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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-08-05
You Must NOT offend a Conservative

seryatism
Upon quitting the strawberry Fesrly4i return.
ed post haste again to Paris, where ! arrived
just III time to start with Captain Bot SHORTY
and company from the Comic Section d. the
Mackere Brigade N foregoing expedition,
We went to look up few straw beds Tor the
feeding Of the Anatomical Cavalry horses, my
boy, aud the conservative Kentucky chap went
along to see that VIZ did not violate The Con
stitntIon nor the rights oil man
" IS ny opinion comrade, says Captain
Bon Shorty, as we started out It Z my ppm
ION, NY Union ranger That this here unnatural
war Is getting WORKED down to very hne point
when we cant go out for an armtul OF forage
without taking the Constitution alJHg ~ an
aas. think says Captain Bob Shorty, that
the Constitution il % much out Of place here
as SET OF fancy harness would be in drove Of
Wild bufalocs.6
Can such be the case, my boy--can such be
the case Then did our revolutionary ioreia-
theirs live IN VAIN.
Having moved along IN gorgeous cayaicade
until about noon, W. stopped at the house OF q
FIRST Family Of Virginia, who were just gong
to dinner Captain Bob Shorty ordered the
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-08-05

Ii is reported that the New lrunsides. now
nearly completed at Philadelphia, was 10 be-
commissioned and dispatched sea with sealed
Orders Saturday. There viii be work for her
no doubt in james river.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-08-05

col Nathan Lord, of the 9th Vermont Regi
mcut. isat present. at the residence oil his father,
Dr.. Lord in hanover, \. H., being detained
from his regiment by i'll health
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-08-05

DmD-At Couesl Hospital, Long Island, Ja-
" L., 1852, Char Martin, lIlsr.
lie was hraught to tine hospital la such ieHbe
condition nom The effects oil morufeaaous7l
wound IN the thigh caused b. lruemcn, 30
she'll IN one Ut tue rcceat taltIe, before Rich
mould, that he was only able to give h, name
ami tna word Vermont. tie a4d no knapsack
or ,lea,, OF any KIND wieh MIN, and nothing by
wulca has friends, resueutor place Of residence
could be known.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-08-05

.cuc IL tAe Philadelphia hgurer d4au
mN ucu 'i44I-.4 Court llou-e. Jult ~ -4ss
I.ls Is. have Vc c.4s., ts.rcbt. uJ.les
'rulN dQ usu Pope FAY be- bah tJme from the
a>t. vurrt tey weia ecru-tomc Ii See tie
l,-as g. ... tutut. We H,.r % Ietei cavalry
wc SEQ remnants 81 rebel camps bud every
uleed m.rca only brings usat d4yl.zat 4s lar
it,w tar rucuy az we wtge tp- previous dAy.
.Aey mus. Keep up hrg ,c.reAt 4.youd ill.,
Virginia entral Railroad, ,r stand aud meet
rs a4ain e aye n1w - iar South as any Ut
oul .ruoIs nave been We Ara about ten miles
East Of Por Republic aud nave an eve on the
s uaudo4n valley W. hAye complete pos
session ol tbs country north ID the Rapid Ann
river. Here u IS easily lorIel 10 = arg number
81 places.
lbs country .s !ert e, ana ue,riy the whole
section IRON fron1 koyai down has been plant
ed viii lian aud lo,alo,s, ia plolusion HE
nae-tl.1 bay have beau mest, harvested
ana thr oats are aeiug s,4.er,l There is
great >euelfy ol 'a8Jrers, $50 many mye gone
% yhrrebeI army, bot whites enough are left
Il aefAa oyer-cers oyof tue slaves, who irs
worked nay and night In most Instances al
the woman au ,et To work in the field Far
;Ler back We inquired AID found that near, all
the gest ol thu slaves who were not sent souri,
have ran Oh toward 3us army
The guerilla. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-186?, 1862-10-03
Tie Operations OF Draft in Con-
nccticut.

