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OFFICE CONTROLLING q. III.
u TAX IN KIND.
SHREyEPoRT. I,A.. .yT1lv s. IA

cHhEyEFoRT, LA july ., IoU4.
Ii. producers in the Stats Of Louisiana art
I q required e pay thsit full quotas Of produce
due as Tax in Kind by the LIST day Of August,
be transferred to the District Collectors, to Be
collected in their money value, with the penalty
affixed by law. 81. :
Such articles as sw1fe ebllectable before l7th
February, 1864, are subject to the penalty. Of
fifty per cent Those eollectable after that date
bacon and tobacco. TO Eve hundred per cent.
This course is rendered necessary for the pur-
pose Of closing up the operations for the year
1868, preparatory to the collections for the
present year. 8 &
s D. OLIVER, Major
and Controlling @. NJ. State Of Louisiana.
(OMcial) ..s s. d
{ RosT; MosTGoMERr, Capt. & Post 9. M,
Sd District Tax in Kind. - s
Jnly %, Is64.--S.
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HEAD QUARTERS,
Trans-Mississippi Depaftmen4

Shreveport, La, May 20, 1854
GENERAL ORDERS No. 25. ,
T The following Act of Congress is puhlsi.s
H.. for the information of the army 10 This ~
partmenf: ~
GAN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR RETIRING orF1cpns
OF THE ARMY"
The Congress Of the Confederate sto.. :.
america do enact, That the President b. sns y
is hereby authorized upon the recernmenSa.;a as
bf any General commanding Department ~ .a ".
army, to discharge from service any Office, .a ~
the Confederate States Army or Of the ssa psa. "
sional Army of the Confederate States. who G,r ~.
no command and cannot be assigned to ,ov ss' -
propriate duty, or who is incompetent or ;nsa ap'
cient, or who may be absent from his conna..is i'
or duty without leave: Providea, That ala anv als
Ger who may be discharged for incomnetsnva.au VIZ
inefhciency OK absence from his Command s.;.}
out leave, shah be entitled to trial hefo,. .a'
examining Board, under existing laws, il he A. u
mands it Of the Commanding General .s;,s:s ps.
thirty days: Prosided further, That il shall ~.
extend to any officer who is absent ON .ecornao. ~.
captivity" (Approved February II, 1854 6a1'A =
HIN pursuancs Of the above Act of ~
gTesss all officers, whether of the Recnor wv. :.
Provisional Army in this Department wha aA VI "
absent from their commands withoat autbo,;...e
will be dropped from the Rolls of the Armv ~ !.
the 30th day of June, 1864. y
Ill ALI officers IN this Department who h,r.
been assigned to duty away from their oa,s cav !,
mands, whether by order from the Secret,,s uaa Z
War, Department or District Commanders ~ IN n 4
report. by letter, to Department Head Oussa.,. .
their address and the duty upon which they ~
engaged. A''s
". All returns required by the Army P.cr.
lations to be made to the Adiuant and Insnscsa,'
General Richmond, Va, will in future bs h. 4
warded to these Headquarters. .s135A 81
v. Enrolling officers are authorized to call mi
the Reserve Corps of their respective coutteso, ,
parishes, whenever their assistance is reeuiredsn
arresting deserters, or for agrsstiug and o,sIlp,
bands cf Marauders aNs''la ~
VI Officers engaged in the collection of ii.
Tax in Kind, and officers drawing the same 4,
txoops. win conform strictly to theinstruction.d
the War Department, the q lartermaster-G Gepsni
and Of the Controlling Quartermasters. g'
By command Of
Gen. E. KIRBY SMITH
S S. ANDERSON, Asst Adj't Gen.
fJuly 2-5--A
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The SIEGE OF CHARLESTON" standing as
permanent heading Of the columns Of the Courier
and Mercury reminds us Of the bills Of the Lon.
don Theatres 'The two hundred and fifteenth
day. reads like the announcement Of the ap-
pearancss Of Miss Bateman or Lord Dundreary:
The number of shells thrown for the past twen.
ty.four hours it chronicles, and the mischief
done, il any, which is rare, recorded. The boys
who watch the descending shells, and dig them
out of the ground, in which they burroW to the
depth of six or seven feet, with spades and
shoyels, are cautioned against accidents, while
Mrs. Brow informs the public that her boarding
house is removed to safe and pleasant locality.
The feet refuses to enter the harbor, because
'three or four iron-clads would be sure to be dis
abled, and must be left inside" The army has
got as far as it can, unless the feet can silence
The interior fortifcaions. Moreover, there are
rebel ion-clads in Charleston Harbor, and new
one lately launched, which may sally forth, at
tack the Federal feet, break tlsSlhlockade, cut
off the Federal army on the coast, aad, perhaps,
attack Northern cities The Federals at Charles
ton are like the man who caught the wolf by the
ears. 1t is dangerous to hold on and death to
let go.--London fndel, Ap7sl 2S. i
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TEE oPELoUsAs COURIER
4 81
Published on Sasarday.by Joel q. sandai
CUNDprIoYs:

