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BY ?TO THINE OWN SELF BK TUUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW, AS THE IIOB'T. A. THOMPSON & CO. iummMmnmt?i?fm*?m)?mm i m j '-_ ^ M I I - - rn Milli II I I I I i i n II irn?ri?. m.mi mniii PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1801. NIGHT THE DAY, THOU NO. 5& POETRY. Nothing is Lost Wileri? in I lie snow ? 'Tis not long ago It" covered the earth willi a voil of whilo; Wo heard not it H footsteps soft ntul light, Yet lhere lt WUK in tho morning Wight ; Now it hm h vanished away from night, Not a trace remains In the fields or ones. Where is the fi?st ? They are gone and lost - The forms of heiHtly lust night il minto, With plotuvs rare were Windows arrayed ; '.Ho silent," ii said; the bro oh obeyed; Vet silence an I picturesque nil did ludo. At the smile of (ho sun, All ?es und ine. Where is the rain ? Paltering it ea nie, Dancing along willi n merry found, A grassy bed in the ?old it found; Fhioli drop e mic on the roof with a bound. Whore i? the rain ? It hath left the ground ; VYIiol >jood hath il ilona, Hone away so .-eon ? Tver, ever Our liest endeavor S-emelh to fall like the moiled snow, Wc work mir thoughts wbvly and slow ; The send wc ?ow, bul il will not prow. Our hopes, mir resolves-where do they go? What do! h remain ? .Memory and pain. Nul hing is lost - ^ Nor snow, nor fri<s| That comas to enrich Hie earth again. We thank them wlygn the ripening grain Je waving over the hill mid ptain, And the pleasant min splines Front raith n^ain . And emin h In pond Waler and food. I Never ib'JO'.ir lljHUH li ''IMIMBWE*'- Dlsappaihitnien? bern-. Though hope .? -met!: t fl ill, he patient still ; Thy good intents O ld dolli fulfill. Tliv hand is weak; I?I* powerful will Is liiilvhlng thy life-work f?til. P'ie id endeavor 1 . |o<|r- ih ! never. .Mn>W.tUfi flt" vt? . -rx-TL-n MSW!. TTCWXXT:T 7WV??t:JUBrt T=jr--X.rr?T< IP O T u I 'T1 I O A L . Thu K< \v Cotton Tax Ttl? I'itO VISIONS is!-' I'U'A NfcW IV PKUNAl. iti-:\ ..-.a.: i, ?\v ON mn si;nj>:ci'. \s ni it.tite of vere gotlcr.il ?. it.?!*?.-** to our r^ad irs, Mt1 present, bdow tho Ur<t- eight sec finns of ii.- now Internal Itevtviu ! Law. which o ubi* toa all thu provisions nf tho law which jvll te i-i thu i .t- Ttl I tn.\ on cotton : 15 > it eh act-id by tho Sen do and House of Il 'presenta ti ven <d the United Sides of Amer jim io Congress assembled. That uti nut! after t io lirst tl tv uf Angil d, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, III lieu of the taxes nu uniuniiufuc lured cottnn, as provided ?II '* Au act lu pro vide internal revenue lo support tho Coven;? merit, to pay ?Uterot on tim public debt, and for other pu rpi ?sos, ..approved ?lutte thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty four, as amc?dcd Ly ibo A et nf March third, eighteen hundred nnd sixty-five, there shall bu paid by the pro dneer. owner or holder, upon nil Cotton pro* dU-Hld within the United States, and upon (V ll i ell no tax Ima been levied, pud or collect ed, a tux of three cents per pound, us hereaf ter provided ; and tho weight of Mich colton shall bo ascertained by deducting four pur eentu n for tire from the gross weight of each Laic or package ; nnd such tax shall bc and romain a lieu thereon, in tim possession ol'any !larson whomsoever from tho tinto when this aw takes efl tot, or snob -ir.it.>n !? r??l. -><>J i^ aforesaid, until the same shall have he n mid; und no drawback shall in any case bc allowed on raw or unmanufactured cotton of Any tax paid thereon when exported in tho raw un inanuf ictured condition. Hut no tax shall be imposed upon any cotton imported from other fVWfiitrics, and on which an import duty shall )iayo been paid. Hue. 2. And bo it further enacted. That tho nfnresnid tax upon cotton shall bc levied Ly the assessor on tho producer, owner, or holder thereof. And said tax shall ho paid jo the o? Hector of internal revenue within and for the collection district in which said cotton ?hail have been produced, mid before the same shall have been removed therefrom, except where otherwise provided in this Act; ami ?very millee.tor to whom