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I - 1 !'..' I ' J- - ' - I I I i ' f TsV AV iWXSA T 1 JO il Ay v GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1862. i - VOL. XXIIL NO. 1,191. tins I I -:I.I.1IEP WEEKl.T. BY S. SHERWOOD M. TKHMS.4-.IWA YEAR IN ADVANCE. Itult t tdtertl'InK. c f ir tS firt wtfk, snl ,r . w k t: rrfr. iw.-ive Pe lud wns uifie in f, vjirut 1 via i't :... js oo ! CH 14.00 I ...00 20.00 .'.'i in. r V'ff 4 I l .,11-. I ''' i no , articles. I r ti U- y t-tvfill Observer. Mitiliif! Mi HUH'! i,',y th- following f'rurn tho w. last ( , Sentinel : i,i t.'f ('inrrnfivn. Tho Conven er i.i-t has paed ftn ordinanco ;m.T,t of the Confederate War c Mat-. 1 1 n will relievo tlio t.O'l Mil'.'' tr i !i- j'.k I ax I' Im i time, of pail ot tho bar .1 the wnr, and we hope stimulate tho 1" ' I' nHT.fi.mot' ah U illfreu-i-.J cxortions, now m, much i.e. I.'.l f rM'0' 11,0 ,u(- T,,1S may I .. . . l i.,,, i ,, ,! , v ut it woeit hui-m iu us. me ....I i, .1 - V. I ,:nv h. -nig " existence, anu money ii, l.ih' r ifi circulation nmong tho peo- iii .... i :.u i : . :i. ;.l it 'in' tat could ie ui'j wiui as line t ...... .1 I. ... ! , pj.res-i ,1 ihi'.v, iin hi any uiuer iiuiv. in- in. iturv I'lii r tuo purj)ose oi . , t i .i r- ra .jr. N. ':ir(iina' juota of men for the mi ;i ilcrtttc M-rvico Iiun ulno passod. It is i rv ifi'jtal in thf provisions made for those v-: .htferrt mlitiie for the wur. It gives i. i nity i s'U in addition to tho 850 given v uc onfeilr:ito government for the ,i"ii: purpose It hn alfo rcnolrcd to tale i r ' t.-ih from Tuesday thu 'JOth innt. to the ; 1 Moixlay in April nexM unless aoonor mi v.-ii' d ly itn I'resii lnt. This is just wl ai w.' pri-dictcd, tue concern became uliirin. d lor tliu nitlVly ot their hulls. Tho approximation of' the i ankevn to the city ol Daks aUrined them, and they havo ea- c:hm' I to t'l.-ir homes Wi ll, well, what r i t ; Truly tlu 'urivrntion is liko a mule it licvrr (ll' S " " Wln-ri if in n roller ted that as soon an the iivfny capturi d K'oiiiti'ko Island the Las tern iiictnliors uf tho convention left Jial--ii;h 'ilnto.t in a body to go Inwards tno ankei't, ( w bit h tho Kditoroftho Winston 'or iirrl has not yet dofii, ) tr.o shameful ju-ti ! of tit- above ifuinuation may be ('I'M' att d It isulfo wi ll known that tho ' h .i hi ion has taken a revvM oloy for fit- aft oiniiMidation of thrno Kasiern mem- l'. r who ci.irl to be nearer tu the neat of w iir t nan llaU'iirli i. Wl i! rt of men have wo in our i . i!ii'iii'i'ivc lv such raidit gross i .i i J v o tin' in -t venerable and ! n.' n iri : lie Stale men hon i . ! ' p opie in a thousand ways I. vi itbed by the peoplo with tho ( en ii.tr, and now laboring to i " I' : - the funniii n 1 fi.nie '! la it not -i.'. . ar. f lTeiire against tho people, p'it'lie rnoraU ur.l the public good, i-' i -1 t h ;i ImhIv to "a mule," to atTcct -i. i at it an a "concern." and to slander a "a anii'd "",'ind as 'escaping Irom the t .iMit e to Uieir homes '! ItVuch itnputft i ni.H ;i ,t. made by the fell spirit of par f. n' ii-at h t them come from somebody w i ;.as honght Iho fare of the onemy, and ' 'i iii "lie who is nalo in un out of the ''') n e to which tho Yankees cannot i r.i ie-., vulgar abusers of tho Conven ' i. h hostile Wilmington Journal, may ' ' -"inetli -tig in its recent action to praiso ' i .U'li hc tiein ve they havo not awarded mii h praise. Tho Journal, for instanco i !e a loud call upon tho Convention to a"! et the distillation of grain. If the Con t. !i"cii ha I M.ljuunifd a month ago, in pur v.i un ot 'another and contradictory loud tall by the Journal, this could not havo I" en done IV.it it hii! been done. And t ti- ' iti vei.tion has provided for raising tho 'i i :a oi t loops recently called for by the on. ii. rave eovernmoni, and in uoinir so h n wisi-ly been, as the Sentinel is com l.r.le-1 to it! tn i r . "very liberal in tho nrovis- for tlu so " volunteers oniistini? i i Ill . ti e war " Suppose the Convention had a I O- k 1 ri. d a tiioiitb iijto, ns so incessantly " ' ' ; r;..ii.sy ilemamled by .inconsitler ' 1 and presses, these liberal jro " 1 il l not have been made, though " I'i'litpiMisab'o to the success of the ' i! ;!- Then the assumption of tho ' 1 " ' in lias been in-ide by an a 1 1 ' ' ' hi itvuto oi tho Convention. I- aii I. i A i ii thai there would have been such i i t.e ii to unanimity it the measure t. of doubtful expediency ? ' M veti lion has just been engaged i;ipi 'I'lunt measure one for rais 'i' UiiI it have adjourned and i-.'i niatt.ir unattended to? w ( III v. on lerhtaml how it must bo ; in.