XV A?I ' I I S1 I ii If,- -2T ' A I t I " y, Will EMJ . GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, APRIL 30, 1863. YOL. XXV. NO. 1,247. rUBLIdflED WEEKLY". HY- M. S. SHERWOOD, MUmR ANP PROPRIETOR. tlphunM IV. Infold, Awiitant Ediler. rKIlMS, H3.00 A YEAH IN ADVANCES Hair of Advertising. )'!' I 'll ir cr tupure, for th first el tor itj vek theraftr. j -.i i . ,,, .. mak a nfjiiar. ieawcuooa roaue n r I itnilirx matter m follows: 3 HON TIM. 6 MOITM. I TKAB. r - :.r... $V(HJ JS.00 $12 00 I , , ,r,.. loon 16.00 24.VO - .... n j itit 0t lut r. . .!''" 'P Oi."1' Krui t)i Hirhweind Whi The Th Illll. , jrMui t-W.w u nopain of the bill axe for the romtnori defence and five per cent. en the first Sl.ftUU ana ten per cent.; on the excess ; between $3,000 and $5,000 ten per cent ; between $5,000 and $10,000,12 per cent.; over $10,000, fif' teen por cent.; subject to the following deductions: en incomes derived from rents of real estate, manufacturing and mining establishments, etc.. a sum sufficient for nvcor. ary annual repairs; on 'ncomes from week, any mining or manufacturing business, the Twelvo rentf (if rented) cot of labor actually hir ed, and raw matonal ; on income Irom navigating enterprises, the hire of the Ten eel or allowance lor wear and tear of the same, not exceeding ten per cent. , on in crimen derived from the sale of werchan dize or any other property, tho ptimecosl, cot of transportation, salaries of clerks and rent of bdildings; on incmes from any other occupation, the nalmries of clerks, rent, eost m laber, material, iVc .; nnti in tbe fume i,i in uf uiil iiiaurunce com iiaoten, c.rry on the iovrrninrit ol tl) Uonlecr- kmoonl 0f oes paid by them during the ni- .t.it, wuich lint pMHMod ooth branohsa 1 year. Income derived from other sources r,M rp'rrH. It i ifTiUt&ntially the bill . are- subject to no deductions whatever. All JOini-niOCK companies auu i ui tiens shall Dav one-tenUi of the dividend .r.,p'.rt.:d by the ( 'orimitlo ol (onforonce : I 1 tin first section isnpoies a tax ol titfht per tent, upen the value of all naval t-m , alt, wines ami ipirituouH liqaors, to .nA m.iniila:lttrl or unmanulacturod, rrtfn. Wool, Hour, miar, inolaisos, syrup, rii'H and othr agriciltaral prciducts, held or Mvnvd n tho first Uy of July ne.it, and nl tirf'ftsury. for family consumption for the unexpired portion th year 1863, and .l the tjrowtli or production of any yar preceding thoywur 1M3 and a tax of one per cent upon all moneys, bank tote or other currency on hanid or on de pout i. n the lut of July next, and on the value of ull credits oti which tiho interest h riot lfon pid,uod not employed in a huwihc, the iucetno derived from which i-Ux d under the provisions of this act, l'r"i...(l, J hat ull riioiys ownsd, held or ilei.omit tynd the limits of the Conled rtf r;i'e, hall hu vuluod at mo cunmt rale ol xi hango in (,'orif derat Treasury i(. Trie tjxoi to ho Hastened on tbe Ut tity ol July and collected on tho 1st day ol 'o.-iobrr nest, or as itoon thereafter as i.i i ho practicable. livery porson unpaged, or intending t' ''"giigo, in any butiness named in the .'ill ! lion, nIiaII, wikhi.i (0 days after the p;iHia of the act, or at the time of bs g nnn gbtiainc"4H,arid on lbs Int of January in rm li year thorealler, register with tbe li'ru t collector it ti no arcountof the name arid t i'tt drnce of each per.on, firm orcor poratin'; erigacil or iolcrestO(J in the buai- with a ntiitcinent ol the time for ivlni li, uuil tho placo and manner in which t!ti iimo is to ho conducted, &c. At the "i '1 tho rofi.ti iliir h)iIJ be paid the and reserved fontl annua'ly. If the annual earoine snail give a profit of more than ten and less thar twenty per cent, on capi tal Itock, one-eighth to be paid; if more than twenty per cent., one-sixth. Tho tax to be collected on the 1st of January next and of each year thereafter. 9. Relates to estimates and deductions, investigations, referees, Ac. 10. A tax of ten por cent, on all profits in 102, by tbe purchase and Halo of flour, corrr, bacon,' pork, oat, hay, rice, salt, iron, er the manufactures of iron, sugar, molaBen, made of cern, butter, woolen cloths, tihoes, boots, blankets and cotton cloths. Does apply to regular retail business. 