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VOLUME XV. LANCASTER C. H., S. C., JAN., 9, 1867. NUMBER <18. POETRY. ^ For the Lancaster Ledger. A Soldiers Requiem to His Steed. Far array in a foreat of dark waring pines. Where the grey grown mosses a carpet hare spread, 'Nenih a bower of shade ail clinging with rine^ Lies my steed that is sleeping the sleep of the dead. How well do I remember my bright bonny bay When first thoe I rode with soldiery pride, I stroked thy proud neck in frolicsome play, And fast thy ileet limbs so joyously tried. fn trials unnumbered thou safely bast borne. Thy master all wearied with the long measured r'.do, Ner (altered, nor paueed, though bleeding and tern, You yielded your life and for him you died. ' The low sighing wind breather thy funeral dirge, Close by the streamlet that ranrm'ring replies, They speak of the Steed, the pride ol the charge The Steed of the battle that gallantly dire. My companion in darker so fai'hful and true, j In mcni'rv endearing^ *n?iil thy name ever live, | Though long be the lime, since I bid thee adieu I A thought of thy *ervico I frequent shnil give. f ? r?-? j THE TAX ACT. The following is tfcl Tst Ast passed ' l?y the Legislature of Rou'lt Carolina, at I iw late Session : Upon the following articles, there shall J be an ad mlorrrtt tax paid, as property according to it? assessed value, vi,:: mil real estate, 30 cents, en every $100, except euch lands as may be in possession of the Ffoedmen'e lturesu in January next; on the capital stock of all gas light j companies, r>0 cents on every ?100; on < articles manufactured for sr' >, barter or | exch .nge, between the 1st day of J anna ry, 1C00, an.l January, 1887; fcl on! every $,00, to be paid by the manufac j tur^r or. the groru amount of all spirit)) ; ousliqucrs (except on liquors nianofactur j d in this tstato from fruits in thoir sea on), sold from January 1 to Ueceinber i 31, 1807, 10 per cent., to be paid quar i terly to tbo tar collators cf the several I Ibstricte; cu buggies, carriages, gold and ' ilver pls'.a watches, jewelry ami pianos, i on hand January 1, 18(17, except those beld l?f dealers for sale.Sl on every Si00. i Upon nil gross incomes derived from the following source# there shall be paid * tax of the per eenL herein specified on | the aggregate Amount received between tlie flr?t day of January, 1330. and tho | first d?y of January, 13G7 : l'rom oin j ploymanta, faculties and proftcduoc, in j eluding the p.ofciion of dsnliatrv (who tlier in the profession of the law the pro- J fita be derived fro.n the ecstc of suit, foes, j or ether sources of professional ireor.je),"] excepting clergymen, $2 on every $100 ; | on commission* received by broken, ven duo wasters, factors, commission mer chants, deni^n in exchange ('oroign or ! domestic), c/ In u10.tgr.g23, beds sad ! othar negotiabia papers, *5 oj eery [ IOC : on the gv js amount of prjmiums ( received by insurance corrt.an';3 ir.corpo ( rated wi*hin this State, ?>? od ivory ;?i00; | on tbs gross amount cf premiums recti*' | ed by agendas of Insurance companies | and under writers incorporai ?d rritbout the limit* of this State, ClC on every *100 ; i on the gross amount of the receipt* cf | eipreaa companies *10 on cvsry MOO, to bs paid to the Treasurer of tho Slate ; on the gross amount r( the rsceiptn of telegraph cou.pr.aios, i',"5 on every hi00 ; I on thegioM amount of receipt* from the ! *'.? of pictorial nrwsp.-.ptre or ma^azinea #25 on ? i-,ry $10.. ; cn tha Rrcea recnipta 1 of oowrpapars publish sd i;? this Suu, #2 , on aver? $100 ; on to) r mount cf tJr>a of good*, war i, marchandiea, '.mhrbcic* II ibu articUu of tr. \ie for aala, hart or, or ' exchange (spiriluoui Sk.uors and tha pro ducts of thia G'.ata, r.nd tha turaacufo* tursd prodaots of r.uy of the United Rtbtea, or Territories thereof, excepted), whieh nr.y pardon ah ail hi. /a rand* from th? lat day of Janu&ty, of the preaeot . #ar, to tha lit (ley o? January, A. 1867, l<J cents o* etery $100 ; for annic ' rticJea, a ttr of 50 certs for the en.v.iic^ j year, o . ths p.roea profits of ration! hat.ka. f". 