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MONTIIS, IN ADVANCE.ERMS-$1,50 FORo SIXZ of j - - VOLUME II. NEWBERRY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1866. NUMBER 2. THE HERALD! IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY, It Newberry C. H., By THOS. F. & R. H. GRENEMER, EDITORS AND PRorRIETORS. ERMS, 1,50 FOR SIX MONTIIS, EITHER IN CURRENCY OR IN PROVISIONS. (Payment required invariably in advance.) Advertisements inserted at -i,5i per sonare. for rst insertion, .1 for each subsequleIlt i e on kirr'aae notices, Funer:0 invitations, Obituaries, and CoMmunicatiois of pe"rsoral interest charged 'is advertisemtuer. Charleston Advertisements. 'A. GETTY. E. A. SO-LIER. S. T. SOD. Archibald Getty & Co., WHOLESALE DEALERS, EIPPING, tlUMMISSIUN, FORWARDING MERCHANTS, 126 AND 12. I -NETNG STR EET. Charleston, S. C. WARF.H')USES, 53 ANT) 55 I1AEL ST EET: REPRESENTEI) BY MR. W. F. NANCE. dec 2v 32 tf TO OWNERS AND SHIPPERS kOF COTTON, NAVAL STORES, Y.ARN S, E:Tc Charles L. Guilleaume, COMMISSION MERCHANT, '1ffe 13 Meeting-Street, Directly Oppo site Itayne-street, CH.\RI~LE STON, S. c. ILL M.\KF 1.IPEitAL A)V.\N(E ON Coniglm's - hfouI his frienis. Me'ssrs. Bo EK, G vsNA.T.A- E o -Wr. M..~..s. TXu.r\ L Co.:: . N ew Yo: k Mes:-ri. 170oos.x\ (I"AVES " \ .o lot,n -. essrs IASF1.In-RST & SMITH, SVw 'Yort. Meossrs. T;!.%.rj,, M:i(n. % & Co - 13ow'on. Messrs. .J. I. & LlT !,.- Iv e'po ol. 31ess rs. IIF-1 1'Y Sto AN S W I', Phi.4elpihi-. 3ssrs. PNAST, V :s -nwitK & Co.,1I.:.l:iinore. Messrs. C1AnE, FSM rr & o , Iis facilities for Insur iee cover Curron, &c., all the %av through, by ln(l and se:i, tiomi any point at lower rates by ai:- policies that enit be e'ected here. PRODUCE bou;:ht and solh here to fill or,ler!, at market raes, giving ownens the oppurunity of selling 'ere or shipping. Consignments solicited, to n'hichi I n il give tu personal1 atteminon, and retutrn,; maet in eur 'rency,.gold or foreign exchange. Dec 20 .52-1mno. BAGGING ?- ROPE, DRY & FANCY GOODS, MILLINER Y GOODS, T A NKE E 3NO TIONS kc., Full and large assortmenctt now in store, and constantly receiving. For sale at L west Market P; ices, at whole ~3,b CH~ AS L GUILLEAUME, 140) Meeting Street, opiposite 1ay nre st., dec 20 Imi Charleston, S. C. John S. Bird, Jr., & Co., General Commission 1Yerchants DEALEFRs IN GRAIN, HAY AND OTHER PRODUCE, CoTNE CiILRCHI aND TRADD STS. CH ARLSTON, S. C. Country Produce received arnd returns made in Merchandize or Money. dec 2cr 3m C. A. Chisolm. R. G. Chnisolm. H . L. Chisolm SHlIPP~ING MER CH ANTS, ROMPT a.ttenltion given to the Pur parts of the country; Consignment: S. C.; G. W. Williams & Co, , Charleston ,S. C. Dec. 13, 51 3mno. C. D, CARR & C9. Dealers in Carpets, Oil Cloths, MIattings Window Shades, PATENT STEP LADDERS, &c. TAILOR'S TRIMMINGS, of every variety, Which they offer to the Trade at New York Jot t;ing prices. CH-ARLESTON, S C; Cla'leson Adverllsei leits. AITKEN, NOYES AV' JOHNSTON No. 159 MEETING STREET, CIARLESTON, S. C,q IMPORTERS & JOBBERS. -- D R Y G O O D S, CLOTHS AND CASSIIERES, BLANKETS AND FLANNELS, CLOAKS AND SHAWLS. DELAINES AND PRINTS, FBENCII MENIN'S PLAIN AND PLAID LINSEYS ENGLIH P RE"', GOODS, IRISH LINENS. BR4WN & BLEACHED SHIRTINGS, OPERA FLANNELS, -ATINETS AN1 KE1SEYS, TIC.KS AND STIVES, % Fo, A LARG I U .TMENT F OPElX I1OD0)S, )ONTAGS AND NUBIAS, A COMP'LET STOCK OF FANCY (ODS, To wih we invi:e the atl: t in of th1 trade. Nov. 45 St .11. cGIl1 1"EE, No. 205 E AST BAY ST REET, (Opposite New Custom IIouse,) CHTA%LESTON, S. C. COMMISSION MERCHANTI DEALER lN BEiTTE Cli KE , L.