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wytMWllll^W^MSIN^..?S^WWtM."?"."H^WH..??.?.?'?^...WWWWW..*w..M.<u....W....I,I'..?..'M>.?'>,?.. BT D?RISOE. REESE & CO. .?. .,".,.?,,l"..,ll.?Il.I.I..H..M..IHM,.I.illllllill.lililHlll.l.l.l...???..!'!.'!.!' 1'l.l'llUlM..I|??tl?ll'.?Il1'.. I < 11 . .?? I. '.IH??I?U?.*?.'"H. .H.-.H.i..-...;. EDGEFIELD, S. MAY 1, 1867._mgMEXIX^..So^18, ii... i,.,., i.i.. r-.,;?T ... ^n?;...-.-,i I rp(?r>;v.iW(> r.f thia Srate. and also Dav certifii IMPORTANT Ai\D TRUE ! immense Reduction in Prices KENNY & GRAY, 238 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA., Address themselves to the public in very enljrfiatic terms. Every Gentleman in South Carolina and Georgia who will take the trouble to call at our FIRST CLASS CLOTHING HOUSE, Will be willing to ' endorse our assertion : That our House contains the MOST COMPLETE ASSORTMENT, and the most elegantly finished Stock of BEABY-MABB C10THII6 FOTI SPRING AND SUMMER WEAR, That has ever yet been offered in Augusta. It is, therefore, important that every gentleman who desires to be well dressed, in garments that are THOROUGHLY FINISHED, and, at the same time, at the LEAST POSSIBLE EXPENSE, to eall at once at KENNY & GRAY'S. OUR TAILORING DEPARTMENT Is supplied with the CHOICEST CLOTHS, CASSIMERES and VESTINGS, including the most delicate shades of color to be lound in the country ; and its ope rations will be prosecuted with RENEWED CAKE AND ATTENTION on the part of the Proprietors, so that nothing of an inferior character can possibly escape their vigilance. We have made special s?lections of choice FURNISHING GOODS, which will receive more care than "heretofore, and enable our patrons to supply themselves af our House with every article they may require. ^gT'Our Prices ure immensely Reduced! Aprl KENNY & GRAY, 2,38 Broad Street, A/agusta. 3m % 14 224.. Broad St., 224,. LARGE REDUCTION I Every Article in Our Stock Largely Reduced ! I. SIMON & BRO., MANUFACTURERS OF BOYS' Al ? i Offer the remainder of their WINTER CLOTHING and GENTS' FURNISHING- GOODS at REDUCED PRICES in order to make room for the Spring Trade. Our well assorted Stock of Cassimeres, Broad Cloths, Doeskins, Tweeds, Jeans, Hats, and many other Goods, we offer at the same Reduced Prices. ^"Buyers will save money by calling and examining for themselves. ^"Remember we have ONLY ONE PRICE, always giving our Customers the advantage of a fair Bargain. I. SIMON" & BRO., FASHIONABLE CLOTHING EMPORIUM,. 224 3road Strett, Four Doors Below t'entrai Ho?el, Angil sta* Ga. Augusta, Jan 7 tf C. & A. G. HALL, Insurance Agents, No. 221 Broad Street, Represent Ike ?ollowli?gmInsurance Companies: THE GEORGIA HOME.,.ftf MERCHANTS.;.: .0f JEFFERSON.;.0f . ern* FIRE.of .MERCHANTS' A MECHANICS'.of : STAR FIRE.of NATIONAL MARINE AND FIRE,.of NEW ENGLAND..of ASSOCIATED FIREMAN'S. 0f 1 NORTH AMERICAN. of VIRGINIA.of UNION.of INSURANCE AND SAVING.of Columbus, Ga. Hartford, Conn. Scottsville, Va. Hartford, Conn. Baltimore, Md. Noir York. New Orleans, La. Hartford, Conn. Baltimore, Md. Hartford, Conn. Staunton, Va. Baltimore, Md. Richmond, Va. ALSO, SOUTnERN MUTUAL LTj-'?...?..of SOUTHRRN ACCIDENTAL .of Columbia, 8. C. Lynchburg, Va. ??^*MR. D. R. DURISOE is our authorized Agent for Edg?Seli and yicinity, and parties .rfM'iin% to injure will find it to their interest to call on-him. Augusta. Oct 2? ?m 43 Administrator's Notice. Administrator's Notice. ALL persons having demand? against the Es Uto of JAMES M. LANHAM, deceased, ?re requested to present them, duly attested, to tho undersigned, or to W. W. Adam?, Esqr., nt once ; and those in anywise indited to said Estntc are earnestly requested to make ; ymcnt without de- I la/ -,o th? ?nderj?gned. JAS. A. DEVORE, A?'or. ] Ju. 22, ta il A LL Person? haring demands against the Es J\ tate of JAMES H. WHITE, deceased, are earnestly rrquested to present them nt RH early day to the undersigned : and those indebted to >aid Eitate are requested to malic immediate pay ment. E. W. HORNE, Adni'or., la right of his wifel on the t EiUte of J. H. White, dee'd. " Ju S? ta ? ' Magdalen. Lift her np, men, from her slumber, Lift hor up gently, I pray; Onfie ehe was stainless and lovely, ' Sinless, and fair rs tho day; But in the ways of the erring Early her footsteps were led; And her life's pathway was downward, AW she's at rest with thc dead. Turn the white face to the sunlight! Ah! what cold beauty is there ! Cold as a statue in marble, White, and exquisitely fair ! Who, if they looked at the features, Iliding tho darkness within, 0 ! who could think of such beauty, Linked to such hideous sin ? Smooth back the hair from tho forehead, Yellow and shining as gold ; See ! through its soft, silken mesSes, Sunshine wove in with each fold ! * Somewhere I have seen, I remember, A faco that was straitly like this ! Ah ! I know now-ono sweet summer, Sweet with delirious bliss ! Now when I look back toward it That sweetest summer of life How my heart stirs with emotion ! Tears and my pride aro at strife. She Ibat I knew was as Binlcss, Pure, and os good as a child, xs this her life-wreck beforo me, Sin-tarD<"hed, scorned and defiled? Oh ! what a story of sorrow Clings to this wreck of a soul Trial, temptation and strugglos 'Guinst fate too stern to control ! Is there a mist o'er the morning ? Somehow my sight bas grown dim, While I have looked on this palo face/ Sad as a burial hymn 1 Cover thc face from the sun-light Hide her away from tho day; -God, in nis merciful pity, Grant her His pardon, I pray ! Groat was her sin and her error God has more pity than man, Ho can forgive all tbe sinning 01 even u poor Magdalen. ISABEL'S CHOICE : OR, THE RIVAL LOVERS. Isabel Wyndham lay lazily back on ber soft-cushioned fauteuil, with her bauds clasped behind her head, looking dreamingly out of the curtained window. Slowly and serenely sailed up thc full round moon behind the misty Kentucky hills, and the roar of a rapid river very near, rose above the sighing of thc melancholy night wind. The stars cleaving bright and keen through the blue-black arch, looked bleak and wintry, and a hard black frost baked the earth. . But to Miss Isabel Wyndham, nestling cosi ly among the rosy cushions of har chair, the outer coldness and desolation on)}' made the comfort of ber pretty chamber more luxuri ous. It was the prettiest, the daintiest of maiden bowers, perfect from the mossy car pet, where rosebuds bloomed, to thc plump, snowy bed and the oval pictures on the fluted walls. 