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E'DGE'FIELD. S. Ci, KEBI?UARY 20; 1863.
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BY MISS CLARA Y. DARGAN.
" Thorney Isie.M
See another sprig of poesy from the gifted
pen of W. IL A.,-entitled as above. We
ev hort our friend-to give himself more fully
to the Museta He is theirs by rights, ?nd,
MARS to tho contrary notwithstanding, he-1
should be amenable to their authority,-at
least whenever am! wherever that ?xce?kmt
chef de baiaV-ion can afford bim the opportu
nity.
Enigma for the Children.
I am composed of J21 letters.
My 1, 9,18, ?0, is a river in England.
My 14,10, -I, 3, ?, 7, waa a celebrated Duke of
Normandy.
My 8,17, ti?, 9, is an old-fashioned musical in
etrument.
My 2, ?, 1 Et, rra? the second son of Noah.
My 4, 20, S, 12, 5, 1?, C. is the emporium of the i
linen trade in Iceland.
My b, 19, is a preposition.
My whole is one of tho most glorious events-in
the history of the Confederacy. C. V. I>. j
A Tale of the.Times.
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BY GIAKA V. DARGAN.
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"Mtn ial on the XMh inst.. Lieut. Barry !
Walton in Carrii, only daughter of the late !
Laurence. Vernon, Esq."
How vividly this short paragraph re-ailed j
to me a scene T had witnessed scarcely one !
short month before. Bul let tue begin at tue
? j
beginning and tell the whole, and "so grow ;
t.i H point*' es our friend Bottom says.
Perhaps some of yon remember the day i
the pavtil'e Dragoons went away to do duty !
ou the coast. It was a tine company, people i
said, made up of stalwart men. huntsmen 1
from th?? cradle, inured to hardships, cool j
and steady itt the hour of peril, and reckless
of death and danger. The captain was a man ,
of noted s.trength and courage, a line horse- I
man a :d a giK?d office r. But the young lieu- ?
tenant, Harry Walton, was the idol of the |
corps. A graceful and fearless equestrian, a !
skillful marksman-brave, handsome, gelier- ;
(ms and unpretending
-\'?;.e ii.im<ru ?iu? |Kfi. ft "\"r\M.-e.,m""' "
1 had known his sUfo'cs, two pleasant, j
kindly girls, (br many years : indeed Mary l
and 1 had been old class-mates and iminiate i
friends; so, shortly after the departure of the
Danville Dragoon*, I received tho following 1
".rt in her :
" DEAR AG Nts : Do come io us ! You will
fully appreciate our condition when 1 tell von '.
Harry left v ith his company last Monday. \
You have no idea how very lonely we are.
The dear boy! We could not bear to se.; him 1
go, for the catnp is a dreadful place for uno :
reared as tenderly as he has been. But then,
you know, Aggie, wc are willing to give him
to our country ; and Mamma says God will
fike care of hil.? es well there as nt home.
"What a dear, kind l>oy b'.> is ! So affection
ate, and thoughtful for us all. Tho morning
he left we stood on thc Iront steps and wa: ch
ed him gallop away-isn't he a splendid ri- ,
der, Aggie ?-and he waved his handkerchief, ;
and kissed hit. hand till he was quite out ol'
sight. Then wc all went into the house and :
cried. I think Mamma bears it remarkably !
well, for you know he is her darling, being
tbe only son : she always says " It's for the '
bes!." But Harry is changed; he is not near
so lively as he used to be. Don't you re
member what a mischief ho was, always
teazing some one, and laughing and sing ng? j
Well : it's all gone now. About a week ago .
he went one night to see Carrie Vernon. I 1
don't know what happened while he was there, ,
but he came home early. As I went down- |
stairs about ten o'clock to see if Mamma was
comfortable, I observed the door of ber room
aj:ir and hean.! Hurry's voice speaking exci
tedly.
"I shall never believe in woman again!,
I thought she was honestand true or I should >
never have allowed myself to dream this fa
tal dream. When I said I hoped she would
not forget me, and every lone and look tobi
as plainly as words bow I loved her, she raia? ?
eil her clear eyes to roy face and answered j
quite calmly, ; As a soldier you have my bo.->t
w ishes for ye u r safety and success.' Safety
and success 1 Would one tenr stain her cheek i
if I fell pierce 1 with a thousand wounds?:
No, cruel ereotitre, if. would not ruffle one j
feature of her beautiful face. But she shall j
repent it yet. I will go to the war ; and when '
I am shot down, call her io look at my dead j
body, and-" - *
Ile stt p ?e?l suddenly, and I knew Mamma
had caugnt him in her anus ; 1 h- ard her say .
