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fil . ?. I'IIM,, I!, ll,, I .,| I I,M ..l,,!!.,! I.,'?,'? I1 I.'..?.>,? <.!.>>'?, I' I, I ?>???,;'? lilli "I.m .'U "?>' BY MBISOE, KEE^E & CO. EDGEFIELD, S. C./M&UST 15, 1866. .u^<u,..',.,'MM",'**''',,*,,,''',M,***J',',',,','",4',,,',,,,,'''*'",,,,",u"*'"u^,',* VOLUME XXXI.--N0. SS. arnon in \\ n a h i tl "t n n . J. L. ADDISON, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SOLICI TOR IN EQUITY, EDGEFIELD C. H" S. C., Office in Law Range. . May 22, tf J M. lu JBONHAM, morney at Law and Soltador in Equity, EDGEFIELD, S. C. Office formerly occunied by EMMET SEIBELS, Eiq. , ./an 29 tf 5 Professional Card. aW. ADDISON, ATTORNEY AT LAW and SOLICITOR IN EQUITY for Edge field ?nd adjacent Districts. Edgefield, S. C., May 22 4m 21 Di DENTISTRY. "R. II. PARKER respectfully announces that he if ?ell preparad to execute in the best manner and promptly all work in th?pbusines3, -and at greatly reduced figures. Having acquaintod himself with tho late ines timable improvements in the profession, ?.nd se cured a full stock of materials, ic, he warrants good and satisfactory- work to all who may desire his services. Edgefteld, S. C., Aug. 1, tf 31 D' Dentristy. kR. J. Ti. COURTNEY respectfully ia -J forms bis old friends and the public general ly tatt he is prepared to do alt work in tbe M?NTAL LINE, in- the best manner, and oft .-.".ort notice He will wait on parties at thoir residence when r?q?estod to do so. Letters ad dressed him at fc">i??efi.iM C. H., or at Grnnite ville, will re?oive prompt a: ton ri on. . May 22 3?m* 21 JFor Sheriff. The Friends of Capt A. P. WEST respectful ly announce him as a Candidate for Sherill of T Infield at the next election. ? Nov 7 ? te* 45 ?Sf* We have bedn i.uthorised by the friends of Capt. tl. BOULWARE to unnounco bim a Candidate for Sheriff of Edgefield District at the next election. Apr 12 te* 16 For Tax Collector. The Many Friends of D. A. J. BELL, Esq., respectfully nominate him as a Candidate io. TAX Collector at the noxt election. Oct 18 te 4.1 For Tax Collector. ?Ha?mi.ny Friend? ol Capt.' JAMES MITCH ELL respectfully nominate bim as a Candidate for TAX COLLECTOR at the next election. SALUDA. Dec ? te* 50 ??f'Vfe havo been natho'-rzed by the many friends of Capt. L. YANCEY DEAN to an nounce him a Candidato for Clerk of the Court j of Common Plea? for Edgefield Diftrict at the next election. Jane 20 te 27 CARRIAGE MANUFACTORY. EDGEi-TELD, S. C. T*IE Subscribers respectfully announce that they are now prepared to do all work in thc COACH MAKING and REPAIRING BUSI NESS that m ty be entrusted to them, in a work- j manlike manner, and with nearness and dispatch. ; We bare on hand a iow CARRIAGES asd sn- i perior Bili iii KS, of cur own manufacture, which . we will sell low. All kinds of REPAIRING done promptly and j warranted to give satisfaction. . ^?-As we ?ll ONLY FOR CASH, our prices 1 cr* nnnsuslly rwrsoivble. Ail wo vk is a trial. . swim & JOKES, i Mar^_tf_ 10 _ I FISK'S PATENT METALLIC BURIAL CASES AND CASKETS! THE Subscriber has just received an assort ment of. tteae beautiful Rosewood finish ?METALLIC BURIAL CASES and CASKETS Air-tight, ?nd indestructibly-for protecting and preferring tue Dead-whieh be will sell at but a a > de ra. te advance on>originsl cc?tnnd transporta tion. Wherever introduced these Cases have the preference over all others. ISTOrders promptly fillod. Terms, of course, strictly Cash. J.M.WITT. Edgefield, Mar 13 tf ll l???? STA? I. X. TE AG FE, EDGEFIELD.. S. C HiS ler?d the Whitaker Stables for the pur pose ut conducting n general SALE AND MVTKRY STABLE BUSINESS. HORSES left in his charge will receive the j ?est niicotion. , ? BUGGIEJ, CARRIAGES and HACKS, and good gertie HORSES, to hire whenever tailed j i-?r. USOYERS wHl ?ad ample accommodation at ny Subies. Egr" Terms reasonable. Feb ll - tf SPECTACLES IPOT Old and Yoimg IHAYE on hand a large nnd choice variety of SPECTACLES, including Patent Perescopie j.ENS and co au in s Scorch PEBBLES. Also, EYE GLASSES, EVE PROTECTORS, *c. Oive Jn? a call. I can snit your Eyes. D. V. Mc II WEN. Oct 31._iLgtaa_ To the Public. DF. HcEWEN,-having received a COM . PLETE ASSORMENT OF WATCH MA t'EKULS, wowld respectfully inform bis friends and the public generally that-ho is now prepired to exeonte, with dispatch, all work * ?a the Watch Bepaiiring Departroeiit* fSTAll work done by him will be warranted. All Myles of HAIR WORK and SOLID GOLD JEWELRY made t? order. TERMS CASH. No work will be allowed to (nave the Shop until paid for. toft 81_tf._44 Just Received, ONE CASE GENUINE CONGRESS WATER. Pur ?ste by TEAGUE A ?JARWILS. _May TX_?_j_J*_|>r Just Received, DRAKE'S PLANTATION BTTTF.BS; RUSS' ST. DOMINGO BITTERS; GREEN'S OXYGENATED BITTERS. For sal? low by TEAGUE A CAR WILE. V Way 23 . _<*_!L Just Received, amtrf COPULAS BED BOG KILLER. P**P TEAGUE * CASWJLE.JI ( Life's Sunset. Where aro you going so fast, old man, Where are you going so fast ? There's a valley to cross, and a river to ford, There's a clasp of the hand and a parting word, And a tremulous sigh for tho past, old mon, The beautiful vanished past. The road has "been rugged and rough, oil man To your feet it's rugged and rough, But yor see a dear being with gentle eyes, Has shared in your labor and sacrifico; Ah ! that has been sunshine enough, old man, For you and me, sunshine enough. How long since you've passed over the hill, old man, Of life o'er the top of the hill ? W ere there beautiful valleys on t'other side? Were there flowers and trees with their branches wide, To shut out tho heat of the sun, old man, Thc heat of the fervid sun ? And how do you cross the waves, old mau, Of sorrow, the fe?rful waves 'I Did you lay your dear treasures by, one by one, With an aching heart and " God's will be done,'' Under tho wayside dust, old man, In the graves 'neath the wayside dust? There ie labor and sorrow for all, old mac, Alas ! thero is sorrow for all, And you, peradventure, havo had your share, For eighty long winters have whitened your hair? And they've whitened your heart a.? well, old man, Thank God, your heart as well. You're now>t the foot of thc hill, old man. At last at thc foot of th? hill ; Thc sun has gone down in a golden glow, And the heavenly city lies just below; Go in through the pearly gate, old man. Thc beautiful pearly gate. Beaufort, As It Is. Mr. B. C. .Truman, the traveling corres pondent of the New Yorfc Times, writes that paper a long letter from Beaufort, S. C., fron: which we extract as follows : Probably no city in the Uuiou has experi enced such a change as this. It was formerly a rich, aristociatie winter resort for Suutber ners-men of luxurious ease, who bad piena of money, and spent it without stint. What a .change I Beaufort is now complotelj Van keeized-that is, it is almost wholly inhabited by New Englanders. Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Alassachnsetts, Rhode Islam ann Connecticut are all well represented ; ard al though the present inhabitants are more thrifty and industrious than the nabobs who formerly were the possessors ol' property here, they keep their purse-Sitings much tighter, dispense charities, ?fcc, less lavishly, and not . withstanding tLey aim to he clannish, get aloiig together l?ss harmoniously. There are between fifteen hundred and two thousand white people in Beaufort, almost all ol' whom are genuine Yankee*-all rich, too, tfc?&k* lo tLe fate of war ai.d the existence of Direct Tax Commissioners. In and about be.vo are some ten thousand colored men, who u ingle with the whites just as though they wi re ut the same origiu as the whites. The Mayui rr- ifco-c?rj- V t*~**xm-? i iii. , ,1 -?^rl. 'V[TT I s?lice Bolder, laudlord and store-keeper JmECf? irum the same section. The best proof, how ever, that Beaufort is thoroughly a Yankee town, is obtained from the fact that tint peo ple are in lavor cf negro suffrage, ant ! to a man-office-holders and all-pronounce An drew Johnson a traitor. Some i if theso men are Ex Quartermasters and Ex-Commission ers ; but as a general thing, the couiniunit) is composed of sutlers, sutlers' clerk*, ano. other high-toned patriots, who fought, bled (the soldiers,) and died for their country, although as yet history Las foiled to giv? them honorable mention. The colored people, who are really tho only ones who do any hard work hereabouts, do great credit to t hansel ves and the community rn which they move, by tb<nr uniform good behavior and industry. It. really griov;s me to see how these popr fellows are swindled and dealt with generally. But it seems to do no good to show up these operatior,s, for there is a party at the North pretending to be governed by good motives, who endeavor to conceal all facts connected with thes; out rages. I tell the readers of the Times that Generals Steedman and Fullerton have not told half. These colored . people .have been swindled beyond al) consideration : and if the Freedmen's Bureau Biil now before the 'louse becomes a-lav/, God help the colored men of the South, say J, Tue must distinguished and most successful of all of these n?gro robbers ia a lormer chaplain, known as Father French, who has in the past four years accumulated a quarter of a million dollars in cash and real estate. Even the Northern people here, to a man, pronounce Father French the Tycoon of all the robbers. He had .General Saxton com pletely under, hts control, and got bim into bad repute. He was ordered away from the auction sales by the Direct Tax Commission ers, but managed to buy all the property he bid on, which was considerable. General Saxton is a frightful fanatic, and while a Com missioner of Freedmen, did a world ot harm. But the accounts of General Saxton swind ling the negroes are strictly untrne, as are ;ilso thc reports of his being mixed up in the diroct tax sales greatly exaggerated. The only case in the latter charge that can be sub sta?tiated is the fact that through hil influ ence he became possessed of the mQst pala t ? ai mansion in Beaufort for a mere song. I haye met several of thc warmest; friends of General Saxtou, hero, yho scout tue idea of bis ever personally being connected with any iitgro-swindlins operations, who say that his purcbasa of the honsc above alluded to was a fraud.. If lt bfid been bid in fairly, i'lid the Commissioner? inform me this, it would have brought ten thousand dollars. As it was. General Saxton got it for two thousand, os there was GU competition-the entire commu nity agreeing that hesbould have the property Father French's operations exterd from here to Charleston, bot ii in the purchase of teal estate and in running plantations. His inodvs tyerqndi in the purchase of land was as follows: Thousands of acres of la id wore laid off and called soldiorf' tracts, to be sold to soldiers at certain low priflcs, Father French, would buy in these lota, ostcu1 ibly for the soldiers, the latter being presen ; at the [ sales ; but in almost all cases the certificates ultimately lound their way into Father' Frenchs pockets. Bat his negro-swindling operations brat everything. He is the big gest planter South Carolina ever hod. He ?3 rnnn?ng thousands of negroes and running them into debt and into their graves. They are all io debt to him, on account cf his lofty, charges for meal and Attleborough jewelry. For certain reasons T will not give this bad | man at this time the full extent of my knowl edge of hie operations in South Carolina. He. has been sent for from Washington ; but it is the common expression here that he will pull the wool over the eyes of the authorities there. Tbs office of the Direct Tax Commissioners for Sooth Carolina is located here, and will tiaish its operations, no doubt in .another year, a? there is less than ?100,000 to collect? Although there are many complaints against the Tax Commissioners here, they are not, .ike'the FloridaComuiissioitors, charged.with gross frauds and robberies.' Up to tin* time nearly a quarter of a million of dollars Hits been collected for the Gorernjoeot by tax? and by tai sties. Beaufort is a sandy town, nearly tv miles from the ocean, and it is nearly summer. Don't you believe