The Greensborough patriot [March 27, 1862]

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VOL. XXIIL
GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1862. NO. 1,191.
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DEFERED ARTICLES.
.... F.Tetvteitte Observer.
siiaiiK-! Shame'
Wo copy the following from the last
\ C Sentinel:—
wntffn.-.TheGoarm.
i«t has passed an ord.nar.co
l( the Confederate War
>• the State. Tr.is Til relieve the
|or a time, of part
>Ube war, and we hope stimulate the
ieaofall to increased exoruona, no«
to repe
■rood policy, ■"-• ■- - -
in existence, ana money
dance in circulation among the peo-ntte
the foe. This may
but itdoessoem to UB, the
,'he'tai could lw paid with as
m ,„ now, Mat any othertime.
A BOW AMONG THE YANKEES IN &VT jjgjj^-£j^fr^ and the
RY._A correspondent writing from Sal.s- *nd juetit.e of the case. And if the court
d decree I on the accounts of the Receiver, as provided 1 issue to such clai mer.t to appear and pro-lidity
of the said W**^™^,fc|) rigDt9 ; in this act, and the one to which this is an pround his claim on oath at the succeeding
. ! . A ...i. K.it In lion r.t 1 ! . it cnmnniKll- form (if tna r/mrl QIMI ttana nr. \m tth.nnl
insiuau vi .y^..-s --- ,
1 iocoln &Co.—he was rescued from tteatii
bv the timely interference of some of the
guard who heard his Hupplic-ations, iic.
dent to the proceedings.
Sec 4. This act, and the act to which it
is an amendment, shall not operate to avoid
any payment, bonafide made to an alien
enemy, or to affect property of any
. .iday—-apo...
Fairfield District and the others in Lmon.
We learn that the citizens of Union aro n
hundred and sixty one.
Sec. 5. In cases of partnership property
in |^e^ ' thc resident partner, or part-pursuit
ol three more.—Char. Mercury. 6a ■ ^^ ^^ be deftU rim [n aU re8pect8 as
inst. ,I saunrrvaiivviinnga npaarrttnneerrBaiinn cases of a dissolution
• M F CHURCH — i Ol partnership bv the death of one or more
GENERAL CONFERENCE Al. fc.. CHIRC-H. t , ' .Wording lo the aws of
shall
Andrews, postponing the meeting to some
time and placo to bo decided upon by the
Bishops of the Church.
tary bill for the purpose of
Carolina's quota of men for the
irvice has also pawed. It is
,n the provisions made for those
sting for the war. It gives
„i, of v50 in addition to tho 8o0 given
Confederate government for the
purpose. It bas also resolved to take
from Tuesday tho 25th inst. to the
Londay in April next, unless sooner
(1 by its President. This is just
predicted, the concern became
I for the safety of their hulls. The
'approximation of the Yankees to the city
ol i inks alarmed them, and they have es-caped
to their homes. Well, well, what
noxi : Truly the Convention is like a mule
never dies."
When it is recollected that as soon as the
enomy eaptured Uoanoko Island the Eas-mombers
of the convention left Kal-ligh
almost in a body to go towards tno
1 ankei 8, which the Editor of the Winston
not yet done,) tho shameful
justice of the above insinuation may be
•
sipprei ated. It is also well known that the
i ntion baa taken a recess solely for
j itne accommodation of these Eastern mem-
| bers whi i to be nearer to the seat of
I han Raleigh is.
* Wha tol men have we in our midst
„ . amselves by such gross
ni | in -t venerable and
.•ii in the State—men hon-
■ †people in a thousand ways—
;, ,tiled by the people with tho
. : ignty, and now laboring to
i the common defence? la it not
c-ffenco against tho people,
public morals and the public good,
h a body to "a mule," to affect
. at it as a "concern," and to slander
. '"and as "escaping" from the
Vank< es to their homes? Ifsuch itnputa-
: tsl ! e made by the fell spirit of par-ti
THE RIGHT SPIRIT.—The directors of the
Macon (Ga.) Manufacturing Company hive
adopted the following:
"For the purposo of preventing specula-tion
in our goods, and furnishing them to
customers at a resonable ann fixed price:
"Resolved that the agent of the Mill be
instructed to sell the Macon sheeting at
eighteen cents per yard, cash on delivery,
aDd that thoy be sold by the single bale to
parties only who will agreo to retail them
at twenty cents."
