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f mm 11 IP A tr ii i t Wehu vMul ng I ilrrt.tH.Kion vrn.li " . Ko,. I.. ..'. ! h.h tio.. and ll. gence, who bif-jo.t returned from ft recmioianee" or the I antes i:..iial. lie wftMin Washington lor on.e time, and waachv observer of events there incident to the close & Co.nrV; Wlh an adroitneaeand Inddueaa he elodrd all au-p.O on. and fO.ngled in r?u, W,:h the .at prominent of the public men and ,H.liuciM...ifri himaell, m fr "he - i i ..r ..- rn.iiit.rc situation, the feeling anu tne pros ople. we gv hold ihj enemy, T """K diiM to make it or tho North Wan Ins permission, ourrr..d r-a sketch of mo n.teresiin tact-, h: li we hao ''' n ttl ,e 10 l"'r in the course ,f a conversation ilh bliu : TUE UEFINCF-S OF WASHINGTON. Washington 1 hu Ctt.nm anu impregnable. panic after the flr.l battle t f Manassas has 11M been forgotten by them, ami Kmi Abraham keep hi S ottb cap anu m n Uiy ri ...k 111 vrry convenient distance ir -in l-ar ih a Ii some morning awake t. tin. I in n- Ii a fugitive Iron tiii capital In. I .1. W .aiiiigtoi. ih by n mean c Mi ni bred nam, 'l th phnnt mof the "rebel :irt) " ul it tfale-llll diurb tlie slum ber of a pr-al nn.iy olita tiinein. King Abraham kecks" tmt r pose under the sleep le-s vigiUnco ol armtd "entinels, and a feelinoi uneasiness nod timidity in bet ray ed ven n tho pompund gtut.-r of office. Tno Yankee have, however, not been idle in drawing around them every plan and Instrument of defence, and are making ihe city a- impregnable a far u human jfcwtr and akill vin define. Continuous and for midub.e itnet of fortification engirdle the city mi eve. y i"de, und fiowning cannon comniarid ev-ry point of ihe coinpaaa. The iibraliar of VVhingion i Arlington Hoiht-, and the Ynke s re y upon the woi h-ru fr the i;ifeiy f Wahlnjton in ca-e f nn atiaok l"b. gun mounted at Arlii.gt m are .-f tho lurgusl daia, and the place in Hourly f HtiHed that military men ir.irl it u- i nprenablw -at lat tin p..tinoii i.ul I not Im carni-U without tho jn-.Hi frhll.il i.tii-;irlc" f lite. Tne other fortih'c iii. ii- ai oiin.i Waihingtoii are hea. Vily nou iel, ai.J iiH-n are kept co'intanl iv al woik on itu nrthwrk in' keeping tiir-m in itrrh'i'i re 1 nir." Ill tho rear of W.is'iiiif'n is hiir of vtroncr bra-tworKH. iTt l .1 1- 1 l. i-in f iiiui.t anuili.ck from tin- Nor h, ai.d uoiniiianding at several point- I h railro id thai runa in o Washing tun from Halumorv. Tn ilfto ce around vahinifon are mnn o-d y compMraiivvly u ninall force. Willi ilo- ami) 111 fr.nl ot Wahint n it i nf ii 1 rM ii"i in'i iuy to keep much in tin- iiir. Fhmii all the in lii'a'ioiia and from the iiiomi itii-ili;'iii opinion our in (.ii muni t-oii'd lorm, bo Uoi-i not think that te wbolf military lorie n a'id nround Wanliin jion 0.1 nil the t rti6-ation inclii ilod will .-xcefd 2.i,"0(). The force at A rx.'indria wu veiy small, and would nutn bcr iik-t nioro ban 5 OUU or C 00 ). TUB f'KKLINO IN WAMIINToJi TOR AN AD VACt: II V UOOkKB A I'SEP BEHIND THE .SCENES. There wiish general clum-ir in Washing, ton f if ai early a ivaiu-e by il okiT, but the Yanki'es were tar from beiiitf sanguine of the rviiii. Sfarfrim it, we aie t"ld tba' id' re w.i k very threat dcpiesiion in ihi piibhe: mind, a . I m.iiiy o,.eilv pn--li--tcd 'be d'b'ol i-f iloukiT. Many obj.-c'ed to tho A'liii'riistfiition yiel lo to ibis da mor. m.d irrisW'd that it wi uld be hut leading ilu'ir men'mto a 'vlauifhier pen." They ri i'.eil tlm ro-pisof liurnaid , aii'l (n il pr h? a m d on ilio iiree s thai J looker xv'tii ill n 1 wire l iio "Hi.ie falu wiitnover he r . ul I a' t in 1 I an alvnrii'e. Militnty wen Tnt "CONTRABANDS AT WAHinui Oar informabt cofcfirmatbe m mora we save heard of the deaiituiioiaid smflerinj? I the "contrabands" in Washington. Ho says theT are huddled together in -Swaiu. poflle"' a low and marshy sitnation offin the cityand they are ii the rnot abject and aqualid poverty. Tb are kept .ffu tbemaelree, and so one ukes the leat in tereatin l hem a charaolenstio coalmen taiy on the hyi-ociiny of rhe Harriet Bo cher school. Toere is the greatest deati tution among tbomr u any ot them are hall naked and tb poor creature are being septcffby disease and siikneas dying i the rate of Orenty or thirty a-dav. He av their oi dilh'U ia truly pitiful, and mat hundreds id ihm gruvc to come back Loth irmaateis. He thinks iBat if an op loriunil) waa oflored them they would gladly .eturn to servitude