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* >?'.' -3 . % . * # I ' ? . . ..? . ' CAROLINA "SPARTAN, ; WM. H. TRIMM1EH. ?ft?itC4<t0 Jfcmthroi gftftfe grftif* ??4 gUisrrnamt. ~~ (fa per awm ^ VOL. XX. * SPARTANBURG, S. C., THURSDAY, SKPTLMBER A 186.T NO 23 L_u I I, in ,1. I, Mr r . STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. KXECUTlVK I) 1:PARTM EXT, Charleston, August 8, 18GJL , Whereas, by information received at 'this Deportment, it appears that, in Charlcsjton, on tlic -4th December lust, a man by : .the name of SAMUEL COIjLINS was, stabbed in the breast by some person or . ipersons up to th:.s time unknown, and that th<^said Samuel Collins died instant v: flow, therefore, I, M. L. JiONilAX,! Oovernor and Commander in cltiel in and over the aforesaid StuV, do issue this my proclamation, offering a reward of Til REE HUNDRED DOLLARS for the apprehension and delivery of the real murderer of the said Samuel Collins into any of the jails j ot this State; ami, il mure than one, an ail. j ditionul reward of TllKEK HUNDRED DOLLARS for each one who shall be proved to bo an accomplice. Given under fny hand and the seal ol the ' State, ut Charleston, this.ei?hth day of L. 6.] August, A. D. one thousand ciyht ' hundred and sixty three. M. I j. RON II AM. Wm. 11. lit NTT, Secretary of Stftte. * ! Au- 13 20 ' 4\v , J Slave liiibar lor (lie Coast? DIVISION NO. l. .'1 To fill the requisition oi the Command- ; iii? General, and in pursuance of th.* aiders i of his Excellency Governor lbmhatn, the Com missioiiers of tin* Roads and the Town ; Authorities of the inearporated towns and villages within the limits of the judicial 1)MU*iet8 of Dickens, Greenville. Spartan'"hur};, Anderson, Inion, N"?nk, Chester,! Laurens, Abbeville and Newberry are here, 1 b required belli with t > solum )U all persons 1 in possession n| slaves liable to I toad duty, ^within the limits ol their utith oity, to^deliverone fourth of their slaves liable to road duly* at the Railroad Depots nearesf the owner's residence on MONDAY, the l-'our?eenth day of September next, hi time 'for the down Ireiitht imntiiuj; train, there "to await transportation to Charleston, lor 'thirty days' labor itti the 'ortiiieations. II 'flic la uislaittre, at vts A |a il session, exempted those who n> i but one Road hand from d.s.ibility un . r this Act. Those Vrti'o own fir > <>r !.' or a Inc'io i over a 'I'lUmber divisible l.> o." ,f/i will send j "Tarward one hand t.?" sni h traction; or two : owners having such fractions, tunv unite I witd send one lund oat nfeiyty four. III (luri-.. I?f ?> tur-Tnti- *?t" ?nlC TTV t " very bundled I an Is. mo not only allowed but ifre tl.?.i>'.'.1 <r-> i. .M I... ?1... i owners ami paid hy tlm YonfoJorate ruthor ittos at tlie rate ul fifty dehors por month. IV. ileci ipfj will he yivon ::t the L'epots ilur the iie.i i <. and they are as-os cd in *ICharleston before they are put to wink. \' The \et 11'<j'! t'e.s the attend* nee of one ofth-J 0? .i n:,iionr.< at eaoh I> *:??t lie will be nu t by an n^ent *uthorizod to .receipt fur the neones. VI. Owners are roijti. -sled to furnish their negroes with spades or shovels and | three days rations. V 11. Owners who I . -ujnstitutes will furnish mo with a e?;?y ot the ncoipt taken for such substitutes. Ylll. It is regarded by tie Heads tohe put in use on thi- oce.isiutj, as <hin?<:rou:S to run extra trains heavily laden with passengers. It is therefore te e<:<-:iry tliat those on ilie upper pori ihis ?ji uui lioiul.s >lnnikl lit- in i attendance very early the morning in ; time f?ii the rcgu'ar freight tiains; or they might deliver tho negrobs the evening be- j tore to the agent or to the railroad agent, who is authorized to receipt for thokii. IX. Charleston,it is hoped mid believed, will soon be impregnable. If so, the slave labor of the State will have ac 'Oinplished it. Labor is yet needed in large ijuaiitity to seeure this position. The. portion of the Statu now called on, has poured out richest freas sures ot noble blood on a most every field