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Rain ou the Roof.
When tuc btiinid shadows gather
Over ail Ibo starry sphere?,
And a melancholy darkness
Gently weeps io rainy tears,
'Tis a j".v?to press thc pillow \
Of a cottage-chamber bcd,
And to listen to tbo patter
Of tho soft rain over-head.
Every tingle on the shingle
Has an echo in the heart,
And a thousand lively fancies
Into busy being start.;
And a thousand recollections
IVi'ave their bright hues into woof, ?
As ? !:s;e:i t" the palter
O? !he . ft ruin on tho roof.
lhere iu ? cy comes my mothor,
At she u.ed to years bygone,
To survey the infant sleepers,
Ere she left them till the dawn.
I .? :n ste her bending o'er me,
As I Hitor, to tho strain
"Which is jiiay'd upon the shingles
By the patter of the rain.
Then my little seraph sister,
"With her wings and waving hair.
And her bright-eyed cherub brother
A serene, aa elie pair
Glide around my wakeful pillow,
With their praise of mild reproof.
As 1 listen to ue murmur
Of tho soft rain on the roof.
"There,i? nought in art's bravuras,
That eau work with such a spell
Ir. ibo spirit's pure, deep fountains,
"\7benoe tao hily passions swell,
As that melody of Nature
Tb it eui dued and softening struin,
Which is play'd upon the shingles
Ey the patter ol the raia.
The Erring.
A word of er cor, a word of bone,
When spoken in a kindly tone,
Has streegtbed'many fainting souls,
When stru\gHag feebly and alone.
'Tis bard to tread the path cf right;
Th; strongest sometimes from it stray,
Though cheered by friendly .Turds and smiles,
And wisest Counsels have their way.
But when alone in duty's path
A brother falls ia wrong ; nd tharne,
Should we not seek to lead him back,
And love and pity more than blaine?
Wc know.no; what deep sfr.se of wrong,
Or what enchanter's treacherous art,
Ha? moved his hand to acts of crime,
Beguiled his brain, and Cred his heart.
Still let us show n brother's love,
And reach to.hira a brother's hand ;
Incjjiro him on with words of cheer,
And make him feel himself, a man.
How ofton thus a ningle word
Has burst the tempter's potent chain ;
nos raised the fallen from despair,
And brought Lim hope and strength again.
A simple word, withhold it not;
A kindly smile., if freely given,
Will oiteu save a wi.rid of woe,
Ar. l guide an erriug foul to beaven.
Thc Lawyer and the Teamster.
The ?osiotl Journal relates the following
arec?otr* of Honorable Jeremiah Mason, the
distinguished lawyer : Mr. Mason was some
thing of a giant in physical as well as men
tal proportions, and in youth must have pos
sessed r. powt rfu] frame, in a sitting posi
tion he did co:, however, appear above ordi
nary stature, not i uly from great length of
limb, but from a habit of stooping which he
bad acquired. While in Tue vigor and strength
of early manhood, Mr. Masi-n happened one
very cold day tv.be driving along a road in
tbe* countrv, half buried under buffalo-robes,
.and looking rather insignificant to a ca-ual
observer; at lea.-t, HO be appeared toa team
stor who approached iu an opposite direction,
occupying o largo a portion of the road witu
his team tba! paasing was a diflicult matter
for attftthgj v.-hicio As they neared each
ot!... . .. . -ar?ep?sly requested tho
teams ?il and give him room; but
th:. . v.'ia an impudent look at
ti .. c ' i ?mail youth, peremptorily re
fusi i) ?nd J to tum out himself.. Mr.
M . randy perceived that there
was bo ours? ?ti pursue, quietly stopped
hi ?- L : .. ... . '?. . r< ins uv-jr \c>. dasher, and
slowly bvt:?n .<? roll down tho robes, at the
sam..- '..iu draw ? g up hid legs aud gradually
rising from h-s s.'&r.
The teamster silently watbed thesemotions :
but, as tr.e-legs obtoiued a foundation, and
fcot after ?a>l of Mason's mammotbproportjons
came into view, a look of astonishment, like
a circle in th-; water, spread over his hitherto
calm li.ee, arni, with a deprecating gesture,
he presently exclaimed, u 'i hat'il do, stranger
-don't rtse any more-I'll tum out!" Mr.
Mason noon Lad tue track to himself,' and
the bewildered teamster drove off at a brisk
pace.
Honesty of a itloruvian.
In thc course of a war, a captain cf cavalry
was appointed to procure forage; he accor
dingly went .'.: the bead of bi.-? troops to the
place assigned them lor the purpose ;-it was
a solitary vailey, in which thc eye perceived
nothing but clusters of trees. At last the
officer discovered a cottage, and, knocking at
the door, it was op?ued by an old Moravian
with a white beard. M Father,'" said the cap
tain, " show me a field where we cun procure
forage."' "I will," replied thc- old mau. He
then put Lim eit nt their bead, and conducted
them out of "hs valley. After riding fer
about a quarter of an hour, ti.ey arrived at a
fine field of bailey. "' .Sto?>," said the Ollicef
to his guide, '? this is what we w?sl.v " Wait
a little.'1 repHed thc Moravian, " mid you
shali b" satisfied." They then continued
their prcgicss, und tit 'be distance of a quar
terer u league .they found an-nlur fieid of
the same giaiti. \\ mn the soldiers had c"t
the com ?nd remounted their horses, thc
.ollicer sahl to his gum*',-,{Father, you'have
brought us a great way unnecessarily; t ins
firsit'iicld wits better liisu this.'5 "True,"
replied thu old man. '. but that lield docs not
belong tome!" What a nobie insiance'oi
truly Christian virtue ! rather than it-jure his
neighbor's property, the worthy M'oruvuu"
sacrili?d his ....?vu. - . .
