University of South Carolina Libraries
w ? VOL. I. B] Instructions issued by th? rrasident f the Cnited States, relative to the wale, for Delinquent Taxes, of cer* Sain I.an 'b situated in the State of South Carolina. To the Tax Commiexionera for the Diatriet of Sout h I Carolina: Wher -as y.ai were diPy appointed a Bonrl . of TawComioissioners for the District of South Carolina, , wherein by reason of insurrection and rebellion, the 1 ?J?U authority of the Government of the United States (uw been and continues to be obstructed, so that th e ' provisions of the act entitled " An act to provide increased revenue from import*, to pay interest on the iwblic debt, and for other purposes," approved August S, 1961, could not be peaceably executed; and Whereas, heretofore, to wit in the months of February and March of the present year, yon as Commissioncm aforesaid caused certain lots and parcels of land, astnated in the Parish of SL Helena in said State, to be Mid for the direct taxes, unpaid and charged on the came; and j Whereas, at said sale you struck off to the United States, divers of said lots and parcels of land at certain siw, equal in each case to at least the tax penalty and costs, ami ten per cent interest on said tax charged on each lot or parcel of land respectively; pursuant to public notice theretofore given: and Whereas, the owners of said lots and parcels of land no struck off to the United States, have abandoned the same, and have not paid the taxes thereon nor redeeme d them: and Whereas, you have represented to me that yon are i satisfied that the said owners have left the said lots and parcels of lan 1 to engage in and abet the said rebellion. Now therefore, these presents, witness that I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, pursuant to the provisions of the Act of Congress, entitled "A n set for the collection of direct taxes in insurrectionary districts within the United States and for other pur- i poses" approved on the 7th day of June, A. 1>. Isd-. and the amendments thereto, approved on the 6th day 1 of February, A. D. 1SCJ, have issued aud hereby do issue i these very instructions and directions to you, as the .Board ot Tax Commissioners aforesaid, in the manner sud form following, that is to say : First. You will cause the caid lands except such as in these instructions arc particularly excepted (or provided for; to be surveyed and subdivided and sold at public sale, in parcels not to exceed three hundred and twenty acres to any one purchaser, after giving due notice thereof for sixty days, :s upon the sale of other jwblic lands of the United Mates, and to issue a certificate therefor. Such lands to he sold on the terms prescribed in the eleventh section of the Act entitled '-An act for the collection of direct taxes in insurrectionary districts within the I nitcd Mate*, and for other purposes, " and of the Act amendatory of the same, approved the sixth day of February, A. I). Second. If upon such sale, arj icrson serving in the Army or Navy or .Marine Corps," shall become a pur- j chaser, and shall pay one-fourth part of the purchase ; money pursuant to the provisions of the said eleventh j cction of the said Act of ( on,,mess, the said ( ommis- j nioners shall issue a c? rtificate lor the said tract or pared of land so purchased, subject nevertheless to the payment of the residue of the purchase money in three years from the date of said sale, cither in money or in certificates of indebtedness of the United States, and subject also to the condition that he. his heirs or assigns shall commit no waste upon the premises sold; and in caac he or they shall fail to pa; the residue of the said purchase motify within the, time limited for the payment -thcreo'', or shall at aiy time prior to the full payment of the pruchi.se money in cash or in certificates of indebt- | edness as afore said. with interest, if any due upon the ! lwtne. together with costs, commit any" waste, it shall I and may be lawful for said Commissioners, or their sue- | cwsors in ofthe. to enter i;| on the said pi entires and to ell the same for the payment of the purchase money ; due the I nited Mates-, returning the overplus, if any there shall be. to she said purchaser, bin heirs or assigns holding the said lend. \V tiieh conditions shall be luily set out in the certificate of thet omn issioners. Yon will cause the plantations on St. JHcleu.t Island and known sis 1 Hud's end. and the Ben. Chaplin place, to be laid off and divided into tow n lots of such size sis you may judge proper, not excet ding live aciys each. Jusd you will proceed to sell all said lots not needed or | elected for tovcinm* nt