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Nov. 14, 'C3, 49, tf
RAGS WANTED
AT
HODGES' DEPOT.
The underpinned will pay the highest CASH
TRICE, for C'frau Lin urn .1 lul Cotton It AGS
delivered at his shop, at Hodge's Pi^ot.
I > U. L.. CI.AUK,
UoJgcs's Depot, S. C.
IMS!
THE II1GHEST CASH I'KICE will lie j?niJ
for CLEAN LIN EN AN J) COTTON RAGS in
anv quantity.
JAMES BARNES,
J.owndesvi'ile, S. C.. Aue. 4,
' FOR SALE""
The Subserihoi* lins on V.iunl. for .?:?!. n lur??*
quantity of BROWN AND STRIPED SHIRTING,
an-! :t large I.ot of I;I.\K CHEWING
TOBACCO.
JOHN McI'.RYDE.
August 25, Y,3, IT..?tf
"^GREENVILLE AND COLUIIBIA
R. At. COMPANY.
mm gm?
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE,
IT THAIS LKAVR
Columbia T.30 a. i:..
Alston V I '
Kewlierry 11.IS '
Ninety Six 7.1(1 p. m.
OrtemTood 1 S '
AUlieville 1.f>"
Cokesburv '
Bel toil 4. ill "
WiMium<>tun - 6.lt? "
/.r.K! ?*k
flreenville ; '
T?r'\?N IT. AIX I H." YK
Greenville 4 a. in
Williuniolon W(1
B?lton A..m "
Abbeville 7.1 '
Coketihury b
Green-vood "
Ninety Six 10.13
N.nwberry ? ?.!"> |>. mi.
Alston :V32 "
Columbia -i 1 .1 "
To commence on SlONlJAY Iuluintt.
>Vb. 20, 41,
NOTICE, - '
Hi
T"T A VINO l>oiifrlit ilie Irteicat Dr. 1.
BRANCH, in Mm
Book and Drug Store,
will, rs far ?fi tlio limited nit>nns will nHo\r,
wing to the war, k??'p puoIi Stock n? lins hi?
ays been kept. All oi dors must be a-JJressetl
\ > me.
C -A- B II
eing the System nil over the Confederacy, it
xut attend Ol der?, as I do not intend to have
, book of Credit.
EDWIN PARKER.
Fob 13, 18C3 -4 I tf
; ' immuimmL
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| r NOTICE. ~
' All p? rsons indebted to the firm of M. T. ?t
* J. T. Owen, by note or account, are earnestly
requested to -settle the same at the earliext.
possible convenience, those having demands
?gaiasi the firtrt will please present llwtn.
/. . JOTIN T. OWKN,
a- ' Surviving fartnor.
iS ' -AuoniitlO If?if
^ * EXCHANGE NOTICE NO. 7RICHMOND,
VA., Oct 10, 1863.
rpHE following Confederate officers and men
JL are hereby declared duly exchanged :
I. All officers and men captured and puroled
at any time previous to the first of September.
1863. This section, howover, is not intended
to inclode aDy officers or men captured
. ?t Vicktburff, JWji 4, J8?3, except eucli as
W~r wera declared exchanged by Exchange Notice
V Ke. 6, September 12, xlfRX, or are specifically
named in this notice. But it does embrace nil
deliveries made nt City Point or other place
before September J, lw68, and with the limitation
above named, all captures at PortlJud?
jg^l-v 0011 or "7 other place, where the parties were
released on parole. ? ,
II. The Staffs of Gfeperala. Pemberton, Stevenson,
Boweo, Mopre, Barton. S. D. Lee,
Cumminga, Harris and Bald win, and of Colonels
(Reynolds, Ctyckerell and DoclcorJ*. the officers
I ana men bslinmii? t? tii? ?>
rt*PP?r\*D<J Mineni, And tbe 4th ?nd-J8 MiaJ?1'P4'
Sfl|'P>a^U"aU 0aplured at VfeltfBorg,
' ? . III. 71>e .General officers oapturod nt,Vi?lc?-'
' A' declared exbhwiged
Jaljt 18,18?8. / T- :
^ < ttOefcRTQUMV. '
tV ^
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I RA^SI RAGS 11
| TnK IUr.TJIiST 15ASII I'RIOlS will be paid
| for CLEAN LINKS'. aNI> COTTON ll.VGS
i in an v quant ity.
i " II. W. LAW30N,
j March so, '03, 48. tf
I stayed"
From I ho Subscriber 2 email SJ,? one Itcd
i tlie oilier Red nnil White Spotted.
Howard will he paid lo any person pooh
ring the above cuttle for inc.
JOHN T. OWEN.
Abbeville, !*ov. 11, 18CS?2S tf
TilK STATE OK SOUTH CAROLINA.
Abbeville Dirtrict?In Equity.
WM. S. SMITH, vs. .1AM KS 1$. McORliADY,
nn<l otIk-is.
lilll for sale of Stave* ami T.dvI.
' I'mvuniil to orilt<r of Court, I will pell, r.i.
| public o?lory, at Abbeville ()._ M., on srtle.lay
j in Dtice'iiljeV next(7) ?.ho plunlntioii on which
i Win. S. Smith, rer-hlc* near Cofceslmry in two
{tracts. < >nc containing about 2.V) acres more
or Icfs ami the other about ISO acres more or
! ie>?, an<l lioninlccl by lawls of Or. Newton
| Sims, I'ully r.oumx, Robert V. Jones ant! others,
j Terms a creilit of 2, r.:i<l -i years, interest
to li- i'iii'1 annuallv. Purchasers to ?ice Bomls
\\ i11? I w o i??o<l sureties and morigaue to securo
the purchase money, pay eoits in cash and
! pnv for paperc.
WM. II. I'AKKKU, c. n. a. i?.
