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lut luuui* rain jurat.
I V II. JI'lldK MtMil-.i:.
Oil! give *110 back my Mountain Home,
W litre the wind* arc froli and free
Ami those with whom I used lo roam,
When heart* bent merrily.
Oh! give me back tho;.o liapj>y hours,
That I have whiled uvvuy;
AVlieit free from care's controlling powers
Ami sorrow's blighting sway.
Oh! give me back the friend* I've lost >b
Aiul Ueauty's magic Pj'ell;
And Wring again, whatcVr the cost,
The smiles 1 loved so well.
Oh! give nift^back the curly dream,
Of better days to oimix
And tlilist for glory ne'er again,
h'liall loach uiv* feet to touui. *
Oil ! ci\cme back the cherished hope,
Tluit I was lorcd by 0110,
W4iosq glance*, like N->rrte lone, bright star
Upon my path wav^h one.
Ami when tho?e joys again arc iiiino,
Ami war's \\ ild notes are o'er
I'll cease for Aztec maids to pine,
AihI seek my native shore.
' The Magic Circle's" magic name,
Clings round my meui"i y'y?-t;
An.d ever will, till thfe lasi star
In hope's bright hcavi n shall set.
My Mountain llome! My mountain Home,
My thoughts are still with tliee,
Though scorched within the torrisd zone,
Or rooked upon the ecu.
Company pal, reg't. snn angel, Mexico,
May If, 1818.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Cll.VKJ.liSTON, .Sept. 1SGI.
Silt: It Veeomes my dufy to inform
you that I receive J, yesterday, from Mr.
F. J. Motes, Jr., your^ Aid and Private
Secreiary, the following communication :
Statk of Soi tu Cakoi.ina,
JIeadqcautkks, S-jpt. 1:j, lS(il.
To Hon. Jui.ic-i Silicons, SjHukir Jfouxc
f / ; t'Sfn Ul licry :
Sin: fiy ordojj, of the Governor, T en
close to you (lie within copy of cor espon
dcnuc/*nnil mjucst your attention to tl?e
points referred to in it. Very respectfully
your obedient servant.
[Signed]
* F. J. MOSES, J ii.,
Aitl and Private Secretary.
Enclosed in this was a slip from a mor
ning journal, containing the correspon?
dence referred to, lo wit : A letter from
you to tlie Attorney-General, asking his
opinion as to certain supposed vacancies in
the Legislature, Arising from disqualifica
tions by reason of the acceptance of com
missions in the Confederate .service, 'so
that you might have it. published, in order
that all the members of the Legislature,"
who have accepted such officers, may he
informed, and, thai elections may be
held to fill the vacancies, a's the Lecjis'a
J
lure is to meet on the firsr'Monday in Xov.
Also, the opinion of the Attorney-Gdtifjr&I
in reply lo this inquiry.
According to the Cunslitutiouao(iSotilh
Carolina, tdl -questions relating^ to the
qualifications of meinber3?Jf-thfi flou^e of
Representatives (.-it all tWiles'!regarded
their highest privilege) are con titled to the
House aloufe. My own 'experience as
Presiding Ofiicer, as-well.as previous his
tory satisfy nie that thia body has.alwaxfc
been aliv&Jo the iiecesbity.of excftfdipg
even the'"appearance .of.,interference with
its exclusive control, jn^yestiojjj of this
nature.'" . , n .
*" A" P* . " * ''Jj
Hojvetfcer mUch I may respect the op'n
ion of the Attorney-General, and . how
ever praiseworthy your zeal in Lliis matter
mJV l?f> T <1n tint fni. 1 ^ 1:1 _i..~ --
? ?.,> it l 1IUUII V, <13
. ,V.
the organ and Presiding Officer of ilic
House, to leceive any instructions on these
questions, or as to my duty yi* the prc-^
ipises, from the Executive, or from _ any
other department of the Government of
the Stale, T am, therefore, constrained to
return ypu- the communication in qucstiojj
as thc.'Oiily course consistent with my sense
of duty. ^ '
Should vou, however, desire to ^com
municate to the Iwiou^e iUplf,jthis. or.an?.
futther instruct iojTs dfrtfie 'subject df t^e
qualifications of the member^ jyid or-rhe
j w *aviiwv ?? nimyyvnaieYQ^
may be my own vievVp of lliq'-Conslitu^iqh-'
nl provisions on tho-Snbjt'ctJ I wilKl^y be>
fore that flody *an? sudb^Qo'tnuiupica^ign
? coming from..yobf^dlf. ' ... -t
I ]ia?^"fctie 1?ouor~tosbe.your ol^rani
Eprvnbt, , Jji\ L?E3" Sl^kOXjS,
.Speaker !IcfuseofrBs'ttiJsTitativ<?9. S. G:
To" GovernorFfOKEStf, Columbia.
' ; ??>- v ; ;
TnK STCK SOLIMEtC&lN
The'nutnber of sick'soldiery iri ilje hospi
tals, public, find private, .in Richmond, iR
ascertained, to ho, at present somewhat
over 1,2(10. Within, the past fSvv^^ys
niciv u.ia uccb a ueciOca improvement in
the health of?the ipmatos-. an4 n*>3t o(
them arenowj%iported cOriyjjJeaceyf. Th|
sick soldteir list of the Louisinnifyis^m-jhis
city wAs^ jbut a short w)iiU?kago^37 ;'ifis
gdwtfffly {^5. 0?r h^>itar nCcui^ niora
tions have beo'if latel^wpj^muuli enlarged
THE SEQtfESTRATION ACT.
