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THE WEEKLY NERALD Devoted to the Dissemination of General Lnformation'. VE VOLUME LI. NqEWBEARY, S. C., WENESDAY, JUNE 7 .1865.' NUMBER 24. THE WEEKLY HERALD Is PUBLISHED AT. NEWBERRY C. U.,. TERMS, $2FOR SIX MONTHS, IN ADVANCE. Payable in Cash or Provisions. Advcrtisements inserted at $1 per square, for first insertion, 50 cents for subsequent insertions. Marriage notices, Funeral invitations, Obituaries, and Communications of personal inter,est charged a.advertisements. Important Notice to Cottor. Owners. OFFICE OF U. S. PCRcFAs,NG AGENT, Savannah, Ga., May M, 1865. The attention of cotton o vners is called to the. following extract3 from the "Amended Regulations for the purchase of products of the insurrectionary states on Government ac count,' issued from the Treasury-Depertment of date May 9th, 1865, and approved by the President. of the same date. "1. Agents shall be appointed by the Sec retary of the T:-easury, with the ap'-oval of the President, to purchase for the United - States, u.der special instructions from the Secretary of the Ti-easury, products of the 'States declared to be in insu:rection at such places as may from time to tieue be designated by the,Secretary of the Treasury as markets *r places of purchase. !H. The operations of Purchasing Agents shall b confined to the singie article of cot ton ; rad they shall give public notice at the place to which they .shall be assigned, that they will purchase, in accordance with these regulations, all cotton not captured or sban doned, which may be brought to them. IV. To meet the requirements <r the Sth se-:tion of the Act of July 2, 1S62, the Agents ..shall secure all cotton so brought, .and forth with return-to the seller three-fourths there )f, which portion shall be an average grtde of the-whole according to the certificate of a sworn sampler or expense. V. All cotton purchased and resold by pur. chasing Agents shall be exempt fro-n til fine and internal taxes. And the Agent selling shall wark the sarie "'ree" ard furnish to the pdrchaser i bill of sale duly and ccurately deseibing the. character and quantity sold, and containing a certificate that it is exemp. froni taxes and fees at above. LX. All agents are pruhibited from purcEa sing any product of an insurrectionary State, which shall have been captured by The inili tary or naval forces of the United States, .or which shall .have been abandoned by the law - ful owner thereof. X. "These regulatipns, which are intended to revoke hd annul all othe s.on the subject heretofire made, will take effect and be in foree-on and after May 10th, 1865." The undersigned has been appointed pur chasing agent at Savannah, and hereby gives notice that he is prepared to purchase, in ac t cordance with the reguintions, of which the above paragraphs are extracts, all cotton not captured or abandoned, which may be brought to him. The war is now virtually losed, and to the. end that the people may, to as full an extent as possible, commence to reap the benefits of - a state of peace, it is -desirable that the old ani regular channels of trade be established, -neq ones opened, and the oc;cupations of the people, both in the city and country, be re samed. It is expected that the purchase, by the Treasury Department, in good faith of the cottoti in the country now irn the hands of its -owners returning therefor a. fair and honest equivalent, will largely tend to bring about a state of things so much to be desired by all. -estictions upon trade are now virtually abolished, and citizens may, with a few un ipportant exceptions; now purchase and take away whatever their necessities requiro, and - I eelsatisfied that the dispositiohi to do all that may be done to bring about once more a normal and healthy condition of trade will not * be wanting. .Cotton owners may rest assured that it is now, perfectly safe (so far at .least as any interference on the part of the Govern nuent) for them to bring in and dispose of their cotton. The f(ullest protection will be guaran teed, upon its arrival, and such other protec tion and safe conduct as,. the Agent may be able to obtain for cotton in transitu will be freely afforde4. It is hoped that before long enterprise will Qpen op better and safer means of comnmuni *cation-with, and transportation to Savannah than now exists. In the meantime, and until that takes place, owners of cotton at distant points desirous of- marketing it at Savannah, *will doubtless be able to devise temporary ex pedients-for accomplislgag that end. U. T. P. ROBB, - U. S. Purcha'sing Agent. App,roed: C.