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* ' \ . **" ">:^?v*: * v.-:V. -* .-- > L-y " .'. -vi1 mi mam W|Ml,y?irw#;;ifr a^Tffl7?'T? ~ - : - -"- * - v * .>.v- ! ^ .^SSBS^rSSf^s^-'*' ' i <vc:/ >As, --<rx ?tk\S: - - -p S '-r-?.'-^ ... aSfc * '? i -T*i . V "*. :' ?/> ' - v'^' ^E2?'-.?5 .v-^r" - '&$ &* >'-J" '^.'..^.^S .* r 4'. !*? * . ' i , y _ ii __ ! ii .hi ml i i 'r i i i i 1 ii ii. i ! i iwm lewism.grist, |proprietor. ^ii $itkjtcniitiit Jainflg ftepj!tt: Jjitr % Iprimirfioit af % ^tflttical, JSachtl, ^gricttltaral aitb dE&meroal |ittosts of l|eSotrf|. jsapebyeae,is advascb. VOLUME 0. ' YORKVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, 1863. ' NUMBER 7. i ?_?? " " - rrr-f" r- rrrf - i ?:.:ii:.i^fnVi|ii^BtoifeBiiaiyiiai^^ STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Aivktant and lnrpcctob-GENr.j?ai.'s Omen, r- Columbia, S. C., Pebrunrj' 8, 1863. (iRKRRJiL ORDER NO. 8. T .THE General Assembly of this - "'Ah'State, by an Act, entitled "An Act for tlic Iicttcr orgsnlzation of the militia, and for other, purposes," having vacated tlio commissions of ail tniUtia officers hi this State Who ate not exempt from sen-ice hy the Acts of the Confederate Congress, as soon as new elections can be held, elections are hereby oi tiered to be held for held and company officers, in all the companies, battalions and regiments of the militia of this State, on or before the 2ist day of this month; said elections to be conducted in the manner prescribed by the Act of 1641, except as to the notice required under sal J Act. . vfi. No one Sable to duty in the Coufhderata. service, un. less be he exempted from said service under the provisions of the Exemption Act of Congress, shall be eligible to said offices. III. The officers In command of regiments at the time said elections arc held, are required to make returns thereof to this office immediately thereafter, rfc. The commanding officers of companies and rcgihor?hv rr>miired immediatclv after said elections have been Held, to make returns of the rolls of the compa, nies promptly to thiaoffico, In pursuauce of Die provisions of the fifth and sixth sections of said Act, herewith published; aud for default in maklug said returns, the penalties therein imposed will be strictly enforced. V. The commanding officers of regiments are hereby ? - changed with the prompt execution of this order on the publication thereof. By instructions of the General Assemble. ? A. C. GAkLINUTON, Adjutant and luspcctor General of S. C. Retract from Jtot of the General.luemblyfor the better Organization of the Militia. Sac. 5. That the commanding officers ofbent companies ? shall keep two separate tolls?one of the names of all persons resident in their beats between tbc nges of sixteen nndjslxty, and another of the names of all persons between "*? the ages ol" sixteen and fifty, designating on said rolls the ages of each person; and all persons required to be enrolled by this Act, shall, immediately after its passage, report their names to the commanding officers of tbeir beats, who - shall have, power to administer oaths as to the ages and residences of person*, when thev refuse to make known j their age or residence, or where they awy be' doubts as to either, and eaclr and every beat co.-ipatiy shall be called out for dril! and instruction once in every two months. Bsc. 6. That the commanding officers of companies, as soou'as said enrollment can be made, of their regiments, who shall return the same, within ten days, to the office of the Adjutant and Inspector-General; and for defanlt In making said returns, the commanding officers of companies shall be liable to a fine of fifty dollars, and commanding officers of jcglnients to a fine of one hundred dollars, to be Imposed by a court martial ordered by the Governor for the trial of such defaulters. * * * . * ? * * * * ftac. 18. That all commissions held by tits militia officer* of this State, except the Adjutant and Inspector-General, who are not exempt from sendee by the Conscription Act ofthe Confederate Congress, be and the same arc hereby vacated us soon as new elections can be held, which elections the Adjutant and Inspector General is hereby instructed to order immediately after the passing of this Act; and that no one liable to duty In the Confederate service, unless he be exempted from said service under the provisions of the Exemption Act of Congress, shall be hereafter eligible to any militia office. Peb. It 6 5fw #ldsboro\ north Carolina. Jakuart '23dj 18C3. (rfZHER-SL ORDERS, NO. 5. I Commanders of Brigades will give to the ofBcera detailed for recruiting service, (one from eoob Company,) special instructions to arrest nnd forward to their Companies all enlisted nioit absent without competent authority. ' II. A full pardon, cxeopt as to forfeiture of pay for the period of unauthorized absence, is hereby proclaimed to all enlisted men, absent without leave, who may voluutarlly reretum. to their respective commands ou or before the 10th day.of Febrnary next. ill. All enlisted men who do not voluntarily return within the time specified, and all who shall nftnrthi* date absent thowsdves ffom their commands without proper authority, will Itff chained with desertion and tried by the new Military Court now in session. If fnuiid guilty, they wiB be sentenced to death, whether present or absent, and commanders will be ordered to execute the sentence wherever the condemned can he arrested. IV. In Com panic.