it is a little w However, we have a nice breeze with tb< every evening. You ought to see the I fort mosquitoes-gracious ! Freedmen's affairs are frightfully mixe on the Sea Islands. These islands, as ai remember, were set apart by General ? man, in Order No. 15, in January, 186-= the settlement of the colored people wh< gathered together in vast nu-rbers in General's lines. Allotments of land, n nally of thirty or forty acres in extent, bi reality of all dimensions, from half a d acres to half a'dozen hundred acres, . squatted upon by all ages, sexes and cc tions of the colored race; The diatribe ender General Saxton, or some of his agc was made in the iiiost careless and irreg manner, which irregularity was contir until the end of General Saxton's adm; tration. Not half ot the certificates iss comply with General Sherman's conditi and worse than that, cormorants of the Fa French style of philanthropist, and he am them, have swindled the poor freedmei completely that half of them are dostii and dependent on charity. The recita these facts is unpleasant, but unpleasant i is, I feel it my duty to make yon anare them. As far as the Sea Islands aro c cerned, and especially where the plantati are being run by chaplains and officers of Freedmen's Bureau, the most unscrupul robberies are being perpetrated, and an alai i og state of lawlessness bas cropped om coDFrqaence. Thece has been and is a j. ceptible state of improvement in this parti lar since the advent of General Scott, ? it is due this officer to say that he is vi strict with all classes, but he happens nul be a fanatic. Notwithstanding, the Vanderbilt came to tbis town on one occasion contrary to I exp-ctaiions and hopes of the projectors a founders of Beaufort, it will never be an i portant commercial city. Port Royal, wbi lii-s at the month of the river, and ?mme m ely on the ocean, is destined to be the gn commercial city of South Carolina. It h the finest pert and harbor South of Portlat and, of course, will accommodate tbe large of ships. The town is being laid out splendid style, and already a large number people have settled there. It can easily seen from Beaufort, being less than flfte miles distaur. Great efforts will be mai yet to have a first class navy yard at tl place (Port Rojal,) and all the proper hereabouts has been brought, some at tl tax sales Kome at sales of confiscated pro erty, and some on private terms. Peop from all over the United States have pu abased building lots, (city property,) < plantation lands, orhoth. Tens of thousanc i>f the richest plantation lands in South Can lina are in close proximity to Port Roval, a rd which crow the lung staple or sea "isl?n "otron. f noticed, a few days ago, win' looking over the Tax Commissioner's book knar, one of the best plantations in this vicii tty, comprising seven hundred acres of lani r:as :old to a firm composed of Senator Doi itile, of Wisconsin, Ben. Wade, of Ohio, an Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania. This wa ho property of Col. Seabrook formerly, wli .an away and sacrificed it for thc rebel cans? The cotton on this plantai ion is lookin splendidly and is in full bloom. -??-?-?- - _ --: . Ji . "?fi? Miser. "Old Boge was a mispfa^le"^tTl"eilow7wB aad accumulated great, wealth by lil'e?on peevishness. But even misers have to di sometime, and old Boge Vas at length calle? in tb pay that debt which all must pay, am which i-- paul as easily hyjthe mr.n who baw i cent as hy the possessor of millions. Old Boge was sick unto death, finding partial recompense in bis sufferings from th rt-fteclLun that as be could not eat anything wmething was bring saved. His physician Cold him that his end was rapidly approach mg, and as' he felt within himself that he wa rapidly appr .aching his end; it wa? evident ti jld Boge that ho mnst meet his end vcrj soon. " How long have [ ro live ?" aske< Old Bop?, :n a faint voice. " Only ralf an hour," said the physician taking out his watch in a business manner and added : " Ls there any one voil woulc like to send for-a clergyman, lor instance ?' Old Bogi! innscd in a lethargic way for t moment, ti.cn started upas withs snddei thought, raised his feeble hand and lid t o his emaciated chin, upon which (.wo week growth ot gray and stubbed beard bad grqwn then whispered har icdly, "quick-bring mc -a barber." The hamer came with his kit, and oh' Boge said, in a "voice that was rapidly growing reaker: a You-charge- tea cents-to sbsve-live -men?" " Yea, tl;at ia our price," replied tho barber ,; What- yon charge-to shave- dead men 7" .'.One dc liar," said tho barber, wondering what be meant. " Then-shave-me-quick." said old Boge nervously eyeing thc watch which the doctoi held in his hand. He was too weak to speak further, br.t the doctor interpreted aright the question that was in his eyes. '. Fifteen minutes," replied the doot^r. Old Boje made a feeble motion as with n lather bru:.h, and the barber was at his work ia a jiffy. He porfbrmed his task with dis patch, an? although the sick man had several ?inking spell? of an alarming enture, yet he bore np tc the end. When the last stroke of thc razor waa given, old Boge whispered iu a tone rf satisfaction: "That'll do-ninety cents-sa"ed and immediately expired. -;- ? ? THE EI-OEFIELD ATWKRTISER.-This ener getically taanaged and ably edited exchange comes to ?is every week now, with its columns filled to repletion, with vigorous, sensible, and forcible discussions on that all important sub ject-the Stay ?baw. ?pnvjof the views pre sented therein are cmiuontly wise, well grounded and convincing, and if wo had the necessary space, we would take pleasure tn transferring some of them to our own columns Yor the info? mat ion. and instruction of our readers. As usual the proud old District of E.ige field is takiug the lead in the discussion and settlement of this- momentous subject, as she always does in such matters as involve thc welfare and prosperity of our State. We trust that the efforts her people are now making in behalf of the sorrow burdened and poverty-stricken people of our well-beloved commonwealth will le?cj to the most speedy and practical results, and that we may soon be enabled te see our way clearly through tho dark wilderness of uncertainty and of doubt in which wc are now involved-Sum ter NeW?.' TUB GE^ATXST CURIOSITY OF THE AGE, One of tho most remarkable curiosities of the age, in the way of monsters, is now on exhibition in thin-city. It is the head of a colt, born ou thc dcm of Mr. -, three miles Routh of this city, with but one eye, and lhat iiauiediuU ly in the centre of the forehead. Tho eye was fully developed and capable of sight. Tbere is a malformation of the upper jaw, a deficiency in the growth of the bone, which g ves it a still more hideous appearar, ce.