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A(;T -v P1&tR -E~* Af ACT o1avinx ro. TBa APPoINswe BY -O ELECTos OF PRKSIDENT and VICE-PaESDENT OF TE UNITYD STIATES. T.-I B. it enecte: by ahe Sente andHonseof Rep - reetatives, uort met and .ving in Gemral As *mkly, and by Oe authority cf the saW Tha * ereater the election of Eletors for the offices of President and Vice-President of the' tnited - - Etate shall be ntde in this State t-y the pedple f the State ;and all persons who are qalified the Cewniviion fand Laws of the State to vote i Se merq of :he GeneraI Assenbly sball be tnM V vote ftr Pectors of Pr sident and - r ent of the United States. I That at least one month before the day - ed by the laws of the United Staes for the L such elecions, the Governor of the -l shall issue his proclamation directing the Janagers of Elections throughout the State to ~6k 0lla.at. ieir respective precincts for the 1ethika of the number of Electors to which the -- ate shall.at the time be entitled. . L That the Managers of Elections, through -teState, shali give public notice of such election at least fifteen days previous to the day *aginedor the holding of the same, and on vath daT shall open polls at their respective pre - *inta,.naezwing and closing the polls at the -ame bours, and conductng the election in the emidanner, as directed by law for the election fMeubers of the General Assembly. On elo ing~the polta, the Managers at each preinct -adt immediately proceed to count the 'tes ad shall make out and sign a certificate bewing the number of votes polled and the s ber polled for each person voted for as an -- E1lecto;r which certificate, together with a list of - -h voters, shall be carried by one of the Man pf each precinct and reported to the gene saeing of the Managers-of the District, which h tp beld, on the day following, at the Court '-s6f the District, between the ho-urs of - ee 3N. and four P. M. And the Managers so *eembled in general meeting shal, after examin na . tEeeeral returns, prepare a tabular state -" nent'-showing the number of votes polled at --anchprecinct, and the number polled for each eAsoft voted tor is Pectors; which statement - idffbeeertified ander the hands of said Man 4ema; and, after being casefully sealed in an en _*9 a*pe properly endorsed, shall be forwarded .t* *e Seeretary of State by a messenger for that vto-be chosen by the Managers, who be sworn to deliver, and shal deliver the .pi with the'seals unbroken, to the Seeretary _.WState, at his ofice in Columbia, within the -i ',e49 days neit ensuing the day of said election: --Thatin the Election District of Berke - sd Beaufort MAnagers shall meet at the IoUftt twt-lve o'clock M., the second IVi ertle electimonad count the votes, and -d- eonf to-the requirements , That on the Tuesday ensuivg the day of -'the Seresary of'State shall deliver - ji packages covering said certiScates to the _4*weaqro , and shal,o n. is presence, open the -g and proceed to make a general aggregate -17 4kf votes polied thrcughout the State AnC pLaabe thegity of the Governor, i1mediately Soa'israscertaining the result of such election, to -sa lhis proclamation, declarirg the -persons - ered6ted.as Electors, and calling the-m to assemble is-Voirmbia, en the first W ednesday in Decem - e?en esuing, (or .nn such other day as utay 'erEeby -the laws of the United States) for thef - -e t votinz for the c es of Pre'sident and ~resideat of she United States. Should it - , ot-n-aing an aggregate of the returns - -ihe several Districts, that a greater number --erittons than +-he nutmber to be elected have .- amied the -greatest and an equal number of -2Wt,the eleotion as between the persons at. hating ah -equal number 'of -votes shall - a .-deserwined by lot, to be drawn ~by the~ eeMar of State,. in the . presence of, and d~lirecin of the Governor, and the person or eunso-choacaby lot shall be by -the Gover E ~ ppeainie~d as duty elected. ' - - 5*$ at no miember.of the Congress of the~ 'VnfeiiStatea, or anv person holding an office - '' ~ po&er-trust civil or military, under the Go v vfmmeRt-of the United States, shall be eligible ktfie o@ice of an-jEletor; nor shall' any one-be . -sc-eligible who is not a~citizeir iirei1ent of Aetag,'audhimself a qualified voter in such - tion, according to the Constitutinon-and Laws e - ee stage, - ISL.That on the first Wednesday in December nest ensuing the election, the Electors shall be - -neen$ at.Columbia, and shall eacht,- by or be d lie-teour.of ten O'oIck & M..of that day, rda the'Governor that he is -present for the jpasetf rforming, his. duties as an Elector. sthehedutty of the Governor to ap-~ hour' r sard day, not.later than twelve - .~, . o kMi&dadplaee for thterneeting of- the ? --- Eigit( audio give information thereof tQ each - estei'wlisaft have fregorted'himself present. -- %sar endl place so appointed; It shall . be - ja ofg ethe Electors ~to assem~ble, and when - enMed vomte for Presidenriand Vice-Presi - of he-mted~ States, a-nd to make returns bl to the laws of the United - a sauch -cas.