Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-11-11
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10 obangs M place Of holding court IN certain cases

apprehension and conviction of any person engagea
in forging uttering counterfeit treasury NOES. ss
No. 5S-Provides that any person IN tne serys &C.
Of or adhering to the enemy, who shall pass or OF
fer To pass or dispose of spurious or counterietr
notes purperting to be Treasury notes oil this gov
eminent shall If captured be put to death oy
hanging and every commissioned officer oil the enc
nv who shall permit any offence mentioned 10 tnis
act by any person under his authority, shall also
be hung.
RESOLUTION OF THANKS
: No ITO Capt Raphael Semmes, officers and
crew of the steamer Sumter, for gallant and meri'
torious services.
No. $40 Commander E. Farrand, Captain A.
Drewry and officers and men under their COM
mand, for the victory at Drewry's Bluff
No. 2S-To Lieut. l. N. Brown, and all under
bis command. for Their skill and gallantry in the
engagement Of the Arkansas" with the enemys
feet near Vicksburg.
SICK AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS.
No. 2O-This is an important act entitled AN
act to better provide for the sick and wounded oil
the army in hospitals" which, if enforced and car
ried out, would silence many Of the complaints IN
regard to the treatment of sick and wounded SOL
diers in and out of hospitals The rst section hxes
the Communication value of ratons OF sick ana dsa-
bled soldiers in the hospitals at one dollar, which
shall constitute the hospital fund, for the purchase
of supplies-any excess So 900 to be paid into
the Confederate States Treasury. The I'd section
directs the Secretary of War to make contracts for
the speedy transportation of supplies purchased for
hospitals OF donated by individuals, societies. or
States etc The Sd section allows to each hospital
suits of clothing Shirts, pantaloons and dra%ers)
equal to the number of the beds in the hospital, Tor
the use of the sick while in the hospital. The 4th
section allows two matrons in chief, two assistant
matrons and two other matronS Tor each waru IN
every hospital and preScribeS their pay and reSpec
tive duties. every matron so employed Should De
furnished with copy of this act) The surgeon or
assistant surgeon in charge Of an hospital is author
lied to employ such other nurses (gvlng preference
to females as may be necessary to the proper care
and attention Of the sick. The 9th section pro-
vides for accommodating in the same hospital as TAR
as practicable all sick and wounded soldiers from
any particular State-the several hospitals to be
numbered and designated for that purpose. The
9th section relates to the payment OF employees,
not engaged in the military service. The 9TH sec
ton authorizes the Secretary of War to perfect
suitable arrangements with the railroad companies
for the reservation Of seats in one or more cars IN
each train, for sick and wounded soldiers desiring
transportation and for requiring conductors to pro-
vide for the use of the sick and wounded in the
so reserved sufficient quantity of pure water
The Sth section makes it the duty of surgeons and
assistant surgeons having in their charge any sick
or wounded soldiers, desiring transportation, to de-
tail some competent person, acting under their au
thority, to accompany such sick and wounded to
the depot to see that they are property cared Tor
and that they obtain seats.
No 27-Authorizes any Qnartermaster to ad
minister the oath required to enable sick, wouaded
other soldiers to receive their pay.
MISCELLANEOUS.
No. 2-Appropriates $l3, 500 to pay the Uhoctaw
Nation of Indians certain Interests on bonds due
to them.
No. 9-Provides for the payment of, certain
claims against the Confederate States in the State
of Missouri viz: for the pay due the Missouri State
Troops raised by Gen. Price, and enrolled into the
Confederate States service
No.l2-Fixes the I'd Monday in January, 1868,
as the dav for the meeting of the next regular ses
sion of Congress.
No. 14-Authorises the Commissioner of Patents
to dispense with chief clerk, whenever the reve
nue. of the Patent Office is insufficient
No. l9-Authorses certain alterations to the
building occupied by the Post Office Department
No. 22-Extends the time for selling property for
taxes in default
No 2+-Appropriates 81, 1872, $50. % in bonds to
construct a railroad from Blue Mountain, Ala, to
Rome, Ga, for military transportation.
No. 39-Authorses the President TO import, duty
free, machinery or other materials necessary for
creasing the manufacture of any articles required
for supplying the deficiency OF clothing shoes
for the army-slid machinery to be worked en- gov
eminent account or leased Sold at the discretion
Of the President. Clothing furnished to the troops
may be of such color quality as it may be pract
cable to obtain.
No. 44-Authorises the President to Diet ill not
exceeding two thousand shoemakers from the army,
to be employed at suitable points for the manufac
ture of shoes for the army, and to receive thirty
five cents per pair for shoes manufactured by them
Severally, in addition to regular pay and ratiOns.
No. 40-Refunds to Louisiana the excess of the
war tax overpaid by her.
No. 4l-Refunds to North Carolina the excess of
her quota of the war tax.
No. 49-Fixes the pay and mileage of the dele
gates from the several Indian nations.
No. 50-Relates to the payment of district COL
lections in States which have assumed the payment
of the war tax. Awards them $500 cach
No. 53-Extends the term of Office of chief col
lectors Of the war tax who have not been able to
complete The duties of their office.
No. 56-lncreases the pay of the officers and
employees of the several Executive and Legislative
Departments employed in the city Of Richmond.
No. 6O-Authorises the suspension of the writ
Of hGbeds corpus.
No. 62--Authorises the President to fill, by ap-
pointment, all offices created, and all vacancies
which may have occurred during the present ses-
sion of Congress-said appointments to be sub
mitted to the Senate at the next session, etc.
No. 64-Allows the Assistant Attorney General
the same salary as that of other Assistant Secre-
tares.
NO 6o-Authorises the Vice President to employ
Secretary at an annual salary of $1,000
No. 7l-Provides for the restoration to their own
ers Of slaves recapuret from the enemy arrested
by any person connected with the army or navy of.
the Confederate States, etc.
The PRcEs.-The tendency of the prices of all
sorts of provisions is now furously upward Twelve
months ago the people were astonished that the
common commodity Of butter was only to be had
for seventy-hve cents per pound. 1t is now two
dollars. Flour promises to command $50 per barrel
before Christmas and all the varieties of domestic
supplies bid fair to rule doubly the extortonate
priSes Of the last few months. We must naturally
anticipate much suffering and prvation among the
poor, and it is pity that the extortioners cannot
be made to feel IN substantial FORM the burth-
en- of the misery that their cupidity produces.
Richmond Enquirer.
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