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New York and the War.

"Manhattan," the secesh. correspondent
of the Liverpool Post, writes from New
York: ., -
"New York will have to end the war if
it is ever ended. She possesses the ele-
ments of war. Without her the war could
not 60. on week. Unfortunately, she has
no great statesmen or wise men. She has
no guide. She is chained to the war car
of President Lincoln. The weakness of
such a trifer as Gov. Seymour has prostra-
ted the Empire City at the feet Of the Fed
eral authorities. tits awful to contemplate.
Now people ask, will New York submit TO-
the draft? Will there not be another riot
No, certainly not. Lincoln will order 5O,-
900 troops to the city of New York, and
that will make US all quiet as lambs. We
will then submit to the draft. That is the
only way New York city can be held du-
ring March if the draft is ordered here
Will General Lee permit Lincoln to send
$4,000 United States troops to garrison
New York city. Alas! we are hopeless in
this city. We. have wax Governor, and
very soft wax at that. I do not know any
white man who is so generally cursed as is
Seymour, although it is quite evident that
he is not worth curse."'
The Cincinnati Commercial, comment
ing on this, says: "Goyernor Seymour has
been vigorously pressed to resist the draft
and drift into war with the national au-
thorities. Deputations Of copperheads from
the West have visited Governor Seymour
at Albany, and brought pressure upon
him to take the lead in Northern insurreo-
ton. 1t is proper to say. that Mr.. Daniel
W. Voorhees,, of Indiana, member of Con-
gress from the Terre Heute district, called
to see Governor Seymour on this business,
and was exceedingly disgusted because he
did not find him ripe for rebellion"
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HEAVY ROBBERY AT CAMP LEE.-Joel
T. johnson, member of Go. I, 18th Geor.
gia Regiment, was robbed at Camp Lee on
Thursday night, Of about s25,OOO in money:
johnson is one of the Confederate prisoners
who returned on parole on the last flag Of
truce boat which arrived from the North
While prisoner be was made ward master
in the prisoner of war Camp Hospital at
Lookout, Maryland, and being memberin
high standing Of the Masonic and Odd Fel-
low fraternities, was entrusted with large
amount of money by our prisoners who died
there belonging TO these orders. Many
Catholics who died entrusted him with all
the money in their possession, with instruc.
tions to hand over to the Bishop of this di-
ocese, whenever he was released, sufficient
sum to secure the prayers of that denonina-
ton for their souls, and that which was left
was to be given to st. Josephs Orphan
Asylum.
On Thursday, Mr.. johnson attended to
the religious feature of his instructions,
which occupied too much Of the day to per-
NIT him to dispose Of all business, and after
returning to camp he deposited the remain
ing amount, about $4,000, in his haver-
sack, as the place be thought less likely to
attraok the attention Of thieves. This he
strapped tightly to his shoulders, and when
bed time came went to sleep with it on.--
When he awoke yesterday morning be found
that the straps to bis haversaok had been
cut loose and all the money he had placed
in it, gone, together. with . wallet contain-
ing some funds of his own, which he had
in his pantaloons pockets.
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4"
AN ENGLISH OPINION OF GEN. HOOP.
The following handsome tribute to Gen.
Hood, we clip from the London Times
Richmond correspondence:
The sight this day in the streets Of Rich
mopd of Gen. Hoods talland stately form,
seen for the first time on horseback since he
lost his leg at Chickamauga, has occasioned
general qualification. There are few officers
dearer to the people of Secessia than Gen.
Hood. Modest as q child, fearless as his
intimate friend, Gen. Longstreet, unseldsh
as1eansullied as q Bayard, he has already
given his right leg and four inches Of the
bone of his left arm to the cause. which is
80 dear to his heart. And again in few
weeks he will be found foremost among the
foremost, offering up perhaps another limb,
perhaps life itself, on that altar for which
no sacrifice is too costly. a singular com!
mentary upon the old text, that "necessity
is the mother of invention" may be observed
in the artificial leg which supplies General
Hoods lost limb. When this war com.
menced, there, was throughout the length
and breadth of. the South no artifcer Gun.
ming in the construction of artificial limbs,
but such was the demand oocasioned by the
fierce battles of the bloodiest war of the
century, that Richmond is now, teeming
With every variety of wooden leg and crutch,
and there has ariseu in Charlottesville "a
little town in the interior of Yirginia) an
artist who he's attained no inconsiderable
skill in patching up and supplementing lost
arms and legs, and enabling the manned to
again take the field. Is this people to be
subjugated by the sweepings Of Germany
and Ieland-a people whose sons are not
satisfied with giving an arm or 1es to their
country, but insist, again and again, on
carrying their mutilated forms into the dead.
liest hail of the battle front, and whose ap.
petite for danger and suffering does but in
crease with the urgency Of thei- oountry's
need :.
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ACTION OF THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.