11. Each farmer, after renerving for his own use 50 bushel, sweet, and 50 bushels Irish potatoes, 100 bushel corn or 50 busheU wheat produced this year, shall ?y and doliver to tbe Confederate botem ment one tenth of the grain, potatoes, Ion age, sugar, molaesos, cotton, wool afld to bacco produced. After reserving twenty bushels peas er beans be sba!l deliver one tenth thereof. is. tivery iarmer, planter or grazier Valce si new jenej. "murom them &nt a( ihnipri.hii nP;; ' On I j - - -- - f - - wHm m vnuip iveiiniU. ew jereoy uae K.u u.. v. -6 w pperty ; uui sinipiy io aaaist in ' Among the prisoners brouirht ud by the the war. Her voice is plain and earnest, maintaining, a. .h has ever believed and - cf tre 'h:at ... j"., 7 and it caunot be mistaken. Her legl now bliere it to U her duty to dc the ; g poday, were turo has just, by a veU i of S8 to 13, passed aopremacy of the .Federal Consti ttion ; fiome from th Weet wbobve been confined the following resolutions. Bead them and and, while abating naught in her devo- i l CamP Douglas, at Chicago. 1 he very hor manly protest against the acta oi LirT- tion to the Union of the States and the dig. "ight of tho poor fellows is enough to Strike C0lD.: o . u i ttiA qnat meLf 1 f lho .F9dnx j pity to the heart. We wish the Govern. "1. Be it further resolved by tbe Senate ment, at do time since the commencemei t m u .v. . i and General Assembly of the State of N.rr of the present war has.this Bute be thl V f Jerhoy, Tbat this State, 4n promptly an- er than willing to terminate peacefully and ' d,,tre8B na w hope that they will take swering tbe calls made by tbe President of nonorably to all a war unnecessary in its j 80" tep to lay their giievancea before the Unitee States, at and since the inaagV rigio, fraught with horror and suffering ! the authorities here. ration of therar, for troops and means to in its prosecution and necessarily danger. 1 Camp Douglas is worse than the llole assist in m aintaining the power and digiji- O0J to the liberties of all in its continuance, i of Calcutta. Not satisfied with puttiag our ty of the Federal Gorernment believed aid 5. And be it resolved, That the Legie- j men to death by suffering and torture, the confided in tbe professions and declarations lature fthe Sute of New Jersey believe Yankee demena have taken to Doinoninr ,r . i. - r :j . i. . u tt.:..j U n l that . -, S . . : . n,, ..... " oi lue rreiiuunt ui iuv uuuvu uwi m appoiuiuieoii oi Vommis jioners nis inaugural address, and in the resolo upon the part of the Federal Government tiona passed by Congrens on the 25th dy to meet Commissioners similiarly appoint- 1 July 161, in which, &mgthr Uiinga. ed by the insurgent Slates, to convene in it was declared "that tho war is not waged w euwu Pit for the purpose of for conquest or subjugation, or interfer,i conaidering whether any, and if any, what nig with the rights, or established institn plan may be adopted, consistent with tk tios of tbe States, but to maintain and honor and dignity of the national govern, defend tbe supremacy of tbe Constitution ment, by which the present civU war may with the rights and equality andei it on- be brought to a close, is not inconsistent impaired, and that, as soon as these objects with the integrity, honor arid dignity of the shall be accomplished, the war ought to Federal Government, but, as an indication cease ; and that, relying upon the assur- of the spirit which animates the adhering unces. iriven under the scan tity of official States, would, in any event, tend to oaths, this State freely folly, and without, strengthen us in the opinion of other na thum ! The little things, each an nen mi cakes, that oar poor prisoners would buy out of their few remaining cents, had killed a number of onr men, and on an investiga tion bemg ordered and the food analyacd, poison was plainly detected, and Us pres ence admitted by the Yankee surgeons! The aqthorities tried to exculpate them selves by laying it to an old Irish woman who was permitted to puddle cakes anion the prisoners. The death of our men at Camp Dougla has been appalling. Oue of our prisoners estimates that in the short sj ace of three ouths there were over 750 death. This delay