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Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-03-29

A HORSE FLESH BANoUET.-In the Grand Hotel
at Paris, the largest, newest and most beautiful
hotel in the French Capital there was recently
given "hippographic banquet" as the papers
style il, at which many distinguished men Of science
and writer's were present. The festival was arranged
by two societies of naturasts, and the object was
to naugurate the use of horse flesh as an article of
consumption. All the edibles were composed of
horse meat. A letter writer describing the event
says
The dinner took place in the great Sale Hemisy.
Gle. Horse soul horse boiled a,lr chous, horse
beJ Ia mode, horse roast5 pate de foe with truf-
ies, were successfully eaten and discussed. At
dessert, Henri dc Quatreiages, chairman Of the
horse flesh committee, drank TO the memery of the
illustrious Godfrey de Saint HIaire, who first sug-
gested the idea Of turning that noble animal to the
vile use Of feeding mankind. Gustave Godfrey
Saint Hilare, the director Of the Jardin d. Acoli-
nation, returned thanks for the honor done his
father. Jules Delbruck next addressed the com
pany, putting the thing in q moral point of view
which struck me as original.
/ he said that whereas, now horses were abused
and made to work while breath was in them, once
accepted article Of food, pains would be taken
by their possessors to preserve them from injury,
and speedier end would be put to their life Of toll
by the necessity of killing them before they had
attained great age. This. however, was victori-
ousy refuted by the next speaker, the director of
the Veterinary School at Abort, who pleasantly as
sured the guests that in order to prove that a
horse was good for food to the last he himself had
supplied the "chefn Of the Grand Hotel for the
dinner they had just eaten with pieces Of used-up
old animals, with scarcely any flesh on their bones,
the youngest Of the lot having attained fourteen
years, and others twenty, and even two-and twenty
years of age.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-03-29
G.. A. TRENHOLM,
Secretary of Treasury.

Section g. That the taxes property for the year esh-
teen hundred and sxtyh imposed By this act shall be
the day of the passage OF this act and be
due and collected the rSt day of June noxt or
soon thereafter practicable The d4iional Ia xs'on
profits for the year eighteen hundred ad siNtyhye shall
he assessed and collected according TO sae provisions Of
existing laws in regard the assessment and collection
If taxes on incomes and all the taxes imposed by this
let as well a. the incomes and profits and the
pecifc taxes and taxes sales shall be payable in
confederate Treasury notes OF the issue, in tie
Certificates of Indebtedness authorized by
tied act to reduce the currency and TO authorize
ne " OF notes and bonds, approved FVn uary
nteenth eighteen hundred and sxty-four par with
out any allowance for interest Provided That at least
half of said shall lie paid in Treasury notes as
Aforesaid and prov ide further Th.t the tn. in
creased pay OF soldiers shall be paid In Confederate ea
sury notes of the issue only And Is hereby en-
acted That the certificates of indebtedness authorized
by the said act OF February seventeenth eighteen hun
Iced and sixty four may be issued for debts contracted
che passage Of said act and the Agent OF the
treasury for the Mississippi Department he and lie
hereby authorized to issue under regulations TO DC
prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury the cerf
of Indebtedness provided tor in said OF FeATua-
Try seventeenth eighteen hundred and siEtyfour for
iebt contracted prior subsequent the passage CT
,ad act in the Trans Mississippi Department end that
al the certificates above mentioned shall be received In
payment OF said taxes, In like and 10 tie saLe
extent the certificates originally authorized by the
said Of seventeenth Of February eighteen hundred
and subject to the proviso above mentionsd
pbl7-aawlm
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-03-29

JUDGE LYONS CouRT.-In this court, yesterday,
the following business was disposed of:
The hdbedS corpus case of Geo. Lee, Marylander,
was continued till the next term.
The case of Ro. s. Forde, Indicted for the muir
der of Ro. L. Dixon was continued till the next
term.
The case of Mrs. Anne Perrin, indicted for aid
ing negroes to escape to the Yankees, also
tnued.
In the matter Of the hdbeaS corpus Of John T.
Froman, the petitioner proving that he was over
fifty years of age, was discharged from the Confed-
crate army.
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Died.

In the county OF Hanover, the 7th of March, after
painful illness OF two days, EMMA LEE, the only
child of David T. and Annie SANDERS aged years and
months leaving heartstricken father and mother TO
mourn the early departure OF their little jewel.
This lovely bud, so young and fair,
Called hence by early doom,
Just come to snow how sweet flower
In Paradise could bloom
E "
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MARRIED..

