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*"***,>"**'f?; **"'** i'V'ii' ii'?i iirw^irtifiu^nu^j^njru ijiunLi?<^it?*iii~ii~?* ?1 'ii' i-IT-i**if**i-i- -'i-i** -- -??> BY MRISOE, KEE*E & CO. -pm EDG-EFIELD, S. C.,p.UG?ST lo, 1866. ,?^,WM,??MltaMU'l???u",,,'*,,,**M^M,'',',***"M*",M^ VOLUME XXXI.~No. 37. J. L. ADDISON, ATTORNEY AT JLAW AND SOLICI TOR IN EQUITY, EDGEFIELD C. Il,, S. C., Office in Law Range. . May 22, tf 21 M. h. BONHAM, iUor&ej ai Law and Solic^or in Eqnity, EDGEFIELD, S. C. Office formerly occupied by EMMET SEIBELS, Esq. i .fan 29 tf 5 Professional Card. aW. ADDISON, ATTORNEY AT LAW ?nd SOLICITOR IN EQUITY forEdge fieiu ?nd adjacent Districts. Edgef?eld, ?. C., May 22 4m 21 Di DENTISTRY. ?R H. PARKER respectfully announces that he is well prepared to execute in the best manner and promptly all work in thiTbusiness, -and at greatly redncod figures. Haring acquainted himself with tho ? late ines timable improvements in the profession, and se ared ? full stock of materials, Ac, he warrants good and satisfactory- work to all who may desire his services. Rdgefield, S. C., Aug. 1, . tf 31 Dentristy. DR. J. B. COURTNEY respectfully in forms bis old friends and the public general ly ?mt be is prepared to do all work in tbe MENTAL LINE, lu. tbo best manner, and oft short notice Ho will wait on parties at their r?!>idenoe p-hen rjeqhested to do so. Letters ad dressed him at tSiiiretivld C. H., or al Granit? ville, will receive prompt attention. . May 22 Situ* 21 for Sheriff. The Friends of Capt. A. P. WEST respectful ly announce him as a Candidate for Sherill ol R leefield at the next election. . Nov 7 * to? 45 ! { tS3~ We have bc?n authorised by the Friends of Capt. TI. B?ULWARE to announce "him a Candidate for Sheriff of EdgeScld District at the next election. Apr 12 te* 16 For Tax Collector. The Many Friends of D. A. J. BELL, Esq., respectfully nominate him os a Candidate fo. Vax Collector at the noxt election. Oct 18 te 43 For Tax Collector. THa?mr.ny Friends ol Capt.-JAMES MITCH ELL respectfully nominate him as a Candidat*' for TAX COLLECTOR at the next election. SALUDA. Dec ? te* 50 I a >SS!r*We bar?? uoen nutaomed by the many n friends of Capt. L. YANCEY' DEAN to an- a noonee him a Candidate for Clerk of the Court u .ot* Common Pleas for Edgefteld District at the I ^ next election. { 3( June 20 te ?7 CARRIAGE MANUFACTORY. EDGEFIELD, THE Sabsor?*rs respectfully announce that they are now prepared to do all work in thc COACH MAKING and REPAIRING BUSI NESS that miy be entrusted to them, in a work manlike manser, and with neatness and dispatch. ; We hare on hand a few CARRIAGES asd su- j potior BC t. lilCS, of our own manufacture, which j we will Bell low. All kinds of EEPAIRIS G done promptly and j warranted to giro satisfaction. .?^*As wesell ONLY FOR CASH, our prices 1 S nnnsualry r?nson?bIe. All wo oak is a trial, j H ST??TI? ?fc JONES. j ?? Mar 7_rf_W__ * FISK'S PATENT ! n METALLIC BURIAL CASES S ii AND CASKETS ! lt THE Subscriber has just received an assort- ! t ment of. thate boautifnl Rokewood finish j METALLIC BURIAL CASES and CASKETS- ? ( Air-tight. and indestructibly-for protecting and {( preferring tbe Dead-which he will sol! at but a ' j ?)derate advance onrorigi nat coat and transporta- j <i'?n. WherBrer lntrodnc?d these Cases have the j \ c referent over all others. fiarOrtlers promptly filled. Terms, of course, strictly Cash. J. M. WITT. Edgefield, Mar 13 tf ll SILE IM m WM I. N?.TEAGFE, j ? EDGEFIELD, S. C j HiS ?e??4 the Whitaker Stables for the par- j pose of conducting a general SALE AJ\D ; fyi VERY STABLE BUSINESS. HORSES left in hu? rbarge will receive the j .beet *t?ent?on. -, ~Jk BUtiOCEJ, CARRIAGES and HACKS, and ! ?ood gertie HORSES, to hire whenever called for. DROVERS wHl isd ample accommodation at ny Stables. ESTTernn reasonable. Feb ll tf " SPW^t%0 LES j WOT Old and Young' ?HAVE on hand a large and choice variety of SPECTACLES, including P??ent Perescopic I.ENS and eduino Scotch PEBBLES. Also, EYE GLASSES, EYE PROTECTORS, Ac. Give me a call. I can suit your Eyes. D. F. Mc li WEN. _OctJH_tf ? ?_ To the Public. DF. HcE WEN,-baring received a COM . PLETE . ASSORTENT OF W AI CH M \ TEKIALS, would respectfully inform bis friends and the public generally that he is now prepared to execute, with dispatch, all work ?a tho Watch Bepairiiig Department. fy All work done by him will bo warranted All styles of HAIR WORK and SOLID GOLD JEWELRY made to order. TERMS CASH. No irork will be allowed to loare tas Shop until paid for. Ont 81 tf 4* ? Just Received, , NE CASE GENUINE CONGRESS WATER. Fur sate by TEAGUE A HAR WILE. May Tl . tf il D Just Received, ^RAKE'S PLANTATION RITTERS; RUSS' ST. DOMINGO BITTERS; j&REEN'3 OXYGENATED BITTERS, For sale ?ow by TEAGUE A CARWILE. x May 23 . _tf__21 rwRg'R ?OPUXAS; BED BUG KILLER. TEAGUE * CASWJLS.il Uv* ?* ? Life's Sunset. Where ara you goii-;- so fast, old mai Where are you going so fast ? There's a valley to cross, and a river to There's a clasp of the hand and a par And a tremulous sigh for tho post, ol The beautiful vanished past ? The road has "been ruggod and rough j To your feet it's rugged and rough, But you seo a dear being with gentle ey Has shared in your labor and sacrifico; Afc ! that has bcoa sunshino enough, ? I?or you and mo, sunshine enough. How long since you'vo passed over th< mau, Of life o'er the top of the hill ? Were there beautiful valleys on t'other s Were there flowers and trees with their I . wide, To shut out the heat of the sun, old mt Thc heat of the fervid sun ? And how do you cross the wavc3, old n Of sorrow, tho fearful waves? Did you lay your dear treasures by, one With an aching heart and " God's will b< Under tho woysido dust, old man, In the graves 'neath the wayside dust There bi labor and sorrow for all, old m Alas .' there is sorrow for all, And you, peradventure, havo had your sha For eighty long winters have whitened yoi And they've wbitoned your heart a? wi man, Thank God, your heart as well. You're now^H the foot of the hill, old ma At last at tho foot of tfc? hill : Thc sun hes gono down in a golden glow, ind the heavenly city lies just below; Go in