• VOL. 48. AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BY JOHN B. BBAXTOK. TERMS. Subsciption. —Ono Dollar and Fifty -Centsjj paid n advance} Two Dollars if paid within tho year; •und Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid within, the year. These terms will bo rigidly adhered to in ■every instance. No subscription discontinued until all arrearages aro paid unless at the option of the Editor. • Advertisements-— Accompanied by the cash, and not exceeding ono square, 'Will bo inserted three times for One. Dollar, and twenty-live cents for cacti additional insertion.; Those of a greater length in proportion. ' Job-Printing- —Such as Hand-bills, Posting-bills,. Pamphlets) Blanks, Labels, Ac* «fcc., executed Hyith, ticcurncy.flnd at the shortest notice. |feW, LEW UT LEAF THE ROSES FALL. Loaf , by leaf , the roses full, Drop by, drop the springs run dry; 'One by duo beyond recall. Summer beauties fade and die'; ; But the ro'scs-bloom again, And the spring will gusli-anew, ' Ini the pleasant April rain, And the Summer sun and dew. So- in hours of deepest gloom, When .the springs of gladness fall, And the roses In the bloom • Droop like maidens.wan and pale, We sbalMind-somo hope that lies, . Like a sik*nt'gem apart, : . Hidden IWr from careless eyes, In the garden of. the heart. Some sweet hope to gladness wed, • That will spring afresh and hew, / When grief’s. Winter shall.have fled, Giving place to rain'and dew-r* / Somc.sweet hope that breathes.nf Spring Through the weary, wearyf-iaio Budding for its blossoming,- In the glorious clime. ■NOT YET. BY w. c. linYAxr. Oh country, ■marvel of. the earth ! Oh realm to sudden.greatness grown 1 The ago that gloried in thy birth, Shall it behold thco overthrown? - Shall traitors lay that greatness low ? Kb, Land of Hope and'Blessing, Kb I And wo who wear thy glorious name, Shull we, like cravens, stand apart, When those whom thou hast trusted aim . The death-blow at thy generous heart? iTorth goes the-battle cry, and lo! Hosts.rise in harness shouting, No P- **. And they who foumlodj in our.land, - V.Tho power tbfct rules from spa fif*, , J3ls>o;Oioy,ln Vni«*-or vainly planned' . --- To leave their country’ great and free ? Their, sleeping ashes* from helow, : Send up the thrilling ! m'urraur,' Kd;_t ’ ■ ... Knit they the gentle tics which long. ’. TheSo sister States were' prou'd'to .wear, And forged the kindly liilks so strong Eor.idlo hands in sport to tear — For scornful hands aside to throw ? Ko, by our, father’s memory, No! . thir humming-marts, pur iron ways, Our wind-tossed woods on mountain crcEt, The'hoarse Atlantic, with its.bays, • Tho calm broad ocean of Vho "Wcstj Ami Mississippi's torrent flo^y, And loud Niagdraj answers, No!. Nor yet tho hour is nigh, when they. . • Who deep in,Eld's dim twilight sit; Earth’s ancient-kings, shall rise,and,sny> u Proud'country, welcome to the pit!; Bo soon art thou like us. brought ,low ? ” No; sullen group of shadows, No ! Eor now, behold, iho arm that gave The victory in our father’s day Strong, as of old; 'to guard and save— That mighty arm which none can stay— : Gn clouds above, and fields below, Writes ,ip .men’s sight, the answer, No ! the Trcadjaiil of Life. A good honest soifl once paid that <c all slie Wanted,.-when she got to .Heaven, was to put on a clean apron and'sit still.” After all, tlie idea is nioro profound than funny. There are times in every life when this would be the embodiment of paradise,, .lyiicn the head throbs with' planning, .contri ving and directing; when.every bone aches in ,the attempt to carry the programme into suc cessful execution ; when after' having clone one’s best to draw to a focus all the infinite simal cobweb threads of careful management) 1 , some new emergency is born of every last at tempt, till every nerve and, muscle cries out With the old woman, for .Heaven and a clean apron ! Of course, after a period d)f careful, free rest,, this earth seems after all a very nice place to stay in;- but while the fit lasts, no victim of unsuccessful love, or of sea sick ness, is more truly.deserving of that which neither ever get—heartfelt pity. It' is "well that it is not the prevailing feeling, else how could we all toil and moil as we do day after day, for six feet of .earth to engulf it all at Just. It is well that no pains-taking mothers and delving fathers, earth seems-so-real.—- s0 * 1C wheels'of this world would stick fust. —Fanny Fern. ■ ' Novel Balloon tension. A letter from Portress Monroo says; Irof. La, Mountain made a novel ascension, lie took..lns balloon on board the steamer Fan ny, and when she was mid-way the Roads ascended about two thousand feet into the air, ropes attached to the ballon still being held on hoard. lire steamer 'then started slowly down the river, passing very, near Sewell's point and then across to Pig’s Point and New port News _ The reconnaissance was complete. La Mountain could look down upon their work at Sewell’s Point finely, 110 renorts that behind the lino of woods which skirts tins side the Point, the Rebels are workimr actively upon batteries, and mounting guns tyhicli will bo mado to hoar upon the Bin Raps, upon tho shipping, and tho Fortress there nro a number of oncampmonts. ■ When tho Kebels saw him nearly above them, they concealed themselves as soon as possible in the works, mid watched him from behind tliein or tho trees near by, Other information obtained is not made public. The method of tiio ascension was entirely new, and the roo onnmssanee decidedly the most satisfactory one which has been at this post. 11 d many presiding officers at pub tion V tlneB ! °i" know hoiT to P>d a queg on’ Young ladies think it should be popped. canfm 0 r d “'' ip , wll!ch Po "'« from the heart Ct / r ° ZOn b - y . advei ' 3i ‘y. os tho water Winter,' 73 fr ° m n Bprlll£ do ° 9 not congeal in The Slaughter of'lhe Black ilorse Cavalry. Mr. Charles Eurrand, of Lansing, a mem ber of tbo Ist Michigan Regiment, gives the following