or. conditions, contributed to tbe as- ttons; and hoping, as we sincerely do, that j was caused by u combination of causes, me low, wet and marshy situation of the sistance of the Federal Government her the boutbern btates would reciprocate the sons and hor means. . peaceful indication thus evinced, and be- 2. And bo it resolved, That this State, Heving as we do, that under the bleseing of having waited for the redemption ef the God, great benefits would arise from such sacred pledges of the President and Con- a conference, we moat earnestly lecom- gress with npatier.ee and forb aranceonly 'aend thesu.bjuipt to the consideration of equaled in degree by the unfaltering v and the Govemmantt ef the United States and unswerving bravory and fidelity, ot her request its co operation therein, sons, conceives it to be her bolemn duly, as 6- And be it Resolved, That his . Excel- it is her unquostioned right, to urge upon leocy, the Governor, be requested to for the President and Congress, in the most ward copies of these resolutions to the respectful but decided manner, theredemp- Government ot the United States, our Sen. tion of the plcWgos under which the troops ators and Representatives in Congress, entered Bxn au tu this mo to the Governors and Legislatures of ment have continued in the contest; and 0Qr sister Statos, with the request that they inasmuch as no conditions hnve delayed g've the subject proposed their serious and nor hesitation marked her real in behalf of immediate attention. tbe Federal Government, even at timet! 7. And be it Resolved, That the State when party dogmas were dangerously oi iew jersey pledge itself to such prompt usurping the place of broad national prin- action upon the subject of these resolutions I em p and I'JYprntiirA And ( ;on orreaaional " will 11 ve mom Practical eftect. irnineni Camn. tiem -r, half in water: tbe filth ami venain ol tre place, and the long and des late confinement of our men. In fact, mnm m ril'lV... . i . . .. v,. W1VJ tJiiTjucra toil) carue u uy tsie laetflag efruce had languisht-d there f li nearly two yearo, and their dejected, snr .row-striken and emaciated facts bore teti mony of more th-n all they told of thtir suffering. The suffering to which out bravo men have beon subjected by the demons in enough to melt the heart to tears. Even in the -col'J winter, when our prioci rs were taken there from ibo West in mid winter thy were thrown into priaoii, with nothing more than a pullet of wt straw as a bed, and without a particle t cloChing to protect them lrom thet-oid ai.l r-jMi.ti: :ix for th.i yrar ending on the nei .;-t ot Decern hor, and sucih other lax Im'iIu'' upon sulci or receipt in may -e Ii I ll I upon tue value ox all neat cattle, Dorses, mules, not used in cultivation, and usscs, to be paid by the owners of the same; beuves sold, to be taxed as income. lu. Gives in detail tho duties of post-, quartermasters under tho act. 1 1. Relates to the duties of assessors and collectors. 1.1. Afakes trustee, guaniiann, Ar.; re sponsible for taxes due from estates, &c, under their control. piercing blasts and one who knows anr thing of Western life knows how feartuliv one tenth of the hogs slaughtered by him, J faith ; and as the devotion of this State to te,y upon the concurrence er co-operation tny sweep over the prairies. In ai tue in cured bacon, nr. the rr of rw) nnnnds nf i the sacred cHnfl of nernetoatinir the Union f" the Governors and Legislatures ot eistor ! colu ui men hiv exposed to the stonn, , . . . I I F - I n t7 . . . . . - . I irut -. i . e.. i- - . - .... i . u f u-. Ntntnn unci ii to iovpounueoi pura; ue per ciii. ; anu uiuiuiaiiiiutj uiu uubihuliuij nm ucou iinstRined in anv iteare tv inndelitv. bicrot- ry, aectionaham or partnership, she now, kra lbe BeHt Substitute lor oliee. i.. view of the faith originally plightedof -verj ooay, we presume, Knows now to the disasters and disgrace that have raarki cultivate Okra. It is a most delicious table ed the slops of a changed and changing pol- vegetable, and it appears from the foilow- icy, and of the imminent dangers that inS extraa from a communication to threaten our national existence, urges upon tho Southern Field and Fireside, written the President and CongreOa