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THE ORANGEUUB? 8A\3N, rUDLISIIKD WEEKLY OR ANGEBURa, S. C. Ojficx of ISiblitxition oh Market-Sired over the l*o?t Office. SAMUEL DIBBLE, Editor. VIRGIL C. DIBBLE, Assooiato Editor. CHARLES H. HALL, Publisher. o-,- . I .?:-n . .?, '< ?? - BEADING MATTER ON EVERY; PAGE. vv?* i Tho Presidents Message. ft*'1 Ott Tuesday, the 3d inst., this important document which has been looked forward to , witih peculiar interest' by riion of all parties in the Union was prcsonted to Congress. It is j one of the ablost: State papers ever prepared by occupants of the White House, and as on ar gument entirely suolnina the Presideut. in bis '- opposition to the unconstitutional and partisan -'^teiqtt bt ; Uongr^ai The length '?F tqo Message wift'wVregrel;*',prevont us from pre . jSeuting it in full in our columns but invite at tention to tho following full and carefully pre pared synopsis which we find in tho Wilming :,;tbn StUri 'The President deplores tho continued disor gauization of tho Union, and argues that j"when a civil war has heon brought to a close, : it is manifestly the first interest and duty of tho State to repair the injuries which tho war has inflicted, and to secure the benefit of the lessons it teaches as fully and as speedily as possible. This duty was, upon the termination of tho rebellion, promply accepted, not only by the Executive Department, but by the insur . rcctionary States themselves, and restoration, in the first moment of peace, was believed to be as certain as it was indispensable. The ex pectations, however, then "so rcasonbly and .confidently entertained, wore disappointed by | legislation from which I felt constrained, by ?iv obligations to tho Constitution, to withhold .my assent." tioinw tfvMtftfi ?i, X% is.a sonrep,of profound rcgrot, thorcforo, :.?h,it.ho declares, '-I am unable to communicate ?any definite adjustment, satisfactory to tho si American people, of tho questions which, since the close of the rebellion, have agitated the public mind. On tho contrary, candor com pels me to declare that at this timo there is no - Union as our Fathers understood the term, and ; as thoy meant it to bo understood' by us. Tho Union which they established can exist only where all tho States arc represented in both Houses of. Congress; whero one State is as free as another to regulate its internal con cerns according to its own will ; and where the. laws of the, central Government, strictly con-j fined to matters of national jurisdiction, np'ply I with equal force to all tho people of every sec tion. . That such is not the present 'state of | the Union' is a melancholy fact." He alludes.to the importance of re-establish ing tho Government according to tho terms of | i;jthe original compact, and says : "To rae Utc process of restoration scorns perfectly plain and j simple. It consists merely in a faithful appli cation ofjtho Constitution and laws. The oxa . cution of the laws is not now obstructed or op ,.posea by physical force. There is no military or'other'necessity, real or pretended, which can prevent obedience to the Constitution, ''Either North or South. All tho rights and all the obligations of States and individuals " vcttn'be protected and enforced by means per fectly consistent' with tho fundamental law. : TThe courts niny be everywhere open, and, if] '?pe'n, thoir process would bo unimpeded. * Grlriios against tho United States Cnu bo prc Vented or punished by the proper judicial ?u ' thoritiis, in a manner entirely practicable and ?J legal. Thoro is, thorcforo, no roason why the Constitution should not be obeyed, unless those who exercise its powers have determined that ?*it shall ho disregarded and violated. The mere' ?;rn???drwili of ihra Government, or' of some ope or more of its branches, is tho only .obstacle . that can exist to a perfect union of all tlie i iStates.!". ? ... The President then alludes to the conflict of ^'Vipinibn on this question betweon himself and " Oongrcss, indulging the hope of concurrence in a mode of settlement, and says : It is clear to my apprehension that tho States lately in rebellion are still members of the National Union. When did they coase to be so ? Tho 'h ?'ordinances of secession,' adopted by a portion (in most of them a very smnll portion) of thoir citizens, wero mere nullities. If we admit now that they wore valid and effectual for the purpose intended by their authors, wo sweep from tinder our feet the wholo ground upon which wo justified tho war. Were those States afterwards expelled from tho Union by the war ? . Tho direct contrary was averred by this Government to be its purpose, and was bo . ?!understood by all those who gave their blood r. and treasure to aid in itr prosecution. It can not be that