0the 9Th instant at the residence of the hxie IL.
Granville county, C., by II. H. Rowland, Esq. Mr.
HENRY {. GokDAN, private in the 18th Regiment N
G. Troops to Mrs. LUCY H. CARSON, Teiic of the late
lamented W. d. Carson, late OF Kentucky
At Chapel Hill, n. c. the Cd instant at the resi-
dence OF the brides father by the Rev. solomon Pool 1t
J. ~ ALEXANDER of the 9th Texas Regiment TO Miss
SUE r., daughter of John Watson, Esq
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THE CAROLINA PRESS.

The Fairfield Weekly Courier is now published at
the office of the Winnsboro Daily Ns,os. The pub
LEGATION of the Daily Nelps will be resumed as soon
as mail facilities again established. The South
Cdrolinidn (still published at Charlotte, N. C.,)
learns that the Charleston MercTys to be published
in Greenville, S. c. Before the evacuation, its
press was shipped to Columbia, and during the
element preceding the evacuation, was left behind
and passed through San ordeal by fire." but we are
glad to learn that the damage can be repaired, and
that we shall once hear the brave notes of its
editorial bugle. The Yorkvie Enquirer, Carolina
Spartan, Newberry Sun, Greenvile Patriot and
Molo.tdineer, Greenville Enterprise, and Edgefeld
Advertiser, all alive and hourishing and the
Lancaster Ledger hopes to be so soon.
The editor of the Fayetteville Telegraph hopes to
be able to resume the publication of his paper in a
short time His Office totally destroyed by the
Yankees, as well as that of the Observer, and we
presume Of the Presbyterian also.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-03-29

Decrease. ..,................... 20, $50, los
This Is the product of what Is called leaf lard.
The yield Of head and gut lard is eight to ten
pounds per hog, that to arrive at the aggregate
product nine pounds per hog might be added to the
above this season, and eight pounds last season.
The above decrease, then, is equal to about 30 l8
per cent. This makes the lard crop a very short
one, indeed, and more especially will this be APP
parent when the absence of old stock last fall is ia
ken into consideration.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-03-29

The Rev. NJ. ID. Conway, the pioneer aboltionist
Of Massachusetts. aud editor OF the Commonwealth,
is now out in favor Of the recognition of the Con-
federacy. He says that, as slavery is now out of
the way, there is pretext for continuing the war
on the South.-N. Y. Com. ADV.
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LOAN OF THREE MILLION BOLLA
COIN.
mhaS-d4t
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, c. s.
Richmond, March 9th, 1865.

Treasury DEPARTMENT, c. g. ~
Richmond, March 9th, 1865 &
THE Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer,
and Pay Depositaries in the several States are here
by authorized to receive such in coin offered
on loan the Confederate States in conformity with
the first secton OF the act of Congress approved March
nth 1890 entitled AN act to IA Use coin for the purpose
Of furnishing necessary supplies for the army
The authority 10 receive the same shall continue in
force until the 10th day of April inclusive. Returns
then be made OF the of the lenders and
the severay lent by each to the Register Of the
Treasury setting forth the conditions accepted by the
lender viz whether he elects tpke bond accepts
cotton in absolute payment, provided by the act
The Register will furnish bonds orders for cotton in
conformity Herewith
All persons liable the tax imposed by the second sec.
ton OF said act required TO make then returns
medatey and tax collectors will proceed tn collect the
tax without delay, after the 10th day OF April proximo
unless notified by public advertisement iIOm this Depart
ment previous that date that the loan Of 50 90 900
has been secured But Taxpayer shall be required TO
pay who shall exhibit from the Treasury officers appoint
ed receive the same the certificate OF loan in coin
equal TO the amount of his tax.
After the sixteenth day OF April the tax will cease to
be commutable by the substitution OF equiv slent
amount as a loan q. A. TRtNhULh,
mh23-tl6ap Secretary Treasury.
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had auas rsuAaway. Essfybody iaughod aud tina
crowd dispersed.
CLEAsISa UP.-We observed yesterday that the
corporation "hands' were employed In removing
the large accumulation of dust and dirt from the
business portion Of Main street. This rubbish
would make very good fertilizer for market gar
dens. and in some cities the privilege Of cleaning
the streets is awarded at high premium to per-
sons DESTROYS of securing the manure.
PRISONERS FROM PETERsBUTG.-Thirty Yankee
Frivates, captured at Petersburg on yesterday,
were brought under guard to the city last evening"
and confined in Libby Prison.
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treasury DEPARTMENT, {. .. Al
Richmond, March I4th. 1865.
NOTICE IN RELATION