ACTION OF THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
just previous to the adjournment, the
Georgia Legislature, at its recent extra ses-
sion, adopted Hen. Linton Stephens' Peace
Resolutions, earnestly Recommending that
our Government Immediately after every
signal success of our arms, when none can
implte its action to alarm instead of a. sim
cere desire for peace, shall make to the
Government Of our enemy, an official offer
for peace, on the basis of the great 'princi.
pie declared by our common fathers in l776,
accompanied by the distinct expression of a
Willingness, on oar part, to follow that prin-
ciple to its true logical consequences, by
agreeing that any border State whose pref
erence for our association may be doubted,
doubts having been expressed as to the
wishes of the border States), shall settle
the question for herself, by a Convention,
to be elected for that purpose, after the
withdrawal of all military forces of both
sides from her limits. -
They also adopted his resolution decla.
ring that mthe recent Act of Congress to
suspend the writ of habeas corpus in cases
of arrests, ordered by the President, Secre-
tary of War, or general officer commanding
the Trans Mississippi Military Department,
is an attempt to sustain the Military authority
in the usurpation Of the Constitutional ,ju-
dioial function of issuing warrants, and to-
give validity to unconstitutional seizures Of
the persons Of the people; and, as the said
Act, by its express terms, confines its ope-
ration to the .upholding oe this class of un.
constitutional seizures, the whole suspen-
sion attempted to be authorized by it, and
the whole Act itself, are utterly void.
"That, in the judgment Of this General
Assembly, the said Act is an alarming as.
sault upon the constitutional power Of the
Courts, and upon the liberty of the people,
without any existing,necessity to excuse it,
and beyond the power of any possible me-
cessity to justify it; and our Senators and
Representatives in Congress are earnestly
urged to take the first possible opportunity
to have it blotted from the record Of our
laws" -.
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been no loss Of life on our side, but for
imprudent self.ezposure, contrary to orders.
So ends another futile movement of the
enemy. The Mobile papers report that the
loss of the enemy must have been consider
able, as seven was known to have been bu-
ried from one vessel. Truly the current
Of events run prosperously for our cause.
The Macon Telegraph says Gen. G.. was
in high spirits and disposed to take the
very brightest. views in regard to the result
and duration of the Far.
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FROM MoBmE.-Gen. Gilmer passed
through Macon..Sunday last from Mobile.
He reports that Commodore Farragut has
abandoned the bombardment at Fort Pow
ell and left for parts unknown. Two thous-
and -ahalls Here- discharged at the-fnrt,
without damage to the fortifcation and
with the loss of only one man killed and
one slightly wounded. There would have
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this community. He was man of very
high character a leading Deacon Of the
Citadal Square Baptist Church, very sue.
cessfal as aperchant, and for several years
a Director Of the Bankof the State. He
was originally from. Nashville, Tennessee.
Charleston Courier, 2Sd. :.
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TheTax in Kind on Real and Person
= .. al Estate. "a. ~
The. Macon (Georgia) Telegraph pub.
l;shes tba fol]nwino,. ss.a9.5

: 81
The Macon (Georgia) Telegraph pub.
fishes the following:
MACON, March 4, 1854.
Hon. G. G. Aemnsinger, Secretary Of the
Treasury.
DEAR SIR: As there is much anxiety
and difference Of opinion as to the proper
construction Of the fifth and sixth sections
Of The recent Tax Act passed by Congress,
1 will thank you, forthe public information,
to give me your construction Of these two
sections. Will the five per cent. tax sson
the value of property. .employed,i in agricul-
ture" be required to be paid Con the first
day of June next" and if SO, in what man
ner will credit be allowed on such taxes
for 6the value in kind delivered there.
from r. 1t will occur to you thatsno por.
ton of stthe tax in kind" from the products
ofthe present year can be delivered by the
first of. June, and the taxpayers are at d
loss to know what arrangements to make to
meet this apparent conflict in, the Tax Act.
An early answer will be an accommodation
to the public. -
: Very respectfully, yoar obedieut serv't,.
~ N. BASS.
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EXCHANGE NOTICE NO. S.
EADJUTANT AND-INsPECToR-GEN's OFFICE,
SLAVE LABOR FOR THE COAST
Ss-.DIYISION NO.E.
1 THE Commissioners of Roads and