in a body, thorough! diaguaied are they with the Hfteol Northern "Ireedom." No one will give them work, and all they d, from morning to night is to busk in tho sun and loiter along the streets, their clothes in 'alters and more ragged than any "corn field" negro in Virg ma. Their forlorn and oei.ture co ndiiioii is in striking contract with ibuir blube and happy faces when here in Vbeir comforabJe eaoina, and their sorrow and woeirickcn Countenances iriko pity to the aiouteft heart, not warped b tho pnjiidicea a. id maducs ol abolition Richmond Ex iminer. Balse Provisions. The following address to the people of Alabama, by the able and patriotic delega tion in Congress from that State, com mends iuelf with equal force to the people of all the States. Evory larmer and plan ter in the land should 'consider it an individual appeal to bis patriotism and kwi&aity ; TO THE F0H.I Of ALABAMA. Thn underained. your Senators and Representative in Congress, desire to call your attention to a nuhjooi they deem of vital imj ortanee. The raising tho present year of the largest possible quantity ol jiroriiooii, and the raiding of pork, boel and mutton tor the upply of th army and support of the people, have become marni. trtiy t'.io duly ot evoy ifvzen. The one my have posi.eMon of home portions of our 'ouii' ry wcrll adapted to raitting proviniona. In other portions when in the poiaer8ion ot the onemy, they have daniag d fa ruin, hou"ea and tenoeD, plundered and appro priated slock, and dent royed farming im ulcments. under a hoiie that if tbev could IS" not eoi.quer us bv arms they could Rubju t;ate un with the aid of starvation. Ii behooves us therefore, so to provide cs to aiify our enemies tnoy are not to, have tho aid of short crops, and consequent want and Muttering in their wicked at tempts ,o uijugat rob and plunder uh. We bao thofoil and tho laboi if aropcily used I'J raiie proviaioi a and suppliea in abundance. We urge 011 and each otyou, in the present atuto of affairs, to devote the aoiland he labor at your command to the planting and cultivation of provision cropn audi us corn, peas, potatoes, and vegetable ot all kinds; und tha; you iai-epork and beef, ho that our gnllant urmy may bo liberly fed, the people huvo abundance, and ouraervants be aaved I rum want and urk-ring, huch as baa been the fato of tin. ie who have fallen into th handa of 1 he enemy, left 10 decay btarvution ai d nc. lect. Every cultivator of the soil iadoply in-, teresied in expelling Irom our linen iho in vu.ier ol nw bon.e, and thin can only be dono hy raising a iptlies nufficienl lor the lineral huppori ol all Our true policy is to cultivate no c tton except to ton' f-r h one consiiiiii tion. 1 be TTon of tno tontli. "Shelayeth her bands io tho spindle, her bands hold the distaff" Tbue apokc .ttie wise King of Israel, '.bousands ot years ago, ot a virtuoua wo man. Tne picture, bo drew 1 bad doobtleas many originals, even among the weattby, in hie day. Bat gradually in the progress ot time they disappeared, and -Woman; onoe the slave, theu tbe helpmate, finally became the doll and plaything of the lord of creation. Jligh born ladies ceaned to look alter the work of thoir nomeroua handmaidens and tbe ways of their house hold. Tne homely distaff wag laid aaideJ and books being unknown, mus e and dress absorbed the whole attention of the nth. They appeared as applauding sjctlatorc of gladiatorial oonttsts, and aibifr in tournament4 of knights. Tb-or. falcon fly ing tbe tambour Irame, embroidery, and the lute, becume tbe pastimes ol those who could not otherwise kill the time. Then when books came and enlightenment apread. (though it was long before Women were taught,) the reading of novels and poetry, dress, equipage, tne theatre and the Ajpera, absorbed tbe attention ot those who 'toiled not, neither did tbev spin." Moat people will sirs to tfciik of t'ue good old times as if ail tbe eld time manners and ways were nvcebsa rally good ; which, doea 001 follow as a natural sequence at all. But Ibr.nkc t tho war, we see again some of the good old customs ot Solomon s day revived. Tbe women of the Confederate Slates and no heroines ol song or story outshine their peerless character are everywhere givfng heed to the things which make for the weltare of the army and tbe country. The rich are looking alter their servants and directing their work the making of cotton and woolen cloth. It is become the pride ol tbe country matron, and even