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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