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Do sYEALAm FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF USEFUL INTELLIGENCE. [In t IN ADVANC| VOIndV. . WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8,1868. NO.2. EffY WEINUAY OR1ING, At . . ]N THO. F. & I. H. 022011= MM9S,-s PE AMMI, I* CURREZC OE PR0VISIONs5 UTUvisyin advace. eFesfarhvftatOa, obe PMIsaSMS ab11ving prral -The *W Y'eair. VAbk-twaft d4 StM kTo usit a rei1.eas.beek besen opin mes aa wide; Thea i -- t W m . ivonoi Mk sai ' 'maPelly. aust wedergerd re I nt rder ders No., from u ead ar ,%W& '&e It 187-is d $ajpfagent& 'eR (aip&ei for the payment of er aS~ses o aetion aria&g lig orth Carolina between the 20th of a~1861, wewei and in ~uth Uaoha e the 1 ,eIber, 186, and- Oilf .185 shell not beefoed xeuin the defendant. Proeedinga for such cases fieetAienoe49eoding shall be stayed, and i3 itaie el shall be in' r meyced o sucm 6niis of. aetion until.atige4he eividigernment 0f the iespective Staes shall. be es tablished in aecthee with tMe laws of the Urited't,es. Ph I IIf the same orde isrmodi1eI as ftos:. - Shein ,corQers and constables are hei-eby airect&h to suspend thme . e oft -prope fupoeA eention, o o uainy Jt'gm.ent or thfenan o the so-called ?Mmfederat Stae, or~ of thieState of North Carolims, rendered be tween the 20th day of May, 1861, mnd-the oeanisation of tie pro uiisibnal government ofsaid State, under the President's, b esama tion of-the 29th day 1865, lgwsof the State oStou * .', randersdbeteen the 19-h day of Decembfi, 186;O and -the organi, ration of the provisional gver.n went efvthe said State, sngspe the Presideet's prontamTiom of the 39th day of June, 1865, unless the *Mitten consent of the aIefendant be entered of record, and except~ itt cases where the plaintid or his ttre,.ttpen oath, supported by ioroboatfte '4estimo'ny, shB all allege that the defendant is. dis - 'uIag of, iemoving or aboat to memvahs popetybeyond the jiri~dctonoft te court, withi -a -eut to defraud his creditors:. Pro sided, That no such judgment, so MIseredevithin the periods afire . fid,shall be a bar- to the .com men'cement, in a State court, of a ausit up6n the .:me aase x>f action in any case in which, by law, the defendant may remove or appeal the same to a coart of the United States. Th~e sa4e of r'eal or persona1l propiertf','by foreekmsaif of mort ,i likewise suspended in the sembraced in pa'rph HI an)d IH -of said Order N o. 10 as a -v amended, except in cases where. interest money accruing subsequent-to the 29th of April, 1065i shall not have been paid be Thre the day oi sale, and all pre liotEs restrictions on such sales are revoked. Parigah I? oftthe same order Iiod' led by substituting the 29th dag of April, 1865, for the 19th day of May, 1865. -Paragraph 'V of the same order is modified as follows : All proceedings for the recovery of money on contracts, whether under seal or by parol, the consid ero&ion of which was the purchase olts!aves, made subsequent to the '1st day of January, 1863, are sus ponRded. Judgments or decrees entered for such cases of action shall not be enforced. Paragraph VII of the same or der is modified as follows: In all sales of property under mxec.tion or hy orer of any -ourt, there shall' be reserved oat of the property of any defendant who ha afamily. dependent upon his er'her isbei-, a dwelling house and appurtenances, and (if in the country) twenty-ares of land, or Ao much -thereof that the whole shaIbnot-exceed in valde the sum of $2,000 ; and in a town o-r city, te_im7mediate fot, upon' which inc dwelling house is situated; and necessary articles of farniture, apparel, -ubsistence and imple -ments of busbandryj trade or other empIoyMeft, to the valui of $500.. The homest6ad exebption ,shall inure OAy to the beneit of fami lies. It other cases h,e xemP f tion.shalt extend only to clothing and nalementsoftrateor emply nitusually followed by-the de fendant, of the valueef 200.