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The tax law of the present session im poses, for the year 1365, taxes as fanowsV V UjflPJ&p ?l? 9/ 0 MPJP#b r-e-cl and personal, not expressly exempted or SSptiTxt^a wBarent rate, eight per ocni.? T&? ptgj^xty .to ^ assessed, on the fe.a^is of #? of -ftp am or. similar t property in then eigh boyhood whore assessed in the year i860. The property end assets of cprpor^^/e^f^eifttiftns apd joint stocjt oowpigj^ WW**** o* not> taxed in the same meaner and *> the same extent aa4bn pfopectyaad assets of indicorporations or Mi pot to be taxed on deposits of money to the credit of M4 subject to the checks of others. Stocks or Shares in corporations, associations or jmntitodt oooiMpiM not jo be t^ed as prentrtf. httt the dividends to be taxed as I * ' $ goM or silverooin, tod upontbj amount qfall moneys held abroad, or bills of exchange drawn, theiqfo^ groqypaory. Dotes, rights, credit! ltd securities payable iq foreign countries, and opop {be specie value of all gold dust, or gold and surer bullion, twenty per een?. S. JUpoq tbaxpfne of gold and silver wares, plate, jewels, jewelry and w^tQhes, assessed upon the basis qf the market value, of such property in 18S0, ten per oent" 4. Upon the,amount of all moqeys, except those i)eld abroad, bank bills, treasury , notes, and other pp^ar ipstjed as currency, pn hand or on deposit on the day of thp apt; provqf 'qf the' pet five per pent. 5. Upon the amount of all solvent credits, except these held abroad, five per cent. States or any State, and all loans to the - Government of the Confederate "States are exempted from tajatfoh, except as to the interesttheroon, wfiiqb is taxed*as iDourne. " The iqooine "tax poY to apply to bonds or . stocks exempted bylaw from taxation. ft HWft nrofltv made hv bavin? ahd gel v ~m' T~rrz 7?? .? ling merebaudisie, cffefcfcsor property*of.any description, or money, gold or silver, stocks, credits or obligations of any k|rf^ at any titSe'betjfeeo Jairaary 1, 1885, and'January lj 1886, ten percept. in addition to the rax on sucb profits as income. The profits to be ascertained by the difference between tbe ^rjw jpaid in Confederate Treasury notes including all posts and charges, and the price realized in tbe same currency. If the objects of tbe sale trere purchased at any time since January 1,1863, this additional, tax to attach on the profits realized on the tie thereof in 1865. ; 7. Upon the amount of profits .exceeding . 25 per dent, fande during fho year 1865, by iffjbahk' or bauking company, insoranoe or f ?^iv?1? ? OvOer JOIDC HKTOK. oouipauy, s ta*. ut iweukjfive pcjr ceph The tax to apply to individuals or partyergfrips as well as to corporations?iadiyiduuls and partnerships that have not been t^sfssed, or have not paid (or ' iear -136^ the tax of twenty-five per cent! imposed on tfa^e excess of profits over 26 per cent for that year, to pay the same g.^Tfao property, inqoipe and wn?ji of hospitals, asylutgs, cLurches, scboois, colleges and charitable invitations are exempted linoa of t-he 'n?mo ts oTomnbS frrvm fnmtjnn an Inni? as ^ " rV~ it r^gnaio? within such hoes, but income d?ijv^lSerefrotQ is taxed as inppnie under c*wting W D. The folio*iez .r? exempted froa tar?%; f? ?f ?<? W* <* ? w?jr to toe value of five hundred dollars; for fi^or e^il& pup Hntfred dollars; for each *? in ^ ?TO or navy, o? whohas <Up*jn the service, five hundred doljars.? The property of every soldier, or of a soldier'.? Ifidosr, or orphan family of minors, tp fha value of QDe thousand dollars.' Said expniptidos not to a^ly where the property evolutive of household furniture, exceeds j one thousand dollars in value. Jlpftgabold fpruitere, where the value does npt exceed *300 PR the basis of the njue of I860, wearing apparel, goods manufactured by pny jpejsons fo,r the use and ftf >?? family, including ?Ipv?e ??r*~- AmU 'iiiJ rtio nm/lnftti nf rardem yvwyt "vuxjig r- ox---wjjere s*i<? jpoqltry, fro#* and products are raised for the family of the producer and not for sale; corn, bacon, and Giber agricnUaj^ prpdoofa which were produced in 1864 and necessary for the tax-payer's family, including his slaves, daring the present -year and in his possession on the days of tbn-appro*al?of the &ot, are exempted from taxation. ? v ; aye to ^ day.of the passage of this act and to be due and collected opi&e 1ft of Jane netf # or as soon -thereafter as practicable. The additional taxes on promts for 1865 to bo assessed and collected according to the provisions of existing laws. . j^LlI the ta^a imposed by this act, as well as %. taxes on incomes and profits 'and the sp^pilo ttffw.and taxes oijl sales of existing laws, are to be Confederate Treaan provided tb# at 1 pas half be paid- in Ajay taxpayer $QJ*ed?. Upder regulations to.be prescribed by the Secretary of :|be Treaai jjy, to pj^j his taxes in advance. J 12. The pro^isiop-pf the act of the 17th ?e4fi?l5y? ^tbioh aiiojstodlhe assessed tax on iteT1>y the ^tax fnkind. is repealed; that wiffixe income from property was taxed the the Treasury on th/j reoommetidation of-boards of