in rttis war, it will not hesitate now when so Itnuch is to be accomplished at ho little sacrifice '( One earnest, combined eifoit may put the State beyond ("anger. WM. M. SHANNON, Agent of the State of South Carolina. ! Camden, S. (!., August lUth, 18tiU. fcTAll papers iu the Division publish once each week until 11th September and j forward bills to uie. Aug 20 .21 4w. In LStjiiil.S', SPAHTANIU KU MSTItU'T. Hiram Neighbors rs. Itichard 15. Willis and Klijnli 15a:licit, liill lor Kniids. Iii punuarci ki an nrii-.'f t>i the t 'ourt of Kqnity passed at June term, 18G3, , ho creditors of tlio absent defendant, KichnrJ Jl. \\ illis, are required to come in and prove tlieir claims, as the law di ; /ccLs, before the Commissioner, on or before the 1st day of October next. T. STOBO Fa li !U>VV, c.k s.d. | Commissioner's Office, Juno-2, IHGU. June 25 13 ' 3in STATU OF SOI 111 I'AltOI.IYA. OFFICE OK CM.MPTROM.KK MEN I,., t'oi.VMBiA, August loth, 1803. 111LRKDY certify tliat J. M. KLI'ORIt, of Spartanburg, 8. C, Agent of ilic >1 HitciiAiTs i.\si it a\( iironr aw fncorponUcd I v the State of Virginia, lias complied with tht en d.tious an I requisitions Af tlio Act of the lienor il Assembly entitled, " An* Aet to regulate the Agencies of Itisurfinoe Co.. paiiien not incorporated in the Stnte ; of South Carolina," and I hereby license the, said J. M. i:i.Koft!?, Agent, ns tiforcsaitl, to, take risks tuitl trausaci ail business of lusitr- ! anco, in ibis State, for, ur.il in behalf of said | Company, to continne until the statement of January '0|, is due \Y. LAVAL, I 0.* l on>f>ti*,"tr (ieiioval. August 20 j ? STATU OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Aiy'T AND INSPCT'K. GENERAL'S OFFICE, Charleston, August 14, 18G3. [SPECIAL ORDERS NO. 35.] rilHERK HAVING 1JK KM A KAIL-1 JL URK TO ORdANlZli the quota of j Troops required from the Sixteenth (10th) [ Regiment S. O. M., into Companies, in j accordance with General Orders Nos. 20, ' 21 and 22, issued from this Office, and it being necessary to have a more accurate enrollment of persons belonging to said Regiment and liable to military duly and to draft under said Orders, it is hereby ordered : * I. That all male persona in the City of Charleston between the ages of sixteen and sixty years, i xccpt such persons as have been regularly mustered into Confederate service, be immediately enrolled. II. This enrollment will include persons who are on duty in the Regular or Volunteer Militia organizations of the City, as well lis those who are not, and also persons who arc absent from, but are citizens of Charleston?temporary absence not to be egardc-d as a change of residenco. III. Absentees who claim that they are ' not liable to military service in tl.e city '< will be required to produce at this Office j certificates from the Commanding Officers j of the Regiments in which they claim j that Uiey are liable to such service, and if between the ages of forty and fifty years. ! that they have been subjected to tlie said draft. IV. To effect this enrol'inent the fob I.--*?- I ? t mwinj.- name i persons nave neon, and arc j hereby detailed and appointed I'nrollin^ Officer and Assistant Kn>o!!in/ Officers, and will repent at -th s Office, on Saturday, the loth instant, at 1 o'clock,"!'. M., lor instructions : BlnroUlnp: CMIccrx. J A V O H NV I L I. I M A N. Assistant Knkoi.i.i.Jh OIfiokus. no. I. MOSES LEVY\ C. M. \VI EX'JERS. \v\m> mi II. W. IL EIIAILSI T. A. V.'llITNEY. VTAlttl NO. III. HAVil? 1UK!H?V.\ S I) KiilK. W Mill NO. i V. C. C. TJU M ii<>. Ji. .1. S A!.1X AH. WAItn no. V. li. rBXDilKCAST. H. W. CAliH. wahii no. vi. (J. W. AIM AII. i>. McIXTo.SII. w\nn no. \ II. DAVID 1UKlilt. 