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It gires us pleasure at thia particular junc ture, shut oat as we are from the reat of the world.:aad entirely dependent Opon ourselves for Literary journalism as- well aa every thing else, to add our mite in the neible work of forming the Literature of the South. Mach bas been said of genius unappreciated in. our midst, of rare minds '.' wasting their sweet ness on the desert air"-pardon the thread bare quotation-and we cannot bat admit the truth. When we consider the scanty provision made for the accommodation of this very ge nius-thc few periodicals of real value es tablished in the Southern Confederacy, we readilr perceive tho cause and not the effect j of thia dormant, and uncultivated talent wc .so j much deplore. Then, friends, to the rescue ! We do not propose in our unpretending corner ot the Advertiser' to astonish the world with any t uch display of this " awakening*genius'' as might provoke tho envy of the '?' London JOcleetic1 or ''North British Reriacy' but simply to afford a pleasant hour to those who turn wearily aside from the troubled ques tions of the day, and seek a few moments rest for mind and body around the quiet fire side at home. We are sure our Southern sis ters will appreciate this effort ott our part. And the little children-we will not forget them. Get your slates and pencils, Fannie aod Charlie, fir we mean to give you some of the most impossible (?) enigmas you ever saw, besides other little remembrancers of more value than puzzles. And sp, without further flourish of trumpets, we salute our reader**, and hope that ocr intercourse will Lt? mutually pleasant aud beneficial. 44 tioue to the Wan'" BV CLARA V. DAUGlX. " Who has gone to the war V Come with me, and I will tel.! you. How, cold aad dark it.is ! The rain drops drearily from thc wintry 'sky, and the wind is rising. Here'by these lew embers sits a pile woman. See how thin those small h.mds art ! Tbe grey hair folded over her meek face was on?e as sunny and luxuriant as yours, child, and her faded eye? as bright. Time aud sor row bare blanched the one, anti dimmed the other ; the poor wear their ailvrr on their brows. She is sewing, and tears fall thick and fast . on the coarse garment as she thinks of bim whose form it is to clothe, thro' weary march' es. and bloody battles ; and which, periiape, may be-hts shroud 1 M The only sou of bis mother, and she a-widow P Draw the candle closer, the light is dim ' all light is dim now-a-days. Something ha? clouded her sight. She wipes ber spectacles and replaces them ; it is now near midnight, and no time to be lost. Is not her only soc crouched beneath this wintry storm without ? gament to shield bim ? Poor aa is ber fare hard aa is her lot, sad as ia her late, is no hia harder, poorer, sadder? God help thee poor mother I Who knows but this viTy nigh that idol may be lying low on some blood; field with the pitiless rain beating into hi glaz'id eyes ! Y it she doest not despair ; God gives he hope-faith-trust. Ljsten, she sings in be trembling voice: "Yefearful saints, fresh courage take, '.rho clouds you so mnch dread, Aro big with tue rey, and will break In blessings on your h cul-'. Ki- purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every bour; Tho bud may have a bitter taste. Bot sweet will be the flower." Titra to this picture. It is a bright, pleasant room. The fit crackle* merrily, and the. pine torches cai their cheerful glow over the scene. You he: children's voices-?weet and infantile, in in; led with their mother's gentle accents. The: ii no carpet on the floor ; thc costly .Brassi is now the soft resting place for many awonn ed and weary aoldii r. ' Nor are there at luxuries on that board which once gre an* with .rare viands. "My husband is a .< clier," thia sweet-voiced wife says, with an i tonst?m of womanly pride, and a smile of * wanly tenderness, * and I cannot enjoy the thiogs while he enduren hardships." Yon say she has a pretty hand. Yes, it small i nd lady-like, but not so white as th once were ; they do not lie idly in her silk lap now. Night and day she labors with 1 hand-maiden*, and those delicate fingers : familiar with the needle, the shuttle, and i diatafr. See how deftly they ply those .