of the young ladies too. In almost overy country place, and in the small towns a villages, we hsar en every tide Usa homely but not unpleasant whirl of the spinning wheel, and the click and thud of the hand loom. The fairest and the dain tiest of the land are learning the, mysteries of dyes and color setting and of warp and weft. Scarlet and purple are an every day theme. It is a prodigious fashion and what, is more, a good fashion. We hope to aee more still follow it. It.should- ho a glory to a young lady in these times, not only to wear a homenpun drees, but to he able to apin and weave it. All honor we nay u, tbe music of the spinning wheel, and especially to those who learn that, while not forgetting their piano. Ihey ur htto be the wives of heroes. Augusta Constitutionalist. market. We have read the calculations carefully and believe they are correct. Tho fact ir, there is do danger ot star vation unless the crop of the present year should prove a failure, which we have no reason now to expect; and. all the talk about starving is calculated to do barm by deceiving the enemy into the belief that 2 hunger wiy do what powder and ahot ha failed to do. There is an" abundanco of bread and meat to last until the next crop ia gathered ; and if our farmers will turn their whole attention to raising food, tbe war will be shortened, for our enemies will see that we cannot be subjugated neither by hunger nor the bayonet. In Raleigh, and other parta of the coun try, baoon has dediucd trom $1 to 75 eta per pound. Some excitement ha been created in tins section by the action of Geo. Pillow in sending Capt. Ray, f ibo 60ih N. C. T. with a recruiting detail a ol orders to arrest and send to the Army ol Tennessee all men liable to conscription. It will be seen by a notice in another column, that Lieut. Rohards, the Enrolling Officer tor thie Disl-ict, now i d duty in the wostern coun ties, lenies the tight ol Gen. Pillow or any one elso to interfere witrr the con-crip s in his DUtrn t. Woobnorve b the RiH Tdn nessee pnpers th.it 4,'ol Blake, the Enrolling Officer of that State, takes tho same view ol it, and warns recruiting officers not to interfere with conscripts in his depart ment. Gen. Pillow ouqht tc know what he isabo it, but from the plain reading ot the law he is certainly in tho wriiigthU tune. Lieut. 11 'banls'haa the advajtae of tbe iaw on Ins aide, und will no doubt bo sus taii ed hy I he Government, Dr. Love of Haywood atsnred us some weeks since on bis return from Raleigh , that be had the promise of Col. August, ! the Enrolling Officer ot tbe Slate, that tbe 1 r... ..: : ,u: t.. r- w iviiiMiiiiiitr ri ill m 1 1 aa riaii rii-i a small ox-1 - ..0 ., - ... and d vole 1 "hou' ' 1,01 be called out until a pressing From Txnnesssk. The Chattanooga Rebel of tba 26th says : Tbe opinion has been entertained by some that it was the' intention of Gen. Roscncranc to abandon hit forward move ment from Murlreesboro' towards Tulla homa, and make a flank .ooveraent by tbe way of Columbia, Pulaski and Huntsville, so as to turn Geu. Brajtg's position at Tflahoma. We are satisfied that Gen. Roeencrass does not intend to mako lus general advance in that direction, The movement towards Columbia is intended, we believe, to draw Gen. Bragg away fiom Tullahoma, and cause him to lose the sup posed advantages of that position. It would be very unsafe for Gen. Kosencranx to advance with his whole army south, in the direction ol Pulaski, leaving tbe rear of his army exposed to attacks from our cavalry. His communications with Nash ville and Kentucky would be destroyed, ahd his aimy could not subsist in that region, annoyed as it would be, by our forces on all sides. Tbe ibject of Gen. Rosen era nx, we are satisfied, is to induce Gen. Bagg o weaken his present line, in order that be may make his contemplated attack with some hopes of success. The route to Chattanooga by the way of Col umbia, Pulaski, and Hu-ntaville, ia far too dangerous in our opinion, for Gen. Rosen craus to undertake it. Time will show, we think, - that this movement toward Columbia is a mere feint, intended to cover operations in another quarter or that it is a largo tnragmg party coming out for the purpose of plundering Maury and Giles Counties, Tcnn. Whutever may bo their object, we are satisfied, our Generals will take the proper steps-to disconcert their plans, and that their movement, although it may cost much suffering and individual loss, will