0 on axerr ill00 t on tha in comas derived fror.i the art of photograph' ing and dagwerraotyping, Vl ou arery | $100; on all Incomaa amounting to mora than $500 par annum derived from salariaa, rent*, dividends, and mooay at intan w?t, in axcaaa of $500, 1 or. avary $160 ; on inoomaa dam ad from aaw, Hour, and griat mills, and alao from Cotton ginnad on tali $2 on arary $100 ; on tha groaa Incomes of all railroads (cot ax am pied j i by law), $1 on arary $100, but that when k * w a part of a railroad only is within tb? i limits of this Rtata, tha raturn of its in coma ahall baar tha aama ratio to its whola fncoma that the langtb of r*ad in j l l this State bears to iu whole length. The following persons aro to pay a tax j on every 1100 of gross income: hotel j keepers, $2 ; restaurants or eating houses #2 ; livery stables, $2 ; butchers and i hucksters, $2; billiard tables, ; bow ling alleys, $5; bar rooms, whether connected with a hotel or otherwise, $10 ; forrioa. : toll irates. fcl Upon taking out a chartor, except for j religious, charitable and educational pur | poses, $'20 ; each renewal of charter, uo- 1 der th:8 Act, $10. The keeper of public courses shall pay a tat of $100; each public hack, etage coach, dray and baggage wagon shall be taxed $10, and each omnibus $25. All persons representing publicly, for gain or reward, any plays, comedy, trag? edv, or other employment of the stage, or exhibiting wax works or other shows? of any kind whatsoever, to be paid into the hands of the Clerks of the Courts re pectively, who shall be bound to collect and pay the same into the public Treasury, excepting in cases where same is now required by law to be paid to cor pora'ions or otherwise, $10 per day ; circus exhibitions, $50 per day; dogs shall bo taxod $1, but for each plantation and inhabited lot in a town or villace, there shall bo one dog exempted from taxation. A capitation tax of $1 per head on every mala between the agea of twenty, or,a and fifty, resident in the State, on the first day of Fabruaay, 18C7, except they he ineap&hla of earning a support.? Every omnloyer shall make returns of the names of all persons that are employed by him, and pay the tax *of auch person or persons, in which caso the tax receipt shall be a good and valid set off ir. any action lo? wages by such employee a gainst such employer. All tsxrs levied on property, as pre scribed in tho Act, sha'l ho paid to the ' tax collector for the District or Parish in ! which laid nrnnarli! 1?/??, f ,1-' J .vv ?vr?i, CA\.U|U II1HI j tb? tax levied on railroad, express and telegraph companies be paid into the Treasury of the State. The lots and houses on Sullivan's Is land rha'.l be returned to tho tax collector of tho tax district in which they are situ atcd ir. the same manner as other town Ic's ntid houses, and shall he liable to the same rates of taxation. The taxes heroin levied shall be paid only in geld or silver coin, United Stctes ! Troasurv notes, or notes of national banks, or the bills receivable of this State, and also pay certificates of jurors and consta I bles for attendance on the courts. The j tax collectors of the several collection disi tricts shall be allowed, on all sums of j tuonoy paid into their hands for taxation, a commission, ca follows : For St. I'hilio'* i - r ~ and St. Michael'*, per cant.; for Anderson, Abbeville, Cheated, Kershaw, Kichtand,Clarendon, Darlington, Lauren*, Marion, Newberry, Union, York and Harawc'i, four per cont.; for Chesterfield, Greenville, Lancaster. Lexington, Marl boro', Pickens, Fairfield, 8t. Matthew's, Prinea Georga Winynw, St. Hartkolo msw's, nod Williamsburg, six percent; for Horry, fit. Helena, St. Stephen's, Christ Church, Princo William'*, All Saints, St. George's Dorchester, St. James' Sp.utea and Gcose Creak, St. John's Ucrklev arid Colleton, nod Rt. liter's, eight par coot.; for St. Andrew's, and St. Thomas and St. Dennis, ten per rent.; Tl.? ;? -it ?I ? 1.1 iu OH nisiricin Witero IDS taxes amount to more than $.10,000 the commit*.ons thai! ha two per cent, oo the axce .a. Tar collectors to make returns to : tbo Treasury in Columbia, on or before July, 1807. No tax collector or assessor shall receive his eonm.suioaa till their returns have been received at the Treasurer's office, ' i and been approvod by hira. The a^e .sou of the several districts are ' required to return to the fax collector lists ' of all persons in their district, subject to the capitation tax, with such particulars of residaace, etc., as may serve to identify iK* VU- ?II?.? ; iu? sun ?.?? wiiwiur is required | to puy to the State Treasurer the quarter i ly returns within thirty days. Each tax , collector eball attend at the court hou?e< or tomo otbar publio placo, daily, for one freak previous to making bin final return. 