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"Por th? Advertiser. The Return of the Exiles. BY S. A.'!: They'oome-they throng'thehighway's tr? From morning to the gloaming hoar Those heroes of an hundre'd-fields, . Just ransomed from, a ruthless power; Pecans of praise we waft above, For this expression of God's love. Some with brave front and martial step, And some with weary feet and slow ; With ruddy cheek and flashing eye, With panting heart and pallid brow ; But all with spirits true and bright, . They swear to battle for the right. Again they seek the scene of strife, Tho thundering ?harge-the loved foray, The clash of arms--the cannon's roar,- , : Th' exulting shouts of victory ; Privation, hunger, cold, nor pain, Could ornsh the smouldering fires within. The mother sits beside the fire Knitting (rofl stockings for her boy ; And in the intricate webb she weaves.. ? Full many a thought of coming joy : They are embalmed with many tears, The silont Witness of her fears. How oft her as lions spirit roved, O'er rale and mountain to the spot, Whore grim Wills, hedged on every side, And taunts and jeers the prisoners lot; And when the wailing winds passed by Her bosom heaved with many a sigh. But now tb? Wjntor's reign is o'er, Aad soon will come thc joyous Spring, And'on her iria-wTeathod brj>w, Her prototype/with radiant^jring ; The anchor of tim one? tried soul- ? In Sweet fruitioi. reach its goal. The fond wife calls her little ones Around her at the evening time, And tings the songs.the dear one loved In note? as sweet as vosper chime ; And then she tells thom he will come " Dear father" to his happy home. The maiden from her casement looks, While roseate flashes tinge her cheek; She hears her soldier lorcr'a voice, Those tones nc craven blood bespeak ; That he will never swerve or quail Her happy spirit khowoth wold. The sirter turns with eager step. To meet her brother's glad caress ; The father, iu low quivering tones, Prays Heaven his gallant son to bless : And joy is in that once sad home, For lo ! the exiled one bas come. But oh I to those who pass your door,. Cive words of comfort and of cheer ; To those well-tried guardians of oar rights Who'or tura the cold unpitying ear; Porn ember that they bled to save Your country from a living grave. A meal, a couch, a cup of milk, Water to lull the burning brow : Somo kindnoss bo it muoh or small A bonison bc tm you now ;. t And when they leave you for tho fray, Bid thora " God speed you on your way.'" March ?lit IS?.' Latest from Charleston. The Newberry Herald says : " We learn that a committee composed of Ex.Gov. Aiken, Dr. Mackey and Geo. W. Williams, was re cently appointed to" distribute supplies to the people. All real estate not represented is to be sold for three months and at the expira tion of that timo finally disposed of. The depredations in the surrounding country are fearful. Heart-rending accounts of rape, have reached us, by contrabands in federal uni form. The citizens have all been, disarmed. Disloyalty among the helots is the rule. The fire was not as extensive as previously reported. Quite a number of contrabands - have been killed. Several citizens have been murdered in the surrounding country.^ Thc farms and plantations have been stripped of everything-farming utensils, stock, etc. Quite a number o? mulatto M ladies P* waited ed upon Col. Bennett, of the 21st South Car olina (contraband) Regiment, and presented him with a U. S. Flag. He made them a grand speech. Expressed his opinion that tlftry were a superier race. In the evening they wen; received at his private quarters ou which occasion thev piesentcd Abe Lincoln with a fammade Qt swen feathery. The U. S. Charleston Courier, in noticing thia flag and fan presentation, said that they were tendered by 11 ike loyal ladies of South Car olina". , The speciil correspondent ol' N. Y. Tri ???.te, ^writes from Charleston a letter eight columns long to that' journal, ' a specimen of "Vhich we give in the following extracts : There ?re a fejv white Unionists here, but they are chiefly of foroign birtb>.or poor, and many of these are of the u Union-os it-waa" sort. A number are beginning to elaina that they have been Union all along bat were compelled to talk secession to lsavo them selves., Why, yon people herex who claim to be Union,'' I said to one of the prominent, citi zens, '. seem to havo been greater slaves than the negroes. You say you were -compelled to say what Toa-did uot believe?'5 He'winced a" little, but replied : H Yes, it's a fact, air: you have no idea of what peooie had to submit to here, who were not Ihre eaters. ^ y There are white loyalists in Charleston, but thus far tb ey have shown themselves* with but iwo exceptions, to be mnditely inferior lo tigs negroes in" courage. They take you by the button-hole, away, in some com*r, 01 where they are-csr-tairr that we are all North ern men, und tell how they have always beer true~to ibo'Uniou.. They are afraid to fling out the flag; afraid to rejoice o?enly with as afraid to^ay that their soul is. their own which, indeed, is doubtful. Eu? tho negroci cheer us, bless.tis, di^ce for joy when thej see our glorious flag-pray lor us, "can'i lore gs enough," as they beautifully expre* it. The, negroes may be an inferior rie* up North, but not do'crn here "by a goo< deal. The rebel fam'fies in Charleston arc per fcclly cowed. They livain terror of us. Thu. far th?