- IC l r tl.e members of the oik i -session in anile of at.d unpatn.itii- elamor. Men e t ...ii. a u nave jii i u, clngust. : i. ... L 1 I nae l een content nth discouraging 1 : 1 1 -1 k I - I.Ve or 1 1 part, we hnpo that a ill hot finally adiourn till j j .... aali l.avo been a i.ew Legislature .d we doubt not, that if the utii.ut s. tho public interest will p I e .1 e eitiai new l.egislaturo lo bo frequoDtly . .'HMi nii'l tor long periods. Tho pub exigeaey imperatively demands the ex " I(ey imperatively demands tho existence u nee ol a body capable of legislating on en emergence,, with which a. tate f war will alwa .s abound. A KOW AMONG THE YANKEES IX SaLISBU RY a correspondent writing from Salis bury on Fi 'fly ). mvii oners confined in tne prison at mis place wa hung by his comrade night before Inst, lor using atrong anti-Lincoln doctrine that ho intended to remain in tho South when rob . used and battle for its institution, instead of being under the dominion ot Lincoln fc Co. ho wasrescuod from death bv the timely interference of some of the guard who heard his aupplication", &c. Prisoners ov War CAUdiiT. Nine of tho thirteen Yankco prisoners who recently I cmnel from confinement in Columbia wero returned to their old quarters ; "II Friday a portion of them were caught in Fairfield District and tho others in Union. We learn that the citizens of Union aro in pursuit ol three more. Char. Mercury. Zd inst. General Conference M. E. Chircii. This body was to have met in New Orlcane r,n 1 ril'Anril but. t hn S !! ihr-rn Chrirttiun ' Advocate has received a lotter from Bishop Andrews, postponing tho meeting to some v i lirt I Li ui u auu uiavu ij uu uvviuvx uivi. t w , Bishops of the Church. The Right Spirit. Tho directors of the Macon (tla.) Manufacturing Company havo adopted the following: For the purposo of preventing specula tion in oijr goods, and furnishing them to customers at a resonable ami fixed price : "Resolved that the agent of the Mill be instructed to sell tho Macon sheeting at eighteen cents per yard, cash on delivery, "j and that thoy bo sold by the single bale to parties only who will agreo to retail them at twenty cenlB." "We will take pleasure in recording simi lar resolutions of tho manufacturing com panies in thi9 part of the Confederacy. Which of them will lead off? Ya.vkek Cotton Bales. A New York letter to the Philadelphia Inquirer says: Th o cotton that arrived here on Tuesday last from Port Royal (500 bales, per schoon er Aid, consigned to Coilector Barney, on account of the (Jovernment,) is in very small package.; it is in tho Reeded state, moreover, and when it is cleaned, these will los 9 about three-fourths their weight. We h live been informed fsas tho Rich mond Whig) that an attempt wai made last week, by some Union flag in Joncsboro, Tonn., wtiich led to a row and resulting the killin v of three of tho Unionists The Ktttv C'onflMratlon Measure. An Acl lu o'ter and amend im Act mtt'ltJ "An Act fur th' S'-j in ii ration J-'xtattn. 'rr'cr.'y and Ffftcti of .li.'i f.'n r mn and fur ndimiiti of I'ltucnicf the f'vnfrdf'i , Statrt. nu t I'.rtitte aidini ' "ir i. tht ntnti.il i tnrr uith th' I'm'fil Stat.'," " f-rurtd A ijtil ihi r!(tnth, on' ihout'tnd niht huinlrni and 4.J t'-tU ... Sec. I. Ti'o Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That all and every the iaruls, tenements ami heredita ments, go ds and chatties, rights and cred its, and e cry right and interest therein embraced by said AM of Sequestration, of which t hi: act is an alteration and amend ment, sun II bo collected and sold, as pro vided for i; i this act, ami the proceeds paid into the Tr easury of tho Confederate States, but in no c ase shall a debt, or other chose in action, bo sold. Sec. J. Be it further enacted, That.-all money rea lized under this act, and tho act to which i is an amendment, phall bo ap plied to th o equal indemnity of ai; persons, loyal citiis ns of tho Confederate Statss, or persons aiding in tho same in tho present war, who have suffered, or may hereafter siirfpr Ins nr i:nnnir, hi- rnnHsrntinn liir thH NnvPi-rimontnt' the ITnli..! Si.hp. nr; . j- - -j . by any St nte( Jovernment or pretended gov-, ernment, .acknowledging and aiding tho' government of the United States in this war, or by such acts ot the enemy: or other causes incident to tho wari i m . as. bv futu re act of Conirrcss. mav bo de- ! scribed or defined, as affording, under the circumstances, proper cases for indemnity. ' And all m oney realized as aforesaid, hhall be paid ut to the treasury of the said Con- ' federato S tales, as provided by the act to whith this is an amendment; and tho faith of tho Confodorato States is hereby pledged that the isamo shall bo refunded, as required a .1 .. r t . . lor me purposes aioresaid. And the poc-I rotary of the I reasury shall causo a pepa-1 rate account ol said money to be kept in Wel1 bUnd book8 procured for that pur- J pose. bee. 6. Belt further enacted, I hat it ! sball bo the duty of every person in actual i possession ot, or having under his control, ar.y money, property, effects or evidences , ol debt, belonging to an alien enemy, speedily to inform the Receiver, and to ! render an account thereof, and at onco to pay over to tho Receiver, and to deliver to him such property and eff.'t-ts, and eviden ces of debt, and such payment mih! delivery shall bo made without regard to whether any proceedings havo or have not been in- stituiod to Bcqucstrato the same. And any person who, after giving such information. shall fail to pay over and deliver on demand made by the Kecciver, shall stand in con tempt and tho Receiver shall at once move the court or judge to proceed against such party as in other cases ot contempt; and the court or judge may imprison tho offen der until ho shall fully comply with the re quircmenU of thin act. And such payment or delivery shall fully acquit and discharge thejparty lrom.all and every claim for or on account of auc.'i money, property effects and evidences of deb;. And tho Receiver shall givo such person a receipt, specifying the amount of money, the property, effects and evidences of debt paid and delivered, and the namo of tho alien enemy on account ot