?faintly
.. My ?on ! My son i*'
h Forgive me, Mamma ! Forgive mc, dear
est mother1' an?: he clasped the frail figure tu
his breast. 1 did not hear any more but j
wert up stairs soft ly. l'on may know, Agnes, j
how rery sorry 2 was: for 1 loved Carrie Ver-1
non; wethoughr,her haughty atschool, but it
was onlv her wsy, and abe is jeally kind and j
loves Wdl wh?ri she docs love. I surmised '
long ago that Harry .had lost, his heart, for ; :
tho1 be treats- all girls pretty much alike be ?
never appears to think it wot th while to talk j
nf serious or sensible things-looks, and pic- ?
lures, ftc., you know -except to Cnn ie. And
ber brilliant eyes Would grow brighter ss she
talked, and her sweet smile sw?eer as she ;
listened. AndVty think she was flirting ! It j
is shameful, and I know I shall never forgive 1
ber, though, of course, I wi I be obliged it?
treat her as before. I can never liku her
again.
( don't know if T ought, to be telling n'l ?
this on poor, dear Darry, but it is uppermost 1
in my mind, aiel 1 can't help telling you, I
Aggie. But to go back where I began, we l
ar? no lonely ; and Mamma and Lula uni'e '
wit!* me in earnest entreaties that yu take
pity and spend June with us. I will come !
for you next Wednesday iu the carriage. Nu
excuses to be tak-n.
Yours truly, MAMIE." !
Qi course I spent June at Danville. Fri
-quent.:letters came from Harry and it iv:
evident Iroiu their merry, pheasant tone, th:
! ho had quite recovered from Carrie Vernon
! coquetry. Like all boys, I thought, Le foi
! gets her before the 'moon changes ; but
! faust; confes? I did , not like to believe i
Neither Mamie nor lever ??Iludid to the sui
j'.'ct except on one Occasion. We were loo!
Ujg at a fine photograph of the young sold ie
which hung over tic mantel in the sitting
room. You neyerjeutcred that room but yo
caught stu?e.-one standing b^^^be>h>hriiie,
I Ht Luit called it, <ja:^n"g*njtb"tho uand&om
' eves which * looked as if they were about t
J smile, or at the womanly mouth so sweet an
j tender.
? " How could any one resist him ?*' Marni
i asked.
I shook tuy bead : I did not understand m t
eelf how Carne Vernon had managed to es
cape the spell.
u She is a heartless creature. I will nevei
forgive ber (or treating Hurry so."
A thought struck me :
I " But, Mamie, suppose she really does lovi
him. You say lie did not actually propose
I perhaps she does not like to fall till she i
shaken, and shaken vigorously. Men don'
I care for girls who come before they ate called
and Carrie is proud, you know. ? can't be!]
; thinking she loves bim."
Mamie looked up surprised, and then shool
i her bead: M It might beso, but it is hat dh
probable. Harry is not a boy to be deceived
He ia iigbt and gay on the surface but then
is an under current of calm thought and last
mg affection. No.-strange as it seem?, Car
rie Vernon doe? net love him. br he wonk
have t asijy found it cur. She is too cold t<
love, cr too uncertain, T don't know which
Ob.- Aggie, I wish it had been you instead
Then all would ha v? been right."
1 smiled, not knowing what a certain per
son would thin!; if he had beard Mauiie'i
confident assertion. Harry certainly was
hand?<.me, but 1 knew rometody 1 thought
even handsomer. And there the subject
dropped.
June drew to its close, and July came on
intensely ht t ; hu. still I lingered at Dan
ville. Mamie grew daily more thoughtful
anil loving ; Lula moro kind and winning :
ajyl lVi~.?-walion- Tj.V,rA_never was Mich un
angel un earth to my orpriat?m?T1 ejrCT?. "J!"
the long Ruminer days we gathered Around
the invalid's couch where the breeze blew
coolest and the shade was greenest, to lisien
to the talcs of uer childhood told in low, gen
:!e accent*, while her transparent lingers were
ev.r bu.-y with the shining needle??and-trung
yarn, knitting socks ?or " My boy."
If lind been a sultry, sweltering day, and
as evening drew on the south wind which
lifted the lace curtain.-? and waved the ro.-e
vines decoyed us into the froid poich. Thith
er we wheeled the Sofa, at:d supporting the
sick mother between us placid bur where she
c.juld watch the .?un sit. It was not ten min
utes after, tl.st the fate opened : ami who
should walk up the steps piiie self-possessed
but Carrie Vernon. She looked very beauti
fully. I bad not seen ber since we w ere girl.?:
at school together and she was Ul ucl) improved,
lier hair and eyes were always fine; but her"
ligure had developed superbly, and exquisite !
taste in dressing contributed much to her j
beauty. She entered the porch, and walked I
directly lo Mrs. Wallon. I think if nothing !
else bad attracted nie the tones of her voice ,
and her manner ou this occasion would have ;
opened :ny heart to her. 1 saw the pained ?
'ook in Mamie's face fl it away, as the mother
took the young girl's hand, and, drawing her
d iwn, pressed her pale lips upon the queenly
brow. All restraint vanished that instant. j
We werej laughing and t.-.lking merrily
when a servant entered with the mail. There ',
was a strange tremor in bis manner as he i
banded the package to his mistress, and with
drew to the ball. Let us have lights my ;
dear,'* Mrs. Walton proposed ; but Lula pro- '.
tested against the innovation of lamps this ;
beautiful evening, and taking up a paper be- ?
gan straining her ryes iii thc gathering twi- :
light over the latest n.ws.