any tax upon cotton shall bo paid shall mark tho bales or other paokages upon whioh tho tnx ahull Imvo boen paid, in snob manner us muy oloniTy indionte <he payment thereof, nnd shall givo to the owner or other person having ohnrgo of suoh cotton a permit, ftp; tho removal of tho simo, statine: therein' tho amount und Rayment 0|P the tax, the timo nnd place of payment, nnd tho weight and mnrks upon tho bales and paokngos, so that the sumo may bo fully iden tify ; timi it shall bo flic duty of every such collector to keep clearly nod sufficient records of ?ll such cotton inspected or marked, ?mi of all marks and identifications thereof, and of nil pcrmitH for tho removal of the same, mid of all his transactions relating thereto, and he shall make full roturns thereof, monthly, to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of Internal Revenue is here by authorized to designate one or more places in each collection district where mi assessor or an assistant assessor und a collector or deputy collecte shall bc located, and wliere cotton ma)' bo brought for the purpose of boin;; weighed and appropriately marked : Provided, That it shall bo thc duty of the nssesfor ned 1 the collector or deputy collector to assess and cause to be properly marked the cotton, wher ever it may be, in said district, provided their necessary (raveling expenses to and from said designated pla CC, for thal purpose, he paid by tho owners thereof. Sec. 4. And heit further enacted, That nil cotton having been weighed and marked as hoi ein provided, and for which permits shall have been duly obtained of the assessor, may be removed from the district in which it ba? been produced to anyone other district, with out prepayment of tiie tux due thereon, upon the execution of such transportation bonds or other sr pu li ty, ?nd in accordance with such regulations ns gindi be prescribed hy the Com missioner of Int mal I teven ne, snhinp* to tV approval of the leerctarv of the Treasury. The said cotton fi removed shall he delivered to the collector ot internal revenue ar his dep uty forthwith upon its arrival at its piont of destination, and shall remain subject to his control until the taxes thereon, und any nec essary charges of custody thereof, shall have been paid, but nothing herein contained shall authorize any delay of the payment of said taxes for more than ninety days from thc date of the perm its ; and when eot'on sholl have been wotghed and marked for which n permit shall have been granted without prepayment nf thc tax, it shall be the duty of the nsse^ov granting such permit to give immediate notice of such permit to the collector of internal rev .eUue_for. tho district, to whi?rks-jid^Qt?vn is to lie transported, and he. shall also transmit therewith a statement of the taxes due there on, and of the bonds or other securities for the payment thereof and he shall imko full re turns and statements of the same in the Oom tnisaiofi"r of Internal Revenue. See. f). Ami he il further enacted. That it ?.hall he unlawful, from and after the first d -y of Septo tiber, nigh toon hundred md sixty six. IV)i' tho owner, master, supercargo, agent, or othor p o -.m having charge of nny rossel, or fm- any rmSro-.d oo-np ny, or other transporta tion c.; npany, or for any ?ommon carrier, or other person, to convey, or attempt tn convey, or transport any cotton -the growth er pro dueo o''the United States-from nny point in tho diytriot in which it shall have been pro ililued. unless each hii|.'i er p ck itre thereof shall have I.? >cn attached to or iiceivnpanying it thc proper marks or evidence of tho pay ment of the revenue tax and a permit of the eidh'ctor for such removal, or the permit of the nprfesaor, ns herein before provided, under regulations of the Commissioner of Internal Revenim, subject to the approval of the Sec retary of the Treasury, or to convey or trans .lort ini'y cot ?on from any State in which potion is produced to any port or pl ?oe in tho United States without a certificate from the collector of internal revenue of the district from which it was brought, and such other evidence ?is the (Jonimissioner of Internal Revenue., sub ject to the approval of tho Secretary of the Treasury, may proscribe, that the tax bus been paid thereon, or the permit of tho Assessor as herein .before provided, und such certificate and evidence i.s nforesnid shall be furnished to the collector of the dist riot to which it is transported, and his permit obtained before landing, discharging, or deliverine snell cotton ni flu. pl../." wl,?