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Year: 1864

An act defining offences against the gov


ernment, and providing for their pun
iShment.


Ii l. hereby enacted. &c.


Sec l. That if any person or persons
owning allegiance TO this state. shall levy
war, OF eonspire 10 levy war, against the
same, or shall adhere TO the enemies of the
state. giving them aid and comfort. within
the state or elsewhere. and thereof be con-
vlcted before county court duly holden
within and for any county in this stale,
either on confession in open court. or on
the testimony of At least what Is equiva-
lent to two witnesses 10 the same overt act
of treason of which he or they shall stand
indicted, such person or persons shall be
adjudged guilty of treason against this
state, and shall suffer death bv hanging by
the neck until dead. which sentence of
death shall be carried into execution with
in the county in which the conviction shall
be had, at such time aS shall be dcSignat-
ed by the court passing final sentence


Sec 2 That If any person or persons
owing allegiance TO this state. knowing of
any such treason 10 have been committed,
or knowing of intent of any person orper-
sons 10 commit any such treason, shall
not, within fourteen days of having such
knowledge. give information thereof 10 the
then governor of this state. 10 some one of
the judges of the supreme court Of judicl
ture, or TO some justice of the peace, such
person or persons on conviction thereof
before the county court, shall be ajulged
guilty of mispri>on, and shall be confined
to hard labor in the state prison for a term
not less than five Years and not more than
ten years. and be fined not exceeding two
thousand dollars, or either of said punish
ments al the discretion OF the court


Sec. 3. This act shall take effect from
Year: 1864

death, and the court shall not sentence
such person to solitary confinement IN the
state prison as provided in the preceding
sectlnn of this act. the sentence of death
shall be carried into execution. within the
county in which the conviction shall be
had at such time as shall he designated 10y
the court passing final sentence; and said
court shall issue their warrant. under the
seal of said court, directed 10 the sheriff of
such county, commanding said shiriff TO
cause the said sentence of death TO Ice car
ried into execution.


Sec. 3. When a sheriff shall inflict the
punishment of death upon any convict i'm
obedience TO warrant, as provided in the
second section of this act, he shall return
the original warrant with his doings there
on, to the court from which said warrant
issued, and the clerk shall Suhloin 10 the
record of sentence brief abstract of the
>herlfi>s return upon said warrant


Sec 4. so much of section seven of
chapter one hundred and twenty of the
general statutes inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this act are hereby repealed.


Sec D. TLiS act shall take effect from
its passage
Year: 1864

al ttSt ~ lllC


general statutes.


1t is hereby enacted, &c.


Sec. l. That section thirty-four of
chapter eighty-four of the general statutes
be amended so as TO read aS follows:


Whenever any person shall be delin-
quent in the payment Of any tax legally
assessed against him in this state, and shall
not have known personal property in this
state sufficient TO satisfy such tax, the
collector of such tax may at his own dis
cretion and in his own name commence a
trustee suit founded upon such tax against
such delinquent person. and may summon
any person as trustee of such delinquent
person, and the same service upon the
process shall be made, and the same pro-
ceedings and judgment had, as is now pro-
vided by law in the case of trustee suits.


Sec 2. This act shall take effect from
its passage.
Year: 1864




ENcoURAGING News FROM LoUIsIANA.-The
New Orleans correspondent of the New York
Times says tits every day becoming more ap
parent that gradual change is taking place
in the feelings and political views Of great
part Of the resident population of the former
city. Active, demonstrative hatred of the
North has in many instances given way, il
not to an entirely opposite feeling, at least to
p,ssiveness which promises better things
and bespeaks an openness to conviction and
discussion. Many accommodate themselves
to the new order of affairs, as the prospects
Of the Confederacy grow daily darker, and
range themselves on the winning side. But
whatever be the motive, certain it is that q
regeneration is now gong on, which ere
many years will elevate Louisiana to the
sphere for which she is by nature so richly
endowed.
Year: 1864