! Commissioner's Office, Nov. 11, l,Si>:}, 28. -It.
i Tml STATK OK SOUTH CARC>L1N A
'?In Kquity.
I II.UK It. Av-.. V* vs. MAUV ANNA AONKW
AND O IIIKUS.
It ill for I'arll.'i'ju.
I'ur I to order oi' ('mill, I will sell, r.t
I'n'.'i-: out? !y. in liln:vi!!e Court. II*. ^?'ii
j Sal'day ir. December next (7) the lieal I'-tate
i of Dr. Ivioeh Aigticw. licensed. (jt.oiit 1 miles
I from IDepot, on < it C. It. 1?.. and 6
j miles from Ookoshury, toutaiuing -11 Acres,
' more < r!c.-s, and hounded hv lauds oI'Mar-hall
: Slitrp, (liven Riley and others.
| On the Tract is a Conifoil-. . Dwelling
j House with Kijjht llooms and all n<e<-s-aiy
| Out HuiMinirs and fine Fruit '^rhaid?.?l?>-it
j liair tin Tract i.-for.rl land. '1 he location . <
I said to lie a (,'On I uiiu for a Physician,
f TI'K.V;!. ? A Credit, nf Twelve month* wi'li
, IIiliTfS' 11 < >111 ?1.?V <>I 4MIIC. I>> fl'f
i lli.'itil with i wo sairctio. juy in C i.Ji
' iia 1 pay tor papers, or C.i-!i if pr* IVri
\v>i ii. ?w: .-..p.
C'oiiiiiiiisiniicr's Oilier, |
Nov 11, ls$G? f 'J7 I U
*4",'" Co!uiril/n\ G't'u Unn insert, oner a ?%<<k
. for l/irtr tifcAx
I . - ,
i 'i IIK .STATE OF SOUTH < 'A UOL1XA.
L'.ville District--In F.-^nity.
X!arf-i.ut 1. vs. ASt'it A. l.vlli-'oe
j " r.:..l ..iliors.
HiKf'tr J'rrtlii'in f:c.
I'nrsnnnt In <>r<lt>r ?f ("otnt. I will sell, at
i jiuSlic outcry, at. * il < ('. II.. on salpilny
111 i ?i-i---inin;r i?< ,\' ( t ) HIv liivil ot Col.
i A. I villain- il.'c'il, iii AMifVilie Viiia^c, cunliiiuin^
lit iK'iVH ii.nr.- or l'.vs hr><1 heutxl.-il by
I:iih1? of INiato of A. M. AJinitli, W. .1
: Smith, siml 15. 11 ts^Io-.* On tin* lot. is u com!
f'oi laliN* (' ItMjfK 1/vv.r'iis it iiultitf with k'ix .
i rouiii* ii it-1 nilivr i:oc<*"'s:ii_v hiijiroveiinMiti* f ulli;
c!ci.l u r o.M.iih] for lir'*n'<>iiil.
Tcim* Cnilit of t \v*l vo fiioiitlif Iiitcrpfl Iroui
! onto r?:K'!i;l?ei to iriv?- loilnl Willi two jjnoc]
1 shivi i??i*. !?.?y > <> t i:i t - ?-li ami pay for tithes.
! (.'uiii:ni?.'iiiiioi''>1 HfiiiM', X?v 11. l?iio. -it
W. 11. l'AUKIIll, c. a. L.
! Guar (Van Weekly, fur I hrvis weeks.
: TliiC STA'i KOI- SOUTH CAllOIJXA.
Abbeville District?In Equity.
J A Mitt M. ISOl'JviNS mil Wll-'M vs. V,rM.
CK0W1 11KK n-.'I Wi!*:: u-.a olhors.
! JiiUfor I'arlilhi.i
r i:rst::ia' tn oi r of 1 will hi !1, n!
: joiMio otiU-ry. at. A J>!>< vii!?* 0. II , oo i-nh-duy in
I>f?-?.-iiil-?-r i. xi (7; 11.?- l.ial of John A.
Ijl.rlon o:. .ii>Ulis<K!:i ("i*i ?-i?rii :ii . ill /
| t>i}. m-i'ts !! .>! > or l<>?, nu<l h'iftn-1-il by limits
i of Jamc- I{..b.vt Tiu-L-r, Davit! C'aila,
hull. lUxl rs :
| 'Mia I'oin Tr.-i'l. *27:'. wsvs more or l<?ss.
i 'J in- 11:t.11i<iti Tract. '.W imrv? IMolv op li'M.
'i liar jilicitoi'tt Tvn?l, lOIJacl.vd Ill'IfC or lussa.
! Terms?Cairli. P'src-hascr ti? pay t'.u* papers.
WM lf.'PAKIvKii, c. b a. i?.
j C'oKiinieaicncr's OITioo, NuV. 11, 18t?S. 28 -it
; STATE ^OXTTH CAROLINA
Abbsville District?In Equity.
! WM. CUOWTHKR uad ANOTIIEIi vs. JOHN
CROWTHJ2R nnd others.
Bill fur Partition.
| Pincuant to order of Court I will poll, .\t
public outcry, nt Abbeville C*. II., osi sale<hiy in
I December next (7) I lie Heal E.-tale a.f James
' Cra?Wlll?*r cla'cM, OH Ja>]t:i"?!|'a rr?.-k, balllHcl. al
t by laiulf of (Jonriul WalufieKl, Michael Mc!
Ghee and otliPtnaM follow*:
I. The Obi l'hla-0, loll acres more or loss.
| 2. The Kiiight Dace, 152 acre* more or less.
| b. The llotne pluce, lul Cu-100 uores -more
or less.
i Tortus One lutlf cash, the balance on credit
i of one year with interest from d.?v of sale,
j Purchasers to irivo Bond* with two good
I sureties uhd pnv for prfpcis.