through the pearly gate, old man. The beautiful pearly gate. Beaufort, As It Is. Mr. B. C. .Truman, the traveling ce >ondent of the New York Times, writes >aper a long letter from Beaufort, S. C., hick wc extract as follows : Probably no city in the Uuiou has ex meed such a change as this. It was fora i rich, artstoctatic winter resort lor Suui lers-men of luxurious ea>e, who had pl if money, and spout it without stint. Y ..changeI Beaufort is now completely ] :eeized-that is, it is almost wholly in bat ?y New Englanders. Maine, New Hamps! /ennont, Massachusetts, Rhode Islatid Connecticut are all well represented ; and hough the present inhabitants aro n ht i t ty .md industrious than the nabobs \ innerly were the possessor}: of property h hey keep their purse-s;ringi much Ugh ?spense charities, etc., less lavishly, and i rithstandirrg tuey aim to he clannish, Wig together Uss harmoniously. Th re between fifteen hundred and two thou.-.: rhite people in Beauiort, almost all of wh re genuine Yankee?-all rich, too, thai i the fate of war ai.d the exixteuce of Din ax Commissioners. In and about hero t )tne tea thousand colored men, who mini i th the whites just as though they were ie same origin as the whites. The Muy lice Bolder, landlord and " store- kei^rT^ om the same section. The best proof, ho rer, that Beaufort is thoroughly a Yank iwn, is obtained from the fact that the pe le are in lavor of negro suffrage, and to ian-office-holders and all-pronounce A rew Johnson a traitor. Same iii these nu re Ex Quartermasters and Ex-Commissio rs ; bat as a general thing, the communi composed of sutlers, sutlers' clerks, at iher high-toned patriots, who fought, bli .he soldiers,) and died for their countr Ithough as yet history has failed to gil jem honorable mention. The colored people, who are really the on oes who do any hard work hereabouts, r reat credit to themselves and the comrnunii l which they move, by their uniform goc ehavlor and industry, lt. really grieves n i see how these popr fellows are s arindie nd dealt with generally. But it see as to c 0 good to show up these operations, ft here is a party at the North pretending I e governed by good motives, who endeave j conceal all facts connected with these ou ages. I tell the readers of the Times thi 1 ener?is Steedman and Fullerton have m old half. These colored . people .have bee windled beyond all consideration ; and if tl freedmen's Bureau Bill now before the Hom ?ecoraes a-law, God help the colored men < he South, say I, Tne most distinguished and most successft >f all of these negro robbers ia a form: ;haplain, known as Father French, who h t n the past four years accumulated a quart-.' jf a million dollars.in cash and real estate Even the Northern people here, to a mat pronounce Father French the Tycoon oft? :he robbers. He had .General Saxton com pletely under, hts control, and got him int bad repute. He was ordered away from t?a auctjon sales by the Direct Tax Commission ers, but managed to buy all the property !a bid on, which waa considerable. Genera Saxton is a frightful fanatic, and whiten COM missioner of Freedmen, did a world ol han But the accounts of General Saxton switd hog the negroes arc strictly untrue, as s r also thc reports of bis being mixed up in tb diroct tax sales greatly exaggerated. Tb only case in the latter charge that can be si I sta?tiated is the fact that through his inf u euee be became possessed of the most pals tial mansion in Beaufort for a mere song, have met seyeral ol thc warmest friends o GeceraJ Saxton, hero, ^bo scout the idea o his ever personally being connected with a;ii ucgro-swindling operations, who say that ai: purchase of the boase above alluded to rai a fraud.. ?f lt bsd been bid in fairly, and th Commissioner? inform me this, it would havi bronght ten thousand dollars. As it was General Saxton got it for two thousand, a< there was co competition-the entire commu uity agreeing that hesbould have the property Father French's operations extend fran here to Charleston, bot ii in the purchase o real estate and in running plantations, fl" modva tyerandi in the purchase of land iva.? as follows: -Thousands of acres of laud ware lai.l ?If and called soldier*' tracts, to be sold to, soldiers at certain low prices, Fathet French would buy in these lots, ostensibly fot the soldiers, the. latter being present at the sales ; but in almost all cases the certificates ultimately lound their way into Father French's pockets. Bat his negro-swindling operations brat everything. He is the big gest planter South Carolina ever bad. He is miming thousands of negroes and running them into debt and into their graves. They are all io debt to him, on account cl his lofty charges for meal and Atfleborough jewelry. For certain reasons I will not give this bad man at this time the full extent of my knowl edge of lils operations in South Carolina- He has been sent for from Washington ; but it is the common expression hore that be will pull the wool over the eye? of the aut horities tl ere. The office of the Direct Tax Commissio.ters for South. Carolina is located here, and will fiuiah its operations, no doubt in .ano ther year, a? there is less than ?100,000 to cul Icc V Although lhere ?re many complaints agiinnt the Tax Commissionera here, they are not, .?kc' the Florida Oommresioncrfl, charged sith gross frauds and robberies; Up tc- this time nearly a quarter of a million of dol?an) has been collected fer the Government by ; ases ?nd hy tax sties* Beaufort is a sandy town, nearly twenty miles from tbe ocean, and it is nearly mid summer. Dor'tyou believe it is a little warm? However, we jave a nice breeze witb tbe tide every evening. You ought to see the Beau fort mosquitoes-gracious ! Freedmen's affairs are frightfully mixed up on the Sea Islands. These islands, as all will remember, were aet apart by General Sher man, in Order No. lo, in January, 1864, for the settlement of the colored people who had gathered together in vast numbers in that General's lines. Allotments of land, nomi nally of thirty or forty acres in extent, but in reality of all dimensions, from half a dozen acres to half