account of tbo charge of the Black Horse Cavalry ,nt Bull Run, which is by far the most graphic , and evidently correct one, yet published: Commencing with'the attack, ho says: In the first .charge upon the masked battery, in lino of battle, the 69th . Hew York Wore in front, then the Zouaves, and in the rear the Ist Sliohigan. Rising to the top of the hill, about thirty rods from the rebels, wo fired, intending to fallback a little and load, as pre viously ordered. Just then this order was countermanded, and we were ordered to rush on, unloaded. . This new order was imper fectly and a-portion fell hack: upon which all did the. same, but: not- more than two or throe rbda, creating some disor der ; biit we were in no sense “driven hack;” After loading, we rushed forward, crossed a road, a deep ditch and a fence,- descending the hill, firitig ns we advanced. By the,time wo reached the foot of the hill—-the refiols having fallen hack—t.ho men of the three reg iments"were''huddled together, every .man try ing to get in front; as 'though' fighting on his own hook. The din of.hattlo was so terrific that-no orders could he heard. :AVo were hi this position nearly stationary, perhaps half an hour. IVe.thea changed,- not to retreat, hut to take-up a new position move to the right, to get at those Who were,firing at'.us from- that quarter. We were,not followed by j the. ene my on the loft. Wo.were in.this vicinity con stantly .engaged between-four. and five hours, though-it did riot seem an hour.' - lUeko’tt’s Battery of- eight guns, was sta tioned on the. right .of our, division, rind was taken .by the rebels. A;portiori of all. three of the regiments, without any,orders, rushed promiscuously to retake the battery,, which' was done. Hero'was some.. hand-to-hand fighting.-’. The horses were all killed or-hail rim away, and we could not take offHho gups, till the rebels rallied with an increased force, and after spiking this guns; wo fell back' to our former, position. Facing again' to the rebels,,! saw, them falling hack, trying to' draw, away a gun,, into which I had myself driven a spike, but ore. they had got it many rods pm- buUets had made such havoc that they abandoned it. In a few moments I saw two rebels advanc ing to tiie gnn—one with a rifle, and one with a flag, which he was in the act of plan.ting.by the gun; The man standing next, to me arid the rebel rifleman, drew upon each other, and both foll.atlho.sainemioment, killed, as I be lieve, by each other. At the same time. 1 took deliberate aim at the flag bearer, and he fell as I'flrcd.. ■ By the- time tlmd I 'reloaded, another rebel was seizing the flag, and ,ho.tod fell as I fired. 1 Two more.fell at this .point in a similar mari ner as fast as I could load. I was some fifteen rods distant, jwifl nearer ,the gun than-mpst of •my.comrades, though in other parts'of the lino riip.othors wore in advance. , At this moment, th.e.Bl.ack Horse-Cavalry mrtfle its appearance obliquely from tho right; all the. while'the iri'askcd battery, as well as infantry, was'pouring upon us 'a fearful. firp , Of shot, shell, canister, &0.. j.As thb.,oa'vailry, appeared,'GOO,strong,' upon.dull gallppycar-' bine in band, our firing for the momcrit most-, ly ceased, each.man reserving bis charge-Tp, receive them with.suitable honors. The horses of the cavalry were all black or gray. Their front showed it line of perhaps ton rods. Our fire was reserved until the loft ' of their, front was within five or six rods, of our right, when wo floured a continuous vol ley at them, killing most of the horses in front! and many on thoir sides. As they fell, pitch ing their riders to the ground; those following them fell over them and from our bullets, an;l, in five minutes wo had,sent themproba bly four thousand pills, and they lay : piled upon each other, a mangled, kicking, strug gling, dying mass, of men and horses—a sight of horror to which no description could do justice. Our aim was niostly at the horses; i and I doubt not many more of the men wore killed by the horses than by our bullets. , The story that all this fighting was done by the . Zouaves is false. The three’regiments were mingled together, and all fought equally well. . I hero speak what I know, for I was directly in front of the cavalry, and nearly.in the centre. It was the general opiniop that not over half a dozen of the cavalry escaped alive, though there may have been more. During this brief but horrible work, the masked battery .and largo bodies of infantry were pouring their fire into our ranks, and our men wore falling on every hand. Wo again 'returned, thoir, fire, and soon after Lieut. Wimoh having boon, struck down, I and, two others assisted him back, and on returning, wo foqnd our men still standingtheir ground. Soon after this a flag of truce was raised by the rebels twenty or thirty rods in our front, arid our fire slackened. , Immediately the white flag fell, and our. colors were We know nor what to make of it at the mo ment,unless they wore about to surrender!'but supposed afterward the design was to lure us into a more deadly range of thoir batteries. —'■ In a few minutes the rebel flag only was again flying in their place. The contest raged for a time longer, when the .firing of the rebels ceased, and wo Supposed the victory was ours. The rebels were seen to fall back, but vary soon Johnson’s army was soon approaching. Wo had fought incessantly for four or five hours, without food or drink, almost exhaust ed at the beginning, our ranks were thinned and broken, wo saw no prospect of support,, and wo retreated in didorder; but there was little running. Just about this time the general stampede of the army took place, and wo returned to Washington arid vicinity, fooling that we had won a glorious victory, only snatched from us by the arrival of Johnson’s army, and the failure of proper, officers to bring up the re serve force to our relief. O’.As flowers never put on their host cldthes "for Sunday, but wear their spotless raiment and exhale their odor every day, so let your life, free from stain, ever.give forth the fragrance of the love of God. JOS?"The most proper ring for an engage ment-ring it supposed to ho a massive plain gold ono. After that, “diamonds” if you like, and can aflord them. Envy not the eagle his wings.. In one year s time the novelty of wings would ho over with you, and you would skira undelightod tho edgos of- tho clouds. C 7" An old innn piokod up half a dollar in thq street. ■ . , , ‘Old man that's mine, said a keen looking rascal. . " ‘Did yours have a hole in it ? asked tho old gentleman.' ‘Yes.’ ‘Well replied tho old gentleman, thee must be sharper next time.’ " OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE BIGHT —BUT, RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.” From the Richmond J'J.vumincr, Any. 12. The Burning of Hampton. We lmvefull and interesting particulars of .the Imming of Hampton, and the series of events leading thereto. Vhe town was dust raff ed-by order of Gen. Muynuler, mid by the for ces under his command’. ■ On Thursday morning last, ahont daybreak, Gen. Magrndor marched a considerable force in the direction of Newport Nows,-anrl drew up in lino of battle. After w aiting there for some time, the enemy declining to give bat tle,'onr forces were marched within a mile and a half of Hampton, and again drawn up to give battle, if the enemy should show him self. In the meantime, a copy of a late N. Y. Herald happened to bo obtained by Ocn. Ma grader, in which was a letter disclosing de r spatchcs from Gent lln'ler, received at. Was h, ington,' stating that it. would be necessary for him to rc-dccupy Hampton,, in order to bo able to retain the large loree of“contraband” negroes that he had collected. With, this no tice of the intended re-occupation of Hampton by the Federal forces, Gen. Magrndor decided to destroy the town, -Previous to the destrucr tion of .the town, information Was received through,a scout, and.eonfirmcd by thceifer i>- stance of an additional Federal steamer hav ing-arrived in the Hoads; that riduforctmients had arrived at the Fort for the purpose, doubt less, of responding to llntier’s demand for the rc-oceupation of Hampton. ~ It appears that Hampton bad been.evacua ted by iiutler's forces* in the first iiistancc, on ecount of a panic originated by ii balloon ex ploration. About 7011’of our men," under the command, of Captain Fiiilli,ns, bad gone in the. direction' of the town on a search"for “contra band” negroes.. The balloonist reported to Gen.-Butler that 10.00,0 men were march in;; upon Hampton, and in eonserpience .'of the re - port, thd 'town was'hastily ordered to bo evae-. uated. ■ Two -sections of. the.bridge were turn up by the retreating party. . , The' town was burned-to'the ground: on Wednesday night by the order of Geh. Ma gnider. The expedition for its destruction was composed of the Mecklenburg Cavalry, Japt. Goode; Old Dominion Dragoons, Cap tain Philips ; York'-Hangers,- Capt: Sinclair-’; Warwick -Beauregards", Capt. Curtis, -'and' six' companies of the 1-ith Virginia regiment, .the whole forco-bebig under-the command of Col. , Jas. J;'Hodges of.thu 11th. The town was ■most effectually fired. But a-single house was-left standing. The village church 1 was -intended,to bo spared, but caught tire acciden tally, and was consumed.to the ground.— •Many of the members of the companies were citizens of Hampton, -and set. lire to their own houses—among others, Captain-Sinclair-tired his own homo. ’ .The foytilications ofHampton, erected- by Butler’s troops, -ap'd left standing, are descri 1 1- od as of the piost complete kind,- and as ex-' tending entirely.across the town. A ditch 18' feet deep; with rampart and embrasures for the lieaviostcanhon,. with 'other Wo'rka'of de- J f lUU 50 v l! ' a r‘— has nut been 1 evacuated. ilt- continucs in’pos-' session .of .the enemy, .who is about.' 4,001 strong, i The defenccsarosaid to bo etmipicte, the only ■ approach to tjio -place being einn manded In-, nine cobimbiads: T! e present force yf the'enemy at Old Point is estimated I atftddb. Gen. Mairrmlerwas.creetiiigstrong jdiirtilieations at-Bethel, 2do men being daily .•fsipploycd., cm the works. It was supposed I,lll’St-st man of the name of Paschal bat-imor I .bad perished in one of the, burnt bouses of | Hairi-pt-fm, There was no. other -. casualty known to have occurred' Fire Shells, CaptanvJ. Norton, in a communicat ion the Loudon American, status that'shells fill ed'with molton iron,, if kept fora few minutes “over time,” become cold and perfectly harm less as k‘«t shot. Respecting his. own ‘fire shells, he describes thorn as follows: “I charge my shells’with phosphorus dissolved in blsulphide of carbon, which does not be come’.dtunaged-by time or passing through water. I can make them of typo or fusible metal,’both of which are brittle, and become ‘fragmented without’the‘aid of a-bursting charge. "On striking tho ground or a plank of timber, the fragments, b,oing coated on tho inside with the-liquid, burn with intense liont fora ’long. time.. Xhc shell may, moreover, bo charged with pellets of Wool, which being saturated with the',liquid, each will burn till consumed; and its ashes’glow with firc’lor some time after. My. light' muzzle-loading rilled field gun is well calculated for-throwing these incendary shells so’ns to-.strike; the ground a.s,hort..distancu in front.of;a:hostile battery, where, on striking the ground they .become fragmented, and the bln/fin’g segments are thrown forward among the gunners ami horses.of the bafctcy. /.They would'operate in ’a similar manner ; oh.