Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-12-18


The moment the ,fael baeanA known a
hesdqparteFss Hient,s .. iEelk Withou
constellation With any ghft authority, is.
! sued the following ord ieh, for sim.
lpie Justice 10 q bray snd loyal negro
B OHciaIIy ackloWledgei has seldom been
} eqnailed in this or Any qthtT department
: l5ft il unneGesslTy 10 81 tEsf Robert Small
& took command of the " ei End lhithIlily
discharged the duty ~ saireal Of him.
oEEIon oS ouIB2 OF iaflEMAsTER, I
:, u'PoaF Ro4AL, 8; o.ss " 6s. II
i6ept. Al DWHtoH, 0s'ef 4ssistaRt Quar-.
.i,s, tefmGStsT, Folly Gaa fl1tffs 1sIdBds!
SIR;F-4 You will please place Robert
!, lSmall in. chafge Of the . al 8 tates trdns-
port Planter as captain le bfopght her
out Of Charleston hsrbpr d se than q year
ago, running under Tie aps Of Sumter,
Moultrie, aud the othsr tffepees Of that
istrohghuld. He is .ans lebt pilot, lof
undonbted bravery, aud every respect
worthy of the positioh, 4s Is due him
las o. prqpeFIaoOgni q ti5 herOtsm laud
services. The present 81 p cow
ard, though white n Dismiss him
Therefore, apda give = sriuletuto his
7tbraSeibIaEk Saxon.
Respectfully, your OBJ keEyant,
.6ila Chief Q. T., Depatiment South,
It may interest some toknow that the
above order Ess lPnsdiss' ned s approved BY
The United States Tax ;gommlssionsrs
for the District Of South pst6iiaa sold at
public sale, at Hilton Head On the LIST inst,
to private, persons q, 800 aires ofslsua for
Ithe aggregate sum OF $f,s26, making the
rate per acre but q few cstts more than
the GoysFpmeut price for festern, lands.
Nineteen plantations, conainiug II, $50
acres, were purchased . the United
States for $2Sl 600, General Hillhore hsv-
4 iug considered the lands heCsssaFy for mil
itary purposes,
70 The merchants at Hilton lead, Beaufort,
FernGndfpA aud st, Augastpe have been
much exercised Of late by the imposition
of a tax of Eve per cent ~ the Provost
Marshal General upon al goeds entering
any Of the ports of this department. lAs
I the portlof Port Royal has been declared q
free one by. proclamation Of the President
Of the United States, apd as merchants
from all parts Of the W6ridhaV0 been invited
to come here and trade, 4 seems unjust
that in addition TO q tax q i've per cent
levied by the Treasury ID fattmept upon
all goods leaving this poItfOr any small
port In ,ithis department d military tax of
i've per cent should also q hexacted from
these merchants, who, ACCEPTING the inVts
tation ofths Presidento of tle United States |
TO enter this free port hay It their North |
ern homes to trade in fhese Southern
waters. This burden, Il lest be retnem-
bered. rests heavily not ont upon the mer- |
chant, bpt more opPressiVsy on the private
soldier who reallyneeds mluy Of the arti! : 1
ieles offered for sale. Fruit and vegetables
II understand hRVeF Withilsa short lime,
been reliVed from this tax but ffuits and |
vegetables are not aliitb dfeF1sAAnt fn.
this climate. A thousand things not fur
lnished by the Quartermasterand Commfs-
sary Department are really needed-frs-
duently to save health aAd preserve life.
II should be surrendered. t0E. that in one
sense this Is O. civil commlnfty. Thirty
thousand negroes and ssySraI thousand
white civilians who are actually engaged
in civil pursuits, are 70 be fgi aud clothed.
The school teacher, the visionary, the
cotton grower, aud the th0uainds of negro
women and children who are apidly leaFn-
ing-thank God that they haTs wants above
the lower order of animals-Aare heavily
oppressed by these taxes. tits but little
exaggeratiOn To- say that the expense Of
living hereiis but little less than the most
extravagant hotels in New York. There
may be military. reasons fOtithe tax Of ave
per cent by the Provost Marshal, but after
3 port has been declared an open one by
the highest authority in the nation, It
seems strange that q taHOf ten per cent
should be levied on goods entering it.
Perhaps the whole, subject can be made
clear BY taking single cargo Of merchRn
disc aud landing it at Hilton Had.
Under the present construction of the
proclamation the goods are allowed 70 laud
al. a iltOp Head free Of datY, but before the
matches are unclosed the Provost Marshal
steps up and demands his Eve per cent ups
on the Nav York invoice. OF course this
tag being military one there Is no eyads !
ing sit,: aud pe6ti 81, however strong, would 7
be simply waste of words Thetax is paid
and the goods are landed at Hilton Head. !
In aifew days merchant Rt Beaufort, bat |
fifteen miles up the bay, comes down here
10 repleuish his stock. He purchases part |
Of the cargo just landed, aud upon which |
the i've per cent military taK has been paid. |
he starts for the boat With hib merchan- |
disc, but before he reaches It up steps the |
agent for the Custom House and demands |
his duty Of five per cent,
With much quafreltng and 5 few 0athS |
the duty Is paid, and in an hppr the goods |
are in Beaufort; In the course Of aiWeek |
or two the merchant discovers that be his
goods on hand dnsaleabIe u Beaufort, but
cbtduiaudfng Rready market at st. Angus.
tine or FeFnandinR The goods are put
on ship board aud, sail down the bay. AS
abs yesssf aPproachss Billion Head, up
starts the agent OF the CustUm4h0use and
again oyerha1ls her and demahd ds another
I'VE pei cent. This dpty Is sgain paid, and
the merchant at last eongratniates himself
that be fs free from both military aud civil
collectors. He arrives at 81. Angns-
stine, but 10 his sorrow finds thar q part Of
bis cargo will sell apd part not. The un-
s4leabie portion be. decides 70 return TO
New York with, BE again sets sail, and
as he passesii iil4e port of Port Royal to bis
horror be inds the obiqattols t61-cclIsc-
tor, demanding his i've per cent, awaiting
him. OF course this, too, must be paid f0f
,vr can t3efv the Cyrlstofls loIlge. any more