Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-04-03

/ like qualifications, and his decision, is ap.
proved by the officer lmpressing. shall be
final But if not approved, the inpressin
officer shall send the award to the commits
sioners of the State where the property is
impressed, with his reasons for disapprov-
ing the same and said commissioners may
hear such proofs as the parties may respccta
lively adduce, and their decision shall M
final: Prorided that the owner may receive
the pric4. offered by the impressipg officer,
vi lskeeEudice ito his claim TO reclal(l|
t lsoe Ing stompensatiqaD
'sSFc~7 That the prop a 49,
the support of the owner and1l
and to carry on his ordinary asl
and mechanical business, to be ascertain3
by the APPRAISERS TO be appointed prov'
ded in the first se0ion of this act under OATH
shall not be taken or impressed for the pub
lie use; and when the impressins officer and
the owner cannot agree as to the quantity
of property necessary as afaae<ald, th'n III
decision Of the said appraisers shall be bind
ing on the officer and all other persons.
''SEc 8 Where property has keen i'm
pressed for temporary use. and Is lost OF
destroyed, without the default of the own
err, the Government of the Confederate
States shall pay just compensation there
for to be ascertaned by appraisers, appoin
ted and qualified as provided in the third
section Of this act. If such property when
returned has in the opinion Of the owner.
| / ,h ~ no
amount of damage thereby sustained shall
be determined in the manner described IN
the third section Of this act, the officer re-
turning the property being authorized to
act on behalf of the Government; and, upon
such Inquiry, the certificate of the value OF
the properly, when originally Impressed
shall be received as rrima taclc evidence OF
he value thereof
'.SEc 8 Where slaves are impressed by
fertilization or public works, the impress
ments shall be made by said Government
according to the rules and regulations pres
cribei in the laws of the State wherein they
are impressed and in the absence Of such
law, in accordance with such rules and reg
| ulations not inconsistent with the provisions
of this act, as the Secretary of War shall
from time to time prescribed: Proulaed,
! That no impressmentof slaves shall be made
when they can be hired or procured by the
consent of the oWGer or agent
SEC 10 That previous to the lst day of
December next no slaves latoring on farm
or plantation, exclusively devoted to the pro-
ducton of grain and provisions, shall be ia
ken for the public use without the consent
Of the owner, except in case of urgent ne
ccssity.
SEC II That any commissioned or non
i commissioned officer or private who shall
violate the provisions of this act shall be
tried before the Military Court Of the corps
to which he is attached, on complaint made
:. by the owner or other person; and on con-
yction, if an officer he shall be cashieree
and put in the ranks as a private; and if ;
non Commissioned officer or private, he shall
suffer such punishment not inconsistent witt
military law as the Court may direct
oyyspOkflN AND TRUTHFUL.
The Boston Courier thus expresses itscl
on the subject ofrasing negro egiments:
We may say the project is degrading
one which will make our latest posterit,
} blush for us-that we had so little manhoo(
in US as to call to our ard en- the field 0
mortal strife for the defense of 'the lant
of the free and the home Of the brave"
race of interiors to do for US what We. con
fesscdly, by adopting such a measure, have
not the spirit, energy and wisdom to effec
for ourselves. Truly, the men who con
cocted and voted for such bill can only b
sakea to have reached the lowest stage o
human depreciation and dishonor. Such al
argument need not be pursued into details,
for the whole force Of it occurs at once tC
any man with spark Of manly feeling il
his bosom.
The reasons Of practical nature against
the bill are plenty as b2aekberries. Nobody
doubts that black men may be brave, and
often are so; but one thing is certain, that
neither black nor white soldiers can be sc
unless they stand upon some footing of equal
ity; and this can never be in any army com
posed Of both races. except when the Deepen
dent IS fighting with and for els master
ION the other band, the idea that anybody
but mailman or a scoundrel would think
of arming one hundred and fifty thousand
negroes to serve in single body, or IN any
j upum Der of considerable bodies, Or that IN
ktatiaa~eould be entertained
Rof I3t q Few white officers,
Il few white soldiers fra
7tould mud b'aek ones in from i he
rible barbarities deg
inconceyable infatuation
DISORDERS from Grants army are
s s,S " 7o os so 3pi,s si se aSsF
ed s5,t to x GS' y g Iss , sa~. ri
to Knoxville, to be sen a16gcc to old Abc''
dominions ria Cumberland,Eap We learn
that thess men had already reported at Jack
son, Miss, and were given transportation tt
Okalona, and came thence through the
country. They represent that 5000 have
deserted from Grants army, and that 1t il
in most demoralized condition. Hints
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