The drift in Connecticut does no. appsor
to have worked well. 4 New Haven paper
says:
"Of the drafted men who should have re.
ported here, only about two hundred and
twenty-five have appeared {; about eighty Of
these have been discharged, and nearly all
the rest have got substitutes. The select
men ksse not done their duty i'll the draft.
and nearly every town will have TO draft
again. In Southbury, not single man hu,
appeared out Of two drafts of twenty mon.
In Milford. there are but ii ftecn left out Of
q draft Of ff,y-six. and but one Or two Of
those are principals. In North Haven, not
one of the six has proved liable: anil in
other towns similar facts are discovered
The live men avoid the draft, and only those
who think they will he rejected present.
themselves to the surgeon"
The guerilla. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-186?, 1862-10-03
The Yankee War Dcb,.

AAe A0nAee war Debt.
The Now York Christian .i.lrocute COM
ment' on the enormous ,iobt which this war
Is creating for tho North as follows:
They tell ns Of an expense Of nearly
seven hundred millions Of dollars in n wear
Can VIC appreciate such a sum How lit
tie ito VIZ know of the distance to the sun
Ninety tive millions Of milus Start a rail
road train for such Journey. Let it htop
at no planet for wool nnl water. or passeu
gers. Placc on il little infant. The IN.
liant becomes man, and reaches the allotted
ago OF man but the sun is not renchcL.--
Lot another take his place. and live his three
! score years and ten ; another anil another
and still with ITO pansc for repairs. or to cool
It's burning axels. and yet the journeys cuI
is not attained. The fifth mans dyiny evrs
are looking forward millions of miles for thu.
journeys end. But We are hero talking Of
seven hundred millions-not Of ninely.fiyc.
For hundred years aud more church..
have been gathering property in the United
States. Subscriptions have bcen nobly deed
ed dying men have left their ACCOMMODATIONS
to tEeir loved churches and 10 all this tim.
tbs evangelical churches have 60. together
about fifty millions Of property-not enough
70 pay the price OF victory Tor one month.
We have missionary society. Ii gath
ers each year from nearly million of peo
pic. 1t throws it's influence into nearly every
part Of tho world. But its whole yearly
revenue would endure the draft OF tho Uni
ted States Treasury but single hour.
Seven hundred thousand men are druwn
from the pursuits of industry. 1t is far NOR,
impoverishing than if half million of ian.
pers were thrown on US to support, for then
the laborcrs and producers would remain nj
work. Now thcy are far worse tflah idle
Their weapons arc costly equipments bnt
harvests perish. and cities are ruined BY their
presence.
England is contributing fearful amounts
of want and starvation to swell the prize Of
victory; France loses the sale of twenty
Eve millions Of its wares and interior En-.
rope and parts Of Asia are paving portion,
Of this stupendous cost Of victory.
The guerilla. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-186?, 1862-10-03

4 ooseEspoSDENr Of tho Richmond Dis
patch. ~titing from Winchester. in reference
to the hitle Of Shepherdstown. says that
Gen. ] rckson suffered brigade to come
over tho liver on Friday night and remain
until Sd JrdAy morning. when Gen. A. p.
Hill attA kcd them. anil killed and wounded
every hhn except abont ono hundred.
who made their escape over the river. Hill
lost about one hundred killed and wounded
The Yankee brigade. they say. ontnum-
berel Hills division. Our forces poured
the grape and canister into them as they
crossed the Potomac. and the slaughter vas
te'riblsr,Th river was black with them.
The guerilla. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-186?, 1862-10-03
Yankee Generals Wounded.

The following is complete list of casual :
ties among the Yankee general officers in
the battles in Western Maryland:
Major General Hooker, wounded in the
foot; Major-General Sodgwick, wounded
severely in three places, Major- General Rod
mad, mortiIly wounded, Major General
Richardson, wounded in shoulder severely ;
Brigadier- Gsneral Mansfield, killed Briea-
tlier. General Hartsuff, severely; Brigadier
General Dane, slight Brigadier. General
Webor, B'igaiier General Meagher, and
Brigadier- General Duryen, all slightly woun.
ded.
The guerilla. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-186?, 1862-10-03