8. II. MUUTIMlilt WARD N^?. V 111. J. .MclTlKlisON. K. r SKlHNlOi S. \ . A scperalc Hull will l>e made ol persons bctwu II forty arid lifly years of at;?, an 1 all persons between said a^, * are ordered to report their h ours to Mr. J A ('t)il Wli.I.I.MAX, Ciirollin Officer, at tin; Confederate Court House, in Chalmers street, on or before Wednesday, the libit instant; and persons failing or refusing to report will he liable to arrest and punishment. VI. No cluitsis of exemption from ser vice will be considered by the Kindling 1 Officers, but all sin b cases will lc reserved until the enrollment has been completed, when they will he determined on the proof made at th:s Office. VII. This enrollment is not intended to disturb the present organization of City troops, until a new orirnniz.ilion ha* been \ effected, which will bo made known by published orders. VIII. All officers of the militia, Including the temporary volunteer organizations of the City, arc required to aid the Enrolling < Ifliccr in the execution of this Order, by furnishing hini with lists of persons belonging to their organizations, with a statement of their ages. IJy order of the ('oinmunder-in-Chief. A. OA KLINOTON, Adjutant and Inspector Oeiieriil S O. Courier and Mcreury puldish till 20th instant; other paper* of the State : will copy once. August -27 22 *2w Office Ass'l Commissary Subsistence, DIVISION NO. 2, SpautaNnL'iut, S. 0 , August 1) 1863. UNTIL the 2 (It in.\t., I will receive, bids at my olTieo for the CONTK.\< T TO IICILDA STOLE IIOI'SE, near Alston Depot, the junction of the (J. i A C. 11. II. an 1 S. A I . K. JL The di ' tnensions of said house shall Ix; as follows : I Length, 1 i>0 feet; width, 30 feet; audi high of wall, 12 feet. The building will v > it i'hiii, um Micui; ami hcoure, Having four doors in front, sij windows in rear, and one window in each end. I will furnish the nail?, holts, locks, &c.t the con tractor paying the Government i price for the tame. The contractor will ho required to coin- J plete the luiidiug hy the first of Octpbcr. i S. U. MEANS, (h?pt. and A S. ftrtf-Spartanhurg and Newberry papers j please copy and Forward accounts. August 13 20 tf | illlKBU; YUtt) NOTICE. 1)Kft*OXS wishing J" purchase M\l!ni,K \ for their deeeu-od Friends nnd Rein lives j coil do so. I?y'ipplj'iug to Mr. WJI IIF'NTKR, our nuthoriwd agent. IIA Hi; Si FAUHIH. April 3 I If SPARTANBUUG DISTKICT. AwHCssor's Notice. j ALL persons residing in tlio District, aro I hereby r'.quired lo list ami return (o I the undersigned nil tlie articles or objects of taxation embraced in the following schedules lield or owned on lite first of July, IbtitJ. and grown or produced previous to the year 1S0X Articles taxed at 8 per cent. Naval Stores. Salt, Wiiacs. . . . Spirituous Liquor.'. Tobacco, (manufactured and untnanuf.) X'Alon. tt* I ? UUI. Flour* Sug ir. Molusse*. Sy ru p. 11 ico. All oilier Agricultural Products In addition lo I he foregoing enumeration, each lax payer will be required Jo account for articles taxed at 1 per centum to wit: field Coin. Silver Coin. llank NVm and other currency on hand. Hank Notes and other currency on de]>osit. Credits within Confederate States. Credits beyond Confederate States. Moneys deposited beyond Confederate States " All persons, partnerships or corporations who have, during the yeir ISti'J, made profits hy purchase and s-ile within tho Confederate Stales of lie following articles or objects of taxation, arc requirrd to return the same to the As:c*sor, and upon such profits, a tax of! lit pec centum will be levied. Flour, Co: n. linen** Pork. < hits, liny. It ice. Sail. Iron. Manufacturer of Iron. Sugar. Molasses. Kent her. Woolen t'lot'fr. Shoes. Hunts Blanket Co't ill l lot lis. Tli.' taxes levied upon nil tin* foregoing .it tide or object." of taxation will be collected i in in < l.ntrlv by Mai. r JolIN W \\ K11 UK 11. Colle.;tor for .Spart anbury ("Till t'olli-cn >n I),strict,) us they accrued on the 1st ot last July. Kneh tax payer will'be required to make his return on oath. If tax payers filil to make ' returns to 11 .\?n.'.our, they will he charged Twenty tiie per centum open tl:c n sc. e?l ! value nt the articles tluieiu enumerated. If false nml fraudulent returns are male, the por.o i, 1.1 n oTon l'u;*. bee-mio liahl t i ' mi iiuli taieiil in any i);-liiet t'uiirt of lie Cuufe.leiate Slates, held in the l?i?'riet in | wiiicli sii 'h I'tfeuee in %\ t?e committed, unit upon conviction, *hall t?. find in a sum not ! exece-liae live lillltil >.