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,# * - # * % a . " * # N .' ? _ .. _ :_.... - .* -- " - - .. .- . . ... ._' ??ua?? ???hmmmbbbbwbi^^wi j. k.* l.ji. oaist, |propnetorri ^i! ?<n>e:u,n^cu: ^anuht Itaspa^r: ?for Jfre ^wmtrfton of.ifie ^alfiiiral, ^.jnafiiirsl sib Cflmpraal Jnteri^ of Soalb. ^ |?o -~ - ~ - , ' T~~ . .'.'.v. .. S ... ..... .' . > ' -. " = " - - .? '.-JiSyartrtUU VOLUMEiO. YORKYILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING,, JANUARY 4, 1865. ,-/,., : ^PMBlgjr- . II I' II , gg V From th* Charleston Courier. ^ THE OUT ABD KXW TEAR. -Old Time bat cirelh>f travel'd round T Another course?another year: And on it left the painful sound Of battles fought and shipwrecks drear. I ->.. - * .Tr-.* . . i r ? Destructive fires and fell disease, Tempests at sea and on the land, Tail road disasters?every breeze Ur And telegraph brings as to hand. Imprinted cm the daily sheet At room that's spread before the fire: Within its pages prompt to meat . The anxious eye, the heart inspire. And warm to feelings pure and true, To Monro's laws, that ever strive To gain a victory where there's rue!' Rejoice where cheerful pleasures thrive 1 A Nor does the list of ills stop bcrs; L But commerced shar'd the ysneraJ storm And in Its wide spread wreck are found TWn artisan mpf?hanip. HtAid.? I And farmer true, who this the ground, Allfeel the general tempest's raid. But let ua tru*t that He hoty away , Who will ftom evil bring forth good, l<t x And thus bestow a brighter day To round its treasures freely flood. A a when the storm that recent swept Our Seas, our shores, with fearfal blast, * Renew'd the breath of air that slept - ?! And round green leaves bright flowers cast! . That gave to staking nature life, And swell'd the pulse'to healthful lwav, Where fell disease, or failing strife,v 3 ?Had nearly cast its powers away. V . m Sorrows may frown through a dark day, Yet joy still glints froth stream and cloud, As when'the tempest's past away, The ton's sweet smile glows ?n its shroud 1 V ' May this Slew Year thas smile around This peaceful land, leaching to man His wishes?passions?so to bound As will shed blessings o'er lis qpan! Wske'in esch heart s fervid glow Of hope in man and trust in God! v Springing to life acheerfhl flow Of retfinfi rich and virtues broad! . ur . . > t r,~ y . * - . : Then wfil the seasonuwiHr their round, Fbrever blessing?ever blest? Till man lies down within his shroud r Froth sorrow* pressure,there to rest! ?? -- * His feeble body's failing powers, In some new state awake to life, With soul renewed to bless the hours By virtues rich and noble strife ! Charleston, January 1,1855. P. i llUSI CIE.CULAH. Office of the Auditor of S. C., t Columbia, December 28d, 1864. The following '"Act to provide for th< relief of the families of tbo soldiers, sailors and marines, in the servioe of this State 01 the Confederate States," is "published ' foi the information of the "Soldiers' Boards ol v Lelief" in the State. * Tames topper, Auditor of South Carolina. AN ACT TO PROVIDE TOR THE RELIEF 01 THE FAMILIES OF THE SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AND MARINES IN THE. SERVICE OF THI8 STATE OR THE CONFEDERATE STATES. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by th. authority of the same, That a tax in kind of three per oent. on the gross amount ol all rice, corn, wheat, and syrup made ol sorghum or other cane; produced in- the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and, sixty four,* shall be paid by the producer in every district or parish in this State : Provided, that no tax be levied on corn where the gross amount of, oorn produced does not exceed one hundred bushels, or ot) syrup where the amount of syrup does sot exceed fifty gallons, or on wheat where the amount does notexoeed twenty bushels, J- -IB-. _? 1 .1. i. 4 I or on noe waere me amount uubb uut ?*.oeed fifty bushels of rough rfoe: And provided, also, That the prodacer of "wheat shall have leave to substitute forty pounds pf flour in place of each bushel of wheat; and that a like tax of three per cent, shall be paid by the owners of all toll grain mills on all toll colleoted during the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty four; and that a like tax in kind of three pei confc. shall be paid by the manufacturei upon the gross amount of .all ootton and woolen goods, including yarns, and upon all iron, and upon nails and other iron .wares, ootton and wool cards, hats, caps, paper, stoneware and pottery, leather, shoee and boots, salt and copperas, spiritous liquors, terebene oil, and turpentine, manufactured in this State doling the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty four, ex cept suoh as may have been made for hif or ber own ose; and not for sale or barter Provided, That upon artioles made for the State of South Carolina or for the Confederate States of America the tax shall be three per cent, in money upon the amount renewed from the State or the Confederate I States for saoh manufactures. Sko. 2. That there shall be annually appointed by the General Assembly, upon th< nomination of the delegation in both Houses from each election distriot in this State, j Board, to oonsiat of not less than