-striking the inside of embrasures, or the por-Uolcst of a man-of war” Tiife New Asufoup Er.6nE.MENT«JTi{Aor:DV. —Thc,PittsficlcL(Muss.) Sun gives tho.follow ing account of .the recent tragedy injhotown. of New Ashford, Berkshire count3 r : ' “ A shocking affair occurred at Now Ash ford on Monday evening last.' A man by tho name of Henry Pratt, ,wh,o had residing in tho town of Oscar,- .Lewis county, New the residence of his brother-in-law, Mr. A amlerbarkcr, left smi'ie • weeks since, and was followed by his niece, EfuniOo Eliza beth Vandovharkev, in tho 17th year of her ’igc. They had boon married H* few days in the town of Now Ashford. Oh Monday, Mr. Vandorbarker arrived at Now Ashford.-with the intention pf-taking the daughter back.— She remarked tli'at slio would not ho taken hack alive. -Hcr’liusband and herself-retired to a chamber in tho house; and, notappoaring soon, wore sought for, and were found uptm/v bed, in each other’s embrace, with their throats cut. Mrs. Pratt lived hut a short time after tho discovery, but her husband will pi’obahly recover. ■’ The verdict ofMie Coro* ncr’s Jury was.that appearances indicated that her life was taken by her husband,—- Pi’att is under arrest.” ’HT” “ I see you arc in black,” saijl a friend of'.ours tho other day. “Are you in mourn ing for a friend, Thomas ? ” . " “ No, I dm in mourning for my sins.” “ I never hoard you had lost any,” was the instant and keen roply.v ’ '. fljy Tho war has hnrstod tho lottery com pany of the. State of Delaware, it having boon unable to meet tho semi-annual payment to tho State of §lB,OOO, by which delinquency its charter. was forfeited.. The. only persons who will have substantial reasons to regi;ot tliis “ hurst up ” will ho the managers. It is the only “ moneyed institution - ” Which has broken that the people have boon the gainers from its demise. [tTM'lioro nro said to lie two hundred schoolmasters in the Third Vermont Regiment which has just gone t;o tho seat of war. CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST. 29, 1861. OFFICIAL COPY OF THE ' DIRECT TAX BILL. THE PAX ON INCOMES. A copy of the direct tax bill passed by Com gress is published, and differs very materially, from the one going th‘c. rounds of the pfessi— It appears that the proposed tax on watches and carriages, and an oxcisO'dipon domestic liquors contained iii-thc original bill, ’Svbrii stricken out by the committee'6f conference of the two Houses. The bill as passed, taxes the incomes of residents of the'United' States 5 where said incomes are over. §BOO, three pdr cen/.,.aml the incomes of-non-residents, when, over §§oo,. and’ accruing frourproperty, &c., oivncd.in the United States, 'ficeper cent, -The total levy of §2o,ooo,ooo'iB.n'pen real proper-, ty and incomes. Evcry-residcn.t is entitled to exemption in the property upon which he re sidues far as §(>00, and on incomes of less than’§Boo per yem-’no tax is levied. The great importance of this.law induces us to give a very full' abstract obits provisions. It commences with section, B.,pf the now taiv iff bill, 1 and lays a direct'tax of 820,000,000, apportioned to the several States as follows r * • apportionment.: - Maine ' $420,52f1; ; Indiana. ;■ $ 90 1,875 X. Hninpsliiro '2 IS,40(1 Illinois . • 1,11 Vermont , 21 1,008. Missouri 1 .701,127 'Massachusetts 82-1,581 Kansas? " 71,743 Üb(jde„l4an(l J 70.5103 Arkansas 201,880 -romwetivut' V 308,214 Michigan - .501,703 Xeu* Turk . • 2,003,018 Florida 77,522 .New Jersey , 450,184 Texas ' • • 35.V,1(>3 Pennsylvania . 1.040.710, lowa 452,088 Delaware - - , 74.081 .WisennsPn 510.088 -Maryland .- 430,823 Oalirorn 254,538 Virginia, 037,5;50 Minnesota .108,524 North Carolina 570.104 Oregon , ' '35.140 South Carolina,,. 303,570 Kcw Mexico 02.012 Georgia. , 584,307 Ulnh . 20;951- Alabama 520,313 Waslmfgton 7,555 Mississippi,* 4-13,084 Nebraska : 19,321 Louisiana. ' ' 385,880.Nevada' . 4,55)2 Ohio ■ 1,507,Q51i Colorado 22.5)05; Kentucky ■ ’713,05)5 Dacota ■ 3,241. Tennessee 000,45)8 1). Colninhia ' 49;447 ASSESSOR AND COLLECTORS, .Sections 9, 10,11 and,l2of the, hill declare, the mode of appointing, assessors and collec tors,‘and their,duties.' The. Secretary of the .Treasury will -divide; the Sta|ps,'. Territories and "District of .ChiUujibhiViiitVcohvenicnt dis tricts, and rifTpoint’an- assessor‘«ml collector, wlio must be freeholders and residents ill each district-; They imist give suitable bonds ami take*oath to •execute their oflieca faithfully*— ; Lhcir appolntmcufis to take plane before the second Tuesday of-X^ebruary,- ibo2* TIIK Mpi)E pp / a\'-liuif by. t lipriet is ■£) bfi' asspssed-aiul laij . on fRd value of all'lands and tints of ground, with their improvements ami dwelling hous es',-which several articles saihjecb to taxation ahull ho enumerated and valued thehy respec tive assessors at tlic rate each of them is worth' in money'on tlio Ist day of April, 1802; Pro vided, however, that all property of whatever kind coining within miy of the foregoing do- 1 script.inns, and belonging to the. United States or any. State, or permanently or specially. ex empted from'taxation hj-lho laws of the State wherein the same may he situated at the time of the passage of this net, together with such property belonging to any individual who'ac tually resides thereon, as .shall he worth the .snnii of live hundred dollars, shnlbho exempt od from the aforesaid.enumeration and valua-. tionj and from the direct tax aforesaid. And provided further, that in making ■ such as scssmoht, duo regard shall. be had to'any! valuation that may have bo’eh niado under the' authority of the State or Territory at any pe riod nearest to said Ist day of April. If any person owing, possessing or having tho'caro or management of property liable to a direct tax, shall not bo prepared to exhibit .it written list when required, and shall con sent to disclose' the- par.iculars of any and all the lands aud lota of ground, with their ini-- p ’cinents,. buildings aud divelling houses, : .hie as aforesaid,, tfion,- and in tiiat ease, it a mil he :the duty of the officer to inillco such li't which,-being distinctly-rand and consent ed fo, shall, ho'received as the list of such per- ■, son. - ■ IXAI.TIKS ron EVAniN’fl on IiEKrsiJfQ.TO- pav ■_ Section’ IB declares that any one.furnish ing iHt-anduloiu list of property shall .ho