*t weapons, the most effectual in \h- hands c Southern woman. The ihi'.drtn are gatbered round her fe they aire talkit g of "Father." L;zzie w ders if be w not asleep and dreaming of tht little Maimie hopes it is not rlining the and W Hie asks earnestly if' Mimina thi he will be old enough to 441 ? go to tl.er w by next year. Mamma smiles and says haps so !" but tin re isa tear in ber ey? she remembers him so far away from home and loved oms. Noble woman ! Tender wife ! If thy pi en sod tears were pearls lt rung on a gol choro1, they would reach from earth I en, and bind the Wanderer fast to the Throne of Godi But coree with me once more. The raia still falls, and the wind wi young girl -utanda at the window w the storm. There i8 warmth andligb and all is cheerless in thal upper ch kind words and lorin? smiles await h she'lingers here. What hohis she hand clasped close to her .heart ? Ah letter ; there is a little pile of them table tied with a blue ribbon, and a curl nes les ckwe'beside. . Watch how ly she smiles as she takes it up, and tl ken shreds cling lovingly to her taper Ab, Maiden, do not hope too mach I are terrible dangers yet tb pass ; in enemies, to face ; disease and death-s and sword ; and it tbese spare him, th changes-changes-changes ! He may with Ids handsome face scarred with g wounds ; those t ear eyes may be darkened ; that proud step moy move J ?ti the place of that leal right arm ma an il empty sleeve''-these things won endear him-to you. But if he romes strange and cruel tale written upon hi 1 nobie brow-if he comes a devotee ( enticing goddess who pets up her altar I midst of the camp, and .lures on younj to eternal destruction-better kr him t offered an unstained life to Liberty, an gloriously ? patriot and hero. Ob, letl turn pure, or return no more ! Son, husband, lover, nil gone-" gc tho war." God knows how we sit h home with tearful eyes and trembling listening for that awful word u Dead !" us grace, oh Father, to bow submis-s Thy weil. For the Literary Corner. Miss CLARA : I desire to call you- atti to the following lines which I pluck f poem contributed to the Field d'; Fin AVe ti?pench ahull hire Unshed ?ti an . tu?, O.- tie riutuge hare grated the vine, th- fr,u'h -hud e-ei^t uer Gath find Jinn Like a' ij'<int qpfrethed leith iciuc.'' It was a hopeful as well as a poetical .that indited this tranza ; but I fear the p ecy is wide of lb* mark. The writer i the^iredictiou on tbejtigb ground tka " reign of EMANUEL draws uigb," and t " ww barn nation" is to u grace his t ?bile the "demons of darkness fly." ainsi is the difficulty, mountain high, g ves me pause : A 7if?r born Nation not ul. n* conv. y. in thia connect io-i, tbf of a nation politically regenerated, bm of one morally and religiously ' regenei II I am right, where is the present pro of so happy a result 1 Kobo, locking out the undisputed reign uf if-tmiHon in ail ' laud, answers tremulously, "where?"' i But \ itu God all things are possible ; i Jet the sisters ol thc South lift up their li bi prayer to the- Great Disposer ol'nil th ?. that He'may visit our laud with that Spring front on High which ahme can r*| ? rate and exalt our poor fallen humanity. , -It occurred to nie to write this brief i meut upon the pretty lines T have quoter i tool for reflection to the men and the wp , ar, and also to tho children of the Soutl tl Mr.TA. t Resignation in Times of Sore Trou j lt was a remark of .lohn Newton, that g require, comparatively speaking, onlj ounce of grace to do the will of God, .1 r pound to bear it." Never wero the C r lian* of the South plunged into circumstj which rendered this " pound of grace" i necessary, than now. Our ship of state' on " a sea of blood, ploughed, into such furr >ws as have almost sunk it ;" and can have the assurance that there are forma of calamity and anguish which maj overtake him ? Looking on these evils, from the earthly side, u the noblest na ^ may catch a wrench" may be entrapped }j sinful despondency before the lowering ck ir or into sinful expedients to clear them the sky. rc * The only effectual safe-guard against ,js perversion, lies in the spirit of unfeignei o', signatjon .to the will of God-the spirit lV forced by one of the old Knglish writers : P(J [' Still rnffo fofgood tbe supplicating vince, But leave to heaven the Uieacura and