three no: more than twenty four members, who shal be above the age of forty five, or exemptec from Confederate military servioe. Th( said Boards shall divide their respeotiv( districts or parishes into seotions equal t( their own number, assigning one membei of the Board to eaoh of these seotions.? ?? f TI ? ? i? t i i t__ IT He sua Boaras snail oe ana are oureoj authorized to fill all vaeauoies in their owi number arising from any cause; they shal meet upon the call of their Chairman, a well as by their own resolution, and a ma jority of each Board shall constitute a quo rum. They shall receive blanks from thi office of the State Auditor, upon whioh the; shall make quarterly returns to the Stat Auditor of all their transactions, and shal also furnish an annual report to the Stat Auditor by the first day of November, on thousand eight hundred and sixty five.? The said Boards shall each appoint a Sec retary and Treasurer from their own bod; or otherwise, who shall be above the age o forty five years, or exempted from Confodei ate military service, who shall keep a rec ord of all transactions and be Asponsibl to the Board, and shall give a bond for the faithfal performance of the duties of his of-. Gee payable to the State, in Buch sum and with snob sureties as the Board may direct. ' He shall reoeive as a compensation for his services, one per cent.,: on the amount of money passing through his hands. The members of these Boards, with their respective Treasurers, shall not be liable to do militia duty outside of the Judioial District within which thev reside. Sso. 3. That for the purpose of ascertaining and collecting the tax in kind on rice, corn, wheat and syrup levied by this Aotj the above mentioned Boards shall adopt, as the basis upon whioh they are to assess said tax, the amount of the product of eaoh producer, as returned to the Confederate assessor for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty four, as the tax in kind of the Confederate Government, adding thereto, however, in each instance, the amount deducted by the Confederate assessor for the raising and fattening of pork, and including the crops of all producers who raise more than odo hundred and less than two hundred bushels of. oorn, which shall be v ascertained by each Board by Buoh method as to them shall seem best, or each Board may asoertain and assess this tax by siioh other method as to it may seem best, each Board itself to pay out of its reoeipts the expenses incurred by Euoh method; and for the purpose of oolleoting said tax, eaoh member of a Board is hereby authorized to draw his order for said - tax upon any producer within the seotiou assigned him, to be delivered to such person or persons as may be named, and in such proportion as the Board may deem just and proper? a* fv?e\ nc'trmonf IUO UrUOI W UO bUU vuuuuvi ivi vug |/?juuvuv* Id such sections or distriots in which it shall appear that there is an excess of provisions or manufactured articles under this Aot, snoh excess shall be delivered at suoh time and plaoo as. the Commissioner shall order, after ten days' notice, for the purpose of being transported to other sections or distriots of the State: Provided, That no person shall be required to deliver his produce at a distance exceeding twelve miles from the place of production. In the event that any person liable shall fail or refuse to deliver the amount of said tax on the order of the Commissioner within the time prescribed, the Commissioner in charge, or , some person for him, shall give information , thereof on oath to the Chairman of the . Board, who? on receipt of such information, . is hereby authorized, after two days' nop tice to the delinquent, to issue an execution ac&iast the delinaaeot. directed to the Sheriff of the district, requiring him to ' levy and seize double the smouut of the < articles in kind for whioh the delinquent , was liable, if to be found; and if not, then to levy and collect of his goods and chat. ties three times the amount of the market . value of the tax in kind?said market value to be estimated by the Board, whose de; cision shall be final; the cost of the proI eeedings to be paid by the defaulter, to be. , regulated by the fee bills for Sheriffs costs I in oase of executions issued from the courts p of law: Provided, That if any tax payer ' p shall satisfy the Board, either by his own i , oath or by the testimony of others,-.that pri- 1 , or to the ratification of this act, he, the i j said tax payer, had consumed, or sowed, or , sold the whole quantity of wheat whioh he , may have' raised daring the year, then the t . said tax payer shall and may pay his wheat tax, by substituting corn therefor at the , , rate of a pound of corn for a pound of | j wneac. _ j Sec. 4. That is all oases where planters < have been or may be required by the Con- { federate or State authorities to deliver, on i or before the 1st of January next, all their i surplus corn for the use of the army, they ? shall be allowed to commute with the Board ? for the corn due by them at Confederate I priceB : Provided, They satisfy the Board < i that they have in good faith furnished all '' their surplus corn as aforesaid. And pro- ] vided, further, That the Board thus com- 1 > noil or! fn rpppiwp mnnpu in onmmnrnt.inn I f ? J ? 