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Tfsii ?OT'jiJiLrL ROB'T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. *- 4 11.A.THOMPSON. U. VOt'SO, W.ll. HOLCOM11K, rROI'RIFTOlH. TKIl\U> -$1 .">0 p<M' milium, in iul\Alice. If payment l??'liO itcJ until aflnc lite expiration of the ! jcir, $'i. f'?r nix months, 7r> ccuIh in a?lvniioc. I ifi.?Y" VtlvcrlK?>meuta iu?*ortc?l a! tlic umini rnl?*s. j 1MCKENS C. H., S. C.: , Sr'urday Morning, February 2, 1861. Special Attention ts ti* !??* 41 Ur.?IK"H" tulo," in our column*. Mr. Amoekkr is competent to take ehargo vf tl?in institution, whilst the cheapness of hoard and the healthfulness of the climuto will, wo trust, insuro him a largo ; school. Mr. U.tnv has made 8ome corrections in his lax i -lii'O. Look to it. 'I'h Pendleton Female Academy is soon to open, under ilio most favorable auspices. Wo o<">nK1 n<>t a<W anything by word or representation to the favorable surroundings of this school. Oth'"'- new u lvei tisOiiu'iits claim the notice of the public. Carolina Home Guards. Ttvool' our patriotic oiti'ions, Messrs. W. T. FiV.i.u in>! It. ('. Oi.avton, aroengaged in forini:ig >\ r >mpany with the above name, for t ho prole-lion of tlioir homos ami families, should they nood any. Tlio company, we doubt not, i would rospon I to any call for tlioir services. j The State Flag1. Tlio General A-isombly of this State has finally o jnc.urreil in tho design of tho lla<? which is | heroaftor to ropresont tho sovereignty of South Carolina. Tho design publishe d last week was incorrect. Tho fioM is dark blue. Upon the Uuner inner corner of llm fl:n? il-? in white, tho horns pointing upward. In the middlo of the ll is an oval, in white, cmbla- j /. tnc<l with a gohlen palmetto, upright. The Legislature. This h nly rescinded the resolution for an j adjournment on the - 4th. ami did not adjourn . until Monihiy last, the 28th. .The list of acts appear in this paper, and wc | relr.r our rea<lor? to them for information as to j vmu nas uoon none, it will 1 ?n seen that very j O?": ..v.; > T nnblic nftturo have been passed.? J The usual amount of regular routiue business ; li;vs been coons lplishe.!. The I<"gis!;?ture ha? been in session, with 11?c exoeption of a few days, sinee tho (it,h of Xovombor?nearly throo months. It is, perhnps, the lengthiest session known in our history. Tho times, howovor. have been of an unusual character?trying in the extreme. Wo 11arc not 1>ooii able, as yet, to digest | properly what has boon done by our legislators. Hut this we do know?that they dosorvo tho hearty ' well dono thou good and faithful servants," for taking take care, as they did, that tho State of South Catolina should, in theso lOV'dutionary times, " reocivo no detriment." Wo wolennio those gentlemen to their homos, and to tho warm heart of their generous conntitucnoy. The Secession Triumph! fiM'.miunn ha* disnolvcd her connoclion villi tho l.'nitod States, hy n very largo majority.? This :iot-ion wa* had on tho 20 th, and was hailoil with acclamations of joy in that State and t'.mnijjhuut t!io acceding States. Six States i have now taken their stand for separate inde- i )>ou?l(Mioo, and wo trust soon to have the pica- ' sure of announcing that Texas has done like- j Ti election, in Toxfti, for delegates to tho ' Su.ti convolition has resulted in favor of the immediate notion party h}' a largo majority.? Tho convention was toliavo mot on Monday last, the 2Sth ult. Virginia, Arkansas, Tcnncsseo, Missouri, and North Carolina have called convention*.? The election in all theso States is to be held in IV . \iary. and in<ist of tho convontions meet in th ' sumo month. Wo do not anticipate as pr.i; ipt notion Uv lliem as has charnetnrr/.od tho cotton States; hut. sooner or later, they, with Kentucky and Maryland, must cast thoir lot with us. Unlcsii u " oompromiso " of some kind is n.'ktolied nr> nt /.non ..r ?i.?..- I t - ? ..V MW, IIK/OV Wl IIICO Stales will Lie out of tho I'nion bofjro tho 4th of March. So moto it hcl From Charleston. A\> lmvn nothing liet\ 11 i!e from tho "sent of war" this week. Col. Hayxk is still in Washing- j ton. The object of his mission has not boon made ! public by our government, nlltiongh public opin- | ion gives it a peaceful character. (l.ir brave troops aro enjoying good health, and arc e:i;?er for any lionornble duty that ina^ be im ponad on them. There is a spirit of restlessness perceptible In tho Statu, because the Governor does not attack, with our forces. Fort Sumter. W? < -- .. - .v6.V. ....<7 IUI tw-i reasons: 1st. Hrcauso the Governor lias neither Mm* right nor Authority to iloso; ami 2dly. l?cc.iuSallio seceding .States should net on the defensive until tho 4 th of March. If war inust come, i lot it ho made by our enemies. At least, the Ith 1 of March will ho soon enough for us to rid ourselves of this handful of soldier*. Their presence, , undrr the circumstances, neither compromise our . rights or honor. ( More: as wo haveveruarltcd before,we have great ' contidcnoe in our I'.'cecutive and his truly nblecon- [ titutlonal advisers. Mr Pryor's Compromise. A Washington letter of tho '22d ultimo, referring to this scheii.o, says : "TI?o plan h ishooo received with til poHtio&l circles. It ia now certain that a.. Iio S'aios that luvvo not seoeded will be represented j hero on tho It It of February, by their ablest and i puroat. men. They will bo met by an equal numi>cr from tho most of the Northern States, and after mutual consultation, they will recommend a plan of ouju 'ment to Congress satisfactory to the South, which > that body adopts t?y a