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ABBBBBSaiEBESSBSiSSBKBSSSSaBSS Cfir tttnfcrn <Confri?rrutf J. T. HERSHMXnTEditor, FRIDAY, TOTEMSE 3 1863. The Ladles Benevolent Society. We are requested to say that the Ladies' Benevolent Society will meet hereafter, until further notice, on tho Wednesday of every other week?the first meeting to take place at the Temperance Hall, on next Wednesday, the 18th instant* at 12 o'clock, m. Robbery. On the evening of Thursday, the 6th inst., between five and seven o'clock, the office of Dr. T. Reenstjkrna was entered and a small carpet bag extracted, containing a considerable amount of money, in gold, silver and paper currency. It also contained his foreign papers, with several other valuables. A Colt repeater was taken at the same time. Dr. Reenstjerna offers a reward of $500 for the recovery of the amount taken, or $25 for the papers alone. He requests that the citizens of Camden and vicinity would make inquiry amongst their servants, to ascertain if any such documents had been found, knowing that they would be of no service to any one except himself, and that the thief might have thrown them away. They are written in the French and Sweedish languages. Such inquiry he would gratefully appreciate. No Tax on Sorghum. The Assessors of Kershaw District have informed us that the molasses made of sorghum is not subject to the Tax in Kind. The words "molasses made of cane, refer exclusively to the genuine West India cane. Beast Butler has written a letter to the Yankee Secretary of War, asking that Jeff. Thompson be released on his parole. Maximilian. It may be safely assumed that the Archduke Maximilian, of Austria, will soon be seated up on the Imperial throne of Mexico. Maximilian is a member of the Loraine branch of the proud, imperial house of Hapsburg. This is the ablest dynasty in Europe; nnd its claim of "divine right" io dominion is as firmly established as that of ^ny family that ever ruled over nations. It has wielded the sceptre over -different nations of Europe for more than six hundred years. It has witnessed the overthrow and extinction of many strong dynasties. Various and powerful efforts have been made for the destruction of the house of Hapsburg; but it has survived every shock.? Its line of succession k vet unbroken; its prestige is yet potent, and even controlling, in the haughty family of the kings. The fall name of the Archduke is Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph. He is the eldest brother of Francis Joseph, tho reigning Emperor of Austria, and was born July 6, 1832. When his brother ascended the Austrian throne in 1848, he, in his quality of Archduke, became Governor General of the kingdom of Lombardy and Venice. He received a regular military and naval education?has had some experience as commander in the field., and is .Vice Admiral of the Austrian Imperial Navy. In 1857, he married Marie Charlotte, youngest daughter of Lepold, King of Belgium. Spkctaclk in Washington.?A Washington correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce writes: The present war is waged for freedom, as the radical papers and orators of the day are always telling us. I would not doubt anything they say for the world, but a sight that I witnessed September 25th, from tho City Hall, had a tendency to shake my confidence in the aforesaid proposition. I saw a company of black soldiers strutting about the side walk smoking, looking impudent, swearing about the "copper-heads," and talking lovingly about "Stanton;" while on the othcrside of the street a dozen white conscripts with gyves upon their wrists were being marched to the tented field under a strong guard of bayonets. Now, if the people of this country, the solid yeomanry everywhere, enjoy this kind of spectacle, no reasonable spectator ought to object. But to my mind it is not funny. What one of the white warriors remarked in passing I will not repeat, because it was both wicked and disloyal, j V t 5SB3BSSKSShSSSS55SSSSS5SS?35SSSS [fob the cammut OONrEBttUTS.] Impresameuis. Tbc power of impressment can only bo exercised-by the Confederate Government by implication, under the clause of the Constitution which provides, that 44 private property shall uot be taken for public use without just compensation/* When exercised, it should be done with all possible guards against abuse; and such guards, it will be seen, are provided in the Impressment Act. To this end, the act declares, it shall be resorted to only in cases of "absolute necessity," and when the property needed "cannot otherwiso be obtained/' The impressing officer is required to notify the party whose property it is proposed to impress, iq writing, accompanied with an offer to purchase, stating the price offered and the mode of pay mcnt, and that if the price is not accepted, he will proceed to ascertain the value of the property under the 2d section of the Impressment Act; that is, he will appoint an appraiser and the property holder another, who, disagreeing, shall appoint an umpire, to ascertain aud determine upon a price that shall, in the words of the Constitution and the Impressment Act, be "just compensation," die. This is the rule, when the owner of the property holds it for his own use and not for speculation, which tact shall be declaicd on oath before the Impressng Officer. In case of speculators the rule is not so liberal?I might say?not so just, or constitutional. The very worthy gentleman who lately