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. * frlili I!! jiii J'uot i IT owner, on ascertaining the complaint to b Well founded, to cause eucb persons to b immediately removed Iherefroih, and i case of the return of any such perso without lawful permission, tho party si offending may bo subjected to such fiu< and corporal punishment as the Magistral' or District J udgo may nee proper to im pose. LXXVIIF. During the term of service the house occupied by any servant is Hi master's; and, on tho expiration of the ten) of service, or tlio discharge of a servant ho shall no longer remain on the premise of the master; and it shall be the duly o tlio Judge o( the District Court, or a Mag istr.ite, on complaint of any* person inter csted and due proof made, to cause hucI servant to oe immediately leinoveu noil such premises. LXXIXr Leases of ahouseor land tos 'person of color shall bo in writing. If the" be no wntten leas*', or ibe term of leas shall liave expired, a person of color ii possession shall lie a tenant at will, am shall not ! ? entitled to notice; and on coin plaint by any person interested (o th< Judge of the District Com!, or a Magi* Irate, such person* of color shall be iustautly ejected by order or warrant, unle.-i be produce a written lease authorising hit .possession, or prove ttiat sucu wilting ex iste<l and wns lost. LXXX. In c.vcry case the costs of cvic tiou may te exacted, by order or process from the pertou evicted. l'ACl'EUS. LXXX I. W lion :i person of color shnl 1)u tmalile to earn Itis support, and is likely to become a charge to the public, the father and grand-fa!hers, toolbar and grandmothers, child and grand child, brother and sister o! su>-h person, shall, each according to his ability, contribute monthly, foY the support < ! such pcior relation, 'suelt sum as the Uistrict Judge, or one of the Magistrates, npou complaint to him, shall deein necessary and proper, and on failure to pav such sum, the fame shall collected by summary order or process. LXXII. In each Judicial District, except the Judicial District ol Charleston, iu Which there shall be one Board for the Election District of Charleston, ar.<l one for the Kleclion District ?l lieikeley, there shall i)e established a Hoard, to be Known es the "Board of Relief of Indigent i'ersons of Color," which hIuiII consist ol' a Chairman and not less than three, nor more than seven other Members, all of whom shall be Magistrate-- of the District, and be selected by the District Judge. LXXX'III. This Board shall meet at the Court House on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in February and August in every vear, and at other times and places. fixed by il3 own appointment or the summons of its Chairman, and it may, at its pleasure, appoint sub-Boards, to be com post d of sueh of its own members and other Magistrates of the District as it may Belect. LXXXIV. By the Board the Dibtrict shall, as sooo os practicable, be divided into precincts, within each of which some Magistrate shall reside. The Board is re quired to keep exact, minutes of all its proceedings, ond in these shall appear the boundaries of r-ach precinct, as from time to time they may be arranged. LXXXV. A District Court fund shall be established in each District, to be cum,.r 1 ~r |7?.v? IW. lilt UI coutracls between master and servant, and of instruments of apprenticeship, and for licenses granted l?v the Di*tiict Judge, all fines, penalties and forfeitures collected under order or process frotn tlio District Conrt or a Magistrate of the District, fees for appeal from the District J udge, wages of convicts, and taxes collected under the order ol the Hoard of Relief of Iudigcnt Persons of Color. LXXXVI. If the District Court fund, afterpayment of the sums which it is charged, on account of the salary of the Judge of the DinUict Court, .Superintendent of Convicts, Jurors, and other expenses of the Court, acd'of convict?, shall he insufficient to support indigent persous of color, who may be proper charges on the public, the Board aforesaid shall have power to impose for that purpose, whenever it inav bu i? quired, ii tax of one dollar on each male person of color between the ages of eighteen and fi'tv y<ar<, and fitry cents on each unmarried lemale person of color between^ the ages of eighteen and forty,five; to bo collected in eaHi prorilict by a Magistrate j thereof: Provided, That tbe said iinposi lion of a tax shall be approved in writing by the Judge of the District Court, and | ?bat bis approval shall appear in the jour- I unls ot that Court. LXXXV1I. For collection of a lax imposed by the Board afoiesaid, every Mag- I istrat-e of a precinct shall give ten duv'a public notice, within hi* precinct, of the classes of persons liable totlic tar, the sum which i3 required from every person of each class, and of the day wheji payment