Josh was brought befofaia country squire
for stealing a hog, ami three witnesses being
examined swore that they saw1 bim steal it.
A wag b.ivit g volurtteereu a? counsel for
.lo-h. knowing the scope nfthesquire's brain,
arose and ad T- -c! him as billows:
" M iv i' ? I. \ our honor, I can establish
this luau's honesty beyond the pbadow ol' a
doubt- foi I have twelve ^witnesses ready to
swear !i::r* they dil not see Lim ?teal it. The
- . : . :. li . f.?r ti few inonu-:.t
" i'.i . . . o i bought, and theil
'.?. '.i {rreat .;.;.. y .itos?^ ait-.t^rtadiing hncrC
Lc i.iv!; M<!,- %
.. ];'? L.-?: a' ' wctTC y bu did- :u>i sef bim
steal il, ? rc o... did, I discharge
Ihe piiiCUcr. Citar ihe room J"
To the People of South Carol
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMEI
COLUMBIA, May 22, ]
h i have this day received infortnatio
j order issued by Major-G?n?ral Q. A.Gi
I deem it proper, without delay, to"
to your information, such portions th?
affect mc- and concern you ; bc'caus
create for you a conflict with the lc
the United States, which can only be ?
by my forbearance to exercise the fu;
of the'Executive Department of the
HEADQUARTERS, DEPART'T OF THE Sou
HILTON HEAD, S. C., -May 15, lSC
General Orders ]
No. G3. j
I. The proclamation-of A. G. Magral
ling-, himself Governor of South Ca
dated Headquarters, Columbia, S. C.,
2-1,18d5. declaring that all subsistence
and property of the Confederate States
the limits of the State should betnrne
and accounted for by the agents of tht
appointed for that purpose,-and directin
thc subsistence and other stores shall Ix
for the relief of the people of the Statt
the proclamation of Joseph E. Brown, s
himself Governor of Georgia, dated i
Capitol of the State, on thc 3rd of May,
requiring the officers and members i
General Assembly to meet in extraire
session at thc Capitol in Milledgevill
Monday the 20th of May, 18G5 ; ac
proclamation of A. K. Allison, styling
self Acting Governor of Florida, dali
Tallahassee on the Sib day of April,
giving notice and direction that an eh
will be held on Wednesday, tie 7th <
Juuc, 18??, for Governor of thc Sla
Florida ; are each and all of them dei
null and void, it having become known I
from trustworthy information, that the i
said A. G. Magrath, J. E. Brown, and .
Allison, are disloyal to the United S
having committed sundry aud divera a
treason against thc same, in adhering to
enemies and giving them aid and comfo
The persons and people to whom the
tarnations liereinabovc referred to have
respectively addressed, are therefore enj
and commanded to give no-heed wha
thereto, pr to any orders, proclamations,
missions, or commands, i manating fron
sons claiming the right to exercise thc
tions and authority of Governor in eitl
the States of South Carolina, Georgi
Florida, unless thc same shalt have been
mulg^d by the advice or consent o.
United States authorities.
IL * >- " '*
HI. District and Provost Comroai
throughout this department will at oncee
th's order to be circulated far and wid<
special couriers or otherwise, .and will
auch steps to secure its enforcement as
by them be deemed necessary.
Q. A. GILMORE,
Major General Commandic
Official : G. F. MCKAY, 1st Lteut. an
A. A. General.
I cannot, under all the circumstances w
surrouud you, expose you to the conseque
which will be produced because of any e
on my part-fruitless, if not mischievou
it must be-to exercise those functions w
you in vour confidence have commute
me. Xor am I willing that, without i
consequences to 3Ton, while in the Exect
Chair of the State, I shall be held fort
the wot ld charged with crime; without
ra< st positive declaration, that I ara read
meet and repel it, wherever and by whoa
ever made.
Tn that peculiar conditieu of our iff
which is now disclosed to you, I foci that
dut}', whether con<ddcred in regard to toy
as y ur Executive, or to you asa pd
whose welfare is dear lo me, is at once p
and imperative. [ will not introduce wi
this State discord or contention. I will
allow myself to furnish thc occasion by wi
j a tingle atom of suffering can be adde;
that fond which now weighs f-o heavily n
you. I will not give opportunity for con)
between tue Government ol this State ;
thc Government of the United Stales. [
functions, therefore, of the Executive are s
pended by me from this day.
