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VOL. XX. " SPARTANBURG, & 0.. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1863.. NO 33
^ mi__L_LLJ? ?' * ' 1 ;
STATE O^ni CAKOL1NA.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
j Charleston, Au^u<t 8, 18G3.
, Whereas, by information received at I
'this Department, it appears that in Charles-!
jton, on the 24th December last, n man by
#tho name of SAMtJKlj COPLINS was (
stabbed in the breast by some person or <
persons up to th:s time unknown, and that,
th^snid Samuol Collins died instant y:
now, therefore, 1, M. L. DON 11 AN,!
Governor and Commander in chicl in and j
ovor tho aforesaid StaV, do issue this my
proclamation, offering n reward of THREE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for the apprehension
and delivery of the real murderer of i
the said Sanniel Collins into any of the jails
of this State; and, it more than one, an ad.
ditianal reward of THREE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each one who shall be j
proved to bo an accomplice.
lQiven under ftiy hand and the seal ot tho |
State, at Charleston, this.cighth day of i
l^L. 8.] August, A. D. one thousand eight
hundred and sixty three.
M. L. RON II AM.
Wm. It. ID NTT, Secretary of Sfhto.
Aug 13 20 * 4w ,
Slave Labor for I lie Coast?
* DIVISION NO. 1.
,'l To fill the realisation ul the Command.
ing General, and in persuanec of the 01 tiers
of liis Excellency Governor llonhatu, the
Gu^iiiMxioiiers of (ho I loads and the Town
Authorities of the incorporated towns and
villages within the limits of the judicial |
liislricts ot Pickens. Greenville, Spartan-'
'"burg, Anderson, l. nion, York, Chester, 1
Laurens, Abbeville and Newberry arc here,
by required forthwith t ? sounnoti all persons
in possession of slaves liable to llo.id duty,
'within the limits of their authority, tojlc*
liver one fourth of their slaves liable to road
duly" at the Jtaiiroad JVpots ucnrosf the
dwiici's residence on MUNDAV, the
Fourteenth day of September next, tn time
'for the down freight mottling train, there
"to await transportation to Charleston, lor
thirty days' labor ?fti the fortifications.
II The lag ifdniurc, at its Aj-ti! session, !
VXfttopted those who to I lint one Hoad
liand from disability unbor this Act. Those
Vrlio own ftc-> or /fir. or a fraction over a j
'number divisible by our /'mrfh will send
*?jrward one hand for fraction; or two :
owners having sin !t fractions, may unite
Httd send one li mil out of evyt y fonr.
III (,)ur?.t-i.f-wi tbe -?if mie Tut
"S very huudted ( undo, arc m?t only utluwcd J
but ifro desired. They ore s ;i< citotf by the
owners and paid hy the Confederate author ititw
at the rate of fifty Uotiors per month.
IV. It ecu: phi will ho 'given at the Ifepots
lor the negroes, and they are. as.*es ed in
'Charleston before they are put to work.
V The Aet i isj iues tiie attemh'uce of
-rtnn of I let I f mi nbii.Mi.ifj ? I
'lie will be met by an ugcut wjthorizod tj
lecciut for the negroes.
VI. Owners are requested to furnioli
their negroes with spades or shovels and
three days rations.
VII. Owners 'who I ire substitutes will
furnish me with a copy ol the tveeipt taken
for such substitutes.
VIII. It i* regarded by the Roads to be i
put in use on this occasion, as dangerous to
run extra trains heavily laden with passengers.
It is therefore nt cessary that those on
the upper portions?il the Koadsshould be in
attendance very early wi the morning in
time for the reg'Var freight trains; or they
might deliver the negrobs the evening belore
to the. agent or to the railroad agent,
who is authorized to receipt for llietn.
IX. Charleston, it is hoped and believed,
will soon be impregnable. If so, the slave
Ubor of the State will have ac omplislied it.
Labor is yet needed in large quantity to sceure
this position. The portion of the State
wow called on, has poured out richest treas
sures of noble blood on a most every field in
rttis war, it will not hesitate now when so
tnuch IS to bf? iii'i>niniillul.A.I ??
?? .?? vv. .|-?lO||VM (U nu (|(IK' Oil Utidce
'( One earnest, oohibincd effort may
put the State beyond diinncr.
W.M. M. Sll WNON,
Agent of the State of South Carolina.
Camden, S. C., August lUth, lrtiid.
JKayAll papers iu the Division publish
once enuh week until 14th September and
forward bills to me.
Aug 20 .21 4 w.
In Kqnit.t,
SPARTAN Ml" ltd DISTRICT.