-Hawkinsville Dispatch. $33* Tho o?ty authorities of Mobjlo havo re jected tbo petition of AJiss Angust? Evans fo? pormiesion to erecta monument to tho Confed?r alo dead in Boinville Square. pSt* Caa oltlsens of those places where the office of postmasUrii ailed by ? postn?treu b? wfife ?foy ft? ?mi H imam'f The New CottonTax. THE PROVISIONS OF THE NEW .JJSTERX A% REVE NUE LAW OS THE SD3JECT. Aa a matter of very general interest to our readers, we present, below, tho'first eight sec tions of the new InternaiY.R?venue Law, which embrace all the provisions of the law which* relate to the internal UUton cotton : Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repr?sentatives of the UiiUedMates of Amer ica in Congress Assembled, That on and after the first day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, in lieu of the taXTssijjh unmanufac tured cotton, cs provided in # An act to pro vide internal revenue to hupphrt the Govern ment, to pay interest on the -public debt, and for other purposes," approved^Jone 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 I ducer, owner or holder, upoirall cotton pro ? dnced within thc United* States, and upon j which no tax bas been levied, paid or collect ed, a tax of three cents perpttund, as herein after provided ; and thc weight of stich cottou I shall bo ascertained by deducting four per centum for tare from the gross'waight of each bale or package ; and tax shall bo and rpmain a lien thereon, in the possessioaof any person whomsoever from the time when this law takes effect,-or such cotton, ia produced-as aforesaid, until the*sam? shall have been paid ; and no drawback shatH? any case be allowed on raw or unmanufactured cotton of | any u \ paid thereon when export*d in the raw unmanufactured condition. Bur no tas shall be imposed upon any cotton imported from other countries, and on which an import duty shall have been paid. "? fc SEC. 2. Andb?it furtlicr enacted, That the aforesaid tax upon cotton shall be levied by the assessor on thc producer,|own?r or holder thereof. And said tax shall- be paid to the collector of internal revenue^wit?rin and for the collection district in wl?ch- said cotton shall have been produc d, and before the same shall have been reuoved .therefrom, ex cept where otherwise provitjed in this A' and every collector to whom any tax upon cotton shall bc paid shall mark ?be bales or other packages upon which trie tax shall have been paid, in such manner'as ?thay clearly in dicate the payment thereof, ?nd shall give to the owner or other person hiving- charge of ? such cotton a permit for tho] removal of the same, stating therein tba ataoant and pay meat of the tax, the time aid place of pay ment, ^,nd the weight and marks upon the bales and packages, so that the same may be fully identified ; and it abaiKbfr the duty of j ?very such collector to keejj;ciear and suffi cient records of all sue'-: ration inspected or marked, and of all marks and identifications thereof, and of all permits foi the removal of j the same, and of his translctions relating thereto, and he. shall malee fal returns there of, monthly, to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. j SEC.-.0.. And bc U further enacted, That the Commissioner of Internal Rev?cue is hereby authorized to designate one qr more place? in each collection distriot whereat assessor or an assistant assessor aud a collector or deputy collector shall be located, and where cotton may be brought for tho purjbse of being weighed and appropriately marted : Provided, That it shall be the duty of /beassessor or assistant assessor and the colhjCtor or-deputy collector to assess and cause ^ybe properly OTr?^ist ncr, ^?SS?B?x???n "7. ing expense? to and from said designated place, for that purpose, bo paid)by tbe owners thereof. SEC. 4. And be it further envied, That all mitton having been weighed aril marked as herein provided, and for whicb permits shall have been duly obtained of thejasscssor, may bo removed from thc district il which it bas been produ:ed to any one otbef district, with? out p're-payment of tb.? tax duothercon, upon tho execution of such transp-rtation bonds or ol her security, and in accordance wit h such regulations as shall bo prearihe-1 by the Commissioner of Internal Retenue, subject to the approval of the Secretar of the Treas ury. The said cotton so redoved shall be delivered to the collector ol ilternal revenue or his deputy forthwith upon Ls arrival at. its. point of destination, and ahallrcuiain subject to his control until the laxJ thereon^ and any necessary charges of Astody thereof, shall have been paid, but. noling lierehr-eon taiucd chal? authorize any d?;.y of the pay ment qf said ta;;es for moro ton ninety days from tho late of ihe permitft and when cot ton shall hsve been weighed fend marked, for which a pt ?rmi 1 shall have bin gnuiieil with out prepayment of tho tan it shall he the duty of the assessor granting such permit to give Immediate notice of still permit to thc' collector of internal r-^enuSfor the district to which said cotton .s tojbc transposed, \ arid he shall also transmit tn^revvith a state- j incut of the tares due thufeou, and of thu j bonds or ofher securities ir tnc payment " thereof, and be shall make|fall returns and statements of the same to (lie Commissioner of Internal Revenue. .