? .V ** j
This important nitnsuro of {Retaliation to
rnnko satisfaction tt> our.citizen3 wflp have^
been, and will'lib, robbed "by the mcrcega-.
,'ricfc dt'Lincdlp. eliotilif bo ^lively proseon
ted. The Riulnnond Disptttch estimates'
the indebtedness of Virginia to the North*
at *20.000,000, while lauded estate owned
l?y alien enemies will ?woll tho -^iinoupt to 1
!- ;J n ftflfl n'Ort faHnfe'infr u-n
commend lo oiir"citiz?.'?s ns well deserving
their careful consideration tuul lively inlor
;?cs(. The nccuk*ities of war arc upon ais,
! and sve mu*t defend ourselves in every pos
1 til>!o way agah.fct the w retched injustice of
j tho Nwith:
j " It is said thai the news of ojur Soqucs
j tratiou Act Uftsrpcoduced n profound sensa
: tion at tiifi Nyi Ih. -The proclamation of
. President I>nvi&caHjng for privateers, struck
| that pedple as'a ISlap of thunder from a
i clear sky. The news of our Sequestration
Actshofcks them like the Upheaving of an
; " t i .11 .1 ?
v.niu<|u<!ivi-. u is mi ilit more manning 10
them from the f.tct. Unit it was cnacteij in
strict'' t&lalitilion.for the confiscation law of
Washington Congress, TiuU unwise body
forgot tlie old adage cautioning the dwellers
in glass houses against the imprudence of
throwing stones. Not oi.ly was the confis
cation law passed bv the Northern Com^
gre^s in hot haste nil 1 anger, but the citi
zen?, merchants and banking houses of the
North, vhoiiad held confidential relations
w\th I heir Southern eu-:l<flrnrs, in ado. haste
i to inform of the balances of money and of
! ilie property they, held belonging to the
' "rebels." Now, after this conscious tuipi
( tiide, they receive the news of our Seques
j tration Act in blank despair. They feel
I that they h-ive forfuite<l all right .to cvpe^
j any leniency from our Government in en?
> forcing its provisions to the utmost letter,
j The <jueslion now is, will our people lend
their active and iflioiept aid to the Govern
i lUi-nt, in pood faith, in feifelitig out all pro
perty belongng lo Northern men, and all
debts due nt the North, in order to put the
f invol'nnmnl tit full - *? ? f <1 1
A iuii Ul me mill?
| drods of millions of money and property to
J which it is cntiilyd. There'can-.be 110 iuo
i ral objection,even with the nicest casuits,
to lending this aid. to our lieceiveis. Our
i law is not a law confiscating to tho uso of
thfri64^fcnii)ent tho fuods and property to
! b^selzjpv^lt is simply a law directing.tlie
j Government to take the custody of thi<
properly, for tho purpose of holding it as a
1 fund, out of which to remunerate our owri'
: citiz'.ns^ who may have suffered from the
j certificating a<Jt of th? Nt>rlheVn Congress,
' and who shall suffer losses of properly l?y
! thr hands of the enemy in the progress of
; liie war. We think it is a care in which
the Southern citizens not only shoilld have
' no scruple about giving the fuWesjf informa
, lion and llio most industrious assistance to
Llio jDfilcers of the Governmenty but oj).e-jn
Which they would HVc serious" crtuso of
fiiilf-rcproacli for moral 'delinquency, if they
did not render active aid in this behalf."
j - - - . *
CoNorcT of the \\ Ajtv^-jjur dippatencs
fyeeterdav nforniner referred' to a flisnrwn
luent among (lie members of the Confede
rate Cabinet in relation Io llic future cona
duct of the war. " Tlicqn nexed paragraph,*
from the Richmond J'Jxamindr, and wJti
that? journal we fully agree, that the pe^le
; should ho Jjr6fnptly advised of tKe ruj^'ot
, ed action. *tj/Ley have been patient jlav af
ler dujy and' week after week, every m<j:
mcnt ?xf5.i}$Crn? to hear of some advance
towards bringing'' fcho-enemy to Jjis senses.
Jjijuherpus families are deprived of their
neaus^iuew cniet support, and Iho liglfttol
tlio household; Anxious mothers are await
ing with intense anxiety to hear from their
brave sons, who, if not in active duty, are
sfibjeel to the sielcness that wastetli more
Yankee A winterrTcanip?ign,?Ss
ppoken: decided upon, will scarry
sorrow^ Mijpfermg and want to many a house
; hold, an fit'4s therefor^ tp be bop^d tbat 3
! vjgorousfjptoagctf^on of ihe'vvar will be car
1 ried .OBsingft. ^^p!cft^ >Ictory crowns our
,r ^bfc^atoLinor savsr'
Ifi" je* " 2- - > -
; Vflrious *epoiJ.3, rfjwo-oi^lessftmthenlic
4n Uio tircumsl^i^cea in wljtcb IbejTtave
been TJbfainjd, Ifrfve reftcTied ua offlntend
ed opemtion9-on lUo"Potomac, wg
\UL? ?-f t
ptrojic interest, to rrfftptjou that we.are -VuUy
-u-uuisu ooine exuiencc ol an X'tnbarrass
'prent'at .present,'in the eporfllions pj)?the
; \\ro can fee-no necfeSsiiy for any
embarrassment* of a fhilitary nature?and
'If, as reported: in'.semi-ofljcial chile#, a divi
eion has been n>anif<$pted m tfio Cabinet n|
to the ri$yipctive riTerita of an actrro prose
cution of the war, or its-conCfnnation on tlip
defensive, tlio people' fliould he. advise;} ol
i:u, so as to*j[eraand-.il8 ms^arit- corteotion.'