whom the same shall be paid and deliv ered. Provided, That when the person naving mo possession or control ol any alien enemy asserts a debt or claim, against uch alien enemy in his own favor, he may lile it in writing in the proper couit, swear ing that he believes himself justly entitled to tho same; and, therefore, ho shall not be compelled, in the first instance, to pay over I t r t It A 1 mm . I. - L. .. fc. 1 Md claimed by him; but tho coaVt shall thea proceed to examine and try the va- lidity of the said debt or claim, and decree according to the facts found, and the rights and justice of the case. And if the court decides against the debt or claim, the party Mttio&Dp the same shall forthwith paj over tno sum so retained by him. And ; the court shall decreo in favor of tho deoc or claim thus propounded, and it exceeds tho entire amount originaly in possession of such debtor or claimant, he shall pay no costs; otherwise bo shall pay all costs inci dent to the proceedings. Sec. 4. This act, and tho act to which it is an amendment, shall not operate to avoid any payment, bona fide made to an alien enemy, or to affect property of any kind, bona fide and absolutely transferred or con 'i i- . r..:.i.r.,i :t ve ea j an alltn ei:eiiij iu luiuiiui ta- izen ot tho uonieueraie states, prior io vue . . . i l ; L . j thirtieth Jay ol August, ono mousanu cigni hundred and sixty one. Sec. 0. In cases of partnership property and effects, the resident partner, or part ners, shall be dealt with in all respects as surviving partners in cases of a dissolution of partnership by the death of one or more of the partners, according to the laws of the place of the principal place ot business of the partnership; and tho receiver shall have the same remedies against such resi- dent partners as tho reDresentatiyes of a deceased nartner would be entitled to in i i like case. Sec. C. The following persons shall not be taken to be alien enemies under this act, or tho act to which, this is an amendment: First. Persons who now have bona fide become permanent residents of any State of this Confederacy, and aro actually resi ding and domiciled within the same, yield ing and acknowlcdgingallegiar.ee thereto, and who have not, during the present war, voluntarily contributed to the causo of the enemy. Second. All persons born within any State of this Confederacy, ornativesof a neu tral country, who, sinco tho breaking out of tho war. have abandoned their domicile j and ceased their busiuess in the enemy's ' country, and all persons aforesaid who havo ' bona fide commenced, or attempted to re i move themselves and effects from the cne ' my's country, and who havo been, and still i are, prevented from completing said ro i moval by the force or power of the enemy, ! or who, from Physical infirmities, are inca i pable of removing. Third. All subjects or citizens of neu 1 tral countries who taniitot be shown to have ! voluntarily contributed to the causo of tho enemy, and all who, though citizens of the enemy's country, have abandonded that country on account of tho opposition to the ; war, or sympathy for the people of the Con federate States. ' Fourth. All married women natives of J any Stat of this Confederacy who, or 1 whoso husbands, shall not be shown to havo voluntarily contributed the cau.se of tho enemy. All persons non eompos mentis, and all minors whoso fathers or mothers were, or are, natives of this Confederacy, and whose property and per sons aro controlled by guardians resident in the Confederate States, and who have not voluntarily contributed to tho enemy's cause; and all minors under tho age of six teen years, who were born in any Stato of this Confederacy, or in any State exempted from the operations of this act while their parents weic domiciled in such State, and who have not taken up arms against the Confederate States. Fifth. Free persons of color, who, by I the laws of any Stato have been compelled i to remove beyond the limits thereof, and : aro by law prohibited from returning to such State, and who havo not -in anywise aided the enemy. See. 7. The next of kin in tho direct as cending and descending lines of any alien i. :.i... I .: -.". c . 1. . i -, luuiuui cuina u, u.y oi mo n- icuiiuit oiiiie-B.ui en irniieu 1 11 lueir nil n '.ai v or naval service, shall be entitled to have ueereeu uiera (uicy paying mo , , , . . , costs) the property, ettects and credits of such alien ". a ",a"' -, "-"'"ft or heirs or distributees, chargeable, how- v r- in iiiti r iiMnnu uu i n riuf nr 1 m iniLi , ... v. utu..,.o- trauon or heirship, with the debts of such ' J t .1 . . L I " ' u.Iie" e.nemies loe lo laithlul citizens of any onfedorato States. Sec. 8. All sales of property under .this Act Pliail oe male by tho Keccivers at pub- lie auction, '.o the highest bidder, and on such terms ami uch notice ot tho timo and place of sale as the court may prescribe, and shall bo reported to tho court by such Keceivcrs at the term next alter such sale, it .- r . . I lilt oui no conveyance oitiiiesnaii ue mauo to the purchaser of the property until tho conhrmation ot the Palo by the court and the payment of the purchase monoy, aceor- oing to tne terms oi the sale; and no sale shall be valid until reported to, and con- firmed by the court; nor shall any sale be confirmed until tho terms shall havo been complied with; and the court may set aside such sale for fraud, want of proper notice, or any material irregularity, or where it shall appear that the Receiver was the purchaser or interested in tho purchase, or . 