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n. Ji n to Kaiso Supplies / '"> the year commencing in October, one thouxnnd cit/hl /inrutin/ and sixty. Swti.in I. He it enacted by the Senate and House of Jirpn xi ntitticex, twin incl and sitting itt flriicrnt A sseiit>dy. and by the authority of the tame, That u tux for the mini*, hikI in ilic mnuuer iK'H'iimficr mentioned, shall bo mined nntl pniil into tho pul.lic treasury of 111in Stntc, for 11:*- lire hiiiI wervicc thereof, that is to say : T?vo dollars ml rat of em on every hundred dollars of llic vnlue of all the Innd* granted in this State, according to the existing clasaiticniion to here toforc tjsialilishi'd ; one hundred and Bixt.V rents ,lPr l.en.l .... >.H slnvno. II...... .1. I - ?... -.-.v. , V...VW wimio IIIIU I >WU- I ly-five cents on each free negro, mulatto, or mestizo, between ilic agrs of fifteen ru:d fifty years, except such ns shull be clearly proved to the satisfaction of the collector to bo incnpnb'e, from iimiine or otherwise, of procuring a livelihood ; twerjt.y seven cents ad valorem on every hundred dollars of the value of nil lots, lands und building?, within any cit^i town, village, or borough in this State; one liundred cents per iiuud.vd dollars on fucioruge, employment*, faculties and piofossions, including il'C ptofessiou of dentistry, (w hether in tho profession of law the profits be deiived from the costs of suit, fees, or other sources of professional income.; except ...v.. ...... m .t . vim iiiiiiiircu could on every hundred dollars on the alllolinl .of commisfioiis received by veiulue ina>ters and commission mcrehaiils; thirty-eight cents pur 3iundretl dollars cia the capital (lock p.'iid ill, cm llie first of October, one thousand eight hun? r?-d ami sixty, of all hanks which, for their present charters, have not |>:v'ul a bonus to the State; tcvenly-five cents p? i hundred dollars on lis? capital stork of any hank of issue not incorporated liy this Stat*. paid in on the first day of October, one thousand fi*_il?? hundred and sixty, lining business by agents within the limits ol this Stale; fur-five cents per hundred dollars -on the capital stock of all incorporated gas light companies; one and a half jier centum on all premiums taken in this State by incorporoted insurance companies, itnd hv the agencies of insurance companies and underwriters without the 'limits of ihisStntc-, teuiy-eijjht cuts on every hundred dollvrs of the -union'!I of (Iik sales of ^joods, wares and m?ictiandise, embracing all arUcles of trade for s-de, barter or exchange, (the products of this State, mid the utimunurnctured products of any of the- United States or Terri? toriea tlrfr.?/!f i?vi*nntn?I \ ? ? 11 ??W|It HUH Ulij |?UI OUII bllil !J l..ive made, from the first ?Jay of January, in 1 lie year of onr Lord one thousand ei^Lt liun? tired and sixty, lo lliu first <lny of January, in the year or our Lord mm thousand eight hundred and sixtj--one, either on liir, her or their capital, or borrowed capital, or on account of anj" person or persons, as agent, attorney, or assignee.: one hundred cenis upon every hundred dollars of the amount of the sales of goods, ware?, and merchaudise whatever, which any transient person, not resident in this State, shall make in any house, stall, or puldic place, whether the said sale he made by sample or otherwise; one hundred dollars per day for all cireus exhibitions ; twenty dollars per day for representing publicly, for gain unil re\varil, any play, comedy inuliredv, interlude, or farce, or other employ? .s tl.? - ? * ' ' ... I..U niiigf, ?r iuiy yiiii xnerem, or lor >xliil<i11(il! wax figures, or oilier j4i<hvh of any kind whatsoever, to be paid into the hands of the Clerk of the Courts respectively, who thall he ljound to pay the same into tli? Treasuries of the St.-ite of Siiith Carolina, except in cafes where the Fkint is now required by law to be ji.iid to corporations or oihcrwise ; one hundred and flfi3* cents on every hundred dollars of interest received diirinnr llin nmi v?ip m> 1 >1' ?' stocks of. this Stnie, or Kuy other Stale, of municipal corporations, ot privnte individuals, am] ul-so on the hods, notes or juJ^nicnis of private individuals, or f\-oiu whatever source derived ; two dollars and fifty cents on each carriage, and one dollar twenty five cents on each buggy, employed hy private individuals (other than carriages and buggies for sale,) provided that not more than one tax of this amount shall be charged against an}'one private individual; two dollars und- fifty cents on each hackney conch, stage, carriage, omnibus or buggy, for tins transportation of persons and passengers, whether to or from railroads, steamboats, or any other way ol transportation, or whether in and upon the streets of citiea, towus or villages; one dollar linnn nr?n- <?.*!,I f?ii , - - ? . j punier mail wttimies for aule) used in tliis State; fifty cents upou every silver watch (other than watches for Bale) ined in this St ite ; twenty-five cents on every puck of playing cards sold in this State; fifteen dollars upon every billiard table within this State used to and for the purpose of raising u revenue therefrom; thirty-five cents cm the hundred dollars of the capital etock of nil shipping owned in the whole or it^ part in this State, including therein all eteambouta ; thirty-five cents on the hundred dollars of the capital etock of all marine and railway, and other dryclock capital, owned in the whole or in part in this State; twenty cents on the hundred dollars of the capital stock of all manufacturing companies of every sort, kind and nature whatever, owned 111 whole or in part in this Slate; one f?er cent, on the gross receipts of all charter >ridges and ferries within ihis State; one-half of one per cent; on the gloss receipts of all chartered turnpike roads within this State; fif iccu uuuctrs encu on an uisuuerie.