-1 dollar", lindall rests I ami charge.' of proac. ulioil. To ultriupL lot evade or siefe.it the eniinierntinu by pretexts I i.r ta'-e icptv*vl,.L|l&.'-WM# i.* u i:tivi i.oj nrfry *" 1 will ntteml at tlie foil iwing places hint "?t '.!! * Sj.Wg'. Sepleta'ier S, lS.tl. k Or:i.<>y Puml, Scpteinlier Moe:e"s, S.-pteuiber I't. Thorn's. September II. Cherok e Spline", Scpiim'er 1J. l'.iio'.eit, S ptetabrr II. the.in >p iog". September 1 ">. ( t iv t >- i.-\i I >. Septcuibef l'i. . ;..e. .-* 14. C.ikIIV 1!.', Sc|iU'iiiti?fr 18. \\ n- ilr ?l! ? . Srpll-lulKT 1 *?. Cav ? *t i I'icM. .vV|>JO?il<cr -1. ll.?lili_> villi*. v"ni?? ? l!"J. i ! >-? \nrlior, S?"f>iiMiiln r 25. Walnut (li'tvp, Si-j'ifiuluT "J 1. A. Ittii.iar*-. Hi'i'ipinWr 2'?>. Vi*i'iion" v111 *, Sppioiiil>cr 2*. Biirf.n' Si.if, Srji ml'.-r 2t>. i .Inliiinon s. S?"|inT.iWr 20. Mrs. M. K. Ovliinil, O.-IhIkt 1 llpoe'i Spring*. October 2. iliiijr Spring?. Octol-er A. King'"ivill?? (). lulinr >. \Vilk?"ii'? Si..ro ?ifiiil.cr 8. i: .11.11 g Mill ?lctolier 7. Hiving" villp, Octnl.er s Spnrtuulinrg i1!., ' tulicr nlit! moil ail returns I'm' n?-cssiiit.iitn are nia.lr. tiscs ?> a*. * ?ki\o.\, A??cssor _7t!i < ollcciiou ltistricl. Alignvi 2D 21 If ST1TK OrsOi iH CAROLINA. Mi.IT v\'.? iv<i? i:rvi.\ m.M.'UM.' ? ? . u I .11 ? . ' I H.' K ? ^ ' 1 1 I \ I < , Chatleston, August 20, lHOo. 1 [gknkual okdkks no. 34] r.\i)kr Tin: kigna . TURK OK COLONKL J. I,. BLACK, lir.-t Smith Carolina Cavalry. ha\ i i??^ nppcare lint ho papers, inviting bo\under concript s?<_r<? to volunteer lor mounted service in ' Hampton's Cavalry Brigade," . it is hereby ordered that no one between the ages of sixteen and eighteen years shall enter the organization proposed, or any other : organizations, except PUeli as are author- ; izeil and ea led lor by tlu Governor and Commander in Chief By Aet < ! the General Assembly persons between sixteen and eighteen years of age, as well as those between forty five und fifty, are liable to military service whenever the Governor deems that the exigency requires troops for tin- defence of the State. In the present organization of troops for local de fence for six months service, the Governor has thou .'lit nroner not to inelnde ner?<iri>. under eighteen years, but tliey may be iOOli neo,led for service in the Slate. 1'or these reiis<inagiin<t the additional one, that the Confederate tJovcrnmont has not embraced persons under eighteen years ol uge in the provisions of the Conscription Act, the ab >\v prohibition against raising troops from this class, by volunteering for . Confederate service, is announced J5yoi-.lt r of the Coventor and Command- ; or iu-Chief. A. C C. * KMNtlTOM, Adju'ant am! Inspector Cetfc'nl S. C. ft#* Capers of State ptibltsli twice August 27, 22 ism rr?\vn ion, 4 N flection is hereby ordered to l?t? held /"\ tin MONDAY, I lie I -If ! tl:iy of September next, for lntcn.1 lit ami four Wuriltos for llie town of Spartanburg. Managers: Wni. II. Trimniicr, Win. Irwin, ami Joel 1-5. tf.i nlirioti .1. It Cl.KVKI.AND, li??rn'lanJ. .1. M. Clerk. Attp T'l ow i ANNUAL RKl'Oltr Of (he Sparluitburff and t'nlon llallruad. Sl'AKTANlil'UCJ C. II. Aug. JO, 1803. TV (he Stockholm,/ jf the S/> iirttnburff tiitJ I'hwh j(11iroaa ( Tlic I'Vesidvnt .mi 1 DirectoraJinye tl?e honor respectfu ly to submit the f<? lowing rCj:?4!"*- for the fiscal year eliding June .Tlth, IStUJ. The receipts have been from "passengers, $51201 20 ' 44 ' .freight .240*3 62 " " 44 mails. " F'jIM) 00 l-'roni Oo\'l for troops and freight, 1301B IB Making a total of receipts, $'Jl'JO0 30 The expenses of operating the tto.nl, keeping up repairs ami out tit for the same time are 11271' 71 Leaving a balance for uet proceeds of $5lKi2G 02 The gross receipts for the year ending June 30il?, 1802, were $04 :I3 It Expenses for same liuic * 32120 2( Nett proceeds for that y va|V $222151 B > It will thus be foen that our net pro cccds foV the last, are more than double