prove a tail u re. lnese are our views formed Trom what we know of 'be character ot the country, without having any information as to the intentions of our Generals, or the demgns of the enemy that is not known already to the public. We believe that the greut battle which is to decide tbe fate f Middle Tennessee (or tho present campaign is to be toubt near be line of Nashville ami Chattanooga railroad and that all other movements, arc ruero feints. A few days witl show wbother We are right in our opin.on The Tux Bill. Richmond, March 30. The Examiner of to-dsy, contains synopsis of the Tax Bill recently passed. The House was in secret session. Tho first section provides a tax ol one per cent, on the value of all real arid personal property except such as 1 may bo employed in business taxed under this act. Ten per cent, upon the value of agricultural product not owned by pro ducerp.and five per cont. when in tbe hands of the producer. The next five sections prescribes a specific tax of forty to five hundred doliarson various mercantile pur nuns, e.tc. ; also a tax of two and a half 10 forty per cent, on the gross profits thoreot. The heaviest tax is on banxers, brokers, liquor dealers and theatres. The remaining sections provide a tax of one per cent, on salaries of two per cent, when over filtoen hundred dollars. Railroads and steamboat companies five per cent, on passenger receipts, and two and a half on freight. Banks, telegraph, manufacturing compan ies, etc., twenty eight per cent, oa profits. Insuranco companies a quarterly tax oi five per cent, on premiujns and on profits. All roal and personal property bought and sold during 1862 and to first April, 1863, ten per cent. On every alter nrst April, oxcept to government or person or company whose business is taxed under this act, two and a half. After nrst Janu ary, 1863, fourteen per cent. On incomes or profits from all sources, other than prop erly on wnicn tax is paia unaer this act when income exceeds f 10,000, additional tax ol ten percent, foreigners between eight n and forty five, cot in the military service, shall pay double tax Advertise ments in newspapers, two and .one-third per cent, payable quarterly. The last sec tion describes 'he properly exempt from taxation, including bonds of the Confeder ate Stales und of each. Slate ; proper y trom the possession of which the owners have been deprived by the enemy during twelvo months next before assessment ; property ot loss value than two thoutamtJ doliurs, belonging to persons in the military or naval service. -hi, Tti.-n. of spirituous liquors from grain," (tw ordinance is to remain in f.rii r effect until the 1st dais of Janunrv iJ-U o T :. f....i.: . J.' 'T u. iD 11 lurioer enacted, Tli act shall be in forco and take 'effV, , and alter the fii st day of Janu-ire k That persons offendinfr agait'si u,u , " r ions 01 mis act, shall be deemed iuiilv distinct offense for every day or i,ur, u day in which they shall 'be 1-0 . fT '' rD(.l.''.J.I..IL J... .,r, 11 '"hi... L-uyeu iie xnn uay of Uccunhcr, ls( y An act to amend an Act tnt it 14 "Mun Is n Jiedtht SUM jm Stfttmbei, l8tM. ' rJ:' Section 1. Bo it enacted by .the f;.n . Assembly ol the State of N.irtu rr r and ii is hereby enacted by the amiJVJ of ihu same, Tnat the 21st Bcction Militia bill, passed Ht tbe second extra,, sionof the General Assemb'y, lsui? amended as follows, vix : atter the w "states," insert tho words "wi.enevcr 11 practicable to procure the same." ls SkC. 2. Be it further enacted, That ti words, "said officers bo required to diiii unibrm," in tho sixth line of the-twtMii"1 sixth section, be stricken out. Sec 3. Be it further enacted, That tU twenty-fourth feeciion bo amended to read as follows, vi : "MajorGonerals wili ty," mand twu brigades wbeu in actual sorv"' it shall be tho duly of the brigndit i e.,..' to review at loast once a year the i merits composing his brigade. U slU the duly of the colonel to assemble J regiment at least once a year for drill H( d review. It hall be thoduty of he to assembly his company lor drill Ht it.. onco in every throe mon lis in ijnieol 'wr' and onco in every six months in ti,,,,., , peace. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That n, , act shall be in force trom an I if'1,.1 . rutin -ation. iicafjied the UtU dau -,t From th New York Freeman's Jouraal. Sew llllh to be Laid Before Con sjreaa al I lie Present Seamlon. A bill 10 make buttons a legal tender. A bill to prevent private parties from ma king bultons. A bill to order said buttons to be made from the bones of mules that died "kicking" for the "Union." A bill for whitewashing negroes. Carried. A bill to prove the Constitution a hum buK, as well as the framers thereof. A bill to make buttons superior to gold A bill to cheat persons generally. A bill to rob persons more systematically, t taxis laid lor Siato purj An Act to amrtri an Jict paud at ih, tfon,i ,Ur. sttii n 0 the General Ai$embty, A It. , trr 5 entitled "An act to enlarr the pnwtrt . County Court fur raumy - revenue for (,,;, pottt. Section 1. Be it enacted by the (inu r.,; Asseo.bly ol the State of North Cur .ima, and it is hereby enacted by the uuih. ntv of the same, That the first section ol m, ci passed at tho second extra seion ,w General Aa-cmbly, A. D., lbGl. m l t j " An act to enlarge the powers of the u? ty courts for raising revenue tor cm,, v purposes," be, and the same iKlut-i'v amended by striking out all the ti hi tion after the word "provided" and etui-, ing as follows : that th tax im-M j h the county dour is for county u , -sbuli be in tbe samo. i'elaiive3ropoii..n ; . for rotate purposes, upon the '0110 hm ii. i dsllars valuation, for ever thin v:.it.- u ! . 1 . j o . . . .loses aiciip 11 ' ; in t at hi w in our irienc (tnroi) ire- t If e la-or ol the ctuntry t IV cX!.rese, Hit o.ini m. anu di elan d p: o' isions .)-. "to move oi the i Wo can venture to nVdcre vou to snch come d cullivaten as the uecossilies of the counti y demand. ar:d tarnelly hopo the rople of tne Confederate Slates will loilow your example. C. C. CLAY. Jr.. I t II i' I ' ) I I. rei el v rk- :t Kie-lerit kb irg." O .r in lorm mi C Mud not ili-ocr wiat vaa the pliiu of 1 h ... who opi.i.td u forwar I move mi ni, ul Fr d--i i kbur', and says that th le w.i KU' h a di vci'u'ly of opinion ami j uiii.li M i I . I k-. I I II tt Mil 1 IV 11 if 1 i n it 111 Inn.maj i 1 .m-'-..... - . - . . . ... .viiir at Waoli'i.glon In.iL Iherw seemed to be no d tinile iiroramnie of action; that there was no concert of action; no harmony of feeling; and that the Yankees were drft in about like a ship at sea without rudder or compass: .Everything had boon done in Washing ton to get Hooker ready for an advance. Tho Inst man had been sent him, and eve rything wan held spell-bound tor the issue on the U:ipp:thunnock. S on after the " rwuuoil of ai" he!4tth WLiU House, whi b Hooker nt ended, re'nforC0)iients but how many is not known were sunt to loin. 1i was iiiiderlo d that this was done b L' nc lu in a final concession, und th.U "Kightjim Joe" wa plainly given to undiT'-land that i' was all thai would bo . do'ic fur him, and thai hu must advance on the reheU w ith ibe army ho baa. It was tho general talk in Washington thai Hooi k r h:i.oe hundiod und thirty thousand men, rut the .iven-.e cstimalo in military ci"i ! 5. ;n il a- d t:vil Irom conversations w.tnolli em ii tnat 11 oker's availaole lone 13 Irom ninelt to ninety five thou d. O 11 int rnuinl, Inun Mll be coLld gal bv-r, thinks this is a tau- eiliinalc. KINO a BR All a 1. There was a ver, treat Idling of dissat isiaci ion 11. Wa-hii'cton al Ihe action ol Ci'iigr s mv. ,-iii.g Liuroln vvi h such ex tr i- r ln.ai v p ivn, and especially ugaiial the in. I. ii'mu y h. 1, gi i d y impunity to all bid arts Tho cori-ervatue classes said thai vas on the o .1 .rii.ciplc Inat "ibo King can d no wion." U -M u lep towui-Js monarchy ai d a deed ofahsolute power. The sword and pureotibt nation were at hi will wiihdu' een so much as the rouidow oi a rcs'iauit. The people "wen? becoming a uriuo.l at the suhjoct, and even many ot Lincoln's aupporteis and poln al Iriends ilenounced the action of Co gre-s. Il w:m ha' taring away their lil'e k-. n-,,1 committing the whole inu r es e th n it. ,,, ,(, ,J,,. j,,wt r ,,f ol(t. nut,. Il m -at. I 11, ,, ,;,t,c. cir-lea that Wi.. un liiimed power .ad heen Voi d Li .olnlo prevent tho m-cesaity i.f. c .iiei,ig the new C.Migrtus, whose pohti.nl c unpU xioi, I'orhade the ln.po ol it. voting tlt. w,,. and iiicin to avry on the war. To" make the malt, r sine. Coi-ces, b fore Uh dt-nc-luii on, made L ncoln Ki g Abraham 1 tho raiin' of I "lc-B,Ml'J rcnuertju il ausoiuieiy neces-iry. tie is aware ot the destitute condition ol this country, and of the impoiiai.ee ot leaving at heme as long a possible the few men left. ' Of conrpe no one attaches any blame to tho officers sent tD execute the order of