Our Des Moines correspondent stated, q
few days since. that the bill permitting only
greenbacks and National Bank paper to be
received for taxes had become law. We
learn that this is a mistake. The bill has
passed the House, but has not yet been acted
on in the Senate. We hope it will be defeat.
ed by that body. The people are surprised
at this unexpected war on our State Bank.
They are we'll satisfied with our banking
system, and have not asked any further re-
strictions on the banks. Our banks came up
nobly to the help of the State when she
wanted means to equip her brave sons for the
field at the opening Of the rebellion. For
this they are entitled to our gratitude. Their
paper is everywhere regarded as safe and
reliable currency. The only trouble is, there
is not enough of it in circulation to drive out
the doubtful issues of other States. Let us,
therefore, encourage and strengthen our
State Bank instead of bringing it into disre-
pute abroad, and crippling its usefulness at
home,
Year: 1864

Most of our readers are aware that for
some years past an enterprise known As the
Atlantic and Great Western Railroad (Broad
Guage) has been slowly but surely extending
itself to the West. 1t was projected and is
pushed forward by heavy Eastern capitalists,
whose object is to secure continuous rail-
road line from the Atlantic ocean to the Mis-.
sissippi. 1t was opened several months since
with appropriate ceremonies to Cleveland, and
we notice BY the papers that it has subse-
quently been completed to Gallon, Ohio =
From that point it will follow the line of the
Pittsburg and Fort Wayne Road to Lima
thence by air line to Logansport, Indiana
thence by the Psoris Road to Peoria, Illinois,
whence it will take the nearest and most
practicable route to the Mississippi. The
Gate CITY says the company will make its
western terminus at Hamilton, opposite Keo-
3 kuk, but as this would necessitate the build.
ing Of an entirely new line Of road, much
longer than is necessary to reach the river,
the announcement is not entitled to implicit


The best place for the Western terminus Of
this great road is opposite Muscatine. Here
it would tap the railroad system Of Central
Iowa and connect on almost a straight line
with the Great Pacific Railroad, cia Des
Moines and Council Bluffs. It would also At
no distant day connect with direct line of
raj road extending up the Cedar Valley
through the richest and most productive ror-
tions Of Iowa and Minnesota 81 .5s


Such road as this, running the entire dis
lance from the Atlantic to the Mississippi
without change of cars, or breaking of bulk,
win be the greatest railroad in the world. =
Its advantage to our city would be almost
incalculable at present. 1t would give US the
long. coveted direct Eastern connection, and
at the same time make our city an important
point on the greatest artery of trade and
travel in the nation Ee -eae 15'
Our citizens should move at once in this
matter. Let US lave public meeting and
difcuss the best plan to offer such induce
ments to the company as will secure the loca.
ton of the road to this point. We have
nat raj advantages far Superior to any other
place on the river. If we have nothing more
to offer, let these advantages be presented to
the mapagers of the Atlantic and Great West
crn Railroad for then consideration. They
have abundant means to carry out the mag.
ni6cent project which they have inaugurated,
and will certainly do so. xxi .-r z-f5
Year: 1864

VALUABLE DIscovERY-SoRGuuM SUGAR
An experiment has been made in the De
partment of Agriculture, before larger mum
Der of persons. clearly demonstrating the
practicability Of every man in the North
making his own sugar. A gentleman from
Nebraska. Mr.. J. E. Riggs, who is about
taking out patent for his process, was the
operator. From Sorghum syrup sent to the
Department for exhibition in the course of a
few moments he produced clean and pure
sugar equal in all respects to the best coffee
sugar, the residue of the syrup proving to be
an excellent favored article, strongly resem.
bling Amber or Golden Syrup of the shops,
and entirely free from Sorgum taste.
Year: 1864

The Netc Nation has '.let the cat out of the
bag After labored exposition of the pfin-
ciples and position of the FreraOnt and Coch-
rane party, it concludes by saying:


'There is SO little difference between this par
ty and the Democratic party that it would be
easy to adopt a common ticket, which would
sweep every thing before it.


The Neio Nation is right in saying there is
little difference betweenthe two parties. They
are as like as two peas, as the two Dromios--Or
as any one body with two faces closely resem-
bling each other SandnsLy Register.
Year: 1864

The Alexandra correspondence OF the Ions
don Times contain the following: .


