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-... ' .. ';* *- ' . - u'^ . -ferms of Subscription. v I ?.' fi?* '.'/ - -*32 ' , ' ' ' - '* Z .. . a " * - ? v TrtWeekly per month - ;t? * $2..00 'r " . ' " ; for Six Months - - - - $10.00 '..v.- w?e%? ' - - ' - -$1B.OO * & lor ?^./lesi^ViyR : ^y- V . - DOLL4ffi?fbrttia -firstt insertion, and* FuUK DOL i ' ' ; 1A R&- % each gnbeeque nt.'.-i ; . . v< . . \ ,. ... OBncAsrSoftBss, exceeding one square, charged . *" BOdrertifling.rates. [V . . . : Job Work MUST. >. . / No^(idSSoii^io|^Kceeht to eur regular adfertiW ^ - ng pairona. - " g5 - * *?$& - 4 . ' x ' . .--"rf -iTirr' .-inm LATEST Bfr^IE&RAPH " ' - - REE508T^ QA^ P^l^S^L^ATION. U 2 863, 4. Xhiusp.eb, in the (,%k'a office ; Dtetrid sOodrt of .th'e^ Confoderate. States fbr^tiw SO#.wen%irpriscd and.captared: tlrtii ' '. and wpabiditig a considerable number, an'd'&thad bombarded Fdrt Fiiiher^ fuiyasly^ all^ day yestorday. At 4 p. m,, tboirinfantry came.up to assault, and a heavy demonstration at the' same honr beihg made.against their rear by oar troops. At half past six p. Gen. Whi* ting reported their Attack had failed* and the garrison as being strengthened with fresh .Iroppa. About 10 p. m., the fort Was cAptnred, with the garrison.^ Since which time BO farther particulars lias been receive^, Woman.-?Perbspfc a moi;e just, auil beautiful compliment wa? never paid to woman than the following, by Judge Story: "To the honor, of * the eternal honor of the sex be it said,, that to the path of duty no sacrifice is with tbcra too high or too dear. Nothing is with them im** ppsaiftle, bnt'to'sbrirififfrom what-love, honor, innocence and religion, require.- The voice of pleasure or o^jppwcr.may pass by-^unheeded? but the voic^of ajflictiop never. The chamber of the sick, the pillow of tfie, dying, the vigils of the jiead, the altars of religion never missed the presence'or the sympathies of woman. Timid though she be, and so delicate that the wraj^a of heaven may not roughly visit - - her, on such occasions, she loses alb sense of danger and assumes a preternatural courage, which knows riot and fears not the consequences. Then she displays that undaunted spirit that neither courts nor evqtks .them; that resigna IIVH?'KU 1 l?uiiUH?a UVl HfgSClB 4 abd. that patience,ijMuffpripjg which seems vie-: torioos even dyer deat^it^lf/' -- ' -. How. Columbus LtibfybTfrepe rspnal appearance of Colnmbua was hot a'bad, index of bis character. Ilis general., ajj lexpreased.^ipe authority v^ctohp.taew 69 ^( how to.' exercise. His light gfay eyes kindled.} easily, at 'subjects of interest. He was ..tall and. well ^ formed. Hi# completion jras fair, and freckled, 5/ and inclined to ruddy;. ,' Trouble soon turned his light hair-grhfy end tft thirty it was quite f- ^ white. Moderate in'food, simple m dresp, tern? npmte in laAetiUv. bearinc ..hinrtteif with nnnrt . - - eona and gpnrie gravity, religious without beibg ' fonnalj repressing tiii irrit^b|e. tamper with a piety, lie was the model of a Christian ^tfflRfi^gentleman. The devout reference.of bis suecesses to the DivineTav'or, syth which be conN^^DLgrdes "tieismgffr'pti% 'infaytge to the B^^SHBlereigDty of Castile, is highly cbRrS^n?tie |^9BzsAl:' mant I' No mails have bceS receivedsjnca. Wednesday last.'