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ti .-- |?Bj?JtfaB??Cn??mmWJaM^ ??s0M %MA Tlie JRn?ned ?omostca?.* UT PATO H. HATKB. Raak weeda float e'er ta? bla?kenod walls, On evory hearth thefc^ iras are eold, And taro' tkeso bleak, dismantled kalla, ?i?- long?r ring* tba mirth bf old* ^ ? Sat tie eoal of a needy sadowa Jtules 9Ttr tko drear domain, And-raothicka that a voie? of Madness Cornea dewa on ike irking raia ! Tao eleek whieh told '?he jeoaad boera Is domo withla its aaenlderiag eace, ' . -And 9?? ! yen pallid ghosts of Hewers Dreo? palely o'er their silent phee ! Oe the board whera gobletaglean.Bg Flashed bright with the parple ^riae, One des?late day-team's streaming Tkro' tke twilight's dim deetfao. ~Xo ! here a little gle*e, whose fol?". Oaee clasped a hand se warm and whtte <?. -A hand whose madar, trembling held Thrilled many a heart with wild delight ! Bat bk* household's fairy daughter Fisea andar the - exile's let, Far ever tke alien water, In a eoaatry that ka aw* ker's* f. Thro1 broken panes a si.nddering.wind Moans faintly in tke sbreaded room ; ' * Like seme ?abodi?d, viewlesa mind, It stirs th* cold, faieral gloom ; And the ghastly Shadow darkoaa Ia the qaivoriig twilight's wane, ? And char t? tho ?u tAef h'tmrkti?, That Veicn on th* irioing rmin! * As I redo threngh tbeldeserted comntry ma ed everyWkore ky the ravages of savage warfi I came to a large and elegant maaeien, oaee ? ? . haply tao.seat ef lavish hospitality, kat now loi big aa lonely and deserted.as a habitation in I desert. Onrieeity teaspted me te enwi, and Bl I beheld a ioea*.of wasH aid eoafnsiou eaea te sicken fee coldest heart HagnineoBt mirr had been wantonly breken te vtoeos ; ?toteres fee first majters exhibited kuge rents, eviden made* kr sabre-strokos smd tke thrnsts of *>aj . sets ; bnt w'hat most tonobed me was the apyei ance of the y*fl?r, whsre, among several artie! of female attire, thrdwn about in dwordor, mil weed, and defty, ?I pieked np "a delicate lit l?fct-eoIered y i nc lying near a Ifta? ot' wither gowers.-i-felree* fronjfi* .c+rr**i*ne*noe a/ Con/?d*r*K* -Jioor, ??*. M eiremlar. . O rr UK ar TUB AUDITOR ?ja 9. C., Columbia, D*wmkw23. 1364. The following " Act to provide for th? r . lief ef tho famille* of th? soldiers, sailors As narin??,- ianthe 3*rvice of this State or tl Ooafederat? States," is published for theil formation of tko u Soldiers' Boards of Italie! ia ah? State. JAMES TUPP?|t, Aaditor of Sentk Carolina. AN ACT TO raOTIDE VOR. THB RSL!HF OF TH . FAMILIES OF TNE SOLDIBRS. SAILORS, AS MX RINKS IN TUE SERYICK OF THIS STATE O 7ns COKVEDBRXTE STATKS. Ssc. 1. Bt it enacted by the Senate an Route of Representatives y note stet and si Ung in Genernl-At3cmblyna%d by the authoi *ty of the tame, Tkat a tax in kind of thrc per cont, on the grose amount of all rico, con wheat, and syrup mad? of sorghum or ethe aane, produced, m Ik?Jteiir.qt'^nux Lard JV thonsand ?ight hundred ana sixty tour, o:if. be paid by tho producer in every district ( parish :n this State : Provided, That no tn ba levied ou corn where thc gross amount i eora produced does not exceed ono handre bushels, or on syrup vhero the amount < ayrup does not ecceed fifty gallons, cr o wheat whore the amount does aot exece .trenty bushels, or on riee where the a'oouu doecuot exceed fifty bashels of rough rice - And Provided, alto. That the producer < wheat shall hare leave to substitute fort poands of flour in placo of each bushel ( wheat; and that a like tax of three per oen shall be paid by tke owners of all toll grai -milln'OB all toll collected during the year eb thousand ???kt handred and sixty four; an tkat alike tax iu kind ot*three per eect. ska be paid by the atajafattarer upon th? gros amount efall eotton and woollen poods, in eluding varna, and upon all iron, and apo nails and other ir,oa vares, cotton and woe ?ards, bats, cape, paper, stoneware ead pot tevy; leather, ?hoes and boot?, salt aad.eop pera?, spirikaous liquors, teeeboao oil, an. turpentine, manaYaetcred witkix this Stat during the y?ar en? tkonsaad sight kuadrei ead sixty fonr, exespt suck as may hare beei mad? for kia er ker own nae, aad not for sal or barter: Provided, Tba: upon all article made for the Stat? of South Carolina or To th? Confederate States of America the ta: shall be three per cent, in money upon th amount received front the State or tko Con federate States for such manufactures. SK*. 