>y are ?s well behaved as spaniels. ? will depend on the administration h<'re wheth er this appropriate sentiment of Subordina lion-which they h*we taught is proper ant necessary in an inferior race-shall,contjaui until they repent of their iniquities, orwhetho . (as p.t huntsville, Alabama, andr el.sewi.ere, they shall soon begin .to assume the old air of arrog>mt "presumption. Wc shall see. AiW'pas-iijg Bevqpd " Gillmorc's Town : thc appearance ofChnrleston chances. Ther aro "how ho indications of ruins save'clr?ed ni .store^and streots rjomparativfly "desertct Ano. arfhc day advance!.", it j< so,..,, y?, there ia a fair propr.rfi'.n. of adult inala v.-';i; cHkcosieff, although they aje mostly r>: men, deaer.ters. and foreigners. Governor A i ken estimates its present, population at froi jilleen-to twenty 'thousand*? There are larg ??umber? bf negroes, not so many of cours as before the rebellion, (for then they v plentiful as blackberries.) but in view. action of the insurgents in evacuating - cities. Tho mulatto ladies are moro n ous here, and handsomer, than in any ! ern city I ever visited, (and I have scet ly all of them) with the exception, pe of New Orleans ; and there, althougl * are ofteu beautiful, they do not bear tba tivc proportion to tbr white citizens tbs do in Charleston. ? Wherever we Went we found thc n gathered in groups', especially the w their dusky faces beaming with joy. salutation to them was invariably re? witb the liveliest satisfaction-often ar ed by " God bless you," and other wo gratitude, to the Lord and. the Yankees, \ they look on as Iiis agents. 2 must omit ail.special descriptions o ticular buildings and localities, and gu a few rough notes only, as I have alrea< outrun ali ordinary letter limits. Near the heathen temples called churches bc which they worshipped a God who insti and ordained Human Slavery, baye smashed into by Gillmore's shells. Al banks are similarly broken- -dead I The ofiMflfcof the Charleston Mercury Courier^pved similar notice to quit our forces. -~ %-? ? -? -" Waterloo or Ansterlitz--General I Plans. TheNew York.Mercury, of February has an ?ditorial article which possesses ticular interest at this time. We coj entire:, . Wilmington is ours. Charlestonis i Columbia is ours. Without a struggle, \ out an answering blow. One alfer the c of these, but lately the chief stronghold the rebels, have" yielded to what the got ment organs would havo us believe wa inexorable necessity. For nearly four ye bold and impregnable, they have defied tack,iaughed seige to scorn, and withsl bombardment, want of supplies, and suffi the miseries ever endured by a weak po contending with a stronger. And now why is it, that in this' their extremity; they have so tamely yielded the foe they have defied and held at ba] long ? *Why this sudden departure from cities whick, in the earlier days of the v they sd stoutly swore should never be di erated by the presence of the " accursed ? kee,"Wless be'ohose to walk through heaps of aahes, smouldering ruins and'd? latestreet8? Why are the "vandals of North" so easily victorious ? Why alloy with flaunting banners, and the clash of r< mental bands, to march without epposit into these places ? Is the cause, weakene Is it a premonition that resistance would annihilation ?-That the conquering" legit of tho North cannot be held in check, n the vast, and.as yet but partially develoj combination of our Lieutenant. General : irressistible? We do not consider it treason, we do i speak it as disloyal, when we say that Rc E. Lee, the commander of the rebel fore is in all that constitutes a strategist, in that goes lo make a general able to dare a tight down even-fate itself-the first and fb mast in the country. While we ndmit t talents, the genius and the greatness of Li? Gen. Grant, it is not only unfair, but unju that we should refuse to acknowledge . t grandeur, the sublime ber?ism of that grt haired genius, the descendant of aline patriots, which battling against the combiu opposition of almost an entire world, st stands firm, unyielding, acd holds at bay t most formidable anni' s "in existence, a has, in defiance of defeat, still held bim to 1 ground, nor wavered even when hopo its seemed lost forever. Let us yield thc me of prai^o toour enemies. They wcrcour bro era, once hand in banu* with Us/ Whafev their errors, their crimes, they are none t less men. Charleston, Wilmington and Columbia r ing our', cut bono ! Beyond the mere fa of obtaining full control of the seaboard, ai thereby relieving our blockading floet fren tedious, service, and gaining p-ssession cities deserted, there does not seem to be a material advance toward thc termination the war. Those who?haVe studied tlio career of Lt and observed b?3 plan of campaign, kne that-his S73tdn is that of concentration. ". mass bis "troops, and attack the enemy's dh sions iti detail, one after the other, is L strategy. Wary, circumspect, yet possessir and using at times the dash and reckless ai dacity in attack of the first Napoleon, he no er loses a ebonee; and SD far, bas left no r cord of a mistake. Since the appointment to and assuroptk of thc supreme command of the rebel arm the whole method of operations has bet changed. Concentration is now the orde Ile is carrying out his favorite plan of pros cuting the campaign. Ile well knows tl strength of his" antagonist, and that aniago ist's tenacity of purpose anti immense 'n sources. Anjd knowing, thom, ho is at tb moment gathering tbc scattered forces of ti rebel domain into one. compact whole, wil the intenliou of deciding thc fortunes of h caus? at or near Richmond. There upon tl already blood soaked soil of the Old Domii ion, will be fought tho Waterloo of tho r bc-liion. Sherman's victories and almost entirel unopposed raid from Chattanooga "to Atlant thence to Savannah, Charleston, and Coiu; bia, with whatever cf devastation be mt have, created, has not in the lea3t disconce ted Lee. It may rather be considered pa and parcel of bis plan. And when theki history of atfairs at the front is made know it will be four-d that Charleston, Columb and Wilmington were evacuated ruly that it rebel Commander in-Chief might wiibdra all the available force stationed af those na risons, to be incorporated with the arni around Richmond. It is useless to ask of.Qrant's combinatioi and tremendous schemes, of which we ai daily reminded by army correspondents an the' telegram. These grand combinatioi and that-wonderful strategy, of which y ' have heard so much, have been capt uric " Richmond every day for the last six mouth 1 Yet the beleaguered city is as fur from ov grasp-swi when our armies under Modella J were driven from the 'Peninsula " On t - Richmond !" but never into it. With the rt J cord of th* la*t, attempt, beginning in tb J spring, and as yet uneuded-from the Rap t clan, through the awful carnage of the Wi s derness, and to tba present base, a hecatom ? of dear lives have been lost, the blood of ot 1- kindred has flown in - torrents, happy homi have-been made desolate, and grief brought 1 - thousands of hearts, in order* that thc glory i s one mau might'have the holocaust. 6 To gratify the dogged pertinaey of a Gen " ral who, whatever his genius, and wbatevi " past success he may have blundered into, can I as little fbi the lives of his poldicr's as ho dei - for those of the enemy, and who would thru, r away half an army to accomplish a pur pos ) less object-the administration bave give 5 him almost absolute power". Week after week, month after month, Rici " h mond was being evacuated, it was ab"Ut.1 e ? be captured. P j Petersburg, after being bombarded, its ou j er defences mined and stormed, still is bel y by Leo. The gre.it ?'itler elephant, thc Dntr * : Gip carrai was to accomplish won?^rs, but '} j didn't. Itca^ed in magnificently and buri' >' j Butler beyond lupe of resurrection. Da nw II straffoai of an imposing character were marl 0 j and ara being, made daily, with the'same ri a l suit-a loss of life and no good aecomplisbei s J But matters are approaching a crisis. Be e fore many weeks the Jast grand and decisivo r battle will, have begun. The preliminaries ;- aro being rapidly arranged, i- Such ? contest as this will be, the world r- has never witnessed, for upon it depends the i, fate of the country : In that battle, should y we suffer a defeat, it will be overwhelming, "and all the-ad vantages we have gained in the y past six months, will he as worthless as the bubble reputations they have made. If Lee s is defeated-he still has tho interior in which i, th once more rally bis scattered legions, and y concentrate for defence,if not for attack. i From all thc outer garrisons and troops - depots, the rebel array at the Capital is being 'f augmented. Silently but surely the storm is ct gathering. "Let us;'not-be too sanguine of . success. It may be that-the rebel Gencial - will make it a Waterloo for us, while upou t him through the smoke of that day's battle r will shine the sun of a second day's Auster II lita. Lee will not throw away a single chance, u He is not the man ef Lost Opportunities. 3 Elad Lee had command of our armies at thc 3 pnsct of the war, we verily believe thc rebel 8 lion would- have been crushed in less than eight monties. But wc had only such second i rate undertakers as Burnside and Hooker, ? Butler and Pope. i Let us trust Chat our Lieutenant General may be thouronghiy prepared for the con ? flict; that wlien the-confliet'" comes, our im mense plurality of men may bot be driven to their?death? hr-vain attempts to accomplish ! an impossible purpose, and that for once our t leaders ma)' be equal to their-Herculeau task* The-Tax Act. As the State and Distrjct T?x Collector is ? now gathering the State Tax, for the year commencing 1st Oct. 1864 (assessed by the Legislature at its last session,) we publish the Tax Act in full, thc bettor to enable Tax pay ers to make correct returns of their respec tive