1 shall have the right to call ^upon the Com- < i missary General of the State to obtain for < i the Board from the Confederate Govern- ' , ment the amount of corn thus oommuted > i for at the prices paid by the Confederate < Government. ' Sec. 5. That for the purpose of ascer- 1 1 taining and collecting the tax in kind on ' manufactured goods mentioned in the first ' ' section of this Act, the Boards in the dis tricts in which suoh manufactories may be 1 situated, shall require the owner or owners ' or person or persons in charge of suoh man1 ufactories to deliver to the said Boards, on ' or befifte tbo 1st of February next, three ! 1 per oent in kind of all goods taxed in kind under the first section of this Act, which * have been manufactured or produced at^ i their respective establishments during the , year one thonsand eight hundred and sixty i four, or three per cent, in money on all r money due under the first seotion of this 1 Act; and it shall be the duty of each Board 1 to report to the State Auditor the amount, ) kind, and quality of such manufactured ar-< ) tides, and the amount of moneys so receiv> ed ; and the said board shall hold the arr tides recdved as tax iu kind subject to a - distribution amongst the severai Boards, to j be made by the State Auditor, as horoinafi *ter provided j and the Board shah pay over 1 to the State Auditor the money reoeitad, s which shall be held by him liable to d^tri bution, aa hereinafter provided. Iu the event that auy manufacturer or niauufaciub riDg company, or any other person or perf sons upon whom is levied this tax in kind e for articles made or manufactured, shall fail 1 or refase to make return on oath (which e oath either of said Commissioners is hereby e authorized to administer} on or befuru lue - l?t day of February next, it shah he the i- duty of the Board to uotify the parly, ma y ; or her clerk or agent, that, unless the to- j f turn be made within ten days after such j notification, the Board will proceed to estii. mate the amount of his manufactured pro 9 ducts, which they are hereby authorized to ; : . ?t-1 do, and to assess upon him a tax in kind of f six per cent, thereon; and the Chairman of i the Board shall ifsue an execution to the I Sheriff of the district, requiring him to levy < and collect the artioles in kind for which 1 the delinquent is liable, if to be found; ancj c if not, then to levy and to collect of his < goods and chatties three times the amonnt t of the market value of such tax in kind?' t said market value to be estimated by the i Board, whose deoision shall be final: Pro- 1 vided, That when it shall appear that in ?oifti ffco manrrfn^fnrpri hu ^ been disposed of before the ratification of ? this Act, and oannot be Supplied in kind t by tbe party, then the Board, if in its ? judgment it seem jnst, is hereby authorized i to allow commutation ; and the aate of com- a mutation thus allowed shall be fixed by the g Board at their estimate of the market rate t of the article on the first of March, one c thousand eight hundred and sixty five, and c the decision of the Board as" to the market i value shall be final. c Sec. 6. That the sum of four hundred 1 and fifty thousand dollars, be and the same 8 is hereby appropriated for the purposes of e this Act, which amount shall be raised ex- * clusively from subjeots of taxation not em- 1 braced in this Act; that is to say, it is not * to be raised from lands, negroeB, and oapi- t tal invested in manufacturing establish- 8 ments engaged in manufacturing the ar- 8 tides enumerated in the first section of this 1 Aot. The amount of money thus appropri- * ated Bhall be paid to the order of the State ^ Auditor, and shall be disposed of by him as * hereinafter provided. c Sec. 7. That the said money, together ? with the tax in kind levied under the first section of this Act, shall be and is hereby a appropriated to the relief and support of the ? indigent families of soldiers, sailors, and marines of the State, who have been, are now, or hereafter may be, itr themilitary or naval service of the State of South Caroli- 0 na or of the Confederate States of America and shall be distributed to the Boards of ? Belief of the several election districts in 1 proportion to the number of individuals in v their respectful districts, on the first of Feb- ' ruary next, who may be entitled to receive aid or support according to the provisions o of this Act. And it is hereby provided a that the persons thus to receive support shall o be the wives or widows of said soldiers, sail- o ors, and marines, their children under twelve a years of age (the Board to assist older chil- & dren only id extreme oases; and suoh other persons not actually in military service as, d in the judgment of the respective Boards, o were or are dependent, on the labor of the ti soldier, sailor or marine, and are inotpable c of^eelf support?the case of each claimant n to be deoided not by a single Commissioner, h but by the Board itself. The amount of rice, corn and wheat to be furnished to eaoh individual entitled to relief shall not, in the ? aggregate, exceed ten bushels per annum, b to be famished in such