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VOL. 15. YOEKVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1869. INTO. 15.
Original facttg. 1
For the Yorkvillc Enquirer.
CIRIOIS LOVE.
BY W. W. BBIOQ.
There is snch a thing as "curious love,"
A love with no root in the mind?
Is fickle and selfish and not from above,
But grov'ling and brutal?unkind.
It is a Love made up of strong paasion,
Of a kind which moves the dumb brute,
Devoid of that life giving union
Which cannot the heart e'er salute.
It is such that tampers with purity,
And entangles it in the snare,
In which it is difficult to foresee,
Or the strength of its meshes compare..
Which around it as mantles are folded,
And when once in their fetters are wound,
Is assur'd of its freedom unbounded,
When naught but a prison is found.
'Tis a bastile In which the unwary
Are 'lured with the lip's outward show,
While the heart, like its cells, are too dreary
T' have inscrib'd thereon its last vow.
This "curious love" is a dangerous art?
lr practica Dy cnose who ruguru (
Not the pains of an aching young heart
Or the sighs it ushers upward.
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When it reflects on the loss it sustain'd
At the hands of the curious beau, I
Its virtue, now having so wantonly gain'd
Transforming the friend?to the foe. j
Let all who to virtue obedienoe owe, ,
And are beckoned by her call,
Assuredly feel that their "lovier's" vow
Does not their chaste life once enthrall.
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When they, with their tongues like the serpent,
assail (
The lovely in heart?and in form
By words that are subtle, and wily?tho' frail 1
Which fall on their ears like a storm,
To shake their resolves and gain a foothold
In the virgin-like hoart of one
Who knows naught o' the sorrow or grief un- 1
told
'Till the mine of her virtue's won.
April 2,1869. I
JUt$ of the Iffijislaturc.;
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" AN ACT
To Determine the Value of Confederate (
Money. Whereas,
during the years 1801, 1802, 1863, ,
1864, and part of the year 1865, in the exchange
ad transfer of real and personal property, Confederate
States notes, issued by the so-called Confederate
States Government, were used as a basis of
value or medium of exchange; and whereas, the
value of said Confederate States notes was greatly i
less than the lawful money of the United States; ]
and whereas, the paymeut ot debts and obligations
contracted daring said years in said Confederate (
States notes is now sought to be enforced in the
lawful money of the United States; therefore, j
Section 1. Be it enacttd by the Senate and ,
House of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General ^issrmbly.
and by the authority of the same, That the value
of all debts and obligations, whether nnder seal,
created or contracted in Confederate States notes
as a basis of value, issued by the so-called Confederate
States Government, or in or by any bills, ,
bonds or notes assimilated or made equivalent in
value to Confederate States notes, by any law or ,
custom of trade, during the years 1861,1862, 1863,
1864, and 1865, shall be determined by the value (
of said Confederate States notes in the lawful money
of the United States at the time such debts or obligations
were created or contracted.
Sec. 2. Pursuant to the preceding Section, the ,
value of one dollar of the United States in said
Confederate States notes is declared as follows,
namely: ]
1. During January and February, 1861, one ,
dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar and
five cents of Confederate States notes.
2. During March, 1861, one dollar of lawful (
money was equal to one dollar and six cents of (
Confederate States notes. ,
3. During April, 1861, one dollar of lawful money
was equal to one dollar and seven cents of Con- (
federate States notes.
4. During May, 1861, one dollar of lawful money
was equal to one dollar and eight cents of Confederate
States notes.
5. During June, 1S61, one dollar of lawful money
was equal to one dollar and nine cents of Cob
federate States notes.
6. Daring July and August, 1861, one dollar of
lawful money was equal to one dollar and ten cents
of Confederate States notes.
7. During September, 18?1, one dollar of lawful
money was equal to one dollar and eleven cents of
Confederate States notes.
8. On the 1st day of October, 1861, one dollar
of lawful money was equal to one dollar and twelve
oents of Confederate States notes, and, from day
to day thereafter, regularly increased in value until
the 31st day of October, 1861, when oue dollar j
of lawful money was equal to one dollar and fifteen
oents of Confederate States notes.
9. On the 1st day of November, 1861, one dollar
of lawful money was equal to one dollar and
fifteen ceuts of Confederate States notes, and from
day to day thereafter, regularly increased in value
until the 30th of November, 1861, when one dollar
of lawful money was equal to one dollar and
twenty cents of Confederate States notes.
10. On the 1st day of December, 1861, one dollar
of lawful money was equal to one dollar and
twenty oents of Confederate States notes, and,
from day to day thereafter, regularly increased in
value until the 15th day of December, 1861, when
one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar
and thirty cents of Confederate States notes, and,
from day to day thereafter, regularly increased in
value until the 31st day of December, 1861, when
one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar
and twenty oents of Confederate States notes.
11. On the 1st day of January, 1862, one dollar
of lawful money was equal to one dollar and twenty
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cents oi uonteaeraie ouiw? uvvco, U1JU HViU ?V j
day thereafter, regularly increased in value until
the 31st day of January, 1862, when one dollar of
lawful money was equal to one dollar and twenty-'
two cents of Confederate States notes.
12. On the 1st day of February, 1862, one dollar
of lawful money was equal to one dollar and
twenty-two cents of Confederate States notes, and
from day to day thereafter regularly increased in
value until the 28th day of February, 1862, when
one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar
and forty-eight cents of Confederate States notes.
13. On the 1st day of March, 1862, one dollar
of lawful money was equal to one dollar and fortyeight
cents of Confederate States notes, and from
day to day thereafter regularly increased in value
until the 31st day of March, 1862, when one dollar
of lawful money was equal to one dollar and
seventy-three cents of Confederate States notes.