-: all Hie enlisted men of which are present for duty, except those, absent under local orders or upon regular sick leave, Division, District and Department Commanders are authorized to grant furloughs, utthe rate of one lor every twenty-five men present for duty In each company, and for periods which, deducting the time necessary for travel, will permit the parties to remain nt home fourteen days. Whencvcrtiiey arc authorized by the facts to append a certificate, which will he required In every instance, that no cfelisted man of the Company is absent without competent authority, Company and Regimental Commanders will forward, through the regular clmnoel*. at the rate and upon the conditions above specified, recommendations of the men most meritorious and deserving of furlough. V. All enlisted men who overstay their regular sick ftirtougiis, or those granted as above, will he immediately arrested on their return, an examination tuadc into the circumstances of each case, and the facts reported to the lirigadc Commander, who will cither punish the delinquent, cause charges to he preferred, or return him to duty unpunished, Re the circumstances of the case may in his judgment require. VI. Major A. F. Cone, Chief Quartermaster, will cause those orders to l?e advcr.Ised ouee a week, for three weeks, in every newspaper published in N. Carolina, and the news papers "published in Columbia, Anderson, Greenville and Vorkville, South Carolina. By Command of Mai. Gen. G. W. Smith. SAM. W. MELTON, Major and A. A. Gen. > February 4 B 3t Commissioner's Sale. IN EQUITY?YORK, P. A. Thomasson, et a!. ) v*. > Bill for Partition of Lands. Jane Jackson, et at. ) IN obedience to tfie order of the Court of Equity in above ease, I will expose to public sale, at YORK COURT HOUSE, ou the first MONDAY In MARCH next, a portion of the REAL ESTATE of DAVID MACKSON, late of York District, deceased, consisting of 512 ACRES of land, situate In York District, and lying on the waters of ALLISON CREEK, bounded by lands of the estate of A. G. Lawrence, J. J. Wilson, Sniu'l Hemphill and others,? Said lands have been recently surveyed, nnd will bp offered in tbifc lots?Plat C, contains ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR. At RES, Plat D, TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE ACRES, and Plat E, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE ACHES. Said lam's are in a high state of CULTIVATION, are wp.il adapted to the culture of COTTON nud GRAIN, and the attention of purchasers is earnestly directed to the same. The above lands will be sold on a credit of ONE and TWO YEARS, in equal annual Instalments, with interest from dayof sale. Purchasers wiii be required to give bond and two good sureties nnd pay in CASH the costs of these nroceedlnvs. and for all necessary Doners. ' $13) " ' WALTER B*. METTS, C. E. Y. D. January 7 1 8t Commissioner's Sale. IN EQUTTY^-YORK. Joseph J. Watson, ) Bill to foreclose Mortgage r?- > Caroline Culp, et al. ) oh Lw,ul, 4 c, IN obedience to the order of Chief Justice JOHN HELTON G'NEALL, T will expose to public snle at York Court House on the PIRST MONDAY in MARCH next, the tract of land described In the pleadings in above case, situate in York District, on the east side of Catawba River, and containing 146 ACRES, more or less?sold to foreclose a Mortgage in favor of the Complainant, Joseph J. Watson. .Said land will be sold on a credit of SIX MONTHS, except so much as will pay the costs of these proceedings, which will be required in CASH. Purchaser will be required to give bond and good personal surety, to secure the purchase money. Possession given on the first of Januajy next. (A6 25) WALTER B. METTS, c. e. y. d. February 4 5 4t SHERIFF'S SAJLE. Mary J. Smith, Applicant,) vs. > For Partition of Real Estate. M. A. Wallace Smith. ) BY virtue of an Order from John A. Brown, Ordinary of York District, I will offer at publie sale at York Court House, on the FIRST MONDAY in MARCH next, the tract of land described in the summons, In this case, lying on the waters of Fishing Creek, bounded by lands of Joint W. Jones, Samuel Smith, Alexander Strain and others, containing S3 ACRES, more or less, gold to make partition among the helrs-atlaw of JAMES A. SMITH, deceased. 'Perms or Sai.k?12 month's credit, with' interest from day of sale ; purchaser to give note and approved sureties, and a mortgage of the p.emlses if deemed necessary, to the Ordinary?Costs to be paid in CASH. ($:>') JAMBS MASON, s. v. n. February 1 < 5 * 4t RECRUITS WANTED ! 18TH REGIMENT S. C. V. TTUDER Orders from General G. W. vJ SMITH, the undersigned lias been detailed for the purpose of gathering CONSCRIPTS and VOLUNTF.F.US for Company 0,18th Regiment S. C. V., without requiring them to pass through the regular Camps of Instruction. By atttltority qf the Secretary of War, persona within Conscript ages are allowed to join any particular command within this army, and will receive all tiie benefits secured by law to volunteers, but these recruits are not allowed to form nrw cotnpaiiic* or rci-itnciiU. For further particulars apply to Scrgt. J. F. JAMIESON, Bullock's Creek, S. C. {&- Application can also he made to Copt J- W. BEAMCUARD. February 4 v 3 4t* SOUTHERN FIELD & FIRESIDE, j Unexampled Success! BACK NUMBERS FOB THE NEW SEEKS EXHAUSTED ! PEIZESTOEY! The Proprietor of the SOUTHERN FIELD AND FIRE SIDE announce* that in consequence of tlie first number* of the new aeries being exhausted, and in order that new subscriber* may begin with the commencement of a NEW STORY, "Bclhnont" will be complete in Number 5, January 31,and the PRIZE STORY of "THE RANDOLPHS OF RANDOLPH HALL." By Miss Serena A. Miner, of Covington, Ga., Will be commenced in Number 6, Feb, 7th, nnd ail subscriptions received at tbe office on and after the'-Mill of January, will be entered on the books and commence with the Prize Story. TERMS: Pur One Year $3 00 For SiY Months.... 2 00 For Three Month* 1 00 Single Copies' Ten Cents ?7" 1-labs of ten or more, for one year, $2 each. J " " six month?, ?1 each. Address, JAMES GARDNER, Augusta, Gu. Febrtiary 11 6 lp RECRUITING SERVICE. BY authority of the Adjutant and Inspector General of the Confederate States, partially suspending the operations of the Conscript law, so r?" to permit all ConscripU to volunteer In the companies of their own selection, without passing through Camps of Instruction, untj also allowing BOUNTY and all other benefits provided by law for VOLUNTEERS. 