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THE LANCASTER LEDGER. r- ? ?? ?. . . u _l_,i VOLUME XIV. SATURDAY J^ORNING, OCT., 14, 1865, NUMBER 6. THE LANCASTER LEDGER. Published every Saturday Moralaf. BY ? CONNORS Sc. CARTER, EDITORS AN D PROPRIETORS. W. X. CONNORS, to. 'J. CARTER. . r ' T1 ! -t ?j ^. m ~. TERMS: For one year in advance, .... |R.OO For six months " " .... ] .00 No name will Leoulcrcd until Ihe subscription price is paid. ' - j. A T) V KUTISKMKNTS Will be Inserted at one dollar antl fifty emit pel square for tho drat, and one dollar p ;r bquare ior each subscqucfct maoftion. ,.fi aqaare to consist of the (pace of txn link*, ISrevlcctjpe. No advertisement considered ltss than a square. The number of insertions must be written on each advertisement; or they will be inserted till ordered out and charged accordingly. Scnii-MonlLlv, Monthly, or Quarterly Advertisements, will be charged qne dollar and fifty Cents per square for each insertion. , Liberal deductions will be i. qde ip favor ef advert! cmeuts of three months, or longer eiasdmg. ' Announcing candidates for Officefivt dollar?. ..i . .. UP fmilfllunliVttUsin -- - * *" _ - icuvwniunuing muii dates fer office and all others of limited or in. dividual interest, charged at advertising rates. AU legal or official notices must "be paid for by the'individual authorising the publication of thoonmoyi without reference' to their official papacitT. %tT Announcements of Marriages or Deaths; Notices of Religious Meetings published gratis and solicited. Obituary Notices exceeding the announcerndnt, will he charged for the overplus at regular advertising rates. ' rmr Tributes of Respect, rated as advertisetaeaU. " u JOU WORK Will be executed with nOafs ess and dispatch and cm accommodating terms. ggg~ THE CAtli for Advertising and Job ' Work will bo required in all inotanoes as adon as tha work la rendered. Writtes order*, to necwre attention, must be accompanied with the c?eh. m.. Kheur, Bacon, Lard, Sorghum, See., will be raseiwsd fta payment of aabscripUaas and a<J? I tertialng at the market rates. Alio clean option and linen rags. The Hiring -vfrVoffroes?Rule* adopted in Tibumm. < Am eocb a thing as hiring all the farm hands bss heretofore bnen nnn...?l : > this Bute, i) will manifestly be to the in UreaCof -both tbe black man aod tbe white, that a system of rnlee and regula tioaa be adopted, in order that each party aaay know bia doty aad bow to pen form it; becauso, if each one should la Lor when be ort>abe pleases, without re gaW to >the condition of tbe crop, it ia probable that nothing would be made, and both parties would be loeera. Col. l)a?io, in charge of the Freedmea'a JJurdau'at Clerks? tllv, Tennaaaee, baa adopt ed the following ru!ea, well worthy of perusal and adoption. Rulet aiid Regulation* for farm hand*. lf. Ode'half of' tLe wages of the em ? i?iujec wiii m rtuiaM by tbe employer, until tbe noil of tho contract for iU faith fnl performance. 2. Tha employees will ba required to , rise'at daybreak, ev-h ooe to lead and i taka eara of tha stock allotted to him, or i Cform soy othar business that may 1m igned to him , to aat thoir breaklaet 11 and ba raady for work a^ tho signal, which , will ba firao whan tba ana ia half boot high. All time loat after tba signal is given will ba deduotad. ' * i s i. No peaeral conversation will ba al- i lowed daring working hours. ?- 1 I .. 