14. On the 1st day of April, 1862, one dollar of
lawful money was equal to one dollar and seventythree
cents of Confederate States notes, and, from
day to day thereafter, regularly increased in value
until the 30th day of April, 1862, when one dollar
cf lawful money was equal to one dollar and eighty-seven
cents of Confederate States notes.
15. On the 1st day of May, 1862, one dollar of
lawful money was equal to one dollar and eightyseven
cents of Confederate States notes, and from
lay to day thereafter, regularly increased in value
until the 31st day of May, 1862, when one dollar
?f lawful money was equal to one dollar and eighty-nine
cents of Confederate States notes.
16. On the 1st day of June, 1862, one dollar of
lawful money was equal to one dollaT and eightynine
cents of Confederate States notes, and from
lay to day thereafter, regularly increased in value
until the 30th day of June, 1862, when one dollar
of lawful money was equal to one dollar and ninety
cents of Confederate States notes.
17. On the 1st day of July, 1862, one dollar of
lawful money was equal to one dollar and ninety
Bents of Confederate States notes, and, from day
to day thereafter, regularly decreased in value until
the 20th day of July, 1862, when one dollar of
lawful money was equal to one dollar and eightythree
oents of Confederate States notes, and, from
Jay to day thereafter, regularly increased in value
until the 31st day of Jnly, 1862, when one dollar
sf lawful money was equal to one dollar and ninety
Bents cf Confederate States notes.
18. On the 1st day of August, 1862, one dollar
of lawful money was equal to one dollarand ninety
jents of Confederate States notes, and, from day
to day thereafter, regularly increased in value until
the 31st day of August, 1862, when one dollar
of lawful money was equal to two dollars and seventeen
cents of Confederate States notes.
19. On the 1st day of September, 1862, one dollar
of lawful money was equal to tyro dollars and
seventeen oents of Confederate States notes, and
from day to day thereafter, regularly increased in
value until the 30th day of September, 1802, when
one dollar of lawful money was equal to two dollars
md twenty-three cents of Confederate States
notes.
20. On the 1st day of October, 1862, one dollar
of lawful money was equal to two dollars and twenty-three
cents in Confederate States notes, and,
from day to day thereafter, regularly increased in
value until the 31st day of October, 1862 when one
dollar of lawful money was equal to two dollars and
thirty cents of Confederate States notes.
21. On the 1st day of November, 1862, one dollar
of lawful money was equal to two dollars and
thirty cents of Confederate States notes, and from
day to day thereafter, regularly increased in value
until the 30th day of November, 1862, when one
dollar of lawful money was equal to two dollars and
thirty-three cents of Confederate States notes.
22. On the 1 st day of December, 1862, one dollar
of lawful money was equal to two dollars and
thirty-three cents in Confederate States notes, and
from day to day thereafter regularly decreased in
value until the 31st day of December, 1862, when
one dollar of lawful money was equal to two dollars
snd thirty cents of Confederate States notes.
23. On the 1st day of January, 1863, one dollar
of lawful money was equal to two dollars and thirty
cents of Confederate States notes, aud from day
to day thereafter regularly decreased in value until
the 31st day of January, 1863, when one dollar
of lawful money was equal to one dollar and nine
ty-lbur cents of Confederate States notes.
24. On the 1st day of February, 1863, one dollar
of lawful money was equal to one dollar and
ninety-four cents of Confederate States notes, and
from day to day thereafter regularly decreased in
value until the 2Sth day of February, 1S63, when
one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar
and eighty-nine cents of Confederate States
notes.
25. On the 1st day of March, 1863, one dollar
of lawful money was equal to jane dollar and eightynine
cents of Confederate States notes, and from
day to day thereafter regularly increased in value
until the 31st day of March, 1863, when one dollar
of lawful money was equal to three dollars and fifty
cents of Confederate States notes.
26. On the 1st day of April, 1863, one dollar of
lawful money was equal to three dollars and fifty
cents of Confederate States notes, and, from day
to day therefore, regularly increased in value until
the 30th day of April, 1863, when one dollar of
lawful money was equal to three dollars and eighty
cents of Confederate States notes.
27. On the 1st day of May, 1863, one dollar of
lawful money was equal to three dollars and eighty
cents of Confederate States notes, and from day to
day thereafter, regularly increased in value until
the 31st day of May, 1863, when one dollar of lawful
money was equal to four dollars and forty-eight
cents of Confederate States notes.
28. On the 1st day of June, 1863, one dollar of
lawful money was equal to four dollars and fortyfive
cents of Confederate States notes, and, from
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day to day tnereaiter, regurany mcreasea in vaiue
until the 15th day of June, 1803, when one dollar
of lawful money was equal to five dollars and thirteen
cents of Confederate States notes, and from
day to day thereafter, regularly increased in value
until the 30th day of June, 18G3, when one dollar
of lawful money was equal to five dollars and forty-seven
cents of Confederate States notes.
29. On the 1st day of July, 1863, one dollar of
lawful money was equal to five dollars and fifty-one
cents of Confederate States notes, and, from day
to day thereafter, regularly increased in value until
the 15th day of July, 1863, when oue dollar of
lawful money was equal to seven dollars and seventy-five
cents of Confederate States notes, and,
from day to day thereafter, regularly increased in
value until the 31st day of July, 1863, when one
dollar of lawful money was equal to ten dollars and
ninety-three cents of Confederate States notes.
30. On the 1st day of August, 1863, oue dollar
of lawful money was equal to ten dollars and eightyfive
cents of Confederate States notes, and from
day to day thereafter, regularly increased in value
until the 15th day of August, 1863, when oue dollar
of lawful money was equal to twelve dollars of
Confederate States notes, and, from day to day
thereafter, regularly decreased in value until the
31st day of August, 1863, when one dollar of lawful
money was equal to eleven dollars and two
ceuts of Confederate States dotes.