a successful war waged for the pre servation of tho Union, had tho legal effect of 1 -dissolving it. Tho victory of tho nation's arms was not the disgrace of hor policy; tho defeat of secession on the - battle-field was not fJie triumph of its Uwlees principle. Nor could Congress, with or without tho consent of <*hc Executive, do anything which would t fewe the effect, directly or indirectly, of sopn r rating tho States from each othor." The President devotes considerable space to thin point, and particularly to the declaration by Congress, in July, J861, that "tho war ( Should bp conducted solely for tho purpose of preserving the Union," &c, "and thnt when . this was done-.tlie war should ccose," and con cludes that a violation of this assurance on the part of tho Government, iu tho day of its pow er, "woulo bo a rude rending of that good faith which holds tho moral, world together; our country would cease to have n^iy claini upon tho confidence pf .men; it would make ihc war hot,only a; failure, but a fraud." k Tho President there to ro recommends tho re peal of tho acts of Congress "which place ten of tho Southern States under tho domination of military masters," which acts tho 1'resident pronounces unconstitutional nnd unauthorized. On tho question of negro suffrage, the Presi dent argues at length, and declares .that ::the subjugation of he States to negro domination would bo worse than tho military despotism undor which thoy aro now suffering," and ho believes thaj>'"thc people would enduro any amount of military oppression, for any length of time, rather than degrade themselves by subjugation to the negro race." In concluding his reflections on this important subject, tho President remarks : "I repeat tho expression of my willingness to join iu any plan within tho scope of our constitutional authority which promises to better the condition of, the negroes in the South, by encouraging them in industry, enlightening their .minds, ..improving their morals, and giving protection to nil their just rights ns frccdmeu. But tho transfer of our political inheritance to them would, in my opinion, be an abandonment of a duty which wo owe aliko to the memory of our fathers and the rights of our children. "The plau of putting the Southern States wholly, aud the General Government partially, into tho hands of negroes, is proposed at a timo peculiarly unpropitious. Tho foundations of society have becu broken up by'civil war. Industry must be reorganized, justice re-estab lished, public credit maintained, and order brought out of confusion. To accomplish these ends would require all the wisdom and virtue of tho great men who formed cur institutions originally. I confideutly believe that their de scendants will be equal to tho arduous task be fore them, but it is worse than madness to ex pect that negroes will perform it for us. Cer tainly We ought not to ask their assistance un til we despair of our own competency. "The great diffcrenco between tho two races, in physical, mental, aud moral characteristics will provent an amalgamation or fusion of them together in one homogeneous mass. If the in ferior obtains the cscendency over the othor, it will govern, with reference only to its own in terest?for it will* recognize no common inte rest?and create -such a tyranny us this conti nent has ncycr yet witnessed. Already the negroes aro.influenced by promises of confisca tion and plunder. They aro taught to regard as an enemy every white man who has any re spect for tlie rights of his own race. If this eon tin ues, it must become worse and worse, until nil order will be subverted, all industry cease, and the fertile fields of tho South grow' up iuto a wilderness. Of-nil tho dangers which our uatiou has yet encountered, none are equal to those which must result from tho suc cess of tho effort now making to Africanize the half of our country." Iu alluding to the expenses of reconstruc tion, the Prcsideut says it has cost uncounted millions already, and that it will require a strong standing army and probably more than two hundred million* of dollars per annum, to maintain the supremacy of negro governments after they arc established. The violation of the pledges of Congress to tho "people, who were led to supposo thut the National debt was created to hold the States in the Union, uot to "expel them from it and hand them -over to he governed by negroes," the President fears will hinke the moral duty to pay it seem much less clear. Still, while the President denounces repudiation, he says : "The great interests of the country require im mediate relief from theso enactments. Busi ness in tho Cc.dh is paralyzed by a sciso of general insecurity, by the terror of confiscation, aud the dread of negro supremacy. The South ern trade, from which