a'dozen hundred acres, were squatted upon by all ages, sexes and condi tions of the colored race; The distribution under General Saxton, or some of his agents, was made in the most careless and irregular manner, which irregularity was continued, until the end of General Saxton's adminis tration. Not half of the certificates issued comply with General Sherman's conditions, and worse than that, cormorants of the Father French 6tyle of philanthropist, and he among them, have swindled the poor freedmen so completely that half of them are destitute and dependent on charity. The recital of j these facts is unpleasant, but unpleasant as it is, I feel it my duty to make yon aware of | them. As far as the Sea Islands are con cerned, and especially where the plantations are being run by chaplains and officers of the Freedmen's Bureau, the most unscrupulous robberies are being perpetrated, and an alarm ing state of lawlessness has cropped out in consequence. There has been and ia a per ceptible state of improvement in this particu lar since the advent of General Scott. And it is due this officer to say that he is very strict with all classes, but he happens nut to be a fanatic. Notwithstanding, the Vanderbilt came up to this town on one occasion contrary to the t*xp~ctations aud hopes of the projectors and founders of Beaufort, it will never be an im portant commercial city. Port Royal, which lb* at the mouth of the river, and immedi uely on the ocean, is destined to be the great jommercial city of South Carolina. It has he finest port and harbor South of Portland, md, of course, will accommodate the largest )f ships. The town is being laid out in ?plendid style, und already a large number of )eople have settled there. It can easily be ;een from Beaufort, being less than fifteen niles distant. Great efforts will be made 'et to have a first class navy yard at this dace (Port Royd.) aDd all the property lereabouts has been brought, some at the ax sale*, some at sales of confiscated prop rty, and some on private terms. People rom all over the United States have pur based building lots, (city property,) or liartafion lands, or both. Tens of thousands f the richest plantation lands in South Care ina are in close proximity to Port Royal, all ? which grow the King staple or sea island ntron. ? noticed, a few days ago, while inking over the Tax Commissioner's books, mr one of the best plantaron.; in this vicin J, comprising seven hundred acres of land, as cold to a firm compared of Senator Doo tile, ot Wisconsin, Ben. Wade, of Ohio, and itnon Camdon, of Pennsylvania. This was ie property of Col. Seabrook formerly, who in away and sacrificed it fur tbe rebel cause, be cotton on ibis plantation is looking dendidly and is in full bloom. -T5e^?er.__ ras a miserable ott Did B?ge was a mlsf-rabie^nTT??lIb'wi wTnrj"* id accumulated great, wealth by lifelong i'evishneSH. But even misers have to die >metime, and old BogeVa9 at length called a tb pay that debt which all must pay, and hieb i? pajil as easily by .tho mr.n v.-ho hasn't cent as by tbe possessor of millions. Old Boge was sick unto death, finding a artial recompense in bis sufferings from the .fiectiun that, as he could not eat. auytliing. juiething was being saved. His physician dd him that his end was rapidly approaeh lg, and as-he felt within himself that he was ipidly appr oaching his end; i: wo? evident to ld Boge that ho must meet his end very DOH. " How long have [ to live ?" asked ?ld Bog?, in a faint voice. " Only half an hour,-' said the physician, iking out bis watch in a business manner, nd added : " Is there any one you would ike to send for-a clergyman, fdr instance ?" i Old Boge tnnsed in a lethargic way for a i moment, then utarted upas with, a sudden j hunght, raised his feeble bane: and felt of is emaciated chin, upon wbicii two weeks ;rowth ot gray and stubbed beard bad grown, ben whispered bur icdly, "quick-bring me -a barber." The barber came with his kit, and old Juge said, in a'voice that was rapidly growing veaker : u You-charge-ten cents-to shave-live -men?' " Yea, Uiat ia our price," replied tho barber. <; What- you charge-to shave-dead men ?*' .'-One dollar,".said tho barber, wondering ivhat be meant. w Then- share-me-quiek."eaid old Boge ?ervously eveiLg the watch which the doctor i?ld in his bani. He was too weak to speak .urtber, but tb? doctor interpreted aright tbe question that vas in his eyes. " Fifteen minutes," replied the dook?*. Old Boge mt.de a feeble motion as with a lather brush, and the barber was at his work ia a jiffy. He porformed bis task with dis patch, and although the sick man had several sinking spell? o? au alarming nature, yet he . bore up tb the end. Wben the last stroke ofj^ thc razor was .iriven, old Boge whispered iu a tone cf satisfcetion: "That'll do-ninety cents- saved and immediately expired. THE EDOEFIELD ADVERTISER.-This ener getically managed and ably edited exchange comes to us e\ery week now, with its columns filled to repletion, with vigorous, sensible, and forcible discus nuns on that all important sub ject-the Stay Law. ipiny of the views pre sented therein are cmiuently wise, well grounded and convincing, and if wo had tho necessary space, we would toke pleasure in transferring some of them to our own columns tor the info. r;a: ion. aud instruction of our readers. As usual tb ? proud old District of E.lge ficld is taking the lead in the discussion and settlement of this momentous subject- a* she alway? does in such matters as involve the welfare and prosperity of our State. We trast that the efforts her people are now making in be'ialf of the sorrow burdened and poverty-stricken people of our well-beloved commonweal'.* will ler,d to the most speedy and practical results, and that we max -?ou be enabled to see our way clearly through the dark wilderness of uncertainty and of doubt in which wo are bow involved-Sum ter Nows. . .