The Yankee Loss at Harper's Ferry
The HArper's Ferry correspondent Of the
Philadelphia Inquirer says
By this surrendcr--it cannot DO called A
cspture-the rebels took foutt teen thousand
five hundred men, one hundred tuns of anu.
milton, rations for fourteen thousand men
for twenty days, ffty-seven guns-some Of
them tho best Parrot-guns-fourteecn thou
sand stand Of arms aud four batteries Of field
artillery.
The guerilla. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-186?, 1862-10-03

A FINE company of true Virginia noun
taineers, recruited for Captain Herndon,
passed. through town on yesterday. From
their looks we should judge that Old Abe's
wrctchcs would find "Jordan q hard road
to travel " If they should come in contact
with them.
The guerilla. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-186?, 1862-10-03

TIE Philadelphia Worth american says
that 5000 new Union recruits in Missouri
have Joined The Southern army.
The guerilla. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-186?, 1862-10-03


Every day new troubles seem to spring
up 70 augment Lincoln's sufferings in his
last moWsA1e. The Jacobin and other anti
Administration and reactionary clubs ure
giving him much uncasiness. by the bold
manner in which they, express their treason
able sentiments. He 10 aware of the threat
ening storm. and is tightening his reius in
every conceivable way, with the hope Of
crushing out the rcactionary movements, but
the seed Of reaction il soun too deep, and
all his endeavors to quell the threatening
storm will be in vain. The song of Lin
coins syrens has lost it's sweetness. and the
eyes Of the people are opening to the dan
ger of the threatening despotis,n and they are
becoming more watchful and energetic every
day in their determination to resist Lin
coin sees the mob Of the other party becom-
ih9 excited. and knows that he must uphold
his own in order to defeat them so he
is led to issue his proclamation declaring
martial law over his whole domain, leaving
the offences Of treason blank, SO that his
band of demons may be able to construe
anything they like into dsloynlty, and there
by enabling them to take up any person or
persons they please, and punish them even
with death, without allowing them the first
word in proof of their innocence. Is not
this despotisnn, indeed? Would the Gear
Of Russia, even, dare do such thing p
Such proceedings. of course. must soon
bring the two elements in contact, and the
scenes that will then be enacted are too nor
riblc to contemplate. Snfice it TO say that
the whole North will be turned into COM
plete mob, and destruction and lamontation
will be spread throughout the whole country.
Perhaps in after years, Lincoln may, like a
second Marius, while sitting on the ruins
OF his bonsted empire, hear the pAsser-by ask,
not where the United States is, but where
the United StatcS was
The guerilla. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-186?, 1862-10-03

THE Cincinnati papers state that in con-
sequence Of the great lrouth in that section
the yield Of the late crops will be reduced
nearly onehs4f
The guerilla. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-186?, 1862-10-03

We wouM call the attention Of our rea-
ders to the articles which we publish to-day
from the Moth. They show tho state of feel
ing in that 1ection. and seem to foreshadow
tho supreme reign of anarchy.
The guerilla. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-186?, 1862-10-03

"THE ELEcr.'-4An eminent clergyman
in Boston, in the course of speech recently
made in that city, said that " when the cur
tain rises in Heaven to- reveal the purest
saints. we shall see John c. Fremont, Gen
Hunter. Henry Ward Beecher, Wendell
Phillips and Lloyd Garrison as the purest
saints in Heaven" Horrible the thought
of such mi ereants entering Heaven!
The guerilla. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-186?, 1862-10-03

RI Mks6Ss sen'ling us communications
or articles for publication, must send thoir
names. or no notice will bc taken Of them.
The guerilla. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-186?, 1862-10-03

OwlSG to the non-arrival Of the mails
both yesterday and this morning we ar
entirely without news from tho east.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-05-30

actually used for the purposes Of such
association or corporation" It is
held that these words exempt more
than the building in which the religi-
Gus or charitable purposes Of the as
sociations or corporation is exercised.
That the purposes of these associations
are defined by their charters and
the exemption covers all property &C.
tually used for these purposes. That
the purpose of a religious association
is not the ownership of a church in
which religious exercises are perform
ed. The maintenance Of it's pastor.
the propagations of its doctrines, and
all the other ends which such ASSOC
Citations or corporations are formed to
accomplish, are it's true purposes.
And to these the building used as
church is an incident. That with
charitable associations the Same con-
siderstions will apply. The temper
OF the age calls for the exemption Of
these. But the exemption is curtail-
ed, and the purpose is not protected,
if the churchisexempted, but the sup
port of the minister is taxed; or the
hospital relieved, but the fund taxed
which feeds its inmates. That the
exemption, however, goes no further
than property actually used for these
purposes. Whatever is not actually
used is liable to the tax.-Accunula-
tons, therefore, or such expenses as
ere not in themselves Immediately
and directly of charitable or relisj-
GUS nature, are not included in the
exemption.
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The War TaX-What Kinds OF
Property are Exempt From the
Tax.