I nder other circumstances and at ot]
times, 1 would pause in doiug that whic
now do VTith.out hesitation ; and with ar
feet-conviction that ?fis due to you thin
should bc done. The exerci&c of phe exe
t:ve power in tue proclamation of the
??.J of May, L?G5,a winch was con.plait
of, hus b?-?n rectified and thc procl?.n::??
j recalled. Before my letter was r?-ceb
containing the explanation of thc circu
stances which led to tho proclarualh
these orders hive been issued ; in which, I
cause of t! trustworthy information" of " d
loyalty" and ''sundry and divers acts of tr
son," tho functions of thc Govcrnoi f t
State are suspended and his authority ?euit
To exercise my functions iii thc face of tht
orders, is to invoke, force, to sustain mc in <
position to tbat which will be display
against me. Such a contest could have b
j one result. While to thoso in the State w
?would give their support to the Extcut!'
there must come penalties and suffering, wil
out the possibility of advantage.
Whatever, therefore, may Jbe the feel!
j which belongs to mo us a man or a citiz?
? in a case like this.- where conviction preced
I the bearing, and sentence comes before t
i trial -. I feel that it becomes uic to be min
! ful of the consid?r?tious winch involve yo
peace and aileet your welfare. I have said
iou before, f say to you now, thc war is ovc
ostilitics have ceased, and it is your duty
forbear opposition which is hopeless-o
lest which is unavailing-and reconcile
yourselves that submisoion which the Go
ernment of thc United States can impoi
and you cannot resist.
While the considerations which I hare no
expressed lead me tfj this forbearance in tl
exercise of the fonfJipna of the Exccutii
Department of the State, I owe it to myscl
to you, to the Stale, the Le'gLdaturo of whic
accordiug to the Constitution cf this Stat
elected me the Governor of the State, to mali
my protest against the power claimed and es
eroised by Gen. Gillmore. It involves
question which concerns not alone this Stati
but all the States of the United States. 1
affirms a principle which it is not Oecc?sar
now for me to discus*.
Whatever may be your condition, unav.ii!
irg resistance on yo* part will hut make i
wt,r?. With an caroeatue?*, of the^sipecrit
of which 1 nted neU give you r.s-orancc,
?nr^e upon you tho re-umption cf your peace
fui pursuits, and, tho adaptation of yoojtsefve
to thb>e chances which may be made in you
condition. D i uot bc misled by excitement
giver no heed to pasts'on : deal resolutely will
facts; look the truth calmly in the face ; spil
no more blood; accept, with thc dignitj
J which ovon misfortune can command, tb
! condition which you cannot avert,
i In thus suspending thc active exercise o
i tho eu ?es of utv office, I do so with the mos
' earnest wish that your Hulllviugs may sooi
j lind mitigation and relief; that you may rc
tue ve the waste and loss of properly whicl
j you have endured in tlc progress of t he war
|and I hatton ?nay experience those blessings
! intellectual, w?cial and moral, which,, ondei
! the favor of God, were the gn-at ends whicl.
-"I desired ta accomplish. To have succeeder
in these wt uld have secured to mc a reward
the richest and only inheritance which J could
' Kave h-ii to my c'-ii Arin.
With I -.M' I to rfrvself,'?! (ur tt'. 1 atti
I'affVrt Itv ..... fd?'argVs which are mad?!
'? rigains! . 1 ready to atti wer. to mein di
l.) au;, --i j. At.aity ' tneoi-?Jae-, M'h-u
or where my presence may le desired or re
quired for investigation, I shall be lhere, ii
notified thereof, with the least possible delay.
"Whatever I have said, I believed tb be true ;
whatever I havo done, I believed to be right.
And with this consciousness of the rectitude
of my pm poso, and of thc integrity of my
! conduct. I shall not avoid, delay or hinder
the closest scrutiny that can be devised.
To you, among whom I was born ; to you,
with whom my whole life has been spent ; to
you, whose confidence I have enjoyed ; to
you, whose testimony I feel I could well in
voke for my conduct, I have" but to "express
the pain which thia condition of the State
i has cost die, and to wish you all the happi
.hess which a "people are ever permitted to
enjoy.."1 A. G. MAGRATH.
' Wanted--A Few Decisions.
" And tho logic of the bayonet,
Tho world can understand."
. Brother Greely says, in a late number of
his paper, that hb wants a solemn .adjudica
tion* by thc Supreme Court of the rtght of j
secession. We want it tod, for every sensi
ble mah can see-ju3t as OurBrother Greeley
does-that the triumph or defeat of leen who
advocate a principle makes no earthly differr
ence UR to the abstract right.or wrong of the
principle itself. Of coime to al! practical'j
purposes i he matter is settled-th? bayonet i
has done rlaat-but its legality is still an open i
question and one we hope that learned and j
honorable Court may speedily have before il, j
iu a form that will admit ot a full orgo'me.il j
and firhill deeision. Miserable, says the maxim, i
is that State where.the law is uncer'.aiu^arid
now that we of the South have been so sound
ly beaten, it might saive our wounds to know
taat toe castigation was inflicted on funda
moctal legal principles. We are not treat
ing this matter lightly. God forbid: He
who would do so, would defile thc grave.