*> SEC. 5." And bc il furlh?ftnacted, That it shall bc unlawful, from andj|fr.erthe first day of September, eighteen haired aud sixty six, fer tbs owner, master, ?percargo, agent, or other person'bavin? chalcot any vesuoi, or for any railroad compati^ or other trans portation company, or for an'j common carrier, or other person, to convoy, or attempt-to con vey, or transport any cott?ijf- the growth or produce of the United SttrAfLfrom any point 11 In the district in which i^sball have been produced, unless each baleoj package thereof shall have attached to or.a?pmpauying it the proper marks or evidence j? the payment of | j thc revenue tax an/1 a pornty of tho collector for stich removal, or the pehnit of the asses sor, as herein before provided, under, regula Hons of the Commissioner^ Internal Reve nue, subject to the approyajof the Secretary qf the Treasury, or to e?rey or transport any cotton fruin any Stutajq vhich colton ic produced to any port or pfce in tho United States without a certificatejrem the collector of internal revenue ol the jjstrrct from which it was brought, and such ||hor evidence as the Commissioner of Interfil Revenue, sub ject to tue approval pf tqfc Secretary of the Treasury, may presorlbe,/5jat tho tax has been.pt.id thereon, or the irmit of the As sessor as herein before p?vided, and such certificate and evidence asjbresnid shall be furnished to the collector^" tho district to which it \i transported, ati| his permit bb tained before landing', discji^ging, or deliver ing such cotton at tho pltge to which it is transported as aforesaid. Jj?q anj? petaon or persons who shall, violata^e provisiona of thia Act in thia respect, orfeo 3ball convey or attempt to convey "from joy State in which cotton is produced to any-p^t 0r pJacn with? out the United Slates anv^on upon which the tax has not been paid^ihali bo liable tq a'pena?ty'of ono huadr^q0?for? for each bale of cotton so conveyed'tor transported, or attempted to bc conveyed^- transported, or to imprisonment for not i%o than ono year, or both ; and all vessols Wj-vebiclcs employ ed in-such conveyance nfltr-jgpg-.tation shall be liable to seifc?re a?d forfeiture, by pro ceodings in any Court of ifo United States having competent juri>ajg%a. And all cot ton so shipped or attempted bo shipped or transported without pRyn^t 0f tho tax, or the execution of such trar^rtntj0n. bonds or other security, as pro^q?4jc this Ac, f-Iia.il bo forfeited tb the Unjfif State?, ' and the proceeds thereof distribtfijd according to the statute in like cases provj^. SEC. fi. And bc it fwjfa unacted. That t upon articles loanufaciararj-, exclusively from ' cotton, wheo exported, tfe gWl to allied as a drawback an amount equal to the nal tax which shall have been assesse paid upon such articles in their finishei dition, and in addition thereto a, drav or allowance of as many cents per ] upon the pound of cotton cloth, yarn, t or knit -fabrics, manufactured exclus from cotton and exported, 03 shall have a^scssed.and paid in the form of an int tax upon the raw cotton' entering in! manufacture of 6aid cloth or other ar the amount of such allowance or drav to be ascertained in such manner as mi prescribed by the Commissioner ol Tnt Revenue, under the direction of the Seer of the Treasury ; and so much of sectior hundred and seventy-one of the act of , thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four provide internal revenue to support the ernment. to pay interest on the public 1 and for other purposes," as now provide a drawback on manufactured cotton, is 1 by repealed. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted. TL shall be the duty of every person, firu corporation, manufacturing cotton for purpose whatever, in any district where ton is produced, to return to the assesso assistant assessor of ihe district in w such manufacture is carried on, a true si ment in writing, signed by him, and veri by his oath or affirmation, on or before tenth day of each month ; and thc first st ment so rendered shall be on or before tenth day of August,, eighteen hundred sixty-six, and shall state the quantity of ton which such manufacturer had on h and unmanufactured, or in process of ms facture, on the first day of said month ; each subsequent statement shall Bhow whole quantity in pounds, gross weight cotton purchased or obtained, and the wt quantity consumed by him in any busineat procer of manufacture during the last j ceding calendar month, and the quantity 1 character of the goods manufactured the from ; and every such manufacturer or c sumer shall keep a book, In which he si enter the quantity in pounds, of cotton wh he has on hand on the first day of Augt eighteen hundred and sixty six, and et quantity or lot purchased or obtained by h thereafter ; the time when and the party parties from whom thB same was obtaine the quantity of said cotton, if any, which the growth of thc collection district wh< the same is manufactured ; thc quantity, any, which has not been weighed and mark by any officer herein authorized to weigh a mark the same; the quantity, if any, upi which tho tax had not been paid, so iar can be ascertained, before the manufactti thereof; and also the quantities used or d posed of by him from time to time in ai process of manufacture or otherwise, and t! quantity and character of the-product ther of, which book shall, at all times during b siness hours, be open to the inspection of ? assessor, assistant assessors, collector or dep ty collectors of the district, inspectors, or revenue agents ; and such manufacturer sha pay monthly to the colleclorj within the tia prescribed by Inw, the tax herein sp?cifie subject to no deductions, on all cotton so du ?umed by him in any manufacture, and 0 which no excise tax ians previously been paie ind every such manufacturer or person who? iuty it is to do so, who shall neglect or refuj to make snch returns to the assessor, or t keep such book, or who shall make false c fraudulent returns, or make false entries i juch^book, or procure thc same to be so dom States all cotton and all products of cotto in his possession, and shall