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Perhnphe .has ' beeu rendered ! position U- .to whom are they . inuebtod tor , I . heretofore written that ;W,,n a w- iQ, J ' - i.s. ...tibe Woinnlishment i Not. to the stingy, stiUj, , to pp!jr to those agent, . who mka it . FRIDAY, A PHIL 27 1866. JNO. VV. ALSPAUCH, GEO. WALTER SITES EDITORSr Vaicdiciovy. , ' "With this istie, th conrec-tion of the undersign d with the WttUrn Sentinel rs it athociate edi tor will cease. It U with no ordinary einotions of regret 'iluit he makes thU iunonncemcut, tor, since Lis residence in XU section of Nrth Caroliii, b hat found many wann ftiendn who have beeu triendK indeed : who b"ve gtoud by him unhlter ingly through, the sunshine and the shadow, re , jojeed witii him through eiioceM, and sympathised wiiliiim iu mfortiuie. The steadfast kindnefca of thefe triends he'ean never banUh from his recollec tioti, but in al'ter years hi heart will travel back again to the. ecei es of his recent career, and linger with oeliht over t!.e memory of the inany pleay ant hours that kindness gi'du;'. ShouM ha at any future ptriod find it to be his interest, as it certainly ia'hUiaclinatioD, to resume tKo editorial ptn in :hi Statu, he trusts that hi old' friends vill not forget him, but that hi ifiorts to euMain what be believed to be the true princi ples, of out republican government, and to vindi cate the wUe teaching ot its immortal father, ill meet with tho Fame jpprobarun; which they have 0 generously bestowed up.n bis bvgoue lal.rs. ; Geo. AJ.TKK UES. ItvHpiug WaalJi AgsussM Hie Cay ' of W mill. One of the mot glootny'ppectacles of the demor. alization of the times ia tnanifested in the fact of! the unparalleled number of indictment?, ' by the grand juries of the country, which now appear up nn th docket of our eourtrt of record, . These ul- rrnot innumerable cases are mainly the lebiilte of MiMiwippi jsir.ee the einancipatioi full oi: intura-; the eiforcenient of the Conscript Law of tho Con federate Government,, and the enforcement of such other law and menturesas were adopted by" thoso having in charge the duty of reinforcing the army of the Confederate State. It is a'notoiious fact, and sutierins by Wes trained in the nnrrender blatant; presurcpmou - y of the cause h: country tsponsed. Aniyet., the firat itole: them from their. Rati re landc. Africa, prevention 'got. on,' .ho conntry it ,:ore and moio "not to the philanthropist who nit sold them into distracted and ruined, and the deed done was com-j slavery ; not to the pbarasaical fanatic who in Jiw milted at a time when It -Wan death or dishonor to , own country ejcludes them irom every decent ami refuse to obev orders. If tnch a hite of things'! profitable employment, ' and compels tnem to live ?'alt in the M?h and subsist npin me g-ruuge oii.e ritv rewers: but to the Southern naster who. ha are continued wlit is to be the roult ? TJniver bankruptcy at.ul a state of gen-ral demoT;;l!2atioi munt ensue. Ko man cau pay hi debts; no -man confide in Ijh neighbor. ' But look yet at the end ot the law ! : The late legislature, a if to influ t etcrmd punishment upon Mich a are unable to pay cot in thee pros'ciiiior.s,' and there are a jjreat many who cannot, enacted a law reinaiiding into" the hares ot the sheriff, to be imprisoned, all offenders against the law, until the fine and, cost incurred in the prosecution ot the tu.it ftgtun&t them have been secured. This leave the poor convict, whether in a just or a wrong cause, perpetually, under existing Jaws, in jail. Jt'or it is most evidcut, incarcerated in a dark aud fc$ ld dungeon, ho can do nothing to tid himself iu the way -f meetit g the requirements tif the law. ; In former days, when our law makers were wie and meicitul, a convict, no matter what his often'! might have beeu, after the penalty of the law had befett suffer d, might iu twenty days, take an oa'h of absol vanre and release himself horn prison. But nut mi now, Ie'ilio .cann t foot the bill oi toet id doomed the balance ot Ins dnv to view -the ligi.t of the Mir rfme a s-onrce pene to the community at large. A ; 1 online Ilveisa Ctist 't liaiv Sluulow Governor Sharltcy.'