An extraordinary revolution is rapidly pro-
ceeding in this country. Europe has finally
understood the immense nature of Egypt, and
is eager TO develop her yet budding resources.
Every steamer is pouring a new population and
a golden stream on our shores. Energy and
capital are taking possession Of the land, and
urging itfOrward in the path of civilization and
wealth. Not only are the cities of Alexandra
and Cairo receiving so great an influx Of inhab-
itants that, although whole quarters are rising
on every side, house room is still insufficient,
and rents are always increasing but the inland
towns and villages are overrun. and factories,
with high chiInneys and long lines of black
smoke, cut the clear sky of our flat landscape,


through the length and breadth of lower Egypt.
Year: 1864

Slavery is dead, and you must pardon me If
| / do not mourn over its dead body; you can
bury it out of sight In restoring the State,
sleave out that disturbing and dangerous element,
aud use only those parts of the machinery which


viii move in harmony. -


Now, in regard to emancipation, want to say


to the blacks that liberty means liberty to work
and enjoy the fruits of your labor. Idleness is
not freedom. I desire that all men shall have


a fair start and an equal chance in the race Of
life and let him succeed who has the most mer-
lit. This, I think, is principle of Heaven.


am for emancipation for two reasons: First, be-


cause it is right in ITSELF and second, because in
the emancipation of the slaves we break down


an odious and dangerous aristocracy think
that we are freeing more whites than blacks in
Tennessee. want to see slavery broken up,
yand when its barriers are thrown down, / want


to see slavery broken down, | want to see in
dustrious, thrifty emigrants pouring in from all
parts of the country. Come Oni Weneed your
labor, your skill, your capital. We want your


enterprise and invention, 80 that hereafter Tenn
essee may rank with New England in the arts
and mechanics, and that when we visit the Pat
| ent Office, at Washington, where the INGENIOUS


mechanics of the free States have placed their
models, we need not not blush that Tennessee


can show nothing but a mouse trap, or some
thing of about as much importance Comeonl
We greet you with hearty welcome to the soil


of Tennessee. Here is soil the most fertile in
every agricultural product; delightful and


healthy climate, forests, water power, and mines
of inexhaustable richness; come and help us re-


deem Tennessee, and make her "a powerful and
fiourishing State.


But in calling convention to restore the


State, who shall restore and re-establish it2-
Shall the man who gave his influence and his


means to des troy the Government? Is he


to participate in the great work Of re-or-
ganization? Shall he who brought this misery
upon the State be permitted to control It's des-
TIMES? If this be so, then all this precious


blood of our brave soldiers and officers so free
ly poured out will have been wantonly spilled.
! Ali the glorious victories won by our noble
armies viii 90 for nought, and all the battle
fields which have been sOwn with dead heroes


during this rebellion viii have been made mem
orable in vain. Why all this carnage and de-


vastatiOn? twas thai- treason might be put
down and traitors punished. Therefore / say


that traitors should take a back seat in there's
toration. If there be but five thousand men in


Tennessee, loyal to the Constitution, loyal TO
freedom, loyal to justice, these true and faithful


men should control the work of reorganization


and reformation absolutely. CLOud and pro-


lOnged applause say that the traitor has


ceased to be citizen, and in joining the rebel
lion, has become public enemy. He forfeited


his right to vote with loyal men, when ne re-


nounced his citizenship, and sought to destroy.
our Government We say to the most honest


and industrious foreigner who comes from Eng
Year: 1864

AS 1t will bake, brO and roast better than any other
soye with saving of rs per cent in fuel, and very
large percentage in convenience.


They have the following advantagesi


lst They constructed with view of great dura-
biity all the plates exposed to the fire made of an
extra thickness.


I'd. The hues lined with non-conducting cement,
thereby applying the heat directly to the oven and the
heated and kept in baking order with less
Ell than any other Stove.


Sd. They have hot air draft which net only makes
fuel burn freely, and last longer but adds to the
heating and baking facilities


4th They consume all the gasses from the fuel there
by adding largely to the amount of heat obtained from
the amount OF fuel used dc9


5th The Stove is made, mounted and finished in the
most superior manner The is large and wellven-
tiated The Stove is convenient in FORM and made for
adopt the language of who have used this
Stove alt do work with less fuel than any 9th
Stove"
Year: 1864

BUFFALO, N. r., August Q, 1864.
Rumors rife Of rebel raid this city by secession
lists and their sympathizers from Canada Details are
not known but it IL understood that the government is
informed Of It, The military Of this city held in read<
ness for any outbreak.


