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1R1-WEEKLY EDIT.bNI WINNSOZGO. S. C. TJIJIIS1)AY, li ialb UR y 6, 7) W.N A IL'aMIN iEf OFTH1E PAST. Sherman's LettorDeclining to Let the Women and Children Remain 1n Atlanta. HDQ'RS. MIL. Div. or Miss. Ix FIELD, ATLANTA GA., Sept. 12, 1864. Janes M. Calhoun, Mayor ; 1. E. Rawson and L. C. lrels, repre - senting City Council of Atlanta: GENTLEMEN--I havo your letterlof the 11th in nature of a petition to revoke my orders removing all inhabitants from Atlanta. I have read it carefully, and give full crodit to your statements of the distress that will be occasioned, and shall not revoke my orders, because they were not designed to meet the hu inanities of the case, (but to prepare for the future struggles in which millions of good people outside of Atlanta have a 2 9p interest.) We must have peace, not only in Atlan ta, but in all America. To secure this we n'st stop the war that now desolates our once happy and favor ed country. (To stop the war we must defeat the Rebel armies which are arrayed against the laws and constitution that all must respect and obey.) To defeat these armies we must prepare the way to reach them in their recess, provided with arms and instruments which will enable us to accomplish our pur ,oso. Now, I know the vindictive nature of our enemy, that we may have many years of military opera, tions from this quarter ; and, there fore, deem it wise and expedient to prepare in time. The use of Atlanta for warlike purposes is inconsistent with its character as a home for families. There will be no manufac tures, commercial or agricultural bore, for the maintenance of fami lies, and sooner or later want will compel the inhabitants to go. Why not go now, when all the arrange ments are completed for the trans fer, instead of waiting till the plunging shot or contending armies will renew the scenes of the past month? Of course I do not appre. hend any such thing at this moment, but you do not suppose this army will be here till the war is over ? I cannot discuss this subject with you fairly, because I cannot impart to you what we propose to do, but I assort that our military plans make it necessary for the inhabi tants to go away, and I can only renew my offer of services to make their exodus in any direction as easy and comfortable as possible. You might as well appeal against the thunder-storm as against these terrible hardships of war ; they are inevitable, and the only way the people of Atlanta can hope once more to live in peace and quiet at homite is to stop the war, which can only be done by admitting that it began in error and is perpetuated in pride. We don't want your negroes, or your horses, or your houses, or your lands, or anything you have, but we do want and will have a just obedience to the laws of the United States. That we will have, and if it involves the dest ruction of your imiprovemnents, wve cannot help But, my dear sir's, when it does come, you may call on me for any, thing. Then I will share with you the last cracker, and w atch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter. Now, you must go, and take with you the old and feeble, feed and nurse them, and build for them, in more quiet places, proper habita-~ tions to shield themi against the weather until the madi passions of men cool down, 'and allowv union and peace once more'to settle over your old homes at Atlanta. Yours'ini haste, W. T. ShEsRMAN, Major-General Commanding. PROTEcTING TI.E RIGHT OF TIL nr JUnY.-A Democratic caucus on Monday night discussed the quer tion of the selection of jurors in Federal Courts. Tho selection of jurors in thie 811th becauise of their Rtepublican proclivities was alluded to. It was unanimously agreed that an amendment be offered to one of the g'eneral appropriation bills in order to plearly carry ou t the clause of the judiciary act which provides that jurors to serve in United States Courts shall have the same qualificata~ons and be entitled to the same exemptions as the' jurers of the highest court of the State wherein they 'serve. The ameqndment will also p repose the repeal of the sections of the act im posing a tent oath on jnrors. TEA CULTURE IN GEORGIA. We had the pleasure of a visit yesterday morning, from Mr. M. Gillet Gill, of the Arn of Martin Gillot & Co., tea growers and im porters, Baltimore. The firm of which Mr. Gill is a member are experimenting with tea growing in the South, and are the parties who interested the Nationat Departmont of Agriculture