lined a sum not oxecoding SpOO with costs. A.IISEN’TEE PROPERTV OWNERS. Section’s 17, 18, 19; 20 and 21, enact that in case of the absence of property owners the assessor must leave a note requiring the owner, to present the, list within ten;days. If he refuses, the assessor "may enter the premises •• id make the list ns best ho can, and said list so made to bo-eojisidei’od correct, and taxed accordingly. Owners muj make oat the lists of property situated in districts in which they do net reside, ami the said lists,shall he valid iin’iTsiifli’cioritfor the purposes of this act; and on the delivery-id every such list the person malting, and* delivering the 'same shall pay the assessor one dollar, which he shall retain to his Wn'use. ruitucATiox or. tax lists and rlctifica- Sections 22, 2:), 24, 25, 2(3, 27, 28 and 20* provide that after valuations nvo assessed, lists must lie published by the assessor in easb district, aiul for twenty-live days after puhll cation appeals will bo received and determined relative to excessive valuations or enumera tions. No valuation shall be increased with out a previous notice of at least live days. The board of assessors must carefully ex amine the lists of valuation, and they may re vise, adjust and equalize the valuation of property in any county oaState district by ad dling thereto or, deducting therefrom, such a rate per centum ns sha)l;‘undor the valuation (it the several counties •and State districts, Go just and equitable. •-Provided, the, relative valuation of property iti the ‘same county shall not bp changed,-unless manifest error or , imperfection shall appear in any.of-tho lists of valuation, in yyrueh case they have power- to correct the same, ns to them shall appear just and right. ; And if, in consequence uhlany revisal, change and alteration of the sai(f'valuation,-any inequality shall ho pro duced,in the apportionment ofllio direct tax to the sevoral'Stntos, it shall ho the duty of the ■ Secrotary,'of4ho Treasury to report the same to CongrjEs, to tho intent that provision may he mado"thy law for rectifying such m t - . equality. When the assessors have completed trio ad justment and the equalization, tho proper quota of the direct tax to each county and district of a State shall bo apportioned. Va rious other duties of assessors and collectors arc sot forth at length. COMPENSATION OF ASSESSORS, COLLECTORS, k C, THE TAX. TIONS, Sections 30 mid 31 allow cncli assessor S 3 per day while employed in making necessary arrangements and instructing assistant asses sors ; §3 ji'Of dlvy for hearing appeals, revising valuations, &ti. ivndSl for every•liundred taxa ble per ■■' s on the tax list. Kach assistant assessor is to be. paid $2 per day while em ployed and 91 lor every hundred taxable per sons on the list. The cohipcnsU’tion for prin cipals-, however, shall'not exceed $2,500 per anntitil, hhd that of, assistants Each member of the board of assessors is to be paid 33 per day while in. actual, attendance, be sides ten cents per.mile for traveling expen ses,by the most direct route, and ertoh clerk. - of the board $2 whilbin actual attendance. ASSESSORS’ AND COLLECTORS’ RONDS A LIEN ON . I'RUPERT V Sections 32, 33 and 34 fix the conditions of the. bonds of assessors and collectors,' and make the annual’ amount of-tnxes assessed' a lieu upon the property of hidividdals, forHwo years after payment of such taxes become duo, no matter if such property shall have been divided or alienated.' ■ . Sections 35,30 and 37 provide that collect ors shall givo’noticc that the tax has become duo, to be paid at places to bo designated.' •In case those assessed fail, to appear, the col lectors or deputies.are to apply 1 (U their, re spective dwellings, and there demand the taxes payable by such persons, and then - it the said taxes shallnotbe then paid, dr with in twenty days thereafter, it.shall bo lawful for such,collector, or deputies, to proceed to. .collect, the said taxes by distraint and sale .of tlio. goods, chattnls or- efiepts of the persons delinquent and also for.the.payment of costs, and a commission'of live percent, to the col lector; provided., that ft'shall,not he lawful to make distraint of thc.toolsor implements, of a trade or profession, boasts'of the plow necessary for the '..cultivation of improved • bipds, arms, or hoiusHdiold furniture, or appar el necessary for.a,family.' - ' • These sections nuilco various other provis ions .for the certain collecting of the tax and the sale of property of delinquents. UNPAID TAXES. Sections 38 and. 39- provide that when any tax shall remain unpaid (or the (erniof one ■year, the collector in tho.State-Vvhcro the pro perty lies, having first advertised..the same for sixty days ,in at least oue newspaper in the State, shall proceed to sell,at public sale; •so-much of; the said prbpc: ty as may be necesr sary to satisfy t,ho taxes due thereon, •togeth er with an addition of twenty per 'centum thereon,; or ifsuch properly is not dovisible, .as aforesaid, the \slmle .thereof .shall - be sold and accounted if the property adver tised fur sale capnoi bo sold'tor the amount, of the tax due thereon, with the- said addition thereon, the collector shall purchase the.same in behalf of .the United' for . such amount dud addition. • Property sold for ,x -,os may. ho redeemed within two, j’eiivs by-pay dug tlio amount of .purchase money, with intor- t\venty per. ~per annum, 1 aulTlTctWihlssiohor ■«mv Various other provisions arc made ior the recovery of property sold for taxes. RETORTS OF COLLECTORS.' ’ ' ' I Section’s . -10 •' to at. inclusive, sot forth, at much length the duty of collectors to make monthly reports 'to the. Secretary of-the 'Ureas? ury, with quarterly, payments, or.'nftouer if required. The liabilities and -duties of the collectors are also given,’and provision made against loss by delinquent collectors, , Any collector guilty, of oppression, injust ice, or extortion, shall be liable to a fine of not more Ilian.S2,of)il. Any person guilty of perjury shall bo liable te a fine of’ SdOO. ” The appointment is authorized of a enm missioncr. sif taxes in connection with the Treasury Department, who-elmll be appointed by the President oii-.tlio .rocoinniondatiim of the Secretary, find receive a salary of §3,000 per annum, aiidshall have a number of clerks whoso ’ aggregate salaries shall gfiot exceed 80,000. ” ’ Aiiy State of territory which sjiall collect and pay over its quota of the tax, is to be al lowed a deduction of 15 per cent., provided the payment bo made by the last, day of Juno, andlO per cent, if paid on or before the Ist of September following.