purposes at public sale, for : cash. Or if any peix n or persons serving in the Aimy or Navy or Marine Coips. on the terms provided in the 11th section of the Act of Conferees hereinbefore men- 1 tiooed and subjec t to the conditions stated in these instructions in case of sales to such person or persons j senrinsr as aforesaid. Prior to making sale of said lots, 1 you will cause the content of the same to be permanently marked and duplicate plots or drafts of said lots to be aur.de, describing them accurately by metes and bounds thereof, or other definite description, and you will cansr aid copies to be duly authenticated under your hands, i one whereof you will transmit to tbe office of the Sec re- ' t&iy of the 'i reason- to be filed therein. There are excepted from these instructions to j ell, parts of the following tracts of laud which are re- I served for tfle use of the I nited States, lor war, military, ! naral Teventte and police purposes. On Bt. Helena island, Kdding'a Point, St. Helenaville, M. Uelenaville Co.; pine laud, Land's End and the Ben. Chaplin place. On i'-oueaw Island. Cor^jtr. On Ladies Island. White Hall and Laurel ray. i Ou Port Royal island, the Hermitage, the Cottage, the Old Fort, the Farm. Pigeon Point, the Can pbeli place, the Bell place. Magnolia, and theMiddleton Stew- ! art place; and on Parry's island, the Mfans' place. Also, on Hni.t'ig island, and on Phillips':aland, the | woodland truits deemed necessary for the use of the United StXtes. And you w ll c .use the said parts so reserved asjafore- 1 aid. to be surveyed, and duplicate plots and drafts of [ the tu mc to be mad.*, describing the same by metes and j bounds, or other definite description: one of which plots > ordn f s duly mthentlcated under your hands, yon will cauae to be tiled in thj ctfice of the Secretary of the Taeasury. i on will set apirt for school purposes in a convenient EAUFORT, S. C., SATUR! form for use as a farm or farms, one or more tracts, (.vhich are hereby excepted from the operation of said instructions to sell; a part or jatrts of the said land so purchased in (ant!) by you and belonging to the United States, as aforesaid, not exceeding lfsi acres in each, and including such dwelling house or houses and outbuildings as may Ik? ituou either of the following named plantations: 011 M. Helena Island, the Oaks, Indian Hill, the i homas James Fripp place, ( edar Grove, the McTnren's lands, F'rogmore, the frank I'richnrd place, the Oliver Fripp place, the Wallace place and FddingN Point, and the whole of the Thomas It. ( haplin place, the Grove aud the Faker place. On Coosaw island. Coosaw. On Ladies Island. Orange Grove, White iiall, j the .James Chaplin place, including the Saxby Chaplin ; lot. Pleasant Point, the John Johnson place, Springfield, the Williams place and the Capers' place; on 1 ort tfoyal I Island, the Cottage, the Old fort. Swamp Place, Half- ; way House, Gray Hill, .he Middleton Stuart place, Oak Mulligan, Little "Baynard, the l.hett place, Laurel Bay | and the Thompson place; and on Parry's Island, the ; Fuller place and the Means place. . You will cause the parte of the said tracts and parcels of land so set apart as aforesaid to be surveyed and accurately described by metes and hounds or other definite description, and the corners thereof to l?e permanently marksd and duplicate plots and drafts of the same to be made and duly authenticated under your hands, one i copy of which you will cause to be tileil in the office of j the Secretary of the I t-easury. The lands' so set apart yoii will let and lease for such 1 terms not exreeding five years, and on such conditions as you may deem eligible, reserving the rents and Issues 1 thereof to yourselves and your successors in office, and ' yon will take, receive and collect such rents and issues and appropriate and apply the same to the education of colored youths, and or such poor white persons, being j minors, as may by themselves, parents, guardians, or j next friends, appiv for the benefit thereof, and you are authorized to establish snch schools, and to direct the tuition of snch branches of learning as yon in y<utr j judgment shall deem most eligible, subject'nevertheless to the general direction and control of the Secretary of j the '1 reasury. And there* is also exc? pted and reserved ont of and j from the said binds so purchased by the United States, j and directed to be sold as aforesaid, all parts of the fol- j lowing tracts of land not otherwise appropriated, to wit: ! On t?t. Helena Island, the Oaks, Oakland, Indian llill. Eddings J oint the Thomas James Uripp place, Cedar | Grove, the Hamilton Fripp place, the Mcaureus lands. I.'ope place. Woodstock, t rograore, .he 1 rank Lrichard plate. the Jane Prichard place, tie Scott place, the Oliver Fripp place, the Wallace place, the Lendon place. On Coosaw Island ( oosawand Corn Island. On 1 adieu Island Orange ( rove, the Hazel 1 arm. W hite iiulL, the j James ( haplin place. Pleasant 1 oint the John Johnson """ i nnr.