--<-? -: ? "VB GREATEST CURIOSITY OF THE AGE. One of tho most remarkable curiozitiea of the age, in the way of monsters, is now on exhibition in this-city. It is the head of a colt, born on thc farm of Mr. -, three miles sonth of this city, with but one eye, and that immediately in the centre of the forehead. Tho oyo was fully developed and capable of si.rht. There is a malformation of the upper jaw, a deficiency in the growth of the bone, which g ves it a Btill moro hideous appearance.-Hawkinsville Di-pitch. ggf. fha city authorities cf Mobi.lo have re jected tho pallion of U\U August* Evans for porraiasioa to erecta monument to tho Confe?er ato dead in Biitrville Square. ?gf Caa oUliens of those piucos where the office of postnuwtoris filled by a paetmiitreMb? The New CottonlTax. THE PROVISIONS OF THE NEW INTERNA^ REVE NUE LAW ON THE SUBJECT. As a matter of very general interest to our readers, wo preseur, below, the'first eight sec tions of the new InternaLjRevenue Law, which embrace all the provisions of the law which* relate to the internal tax,on cotton : Bc it enacted by the Se?ale and House of Repr?sentatives of the UiiiledJj?aUs of Amer ? i in Congress Assembled, That on and after the first day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, in lieu of the talarm unmanufac tured cotton, cs provided in d4An act to pro vide internal revenue to support the Govern ment, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes," approved Juno thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, as amended ty the act of March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, there shall be paid by thc pro ducer, owner or holder, upoa-all cotton pro duced within the United* States, and upon which no tax bas been levied, paid or collect ed, a tax of three cents per pound, as herein I after provided : and the weight of shch cotton shall bc ascertained by deducting four per centum for tare from the gross'waight of each bale or package ; and tax shall be and remain a lien thereon, in the possession of any person whomsoever from the time when this law takes effect,-or such cotton, ia produced-as aforesaid, until the'sam? snail have been paid ; and no drawback shall rn any case be allowed on raw or un rna nu fa du red cotton of any tax paid thereon when '?exported in the raw unmanufactured condition?: But no tax shall be imposed upon any cotton imported from other countries, and on which an import duty shall have been paid. J . SEC. 2. And bc it fnrtlur enacted, That the aforesaid tax upon cotton shall' be levied by the assessor on the producer,'owner or holder thereof. And said tax shall be paid to the collector of internal r^venueK^within and for thc collection district in wBich- said cotton shall have been produc d, and before the same shall have been removed .therefrom, ex cept where otherwise provided in this Act; and every collector to whom any tax upon cotton shall bc paid shall mark the bales or other packages upon which the'tax shall have been paid, in such manner'aalmay cl?arly in dicate the payment thereof, cod shall give to the owner or other person hiving- charge of ? such cotton a permit for the,'removal of the same, stating therein the atoount and pay aient of the tax, the time aad place of pay ment, ^nd the weight and marks upon the bales and packages, so that the same may be fully identified ; and it shalebe-the duty of | ?Vcry such collector to keerf;clear and suffi lient ref ;ds of all sue': cotfori inspected or narked, and of al"' marks arti identifications hereof, and of all permits fojjhe removal of ; .he same, and of his transactions relating .hereto, and he shall malee fuji returns there >f, monthly, to the Commissioner of Internal Ftevenue. j SEC.-P,. And bc ii further enacted, That the Jcmmissioncr of Internal Rt'er.no ia hereby luthori/.ed to designate one q? more places in ;ach collection distriot wher&at assessor or m assistant assessor aud aofleocor or deputy lollector shall be located, and where cotton nay be brought for the purpose of being "eighed and appropriately marted : Provided, ~h.it it shall be the duty of ihe-asse*sor or ssistant assessor and the colhctor or deputy olk'ctor to assess and cause r/; ,be- properly ug ex penses ^t o ^an d^fmrn^fl^ desT^ ? ak .lace, for that purpose, bo jiaidby the owners hereof. SEC. 4. And be it further en?ttd, That all lotton hading been weighed ap marked as ?erein provided, and for whicl permits shall lave beor? duly obtained of thjassessor, inav JO removed from thc district i which it has j >Pen produ:ed to any one othtjdistrief, with >ut prc-payment ol' the tax dullhercon, upon ho execution of such transpiration bonds ir other security, and in accomnce with such .egulations as ?hall bo praribc-1 by the '\,mmission.-.r of Internal Rjenue, subject o the-approval of lin; Secrete of the Treas iry. The said cotton so reoved shall be lelikerod to the collector of jfernnl revenue j ir his deputy forth w ith noons arrival af. ?ts ?oint of destination, and sbjietnain subject in his control until the tai. thereon^ and my necessary charges bf IS tody thereof, shall have been paid, but. nliiig herein-con taincd rhall authorise any Ivy of tho pay ment qf said lanes for mGrh??n ninety ?iy3 Fi-otn tho -late o. ibo perml and when cot ton shall hive been wjghcknd marked, fur which a permit shall havoin grunted with out prepayment of the ti it shall bethe duty ol' the assessor grant! such permit to give immediate notice of lb permii to thc' collector of internal revclfor the district I to which said cotton isjbc transposed, | and he shall also transmitjrewith a state meut of the tares due ison, and of the I bonds or other ' securities tho payment] thereof, and be shall inc fall returns and statements of the same tje Commissioner of Internal Revenue. SEC 5." And bc il furhiacfed, That it shall bc unlawful, from after the first day of September, cightecnldred and sixty six, fer the owner. mastdpercargo, agent, or other person' bavin? jo ci any vesuoi, or for any railroad coruf or other trans portation company, or fo common carrier, or other person, to conT . attempt-to con vey, or transport any c< -the growth or produce of the United S -from any point In the district in whitehall have been package thereof i mpanying it the the payment of j of tho collector it of the asses under regula Internal Reve ( t ? F q G S a t; r P P s SI tl a d U k