two-thirds voto, will Btive the Union, and which if it rejects, will oatise all tho fifteen Southern States to leave I ho Union before the 4th of March, and thus arrest bloodshed, for seventeen States will never attempt to roorco fifteen " Wo are opposed lo all " oomproir.i&CB" with our JYorthrfn bnthren ! They only make them to break them at their pleasuvo. Our only hope is in a ' Boaincrn cont'eueracy. i N'nw Yotik, January 25?Tho Abolition Police, yPHtorday, mado an attempt to souo a largo 1 quantity of arms. ammunition, ote.., which had been shipped on bonrd tho stenmor Montgom- ' r.tj ; but tho captain, gottine wind of their do#ian, drdered bis hawser* to bo out, ;.nd stenmod i off haatilj from the wharf, thus frustrating their I design. I The arms seized from tho schooner Caspian j < vera deftinod for Savannah. Tlw>y^^vo boon j i returned" by the Polieo. Thoso taken from tho j I stoamcr .Monticolli> are still detained by tho | The Southern Confederacy. Tiiuo and time'# obangi'a Imve dissolved tho connection, wltich, for eiglity-Gve yours, bound I tbe Statos of tho federal Union togothor. The causes that lend to thin avo already known to I our readers, and were, in our opinion, sufficient ,nl .? ummjiorniniB. ino oiu union liaving i failed, tlio Bounding States must liavo a now government' For this purposo, Smth Carolina. Georgia, Aliilmtnn. b'loridrt, Mississippi, and Louisiana, have appointed delogates, equal to their repro- ( sen tat ion in tho Congress of tlio United Statos, , to meet in Convention, at Montgomery, Ala- 1 ( ha ma, mi Monday tlio -Ith day of February, inst, ! c for tho purpose of putting into operation a ' Provisional Government on tho basis of the ! Constitution of the United States, for those . j States. In other words, to form a Southern j Confederacy ! Texas will also perhaps bo represented. It id believed that a government of this char- ! acter will bo luouldod in a very short time, mid ! that an election for President, Vice President, 1 r Senators ami Representatives, will bo ordered ' u? an early day ; and the whole machinery of a new government be put in motion by the 4th of Mnroh. i There will be littlo or no division of sentiment ) in this body, hence an agreement on a suitable , form c>( govornmont may lie speedily looked for. I Onr interests demand this. It will give us 1 strength, power and influence at once, and per- ; haps secure for us a lasting peace with our former confederates. It will, too, relieve tho i Stato governments, that arc now perilling their 1 all for ill! independent existeiuMv nnil <riv<> n.t.ll- ' . . - - fS' ' w j ' tiotml security to life, liberty and happiness, t amongst us. j \ Another Convention will assemble soon tlicre- ; c after for tho purpose of forming a "permanent ; v government" fur the Southern States. And of , c. this, more at another timo. | I Tho Anderson Gazette- c Mr. Thomas IIai.i.. u gentleman of eharaeter 1 and 1'iho education, bus taken charge nf the ed- * itorial department of this favorite journal. Tho ! enterprising Publisher promises well fur his ( part. "Wo mny vory reasonably expect, there- I fore, to rcccivo in tho Gazette, for the future, a mi able and most entertaining ami useful puper. j c News 8ummary. 11 The President and Congress aro adhering to J their peace Statu* so fur Tho question of j , "convention" or " no convention" is to be sub- ' 1 milted to the people of North Carolina on the -let ^ f inst Gov. I'iokkxs acknowledges $2,000 j J fro:n "Another Combahee l'lnnter" and $*>l)0 !j from a gentletn-in of Columbia for the use of the i j Slate. The sum thus contributed is now $20,000 ; ( Two commissioners from Virginia aro now \ s in Charleston. The "Old Dominion" is waking j ( up sii last Miss Ann 1'amri.ia Cunninoiiam, tho Southern Matron, is now in Columhin, She ( regrets that she cannot bring the tomb of Washington to the South ?The recent heavy freeze j was destructive in the districts below, an.I also to the timber in somo sections of our own district The painful rumor that Fort Pickens had ; boon stormed, with a loss of 1,300 men, is untrue. l\it no faith in unreasonable reports. Tho place, ; however, is being invested by troops from the so- | ceding States; and a telegraphic despatch flutes ' that the war steamer Brooklyn is on her way to reinforce the fort Cotton is advancing in price in Liverpool. It is quoted at 12J in Charleston.? Secession does not utfect it much Tho U. S. Arsenal at Augusta, Ga., has been surrendered to ; Gov. Uituws. lie was prepared to take it by force A division of the territory of the Union on the line of !50 JiO, would givotho North 1,705,0116 ' square miles, and the South 1,'2(13,711 The I ' Legislature of Kentucky is almost unanimous ! ' against coercion lion. John S. I'hkston, of! < Columbia, lias been appointed Commissioner to the , t St lit c of Virginia. A better appointment could not i i be made. r Cooky's Lady's Hook kor February.?This J admirable monthly coines to us laden, iw it al- y ways" is, with carefully written matter, and j with lhic'.y and studiously prepared plates.? t Tito colored engraving, entitled "Consiilta- f tion," presents the fashions for February in , the usual correct mode of Gotley. The engra- r ving, " A High Walk in Life," in n pleasant t fancy, and is admirably executed. " No Long- (1 01 ijiilij is another brilliant auuueption. and | ? tells Us own story. Wo heartily 'commend this publication to those of our female friends who, \ us tho saying goes, " wouhl rather bo out of tho f world than out of tho fashion." , Virginia.? A Washington dispatch to the J Charleston papers says: t "Ten of tho Virginia Congressmen linve is- I . sued au address to tlie people of Virginia, re- , viewing the proceedings anu probable action of s Congress. They nay it is viiin to hope for any measure of conciliation or adjustment from s ('ongress, which the people of Virginia could honorably accept. They are satisfied that tho Republican party design by civil war alone to coerce the Southern seceding States, under tho ? pretext of enforcing the laws, unless it shall t hocnino speedily npparciit that the seceding r Statos are so numerous, determined and uni- . ted as to mako su-.