4. Bad work will bo assessed at its < proper value. ^ I a For dtaobedtence, one dollar will bo i deducted. i ' 0. Neglect of duty and leaving with < out peraiiaeto* will be consiJftiet! dwobe | dience. '"7. No live atock will ba parmitlad to bo raieod by the employee*, wrbout apo i cial contract. i 8. Apple*, peachra and melona, or any ^ other prodne; of the farm taken by tbe I employee, without the permiaaioo of tbe i peaplover, will be charged for. < 9. The employee ehall receive no riai c tore during working boara< 10. Thro* quarter* of en hour will lie allowed daring the wfeter inontba for < dinner, and one hour and n half during ' the months of Junn, July and Augnat. * 11. Impudence, swearing, or indec-nt t i . . ( . , ? . od unseemly language to, or iu ence of the smp'oye* o?" Ma fcoiily, or agent, o#fquarreiliog or fight iqg,oolt disturb tbd peace of -the fom, toil I be fli.ed one dollar for tho Ami odesee, sad, if repeated, will be fotlostfd by dismissal and loss o< such pay as ift>lwi^i<ig| ed against hlta by proper aatbority. 12. All difficulties Wll may arise between the employees shall be adjusted by the employer, and N aot satis hatory, an appeal may bs takse to aa ageat of the U. 3. Government or e magistrate. Id. All abuse of stock,or willful bseah' iofiT of tools, or throwinw MS* mmmm.Mmi will be charged against the 1 14. Gooq end sufficient rations will be I furnished by the employer, apt ^owever, to exceed six pounds of baeoa aod om peck of meal per week for each adult. Is. Houre reet aod fuel will be Jumj&h* ed free, by. tfoe employer, c. .1 10. No night Work dill be required of the employee* but each at the u so?idee of tbe farqa absolutely demand ?eaeh ae tying up ladder, firing tobeeee? eettiag plant beds afire; securing a crop keen the frost, Ac. 17. A cheerful a^d willing performeaee of duty, will be required of ^ be employee, I 18. Sto:k muaf be M- and attended to on Sunday. . , 10. The women wiU be required to do the hooking in rotation on 8ooday. 20. The employee will be expected to look after and etudy tbe lateeml of hie oujpiujrer, 10 iniorm mm Of MJUUDf lillt ia going amiaa ; to bo pwefibli,'N?rly nd plpaaeai; to diaooarage tbaft, and endaavor by liia coadopt ty aatnbliab n character for honesty, MMnetry Nad tbaML 21. Id eaae of uj controversy ia Nt KHd to the contract or tea ragnleliona, ween the employer and am player the agent of the Bureau for the MUlMf abaB b? the commdn erbU*VWem tbe dif floulty aball be referred^ .. .. The llouae oTBapraTeataliraa ?f Aa United Statea Coogram is eomooeed of r two hundred and forty one meaabaaa, belog ooe representative for%fary 18M inhabitant*, accord lag to tba eanatm of 1 WO. The ?Id rapNaaapallM I* affaa tioaed amongst t^n States at folio we Alabama 6 ; Arbaaaaa 8 ; Camuynia li ; < InBn.KtiM* -I - IU ^.uiaaJHJ- ? . Georgia 7; IUitxjb 14; la^MM 11; Im 6: Kansas 1; Knlifb f{ J; M??o 5; U*u*Md I; MflntkaiHli 10; Ifichtgaa 6; Minnesota f; Mlmimippi ft; Missouri 9; N?? Haqapehiio t; M?? Jer sojr 5; New York ftl; North Cntln 7; Ohio 19 ; Oregon 1; PeaaettranlM 24-; Rhode blend 2; 8outh Caroline 4; Ten* Lessee 8; Tezee 4; Vermont ft; VkgMa 8 ; Weal Virginia ft ; Wieeoaain ft. fr> tel241. The compmeniftoa el eaak Son* etor. nod Ibpeaehbitbe b $8000 par eiDom, and'$8for ayetj twenty miles of eetbuoed diet a nee bam the plaee ofraMt dence. The Mutile J^'a^tkeftanealialin that eitj painted n dog an aoMml An* the animal bed the heftvapkohfte dnrlng the hot weather. Ban the mm men, sajs the Portland Prefg, wko ftmatod a copy of a hoar bottle witk took skill. that the eerie Ikw ont ymI a* ka was fin ULiog it. And sfUr ka wm aanU ka pniuted i pietnrs oi bis first kfkf, bst wm so llfw lilts that it crifAfkuM kb wtfk ipsnksd it bafota ska ?UeWi*at Mistake. *' Soaas fsw wssks alias, Miwsi V. 8. offiosrs called oa Oca. Vaaee at kis Isras saor AskrfHe, wkea kis wtfk sneaeadkipB Mating that ba W goaa la asM? fia bsa basa plaagking and doiag elksr tea work war sines tbs |tmsbs Wkaiaa Tka Provost If arskai of Fraedwaa kaa srrastad tbs jadgs, ehart? distsiat marsay , and tbs Jury of tkafsatk Jadieiel District of Loetaiaas, far trying a am >a tka cbar|s of larceny. Tka flay ma [?na?l oi Ut rtMMH NJf JUBtBdtO" I loo o*er I bo negroBB daring lM osbttag interpretation oT tbo eivil low hlw|i udaeively to bio Bums. A* dgbm fivoo notice of mm appeal. Tb? YorkvilU^?v?