fi o it P' ra et ti cc m to bc th loi he fbi mr pw hu act six ant ail shu of anti thc Cot to Tre reg? COt! mar info ?seci lippi mat he d tern; a? ic produced, unless each shall have attached to proper marks or evide thc revenue tax and a for stich removal, or t sor, as hereiu beforo p ttons of the Commissi? nue, subject to thc appf the Secretary qf the Treas-iry, or t< ey or transport any cotton from any Si which cotton is produced to any port c ib tho United Stales without a certifnm the collector of internal revenue ol trrctfrora which it was brought, and si :icr evidence as the Commissioner of 1 Revenue, sub ject to tue ftpi.ropal ? Secretary of the Treasury, may presa at tho tax hos been.paid thereon, or -mit of the As Bessor as herein befe 'ideel, and such certificate and evident >resaid shall be furnished to the coll? tho district to which it ia transporte his permit "ob tained before landing, ging, or deliver ine such cotton at t e to which it is transported as aforesi cl aoj; P?WQQ or persons who shall, v JG provisions of this Act in this respe io shall convey or attempt to convey y State in which cotton is produced t< -t or plact with out the United State tton upon which the tax has not been ball bo liable tip a penalty'of one h lullars for each bale of cotton so coi : transported, or attempted to be con transported, or to imprisonment for ? than ono year, or both ; and all vet vehicles employ ed in suc'i conveyar sportation shall be Hablo to seitiiiri feitupe, by pro* ceedingaJu any Cot i United States having competent j n. And all cot ton so shipped or a o bo shipped or transported withoi it of tho tax, or COM the execution of sn irtntion bonds or Statis lother security, as j i this Act, shall longin? bo forfeited to th States, "and tue py tho proceeds thereof d according to the to tho statute in like casi I. ^ I charget Sxc.fr. And bi r unacted That of our i upon articles man exclusively from been co coUfltn, when exp > shall bc allowed derson Bi to di ruin, New favor and i . Pr you ? iii th, Wt or dit ' Wt Bq He are as Seoph tate to reg Bonds tyrant ot the lt.is a must < New men ii tri la ol Holde) And greis a rights whites soon vi Prairie NcwE the Ca; tau i er. I wo mei hear it who is descent never t honor only wi face th Cr jse J as a drawback an amount equal to the inter nal tax which shall have been assessed and paid upon 6uch articles in their finished con dition, and in addition thereto a, drawback or allowance of as many cents per pound upon the pound of cotton cloth, yarn, thread or knit -fabrics, manufactured exclusively from cotton and exported, as shall havo been assessed .and poid ia the form of aa internal tax upon the raw cotton" entering into the manufacture of 6aid cloth or other article, the amount of such allowance or drawback to be ascertained in such manner as may bo prescribed by the Commissioner ol Internal Revenue, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury ; and so much of section oHe hundred and seventy-one of the act of Juna thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four,u I'o provide internal revenue to support the Gov ernment, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes," as now provides for a drawback on manufactured cotton, is here by repealed. SEC. 7. And be it furtlier enacted, That it shall be the duty of every person, firm, or corporation, manufacturing cotton for any purpose whatever, in any district where cot ton is produced, to return to the assessor, or assistant assessor of the district in which such manufacture is carried on, a true state ment in writing, signed by him, and verified by his oath or affirmation, on or before the tenth day of each month ; and thc first state ment so rendered shall be on or before the tenth day of August,. eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and shall state thc quantity of cot ton which such manufacurer had on hand and unmanufactured, or in process of manu facture, on the first day of said month ; and each subsequent statement shall show the whole quantity In pounds, gross weight, of cotton purchased or obtained, and the whole quantity consumed by him in any business cr process of manufacture during the last pre ceding calendar mont h, and the quantity and character of the goods manufactured there from ; and every such manufacturer or con sumer shall keep a book, In which he shall euter the quantity in pound0., of cotton which ho has on hand on the first day of August, eighteen Utmdred and sixty six, and each quantity or lot purchased or obtained by him [Hereafter ; the time when and the party or parties from whom th? same was obtained ; he quantity of said cotton, if any, which is ;he growth of thc collection district where ihe same is manufactured ; the quantity, if my, which has not been weighed and marked >y any officer herein authorized to weigh and nark the same; the quantity, if any, upon vhtch tho tax had not been paid, so far as :an be ascertained, before the manufacture hereof; and also the quantities used or dis >08ed of by him from unie to time in auy irocess of manufacture or otherwise, and the [Uantity and character of the-product there f, which book sha!!, at all times during bu iness hours, be open to the inspection of thc ssessor, assistant assessors, collector or depu y collectors of the district, inspectors, or of eveune agents ; and such manufacturer shall ay monthly to the collector, within the time rescribed by law, the tax herein specified, ubjoct to no deductions, on all cotton so con urned by him in any manufacture, and on 'bich no excise tax bas previously been paid ; nd evory such manufacturer or person whose uty'it is to do so, who shall neglect or refuse ) make such returns to the assessor, or to eep such book, or who shall make false or audulent returns, or make falso entries in ich book, or procure thc same Vi be so done,. j^itt?