liabilities, and to make the necessary ar- ' rangements to meet thc demands of the Tax i Collector : AN ACT To RAISE SUPPLIES FOR THE YEAR COMMENC ING IN OCTOBER, ONE THOUSAND EIUIIT HVN ?HEI) AN-D SIXTV-lOOR. SEC. 1. Beit enacted by thc Senate and House of Representatives, mw met and sitting in General Assemb!y,-and by the authority ol the same, That a tax for the sums, and in the manner hereinafter mentioned, shall br rais ed and paid into the '.'reasury of this State, for the use aud service thareof, that is to say : Six dollars ad valorem on every hundred.dol lars of the value of all lands' granted in this State, according to the existing classifica tion, as heretofore established; four dollars per hoad on all slaves; Provided, That all lands or slaves in this State now rn possession or under the control of the enemy, and also such slaves as may have come into the posses sion of thc enemy before the first day of April next, or such lands as shall have been aban . done? by the owners, in consequence of the action of the military authotities, before the first day of April next, shall be exempted from taxation; ten dollars on each free ne gro, mulatto, or mestizo, between thc tfges ol fifteen and fifty -years, except such as shail clearly bo proved to the satisfaction of the 'C'.lkctor to bar iucapable, from wounds or otherwise, of procuring a livelihood, and ex cept those who now aro, or have at any time, since tho first day of October, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, been in tho.service of the army of thia State or of thc Co ii federa, o States, as laborers or otherwise, in the existing war; one dollar aud lift}' cents cd valorem on every hundred dot lars of ib-' .aime of nil lots, hums, and build ings with... any city, town, villuge. or borough of thhi State: Provided, That.no lax shall he levied on lots, lands, and buildings within any city, town, village, or borou-jh in this State, which have passed into the pospessi.-uj cr under tho control ol tir.' enemy, nor up hi ihn property in the City nf Cha'I-( IM tn ihr southward and en-tw: ni of the following lim-, to wit: from Coopee rivs-r through the contre of the following streets, to wit: Chappell and John streets to a?eothig street, thr?ng? M.-et _ing to IIud:suu, thr ?ugh Hudson t.> King, through King to Calhoun, through .Calhoun to St. Philip's through St. Phillip's to Green, through Coming to Bull, through j?ull to Pitt, through Pitt to Montague, through Montague to Rutledge, through Rutlcdr'? to Broad, arid, through Broad to channel of Ashley river: Pro c?Z?/, 1 hat. al I propel y in thc City ol Charleston purchased si nee the first of January, enc thou sand eight hundred awi sixty-three, shall pay lull tax, nor upou anyof tho^e lot?, lands, or i buildings.within any^city, town .village, or j borough, tho buildings orv which have been ! damagcu, by tl?e shot or sholl'of the er.^nr. or ;' which may {utas into thc possession o. jn-icr i the control o? the enemy before Cue first day .1 ut'April nestt; niuo dollar per hundred doi- i j kiri on "factorage) employments, Including per-1 son- engaged in inland navigation by abeam i saw mills, hotel keepers, keepers of boarding j houses aud rcstauranl^and other patjugTiou.se keepers, keepers of bar rooms, and lime and charcoal burner- ; and five dollars per hun jLiretl dollars on facilities and professions, in cluding the profession of dentistry, whether in the profession : ni employment of law or equity the profits bc derived from the cost of suits, fcej, or other sources of professional income, except clergymen, school master... -school mistresses and mechanics; ten dollars and fifty cents on every huudred dollars on . the amount of commissions received by ven due masters and commission merchants; two dollars per hundred dollars on the capital 1 stock paid in on the first of October, one Lhon ' sand eight hundred and sixty-four, of all ' banks which for "their present chartern have not paid a bonus to the Slate; ton dollurs per ', hundred dollars on thc capital stock of "any bank ol' issue not incorporated by this Stale, paid in on the first day of October, ono thou ' sand eight hundred :md sixty-four, doinp: hus 1 iae?s by agents within tho limits of this State; ' two dollars and fifty cunts per .hundred doh 1 lars on the capital stock of all incerponted ; ! importing and exporting companies, and on ' capital employed by unincorporated cumpa ? nies and individuals in importing and export ing, and ali incorporated and unincorporated 1 express companies %>r express (irma-said 1 stock and capital to bo taxed tip'sn its mar " let value upon the first day of October last ! faul value to be decided by the Comptroller " General; fifteen per centum on all premiums "? taken in this Slate by incorporated insurance \ companies, and by the agencies in this State r .acting in behalf of insurance companies 3 and underwriters without the limit? of this ?j. State; thr^c dollars and fifty coulson every * hundred dollarsof the amount of.sale i of goods, wares, and'mcrchandi3e, Cthbracing an arti-. ! cles of trade for sale, barter, or exchange r (thc