-GRovRR, Brcvet Major Gcaeral Comman!ding. Important Trade Circular from the Treas nary Department. Sivisiax, GA., May 16 18'5. Szf:-To correct misunderstanding, and to se cure tniform.action by agents of the Treasury Departnmnt in collection of capture.d and 'aban doned property, .all agents 'will be required to observe the following directions: No property owned by individuals, and nowt in their possession, will be treated as captnred, ex ecpt such as. has been taken by the National fotees from hostile possession, and has beei or shall be turned over to the agents of the Treas ury Department under military orders. N o property will be treated as abandoned ei capt such as has been or shall be found actually d*erted and out of the custody of the- lawful owners, and no household goods, appurtenances, or furniture will be touched by agents of the Treasury Department under any circumstances, except for the purpose of keeping the same care fully stored, subject to directions from' the See retary of the Treasury. Any property which there is satisfactory rea son to believe' has belonged to the so-called.Con federate Governient, will be treated as aband oned when found by Agents of the Treasury .Dc partment, or will be treated as captured, when takened and turned-over under military orders No authority whatever can be given to purch ase products in Staths 'eretofore de.clared in in surreetion, except for account of the United States until after the President shall declare that th; insurrection has been suppressed, or shall otherwise make such purchase lawful, or the A*t of Congress, approved July 2d, 186C, shah be changed. You will, by ever proper means, encourage a rettrn to industrial pursuits in your agency. All products of free labor, heretofore pro duced within the national lines as there designa ted, or hereafter produced in the States of Ten nessee, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Flori da and so much of South Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi, as shall be declared within the lines of occuiation by the Department commanders thereof, may be-taken or sent to market in the loyal States, by the producers on the* own ac count, without sale to the United States, or any charge, except the internal revenue tax. and the intercours~ fees prescribed by the Secsetary of the Treasury. All products, other than of fr.ee, labor, pro duced in-esurreecoe-try tiatee, prior to the or der of the Secretary of war, extending the lines of military occupation, dated April 17, '1865, may te'sold to agents appointed by the Secreta ry of the Treasury to puechase for the United States. There agents will be locate at all the At lantic and Gulf ports, immediately, and will pay for such'property three fourths of the New York market price. Arrangemeats will be immediately made- in your'agency for-unrestricted trade in the sale of all supplies not coatraband of war. All persons who take the oath of loyalty will be permitted to bring such supplies, in any quan tity desired by them, to all military posts in your agency, and there to sell the same to all loyal persoas in unrestricted amounts. The purpose of the governments is to estab lish in all districts where good order is maid taic:ed by the inhabitants as nearly an unrestict ed trade as nossible under the preser law; . and you will be careful to see the above directions are carried out in your agency, and that all tech nicalities are avoided which are not absdiutely required under the law. I am very respectfully your obedient servant; Wx. P. MELLEN, - Genersl Agent Treasury Department. Ai,BT G. BRowN%1 Sopt, special Agent 5th Agency Savannah, Ga. - BRvR-It is a br,ve, story, that of L: tour D' Auvergne, and one worthy of notice DoW-a-days. He was a native of gretagne, and early embraced the profession of arms. He distinguished himself as the commander of a coinpany of grenadiers at the outbre~ak of the great revolution of France. He was fre quently offered higher appointments, but al ways declared himself only fit to coramand his grenadiers ; and so great a reputation for heosmad success had these grenadiers that teweetermned the Infernal Column, and usually constituted the vanguard of the army. The celebrated Massena was-one of D' Auver gne's warmest admirers,and it was under h.im that he fell in battle:while the French were endeavoring to drive Smyarrow from Switzer land, in 1800. Napoleon, then First- Consul, had just nameds him "First Girenadier of Frafhce." The Recpublic erected a monument to him on the spot where he fell; while his heart was. ordered to be embalmed, and en closed in a silver bo:, was carried under the flag of the corps, with superstitious reverence. flis name was always called, and the honor of answering to it was assigned to the bravest grenadier : Lathour D' Auvergne. Didd on the field of honor ! To MAKE XINGAR.