shall he made. Every person liable to pay who fails to pay on the day appointed, aha'.l become liable to pay a double lax, if he shall uot makt; to the Magistrate a satisfactory excuse; and against him the Magistrate may issue process in the nature of Jieri facias, special attachment, and other process most likely to exact payment; any or -all of which shall be executed by a constable or the Sheriff.' LXXXV111. It shall be the duly of ev ery person who :s occupant of a houso or premises, within sernn nfn*r # " ",vvi MW'W WV Teport, in writing and ou onth =to a Magistrate of the precinct in which such bpuse or premises are, tlie names, sexes, agesaud occupations of all person* of color in the said bouse, or on the said premises, w\w ar*onnble to earn a fivelibood for themselves and resp<j$tive families, -with 'the cause'of-disability as to each one, and also in reipfeet to each .one of such persons the name,- place of abode, and ability, so far as may be known, of every relation^who is, aceordiniV i.Iia l--?^1 o w ^.vdoivuo uuitiuueiure contained-, bound to contribute to the support ofsuch person. For every failure, -without good excuse, to make report, as i herein required, an occupant of house or ^premises as aforesaid, shall be liable to-A fine>not exceeding twenty dollars, nor lew than five dollars; to be paid immediately \ or if it should.not be paid, substitution ol otber punishment to uk^ place, a?iut?tb?i caacs of fines not y? id.- - ? e LXXXIX. It shall be the duty of every e magistrate to make diligent inquiry into a tbo condition and wants of the colored a poor within bis precinct; to give public 0 notice when reports from occupants as 3 aforesaid aro required ; to require such rep ports within a month before each regular i- meeting of the Board of Relief of Indigent Persons of Color, and whensoever t, else the said Board may dirccl; t6 cxuniihe u such repot ts when made to him ; from 11 them and other information, to ascertain , the correctness of the facts, therein stated; s to enforce, us far as. possible, tho obligations 1 of persons hound, as before provided, to - contribute to tlio support of poor relations, and to make reports to the lioard aforesaid i as hereinafter directed, and to the District i Court as is required l>y the "Act to establish District Courts." i XC. Evety Magistrate shall, besides the 0 quarterly reports which ho is required to ( make to the District Court, make, on the ti Monday next preceding the first Monday 1 of February and August, every year, a semi-annual report to the Chairman of the j Hoard afoivsaid; which report shall clearly . exhibit, fur the time since his last preceding - seini ahuual report, all his receipts, all his ; pa> moots, all his commissions, tho condi> lion of the colored population within his - precinct, tho name, sex, age, occupation and particular disability of every porson of - color in that population who requires as? , distance from the public; the sum which, in his opinion, is necessary for such person, and llicGum required for his whole preI cinct. Jn the receipts tho distinction shall _ | be observed between collections and mon eys cmiu:u over 10 the Magistrate hy some oilier officer, the paiiiculars and sum of I euoh being shown. The collections shall Ijo classified according to the sources from | which lliey proceeded, or for instance aids | from contracts, aids from instruments of I apprenticeship, fines, taxes. Under taxes j shall appear the name and box of (lie person from whom each item was collected. The sums paid for the support of poor relations, nnd by, and for whom, shall be set forth. In the expenditures distinctions shall be observed between actual disbursements and. sums turned over to oilier officers; and the different purposes of disbursements he arranged under suitable heads. lSverv expenditure must be accompanied by a a proper vouchor unless il should appear that it was impracticable to obtain one. Vor anv failure lo nwl-a ? n-nm-f ? ltm-am j ? --4'- "" vu,v,u required, a Magistrate shall be liable to indictment shall pay a fine not exceeding Gfty dollars, uor less than twenty dollars. XCI. The Chairman of the Board aforesaid, besides ihu quarterly repoits which, by the ' Act to establish District Courts," he is required to inake to the District Court, 1 shall, at jnoh regular silling of the said Hoard, and whensoever "else he may bo required by the said Board, or by the District Judge, make to the Board, in respect to his own acts ?3 Magistrate of a precinct, such a report as is required from another Magistrate ; lay before the Board the reports made to him by other Magistrates; and also make a full and particular report, io which shall be condensed the information obtained from tho semi-annual reports of the Magistrate?, so as io show the condition and wants of tho whole District and of each