*' Oh, here is something 1" she exclaimed,- i
Listen !
u Just aa icc are going to press, a f/cn- I
tientan, arrival Jrt*,t Ute coast, informs ns uf\
a raitt made by a detachment nf the Danville !
Dragoons, commanded b;/ Lieut: Walton, u I i
brace anti '/allant ytnmg officer. Thin stir- 1
prised a rendezvous .;/ the enemy's jackets- 'm j :
-Island, ami captured the whole pur- i
ty, ujier a brief but short coldest. We regret \
to slate that Lieut. Walton rcceiud a tcouud-"' j 1
A (?'lick, half-suppressed cry broke the si-1
lenee thro' which Lula's voice growing fear- j
fully lower aud laster, had brought this proud, ! '
3-ad tale to our en rs. Carrie Vernon fell '
prone lo the floor at the mother's feet.. '
.'Oh, Lula, why did you 7" Mamie cried,1
reproachfully, as now, ali confusion, we gath- j 1
ered around the two who most required our J j
attention. . .
u He is not dead, Marama ; it was only a |
ll sh wound and is not considered ut all seri- I
uns. Mamma, darling Mamma, listen to me! : <
Harry is not burt.'' I
Mrs. Walton opened her eyes ; she com-: y
prehe?ded Lulu's confused explanation ; but I*
Carrie' lay quite still. No sound seemed to j t
ph ree her ears. The servants lifted her up- j 8
im the sofa, ard pi or Mamie in an agony of j r
?rief calitd her by name, and implored ber ! c
lo speak. As we stood thus, chafing tb?: j 11
small bands, now cold and paid as death, the | "
gate opened and^ Harry Walton bounded up
the steps ! In a moment be neemed to com
prehend all. A few low weirds his mother
whispered as be clasped ber to bis heart, and
he sank down beside the conch, and caught
the cold bands in bis. *? Carr; e, dear Garrie !
open your eyes. It is I, Ha.rry, who calls
you. Speak to me, my own !*'
Tile lung lushes lifted themse'ves tlowly,
and the dark eyes retted upon bis lace.
" Not deutl, thank God I" ?be murmured.
At this-bo ^.what's tie use of telling thft
rest? You-ali know ^^R^Sfefe-l
all Us Leen made ..straight, and ail 'doubts j
and fears removed ; and if you. don't know
you needn't. Harry tad hurried home to as
sure us of bis safety after that " daring feat,"
and, as you have seen, arrived most apropos.
The wedding, of course, was the consumma
tion of all things, and cxme ell before/the !
young lieutenant's furlough expired. lu old j
times a girl could not gee up a irosseau un- j
der six months ; but now jshe may be thank- j
ful if she bas six weeks-if ye, six Jays! Ii
don't know but it's just as mell, seeing there's j
nothing to wear and nowhere :o wear it.
As a veracious story-teller I suppose I ?
should jive a full account of tho wedding, ns j
well as a key to Miss Vernon's strange lie- j
havior. As lo the first you may exercise j
your own imagination ; and at; to the second, j
if you are a woman you know\ all about it. j
Ab, but I suppose tlie other fex'have just the j
least bit of curiosity, aud would" Like to know \
too. Well : I don't like "to divulge secrets. >
but if you'll promise (not) to lake advantage j
of it I'll tell you : Hairy was trio tardy, and J
Carrie got tired waiting. So you *.ee> like all
women, she played a came, an ri waa tito loser
-for awhile. But do yon blame het t J '
don't.
.Inst one word moro. Girls, never ^lirt :
with a soldier. Suppose he were to jctk?il- ?
ed_ah ! Trv your bands cn the " cowcriptsr'
and "exempts,"-you may hurt tltfm U.*"i
badly as your kind hearts will ?et y lu, toii
sparf ike soldier*.
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Fur tia* Advertiser.
Thorne)' Iule.
" The sweet loneliness of Thorney Islo pleas '|
tth nu-morn now." Those worn * are aarritod tn
Edward H., the Monk-King, hy Sir 3? Itnlwer
Lytton in his powerful Romaneo ?J "?Larold the
last of the Saxon Kings." They were addressed
lo William the Conqueror, a? thernynttwsdii rode. .
- 1 '. " 1 la I .?"?'* -? mm - -
i 4 ' * j " %
William, I love thc Juillet Tower. ' ;
And yon palatial J?ile ;
Vet, o'er mc sways a sweeter power,
Tho ellinga Thorney We.
0 Thorney. fade, 0 Thorney I 1?,
The loneliness so sweet,
Ol' Thorney Isle, my Theme;- I>ie,
IMeaseth mc more, I. weet !
II.
1 love Westminister*, my wonne
Shut out from snare and wile :
Ami a meet bye for royal mone,
Is lonely Thorney Isle,
0 Thorney Isle, 0 Thorney Me, !
The loneliness so sweet,
Of Thorney Lie, my Thorney Lie, ?,
IMeaseth mn more. T wct? ?
UL .;,
Norman, I love the Palatine,
Keep, where I bode erstwhile;
Uut dear to me in life's decline,
Is el lingo Thorney isle.