-l i ,iv. the Williams nlace. and th?* Cape rs j>l:.c??. On t orr I oval Island, the /arm. the' Old Fort. Polly's Grove, the Veil place, the Campbell place, the .k wauip place, Half Way House, Gray's Hill, j .Magnolia, the .\ iddleton Stuart place, oak Mulligan, the .'ohn F. < lmplin place, Oakland, Little l ay nard, (| Jericho, the Oswald place, the Ellis place, the*l.'hett place, and Iamrel Hay; and on Parry's island, the Fuller place, the Elliott place, No. 1, the Elliott place, No. | 2, the i Uiott place. No. II. and the Means place. And you w ill cause the same to be surveyed and to he j particularly dt scribed by n:etcs and bounds or other definite description, and to be divided into lots aud ' parcels not exceeding twenty acres each, corners of which yon will cause to be permanently designated by stones planted, or by imuked trees or other suitable monumeuts. In case or irregularity in the boundaries of tracts or plantations, between those which have been or may l?e selected lor specific purposes, and those i which are not so selected, you will not be strictly limited to such boundaries l.ut may conform the diversion j to the general lines of the new survey. And yon w ill cause accurate plots or drafts of the surveys to be made, exhibiting the said subdivisions of twenty atres each, duly authenticated under your hands, one whereof shall be tiled in the office of the Jtecretary of the 'treasury. ion are further directed to issue certificates for the said lots and parcels of land to the heads of families of | the Albican race, one only to each, preferring such as i bv their good conduct, meritorious services orexen.pla- 1 rv character, w ill be examples of moral propriety and J industry to those of tl?e same nice, tor the charitable j purpose of providing homes for such beads of families I and their tan ilies respectively, so as to give them an j interest in the soil, and to loiman industrial settlement ol worthy persons of said race, they, the said heads of j families paying to the Commissioners such sum not > less than per acre as the said C commissioners slwll i designate and determine as proper to l>e charged for ; the sax! lands, in \itw of the charitable purjioses ! aforesaid. And you are further instructed to announce in your j advertisement of the sale of said lands so directed to be ! sold j.s aforesaid, that the same will he set up for sale ; at an acre each, and that the same will not be sold unless the bids advance beyond that price. Where any tracts or lo.s of land have e rected thereon j dwelling houses, barns or other outhouses, yon will ; appraise the same at what you decni the cash value j thereof, and in case the sai l lots or tracts of laud on which the said buildings are erected shall fail when ottered for sale as aforesaid to is: bid up to a snin equal j to one third part of the ly.pr.iised venue thereof you i will cause the same to be withdrawn from sale, and to j be re-fdvertised and again offered for salens soou as conveniently practicable on tLe same conditions as are I stated in these instructions. In order to enable you to protect the interests of the United States, you w ill in your written conditions of 1 sale reserve a single hid to be publicly made by the I < Commissioners or by their authority of such a sum as i l von mnv deem eligible, uot less tbau one third Dart of I the appraised value. In case on n third attempt you shall fail 'o sell such , ! lauds as msv be offered for sale as aforesaid, or any of 1 . them, after again advertising them as above directed, ; j yon will sell thetn to the highest bidder, if the Secretary ' of the Treasury shall so diiect, upon report to bira of i ' your proceedings. j \ on will keep a book or books, in which you will j enter or cause to be entered, full descriptions of the said lands so to be surveyed as aforesaid, with a draft or 1 plat of each survey, exhibiting the subdivisions, if any. < And yon shall also make au entry therein of each i tract and lot sold, with the Dame of the purchaser, and ' the sum lor which the same may be sold, the date of \ the sale, and the date of the issuing of the certificates , to the purchasers, aud you shall also particularly describe and set ont in said book the tn cts r served for < the use of the I'nited Mates for Military, Naval, revenue ] and