We will take pleasure in recording simi-lar
resolutions of tho manufacturing com
pan JCS in this part of the Confederacy.
Which of them will lead off?
have the same remedies against such resi-dent
partners as tho representatives of a
deceased partner would be entitled to in
like case.
Sec. 6. 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 havo 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 ofthis Confederacy, or natives of a neu-tral
countrv, who,since tho breaking out
'm"I of the war," have abandoned their domicile
' and ceased their business in tho enemy's
YA.VKEE COTTON BAI.ES.—A New
• country, and all persons aforesaid who bavo
j bona fide commenced, cr attempted to re-
York | Inove themselves and effects from the cne- 2/V.»rvr.r. v^**v.w *^"*"—— " ■† INV*r; nivui"vi.«.v ....- -
letter to the Philadelphia Inquirer says: ! mv»8 country, and who havo been, and still
Th D cotton that arrived here on Tuesday are> prevented from completing said< re-1
last from Port Royal (500 bales, per schoon-; ra0l.ai by the force or power of the enemy,
er Aid, consigned to Coilector Barney, on i or wh0 from physical infirmities, are inca-i
pable of removing.
Third. All subjects or citizens of neu-tral
countries who cannot be shown to have
voluntarily contributed to the causo of the
enemy, and all who, though citizens of the
enemy's country, have abandended that
country on account of the opposition to the
war, or sympathy for the people of the Con-federate
Statos.
Fourth. All married women natives of
any State of this Confederacy who, or
whose husbands, shall not be shown to
havo voluntarily contributed the cause
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 lo tho enemy's
cause; and all minors under tho age of six-teen
years, who were born in any State of
this Confederacy, or in any State exempted
account of the Government,) is in very
small packages; it is in tho seeded state,
moreover, and when it is cleaned, these
will los 9 about three-fourths their weight..
We have been informed (says tho Rich-mond
Whig) that an attempt was made
last week, by some Union flag in Jonosboro,
Tonn., wrhich led to a row and^ resulting
the killing of three of the Unionists.
:
t them come from somebody
as sought the lace of the enemy, and
no one who is safe in an out of the
to which the Yankees cannot
■
The less vulgar abuscrs of tho Conven-
Wilmington Journal, may
. in its recent action to praise
believe they have not awarded
such praise. The Journal, for instance
o a loud call upon tho Convention to
-i the distillation of grain. IftheCon-rontion
had adjourned a month ago, in pur-suant
anotherand contradictory loud
by the Journal, this conld not bavo
done. But it has been done. And
tic C invention has provided for raising the
■ i ta ol troops recently called for by the
!< iderate government, and in doing so
j wisely been, as the Sentinel is com-admit,
"very liberal in tho provis-
: r those volunteers enlisting
io war." Suppose thv Convention had
lamonth »go,as so incessantly
isly demanded by inconsider-an
i presses, tho9e liberal pro*
not have been made, though
apensable to tho success of the
Then he assumption of tho
' :\- has been made by an al-is
vote of tho Convention.
tat there would have been such
an approach to unanimity if the measuro
-■ †of doubtful expediency?
vention has just been engaged
iii -; portant measure—one for rais-ini
.t have adjourned and
liter unattended to?