1 All taxoa on income* ahall refer to thoae received between January 1, 1800 and 1801, except apeeial designations. Before the collection of the taxes here ic levied, ta assessment ahall be made of, the actual valne of the property taxed ; and for that purpose the tax collectors of the several districts and parishes, except : the Parishes of fit. Philip and St. Mich- j ael, ara hereby constituted assessors.? Each tax collector, before entering upon hie dutiee aa asseasor, eball take and sub scribe, before the clerk of the court of the district, the following oath, which shall be endorsed on his commission, viz "I, A. R, do promise and swear that ] will, to the best of my ability, exocute th< duties of assessor for my collection district and will, without favor or partiality, as certain and assess the actual value of th? properly, real and personal, upon which an ad valorem tax is laid before, and for the purpose of laying such tax." LI3T OF ACTS Passed by tho Legislature at its late SessionAn Act making appropriations for the year commencing 1st October, 1860. An act to raise eupp'iea for the yeai commencing 1st October, 18GG. An act to Amend the Criminal Law. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend the District Court act." An act to incorporate the Charleston and Savannah Railroad Company. An act to regulate the fees of ShariHe for dieting persons confined in jail, and to provide for the more expeditious payment, An act to incorporate the Village ol Bennettsville. An act to incorporate the Winy ah and Santee Canal Company. An act to renew and amend the charter oi the town ol tsumter. An act for the better protection of Sea' men and Immigrants in the port and bar bor of Charleston. An act to authorizo and regulate the creation of private corporations within tliit State. An act to charter the Columbia and Sumter Railroad Company. An act to renew and extend an act en titled "An act to incorporate theFurman University," ratified on the 20th day ol December, in the year of our Lord 1350, and to alter the style of the corporation. An act to authorizo and empower the Commissioners of Free Schools for the Parishes of St. Philip and St. Michael, to organize an evening school for apprentices and youths in business, and to cob lect a lax for the aunnort of the nm? An act to authorize the City Courci! of Columbia to issue additional bonds. An net to vo*t the right and title of the State in certain property therein mention' ed in certain persons. An act to amend the charter of the Charleston Gas-Light Company. An act respecting sureties on fronds of public officers. An act to establish certain roads, bridges and ferries, and to renew the charters of certain others. An act for the encouragement and protection of European Immigration and for the appointment of a commissioner and agents, and for other purpose* therein ei' pressed. An act to amend the act establishing the University of South Carolina. An act to renow the charter of the town of Boaufort. An act to alter the law en the sul jeel of fences. An act 'o vest in Benjamin F. Landrum his heirs and assigns, certain lands in Edgefield District liable to escheat. An act to extend the duration of as act untitled "An act to extend the dura tion of an act authorizing the formation of limited partnerships." An act supplementary to the act tc provide for the funding the interest and principal of certain stocks and bonds oi the State past due. passed on the 21?i d?v of September, 1805. An act to incorporate lha Farmers'and Merchant*' City Railway Company o South Carolina. An act to extend the charter of th< Marlon Fire Engine Company. An act to fnriher extend the time al lowed the Greenville and Columbia Kail road Company to conatruct a branch o their Road from mme point on theii main trunk We?t of Saluda River to con nect with (he South Carolina Railroad a or East of Aiken. An act to provide artificial legs for al citizens of lha State who have loat theii t J ? ? mgs aurmg me recent war. An act to authorize the transfer to th? Columbia and Augusta Railroad Com pany of certain stocks bald by the State and t? authorize tlm guarantee by tb< State of the bond* of aaid Company. An act to provide for '.he appointment of additional