11 was all charming, but nothing there was more channing than herself, as she lounged with negligent grace in that .gold colored morning robe with its black belt, and her trim slippered feet resting on au ottoman. Her black ?hair fell, all' tumbled and loose, over her shoulders, and her dark eyes were misty With ianguid thought. "1 wish I knew what to do," Miss Wynd ham was thinking, rather ruefully. 111 don't want to by married that I know of, and I'm not iii love Fin certain, and yet it seems I must be Mrs. Somebody, before long, or my dear absurd old unc le will go distracted. J wish I could take to matrimony in the nata ra! way like other girls, and have done with it. I've bad tho measles, and whooping cough, and scaiietiua, and ?he rest of the dis eases common lo juvenility, but I can't fall in love. Thc nearest approach I ever felt to the tender passion? was at the ago of fifteen. Now I am three-and twenty, and-come in." A rap at the door disturbed the current of her thoughts. Miss Wyndham sat erect, and ft tall, thin old gentleman, got up in faultless Evening costume, entered, and paused iu the doorway, aghast. "Miss Wyndham a-e you aware it is half past six, and we dino, at seven ?"' ."Good gracious, uncle ! Half-past six ! I lever dreamed of such a thing! Has any body come?5' " Our guests are all dowffttairs. Mr. Ray mond and Mr. Warner arrived this moment. This negligence on your part, Miss Wyndham, is absolutely disgraceful." Isabel jumped up and rang tho bell. 11 Don t be cross, uncle Tom, that's a dar ling, and I will be ready in fifteen minutes. I ?now it's disgraceful, and I'm dreadfully ?sbamcd of myself, but I-oh, Susie I burry md make mc as pretty as you can. I am ifraid I shall be late." . Susie, a bright quadroon girl, hurried through tho boudoir into the dressing room, md her mistress was following her, when her jr.de laid his hand on her arm and detained ber. "isabel, you will have a proposal to night in fact, two proposals." M Two proposals I Now what on earth-" Mr. Jordau gave his niece an impatient shake. " You understand very well, only you are the most aggravating-Mr. Raymond and Mr. Warner, have both done you the honor of ;isking my permission to address you. Both ?re unexceptionable- in point of family and fortune, both aro young and good looking. What more can any woman in her senses re quire?" "Nothing," replied Isabel, meekly. " Am I to accept them both ? Shall I marry.one Qrst and the other after, or both together, or how?" " Don't be absurd ! Accept which of them ?rou please. Mr. Raymond is more polished md considerably thc wealthiest, but please yourself. I know both will make you an of fer to-night, and one or the other you must stccept under pain of my deep displeasure." Mr. Jordan strode with dignity out of the chamber and down to the drawing rooms where his guests were assembled, waiting for tho dining bell. Walter Raymond and John Warner were waiting for something else what do young men in the last stage of love care for their meals ? They fidgeted and made objects of themselves, John Warner particu larly, and watched the door, and answered at random when people, talked to them, and sat on nettles generally. Mr. Raymond who was slender and elegant, and bad a beautiful moustache and Parisian manners, managed to conceal bis anxiety tolerably, and to talk to a passe lady in red velvet ; but Mr. Warner could not. He was a tall, fair haired young man, this John War ner, who blushed when Miss Wyndham spoke to him, and had a crazy notion that the an gels in paradise could not be much more beautiful or perfect than she; Presently she came in, radiant in bright blue glace aud misty lace with jewels spark ling about her, and her dark curls flowing. Mr. Raymond was besido ber, "somehow, di rectly, with a flush on his cheek ; and Mr. Warner coloring up as if be had stolen thc spoons, stood afar off, and looked and longed. The blunders that that young man made all through dinner were shocking. Nothing, but being hopelessly in love with a young lady' sitting opposito could possibly palliate his atrocities. Mr. Raymond-oh, thrice blessed Mr. Raymond !-sat by ber side, and poured soft eloquence in her listening ear. Ho couldn't eat any mor-' than that unhappy John ; but Miss Wyndham took her soup, and ber fish, and her desert as calmly and with as good an appetite if they hid been at ?be anti pode?. Still abe had rather liked it ; and Mr. JkajrKOnd'j e*??r rhapsodies ?nd Mr. Warner's blunders and distressed face amused bet was inclined to prefer the former ; a hu who would blush whenever she looked i to the roots of his whiskers, and who frantically out of his finger-glass, and o the gravy> was not desirable. Besides, ] fair bair and no moustache, and Isabel moustaches, .and raven locks, and mei knew how to use their tongue. Yes, si cided before she arose she preferred \ Raymond : and yet-poor John ! H( been ber playmate long ago, ber brave, hearted boy lover, and she had always him. It did seem a little hard. In a corner of thc l?ng drawing-room, what in a shadow, Isabel sat at the ] playing