We can well understand how it must be
le for the members of the
a . i session in spile of
BS and mi] atri >tic clamor. Men
' .i d have rait in disgust.
who have been content
ity unde such discouraging
Por our part, we hope that
in will not finally adjourn till
ave been a now Legislature
w.i we doubt not, that if the
Linues, the public interest will re-
Ll.:it new Legislature to bo frequent".y
ion and lor long periods. Tho pub-
K - . imperatively demands the ex-y
i<m eratively demands the existence
, • ofa body capable of legislating on
sudden emergencies, with which a state of
war will alwa.s abound
The W€!W Conliscation Jleasurc.
An Ail lo aJter and amend an Act entdl J "An Act fur
the Stquc ti ration of Eltaltt, Prrpertu and Effects of
Alien En emia and for Indemnity of Citizens of the
VonfederuXe Stala, and Pertorn aidaty th,
the extsli,iti war with the United State;" approved
Auija't thirteenth, one thousand eight hundred and
,-ttfj.
Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confedera'.e
States of America do enact, That all ai J
every the land-, tenements and heredita-ments,
goods and chatties, rights and cred-it,
and every right and interest therein fromheoperationsVftbiSMt while their
embraced by said Act of Sequestration, o! Mts W0lC domiciled in such State, and
which thia act is an alteration and amen I- ^[)ave no[ laken am8 again8t the
ment; sh» II be collected and sold, as pro- Confc(terato Statos.
vided for i:i this act, and the proceeds paid pifth Free por30I)s 0f color, who, by
into the Treasury of the Confederate States, j [he ]awg of 'Stale have been compelled
bat in no case shall a debt, or other chose , w rcmove beyond the limits thereof, and
n action, bo sold. , _. „ are by law prohibited from returning to
Be it further enacted, I hat all fa £, and who have not .;„ ariywise
money res.lized under th,iis act, and tho act . . ,. ., ' omlr
to which ix is an amendment, shall bo ap-plied
to th e equal indemnity of al! persons,
loyal citizens of tho Confederate Statss, or
persons aiding in the same in tho present
war, who have suffered, or may hereafter
suffer loss or damage by confiscation, by
aided the enemy.
See. 7. The next of kin in the direct as-cendingand
descending lines of any alien
enemy, faithful citizens of any of the Con-federate
States, or engaged in their military
or naval service, shall be entitled to have
decreed them (they paying tho costs) the
the Government ot the United States, or'property, effects and credits of such alien
by any St a te Government or pretended gov-, i^ i ^ .f j^ inte8lat leaving no olh-ernment,
acknowledKing and aiding too t er heirBOr distributees, chargeable, how-ggoovvcerrnnment
of the I nited States in this . , . , . j ca8e of adminis-war,
or by such acts of the enemy
or other causes incident to tho war,
as, by futu re act of Congress, may bo de-scribed
or defined, as affording, under the
circumstances, proper cases for indemnity.
And all money realized asaforesaid, shall
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over, in their hands, as in case of adminis-tration
or heirship, with the debts of such
alien enemies doe to faithful cilizens of any
Confederate States.
Sec. 8. All sales of property under this
„ , Act shall be made by tho Receivers at pub-be'paid
in to U.e treasury of the said Con-! lie auction, :o the highest bidder and on
federate States, as provided by the act to such terms and such notice of tno time and
whiehthia is an amendment; and the faith I place of sale as the court may prescribe
of the Confederate States is hereby pledged ' and shall bo reported to tho court bv such
that the same Shall bo refunded, as required | Receivers at the term next after such sale,
for the purposes aforesaid. And the sec-! but no conveyance of title shall be made to
rotary of tho Treasury shall eauso a sepa-! the purchaser of the property until tho
ratoaccount of said money to be kept in ; confirmation of tho sale by the court and
well bound books, procured for that pur- j the payment of tho purchase money, accor-p080
; ding to tne terms of the sale; and no sale
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That it | shall be valid until reported to, and con-shall
bo the duty of every person in actual | firmed by the court; nor shall any sale be
possession of, or having under his control, ■ confirmed until tho terms shal. havo been
any money, property, effects or evidences , complied with; and the court may set aside
of debt, belonging to an alien enemy, such sale for fraud, want of proper notice,
speedily to inform the Receiver, and to | or any material irregularity, or where it
render an account thereof, and at once to shall appear that the Receiver was tho
nay over to tho Receiver, and lo deliver to ' purchaser or interested in the purchase, or
him such property and effjcts, and eviden-: tor substantial inadequacy of price: 1 rovi-cesof
debt, and such payment and delivery ! ded, however, That sales of persons that
shall bo made without regard to whether ' may bo reported to, and confirmed by tho
any proceedings havo or have not been in- judge in vacation.