0 Thorney Isle, 0 Thorney Isle,
The loneliness so sweet,
Of Thorney Isle, my Thorney Isle,
Pleaseth me mm e, I weet ! i ;
IV.
Sweet Thorney Isle, to thee I Hy, !
In these my days senile; j.
Have off this crown, 0 let mo .lie
lu lonely Thorney Isle !
0 Thorney Isle, O Thorney Isle,
The loneliness so sweet,
0? Thorney Isle, my Thorney Isle,.
. Pleaseth me more, 1 weet !
?Thorney Island was ouco the scat of Wost- f 1
Bluster. W. II. A. j J.
Something Coining.
Tho Mobile Advertiser and Register thus j e
lotices a new English poem and its probable j d
eptodueliou by a Mobile publisher : ? ?
TANKUAUSSEB.-We copy from the London I 1
.'?mes a scholarly criticism upon a new pectn I 1
rhicb, under the title of " I'annhausser " bas j v
iroduced a marked sensation in England". Thc ? s
latncS ol' thc authors accompanying the pub
?cation are feigned. Its real authors ate
nown tohje two young Englishmen ol' line
eniusaud distinguished attainments-Young
lulwer, the son ol' Sir Edward Bulwer Lyt
oii, Secretary to thc fclngli.-h Embasaey al Vi
ona, and Julian Fane, the son of Lord West
moreland.
We believe our enterprising Mobile pun
isher, Mr. Gootzel, is about to reproduce thc ? f
oem in book form herc.
lt ia not impossible that, when it appears,
outbern readers may discover that its hint
i borrowed from " Thu Temptation of Ye
I v
us,;' the most elaborate and elegant of the
reductions bf thc Charleston post, Pani H. i
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Making lteeulutiouH. 5
Never furtn a resolution that is not a good i s
ne; and when once formed, rcr.r break it. e
f ytiu lorin a resolution, and (hen break it, i
on sd your3elf a bad example, and you are 1
cry likelv to follow it. A person ina}' get j ji
lie habit of breaking his resolutions ; ibis is j t
.i bad to the character and miud. as an incu-1 J,
tide disease to the body. No person can be- t]
ome ?reut, but by keeping bis resolutions ; t
0 person over escaped contempt, who could t,
o', keep them.-An Extrait. 0
(?The following versos, rornprwed year.' agony ?
JrfpcK MKE?, of Alah'iiDiii, and having refercnco-'
to tho women of 7 ?i, opp ?a consonance witti the i
facts of thodny in winch we- live. Th*.third
stanza ha? found a speedy ami a beautiful fulfil!- 1
ment in eve?y part of onr glorinis Runny South :]
The Mothers of the South.
The mothers of (tic South!
In thc lurid morn of uitttlr,
When from Hie cannon".? tnoith.
Carno tjia-thnnder's deadly rattle.
Their fair anfr frag?e forma
Shrank n?*?v in terror tjrnnMis,
But-raiiihows.nn the^oruii:
: Still ?ive nsJreado^JEropuge !
~~?Wf^ew^;^ht^ bHViit;
Our noble Sj.ut|iern mothers!
"iTho io thc r?rlfc-maid, njafron, wife_
Stood by thejr sons and br?lhers.
On CamjenV'-tilfll plain, " 1
At Kn aw ?nd Savannah,!
Thc star of freedom's train! '
AV as Lianty's wovon bannir !
. Througli mt tho night of wife,
The H g was still rosplen?ent,
Aud ma y a son fell loir j
To Ice p its folds ascendant !
Then jd dge to-night their'memories bright
Our D ble Southern mutters ! I
Who in he stri?er-raaid, matron wife
Stood hy their sons and brothers!
Ob, yes we'll keep their names
Emb; Imed in song.an'd story.
Those lion-hearted daines,
Whopodlcd freedom's glory:
Aud fhhtld the strife of war
li'cr lingo again our waters,
We'll fbd our henrys to cheer;
Th?* Mitron* ia their itftozhtcr* !
i "
Then dedgo to-right their memories hright,
Ourcoble Southern uhthers!
Who il :he sttile-?unid,, matron. w::V -
Stun bv their sons and brothers !
Ingratitude.
hlil, blow, thou win ty wind.
Th it arl not so i.ekici
man's ir.gratitudj;
Thj tooth is not_;o kein,
lieairsc thou art
Out sh?.,
i-wf .ilia rmi
lt!?"Ugh thy i.n%* :-*ho rude.
. ' J ' -* ' . I
frl?o. freeze, thonSiitW sky. . j
Tupi dort not hite
* benefits f< .cg i :.
Tlingit thou thf vinters wdrp,
Tip sting is not aiT.hhrp
ls friends rcmanhpnin^not
j Reiutnt^on.
Wryiknow not," ti wh.-.; destinies we are !
Tr>r.',T^'-''V :^'.^''^''ry^^]^r life. !
Divincl Trovidch^ri'vy' U?-TO ansijiaeof it? ; p
but ever t*f avoid?vil ar.d shun reproach arc J
imperative .i?.*:e-- devolving ou ali.
