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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-13
TIE SPECIAL TAX,

From the Ordinance 10 Levy Special Tax
to Defray tho Expenses Of this Convention, and
Preserve the Credit of the State" passed by the
Radical negro Convention Of South Carolina, on
tho 3Sth January, 1868, We publish tho following
Sections showing the amount of Taxes our
people have to pay to defray the expenses OF
that sweet-scen,ed intuition:
Section l. H'e, he people Of the State Of South
Carolina, by our delegates in contention met, do
ordain, That there shall be assessed and collected
by the tax collectors of the several Districts and
Parishes, in the State. in addition to the tax al
roady levied under General Orders No. 139, issued
from Headquarters Second Military District, by
Brevet Mai ,r-Gcne7al e. R. S. Candy, Command
ing sud District, dated Charleston, December 3.
1857 tho following taxes, which shall he collected
by the persons and at the times and in the manner
prescribed by said General Orders: On all real
estates, seven .and half cents on every hundred
dollars excepting such lands as are exempted in
Article of said General 0rler; on articles
manufactured for sale, barter or exchange, be-
tween tho first day of January, 1868, and the
first day of January, 1890, fifteen cents on every
hundred dollars, to be paid by the manufacturer j;
ON buggies, carriages, gold md silver plate,
watches, jewolry and pianos on hand ON the first
Jay of January 1858. except when held Ivy deal
ers FIR purposes OF sale, fifty cents on every hun
lrul dollars FROM the sale Of goods, wares or
merchandise, embracing al! the articles OF trade.
sale barter or exchange, (the cotton taxed by
rho United States eIceptcd,) which any person
shall make between tho first day of january,
1883 and the thirty first day of December, lsGS,
fifteen cents on every one hundred dollars. And
the tax collectors, shcrifs, or any other person
whose duty it may be to collect, or the treasurer
of tho State whose duty it is to receive, shall be
liable upon their respective official bonds for neg
lecting or refusing to collect. safely keep. pay
over and disburse the same in conformity 10 the
ur7lers of this Convention.
SEC. 2. Re /, jurtker ordained, That sufficient
amount of the sum thus realized is hereby np-
propriated to refund to the treasurer Of the State
of SOUTH Caroliua any sup or sums which may
be advanced by tho order of General CHnhy, or
otherwise, for the payment of the per diem, mile
age, or other expenses of this Convention, in
bills receiy ab!e of the State.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-13
We Exalt His Horn

Whose horn? That Of CHARLIE GRAY, who
wields his right arm at CnEAruAA's Bar, two
doors West Of the Printing ctiice. Yea, we lift
his horn very high; for he is prince as regards
courtesy and the preparation of cooling drinks.
Yesterday, seeing that the Adreniser fraternity
Looked blue aud skinny, newspaper people never
have enough to eat, you know y he sent US such a
waiter Of Icod Drinks as caused al our dry bones
to suite together for very jpv. There VAS Clare,
Punch, and Sherry CUbbler, and Gin Cocktail,
and Mint Julep, and-but VIC are too virtuous to
know any more names And truly words cannot
express the delights of that liquid feast We
wi not attempt to describe it. w cnn only say,
call on CHARLIE GRAY, and enjoy yourself as
VIC did
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-13
From the haadsJoro (Aiss.) Democrat.
Another Outrage by a Negro.

