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Th? Dytug Girl. ir' jr? we !!, d?*r mothar, shade* of s ige t Ar? .-nilly falling n.und III? now; A ?J. I>outh> cold touch doth statup a bliebt Upon my pal? and throbbing brow. I f-\ ny straugth ii failing fot ; ?sd ruo ail wy heart aa icy chill I* fathering-lt viii ??un U oaai . My frail? pul?? if gro?in.g etill. S?r Mother, kiss. ?y ula?k utica more, Aud Ut lh-?e.tta.*8 b? now forborne: I j(o to aotfk ? blissful ?h?ra - A?ni : ?u* 'tit not wail to mourn. Oh ! pr?es rn?, ra-1 her, to thy heart. And l?tmy ?ye? gaze but OH thee, I'd ~rt t?y faoe M I depart 'TU all of earth I wu>h to ne?. L'#t ! mother, angela ?all away My ?pirit from tbie ?artbly sphrr? I har? a glimpse of lasting day Farawell for?r?r, mothar, dear. From th? iJaiubrtdgj (Oa) Ar^us. TUE SllirW'UWX OF THE HEART. BY JKSJIY WOODbl.SE. Our travels *ere ended. Th? recollec tiuL >?{ those idle day? ?spent in wandering ah. ut amid tho wonder* of the old world, wer? fading away like a glorious dream. Th-? st4U'lvrpyrati>id?J had passed forever from our X???-;. aiid i ho banks of thc Nile had beau lejft far behind, nevvr to hu re vb-ited. Tn? glorious Knut, and semes if (Mental upli'ttdor. ?^ttli lingered on our minds And tinged our musings with a soil melancholy. Momlight un the ocean!-how grand and ?oleum it *u<. Light, fleecy cloud* Ut lated overhead, and the star* tal mir rur?-<j iheiiiaelve* in lho gif>?y depths of the- Water. A iighr pleasant breeze fallu ed our ?aila, mid the ve-.sd sped Muoothly wu ita homeward jon rt ?y. We? sat on d-ek smoking our cigar* la* 7?lv, Henry Clifti>n and I, Th? biuv Smoke) curling upward und wreath >>g it self into fantastic .shapes, suggested thoughts of plying sadness. I hummed snatch*** nf ?>ld song*; among th* num ber, ,k Do they miss me nt home," 'Ocean Burial," and lastly, "My last oijrar." Clif < n sat* for a lung while in silence, ga zing on the dark, purple waves, as though be would penetrate their mysteries Af length ho said : 4" Did it trever strike you. Horace, that tbie ocean, now so ctill and peaceful, tV like the lives of some men-cnlm iu the interwity of their despair ? See how ttuooth the waves are-how deceitful in their flow-telling no tale of shipwreck or storm;-bringing back no tidings ol' an guish. Thu* it is with mc. The wares of my heart are closed tiver its? dead. Many H "goldeu venture" has been wrecked on the sea of life. Many a ship laden *iih the freight of hope has return ed to me nevermore; und yet, although my soul is haunted with the ghosts of murdered ambition, perished joy, and bu ried love, my face is as calm HS this mo tionless wave. Have you ever *een thc hull of a dismasted ship, floating on the waste of waters, robbed of its beauty and splendor, floatiug on, on, unconsciously, motionless in itself, and at the mercy of every wiud and wave, with the moonlight shining down on thc noble wreck as if in pity 1 And did you ever, at such a time, think of the shipwreck of the heart? Could you fancy a being whom a sudden storm hod visited, leaving the chambers of the heart desolate ; taking from Hope the lyre which it had touched so sweetly, und giveu it to Sorrow, who breathed up on the strings, taking away every nore of sweetne**?, and causing it to send forth sung? of sadness forevermore ?" 