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The Itt ann factur?is' Convention. ??Ai the meeting of the Manufacturers' ? . sedation ?f 4he Confederate States, he recently in Augusta, "WILLIAM GREGG, ESC President ef the Association, delivered tl following address, which, in justice-to Sont ern Manufacturers,- a hitherto much ahusi class of our people, we take pleasure in la; ing before our readers. It will repay pi rusal, and will, wo'think, aerve to some e: tent to place the Manufacturers in a prop? position before the reading public : GENTLEMEX: It affords me great pleasar to meet you again in convention-there i strength and power in association. We pal ticnlarly need, just now, all' the power an influence that association ean give us in prc curing machinery and supplies that must tom from foreign countries. In the wayofsbipping cotton and import ing supplies, one individual or manufacture, company eau do but little, while combined to gether we hiight effect a great " deal. W may collectively bring an influence to bea ou our Government, that would be irresisK tie in obtaining permission to rco the block ade to take out cotton and brin* in supplie -and if necessary steamships might be pur chased for t)je purpose. If the war continues it will be absolutely essential that machinen and tools to make it, shall iu lar^e quanlitiei be imported; and in order to?obtain a suffi cient-supply, many cargoes ot" colton will hate to be aeht out, anil many ship loada o machinery returned. These articles may be come quite as important to the country al large as.arms and munitions of war, anda protracted war may render it necessary foi our Government to offer bounties for the ex tension of manufactures, ^?stead of the cloga heretofore put upon them. Since we assembled here in November, 1862, there^hae been an unprecedented de mand for our goods; and fabulous prices have besn paid for vthent-but, unfortunately for the manufacturing interest, profits have been withheld from us and transferred to traders and speculators, and, contrary, to all expec tation at the commencement of.tho war, man ufacturing production baa .not increased, but retrograded; many mills Lave been destroyed by the enemy, au?y?me by accident, while noae have been burlt, and no ?ew mac-hiniry have been put into operatiya. "The cause of thia singular state of things will be noticed in the course of these remarks. It is known to roany of you that I have spent a better portion of my life iu assiduous efforts with my pen, and by my working ex ample to establish the manufacture of cotton on a permanent basis in the South. It 183D? my career as a manufacturer commenced. In 184?, I raised a company and applied to the Legislature of South Carolina lor a charter of incorporation of tire Grantville Cqmpany. As public sentiment in poetical circles was opposed to manufacturing corporations, and fearing that we might fail to obtaiu a charter in Suuth Carolina, we made a simultaneous application to the Legislature of Georgia, in tending, if we failed in South Carolina, to ac cept a charter from Georgia and locate our capital in that State. After much opposition atd a hard* struggle, we obtained a charter in in South Carolina, but, strange to say, our application was rejected in Georgia. From 18-15 to 1850 quite a number oflarge aactor.e.s wore erected in the South Minulta !neoc8 with that at Grantville. Many of the -companies failed from bud management ana .ether various causes, but principally from the want of proper support and patronage by our own people; some of them, sinking the entire capital invented. Such was the indifference of the Southern.people to the success of the*e useful and interesting establishments, thru thousands of bales of our fine, honestly made domestics, were shipped annually to Now York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, to find Northern and foreign customers, while cm people were contented tQ be supplied with uri inferior Northern made article, composed of material not much better than tho waste we discard from our mills. Such was th" current that carried unny customers and ever- ?p^e? of manufactured ?oods from tko South to Northam citie3, that many of our- manufac turera were forced to send largo quantities of their goods North in order to lind cuHt^mn-rs and raise xuouey to keep bueinesa going. In many instances these goods, afcwr pa-, ing freight, storage, commissions, inf.? re&t on ad vances, and other expenses, which wen; ruin ous, were sacrificed in Northern markets and sent back to compete with and break down Southern prices, where domestic goods were invariably sold at rates so low that an En glish manufacturer could not come in com petition with us, even if he were allowed to bring his goods in free of duty. From 1848 to 1861 the manufacturing bus iness dragged heavily-the best managed mills not more than barely pay ing interest ou capital, without laying upva fund for renew ing machinery that was wearing out, and be coming superanuated and unfit to paakc the style of goods sufficiently attractive to com mand the markets of the world. The impres sion was becoming general that our Southern States were not the atmosphere for manufac turing, and the great body of the people aesmed tu be quite reconciled to tho' idea that South ern manufactures would be altogether aban doned. Indeed, many had become inimical to uuch enterprises, and regarded them as noth ing less than hot-bed attempts to rear up a branch of ipdustry antagonistic to free trade, .and exclusive agriculture, if. not 'nurseries of abolitionism. The price of .Southern domes tics did not advance for four months after the blockade of our ports, and not until our man _ lUfacturers began to be nkfmed at the pros pect of a short supply of oil, card clothing, : and many other scarce and indispensable ar ticles. When it became apparent that the supply on hand was being rapidly exhausted and bad to be renewed by running the block ade, everything of thc kind advanced in price lo such adogree that manufacturers \.