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> * * ' ' ' * 4 ' ' " A?stNOXT>tCKMEj5?TS. ~7 Mr. Ei>itoR: You will please mniounce the fol-' s. ' lowing gentleman as candidates, for re-election to tlao House of Representatives, from Kershaw* District, jt ?..a tnur tho ensuing eiecuun iu va-wuci, auu wi,6? ?...? friends: Major J. M. DeSAUSSURE. Capt. D. D. PERRY. > Juiy.i; ' * Mr Editor: As the time is approMiing when the people of Kershaw District, will have to select, those who will represenf them, in the eDsuing Legislature .We respectfully, recommend the followiug gentlemen ?s a candidates. s For Senator. > 'Maj. A. ir. BOY KIN For Itepr esehtalirjcs. ' Maj. J. M. DeSAUSSCRK, ' ." Capt. W. Z. LE1TXER. Br insorting tho above, you will oblige " . MANY VOTERS. . $ For Iteprevnlalive. We are authorized to announce' Col. A. D. GOOD< WYN, as a cnndidato.for the Legislature at the ensuing election. 1 " April 22 if mFur Representative. We are authorized to annouuee Col.W. P. TAYLOR as a candidate for the Legislature at the ensuing ' election. . \ June 10 tf M?. Editob: You wilt please announuce Capt. "WILLIAM CLYBURN, as a candidate for re.-eiection as clerk of tiro Court of Coinrcbn Pleas, for Kershaw 'District, and pbligc MANY FRIENDS. April 15. I War Taxes of 1864. /, ASSESSORS OFFICE) Camdex, Sept. I5tl*. 18G4. j "HPHE ASSESSORS'' OF THE 17 fu COLLECTION "X .District hereby'giv.? notice that they are nowprepared to receive the RETURNS for the TAXES of 1364. . - In order to aid tax-payers in preparing their Returns, the following schedule aud elassUication of taxable ar1 tic!o$ is published : ' CLASS I?AU Pivperty Engaged in Agriculture. J'he kinds Of property which shall be considered as employed in f.gricitlluro are : All lands actually cultivated or connected with or contributing to- such cul>iwa?inn stich as wood or pasture lands; all slaves, little, big, old and young, above twelve vea'8 of age, as are properly known anddesi'/nated as pi .ntation or Term negroes, as contradistinguished fro.u mechanics / or house servants or others not connected tviih a tarin or plantation ; all ho-ses, mules and o'xen . used as work animals on a farm or plantation, as centra-distinguished from family horsos or lueses of pleasure, and from horses, mules or stock cattlo upon such estate but not actually used in tilling tho soil; all ploughs, carts, wagons and implements of hts-handrv generally used and necessary to the proper cultivation of the crop". CLASS IT?All Property' of every hud, Peal, Personal and Mixed, not employed m Ay> {culture. This property will embrace lands not employed in agriculture; all real estato in cities, totvns and villages. and all other real estate throughout* tho country that does not contribute to the tax in kipd; all slaves not employed in agriculture, embracing flit house servants, both in the city.nnd Country, carpenters, handicraftsmen of all kinds, draymen, day laborers, body servants, coachmen.' !oc., and all others r?n agricultural li chiding slaves on farms under twelve years of age; ^orscs, limits and jennies not engaged in agriculture; attle of the bovine species, sheep, goats nbd swine. Cotton, woo!, tobacco, com. wheat, rye. oats, buckwheat and all kinds of grain; potatoes and all kinds of peas, and ali products of the farm, garden or or0 viuuu. Flour, meal, sugar, molasses, bacon, lard and nil other groceries, mirchandizo, spirituous liquor's, wine, cider, etc. Value of household ami. kitchen furniture, agricultural