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5 fff. WE6TEKN DBMOOEAT, CHAELOTTE, 2ST. C. 8 -4 ! i i "-i ft- Jii I -SI Mi. it ! Mi: it 'si ".ft it 21 YOUTH, HEALTH, AND GENIUS. Tbe world's wide compass ne'er has knowo, By lo-wlj hearth or golden throne, : A happier or a lordlier wealth Than pride of genius, youth and health. Oh Genius! child of God on high", Creator of the world and sky; fright ornament of noble mind, Born to lead and ble?s mankind. 0 Youth! oh bright and happy morn!- " Gld daya when noblest thoughts are boro; When buoyant spirit lifts the soul, To bless each season's .changing roll. Oh flealth! oh pearl of kingly price! What wealth of gold in sacrifice, The dying monarch in the arms of death, Will pour to feel thy balmy breath. There's youth and health In all the prime Of genius in this golden clime! No prouder nation e'er can claim A pride more meet to praise her name. lieincmber, youth, the hearts that bled In many a battle heaped with dead; Measure your talents as you would The price of sacrifice an I blood. Perchance the bravest of you all, Amid the dire stritV, shall fall; . Oh! for all the brave that die, luiyjba new life for liberty! Stout and brave, by manhood's side, For love and freedom boldly ride, In the name of truth and God on high, March on to conquer or to die! lrallier, Leather. I Lave a lot of" Leather on hand w nich I wish to trade for IIUCS.S. Any pf-:ori that Lad only one or two hogs to spare, I will buy them in exchange for Leather. W. A. COOK, Quartermasters Dep't. Charlotte, Aug. 8, 1S61. tf. . PUBLIC ACTS J'ts&ed at the Fourth Session of thv-First Con yi css of the Confederate States 1803, 1864. An Act to provide an Invalid Corps'. Tiie Congress- cf the Confederate States of America do enact, I'WM ail oflicers, non-comuiisioned officers, iiiucif ion, privates nnd seamen) who have or who shall ii'rromc disabled by wound, or other injuries re ceived, or disease contracted in the service ot the Con federate States, and in the line of dut v.fcliadl be retir ed or discharged from their respective positions as hereinafter provided. But the rank pay and emolu ments of audi ofhVers, nud the pay and emoluments of snch nn-commissioned officer.-, mucisians, privates and seamen, shall continue to the end of the war, or as long as they shall continue so retired or discharged. .Sec H. That till persons claiming the benefits of this act, shall present themselves for examination, to one of the medical examining boards now established by law. lTpon the certificate of such board th.i such perma nent disability exist?, such persons bhall be retired or discharged as aforesaid. See 3. That all persons retired or discharged as aforesaid, shall periodically, and at least once in six mouths, present themselves to one of said boards for further examination, under regulations to be prescrib ed by the Secretary of War, rhe result of which exami nation shall be reported by such board to the said Sec retary. And if any such person shall fail so to report himself to such board, whenever he shall be required pxj to do, he shall he dropped from said retired or dis charged list, and become liable to conscription, under thts terms of the law, -unless such failure shall be caus es by physical disability. Sec 4. That the Secretary of War may assign such ' ruTieers, nnd order '.he detail of such non-commissioned officer?, musicians, privates nnd seamen, for such duty p.3 tfcey 'hall be qualified to perform. If any such non-commissioned officers, musicians, privtes and sea mon, shall Lc relieved from disability, they shall be t e xtured to duty in their respective commands. Sec 5. That the Secretary of War shall make all needful rules and regulations for the action of the med ical boards as aforesaid.' Sec 6. That vacancies caused by the retirement pf officers under this act, shall be filled as iu case of the death or resignation of such officers. Sec 8. This act shall be iu force from its pa.'Cflge. Approved February 17, 1864. An Act to authorize the promotion of officers, non commissioned officers and privates for distinguished ekill or valor-. The Congress of the Confederate Stales of America do enact. That the President is hereby authorized up n the recommendation of the general commanding a department or a separate army in the field, to fill any vacancy in the commissioned officers of a regiment or battalion, by the promotion to the same, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, of any officer, non-commissioned officer or private who may have distinguished himself bv exhibiting peculiar valor or skill op the bait?e-nld: Provided, That the officer, non-.coinuii.-sioned officer or private so recommended And nominated 'for promotion, shall belong to the regi ment or battalion in which the vacuncy may have-occurred. Sec 2. All nets and parts of acts ia conflict with tbe above provisions are hereby repealed. Approved February 17, 1864 An act to increase the efficiency of the army by the employment of Free Negroes and slaves in certain capacities Wherf the efficiency of the army is greatly diminish--e4 by the withdrawal from the ranks of able-bodied soldiers to act as teamsters, and in various other ca pacities in which free negroes aud slaves might be advantageously employed- Therefore The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, that all male free negroes and other. free persons of color, not including those .who are free under the treaty wiih Paris of eighteen hundred and niueteen, resident iu the Confederate Slates, be tween tbe ages of eighteen and fifty years, shall be lit Id liable to perfoim such duties with the army, or in connection with military defences of the country, in the way of work upon fortifications or in Government M ork for the production or preparation of material of w.ir, or in the military hospitals, as the Secretary of "War or the commanding general of the trans-Npssiss-ippi department may, from time to time, prescribe; and while engaged in the performance of such duties shall receive rations and clothing and compensation at the rate ofelcven dollars a month, under such rnles and regulation