-h attempt on their part hope- ' j less. The address concludes by expressing the solemn conviction that prompt'and decided notion of the people of Virginia in Convention ? will afford the surest means, under tho Provi- . dence of God, tor averting tlio impending ">vi 1 ' war, and preserving tl?o hope of the reconstruction of the Union which is already dissolved." n ukowji vs secession has given an impetus to j secession in Maryland. If Viraini.i secedes, an<l no speedy compromise is made by Coogres, i similar to Mr. (J r'-ttendon's proposition, then j the people of Maryland will prepare, ind<*poii- | Jont of tho Govornor, to elect and conveoe n j sovereign convention, which will uortainlv with- j draw the Stato from the Union, before Mr. I.in- J coin's inauguration. Marvlandors prav lor j neaco. but will not part from Virginia. Intelligent Virginians, fresh from diflere.rt districts ' of the State, men anxious for tho Union, say i that nothing but a speedy Congressional conees- j sinn can prevent ttio State from #oceding. Ma- 1 rvlnnd nnd Virginia's withdrawal boiuro the J 4th of Maro.li must bring .1 civil warl ' Tiiii?ty-Six Tiiikty "--The vendor who is } curious to know cxactly where runs this oft* ' mentioned lino, will got a clear idea of it by ta- c king the map and tracing it as follow* : It com- n menccs at the point on tho Atlantic count whoro c the dividing lino between Virginia anil North i ' Carolina commences ; passe* nlong tho lino di- j f viding those State; along tho lino between J] Tennessee nnd Kentiieky; along tho lino be-j ' tween the States of Missouri nnd Arknnsn* ; | r nnd thencft through tho torritorv of the Ohom- I* kcc Nation, through New Mexico, striking the i eastern boundary of the Stato of Culifornia a short distance south of- the middle, striking tho Pacific a short di?tanee south of Monterey Bay. On tho south of that lino thero are about 300,000 square miles of territory, including Indian Reservations, while on the North tnero are i nbont 1,300,000 ?quare miles. | Tub Contxst in Trias.?The con'est of can- ; didates for the State Convention 6f Texan is not between " eo-opera'.lonists" and "secessionists," but between ' Southern Cortfederationists" and " Independent Texan?," the former being for tho union of tho State with a Southern Confederacy, end the latter for Texas Kit an independent republic. The advocates of t tho latter policy are making a pretty strong n run, ro far m heard from, but will doubtless bo ' f. defoa'ed by a largo majority. | 1 . 1 I .1- ' The Tax Bill. Tlio tax bill, ns it poafled tho House, nnd referred to in our last, did not moot with favor in tho Sonato. Tho Intter body decided that tlio tux \ was too high, and proposed a plan of il? own for raising tho rcvcuue of tho State, (in tho slmpo ..f ? - - - - m i,rcnsury note* anU bonds.) The House roftiHod to concur, whou a committee of conference was appointed, which reported tho bill in this paper. and vrliich finally passed both Iiouhom. The ontire amount proposed to bo raisod is *bout $1,800,000. It is thought the tax bill will raibe $850,000 of this sum. The balance is :o be raised by bonds and bills receivable, ?c sonling to the terms of the act. j i The State tax is about twenty-five nor coot, i Holier than it was last year. Our district tax s also lowor than usual; in fact, but little* more, f any, taxes will bo paid in this district tho i )roRcnt year tlmn that of tho previous one. < An Act I Vo Unite Supplies for the Year commencing Oc- I tuber, 1N60. I Jle it enacted by tho Senate and House of Uep- < osentatircs, now mot und "iltio;; in (toueral i Vsseiubly, and by tlio authority of the samo, j i That a tax for tho Hums, and in the manner t tcroinnfter mentioned, shall bo raised and paid | nto the Treasury of this State, for the use and ] or vice thereof, that is to say : One dollar and j i hirty cents, ad valorem, on every hundred d?d- I < ars of the value of all lands srrHiiiprf in ?! ? t state, according to the existing chissificat'O'i art i lerotofurc established; ono hundred and twenty- i tix cents per head on nil slaves : three dollar* >n each free negro, mulatto or mestiz i, between ! lie n?ea of fifteen mid fifty yean*, except suchmj' I ihall clearly he proved, to the satisfaction of the I Collector, to he incapahlo, from maims or other- ' vise of procuring a livelihood ; twentv-two cents, ul valorem, on every hundred dollars of tho < al.ia of all lot*, hinds and buildings within any i ity, town, borough or village in this State; one I luudrcd cents per hundred dollars on factorage. I innli)vnu?n(4 ruonhinu - ? - ' ? i?, mvuMMio uiiu |irtnu?MonHf inriu- ( ling tne profession of dentistry, and including ' loroin Clerks of Courts of Common Pious and i lencral Sessions. Sheriffs, Musters and Com- I ni.ssionern in Equity, Registers in Equity, llcg- i sters in Mesne Conveyance, Ordinaries and 1 Coroners, whether in tlio profession of Law or t vanity, the profits lie derived from the cost of mits, foes, or