- The ez'e*ptions -hereby nade shall not be waived or defeated by the act ofi .d Ant whohas a faihily dependent upon him or her -fbr svppojd aiid the- eAbme _pro ty. hall be ascertained and de f-ed-by the sheriff or other officer enfor4ai e execUtion, who shall call to his.aid two impartial-citi ens, to. make the necessayY ap prasement,.aad aball make report thereof to thel:ourt. Pitagraph X is ereby nidied so's to:afthorize arrest .in civil peqtions-ex-centracti pnly i'n' cases wbet~e 'the demand is .past .due iA the'defendant has been guilty of a.IM in eontraeAtg :he debt ..de&fo'r, r has 'enieved- oe dis-. posed of his property, or is about 3pA so, wih intet- to 4efiaUd dscr#tory,r.i,s abiit to leave thiet2ate with such inten.: Pragraph XVI -i&amended by *didg thereto - Ir6eedings in any court of N6ty Carolina, or South Carolina, .recogirizing or sanefioning the in vestant of th-e -faud* of- minor .heirs, or.offemale, or of insane 'r rlel Gov&rmet' d.s~' curities of-the State of North Caro itm orloqt) Caroinatreated for hiiipurpose of caryirg of war. agiist the. Government of the +Vnited.States, will. be suspended until the queslwn.of tha Yalidity. of such investmerrts shall -have be!eneterfnined by the courts of the United'States, or by national legisidtion. And nothing ii the provisions of this order, or of the Oi-der No. 10 'above cited, shall be held to bar or hinder the recovery, by sdit, of the estate, afany rainor eIr7, female or insane . persoi, (cesti qe trust,) whether in the )mrds of executors, administra toi-s, trustees, -gyardians, masters or clerks of equity courts, sand other fiduciary-agents; or inv'ested bysthemin their fiduciary charac ter. ' Ir. General Orders. No. 25, 'of Mfay 30; 1867, is. revoked ; and on and after the first day of January, 1868, the distillation of spirituons liquors inr this .Militadry ,District, will be subjedf to such restric 'tions -only as are imposed by the laws .of the United States, and of the States of Nort,h .and South, &rolina, respectively. - III. Yaragraphs VI and VII of General Orders No. 32, lated May 30, 1867, are rev.o15ed; a-nd the power to grant liense.for the sale of spirituous otintoxicating liquors is remitted to the proper Focal au thorities, to . take effect on and after the first day of January, 1868, and to be .subjeet to the fbi lowing eonditions I. The municipal autioities in granting the license, shall be answe:able that the- parties to wvhom such' licenses are granted, together iwith their sureties, shall be responsible persons, and of good moral st'andinug in the comn raubity, and that both principal and sureties shall be able to quali fy .individually in double the amount of the bond required, and that the bond shall be a lien upon the personal property of both principal and sureties, and upon proof of default shall warrant the anuimary seizure and sale of so mueh of the property of either or both, as may be necessary to satis fy the torfeiture or fine and costs. 2. Drunkenness or disorderly conduct on the premises, shall work the forfeiture of the license and of the penalty of the bond. 3. The owner or keeper of any bar-room, saloon or other place at which intoxicating liquors are sold, and all others persons inter ested or connected therewith, shall be regarded as principals in any action of damages growing out of any assault, riot, affray or other disorder occurring on the premises, or directly traceable thereto. 4. All bar-rooms, saloons or other places at whieh intoxicating liqnm-s a-c sold1 shall bnelar con f the. day or.days of any. general or local election. and for the twelve hours next preceding the opening and next succeeding the closing of the polfis at such election ; and the sheriffs of Counties and Districts, and the chief of police of cities and towns, shall -have power to direct the closing of bar-rooms and other ilaces for the sale of intoxicating liquors, whenever it may be ne eessary in their judgment to pre serve order and quiet. 5. The-proceeds of all licenses, forfeitures and fines, under the lo cal regalations, or under- the pro visions of military'orders, will be devoted'to - the - support of the poor5 and as soon.as realized, will be turned over-to the cornmission ers gr overseers of the poor of the Distriet, County, city or toWn, in .w.hich theyaiccrued, and theL com niissioners or overseers. will, at the end6f. each month, report to the Provost .Mishal-General of the Distfict, - the ainount recived by them during the inouth, speci fying the names of -the parties froth whoha it was-received. 