as the said Secretary may establish: Pro vided, That the Secretary of War or the commanding general of the trans-Mississippi department, with the approval of the President, may eiera,), from the ope rations of this act such free negroes as the interests of the country may require should be exempted or such ms ke may think proper to exempt, on grounds of jus-tice,-equity or necessity. Sec. 2. That the Secretary of War is" hereby au thorized to employ for dulies similar to those indica ted in the preceding suction of this act, as many male iiegro slaves not to exceed twenty thousand, as in his judgment, the wants -of the service may require, fur nishing .hem, while so employed, with "proper rations and clothing, under rules and regulations to be estab lished by him, and paying to the owners of said slaves such wages as may be agreed upon with said owners for their use and service, and in the event of the loss r f any slaves while so employed, bv the act of the enemy, or by escape to the enemy, or bv death inflict ed by the enemy, or by disease contracted while In any service required of said slaves, then the owners of the came shall be entitled to receive the full valas of such e!ves, to be ascertained by agreement or by appraise ment, under tbe law regulating impressments, to be paid under snch rn'es and regulations as the Secretary of War may establish. See. 3. That when the Secretary of War shall be un able to procure the service of slaves in any military department in sufficient numbers for tbe necessities of the department, upoa the terms and conditions set forth in the preceding section, then be is hereby an thorized to imt ress the services of as many male slaves not to exceed twenty thousand, as may be required from time to time to discharge the duties indicated io tb first gectien of this act, according to !aVs rejfulat- ine impressment of slaves in other cases : Provided, That slaves so impressed shall, while employed, re ceive the same rations and clothing in kind and quan tity as slaves regularly hired from their owners ; and, ia the event of their loss, shall be paid for in the same manner and under the same rules established by the said impressment laws: Provided, that if the owner have but one male slave within the age of 18 and 50, he shall not be impressed against the will of said own er Provided further, that free negroes shall he first impressed, and if there should be a deficiency it shall be supplied by the impressment of slaves according to the foregoing provisions Provided further, that in making tbe impressment, not more than one of every five male slaves between the ages of eighteen and forty-five shall be taken from any owner, care being taken to allow in each case a credit for all slaves who may ba-ve been already impressed under this act, and who are still in service, or have died or been lost while in service. And all impressments under thi3 act shall be taken in tjual ratio from all owners in the same Ioeal ity, city, county or district. Approved February 17, 1864. An Act to amend "An act regulating the granting of furloughs and discharges ia hospitals," approved Hay 1st, 1863. The congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That an act regulating the granting of fur loughs and discharges iu hospitals, approved on May 1st 1863, be and the same is hereby so amended as to provide that the period of disability' therein named, which entitles soldiers, sick and wounded in hospitals, to furlouges, shall be extended to sixty days, or up wards, in which case the board of examiners may grant furloughs for sixty days, Approved February 17, 1864. An Act to amend the sixty-fifth Article of War. The Congress of the Confederate Stntes- of America do enact, That the sixty-fifth article of war be so amended as to read as follows: "Art. 65. Any general officer commanding an army or commanding a force of cavalry not with and under the immediate command of the co.mmander of an army, ' or other officer com manding a separate department, may appoint general courts martial whenever necessary. But no sentence of a court martial .-hall be carried into execution until after the whole proceedings shall have been laid before the officer orderingihe same, or the officer command ing the troops for the time being-: neither shall any sentence of a general court, martial in time of peace, extending to the loss of life, or the dismission ef a commissioned officer, or which shall, either in time of peace or war, respect a general officer, )e carried into execution until after the whole proceedings shall have been trau.mitted to '.he Secretary of War, to be laid before the President of the Confederate States for his confirmation or disapproval and orders in the case. Another sentences maybe confirmed and executed by- the oflicer ordering the court to assemDie, or me com manding officer for tbe time being, as the case may be. Approved February 17, 1864. An Act to authorize the impressment of meat for the use of the Army, under certain circumstances. The congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That whenever the President shall declare that the public exigencies render it necessary, impress ments of meat, for the use of the army,' may be made from any .supplies that may exist in the country, under the express condition that just compensation shall be afforded to the 3vner pf the meat taken or impressed, aud subject to the following restrictions and limita tions : Sec. 2. The power to direct such impressment shall be conferred upon the Secretary of War ; but he shall not reduce the supplies of any person below one-half the quantity usually allowed for the support of him self, his family, and dependents for the year. Ke shall exercise the said powers by orders directed to the offi cers or agents he may employ, who shall have explicit instructions as to the ruode of its execution, and in junctions that the same shall not be abused. Sec. 3. Tat these orders shali direct that a notice shall be given to the owner of the'meat needed, his bailee or other agent, declating the quantity required, the price offered, the existence of a necessity, and