in the movement, by sending to the Conmissionor specimens of tea grown by Dr, Foster, of Georgetown, South Carolina. He comes South to try and Interest the people in tea cul turo, and bears a commendatory letter from the Commissioner 0. Agriculture. Mr. Gill is thorough ly conversant with his subject, having spent severalyears of his life al Yoko haina, where he wo . nngaged in the planting and manipul-,cion of tao. He is confident that tt''. culture it Georgia and some of the otho Southern States can be mad( successful and highly prolitable, ii properly conducted. But lie doef not believe that much can be accom plished by individual efforts. Stoc1; companies and associations musl undertake it, plant largo tracts of ground and have capital suaflicieni for the purchase of the machinery required in the preparation of the leaf for the market. Very few persons have believed that ter could be cultivated profitably in thif country, because of tho labor re quired in its manipulation. Labor ors can be obtained in China for i few cents a.day and it would be in possible to pay the price command od by American labor and coinpeo successfully with the Chino3e. Bul the house with which Mr. Gill ik connected is perfecting macliiner3 which wilHlo most of the work nov done by hand, and place the South. ern tea growers on an equality witl those of the Chinese empire. Ter culture failed in South America because the Chinese system wIF scrupulously imitated. Tea culturc has succeeded in India because ma chinery has been largely employed and the growers have confined theoi efforts to producing a pure ten without resorting to all the manip, ulations and adultorations praetised in China. In India tea is cultivated by a largo stock company, th< shares of which command a promi um of one hundred per cent. ani the annual dividenbs of whicli amount to fifteen per cent. Mr, Gill is satisfied that if proporl3 undertaken tea culture can ho mad< to pay well in the State of Sout.l Carolina. We hope that lie may b< right in his conclusion and that r new and valuable article of coin. merce may be added to our pro ducts.-- Chronicle. THE OUTRAGEOUs TAX ON QUININE --There is a loud call from varioum parts of the country for the repeal of the duty on quinine, which ii characterized as a "blood tax.' The wholesale price of quinine in this country is about $3.60 an ounce, and in the foreign market about $3 an ounce, a price at which, but for. the duty of twventy per cent. ad valorenm, it could be placed on sale in our own markets. The dif ferenice of sixty conts on ounce goes it is stated, almost without deduc tion into the pockets of the two Philiadelphia monopolists ; and on an estimate that the 'consumption of quinine in this country is 1,200,000 ounces a year, the American peoplc have been paying $720,000 a year to two firms, whose estimated wealth is twenty millions. Natur, ally a strong lobby is working here to. defeat the bill of Representative Morrison repealing the duty on qui nine, but in view of the pub lie feeling expressed in opposition to the tax, which bears so oppres sively on the sickc and needy, it is to be hoped that they will not succeed. - Washington Star. THE PaRITY OF THE BALLOT Box. -In the United States Circuit Court in Baltimore on Monday, Judge Bond presiding, Policeman Louis Norris was called to answer an indictment charging him with having stuffed a ballot-box in the sixth ward at the late congressional election. The defendant entered a general demurrer, alleging that uin der the statutes of the United States stuffing a ballot box is not a penal offence. The demurrer was sustained and the prisoner dis charged. A man in'.Henrietta, Mich., who lost a member of his family recent-' ly, hu-runade trouble for the grave. robbers by burying the body in a grave twolve feet deep and mixing a gnantity of stones with the earth. THE GRA NT RClEPTION. (7-oa the London 1'orld.] Tho American Minister ha(' a reception last Thursday in honor of General Grant. His excellency is recovering from a somewhat severe;o attack of illness and was only pres out for a short time, b)ut his daugh. tor did the honors admirably' Diplomacy, aristocracy, bureaucrac'y, plutocracy wero all fully represent,. od. People never seem tired of staring at Goneral Grant, and more curious still, ho never scoms tired of boing stared at. It was instrue tive to listen to the remar"ks at the coremony of presentation. The ex President is known to be a man of few words ; but his visitors evident* ly thought that somo intorchangi of ideas was necessary. Royalty alone is not addressed. 