proportions'as the f< respective Commissioners may find most ex- 9 pedient; and in order to attain as noarly as d practicable to equality, each Board of Com- h missioners shall prepare and forward a apecial return to the State Auditor, on or be- 8| fore the first day of March next, setting forth the names and number of persons with- I in their respective districts or parishes to be provided for, and what amount of produce ' of each kind they have received or are en- P titled to; and it shall be the duty of the a Auditor, on receipt of said returns, to make a a tabular statement showing the number to a be provided for in eaoh district, the amount ^ received by eaoh Board, and the distributive share to which the total quantity of e 'rain and pther supplies will entitle eaoh , ndividnal to be provided for as aforesaid; 1 ind the Auditor is hereby authorized to issue requisitions upon those Boards having ' ?n excess over the average supply, and in 11 :avor of those [Boards whoso supply is defijient. And the Auditor is hereby, authorised and direoted to have the excess transported to the respective districts, and to ob- e :ain suoh assistance in said transportation ?. is may be necessary?the expense of such 11 transportation to be paid out of the oommu- 0 tatiou fund and the moneyB appropriated under this Act; and the Auditor is hereby . authorized to retain, in any division of the !s said funds, an amount sufficient to defray lc said costs, and only to make a final divis- 81 ion of the whole amount after such trans- al portation has been effeoted : Provided, nevertheless. That no excess shall be drawn from any district which Bhall not leave the 11 amount of five bushels of grain for the e< whole year for each individual thus assisted: And provided, further, That when the amount of five bushels of grain for each individual assisted is neither furnished to the Board from the election distriot itself, nor n from the cxces9 drawn from other districts, &i the Board of such election districts is au- p thorized to purchase such an amount of h graimfes shall make up the deficiency, so G as to give to the Board five bushels for eaoh 8i person under its charge; and the amount C thus expended in such purchase shall, upon ^ the order of ftie Chairman of the Board uo on the Stata Auditor, be refunded from the h money appropriated under this Act, and fe from the fuudB which may be received for fi commutation : Provided, nevertheless, That o it is hereby enjoined upon the respective u Boards that such defioiences be supplied at U tt?e cheapest rates possible; abd for this tl purpose they are hereby authorized, if it U bhali appear best, to make such porohases it tbrog ^h iiio Commissary department of the f< State. Afier so much of the funds approV, I -Li. :__j ?_J? xv:_ * .4 pnaren or uuumijhu unuer luia .ncii ouau have been so expended as to secure to the 1 Boards five bushels of com for each individ- a ual under their charge, the balance of the ri funds shall be distributed, as soon as prao- b lijiLie, to the respective Boards upon tie U order of the Chairman ol each udou Iho r< Siaie A'idicor?said uisirioution to be made m in tue Boards iu proportion to the number c ot individuals under (be charge of each Bouru4 on the first day of February, one c thousand eight hundred and sixty five: ri Provided, That if any of the Boards'sKatl b L'i .1 . ; 1 > U I ' 1' ail to repdex.tothe?Utf the statenenfc of the number of. it >efore the .first day of Mawh,npxt, litor shall take the last statement received >y him from, the said Board of the number >f persons .under its ohargeaa tbp.buia ujk >n which he shall < proceed: to ?nake the distribution : And provided, further, That be provisions of this Aotj aa,.fcq./tbe ..paynent of excess by the seve^Bovdsjahall lave complied With- Ljf ^ ; Sec. 8. The. tax in hind, Jevieaupan the rarioas manafactared articles iu^e first leotion of this Act,jyjd embracing all the ir tides named except z\s&TtQm, wheat, and lyrnp, shall be divided ootinbiod, edlar a practicable. The" Board: of e*oh.district ball be entitled to receive- aft mjmyjpaekft* ;es or pounds, or other meagin^. as shall ' " .1 t_ B >e equal io iue numoer 01 maiviaoaiB unlet its care,-or any multiple or proportion >f such number, whenever the artioles thus oaunfactured in the.State will allow of this livision, aud-shall be required to use evey practicable means of distributing these irticles in kind, if-they be. needed. Where* iver, uponi such, division, any surplus tannine, or where the article manufactured ia, n the opiniou of the Board and of the State Auditor, incapable of distribution, it shall >e lawful for the Board which collected the ame, with the advioe and consent of the aid State Auditor, to sell at anotion the nsnufaotured artioles at a time and-place to >e mutually fixed by the Board and the Auditor,- or in the event of disagreement, >y the Governor of the fjtate, and the proeeds of the sales thus made"shall be reoeivd by the State Auditor and distributed to he respective Boards in like manner ^nd coording to the same -provisions .with the ither moneys appropriated or oolleoted anler this act. Sec. 9. The Boards provided for by this Let shall be known as the Soldiers' Boards