those of the previous your, there being an increase in money front pupsungcra oi S'J7,4!JS.0o ; and from freight of' *<>, Idlh'J-l; while there was at the sane- i no an in crease of t\penses for the last, over the year before ui hw.i. fit. Notwiths auding the high price of almost everything necessary for the opera tion of Kaill'oads, it being impossible to get sonic, and other import :lit materials having advanced more than a thousand per cent, over their ordinary value, yet it was not until ijaitc recently that your Company raised thorites of transportation. At the commencement of the present war, we had but two passenger i irs and one old baggage ear, and but three locomotive e igiiics lit lor service, at.d'one of these, not in good oiiler. To 11 ? ?" has been added one more baggaife or vond class passenger ear, made mi the Company's shops. Uur supply of box ears was c?|U dly as Inn ited, one stock and seve i box ears, two of the luttcr have fins year been eond'tuned and lejeeted, hot we h-H- two i: w oo s in* the shops now In nig in.in . (tor I' ilill!' stock is IH(| Iisirili" i.rt(ii.m ing deteriorated, uu<i our en?jinos not so efti't'tivc. Vou will perceive if wr were to have two cupilies in the shops ut once, undersold;; 'epaiis. ;ii.d any ae.-ident hup pen to aiup tin- other, ?c would be unable lor lite time to move u train lor any ]>ur ] we. JMiii, we liaVe made our usual trips aod :i> rcgubiriy i- is po -iLlo with such mixed trains as we run, iu ver having tail ed to iiiaKe the count tiou with the trains guile* to*I ' luiubia and (.'bai l stou There has been transported over our lload dori^y I"' * --? ' *jy S j.?i?*ns, .">,l7ti ot wL hi wen soldiers; ami. in lie pa-.- _-v i aiui.bi r, \fe are happy to . ;n.' ''in v<;o : juiid. Toe Mi ii.bo.d I-. >!ioul I be encouraged ly l lie tuMia'-.i id' th last li.-ea! year, ami re especially wh :i they r iniinl-?:r the ?: it crops j >ro luccd * ?\ thcfecverc i, u.:ht .. t -uuin.ir, no ii.e insid. rable part ot i. freight business has been the trails, .lation to S; at tairbur-;, ot grain, tie ; lieipa 1 article ot i ij- rt from tint His;i iet. in ?>: iii.arv pro-p. n us times. V? c :t' l. a i.i t i.-:n I a.-..I nfmc (U-. .. e esiuerable <j'itiility of lumber for n t.t j?urj -uses on fi r Koul. Uii account - l tin _n?-.it diflicul ) >n | rociiring mich i.i.iu.there I.u.i Ihcu ) urch.iseJ f?r the Company u Sieatn Nnv Mill, l?y which it is expected we will he able to procure such things mure certainly end cheaply Sli ce y.nr )a>t annual meeting, '*rr.*n~ benches rest inon lock phis :.i the rivet havi been | La' <1 under the cenle.a ol the spans of the Kroad iliver llriJue, thus making the span only one half as Ions abefore, these are attain subdivided by sirong braces testing against the main piers. Ue.Miles these Valuable supports, the decaying timbers are being taken out and tie?v om Mibstituti d, so it is coufi delitly beliewd that the bridge will soon bens strong if not rtiongi r than it e'er was. For the skill and ingenuity with which this has been done, we u-o indebted to our carpenter, Mr..10M J '? Kin". Aboil the time < f finishing the itoad; your directors, by ilrcir | crse.al endorsement borrowed liom tb Kauks of this Stale, in I X.V.I, X llh'tUU ' in ordci to nav lor iron ]>> nni.sli the Koad. the proceeds of the H.vtd heing pledged at thn time to pay the sjiiil d"ht. i p'tn ll.;> deht judgment had gone against the diteetora, and execution issued Jin- the whole 11> lit. except 8.iDIMt.lK) and interest l.a-t till the lh<atd pus>ed a ri.solution that this debt should he paid nut of the ti;>t proceeds alter paying the ordinary txpcnscs of the lioad I mliT tir.s t> ? l-.tion there has been paid sinot the .itii of last Oc'ober SdS,. StUi.t?4. There is duo from the (ioverninent for the transportation of ('('")? and tre'ght from the 1-t of Novetnhei last to the Is! < f' Aii-ii I, instant, ^ f. Much pains has het'li taken to ascertain and bring he fore the meeting a proper .statement oi our iiiianeial condition. t.)ur de'nt intetast heiiig calculated to 1st of October next, appears as follows: Tlio tioaiiu,r <!