Gen. Pillow. Asheville Newt. W. L. YANCEY. F. S. LYON, J. L M. CLRRY, JOHN P. KALL1S, E. S. i)AH(iAN, J. L PUiill. DAVID QLOPTON, THOS. J FOSTER, W. R SMITH, W. P. CHILTON. lU-XNiHci n lock.ab. Ia alluding, some day ago, t tho facility wfth which cargoes of merchandize were run into Charleston harbor, while munitions of war were not so I.Tttinaie, wo cited the in stance of the Prii.cess Royal, which, as our readers are aware, contained, in addition to invaluable munitions, lour compo te sets of powerful machinery tor gunbo ua Since thai article was written, qui'ea number ot vessels l.av arrived all ol them c miaining aiticles mu h neoded in the Confederacy, bui none of tbcin laden, so fir as have been informed, with ordnai co and ord nance stores. Tuis morning, however, tho telegraph brings the unpleasant intelli gence that tho Ceorgiana, having blak ey u ns on board, has heen run ashore, rid died by the shots of the enemy, und deser ted by her crew. J here is a uniformity in these losses of war maioiial which may eventually fifive rUe to pa.nful suspicions. Richmond Whig,'st. A Good Strike. All readers w ill agree that in these diiy of vihainouidy mean ..a i 1 i iivjmui 1-auu ioamousiy uijn prices, an 1 J without reference to the merits and dem erits of good pure liquor o- wine asa bev erage, when il can de g t, the following call which appears in a Coiumpia paper, is worthy of utwniion and imitation: A kinkixg Notice 4 Tho way of the iraiisgrctmi.r is ha. d." Being convinced, Ir.-iri praeiifMl ex t-ricucc, that tho use of npnitous liquors is nioie destructive to the Southern Confederacy lhat Lincoln's min 1 m". e. 1 bert h. 10, as the di inking men of Columbia, do hereby respe-tfully call ' a meeting of our fraternity, on Monday eve ning, ihe 9th iust., at ibo C.ty Hall at 8 o'clock. MANY VOTARIES. Taxis A Timelt Suggestion. Th Richmond Whig says that "the passion for high taxes has become a perfeot rage. It is said that the people aro begging and entreating their Representatives to pile up the taxes mountain high the higher the better! Wo do not know who these people are. We are quuo certain thoy are not the people who havotopay tho taxes." The Whig is undoubtedly right. The people expect a tax law, as a aecssnity, and tor the sake of tlu great cause wlllbeer- i . . 1 1 i. :. r . 1 1. un couiuib 10 one 01 more man ordinary stringency. xui mere is aanger ot over doing the thing, and producing deep dis. sati.-taction by requiring more than the people can attord to pay. It 19 true that Fort Pemberton. A good deal of mis apprehension exists in reference to the location of this post. It is so oiien sp kcn of as a harrier in tho. progress of thoencnij lo Ibo rear of Vicksburg, that il is consider ed by many to be quite near the latter placjv t 1 1 . is.. 1 ue contrary 11 is more than one hun dred mile distant. Fort Pemberton is on the Yazao river a short distance below The confluence of the Tallahatchie and Yell bnsba. Tho Yankees reached it through Yazoo pass, which leaves the Mississippi a few miles be'ow Helena and Cold water river the la'ter empt) ing into the Yaxoo, a out r near, the point where wo supp.me Fort Poruboiton to be situated. Should tho rankos sueceed in passing thi Fort wedonot understand how they would be in tbe, rear of Vicksburg, for they would dint De in tne iaxoo, which empties into tbe Mississippi above Vicksburg. They would, however, be able to destroy all our boais In the Yazoo and cut us off from the large extent of rich country tying between the Yuxoo and Mississippi, from which our Vicksburg army is being mainly subsisted rort Pemberton is not more than thirty miles from tbe Mississippi Central Rai Road, and can thus be readily reinforced trom Vicksburg it necessary. A bill to provide Greek Lexicons for each intelligent contraband. Carried. A bill to alter ihe shape ol the negro's head. Laid on the table. A bill to shorten his heels, &o. A bill prohibiting the mention of any lityiors ou, and regulating tho number of sneezes per diem. A bill compelling every white person to tak't ihe oath of allegiance at least once every twenty -four hours. A bill ciluug upon membors to propose si 111 lar bills lo ibe above LOBBY MEMBER. Camp Holmes. Col. Peter Mallett hav ing sufficiently recovered from the wounds received in the battle of Kinslon, has rosu mud bis former p isilion as commandant of Camp Holmes the rendezvous for North Catolina. conscripts. Col. August wuo has filled this place since the d sability of Col. Mallett, has given grat satisfaction to all who have been brought in contact with him, and as he leave fo duty elsewhere, wo assure him thai the good wishes of our people go with hi rn. Col Maieit, though uot recovered from his wounds, will bo able to discharge the duties ol the position. Raleigh Progress. 