f Releif. The term yefir, an nied in this Lot, is ^uot the fiscalye&r. of the State, be ;innipg October .first and ending September hirtieth, bat the calendar year, beginning vith the first day of January and ending rith the thirty-first day of December. Sec. 10. That the^Cqpmissary General f the State is authorised to render such ssistanee to the State Auditor, in the disbarge of the dnties imposed upon the-latter. ffioer by this Aot, as may be requisite, and >ot inconsistent with'the regular, dories of be department of the Commissary General. Sec. 11. No Board shall be entitled to [raw any portion of the commutation fond, r the money appropriated by this Aot, uu? ? * lie S - iL _ T1 : iMt snail nave paig. over to tnose jooaras ntitled to reoeive it, ^a?y excess which it iay owe for the year-one thousand eight ;uhdred and sixty-fiv^ according to the disribution to be made by the Auditor from he returns fcq be made to him on the first f March next; and the exqessofthe.tex in ind upon grain and manufactured articles ir the - releif of soldiers' families in this itate, for the year one thousand eight hunred and sixty-four, now remaining in the an ds of any of the various Boards of Reiif, or due to them by any person or perans, shall be delivered upon therequlsiion of the Auditor of this State, to such loards as have not received their pro rata hares, and the Auditor is authorized and equiied to make such requisitions, and rocure the distribotiontof said tax in kind s early as practicable, upon such pnnoiples s, in his judgment, may seem, most equitble and just. Sec. 12. In the eyept that, any District toard shall refuse qr neglect to send-thexcess due by it to another district, no perin who shall be a member of the Board at le time of such refusal Bhall be elligible to lembership upon it thereafter, unless he an show his want of complicity in such reisal . : *: 'J' Sec. IB. The families of free negroes who avc UCCU ouipvjcu 1u buo uuumljf ggi tiuh vt State of South Carolina or the Confedrate States of America, as laborers, or therwise, shall be entitled, at the discreon of the respective Boards, to the benefit f the provisions of this Aot. 1 Sec. 14. That the several Boards of Reiif in election districts are hereby author- 1 :ed, in their discretion, to purchase provisos and necessaries for the benefit of the 1 jldiera' families with the money approprited under this Aot. Seo. 15. That all Acts and clauses of icts inconsistent with the provisions of lis Aot be and the same are hereby repeald. 19* A correspondent of the South Ca olinian, says: "I have heard for several days back, a imor that General Sherman, in reply to i a application of a lady of Georgia for a i ermit to pass through his lines, advised i er not to stop in South Carolina. Quere ? i leneral Sherman says, "In Georgia, mad- . m, I have restrained my soldiery, in 8outh larolifla I do not ssy that 1 can nor that 1 i -ill." * *. ' ; Is this true ? Can the question be brought i ome officially to General Sherman '( I have nown him einoe 1844, throagh a mntual I riend, and while I acknowledge him a man ; f great energy, of great military tact and I mnagement, I have never heard him here- i )fore pronounced a barbarian, and worse i ian a murderer and a thief. Let our mili- < try authorities bring the question to an ; isue, plainly} pointedly, and in a military i )rm. South Cabouna. .< S I?* The Richmond Examiner-remarks: 'he news from Tennessee ifl bad. The sitution ia bad; but it is far from being ir-' amediable. The arm7 in Tennessee has ' een tonioly miasued. and has suffered aw- i :J injury; but it ia uci. ioai, and may be ! astored to full ellioionoy by the same Laud i 'iiiou redeemed it after Miaaionary xiidge. J mi so change the fortune of the country,' ie Executive and the Legislature musi. uuuge tueir character, and abandon the ->au to rum iiilhetto systematically pursued y both. j . Exemption Act., , I AN A CT to aufhonzethe' Governor to require the Exemption of . certain State Officers and other persons from, Confederate Service: * Section L Be it ffiiacted by the Senais and Souse of Eeffiresentntives, now met ana titiinp in General t Assmbly, and by . the authority. of tJie tame, Th?t the'0o?er&or be and is "hereby authorised and required to claim the exemption from Confederate military. service of the ' ofllper^ and members of IiaJk WkimJim hf fcbfc'' fteWeVaT AsaetobiV of UVkU wmuwuw v?. ? w following State officers, Co Wii: Lien^imnf-Goieriior, Judged of thO Courts of Law and Equihr, A'ttoctfey Genera! and Soficitdrsj Secretary of State, Comptrollfr-Geft'etirf, .State ' Auditor itfd two assistants, Treasurers of the Upper and Lower Division, Adjutant ind Inspector General and one assistant, Quartermaster General, Commissary-General, State EngL neer jand* one assistant, Aides-de-Camp to tlie Governor(not' to exceed one to each militia brigade,) Private Secretary of the Governor.and his Clerk, Sheriffs, Clerks of tl)e Court, Ordinaries, Masters, Registers, and Commissioners in Equity, Tax Collectors, President, Cashier, Book-keeper, and one Teller of thO Bank of the State and of each of its Branches, Officers and Cadets of thej3tate Military Academies, Professors of the *Sdnth Carolina College, Superintendent, Steward,, and Teaohers of the 'Ktflum for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind. Seo. 2. That the Governor be and he is hereby authorized, if the same- be in his judgment necessary, and. under such regulations as he may prescribe, to require the exemption of 'the following State oncers and other persons, to wit: Members of the Board for the Relief of Soldiers'. Families, (who are over forty five years of age,) President, Cashier, Book-keeper, and.