2. That there shall be annually ap pointed bj th? General Assembly, apoi the noaiaatioa of the ??legation ia botl Houses, from ?ach ?lection district ia tkii State, a Board, te ?easiit of not less thai tb wc nor nacre than twenty-four member . who ."mall be above tho age . of forty- five or exempte u from Confederate military ser vice. The aaid Boards'shall divide t lie ir ree pectivc districts *or parishes into seetioni equal to their owa namber,. assigning om ?member of the Board to each of tbeso sec tions. The said Boards shall be and ar< hereby authorized to fill all vacancies in thei: envn number arising ft* rn any causo; tho] . shall weet upon th? call of their Chairman as we .s.by Vaeir own -resolution, and ? , majority of each Board fihall eoastitute i quorum. .They jes ll receive .blanks from tht omeo of.tho State Auditor, upon which thej shall make- quarterly r?C?rn* to the Stat? Auditor of all their transactions, and shal also furnish aa annual report te tke Stat? A-uditor by the first day of NoYembtr, ont thousand eight hundred and sixty-five. Th? f.sjd Boards shall each appoint a Secretary and Treasurer from their own'body or other . wise, who shall be above tke age of f?rty-fiv< years, orexempted from Confederate mili tary service, who ?hall keep a record of al . 'tAusV.ct'onj and Oo responsible fo the Board . aad shall give a bond for thc faithful perfor mance of the duties of hps office, payable tc - the State, in snob sam and with such sure ties is the Board may direct. Ile sbali re, carve as u compensation for his, services, one per cont, on the amount o? money passing through bi? bands. The members" of these Beards, with their respectiva Treasurers, shall not b? liable te. do militia- duty outside of the Judicial 'District within which thej> resido. SEC, 3. That for tko purpose of ascertain ing and collecting Ao Tax in kind on rice c?ra, wheat, and syrup sorted by this A?t! th? above mentioned Boards shall adopt, as the basis ?pon which they aro to assess /aid tax, taft amount of the prodoefc.oi- oaoh pro ducer, aa returned to tho Confederate asses *?or for the year obethousand ei?ht k-undred and atxfy'-fbur, as the tar fa kind of tho Cin federate Government, adding thereto, kow ? , ovar; in ?a*qh iajitaace, the amount deJtirt'w? by the Confederat? assessor fer tko rai*iux and laU?Bing>oi p*k, andiBeluding the crops of all prodticerc wlio raisr more t?>n OH huadred ami legs thao two huadred basAals of C^BB, WJ??S Afcfl W aseefrained . by ??ifi Im ? i ?1 SH 'lu" MB?gg Board by sn?B method a? toihem shall brat, cr each Board may ascertain and 'tklc tex hy such other method as to it seam hci, ene h Board itself to pay ont re??ipts the expenecs incurred by such ' od; and for tue purpose of-collecliogsai each member of a Board is hareby anti ed to draw his order, for: said tax upon productor within the section assigned hi be delivered to sack parson.or parsons ai ht named, and-in sueH proportion at Board may deem just sud proper-tho i to be the Toucher -for the -payment. In sections ar districts-ia which it shall a] that th?re is an excess of provisions or" nfactureil-articles undjsrthia Act, such e: shall be delivered at such time and plac tho Commissioner shall order, after ten i rjsjtieo, for tho purpose bf being transpt to other sections ur districts of tko S Provided,- Ti at no perssn shall te reeji to deliver his prod wes at a distance axe ir.? twolve'milos from the placo of pre tidn. In the event' that any person 1 shall fail or refusoto deliver tbs amour said tax OB tho order of tho Commissi within the timo prescribed, the Commissi in chanre, or some perron for hkn, shall inform-.ion thereof OB oath to the Chair od" the Board, who, OH reoeipt af euch ii matioa, is hereby authorized, after two d notio to the delinqjiiat, to issue an ex tioa ajcinat tho delinquent, directed te Sheriff ofihe district, requiring him to aid arize doubla- the amount of the arti in kiad for wbSh the delinquent was lit if to ba found; ao?s?i not, then to levy collect ol his goods *^ chattels threo ti the amount of the market valise of the in kind-said market vaSe to he ostini; by tho Board, whpao decid? ahull be ii: the cost ef?the prooeediugs to paid by defaalter, to be regulated by th* d>e bilh Sheriffs costs in caso of executions is! from tho courts* of. law : Provided, T-ha any tax payor shall satisfy tho Beard, ci. by his own oath or by the testimony af ors, that prior to tho ratification of this hf, the said taxpayer, hid eousuated, -ort od, or sold th? wjLole quantity ol wheat wi ht may base raised during the year, then said taxpayer shall and may pay bis wi tax b*y substituting oom therefor a? the; of a pouad af corn for a pound of wheat. Sac. 4. That in ali casos" where planl havo been or may be required, by tko COB orate er Stat? authorities to deliver, on or foro the 1st of Janaary next, all their aur oora for the uso of tho ara-y, they shall 'allowed to own mu te with iba Board for corn du* by them si Confederate pris Provided, They satisfy the Baard that tl have in good faith furnished all their f.urp corn aa aforesaid. And provided, f*rt) That the Board thus oompollcd to aecei Boonoy ia commutation shall ' have tho rij to call upon thc Commissary General of State to obtain for the Board from tua Ci federate-Government theaaeouDt of cern tl commuted for at the prices paid by tho Ci federate Government. SEC. 5.. That for the purpose of oscerta ing and collecting tho tax in kind on mai fscturcd goods mentioned in the first secti of this Act, tho Boards in the districts which sad) raftRufactorrea may bo situati shall roquire the owner or owners or pers or persons in charge of such manufactories