netovn ar.d bY r B. Cloud, late Editor of the adherence to the original policy of the ad- "Cotton Planter," it is pronounced the ministration as the only means, under the btBl "uootiiato for Coffoc. Rd what the blcHaine ol God bv which the adherinc writer says and try the expinmcnt- . . i AniCDOT or Q.TJXXH Victoria TV.. following admirable trait in the char&eter of tho Queen may not be gonerallv known viru r xr- l . ?, . "u nuiKM r icvoria, sne is aaia vo nave frequently amused hei elf by going incog nita in a carriage to different shepa, and derived great entertainment, when divest ed ot the appendages attendant upon roy any, in unserving as a passive spectator, the infinite variety of incidonts and ooett- nationa with whioh Jiondon abounds. Being one day at Rundell & Bridge's, sLe observed, among many other objeets that attracted attention, one that fixed it. This was ayoongacd intelligent lady; who was most sedulously employed in looking over different gold chains for the neck, which were alternately presented to her for in spection. After she had admired several, she atked ehe price of one whioh teemed to have peculiarly struck her fanoy. The price was named. U was more than she imagined it would have been. "Could it net be offered cheaper?" "Impossible !" Ihe young lady seemed disoonoerted, examined tbe chain again, took it up, and then she laid it down a second time, ap pearing y part from it with reluoUnoe. However, at length she admitted the price was far too high, chose a much choaper, which she ordered to be sent home, and weut away. The young Princess Victoria who had silently observed the different workings of the mind of the lady as dis played in her countenance, inquired who she was, and npon receiving satisfactory information, ordered tbe firm to pack up the gold chain which had so attracted her attention, with the one she bad purchased, and send with a card signifying that the I'rincess Victoria was so well pleased with observing that the young lady, who bad been so much taken with the beauty and workmanship of the chain, bad yet so much the command of her passions as not to suffer them to ovoicomo ber prudence, that she, therefore, in token of her appro val, desired her to accept the chain which -he so much admired, in the hope that she would always persevere in that laudable line ol conduct upon which female bappi noss bo much depended. loi.ni ness. Any pei-Min failing td miiik such re. .'j- i y n'i'1 t;iy - t;r h lux, shall, in addition i ml t lo r t.fxes iiinn Ins business impos ed l ill" li t, p. iy double tho amount of the c 1 1 i . i ;i x on such busi ri.m, and a like urn lor very thirty days of such failure. I I!. ii'i e a separate registry and tux (or .aid luinr.i mentioned in llje Gth mm " ri , and for each place of conducting viia-; out no tax lor morn hloraee of "iii at a iiIhi'o other than tho registered H--e ol liiiifie-v A new rogiistry rouinr- ! iimiii c. iy chuno m iho place of con I ie; fi u reistereil ouainess, the death ol a v -n condiicliiig tho same, or Uon . i.e r ,flptr r f t he bueiiiess to a n ether, hut '" i'l Imonal f!iv ,i linpusi h the following taxes for the y ear ending the :ilst of Dei can ber, lbG3, and l-ir eaeli year thereafter : I'.aiiUers xhall yay 4iAV). A let loncei s, llUv D"al.?rs, Tobacco-ni-t, IV. IK-ra, t 'utile kers, Apothecaries, i niiiogiMpiier-;, Hnl Conlectiou.jrs, ?;0 and two m,d aij por centum on ino gross amount ot ates uikJh. W holen.ile de.ilers ifi liquors, $-00, and live percentuii on gr as amount of sales. Kelail dealers in lojuors 1 N if twie1 ten per cvnttim on ri. umuunt el sales. Wholesale dealers in groceries, wares, merchandize, Ac, V.'tt, and two and a half per centum. I'awnbr.ikirs, Money and Exchange iroker, tf-'i'O I Mtilur. 5M0. and twenty per centum, Hr ners ? Po m,tl two und ivhalf per cen tum Hotels. 1 niie, Tavim and Eating llous, c. nrs! clas. Jinn, ntfcond r laes $300, third JO.i, fourth class iWO, fifth class $30. Wlery lonice w iero food or refreshments are s.ld, and everv hoardincr Iioump where r there shall bo six boarders or more, ohall t-e denned an e.iting Jioiiuo under this act "o inner cial brokt i k or commission mer chants, Sl'ou, Knd Iwo and a-hali per cen tum I heati s, i-MH), and tivo per ceatum on all rereip's Karh circu $100,and 10 for each 16. Exempts the incomo and rnenoys of States can bo reunfted in action, the Union leseored, and the nation saved. 