tho North would have derived so great a profit under ^government of law, still languishes, and can never be revived until it ceases to be fettered by the arbitrary power which makes all its operations iinsafe." How far tho duty of tho President requires him to go in opposing an unconstitutional act of Congress, has been a source of much anxie ty to the President. He thinks, however, that the emergency has uot yet arisen which would call for that force and authority which would certainly bo exercised by him if found neces sary to "savo the life of the Nation." The President concludes this branch of his message by alluding to the endorsement which he has lately received from the people iu the reconstructed States. The President next alludes to the enormous frauds perpetrated on tho Treasury, and argues his inability by cause of the restrictions placed on hiin by tho "Tcnu.e of Office" bill, to ac complish much towards correcting tho evil. The President's views on the Financial ques tion havo already been truthfully foreshadowed. The message makes no special allusion to the cotton tax. "Betsey, get up nnd get nio something to cat." "Why, John, there's nothing cooked." "Well, get up and cook something." "Thoro's nothing to cook." "Nothing at all?" "No." "Well, got up, and get a clean knife and fork-?I'D go through thy motion anyhow." .!? i?p???? .1 Tho cost of tho military establishment in Virginia for tho laet ton months was $5,000, 000. John Brisson has given 820,000 to tho famine sufferers iu Lojudoju. THE ORANGEBURG NEWS. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, T8?7. -?-.-r?-, While tcisfeserve to ourselves the righto/defi ning our own 2>olitical position .hy meant of our editorial columns, tee will be pleased to publish contributions fron), pur fellow-citizens uj>oii the grave questions which noio agitate tlie public mind, whether their opinions coincide with ours or not. A district newspaper, toe causriikr, should be an index of tlie various shades eTpop ? ulat sentiment in tlie section of country in which it circulates, i Our columns are open, therefore, for any communications propeffy written, acHbm pamed by a. responsible .name, not personal in their character, nor?'absolutely?\}urious in their tendency. ? 1 1 . ? """Tt? Apologetic.' Tho space in our paper occupied by tho po litical documents which wo to-day present to our readers, must ho our apology for the ab sence of copious news matter. Wo will 4try and make amends next week for present deficien cies. . ...... New advertisements will re-eive attention ;noxt -"week.' " ' '1 Tlie President's Message and Congress. Tho scene, which followed the reading of the able Mcssago of President Johuson to the dig nified body, ychpt Congress, deserves record, and is a tolling commentary on tho animus of the honorable gentlernen constituting tho great legislative tribunal of the land. It has always been customary for the Message of tho Presi dent to bo printed by order of Congress, as a deserved tribute of respect to him, and in or der to permit at least a partial official circula tion through the country. A motion to this end having been made in the Senate, on Tues day, elicited bitter opposition, and wiy0 finally laid over. During the discussion, several prominent Radices delivered themselves as follows ; Senator Howard did think not it worthy of publication, as it was a libel on every member who voted for the Reconstruction bill, and it was nothing less than an insidious invitation to the rebel States to resist, by violcnco, tho Recon struction acts. He would not vote money for the distribution of such attacks upon the peo ples representatives. Senator Cameron thought tho Message al ready sufficiently publish'd. Senator Sumncr moved to amend by publish ing only the reports. 11c considered the Mes sage not only a libel on Congress, but an incen diary document designed to stir up the rebels. Senator Wilson said Congress was not to be deterred from its work, by either tho President ' or tho press, and the South will be represented by the Fourth of July next. Tho President libelled not only Congress but?tho freedtnen, in declaring them unfit for tho ballot, lie de clared that newspaper correspondents were in the interest of the rebels, and made garbled statements. Several Democratic Senators raised thoir voices in defence of the President and of the motion, but they were unheard, or at least un heeded. It is not unlikely that this action of Con gress, betides indicating their continued bitter animosity to Mr. Johnson, foreshadows im peachment. To the. plain but potent argu ments, which he has offered to the country and the world in defense of his policy, they can fabricate no reply. Logic and Rhetoric will avi'il them nothing; no sophistries they may devise will