-irxi?Uiie E?LfP?P.t; of the_tax tp_he.: tates all cotton and all products of cotton t bis possession, and shall bo liable to a ?nalty of not less than one thousand nor lore than five thousand dollars, to be recor ed with coats ol Suit, or imprisonment not cceeding two years; in the discretion of the lurt ; and any person or persons who shall ake any false oath or affirmation in relation any matter or thing herein required shall ! guilty of perjury, and shall be subject to c punishment prescribed by existing statutes r that offence; Provided, That nothing rein contained shall be construed in any inner to affect the liability of any person ' any tax imposed by law on the goods |r:Uiactured from such cotton. SEC. 8. And be i?' further enacted, That the tristan j of the act of Saint thirtieth, eighteen ndred and sixty-four, .as amended by the of March third, eighteen htiudred and ty five, relating to the assessment of taxes i enforcing the collection of the same, and ; proceeding and remedies relating thereto, ,!! apply to the assessment and collection I the tax, fines and penalties imposed by. - I not inconsistent with, tho provisions of I {.receding .sections of this act; and the t D missioner of Internal Revenue, subject < the approval of the Secretary ot' the i asury, shall make all necessary rules and i ilations for ascertaining the weight of all ! <. on to be assessed, and for appropriately ! ? king thc same, and generally fur carrying j i effect tko foregoing provisions. And the ? j "dary of the Treasury is. authorized to j n Dint all necessary inspectors, weighers and I i kers ol' cotton, whoso compensation sha!! '1 etermiued by the Commissioner of In- ii il Revenue, and paid in the same mannpr c ispectors of tobacco. a HoJ ti .other Democrats-there is work for us ?J ). We have a country to rescue from ;i( fanaticism and the danmabie grip of England intolerance, priest-craft and a g ed sectionalism begotten, in ignorance et lurtured with the hot blood of innocence. cf ay for pluck ! Bo men-or cowards. If at ire democrats and are afraid to own your 0f sit down and let women tuke your place. ?? a can succeed. We can save the country jj? s in the attempt. All we ask is this uality of Statt? or another war. ^ lite men to govern white men na! taxation or repudiation. ^ P re is our Banner, and those who like if g0 ked to aid us in getting it before tb? 3. We want the old Constitution ; every ' represented in Congress and the right ulate her own affairs; United States * i taxed or repudiated. It is a cowardly, L{1 lical wrong to keep eleven States out ^_ temple they built in their own blood, n insult to Washington that niggers - J jovcrn' white men. Ic is damnable to ^ Bnglandize tho hot sweat of western ^ ito cooling perfumes to regale the uos ^ F pampered, abolition protected Bund ps ! we say to thc radical traitors in Con- w?t md their nigger loving b^okere,, if equal ue? and fair play bo hot given the toiUng and tho many States of America, there 'ill be another Grand March fresa lue.J J ? to the Sea, which wiU Shermanize Ingland forever and tint the floors of i pitol with the extermination of .puri- Tm intolerance! And if you ask. what aw *?> .you. W?H fiud it in this paper and bei on the platform from one American gas the friend of poor while men-the ara lant of Revolutionary stock- who top towed his head to a tyrant or sold his effe for place or gain, and who dares not - the rite and talk what he thinks, but dares his io music of every national air.-La bro ( Wisconsin) Democrat. "? eni -:--?.?- pre JUTTED-Frederick De?hl, August WQI and John Frodcr, U. S. soldiers, be- hac to the garrison hore, were arrested ed commanding officer and turned over did civil authorities to be tried for the Ro K breaking open und pilfering thc house townsman, T. S. drayton. They have i tn milted to jail, to await trial.-An- yei Appeal ... 1 pro 0 '* - '*' A Trae Estimate. Does any sane mao, any rational politician, if sucli a nondescript can be found, suppose that were tho South to accept tho terms pro posed by the Radicals in Congress they would be williup; to see our Represenratives back thjtas ? That factions majority, at th? bead of watch Chief Justice Cfiase now stands, their President in pro.vpectn, who are opposing thr> wise policy of President Johnson, offer us re storation to the Union if we will adopt their doctrine of negro auftrage. Thie they demand and insist on, knowing tbe South will not as sent to such a bargain. If the South were to ace pt their terms to morrow no budy wodi be moro surprised or shocked than these self same Radicals. We much fear that not even' the bouquet d' Africana, in allopathic dopes, would restore Messrs. Sumner, Stevens & Co. from the collapse into which* they would in cvitably sink upon the announcement that the South-had accepted their proposed bargain and adopted negro suffrage. They offer it because they know it will not be accepted, and woul. be excessively surprised were tho South tn adopt it, and their plan of perpetuating their power by the exclusion of the Southern State; be defeated. Were we inclined to entertain their proposition we would distrust their sin eerily, well knowing that it is but an excuse lor delay, and that were it accepted, other ob stacles would be thrown in the way of om restoration. Were the negroes made voter. tomorrow, they would add nothing to the Republican strength. In nine cases out o: teu we believe they would vote with their former masters and employers, who are their natural guardians and protectors, and to whom now, in trouble or distress, they look for pro tection and assistance, and do not look in vain. To the great disgust of the anti-slavery socie ty, we would wager that ninety-nine in a hun dred would vote with their former masters We understand them, aud speak knowingly ; have been brought up by and amongst them, and appreciate their commonsense views o? their own iuterests. Their white emplo3rers would have twice the inflnence with them o! those nasal-twanged gentlemen of Andover, those pious theological fledglings from thi Cambridge divinity school, or th? radian army of lovely " school-marms" that has inva ded us. Good juicy Virginia bacon, corr bread, hominy, and a tumbler of whiskey i would have a hundred fold the efFect that ali the codfish and hard-tack the "Bosting1' j market could produce. Johu Brown's per ; turbed spirit could never "contend in this j world