In the Confederate Court at Charles
ton, Judge Magrath delivered a Yer,
important opinion a. TO what kind.
of property are legally exempt from
the operation Of the general Wa.
Tax Act Of the Confederate Con.
@reSs This decision is one that will
be of interest to our readers through
out the Confederacy. We give a
synopsis Of its leading points:
The opinion is opened by the jus
LITIGATION cf those who, in cases of
doubt, seek, in the Interpretation of
the laws Of their country, the knowl-
edge Of the nature and the extent of
the obligation which rests upon
them. 1t thcE refers to the Consti-
tuition, under which the power of
taxation is delegated to the Confed-
crate Government, and establishes,
as general principle Of construction,
that this and any other power.
claimed as delegated, must always
be considered in connection with the
clause of the Constitution which Sc
cures TO the States powers not del
egated to the Government nor
prohibited bv it to the States. The
general power of taxation is then
as concurrent in its exer-
else by the Confederate States and
the States: vesting in the former
because delegated by the States and.
Inherent in the latter as Il sovereign t
right. The power being thus, in its
exercise, concurrent, must be used by !
either government so that it Will not
conflict with or embarrass the con-
stitutional operations of the other
The power to borrow money is con-
sidered as governed by the same
principles which are applicable to
he power of taxation, and that nei-
her government, can so exercise this
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Gen. Bragg's Addressto the Army
Headqaarters, Second Corps,
ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
CORINTH, Miss, May 5. 1862. y

1 SOLDIERS You are again about to
encounter the mercenary invader who
tpollutes the sacred soil of our beloved
country. Severely punished by you
and driven from hischesen positions,
with loss of his artillery and his
honor at Shiloh, when double your
numbers, be now approaches cautious
" and timidly-unwilling to advance
| unable to retreat. Could his rank
and file enjoy a freeman's right. not
one would remain within our limits:
but they are goaded on underat yrants
lash by desperate leaders, whose only
safety lies in success.
Such a foe ought never to Conquer
treelnen, battling upon their own soil
You will encounter him in your
chosen position, strong by nature and
improved by art-away from his main
support and neutrality-suspicious. and
heavy batteries-and, for the first
time in this war, with nearly equal
numbers. The slight reverses We
have met on the seakoartl have work
ed lis good as we'll as evil the brave
troops. So lcUs retained there, have
fastened tc swell your numbers.
whilst The gallant Van Dorm and ia
vincihte Price, with the ever SUCCESS
full army Of the West are now IN
your midst with numbers almost
equaling the "army Of Shiloh We
have then but to strike and destroy,
and as the enemy,s whole resources
are concentrated here, we shall not
only redeem Tennessee, Kentucky
md Missouri at one blew, but open
he portals of the whole North west
BRAXTON BRAGG.
IOtfciall Gen'l Comd'g I'd Corps.
GEO. G. GARNER, Assistant
Adiu,ant General
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by the other. The tests then a
considered, which are properly a
piled in SUCH cases to determine no
far the exercise of such powers /
either government is inconsiste,
with the principles which shoul
control its exercise. These ties
must be the same, whether apple
to the government Of the Confederat
States or of the States; and are d.
rived from a regard to the instr,
ments, cmoluments and purposes {
these governments in the exercise &
their powers. The act Of eithe,
which conflicts in these respects wit
the other, is unconstitutional.
The various cases upon thes
questions, which have been decide,
in the Supreme Court CT the Unite,
States and in the COURTS of this Stat
are reviewed. And the opinions o
the Supreme Court, although n,
longer Of controlling judicial author
ity. are referred to as possessed o
great infirence, proceeding from WIN.
was the highest judicial tribunal ir
the world. The obligation of the
Confederate Courts is then declared
10 renew the examination OF these
questions and pronounce that iuds.
ment which shall be commended BY
reason and authority.
In the outset of this examination
II is held that whatever NAV have
been the differences in OPTION, I'M
der the government of Tie Unitcd
States, Us to the sovereignty Of the
States. 40 such doubt can prevail
under the government of the Confed-
crate States. That principle was,
by each of these, avowed in its Ordi-
nance of Secession, and is the prin-
,iplc which these States defend in
he existing war.
Vie difference between taxation
which operates ny the exercise of
he S"s crrign power upon persons
md property subject to it, and that
Which is exercised by the sovereign
Who is the borrower, upon him who
the lender, and in respect to the
oan itself is stated at length. And
then proceeds to show that, as the
'ower of taxation upon the lender
or his loan could not be exercised
astly by the government, which is
be borrower, the exercise of that |
over by another government in
Olives the assertion Of its supremacy,
Ne,cised in relation TO matter not
lbicct to its control; and is, there
IRE, the interference of a foreign
nd distinct government in the pee u
~ and exclusive affairs Of another
tate or nation. This consequence
an attempted Interference, it is
ED, is the conclusive evidence of
'at interference being unconstitu-
onal, But when that interference
fects the honor of State, and is a j
olation Of its public faith, both Of
hich are involved in preserving it's
engagements, there is no room tor q
'ubt as to the unconstitstionalitv ,
the interference. t
The question is then considered +
relation to its consequences, so {
\ as the subjects of foreign Powers f.,
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SHREVEPORT, FRIDAY, MAY 3d. 1862.