-* and breweries (including therein a!| iurpeiitinc stills) used in this State; seventy-five conts on tlio hundred dollars of all profit*, dividends, interest or incoino derived from savings' institutions of this State ; one hundred cents on the hundred dollars on ull salaries and wugo (other than the salaries of clergymen) over the sum of five hundred dollnr.s from whatever eouroe derived, received or paid in this State; one hundred c$nta vii me iiunurcu uuiiurs on un commissions received by vendue masters or commission merchants. Sue. 2. All taxes levied on property, n?i prescribed in the first section of Ibid act, fihnll be paid to the lax colloctor fur the tax district in which suid property is located. Sec. 3. The tHX collectors, in the several districis and parishes in (liin Staio, in their returns hereafter to he mude, are hereby required and enjoined to stale the precise hinoitiit'of taxes collected by them for supporting the police oPlhe K.iid several districts ami parishes aforfifaitl, stating the rates per centum 0:1 the amounts of'Hie Slate lax collected for said district and parish police purposes, ami I lie Comptroller ""General shall return the same in his report. Sto. 5. Free negroes, inulattnea and mestizos, are hereby required to make their returns, t^d shall pay (heir luxes during the month of Marrh. Sue. G. The lot* and houses on Sullivan's Is land shall be returned to the tax collector of the tax district in which they are situate, in the same manner as other town lots and houses, and shall be liable to the same rates of toxntioii. Sec. 7. That within thirty day? after the ratification of this act, the various tax collectors throughout the State shall file in the office of the Treasurer of their ??Bpeclive divisions their respective bonds, approved hv the rnrn mittionera to approve securities to bonds of ( public officers of their respective district#, in tlio penalty of twice tlie amount severally col- ' lccted by the siid tux collectors during the 1 ii3cnl year commeneiug in October, one llion- , fiftud eight hundred and fifiy-nin6; provided, that nothing herein contained shall require new bonds to bo given by such tax collectors I as have been elected and given bouds since the t first day of Octobcr, one thousand eight han- ( dred and fifty-nine. Sec. 8. That the commissions to be received by the various tax collectors of this State, for thu year commencing on the first day ofOeto- 1 ber, one thoaefljid. eiurlit hundred mM !*??? Hiftll bo at the ifate of sixty-five per cent, of | the comroitsioos now allowed them by lnw. j Siio. 9. Thnl the fifth section of an Act entitled "an Act to authorize the iseue of certificates 1 or stock to provide fur the military defence of 1 the State,' ratified on the ? day of December, , one thousand eight hnndred and sixty, be . amended so as to read as follows, to wit: That all moneys arising from the. sale of the said ' certificates shall be placed in tlie Treasury at t Charleston, and that the snip of on* hun- , dred and fifty thousaod dollars thereof?balf he subject to the draft of tl>? ? - . v.uiuDiieB winoor 1 countereigoed by hi? Excellency the Go**w?or, * and l||* r?m?ining sum of two baodrftd ,aaa j fifty .thouiand dollar* fhall l>? #uhj*ct to -*r , Bio. 10. Tlul the President of lb* Btak of , the Stat* of South Carotin* be ?tid he k here- . by authorized and required to iwue, in the ' nam^.pf .trte tJUMs of 8oOt*? Carolina, t*o thou fc. eand certificate* or bond* of the vain* of flftv dollar* eaeh. pn* thouMrid cerilflcate* om bopd* I of nfo# ofr<mo handed dollar* ouch, and two hundred certificate? or bond* of tfa? valtj* < of be *!???< he It tha Mid Pre?id?i)t; ?pd count?wtgn?<f by the < ?toliier wf the said ha;i,k, bearing joWgtt '/it '( the rnti> of seven per cent, per anuin, paj-able on the first day of July of eaeli mid every year ill the Treasury, and redeemable thvrcat ; that is to s.iy. the two Ihovsnnil certificates or homls of fifty dollors each, to he redeemable on the first day of July, which will bu in the ' year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred < and sixty-six ; the one (thousand certificate# or t ; hunds of one hundred dollar? each, to bo re- | decmahle on the first day of July, which will he In the year of our Lord otic thousand eight 1 hundred and sixty eight; and the two hundred 1 certificates or bonds of five hundred dollars ] each, to he redeemable on the first day of July, j which will be in the year of our Lord one thou ! ?:..i.< i * * " " " uuiiunii wveniy; anu winch sniil " | certificates or l>on?lx shall linve suitable coupons I to be signed by nil olliccr appointed by the President of ifie said Batik, attached thereto S?:i\ 11. Tliat tlic said certificates or bond*, and the respective coupons, thereto, shall b<? received nt the Treasury of the said State, ns the same shall respectively become paynble, in payment of taxes and oilier debts due to tiie State of South Carolina. Sue. 12. That the faith of the State is here, i by pledged for the punctual payment of the I interest on the said certificates or bonds mid for the redemption of the principal of the same when it sJiftH -1.. S?:u. 13. That nil moneys arising from tlie ' sale of the said certificates or Imnda shall be placed in tlio Treasury at Charleston, and subject lo tlie draft of Sec. l i. That tho Hank of the State ofSonth C<rolina is hereby appointed the Agent of the State for the sale of the eaid certificates or bonds, and is authorized to sell the panic at the market vnlne, with power and authority to appoint subugcuts under it for the sale thereof. li|C CLbbebUte ^i-ess. s. C. ; W. A. LEE, EDITOR- ' Friday Morning, January 25, 1861. 