police, ,-fft ? $;<%>tane of Ujjwio t^roee di^ricts where depredations have been committed by the euffffajf tyc&ea of individuals whose resoj$|pes have been so serioosl; damaged or destroyed^ to redder the payment of taxes To 4 thoj?i? dm spcoifed, ?a ?dditied ii Qoa- eighta -of the amount is made in eaoh fcaai-^ w jaid is Treasury $4eji and applied to the payment of the increased compensation of bhe soWier. The taxed for 1865 may, therefore, be earn roed up as follows : Oa bW property (except foreign oredits, coin, &0.J8 per oent. on the Talaatron of ^ 1860. Go coin and foreign credits, 20 per i oent, and on bullion, plate, jewelry, &o., 1 K) per cent. i One tenth of all tho productions of the. 1 soil, as established by the present law of tax 1 in kind. * " On the income from property pot employ- J ed ia agriculture, the rates prescribed by ' the existing laws. < No abatement of the property tax m the < case of agricultartsis because of tbe tithe < tax, and ho abatement in tbe case of other I property holders because of ifie income tax. <& The present taxes on -incomes, salaries, < &o., are continued-.-' - 1 Sxemptioos are speoified above. c Five per cent, on al! solvent oredits, bonds t and stocks and Joans to tbe Confederate * States to be taxed upon tbe interest as in- * come and not open the principal. y J Tan per cent, additional to income tax on t profits made by-dealing in property, money, e -bonds, stocks, &c., in 18Q5 ; or in 1864, e which are not already paid. - a Twenty-five per Cent, on property exceed- t iog 25 pel* Sent, made in 1855 by banks, > corporations, individuals and partnerships, i &o., to be paid in like manner. 3 Thistax to-bo eolleoted also for 1864 of o those who may not have paid the same. e An addition of one-eighth' in every case t exoept that of tax in kind, to be applied to ^ paying the soldiers. \ Tbe person Who is liable for the taxes and r responsible for their payment is the one who t holds or owns the property on the day of t it. ....... it,. ..1 ' ' - T .but: paasugu yi vikj auw 1 ?-? /.,4 i The Path of Besolatfop. ' ^ ' Columbia, S/C., March 20, 1885. 1 Mr. Editor r~ -I have' never seen in ^ print a fair representation of the derma ta- j, tioq, wanton, malicious and diabolical, rae-t j thpdioal in its character, and complete in ^ its accomplishment?illustrated by the t,j toroh, "dqd Only wade glorious by the suffer- t ings gf agej-of aefenoeleas: females and of- Cl innocent children?thkt has accompanied. r the progress of General SheFman and "his ^ army. 1 Having jast followed the hero's path, I a 8obmit a brief description for your use: a Seventeen miles distant from Columbia, Q as youapproaoh by the Edgefield road, the 0 traveller iltf eweota the route of the.Fedefal- 0 arm, as k marched from its base, defined d by Braachviiie on the South, and Aiken on jj Ijjye North, sweeping upwards fromOrange- r, burg on the right, and Lexington ou the ^ left. The first signs on the outskirts, are 8( offals of butchered animals, and the half- ^ consumed fences that surround the small j, fields. Scarcely a mile is traversed, before. 0 entering a belt of oountry which seems as 8I if girdled by fire?forest and field are equal- t| ly Bwept. In the forest, the waves of flames a frequently mounted to'the tops of the tall c pines?-reddening the green- leaves, and blackening the brown boughs.* A small trail afrwhite ashes indicates the worm of 4he fence line. The tall chimneys stand c like dismal monuments?mute, bare, mo- tt tioqless?marking the grave of the home- c stead : while erav ashes and blackened cio- P f ' * ders lie between them to complete the tomb of the home and its . happiness. Caroasses * of dead horses; of the dog, the cow and the s hog, lie putjjfyiog?-wjwtool? shot, or killed ? by a blow from the axe or hammer. These 11 scenes continually repeat themselves. r. . * Of the old, small and impoverished town ^ of &$?U)gton bat a single house remains, sod a few suburban cottages. What oonld bate induced its deatraotion 1 No hope of ri plunder could have tempted?no motive of f( revenge couia nave proarptea sucn desolation upon these poor Lutherans. Man; of j, the inhabitants informed ins that when they g' attempted to save a bed c^uilt, a mnoh prized j( piece of ohina, a grandmother's gift, a daughter's dowry, or any other family heir- ^ loom, they were forced violently from them v and the articles were dashed to pieoes or j hurled back into the devouring flames.? These poor people, left homeless and house- ? less are struggling to save life by the offal t of the Yankee army. _ It appears, from-vrbatT -can gather, that g General Sherman's men burnt the woods be- ^ foro them. His army, from date which the carelessness of a drunken general left bohind, waa.as follows: "No field-pieces pver twenty-pounders.? Aggregate of fie]d pieces, ninety-six. - ' | " "Corps Qommapder8.?14th corps, Jeff. t Davis ; 10th corps, - Logan; lYth corps, Blair; 20th corps, Williams; right wing, j Howard; left wing, Slpcaui. ! Q "20th corps?10,000 strong ; sir four- j i n . ? 11 ?