the chi J'" Implore His aid, in ll is dueii?ion rest, ?n- Secure, wbate'er Ile gives, lie gives the best, rc- This was the spirit displayed by A !?e Stever son, after languishing for twelve mo on the coach of n slow but painful illness is her mother she said : 141 am very happy, ey quite resigned ; but fbi? ia ucl of roysell en have never before spent a year so comfi ier bly as the last, though it has been a }ea ire ijreat affliction. I have not a wish for the thing but the Lord's will." eel' Does it not become . Us, thon, at sue f ? crisis as the present, to join with Mrs. Pe in the prayer which she borrowed form et; Bowe? "If ihm wouldst permit rai on- choose for myself, I would resign the cl ?tr; again to Thee. I dread nothing more I re ; the guidance of my own b!;nd desire! ni s tremble at the thought nf such a fatal lib ar" Avert, gracious God, that miserable ??r dons ! Thou foreseen! all events, and at 2 ts sincle view dost look through eternal cc his qnetice : therefore, do Thou determine e:reutn>rar?(W, and not to gratify my ray- blind desires, but to advance Thy glory." deo Whatever betides, maj our inmost b re-echo tho sentiment embodied in lines, written--it is-said, with a pin-by Lady Jane Grey, during her imprisonment, and since rendered from Latin to English, os follows : " HM rmi e-pr all malice, if our God be nigh ; Fruitless all pains, if Ho His help deny ; Patient, I -mts these gloomy hours away, And wait the morning of eternal day." The Women and the Private Soldiers. The following is an extract from a private letter written by an officer now in the army to his wife :. u You arc the most incorrigible patriot I know, lia nj; rae, if I don't believe ; ou would sacrifice me for the cause. These women, as fold Stein used to say, " are de devil ;" but if they were entitled to.tbatclistinction in times of peace, they'are certainly the incarnate dei ties of a revolutionary war. I do not say this in disparagement of the sex : for I really be lieve that if we ever achieve oar indepen dence, the gbry of it shouldbelong to the wo men and the private soldiers of thc South. The great weak will bc due to thc ungrudg ing spirit of devotion and sacrifice animating the women and stimulating and supporting the tireless energy and heroic endurance of the soldiers. Take my word for it, the peo ple who stiy at home, have no conception whatever of the splendid metal of-our sol diery. Tho "ones it sends out when struck by the wild hand of war, will i ing through all history in a purer and grander key than j was ever realized in the olden ages of chiv alry. The mailed warriors of ancient ro mance were sickly children of sentiment com pared to the ?tern manhood and unconquera ble grit of Southern soil. " For -my part, there are birt two classes engaged inglis war who command my res pect and admiration-women and the private soldier. I love, cherish and'obey the first as becomes a christian gentleman, and I honor and reverence the last as the only living im personation of. a pure and unselfish patriot j ism. May Ord protect their lives, and give to their country that peace and independence for which the;: are so nobly struggling." FiDti-iTV.-Nover forsake a friend. When enemies gather thick and faa': around him, or sickness falls on his heart, when tho world i* dark and cheerless, this is the time to try W<*rfdshrp; "Urey who rtYrt? from'the seetie'of ! distress or offer reason why they should be j excused from extending their sympathy and ! aid, betray their hypocrisy, and prove that I s.'lfish motives only prompt or move them. ! If you have a friend who loves you, who han j studied your inlenntand happiness, defended j yon wh??n persecuted and troubled, be sure tn I defend him in his adversity. Let him f?el ; (lint his friindbkliip was nol lavished on yw 1 j for naught. IUa1 fidelity may lie rare, but it f>xi?ls in the heart. \\ ho bas not fcpen and felt iii pawer? They only deny its worth and pow er who have never loved a friend or laboree1 to make one h ippy. The good, the kind, thf affectionate, and virtuous, see a::d feel this heavenly principle, for heavenly it is; il is fruit gathered from a sacred germ planter by heaven ia I he heart. And true fidelity has its reward, it mn; ; be slighted by some, overlooked by tabers { but pure-minded mon cherish' a feud und nu ! dying love for it. ! As the diamond found in tb? darkness i i the mine, as t!ie lightning .shoots with th I mo>t vivid flashes from the darkest cloud, i* j does fidelity proceed from a heart susoepli j ble to the calle of the deepest melancholy, an' i (?hows ilself brighter and stronger in the ad i versity of a friend. 