. 5Ieae^ ibe|jrartliy,6f news lv Tu* FiLti.or#p^J!?dcfe^Wi^ fciie feU- of (his fort*lhe peopled KersKhw'aiaiflptw frhave cause to ?'; ' 'rAfvi-: Zf'tAH ?;fr4tt"?SjAw55rTvJi! i^V " ? . . true fc1u?;HAGo6tf s^Bri^e}^ in the fort, ??d according %uui pfciw de8patdi,-'ihq>t^^STCTbeen captured?' ;^dWD/^^9^f?^%d^^qd^vm<)ed..' No. Jess j faitaclied to that ; ba^Tii^^;?. fierce;; ""one. a?Vn?^ifive*f^Ik)W? wou]d nevir bare euUtendert twl Vjmouf tavi^ -been oyerpqy^^|)y immense'^odd j I JFtiBCT-EiaaiBnuss gfrfc,. l^w^bp;?My plantation is about'tbrr^ TDiies fVflte^amap/on the Watereelast that^tlie ^yer wa8^(^d^risl^ .'Itcwlt^fcte'an, in company ^tK a si^nymen servant.an^jj^ejl off to reBcue ^y alockr' Whffe.'eng^etjT a^piufunng three fine tyogsthe head dam'on tiieQ^agl^^a^abore, broke and 4etbefore it, and sb-a^'ire ibaoaged^fo^tmi^ bottom where we stoodthree JeeHn.v^jti^^M^w&ndbQr began to give ,vsgfej% iiut-ftere.'ten feet distant >^,Ouer?a& ^awlh.g a? Jyr ,ns ^could aod thoQ by plabiDgfijjy end the.tboat. the tree and ir^^, the other, end, inches at thlTrobt, afl^awreroriyTeot higtn ^We^aa Qrvotv?altr rvxrrKiwf Anr^AlrMrin it? hnricha 1 infrvr* <io nfat. "?"--V f??"~v o ?'? tree, and the boat we 19 swept away. Here we were up a Blender tree, with an angry torrent twenty, feeulqepl sweeping fiv< feet beneath us, and.,n expanse of the river more than a mile on either aide. From this time, Wednesday twelve o'clock, until Friday two o'clock .we clung for life to these frail but fiiithful limbs. The river reached its liiubeat on Wednesday " eveuing at five o'clock, aud its roar and width,prevented our cries from being heard until next day.. All tjie'firatday nnd bight, and All the second-day anil njght we shouted lor help ; and we began to give up all hope. . In my exertion to save the boat I had thrown qff my :4feout, which *\^lc>3i, and the only way we kept ourselves frorafreezipg to death-wus by violently aud cousumtly striking each other and kicking the tree." Thu sduy night the boy slept soundly, and it was with difficulty I supported Jiitn aud cheered him ujy'rom giviug out entirelyt We_ tasted ho food or water, and felt.no inclination to do so, but I occasionally moistened my .lips, that I might halloo the louder. The waves surged tiouui us) uuu wo wore luunui iuo tree wouiu 06 WaSlied oS, us iho current seemed lo b^heaped up in the track in \ihibh it giew. Though almo t pay entire stock of mules, beef cattle, sheep, hogs, fodder, was swept atvay, yet so immiueiit w^s the p^ril* I scarcely thought ot them for, a moment. Every exeltiou was made to rescue ua by several gentlemau, but the lorreut was too swilt aud heavy for a boat to.live. A bateau with tyo negroes caineJwithin-a bundled -jiarda pfttae tree, when it was swamped and tbey burely escaped by clinging to another. About two o'clock on Friday, iir. ktre'n, the oveiseer On Col. CuEslvut's nlunt-uf i..n orilh l.um /vUnrerl rn?? it- r_T_ j/,mh??v.vh, ?> ? %v.w,vm mt??