stitut-od to sequestrate the same. And any I Sec. 9. lhe court may. in its discretion,
person who, after giving such information, I when special circumstances exist which
shall fail to pay over and deliver on demand . temporarily depress the valuo of the prop-made
by the Receiver, shall Bland in con-' ty, delay the order of sale, or may direct the
tempt and the Receiver shall at once iiiove
the court or judge to proceed against such
party as in other cases of contempt;, and
judge tho dffen-
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Receiver to examine and report whether it
would be expedient to make an immediate
sale of such property, and on such report
the court cr juuge may imprison iuo (.neu- <o>r• ^o^th..veir »sa«t>is.f»a.cct^o^r.yj ~pv..i~d~e~n„c~o,, ^sh..^owinsg
der until ho shall fullv comply with the re-1 that a delay of tho sale would tend to se-quirements.
of this act". And such payment i cure a fairer price, may order such salo to
or delivery shall fully acquit and discbarge
the|party trom|all and every claim for Or on
account ofsuch money, property effecliiand
evidences of debt. And the Receiver shall
give such person a receipt, specifying the
amount of money, the property, effects
and evidences of debt paid and delivered,
and the name of the alien enemy on account
of whom tho same shall be paid and deliv-ered.
Provided, That when the person
having tho possession or control ol any
alien enemy asserts a debt or claim, against
such alien enemy in his own favor, be may
file it in writing in t he proper couit, swear-ing
that he believes himselfjustly entitled
to the same; and, therelore, ho shall rot be
compelled, in the first instance, to pay over
to the receiver the am ount thus propounded
and claimed by him; but tho coort shall
then proceed to examine and try the va
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bo delayed, and in all such eases 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 tbo court
may prescribe.
Sec. 10. In case? where an alien enomy
may have contracted in writing, before the
21sl day ot May, eighteen hundred and
sixty one." to sell real estate to a citizen 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, "ipon payment of
said purchase money, or the residue there-of,
as aforesaid, make title for such real
estate to the purchaser or his assignee.
Sec. II. The court shall mdit and pass
amendment; but, in lieu of tho compensa-tion
and allowances therein provided for,
shall allow such compensation as shall to it
Mrtssi r»aw»naW nd just, following, in this
respect., BO far Km nay be applicable, the an-alogies
furnished by the laws of the Stale
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 tho 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 five thousand dollars per
annum, except for expenses as aloresaid,
shall bo forthwith paid by him into the
Confederate Treasury, to the use ot tho
Confederate States, and shall be brought
into, and stated and accmnted for in bis
next account of settlement as Receiver.
Sec. 12. The court shall appoint an at-tomer
for each section in which the court
shall be holden.and '.n which no attorney
of tho Confederate States resides, whose
duties it shall be to discharge, within said
section, the duties imposed on tho attorney
of the district by the act to which this is
amondatory; 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 hantlsof an agent or third person, ex-cept
when otherwise provided by this act,
and, on being 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
cr 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 mangement shall be with the receiver,
or under his control and authority. And in
tho collection of debtsor choses in action,
no State stay law shall govern, but tho
same shall be governed by this act, and the
one to which ibis act is amendatory, so far
as the latter does not conflict with this act.