4 Subscription, for six months, payable y
vance, TWENTY dollars, if paid at the end %
sly months, twenty-five dollars. A subsru|
wishing to discontinue must give a writtes n
to that effect and settle up all arreafagss
Advertisements will be inserted at fisy n
per line for each publication. a liberal DIV
will be made for long standing advertisenlaa|
All the advertisements viii be iussrss
french and english until the editor shall jus
convenient to discontinue the publieatida,.
Twenty-Five dollars in advance will inyas
be required for the announcement Of css
ates for office.
No advertisements or subscription VI
stopped until all arrearages are paid, 4
at the option of the publisher.
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BY command Of
S. S. ANDERSON, a. a. G.
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Gov. Allen has purchased paper in Mexico,
and has promised to dispose of any excess ne
may have on hand to the press.
Ample provisions have been sent to starving
people of Avoyelles, Rapides and Natchitoches,
to meet their present wants. Shipments will be
snede from time to time as their necessities de-
mand. Those who have means purchase; those
who are dependent add suffering are supplied, it.
matters not what may be their antecedents, 1t
they are helpless women and children,
It will be gratifying to every taxpayer of the
State 10 know that Gov. Allen intends to sustain
our currency and make it as good if not better
than the new issue. Those who are able to pur-
chase any article from the State must pay o fair
price in Louisiana State bills.-Caddo Gazette.
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Notice, !,

FHSHOsE who wish 10 receive relief from the
Il Town of Opelousas, are requested to regis
ter their names with theundersigned, preparatory
to making arrangements for the gratuitous distri
button Of Corn Meal and Beef among those who
stand in need of relief. F.4. KING
President Of the Board Of Police, Opelousas.
Opelousas, July 10th, 1864. TT.
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LIZ OO1llClACldtC LS61A-1 Oy VL0s
(Lnder Section 16 Of Assessment 4et.)
DISTRICT OF 81. LANDRY, La,
District Collectors Office, I,
OPELoUsAs, LOUISIANA, July 80 1864.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Confederate
In Taxes, heretofore assessed, are now dueand
payable, and that the same MUST BE PAID to the
Undersigned Collection. aci;hia thirty days from
the date of this notice, under penalty, (as pres
eribed by law Of ZEN PER CENT. ADDITIONAL
thereon, and the cost of Judicial proceedings for
the recovery thereof.
THEO. g. LITTELL,
District Collector.
Office at Opeiousas. Hours: From 6 A. n to
6 2. NJ daily, except Sundays JulS0.
WTAS KILLED by the UNDER
w signed, at Barry's Landing, ~
on the oath July inst, a 2 year old -.-xk--0
calf, red neck, branded on the shoulder Xxi,
and on the thigh about thus WE.
The owner is requested to come and get his
pay. ALEX. NEAT.
Barry's Landing, July 80 1864. 9-3s
Head Quarters Conso.ipt District La, I
SHREVEPORT, July 10, 1864.
GENERAL ORDERS No. IL.
L The following special order is published for
the information of all concerned:
]. HEAD QUARTERS LOUISIANA ARMY,
ADJETANF GENERALS OFFICE,
Shreveport, July9, 1864.
SPECIAL ORDERS No. 15o.
/. The members Of the State Guard Louisiana
Army, who have been detailed 10 remain at home
as agriculturists and managers and oVerseers of
plantations are ordered to report forthwith to the
tConscript officers of the G. s. IN the seysrd
Parishes of the State and give bond to them in
compliance with the laws Of the Confederate
States :, Fl
/ BY command Of HENRY w. ALLEN. K
\ Govein roy and Commander-in.Ch Chief
{ L. q. Hunt, Adit. & Insp'r. Gen. La.
II. Enrolling officers within their District arc
enioined at once t6 call npon all persons so de-
tailed from The La. State Guard, to furnish HE
same testimony and bond as are required from
those persons similarly detailed or exempted from
the service Of the Confederate States. They viii
promptly report to these Headquarters, all such
persons who refuse, or neglect to comply with
the provisions of the above cited special order.
By order of Col. e. G. RANDOLPH,
I Com'd. Conscript District La.
GeoDWlLL, 1st Lieut.. and Adj't.
Ill In obedienceto the above General Order
No. Ia and Special Orders No. l52, such persons
liable TO- its operation ir this Parish, viii report
Immediately to this office and comply with the
acquisitions of the law. Those who fail 10 do SO
viii be pronnptas epnEtsd 10 Deparsn1ent Bureaa
C0nscription, and their details revoked.
JNO..M. TAYLOR, Lisas.
and Co.Jedsrate Earoyiag Officer. Isl. Lanarg.
GneIS1saa Iu,y 30 IScI--S 0iS y -
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Head Quarters Consoript District La, I
SHREVEPORT, July 10, 1864.
GENERAL ORDERS No. IL.
L The following special order is published fol
the information of all concerned:
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HEAD QUARTERS, 3
gTans-Mis6issiupi E,,partrrent
Shreveport. La. june lat 1874 :