precinct; which report shall also exhibit the receipts and expenditures for the whole District since tho report last preceding, arranged under proper heads, so as to show the sums received Irom each eource. and by what Magistrate, the sums disbursed fur each purpose, and by what Magistrate, ihe sums, turned over from oneoflicrr to ano her, commissions, expenses and contributions il>r-poor relations. Each report shall particularly specify all delinquencies of Magistrates during i!s period, aud the nanus of delinquents. For any failure to make report as here required, the Chairman shall be liable to iudictment, and, upcAi conviction, thall pay a fino not exceeding one hundred dollar*, nor less than twenty dollars. X<Jir. The Board of Rfilief nf Trulirrnnt. ? ? "" {5"*"" Persons of Color shall determine the sum necessary for the support of each indigent person of color, who shall be deemed a proper charge on the public, the sum required by each precinct, the sum which shall be paid to each Magistrate to be dis ( bursed by-him, when reports from occupants as aforesaid- shall be required, and when a tax shall be imposed.' It bhall di rect the Magistrates respectively in the performance of tbe duties required of them in reference to paupers and the District Court lund, and it shall report to the District Court all delinquencies nnd delinquents. XOII. The balance of the District Court fund which, as provided by the "Act to establish District Courts," shall, under the order of the District Judge be paid to the Chairman aforesaid, shall, under the order of the Board afoicsaid, be distributed to the Magistrates of precincts, and be by them disbursed for-tho rofief of indigent persons of color,-and other uses of the Board, as may be directed. The minutes of the Board shall sho"v the sum assigned to each Magistrate, and the receipt of the Magistrate for every sum paid to - him shall be taken by the chairmau of the Board, and euau accompany me next report ot tue chairman to the Board as well as be exbibiU'd in support of tho chairman's .quarterly report to the District Court in wuioh snch payment is set <5own. XCIV. On .satisfactory information to .tbe District Judge, or a Magistrate, that a. person of-color has removed from another District, and is likely to become a charge .to the District into which be has removed, tbe District Judge, or the Magistrate, shall procoed against such a person as a vagrant, and, on conviction, he ebaU b? pun* isUed as such: Provided, however, i fbat persons of color who were removed by their former masters from other. Districts, within tho^dast five vcars. shall be allowed twelve to return to tbo Districts from which they were.removed; and those who have been separated from their families or relatives shall be allowed to Teturn to them within twelvemonths. VAGRANCY AND IDLENESS. XCV. These are public-grievances, and , must be punished as crimes. i XCV1. All persons who have .not tome I fixed and knovfn placer of abode, and some f lawful nnd reputable employment those r who have' not some visible and known moans of .ft fair, honest, and reputable live* J v hi -Hp . * '* ' ' " III , I liliood; all common prostitutes; tho?o who aro found wandering from place to placo, vending, bartering or puddling any articles or commodities, without n liceuso from tho District Judge, or other propor authoiities; all common gamblers; persoos who lead idle or disorderly lives, or koep or frequent disorderly or disreputable houses or places; those who, not having sufficient means of support, aro able to work and do not work; those who (whether or not they own lands, or are lessee or mechanics,) do not provide a reasonable and proper maintenance, for themselves and families; those who are engaged in representing publicly or privately, for fee or reward, without license, any tragedy, interlude, comedy, farce, play, or other similar entertainment, exhibition of .1.. i- ' tiie uncu?, tsiuigiii'Oi-iiuiid, wax work or tlio like; those who for private gain, without license, give any concert or musicial entertainment of anj description ; fortunetellers; sturdy beggars; common drunkards; those who hunt game of any description, or fish on tlio land of others, or frequent the premise.?, contrary to the will of tlio occupants; shall he deemed vagrants, and be liable to the punishment hereinafter provided. XGVII. Upon information, or oath, of another, or upon his own knowledgo, the District Judge or a Magistrate, shall issue a warrant for the arrest of any poison of color known, or believed, to be a vagrant, within the meaning of this Act. The Mac istrate may proceed to try, with tlio assistance of five freeholder?, or call into his aid another Magistrate, and tlio two may proceed to try, with the assistance of three free holders, as is provided by the Act of 1787, concerning vagrants; or the Magistrate