Sec. 14. It shall be the duty of all persons
owing debts to alien enemies, within three
months from the passage of this act, to give
information thereof to the Receiver of tho
district in which he or they reside, and in
case of corporations or joint stock compan-ies
to the Receiver of tho district in which
tho principal office of business of such cor-poration
or company may be; and such
information shall be in writing and sworn
to by the debtor, and in case of corpora-tions
ot joint stock companies, by the
principal officer of such corporation or
company, before any judge of a court of
record, justice of peace, notary public, com-missioner
of the con rt, or receiver under
the act to which this is an amendment,
and shall set forth the name or names of
the creditor or owner of such debt, the
amount he owes or owed on the thirtieth
day of August, eighteen, hundred and sixty-one,
and whether'the same is or has been
secured by mortgage or otherwise: and the
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 n decree
sequestration and payment of the debt or
debts so confessed and in case any debtor
Khali in good faith, confess his indebtedness
as aforesaid, but shall be unable to state tho
true amount of his indebtedness, or shall
be in doubt whether tbo creditor or owner
of tho debt is an alien enemy, tho court
shall proceed to ascertain the character of
the creditor or owner, and tho true amount
of such indebtedness, and to that end shall
direct such proceedings as shall bo adapted
to the nature of the case, and decree accord-ing
to the facts found. And in all proceed-ings
against persons for debts duo by them
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 tho creditor to
whom such debt was due : Provided, how-ever,
That no executions shall issue on such
decree, except tor the interest which shall
aecrue on tho same at the end of each 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
execution may issuo for tbo costs of the
proceeding, and the sum so collected _ for
cost Bhall bo deducted from tho principal
sum due. .
Sec. 15. That the receivers appointed,
under this act, or the act to which this is
an amendment, shall proceed diligently to
ascertain and collect the debts due to alien
enemies by the person residing in the dis-tricts
for which they are severally appoin-ted,
and shall, on the discovery of any such
debts, and afier the expiration of three
mouths from the passage of this act, and
tho debtors shall have failed to give infor-mation
of such debts, proceed to institute
proceedings to sequestrate tho same, and in
such proceeding, which shall be by petition
as prescribed by said act, to which this is
an amendment, and shall be to sequestrate
tho debt, as well as to ascertain the sura duc-hy
tbo debtor, such debtor shall be made
defendant or respondent, as the case may-be,
and the process to bring such debtor
betoro the court, cr to compel au answer,
shall bo in the nature of the writ of garn-ishment,
as prescribed in said act, which
shall bo served on such debtor; and in j
case of corporations and joint stock compa-nies,
on some member or officer of such
corporation or company; and shall requ.ro
tho defendant to answer on oath whether
he is indebted to any alien enemy or was so
indebted on tho thirtieth day of August
eighteen hundred and sixty one., in what
sum, and whether he knows of any o-.her
person or persons so indebted, and, on the
disclosure by the defendant of such indeb-tedness
by other persons, like proceedings
shail be bad as io tho original cause-; 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 shail
ng
term of the court, and in case he is absent
from the district, in which the court is held,
or cannot bo found, publication shall be
made for the space of one month in some
newspaper best calculated to apprise such
claimant to appear and propound bis claim ;
and if such claimant shall fail to appear, his
claim shall be barred. On the appearance
of the claimant, the court shall direct an
issue to try the same, and shall award the
costs against tho claimant if the claim be
unfounded: Provided, That the entire
answer shall be considared by the court.
Sec. 16. All proceedings now pending
under the act, to which this act is an
amendment, shall be made to conform to
the proceedings directed in this act, so far
as practicable, and the judgments rendered
therein, shall be given in all respects, and
have the sarao operation and effects as
judgments rendered under the fourteenth
soction of this act.