Hiram Neighbors vx. lliehnrd J>. .Willis
and Elijah Harnett.
Bill lor Funds.
IN puTsnarco of an order of the Court
of Equity passed at .June term, Isti.'l,
ho creditors of the absent defendant,
lliehnrd B. Willis, arc required to come
in and prove their claims, as the law di
tacts, before the Commissioner, on or before
the 1st day nl October next.
T. 8TOBO FaRROW, c.F. K.D.
Commissioner's Office,.June22. lH(il>.
T n* * ^
june iso 1 ?i ' ?itn
STATE OF SOU I II CAROLINA.
OF KICK OK COMPTROLLER GEN'L.,
(/OLCMhia, August l"?lh, Infill.
T 11EREDY certify that J. M. KLFOUI), of
1 Spartanburg. S. O, Agent of i he *1 KR<134
VIS IN8URAN( i:iOni'4NY
incorporated by the State of Virginia, has
^Qtnpiiod with tlx cotd.lions art 1 roqtii.itions i
<Sf t law Act. of I lac General Assembly entitled,
Alt* Act to regulate tlio \gencies of Iusur- ;
anoe Co..'.panics not incorporated in the State j
of South Carolina," and I hereby license the;
lutid J. M. ELKttRI), Agent, tis aforesaid, to,
take risks and transact nil business of lustir- j
unco, in litis Stale, for, ur.d in behalf of said ,
Company, to continue until the statement of
January '0|, is due \Y. LAVAL,
Ft).- ComptuA'er (JeneraL
August 20 21 Ut
*
state of south carolina.
aiy't. and inspct'll general's
office,
ClIAHLESTON, August 14, 1803.
[special orders no. 35 ]
There having been a fail1
? U L." \ I ?17< ? t MfVW .t._ f
.?. v ivu i v/ ^ / lia ' i\ l ti ri i iiu i|uuiu oi
Troops required Iroiu the Sixteenth (10th)
Regiment S. O. M., into Companies, in
nccordancc with General Orders Nos. 20,
21 and 22, issued from this Office, and it
being necessary to have a more accurate
enrollment of perspns belonging to said
Regiment and liable to military duty and
to draft under said Orders, it is hereby
ordered : *
I. That all male persons in the City of
Charleston between the ages of sixteen
and sixty years, except such persons as
have been regularly mustered into Confederate
service, bo immediately enrolled.
II. This enrollment will include persons
who arc on duty in the Regular or Volunteer
Militia organizations of the City, as
well us those who arc not, and also persons
who are absent from, hut are citizens of
Charles-ion?temporary absence not to he
cgarded as a change o! residenoo.
III. Absentees who claim that they are
not liable to military service in the city
will be required to produce at this Office
certificates from the Commanding Officers
of the Regiments in which they claim
that t^iov arc liable to such service, and if
between the ages of forty and filty years,
that they have been subjected to the said
draft.
IV. To effect this enrollment the fallowing
named persons have been, and arc
hereby detailed and appointed Enrolling
\ riuccr imu Assistant r.u >011111/ uinjers,
ind will ropo.t at ill s Otlioo, on Saturday,
the l.~>:h instant, at 1 o'clock,"1*. >1., tor
instructions :
lini'ollln? ontcci'H.
J A I' 0 it W I L L I M A N.
ASSISTANT KXIIOLT.I&) OtFICKUS.
IVAim NO. I.
MOSES LEV V. C. M. WIKXGEUS. j
% W \Hl) NO. II.
\Y. It. BllAlLSIOLO. T. A. WHITNEY.
WAUP NO. III.
OAKJJE DAUUQW: S n. MilUC.
U' MU Ml. IV.
C. a TiU.MHO. .A. .1. SALINAS.
WARP NO. V.
! '. pp.viiritr: t^T u \tr con)
WAU1J M>. VI.
(j. W. AT MA it. I). MuINTUSir.
w.utn no. VII.
DAVID lUKi;it. 8. 11. MOltTlMlilt.
\V.\KH V i 1 I.
J. Mcl'il KllSON. ! '. P. SKIOXIOI'S.
V. A seperatc Unil will l>e made of i
persons belwojn forty u:id fifty years of
and all persons between said a^es are
ordered to report their n.mes to Mr. J A
COH W 1 i.Ll M AN, Knrtdling Officer, at
the Coufe<lcrutc Court House, in Chalmers
street, on or before Wednesday, the
Kltl, I - e.:u -
? .it tuiM |n i.iiiiu^ or ri'iu.v
iug to report will be liublu tu arrest and
punishment.