= THE Commlssio of Roads and
Is the Town Authorities within the Judicial Districts of
Plckens Greenvie Spartanburg Anderson, Union, York.
Chester Lnurens, Abbevile, and Newbery, will forthwith
summon ali the shareholders within their respective limits to
deliver ONEFOURTH of their slaves liable to Road duty
at the Railroad Depots nearest their residence on MON
DAY the twenty fifth (25th day OF April proXimo, at lO
O'Clock m await transportation TO Charleston
for Thirty days. labor on the Notifications.
H. The Act of December requires the arrest of all deau-
ters they be forwarded for double term Of service
atthe expense Of the owners. This requirement VIII be
vigorously enforced and, thar the State Agent may pro-
cee1 ntelgenty and do justice ALL Commissioners OF
Roads and Town Authorities earnestly eDjomed to
make without delay the Returns called foy the Act re
feedo. They will state, in every instance the Names Of
owners-Di -Disrict-Number Of Road Hands-and total
a,aount of labor pcofaed. No District in the Division
now called on has made complete returns and in several
this important duty has been entirely neglected,
III. The Commissioners and Authorities aforesaid are
alscrcqnired by law impress and forward
of all male free negroes, between the ages of l6 and 5O
years. ..
". The ONLY exemption recognized by the Statutes is
where the owner has but one Road Hand.
R. B.. JOHNSON,
Agent of State of S. c.
Camden, March II, 1854.
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OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF Taxes,
: Richmond, March 10, 1884,

N. Bass, Esq, Macon Ga.
SIR: Yours ofthe 4th inst, to the Sec.
retary Of the Treasury has been referred to
me. The questions you present as to wheth.
ef the value Of the 1.-THE of 1868 or 1854
is to be deducted FROM he,property Of 1864
is surrounded with so much uncertainty
ami. SO many difiulties, that the Secretary
has determined to leave it open and let
Congresssettle it in May.
Very respectfully, 80
THOMPSON ALLAN, Commissioner.
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Your ob't serv't,

Il. Il. :LEE, GenI. :
IWe are requested to state that this let;
ter has been in the hands of the committee
to whom it was referred by. the Council,
with the hope that Gen. Lee might event.
ually be persuaded to yield his objection
to the offer made him.
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M THE COURT OF ORDINARY,

To oliper F. Parish, R. R. Parish and D. F. Parish.
WHEREAS, J. LEANDER PAR
w ISH has filed petition in my Office, praying 70 be
permitted prove in solemn form, paper which has been
admitted TO probate In common form the last VIII and
Testament of ARTHUR PARISH, deceased. .,
These therefore cite and admonish you, the said
OLIyERF. PARISH, R. Il. PARISH, and D. T. PAR
ISH, to appear at my office, at YORK COURT HOUSE,
on the 18TH day Of APRIL. next at 10 O'Clock, A. NJ,
with such witnesses you may deem proper for or against
the confirmation of said Will
Given under my hand and seal of Office at York Court
t. 81 House, this 18th day'of January, 1854:
:, (sf2) J. A BROWN, o. Y D.
lnnnaru II .3fm
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HEADo'Rs 2D ARMY NORTHERN VA.
November l2, 1862.
TO the President Csty Council,
Richmond, Va. {:

Richmond, Va:
SIR: Ny attention has been directed to
resolution reported in the newspapers as
having been introduced into the body over
which yon preside, having for its object the
purchase by the city of Richmond of a
house for the use of my family.
I assure you, sir, that no want Of appre.
citation of the honor conferred on me by
this resolution, or insensibility of the kind
feeling which prompted it, induces me to
ask, as I most respectfully do, that no fur
ther proceedings be taken with reference to
the subject. Tho house is not necessary
for the use of my family, and my own du-
ties will prevent my residence in Richmond.
should, therefore, be compelled to decline
the generous offer, aud trust that whatever
means the City Council may have to spare
for this purpose may be devoted to the re-
lief of the families of our soldiers in the
field, who are more in want of assistance
and more deserving of it than myself.
I have the honor to be,
Most respectfully,
-, -
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
YORK DISTRICT.