-Fill large glasg bottles with woak tea, which may be what is left af ter drinking, add a smnall quantity of sugar or Imolasses, and set theni in a warm*'place, say in the window where-the 'sun shines: In a ~fortnight it will be fit for use, and is as good Late Northern Items. We are indebted to Mr. L. J. Moore, for a file -of late New York ppperq, including the Her aldef 26th. From these we gather the follow ing ite,m.3 of news: A t9ue bill of indictment for treason has been found against Jeff. Duvis by the grand jury of Washington, and it is said that as soon as the attendance of the witnesses for the prosecutih.n can be procured he will be takeu frohi the case mate in Fortress ionroe, where he is now 'in close confinement, and conveyed to Washington for trial. . The United &ar es gunbeat Tuscarora, from Fortress 1'rroe, with Alexander H. Stephens and Postmaster Reagan on board, arrived at Boston on the 2dth of May. The rebel party will be loged in Fort Warren. It has been directed thas Mrs. Jefferson Davia, her four children, her brother and sister and Mrs. Clement C. Clay be sent baek to Savannah loiom Fortress Monrce. - James A. Seddon, rebel ex-Srcretary of War, and John Letcher, formerly rebel Governor of Virginia, were arrested in that State a few - days ago,' -pursuant to orders from Washington. Letcher has arrived in Washington and been committed to the Old Capitol Prison. Seddon was put on board the gunboat in James. river whereon are also imprisoned the rebel exSena tor R. N. T. Hunter and Jtndge Cam'bell, pre"iotds1y arrested. It was believed in t:ieh mord on Wednesday that Gen. Lee would soon be placed in custedy of the authorities. The Ne-w Orleans Tinee of tie Oth is very positively informed that Kirby Smith ban net teen killed. Mrs. Kirby Smith is reported to have arrive d at the mouth of Red river, and represented the positien of her- husband as ex tremely critical, as one party threatened to'kill him if.he surrernders, and another threatened to forsake hin if he continued the'stru gle. Information has'bcen received at Washington E from New Orkaus that, notwithstanding the. easconad'ig of Kirby Smith, it- is his intention to march his ar m across the Rio Grande and tender its services to the imperialist govern meat. This contemplated motement . will be p-evented. Generals'Sheridan, Custar and Mer rit, of the splendid cavalry corps of the army of the Potn>ac, hive airyady started for N:ew Or leans. .' on the 23d tie grnd r?riew of !00,f"00 'troops'comcm;en;ced in - Washingtjon city. The Le'afdpruneriees-" tbe grandest military dis play in the world." The weather was niost fav oraale for the occasion. The columnr, consist ing of the army,of the Potomc and Sheridan's ervalry, commeced moving at 9 o'clock. Gen. eral Meade and staff ri;ng at its bead. The line of march of the entire force was .frorn the Capitol through Ponns lvania Avenue and past the White House, where it was .reviewed by the President and Cabinet, General Grant, General Sherman and a large numnber of other disting uished military men, members of Congress, the Diplomatic Corps, and other emineut persona. On the ,4th there was a similar review .of Gen. eral Sherman's soldiers, consisting of the army of Tennessee and the army of Georgia. Don't borrow your neighbor's paper. Don't stand around his door and watch for the car r:er to drop it, and then consider yourself en titled to the first chance. 'en who pay for their paper expect to read it first,. notwith standing the opinion to the contrary. A man who is able to substribe for a paper and de pends-on some one else for, the 'news, ought to be w:itched. Hle is always very keen after the ntoose atnd it will get' hing one of- these days. He is a doubtful character, says an exchange, and will do a great many mean things. He will drink persimmon br;ndy;. eat cold victuals.;'kill -his daddy for a six pence; cut off hi's wife's hair ar.d sell it to make up wvatch guards ; rob a preacher ; drink garbrb:h; wrestle with a nigger en Sn day; fish with a pin book; break into a-1 ~jail ; kill a cat; steal a rnile post ; pick up little things permiscous, a:nd, abc.ve all thizgs, if you *do not keep your eye on him; he will hook your papet. ORANGEs AND LEMONgS IN CALIFoRNIA. The atternpt to grow oranges and lemons in California is every year becoming more spec tessful. The principal groves are at LosAnm gelos, where there are half-a dozen meon -en Igaged in the business. Oranges are, grown in other places in tihe State, but mainly 'in pr den.s, and for private usn. There were about 60,000 oranges and- 30.000 lernons grownr last year at LosAngelos; this year, nearly 100,000 oranges and 4Q4000 lemous have ,been raised' inare icnt.T oranges grown thins year aelarger and in every way better than Inst year's crop, and sold at the' grove at $S per huindred. The largest growers are two Frehch men at the Mis.sion' San Gabriel, whose crop last year armounted to atbout 25,000 oranges, beside a quantity of ienwns. -The Paris journal state that the delay of twed.