- TIIE .-IN’COME TIK, Section' 52. Andbe.lj' further cmic/cj, That from and after the Ist (lay of January next, there shall be levied, collected and paid, upon •the annual income of every person residing in the United Slates, whether such income is de rived from any kind of property, or from any profession, trade, 'employment or'vocation, carried on in the United States or elsewhere, or from. any other source whatever, if such .annual income exceeds the sum of eight hun dred dollars, a tax of throe per centum on the amount of such excess of such income above eight 'hundred dollars ; provided, that' upon such portion ■ of sa'.l income as shall bo deriv ed from interest noon treasury, notes of other, "ecuyitics of the United States thero shall be levied, euUoe'cd anil paid a tax (if 21 per cent; Upon the iconic, rents or dividends, accru ing upon any property, securities,, or stocks owned in the United States by any citizen of the United States residing abroad, there shall lie levied, collected and paid, a tax of live per. centum, excepting that purlieu of said income derived from imerost on treasury niites ami other securities, of the govornmciit of the United States, which shall pay one and one- Indf per centum. The fax- herein provided, shall be assessed upon the- annual income of the persona herein named for the year next proeedjng the time fur assessing said tax, to wit; the year next preceding the Ist of Janu ary, eighteen hundred and sixty-twn ; and the said taxes, when sn assessed and made public, shall become a lien on the property or other sources of said income for the amount of the same with the interest and other expenses of collection until paid. Provided that all local taxes assessed upon this properly from which the income is derived shall la. first'deducted. Section - 03. The President, with the advice of the Senate, to appoint nnp principal assess or and one principal collector in each of the States and Territories of the United States, to assess and collect the taxes imposed hy the first section of thisaet, a ith authority in each of said officers to appoint-so many assistan ts as the public sendee may require, to ho ap proved by the'Secretary of the Treasury.— The lattero'fficor is authorized to select and ap point one or more depositories in each State fin- the deposit and safe-keeping-of the moneys arising from'the tax. * . SECTrti’Tjll. .And ha {/ /'nr/h'ci; cniydud, That th'e ttu-'Wlsi3t?(l by this act shallTib'duo and puyable.dh or .before the 30th day of June, in tho'yenf 1802, lind all sums duo hud unpaid at that day shall 'di'hw interest thereafter at •the rate of six per centum nor.-annum ; and if any person or persons shall neglect or refuse to pay, after <lno notice; any tax assessed against him, her or them, for thef space of more than thirty days after, the same is duo and payable, it shall bo lawful for any collector or assistant collector charged with the duty of collecting such tux, and they are hereby au thorized to levy the same on the visible prop- erty of tiny such person, or so much tliercof ns nmy bb sufficient to pay such tax, with the j interest dub thereon, and the expenses ineV dent to such tevy and sale, first giving thirty days public' notice of the time and place of the sale thereof; and inciise of the failure of, any’person or .persons authorized to; act hs agent or,agents for the collection of 'the*-rents, tir othbr-inoomo of liny person residing abroad or slmll neglect Or refuse lopay the tax-assess ed thereon (having had due noticb) for )norc thliii thirty days after the thirtieth of June, 'eighteen hundred and'sixty-two, the collector or his asdstant, for tlio district where such -property is located, or rents Or inqOnid is pity able, slmll lie, cud hereby is, authorized to levy upon the property itself, and to sell the same, or so much.thereof ns may be necessary, to pay. .the tax ‘ assessed, together with, the interest, and expenses incident to such levy and sale,.first giving thirty days’ public iio tlco of thetimb and place of sale. And in' all oases of the sale of property herein authorized, the conveyance by the officer authorized to' •make thesalc duly executed, shall give a valid title to the .purchaser, whether the property soldbc real or personal. Ar«d the several col lectors and assistants appointed under the au thority of this act may, if they find property to satisfy the taxes assessed upon any person, aiid which such person neglect-’ • to' pay as hereinbefore provided, shall_ have power,-and !it shall be their duty, to arrest,such person 1 and commit him to prison to bo held in cus.U - , dy until l.’io same shall be paid, with interest thereon, at the rote of six per centum per an num, from the time when the same, was pay able .