Wil. II. I'Al'.lfF.R C..K. A. i?.
Commissioner's Office, Nov. II, 1803. 28 4t
! cAis or wmft acres of
land.
By order of the Ordinary for Abbeville, 1
will sell l?3' public miction on sale9day in December
next. Seventy acres of Lritid more or
less being the Iteni Entato of Mrs.- Mary Mc|
Cartncy dee'd, ri touted in Alihcvillc District,
; adjoining hinds of \V. Joel Smith. some six or
j seven miles South of Abhevjile C. II.
Terms 12 ir.onths -credit, purchaser giving
! Bond to lite Ordinary and a ino'rttfnge of tfo
j premises if deemed uecessary, and pay the
i eonls in cash. - . ~ ?
ROBERT JONE*, S. A. D.
Nov. 12. 18C3, 29, 3t
~~ WAR TAX. "
2d.Collection District.
I will meet Ahe Tux Payers for the purposo
of making the Assessment upon Nent Cattle,
and Horses not used in Agriculture, at the following
times auil places, viz: ?
Cokesbury. November 18th and 19 ;
Greenwood, November 23d, 24th and 25 ;
Ninety-Six, November 2Cth and 27 ; m
Woodvilla, Novomber.23 ;
Callalnvmo, November'30;
Smitliville, December 2;
White ll,ilf, December 8;
AbbeyUie O. II.. Dumber 7 j
^....Kiiniiir, u?i!^nuier fllh ami 10;
Due West, Tjecernbur 11th nnd 12; ^
Persons failing to make returns before 16th
December ' must expect. to be Doublp Taxed.
Come fully prepared us 1 cannot Imve tJiAe to
make your calculations.
' WESLEY A."BLAClC,
^A??cii<or 2d Joleation l)istrict.
Nov. 16, 1868, 29, tf
PUBLIC NOTICE.
J hereby constitute JOHN T40OAIIT my
lawful Agent to transact nil bueincM for menu!
Surviving partner of flavis A CrrWif, anfi have'
placed xM?e Notes-and Accounts in hi*:hands
for collection. He is also authorized to mate
/settlement* for m*> jiiidmdu*l(jc, nud for the
firm,receive and receipt for. the same.
Thoft indebted Lfceiirm of Davis A;Cnrw?
will please make payment, and th?e having
claiajp will present them 1o-Mr. Trfggart for
ptjuwot. 4 T. B tllEWR. ,
.ovyi,. yt., |ZU, >\ 3m. - '
J. v '^r.
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\ FIRST RATE PLANTATION
KOIt SA-XjIS,
CONTAINING EIGHT IIUXhKEI) A XI)
j SIXTY Aciob of lnn<].'Hittinlu i'i Aljbi-vill I)i?- j
1 trift, S. C., on of Little lliver. Twelve i
j niik-rtwcstof AUIievjllo V?'!. A Firatllnlc
i Grnin ninl CoMon l'lu!!i :! ? Acrm of i
j Low I^iiuls, nnd 1'$0 Aerus i>t" tnst ?(iinllity of j
j Wood I.and?a l)\volling House nud nil iiccbj- i
; sary Out-IJuildings.?To a purchaser. applying i
! immediately^ lieforw the first of January next, ;
tunny importantHnd valuable inducement will*
; Ij<: offered,
| l-'or reference apply to Jolt n II Wilton, Esq., !
I at Ahhevillu (5. 1J., JatiiiM M. Mat-tin on the j
, premises, or the Undersigned at '1 uikaogu, Ala ,
; J J MARTIN.
Nov 26, 1S08 30 -11
WAR TAX ASSESSMENT
I Of all Kent Cattle, Hordes and Mules, not j
I used in Cultivation, and Asses, owned l>y each |
j person in the Savannah Recnnent, and of the '
gross pvot cods of the sales <>f nil Href Cattle,
since the U-Jtli April to the 1st November, of I
I the |ircs.>nt your. j
I will lie nl the following pluses at llic times j
1 specified below, viz:
Wni'viitmi, Moinl.ty. Nov. 10; i
Triblc's, Tuesday. Nov. 17 ;
Lovvn.lcsvillc, .Wednesday Thursday and j
Friday, x?v. lBill 10th and 2U; j
! Speed's, Saturday, Nov. '21 ;
Jiradh v'n, Motility, Nov. 23 ;
j Calhoun's Mill?, Tuesday u:id Wednesday,
Nov. 21th nnd 25:
Hordeanx, Thur?day, Nov 20;
| Tallin's, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 27th
and 28;
j Oolhran's Monday Nov. 80;
White Hall, Tuesday, l?oc. 1;
('edar Sp;iai^8. V. Inosdrty ?>? ". 2;
Abbcvillo G. U., Thursday I'Viday and
S..1 nrJny, ISid -Jlh and S;
I six i aycr? u iti p lease no puncltni 111 attendance
at the placea and limes mciitioni-d.
Ev!;i:y max {if he onhi has r,nc Milch cow) is
! required to report lo ine us aIiova. All who
ftil to report t!.?s number of Cuttle owned by
; tlieui, or in their cure, witliin tho tiino abovementioned,
1 will by romiitcd to enforce tlio
, penal'v.
A. TALMA DOE,
Assessor 1st Coll^eiion District.
Abbeville C. II., iN'ov. lStJIJ, i!7 tf
Sale of a House and Lot in the
Corporation of Abbeville Village, j
J'y order of 1 lie Ordinary for Abbeville; I
wlil sell liv public outcry at the Court House !
door, on tal<;:;J.s v in Deceuiher next, that House ]
nod lot of land containing One nud three
fourth acres more or le.-?s, being the Heal Edtilty i
of '.he late Dewit .Jotii'3 dte'd.
j' J'lirchr.ser to sjive bond, and a mortgage of |
j tin; premises to tlic Ordinary, if deemed neees- j
i niirv, to secure the payment of tlie purchaso
1 mviicv. ami pav the cost* in <>a-di.
