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Horriblp Barbarities. Tho last Chiuo mail is full of accounts of ?rueltios practised on crimuals at Arno,)', ?orno of which aro almost too revolting for bc ,'.'.'? lief. A lottor thus spcuks of ono of the most reoeut of these outrages, which was probably BO inqro brutal tnan other? concurring : * * * The Hai-IIong wrote down their ?amos and ordered thom to ho flogged-tho rebel 300, and thc culprit 200 blows with the bamboo. Tho rebel having received his 300 blows, and borne them without a murmur, was taken to a cross made for thc purpose, and being securely lashed to it, in au upright po*tturc,with hia'arms extended, thc execution er commenced his horrible butchery by first cutting oiF the flesh above thc eyes, next tho ears and then thc breasts ; then he cut thc muscles of ouch arm, laying the silvery white bone bare, the flesh'not being cut oif, but left hanging ! tho blood spirting out, actualy be spattered the executioner at each pulsation of the"heart! Then tho.muscles of the thighs were out iu the same manner! After thc ex ecutioner had performed these dreadful tor ^ tares upon the poor wretch, he laid his small knife aside and took auothor, about ten inches long and about an inch broad and cut gashes on each side of thc man's chest, laying thc ribs bare. Then he made several flourishes . with thc knife, and then ran it inte? thc poor victim's body, entering just below the sternum, in the middle of the chest, to tho full extent of the blade ! Tn is I thought and hoped would provo the eoup-dc-gracc ! But no, for thc ' man sill ! breathed, and the executioner still continued his bloody task, cutting downward withins knife and'letting out thc entrails! He then slashed aud cut open thc stomach ! Then giving a yell, ran his hand in and seized the man's liver ! cut it ont, passing tho bleed ing, quivering mass to his assistant as coolly, and in asbuisncsa like a manner as though ho .were opening and butchering a pig. This finished the torture, and thc executioner left the victim in this mutilated state, not yet dead, for I saw him give several gasps for , breath afterward. Ile then cut the sampan man's head off, at the foot of the cross, with a single blow, and then returned, and' letting loose thc rebel's head, which fell forward, he decapitated him, certainly the most merciful stroke he had given that day ! thc bodies were exposed on the same wharf, with their' legs tied to posts, for five days afterward, to thc great annoyance of tho Kuropcnns, who occu pied tho houses adjacent. The poor rebel bore his iuhuman tortures most manfully j not a moan escaped him, during all thc time. The only movement he made was a slight quivering of his whole frame, and movement of his head to and fro ; otherwise a spectator might have questioned whether he was rtlive or dead du. ring the horrible exhibition. ** Remarkable HTstory pf a Torpedo Boat. General Maury's report of the defences ol Mobile narrates the eventful history of a tor pedo boat, na follows : It was built of boiler iron, was about thirty . flvc feet long, aud was manned by a crew ol nine men, eight of whom worked thc propcllci by hand. The ninth steered the boat' euc regulated her movements below thc surface o the water. She could be submerged at pleas uro to any desired depth, or could bc pro polled upon thc surface. In smooth, s til water, her movements were exactly controlled and her speed was about four knots. It wa: intended that she should approach any ve^so lying at anchor, pass under her keel, and irjrag a floating torpedo, which would explode ci striking tho side or bottom of thc ship at tacked. She could remain submerged more thai half an hour without inconvenience to he crew. Soon after her arrival in Charleston, Lieut Payne, of tho Confederate nuvy, with eigh others, volunteered to attack the Federal flee with her. Whilo preparing for their cxpedi tion, the swell of a passing steamer causpd th boat to sink suddenly, and all hands, exeep Lieutenant Payne, who at tho moment wa itanding ?n the open hatchway, p rished. She was soon raised and again made ready fo service. Lieutenant Payne again volui tccrc to command her. While lying near For Sumter she