/?|, 5? ?a ? mneporred ns aforo ft-lid. And any person or persons who fihnll viol ?tc the provisions nf this Act. in this re spect, or who shall convey or attempt to con vey from any State in which cotton is pro duced to nny port or place without the United States any cotton upon which thc tax lins not been paid, shall be liable to a pen-dty of one hundred dollars for each hale of cotton so con veyed or transported, or uRompted to bo con voyed or transported, or to imprisonment for not more than ono year, or both ; mid nil ves sels and vehicles employed in snob convoya noe or transportation shall bu liable to seizure and forfeiture, by proceedings in any Court of thc United Stntcs having competent jurisdiction. And all cotton so shipped or attempted to bc shipped or transported without ptrytnont of tho tax, or tho exooution of such trnnsportn tion bonds or other security, tis provided in this Aot, shall bo for foi tod to the United States, und tho proceeds thereof distributed accordion to the statute in likeotisesprovided Seo. G. And bo it further onncted, That upon nrticles manufactured exclusively from cotton, when exported, thora shall ho allowed na n drawback nn amount equal to tho interns1 tax which shall hnvo been assessed and paie upon suoh artiolcs in their finished state, nnd it addition thoroton dr*iybnokor allowoneo of ni many cents per pound upon thc pound of cot ton cloth, yarn thread or knit fabrics, manu factured exclusively from cotton and exported, a* shall have been assessed ?nd paid in the form of un internal t ix upon the raw cotton entering into the mn nu tant uri of said oloth or other article, the amount of such allowance or drawbacks to be ascertained fri such manner ns may be prescribed by tho fepm missioner of Internal H evonne, under ''?"^rrrtw?iiit rf f *i Secretary of the Treasury, /dui fioV'i?^SlroT section one hundred and seventy-one of the Act of dune thirty, nighted hundred and sixty-four. "To provide internal rovenue to support thc Government tofpay interest on thc public debt, and for other purposes," os now provides for drawback Oju manufactured cotton, is hereby repealed. See. 7. And be it further cunctod, That it shall be the duty of every perd?n, brm, or cor poration, in manufacturingtcotton for any pu'-pnsp, whatever, in spy district whore cot jon is pYodtieed, to return to' the assessor, or assistai.t^ssossor of the district in which snob manufacture is carried on, a true statement in writing, signed by him, nnd verified by bis oath or affirmation, on or befare thc 10th doy of each month, nnd tho firsji statement ren dered shall be. on or before tho tenth day of August, eighteen hundred and sfcety-six, and shall stat-? the quantity of- ?qt?*?|*whioh such manuf oturer bad on hand ftiid Onmnnufac tur-i?. er ?rt process of mai^fncfurp. on the first day of said month ; nud;each suosoqu<>nf ftatemeut shall show th'c Vfholo quantity in pounds, press weight, of cotton purchased or obtained, and the whole quantity consumed hy hint it? any business or process of manufac ture during thc last preeodinpciilondar month, and the quantity and ehnruHor of the goods manufactured therefrom ; pad eyory sueh manuf cturer or consumer snail keep n book, in which he shall enter the quantity in pounds, nf cotton which be has ort jtand on the first doy of A umist, eighteen lint d rod and sixty s'x. each quantity or lot purchased'or obtained by him thereafter; the tii|f? when and the party or parties from whoih jho same was ob tdned; thc quantity of sJdd.cqttnn, if any I. .which-i?