brilliantly, with Walter Ray turning her leaves, and bending over hei such a rapt face. The storm of music'ce and then there was an idle strumming c keys, and then-out it came-one passic eloquent impetuous appeal. She list half frightened, yet pleased, too-it w .romantic, you know. Tho Corsair i wooed "Medora" more eloquenly than Poor John Warner, sitting melancholy aloof, still saw and understood it all. Is lifting her eyes from the piano keys, saw too, and the half sacred ''Yes" tremblir her lips died there. Poor John ! Her 1 fluttered a little, and then stood still, had como from a race of heroes, this eyed Kentucky maid, and the blood of forefathers rose in her veins. "Mr. Raymond, I-you are very goc care for me so much ; but I-I am- afn don't like you, you know just as much ought. If you will wait, if you will giv time-" He caught ber hand trod kissed it in a ture. Give her time-of course, he w give her eternity, or anything else, if he ht " Thank you,"' Isabel said gratefully. " ( me six months, and then you shall have ; answer." ? Mr. Raymond looked rather takeu b Six months was longer thar. That he had ticiputed. But ?o matter ; he would be laut and wait. "In three months I expected to sail Europe," he said ; " but your will, fair li is my law. I will postpone the journey, when I go, fairest and dearest Isabel, I tr I believe, you will go with mc." That poor John Warner I-didn't be and understand all this in his remote CL and gnash bis teeth with impotent rage ; jealousy. " Thc lights were fled, Tho garlands dead, And the banquet hall deserted." But still he sat there, silent and sulk; that's the word for it. Miss Wyndham wrap] herself iri^a critrson shawl and stepped on the verandah with a yawn that was very encouraging. He started up, goaded desperation, and stogd beside ber. Ab, h pretty she was ! You might b ive fallen love with her yourself had you seen hertha her long dark curls fluttering, her eyes 1 stars, and thc tneonlight fulling like a tem glory around her. There Mr. John Wari told his story-rather incoherently, rall hysterically, not at all as the Corsair " Count Lara*' would have told iL Miss Wyudham listened and looked at t moan, and.lelt a little sorry for him, poor J low, but the words were cold that fell fr< her rosy lips. Still there was hope in thei hope Mr. Warner had hardly dreamed of. 1 was to wait six months-at thc end of ll time, she, Miss Wyudham, would have ma up ber mind. ' Mr. Warner rod ' borne that nigh; in t silvery moonlight, au ecstatic man. I couldn't sleep of course, he could do not hit hut smoke cigars and think of Isabel's blot eyes. Mr. Raymond, more sensible, went bed like, a Christian and Isabel dreamed wit ber rosy cheek pillowed on her white arm tiiat she was being married ?o them both, at likely to have a perplexing lime bet? cen thci Five months pissed away, and the gre rebellion had broken forth. Tho war ci from Sumter bad echoed through the h-ngt and breadth of the land. Thc South erie abad to ber young men to gird on the swor anti free their lovely land from the tyrant yok of the oppressor, With ONO heart they ar swor-un army of braves, and went forth froi kindred and friends,.to light for their freedoi and their right. In the tender twilight Isabel sat alone, th shadows of the clematis Xlimbing round tb open window, coming and going on be thoughtful face. Only one month left now and as far from decision as ever. It doesn't matter much," she thougui "this is no time for marrying or giving j marriage. Now is the opportunity of provin what mettle they arti made of, when thei country calls. When thc South is freed fron the Northern yoke let them return, and rn; promise will bc kept. 'None but the bravi deserve the fain.'" While the thought was yet in her mind tb door opened, and Walter Raymond, elegan as ever, stood before her. Miss Wyndban arose with a welcoming smile, and an inquir glance. She had seen neither of her sui tors for the past throe"weeks, and there wa a certain anxious expression in Mr. Raymond': face now that told her, b fore he spoke, his visit meant more than a mere lover's call. ]\ lew desultory common places, and then ht 6truck into the heart of the matter at once. ' " Isabel," he said nervously, " the busines; I spoke of five months ago! cannot an} longer be postponed. I must depart at one? for Europe, but before I go will you not give me that promised answer ? Oh, Isabel ! will you not come with mo ?" Before Miss Wyndham could reply the dooi was flung open by a servant, and John War ner strode into the room. Ile looked eager and flushed, and he wore tho gray uniform ol the Confederate army. The flush faded from bis face at the first sight of Isabel and Ray mond seated side by side, her hand in his, that down cast look in her face. She hastily snatched her band away, and stood up as her second suitor came forward. " Pray don't disturb yourself, M?S3 Wynd ham," Mr. Warner said, coldly, and with a very pale, stern face. "I shall not remaiu a moment. I merely rode over to say good bye." "Goodbye," Isabel faltered, "you mean you are going-rt " Where glory leads me, and all that sort of thing," trying to speak carelessly. " I am Captaiu Warner now, very much at your ser vice, and off to-morrow to face the foe. Good bye, Mis3 Wyndham-say farewell to Mr. Jurdan for me." With a nod to Rnymond, ho was gono standing over the moonlit lawn, with his cap pulled over his eyes, and his heart plunging tumultuously behind the Confederate grey. It bad all passed so quickly, this interruption, that Isabel scarcely realized he was there, before ho was gone. She drew a long, .shivering breath and sat down, white and still. ".Isabel, dearest, your answer." She looked up in Walter Raymond's hand some (ace, with a searching glance in her desp dark eyes. . " How long will you be away ?" . , " Months-a year perhaps. You wilt come with me Isabel-my love-my wife ?" Ile would have taken ber band again, but she drew it away and 6tood up. " No," she said ; " now, when bravo men are fighting and dying for freedom-wh?n homes are desolate around na, there is no tisie for wedding festivities. When the war omis, come to me again and, you shall bav? ay i answer." 