VI. No claims of exemption from service
will be considered by the Knotting
Officers, but nil sin.li cases will I e reserved
until the enrollment has been completed,
when they will be determined on the
proof made at this Office.
VII. This enrollment is not intended to
disturb the present organization of City
troops, until a new organisation has been j
effected, which will bu made kuowu by i
published orders.
VIII. All officers of tho militia, Including
the temporary volunteer organisations
of the City, arc required to aid the
Knrolliug Officer in the execution of this
Order, by furnishing him with lists of i
persons belonging to their organizations, '
wiih a statement of their nges.
lly order of the Commander-in-Chief. I
A. C. GAKUNGTON,
Adjutant and Inspector General S. C.
Kafir Courier and Mercury publish till
20th instant; other papers of tlio State '
will copy once.
August 27 22 *2w
Office Ass'l Commissary Subsistence,
DIVISION NO. 2,
SiMtiTANnuRO, S. C , August 0 1803.
UN'Tl L tlio 2 th inst., 1 will receive
Lids at my oflioo for the CONTRA!
T TO KI IDDA 8TOKK-HOI1.SK,
near Alston Depot, tlio junction ol the (1.
A: C. II. It an J 8. k U. It. It. The di ;
mansions of said house shall he as follows : '
Length, 150 feet; width, 30 loot; and j
high ol wall, 12 feet. The building will i
he plain, but strong ami secure, having j
four doors in front, sij windows in rear,
and one window in each end.
I will furnish the nails, bolts, locks, Ac.,
the contractor paying the Government
price fur the ennie.
Tlio contractor will l?o required to complete
tho luiUiiig by tlie fir.it of Octpbor.
S. C. MKANS,
("apt. and A (5. 8.
ArjySpartanbuvg tod Newberry papers
please copy and forward accounts.
August 19 20 tf
H1RBM2 V.IUD NOTICE.
PlftSOXS purchase MAItBI.E
for their deceased Friends and Kolntives
can do so, hy applying to Mr. WM HUNTER,
our nuihorized a^cnt.
IIAKB &
April 3 t If
SPAttTANBllRG DISTRICT*
Awsessor's IVot ieeALL
person* residing in tho District, are
hereby required to list aud return to
(lie undersigned nil tho articles or objects ??
taxation embraced in the following schedules
held or owned 011 the first of July, 1803. and
grown or produced previous to the.yeat 18t>3.
Articles taxed at 8 per ccut.
Naval Stores.
Salt,
Wines. . . .
Spirituous Liquors.
Tub icco, (manufactured aud unuianuf.)
?C->t 1 on.
Wool.
Flour*
Sug tr.
Molasses.
Syrup.
Uice.
All oilier Agricultural Products
In ndlitiou to I lie foregoing enumeration,
each lax payer will be required Jo account for
articles taxed xt 1 per centum to vrit :
Oeld Coin.
Silver Coin.
Hunk No*o* and oCier curreirey on hand.
liauk Notes (Ad other currency on deposit.
Credits within Confederate Slates.
Credits beyond Confederate States.
Moneys deposited beyond Confederate States
" All persons, partnerships or corporations
who have, during the voir IStill, made profits
hy purchase and s ilo within tho Confederal*
States of II e following articles or objects ol
taxation, nrc required to return the same to
the Astcsor, and upon such nrofils, a tax ol
10 pe.- cciiiuiu will bo levied.
Flour,
Corn.
Hacn?.
, I'ork.
Oats.
Hay.
Kice.
Salt.
I mn.
Manufacturer of Iron.
Sugar.
MolssscS.
J.en i her.
Woolen Clot!f>.
Shoes.
11...
lllankct*.
Co'tati I lot lis.
The taxes levied upon nil tlifnregoii-.g article*
or objects of taxation will be collected
iinmrd.nt ely by .Major JOHN VV AVMIilll.lt.
[Collector fur Spartanburg ("JTtli Collection
District,) as they accrued on ihc 1st ot last
July.
Each tax payor v ill-be required to nmko his
return on oath. If tax payers fail to make
returns to the Assessor, they will he charged
Twenty live per centum upon the asses-ci
value <?t the articles therein enumerated.
If false nnil fraudulent returns nro made,
the per ;on < tlr 1 < o3\ru linj. heconio liahl to
an indictment in any District Court of t!<c
Coiifedciate States, held in the Dis'riot in
wiiieh Mieli oll'euee may lie uoifiiuiltcil. uml
upon conviction, -hall he fined in a mini no*
exeeeding live luiml vd dollars, mul.all rusts
and charges of prosecution. To ultetupL to
evade or nafeat the enumeration l?y pretext*
or fn'-o io|)r. s(,nt,?t.'^ir,s is u? uU** i.i.pv.->
i int-re
1 will uttciol .it the foil iwitipr place*
Liniust'Ote S| .*r^ . September 8, 18>:).
