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CONFEDERATE STATES TAX.

amended Act ofFebruary 17h. 1864.
NOTICE TO DEALERS AND OTHER PERSONS.
A LII PERSONS who have been engaged or
N interested in any kind Of BUSINESS, for
profit OF gain, (other than planting or 'arming,)
and ALL who. have exercised any profession or
calling (other than The ministry Or civil Or mill
tary Office in this Parish, at, o. during any time
since the lst January. 1864. are hereby nctyfed
az required to render to the undersigned District
Collector and Assessor, aoiihin fifteen days from
the date Of this notice, true, correct. and COM
plete statement OF their GROSS SAILS orREcElPrs
up to the Ist of January, 1865, and thereupon to
PAY to said Collector, the GENERAL TAX due
thereon, according to law as wei as the onetJM
additional Tar, levied under the Act of June
10th, 1864, "To raise Money to increase the pay
Soldiers" This ne-ftth additional tax has to be
paid by all persons registered in 1864.
N. b. Such persons as NEGLi CT to make re-
turns of their sales or receipts, will be subjected
TO penalty in DOUBLE the am.t,nt of the tax
due by them. THEO. G. LTTrELL,
Collector
C.N EALER, Assessor for st. Lar,'ry.
January ID, 1865. 33-u.
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is the Localities made in the vain corn
Parish
eauoi production atd"
OF specified will be paddy oha
IF he army Government agents. 81.
efo Confederate
at
mIeby and mile by Boat ).
poundper mile to furnished by II
furnishing
furnished by Govenmeg9
furnishing driver
eayer raons and forage furnished by the Governments
hundred pounds load for all Others FIVE b
head f
fourteen miles day t
of Goannq
has,bl andm -
the State
rata for of buildings "A
Government shall anu
sreesw and half dollars II
which product the
adopted by the Commissioners this
addition publication
1' ~ s1s. JOS H. HYNsON.
ss#=s. ~ Commissioned
Byo of Gen. SMITH
SIS ID 1s6533-h
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s.s ..a HEAD QUARTERS,

Enrolling Officer, st. Landry Parish (
OPELoUsAs. January 10th, 1865. !
SPECIAL ORDERS No. -.
To All whom these Orders may Concern
T In accordance with Par. lV. Gen. Orders
No. 90, Head Quarters Trans-Miss. Dept
and Par. III, General Orders No. 27, HID Quarters
Bureau of Conscription. all officers who have in
their employ able-bodied conseripts between the
ages of l8 and as, other than skiItul artisans or
mechanics, after Jan. LIST. 1855. will be promptly
reported to Department Head Quarters for viola
ton OF said law.
II. Under Par III. General 0saers No 81,
Head Quarters Bureau of Conscriptsan, the fol-
lowing extract from Special Orders No 3O7. Cur
rent Series, Department Head Quarters, is pub-
,ished for information and immediate compliance:
HEAD QRT'Rs, TRANSMITS. DEPARTMENT, !
Shreveport, La, Dec. 9th, 1864.
SPECIAL ORDERS
No. 3O7.
". The term for which slaves are impressed
is fixed at twelve months. When there are less
than five slaves liable to enrolment on one place,
the mpressment will be made as follows:
When there are four slaves. one will be taken
for nine months and eighteen days. When there
are three slaves. one will be taken for seven
months and six days. When there.are two slaves
one will be taken for two months and twelve days
This rule will also be applied when in the en-
rollment of slaves. any number other than a
multiple of five shall be found, taking enc-sith
for twelve months, and one for period as deter
mined above.
BY command of GEN. Z. KIRBY SMITH.
S. s. ANDERSON. Asst. Adit. General.
III. In obedience to the ahave order. planters
will! Immediately, present thef quota of slaves iol
enrolment, as well as their slaves who have de-
serted the service under the prior enrolment: or
attachments of the Reserve. Corps wiii be called
out to coerce their compliance with the law.
". In accordance with Par. VI. Special Oh
iers No 293. Head CHARTERS Conscript District.
Louisiana. all unassigned conseripfs claiming ex-
emptien from all service, or from service in the
beld on account of mental or physical disability
will appear before the Beard of Medical Exam
iners at 0pelnusas, on the Ist. ID and Sd of Feb
for examination Those who have been here
tof,re discharged will appear for re-esamina.ion.
" In obedience TO General Orders No. a6,
Head Quarters Bureau of Conscrip.Ion. planters
will make an immediate report, to this cfce. oi
the amount of cotton they have sold to parties
calling themselves Government agents--giving
the names of the purchasers. with the finai dispo
stion, represented by them, made of the cotton.
JNO. NJ. TAYLOR.
Enrolling Officer, St. Landry Parish.
January l4th. l-tio 3S-2t
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THE OPELOUSAS COURIER.
,.L.:sloJ "a, cot,rdo,t h., Tae1 IT Ganfoz

