exterminated, and so are the
abolition leaders. Beecher has alreadv fld to
EurODC. directing the salo of hit i.ietnr. and
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Cbcever, Phillips, Greeley and Garrison onght
to follow them as fast as they can. Gerrit Smith
is ihe only man of tho tarty who foreaaw tbe
coming storm. . It will not be necejarv for him
to seek safety in flight. He is all right on the
record. Bnt let the other radical leaders look
out.
The Herald ia trying to get on the strong side.
How they Pillaged. -A private letter from
Jackson, Miss., gives tbe following sketch of the
proceedings of the enemy in that place, which
have been already partially represented from Ten
ons sources :
"Here they burned all Government stores, far-,
tories, c, and many private stores. They pill
aged aod robbed, and completely ransacked the
whole town. Private houses were broken open
and entered into, and tbe clothes of women aod
helpless babes wcro taken and destroyed. In,
fact, it is beyond any one's comprehension the
way they acted, without having been an eve wit
ness. When they entered the town they did not
come in as a disciplined and civilized enemy, bat
in perfect disorder and much after tho faihioa of.
witd beasts. Tho town appeared as If the lover
regions, with all their evil spirits, bad been torn si
npon it, to destroy everything and evervbodV.
They robbed men on tbe streets and in the boosse
oftbeir watches and their valuables, and-arc n
stripped one poor fellow of a pair of pants ho had
on, and gave bim a pair of old torn blue Yankee
breeches instead. '
A friend in borlh-weitera Arkansas writes ta
us the particulars of tome of the atrocious "acts
committed by tbe Federals there. Two of then
seized two yonng girls and outraged "lb em. Af
terwards, two , negroes, after severe struggling,
committed rapes on two respectable ladies, whilo
their white comrades la arms stood by laughing
at tho eh ticks and prayers of the poor women,
31 ay God nerve the arm of Geu. Cabell, and rite
strength to tbe brave men under him, to t)vD9.
tni toul ciei.i oi trifle dastardly ruffian
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