deliver to tho said Boards, on or beforo _t lat of February next, threo per cent, m ki of all goods taxed in kind under the first ai tion of this Act, which havo been atanuf turad or prodaaed st their respectiva esti lrshmonts during tho year ono thousand eicj hundred and ?t2a>j- four, or - three per ce-ut. rao?aa* on all money due tinder tho first s< tion of thia Act; and it ?harl be the tk'j e&?hBoard to reoprt to. tho S tata Auditor i amount. Kind, and quality of such manari turod artices, and thc amount of moneys receivua'; and tkc said Board shall bold t articles received as tex ia hind subject t< distribution amongst'tho several Boards, be made by the State Auditor, as bereinafi provided; and the Board shall pay over the State Auditor thc money received, whi shall be held bj him liablo to d'? tri but ic as hereinafter provided. In the event th p any manufacturer sr manufacturing compat br any other person or persons upon who is levied this tax ia kind for articles made ! manufactured, shall fail or refuse to make ] turn oh oath (which oath either of said Coi missioners is hereby authorized to admini .ter) on or before the lit day of Fobrua "next, it shall be the duty of tbc Boasd notify t ho party, his or lier clerk Or agar that, u?l?3s the retsru ba made within t< days after cuca notification, tko Board w proceed to estimate tho amount of his ma ufaotured-products, which they are herel authorised to do, and to asstS3 upon him tax ia kind of six per oem. thereon; and tl Chairman of the Board ahull issae an extc tion to tho Sheriff of th? district, raq?irii him to levy and aolloct the articles ia kii fpr which th? delinquent is liable, if to11 found; and ii'not, then to IcYy and to celie of his goods and chattels threo timos tl amount of the marka? valuo of such tax kind-said markat value to be estimated 1 tho Board, whoso decision shall be fina Provided, That when it shall appear that I good.fait h the arti' le manufactured has be? disposed of before the ratification of this Ac aud cannot be supplied in kind by tho part thea th? Board, if in its judgmantit shall see josi, is hereby authorized to allow comm talion thus allowed shall be fixed by tl Beard at their estimate Of the market rate the artic!? on thc first of March, one thousac eight hundred and sixty-five, and tho dec sion of tho- Board as to the market vail shall be final. SEC. C. That the sum of%ur hundred an fifty thousand dollars be ?nd the- same hereby appropriatod for the pa"?pesos of th Act, which amount shall be raised exclusiv< ly from subject* of taxation* not embraced i this Act; that is to say, it is not to be raise from lands, negroes, and capital invosted i manufacturing establishments OKgsged i manufacturing tao articl?a enumerated in ab first section of this Act. The nmrmnt' ( money thus appropriated shall bc paid to lb order of the*State Auditor, and shall be dis posvd of by him as hereinafter provided. SEC 7. That tho said- a-.oney, togethe with tho tax in kind levied undo*- thc firs section of this Act, sjjtal be and is horeb appropriated to Ibo relief nnd support of th indigent families, of thersoldiers, sailors, an marinas of tho State, who have been, are nev or hereafter may be, in tho military or navt service of thc Stats of South Carolina or th Confederate States of America, and shall b distributed to tho Boards of Belief of tb several election districts in proportion to th number of indi-vadnals in their respectful dit trielmon tho first of February next, who mo. bc entitled tb receive aid -or support accot ding to the provisions of this Act. And Wi hereby "provided that thc persons thus to rc ceivo support shall be the wives or wido* of said soldiers, tailors, and marines, thci children nader twelvoye?rsof age (theBoan to assist older children only in extreme caces) and sueh cdhc-r persons not actually in mili tary service us, in the judgment of the rc spectivc Boards, weroor aro depende it. OJ the labor of thc soldier, sailor cr marine, am aro'lucapable of ssl?'-snpport-the caee. o each claima?t io be decided not by asingli Qj)mujU6.iondx, but by the Boord iUelf. Tb? 'amount of rice, ?orn and whe-at to he 'furnish I od to each individual ?alitlod tr,' relief slml ; nat, in the *?frreg:Kn, r-xecid twbushe'? poi I ?"oahtaf'?O;.boforn?Rhrd in euch proabrf'on; ai tba reapah'tivc Commissioners -mt j ?nd j D?ost expedient; aird in order to aluin *j natfrly as pra?waWe tx ecfnartV; enr% BoaVd of Qm missioners shall prepare and ; a-special return te the State Andito before the first Jay of March next, forth tb? names and number sf persoi in their respective districts br parish provided for, and what amount of pro each kind they bave received or are c to; and it shall be the duty of the Audi receipt of-Said returns, to mako a statement showin*? the number to be pi for ia each district, the amount recen each Board, aud the distributive .stu 'which the total quantity ef graiu and supplies will entitle each individual ?f ovided for es aforesaid; and tho Aui ercby authorized to issue requisition