1 Tlie fricndj oT Col. D. WYATT AIKEN ' espectfully nnnounce him a candidate for M ajor of Abbeville VoluiitcerE. ?3r~ The friends of Lieut. Col. W.M.JAY, I respectfully announce liiin as a candidate to t fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation j of CoL W. M. Rogers. r CS'Tlie friends of J AM US A. WARDLAW 1 respectfully announce hiin n. p*nili.i?i? ' Clerk of the Court of Common Plena. 8 t We regret that we have not room in this ^ week's issue to publish tlie letter of C. E. D. * A HIXVY"SLEET. I We were visited on last Tuesday night by a heavy sleet, which continued ull duy on Thursday. The shade and fruit trees in our Village, ^ and timber generally in the country, have been greatly injured. BILL TO KAI8E~SUPPLIES. * Wc publish the Bill to raise Supplies as it n was reported by the Committee of Way9 and n Means. Tha Bill has pawed its second reading t in the llouse, but it is supposed will undergo o some alterations iu the Senate before becoming 0 nti Act. X 'T. B." will accept our thanks for the wood- ' cut representing Charleston llarbor. As it ox- ^ hunts the relative position of the different for- j tifications, it will no doubt be examined with ( interest by ouc fenders. ^ EEIDVILLE FEMALE HIGH 8CHOOI4. 11 We call attention to the advertisement of the t Reidville Female High School, under the e charge of Rev. Rj"H. Reiix A. M., and J. F. f Siiaw, A. M. Tlie Principals, Messrs.. JIkid & SlIAW. have emnlaved J , -J 1 c will teach all branches of femnle education. j Excellent boarding c.%n he obtained for Ten a Dollars per month. A RETUBHED VOLUNTEER, 1 We bad the pleasure on Tuesday evening of e meeting with our fellow townsman, EDVTABn. a West-field, Esq., a member of CapL pEBinfra < Company, who is absent on furlough for a few 8 days only. He seems to have enjoyod himse'f ft finely. He reports the Company, which is 8 now quartered on Sullivan's Island, in good n health and fine spirit*. I LETTER FROM TlJLLI VAN'S ISLAND. ? In another column will be found an interest- .' ing letter from our editor, who amid the duties j. of the Camp ja-still mindful of the readers of the Press. 'ElwnMiim ?e learrr^hat the '^dl. ' lowing excellent appointments have been made j in Capt. Terbin's Company. 1st. Lieut. Smith bus been appointed AdjuInnt of th#' P??ini?ni T u - ' a ? uKuit. CUVAUV8 una Lytuooe li&ve boen elected respectively let and 2d Lieutenants ; pr. JaMks Maury has been up- 1 pointed Surgpon, and 11. W. Lawson, Coniuijs- n eitfy of the Coolpauy. _ t' An Editor in* Actual Service.?~Xye observe e by ibe Inst issue of the Abbeville Press, that c its accomplished editor, W. A, Ljsk, Esq., has shouldered his musket ag "high private in the w ranks of the Abbeville company, which went ii down to Charleston last week. The fraternity p could not be represented by a more noble, higli-souled gentleman than our gallar^Sriend. f The above is from the Anderson Itittltipencer, " abiy edited by Jab. A. IIovt, Esq., who has 'l offered his seryicea to the State fta'4 volunteer 11 in one of the Anderson companies. In his ?. abseoeo we take the liberty of acknowledging 81 the graceful and morited compliment whiah has n been paid to the editor of the Aboeville l' Preu. Cl 0 , m hi THE EMPIRE STATE OP THE SOTTTH. 0; The mail on last Monday evening brought 4, us the welcome intelligence that the State of g Creorgia. a great and' powerful ally, had sece B, Jed fro'm the Federal Union. This Ordinance q of Secefsion was passed by one hundred and 8( nineteen majority. Immediately upon the re- ?i cop\ion of tbo news a\Mjlule> of one hundred 8| guns was fired. At oijin tlicra was a brilliant j1( display of fireworks in the Public Square, and p our town was brilliantly iljufliinatcd. Seve/al jj of our citizcns, Hon. D. L. Wardlisw, and othrra 'q were called on and made speeches oh the occa- ? iion. bi The deceive action of Georgia, we think, ff liaaerettfcJraliininished the chances of n collie- _! ton with, tffe Federal Government. She is the fifth State which has seoeded, and will" be fol. y, lowed 10 a few'^J?y? by Loqitiana whose Con- aj reationmet on the 28d inst. The States which a, iave already* seeeded erabraee a broad expanse 3^ >f territory, ''extending from the Atlanta to n4 ihe Mississippi and population numbering w >ver three millions. It is expected that <\t\pSates from these States will meet jp a Southern tu 5bngresa at Montgomery, At*., aboul the 4th m bi .nornt niontb, and form a Boptlierp Confederi?y befortth^ inauguration of Lincoln. The #r 'ream of tba^oatb for yeara wjjl (ben. hava ac Mcomt a rjelhy. .. L, v IVr&nmc Eorross^-Wadip ibe Jollowipg ui pare?T?P!i from th? Marion Btur : oh ' Both editors "left ?U|l tba. volunteer jompany * from tba Lower ' HVUfcttbd. ''Thay at wre at prqaent atationed 4% Q)\**\t$ujp, <-fthe(y '/>< #H1 be beard frou???,aad opporuuity will permit. ' ''' ' '',yH "V-. ' . EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Sulmvan'b Isi.nm', Moullrie House, ) ,1 unitary 21, 1S01. f Dk.irWiI.son*! 1 Write you again, after anjlher week's experletiee in the duties of a Damp Life. And first let me correct a misitatemcnt or so, wliielt ocettrreil in my last let;er. Tito first was nn error of the printer, in ivliicb I was mn<le to eny (lint the Moultrie [louse, is onc-li.a.lf mile from "Fort Sumpter." [t should have rend "Fort Moultrie," which is Isolf. I believe n little over one mile from Fort | Sumter, and together with tho Moultrie House, n oasy lange of its batteries. The other wns j in error of my own, in whieh I spoke of1 itrong butteries being erected nt PelicanV i ['oint. These batteries are at no irrpnf. dU. I nncc from the Moultrie House, and on the di- I cct road to the Point, and nre designed to I command MafTatV-Channel, tlie nearest phi|? j Chanel to tlie Island. The armament at the ! Point consists of one brass 1*2 pounder, gum d- ] ;d by a single Company ; the companies at the Moultrie House being each in rotation detailed 'or this duty. kiiipa t lit** ??