Sec. 17. In all proceedings against debt-ors,
who fail or refuse to give information
of their indebtedness within tho 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 case he is found to
be indebted to any alien enemy; and if it
shall appear to tho court on the trial of any
cause against such recusant debtor, that he
has wrongly and willfully refused or failed
to give information of his indebtedness, or
to state the truo amountthereof, with intent
to binder, evade ordelay the execution of
ibis 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 refased 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 whole amount of tho debt and tho inter-est
due thdreon, together with the costs; in
all other cases, however, execution shall
be stayed until the peace aforesaid, except
fer interest which shall accrue.
Sec. 18. In cases, whero proceedings
shall be instituted to sequestratejudgments
or decrees already rendered, or of claims or
debts upon which actions or suits may bo
pending, lhe court may, after tho decree of
sequestration, allow the Receiver to prose-cute
such suit, action,deoreeor judgment,
in tho name ot the Confederate States of
America; and in cases of suit or actions
pending, or decrees or judgments rendered
in the State courts, where, by the laws of
such State, it may be admissible,such Re-ceiver
may introduce the Confederate
States of America in tho proceedings as a
party to prosecute such suit or action, or
enforce such decree or judgment; but in
such cases execution shall issue lor costs
and interest only until the conclusion of
peace as aforesaid.
Sec 19. Attorneys, agents or trustees of
any alien enemy having claims for fees or
commission on the fund or assets in their
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
this Act.
Sec. 20. That rate of interest to be paid
by debtors shall he 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 the conn act, then tho rato
shall be according to the law of the place
where the debt is to be paid or the contract
performed; and tho jndgment or decree
shall bear tho same rate of interest fixed by
law or the contract, and iho same shall be
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 judgment or decree, in addition to the
cases of recusant debtors, where the Ro-ceiver
shall make 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 defendants
o-iving security to the satisfaction of tho
Court, for the performance or payment ot
tho decree.
Sec. 23. In proceedings under this Act,
and the Act ot 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 cr partly unknown to him
or that the names of the members of a
partnership of alien enemies are unknown
to hira, the process and proceedings may
be against such partnership by the firm
namo thereof, stated in such affidavit, or
against such alien enemy, whose name is
wholly or partly unknown, by such name
or proper description as may be known and
Bet forth in such affidavit: Provided, 1 hat
and deducted therefrom; and said commis-missioners
shall, moreover, have power to
appoint commissioners 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
sforesaid, shall have power to administer
oaths to the witnesses and subpeennas, and
witnesses failing to appear shall be subject
to like penalties and processes as may he
prescribed in the courts of the Confederate
States against defaulting witnesses: Pro-vided
however. That the cost of all pro-ceedings
to take testimony shall bs paid by
the claimant, except in oases where the
Attorney General shall apply for leave to
take testimony ; and the fees of witnesses
and commissioners shall be the same as are
allowed in the courts of tho Confederate
Statos 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 sotllement; but the items of the ac-counts
shall be so specified as to show the
sources from which each is derived.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 31. The provisions of the Act to
which this Act is an amendment, so far as
the same may conflict with this Act are here-by
repealed.
Mr. Slldolt At Work.
Spite of the lying disposition of North-ern
scribblers the troth will sometimes
leak out. The Paris correspondent of th*
New York Herald rather flippantly relates
whfct was said and done oy Mr Slidell ana
the Emperor Nspolson in tn interview
accorded by the latter to th < former. The
correspondent admits that the war "was
inflicting upon Francs an incalculable in-jury
daily,'' and farther, trsthe expressed
the hope that, "toe war would soon be
brought to a close"
Asa good diplomatist, knowing well the
peculiarities of the Prenob, and confident,
in his own excellent taot, Mr. Slidell bas
commenced "houekeeping" en a scale that
will flatter tho people among whom he lives
and reflect credit upon the government
that sends him. W?. extract the following
from the letter mentioned above. Ofoserso
our readers will laugh at the remarks about
the "sinner" and pass on to Mr. Slidell's
diplomacy—"splendid balls" and
dinners."
"good
tho Court may, at any time, on motion,
cause the full and proper namo to be inser-ted
in the record, and used in the proceed-ing
when tho same becamo known to the
Court. .