1 : 1 .1 . valuation, anu upon an sunjucis e$p r .1 1 taxed, the tax shall be in piop .r 1 . t that which is levied for Si ale pur(Mii'. Sec. 2. Be it fuitber enacted, Tn.it v much of the aforementioned net us i. trary to the provisions ot this, ih U . : . repealed, and ibis shall be 111 form l 1 andt after its passage. Ilatijicd the '1'id d . gf Decewber, 1802. An Art entitled " An Art enable all the Inro, t -.,;. ; Town in this Slate to lay additional lava t. 1 i . :. 1 1... . 1. Ofcunus 1. dp ll Uliacico oy 1 lie ' t''nf,'Ml Assembly of the Stale of North (.'am!,, a and it is bcrehy enacted by the uuMmriiy of the same, That from and alter ill.- rus tication of this act, it shall bo aJljuni m ihe several incorporated towns ol ti.i State, and fuU power and authority i hereby given, to lay taxes for rn.11: .ci;-ui purposes, on all persons and hubjeris uh in their corporate limns, which are n taxed for State and county purpose; I'r vided such taxation shall be uuifonu "t, such subjects, and shall be in h proport:'-:. to tho Siato and crtuuty taxes, rqui : llio wants and neccessi tes of uc r- porated towns, f Kan tied the -!J d a v 0! December, 1862. North Carolina Treasury Notes. A North Carolinian now un a visit to South Carol in sveing oomplaiats ef the ton re ception of North Carolina Treasury Notes in that State, writes to the Fuyettevilloi Observer as follows: "N. C. Treasury notes pass freely every where 1 havo been, and the Itindtthle si x some are able to pay enormously those H'e" cenls are lar,ly taken in any quaul ity . who are making enormously but il is also iruo lhat a very large portion ol the people, including those in the army, are 'less able to pay than ever. Yet in a general tax law the property of soldiers at home roust be laxed, though possibly unproductive be cause of their absence. We say to Congress, therefore. Beware ! You could not commit a more unfortuuate olunder than to lvy such a tax as it is reported is nearly maimed, staled vari ously at a hundred millions, a hundred and htty millions, two hundred millions, and even tour hundred millions of dollars! Such taxes cannot bo paid. Tbe S ate and com ty taxes in N rth Carolina, for instance, will thi-year ho double what they ever" were belore Yet they may not reach three millions. North Carolina's proportion of the lax will be about one tenth say from ten to forty millions of dollars, according to tlur estimates of the whole. It ia suffix cient to slate this to satisfy ail that it will be impossible to collect such taxes. iiy. Observer. I do not know lhat the Bank receive them on deposit, but think it likoly. So far as I haVo seen, North Carolina Treasury Notes are as good here as any other except Bank Notes There ia not, so fa? as 1 could see, any great prejudice or dislike to our good old slow State, bu very great interest felt in the dovelopment ot her resources, par ticularly the iron and coal. Of course South Carolinians would like to benefit by their development, and why n t, if they offer to our people better inducerooi ts than other markets ? Reciprocity of feeling is tbe life ot trade, and let thai ceciprccily be come more general and Charleston will become 'thojnarkel or shipping pori for one half of the produce of North Carolina To more effectually bring about this a Railroad must exist frotn Fu)cuevil.e to Florence" Statesville Railroad. Tho Railroad from this place to Statesville (called llio Atlantic, Tenn. & Ohio Railroad,) because it was first chartered to run to Jonesboro', Tenn , and thence to the Ohio River, is now completed as we announced last week. This R-ad will be of great convenience to ihe country between this point and States ville, passing as it does through ono of the finest sec'io.. s of Mecklenburg and Iredell; and indeed, the country beyond Statesville will find il convenient lor those wishing lo travel South, if not in the way of transpor ting goods and produce Char. Democrat. N. C. Christian Advocate. The first number of tho new series ot this paper will appear, we learn, on Thursday next. April 21, under the management ot liov. W. E Pcii. Wo congratulate ibo Methodists in North Carolina in the selection they have j made lor a gentleman to conduct their Church paper, for Mr. Pell is not only a good writer, but possesses that practical knowledge of journalism which is equally as cshenlialo successful management as the power to wield the pen. Let the Church and its trieuds do their part in tho matter j of material aid and we'll vouch for. thef Georoia with North C.i"i.i'. ' Brown, in his recent mecjutije toiln I. laiuro of Georgia in special m'imhi, cs tho endorsement the t it, ' Confederate States hy Georgia, a cn.