31. On the 1st day of ScDtember, 1863, onedol
lar of lawful money was equal to eleven dollars
and two cents of Confederate States notes, and,
from day to day thereafter,- regularly decreased in
value until the loth day of September, 1863, when
one dollar of lawful money was equal to ten dollars
and sixty-eight cents of Confederate States notes,
and, from day to day thereafter, regularly decreased
in value until the 30th day of September, 18G3,
when one dollar of lawful money was equal to nine
dollars and twenty-two cents of Confederate States
uotes.
32. On the 1st day of October, 1SG3, one dollar
of lawful money was equal to niue dollars and twenty-two
cents of Confederate States notes, and, from
day to day thereafter, regularly decreased in value
until the 15th day of October, 1863, when one dollar
of lawful money was equal to eight dollars and
one cent of Confederate States notes, and, from
day to day thereafter, regularly increased in value
until the 31st day of October, 1S63, when one dollar
of lawful money was equal to eight dollars and
ninety-six cents of Confederate States notes.
33. On the 1st day of November, 1863^ one dollar
of lawful money was equal to eight dollars and
ninety-six cents of Confederate States notes, and,
from day to day thereafter, regularly increased in
value until the 15th day of November, 1863, when
one dollar of lawful money was equal to ten dollars
and fifty-four cents of Confederate States notes,
and, from day today thereafter,regularly increased
in value until the 30th day of November, 1863,
when one dollar of lawful money was equal to thir
! teen dollars and fifty-one cents of Confederate
States notes.
34. On the 1st day of December, 1863, one dollar
of lawful money was equal to thirteen dollars
and fifty-one cents of Confederate States notes,
and, from day today thereafter, regularly increased
in value until the 15th day of December, 1863,
when one dollar of lawful money was equal to
fourteen dollars of Confederate States notes, and,
from day to day thereafter, regularly decreased in
value until the 31st day of December, 1863, when
one dollar of lawful money was equal to thirteen
dollars and ninety oents of Confederate States
notes.
35. On the 1st day of January, 1864, one dollar
of lawful money was equal to thirteen dollars and
ninety cents of Confederate States notes, and, from
day to day thereafter, regularly decreased in value
until the 15th day of January, 1864, when one
dollar of lawful money was equal to twelve dollars
and ninety ceuts of Confederate States notes, and
from day to day thereafter, regularly decreased in
value until the 31st day of January, 1864, when
one dollar of lawful money was equal to twelve
dollars and eighty-two cents of Confederate States
notes.
36. On tbe first day of Februaiy, 1864, one dollar
of lawful money was equal to twelve dollars and
seventy-four cents of Confederate States notes, and
from day to day thereafter, regularly increased in
value until tbe 15th day of February, 1864, when
one dollar of lawful money was equal to thirteen
dollars and twenty cents of Confederate States
notes, and, from day to day thereafter, regularly
increased in value until the 29th day of February,
1864, when one dollar of lawful money was equal
to sixteen dollars and thirty-five cents of Confederate
States notes.
37. On the first day of March, 1864, one dollar
of lawful money was equal to sixteen dollars and
thirty-five cents of Confederate States notes, and,
from day to day thereafter, regularly decreased in
value until the 15th day of March, 1864, when one
dollar of lawful money was equal to eleven dollars
and seventy-two cents of Confederate States notes,
and, from day to day thereafter, regularly decreased
in value until the 31st day of March, 1864, when
one dollar of lawful money was equal to eleven dollars
and fifty-one cents of Confederate States notes.
38. On the first day of April, 1864, one dollar
of lawful money was equal to eleven dollars and
forty-four cents of Confederate States notes, and
from day to day thereafter, regularly increased in
value until the 15th day of April, 1864, when one
dollar in lawful money was equal to twelve dollars
and thirteen cents of Confederate States notes,
and, from day today thereafter, regularly decreased
in value until the 30th day of April, 1864, when
nnp dollar of lawful monev was erjual to eleven
dollars and eleven cents of Confederate States;
notes.
30. On the first day of May, 1804, one dollar of
lawful tnoney was equal to eleveu dollars and thirty
cents of Confederate States notes, and, from day
to day thereafter, regularly decreased in value until
the 15th day of May, 1SU4, when one dollar of
lawful money was equal to ten dollars and forty
cents of Confederate States notes, and, from day
to day thereafter, regularly decreased in value until
the 31st day of May, 1864, when one dollar of
lawful money was equal to nine dollars and fortyseven
cents of Confederate States notes.
40. On the first day of June, 1804, one dollar of
lawful money was equal to nine dollars and fortyseven
cents of Confederate States notes, and. from
day to day thereafter, regularly decreased in value
until the 30th of June, 1864, when one dollar of
lawful money was equal to seven dollars and five
cents of Confederate States notes.
41. On the first day of July, 1864, one dollar of
lawful money was equal to seven dollars and five
cents of Confederate States notes, and. from day
to day thereafter, regularly increased in value until
the 15th day of July, 1864, when one dollar of
lawful money was equal to eight dollars of Confederate
States notes, and, from day today thereafter,
decreased in value until the 31st day of July, 1864.
when one dollar in lawful money was equal to seven
dollars and eighty-four cents of Confederate States
notes.
42. On the first day of August, 1864, one dollar
of lawful money was equal to seven dollars and
eighty-four cents of Confederate States notes, and,
from day to day thereafter, regularly increased in
value until the 15th day of August, 1864, when
one dollar of lawful money was equal to eight dollars
and sixty-two cents of Confederate States
notes, and, from day to day thereafter, regularly
decreased in value until the 31st duy of August,
1864, when one dollar of lawful money was equal
to eight dollars and fifty-four cents of Confederate
States notes.
