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EDGEFIELD, S. MAY 1, 1867._mgMEXIX^..So^18,
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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.
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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
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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,