* aforesaid; and r'l fees and charges of such commitment and c •' , .bdy, And.tho plage of custody .slmll in .all cases-bo the same pro vided by law for tlic custody of persons.com mitted for any cause by .the authority of t-ho United States •aiid the warrantor the collect or; stating the cause of commitment, shall bo sufficient, authority to the proper officer fur re ceiving and’keeping such person in custody, 'until the amount of said fax and interest, a»:d I all fees and the Expenses of such custody, ; shall have been fully paid and discharged • which.fees and expenses .shall.bo thesamcr v arc elm./cable under the laws of the United ..States in other, cases : of cmn’iHitnlenfc.nnd'cus tody. And it. shall bo'the duty of su ;i col lector to pay the expenses of such cu tody, andthV, same, with.lds'' fees, shall be.allowed on s ILbmient of.his accouhts. And tho.ppo- : sou so committed shall have the same right to lie discliargcd from custody as may be allowed by the laws of the State or Territory or iil the district of Columbia where lie is. so hold in custody to. persons committed under the laws of such Slate or Territory’for the non-pa}'- ment of.tuxes, and in the manner provided by such laws; or ho .may- bo discharged at any time by order of the Secretary of the Treas -1 ury. .HKUTiotr 53. And he it fin-tlii:r rvncti’il, r A\at slimiM iiny of the people of any of tlio St, - , hi'- .or Torn lories of tho UiTyid States be in actual rebellion against th.o.mi.horily of the go'Vornt - United Slates at flic tiuio.this act V goes into 'operation,'so that-,the laws of Ihe 'United. States cannot ho exeedtud'therein; it shall bo the duty of the President; tliid lib is hereby authorized, to proceed to execute the provisions of (his act within the limits of snob | I State or Territory', or the -11 istribt of .doliun bia, so soon its the authority of the United States therein is re-established, itixi to collect the sunis which, would have boon duo from the persons residing or.holding property' or stocks .therein, wifh.tho’inlorost'dno, at.the rate of six per cCntum per nudum thereon until paid in the manner and Under the regulations pre scribed in the foregoing sections of this net. 50”* The dutv of a trumpeter in a regiment of cavalry is to blow the- trumpet.. A regi ment of cavalry occupies so largo a space that almost all commands are communicated by the trumpet. In action, llto trumpeter rides near the colonel and .blows whatever signals he directs. [TT 5 * Two splendid specimens of American eagles wore recently .captured near Pike's Peak, by a citizen of Illinois. Their captor designee sending. them to Washington as n gift to the. President. Ilgrifoltorol ikporfiimit flood Sccd--Early Wheat. What.you sow, that you .shall also reap,” is as true in agriculture as in morals. It was once.thought, and .sustained by high au thority,.that imperfectly ripdncd wheat, if it would' germinate, was as good ns any for seed —and oven recommended as better thou good, plump kernels, as more silsds wore .contained in a bushel. Kxpcricnco proves this notion fallacious.: We may as well expect a full sized Morgan horse from a Spau ! -di jackass, as a,good crop of wheat from imperfect seed. ■Tn produce the'hast, ire niusi propayntc from tin! Inis/. In Knghiml, the farmers take the sheaves and whip them gently over a stone, when the host and earliest ripened kernels will fall out, which they take for,seed. Abetter method is to go through the field anil select the carli-< est. ripened’herds for seed, which willsooii produce an earlier variety than the original stock.. Snell seed will also produce a crop free from smut. Sowhig poor, halt-ripened, imperfect seed, is sowing smut and disap pointment. Jt might seen! tliat it would he an endless task to gather enough early bonds fir seed, hut it. rerjuires but twoorthreeyeurs to change- the variety, and hare seed enough uihl to spare. A wheat known in Scotland as the Hope town wheat, and deemed an exeeilentapd peo lilio varietv, owes its origin to mi accidental . circumstance, an observing farmer havipg rc imirked a very superior ear, from which lie pinkednut ninety-nine kernels, and from their' produet coino this celebrated variety. To show . the rapidity with which such seed may multiply, wn give an instance:— A fanner in tlnnihridgeshiro, England, in 1840, gathered eighteen very lino ears, the proceeds of which tilled’a common wine glass. These seeds ho planted the following autumn, and produced one peck. This was planted the following autumn, and produced seven bushels and one peek, and tins produced one hundred and eight hnshels and two peeks,' which was planted in 1843, and produced one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight bush els. This was the increase of eighteen heads of wheat in tour years. ■ Another farmer ■ planted’'thirty kernels in 1839, which produced fourteen and three fourths ounces t this,'waT sown, and produced one bushel and one p_eck ; this produced forty fiv.o bushels; and this, in 1841, produced five hundred and thirty-seven bushels. It will thus bo soon that the task of gather ing tho earliest ripened heads, and thus pro ducing an early variety,' is not great; and far mers will bo well paid for tho trouble. . They will got a variety that can bo smVod lata enough to escape tho lly, and that will still ri pen early enough to escape the rust. Try it i and give us the result, —'Ohio I&ilitlfnl From the .Harrisburg Patriot X Union. THE CAT OUT OF. THE BAG, " The balderdash, tho mendacity, the froth which usually make up the editorials of tho Telegraph m o so crude and indigestible that they sicken ordinary stomachs and are only calculated to Satiate the greedy maws of fam ished partisans or ignorant followers. Sel dom is it, therefore, that wo design to notice the jinlti/iules, the Inconsistencies, tho brutal appeals of tho Telegraph to tho worst passions of human nature. Still wo cannot deny that it is ai official organ of tho General Govern ment hud the special advocate; interpreter and vindicator of sayings and doings of the Secretary of- War. The publisher of this veracious sheet, agcntlahahnf foreign extrac tion. as well known in-this conT.iaai/g for his classic education and general miscellaneous inl - as for his mang'shining ei. dues,seas appointed postmaster of this place at tho ear nest' solicitation of the Secretary of War; who, by the bye, spent the greater part of last . week at his residence in this vicinity.'' We cannot, therefore, doubt the official character of a. paper published by a Govorniuentofficer, the' favorite and protege of a member of, tho Cabinet, under whoso recent promptings, no 'doubt,-the loader in the Telegraph of the 10th ins:., was written, from wjiibh we now make tho.following extract. ■ ' “ There cannot and there nover trill be Seace again in what once formed-the United fates as long as s'ayory exists in the South. This is tho dcbrco.bf God himself, w.Uo has de clared "an eternal antagonism between right amlwrong.”'