, 1864-01-05

into service was repealed with the utmost cx-
p dition. 4 bill setting aside al contracts
| with the principal whose substitute has been
received, and conscribing him also Into ser
vice, has passed the, House with ,precipitancy
and almost unanin.ity, and there Is bnt little
reason to doubt will be rushed through the
/ SENATE. A more sweeping conscription, EN-
bracing all able-bodfed men of all ages and
classes, With various notifications, has also
been proposed a frenzy for the moment
seems 10 possess both the administrative and
Legislative branches Of the Government upon
the subject Of swelling the mustes-rons Of
| our armies.
Whence comes tbis frantic infatuatlon. Is
It symptom Of panic, of ftrepfdation border
ing on dispairs are VIC reduced % the ne
enemies aud to tho world, in resoftfng to
such desperate measures, unparalleled in the
history Of wars? Is 1t one of the protean
forms Of dcmagogucry that has beTitchcd
our civil leaders? The. .sequality Of every
man." ergo, ..nll must go to the field p! Is
which all history has demonstrated
Us a truth-the inequality Of man-for policy
We say Of races? Or is 1t the scheme Of the
designing and aspiring?. This subject de-
lnands the earnest, the cautious, the most de-
liberate consideration and circumspection Of
| Congress. =.
| In the, same article TIC IFhig eays:
| ."Beside the incalculable injuries that would
in every WY result from wholesale conscrip-
] ton, the agricultural interests of the country
would be wholly neglected. Negroes left to
themselves will lot make even their own
support The next vear would be one trnly
| Of famine. Already VIC are experiencing the
fa1sno q az - TX p'u,sao T.; s h;s oa,ssa
| The want Of food with their families at home
! is the cause of over half the dcscrtions. It
would be good policy NOW. to detail every
nut a VS. s
aAu pu1 .neh " 1Aslus ploS1slons. 1eI Why
| not N uas ge1erM conseriptlon go ING 1an
fy our campss Do onr soldiers now do II :
days make # fmnrecnah1e W. tahe I Toota,t aI nrt
Mountain and missionary Ridge and hold
, 1nem LOT weeks, aud though positions intf"
| there being 10 negroes there to handle tie
! spades, our generals surrender them at the
f|rsf ossarIt = ~'tNN ~ ~"
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| Tho question of the finances has been turn-
| cd oyer bv the Rebel Conrress tn the c0ns;d
| eraffnn of n Sneeiol Com9itfre whfch ia ~
ami9ing AZ sorts q schemes ct relief. Among
me many Ptane ls t4e 1olloWlng, submitted
ed by d large number Of business men
Let Congress- pass an act somewhat to this
I. 1mpoee tax Of = per cent. on an values held
OF 9"nea On ne let q January. in 1sda.
- ~ - ~. ine tm agce taht r. NC ta1 aa an o.Gt
~ ~ th.t ,h,t su NJ ia nhIia,},ans
rbsfl nass Nv delivery nr aasirnment nfffer That
| date, subiect to said offset tor taxi 80
| III. Require the executive officers Of all Char
tetea arg M MinceIpoiatoa coaipantss 70 payI uhue!
@stn 1G hne @ ta M M
h 1he tax of-per cent. upon The capital STOCK and
eurpius funds Of said companies and npon all
tied with them; Tho lakes SO raid BY them 10 be
charged to sho pera9Sn holding taes STOCK funded
| opAgaf1ons Of tGfllneates oiaeposit.
esp5e hS al s1eSR1
fbe nassara GY thc net to state nnon osths on m.
der }orms 10 be presented by tis secretas5 % Of tbs
| y them on t1c first day q January, 1871 except
40 mae9 tneIeo1 US wonla DC reached by sections
WY 9Sa,115 anu dlHs H. .s+a or+.x..,,, to
tan pr cet Il nirie veil ~ " tns ae o.
ncnt Of tho taxeg accrpIpq uuiRr This and the nro
cedinE sections In instal'1aents, say nj three and
NJ "pnehI pposijI +h.+ ~. h.n..
tIops ard npon certain terms. NAV bsI bs sppoInte
Repositories 10 receive the taxes aec1uing under
! the pct:
~. FtoslMhg 1of !he Sradnal retiring OF tho
u..ne .aAo 'ne saoes''ul'oa o1 ne"
VII. Excmnt f,oro t,vatton cha,it,h1c re,,o,crs
and e1ucstoual ins;itutions and no otasr nrn6ertT
whatever. -
II l5 NulnllLEu L1ht ll1lH. pl2Q Is open TO
constitutional objections II but then cycu
| JEFF. Davis himself declares that in tue mat
| ter Of taxntion it is Impossible to obey tile
| Constitution.
7ur x.urrrs
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1i Is rum ,ne iaicnmoaa ssa"tner' Lee. III
Ire guinness which now characterizes the
STOCK market, and the general lndispostt1on
70 pny nna ecu at th,s particular period, rem
aers Ast o. quotatlons unnecessary. 1t is
! proper 10 rcmarS, however, that, 50 Tar as
1nd1cated " The limited transactions OF the
past Jew aass, prices hare undergone no ma
| te5iai change, EXCEPT Of Contederate bonds,
Which nave declined under the influence Of
the schemes OF financial relief projected In
! the Confederate Congress: The eight per
and interest; the seven per cents. ut S101
and interest The amount Of business in se-
caritles VIII continue light until some days
after the lst OF January, when the large sums
dishnrsed IN the shape OF Interest and diyi-
dends Wall create renewed demand for
bonds and stocks.
a quantity ot snser plate lately sold at
auction " hent, faine d Co., went ut Sl5
per ounee, and little above, according to
snN frnrn.nn.an m nu.p r ~ sa5 5amann =,
,fn11 I.;4aa bns ho., ~.o,.9 L.ssf- ~; r. r. y M f.t
report. and The tendency Of prices hns been sen