\lPD, and1 IU(iRS. R Y ST'A: I' f Gons - c t exprcs:.lV for the Chale:-ton dbirket. WIZI)ERS PRZOMPTI.N ATTEND)ED TO. Charleston, S. C., Nov S IS35. m. LITTLE & MARSHALL, L Pl liL I,, 173 E. 4TBA IY, CI[LLESTON, SO. CA. G IT LI C i A L Implements of all kitds, ol thIatest and mos(t approved patterns. * CONSI-TING OF P!ows, Ha:rrows, I lay ('itters, Corn >hellers, Cul *MachLies and epar:or5, Saw and Corn Mills, Plam at ion ('arts, Haundbarrows, w'ithi Plough Castings of aI kintds. Imiproved 11land Power Portable ('ottoni Presses. For sale for CASH at New York prices. GRAE8ER & SMITH, COTTON FACTORS, Cumwis'Yi & Forwarding MIerchants, L' ORTII ATLANTIC WIIARF, CH ARLESTON, S. C. Solicit Consignments of tot ton, Naval St ores all kinds of Pruodue', and (General Merchandise and w ill makte ADV VA NtES on the samett; amn sell either in this or forcugn markets. Orders for Gjoods prom ptly e xecuted at lowes prices. Goods forwa rded to( any pom lt. Refer to Messrs. G. W. Williams & Co., an< John Frazer & Co. dee 6 5o Im HENRY BISCHOF.)F & CU., COMMIYISSION MERCHANTS And Who!e.sale Dealers in Groceries, Wine s, Liquors, Segars, &( No. 1<. Eas! Ilay, (Cl.X1LESTUN, S. C. nov 15 Smn JOHN KING & CO., IPORTER~S .ANI W I!oLE:sAl DJE.illI is GROCEBIES PR V ISIONS FLt'CR FOR EIGN & DOMiRSTIC LIQUOR: CROCKERY, HULLo WVARE & GLASS WA R] Q' ' SACK' LI VEIIPOOL SALT, nov 8 3mn CH ARLESTON. S. C. E. B. STODDA \RD & CO., WXhiolesale Deale rs in BOOTS, SHOES AND TRUNKS AT THEIR OLD STAND, 165 MIEETING STREET, CH A RLESTON, S. C. Take pleasure it annuouneintg their restumptio of busintess, and invite the attention of purcha sers to their stock, which is now complete. t'ov 8 cmn FB ale MULES and II')JSES for sale at mn Splantation in Ne.wberty. SONG OF THlE PREEDMAIN. BY A. R. WATSON. A freedman sat on a pile of bricks, As the rain was pattering down ; His shoes were worn and his coat was torn, And his hat without a crown. IIe viowed the clouds and he Niewed himself, And shook the wet fron his head. And a tear dimmed his eye as he saw go by A boy with a loaf of bread. And he raised his voice in a dolesome tone, That sounded like a gong, While the rain came down on his nappy crown, And sang to himself this song. De wind blows cold, but I'se done wid toil, And lef de cotton patch; I gness old mlassa tink he count Do chickens 'fore dey hatch. I totes no more de beaby load, Nor drives old Missus round; wonder who dey's gwinle to get To work do patch ob ground. Den fling away de -ake and hoe, Dis am de jubilee: De rain may come, de wind may blow, But bress de Lord I'se free! But I t1ink last igt, as I tried to sleep Vpon de4 muddy ground, Whle de ai n was drippin' on my head, An de wind w ms wizzin' round, I'd like to h1h my I ght'ood fire And m.y cabin back agin, For de wedder's gettin berry cold Out here in all dis rain. I'se got al! ragged 'bout de knees MY slos is worn out, too My coat's so old, dat from each siceve ie elbowN's conmin' fro. And dere's de chibirei dat once played lu shirt-tail 'bout -e1.ar I cannot buy a shirt fo:- dem, D tiie's o berry hard. De odder d-av when Pinky died, I tink it berry good, Dat de dear Lord should take her off, Before dis cold wind blowed ; But den 'twas hard to see her dle I wish she'd not been born I'se [raid she perished, for she asked About de rice and corn. I dramt last nigh oll Massa come And took us home wid he To de log etbin dat we left, Whvn first dev sst us free And dre I bu;ll de light'ood fire, And Dinah ,oked de vain I)v sav da.t dreams are sometimes true, I womier if dis one ami. But den I'se flung away de hoe To hab a iubilee. 