Hut there are many in th? South who still be
lieve in this r ght of tbe'States, and-toapeak
" plainly-as long* as that belief is entertained,
the Noah and the South will quarrel to ali
eternity. Wc dj not mean they wili get to
fighting again, though, Nortn or South, thc
American will die dbi opinion's sake, but they
will quibble, and quarrel, and argue, till thc
whole country will be one chronic ferment of I
discord and hate. It is not to the interest of !
thc Republic that this state of things should
exist, and yet force will be futile to prevent
it. There is no bayonet that can reach the
soul, and a difference- of opinion is at the]
root of the whole matter, if wo of the South
are wrong in our opinion,.let thc Supreme
Court show us our error, and we will submit
our judgment to its own maturer reason,
and hereafter utterly renounce, "'abhQr, and
abjure, as impious and heretical;, that damna
ble doctrine and position" we have hitherto
held. We will do more, for we-will put that
renunciation in our State Constitution, and
laws, and declare to the world that the place
secession ouce knew in our hearts shall know
it no more.
We are but men even as other men are,
just as liable to err, and just as ameuable to
reason. If we have erred, we aro open to
conviction, and all we require to convince us
is that the Supreme Court of the Uailed
States-that venerable and illustrious tribu
nal-shall solemnly adjudge the Right of Se
cession to be indeed no right, but a mere idle
and unfounded claim. Give us such a deci
s-on and weean feel that calm and passionless
Justice has pronounced its condemnation.
But there is another reason, or rather sev
eral of them, why a Supreme Court, decision
on this point is desirable. Intimately con
nected with the question of secession aro the
subjects of treason, allegiance, citizenship,
the equities of sequestrated payments and
others of lesser importance. Thus 'we need
some light on thc subject of paramount alle
giance, or what a man js to ?0 when bis
State orders him to do one thing, and the
United Sutes com mauds thc opposite If I.
stick to the State some Federal officer will
shoot me ; if I stand by the Union some pep
pery Governor will haDg me to a swinging
limb. I am between two fires, and nothing
but a decision can get me- out. Then, tc-o, j
treason is the offence of not obeying one
master, but how is a mau to serve two? And
here we want another decision.
Whit is to constitute citizenship ia another
nodus vindice dignus. We want to know ff
M !r< edin an is to become a citizen of Georgia,
actt.'ii so, iu what way? And, if he is to be
a . . ',. .., whether he ts Lo have ali thc rights
o; tige and ali tho privileges of minority '!
Ait : wo want to form o.,r opinions ou the?6
points by a study 0:' decisions instead of a
perusal of general -orders. What equities
are to rule the case of one who has
paid Northern debts to a dc facto govern
ment, under duress, is another poiut ol inter
est wo would like to see judicially consider
cd. But give us something first about this
same doctrine of recession.-Augusta Consti
tutionalist.
To ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.-WO find
the foHdwing important order froa? Cap?,
.loht: ii. Rope, Assistant Quartermaster of
the Stato of Georgia, and acting under au
thority froai Gen. Wilson, calling on the pe -
plc in certain sections of the State to restore
all property belonging to the State, to bc dis
tributed among th& poor. Jt is dated at Mil
.ledgcville, loth May : . .
; " Under an agreement made between Bre
vet Major General Wilson, Commanding.
Federal Forces in.Georgia, and Colonel Ira
ll. Foster, Quartermaster G?nerai of Georgia,
. all public property is to bccolje?lcd sad used
! for thc suffering poor of thc Stale. I have
been assigned to duty at Milledgeville, with
orders to collect all Quartermaster and. Com
missary supplies in tho possession of thc peo-^
I plo in the counties of Jones, Jasper, Putnam,*
Baldwin, Hancock, Jefferson, Washington
and Wilkinson.
The people are called upon lo Land in at
once a schedule of all public property and
give receipts for the same, to bc delivered
when called for. Little blaine is attached to
those who have this property in their posses
sion, lt waa taken whep po one knew to
what usc it would be appropriated. ".?fotiee
is now giveu that it is to be used to relieve
the poor and helpless in their need, and eve
ry man who has any of it in his possession
will be required'to aurrender 'il to this use.
To attempt to hold it Lack now would bea
crime, and every such offender will bc ar*
rested by United States troop?, and dealt with
accordingly.
AU honorable^ men are expected 4o res
pond promptly and cheerfully to this call.
Those who.do not, cannot complu 11 if their
premises are searched by Federal troops, and
themselves deprived of liberty. .
No defaulter will be' spared. Property
heretofore distributed must also bc receipted
for Horses, mules, wagons, harnoss, bacon,
corn, loather-everything must be returned.
Those who consume any of these things, or
sell, or run thom off, will subject themselves
to the severest treatment. Federal troops
are near at hand to bring to account even*
mau who fails to give up promptly what does
not belong to him. *
Thc people are invited to co-operate in th's
good work, and to report all who hide, sell,
consume or run off property of thc kind above
specified. . There cnn not, anti shall not, bo
any evasion of this call. It is earnestly hop
ed th?t there wijl be no necessity for harsh
measures towards any. Prompt and cheer
ful responses from the people- will save all
(rouble. .
CS?*"Tt.?du-a who have a disposition to. puni.?h
lin ir bu .<!? ods, should recollect that a little warm
sunshine will molt aa icicle-much eoonor than a
regular northeoster.
Interview with Ex-Gov. Aiken, o
The Washington correspondent oft
chester N. ?. Democrat has had an
view with Bx Gov. Aiken, of S. C. ]
what the letter writer says :..
fi.IS PERSONAL-APPEARANCE.