Sec. 21. Receivers shall have authority to
administer oaths touching any matter
incident to proceedings under this Act.
Sec. 25. The sixteenth section of tho Act
to which this is an amendment is hereby
repealed.
Sec 20. All debts due to any alien enemy
may bo paid in the bonds and treasury
notes of tho Confederate S ales, 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 genera
fund derived from confiscations, and shall
be paid on the order of the court.
Sec. 28. The commissioners authorized
by the fourteenth section of the Act to
whi-h this is an amendment, shall *-PP°,nJ
a clerk with a salary of fifteen hundred
dollars, to be paid out of the treasury ol
the Confederate States, but such salary, as
well as the salary of said commissioners,
shall be charged to the confiscation fund,
Tbe Duty of Eacb 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 neither age sex nor con-dition.
Every person who cannot do so
conscientiously and with a will, ought, in
our judgement, to leave tbe Confederate
States.
Ho who lives among us, enjoying equal-ly
lhe blessings of government, should
support it by whatever of resources he
may possess, and, if need be by periling
his life upon the battle field. 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 ail that he is able to perform
and to seek only such position as ho is
qualified to fill; so that by economical
arrangement of the powers of each tho
greatest total of resultB may be attained.
Genuine and true patriotism is unselfish,
and will never stand in the pathways of
the utmost good to tho whole country.
Private ends and personal ambition always
yield their appetites to tho public interest
and the 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 of money, of arms and
munitions of war, and of more soldiers in
the field.
Ho who bas money must contribute it;
he who can increase, by labor or otherwise,
arms and munitions of war should act; and
ho who can bear arms should at once 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 Govororaont
to insure its promt and certain success in
its struggle for property, liberty and life
The time has come and we must drive
back the foe, or be overrun and dogiaded.
He who does not seo and realize this issue
is not to be enviod for tho penetration of
his sagacity.
The period bas coma when we ir.nst act
—and ho who now refuses to put torth 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" he occupies,
unworthy tho name ofa Sonthernor, and
can be only placed as against us! This
will be tho only sate calculation lo make
upon him who rofuses now to aid and assist
his fellows, wilhall of his capabilities of
character and of possession !
Nor can any be so dull and stupid as not
to seo that nothing less than our whole
powor can be relied upon for succss. W ilh
tho exertion of our ontiro strongth we
can repel the invader from our State ; and
we shall Ihen 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 demandf-d ; that it is the duty of
each member of the whole to exert hie own
powers, so that the greatest results may be
achieved. Ho who fails to act, falls short
of duty, of interest, and patriotism.
It is the duty and interest of eacb one at
thisjuncture to enter the army and to
stand by lhe Government that seeks to
secure to hercitizens properly; liberty, and
life. Wo are all in same boat, and we must
perish or live as one man. The responsi-bilities
and duties rest alike on all.—Men-phis
Avalanche.
Mr. Slidell has moved in'o the Champs
Elysses, at tbe corner of the rue Ma.-ign»n
—the stroer in which the Legation of the
United States is established. Whether he
had any arrierepensec in making the selec-tion
it it ofcourse impossible to say; but
as ho is an old man and a distinguished
sinner, it is not impossible that it occurred
ta him that it might aid in easing his con-science,
under certain circumstances, to
be near and able to send for a moment's
notice, the reprosontative of the country
to which he had proved a traitor- Mr. Day-ton
is one of tbe most amiable of men, and
would, 1 doubt not bo but too willing to
"assist at lhe death bead of repentance of
even so black a sinner as John Slidell.
The 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 Secessiondom is of 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,
splendid balls and good dimfers. Although
notdoing much in a diplomatic way, the
Slidellsare working hard, socially to mako
converts io 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 becomo quite a
constant visitor 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 racia; that the warm rich
blood of France circulates in tho veins ol
tbe South, while that of the cold and lym-phatic
Dutchman and icy Puritan is the
staple in the Northern composition, that
tho Southerner* aro gentleman and ladies,
while tiioso of the North are mere common
men aou women ; that the Northeners are
tradors and the Southerners 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 ofthe arguments
with which the Slidellsare making converts
to their cause among the Parisian people.