A good na. oc S to be prized both for the
good, like so urna current coin, it. will bring
its possessor. authiV* A* a? honorable badge,
ol'that lrue meriiandViutrinsic excellency, by j
which ahne, it ito bjV.*cquired?. Xor ?sit!
confined to any onditioif J* rank of men. lt j
serves to mark ii mental or phy sical d ?.stine- j
tioti, but is a hage of that pt, rt?t nooiliry, j
the nobility of te heart, which while i'. may j
ne denied to th proudest, is witlnV the reach ?
of ihe most limbic. To Young .Mt n uP"n (
their ii'trpduclin to the untried vida*Hudes'
of life, it ?s a rcoinmendatiou mere vaia, dde-j
titan Diplomas Without it the future c*.'n ;
bold out but. bile promise. Clouds will, ob? !
.?cure the. sun i Hope, aud mists ennhrofid a }
glowing prospct.
To the nhl i-'putation is tho solace of re
membrance: ie crowningglory nf all paMei:
peiience. lt;?ves comfort iii declining years,
Mid prolits bfond the grave.
The valutof a good name is appreciated
by the enmhts; it is commensurate with their f
highest precisions. Ilepntation is a treasure,
which if pa'esscil by the humblest, peasant
in a Cottagi he einnot bc said to Ii? truly
poor. Opoence may scorn, but amid all its
vanities, il tho darkest hours of neglect, a
good nameis rather tobe preferred than gold
heaped as Mountains, or silver strewed, like
i ebbles inthe valley. The vile tongue of
ls .nder mi)' select us as its victims, however 1
iX emplarywe are, for we often hear the good I '
let'ded, aid see virtue become a shining mark j 1
or the invidious assaults of billingsgate;!'
mc.coonci or later the shaft will recoil upon j '
he guilty head, and the voice of vihdication
rilf eventually be hear;1 rising like dulcet, mu
ic, .sw^L'ing above the storm of night,
Rcpflla>ion is the pearl, whose price neith
r proiporifcj' nor adversity can deprec?ale, lt
s the talisman of victory over all difficulties, j '
ind asure pie Ige of faith which gives con- '
cnttient here, ?nd inspires a hope looking j '
icy uud thc bourne "of life.
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" Too many persons grow to use their re- j s
?ioi as a diver doth his bell-to .Venture ! <
IV
ne n into the depths of worldliness with safe ; I
ft md grope for peatU with just HO mitch of, t
iCOVenV) air na will keep them from sutlbca- j.?
Ir.g and no more ; and sonic, alas ! as at j \
?mes is the case M iib divers, are suffocated '' ?
(?til the experiment.'' j j
The Haleigh (N. C..) Standard learns that j t
rhen Capt. Garrett was made Colonel of thc j
tit North Carolina State Tl oops, on the re") j
?{?nation of Col. Mcltae, Capt. Hill who was I s
noded to thc position of Lieutenant Colonel |
ii the line of promotion, was appointed to ' ,
hut office, and Capt. Lea was appointed .Ma- I ,
nr. But Capt, Hill, with singular magna- ,
limit)', declined the position, and rcturued j
is commission . to Gov. Vance, with the un- .
erstanding that Gupt. Lea should fill thc ,
ilace, on the ground that Capt. Lea was bet
er qualified for, and more entitled to the ! i
iffice of Lieutenant Colonel than he was !
Capt. Hill, therefore, becomes Maj.ir, ao<
Capt. Lea Lb* n tenant Colonel of thc R>gi
ment. Surh instances of unselfishness nri
rare,-even in the arm)'. Capt. Hill is a noble
hearted man, and as brave as he is unselfish,
AX ACT TO RAISE SUIM-UKS nm THE VKAII
ro.MttENTI.VG IJt OCTOBER, ONE TflotSAMi
EirWT IIl'N'PRF.n AN'D SiSTY-TWO.