other sourccs of professional in- I some, excepting clergymen, school-masters. < ichool-niiatresos and mechanics; one hundred 1 tents on evcrv one hntulroil it..li.n-u ?i.? imonnt of commissions received 1 ?y venduo j naster* nn<l commission merchants ; forty cents >n tlio capital stock paid in on the first of Octoier, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, of ill hanks which, for their present charters, have iot pan! a hcinus to tho State: ei^htv cents por in ml red dollars on the capital stock of any vxnk of issue, not incorporated by this State, mid in on the first day of October, one thousand "ight hundred ami sixty, doing business by igents within the limits of the State; forty ents per hundred dollars on the capital stock >f all incorporated gas light companies ; one and i half per centum on all premiums taken in his State by incorporated insurance companies iml underwriters without the limits of the ?tj?.te: twenty-two cents on every hundred dolars of the amount of sales of goods, wnres and nerchandizo, embracing all articles of trade for ale, barter or exchange (the products of this State, and the unmanufactured products of any >f tho slaveholding States of the lato United States excepted) which any person shall have nado from the first of January, ono thousand light hundred and sixty, either on his, her, or heir capital, or borrowed capital, or on account if any person or persons as agent, attorney or lonsignee ; ninety cents on every hundred dol ars of tho ainmntof sales, goods, wares and nerchandiac whatever, which any transient icrson not resident in this State shall make in inv house, stul 1 or public place, whether tho iftitl sale he made hy sample nr otherwise : wenty dollars per day on nil circus exhibitions; ivo dollars per day for representing publicly, or pain and reward, any play, oomedy, tragoly, interlude or farce, or other employment of be stage, or any part therein, or for exhibiting vax figures, or any shows of any kind whatsoiver. to be paid into the hands of the Clerks of he Courts respeetnely. who shall be bound to >av the same into the Treasuries of the Stato of jrinth Carolina, except in cases where tho samo s now required by law to be paid to corporaions or otherwise; one tenth of one prr cont. in all monies loaned, monies at interest, all nnnie* invested in the stoeks or bonds of anv itner rstate, othor than tlio bonds or stocks of 'I his State, and othor than the stocks of the hanks i ind railritml companies of this State ; one dollar mil fifty cents on every hundred dollars of ^ross oecipts of all commercial agencies within the z imits of this Stato ; thirteen cents on every >nek of playing cards sold in the State; fifteen ' lollars on every billiard table within this State c ised to and for raising the revenue therefrom ; " me hundred cents on the hundred dollar* of all , ho salaries, including public office*, (except ilficers of the Army and Navy, and wages over 1 he sum of five hundred dollar*,) from whatever r ource derived or paid in this State. Sec. 2. All taxes levied on property, as precrihed in the first section of this Act. shall he mid to the Tax Collector for tho tax district in J viiicii snid nrnimrlv i? !..<>.? Sec. 3. The Tax Collectors in the sevornl disriots find parishes in this State, in their re- ' urns hereafter to he made, arc herohy required ' mil enjoined, to state tho precise amount of ' axos oollectod by them f>r supporting tho po- "j ice of the said several districts and parishes forejaid, stating tho rates per centum on the ! amounts of tho State tax collected for said disriot and parish police purposes, and the Comp- f rollcr-Gouural shall return tho satno in his , oport. dec. *. hoc negroes, mulatto* and mostuos ^ re hereby requited to make their returns, and iay their taxes during the month of March, ' ml tlio Tux Collector of St. Philip'* nml St. . ilichael'x is allowed until the month of May to oceivo the "ixos of white persons. Sec. 5. The lots nml houses on Sullivnn's Is- , and shall be returned to the Tas Collector of j he tax'lietrict in which they arc sitonto, In tho ( nine manner as other town lots and houses, ( ind shall be liable to the some rates of tazi^inn. Sue. 6. Timt within thirty day* after tho ratfication of tins Act the various Tex Collectors 1 hronghout tho State shall file in tho office of | he Treasurer of their rcspcciivo divisions their j 1 cspoctive bonds, approved bv Commissioners I onpproro securities to bomb. of public officers if thoir rexpectivc district*, in the penalty of wice the amount *overa'ly collected by the Haiti ' l'ux Collectors during tho flxoal yenr common- 1 :inp in October, one thoiisnnd oight hundred ' mil fifty-nine: Provided, Unit nothing herein >ontained shall require new bonds to bo j/iven 1 >y such Tax Collectors as bnvo been electcu end 1 jiyen bond* sinco tho first day of December, ' mo thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.? 1 rimt tho commission* to bo received by tho va- 1 ious Tux Collectors of this State, for tho yaar lominencing on the first day of Octolwjr, one j housand oight hundred and sixty, shall be at ( he ruto of eighty percent, of the commissions | >ow allowed them by Inw. 8*0, 7. That tho fifth Soction of an Act, en- itled, " An Act to authorise the i?