those Boards having an excess over th? age 8upply?and in favor ef those ] whose supply is deficient. . Aad the A ii* hereby a?thurivasl aid directed to ha oxcess transported to the respective en't and to obtain steh assistance in said portation as may be necessary-the ?3 of such transportation to be paid out c commutation fund and tba meieys app atcd under this Act; and the Auditor is by authorized to retain, in a?y divif the said funds, an amount su&ci?ni to < sain costs, and only to' make a final di offto whole amount sfior asek trans] tion has been effected : Prt?ided-, neverii That no excess ?feall be drawn from an trict which shall not bare the amount < bushels of grain fer thcwhole year foi individual thus assisted : And provided ?her, That when the amount of five bi of grain for each individual assisted is nc furnished to thc Board from tko electro ttiet itself, nor from the- excess drawn other districts, the Board of such ele districts is authorised to purchase sac amount of grain as shall make up the ciency, so as to give to the Board fire 1 els for each person under its charge; au amount thus oxpended in such purchase- s upon the order Of tho Chairman of the ll npon the State Auditor, be refunded fron .money appropriated under this ?jct, and "tisa funds which may be received fer con tatW: Prscided, nevertheless, That it is 1 by enjoined upo? the respective Boards such dejbtfiencuK be sianlied at tba che? rates posaVbJc; and for this* purpose tbej horeby feef^ovnvd, if it sha! appsar.bei make such pureWses through etie Comm ry department ente State. After so. mm the fund? appropriated or obtained under Act shall have been so^p?nd?d as te Gt to the BoanjJs five bu shela, of corn for i individual undow their ch?tge, the bab of the funds skail be distributed, as seo p/kcticeblf. to the respective So rds, i the order of the Ckairnun'of ??cu apo State Auditor-said distribution to bc n to the Boards ir. proportion to the nun of ksdividuale lieder the charge af each Bi j on the first day ot. "February, one thonf eight huadredand sixty-five : Provided, 1 I if any of the Boards shall fall to eefcdei ? the State Auditor thc statement of tho n bar of their beneficiaries bafore the first j of March next, the Auditor shall take last statement received by him from tho ; Board of the number of persons under bbatrge as the -basis upan which be shell [ cecd to make the distribution : And previ. further, That the provisions- of tilts Act, a the payment of excess by the.several Boa shall bare been complied with. SEC. 8. The tax lu kind leviei upon various manufactured articles in the first : lion of this Act,-tnd embracing all the : cits named except rice, corn, wheat, syrup, sholl be divided out in kind, no fa: practicable. The Board of each dist shall bc entitled to receive as many packs or pounds, or other meesores, a? sha! eauei to.tbo number of individuals undei care, or any multiple or proportion of s number, whenever tho articles thus menu turbid.in the State will allow of this r"vis and shall be required to uso every praot ble means o'* distributing .tbeBc articles kind, if they be needed. Wherever; u? such division, any surplus remains, or wt the arlif-le manufactured is, in the opiaioi the Board and of tfcr> State Auditor, inca ble cf distribution, '". shall be lawful for Board which collected the tame^with advice aad pensent of the said State Audit to sell at.auction the roasnfactured artic at a time and place to be mi tu ally fixed the Board and tho Auditor, cr, in thc evi of disegrement, by the Governor of the Str and tho proceeds of the sales thus made si be received by thc State Auditor and distril ted to the rci-pcctivo Boards, in like mani and according to tko same provisions w thc other munejs appropriated cr ?ollec under this act. SEC. y. The Boards provided for by t Act shall be known as '.he Soldiers' Bean of Relief. Tko term yeer, as used in t Act, ii not tko fiscal year of thc State, ginning October first and ending Septeml thirtieth, but the calendar year, begin ni with the fir.*t day of January and endi -with the thirty-first day of Deeetnber. SK*. 10. That the Commissary General thc S?ate is authorised to render f itch ass .tance to the Slate Auditor, in the dischai of thc duties imposed upon t-he latter offi< by this Aet, as may be requisite, and not : consistent with the regular ?utics of the t "p?riment cf the Cemmissary'General. Ssc. ll. No Board shall be entitled draw" any aprtien of the com m o tatton fur '-or the money appropriated by this Act, un it shall have paid over to those Boards e titled to receive it, any excess wnieh it m ' owe for the year one theusand eight hundr and sixty-five, according to the distributi to bc made by the Auditor from thc reenr to be roeV"e to kimon the first of March nex and the excess of tho tax in kind upon pru aird manufactured articles ft>r . the relief soldierV familios i? this State, fur the 7e one thousand eight hundnd and sixty-iot now remaiuing in the hands of any ol tl various Board? of Relief, or due to tht-m 1 auy person or persons, shall be delivered upi J the requisition of the Auditor of this Stal ' to such Boards ns bavo not reocived the ? j pro rata shaw, and the Anditoris authorizi ! and required ta mako such requisitions, aa . procure the distribution of s?