43. On the first day of September, 1864, one
dollar of lawful money was equal to eight dollars
and fifty-four cents of Confederate States notes,
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iu value until the 15th day of September, 1SG4,
when one dollar in lawful money was equal in value
to nine dollars and eighty-six cents of Confederate
States notes, and, from day to day thereafter, regularly
increased in value until the 30th of September,
1SG4, when one dollar of lawful money was
equal to fourteen dollars and six cents of Confederate
States notes.
44. On the first day of October, 18G4, one dollar
of lawful money was equal to fourteen dollars and
six cents of Confederate States notes, and, from
day to day thereafter, regularly decreased in value
until the 15th day of October, 18G4, when one dollar
of lawful money was equal in value to eleven
dollars aad sixty-two cents of Confederate States
notes, and, from day to day thereafter, regularly
increased in value until the 31st of October, 18G4,
when one dollar in lawful money was equal to eleven
dollars and sixty cents of Confederate States
notes.
45. On the first day of November, 1SG4, one
dollar of lawful money was equal to eleven dollars
and six cents of Confederate States notes, and,
from day to day thereafter, regularly increased in
value until the 15th day of November, 1864, when
one dollar of lawful money was equal to eleven dollars
and ninety-one cents of Confederate States
notes, and, from day to day thereafter, regularly
increased in value until the 30th day of November,
1804, when one dollar of lawful money was equal
to thirteen dollars and ninety-one cents of Confederate
States notes.
46. O i the first day of December, 3 804, one
dollar of lawful money was equal to fourteen dollars
and nine cents of Confederate States notes,
and, from day to day thereafter, regularly increased
in value until the 15th day of December, 1804,
when one dollar of lawful money was equal to
fourteen dollars and eighty-nine cents of Confederate
States notes, and, from day to day thereafter,
regularly increased in value until the .'51st day of
December, 1804, when one dollar in lawful money
was equal to twenty-two dollars and twenty-two
cents ov Confederate States notes.
47. On the first day of Januaiy, 1805, one dollar
of lawful money was equal to twenty-six dollars
of Confederate States notes, and, from day to day
thereafter, regularly increased in value until the
15th of January, 1865, when one dollar of lawful
money was equal to twenty-nine dollars and sixtythree
cents of Confederate States notes, and, from
day to day thereafter, regularly decreased in value
i until the 31st day of January, 1865, when one dollar
in lawful money was equal to twenty-fburdollars
and thirty-nine cents of Confederate States notes
48. On the first day of February, 1865, one dollar
of lawful money was equal to twenty-four dol
!ars and fifty-one cents of Confederate States notes, I
and, from day to day thereafter, regularly decreased
in value until the 15th of February, 1865, when
one dollar of lawful money was equal to twentyty-two
dollars and eighty-six cents of Confederate
States notes, and, from day to day thereafter, regularly
increased in value until the 28th day of Feb- i
iruary, 1865, when one dollar of lawful money was
equsil to twenty-seven dollars and twenty-two cents
of Confederate States notes.
4t'. On the first day of March, 1865, one dollar of i
lawfvd money was equal to twenty-seven dollars and
fifty cents of Confederate States notes, and from
day to day thereafter, regularly increased in value
until the 15th day of March, 1865, when one dol- i
lar of lawful money was equal to thirty-two dollars
and twenty cents of Confederate States notes, and,
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rrom a ay to aay inercaiier, rcgumn} uiureoauu iu
value until the 31st day of March, 18G5, when one
dollar of lawful money was equal to forty-six dollars
and twenty-five cents of Confederate States
notes.
50. On the first day of April, 1865, one dollar of
lawful money was equal to forty-six dollars and
thirty-five cents of Confederate States notes, and,
from day to day thereafter, regularly increased in
value until the 15th day of April, 1865, when one
dollar of lawful money was equal to fifty-four dollars
and seventy-nine oents of Confederate States
notes, and, from day to day thereafter, regularly
increased until the 20th day of April, 1865, when
one dollar of lawful money was equal to sixty-eight
dollars and forty-nine cents of Confederate States
notes, and, from day to day thereafter, regularly
increased in value until the 26th day of April,
1865, when oue dollar of lawful money was equal
to one hundred and thirty-two dollars and fortyfive
cents of Confederate States notes, and, from
day to day thereafter, regularly increased in value
until the 1st day of May, 1865, when one dollar of
lawful money was equal to eight hundred and thirty-three
dollars and thirty-three cents of Confederate
States notes.
Sec. 3. In ascertaining the value of contracts
under this Act, no division of time less than one
day will be notioed.
Sec. 4. All laws, or parts of laws, inconsistent
with, or supplied by, this Act are hereby repealed.
In the Senate House, the twenty-fourth day of
March, iu the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-nine.
CHARLES W. MONTGOMERY,
President of the Senate, pro tern.
FRANKLIN J. MOSES,
Speaker House of Representatives.
Approved the 29th day of March, 1869.
ROBERT K. SCOTT, Governor.
AN ACT
TO ORGANIZE AND GOVERN THE MILITIA of the
STATE of SOUTn carolina.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
If me of Representative of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the. same, That all ablebodied
male citizens, between the ages of eighteen
and forty-five years, residing in this State, and not
exempted by the laws of the United States, shall
be subject to military duty, excepting
1st. All persons iu the army or navy or volunteer
forces of the United States.
2d. Hegularly ordained or licensed ministers and
preachers of the Gospel.