1 With tho last words she WSB out of the room, ?nd ?8 stood alonoin tia dying lnjbt, Foar years ! Thc long weary struggle of might against right was at an end-the end that > so often closes such struggles in this world. Might had conquered, overpowered by numbers, the heroes who had fought so long . and so uobly laid down their arms at last, and peace reigned again in the land. She was back io the old homestead. Isa bel Wyndham changed in these years from a gay girl to a thoughtful, saddened" woman. In the hospitals she had been a ministering angel ; in the prisons she had been a comfor ter and a friend, but it was all over now, and she was back where the old trees waved, look ing af the sun go down once more behind the misty, purple hills. She sat under a heavy elm, dressed in deep mourning, paler, thinner, and with a sadder beauty than of old. Her uncle was dead, the old servants gone, and she sat in the tender spring twilight, desolate and alone. Tho gato opened. A man came up the long ""avenue, and in the pale check a rosy lightfcame. Handsome, welldrpssed, more polished than ever. Walter Raymond had just returned from abroad, with the old lore stronger if possible in his heart. In all these years they had not met before ; now he bent over as if they had parted but yesterday. . " Isabel, I have come for my answer." ? A tall fig ure that had been walkiugamongst the tress, drew near, but stopped as he heard tho words. She looked up, very quiet, and very pale. " The answer is no, Mr. Raymond." " 0, Isabel 1 After all these year3 ?" She smiled faintly. "You are very kind, but I cannot marry you." " And why, Isabel ? Ls it for any one else ? Is it for John Warner I am fejected She flushed up proudly.' 41 You have no right to ask that question, Mr. Raymond ?" " I have the right, I insist on an answer ! Is it for John Warner, marimcd and mutilated, yon refuse me ?" ''.Maimed and mutilated in a glorious cause, Mr. Raymond ! I adore heroes, and Colonel Warner is a hero." "Tuon you mean to tell me you will marry that scarred, one-armed man ?" " Don't distress yourself, Mr. Raymond ; I have not t-eeu Colonel Warner since I last sawyou ; but let mc tel! you, his scars would be to m? a most perfect beauty, and a one armed hero worth a dozen carpet knights ! Please to go, Mr. Raymond-I wish to bo alone." He went without a word. Theiigurc lingering among the trees stepped forth-a sun-burned, stalwart young man, with his right coat-sleeve dangling empty. Isabel started up with a scream at sight of him. " Have I frightened you, Isabel ? I did not. mean to. I ?-anted to tell you I have been listening. Mean, was it not? But I could not help it." She covered i:cr face with ber hands to hide her tpars, falling so fast at sight of that empty coat-sleeve. Uh ! she knew uow which ehe loved best ! "I have come to say good-bye again, Isa bel.. 1 am off to Spanish America. I have losteverything I possessed herc, and a one .armed rebel like me must earn his daily bread sor^ahow. JTliere is ?n opening out there, and so"--his voice grew husky as ho held out Kia ! hand-" good bye, and God bless you, Isabel, for the words you spoke five minutes ago, though I know you could not mean them." . Her fingers closed in a sort of fright over the hand she held-going away and lurevcr I She did not know how hard she held the hand he extended, but all the blood i:i John Warner's budy surged in a wi ld transportation to his face. " Oh. Isabel ! did you mean it ?" " Ves, yes-every word! Oh, John! don't gol" " . j There!-that's enough, isn't it? John didn't go. ile staid in Kentucky, ar.d took charge of the old place and the young lady for life; and-elegant Mr. Raymond can't see to this day how any woman in her senses could prefer a man with o tc arm to a man with two. How GF.V. SICKLES' ORDER NO'. 10 is RE CEIVED.-'l in! Columbia Phccnix comments as follows upon Order No. 10: ' The Order brings a measure of relief to the debtors throughout the Slate which they will hail with joy. Sundry efforts had been made to effect thc same object by our State legis lation, but the Court of Errors pronounced stay laws of ?my kind unconstitutional. Under the impoverished condition of this State, i'-e largo amount of debt and interest accruing, the Order comes to us in time to save proper ty and set all who are disposed to ivcuper::;e earnestly to work and to make all they can to save the suffering people of tho State. The Wilmington Journal says: It combines the clements ?Sf a remedial Act, a repealing Act, and a uew.Law. lt is intended, us will bepeiceived by the eloquent j preamble, as a measure of relief to the people. It will have a.demoralizing effect upon law vers, if such a thing is possible, but we do not hesitate to say that we approve both the spirit and letter of this law, as far as it affords relief to deserving deb:ors. Wc do not know why the punishment" of burglary should be changed, but laws in favor of life are becom ing much enlarged of late years. It is rather a new way to legislate, but we. will have to get used to that. Upon the whole, we do not regret the publication- of this order, and hope it may be of wide spread benefit to the people. -? T ?? From the St. Lotti* Democrat, April Otlt. We are called upon to rec 'rd thc deliber ate self-destruction of a seamstress who was driven to desperation by poverty and inabili ty to earn a livelihood. The unhappy