bo liable to penalty of not less than one thousand no mors than five thousand dollars, to be recov ??rod with costs of suit, or imprisonment nn exceeding two years; in the discretion of th 'curt ; and any person or persons who sha] make any false oath or affirmation in relut io; to any matter or thing herein required sha! be guilty of perjury, and shall be subject ti thc punishment prescribed by existing statute Tor that offence; Provided, That nothicj herein contained shall be construed in ain sonner to affect the liability of any persot for any tax imposed by law on the good manufactured from such cotton. SKC 8. And he if further enacted, That thi provisions of the act of .Jun? thirtieth, eighteer hundred and sixty-four, .as amended by th< let of March third, (ightcen hnudrcd anc sixty five, relating to the assessment of taxe; md enforcing the collection of tue same, an?: iii proceeding and remedies relating thereto shall apply to thc assessment and collectiot jf the tax, tines and penalties i rn prised by \m\ not inconsistent with, the provisions ol thc preceding sections of this act; and the fJommissioucr of Internal Revenue, subject to the approval of thc Secretary of the Treasury, shall make all necessary rules and regulations for ascertaining the weight of all ?ottun to be assessed, ?nd for appropriately marking the same, and generally for carrying into eiltet the foregoing p;'ovi?ions. And the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to ippoint ull necessary inspectors, weighers and markers ol' cotton, whoso compensation shall DC determined by the Commissioner of In crnal Revenue, and paid in the same manner is inspectors of tobacco. Ho] Brother Democrats-there is work for ns to do. We have a country to rescue from ruin, fanaticism and the damnable grip of New England intolerance, priest-craft and a favored sectionalism begotten in ignorance ind nurtured with the bot blood of innocence. Pray for pluck ! Be men-or cowards. If rou aro democrats and are afraid to own your Iii th, sit down and let women ;ake your place. We can succeed. We can save the country jr die in the attempt. All we ask is this Equality of States or another war. ? White men to govern white men. Eqnal taxation or repudiation. Here is our Banner, and thoso who liko it ire as Iced to a,id us in ?Ptiin-j it before the people. We want the old Constitution ; every ?tate represented in Congress and the right to regulate her own affairs ; United States Bonds taxed or repudiated. It is a cowardly, tyrannical wrong to keep eleven States out M the temple they built in their owu blood, "t ia an insult to' Washington that niggers must govern' white men. Ic is damnable to New Englandize tho hot sweat of western men into cooling perfumes to regale the uos trihi of pamoered, abolition protected Bond Holders! And wo say to the radical traitors in Con gress and their nigger loving bapkers,, if equal rights Opd fair play bo bot given the toiling whites and tho many States of America, there soon will be another Grand; March from iue.. Prairies tu the Sea, which will Shermanize. New England forever and tint the floors of the Capitol with the extermination of puri tanical intolerance! And if you ask what we mean, you will fiud it in this paper and hear it on the platform from one American who is the friend of poor white men-the descendant of Revolutionary stock- who never bowed his head to a tyrant or sold his honor for pity*0 or gain, and who dares not only write and talk what he thinks, but dare? face the music of every national air.-La Crosse ( Wisconsin) Democrat. ? ?? COMMITTED_Frederick De?hl, August Statis and John Frodcr, U. S. soldiers,-be longing to the garrinon hore, were arrested by riio commanding officer ?nd turned over to the civil authorities to be tried for the charge of breaking open and pilfering tho house of our townsman, T. B. CraytQn. They have been committed to jail, to await trial- An derson Appeal - . _ HIM A Trae Estimate. Docs any sane man, any rational politician, if such a nondescript can be found, euppose that were tho South to accept the terms pro posed by the Radicals in Congress they would be willing to see our Representatives bick th? ? That factions majority, at the bead cf wflftjh Chief Justice CHase now stands, their President th prospecln, who are opposing the wise policy of President Johnson, offer ne re storation to the Union if we will adopt tlieir doctrine of negro suffrage. This they demand and insist on, knowing tbe South will not as sent to suca a bargain. If the South wero to ace pt their terms to morrow no body would be more surprised or shocked than these s ?If same Radicals. We much fear that not even* the bouquet d? Africana, in allopathic do:;es, would restore Messrs. Sumner, Stevens & Co., from the collapse into which* they would in ovitably sink upon the announcement that die South-had accepted their proposed bargain t.ud adopted negro suffrage. They offer it because they know it will not be accepted, and would be excessively surprised were tho South to ; adopt it, and theil plan of perpetuating their power by the exclusion of-the Southern States be defeated. Were we inclined to entertain their proposition we would distrust their pin eerily, well knowing that it is but an excuse lor delay, and that were it accepted, other ob stacles would bo thrown in the way of our restoration. Were the negroes made votrrs tomorrow, they would add nothing to ihn Republican strength. In nine cases out of 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 raastirs We understand them, and speak knowingly; have been brought up by and amongst them, and appreciate their commonsense views o? their own iuterests. Their white emplo}*.