Mr. Aiken hat? none of the unctuous ?
of person which position is supposed
stow, and ia the farthest remoyed fron
Quattlebums who have so successfully
vated pompous and ofi-msive manners,
fivo feet ten in height, perhaps, ar.c
weigh one hundred and forty pounds
hair and full whisker au d'ra us tache are
gray, but his manners are as subdue
courteous, and his eyes as bright ns i
his memorable contest with Banks fe
Speakership, when be wasn*t electee
thought he waa, and committed to mi
his speech of acceptance. The Gove
face is seamed and furrowed, unduly
man of sixty, and. has s an anxious, vi<
t weary look.
HE CALLS THE CONFBDERATES w REBE!
His health was tolerable, he said; a
had been treated with marked respect
aince*tbe-war--begaa-by tho rebels
grades, in South Carolina, who had tole
Ids dissent from their schemes, and nc
tho President and (fanerai Jeffries,.of I
...: ::^:derate kindness bu spoke in the hi
terms. (It.wasnoticable when he mei
ed Jeff. Davin' plotters, lie said " the re
-not '"confederates.")
" I'hcso have been four dreadful ye
he went on to 6ay : "but I told the r
"from the beginning what the end woul
I have been disappointed in only onere
-I told them. I would give them two
to be conquered in, and it has taken
They have dought desperately ; every
partook of the fanaticism and went inte
light, and'tbe woman cheered them on
r-ivft thrrr jewr-ls and treasures to the c
You - i iii-; N?-?rth know nothing of the
in this respect. Every family'in the S
is bereaved, and I told them it would be
nE AVOWS UXSWiUiVIXC UNION SEN TI.Wi
. ne said, " No, I have never, cast mj
with them'.. T told them they were w
from the first. I gave a toast for the U
at a nullification supper in 1S30, andoffe
all my yoong associates, and since the
I bel?on commenced I have not been to I
'mond or- Montgomery, and have dec!
i office from-Mr. Davis fer myself and frit
j "When Mr. .Davis was my guest recentl;
Charleston/I'defended the Onion, and sc
ed the absurd'doctrine of secession in a
vers?t ion with bim. Since the war.beg
havo never said nor done a thing of w.
my conscience accuses me as an act of.
loyalty to tho nation."
HIS JUDGMENT OF JEFF. DAVIS.
He continued by saying that Davis was
the man for President, and never sh<
have been chosen. He bad not the ah;
.nor the weight of character of Hunter,
bad been very unpopular ever since his e
tion. South Carolina had denounced
without stint-but it was a position wi
success was impossible. He had not a b
opinien of Davis' morals or discretion, bi
seemed to him incredible how a man of e
cation and culture, of refined taste, a mi
ber of the church, who sat at Christ's tn
and partook of the sanctified body and bl
of the world's crucified Redeemer, could j
sibly harbor a thought of complicity in
assassination. Ho supposodPresidcnt.Jo
son had good evidence, however; but if si
I complicity was proved it would matent
I damage his respect for human nature.
THE WAU KNDF.D. ?.
The Governor said the war was subst
I tially over when Grant took Richmond;
j the South agreed to . that. No organu
I guerilla warfare will bo carried on. 1
people of the South will not permit. A ?
fish instinct to defend themselves will s tin
late them to hunt down guerillas. Hespe
with pride cf having recently presided at
meeting in Charleston to express regret n
indignation at the murder of Mr. Lineo
He said that he had lost nearly all his prop
ty in the war (some seven or eight milli
dollars,) but if he saved enough for bis st
port he should not mourn the loss.
This is the substance of tho conversatio
It is said, though I did not learn it from hi
that the Governor is brought here charg
with aiding blockado runners. Bot even
he is, is he not far more iunocent than Rc
ert IC. Tjee, who is lionized in a quiet way
Richmond, and is not menaced with a tri
at all ?
Heroiant and Cruelty.
A most touching instance of heroism, ai
one ot the most atrocious acts of cruel t
the-troth cf which in vouched for by tl
roost, respectable authority, occurred durii
r-th-t Columbian struggle, for independence
[ The Spanish General, Murillo, the mo
i bloodthirsty mid treaehoroua tool of tl
Spa:: sh lying, wi.o ras created Coo nt of Ca
tliAgeiiia, .-.ad Marquis !o la Pueria, for se
vic*.? which rather emil led him to the di
Unction of butcher or hangman, while seatt
in his tent one day during the campaign i
; Ctirraccas, saw ;i boy .bf tore him drowned i
tears. Tho chjcl deniaudod of him for wh:
purpose bc was there
The chiid replied that he had come t^ bc
the lifo of bis father, then a prisoner, in Mt
nilo's camp.
. I* What pan you. do to save your father?
asked the Qenural, _
! "Ica;> -lo but little,* but what I can d
I shall bc dt.je."
: Morillo seized the little fellow's ear; an
j ?aid, " Would you suller your ear to'be take
j o?r to procure your father's liberty '?''
j " I certainly would,'.' was the undaontc
! reply?
A soldier'was accordingly^ called and ot
; tiered to cut oft the ear with a single strok
j of The knife. The bery wept but did nc
i resist while this barbarous order was execi
! ted. .
u Would you lose your other ear-rath0
! than fail ol'your purpose ?" was the ncx
question. rj
u I have suffered much, bntdbr my fathe
I can suffer still !" was the horoic answer o
the boy.