ciiililrpiv ?.<> come <hit.wJ)j2ij^t is.Jgd-tiwe
J *?iT^ si rig vfdugs. unfit 4^V
i, bear thdir husbands, fatlwrft or brothers 2n^
? iwer vbem frpn^ihe IhUq
\ Ijpm?. Xyh Ino' BfeofrK gaftjiti
n^^prgr?(gj^ v$}Mft$e ???&?
n* -h B^nfceUiru]
^ # fi?JJ
"* the voice of j. c. cALHoyiJ;.
. 'Tho political history of this cuimtty, co^
eriqjg^ho last generation and, closing with
tho/lisruption ot' the Anytficftn Uftion, eon*
j&ldjered in conncction with the repeated de
<8nrntions of John O. Calhoun, bearing up
.pti llio subject of slavery, demonstaUs the
| scarcely ?exampled wisdom of the great Ca;
| rOliniaDv Standing at a great distanco from
! llie events which subsequently marked th<
j national annals, Im portrayed theirf develop
iiiivui H3 wuii i no clearness oi inspired pro
pliccy. Always boKl and decisive in vin
j dication of Southern institutions, ho watch
ed with ceaseless vigilance <5vertf niovemon
affecting their vigor or Aligned to enf?8t5li
j tho foundation on wbiifii^hVy rested ; am
| lio ffiikM not in any^fctance to utter a faith
' ful warning to those N^rtluTfn fanatics w'Uoa
| persistent warfare^poiFsWfcry'"resulted a'
j last in the dismbmtobrment* of 55ft* Union
I and the unnatural stHfe no^iivprogrpss.*
Mr. Calli'pun bord llie reputation of yi i*x
tremist, and oven tllat^of an agit; Kot* bu
I the occurrences of ^he past few y^arsMnaj
well be*Uccept<d aft testifying that hte frc
?quent .and linequivooul discussion of tin
i most vetfed question that eveV-disturbed tj*<
jlnblie |4?aec, was jjupinpted ^rHtucr>by ai
anxious devotion to the whole colintry
l*\vhose sTilety-seemed involved-in ??Jpo'rfec
settlement of that question, thanVWthi
sectional animosity whicih lias been *so oftei
! imputed to }lim. Bo that as"it may, hi
j nevertheless, spoke in language whoso truth
stand verified to-day--hef^fSflib^ken am
bleeding nation. Tn^l838," wherVK fdave
ry agnation had been renVod fri'tn its slum
hers ifiimediately succeeding Missouri's ad
mission info the Union, spcakingTroin hi
seat in the ?Sennto,'li^utteisd the fuliowinj
' wftiuing to the North.: > - /
"The assaults daity>jfrlndc on the iust'/u
tions i:f nearly one half of tho Slates a
this iTnion by the other?institutions inter
woven from !lio begining with Lhcijvpoliti
cal uti'.l sociai existence, and whMr.caimo
be oilier than tb.it, without theij? inevltabl
desti uction^? will and must, if continued
make twrf pccp'e of olio by ^stroying ev
ery sympathy between the great sections?
obliterating from their hearts the recollec
tiou.of their common d%yger. and glory?
and implanting in their/lace a mutual lia
:tred, rn^p deadly tha?^?ver existed bet wee
two neighboring people since the coui
mcncemcnt of iho race."
The hostilities I'jJng conducted bctweei
ilie two sections hro but confirmatory?
what t!:c sagacious South Carolinian ?-ai
more tlian thirl/ years ago. The wicke
fanatics of Notfr England heeded not li:
.
j prophetic, voice?the}' persisted in their ir
! rational 'warfare against^ the unoficnUin
people of tjfg Sqjith, and wf?Miow behol
the,result?f tbeir wickcd' lnbora. The iiii
lor}- of (JToUimcs is thus fulfilling llie^o!