> In runs sting of old requisitions, tor dialing, cross ties, cuivert III .1.SOU r V A int. I' till. I 111' .mill ? ? ^ 1 " 1 47:1 s;j." Tlio fun?lo I cnii-i-'s I -1, (>l Siaie iMiilot acil IioikIs an ! oonp>119 <111"*. $4l3|3Wf 21. l'liliiiou .in 1 itiviilcnilii, 9 I SI I'm tiilor-o l i iiiic Is of ivicli HI'.I in'f. -t. ill,"17 So III), ' IH'll |.l| *c.? p. II,? I of f'J-VMW t acli, uu i tiiiort'nl, li'.ii.M 'J'* Total fiituli* 1 <1 bl, ^1 *il .TO To hIicIimM i li<" lloii i tig ilrlit 131,47:1 S3 \inl mo liitve llic wbul{ !v'ui of tlie lio'ul. S<(i."?tI 10 I li" aiitiitil inloreal upon (hit |uni ! $46j* 1i03 70, witieli, if i ?ii taUv frotn mtr iicM ineomo .>.VO,0-0 02 4"?,0o3 70 IifaU'j :t luiitiuci' oi 1,002 80 Hut it inuit bo borne in mint) that we are "in tieod of many things which we cannot buy at any price. if our Road could make any important connection in North Carolina it would not only (-009 be in condition to j>ny its debts, lint c .'enlually become a dividend paying Road. Altjp ugh we expect when peace returns to our distressed land, to act our j Road go over'the mountains by the way of ! Ashcville; yet an important c.unniunication by liie way of Shelby, N. C., is now offered. The stockholders of the Shelby 1 and Rrond Ri\*Y Railroad, will meet,one , week from to day, to (Iccide whether they ! will unite with the Vork, Charlotte and ? - -- -- i r>, v . jtatiroau, or Willi tlic S. A' IJ. Kail- I ro.nl. l'f?on the help offered by the friends ; of these respective Roads, will depend in a great measure lhir decision. If they should unite with us, the people of Shelby and Rutherford will find ours the nearest , mute to a seaport* If the Air Line Road ; from Atlanta to Richmond is ever com-' pleted, the Shelby and Broad River Rail( mad will furm *sn imporiHjit link on that line* Besides the large business which will he brought to tmr Company by the development of the iron and coal regions, the Road will penetrate the very heart of! an inexhaustible limestone region, thus I ' offering the farmers the means of rcgener-! ating thoi'-old we'rn out lords. It is to be hoped that no more lime will ever be , imported from the North for the citizens 1 o! this .State. We cannot close this report without re- | conitir tiding for your favorable considera- j tioti the different officers and employees ol the Road, who have generally faithfully performed their arduous and often duu- ! gorous duties, for a more full and detail ' ed understanding of the bii-dnesa and epe- . rations of the Road, we would refer you to ' the tabular statements of our Secretary ; and Treasurer, Mr. A. S. I'riggs, herewith ' ; tiled. i No. I. Being the cash account ol the I -1 ? - i ir;iMim r wiiu 1110 v>otupaiiy. No. Statement ol amount of I usiness t ; done. vo. ??tal -n nit of amount of business , dune :it o.ivh Xatio'n. No. I Statement of espouses for work- ; in^ t!i" Koad. THUS 1>. .1KTKR, < President. KXTltACTS FROM MINL'TKS Of St''rkhol'icrt >>t the Spartanburg aw? ( ai'i? / no n Jia.iiwail Catnjniny, Sjnir tan/,itrg Cmirt J/otlic S. C., Aug tut 10, 1^'WJ The meeting was called to order by app?*.:jtin^ ('apt. Thomas M. Lyles to the ! chair. ' * 1 A S Urijrga was requested to act as Se j en-'.uv. <>n motion, Colonel ll W II Kcgg, M?j \V 11 '1 r: mi lit it-r and J M K lord, wsq. ! wcit! appointed a Cotutriitec lo trrily i proi ics. j I resident's Keport road, and na ir.otlon, j the t . port, together witli Tabular Statc-| iiit'iit4 ol Secretary and Treasurer, and Kfj'i..t.s of Committees in tlic Mice, were ! reeei e>! and adopted. On motion, .he following Committees | were : ppointcd lo conduct the c eel ion ol Crude tit and I >! rectors : (icitcml B ! Bales, .1 M Kit'nil. esq f and 11 \V l'urr, t mj , t ado tho following report : I'h; tin y have received and counted j the vt. -ft lor I'resident and I'iroctura for tho en uii.g yo..r, and the loliowing is the | rotul! : *OR I'RKHinKNT? THOMAS 11 JKTKK, KSQ, i who received 2.3S0 votes, which was tho i intiiilior received l>y all the directors: S IIoIk), esq, (.'oh nel S N. Kvitis, (len. .1 \V MiTler, Colonel 1? \V II Kogg, Col. j J K Voun^, W .1 Kccnan, esq , John , iMtmar, sen , esq , * oionet t* rscattc, t.'ul. I N Hawkins, 1 Mioudeloek, esq., Colonel W .1 Alston, W II (ailliarrl, esq. '1 lie Chair then ileclcre i the above named gentlemen elected tor the ensuing year ()it motion Vol !. J. Young, l.