with Davy Crockett's styli of election j ; sering. And this the Radicals would learn j | Lo their cost, should they succeed in forcing acgro suffrage on th? unhappy South. The 3outhern planter, like a highlaud chieftain at :he bead of his clan, fould marshal his hands it the i>olls with much moro certainty of con rol than the mill owners of Lowell or Man mcsler do their operatives. But tho South will never consent to the de grading bargain and sale proposed, which pal >ably violate the letter and spirit, of the Con nituti?n, under which it is now supposed tr ie. It would rather await patienly the hom then the conservative sentiment al the North hal! rescue it without sale from the political legradatio.i in which it gow is. We woulo tot accept restoration on Bnch terms, if every ia!e of coUon, every article of plate, furni ure or clothing, that? has been taken from us, hould be restored to its lawful owner. Richmond Times. To TJiose" wno .Think of^migrating to -?..UiirJ(^>_^_?_ Mr. Editor :-Inmy recent travels through" evora! of thc Southern States, I have met lany persons who have expr?s'ed a desire tu 0 to Mexico. Not a few of these persone: ere heads of families and members of our litirch. Having been in a position for several ears affording me constant intercourse with [most every part of Mexico, and feeling s sep interest in the welfare cf our people, 1 ;g permission to say a word on the subject, trough your columns. I have lived iu Cali mia for ueftrly twelve years past, and the j rect and constant intercourse which has tea-kept tip between thut country and Mex 1 has given me opportunities to acquire liable information, so that I can speak ad ?edly. . My advice is, let Mexico alone. . lt is scarcely ort. of insanity for a man to thin!: of taking i family thither, in the present condit:on o: 3 country. If thu political condition of th. Uth?rn States is unsettled, that of pout ;Xico is more so. Mexico is a bone ti* be ighr, over-perhaps for many years. ' Gen. bal Early in a recent letter titates some ts which 'arc worth considering. The ?stance of what he says is, that you canuoi air. good titles to lands and that in the sting stato of affairs you cannot rely apon ng protected in the peaceable enjoyment" ahorne. Thc mixod, mongrel, degraded iul.-i.ticn of Mexico, half htzzaroui, and f banditti, numbering millions, will, in rn) guien t prove to be a moro dangerous ek it in society, and more difficult to manage a thc negroes in thc Southern S ates y infest the whole country, and will-makr ext to a pandemonium for twenty years to' rt* It is true they are destined to fade y -before tho blaze of American civilizt , but from my heart I pity the man who s bia family among them now. Your es iu thc South may be de<olat.?d and iverished, but in Mexico you would have onie. ' . i.a word, if matters are unsettled here, icy are all over the world. This Southl and ?3 the fairest that the sun atunes ou, lining more fertility, beauty, grt.ndear healthfulness, than any other on tho earth [tial extent. If the young 'men nf the li will remain wher? they are, and ex a patience, industry and pc,Severance ? to thc valor they displayed on the bot ld, they have before them a glorious and erous future. other word. Thc great mau of thc >ern people cannot get away. The great .itv of its people, including the widows rpbnns of the fallen heroes of the war. remain. Is it manly to leave them, to some foreign shore to escape present iations and disabilities, which, in due will surely cease? any rate, koop away from Mexico. That :ountry fora man who wants peace, and . to reap the rewards of enterprise and ? industry, free fro-n oppression and r. For my part, I had rather identify .tunes and tjjose of- my children alt^r th tile-plundered, suffering South, than tiqae of any oih? land aud peopleucder \. 0. P. FITZGERALD. on, Georgia, May 24/A, 13b'6. THE TRILL son D. in a m taue.} i and & The & Northi predon section ance o When the Ul islaturt to M isi Upon t will be ont the cans-* I quesiK liberty Federa Upicn, Ainerii has ou time fi Mag az cs formel Nation A gentleman in New Hampshire, aged 80 casJu'? has bean seed for $10,000 for breach-? v?tQ a] <? ? time re ACCIDENT.-Mr. Thomas Martin, on ty morning, being engaged to clean ont for Mr. Lowensteine, of this city, was owered, but coining in contact with quested the hands at the windlass to lim un. When within a few feet of the ! become so much overcome from* thi of tho gap, that he let go bis hold upon 3e and fell head foremost to the bottom ill was badly fractured and his neck i. Precaution -should bet taken before ig wells to see whether they are ?rn fed with gas. This young man's life have been saved if tho proper caution en taken. We learn t hat he had clean. the same Well some weeks since and t apprehend any danger from gas. Commercial. dt hi ai bi P< ?< ;S. ')? :h .;0 ei tol /a val lei co >e dei 31? I rn >t* i floi lani ot ( ing der in i fore the rc.jp vinj sal. prop >urn ?he I tho i .?ul rt i m pr 'S to with It tho c and t tho i open! fled fi which ral of triai i the D i uct. \ 'riend Tense to dis? The Negroes in Washington. The negroes seem to be constituting them selves as great a public nuisance in Washing ton city as in R dimond. The Constitutional Union, of Monday, says : " The institution of the Freedmen's Burean was a great thing for the country, especially for the nigger.- We .'o not know exactly- where the headquarter* of thia costly piece of furniture is located, but judging from our senses of seeing, hearing and smelling, one of the drawers thereof must have a local habitation in the upper part of the Sixth Ward. We happen to re side in that ward at present, at d speak from painful experience. Night after night, when all decent and honest persons are endeavor i g to court the precarious (in these hot night-) lavors of Moipheus. we have.been kept awake, and praying for the disturbera of our rest, by the stentorian cloquer cesof on ebony divine, who holds forth to an interested and odoriferous audience in a negro church, about a block from our residence. The yells and shouts that issue from the congregation naturally suggests the idea of a pandemonium of demons, rather than a Christian Church. When the services are concluded, a drove of che 4 black bruddern and sisters' take posses sion of the neighboring streets, and their in ce.