emn warnings uttered'by the champion <
the ggj^eratloil prior to the opei
ing ojf.tho pecsent gloomy* drama.?iZVha/
villctyahTtinfc
The Bkst Yet.?'I'lie daughter of ou
i
friend Wm. B. E winer. fitife mil?a frm
# .f# - ?. . c f ,
Sfrashville, has.added another to the- list <
/ atriotic deeds, which ard to enter into lit
toiy and redound to the honor of the \v<
men of the Confederate States. She reac
the papers, and on the passage pf the ae
by the Lincoln Congress, offering half'
million of men and mone^r for "the pros<
culion of the w'ar, sht^uietly, but /Jriril
informed her parents that her nnnd w;
made upon?tliey must not say nay?an
they consented. Her younger burlier,
noble boy, was the WeSffern Virgini
armv. nnfl rih rrn "nr. Mini*
also. But^o'w^Sfhe applied to the trui
trees of tlte^acadeniy neaf for the place o
teacher. Being ^cell edi^ted,.-she askc
no faV&fs fo;Uie wtty of-jaxaminfctfbn, an
tn&- plagj&was awarded jjer; Bht wh
was this r^SheMijl not need it, and wriS nt
usod to laVrt. answer v^as, no "foi
adjnired by. ouj astonished tpist?gc?tii&n
* >will &e by our jhaui^(i^U*f iead&CK' ^1
^entire v pro?eedi|fc/t)f4thQ,Jstf loo) aro-to t
given to the^ouib^rifCbnfe'(lQ?*%^, for tF
auppott of o($ibv$ve eol^iers, and tojjari
.off Vne $t&r Jot our iiidepend^yc. j'l
BcfioqJ- lias dpened well, of ??'urs&-&nd "jvi
he wortrh'Mefewoen six and aevrtn bitfhdre
j ^dollars ^or^tjlfe fciirronT
jl^Ej3icate^heallhH>e eqjj&l to li|jr Ic^ty epiri
? Jpfris b?a*s the Afkirlsaa'vidow, ?I?J> flbni
'ted 400 cotton bales. It beats aajt-thiu
, jp$t. ' Ma iy dgm^l^rs have dorre \vell bi
Miss Anna e^cuJS them $M.?:JVq%hvil
Advocate.. ... <'*" - >t *
~?:?
ItKlOX OBC.y.KBRQJl I# MrS&OOIU.-o^JV
lea if, says the Ijonisville Courier, that tl
the despotism
tjduia is (J^iJjrb^^Jtfbreaae* Tfie.Ars
nal is conceited into a Brfstiljft iu wttic
-Kavo nlitXkly ^eeTl hjcateratell. three Baj
tftt preaches. No^word of. t-Uese'ou
raggs ap]jerirs;in yfo;j:j?ad.an*frgurer?wei
patera.- All iho lr<5JTe$t' frea. pajjera a
'yUen^ed, and <5iaU sources of iirfojjga
tioff afg from 'tffvjplWa \\jio detail' jj
1j6tir *." C
G e n. ' 15 n iu r-Sja a 3J??W~ A <*o
sipendenfJfetT-rO^fc'ans Delta, di
fannssaa Plain
. r ' ^
, , I should mention wkflt.lifts*not -yfift be<
'ifcfntioneJ, and which wjf1 lei & now n I
fnere' accident Aqd^ftyh a good ^e*l
r ; ~ -grillanVscn
THE FEMALE PBISONEHS AT^ASHINOTONI
? A Wellington correspotldeoVof Jt)*e 15a!-.,
'timoro FJzchangci writes : " TL6 Grand Ar
! my of tho North lief longor running from
"Richmond, is now Vrarring ngaiust woriien,
and th<rxpublic appetite which must ho fed
i accepts this food. As a constant reader of
your paper, I notice your moderate not'cc
i pf .these femalo rebels, and for tho sake of
truth send vou the enclosed. leavim* to vour
discretion, to do \vkPTi it what your judgment
suggests?for.nyfie, awed by the curro<ih'd
irig bayonets, da>e not venturer beyond tho
truth, and e^6u trembles at this; bufcto facts.
Imagine n^istcuei rather llfati an actor, re
lating lier^oxjjp.rience. On Saturday at 11
A. M , Mrs. , entertaining her visiter,
a lady friend, was surprised to see two men
enter and anuounco to her that sho was un
vler arrest, us well as'hpr family. Immedi
ately armed men .slr^ioned themselves in
hejj'pilrlors, at all. tho dooiv, and round tUo
house; wliilft four men proceeded upstairs
I .. - T..i 1 i .... r ,
the beds! search
. *.
wifh an atflivitj
lion to evftyll
jjain, f^r fliwf w
iirvj. oatl^u MOUIS Ol uur
Japartmcnts, forcing open desks, wnr'lrob; s,
^drawers, boxes, faring the bedding from
ng the pockets of dresses
which lhreified destruc
IlciuoiislrSiico was in
ro L?Id -tojuudi, elso the*
\4honld hay? guar^^pliiced over each ol
then;. Tlieir hands. were violently seize'1
because a pocket-book Whs* detained, and
the nntf rtunate^fernald pushed ii'to a ryinm
with a" soldier' over ^Jer. ""Every jusu'!. i"
act jyul speech^ was thown" t<rthem, and
whujtr their <^*ks nij^l pockcts had beon.xvtt
bed of their Contois, they were all hudj
died-into ^io r^m\ with afmed^inen to
guard thetoi* Tlj^reguhn^of the I;'Stated
Army hav<^^cn gentlemanly in their de
portment, I have wished for some term to
define a mass of vulgarity, ruftlnnly coi*^
j ifuct, insults to unprotected women, an3
I have found it itl n \T<>VV VnrL- flnfneliun tir>_
lieeman. Tlio prisoners havo four over
lliem; they have turned then) out of their
parlors, and sleep and smoke on their sofa"Si
anSwer to the bell wfe'en their friends call,
Their cards and riotc? are *11 examine-].?