1. . r ior Nuosianuai inadequacy or price: 1 rovi- tled, however, That sales ot persons that may be reported o. and confirmed by tho juuge in vacation. Sec. 9. The court may, in its discretion, when special circumstances exist which temporarily depress ilm valuoof the prop- ty, delay the order of sale, or mav direct the Receiver to examine and report whether it would bo expedient to make an immediate sale ot such property, and on cjuch report or other satisfactory evidence, showing uiai a ueiay ui mo saie would tend to se- i cure a fairer price, may order such ealo to bo delayed, and m all such cases the court may, in the case ot real estate, or of a plan tation and slaves, order tho Receiver to lease the. same on such terms as tho court may prescribe. Sec. 10. In cases where an alien enemy may have contracted in writing, before the 21st day ot May, eighteen hundred and sixty one. to sell real estate toacitizen or citizens of this Confederacy, and to mako title upon payment of the purchase money, tho court, in decreeing sequestration of the said purchase money, or the residue thereof unpaid, shall further decree that the Re ceiver of the district in which said real estate is situated, shall, upon pavment of said purchase money, or the residue there of, as aforesaid, make title for such real estate to the purchaser or his assignee. l? IT mi ... 3 . oeu. xx. xue couri enaii audit and pass on the accounts of the Receiver, as provided in this act, and tne ono to which this is an amendment; but, in lieu of the compensa tion and allowances therein provided for, shall allow such compensation as shall to it saa raunabl nd just, following, in this reppeci, so far nay be applicable, the an alogies furnished by the laws of the State in which the court, is held, concerning com pensation to executors, administrators and trustees; and the court shall further allow to tho Receiver all proper expenses atten ding the execution of his office. And all fees and allowances passed by the court in favor of any Receiver may be retained by him from any money in his hands, and all fees and allowances to any Receiver be yond tho rate of fivo thousand dollars per annum, except for expenses as aforesaid, shall bo forthwith paid by him Into the Confederate Treasury, to tho use ot tho Confederate States, and shall be brought into, and 6tated and accounted for in bis next account of settlement as Receiver. Sec. 12. Tho court shall appoint an at torner for each section in which the court shall be holden,nnd in which no attorney of tho Confederato States resides, whose duties it shall be to discharge, within said section, tho duties imposed on tho attorney of the district by the act to which this is amendatory; and tho compensation of such attorney so appointed shall be the same for business by him done, as is now provided by ninth section of said Act for tho district attorney. Sec. 13. The receiver shall, in all cases, take the possession and control of tho mon ey, property and effect of alien enemies, and of such choses in action as shall bo in tho handsof an agent or third person, ex cept when otherwise provided by this act, and, on beiug refused possession, shall sue for the same, and such possession shall not be withheld on any pretext of any provis ions of the act to which this is amendatory. The court may order a delay in the sale of property when it shall be necessary to com plete or gather a growing crop, or when it shall be otherwise manifestly to the benefit of the Confederate States to delay the sale; but in all such cases tho possession, control and rnangement shall be with the receiver, or under bis control and authority. And in tho collection of debtsor choses in action, no State stay law shall govern, but tho same shall bo governed by this act, and the one to which this act is amendatory, so far as the latter does not conflict with this act. Sec. 11. It shall be the duty of all persons owing debts to alien enemies, within three months from the passage of this act, togive infcrmatioii thereot to the Receiver of tho district in which he or they reside, and in case of corporations or joint slock compan ies to the Receiver of the district in which tho principal office of bu3incf s of such cor poration or company may be; and such information shall be in writing and sworn to by the deblor, and in caso of corpora tions ot joint stock companies, by tho principal officer of such c-poration or company, before any judgo of a court of record, justice of peace, notary public, com missioner of the court, or receiver under the act to which this is an amendment, and shall set forth the name or names of the creditor or ow ner of such debt, tho amount he owes or owed on the thirtieth day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty one, and whether the samo is or has been secured by mortgage or otherwiso : and tho information or confession so made shall be filed by the Receiver in the proper court of the Confederate States and such court shall on such information, proceed ti decree sequestration and payment ot the debt or debts so confessed and in case any debtor shall in good faith, confess his indebtedness as aforesaid, but shall be unablo to state tho true amount of his indebtedness, or shall be in doubt whether