be sufficiently ingenious to controvert the truth he has announced and thus noutralizo tho ofioct which the Message i must produce on every candid reader. Two. j alternatives only present themselves; they must cither relinquish thoir schemes, or remove tho author of their confusion and disappointment. The former course they will not adopt, nnd they must thorcforo impeach and suspend the Pres ident, and thus, by an attack on tho man, en deavor to overturn his policy. That in this they will fail iguomiuiouHly wc have every reason to hope. The words of the President are significant, "If Congress should pass nn act which is not only in palpable conflict with the Consti tution, but will certainly, if carried out, pro duce immediate and irreparable injury to the organic structure of the Government, and if thero be neither judicial remedy for the wrongs it inflicts, nor power in the people to protect themselves without the official aid of thoir elected defender; if, for instance, the Legisla tive Department should pass an net, even through all tho forms of law, to abolish a co ordinate department of the Government?in such a case the President must take tho high responsibilities of his office, and save the life of tho nation at all hazards." Ho will not submit to bo made n sacrifice to tho ambition and hate of Congress. Ho will resist with all the power of the Government the last attack upon him and the consumma tion of impeachment will bo the inauguration of a civil revolution. The issue of this would not be doubtful; it would seal the doom of the assailants. "Queu Dens vult perden, prius dementat" (Whom God wishes to destroy ho first de prives of reason). Congress is on illustration, of the truth of the proverb. Jn tfjc events of tho past fow months they may road their doonif tho voice of the people to which thoy havo professed obed enco in tho perpetration oftthcir unconstitutional and. iniquitous acts has repu diated them?but blind to tho handwriting ou the wall and deaf to the warning voico of their constituents thoy still MADLY persist in their efforts to overturn the Republic and establish on its ruins a hydra-headed despot ism. Justice will undoubtedly soon overtake them, and while Mr. Johnson will horeaftcr be venerated as the second'"Father of^hife Coun try," his enemies will drnw down upon their heads the obloquy their crimes deserve. "The places that now know them will know them no more forever," aud thoy will be remembered only to bo execrated. Taxation in the State tub ordkr oe GEN eu AT. candy. IIeadq'rs. 2n Military Distiuct, Charleston, S. C, Dec. 3, 18G7. [General Order*uYo. 139.] I. To provide for the support of tho provis ional government of South Carolina, for the year commencing on the first day of October, 18G7, and ending on the thirtieth day of Sep tember, 1808, the Act of the General Assem bly, "To raise supplies for tho year commenc ing in October, ouc thousand eight ^hundred and sixty-six," approved December 21, I860," will, as hereinafter modified, be continued iu force until suspcrscded by legislation or Until otherwise ordered by proper aut^or\ty. ARTICLES TA^ cd "AD VALOREM." 1. On all real estate, twenty-five cents on every hundred dollars : provided, that on such lands as may be in the possession of the Bureau of Refugees, Frecdnicu nnd Abandoned Lands on the first day of January next, aud the owner or claimant D thereby deprived of its occupa tion and use, such tax shall not be collected; on the capital stock of all gas-light companies, twenty-five cents on every hundred dollars; on articles manufactured for sale, barter, or ex change, between the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred nnd sixty-seven, and the first day of January, ono thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, twenty cents on every hundred dollars, to be paid by the manufac turer; on the market value of tho gross amouut of spirituous liquors manufactured from the first day of January to the thirty-first day of December, 1808, five per cent, to be paid quar terly' at the end of each quarter to the Tux Collectors of the Districts in which it was man ufactured ; on buggies, carriages, gold and sil ver plate, wathes, jewelry and piano?. ru?.\v?uA on the first day of January, -18GS?except when held by dealers for the purpose of sale? one dollar on every hundred dollars. "TAX on incomes." 