Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-08-26

ofhC Nhic! VShetal OoOrer ctnnot MI Dech1te nc II
o,y EtRee Il HSuld be nulli'y the leg'Sation Of
COngfe :, or hunt Tor scm O'her Senior General
But there is N cdis Ia pc Mt. BY all acti approved
March 9th 1861 Tor Tic establisbl mt and organic 'tOn
# the Regular Army Congress GRATED the Office Of
Brigadier d,reral and enacted that there shall he
four Brieadier Generals, - entitled 10 one
aid-ds camp, each" By act, approved March 18th,
1851 they enacted further, That thers shall b, added
on, ea ier General to those hert fore su hOr zed
by law and that airy Ct the yadier Generals CT
the army of the Conf derate a'es MAJ lie assigned
the duty of Atju'ant at Inspector General" By an
act, approved Msy l6th, 1861, i, was enacted
bat the FIVE general Off ers provided by exi'tirg
laws for e Confederate States shall have tie
rink end denomir alton OF General" instead CT BRIG
ier .ners which shall be the highest nj any grade
known 10 the Confederate States. They shall be
entitled to 4. E0o Aid de.Canps" Here Wehave the
me, tle rank and aIpurtensnces of purely military
Off &c, aud that in the Inc, changed and eevacd by
Congress The CHicels WHO filed Il oce Of Brgadier
GEL al we're carried up ty this Get of Congress, With
out any Executive interv ion. Nay more, the Office
of A6jutant aud In ,ctor General cogna TO that OIL
Quar- eImaster Gsaera, created by the same act ana
or sinay Of the grade, shared in this elevation
for hon being filed 6rst by an oheet Of the rank oil
Colonel and then Brgad er, that gtdie was, by act
NJ Cor gress ma lie Generll-'the highest military grade
known to Il e Confederate Saes." DID the PIE itent
raise apy objections ia these cases. Did he take the
ground that changing the Office OF Bdgad'er General
mo General leQuIed the removal OF them from th'e
Ma he consider the Office of Aduant and Inspector
&c ,cr vacatedg Did he conceive that ~erogat'~S
~, r. trerehed u2oug We Lead any OF these
things nor do the public records show any thing OF tie
SORT. But 0hs, jan sails!
A word and we are done. In former article We
Sd Ike of the motive that actuated this procedure we
will not now press that ter further Ih, Sentinel houls
the idea Of unworthy motives. We SINGER ly trust 1t
NAV be right We should ri ice to know that the
President IS as na lble the SentH would have It's
readers believe; tina. he IS incapable o. thought or
a feeling unbecOwhg BIZ high position, or unworthy
of the almost godke duties 10 which he has been called
Bat we have the most painful m yiVings-mi giVngs
long unackuowledged to ourselVes-stil longer unre-
ycaled TO Others These mssVings to-day disquet lie
bosom of the whole country, whatever ccurteIs aud
Htterers may cay Dark days are about US and before
us our coast cities in imminent peril the army has
dwinded ear.u,; almost inevitable financial crash
il ahead of u.s. but these not the sources Of he chief
s,licitude. There is nothing in those evils That may
not be borne or avered. Wise legislation and resoue
res stance may ward fl these and other msfortuhes
AID, should they fai, the people know how to "suf-
fer and be strong" But il it has plPasld Providence
to give us ruler who is ua6qual to the grand ssio
ii we have at the head of Affairs N WAo allows ler-
sopfl resen mens or prediction the pre- JUDGES and
oC In MA
in matters of the vastes magnitude if perver eness,
suspicion and jealousy, with all their c ngng brood OF
maien Influences are allowed to occupy b. art that
should be all generosity and kindness, AMI to dlIken
a mind that should be omen and clear ss day. then God
help US fJr vain is oil help In the profound,st
depths of our soul trust that no such nfrmtie may
best the Presid,nt-but we are more friendly than
,h.y who liter him when tell lin, that from such
belief or lush fear the public heart, tha Ole
wholly his has long been stealing away from him. No
man was ever welcomed to power With more uaiv al
oupouring o. confidence and aft cticn than he was
That confidence is dangerously shaken : at affection
has cooled and waned. Why? Not because we have
met mist, fvns for many aud severe trials in that way
we're u be expected Blu. becIuse the people do not
STE that the President heeds and profits by the lessons
they teach hen rsyer es the pal psbe effects If
certain causes they expect those causes removed,
AID different policy adopted, before they look
Tor relief from Heaven in even 10
the most f.ryent supplicatiOl. WroOg policy
persisted in they expect continue TO bear rs naturtl
nit of failure and disaster This is the cause of the
present anxiety and discomfort Il is in the power Of
the Pres den; 10 remove it. He has his shoulders
weight 100 great Tor any living man. He has not those
about him who can give him sufficient aid in bearing it
lie should repglhen his hands, as the great Leader
and Llw-giver OF Israel did by the support of Others.
L. thin have around him. and let him make use Of the best
elliseI ces the country affords, enlightened by the
lrgest erence and ennObled and intensified by Il
most ervent devotion to the With this TO begin
WITH all necessary rfIrms and Improvements will fol-
low the clouds that lover over ui will nsh public
confidence will be terminated aud The love of the people
will again rest Ikea blessing from Heaven on the head
of First Presd mt
Tax WAR TAX on MERCHANTS AND LAWYERS A
letter from Thompson Allan, Esq, Commissioner Of
Taxes, TO the State C.llector of South Carolina gives
the following answers 10 certain interrogatories
l. II. twentv years ago, person bought land for
81 600 saw and has sold this year for So 000
tle 81 600 be regarded income and taxed &C
cordiDgy But profits made prior TO 1868 ara not 10
be so taxed.