* #. /? ' * '? 1 - _ j^?i wc mm: ciiuTUU upon I rigid course of.dril ing, which I trust will in .ho course of time make good soldiers of Mie riost of us. Some of us nre rather raw rejruits, but as we have llie right spirit, and u 1 imposition to learn we will soon acquire the >tep and bearing of soldiers. As a matter of ntercst to your readers. I would append tho laily routine cf our duties in Camp : At half [>ast C o'clock, n. m., the drum beats the "llov:ille," which awakens us up to tho roll call, ind after answering to the call of our names ive are dismissed for tiie purpose of putting jur rooms in order. At half-past 7 o'clock, he drum beat of "Peas upon a Trencher,'' inrites us to breakfast. At qnarter-past 8 >*clock the Squad Drill commences and coninues for three-quarters oT nil hour. At 9 )'clock Guard Mounting takes placc. At 10 >'cloek Squad Drill is resumed, and continues intil quarter past 11 o'clock. After nn internission, Sqad Drill is again resumed at 12 t'clock and continues for three quarters of an tour. At 1 o'clock the drum sounds tho call o dinner, "Roast Beef." At 2 o'clock Company Drill commences and continues for three luarters of an liour. At four o'clock we have lie 6i<;nal for Dress Parade, when the whole legimcntis reviewed by the Colonel and Staff, uid after the performance of various evoluions, receive the orders for the following day. Vt 9 o'clock the "tattoo" is beat, which in 'ites us to roll-call; and at.half-past 9 o'clock, he "taps" upon the drum is the signal for exinguishing all lights. TIiup, you aeo we are pretty constantly cw iloyed during t.bc day, und have not iiiur.y moneuts for general amusements. These duties lowever, with the exception of guard-mountng nre comparatively light, and agree finely vith the {uout of us. Guardmnunliug is the Host onerous, and is performed by each priate and nun-comniiMioiieJ officer ip due rotaion. Six private; and one non-commissioned ITicer are daily detailed from each company, nd they remain upon duty far 24 hours.? ?ach sentinel stands guard for 2 hours at a ime, when he is relieved for 4 hours?thus aoh one of the guard is upon active duty 8 lours of the 24. With a loaded musket on j lis aliaulder, and a good supply of an\muni .mi in ins uunnugc uox, ne \vaiK3 lUo prr.scri | led limit?, suffering no one to paw the lines at i light without the "countersign" over hia poiaed bayonet, and during the day passing none xcept a superior officer, or one bearing the lerqiit of the officer in chaigc. Tlie above is the ordidary routine of daily luty in Camp; but occasionally the monotony s relieved by our being called npon to perform ome special duty. For instance, we may be letailed to fill sand ba^s for the ramparts of rort Moultrie, or to excavate ditches at the sat of ns, which command tbe Channel. Or gain, it may be assigned to us to form a part >f the Camp Police, to sweep the quarters, wd environs?to] handle our brooms, spades nd wheelbarrows, and to do duty generally as treet scavengers. In that capacity ourdetach10111 a few days since, under the command of * J *' --? ' * MV... aiu^, |>CI IUIUiCU MIO JHBb' W F CJUlOA. ver the body of a deceased horse, whioh had een cast by the ocean 6urf in too close pr-oxnity to our Camp. Our frier.d Kerr, tlie Hasells *nd others, did vigorous service on that ccasion, as indeed does the whole corps when ailed upon to handle the broom, the spade, or lie musket. Our men work cheerfully, and re ready for the performance of, any. duty, nd iu tUia respect have received the encomims of our officers, who are prepared to set lieip a proper example in meeting the requirelenta of the service. * On Thursday last, we were dispatched with wo day's provisions to Pelican's Point at the astern extremity of the Island to relieve the ompany which was stationed ttijere. Here 'e were required to guard a brass 12 pounder, tended in conjunction with our tnuskets, to revent the landing of any troopsat tliia point; nd here commenced our experience ^of tentfe. The Point is somewhat famous rn revo" ttionary story, for the debarkation of British oops; and to prevent a similar importation f Unole Sam's Cuntio^ptala, was the duty asgned us. The enemy did not approach, but everthless we guarded this outpost with all le d iligetice of men, who awaited an advaning foe. Our guns was loaded, our sentinels rmed and potted, and we had each ten roonds ' T ammunition in our cartridge boxes, llare I id my first service in tho way of standing uard ; and as I paced for 5 hours upon that jrf beaten shore, with the chilly winds of the ce*n blowing upon me, "Whilst the sentinel ars kept their watch in the sky," I fully relized, "What shadows we are ; and what tadows we j^rsue." With the morning awever came more cheerful thoughts, and a leasant "row" on the water furnished a doubtful solace after the fatigues of the night, ur Camp was looated near Truesdale's somelint, fummw OccU? hn/1 an/? all r\t v??. " ?