visited Camden to impress horses, did not proceed according to the terms of the law, or its spirit* nor of his instructions. lie omitted to state to parties whose horses he impressed, (or said in his written notices he " had impressed,'') that if they refused the prices ottered, it was "his duty" to have the property appraised, die.? Even the most intelligent parties jhcre were not aware that they had any alternative but to submit to the prices offered, however inadequate positively, or relatively, to prices offered other parties; or however arbitrary the dis criminations in taking % one person's property and passing by another. The Impressment Law is cautiously drawn, and manifests throughout the purpose to secure to owners of property " just compensation"? that is the actual value of the property in fair and open market. But says a party who lias no horses liable to be impressed, then the Government will get no horses,ox such prices will break it. However embarrassing to the Government?fatal to the Treasury such prices may prove?yet no reason can be given why the owner of a horse should not be paid five, or ten specie prices for his property as well as the owners of corn and wheat, and bacon, and beef, and cloth, and leather, and cveything in fact the Government needs, are paid Tor their property. Nothing is more certain than that the Government will fail financially, if it continues long to pay the prices for property, now prevailing and daily rising. But such prices can and must bopromatly reduced., by reducing the currency to the normal, healthy amount, by. untieing the gordian knot, or, cutting it by some decisive stroke?involv- ing no gross violation of laith, or,at all events, no injury, or loss, to any holder r>f ftio ciirronntr T A \K" v? VM? t VUVJ f 1 ? -?? Inauguration of Gov. Brown. Milledgevjlle, Nov. 9.?Joseph R. Brown, Governor elect of the State of Georgia; for a fourth term, was inaugurated at twelve o'clock to-day. President Davis and Gen. Pemberton. ?The last number of the Brandon Republican says: During President Davis' visit to Brandon wc had the pleasure of meeting him at the residence of our fellow townsman, General Patrick Henry, and in a conversation with Major Maxey concerning the fall of Vicksburg, we heard him say : "My confidence in General Pemberton has not abated in the least?"he is One of the most gallant and skillful generals in the service." Vicksburg was not surrendered because of the want of provisions and ammunition, but because the men were exhausted." - ?. The bushwhacking in East Tennessee is still on the increase?brother bushwhacks brother. The Union men shoot a loyal citizen every chance they get, and a member of Morgan's disbanded men, or stragglers, in their turn, bushwhack the Unioniste. Neither party show much mercy. ' % * * * " . ? War Tal Office. 1 Columbia, S. C.., Nov. 6, 1803. J. B. DuBosf, Esq-, Assessor: Sir: Yours of the 2d instant baa been re* 1 ceived. With regard to the assessment of the < Tax in Kind, you must use your best judgment * as to the most appropriate time to assess cotton 1 crops in your District, and you aro quite cor- * rect as to the best mode of proceeding. < In taxing horses, lay the tax on every thing that is not used in agriculture. All carriages > buggy and saddle horses are assessed and tax- 1 cd ; they are not used in agriculture. Nor is an overseers horse exempt. The Act contemplates only such as are actually usucd in tilling ^ the soil. Mules, oxen, wagon and cart horses, and those used in the plough, ?fcc., and none others, are exempt. You cannot inspect and value every horse. You must, therefore, arrive at a fair average of this class of property. Horses includes all marcs and colts. Those ( possessing peculiar value?such as a race horse j or blood horse?insist be assessed according to ( their intrinsic value. So, too, with the tax on ^ neat cattle. This includes all cows, yearlings ( and calves; all milch cows included of course. The Act makes no exception. The value of all beeves sold prior to the 1st of November, from the passing of the Act, (24th of April, 1863.^ shall he taken neenrrlimr tn tlm nmco f/ ? ? b ~w *"v b,voa i proceeds of such salos?making such deduction as the Act specifics; and such sales shall be added to income. With regard to potatoes and all other crops, the act lays a tithe upon all as well as golhered. If an estimate can be formed of the ingatheicd crop, the tithe to tho Government can be collected from that which is gathered. I have received so many letters on this subject' that 1 shall cause tliis to be published, and send it to all the Assessors as the cmbodymcnt of inv instructions. Very respectfully, JOS. DANIEL POPE, State Collector. Giuerlllus Agulu at Work In Kentucky. The Louisville Democrat announces that a force of guerillas are again at work in that State. They number from 200 to 700, and are commanded by tho "notorious" iiichardson. It says: They entered the town of Columbia, Adair county, on Tuesday night, robbed the stores of their contents and stole all the good horses in their neighborhood, when they left in the direction of Greensburg, Green county. They also robbed the stores here, and carried off all the good horses in the neighborhood. They robbed the bank at this place of $1G,000 in Kentucky money, and $9000 in greenbacks; after committing all manner of depredations they left, moving in the direction of Bardstown. At a late hour Thursday night, they reached