1 will beat Yorkvjllc on MONDAY and TUESDAY, aud at McCon|?eJJsvl)ie 011 FRIDAY of each week, until the first of March next. AH within the Conscript arcs, 18 and 45 years, arc earnestly urged to come forward In order that the threatened invasion of the State may be repelled,and obtain the important ben . efit of joining any company and Regiment they uiuy choose, obtain Bounty and avoid being assigned amongst strangers. All persons belonging to Gen. G. W. Smith's Command absent without, qr beyond leave, are required to report at once to the undcrsigucd-^those who report promptly will be pardoned, except as to the forfeiture of pay. Those who do not report before the lOtli of February instant, will be arrested and imprisoned until they can he forwarded, under guard, to their Companies. JAMBS M WILLIAMS, Recruiting Sergeant, Co. K, IT 1)1 Regiment S. C. V. February 4 5 4t RECRUITING SERVICE! /^.ENERAL COOPER having given VJ permission to oil iialdc to Conscription, to Volunteer iu any Company in active sendee, provided they do so before they arc enrolled as Conscripts. I hauc been ordered here to receive Volunteers for (.'apt. AVERY'S Conjpauy, or any other Company In the 17th Regiment S. C. V. Volunteers will be entitled to BOUNTY and to all the benefit* secured to Volunteer? by law. I will he in Yorkvllle every MONDAY, and at Blnlwville THURSDAY. All members of Capt. AVERY'S Comjiany absent with out, or on explreij leave, are ordered to report to their companies at once, for "duty?those who fail to report by the 10tli of February will he tried for desertion,'and lr con tided *JU be shot wherever found. W. II. MITCHELL, Recruit! ne Officer. Co. F. J'tli Regiment, S. C. V. February 4 ' ' 5 ~ 3t* RECRUITOG SERVICE. GENERAL COOPER having given permission to nil Hnble to Conscription, to Ypluiffeer | In any Company in active service, provided they do so bc| fore they are enrolled as Conscripts. I have been ordered here to receive Volunteers for Capt. MILL'S Company, or any other Company iu the 17th Regiment S. C. V. Volunteers wil) be entitled to BOUNTY and all the benefits secured to Volunteers by Jay. I will be In Yorkvllie every MONDAY, and at Clay Hi|l every SATWWAYAll members of Capt. MILL'S Company absent without, oron expired leave, arc ordered to report to' their Companies nt once, for duty -those who fail to report by the 10th of February, will bo tried for desertion, if convicted will be shot wherever found. S. W. WALLACE, Recruiting: Officer, Co. E, 17th Reg. S. C. V. ' February 4 5 3t* HOUSE AND JLOT FOR SALE. ? T|JB tind(i?s?jn)eiJ offers for sale, or in exchange for NECRO PROPERTY", his ycry IfSSSHL. v#lu?t>le HOUSE AND LOT,situated on :; i : - |_*0lljjresa street, iu Yorkvllie, S. C. Tite JlUAjK HOUSE contains six rooms, with a firer-Tn-wi.-^ . ^ Jn eac|, The OUTBUILDINGS, consisting of Servant's Houses, Cook Kitchens, Meat-Ilouse, Lumber-House, Carriage House and Corn Crib, arc nearly new, having lint recently been erected. The lot is supplied with a well of EXCELLENT WATER, and contains everything necessary for conve nieuce and comfort?making the property the most desirable in Yorkvllie, For Terms, &c., apply lo THOMAS DAVIES, Yorkvllie, S. C. (0- The Carolinian will please copy two weeks, Dally, and send account to this office. -v December 24 52 tf iV THE COURT OF ORDIMRYT YORK DISTRICT. For Division or Salt of rent Estate of John R. II. IFallis, deceased. Jantes VVallis, Applicant, rs. Jatues A. Wallis, Thomas S. Wallis, Harvey H. Wallis, William M. Wallis, Joseph F. Wallis, Saniuel W. Wallis. Rebecca Campbell, Wife of Samuel I.. Campbell and Martha A. Wallis, heirs " of Jolm R, H, Wallis deceased. IT appearing to my satisfaction that James A. Wallis, Thomas S. Wallis, Harvey II. Wallis I and William M. Wallis, defendants in the above stated ense, reside without the limits of tnisStnft:; It is, therefore, Ordered, that they do appear and object to the tlivls| ion or sale of the real estate of John It. II. Wallis, deceased, on or before the twenty-third day of February, 1863, or their consent to tite same will he entered of record. JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D. j November 18, 1862. 47 3m. ANAWAY.?FROM^I^'SUB"scrlber on the 3d Instant, my negro man JEFF. lie Is of a dark copper color, five feet 8 or 10 inches high, and about 140 pounds, 40 years old, has a down cast look, speaks rather slowly vyhep spoken to, and had on when he left, n blue Yankee coat. I fraught blm fropj Col. VV. II. McCorkle, of Yorkyille, tyhere fte had gone for so|tie clothing?wljep last heard from, lie l|R(i taken the pars at that place and was going in the direction of Chester. Jle has been acting as a HOTEL, SERVANT for several years past, and will, no doubt, endeavor to not in that capacity as a free boy. Any information concerning him, or if he is lodged "in jail, will bo thankfully received, and liberally rewarded. E. II. EDWARDS, Rock Hill, S. C. : January 28 4 fit ~ OFFICE A. Q. M., CHARLESTON, S. C., October 1st, 1SC2. ]\/TR. J. C. MILLER is appointed _LYJL Agent of this Department, for the ourclmsc of FODDER and CORN for'the Districts of York and Chester. Planters desiring to sell will communicate with him, through the POST OFFICE, tit Yorkville, S. Carolina.? Particular attention must be paid to the PACKING. No WATER must be vised, as great loss to the Government was experienced last year, by Fodder being improperly packed, all such will be rejected. MOTTE A. l'RINGLE, Capt. aud A. CI. M. October 15 42 tf ~ S20 REWARD EANAWAY from the subsoriber on the 27tli of December last, Ills negro boy RANDAL. He is 17 years old, 5 feet 4 or 5 inches high, of a copper coinlexion, with long hair. The above reward will be paid for his de'tvery to me, or his lodgment in any Jail so that I can get him. He may attempt to pass for a free bnv, and refuse to tell the name of his owner or where lie lives. J. It. WALLACE, Yorkville, 8. O. January 28 4 - -tf 0?-Charl6tto Bulletin will copy once a week for three weeks end send bill to this Office. YORK MARBLE lTlUL ~ RICHARD IIARLi, respectfully informs the citizens of York and Chester Districts, and the adjoining counties of North Carolina, that he is fully prepared to supply every article in the MARBLE LINE, of the highest style of finish aud at reasonable prices. -- ? - ? l...PT?ATlE'irvM He Keeps constantly on nann,n large suppiy ui runf.iun ar.d DOMESTIC MARBLE, and specimens of his work mav be always seen at the Yard, nearly opposite the "ENQUIRER" PRINTING OFFICE, and a few doors North of "Stowe's" Hotel, (tg- All work will be delivered at any point on the King's Mountain Railroad, FREE of charge. He Is also prepared to furnish to order, IRON RAILING of any desired pattern, for Fences, Balconies, kc. , January 10 2 !p "YOEKVILLE FEMALE COLLEGE" THE Exercises of this institution will be ffWl, . resumed on MONDAY, the 2d day of FEU'Sj 'p|RUARY next. Terms as heretofore, pxcept the contingent Nysjy charge, which, for the next session, is .