-"v i-valvea, had here a fine opportunity of grot ying their tastes. This laxury however,_was it sufficient to induce any of as, to desire to rolong oar stay in this drenrv spot, where is myrtle hushes, cedar and marsh, ponstltute most the entire vegitation, apd crabs, oysters id "fiddlers," the principal inhabitants.,-? peaking of ''fiddlers" reminds me in this conation of our comrade, Mr- B. Rothschild, hose aceomplisfim*flU#s. u vipjiniot are wpll . lown to most of your readers, and .whose meful bow naa so laeed many a leisure mo- , entinCaenp, ^ha yipjin struck up ,<a lively ' r. "IIatjas fn; a potjllipn/' jrae announced, id tome of ihegtyee} o^,tb; gay, danced our lien to. Mi a Camp at Pelioen'e ,W/9 y ?va & aalute to the Company which relieved J k fired oar eaiiooa a* parting, and marched j eei-fnJly along t.'io beach blok to our qnarra. at the lioultrie EoM*~a distance of I ibot 2 J railee. ' , & J Bo wtf *re again at the Moultrie Uoum>, bat I < >w long Uio requirafMetUs'of the strvice w" J < make our prcseneo here needful; it would puzzle tlie powers tlint bo, lo say. The "StarSpangled Banner" still floats ovor the ramputts of Fort Sumter, nud its guns menace tstill our outposts. By innny the fortress is regarded as impregnable, and it certainly could not be stormed without a great loss of life. Mr. llaync, our Commissioner, is still in Wellington, and the general impression is, that lie will use bis discretionary powers to inako a stipulation with the General Government, that 110 attcmptshnll be made upon the Fort, during the present administration, provided that reinforcements bo not soul to Anderson. IIow the hot blood of 1 lie South will brook the delay remains to lie seen. The time might be turned to good account in strengthening our fortiflealions, ami providing the munitions of war, and perhaps finally a Southern Oofjjrcss may settle our difficulties without the effusion *f blood. I Tort Moultrie has been very much strengthen* j cd within the last f?w days?heavy guns have | been mounted, each protected by immense I piles of sand bags. New works have been erected at Morris Island and the work of prep; oration still g?cs on. Since I ln.-t w. otc sonic changes have been | made in our Company. 1st. Lieut. Smith '.ins | been appointed Adjutant of She Regiment, j Lieutenants Kdwards and I.ythgoo have been j elected respectively 1st and 2d Lieutenants. Dr. JntncM Mabry has been appointed Surgeon, .and II. W. l.awsou Commissary of our Company?very excellent appointments. Mr. Aioliel is our Drutnraer, and on last Sunday you would not have recognised tlie organist of Trinity, us lio rolled a "rub-a-dub" for Dress Parade. Pj the way we bave nothing in the Military line on Sunday but Dress Parade. We have had the pleasure of greeting lately, Reveral of our friends from Abbeville. Mr. C. II. Allen opent several days with us. lie was accompanied by his son Clark, one of our original members who now joins our ranks. Mi*. John White has been to see his three sous, members of our Company?a patriotic oontrib unon 10 me /tervico. Uur members of tlio Legt islaturc and other friends visit us frequently and receive a cordial greeting at our hands. I send you this by our friend, W. C. Davis, who joins our ranfcs very shortly. W. A. L. GEORGIA ORDINANCE OP SECESSION. An Ordinance, to dissolve the Union between the State of Georgia and the other Slates united with her under the compact of government entitled the Constitution of the United Slates. We, the people of the State of Georgia, in Convention assembled, do declare and onlain, and it is hereby declared and ordnincd, that the ordinance adopted by the people oi" Georgia, in Convention, in 1788, whereby the Coystitution of the United States was declared to be ratified and adopted, also acts and parts of acta of the General Assembly ratifying and adopting iiiiicnumcnc. 10 sum Constitution, arc hereby repealed, rescinded and abrogated ; and we do further declare and ordain, that the union now subsisting between the State of Georgia and the other States. under the name of the United States of America, is hereby dissolved, and that the State of Georgia is in full possession and ej;crcisc of all those rights of sovereignty which belong and appertain tu q, frae and independent State. The Ordinance has been ratified by all the members of the Convention except about one dozen who may yet sign it. Important from Washington City.?Washington, January 20.?S cvcral Southern Senators do not hesitate to declare that they will vote against Mr. Crittenden's propositiou, when it comes tip on Momly, knowing as they do that the Republicans never had any inten tion of allowing thcin to l>e submitted to the people, and th?y denJunee any such attempt to deceive tlie country into ^ futile hope of continued confederation.. The Itt'pr.blicnn Senators and Representatives openly assert Hint they will never adopt Mr. Crittenden's proposition ; that after eight years of hard stiuggle for pqwer, they qre not disposed to yield t\ single puint pftlie platform which they fuuglit so hard to conquer upon. j\a a proui ot tins, although Mr. Cameron moved u reconsideration of Mr. Crittenden's proposition last Wednesday, he and every o.ther Republican voted against the reconsideration on Friday. All eyes are now turned towards Virginia, as there is no hope of the return of tlie seceding States, except upon a reconstruction of t4?e Union, which can only be attained by the prompt secession of all the border States. This is an impetial vie# of the case as it now stands here. It is reliably stated that the garrison at Washington ciiy wiil consist of three companies of Light A'?ti)lery, two of Cavalry, and fi ve of Infantry. Several'cff these hav? already arrived here. Another company of Artillery will lenvfl W?i Pnint f"' '??? .. v? V.uv ?w* uoau iviuvrruw. The ohjectof this unusual movement is said to he to hold the Federal property and archives in ease of the secession of Virgin* and Maryland, until negotiations are consummated for an equitable division of her publio estate. After the inauguration of Lincoln, this force will be under his control, to use in any way he may think proper. Besides these, there is a large force at Old Point ar.d Port MoHenry, altogether constituting a respectable body-guard 1 for our "Repbblioan'' PresidentTus Armament or Noutii Carolina.?