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THE TAX ACT.
The following are the provis
ions of the Tax Bill passel by the
recent session of the Legislature
of this State
Upon the following articles
there shall be an ad ralorein tax
paid, as property according to its
asssessed value, viz: On all real
estate, 30 cents on every S100, ex
eept such lands as may be in p)oss
ossion of the Freedmen's Bureau
in January next ; on the capital
stock of all gaslight companies, 50
cents on every $100; on articles.
manufactured for sale. barter or
exchange, between the first dlay of
January, 1S66, and January. 18G7.
$1 on every 8100, to be paid by
the mranufacturers; on all gross
amount of all spirituous lliquors,
(except on liquors mnan ufact ured
in the State from fruits in their
5eason.) sold from Jianuary 1st t o
D~ecember 31st, 18637, 10 per cent,
to be quarterly to the tax collec
tors of the Several D)istricts;: on
buggies, carriages. gold and silver
plate, watches, jewelry and pianos,
on hand January 1st, 18S67, except
those held by dlealers for sale, $1
on every $100.
Upon all gross incomes dlerived
from the following sou rces, there
shall be paid a tax of the per cent
herein specified on the aggregate
amount received between the 1st
day of Janiuary, 1866, and the first
day of january, 1867: From em
loyments, faculties and profess
ions, including the profession of
dentistry, (whether in the pro
fession of the law of the profits de
rived from the costs of suit, fees,
or other sources of professional in
come,) excepting clergymen $2 on
every $100 ; onl 'onunifssionls re
e,eivedl by brokers. vendlue masters.
factors, commission merchants,
dealers in exchang~e, (foreign or
domnestic,) or in mortgages, bonds
aind other negotiable pape'r, $5 on
every $100 ; on the gross amount
of premiumns received by insurance
companies incorporaltedl wit hin t his
State, $2 on every 8100; on the
gross amounit of premiurns recivedl
by agencies of insurance compa
nies5 and underwriters incorpora
ted without the limits of this State.
$3 on every 8100; oni the gross
amount of the reeipts of expres
companies. $10 on every $100, to
be paid to the Treasurer of th
receipts of telegrapn, companies,
$5 on every $100; on the gross
amount of receipts from the sale
of pictorial newspapers or maga
zines, $25 on every $100; on the
gross receipts of newspapers pub
lished in this State, 82 on every
$100; on the amount of sales of
goods, wares, merehandizo, embra
cing all the articles of trade for
sale, barter or exchange, (spiritu
ous liquors and the products of
this State, and the unmanufac
tured products of any of the Uni
ted States, or Territories thereof
excepted') which any person shall
have made from the 1st day of
January, of the present year, to
the 1st day of January, A. D., 1867,
60 cents on every $100; for same
articles, a tax of 50 cents for the
ensuing year, on the gross profits
of national banks, $10 on every
100; on the incomes derived from
the arts of photographing and
daguerreotyping, $1 on every $100;
on all incomes amounting to more
than $500 per annum, derived
from salaries, rents, dividends and
money at interest, in excess of
$500, $1 on every $100 ; on the in
comes derived from saw, flour and
grist mills, and also from cotton
ginned on toll, $2 on every $100;
on the gross incomes of all rail
roads. (not exempt by law.) $1 on
every $100, but that when a part
of a railroad only is within the
limits of this State, the return of
its income shall bear the same ratio
to its whole income that the length
of road in this State bears to its
whole length.
The following persons are to pay
a tax on every $100 of gross in
come; hotel keepers, 82 restau
rants or eating houses. $2; livery
stables, $2; ',tchers and huck
sters, $2; billiard tables, $5 ; bowl
ing alleys, $5; bar-rooms, whether
connected with a hotel, or other
wise, $10; ferries, $1; toll-gates, $1.
Upon taking out a charter, ex
cept for religious, charitable and
eucational purposes, $20; each
renewal of charter, under this Act,
$10.
The keepers of public race cour
ses shall pay a tax of $100; each
public hack, stage coach, dray and
baggage wagon be taxed $10, and
each omnibus. $25.
All persons representing public
ly, for' gain or reward, any plays.
comedy, tragedy. 01r other empI loy
ments 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 respecCtively, (who shall be
bound1( to collect - - pay the same
into the Treasury, excepting in
cases where the same is now re
uired(yI awt be paidl to corpo
rat ions or otherwise,)S$10 per day;
ircus m:hibitions, $50 per day ;
logs shall be taxed 81, but for
each plantation and inhabited lot
in a town or village, there shall be
Ione dog exemfptedl from taxation.