'lho remaik mado by twenty consecutive guests were carefully noted with tho following result : Nineteen said, "Glad to se0 you back, General." One said, "You must really be tired, General." Tho nineteen possibly spoke the truth ; the twentioti certainly (lid. It may be safely said that at General Grant's reception the object which next to the ex President himself attracted the most attention was a lady adorned with scarab.oi. She had a beetle on her shoulder and a beetle on her muff. The first, an American said, was man-made, and the other was God- made, and it was the latter which every one wanted to see. Ministers left off their endless dis cussions on the Eastern question and ladies theirs on the last new fashions to intorvinw this beetle It was most positively*alive--not a good piece of machinery, but a gonuino living, crawling pet. Round its waist was a fine band of gold ; attached to this what might be called a golded crupper ; i a small chain was fastened to this armor, which prevented its straytig. Its owner states that since its arri val from Mexico. six months ago, it has neither eaten nor drunk or been undressed. She was not sure if it was affectionate. La .Danc aux Scarabes was extremely attrao tive, her pot wondrously repugnan t. SrnAo.-If a han is on the ears I and sees a young lady ho doesn't know from Eve, and never saw - before, trying to let down the win dow, he throws lown his paper, takes off hat, hows himself double, smiles clear round to his after col lar - button, says sweetly, "Allow me," and closes the window with grace ful skill and chatming courtesy. If his sister says, "Tom, won't you please lot this window down for me ?" he tucks his paper savagely under his arm. and stalking acrosa the aisle stands on her foot while he bangs the window down with a slam that fill her face and hair with s dust- And if his wife, holding the baby in one arm and lunch-basket on the other, tries to lot down the window, and says, timidly and suggestively, "Oh, dear, I don't believe I can get it down," he says "Eh ? oh I" and buries himself still deeper ifl his paper. That's what you are cominig to, Laura.-lawol eye. A bill has been introduced in the Massachusetts Legislature whicth the much-vexed question ' of the double-t'axation of mortgages in a satisfactory way. In all eases the prorty will be taxed to the owner, unless mortgagee, by agreement, is to pay all the taxes. The miortga-. ger and mortgagee will be required to come to terms. as to the taxes before the trust-deed is signed, the one being permitted to deduct from the next installment of interest the I mortgagee's share of the tax, and the other to require from the mort gagor, in addition to the interest due, the mortgagor's share of the tax. PITHI AND PoIN.-A compositor becomes a pressman whenever he hugs his sweetheart. Why is half a pie like a natural vacuum in a pine board ? Because it is knot hole. T~he follow who "makes no bones about it" is evidently not a profes sional grave robber. Now who can tell how much I he horned horse gnau? Nobbs says that whenever he gosto harness his mare, he takes a brdoto-her. "Thus runs the world away," but our landlord sticks like shoemaker's wax. When mountains strive for prizes, the Alps will draw a Blanc. Of course you never saw anybody swallow a barn, and yet you proba bly often saw a barn-swallow.-.Vew York News. The Democrat.s of the Senate Ju.. liciary C'oimi to havo authorized )t. Joromo EdIlmunlds to report a joint resolution proposing a consti nt.ional amendment prolipiting tho maymont of claimns of disloyal por ns for property destroyed during h War. The report does not go ar cnoutgli. It should includo oyal persons also, in order to pleasO Ienoral Bragg. Mr. Justico Miller severely criti ises the rule of law which makos !ourts spend weks in f 'iding a uryinn so ignorant that ho has iever hear.l or formed an opinion I f a case that has attracted publiO ttention. It makos a person feel sad to hoar t crying baby, suffering probably rom somo slighit pain, which could ) easily releved by the use of Dr. 3BP's Baby Syrup, which is for sale tt all drug stores. SEALLING( (JUT cT A!D BELOW CSzT, o0 ON and after date, I will soll the entire stock of Ladd Broa., consisting of Iry goods, clothing, boots, shoes, groeo 'ies, crockery, tinwaro,;oto., otc., at and lkw ORIGINAL COST. On Monday, February 3d, and on ach succeeding Saturday, till the stock s exhausted, I will