#uo of cortif- j nates or stock to provide for the Military deence of the State, ratified on the twenty-seo>nd day of Deocmlrtr, ?ni> thousand eight hon- i Ired an<rdixty, ho nmended, to as to read a# ollows, to wit: That nil moneys arising from 1 ho sale of the said certificates, shall be plncod i o tho Treasury at Charloston, and that tho sum < if one hundred and fifty thousand dollars shall >e subjcot to tho draft of the Orlinnnce Officer, i ountorsigned by his Excellency tho Governor. I ,nd tho remaining sum of two fiondrod and fif- * y thousand dollars stiM.11 bo Applied to tho fund < tppropriMtcd for tho Military dofonco vt tho I Jtato. and shall l>o subject to tho draft of hit I 5xc?11ency the Oorernor, roontorsignod by tho 1 J . I MLJWWWWgPSH ?utiuiL>6> of the Sxcc'.it!?*C(?nn*il charged with the Tr?\?ury- Department. Sec. 8. That the President of the Hank of tho State of South Carolina he ami lie is hereby authorized and required to ixsun. in tho name of tho State of South Carolina, four thousand five hundred certificates or bonds, of the vmue 01 11 try dollars enoli, two thousand five hundred certificates or bonds, of the vnluo of fivo hundred dollar* on oh. to be signed | by iho '?id President and onnntornigned by the Cashier of the anid Hank, bearing interest p,t tho rate of seven per cent, pnr annum, pnyahlo on llio first day of July of each and every year, at the Treasury, and rod*.?emabl? thereat; thut is to say. the four thousand fivo hundred certificates or bonds of fiftv dollars oaoh to be redeemable on the fir-?t day of July, which will ho in the year of our L<<rd one Thousand cijrht hundred tpd si sty-eight: the two thousand live hundred certificates or bonds of one hundred dollars each, to bo redeemable on the first day ,.P Tftlu ?U! -I- ?Ml l- -?- . ? 1 ... ..mi, Yriiini win uc 111 inn yoar 01 our ane thousand oight hundred ami seventy, nnd (lie fnir hundred certifisitet or bond* "f fivo hundred dollar* each, to ho redeemable on tho first day of July, which will ho in tho voar of ">ur Lord ono thousand oi^ht hundred and sevanty-two, and which Raid certifioates or lw>ndn shall have suitntilo coupon's, in !>o tiigncd by or ! ifT)i*nr appointed by tlio President of the said Bank, attnohftd thereto. Sko. 0. That the said certificates or lmnd*, \nd the respective coupons theroto, shall lie re- ! jeived at the Trontutrv <?f 'he said State, as the *anio shall respectively become payable,.in i>av* ! nentof taxes and other debts duo to tho State ?f South Carolina. Skc. ID. That the faith of tbe State is hereby pledged for the punctual payment of the in'orost on the said certificates or bonds, and f<>r j die redemption of the principal of tho same, ' If ul.?ll ? Skc. 11. That nil monies urisinj; from the sole f tlio said certificates <>r bonds tdinll bo placed in the Treasury nt Charleston. and subject to :he draft of his Excellency thr CJnvarnnr, ?vmntersigned by the Member of (he Executive C<>u?iri 1 charged with the Treasury Department.? Flint the Hank of the State of South Carolina s hereby appointed the agent fur the Stnte f->r she sale of the said certificates or bonds, and is iiithorized to yell the same at the market value, - ?l .... !??- ' --- .. VI. |!>>nur I II ill ll'll I ll) H|t|l(imi (>UU*nZCIItA jndor it fur the sale thorftof. Sep. 12. That in ease.thorn tihall bo required "or militnry cnntirtjroneie^ n larger cum of nion>y than shall be raised by tho taxex herein provided fur. ami (ho i?.?uinc of tho Trnnnury note* ilso provided for. it shall nml nVny he lawful, lpon the rorpiest of the Governor <>f tho State, hr tho President of tho Hank of tho State of South Carolina to issuo ami put in circulation intos or certificates in the form hcreinuf.cr lireicrihod. of such denomination*, not less tlinn mo dollar, as tho said Proaidont may think 1 roper ; which said unto* or certificates shall ho ......... ... |iiituiuih in hi.mi.-i jiiiu inner uutis ;n the Srnto for the sinus therein expressed ; Prwulcd. that tlie wh'tlo amount of 8uc.il notes ir certificates shall not exceed the sum of three uindred thousand dollars; anil the said notes >r certificates shall be in tho following form, i/.: " This noto or certificate shall ho received n payment of taxes ami other dues to the State or dollars." and shall ho signed hy the President and Cashier of the said hank, or such ithj r person or persons as the said President md Directors may appoint for that purposo : nid it shall he lawful for any hanks in this State o pay or deliver nut and circulate the notes or ertific:i!es issued in pnrsnanco of this Act.? l Eiiii uic rresiucm ni uie tiaiiK ot the JStnte of South Carolina shnH pny ilio drafts of the fiov>rnor, countersigned by the member of the Exicutive Council charged with the Treasury Department. for any nniount not exceeding the j imount <if such notes or certificates issued and )t?t in circulation by the said bank. That the A'enty-firxt section of an Act, entitled " An \et to raise supplies for the year commencing October one thousand eight hundred and iwony-three, ratified on the twonticth day of Decern?fMv nriA tl)Mii?auf\<1 ???