tools and implements, owned but not employed in agriculture, aud all tools of mechanics or others, musical instruments and all articles of domestic use, carriages, wagons, drays, carts and everv species of vehicles on wheels not employed in agriculture; books, ' maps, pictures, paintings, statuary and other works of art. , The assets of all banks or other joint stock companies, whether incorporated or not, aro taxed just ns individuals are taxed?banks paying a,tax on their capital and reserved funds, and returning their gold and silver coin as others are requiied to do. . ' Gold and silvor ware and plate, jewels, jewelry and "watches; gold qnd silver coin, gold dust, gold or silver bullion; vatue of moneys held abroad, bills of exchange on foreign countries, promissory notes, rights, credits and securities, including Confederate bonds; nil ' v solvent crodifs, bank bills and all other p'aner, issued as curreuuy?CAtcyi iivu-iiib^icai/ fcai ui^ vuuinicmu:. Treasury notes?and not employed in a registered business. On all profits made by buying and selling articles? purchased sinco the 1st January. 1863?rbetween the 17th February and 1st July, 1864, a tax of 30 per cent. * , " . There is also a tax of 1 per cent on all property due and payable in 1864. under the Act to raise money to increaso the pay of soldiers. ' . Tax-payers are urged, as there has been necessarily so much delay, to be prompt in making their returns as above enumerated. Office hours from 9 o'clock a. m., to 2 o'clock p. m. JOHN CANTKY, R. M. KENNEDY, Assessors 1.7th Collection District, S.C. Sept 17 ' tf PAr^'RAPrS.!! The highest prices patd for white linec or cotton rags delivered large or smal titieeatthis. c , , *.'J V ,t , ' . > # ?* . . r 9 % * i * N ' ** > - . . *' * ' vJ' * * . \ '' * SchooliiotieerPHE EXERCISES OF MR. L.. MCCANDLESS'1 , 1 SCHOOL will 'commence on the first day of October nesti Terms $200 payable in advance in cur reut fbnds, or in provisions of uny sort, solids or liq. uids. Persons wishing to send will please make their application by the 2uth ioBt. \ Sept. 10 tf L. McOANDLF-SS. School Notice, .. MISS JJKNOON WILL RESUME THE EXERCISES of her School for 'boys, nt the Academy formerly occupied by Mrs Peck, on the first Monday in , October.- Terms $100 half payable in advance. Sept. 2G ' 4r - Office & EI- Department/ "Camden, Sdpt. ictb, 1SG4. Planters are urgently requested to hauWn immediately all new fodder and pone, as'well as old fodder and shucks, in order to meoi the pressing demands of our armies. They are also notified tV.at they can have credit on their Tithe of 1864, for their deliveries of corn if they prefer it to payment in rash CQNWAY BELL Agt A. q. M.. Sept. 10 , - tf' Wanted to Purchase FOR THE' USE OF THE CONFKDERAT States?Scrap Iron, wrought or cast, for which I pay a fair price in crsh. or, if preferred,'will exchange rolled plantation Iron for the same. Planters orothers having any cfthe abovo to disposes of will inform me of the fact, an I wish to collect it together as speedily as possible: * ' J. S. M3JRONKY. SeDtember I tf. STATIC OF SOUTM CAROLINA. ADJ'T AND INSPECTOR: GENERAL'S OFFICER CoLtUBlA, September 22, 1864. ) GENERA L ORDERS NO. 22. rPERSOSS LIABLE BY THE"LA7,'S OF TI1IS Si a to to actual military' service beyond the limits oi their Districts, and who have nut been enrolled and -and induced in companies -organized in pursuance of General Orders ^Top. 10 anl II, issued from this office, are required to