EUDGtSHeH OH o0tafuny' oy sCSi ~. s0oAASASn.
Owing TO a constant fuetnation in the relative
value of paper money, we shall, from the lst Of
November 1864, adopt our former rates. of 1860.
Subscription. three dollars per year, payable in
advance. or $4 at the end of the year. "A subs
criber wishing 10 discontinue must givea written
notice to that effect and settle up all arrearagrs
Advertisements will be inserted at FIVE cents
per line for each insertion; and all advertisements
sent in for publication will be inserted IL english
and french {unless otherwise ordt'red) Hniii the
editor shall judge it convenient II discontinue.
No subscription will be Slapped until all are
aYages are paid, unless at the option of the editor
Candidates TO public tavors will pay ten dollars
each, in advance, if they wish to be announced
Confederate and other current paper-money
will be accepted at their relative value at the time
of payment
Until further change, advertisements of the
General or Stare Government will be inserted at
the ratio of fifty cents per line, payable in Con-
Rderats or State bills.
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Head Quarters, Trans-Mtss. Dept.
Shreveport. December lst, 1864.
GENERAL ORDERS No. 50.
FJNHE following Act of Congress is repnblshed
for information and espe, ia attention called
thereto:
ia. .Ict to prerent the procuring, aiding and as
sistiRg Of persons to desert from tte 1rmv Of
tie C0nfederate States. and for other Purposes
s.The Congress of the Confederate states OF
America do enact. That everv person ""t subject
to the rules and articles OF war. who shai! procure
or entce soldier or person enrolled f,'r service
in the army of the Confederate States, to desert,
or who shall aid or assist any drsafter from the
army or any person enrolled for service, to evade
her proper commanders, or to prevent their ar
erst to be returned to the service. or who shall
knowingly co',rea OF llarbor any such deseIter
r shall p,ircasr from any s"lainr or person en-
rolled for service. any portion OF his a!nis equip.
lnents. ratnrs or cothrg. or any property hr
longing to the Confederate STATES. or any officer
or soldier o; the Confederate Stats, shall. upon
conviction before the District Court ot tine Con
-derate States having jurisdiction Of the "tfnra.
be fined not exceeding one Thousand ,i"stars and
be imprisoned no: exceeding two years
TApprovcd January 23ai. 1854
H. Property purchased from "a soldier III viola
ton of the provisions Of this Act riii bn seized
and turned over to the nearest oIG"r who Is
charged with that peculiar Kind OF Government
property. who VIII receipt Tor the same aud ac-
count for il. The facts will be reported at o,:ce
to these Head Quarters for reference to the c,vi!
auhorities. in order that the penalties prescribed
may be enforced.
III Hereafter no f'lrloueh will be granted m.
less the certificate of the company commando
accompanies the Application, that III" soIdi"r has
in his possession all the arms and accoa'rem"nts
which have been issued TO him. or that they have
been salts sfactoriiy accounted f'f.
" The following prices will be charged fol
arms lost until further orders:
Musket, $500 10
Rifle, 2tD oO
Carbine, 2uo w
Pistol Navy revolver), 410 %
g Army 5i'o w
By command of
GENERAL L. KIRBY SMITH.
S. S. ANDERSON. Asst Adjt. General.
December "a, 1864. 30-4t
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HEAD QUARTERS,
District Western Louisiana.
Alexandria. Dec. 10. 1876