We are reliably informed that a most hor-
rible affair transpirei on Ship Island in the
early part of this month. 1t appears, 50 far
as we can learn, chat q young negro soldier
gained access to the sleeping apartment. Of
Gen. Mowers daughter, beautiful and &C.
complshed girl, about sixteen years of age.
What was accomplished we know not: and
can only surmise from the subsequent results.
It appears that q younger child called her
father, and he and the officer of the day, who,
upon arriving at the spot, found the negro in
possession of the guard, which was stationed
in the vicinity Of the Generals quarters. 1t
appears that court martial was at once or
gaaized, the negro soldier sentenced to be ex-
ecuted by hanging But the General inter-
fered and the sentence was suspended, but
it is currently reported that the negro was
killed inside In the fort, put into sack and
thrown into the gulf While bloody knives
and other weapons, bearing the signs of be-
ing used, were seen on the Island, and the
under officers spoke freely Of his dispatch and
his well-descrved death, yet the negro SOL
diers on the Island were still led to believe
that the dead negro was sent to Mobile on a
vessel leaving about that time for Mobile.
While we look with horror upon transac-
tons of this kind, and believe that the brute
who would attempt the chastity of white Ia
dy could not be visited with too severe pun
ishment or one that could be considered cru
ell, under any circumstances yet we might
be excused for thus thinking, for we have al
ways deemed the negro as property, as our
fathers did before US, and We fought to the
best of our poor ability to keep them as prop
erty-the place that God and nature design
ed them to keep--but General Mower ct i'd
omne genus sought their freedom, and, by
might of numbers, succeeded, and taught SAM
bo that he was as good as anybody, and
little better he made councilmen, policemen,
aud other civil officers of them, and thereby
nculcated the idea that the negro was, 80
cially, the equal Of the white man. And now,
General Mower, after doing more than per.
haps any other officer Of his class to instil
this idea into the negro's head, has, with
vengeance, felt tie application of his doc
trine. His lovely daus hter, just blooming IN
10 womauhood, clad in the white, loose, tas:
ty babilimcnts Of night, with her hair loosed
to the winds of the Gulf recliues upon the
couch, aud there ir that position, is desecra-
ted as to her person, by the embrace, clawing
and feeling of a disgusting negro. No won
der he complains No wonder the negro Is
missing. But had it been some Southern
born lady, who had lost a princely fortune
by the craft legislation and social teaching
of General Mower and bis followers, it would
have all been well, and had the negro been
troubled, as in this instance, the party or par
ties, even suspected of breaking 'he law,
would be held to strict account, and SO we
wish to hold General Mower.
We again ask, where is the negro that COM
mittcd this outrage upon the daughter OF
General Mower?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-13

lg- General Grant cent message to Congress
on the Stb, covering communication from Gone
raj Candy detailing the evil effects of compelling
State officers in North and South Carolina to take
the test oath. Many good men netting with the
Union party cannot take it. Other good men who
could take it decline doing SO lest unworthy mo-
tves be attributed to them. Grant expresses no
opinion on the cubjeot but merely transmits Gen.
eral Capbys letter.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-13
The Trial of John Surratt.

And not only is President JOHNSON to be weigh
ed in the balance to-day, Tuesday l?lh, but ALSO
Jony, the unf1rtunntc son of tie murdered MARY
SuRnArr. That is, to-day has been set apart for
his trial. But no one believes he will be tried.
Ho has been prisoner for many months; ard
Radical vengeance only be sa,iated by his
continued incarceration, for every impartial man
in America knows his conviction is an impossi-
h;l;tr
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-13
Growing Old Gracefully.

Our particularly esteemed contemporary, the
Sumter Watchman, has lately entered upon it's
nineteenth year. We congratulate our honest,
gallant, and ever-c.nsis:ent friend upon this &C.
casion, aud assure it that in onr sanctum its
birthdays will always be marked with kindly ia-
tercst. In imParipg correct intelligence, in its
political tonc in its editorial conduct in the So
lection Of its literary matter, there is not n more
valuable journal in Inc s,ste than tho Sumter
WatchmIn. Friends GILBERT & Flowers, We
shake hands with you across both Consaree and
Watcree
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-13

~- New Orleans correspondent writes rela-
tive to the Louisiana sugar crop, that the plnnta-
tons are doing we'll this year. and il is estimated
that there g oans enough IN the ground to produce
ono hundred and fifty thousand hogsheads of su-
gar, provided it is not killed and chOked out by
politics"
g A man named Gregg, arrested at Tusca-
loosa by the military authorities for shooting and
painfully though not dangerously wounding ne
gro, was brought to Selma on the sth, in irons.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-13
May 5
Sheriff's Sale.
II. C. Garrett,

II. C. Garrett, ~ I...s. -.
VS. e,S tr
E. q. Bussey, Admor. .oy
EeY virtue of an Execution from the Provost
I'D Court, to mo direoted, will proceed to sell
at EdgeHold O. H., on tho first Monday in June
next, the following property, Levied on asthe
property of Emerson Bussey, decd, to wisssS,
ONE TRACT OF LAND containing Four
Hundred and Forty (440) Acres, more or less,
and bounced by Lands Of John Archer, Joseph
TRACT No. TWO, containing Two Hundred
and Fifty t250) Acres, more or less, and bounded
on the West, North and South by lands of A.
Sharpton, and on the East by Tract No. l.
Terms Cash. ,.
ISAAC BoLEs, S. Ed.
Mays Ate 20
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Meeting of the Legislature Postponed