A capitation tax of $1 per head
on ever male between the ages of
twenty-one andl fifty, resident in
the State, on the first day of Feb
ruarv, 1867, except they be inea
pable of earning a support.-Every
employer shall make returns of the
names of all persons that are em
ployed by him, and pay the tax of
such person or persons, in which
case the tax receipt shall be a good
Iand valid set off in any action for
waes by such employee against
such1 employer.
All taxes levied oni property, as
prsrbd in this Aet, shall be
pid( to the taz collector for the
District or Parish in which said
property is loae,ecpt that
the tax levied on railroads, express
an( telegraph companies, he paidl
into the Treasury of the State.
The lots and houses on Sullivan's
Island shall be returned to the tax
collector of' the tax (district in
which they are situated, in the
same manner as; other town lots
and houses, and shall be liable to
t he same rae of taxation.
The taxes herein levied shall be
United States Treasury notes,
or notes of national banks, or the
bills receivable of this State, and
also pay certificates of jurors and
constables for attendance on the
courts. The tax collectors of the
several collection districts shall be
allowed, on all sums o_ money paid
into their hands for taxation, a
commission, as follows: Fo' St.
Philip's and St. Michael's ---per
cent, for Anderson, Abbeville,
Chester, Kershaw, Richland,
Clarendon, Darlington, Laurens.
Marioi, Newberry, Orangeburg,
Spartanburg, Sumter, Edgefield,
Union, York and Barnwell, four
per cent. for Chesterfield, Green
ville, Lancaster, Lexington, Marl
boro, Pickens, Fairfield, St. Mat
thew's, Prince George WMinaw, St.
Bartholomew't and Williamsburg,
six per cent.; for Iorry, St. Helena,
St. Stephen's Christ Church, Prince
William's, All Saints, St. George's.
Dorchester, St. Jame's Santee and
Goose Creek, St. John's Berkley
and Colleton, and St. Peter, eight
per cent. ; for St. Andrew's and
St. Thomas and St. Dennis, ten
per cent.:-Provided, That in all
districts where the taxes amount
to more than $30,000, the commis
sion shall be two per cent. on the
excess. Tax collectors to make
returns to the Treasury in Colum
bia, on or before July, 1867.
No tax collector or assessor
shall receive his commissions till
their returns have been received
at the Treasurer's office, and been
approved by him.
The assessors of the several
districts are required to return to
the tax collector lists of all persons
in their district, subject to the
capitation tax, with such particu
lars of residence, etc., as may serve
to identify the persons. The tax
collector is required to pay to the
State Treasurer the quarterly re
turns within thirty days. Each
tax collector shall attend at the
court house, or some other public
place, daily, for one week previous
to making his final return. All
taxes on incomes shall refer to
those i .ceived between January,
1, 1866, and 1867, except special
designations.
Before the collection of the taxes
herein levied, an assessment shall
be madle of the actual value of the
property taxed ; andl for that pur
pose the tax collectors of the
sever:dl Dist riets anid Parishes. ex
cept the Parishes of St. Philiip and(
St. IMlichael. are hereby constituited
assessr<. Each tax (collector, be
fore entering upon his dluties as
assessor, shall take andI subscribe,
before the Clerk of the Court of
the District, the following oath,
which shall be end(orsedI on his
commission, viz: "I ,A. 13., do
prmise and swear that I will, to
the best of my ability, execute the
duties of assessor for my collection
district, andl will without favor or
partiality, ascertian and assess the
actual value of property, real and
pesnl upon which an ad razl
orem tax is laid before, and for the
purpose of laying such tax.
Advice to the South.
Stand firm. Yield obedience to
the laws now in force) but have
no hand in making others till eve
ry State in the Union is represen
ted on the floor of Congress. Force
cannot keep you fronm a represen
tation thereL i)fyo want it and sendl
men of your choice, duly elecd
by the people. Adopt no us5oeall
ed" Conusti tutional Amen ents,
fori if you are in no fit condition
to have representat ion in Congress
you are not fit to adlopt any amend
ment s. The Constistution con
templates no division of allegi
ane
You fought bravely-You yield
ed honorably. iDo not imperil
yourselves, ourselves, the country
andl its future by rash acts, now.
