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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
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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.
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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 . * '* ' '
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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
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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.
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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
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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. ' *