-t. K(.solved, That the directors of this j j Company be authorized to make arrange i incut* with the direction of the Shelby \ : llroid Hirer Kail Jioud Company to so 1 eijrG a connection wi?h tii..r, floa?l, nod w | that enJ. arc authorized and empowered to ' issue I toiids of this Company lobe received j in stick at par, to the amount they may deem sufficient, and also to transpoit over this road a.I material necessary /or Luiliing J the sum*, the o.-.t o( transportation to be i taken in stock at par. 1 lid. Kesolvcd, that the 1 "resident and l>ireetors ho requested to solicit snbscr'p turns to said road and to appoint Cotumia aioners to receive subscriptions. < >ii motion It.'.sob'eil, that the next meeting ol the Stockholders o| the Spartanburg and I tiion llailroad Company bo held atl 'nion V. II. S\ O. On motion. KesoKel, *lut the Presidents report be publisluid in the Carolina Spartan. Meeting ndjorrred. THUS. M. 1.K8, A. S. Haunts, S civ, Ch irm.m ('IIAIM.KSTON, All'.'ibt "J7. TIlO ? lie-, ' imV h attack on our n H e |?i' * Wiiliiwt lay i night was made a .out 7 o clock. in overwlu lining force. On Thursday the firing' on l.ot h aides ?. >? vciy slow and deliberate, with no unusual incident. \ujust "J'*.?The hoiuhnrdnOnt of Forts Sumter and Wagner proceeds .'nggishly The enemy is working haiil ia their trenches in front of Wagner. The tiling today lias been quite slow. I 111 i* lir<? ffiiiut ll*?? * 1... I I , .......v??.? in IIU.I i'n'11 ; ' vtry effective. The cnnuiy is strengthen ing liis position at our rill.* pits, three! hundred yards in Iront ol' liuttc.ry Wagner , Kvciything is perfectly rjuict except the . eeusi^.int onoin at a gun. Augw.t 20 ? I ho light last night at \\ agner wus an HttucL in heavy force on j em- rille pits, lmt the enemy wus repulse*!. We lost twenty live killed an<l woiiiplts). all is eompaiutively ipiict this meriting. Toil ouniii r will be even in rTti.f, j -vith the liflc aud bayonet ClIARLKSTON, August 25.? The ?! ' my's Itfnd butteries have been mawtainiy; a steady fire on Fort Sumter a II day. The fighting at Wugncr was chiefly confined to the firing of our pickets on the eucuiy's sappers, who continue to approach flattery Wagner. This evening, about dark, the enemy's battcrVies opened a furious firs # Wagpcr, preparatory's was supposed,^) an assault. J ne lotlowing otbcul despatches have just bc;n received: r??HT gUMTKB, August 25?7.35 P. Of, There is an assault now being made at Battery Wagner. (Signed) ALFJU5P RHETT) Colonel Cotf&andiirg. Fort Joiinson, August 25 ?7.45 P. X. The enemy is assaulting Battery Waguer, evidently in heavy force. (Signed) C. II. OLMSTF.At), Colonel Commanding. Later.?Tho u.uskttry firing bus ceased. The enemy is firing n few mortar shells at Battery Wagner. The first assault hail been repulsed. No more shells have been i brown at* the ci*.y since daylight on Midday morning. ? < if ? Visit to the Kfallerleai Ora, the Charleston correspondent of the Mobile Tribune gives the following account oi a visit to tho batteries around ?1,a 1 1.^ - - 1111? imiuut viii ina i mi insuui; At 9 o'clock last night [ accompanied (Jon. Kiploy in his barge, in eg in pony with Captain IIoss, of the Austrian army, to Diukc an inspection of the forts. Wo first visited Sumter, thrae and a half mile* from the city, and found the garrison actively employed in protecting the walls by piling tires ot rund l ags in the igsrdfc, some twenty feet thick, the walls oi \\i$ fort being six feet thick, thus making an obstruction of Lrick and panel of twentysix feet to resist the enemy's shot. The men seemed in the Lest of spirits, and from the jolly mirth which prevailed, one would have supposed that they were enjoying a frolic. In the centre of th# fort was a large morter, which every now and then threw its shell thriugh the air whirling over the ciienr. 