' IvOUEUT JONES, S. A. ?.
Nov. 12, ISCn Ut
1 TIIK STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. j
Abbeville District?In Equity.
; STEPHEN W. WILLIS and WIFE, and others
{ vs. JAMES 1JANKS und WIFE, n'ftt'. others
Mil for J'artilloH. \
Pnrsiiant to ord<*r of Oonrt, I will sell, at J
j iiuLlie oiiu-ry. at A l?l v il j?; (.!. II., on -n If day ]
^ in l>eeendier next-(7) the ll?-al Es|at? of Tlioa. |
I II.iniKiii iluuM, lying <>n Kavam :ili and Little 1
[ River?, containing seven linndifl acrfi", more i
! or less, imd lioundrd l?3* lands of Wm. Harmon, i
! Frederick I'Mriiond'. J nn< a Hanks i'.nd others, j
j Teinsaa erolil of 1 und 2 years, interest :
| iroui ::?v v>I
i I i:icli:is.-r to jrive with two irood sun.?
' tk-i", pay c<>->ls in cipIi >m<l pay for paper*.
\ym. 1j. i'aukku, f. i: a. i>.
Ca'i:n:i#.'i<jiu'i-'.-i OiU n>, Nov: 11, is,*,:?, 'JS 4'. j
I * ??"" l'i?l'?niliiu 0 ituri'imi insert una a nctk J
ftf tnftc ucth'ts.
! SLAVS LABOR FOE THS COAST -'
DIVISION HO. 1.
i
"7 THE <?f tli<? I'onilp nn?1
? ? lli<* T"\vh auMioi itics of t lit-judicial ]>?.?- ,
? i-i'-t ~ of I'icK'ctH. ft n o;! vill", spastanbunr, An- |
t iU'I'shii, Kiiion York, (lih'aii'f, I.nnri-tis, Al.He- !
viilc uii'l Ncxvlierry ur?* req lir.v! forthwith Id [
: fUimr.oii a!i | -rsvu?in po*i>?rv r -f.^!avcs? !iiil>lu j
| lo ilmi'l <l:ily williintin* Ii ?!itrt ?.i" liu-iv jiutliovi- !
I.v, to tli;I!v<-r oneli of their o'ave* liable |
j lo sil<*h Ju'.y hI tho Depots nearest 1
i t!io (iWdcih' residence, on WKDXKSDAY, 16tl? !
December pro.v., in t:n?e for the doy/n morning !
t.rnius, for thirty day's luhor on the fortiiicn- j
lions.
II. Two Cninmi?Hioners of Reads and tlio '
Towu authorities i?foreanid vriil nl.-<o impress j
and deliver at. the Depots at the same time, j
oi<?-foUrth of all male free negroes between !
j the ages of sixteen and fifty, within the limits j
j of their authority, to 'be forwarded for the j
| same term of labor.
III. The aggregate of the culls made on thip j
! Division, including -the present cull, is four '
] months' lab'tr of one-fourth the llosilhands.? j
| in pursuance, there, of the term* of the Acts of I
: llio Legislature, the Commissioner* of' the :
i Roads and the Town authorities will only re- !
I quire of the several slaveholders such an ,
! amount of labor as will, when added (o that \
already furnished, make up such ownor'n quota j
j i. e., one fourth of their Road hands for foui
months.
j IV. riid inconsistency of calling for .hands
for thirty-dayx which are detained; aixty dai/x,
. .? v mutici i'uu iiiy uunirui. 1 ne aco re?
j quires me to cull for a teini of service of thirty
I dwv*, while ihe negroes enn only be dischiar- I
ge<3 by. order* of the Geiiernl Commanding.
V. Persons to whom it will be at. all con-,,
venient to contribute labor' in nilvnnoe under
this oall are Daroi'Stlv- rr quested to d(vm>; the
law asmires their, of full credit for it on future
call.*, which will '.come probably at a less opportune
season.
VI. Owners are advised to furnish .tlioir
slaves with r.ntiom to lust to Charleston.
VII. The Agents sent out to receive tho negroes,
are prohibited froin furnishing substitutes.
*
Wil. M. SI IA a X ON*
Agent Slate South Carolina.
Camden, S. G., Nov. 1*2, 2!>, 4t 1868.^
t Carolinian, Courier, and Mcrcury will pub''
j'lish once a wc?|i each in daily and trj. weekly
for four weeli*. ojhfer papers in tlio Division
onse'a week for same time.
~ . HEADQUARTERS, ,
CONSCRIPT DEPARTMENT,- '
J*- CoCL'.mdia, Novcnibef'21, 1803.
I General Ordeu,-No. 51. > 7^
! A revision is hereby ordered of nil Ceri.'
tfticates of Exemption from conscription
heretofore granted in this State- oK 'account of
plnjuieal di*al>ill/y, with- tlie vifchiefly, to h
complete registration of allyporsonV v>b4 are
physically unfit for military service, 'with the
cause* of such unfitness.
II.'Every person holding a "Surgeon^ Certificate
of Exemption" from conscription will
reportin their respective Districts to tlie Ex-otnining
Board, on such-daya .us idm be ^appointed
l>3- the Chief Surgeons of the flfeVcrai
Congressional Districts, of Which days publio
Dotico will be givfii..
III. Thosfe wlwo-fail Ift-rfnofl. mill h? ??.!?.
..... ~-'tr -;" V?
??o.r recognize J ns exempt, an^l lbeir certificates
be no longer of foico. v . ,*t..