-r? uo u5T tho necc68ity of raising the price oi cloth long before cotton cr any agricultural pro duct (?accept bacon) hsdrist-n at nil. By tho time '1-4 nheetings, drills and osnaburgs bari advanced to twelve and thirteen cents-a price quite reasonable, aud such as English com petition will allow us even without a tariff wc bad tire whole community down on 04, berating us through* the news papers, at pub lic meeting?, and even in tho pulpit a3 a set of hearties1? extortioner*, worse than thc Yan kee vandals. And before our goods had reached twenty-five conto the pub ic mind bad become so exasperated that many thought our mills were in danger of vkdent destruc tion from the mob. These prejudices spread far aud wide, and evidently influenced the ac tion of Congress aud our State Legislatures in their many unjustifiable exactions. liad it beon the design of Congress to ra .strict the advance of manufacturing industry, and confine it to a limited and sickly existence, ibcy could not have adopted a more certain means of reaching t^at object than thev ob tained by tho conscript act. which undeitook to regulate and limit the price of inanuf?e?ui ed articles in the bands of the producer, while it left every one els#et liberty to r^iila:** on, and sell such articles, for ail the markets would afford, lt limited producers to prices that were not remunerative unless the cost of production was largely increased. In th j? way it opened the door for extravagant ex - ponditui e, indeed, it offered a premium fer -..y. ? - _' _ the most profligate outlays and enormo high wages.i^Yer^branch-of-mechanica durtry, ao.d acceler?tedat a rapid pace an I vance iu the price oLv every article usec factories. :Tho shoWaker wfitt for merjy ] chased his leather afc twentjsrfitc cents pound, and paid his- jonjeneyrian one doll day, was poorly paid f?fctke use of bia si tools and material at seventy-five per cent the.coat ofproduction-but when be had good lucie .t? ree loather, advanco tg tea twelve dollars a pound"; and wages to $i ?8 a day, the case- was very different. Under thia conscript taw it was the in' est Of all such producers to pay high for ev? thing his manufactory, consumed, in ordei enhance the first cost of his products. ; enlarge his profits. Aa you arc all aw: the wildest and most extravagant ideas f. vade the public mind with regard to the f lits realized by cotton and woollen manUi tarers, since tho war commenced. These lusjons'appear to be videly spread, and Iii their influence as b?fore suted in&Oongr and every legislative body. It is a comm sentiment with politiciays-i l:** rnanufactu should he made to disgorge their extortion; gains, but in the main, I do doulit vcrj um whether, as a eins*, we have r ealized the si stantial profits to which our business enfeit us in timo of peace. I have no doubt but many of you: ospcci ly stockholders in jo'st companies, have be deceiving themselves as to the enormous pi fits realized : titoy pro'oably have not tak into* account the amount mad? on the cotr purchased in la/ge quantities in advance consumption, and that such has been the a vancing tendency that nothing could be ju chafed and held ?ixty days without paying large proiit. They have ateo probably lc sight of the fact that 200 percent, profit pa in currency, is not equal to* what 10 per eel was baJbre the war-$200 now will not ' j half as lar as ?10 would' formerly have doi in the ntrrchase of imported machinery, ai other loreign supplies. As a class of men, we roust, of necessi reduce everything to a golden standard, i that a million of earnings is no more than iif thousand. We are constantly 'makiog larj outlays for imported artie'es which cost i from GO to 70 dollars for every dellar we e: pend in England or Nassau. We can neithi reuew our machinery nor extend our work except it bo with geld, and it takes three do lars iu gold now to purchase what one dolli would before the war. Mi/n are apt to Jos 3ight of the fact that we are not able to it ?ure our mills at their current value, and coi sequeutly we Lavo become our own insurer Think what you would charge^to insure corresponding number of shares to your ow -it costs you all of that to take your ow risk. Then again a very heavy item, that < general depreciation of machinery is B?ldoi :onsidf r*d as an offset ta the "profits whic seem to be realized'. Ipresunio that the Graniteville Factor will be taken as a fair specimen nf manuiac curing thrift in the Confederate States. Dui mg the year 18C3 we met witb no serious ac ?ideats, w.e purchased substitutes and ra jur mill six months independent of the cori script law, and sold our gooda at market ratei As a maj^er of duty to our couutry, wc gav half the produet of the factory to the Govert rnent at about cost, half their current valu? When the years business waa