whether possession is to be taken of'thesame imme diately, and with whom the risk of the safe-keeping is to b, pending the negotiation, and in what manner the compensation shall be settled, in case the offer is not accepted service of which noticef'shall be a con dition precedent to any impressment or seizure by the impressing oflicer. fr'Scc. 4. That upou the service of this 'notice upon the owner of any mc.it liable to impressment, the own er shall hold the same subject to the claim of the Con federate States, and shall be entitled to just compensa tion, according to the provisions of this act; and if the necessity is declared by the impressing officer to be urgent, he shall deliver the possession to the impress ing officer upon his deinaad, who shall give a receipt therefor, as provided in the sixth section of this act. Sec. 5. That for the ascertainment of the quantity of meat liable to impressment under this act, and also of just compensation lor the same where the owner and impressing officer cannot agree, the impressing officer shall appoint oue loyal and disinterested citizen of the county, district or parish, in which the meat impressed' shall be njt the time of impressment, and the owner of the meat so impressed, his agent, or other bailee shall apppint another, who shall, upon oath, ascertain tbe quantity liable to impressment, and the ralue of the same at the date of the notice served upon the party, which oath may be administered by the impressing officer, and which, ascertainment of the quantity and value shall be conclusive evidence thereof; and if the assessors cannot agree, they may associate with thein a third person, of like qualifications, to make said as sessment.. Sec, C. That whenever an impressment shall be in a do under this act, it s"hall be the duty of the impres sing officer to give sa official certificate, showing the quantity taken, the Company, baltaliou, regimeut or other command, for whose use it is required, the com pensation to be mid, the circu-mstanees of necessity tbg existed, which certificate shall be evidence of a claim against the Confederate States, and shall be promptly paid by the disbursing officer of the com mand for which the meat was taken, or by the chief of the bureau having charge of disbursements for similar objects. Approved February 17, 1864. A bill to repeal an act to organize bands of partizan rangers, approved April 25, 1S62, aud for other pur . pose. The congress of the Confederate States of America do euact, That the act of Congress aforesaid be, arid 1 the same is hereby, repealed: Provided, That organiza tions of pariisan rangers acting as regular cavalry, at the passage of this act, shall be continued in their pre sent organization: Provided, They shall hereafter be considered as regular cavalry and not as partisan ran gers. See. 2. That all the bands of partisan rangers organ ized under the said act, may, as th interests ofthe service allow, be united with other organizations, or be organized into battalions and regiments, with the view of bringing them under the general conditions of i the provisional army as to discipline, coutioland move- i mc-nts under such regulations as the Secretary of War ! may prescribe. Sec. 3. Tbe Secretary of War shall be authorized, if j he deems proper, lor a time, or permauentiy, to except i from the operation of this act such Cotypuuies as are : serving wnhin the lines of the enemy, and under such ' conditions as ne may prescribe. Approved February 17, 1864. An Act to confer additional powers upon courts martial aud military courts. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do euact, That any military" court or court martial couveuied within the army of the Confederate States shall have power to summon as a witness before it any citizen of the State in which said court may, at the time, hold its session; aud any citizen disobeying said sommojs, upon information given thereof by the judge advocate of said military court- or court martial to the juge of the district court of the Confederate States for the district in which eaid'citizeu may reside, shall be subject to the same penalties as for disobedience of an order of said district court; or. on application of the judge advocate, such citizen may, by military force, be J arrested and brought before said military court or j court martial by cdsr of the commander of tbe army, ' end may be held in clcs-e CLEhcemcnt until he or she Ehall consent to testify. Sec. 3. That any citizen witness appearing upon be ing mmmoned, as provided in this act, shall be paid such reasonable amount for his or her attendasce as ths commander of the army shall deem reasonable, which payment ehall be made by any paymaster, upoa the certificate of said commander, nwcifyine the amount. Approved rehrcary 17 1864. An- Act to provide for retiring officers of the army. f thereof,,or of tbe means of cultivating the same, by The Congress of the Confederate States of America ! reason of th presence or the pn.ximiry of the -ne-do enact, That the President be, and he is hereby an- my. the assessment on sub property may be re tborized, upon the recommendation of any general duced, in proportion to the damage sustained by commanding a department or an army, to discharge i. the owner, 6r the tax assessed thereon may be re from service any officer" of the Confederate States army jMuced in the same ratio by tbe district Collector, on or of the provisional 'army of the Confederate States, -: satisfactory evidence submitted to him by the own who ba3 no command and cannot be assigned to any j er or asseior.' appropriate duty, or who is incompetent or inefficient, 1 gec 6- That the taxes on property- laid for the or who may be absent from bis command or duty with- ear 1864, shall be assessed as on the day of the out leave: Provided, That any officer who may be dis- t,niiaQ-e of this act. and he dnfi and collected on the charged for incompetency, inefficiency, or absence from lii8 command or duty without feave, snail be en titled to a trial before an examining board under exist--ing laws, if he demands it of the commanding general within.thirty