products of this State and the nnmantt 3 factured products of any cf the States ol' the ? Confederate States, when sold by the pfodn V ccr, excepted) which any person shall have J- made from the first day ol January, in~the u i year of our Lord one* thousand eight, hundred ! and sixty-four," to the first day nf January, in t- I thc year of our Lord, one thousand eight lum o died and sixty-five, either on hi?, her, or their j capital, or burrowed capital, or on account ot tr ? any person or persons as ag'mt, attorney, or d consigne7;'ten dollars upon every hundred h . dollars nf ino amount of sties of goorie, Ware? t and inercTiandjao whatever, which anv tran d sient fers. in,, not rcsid?nt i:i thia fratr*. ?hnj] i- make in tiny house,: stall, or public pise-, e whether tho said sale bs made by sam.pl? or !- < otherwise; sud tine bnndretinnd twenty dollars I. day on all circus exhibition's; eighty dollars per day for representing pnbliely for gail reward any play, comedy, tragedy,- intei or farce, or other employment of the ? or any part therein, or for exhibiting ; figures, or other shows of any kind'whal ! to be paid into the hands of the Clerks c j Courts respectively, who ?hall be bou J pay the same into the Treasuries of the. i of South Carolina, except in cases when j ?ame is now required by law to be pai corporations or otherwise; one per cent, c moneys loaned, moneys at interest, alli eys invested in the stocks or bonds of ar dividual, State, or corporation, other bonds or stocka of this State or of the federate States, and other than the stoe the banks and railroad companies of this S and other than the stocks of other compi whose capitals are taxed by this Act: . vided, Such railroad, companies carry packages over their roads free of chargi the Central Association in Columbia, t by them forwarded to the soldiers in the a fifteen dollars for every hundred dollar gross receipts of nil commercial agen within the limits of this'Sinte ; two dollar every pack of playing-cards sold in ?his Si two hundred dollars upon every billiard t? within this State, used to and for the purj of raising revenue tberofrora. Snc. 2. All taxes levied on property, prescribed ia the first section of this Act, s be paid to the tax collector for thc tax trict. in which said property is located; / vided, That where negroes havo been ron cd from any uialrict or parish, by reason tho dangers arising from the invasion or cupation thereof bj' tho enemy, it shall lawful to pay the taxes upon the same to tax collectors of the districts or parishes fl which said uegfoes were removed. That taxes levied on property in this State, dur the continuance of the war betwcf-n thc Ol federate and the United States of Ameri maybe paid-in Confederate notes or otl current funds. The commissions to be ceivcd'by the various tax collectors of I State for the year commencing on the fi day of October, ono thousand eight hund? and sixty-four, shall be at the rate of t h ii per centum of the commissions now allow them by law, except such districts and p ishes where by such reduction thc tax c lector will rc?eivo less than eight nundi dollars per annum. SEC. 8. Tho tax collectors in tho seve' districts and parishes in this State, in th' returns hereafter ta be made, aro hereby 1 quired and enjoined to state the precise arnot of taxes collected.by them L>r supporting t police of the said several districts and parish aforesaid, stating the r?t-S per centum on t amounts of tbeSiate tax collected forr.a district and'pajjsh police purposes, andi total amount of commissions received by ca and every of such tax collectors, and t rate per centum- of his commissions, and tl Comptroller General shall return the SAC ia his report. .'? " , SEC. 4. Free negroes, mulattoer, and mes Zons are hereby required to make their r quired to make their returns and pay the taxes (isring the month of April; and tho tt collector of St. Philip's and St. Michael's allowed until the month of June te reoei the taxes of white persons. SEC. 6. Thc lots and houses on Sullivan islafiJ shall bo ireed from taxation duriug tl existing ts-ar between the Confederate ai United States of Amorica, the same being u ed by the troops of tho Confederate Slates, < by the works for defence. SEC. G. That the tax collectors be autlro izetl to extend thektime for the receipt, art also for thc payment of taxes, and also f< thc payment therepf into thc Treasury of th State, fur a periodjof thirty days beyond tl periods therefor hitherto fixed by law. * SEC. 7. The taxicollectors whose couimi: sioiis were paid in+the old issq? of -CoaffaA rate treasury notes after the iir.--t of Apri one thousand eight hundred and sixty fou aro hereby declared to be enti'ied to pa] menfont of the TfttiSury for the loss su: mined by them by reason ol' ile tax of thirl; three and one-tbird-per cent, levied on til said rint'-i hy the Confederate Government Mid the Comptroller General is-hereby ai thor.?.