1a rain may coIe, de .md - ay biow, But, bress de Lord I'se free. Peistitui\! and Suffering in South Caro lina. PENLETON, S. C., December 15. I doubt if you have the smallest idea of the poverty of the people of South Carolina. De siring neither cormmisseration nor alms, they s vn10thing about it. Indeed the struggle for the necessaries of life is too pressing to allow them to brood over losses of any kind losses compared with which that of property suens trifling. It is on the reftigee from the coast that poverty has laid her iron hand most heviy Th planters of the interior inthrcapital reduced by emancipation to abeut one-fifth its former amount, but if the negro will work tunder the new system, their inicomnes will not be much diminished. But the poor refugee has lost everything. Driven fr om his home and cut off from his resources, lhe finds it difricult to procure ordinary food for his household. His plantation on the coast has probably not a building of any kind standing, not even aiegro hut, and the recov ery of the land is, in somne cases, doubtful. Those on Port Royal are advertised to be sold to-day, and none but negroes are alllowed to bid. Even where the land is restored, where can its ruined owner procure money to pay taxes, erect buildings and hire freedmen. Some refugees have returned to Charleston intehope of procuring business the'-e, but maystill remain in the interior, being una ble to bear the expense of removal, and earn a scanty subsistence by personal efforts. Our young men have gone to work in earnest. Our's is a poverty of which no one is ashamied, and of which very few complain. We are willing to bear it, a.o its univesality makes it more tolerable. When I know that the mtost refined and intelligent women in the State, deserted by their deluded servants, are doing all kinds of hodsework--sweeping, making beds, cooking and washing-it is much easier fonr me to iron the towels my little son has wash-:d; w[ile I turn occasionally a laugh ing eye to the fire-place, where an invalid gentlcman,(son of a former governor) is en gaged in churning ! I must confess that his attempt furnished us with more amnsement thnan bli'ter. For, believing this state of thitngs to be only temporary, we make merry over it, compare notes with our friends, and boast of our success in these untried fields. Many refugee ladies feed their families by enchanging the contents of the!r wardrobes for articles of food. "IIow are your sisters I" said I last summer to a young man who had left home to become a tutor. "Their corm peions look bajdly," was the reply, "but that is not surpris!ng when you consider how long they have been eating old frocks." 'IIave they any lights ?" was my nextquery. with pcrfect gravity he replied, "No ; when the moon dloes not shine, they go to bed by 1 'ghtning." IBut ma~tters are mending. In thlis very family light wood has superseded lightning in th~e chambers, and in the parlor a smiall pciroeum lamp (price $1) diffuses light and happiness around. But there are cases over which no one can laugh. I know of a family whose property wa.s counted by hundreds of thousands, who havc not tasted meat for months, A gentle mnan of high scientific attainigents, formerly a professor in a college, is liter aly .trying to keep the wolf from the door by teaching a few scholars, o:Th of whom, a girl of sixteen, pays a quart of milk per diemp for her tuition ? Innumerable widows, orphans and single wo -men, w hose proper ty was in Con federate bonds, are penniless and seeking employment of somTe kindl for bread. nh th2 whole, ouir people are bearing their tr'als bravery and Theerfully but so wide spreadI is the ruin that, even if thn new sys temf works well; it will take at least half a century tc; put us where ne were. Georgia a il reovr mtnch sooncr. ACTS OF Ti GENERAL ASSEN I - AN ACT TO RUsE SrPPLIES FOR THE YEAR CoMMENcING IN OCTToIER, ONE THOUSAND Ev;HT fl x )RED AND SIXTY-FivE. &. Be it enacted by the Sewte and House ojw| Representative-*, no. met and sitting in Gen -| tal Assembly, and by the authority of the eaie, That a tax for the sums and in the manner hereinafter mentioned, shall be raised and paid into the ; iblic Treasury of this State, for the use and service thereof ; that is tosay: Fifteeen cents zd raltrern on every hundred dollars of the value of all the lands granted in this State, except such lands as during