.j . tfte Petersburg Erprits, before ihe Ktconi'tt uctiou tComiittev, gave wi tlence iu regard to the mort'diiy ot he r.eu-.es l done all for them of good that they have ever re reived. If, theiefore,- they tre not quite equal to "the requirements of a white mnu,' my not their bent and only frieud of the South till be eutrusted with their culture t We are wiHiog that they sbill be educAtetl, their morals and manners im proved, but this. thrusting them as an equal upon society is destined but to work their ultimate and certain anuihilation. Wo take pleasure in living before the pub lic the letter ot Treasurer Battle in reply to an -article of laiit weeki on the subject of broker's Iiabili ry to pay taxes, under the revenue laws of the State, and acknowledging frankly, that the clause, in the 'ordinance ot "the Convention alluded to, did escape our observation, and that to all appear ances it wonld seem conclusive, thit a brokei is rendered liabl , under the snid clause of the ordi nance, to pay the State tax. But, inamucii as the ordinance did not restore the order of the county court of that (late, levybig laxea for comity purpo- only though i.on grateind lo bei U to,SoW! Xhiil a br:,ker aleml" 01 er?Jl'l,! of tusation, :aail an Sngnffcrall ex- ,"lC"lliau:.v u' ,!'e l'M"iw. the late reve- tilar business) to deal for brokers. A person ctif unwittingly tor a broker, or making a single pCt. chase, or insignificant number of purchases, in jg norance of the lawt might eonsciemkktslv dfcKn to pay the tax. De minimi neivcurat Zr. rj,j is perhaps going further iu favor of agents of bro. kers than strictly the law allows, but I thbk I have stated its spirit. It is common to charge public officers wjih b. ig ovet-zealous in favor ot the Stat&, with makrn strained constructions against the sjrrit 'and often tbe'lefter of the larv. This is a great fault M4I sti i ve to avoid it. I desire what belongs to thfj State and no more. When you e,ne to RaWigf, caJfto Fee me, and I am sure ytm will see that I have decided as often against the State as g'a,t the tnx payer. Very respectfully, KEMP P. BATTLE, : . Public Treasurer. IwM ' Tlie following table shows the amemit of the quota' of direct tax levied by act of CWrM .approved Augnsi 5th, 13G1, the amount paid to date upon the, same by the several States Band below aud the amount yet due: VIRGINIA. Qvtti '..:$79.91 S5 Amount paid to date . ful iuteresf. His hiuviiitge ;s: kI do not believe that there are now in the State very little more than hulf the nombor of tieemen that there were" formerly of- shires, certainly noi more thau two thirds; they have ditd off, there that, for eome time prior to the surrender' of the j no telling the mortality That has prevailed among Confederate cause, the crime of desertion from tho ; they have died off in immense numbers." i army, as it was then considered, became so great and alarminz in ;ts extent, as to incite GeueiaK In the btate ot ot North Candiua a very uimilar ttate of ctfairs txista. Thousands have perisheV commanding department, to adopt tne most rigor- fyuiseu ana si.ixvi.i-g mougm upon inem m ous measures of redress, and to detach troops to gc ! t-beir separation tiom their masters, and those who into the various neighborhoods infetted with de- j fonr.eilv proUcted them. During the war it was, f erters. Tiiese detachments were required, some- 6tatt,i h' ih theru press that at lea-t one million' times by written, aud'sometimes by merely verbal !hefee wretched beings penned in that p,rlion orders, to enforce the law against desertion from j ' countrJ vvi,5ch wa under the federal juris the army ; to open doors in qnet of deserters, and j diction. And accoidmg to the testimony latelj in Kn.nrrM c i.t armi all oDDosition to the author- ! taken otto re a eommtuee or congress,- the concli i r . . . NOliTi; CAROLINA, ) ':X' Oi PA coir, Apni 1865. ) Auionnl yet due $6CS27 82 JSiOHTH CAEOL1JSA. Quota Antou.it paid io date , me law, is not liable tor count v taxes. And, as the Treasurer states, an individual 'doing merely a iempor.