- one Teller now in the employment of each of the several Banks in the State, the Presidents and Treasurers now in the em payment of thefwo Savings Institutions, in the Statq,suoh Deputy Sheriffs as may be in^ionoriaoKln fn nrnnniirtn nf thft laws of the State, (not to exceed one in eaoh Jadioial District,) State .Agent for tbe supply of slave labor, one editor. for .each, newspaper being published at tbe time of tbe passage of tffls Apt, and snoh printers and pressmen as said editor may certify npon oath to be indispensable to the ' publication of sard pewspaper; the Public Printer1 of the State Government, and 'such journeymen printers as. said Publio Printer shall oertify upon oath to be indispensable to the fmblic printing; tbe Chief-of the South Carolina Hospital Bureau at Richmond and bis assistant; the officers and members of the Police and Fire Departments of Chafr leston and Columbia, and such artizans mechanics, and persons of scientific skill, and other employees as may bo indispedsable to the carrying on of the manufactories and publio works belonging to the State; the professors and teachers of all incorporated colleges in tbe State; every minister of religion authorized to preach according to tbe rales of bis ehurob,"-and who was; ou tbe first day of May, 1861, and at the passage of this Act shall be regularly employed in tbe disoharge of bis ministerial duties, and is not engaged in any traffio. > Seo. 3. That for the proper police of the country, the Governor is hereby author ized, under suoh. regulations as He may prescribe, to require the.exemption from Confederate military service, of suoh persons as he may adjudge indispensable for the government of the slaves, and the protection of the oiticenfc and property- of the State Provided, That suoh exemptions shall,not exceed, in any District, one for. every two hundred slaves in said District: And provided, further, That the rights pi overseers now having both Confederate and State exemptions shall not be ohanged nor altered by the provisions of this Act, nor shall suoh persons be included in the estimate of the above proviso. Sec. 4. That all officers and persons who shall be so required by the Governor, pursuant to the provisions of this Act, be aud they are hereby deolared to be exempt from Confederate mllitaiy service during the period for which their exemption shall be so claimed. tteport Of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the Second Annual Report of the State Auditor. In the House or Representatives, , December' 20th, 1864. 1 0 7 The Committee of Ways and Means, to whom was referred so mooh of the Seoond Annual Report of the Auditor of South Carolina as relates to the fond for the military defenoe of the State, to the finances, and an inorease of the salaries of public officers, and to the resignation of the State Auditor, report: That the monthly and quarterly acoounts of the Bureaus of the Quartermaster and Paymaster General, Commissary General and Ordnanoe Officer, also of the State Military works at Greenville, and of the 1 State Agency at Riohmond, have been regularly examined and audited by the , State Auditor. Full abstracts of these ac- J counts are submitted with the report of that officer. The "Military Contingent" account has also been kept by the Auditor, - i- /i mt.; _ i under tbe direction or trie uoveraor. ajuis j icooant has bceD examined and found fully ranched and correct. A copy of this account accompanies the report of the Auditor. This rppnrt comronnioatos satisfactory * informatior upon the various matters specifically referred to the Auditor by the Gener- 1 ill Assembly, viz : The olaims of the State . ' ^ / i . . n x j ' ??r*>nst tno uomeaenue ttoycramoE*. ?uu fl o claims acraiast fbo Stita for slavnp bit ^ in the public service; the sale to the ConFederate Government of tho Nitre planta- j tion near Columbia, and of the Cameron Lead Mines in Spartanburg; tho operations during tho last fiscal year cf the Central < Association at Columbia, and of the Sol- 1 diera' Board of Rolief; and the results of . 