-'ii;-to impair tbe confidence ol capita! : injure the "credit of the State at h-iif abroad. He says it could do tho t 'cut-' acy j?o good. Wo ai glad to find 1 'h1 " State of Georgia in this, as in other rr-j"'' standing side by side with Noi th ( M - ; Standard. entire success of the onterprise. Acts or (he Last Legislature. An At to Prohibit, the Dutillatwn of Spirituous IA- tjnoit. Skctio.n 1. Be it enacted by the General Backed Down. Tbe Virginia 1- -' ture have backed out from the lr;n.'' tho State Lino to tho Confederacy Examiner says : I is said that both Houses ot tl.' ' ia Legislature, on Monday last.n. s ses-ion, repealed the act ti ansk i 1 : ' Stale Line to tho Confederate ai;tli 1 and then disbanded tho line uticond n ' This action i f aid to b" mont ngi both to tbcoJUcers and men who to::, composed lhat coips. Fire The Sloumcr Sun (li-i-J relPs) took fire al ihe wharf now m and was destroyed, with a quant.' y A ' belonging to the County. Uitt. From Nacssau. .The steamer-) M and Jessio and Eagle, bo'h It' in arrived 10 this port ycsleidav Courirr, 2oth Uata. We are manuhtci uran " superior qualav at Jaimi .wi . 1 N. Pffwina vs.-1 m K i n rr anv t h i 11 tr in Assembly ol the State of Nor h Carolina, I do well to ivo us a call. Orders nr. ai.u it is heretiyMiacled Dy the authoniy ot I to. Cash paid for wool an I mr 1 Flour The Editor of ihe Mobile R gi-u ter publishes an elaborate article, addu .injf fails and fiu-es to show that tno present high f rice of Flour is not caused by scaici I) , but by the heartless spectator ai.d mis erly hoarder. He calculates that there are now nine hundred thousand barrels of flur in that part of the-Confederacy not oco pi. ed by the enemy, enough to ao the people until next harvest if it was put lairly in the Anothe-r Female Raid We learn that a number of women, some twenty, more or less, made a raid on the corn crib of Dr. Goedlet, ai, Boon Hill, Johnston county, yesterday m. lining. Tho women weic mostly tbe wives of sol. I. era and 1 tf. red the same, thai from and alter the 1st day o' January, 1863, it shall not bo la-vful for any j ersoii in this Stale, to distil any spun uou" liquors out of any corn, wheat, pcis. aiid peanuts, outs, rye, Chinese sugar care, the -ecd thereof, syrup, mola-eiv rice, dru-d fruit, or potatoes, or auy mix ture ot any or either ot them, and al per sons violate g this act, shall for each and every act of distillation, be guilty of atnis i meaner, and on conviction thereof, shall bo fined und imprison fed, the fine not lo be A one dollar a bu-hol tor the corn, which was utld, we learn, al filteen dollars a -barrel. 1 lK t!,ari fivtf hundred dollars, and the and a large quantity on hand. Certainly nipi.Ho,.rneni not 0 00 less 111a , sixty ... . 1 , , 1 du s : Provided; 1 hat this aot shall not be one dollar a bushel .4 enough for men to j Ct,n,lrucJ tu alt araend or modijy an pay for corn who only get eleven dollars a j ordinance passed by the Convention of month, and sleep ou the ground at that. j this State, entnlod, "An ordinance to pro. Progrtu. bibit for a limited timo, the manufacture 1 -.m . . .MHinr.i i uctlon and i. hiiiiIhIoi ueia In reetalMi o - VI'Rh TKST AITK.NT1U.N ,t., .i-- looking aitei the inti-ret ol thc i." i in this pun ol .North Carolina. Ilio-itit' 1 Negroes, or itny oUier specim of " 1 1 or gooils. Ofbet an. I ware h'usf, Oot ti ' Best 01 reffereacea given. J. & F (.AKKKli W. E. Euwards, Auctioi,er. StamJaid copy 3 uiomhi. anted A t J I MIU'U fair p ice will be paid in c.i-ii "r "' ply at tins office II anted. A contractor lo ihom C2')i)i var.U nf ilirl l-n r. - i'1 V j - ' 1. v. w mar20 !: I'.KM l'r lk.T At lrA , A acArf a, M h ftp TiPffM m w,, pvi va"vw-- ,itl
The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.)
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April 2, 1863, edition 1
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