the year have been in poSession of the Freed man's Bureau, and on all lots, lands and buildings within any city, town, village or borough in this State, except such as during the year have been in possession of the Freed man's Bureau ; two dollars per head on all male res dents of this State between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years, except such as shall be clearly proved, to the satisfaction of the Collectors, to be incapable, from nainis or otherwise, of proctiring a livelihood ; sixty cents per hundred dollars on factorage, emi ploynients, faculties and professions, includ ing the profession of dentistry(whether in the profesion of the law,the profits be derived from the costs of suit,fees,or other sources of profes sional income,) excepting clergymen ; sixty cents per hundred dollars on the amount of comIlissions received by brokers, vendue masters, and commission merchants ; one dol lar per head on each and every dog, of every kind1 and des-ription, in the State on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, or brought into the State be tween that time and the (late of the payment of taxes ; forty cents per hundred dollars on tile capital stock of all incorporated gas-light companies now in active operation ; one hun dred cents per hu.ndred dollars on all prem lunis taken in this State by insurance coinpa nes inc-rporated within this State, and two hundred cents per hundred dollars on all preiniims taken in this State by the agencies of insurance cowpanies and underwriters in corporated without the limits of this State ; on all express companies doing business with in this State, one thousand dollars each, to be paid to the Tax-Collecter of Richland Dis trict ; twenty cents upon every hundred dollars of the amount of sales of goods, wares and merchandize, embracing all the ar ticles of trade for sale, barter or exchange, (the products of this State and the unmanu factured prodicts of any of the United States, or Territories thereof, excepted,) which any erson shall ' v'- made from the first day of ain or mie Q s,om rst cay or .kl(l U;LI 3 j t,L I va. t U L , G1I-L U3 January, in the year of our Lord one thou sand dght hundredandsixty-six,eitheron his, her or their capital, or borrowed capital, oron account of any person or persons as agent, at torney or consignee ; one hundred cents upon everv hundred d.lIars of the amount of sales of all gaods, wares and merchandize whatev er, which any tran.sient person,not resident in this State, shall make in any house, stall or public place ; one hundred cents on every hundred dollars of the value of all articles manufactured in this State for sale, barter or exchange ; twenty dollais upon every hun dred dollars of the value of all spirituous li quor manufactured in this State tor sale, ba ter or exchange, and upon all spiritvous li quors brought into this State for sale barter or exchange ; one hundr-ed cents on every hundred dollars in value of all cotton on hand on the first day of October last, excluding the cr-op of the present year from this taxation; one dl'ar on every hundred dollars of all sales of cotton madec since the first day of May last to the fir-st day of October, one thou sand, eight hundred and sixty-five :Prori ded, That the tax shall not be due on any cotton seized by the United States Govern ment and not returned, or on any cotton stol en and not recovered ; one hundred cents on every hundred dollars in value of all crude turpentine, spirits of turpentine andl rosin, on hadon the tirst day o- October last, exclud ing the production of the year one thousandl eight hundred and sixty-five ; one hundred cents on every hundred dollars of all sales of said artic.es from first of May last to first of October, one thousand eight hundred and six ty-five, except sales of production of present year ; twenty dollars per