. ” ■ -. . “To : talk of peace; therefore, as lohg as slavery exists on This continent, m conjunc ; ion with freedom; is both foolish and imprac ticable.” Those are the sentiments which, during the last thirty years,, have been sown brbad-cast over the North by tho paid Abolition emissa ries of the British Government to. foment bec .tiunnUsm, civil wiir, and 'thereby fo aoeom- ' plish the downfall of a hated republic; and .n rival commercial and 'manufacturing nation. , Such sentiments in the mouth of the Eng lishman, Garrisoni. woiild ho received as a matter of course;'being tho natural expres sion of chronic fanaticism. But coming from tho official or ,an of the federal Government —the mouth ''eco of the Secretary of War— it promulgates to tho world what but too many hesitatingly foarEd—that the - policy of the General Government is Under the solo control of the fanatical, Abolition wing of the. Re publican party; and that this war, into which they hurried the 'Administration, is to be con verted into-a general crusade ngninat.slavery, and is not ', to.terminate until the last slave shall.havo. been wrested' from the keeping of Ills master. The irreprossible.oonfliet is upon us ; hence our gallant volunteers are no long er to match, ; ,tb support,the Constitution, jto' (jubll rebellion; to rescue the Unionists of tho South- front tho -oppression of Secessionists,, and to bring beck the Southern States to their allcginncb to the Union ; but under tho black I b-.iinor.of. AboJUioni:m, they are now called to trample mpon tho guarantee's of tho Con stitution; to march into tho South- and free lour millions of blacks ; to ruin and destroy eight millions'of'whites',' whether friend or foes, and, through rivers of blood—through all tho horrors of' the most rclfetitlcss warfare —toactas the heartloss executioners Of ii horde of blind and wicked fanatics, who in thbif .mad zeal, arc driving tho Government and the Nation to its utter ruin ! It was these fanatics who warped the poli cy of JJti'. Lincoln in the commencement of his administration and suddenly opt off the country from all hopes’of an accommodation. It was tlieso fanatics whoso chorus cry of “On to Richmond” led to the disasters of pur army at. Bull lluii; And these same demented fa natics, if not stayed in their inhuman course by a resolute people, will conVort this-war in to one of extermination, and plunge the Re-' public into the horrors of irretrievable ruin and destruction. What will Western-Virginia, Eastern'Ten- I ncssee, Kentucky, the'loyal men of Missouri, anil of til I tlio other seceded Sfatesjay-to this official declaration of an, indiscriminate war fare upon, two thonkariil millions dollars worth of Southern jn-uperty of which they- are owners? - What will our manufacturers, our commercial men, our capitalists who.support this, war in the hopes of its speedy termina tion and of a happy return to the blessings of union,do, the arts and prosperity of peace, what will they say to thfcso. clfoary prospects now,held out “ to make lhcolornnl.yen.rs their date of war ? " What-will our farmers apd artisans say to tho unlimited prospect of grinding taxation and the ruinous deprecia tion of flic price of their industry. This war was.inaugurated professedly to restore ju full force the Constitution and the tluion. ' To effect this great National purpose our. armies should march forward with tho 'sword in nuc hand and the olive branch in the other. But the present Administration is un der the sway'of fanatics and robbers. The fanatics thirst for blood—tho robbers for mo -1 noy. Both combine to pervert and protract the war. ■' , .-' ~ In this dreadful crisis in our National af fair,-, there is but one hope.of rescue and sal vation against intestine dissolution and for eii'n invasion. - That hope rests alone upon the Drmpcratic party, which, iniall our varied national trials, has proved itself the tegis of the Union and of the people. That party must now rally and drive from tho councils tn the Nation the bigots and tlio swindlers who, [in this dread time of public woe, when the country lies prostrate, bleeding at every port},- like leeches, have ruthlessly fastened' updli tlio National Government and- threaten to drain, its very life’s blood ! Tho Democracy of the North ahmeyan save tlio nation. Al ready in Ohio, in„ New York, have they raised their standards. They will now spring to their feet in Pennsylvania, and thousands -Up on thousands of honost ,citizens, who have been disabused by, recent events—by seeing that n few months’ reign of Blaok-Ropublicamsjn has brought tho country to the brink of ruin will rally under their banners and, by an over whelming vote, restore to this groat State tlio deserved name of the Keystone of-the 1 arch of tho Union! • . Tor months past the Telegraph Ims slmon to establish a reign of terror in,this city, by raising-tlu! cry of traitor, against any citizen .who ventured to differ in any way with any not'whatever .of the Government. Now,-at length; the real policy, of th.e Administration has beoivlnid down by the official organ. The irrepressiblenorifliot is'inaugurated—this war is for the absolute of slavery. It is to continue .until, radical, aholltionisjn is triumphant! The asses‘car out from nidor tbo lion’s skin ! t''fhe r ns.s hfts'brnyed his treason; and the traitor stands confessed boforo an indignant and a much abused,; ogra* ni unity 1 DC?” The blush of true modesty is like the goal of a rose in ibo heert of a lily. NO. 18. '; ■ ’-s
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