niny .commit the accused to bo tried before the District Court. On conviction, the defendant shall be liable to imprisonment, and to bard lab&r, one or both, as shall be fixed by the verdict, not exceeding twelvo months. XCVIII. Tlio defendant, if serrtcnccd to hard labor, after conviction may, by or: der of the District Judgo or Magistrate, before whom be was convicted, be hired for s-uch wages ob can be obtained for his services, to auy owner or lessee of a farm, for the term of hard labor to which he was sentenced, or be hired for the samo labor on tho streets, public roads or public buildings. The person receiving such vagrant shall have all the rights and remedies for enforcing pood conduct and diligenco at labor that herein provided in tho case of inastSr and servant. XC1X. These provisions concerning vagrancy Bliall not be construed to repeal any other Act or Afcts, in whole or part consistent herewith. The Abbeville Press, .AJobeville, S. O. W. A. LEE. EDITOR. Friday# January 19, 1866. _ HT We arc authorized to auuuuncu WIJ>I.IAM HILL a candidate for re-election for Ordinary .of Abbeville District, at the next election. Wc arc authorized to announce DAVID CRAWFORD, a candidate' for Tax Collector at the ensuing flection. Wo authorized to annoiin^p Mi* Il/lU'P H. WAIIDLAW, a candidate for the office of Ordinary of AJMm'Vi11? District, at the ensuing election, to he held on the 2d Monday in Jauuury next. Ekitobs Pkkss.?Please announce MILTON T. HUTCHISON an a candidate for Sheriff'at the next election. . Mant Friends. 63T The general Board of Commissioners of Iloads, on Monday last assessed the road and bridge tax at 2,00.0. CSr We dircct attention to ths following J new advertisements in thi? issue : The Mills House?Joseph Furcell. Picture Gallery?McNeill & Morene. , Mape'u Nitrogenized Phosphate of Lime?II, W. Kinsman. Settlement of the "Ratnl* of R?mn?l Tiim?? Dec'd.?Joliii S. Turner, Adm'r. House to Rent in Greenwood?S. P. Boozer. ^Erskine CoLLECtO-We direct the attention of our readers to rue communication of Professor Uemphill in another column, It will be seen that Erstcine College is still in'operation, and appeals to the public for a continuance of pant patronage. The merits of the iustitution are so well known, that we deem an extended notice unnecessary. Together with its many other strong claims upon public favor, at this lime eopecailly it present* a paramount consid eration to those whose means are limited, on the score of economy. We do not know of any. institution where the elements of a thorough and substantial education can be so cheaply acquired as at Erskiue College. May it receive the patronage, it so well merits. THE HILLS HOUSE. By reference to the card in another column, it will be seen that this well-known house liaB been reopened under the efficient management of its former popular proprietor, Mr. Josefu PuncELty- aided by a corps of polite and gentlemanly assistants. The Hotel has been thoroughly repaired and refurnished, and in the completeness of its arrangements and various attractions is second to dooc in the South. ; 11, <I,A I,/,,,,. 5. " ' >" ? ?" uicipioiuj; friend, Mr. T. P. Slides, former editor of the Newberry Hiting Sun, Messrs. Geo. B. Wblm, t the former book-keeper, C. B. BunNjrjyj, B. C. i Wkbb nod T. Stedlino, whose names furnish a ' guarantee that no attention will be wanting to 1 seenre the comfort of the gnests. i ^ < Board fob tub Affbotal ov Contracts.? Messrs. Maltbew McDonald and A. L. McCat- ] Ian ?!t!u>nii h?* hnnri annoidtfld hv Limit. J. I M. Hall, Provost Marshal at this place, members j of a Board to co-operate with Lieut. Hall in , the approval of contrasts between employers i and the freedmen. r ' A fee of fifty cents, to be paid by the employer, | is required for each freedman included in the | contract up to and including the number ten, , aud twenty-five cents for euch freedman above i the number tea; iucluded in the aame contract. ! Contracts will be made out in triplicate, instead of ia duplicate, as heretofore. ' OSe copy to be kept by tLe Pievoet Marshal, one by the employer and one by tfce-tireedman. The Board, will ait in Lieut. Ball's offloa from 10-a. m.', to 8 p. n), every day, except Sua days, until #11 contract* oro.approveil i * '' * THE TEST OATH Whilst there is a universal fueling at tlio South to acquiesce in-the results of tlio war, and to accept the situation as it is. a large party exists at, the North who aro peeking to perpetuate the fratricidal strife, and to continue llic'contest under tlie forms of legislation. ; Ar?hnuinft u-ii(rpil ? four vears' war. avow ",*x" "w'",b ?e> w edly for the preservation of the Union, they would discard the fruits of their dear-liought victories, and perpetuate all the dissensions and animosities which embittered fhocontcst. The life of the party is agitation?restless and