Magistrates for the District) of Orangeburg, Colleloo. lvichland, Sum tor, Islington, Clarendon, Darlinglor and Edge6eld. An act to authorize the tale of the jai lot in Sumter District. An act to alter and a-nend ae act en titled "An act to lend the name and credit of the State to the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company in tlm re adjustment of their debt. An act to renew and extend lue char ter of the Methodist benevolent Society [ 1 of Charleston. > An act to regulate the elections of , ' members of Congress, i J An act to provide for docketing Com i stitutional Cases in the Court of Krrors. i An act to incorporate the Charleston 1 j and Florida Steam I'acket Company. An act to incorporate the South Caro Una Loan and Trust Company. < An act to repeal the Usury Laws of i j ibis State. An act to alter and amend an act en? , | titled "An act to amend the charter of 1 the Calhoun insurance company of Char , lesion." An act to provide for the admission in i evidence of wills made in the execution i of a power. An act to authorize the issue of bonds t or stock to pay amounts due contractors i for marble work of new State ilouse. < An act to sxtend the charter of the ( Charleston fire company of Axemen. ! An act to extend tho time in which to < r record lost instruments of w riting. An act to al'.er the sittings oflheCourta < of Law within the Kastem Circuit. An act accepting the benefits of an act i ,< of Congress ?ntitled "An act donating I lands to tho several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit i of agriculture ar d tho mechanic arts." i approved the 2nd July, A. D. |j An act to a.ter and amend the law in i i relation to the opening, widening, closing or extending streets in tLe city of Char- < lesion. An act to incorporate the Charleston i Dredging aud Wharf Building Company. 1 . As act to alter the law in relation to the publication of legal notices. An act to alter and amend the charter of tbo town of Camden. An act to incorporate the Charleston | Independent Turners' Association. i i An act to renew the charter of the i t j Vigilant Fire Company of Charleston. i An act to change the name and renew and amend the charter of the York?ille Fire Engine Company. i An act to declare valid the recent elec- i (ion of Intsndant and Wardens of the town of Titntnonsrille. An fA rnnaio iUa ~' il - .... .... rf who wuarvor UI U16 j < Presbyterian Church at Spartanburg < ? Court House. I An act to alter and amend an act en> 1 titled "An act to alter and amend the i law in relation to the method of counting vote* in all elections by the people. An act to incorporate the Young America Fire Engine Company of Charleston. An act to renew and extend the charter of the Village of Frog Level. f An act to renew the charter of the Darlington Presbyterian Church. ( An act to renew the charter of the Winyah Fire Engine Company of George ^ town. An act to incorporate the Supreme Council of Sovereign Grand Inspectors ' General of tho thirtythird degree for the Southern jurisdiction of the United States. ( An act to incorporate the Want worth street Lutheran Church of Charleston. An act to incorporate Union Academy. An act to incorporate Charleston Com* merciai College. An act to incorporate Liberty Springs Presbyterian Church, (Old School,) in Laurens District. An act to incorporate the Washington Light Infantry Charitable Association. ' An act to amend the charter of the town of Yorkville. An act to incorporate the Beaufort Club. An act to provide an expedilioua mode ! of ejecting trespassers, j An act to declare Big Horse Creek, in j | Edgetield District, not navigable as a ' public stream beyond a certain point, j An act to make certified copies evii . dence. , ' An act to incorporate (be Charleston j J Water Company. An act to authorize the City Council of Charleston to issue and put in circulation notes receivable in dues for taxes to the i city. An art to cnrrj into effect the donation made by an Act of Congress to the several States and Territories which may pro i vide colleges for the benefit of Agriculture ' anil the Mechanic Arts. i An act to amend an art entitled an i ) act to authorize the sale of the (Columbia I Canal, ratified 21 at December, 1805. An act to ahorten and regulate ttbe . publication of notices of the absent de'en I danta in equity. I ; An act to incorporate the Cheraw Bridge Company. An