~ made - and provided. -4 s~of ,the .failure of any, Elector to - by . reason: of death- or other - - ~ -or a--case it should appear that asvy Elector - - -s'digquaflied to act, (of which fact the - ectors pr.esent shall jurdge4:he Electors segt syaltproceedl telect; by ballot in 'his - i ome' oither qualified person, whose atten - 4000.y be at once proeured, and the person - - 4,6 eWshithl meet'-with tlre other Electors and4 - -Amsgual the duteies required of him as an - # That tbe Managers of Electiocs shall, forI doy r imapropet conduct ithe hold * ~ceetions for Electors, be liable to - pnhisand ferfeitures as are or may ~dedly law. for regulating the generail - a the- State. And the Secretary of * ~r negiect of the duties -beremi requiredi -l es9bject to a fine of 'not exceed-I - thonsEd doa, to be recovered by in - it 'nd the messenger appointed by the -aipge.s in~ any D)istrict to carry the return of asDIearcfr-to the Secretary of State, sha.ll, for sn- 6e f-ad duty;~be subject to a fine of not )4bIin-wo buedred doHlars nor more thant fve ~~- - knliidiotars, to be' recovered ia like manner. Vi3jghatbe.person- attending -as Electors, siet sesehgers who 'shia carry the District - resumLe tSecrtary of State, san be enti tiet; recetye the same per diem and mileage - - aJgwe4.to the members of the General Assembly fqrti* rumpier of days and the distance neces ptdy)ccapied in going to and returning from ' -4 Qiia4 and it shall be the duty of the Secre taf-othe State to ascertain the amount due to .aed, and ta certify .pay-bills therefor, which al'9paid out of our money in the Public Tree sory not other wise appropriated. I'Tbat all laws having r-eference to the elec tionof Electors of President and Vice-President et the United States, contrary to the provisions of this Act, be and the same are hereby repealed. In the Senate House, the twenty-first day at December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five. -W. D. PORTER, President of the Senate. C. IH. SIMONTON. Speaker of the Hlotse of Representatives. Approved : JAMts L. Osa. AN ACT TO AMEND TnE Law Ksows As TUE "STAY LA W." I. Be it enacted by the Senate dnd HIouse of Reprsentatives, noze met and .sitting in Gen r-alAssemnbly, and by the authrity of the same, That the Act of the Genieral Assembly enti tled 'CAn Act to Extend Relief to Debtors, and to Prevent the Sacrifice of Property at Public Sales," passed the twenty-tirst day of D'ecethber, in the year of our Lord one thou sand eight hundred and sixty-one, and all Acts amending said Act, be,' and the same are, hereby cor:tinued in force, until the ad journment of the next regular session of this General Assembly, and that nothing herein contained shall be construed to apply to any cause of action arising cx delicto. nor to any menths previousy, t-pay, on or before the first day of December next, one-tenth of the aggregate amount of debt and interest due at the time such demand is made ; but- in such case, the creditor shall be a liberty to pro ceed tojudgement, as if this Act hadnot been passed and to enter execution, provided that no execution so obtained shall, during the continuance of this Act, be enforced for more than the costs and one-tenth of the aggregate amount of the debt ard interest. 'I. Neither shall any debtor on final pro cess now subsisting, be entitled to the benefit of this Act who shall fail if demanded, at least three months previously, by the credi tor, or his or her attorney, to pay, on or be fore the first day of December next, the costs and one-tenth part of the aggregate amount of principal and interest due on such process, at the time of such demand. And when such debtor on demand made as aforesaid, shall fail to pay as aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful for such crtditor to enforce such process for the costs and one-tenth part of the aggregate amount ofprincipal and interest due. IT. During the continuance of this Act, the Statutes of Limitations be and are sus tended against the claims of all persons in possession of property of debtors on- final pro cess, and on which such process may have a lien. In the Senate House, the twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred rnd sixty five. W. D. PORTER, President of the Senate, C. H. SIMONTON, Speaker of House of Rep. Approved : JAMS L Oa. AN ACT To AuEND THE LICENsE L .ws. I. Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Represenfatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the City Council of Charleston, the various Mu nicipal Corporations and Boards of Commission ers of Roads, and aU other persons or bodies cor porate, in whom the right to grant tavern licenses. or licenses to retail spirituous liquors is now vest ed, be and the same are hereby authorized to fix the pr;ce of such licenses at such sums as to them may seem proper: Provided, That thq !ame shall not be less than fifty doliars for each license. II. That any person who shall violate the Li cense Law of this State, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not less than tre:>le the amount of the price of a license prescribed, and, at the time of the commission of the offence, ex isting for the local jurisdiction wherein such of fence is committed, and shall be imprisoned at th:a discretion of the Court. In the Senate House, the- twenty-first day of Deeember, in the year of our Lord one thou sand eight hundred and sixty-five. W. -D. PORTER, President of the Senate. C. H* SIMONTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Approved: JAMEs L. Onat. *Interesting Letter from Gen. Pillow. It. gives us great pleasure to publish the sub joined letter from General Pillow. Most heart ily do we.congratulate him upon his success, and trust that the resulit of his enterprise may be fully up to his anticipations. Hie has gone to work like -aman of sterling good sense, and his exam ple ought to be .followed in alt parts of the. South. If all her planters would do-as he has done our glorious section would soon again blossom as the rose, and- attain a highe*degree of prosperity tan characterized her i'n the past Nassivi.E, TENN., Dec. 22, 1865. Major-general-0. 0. Howard, Commissioner, &c., Washington: It affords me pleasure to inform you that I have been successful beyond my most sanguine epectations in engaging labor for all my planta tions in Arkansas and Tennessee. I bave already enda ged about four hundred freed_ne at.d have fiifcndn Tiga successaot tne. wo-t I have given, iia all cases, the freedmen a $&rt of the crop of cotton, and I allow him land for the cultivation of vegetables and corn for his own ue. without charge ; therefore I would have en gaged one thousand laborers if I had needed that number My brother who adopted my plan f work, succeeded in engaging laborers for three places .he is working. I have put one large plan tation under white -aborers fromn the North upon precisely the same terms I engaged freedmen. I feel anTious to try the system of white labor of thet character, for the plantation. Knowing the interest you feel in tbe success of the system o~ the reedinWn,- I feel it to be a duty to comt muicate the result of my work thus far. With a&surace of mypersonal regard and respect, *I am, General, very respectfully, (Signed) - GIDEON J. PILLOW. BcREAUR.F.A.L&. c , NASHvILLE, Dec. 25, 1865. Respetfully forwarded to Major-General 0. 0O. Howar-d, Comn I have abuada;t testimoay of similar charac ter from-intelligent wealthy planters, who' accept the "logic of events," and are co-operating with. me in'adjn ting the necw relations, on the basis f "impartial-justice." - I regret that there are manv in. the South who do not - accept the con cl-ons of the strife, and who yet fail to recog nize the fact that thA. country is in earnest in ask: rg guarantees of freedmen,. But the cause may e set down as "marching'on.' CLINTON B. FISK, BtMaj. Gen., Ass'r. Comn. THE PRIViLEGE oP FaREDo.-Three negroes stole a hog from the plantation-of Dr. M., a bout fifteen.miles from Madiso, F'la. They were -ap preended,.duly tried; convicted, and senteunced to six Month's imprisonment. -On hearing the sentence they all Ioobd .omewhat blank ; but, after a short conf'erence amongst' themselves, one of them, who aeted as- spokesman, said to the office-, "Massa judge, sposen we take de ole fas'n whippin and be let go. -How dat do ?" The good-natured official, smiling, replied that e had no .authority to order a whipping, nor had he any one to lay it on if be did commute the punish~ment. "But, mnassa judge," said the aspirant for stripes, "sposen we gets somebody to do de whippen, how den ?" "Very well," re plied his hoitor, "If you prefer the whipping, and employ sdme one to lay it on well, I have no objection, and will let you off from the punish ment." A colored friend, at their request, after some search, engaged a neighboring overseer to do the whipping. When the men were tied pre pratory to their receiving the .prefered puuish met and the operator was about to begia, he said, "Look here, boys, I ca-.t waste my time and strength for nothing ; I aint agoin to whip you unless I'm paid for it." "Well, nmassa," said the spokesman, "How much you ax ? Three dollars and a half a head," he replied, "and not a cent less." Cash was rather scarce with the culprits. Butt with tbe scrapings of their pockets, supplemented with what their co lored friends lent them, the requisite sum of ten dollars and fifty cents was made up, and the whipping was fully and faithfully administered they got the fu;l1 worth of their money. Never theless, like man everywhere, discontent with his enjoyments even under his own chosen con ditions, their eloquent spokesman again thus de livered himself, "Massafjudge, dis amn a hard case, time u'se to been when we coumld get a I,roper whipen for nuflin, but dey is free u.s and now we can't get a whippen wid out payin for em. Mas sa Judge, I wish dey wieald make us as we usen be " F. - t Lautrensville Herald. SUooTING AFFAIR.-RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 5. -A shooting affair occurred in the Hall of the Capital to-day between Pollard, of' the Ex aminer, and Tyler and Coleman, of the Eni The Reptblic of ChM., Chili, or Chile, as it is indifferently written, the most populous and important of theSouth American Republics, is a strip of land be tween the Andes and the Pacific; in length of coast line about two thousand two hundred and seventy miles, and in breadth averaging from two hundred miles to twenty. The har bcrs along her extensive coast are neither nu merous nor good. The best of them is Tal cabuano, in Talcahuano. Valparaiso, though the busiest port of the country, lies open to winds from the northward, and accidents to the shipping in the harbor are frequent. Be sides Chili proper, the Chilean Government exercises jurisdiction over a large number of outlying islands. The population, according to a census, taken, probably, with the loose ness of Depew, in 1857, was 1,658,458. The population is very heterogeneous. It is estimateid that only between one-fourth and one-third of the Chillians are of pure .spanish blood, the remainder being made up tf do mestic2ted Indians, and the fruit of their in tercourse with the dominant race. The industry of the country takes mostly an agricultural, at least a bucolic turn. The labor is done by subjugated Indians, who are re duced to a sort of peonage ; and the territory is chiefly in the hands of great proprietors. Tne farms of ten comprise thousands of acres, and the elevated plains afford pasturage for iramense herds of cattle, which are bred and slanghtered for the horns and hides. The tillage is very rude, and but for the singular fertility of the soil, would be almost without profit. But the washings from the mountains which are spread by the freshets ver the lowlands, and further diffused by stem of irrigation which, like that of ttl@yptians, is more vdvanced than the other processes of the country, makes the soil sq rich that the surface scratching which is.givep to it is re warded by a yield of from thirty to sixty fold. The mineral wealth of Chile is very great. Gold is found in the Cordilleras, near the coast, and is mined for after a fashion ; but the region which contains it is so inaccessible, and so exposed to the incursions of predatory Indians, of whom band'; infest the whole in terior country, that the amount obtained yearly is reckoned at less than half a million of dollars. Silver is worked more successJul Iv. I In 1858, the last year of which we have exact inforntion of their condition, there were exportedof the product of the mines over four millions of dollars. But copper is the most important of the minerals of Chile, the export in 1858 amounting to $40,700,000, considerably more than half the value of the entire exprorts of the year. The commerce of the country, hgainst which the existing blockade is directed, is not, it would seem, of such extent that its destruction would serionsly cripple Chile. In 1858 ihe merchant-fleet numbered 269 yes sels of all sorts. The Government of Chile is, in name, a r'e public ; but, as always happens when freedom is.thrust upon a race not fit to relieve it, it is a dictatorship. But the forms of freedom are sedulously p reserved-a cabinet of four muin isters-of home and foreign affairs, of finance, of war and marine, and of religion and educa tion is ordainedl, to assist the President-in his exalted functions, and their jntogrity is asstired by a constitutional prvision tbot th-ey shall not depart the realm within six montle after the expiration of their official term. COITON AND SUGAR 'IN MEXICo.-MAXIuLTAN is making great effor ts to secure a sugar-grow ing and cotton cultivating population mn Mexico. The New Orleans Bee.h as the fol lowing interesting facts: - - On all sides agricultural colonies have ixnaiendas(a haciendla is an 'estate often containing thirty or forty thousad-acrB, i.n the immediate neighbbr hood of Cordova, bave been subdivided and allotted among the re cent emigrants from Europe. Two vast-plan tations of cotton have been established by Mr. Wood, of Alabama, upon the Rio Verdo, and promis'e an ahundant crop. The official journdl contains an application of M. Gi for permission to rent the stock of Mesquital to twenty Belgian families. It produces one undred fold of corn. Senator Gr.L adds: Mr-. Terry and family, with ten other, per sons, had arrived. They were officers of' the Confederate army. They desire to obtain a large extent of country suitable for the pro duction