^ i.vuujcu kuc |jrcc in a boat He, with, oue of them, .took our plaeee on tfie tree, and we safely reached the shore, stiff and biuised from the fearful exposure. "Hie boat returned and brought the other parties. My colored boy is con fined to bed, but is doing well; herwonid have given out in a fuw hours longer no double 1 am.aoie in my limbs, and hoarse, but stat in tip and with gratitude to a kfnd Prov{deneef(oriw from a watery grave. ,-.1 will ever,rergi^aber. the freshet of January 11,1866; " '>' The plantation is femHjr washed, and in some places heavily was.carrietf away... The nyer;roa^;twoprthi!w.feet. higher.than any mark within the memory of&e oldest cit izens. I would htro express toy Ittaftii tb those who feohobij1 v 1'. lu tilisjt, jjihi;. ji... .'f periled their lives to save purged especially fo . Jjr, l-'iMy loss, in part, consists Pf elet' ti'-'head' of horses and males; cattte; seventy-five pfififyot. hogs; forty-five\o fifty aheep; a largo amount offodder, peas, Ac* Ac., -.ui. ? D. J). Hocorc. ' ? ! - to* r'c-ir.*: .}. VoT'i' > :^<*i fc-i^fcv; OjeriA.rtoBM-Aijs OF THE ET ATEPF soum &roiinn, Edition on825?price $5,QfV- . ?;HHHI'rS?: X &Ml?3, Found, ; : t$M A/T^oiN^mctt:THi^ii^!^;qAsrf H^/E. 'by'.^oviugprbperiy,>nq;i?yi8g the. expend of . adVeit!aing> - Apply a i tI?i'Jo4tnaTv6ffi<ii.*- '. " "' ' %* _ - -JanualrylS ' - J-. tr " to Hire, A GOOD COOK, WA8HER LND IRONEEL AP1 Tl PLY at this office. / - , ' g|gg ciR<;|!Ult / OFFICETAG^^T OE STAXK OF S. C., * ? IzC -Tr' i} h I IN QRKDI RXCKttO ORDEBSFROM. J^IS E^&" CE.LLENCY j-heGovemor, toe '^heriffo. of; the sevend'Uiftrictftol this State will proceed.furtfwtli to imp. cm ONK*T.KNTH (lrlOtli) oftl>e slaves wimble' to Bcmd dnty within their respective Districts, according to IhejrovWona of an Act of the General Assembly of South C?roifna,;a copy of which.is hereto appended. II, Commissioners of Roads, and the Autlibriiie? of;' , incorporated Cities, T&wns end Yillajres .will, within. tlurty days afterjlie passage of the Above referred to, furnish the Sheriffs-of their respective *istriet?;: with', full and correct returns of ad slaves liable to Boad duty, between the agesof 18 apd 60 years, within. ,4heir respective jariadictioua. Tlieife returns wild Be ."phased .90 statements'of owners awor? to in writing.",, - IXJ. The Enrolling Oncers bftfio several-Districts of the Stateare.Herebyappbinied, and will please act within their respective Djat> i'cts-, as Su^-'Agahts, ' uu-.. der Vip provisions-i>f lheAtlii|jpotiqnvaf the act. They .will give to tfte Slierjffs^nd thcpe a'ctjii^ iindej. them any assistance wDlch may be required, jri procuring re-.' torhk ?fp^por^u:iiB&^ of labor, and in ctoeyof delaijfo in an-eatrag slaves. They willpfsd forwaril the'shivw whan- ipip>'e?<ed. l*? the places of ra'uor, providing a discreet person io mke^wi-'irge^ of.. th^jii,>n<r:jf? keep^n^-u^^^^ S IV. The a8^smehVdf Hl^ves will be madA.u>''-.pie'; following manner, to wit: w\ The owner of2.Rood Hands will furnish 1 for 2 months. The owner of 3- Road Hands will furnish 1 for two months. The owner of 4 Rbild'Himila will furnish t fbr 4 mouths. . The owner of 5 Road Ilnnds will furnish 1 - for four mnntlia The owuer of 6 Road Hands will furnish 1 f.