report for enrollment and assignment on or before the 5th daj of October next, or they will be held iiablo to arrest and to the ponnllies provided (or by the 11th section of the Act of tire General Assembly, ratified the?Cth ilay of February, 1863, entitled "An Act for the better organization of the ^militia, and for other purposes." if. Persons required to report by the preceding paragraph of these orders, where coinpameshuve already been organized in the mil tia regiment to which tlnfy belong, will be allowed to select thejr companies, provided they are not already full, and will Report .to the officers commanding such companies who will enroll their names. * III. Where the companies organized in any regiment under .General Orders Nos. 10 and 11' all have maximum number, (100 men,) persona required to report bp theso orders, will it port to the commanding officer of the Vegimcut, who will organ ze them^into companies, if their numbers be sufficient,' and make .a return thereof to this office; any if their numbers lie insufficient to constitute a company, he will return a list of their names to this office, when they will bo assigned to companies ojgnuized in other regiments. IV. The coinmnnrlii g officers of companies organized iu pursuance of General Orders Nos. 10 and 12, and of companies to bo organized in the 7th and 8th Brigades, under Special Orders >ro. 12, are authorized to enroll fof service in their respective companies, the persons required by theso orders to report for enrollment who reside within their mditia regiments, until their companies reach the maximum number. V. It is made the duty of*all the militia officers of the State to report to the proper officer for enrollment tho names of persons who are liable to enrollment under theso orders. VI. Persons enrolled under tienerai uraers i\os. iu and 11, under Special Orders No. 12 and nuder these orders, will be allowed to volunteer in companies. of mounted infantry; but tlfey will, nevertheless, be enrolled as required by said orders, and bekl liable to service as inliantry uuitil their companies have been accepted at this office as mounted iniautry. By order of the Governor: A. C. GARLINGT02T, Adjutant and Inspector-General of S. C. . Extract from Act of General Assembly, entitled "An ad for the better organization of the militia, and for dther' purposes" Section II! That all persons liable to perform actual mjlitary service under the' provisions of this Act, who Shall make default when summoned into such service, shall be liable to such pdnishment" short of death, as may bo impo?cd by by a court martial, according tJWhfl. Articles of War of the Confederate Slates, said court lo to convened Jbv tho officer commanding tho regiment in which the defaulter is liablo to perform said military service, who is hereby authorized to order said Court, in conformity with the usages* of tho Confederae States. ' Sept 24 . ' 10 e*u* MifclSah fill rWnhar 5. A apcio kjl liic k-'mw v... ? _. Notice. All pkrsons are forewarned not to trade for a note given by me, to John Baker, for fitfb hundred dollars, dated some time in. June, 1864, as the property for which it was given, has proved unsound, I will not piy said note unless compelled by law. JAMES A. THOMPSON. Sept. 16 3. \ / I % J y > ' , ' ' ' . ' * '' ^ " ' /* + ' " ' ' ** " ' ' t / y ? r , ". t r - ' o . . ' , / ' % _ f 'ifiirri jbiij i ,i fifWi .DISTRICT D IK EC TO RYfilSTKJCT OFFICERS. Legislators. . A. H. Boykin?Senator. John