closed, arte deducting the tax in kind levied by the Leg islature of South Carolina, then the Confede rate Government tax, then a lair allowanc for the insurance of our property, also for it depreciation, particularly that of machinery we did not realize profit enough to give ti mi?re than 7 per cent, on our investment, act our actual earning;-, all thing* eoneidered were not more than ?orne fernier years be fore ISr'-O. Many will object to our makin; profits al ali, oh the ground that men hht< no rijJit to stay ?at home ned reap a harves pf profits while others are called to the arruj to.nsk their lives and work for nothing. Bu how is our country to be supplied with cloth iug from Lomo-uia.de^:loth. it ear-curagomen is not given to capitalists to invest money v such enterprises-will 7 per cent, icCQme . vite capital into a risky aud complicated bu-; nee?. Every body knows it will not. There wouh be no merchandising and no com nb croe ia lin e of peace if profits were restricted ti this; there would be no blockade ru .line now. if profits were ct. il:-cd to evi-n 2.5 ot* 3C por cert. Fifty to sixty in-. >f do; have gone into blockade rm . ? -Ll * u-cv ly a lir-v dollar has ?o <: i manufacturing, There seems to*be a genera] antipathy tc manufacturing profits, while every one se'nns willing to bestow honor on th?1 individual who bas been able to suias* nvl?iona by thc hazard of importing. Thc blockade runner exhausts tl?c capital of our country by importing all kinds of Yan kee notions ; ho impor's calicoes loo worth where it is made no more titan >.en to fifteen cents, and sells it for seven lo len dorlnrs a yard, and receive* the condemnations of eve ry body-while the manufacturer gives em ployment,' comfortable Louies, education, and an independent living to soldiers w ives jad children, and from their labor produces au article quite as valuable and &s much needed, and sell? it for ?2,50 tu $3.50 poi yard, and is commended by the public as a heartless extortioner. But for Government interference and the odium attacked to'Belling domestics from thc first? hands at market value, millions of dol lars would have gone into manufacturing dur ing the last three years, and wc would now be supplying tho country, with stripes, prints and bleached goods, which, though not ai elegantly, finished as those imported, would have served to render us independent. And what adds great imp?rtance to it, homes would have been provided Tor, and lucrative employment given to thousands of women and children-the families of absent soldiers who are now receiving a scanty support from State abd private charity. The Graniteville company, just previous to thc war, had projected large additions to their works, in which they included dying, .bleach ing, and making Canton -flannel^ extensive buildings wore erected the first summer of the war, and estimates were received from an English machinist to furnish tho additional machinery, together with new, to refit our old mill. b'omr?f it had arrived before the blockade, and tome wc have received since. But the whole project fell to . tho ground when we found that we were not to receive tho benefit of our legitimate profita, but that they were to be transferred to others, vit is ih the power of every company and every in dividual who owns a cottvii Or a woolen mill to run double time-night and day-itisdone in other countries, when profits will juslify it. Why hnH it not been done herc ? There is no lack of laborers-simply because ifln volved a large oui lay of capital to provide ad ditional houses for operatives, gas li?hts, and various other expend? ture?, such as your an ticipated profits would not justify. The Augusta Company have house room for five thousand additional spindles, with l-mxv.s to weave the .yarn. They have the wheo! power and unlimited ^vater power to drive.' That company is composed of. cspi ta-lin's. and as enterprising a set of gentlemen as our country can boa^t of. They are not men who wQu!d,ie likely to lose fair oppor tunities for making profitabla investments: they, as individu?!*-, have invented capital in j blockade runners. Why hv ? ?hey not filled tbair mill** to the utmost capacity with addi tional machinery ? Tne quezon is ?rssily ! ansivcicd. and the answer -should be obvj.ms 1 to every one. It is the want of sufficient en ' flourtgwoht ia the prospect of profits. - I M, "I I_ ?j . I lu repealing the a imeript law Conj ha? pl aced-the manufacturing interest- in .hands of the War Department, and a intelligent gentleman, a man of business, been deputized to deni with us, nnd requ snch tongs ia furnishing the Government cloth as vre may deem expedient, with ti to detail all.auch conscript tensan labt i as may be ?er-esaary to cairy on our wo I think it is the desire'and present polio the Government to allow- manu fae: tu rot fair profit on the goods they furnish, an is probably fortunate for us that we hat merchant and thorough business man to i with, who may, by investigation and const j intercourse with mau.i'.ac?v-er?. be "hie ; correct errors, and bo induced to mo ii ty plan which he has at present adapted, ?rh requires two-thirds of ali ih-> gm as wo ra at what I consider less than cost, and vrli wiil effectually close the doors against manufacturing extensions. . I think manufacturers ought^o raise tb voices against a practice, now becoming v common, that of requiring us to tumid h cl and yft*rn at c^si prices' to