6. The 'penalties: imposed. by this~order, or by any local polide regulations, ma'vbe enforced in any civil -or miitarj court, and upon convietiva the court -may award to the informer; a sum- -not exceeding fifty -.p6r ent. of the forfeiture- or fine'. -:And it- is.made -the duty of all eheriffs, consta bles; and coroners of Counties and Districts,- and the police of cities and townsi,tbe.iigilant i the-eif6rerenlf ihe police reg ltions, and the .provisi'oiA - Of this order, in-relation to the sale ofintoxicatingliquor. The ptovisions of, this para-, graph will e held to apply to so'h licenses granted under-Gene. ral Orders No. 32, to ,inn-keepers, as remain unexpired ?.fter the 1st of January, 1868, trial of-prisoners confined fik- Ai nor offences, ~ad diminish . the cost,of their IIintenanIce, alf coM mitting magiftrates will, on the 15th and last days of each month, report to the judge of their Coun ty or District7 Court,' all commit meffts made by themA duiing the proceeding balf mhonth, specifying the date of commitments, the names of the prisoners,. and the ofences for whilh they were com mitted, to -the end that the judges may, whenever in their 'opinion the number.of prisoners or other considerations of public interast call for it,. hold -special terms of their courts, for the purpose of isposing ofsuch cases. The ad itional expense of holding such special terms, -will be a charge up on the State Treasury, and thbe ac ounts therefor will be audited and paid as accounts of a similar haracter are nowe audited and paid, and if the salaries-now paid the judges should . be inadeqnate, n view of the additional labor performed by them, a reasonable addition, -upon.proper representa. ions through the Governor of the State, will be allowed. V. The pilotage-regulations now xisting in the States of North and South Carolina, are so far nodified, that .on and after the first day'of Mareb, 1868, all pas senger steam vessels, regulated by he lawa of the United States, and arrying a pilot commissioned by [nited States Commissioners, siall be exempt from the compul sory payment of pilotage.. VI. So much of the Aet of the eneral Assembly of the State of North Carolina, entitled "An act o raise monies," ratified on the 6th day of February, 1867, as akes it "the duty of all persons and corporations to list and pay he (poll) tax of such persons lia le to the same, as are in their mployment, on the 1st day of pril of each year, as laborers," s rescinded, and hereafter all in ividual taxes will be assessed di ectly upon and collected directly from the individuals from whom tey are due ; provided, that the rovisions of this order shall not pply to the taxes levied for the] urrent year, except that double oll tax shall not 1-e enforced, if he original tax be paid on or be ore the 1st day of March, 1868. A few days since a Mrs. (ooke, living bout twenty miles above McMinnvile, enn., put by mistake into her biscuit ough arsenic instead of soda, and the onsequence was the death of herself and hole family, consisting of her husband nd three children. AccesTA, December 28.-A negro, ho raped a white girl on the public oad, near Loumsville, Jefferson County,1 n Saturday last, was arrested this morning, tied to a stake anid burned, by , mixed crowd of whites and blacks.1 Gloom pervades tlie financial and indus trial ccntrcs nf the enuntry. lFrom tb New Orleans Sunday Cruscent.] The .Last Ration. BY AN EX-CONFEDERATE OFFICER. Few hear the immortals of Lee's army speak of the retreat froPI Petersburg to Appomattox Court house, the scene. of that army's apothesis, and the reason of that silence can be well understood. Knowing nothing and thinking little about the condition of the army outside of their own com mands, the great body of the men, in their reliance upon their great commander, simply performed the duties imposed upon them, suffered the agonies that necessarily fell to their lot, and met calmly the death which ended those duties and ag oies .f many before the-memora ble ninth of April. The suffering of the rank and file of the army on that occasion were -meheifully deadened by a stupor, if not recklessness, super induced %y-the