#!? t ?.?.! * ...... ...... inciiivhroe,' be reonncted mul henceforth declared >f force in tlic words following. that is to my: ' Tlmt tho Treasurers of tho Stato shall bo re|uired hereafter not to receive any tux returns vhich shall not ho made in strict conformity to l?o instructions of tlie Comptroller Oonoral.? L'tmt tho Treasurers of this State ho instructed o receive, in payment of taxes, the hills and lotos of all the hanks of this State, unless, in he opinion of the Comptroller General, it shall >eooine unsafe to roceivo tho hill* or notes of mo or more of such banks, in which case he ihall he authorized to issue instructions to tlto I'ax Collectors to refuse the notes of such bank >r banks." Louisiana Convrstiov.?Baton Kodor. .Tan 53?The Convention assembled to-day. Ex jiiv, iuouton wns elected President. A comnittee of fifteen wns Appointed to report an orlinnncc of secession, and then the Convention idiourned till Thursdny. Datun U>u?r. January 20-~l P. M.?Tho Ordinance of Secession, n? reported by the comnittoo, wns passed at half-past 12 o'clock, tolay, by tho Sovereign Convention of L ><iisiunn. I'he vote was 113 in favor, to 17 against it. Immediately upon the announcement of this act, Capt. Allen, followed by the Governor and i largo number of State officials, entered tho Convention and presented tho President with ho Pelican flag of Louisiana. Speeches wore liado pertinent to the occasion. A vory large lumber of spectators were present, and after he presentation was over, a fervent and imprealive .prayer was offered in behalf of tho New lotmblic. The s.'cno was vow or.,1 ?... ?ry one joined in commending the new Uepuhic to the guidance and mercy of Divine Proviletice. Tho Convention has adjourned, to meet at S'cw Orleans. on Tuesday next. Iiast night, the co-operation substitute for the Ordinance of Secession was rejocted by a voto >f 63 nays to 47 yea*. Tho Ordinance of Secession of this Stnto will jo signed by all tho members of tho Convention. St. Louis, January 27?A Democratio caucus vnn Krtt.l l.nro ?I.:..I. --? -? .?-? mgiii, n UIOII IIIII)|HI3U cum>rumisc resolutions similar to those of Senator Crittenden. Tlio indications are that the State Convention will bo strongly conservative. Montgomery. January 20?The Hon. T. J. r.idgo has been appointed Commissioner t<> Washington by the Governor of Alnbnma to ,ront in relation to tho Forts, Arson silt, Custom [louse, Ac. Ixoorrbct Humous?Tho Montgomery Advrr'iscr, of Tuesday, !<J2d, ?.ays: " One of the odit>rs of thin paper in at home on furlough, and will return in a few days to Pensnftola. All runors in regard to the reinforce nent of Fori I'iokena, or tho ?oluntary surrender of [ ieuteriint Slimmer, or the intention^of Cen. Can* t? mine mi iinmcuiaio attack on Fort l'iekcii/i, are intiroly formedjjpon ootijoctnre, and aro incorroot; as far as tms wiitor of this artiolo haa bud in opportunity of ascertaining." Hai,t*iM'?re, Janunry 25?Tho Charleston correspondent of tho American Hays that tho South Carolinians havo forrotod out a innn named Dodge. onlisto<l a? a soldier, at Port Moultrie, ( jharged with being a correspondent the Now York Tribune. 11 o was compelled to leave the . Statct) ' liOUfftTiM.K, January ?7?The Legislature of thin 8tato ha:* appointed Commissioner* to the Virginia Mediatorial Convention, to be held at Washington on tho 4th of Fehrnary. Among thom are Messrs. Dell, (probaldy the gentleman who ran for Oovernor aomo year* ago,) Guthrie, Wyckliffo, Morohoad And J. B. Clay. N**r Oai.?AN?, January 22?Dates from Vera drug to the 10th, state that Ex-Diotator Miration and some of his officers have been captured by Indians, Miramon narrowly craped being killed by three of Jua.-ex's mon, and started for j th? capital orj the 5th. , I - ' 1 -L1 - 1 !.'II!I"J J.1 J? . _LLJ. J1 XL J? List of Aots of the Gsneral Assembly of 8outh Carolina of Sessions 1880?'81An Act to authorize the forinatiou of a Volunteer Company within the limita of the | Independent lhtttidion nttnehed to tho Thirteenth lle<fi?nont of Infantry. I All Afit tn rnnnnl Mm 4?i? Tn???? V^ri.fii Vliv A.AVW i/I AIIWI I'UI til IUH of the Town of Blufftou. All Act to iiicrcnse the number of Commissioners of Roads for Kingston Parish and i for other purposes. j An Act to authorise the furmntion of a new Volunteer Company to be called tho St. ; Paul's Hi Hen. < Ail Act to niter tho law in relation to Kish ; Sluices 011 Hroad River. \ 1 An Act to alter and amend nil Act entitled ] " An Act to make malicious trespasses in-' dictable." ? An Act to incorporate certain Societies, As Rocintions nntl Companies. and to renew and < ninond the charters) of others. An Act to alter and amend the Tenth Sec- f tion of the First Artiele of the Constitution of \ the State of South Carolina. i An Act to provide for the appointment of an additional Magistrate in All fSaints Parish, i An \ct to amend an Act entitled " An Aet I to afford increased facilities for the administration of justice hi Charleston District." t An Act to in corpora to?tho Villiage of Nine- j ty-Six An Act to establish curtain Roads, Rridges i and Ferries, nnil to renew and amend certain Charters heretofore grwnt'd. An Act to repeal mii Act entitled " An Act to require and regulate the grnntingof Lieon- ( scs to Itinerant Salesmen and Traveling h Agents. " An Act to corporate the Shoe and Leather j! Manufacturing Company. ^ An Act to c-stablish a Corps ot Military i, Engineers. o An Act to alter and amend the Charter of v the Hamburg and Edgefield ]>lank Road ' Company. | , mi rn'i to increase tuc powers or Uommis- t. sioners of Public Ruildinga. a An Act to Huthorize the llail Road Aecom- '' modation Wharf Company to construct a 0 Draw bridge over Mazyokboroujjh Creek. An Act to provide for the proper adminis- v tration of tho Admiralty ?nd Maritime Laws v in the State of South Carolina and for other * purposes. n An Act to incorporate the Prcshytevian , Church of Yorkville. * 7 An Act to provide for the maintenance of 8 a Police Ciuard in the town of Georgetown. An Act to amend the lasv in relation to ' House Rurning. > An Aet tn nmotnl nn % ..1 n v.. Act to convert tlic Arsenal at Columbia, ami I the Citadel-rind Magazine in and near Char- J. leston, into Military Schools. An Act fur tluV establishment of a Coast ? Police for the State. h An Act to authorize the formation of a ' Trpopof Cnvalry at