J'?' it enacted, by the Senate and House cl
Representatives now met and sitting in (lou
erai Assembly and by.-, the. authority of thc
?ame, that n Tax for' the sums' and rdn the
manner hrTrftriftCMP-' mculionedy?hall h.; .vais
ed and paid into the Treasury of this State
fer the use and service thereof; that is tr
say : jOue dollar and thirty cents ad tolircin
on every hundred 'lullars of the vania of all
'.ands granted in this State according to thc
existing c'a-sification ::.s heretofore establish
ed : one dollar ind twenty-six cents per head
on all slaves.: Pronidtd, that all lands or
.-laves in lin.; State, now in possession or un
der the control of the enemy, ind such other
lands or slaves as may be tttken by the ene
my before the return of the said property to
the Tax Collector, and also such other lands
as shall have been abandoned by the owners
.n cons?quence of the action of the Military
Authorities, shall bc exempt from taxation
under this Act ; three dollars ou each free
negro, mulatto or mestizo, between the ages
nf fifteen and fifty years, except such as shall
clearly be proved lo the satisfaction of the
Collector to be incapable from wounds or
otherwise. r.T procuring a livelihood, and ex
cept those who now are, or have nt any time
been, in the service of the army of this Stale
or ol' the Confederate States, in the existing
war : twenty-two ceiits.fTit' valorem on every
hundred dollars cf the value of ail lots, lands
and buildings within any city, towt:, village
or br-rongh in thin-State: Provided, that the
tax on lands and buildings in the city ni
Charleston be assessed on the vain? of the'
landa only, where I he buildings ami improve
ments on the land have been desi roy ed by
the late conflagration. And Prorided further*
That no lav .?hall be levied'on lots, lands ami
buildings in unyeite, town, villager,!1 Iiomugh,
in this State, which have pa-sod into the pos
session or under the.control of the enemy, or
which may pass into the possession or ululer
the control of the enemy, before returns are
made to the Tax Collectors; one hundred rents
pecjjjoai^red dojlara ott to^torag^ emphw
inents, faculties ?nd prorc&torrs] fi:CiyuTw??lw
profession of Dentistry, air! including hei ein
Clerk- of Coutts of Common Pleas and Gen
eral Se pious, Sherifis, Masters and Commis
sioners in Ennity, Registeis of Mesi.e Con
veyancv, Ordinaries and Coroners, whether
in the profession or employ ment of Law or
Equity the piofits be derive?] from the costs
of suit, fees, or oilier Sources of professional
income, except, clergymen, soho''1 masters,
school mistresses and mechanics ; one hun
dred cents on every hundred dollars on the
amount ol' commissions received by vendue
masters and commission merci.anus ; Corly
cetus per hundred dollars on the. capital slock
paiit in on thc first of October, one thousand
eight hundred and sixtydwo, of all banks
which for their present charters, have not
n lid a bonus to the State, which said hank
lax-, .the Stockholder, when he or she r?silies
within .;'!? Slate, shall have the right to pay
to tb'? Ti?' Collector nf the district or parish,
where such Stockholder reside by paying
the same on CF before the first clay of .lune
next, and forwari.;?K a duplicate .receipt of
such payment to the resident of SUC? Bank i
ind in case any StockhoKVr rfcsi,lps wi,houl
i he Slate, the lax on the stoftk ,)Unch Sl0tk'
bolder shall be paid to the Tux u'"??*0' o?
the district or parish where the bank 'H
cated ; eighty cents per hundred dollars/*"
the capital stock ol' any 13o.uk ol issue not. in- i
?Orporated by this State, paid in on the first j
lay of October, one ihousand eight hundred
ind sixty-two, doingbusincsa by agents with- J
n ibo limits of this Slate ; forty cents per I
liuntlrcd dollars on thc capital stock of all in- |
:or|iornt.cd Gas-Light Companies: one and a
inlf per centum On all premiums taken in
:his State by incorporated Insurance Cumpa- i
des, and by the Agencies in this State, act- ?
ng in behalf of Insurance Companies and un- ?
lerwri tera without the limits of this Suite;
,weiity-two cents on every hundred dollars of I
he amount of sales of go.dst wares and mer j
mandi.se, embracing all articles cf trade for j
?a!a, barter or exchange (the products of ibis ;
state, and the unmanufactured products of;
tny of the States of the Confederate States ex
;epted), which any persou shall have made
"rom the first day of January, in the year of
Mir Lord ono thousand eight hundred and <
dxty-two to thc li "st day of January, in the j
,-ear of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
md sixtyihrec, either on bis, her or their cap- I
tal, or borrowed capital, or on account cf any ;
lerson or persons, as u,vrcnt, attorney or cori
ligne?; ninety cents'upou every hundred dol
ara of the amount of sales of all goods, wares
ind merchandise whatever, which any tran
sient person, not resident in this State, shall
;nake in any house, stall or public place,
whether tho said sale be made br sample or
itherwise; twenty dollars per day for all cir j
ms exhibitions ; live dollars per day for re
presenting publicly for gain and rewntd any
[day, comedy, tragedy, interlude or farce, or
:)ther employment of thc stage, of any part
therein, or for exhibiting wax figures or olb
in- shows, of any kind whatever, to bc paid
into the bauds-ol' the CHcrks -of the Couitn 1
respectively, who shall br? bourn! to pay
sini^Jnto thn Treasuries of ihe State of.S
Carol ?na, except ?n rases where tlto'em
now rr-quired by law io lie pani*tn eorj
tioru orotlierwirfi ; om* louth o? one per <
on ail moniert loaiu-thv monies nt interest
monies invested in tRei? Stocks or Gonda of
in ?viJurtJ, Stale or onrporntfoii other '
Bonds or Stocks of this State or of tho 1
federate States, and oilier than thc St'
of the Hank.? and Railroad Companies of
Slate ; one dobVir and'lilly cents for'-^
hundt?d dollar.: of ;?r.js4. receipts ?if al! C
merciaPA^geucrCir^to^ of.
State : thirteen cents cn every pack of pin;
cards sold in this Slate ; fifteen doljr.rs n
every Hilliard table within this State, use*
and for Ihe purpose ol raisin ja revenue th
from ; one hundred cents on the hundred
lars of all salarie?, including public oific
except officers of the-Army and Navy,
on all wage?, from whatever souroc dorii
except wages of five hundred dollars or
per annum.