victim was Annie Durham, a young lady of good character, who has lived in the ?itv for the past three years, earning a precarious subsis te nco by sewing. Sho bad recently done some work for a lady, and received ber pay. but lost thc money, aud was now out of jvork. But one course rcmaiued for her, and that was to go to service as a housp maid. This was greatly against her inclination, and rath er than bend her pride to such menial em plovmcnt, she resolved npon self-destruction. Failing to obtain laudanum in the house, she procured a sharp razor, and; after going to bed, used the weapon with fatal ai.d instan COU8 effect, cutting her throat from ear to car. The windpipe, the jugular vein and the caro tid artery were severed at oue stroke, a:rd death ensued immediately ; and before she had time to struggle, or even to remove her hand from before her throat. . To.TELL THE.NUMBER THAT ANY PERSON* THINKS OF.-Bid thc person double che mau bcr he has fixed on his mind, multiplying the sum of them by five, and give you the pro duct, which they will no't refuse to do, itbeing far above thc number thought of, from which, if you cut off the last figure of tho product, will always be a cipher or a five, thc number left will be the fir?t thought of. As for ex ample : Let the number thought of be 20, which doubled makes 52; that multiplied by five produces 2G0 -.then if you take away the cipher which is in thc last place, there will remain 26, thc number first thought of. ^Sf* Tho Bom? Journal is ropponsiblo for tho following : " People generally do not know that some ladies wear false lips triado of pink India rubber, wbich aro attached to thia lips tn a man ner which defios detection,, and which givo a pretty pouting appearance to tho mouth. Thoro is A woy to tost lips which xnry appear to bo arti ficial." Another JLcucr irom i-..vu??( We publish below another le Ho?. B. F. Perry, on the political "The United States shall gua every State in this Union c rr-publ of government/' Seclion I, Arlich ?l?ution of thc United Stales of Jr Under this authority, the C?ngr United States, after excluding ir seats the Senators and Represen ten Southern States, has establishc th" excluded States a military goi absolute and unlimited in its powc well known that these Stales have ( their power and resources in a gal heroic struggle for independence government. They now I ave no al bat unqualified submission to tho despotism thrown over tl: era: Jt .hoped, and it is generally believed, military commanders in the Southe will exercise their despotic powers w I humauely. It is the administration i ernment, and not the form of a gov which makes it odious and opp^es despotism, wisely, justly a id virtuo ministered, is the most perfect gov that can be .established. It is thc ment of God. established by him for ernment of thc universe. Five orsix mouths ago, South C with all the other Southert. States, i with scorn and indignation, thetotis al amendment, which proposed to from office their leading men, and ?their representation in Congress^ uni permitted universal negro suffrage. N proposed by the miltary bill not only to this cla^s of persons from uilice, but to chiae them "and exclude them from vi all elections, and at the same lime io chisG their former slaws und give ui suffrage to the negro. Strange to sa there are many persons ia. tho St States'whose high sense cf houor wo let them adopt the constitutional amen . who are now urging thc people tu vdlu swallow the military bill, regardless of principle or consistency. I am happy ti that they are secessionist.} a?d neve! Union men. The inquiry is, which, '.hen. shall \ Win.st I have been writing, tho te!; brings the glorious news that Mississip Georgia have appealed to the judicia the protection of their constitutional a3 sovereign Stales of the American 1 Would to God that South Carolina st< thc side of Mississippi arni Georgia, ii their last noble effort to maintain thc! ii i ty and honor as States and the just anti liherticr. of their citizens. If tbij grand, expiring effort in favor of fre should fail, then th? South will have- I > ly meet the tyranny of Congress; bi meeting, she need not embrace thc hi thing. "When the military order is issu j a-registration of voters, let every man disfranchised, go forward and registe name. When thc election is ordered convention, it will be the duty.of every to cast his vote for the widest, best at;J trustworthy mop, who fire eligible 'o ? that convention. This much he is o do for sel/-protect ion. .'md to koop the "Government from failing inio tue han ' unworthy" anrrbasc men. Ile need gi further. Let him then endorse on hu li " Ko convention/' ll ho is a patriot an honorable man, he cannot desire thc ch which the miiitary bill contemplates, an should not vote a lie '. With tho cunning which.' always cl?ir.i izes tiic tyrant, Co nutt.-s I as < ?weted ti.ai people themselves shall endorse thc call convention, in order to give legal validit ?is act-. Without this endorsement, (how proceeding might lie regarded as forced ,he State- by the miiitary government, therefore, null and void. Hence, the trie making the propio endorsa the cali of a i vciition. It is io be hoped that they will be caught by this cu.ming device, and i J hey may bo ab!;: t.> influence their frccdi lo net with them. But ?honld majori t th"e votes' bc^for rt Convention, thou it is .assemble, and ?ni o'licnvke. When ii semilles, tho honor and i.e.? tiny of the S will I- . in ?Li keeping. But ii'lh . people .-Inn;! ! role " un couv liou," what then ? The honor and digj of the Slates will, at lead, not he. then sacrificed by their citizens. We shall rem as we are. under :>. military rule, till then a reaction at thc North. I: hy already ci inonced in Connecticut, and Viii, soouer Fater, sweep ov.