The other car was taken erff-piecom?a
without flinching on the part of the nobb
child.
<; And POW go!" exclaimed Morillo, un
touched by his sublime courage, u the fathe
of such a son must die." # .
In the presence of his agonized and vain!
suit-ring fipn, the patriot father was then exe
"outed. Never did a'life picture exhibit sud
truthful lights and shade sin national cbarac
ter, such -deep treacherous, viilany-such lof
ty enthusiastic heroism. .
' As Deacon A--,on an extremely cole
morning in old times, was riding by the houst
of his neighbor B-, the latter was chop
ping wood. Thc usual palutalions wore ex
' changed," the severity of the weather briefly
discussed, nnd thc horseman-made demonstra
tions of passing on, when his neighbor de
tairrcd him with,?
fi Don't be in a bury Deacon. Wouldn't
you Uko a S}A^ ?f S001* old Jamaica . this
mornin!:?" .
"Thank you kindly," said the old g'ontlo'
man, ar. the same time beginning to dismount
with all thc deliberalion becoming a deacon,
$1 don't care if J do?'''
j " Ab, don'i trouble yourself to get off, Dea<
con," said the neighbor, " I morely asked for
information. Wc haven't a yt?rop. in ?be
I house."
.. ' ' . The United.States Direct Tax.
The United States Tas Com missioner is at
work in.ChaHeston. ? writer in. tfie Copnor
answers many inquiries which aro daily ask
ed him, as follows. Perhaps the answers
will be appropriate, to many inquiries which
will be propounded to the Tax Commissioner
when he arrives herc. Therefore we publish
them :.
The United States tax now being collected
by the Commissioners in Charleston, is levied
by an Act of Congress, approved August 5,
1861, and is a part of a tax tbr the year 1801,
upon, the entire real estate of the -nation.
The quota of the States then in" rebellion not
hartog been paid, an act was passed in June
^approved the 7th-1862, extending thc
yoyiafons of the tax law to "insurrectionary
, iatricts.'' It }a under, thjs latter-, act, as
amended February a, 1863, and March 3,
1865, that the Commissioners are now pro
ceeding.
By its' provisions as soon as the national
military authority is established over any
political subdivision of a State, the law is to
go into effect. The Commissioners are direc
ted to assess a due proportion of the tax upon
each pieceof real estate, whether in town or
country, open an office, ?nd give notice thai
the tax is. payable and they are prepared to
receive it. The assessment is to be based
upon .the last valuation made by . the State
prior to January 1st, 1861, or in default of
tbat upon such other valuation-as the Com
missioners may be best able to ascertain..
The tax is to be received sixty days from the'
giving of the notice, without interest) after
that period.interest attaches at the rate of
"ten per cent, per year from the first day of
July, 1862. .
Lach tax-payer is to appear at 'the office
of the Commissioners in person, or in case he
cannot so appear, then by his attorney either
in fact or- legally appointed, and the attorney
must ?how. that the persoo, whose tax he-ap
plies to pay, either has not engaged iu the re
bellion voluntarily, or has taken the oath of
allegiance to the Uni tedStates.
Cn the expiration of the sixty days all
property on-Tvbich the taxiais nnpah?is con.
sidered forfeited.to the United States, and
the Commissioners may sell the same by giv
ing thirty days notice. But the tax may be
paid at any time before the day appointed for
sale by paying the interest accruing as above
?.tated, and in addition a penalty equal to
one-half the tax, which attaches as soon as
the property is advertised for sale.
The interest in Charleston became char
geable after the 6th inst. The penalty will
not so become, probably, till November next,
beforo which time, it is thought, no adver
f ?semen t of tax sales will be made.
After the sale sixty days is allowed for re
demption on repayment of purchaso money,
with interest at the rate of 15 per cent, pet
year from time of sale. Any person can rfc
deem within this time. After that, persons
proving loyalty may redeem at any time
within a period of from one to two years,
varying in length according to their class,
whether as persons beyond seas, minors, ?tc.,,
and according to the- discretion of the Tax
Commissioners. An appeal may be made
from the decision of the Tax Commissioner*
to the United States Courts.
The certificates of sale, however, issued bj
the Commissioners, can be- affected in onlv
one of three ways \ 1st, by showing no tax
was chargeable; 2d, by showing payment o'
tax; or, 3d, redemption of property.
The Commissioners are empowered to bid
in, under certain regulations, property tot
the United States at the tax sales. Tho prop
erty so bid in may afterwards be ie-8old in
quantities not to exceed threC/hundred and
twenty acres to any one purchaser. At these
secondary sales, hfficers, soldiers, sailors and
marines, having faithfully served in the Ar
my, Navy or Marine Corps of the Uni ted
States 'or not less than three months, are
entitled to buy, by paying one-fourth the
purchase money down, and the balance in
three years without interest.
Under oertain other regulations the Com
missioners are required to bid in lands at the
tax sales for various governmental and chari
table purposes. More than one half of the
lund? --?nid fortn^s in Beaufort District have
beeil so bid in. S&n'? of (bese have been SP>
apar: for military purposes, but by far thc
larger ?hare has been reserved for schools
a:.'! for " heads of families of tho Afritnn'
race," to whom they have been sold iu ?.nail
parcels not exceeding twenty acres each, at
private .sale, and at the nomina) price of on??
dollar aud a quart*?; to one Jullar and a ball
au hc?. ;
NEGRO MORTALITY IN- MACON'.-The Macon
Telegraph says:
Wc report no less than fifteen negroes this
morning who came to their death by violence;
with two more shot and one stabbed.