(irn^y l'otul, September
c'*, September l'>,
Tltom'*, Suptctiilicr II.
Clipr-ik o Sprinj:'?. Septcm'cr lit.
I'iickIcii, S-pi em be.* II.
( Villi !* |? i 1 n St-plrlnlpcr 1
("ruv lor Ifvi'ISeptember 11.
Kciilviillu, Sep'etnber 17.
September 18.
Wiimlr -irs. September 11.
Cav.r.i'tiM 1'icIJ. September -1.
Uohlll SVlllo, ScpUMIlbc*
I t ro*s Viiflior, September il-'l.
Walti'il drove, Scjili'inluT - I.
A. ('. Hoi.tar's. September 111.
Veruotisvill". September -8.
MniT.iti' Store, Sept tuber 29.
lolinmnV. September lit'.
Mrs. M. K. Oelatitl, October 1
Uccc't St.rinjrs, October 11.
lbiilitig Sprin^H. October '(.
l-'-ng Tvillo (.)< tobor 5,
W MIn'ii'i Slnrc. October 0.
It l.n^r Mill i tctobcr 7.
Iti-inpsville. October 8
S|nirt<inbnrg t". II., 1 i.tober 1. nat! uu>il
ail r rturm Itir n*sCH4tiieii! * ure noolo
TUGS o r. ^
Assessor i.71Ii t ollcL-tion District.
..jjitvl 20 21 tf
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
AI ?J T AN!> 1NSI\ G KNL'S 01 KICK,
Charleston, August 20, 1863.
[GENERAL ORDERS NO. 34]
4 CARD, UNDER THE .SIGNA
J.\ TURK OK COLONEL J. L
lil.At'K, Kir.-t South Carolina Cavalry
Imv ing appeared in the papers, invitingbo) ?
under conci ipt age to volunteer for mounted
service in "Hampton's CnvnJry l.rigadc,"
it is lieroliy ordered that no one between the
ages of sixteen und eighteen years shall enter
tue organization proposed, or any other
organisations, except such as are authorized
and ca led tor by thj Governor and
Commander in Chief.
liy Act nj the General Assembly persons
between sixteen and eighteen years of age,
as well as those between forty tive und fifty,
are liable to military service whenever the
Governor deems that the exigency requires
troops for the defence of the IStatc. In the
present organisation of troops for local defence
for six months service, the Governor
has thought proper not to include persons
under eighteen years, but they may be ioon
needed for service in the Statu.
Kor these rensonsjand the additional one,
that the Confederate Government has not
embraced persons under eighteen years of
age in the provisions of the Conscription
Act, the above prohibition against raising
troops from this class, by volunteering for
Confederate service, is announced
\\j order of the Governor and Commander
in-Chief.
A C G'MIUNCTOM,
Adjutant and Inspector Oeircnl S. C.
K&yl'upera of State publish twice
August 27, 22 -w
Town lOlot'fion,
A N Kleclinn is hereby ordered to be held
/\ on MONlJA Y, I lie l-ltli day of SejiieinI
her next, l ir Intend lit mid four Wurdeus for
the town of Spirt anbnrg.
Managers: Wni. II. Triinruicr, Win. Irwin,
and Jucl K. (iiKslgion
J. It Ci.KV111.AND. lotrndant.
M Clerk.
I -\?'F 29 21 ;in
ANNUAL REPORT
Ot (lie Npurlunburs and I'nlon
' ltiiliro??l.
Bl'ARTAMtUUO C. H. Auo. 19, 1803.
To the Stockholder? a/the S/>tirtiubnrg ,md I'hIoh
Ihilroad Co",j>auy .
The anl DirectoreJinve ike honor
respect fu ly to submit the fo lowing rCJr?!"1 for
the fiscal year eliding June 30th, 1863.
The receipts hare been from
paesongers, $.">1301 20
" " " ".freight .24088 62
(< << ?? >< mAila RAIId ltd
Krorn Um't for troops and
freig.it, 13018 48
Making a total of receipts, $Ult)lHi
The expenses of operating
the Ilond, keeping up repairs
and out (it for the same lime are 41'J79 71
Leaving a balance for uet
proceeds of $60U'-0 (I'd
The grojs receipts for the year ending June
30ih, lbO'2. w ere $64 5 48 1 t
Expenses for same time SlllUli 3l
Nett proceeds for lliut yca^ $-.'2161 8>
It will thus be men that our net pro
coeds fuV the last, are more tT?an double
those of the previous year, there being an
increase in -money from passengers o!