un ceasing; and now tliut tLbc war is ended in the field, they would transfer the contest to the hulls of Congress. They are the real disunionists, since they arc the constant opposers of that peocc and harmony which the Union was designed to promote, and which aro eesculia! to its preservation. In pursuance of their policy, wc find this party, at an early stage of the present session of Congress, moving and carrying a resolution that the oaths of office required by the Acts of 1802, and adopted at a period of the greatest civil strife, should still continue in force?the design being to interfere with the reconstruction policy of the President, and to disfranchise all Southern sympathizers in the late war be,Wfl"n I In* BAdtwina In furl l)f?rnn?<? <?f views, ft resolution was alto adopted asking information of the Secretary of tlic Treasury in relation to persons in ihe employ of that Department who had not taken (lie oith of ofliee. The Secretary, in hi* reply, ndinits thnt persons had been appointed, and were still holding ottice under the Hevenne Lnwr, who hud not taken the prescribed oath?, but urged various reasons in justification t>( the appointments: that it wiu> of great importance tliut Revenue . officers should be appointed in the Southern States; that it was equally important thut citizens, and net strangers, should receive tlic appointments ; that men ol competent eliarncter nnd intelligence at the South had u'.l participated in the war, and were hence unable to take the oath; that it wua uot supposed to be the design of Congress to impose upon the South the humiliation, or upou the Revenue system the odium, of employing Northern men .to col. lcct Federal taxes at the South ; that without a modification of the oath, the Revenue could not bo collcctcd in many Districts of tho South ; alid hence suggests the necessity* of immediate legislation by Congress to provide a remedy for the evil. The Secretary veil describes the oath as an act of gratuitous humiliation to the South, since it disfrunchics her best citizens, and makes nugatory the results of the general amnesty which has been proclaimed by the Executive. It3 effect is to embitter the feelings of a brave people, aud to keep alive the memory of a struggle >vLich cannot he too soon forgotten. Originally enacted for the purpose of prevent injr persons hostile to the Government from holding office tinder llial.Govfirnnient, the occasion for its continuance has passed away. The effect of its enforcement is to proscribe from the public service the groat mass of Southern men?men who will prove as true and loyal | as any in its jurisdiction. In the meantime, inconceivable daJiiage mid inconvenience result to the public interest from the \vaut of competent nud c-fticicnt ofticura. THE BA2IGALS AND THE BE-CONSTBUCTiON POLICY. Somo interesting admissions a* to (lie terms on wliioli the radicals arc willing to re admiL the South ore given in the recent messages of Governor Cony, of Maine, and Governor Andrew, of Miissachusett.-i, and a late Speech of General Schcnck, of Ohio. T!io latter in the course of his speech at Columbus, Ohio, on the '2d iust., aeserted that Congress and the ]'ic?ident intended to stand by each other in demanding from ti'ie South, the Constitutional amendment abolishing slavery, a provision against tho payineft of the rebel war debt, and a constitutional amendment basing represent ation on the voting population. The terms of the radical Governor* ore nlmcst identically the same, and both express th?ir purpose to support the President in h:s plan Of re-construction, but they interpret th is Dolicy according Irt llwiir rtvin/iinloe n a mm m % ? # / /?! n 9 ( ! Vll O m) political equality to the Line*:. The avowed policy of the radical party id to abolish nil civil md political discriminations which ni*e founded solely upon race, and they would mate it appear that in carrying out this policy t.bey are in unison with the administration. fcjuch is the tpirit of the resolutions of the late ltepui'ilican Convention, of New Hampshire, endorsing the Presidents policy, and such is the claim wh:ich senator Wilson makes in behalf of the party in and out of Congress Soj'a the Governor of Maine: "The restoration of the relations of the re- J rolled stales to the Union upon any other baii? than that of limiting the exercise of politisal rights to the nctually loyal population, or which shall fail to secure the recognition of ,he colored race as freemen having equal rights md obligations with the whites, or oniiu* to provide for their moral and intellectual culure, so indispensable to the citizen of the free 8 state, cannot be contemplated oxcept With the \ srofoundeet alarm. The objection, to investing f he colored man with the elective franchise, grow- t ng out of their ignorance, in o\ie having great rorce, but annlicuble