If. AU taxe.? levied on property, as ]
scribed ?ti thc first secli.cn cf this Act, si
be paid to thc Tax Collector for the lux
trict in which said property is boated : J
vided, that where negroes have been remo'
from any Districts or Parishes by reason
tbe?dangers arising from the invasion or
cupaiion thereof by t'JJ enemy, it shall
lawful to pay thc laxe..-: upon the same to
the Tax Collector.; of the Districts or Piri
cs from which sa'd negroes were remov
That ail taxes levied ou property" in t
State during the continuance of the war
tween the Confederate and I'nited Stales
America, may be paid in (.''.moderate i\o
or other current funds, and :h" commission:
he received hy the va riot:: Tax Collectors
this State, for thc year commencing on 1
first day of October, one thousand eight lu
dred and ?ijtly-two, shall be at the rate
seventy per centum nf the Commissions n<
allowed them by lav.-, evconj such dist rit
and Eurishe.; as pay an amount less th
eight lnliuireil dollars to the Collector.
?Ii. The Tax Collectors til the several D
triots and J'arisltes in this State, in their i
turns hereafter fo he made, are hereby i
ijitiretl and et joined lo state the preci
amounts of taxes collected b^ "sm for su
porting the police of tho sai' vera! Ptstrii
and Parishes aforesaid,, t iting ihe rates p
centum wj the r?rr?v.m'.- ..f Ihe State tax cc
fi rtOU fffifo;<flU?tff^
poses, and the fofa! amount of c^mmwSffi
received by CRch snd every ot'suc'? Tax Cr
lectors, aid tl.e rite per cento m of his cot
nii>f.io,,s, and the Cotuptro.'er General sh"
return the sante in his report.
i\'. Free negroes, mulattoes and mestizo,
are hereby icnjulred to make their returns nn
pay their taxes during tlie month of April
and the Tax Collector of St Phillip's an
St. Michael's is allowed until the month i
.lum: to receive ihe taxes of white persons.
V. The lots and houses on'Sullivan's h
land shall be freed from taxation during th
existing war between the Confederate :;,.au
and the United Stales of America, the sam
being used by the troops of tho Conf?d?ral
.Simes er ly ihe works for defence.
VI. That the Tax ("'.!iee!ors lie authorize!
to extend the lime for the receipt, and rita
for tho payment of taxes, and also for th
payment thereof into thc Treasury of thi
Slate, for a period of thirty days beyond lb
peri <ds therefor hitherto allowed by law.
Vlf. That the sum. of two hundred am
fi'tv thousand dollars, received by Wiltoo
G. DeSatissiire, as Agent nf the Stale, fron
the Confederate Government, and by hin
paid into the Treasury of this State, uudei
the resolution of the Confederate Congress iv
lative to the conflagration in the city o
"harleston OH tho eleventh day of December
' ousand eight hundred' aud sixtv-one
one u .... i ' '
. I all such other sum? ol money a:
, red from the Confederate Gov
inaV be recd. , ,
, . ie p-esent vear ami place?!
eminent during t. 1, . " ,
. ," . hied to such appropria
m thu ltea?urv, t.o s. . , .
, , . lue ( i encrai Assem
hons as may la: made e>
Idy of this Slate.
. -* ?
.Noble Sentiments.
.... " , ?ni
r.ot long since some ot th? Physician.
th? (i mrisl?itg pity of .Macon, published then
fcc bill, suiting that* "the Physicians of Ma- j
Mn aro unwilling further to attend gratuit
msly the poor and destitute of the eily." They I
exercised but their proper and juat right in |
doing so. Four noble and generous hearicJ !
men, however, whose names oiigh - to be:
known and their virtuet appreciated by eve- |
ry one: Dra. M, S. Thomson, John T, Cox, ;
A. L. Llinkscales, and M.. K. Freeman, pub- i
lish a card protesting against the action In the
nami? of humanity and ;usticc, and say :
M There parties have u perfect right io speak
for. themselves, and il that is their determi-i
Halton, bc it so, but we object to bc included '.
by the general term used, and deem it prop- j
LT to say that so far fruin endorsing that ?
declaration, ive are read)*, in view of our j
?it c-.ciiL surroundings, to do moro, if possible j
fur that class of our fellow creatures, many
ol whom arc made "poor and destitute'1 in I
part for our sakes, through whoso suficrinus j
by reason of the absence of their supporters, i
tve who remain at horneare enjoying our lives
and liberties in comparative security. Should
the City .Council still see proper to pay for'
the Medicines used, so as to relieve tn from '
pecuniary outlay in that behalf, wo shall be I
|i cosed, but their not doing so shall lie no j
har tu our tlForta fur their benent to the,ut
most extent nf our ability-."' '.
Nobler and mnr - patriotic wn?mehts ha?re
not Liten uttered during the war. . The bless
ings of heaven will rest upon them.