9 -: - -g Delusions. "Nothing is more abundant these days tha ' deludions, of whi-h there are two sorts, On ? springing from erroneous reports, and th other from emr of judgment, .or M mi3caln J lation of forces." Of thc first kind, the ma; meeting, which Gov. Foote proposed to'hol J over the good news from Kentucky, is a ; amusing illustration. Of the second, we hat ! two very curious instances in Mr. Lincoln j Stcretnry of State, and Mr. Davis' Secretar j From the beginning, each of these gentlemt I has persistently maintained in thc face I facts, and in spite of law and logic, that tl war could not i.ast sixty days. Mr. Se wa' assured all foreign Governments, in innur erable despatches, that the rebellion wou be crushed in shty days. Mr- Benjam never lost an opportunity of convincing eve man who would listen t > him, that Em i pean intervention and peace were inevii'al ? in the aforesaid magical sixty days. But t I sixty days of both tho honorable Secretar; j have repeated themselves some dozen' tim ? and the important event predicted is as ! nmfe as ever. Mr. Benjsml n's delusion U not so funny I that of Gov. Foote ; bnt it may be that bt 1 bf these shall have the laugh ou their side the lapse of time. But, us to Siward, it would be well fer! if he could escape as the victim o! a delusi On his skirts is more blood than on tho? any other man on thtasjontinent ; and as s as there is retribution on earth, or a Got: heaven, a bloody doom awaits him. Cowr ly as cruel, he may dodge and twist, rec his opinions and disavow his agents, but inexorable furies arc on his track. The passions he ha* aroused will not be app ed ; the blood he has shed will not sink avenged. The monsters he ?as eugeodt will rend him. If justice did not admonish, history would teach him wtjat trill be bia fate. Richmond Whig. --. . " Order of C?en. Banks. The Mobile Advertiser & Register has the following from the New Orleans, La., Delta, of Jan. 29tb: GENERAI. ORHER No. 12.-The following proclamation of the President of tho Uiaited Sutes, dated Jan. I, I8G3, is published! for the information and government of the offi cers and soldiers of this command, and. all persons acting under their authority. Tt designates the portions of the State of Louisiana which aro not aifocted by its pro visions : The laws of the United States, how ever, forbid the officers of the army and navy to return slaves to their owners, or to decide upon the claim of nny person lo the service or labor of another. The inevitable condition.of a state of war iovariably deprives all classes of citizens of much absolute freedom of action and control of property, while loyalty, law and continued peace guarantee and secure them. The forcible seizure of fugitives from Ber- J vice or labor by their owners, is inconsistent with tbese laws and a condition of wnr. Office? and soldiers wiH_: not encourage or assist slaves to leave their" employers, but they cannot compel or authorize their return by force. Negroes who leave their*eniplovers will be compelled to support themselves and fami lies by labor upon the public works. To secure the object both of of capital and ]Abor, tLe Sequestration Committee is author ized and directed, upon a confer? nee with the planters and other parties/.tp propose and es tablish a yearlj M's tem of negro labor which &hal! provide food, clothings proper treatment and just compensation for, negroes at fixed rules, on'an equitable prcfijrtion of the year ly crop a.? may be deemed advisable, s,nd when accepted hy the planters or other par ties, faithful service and subordination shall be enf Teed on the part of .?the negroes and officers of the Governraeut.. To secure their payment, the wages of la bor will constitute a lien upon its products. Quai termas'ers of this d?partaient ace charg. ed with the duty of hervesting corn on deser ted fields*!