peculiar hardships to which they were subjected. The enemy, with his overwhelnM ing force of splendidly mounted an4,equipped car&ry, held in ad dition the direct route to the point aimed at by General Lee, retard ing his advance,compelling him to fight while daylight lasted, and to do his marching by night. Th want of sleep, and during the last four days of the retreat 4he entire lack of provisions, produced in the men themental and physical coam dition I haye mentioned. And al though- after the surrender the men and officers of the Federal. army vied with each otherin their to do everything in their power to relieve. the necessities of their late foes, the destruction of a portion of thei' supply train by Generals Rosser and Fitzhugh Lee, and-the detention of the -balance by the awful condition of the roads, left themselves in a critical condition, and inepable of affording Lee's army the much neeled supplies. Great efforts were made, and successful, to complete, as soon as possible, the paroling of the men, in order that they- might be dis persed from a place where there was no sustenance of any descrip tion for man dr' beast. Among the first commiands ready to leave were the first and second Louisi ana brigadles, thien commanded by Colonel Waggaman, and with them a portion of the Washington Artillery, Louisiana Guard Bat tory, and1t)onaldsonville Artillery, all hailing from -the same State, and naturally clustering :togetler when about to return once more to their dear Southern homes. The condition of these men was really deplorable. Starved, worn cat, and many of them stricken with fever, they looked with dis may on the dismal march through the mud to Burkesville Station, the nearest point at which th'ey could expect to find transporta ion. Colonel Waggaman and many of the officers did not believe half of them would be-able to per form the journey, and, as a dernier resorte, and also in some measure Lo inspire the men with hopes which he himself believed delusive, Dolonel W. started the brigade 30mamissary ahead to try and pick ap something for man and beast m the route which they were travelling. The commissary, with no more lope than the commanding officer, started off, and after travelling a 'ew miles over a tract which gave 1o promise of supplies, being rather lubious about the road the brigade gould travel, accosted an old, ~rayheaded and very ragged ne ;ro he found sitting at a cross oad, and questioned him in re ;ard to the route to B'urkesville. [he negro replied intelligently, ~iving him the necessary direc ions, and the commissary was Lbout to ride on, when it occurred ;o him that the darkey might pos ~ibly assist him in search for some~ .neatnb.h Xe began by ask. ing if he knew where he could get a feed for his horse.. After a moment's hesitation and a rapid inspection of his question er, the darkey replied in the affirm ative, -and immediately led the way-through a gate to a small clearing in the piney woods. Stop ping in the -yard of a small shanty,., he went in and got the key of a pretty good sized corn -crib, which he opened and displayed to the commissary's envious gaze forty or fifty bushels of the finest corn in the ear he had ever seen, even in Virginia. - He took out a liberal feed for the horse, and remarked that "The Yanks had spa'rd himi that much." The commissary saw in his mind's eye his brigade once more eating a "square meal," and assuming his most persuasive tone, cQmmenced: "Uncle, I have about six hun-, dred men behind -here a little ways-, who have eaten nothing to speak of for five or six days. They -have thirty oy .forty miles to travel on foot, aId- they will never be able to make tle,.trip in their present condition. Could you.not let them have a couple of efrs .of corn 'apiece, and save their lies?" Darkey.-"Is they Southern soldier's ?" ~Commissary.-"Yesi" Darkey.-"Weil, Ireckon,young master, they's. the last Pll ever see. - You just tell them to.