days: Provided further, That it shall not extend to aiiy officer who is absent on account of his captivity. A Approved February" 17, 1864. . An Act to provide tobacco for the army. The Congressof the Confederate States of Ame.ica do enact, That there shall be furnished to every enlist ed man in the service of the Confederate States one ra tion of tobacco, under such regulations as the Secreta ry of War may establish. Approved February 17, 1864. J An Afct creating tbe office of Ensign in the army of the Confederate States. The Congress of tbe Confederate States of America do enact, That there shall be appointed by the Presi dent, to each regiment of infantry in the army of the Confederate States an officer to be known as ensign, with the rank, pay and allowances of a first lieutenant, whose duty it will be to bear the colors of the regiment, but vithont right to command in the field. Approved February 17, 1864. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to pnnish drunkenness in the array," approved April twenty first, eighteen hundred aud sixty-two. Tbe Congress pf the Confederate States of America do enact, That ' the jurisdiction "conferred upon courts of inquiry' in the act above recited is hereby repealed, and the said jurisdiction is hereby conferred, for the punishment of the offence therein named, upon the military courts and general courts martial conven ed in the army of the Confederate States; and the pro ceedings therein shall be-subject to review a.J in other cases. Sec. 2. "Th.-it any citizen of the Confederate-States is hereby authorized to make report of any violation of the act to which this is an amendment, in the same manner as officers of the army are now required to do. Sec. 3. Upon any, trial for drunkenness, it shall be lawful to prove, without special charge, that the ac cused is of intemperate habits; and if the court shall find that he is of such habits, he shall be cashiered or otherwise punished, at the discretion of the court. Approved February 17, 1864. 32 THE NEW TAX BILL. An Act to lay additional taxes' for the common de fence and support of the Government. Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That in addition to the taxes levied by the "act to lay taxes for the common de fence and to carry on the Government of the Con federate States,'" approved 24th of April, 18C3. there shall ba levied, from the passage of this act, on the subjects of taxation hereafter mentioned, and collected from every person, co-partnership, asso ciation or corporation, liable thereto, taxes as fol lows, to wit: I. Upon the value of property, real, personal and mixed, of every kind and description, not hereinaf ter exempted or taxed at a different rate, five per cent : Provided, that from this tax on the value of property, employed in agriculture, shall be deduct ed the value of the tax in kind delivered therefrom, as assessed under the law imposing it, and delivered to the Government : Provided, that no credit .shall bo allowed beyond five per cent. II. On the value of gold and silver wares and plate, jewels, jewelry and watches, ten per cent. III. The value of property taxed under this sec tion shall be assessed on the basis of the market value of the same, or similar property in tho neigh bourhood wliro assessed iu the year. I860, except in cases wheri land, slaves, cotton or tobacco have -been purchased since the l?t day of January, 18G2, in which case the said land, slaves, cotton and to bacco so purchased, shall be assessed at the prico actually paid for the same by the owner.- Sec 2. On the value of all shares or interests held in any bank, banking company or association, canal, navigation, importing, exporting, insurance, manu facturing, telegraph, express, railroad, and dry dock companies, and all other joint stock companies 'of every kind, whether incorporated or not, five per cent. The value of property taxed under this section shall be assessed upon the basis of the market value of such property in the neighborhood where assessed," in such currency as may be iu general use there, in the purchase and sale of such prop.erty, at the time of assessment. Sec 3. I. Upon tho amount of all gold and silver coin, gold dust, gdd or silver bullion, whether held by the banks or other corporations or individuals, five per cent.; and upon all moneys held abroad, or upon the amount of all bills of exchange, drawn therefor oft foreign countries, a tax of five per cent; such tax upon money abroad to be assessed and-col-lected according to the, value' thereof at the place where the tax is paid. II. Upon the amount of all solvent credits, and of all bank bills, and all other papers issued as cur rency, exclusive of non-interest bearing Confederate treasury notes, and not employed in a registered business the income derived from which is taxed,, five per cent. j . Sec 4. Upon profits made in. trade nnd business, as follows : . I . On all profits made by buying and selling spir ituous liquors, flour, wheat, corn, rice, sugar, mo lussfg or syrup, salt, bacon' .pork, hogs, beef or beef cattle, sheep, oats, hay, fodder, rawhides, leather, horses, mules, boots, shoos, cotton yarns, wool, woolen, cotton or mixed cloths, hals. wagons, harness, coal, iron, steel or nails, at any time be tween the 1st of January, 1863. and the 1st January 1S'I;. ten per cent., in addition to the tax on such profits as income under the "act to lay taxes for the common aefeuce. and carry on the Government of the Confederate States,'' approved April 24th, 18G3. II. On all profits made by buying and selling money, gold. ilver, foreign exchange, stocks, uotes. debts, credits', or obligations of any kind, and any merchandize, proparty or effects of any kind, not enumerated in the preceding paragraph, between the times named therein., ten per cent., in addition to the tax on such profits as income, under the act aforesaid. III. On the amount of profits exceeding twenty five per cent., made during either of the years 18G3 and 1864, by any bank or bauking company, insu rance, canal, navigation, importing and exporting, telegraph, express, railroad, manufacturing, dry