<r six months. . , The owner of 1 Horfd Hands will furnish 1 for six months. 4 The owner of 8 Rood Hands will furnish 1 for e'.ght'. months. ! . - \ _ /. J' . The owner ol 9 Road iiands will firuish 1 for eijht mouths. ? The owner of 10 Hoed Hands will furnish I Tor 12 mouths. And in like m inner with fractions above. Ten If it is di-sired, st/eral owners having fractions above or below Ten, may unite and luruish 1. slave for 12 months. V. The attention of ?heaifT-and others charged with receipting lor and nypmiking slaves is especially tli reeled to the pfoyNionB rif the Act in relation tp this mettcr. Too ...uch aire cannot lie taken, for upon._tlie" pr -per discharge,up his duty .depends claim of the ownei fur indemftity Tf-hia sliiv^M lost. The blanks furnished byitjils office will be used ?u all case4. VI. The- Act contemplates the iuiprf-Hsmeutol slaves whose physical condition will enable them to# perform labor on the fottiticalions. Where there is obviously unfitness for such labor..tliev Iv.tl: h? ivitiirnerf tn- the. owners,, wjio wiU'beivaquircd lo furnish othere in tlipiij. place.. Where np.o'ijvctioji ^xists, such slaves will be r-iipcl^^d us are offered by owners* n?.., YII. Owners will find fi to their interest to provide tUcir stupes,. Uketj. or this service, .with'a .cojufbrtoble ouilit.ofcjotbinff.io; aud. ai-. the. tune of delivery, for .triii^porUi t'on to places of laborv should furnish them'w'itMt least live days'jationa .of cooked food.. . YIU. The tiine.Qf ^livery oi' slaves tukfip .under this order,for impretwment, wili.be on Wednesday, the 8th of Fpbruajy npxt, at such points *s will be dc? signaled.in a fu^ure[n"tice.. Aathe, demand for hibor 'is mosturgent,, ji, L* desirable ttu?.t the inipret^mept should proceed as rap.dly'-as possible, and the slaves be turned ovqr to the sjyb-Agems to. be forwarded to the.places of labor belore the date nlKJVe mentioned. XX tinder this Law allelavtl^ldeimowing two or more Koh^s. Hands are . liable) and no exemptions or, 1 details will be regarded ^officers charged.wj|li the imnraysmpliit:. " rrvuviiAV i Agent of tiie State uf^C, An Act to rbpkal all1*acts avd parts of acts heretofore. passed by tbs.. lkgisla-, turk OF thi8 state, ON THE subject OPFUB SLAVE LABOR ON toe COAST ' AND ; * FORtltffcATIuNS within ' THE 'STATE, AND OTHERWISE TO . PROVIDE FOR FC.RNJSHJtJQ such LABOR. SEfc. f%'. tie it enacted by the Set/ate t and Rouse [ojr HesfMtefUativf$t: nw met afidiS/S in General Assembly^ and by the authority of the snfflf, That irro^Tvlo foot^^ dutyy 'not' 'tiiiib; bf oirt-tenttf p^uri ,^JT|^^ for the term; 6ft*^?ti^8^KjPftwffl^^sN8^s their imprwment,anhj^-et hdtWfrig^>j^' every three constitnte a portion or the nrliole of - Mid.'^ibt^-'--?; as.'the ease may- be;ftdHi; yi ouyu .ouusiiituiiyu. t - 'i-i|W 'V^CfnaU'UU ** > 'by -ii jjieftSral iiiiprefUmfti# whole State, rrnofratif ofler t^.^rert-Veti^'-'i^rtA!