They illuminato the Louse, seated at the
front window with their Tbnrsnvor tlio f.liiiirs
thrust themselves wherever the ladies meet
together, (the family but tig large.) to heai
their remarks; have, examined jind threat
ened the ser\;{^|s if thev did not tell. The
prisoners cannot get a pitcher of water with
out ^guard being Bent with their servants;
! their mail is taken posression of, and theii
privacy intruded upon in every way. Now,
as there is a God in Ilfeaven, have I statei]
exactly what the 10th has allowed. Isola
ted from all their friends, thus are they lcfl
to the vengeance of this Government.
1 diar.fG f)f trpa?nn;ilili?
not lie sustained. No letter lias ever beef
written to any Confederate lender; nor car
proof be foun^to sustain this arrest. Thcj
are entirely igyorant into^vhose hands the-}
liave fallen, and are as lrTucfi ctjhrdud-jas 1
tlu-y were the veriest convicts on r?cor^*?
They caqnot cc^jsjffntly nslyjiny ftn-ors o
this Government, neither 'do they wish to
Tbair bones .would rather rot in prison?
forgive this strong expression?but toy blooc
boils with aiwijif^ignanl"^cngtli. No on<
knows of my ftaving wUtpnlbis letter,
do ro on tny own respqjftjbtifef. .llow Ion*
these persecutions ar5*tMp coiftinued, \vi
crfnnot imngiiKi;x but'tsFer|pblicfshalI knov
T : *_ -t i_-3T . > i>
wiiiiL jjiui:u:ii uiib liuwigurnieu.
Mrs. Win, II. (Jjprk and daughters, o
Halifax, I.a7e knit ninety-five pairs o
thick yarn socks, and sent tliein to one o
the Maryland ^companies, under Capt. J
.Jjyle Clarke. Such benevolent indiwtrj
, as this reflects.the higlfea^lionor u|OD tin
"patriotism of these IftSieal, and is worth]
of universajfcimitation.?Richmond' Dis
patch.
' '?M ?
Nd?r Warren; Conn.,- is posted on i
meadow'fenqe the following:? *
j^l^otiia.?Know kows U aloud in tlies<
madders, eriy man ore women lettcn than
ko$3 run the rode wot gifo inter my med
deri.#oresed shal hav his tale cilj, orf bj
m?5" ot>adiah Rogers.'
A'sGood JCdea.?We understand tha
BQtne enterprisjng individual intends l<
#F/?anlze a military company, lo bfe com
posed entirely Jit tCapJaions' and 'Lieu
tenants,' for the especial accomodation o
such bruve fellows as will not j<?m a Com
pany unless they can get to be offieers.?
Charleston FrtfcPrcse.
^Xho Fort Smith 'Times' of the 7tl
learns that five regimenteof troops frop
Texas will join^G'enaral AfcGulloch in i
4fow days. Also, one regiment from. Mis
sidsippi and one from South Carolina.
?
The foiiowina is an alarming evidanci
of the photogrophlfi,nrt: A lady, last wai,
Had her likeness takgn.by sf photographist
aid he executed it so h'y?t>au
prefers ifrto the original? 4 '
.^-4iiKAtrocTiAL.^-^ri Thursday bight a slrpn
-gitle coinpienccd blnwMg here, the wind beru
, .K/iobi s?9lf>ea?t to^Bji^li.^eaompjniod by hear
^ riiiu,quall?. It cytflintiyd until Friday, morn
r~- injar.' oUanKjgd, to southwest ?u
T icsliijipiug iu porlfcaa ^Jft?ne
B, '^nl^WWnjury. so far as we could leitdK^^h
' weather, off the coost hns no doubt Tieon'Ugie
,Q terons, and our bloakadibg frw'ha* h?v# pfW?
bly Ju4 aogoo!J t<nic of jU|| We' wish tlier
2* tnany ?bc1i gpccirnone during Hie yrt^'on'ly
-dfjilc rtiore so.-^Charlctton Coutlet.
of '?-[ v"' * ? * -
tjJ, aqpwytoruu on w?joint jo
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STATfi OK SOUTlt CAROLINA
EXKCUTtVK DKl'ARTMKNT, J
July 0*1801. j
CCORI>lNG lo nu Aef <>f 11><r Confederate j
Congress, ?>n1 iilcal mi "Act to put into Ope- '
ration the Governmentjunior tins Permanent.
Coqgtitntion of tlie Confederate Staler of Aim ri |
ea," it is required that each State (jigll vote, j
oil tlig I'll 1ST \VI1)M:sDAV IN NOVJ-lMUKlt
NEXT, fop Presi?l?^Jt nud YiccPfefeiuet of tlie
Confeaernte Sltrtcs, .which otlieer* rtru to be in
j auguratcd on tlio twenty second of February
, next ; an>l whereas the existing law j?f thoStat.e j
I provides tliat llic Electors for President ami j
, Vieo-PrcSnleiit shall he appointed hytne Leuis-1
lature; an?t whereas tliu Lrgisl.itui'o of this ;
Stale will not he'in regular session at the time I
prescribed by t lie aforesaid Act for appoint- j
j nic'nt of Electors:
; Therefore, beitknotf that I, F. W. PICK- i
iBNS, Governor in and over the Slafe of South r
Carolina, by.virtue of the power vested in iuc*;
by the Constitution, aulhorizk)^ the Coventor, I
j on exi ruoriiiuar.y oeo^ions, to eon veue the 1
< ^(iencraL Asseinhiy, <1o issue this inv proelanwi
tii'li, calling im'<<ii and k >/nesting the !