capsized and again sunk in dec water, drowning all hands except her con mander and two others. Being .again raised and prepared for actio? Mr. Aunley, one of the constructors, made a experimental cruise in her in Cooper Rive While submerged at great depth from som ?unknown cause, she became unmanageabl and remained for many days on the bottom ( the river with her crew of nino dead mon. A fourth time was tho boat raised, an . Lieutenant Dixon, of .Mobilo, of the Twenty first volunteer, with eight others, went ot of Charleston harbor with her and attaoke and sunk tho Federal stoauier Housatonio. Her mission at lnpt accomplished, she di appeared forevor with her crew. 'Nothing known of their fate, but it is believed th< went down with tho enemy. ? --WHY is a husband Uko a Mississippi stear hortic tfeoauso lie hover knobys whoo hn#m? get. a'blowing,up. ?'.miwjj.'j,? ? "j.,.?"?? i II, j?Mi, ipMi_t'1.'."1 Evil Day8. ' Wo were amused ut a friend, during the i late war, who, disgusted with the revocations of details, the multiplicity of special orders, and the persecutions of conscript officers, wished, in tho bitterness of, his heart, that i " ho could dig a hole somewhere and pull tho j hole in after him, to get rid Of his many troub J les." .When one thinks of thc uncertainty of ? the times-the rascality that is abroad-the houses that are burnt-tho horses aud mules ! stolen-thc murders committed-tho knook I downs perpetrated-tho robberies effected j who does not yearn, in his mental distraction, for, one seoluded hole, with no entrance-a cave of 8<||itude ?'*A lodge in some vast wilderness " where neither cotton nor mules do corrupt, nor where thieves break through and steal ? Outsido of his own family and his own ac quaintance, one feels ns if he were in a world of sharpers, and there was a dire necessity for having both hands on a pocket, his coat tail under his arms, and his very boots in his eyes, I lest, by some villainous hocus pocus, he should be swindled out of h MI ftooks. A man sports a huge watch-chain, and vre suspect him of raidjug'ou cotton. A stranger enters thc house, and recalling at once the latest burglary, we have an eye on thc spoons. Is it iUQt ludicrous, and yet humiliating, to th'\n\i society is csmpellcd to act on the prin ciple of the hotel-keeper, who presumes every man a scoundrel, and compels him to buy a ticket before he is allowed to touch thc victuals! To what base nscs may wc return, Horatio !" Nay, worse than mouldering skulls and pul verized skeletons, philosophic Hamlet. Hero'even in our dear Columbus, where our church bells almost make chimes in their number and melody; thc city of refinement, religion and cultivation ; thc city of law, or der and quiet-it is hardly safe to walk thc streets at night, lu lieu of the soft guitar, and poetizing to tho silver moon, 3ucceed the loaded ' pistol, the protective club, and the "whistling to keep thc. courage, up," as one turns abrupt corners, and passes gloomy al leys. The pedestrian stumbles along in thc dark, with a vague, horror of boing felled to thc earth like an ox, and having his pockets rifled. Hoskins ran against his own uncle* the other night, and, before a recognition was made, imagined he never heard a more vil lainous way of creeping through the blackness of darkness. . % v ' Qod help this land, and pardon hV ina ni fold t r a n sg ress io n s.-Miss ?ss i?)p i Int lex. Who Is It? While herc, 1 have heard a romantic story tiiat I am assured is true, and which, as it re veals thc inconstancy Of woman, and the clastic character of the feminine heart, I am not dis inclined to reject. A young woman, possessed of tv tine person and property, a member of thc oldest and most fashionable families in thc State, became engaged to a young man in her own .grade in lifo, who was a major in thc Confederate service, and was to marry him at the termination i-f thc war, if he survived. If he did not, she was to remain ever true to her vows, and being a Catholic, had promised to cntjr a convent and become only thc bride of Heaven. They were a. model pair of lovers, and all who knew them believed they were th J embodiments of poetry, tenderness and devo tion to each other j that they lived what bards