^H?MM Asm#, ? loiter?oeoifod by 0 goatleipoo from C. I. El ford, feq, Aaaeaoor o# lntoiU*ftB?. >nuo for tbo (h??d Dieuiat, tbol QM mf icon 'w^o odrtrioioMr tbo OMdOBtooutb, >ro required to plot# o kofmbbvbop > if tbo denomination of I oboIs m ooob ?pjr, to render tbo OaibMii "Sir," OBkod o newly lodged Iflghbtw if a-paeeeoger *00 tbo imbb ihm rail ood, "ore you going to tbo LaghlMMF? 'No, ihook Ood ! not qdto bo bod Bo bob I'm going to tho Stuto prim P ? . 4 1 TO STAMP ACT. OWE OV THE laws OV THE UNITED STATUS, Thetrd Are'pfobebly toota doEeri of the mAn of this p?per who know (he de? taili of the Stomp Act. Yet, there is no low. State or Notional, tllh provisions ol which ore more important to the people. Hero ?jre aooh of <we protisioos as we tbiik will prove moot interesting and im portoot to the reader: schedule b. Acknowledgement?of deeds exempt affidavit-*" 5 centi *i?r editor legol proooedlogs exempt AeiiMMT em appraisement for ooch sheet or piece of pa Ctt 00 which the same i? ritten f cents aeetonmekte or Transfers? *-?rmortgage least of policy oil iosoronce, the same duty Mh ' oA*' tfva original instru* Of potent right ? cents P4gg*0?ltfctt, Drafts or Or* t " peos, Ac.?ot eight or on demand 9 cents Bills of Exchange; Inland? draft or order, payable oth* frwise then at eight or cfn demand, and any piomisory note whatever, payable on v?nua or *1 o time desigBaud (except bank uotea leaned lor arcnisiion, and checks made and founded ?o be* and which1 shall be, forth with presented for pay. wot) for a earn not exceed* log $100 5 oenu Far every additional btindred ' MIhi, or' fractional part thaaaof 6 centi Bom or Laoixo?of vessels . Jor poets of the United Sutes Of British Jforth America exempt Or isMpt of Goods on any , tsvsign porta 10 eenta Beak mm 8alk?of any vessel, or part thereof, when the coo? Idmalimi does do* >p*eeed Ave hand red dollars 50 cents MswiHwg Ones Mid not ex siding 11.000 hi.oo Exceeding $1,000, for each $500, frnational part thereof ?0 cents 01 pessonal"property [other Am skiff or veeeel] 6 cents Bon?personal, for paymsnt of money [see Mortgage.] Official $1,00 For in damnify tag any pence for the paymsnt of any a nth of money, where the money nltimatelr reeoverebU there, epos is 11,000 or lees 50 cents Where the money recovers, hta eaeeads $1,000, for every additional $1,000, or frac VMM P?rt U? WM GO ceott Bavo?coeety, city and town toil) railroad sod other corpetatios toad* ud script, M sebjeot to sump doty. 8m Mortgage | any description, other thee each as are required in legal proceedings, and inch ae are not otherwise charged in this schedule 25 cents Cuiuruutt4*-of deposit in beak, sacs not exceeding one toad red dollars 2 cents Of deposit in hank, earn exneeding oaa^aadrad dollars 5 oenle Of sleek'in an incorporated a?W wmmfmmj - > euU Omul 5 c?dU or uaaHfieation of a Justice iflteMM OimWwn of Deed* or Money PebBo 5 cents or *eai*fr ol record* ft cents That 6*?taia paptore are on ? fta t ? h a coat* That eortaia paper* cannot ba fnted ? 5 cents Of rodaaaptioa of land sold fb? tasee - ? 