S'-7.41iS.9.'!; and from freight of 8tJ,4.'>9.24j
while there was at the game i ne an in
r crease of expeuees for the last, over the
i year before of ?i)(J8d.40.
i Xotwiths umling the high price of Hj
most everything necessary for the opera
j tion of Railroads, it being impossibles to
I get some, and other important materials
1 having advanced more than n thousand
per cent, over their ordinary value, yot it
was not until quite recently that your
Company raised the r ites ul transportation.
At the commencement of the present war,
4 we had l>ul two pusSi-tigcr t irs and one old
baggage ear, and but three locomotive eagines
lit lor service, ;imI one of these not
in good order. To tlu>i; has been added
one more b:igga?re4 or second class passe ni
gcr ear, iuaile mi the Company's shops.
Our supply of box cars was equally as limited,
one stock and seven box ears, two of
the latter have Mi is year been condemned
and rejected, hut we h>\- two new ones ii^
; the shoos now being made,
j Our i Ming stock is m-c.vsarily bccom
| ing deteriorated, and our 'engines not so
effective. Vou will perceive if we were
to have two cupines in the shops at once,
I under^oiti^ 'epulis, and any accident huppen
tu stop the other, we would he unable
lor the time to luove a train lor any pur
po?e. t:t , we have made our usual t.ips
and as regularly a> is po.-.sible wills such
I mixed trains as we run, never having tailed
to make the eonncctioii with the trains
1 jroiuj^ toward , < 'notiubiii and Chad stou
' There li.es been transported over our lload
duiivy tr.?t. fticj.t yj-.-i persons,
.">,170 ot whom were .soldiers; and, in the
pa*s:iire el' t*::s nnti.hir, vfe arc happy to
s: y .10 '-n. \\ jiv j jaicd.
1 "i.c .**;< ckho.dcis should be cncouraccd
by the business ol" the last fiscal year, and
re especially wh a they i.-member the
' *1- it er.ips produced by the severe drought
.i-t suiuti er. no inconsiderable part ot
i. freight business has been the tr.mn
. . ialion to S* arliurl.'.ir;, ot grain, tlie
; i neipal article ol export lrotu that Ihs!
trict, in ordinary prosperous times.
| We a* ikuI: a iar^e umuter of cross
j t"o.-. and .. e n-idcrable <j\aolity ol" lumber
lor uiiiuchi purposes mi Use Jlirid. On
account ? ! the gif.it dillicul ) hi | rocuring
1 such inateiuur, ihero has Leon | urch.tsud
i I"?r the Company a Sieain Saw Mill, by
' which it is expected wo will he able to
procure such things uiore certainly r.tid
cheaply
Si> co Y"'>r last annual meeting, ?r?rr,ng
benches resting <?:i lock pi is j.i the river
have been pLc <1 under the cei l?:?a of the
, spans of the 11 road Kiver linage, thus
making the span only one half as long as
j belorc, these are again suhd.vided by
i strong braces resting against the niaiu
1 piers, liesides these valuable supports,
; the decuying timbers are being taken out
j and new ones substituted, so it is cui:fi
' | deiitly belicwd ihat the bridge w ill soon
be ns strong it not stiongi r than it e-er
l'or the skill and ingenuity with
which this luu? been dune, wo arc indebted
| to our carpenter, Mr..iusi'J'h Kin '. AbcJt
the time i f finishing the Koad; your di
i rectors, by ihcir personal endorsement bor1
lowed lioin the Hanks of this State, in
18;"?U, ?I0,ti0l).00 in order to pav lor iron
1 !o Cnixli tliu Itoad. the proceeds of the
(load being pledged at the time to pay the
said d^bt, I'pOu tins debt judgment hud
' ] gone against the diicctors, and e?\( ration
j issued lor the whole debt, except SoDtUt.tlO
and interest' l.a-t till the Hoard passed
a resolution that this debt should he paid
i out of the first proceeds after payiug the
ordinary expenses of the Howl,
i I nder tins nsolution there has been
, paid since the oth ol lust October 888,
8(5(3.64. Tliero is duo Iront the (iovern1
IllOIif inr tl?*? fri?ici.i?rf.??io?. " I' J
. ..X iii?u.7fVM(lllUII IM Ullll
' tre'^ht from Ilio 1st of November last to
; the 1st if Auj;u.-t, instant, ? 10,($83.24,
Much pains has bct'ii taken to ascertain
ami l?ii?**4 before tho meeting a proper
statement <>t our financial condition.