^ cultivating niotadoned oslntcs. Unemplojprnegrocs will be engaged in this service. . . * . By command of Maj. Gen. Bunks. A. T. STKWAKT BUVINO AU. THE Corrow (?oom-The New York correspondent ol tbe Host on Juurnatj Writes to tb it paper a.? (UI'OWH : Mr. Alexander T. Siowart, the dry goodl millionaire of, ibis city, ba?, refuged to tel r?d ton gonda nt nny pri?e. . Ile bas b*eiH'e wully-engaged iu buying up all the good: lie could purchase. Ktnpty stores have beei taken, warehouses rented, nnd filled to tbi rafters with goods'.' This done, bc closes .sale and waits for coining events. It is wei known that Mr. Stewart's tonnection will the government is such that he has-carly in formation of changes to take place, of move meats to be made, and the signs of thc time are within bis vision. He bas. had the mon opoly of one kind of goods for which the s d ho* been great,' and the past yeur bas bee to him probable the mont successful year h has ever known. Over fifteen millions do lars' wort li of goods- he bas sold within tb year 18G2, and when he holds up and refus? to sell a eins* of goods, men begin to ope their eyes. If we have a. battle and do nc wiu, cotton goods will ruu up like gold. j?5?r* Georgin has sent into the field sint the opening of the war near eighty regimen of infantry, thirteen battalions of artillei and infantry, a-numbur of cavalry regiment several independent companies, who ha' been attached to regiments from other Statt and a large number cf volunteers who ha connected themselves with companies fro almost every State in the Confederacy. B sides thete. she bas for Rome time, been du tiishing conscripts, and is still daily doing s in large numbers, from every sectiou of tl State, to the extent of her capacity. Georg bas not only done this, but she has armed a: equiped from her own resources, more th thirty thousand of the men whom she se into service at the beginning, or first year the war. BRAP.O AXD HW GEVERALS.-We learn fro an unquestionable source, that on tho arrii of Gen. Brsggat Tullahotna, he address** circular letter to his generals, in which desired to know if there wsB any foundati for the rumor prevailing, that there was c satisfaction and a want of confidence in hi existing in the army? All the Geucr with tho exception cf Withers and Cheath replied m the affirmative, stating thaJ*i was the case, and that it would ue the interest of the service if Gen. Bragg wo ask to be relieved. lt is further stated that none but Gene] Polk, Withers aird Cheathaui concurred the proposition to retreat from Murfreeth all the other Generals not only being op] ed to it, but the majority of them were even consulted on this point. General W ers in bis statement in tbis regard was th fore entirely mistaken. The scorpion, falsehood, coils round ii perplexity, aod tow its sting io its own b Another Letter from Bill Arp to Linkhorn. The. following which" we copy t'roi Rome {Ga.) Southerner, though in a which the fastidious may not wish to vate, is equal to the letters of Jack Doi whose popularity extended wherever th? Hs h language was read : Mr. Linkhorn, Sur :-Are it not .po that yon. are usrn too mach proklomas More'n 18 months ago-you published ac orderin the boys to retire atid be peaci but they dis-retlred and went to fitin. effek wer bad, very bad. Now you're klatned tbaL niggers ar free after. Jany and I'm afeered it will prove a fee simpl for all time. Every free nigger will gi tin the k?tton now, shore : fur the tarnal rebels do e thing by kontrarys. Niggers hav ris 21 sont -and are growin more darker and blacker evry day. A big plantation now like thc suu wer in^A klipse. Your pi mash un hav eutaled Afriky upop us so si that yon kin actually smell it." Tippio (we call bim Tip for short) tbnt he are sonally interested, and thinks you had b make em free fast, and isshu your prokli shun afterwards. Gen. Hunter tried it way and over krapped himself. Tip 1 got no free papers at all. Mr. Linkhorn, Sur : I'm afeered you'*, ken iu more ground than you kin ter You're trying to do too much at onst. Hunter tried your plan and koudent wo over three States, so you had better pr on homypathic doses. , If you'll begii Dade konnty you kin tell what your mas will do, for thar aint but one nigger thar, they keep him in a kage as a kurjoslty. may be you had better experiment on fust.