Roddey 6 Co., vs w. B. Dunlap.-ATTAoHMEST.
M7HEEREAS, the plaintiff did on
e 18th day Of October 1863 file their declaration
against the defendants who (as 1t Is said absent from and
without the limits Of this State and has neither wife nor
attorney known within the same, upon whom copy Of the
said declaration might be served 1t is therefore ordered
that the said defendant do appear and plead the said
declaration before the 10th day Of October, which
will be the Lord thousand eight hundred
and sixty FOUR otherwise final and absolute judgment will
then be awarded against him.
(sl6l Sc. MOORE, Clerk.
- October 18Th, 1863.
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I'm EQUITY--YORK DISTRICT,

Mary Rppey per pro amie Bill for 'aee0''' se't'emen.
Edward Rippey, Jr., etal. Of Estate, &c,
TT appearing to my satisfaction that
i EDWARD RIPPEY, Jr.. dae of the Defendants in this
case resides beyond the limits Of this State II Is there
FORE on motion of Williams Beatty Solicitors for CON-
panants ordered that said absent Defendant do appear
and ulead answer demur the bill filed in this case,
within three months from the publication OF this notice.
Decree pro oontesso, will eh be entered and awarded
against him. Z. WALTER b. NETS,
= .(sDo5) Commissioner in Equity.
March -. T.-; 10 - 3m
CONFEDERATE TAX PAYERS.
aured make even change as il is impossible for
70 do So +. A. MCLEAN, C. T. c.
March 10 -fE q - "
Ey0R T A K COLLECTOR.--WE =
II are authorized 70 announce SMITH SANDERS as
JunuaYs Il teA
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sa. Major General Wade Hampton is in
Columbia.
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IN EaUITY.-Y0RK DISTRICT.