4 eeoU Or Uilb| asarriage and death A cents Of oe*liGcatk>ne of school Mtabaee ? ft cents Of peelle o* aa incorporated MfMf, foe a smb not leee An lea dollaw sad not exMSdl*f llt? dolIsM IO MBl? Bl?aJlag 'flhy dollar* to J < Ml HMdWg G?fc ihoaut&d AflhV'";'1' 4 h *' Ji MDtl Keadfeg om thousand dol . lev* lav amy addtuoeal ooo tfcanal, m (nmomI nail thtVMf (MU Of damage or otherwiaa, and H atbtr certificates or docc ..v ... 1{ . ' For the withdrawal of any goods or merchandize from I bonded warehouse, 50 MDU Quaqeu's Uetirn- iffor :juan- * lily not exceeding 500 gab i loua^ross, 10 c?nu Exceeding jUO gallons, 25 cents I'oxveu ok Attorney?to sell ; or transfer slock, or collect dividends thereon, 25 cents i To vote at an election of in< core orated company, 10 cents To receive or ooltect- rentes, 46 cents To sell, or convey, or rent, or i lease real e&tate, #1.00 Kor unrathw twrMiw. 1ft * - J ?llr I f ? """" ? Pkouaik of Wai.t?for letters of administration, where Che value ot both real ai.d pen onal estate does not exceed $2,000, $1.00 For every additional $2,000, or fractional part thereof, in excess of $2,000, 50 cents Honda of executor, adminiQt < * tratora. guardians and"truii teen, are each subjected to a stamp duty of $1.00 . r?OTrfsi-?upon bill oote,cLeck, or draft, 25 cents L'ko missory Note? [Mee Hills of Exchange, inland] Renewal of, subject to same duty hs an original note. Receipt?lor the nsjmentof any sura of money, or debt due, exceeding $20, or 16# the delivery of any property, 2 cents Trvst Dkbd?made to secure a debt to be stamped as a mortgage conveying estate to uses, to be stamped as a con* veyanco. # Warehouse Receipt?for any goods, wares or merchandise &<>t olliterwise provided (or, deposited or sloreJ in ^nj , public or private warehouse, not exceeding $500 id value, 10 eeats Exceeding $500, and not exceeding $1,000, 20 eecte Exceeding $1,000, for every additional $1 Oy^Ur or frae- 1 if It - - V ' ? iiomi pari niereoi, in sxceae of II 000, 10 ONU Km any goods, &e., not otli* raise provided .for, stored 1 or depoftiu-d in aoi public or private ? a rehouse or yard, 26 cmii W'KIIrt it LkOAL lioClMKNTH ?writ or oilier legal proc-sa by wbicli any suit ia cofb? menced in any court of r?i . cord, eilber of law or equity, AO coots , Writ or original proceaa ia , : sued by a court not of r** cord, where the araouct claimed is 1100 or over, ^0 web Upon everv cuuI?mm? a! > : . j # - juu|{4ii?ini ur ci'jjiiuiii lur $100 or over, except in cum where the tax f<Jr ft writ be* been paid, ' 50 cehto \ Writ ??r other proceae ap* penis from justices courts, or i other co'jrtn of inferior juris* diction, to a courlof record, 60 cento Warrants of distress, when tbe amount of rent claimed , does not exceed $100 25 cecU < .... other person acting as such 25 cents Ckttifikd Transcript ?of | judgments, satisfaction of judgments and of all papers recorded or on file 6 cents r (N. 13.?As a general rule, every ceridicate which* has, j or may Iiaye, a legal value in any couri of law or equity, will require a stamp duty of five cents ) ClIKCK pHAtrT Ott OltDER ; For the payment of any buir> I of money exceeding $10. , drawn upon any per&oa or <r other than a bank, banker or trust company, bt sight or or on demand ' ? cent* i Oont?<aci?[See Agreement Ilrokero _ }0 cents CoNVKYAScit?.deed, jnstrui ' meat of writing whereby lands, tenements, or other reality sold shall be conveyi ed, th? actual value which does not exceed $500 ^0 cents Exceeding $500, ah'd'uot exi ceediog $1,000 $1.00 For every additional $500, or fractional part thereol, in excess of $1,000, 50 cents Entuv?of any good*, wares or merchandize at any custom bouse, not exceeding $100 in value, * 25 cents Exceedin g $100 and not exi eeedtng $500 in value, 50 cents Exceed ng $500 in value, $1.00 Wheu the amount exceeds $100, 50 cents