- come along and take what they want." And having said this, the poor old fellow sat dwn on a stone and. cried like a child. along aia were marched up in single fil( to the corn crib and given two cars apiece. The old darkey, in the meantime had knocked in the head, of a barrel of sorghum molasses, and. very nearly evcrJ nDian got a tin cupful. There were a. few cases of colic that- night among those who were not fortunate enough to get any sorghum,,but that did not Itssen the gratitude .of the men for-the last Confederate-ration is sued to 'the Louisiana troops -in Virginia. - HISTORICAL SKETCH BY THE "FAT .ComrmriTo."-Richard the Third was one of the kings of England who had a wonderful ~faculty of bereaving the family of any person he didn't like. lHe could provide a funeral with a corpse upon as short notice as- any man in the business. He couldn't be fooled into a bargian-born with his eye teeth cut. His nurse let him fall w.hen he was an infant, and hump back was the consequence. Richard wasn't always King. He belonged to the royal famnily, to be sure ; but he was poor at one time, and obtained a scanty live lihood by publishing an almanac. It was called "Poor Ricbard's Al mnanac." Old Ben. Franklin did I his printing. Richard suffered I great discontent in Winter, and frequently alluded to it particular ly if he had to go on the stage any where. This Winter of his dis :ontent was only relieved by the ( visits of a little son he had in I York, who made "glorious Sum mecr" for him even in the middle ( >f January. A FEW HARD THINGs.-Experi- ~ mece and observation have taught I nen that it is Hard to quit chewing tobacco. Hard to keep from eating too nuch. Hard to drink liquor and not be ntemperate. Hard to pay our debts. Hard to resist temptationr Hard to believe a man you snow to be a liar. Hard to turn the other cheek when we are struck. Hard to borrow money from riends when we need it. Hard to love our enemies. A negro was shot dead last week, on he plantation of Mr. Merriwether near his city, by another negro, for declaring 1imelfQ!onnod tn the 1Union League. ( The Prospect of Government Aid for our Planters. The North is seriously alarmed' at the intelligence which it re ceives of the terrible destitution and want now existing in the South. This feeling might have fruitlessly died away, or have found its only expression in the charity of individuals ; but, thanks to the energetic exertions of one of our own citizens says the Char leston News, there is now reason for- believing it highly probable that some scheme will be adopted for extending Government aid to -the planters of the South. The gentleman referred to has been in Washington for some tifne, and we shall endeavor to show, as clearly as possible, what has been accomplished, and what riemains to be done. Three plan. of relief were sub mitted: 1. That Congress should author ize a loan of $30,000,000, to be lent in small sums to necessitous plan ters ; the loan- to bear 6 per cent. interest, and to be secured by mortgage -of the land and a' lien upon the crops of the barrowers; the loan to be' distributed by -roca commissioners of approved posi tion and standing. 2. -That the Government should lend the Southern people -an amount equal to the gross amount of' revenue. already re,eived by the United States from the cotton tax ; the loan to be secured, issued, and distributed as under the first plan.] ernment should sell tb gold in the National Treusury, 'in excess f thesum required to meet cur rent demands, and lend the pre Minum' realixed by its sale to the Soiith, upon the terms 4nd in the manner before named, These plans were fully discus. i sed and explained in repqated con- I Yusations with the. President, General Grant, ChiefJnstice Chase, Senator Harlan and General 0. 0. i Howard. The President was, heartily in r favor of some scheme for Southern relief, and would* do all' that* he ec could to insure its prompt adop- t bion. .c .Gen'eral Grant said that he would, es Secretary of war, sub rit to Corngress, immediately up; m the re-assembling of that body, a communication earnestly recomn nending one.of the plans submit :ed to him and already mentioned. Chief Justice Chase was very t varm in his.expressions of solici ~ude for the relief of t'he South. Eis support and that of his party dherents to a sch.eme of Govern nent relief, is considered certain. enator Harlan, of Iowa, former y Secretary of the Interior, like- 1 vise signifined his approval of the >roject and his intention to sus aim it in the United States Sen te. Gen. Howard saw the necessity h f relief of some character for the a outh, but expressed no opinion d n the plans proposed. Hie urged, a owever, a proper and generous a; istribution of food by the Gov- 't< rnmnent, so long as the necessity h or its issue existed, the cost to be h 'epaid after a certain time, an din y he meanwhile to be secured by a g en on the crops. , Thus the matter stood when ur fellow:eitizen left Washington; ut, besides this, he did actually i ecure one most important result. 