day for representing publicly for gain or reward any play, come dy, tragedy, interlude or frace, or other .n ployiient of the stage, or any part therein, c' for exhiibi ting wax figures, or other shows of any kind whaitsoever, to be paid into the hands of the Clerks of the Court respectively, who shall be bound to pay the same into the public Treasury, excepting in cases where the same is now required by law to be paid to corporations or otherwise. II. That all taxes levied on property, as pr< scribed in the first section of this Act, shall be paid to the Tax Collector for the D)is trict or P'arishi in which said property is loca ten. .' :d whenever any person, upon whom a tax is imposed b,y this Act, has nI) visibhle property upon which an execution can be le vied, it~shall be the duty of the Tax-Collector to sue out of the District Court a special at tachmwent, attaching mnoneys and credits in the hands of any one whomsoever, and due to such person, which special attachmen t shall be conducted in the same way anld be subject to the sam e regulations as are provided for speciall attachments jn the Act to establish District Courts : sMei"'l rFhat any em ployer may make returns of the namues of such persons as are employed by' hcn, and pay the tax of such person, in which case the tax-receipt shall be a good and valid set-off in any action for wages by such employee against such employ-er. III. In making assessments for taxes on the value of taxable property used in mann factur!ng, or for railroad purposes within this State, the value of the machinery used there in shall not be included, but only the value of the lots and buildings as pro perty me2rely. IV. That the lots and houses on Sullivan's Island shall hereafter he returned to the Tax Collector of the tax District in which they are situated, in the same muanner as other town lots and houses, and lalH Lbe liable to the same rates of taxation. V. That the taxes hiorein -levied Thall be pid~ only in gold or silver coin, United States Treasury notes; or rtes declared. to be:a legal tender hy the (overminut Cf the ( nited States, tr such hblls receivable as may bie is sued under the authority of the p)resent Leg iM.atu - andaL pay vertificates of Jurors Lnd Constables for attendance on the Court of olimon Pleas pay-certificates of bearers of rotes for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor mnd Members cf Conitnss and pay-certi :ates of Members of this session of the Legis ature. The Tax-Collectors of the several :ollection Districts shall be allowed, on all mrus of money paid into their hands for taxes, t commission as follows, that is to say: rhe Tax-Collector of Iorry and St. James', ioose Creek, a commission at the rate of ten er cent. ; the Tax-Collectors of Anderson, Lhester, Chesterfield, Christ Church, Claren :on, Darlington, Greenville, Lancaster, Lau rens, Lexington, Marion, Marlborough, New berry, Orange, Pickens, Prince 1% illiam's, Saratanburg, All Saints', St. Andrew's, St. George's, Dorchester, St. James', Santee, St. John's, Berkeley, St. Luke's, St. Paul's, St. Peter's, St. Thomas' and St. Dennis', Union, York, Williamsburg and Barnwell, at the. rate of seven per cent ; the Tax-Collector o1 St. Philip's and St Michael's, at the rate of four per cent., until the commission amounts to three thousand dollars, and atter that amount, on all remaining sums, at one per cent.; all the other Tax-Collectors, a commis sion at the rate of five per cent. Tax-Collec tors shall make their returns at the Treasury, in Columbia, on or before the first of August. VI. That before the collection of the taxes herein levied, an asessment shall be made of the actual value of the property taxed, ahd for that purpose the Tax-Collectors of the several Districts or Parishes, except the Par ishes of St, Philip and St. Michael, are here by constituted