shreveport, La. June lst, 1864 g.
70 The Citizens Of tie Trans-lHiss Departmsut: j:
4 HAVE deemed it my duty to issue GenenI
Il Order directing the purchase, and. il nec..
ssry, the iinpresslnent of one half the Cotton Il
this Department, to supply the pressing wass
of our armies in the field.
Your soldiers are the sole reliance fertile IL
fence of the country from invasion and desolstiep
They Lave recently furnished you signal in.s
tanee of their willingness and ability to desl,al !
your homes. Without munitions Of war, cIoth.
ing and medicines they cannot be kept IN d.
fed. These articles can be obtained onE " A
Importation. Cotton is the sole means Of pul.
chase. In the same lofty spirit Of raniot,a.
which leads your sons and brothers to offer tHa
lives for your protection, will you not sell d ID
Government the only product BY which It'd.
valor can be made effective against the pubs |
enemyf
The impressaient of Cotton viii be avaidsd,H
possible. But supplies for the aGnlY mastssla& /
1t is left with you to determine, whether ur III
preservation of your homes, you will force h !
Government to resort to impressment.
e. KIRBY SMITH, Gen. Ccomdg
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man was retreating before Johnston.
Richmond, July l2.-The New York Herald
of the 9th is received. The terrible panic which
seized upon the inhabitants Of the border coun-
tiessof Maryland and Pennsylvania appears to
render them Incapable of giving any clear account
of what has transpired around them.
Harper's Ferry had been evacuated by the
rebel FORCES on the Iith, who had also Withdrawn
from Green Castle and Hagesstown. 1t is said
it appears to be nearly played ont.
n Washington, July 10-1 o'clock A. M.-Maj.
Gen. Dix's official report from Maj Gen. Wallace
just received. II states that a battle took place
between the forces under his command and the
rebel forces. at Monocacy to-day, commencing at
8 A. NJ. and continuing until 2. M; that our
forces were at length overpowered by superior
forces of the enemy, and were forced to retire in
disorder. He reports that Col. Seward OF the
Kentucky artillery was taken prisoner; that the
enemy is at least 20, coo strong; that Brig. Gen.
behaved well, but suffered severely. He is re-
trsatinc TO baltimore. (Siened)
d. M. STANTON, see'y. Of War.
Press dispatches from Baltimore represent the
excitement intense and on the increase. No one
is allowed 10 leave the city.
Frederick wss evacuated by the Yankeest tand
occupied, 50 the papers say, by Brecklnridgs
with IL, 900 men.
The Governor Of Maryland issued a proclan,a-
tion in Baltimore, on the night of the 9Th, saying
the damages were immense, and that every
loyal man must prepare to meet the rebel force
now approaching the city.
Grant is evidently sending more forces to
Washington. @se
. Ats P. II. on the Isth, he rebEls cut the
Northern Central Railway is rnaes from Balti-
more The Baltimore and Ohio R&ilroad is great
II damaged. Most Of the rolling stock was sent
to Philadelphia. The Ashland Iron Works, IA
miles from Baltimore, are destroyed. &
Al telegram from Harrisburg says the rebels
Gov. Curtin telegraphs the Mayor of Philadel-
phia, that the people are not responding freely,
and say the authorities at Washington to-day,
authorize. men to be mustered in by companies,
which, yesterday they perenptorily refused to do.
The Yankees say their loss in the Monocscy
fight was 1000.
The rebels levied 9 contribution Of 10000 on
4 dispatch from Baltimore at Z o'clock says
the enemy are at York road, z miles from this
city. and 1900 rebel cavalry IRE gone towards
the Baltimore and Q lio Railroads to burn the
bridges over the Susquehanna river. I.
It is reported the rebels had struck the Bali-
more and Washington Railroad at Laurel Hill,
but the Chronicle says i is not believed.
Gov. Allen, with indsfahgable energy, is rap.
idly developing the resources of our State and
supplying the wants Of the State troops and the
wives and children Of our brave soldiers. Ample
arrangements have been n1ads, and experienced
agents appointed, to make purchases in foreign
markets, which will meet the necessities of our
people and tend toSJ1stain the currency and the
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PROSPECTUS
OF rHB
PORTLAND DAILY PRESS
AND THE
MAINE STATE PRESS.
Published at No. so Exchange Street,
PORTLAND,
BY N. A. Eos r e II & CO..
T m mr. ~ NJ n.ss-
j. T. GILMAN, Editor.