*! t'? draw upon the Treasury in favr of the said tax collectors for the amounts du to them respectively twider this provision. SEC ?. That th? Stat e Auditor aliall pri pare and present for adjustment and settU mcnt all claims of this State against the Coi fed ?rate States,aud atholbar claims of th State arising out of the existing war, o which may be referred to him by thc Gov crnor, aud shall receive nil moneys that ma bc acknowledged -md paid by the said Coi em mcnt of the Con federn te ?!ate.?,or by wih cr parlies on a> count o'' thc said claim?, an deposit ih? monsyt* eoireooived in the Treai ury of the ?ilute, -together with a pirticula account thereof, and luake a report thereo; to the Legislature a: .'ne regular sessioi next succeeding the da'o oj thc said settle nient SEC. ''. That in order to relieve the bm den of taxation, the net profits-o? Mie Bani of thc Stale for the last fiscal year, snu.er.t i?g to eight hundred and eighty-three thou sand end fifty-five doMars and seventy si: ceiils, be used toward th? payment of the np proprintions made by thia General ASSCJD Wy at its pr "sent session, and that a sufiicicu amount of railroad stocks now held by tht .St:;rc,'t:> ho selected by the President of tb? Bank, be and tho same i? hareby pledge? ! o' the Batik at the present value of tin sr.!.! .-tuc*--?, es a security - lor lha profits ? JSO'h SKC. I?. That the Pr?sidant of the Bani of ike State and the Comptroller General be and they .vc hereby, authorized to raise tem porarily and in such manner cs they mai deem proper, (other than by thc issue State bond?,) any amount that may be re quired to meet the demands, upon "th* Treasury, before the payment of the taxe ??and in anticipation thereof. , 'In the Senate Ilousa thc twenty-third d;ij ot December, in thc year ot' our Lord oin thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, nm in the eighty-ninth year of thc Sovereignly and Independence of the State of South Car olina. W. D. PORTER, President of ike Senate. M R. B. BOYLSTON, Speaker of the Rous . of ll'-presen Ut ttocs. The well-known Mr. Price kept a-shop a Calcutta, where he sold a gun to an Irishmau who soon returned with it, complaining tba the barrel was much bent. " Is it?" said Price, " then I ought to havi charged thee more for it." " Why so ?" said the other. M Because these pieces arc constructed fo: shooting round a corner." " If that be the case," says Paddy, " timi I insist on retaining my purchase." Thc celebrated guerilla, Dick Davis, lon: in prison at Memphis, has beeu hung by tht Federals, fc^e is reported to lwvo sent a Ia? ' message to his men requesting thom not ti i retaliate for his death. He is -generally bo lieved to have slain abant seventy Yankee . with his own hands before they caught ant ! hung him. Tho merciless war waged % hin ! against the Federals, ali on_his own hook, foi ' ho had no commission in our service, was u i retaliation for their barbarity to bis brothot I a member of :he 2d Missouri cavalry, whon they htirribly mutilated and then murderer 1 after he bad surrendered himself a prisoner j - -? - - -. . jSSST'A man.carno very near dying in Ai : kim tno other day br putting on a chan pai ? j ot' stockings uud drinking a g!a>s of cold wa i ter_au experiment he had uot tried for mau I y c?r*. State of South Carolina. . - . EXECUTIF DEPARTMENT, ? PPASTAXBDRO, March 5, 1866. J. GENERAL ORDERS. ' ITHE MILITIA of the State'betwecn tho ages . of 16 and 17, who have repart ed for duty, and those who have not reported, those now ab sent by furlough or with leave, thone who have not Leen ohio to rejoin their, coonimnnd, and all others of thia ?ge, who from any cause whatever Bre a?seut from iuty, will assemble at Spartan burg, aa soon after notioe of this order ai iv prac ticable. . II. When assembled hero, they will bo placed in a Camp of Inspection, and prepared for such service as the defunco.of the State requires. III. As soon as it can be done, the State Ca dat*, attached to the Citadel at Charleston and Arsenal at Columbia, will bc placed in charge of this Camp of Instruction; and the discipline of these Academies will be extended over and em brace this portion of th? Militia. IV. Tho .officers of those institutions will be charged with tho duty of giving to these troops not only the military training which will enable them to bo efficient io the field, but euch educa tional advantages ns can bo afforded : and by which the qualities of tho citizen will bo devel oped. V. . Tho Quartermaster General will malto pro vision for the aooeinmndittion-of these troops, and the Commihsary General will mako all pro por arrangements for their subsistence. VI. Thc eervice for which those troops aro in- J tonded, is tho defocce of tho State ; and it is hoped ib.it n*n? will hesitalo cr delay in oifering themselves for that service. Thc preservation and care ot' thc youth of tho State ; their im provement, so for as it Oin be accompll-hed undor existing disadvantages ; and tho oifort and inten tion to do good to them, wbilo they de good to their State ; arc declared to be thc purposes which shall animate all under whoso care these youths aro placed. ? , VII. Thc Chairman anti VL-iftrs cf tho State Military Academics aro invited to assist in the organization of these troupe, ?; YUI- Until