- If you could manage to give ei hydrofoby I think it would work, and you might try it on the niggers and c horned kattie. If they, wont aksept ; freedom, why,'let em alone. It are. us to kail em if they wont karn'. ? worist h a feller iu a theatur say he koud kail sp frotn the nasty deep, but the sperits ?ever ? Pand he never got nary drink-so go it ge Mr. L'nkhorn, but go it storey. The w the flesh and the devil are^^trig to ye exteud the egis of frcedumi&wrall krea! -over ''buiga" animais-aiit?-?n-aainiaJ, 1 bull bats and screech owl.-), grub-worms grind stoues, niggers and alligator-*, and ry thing thn-t dont spill as the yeartblurn dido dt.wn. You'll have a free fite, Mr. I 1 h ?in, in dom all this, but never mind-\ ' iu-grato is your reward. 1 Mr. bink boru, Sur: It aro amazin toll what a big gnb yon have under'ook. It ' a big gob .shore. Matlhy Matt ?oks not ' daddy koudent tagger bow long it will you to fit thru akkordiu tn your feobul p * ress. Tin* double rule of .1 wont liiob it, 1 late and tret: Great Bethel I w'hat a pc ? ol' work ! Hedent you better sublet the * truk to sum Uropean Nashuns ? Short ' you're born, you'll need a heap of uude ^ kern before U finihh your overland mart If I' koud nurdi like Jackson it would ' but I' kant. Dr. Battey says that Jacks * troops take thc gowt if they rest 24 hour Mi*. Linkhorn, Sur: Our people pit ii stubborn every day. Tkcy go inity niph 1 ked and say they're savin their sundy kio I wenr to your banging. They just'glor Irvin on half raiJiuns and stewin salt ot their smoke, house dirt-they say they ra 3 fite (J than feed U, and s ware by the go! n Kalhoun they will eat roots and drink hrs ,l water the balance of time before they kernowly to your abolition die-nasty. Ct ahominy ! what a gob you're ondertoo 'e Do Haniblo help you any ? I htarn tell he jest sot in the korner of your oilis all r^ long, and never sod a word hal nigger, ui>j 8> nigger, and that since your proclamashuu ?e face hav turned darker and his bair n 3' kinkyer. * <* ve Mr. Linkhorn, Sur: Hav you any laten m from Mr. Harper's ferry. I beam that Si e* W Jackson kept the payrolls for a few t and that, about 14,000 . crossed over it 'hours. Hete a smart ferryman shore tie ? your folks know how to make it pay 1 It ' a bad cross in, but.still, I suppose, are al safer than Bulls bluff or Shepherdstowi an Them's dangerous fords, Mr. Linkhorn, sh . and'Tm afeered if your folks keep ero sich sickly rivers, like the Potomak Chickyhominy, you'll have, all the skuc m your populashun killed up, a?d will bavj enkroach on your good society. ja Mr. Linkhorn, Sur : Your Generala d< JJQ- travel the right road to Richmond n0 b [0n The way they've been tryin to kum are t ii. a mity Longstreet, over two powerful T: and across a tremengious Stonewall. It wc ,aj be safer and cheaper for em to go round am the Rocky Mounting, ii spending time in D ich tar^ exkurshuns are their chief objek. (o But I must klose this brief epistle. I uld i ^JB*001"}') Mr. Linkhorn, about this dest: j tiv war, and hui ut uo heart to write mt rajg i As General Byron sed, " I aint now wh j j use ter was, uud my sperits are pblutti faint and lo." ' Yourn till deth, ^06" BILL ARP. ?ilh \ P-S-~How ore Bill Suard ? I beam I a mad dog hit bim the other day, and tho died imntegiately.' Areitafak? Btu. ARI . ! --- ) its What i? time worth ? Ask diath-beds ead, ! they can tell, Liin o? j*ein Passed at the session of the Legisl Sonth C?i*?lin? begun Norember 2 and ending February G, 1863.' A CT 3 OttlfflNATIKC IX" THE HODS 1. An'Act to extend pome of the i cns of an Act, entitled "An Act ii euee to the suspension of specie payo tho bank J of tbii State, and for nt posea," to the first day bf January, yi?r of onr Lord one thousand eight 1 and sixty-four.' . . 2. An Act io grant the aid of the ? the'Cheraw ard Coal Fields Rai?rbac P-jyr.. .. V . 7? 3. An Act for the appointment o missioners^ the Poor for Lancaster I 4. An Act to refund the Soldiers- B Relief for Barnwell and Laurena Di and for St. Mathew's and Christ Ch ur islies, moneys advanced and ex pane them as Boards of Relief out of thc vate funds. .5. Aa Act to establish and re-chart tain Roads, Bridges and Ferrie*, and f cr purposes. *G. An Act to vest in the Confederat eminent a part of the Columbi i Car the term of twelve years. 