dock, or other joint stock company of any descrip tion, whether incorporate or not twenty-five per cent on such excess. Sec 5. The following exemptions from taxation under this act shall bo allowed, to-wit : I. Property of each head of a family to the value of five hundred dollars; and for each minor child of the family to tho further value of one hundred dol lars; and for each son actually engaged in the army or uavy. or wh'o has died pr been killed in the mili tary or naval service, and who was a member of the family when he entered tho service, to the further value of five hundred dollars. II. Pj'r'.perty of the widow of anV officer, soldier. sailor or marine, who may have died or been killed in the military or naval ervice, or where there is no widow, then of the family, being minor children to the value of one thousand dollars. III. Property of every officer, soldir, sailor or marine, actually engaged in the military or naval service, of bucIi as have been disabled in such ser vice, to the value of one thousand dollars; provided, that the above exemptions shall not apply to any person, whose property, exclusive of household fur niture, shall be assessed at a value exceeding one thousand dollars IV. That where property has been injured or de- ( - stroyed by the enemy, or the owner thereof has temporarily deprived of the or oceppaooy v ' ' - 7 first of -June next, or as soon after as practicable, allowing ah extension of ninety days West of the Mississippi-river. The additional taxes on Incomes ! 0r profits for the year 1863, levied by this act. shall be assessed, and collected torthwith; and tne taxes on incomes or profits for the year 1864, shall be as sessed aud colle6ted according to the provisions of the tax and assessment acts of 1863. Sec 7. So 'much bf the tax act of the 24tb day of April. 1863, as levies a tax on incomes derived from property or effects on the amount or value of which a tax is levied by this act, and also the first section of said act, are suspended for the.year 1864. and no estimated rent, hire- or interest on property or cred its herein taxed ad valorem, shall be assessed or taxed as incomes under the tax act of 1863. Sec 8. That the tax imposed by this acton bonds of the Confederate States heretofore issued, shall in no case exceed the intesest on -the same, and such bonds, when held by or -for minors or lunatics, shall be exempt from the tax in all cases where the interest on the same shall not exceed one thousand dollars. ' " Adopted iuFebruary, 1864. THE NEW MILITARY LAW. - A Bill to organize forces to terve during the War. Sec. 1. That from and after the passage of this act all white men, residents of the Confederate States, be tween the ages of 17 sod 50, shall be in the military service of the Confederate States for the w ar. Sec 2. That all the persons aforesaid, between the ages of 18 and 45, now in service, shall be retained during the present war with the United States, in the same regiments, battalions and companies to which they belong at the passage of this act, - witlflhe same organization and officers, unless regularly transferred or dischargedv in: accordance, with the laws and regu lations for the government of the array : Provided, that companies from one State, "organized against their consent, expressed at the time, with regiments or bat talions from another State, shall have the privilege of being transferred to organizations of troops, in the same arm of the service, from the States in which said companies were raised; and the soldiers fiom one State', in companies from another State, shall beallow ed, if they desira it, a transfer to organizations from their own Stafes, in the same arm of the service. Sec 3. Be it further enacted, That at the expiration of six months from the first day of April next, a bounty of one hundred dollar? in a six per cent. Government bond, which the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to issue, shall" be paid to every nonrcom missioned officer, musician and private who shall then be in service, or in the .eVent of his death previous to the period of such payment, then t the person or per sons who would be entitled by law to receive the ar rearages of his payj.bnt no one shall be entitled to the bounty herein provided, who shall at any time, during the period of six months next after the said first day of April, be absent from his command without leave. Sec 4. Be it further enacted. That no person shall be relieved from the operation of this act by reason of having been heretofore discharged from the army, where no disability now exists; or shall those who have furnished substitutes be any longer exejnpted by reason thereof: Provided, that no person, heretpfore exempted on account of religious "opinions and who has paid the tax levied to relieve hira fiom service shall be required Jo render military service under this act. Sec 5. Be it further enacted, That all white male residents of the Confederate States, betweeu the ages of 17 and 18 and 45 and 50 years, shail enroll theiJ sclves at such times and places, and under such regu lations, as the President may prescribe, the time al lowed not being less than thirty days for those east, and sixty days for those west of the Mississippi river, and any person who shall fail so to enroll himself, without a reasonable excuse therefor, to be judged of by the President, shall be placed in service in the field tJr the war, in the same manner as though they were between the ages of eighteen aud forty-five : Provided, that the persons mentioned in this section shall con stitute a reserve for State defence and detail duty, and shall not be required to perform service out of the State in which they reside. Sec 6. That all persons required by the 5th section of this act to enroll themselves, may wit hin thirty days after the passage thereof, east of the Mississippi river, and within sixty days, if west of said river, form them selves into voluntary organizations of companies, bat talions, or regiments, and elect -their own officers ; said organizations to eoaform to tbe existing laws; and, having so organized, to tender