-r thc whole Sort?t-Wifsf and Middle States Thcti wdshall bc rcs! ed to our rights in thc Union, with h ?i unsullied and tba right of suffrage ucchai ?ed. Let: as await luis Democratic tri um] be i; a hundred ve rs, rather than seek associations with oar likick II publican i rants and oppressors, and bo guilty of I baseness of abandoning t>ur friends al, ' North, who have nobly defended our eau for two years past, and sacrificed themseh in the strdggfc f ir Southern rights dn*d ec Bli tu tional freed* m. If we are uu willing to bear thc H&towhi we are subjected, for lue inaintcuanco honor ?ind principle, then-we deserve'o destiny. It is said that, if we do not accc the degrading terms now offered, worse w; be i .ai posed ! Have... we any assuraitc? th wor-c may not. bo imposed, ii wc do acccpl Like the woman who consented to her o? dishonor ti) stive the lifo of her husband, a: was then made to witness his exec'utiot There is no faith in tyrants. Threats of coi fiscation are futile. Almost every one hi been pardoned, by fakir g tuc amuesty oat or by special application. Thc Souther people may be robbed and murr'ered, bi their property cannot be confiscated. . {reorder to debauch prominent Souther men, offers have been made in Congress t remove their disabilities, and. it would seen not without success. Threats to the mani and bribes to a few, is tho policy adopfei for radicalizing the Southern States. Wit universal nejrro suffrage and debauched po! iticians, we may bid farewell to all hope o republican institutions. Virtue and intel Ii gence alone can -sustain a republic. ?Whei thc negro has acquired intelligence to under, stand In's political rights, and property ti make him feel an interest in the proper ex crcisc '-f them, he should be 'allowed io vote This principle has been adopted in mest o the-Northem States, and ia wiso and just But it is wicked to put ballots into the hands of those who wrll be the passive tools of theil employers, rr the mischievous agents of Black Republican emissaries. Nothing can be more unjust and "iniquitous than the diseriruin'alins disfranchisement of thc military bill. A Union man, whose life has been spent, in trying to maintain the in tegrity of the Uni<m, but who was a member of the Legislature or a judge ten or twenty years ago, and who, after his SMtc seceded, fed or clothed a Son in the Confederate ar my, is disfranchised! But the man whoso whole life may hive been spent in treasona ble efforts to destroy the Union and involve the country in a bloody civil war, who was a ieading member of the Secession fonvention, and afterwards a distinguished G< aera] in the Confederate army, hurling his comumud against the United States forces in a hun dred bloody fields of battle, is not disfran chised, unless he hail previously taken an oath to support tho Constitution of tho Uni ted States ! There are many instances of this character which might te mentioned, showing j thc injustice and folly of this disfranchise ment. Tl is-believed that neither Generals I Beauregard, Hill; Magruder,-nor Genet?.1 Ute- 1 i Him>elf, the illustrious commander-in-chief of , the Confed?rate forces, is disfranchised. But I tho distresses of a son or friend i j federate army, is disfranchised ! j There is nut the remotest hope bility cf the Southern States bein .to. the.Union-till ofter the next PJ election. Why, thc-n, shall we \ degrade ourselves, and give up eu, political rights for ?B delusiou? If : inuit come, do not embrace it. It wear manacles, let them be put 01 tyrants, not by ourselves. If a m? ens to kick you, self-respect wou your exposing your person to him ai him to kick you at once aud bc dor . We have lived already two years ui itary rule, in great poverty and dis have been cheered all the time by sciousMess that wc are not a degrade a conquered, people. We eau coi live iu thc same way two years lon; need be, ten years, and feel a pride ing that we have maintained our In made every effort possible to pros1 freedom and constitutional rights, who feels that ho has dishonored h lost; and so it is.with a people. Let U3 livo quietly and peaceably ing diligently lo our various vocatio -obeying patiently the powers that never think of voluntarily veting a' rights as a State or our honor and aa men. Let us trust in a returnin ofjusiipe on the part of our oppressoi sooner or later must come. Have ? forbi orance and long suffering. Th era States fought four long bloody j what they believed to bo a sacred rig claimed by all tho American people i Declaration of Independence. Can t now alford to live four years I longer that Union, rather than sacrifice the;: their rights, as Statis, r.nd thc great : can principles of freedom? _ C. F. PEI The Tax Act. For the information of Tax Payei at thc especial request of Capt. BEX. State Tax Assessor ai.d Collector h District, we re-publish the details of t Act as passed by our Legislature at i Session: ' Upon thc following articles, there S an cd valorem tax paid, as property r ing to its assessed value, viz;, Ua ali ri tate, 20 cents o;. every $100, cxccpl landis as may bi in possession of the , men's Bureau in January next; on th; ta! stock of all g s-light companies, 50 oti every ;:i?U; on articles manufactur sale, barter or exchange, between t!i day'of January, lcjo, and January, l8l ou every ?: LOO to be paid by the inauufi erj ; on the gross amount of ail spiriiu; quors, (except on liquors matiufactui t:ii-- S:;.te iroia fruits in their sea ?>'...) (rom January 1 to December 31, lib per cent., to be paid quarterly to "th; collectors of the several Districts; ou bsj gold and .