-1 J gUU Daueries IU ttuian uuiu pieces. "14th corps?9,000 strong; six four-gun batteries. - * " ... ? ? "15th corps?13,000 Btrong , six four- * gun batteries. J 17th corps?10,000 strong; six four-guu batteries. ? J * "Each regiment averages 200 men; eaoh " brigade 800 men; each division 3;000,men; ' each corps 12,000- The whole army, J 42^000." Throughout the distance specified, abun-1 c dant evidences of their camp remain. The j 1 stakes and the .ridge poles for the fly-tents ! 1 ?the barbed trees to "which the-horaea were : ? tied, and the innumerable (racks which the 1 f wagon trains formod in wheeling from the* ' encampment into line upon the.^oadway. As you descend from the hills, which ; 1 fiiard the hanks of th? nnncr*rp.R. a few ' ' j graves cf soldiers ajro seen, and the eye rests for &.Q instant upon the sturdy stone walla of ] the old bridge, which once - spanned the 1 restless stream as it leaped and rushed over 1 1 j its rock} bed. Bat it is only for the in-t;1 sunt ; for as by a.dash, it is attracted and | appalled) by the forest of ohitsaeys and ; < crumbling brickwalls, which crowns-tne op-\ I posite.crest. ' Believed alone by the pare't stability of the unfinished State House, and \ < the topering spire of the Presbyteriant Church, all el'seisinim}?fittfng mouumeats of "desolation and woe, a picture disrhal beyond description?heartrending beyond Utterance. \ / As you look'up'and doWn th'e banks of the river the scene.repeats itself. But how shall I describe the picture wbioh is unfolded, while asoendiog the hill into the "City of Flowers and Seminaries/' "The crumbling walla, blackened by $re and broken by heat, mark the spot of the naore substantial buildings, while tbeted earth looks as if baked and swept .where the frailer .tenements of wood once stood. Every species if tools, implements and machinery, articles >f husbandry and domestic utepsiis; and lojomotives aie burnt, .and blown up with >owdsr. Printing and rall& presses, and ill else fori$ad of icon and moulded from >rass were'burned by fire, and systcmalicaly and thoroughly broken' by the club, axe ir hammer, and are etrewoty your aide and >eneeth your feet. .Bat the climax is.only risible when you reach Richardson or Main treet,in front of the new capitol. Behind rou and around yon, op the Jtneet for mote ban one and a quarter mils* as far as the iye can reach;-on tire right band, fonr quares deep, and on yonr left, two at-first ,nd then one sqnare deep, for oot to the exreraity of Cotton . Town, three hundred teres which had been oompaotly built upon ies before yon utterly desolated by fire.? l?he picture is again reproduoedas yoa look tut from beyond Col. Preston's- house on . lither side of the Charlotte "Railroad, and afore yoq, as far as visible, <*- t Prom all I can learn, the whole matter r&s-deliberately planned, methodically aN anged, and perfectly exec a ted. The 'fifeenth and seventeenth oorp^ ehtefed the nnn?fli i fnrm?r_ fnmmb?rfl?naNl jagan,' who bad ids headquarters at Colonel Beaton's mansion j the - latter commanded y General F. P. Bhir, Jr., having his leadquarters at the Shiver ; House j whHe General' Sherman, eorfimander-io-Chief,'had >is headqaartersat Colonel Don can's resicnce. Aftar the troops had entered the own and staoked'acme, throe rockets-weie brown up?:the first white, the gebond bine, ho third.red. From the firing of the third ooket, a FURLOUGH QF THIRTY-SIX IGURS WAS GRANTED, BY ORDER IF THE COMMANDING^ GENERAL, j '0 THE TROOPS WITHIN THE CITY nd with this furlough commenced scenes b barbarous as have ever disgr&oediheahals of modern history, whether in Spain, r Poland, or among the. wild tribes of-ohr 1 wn continent. The city was fired in huu- 1 reds of. places at the same time-' Matches 1 i bunches, turpentine, tow, and phospho us. had been amply provided and dnly dis ibated. Officers, disguised as common j jldiers, went about participating in the eeds, and on two occasions, "when attempt- : Dg to sack houses occupied by their fellow ' fficers, were compelled to disclose themalves ; and the General in Chief waited ri tie streets duripg this carnival of violence 1 nd fire, as a quiet witness, beyond- doubt ' ontent, bopigg . ?"tovratle tbrpUgMlauglfter to a iJiroDft, . . i And shut Hie gates of mercy on mankind." Every imagioable^nnra'and violence wag ommitted. "A lady,' irhHat giving birth, to child, was forced upon a- rude litter, and 1 arried into the streets, and- the house j lunderedj firqd an5 burned. The grand-daughter of an old- United 1 States naval officer plead'for the house "that 1 heltered he* grand-mother, bed-riddep for 1 (volvoy-eere, and Her paralytio*' fether,;s|y-: 1 ig- fcb tbie foremost of the'gang that enter- d, ?hnve you ho father? hate yott no 1 rand -mother ? This is oar all, and this is 1 t?e; whole of our family." /The ieader, lore tender than the resj, aaud, "yefh?tret. ' . ? ?i <rr *'__ii: * fl \j matcnes." . ire wno rottowea neu, ashed past faiffl, scattered pbosphprua a- 1 eund'the be'd'of the aged, decrepid grpad. arent, and it was with difficulty that the ( idy saved the lives of the dear ones*?loing all else