3. And bo it resolved, Tbat it is the de liberate sense ot tbe people of this State that the war p-.wer within the limits of the Constitution is ample for any and all emer gencies ; and that all assumptions ot power under whatever plea, beyond tbat confer red by the Constitution, re without war rant or authority, and if permitted to con tinue without remo&strauce, will fiqady encompass the destruction of Ihe Republic ; and therefore, to tbe end tbat in any event the matured and deliberate sense of tbe people of Jew Jersey may be known and declared, we, their representatives in Sijn. ate and General Assembly convented, do, in their name and in their behalf, make Government this our hospitals, asylum!, churchos, schools and colleges from taxation undorthe act. 17. Authorize! the Secretary of the Treausty to make all rule an 1 regulations necessary to the operation o; :ho act. 18. Provides that tho act shall be in force tor two years from tho exj ..tion of tho present year, pic sooner repealed; that the tax on naval stores, flour, wool, cotton, tobatco and other agricultural products of the growth of any year preceding 1?G3, imposed in tho first section, thail bo levied and collected only for the present year. The bill, of which I he' fore ironic is a sum mury, now only awaits the signature of the. President to become a law. In the pres ent condition of uffuirs, and ul this late stage of tho aession, it is presumable that ud'.o the Federal he will waivo objections, it he may have solemn any, and sign it ; and yet the bill, which we had not seen till yesterday, is extreme ly faulty in princip.e, and si II more so in its detail. Did wo belie ve i practicable at this limo to cure its inequalities ami delects, we should invoke tho Executive veto, but satisfied tbat this cannot bo done, wc call epon tho people to accept and abide the law as it is, and to repress all agitatiou, disoontent or murmuring. In the caption of this article I have said "Okra is the be&t substituto for colfeo." Like every other family, perh.ips, cold and shivering and benumbed. A coldjnow storm came, and the reoult ws that fwenty. five or thirty of our men actu ally froze to death. We have '.bin on reliable authority, and the story a substantially co'nfiruied, ia every particular, by an account whi'-h we published some time ince from the Chicago Time?. On their way from the West, our prison ers were still objects ef persecution and maliuitv of the Yankees, and were made to travol twe live-long days wiuh ui. morsel of food ! Thoy left at Camp Douglas about two thousand prisoners, who were to bo exchanged, and were leaving in bodies of four aid five hundred. It was hoped by our men that they would soon be out of the clutches of the demons who have lorded it over them with a tyranny dark whore a tho blockade rendered Coffee so ccarco in the country, that we had to givo from 50 cents to a 1 00 per pound for it, mv wife began to cast about for a substitute, and we : and cruelty worse than tbat if the tried rye, ground'peas, corn meal, and po- i ages. liUhmond Examiner 14M. atoes, aud finally, I concluded that we ; would try Okra seed. Mth. Cloud had some, washed and dried, preparatory for parchiug. Wo used about tho tame quan tity by weight or measure, that we had lormerlv done of coffee. It was carefully Z US IK The Sikuk of Washington. Tho Now York Herald)! ilu 9th has letters from its correspondent, 12 miles below Washing ten, C, of the 1st and 2d inst., and from Xowhe.ni 8d inut. Tin writer admits that parched and tho coffee made in way, when wc found it almost oxactly liko ,jiey Wer0 decidedly iivi light place,' PROTEST Against a war - waged with the in surgent States for the accomplishment of unconstitutional or partisan purposes; Agaiust a war which has for its object arid for himself "should -i homo." When Cen. Foster, then at New bcrn, heard on tke 2'Jth-cl the investment of Washington', ho started immediately lor that place, and moved oil tho 30lh,only to find that tho danger was even greater than he hud