offer goods at public iuction. EXT A BAt RG A NS. )ffered to largo buyers. T. K. ELLIOTT, jan28 -tf Assignee. PLOWS! PLOWS!! E have just received a lot of Steel Turn Shovels, Straight Shovels, Bull Tongues, Scooters, Vc. ALSO, . lot of Hle Bolts, Plow Rods, Lap Rings, Clovises, Open Links, i'rees, Back Bands, Plow Lay Iron mnd Plow Stool. Buying the above goods in quan Aties, and from first hands, we are prepared to soll them as low as any )no. L1EATHEfu. Just arrived a lot of Harness, UJppor, Kip and Calf Skins, Planta ;ion and Solo Leather. AT COST. As it is late in the season, and we mvor a large stock of Andirons, shovels and Tongs on hand, we will dlose them out at cost for cash. fch 4 F. GERtIG & SON. FACT. [N order to prepare for our sprting stock, we from this day offer extra inducements to CASH CUSTOMElRS. D~ross Goods. Shawls, Jeans, Blankcets, Flannels, 3assimos and Clothing at prices ,hat will ASTONISH YOU. McM~ASTElR & BRICE. jan 28 TE. C,)LUMBIA REGISTER. DAILY, T1It-wERIKLY AND WEEKLY. Best Newspaper ever Published AT TIf CAITA L OF SOUTH CAROLINA. CIRCULATION LARGE AND CONSTANTLY INCREASING. W E respeotftlly invite tio attention, of the leading community to'the excellent nowspipors wo are .now pulblishird in Colnumbia. TIIE REGLS 'TERt is the only pauer ever I>ublishOd at the capital of South Carolina whioh is con ducted as ero tho leading dailies of the principal cities of the country. We have anl able and distinguished corps of editors--gentlenle well known all over the State for their learning, ability and so.' 1 Demlocratic prinlciplos;-mnon who havo served the Stat.o and tho South on every occasion when the demand- arose for their services, and who may be safoly depended upon as reliable leaders of the Dcamoeracy i'n the lino of journalisn. TIlE DAILY ItEGISTER is a twenty eight column papor, 24x38 inoh.ls, print e' on good paplor and with largo, cere out type, containimg the latest totegraph. ie news, full market reports, editorial matter on the leading occurrenoes of th0 times, and g:eploto with intorosting mis oellneous reading. Tho LQCA.L NEWS is full and interesting, one editor devot ing li. timo exclusively to that depart+ men t, Our correspondonoe from Wash ington and other places of. note gives an entertainmllg resume of all the important events of the day. THE TilI-WEEKLY REGISTER, with some inior ehanges, comprises the oon< touts of the Daily at $2.50 less per year. TIlE WEEKLY lUEGISTER is a large, handsomely-gotten-up eight pago paper, 29x42 inches, containing forty-eight c61 iuns of reading matter, embracing all the news of the week and the most im lortun leditoria land local news. TrIRMS~-IN ADVANCE. Daily Register, 1 year - - - - $7 00 " " 6 mouths - - - 350 ' 4 " 3 " - - - 175 Tri-Weakly Regist or, 1 year - - - 5 00 " months - -260 " " 3 " - 125 Weekly Register 1 year - - - - - 2 00 " 6 months - - - 1 00 " 3 " - - - - 60 Any person aoVding us a olub of ten subscribors at oela timo will receive either of the papers free, postago prepaid..for one year Any person sending us the money for twenty subscriLere to the Daily may. re.. ain for his services twenty dollars of the amounat; for twenty subscribers to the Tri-Weokly, fifteen dollars of the amount; <mud for twenty subscribers to the Weekly, five dollars of the amount. As an ADVn11TIS1N( MEDIUIIM, the Rogis 1er al'ords inequalled , facilitios, having a largo circulation, and nu.nboring among its patrons the well-to-do people of the . middle -and upper portion of the State, Terms reasonablo, For any information desired, address CALVO & PATTON, PROPRIETOns, Columbia, S. (3. /-' Parties desiring copies of Tun RENaTER'n to exhibit in canvassing will be supplied. on application. jan 28 CI,EARING -OUT S A LE. Firo M thstocofl n w in e o d at very low prices, to- make Voom for our I SPRING STOCK - Persons wishing any goods in -our line wvill do well to give us a call bofore purchasing elsewhere. We can make it to- your advantage to PURCHASE FROM US8; I. so como and geo, J. F. McIMASTER & CO, jan 29 ASSIGNEE'S SALE,. ON Moday,the 10th day of February, 17,commencing at 11 O'oloo'k La the forenoon, we will offer for sale at public anction, to tho highest bid deor, for cash, all that stoe)' of mer.ohandise, consisting of grocorles, liquor.., sogats, tobacco, etc., now in the store in Win ns, b'oro lately occupied by R. J, MeCarley, Also all tiho fixtures and1 equipmente of said store, including one ir,onlaf Assignee of R. .-MoGarle J. J. Nzu, - Agent for Oroditors, inn 23-18