$1 .">0. For particulars, address J. It. SCHOIIB, Yorkrllle, S. C. January 28 4 -it* DR. ALFRED"CRAVEN 3&esibettf Sitrgcoit ?ratist, ^ YORKVILLB, S. C. ' (K?- On the East side of Main Street, South of the "Pal- 1 tnctto Hotel.?-?>g January 6 I tf j FORS ALE. J0Q lbs COPPERAS. 100 lbs BLUE STONE. 000 BUNCHES YARN. Call soon at W. D. Sc J. C. MILLER'S. October 22 43 tf RAGS! RAGSTl RAGS .'77 I P^AAA LBS Rags Wanted at tlie fJvl/l/ PRINTING OFFICE Inunedintely, for which 3 cents per pound will be paid, September 10 37 ?. tf T~ ALLOW.?WANTED 5, 10,~1 S or20 pounds of TALLOW for family use. Inquire at the - "ENQUIRER" OFFICE. December 3 40 if "ST able within this State, need to and for the 'i turpose of raising a revenue therefrom ; I me hundred cents on the hundred dollars 1 if all salaries, including public officers, ex- i sept officers of the Armyand Navy, and on 1 ill wages, from whatever source derived, ex- i sept wages of five hundred dollars or less >er annum. II. All taxes levied on property, as pre- J cribed iu the first-seotion of this Act, shall >e paid to the Tax Collector for the tax die-' rict in which said property is located : Pro- i ndcd, that where negroes have beeu re- i noved from any: Districts or Parishes by 'cason of the dangers arising from the in- < rasion cr occupation thereof by the enemy, A If ACT t to raise supplies for the year com- j mencino in October, One Thousand c Kight IIundred and Sixty two. c Be. it enacted, by^the Senate and House c of Representatives now met and sitting in J General Assembly and by the authority of c the same, That a tax for the sums and in I the manner hereinafter mentioned, shall be : raised and paid into the Treasury of this J State for the use and service thereof; that 1 is to say: one dollar and thirty cents ad 4 valorem on every hundred dollars of the 1 value of all lands granted in this State ac 1 cording to the existing classification as here- 1 tofore established ; one dollar and twenty- ] six cents per head on all slaves; Provided, 1 that all lands or slaves m mis state, now ' in possession or under the control of the < enemy, and such- other lands or slaves as 1 may be taken by the enemy before the re- ' turn of the said property to the Tar Colleo- ' tor, and also such other lands as shall bave ' i been abandoned by the owners, in conse- 1 ! quence of the action of the Military Ail- < thorities, shall be exempt from taxation on der this Act ; three dollars on each free no- ( gro, mulatto or mestizo, between the ages ( of fifteen and fifty years, except suoh as ? shall clearly be proved to the satisfaction of ( the Collector, to be incapable from wounds 1 or otherwise, of procuring a livelihood, and 1 except those who now are, or have at any ' time, been in the service of the army of , this State or of the Confederate States, in J the existing war; twenty-two gents ad w- 1 lorern on every hundred dollars of the val- ( ue of all lots, lands and buildings within 1 any city, town, village or borough in this ' fifufo Pmiuilrd. Mint the tax nn lande and ' buildings in the city of. Charleston be assessed on the value of the lands only, where the buildings and improvements of) thp land have been destroyed by the late conflagration. And, Provided further, That no tax shall be levied on Idts, lands and buildings within any city, town, village or borough, in this State, whiph havp passed Into tbp possession or under the control of the enemy, or which may pass, into the possession or under the control of the enemy, before returns are made to the Tax Collectors; one hundred cents per hqndred dollars on factorage, employments, facilities rind professions, including the profession of Dentistry, and including herein Qlcrha of Courts of Common Pleas and General Sessions, Sheriffs, Masters and Commissioners in Equity, Registers in Equity, Registers in Mesne Conveyance, Ordinaries and Coroners, whether in the profession or employment of Law or Equity, the profits be derived from t the costs of suit, fpes, or qther soqrces of professional inoome, except clergymen, | school-masters, school-mistresses and meI % 1 11 '1 4 onanics; one nunarea cents on every nun- < dred dollars on the amount of commissions I received by vegtjqe masterpand pommjssiou 1 merchants; forty cents per hundred dollars on the capital stook paid in on the first of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, of all banks which for their present charters, have not paid a bonus to the State, which said bank tax, the Stockholder, when be or she resides within the State, shall have the right to pay to the Tax Collector of the district or parish, where such Stockholder resides, by paying the same on or betore the first day of June nejt, and forwarding a duplicate receipt of suoh payment to the President of such Bank; and in case auy Stockholder resides without the State, the tax on the stock of suoh Stockholder-shall be paid to the Tax Colloctorof the district or parish where the bank is located ; eighty cents per hundred dollars on the capital stock of any Bank of issue not incorporated by this State, paid in on the first day of October, ope thousand eight ] hundred and sixty-two, doing business by agents within the limits of this State; forty cents per hundred dollars ou the capital stock of all incorporated Gas Light Companies ; one and a half per centum on all premiums taken in this State by incorporated Insurance Companies, and by the Agenoies in this State, acting in behalf of Insurance Companies and underwriters without the limits of this State; twenty-two cents on every hundred dollars of the amount of sales of goods, wares and merchandise, embracing all articles of trade, for sale, barter