Spartanburg Village, to J1 bo received into tho Upper Squadron Ninth f Regiment, Filth Brigade of South Carolina Cavalry, and to incorporate ihosame. An Act to repeal the seventh section of all | h ^vui< ciimieu -\n Act tor the more effectual 8 relief of Insolvent Debtors, nnd for other purposes," passed the seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nino. n An Act to prescribe the form of permits for a! i v<;3 to he absent from the owners prcm- r ises. v An Act to nmeml the Churter of the 1 Georgetown Hull Koud (,'ompany, so as to uu- '' thori/.o the said Company to extend their ^ road to Bishopvillo, in Sumter District, and g to reduce the amount of stoek necessary to be hehl bv nnAkAr..?.l -j " j v>?v p/vn;?nuig i\ l/IIAJUMir j or Officer in said Company. An Act to incorporate the Due West Fo- 1 male College. An Act to amend nnd renew tho Charter of Grace Church Charleston. j, An Act to authorize the issue of Bonds or Stock for continuing tho construction of the j New State House. ! (> An Act to vest in certain persons all the I M riulit, title and inlnmst <>f ?l>r> St.iin i... i c 1( , ? W. % V MUHVj i>jr CI cheat, in and to certain property. u An Act to incorporate the Calhoun Guards. 8 An Act to incorporate the Ruford's Bridge 11 Hail ltoad Company. An Act to incorporate the Greenville Gas fi Light Company. c An Act to authorize tlio formation of a new Volunteer Company of Tn fan try within ^ the limits of the Fifteenth Regiment of South ? Carolina Militia, to he called the " Lexington Volunteer Rifle Company," and to ineorpor- ' ntc the same and to authorize the formation (j of certain other new volunteer companies, 'j and for other purposes. An Act to incorporate the new Building . and Loan Association. j V \ n A ..? in ?u? ni ?? r .t rt* If ^ v w uitiuuu Miu v,imrter 01 mo lOWn r of Sumter. ? Am Act to incorporate the West Point Mill |i Company. \n Act to amend nn Act. entitled 41 An v Act to enlarge nnd extend the power* of the t| Governor and of the City Council of Charles- o ton over Quarantine ana for other purposes," passed on the 20th December, 1882. t( An Act to lend the name and credit of tbe j, Sta>?3 t^ the Greenville and Columbia Rail j Road Company in ilic rc-adjustmout of their f, debt. An Act to authorize tbe formation of a (| new Volunteer Company of Infantry within tno limits of the Twenty-sixth Regimonl of J t South Carolina Malitia, to bo CuMed the dies- c tor Riflox an.i lo incorporate the ?nme. ? An Act to dcclaro a oertain portion of ' Four Holes Creek a navigable Rtrcain. An Act to amend tho Charter of the Jjaur- t( ens RaH Hood Company. An Act to provide for compensation to owners of property taken for public purposes. An Act to afford aid in the con-Jtructioh of 1 the Georgetown Rail Road. An Act to ineorporato certain Towns and 1 0 Villages, and to renew and amend certain ) Charters heretofore prantod. c An Aot to provido a l\itrol and Military 1 Guard for tho City of Charleston and for other purpose*. . An Act to alter and amend tho laws in rc- t lation to the method of counting \ot?sin all j nl^AfSnna ' - ..vvnvlio UJ XI pUUfJIU. | f Ad Act io incorporate Ninety-six Church. I An Act to intorpornto certain Religions ' and Charitable Societies for the odvancoment ] of Kduoatiofc, and to renow and anend the Charters of others heretofore granted. An Act to incorporate tho Citizen's Lino I Railway Company of Charleston, Sorth Car- 1 olina. 1 An Act to. incorporate the Central Rail ] Road Company of South Carolina. An Act to incorporate the Barnwell Rail Road Company. j An Act to incorporate the Presbyterian . nu i- i!t - vmurun 01 AiKOn. An Act to incorporate the Charle?t<y\ City , , Railway Comply of Soqth CWolina. An Act to in< /{wrote tho Bennetts villa and Society 11 ill Rail Uoad Company. An Act to authorize tlio formation of a Volunteer Company of Riflemen within the limits of the Seventh Regiment South C?ro ? lion Militia, and to incorporate the sutyo. An Act to. provide an Aruied Military Force. An Aet to raise Supplier for tlio year com-* incnoiiifr in Ootober, one thousand eight hundred and sixty. An Act to make Appropriation* for the pnar commencing in (htulwr, one thousand tsight hundred mid sixty. An Act Creating a Military Estiblishiiient for the State of South Carolina, and for other purposes. An Aft to nmend t1i? Charter of the Town >f Georgetown in sundry particulars. An Act to renew anil amend the Charter* >f the Town of Groenviiie. An Act to Hiithorizc the appointment of n special Magistrate for the Town of Suinmer,'illrt. 11 >1 rl llll I"a. I -f v. oil HVIMIVIVUUI ?v/? n?rt?>n District. An Act to repeal certain Acts in relation ?? the Kr^ist ration of Birth*, Mitrrinjioa and Deaths in the State of South Carolina. Ouituary.?Tlic accidental ("hooting of Mr. Itrawinski Inis >?lrc:i<lv been noticed. IVir* wound las proved falal. He died on Saturday night, lip the following obituary notice from tlio Charles-" on M'renv/: Died. oti S.ttunlny ni^ht. at tlic Mnrino llospi*' at. Thu'Itlens S. Strnwinski, aged IVt years and Y ' ivs, from an accidental woutid from rx roxolver. This promising young man wan on duty in thd 'olumbin Artillery, at Fori Moultrie, when the ad accident ooourrcd. He wn* a noble fellow, nd just a week alter entering the Freshman Class f the South Carolina College, Vritli his spirited ather, joined the ranks al llie call of the Slate. Yhile on the litter beinir carried lo ihn hosnittil. ie mi id to thosu who weru conveying htm, "Friends , >li ! how sorry 1 i\n? you arc to nttiiuk Fort Sumter rithout tuo!" During his suffering* he mourned lmt ho could not bo nt the Inking of the Fort. Ilo fits calm ami resigned, nud met his end prayeritllv, with the Lord's Prayer on his lips, A molhr's gentle influence soothed his 'lying hour. *>id . soldier's spirit nerved a father's heart to resign lis son to his Creator. The sympathy of the whole oi'imunitv is with them in their bore** uu.eiit. n .ii:s nk\rsr.vr?:ns wore first established, they rere quite destitute of adrertiseinonls, and nothing ras more oouinioii than for papers to be issued nth a blank page. The first newspaper printed in tinoricn had only threo pages of reading matter, ,s thero was not foreign or domestic news enough o till out nil the columns! 