of cotton, augar and corn. They have been, offered various locations, and there are many persons who take a deep interest in securing the success of this colony. Mi. Jim enez has imported five hundred European laborers with their families. -He- will settle themi upon the hacienda of Santa Rosa A CLAss TI1AT sHoULD BE- ENOURAED. - t affords us pleasure to record the fact that there are many freedmen in our midst who conduct themselves properly, aad are doing all in their power to obtain an honest living fr the.mselves and those who are dependant upon them., This class should be encouraged to pursue the course they have rmarked out. hey .sh'uld receive at:the hands -of all an entirely different treatment than-that showed to the idle and vicious - negroes.- Whenever a fr-eedjman keeps in his proper place and iis disposed to work; anaf obey the laws, -be should be so -treated -that he -will: continue is good conduct. - - We would here say to fl siXch,-gon will find your former ow ne rs your firurest friends: Make~ the best contracts you can and still con ti:ue to live with them, if they desire to~ re tain your services.- 6karleston .News. If' any doubt should exist as to the terrible state of demrorialization in this city of a million of inhabitants, the annual report of .the 3fttropolitan Police Comnmissioner-s would painfally dispel it. In the last year the number of arrests, for vsrious crimes, offences and misdemneanors, amount to sixt-eight thousand eight hundred and seventy three. There are no less than twelve hundred "fallen angels" (known as pretty waiter girls) in concert saloons. There are ten thgusand bar rooms ini New York and Brooklyn,. Thero are horrible dens here where men,.women and chil dr?n sleep in filth and vermin, luiddled together in damp cellars, infested by various and rapacious rats. Anid this in a city w here there are princely masions put up at a cost of hundreds of thou sar.ds of dollar+-where some men spend on a single meal what would give life and shelter arid comfort to these miserable wretches for a year. But the details of the picture are too revolting to contemplate-let it be hidden from the view. e [New York~ Letter. "Baby" Bates, the biggest mna out of doors, left this place for his home on Big Shanty on Wednesday last. He is 28 years (d, 7 fe.et high, weighs :341 pounds, and has a foot 14 inches long. i-I was in the Con federate service during the war, and altaough as easy to hit as a barn door, escaped we be lieve without a scratch.-Abingdon Virgin an. IMPORTANT FRtOM MEXIco-Omfcial news from G.hihuahua up to the 92d ult. has been received. JAUTREZ entered on a second term Ias President without opposition. RLGEILS has been app>ointed General-in-dhief of the central army, in place of ORTEGA, assassinated TIfHE WEEKLY IERALD. NIWBERRY, S. C. Wednesday Morning, Ja'uary I, 1866. W Look out for the cross M mark. g Renew your subscriptions. g Now is the time to subscribd. g A good time to pay arrearages. r Good motto-pay as you go. " Advertise lIberally-and gain largely. We are indebted to the courtesy of Messrs. Macoy, Herwig & Vidal, Printers, Engravers and Lithographers, 64 East Bay, Charleston, S. C., for a neat blotting pad with calendar for 1866. These gentlemen also supply the trade with blank books and stationery. The S. C. and G. & C. Railroda. The S. C. Railroad, we learn will be completed to Columbia and the train run through - by the end of this week. This will prove a great public benefit, so far. And when our Greenville & Co lumbia end is completed we Will be once more all right as regards mails, freight and travel. The iron fot the G. & C. road only awaits the comple tion of the former that it may be brought through, to be rapidly laid. Reliable says by the first of February it will be accomplished. District Judge. We publish this week the law concerning Dis trict Courts. The appointment of Adj'tPope as District Judge gires general satisfaction. Con cerning the novel and untried responsibilities of this new office the Winnsboro Register says: It is a most responsible and delicate trust; to protect in good faith the negro in the exercise of his new franchise ; to adjudicate the multiform and perplexed cases that will be referred to the Court, and to inaugurate a system of'jurisprudence suitable to "freedmen" that will always act as a pledge of justice to them. As a noviel and origin al institution, without precedent or practice to assist and guide in the administration of its func tions, much must of necessity depend upon the spirit, of equity of the first incumbents, their firmness, sound judgment and strong practieaI sense. The following is a notice served by the treasury department against persons supposed to have been presidents of the blockade companies . -CHARLESTON, S. C., January 8th, 1868. SIR : Information having been laid before this office that you hare, within your.custody or