Stand( firm-wait in the dlignitv
of brave intelligence. Giive not
an inch from the right and thle
Constitution. If yon are our peo
pie - 1 1101( the same rights as
we have, and those rights will
soon be yours. If wronged, res
pectfully protest. If insulted, bear
it a while longer like men. If anx
ious for peace so in dignity com
port yourselves as to strengthen
us in the North who are battling
not for you alone but ft r the right !
If you stand in dignified firm
ness all will be well, and we will
find men to stand between the op
pressor and the oppressed. We
do not ask you to take up arms
against the radical troubles impo
sed upon the country. It is more
our fight in the North.
If you adopt the required Con
stitutional Amendments, other
penalties, and humiliations will
be yours to adopt forever, for rad
icalism never will be satisfied ex
eept with your blood and proper
ty. If you grow weak now that
you are strong in your injuries we
are all lost together and our gov
ernment and country goes down
forever.
Send your representatives, as
you have a right to do if legally
elected. If they are not admit
ted, then comes a revolution North
and the avenging hosts of liberty
will destroy either radicalism, or
the country North, till yours will
be the government to maintain.
Do not leave the country-stay at
home, hide the ruins-refurnish
your homes, God and Democracy
will do the rest !
We have battled with Radicalsm
this fall long and earnestly-that
party in the North is over seventy
thousand weaker than two months
since. We are working for the
Constitution-for the-laws for
Equality of States-for equal tax
ation-tor peace, Union, domestic
tranquility and the government
our fbrefiatlhers gave us, and which,
by the livirv (od, shall not be
stolen from the people till after a
trial at arms for which not only
the editor of this paper but two
million Democrats in the North
are ready, whenever the Radical
party of thieves,eowards,bon)dhold
es. fanantics, vandals, Puritans,
hypocrites and greed loving vul
tures of abolitionism are prepared
to (lie in the strife they dare not
commenee.
The question now at issue con
erns us in th)e North equally with
ou of the South, and it is for this
reason-for our love for our suf
fein country-that we write as
we do.-L~a Crosse ( Wi..) D(mocrat.
Lynching of' Three llesperadoes..
A terrible scene]1 occurred recenit
lv at Lebanon, Ky. Central Ken
tucky has, since the war, beeni the
scene of the most atrocious crimes.
Robberies and( murders have be
come so frequent, that at last the
incensed cornmnunity organised a
band for the extermination of these
dlsperadloes, and commenced on
three young men confined in jail.
The committee, armed with guns,
marched into the town about
11.45 p. in., picketed the streets,
and arrested all inq1uisitive citizens.
The front door of the jail was
b)roken open. The jailor ran up
stairs and hid himself. Not being
able to find the jailor, the mob at
tempted to break in the iron door
of the jail with sledge-hammners.
Failing in this, they found the
jailor, and forced him to deliver
up the keys. In the meantime,
the prisoners, eight in number,
were awakenedI by the h ammering
at the door. Fully understanding
the danger that menaccd them,
hey shrieked andl yelled fo help,
and armed themselves with billets
of wood. fully dletermninedl to sell
their lives as dear as possible.
When the mob came to the door
of the dungeon they unlocked it,
anl after some parley, part of
them entered the cell without
resistance. The leadler of the m9b
then called for Clem. Crowduis,
W. Goode and Tom. Stevens.
who immediately answered to
their names. As they delivered
themselves up, the leader said:
for you for a long time." Crowdus
answered: "I know you have,
Mr. ," calling the man by name.
Forming in procession, the mob
immediately started for a hill
about one and a half miles distant,
giving one triumphant shout as
they passed through the town.
What took place at the hill, prior
to the hanging, no one but the
members of the mob know. In
the morning the bodies of the
three men were found hanging to
a tree. Crowdus' heels nearly
touched a root of the tree, and he
had evidently suffered the horrors
of suffocation. with his toes upon
the ground. The rope upon Goode's
neck slipped so much that he
stood upon his feet, so his legs
were doubled up and his feet tied
to his hauds. Stephens swung
clear, his neck being dislocated.
A company of tuited States
troops were drawn up in line in
the court-house yard, but the
commanding officer refused to in
terfere unless requested to do so
by the civil authorities, but al
though the marshal was present,
the troops were not called upon to
defend the jail.
*406
Lost by not taking a Country Paper.
Generally speaking but little
importance is attached to the
taking of a country newspaper.
This neglect and indifference had
its practical reward the other day.