2. Upon all gross incomes derived from em ployments, faculties and professions, including the profession of dentistry (whether in the pro fession of the law the income be derived from the costs of suit, or fees, or other source of professional incomes), excepting clergymen, two nnd one-half dollars on every hundred dollars ; from commissions received by brokers, vendue masters, factors, commission mercha.iis, dealers iu exchange (foreign or domestic), or in mortgages, bonds aud other negotiable pa ; pera, two and one-half dollars and every hun dred dollars; from premiums received by in surance companies or underwriters, two dollars on every hundred dollars; from the receipts of express or other transportation companies earned within the limits of the State, one dol lar on every hundred dollars; and from the receipts of telegraph companies earned within I the limits of the Stato, two nnd one-half dollars on evory hundred dollars; from the sale of newspapers or magazines, one dollar on every hundred dollars; on the gross receipts of news papers published id the State twenty cent." ou every hundred dollars ; from tho sale of goods, wares or merchandise, embracing all the arti cles of trade, sale, barter or exchange (cotton taxed by the United States excepted), whi?:h any person shall make between the first day of January and the thirty-fust day of December, 18G8, to be paid quarterly at tho end of each quarter, to the several Tax Collectors, 'twenty cents on every hundred dollars; on the groBS profits of all banks or banking institutions, two dollars on evory hundred dollars; on the gross incomes derived from the arts of photopraph ing or daguorrootyping, ono dollar on every hundred dollars; on nil incomes from salaries, rents, dividends aud money at interest, one dollar on every hundred dollars in excess of five hundred dollars ; on tho gross incomes of all railroads (not exempted by law) from earn ings within the State, ono dollar ou every hun dred dollars. All persons keeping hotels shall pay a tax of two dollars on every hundred dol lars of gross incomes ; all persons keeping res taurants or eating houses shall pay a tax of two dollars orr every hundred dollars of grass income; all persons keeping livery stables shall pay a tax of two dollars on every hundred dol lars of gross income; all bothers and hucksters shall pay a tax of ouc dollar on every hundred dollars of gross ineomo; nil persons keeping billiard tablea shall pay a ta* of fivu dollars on every hundred dollars of gross income; all portions keeping bowling alleys shall pay a tax offivo dollars on ,cvory hundred dollars of gros*? inpomo; nil persons Keeping bar-rooms, whetbor connected with a hotol or otherwise, shal) pay a tax qf ton dollars on eyory hundred dollars of gross income; all persons keeping fprrics or bridges shall pay a tax of one dollar ou every huudrcd dollars of gross income ; al persons keeping toll gates shall pay a tax of one dollar on every hundred dollars of gross income; nil persons keeping toll gates shall pjiy a I tax of one dollar on every hundred doli lars of gros* income; each person or company keeping a public ruce track shall pay a tax of one hundred dollars; upon each public back, stage coach, baggage wagon and omnibus drawn by two or more burses, thero shall be paid a tax of ton dollars, and upon each dray and curt,, or baggage and express wagon drawn by one horse, a tux of five dollars. "TAXtS IMPOSED JOB CERTAIN PRIVILEGES." 3. All persons representing for gain or re ward any play, comedy, tragedy, interlude, or farce, or other employment of tho stage, or any part therein, or exhibiting wax works or other shows of any kind whatsoever, shall pay a tax of ten dollars per day to bo paid into tho hands of the ClerkB of the Courts, or of a Magistrate in tho absence of tho Clerk, who Bhall bo bound to collect and pay tho same into tho public treasury,. except incases where the same is now required by to be paid to corporations or otherwise . Upon every !.**irig put of a charter, except for religious, charitable and ed ucational institutions, there shall'bo levied a tax of twenty dolloas; upon each renewal of a charter liable to tax under this order, ton dol lars, and all companies incorporated in other States shall pay for the" privilcgo of carrying on their busiucss in this State tho same char ter fee as is required of companies incorpora in this State. All circus exhibitions; to bo paid at the time, fifty dollars per day; each and every person keeping a dog or dogs, shall pay a tax of one dollar for each dog. For tho I PrVf Viege of selling lottery tickots within the limits of this State, five hundred dollars per month, to bo paid monthly or quarterly in ad vance to the Treasurer of the State of South Carolina, who, upou such payment, shall grunt a license for tho timo for which such payment haB been made, but not for less than one month. "SPECIAL TAX." 4. A capitation tnx of one dollar shall he paid by every male person betweon the ages cf twenty-one and sixty, residents of the Stute on. the first day of January, ono thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, except such as aro incapable of earning a support by reason of immtal or physical disability : j)rovidet7, that doublo executions for tho non-payment of the capitation tax of the past year shall not be enforced, and that in all cases where execution has not been issued and no costs have been incurred, the tax may be dis charged by the payment of the original amount on or before the first day of March, 1S63. 