i TO RECElPT Of SIX PER CENI 'CEKTIFI-
Gates OF INDEBTEDNESS FOR TAHE5 IMPOSED
By ACT OF CONGRESS APPROVED MARCH /,
1856 Notice ia hereby given that according to the pro
visions Of the Sd section Of Act OF Congress OF March
H. 1855 copy OF which is hereto attached mDety
Of the taxes levied by said act excepting the tax tor the
increased pay OF soldiers may be paid in Six Per Cent
Certificates of Indebtedness issued under 4th section Of
act OF II February 1866.
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TELEGRAPHIC.N
REPORTS OF THE PRESS ASSOCIATION
RECEIVED EXCLUSIVELY BY THE WIG.
FROM BRISTOL.
ESPECIAL DESPATCH TO the WHICH,

BRISTOL, March 2s.-Lieut. Col. George ". Day
shot and killed Captain Arnold, this morning, in
self-defence. II was unavoidable. BIRD.
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This is about equal to 3-4 per cent, which,
being deducted from the decrease in number,
makes the net decrease In the crop IL per cent.
as compared with last season /; Sc per cent. less
than the large crop Of 1923; 40 IL per cent. less
than that Of 1867, and LIZ per cent. less than
that of 1901.
Owing to the falling off In the number of hogs
packed, there Is marked falling off in the amount
of lard produced this season, Notwithstanding the
increase in the general average, The whole number
Of hogs packed each season, multiplied by TIE aver
age yield each season, will show the following re-
suit:
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punishment for slaves, free negroes and
mulattoes that aid or abet the public
enemy or desert to them, and prohibiting
their traffic when operating against the
general good Of the country.
BY Mr.. Tayloe-On the cxpediency of
taking steps to change so much of the
track of the Scuthside railroad as crosses
the High Bridge, in Prince Edward coun-
ty, so as to avoid the passage Of the
Same.
The bill to amend the Code in relation
to duclling was ordered to be engrossed
and read third time.
BY Mr.. Taylor--A resolution Of in
quiry whether any Of the debts Of the
State Government can be dispensed with
during the war.
On. motion, adjourned.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-01-12


Major Douglas FraZar, Of the Thin
tecnth New York cavalry, who was in
command Of the scouting detachment to
which the soldier belonged who slot the
guerrilla Mosby. near Middleburg, Viz
ginia, on the DIST Of November, las
made report. At the time Major Fra,
Jar lid not know that the man shot vas
Mosby, and diti nos ascertain the fact I'LL
too late to secure the guerrilla chief
lie supposed the wound to be mortal,
and thinks that if Mosby is still alive I've
IS concealed somewhere in the country
not Jar iro:n the scene of the occrrrefc2.
Henry y. Fin, e. DruiG,") the coz.
respondent Of the New York l'oy,H has
been arrested in Baltimore by the mill
.ary authorities, On the the charge Of dis
loyalty. He is now in custody.
The Quebec lNerca,y OF Thursday
evening last says; We regret to learn
that His Grace the Archbishop Of Qucbec
was in such low state last evening that
the las. rites Of the church were aarai-
nistercd to him; and that he is not ex-
pected to survive many hours. Mon
seigneur TuYgeon has now reached the
age of seventy nine years, and has heen
unable TO attend 10 toe chief duties Of
his important office fora period Of some
ten years SO that bis departure will te
but q long looked-for relief from suffer
ing
\ very mach greater quantity OF cot
ton (says "a Washington Dispatch than
was reported was found in Savannah.
On the suggestion Of an eminent meuhcr
o. Congress from the West, tie col &c y
Of the port Of New York was sent down
there, probably to take possession of the
whole Of it and ship it to New York lot
sale for account OF the Federal Govern.
ment. lie will probably dispose Of the
entire batch Of claimants by giving them
certificates of his appropriation OF tie
property at the present Savannah Ya.ug-
ton, to be paid for ut future "a, on
proof of ownership.
\ Matamoras paper gives On account
of the wreck Of the steamer r. f. Lee,
from Matamoras, Off the mouth OF the
Rio Grandc. Twenty-Five of the crew
were drowned, and others were picked
up on cotton bales by the French bark
Castellona.
Farragut is visiting the navy yards in
Washington.
Gold, in New York, 221 IA.
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SENATE.
WEDNESDAY, January II, 1866.
EXTRA SESs Jon