beside. Tbsy are now home-* ' 338, houseless and pennilegn. No place was respeotod. The^Iasooio 1 lall was rifled and its regalia worn bj the. ' andals whilst in their assigned work? fone too sacred, the'Coovept was pillaged, iluudered and burned, and theresidence 1 f the priest shared the'same fate.J Broestant churches were robbed of ifieir per- 4 ice, alb ofJhetri save one fired, all of thorn 1 avetwo, burned. But why multiply these ^ [etails. Enough*?and thai sjck'ening 1 nd heart rending--'? Is already known ud published; and besidea, I know that ompetent heads and honest hearts are en;aged-iu collecting and authenticating all acts, and will shortly publish in due form J o the world, these exploits of William Teafflseh Sherman, Major-General command- ( ng, and the selected 15th apd 17 th corps t his Union-saving, and Flag-preserving t rmv. ' ' r . v r . i After thia work of barbarity' had propressed to the point where it now stands', a evcrend gentleman waited upon General , Jhcrm'an, and stated that he had { >eard that the remainder of the city was-to >e destroyed} and the remaining, women ind children were to be tamed into the ields, to die from exposure and starvation, md entreated him in the name of common mmanjty, to prevent it. He said abruptly ,o a colonel not far from him, in a load roico, "Tbii thing mast be st6p?ed It nust not go on any longer. ' If it does, I. ihall hold yo.u responsible for it." In less ban fifteen minutes, a white rocket was . hrowo op, and within a little more than lalf an boar thereafter, double guards were )ostedf turbulence w&s arrested .and the itreets became profoundly tranquil. . The work of the destruction of pubHo property and public buildings, proceeded aext day with due order and system, and ivas thoroughly executed with the axe, tbe liammer'and the toroh. The city of Columbia contained-one hun-. jred and twenty squares, weH btiilf. Of, thesej eighty-four were burned-4)fiog more than three-fourths in area) and seveneighths in, vake^ " Similar soenes of - desolation mark-the M A .. . '?T7~ - ?? r? way ?| job joajrnty Eastward, From C< lamhut. Of* the town of Wiunsboro, ob l;liirdr was tjostrpyed. In the town of Can den, seventeen houses were bajpetj!, &n thus, Mc. Editor,_TOg may jonrney froi the East hinjt'of. the Savang^b, .to the We! hank of the Catatffc*,. golded' by, the ta chimneys of the homestead.?whether stately" man^on oi humble cottage?tb l^aokeoed reihatiM of the corh-onh, tb tfhite ashes of the cotton-gin 'houHe, th cjurpkSsps of hprses and battle, sheep, "hoc and pigs, and every animal pf dome<o |g as they lie petrifying aloqg the waysidt and in the fh rip-yard, -mutely fat elog\^ept( tealiFyihg' tbe d ip b olioal motites and 4eed of thesb tiendtf. ' ' VI4T0^ ? ;?'? " ?? ' " From tlip Soutb C^fplfntan. "Prnnrj Ak/nLnr Ch'eraw wa8*e*acuat^3- ?ij..Qin. Harde opLthe 3d o.nr troops having orp?se the Pee pee, burning the fridge, fcebio them. There yag skirmishing for seven miles before reaching the town ; and.ave: in tbe streets,. the enemy finag down ,thec shot and shell. Sherman, with the l&k 17th, and 20th coips of his.army, ooonpiei tbe town^fiUing the dwellings of oar wive and.childreu With his insolent minions, am evpo wjth the degraded followers. of hi camp j tearing down fences, searching,ever; nooK and corner over and over again fo hidden treasure ; robbing .women, ohiWrei and negroes of clothing and every other ar tide, they fancied ; destroying, oaitle, poul fry, wagons, carriages, buggies, &o., &0. desecrating ohnrohea and abasing and m&i treating aged and unarmed citizens. Hi march through Chesterfield District was li by blazing roofs .and marked by dead borso and cattle. I have seen bat four dwelliqg that were burned down. Those were thi dwelling of Qapt. Joseph T, Baroh, Gen r?. uaa'* irnnqe, unauceiiQr mgns an< cine own^ed, bat not occupied, by Maj, A McQueen. Twenty*aix .store hoa9ea-wer< burned in Cheraw and three or foor destroy ed by the. explosion of powder. Among tin storehouses, I have .inoladed the railroat depot! Every .office, or otherp^cp, of 60s iness, was broken open aod rifled.. !f!bi bank was converted into, a hospital^ and th< Presbyterian Church into a ball-room 91 Sunday night. Several of our dldeet an* most respecmble citizens had pistols presen ted at their breasts while the barbarian! demanded their money and watchesor tbei lives. ' Diligent search was maao through out the whole District, for several of pu; citizens, who hpd effected thoir escape, anc threats were made against their lives if -ta ken. In the ooantry, some of the: oidei men, and women too, it/is. said, had. tope put around their nooks, with which the] were jerked about in order to* compel then to disclose the hiding place of their valua bles. A great many negroes were enticed aw&] from their owners (many women and ohil dren among them,) some have returned satisfied with, the experiment of freedom. . , For miles Che stench of dead animals L horrible, while vetty^ for of.our plan ten have a horse or a cow left them, fdanj were stripped of all thoir- provisions**nc