1m Kngland. after a I'hilc, a new method was adopted to fill tip tho pace not required for the current news, by pubislilng selections from tho sacred scriptures, and nany an ol<l newspaper is now extant with n vrhola mgc copied froin thu lliblc. Chapter* from the sew Testament were placed at the hen ! of (ho olutnn, and the space below was filled out with a isalm of the required length. In the period which his, to us novel, provoftlitift was reported to. to ill out the. newspaper, the Bible was not. so coinnon or so cheap as at present, and doubtless much ood resulted from the practice. What would onio, of the subscribers to our popular journals say f their favorite sheet was to appear with seven or ij;ht columns selected from tho scriptures ? Douhtpss in some quarters, even in our dav, extracts rom the Dilde would he "new indeed!" Kkcoovitiox ok tiif. Nkw Oovkrdrracv?It ias boon alrca.l v uoticcd that the Toronto Lwufor, aid t-? !>c an influential journal, announces that lie new Cotton Confederacy will bo rctsucriiivtnd iv t MTfil Britain as soon ns formed. The Wellington correspondent of the llieh- ^ unnd AVviwiii'i-, n very reliable source, says: " I hour from reliable authority that tho \?worn of (5rent Hritr'n. France and Russia rill rec-'guinc promptly the independence ?-f he now Southern Confederacy. A suranees of liis hnvo been given in a way which leaves no ouht a* to the revolt. It may he counted on iih certainty that any attempt to bh?ck up outhern trade will bo put d iwn by Kngland nd Franco. Thoy must hiito the cotton." Ai.aoama?The popular vote of Alabama, at lie recent election, stood, thirtv-tivc thousand even hundred and xeYenty*?is for immediaitf eeejtsjon. and twenty-six thousand two hundred ml eighty-nix for co-operation. Nobody t'oub21I themselves about the Union I L 'Umvii.i.b, Ky., Jui>. 22.?Tlio H ?u?o of >elc?iites yeatfrdny panned. l>y a vote >>f ST lo , reaolmi.im dtvlurmjr that, in view of iho ion am! innnov tendered l?v xovonil \ >rthorn Itutcs to tho Federal Government, Kentucky, niting with hor brethren of the South, will rei.nt the invasion of Smthern soil at nit haiardi ml to the last extremity. Nkw Oiii.eanh. Jiiii. 22?Fifty whip* cleared rnii) this p irl yeitord.iy, with L10,0tK) bales of otton. ^ Sbisurk or Arm* and Munitions ov Wah^at ikw York.?Thirty-eight o?t?e? of mu^km*, Diitainin^ two d /.en each, ami a quantify of all* ami gunpowder were sc's-mI Tuesday by tho Ic .t V;;rk p dice "r b"#rd tho Hteamor Montiello, about to nail for Sftv.ti'nuh. Fifty Holier* arrived at F >rt Hamilton, Now York, 'uesday, from West Point. Host iv. January 21?A C onmitteo, cinslstug nf Fj I ward livorott, C. Witithrnn. Ami# iawronce. K. S. Txhoy. an<l Q*iai L. Wondbuy. arrived in Ihin city last night, with a mutn>oth Union petition, vigncd by about 11,000 eraon*. PATRi"tlC-^-W; M. Thoman. Esq.. of Grecnille, |?riiir?)rn to in? one of twenty to r?i?e ten Imuxuml ilolliirs for I lie benefit of tho families f tbo poor men of tho Greenville volunteer*. Pus* vroi,*. Ft.a.. January 20?The volunscri? are mitkiug evorv preparation for Htoriuing 'ort Ptokens. It in known that tbo cuenm?r (rooklyn in on Iter way to this placo with reinirccmorvts. SouinkRN Patriotism?Wo lt?ar?io<l yenterny nt <'?!? !?*. nn.r* the Huttle (Alu.) biMHije*' C?% th"t -Joel K. AllltilOW.4, K<C|.. h?n1 givou io ha Governor of Akfthjunn lino hundred and .monty bales of cotton, to l>? mild mid the prooe*iU ^ pp)>?>(! ti> rtt lengthening tho dofonue* of tho iinte. It win shipped nt tho St. Chiiriefl ye?erdny evening. Mr. Mnthowrf hu-? ?U<? offered 9 tho Stnte tho *errice of two hundred negroes t> work on the fori*. Thl* liberal offor, wo tarn, hax boon uoooptcd by the Governor. Busy I>av at Nkw Om.it a x$?Tlio Delta Mtatos lint on tho llth innUlit ft largo, number of voxols nt that city were cleared (or foreign wnd do- g, nextic port*, having on l?mrd K.ifqf of *U ??.? -..-I ~?i ? ?: * ?* tuiKii iiiorvinmuis?. niuiiip^WSWiii tlunnrch took r>ut for Liverpool tftl# bale#* valic<1 at tho Urgent onr^tfijU ?roi left *?ow OiHfnns. t^ J|kv" tut Lk.\u*r?A deepntoh W<*4few York <{' ?aper myH: Col. linger, of tbomrwjr, formerly >f .Smith Ciirolion, in the ebo^M'tagler of tho mrty of gentlemen of tho Fir?k jfikmO^iw of Vir?lnin who hove formed nn nropN?L-^Jt!on for tho purpose of pc'ining Wnshingt<1? ht a coup tie ng>'n. How far the purpose i? effected bv the l>roparaiw?ns made by Qen. 8o.ott, ifly informant | loon not appear to l>o n<lvi?>ed. y Vihoinia.?The Charleston Courier la In- ^ Formed by Uie highest uuthority that it ia the confident opinion of a distinguished states- wy man and official of Virginia that the Stato irill aaaert her sovereignty before the 20th of February. Catiiomo Rome.?Hio diatrea* at Rom? ia on the inorenso. Jlrdgffia at famine prices. lhfl walla are oovered irvery night with pla- . sarda calling on Victor K manual to deliver " h\n elty of Konae " from tb* priwrta.