Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, March 29, 1865, Image 2
"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