-;^ would have twice the influence with them o! those nasal-twanged gentlemen of Andover, those pious theological fledglings from th? Cambridge divinity school, or th? radiim' army of lovely " school-marms" that has in?a ded us. Good juicy Virginia bacon, corr bread, hominy, and a tumbler of whiskey would have a hundred fold the effect that a?? the codfish and hard-tack the "Bosting'' market could produce. John Brown's per turbed spirit could never "contend in luis world with Davy Crockett's style of election eering. Aud this the Radicals woold learn to their cost, shoilld they succPed in forcing negro suffrage on tho unhappy South. The Southern plauter, like a highlaud chieftain at the head of his clan, would marshal his hands at the "polls with much more certainty of con trol than the mill owners of Lowell or Blan ches ter do their operatives. But tho South will never consent to the de grading bargain and sale proposed, which pal pably violate the letter and spirit of the Con siituti?n, under which ic is now-supposed ir be. It would rather await patiently the hom when the conservative sentiment ol che North shall rescr.e it without sale from thc political degradation in which it now is. We woulii not nccppt restoration on such terms, if eviry bale of. cotton, every article of plute, furn i ture or clothing, that has been taken from us, should be restored to its lawful owner. Richmond Times. - To -TJi o se who Think of Emigrating to Mr. Editor :-Inroy recent travels tnro??g?T " several of tho Southern States, I have mei many perdons who have expr?s'ed a desire to goto Mexico. Not a few of these pers:>m were heads of families and members of nur church, Ifcning been in a position fur s?vtTRI years affording me constant intercourse with almost every part, of Mr-xico, and ?eelin j u deep interest in the welfare cf our people, 1 beg permissiou to say a word on the subject, through your columns. I have lived iu Cali (ornia for uearly twelve years past, and the direct" and constant intercourse which aa< been kept up between thut country and Mex ico has given me opportunities to acquire reliable informaiion, so that I can speak ad viscdly. . My advice is, let Mexico alone. ? It is scarcely 3borr, of insanity for a man to think of taking his family thither, in the present condition o: the country. If tho political condition of th Southern States ia unsettled, that of pooi Mexico is moro so. Mexico is a bone U- be fought over-perhaps for many years. ' Gen. Jubal Early in a recent leiter states some facts which 'arc worth considering. The substance of what he soys is, that you canuoi obtain good titlej to lands, and that in the existing state ol affairs you cannot rely opon being protected in the peaceable enjoyment" of'a home. The mixed, mongrel, d?grader population of Mexico, half lazzaroui, -ind uali banditti, numbering millions, will, in in) judgment prove to be a moro dangerous el - ment in society, and more difficult to manage lhan the negroes in the Southern S ates They infest the whole country, and will mak?' it next to a pandem?nium fur twenty years to' eon??* It is true they aro destined to fade away .before tho blaze of American civi'izi tion, but from my heart I pity the man who lakes bia family among them uow. lour homes in the South may be desolated and impoverished, but in Mexico you would have no home. lu .a word, if matters are unsettled here. . so they are all over tho world. This South ern land is the fairest that the sun shines on, 1 combining more fertility, beauty, grandeur and healthfulness, than a'uy Other on the earth of equal extent. If ?he young "men nf thc 1 South will remain where they are, and ex- 1 bibit a patience, industry and pe.Severance 1 equal to tho valor they displayed ou the !)nt- , Llefield, they have before them a glorious and j prosperous future. 1 Another word. Tho great masa of tho 1 Southern people ainnot gei away. Thereat j majority of its people, including the widows i inri orphans of the fallen horoes of the war. must remain. Is-it manly to leave them, to I fly to some foreign shore to escape prewnt ' Humiliations and disabilities, which, in due | ;ime, will surely cease? At any rate, "koop away from Mexico. That is no country for a man Who wants peace, aod , trishes to reap the rewards of enterprise and honest industry, free fro-n oppression arid ! langer. For my part, I had rather identify J my fortunes, and those of- my children tilter me with the-plund?re?, suffering South,"than ! with thqse of any oth?r land and people u ;der heaven, 0. P. FITZGERALD. Macon, Georgia, May 2Aih, 13l>6. BAH ACCJOENT.-Mr. Thomas Martin, on Tuesday morning, being engaged to cleat, out a well for Mr. Lowensteine, of this city, was being lowered, but coming in contact with gas, requested the hands at the windlass to draw him up. When within a few feet of the top, he become so much overcome froufth.'-J effects of the gas, that he let go his hold upon the rope and fell head foremost to the bo'.lomt hus scull was badly fractured and his neck broken. Precaution ebould bo; taken before entering wells to Bee whether they are ini pregna?ed with gas. This young man 's life would have been saved if the proper c*ution had been taken. We learn that he had dean ed oat the same well some weeks Pince and did not apprefiend any danger from gaa^ Rome Com merdai. ??r*'-A gentleman in New Hampshire, aged 80 years, has been ened for $10,009 for bracby prwaiae. Tbe 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 : M The institution of the Freedmen's Bureau waa a great thing for the country, especially for tbe nigger.