ik^ubascc-Marine, Inland and 'Fire. Where'the considera l tion paid for the insurance, in cash, premium notes, or both," does ijot exceed $10, 10 cents Exceeding $10, and not ex ceeding $50, 50 ceuts Inbi'hanck, Lira?when the araouul insured does not exceed $l,00p, 25 cents Exceeding $1,000, and not exceeding $5,000, cents Exceeding $5,000, $1.00 Lease?of lands or tenements, 1 wneru ine rents do not exceed $300 per annum, 50 cents Exceeding $300, fur each additional $200, or fractional part thereof, iu excess qf $300, ' ' 50 cents iVrpetual, subject to stamp duty as a conveyance." I Clause of guaranty of payment of rent incorporated or indorsed, five cents additional. Mbascreq' Rktlrk?if for < quantity not exceeding 1,000 i bushels, 10 cents' Exceeding 1,000 bushels 25 cents Mortgage?trust deed, bill of sale, or personal bond for the payment of niouey exceeding $*00, and not exceeding $500, 50 cents Exceeding $500, f-?r every additional $500, or fractional pan luereoi, iu exccbs or 9500, 50 cents Pawnkus* 5 cents pissaok Ticwkt?from the United Stales to any foreign port, costing not more than $35, 50 cents Coating more than $35, and >ai is__ c ra - NVt CAtXUUlUg VMHf " 91.UU for etrdfy additional $50, or fractional part thereof io ex cess of $50, *1.00 GENERAL REMARKS. Revenue Stamps may be used indiscriminately upon any of (ho matter* or thing* numerated in schedule 11, except proprietary and p'ajing card stamp*, for which a special use h*s been pro tided. Postage stamps cannot be used in nay. mentefthe duty chargeable on insU'umeotl. It is the duty of the maker of an instrument to altixand cancel tire stamp thereon If h* Reflects to do so, the party for w hore he' H is made, may stamp it before It is used, but in no case can it be legally ined w ithout a stamp; and if used after the 30th of July, 1964, and us,id without a tamp, it cannot afterwards 'be i-AVulufHy tamped. Any failure upon the part of the maker of instrument to appropriately tamp it, renders him liuble to ? penalty of two hundred dollars. Suits ars commenced ir. many States by !> ??*- ? man nut, VIZ": HUlllQlOnS, warraala, publication, petition, dic, in which caae these, as the original process, severally raquira stamps. Writ# of fcjra facia* are subject to atauip duty origiaal processes. The jurat of an affidavit, taken before a Justice of tho fence, Notary fubli'J, or olh- j or officer duly authorized to take affidavits, ia held to be a certificate, and suhjict to a stamp detp pf ft cents, except w hen taken in sui's or legal proceedings. Certificates of loan in which there shall appear nny primed er written evidence oT an amouatof money to be paid on demand r it any lime' designated, are subject te stamp duty at Promissory Notes. 1 The assignment of a marriage is subject te the same stamp duty at ttiut imposed upon the original instrument; thai is to sav, for every sum ef live hundred dollars, or any fractional part thereof, of theauount secured by the mortgage, at the time of its assignment, there must be affixed a stamp or atamps, denoting a duty of lifly cents. When twe or morn person* join in the execution of an instrument, the stamps to whisk this instrument is Htfil* under tha law, may be affixed and *tncclled by oue 6f the partiee. In conveyances of real estate, the law providea thai the stamp allixed must answer te the value of the estate on ii,f^fe^t conveyed. No stamp is required on any warrant of ! attortlfv HHI'aMllk!. ni-iBir a I ?- I . ,Mg n U'MIU VI nUW, | whta auch bond or noU. has athxod thereto i the at atop or stamps denoting the duty re quired, end whenever any bond or net* i? secured by mortgage, but one stamp doty ie required on euch papers, ench stamp d?