Our debt interest la in/ calculated to
1st ot ' letober next, appear* as follows :
The Homing debt eonssiinjr of old rcijiiisi*
lions, given tor (trading, cross lies, cu!\ert
masonry Jcc., notes ui> t accounts, is iflill,
, 473 HU.'
The fittide 1 dot,I cen-i-ts
t-l, IM Stale endorsed bunds
ami coupons this, $412,207 02
2 1, l'ii loiicd stock and dividends,
88,914 81
:>rl, l'ncndorscd Honda of
$5<>U.OO each a I'll in'rr??i, 51,317 80
4tli, 1 ncudorsfd 1'..'ik's of
J'Jjll.lH) inch, ami interest, ll'.rt'.M i!fl
Total fundi"! ih'bt, 8A
To wli.chaiM 1 he Homing debt 1.31,473 S3
I .. 1 1 . 1 - -
/win ? ?' IIIYC llll! W UUIQ 'iv'ua
of liltf l!<in<!. $('?.>(? 16
lli" iinnunl iiiiin i upon ttii!? sum i* 84ft,7?i,
wliii !i. if Vim i.iko from ?>nr neM income
> */*,0U0 H2
45.903 70
' Lrurcs :? hnlnuci of * 1,602 80
Rut it must be borno in mind that we
ore Th need of many things which we cannot
buy at any price.
If our llnu'l could make any important
connection in North Carolina it would not
^jiily.foov ,bc. jn condition to jmy its debts,
hut e ventually become a'dividend paying
Road. A hip ugh we expect when peaoe
returns to our distressed land, to set our
Rood go ovcr'thc mountains by the way of
Ashcvillo; yet an important c.nniiiunication
by the wny of Shelby, N. C., is now
offered. The stockholders of the Shelby
! and Broad Riv?St* RuilVdad, will mod otic
I week frotu to day, to <lcciJu whether thoy
, will unite with the Vork, Charligte and
; I'. Kailroad, or with the &_ U. llailI
road. I'pon the help offered by the friends
J of these respective Roads, will depend in
a great measure thir decision. If they
should unite with us, the people of .Shelby
and Rutherford will find ours the nearest
, toutc to a seaport" If the Air Line Road
from Atlanta to Richmond in ever com-,
pleted, the Shelby and Broad River Bailroad
will f'urm nn important link on that
line* Besides the large business which
will he brought to T>ur Company by the
development of the iron and coal regions,
j the Hoad will penetrate the very heart of
an inexhaustible li most one region, thus
i offering the farmers the means of regenerating
theiV old worn out lai'.ds. It is to
be hoped that no more lime will ever he
imported from the 5.oith for the citizens
of this .Vtat.;.
We cannot close this report without recotutin
tiding for your favorable consideration
the different officers and employees id
i the Road, who have iremrally faithfully
I performed their arduous and oflcn dimserous
duties, For a more full and detail
cd understanding of the fcdsincsi and operations
of tlie lload, we would refer you to
the tabular statements of our Secretary
and Treasurer, .Mr. A. S. I'riji^s, herewith
! filed.
No. 1. Ileitis the cash account of the
Treasurer with the Company.
No. 2. Statement of amount of I usiuess
i (lotto.
> No SVulVnn.cnt of amount of business
J done at each Station.
No. 1. Statement of expenses for worLI
in^ the lloud.
THOS B. .1KTKR,
President.
KXTlt.VOTS FltOM MINLTF3
Of St'b'kliohlcr* <>t the Sf^urtmiLurg ami
ami /nun Rnilrviul Company, JSjnirtmiLuri/
Court J/uuic S. C'.f Auyu*t 10,
I sua :
The meeting was called to order by ap1
pointing ('apt. Thomas M. Lyles to the
chair. . i
1 A S Kriggs wia requested to act as Se
erotary.
(>? motion, Colonel (1 W II T?cgg, Maj
\\ 11 Trimmicr and J M K ford, esq.
were appointed a Comtrittec to terily
proiics.
1 resident's Koport read, and on motion,
1 the t. port, together with Tabular State;
incuts of Secretary and Treasurer, and
Kept..ts of Committees in the satee, were
' received and adopted.
On in-iti-ju, the loliowing Committees
j were ; ppointed to conduct the e'eetion of
' l'resid -rit and ITircctors : (ic-ncral B I'
Bates, ! M Klfnrd, esq , and II W l'arr,
esq , l ade the following report :
Th; they have received und counted
the vo 'S lor President und 1'iroftors for
the en uing j?.tr, and the following is the
ret u n :
*oa I'Rf.hident!