*id tax iu'kir as early aa practicable, upon such princrpl as, i.i bi3 juilgtnentj-tnay teem mo3t equital and jflst.. . - Sue. 12. Ir the event that any Piitn Board shall refuse or ueglect to scud thc c oesa due by it to aoether district, no persx who shall oh a member of the Board at tl time bf such refwsal shall be eligible lo mei: , berahip upon it thereaftenssunlesg ho can sko bis want of complicity in such, rofusal. SEC. IS. Tho families of free negroes wi ; have boen employed in tho milStae>y ?ervi< of the State of Soa^b Carolina or the Coi federate States of America, ns laborers, < otherwise, shall bc entitled, at tha discret ic , of the respective Bonr?s, to tho boRC?t 1 of thc provisions of this Act. , SEC. 14. That the several Boan-Ja of Bell , in election districts are hereby atitbbjrizci i. in their discretion, to purchase proviaior and ncctAsarie? for thc benefit of thv: soldier ! anilies with tho money appropriated und? . this Act. , Sile. 15. That alt Ac Ls find clauses of Aci i Lsconsistent'witb the provisions- of this A< f be and the same arc hereby repealed. ?' - Them is trouble ?1 Clearfield county, Peni ' On Monday afiernoon last, three companif ' I of the Sixteenth Ito:'iment, . Veteran Uesen ": Corps, bad quite a fight with k number of cl 1 j sorter* and disaffected citizen?-, and c/xatur? '? ? nineteen of them. Aiams th-> 1 ?piler nf th 1 ff aiUi, was killed," Mid M was Pr'tTJtC Copj ?oaip'ajey'C. of fhxi VJ/Ri^i!. Mu? ?MUH ' i iij - LU. .ILIJJLJJ. Acs of the Legislature. The f?lleM'?ng is a list of the Act at the rosea Session of the Legislan ACTS- ?RIGI?ATIXG IX THE S1XA1 1. An Act to authorize the GOT require the exemption of certain Shat? and other persons frem Confederate 2. An Act. to astend ?id alter the of the CeetoaPlanter's Loan Asaoaj the Fifth Cbagrassiorml District ol Carolina, j. 3. An Act to alter an Act, erUitlad *> -.uund ari Act, entitled aa Aol to and punish the plantiag and eultira this ideate oren a certain quantity ot during tho present y?ar. 4. An Act to extend and ame ni entitled at? A*t to antiariae the Citj eil of Charl seton to iasaa and pat in I tion notos recedvablana ttzaa or da* city. An Aet to rast JeV rigkt aa? tba State ia certain property, liable cheat in Bl i zftbetk. U y ros> Mllja ' My: Catharine MyrlV 6. An Act to provide for balding th? of Bquity by two Chancellor?, for th ono thousand eight hundred aw J sixty I .7. Aa Act to pTovi4e ?or tho appoii of Cemtnieaionors ef ike Poor for.St. ' Saatee, St. Stephan's and St. Jwn?V, Creak 8. An Aol to provide for the appoii of Gora ? tt?sioEe? of the Poor jn i cacea. 9. Aa Aet to rapeal so ranch cf the establish a separate Court of Appeals quires tho Judges to be ohoaen from : certain persona therein described. 10. An Actto extend the timo of official bonds in certain caaes. ' 11. An Ac tao establish, the Franeo lina Bank. 12. An Act to alter asd amead tho i laws pf the State. ACTS ORIGINATING IN THE IIOVSE Or 1 SEKTATIV.ES. 1. An Act to raise supplice for the con?nencing in October, ?ne thousand biiadrod and sixty-fouii 2. Aa Act to make appropriations f year commencing in October, oaa'tho eight hundred and sixty-four. 3. An Act to incorpor?t* certain rel .and charitable societies, and to Ten?' iciond the charters of cei-taisstowue, vi and other societifi, horetofcre grantee j for other parpeses. O 4. An A#t to provide^ for the relief i ? fatpijies of soldiers,' sailors abd marin the serviee of this' State ar ajeo Oenfed States. ft*. An Art to deine tha?rnjat? and U ties of rarajroad com pan im aa d c fer co? cjrrieas. 6. An Aa* to presare sappliee and fa th? implements of agrieulraral and x factoring industry for th? soldier? aid p of the State of South Car ?lina, by tba chai* of a ship or ships1, and the import of cargoes. 7. Ap Act to aaa ?nd an Act, ?atithi Act to regulato the printing and diatrih of the Acta and losolatieas of tho Ge: Assejeebly of thia State, and foi oth?r purposes. 8. An Act 6o citaMisk ?criais road; charter certain ferries. 9. Aa Act te continue ia fore? an Ac titled an Act to ox lead re?ief te debtors to prevent tko sacrifi?e of psoperty at p sales. . 10. A,n Aot to ?corporate th? lath : Corupaoy. ll. An Act to appoint Coinneiscionei tho Poor for Darlington, Etorry and Kiah Dist rio*. ? . . 9 IT. An Act to iacoaporato tko Foot I Land Company. 13. An Act to incorporate the Col ai and Greenville Tolegrapk Company. 14. An Act t? repeal lebe eccond aectic an Act, entitled aa Act to extend an entitled an Act to extard some of ihe visions of au Act, entitled aa Act in r< esce to the suspension of specie pay ai ea I th? banks of thia State, and for. ether poses, to the fira>?