-The Comission for the'purchase of arms, appointed , by tbe Legislature, met in Raleigh, on the lgth iu?t. It -ifjwas .composed of Governor Fill is, I Col. Tew, of tlie Hillsborough Military Academy, and M"j. Hill, of the North Carolina Milt tary Institute. It is not proper tb%t the kind and quality of the arms should be generally 1 known; but the people of the State nj'sy rest I satisfied that the purchased arms, together with \yhntfre.now have, will make North | Carolina one of the best armed and equipped < States in tho South:? QffgrlotU Bulletin, j Ansis fob the State.?The Marion Star gives us the following in formation: - ,1 "We learn from the engineers of->*he W. & *1 M. R. R. that an express train from Virginia 1 passed over this road yesterday (Monday) mor ring, bound for Chnrlealon, loaded wfth ammunition and cannon for the Republic of South Carolina. "Till* is significant and fljow? that the anV c thoritiee of our Goverumeqt.are roaming'every preparptipn Hint je p^eu^l to the ?afftt? Qf tfje ' . , > A'"Goi>i> Annouc n Always Chsap.?Tliif holds good in two senaea.wilb reference tp tbq ^Cherokee R^picdy," the gr^t In^iap cRapifiq for ObnorfhoBa, Gleet fie.; 1st, those wfip nsj? it are cured,' and aave tlio "Kill sf some ' ylle I quack ; 2nd, they are iiottiiappoirited ae'by g lower priced, but worthleMappalled "qtrt alU. , Tbia medicine does.what tyvaJaipu to do, cp 7 tpor?,'np less. It is a. pleasant* syrop/hes no nanfeop* tafte, coniaina no CoQafoi or1 (death's n beat friehdy Poifpnolta ^ei?)ii iO?t < pam- t pu??5 wnicn it a treatiM oa i>?mha1 dfItaMi, M free from any drug &Mjt, ifcy lb? $ medicine, and be ?ured. The nanneouar.ffc*- \ w4 !? >z* otu* f*?lad out t] ifJlfi* 'iuteMa 'been . known t6 flit: Jtftoggleta^Tr it tbrofagbont the country. &,e tfcir ,*4V?rtiMBl?trt ^ ?nt>tb?i* i? soluain vf this paper.' " * , , V ' T I*- * ' "y?-9*?aa ' " p^wlllll ' Jav^'d i.mi.HM. I, ,i v^\ OH^ CHARLESTON HARBOR. Mr. Ei>itor: We present the renders of the Prcm with a rough wood cut of Charleston Harbor, in which we only profess to give the points of interest as they relate to (the pros ent iasuo between, ^he State jof South Carolina and the Government at Washington. The main ship channel, indeed the only ono which will admit the larger sized vessel^ approaches vrithin half milo of Morris Island, running nflrflll^l with fliof J:? ?1 t ...... ...HW auiuuu uuu CAICUUIII^ QUI* wards about a mile, making this Channel half mile wide, more or less. This is tlie channcl where the Star of the nrt*i received her unwelcome no ties to "quit1* in her approach to Fort Sumter with supplies and reinforcements on the morning of the 16th January. There i9 another channel which will admit the entrance of smaller craft, passing from above, atu\ approaching quite near Sullivan's Island. A Fort has lecently been constructed oa this Island, in the building of which our gallant Abbeville Company rendered important aid. This Fort is about a mile from Fort Moultrie. It is a very important, one should i? ever become necessary lo storm Fort Sumter, as her guns cnn be brought to hear successfully upon that Fort, whilst thoB? of Sumter wouhl inevitably overshoot this new Fort. Another redoubt has been thrown up on Pellicnn Point about 3. miles further out by our Company lo cut off the approach of vessels Itirlher om.?: There was once a middle channel, which was always regarded as a very difficult one to pass through, and about which we have heard very little said of late. Whether the sloops and sohooners which have recently been sunk to prevent ll\e approach of the vessel* of our enemies have been sunk in this Middle Channel or near the outer edge of the main ship channel, we are not advised. All of these channels unite between Sullivan qnd Morris Island forming one common channel which l'aMwiwfePto the city. ?A'?^8$W-Fort has quite recently been built on the extreme upper point of Morris Island,' supplied with heavy cannon, which could be made available in storming Sumter, while this Fort could not be touched by the gunB from Sumter for the reason referred to above. Havjng made ihese preliminary remarks the reader will be better prepared to understand the_above rough cut. A.?Charleston. B.?Morris Island. n o.. it? ? ii * vy,7?ou 111 ran b jsianu. D.? Fort Moultrie. E.?Fort Sumter. F.?Fort Johnson on James Island. G.?Castle Pinkney. I. Wappoo Cut, through which small steamers cap reach Ikiurria Island and avoid Sumter altogether. I. B.' Cation Moving.?Yesterday was a busy day at the Custom Ilouge. By refereuce to our marine column. it will hftsoen ilmt. ? !? ??*? 1.? of ships were cleared for foreign and domestic porta, having on freight 32,507 bairn of cotton, nd other merchandise. The sh:p Ocean Mon arch. Cant. l'age> burthen 2145 tons, cleared for Liverpool by Messrs. Meeker, Kiipx &. Co., takes out701fibales of cotton, valued at $361,191, which islhe largest cargo that has ever left our port.. .The repeipi? of the great staple yjere. up to 7 o'fclock last uight, 18,846 bale?.