cone have any to spare. Jt really seems tc have been beat that the negroes should g( with their deceitful friends^ for it has left t smaller number to be fed. It cannot he possible that we shall all-escape-starvation, unless BDcedv relief is had from some a car. ter. The whole country is a desolation anc pet, thank #od, our people ate.oot aobjugated. A orusfof bread and iodcpendenoe, ire preferable to Union and.Injury,* I have heard of no outrage of a groeae) kind upon our defenceless women, than in soleoce -of language and manner, beside; (hat already stated.. The court-house and jail were both barm iown at Chesterfield vtilagej and Sherman, who Bas a habit of coming up in time tc ;ommiserate the people, and declare thai (he destruction o'f our nouses is aocidentai, this time he informed the ladies that overy bouse in the village of Chesterfield ought Itc have bend destroyed? The eonduot.of the ladies of Cheraw fca; most praiseworthy. I have written what I have heard of the souduot of the Yapkeea, verified by the jondition of the country as I have seen it, ind'yet have told not'half enough to give pou any idea of the reality. Yours, &p.," ' * * *7 ? r. ? ' Affairs at Charleston. We clip the following froijn tbo Charleston correspondence jrf. the New York Times, dated 5th instant. It^resentesome of the featnree of sebjj^gation: Unjder the new-order' of things the peo pie of Charleston'are gradually coining*tc their senses, and evince a disposition U make theoity onoemoro the leading trading mart for this section of the oountry. - When wo first took possession the citizens Were shy, and hesitate! a boat making their ap. pearance on the-streets, bat now they come forth in swarms,*ncl of coarse the majority of them profess'fo be on the-side of. the Union. - ; ftnmo of the citizens still cling to the liope that the rebel Government will even tually succeed iff establishing itself on ? firm basis, bat the ss^me oitizens are" laugh ed and jeered at by their more* wise neigh bora. . .. J. King street is alive with business. Op< is-astouished to^see -how muJh sotlera anc other.traders have taken stores and exposec goods for'Ate. The stores' are -doing at excellent Jmsiness,' too. From morurnj till night thoy thronged* with *cyato mers. The great trouble is that 1 majority of the citizens hate rebel Money-only.? They appreciate the fact that this, money i worthless; yet they are very reluctant t part witk" it withe at reoeiviog a portion o iu? QCfdvaleet ibT return. A change has recently "been made in th eourbmhd of the^dietriot. Brigadier-Gene ral John P. Hatch is iff" command of tb Northern District, Department of the South > * 3- his predecessor, Brigadier-Geberaf Sobiem- j e mclfenning, having been assigned to the i* command oTthe dpijrpoep about CSurlerton.' d By a recent ordy,' f!I oitizeps desiring n any favor'yhaLever from, th?. .Government it are re^ireifto, call upon Provost Marshal 11, Willoaghb'y and tcjcethe Oath of aUegiance. a A large Bomber of citi&hs have, eo nsequ e n te ly, availed theinsejvea'of this opportunity e of proving their Ibytflty 'to the old TTnion.e Among the number who have tajcen the' [8 oath of allegianee are several ladies; in fafct, i, tpre fint one to take the oath was & lady:? y SeVe^hparties ha"ve expressed their appre-' jr. henrfoh that bytakfnfe the oath they would [p bo ltabre;tovbe forbfef into the army?-not*! discriminating between the wholesale conscription of the rebels and .'the system"of; . draft as Unserved by our authorities They - ao aw use uitu uuuamernnuu iue mut tuuv e "any one who' lias served in the rebel ranks \ cannot, by established law,' serve iaarnfli-' j tary capacity under the United States Gov;l' cnftqjnt. I'apa sorry to Tabserve tttat%any Q persons wfio profess to be Union", have show a 3 a relaotanoe .to take the oath, of allegiance. , They proffer all manner of excuses^ which j! simply mean that they are about as ranoh g rebel as Union itj fheir.oomposition. Urder ^ the present regimp, ibe people of Chailos3 ton oan take their, ohoioe?identify themij, selves* a$ Unionists or rebels. r Major General Gil more came op from 5 Hilton Head yesterday. Since his arrival _ in the department be has Dee"n on the con. stabt move.. t On one day we' find hiin at Savannah, and. on the following day at Charleston,' or some other point 00 the , coast. By some means the people of Charlesj ton always' know- when General Gill more B arrives in town.' Tfie moment bis flag-ship 8 touches the pier, a group of citisena ire a sure to make their appearance and ertend ; hiin a hearty welcome. It is ourio.ds to noI j tied the interest that the people take -'in in * forming each' other of the fact that General I*a?1 AWMWAil WKnn onnnQM t J vji itataauaw uau, niittfyu> uvu uv w^/|/w?a?v r on the street^ we are assayed of his presence 2 by the remarks that are made by tboee who, 1 espy bim. One will say there goes General . GiJImore, the men who gave as so mueb j uneasiness j and another will remark, there } passes the officer who destroyed oar city.? j All seem to look qpon him as an officer j