To the Citizen* or Clulirord—Lieut
W. P. Wilson and Sergeants Slosn and Nelson
are authorized to receive reciuits for the GuilfurJ
Grays in my name. The company has been eUtion-ed
at Fort Macon, and by the gentlemanly and
soldior-like bearing of the men hss won for itself
the commendation of every commardant of this
po9t. It is my purpose to recruit from Old Ouilford
enough men to make the maximum number allowed
by law, (18S.J I deem it unnecessary at this time,
when the enemy is on the soil of Carolina, to SMSM
to the patriotism of the men of this county. Then
come forward to assist the other brare men from
Ouilford to cleanse, at any coit, o?' State from the
foul invader. The recruiting officers will explain
everything appertaining to the service, pay. clota-ingV*
m WM. ADAMS, Capt.OGr.vs.
r«b27 L7:'i—
A Model Speech by den. Bra**.
While on hie 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 Cilitcns :—In deference to your
repeated calls 1 appear only to see and bo
seen, and to tender you my thanks for your
kindness-
This is a time for acts, not words. h.x-periencehas
taught me, too, that every
man should stick to his trade. In many
efforts I believe I never made but onn suc-cessful
speech, and that was a few words
when I courted my wife, the result thon
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, bv *hicn,
as in my case, they are too apt to bo rnfor-tunate.
Ponder well, thon, my follow citi-zens,
th.s piece of advice: never call on an
old soldier for speeches; and if you wil'
pardon me the liberty, I will add, DOOM
aond 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 boen placed in
its position on board that vessel. It thr°WH
a solid shot, wo understand, weighing 3W
lbs The shot is long, and has a steel
point. This, together with her two Arm-strong
guns, put on board since hero re-turn
from Newport's News, gives her one
of tho most formidable batteiies in the
world, in addition to ber being perfectly
shot and sbeil proof.
We would like to give oor readers a de-scription
of this now gun and shot, but we
fear we have already stated more than is
prudent' lost it should get to the ears of
those the information is not intended lor.
Norfolk Day Book, ITIA inst.
MASS AKMS.—One hundred thousand
men, as eas-ly as one ^unndmen,voM
ho added to our army in the West, ii
we had the arms. Let every mm.who
can make a good gun make mm. JM no
man that can and will make good guns, be
drafted or called offwhile be keep, of mak-
OAM'E. «. THOMAS hwremoved hiiHAR-k
NKK SHOP to the room. r^Mfff"^*'
p If. Walker, Esq., two doors NorlbofUNUiATi
Store, and immediately opposite th. »«»?££
Hou". ofcsra he will be pleajed to receive calls from
his old friend, and the public S«eraUj. ItJjlhw
intention to keep constantly on bacd .good r^sort-meil.'
rness, and other articles in his line, which he
will be pleased to sell on reasonable term..
lCtbegunsat a certain rate.
'To et.mulato thi. movement and sssis
the government let every community sUUt
Ln an s fund, and offer so much to be paid
"t of that fend, in addition lo whatever
orice t'.o State or Confederacy may give, to
,Ptimu ale tbe making of arms, espaosllyc
Harms. We ai£ for suggestions and
contributions— Wil. Journal
We learn from good »»H»ority that Mr
Treasurer Courts na. arranged with^parues
m
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Si<nmond .orthop.y^onr^j;
tAderntc tax, and tbe sale oi "«> "«~ *
SSS of bonds for th..i P-n-j.. •■
.rran.cmentseemato us obe* **f
Jble cue f,r the State. ^"Con,8n,ion. ta^Hr^of Dext8
moalh-Sakioh Beuter.
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