~ SAAfNSt WIN SShS1A OtAAOA3 PkoAAS
E tied the exercise by any of the powe
to impair contract. And thus su
? peradds all the force of constitution
, al law to the obligations of mora
law and the principles Of public law
1t would be idle to contend that the
abuse Of this power was guarded
against by the States; and yet, that
it could be exercised by the Confed-
crate States.
The opinion then considers the ma
ture of the implied exemptionin these
cases; and shows that they are as
strong as if expressed. And that
when the fact OF an interference with
the obligations of contract is shown
no matter how immaterial it may be,
it comes within the constitutional in
hibition. That in every case where
a State has attempted the exercise
OF the power Of taxation upon the
debt Of the United States it was
denied; because it affected the DOW er
Of the United States to borrow money.
That in such cases the assertion Of
the right by the government which
borrowed. would affect the security of
the loan. That it involved a power
of control ever the rights of others
which IS nowhere recognized. That
if the States cannot tax the debt of
the Confederate States, because it af-
fects the power Of that Government
to borrow money: and if it does so,
because it affects the contract: and
in doing SO, affects the public faith !:
and, therefore the credit Of the Gov
ernment :: all of these considerations,
which are of established force, in re-
gard to the debt Of the Confederate
States, must be equally and alike ap-
plicable to the debt of the State. To
deny this would be to hold that the
same words in the same connecticut
have not the same meaning that the
same causes operating on the same !
subjects do not produce the same re-
suits and that the same rules for 3;
construction applied to the same terms
10 not produce the same conclusion. I
The argument derived from this I
'eing war tax is then considered /
md it is denied that any just inter L
'retation Of the powers of government g
$ to be affected by the pressure of &C o
idental circumstances The power "
0 tax the public debt of the State, it L
5 shown, could not be exercised by $
he Government of the Confederate
'tates, or of the State. That giving II
D that power its widest limits, after
II, it can only embrace the persons e.
nd property over WHICH the sover- IL
lgn power extends. But its own 90 81
cations, its own duties, its own faith n
re not to be considered in this sense II
le subjects of that sovereign author II
Y. That when II government IN n
ertakes to deal with these as tie sub &c
cts of its power, it becomes revolu- TT
and bears 10 resemblance to h;
lat under which We live. W
The consideration Of this branch wi
these cases covers 1t wide field and III
s foregoing is a brief summary, at -
riding. however. an understanding co
the grounds upon which the con h;
usion of the court is rested an