Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-01-09

only the vllllI ...t lots !;
property merely.
V. The Tax Collectors shall be entitled
only to commission of two per cent. upon
the increase of taxes raised by this Act over
those of the last year; excepting, however,
the Tax Collector of st. Philips and st.
AIichacls, who shall be entitled only TO the
commission specially provided for him.
vi. That the Tax Collectors in the sever
al Districts and Parishes in this state in their
returns hereafter to be made be, and they are
rcouired and cnioincd to state the precise
amount of taxes collected by them for the
purpose Of supporting the police of the said
several Districts and Parishes aforesaid STA
ting the rate per centum on the amount OF
the State tax collected for said District and
Parish police purposes.
In the Senate Ioisc, the twentieth Day Of De-
crinbcr, in the year Ut oar Lord "nc thou
sand eight hundred and fifty, and i'll the
scycn.y-fith year Of the Sovereignty and In
dependence Of the United States Of America
ROBT. +. w. ASTON, Pres. Of The Senate.
JAS. SINlONS, Speaker House Of Reps.
4 CHRISTMAS INcIDENT.-.M. liens: q
poor, miserable, carc-worn, ragged man, stop
ped before the door, and looked wishfuIIy up
and down the street for n quarter OF an hour.
In the mean time company Of gentccl young
sters came along. and the largest-aprarcnl'
" twelve year old boy, and well dressed
stepped up to the friendIess old man, and at
ter a ruwdy salute, threw cracker at him,
which exploded on him, and burnt his already
ragged clothes. These heroes then marched
on with shout of triumph. Presently, as Il
crowd Of children were gathering around the
poor pitifu, Il little fellow i'll a warm great
coat, and with read comforter round his neck
"a seven year old young gentleman-atter
cvcing the poor stranger moment, stepped
within the circle, pulled out his wallet, give
the object quartcr-probably the last or the
whole of his Christmas m0ney-and slipped
off up the street before | could inquire his
name. would 90 on pilgrimage to get
acquainted with that boys mother Pity that
every boy has not mother. }.
"Pity that every boy has not mother!
There's severe reproof in this expression, YET
we think the mothers Of our city. and of oul
land, may read it with profit. The mother Of
Washington is honorcd Should the mother
of the felon be condemned and despised =
This is the inverse Of the rule. 1t would be
hard so to decide; and yet we never see
young and tender boy, of noble character and
conduct, but our thoughts arc straightwa,y
turned toward the mother who has taughl
him to be such.-Washingto Rep.
ARREsr.-A despatch from Macon Geo.
dated 5th inst, transmitted to the Charleston
papers, says:
aThos. B. Shallcross, special agent Of the
Post Office Department, arrived in this city
on the Sd instant, having in his custody II
B. Kimbrough, of Columbus, Ga, on tho
charge of stealing package containing SIN
thousand dollars, mailed ut Chcraw, S. C., on
the Goth November Kimbrough was takeI
to Columbus yesterday by Shallcross and
Col. Lee, Post Master ut Columbus; ana
despatch from that city ut eleven o'clock to-
day announced that five thousand three hun,
dred and twenty dollars Of the money had
been recovered. Kimbrough is member Of
highly respectable family, and was lately
TEMPORARY clerk in the Columbus Post Office
He has confessed the crime"