IV.- E11r9lling.PAic.MB, wJien a'dvised of.thV
days appointed for 1K0 rtvjslon ia tb^ir-5 respective
DijstricU, -w5? ?#o ?ll p*9per tpesns to
exUtpi-the notice, and pr<xluro the prompt
att?ir.dnnde. of nil persons robjeAk to the order.
By ordter of M&jir MectoW, Comd't of Con^bripts.
'-i. % R. SJEtAJfD,. v
Lieutenant and Assistant Enrolling Officer.
HoTVa8,-m3,#o. at
jM^Carolinioii, M*rcuryt And Courier copy
^Ts^DBUt tri veeklv : -till ?th*r fi?3S?ili
jiu^iwjoe:-x . - ryw-/p rrth?
Bprtny Se^seit, nl
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OGVEBIJOii'S MESSAGE.
Ex KCUTIVR ?1) K r A UT\f R XT.
v -Qcluintiiii, November 23, I.SU3.
Gentlemtn of the Senate and House of_
Representatives:
Since your last niuiuri! meeting, '?he
cpiy has obtained possession of Port Hudson,
Yiisksburg, Ohattanoogi and '.Iorris'
Island, not, however, without paying dearly
for liis possessions; and a second time
have our troops evaluated Pennsylvania
and Maryland, though r.ot defeated.
There, is in this no cause for despondency.
H<? iff this day relative.)* weaker than he
was beforo those ovepts, his armies being
widely senarated and further from t.hi?ir
bases of supplies, wii 1st the Confederacy is
rehhVIv s;iol!ovr, our armies pusses>ing
li t; f-fiiitii- for more rapid concentration
oj, inter:; . ;::11, :.n 1 being _nearer their
liases of supplies. Tlio great li.it.lle of
Chickatnauga, in which some of Carolina's
noble t sous have fdleti, lias illustrated I lie
jtiuth ot* this proposition. l}?*yond tlie
points obtained, he has made no real progress
towards the accomplishment of his
purpose?t'.ie subjugation of tlio South.
Our harvests havo Iweu lountiful, our
country healthy, ami our people have Win
rendered, if possible, moie united and r< !
Ktr I !?/? iMinilnlicm #\f *?? fiUi?
sie-po of Charleston, now f;ir advanced into
its filth mouth, conducted with a power
and range of metal and <le8i.rnctivono.os of
prc.joctih'S, hhberto unknown in warfare,
and a malignity that respects neither sex,
n;ru or condition, has shown lo cir onointos |
that they will probably never pl?ce their
unhallowed feet upon the soil of that bravo
old city j but, if they do, it will lie only
when thoy have reduced it to a heap ot
ruins, fcjusntor, held w.ih a gallantry and
a tenacity which will immortalize its noble
defenders, is r.ow in luins, but is yet a giant
in its powers ol resistance. To the West of
tin: Mississippi our troops have gained important.
advantages. I :i Tenner-see the enemy's
forcca are besieged in Chatta.'.ooga
ami driven from Knnxville, and I lie army
of the l\>tomne stands nadyto give him
another Fredericksburg reception. Jt behooves
us, however, not to relax our eflorls.
Untiring energy and perseverance aie e~s- j
sential to success. A bitter and wily foe j
; watches our very movement, piepared to I
take every advantage. Our people have '
counted the co?t, and have delei mined up
j on independence or annihilation ; it is ours \
J to leave nothing undone to secure the ob- I
! j'Tt ol this revolution. Never ?'?3 the re- j
i mat k more applicable, that- the price of
] liberty is eternal vigilance. The Statu
! Legislatures have no unimportant, pari to ]
plav in this great draim. They can oi<l
[ the Confederate Government b}' assisting '
I in clothing the troops, in repelling the raids <
| of our enenre?, and in fb< ding tlse families
j of our soldiers in arms. T> all mearures
! which you in yc.ur wisdom may adopt,
looking to the successful issue of this great
sliuggle, you may, gentlemen, rely upon
my hearty co operation.
The s-npjf'yhig ol slave labor for coast
defences has proved perplex" ng. O.ir energetic
State Ai*ent, w!->o.,e ripoit is liere..
:,I. Ill - '
v* iLi wiui.~uinn.-u, ii?;? uosio an hi ms power
to e:'.f,8rec your acts on 1 Ins subjw.t. I Jut
the system has not furnished ail tl>e labor I
wLicit lli'j p-es i.ig e:norgi'itcie.i :.t ( Italics- ,
t< ii tc*(| ired. The Confederate <iene;\'d 1
foit the ticc(S: ity of impressing, hi Septa.: J
bur last, additional labor to secure tlie I
safety ol* the city. This action, 1 did not,!
under iii? ciiciiniMuiU'C?, lissitato to ?p~ I
prove. It wo id J secin that no system j
itnni :i!^ penalties, is !il;e'y lo secure |
equality and success. Tlio patriotic said j
tluir .-.laves; oth-rs will pay, if llio fi:io is ;
uot too hoavy, ( r take tlio chances of es-'i
chiic I'ir?^t??*l* ili? court.*. M.ioli complaint
is made <>f t!;e n.itmianagetuent ami treat
mc-nt of the mgrocs; of tlicir detention i;-t |
vicdntion of the contract and tin* law, and j
that so iohiij' "itiz'*ris furnish no labur at j
all. The first complaint, I am sorry to !