be exchanged agricultur.il products that people are unw lng to sell for currency. To say nothing the injury that : must inevitably be inftic on our country if the w"ar continues, by st nating and p.atalizing uutiufacturing ind try, it is not fair,' and will lead to no gt end. To malee an estimate of the cost o? pro di tion (or a large establishment is the most di cult task I have ever und-v.aken, and I hs nuver yet arrived at its trnth. In all c particularity in making weekly utatements the cont, the balance sheet has invaria! proved at the end of six mon tua that, we h fallen short of the reality. There ar? rauny incidental charges constantly corni in that no foresight can anticipate, and tb cannot be brought into a monthly ?tateme. A dam may break, water wheels may gi way, an important gear may break doi and stop you for days-something may occ to render it necessary to take dowu portio gf heavy shafting. A fire in a picking roo may upset operations for days-a genet turn out for higher wages, which neceasan ?tops, the mill, while our heavy expenses a still going on. The loss of cloth and yai by theft, and a thousand drawbacks that ca not be enumerated in a atatemcnt of the cc of production. These thinga when put t gethcr often waste away what' might be co sidered a handsome income. In 1862, in general convention, we propc ed a system of computing sost, which w adopted by the manufacturers generally, t though it seemed very high,and suchas won alford a margin for a profit, jot I am firm convinced that in nine cases out of ten th: computation fell short of the-reality, and th; those who have balanced their accounts, they will take the trouble to ascertain wh they have made in the advance on materia purchased, and deduct that from their profit they will find mys conclusions correct. 1 tbinkiug and epeaking of this"watter I oft* call lo mind thc advice that I wivariably gu parsons who are txbruit to bni?d a resident} it is this : After the carpenter has made ye an estimate and given you bill for the lumbi required, just double it, and add a stun per centage tc that and you will come <? rLht. Did you ever knowaniudividaa.lt build a house wlore th* C'.st did not ercee the first estimate; Manya com rector hi been ruined by not haviDg foresight "Doug to include cont linties !n his calculation and may I not aJJ that many a sa&ufacli rer has been rtumid by the same want ( knowledge ^,'d fore?ig?!. # In conclusion, let n.e remark that ther are pcf?pl*-. though frw in number who ut ?erstand uuw import?t.; you arc, as a c: ! tn rho Confederate State*, and let mp ??x? . i you to hold on and improve your tale'. iii? prosecution of a business that is ol ?ni mense importance to our country. Ti.e> dir will come when wa will not he at the I? and call of military authority, and - meu will see that to be in.i-.-pei. ;*?' ?.? : of iie?s?ity. make ail our cw*, lan. . borne. The manufacture of iron and atcel, ora,ri cultural implement*, wagons, carriages, leatl er, and ghoes. coar?? w -donn and cotton rous' be brought into exiaivnee, or we wil not. rctnein long an*Indepeiiti ni peuple. 1 do not ?peet to liy? to - iny whet all men in who S ,u?h w'Y. .>?-. - !tnp< .? u< ito it that diversified 4I:.U?M et n . leacracy will bs rteceasary ids our clonal existence. The cuy however, wi! cune, ?nd it ir. close at hand. It is not pr? s ?itt profita but prospects ahead, 'hut give; such value to our tnanufactur.ni; property Looking to such a future, it dots not rnquiri much forecast lo se* that the mill.: row run ning, although it may be necessary to ren?v the machinery entire, are to resp tin? firs, harvests of manufacturing profits and I th'nl it may salclv he predicted that these win are now actively eiig8g'*d in raannlactoring will be regarded a* benefactors, and leader: in pushing forward enterprises that areli make us independent aa a nation and happ] as a people. ?* ~* . tSf* The first tears shad hy'tieacral John r Bruekioridje since the war wrre shed on 1 rid*] night, 3d instant, on aoeount of the death of hi favorite horse, that had boroo lum tines the bat tl? of Shiloh. ?5?S~ It was ourrently reported in P.iobmend en the lilli, that Lincoln and ll ..mi in have beal nominated by the Baltimore Contention, and iha fold en the Stn was quoted 197. EST"* A party of deserters have barned Nev Troy, Fla. Not a house wa? left staadiug. The] also have buraod all the houses in the centre ant Southern sactions of La Fayette ceauty. Tko] carried off all.the negroes, herses and mule? thej could get. ?HS", Those who write letters to their friepds ii (lon. Johnston's army are requotted to dire? them to tha " Army of Tennessee." Then tboj will be suro to reach those for rrhoru they are in. tended. t ??i~ Prisoners estimate Omni's losses at OS, I OOO. They also say that his catire strength ii I ?^e.ooo. ?ES~ Tho Charleston Courier eays tho " Iron j sides" look her departure f.ir tho KortU ?Iondaj night.* JSSr Gen. Marmaduke has erected another bat tery on the Mississippi at Sunny Side beloit Greenville, and has a number of boats hummer np. He had destroyod three steamers up to thc 7tli Instant. ?fia" Thc ??ew York Dtrtorrr^t,- govornmoni paper, says the groat strength and efficiency oi tho Confederate troop?, is a " serious feature o the cnmpiiign." We think so too. Probably th? thousands of Yankoa wounded, and the friends o thousands of Yankee killed, are of tko ?am? ?.pinion. 