Assessors, for which additional labor they shall receive as compensation a sum equivalent to forty per cent, of their tax com missio,s as allowed by this Act. That each rax- Collector, before entering.u pon his du ties as Assessor, shall take and substribe be fore the Clerk of the Court of the District the following oath, which shall be endorsed on his commission viz: "I, A. B., do promise and swear that I will, to the best of my abili ty, execute the duties of Assessor for my col lection District and will without favor or par tiality, ascertain and assess the actual value of the property, real and personal, upon which an ad ralorem tax is laid before, and for the purpose of laying such tax." VII. It shall be the duty of the Assessor in each District to require from each tax-payer, or person subject to taxation under this Act, a full return, on oath, of all cotton, crude tur pentine, suirits of turpentine and resin in his or her hands on the first day of October last, subject to taxation under this Act; and in case any tax-payer, or person subject to sucli tax, shall neglect or refuse to make such re turn, on oath, as aforesaid, it nhall be the de tv of such Asse.or forEthwith to assess thi probable value of such cotton, crude turpen tine, sp!rits of turpentine and resin subject t< such tax in the hands o! sabh,person as afore s.d, which said assessment shall be held ,tc be true, and the tax be estimated thereon unless such tax-payer or person liable to suci tax shall, v ithin ten days after notice thereof make return, on oath, to such Assessor of al his cotton, crude turpentine, spirits of turpen tine and resin so liable to tax as afaresaid. VIII. That it shall be the duty of the Trea surer to cause the official bonds of the several Tax-Collectors of this State 16 be* 'eaminec by the Crmrnissioners appointed in their re spective tax Districts to approve public secu rities, andl if the said bonds are found to be sufficient andl satisfactory, they shall re-affirir their original approval thereof; but if insuffi cient and unsatisfactory, they shall reqmir4 the same to be re-executed and renewed witi good and suflicient sureties. IX. The treasurer of the State is hereby authorized to borrow, on the failth and credit of the State, a sum not exceeding one hon dred thousand dollars, payable not more than twelve months after date, and to deposit sucl collateral securities as muy be recek;ed anc transferred to the State by the President o! the B3ank of the State for the same purpose: Porided, hower'er, If die said loan has al ready' been negotiaited in accoydance with a joint~resolution of both HIouses of the Genera Assembly, then the authority granted t'd the Treasurer shall not be exercised, unless t< substitute for the note of the president of th< Bank of the State the note oi' obligation o the Treasury of the State: Proided, fur themiore, That the Treasurer shall executi an obligation to the President of the Bank fu all collateral securities he may obtain froni said Bank in behalf of the State; X. The taxes prescribed to be levied ant collected by this Act, as well as the sum Q one hundred thousand dollars authorized t< be borrowed by this Act, and also all bills re ce~ivh which. may be hereafter issued bi virtue of any Act that triay be passed at thi present session of the Geperyl Assembly, shal be paid out by the Treasurer only in obedi ence to an Act of the General Assembly at it: pres:nt or some future session. XI. That the President and Directors o the Bank of the State of South Carolina be and they are, hereby authorized and required to close the branc~hes and agencies of soi( Bank, andl that the principal Bank in Char leston shall cease to be a Bank of issue. biu shali continue ta ?et as a flhii ofdposIt unti further action of the Legislature, and the s:i Preident and' Directors are hereby author izd and