General Orders No. I57.
The sentence of death recently awarded hy
Courts Martial TO deserters. and executed under
nv orders, sufficiently shows my purpose of
dealing with men who forsake their comrades
their eolors and their country in the hour of dan,
ger But to those of my command who have
been SO n,isled from their duty, am disposed to
give one more opportunity OF returning to their
colors
/. To those therefore who have deserted their
comrades prior to this date. and who voluntarily
surrender themselves to an Officer Of the Cohfed-
crate Army before the FIRST of February, 1865,
and then proceed to rejoin their proper COM
mands, offer pardon, so far as to assure them
that they will not be punished with death; and If
they can show extenuaing circumstances to pal.
late their crime viii be disposed to grant such
a full pardon.
Q. All officers who receive deserters or absen-
tees who thus report, will forward them to their
proper commands or to the nearest Headquarters.
with written statement as evidence OF the fact
that the deserter voluntarily gave himself up.
g. There will be no relaxation in the pursuit Of
deserters in consequence Of the effsr of pardon
above extended-but all officers are directed to
use every exerton to apprehend them and to
bring them TO justice. Whenever they are APP
pretended, they will be tried By Court Martial
and if found guilty will be shot to deatlI.
The pardon is extended only to those who
voluntarily give themselves up.
A It mnst be distinctly understood that this
pardon will not embrace any who desert after
this date: and all after reporting to an officer. fail
to rej0in their commands in reasonable time
viii forfeit the pardon extended to them.
While have no disposition to deal with nm
due severity towards any, justice TO those gallant
soldiers who in the face of every danger and
hardship stand by their colors. requires the Sc
yerest punishment Of those who shrink from
their sides in the day of trial Il is hoped there
fore that the amnesty above offered. will bring
back these erring men 10 thsir colors, and that
their services hereafter will be such as to wipe
ont the stain which their past misconduct has
lplaced on their characters.
g,- s. B. BUCKNER,
s iii Lieut.. Gen Comd'g.
l "a xccrsas a. asa -
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Notice.

PLANTERS having vouchers in duplicate
7 given by officers of the army in payment
of the 1.-THE Tax of 1864, will deliver them to
the Depot Agents before the expiration of each
month, and receive from them the proper receipts.
I.F. LITTELL, General Agent
Tax In Kind. Parish of ST. Landry.
Opelousas, December 3lst, 1s64.-3l-tf
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Head Quarters, Trans-nIiss. Dept.

Shreveport. La. Nov. %. 1854.
GENERAL ORDERS No. 81.
YNHE following named officers are assigned to
/ duty at Department Head Quarters:
Lieutenant Colonel J. i. BELTON. Adjuta2t
Generals Department Assistant Adjutant Gen
eral, from November Sth, 1864.
Major P. b. LEEDS. Consolidated 18th Lou-
isiana Infantry, as Acting Assistant Adi-stant
Genera
By command Of
GENERAL E. KIRBY SMITH
S. s. ANDERSON, Asst. Adjt General.
December %, 1864. 30-4t
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HEADQUARTERS, Conscript District, La,
Shreveport, Dec. 81, 1854.
SPECIAIsORDERs No. 295

VT The Beard of Medical Examiners tor
Y IL. Conscrpts will attend at the following
nIaces, on the days designated for the purpose OF
rxsm uing all unassi ned conser'pts claiming ex-
4motion from all service, or from service in the
field. on account of mental OF physical disa-
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Died--At Alexandra. the 21st December last
Daniel Scheuble, aged AZ years.
II! In this Parish. on the 18th January inst
sAnatoIe Chacsere, aged lS years.
Died-At her fathers residence, at halfpasi
fonf II. NJ, on Thursday. the 5th inst, MARY
Z. RsAwLs'aged sixteen ears, four months and
So Leaves haze their time to fall,
And flowers 10 wither at the north.wind' q breath,
Ask And stars TO set; but all,
Y Thou hast all seasons for thine own, o Deas,,
III stsg s4ia m 5s. Mrs. Hemans.
Back with The tide on times dim strand
1as Another year has fed,
And one more from our social band
.glk9 Lies with the sleeping dead.
And Mary now has gone before,
Ere life had reached Its June, is'ts
To that unseen and silent shore
VI y w here we must follow soon.
The winter Ger her sadly grieyes; N
Then summer comes again;
And then Oct0ber's yellow leaves
win fall like rustling rain
While "duss to dust, with hnmbled pride
Our loved ones we have given
as4 The graves grows thicker side by side,
As spirits enter Heaven.
The dark-wingsd angels shadow, falls :.
On many cherished spot.
Bat shrined In memory 8 sacred halls
s. The dead are not forgot.
.a5l, ss. Mi. sALL1E NJ. WHITE.
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- If the use of words is, as Talleyrand said, ts
conceal IDEAS, some men have no need of words
for they have no ideas to conceal.
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FOR SALE,