-ny bueires unwittingly, and n ignorance of the law, ' doe?-not eomo ' v, ilhin the spirit ai d meaning v tee ! : SlATiOx NOliTi; CAROLINA, ' i.kr. A AJJV. hAi.au: Col. J. W. AtspAton, )' Dear Sir ; A friend hnr.ds me-a late copy of the Arnount yet due. . . Wetttrb-'ikntmeV in -.which there ia moa editorial j . ' . - .tjs'nxicw?ku. crilicism of mv deciskri'on the 'coti-! taction of 'Quota v paragraph 8 se!;ednle B. of 'the Tie von tie Act. - Will j Amount paid to date . . . . . $-180,705 47 7..2i J& Am uut et due, ....... . t' t BOtJTH 0AII0L1NA. Qi:n:a. Amount uaiil to dTt.... $4i6-.i69:J7 S035 07 . 245,0J8 62 $569.07 2a . 260,000 00 Amount yet duo ARKANSAS. ity of the goveruuitnt. - - ' In many cases men were ehot down and violence dne both to the douiicil and property, and in a tion of the fiecdmen in. the District of Columbia is deplorable in' the extreme. " it bus been a settled opinion among the men of manner ench :Js to be highly criminfll in the eyes i tlje South most competent to give the subject an of the Civil law. While on the other hand, those ! impartial and philosophical onu. ration, that the lawless individuals, in many instance?, by way ol negro1 race' in this country is doomed to extmciK.iJ retaliation and revenge, committed the -most-wan-! fct u" it"111 lY' As Jng "s tf,eJ v' 'hi id ton outrages upon the persons tnd property or j hondage, they multiplied in a greater ratio tlii those they deemed to be their enemies. And low (the whites; but now that they are left to take cat e tince the dark dajs of the rebellion is over, under j ot themselves, they mauitest no qualities wluch eij the FettVration of the civil courts," the" work of r aide them to resist the uviabiutd VlK-s of cl'noate civil warfare seems to be fast becoming the ; order 1 nd' disease.' ' Iu a rigorous chmaicy necetsiutiiig.; opinion. you he so kind as to allow me a reply in tiie cob uir.r?; of youi' pnf er ?- '. : : - . " ; You iare right in supjsirg I did not inteud to be personal lit the ilbistratir n mr.de in my iustrui'lious Quota. . to Sheriffs' -rtnd 'others.'-- I- keep u tile of lettem ,oli ' Amount paiil to dale.....,...'.., the subject of taxes sud in making an .ah--tract ot ,A -v , v r points Iecided, the towns mentioned in jour letter ( Amount yet duel . . ; . . ........ . '. of March 22nd.' weve -'named without intending to : tiECAriTULATioN-. csil the attent;on of the public to your indi virtual ; lt a! amount of ''quota'.. ........ Jti, " j Totul anionnt paid to date . . . According to the usages, hmever, of this offic, ) and I think of all other public offices, it would not J have been improper to have published your letter j of enquiry to me and iiiy answer tJiet eto. It' "a ' 1 309,073 ao .$222-,6C8 70 Total arriount yet dne, -.$16,208 33 .$2.S37,35 CO. . . 82535 48. Terst n desiring informalion concerning a revenue i act desiies to aoi! pnUU-i'y, I will regard his ' tt.b fotj0' eom muni cat ion cor.tideniial, tt tpecialiy requested j and il consi.