&y of January, A. D. 1 15. An Act to provide for the appoaitri of Commissioners af the Poor for Lan?a District. IC. An Act to incoreerto Kaban a Mill 17. Au Act to repeal all Acts and pari Acts heretofore passed by Ike Legislatur this Stat? on the subject of famishing s labor on thc c*est and fortifications wi this State, and otherwise to provid? for niching such labor. Cannibalism In China. Several populace districts in Asia k beea redac?d to a condition of avistry most inconceivable, by .tea eoatracctoce the war between tko Imperialists sad Ti lugs. Such is the extreme destitution t ia some places the people are drive* to terrible resort of feeding on each other's fl? Thc Shanghai " Skipping List" has tho : lowisg : A correspondent, writing from Gopdi headquarters, on th? way to Chan Ck mon tiona that the slangier among the rel after the capturo of H?woao?, which wc ported in orr paper on the 15th, was te: ele% Lpw;ard? of ain? tkansan* were tal prisoners, and of these, it is estimate*) t six thousand were killed or drowned, prix pally by the Imperial ?.-?ts. They were b rebels, and richly deserved their fate for diabolical cruelty they had'practiced dur their preseat raid. In one village only ei ty inhabitants Were butchered, because tl had pulled away wooden bridges which . rebels happened to reqeire. During thc p suit the bodies of villagers, whoso thro wore cut because they wore unable to k< up with their captors, were found a'tfrequ intervals. Tho villagers 'followed up 1 Imperial troops and ferreted out rob?is w ll&d escaped notice by hiding.-stripped th ! and bambooed them, after which tbcy.'w . allowed to go free. [ Outside of tile north and east gatos Changchow, about half a mile from tho ci ? ; are rang?s of lines, amidst wliiak, seeki j what they can pick up from the Imperialb uro hundreds of gaunt, wretched people, I i ipg with hunger and disease, horrible H ' loathsome to look upon! The living qire I : weak luid indifferent to bury the dead, t . bodies remBjia where they fall, anddecomp< 1 tn the road, unless eaten by" the dogs, t "r.. cannot describe thc horrors that meet the e .1 at every step bet ter than by quoting.tke woi , cf our correspondent : ? . " lt is horrible to relate-it is horribte . writer.?. To read that people aro eating 1: j man tfbsb i? ono thing; to seethe bodies "fr< ! whicjb'tho flesh was cst is anotbek Mom, f can ?at a mehi hero without a certain degi of loathing. Tko poor wrt tckeefkave a w< f dish look about th*^ that }s iudescribjab and they haunt one's boat in shoals, in t J hiipts'of fiting eome'scraps of tod. Tm l' lamentations and muans completely take aw r any apij*it% which thfj heriori ?ne baa TU nee sod Tr*! ht have left. ^ I beght to B tolerably callous by this time; b?t no o t could wituos snomovsdsucbacanec aa theas --s Fi/Ti??ja\ ?TS GJIACB TO SETTLE T?&.--T aicrenry undarstande. that Sbeamam has g '. ea th* citizeoa ol Saranoiep. fifteen d ays gn 6 to ftcttl? up their bnak-' aral other accoiy ? Tfhioh aro to he balanced ky Confedera J- Treasnrv notes. Tf ?kia report ie true, tb* d will be ??I few dpt?? ace?unt? in Savant c aJftmr the Gftoan dsr,va af prraam osj^a, Ure ?! and c^p-lw>yrs Railton vfw bo eaj In a later number of tie Confederacy We find tho annexed newa : From a peaJflemen who left tho vicinity of Dalton on Friday night, Dec lu', wo loam that OD that night Curtains Barnwell and Wofford, of Col. Baker's Regiment-rocently organiaod ia that section-attacked a party of Yankee scouts on tba- Spring Place Road, near Dalton, and captured some seventy prisoners, seveatee? horses, and forty or fifty stand of arms. Oar informant, whose veraci ty ic vouched for by, several gentlemen of thia city,, was in thc fight himself. Tho prisoners captured report two brig ades of infantry at that post, but represent mach dissatisfaction amorre; the Kentucky troop?, on aceouit of being deprived of a vote in toe recent' Presidential election. A majority of the troops ibero are said to be Kentuckians. He eontradicts tha report of the Capturo of Chattanooga, bj Gen. Brcckinridge, bot pays the road from Ch?ttaaooga to Nashville is completely destroyed. Our cavalry, while compelling tko Yanks to remain ia Dalton, are doing tho citizens much inj ury by stealing their stock and sob' mtenee. PaasBaviico BuTT?e.-The farmers of Aber deen, Seotland, Are said to practico tito fol lowing method for curia g their butter, wk: eh giveait a great superiority over that of their neighbors : * Take l wu q uar ta of best common salt, ona canee of-yugar, and ono of saltpetre* take on? ounce of this composition fer one pound of butter, work well into the mass and close it np for uso. The butter cured w:th tija mixture appears of rich and marrowy aub-^j stance and of fine color, and acquires little hardness. Dr Anderson says : J l ave eaten the butter cured with this compound that has been kept for four j,enrs, and it was.aa, sweet as at first. It mnst be. not asi, bowe vcr that butter that is to be cured requires to atand"| three weeks or a month before it is used-. If it is sooner opened, tko salt is not sufficient ly blaaded with it, ami sometimes the cool ness of the nitro will be