Bardstown and entered the place without opposition, as no Federal troops were stationed there. Here they burned (as our informant states) the depot, together with a locomotive, five or six cars and some ten thousand bushels of wheat, besides a large quantity of produce and provisions. Here, as elsewhere, they entered the stores and robbctl them of everything of value that they contained. They cut the telegraph wires, but did no damage to the train. Early yesterday morning they left Bardstown, but in what direction they moved, we have not been informed. It is the general belief that they moved off towards Lebanon branch of the Nashville road. The Tiger Still Alive in Richmond.? The Lynchburg Republican has the following paragraph about the tiger in Richmond, which was popularly supposed to havo died under the threat of that cruel cowskin : A gentleman just from Richmond informs us of a late dodge practiced l>y the gamblers there. With great caution and in secret be was admitted to an apparently deserted house, and, after climbing various flights of steps, be was usbered into a room filled with fpersons playing against the " tiger." The dealer sat behind a table with a wire mask over his face which completely prevented recognition by his most intimate friends. At bis back was a flgbt of steps which would enable him to make bis 1 escape by the back way should the police force Wake an entry in front. A fine supper and liquors wero in abundance. All laws against gaming can and will be evaded as long as bet- 1 tcrs can be found. < . . . I rho Siege?One HNndred and Twenty-third Da jr. The enemy's bombardment grows more and nore languid in spirit. Gregg fired on Tucslay at intervals of half an hour, and the inoniors assaulted the fort for a space of two hours, browing, perhaps, about twenty-five or thirty ihells. We are unable, however, to give tolay an accurate report of the number of shots. Our batteries continued to direct their fire igainst Gregg, and, it is believed, not without effect.?Mercury of Wednesday. From the West. Lynch burg, Nov. 10.?The special correspondence of the Virginian give some particu lars of the late fight twenty-six miles west of Lcwisburg. 5000 Yankees, under General Averill, who came from Beverly, attacked Jackson. The latter fell back to the point named, where he was joined by Colonel Ech[>ls, and a severe fight ensued. Our loss .was heavy. Among the killed are Major Daily, commanding the 22d Virginia?his body is in 1 the hands of the Yankees?Captain Reedcr,.* ' Cnptain Henry Rrffner, and Captain Thompson, all of the same regiment. We lost one piece of artillery, but saved all our wagons.. Echols, hearing their force, supposed to be under Scainmell, was approaching from Kanawha*' to cut him off, fell back towards Salt Pond' Mountain, passed through Lcwisburg Friday evening, and the force expected at Kanawha* arrived there next morning. Atlanta, November 10.?Nothing new from the front to-day. Gen. Hood left this* evening, with Gen. G. W Smith, for Richmond! via Wilmington, where they will remain -a few. days with Gen. Whiting, Gen. Hood's" wound. is doing well, and he is in fine tone and spirits*. Front Richmond. Richmond, Nov. 10.?There seems to he no* donbt that Meade is advancing with his whole force, and a battle on the Rappahannock isdaily expoctcd. Our loss in the late affair at Kelly's Ford, in which two brigades were engaged with 15,000 Yankees, has been greatly^ exaggerated. The loss in killed and wounded will not exceed three hundred ; our loss iu prisoners from six to eight hundred, including; Colonel Penn, 7th Louisiana. The Yankee loss is heavy, including several prominent officers. Latest from ttie United States. Richmond, November 9.?Tne New York. Herald of the 4tk instant has been received. The New York election resulted in an overwhelming Abolition majority. The City of New York alone gave 15,000 Abolition majority. Governor Andrews (Abolitionists) has been reelected in Massachusetts. The Abolitionists made a clean sweep in the State. The Abolitionists hnvo also carried tho Maine and Wisconsin elections. In New Jersey; tho<Democrats have, made large gains. The despatches from Washington all indicatethe probability ot an eaily advance of Meade.. All the able-bodied men under Gen. Martindalc, at Washington, havo been relieved from duty there, and ordered to the field. The latest Yankee ad vices from Charleston state that the design of the roncwcd bombardment of Fort Sumter is to prevent the construe-, tion of new batteries and covered ways on the channel side of the Fort, by demolishing. tho gorge wal and levelling its foundations to tho water's, edge. . \ Gen. "W. T. Sherman has been appointed to? the command of the Army of Tennessee. Gold in New York, 145-3-4. Later.?The New York Tim#* of the 6th;: has been received. Gen. Thomas officially announces the capture of Bragg's foraging train, with its escort,, and its arrival at Chattanooga. The train was seized in front of Bragg's position, in Lookout Valley.?Various unimportant skirmishes im Tennessee are noticed, in which the Yankeesclaim the victory. Three out of five Lineolnitcs are announced/ as elected to Congress from Maryland. ? Firk in Granitkvillk.?The drying room, of Vancluse Factory, Graniteville, was destroyed by fire on Sunday morning. The fire caught from the stove. Loss about #20,000. Fortunately, there was no wind at the time; if there had been, the factory itself would have been [lestroyed.