Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1864-02-22

AIR ssHthe mississippi, and July
weA1ohd in twenty year bonds bear
ing kper cent. All notes not funded
l.or b the Government in taxes or
d1e& hin that time, ashall be taxed
thir zee and one third per cent. and be
fun till first of January next after |
whinhxed one hundred per cent
HUH dollar notes not pl esented
wtHinat time, no longer receivable
for - dues and taxed ten per cent.
per nd, ius addition to the thirty
TIRE one third.
ThResent issue of notes to continue
till tIet OF April, after which a new
issud authorized, to be kept within
reasdn e limits Six per cent, bonds
to TN iount of five hundred millions,
may Issued and sold to raise money
to Nc the expenses of the Govern
mentE
All aes on imports to be paid in
specis Ring exchange or coupons
On tic bonds all import and export
duties specially pledged to pay the
inferesk
j, The bill levies FIVE per cent on
most "a, personal and mixed proper
ty, s6, bank bills, and solvent cred~
It's. Ipty per cent on incomes, prof
its, Sc
The htary bill declares all between
II anu o. service during the war;
All bet7Ml Is and 45 now in service to
> be reiai III under existing organizations
and ofda All between II and Is,
i, and 45 80, to be enrolled for State
defence. provost, Hospital, and Con-
script gpsi duty to be performed by
men betWn IS and 45, who arc unfit
! for tho fkh."
> Exenbns-all unfit for the field,
= memhcuSf Congress, State Legisla.
lures aN2ther Confederate and State
!, Officers, Nachers regularly employed,
one editoaD each newspaper now pub
9 Iished, ap such employees as are in
disLdnsaDA one a~pothecary to- eacl
q drug storaoing business on the 10th o
! October ~ physicians over thirty
: years whI ave been seven wears ia tn,
practice; 4esidents and Teachers in col
= 1eges and Shoots A7ho' have been regu'
: larly teachg for two years and hav
;. twenty ssttSnts, n person OF farm
:, OF twenty Gid hands and give bond an
T. security toleliycr to the Governmer
:; one hundre pounds of bacon and beef
every hand,and sell all surplus at schec
: ule rates. officers Of railroads as her
tofore repdAed and the President an
tn Secretary ofWar are authorized to graz
ct excmption4s heretofore.
IS The billIt suspend temporarily II
ID privilege oflhs Habeas Corpus act, h
rt also passed 18th Houses in secret Sc
r It arplis ~ to cases OF treason, 60
Sc splracy, combining to assist the enen
attempts to excite %servile insurlectic
desertion, encouraging or harboring
s%erters, SPIES, unlawful intercourse
by trading withthe enemy, adhering to
IN. enemy or irciting others to abandon
,.t Confederate cause, burning bridges,
destroying telegraph lines, destroying
III attempting 10 destroy government v
lat sells, arms, munitions of war, arsens
Ar. tonndries o~rlworkshops.
The bilAto establish a Volunteer Ma
and the bifto issue tobacco ratiens in
a. army, haze passed both Houses.
Friday tie 9Th Of April, has been
pointed hytCongress as a day of fast
VS.. and prayer
Tor FROM THE UNITED STATES AND EURoF
On. Baltimore papers. Of the Sth furr
md the following items:
the Rnmorefef changes in the comm
taft of the arely Of the Potomac are q
our numerous IN the camps. Some say
~ General aunter is to Sd cceed Gen
Meade. Others surmise that Gen
Thomas is to be the new commander.
the Colts pistol factory, at Hartford,
has destroyed BY fire on the 9TH inst
=, The loss is immense. Seventeen bit
D red workflcn are thrown out Of emp
ment.
the The, Virginia legislature at 4
andria, have Indefinitely postponed
election of a United States S enatol
place Of Mr.. Bowden, deceased.
the The Yankee papers give no infor
hey ton Of any advance from the Penins
and in11sste that the whole thing
~. nothing more than d scare in the
capital
re, They siso state that the 18th and
Connecticut r~egi,nents-ost 113 kille
the the affair on the Rapidan.
100 Gold ia New York on the afternoc
H. the 9th 158.
lin 49, HH