their services as volun teers during the war to the President; a d if such or ganizations shall furnish proper muster rolls, as now organized, and deposit a copj thereof with the en oil ing officer of their district, which shall be equivalent to . enrollment, they maV be accepted as minute men for service in such State, but in no evjnt to be taken out of it. Those who do not so volunteer and organize, shall enroll themselves as before provided ; and may, by the President, be required to assemble at conven ient places of rendezvous, and be formed or organized into companies, battalions and regiments, under regu lations to be prescribed by him; and shall have the right to ekct their company and regimental officers ; and all troops organized under this act fur State de fence, shall be entitled, while ia actual service, to the same pay and allowance as troops now in the field. Sec 7. That any person who shall fail to attend at the place of rendezvous as required by the authority of the President, without a sufficient excuse, to be judged of by him, shall be liable to be placed in ser vice in the field for the war, as if he were between the ages of 18 and 45 years. Sec 8. That hereafter the duties of provost and hos pital guards and cferks, and of clerks, guards, agents, employees or laborers in the Commissary and Quarter master's Departments, in the Ordnance Bureau, and clerks and employees of navy agents, as also in tbe exe cution of tbe enrollment act, and all similar duties, shall be pcrforined by persons who are within the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, and who by the report of a Board of army surgeons shall be reported as una ble to perform active service in the field, but capable of performing some of the above said duties, Specifying aivhich; and when those persons shall have been assign ed to those duties as far as practicable, the President shall assign or detail to their performance such bodies of troops or individuals required -to be enrolled under the 5th section of this act, as may be needed for the dischafff of such duties : Provided, that persons be tween the ages of 17 and 18 shall be assigned to those duties: Provided, further, that nothing contained in this act shall be so construed as to prevent the President from detailing artizans, mechanics, or persons of scien tific skill, to perform indispensable duties in the de partments or bureaus herein mentioned.' . Sec 9- That any Quartermaster or Assistant-Quartermaster; Commissary, or Assistants-Commissary (oth er than those serving with brigades or regiments in the field,) or officers in the Ordnance Bureau, or Navy Agents, or Provost Marshal, or officer in the conscript service, who shaTl hereafter employ or retain in bis employment any person in aay of their said depart ments or bureaus, or in any of the duties mentioned in the 8th section of this act, in violation of the provis ions hereof, shall, on conviction thereof by a court martial or mjlitary court, be cashiered ; and it shall be the duty ofany department or district commander, up on proof, by tire oath of any .credible person, that any such officer has violated this provision, Immediately to relieve such officer from doty; and said commanders shall take prompt measures to have him tried for such offence ; and any commander as aforesaid failing to perform tne duties enjoined by this section, shall, upon being (July convicted thereof, be discharged from the service. IX REGARD TO EXEMPTIONS - Sec 10. Be it further enacted. That all laws granting exemptions from military service be, and the game are hereby repealed, and hereafter none shall be exempted except the following : 1. All who shall be held unfit for military service, under rules to be prescribed by the Secretary of War. 2. The Vice-President of the Confederate States, the members and officers of Congress and of the several State officers as the President, or the Governor of the respective oim, may ceruiy to ne necessary for the. ProPer anwtration of the Confederate or Stat. Governments; as tfc care may be. - t. f T . . I' 3. Every minister of religion authorised to preach 'according to the roles of his church, aud who, at the : passage of this act, shall he regularly employed in the discharge bf his ministerial duties; superintendents and physicians of asylums for the dear and dumb and blind and of the iusane; one editor for each newspaper : being pablishedatt the time of this act, and such etn ! phnees a said editor may centify on oath 10 be indis ' pensable to the publication of such newspaper ; the . public printer of the ontederate and State (Jovern ments.and such journeymen printers as tbe 8aid public printer shall ceriif), on oaih to be iudispensible to per form tbe"public-printing; one skilled apothecary in each apothecary store, who was doing business as such on the 10th day of October, I82, and has continued said business, without intermission, since thai period ; all physicians over the age of thirty yearg, who now are, and for the last seven years have been, in the ac tual and regular practice of their professiou, but the j term physician shall not include dentists: ell presi I dents and teachers of colleges theological seminaries, 1 academies and schools, who. have been regularly en gaged aa such for two years next before the passage of this act: Provided, that tbe benefit of this exemption ; shall extend to those teachers only whose schools are composed of twenty students or more. AU supenn tepdents of public hospitals, established by law before the passage of this act, and such physicians and nurses therein as such superintendents shall certify, on oath, to be indispehsible to the proper aud efficient manage ment thereof. 