required to collect the assets and property of tihe Bank, and hold the so me spe cliny appropr iated, first, to the payment o1 the principail and interest of the bonds knowr as the Fire Loan Bonds, payable in Europe; secondl, to the payment of the principal and interest of the Fire Loan Bonds, payable ir the United States ; and third, to the redemnp tion of out-slanding notes hitherto issued by said Blank. That the Bank aforesaid is here by required to receive on special deposit, and t pay out on checks fuundecl on~ sugh depos its such bills receivable or othet- evidences ol indbtedness as the State may order to be is' 'ud in paymrent of amount due. That thc said Bank :lBaIl as agent of the State, con twue to receive and hold on deposit, as nowi provided by law, the funds of the State ; anc tle President and Directors are hereby au thoized and required to make arrangements, by an agencev for the reception, safe-keep ing and pavi~ng out of said funds in Columia,a on the dra~ft "ir order of the Ti'easuirer ; e they shail .also provide offices for the Comp trller and Treasurer, and for these purpose ter are hereby authorized to use any part o the new State Capitol, or any other builinr belonging to the State which may not he ir In the Snate louse, tie t%vntY-nr.t any of December, in the year of our Lord Ono thousand eight hiindrcd and -ixty-five. .W. D). PORTE IR, President of the Senate. C. II. SI.IINTON, Speaker of the House of Reprcsentatives. Approved : JAMES L. OR11R. LIST OF THE ACTS RATIFIED AT TIE SESSION OF TILE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ENDING DECEMBER 1, l85. An Act to incorporate the Elr:.;e M i I surance Company. An Act to ainon I the Crinii nal Law. An Act preliminary to the legisla-ion induced by the emancipation of slaves. An Act to establi:h District Conrts. An Act to amend and renew the charter of the Calhoun Insirance Company of Charleston. An Ate to alter the law in relation to lost W%ills aid Tet;a:ents. An .1ct to provide for the drawin.: oi jrit- in ccr -ain cases. An Act to incorporato Sh hiler Lodge, I. U. 0. F., No. 3(-. An Act to provide for the reorgani'ation of the Militia. An Act to provile f6r the appointment by the people of t;is State of Electors of Preold.ent and Vice Prcsident of the United States. An Act to incorporate the Rose Mill Manufacturing ConipmY. A!n Act to inerprate the Palmetto Saviiie llan. An Act to incorporate the Charleston Savings Bank. Au Act to incorporete the Ireland Creek TImber Cutter's Company. An Act to de,cla:e certain streams not navigalle. An Act to anend tho :harterof the Edisto and Ashley River Canal Compa.ny. An Act to amend the charter of the Charle Compny. An Act to nake appropriatinis for the year comnincitg 0,tober, 186-5. An Act to anl)d an Act en:.i:lol "An Act in relation to the Southern Exprer,s Compa ny and to provide addlitional remedies for de faults of common carriers." An Act to incorpo rate the Charleston Dred-ing and Wh:irf-huilding Company. An Act to extend to the Camden Bridge Company the time within which to re 'ijld.their bridges. An Act to establi,h regula tions for the purpose of preventing the spread of Asiatie cholera in this State. An Act to amend the charter of the Gicenville and Columbia Railroad Company. An Act to authorize fariers and planters to give their books in evidence in certain eases. An Act for the relief of the Spartanburg and V'nion Railroad Company. An Act to incorporate the village of Kirkwood. An Act to renew the charter of the Mount Pleasant Ferry Cotnpany. An Act to establish certain road,, bridge- anid ferries. An Act for the relief of the Charleston and Savannah Railroad Company. An Act to or ganize the Executive Department of tbis State. An Act to postpone the lien of the State on the Greenv Ile and Columbia Railroal Company. Au Act to raise supplies for the .or conitencin