Meeting of the Legislature Postponed.
The following is the official order from General
Candy, relative to the postponement of the meet
ing of the Legislature:
HEADouARrERs 2D MILITARY DISTRICT,
CHARLESTON, S. c., May, 1868. J
Gen.rai Orders No. SO.
The meeting Of the General Assembly Of the
State OF South Carolina, appointed for the 18th
OF May inst, is hereby postponed until after the
Congress of th. United States shall have approved
the Constitution under which it was elected, and
Of which due notice will be given.
Dy command of Brevet Major. General ED. R.
S. CANDY.
LOUIS T. CAZIARC,
Aide-de. Camp, A. A. A. G.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-13
mNew Drug Store.n

By an advertisement in to-day's paper, headed
az above, it will be seen that DR.. T. j. TEAGUE
has just received New and Fresh Stock Of
Drugs, Medicines and Chemicals, md invites his
friends ard patrons to call and examine tho same
at tho " Old Stand" under Masonic Hall. Here,
,hcp. is. another depot from whence our people
cen advantageousy supply themselves with any
and every character of Drugs and Medicines, and
on fir and generous terms.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-13
COMMERCIAL.
AUGUSTA, May 9

AUGUSTA, May 9.
GOLD-BrOkers arc buying at 1'O and selling
at l41l.
sILYER-BuYing at 1as and selling at la7.
COTTON.-The market continues stagnant,
only IL bales being sold to-day. The receipts
amounted to 81 bales.
BACoN-Smoked Shoulders, l54 cents; B: D
Sides, II; G.. R. Sides, IS; c. Sides, 10; Old
Salt Shoulders 14l; Old Salt C. R. Sides 163;
Hams lS@22c.
CORNSNew White 81 Is, Mixed 81 IA
wHEAT-Whitc, s3OO@275; Red, s27o@
ESQ.
OATS arc quiet. We quote at 90.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-13

S9r Tho Now Hampshire State Convention
havo adopted resolutions favoring Grant and i'm
poachment. Letters were read in the Convention
from Butler and Wu,hburne giving assurance of
conviction.
ay In Georgia it is now understood that the
test oath will mt be required df Legislative mem
bers and that the Legislature will first be assem-
bled at Milledgevilc, as provisional body, to
take action on the Constitutional amendment and
then adjourn.
"Mack," the Washington correspondent
of tho Cincinnati Commercial, asserts that the
endorsement of Pendleton by the Illinois conven-
ton secures his nomination ut New York.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-13
Where to Send Your Baskets.

We are requested by the Committee of Ar
rangements for the Sun day School Festival, to say
that they will receive baskets of provisions, and
other contributions, at the Male Academy, from
IL TO 12 o'clock, on Friday next.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-13
THE ADVERTISER
JAMES T. BACON, EDITOR.
WEDNESDAY, MAY l3, 1868.
Our Club Rates.

We are now furnishing the ADVERTISER to
Clubs ut the following very low rates:
Two Copies one Year, $3.50.
Five Copies one Year, 1850.
Ten Copies one Year, 22.5Q.
Twenty Copies one Year, 4O.oO.
No Clubs received for Il less period than. one
year,-and in all cases the Cash will be required
in advance. The names Of the entire Club must
be sent ut one time.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-13
State of South Carolina,
EDGEFIELD DISTRICT.

EDERS0NALLY appeared before me, Benjamin
Il Baird, Magistrate for Edgcfeld District S.
G., a person authorized to administer oaths under
the laws of said State, William Craig, who being
duly sworn, dcposes aud says, That he is the
President Of The Bath South Carolina Paper
Company, the Stockholders Of which have made
the foregoing Declaration, and that the amount
of Capital in property actually owned by said
Company, consisting Of Land, Mil Buildings,
improvements, Machinery and Fixtures, is of the
value in current funds the sum of Sixty-three
Thousand Six Hundred (63,60O) Dollars, and that
The amount Of Capital ip current funds cash paid
in is Six Thousand Four Hundred (s8,40O) DOL
lars,-the whole amounting to Seventy Thousand
Dollars in Currency. lii
WIN. CRAIG.
Sworn to before me, IL. 9th day
of May, A. D. 1868.
BENJAMIN BAIRD, NED.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-13

Ga- The Democratic Clubs in Kershaw, York.
vile, Lexington, Anderson, Oconea, Orangeburg,
and other Districts, have made their nominations
for District Officers, and the party are hard ut
work to secure the election Of their nominees.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-13
Sherif's Sale.

s','. e's;;, e's;',.,.s g, s.s'. IA. Execution
DY Virtue Of Tax Execution In tho above
I'D stated case, 10 me aisectsdT will proceed to
sell at Eagefeld Court House, on the ist Monday
in Jxne noltt, the following property, of the Do
fendant E. r. Cunningham, to wit: <
ONE HOUSE AND LOT in tho Town of Ham
burg, known in the plan of said Town as Lot
No. II.
Terms Cash.
May 7 1883 ~ Ste 20.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-13
Service in the Catholic Church.