-teut. wifh my duty,; bur. otherwise I ieol at, liberty' -to publish hi' quest: oris 'fts .well as my answer!, if proper," for the .'elucidation' 'of the subject under investigation. As to the majt'er under discussion bet ween, you and. my elf, I have steii no reason to ciiange my of the da Our courts, the Tribunals of justice, i couiinuous labor," they aie oi all men the moU U literally floodeil to over flowing. -with pro-ecu-tions and eriminal indictments. In several of the counties on tlie fourth Judicial Circuit, we are in formed, that large nnmbers of persons stand ar raigned under charges of murder, and Jiosts of oth trs have-" seits instituted against them to recover damages done dnrmg the war. ,T In our own coim- ty, pon the tJonnty and Superior court dockets, helpless. '.Iu view of this awful -'mortality; the question may be pertiqeiitly aked, who bus beeu tie best friend ot the negro, the Northern philanthropist who has'giveu him ''freedom, , or the masttr who provided lor all hie wauls? The idstiy of the past twelve inonllm amply answers the interroga tion. .The half starved, naif clad, unbaimv wretch- we obderMand; that" not less than one hundred and es themsHves that infest -the to,vns and villager r trial. ? These are ) thioughout the eutire,Souih, ansWer the questiou,' ixty or seventy cases stand for destined to creafe-la great deal of ttrife,:'ttir tip and fan into existence tlie bitterest of feeliiig bet Ween neip-hbor and neighbor, : nin and id an. ' A war man is sued tor wrongs done i. the pursuit of a de- rter ;va: deserter i; 'arrested outrages comitiitted on the' Since lire. above was writ. en. vve notice, in an- other article in the wtnie paper, that' the testimony' of Gov. Sharkey,'hefore the Reconstruction Cm- mirtee, r;as oeerr iruiy corionorateu oy statements d- under a charge bf j inia'de' iii' the VjifiyxCrier''vn the sr.me sub eiTSoh or- property of i jct-,"so tar as the Siat "oi'' Kentucky is coucerhetl. --'-'- l " .J 1 1 . . ... 1 V I . ' ;..: il. L . . - ..s- w?. - . ; . I a war man? trie irieuus or uie .respective parties j inaw paperjniorma uiai ine toaru or riealtii at. a ' become involved in ttie controversy on en Iter sice,'1 late meeting. (leveiopea.j'ine.tart ling fact that the ' and tlrere lft no-enu to tue uipure, ine disruption ! ratio or.morratiry iiuot g tne negroe9,utIioa.isvUl Your argument is a very good, one, but cqt being founded on fact, muf fall to, the ground. ' Yon hold that the Kevenue Litw of 1852 3 was in opeVation tiom the 18th, October, ; lfe05 n the 12th t April, 18t)6; when the. present Revenue act took efiVct. Ju . arriving at thia coochision .you overlookid section ,7 of, the ordiuaucc, quoted, by yon, entitleo: "An .Ordinance declaring, whi Jaws and ordinances aie in force and for other, purpose," A t ter . repeali n g alt rat es of taxation i inpused, duri n g the war; that section --.enacts that Sheriffs hrd th ? er revenue otticers rfialt Collf ct and acpountjfor the taxes and ot her pD blic ,d ues according ., t4 V the rates that were in force the 20th May, 1861,V ;4 This ex pressly re-enacts the revenue law. of 185& 9 & a inended iu 1660-1 which J continued s iur, exi4tence umW 'repealed by; the! present revenqe.t of the General Aaembly ratified, ,March12tJt,J ,186.- of kindretl tietj the heart burnings,' and t ber malice engendered; :?;! v. V- ; r,. , X da addition to alb this,, in a financial point i of view alone, this-great madness and folly is- most tnincsBts.otiinienences.In cvry "CBse f pros ecution large counsel fee are exacted,"" and whether the, party is convicted or ncquititd, in tlie very na ture of ttrfngs, a heavy ;till of ci'8t is' involved' Think of it jurjiren t at a time when there is so little mny i. the country ; when, such enormous taxes are. laid. upon productive labor for thosupiiort J f of the goverptflent, sevpnl linndred men n each confetv ae tXcjl with !sw sufls, involving in man v fcasesTiundreds of dollara ic each Vuit. A n.tr vv here libe money tb croef - Trom to-meet the demands Fwhaieibe paxty toc(ls wajxnt4 by wourda rcad! J5a; post facta law i. e., retroactive laws of &crini- ej a uature, are not' constitntionab Althonch re iig per cent, per Annum, Tlie rltruth- J tmspective, a revenue aetJf Ismot' ati- Kexpk- fact fully .