anticipated." He sent lorn exintntion othib.litie; uelers and ether persons ions, jU Howling alleys and Milliard roorai, lor mi ll alley or lah.e regmtered. I. very ial.o ket CRoi's. A friend wr:tos from High Point on the 15tb inst : " Tho crops ot w.icat everywhere look finely notwithstanding tho lato spring; and in almost every house is to bo heard the sound ol tbe loom. You know that my "roving disposition" has carried ir.e owr the Slate often at this seascn ot tho year aud my oxperience is thai tho wheat crop so far. promises well, and limber thoru is much more provisions in the country than supposed. People do not care to sell at least till tbey see now the growing crop- tarns out. 41 In this connection allow me to remark mat our excellent Governor, acting u uler authority given hun by tho Legislature, has bought and has nowon hand 8OU.00O pounds of bacon, 2,000 caeks of rice aud about 80, 000 bushels ot corn. This is to be disiribu- leu among the different comities lor ihe benent ot the poor coffee in color, verv pleasantly tasted sind entirely agreeable. All other uOatuuica were laid aside, and the Okra has been used in my family for tho last eighteen months; and for myself, 1 car. say in all candor, prepared as our cook has it done, I should have no preference, at 10 cents per pound between Okra and Coffee. When wpII murla-iml lined with irood rich cream the subjugation of any of the States, with and clarified pugar, it is delicato and finely brigade of infantry and some ugut ru-ui a view to their reduction to a tomtorial flavored, entirely wholesome, ot u rich got- pieces, which where forthwith dispatched condition; den color, and in all respects equal te the Mn(j urnVcd at a poiot on tho river whore Against proclamations i rem any source best Javatjntioe, except ipe vyouee navo, by which, under the piea of "military ne- which may be imparted" to It, if preferred, cessity," perrons in Slates and Territories by grinding with tb.e baked Okra eed, ten ustaiuing tbe Federal Government, aud or twelve grains of baked Coffee, for each beyond nwcessary military lines, are held meal. Now every family of the Confoder- liablo to the rigor and severity ot military ate States may make trial of the Okra at law; very trivial expense, when I am confident Against the domination of tho military tbey will bo pleased with it. Then by the ever the civil law in btates, Territories or middle ot next summer every iamuy ma have as much of it as they may need raised a' home. The Okra is of the same family of plants with cotton, (gossippium; and oTowa eoualiv well in all lattitudcs and on all land, where cotton growd Disiricla not in a state ef insurrection ; Against all arrests without warrant; agaiust the suspensien ef the writ ef ha beaa corpus iu States aud Territories sue taming the r edcral Government, "where Surgeons am pels, i rontiati, $j(). Bakers, $50 and CI. lis hutchers and cent uiii. 0 I'.vor, pv I noli rO:'is!er,l and rur.l is re: urrH ot the fc'ross 1 leiirn Hint lull twn cbuntieB have so far applied for bacon. The Mat0 a I)0rllon o1 the i)late of irginia; act appropriating 51,000.000 for Soldiers' t milium ia irnrlrimr w ull uml . 1.;. U ......... ..w vi "mi, u HJ VIUIIl" ill u 1 1 1 wyerb,Physi- good." $10 1 1 JIM red to uiali: a u i otintoi sia.es tl 0111 tho iiassai'o of i he uet o the :iiUt Jane, and every three months t:u reatler. A tax upon a I salaries, except of per- sn- in the ni litary or naval service, of one i'ir wncn not excoodijiir gl;500. and vut. upon an excess over that 'u. I'ro.-nld.l, Tout iu taxes shall M-d bv aIuiv hi miy person receiving a salary m- Xteed.lij Cl.ll'P nrr ........... . . lib- f ii u i a esi mu u 1 1 Bft, er pel io i i f i imi, louder or ono per What ts Everybody's Bt -siness is No- nonv's." The editor ol iho Brandon llev publican, appreciating the moral ot this adage, last week took nocico iu his j aper ot the tact tl'at the gardens oi the sohiicra' wives aud poor widows' in town needed plowing, and called on twenty gentlemen An acre of the public safety dees not requiroit ;" and 'good garden land will produce 500 pounds against the assumption of power by any of the seed. I hare given it a fair trial in person to suspend such writ except