Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-11-13

uiCHu lIIaI luC Iclalc SnOulu TllSey arul allC
equip two regiments, with foar cavalry com
panies anil two companies OF light artillery
exclusively for State purposes. would sug
gest that the selection Of all officers for tho
same at least AS high as second lieutenants
inclusive, shal be coniifed to graduates o.
o'lr State Military Academy. II these two
State regiments are raised, four hundred
thou and dollars will he required to arm and
sustain them, unless there should be no he.
ccssity 70 call them into active fel service.
It's Of great Importance that our regular
enlisted troops shall be re-enlisted for the
war. They are now only for twelve months
ami VIZ cannot dispense with their important
services in onr coast garriSons. BESIDES, the
experience Of their Thoroughbred officers is
invaluable, and ought to be secured perma-
ncn,iy. True they have been received INTO
Confederate service, hut TO re.cnIist the men
will require hounlieS, anil the Confederate
Government NAV NOT provide inr il in time.
tEc::i,.r,. recommend that ample provision
hr nialr III advance, for Ibis.
Most OF our volunteer regiments now in
Virginia, arc only lof twelve months, and /
Suggest that provision be made to secure, il
years, or for tn. war. The brave aud gal
lanf manner in which they have served the
country, together with the experience of their
able officers, makes it Of the highest inpor-
tanca that you should adopt some system to
secure lc certain continuance Of their scrvi-
ces. il, advance, before their time expires.
The Confederate Government, has imposed
dire tax Of iity cents upon every hundred
dollars worth Of certain property, specified
in the act, to he assessed Mt It's {" actual mar
krtable value" Those who own such Prop
crty amounting 10 less llnn five hundr,nl dol
lars, ARE exempt from this tax, ami this will
exempt Il large amount in the aggregate.
They have, ALSO ullowrtl each State. ifit
thinks proper, to pay It's own quota, rs q
State. BY so doing, ten per cent. IS t" be
deducted.
recommend that the State provide for the
payment Of the same, and that une.ha!f Of it
be paid by taxes imposed for that purpose,
and that the other half he raised by State
bonds or stocks, TO be issued upon such terms
.as your wisdom may suggest. i;y thus ,livl-
ding the amount, it will enable onr clizcns
to pay the other half, and the bonds will be
Il relief, under present pressure, 10 that cX-
tent.
call your attention to this now, because
the assessment will have to be made in a
short titnc and it requires your immediate
attention, although, il the State assumes the
payment, it is no. actually to be made until
April.
The Legislature passed some appropriations
to meet the cXigcncies Of a war that, at the
time, many did not anticipate would be so ex-
tel.SYc as it has lGrl,.l out to be.
| have been able to sustain the State,
through pcriod of great difficulty, and under
extraordinary demands for expenditures, such
as have never been experienced before; and
yet have not gone, in amount, beyond what
was strictly allowed. If we had received
back the expenditures We have incurred i'll
the common cause, and which the Coniedc-
rate Congress provided for by an net CT great
liberality, passed expressly for our benefit, /
shnuld now be able to present you with d
balance.
The cash expenditures, through the Trca-
Sury Department, are one million eight hun
lred and eightynine thousand three hundred
and seyenty-one dollars and seventeen cents
Isl, ,SS9,3Tl.lT.) For advances made, [ have
had accounts and vouchers presented, and the
State has been refunded, from the Contede-
rate Government, six hundred and eighty.sx
thousand seven hundred and seventy.four dol
ars($GSG,77D. This would leave one mil
lion two hundred and two thousand i've hun
dre,l and niacty.seven dollars and seventeen
cents (Sl, POP 597l7l. Yhis does not otiucludc
that portion Of small arms and ordnance witch
the State had purchased and provided herself
with some yrnrs since. As get, we have fur
nisIlcd all the troops that lave been raised,
and sent out of tho State, or in service of the
State with our own arms. have made no
estimate or charge f3r these arms, furnished
Iur Confederate service. Accounts and vouch-
crs fur advances made to tie Confederate
Government have been presented, but they
are not set audited. have every rt4son to
believe they will be ua soon as tue Govern
munt slIull be relieved from tue great pres
sure Us to morr immediate and important
business.
The Legislature provided, ss ona of the
lleaps to uleet the appropriations, the Issue
Of bonds at seven per cyut., limited in amount
to six hundred aud seventy live thousand
dollars OF this only thrce hundred aud sew.
cuty-Gve thousand have been issued. They
also authorized bonds to be issued to provide
for the sea- coast police, to the amount OF ore
hundred aud fifty thousand dollars. These
bave not been issued either. This would
leave four hundred unl fifty thousand dollars
of bonds authorized but not issued. recon-.
mend that this amount be immediately
changed into stocks, to be issued and sold i'll
such iDrm as to suit purchasers, aid upon
such terms as to insure available means as
soon as possible. The Bank OF tue State has
acted promptly aud patriotica'ly in making
advances to the State, and these advances
ought to be secured in some tangible form.
j have necessarily directed some cXpenli-
lures, under The peculiar circumstances, for
which there was nu express authority Ivy law,
but which trust you will sanction.
After the excessive sufierings of our brave
troops in Virginia, ! directed, on the eighth
of August last, twenty thousand dollars tc be
deposited in bank in Richmond, for the re-
lief Of the sick and wounded. also put in.
to the hands of the cuonelS Of The two first
regiments | sent to Virginia two thousand
dollars cacb, for any extra necessities that
might he required for their regiments.
also deposited in the hands Of The Quarter.
master Of General BOnham's staff five thous-
and dollars, Tor immediate wants. was
called on, under sudden and extraordinary
circumstances, to send troops to Virginia, and,
40 thorp WAS then no general organization of