53^" There aro over. 150CO Yankeo priso^ri at Andersonvillc, Ga. The editor ol tho Ainanj J'atriot, says that upwards of 3001) have djjti s ia co their removal to Audcraonviile, thc mortali ty daily averaging thirty-five, .with ovcry pros pect of a lr.rgo ineisuto. Ou thc' night of th* Hth. thirfy-two'died. . ! ?bT~ Two 'gtiod new steaoa-.v, .Florian anJ j Lilian, of tho Lamar Company, havo safely ar ' riveif u.C'.'ntc?oratc porta. I ???y- Hrn. J.. L. ?A. Cuiry, of Alabama, j. j tocoptcd a-? appointment aa mlf?ionaiy Ir? lit... Johnston's army, ando**, the nuriira? of t". Vr ginla Sundny ?chool and Publishing Board, m d i bal ?Btmd regularly on his work. * F?r tkc Advertise^, l?iip?.riur.t to jax Payers. MR. EDITOR ?Scn anxiety "is folf by' all Tax Pajera as ri tho valuation bf propertyuny derthc Act of 17th Fabmary, 1864, I furnish you with the aculo UI valuations prepared by th? State Collector, and 1 am ?ure tbat the psbltoa- j j ti*r. of the sume Tulipa appreciated by all our I : people,, I Vary Respectfully, H. T. WRIGHT, 12th Ititi Collector, S. C. Circular to Assessors in South Carolina, WAR TAX OFFICE, COLWJIA, S. C., May 20, 1864. . Tbe following digest, Making*a sc.ilo of taxes, hat been carefully compiled from the reports of AastMors from the .several Collection Districts in th:x ?tate. And in order to equalize tho taxes fairly throughout tbs State, the Aasesaora are hareby instructed te purine the said scale, ma king only each nlterati.-.na as they may find o??o lutclj/ necessary fronwjnch local circumstances BI may uffect thc value eT-eertain taxable articles in the Act cnumeratad, which cannot now before seen. In all such cases they will report tho rea. soi for the ohaago before making the same: ?i. REAL ESTATE. ?S3 L-COTTOX LAUDS UNDER CCIJlTATIOy. ?at quality, from $15 to $20 per aorea. sd " $1 uto in ? Sd " high pine laade lomotimes cultivate^ ia ootton and provisioas, front $3 te ?5 per lore; CLASS 2.-CUTIOS LAJtDS OX r^rA IRLANDS . Or ebntiguou: maiu lanes, uses*for producing soa ..-lund cotton, .'roni $i0 to $60 par aore.- . Landa knowniin .ho snmo.section as " provision iwtds," from $15 to $20 per aero. N. B.-A3 very nearly the whole of thia (lass will ?dm? under the provision of tba Act of Con gress, gran ting relict onacjoantof tho ".presence or proximity of the enemy," Assessors are in-' stmcted to make such allowance aa may seem to them just. But whenever the owner is still in possession and cultiva ting bia lands, no allowance eau be made by the Assessor, as such oase does not come within the purview ef the Act. If aub sequojjtly injured, his appeal is to tho District Collector. . CLASS 3.-WOO? LAN HS. lat quality, suitable for cotton and provisions, kfroaa $10 to ?l5 por aere. ' 2d quality, suitable for the sane pnrpoi'e?, from $.> to $10 per aero. 3d quality, landa valuable for saw milli sad tim ber, from $5 to $7 per aero. . CLASS 4. Lnnds known as "saiTd tiills," at front SO cent? to 50 cents per aero ; hut where improved, as in the neisbborhood of Camden and Columbia, then according to their improved value as pinces of residonca. ' Lauds known as pine barrens, valuable for fire wood or fencing, but riot f?r cultivation, $2 to $5 por acre._ Lands exhausted by cultivation, and known as " old fields," and laying out to grow up or used for " range," $2 per acre. CLASS 5. Lands valuable fer farming purpoBos and the prsduction of small grain, ?te., ont not valua ble for cotton or other staple ; Jstqualit|^;r-m * 10 to $15 per acrer*2d quilty, from SC >o $S pir aero. N. B.-Assessors arc instructed to take in'o a? 1 diticnal oonsiderati-c i: ? valuing of l*ria? an thoso things which g.. tu ur.kc theta valinble r rsidenccK, and wort." lor br ?It': and pleasure, and bot their me;? productif e^s only, er un>ne3" 4rt>kin_: advantages. BeMm. ces on mail farana contiguous to cities, towna tu village* will be vainad aa town property, though 'without the cornorau liuiiti. ri.A3S a.-?ICH LA5DS. P.iror swamp, 1st quclity, $150 t>6r acre. 2d quality, $100 per ai re. 3d quality, $50 |-r asre. 4th quality, $25 ? er acre. Iniaud cw.iiujj? uro unequal, and so much de pends upen illusion und lecal advantages, '.hat no ???oral clarification, can ba made of tluin. N. 15.-A large p- rt ion of the rice district Is tniir.i! ...vp.-set! to thc -itcmy that Assoif-i-? must . such ?ilftwai!?.? 'ii their Am-r- MU us ..? :v jas ?lid pripcr. Put rLercvcr tho pr^a?a . if. iLo pO??fciS?*tl '.il ille "VTi-7, Sod" .i,t oul.ivfcttd, :. dcd?aii.ii will be allowed ?Me Clats 2.) A.^SKSSME^ 1'6 OF SLATES. 1 Uacgs of gro-s ? - -Unta hits $550 per ! ?.tad riiiird. ^ 12. S . all. .? . ?'ire ls a creal prepon 1 deraoce ? t' utgr-.es, at . irrealer er les.- a %ri???, ct ..?..::n'?. the cir- :.i?jm>lce?. I 3. Iluu.se serran?a, .r-m ?SO0 ?. $ I ,UU0 prr head. J. MechaniM, aocard?Rir to a . .id qualifications, from $1,000 tc $l,5lldper hean. N. B.-Alljtlavos and ether personalty in pos session will bo amassed, wi'hout deajiction, ac cording to th? reasons given in letter u> Col. tUntson, -inrd this day, (20th May,) tt>4 already "....'S-.'? t!.1 V ^'i-.eora. KS?T. !?MKX*f ?F OTHEF. i'ER.-OXALTV. 1. I1 ? ? - I:nr?