The Commercial Adptssr OF this afternoon has further
particulars about the reported rebel raid this city
It appears that the Provost Marshal OF this city from
various reports led to believe that the rebels in
Canada had organized expedition to burn Buffalo and
destroy the canal locks at Lockport.


He laid the matter before Maor General Dix, who
stated that he OF the existence such plot
but unable to provide any to defeat H. but he
advised that be taken here the exgeucy OF
the case might require.


The public unadvised Of any Of defence hav.
ing been taken as yet.


is reported that Mayor Fargo has protested against
the removal Of the Seventy fourth regiment from here,
which has just been ordered for hundred days duty
Year: 1864

following is extracted from letter found in
p mailbag recently captured near Shepherds
Virginia. 1t is from the pen of Colonel Dun
pate New York Democrat who had the
to go South, to his friend Bishop Of Brook
He claims still to be a Unionist, and is fight


restore the Union, under the rule of JEFF.
or some other Southern gentleman He
me tell you, my dear boy, YOU may pray for
kuntil hell freezes over-that is, peace with the
|ston of the Union--and there will be no peace.
is relentless, and Concordia is deaf There
no peace until Black Republicans and Aboli-
Il are silenccd aud reduced TO an equality, or,
H. level, with the niggers they claim as their
4 Let your Chicago Convention nominate
|lvis for the Presidency-and know major
! the delegates would vote for him if they
and on his election you can and will have
| Of course you will not do this. The next
| ing YOU can do is to nominate and elect Nc
h. The South don't regard him as military


as the Northern press would make the peo-
'icve they do, but they believe him to be what
Ice called Northern man with Southern


les. His election my dear boy would do
70 pacify and conciliate the South. We are


that, if you elect him, the right of Seces-
independence would be acknowledged, and


n Of reconstruction would be offered which
|ht with honor accept. l don't say, however,
bull be accepted.


my opinion, as it is the opinion of President
Ind the leading men of the South, that the
Est continue until one side or the other is sub


The more assistance you Democrats rem


rectly the sooner we shall be able to van


be Abolition hordcs, and restore peace and


ON. 1t may seem paradoxical, but l assure


boy, we are fighting for Union-6ghting TO
Ee old United States under one Government,


shall do ii in such way that no Abolition


will ever a,ain get at the head of it.
Year: 1864

ton that were sn:ouldcring IN the breasts
OF the soldiers, and they would have clean
ed' out the band, who were hapo;no
around the portico of the hotel. evidently
thinking their services were to be still fur
ther required. But the committee who
employed them had probably retired to
Their closets TO reflect upon their generous
treatment of the returned soldiers-at least
none of them were to be seen upon the
streets. The band, seeing that matters
were fast assuming Il thrcatning aspect in
their locality, thought it advisable to
make the best of their way back to camn
AS they turned to skedaddle. the soldiers
pelted them with rotten apples, and jeered
them and called after them with no very
complimentary epithets. 1t was no fault
OF the members Of the band. but Of . GER
tain woolly-headed member of the commit
tee OF reception, whose chief characteris-
ties seem to be penuriousness and love
for the negro.
Year: 1864




The pencham of abolitionists for mixing
the negro with everything they have to
do or say here, met with just rebuke
from the mcn of the gallant 10th Regi-
ment, which arrived here yesterday. The
committee of reception, too niggardly to
employ white band, or wishing to eXhib-
it their affection for their sable brethren,
by having them continually at their right
hand, insulted the returning heroes, fresh
from the battle fields of the rebellion, by
calling out negro band to assist in this
reception. This is the appreciation aboli-
tionists have of our brave soldiers They
do not consider them so good as negroes.
and put the latter foremost in public re-
ception. 1t was a brutal insult and was
felt as such by the indignant soldiers
They very properly refused to march after
the negro band, and the officers were com
PEELED to drive the men into the ranks at
the point of the sword But after arriy-
inc on the avenue the men rebellcd and re-
fused to march another step after the band.
The consequence was, the procession BROKE
up in confusion. The men made their way
in squads to the different hotels where
they were assigned for breakfast. The
band, minus followers, except crowd of
negro urchins, of various sizes. brought
up in front of the Railroad Hotel. \
lumber of the men were quartercd here,
and the more they reflected upon the in
suit that had been offered them, the great
er became their Indignation. They may
have been nothing but common soldiers,
used to the hardships of the field and the
wild terrors of the battle, but they still
had some lingering belief that they were
as good as negroes. 1t would have taken
but spark to ignitc the fires of findigna-
Year: 1864