believe, there is foundation for; but the j
remedy for the r-vil i6 difficult rind must)
nec*fi*aiily rest with liie Confederate an-|
mviiiicn. X lie SBW'Il I, I Ili?yO OCeilglVCMI
to uniVrsKn'I. arises from (he inability of
?h< S: : :r.:;tif.r lies lo replace the labor
;?i tli*: ' ?!'! li;f month. .'ri,? third, is the
rvsuU. of a 1 .d'Cal defect in the sj'stem
itself. If labor is still to be furnished, and
I have no intimation that it w ill not be
needed, (-10 long a a tho eoa*t is invaded,
and there is need of it, it ought to be furnished,)
the'plan which will secure the
greatest equality, in my judgment, i3 lo
authorise the Governor or Stale Agent, or
tho Confederate General commanding the
department, if it ia preferred, to impress
through the Commissioners of R?ad8y.fcr
two months' sci vice, tho equal proppHvOii
of every slaveholder owning more thru! ono
road hand. My acquaintance for some
venrs past with iho organization r.f
Hoauls, loads mo to baiieve thai lliny
would fairly nnd impartially discharge th*e
duty and furnish tlio labor promptly. An
extension of the time of service is recommended
to lessen tho expenses of transportation.
nnd because every change require#
a new organization, which takes, I jeath,'
the better part of the firsfweek. Beside?,
it is not the time the hands' are kept, of
^idi planters''complain, if they aro ad-"
vis^d of i|.; it.is their detention,-contrary fc>
the understanding and their previous ar- I
rangeraents. Owillfr
to Mia ilianfrtmii
_ n ...4v>g'iiii<i>iuuu U< UlCOlcllU
YnilitSa, by tho enforcement of the Conscript
J?ctB of Congres* up to tho age of forty-five,
it will require much time to n'-orjjarfze it
so as to make it at all effective. Upon
!$his subject1 nak your attention to ihe
report of ihe?AHjutarit anil Inspector Gonnral,
^In i bo present'' oiiditfon of things,.
6 pornmaejit force, taken by.?V?hini$erjpg
or by draft, proportionally" from each military
division of the State,.would bo .nioijli
inorq effective. Tho miiitia, for protection'
against raids, cannot be brought so prgjiipt'ly
ftjto the field; would nokbQ.eo effective,
and suddenly calied out by regiuiont^
woii'd take the entiie agriouhura}^ whit?^
labor of thepartic^lar regiments frorn l?Vim?
p^rhapa\%l ljartreatj perbppsnt sectf-tim?.
On ttiiajuiij^t^'I bd^ leftve to etijlKnly ati
extract from tb# recent reewtige. of the patriotic'
Etfeqajhrouof Georgia; .
Speaking ofliii two regiments of ?tate*'
troops, (berr protecting I lie rjea^ ofG?n?ral,
Bragged army miii^e he baa-b^en nefcrjOjw^ j
tanooga, and their impbrtanrein
war, be. ai?y? :("Had ^bd State ' * not been
able to protect ttwfiAhe WW^tjjniliu.
bave^en?palftfof JjUHown Mitff l&^d<j;tUfP;
^my, wbich ^puldTifi^e"^akeneil ,tti? foice^
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j ;?s emergencies must trequonlly arise which. |
tn.'tko ii lndispt tisul'ly necessary that llto ;
j "State have at her command a torco s (lfi j
i cient to suppress slnva iii^urrcctions, rope I t
i mcureions ?>f tho enemy or meet oilier slid
j don exigencies, 1 notice that the .(I'O^eriinr
I of Sou lit ('aiolitt;i Ins lately cotTvene.7 the
Ijog'islature, jiu<) lecoiumoiided lite oreaTti- 1
j /. ition of. a biiuilur force in that gallant |
i State.'' "*
I The eo~t of such a ho ly of troops may j
| be ol.j eteil t->. If two regijnenta are too
j much, lot one be ra:soJ, to he put in the j
I fie'd \\ )iou itPtsJoJ, and wholly or partinlly
j furloughrd when not needed. This ia no ,
j time to count tho cost of maintaining a :
| small loreo (o protect the Stuto ngainst I
i rait Is, our women and children from insult, !
I our hea:t!i-sto?es from des?4rotion. Willi !
! but two companies of mounted troop-, (the '
' Combahee Ranger; were d<sbnndod in July j
I l.i*!,) I was enabled with one (Rogers*
j company) t<? guar 1 in pari tl?o Kistern ;
j const o! the State, nnd with t!io other
; (IJoykin's) materially to n>si.-t t!;e Coiifudo- t
rate (joverusucnt in nrio.-lini; dos.'rter^, j
[ which delicate duty Iris I'oen most f-nti^- j
' faetorily.[ivrfuruicd. 1 have ?!- > Ixj.-n en- |
' a Mull recently, at tlie rofjiifist of tlovfiinr !
: Vance, to send one company (Capt. Roy- |
! kin's) into North Carolina, where' it lia^ '
i lendcrej most eflicit til service-?, as will be I
I seen by r< leiencu to the report of the Cap- i
! tain an.I General's Vance's order returning V
\ them to their own Stall1, copies of which art;*
| herewith transmitted. 1 :-t command < n j
i jji'.ged and reputed a force larger than his ;
! own ; Capt. )k?yk n having two men wou'i J
| de.', oik- probably mortally.
1 herewith transmit a cony of tho able '
j awl sali factory report,.of Mayor Nierfisee,
j State Mutineer,tijion the obstruction of the
Sant<e and a battery at Tabor's P>/ir.t., St.
j Matthew's 1'arish, Orangeburg District, io!
pettier with a letter from CJ ju. lJeauregtird
I in relation thrrelo.
| * Accompanying thi> message is a reporti
of tho Conimissarv (ron?i;i' ?.l>nu.;r.r? ?1 >r? (
! progress made in suppressing undue disld- !
' liition i:i the State, and explainiug tiic j
: inability of the JS'-;?to to furnish, aa yet, i
| wl:!<k?y tor medicinal purposes. Your law j
prohibiting '?n?Juc distillation ha-s contri-> j
bu'.cd largely I nvaidj keeping down the j
! price of bread-sufl>, pai\iv:'laily Indian:
corn. It' lho Confederate Gvverftrpciil j
would receive its litho and postpone im? j
I prc&nnonts for the present, (holders will not 1
i destroy the supplies, or can the)* conceal |
th<j;n,) I belisve lho br^ad-atutFs in the J
country are amply sufficient for the people j
and the army.