- Wo 'o not know exactly where the headquarters of this costly piece of furniture is located, but judging from our senses of seeing, bearing 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 iu that ward at present, and speak from painful experience. Night after night, when all decent and honest persons are endeavor ing to court the precarious (in these hot nights) favors of Morpheus, we have.been kept awake, and praying for the disturber? of our rest, by the stentorian eloquerce.of an ebony divine, who holds forth to an interested and odoriferous audience in a negro cbnrch, 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 tue ' black bruddern and sisters' take posses sion of the neighboring streets, and their in cessant gabble and idiotic laughter convey a very forcible idea of the noise of a vast drove jf 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, bc may be truly grateful. Saturday night, a prayer m. eting-or we would more truthfully do scribe it as a. fetish orgie-was held in a shanty in the neighborhood alluded to, and ihe groans and cries of the sable fanatics broko the quiet of the right until long past the hour of midnight. How long will public decency continue to be insulted, and the pub lic good.set at naught, by the pets of Thad. Stevens & Co. ? How long will our people submit to their insufferable insolence? If the strong arra of the Jaw cannot deal effi ciently with this African plague, we care not now soon a vigilance committee may taketha matter in hand, ard with a. stout rope and' convenient tree or lamp-post, rid thc commu nity of some thousands of these pests." What Does it Mean? On the 18th, General Sheridan issued aa order prohibiting the erection, in his division, of any monument in memory of the rebellion, T.the formation of companies, batteries, brigades, &c. On tho 19th, a telegram in formed us he had recalled that order, and it was to be presumed that be bad received or ders to that effect from Washington ; but, lo ? ind behold ! a despatch published yesterday morning, dated New Orleans, 20th, announces that the Virginia Valley General had formal ly published his original order. People may well ask what does all this ceaseless persecution of "thc Southern people mean ? If ladies interming'e tiny flags_ representing " the conquered banner"-among -vergreena, as innocent emblems and meinen* ocs of the cause their friends and ?eiativea .-ell in defending, forthwith a military ofrtcf-f is sent to investigate whether these little one ir two inch square emblems are not freshly batched symbols of another rebellion. Now, by special order, the people of Louisiana are iorbidden to erect monuments, tombstones, Jcc, over tho remains or the gallant dead. I'bey. cannot inscribe on the marble that my son; brother . qr hnsband , fell on anch a field, v ai f!"fTr"^ *?n1t?p' 'hfi bftd'-f^pnrawV. these yrUVes:mnst remain witli?ut.any tablet co their memory, by command of Gen. Sher idan ! What does it mean ? These petty acts of military officers, intruding within the sacred .recincts of grave-yards and cemeteries, what do they mean ? God, who searcheth the hearts of all men, only koowa. Il they are merely the acts of men exercising " a little? brief authority," they are only the failings of poor weak human nature, as they have ap peared in every age-if they are intended to ^oad the people of the South to " disloyal " I so-called) acts, they will fail of their intent, because 'he people can afford to wait to erect rheir tomb stones and head-boards,until u the ^ood time coming," without violition of the eras they have accepted; but, if they are intended to ind ?cato that the work of subju gation is yat incomplete, then arc they at variance with the avowed policy of the Presi !ent for tba restoration of unity and pfaee u) onr unhappy country, and should forthwith . ie put a stop to by his mandate as Comman der in-chief of the Armies of the United States.-Columbia Phoenix. REFUSED TO GIVE HIM UP.-Brownlow's Whig of last week says : " Governor Jenkins, .f Georgia, recently made a requisition on Governor Brownlow for the. person of a gal lant Federal officer at Nashville, the nephew of General Burnside, upon a charge of steal ing cotton. The Governor r?fased to surren der him and the Georgia rebels speak of rt as in outraee, and threaten to carry the case be fore the President. When it becomes necessary the Governor of Tennessee will lay thc cor respondence before the country, which will vindicate his action fully and justify thc reiu> sal. - The President eau turn aside, if he think proper, and serve his rebel friends by the ?irrender of a gallant Federal officer, hut ?he Governor of Tennessee wdl not gratify the malignant spirit of rebcldora by any such >urrender. All that is wanting in Georgia to imprison or hang a Federal officer or soldier, is to get him before a Georgia jury, charged with an offense." It is thus, sa VB tbe Macon Telegraph, that the constitutional obligations of Tennessae ind the comity of the States are set aside hy Ibo ruffianly Governor of Tennessee, ile ipenly ha'rbors and protects thieves who have lcd from other States, and under a pretext which he knows to be utterly false. A Fede-. ral officer would have as fair and impartial a xial iu Georgia as he would in Tennessee or s, .he District of Columbia. Aller such con vict we hope our Executive will suspeud all riendly official relations with the State of Tennessee so long as Brownlow-sball continue o disgrace her gubernatorial chair. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF JEFFERSON DAVIS' TRIAL.-The approaching trial of Mr. Jeffer ion Davis wilftest the Validity of States right? n a'manner worthy of the immense impor tance of tho principle. A great defendant ?nd a great cause will compel a great verdict. The Southern theory, and it used to bethe Northern theory until the European became pr?dominant in the Puritanic and - despotic section -of the Union, is, that the first allegi on CG of a citizen is due to his own State* When the State of Mississippi seceded from the Union by the legitimate action of ita Leg- - f i ala t ua\ Mr. Davis would have been a traitor to Mississippi if he had refused bis adhesion. Upon that issue bis trial will depend* it will be a great cause in America and through out the world : but greatest in America, be cause the verdict will help to determine tho question that lies at the root of American liberty. If the first allegiance is doe to the Federal power in casi"> not external to the Union, American democracy is as dead ii " American slavory, and the future dictator has bat to sharpen bis sword and bide his time for his inevitable triumph.-Blackwood'a Magazine. jfly? A forger, who some ten days since* forced a check for g 150,000 on thc First National Bank, of Philadelphia, which waa cashed, was arrested in that city yesterday, *ith all bis plunder, on his arrival frota Bal timore, whew he had just been nutrried.