In starting the PORTLAND DAILY Press the
Proprietors were influenced by what they be-
heved to be demand Of the loyal public senti-
ment OF the State, and the generous reception
which 1t has met with, and the unexpected meas
ure OF success which has uniformly attended il
tnus TAR, AFFORD the most satisfactory evidence 10
the proprietors that they did not misconstrue the
public demand. The Press has been in existence
but one year and half, and though it was COM
menceu with no previous canvassing and with
the field, to superficial observer, fully occupied
by papers having old associations and honor
able antecedents, yet in its brief history it has
gained circulation never before attained BY any
daily paper in the State, and a hold upon pub
lie confidence and respect most encouraging 10
the proprietors, and stimulating 10 their cher
ished desire to satisfy the public wants by max
ing such paper as shall be deemed public ne
cessity by the loyal people Of Maine.
Though the PREss has had success far ex-
ceeding the most sanguine expectations of its
projectors, and though comparatively few sub
scribers have been heard to complain of its ac-
knowledged DEFICIENCIES, and few demands for-its
Improvement have como to the notice of its pro-
prietors, and though it may have been all they
could afford to make it at the past and existing
exorpitant prices OF printing materials and stock
ana with its present Patronage, yet the proprie
tors have long felt that it is far short OF what
ieaaing Journal IN the commercial and financial
center OF the State should be-; and that the en-
tsrprise, the wealth, the public spirit and the
asst increasing population Of Portland demand.
and should therefore sustain, such efforts as are
necessary to make paper commensurate with
the growing Importance and commanding posi-
ton Of their city.
The Business Of this city should demand much
more space for its adrertisemenf than her num-
erous merchants and manufacturers have as yet
claimed forits accommodation; while the great va
riety and importance Of the news of the day--For-
eign and Domestic, Civil and Military -imper-
atively calls for mors attention than the patron
age actually enjoyed BY any paper in the State
would Justify bestowing upon it. The Proprie-
tors OF the Press, reposing implicit trust in the
good sense and the iberality Of the people Of
Maine, and their willingness to sustain ali en-
terprses having for their object the promotion Of
our common veal, hope the day Is not far dis
tant when they may, with full confidence in sue
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DIR. j. b. HI UG HE'S
CAN BE FOUND AT HIS
PRIVATE MEDICAL ROOMS,
No. 5 Temple Street,

"HERE he can be consulted privately, and with
w the utmost confidence by the afflicted, At all
hours daily, from A. NJ. to 9P. NJ
Dr. Ii. addresses those who suffering under the
affection of private disease whether arising from
impure connection or the terrible vice of selfabuse
Devoting his entire time to that particular branch
the medical profession, he feels warranted in GUAR.
AHTkRISa CURE IN ALL CASES, whether of long
standing or recently contracted, entirely removing
the dregs of disease from the system, and making
perfect and PERMANENT CURE.
He would call the attention of the afflicted to the
fact of his long standing and well earned reputation
furnishing sufficient assurance of his skill and cue.
cess,
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CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.