4. There shall be exempt one person aa owner or agriculturalist on each farm or plantation npon which there are now, and were-on the 1st day of January last, fifteen able-bodied field hands, between the ages of sixteen and fifty, upon the following conditions: 1. This exenJption shall only be gramted in- cases in which there is no white- male adult on the farm or planta tion not liable to military erviee, nor unless the person claiming the exemption was, on the Jst of January, 18C4,' either tlie owner aud manager or ovm of tsaid planta tion; but in no case shall more than one person be ex empted for one farm or plantation 2. Snch person shall first execute a bond, payable to the Confederate States of America, in such form and with snch security, and in such . penalty, as the Secretary of War may prescribe, conditioned that he will deliver to the Gov ernment at some Railroad, depot, or such other place or places as may be designated by the Secretary of War, within 12 mouths next ensuing. 100 pounds ot bacon, or, at the election of the Government, its equivalent in pork, and 100 pounds of nett beef (said beef to be delivered on foot), for each able-bodied slave on said farm or plantation, within the above said ges. whether said slaves are used in the field or not, which said bacon or pork and beef shall be paid for by the government at the prices fixed by the Commissioners of the State under the impressment act; Provided, that when the persou thus exempted shall pro duce satisfactory evidence that it has been impossible for, hiin, by the exercise of proper diligence, to furnish the amount of meat thus contracted for, and leave an adequate supply for the subsistence of those living on the said farm or plantation, the Secretary of War shall direct a commu tation of the same', tf the extent of two-thirds thereof in grain or other provisions, to be delivi red by such person as aforesaid at equivalent rates. 3. Such person shall further bind himself to sell tb marketable surplus of provisions and grain, now on hand, and which he may raise from year to year while his ex emption continues, to th" government or to the families of soldiers at prices fixed by the commissioners of tin State under the. impressment act: Provided, that any person ex empted as aforesaid, shall be entitled to a credit of 25 per ceuton any 'amount of meat which he may deliver within three months from the passage of this act ; Provided fur ther, that persuns coming within the provisions of this ex emption shall not he deprived of the benefit thereof by reason of having been enrolled since the. 1st of Feb. 1804. 4. In addition to the foregoing exemptions, the Secre tary of War, under the direction of the President,' may exempt or detail such other persons as he may be satisfied ought to be exempted on account of public necessity, and to insure the production of grain and other provisions for the army and the families of soldiers. He may. also, grant exemptions or details on such terms as he may prescribe, to ueh overseers, farmers or planters as he may be satis fied will ho more useful to the country in the pursuits of agriculture than in the military service : Provided, that such exemption shall cease whenever the farmer, planter or overseer shall fail diligently to employ, iu good faith, his own skill, capital aud labor exclusively iuthe produc tion of grain aud provisions to be sold to the government aud families of soldk-rs at prices not exceeding those fixed at the tim fur Jike articJea by tho cornmisf ioneii of the State nuder the impressnieut act. 5. The president, treasurer, auditor and superintendent of any Kailmad company engaged in transportation for the government, and such officers aud employees thereof as the preside nt or superintendent shall certify on oath to be indispensable to the efficient operation of said railroad: Provided, that the number of persons so exempted by this act on any railroad shall not exeeed one person for euch mile of said road iu actual use for military transportation; and said exempts shall be .reported by name and descrip tion, with the names of any who may have left fe em ployment of said company, or who may cease to be indis pensable. 6. That nothing herein contained shall le construed as repealing the act approved April 14th 1 1 Ht;:t, entitled an act to exempt contractors tor carrying the mails of the Con federate States, and the drivers of post coaches and hacks, from military service: Provided, that all the exemptions granted under this act shall only continue whilst the per sons exempted are actually engaged in their respective pursuits or occupations. Section 11. That tle President he and be- is hereby au thorized to grant details, under general rules and regula tions to be issued from the War Department, either ot per sons betweeu 45 and 50 years of age, or from the army in the field, in all cases where, iu his judgment, justice, equi ty and necessity require such details, and be may revoke such orders of detail whenever he thinks proper: Provided that the power herein granted to the President to make details and exemptions shall not be construed to authorize the exemption or detail of any contractor for furnishing supplies of any kind to the government by reason of said contract, unless the head or secretary of the department making such contract shall certify that the personal ser vices of such contractor are indispensable to the execu tion of said contract: Provided further, that when any such contractor shall fail, diligently and faithfully, to pro ceed with the execution of such contract, his exemption or detailshallcea.se. ' Spc 12. That in appointing local boards of Surgeons for the. examination of persons liable to military service, no member composing tho same shall be appointed from the county or enrolling district in which they are required to make such examination. Adopted in February, 1864. CARUIAtiE and WAGON WOUK, And Blacksmithlng. - The subscriber informs the public that he will con tinue to carry on the business of Repairing Carriages, Buggies, Wagon3, &c, at the shop formerly occupied by John Harty, on College street, in tbe rear of the Mansion House. He is Also prepared to do any Blacksmith work that may be required, such ag Shoeing Horses, repairing, ke. CHARLES WILSON. January 12, 1854 tf DR. J. m. miller; Charlotte, N. C, Can be found at hU Office next door to Ilutcbiion's Drug Store, opposite tbe Democrat'Office. Jan. 12, 16G4. TAKEJY UP And committed to tbe Jail of Mecklenbnrg coonty, on the 29tb of February last, a negro woman who says her name is LUCY and belong? to Nick Davi of Rich mond. Said negro is about 25 years old, very black, and rather under medium size. She says that she was persuaded off from T.ichmond by a man who gave bis name as Robinson. She was arrested on the cars on the X. C. Railroad near Charlotte. N. C. Tbe ovner is hereby notified to come forward, prove property, pay charges and take her away, or she wiH be dealt with as tbe law directs. R. M. WHITE, Sheriff. March 15, 164 tf '. -' COPPERAS. TAYLOR .