THOMAS K JKTKR, KSQ,
i who received 2.380 votes, which was the
j number received by all the Directors :
I S Boljp, esq., Colonel S N. Kvins, (ien.
J \\ Miller, Colonel (J W II Legg, Ool.
I .J h Young, \V .1 Kccnnn, esq., Johu
1 Boinur, fen , esq., Colonel F Scaife, Col.
T .N Dawkius, 1> Goudeiock, esq., Colonel
W .1 Alston, W 11 tiilliarrl, esq.
The ('hair then declcro i the above named
gentlemen elected for the ensuing vear.
^ . w "
i On motion Col. .1. L Young,
1st. Unsolved, That the directors of this
i Company be authorized to inake arrange
inents with the direction of the Shelby A
Broad Hirer Bail Road Comjany to sn
euro & connection wuh tout Road, nr.d io
j that end, arc authorized arid empowered to
j issue Bonds of this Company tube received
in stick at par, to the amount they may
deem sufficient, and also to trunspoit over
this road all material necessary for building
the same, the cost ol transportation to be
j takeh in stock at par.
' 2d. Resolved, that the President and
Directors be requested to solicit subscriptions
to said road and to appoint Couimis
sinners to receive subscriptions. On motion.
Resolved, that the next meeting ol
rj
the Stockholders ol the Spartanburg and
Cnion I tail road Company bo held at I tiion
C. II. Sv C. On motion.
ItcsnKc-l, "hat the President# report be
published in the Carolina Spurtau.
Meeting adjorrred.
Til OS. M. L\ LK8,
A. S. llnidiis, S.cty, Ch..irtiUn
i
i ('ualti.kston, Augu?t ?7.?The one
luy'n attack, on our riHo pits Wednesday
night was made a -out 7 o'clock. in overwhelming
I'oreq. On Thursday the firing
on both sides was veiy slow and deliberate,
I with no unusual incident.
August dS.?The bombardment of Forts
i Sumter and \\ agner proceeds .'uggishly
I The enemy is working hai*l in their
; trenches in front of Wagner.
The firing to-day bus been quite slow.
| Our lire against the enemy to tiny has hern
very effective. Tlie cneuiy is strengthen
ing his position nt our rillo pits, tlireo
hundred yards in I rout of linttcry Wagner
Kveiything is perfectly quiet except the
occusio??i boom ot a gun.
| August 20?Tbo fight last night at
I \\ ugner was an attack in heavy force on
I ear rifle pita, but the enemy was repulsed.
We lost twenty live kiile-l and wouiglod.
all is comparatively quiet this nqirniog.
Fort Auuitor will be U|J<1. cvop in rtRM,
| villi the li(L aud bayouet.
Charleston, ^ogua^^fc!?
my's Iifnd batteries have been maiDt?isMg
steady fire on Port guniter uil .fey. The
fighting at Wngner was chiefly confinod to
the firing of oar pickets on the enemy's
sappers, who ooatinue to approach lfettery
Wugner. This evening, about dark, -tbie
enemy's batter, iea opened a furious fire 4k
Wngjicr, preparatory's was supposed.,^
an assault. The following official despatches
have just been received: . J
F?rt Sumter, August 25?7-351*. M,
There is an assault now being uiadc at ifektery
Wngner.
(Signed) ALFRED R HE'lT1,
Colonel Cottfaanding.
Fort Johnson, August 25 ?7.45 P. M.
The enemy is assaulting liattery Waguer,
evidently in heavy force.
(Signed) C. U. OLMSTF.At),
Colonel Cominanding.
Later.?The musketry Bring has CSMOij.
The enemy is Bring a few mortar shells at
Battery Wagner. The first assault had
been repulsed. No more shells have besii
ihrowh at' the city since daylight on !! &?
day morning.
VUIt to (lie Batteries, ?
Ora, the Charleston correspondent of ,
the Mobile Tribuno gives the following
account oi a visit to tho- latteries around
the harbor ori the 11th instant:
| At 9 o'clock last night I accompanied
j (jen. ltiplcy in his barge, in company
with Captain Boss, of the Austrian artnv^
to make an inspcotion of the forts. Wo
first visited Sututcr, thrac and a half miles
from the city, and found the garrison actively
employed in protecting the walls by
piling tires ot mud bags iu the losfdo,
some twenty feet thick, the walls ol tli>
lort being six feet thick, thus making an
obstruction of brick and wind of twentysix
feet to resist the enemy's shot. The
men seemed iu the best of spirits, and
front the jolly mirth which prevailed, one
would have supposed that they were enjo*,
in2 n frolic, lit the centre of the fort
; was a large morter, which every now and
then threw its shell litre Ugh the air whirling
over the client's wotks pn Morris Island.