5. All taxes levied on property as prescribed in this order, shall be paid to the Tax Collector for the District or Parish injyhich. onid'propor Kyjfi ijiracdf-?o'Jpt that tho tax" on railroad companies, express companies, and telegraph' .companies shall be returned to and paid di rectly into tho Treasury the State; and this return shall be madj quarterly. G. All individual taxes will be assessed di rectly upon and collected directly from the individuals from whom they are due. * * |* 8. Before tho collection of the taxes her?in provided for, every Assessor or Tax Collector (acting in the capacity of Assessor) in tb,is State, shall proceed to make an ad valorem as sessment of all lands, buildings and improve ments, without distinction as to city, town or Country property, and upon all other property upon which an ad valorem tax has been levied, with reference to the market value of such property in United States currency, and with out reference to any previous assessment; and such asses-meats shall be subject to revision by military authority. Each Assctsor and each Tax Collector acting as Assessor, before enter ing upon his duties as Assessor, shall take and subscribe before the Clerk of the Court of the District the following oath, which shall bo en dorsed on hiB commission, viz: "I, A B, d0 promise and swear that I will, to tho best of my ability, execute the duties of Assessor for my Collection Distriot, and will without favor or partiality, ascertain an as^ss the actual Value of the property, real ar.d personal, upon which an ad wfacm tax ia levied, before and for the purpose of levying such tax." 9. Each Tr.x Collector shall attend at the Court House of the Tax District (or if there be no Court House, at some other public place) daily for ono week previous to making his final return, for tho receipt of taxes of his respec tive District or Parish. All taxes on property imposed by the provisions of this order shall have reference both as to possession and valua tion to tho first day of January, eighteen hun dred and sixty-eight, except where some other date is specially designated. All taxes on in come imposed by the provisions of this ac shall have reference to tho amount of such in come received bctwoen the first day of Janua ry, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven and the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, and all such in come tax shall be due and payablo on or before tho thirty-first day of March, 18G8. 10. The taxes herein levied shall be paid only in gold and silver coin, Uuited States Treasury notes, or notes declared to uo a legal tender by tho Government of tho United States, or notes of National Banks, or tho bills receivable of this State j and also pay-cortifi cates of jurors and constables for attendance on the pourts. Tho Collectors of tho sovcral election districts shall be allowed, on all sums of money paid into their hands for taxes, a commission as follows, that is to say : tho Tax Collectors of * * * * Orange Parish, 4 per cent. * * * * St. Matthews' Parish, fi per cont.: providcil, that in any Dis trict whoro the gross amount of taxes paid in shall exceed the sum of "thirty thousand do] ?. r'ii\ .ih.'i .. \ : ? lars, trie commissions of tho Tax Collectors sholl he two per cent, on such excess. 11. In sales of real estate upon execution for non-payment of taxes, if the amount bid for such real estate be not greater than the amount of the execution and costs, it shall be the duty of the Sheriff to bid in the property for the State, and the title thereto shall there- " upon be passed to the State, subject to such equitable rights of redemption as ie^y. hcreaCr tcr be determined Upon by legislative authori ty. Imprisonment -for over-due taxes is ?b^ ishedj hut whenever the amount of the- U$f costc, &c., of any person cannot be mjdo<opt of any-^property of which he- Sbs possesled/ the Sheriff holding the execution ?hall make re turn thereof to tfie; Commiwionerw^rBoads or Public Buildings, or other appropriate nrti nicipal authority, who may enforce tho pay ment of the tax due by labor upon the roads' bridges nod other public works : JPmitled that the commutation value of such'faDor shall Jiot be less than fifty cents for a laboi day afeigfrfr hours, . . .v . n ^ 12. AU taxes levied by this Sidcr, except when such taxes are pay able quarterly, sftoil j}4 dueanC! ?^vable.'