worthy of their"particular attention. _{- i?h?i 3 Colored Troops. r We see th&t Majors J. W. Pegrwn,apd . Thos. E Turner have received authority r from tiie Seorefairy of War to raispcompa1 nies of negrp soldiers, and (hey have pub. lisked an appeal"through the columns of the r' Riohipoad papers. "The wprk is said by 3 the Richmond papers to have began mast j auspiciously. A company is already form-< i ed and the enlistments are numerous in . the city. ^ It is expected that Virginia will readily raise twenty thousand ?of these j troops. . .. The news from the trans-Mississippi, of ! the action taken there in anticipation of the law, has stimulated the movement bore. 3 Twenty-five thousand are-already' enrolled' , under Kirby Smith. r . In a few days steps will be taken to co?Jji meqce the enrollment in".NortV Carolina, ' and it is well to,let the negroes know the ) terras upon whioh they will enter the seri v*ce( There will be no force employed to compel tfiem to serve... \ ' Th^ir enlistment will beyolontary, with I their"owq, and the consent of their master. jPree negtocs will be. received who choose to. volunteer, v-./ ^ ; ' The bpon will, be freedom and a bome# among/those with whom-thej, have been' \ viml-a home of their ow?. . Aii opportunity is now offered to the begirt/of Serving his 'conntry, of establishing ^ fbr himself a property and a Home, of earning freedom, and winning the good opinion r of mankind. Gen. Lee has, long ago, announced (hat he lo&s to the negro as an element of . strength that will enable him to resist all the effortio^ the invader. Pe gives to this * ? * ? * i .. a* w f_l ,.T . ?n class Qui conncence, aua cons mem ?a win ( trust yoa ?I will rely upon 'you?I WU1{ lead you in battle, and11 expect thit your . courage,*yotir fidelity,'your' love of country ( acid your love ?f home, will make you good .sofareft, who will fight'to win the boon of | freedom " . Wa hope the masters, in this. State, #ilf begin tp explain Ibis matter to' their slaves^ and put'tbe'oboice to them' freely, to say Whether they will volunteer. Let no time . be lost,' they are needed now,' great events are about to be angnropliyhed- v r ? S ' \ .. jRdleigh Confederate. TheNegeo Troops?Applications for " permisssion to raise negro regiments, we - ? :w ??th* tt/oi. > ur.aeratanu, are puunug m u?^ ?<> vUW .. ? ? Department.' When the question was first " ; introduced before Congress, it was feared by i some that no men of character . could' be t fojind (willing*"3 cough to Bacrilce'persohal j - pride) to command" negro troops. .As ah s indication of the iaw, wVare informed thai; r there are now hundreds of m^n^?some of i whom have never seen service?who are earnestly soliciting cdmmtssions and authority 5 to raise companies, regiments and brigades. - How these troops will be offioered we are i finable td fry/-bat presume General -Lee,.: - having the matter in his own hands, will - appoint onassigned officers to taker charge . of them. j We - see - no reas&n ^why^ nato ) should hesitate to oommand negroes?esps1 cially when they are fighting for us. The 1 disgrace "woaldbe in refusing to do so. r * " ' x "iJ Chafrlotk Bullet >'n. j ? a fc* ~'?mi '.i . ' fi?" Charleston,-"Wilmington and Savanf irah have fallen, but webave gained strength - by thetr'evacaation. TPrnef we l^velost b the benefits, meagre aa "they we$e, of those < 0 potts of* entry,. for-blockade niirting-pur- ; 1 pose* - Bafr'what-tt that ? TlM poHrt^ -wiff hate tffU garrisoned, Wtfw* far th* e enemy will be weakened. Bat for the arms (r* and inanitions of war received through Jhese e aftgries df tfie^ commercial world, it wtSnld i have been better bad we give up oar-sea porta at the first boom of j3amfefr A fright rayw now visible?the "silver lining to thes dark cloud which has recentlyhovered over Ofl?rod wo can. but hope that it is a gentie gjetun of ...the sua of peace for which so many grayer^ have recently .been offered. 49* Perfection can only be reached in this vain world through the gates of sorrow. A! majj-may.be good, noble, and a strict follow-* er of the letter of the law. bat until bis ' " ' t vain affections have been purged from mm by afflictions ah d troubles, lfe wilfbe far frtm that point so few poor mortals endeavor to obtain. nOarbie^eed&Mriorw^s under the lash of pain and agopy beforp He reached the' goal of His perfection. And who I- - - .1""--< ell*:--* - j1 upon earsn 01 numio rurm c&u uo ooiupai cu to Him ? See the gay and thoughtless' youth,- laaghing merrily and singing cheeri-i iy, aloDg life's pathway, thinking of everything but his God, and his dnty to Him.? Look at-him when he mourns the lose of a mother or a father,-a sister or a brother,-and See the scalding tears of grief?an acqne-dnot through which the imparities .of hiB heart are. thrown off. Thus oar joys in this world" are snatched a wayworn us, one by one, add oak tears of sorrow, oarrying^with them sinfulness and imperfections, Work a 1 change upon oar hearts as the dropof water does upon the stone, until we arq at lapt made pure-and holy,.and fitly qualified for 'that crown prepared for us in a better, brighter world: How well-these words apply to us ananation. For four of. the bloodiest pages in the crimson history pf the world, we hare* been living under the flail of God's Wroth. How hard lo convince the world-loving man that it is for our own good.