Service in the Catholic Church.
We are requested to state that tho Right Rev.
Bishop Persico will preach in the Roman Catho-
lie Church Of this town, on Sunday next, in the
forenoon Subject Of discourse: Unity of the
Church.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-13
Still Another chance to Register.

The Board of Registration for the 7th Regi-
further Registration, Mt Grsniteville, on Monday,
the 18th inst, and close them on the following
Friday.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-13

@s- The following is, we believe, the status of
tho Legislature of this State, as to color House
of atjves-whites, a; colored, so. Sen.
activities, 20; colorod, u.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-13
Advertiser Agents.

The following gentlemen are our authorized
Agents, and will receipt for all monies for Sub,
scriptions or Advertisements sent through them
D.W. HARD, Graniteville, S. C.
NJ. NJ. PADGETr, Mine Creek, S. c.
CuAs. NIcKEnsoN, Big Creek, S. c.
Rev. J. P. Bop1E, Kirksey's X R'ds, S. c.
JACOB HuIEr & BRo. Huiet's Store, S. c.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-13
Boot and, Shoe Shop !!

DARIS STMKINS takes pleasure in announ-
IL cling to the people Of Edgedelde that his
SHOE SHOP, in rear Of Mr.. Cneatham's Bar
Room, is supplied with the BEST MATERIAL
and c0MPETENT W0RfshaEN, and that he is
prepared to execute oil work ii the Boot and
Shoe line in tho most fashionable substantial and
satisfactory manner. aigIi&5s. ~ 20 n
HARNESS made to order or REPAIRED,at
the shortest notice. rs 20 Sa'so
Prices very reasonable. - q ss-ssAe
Anr % .. A.l4tlil5 =. .-. .. IF is -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-13

ads In Delaware Qnd) three brothers got into
quarrel, aud the eldest struck The tvo youngest
over the head with au axe, killing them both; aad
then, to cap the climaF, hung himself.
mg- An unusually strong movement is deTe-
eping itself i'll favor Of female suafsge in the Dis
trict Of Columbia.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-13
Sherif's Sale,

7hOs. H: Marshall, -,
VS.
Geo. De Med;cis,
ENYSYirtas of au; Execution in The above stated
lid case from the Provost Court to me directed,
will proceed to sell at Edgedeld c. H., on the
drst Monday in June next, the following proper
ty of the Defendant George Dc aiedicis, to wit:
ONE TRACT 0FLAND, one mile South Of
Granitevile Depot, containing Two Hundred and
Forty Ac.ea, mors,.r less, adjoining lands of G,
Attaway, George R5lly and others,
ISAAC BoLEs, s. o.
Nay Ate 20
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Ear Sheriff.

We have been authorised by the friends Of
Major ISAAC BOLES to announce him as Can
didste for election to the Office of SHERIFF Of
EJgcdeld at the ensuing election.
Nay S to" N
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-13

NGcao KnLEp-A negro calling hiHsesf
Pence Albert vas found dead few miles
t,ou. Black vile, Oh Saturday last. His MaJss
~ had, about Two weeks previous t9 h's dea' H.
broken into aud robbed a corn crib, and as
lie vas making mis- way off with bag full OF
he staff of lfe," so he person or persons m
koown, shot Lin down. When found, two
weeks after, the corn was still in his posses
sion, IN Inquest was held over the remains
of the Priace ON Monday last, and verdict
in accordance yith the above facts rendered.
Rarnwell Seminal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-13
For Sheriff.