- ?undjXfa ^^inljers ofnlur It'iisi; of Ujy?Vi'sci/t:i- i
to copt'ene in njl.TMHIAJfi.X Till-*!
?11-1usi; Monday l^NoVKMIiEir^i.-Nt ensu i
ijiat they may In? J?rc,??iit^in tins House of.
Uv|h'3(;iitiilivi'^ on tlio said linst Wednesday j
-''iii jSov?M>il?T, to nppouit. l'f?^T%rs of .J'jksideiit I
nnd**Vicfi-Pr^7itli?il. of_ llio {"Mtif<''U?}jit<; Stales|
I of America, IJPconfdruifcy witli tA,o Act of tlio ;
Cvnfc&ernU; l.'ongrtss njoi-eaolu." >_
*1 As the iVrttrt^on^ Constitution is tblhtforgan
j f'ed.'kn rl?'clioii,\fill lie require*) ??f two Sena
i'tors' from this SVaio^u^knlso,*i*i all pitrimlii !'ty I
eoiisi^':'i"K IWSVU"1' stattfof the*tt>untry,
^ oilier iin^'urUiit. i?ff 1 Cf'i g will tfcnGted^m at the
.1 i-atiiu Scssioif <'f ll'u^^^i~la^ \ *
(iiveii under l."')' haifTland |h%bhV cyfcllic Stat<t
fj? aforesaid, at c'olmffllia, this the aljtth ?lay "of-,
Julv, ir. th?* y<?ar dl'-our ?or,d ouc. thousand*
I ?:..Ui 1 1... 1 t ?;? ?., : -4.
IIUIIUI I'll |.<MU UyOT^I bllC l
^ ty-hixtli y?-fir <?LJli?; iudopcii'lcl^ of the
fcjtuVc of Soulh C*'olina. . T
_> v. vr. i'iQig::>s.
Isaac II. MkAN^feccretary of St tiles"
J til V 12, 1S01 ^ '
: 1
JUST JlECKIVEl).
17MVR ninls N. o. Sutrn>\
10 lUil.s'.'l(,'| Yellow I-'iucSugar.
5 " C'njsl.. .1 Sugar
10 N. O. Molu^scs,
Ami /
10 Sae!^ Extra Fine Hip Cofleo,
For 8alo*F/Olt cash.
* AO*'FW, mcpoinalt) it CO.
Aug. 7, 15,.Ct ' '
NOTICE.
|. 4 LL Persons shipping Goods io our-,v?>!irti
/V. leers' iu Virginia, byjlic C?. it C. 11. 15.
are requested to puttliutn up in boxes anil pack
ges of convenient si^e, so that they can he
cosily hainlKd bv a single per-oa.
? k. f. im>\\'ai:tii,
_ Siip't. G. it C. K. It.
^Ang. .2;i, ISO I, tl*
'the state of SOUTH carolina.
A11 a / ; 1TU. 1. K J)ISTllLC'P.
Iii the Comuion Pleas.
Hill AM T. TLTSTHX wi.rt i* in tlio Ouslo.ly
'of tlie Sheriff of Al)l>cvill<; liistno^ l?v
virtue of a Writ. r>f at/iiux ml *<*tlsj'.'ctmijtai}
U?u<.-<1 fromllie Cc.irt <>i' Common at the Wit"
of Enoch Nelson, having li lor. in my oflioc^lofJ
f?<*t lior Willi (LtcllC'lllltf 'nn onlli <if l.ij ""Ail"
i it ml I'llocts, IrflTlVliS ion to tli.! Court, of t'um
Kinon l'ieas. prajini; that ho inny hv admitted
3 | to llio hcnciit <>f the Acts of the C<iu:ral As
[ senibly made for the relief of Insolvent Dell
' ors.
? J It is ordered Hint the said Enoch Nelson, tlio
3 j Plaintiff, and nil other creditors, to w hom the
J said Ilirnm T. Tust en i? in any wiso indebted,
he and they arc hereby summoned and have
4 notierto appeal* before th? paid Court a' Abbe
j ville Court llousc on the first. Monday in Oi*
tober next, to show oatise, if nnv tiiey enn,
why the prayer of the Petitioner should not be
V granted. v ,
f MAT HEW MeDOXAF.!"), r. c. v.
Clerk's Olftfce, Court, of Counuon l'ieas, )
? 20th June, 1 SO 1. J
'3 - OFEICB ^GRiiNVILLE AND ~
fJOT-TIMRT A T? ATT. TIOAH rT>MPAUV
COLUMBIA, 'Aumvt 20, iStfl.
.. \ T JHE AN2WAt, MEETING OF THE
A STO?K IIOLDKRS of the Company li. l.l
on the 2d of May lat>l the following Ileaohition
vrns adopted : .