Our respected fallow-citizen, E P Browdrc,
Esq., was yesterday brought before.the Pro
vost Marshall, charged with stalibing a ne
gro woman, his ' nurse, lt seemed ..that thc
wench violently threw Mrs B's child upon
the lloor, severely injuring it, whereupon he
stabbed her in tho back with a small knife,,
inflicting a small but not dangerous wound.
Mr B was discharged. . .
On Sunday an Irishman by the nam; of
Magee shot and dangerously wounded anrgro
riuan, in the lower part of the .city. A f lint'
gun was used. One shot entered his shoulder
and three his bead. The negro is dangerous
ly wounded.
A neg o-boy was brought to the Ocmnigee
ITospital yesterday, shot: thi Mgb. the knee
and foot." Wc understand that he was wonnd
ed by his young-master, on the other side o?
the river. He was not dangerously hurt.
Two men up in North Carolina went a fish
ing. One was totally''ignorant of figures,
the Other, probably, had beear to tho " Hui*
of Turee." After catching a large quantity
of Lhe finny tribe tlioy proposed to divide
fhem^nd return. In counting them it was
found they bad fotty-ulue hiokory shad (a
small.fish, very tull of bones, and. worthless)
and one large fine fut bass. They were puz
zled to know how-to divide -timm, as both
wanted flit ba-s. After a while a happy
thought struck thc man of figures, and he told
his companion he woulo* divides them accord
i?g'to the rules of arithmetic, which pr?posi
tion"was readily agreed to. Ho then, with
poncil and paper, aiid with a knowing look
commenced,- -
u Twice five is ten. Five times ten is fifty
Forty-nine from fifty leaves one and witt
an astonished gaze said to his companion,
"Thc bas? ia pine." r
The other, picking up his shad, started off
and remarked,- . ^
u What a great thing it is, to have ? litth
eddication ?*'
-? ---- ?
Dt'T?H GRIEF..-On the 22J of July last
near Atlanta, a Dutchman was gobbled up it
the enemy's eutreuohtnents, and while march
ing to the rear relieved himself of thc ful
L'wing :
'? Bees tee von Dutchman f
<: No," 6aid his captor. .
"Mine Got, vat a pecples!-in my contrit
ven de peeples fites one moves to 'de right
and de ndder to de left, den da swing munt
behind von an -udder, anti boom mit de can
non, and dat vips de fite. . in dish eoountr
it Uh noting but shoot, .shoot, right, jn d?
head mit balls vat carry sunder and blitzet
trude prains, shust like a mau.vas oue d-i
dog. I vish I bees dead before I bees porn!
-Md . ' '
Andrew ?Johnson ami ic?lfersOp.' DAV??.
impromptu ggeec? in tbc United States Sen
ate, which Senator-now. Pf emdent, ?Qbnsun
rose and"-delivered in immediate reply to Jet
ferson Davis, wieiith?^baJiled.re t^?lt
his farewell, tu:d sought to demonstrate the
inability of QUI" Government to execute its
properly constituted will upon the people of
all the States. "Senator Johnson J*eY stood
alone. The conspirators had resojted t? eve
ry method knowu^to them For the paipo?e of
bending the inflexibility of his'resoluti?n. to
stand by bis country, but when they found
.that they had .only failed, they visited him
with opeu. derision and cobtempL lio char
ged them with it at the time, and has left it
upon.record, that he felt its temporary effect,
although only to resist aud not to yield to its
sting.
Since that striking scene in :the ' Senate
chamber, when the predetermined chief of
the rebellion was boldly confronted, answered,
and denouueed by the Tennessee Senator,
great changes hare taken place. Well'may
we use thc language of the poet in referring
.especially to .the changed relations of the two
actors in that scene, and apeak of thc .''whir
ligigs of timei" Davis bas .been, and we-sup
pose still contfnues ta style.jbiraself, thYPres
id?ht of a Rebel Confederacy, wbiob notori
ously bas' no existence to its" name, Johnson
is to-day the President nf th? United States,
whose sacred authority he stepped^fof ward to
defend against Davis and against traitors eve
rywhere. And it may be that, as Chief Mag
istrate of the nation, he will yet be summon
ed to 'execute punishment upon the leader in
rebellion w^hom^ but four je?rs' ago, he sol
emnly ahd.patnotically warned of the cbnso
quences of his threatened treason. ' The for
mer is a fugitive, with his countrymen form
ed inters body of voluntary police tb^pursue
and capture him j the latter is the Executive
of the1 nation, upon whom would devolve "the
duty of visiting tho last punishment denoun
ced by the laws upon so great a criminal.
The contrast between the positions of these
two men, who separated with such pregnant
words on the floqr of thc Senate, is too stri
king not to provoke more than a passing re
mark. It is one of those lessons in the his
tory of justice which is too impressive to he
forgotten. The man who was jeered at by
the knot of recreants that crowded around to
intimidate*the sturdiness of his patriotism,
now bas it'in his power to speak their doora,
unless a kinder fortune shall pilot them into
the dreary paths of ah ignominious exile.
