The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1861-09-24
A PROCLAMATION.
BIZ the Postmaster General Of the Confederate
States of america.

BIZ the Postmaster General or me COHJedeF"ee
.Stotes Of Aaaertca.
WHEREAS By the provisions of the Sd section
of an act of Congress, approved August 3Oth,
1861 entitled ssAn Act to Collect for distribution,
the moneys remaining in the several Post Offices
of the Confederate States at the time the postal
service was taken in charge by said Government,
it is ''made the duty of the Postmaster General TO
make proclamation that all persons who are citizens
of the Confederate States Of America, and who
may have rendered postal service in any of the
States Of this Conederacy, under contracts or APP
pointments made by the United States Govern
ment before the Confederate States Government
took charge of such service, shall present their
claims to his department, verified and established
according to such rules as he shall prescribe, by
time therein to be set forth not less than six
months and requiring the claimant to state, under
oath, how much has been paid and the date OF
such payments, account OF the contract or APP
pointment under which said claim occurred, and
what fund or provision has been set apart or made
for the futher payment of the whole any portion
Of the balance of such claim, by the Government
Of the United States, or of any of the States and
they shall also state on oath, whether they per-
formed fully the service according to their con-
tracts or appointments during the time for which
they claim pay, and if not, what partial service
they did perfnrm and what deductions have been
made from their pay, far as they know, on ac-
count of any failure, partial failure, to perform
such service"
Now, therefore, I, JOHN H. REAGAN, Post
master General of the Confederate States of Amer-
Ca do issue this, my proclamation, requiring all
persons having claims for postal service, under
the foregoing provisions Of the Sd section Of the
above named act to present said claims to the
Auditor ofthe Treasury for the Post Office De-
partment for examination, before the 18th
day of March, 1862, in order that | may make a
report to Congress of the amount thereof, as re-
qulred by law.
Blank forms for presenting and verifying the
claims will be furnished application to the
Auditor of the Treasury, for the Post Office De-
partment
And | hereby require all persons who have
heretofore collected moneys postmasters in the
States now composing the Confederate States and
which they had not paid over at the time the Con-
federate States took charge Of the postal service,
to make out, under OATH and send TO the Auditor
of the Treasury for the Post Office Department,
on or before the 18th day Of October next, gen.
cral or ledger account with the United States for
the service of the Postofce Department, up to the
time the control Of the postal service was assum-
ed by the Confederate States, in accordance with
the general regulations of the Postoffce Depart
ment, issued May 18th, 1889, page 106, exhibit
ing the balances in the possession Of such post
masters.
Given under my hand and seal Of the Postofice
Department of the Confederate States of America,
at Richmond, Virginia, the 18th day of Septen-
Der, III the year 1861.
JOHN H. REAGAN.
Sept X. Postmaster General
MoRE REGIMENTS OF VOLUNTEERS We
learn that the 3lst Regiment n. G. troops, was
organized yesterday The following are the field
officers:
CoIonc1-J Jordan of New bern; Lieut. Col.
-Danl Fowle Of Raleigh; NoJor-Jesse J
Yates of Hartford CO.
The 9th, 2Sth, 29th and 30th Regiments are
full and will organize and elect officers within a
few days. More are coming. Let the Lincolnites
take notice, get up steam and unfurl their Sails
Rolcigh JournaI
SALT.-No lack Of ,yoH-Mr Hill, residing
near Bethany, Iredell county, in company with
seven wagons, returned from tie Salt Works,
n Abingdon, Va, last Saturday. heavily freight
ed with Salt, of the best quality, which he
says purchased at Scots per bushel. Mr.
Hill says the works turning out 5000 bushels
a day, and the article can be had by the 10000
bushels any day. This indeed is good news. But
let salt likewise be made at Wilmington and N or
folk, StuteScWe Ecprrss
FIRST New TESTAMENT PUBLISHED IN THE
SoUTH.-Ne have seen copy of the first Tesla
ment published in the South. 1t was printed at
the Office of Graves, Marks, & Co., Nashville
Tennessee. The work has been very neatly exc
cuted, both as it regards Typography and paper
1t is sold at Sl2 per hundred Raieigh Register
MURDER Mrs. VIM. Robinson, a widow lady
living near CornweIl's Turnout, was found on last
Saturday morning lnhumanly murdered in her
own house An axe, found at the wood pile,
had evidences tn Sho hat h o1
been the instrument Of inficting death After
killing her she had been laid upon the bed and
then the bed was set on fire. From the evidence
before the jury Of inquest, the verdict was that
the deceased came to her death by blows from an
axe in the hands of either Catawba, or Selma
negroes belonging to the deceased-others are
lnp lica d Chester Standard
IMPROVEMENT IN TEL
EGRAPHS.
E0cry man has omn Operator.