-^Ar- QDelia. , - ? ?? ? Tennfttfe Callr a Convention.?The House of Representatives of the State of Tennessee has isssad a Bill calliue a State Couvention, to tneot on the 18>h of February. The Delegates are to be elected - on the 9th, and it is provided thpt if the Convention should pats an Ordinance of Secemioi?1;the question shall be submitted to i vole <ff the people. The tame Bill'lias also passed a second reading in the Senate. j Another Rt*\gnatum.?Commander Ebene. ,A?. 1? IT O ? ? - *. ii.iiuu, v. o. laieiy m command of he 1'ensacola Navy .Yard, bns resigned, as it is sported. Us is a native of New York, and a citizen of New Jersey when appointed. OOMMEROIAli. Abbeyilly, Jan. 28, 1861. ' ' Cotton.?Quite an activo buameas han beep ? loue ip oup D)arjc*t the paatiyeek, at proofs (raping frpfn f to 10 eta. Our buypra aro anxkm* to qke hold, and aNplferec} ill bo freqly taken ut ' he above price*. . * t*~> i.il .li liiii MAmmg, St, At ft regular comsnunjoatjon ff Roalin fow ' fp, 80, A.*. F.?. M.\ iipwn(le*?tt|S I. a, January l2th,196li & foflowing ReapT utloo *u offered *n&?*lbBa)oualy adoptolJfl. R*toUd. That forthe nexCtfcttra Jopiftf 4i?I?9W jMb#teir monthly "!&!?? 1 Una*!," aj$ intfegBpr t|j? wpoont' ponded ' ?r that be orders > pay IntoUe MMpor Cftpt. UofT. A. FaiA/ lie atiM of Fi<W^tl*rg, lo bo 'expended (or , tie benefit of tidT Volunteers under his comian4,ftli*ild thiey b? patted iato th* lyfyri fw- ( Ice of Uie State ' 1 WWMWilWmWWi *%V#!?? 8$j If iff* 'J;s*ff&r? <:&%&:: 5fs **\\\ i:^f(?.? ^^ \V7.*.' ' ."'. \; i % Mf sT||jf <?'^sgikk/. '. \A*v -y-tWi . n > fi. zz ; -7 % < > H V.\t 1> S i 2$" 90W0 J wmy r=-~* t \ I lI^XiEBTOJST HARI Range otCoi.omuiad Suell Guns?Many persona me uadtr tlie impression that cannon of very Inr^e^rie, such as those with which Fort Sumter is dried, can do great d.miagn at a dis? tanceof foptor five miles ; hut such is not t'je 1 fact, as ascefained by actual experiment by the 1 United Stu^e Hoard of Ordnance. Commander PahigreL in his work on heavy artillery*, has given tbiresult. The furthest range of n hundred pond shell, even at an elevation of thirty five fercea given t<?, the gun, is 4.P2S 1 yards: the' lime pf flight being thirty five seconds, ll* greas twelve-inch Columhiad, ( the largest gin made, loaded vilh twent five pounds of |torder, a shell of 172 pounds. nn?l the piedcat an elevation of thirty-fire degrees, has i?)ide a range only of 5,40'J yards, the projcctijfoccupying thirty-two seconds in its flight, ljj increasing the ekwation to thirty nii.e degrifl wily 100 yards in^ire was gained in the roue From'thc same gun, with n 1 charge of po?lcf tweuty-eight pounds, a shell of 180 poun^tand elevation of thirtv-five ile green, ft rang?i>f 5,$71 yards has been attained, and at an elration of (liirtyTnine degrees a range of 5,7Cjyards (tln'ee and a third tiiilcs^t which i* the greatest that has ever been accomplished hjf any gun in our service. The flight occupied thirty six seconds. Charleston is therefore pwfectlv safe from tlie guns of Fort Sumter. Il it were ev?i\ within the farthest, range of tho^ guns, the angle of elevation necessary to pucomplish such a distance is so extreme that Jo hit the city would he a mutter of extreme i icertainty. The guns of Fort ' Sumter can o ly l>e raised to an elevation <>f j tliirty-three iegrecs on accent of tii? casemates, an<l co ,-equently could do no damage ! -beyond about }w<> i rides and a hull. A ten inch i'Jolumbiad, at an elevation of ; thirty-three degrees, will throw a shell about. ; three miles. There aif* no s.yvli jjuus in bur- ! bette at Fort. Sumter, and if there i\re iipy v-a*e- i mate gnus of ihut calibre no aiir.li could be lind. The upper surface of the uou J would strike ngainst the top of he embrasure ; nt. mi elevation fur 6hoi't of thirty three tie- ; green. MORRIS IM.A.ND. Tlie batteries on this Island are unqticaliona- ! hly rather formidable, and of much more im- ' portance tlinn Fort Moultre. They command the entrance to the hnrlior, and mount fifteen or twenty heavy Colpmbindit. Additional b.itterica have been erected within n few days. The approach to the harbor is obstructed by the sinking of a ?hio in tlm ptinnioi< ? - - > * preparations are pushed ffirward for. nn attack I upon Fort ^umter ; th* supplies of the gnrieon aro reduced, Iht^pen becoming dispirited, and everj-thing tends to the ultimate surrender of the fortress into the hands ot the South Carolinians. Fort Suniter is regarded as an ugly customer, and the taking of her under any circumstance., could be only with a fearful sacrifice of human life. From the Southern Quardian. The State Want* Money?How to Baiso It We, the people," have forced the State to secession, and it behooves us to sustain her in it. Every man is bound to do what he can to support her in the stand which she has taken. The young are rushing to the field with alacritvVery well, that is their part. The poor can do nothing for ber but help fill her ranks; aud mun? - * * 1 .......j m vnciii cnmiub even ao mm without leaving their families in want. Very well, let thetn stay at home and constit'Jte a home-guard;, and let tliem perform tins service as cheerfully as the young men perform military service. Then there are pour men in office, and old men of amplx means, who can neither fight nor watch. To this cIhss I belong, and I willnhow. by example instead of precept, what 1 think they ehould do. I will give one sixth of my income this year to the State. Oue-third payable an the third of Aprill next, another on the third of July. ?ud the other on the third of October. Now ;r the m?n wh? ?rP *bl? p*r? ll?'? much, without {Dieting their families, will do bo, then, before khp and of this year, the State will have at her'dispoaal near a million of money. When I speak of income for Ihe year, I mean ov*r and above my d*bta now due and payuble this year ?or rather, I rrttaii the proposition to be thus qualified so fyr.Wtt respects others; for, as to myself, I mean to give the sixifc. irrespective or debts preaent or future. The subscription hook wHI be lound in charge of William H. Talley, Beq., at., his office. Let subscriptions upon -tiketerxns be opened in every town and vill?