Wc next pulled over ?> CuuitinngV
J Point, at Jhittery (iregg, . which is 1,30Q
yards from Sumter, on Morris Island. Wu
soon landed at the Leach there being but
little surf, and walked up through the sandto
the officer's quartera. Here wc found
all quiet, and procured three horses to rids
down to lfattcry Wagner, which is about
three quart rs of a mile down the boczh,
being 2,500 yards irom Sautter, in an air
line, aud four and a half miles from the
elty. *
Tho entrance to Wesnfef rrminds or.e o?
! Ac discriptioriS of robber's cafres, which,
ho read of his boyhood. Entering a nar-.
I ro** passage from tht* north side, yon pass
! through the centre of the bastions of tho
work, which is supported by immense
timbers and ratters, covered over with
earth uud sand some 'JO feet thick. The
interior of the work i.s called the bonafc?proof,
where the (quarters of the urcn and
officers arc ami the magazines, &s The
j garrison was all alive, battle lanterns wero
| passing to and fro, and the men were,
i cheerful hnd in good spirits. Frotn the
j oentre of the battery we ascended a paic,
: of steps to the e-St bastion or sea face of
the ba'tery, over the glacis to the rant-.
' parts and parapets. From thispoint we
watched with eon?iden'ble jnfercet th^.
bursting of the socll frcin Sumter QTCfj
the enemy's works. Our pickets w6ro
about 1?*>0 yards from iKe enemy's, end a1*
_l _ - ? *
i uciucnuicni was ooing sent oat at too titnd
! to relieve thetn. For prudential reasons
I atu not permitted to give your readers a
| more perfect description of the works. It
: is very close in tho bouib-proof, but the
uicu ircqueiitly sleep outside, except when
; heavy shelling is progressing. Tho ene;
my's advance line is now within 800 yards
; of Wagner. < - - ..
^ In it is letter of the 12th ne gives us
i bonte information about the negro question,
i which wj do not remember to have seen
mentioned elsewhere.
Last week (lencral Uilinoro addressed
K note to (leneral iteaurcgard, of s most
object ionable character, charging him
i with bud fuith in uot having dent back the
1 negro prisoners, and uiuking s demand lor .
tl'ent. threatening, at the same time^to
j put in execution the dfetalirfttv'^ proclamaI
*:~ c i i ./ .?-. o#,.i *. i w ? - i'
viun ui nf oi me ouiii tinij t*st,
j declaring that lie will execute a rebel soldier
for every Vnnkec, whito or black,
k.lled in violation of the laws of war (I)
; and put at hard labor on the public works/
a robe] tor every negro Hold or detained in ,
| slavery. I learn th.?t (lencral Hcauiegartf
i has tfada a Very dignified and severe reply
to the most impudent demand, showing
the want of good laith to be entirely op.
; the part of (leneral (lilmore, wh'o eottltf
j not plead ignorance either ?f President
' Davis' proclamation, or the act of tbf.
('outbderuto Congress on the subject,?
The negro prisoners will mb-t certainly
i not ho giroa up, and tiic issue is therefore
j directly made on this point between tba
1 two belligerents The result is, as before
slated, tho war must become one of cxiter?
miimfion, and hereafter ihcro will be net
' more exchanging of prisoners.
From \utclicz.
I The Miadssippian is T>?"init!e?l to nt&ke the
i following extracts from a prirote letter, writ1
leu Lv a lady in Natchez, <>u the lOlh ineutct,
Ito a fricrid fn Se'ma, Alahams:
.. I _ . . I.'_ /_ I .I VI.L.V.^
Ill Jl - 11'II ? xi I. V I : 1 VI . * IIV" CI I in ' "^*uur|
I and I'orl Hudson, Natchez. was garrisoned bj
j (teneralu ltnn?om and Ord, with about ft OW'
troop*. The street# are ult barricaded.<aad.
' ilio Yankee* daily expect our (roups hereto
j fight them r
! We have no rights hero. Jlt? YnrtrVe*
and negroiw go about steali' ? nod deatroyiug
evm^'.hing lboy run. find. They hare taken
u)u.?i of the neg'oea, and nearly all the ladies
in ihe |rim ait at- the w?td> tub.
V Tbe rirer i* f*?ll of gunboats. It la a hard
a'fhi ti? are the negroer, how th^y fluek lu ilia
Yankees, and lm* they iyl> the c.tucuadW *
everything valuable.'
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