tho creditor or owner of tho debt is an alien enemy, the court shall proceed to ascertain the character of the creditor or owner, and the true amount of such indebtedness, and to that end shall direct such proceedings as shall bo adapted to the nature cf the case, and decree accord ing to the facts found. And in all proceed ings against persons for debts duo by thera to alien enemies, the debtor shall be allow ed to make any delenco, in law or equity, which he might or cjuld have made in a suit brought against him by the creditor to whom such debt was due : 1 rovided, how- ill . . . i ever, l hat no executions snau issue on sucn decree, except tor tho interest which shall accrue on the same at the end of wach year, until twelve months after peace shall be declared between the Confederates and the United States, or until otherwise direc ted by law ; And provided, moreover, That oxecution may issuo for tho costs of tho proceeding, and the sum so collected for cost Bhah bo deducted from tho principal sum due. Sec. 13. That the receivers appointed under this act, cr Iho act to which this is an amendment, shall procod diligently to ascertain and collect the debts due to alien enemies by the. person residing in the dis tricts for which they are soverally appoin led, and shall, on ihe discovery of any such debts, and alter the expiration of three months from the pai-saiie of this act, and tho debtors sbaP have failed to jrive infor- mation of such debts, proceed to institute proceedings to sequestrate tho same, and in such proceeding, which shall bo by petition as orescribed bv said act. to which this is I j an amendment, and shall be to sequestrate the debt, as well as to ascertain the sura due by tho deblor, such debtor shall be made defendant or respondent, as the case may be, and the process to bring such debtor betoro the court, or to compel an answer, shall bo in the nature ot tho writ ot garn ishment, as prescribed in said act, which shall bo served on such debtor: and in case of corporations and joint stock compa nies, on some member or officer of such corporation or company ; and shall require tho defendant to answer on oath whether he is indebted to any alienenemy or was so indebted on tho thirtieth day of August eighteen hundred and sixty ono, in what sum, and whether he knows of any other person or persons so indebted, and, on the disclosure by the deteudant of such indeb tedness by other persons, like proceedings shall be had as in tho original causo; and in case the defendant shall suggest in his answer that the debt due by him or her is claimed or owned by any person not an alien enemy, setting forth the name of such claimant, his place of abode, citation shall issue to such claiment to appear and pro pround his claim on oath at the succeeding terra of the court, and in case he is absent from the district in which the court is held, or cannot be found, publication shall be made for tho space of ono month in some newspaper best calculated to apprise such claithant to appearand propound his claim ; and if such claimant shall fail to appear, his claim shall bo barred. On the appearance of the claimant, the court shall direct an issue to try the same, and shall award the costs against the claimant if the claim be unfounded : Provided, That the entire answer shall beconsidared by the court. Sec. 16. All proceedings now pending under the act, to which this act is an amendment, shall be niade to conform to the proceedings directed in this act, so far as practicable, and the judgments rendered therein, shall be given in all respectst and have the sarao oporation and effects as judgments rendered under the fourteenth soction ot this act. See. 17. In all proceedings against debt ors, who fail or refuse to give information of their indebtedness within the time pre scribed in this Act, and the debtor shall be brought before the court by process, the costs of tho proceedings shall be adjudged against such debtor, in caso he is found to be indebted to any alian enemy; and if it shall appear to the court on the trial of any cause against such recusant debtor, that he has wrongly and willfully refused or failed to givo information of his indebtedness, or to state the true amountthereof, with intent to hinder, evade or delay tho execution of this Act or the Act to which this is an amendment, or the jury, in any cause or issue tried, by them, shall certify that such debtor has willfully failed or refused to give information of his indebtedness, or the true amount thereof, with the intent afore said, the court shall award execution against such deb'or on the decree or judgments for the wholcamount of tho debt and the inter est due thdreon, together with the costs; in all other cases, however, execution shall be stayed until the peace aforesaid, except for interest which shall accrue. Sec. 18. In cases, where proceedings shall bo instituted to sequestrate judgments or decrees ulready rendered, or of claims or debts upon which actions or suits may be pending, the court may, after the decree of sequestration, allow the Receiver to prose cute such suit, action, decree or judgment, in the name ot the Confederate States of America; and in cases of suit or actions pending, or decrees or judgments rendered in the Stato courts, where, by the laws of such State, it may be admissible, such Re ceiver may introduce the Confederate States of America in