sT3EA 4 OAG k3AALU3
Gka&s A fine Buggy Mare, sound, kind
aud quick.--Will be sold either for Confederate
money, State money or specie, by applying to
the office Of the Opelousas Courier Il Decs31.
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fYr Elsewhere will be found the Tariff OF pri
ces fxed by the State Commissioners, for articles
which the army may need, such as provisions, &c
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Enrolling Ohcers Will give hotice III .'e i">'
public manner, throughout their respective par,
ishes, of the days fixed fer examination, and VIII
require all unassigned consclipts claiming ex-
e,nptiou as above to be in attendance On the
DAYS designated, whether previously examined
OF not-The Enrolling Officers will be in atten-
dance, and will see that each eonsciipt who has
not been previously examined is enrolled before
examination; such as have been heretofore dss-
chareed from alt scrrice, and are pronounced by
the Board fit for field or saif duty, will be re-
enrolled, and disposed of as Indicated in previous
orders. The Enrolling Officers will oldtr before
the Board for REORGANIZATION any men between
the ages of eighteen and tortytve years detailed
on certificates of disability and assigned TO the
Reserve Corps. whose disability they have reason
to believe has ceased to exist: if pronounced by
the Board fit for field service they will be re-en
rolled in the class for field service.
BY order of
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f the great feet in the Ciessf bake should
happen 20 have Grants army on board. and
should turn up at Port Royal, 1t would look a
little like prescience ON the part of that noble
man and gifted warrior. s
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9gs- AIr,anacs for 1865, and Envelops for sale
i this office. aa
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sa The Hon. C. II. MoUToN is candidate
for reelection for the Office Of Judge of the 9th
judicial District, composed of the parishes OF
ST. LANDRY, Caicasien. Lafayette and verniion
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Gen. Sydney johnson prophesied, before the
battle Of Shiloh. that the war would end in the
center of Georgia, with both armies concentrated
there:--that there would be a decisive battle in
which the Confederates were bound to be sue
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BY order of

By OFdeT OF
Col. E. 6. RANDOLPH,
Comd't. Conscripts, Dist. La.
GooDwr1. Capt. 81 Adj't.
Dec. 81. 1854 -3l-6t
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lead Cualte-s, Trans-Mtss. Dept.
Shreveport. December Isl, 1864.
GENERAL, ORDERS No O.
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Ct We recommend to the attentive tl'e perpsai
of those whom it may concern. the General Order
from District Headquarters, published elsewhere
Severity has become necessary, since aiidness
has been Knocked at; I'VE know Of several per
sons i 10 this Parish wso could induce some good
soldiers TO return to their colors, who have been
led astray by bad example and dangerous advice
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BY command of a.
s. S. ANDERSON, Assistant Adjutant g
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-08-10
BURDENS rALL Urox raE POOH