con trol, cotton, money, sterling exchange, and other property belonging to the blockade-running com panv, of which you were president, known as the Southern Importing and Exporting Company, or by some similar name. I have directed As sista~nt Special Agent, H. B. Peters, who will hand you this order,- to examine you fuHly on oath in rega-d to such property ; and .to take possession, for the purpose of this investigation, of all books, letters and papers that may be found in your custody, or under your control, relating thereto. You wHi also take notice that you are hereby forbidden to dispose of the money, ster ling excharge, cotton, or other property belong ing to the said company, either by the payments of the dividends to stockholders or other wise ; and you are required to deliver the same to me, t' he held subject to the order of the -Secretary of the Treasury. Respectfully, T. C. CALLICOT. .Su pervising Special A gent. The money made by running the blockade can not be said to be the pr operty "used in aidinig the insurrection under act of April &th, 1g61. If liable as property of persons engaged in inur rection under act July 17th, 1862, so, also, is AIhn nr u-ty Teand personaX ini the c_oun try ; and if.pard on protects. th one, so, also, mutrproteet -the other. SInfluenced by these, or similar considerations, Mr: T. D. Jerver, one of the parties against w hom. proceedings have be-en taken, has refused to respond, and yesterday was sent to jail. -Chat - lston C'ourier, 10th~ inst. Congressional. WASaI{INGox, January 5.-In the Senate, Mr. Sumner offered a petition from colored people of the State of Alaama, asking Congress to secure their freedom to them. Also, a petition- from colored people of Mississippi, asking the right of sffrage.- Also, one from colored people of G3olo rao, protesting against the recognition of that State on account of the radical irnjustice to them in -the recently adopted State Constitution. Mr. Williams introduced a joint resolution, submitting as an amendument to-the Constitution that no.power shall exist in Congress to provide for payment to -any person- on account of .the emancipation of sla;vEry in ,the United States, and no appropriation of money shall ever be made by law of Congress for that purpose. Referred to the'Judiciai'y Coinmittee. The Commlittee of Fifteen on Reconstruction propose to send a specal commission South to en q-rire into the condition of affairs, with the view of obtaining proper:infornmation. -A resolution. was adopted in -the House, having in.view the entire suppression of polygamy- in Utah. CoRn isn WnRIsK Ev.The two hundred dollars tax on all stils is noiv in force. All persons car rying on the brisifiess of distilling without license from the Commissionems of PdbliosBmi1dinga' are liable'to severe penaties-fine and-imprisonment. See advertisemenit of the Co)mnmissiotiere in' our paper. . - 'Tbe people r?this -State -onght to know at once, ttiatsthere-is no safely or profit idf stilh'og whiskey ; as sure as f,ate, they -will hav'e the UnitedStates tax of.two- dellars the gallotr to pay on what they have made, and are now mak ing, also a State tax- of twenty dollars on every hundred dollars worth of whiskey ; this, with the two h'undred dollars tax on every single still now in operation or continued after this time, will near about ruin all distillers of whiskey ;they should wind up instanter, or they will lose every thing. Buy no more corn to make whiskey this year.- Greenville Patriot and Mountaineer. EDTRIL VALEDcTORY.-The following fare well address of a Western editor to his readers is not a bad hit at what is called freedom of thme press. Each:individual freedman will give yoj perfect liberty to contradict and contra.vert the notions and opinions of everybody but himself: "The undersigned retires from the editorial chair with complete conviction that all is vanity. From the hour he started his paper to the pres ent time he has been solicited to lie upon - every given subject, and can't remember ever baying told a wholesome truth without diminishing his subscription list, or making an enemy. Under these circumstances of trial, and having a tho rough contempt for himself, he retires in order to recruit his moral constitution." MR. EDITr t-The XII Section of an "Act to establish certain Roads, bridgesq and Ferries" passed at the late session of the Legislature,reads as follows : "That the several Boards of Comm#issionme's of Roads for the respective Districts and Parishes in this State, as existing or appointed at the session of the G~eneral Assembly for December, A. D. 188, shall continue in office and have legal exa istence as such, until the end of the nextt regular~ session of the Legislature of this State." So that the new domniissioners as pnbflshed in your paper can not enter upon their duties before the adjournment of the next regulgrsession. The old Board as it existed at its last ineeiing will continu is omfle as pmovid . in thn at. abnve Revenue Stamps from 2 ets. to $5, can be had dt Carwile & M'Caughriu's. - LANS' Woa Box.