M. DeSaussure', D. D. Perry?Representatives. Magistrates. John K. Witberppoon,-Wm. D." Hogan, Yf. R. Taylor, Henry1 Brace, John R." Shaw, Richard L. Wbitaker, J. T. Barker. Commissioners of Roads. J. M. DaSaussure Chairman, B. T. McCoy, W. E.. Hughes, Daniel D. ivirkland, -James* L. Mc 'Dowall, Lewis J; Patterson,. J. English Doby, Fyed. Bowcn, John L. Mickle, Gillain fibwell, Richmond R. Terrell, Emanuel Parker. -The sixth section of tlje "Act to establish certain Roftd$ Bridges and Ferries," passed December 17, is as follows : " That each Commissioner of Roads now in of1,nfor,fif,w. o riV.ni n f n'rl gtinTI qprvo until A successor is Appointed, and has accepted. This section to-be in force during the war. . . ? > Commissioners of Fret Schools. . Wiley Kelley, Win. DLxon, James Team, C. C. Ifu i 1c. Jesse Tmcsdel, Daniel Bethune, A. L. McDowell. - v . Commissioners of Public. Buddings. John Workman, R. M. Kennedy, R. B. Johnson, F. L. Zcmp, L. W. R. Blair, James B. Curetom Wm. D. McDow ill Chairman, C. P. B., Colm Macrea Treasurer: Commissioners io Approve Public Securities. John M. DeSfiussure, James Dunlap, Wm. E. Johnson, sr., A. M. Kennedy, Thos. E. Shannon. ' Commissioners of the Poor. E. Barnes, A. A. McDowall, John O. Higgins, R. '0 M. Kennedy, J. S. DePass. W. E. Hugbson, S(T>. and Treas. President and Directors of Camden Bridfjt Co. President?John M. DeSaussure. Directors?John Macrae, B. Perkins, James Team, Colin Macrae, Sec. & T^cas. Soldier's Board of Relief. . John M. DeSaussure, E. Barnes, James Dunlap. J. Ross Dye, C. Moscly, James Team, Jesse Trues' ' * ^ -? 1 - - r> _ i? T-i del, Jonn 15. auckic, vnaries naicv, juuu ui?kins, Daniel Gardner. Coroner. John S. Meroncy. ' _ Managers of Electionsf* Camden?John S. Meroney, C. A. McDonald, V?m McKain. . C'uretoh'rf#MiIl-tlFrederfok Boifren, Jatfies* T^m, Emanuel Parkmy ... t. . ? \,-m flat Rock?Jesse ?Trues(lol, James 'Fletcher, ' George R. Miller. '* Buffalo?IVm. Mungo, Gillam Sowell, IVm. Cato. Lizcnhy's?Jojin McGougan, Daniel AlcCaskill, Donald McDonald. 1 Schrock's Mill?B. T. McCoy, Alexander McLeod, Henry Radcliffe. Goodwin'.s Store?Benjamin Cook, John B. Mickle>Jatnes H. Vaughn. ' ' Liberty Ilill?A. D. Jones, j^. R. C. Patterson, R. B. Cunningham. Officers Of Court. Joseph U.* Dunlap, Commissioner ill Equity; W. Clyburn, Clerk; A. L. McDonald, Ordinary; Duncan Shcoru, Sheriff. Tax Collector. , William McTvain. Confederate Enrolling Officer. ? W. Z. Leitner. Confederate 1 Var Tax-Collector.' ' ' A. M. Kennedy. Assessors J|John Oantey, It. M. Kennedy, jCollector of Tax in Kind. James Jone'g. < _ Chief Commissary Agent. t J. H. Devereaux. ev? . Confederate Quartermaster's Agcnl. . James Sowers. ? - ??? f - . State Quartermaster's Agent. A. Markley Lee. . Receiving and Delivering Agent., J. M. Gaylc. *' , ' V Officers of the Town of Camden. * _* Intendant. - '-V '. James Dunlap: S >' ' < ' Wardens./ > N. -D.- Bnxley, D.*D HoBott, L. M. Boawell, R. M. -fl Kennedy. Recorder. . - r * R:. ill. Kennedy . Marshal* and Market Clerk'. 'Wm. Johnson. ?? Professional. V ' ' Physicians now Practicing. JU. II. x>eas, u. it, ueoaussure, x. neensijerqu, j V- R> Sikes, Benjamin H. Mntheson, J. McCaa, J. I. Tpantham, W. L. Pickett, EJ^Lucas, T. F McDow, L. If.. DeSaussure, Thomas W. Salj * mond,' F. L. Zemp. . . " c, V . ' ' t ? n -IT il "'"n I ! !