< ty being the highest rate* required forsuph instrument*, or cither of them. In auch ease a note or memorandum of the valne or denomination of the stamp affixed, should bs made upon the margin or in the acknowledgement of the instrument which in apt stamped. JOB WORK. We are now prepared to execute all kinds of | Job Work, with neatness and dispatch, and i OB accommodating terms. J piiokerson's Hotel, Columbia, S. V, TlIE UNDERSIGNED/ HAVING leased the Urge and COMMODIOUS IiUILDING known as the *Colunibia Methodist Female College," will open it as a CLASS HOTEL, on September 7ih. '' ' T. S. NICKERSON, rrqpriotor. 8ept. 28, I860?5-10t. CntlAli lriont >< <>? *" '?? ?* 1 "OFFER FOlt RENT OR LEASE MY Plantation, situated on the main roatl leading frOiri Lancaster to Camden, lying between Salem Camp-Ground and Hanging Rock Crock, aud known as the Spring Place. On the place there we about Four Hundred acres of land in a good slate of 'cultivation; ohd half of whicn is fresh land anij all of jt highly productive. With ordinary attention, it will produce fine crops of either Cotton or Provisions, The fencing is in excellent condition. Resides tho planting land, there are seveial hundred acres of fine pasture land, nil under good fence. The place is well watered, and in every respect well worthy of u visit fnattt any who may wish to rent, ft will be rented for one year or longer if desired. I will take pleasure in showing the place, nn?J may be found at my residence one mile below Hanging Rock ('reek. JAMES M. INGRAM. Oct. 7th, 1865,?5-tf. _J)R UG& M E D1C1N EiS, &T rH,1K SUBSCRIBER HAS OPEN1 ED A NEW AND LARUE STOCK OF U 11 'U Q S , ' 1IMOMIS. ' &.C., &.O., &LO. AND EVERY ARTICLE TIIA? IS usually kept in a Drug Store, all of which will be sold Low as Possible. (5rders from iWCounTry will be cart*fully attended to. The following are a few of <be articles which will be sold vory cheap : Tanners Oil, Bine Stone, Window Glass and Putty, Kerosene Oil, Lamps, Morphine, Opium, Laudanum, Paregoric, Castd^ Oil. Salts. Extract. I ,n<r wr?r?r1 1 imi-( ~e> Copperas, * C 4&/C* II. F. HODGSON. Camden, S. C., Sept. Id, I8<t6. 8m. ^ ILUS &, OHISOL.M,' Fnet*n, ?Mml?Kioii JI?rchai)iK * AND SHIPPING AGENTS, Office, HILLS HOUSE, CHARLESTON', 8. C. E. WILLIS A. It CIIISOLM.' WILL ATTEND TOtre PURCHASE, SALE AND SHIPMENT?(to Fareign and Douenlic Ports)?of OOITON, RICE, LUMBER, NAVAL STOKES ; to * the Collection of Drafts, Purchase and Sale of aH SeeoriVitf*. Conui^ntuenU of Veaaels solicited. REFERS TO : Messrs. John Fraser &l * 'o.,Charleston, S. C. Messrs. Geo W. Williuuts Sc Co.,Cha,lesion. 8. C. M#>Mnn> (inn A llonl.ti A Pa nk..l... ?< ?'i"*"J w.| VUMI1CQ* ton, S. C. Geo. Muhley, E?o., At>gu*t.i, Ga. T. S. Metcalf, Ks<j , Augusta, G*. Messrs. Clark, Dpdg^ &l Co, N4to York. Messrs. Murray & Nephew, New York. Messrs. b'. VV. Clark 4b. Co., Philadelphia, Messrs. Pun^rgaat, Keswick &. Co., Balirmore, Md. Mesars. Ham'l Harris &. Sons, Rultioioro. Sept. 3, 1866 ?51. * * * "To Rent. " JhpA FOR THE ENSUING year, JWTTTIa ny two dwelling houses in the HillK Village of lAueaster. MafttHI also a good W^KK SHOP. For particulars I- a-. 11/ M 4? M-- - KF'J 10 " vuiinwi, ri?q., my AlloN Bev at Lancaaler C. II. JAM KH M. 1NQRAM. Sept. 1Q. li?5?3-tf . Riiffffv lor Sale. A GOOD substantial leather Top Bu?gy aod Harness fur sale. Call at this _8ent. 7th, 18?5 ,> 6-^t. ' Dr. J. H. Wiflher^poon respectfully offer* hi* profc.-vional services to tlia (Kopleot Lancastervilla and surrouiidlftg country. He can he found at his office oppofcite llie residence of J. A. Uaesellinc, or at the residence of his father Col. J. II. Witherspoon. September 5, IWh.?if.