the proceedings as a party to prosecute such suit or action, or enforce such decree or judgment; but in such cases execution shall issue for costs and interest only until the conclusion of peace as aforesaid. Sec. 10. Attorneys, agents or truslees of any alien enemy having claims for fees or commission on tne iunu or assets in ineir hands, shall on delivery of such funds or assets to the Receiver, make out their ac counts for such claims or oaths, touching any matter incident to proceedings under thU Act. Sec. 20. That rate of interest to be paid by debtors shall be regulated by the con tract, if by the terms thereof the rate of interest shall be fixed, and if no interest shall bo fixed by '.he contract, then tho rate shall be according to the law of the place whero the debt is to be paid or the contract perlormcd ; and the jndgment or decreo shall bear the same rate of interest fixed by law or the contract, and tho same shall bo punctually paid at tho end of each year, or execution shall issuo for the same. Sec. 21. In no case shall tho judgment or decree be a lien on the property of the debtor; but where the Court shall award execution under this Act, the property of tho debtor shall be bound, from the delive ry of the writ. Sec. 22. The Court, or Judge in vacation, shall have power to award execution on any iudement or decree-, in addition to the cases of recusant debtors, where the Ro-j ceiver shall mako oath that the debtor is fraudulently concealing or disposingof his effects, with intent to evade the judgment, or is about to remove his effects beyond the jurisdiction of the Court, but such execu tion shall bo discharged on tho defendant's giving security to the satisfaction of the Court, for tho performance or payment ot the decree. Sec. 2l. In proceedings under this Act, and tho Act of which it is amendatory, upon affidavit being made by the Attorney representing tho Confederate States or . the proper Receiver, that tho name of an alien enemy is wholly or partly unknown to him or that the names of the members of a partnership of alien enemies are unknown to him, the process and proceedings may be against such partnership by the firm namo thereof stated in such affidavit, or against such alien enemy, whoso name is wholly or partly unknown, by such namo or proper description as may be known and set forth in such affidavit : Provided, That the Court may, at any timo, on motion, cause the full and proper name to be inser ted in the record, and used in the proceed ing when tho same became known to the Court. Sec. 21. Receivers shall have authority to administer oaths touching any matter incident to proceedings under this Act. Sec. 'lb. The sixteenth section of tho Act to which this is an amendment is hereby repealed. Sec 2U. All debts due to any alien enemy may bo paid in the bonds and treasury nnt.fMnii.ho Confederate States, and the same shall bo received in payment for all property sold under this act. Sec. 27. The fees of all clerks and mar shals shall be the same for services under this Act and the Act to which this is an amendment, as aro allowed for similar ser vices in the courts of the Confederate States and shall be a charge upon the general fund derived from confiscations, and shall be paid on the order of tho court. Sec. The commissioners authorized by the fourteenth sectiou of the Act to whi-jh this is an amendment, shall appoint a clerk with a salary of fifteen hundred dollars, to be paid out of the treasury of tho Confederate States, but such salary, as well as the salary of said commissioners, shall be charged to the confiscation fund, and deducted therefrom; and said com mi s missioners shall, moreover, have power to appoint ommis$ioners to take the examin ation of witnesses touching the claims which may be propounded before them, or may summons witnesses before them to be examined orally ; said commissioners ap pointed by them to examine witnesses as foresaid, shall have power to administer oaths to the witnesses and sabpeennas, and witnesses failing to appear shall be subject to like penalties and processes as may be prescribed in the courts f the Confederate States against defaulting witnesses: Pro vided however, That the cost of all pro ceedings to take testimony shall he paid by the claimant, except in cases where the Attorney General shall apply for leave to take testimony ; and the fees of witnesses and commissioner shall be the same as are allowed in the courts of the Confederate States in like cases. Sec. 29. So much of the Act to which this is an amendment as requires the Re ceivers to settle separately the estate ot each alien enemy, is repealed, and hereafter each shall embrace all the matters ready for settlement ; but the items of the ac counts shall be so specified as to show the sourco-from which each is derived. Soc. 30. What any judgment has been entered up in any of the courts of the Con federate States under the act to which this is an amendment with the provisions and spirit of this act, the same, on motion, shall bo set aside or amended, in accordance with the terms and provisions of this act. j Sec. 31. The provisions of the Act to which this Act is an amendment, so tar ad the samo may conflict with this Act are here by repealed. The Duty of Each Man. It is the duty of every individual to give in the times of peril to his country, his whole power. We do not except from this bioad proposition