-M. Zobel pbised on our table the other day, for inspection, a ladies' work box, made cf rosewood and most beaUtifully in laid- with.a variety of precious woodW, forming varldU ingenious devices. Said box contains an apartment for a work set, looking glass, a check tr board, also back gammon and "fox and geese," with drawers for checkers and chessmen. The box will be raffled on Thuriday next, at the Newberry Hotel, at 2 o'clock, p. m. TR WaLTnEt.-We are indebted to the clerk for the following report of the weather. Rain may be expected any day from date until the weather clears, and thereafter aLo. Mud will necessarily be abundant. No getting around it. The Sun may be looked for-after a while. If it clears up cold, the weather may be fine. Have it hand umbrellas, and over shoes that you may be prepared for more bad weather. In conse quence of dampness the soil is un9t for gatden Ing, therefore, defer it awhile. If it should rain again, let it. If it grows cold, build up large fires, and take hot stews at nizht. WHRZ is r?-Why next door to Maj. L. 3. Jone' office, and opposite the ordinary's room in the Court House, This is the answer to the in quiry "wherc is the new book store r Messrs. D'uffie & Chapman are snugly located over there, with a most capital stock of school, miscellaneous and standard books, pens,-paV#r, ink, etc., which id beitig largely added to. The place is a little but of the way, but then it has the advantage of being such a quiet retreat and so snug; no one will object to it after going there. We recoms mend the gentlemanly proprietors to our friends and the public. Do not forget the places CORxR.-The enterprising firm of Webb & Lovelace are at last cornered. Commonly this would be an objection, as no one likes lo be cor nered. But with W. & L., it shows a business point, they have cornered themselves, no one else did it for them, and have secured by it two points of attraction. They occupy now first their old corner stand under the Herald -office, -and alsc the well known and attractive darner under the Hotel. And these corner stores are filed with the choicest and most admiratly selected stocl of goods to be found in the place. It is.next tc impossible to go astray, if one corner misses you the other will certainly bring you up. Remem ber-the corners of W. & L. flour, Flour-at Webb & Lovelace's. We are requested to call attention to -change in advertisement of estate sale of H. W. Gary it regard to terms, which will be cash in- currency See School notice of Mr. T. Duckett. Parent cannot do better than send their children to him as he is fully competent to their instruction. Dr. L M..Grimball,-located at Frog Level, of fers his services to the citizens of Ne* berry 'Dis trict. ofAll persons having demands against the estati ofDr 'T. W. Thomipson, deceased, are callet upon to render them.-properly attested, on or be fore the 6rst day of A pril-next. Se'e notice of Teacher Wanted. This is a mos admirable opportunity for a quatlified lady to se cure an exceptionable home. Applications wil be received at- this office. J. F. OTecltl & Son, Wholess;le Grocers- n Commission Merchants,- Charleston, and doalert in Wines, Liqnors, &c. Country^ merchantt ar invited to visit this house~ The Charleston Drhug House of 3. A Morgan 153- Meeti g Street, with Mr.. ohn Ashhurst aa superintendent, will prove a- success. Druggists and others would do well to pay-attention to thiu hse The stock is fresh and comuplete. - J.oWSteee north cast corner King'- and George stre'ets, Charulest o-n, invite attention to comple:e assortmenrt of Gentlemen's Furnishing and Fanecv Goods. The trade wiltfmnd it to theit advantage to -examine this stock -before purchas ing elsewhere. - -- - - The firm of Webb & Sage, long known to th business commiuniity, having resumed business as Whiole-sale Crbekery Dealera,.at No. 5 Hafne st.. Chtrleston, will be happy to meet their old friendt and customers. We -rec9mmend ' thleux wA b pleasure. Wilriamn G Whilden & Co., formerly Hayder & Whilden,, Charleston. The chaactre( ti house,so -long an'd favorably, known needs.)ui little recomnk~dadon', a simple aanouncementol having opened,a splendid st.ock -of goods isa al sufficient. Reference is called.to their card.' We refer-with pleaure, and call attention * the card of William Gurney, Whotesale Gs'ocei and Commis$fon Merchant,. Charlesto4i MEr. ft S. Cathcartis co'neeted with~ this house and -cor dially invites his friends 4c:dall. Liberal adwanced made on consignments. Mapes' Nitrogenized Phosphate of Ldie. H. W Kisman,Agent. This fertilse~r has a deservedlj high reputation. Seej ard of Mr..Kjruanian, ani supply yourselves, farmers and platry,-tha, you may -enrich yeuP--inpoverished, soils&d ncrease your harvesta. Mt. Bion Institute; Wiansboso', S. C., G.. A Woodward, Principal. The irei-elses of this popular Iast.itte will be resumed the fhst Mon. day in February, '66. The corps of officers are men of sterling character and profound erudition See card for particulars. ' Messrs. 