October, 1865. An Act to incorrorate the Ger man Immigration, Land and Trading Company qf Ciarl3e1ch. An Act to regulate the distill t!.n oftspirituols riquors. An Act to, -provide for the isue of Bills receivable in -y.tmenz cf the indebtedness of this State to the a:nount of five hundred thousand dollars. An Act to provide a mode by which to perpetuate testimnony in.rela lion to deeds, wills, c!.oses in action, and other papers e'd.reerds lost or destroved during tile war. An Act ib establish and -(e:!ate the (Ic mestic relations of persons of cilor, and to amend the law in relation to paupers and vagran Vt. An Act ,t incorporate the Charleston Ilook and Ladt?er company, No. 1. An Act to incor porate the Ashley River Saw ."121, Ti:nber and L1m1ber company. An Act to inco:porate the Deep Water and Western Railway Con pany. An Act to authorize the sale of the Columbia canal. *An Act to amiend the law known ats the Stav Law. An Act to provide for the election ot Tai Collectors for the Districts of Darlington and Chesterfield. An Act to anond tIhe License Laws. An Act to lend the credit of the State to secure certaip b,onds to be issn:el by the South Carolina Railroad Company, and for other pur poses. An Act to change the tme for holding the election of Shneritf of Wifliamshum I)District. An Act to incorporate the So;nhi Carl:ina Laud and Emigraticn Company. A GREAT CouNrIr.-Sonre years ago an Alabama ppr got off the followmng "burst of Tho;erie :"t the least shadow of a doubt of the matter-ours is emphatically, un.deniably, incontrovertably, positively, comparatively and superlatively a great and WIuous couIr try. The innals of time furrnish nothing to compire with,,it; Greece wasn't a circum stance; Roriie was no where; Venice couldn't Khold us a cande, while aill modern nations sink into insignificance before our country. *It ltids longer rivets, and more of them rpmc dier, deeper and run faster, and go Iarthe; Iand make more noise, and rise htgher ted fali lower, and do more damage th:m~ anybody else's rivers. It has more lakes, and they are bigger and deeper and clearer than those of any other nation. It has more cataracts, and they fall farther and faster and harder, and * oar louder, and look gratnder than all other cataracts. It has more mountains, and higher Iones, and more s:.cw rn 'eta, and harder to get up, and easier to fall down, than all other mountains. It has more gol, and it is boa vier* and brighter, anid is worth more than the gold of other nations. Our rai! ears are bigger and run faster, and pitch off the track cftener, and kill more people than all other cars.Ou steamboats are longer, and carry Ligger loads, and bile their h'usters oftener, and the captains swear harder than in any other countries. Our men nrc b!gger, and higher and thicker, and can fight harder and faster, andl can drink more whiskey, chew more tobacco, s'it more and further, kick up their heels higher, and do anything else more, and better and oftener than men in all other countttries combined. Our ladies arc prettier, dress !iuer, spendV :;'orC montej, break more hearts, wear Li:zer hoops wear shorter dresses, kick tip the devil gene rally to a greater extent than all other ladies. Our politicians can spout louder, lie harder, make gas faster, dodge gnicker and turn often er, make more noise, and do le-s work than everybody else's politicnns. (Kir tiagers are blacker, work harder, h:ave thi:kr skulls, srhell louder, and need thrashing oftener than other niggers. Our children squall lou der; grow faster, and get too him' for their trowser:t -uce than all other children. The Methodi ~t Episopa I rches in Newv York arc mnaking con i r repaatot1n to ceerate the first Sn y in .En;y, which was the ainn;iver-rt \ i me'" .1'dt year of the' e : :nati: in A MRa Fp.r - t ta a '.=y cf ffy famr'~ t ni I h,i to emn bark fr I n at pro