The tri-weekly herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-04-01


compensation of the. soldiers Of the &army..
Provided, That this additional tax shall not be
construed to apply to or to Increase the tax
in-kind. 49, -. :.s.ss.5 ~
SEC. 5. Any tax, payer, under regulations
to be prescribed Sby the Secretary Of the
Treasury, Shall be, allo~ ed 10 lay into the
Treasury, in advance, such sum or snlHS as he
may choose, on account of taxes to accrue
against him, and to obtain therefor on
unaSsignable certificate ofsuch payment: ~ >
= Sec. 6. Congress having intended. by the
act of the seventeenth February, eighteen
hundred and sixty:four, entitled ''arf act>,to
levy additional taXeSfer the common defence
and support of the GoverRtBent,n y as amended
by II e act, of fourteenth June, eighteen hum
dred ahd sixty-four, to impose, said additional
taxes for the year eighteen hundred and
sixty ycfnur only, the said act of seventeenth of
February, eighteen husdred and sixty-Iour,
as amended, in so far asst can be cnAStr ed
to operate utheru ise than as thus intended
shah he, and the same is hereby repealed
And all the taxes imposed br this act shall be
paid without any discount or. credit for the.
value Of the tax.in.kiHd or the income tax,
and all the taxe>.6n incomes and profits, under
existing laws, shall paid without any credit
or deduction of the nd valorep tax.
SGC.s7. That when property, real or per-
sonal, has been injured o. destroyed by the
enemy, or the owner thereof has heen tenn.
porariy deprived of the Use thereof or, in
the ca>e Of real estate, Of the ntrans %of cult
-vatiug the same, 10y the reason of the posses
Sian ol.prnxitnity o! the enemy, the assesSnient
on sreh'rroprrt.r y.be reduced in proper.
ton to the damage sustained by the owner,
or the tax assessed thereon may be, red1ced
in the same ratio by the, District Collector, on
satisfactory evidence submitted IL him BY the
owner or Assessor. -.
SEC. s. That the Secretary Of the Treasury,
on The Recommendation Of the Boards Of
Police, County Churts, or such other county,
tribunal as may be prescribed
.by the State Collectors respectively, trans.
rnitted through said collectors. Is hereby
authorized to suspend the collection of taxes,
now DUE, or inl oSed by this or any other oE
fnture act, in those districts " here depreda-
linnS have been committed hy the enemy, in
cases of indy idualS. in such diStrists, where,
IN his Judgment, the resources of the tax
payer asking such StfSpen>iom have been so
seriously damaged or destroyed as to 'rendeE
the payment 't taxes impossible or excessively
oppressive; such suspension to be revocahle
at the PLEASURE of the Secretary of. the
Treasury. =. -.. -r-...,..
''H1>ToRy REPEATS TTsELF!2- Eighty-fosr
years aeo--in the winter of 1891, the Brit
i<h and American forces occupied, almost the
Identical positions now held respectively by
the Yank kee and Confederate armies in the
.Carolinas. The disastrous battle of Camden
resulted in. the expulsion OF the patriot army
from South Carolina. and led 10 the soperst-
dure of Gates by Gen.. Greene. When tile
latter took command Of the army, its head.
quarters we're at Charlotte, n. g., the present
headquarters of Gen. Beauregari Greene's
first increment was to send off a detacbaicnt
Of one thousand men under General Morgan,
which met and defeated TaTleton, Mt the bat
tie Of Cowpen&. Tarlcton,. with the repanalt
of his forces, retreatcd aud united with the
main body under Cornwallis. and Morgan en-
deavored TO reioin Greene TWAS tu'prevent
this junction that CORVALLIS moved imIneeli-
atelv forward, and then was commenced by
the patriot army one Of the most remarkable
retreats IN military annals. It is somewhat
iroslar kable that the line Of Greene'S retreat
was over the Identical ground now trapeised
by the railroad leading from Charlotte to
Greensboro. Guilfortt Court HouSe--where
Greene finally gave battle--iS about five miles
northwest from the latter place Speculation
has already selected it as the point here our
forces will be concentrated against Sherpan,
should he continne ais fank movement upon
Richmond. In that celebrated retreat, HEN
RY LEE (hetter known as ''l.ighthorse Hai-
.ry') han command OF. the entire cavalry force
Of the army, and contributed greatly tn its
success He also acted conspicuous, gallant
and efficient part IN the battle which followed
If fate shall decree that liberty and tyranny
shall measure arms upon the same field, it is
not too much. TO expect that the worthy son
of this revolutionary hero-eur own peerless
chief--will he there on the side of the former,
to strike down and put. to confusion the min
ions Of the latter. x
The Ranger is a new Confederate Ram, is