had sung aud romances had described. They were like two blosoins on one stein-a planet and its rays. As usually happens, fate frowned on their felicity, and jealous of their love, cut the ma terial cloud of tho sentimental major's being at Fcrt Wagner. Eloisa was mad with grief and inconsolable forevermore. Her parents be lieved she would not and could not live ; and that if she did, she must bo bereft of reason. Months passed. Charleston fell. Columbia was threatened. Eloisa remained. She was anxious t,o be slain, by thc barbarians N who hxd'murdered her lover. Tho Union forces arrived, but had something else Ito do than kill women, and Eloisa survived iu spite of herself. She heard tho regiment was in town that had charged upon the battalion lcd by her best beloved, and she resolved to sec tho colonel, "denounce him as thc slayer of her princoand and flcaoe. Eloi?a saw him and had a tremen dous Hectic. ' Tho colonel was handsome and gallant; and when thc fair girl, thundered, aa all her sex do at first, and then rained, he was touched aiid interested tri the unknown woman. Ho comforted and consoled her, rela ting the truth of tho idea that the heart is never sb susceptible to a nev. attachment as when it is recovering from an old one. In four weeks ;hc had learned to lovo thc Yankee savage, and expressed her willingness tobe his; while he was resigned, as most men are, to bo worshipped by her if she were bout on any such folly. They were married, in spi.to of thc threat cued anathemas of all her relatives and frends and arc now in Europe, no doubt renewing on thc continent ?he war tljatin America hat ceased, but winch in domains domestic has n< Ol?djrr Columbia (#. CV) Corre pon dene* New York Times. *. Ki;r Kl.t'.ss youth'inakes rueful agc. ...j.i.. .. .!.>.*_fi 1 1 "1 w "awn. 1 ? * A WA uta IN SOUTH CAROLINA.-A spe cial dospatch from Washington gives the statements of Maj. Walker, of thc 5th Uni ted States Cavalry, regular army, respecting tho political and social condition of South Carolina. The major, who served with dis tinction through the war, has just returned from that section of the country, and gives a most encouraging account of matters. He ? says thc freedmen are everywhere busily and, I peaceably at work, and there seemed tobe no signs of idleness or discoutent anywhere. MON KY.--Men will work for it, fight for it, beg for it, steal for it, starvo fortt, and die for it. Anil all thc while, from thc cradle to ! thc grave, nature and God are thundering in ! our ears the solotnu question, " What shall it I profit a mair, if he gain thc whole world and j lose his own soul.'' This madness for mouey ! is the strongest and lowest of tho passion ; it j is the insatiate Moloch of the human heart, before whose romorsoless altar all thc liner attri butes of humanity arc sacriQced. lt makes merchandize of all that is sacred In human affection, and even traffics in tho awful solem nity of the eternal. WllAT WHISKEY DID,-At tho office of tho township trustee, tho other day*w? saw an old man, seventy-seven ypars of agc, and the father of twenty-seven children, who is a county pauper. This old man, some years a^o, was a popular preacher of the Baptist church, loved and respe?tcd for his piety and good ness of heart, and honored for his intellectual strength. A word of two syllabics contained the secret o*f his downfall. Ile loved whiskey -drank it-and now, in his old age, is a miserable object of county charity, tottering on thc brink of a pauper's grave. There is a sermon and a warning in cvciy while hair of this poor old man's head, which rol licking young men who make thoroughfares of their throats for a constant succession of torchlight processions, would do well to read. [Indianapolis /Jerald. TO TAX PAYERS. Ill AVE received my instructions to proceed at once to execute the Tax Laws of the State of South Carolina, passed in 1806, by Asse sing all Taxable property in Bickens District, for the pur pose of raising supplies and defraying tho expenses of tho State gov or ninon . Therefore, I notify all persons liable to pay Taxes, that they are required to make tbeirRetuvns to mc, under oath, for tho purpose of having the samo assessed. No-return will be received by mail unless sworn to according to law. Thc property subject to assessment ia 1st. All lands, lots and buildings iu cities and ?towns; and cotton, excluding the crop of 1865 ; ? manufactures of tho District for sale; spirituous I liquors manufactured or sold, and all brought into i the District ami sold. Assessment will be made j from 1st October I8G? to 1st October 18??. ! 