Some time ago a gentleman in
this town was appointed auditor
to distribute the funds in the hands
of an admiiiistrr tor amongst the
creditors. Notice of the auditor
was published in two ofthe county
papers.
It so happened that a few credi
tors residing in a certain portion
of the county who had collectively
claims to the amount of seven or
eight hundred dollars, from the
neglect of taking a county paper
never heard of the audit until after
the report of the auditor had been
confirmed by the court. They
then came into town to Onquire
about the likelihood of securing
their claims ; called upon an attor
ney, who examined into the mat
ter and informed them that they
had f'orever lost their money, and
we presume charged thoem five dol
lars for the information.
All this resulted in being too
penurious or too careless to sub
scribe for' a country paper. These
geutlemen have learned a lesson
that wxill last them the balance of
their lives. and( serve as a warn
ing to others who, from the same
mfotive, fail to take their district
There is scarcely a man in the
community who will not be caught
up some (lay on a legal notice, that
dIoes not take a paper, unless he
clandestinely reads his. neighbor's
(a practice very extensively in
dulged. in by close-fisted penurious
inividuals) and every gentleman
should be above literary pilfering
like this.
AN ACT to provide Artificial Legs
for all Citizens of the State who
have lost their Legs during the
recent war.
SEConon 1. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Re{presentatives,
now' met andl sitti.ng inl General As
sembly, and by the authority of the
same, That the Governor be, and
he is hereb)y authorized to furnish
all citizens of this State, who have
lost their logs during the recent
war, in the service of the country,
wit h artifi('ial logs; and the sum of
t wenty thousand( dollairs, if so
much is necessary to pay for the
same, is hereby a.ppropr'iated( for
that purpose, and all other pur
poses necessary to carry out the
provisions of this Act.
SEc. 2. That all railroad comn
paisin this State be requeste'd
Ito transport to and from Columbia
or anyv other p)lac'e that may be
desinaftted by the Governor, free
of charge, all citizens of this State
entitled to artificial legs under the
lregoing section of this Act.
Rarti' 'ecember 21).
Read Aloud.
Reading aloud is one of those t
exercises that combine mental and p
muscular effort, and hence has a I
double advantage. To read aloud c
well, a person should not only un- is
derstand the subject, but should c
hear his own voice and feel within g
him that every syllable was dis- t
tinctly enunciated, while there is b
an instinct presiding which modu- c
lates the voice to the number and s
distance of the hearers. Every I
public speaker ought to be able to a
tell whether he is distinctly heard I
by the furthest listener in the Ili
room ; if he is not able to do so, it t
is for want of proper judgment v
and observation. a
Reading aloud helps to develop
the lungs just as singing does. if a
properly performed. The effect s
is to induce the drawing of a long c
breath once in a while, oftener and 1
deeper than that of reading with- t
out enunciating. These deep in- a
halatious never fail to develop the i
capacity of the lungs in direct pro- g
portion to their practice. il
Common consumption begins '
uniformly with imperfect, insuffi- e
cient breathing; it is the charac- f
teristic of the disease that the a
breath becomes shorter and short- d
er through weary months, down
to the close of life, and whatever t
counteracts the short breathing, t
whatever promotes deeper inspi- t
rations is curative to that extent, t
inevitable and under all circum- a
stances. Let any person make 1
the experiment by reading this
page aloud, and in less than three r
minutes the instinct of a long
breath will show itself. This read- t
ing aloud develops a weak voice
and makes it sonorous. It has a
great efficiency, also in making
the tones clear, freeing them from <
that annoying hoarseness which
the unaccustomed reader exhibits t
before he is gone over half a page, I
when he has to stop and clear
away, to the confusion of himself
as that of the subject. t
t
This loud reading, when proper
ly done, has a great agency in in
dacing vocal power, on the same
principle that muscles are strength
ened by exercise-those of voice
making organs being no exception
to the general rule. Hence in
many cases, absolute silence di
minishes the vocal power, just as
the protracted non-use of the arm
of the Hlindoo devotee at lengthr
paralyzes it forever. The general
plan in appropriate caCss is to I
read aloud ini a conversational tone,
thrice a day, for a minute or two, a
or three at a time, increasing a
minute every day, which is to be i
continued until the desired object 1
is accomplished. Managed thus,
there is safety and efficiency as a
uniform result-.