9 1 certain exportation* of cptton made by or der of the Governor" All theae matters art folly reported upon by the Auditor, and, m embodied by Him, furnish * vaHmblerecarc of the military finances of the State whicl have been committed to the supervision o that officer. The arrangements made b; the Bank of the State for preventing thi embarrassment apprehended .from thi | ohange in; the currency, by -proyidinj means for, meeting the liabilities of. .thi State in April last, and the .liberal oouro pursued by the Bank refurnishing exebangi on England afc-low rates to pay for material for the Ciard Factory and. the State works a Gfee^ytlle,; are Justly referred - to by th< l Auditor in terms . of oommendatioa. It i (Uf i ! l 3 0 also a source of rgratincatiOQ to the Com mittee to note, from this repbr^ that all thi officers of thet State connected with thedia bocsejnents of the' fqnite -appropriated jEoi military purposes have 'exhibited, in thei returns, a capacity and accuracy not lea worthy of praise, than theabilify and fideli ty with which the trust committed te^ then has been-discharged, ""j'-u ~ Tfae vifcws of the Auditor as to thaaala ries of jpublio officers are, in the opinion o) the Committee, sound and just, and worthy of attention by th'C Legislature. In the Appropriation Bill, legislation is proposes in acoordaitce with these mews, t %>.; ' >The resignation of the Auditor has re ceiyed. the earnest consideration of the Com mittee, and it was unanimously determined that to lose his valnable services at this time would produce not only great delay in the adjustment of tfae olaims of the State, bat perhaps much confusion and loss. . The ad mirable arrangement which he has adopted the prompt disoharg^ of all the matters o: business-pertaining to hia department, hii kind and courteous manner, and the deal apd'lucid statements of his vieWa pn ail'mat te'rs submitted to Jum, impressed the Com mittee so forcibly,, that an appeal was di reoted to be made;to indooe him toohangi his purpose to resign. Upon oonsultatipr with the Auditor, the Committee learnec that the' labor of the offioe was so onerous, that with the assistance allowed him by law. one clerk, so much work was thrown upor him, that bis health was failing, and h< was coiiiDelled to employ additional assis tance at his own expense.. It was also found that the compensation was entirely inadequate at the present time. The Committer represented to the Auditor the loss thai might fall on the citizens of the State, and ^he confusion that would necessarily be occasioned, at least until a successor oould become familiar with the duties and arrange, ments of the offioe. It was proposed, to increase the number of olerks in the office, add to make every effort to secure his com. fort. . With that self sacrificing spirit whiob has been so eminently and frequently displayed by this patriotie citizen siooe the commencement of the war, he at onoe consented to reconsider his dotegnination, and will continues to disobargethe duties of the office as long as he can be usefal to the State. The Committee feels confident that this arrangement will give ^s much Satisfaction to the Legislature and the State at large, as it has to the Committee. ' , They recommend the adoption of the following resolutions : Resolved, That the State Auditor -boauthorized to appoint three assistants, and that $6,000 be appropriated for their salaries, to be apportioned aipong them by him. Resolved, That'the salary of the Auditor be increased to the sum of five thousand dollars (35,000.) Bespectfully submitted, A. P. ALDBICH, Chairman. . ACTS OP THE LFGISLATUBE. The Legislature adjourned sine die, on Friday night, tho 23d December, at a late hoar. The following is a list of Acts passed : ACTS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE. 1. An Act to aathorize the Governor to require the exemption of certain State officer and other persons from Confederate service. 2. An Act to extend and alter the ohartet; of the Cotton Planter's Loan Association of the Fifth Congressional Distriot of Soqth Carolina. 3. An Act to alter an Act, entitled an Act to amend an Act, entitled an Act to prevent and punish the planting and cultivation in this State over a certain quantity of cotton during the present year. 4. An Act to extend and amend an Aot, entitled an Xot to authorize the City Council of Charleston to issue and put in circulation notes receivable in taxes or dues to the city. 5. An Act to vest the right and title of the State in certain property, liable to esoheat in Elizabeth Myers, Ellen Myers and Catharine Myers. 6. An Act to provide for holding the Courts of Equity by two Chancellors, for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty five. 7. An Aot to provide for the appointment rf Commissioners of the Poor for St. James Santee, St. Stephens and St. James GooseCreek. 8. An Aot to provide for the appointment of Commissioners of the Poor in certain oases. 9. Au Act to repeal so muoh or the Act to establish a separate Con:: Appeal r as requires the Judges to be chosen from among jortaia persons therein described. 10. An Aot ;o extend tuo time of Uliug illioial bauda iu certain caac-a. 11 An Aot to establish '.be Franco- Card* ina Hunk. . ' 12. An Act to nitor and atneni tha milia laws of the Staic. 101?a OKlUi.NAX'IiSO lxi TLX* iiOObiS OA' KJtf. liitiUKTATI ViSS. 1. An Act to raise sapplles for the year 5otnmencing in October, one thousand eight lundred and sixty-four. 2, An Aot to make appropriations for the year commencing Uotooer, ous tncnuana i eight htmdfvd tsd^ Bttty4o?r. ^ ?** i 8- An Actto mcSrjrtraW' certain religion* I and charitable so^tiee, andjfc: WW* i amend the charts is of certain flutfll) |ft< p and for bther pari^ses.'""' i5a* 9 : 4. An Aot4oprori<le forthe tnlieftf M4 s families of soidiei?,^*ih)W and marinMia 5 the service of this-Btate ^the^craeSOTlato a Stateeh-*"?