or exchange (the products of this State, and the unmanufactured products of any of the States of the Confederate States excepted), which any person shall have made from the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two to the first day of January, in the year of our Bord one thousand eight hqhdred and fiiitv.thrp.fi. pitHpr nn his. hpr nr . their capital,-or borrowed capital, or on aocount of any person or persons, as agent, attorney or consignee 3 ninety cents npon every hundred dollars of the amount of sales of goods, wares and merchandise whatever, which any transient person, not resident in this State, shall make in any house stall or public place, whether the said sale be made by sample or otherwise ; twenty dollars per day for all circus exhibitions; five dollars per day for representing publicly for gain and reward, any play, comedy, tragedy, interlude or farce, or other employment of the stage, or any part therein, or for exhibiting wax figures pr other shows of any kind whatever, to be paid into the hands of the Clerks of the Courts respectively, who shall be bound to pay the same into the Treasuries of the State of South Carolina, except in cases where the same is now required by law to be paid by corporations or otherwise; one tenth of one per cent, on all monies loaned, monies at interest, all monies invested in the Stocks or Bonds of any individual, State or corporation other than Bonds or Stocks of this State or of the Confederate States, and other than the Stocks of the Banks and Railroad Companies of this State; one dollar and fifty cents for every hundred dollars of gross receipts of all Commercial Agencies within tha limits of this State ; thirteen cents on every pack of playing cards sold in this I State; fifteen dollars upon every Billiard n t shall be lawful to pay the taxes upon the tame to the Tax Collectors of the Districts i )p Parishes from which said negroes were emoved. ? That all taxeS levied on proper- i yitf this State daring the oontinaanoe of war between the Confederate and Uni,ed States of America, may be paid in Confederate notes or other current funds, the join missions to be received by the various rax Collectors of this State, for the year jommencing on the first day of OotobecJ me thousand eight hundred and sixty-tufa, ihall be at the rate of seventy per centum >f the commissions now allowed them by aw, osoopt such Districts and Parishes as pay an amount less than eight hundred dollars to the Collector. III. The Tax Collectors in the several Districts and Parishes in this State, in their returns hereafter to be made, are hereby required and enjoined to state the precise, - ? - i L *1 r imcunis or razes conecceu oy mem iur supporting the police of the said several Districts and Parishes aforesaid, stating the rates per centnrn on the amounts of the State tax collected for said Distriot and PariSh police purpose.^ an<| toU?l 3mount of commissions received by each and svery of such Tax Collectors, and the rate per centum of his commissions, and the Comptroller General shall return the same in hjs report. IV. Free negroes, mnlattoes and mestizoes; are hereby required to make their returns aud pay their taxes daring the month of April; and the Tax Collector of St. Phillips and St. Michael's is allowed until the moiith of Junp tQTegeiye the ta*os of white persons. V. The lots and houses on Sullivan's Island shall be freed from taxation during the existing war between the Confederate StateB md the United States of America, the same being used by the troops of the Confederate 3ta;tes or by the works for defence. VI. That the Tax Collectors fce authorised tq extend the time for the receipt, and rise' for the payment of taxes, and also for the payment thereofinto the Treasury of this State, for a period of thirty days beyond the periods therefor hitherto sdlowed by lawVII. That the sum of two hundred and lfty thousand dollars, received by Wilmot 3k DeSaussure, as Agent of the State, prom the Confederate Government, and by bim paid into the v Treasury of this State, inder the resolution of the Confederate Cotigress relative to the conflagration in the city of Charleston on the eleventh day )f December, one thousand eight hundred inil aivfi? nnn onrtnlrn nil anc]i ntViPrsnmfl jf money aa may be repived from the Confederate Government during the present pur and placed in the Treasury, be subject to such appropriations as may be made by the General Assembly of thip State. AJf AGT Ft) prohibit Extortion and punish Extortioners. 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives now met and siting in General Assembly and by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act, any dealer dr speculator in clothing or materials of clothing, aoots, shoes, leather, brogans, raw hidos, neat, grain, iron, flour, fish, coffee, sugar, tea, salt, salt-petre, drugs, medicines, wool, parn, iron castings, nails and hardware generally, gold and silver coin, wood coal, jandles, oil, lard, soap, cattle, hogs, and )ther live stock, poultry, sterling exchange, >r other necessaries of life, whatever, or iny manufacturer for salp of any of the said ( articles, who shall, during the continuance )f the existing war, sell or dispose of any j )f the said articles, a.t exorbitant or unrentable rates or prices, or at an exorbitant | >r unreasonable advance or profit on the j sost thereof, or cost of the production or , nanufacture thereof, or shall refuse to sell t >r dispose of the same, for cash, either in < ipepie or in current funds, at fair nr Tea- j lonable rates or prioes, or at reasonable ad- i ranees or profits on the cost thereof, or oo9t | >f the production or manufacture thereof, j md all other persons who shall sell or dis- j Jose of any of the said articles at exorbitant 2 >r unreasonable rates or prices, or at an ex- [ irbitant or unreasonable advance or profit 1 m the cost, or cost of the production or ? - - 4 ~ -- nanufacture thereof, shall be deemed and ] leld guilty of extortion, and on conviotion j hereof in any of the Courts of General Ses- j ions of this State, shall bcllned not more < han one thousand dollars, and be irapris- < ined