under my family, and I find it wholsome, nour thr express authority of Congress. ishing, and perfectly healthy, nor has it any Against the creation oi new States by perceptible effects upon the nervous sys the division ot existing ones, or in any tem, through which medium headache is other manner not clearly authorized by often produced by Coffee, in many debilita the Constitutien, and against the right of led females, especially, secession as oraclicallv admitted hv thn j , - - action ef Congres- in admitting as a new There are many varieties of the Okra; th most common ale the long and 3horl, Ag linst the power assumed in trie Dro- i, while the nui oiish wi.it", and amaliou wfthe President made January ne jvvarf, (stalked) wbich bears pods of a one, eighteen hundred and sixty three, bv ...n'mlnr. oltan twolve to liltecn in which all tho nlava in pArlnin Qtot aa anrl . - . i i ;utT new : - wavewae aHfftebVO liarts of Statos, are forever set free : they heard oi the battery at Hill's Point, which they could not pass. The writer pays, in h:s Jimt letter. " l ii-'hl this morning- the battery at Kud.iun'rt Carta opened fire from lour j guns on the Commodore Hull, which va j lyiriiC in the st ream about 100 yards distant, j Thellull fought them f r about an h air with her stern truns, when her officeis I found that tho high wind va fat lowering j the water in tbe river and it would ho iu- j ccssary to take a position indeepe; water.; Accordingly 1 1. ey moved ulioula mile near j crlhe town, when llio v-el grounded, ai-:d as tho water was slill falling it becume i in - ! possible to move h-r. Siie was v i t k.i:i eay : rane ot the enemy's batteries and icmaii.d so until after tut d wn, aad wus a fin.- tar ' get lor over twelve hours. Arid rv.ht heartily did the rebel artillerists ply their guns upon her. Over seventy shots struck her. Her upp"r works are completely de molished, three t her u; s have been dis abled bv tho rebel sie.is; but. strieeto had I'Ul time mer. w ni il'"l Martial Law. The House ef Repre sentatives on Wednesday last passed the Joint Resolutions, reported by Mr. Russell Irom the Committee on the Judiciary, as follows : I. That Martial Law, in the sense of an arbitrary suspension of all the laws and civil jurisdictions, cannot exist within the Confederate States. II. That Martial Law, in any sense, it it can exist within tbe Confederate States, can exist only by virtue ot Legislative an tlioiUy. III. Military Law (for the government of the forces) is distinct from Martial Law and it is enacted by Congress in pursuance' ot the Constitution. IV. Without martial law, military com manders may sometimes exert extraordi nary powers at and near tbe place ocon- pied by their troops, and. may be justified by tbe nature and oeoesitios of the service, and, therefore, by the laws authorizing the employment of the forces, bat they assume the hazard of responsibility according te known principles of law. V. b or tho security of liberty and the certaiuty of law, powers which aro neces sary to bo conferred on the President or ou military commanders in lien of the "lower i r. A - - . J j .. ,.i.i tv Confederate States, aught to be conferred ly distinct enactments. The vote was: Yeas. MessrB. Arrington, Asho, Atkins, lialuwin, Baison, Boyce, Bndgers, H. W. hruce, Chambers, Chamblins, Chilton, Clapp, Clark, Clopton, Collier, Curry, Davidson, Davis, DeJarnett, Farrow, Koote, Foster, Gaither, Garland, Garaott, Goode, Gray, Uanly, Herbert, Hodge, ilolcom'je, Marshall, McLean, Perkins, Kails, Read. RussolJ, Soxtoo, Singleton, Smith, ot N. C, Strickland, Vest, Villere, Wri-lit.ol Ga , Wright, of Texas 45. Nays.: Messiv. liarksdale, Coarad, Con i-ow, Cui rin, Dargan, Dupre Elliott, Ew wig, Freeman, Ciraham, llilton, Uolt, Jones, Kenan, of Ga , Kenan of N. C, i.ewis, Lyons, Machon, Martin, Miller, .Munneilyn, Pugh, Royston, Swann, L'rippe, Wulch, Wilcox 27. a- aho iia- and and agaiust tlie expenditure of the public mon eys forhe emancipation f slaves or their support at any time, under any pretence whatever ; Agaiust any and every exercise of pow er upon tho part of the Federal Govern- ches; this is tbe best variety anu me muai productive. A quart of seen win piam an and none kiih 