-Liver plate watches, jewelry pianos, on ha:.d January 1, J.N?T, e: th .... Leid by dealers for sale. $1 on i $100. Upon all gros3 incomes derived froa fallowing souircsj tiierc shall bo paid a pf rLo.pcr-?eur. herein specified oj ibo gr.gale amount received,'belween lH ! Is pf January, lSCC/and ibo l.sUii/oT J:.:i. ] From ?i?ji?oyuients, faculties and profess including tie profession of dentistry, (wi er in the profession of thc law thc profil derived.from thc costs of suit, fees, ore sources of professional income,) excej clergy men) ?2(on every ?100 ; on com sion:! received by brokers, vendue mas factor?' commission merchants, dealers ir chang.?, (forcigu or domestic.) or in m gages, bonds and other negotiable papou, oil avery ?100 ; ou the gross nm >unt of miam i received by insurance wi punies .corporated v.-'uhiu this State. ?2 or. ei ?100 j on the gross amount of premios re ed by agencies of insurance companies underwriters incorporated without the I i ol iLis State, ??! on every $100j on the gi amount of thc receipts pl express campan $10 on every ?U00, lo be paid to the Tri .urer of tin: State; ??a the gi o--- amount of rec; ?pts.of tel ?graph companies, ?5 ou cv .SI Ol' i on the grp^s a .mun; of receipts fr thc sale nf pictorial newspapers or u.a?a>ii f$'2~> on every $100 ; on tho gross re :ipls newspapers published ia this State, t '2 ?very ?100 j on :l'e amount of sales of goo wale::. mLTchantUze, embracing ai) thc ai dos of trade for sale, barter > r exebun (spirituous liquors and tho products of t State, and the unmanufactured pmduc s any i f thc United State?,'or Territories thc o/, excepted.) which any pei son shall hi mad ? from the 1st day of January, o ' t pre-ent year, to thc Ut day of,January, D. li o'". ?Q cents on every ?100; for aai articles,.a tax.of 00 eula for thc en;:;;! year j ou the gross profits of national bani $io ou every ?500 ; cn thc incomes deny from life arts of photographing and da^uc rcotyping, $1 on every $100; on all inc om amounting to more than ?JI?O per apnui di rived fiom salaries, rents, dividends..ai money at interest, in excess of ?500. ?1 ( every .$100 ; on thc incomes derived fro saw, flour and grist-milis, and also from cc u :i ginned on t-'i!. ??'2 on every ?lOQ.j on tl gross, incomes of'all'railroads, (not exempt* by'.law, $1 on every ?100, 'out that when part bl a railroad only is within tho limits < luis State, the returu of its income shall bet the same ratio to its whole income that th length of road in. this State bears to its who! length. Th.; following persons are to pay a tax o eyer} ?100 of gros? income : hOtel-keeperi ?2 ; restaurants or eating houses, S- ; -iver stables, &2; bunchers and hucksters. ?2 ; bil baud tables, ?5 : bowling alleys, ?5 ; barrocas whether, connected with a hotel or othersvis? ?11) : ferries, ?1 ; toll-gates, $1. Upon taking out a charter, except fojt re ligious, charitable mid educational purposes $20; each renewal of charter, under this Act, $10. * T?:c keepers of public race-course' shal pay a tax of ?100 ; each public hack, stage conch, dray and baggage-woeon shall bo tax ed ?10, aud^ach omnibus $25. All persons representing publicly, fo:- gain or reward; any plays, comedy, tragedy, or other employment of the stage, or exhibiting wax-works or other shows, of any kind what, scev-. r, to bc paid into thc bands or'thc (.Merks of i?ic Courts respectively, (who shall be bound to collect and j ay the same into the publie Treasury, excepting in casps where the same is now required by -law to bo paid to corporations or otherwise,) ?10 per-day ; circus exhibitions, ?50 "per day ; dog.? sha!! he taxed ?1, but for.each plantation and in habited lot in a town or village, there shall be one dog exempted from taxation. A capitation tax of ?1 per head on every malo between thc ages of twenty-one and fifty, resident in the State, on the firs: day of Februar}', 1S67, except they be incapable of earning a support. Every employer shall make returns of thc names of all perseus that nre employed by him, and pay thc tax of such person or persons, in which case the tax receipt shall bo a good and vaiid set-off in any action for wages by such employee against such employer. All taxes levied on property, as prescribed in this Act, shall be p;.id to the tax Collector for the District or Parish in which said prop erty is located, except that tho tax levied on railroad, express and telegraph companies bc paid into t ho Treasury of ,hc State. The taxes herein levied shall be paid ordy in gold or silver coin, United Stales Treasury notes, or notes of national banks, or tlc bills ' cates of jurors aud constables for attendance on the courts. ' No lax collector or assessor shall receive his commissions till their returns have boen received at thc Treasurer's office, and been approved by him. Tho assessors of thc several districts aro required to return to the ta:: collector lists of all persons in their district, subject to thc capitation tax, with auch rarticul?rs of resi dence, etc., as may serve '.o id-cntify tho per sons. The tax col'cclur is required to pay to (he State Treasurer the quarterly returns within, thirty days. Each tax collector shall attend at the court house, or some other pub lie place, daily, for one week previous to making his final return. All taxes on in cotaes shall refer to those received between January 1, 1S6G and 18C7, except designa tions. Before the collection of the taxes herein levied, an assessment shall be made of the actual value ot' the property t?:xed ; and for that purpose thc tax collectors of the several Districts and Parishes, except the Parishes of St. Phillip and St. "Michael, aro hereby constituted assessors. Each tax -collector, btforo entering upon Iiis duties asassrss r, shall take and subscribe, before the Clerk uf the Court of the District, the following oath, which ?rhall be endorsed on his corr misiion, viz : " I*, A. B., do promise and swear that I will, to the best of my abil ity, execute thc duties of assessor for my coilection district, and ?viii, without favor cr partiality, ascertain aid assess the actual valuo of thc property.