-fenjarka that it was (not hiilierto the' case. ! law. aiid tUerefre I contend -tot forbidden u iL 1 beu tire negro ,vvas a slave wlien he had the protecti.in of ueueficA!Uti',nterwhuiVJr,'.aa eouifortably clad and lioued when iewas kindly and carefnlly. tursed in fcickuess when his VtOod .was abundant and wholeetme, there,, walio nroie Waltiiy .cla$s jnt(be .miinunity..4.-. BqtUberty yfa thrust iipoMhim, ; jhe "shackleTwTere him to be replaced, by he feltera otU disease and death. .'' The anthers ofct&is radical f bange rnnst nov:see that ttrey. have irrflieted upet - tlie poor , negro- tjh; mof dire oi alii cataiitie, and in doing this, they have aownjt bur midst-the 'seeds ojf lrestileuce.. , u v inw ranauca vub ssqtxu art met yet 9atie coustitntiou. j r Still ret reaper tiye. laws though val id, are ofienhareb iu tjeir peratibns and jusrlv amrbpirlar;; AVhen an unfotinded crmpfaint iB inado' tltaVa proviiiion "in, the act,' wliich it is. itny dufyito iucrpiev rcu-usecuve rn itauainre,'; ivalWHt call aUehtiop to the-true state of the ca because if is"imtHrtaot that the jeople 1 -should;be i satisfied wjih' the law V vHt 5-.' ; .'.v.v'J'-rtiU r-.- ( Hence, I explained that the agent-of a broker has nu reaicir t6?c6ihplain,,:' of the 'present ' lawv, bcatiKfe haa bWn'doTug 'bosloess'nnder 'the act oriBSB, aTOem(ji86()-lV which VeiBct;by ine above recitetl ordinanci of the Con vention oil The Senate ot ihe Uniteri SiHtei' Imve. n.'nitirtJ wing appointments for this State:' .COLLECTOR OF INTJiEKAL liKNEMCE. Eilmund W. Jones, fi;t diti iot. LlevveJlyn G. E-re?, second district. - Cftarles W. WolIen, third" district. . -. . - . . . ... . VjlliuTu MoigHij Po.veil, fourth ditrict. "VViilinm H;Thimpsont ?ft; ditrio!. Simiicl If. .yileyl . t:ix:.h .hsfrict. ... ' ' John H. U'eitver, seventh distvit-b x ; t , ASsESSoJUl CT IN JlL-UBVEN17E, j Tiobinson Piedmmt, tiist district. 'Jehmug: r'igi.tr, t6ud district. . ,' ' ' Willifun H: . Worth, thiid district. Solomon Pool, t'ouith distrifct. r Jee Wiieuler, fjfth district, t . Jfardie IL Helper, sixth district. Williati: W. AndersHn; seventh district. , If the 4,Senate" conld confirm" tther Vappwint nieots" for Southern. States as'easilv. ns. those for ; the 'collection of taxes fnun a robbed and plunder d and impoverished peo.pl e, ,ierhaps the. recoiistrne tion policy, of, President Jhnsor; : would be" more successful than at present it is- likely, to prove. v. Personal.--- We liate jir-t enjoyed the pleasure of a call from the Rev. N. F. Ueid, of the N.'O. Cnterence, a retnrntd delegate to the General Conference now in session in the City of Nw'Ov .leans. The reverend gentlenianwaayadrrukuislieJ U leave t(ie city earlier thaV the conchusiou of the busmees of the conference in -cn sequence of er feebled health; ..hat we are gratified to tate to Ilia immeroa9.friends in thUctrthmunity tliisitjiei nw t. hougk still feeble, fast' recruiting.' t .Througli hi cinrte?y , , we- learn that it is . pronahle. that, the Conference will create' six new.' Bishops that" it will so m'twfify the Discipline of ;the Church a t aduii(lay relifei-entation; thabitWill . extend tire tirue'of the pnstorjial cliarg'e ; alxdish the present system of probationhip and 'ehanfft the rule jaaf kittgplasa leetiiiga a test Vf jneinbershtp. , 1, V'' -;-''r:r. - - - --.v , -u.-r-' v- .! . 9 ' '..- ', i ' '-I i ' ; . ' : ; it ' , ..., - ; ,- '...' , ... lasV Wedoesdny evebiuf; oi th 'Director of the NeW OrleftTiri, JaekoniUnt GrWNcvrthero EaOrhad; ijpnerai' P. G. TT " Bei m ec arcl 1 ' wai elected preiideoe; T. S. Charle Secretary :- ii& . ' !-
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