. a? ffoUfif^f ^tfa-lialf'tf*^ before the thirty-first day of Maren, ow ?u?ur sand eight hundred and sixty-eight, and the romainiug half oh or bef' to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and six ty-eight. Any person desiring, to, pay the whole amount of his taxes (except such ns arc returned quarterly) on or before tho. thirty first day of March Bhall have the privilege1 of so doing, and tdiall be entitled to a discount of five per cent, upon the amount of taxes falling due on the thirtieth day of'June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight. 13. No Tax Collector or Assessor ?ball -re ceive his commissions until his returns,ibavo boon received at tho Treasurer's office, and been approved by him. 14. Taxes levied by municipalities, corpora tions, or Other local authorities, under any j general or special law of the StaJe, will* con form in principle to the modilk-AUoUs herein before made. * * ? * ; * * By Command of Brevet 31ajor-Gci.er.il Et. R. s. Candy. ' louis v;caziahc.; 'Aidc-dc-Cauip, A. A. A. G>^7._ EUREKA CHAPTER, NO. l-V ^ A-M, a Regular Convocalwa or this obiter wJ3J oiv held at Orangeburg C. II-, on JPaturdny tht Stst^v of Dcocmbcr ut 10 o'clock, a. Mi. C?>jasij.^Hjwaij?k ordered to bepuaernnl in their attcv&w.'Vi ncss of importance is to be tnns^tie4. ?'order ?* ^J^^^y-v. S. G. Jamison, Seercl*"^ ... . 4 cug 3 .^rT-^-^^yf^- td fljj JOHN! H. HO?KSji COIH.IEISSIOX. MEKCIIAXT, BOTCE ? CO/S wharf, CHARLESTON, 8. c. REFERENCES' : . . non. geo. a. TRESMioi^r'rv.\vnnwr '|5T-. MONDS. President-Ist National. Rank, ChnrWi'uitti F. S, HOLMES, President S. O. Mining and .M? n?^. factoring Company. \ dec 7 * ;r?m? AvMix*stATon-s MtTU^f Apersons having demand? ag'winui't. e' K?? tatc^of Oliver Shulcr, decpo.wd,-ulll :. n kr tKrnVm properly attested on or bcfor<- tt;??. l.r*"''"y of'Jan., 18158. Also all persona indebted t<Mhe said Estate will como forward and make payment "on or before that date. lt. L. Sil L'LKR. dco 7?8t* Adium?jira^pT-.' NOTICE. ? Tho Suhsc;?hcr open a SCHOOL for bejs <,n YVedne^y. th? 1st day of January, 1868. F?r pnrtie?\w?, hsTaay be seen for the present nt^Mr. (Vu\nv*> in ths.day, I or at bis residence;'next door tu 1 he !frm?lc College. dcc7-4t? K.fWyFK^. * SEIZING OFF AT* It 1&DVCED RATES.?Boin? abtuat to??build and not wish ing to move our Gooda to r.notnrv location, wo hav? determined to close'r~\t our entiro Steck; by tho Ist^ of January next, wi'il offer such "bargains in' Dry Goods. Gveeei' Shoes, &o.; as will mako it let the advp;.tiftgo sf nuycrs to give us acaU.^ F. II. W: U1UGGMAKN &'co. OHANGEBUKG .^6TI?Gl\ M. A. Davis? Adni'r of G. 8. Binnak-r, ) ",' } Sarnh Binnaker, et. nl. Dis. and Crca.') ??l]rfix It appearing to my satiufaction tlmt John and James Binnaker, Richard and Louis?. Barr, anq Elicnbcth Bolton, defendants in the above statea cafio aro'absent from and reside beyond !hq .lim".;n of this Stato, on motion of Messrs Hiifsons & Lc garc, Complainants 8oUcit{^nt. U \ i ordernd; tbat the Haid Bofcndants do appear ami plead, answer or demur to tho Complainantp bill within 40 days fronl' this date, or tho same will bo taken ns against then1? pro confesso. * Cominieaioner's Offloo, \ V. D. V. JAMISON, Orangeburg C. II.? > Coaimitsitatiw. Do.o 2, 1807. J dco 7 -40? _l>__L i _? ?? i l-nw_ B. D. Myers, Applicant, "I Noliee ti * Against \ Absent Ann c. Myers, et. ?1. Defendant. j Defendants. It appearing to my satisfaction that Sarah Fid man and Elisabeth Holly, two of the dofendanpi re side without this State, it is therefore ordered Ih'rtf they do appear and object to the division .?r sale of the Heal Estate of K. J. W. Myers, on or beforv tbA: sixth doy of Mareh next, or their content.to tk* sume will bo entered of record. Ordinary's Office, \ 1*. A. Me MICHAEL; December 2,18C7. / 0. O. D. dec 7 13 'xr ; STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1 Orangeburg District. f v"W?0? By P. A, luoMICII. v^L, Esq., Ordinary. Whereas, Peter M. Houser hath nindc suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration, cf the Estate and'Effeots of John A. Koitl, dec. These are thercforo to cite nnd admonish all. and singular tho Kindred and Creditors of the paid John A. Koitt, deceased, that they be and appear Lcforo me in Iho Court of Ordinary, to be held at Orangeburg C. il. on tho 20fh day.of Decemb.fj9k ins!., after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock \^ .hty forenoon, to shew cause if any thoy h>w?\ >A/ ^n^ said Administration should nd be p'ku\U-^ ^v. ! ( Given under my hand this 4th dar ..?'"Ahnft ? Domini, 1867. P. A% Mv^^SWis,,?,* dcc-2t ?_& ^ TO RENT.-On ffa*tvr?l?yi Wth mT December next, lands of tho Estate \- Ow*'eti, *m hr> Rfntctl in parcels for tbe. y*?r ItHliR. j\?r tern,?. and infor-i mation>apply,to. ? . ?^V?V- CLEK^iKV^ Ex'r, pov20?2t* ? . Grahasi'b T. (>,