1 ~ending the action of Congress, nd on account of the representa ions that have been made to him,d en. Howard has taken steps forG he immediate issue of food to all t estitute persons, white and black, r the South, in sufficient quanti~ les to avert actual suffering. This a1 easure will doubtless be thet ieans of giving our poor people a 'eat and substantial relief. Every indication is now in fa- m or of the speedy movement of !nern for the reliaf of t h<c~ South, and as the radicals them selves do not refrain from urging the expediency of Government aw-. sistance, it is likely that Congros sional action will not long be post poned. This may be but another sign- of returning kindness apd justice, and the practice.of charity will, after. all, be the surest way of accomplishing true reconstruo. Lion. Decisions of-the Court of Er rors. From the Greenville Enterprise we get the following abstracd of Legal points,. decided by the Court :f Errors at the recebt'Fall 'erat [n Colambia. - The points are of material interest to a-majority of :ur readers. -1st. The Statute of Limitations lid not rqn in: this State' durifrg the existence of the-Stay Law. 2d. The ordinpnee of the. con. rention allowing parties to prove ffhat was the consideration sA4 alne of all tontracts, diring the Aar, Iis not in violatio't of- .th LTnited States Constitution, n-ar loes it impair the" obligati'os of ,ontracts. 3d. It is not in violation-of the 3onstitution of the United State br the District Cour to try &fi nals W,ithont.a pteseenn -f a xrand Jury. 4th. The Tax -Colleetar re not ,oinpelled to receive the biMl, ot he Bank of the -State of &outk ,arolina in payment of taxes, 5th. That slavery was not abi shed at the date of Presidet [incoln's proclamatiob, hutieail :ured. 6th. Express Companies are >le to be taxed on their iaeen." The tax: on National "la1,s Lnd the validity of negf6deU vere postponed. - The Court decided t6at tf6' umbia and Augusta . lailkond night cross the Souti Cardffaii .ailroad in Columbia-Dnt ase was retaified for a- comprpi se between the two.companl in egard to the crossing and b.0ir catte-rs. The question of theigYt ad onstitutionality of thd organisa. ion of the juries under military rders wa argued in the Court of Lppeals, but no decision has yet een announced. TnE LOSS OF AN-ENGLisH MMki TEAMER AND NEARLY Fotta Hi. RED IAVES.-A special -dispeteli com Boston says : 4 letter has een received here from -Rio, 4. ed November 25, and is pbblished 1 the Traveller'of this cityb which~ ontains the following appalling tatemen.t : "This mnio'ing ' B razilian bea'ner has ari-ived frodm Moiot, cideo, bringing the news of .the >ss of the English miail steamer anturn, in a terrible gale off that lace a week ago. -She Was -iron [ad,-and one of the ildesttookiing eamners I ever saw. She left the arbor of Bahia while we were at nehor there. When she went own she had on board four hun red persons, including the crew rad passengers. Among the lat >r was the English Minister, who ad jnst been relieved to enable im to make a short visit home. :e, with the rest, was lost ; only surteen out of the whole being Gen. Canby has issued an order ispending executions and stay-. g proceedings in all cases ari. ng during the war, suspending des under foreclosure, and provi-. ng for a homestead exemption-. en. Sickles' order, prohibiting ie distillation of liquors and -anting of licenses to bar roo:ns, revoked, and the proceeds of ich licenses are to be used for 5e support of the poor. Steam lips carrying a pilot licensed by nited States Commissioners arq :empted from compulsory pay, ent of pilotage. What is the greatest virtuc in a seq ntain ? WVrekllesnesa.