Thf: question of c n flict between the j
State and Confederate Exemption Acta has 1
! been submitted to the courts, and I am j
just informed that the decision of the Cir j
; cuit Court i-=, "iliat neither the Ordinance !
nrir I ho A tl a nrv nf if /?rml .?m .
I exemption from any bcrvice besides militia
I service in the State, aid so tic-itlier is in j
| conflict wjl.!i the conscription laws." As I
said in my my message of September last, i
I think it is our true policy to amend our
exemption laws, so as to make them conform
as nearly ns practicable to those of
[ the Confederate Government. This may
i he done without yielding the ripht of the
I Ru'e to exempt such portiou o( her pop.sliition
as she nt .y choose, and when .she
may choose, fur police and other purposes.
:i'li;e Confederate Government will put
1 into ihe fhdd tlie most of the able-bodied
men bet .vecn eighteen and fort}' five, now
occupied as Quartermasters mid Coinn.issarhs,
Purchasing Agents, Enrolling OIRcers
and Impressing Agent?, ami in other simi
lar positions, lln* great mans of whose pla- j
ccs can be as well in many, r.ml in some i
instances butler, by disabled soldiers, j
an?l tlu: State tjovenruents will conform i
theirs lo tins Confe'Jer.ite Exemption Acts, I,
the Confederate Government can command I
a force that will drivo beyond our borders j
all the armies the Abolition Government j
( an congregate lor the further prosecution
of this unholy war. Your attention is invited
to I ho v;cu'3 ..f ti e Adjutant and In- !
sjeclor-General upon this and other sub-I
j'-cts referred lo, in his report accompanying; i
,i.:?
114 19 |IIVOt"tl^U* ' I
I al.-o ask your HtU-iUii.n lo the following'
exemption clause in our own law : "The
ollicers and as many employees of each
railroad company as tho President 01 Superintendent
may certify to be necessary
to the efficient conduct of Us bu.-iuec.j;
Provided, That it is also certified that tho
duty of said employees cannot he disc'tar:*
ed by slave*.'" 1 do not k'.iow that the^w
officers hav9,3b'u6cJ tbU trust. Such power
should not bo loOged with any one who
is not directly connected with the adminration
of the Government. The final
decision should bo left with tho Executive
_or the Adjutant-Oeneral.
The permission of substitutions is suited |
to a war in which a small proportion of i
the anna-bearing population is requirStt-'for
the field?not to a'war which may sooner
jpr later require every man,- without refer*ence
to age, to.shoulder his musket ; and
especially is it unsuited to a conscription,
system a liioh .purports to take all able-bo
died men between given Hges. You have j
wisely declared those having substitutes in |
-Confft(l<?PAlo nnrvii-n kIIII liiiKlo ?/-. Oi?i? - ?
y'icp. The time, 1 suggest, has arrive J
when all laws, whether S ateocConfederate
allowing substitution, should be repealed.
They operate"in favor of a.class than whom
none liavo n deeper intereatrtn ibe success
of the cause. *
The State owes no higher obligation
growing out of ihii w:.r than to protect
every soldier's family against want; aud
lo pfiiH't ihic if io llm Ili.in ?!-- T ?!-i_
-- - : - iw ?uw -uuvj ui ti'C Ut'glSiillure
to increase the appreciation llo be
distributed by the Suldjertf Boards of
Relief to any ampunt 3?qu??gu nnd if neo I
.ecsary tb raia& tho taxes for 'thnt^urpose.
And t^eso Taxes'should, nt this" fiihe, be i
levied upon inoomQs, ^ . * i
OUhe.fnnd;a|)proprmt^d. f^the rnilhary- *
defence of th$,3thCe, leps than one-^lralf ha*. "
been expended. I^e (.ix-iino .tb<* State
troops having gone h?tp*i^drjf^9erafq. ecr- I
vice,.nnd. the . t' *'g?nciwJt%>"i,.'h -t bragffen- J
log, hot having required Jbe, calling out <JT '
tb^niilitia, the expeh#u>rei?^h*yQ beep, far J
Ibss than wa* anticipate. ^b^e iiirected '
the AV$t6>;'toro?iairi *eatimfit$s ironfall ?
the ?<&pfrct'tnenw for :&? next j^ar3 which ?
I 'WiU-e^n.d in as soon as ooifipj.ei&& tJpon' 1
Jbiaj tb^iiartefmaster Geiftitfa Depart- f
nfenf; %n<f otheVWbjecia {#tortfd ' upon^J ?
call'V^ur attention to'thfrToil; kttd *&ati&fae-. .1
Cory report of iti Sl<ite;,J$fu$Uor. ThS"; j
arrfi'oq? dutij^ of, tfcfn V c^or hnvB.j.Won - J
faithfully arid 4bfy pifelffor^M;'f
/.ihjuk, a -fn'iBtaken viow, fan oh of ft
ar^jaw.Mjgeo eipenaed f or^hfct'" I t
pP^ae.H *
iaier ftf ftfe ;im? i| ifdia^eimble, but 1m j,?
l?JjOf?Rro too great for ?no'pci^o^ 'Cftie |
ttej-rfaot, and for.% short period two, liovc c
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fe. wsr-; . . > ?-">
boon foun.l n(iccc?niy for t!io accomplish?
ment'-f tlio work. I. recommend liratftB
;i<5M=t>Vnt be appointed, with a compe'teif
B.-.ln y.
To ?h? reports of tiie Auditor and the
CotiitiiUsnrv General, 1 rcf<?r you for information
as it? >vbat I.as been done in procuring
and dists woqI oth) cotton card*
an'J l!ie procurement of card making machines.