'i dui mg the entile Her ma- h nery is all in pjrlec. op her hull ;s undamaged." at t nui er and THK NoKTIIKRX Ni:cK OF Virginia. A the Yankees f- ... -ii i . . inr. acre five by three feet, wtucn win ,-roouee pnrri;H,0lUll writes that 00 good land, 600 pou nds Ol seed f p.unteu ..lated the Northern Neck as fur a wo : - im to send a borne and plow each on a certain ment that is net clearly given an expressed rv day day and do the job. Fourtcn ot them re- the Federal Constitution ro assorting 50000 ) did Respctfuily, on my own place last year two aeres, ana used ii abundantly for all purposes from lbe first of May till lrost, beside sending v,m nna-half toone bashel To market eve. 11 viae , . and we could have Bavea casny, u 1 ii r a other r i.i.l. ... tli.i. 1. . . .. . l"1 ia. iu annual in- -ne-. hetw.eu ;jOi and il,jUl, shall be live per- ceul ; between $1,600 and ,00, sponded one of them striding two tiows and another two men instead to clear otl tho ground. Encouraged by this success, ho has this week designated 14 more te send a hand each with the necessary tools, on a day named, to repair tmch ct the garden fences as aland in. need ot it. MarrieJ, on the ottt uml , if A. Tar, Esq , to Mise June Feathers tommodaics that work well together. r.ai. ..minds ol seed, as well a the quantity that "the powers not delegated to the Uni- a, A 0ffiriant for otr tamilv use. t-j t .Stales by the Constitution, nor prohib ited by it 10 tho States, are reserved to the Slates respectively, or to the people." 4. And be it resolved, Tbat the uoe qualed promptness with which New Jersey bus responded to eery call mado by tho 1'rcsident and Congress for men and means has been occasioned by no lurking ani musity to the States of ihe South or the tbe rights of ber people ; 00 disposition to Savannah, Ga N. B. CLOl U, Surgeon, P A C. b. Feb. 1 0th, 1803. they can. They lave robbed from Marrora to Heathsville,in Northumberland. Besides stealing negroes, ciestroying stock of every description, using and wasting grain in lurtjo quantities (which our coir mis-anes ou-htlohave bought and consumed last Tear ) they have carried oil immense num hers ot horses ami mules. All the planta- cominons. A.n iuiwj a.iu . t burnt wherever their Ii is proper to remark here that as soon as the Okra seed have colored, after being parcUed or bakl they should be fround. It allow ;d to in.i.d a dy or two alter being baked, before c -ii.diug. thev become Tery hard Kei g ery small p. equires great care ia baking them, otherwise they re liable to be burned. nons are in ... .....ia I.iiv.i heCti icketshave been postea. ery le .a. in condition to maKe corn aurm- Thk Ho; Cholera. "Corrf.ction. The ,i ! de on the " Ll og Cholera," published in mi;- lo'-il column yesterday, contained a 11, 'eiial error whienhould be corrected. I'm uipx. it bhould have been stated, are a -vue prevcnt'vu of the diReae and not a j tor it We misunderstood Col. Wyatt, .vhoKuid that upon giving his hogs this v-L'etable food, not ori3 that was well at the time,, took tbodihee, nor has be bad a -:tve of it amongat them since whereas he'nre they were fiekenir.g and dying every l.iv Iron. it. If, therefore, the farmers, as i,-',n art 1 1 - diacover this terrible distem 1 1 r a.;.oi.rt their hwine, will give them IU1 ti IpS, lopt aim vinrj win an Uiut have not been seized with it. The piead of it will be thus effectually and certainly stopped, which is surely a great desideratum in times like theae, when it is so important to keep up and increase the supply of bacon and lard. The Keokuk. The Mercury of the 20th Kays : The naval officers attacked to the C. S stoamer Chuora have paid frequent Tifcits to the wreck of tbe suaken Keokuk. Access, thss far, has been obtained to the iutenorof one turret only; bat quite a number of valuable and interesting tro ph.vs and relics have beea brought off. Amonr these were three swords, a fine mers art irj'stol, kc Some ol these articles have -.-J .III -AS ;,ir,e. t year, from want of labor, teams, , biace been pre.cnteu W arw.iery omcers. ''Z',;;,,, rmthlesslv hurrt and ! The -ponge, rammer and elevating screw de9 roved,, aud inclosed fields. -Jiuhmond of one of the Keokuk . IMneh guns, ,rV- at Fort Sumter. Whig are