perceived, wbioh totally disappears afterwards." Flour Wafted for the Navy. . . TH1 Honorable Secretary of Navy, through Maj. W. P. HOWELL, Naval-?Agent, Au gusta,- tia., autborisos me te purchase ail tho f LueV for sale in this Diatriet, fer the Nary D?partaient, and, for the present, to pay the MARKET PRICC fer tho same. Therefore, all persons haring FLOUR te sell (from a seek te a kundted barrels,) are earnestly requested te de liver it te BIO in Hamburg forthwith, as the de mand fer it is'vary urgent Cask paid on deliv ery. S. B. BOWERS, Ageat ' Hary Departo???. HtmrraV.r, Dee 31-. ta* 51 Izacutor's Sale. IsT pursuance of the prorisioxa. ef (lie Will ef j SUHL KT J. WHATLEY, deeeased, aad bj virtae ef an order fream W. F. Darisoe, Isa,., Or-, j dinary ef fidgeAeld ?>isA?iei. I will sall at tko - late residence of S?TEL ?ff B. WHATLEY, dee'd., ea THURSDAY, ?be 12th January next, all fae real aad personal estate of said deeeased, -eonlisting of Fwirteen Likol? Negroes, THREE MULES, O?E MARE, TWO COLTS, FAT AND STOCK HOGS, CATTLE AND SHEEP, COR* FODDER, SHUCKS, ' CARRIAGE ARD- HARNBfS, TWO WAGQNS, Plantation Teolr, Hensehold and Kiloken Jur . ?it aro. I will alas sell the LAKM of eke said deceased at the tame and placo mentioned, oeaeistlng of J ONE TRACT OF . LAND, adjoining lands of | Joan F. Burns, John Cheetham and others, and containing Three Hundred Aeres, moro or less. TERMS.-Tho abovo property will ko sold en I ?redit of twelve months witk interest freaa day of sale. W. W. ADAMS, Ex'or. Die 21 3t 52 Dennis' Purgative Misture, A^aUBST?TUTB FOR CALOMEL, SALTS, SEaTNA, CASTOR OIL, RHUBARB, GAMBOGE, ALOES, ?e. It acts en the Liver and Bowels, producing a Cholagngue Catbartio efigot. D JEJTNIS' Compound dogwood Sitters, A 6?1ST?T?TB FOR QUININB, Ta Stimulate and Strengthen thc Sys tem. PKBPABID DT J. DENNIS, M/S., Augusta, Cia.. l^jy Parek&sers saust furnia*, bottles. Medi ciaee exchanged fer provieieiaat old prises. BigusfRj Dee 2T 2.* 1 Strayed or Stolen, PROM the subscriber, on Tuesday night the 26th December, a Dark Dapple QroyTtARE, acout sir-ysejrs old, with a small sink ou the pole of hor seek abott half-way between her shoulders and ears. No otbor marks roaollceted. Any iaformatrea concerning said Mare will be thankfully received. A liberal reward will be ?aid for her delivery te mc at.Collie/'e Pott Ofiec, Edgcfold District, g. C. THOS* C. MATHIS. Doa. ?7 tf 1 $500 Reward. RANAWAY fro? the Subscriber ?bout eight mo ti th s ugo, k ?3 Negro man JA KE^ Said Jake is about 32 years of ago, black complexion, thick heavy set, au 1 weighs about 105 pounds. Ile has a wifo at Mr. Manion Padgotl's, on th? Ridge, aed bo may bo lurking m (hat vicinity. I will e'tve o reward of Four Hundred Dollars for tho apprehension and delivery of said Jake at tho Bd^otold Jail? or I will pay Fivo Hun dred Dolfcirs for his delivery nt tho Augusta Jail. WILLIAM BLEVINS. Dec I? Ct* 51 Brought to the Jail OF this District, on tho. 2fith Nov., a negre man who says bis name is JACK, and that he belongs to Mr. Bolin Prcsscolt. now living somewhere ia Georgia. Said Jack represents himself to be about 55 yeors of agc. is about 5 feet il in uh cs liirrh, vory djtrk. complected, #ad weighs about 1??0 pounds,. Tho said Jack has been anjiaway for ovor ehreo years. The owner is requested to como forward, provo property, pay charges, and toko him away, other wise he will be dealt with as tho law directs. L. H. MCCULLOUGH, J.E.D. Dec 13 tf 51 Lost or Mislaid, AFOI? percent. Cortifiosfe, No.VOO, for $5D9, drawn by Z. W Onrwilo, Depositary, in favor of thc rfndor'ignod. All porsons aretreneby cau ttujicd from trading for the samo. ApplieaMon fer ronowol t? Certificate will be mndtPnt the ex niratinn cf si* weoke-frorn this date. _ P EVANS PERMJKTER. Ike 5_60 Visiting Cards ! POE sale at tim Adcu tfear Ofljpa. ' Ladles ant GantlWa's VISITING CARDS. July 20 if 80 2 No. ;10 Cotton Cards. DOZ. NO". TEN COiTON CARDS, of var superior quaiery, just received and for sal .arter, by _B. PBHN.lgj. er barter, by 1 awpt27___tf Barter ! WILL BARTER YARR S FOR PIrOUR. from one burrel ?]?. SAM. D. R0WB13. Hn'mbusg, July 5 tf J8 I jj EDGEFIELD O, 3H. nr|HE exercises of this Institution wiH bo i's JL ?unod on Ibo first Mo ?day in January 1865, under a Cori's of competent Teichert. T.ERHS PER SESSION Of TWENTY WEXKS. Tuition in Collegiate Course ia elx?ia g t Latin. ; ' $16J,M " A ts den-:? " . hbjf? u French, 5?^)d ? Drawhfey 40>68 Music, inclndiaguee ef taatremen^?i??.W Contingent Fee, U,i9 Board, including. Fuel tad Light*} ?IS per month, to bo paid in provisions at-eldrates.* kt tbere is ae marketeer*, ve ar? compelled to require prev'uiens ia 'pay went af Board fraas all who enter a-a Boarders dering tk.e next y ir. Pesante ?ad Guardian* who wish to board their children and wards with the Printjpal shonli speak in time, a's Le ?aa aeeomaio?an? ealjr ?ighi mere with room. * Boarders must furnish their own terell, sheets, pillow cMes, blankets or comfort*, aerar?ais, bead soap ?nd drinking ?Yrp*> All the pvpUa ar? ta quested to bring their S ?hool beaks with them. Payments for eeoh Seisia*' will be require! ka adranee. RST. M.