--?a ?nd mulei, iib ptr head A.'sis ?net Jennets, mluablo mostly a: brood anima;.. f> nm $I'/0 to ^',500 per henri. Blood horses, br*i?J hur;-es, ?nt r?ce horses according t < their particular v?.Iu?. 2. Citrle of the B evin ? species, upon plantations, 1'r.iUi $10 t>v$I:'i par head. Oxea at a graator vaine, If used as work animals. Imported - stock, if kept for breed, according te ibeir par ticular mino. Valuable milch cows, kept ?a towns and cities, aud for amity use at their puniaular Taluc. S. Sheep eu plantations $2 per bea?. ?ioat? St per beavl. Swine $a per hea.d, rt-und. 4. Furniture, agricultural tools, tarriugos, wag ons, ?le , b?rks, mups, pictures, ?c., acc-ordiug tu their peculiar value. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS. Short cotton 10 ola. per pound : long cotton 35 sis.-'er pound; sea island from 40 to 00 cts. i or paard. accord tug ta qu;iliti?s. Wwoi, clean" ;'5 ..> 35 ctr ; ur pound ; i.awaabedj 8 to 10 ots. pur i^ iumi. T . Aileen, loaf 14. cU. per p^uad ; prepared, from 25 to 50 per pound. C->rn $1 per bushel. Wheat $1.50 per bushel. Rye $1 per bujbel. Out* 50 ot?. p?r bu^hel. Buckwrheat $1.50 per bushel. R-ugh rice $1 per bushol; Iriib petatoea $150 per bushel. Peas, all kinds, $1 per bushel. Fodder $1 per hundred. Flour per Ino lbs.? Meal $1. r?i;ax 10 eta. Molasses 30 to 40 cts. per gallon. Bueon and lard 121 cts. per pound. All of this property has been estimated,' and ' mugt be assesed, according to th* vaiuo of the I sames in I860. But lauds, negroes, cotton and . I tobacco, purchased since 1 January, 1SH2, must j j b? assessed at the. price actually psW f?r ike ? j same. Other proparly, upon whidk a tai is laid ' liv tho Aat 17th February, 1861, will bc messed I according to the provisions of the said Ant and I the instructions which onve bten ibsued rna the i oOco of thb Commiseioiu-r of Toxos, heretofore ? forwarded to Assessors aud Collcnt -rs, circular 20th April, IS64, calling tor tho rrports of As 1 sessors. JOS DANIEL POPE. |. State Collector. Attack on Petersburg, Ta. I RICHMOND, June 1U.-The enemy, five i ibcm^and strong, under 'KaMie, made a des ' pcratc attempt to capture ? etersburg yestcr I day. They advanced in two COIUUIHB, After?] ; several assaults upon tbe works, which were ! repulsed, they succacdcd in flanking ' about two hundred milba, causing them to retreat, I with-a loss of six killed and thirty wounded, I ! including some of the host citizens. ?be mil-1 I itia fongflt like veterans. Tbe Ya: kees ;hpn 1 ! advanced to tbe> suburb?, b'.t at an opp-'rt'ii^ . j moment Graham's Batten -edn^'U fhcin ' I frwo Rcpervour Hill. p?ainit?'?eu??-?3f w?tt*a j charge or our cav^- s I he enemy Ikd fn ?rreat confusion. Thc . - .. . n sd.vancng ou thu Blandford road waa Ki ulse^oy S urd? !<reat contusion, thu Blandford n . vaut's Battery, 'vhich anivi i Hr time. Our reinforcements pursued ile Yankees several' miles. The residence cf Timotdiy Rivers was . .'-a,-ked and burnt. Rivers was carried off. : Wm. Hall, Chaplain of the Washington Arid- i Ipry, waa also captured. ? ?pgr Fremont's lotter accepting tho Clevoland J j n.?minaHon declares Liacoln's Adin^istration a : itictatorihip with?ut unity of action or vigor of J : exoontiou. He says if an acceptable mau is | nominaiett at Baiiiuifir? he will not be i oandi- . ?!a. IC ' in-?.!B ia nom"uia?ed no ?lt'riiatiT? is V v." iv organisa cv?-j . uncut of oppo.ltioa lo prVveii iho-niisf: rTejpa -d' tis re-election. Tba lwu.d SIIJs Fremont's posiiioo secure? tho defeat ' of Lincoln. fNTA, QA., Mir II TH >66t. YOU Aro horeby appfiinted Agont for tho col lecting of Wool lor the ?sc of O. S. Army j in District " I," comprUing the^Countjes nf Rich ! mond,. Columbia, Glasscock, 'i'pjliaferro, Warren, Wilkes, Lincoln nnd Elbert, i;i the State.of Geor gia, and the Districts of Edgofiold, Barnwell, '. Abbeville, Orangeburg, Laurance aad Newberry, South Carolina. Your.? Sec., 0. W. CUNNINGHAM, Major A Q. M. To L. 0 BstDCWSLL, Major & Q. M., Augusta, fla. In accordance with tho ?hove, I call upon the Citicens, in the Counties and Districts named, to sell all surplus Wool to the Government. The necessity is groat ; and ns the Seldjers who are defending your homos oan only i>q? clothed by soiling ns your Wool, I trust all patriotic and loyal men will be willing co assist. My Agents willtraverse the whole District Parties living j at oonvenicnl distances to Augusta, can ?end their ' Wool to mtf. Sacks will bo returned. Wool will be received at any Rail H ui Depot or Station in the District. Tho Government offers the following liberal pri?es : For 1 lb. Unwashed goad Wool (cash).$7.00 or for 1 lb. Unwashed good Wool, 2* yards 4-4 Shirtings; or .ly. j SueetingA; or2? y. 8 oz. Osna burgs; or IJ lbs. No. (..'Cotton Yarn; 1} lils. No. 8 Cotton Yarn* or 1 ft. No. 10 Cotton Yarn; or i lb. No. 13 Cotton Yarn. '4 Pormission bas been asked, and will bo granted, to impress all Woo! in the hands or speculator: - bat tl.isjis disagreesblo,and it is hoped ihnen prices will ind'ico the farmer to sell at ?nee to the Guv ernmcr.t, for the benefit.ot' the soldiers. Corres pondence desired with wool men in all parts of lae District Any person having a dotail, selling his wool to any other than an Agent of tho S. C., will forfoit his detail. .L. 0. BRIDEWELL, Mojor ? 0.. M. Mr. E. J. YOUNGBLOOD. at.EJgofield C. II., is hereby appointed Agent fur Edgcfield District. June 8 tf . 24 Confederate Taxes. ram now receiving the Additional Income Tax for 1863. All who bought and sold anything Uuring.tho yoar 18l?3 are liable fur tbi<? Tax. I am also receiving tho Taxes on Gross Sales for the quarter ending 31st March 1364. Several have not paid thoir Registry Tax for 1864, or their Animal or Salary Tax for"l8C2. Tbo?o who buy and sell nejiroed, cr who bongbt and sold in 1863. ara liable ?is Register Tax Pay ers, and aro roquireit to register at once for 18t?3 and 1604. ? I propose to be at Granifeville on Thurs Jay 18th Juno, and at Hamburg on Friday 17 June, oa Thursflny 23i Juno .