-th?r-pro*rth ^A-??i^rtileetlrirf- district where thc ?ame is manufactured J the quanti ty, if any. which has not been Weighed and marked by an officer herein authorized to weigh and mark the same ; the quantity if any. upon which the tax had not been paid, sn fur ?s can he ascertained, before the manu facture thereof; anil also the quantities used or disposed of by him from time to time in any process of manufacturo or otherwise, and the quantity nnd character of the product thereof, which books shall,nt all times during business hours, bc open to the inspection of the assessor, assistant assessor, collector OT deputy collector of the district, inspectors or reveniio agente; and such manufacturer shall pay monthly to the. collector, within the time prosnribel by law, the tax heroin specified, subject to no deductions, on ' J' cotton so con sumed by him in any manufacture, mid on which no excise tax has previously been paid ; and every such manufacturer or person whose duty it is so to do. who shall neglect or refnsr. to make such returns to tho assessor, or tr keep such book, or who shall make false 01 fraudulent returns, or make false entries ir such hook, or procure the same to be so dono in addition to thc payment of the tax to b( assessed thereon,.-shall forfeit to the Unite? States all cotton and products of cotton in hi' possession, and shall be, liable to n penalty o not less than one thousand nor more than Dvi thousand dollars, to be recovered with costs o suit, or to imprisonment not exceeding twi years, in the discretion of the. Court ; and an; person or persons who shall make, nny fills oath or affirmation in relation to any matter o thing herein required shall be guilty of pcrju ry, and shall be subject to tho puiiiahmon prescribed by existing statutes for that offence Provided that nothing herein contained ?hal he construed in any manner to affect the lia bility of any person for any tax imposed b law on thc goods manufactured from suci cotton. Sec. 8. And bc it further enacted, Tba the provision of thc Act of June thc 30th eighteen hundred and sixty-four, ns ametuloi by tho Act. of March third, eighteen hundroi and sixty-five, relating to the assessment c taxes and enforcing the collection of tho s unc imd all proceedings nnd remedies thereof, shal appll to tho assessment and collection of tb tax, fines and penalties imposed by, and no inconsistent with, tho provision of tho prcc< ding sections of this Act; and the Commit sioner of Internal Itovoiiuo, subject to tho ?j proval of tho Secretary of the Treasury, sba make all necessary rules and regulations fe ascertaining the weight of all cotton to beni sesscd.aud for appropriately mtirking tbosami and genorally for carrying into offoof. tho fon going provisions. And tho Secretary of tb Treasury is authorised to appoint nil nocossi ry inspectors, weighers and markers of eottoi whoso compensation shall bo determined li tho Commissioner pf Internal ltovonuo, an pnid in the samo mnnppr as inspcotors of t baooo aro paid. 4$ OUFIMKNOK, is tho essence of the hw. The Philadelphia Convention. PiiTLAOKt.pHiA, August 15. A National Convention of the soldiers North and South is arranged to take ph.ce in Septem her at Oin? oilioati. Leadilig officers of thc ? nion and Confederate annies are active in this work. It will bo a movement co operative with that of thc Union Convention. P^-JUU^VM-W et noon I to-day. Thc Wigwam was orpwddqwiHi?"<h 1 epates and spectators. Amongst tho lt?tte)* were a large number of ladies. General Di.v took the chair. lion. Montgomery Dlair, from tho Commit tee on Organisation, reported in favor of thc selection of lion. J. ll Doolittle for Presi dent. Tho nomination was received with great applause, mid was conlirtned by thc Con vention. Senator Po li: tie was accordingly conduct ed to the1 chair. Thc Committee on Credentials reported in favor of the admission of the Maine delega tion, beaded by General Crosby. A letter from Mr. Yullundiirham was read ?midst great applause, in which, after stating that the Ohio delegation had passed resolu tions endorsing him as a duly elected delegate and dedaring his patriotism and fitness to represent his constituents and their readiness to stand by him should bp deem it proper to prescntrhimsclf to the Convention, he says : u Yielding my own delib?rate conviction flf* duty ..mil right to the almost unanimous