act to vest in Nelly Tartin and Ja ., cob KtbriJge certain property liable to ( escheat. An act to incorporate the village of Kingstroe. An act to establish Gibbon's Ferry. An act to incorporate the Sea Island | Cotton Company. An act to ainead the charier of the town of Georgetown. An act to regulalo the sitting of the Court of Appeals. An act to incorporate the Charleston I Hoard of Trado. Au act to amend the law in relation to . tenancies. An act to authorize the mayor and ; Aldermen of the city of Columbia toisaue j snd put into circulation notes receivable n taxes or dues to the city. An act to incorporate the Trustees of he Walterboro Male Academy. An act to alter and amend the charter )f tho town of Winnsboro. An act to amend the charter of tho Society Hill and Marlborough Bridge Company. An act to provide for the registration of trust deeds of personal property. An act to renew an act entitled "An act to incorporate the town of New* berry." An act to withdraw certain undrawn appropriations heretofore made. An ?i-- -??'? -' ?u bu muon lUO Ui?[(cr UI IDL' Salamander tire engine company, of Georgetown. An act to incorporate the M .nning Cemotery company. An act to establish an additional class , of llour, to be called family flour. An act to incorporate the Mount Pisga'a liaptiat Church, in Anderson District. [From the Charleston Courier.] The Reported Commissioner from South Carolina to Washington. Tn our columns on Friday appeared a I special dispatch from our Washington correspondent ("Leo,") dated 20th inst., stating that "the deputation from the South Carolina Legislature returns with tha assurances that the State will be admitted upon accepting the constitutional amendinect." Subsequently we teceived the New York Tribune of Thursday, the 20th inet., :ontainiug a letter from Washington, which stated that "a leading member of the South Carolina Legislature hail ?rr:v?,l hero [Washington] a fow days ago, Isavi ing boon deputed by the members of that body, to confer with the Republican members of Congress in regard to the , present condition of the attain of the I country," Uc. This letter contained many j statements in addition to the abevo, whieh< wo are informed, are in no wise true, being altogs.tier the speculations of the writer, and no doubt gotten up for sensational purposes. The Tribunes Washington correspondence of the following day, Friday, the 21st inst., contains the following paragraph, which the writer has the honesty to say is a "current rumor," but which we are authorized to say is as far from being true as were the first statements of the Tribune's correspondent: "There is a rery current rumor here hat ihn amon.t -man f nn/nii" 1>? 1 wmmmmw ?.?W ..MVUVt 1MVU 'j?'-anwil u?n ufcn arranged with the South Carolina representatives, and that they hare pledged Its acceptance by the Legislature, provided that no further conditions are exacted, which, it is asserted, the leaders of the Republican party have agreed to. The rumor is a most important one if correct, as tho admission of South Carolina to Congress, without further conditions than the acceptance of the amendment, might induce all tho other States to go and do likewise." Our Washington correspondent, "Leo," in his letter published elsewhere, likewise refers to the visit of the reported cominis ioner, and who is also aomewhat in error as to the main facts of the caso, which we will proceed to relate an obtained from a source beyond question. It appears that prior to the clore of the session of our Legiblature, which adjourn' ed on Friday last, a large majority of the members of the Senate consulted together as to the propriety of sending a member of that body to Washington, to confer with the President on the probability of the State being restored to her place in the Union should sho adopt the constitu. tiooal amendment. After consultation it was decided that some good might arise from the pursuance of such a course, and one of their number was selected for the mission. The gentleman selected was Colonel T. C. Weatberly, Senator from Marlboro* District, who immediately proceeded to Washington, and sought an interview with the President. Upon his arrival he found that the President was occupied in ft Cabinet meeting, and being disengaged he determined to make good use of his leisure moments, by obtaining interviews with the leading Radical members of both Houses of Congress, and conversing with them freely upon the subject of the cont stitutional amendment, and the prospects of the admission ?f South Carolina to her rights upon its adoption. Col. Woatberi ly succeeded in making the acquaintance of several of the leading Radical Senators and Representatives, with whom be com versed freely, aud was assured by them that the COIIStilUtion.