7. Au Act to charter the Palmetto I ihg and Importing Company. 3. An Act to provide for the appoir of Commissioners of the Poor f-Jir Dari Di strict and Chesterfield District. 0. An Act to charter the Atlantic Pucket Company of the Confederate ? j HO. An Act to incorporate certain I j oufi ar.d Charitable Societies, and to i and amend the charters of others here ! granted." kl/ An Act to incorporate the Edisi As i ley Canal Company. ' 12. An Act to provide for a guarani the Sute of the bonds of the Coufe< Sta tee. nSp- A n Act to authorize the Bank < ?tste to increase its issue of small billa ] 4. An Act to authorize the issue of for the purpose of continuing the constri of the new State House. 15. An Act to confer tfie rights of legi cy on Mary C. Daniel. 1 ?. Au Act to amend ah Act, entitles. Acl. to provide for the payment by thc : of the War Tax of the Confederate S j j anti, for the collection of the same fro j tax-payers in this State. ? 17. An Act to provide for the paymc j the State of Mich War Tax as may h j poAjd by the Congress of the Cot: fed i Stales during the year one thousand j hundred and sixty-three, and for the o tion of the samp from the tax-payers iu State. H. An Act to enable tie citizen" o State, who are engaged in military servi. I exercise the.rights of suffrage. HI. An Act to provide for a g naran t i th.i State of tho Bonds of the Confcd I Slates. I 2J. An Act to raise supplies for the ' commencing in October, in the year p: Lord one thousand eight hundred and s j two. s ! 21. An Act to make appropriations fo j yea' commencing in.?ctobe r, in t tuf ve 1 j our Lord one thousand eight hundred 1 sixty two. f 7 ACTS ORK.IHATlXfi IX TnE SE'?ATK. r f 1. An Act to incorporate the Wando, *r f baw and Winyah Canal Company. U 2. An Act to continue of force s.n Acl titled " An Act to authorize certain Buil I and Loan Associations to suspend the for monthly instalments." 3. An Act to increase tho fees of Sh y for dieting persons confined in j*il. 4. An Act to ameud the charter of IS Ort' Ban -v of Charleston, South Carolina, ?e . 5. Au Act tn provide agaiu-st dearth salt. rs 11. An Act to amend au A ct, entitled ' ie >8 i Act to make appropriation m aid of the ,4 j dies of soldiers,*' ?nd to' repeal an Act 1 , tied " An Act to affotd aid to the familii 10 ro soldiers;''ratified on the twenty-first da jp Dec* tuber, in the year of our Lord ooe t _ saud eight hundred and sixty-one." .?) 7. Ali Act to incorporate with uni! in right, power aud privil?ges Protea!ant 1 id copal Congregations in South Carolina, of, 8. An Act to prevent and punish the j to ting and cultivating in this State over a tain quaatity of colton, daring thu pre i?t year. ir, 9. An Act to authorize the Banks of iu State to purchase Confederate and Statt Ita euri ti es. lld 10. An Act to amend an Act, enti by M An Act to authorize . the City Couuci ?jj. Charleston to issue and put iu circulai notes redeemable in taxes or dues to the ci eCl ratified thc twenty-first, day ot Decembe: QC. the year of our Lord one thousand eight 1 ch. dred and sixty-one. tl ll. Au Act to declare the law in rela nU to tho proceedings of the Executive Cou 1 12. Au Act to continue in foi ce an . entitled " An Act to extend relief tc debt and to prevent the sacrifico of propert hat..public sale.*' Jog 13. An Act to vest the title of the Stat ceruiu escheated prop.rty in Ilote Anu I uigham arid her heirs. 14. An Act to amend an Act, enti ' " An Act to organize acd aapply nif-ro lt Lions of tie Confederate. 8taiee3" Bod " to au thorizer ?nd direct ile Governor :\o- proceed to furnish, negro labor under paid Act. -', ' 15. Aa Act for the better orgaakatioa of th? Militia and p^o?ier fi^mti, [ . 16.' Ap Act io pr?veut Extortion oed pan Uh Ex tor Lionera. . j . --i-w '?V;' *T^ *?y ' ' ANT* ACT TOPWTWA^BI'CI?^THBT^WT I i .?.< . r: . : ria t ?Ni { JSC AND Cl'LTIVATTNG, UV THIS STATE, OVJ?S A CKKTAIX Qu AST ITV- or COTTON Dc BI sa ms PBWBKT TEA a. ' - 7. Be H cnaded bj the fixate ?nd BOOM of Beprcfi??tatived,. BOW net and^sitting in General Amorally, aucr*by the authority of tba same, That, during the 'war in w hieh tr? are now engaged, it shall not ba lawful fer any person or persona* daring the present year, whether-residing in this State or not, to plant and cultivate in dds St?t*y by them selves,their agents or employ?es, or to ?