3d. The Lieutenant-Governor, members and
officers of the General Assembly, the Secretary of
State, Attorney-General, Comptroller-General,
State Auditor. Commissioner of Bureau of Agricultural
Statistics, Superintendent of Education,
State Engineer and Surveyors, State Treasurer,
and clerks and employees in their offices, judicial
officers of the State, including Justices of the
Peace, Sheriffs, Coroners, Constables, civil officers
of the United States, ferrymen employed at any
ferry on a post road, and millers.
4th. And all persons entertaining conscientious
scruples against bearing arms, practicing physicians,
professors, teachers and students in colleges,
academies and common schools.
5th. Persons regularly and honorably discharged
from the army and navy of the United States in
consequence of the performance of military or naval
duty, in pursuance of any law of this State,
and all persons who now are, or may hereafter be,
active members of regularly incorporated fire companies
in this State.
Gth. That commissioned officers who shall have
served as such in the loyal militia of this State, or
in any of the United States, for the space of seven
years; but uo such officer shall be exempt unless
l?v his resignation after such term of service, duly
accepted, or in some other lawful manner he shall
have been honorably discharged.
Tth. Idiots, lunatics, paupers and persons convicted
of infamous crimes, shall not be subject to
military duty.
Sf.c. '2. That under the direction of the Commander-in-Chief,
all persons liable to military duty
within this State, who are not already members of
the National Guard, as hereinafter provided, shall,
immediately upon the passage of this Act, and
from time to time thereafter, as the Commander
in-Chief shall deem necessary, but as often as once
in every two years, be enrolled. Such enrollment
shall distinctly specify the names and residences of
the persons enrolled, and shall also divide the same
into two classes?the persons between the ages of
eighteen and thirty years to constitute the first class,
and the persons between the ages of thirty and
forty-five years to constitute the second class. Four
copies of such enrollment shall be made by the
officer making the same, one of which, after being
corrected, shall be retained by him; another shall
be filed in the office of the Town or City Clerk in
which such company is enrolled; another shall be
filed in the office of the Clerk of the Courts of
Record in the County where such district is situated
; and the fourth shall be filed in the Adjutant
General's office. The persons making such enrollment
shall be compensated at the rate of one
dollar and fifty cents per day for every day necessarily
spent in making and copying the same ; the
number of days not to exceed ten; and the amount
of such compensation shall be paid by the Treasurer
of the State, upon production of the certificates
of the Clerk of the Courts of Record in the County
and of the Adjutant-General that such rolls
have been duly filed, on or before the first day of
February in each year in which such enrollment
shall be made 1 rovided, That the Commanderin-Chief
may, if he deem it necessary, extend the
term of completing the first enrollment under this
a??. fn nv/wod firentv davs. and authorize nav
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raent for the same, as hereinbefore specified and
set forth.
Skc. 3. That all persons duly enrolled, who shall
neglect to attend the musters and drills provided
for in this Act, except in cases of sickness, shall
be subject to a fine of one dollar for each day so
neglecting, which, if not paid to the CountyTreasi
urer on or before the loth day of March next ensuing,
shall be collected by the collector or receiver
of taxes of the city or county in which the person
: so neglecting is enrolled ; and the Board of County
Commissioners, at their annual meetings, are
authorized and directed to annex a list of the several
delinquents, with the fines set opposite their
respective names, to the assessment rolls of the
several towns and wards; and the warrants for the
i collection of the same shall direct the collector or
receiver of taxes to collect the amount from every
person appearing, by the said assessment roll, liable
to pay the same, in the same manner as other
taxes are collected; the same to be paid to the
County Treasurer. And when the name of any
person between the ages of eighteen and twentyone
years shall appear on the said roll liable to pay
the said fine, the said warrant shall direct the collector
to collect the same of the father, guardian
or employer with whom such person shall reside or
be employed, or out of any property such minor
may own or possess in the city, village, town or
ward in Raid County; and snoh collector shall proceed
and execute such warrant, and no property
now exempt from other executions shall be exempt
from the payment of such fine.
Sec. 4. The County Treasurer of each County
shall, on or before the twenty-fifth day of April in
each year, pay to the Treasurer of the State, upon
his orders, the actual sum received from delin
quents who have failed to attend such musters ana
drills; and it shall be the duty of the officers commanding
the several regimonts, to furnish the
county Commissioners the names of those who have
failed to attend snch musters and drills. The county
Commissioners shall give the names df the persons
bo failing to the County Auditor; and unless they
are excused, shall plaoe an extra assessment of one
dollar per day on their general tax, if a property
holder; and in case said delinquent or any of them
are not property holders, then he or they shall be
compelled to work the public roads, at a rate not
exceeding one dollar per day.
Sec. 5. The bond required to be executed by
the collectors, receivers of taxes and County Treasurers,
shall also apply and extend to any moneys
required to be collected for military purposes by
this Act,
Sec. 6. That all tavern keepers, persons keeping
boarders in their families, keepers of boarding
houses, and any master or mistress of any dwelling
house, shall, upon the application of any officer
authorized to make such enrollment, give information
of the names of all persons residing or lodging
in such house liable to be enrolled, and all othor
proper information concerning such persons as such
officers may require.
Sec. 7. That if any person of whom information
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is required by any sued omcer, in oraer 10 enaoie
him to comply with the provisions of this Act,
shall refuse to give such information, or shall give
false information, he shall forfeit and pay twenty
dollars for each item of information demanded of
him by any such officer and falsely stated, and a
like sum for each individual name concealed or
falsely stated; and every person who shall refuse
to give his own name and proper information,
when applied to by any such officer, or shall give
a false name or information, shall forfeit and pay a
like sum, such penalties to be recovered in any
court of competent jurisdiction in the name of the
State of South Carolina; and it is hereby made
the duty of such officer to report the names of all
persons who may incur any penalty, under this
Section, to any Magistrate or Justice of the Peace
in the County for prosecution.