police purposes, and the tract or tracts also set 1 apart tor school purposes, m<<; you will make an entry J of each tract for which a c iM.tale shall lie given to i any colored cifi7en, being tit- read of a family as aforesaid, together with the name < * such head of family and the sum of money with v. hich he shall be charged for DAY, DECEMBER 12,18 any lot for which a ceriflcote shall he pi von him ami the da to of the issue of such certiticato, ami von will cause transcripts of said book or hooks duly voiified by you. to Ik* tiled in the ofil ;e of the Secretary of th * t reasnry, and when your commission shall expire yo t shall cause said book or books to bo filed in said ofii e. You will also sell at nnblic sale after srivinc: notice as aforesaid. (.11 the lots and buildings in the town of Beaufort and State aforesaid, struck off to the United States, at such s*le and not redeemed. Prior to making such sale you will appraise the said lots and buildings pt their cash value, and in case anv of the same on Hieing offered for sale shall not be bid to one third of the appraised value, you w ill cause the same to b? w ithdrawn from sale, and upon being advertised to be again offered for sale, and if after being so advertised and offered a third time for sale, it shall fail to be bid to one fifth of its appraised value, yon will sell the same to the highest biduer. if oil rejiort of your proceedings to the Secretary of the T reasttrv, he shall deem it eligible so to do. The conditions of sale in each case shall Ik? the same as those above stated in relation to the plantations or tracts of land to be sold pursuant to these instructions. In your conditions of sale of the said town of Beaufort, yon are authorized to protect the interests of the United Mates by reserving a bid on each or any of the said lots or buildings to be made by the Commissioners or by some one by their anthori**. to be publicly made, for such sum as you may deem proper. Witness my hand, this lClh day of September, A. I). 1SCS. Llgned) ABRAHAM LINCOLN. How a Soldier Rides. The civilized world over he rides much the same ; his head arid neek are erect, vet flexible upon his shoulders ; these are square, and equally thrown hack, expanding his chest ; the small of his back well in, supporting the loins, which, though straightened, are perfectly supple, accommodating the body to every motion lmviui Tlx* nrmy to tlis ^llinw full naturally ami close to the side, the left forearm bent, anil with the wrists as high as the elbow or belt; the sworil arm, when not engaged, falling easily anil close to the body. The buttocks bear upon the saddle : in other words, the sol- j dier is seated in the saddle, resting the j weight of his body in it, and as far forward as possible. His legs fall naturally with a gentle bend at the knee : his highs are turned upon their flats, ami to the knee cleave to the horse; from the | knee down the leg is flexible upon the joint, permitting him to indicate to the horse the movements he wills. The ball of the foot rests in the stirrups, and there sustains the weight of the leg only ; his heel is sunk, his toe raised, and the en- i tire foot parallel to the horse's flank. At whatever gait he is going, his hold on the ! bridle is light, just feeling the horse's mouth. Thus seated, with comparative comfort to himself and horse, he makes the long and tedious march, the rapid raid, tlie impetuous cnarge, controls me i nervous steed, and with ease makes him | obedient to his wid. * * Having given j an idea of the position he should take ; when in the saddle, we will retrograde a 1 a step, and tell him how he can best get ; there. Approach your horse obliquely, i from oil' the left shoulder; adjust your stirrups by the length from the lip of the middle finger (when resting on the tongue of the buckle) to the pit of the arm. : * * Place the reins of the on the : pummel of the saddle ; with the assistance ' of the right hand, engage the reins of the j curb in the left, separating them by the j little linger, the left rein being ou the cutsiue, and the right one between the J little ami the fourth fingers ; pass the 1 loose ends over the forefinger, and be- 1 tween it and the thumb ; at the sail time, with the left hand grasp a lock of the mane ; put the ball of your left foot in the stirrup ; rest your light hand upon the can tie o the saddle ; spring lightly from the right foot, raising yourself to your full height in the stirrup (Uon t sprawl over the horse's neck) ; remove the right hand, passing the leg over the croup ; sit lightly in the saddle, without looking down ; raise the toe and hud the right stirrup ; leave go the mane ; slip the bridle hand along the reins until it is is near as may be over the pummel of the saddle, and at the height of the waist; at the same time, pass the reins jf the snathle into the palm of the left iiand, the right rein passing over the fore, the left under the littte finger ; and there we will leave it dangling until it Is required for use. The thumb of the bridle band should be up ; the little finger or ower part of the hand drawn or rounded in by a slight turn of the wrist, so that fou may see the nails of every finger. Unhappily, we can't tell at once things , . ? 