The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-05-16

| come Is received partly from United States
securities and partly from other sources. it
will be proper that the exemptions and de.
ductions allowed by law shall so far as
| practicable. be deducted from the income
derived from the latter sources, so as to
give full! effect to the provision Of law that
the income from United States securities
shall be taxed but one and half per cent.
he commissioner also made. the following
decisions:
All silver or gold plate, except that be-
longing to religious societies not kept for
sale. should be assessed as provided in
schedule a, and billiard tables kept for
public use are equally subject to the annual
tax OF SO with those for private use, which
is additional to the license tax. Manure
purchased by farmers to maintain their
lands in their present productive state will
be considered us repairs i'll estimating the
! income o.. farmers.
The Richmond papers Of Monday an,
nounce the death Of the famous Rebel Gen.
jackson. popularity known as Stonewall
jackson. He died ON Sunday from wounds
received in the late engagements on the
south side of the Rappahannoch. General
jackson had his left arm shattered near the
shoulder, and also received a ball through
his right arm. Curiously enough the Rich
III the fact that he was not wounded by our
men but received his death injuries from
his own men in the confusion Of the fight
The death of Gen. jackson is undoubtedly
very severe loss to the Rebels. For some
species OF work, which required dash, en-
ergy and reckless bravery, he was uuqueS-
tionabiy their most able General. For the
good of Our cause we may rejoice that he is
out of the way, but even whilst thus rejoc
ing brave enemy will not withhold an ex-
preston of admiration of his sodierly
abilities and personal virtues. He has hit
our army many severe blows, and only
needed !. better cause to have been one of
the world heroes.
-Gene:al Grant seems at last to have found
the right road for advancing on Nicksburg.-
He crossed in force TO the east bank OF the
Mississippi, April 80, at Brulinsburg, some IL
miles below Gland Gulf and the mouth of the
Big Black, marched at once on Port Gibson, 10
mites inland ard some AZ miles south of Nicks-
burg, me- next morning at :! \. NJ. rebel force
Of | COO, fought them all that day, and routed
them with loss OF many killed and wounded
and sue prisoners; himself losing 100 killed
and 800 wounded, and taking some heavy aril-
cry, tcld-picces, and some stores, besides
what the enemy destroyed General Grant at
once pushed Tor Nicksburg, following the re-
treating enemy. Later accounts affirm that
While Grant is thus established in large force
south Of VicksbuIge he has since seized its
eastern communication and in connection with
Glierson's raid commands all its approaches
- Some officers Of the L. S. ship Columbia,
of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron,
which was wrecked off Wilmington, n. c., on
the l4th of January last, have just reached
New York. At the Libby Prison, III Richmond,
they were put into a room i'll which there We're
over 22O inmates, prisoners from different quar-
Ieis Not more than ore-half of these had SO
much plain plank bunk to sleep on, and
those without blankets. The rest were obliged
to sleep on the floor, As to food, for the last
four weeks of their confinement, the prisoners
had no meat Of any kind thar was not tainted
The bread was OF II fair quality, but the quaint
ty allowed to each man was very small.
N. Y. Tribune.
THE ALTERNATING Liverpool Post Of the
18th ut, publishes the following:
"The intelligence last received of the Ala
bana is that Oh the sd February, in latitude
30, longitude A, she brought to the British ship
Prince OF Wales, and reported having destroyed
,hilty-four Federal vessels during the cruise
On the same day she spoke the Gil Bias, and
reported having burnt very large vessel bound
from California to Queenstown"
Mr.. VIM. Goodhue, the Vice CONSUL
of the United States at Zanzibar, reports
that Messrs. Speake and Grants expedition
in search of the sources of the Nile has
been almost if not entirely, crowned with
success. Captain Speake had discovered
the Mirerango river, the first certain branch
of the Nile 1t takes its rise in latitude
deg. II MN. N, in the Victoria Majanza,
lake discovered by Captain Speake.
- President Lincoln, by proclamation
dated May 8, announces that all aliens hav-
ing legally declared their intention to be.
come citizens, must be subjected to the draft
if they remain in the country. A righteous
rule.
An additional gang Of about hundred
secessionists has been arrested at St. Louis,
including many influential people. They
must go, however, bag and baggage, to their
place in the South.
General Rosecrans is still motionle:s He
has ordered that no more ladies be admitted
withinhis lines, as active operations are about
commencing.
On the night of April oath, Col Phillips
suddenly crossed the Arkansas, attaked rebel
io,ce at Weber Falls, routed them, and captured
all bair