-Ll ?m?nrtm?n? tbo ultimatum of Congress (o tbo Southern States : that its adoption by them would remove nil obstacles to tbeir being admitted to representation in Congrosa. Colonel Weatherly, however, had a subsequent interview with President Johnsod, to wbotn he had been informaliy deputized. Wo learn that the interview with the President was of some duration, as well as free and candid. As far as we can learn, and wo be'icva tb?t we are correctly informed on the subject, the President is unchanged as to bia views in reference to the unconstitutionality of the proposed amendment to the Constitution, which is agitating all sections, and which, if persisted in, must bo a source of great evil to the whole coun? try. As said before, tbo interview with the President was free and candid, during ...i. :-t. l i.i * ' * ' vtmc.i uo expressed 1118 nope mac tno Southern States would remain firm in their position as regards the constitutional amendment, and steadfastly reject it, believing it to be an advauce step to tho inauguration of a despotism. In doing which, he said, he hoped they would bo guarded in their reasons assigned for its rejection, and avoid any language that might by any possible means, bo tortured to give offence to tho opposing party. The President feels confident from a recent decision given by the Supremo Court, that he will be sustained by that law abiding body ; and that in a short time a returning sense of reason will point out some middle grouad between the constitutional amendment, and tho projected territorial acheroe, upon wt ich our country may become united, when peace will again smile upon us with all its blessings. Tho Repeal of tlie Usury Laws. The following is a copy of the Act re* cenlly passed by the Legislature of South Carolina for the repeal of the Usury laws; T)e it enacted by the Senate and Ilouee of IlcpresentatiTss now met and sitting in Genera! Assembly, That from and afI tor the passage of thin Act, in all casea of i contract for the hiring, leudiug or use of l money, wherein, by the lerm6 of theorig' inal contract, no specific rate of iuterest I shall hare been agreed upon, io writing, signed by the party to be charged there1 with, the legal interest shall be and remain at tha rate of seven per cent, per annum. 2. That in all money Jecreen ar.d judg? menta of Courts of Law and Kquity, hereafter enrolled or entereJ, in all cases of account hereafter stated and in all ca' ses wherein any sum or sums of tnonoy, I shall hereafter he ascertained, and being duo, shall draw interest, according to law the legal interest shall he and remain at the rato of seven per centum per annum. 3. That all actH and parts of acts limiting the rate of interest, recoverable upon contracts for the hiring, lending or use of money, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 8, 18 6. Neoros ojv Street Cars is Foilspemmiia.?A conductor kicked a colored woman from a street car, in Philadelphia. The woman's husband brought an action ; against the railroad company for damages. J The judge decided that tho company had i the right to excludo negroes from their cars, and the jury found for the defend' ant. This throws Forney into a passion* I lie says: We do not hesitato to say I that, at this time, and in thia country, | such a decision is scarcely less infamous 1 than that rendered by the Supreme Court I . t .L. * n. . ? - ? i 01 w!? uDiiia orates m t!.e L>re<I Scott i CBSC. Tnic I'Kopo^kn Tkrritori al GovkrwMKNTB kor THK SOUTHKRM StATKH. It ! confidently as?srted by Southern men that ! the territorial bill now before Congresa will never be enforced by the President, if it should be passed. Not one of there believe in the right of Congress, or any othey body or power, to destroy a uove? reignty. Tbia ia the ground assumed by 1 the President. Hence the confidence of the people interested.?N. Y. Herald. The Herald adds, that it ie the "poor whites," and not the "governing class,'' who are so hostile to the amendment,