-, real and personal, upon If which an advalorcm tax is laid before, and fur the purpose of laying such tax." Artificial Legs. "We publish tho following notice fer tho benefit of the ekizens o? this State who havo lost their legs daring the recent war : For the ptirpcsr; of carrying into effect the provisions of an Act entitled " An Act to provide Artificial Legs lor all citizens of the State who have lost ihr ir legs during thc re cent war," approved December 20. LSG6-, 1 caused a notice to be publishei.to all manu taclirrers of ,'irtificial iimbs, ttl-exhibit their specimens in the city of Colombia, ow tlc iourth Monday in March, ard appointed a Board of Surgeons, composed of Drs. A. N. lanny, Robert W. Gibb??! and B. W. Taylor, to examine the various spf;cin:ens submitted. ' Tivy unanimously recommend the "Army and Navy Leg" of Dr. Ely, and his " Ana romical Leg," as combining more advantages than any otuers exhibited : and 1/ there.ore, concluded a contract with Dr. Bly, to furnish ihe citizens of this Stale wita the "Army and Navy Leg," at the price of $>74.G"i each, which amount is lo be paid by the Siu'c. Tho cost of Dr. Biy's auatcmical ball end sockc.t-jointed icg precluded mc from contract ing for it, because the sum appropriated by tho Legislature was iusntlident to havo fur nished that leg to each citizen ; novertbelosi, each person who chooses to do so. may, by paying Di*. Bly from Ins own means-tte cd .iit:o:ial sum o:' $75.35-see.ue this mere t perfect limb, the cost of which is $150. His office will bo located in Cbfi.-leston, and but one trip is necessary to be made th?ro loe thc purp so of having the limb pro perly .vljustifcl'Sivtii'S stamp7. Before itspde ?ivery. each leg will be inspected by a compo tera person: To procure a leg. thc following iules have been adopted : L. No .person other than a citizen of this State, i's entitled, under tue Act of the Leg islature, to receive an artificia; leg. 2. The person applying roast appear before life Clerk of (he Court for thc District in which bc resides, and satisfy that officer that Leis a citizen ; that he lo", his lpg during :ho recent war, and is embraced within thc provisions of the Act of Assembly aforesaid. I'hfl Clerk will thereupon give such person an original and duplicate certificate, under tho seal of the Court, certifying that the party is entitled to receive a leg. -T. Ti:e Clerk?? of thc Courts have had for warded to them blank forms for measuring the stamp. Each citizen will procure two bf these on obtaining bis certificate. After care fully making the measurement", as directed irt the form; ko will enclose the original cer tificate anti measurements to Dr. Douglass Bly, Charleston, S. C. i'i.c duplicate certificate lie will retain in .session, until he receives notice'that his pcrsmiai presence is n quired, at Dr. Liv's i Alec, for the purpose of adjusting tlie leg to the stump. Upon exhibiting this certiikr.te tn the conductors of the several railroads pf the State, they will*doubtless give him free transportation, going and r: nuning, one (?tuc, chc'Legislature having i.-: thc Act requested thc ri ??road'companies to furnish transporta tion freo; of cost, and each conductor will make such endi rseme?i upon the certificate as will prevent it from bgng fraudulently used again by the sain4 or r.ny oilier person. Dr. Bly will notify persons at what time i: ?.il! oe necessary for them to attend nt his ofTica in Charleston for the parp?se of iittii^g the leg io tbc stump; As two hundred nra to bc supplied, co::s:?' erable time will necessarily be consumed'in i hoir manufacture, aud you arc requested to practice patience in what n;:iy seem to you an unreasonable delay in r.rocuri:;g your limb. Dr. Bly advises, thal unies- S'?r.c"pre=sir.g emergency exists, the now leg should not be titted to the stump daring thu warm seasrn, and that the patient himself will bo most likely to obtain a satisfactory result by await ing the return of cool weather. . The Clerks of thc Conn will bc entitled to charge their fees for their official certificate, but it is presumed that they will, under thc circumstances, cheerfully render thc service gratuitously. JAMES L. ORR, ' Governor of Sc nth Carolina. BEOISTRATIO"V IX NEW ORI.EAXS.-Thc pro cess of registration, commenced in New Or leans on Monday last, . does not eppcar to have been satisfactory to any one. .Tho Times says : As we feared, thc large discretion left in the hands of the Registers, and the action to which it has given rise, have created a very general feeling of dissatisfaction among our people. Unless the course adopted by the registering officers has been sadly misrepre sented, they have carried into thc performance ol a gravi puolic duty their- own partisan prejudices, and many of their decisious are .so manifestly illegal that, unless revised and reconsidered, they will amount to a practicul denial of justice to the great-mass of the whito citizens o? Louisiana. "v Napoleon, Arkansas, sends us aa anccdoto of a Texas soldier : . * While trudging along one day all alono, a soldier met a Methodist circuit ruler and at once recognized him as such, but affected ig norance of it? Preacher.-" What command do you be long lo ?". ... Soldier.-" I belong to the-Texas regi ment, Van Dora's army. What army do you belong to?" P-(Very solemnly)-?I belong to the. army of the Lord !" . a ; S.-" My friend, you've got a very long way from Headquarters!" " - - 83?" Hubert Schuftcr's son, an intereatingJiOy, aged ten years, was accidentally, tilled"<tf*Bocfc ll ill College on ibo ll tb, by a base-ball bat in the bands of a fellow student,