TT appearing to my satisfaction that
Il Alfred R. Hutc6ison, Manda Hutchison, Joseph NJ.
Corkle, and Jane, his wife, Mary Wimbery and -
WImbery her husband James Hutchison Robert P. Har
s and Hugh C. Harris, defendants in above stated case,
reside beyond the limits Of this StateIt is, therefore, on
motion of Williams Beatty, Solicitors for Complainant,
ordered that said absent Defendants do appear and Plead
answer or demur TO the bill hed In this case, within three
months from the publication Of this notice, decree pro
eonesso will then be entered and awarded against te-
March 81, 1884, WALTER d. METTS,
1882 25.) Commissioner in Equity.
March % - 3m
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UHesss Bin Not, szsapkins1 1. certain
amount of property f$900 WORTHY from ex-
scution or levy wAs passed. EsE 4 a58
Mr. Hsgar, from committee on Humane
md Criminal Institutions, rsported infavor
of finishing and furnishing the south wing
of the LunAtic Asylum a Weston, and re-
commended The appropriation Of tho sum
($35 ,000) asked BY the Board Of Directors.
Mr.. Shsetx, from committee on Claims,
reported adversely to making IN appfopria-
ton for the relief of Jacob Phares, Collec-
tor of Revenue for the Second District of
Randolph county, ~ said officer had failed
to be qualified within the prescribed time.
Mr.. Burke explained the matter to the
House, aud argued in favor of the payment
of the. claim. TIA 1I{I
r., A vote being taken, the report of the
committee was adopted. g:szsy Cs57s sss77d
Mr.. Crawford, from Military committee,
reported . bill for the reorgsnL cation Of the
military forces of the State, which was
was read . first time. .sriiosau CT
A message from the House announced
the passage ora resoiutiun prOyiding that
the two Houses celebrate Washington's
birthday by the reading of the Farewell
Address. The House concurred. v4Frv,
! Alter the consideration Of . number of
bills On their second reading, tho House
adjourned.
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iapoafIxr 70 EvERYsoiDSY .-Having pur
chased new machinery, tools, ETC., and en-
ployed 8 competent workman, we vii
open the REGISTER BINDERY on Monday
(Fsb. 15) whsnwe will hs prepared to &C
coumodate our friends and patrons Wit
have 20 anxiously anticipated the opening
of this department 81 our Office. Oar faeil
tiles for manufacturing blank books, led
gsrs, account books, etc, are unsurpassed
BY any establishment in this section o.
country. Those having books to bind, o.
old books 10 be repaired, win do we'll te
send them to the REGISTER BINDERY, where
all work will be executed with neatnes'
and dispatch.
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NEW OPTICAL INsrITUTE.-M. Polachek
Practical Oculist and Spectacle maker has
opened an Office in this city where he in.
vites the public, especially those afflicted
with bad eyeight, TO call and get his cele'
brated PrRIscoPIc CRYSTAL SPEcTAcLEs fol-
preserving and strengthening the sight. He
warrants his Glasses to suit in all cases
curing weakness and dizziness. His repu-
tation as reliable Optician can be attested
by over 500 certificates from very prominent
men, also from the press. Also, Field and
Opera Glasses, Microscopes and all kinds Of
Optical Instruments.
Office, Monroe street, at Skaters Jewel
~ Store. -,-.,-,. dec28-3m
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Foreign News-.Eueopoa1 War.
HAIrax, Feb. ls.-ThsaA Africa has arriv
ed with Liverpool datss Of ne 9th and
Queenstown of the 7th Tho Danes have
evacuated Schleswig and the Danes wers
falling back to FI,ndsburg, the Germanl
pursuing. The has been no additional
fighting in Schleswig snow storm prevent
Cd anything but SHRINKING. a -ae5,a
Severe fighting is thought to bs going %
as numbers of wounded are constantly
brought to Rendesburg.
Earl Derby in the House Of Lords con
deuned the foreign policy Of the govern
ment - humilisting TO England.
Lord Russell stated that England had not
given the slightest promise of assistance to
Denmark. .
In the House Of Commons tPslmsrston
defended the policy of Russell. =
"A majority of the British journals have
Q pacific tendency.
In the British House of Commons Mr..
D'Israeli contended that the Queens speech
should have made some reference to Ameri.
can affairs, and complained Of its silence on
this and other important subjects.
Lord Palmerston replied that the gov
srnment could have repeated what has often
been said before and he could see no neces-
sity for that. ,.
Earl Derby in the House of Lords rePudi
ated the idea of British responsibilitf for
the doings of the Alabama. He trusted
that the Minister had given such an answer
to the claim of the Federal government as
would put an end to such monstrous de
mands in the future.
The debate on the Danish question general.
ly inspired more confidence in commercia
circles in England, but it was felt that II
by no means defined what the ultimate po'
licy of England would be.
On tho 5th, in the House of Coumons,
Mr.. Whiteside called attention to the dis
tress in Ireland ana consequent emigration
of fighting men to America.
The Parliamentary papers relative to ia
pan estimates the destruction OF property at
Kaza at one million sterling and 1900 kill
ed.
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lrIs ASTONISHING the amount of business
that A. M. Adams & Co., do. One of the
firm il East every four or 1--WE weeks and If
there Il .ny new styles ofcloths, sassimers
or vestings they ere the first to have it,
and of the best quality. Persons in want
Of the beseo article Of clothing and at fair
prices had better call and examine their
endless variety Of csssinefes and yssting'.
Their facilitIss Efor catthG md maxim 6
fashionable garments are unsqtalsd in The
city for tSSts and style. " 9 nov l41on
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WAsHINGToN's B1RrHDlY.-To-day be-
ing the 22d of February, is the anniversary
of the birth of GEORGE WAsHlNaroN, the
Father of his Country
"First in peace, first in war, -t,
First in heart and first in fame,
Once Columbia's guiding star,
Now her ever dearest name"
The different military companies in our
city, together with tho veteran troops, will
have parade during the day. At night
the several fire companies of the city will
have grand torch light process sion.
The Farewell Address will be read in the
Legislature at ten o'clock this morning.
From present indications, we conclude
that the celebration Of the day will be
more general than il has been for many
years. So mote it be.
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ARRIVAL OF VETERANs.-The booming o.
the cannon about two o'clock yesterday af
ternoen, summoned large number of per.
sons to the depot to receive the veteran
troops. The FIRST Virginia Infantry and
four companies "a, B, G, and E Of the
Fourth Cavalry arrived soon after the
alarm. Gov. Foreman and Mr.. Hubbard
in few appropriate remarks, welcomed
the troops to tho Inequalities of the city
when the men were disbanded and permit.
ted to 60 to their homes. f,1
Many Of the men being prisoners at
Richmond, others in hospitals, and mum.
Der having been killed, the First now num-
bers but about two hundred and fifty men,
rank and file. Two companies Of the Eight
Va. Infantry arrived in tho city on Satur.
day morning, and were furnished with &C.
commodations. .... ~
A reception supper will be given at
Washington Hall this evening, when the
whole party will no doubt be agreeably en-
tertained. We tender them our best wish.
es, and hope they may have apleasant time.