~y years imposed lit P.ri'e Tra;ic"nod before pt;hlishing ii me 'e -uk heii THE CAMEL MD DROMADAY.-The -camel and the~ dronedarv- may be studied to the greatest advantage~in F;ypt, Arabia, and part of Asia Minor. In those <countries there is no anmtnal so useful as the camei, and nowhere is there a - wore beautiful object than the dromredary, wh n _addled and covered .rith ts-fantas.ie t . Tie latter. is not a creature with two humpS, such as the Bac train camel is supposed to be, but an animal of the same kindas the camel, of more "slen der pr'oporti'ons, and e.clusivcly;used for ri din. Tne camel, on the contrary, is a large and powerful creature, used' for carrying heavy burdens. The dromedary may be appropriately compared to the race hors?,- the camel to'- the draught:horse'-the most beautiful dromeda ris belon& generally to the pachas and men of, wealth. They are then- well fed and kept thoroughly clean and they have been known to run from sdnrise to sunset, with little'or norrest. Draugbt-camels are ffequentlV joined together i'-a line, the head of one being at tached to the tail of the one before.it. Twen ty or more thus joined together rhay often'be seen crossing the desert,, laden with merchan dise and other burdens. .The time for herd ing camels is in tlhe months.of l3ebruiry and March. During-this season they are >oth vicious and dangerous, biting even their. own masters, and not letting go 'their hold unless some one is at hand to beat them off. THE SCIxstass ArND TE SEWING MACHINE. -The following comparison of times reqtgred. to do different kinds of needlework is the re sult of practcal experiments instituted by a sewing.machine c'omiany in the United States ':' The fineness of the work must be presumed to be equal in,the two- processes. Whereas it took 14 hours and 2 minutes to complete a gentleman's shirt by band, the same was fluished by nachine in 1 hour and 16 minutes. A frock coat took I6 hours and 30 minutes by hand labor, and I hours and 3:8 minutes by machine. A lady's chemise required 10j hours to be produced by hand, and. one min ute over an hour for i%' production by the machine. A satin a aist cdat was made in 7 hcu-s and1 19 minutes by hand, in 1 hour and 34 minutes.hv machine. . A pair of cloth trousers required-5 hours and 10 -minutes by hand, and only 51 minutes by machine. A lady's silk dress which cost the labor of 8 hours'aud 27i minutes by hang, -t6ok 1 hour and 13 nmirutes by'm.:chine; in a merino dress, the comparative gain in time was greater by nine t iuutes in smaller matters, a sillr apron was-produced by the machine in 15 minutes, which required 4 hours and 16 minutes by A ordin.Ary wt>rkmanship; tvhile a plain apron was made in 9 minutes by machine, which consumed 1 hour and 26 minutes by 'hand. In afl the above work, the machinery was driven by the treadle.-Once t Week. CetrEsE NGENnTY.-The Chinese are des terous menders of broken iron vessels; Their method is described by Dr. Lockhart. The ,surcee of the broken vessels is tirst scraped clean. A portion of the cast iron is then mel ted in a crucible no longer than a thimble, in afturnace as large as the lwe half -f 4 co' mon tumbler, The iron malted is dropped en a piece of'felt, coyered with chircoal ashes.. It is filed up, and as' it extendes on the othefr. side it is str'uck aVid.pressed with a smnall rod of felt covered with ashes. The old anid new suvface adhere, and- the surperBuous mnetak teing removed,*the vessel.s is'as good as new. C.umEW CURNENi.-We learn, from the Camden Journal, that the fathersof that town, in council, are about to effect arrangeinents' for-issuing -s paper currency on a specie basis, for the benefi.t of that precinct. They wiiigiver town certificates of indebtedness, receivable' in taxes and mnunicip4l dues. This~ will, no doubt,'suffie witbin the-.corporate limits,.and possib!y in the precincts immiediately aroond. We are fold that, under the peculiarities of the charter of Columbia, this town ctanot. borrow money, and cannot, therefore, issue' notes paybble. The capital city' is, i fact, measurably under tbe imnmeAiate governmaint of the State, and will need a spdcial Act whiett. . it would do any darin.g thing in financial mat An order from.Gen. IIalletk allows all per sons, without regard'to rank or -eniuployment in the civil or military.scrvice of the; hte reb 'el Grovernmnent, to take- the amnesty oath, and will -receive the. corresponiding certificate. Those excluded from 'the bentefit -of such art oath can, make applicationfor padlon and res .oa tion to civil rights, which appliestioni will be received and forwarded to proper chaiaels fer the action of the President of the United Stattes. -Thc fact that such persons have vo untarily comec forward and takcn the-oath of alle-ian~e t'.i1 be evidence of their i'tentioni to resunie thbe swrua of loal citizeni, and c~ .eitute a chgu for E.Wt;t dealeecy.