noither age Bex nor con dition. Lvery person who cannot do so conscientiously and with a will, ought, in our judgement, to leave the Confederate States. Ho who lives among us, enjoying equal ly the blessings of government, should support it by whatever of resources be may possess, and, if need be by periling his life upon the battlefield. We hold this course to be one of imperative duty. Alf men are not alike qualified for all the responsibilities which now press upon the country. But it is the bounden duty of each member of this and other commun ties to assume all that he is able to perform and to6eek enly such position as ho is qualified to fill ; so that by economical arrangement of the powers of each tho greatest total of results may be attained. Genuino and true patriotism is unselfish, and will never stand in the pathways of the utmost good to the whole country. Private ends and personal ambition always yield their appetites to the public interest and tho general good of the country by the truly patriotic man. Our State is actually invaded by the enemy; our Confederate army has been unsuccessful ; and there is an actual want ol money, of arms and munitions of war, and of more soldiers in the field. Ho who has money must contribute it; he who can increase, by labor or otherwise, j arms and munitions of war should act ; and ho who can bear arms should atonce do so. Not one, but every one should inquire how whero and in what way he can do most to give strength and power to his Government to insure its promt and certain success in its struggle for property, liberty and life ! The time has come and we must drivo back the foe, or be overrun and degiaded. He who does not seo and realize this issue is not to be enviod for Iho penetration of his 6agacity. The period has conn when we mnst act and ho who now refuses to put forth his powers, whatever they may be, in support of this desperate and deadly struggle, in behalf of his country, must bo held either "a cumberer of the ground" ho occupies, urworthy tho name ol a Southernor, and can bo only placed as against us! This will be tho only sate calculation to mako upon him who refuses now to aid and assist his fellows, with all of his capabilities of a character and ot possession ! Nor can any be so dull and stupid as not to seo that nothing less than our whole power can be relied upon for succss. With the exertion of our cntiro strength we can repel the invader from our State ; and we shall then exhibit the spirit of heroism which cannot fail to dispel the illusion from the enemy's mind, that a large portion of our people are false to tho South ignorant of their own interests insensible of their duty, and fit subjects for Northern rule and dominion ! We assume that the whole power of our country is demanded : that it is the duty of each member of the whole to exert hie own powers, so that the greatest results may be achieved, lie who fails to act, falls short of duty, of interest, and patriotism. It is tho duty and interest of each one at thisjuncture to enter the army and to stand by the Government that seeks to secure to her citizens property; liberty, and life. Wo are all in samo boat, and we must perish or live as one man. The responsi bilities and duties rest alike on all. Men phis Avalanche. To the Citizen of Guilford Lieut W. 1. Wilson and Sergeants Sloan and Nelson are authorized to receive reciuits for the OuilforJ Grays in my name. The company has been station etl at Fort Macon, and by the gentlemanly and soldier like bearing of the men has won for itself the commendation of erery commandant of this post. It is my purpose to recruit from Old Guilford enough men to make the maximum number allowed bv law. I Via. ) I deem it unnecessary at this tune, whea the enemy is on the soil of Carolina, to appeal to the patriotism of the men of this county. Then come forward to assist the other brave men from Guilfrd to cleanse, at any cost, onr State from the foul invader. The recruiting officers will explain vrvthin aDDertaininir to the service, pay, cloth ing. &c. WM. ADAMS, Capt- G. Grays. teb27 J-,f n Af'I. i. THOMAS has removed his HAR NESS SHOP to the rooms recently occupied by F. M. Walker, Esq , two doors North of LINDSAY'S Store, nd immediately opposite th New Court House, trhere he will be pleased to receive calls frem his old friends and the public generally. It is his intention to keep constantly on hand a good assort ment. Harness, and other articles in his line, which as will be pleased to sell on reasonable terms. Mr. IU4U At Work. Spite of the lying ditposiUoii of North ern scnbbUrt the truth will sometimes k he ?arU ttwpodeBt of the New York Herald rather flippaaUy relates whai .was said and done bv KrSlideli and the Emperor Nipoleon in an interview accorded by the Utter to the former. The correspondent admits that th ... inflicting upon Frano an incalculable in jury daily," and further, that he exDreaaed tne bope that, "the war .would toon be brought to a close" As a good diplomatist, knowing well the peculiarities of the Prenob, and confident, m his own excellent toot, Mr. Slidell has com menced "houskeeping" on a scale that will flatter the people ameng whom he lives and reflect credit upon the government that sends him. We extract the following from the letter mentioned above! Of oabrse our readers will laugh at the remarks about the "sinner" and pass on to Mr. Slidell's diplomacy "splendid balls" and "rood dinners." 