's works on Morris lalaud. We next pulled over C'uiumiug's Point, at J lattery Cregg, . which is l,3uQ varus irom maimer, on .Morns Inland. We soon lauded at the beach there being but little surf, ami walked up through the sand, to the officer's quarters. Here we found all quiet, and procured three horses to ride down to Battery Wagner, wldeh is about three quart rs of a mile down the beach, being 2,5UU yards from Fainter, in an air line, nud four nnd a half miles from thu city. ? The entrance to Waanter reminds one of the discriptiortt of robber's cafrea, whicK. be read of bis boyhood. Filtering a nar-. ro*? passage from the north side, you fass through the centre of the bastions of tho work, which is suppuited by immense timbers and ratters, covered over withearth aud sand some 'JO feet thick. The interior of the work is called the bombproof, where the quarters of the men and officers are and the magazines, &3 The gurrison was all alive, battle lanterns wero. pis-iog to and fro, and the men were, d.o rful hnd in good spirits, l-'rotn the centre of the battery we ascended a pair., of steps to the e st bastion or sea face of the battery, over the glacis to the rain-, parts and parapets. From this point we watched with cou?ider.'blo ;ni?rc&t the. bursting of li e s'ell frctn Sumter ore?; the enemy's works. Our pickets w?ro about 150 yards ?rotn {lie enemy's, and adetach*"?!** was being sent out at the titn? to relieve them. For prudential reasons I am not permitted to give your readers a more perfect discriptiou of the works. It is v*.ry closo in the bomb-proof, but the l> u frequently sleep outs.de. except when heavy shelling is progressing- The enemy's advance line is now within 300 yards of Wagner. , - In his lciti r of the 12th uc gives us tome information about the negro question, which wj Jo not remember to have seen mentioned elsewhere. Last week (iencral (iiltnoro addressed K note to (iencral Beauregard, of a most objectionable character, charging him with bud faith ill not having Sent back the negro prisoners, ami making a demand lor iK:tff. threatening, at the same time," to put in execution the ^'taliKte-y* proclamation of Litieo n, of the 30cIt Only last,' declaring that he will execute a rebel soldi t for every Yankee, white or black, k l!ed in violation of the law? of war (1) and put at hard labor on the public worka/ a rebel tor every negro sold or detained in , slavery I learn tli.it (ienernl Bcautegartf . has f'adj a v^v dignified and severe ropiy to the moat impudent demand, showiug the want of good laith to be. entirely oii^ the part of (jeneral (Jilmoro, who eculd. not plead ignorance either of President l>aviV proclamation, or the act of tb^. ('ontodvrata Congress on the subject.?* Th? negro prisoner* will infest ccttainlj not bo gireA up, and tiie issue is therefor? directiv made 011 this point between the two belligirents The result is, as before tdatcd, tho war must become one of rxter* minaticv, and hereafter tie re will bo DC* more exchanging of prisom est. From XntcliVz. c* The MiMissippian is pe muted to niu\e the tallowing extracts I'rein r? j>riri>tc U-Uer, writ-* ifii by n lady in Natchez, on tlie lOih insect, to a friertd fn Se'ina, All'wuix; " In a slior? ii i.c afi or, I lie fall ol Vieksburg and I'or i lfud?on, Nntchcz wiis garrisoned by ticnerals Kansom and Did, with about 8 000 troop*. The s'rects arc ail barricaded. nn?t. the Yankees daily expect our troops h<rcto them. ^ We have no right* here. J'*e Var'icVeg awl nogroox go about si?a*' r..ut dratroyii.g evetyihing ili?v c-.u f;nd. Tbcjr hare taken moxi of thr unci nearly all the ladies in the |"i?n at* At- tho wash tub. V The river b fitU of gunboat*. It in a hard a'gl.t t.> are ihe negro *, how tWy fl'<ck tu tliu Yankees, ?n-l ho* they job tho C.'izcuarfW * vv*>'Jtli<o2 valuable. ' m