63. NO. 49. which art- done at the same t.me. it has taken some words to describe a proceedi i)g, the parts of which are so connected, and to be done so simultan nmslv. that a moment is sufficient to accomplish all. * * * i 1 Should your iiorse crowu you wnon about to mount, shorten the left rein? this will prevc nt him : if, on the other hand, he should be inclined to throw his croup away from yon, which is most frequently the case, shorten the right rein. After being a few times baulked in this j way, he will be steady to mount. Should your horse be vicious and inclined to stiike with the fore'foot, ap! proach Lim more to the side than the ! shoulder; take the curb-reins at the cen| ter between the thumb and forefinger of the right hand ; rest it on the cantle of , the saddle, standing diagonally to the horse; your light shoulder nearest the croup; with the left hand grasp a lock ; of the mane; mount as before, and as j you pass the leg over the croup to take I seat, remove the light hand, passing the | reins of the curb into the left. Afanv , prefer this method; the reader has his choice. . 13oth are accepted manners. * * Before mounting, you guaged the ! length of your stirrup-leather bv perhaps I the most just standard that is given ; if your iegs don't suit my standard, slip i your feet from the stirrups; allow yoi.r legs to fall naturally, turning your thighs a little on their fiat; sink the heels ; raise the toes without constraining the auk e joint ; you take the stirrup without dk ranging' the knee, a:i<l the ball of ti e foot rests lightly upon tne bars. * Ti o leg should full naturally, the toe a litt e raised to give elegance'to the leg, anil to keep the stirrup more easily. A friend suggests : \Vliy do you lay so much stress upon dropping the heel and raisin# the toe ? ltecentiy, I have spent much time in Washington, and have seen army officers, many o: whom I knowto have been West i'oint graduates, ride with tlie toe chopped, i have already given you a substantial reason why the toe should be raised, to wit: because it enables you the better to keep the < tirrnp, to sey nothing of its sup* tior elegance ; and 1 am sorry to admit that many West Point oilieers have the vice you mention. It is an importation from Mexico, which many of the officers who served there brought home with tnem. They are not instructed to ride thus ; ii i3 slovenly, inelegant, and wanting in the good reason which sustains the reverse practice.? 117Ike's iSjiii'il of Cue Times. -*-> An Eye to IJi siness.?A legal friend in the West sends the following : Several years ago I was practising law in one of ^ the many beautiful towns in Wisconsin. One very warm day, while seated in my ? office at work, I was interrupted by the entrance of a hoy, the son of one of iny clients, who 1 ad walked dto town six miles, in a blazing sun, for the purpose of procuring si Lil le. lie liad been told, he said, that there was a place there where they gave them away to people who had " no moil y ; lie ssiid he had no money and was very anxious to get one of the good books, and asked me to go with him to the plane where they were kept. Anxious to encourage him in his early piety, I letfc the brief on which I was engaged, ami went over with 1dm to the stand of an old Presbyterian deacon who had the much coveted books in charge. I introduced him to the deacon, telling him the circumstances. He praised the boy very highly ; was delighted to see a young man so early seeking after the truth, etc., and presented him with the best bound bible in his collection. Bubby put it into his pocket, and was starting off when t e deacon said: "Now my son, that ycu possess what you so much desire, I sup pose th.it you feel perfectly happy ?" " Well, I do, old boss, for between you and I, I know where I can trade it for u most plaguey good liddle !" Admiral Lissovsky has selected Hampton Roads us the Winter quarters of the Russian fleet. The Brooklyn Navy-Yard wai offered, but he declined on account of the difficulty of keeping his officers and men on board near a large city. A