& ASBURY are now prepared to fornifh by the ton or otherwise, a fine article of Copperas, superior to any English offered ia market. Druggists and Apothecaries lapplied with a chemically pare article. Address . TA LOK Abiaur, Mar 6, Charlotte, X. C, Short Almanac for 1864. . '5? . fc: j 53 K C ft ft . 5 V X" . . a 2 R- ? 5. . J. ft. fi, 2 ; r .j JANUARY - - 1 ' 3 4 5 0 7 I ... , 10 11. 12 13 14 15 1G 17 i 8 10 L'O 21 22 .25 24 25 20 27 29 So 31 FEBRUARY - 12 & 4 5c . 7 8 0 10 11 12 la 14 15 10 117 18 19 -, 21 22 23 24 25 20 27 28 20 MARCH - - 12 3 4 5 G 7 8 0. 10 11 .. 13 .4, lf 1G 17 18 10 20 21 22 23 24 25 "C 27 28 20 30 31 APRIL .... 1 3 4 5 G 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 la 17 18 10 "20 21 22 2.1 24 25 26 27 28 2l SO MAY 1 2 3 4 5 G 7 8 0 10 11 12 13 14 15 1G 17 18 10 20 21 22 23 24 25 20 27 23 20 30 31 JUNE - - - 12 3 4 5 G 7 8 0 10 11 12 13 14 15 10 17 18 . 10 20 21 22 23 21 25 20 27 28 20 30 JULY .---. 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 b 10 11 12 13 14 15 It) 17 18 19 20 21 22 2-1 24 25 26 27 28 20 Cu 31 AUGUST 1 2 3 4 5 C 7 8 0 10 11 12 IS 14 15 1G 17 18 10 20 21 22 23 24 25 20 27 28 20 30 31 SEPTEMBER 12 3 4 5 6 . 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 10 17 18 10 20 21 22 23 24 25 2G 27 28 20 30 OCTOBER - 1 2 345078 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1G 17 18 10 20 21 22 23 24 25 20 27 28 2'J 30 31 NOVEMBER 12 8 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 10 17 18 M . 20 21 22 23- 24 25 2G 27 -28 29 30 DECEMBER - " 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 10 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2G 27 28 29 30 31 WHEAT The subscriber is prepared to mirrnate tbe new crop ol Wheat at the highest market price. Fnrmeri will find it to their ad vjiiiUijre to call at the C1IAK LuTTE STEAM MILLS before telling. Jan'y 1, 1863, tf JNO. WII.KKK. PEA MEAL Ve keep at ci SteiiMi I'lcli ring Mill in this plart Pea Meal for feeding cows and 6lovk. AUo, we have on hand at all times, Family, Extra, Supcrnnj: and coarse Flotir. We warrant Our family flour. Corn Meal and Grits canTiiwajsbe had at the mil!. J. WILKES, it CO. Jan'y 1, 1862 3,700 noxils OF TUG SOUTIIEUK HEPATIC PILLS Have beeu ordered in one day. Wherever known iLi ir use continues. Without pulling, they have gaimd ground by their real value. gfr.Wore than five hun dred persons are known to have been cured tr tL Iills.-a This excellent family medic Lie is recoui mended by the proprietors as good for Dittastn of the Livtr. Hi correspondents say that they alio cure Hilliou liLeii matism, Pneumonia, Chilli and Fererd, IJilJiouv Fever, Piles and Worms. They are a perfectly afc niedicinr. Peter Vaden, Esq., of Dinwiddie. county, Va , fur describing remarkable cures iu Lin fnmily Of Iiilliuui Rheumatism nnd Pleurisy, says: '-My Doctor's bill ha been heretofore from $175 to $200 per year. I hnv used theo (these pills) for n.y family, which consists of eighteen white and colored, and have not called in a Doctor. This is a great saving. They certainly are the best family medicine ever discovered. ' I'ev. John W. Potter, f Greene county, North Curo lina, had suffered twelve years from a diseased liver, wnicb tbe physicians had not been able to cure. lie says: "I commenced Inking the Hepatic Pills with no confidence in them. They ncted like a charm ou tn. From that hour I bare improved. I hare pert-emi'l in their use, until now, by God's Lief sing, I am !1 and hearty. I had a negro man who, as I believe, wh saved from death by a dose of these Pills. My Doctor bill was atnually rom $100 to $200, but I have Lad do use for aphysician since." Col. Jcton Wnght, of Goldsboro, N. C, (Aug. H, 1862,) sars: "I have used the Southern Hepatic Pil'' in my family here, and also on my plantation in Ala bama, and always with success. I Lave valunhls servant girl who bad been a long time under treatment for consumption, without receiving any benefit. Al most in her extremity I was induced to try tbe Hepatic Pills. TI.ey wefe given according to directions, and she is now well, entirely restored by them. A similar case occurred among my servants in Alabama. For liver and lung diseases I have perfect confidence la them." Full cMrection and other certificates n il! be found o the wrapper of each box Price, $3 00 a box. For $30 a dozen boxes w ill Ls sent bf mail, free to any pnrt of the Confi d my. Still gieater discount to Druggists, or others buying by the gross. Not less than a dozen need be ordered. Retailed generally by the Druggists, and in Charlotte N. C. by F. SCAl.ll. Tbe address of tbe Proprietor is GEoHGC W. DEEMS,' Wilson, N. C. Aug 10, 1863 ' NOTICE. All persons indebted lo FL'LLlVGS n.U 'n.r mrfnnnt a Tf lltrebv notified k SPRINGS, to call npon Wm. W, Crier, cx-sberiir, and "Spyus16 tnent February 3 18C3 tf lIERCIIiT tailoi:i.cj. Tbe k.ndrigned having located two doors south of the Cxpxess Office, Char lotte, S. C , is prepared to fill all or4trs in bis line of business, sncb at Mili"r and Citizens' Clothing, Caps, Lace, But tons, ire , Ice. A libv-ral share of the patronage of tbe public is respectfully solicited, a H orders entrusted lo my care will t promptly and faithfully filled. I bare competent workmen, and can compete with any other establish ment id giving "good fit," and I warrant my work to give entire satisfaction. Mr. R. M. ROBINSON, an experienced cp!ler.lar gaged in this establishment, and he will Le pleased to wait upon bit friends. J. A. CALDWELL. June 1 , I f 3 y- pi
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Aug. 30, 1864, edition 1
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