not more than twelve months; one ( lalf of the fine in each case to be for the t lenefit of the informer, and the other half ] or the benefit of soldiers' and seamens' ainilies, to bo paid over to the Soldiers i 3c>ard of relief for the Distriot in which i ho oonviotion shall take plaoe; and the t nformer to be a oompetent witness, any t aw. custom, or usage to tho contrary not- t withstanding: Provided, That no importer g if foreign merchandize shall be liable to the i lenalties of this Act for sales of suoh mer- t handize: And provided further, That t lersons bringing into this State articles of t ood from other States and selling the same t t prices not higher thhn those charged by c irodncers in this State, shall not be liable 4 o the penalties of this Aot. s II. That in all oases arising under this a Let, it shall be left to the Juries to deter* t nine what are exorbitant or unreasonable ? rates or prices, or exorbitant or unreasonable advances or profits, due regard being had to the circumstanoes of each oase; and it shall be lawful for the Court of Appeals to review the facts of all such oases, and to jet aside verdiots and otner new trials for want of conformity thereto. III. That no person prosecuted under this Aot shall be allowed any right or privilege of traverse or imparlance, or postponement of trial at the first term of ne Court iu which he shall bo indicted, 'ml^.ron affidavit of the necessary absence of a material and necessary witness, and no technical or formal exception to any process, indictment or other pleading shall avail the Defendant, but- each oase shall be tried and adjusted according to the merits without any regard to form : Provided, That any one who shall willfully atrd maliciously give false information, as the basis of a proseoution under this Act, snail be liable to indiotment therefor, and shall, on conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties of this Aot. IV. Corporations, by their corporate names and corporators of incorporated companies, shall be liable to indictment and punishment for extortion under this Act; and when corporations are indicted and convicted of extortion, they shall be liable to fine as aforesaid, and to forfeiture of charter at the discretion of the Coqrt. w*?* = : AS AQV TO CONTINUE |N fORp* AN APT ENTITLED ?An Apt to extend relief to debtors, and to prevent the sacrifice of Property at pdblio sales." I. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives now met and sitting in General Assembly and by the authority of thp ??awe, That an Aot, entitled <*An Act to extend relief to debtors, and to prevent the sacrifice of property at public sales," ratified on the twenty-first day of December, in the year of oar Lord one thgqsaad eight hundred and sixty-one, be and the same is hereby continued of force, until the adjournment of the next Session of the General Assembly of this State. II. And he it further enacted, that ail fines imposed by tbp Qogrts of Sessions and Common Pleas of this State be excepted from the oneration of said Act; and that 4 each fines shall be collected as heretofore provided by lair. III. That the provisions of the said Act shall not extend to common carriers where they fail in their duties or liabilities as common carriers. . . iy. That the aaid Act is not intended to interfere with any right to sue or remedy now afforded by law for the recovery of money lost by gaming. V. That the said Act shall not protect from suit or qtber prqcess, any Tax Collector, Sheriff, Master or Commissioner in Equity, Ordinary or Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and OeneralEessions, or their sureties, who has, ot may hereafter receive any money belonging either tQ the State, District Doarda of Commissioner, or individual oitigens, ami has failed, or shall hereafter fail to pay over the same on demand being made to do so. VI. Tbat the provisions of the said Act shall not embrace fines imposed by Courts Martial, or by Municipal authority. From the Charleston Mercury. Explanation. Messrs. Editors:?."My- attention has been called to the publication of a "Card" in your issue of the 23 J instant, signed "A Staff Officer," in which oomplaint is made in regard to oertain statements of a correspondent of the Yorkville Enquirer. As I hold myself responsible for those statements I shall proceed to notice them. First. The "Staff Officer" thinks that the statement that Gen. Evans was "absent on an exoursion in the neighborhood of Greenville and Plymouth," was made with malicious intent. I disolaim any suoh intention ; on the contrary, 1. remember that news reached our camp on the 12th of December that our forces were doing good work in that direction, and that General Evans was acting an important part in the programme, and at the time of my writing my mind was so impressed. Therefore I oertainly think a "Staff Officer" mu9t be peculiarly sensitive to construe my words into a meaning of that kind. Next he infers that I stated that the removal of the troops to the North side of Southwest Creek "was due to the presence )f Gen. Gwyn." I was certainly so informsd by an officer who came to Col. Goodictt's jamp with Gen. Gwyn; or at least was infrtrmAil that a nnnsnltatinn was held thsra. the result of which was our withdrawal to the position before mentioned; but of oourse i "Staff Officer" would have better information in regard to the orders of Gen. Evins, and I accept his statement as correot. rhe account of the fight of Sunday was written hurriedly by me in pencil, and' I isked, the question how many batteries nad wo ? A bystander replied "four." I then wrote ?some twenty pieoes," and thus in error was made, whioh I have since assertained to be Buch from other sources ;han a "Staff officer.'' As to my "seeing i louble," I am very sure there were others I ;han the "Yorkville correspondent" who i iad their sights raised on that occasion. i In the fourth plaoe the "Officer" quotes ] ne as saying that "the artillery having left i t was no longer neoessary for the infantry < o remain." My statement was not so gen- ; >.ral as it is made here, but was confined to i he movements of my own