Jl'io/vcd, That the ns?rs.+pient. <*ri the Stock
of the Green viHeand Colombia Kail Rom] Com
pany togeflipr tfiUi t hey In terest thereon, be
converted "into Stock, that the Boffrd of
Difcctora aro'' hereby i'nstructoJ to carry oftt
this Resolution*. * >
I am now prcparcdjjjfci?sne STOCK CER
TIFICATES, fn conformity to lh?. nljove Reso^
lutiou, on application at this OHi<;e, and'sur
render of the.Assessment Certtsutcs."*"Frac
tioneLpUvtVof a Share*of-StocK Wtll bo avrarig*
cd'Jncasfi. r% ; J. F. SO^'ABRN,
** Auditor antFl'reasurer.
r rB^'^ntacfTbtf liffB In Btrijfeag nl Oufrjri&d Q
(1 Ataclied ^^lYenUdwfcut lO.P&Q/odt b
7;ljb Mbtrior ijprkmaoibfp thrMrEnginef
of etryogth, a^eai
* CONi}%lIEE5T
IRC#; 'WOKKg.
JOHN ALEXANDER & CO,,
COLUMBIA, S. C
^ ^ - < r
M ANUFA'CTL" Kill's <>T
Steam Engines,
All Sizes from 8 to IOO Horse Power.
\\l r, nnvo iiihv mi linn-! a i;> iniiiM', rinv.
\> I'.lt STATloNAl; V KN<;IN1-:. wliirh I.w.k I,
llift p)!il in* ilal jit lli<- Ml ale Kail* in (hia plaee, j
iti lSliO, whioh'is a superior article, nnJ which >
we wilLwill lc.v for cash. W? also have t'., 1<>,
Biul lTllui'sc l'owcr Knuines in a forwat'l Mate;
whicli wo will iil.su sell at low prices forea?!*.
IRON AND BftASS CASTINGS
Of all Descriptions Made ^ to Order.
Wc nre4i?wd>rc|gprc<T wilh two^>i|j^jtH, aii 1
can innk? ciisln^s ?l' any Weight up '!<> t<->i ;
t hull sand pounds. (>nr ca?lint;s have litkt-n the i
premiuma every year at the State Fairs licit! in
this city.
feELLS.
We cast. rfr'.l.l.S of all Hi/.? R for rhure'ies, I'ire |
Alarm, or lwtories, on (lit! ni<>s? liberal terms. |
an>l if they fail to uive general satisfaction the
parties er.n iviiirn thun lit ot:i- I'Xpi'ini1. We J
were awnriiiti! |'i cumims at the South (aio!i:ir\ j
1.1.i ; < ii
IS."**, ami at 111cr Stato Fans n??M (*o!tniil>ia% in !
IS.'i!) ami 1800. Wu {rive a hi^h price for ohl!
lioll*.
SCOTCH ];.\ IMt MILLS, i
Wc manufacture e<lcl>rate'l ISAN Is M II.1.'
wlu'-li is well known in ihi-So.Uh in be lhcb?vl ,
mill ma<le. Tli.y have hct'e'.ofor^ been I>j*?jI I
front tlio North, ami, luivinjj beer. marie in t!
Yankee style, lino li-i.i.J were 1 inl>I?r t<> ljv;.k, ;
Now tha*. wo have he-? to tite expense oil
H?ij.tmp up tlie pattern*, i.ynl Ui.-ro b - in;; ib>ublc )
jllie metal in them to insure s>trcn<_-lh \\ o li tv<? j
no hesitation in sayytg tliatAhoy w ill prove tlie [
I best mill in use.
j. Grist Mills and Grist Mill Irons.
"We in an ufact ore l'< tli'I'A I 51.K ('< II 1ST M 11.1.S
j of all fi/.i-R ami of .superior piit U-rns; al.-o (; I {1ST
i MILL lllONS of all sizes, Our pott;il>le ?r: i I
1 mill took a &1U pr* iniutit at Lite late Fair li<_M
in Columbia,*
Saw Mills.
We ma nnfact ure CIU<M" I.All SAW Mli.l.^
.fall siz.-s; also, WLNTHU'S PATH NT Mff
LAY SAWS, f.ir which we have the riirht of
tins Slate <il Smith-C arolina. f >ur Saw Mills
j also tc??>k the premiums a! the li.tc fair.* in Co
I lmnhia.
I In aiMi!ii-n In Iho al?ovo, vrc rnajinfuel ;iro !
j I'eaelion Water Wiw-!^; I'ateyi Saw
'.Mill ] Vfltis. of a snj.erior Pattern and-' very
(;lieaji. ? "'tort, an j Ihiny in arid aliout a iii;!
!?;f any j
GTsS" ()in i'casls on delivery at tin:
j in t ''>ln.'"liitf.
' L-fi'" A "f I'fiees?.? !! lie sent i<> .my one
V I.-IIIIIU" li. AlriO. .ill rji" -'?'ii'j :i:i witch, .11. 1
coimiiuiii. ;i! ictis liiol:. \ i.i'vii!. ! I? .
,!< 11! \ ai .i:\.\n :>r.n,
iioirr smjoi (i* a hi*.