Sec. 8. That whenever au enrollment shall be
made as provided in this Act, the Board of county
Commissioners shall cause to be published, once a
week, four weeks previous to the first day of February,
in a newspaper with circulation in the County,
or by written or printed placards, in not less
than four public places, a notice that such rolls
have been completed and filled as aforesaid, which
notice shall also specify that any person who claims
that he is, for any reason, exempt from military
duty shall, on or before the fifteenth day of February
next en&uing, file a written statement of such
exemption, certified by affidavit, in the office of
said Clerk of the Courts of Record, or before a
Justice of the Peace or Magistrate, in said county;
and the publication of such notice shall be sufficient
notice of such enrollments to all persons named
therein; such roll shall be made in the form prescribed
by the Commander-in-Chief; and the Adjutant-General
shall furnish all the enrolling officers
suitable blanks and instructions for the completion
of such enrollment.
Sec. 9. That all persons claiming exemption
shall file a written statement of the same, verified
by affidavit, in the office of the Town Clerk of the
township in which he resides, on or before the fifteenth
day of January; in default of which, such
person shall lose the benefit of such exemption, except
-uch as are especially exempted by this Act
or by Act of Congress.
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OEC. 1U. XUUL ILIC pcinuu uiaMiig ouvn vutvu
ment shall, thereupon, if such person be exempt
according to law, mark the word "exempt" opposite
the name of each person presenting such
exemption ; if such exemption be permanent, the
name of such person shall not be included in any
subsequent enrollment. If any person shall swear
falsely in such affidavit, he shall, upon proof thereof,
be adjudged guilty of perjury in any Judicial
Court of competent jurisdiction.
Sec. 11. That tho persons thus enrolled shall
form the reserve militia of the State of South Carolina
; those over eighteen and not over thirty
years of age, shall constitute the reserve of the first
class; and those over thirty and under forty-five
years of age, shall constitute the reserve of the second
class.
Sec. 12. That if any officer charged with any
duty under the provisions of this Act, shall refuse
or neglect to perform any of the duties required of
him by this Act, he shall forfeit and pay the sum
of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred
dollars for each and every offence, to be recovered in
the name of the people'of the State of South Carolina
; and such officers shall, as an additional penalty,
be deemed guilty of a niiedemeanor; and it
shall be the duty of the Solicitor of the Judicial
Circuit within which said offender resides, upon
the complaint of the commanding officer of the regiment,
or on the part of tho Board of County
Commissioners, to prosecute the same. Any penalty
incurred and paid, or collected under this section,
shall be paid into the treasury of the county,
for the use of the military fund of the County,
where the fund may have accrued.
Sec. 13. That the Adjutant-General, under the
direction of the Commander-in-Chief, shall organize
and apportion the militia, and the districts
therefor, into divisions, brigades, regiments, squadrons,
troops, batteries and companies, and cause
the same to be numbered and lettered as nearly in
/v>nfrtrmitu with the laws and regulations govern
ing the army of the United States as circumstances
will permit, and may after divide, annex or consolidate
the same, and the districts thereof, as he
may judge expedient.
Sec. 14. That the organized militia of this State
shall be known as the National Guard of the State
of South Carolina, and shall consist of such divisions,
brigades, regiments and battalions, and in
addition thereto, such batteries of light artillery
and troops and squadrons of cavalry, as the Commander-in-chief
may deem expedient; and nothing
herein contained shall be so construed as to interfere
with the power of the Commander-in-Chief,
in case of war or insurrection, or of imminent danger
thereof, to order drafts of the militia and to
form new regiments, battalions, brigades or divisions,
as he may deem just and proper: provided,
That there shall be no military organizations, or
formations, for the purpose of arming, drilling,
exercising the manual of arms or military manoeuvres,
not authorized under this Act, and by the
Commander-in-Chief, and any neglect or violations
of the provisions of this section, shall, upon
conviction, be punished with imprisonment at hard
labor in the State Penitentiary, for a term not less
than one year, nor more than three years, at the
discretion of a competent Court.
Sec. 15. That an Assistant Adjutant-General
may be appointed, if deemed necessary by th
Governor, by and with the advioe and consent c
the Senate; his salary shall be at the rate of fii
teen hundred dollars. The duties of Qaartermu
ter-General shall devolve upon the Adjutant-Gen
eral in times of peace.
Sec. 16. That in case of invasion, insurreotio
or rebellion, or imminent danger thereof, the Gov
ernor shall appoint, by and with the advioe am
consent of the Senate, a Quartermaster-General
a Commissary-General and a Surgeon-General,
Sec. 17. That the arms, equipments and muni
dons of the State shall be stored under the dine
tions of the Commander. in-Chief, and in sue!
places as he may designate.
Sec. 18. That all officers of the militia (excep
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as iierein proviaea,; hqhii uv appoimeu auu wuj
missioned by the Governor. They shall draw pa;
only when engaged in actual service.
Sec. 19. That all commissioned officers of th
militia shall be appointed and commissioned by th
Commander-in-Chief, and may be removed froc
office on recommendation by the commanding offi
cer of their respective brigades and divisions. Re
moval may also be made by decision of court mai
tial or retiring or examining board, pursuant to la*
and for misconduct any officer may be suspend?
by the Commander-in-Chief.
Sec. 20. That the militia of this State shall b
mustered and drilled at such times as the Con
mander-in-Chief or commanding officers of divi
sions, brigades and regiments may direct
In the Senate House, the fifteenth day of Marcl
in the year of our Lord one thousand eigb
hundred and sixty-nine.
gUadiHg
A REMEDY FOR NATIONAL ILLS.