regiment in a : ;reat measure, as reference tq my commu- < lication will show. The assertion "that < he artillery did not leave until the infan- i ry had left them no support, or at least one i rnttery did not/' I take it for granted is an ] mintentional mistake of a "Staff Officer," I ir at least has no reference to the 17th and I 16th N. C. Troops, for every officer and i oldier of these regiments will tostjfy (I ] im sure) that their positions were main* < ained until all the artillery had left.? < Jeverat members of my Company assisted 1 at the wheels of the gun carriages of Capt. ' Boyoe's battery io getting it away from the 1 scene of action, and I feel oertain that this I battery was the last that left. Oar regi- < ment was then occupying its designated ! position. There were two guns disabled i and left by the gunners near the bridge, i which were captured by the enemy. If < the "Staff Officer" has reference to that < battery, 1 knock under. The "Officer" goes on to state "that Gen. Evavs remain* t ed on the scene of action until the firing ! had almost ceased," &o. I made no men- I tion as to the "position of Gen. Evans" I daring the engagement, as I did not know 1 where it was; but one thing ldo knoio, the j three regiments before mentioned were not : overtaken by the General at any point be- 1 tween the Kinston bridge and Washing- 1 ton's hill, as every man will testifv. They retired in good order up the river bank (as has been stated in your paper by the Colonel of the 17th regitoent, S. C. V., in renlv to the statement of "nersonne" some 1 JT ?f * weeks ago,) and halted for some minutes opposite the residence of Qeq. Cox in Kins- 1 ton, and far orders; bat not seeing the General or any of his Staff, they proceeded op the Main street to the railroad depot, where we saw Gen. Evans and he ordered us to 'form line of battle.' A "Staff Officer" 1 theq goes on to comment upon my remarks in reference to "orders," <feo. As there Jb nothing conflicting there I leave the matter, hoping that my explanation will be fully satisfactory; and with the kindest wishes for the welfare and the greatest admiration for the courage and high social qualities of the gallant Captain, whom I have guessed as the <*Staff Officer," 1 am done with the battle of Kinston in the newspapers. Yours, L. Camp Kershaw, near Kinston, N. C., January 2D, 1863. capt. MlOJiWlft again in the ene- ' m?'8 Lines?A most hazardous enterprise has just been suooessfnlly accomplish- 1 ed by Captain Miokler. The scene ot bis last scout was on Dawfuskie Island. Cap. ' tain Mickler, with a pioked command, ta- ' ken from Companies B, and E, 11th Regiment S. C. Infantry, started on Thursday last, intending to make a thorough scout on this island, and to observe the movements of the enemy on Hilton Head and other contiguous points. On Thursday, secured bis boat, and began his business forthwith. Passing themselves off as Yankees, the party mingled among the gang of runaway negroes, elioiting valuable information, and becoming very well acquainted with mat ters and things on the island. The soout, McGee, with his blue suit, got decidedly the advantage of au old negro, Scipio, belonging to the Stoddard estate, which was formerly one of the finest located plantations in the South, looking oat as it did upon the ocean, with Tybee Light in fall view. Scipio said that none of the rebels over came there, but that the Yankees were oonstant visitors; there had been formerly a garrison on the island, but they were subsequently removed, possibly on acoount of' the insalubrity of the place, as several graves were visible near the bouse; and Scipio, upon being questioned, gave it as his opinion that the night air was not good for these people from the ships. When the negroes found out who they, were really dealing with, their manner changed, and t^ey became as polite and obedient as was their wont. From what appeared to have been a suttler's stores, a quantity of homespun and clothing was taken, including some good U. S. Infantry ooats and pants, with Connecticut buttons thereon, from which some of the boys got good fits, looking very much like Yankee soldiers on their return. An amount in specie was also found, whioh has been appropriated to a charitable purpose. On the north side of Dawfuskie a wharf has been built. At the bend of a creek which runs through Pine Island, near this j place, is the wreck of an iron steamer, about two hundred feet long, which got a- , ground on a bank some months ago, and ! broke in half when the tide felj. All the maohinery, furniture, &c., had evidently | been-removed. At "Spanish Wells," on Hilton Head ( Island, there is an observatory on the house top, from which all our movements can be | watohed. At Baynard's House, on Brad- j dock's Point, there is another. Other in- j fnrmnrinn of a valuable kind was obtained . and communicated to the proper authorities. Plant Corn. Maroh is near at hand, and throughout the Confederate States the practical question of what is to be planted for the season of '63 must be decided concerning every field. The country, it may be said, will be said, will be richer. The temptation to plant cotton is great, and the world would undoubtedly benefit by having a large amount of cotton at the close of the year at _ very low prices. And, on the whole, our p resourocs might be greater. But as a fj present weapon of defence in a gigantic and terrible struggle for independence, a scant production of cotton may be used 1 to teaofa an ignorant and inimical world the t< importance of these Confederate States to C its prosperity and happiness, and to com- a pel their unwilling justice. It is not a o mere question of money making and money- ti 3d resources for the country. The present si 1 f .i . 