'id. On all sales of goods, wares and merehan ! dizc from 1st o,f May. 18G?, to 1st January. 18(5(i. j Sales of cotton, except cotton seized by thc United j States Government or sto en from 1st of May to 1st j October 18(50. 3d. The capitation tax is levied on all males bc i tween twenty-one and sixty years of age, white j and black. Employers may return for employees. 4th. On all dogs that were owned 1st January, I 1*815(1, or that nwy be owned up to the time of pay ! ment of Taxes. I, therefore, notify all persons concerned that I will be at the following places, at thc time natfltd, for the purpose of making Assessments as above indicated, namely : Doothit'5. April 21*t, M IWryvillc, 23d, Centre. M 24th. ?. Fair Play, 25th, " Bachelor's Rotreat, M 26th, " Walhalla. ? ' 27th, *4 ?Tunnel Hill. " 28th. " j Pickens C. H., . " 30th and 1st <fc 2d May, 1800 ; At which time my Assessment Books will be ! closed. Persons failing to make Returns will j bo double taxed., No Tif\os will bo collected until after tho assessment is made sind notice given. t SAMUEL G. HEHN DON. Assessor March 20, 180? and Tax Collector. The State of South Carolina. - IN OKDltoAUY-r-HOKHNS. L. N. Robins, Bx'or, j Petii{on for 8Ctitement Mary A. Capeharb ?Utfl. J o? h*itki*' IT appearing to my satisfaction that tho heirs ^it law of John Capohart, deceased, (names and j number unknown:) A. D. Rogers, Administrator I of W. D. Rogers, decoasod. reside without tho lim-. I its of this State : It is ordered, therefore, that ! these said absent defendants do appear in the '?Court of Ordinary, at Pickens G. H., on Friday tho ; 18th day of May noxt, to show cause why a final ? settlement of the Bstato of Leonard Capohart, (le 1 ceased, -should not bo then m ruin, and a decree ! ontered thereon. W. E. HOLCOMBE, o.r.n. ' Ordinary's Office, Feb. 12, 18Hft * 3m. j T?f? STATIS OP SOUTH 0AUO?I?A, I*iclkcn?~In Equity. ? M. A. Clayton ) vs. [ Bill for Partition. I Hannah Clayton, et.'aln. I I rJMIF defendants in this caso, to wit : S. John ! 1 Clayton and Nathaniel Guerin find wife Marga ret, resi lo without t o limits of this State : On motion of Norton, complainant's Solicitor, it is or dered that those sahl absent defendants do appear in tim Court, within throe months from tho publi cation hereof, and plead, ariswer or demur to c?n plaimmt's' si id bill of complaint; otherwise, an * order pro confesso will bo entered against thom, ROBT. A. THOMPSON", e.r..r t?. Com'ry Office. March * fW?j? v.v.i ~ ? ?'. . . ? ':'^V ? A.?.... ?. ? TAKE" l)U?? NOTICE, ' AND ' ' Govern Yourselves Accordingly, IN CONSEQUENCE ot tho (louth of W. H. Dendy, 1 ono of I he timi of \Y. H. Dendy & Co., all per sons indebted to snid firm, either by NOTE or AC COUNT, ure requostod to CAII on DR. Ai E. NOR MAN, Walhalla, und make settlement ; BO UH it will enable me .to govern myself. Failing to do so, I will employ some one to call on you, whoso ex penses you will havo to pay. N. K. SULLIVAN, one, of tho above firm. Nov 10' TP05_!_JO tf * THU 'STATE 0V SOUTH CAROLINA, ? IHcRcns-lu Equity, Elizabeth E. Hester, ) Rill for Co'istru* .by her next friend, j lion of Will, Pur Sarah Capolmrt, I tit ion. Account, vs. j- Discovery, 'Re Eliz.abcth Hester. Ex'trix. ct.als. J lief, &o. IT appearing to my satisfaction that Henry Hes ter, one of the defendants in this case, resides without thc limits of this State: On motion of McGowan & Adams, Complainant's Solicitors, it ia ordered that the said absent defendant do appcuv in this.Cotirt. either personally or by attorney, and' plead, answer, or demur, to complainant's*said bill of complaint, within three months from tho publi cation hereof; otherwise an order pro confeuio willi be entered against him. ? ROB T. A. THOMPSON, o.s.r.o. Comrs. Office, Feb. 12, 1806. 