Mr. Sprague has, within the space of one month
leaped from comparative obscurity to the mos
honorable distinction yet attained by any moder
participant in public affairs. His sudden reputi
tion rests on no dazzling display of genius, eithe
legislative or oratorical It is simply the tribute c
a nation's respect for honesty in a public place
I His utterances in the Senate were at first sneere
at by his fellow Senators, most of whom doubtte
thought themselves the superiors of a mere mast
facturer, who was supposed to have gained a plac
in the Senate on account of his wealth and his n
lationship to Chiet Justice Chase. But the prone
est of them now quail before bis unadorned bo
searching and practical rebukes of their apathy t
and neglect of the financial distresses in the couc
try. On the 4th instant, Mr. Sprague rose to
personal explanation, and delivered himself as fo
lows:
"The people of the United States will suspen
their judgment on all newspaper articles bearin
on me to my disadvantage. The telegraphic sua
mary of my recent speech, as well as the report i
the Globe, has some material errors. They ma
be assured that my words and courage do not re*
on wine or whiskey or any other stimulant, bo
upon knowledge of the shrinkage of property an
the loss of virtue going on around me. My gres
anxiety is to effect a cure vote. The remedy i
now accessible. A year hence it may be beyon
our reach. My leading idea is to correct the cor
dition of things of which the following is perhap
an aggravated case, but it is an illustration of th
condition of the country. A man in Washingto
has $20,000 loaned out in sums of $50 to the pool
at 10 per cent, per month, secured by chattel mori
gages. When the victim is exhausted demand fo
payment is made, and in default of payment th
property is sold at a quarter or half its value.
The plan to correct this, and to place within th
reach of every man of ability and industry capiu
at a low rate of interest, upon which he can labc
and make profits, is the one I have had in vie*
and is substantially the one in use in England
| Belgium, Holland su J France, the most prospei
I our nations of modern times. I wish to adoot tbfi
| plan here, and to eschew the plan, the results c
which are best exhibited by Spain and Mexioo an
the South American States. Mr. Sprague calle
attention to the State of Kentucky, which, he said
was the most prosperous farming State in the Uni
on, because she had adopted a plan similar to ths
which he advocated, thus bringing within the reac
of the people the capital necessary for the tram
action of their business. Speaking of the way i
which this plan could be applied to the whol
country, he said: This is to be effected by th
treasury of the United States, which is first to b
made strong in means, and then is to use ths
strength on the market to unlock and distribut
hoarded capital.
The present danger, in my judgment, is greate
than when the rebels fired on Sumter and march?
almost on Washington. I use no words which ar
not properly considered. I have made no attack
on individual Senators prior to attacks on me.
wage war on legislative and executive power exei
cised by this body and on the disastrous results o
its action. If any one here or elsewhere attack
rae, I shall "move on the enemy's works" to th<
best of my ability. Following out this idea I shal
undoubtedly antagonise myself to those who ha*
been favorites with the people, as was the case ii
my last remarks before the Senate, on which semi
part of the press have commented adversely. Bu
let it be so. I will not longer sit and hear incoi
rect statements concerning our condition?conn
from whence they may. To cure the evil we mua
know its character and not mistake it. Let thos
who think I am crazed do as I have done for thre<
years past?examine patiently and without preju
dice into our exact situation, and I ask those aroum
me if there be any substantial difference betweei
the opinions I now avow and those I have hereto
fore indicated. My present work is to show tha
the plan I advise will remedy the evil. This wil
take time and investigation. It is as clear 09 th<
noonday sun to my own mind; but to prove it lo
gically and with satisfactory reasons is the work t
be accomplished now.
The demand for my several speeches will b
speedily met. I have not time to write a word ii
answer to the multitudes of letters I have received
but I shall send my speeches into every city am
town, and on them I stand. The position I haw
taken would have failed to effect anything if takei
heretofore; but let the people take it now. Tha
their action may not have been too long delayed t<
effect a wholesome cure, is the wish of the speaker
who, being under no obligation to a living persoi
for what he is, (except as heretofore indicated,
asks for nothing now but to serve his day ana gen
eration."
DIVORCES IN THE WEST.
A correspondent of the Chicago Advance, in dis
cussing the question of divorce and its evil result*
claims that if the ability to again many was re
moved, and a disability made permanent as to both
there would be very few divorces. He adds:
Let us examine for one moment the manner ii
which the law operates. A Mr. A sues for a di
vorce. Mrs. A does not appear, default is enter?
against her, the case is sworn through, and botl
parties are turned loose upon society, with no bel
ter reason existing in many cases than "cold feet,1
or a desire which is expressed in Diyden'srespons
to his wife, when she wished she was a book, s
that she might enjoy moft of his company; "c
be an almanac, that I can change you every year.'
The following case lately came under my observe
tion: A young man married, and residing in on
6 section of the country, removed to another, leaving
if his wife behind him. While away, he proposed
f1- to a young lady and was by her accepted, and the
i- marriage day announced. He returned to his wife,
i- spent a few weeks with her, and tenderly bade her
adieu, sought the house of his expectant bride,
a and married her. A few weeks after the marriage
- he obtained a divorce from his absent wife, which,
d being discovered by the newly-made one, was made
i, the oocasion of a new marriage ceremony, after
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wdicd tne now repuaiaieu uusuauu weui uj uw
i- home of his divorced wife, who, ignorant of his
h conduct, still lives with him, while the other sought
b her redress in a court of equity.
I think I hear some lawyer say that that could
t have been remedied by a personal service of the
i- notice. A friend of mine relates the following iny
stance as illustrative of the frauds which may he
practiced in this precaution, even: A poor, ignoe
rant girl unfortunately married to a scoundrel, was
e served with a notice informing her that her husa
hand would apply for a divorce for adultery?the
i- word adultery was "thumbed" in the reading.