WEDNESDAY, January II, 1865.
Mr.. johnson, of Bedford, President
pro hm., called the Senate to order at Il
o'clock NJ. Prayer by Rev DR.. Jeter.
A BILL reported from the House Of
Delegate, authorizing the transfer of the
Bank Of Pittsylvania from Chatham TO
Danville, was read twice and referred to
the Committee on Banks.
A bill was introduced by Air. Collier,
by leave Of the Senate, providing for a
change OF the name of the Southsidc
railroad to that Of the Petersburg and
.Lynchburg railroad. Referred to the
Committee on Roads and Internal I'm.
provements.
Mr. Christian, Of Middlesex, from the
Committee on Military Affairs, presented
bill providing an additional appropria-
ton to the Virginia Military Institute,
which was read twice.
Mr. Collier, of Petersburg. introduced
JOINT resolutions upon the subject of sla-
very, taking ground against placing them
u the military service Of tho Confederate
states Lie over under the rules.
A number Of resolutions were offered.
! among which were the following, which,
were referred to the appropriate com
mittees
By Mr.. Douglas-A resolution TO ex-
tend the time for clerks of courts to
qualify; also, increasing the fees allowed
to commissioners in chancery.
BY Mr.. Thomas-Authorizing the
clerk Of Warren county to transcribe the
records Of the court.
by Nh Tayloe Providing suitable
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FROM KENTUCKY.
A telegram from Cincinnati, dated the
Tth corc.

A telegram from Cincinnati, dated the
7th, says:
General Burbridge has removed his
restrictions upon trade in Kentucky.
Resolutions were introduced into both
Houses Of the Kentucky Legislature
yesterday declaring for the immediate
abolition Of slavery
Governor Branlettc, in his message,
recommends the gradual emancipation
and ultimate removal OF the slaves; re-.
.joices over and thanks Generals Sherman
and Thomas for their victories; de-
nounccs the understandable arrest of
Colonel Wolford and Lieutenant Go
vernon Jacob says that his object in at
tempting to regulate the enlistment of
slaves was not to save the institution,
but the people of Kentucky from an I'M
necessary burden in its accomplishment,
and declares that Kentucky has furnished
nearly seventy-six thousand soldiers to
the United States army.
Another telegram, dated Louisville,
Kentucky, the 7th, says:
J. Walker Taylor's rebel forces occupied
Owensborough until Friday, conscripting
citizens and firing upon steamers, when
they left.
The New Albany Ledger says that
rebel guerrillas have possession OF Owens.
borough, nawesville, Davenport and
Henderson.
The Lebanon train was captured by a
band of Masruder's guerillas, near L.
banon junction, yesterday afternoon.
The passengers were robbed and the cars
burned. The rebels brutality murdered
four discharged soldiers of the Fifteenth
Kentucky,
Taylor has established his headquar-
tiers at Hawesyille, and the citizens are
fleeing across the Ohio to avoid conscrip.
ton.
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THE TRUE CAUSES OF THE WILMINGTON
FAILUEE-WUO WAS TO ETANEp