It i* much to i'C regretlpfl - th.-it
tho?e nrtioles c?uld not have been corner
procured. *1>at I h*"e no rensorf to doubt
thnt the agents sppoit.led io procu.'" them
uccoinplisbcd nil that was practica'de.
I<caruiay; from General Jniuos J oner, Quar termaster
General, to \v*Tjose superintendence
I have committed the card-making
machines, that our machinist cr.o manage
ten with ease, I ordered 0110 to bo mndo
here, (not yet completed,) and have pur?
t-iuimm unto omers, :i>>icj irom anoft* ,
six of which have just arrived.' The number
of wot?l and cotton cards iccoived will
relieve much the wants of soldiers' families
jitnl other needy families; and- the card?
making machine.-*, I trust, will' enable ino
boibie a great while lo materially roducg
tiiu p'ieo. Tlio mode of distributing them,
accordi/itr lo representation, is n<jt- under
exii-ting eireunistances, just. It would
be far more fo to distribute them according
to tlio actual wnnU of all the dis?
trictf, to be determined by the present population.
I I transmit herewith* copies of communications
from some eminently practical
citizens, upon the subject of Governmentships
for procuring such machinery ami
supplies as the State may need for her own
u.-u <>': mm oi tier sotmers 111 uontedera'.o,
scrvii-o. Tlio Confederato Government
cannot, at nil times, so promptly as lli'cy
may wi -li. furnish ouch things as the army
r.wiy need; and by adopting ono or botli
of the schemes suggested, tlilj State will be
in a condition to procure for herself or furnisli
to the troops such articles at much ks-?
co-it than n w.
The Confederate Government has cxpro??e<l
a willingness to take off tho hands*
of the State the saltpetre plantation and
her interest in the'cad mine nt cost an4
charge.*, but not the Stato works. I did
not deem it advisable lo transfer the leas^
important and expensive part of the public
work-:?retaining tl>c other.". The working
of the lead trrtse I recommend (o bo
abandoned, as it cannot, according to the
rope*: t of i-)r. LsCjftc, herewith eotnmun'.e.ited,
ho made profitable. The 8,illpctre
p!a:it;tli m, it ia believed, can be made td .
piy well, nnd is a very interesting cxperiment.
The advantages of the State Woika
do r ot appear to be,. 60 far, cominenpu'at:
with the expenditures. It is believed, however,
that they will in future be profitable,
if the expeuses ?>f procuring coal and coke,
fflid trau-porting iron, do not prevent it.
It is a grave question for your consideration,
in the present stHte of the country,
whether it would not l>o better nqjw to
i liu ijju the locality of the woiks, placing
them at Columbia, on the canal, or near
the iron mine?, at somo place where th_*
machinery may be run by wntfer.' And
here I recommend to your consideration
tiie question of how far it may no.t be cje-r
s'r.ililo for the State to do something fo-*
wards establishing ihoig direct coramuDi*
cation with the Deep Itiver coal roineB. If
these diHicultics could be overcome, the information
I have receded on r rccent visit
to the works, fiom the intelligent superior
Undent and the heads of the different de?
partmcnts, Pali.-ties mo they will be proftta
bio. 11 is a matter of great importance to'
the State to have it in future in her own
power t) manufacture the implements of
war which she may need.
In accordance with your resolution, I
contracted for the manufacture ot 1,000
"Morse's carbines. A part of them have
been completed, p.nd I regard them the
best cavalry weapon-in use. The compensation
to Col. Mort-e has not been determined
upon,-and I recommend this matter
to your consideration as something .mora
than the mere viluo of the article manu~
.a % # t ,
laciurea n may bo thought proper to.^1?
low. '
Five of George's revolving cannon h'aVq
bcon constructed, undef your resolution,
and iysp.ottd and approved by the ordnance
6fliccr of the State, whose report,
lOgcther with reports furnished by GeTie'raf
Hampton and Captain Thomas, as to the
utility of the arm, ye herewith Communicated.
Tho remaining two will be completed
by Capt. George at an early dhjp.
In order to have them fully tested, I sent
one to Gen. Beauregard, and another I:
delivered to Gen. Hampton; to be carried- .
to Virginia, where it can bo tested in the
field, lie proposed to leplace it with an*
other, which ho has ordered to be constructed.^
Two others I hav'O, within tlie
Inst few days', sent to Gen. Beaureg?rd,-fit'
his request, he thinking them.useful ,at
Charleston. The fifth is at thfe Aisefla',
for the inspection of the military com- ;
miitees. Ijrefef you, for further information
on these subjects, to tli& report Of tlig
ordnance officer, herewith communicator.
! attend, in July last, the annual examination
cf the deaf and dumb, at the GeaaP
Spr ngd Asylum, t committed thi3 institution
to the foBlerir.g care of tbo State. No
one who has not attended the examinations ?
o;in form anv ndn'nutA MtimntS nf ?1ia Vi?r?.
pirqss imparled to the unfortunate* pupffs
tiiu school by jh^ir education. " . , '
The Citadel ^ihTA fsenal Academies are
in a flourishing oootfUipn; and al tnla jancturo,
are-tho mostsuitfjbjQ inptjtyitiona for
traiping the youth* of pur Staje. .,-1 dom-^ m
raciid wcm'earnestjjr.lp jrtjur* MM and en-'
couragemcnt,'. Vv " - * ^
I'transmit copies pf a l^g^grgiaation.
from Hun. James 'A. S qd d oire .of
War, acknovyfiS^jijing tne rt$difcpj?Swur
rfaqlytioiv of September, in ^
nont officials in the exec ijtfftTfrpajiraemt,
recentlypubJi*hcd, m a?
'* In oomp.<innce with tbe
<oop9, f'y.r the" p.urpose of
iropa and sowing graiOj and alia
ilretarv of Wnr an,i ?h? J^Ar Jl!? i