alike to the tc/tile man ofi 8 he same intellectual condition. To obviate tins t .here may bo a necessity for postponing their full investiture with this right .until they, in g sonimon will) other ignorant persona, shall he Sited by education or its exercise. The slim- '? jlus this would impart tofthe educational effort a )f both raccs wouldUjc of incalculable benefit. j( [q the menntime, asft measure of security to the nation, th# constitution of the Union should l>e bo amended as to limit the right of national ^ repi Mentation to the legal number of votct in ' ach Slate, and to define who nhatt be electors [, n the States of President and Vice President . ind Representatives to the Congrcis of the 8 rtr,il?rl ti Substantially the 6 a mo is the position of Got- 0 Brnor Andrew: I ''The United States ought to require the peo- * pie of those States late in rebellion to reform " their constitutions by first, guaranteeing to the p people of color, now hi the wards of the nation, t! Lheir civil rights as men and women on an equality with the white population, by amendments irrepealable in terms; second, regulating Lhe elective franchise according to certain laws ii of universal application, and not by rales mere- v ly arbitrary, capricious and personal; third, . annulling the ordinance of sececsiou ; fourth, aieamrmiug the isbel debt; and tiftb, to ratify < the anti slavery amondmeut of the United t States constitution by their Legislatures, and he would have all these questions, save the fifth (tba disposition ot whiah is regelated by ? tha federal constitution) put to the vote of the r. people themselves/' } Suoh ia tbe policy of the party. But wa of i tba Boatb are accustomed to viaw tha Proal* ? deut's plau of restoration, as making no aacb c stipulations, tilts conditions of re-adtnissioa. wi In lilt) correspondence with Southern tiovor- bu nors, he has clearly intimated the lerrus of res- on toration?he hus remitted the st-vcral Exeeu- ill lives to the exercise of their constitutional func- th tionR?and by a recognition of the action of the Southern Stales in ratifying the constitutional he amendment, lias announced them a3 restored to rii their former relation?. The President has con- th veyed no intimation thai he hus any oilier sh terms to exact from the South. fr< DISTRICT OFFICERS. Appointments of District Ollicers for Abbe- 10 ville District, made at llic rcccnl session of the Wl Legislature. Man.wjfks OK Kl.KCTIO.Vrt. ^ (f rectiwood.?C. A. Cobb, vice J. F. II. Daris. ** Cedar itjirini/*.?Jan. Marliu, vice William Brooks. Wurrcuton.?Talbcrt Clicathnin, vice. Hobcrt Wilson ; D. II. l'onny, vicc Win. Brooks, S.' Loekerbl^c, vice W. O. I'urslcy. "r Jlue H'r*/.?Jas. Y. Sillon, vicc Win. Clinkscales ; John li?-lI, vicc Jno. T. Miller. Abbeville ('. II.?10. West field, vicc James A. MeCord; Jan. ]>. Chalmers, vice.1 no. A. Ilunter. j JJord'.nux.?Jolin Hnmmit, vice J. L. 15oucliil- . lot:; E. II. I'erryman, vice 15. B. Cibcrt; J. !S* Bouehillon, vicc l*. S?. Guillt-bcau. ul UoiiaJdnuJI/c.?It Seawiiifht, vicc J. K. Seaii1 wright; A. M. Dodaon, vicc ltobt. Browulee, W. C. linrmore. vice 15. K. Mosely. in Woodeille.?Irwin Hutchison, vicc W. C* Hunter. . Cv/.-csbur>f.?15.'/.. Hern Jon, vice G. A. Hodges; w Wm. Caldwell, vice 11. V. Jones. p olm l'tittcruoii, vicc A. L. McCas- ^ inn. Triltlc'.i.?\V. "NViekliflfe, vice M. Mngee ; W. L. 1'rincc, vicc J. Jiowcn ; 11. ! '. Bell, vice It Stuck}-. t, Union.-? Iiugl. llobin?on, vicc B. Callaliani; J. W. Brooks, vice J. M. Cnrwilc; James Cliukscale?, rice S. W. Callahani. The precinct known 03 Callaham's, i? discoti. j( tirmed ntid instead thereof a precinct is cstab- t lislied to be known its "Union." Arincti/-Six.?T. C. Grifiin, vicc J. Watt Lip- v acoinb : J. F. Cnson, vicc S. A. Crawford. o Commissioners OK U0.M13. Uj>]icr Savannah Hoard.?James T. Gnflin, vkc W. H. Brooks; Lewis Clinkscales, vicc Bobt. Stuckey. (Tinier Saluda Hoard.?C. .Ellis, vice William Clinkseales; Jn?>. U. Kllis, >'i.c J no. Crawford. >{ T.ou-rr Siifinnuf' Uonr<l.?1). J. Wurdlaw,vicc ^ M. O. McCaslan M AtitSTRATtS. ? llobt. Ii. Howie, Win, A. Giles. Franklin Mil- fi Icr, I'. I). Kleugli, N. M. ilcCant?, L. J. Johnson, ? Samuel L. Jones, Wiu. A Loniax, James A. ,j McCord. v Couonok.t?Ivlward We?Ifield. FORM OF CONTRACT WITH FREEDMEN. Wo published last week a form of contract which had been ad<>|>lod by tho cili/.ens ??f l)ar- a lingion and tho adjacent District?, and u a t! subject of general interest, and for the purpose ? of securing as much uniformity an possible in (] mo comracw auopted, we cxlracl. from the | t, Jlannrr a form of contract which lias Ixyen propared -for -iiis own use by a gentlemen of judg- j K ineiht aiul cxpetiiiice i:i the management of | u negroes. It will be fotiml to be very explicit in t; its provisions, and t<? form a very useful bonis ^ for