-?that God isthrashing our souls' harvest to winnow for His garner the good seed. Let as then' bear Qp with fortitude, believing thaf He will in* good time'"deliver us oat of all oar af&iotiooe."?Bulletin. ? ' ' >* ', Hill Arp Philosophizes up ofa the War Etcetera. Mr. Edito^?Sir: If I kould d'sarn anvthine eloomyin the -poHtiknl-horiaun, I would keep it to myself and not go toi jattiu my long face in the news papers, bat; Seeih thiols as 1 see em,I don't see anything in the Situation more distressin than usual. ' My doktrine has. always been, that if we was to lite and fite till oar.army was played out, the biggest part of, pjd Liukoln's job would be just.begun.. Atter he has whijit as, ttaeD he's gijt. to sabjugate us'. He's got to hold ?a dawn, and be can't do jt. -1 used to have a nabar who was one of .these mean little* eynrly .phtee-dog sort of men, and I bad him to whip about onst a week for three months, bat I didn't make a thing off on*bi?. v . He woqliraise a fuss with me ijyin hoar alter I had made him holler enuf, and finally I sold -him-mj land and t^oyed my just to get rid o?J4m. .Now the" idea of old Liokhorn takin possession of so many towns and. cities, and sb mh0h territory, and holdip ft, and keepiti so many pepdl down, are* atter nonsense, and it can't- be did. Besides wo. ain't whipd vote?not by three or four jog falls; Spoiua Sheroan did valk right through the State. Sposia he did. Was anybody whipd! * Didn't the "rebellion jest elgse- right ap on the groan 1 behind him jest like shettia up a paixvof woffle irons ? He parted the airaosfoar as, he went.along, aqd it collapsed agin in iis rearimjwegintfly,' He'll have to' go' over that same old ground several, times yit and -then sell out aotframfft aWag? v j t ~i Wall Ifcey aaythat ?hLtAbeV congress his |io?Hp^d,|p^ever aetjfijoft rilthr niggers by men din the coostitatioa. How did that free em or how did freein em mood the constitution. The darn*d old thing's been broke for 40 years and its broke yft, bat spbse they have freed em it's no more than old Abe has done thrae.or.foor times by bis proklamashuns. What doss ft all amouDt to ? i want to Bny a nigger' and I jest as leave have a ohnnk of a free nigger as any other sort., I don't cere a hobbee about) his bejn.firee if I nan sating ate him, and if he gets above his color III not SO whelks right 1 under his short and make him wish that old Linkborn" stood in hia.sh'o^s. Bat/'-Mfc Editor?Sen'V The way I 1 think is,'that it we are to be whipd at alt, ' then the infantry, which is to say Jhe -web 1 feet, are to be -W^ipd furet. After that,, then oonjes tbe'tngof war. Wbipin the < cavalry wilTbe the devilest ondertakin of I tbis or .any proeeedin oonfMct?1 tell you, i tbpy ean'^ be whipd ojtfil they are 4 kotohe^t apd Ujat ^entwilipay# transpire, i The truth is that the *Cohfed<^at? cavalry j can fite em, and dog em, and dodge em, and i tmeb whack em, and'Ved evil em for W thousand years,, and that's ai tongie the. most -i ^ngttine haye oaicnlated jthjiwar tQ.lasjt-? i The Confedefato cavalry ^re^uhiqni tons and < everlasting. I have.$?velle<ja heap of date' i and had okkashnn'to ffetirO into some very j seqoesteted regions,- hat nary bill or boHer, j nar> Sfale or talley, naiy. mountain gdrga or j inaksflfuobln r&vnen have I foQDii* bat what the qavadrj^ had been thar ar^cl jest left.? Aed that's why they Qan!t be whipd, for they have .always jest left and took'an edd J horaaor twtuHtJt em. L' ' For four jeers the Confederate horse j ffcaKfig cawdry hay^.bwn pirootin around, f pjeparipg themselves for the.frightful strog- , glo . that is to come. By dodgio around they have completed their inspection of stock, and tried all its bottom, and now it arereascoable to soppoae they are ready to lite.? , The faktis, Mr.. Editor, stealipg from oar , side is amost played out, and be assured our ohemies will suffer very soon. Sich a crisis are, I reokin, a blessin to the country, for < when weve lost all Our property th'ar wont , &e nothin to rekonstrnkt and we'll all go to ' fftin; Property in sioh times are the bafie of'dftfefljt. Old Olivine remarkd, that if ? hatT-illheen as poor as him when the war btyguirafid-had? h>id our own, the victry wbuld have been #bn long ago. "How poor are you, Blioius ?" s$d I. "Jest 4 years ago," "I wttj eve* with the world, which is to ray I ovrd about as many aa I mtft'ow*,- and M and, that's the fix I waat the Coafedentcy to get W ' rv ^ t}' ^ ;W? are that way id4b?wpic(i,',SI^'Editor, ahju^ . WJq#l tljfl Yankees d$ant g# in jjp. months continuous plunder were brought out to enjoy when they left. : Suddenly some friendly scouts appeared upon the arena, and made a general grab. -Everything viable were appropriated .without pay or oer^mony. Our iDdigpi*$:. citizens appealed for proiekahuo, and his exoeBency the guvnor, sent up Major MeHtisou ab the ayeuger of our wrongs, pud the protector of our livfifl and property. The IJIajm: and his gallant boys appreciated oju cause, and in order to prevent a recurrence of euch fobberWbythe waaderm shouts, they stple all the balance thetneeivee and the? Tub away. Sich-is war, Mr. Editor, hut nevertheless, Dotwithstandio, I am for. it M-loDg ae-pcaci- ' bul, and longpr if Qeoeswry.)Sj|^j^^. " we'are noj tryin the mccfiih?tlw George meeliah^?Hatih>^l^ h5l T j iiw iWHrm i i i Uiuc ttUU |AHU3ttUUI ITIIO. 