AnirnM y!, ] SvVl. _
The Soufiiern Co^erlc^cy Las to te
f P.ccoj-nized. ?
NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS!
For Full and AVintcr.
ITT AYR jiif (. rrecivod n lr.iyo anil well ;
tu<l j-t.ock ??f l>ry (;?'<iii.s, Ciotliinif, Hunts!
and fclix s, r.ljink'.-ts, Kcr.ify^ CuiiiIuiuoh'h [
Merino 1 i;?lfi* Sliirts !ii <l lira'A 1 i s. I.'1 ix Ii.'uti< 1
Calieotis. JHciu-ii.-d mal Domestic Shi:ting, Os
iiaourg^, Hrognii*, etc.
** MISSES' AND LADIES' 11001'*.
I will soli nil I no nliovo nrl iolos at tin' lowest j
Cas'i prico. Call so-jii nii<i -snpj'.'y yourself
with \Viiitui'Cioods.
& '
COTjagf YARN -51.10 IT-11 IIUNCII. I
will l>o rlinrgoJ, n# Cash l'a .llio
iHLuV Goods now at
h -^ Jl. Is 11A EL'S.
IJDID&TS3
For Ordinary.
>1011N" A. HUNTER,
Col. .1. (J. RA?KIK,
JOHN W. LESLEY, -
NATHANIEL tyoCANTS, Esq.
WILLIAM >*L1 LL.
axiS.
RORERT .TONF.fl,
WiLLlAilO. NEAL,
For CiTprlr'
-.TAME* A. WAT?T>r,AW.
avitjjam a Aioourc.
MA'l'liKW Me DONALD.
Tvvv rrv.il.; i
. HAmi i;
SIX PQiyiN Np. 1 Stcnicrt'a AXES, fpr sale
low for cash cash by
AO-NEW, McIlONALD it (*>.
Sept. 20. 1SG1. .. '
uruggTSL uxiemist,
[las on Hand, and are Month
. ly Hccciying
Fresh Supplies
Of tlie Purest Selected
DRUGS
> . * *A.\D
MM* IBM
IMUJJJ. U ill JJU
PASMJS OILS,
xs-srisir
Havana and Florida;
f * A.**! U* ft ffcirtfr*
i n^un /3ltjs5,
isv- 3? xji t
ysjim -mssm,
<m. fft?np?
v.i? vu.ui/imp
FAINT, HAIR, TOOTH AND NAIL
B9HJSH?SV .
\ YKUi'liu-. v.irir-lv'of S6JPS. PlHt
i\ II MKV )\ //.! //.' 0//.N. ( Of.Of-XK
t'r.ihi y i i 'Ji'o J foliar* per
tJ"'A. t'/ioil'' MuStr-d
ANS) WINES,
unn i TMvrm?
BLAF^^BCK3KS,
Of "I! Oranyes' "Lemons, Fig?
Jiuhons, Citron, J^r tines, Apple*, A I*
v<orttl-i, Cocoa. J^uls, IVttts of all
kinds, Sardines, J'ickles,
Tu]>ioc<t, Atvoiq -
Jleot, and-a'thou- ' * *
'soml other
articus in our line.
Call and^See i'or Yourselves
w i! i i'.y !.?r cami, nnfi poii mostly lor Cash,
anJ cn:i :oii!>o<j,K,iil!v nlFortl to sell
CHEAP FOR CASH:
MnivU.jjt?, 1 Mil.. {* + . . '
TUB STATK OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
an/n:\'ii.ri.: irisritjcr.
Rachel Knox applicant, against -
Jclm Knox, Nathaniel' Knox,
cfc. al. defendant?.
g l u> tjiy ?ntidiuci inn iir-i.inmps
JL Kii"v, Ji y*|>li !Cnci\-, Sftn.uel.^KK.'i.v, ntid
ltobt, lChox, some "t'lln! LU-fendai'to, .reside lie
yortd tho liii.il- of this jftirite, It in therefore
ordered tliaW h<-y nnd object ^j> the
Sale of tlio lyC-d I>M!? ?>l:v\yiilimn Knox deu'd,
on or bcfuiv tin* ti't.li &apU':?bcr lSiil, or (heir
consent. to llu tiuuo will enl^r^d'of i*cord.
- * WILLt&tf Ultimo. jt. d.
Jut}- ?, l c111* w ' *
CHARLESTON, S, C.
I'll 12 Undersigned- is
fully prepared ' to
il.l (,'luirch or Parlor
any size,
flO.UQO.
ty-frve
in Or
I am prfr
ot good?
any in.
'rhateriAls on,
properly- sea
soned tvood, ifc.'
1 I'ou ^oi1.iiL'o..tlip*lijfst testimonials aMo ca
pability and luiL^fulm^s. Orqrms (Micibsc*! in
any ntyle of onsft irtV-MiVi); or ip'sifit the niclii
tecitire of tl*? IrtiiUlinir or room. ^' ..** r
All 6rtleirf promptly and -ffti^ltfglly executed,
and alHrhy work- tntrrtv fieri (ofjio'tnafiMfhction.
Addrrf* .101 f.JftA K ,
SopT./l, ljhij ,Organ J5inM,<j^, Charleston S. O