8m Tho Stato of South Carolina, .Pl OK KN 3-IN EQUITY. Peggy Baldwin "j Rill to cancel Hoed; vs > for Dower, Relief; J.. L. Orr, Trustee, et ah. j . &c, &o. $ IT appearing to my satisfaction that Wm. Hombreo and wife Margaret, David Linah, and the heirs .at-law of George W. Baldwin deceased, (names and number unknown) defendants in this case, resido without the limits of this State: On motion of McGowan & Adams, complainant's solicitors, it is ordered that these absent defendants do appear, personally or by attorney, and plead, answer or demur to complainant's said bill of complaint, within three mont hs from tho publication hereof; otherwise, an order pro confisso will be entertdj against them. ; ROBT. A. THOMPSON, c.K.r.?. riomVs Omeo, Jan 3ft, 18?0_3m TUM STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, PICK KN.S-IN EQUITY. John Burdino ? ..... -, " , -, i t I Dui of Revivor and Sup Sani'l Burdin?. ct. als j plomont for Partition.. 'PRE d?fendants in this case, namely-Samutt 1 Rurdine, T. ll. Southwick and wife Patsy, Jnv> W. Lathem, Richard M. Lathem, Abraham P. La (helli, Anthony G. Lathem, Samuel W. Luthcin. Jan 10. Petit and wile June E.. William ll. Streets and wife Sarah, ami Henrietta Uaifn andi husband ' Hann, Jacob Earnest and wife Betsy, and George Lathem-reside without thc limits ot this Stato i OIL molido, of Harrison & Whitners, complainant's so licitors, it is ordered thai ihese several absent-de fendants do appear in this Court, within three mouths from the publication hereof, and plead, an swer, or demur, to i oinplainant's said bill of com plaint; utherwisc. an order pro confesse- will bo entered against, them! ROB'T. A. THOMPSON, ci.K.r-.n Com'rs Office, March 2-1. 18011 3m THE STATU OK SOUTH'CAROLINA,. Ill Equity-l'ickciiM. i Tho Solicitor o?f the Wes- I ^".f0 ^rpetnate lem Circuit. ) icstunony. HON. J. P. REED. Solicitor of'tho Western Cir cuit, having filed a Rill in niy office iii con formity with a recent Act of thc Legislature, enti tled an "Act to perpetuate testimony in relation to Deeds,' Wills, ("hoses iii Action, other papers, and records destroyed or lost during thc roci nt war:" ' lt is ordered, that all persons interested therein, appear in ibis Court, and have, taken and perpetu ated all evidence which they shall produce, in rela tion to such lost papers, records, und-so-forth. ROB'T. A. THOMPSON, c.x.r.o. Com'rs Office. March il. 1800. 24-tf Tho Stato of South Carolina, . PI CK. EN ts-IN ORDINARY. John Ross 1 vs > Petition for Partition. .Tense R.Ross A others, j IT nppearing lo my satisfaction that Runsford M.. 1 Ross, one. ol' the defendants in this case, rosides without the limits of this State: ?It is ordered, . therefore, that the said L. M. Ross do appear ia the Court of Ordinary, for Rickcns district, at IMckens Court Rouse, on Monday tho 30th day of April next, to ol>ject to tho division or sale of tho Real Estate of (?eorge F. Ros?, deceased, or bi* consont to the same will bo entered of record. ' W. E. HOLCOMBE, o.r.v. Ordinary's Office, Jan 27, 1806. . ?m fffib^TAT?r?K SOUTH CARO?7lNAr SMckcng-lil lenity. Mary A. Elrod, et.als, ) vs. I Bill for Roliof, ?tc. Alex. Bryce, Sr, ct als. J. IT appearing to my satisfaction that Milton Black burn, ono of tho defendants in this ease, resided without 'he limits of this State: On motion, by Norton,-complainants* Solicitor, ?tis ordored that ?said absent dof'endnnt do appear in this Court, ei ther personally or by attorney, nail plead, answer, or demur, to complainants' said bill of complaint, within throo months from tho publication hereof ; otherwise, an order pro confesso will bo entered* against him. ROBT. A. THOMPSON, c.K.r.n. ? Com'rs Office, Feb. 8, 1800 *^ 3m THE STATIO.OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Sift Equity- Picken?. Ex Parto. f Ru|e fco show r.ftUMi Daniel .Broom. - J t JT appearing- to tho Commissioner thaj. Daniel I Broom. Trustee of Barbara Kelly, is wlthout/tho limits of. this State: . It is ordoreu, that the said. Daniel Broom appear ir? I nia Court, within nine? months from tho publication of this notice,-anil' "show cauce why his office of Trustee shall not b* revoked, and suit instituted on liv? official bond. , , ROB'T. A. THOMPSON, c.K^.n.v Cotw'rs Office, Feb. 12, Iff ?0 -, Om : ' : - >< / .? ..