otherwise ordered, -tho headquar ters of this command will bo at Spartanburg Court House. By the Governor. ? A. G. MAGRATH, (Official:)' j G. A. FOLLI.V, A. A. General. Mar. 21 ? ' 2t .13 Soldier's Boards of Relief OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF SO. CA. 1 SPARTAEBUIIG C. H.,*March 1, 1806. J THIS department is located for thc proscnt at ^his place. The Soldier's Boards of Reliai J in District* and Parishes with which there is no communication by mail, will forward their returnfa hy horso couriers immediately upon the roocipt of this notice. The expenses of these couriers will be paid at this office All other important communications for this office should bo forward ed in thu samt way. JAMES TUPPER, -. * Auditor of S. C. Mar. 21 . 2t 13 All Papers in the State cony twice. Tax 'Collector's Notice. NO. l. . 1WILL attend at tho timo and places hereinaf ter mentioned to collent tho State and District Tax for the year commencing 1st of Oct. 1SG1 : Duntensvillo, Monday, 27th March. Red Hill, Tuesday, 28th " Edward Howie's, Wednosday, 2i?lh " Woodlawn, Thursday, 30th " Jj. M??W??'?, -? iViO-yr - 4H~*~ -U Wiley Olover'f, Same evoningt3 o'clock. Collior'e, Saturday, 1st April. Edge?L-ld C. H. Monday, Sd PincHouso, Tuesday, 4tb ?' ChcroV.ee Ponds, Wednesday, 6th " Hamburg, Thursday, C:h " Beach Island, . Friday, 7th " (iran i te vi ?io, Saturday, ?Stil " Vaucluse, Monday, . 1 Oth " Hatcher'?, Tuesday, 1 ? th " F. Posey'a, Wednesday, 12 th " Lybrand's, *rhur;d?y, 13th " Ridge, Friday, lt th " Dr. Ready's, Saiurduy, ??tli " jjott'?, Same evening, 3 o'clock. J. A. Talbert, Monday, 17th April. White House, Tuesday, 18th " Liberty Hill, Wednesday, 19th " ShattcrfieluV Thursday, 20th " Roundtree's Store, Fridsy, 2lst ? Pleasant Lane, Saturday, 22d " Elton fl. a, Mu.nday, 24th " Meeting Street, Tuesday, 25th ?1 Mri. Allen's, - Wednesday, 2?rh " Dr. J 'bn Mobley's, Tbnrsday, 27th ?. Mrs. ly'gyW, Friday, 28th " Ge?. Aifuy's, " Same evening, 3 o'clock. M?a. Gibson's, Saturday, 2')th April. Mount Willing, ' Monday, 1st May. . MicklcrV, Tuesday, 2d * Itniot's Smro, Wednesday, Sd " Perry's, Thursday, -1th " ' Coleman's X Roads, Friday, .*>th, " Richardson's, Saturday, Oth " Mrs. Culbreath's, Monday,* Sth " Coopcrsvillo, Tue.-day, ?th " A. Kemp'!?, Wednesday, 10th " ' Dom's Milli, Thursday, 11th . Tax Payers will foiuo prepared to giro tho number of farm hand* between tho ages of 12 j and 65 years &f ?gc, for thu presen) year. Free Perrins ol Color must mako their returns in April, or they will ba subject to double tax. It BN J. ROPER, T.C..E.D. j ?sT. B.-I will haroafler attend thc several Eat ! talion muster grounds f?fr tho acuumrantluiioa o ! tho c -.vlir> rannot meet mo on ruy lirst round. I Mar 20 If 13 Administrator's Sale. P>Y Virtue ?if an order fi. m W. F. Duriso?, A.J> Esq", Ortlinafy fcf Kd)rcfic!fl District, wc will pro? oed to sell at 'bo late residence of EDMUND PENN; deeoascd, on WEDNESDAY, the 5th APRIL, ali thc personal Estate of said decea?ed, consisting of NINE LULEIJY NEOROES, ONE HORSE, CATTLE AND HOGrf, VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN FURNITURE, Blacksmith and Plantation Tools, CORN, FODDER AND SHUCKS, ONE TWO HORSE WAGON, ONE 1 nORSE WAGON, ?ic, &c, ic. TO PENT.-Also, will bo rented for the re mainder of the year, . the same time and placo, A SMALL FARM, containing ubout Thirty APTCS, in good repair, and adjoining lands o' Mrs P.; R. Bland, Maj. 7,. W. Carwile and others. g?i~Terms made known on day of salo. K. ANDREWS, \ ... J. G. PENN. J Ad or8 MarU it 12 Executor's Sale. IWILL proceed tu Boll on FRIDAY, tb? .list March instant, at the latoTcsidonce* of MISS JANE WE VER, doceased, all the personal Ei tnto of said deceased, consisting of FIVE LIKELY NEGROES, TWO HORSES, TWO ONE-HORSE WAGONS, CATTLE AND HOGS, HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN FURNITURE, PLANTATION TOOLS, ?o., ?o., ?ic. ffar-Terins mftdo known on day of salo. *^ M. M. PADGETT, Ex'*r. Mar 18 2t 13 i__ Post Office Notice. ALL Person.? indebted to this Offioe for POST AftK or BOX RENT are requested to pftj j un immediately. A RAMSAY,, P. M. ? Mar 22 ? 13 Tax in Kind. IWILL be-prepared te recoiTe TAX IN KL*D, except Bacon and Syrup, at Edgefield il. E., on and after Monday, the 20 th ?nat. I hope to hive barrers and bo prepared to rewire the Sy rup in a week or so thereafter. I am direotcdaot te receive the Bacon until-1 have further orders, that tho Bacon may /become thoroughly dry. S.. S. TOMPKINS, Agent M?U Ct H Sugar! gugari IIAVE in-Store a, supply of SUGAR which I will Bsaw for Cora and Peas. JOHN D. ROPER. Mar 12. . . tf 13 . THE FAVORITE HOME NEWSPAPER! rroiE attention of those who wish to subscriba JL to a FIRST CLASS RELIGIOUS AND LITERARY NEWSPAPER, ie called to the an nouncement that ' . . . THE BAPTIST BANNEB In published'every "Saturday in Augusta, Ga., ai tte pries of $10 per annum. Each number (whole sheet) contains choice otiginal and selooted reading,-?tonca, Miscel lanies, Communications, Current News, Ac .' Editod by Rev. A. C. DAYTON and Jana? H.. ELLS. Enclose $16, and address JAMES