Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-07-10

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or With any deduction claimed bv said fax
\ payer, he shall select one disintercsred
i citizen of the vicinage, as referee. and the
tax payer shall select another and the two
: thus selected shall call in a third who shall
i Investigate aud determine the ia Is in ref
erence to said estimate and deductions. and
fix the amount of income and profts on
I which the tax payer shall be assessed. and
a certificate signed by a majority OF the ref
erees shall be conclusive as TO the amount
\ of income and profits on which the tax pay
er shall be assessed !: Pyortdeet, That II
any person shall fail or refuse to rend 7 the
statement or estimate aforesaid, or shall fail
or refuse to select referee as aforesaid the
assessor shall select three referees, whoshai1
/ fix the amount of income and profits ON
which the tax payer shall be assessed from
] the best evidence they can obtain, aud q
certificate signed by a majority Of said refe-
-4nd proui1e further, That in any case sub
mitted to referees, If they, or a majority OF
them, shall find and certify that the state
ment or estimate Of income and profits rem
dered by the tax payer does not contain
more than four ffths Of the true and real
amount Of his taxable income and profits,
then the tax payer, in addition to the in
come tax on the true amount of his income
and profits ascertained and assessed by the
referees, shall pay ten per centum on the
amount Of said income tax, and the assessor
shall be entitled to one fifth of said addition
al ten per eentum over and above all other
fees and allowances And provided further
/ That the assessor may administer oaths te
sEreferees, the tax payer, and any witness be
fore the referees, in regard to said estimate
aud any deduction claimed, or any fact il
Preference thereto, in such form as the Sec.
rotary Of the Treasury may prescribe.
PROFITS ON FLOUR, BACON, ETC, DURING TILE
YEAR 1862.
/ SEC TO- On all profits made by any per-
year eighteen hundred and sixty two, BY
1.-THE purchase within the confederate States
aud sale, during the said year, of any -four.
corp, bacon, pork, oats, hay, rice, salt,
4 iron, or the manufactures of iron, sugar,
molasses made o. cane, leather, wooden
cloths, shoes, boots, blankets and cotton
cloths, tax Of ten per centum shall be lev
led and collected, to be paid on the first day
of July next: Progided, That the tax i'm :
posed by this section shall not apply to pur-
chases and sales made in the due course of
the regular retail business, and shall not
continue beyond the present year.
TThe remainder Of the above Act will be
published next week -EDIToR
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The Difficulty Of Escaping From Yicl1s-
! burg.
The jackson correspondent of the Selma
dispatch" gives the following interesting
narrative of the adventure of Capt Fon-
tame, on his return from Wick sburg:
The running tie enemy's lines is a very
difficult matter, three only, as | learn, hav-
ing reached Vicksburg, Of the numbers sent
thither in the last three weeks. OF that
number Capt. Lamar Fontaine was one, as
( mentioned 10 former letter. You are
Of course familiar with his history in Vir-
ginia how he has distinguished himself for
his dauntless courage and determination,
fighting GU in spite Of his wounds, and when
he could no longer walk except by the help
of a crutch, he still went on horseback -
! He mentioned to me that he had received
ten wounds during the war, besides four re-
ceived by him in Indian and other fights
before the war.
Whilst returning from Vicksburg he had
several hair breaths escapes, having first to
float down the Mississippi some distance,
/ holding on to canoe turned over, which
thus supported him, without attracting at
tention, and passed one of the enemy IS gun
boats. He found a horse ready for him, a
young colt, at a genteman's house, where
! he was directed to stop. Mounting him,
he pursued his way in safety till he met on
the road Federal, with a pot of honey =
After having pumped him of all the in for
nation he possessed, he shot him with his
revolver. and took his honey.
A guide, whom he afterwards employed,
was sent by him in advance to ferry, where
he wished to cross. to find out whether
there were any Yankees there or not. The
boy--for such he was-Went, and on his
return reported that the coast was clear, that
no Yankee had been there for two weeks
He then asked permission to return home,
which was granted Captain Fontaine pro-
#ceeaed or his way but hort distance when
/ the thought struck him that be had been
betrayed. Changing lis course, he got in-
to road leading down by the side of the
river to the ferry, some half mile. Pro
cseding cautiously along with his revolver
in his hand. he came at last on. a Yankee
concealed behind the river bank, who. rais
Ting himself, commanded our hero to stop
His answer was a Shot that dropped him
over the bank Captain Fontane says he
does not know whether heshurt the man or
not, for justas he fell vollcy IT eight Or
ten shots were fred. The guns were, load
ed with buckshot, six Of which struck his
horse, aud two wounded Capt. r.. one be
tween the fingers jnstgrazing theSk and
the other ipfictiny a Slight flesh wanna fg
4 the leg. Wheeliag, hs darted down the
froad, and turned into a bottom grown M
with bushes, where his. horse fell, dying.
! breaking one Of hts crlitches. He lay there
nearly all day. hut was not pursued \
night lie swan the river witch was very
narrow. and hobuled on hisre'nainingcrltcs
six miles, whtge he got . ni'lle, and game
z to jackson re had a horse Killed Ntel
he went into Nicksbuyg alsn
sTRopasY.