^ &4/&Qr? State is lie mar wppoJfit;to'faalfeaf kcfrdfifajwlte; ;j %iieli - itA<fer theimprftwWWtt $>f'a-lflwt nombrt^ttNa^^ .1 teVithto * sufficient,'- thefc? tifV >miuie on the n$ rfbrtb- thle of' ednaHtjr* .ifrfefrfcl iejfrfeftft tlie order presatnent to be madetbjitto preacribiid *& kdeyi^r^roako tfcfe M^jerti'tf^' y7i tnent: fey, - Wfifiactten ttf.fi \i)?b? aboffc &cK:.irofftbe?f ,?. be const Jeiiedor taken "into 4hfe?{ij?ft^n1ft6M^* s?> Itnfess5 it:ki'-*t .d.ivisdr, knd in'wicS ^ns^ the frisetioir' of fifth clmU ti fr tnffiff %'Winririnff ing it to fiii nish one ha rid-for twd % t ho' same rt^hv < f sifiWHfetKrtfctaf rm-wtirtlp'niUnTtera ??w+ ?h ii ??rtx> Vtjtf? tittto *j' ' agent to be selected not liable tp. conscription ih Gonfrdartttf ry service,if the service?1 of ' avitlitthi^-'^e^-J. ? cnii 1*(? sPcnred froin said" olasSj' ceive for liis service? the pay* of' *';' Htitftenait)?& coIodcI of infantryj^as allowed by the Co^bfc.'v O orate government, dnnng bis- ?ifyloymVnf#vlfcV jg l^e paid to llim monthly by tbeSmtoh;'-^. ' Skc. 8. That it shall be the duty of the Staffer'. agent aforesaid^ immediately on the recep'taiffrli;y of any order from liis E*colicn<^ tlte 'GovCTii^;";yv to nialre impressments of Slaves* ondeV the'p?&? yjsiona-of this act, to extend Bnoh -prdelf .t^ -tbdr" Slieriifs of the sPv^niljttdieinkdistHctsVttf^^*' Stite w'lioee duty it alial^ be toi'cxeciite sairie'in tlieir respective' districts; jiitd itiwlia^j^ I>e the duty or the Lk>nnoi^neertof the anthorifiea of incorporated crtiw?itowf?r?ni^^ yilCyiviyahcl such o'fit.er person or - peieorathe State agent may ajijKntrt, todnrnisbittr*]^;^ sheriffs of their respective fliffttict^ ty ('ays after the parisS^'e' efihia act, W correct return </all mate duty within their respective !*:'<& retiiiiis 'Ahall.bebaaed* on statements"fuf nfth*$r Ky': lie owners of such slaVtft; e'^dra^'ih^^fti'-.l tin& arid such fltatemehh to 'i Sttietaryof the iloards of (^oraminsidheii jfcf" ^ Uokds, and by them kept pri"V; be the duty tif the said SherHft, djidn1 b4li!|^- ^ duly notified 'by the said Statd ,!kgef}6',-of'liny'--^ order for the impressment bf^laeeiiy'kfo^iR^^ thirty days before,- to suhtindn'all ?^ ble under said ord?f tt> fdPniPb Alktea, $othe slaves so liable at 'tee- respe&titiJand at the proper tir^e, gfivi?f^ t(eb^atV'bht|^^^ tnereoi tome owner, tor trRrtsportHto'Wte' tWK ; $ place of labor, as mar be directed by '*&&:, deh^ And.tKte:?afd Sheriffs shall, id' sptetfirie districts, with the ' rt&atstthc? !rfe?>pWt?blc.-loyal citizen, toybte 'dfibech";b?\(t(&? ^ owfieriof each *lave, if he awd j/Sajj the Sheriff,; H^pniiAe said islH?Og-On' ery*ftt-6aid d pots"; and in jMfcj^theiV gfe&nteut, thcy.abrtJj Helect^^roW ^ Kfce <p??lificatioh, ^hose dectsiort" shaW b^' and give receipts to the 16r the^-ephtft ,::-|j| ijyihgin said receipts th e> ti a rafes Ofthe' the Valuation put' iipoo tbeto.' and thef fcCttfc-1 service for which they nte imp reused, b dtfjplf* jj|lfl cate of which receipts kh'ait a Wo hrThitiinh {t^y ir^Jr the several Wieriffs to the St&te agetiU '^SStt if, Ujfion thp day and at the 'plade adyowner of slaves; so liable ahaltfkifXd jS*f# \-l| them in readiness, then the trict wh ere each; 0^ nor reiiide*" tSUlf' iiMiidi- .4 ately arrest such slaves and send tjiqijj fox-, A