6 Mr. Slidell has moved into the Champs Elysses, at the cernerjof the rue Marignan the streer in which the Legation of. the United States is established. Whether he had any arriere ftnsec in making the selec tion it it of course impossible to say; but as he is an old man and a distinguished sinner, it is not impossible that it occurred to him that it might aid in easing hie con science, under certain circumstanoes, to be near and able to send for a moment's notice, the representative of the country to which he had proved a traitor , Mr. Day ton is one of the mosi amiable of men, and would, 1 douhi not bo but too willing to "assist at the death bead of ropentance of even so black a sinner as John Slidell. Tho apartments aro splendid, and have been furnished with great taste and luxury and next week it is the intention to givo a grand ball by way of house warming, at which all Secessiondomisof course, to be invited, and as mamy of the French fam ilies of note as will be willing to link them selves with tho secession heresy, for tho sake of Mr. Slidell's amiable society, splondid balls and good dintfers. Although not doing much in a diplomatic way, tho Slidellsare working hard, socially to mako converts to secessionism, and have thus far bad tolerable success. I know quite a distinguished medical man here, a man of influence in his profession, who was called to attend Mr. Slidell when he first arrived here, and who has since become quite a constant visiter at their rooms, and from a warm friend of our cause he has now been transformed into a rapid secessionist. Sli dell has convinced him that the people of the North and South are of two different and distinct racts; that the warm rich blood of France circulates in tho veins oi tile South, while that of the cold and lym phatic Dutchman and icy Puritan is the staple in the Northern composition, that tho Southerners are gentleman and ladies, while those of the North are mere common men and women ; that the Northeners are traders and the Soothernors not, and that therefore, there is between them an "irre pressible conflict;" that slavery has noth ing to do with this war, and that its aboli tion would be the ruin of the Southern States, as it already has that of the French colonies .These aro some of the arguments with which the Slideils are making converts to their cause amoog the Parisian people. A Model Speech bj Gen. Bragr. While on his way to Jackson, Tenn., tho other day, to take command of the Confed erate forces, Gen. Bragg made the following brief, pithy and sensible speech at Meridi an, Mis. : Fellow Citizens : In deference to your repeated calls I appear only to see and be seen, and to tenderyou my thanks for your kindness- This is a time for acts, not words. Ex perience has taught me, too, that every man should stick to his trade. In many efforts I believe I never made but one suc cessful speech, and that was a few words when I courted my wife, the result then being due less to any merit either in the speech or the speaker than to an unfortu nate habit with young ladies of deciding more from impulse than reason, by which, as in my case, they are too apt to be unfor tunate. Ponder well, thon, my follow citi zens, this pieco of advice: never call on an old soldier for speeches; and if you will pardon me the liberty, I will add, neier send politicians to command your armies. From that time our cause will prosper. Heavy Shot. Wo are gratified to learn that the large gun, recently cast in Rich mond, for the Virginia, has been placed in its position on board that vessel. It throws a solid shot, we understand, weighing 300 lbs. The shot is long, and has a steel point. This, together with her two Arm strong guns, put on board since here re turn from .Newport s Hews, gives ner one oftho most formidable batleiies in the world, in addition to her being perfectly shot and shell proof. We would like to give our readers a de scription of this new gun and shot, but we fear we have already stated more than is prudentj lest it should get to the ears ot those the information is not intended for. Norfolk Day Book, llih xnst. Make Arms. One hundred thousand men, as easily as one thousand men, could bo added to our array in the West, if we had the arms. Let every man who can make a good gun make one. Let no man that can and will make good guns, be drafted or called off while he keeps of mak ing the guns at a certaia rate. To stimulate this movement and assist the government let every community start an arms fund, and offer so much to be paid out of that fund, in addition to whatever price the Stato or Confederacy may give, to stimulate the making of arms, especially ot small arms. We ask for suggestions and contributions. WU. Journal. We learn from good authority that Mr. Treasurer Courts has arranged with parties jn Richmond for the payment of our Con federate tax, and the sale of the necessary amount of bonds for that purpose. Ibis arrangementseemsto us to be a very favor STone for the State. It will, of course, be reported in full to our Convention, which meets on tbe 3rd Monday of nexts month Raleigh Reifter. ! -A If 3 lit I 4 i I ' J e es t ra ie id 7 1 1
The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.)
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March 27, 1862, edition 1
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