We have boon authorized by the friends Of
Mr. NAT RAMEY, sR., to announce him as a
Candidate for the Office of SHERIFF. of Edge
field District ut the ensuing election.
May IL to zV
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-13

:IycYygAs.SG INMi&gATinN.-The steam
.ship lines ,roa baltimore and New York TO
Charleston, cpd the railroads oi this State
and their connections have made arrange
,nants by which emt,tants will be laken from
Btl.imora or New York, ci0 Charleston to
any poiat in the South or S uth- west, a; ex-
cecdimgiy low rates. From New York 10 Co
lumtia the fare will be only twelve dollars.
This i, the way 70 encourage immigration
Columbia Phoenix.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-13
New Drug Store!

IL HE Undersigned takes pleasure in informing
his friends that he has just received an ENTIRE
NEW AND FRESH STOCK OF
Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, &c.,
At the Old Stand under Masonic Hall, where he
will constantly on hand full Stocks of everything
in the Drug line.
Persons wishing to purchase will find 1t to
their advantage to call at the Old Stand.
Gay Terms reasonable.
T. J. TEAGUE, Agt.
May IL 81 I, ztf, % 90
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4. { aapitatiqn tag of one dollar shall bo paid
by every male person between the nges Of tworiF-
ono and sixty, residents of the State on the first
day of January. one thousand eight hundred and
eight, except such as are inca pablo of oarn-
ing support by reason of mental or physical
disability prouided, that double executions for
the non payment Of the capitation tax of the past
year shall not be enforced, and that in all cases
where execution has not been i7sued and no costs
have been incurred, the tax may be discharged
by the payment of the original amount ON or be-
fore the first day of March, 1863.
5. All taxes levied on property as prescribed
in this order, shni! be paid to tho Tux Collector
for the District or Parish In which said propelty
IL located, except that tho tax on railroad COM
panies, express companies, and telegraph COM
panics shall be returned to and paid directly into
the Treasury of the State and this return shall
be made quarterly.
6. All individual tnxcs will be assessed directly
upon aud collected directly from the individuals
from whomthoy are due.
Z. Tho houses and lets on Sullivan's Island
shall be returned TO the Tax Collector of the Tax
District in which they are situated, in the same
manner as other town lots and houses, and shall
be liable to tho same rates of taxation.
8. Before the collection of the taxes herein
provided for, every Assesgor or TAI COLLECTOR
tacting in the capacity of 4ssessor in this State,
shall proceed TO mako an I'D paloren assessment
of oil lands, buildings and improvements, without
distinction ns TO city, town or country property,
and upon which nm ed valorem tax has boen levi.
ed, with reference to the market value of such
property in United States currency, and without
reference to any previous assessment; and such
assessments ahRll be subject to revision BY militia.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-13
The Tar Collector at Work.

Capt. BEN ROPER, Tax Collector for this Dis
trct will commence his work of Assessing and
Collecting Taxes on Monday next; and to ena-
BILE Tax Payers to be the better prepared to meet
him, we republish Con. CANBYs Tax Order, and
also the special Tax Ordinance passed by tho
Hinged -streaked" Convention, lately assem-
bled in Charleston:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-13
Tax Collectors Notice.

BENJAMIN BAIRD, ME D.
Fro n
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-04-09

The following is from the New York
Ssn. Mr. Dana, the EDITOR, was with
General Grant in the field nearly two
years, and knows whereof be writes:
General Grant has been accused Of in
temperance. The Copperhsads fight him
with talk about his alleged bad habit,
just as the rebels fought him with powder
and ball in war; but the case is set right
in little speech which the Hon. w E.
Dodge mace on Thursday evening Mr.
Dodge said that he had Just been in Was h.
ington, and bad long interview with
General Grant, and, continued be, ! left
him with the conviction that neither we
nor the friends Of temperance have any
cause for anxiety In this respect MIR.
Dodge is President OF the National TEN
perance Society, and no one can be more
hostile to everything approaching intern
perate habits in public man. The truth
is, that the practice of General Grant is
total abstinence. In camp he -almosf
alone. among all the prominent tfficers of
the army-never tolerated LIQUOR or wine
either at his table or about his tent.
Fstiguirg marches and the excitement and
exhaustion of battles did not make him
break over his rule, not TO touch or taste
anything alcoholic Again and again we
have seen wine offered him ct public ana
private dinners, only TO be steadily refuse d
We are assured that Dow, in time of peace,
ard in the society Of Washington, he still
maintains the sane erstom. HIS enemies
must invent some other story. The PEG
pie will never believe that General Grant
is drCnkard; and If, from not personally
knowing Grant, they are not sure of the
fact, they will answer as President Lin
coin did; Let me know the kind OF
whisky Grant drinks, and l will send a
barrel to every one of our Generals