As a means, then, of health, of
averting consumption, of being vo
al andl entertaining in any com
pany, as a means of showing the
quality of the mind, let reading1
aloud be considered an accom
plishment far more indispensable
than that of smattering French, or
lipsing Italian, or dancing cotil
lions, gallopades, polkas and quad
rills.-Halls Journal.
Boys UsING ToBAoo.-It is
said there are no boys now, but
the following strong, sensible,
sharp, good saying is designed for
that portion of the genus homo,
known as "Young America," who
t
use tobacco :
"it has utterly spoiled and ut
terly ruined thousand of boys. It
ted(s to softening and weakening
of the bones. andI it great ly in
jures the brain, the spinal marrow
and the whole nervous fluid. A
ov who smokes early and fre
quently, or in any wa uses large
quantities of tobacco, is nevere
known to make a man of much i
energy, andl generally lacks muns
cular and physical, as well as men
tal power. We would p)articular
ly warn boys, who want to be any
thing in the world, to shunii to bac-h
.N) as mO3 1manC'ful no)ison.' n
IMM1GRATION.-It is stated that
hree hundred thousand iminis
rants arrived in the United States
n 1866, being a considerable in
rease over the year previous. It
i believed that the disaffection in=
ident to the changes in the
overnment of the States of Cen
ral Europe, and the Feniaii tiou=
lee in Ireland, will induce an in:
reased flow of population to Our
hores during the next year. The
russian conscription is severe and
ifensive, and every steamer froi
Iamburg to Bremen, has, among
,er passengers large numbers of
he sturdy young men of Germany;
ho are coming to America io
void going into the army.
Can nothing be done to induce
port'on of these iiumigranta to
ettle in the genial and fertild
tates of the South? We fear our
cople arc culpably indifferent to
his golden opportunity to secure
ccessions to our population. The
ifluences which meet these immi
rants on their arrival naturilly
Scline them to the West. That
ras, perhaps, while slavery exist
d at the South, a more inviting
old for free labor. Their friends
,nd countrymen who have preee=
.ed them to America have gone
Vest and prospered. In addition
o these influences, misrepresenta
ions of the South, of every charae
or, are pressed upon. their attenj
ion by the land and railroad
.gents of the West, and they fol
ow the old beaten tract to the faf
Vest-where the hardships of pie
leer life and the rigors of a cbld
limate await them. We belieir
hat if proper representations of
he price and character of South
;rn lands, the advantages of our
un and soil, and healthfulness of
ur climate, were made, that thbu
ands and tens of thousands of
hese people could be added to our
)opulation.
Our landholders should form so
-etics or clubs and send agents to
he North or to Europe td ineet
hese people and prcssiit the ad
rantages of our section in their
rue light .-Augusta Press.
THE FUTURE OF THE SoUT.
Ye utter but a trite sentiment
vhen we say that the fuiture of
he South is in the hanids of its
~oung men. How many of them
e qualifying themselves to man
ge its faetories, control its rail
ads, mine its ore, work its
acine shops; ahid eultivate its
lantations? Profes.sional men it
tas in abundance--able lawyers,
.compished p)hysicians; eloquent
peakers. These have their uses,
>ut the growth of' a Stto~ depends
ess on them than on ths character
f the inen who inana.ge its in-a
ustrial enterprises. What is
uost needed in the South to-day
s, that the young blood which
ought for it so gallantly should
ork it as dleterminedly.
On the plantation, in the shop,
n the factory, there the 80uth is
o effect its true restoration. The
oung men who dug trenches and
ed on hominy and pork, who
vent clad in home:spun gray and
lept in cold, or rain, otr shine,
tnder the canopy of the heavens
o further the fortunes, as they
elievd, of their native land, can
LW do noble service by laying
Lld of its plow handles, turning
s lathes;. guiding its spindles,
tandling its locomotives. But
here is want of capital. No mat
er, they have youth, health, hope,
mbition ; and good abilities.
They have every incentive for
hich to work. Begin with a
vill. and snecess will crown their
ifort s.-National hatelligencer.
The negroes had a military display yes
ar(day, conmmemnorative of the anniversary
f the Emancipation Proclamation. Two
omanies of Zouaves dressed in red and
lue, proceeded y about eighteen freed.
ien in full cavalry uniform ,marched through
ie streets knee-deep in mud. The officers
-re dressed in gay uniforms, with epau
attes and swords. In the afternoon some
I the party got drunk, and a squad of po
ce took abont twelve freedmen, muskets,
words, epaulettes and all to the guard
os, where they were locked up for tle
ight.-Augusta Press,