o'jiin-1 inn und desire of friends whoso wisdom end sincerity and purity of motive I may not ques tion, to the end that there shall bc no pretext even, from any quarter, for nny controverted questions or disturbing element in the Con vention to niur its harmony or hinder, in any way, it* results to the cause or the Constitu tion the Union mid public liberty, which shall follow from its deliberations und its action, I hereby withdraw from the Delegation of Ohio and decline taking my seat in thc Conven- . tion. I uni profoundly conscious that thc sanctity end magnitude of the interests in I volved in the present political canvass in the ' United Stuten, aro too j itt met? ?0 not to dematK? a sacrifice of every personal consideration in a stru!?g!??pon the issue of which depends, as I solemnly believe, the present peace and. ul tiinately, thc very existence of a free Republi can Government on this continent." In onn I elusion he " trusts th?t the proceedings will be harmonious, the action wise, and that thc results will be crowned with triumph " DISPATCH PROM THE PRESIDENT. The following dispatch was received from the President ; , Hon. O. ll. Hrowniny, ano1 lion. A. ll". Han tint/, Convention, H/iilaffelphia : 1 thunk you for your cheering and encour aging dispatch. The finger of Providence is unerring, and will guide you safely through. The people, must be trusted, and the countiy will be restored. My faith is unshaken ns to ultimate success. (Signed) A N nu KW .TOWNSON. The Convention bas adjourned until ten o'clock to-morrow morning, when the. Com mittee on Resolutions, of which Senator Cow an, of Pennsylvania, is Chairman, will make their report. PlIIIiADKIiPUIA, Anglist ]0.-Tl>c Nation al Convention re-assembled nt ten o'clock this ! .norning. Thc wigwam was crowded to its utmost capacity, half thc audience being la dies. ADOPTION OK THF. PLATFORM. Senator (Jowan, from the Committee on the Resolutions nnd Address, presented the Dec laration of Principles, which was unanimous ly omi enthusiastically adopted. It declares that thc war just closed hag maintained the authority of the Constitution, and has pre served tho Union, with the oqilnl rights, dig nity nnd authority of all thc States perfect ?nd unimpaired. That representation in Congress and in the lOlectoral College ian right abiding in find the duty imposed upon every State, and that neither Congress nor tho General Government have any authority or power to deny theso rights to any State. That Con gress lins no power over the elective franchise, but that right belongs exclusively to each State. ? 1 hat no State bas a right to withdraw fro|M the Union , That og all Constitutional Amendments all thc Stftc-i have an equal right to vote. That shivery is abolished and forever pro hibited. Thnt ibo Notional debt is sacred and invio lable and tho Confederate, debt invalid. It recognizes the services of thc Federal soldiers and sailors, and thc debt due by the nation to them and their widows and orphans, and endorses Presjdout Jphnson for bis stead fast devotion to tho Constitution, laws and in terests of ino country. The address wns prepared by Hon. Henry J. Raymond, of New York, nnd WIIB read by that gentleman and unanimously adopted. Tho Standing National Committees, Exec utive and Finanoiai, wore thon aunounced. SENATOR DOOLITTLE* 8 INAUGURAT, ADDRESS. Senator Dooolittlo said, in bis address on taking the Chair, that th? Convention was ono of the greatest events of our day. It was Ute first National Convention held for tho last six years, ami in the interim there had boon blood, agony and tears. Our brothers had fallon and our resources had been wasted nu a thousand battle-fields; lut thank (?nd ' the assurances herc tell us that peace busc?me at last. If the people of the whole country Could ._. would be no strUgglp at the polls this Rill, Hut ns tho whole .people cannot he hereto witness wdiat is transpiring, the greater work rests on us, From this time until thc election of the next Congress, wc should be untiring in our exertions to see that the next Congress, if this one shall continuo to refuse the sacred right of representation to equal States, ntiH.1l