-.t Liberty Hill... I am instructed te issue, execution in all cases of default, but hopo tu bo' s:ivt>d that unpleasant duty. H_T. WRIGHT. 12th Dist. Collector, 7tb <t V Rogts. June 8 2t .24 War Tax ! War Tax ! IWILL*ult? n<- ? .? tl'.e tL.o av i! plv-e.< mention . .! bolo* to fveivn R?:;,ii-;i? , ! jtHXOS on Pro r f-v, None Vi ii i tedi s ut.ei , .if? Tax Act of Faorunr^ 17: , IHftJ. kn wn ? ihi J percent. Tax. ..? ? tn;.'- Monday, 20ih Juna. J '. Swiyi Tn-sday, 21st " Dani's MU?*. Wednesday, 22d - R.-.untme'a Store, Thunda*-, 23d " W.. N Moore's. FrWy, 2'iU U?ltiwangcr'?Storo,?aturday, 25th " Isham i'uibrcaih's, Moadky, 27t? ,? Coleman's X Road?, Tuesday, l'.-tih " Perry's, Wednesday, 2'Jth ,s Huiel's Store, Thursday, ?.Otu " J. P. Mioklnr'i, Friday, 1st July. Riehurdrons, - Saturday, 2d " Mr?. Allen's, Monday, 4th " Dr. J. C. Ready'?, Tuesdav, 5th " t Ridge, Wednesday 6th ? Jame* U. Watson's, TWjday, 7th " Mr.'. Norris', Friday, .Sth '? George Addy's, Sn'urday, (Mb " Mrs. Gibson's, Monday, J Uh ?**. Moust Willing; ?Tuesday, 12ih ? Dr. J. B. Mebley's, Wednosday, 13th " Richardson?, Thursday, Hfk " In making your r?turu to tho A?se.s>r you will be required to make an iw.entory of everything YOU owned on th? 17tb day cf February laar", Hu ll? lo bc taxed ut dor the ?aid A-t, in tbo'follow ing form, viz : No. A *ra? of Land or olliw Roal Properly. Ne. Slaves, No. liorsea. Mules, Assen end Jennets, Ne. Cattle of the Bovine Spoeiss, No. Sheep, Goats, and ?wilie, No. Lbs. Cotton and Wool, ? No. Lbs. Tobacco. No. Bush. Corn, Whait, Rye, Outs, Buckwheat, Rice ar.d all other kinds of Grain, No, Bu>b. Potatoes of all Kinds, Pens, Ground Peas, l?taos, and all other products of tho Furs?, Gr.rden, or Orchard, not rpeelfiexlly mentioned in the foregoing columns. No. Lb.?., Bush, or Gals. Flour, . Meal, Sugar, Mola.?s:s, Bacon, Lard, and all other Groceries. Goods, Wares nnd other Merchandise, Spiritu ous Liquors, Wine?, Cider. Vinegar, tic. ILiuaeliold find Kitrban Furniture ("pocifyiog the most valuable,) Aerioolittrr.l T^ols und lu> tduiueofg, and all Ttols ol' Mochantes or others, Musical Ia;trnmer. ts, and all articles of domestic UH?. No. Carriages. Wagon", Carts, Drays, ond ev ery spe?:ics of V hiele on Wittels. So. Watches, Gold ?nil Silver Wares, and Plate, Jewels and Jewelry. No. Books, Maps. Pictures, P:J-ii?ngs, Statua ry, and all other works of Art. No. Shares und value of all Share* in any Bank, Ranking Company, or Association, Canal Navigation, Importing, Exporting, Insurance, Manufacturing, Telegraph, Kxpr?cs, Railroad and Dry "Dock .Complies, and ?ll other joint Stock Companies of every kind, whether incor porated or not. All Gold and Siher.Coin, Gold Dost, Gold end Silvor Bullion. Amount of all Solvent Credits, Bank Bills and all other papers issued a-fCnrrcnry (excludive ?:f non interest bearing Confederare Treasury Not.-s, and not employed in abased business. ) * Amount and value of ail monoys hold abroad, bills of exchange on Foroign Countries. The valuo of all articles of personal or mixod property, not in term,; eujbr?cvd in noy of the foregoing evlamns, nor exen pi .'r m taxation. Tax Payers are requested -o ^oyin at one-, and toaki uni t? dir lis1 of j'ro^erly, &z., for tiietu i.?lre.?, and as E.tfct'for, Administrator, Gn .rdi a?. Agont, ic Ciuue prepared, Hnd'oome early, ai tho work will be hanvy. . ?. R. C. GRIFFIN, Assessor 13th Coi. Di?t June 8- 6t 21 Ta:?r Collector's Notice. IWILL Hltcud ?t the following times und pla ces tr collect the " AdditionaLJntoino Tax" and tho Tax on Qnairierl* Salea, aa rec?utly AJ sessed bv Dr. E. C. Gri?n, AssoS?or, viz : .Daru'*UlUls? AJ.?n !ny, l?th June ^Bonntree's Store, cann', ovoiiiuz..?. o'elock-' naltiwangrr*a; lu .-day, i jib June. I.Ojam Culbreath'i?, Sumo evening 3 o'c'ovk. Perry's, WjjJaesday, lilli June. MicklerV, * Same, ?vening, 3 o'clock. Mount Willing! ' Thursday, I ?tb June. Mrs Gibson's. Snuie evening, 3 o'.'lock. Mr?. N?rri?', Frdny, 17tb June Ridr"- P'1'" .v-i.'"7. 3 o'clock. ??Mr?." AllenVi Sa'ttuilay, ISth .Tuna. "Iti'-hurd ;.'- raine . \rning, S o'clock. In looking ovor ibo A--"'; r's c-stiinatc?. I sr? ihiiJ.very^l'ow persona .*re interested in the tux I wbi'1!. I am nir g'.i"^ fowlie et? Aa ibo work jr ill b.' li.-fht I buvemaJo two ap p i*mienu'oaen day, nrrauging ihi iu as-convo n-aut tu theta iateresto'l as practia-ible. Tax j Payors who meee^ne in ton forenoon, uro request cid ro meet mo early40 ennblo mo tu rench my , second appointment in time. _ I Tiioao who failed to pay their Cattlo Tax in . Mareb would do well to nviil theiuseivei of the ? present opportunity to pey. C. M. MAY, ISth ?ist. Collector. I JuneC 2t *4 ; Notice to Bridge Builders "ITjyiLL be ]f* to the levert bidder on Satur- ; TT day, tho 25th ?nit. at thc placo, 'he build- I ' if a BBiDGB across Ri.' Slovens' Creek af : . l i old MdL ly?r further particulars call . oa .. 