He who stood fast when ali around bim
wavered, now beholds the braggart calumni
ators of his country and himself fleeing in
every direction for their lives, outcasts,.?nd?
fugitives, abandoned by the people whom
they have so fatally deluded, hating one anoth
er, and, above all, dreading the swift sure
.aess of that retributive justice whose decrees
no man or set of men can outrage with impu
nity. There is certainly .contained in thia
history a lesson in-favor of the truth and the
right-BOSTON POST.
e ?. *-^
COLUMBIA ANU HAMBURG R. R.-One of
the most important connections of the whole
Southern railroad system is that leading by
"H direct route from this city to Columbia. It
-ill provean artery of trade of invaluable
-.ceount to the widest scope of country, as
veli a? the immediate section of the Slain
?Hough'which il passes.
Wo hope that the general government
which kas herrtoforo displayed so fostering a
uand towards thc reparation of all Southern
works ot internal improvement, will not over
look ihis. They will fipd it of impr rtar.ro
to themselves, as well as valuable to the com
munity.
The Directory of t he road arc doing all they
can to further the enterprise, but they need
the assistance .of the public authorities in
the obtainanoe-of the proper labor.-- Augusta
Constitutionalist.
HAWKS.-The best protection against hawks,
.0 the country, is to spin some thread pretty
! stout, ano. extend it from tree to tree, bae?
j an? fortti, ali around the fowl yard, after the
j manner of telegraph wires, and about as far
'rom the ground. No matter what may be
? ne voracity of the creaturest nothing can
. -mpt them to approach the threads, if they
arc profly abundant. <
Professional Notice.
?J8SK3.-BACON <fc BUTLER will practice
in the Courts of Law and. Equity in this
Stute. ? , . :. ...
Old Offics of M. C. Butler and Carroll ? Bacon.
- .rOHE jbY BACON.
. M. C. BUTLER.
Sra?2i; [ ::ta ??2
Notice.
k H?REBY forewarn ?nil per?ont? from' trading
1.' for a-Note given^by ino^ tb Tues? J. DyMin,
?bont the lori Murch last, with Dan, S- Pn?ct?>r
rtecuiity? for.tbe cuni o! Six Thousand (?0,X?<'<)
Dollars. The. Nute was.giv.on- for. Confederate
money, to be returned by taT-payingjlay to CHPt
Dyson. The looney hes heou te nq ere ? to him,
^ud ho refu?ed to receive lt * j, :"S
WILLTAM; HA LTtfvvXy G?R.
May 9th, 18G5. ' * 4l> ~ - 1 22
Barter ! Barter !,
THE Graniteville Manufacturing C^mnany
will continue to Barticr.-Cloth for COTTON,
FLOUR, COHN, PJ3?S, BACON AND LARD,
giving Augusta prices far prodaje, and furnish
ing Cfoth at whofesalo rares.
nrar.lt^vUle.'April'i* tf 1".
?-.3~ We havonemr authored by tho PViendt
of Capt. II. BOVLW?RE ta 'aunouncc him a
Candidate for Sheriff of Edgeneld^TlUtriet ?t tb?
next election. \
?Apr 12 ' "" ? ... , , L.;', , IA ,
For Tax Collector." " '
- Thc Many Ft'iouds of D. A. J. BELL. Esq.,
respectfully nom?nate him as a- Candidate,. 1er
Tax Collector .at the^next election?
Oct is__^ ip J?
For Tait. (Collector.
TUE njany 'Fricnds'.ol Capt. JAMES MITCH
ELL respectfully nominate him as a Candidate
lor TAX COLLECTOR at thc .next ?lection.
SALUDA.
Dec fl ' ' ' te* ' ^ J SO
4~ N?tfee; .
^L?,persous indeb^e&totbe. Estate^of .Robert
A. j^Delpb, late 4 ?^dg.efielcLD't?triot "deceased,
gre requested Itfooate ?orwayd and - maka psy
moat,: ??S the** having 'demands ag'al?hft ?aid
EBinl* will present tbefom dui tinte, and proper
ty authenticated. ' ' ' -
v . '. -A. J. #RlVfcEI-IER, A-am'r.
<Jpt 18 ._-dy- .< < . . ??
ALL persons having 'any claims brljcnTatids
.gainst the H?tate of Walker- <L' Ba'wnel,
uee&l.j uro required tov presen* them, properly
proven; and all persons havingany.Niite*, FH
pera er rropertyNtn" uny kind bel 'hgtng ti said
?slalo arc requented tn hapd 'them in to the un
dersigned, who is the lawful Adoinistra't.ir j and
also Ihoio indebted will please pay np InitneJi
ately. in lawful money of the State, or its equiva
len' in currency. A word.to the wise is sufficient.
W. B. SAMUEL, Adin'or.
Mar h ". ' S?P* 15
Fine Bay Maze.
? i ? 'dec'lro to exobange a fine BAY MARF; (fir^
E y?Rrs old) with foal, for a.gond ilnft hor?f
hinch or dark brown, medium sire. Also, lw"
YEARLINGS for a good. M?ch Cow- ^ .
? JO'BN'S. BACON.
May 16 tf # 4\