Every intelligent and thinking person must know
that remedies handed out from general use should
rience in the hands of regularly educated physi-
clan, whose preparatory study fits him for all the
duties he must fulfill yet the country is flooded with
best In the world which net only useless but al.
ways injurious. The un Unfortunate should be PARTIC-
uLAR in selecting hs physician, as it is a amentabs
yet ipcontrovertable fact that many syphiltic pa
tients made miserable with ruined constitutions
by maltreatment from inexperienced physicians in
by the best syphographers that the study and man.
agement of these complaints should engross the
whole time of those who would be competent and
successful in their treatment and cure. The mex
perienced general practitioner, having neither op-
portunity nor time to make himself acquainted with
their pathology, commonly pusrues one system Of
treatment, in most cases making an indiscriminats
use of that sntiquated and dangerous weapon, Mer.
curry.
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THE DAILY PRESS

or such enlarged and generous proportions that,
while the business Of our city shall be better ac-
commodated in its advertising columns, the gen
erai news, the varied interests and enterprises of
the State, and the development of her almost un-
rivalled natural resources, may receive that de
gree OF attention commensurate with their great
Importance and their claims upon public atten-
tention = thus making daily paper worthy the
practical regard Of every business man in Port
land, OF every commercial citizen of Maine, and
OF every well-wisher to our vigorous Common
wealth
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DIR. JOHN G. MOTT,
Physician e. Surgeon

QH COURT STREET, corner of Howard Boston,
OF is consulted daily from 10 until 2, and from s
to in the evening, on all diseases of the Urinary
and Genital Organs, Scrofulous Affections, Humors
OF all kinds, Sores, Ulcers and Eruptions, Female
years extensive practice enables DR.. NJ to cure al
the most difficult cases. Medicines entirely yegeta.
ole. ADVICE FREE.
Mrs NJ who is thoroughly versed In the affective
maladies of the sex, can be consulted by ladies'
Patients furnished with board and experienced
nurses
Boston, April 2s, 1853. eodly
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Talesand Poetry " original and selected viii
receive proper attention.
Both papers the Daily and the Weekly =
will be largely devoted, as heretofore to the dis
cussion Of the great principles which underlie
our free institutions, and will give a generous
and whole souled support to all the measures
necessary to put down rebellion, to overthrow
disloyaty in all its FORMS and to re-establish the
authority Of the Constitution, the laws, and the
consttufionalad administration Of the government.
over every foot Of our common domain
On the great questions Of Progress. Humanity.
Liberty and Equal Rights, being forced upon
he attention Of the nation BY the crisis through
which our institutions and our constitutional
Government arc now passing, the PsEss will Mt
ter no equiyocal voice and occupy no doubtful
position. The emancipation Of those held in
bonds before the rebellion the death of slavery
that Liberty and the Nation may live = will find
the Press neither hesitatipg nor reserved in its
advocacy and support
In word, the Press will stand by the gov
ernment under all contingencies, and defend
and support those who labor to maintain its in
tegrity and honor; and it will be, as il has been
heretofore, the incorporating foe of all rebels
and rebel sympathizers, without respect to their
locality or position.
In the political campaign to be fought before
the close Of theyea 1864 the Press win be found
acting withloyal Union men, irrespective Of an
tecedents, and opposing all disloyal men, on
matter from whats they may have descended.
Its course for the last year aud half may be
taken as an indicationof what it proposes for the
future.
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Eclectic Medical Infirmary.
TO THE LADIES.

nR. HUGHES particularly invites all Ladies " he
~ need medical adviser, to call at his rooms No.
6Temple Street, which they will find arranged for
their especial accommodation.
Dr. H. g Eclectic Renov ating Medicine sare unrival.
Female Irregularities. Their action s specific and
certain Of producing relief in short time
LADIES will find IL invaluable In all cases of OBJ.
structions after all other remedies have been tried in
vain 1t lie purely vegetable containing nothing in
the injurious to tho health and may be taken
with perfect safety at all timee.
Sent to any part ofths country with full directions
By addressing DR. HUGHES.
No. 8 Temple Street, corner Of Middle, Portiand,
N.B.-LADIEB dceiring may consult one oftheiY
own eek. A lady Of experience In constant attend-
ance. janl q WY
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Portland and New York Steamer
SEMI-wEEKLY LINE.

Sk LOCUST POINT" Capt WILLrTT,
AHHa and POTOMAC" Captain SHKR.
a. follows:
Leave Browns Wharf Portland. every wEDNEs.
DAY and SATURDAY, at4P. M, and leave Pier
and SATURDAY, at O'Clock, PM
These vessels are fitted up with fine accommod atoms
Tor passengers making this the most speedy safe and
comfortable route for travellers between New York
and Maine. Passage 500, including Fare and state
Goods forwarded by this line to and from Montreal.
John.
Shippers requested to send their freight to the
steamers asearly a. p NJ, on the day that thep
For freight or passage applyto
EMRY & FOX, Browns Wharf Portland.
New York.
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