forming contracts, which employers may ,,| modify at pleasure to meet the necessities of t;( each case. It lias been approved by Liqut.' j, Hai.l, the Provoal Marshal: tt S'i'ATK OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ) Abbeville Ditlricl. $ to Agreement between employer, cl and Charles a freed man, act- te ing for himself, his wife and seven children, to A., M. andC., workers, and D., P.,J. and K., non-woikers. la! The said frecdman Agrees to hire himself, a |0i full hand, and his three children?A , a ll'ree(juarler hand, M., a half hand, and C-, a quarter un hand?to the said cmyloyer, on his plantation, for the year 1800, such duties and services to be l ' performed ns arc required by the regulations 011 said {limitation, hereunto attached, and made a La part of this contract. The employer agrees to accept the services of the said freedmen, and ,ba promises to pay therefor tho following wuges: For Charles, dollars, and his rations; bo for A., dollars, aud her rations; for M., nn dollars, and her rations, and for C., wl dollars, and his rations ; and to furnieh the Enid sai frecdman a patch of acres of land, for the ce growing of a crop for himself and family. The th employer, on his pari, to do und perform the'du- bo ties required of him by said regulations. su AVitnesa, the signatures of the emyloyer and ih frecdman, (his 1'uy of 1SCG. In presence of) ' ra Regulations prescribing the services and dutioi |o be performed, and directing the government of the freedmemon made by the proprietor. Time for Labor. 1. The work time shall bo from sun rise until j( lun sel, for ths days of the week, except Sunday. v.ith a suitable interval in the middle of the day ^ or rest and dinner, varying from one hour in he winter and spring, to three hours in mid- ^ umnier, at the discretion of the employers, or heir rngent. . 11. For feeding stock, and other necessary | unday work, a detail shall be made from the ^ iborcra, >'n turn, by the employer, or agent; gjv nd those .appointed to this duty shall perform ; as promp-Mv and regularly as their work on iher days. .Night work shall be performed at >UoW0: tb 3. When not done in day time, the slock shall p6 e watered aud fed. Corn for milling shall be belled, and in ,oreper season, tho fodder 'may be ed up, stackcd or scoured, under the direction , f ihe employer, without extra compensation, thi f any emergency should arise requiring night r?l rork, to protect th-o crop or guard and advance io interest of the employer, such work shall-be jj#| enormea, oom pens anon uierelor to bo made in ?e< be same length of time some other day. . for Performance of Labor. 1. A signal shall be given for going to work ~a( i the morning, and after the ioterval at uocfb, Btr rhieh shall be promptly answered; any laborer ma ailing to repair' to work within firo minutes afr- *',e er the signal, without an excuse aatiefactory t> the employer may be fined. 3 The work t^be performed ahall consist ia milding and repaying honsea on the plantation; (taking raiU> building aigl repariog fence; dear' va f ng and draining lands, and preparing for plaot- Pr< ng, cultivating, gathering and housing the crop, ^8 ?nd prepacSf g it for market;. feeding ?nd taking ^ea are of tke^Aoek, and any otherirork connected Oqi th the planting interest; and other lawful sines?', cither ou or off the place, which tho lployor may soe proper to direct. Tho work ull cases, to bo according to tho capacity of o lalorer. o. Tho laborers tfhall perform the daily task retoforo performed on said plantation. Duig woik hoars where tanks canuot be assigned, e laborers shall bo diligently' employed, and ull not loso time unnecessarily. All lost time >111 sickness shall be charged pro rata to the l>orerd. For every doys labor lost by absence, fusiiI or neglect to perform the daily task or ink. tho laborer not being sick, shall forfeit ty cents. If absent yoluutarily, and without uve, a fir.c of two dollars may bo imposed. If jscnt more than one day without leave, to bo nblo to dismission (rotn tho plantation, and forliture of two weeks wages, Deportment. 1. Tho Freedmen shall he respectful in \Vo*d id conduct, at nil times to the employees, tir agents nn<l familieo, and shall promptly iey all Jawful orders by tliem givcu. Shall induct themselves orderly anil soberly; ahull eep themselves clenn and their houses and Is in good condition, subject at all times to the ispection of the employers. '2. The Frecdtnen shall keep no dogs or stock' any hind, '? lire arms or deadly weapons,, o urdent spirit9, nor invite or entertain visitors, i>r leave the premised without the express perlission of the employer. Tliq, bend of each Inmily shull be lield responlilc for the good conduct of each member of it, n? ell the workers as the non-worker*, and will be rotected in his or her right to enforce good orer anu compliance with duty, by such puniah lent as he or nlie may choose to inflict. 