*Jow th? same tobe done, a greater number of acres of land, ira Cotton : then-.threw a?resof short staple cr one ?nd a half of lor g staple for ?ach hand owned or employed by theo? in agriculture between, the ages; di Cftrisj an '. fifty-five; and whoo said person ot fur son? m ty om or employ bands orer fifty-five years of age and under sixty-five, or over twelve years of age and ander |ft?enf two of said bands shall, be counted .as one band : Provided, That nothing containnl in this Act shall be consfraed to affect thu right of any white person himself to plant <^nd cult? vate Cotton according to the rate bi if ein pre scribed..' II. That every vioLifor of tbielair ahall .ba guilty 'of a misdemeanor,. and* upon convic tion thereo'V shall be fined the sum of five hundred dellar* foe ea?b a"d evprj a<re so planted aJwve the- Bamber apeeifiod ; oath penalty to be paid to the f Sol diem' Board of Reliefn of the District where such son vic tion takes place. .. J. III. That after warrant i^ued,- sffijnst any person or Jetsons, for a violation of thia Act, it shall be the duty of LLe Clerk of il e Court of General S?aeions and Common Pleas, for the District tn whi?b the offene?* k charged, upon the application, under oath i>f either party, prosecutor or defendant, to issue a Bule of Survey, in tba case^ giving. fiv? days'ao "f tiee'nliereofT" fo tbe^oppxwhrpwrtyy- th?' tote ? "~ of such Rule and Survey to be taxed in the Bill of Costs, upon the final aljudicatiou of the case. ?V. That all owners of slave* or employees shall give in, on oath to the Tax Collector, th? number of hands owned or employed by them in agriculture, between the ages of twelve and aileen, nnd fifteen and fifty-fire, and fifty-five and kixty-tive, each year during " ?aid- war, under a penalty of one Lnodred dollars for each band, to be recovered as spec i ried in the former sections of this Act. V. That the Judges of the Courts of Com mon Pleas and General Ses/sons be r< quired . to give this law specially in charge to the /iraud Juries, at each tenn of their .Courte, during said n ar with the Abolitionists. AX A*CT TO AMEND AX ACT ENTITLES " AH ACT TO MASK APHROPHIATION IS - AID - OF . Ml FAXILIKS Of Syt.DlKttM, AMD TO Rfc? KAL AN ACT KN TITI,h u AM'ACT TO Aproan AID TO TUC FAXaiKS op SOLDIERS," UATIUSS UV IH? TWKNTV FIRST DAT -OP DSCCVBSI^ IN TBK YHAB OP otra Loan ONO TUOC"SANO. Ela HT I-IUHDBBD AND SlXTT-ONK. Be it tuadtd, by the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting tn Gea* eral Assembly and by the authority ol' the same, that the provisions and benefits of an Act entitled "An Act to make ?ppropriatioa in aid of the families of Soldiers," and to peal an Act entitled " An Act to afford aid to the famil'miof Soldiers,'' ratified- ea tb? twen ty- first day of December, iu, the year of our * Lord one rhonsatid eight hundred and sixty one, be and the aarue are hereby extended so as to include the families, reaidant in this State, of the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, who ??hall be iu the Army or Navy of ike Confederate States, or io the service of the State of South Carolina, or who sha!i die, ba killed, or disabled in the service of either, at any time during the year of oar Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, any thing in the said. Act to the contrary notwitfe- " standing j and that the 7 th Section- of tb? .aid! Act be amended aa follow? : That tpo? the organisation of th? respectiva Board? they ?hall forthwith report th? wine to tiri Comptroller General, with the Post nSco ad. drees of the-several officers of each Board. * In the Senat?' House, the si fi th day Of February, intheye&r of cor LoH cm.j thom- , and eight hundred and riStj'ihree, ?ad iii j the eighty?sevehth year of. the iguty i and independence of the Sut? ci South Carolina. W;D. PORTER,. President of the ikraate A. P. ALERICU, Speaker of House of Repn*t*tatiVes. At an auction -sal? in Charleetos, on Thur** day, aa eu ti re gang of ~ihfrt/-tw??f^iq.t* ;. grues, five df wbW ?tnj 'jf^^^a^r^p^?'. sound, and thirteen of whom wem children, - from the ag ce of three months to ten yeera, sold fur the round sam of i;'29,?"'8l. AW?, several single negroes sold at .prices,binging from $1600 to $1830 for prime bop) ?J4 $1200 to for primo