< I ? Lbnyirt, v ? . Wffl: M. Shannon. W. Z. Lcitner W. AI. Kennedy. W. fe.'Taylor " Joseph D. Dunlap. '4 Bailqf. .' Delist. "* M. Bissell. . : ' _____ \ ' . > , Surveyor*. . , ** Colin Macrae, Daniel Bethune, C. C. Haile' S Scholastic, Mercantile, & Median* ical. Acidemia and Primary School* in Camden. Ir. McCandless' Male Academy; P. Staudenmyer, mnlo npoHornv* Mrs. McCandless' Acadetnv for Youhg Ladies, Mrs. McCreight; Visa Dawson Mrs. Peck; Miss Maggie DeNoofr. jDealert in Dry Goods, Groceries, hardware E. W. Bohney, James'Dunlap, George Aldcn, Sirs. * M. T. Campbell, R. ftL Kennedy, Mrs. McLeish, Mendal Smith, Mi's. Conner, Mrs. Crosby, ?? Benjamin, Matheson & Co,, A. T. Latta, ?W. J). McDowell, S. Oppenheim, M. Baum &. Bro., roney, Boswell & Bro., J. M. Gayle, Joseph Soromers, T. S. Myers, 'James McEwen, ;w. C. Gerald & Co., Georgo Douglas, J. H. Op- . s penheim & Bro., Wm. Johnson, D. D. Hocott,,JB. , Sikcs. I * JJruggisls. '' Wnl'. McKain.'F. L. Zemp. Book Seller And Stationer. JameS A. Young. Watches and Jewelry , James A. Young, I. B. Alexander, AW..JTabrhan. t \ Blacksmiths, Wagon and CatriagtMakers.. S. Shiver, Robert Man, Nathan B. Arrants, Thomas . Shiver. R. R., blacksmith, i * Cabinet Warerooms and Undertakers. C. L. CLatten, Wm. Tarver, J. F. Sutherland, Builders. J. F Sutherland, C. L. Chhtten, H. C. Roberts. * Merchant Tailor. * Charles A. McDonald. Saddlery and %l(arne?i. F. J. Oakes, Mr. Bulger. Wheelwright and Ginmaktr, R. J. JlcCreighti ? Baker*. y F. Shoemaker, Win. Daaseh, Tan- Yardt. L. B. Stephenson, F. L. Zetnpi John S. Bradley* 'Alex> McLeod,'Lewis J. Patterson, John Brown. S llolelt. Mansion House, by * - E.,6. Robinson, DeKalb House, by - , J. H. JungblutbJ Private Boarding. J. W. ltodgers. - . r ' Bilinary and Drett Making. 1 MisS D. II. MfcEwen, Mrs. ^ammersloag ** ' Churches. _ , v Methodist?J. T. Wightman, pastor. Presbyterian?S. H. Hay, ? i Episcopal?T. F. D'aTis, jr., Baptist?W. E. Ilughson, " Grain and Lumber Mills.' . r t * F. L. Zcrap, flour and grist; Jas. H. Vaughn, flour and grist; James A. Kirklond, grist; J F. Suth- " crland, lumber and grist; W. E. Hughes, lumber and grist: Charles Perkins, lumber; Col James C. Haile, lumber and grist; A. II. Boykin, flour, grist and lumber; L. W. It. Blair, flour, and grist; Charles Raley, flour and grist ; J. R. Sow ell, grist; John W. Gaskins, flour, grist and l?m bor; John A. Young, grist and lumber; X. J. Cauthen, lumber; Robert Kirkley,.grist; estate- . v .f Wm. Shields, grist .andlumber;.George R. Miller, flour and grist; L. J. Patterson, flour \ * and grist; John S. Miller,- flour and grist; estate of T. Lang,grist and lumber; W. M. Kelley, # jurist, John Chcsnut, grist and lumber; James Chesnut, sr., grist and lumber; John McRae, grist and lumber; John Brown, grist; estate .-of Burwell Boykin, grist aij'd lumber; estate.~ Lemuel Boykin, grist and lumber; Mrs. Jane J Knox, grist.; Richard Hyatt, flour -and - grist LewiB Pceples, .ffour, grist and liftnber. POST OFFICE, CAMDEN, S- C?MAIL ARRANGEMENTS. ' , ' RICHMOND, CHARLESTON, CpLT7MBIAr. WKSTERJT* AND WAT MAILS. . Due?Daily,-by * t"30P?M' Close?Daily by 6 00 P. -J? r T.AVPAfiTER. EL AT ROCK. &P. , ?l/T" Due?Monday, "Wednesday k Friday by.12 00 Mr.; Close?Some days, at 11 00'A; if' RED HILL, RUSSKL PLACE, &C; j Due?Thursday, by 12 00 ' a Closes?Same day, at 11 00. A;- ' tiller's ferry; jeffersoh,- <fcc. . ' j Due?Monday, by 12 00 ;M * Closes?Friday, at 10 00,A.VIC "" OFFICE HOURS. ' \1 I , . ' *i From 8 00 A. M. to 2 00 P. M.,*and for", short ^ time after opening the mail at night. ^ . T..W. PEGUES, - . # I , * * V " I * * > ' ' r ' ' 7 y -i ^ VaHt