'UHjiUMI W |l||| (be outposts of Cherokee snd Gregory, and we'll stud by .'em ss looftu tbey will stud by us. Let their slanderers beware,, and rekollekt the fhfe of life Johnsou, that oH vetent&iromibi^Vtrgiany army. Ike waa home on a bnstin fnrlow, and he w$nt np to tho meeliBh, .and pnllio oot bia jrepeafcer, exolaimedwitb uncommon "!f? down, anedi*, V&9&*cap ! Mr. Editor, Ike Johnson htf to Jew* these parts prem'atarely. - And daw, Sar, will yod allowna Romano to ask a favor of your wide spreddin paper. We desire yon to intersperse in yoilr columns some news of the Georgy Legjdatift. We underatand they were power folly what, .tered, and somewhat demoralized. 'Ha'tir they ?Wed jit, and.did the Governor lose many of ,the pabliok addles/ I'lfe.* member from Franklinthe other, day and ^be had two pair of cotton cards in hw hand.? I axe'd htm about the arkives, and "he eedhe understood the Govner got off about ten thousand .paif<tf'tm, and thatalllhe mem- bers got two pair a picoe.beajd?[l ' Do you suppose this are 801 < Yours pariitelyffij^Ef^T . ~P. S.^Whatsrfr tffeifcrtiier? Ihearn he wer col lard and cabbaged and carried off > io two cars to the balla of tbe 'Montcznmas. ' B. A. " t- . " p ? >? 'I ii> J N<wv*K-fioaruu?iiA?s-?TH-Y#i>kee correspondents and papers are not vejgT complimentary towards their now Vice President, Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee. Tboy. aayThe was drank when iastal'ed 1 nto ' office on the 4th of March, and that he disgraced himself bp foolish speechefl and bad conduct generally. He-was cat short off in ? one of his speeches by the officers of life Senate, and the spo.ne closed in diagnaft'ae- * cording to aooonnts published iaiN$fli?i? paper*.?A Yankee correspondent speaksof Johnson's speooh as follows: ?<?X!b* speech was disconnected. fhe senteo oe8:eo in coherent ihafitisimpdssxbfft to give an accurate report of his speeoli? As his sentences came op into the r^oiiers' gallery they, sanoded something like this: "The statement* that your President iaa pl?bi*n-ri am^ie6iao,^Uryin St? Tenocsseahas never gone. Oat of the Tftioa * * * - L5 ?i am going 10 tatc two minora una a nau on that point?I want, yon to bear me? Teonewee always was loyal?we all dative oar power from the people?Chief Jo slice Chase is bat a creature of ^he people?I want yoa to hear me two mioates on that point," &c. This was the strain and.tone of the whole speech, mixed with %leeture to the Senate on the action of the Senato towards the rebellions States.. The constant clatter of voices in the rear declaring, I "What a shame." "Has ho no friBnds ?" "Is there no person wno Hill have maroy upon him ?" "Tell him to stop and sate the coantry farther disgrace," were so numerous that it entirely prevented * fall report being made." s. . > - . " The British did not respcot Arnold after be deserted his ooantry, and it seems that the Northern people have no better opinion of those -who desert the South in ftbnpS# ent straggle. 4Patriotic Nioro.?a correspondent yf the Lyncbbnrg -Republican. says tbat a free negro of Pulaski county, whose name we regret he did not mention, iQvMswer.io ;he appeal for Moviripna for&en/LeaVar?y, presented as his contribution- forty pounds of bacon, saying thafrbe quuHPiklllflh along without meat, hot the saldiere cf the army could not, and should be fed. The action-of this negro speaks well for bis patriotism, and shoaTdmakemeay a whiteinaa who is hoarding hie provisions, and when appealed to for aid to the soldiers, swears Mile has nothing to give- ta keep them from starving,, blasb for shame at his unpatriotic conduct. E^ Gav. AWfiN.?It is with regret, and yet.not wholly with.surprise, we learn4feat this eminent Carolinian remained in Char[estoo after its evacuation. Let tts hcpe that be will not fraternize with tbe daspioa- v ble slayers of hia friends and oounfcrymen, and yet it is rumored and believed that be is.to bo Way or oi uninesion auu-crovcruvof South Carolina. :.?To -what base aM?;" 0(0. > At Winnsboro the Yankees stole ten boxes of silver ware, valued* at $20,000- in pe&co* times, from Gov. Aiken. ^ ?- We uonderstand that sixty oat of sex. enty-two nogra men, employed da ?m? of our hospitals, have volunteered their seivi033 as soldiors under the law recently pas- ' sed by Congress. We learn, also that Gen. Lee has received numerbns tendeA from the'owuers of slaves, potting at hia command as many of their nlen*MV9lMi 'to maybe willing to enter the semee^aad expressing the opinion that - thew-i^pflr be numerous volunteers. ~ '