4. The Freedmen Khali not sell, barter or trado ny agricultural products whatever, without lie written content of the employer. 5. The Frcedtnen b!iiiI1 take jjood cure of all tonsils, tools and implements committed to tlieir hurgc, and hIiuII pay for the same if lost, in? nred or destroyed ; they shall be kind and genie to all work animals under ?' -ir charge, anil hall pay for any injury wlii ,.iey may suitain ,-hilc in tlieir hand*, through their carelewncw r neglect Fine* and Puni?kme>it. 1. Any Freedinen detected in theft, or taking liat which does not belong to him or her, as th? ase may be, or taking any fiuitor growing crop, lithout leave first obtained, shall forfoil his or icr fituution, two wcekw wages and be liable lo o forthwith discharged. 2. All violations of these regulations or neglect f duty by the Freedinen may ho punched by ino, (when the amount is not herein specified,) ot exceeding ono dollar for each offence or by ismirtsion from the plantation ot the discretion if the employer. In ease of ditnninsion, llieoflen-.1 ?? .1 ? VI ni.il. UC IC|..MtU III IVU?V WIHII11 llll'IL' Jlirjhls and Duties of lite Jiinployer. 1. 'The employer shall l>o at liberty to appoint " foreman cu the plantation, wlio shall direct le work, and whose orders sliall be respected ml obeyed by tho freed men. It shall be bin uty to report ull absences, or neglect, or refusal t work. 2. The emploi'er shall treat the freedmen witb indue** and ju?tice.; shall furnish each family ith quurtcrs on tlic ]>luutatioi), with such por >ii of land for their seperate crop as may bejrcpi'l upon, and sliall grant them the privilege f getting firewood from some part of tbe plantaou to be indicated l>y the employer, and shall ay to them, at the time due, the wages agreed i he paid. a. The employer may make advances in money I !. v..?^.w i...v .?vtuoivM w ji.uvuio viic? iir(vreiitry clliing, provisions, medicines and medical atmlaiicc, and to supply their wauls, the same bt! deducted out of their wages. The employers shall furnish rations to all the l.o re is employed. Tho rations shall be as fulsvs: To a full hand, 10 pound* bacon aud 1 bushel sal per mouth. To a tliree-quartcrshand, Upounds bacon and bushel meal per month. To a ouo-hulf or one-quarter baud, 8 pounds con and 3 pecks meal per month. Other provisions may bo substituted for tho con, a fair equivalent being rendered for it. The employers, or their agent, shall keep ft ok, in which shall be entered all advances ide. and fines and forfeitures for any cattsc, lich book shall be received in evidence in the me manner as merchants' booka'&re now re ivea in courts of justice; und they shall have e right to deduct from llie wages of each larer all his or hor lines and advances made, bjcct to the revision and decision of the auoriliea having jurisdiction of the same. No compensation other than that mentioned these regulations, and expressly agreed to bo iid in tlio c&utvnct, will be allowed. Fop tub Press. r ERSKINE COLLEGE. Mr. Editor:?Rev. E. L. Patton, President of skino'College (with the consent of the FaoLy) has taken a private school for th? pres? t year, aud from that fact tome haVe inferred at tho exercises of the College have been speuded. Not so however; a few students e in attendance, and the exercise* ere conmed and eonduoted by Rev. James P. Press , D. D., Prof. J. F. Lee and the writer. The sources of the Institution were so crippled by, e war that we arc unable to advertise ^x^cd'ely. The papers of the State friendly, to tb?a ccees ot her inatuions will confer a faror by ying to their reader? tbat "Erakine Co)l?g?" re constructing nnd Lope* irt .entertain*! at in a year or two she will be herself ftgtib. itronago is eoliciled. . . :: ;j; W. & BEMPI1ILI* * ' ~ + ' - V t Tub Radicals aud tub Fomidknt.?Some of 9 leading Radical Congrearmen have already .timed. Amorcr tie welMraditad on. r?t* in. y it one that the Radical* areprepari&gsonaf, 10 of compromise to prevent a split in tkeio rty on Uie question of reconstruction. They m to feel that Uw* President's position *HF ce a wide issue upon then unless they yfetd* certain points.- Some of the Radical* ar? orine the admission of the Tennessee dele-ion, believing that it would be satisfactory, tao far as they can leaVn ibe^ President* uu CavtSpfclOD ID IDSir UM, DUl QNIKt admission of ?U properly qualified 8ottthi representatives elect. ; - > < . .?-r?' vj ..i>< : iVllAT Tins p?KBTD*RT . tuivks OT rc-cov? , uction,?Hon. Biftm MeCulIoeh. ealled 6a aident Johaaon a day or two eiace, and bad . ree and ffank oonvereation with. hjn*. Th? . nident ?xpreesed hit fall confidence .'in be* ! .able to reitpre the eniirt nnfoti olk<h? ' tea to the aatisfaetion of all national andV. enable men without any. <fcjfth?? UuAilijh3 of the South. ' *