/tliiJ .ia:3,*v:St>l ?4i ?tiwtft 9 t :6. Ao Aot to <iefin^tto ;righ4ftiiii&a. or rauroau M r icommon carriers. Tg, * t 6. An Act tff jrcootire amppHfi* tad forBL niafc the . impUneatgot agricultural and - people of tie State of Sou^ OaroliM, gr fthe purchase of a ship orshipBj triflelm-' kf portatiou and exportation of drip*/ e}1K0<l , r 7- Ao Act foanwricPsmAot^widtle&dtt' t Act to regulate the, ^riotiag and 3 tion of the"Act4 and Resolutions of th^e Geue ral Assembly of this State. an<T fbriother > purposes! '< ( :' & Ah A** to establish certain ?bad*and . charter oerteio lorries* mLAwA f . 9. An Act to continue in force -.-4$ 4ft r entitled an Aot to eittond releif to dwtonk, , and to prevent the sacrifice of property'^ 1 public sale*. *r>te.r>f&S*Rr<i 10. Atf Act to incorporate the Bith Mttfcr v Company,x . yli-,' ,r.. * [, ... ^ [IA .tJsa l' the Poor for. Darlington', Horry and BiA? kftMSMftK'? _ . ? 12. An Act , land Company,;. worsoVlo Jttft j JLS, An Act.to inco^oi^ ^'Cofcimbk 3 of an Act^ entitled an Act to extend d^Act^l x r entitled an Aot to extend COfci of the fWR ? visions of an A?t, entitled**! Aot.<i4sdfo'v ?f*to . by the hunks of this1 State, and rpr other } purposes, to the first day of January, A'. T>. i. 1864." -':V * < ' 'a ? if? ,iofllr>w 1 15. An Aol to provide forth* appoint^: , ment of Cpmnnssioneraoftha Poor foc&eifrr I owter District, nt i 16..An Act to incorporate IMmia Mult., ^ I 17. An Act to repeal' all Acts^lndpitlr . of Acta heretofore passed bythe Legislature^ I of this State on tiesubjSet offwoishing slave labor ojn coast pinl > within this State, and otherwise to provide t for farbishing 'woh libor. ' \ I * ; "" ! > 'j''--'1'* nsdt * Affairs ik Savannah.?From igiwv. . tietnan who visited ?avaqpab. lctM&aodaj, . under a." flag .of*moe, we learn thft avery-;. \ thing ia perfectly quiet in the city, and flud* , a number of steamboats swarmed in'?he' riV-. ^ . er, something like old times.: jfVivatd-pfbp- ft erty has been respeoted, and. nothing has< * t" .been burnt in the city except:Me. Wikins' shipyard and Mr Ityberts' millp. , _ ? General Sherman's Wdquarters is at ,tb t residence of 'Mr: Gftarles wrtfir; Getter*? Slooum's at John. E. Ward's) Gen. Ho*r ard'satMr. Molpbenax'aj.Gen. Ward's. "5' The oity is to be ^ir^oned with negro ? troops) ubdsVtfle^o^^VoftienjToster.' - : General Shermarhas byaa order itffosed to reoeive any more flags of trace froffiwwd*) ordinate officers, and aays if kia boatsb/Rtfc ning on the river are fired into, he will force evety citizen In the city to leave.it immediately.^ lL -yo/. 'CCP . Sherman has given the oitizons - of Savan jjrnhfifteen -days fcrace' to aottU.ttprkbttjr . - bank and other accounts which arojp b?t balanced by Confederate Ttoasuaty not?. If this- report is true, there be but feir open.accounts in BaVahtaah after the fifteen days of grace expire. EreryboSy andewrybody's relation will-be eager to sqaaso-o^ at Q^Q.?Augutta CojutituHotialift^ - ^ ^ , ' .' ' '?* .TKiJjii asfh> The Salt Works. The Lynchburg Virginidn his sotnepltrtioulare of the enemy's < oaptureofthe Silt ? Works: i too j The works were attacked abornt- ope, <?. clook on Tuesday by- the whole foroe. of Burbridge, numbering about five thousand The fight was kept up all the even&g; nudo^ , * ly with artillery; our forces bei og cotnznitidk . ed by Col. Bobcrt T. Button, -and-nwab^ ing, it is said, not more than thre?-bqndr*4 and fifty. . ? When night set ii^they still held their own, bat under cover or tne aarKness tne * Yankees ancceeded in reaching Fort Breoki ? 8H inridge, one of the main defenoes of the M place, in overpowering numbers and captar.- |X ed it. Colonel Preston deeming it imprac- j? tioable to hold the works longer, then order- |l ed the evaenatfara. u He and three hundred H of hie men are known to have escaped safo s ?9 ly. It was believed that some others would ga succeed in working their way out ^ The works were fired the next mornftg. H It is believed, however, that no serious dam- 83 age has been done, and that they will be in flgj operation again in a month. , - A . Bj The- Yankees did not remain long, and |9 are reported to have left for East Tennessee. ifi At Abingdon we understand they de- |ra stroyed two entire blocks of buildings, in- IN eluding the Court House and Jail, office or her the Virginian, and private residenoe% be- jfi| side the railroad buildings. ' |E| ' ' r~~ , ; [fx I Public Spibit.?We have .Been assured |N by the highest authority that preparations for the defence and security of Charieiloe f@| are being pushed vigorously forward. The ?8 utmost harmony exists between the civil nid military authorities. No exertions mj will be spared bj?$gvenior Magxath in ao- g98 complishing tETsall fmportant object. it |jg| is only neccessary that our oilisonb exhibit* 3W similar spirit to Bustaiu and give him their hearty co-operation, in the great, work before us, tp insure the* safety of aiji jlojicua gH old cityj and give the enemy another Seees- ffl j sionviiie tieieat.? Courier. :; *xX* ' General D. H. Hill passed down Che i&jfl : Sotuii Carolina Railroad yesterday, under > orders to .report to GUuer&l Beatuegord at -Hj [ Charleston. 1 ' ' t . I: Sf*8? * j||| <v M r.