N. ELLS, Augusta* Os. Feb?t 2m? . ]5Tour Wanted for tte ' - Navy. T^HE Honorable Secretary of Navy, through Maj. W. F. HOWELL, Naval ?Agent, Au gusta, Ga., authorizes me to purchase all the FLOUR for saloma this District, for the Navy Department, and, for the present, to "pay the MARKET PRICE for the same. Therefore, all persons having FLO CR to sell (from a sack to a hundred barrels,) are earnestly requested, to de liver it to me in Hamburg forthwith, as th? de? mand for it is very urgent. Cast paid ?a deliv ery. S, E. BOWERS, Agegt Na vj Depart sae ct. Homburg, Dec 21 . tf bl Dick Cheatham WILL stand the -Spring Season of 1865 at One Hundred Dollars the season. Ito will be at Edgefield C. H. Mondays, Tues days, Wednesdays and Thursdays,-the remain der of the week at Hannon Oallmaa'j. He- viii begin the seaton 1st February aci end it 30th June. He will remain af H. GaRmsn's during the month of February, after which time he will be alternately at Edgefield C. II. and H. Gall man's. By special contract with my Agent, Jas. M. Harrison, or myself, mares will be insured with foal for Two Hundred Dallar?. The monty will bo considered 'due at tho end of the soasen. THO. G. BACON. Jan 31 '. ?OI S _ O * | State of Soutb. Carolina. EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. IN ORDINARY. BY W. F. DURISOE, Esq., Ordinary of Edgt field Distriot. . . Whereas, Z. W. Carwile, C. E. E. D., has ap plied to uo fur Letters of Administration, en ail and singular the goods and chattels; righi a tad credit's of W. L. Butler, late of. th? District aforesaid, dee'd. Those are, therefore, to cito and admonish al! and singular, the kindred sad creditors of ti* said deceased, to be and appear befere me, at^or next Ordinary's Coqrt for the ?aid District, to ba holden at Edgefield C. H., en the 224 day of April next, to show causo, if any, why the tali administration should not ho granted. Given under my hand and seal, thi? }??? da? of Mar. in the year t?f our Lo.rd ene theusaaoj eight hundred and Sixty-fire, and in the eighty - ninth year ef the Independence of South Caro lina. - W. F. D?RISOEj Q.B.P, Mar U - ?.* *9 Noti?e? ALL ?tersons indebted te the H?tate ef Robert J. Dolph, lat? of Edgefield District deceased, are requested to come 'orward and make pay ment; und thole having demands against ?aid Estate vrill present them in due time, sad proper ly authenticated. A. J. FELLETIER, Adm'r. Oct 1.3 ly 42 Soldiers' Claims. WE have on hand a few quires of Blanca, foi obtaining deceased Soldiers' Claims agaiesi the Gov.wameut. ADVKRTI?i?K OFFICE. July 10 ii' 19 Salt to Barter for ?offt, 1PEOPOSE to exchange SALT FOR CORN, AND FODDER delivered at the Kalmia MdU, on tbo S. C. Railroad, li cuj?es below Bath Papes Mill. Ono Bushel Salt (,SU lbs ) for Ten Bushels Corn, or Twelve Hundred Pounds of Fodder. Persous whom ii may net sqit to deliver, eas oouamuuieutu Mite me through B.ith P. 0. JOHN h. BKANCH, Chief Eugineer. Kalmia Mills, Mar 18, 2t 13 For Tnx Collector. * Tbo Many Friends or D. A J. BELL, Esq.? respectfully nominate him as a 'Candidate fer Tax Collecter at the next eleotion. Oct 13_to Ai . Tor Tax Collector. Tns manj Friend^ol Capt. JAMES MITC II ELL respectfully nominate bim *8 a Candidate for TAX COLLECTOR at tho next election. T . . SALUDA. Dec fl tc* . - W Notice, ALL Persons having claims i.o the R?tate of Shirley B. Whatley, dee'd., ore reqaestod t* bund them in to tho undersigned, duly attested. W, W; ADAMS, Bx'er. Ja? IS 3m 4 IRONT 5nnn POUNDS SUPERIOR .BAR IRON, LvHJvF A inches wide and J thick, which *iiR bectfiil iow to close out tho Int. S. E. BOWERS, Agi Hamburg". Oct 29 . ti 4 Mules! ,Mu?es! CVSHM US, a SUPERIOR YOUNG JACK, will stand at Dr. R. I. Mirna' Steam Mill thu Spring Season. Tho Term* e: heretofore published hy handbills are revoked and changed to $00.- Cash in advaneo. Mares proving nat with foal will bave tho privil?ge of another sea son. Seseen to commence 3d April and ?lose tita June. J. H. MIMS. Mar 22 tf 13. Saluda H<TUsfr to Senfe THIS largeand cc^pediiHis Home, plawaafcs ly situated tn the Village ef Ed gt field, will be vacant o? the-?th April oas?. Any en? wi?*, in* a comfortable borne In iii? Village will-de well to apply soon to the- undersigned. .Thig House has some filteen good poolna, eineof vajea have fireplaces. Th? DweUiug.?nd out bnildiagi are all io good repair. A *ell of choice watojr in tho yard, and a fine gardea^ attached, to the uremUos. Terms reasonable. V ' LEWIS COVAR. .Mar 12 _ _ tf 12 . Read ThSfl~ ON Sunday night, the 12th inst., a a?? vh? said his name was-Rog?n, and that ba waa a Courier with important- dispatches, stobpei rt Mrs. Tho?. Careon'g and borrowed ? Mule to ride as far as Mr. Walter Richardson's, sayingthat his horse bad given ont, and that ha could get ?Be from Mr. R. to go en to Augusto. Mrs. Cartea cent for ber Mulo tb* next morning, bat Bogan failed t o leave it ai Mr. RichardsT'?. Said ani mal is a large brown horse MULE, with a brand of C. S., on tbs left shoulder, and a knot on one of his ankles. A liberal reward will le paid fer the recovery of ?aid mule. M. P. WALTON." . Richardsons, Mar 26 2t 13