recognize them. [Applause.] When that is ? done, tho Union is restored ; and when the Union is restored, we shall be prepared io en ter upon a higher und nobler career among the nations of the earth than has ever yet been occupied by any Government upon which the sun of heaven ever shone. [Applause.] ORGANIZATION OF THE CONVENTION. Senator Doolittle being permanent Presi dent, the following gentlemen are among tho vice-Presidents : J. \V. Broekonbornugh, of Virginia ; John A. Gi I mer, bf North Caroli na ; Judge Wurdlnw, of South Carolina ; Richard S. Lyons, of Georgia ; Judge Ran dall, of Florida; Cuthbert Btillitt, of Louisi. *>na$;J M. f ibbotts, of Arkansas ; 1W. Bur nett, ot Toxas; Goo. ri. Houston, nf Alabama; and Thoa. A. Nelson, of Tennessee. ^ Senator Edgar Cowan, of Pennsylvania, is Chairman of thc Committee on Resolutions. In this Committee arc General Couch, of Massachusetts ; Senator Dixon, of Connecti cut; Hon. ll. J. Raymond, of New York; Messrs Bigelow, of Pennsylvania j Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland ; Graham, of New York ; Gov. Perry, of South Carolina ; C. C. Langdon, of Alabama ; Wm. Yerger, of Mis sissippi; John Rey, of Louisiana; Senator McDougal, of California*, and others. PHILADELPHIA, August 1G-P. M.-The Convention, after adopting its Declaration of * Fnnciplcs, has adjourned Wno ilfti. There will be an address issued to the peo ple of the United States. PHILADELPHIA August ld.-An informal meeting was held last evening of the soldiers of both thc Northern and Southern armies, in which a proposition was made and received with favor to call a Convention of soldiers of thc two armies at some central point within a few weeks, where men who fought bravely against each other may meet in a spirit of conciliation, and deter nine to stand together in maintaining thc I'tiion and tho Gom-litu tion. RADICAL BOASTS CONCERNING TUP. FALL Bl.KCTIONS.- Leading radical orators and journals profess to bc very sanguine of carry ing tho coming Fall elections bv sonu tiling like tho Union war-majorities of 1804. Thus, thc " Chicago Tribune," prophesies that they will carry Ohio by 40,000, Indiana by 35,000, Illinois by 45,000,and all tho Western Statis f?nst of the Rocky Mountains, by an aggre gate majority of over 200,000. But these radical prophets are counting their chickens before they are hatched. The ( lenients of a political revolution are nt work. The war is ended and slavery is abolished, and the war and the abolition of slavery wore tho two great issues of 1804, and they still controlled tho eleotions of 1805, in the absence nf a new organization of pnrties upon new issues. Now such an organization is in progress, and the parties and issues of 1800 will be very apt to result in a general political revolution in these approaching Fall elections. Tho brooking up of tho Republican party of the war lins actively commenced, because the mis sion of that party is fulfilled, and the new work of peace and re union must go on. for it is the beginning of a political revolution. \Mw York Herald, THE BOUNTY LAW.-Tho new bounty law passed by Congress, gives $100 extra to men who have served for three years mid been hon orably discharged, mid 850 extrn to men who entered for two years and served ont their time. Provision is made that in case of death in ser vice of thc soldier, who, if living, would be entitled, that the bounty shall be paid to their widows, minor children or parents. Every soldier who has sold, bartered, or in any way transferred his discharge papers, will lose tho benefit of this provision. lt is estimated that $75,000,000 will bo sufficient to pay all tho bounties secured by the net. THE first train over tho Southern Pacifia Railroad, from Shreveport to Marshall, Texns, was run on Saturday last. Everything Worked nicely and in perfect order. August 1 was the timo set for tho completion of this seo tion of tho road, but it was dono four days ahead of that time. Tho Commissioners of the Government will inspect tho road early noxt month. Freight engagements have al ready been made for over a month ahead, atld the profits of the road will bo $1.000 por dav.