Severe bat Jost,
Referring to the rerfcacks of Mr. Conrad, of
Louisiana, who spoke in the lower house of
thc Confedera-e Congress the other.day,* in
relat ion to the exemption of newspaper men,,
the Mobile Tribune is only justly severe. Mr.
C. declared that the newspapers, h.? thought
it probable, are " doing-more harm than good j
a^a3^or.tJie^ini-!ier8, lt&:>1jedared that be
believed they could be better emp??ytf? Ju
thc army " than in preaching to empty meet
ing bou-:es, or to old maids and grannies,"
in reply to the attack upon the press, the
Tribune says :
If the exemption of printers gives no equiv
aient for their services in the army, let them
be placed there wifchoutdelay. .'"But that man
is a fool, or has some especial personal griev
ance against the craft, who cannot see that
.hey are of almost indispensable use-that
is, when they are honestly performing toe
duties of their vocation ; and we are glad tp
say that we knosr of few exceptions to thia
high virtue within the Confederate States.
We venture also to assert that even the
least of them may be considered of as mach
value to thc general cause as any one of half
the members of the Confederate <Gopgre&3.
Their enemies are those who lack the ability
to achieve the importance which their ambi
tion craves : those wbo are envious of the
me: it which has .ns due applause through
their-colnmo* ; those whose mercenary pur
poses are exposed and thins ?becked. The
ofiicer who h:i?> crawled to a place by servili
ty or frattd and whose value is tested in bat
tle, detests a newspaper, and would also, if
his jiower were equal to bis de*ires, " back"'
or hang all those who have mag ter ed the re
cundite arts of reading and writing. The
hangers on ol-t?rese officers-the pickers up
of tho crumbs which fall from official tables,
and there are many of them everywhere, they
are indignant when their masters are m'en
tionetHn print, unless it be in disgusting hy
perbole. Politicians who have girded on their
swoul ar.d are usi; g it as an .instrument to
exhume and recreate their dead reputations ;.
these and score* ol others believe that a free
preta i? a great evil, and ought to be fmhjcc
LLA to military Piirrpilbincp. The pairiotyon -
^ie-v-T?tir.ry^?ccs in ibtnesBspajpecan -in^tr^ .
uienf whlcu^TTBtB!Tftferr^
country in a brotherhood of eyuqiathy : secs
in it a means of ?p|realing to, and arousing
rind encouraging the general patriotism ; sees
how it keeps the charitable feelings of our
people alive ; sees how it gives heart to de
sert ; sees how. it pricks reputation which,
without it, might be blown up to 60 great pm.
portions as to bring ruin on the country ; sees
how it is constantly on hand to intercede for
the wronged aud 1.0 s'?tain the right; sees
how welcoinp it in tn the- thousands of house
hold? that wcuhi be-in the suspense cf igno
rance withouts. Itsgood uses are manifold and
coulil only be properly appreciated if it were
stricken nut of existence. But thee char
acteristics are obvious and Deed no display.
They who deny them may very justly he sus
pected of holding positions which they are
not fit for-The sooner such men find their
level-are redured to the ranks of military
or civil life-the better it will be for all of tts
who are working in dead earnest to achieve
the emancipation. of our country from the
sordid toils of Yankee despotism.
.Hr. Boye? nnd the North-west.
The Richmond correspondent of tb? Char
leston Mercury has the following rumor on
the posit ion-of Mr. B-tyce on the North-west.
The readir will bear in mind it is only ru
mor :
lt. is rumored that Mr. Boyce has been mak
ing a speech in secret seasion advocating con
ciliation towards the Northwest Yestetday,
the House, in ita anxiety to dispose of tho
question of impressments, refused to RO into
secret session in order that Mr. Boyce might
conclude his speech. \J*L,2t. the temper of
the House is in regard tn the Northwest, I
cannot, suv. The toue of the finqnirer indi
cates the indisposition of the Administration^
*o rely on anything but hard blows-the right
Our policy is the execution of the Con
w.
?cn pt Lu correspondent says :
The sama. |g forden the exchange of
doe Hooker bs . he cbaU^8 0[ certain city
.ewspap .nd ^ f ^ 00 ,
jnpers. for getting ?100 . - ? - - c
dungle every week ara *avif'r Km.W* w
)fcot:.i'jciural movement o? Gt*
veil not be stiokfln ?bout?
" A HA II? CAfikv-The ,: Provisional (join*
alit?e'' ol Botetoiirt county, Va., b?ve given
totice, by advcrtlsctttetlt tn the Fincastle Air
ara?, that they will hot Lcreaftcr sttpiwrt
the families ol sulciers irom thai ?oil?ty "ia
thc cveufof their marrying."
COOL.-The Acte South, the Yankee paper
published at Hilton Head, contains, aiuoHg
jther villainies, an advertisement of six
Dolutnns of land sales " for unpaid direct
tax?e in insurrectionary diitricts," which
states that thc lands there offered have been
forfeited to the United States. Several bun
ked tracts of laud on St. Helena Island, La
Jy'a Island, aud Tort Royal Island, are enu- H
merate-l. The notice is signed A. D. Smith,
W. E. Wordiugi an 1 Wm. Henry Brisbane,
Direct Tax Commissioners,
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