The Washington correspondent Of the
Boston Herald (war) says:


There is great deal of bad feeling
here over the Florida disaster. Efforts to
put the responsibility cf it upon various
shoulders are being made The friends
of the President assume TO declare that he
knew nothing of such an expedition
General IIalleck disclaims all knowledge
of it. but it is plain that General Gilmore
in undertaking it acted in pursuance of
orders from the President, for he issued
an order directing that Mr.. Hay be sup
ported in his official mission relative TO re.
construction in Florida
Year: 1864

If two persons are to oeeupy a bedroom
during night. let them step upon weigh
ing scales as they retire, aud then again
in the morning, and thsy VIII ind their
actual weight to be at least pound less
in the morning. Frequently there viii
be loss of two or more pounds, and the
average loss throughout the year will be-
more than one pound. That IS. during
the night there will be a loss of a pound
of matter which has gone eff from their
lungs and partly through the pores of the
skin. The escaped material IS carbonic
acid and decayed animal matter Of pois-
6nous e1haltations This is defused
through the air in part, and in part absor-
BED by the bed clothes If a single ounce
Of wood or cotton be burned in room, it
viii completely saturate the air with smoke
that one can hardly breathe, though there
can only be one ounce of foreign matter
in the air: If an ounce of cotton be
burned every half hour during the night,
the air will be kept continually saturated
Withsmoke, unless there can be an open
door or window fopit to escape. Now, the
sixteen ounces. of smoke, thus formed, is
far less poisonous than the sixteen ounces
of eEhaltatioRs from the lungs and bodies
of the two persons who have lost a pound
in weight during the eight hours Of sleep
ing, for while the dry smoke is mainly ia
ken into the lungs, the damp odoTs from
the body are absorbed both into the lungs
and into the pores Of the whole body.


Need moH8 to be said 20 show the 5m-
pOrtauee Of having bedrooms well venti-
lated, and Of thoroughly airing the sheets,
covcr-lLs, and mattresses, in the morning,
before packing them up in form Of a
neatly made bed Peoples Journal Of
Health.
Year: 1864

GALLIP0Lts, Sept. II.


Eds. GAZETTE l see that Gen. Grant
seeks to impress on the public mind that
the only hope of the rebels is in the d.
vision of the free States, in the success of
the nominee of the rebel Convention at Chi
eago. have the most conclusive reason
of knowing that the fact is emphaticalIy
as Gen. Grant statesit.


Within the last two weeks have con-
Tersed with persons coming through our
lines from Southwestern Virginia-With
some as far east as Franklin county, on
the Eastern side of the Blue Ridge. They
are all uniform in one thing, and that is
the only hope for the rebels is in the defeat
of Lincoln and the election Of a peace can
didate One Of these men was a Presoy-
terian clergyman from the vicinity of Mar
I'm, Smythe county. Though caught in
the rebellion in the South, he was mani
festlya Union man and never had any
sympathy with the rebels.


There is another fact which to a great
extent is believed among the rebels.
They believe that the loyal States are suf-
fering from the Waras muchas the South
and when they come here, are amazed at
the sight Of peace and prosperity which
greets their vision.


1 have reason, too, to know that there
Is dissatisfaction between the original trai-
tors and those Union men who were drawn
into the rebellion. This latter class of
men are tired of the war. They say that
these original traitors continue to keep out
of the army, escape the consoriptiOn, and
leave the men originally opposed to their
mad schemes to fghtit out. These men
though at the head of armies, corps aud
divisions, are anxious to see the dawning
of peace, even, I believe, on the plan
which the logic Of events now renders
inevitable


1 make these .statementsas coming from
reliable sources-sueh sources IS entitle
them to full oredence.


These refugees are coming into our
lines every day, and are sent from here to
reach the Interior of Ohio; hence the op.
pOrtunity to obtain information.


Yours, 5. n.