lie following article in reference to the ex-
emPtiOn of United States Bonds from taxation
comes from the Auburn, n Y. Advertiser
This paper is the home organ of Mr.. Secretary
SEWARD, and NAV give expression 10 bis views
m reference to the legislative action which places
the burdens of the Government upon the pro-
ducing classes. the poor of the country, and re
lieves the rich. Whistler this is the case or not,
it states mos. truly the effect of Congressional
legislation upon the over-taxed masses, and it is
one Of the very few Republican papers. il il does
not stand solitary and alone, 10 sympathy with
right and justice SAYS the Advertiser:
We have had war We have bad enor-
nous national expenses. We have had Sec
Rotary of the Treasury TO inVeat ways and means
to provide for them. Ii was Secretary Chase.
he had to raise artificial wind upon some coca
sions when there were no natural breezes. Upon
the whole be acted wisely. Nevertheless he was
very human. He acted for the emergency in
which he was placed: and he was statesman
enough 10 find way to escape from the respon
sibility, il not the echoes of bis own music. Gov
eminent stocks exempted from taxation. legal
tenders aud National Banks do not return 10
trouble him. But they do return 10 trouble his
successor. hlght or wrong, tney nave penalties;
and they are such at the present time as TO trou-
bic the thinking men of the entire country. A
supposed necessity led to the withdrawal of one
halt of the property of the country from taxa
ton. Heavy, very heavy taxes have fallen upon
the poorer classes as the result And il is the
all absorbing topic out upon the greensward of
the country which cannot be hushed or blinked.
1t seems to be our duty. therefore, to meet this
subject farely and squarely. and TO eoncede
that which everybody knows. that the existing
taxation laws are defective and burdensome upon
the poor.
1--WE desire TO say, with the fullest emphasis
we can give to any subject, that we are opposed
TO any and every attempt at reputation of our
taxes or our public debt High public conside-
rstons require the levied taxes 10 be psd and
the pledged faith of he Government 10 be up
held. Respecting this We must not be misunder.
stood. We desire to say, moreover. that we do
not complain OF Congress or the Administration
at ashIngton. We believe that both depart
ments did the best they could under the circum
stauces. But such inequalities of burdens have
resulted from the laws enacted that one half o.
the property Of the country 10 required to pa,
the taxes which ought TO fall on the whole, anc
we should be faithless ii we did not take our Pc
sition now in favor OF the right. The laws which
impose such unequal burdens ought TO be revised
| And we have no doubt that they will be"
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The citizens Of TippecanOe county have sp-
pointed an Executive Committee Of nine for the
purpose of making arrangements fer the erection
Of suitable monument. 10 memory Of those sol
diers from that county who have died in the ser
vice Of their country during the late rebellion.
One thousand dollars has already been sub
scribed toward the erection Of suitable monu-
meIt to the memory of the gallant soldiers who
have fallen in their conntrys service BY the cit
liens Of Evansville.
LARGE SALE or CArrLE-Messrs Fowler
Earl. Of this city, sold to Colonel Jack Staple
ton. Saturday, fourteen hundred head of fat cat
tie out of herd Of two thousand, from their
Hickory Grove farm in Benton county. They
received for them 0.00O-Lafayette Jour
nal.
HIGH WATER-Al the White river bottom
lands in Davies county are inundated With va
ter. II is said that not less than ten thousand
acres of corn will be seriously injured. and much
entirely destroyed The water was never known
to be so high at this season OF the year. Some
large crops of tobacco are utterly ruined -
Evansville Journal.
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Six cent stamped envelopes about to be
issued by the Post office Department
The oldes, paper IN the civilized world is
the Gazette dc Paris, which in 1865 entered its
235th year
The population of the city of New York is
,OO3, 25O, "a increase Of nearly 300 900 10 five
years.
-Nesbern before the war had a population Of
5000. Ii now numbers 30 ,000 and y orthern
enterprise il increasing is population at the rate
OF 10000 year
The New Jersey Democratic Central Com
mittee have issued call for a State Cow enton
to assemble a; Trenton on the 3Oth inst to nom
mate candidate for Governor, To he supported
at the ensuing election
"A propeller Is being fitted up at Fortress
Monroe TO take the wives and children OF the
coored troops in Texas to that State They have
been living IN aud about Richmond and are
highly pleased at the prospect OF reonng their
husbands and fathers
A soldier, W. |. Pickersou, is now confined
at Fortress Monroe, sentenced 10 SIX months i'm
prisonment. aud forfeiture OF so per month, for
calling his supe - officer an unmitgated puppy.
tie has passed T.. Jagh twenty battles with honor.
and his friends ATE trying TO get his release.
"A horrible prediction is made by professor
IN regard TO plague which h. asserts will visit
this country, from which so many will die that il
will be impossible Tor he living 10 bury the dead,
and the people will become 90 used 10 the stencil
of the dead bodies that they will not notice IT,
An old German doctor in he north part of
this State mas prophesied concerning the month
OF August, as follows. There will be FIVE days
noted for heat-the eth. mild heat; llth.
burning heat; l4Ih, very hot; 18Th. flies very
troublesome; 18th. scorcsiDg hot. He advises
suspension of severe labor and 10 drink but little
cold water
The rogues' CALLERS In Boston has been dis
continued. One Individual. who vas sent TO
State prison, and was shortly attersard par
doned. sued the Police Department fer exhibit,
ing his portrait in the gallery, and succeeded 10
convincing The Jury that be was entitled 10 dam
ages The precedent established, IL was deemed
best 70 discontinue tie gallery, as any rogue
could do the same this man, and the Depart
ment could not stand the expense
A few DAYS since, as the cars we're passing
CburchTille. between Batavia and Rochester. on
the New York Central, a child eighteen months
old was playing on the track, end as the engine
approached, jumped up and clapped its hands in
glee, and the next instant was run over and cut
II Two by the cars. The engineer. owing 10 a
curve in the track. did not see The child TIL too
late 70 save u. aud vas so affected by the occur
renee that be fell from the engine and Was him
self seriously Injured. IL Was feared II be re-
covered bis reason would be lost