0. H. Walter & Son, rece7ving and for. warding agents, it will be perceived, will gstablish themselves at Columbia, on theg,ompletion ofthe S. C. R. R., to that point. 'hajess Wee have justly earned a good reputa ~~be speak for them a continued and'albe, o patronage.e It is with no ordinary pleasuit that we recom-~ mend our friend and fellow townsman, Mf. W. Bythewood, as an experienced Auctioneer ami Commision Merchant. We have known him for years in this line and are satisfied that he ranks A No. 1. To hear him cry makes his auditoti laugh. Our old friend C. H. Kingsmore is, stitet a long lase, once more in his old place.- Good before, we are happy to state that he is still bettei now. His pictures show that they come from the hand& of an artist. The a'dvantage now offered by Mr. Kingsmore, is one that has been long desired, and his tooms will soon be 'flled with those who are anxioue to-secure the shadow ete the suba stance fade. It will be obsert'ed that Messt's. Wright & Cop. pock have removed tcg their old stand, No. 4 Melohon Rew,s and having disposed of their stock of Ilardware atidiry Goods, intend to devote their time ar.d attention exclusively to keeping a fii..e clea Clothiner and Gents' out:fitting estab Mr. Gtough says we sopnetimes -one at the incirility of railroad conductor*;vrhile' it we-know al the pretty ann WucM to WhIch -ihey are tubjected ;wad the sillqu4estonmcW stintly Aked of theig by Ignorant,-stplA sod' nemrus. eople, the wonder ould oth at they cAt be civil at all. SUFFOCATED.-We are Infortned that iM tW large crowd of negroes which assemble& o the Freedmen's Bureau, on 1(onday last (which, perhaps, wai not more than t6u every day), a child in the arms of Its mathe was squeezed and suffocated to death. By laying a.piece of charcoal upona bura' the pain subsides immediately. By leavin . the charcoal.'on one hour,je wound is heW, as has been demonstrated or sev era occasions. The remedy is cheap and simple, and certain ly deserves a trial. Lalfst Iu 0niW! C, H1. KWNOSMORE AS retu-ned from AugstA and is prepared to take any kind of PICTUBE. Ambrotypes, Photographs, .Portraits# From any kind of Picture# I Jan17 3 tf REMO VAIl WRIGRI a61orC AVING disposed of their entire Stoek of:Lao dies Dress Goods; Hardware asd Gree ries, and' REMOWO TON.MUMidW, will now give their entire a i A Of Gents, Youths and Boys l t q and F , q 4kII, -nuineW g Cloths Casimerst Caps, D~esling exclusiveTyv ins one line, e liadiem - liar advantages in buyiig, -wich etiabea 1 keepa a rger stock anid to elI ker than others not siraihtarly s1iLua . sully invite the attention of aIi a( 'Ln ;ewr Si,ock, an ilendeavor to let no oine leiave oi'4te witbou.t being sn4e&d - - - We 2have stili on.Jind -a diedlof Ladie Shoes and (grockeryware~ which we -rlet to cJo.e ont. W' EIGHT & CPOCE~ Jainuary 17 33 - ~FLOURFLOUR~ 40 ?.RRELS FN ~FAX L mt --7 streWEiB & LVEN 1L - -~n *7~ t -.- - . -, . AUCTON1!R.4N CO.S SrLIIThNS Sht oif 'B NES8 S a t8a experienieeja~ th tbove BRMNCJJES garaepn tsfactiu *' Jan. 17, 24-*, - - NITRlOGEN1ZNT PPHiNJATElA B i.-icreasee qumi..o-Cun irU h'dred.pounds er inorre ThiI Fertilizer eow tainis alf the properties of barn-yatd ma.nure, and improvesthlad Send yfooC o.drs hnmediatelyjtn order to haeve by'the-adaIiion of the M - orne' y of HaLyden ~ hilden -C4A RLESTO N, S. C. Have opened a compet sLeninof - Coekey, China adsiwaiaJare Plated Goods of ever. rety, . Cocks, Watches and ie~ryg 11obkei and Table Cutlery, Buickef. Baiskt - and Broomsf WA TCHES and' - EWELRX vepaied.' - W Gold and siIei' pcha,ed. 'Orders orapd . filled and for*arda4 . -4ve W,l - H A'VING located. -arFog 'Leve, IProfssional Seltviees tl cissM ewberry Distrit. Jatuar1'i1 Ieceiing &Forwardilngigteftff W ILL establisir themselves at Columrbhi -8 C., on the completion of the 8o. 04.S. Er to that point, where they will behappy to. ,erv. their old friends and patrons. Thanktbl'fora jst favors, they will endeavor, by prbispt to the interest of their curtomets, tT z*das i nuanYce. LIBERA L ADVA'TCS trillemaeo siguents to their friends lna reo;Ns York and Liverpool. -I Jan, 174:44t. STATE JFSOUTH CAROLIIIA. NERWBERET MDIXCR B oTPeteron, Ordinary ofif DisriEA. -er .*ige W HEREA, Hny .-.ge Wlied to mue for Letters of* ion, on all and sing4larU the. ggeds a tels, rights and credits of Geotee': late of the distries aforesiL-lee4 4>-3 These are therefore-to cite- anCdo.n-,.k and singular, the kisdred and. caed dr of ab said deceased, to be. and appear bepr sfe,.ateus nxt Ordinary's Court for the sai dI~~o~ holden at Newberry Court House Ghtteb ?~k ~.A~ Ia~.~mia -nnb~t~iniA if airy