THE TRUE CAUSES OF THE WILMINGTON
FAILUEE-wIIo WAS TO BLAME!
The New York Tribune Butler organ,
as far as the Wilmington fight is con
ccrned, has letter from Norfolk, which
is evidently written or prompted by But
Ter. 1t throws all the blame of the vii
mington disaster on Porter. Ii says:
The leading facts Of the Wilmington
expedition are these:
|, l. The collection and equipment of
the ships of war for the expedition con-
sumed more than two tedious months.
9. When it was announced as ready,
the transports, with troops, started from
Hampton Roads with the understanding
that they would be accompanied, or
closely followed by the war vessels.
3. The transports and troops arrived
off Wilmington, and were there for three
days Of splendid weather, the sea as
smooth as a millpond, and the enemy
known to be there surprised and in small
force; hit the ships Of ecaa' came got.
4. Heavy weather set in; the ships
ofwar appeared, but the transports had by
that time nearly exhausted their coal and
water, and many were compelled to seek
Beaufort harbor, which they left agairr
for Wilmington as quickly as the weather
permitted.
5. But without awaiting the return of
the troops and transports from Beaufort.
Admiral Porter, contrary to the under
stood plan of operations, exploded the
gunpowder or torpedo boat and bonn
barded the fort for several hours. In
the plan Of operations it had been I'M
derstood that the guppowder boat should
be exploded at such time, and in such
manner, that the troops could immedi-
ately land and take advantage of the
decentralization which it was expected the
explosion wohld create among the enemy.
When the troops subsequently landed,
General .Wcitzel, than whom our army
possesses no soldier Drawer, more skiilful
or more experienced in assaultinc and
defending fortified places, being ordered
by General Butler to reconnoitre, pushed
his reconnaissance close to the fort. ard
ascertained that it was uniniured. ano
that an assaulting party would meet
more bloody and fatal repulse than our
troops did at Fort Wagner. lie there.
fore advised their withdrawal, to which
General Butler assented. Fort Fisher is
more than twice as large, and twice a.
difficult Of assault, as Fort Wagner was.
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A CARD FROM BRraADrER.aE GENERAL PAGE
We find the following addressed to the
editor of the New York Tribune:
Sir: In your issue of yesterday was
the following paragraph:
"The rebel General Agc,. captured
near Fort Morgan, applied by letter,
lately. to his old classmate, Commodore
Rogers, for assistance in getting ex-
changed. The reply was: i can do
nothing for you. You neither defended
your post like man, nor surrendered
like all officer
It does me great injustice; and though
a prisoner of war in the hands Of your
Government, / 10 not hesitate so far to
presume on your sense of right as to
solicit correction of the misstatements
involved in the aforesaid paragraph. The
facts of the case arc just these: Some
time ago, while i'll and suffering, sent a
private note to Commodore John Rogers,
an old comrade and former friend, re-
questing him, if he thought proper, to
second an application had addressed to
the Union authorities for parole, or a
transfer to warmer climate-which
transfer, may add in parcnthcsis, the
surgeon of Che post had stated to be cs-
scntial to my health. 10 this commune
cation have never received any reply,
written nor verbal, nor has any ever
passed through the official channel of
correspondence with the inmates of this
prison.
AS to whether the fort, of which | had
command, was properly fought and de-
fended-this is u question on which it
becomes not me to speak. My own
Government, and they with whom |
shared the perils of the fight, arc alone
competent to pronounce on the matter.
Il am content to abide their opinion
Immediately after the capitulation of
Fort Morgan, certain false and injurious
reports were circulated, imputing some
irregularity and unfairness On my part in
the surrender of the work. By "a council
of war, ordered by General Candy, and
composed of officers OF the Federal army
and navy, | was, after most searching
and prolractcd investigation, promptly
and entirely acquitted OF ali and every
of these imputations. The opinion and
findings OF this council were officially
published in the New Orleans papers;
and it would have been agreeable to my
desire to have had the whole "proceed
ings" laid before the public, which yet
hope at some future day may be done.
Very respectfully,
Your obcdient servant,
r. l.. PAGE, Brisadier General,
Confederate States Army.
Fort Lyayette, December ~, 1861.
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The military authorities expected that
Admiral Porter would run the gauntlet
with some of his war vessels by Fort
Fisher and up Cape Fear river, and, in
concert with the troops, that would be
then covered by the gunboats, cut off the
fort from Wilmington and shut up the
river, "making the expedition another
Mobile affair."
When on the ground, Admiral Porter
nas requested, bnt refused, to do Mis.-
Farragut, Or any of half dozen officers
in Portcr's own fleet, would have done
it.
8. The assertion that any of our men
entered the fort is a mistake, created by
a false rumOr started among the soldiers
at the close Of the reconnaissance The
true statement Of the incidents that gave
rise to the rumOr is this:
First \ shot from the ships of war
cut the rebel flagstaff, and it toppled over
and outside the fort. a gallant officer
of the One Hundred and Forty second
New York, in WeitzeIs skirmish line,
ran into the outer ditch of the fort and
brought off the flag.
Second. The dispatch bearer, who was
said to be killed in the fort, and his
horse brought out by one Of our men,
was killed, not inside the fort, but one
third Of mile from it.
Third. The shot said to be fred by
one of our men into a bomb proof full
of rebels, was fred, not inside the fort,
but by a sharpshootcr in Wcitzel's Skin
mish line, who fired through sally
port in his front into an open bomb proof
at the opposite side of the fort, in which
he thought he saw some rebels
Whether he hit any of them is not
known; but it is known that not one Of
our men got inside the fort or any Of its
defences.
8. While the transports we're waiting
the arrival of the war vessels, during the
first three days, the rebels sent down
heavy rciniorcements to SugaIloaf
camp, in the vicinity of the fort; and
these reinfOrcements were ready to as
sist the fort in case of an assault Gene
raj Buffers entire force vas but six thou
sand five hundred mcn.