* W. SAMS, Panreupxx. . Th* ?Jasens aro a?wMJing te.Beasd thepuf iiu .for let? ?han 9101 per meath. Doc. tl V '? . ' fl Ridgeway Academy* THE Ezareisea of Ibis : Inst?ieJoon will bo re- - sumad on tho 2nd Monday la February 186?. Taras, $50.60 por Session of 28 wooka, paya ble strictly ka advance. 1 . R. W. CANNON, PrmeipaL \ Barter! Barter! T\E GRANITEVILLE MANUFACTURING Company will BARTER for Country Pro duce delivered on the apot ea th? following terms, vis : Thoyw?lLsoIl 4-4.Sheeting, Urilla or Oanahargr, 12J cts. pr. yd. 7-8 Shirting, J fl " M U ib, 8$ M " And will allow for Corn, ??e.pexbtuh Fodder, ?8?V ? nwt. Flour in baja cr barrels, $7,1)9 ? hal. Bacon, b jg roan d, and Lari, 12} " lb. Syrup, without barral*, 25*. " gah ?Ub-r, o no langer Barter far Ca Wo a. AU paukagos must ha plainly directed to tho CrsJVitaviltaMaaufaatttriag C*m%any, aadmaxk ad with tho skipper's nam? on thopnekagaj. TfB. ?RSti#, Pros'L Oraa. M'f?? Co. .Vaaajotiilo, Pac 29 tf . 52 Far Ta? ??UaaAor, " Tats aiaay Fri?ae> el Capt. JAM. If ILL r??pe??faUy aaa? aaa to kin aa a ?k??td?jt? far TAX COLLECTOR at ?>. i.*ct ?ta*?*. ??? o_t?#_.. ff Far Tax Callao***. The Many Jriemda af D. A. J. SELL, S*}., raepajaefnlly nemwato kim aa a asadidttCa fer Tax C?ll te tar at the ae*** aWts ju. ??U6 to 4* Stolen OUT of my Stable, ?a th? afeas ef th? 13th Dec, adarkBORREL li Olli?-?nu hind Saat white, aid a small white mark ia the faoe. A libe ral reward will ka paid far his recovery, aad in, fefmation co?terning him gratefully receive*], ? MKS. g, J. APEL, BUgeleld C. M., Das lt KM Notice. ALL persons indebted to the Est?t? of L?w-it Bartee, dee'd., previous io kia death, ara re quested to oak? immediate vayaaeat; ana aft those haviae ?la ira s against aaid Ks ta ta wiiLprtV sent them, duly attested, wltheat delay, ts th? undersigned. L. L. BALL, Aet'ar. jforl? . . tf_47 Notice. ALL perseas indebted te th? H state of Resort J. Dalph, late of-Edgenetf District d+caaaed, are reqaes?d to eeme forward ?ai make pay ment; and those having demands against raid Bstat? will preeeat them ia dae ti ? e, aad proper ly authenticated. A. J. PELLETIER, Adm'r. Oct 18_ly . 48 Smcking Tobacco. Q?\fk POUNDS SMOKING TOBACCO, pat Uvv. ?p in ft lb. packages, warranted pare, or no sale. S. E. BOWERS, Ageat Hamburg, ?et 31_ . tf_48 Soldiers'. Claimi. WE ha*B on hand a few quire* of Blaska fe* obtaining deceased Soldiers' Claims again gt tho Government. ADVERTISER OI??C1. . g July zo_t?_:_. ?#$ . IRON! fr Af|A P<yUNDS SUPMtlOR ?AR IROB\ ?/jUvfVf S iaehea ala* and fr thick, wk ii h witt be sold lew to ?lase ett the let. S. E. BOWERS, Aft. Haanburg, ?et 28 tf 4? * i Headquarter^, DEPAyRTM^C OF ?. C., CA. AND FLA.,, Caaauiatox, I. f., pe?. 1,1HA. SPECIAL OHLERS NO. 381--%?r?a?. ?1Y UNflCIL further orders, miUtary aiiioafV 111? rajfuiris thattfa* Ea#Hl*g Ofleers sh a sid not malest tb? employ?es of the savsrrj Jtaik?ad Sempaaias af South GaraUaa. *** . . . ? . . By command ai Lteat Gea. ?ABBBB. . H. W. EiiLnnx, A. A. G. Dec 21 at State of South Carolina. IPGEFIELD DISTRICT. IN ORDINARY. BY W. F. DURISOE, Eaq., Ordinary of Edger field District. "* Whereas, Allison DoLocchaod B. T. Jenninga havo applied to mo fur Letters of Adminiatration, .with the will annexed, on.all and singular tho goods and chattels, righte^pdcr?dita of Nathan, Trotter, l?te ol'tho Diatfiot a/oreaaid, dee'd. Thc .?o aro, therefore, to cito and admonish all and singular, the kindred and oreditors of tho . satd doceasod, t i be and appear .beforo me, at oar next Ordinary's Court for theaaid District, to.ho holdon atEdgcfiold C. H., von the 9th day of Jan. next,.to ehow causo, if. any, why-the aaid nrtmiatsiratiori should not bo granted. . ?iven under my hand and" ?cal, this 2Bth day of Doc in tho year of oar. Lord, ono thousand oigbt hundred and filxty-fo?- ?M-?n 'ti'3 ' ninth year of tho Ludapcndoc?o 'if South Corp I HnaT M F- DTJRISOB, O.E.D. Doo 27 1 . State of South C ?rolma, EDGEFLELD DI5TJJICT, IN ?RDINABY. BYW. J?. liURtSOE, Eaq.,. Ordinary *f Edge, field Diatrlct. . Whereas, AlHaoq D?loa?h ead B. T. Jcs ninja aa applied.to TOO for datier? of Mpin?str??on, an all and ategalar tba gooda andoba^la, rigbta and orodits nf Marj Trotter late of th? D?triot oforosald dee'd. < fhAe ar?# theare, to alte and aalmociah ali and aingolae, ta?idndred ?.td ??MWrfl of ika ?*U dacaaaaaS to he and eppaaf bcfcjtt^*? car aa? (kQfrary'E Coort fOT the latd Disajfct, to bo heldca aVBdgeaeld C. H., an the 9*h.day of. Jan. next, to show eause, If any, why the asAd adn?njh)toatlaa> should not be granted- . ' - Given under my band aaa ?eal, ski? 8*ta daw of Deo. tn th?ye^r cf our Li rd ?no thousand eight' hundred and sixty-tan?, ?adTn Ilk? 88th yaar ot* the Independence of Eontii Carcjica. V.?.PBIt?a^lkJA Deo &7 18*1. .Ite C^r- - 1 T Bstara; ,?LLED before mi oxu Black Mara MULE, _ about 15 year? ed*,-?pp?*!??? at S?88. 8ald Mute eaa be .^SLWB?^<,{'a Ji*t,??'?. * ?io? fruia Hambawgj Hapabnrg