-sant gabble and idiotic laughter convey a very forcible idea of the noise of a vast drove rf monkeys or ourang-outangs. Wo to the unfortunate wight ( white) who happens to be belated and meets the gang. He is jostled out of the way, laughed and jeered at, and if he escape whole in body and purse, he may be truly grateful. Saturday nigh', a prayer m-.-eting-or we would more truthfully do icnbe it as a. fetish orgie-was held in a shanty in tho neighborhood alluded to, and ihe groans and cries of the sable fanatics broke the quiet of the right until long past the hour of midnight, now long will public decency continue to be insulted, and the pub tic good.set at naught, by the pets of Thad. Stevens &, Co. ? How long will our people submit to their insufferable insolence? If the strong arm of the law cannot deal effi ciently with thi3 African plague, wc care not now soon a vigilance committee may take.the matter in haod, and witta, stout rope and convenient tree or lamp-post, rid tho commu nity ol some thousands of these pests." What Does it Diena? On the 18th, General Sheridan issued an srder prohibiting the erection, in his division, af any monument in memory of the rebellion, ?r .the formation of companies, batteries, jrigades, &c On tho 19th, ? telegram in brmed us he had recalled that order, and it ins to be presumed that he had received or iers to that effect from Washington ; but, lo I md behold ! a despatch published yesterday norning, dated New Orleans, 20th, announces hat the Virginia Valley General had lormal 7 published his original order. People may well ask what does all this leaseless persecution of thc Southern people nean? If ladies interming'e tiny nags epresenting " the conquered banner"-among vergreena, as innocent emblems and memen* oes of the cause their friends and relatives ell in defending, forthwith a military officer s sent to investigate whether these little one >r two inch square emblems are not freshly atched symbols of another rebellion. Now, iy special order, the people of Louisiana are urbidden to erect monuments, tombstones, bc, over tho remains of the gallant dead, ihey. cannot inscribe-on the- marble that my - o->, brother or .husband.^fell ijn such .a. field ; n dof?tuu?..j>f'rhu cuiiuft hft. had. jKpnnPcd ; ires? ffraves must remaitt-witEour^any tablet a their memorv, by command of Gen. Sher ian! What does it mean ? These petty acts of lilitary officers, intruding within the sacred recincts of grave-yards and cemeteries, what f> they mean ? God, who searchelh the saris of all men, only knows. Il they are "erely the acts of men exercising " a little rief authority/' they are only the failings of >or weak human nature, as they have sp ared in every age-if they are intended to ?ad the people of the South to "disloyal" o-called) acts, they will fail of their intent, cause 'he people can afford to wait to erect eir tomb stones and head-boards, until " the od time coming," without violation of th? rms they have accepted ; but, if they aro ended to indicate that the work of 6ubju tion is yet incomplete, then arc they at fiance with the avowed policy of the Presi nt for tbj restoration of unity and peace onr unhappy country, and should forthwith put a stop to by his mandate as Corr.ma.n ;. in-chief of the Armies of the United ites-Columbia Phoenix. REFUSED TO GIVE HIM Ur.-Brownlow's tig of last week says : " Governor Jenkins, Georgia, recently made a requisition on vernor Brownlow for the? person of a gal t Federal officer at Nashville, the nephew ieneral Burnside, upon a charge of steal cotton. The Governor refused to surrea him and the Georgia rebels speak of it aa futrase, and threaten to carry the case be the President. When it becomes necessary Governor of Tennessee will lay thr- cor loudence before the country, which will licate his action fully and justify thcrefu - Thc President eau turn aside, if he t-bink icr, and serve his rube! friends by the under of a gallant Federal officer, but Sovemor df Tennessee wdl not gratify malignant spirit of rcbcldoru by any such Hider. All that is wanting in Georgia to ison or hang a Federal officer or soldier, get him before a Georgia jury, charged an offense." is thus, says the Macon Telegraph, that onstitutional obligations of Tennessee .he comity of the States are set aside bv ruffianly Governor of Tennessee, li? y ha'rbors and protects thieves who have iom other States, and under a pretext i he knows to be utterl7 false. A Fede?. ticer would have as fair and impartial a n Georgia as he would in Tennessee or - ?strict of Columbia. After such con ve hope our Executive will buspend all ly official relations with the State of issee so long as Brownlow shall continue rracc her gubernatorial chair. : SIGNIFICANTE OF JEFF^SO?T DAVIS' .-The approaching trial of Mr. Jetfer tvis wittiest the Vah3ity of States rigbta anner worthy Of the immense impor A the principle. A great defendant great cause will compel a great verdict, autbern theory, and it used to bo the ?rn theory until the European became ainanf in the Puritanic and - despotic i -of the Uuion, is, that the first allegi f a citizen is due to his own Stare, the State of Mississippi seceded from lion by the legitimate actwn of its Leg-? ? 3,. Mr. Davis would have been a traitor rissippi if he had refused bis adhesion, hat issue his trial will depend. It a great cause iu America and through i world : but greatest in Amenos, be atie verdict will help to determine tho >n that lies at tho root of American . If the first allegiance is doe to the I power in cases not externat to the American democracy is as dead sa " san slavery, and the future dictator * t to sharpen his sword and bide his >r his inevitable triumph-Black wood "a ?ne. 7* A forger, who someten days ?ince a check for $150,000 on tho First al Bank, of Philadelphia, which was . was arrested in that city yesterday, II his plunder, on his arrival from Bal , where he had just been married. ^