4et of Cimtflisaivno'n. G. W. MORGAN, Clair. Jua? 7 St 2* Candidates for the legislature. MAJ. JuHN E. BACON, . DR. A. \V. YOH?BLO?D. W. W.' ADAMS, Esq. " F. A. TOWNSEND,. EJQ. Dn. H. R. COOK, a EX. R. a. M. DUNOVANT.. MAJ. A. J. HAMMOND, COD. JOHN HCIET, CAPT. LEWIS JONES, DB. W. D. JENNINGS, Rev..A. W? LINDLER; J. P. M IC RLE R, ESQ. * Gk , D. TILLMAN, Er*. For Ta? Collector. W. H. HOLLOWAY, . B ENJ. HOVER, ?TARLING TURN MK, ITARLL? CARTER. BERKY HOHNE, ? NEGROES WANTED. ' -e-ITANTWi tr. pnrcbiu? FIVE OR SIN, LIKR T? LY YOUNG"NEGRO WOMEN, with or wTOiont cbildren;?&>r which tho high??; Cash pwcowill bo paid io the new Uni?. Apply at tbi? Office. June 6 2i Wanted. WANTED to HIRE, by the month or for the balance of tho y-dar, a OOOD HOUSE SERVANT. Lihoral wages will bo paid. Apply at this Offioe. . m * June 6 tf 24 Time and Labor Saved. THEREifan bo obtained of Mr. E. Penn, of this place, a GUAGE containing two sets of Steel Blades, twelve in oana, for Splitting the Palmetto leaf into slips suitable for Platting. It is alsu suicublo for Splitting tho Straw. With thin Guage you oan split evenly, rapidly and int? dif ferent widths. In ii vo minutes enough can be split to plat a man's hat. A supply will bc kept on hand. Price, $B,00. June G tf * 21 Tax in Kind ? HAMBURG, June 7,1$?4. ALL persons having any cintra? againat this Office for Hauling Tax in Kind must receipt for anet receive thc money before the 26th inst., or eine the claim will bo barred, and tho party presumed to make no chargo for the .hauling. On that day the books will be closed fur last year's Tux, and all the funds returned. . 8. S. TOMPKINS, Agent . Depot 1, Sec. 5, Uh Con. Disc, 8. C. Juno 7 ? _2t_24 Pocket Book Lost. LOST between the residence of J. L. Addison, Esq., and Edgofield C. n., rn Thursday, mo 2d inst., a PORTMONAIE, Kteel bound, con taining about Two Hundred l>?llors In $3 bills, ind a few Shinplastcrs. Also, -one Note given hy mo as Exocutor to W.*T. Scott or bearer, for $390. Thc Note hus been.p.i?l and nil pevcons ire cautioned against trading for tb? sum?. There (vero also other papers in said Pucket Book of importance only lu my?aif. Any information eon sero'ing sal? P..i i mi.uni? or contenu , will ia thankfully rccoived. ?"' B. T.. M nhl WET II KR. Woodlawn P. O , June fl St*24 Commissioner's Notice. NUKKU ?ill bea Commtiisianas of Roads at J. Aiken, 8. C., on Wednesday, ti e 2?d June, M 10 ..'clock A. M.. FT the purpo?? of receiving from the owners, and taking receipts from tho Seato Airan;, for all R?ads Hund? Hubie and sect Lo tho Coast from the Upper Battalion of the 7th Rogi?ient. in obedience to the 6th cal) for Slav? Labor on the Coast Fortifications. It will avoid much trouble tu the owser-aud Commissioners if all t?lave? liable to this call in ins's Battalion bo sent to Aiken on Ibo. day specified. . ' A. JONES, Chair. Juno^S 2t. 24 Notice. APPLICATION ?]>ill barnado nt thereat sit ting of the Legislatur* of eo.uth Carolina :o incroa.-D the rat* of Toll at tko Sand Bar Ferrv on tko Savannah River, n?ar the oily nf Augusta. { E. lt. WHATLEY, Proprietor. May 31_ti" *ji _ Notice. DURING :zj absence I leave all my papers with C. h. Wise, who if. my authorized A^nt to trautet all buainesi far rn? connected with the Estate of A. ?i. Turner, dre'd. R. A. TURNER, BxV. May 31_. fr.? 3.1 Notice. IF there is iny member of 0<n. Huller's com mand about to go tu Virginia with hi? ho?so ho will confer a favor and And it to hie advan tage by addiessMij?, at Hamburg, Ma;. T. J. DA VIES, of Gen. Bailer'*; Cavalry Brigade, staling time of departure, May 31_'it_ 2i * Strayed. STRAYED on or about th? :"uh in??., from my renidcnoe, cue wile Eas* of Gilgal Church, a BAY MARE, with eu? or mere white'foot. No othor marks remembered. 'Aged thr?e years. All information concerning said to?re. thankfully re ceived, and a auitablo reward will be mid. ' LEWIS REYNOLDS. Pleasant Lan?, May?1_. tf 23 Administrator's Notice. ALL persons indebt.-1 to the Estate of Wm. Toney, dee'd. will ; ay the ??mo without delay, an i tiio.'e having cl njan a against said Batate aro notified M roudcr thuin lu ?? properly attested, tn Dr. J. B: Courtney, Agunt for the Administrator, forthwith; as wedosir? to close up th? Estate aa soon as possible. GEO. J; TONEY, Ad'or. Nov. 25_1?A_47 Burial Oas?s! Ikeop constantly'OD hand a tull atcek of Walnut*"' and Mahogany COFFINS, which, from ?nd nftor this dato, will bo sold for CAtll, and at prices a? reasonable as the times will admit of. The use of tho HEARSE will Ix? charged fur noeording tu th? same ratio. "* JOHN M. WITT: Edgcftald, S: C., OH 10, l.S?jt. tf ii ? Estate Notice. ALL persons in Biiywiso in.jobtod to the Enlate of E. M. Penn, dec. M , aro earnestly requeM e.i lo com? forw/ird anil Cetil? up-w.tthoui dt.ay. Those having claims agniL.it aaid'&t?t? will rou iler thurn iu, properly attested, or on carlv da*?. G. L. FENN, A".;m*ur. * Aug 4 Jf : 3.1 Estate Notiee? PARSONS having claims against the Estate of Dr. E. Bland, dec'jl., are requested te pre sent tho same forthwith fo Mr. Jamos M. Ham" son, who ia ay antbnrued Agent lo Bottling up tho bnslneaa of thc Estate. ?. Ti. BLAND, Adm's. . Nov -J . tf U A Chance for Fine Stock. SWILL trade fur a Nn.t Mare well broke to ?in gle harness, the KINE THOROUGH BRED STALLION PRINCE, five years old, ceptfliett hv Gon..Wheeler in Kautntky. ' & 6. E. BOWERS. Hamburg, Mar Hrh, ti 21 T , Estray, 8 OLLED before me, by D. A. Buddie, a SOR itar. UOR.5F. 25 years nhl. ball fuco, and loft oaroff. Apprjlsod at $10?. W. EDNEY, M. E. D. Grnnitcville,. ftpr T0;h, L?Ct, lm4i*li> Rags Wanted. CLEAN COTTON AND LINEN R 4.GS cfo ba seid *?r cask at tho A4rr.rtUn office. An?. 2T " tf il