1 S 1 ... M t imount or cotton on nana ma; Dring id tne ri markets of the world just as much as if ai mother crop were added 'the supply; yet tl 5vea if it greatly increased the future means ti >f the country, which we deem doubtful, C t does not at all follow that another crop ai trill aid us in the achievement of our indc^ s< pendence or shorten the struggle. That is tl ;he great object. All else is insignificant, tl Cotton is a great political engine, and upon h supply or withholding of it depend the prosperity or misery of millions in the v< juasi neutral nations of Europe. Their tl jnc-sided and criminal neutrality against bi as is redounding to tlieir great detriment, rj Fhe screw is tightening, and it is our policy to stand still as regards cotton, and let the screw ran down to the lowest tarn eniurable by the Abolition Governments of Europe. They are interested in our plant- . x<* ing as much as we. Who can do without /% cotton the longest? It is only a question }f endurance, in which the people of the Confederate States at least wili not starve. We, therefore, trust that large crops of ^ corn will be everywhere planted, not only because it is not wise to^piant too muchst^ton, but because with our large armies iu the field, their is need of producing ninA food. Moat of oar troons are farmers. who uannot this year plant The question of food is now important, and every care should be taken to pat it above and beyond doubt for the coming year. It is the duty of patriotism, and is a vital matter.~Jfer?ir)jr. " Desertions from the Yankee Army. The demoralization of the Yankee army appears to be wide spread and increasing. A day or two ago the telegraph told tho story of its ravages in Bank's oommand, and from ladies who arrived in this city by ,v the Central train yesterday evening, from London county, we learn that scarcely a day ??gj passes without witnesaingaoenes of "fighting Joe's" ohivalrio warriors, wending their way homeward. About ten days ago aef&?t^ oral hundred of them, armed, crossed the Potomac, avowing their determination to do so if it had to be aocomplisbed with powder and ball. However much the Yankees may have seemed disposed to fight for the negro, they don't seem to relish the odor of fighting with him. We also learn that in Washington city, carricatures are posted in numerous public MS places, representing a greased pole, with . .x Richmond at the top audBnrnside endesv^y oring to climb it, with the assistance of Seward, Stanton and old Abe, who are vigorously pushing, bat with each new effort falling back. The people of that city are also represented as being mach bolder in their denunciations of the Administration and the war than ever before. The odiferous nigger is having his effect, the Linooln regime is smelling bad i the nostrils of Jthe people.?Richmond Dispatch. mm. 'iatS. Complimentary of the Ladies. The following resolution was unatsimonspassed by the Legislature of this Stalest its late session. The unwearied exertions of the ladies of the South have been a wonderful cnccurager to the men of the Sonth, and the efforts expended by them to ameli?r -orate the sufferings of the soldiers, have infused new life and vigor into all oar armies. Heaven bless our country women! They deserve this legislative record to their patriotism : ' Whereas, The women of the South &?? contributed to the proseoufcioo of our pre* cd4 struggle for independence all the aid and comfort their .gentle but heroic hearts could devise, as well by the encouragement of their applause as by-the manifold products of their skill and industry ; .And whereas, the soldiers of the South, ever brave and patriotio, have been doubly tired to the discharge of their duties by the lonely charities and devoted sympathies of these patriotio sisters in a common cause. Therefore, he it Resolved unanimously, That this General Assembly hereby testifies its admiring appreoiatipn of their services, and warmly accord to them the praise of having contributed largely to the rapid pro-:-; gress of our country's deliverance from thiibr threatened vengeance of a foe who seeks to desolate, the homes of which they are tfair , ornament and pride; Confederate Congress. Rcchmond, February 13.?In "the'Senate, several important Bills were introduced. The Committee on Military Affairs reported adversely upon the proposition to env roll the Government employees as conscripts. The Exemption Bill was discussed until adjournment. The Hoose passed a Bill allowing soldiers five dollars per month for deficiencies in rations. The House.also passed the Impressment Bill, which empowers any officer commanding a military district , or department to authorize the impressmiffl?v >f property when it cannot be otherwise procured?the impressment of slaves to be . '* made in accordance with the State laws, out in the absence of suoh laws, to be made, in accordance with the rales prescribed by the Secretary of War.- No slaves will be. impressed where they oan be hired at the lsual market rates, and no individual will oe deprived of the provisions required for he comfortable support of bis family, nor txcept, under extreme eases, of grain, fortge or other property necessary for a planation?compensation to be made for the >roperty seized, and if the owner and im>ressing officer cannot agree, it shall be doermined by three disinterested poisons?if he property is lost, destroyed or injured, o be paid for by the Government. The penalties are attached for any officer imiressing property in violation of the Act. ?he House adjourned till Monday. !&? The Lynchburg Republican cf the Oth instant says that a rather severe fight Dok place at the Rappahannock bridge, in lalpepper county, on Friday last, between portion of Hampton's cavalry and a body f abolitionists, who had been sent to desroy the bridge. The vandals partially acceeded in their design, bat before it was illTT ATOmifnrl one men eamn . nnen fKnm + V4WWUHVU VUl IK?U VALUV U U HUVUiy ad after a hot fight, drove them off, with lie losar of four killed, some eighteen or venty wounded, and thirteen prisoners.? tar loss was ofae killed, seven wonnded nd two missing. The enemy was panned >me miles from the river, bat so rapid was leir flight that bat little damage was done lem on the retreat, nearly their whole loss eing sustained in the fight at the bridge. The bridge was a new one, and not of a 31 j substantial character, and we learn lat only a small portion of it on the north sink of the river was injured. If necessaj it can be repaired in a few days. i