!- Too ignorant to demand a copy of the notioe, or to
seek legal counsel, she asked her husband what it
r, meant, and rested satisfied with his assuranoe that
d it was nothing dishonorable to her anyhow, until
he ordered her to leave his house, assuring her
e that she was no longer his wife. "A mother, but
i- not a wife," means something not only to the ru[
ined woman, but to the divorced one also. Divorce
laws are a bid to perjury, and a constant ofier to
i, both parties that they can many again at pleasure;
it but with a deal more of "red tape" than at first
There are not many instances of divorce in which
the plaintiff or defendant have not found out that
they could not many happier, and are only wait?
ing for a decree of court to do so. A case some
what notorious is reported as follows: A young
roan married a young woman, and after residing
with her some time coocluded that he had made a
;t mistake, and proposed another marriage. Having
D means, he sent his wife away on a visit, and while
she was gone obtained a divorce. She came back
T only to find him the husband of another. Oh 1
,f what trivia] causes are alleged for the dissolution
,a of an institution ordained by the Almighty as the
d first important event after die creation!
* CUBA IN THE PAST.
e In connection with the present struggle in Cuba
^ the following items of Cuban revolutionary history
will be found of interest They are furnished by a
lt correspondent of the Philadelphia Press:
0 The first Captain-General was Juan de Tejada,
appointed in J 589. The power of the Captain
a irenerai is aosoiute; ne is, id tact, (u l may be ailowed
to coin such a word), a sab-king. He has
the power of life and death at his control; he can
4 send into exile, no matter what may be the poeig
tion of the individual; the laws are only in existenoe
so long as they meet his approval; be has no
n superiors in Spain bat the reigning sovereign, the
term of his offioe is uncertaiu, and his object is to
jt make all the money he can by the legal taxes, and
lt he generally finishes off by some extortion, to
^ which, from the despotic mode of government, the
it people have to submit The Cubans being thus
g governed only to the advantage of the Captain^
General, their own interest being entirely neglect(
ed, have for many years been dissatisfied, and only
|8 held in awe by tbe superior number of troops that
are constantly patrolling tbe island.
D The first outbreak that took place was in 1823.
, In this the Cubans, were encouraged by the great
^ liberator of South America, Simon Bolivar, who
offered them his aid.
e The second took place in the province of Baymo
in 1826, headed by Francisco Aguero and his brother.
The present Colonel Fernando Aguero, of the
e. revolutionary army, is a son of that patriotic young
man of 1826. This family has always been a source
,r of trouble to Spain. Living in a district which has
[' always been rebellious, they have been foremost in
' the revolts. Two of them suffered with Lopez in
r" 1851.
f The next and most formidable one was in 1828,
' and known as Ell Aguila Negra, (the Black eagle).
, This was in its turn suppressed.
. Again Cuba was convulsed with a fourth oul.'
break in 1848. This was confined to the provinces
l" ofCienfuegos and Trinidad. The leader of this
v" was the brave but unfortunate General Narciso
Lopez. Many suffered death by the garrote, but
Lopez escaped to the United States, and early in
D the year 1850 commenced preparations to invade
e Cuba, which he did by landing and taking Cardee
nas on the 19th of July. The garrison surrender*
ed, and the governor and other officials were taken
1 prisoners. The natives failing to rise, he was come
nallo/t tn At thi<a time. fV?nch.i. the tv
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rant, was sent out as captain-general.
J Lopez, not discouraged by his two former ate
tempts, conceived another, which he pat into execation
in 1851. He embarked from the United
j States with abont four hundred poorly armed men,
and landed near the the town of Las Pazes, on the
f night of the 12th of August After two or three
g engagements?in which he was successful, but
g could not follow up on account of his limited numj
bers, and being separated from Colonel Crittenden
B ?he was compelled to retreat to the mountains,
a where he surrendered to San Cbristoval, on the
g 18th, six days after he had landed. He was taken
t to Havana and garroted on the 1st of September
in the Punta. Thus passed away one of the brave
est and most determined enemies of Spain,
t The present revolution has been the most forB
midable, having been in existence since October.
3 The men who command the insurgents are able.
. Quesada served in Mexico against the Freuch.
] The Generals are principally Mexicans, but Cesj
pades is Commander-in-Chief and Provisional Pre.
sident
t Many of the Cubans are fleeing to the United
j] States with their families, from fear of the Spanish
e troops, who know no law, and do not respect the
? non-combatants.
0 Hates op Advertising in New York. ?Com plaints
are sometimes inade by business men as to
e charges made for advertising. The following are
a the rates in the city of New York.
? In the New York Tribune, 25 cents per line for
* each insertion. Special notices, 5th page, 40 cents
B ner line, for each insertion. Fancy types and cuts
3 are charged double rates for space oocupied. In
1 the weekly Tribune, the rates are $2 per line for
3 each insertion, and $3 per line for inserting an1
nouncements. The other New York papers
3 charge the same rates with the exception of the
' Herald, which is abont 50 per cent higher. The
" business men of New York all advertise extensive*
ly and consider even these rates cheap.
Removing Foul Air prom Wells.?A ootresk
pondent gives us an account of an ingeniously exl'
temporized apparatus for removing carbonic acid
k from wells. It was simply an umbrella let down
l? and rapidly hauled up a number of times in succession.
The effect was to remove the gas in a few
0 minutes from a well so foul as to instantly extin[*
gnish a candle previous to the use of the umbrella.?Scientific
American.
5- AST1 An exchange very happily says: "It is amu"
sing at times to observe the stores of the merchants
e who don't advertise; to see the anxious proprieo
tors looking into the streets, and see the people go
ir by, wondering why they don't come in, while the
" stores of their neighbors, who do advertise, are
i- thronged with customers. Some people will learn
e'by observation, while others will not"