<g* ia the State ; and I mistake the character'of the peoplflWf South Carolina if Bhe has to sen n single oenu, ntop a single public work, or tux a single poor man to au amount that ho will feel. Here are our women, God blewjklum, old and youug, going,about with subscripjHoii*, and wotk inf with their own bunds to furfiish our troop* with clothing, arras, flags, Slc., die. And wliat are fold Ipgif#" doing? Shelling out five dpihip, anp t*'n dpljarsj and twenty dollars, and receiving their aweet thank* aa though we had done them a great favor. We ir* all great pa triote; let ui n?r see how pu|r patriotism will endure a touch of the pocket nrrve. All the papers of the Slate will publish thi* gratis, of course, and help to give it effect in every District SEN EX?r?r* % ?*?y / Fort riC**Nfc??W" leorp from man, I who Ipfy Mobile on Wedne?dav.?a?t, tthit troops to tjie nunjbfr. pf abppt 8.0QQ fronj Alab*V*? Mississippi an# Tlpjrlda, lind coheehtrsted at Lhat' point, And were fplly determined one Unking Fort Pickena, if t|}? Federal o$oera refuse U> ?urrender. "*' V ' ..( '?r? i Qus?v.?JJ*3 0 you wen tliat big Indian in I mother column boiling RoU*, Bark$ and Leantf I Wt: f I ^0Mf!^lM^^^L I %* -;. v ^"iC^eftSEra*!? V >.* rjS \ /..- ' a-v- rV^fcv*^ ??5c \ ?' ' y -' y , I E I J % ^OR COLLEGE COMPANY. Columbia, January 16, 1861. On account of tlte political difficulties which, surround' the State, the students of the South Carolina College held, a meeting tp-day, for tlio purpose of forming a College Company. S. M. iviciisimson was qui loci to tlia Chair; nnd on the first cull for volunteer?, sixty-three students signed their numes. Committees were up-, pointed, ami nmong them was one to frame a. constitution. Tlie meeting then adjourned to.. Monday, at 12 M. ?o? January 21, 18G1.. Aeconjinj; to Appointment, unother meeting, was held to-day, II. W. Hiee in the Chair. The roll indicated that the number had been, increased to.-me hundred. The Connstitution, v{ns then adopted; after which the following, officers were elected : C'iptain?JOIIN II. GARY, Abbeville. 1st Lieut.?K. DAW KINS 1100 BUS, Union.. 2?i - lREDULI. JONKS, York. 3d " L. II. WAITS. Laurens. Ensign? T. S. PUI'ONT. O. S.-= S. M. ltlCIIAIUWON, Sumter.. 2d St.? J. C. IIAlJERSIlAM. Georcris. ?.l J. M. I VY, Lancaster. 41 li " W. T. OARY, Abbeville. 5ili ' F. K. Ol,!VEU, Orangeburg. The Cinporuls appointed by the C?p'?in? were tin? following: 1st. Corporal?\V ADE HAMPTON', Jr.. Col am. bin. 2.1 " 11. D.TREYILLE LAWRENCE, G?.. 3.1 " It M. ANDERSON, till " J. J. FRI1T. R-nufort, 5tli " J. (i. McOALIj. l)?rlingl??n, Glli " J. S. CURETON, Lancaster. It whs then niove.l that tlie proceeding* of, tliis and the former meeting be drawn up for publication. j Comuiiticc?IREDELL JONES, W. T. GARY. G. W. BRE4RLY, S. HA UN WELL. Purthor by tho Bromea. The Bank of England lias raited it* rate of (Iitji-iiiiiii to (i jut cent. Tlu; formidable iron eased frigate Warrior, the laigt-et maii-of-war ever-built, and morn tha 11 l.ftOO tons linger tlinn t^ie Jirgest vessej in t he world, after t e Greal EaMtrn, was safely launched, into the Thaint#oa fh> 20th alt. Sir John I'ticdingmn hiiimrlfniHfd the ship. An address, piijufd by HjOOO iabahtsnts of Glnt^ow, complimenting l>'( Jordship for his conduct on the Italian question, has been presented to Lord Jno. ItueaJl The prize money takejattke Emperor of China's Slimmer I'alnce njboonta to about ?23,-. 000, nnd is made up of ?wL000of silver, whicii tlie French handed ove&tf British ahare, aud ?6,000 realized on the tuna bj auction of articles taken by 13rili>h ofctrt General Alontauban is said to have itilixed ?50,000 as his share. The Daily A'cmup: "Some idea may > be formed of the valufloftops in this country from Ilia fnnl. tlmt. ill JlfMi nf th? SaXOtltd paid the expense J tuning the Hamburg mail, and a large nunbor of passengrra from Cowes and llnnibu*; ii prder to convey d cargo of American hfpiioLondon. Tl>e SaXy onia proceeded 011 Jo Itfodon instead of tq Hamburg." ? _' KoMiitli, in theMovrti of a long letter tq the Time* on politmlofadition, says : "I have reason j ibdura that the Emperor of thp French liajTiltttiy caused an earnest remonstrance to || tJdmsed to the Austrian uovernment on ?n?rooject 01 uouni release, and I trmt t|i| the Eoglish Government, true to i>ovl4nlpeedents, will not be found beliindli^Hiiintr(ing the fofce of thoscj principles whi Jtltna years "go England . the first to deoprt,ud the foremost to mainA dispatch jmm Fienna, dated tbe 31?t nit., says that Con IWeki has been liberated by order of thoKuptrar. Tlio 0/>i??Meoofirms the news of (he de-r parture of im jtong Queen of Gaeta, and Ajiliat for some ti(P0 p*?t FfftBoif II. has goqa osboard a Spanish t??0b1 evening, afintqrned the following morning , to Gaeta. ? The refmrtit the departure of the Frenoh^ fleet fromfOiHi has not been confirmed. Notwi Ausding tbe rain and snow tbe bombardmeflf eotinues with gre** foxf, *>axa of I the sheWitMfciog the most remote pertof^tbe city, wtoi) inhabitants have been killed. A teKTm, dated St. PeUr?bnrg, Dee. 80, fweived from Sir John Vrarapion, togence had been received by the '*?>oaicDt from Pekio, coMo ihe 'ember, confirming preiiom^aoKi*ii)g now new:detaifaiThe l?fch'?a? comidered to taaatiafaeI been modified op to that djte. r- ,k J. ntan.?Mm I'll i*, January 1(5.?Th# tialaitire have nnaalmotoetypMtod jug the Conrrntion question to the i 18th of February. If the major "f brir. a Cnventlqe, tM V?? *.W,M *r wHlie d*y.;of mr ' ? . Mi P*fc^rnor ha? ?ppo?W?d fWtniion of the BwitlHro. UpP; NiWe *t Mon?gou>?ry. *?* ? ? l<^iiri'M <o)WJw?: Gtn. J*?**0***?/? * "* r : frfttUn Ander?Du?i?? '}me' ?!? ) .