Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1864-01-29

4 Ciciho actu"itJ PIiu, duu 'ho ioh' - u"''Ni
! ings employed 10 the business, if hired and
net owned ~ himself.
ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONS.
+ VI. If tEaincome tie derived by the tax
payer from any other occupation. profess
ion. employment or ousiusss, there shall be
rdedpcsed from the gross amount OF fees
compensation, profits, earnings. OF CON.
missions. tie salarios Of clerks actually paid,
and the rent of the office OF other building
fused III the business, if hired and not
owned by himself, the cost of labor actual
| ly paid and not owned by himself, aud ,he
/ cost Of material o,her.s4an machiuery--pur-
1!-a fer the Of A ~. ,-.siness, or to b.
converted into some other form in the
coarse Of his business; and in case Of mutual
insurncae companies, the amount Of losses
paid by them during the year The income
derived from all other sources shall be sub
iject to no deduction ahafcrer, nor shall
foreigners be subject to tax upon any
other income than that derived from prop
g ty owned, or occupations or employmonts
pursued by them within the Confederate
States, auG in estimating income there shall
BE- iuolnded The value Of the estimated an.
lual rental Of all Dwellings. houses, build
| ipgs or building lots in cities, towns. or
villages, occupied by the owners, or owned
aud not occupied or hired. and the value OF
the estimated annual hire Of all slaves not
engaged on plantations or fasn.s aud not
employed III sor.e business or occ upatioti
the profits Of which are tagged az Income
under his act. When the income shall be
thus srcertained, all Of those which do not
exceed 6ye hundred dollars per annum
shall BE- exempt frem taxation. On all in.
comes received during the year over G>e
hundred dollars auu not exceeding fifteen
hundred dollars. tax of FIVE per cent
shat! be paid; on all inc ,mes over fifteen
hundred dollars, and less than three thou
sand dollars five per cent shall be paid OH
the first fifteen hundred dollars. aid ten
Ger ceat. On the excess; na!i incnnies of or
,ver three thousand dollars. and less than
i've thousand dollars. tax ten per cent
shall be paid: ou all incomes Of or over five
thousand dollars and less thar. ten thousand
ioiiars, tax Of twelve and half per cent
shall be paisi: and on all incomes of or over
EN- thousand dollars. tag Of fifteen Ter
ens. shall De paid All i,,int stock con4pa-
aies aud corporations shall reserve one
enth OF the annual earnings. ser apart for
lividend and reserved fund, to be paid 10
the collector Of the Confederate tax. and th.
dividend then paid &, the stakeholder shall
not be estimste,l is part If his income fer
he purpose of this acs Al ;;-rso1s shall
give ii, an estimate Oft heir i.cama ana prof
It's derived from any oihrr source Whatever
anu iii a:ig SO shall first state tn gross
.natint Of their receipts SIS individuals Or
tnrinbers ct q firm. or partnership aud. also
sfsi g particularly each item for which de
ductian is 10 be made snd the amount 20 he
deducted for it +: Prosid..5 The the in
comea and profits upon which the above tax
is 70 &c imposed shall not be deemed to ,l-
cl'sie the products of lsud which are taxed
il, kind. ~ hereinafter described pf,ri;iesl
further. That in case the annual earnings
Of said joint stock companies and corp ,ra-
iioti> sat apart as coresai. shah CIV, a
pt.,it of more than ten and Ies- han senty
per cent upon their capital stock paid in,
one sixth thereof sll,'l he resarva and paid
as aforesaid The tax levied III his section
sllaii be paid on the first day Of January
next and Oh the first csy os January Of
each year thereafter
4 Mammoth Swindfc- Livingston thrown
into the shasie--A Million ana a Omar
ter Guae Up.
The swiudles of this war arc carried on
OF as grand sc;.e IS the var itse,f-bo, b
exceed Anything yet accomplished, in their
respective lines. Capt Decie. an English
man. residing ficai the Montgomery White
Sulphur Sptng@, hat .rccny,,ix.ti'' the
CunfelAracy done it Tor IL. hand some f.
ure Of 5 zoe, ooo = and sloped His op.
era,ions were saies OF bogus bills of sterling
exchange File f.ynthburg Itryiniua
gives the following account Of th.s great
swin..le
.The bills were disposed Of to various
merchants ana rozers of Rioi..Dol.d ana
other toms, and on. being forwarded for
collection the startling fact Was brought to
Ilgnt that they we're spurious. They, how
ever, bear the endorsement Of tue Cashier
Of The Valley Bank at Chris insburg, witch
'ndeiuni6"s the b. iefs FROM loss, but will
rum the Bank. The Cashier bad such as
snrances as to make hin, perfectly confident
Of lio safety iii the TRANSACTIONS but i; sur4S
'lt thai tn y We're de u i've A nobg those
who vnpci.est for lsIs respon, ibi isy, We h ar
the hs'n"s senfleul.n II high statou con
lie .;ted with the government.
Decie, We believe claims e. be an of .
Ger IN the Royal Navy. and. We understand,
lad soire cuiliiecti,n with our Government.
Vie has been residing fur gear or two III
Nom gomery, where he owns a plantation.
ana has recently had erected speulidres-
'dence. great deal of his time. however.
vas spent IN Rlrl,nsoHd. where Ike lived in
prlncely style. payfrg nuck as one hun
dred aud forty dollars day at TIE hotels.
besides taking his meals at the restaurants
Ills extravaganza seemed t. have no hounis.
We hear the nanss Of Wadsworth Palmer
q Co, Samuel Harrison, and 49, Eos
ter, broker. at Ricilnoll as among the
victinized. Parties in Wilmington also
suffered Decie is supposed 10 have gone
to E-rgland. He left fifteen OF twenty ne
grees, farm. furniture, etc, which have
been attached for the benefit Of the snffer-
ers. Other facts will no doubt be devsl>
oped OF this mammoth swiudle.''