1 made nome appropriate reply, and he continued : "You, Horace, are returning home-I have, no home. Y'ou will be greeted by loving one? ; I shall hear only the voice of careless strangers, feeling myself a stray waif, which the billows uf life may toss on whatever shore they please. There waa a time when 1 loved to quote the line* "'Tis O MI t? know there ls an ?ye will mark Onr eoaiiag. and look brighter when we com?:" but noir they are v. ithout meaning, and .t twerity-eignt 1 find myself without rela lives, without friends, without, home." " Not without friends, Clifton ; and HS fcv ?, Louie, why a man of your good look a. talents &?d wealth, hus only to say the word, and a hundred fair damsels would bs? ready candidate* to 'share your cot tage' or palace." i ?hall nerer forget tho Jool: of anguish which settle*! on his fair, almost boyish if* ru re*, aa ho raised his eyes to Heaven, -seemed breathing sumo inward pray er. Then he turned to me and said : " Light your cigar, Horace, the curling, iif the blue emokw soothes me; and now 1 will tell you why I choose to remain un ' married. *. In my nineteenth year ? first met An nie Summers; and from that time I date the beginning of a new life?. We met at ?u evening party in one of those deligtful *:inim?rrm&rtA with which our country abounds. A ningle glance to H me that , tho wa? no hot-house plant, ?at a wild-1 wood flower, transplanted to an uncoiige. rr ol atmosphere. Bashful boy though I w ?. I contrived to linger near her ; and once her ayre met my own, with au ear nest, penetrating gaze, that seemed lo drink iu every lineament of my fice. Al though we had never met before, that one giatic-: told me that she loved me. Do emile at my lolly-it w.is a case of mutual ?ove at first sight. Firmly du I believe that the. great Arbiter of our des tinte-, who ' numbera even the hairs of our beads,' marked out, even in the be ginning, spirit for spirit, and singled out, err they wera created, for etch Adam his own Eve, I would as soon doubt my o zn . ??tone? as to believe that these things v cm left to chance. How do we know tu.1 ib<-re is such a thing as chance ? How ?vu wtvaay that anything is accidental ? ?i-irk how trivial a circumstance, brought ?. .out by we scarcely know what, changes '* entire destiny. We start out in life with some fixed plan, but a breath chanc er u*, and we are borne along on the cur rent nf circumstances, until we have com pletely lost sight of our original iuten tiona. We wark out for ourselves some future career', and as months glide Ol) find ourselves working out a lif?* entirely opposite ; aud the ohange conies on so gradually thai we tve scarcely conscious of ir. Was it chance that led Aaron B to that blacksmith shop, where he foti in a jMior ragg. d ho v the si nigglings r ma ter spirit : atid spoke those Word? encouragement which led to th.' devel rn-nt of a mister artist? h there sue thing as. chance ? Understand me, I; n i jtri-destinsrian, hiving on the should ol' tate Tiic sins auJ. follies of .which aro guilty. I believe that man, to a c tain extent, makes his own destiny, au< gifr?;d with free agency; hut in rn? things wo are guided mysteriously bj band we cannot see, and led into cern paths by the call of a voice which cam bc resisted, and which we loo often tribute to anything but the workings a Prov ?dene? who " Move* in a mrnteri-uii' way Hi* wonders to perform." "1 see by your half smile that you i inclined to say one half of my argiimei contradicts the other; an I as\uu s/i W.-ary I wili cease digression. "Ves: I knew that Annie Sumnii loved me; every ?j lui icu of lu-.r eye, e^ ry touch of h.-r hand rewule.d it. :\ sun! told mc that she wan my own ; a nlihoiigh ymir half sneer stems to s t hut 1 if marriages are made in H ea v they arc seldom ratified on en-th,1 I ?.t c it g to my bt-ih f. lt. is possible that i in our ignorance may chouse some o nature never intended fortis; hence horror.-* of divorce and thc disgr?ce matrimonial broils; but I know that G. iievet Ibrmed a soul without its own p Cillur mate. .. When we parted no vow sancliom mir loves; no usele.ss ring promised will h.- taitiif'ti 1 ;: wc needed no engag meut, for nature had scaled the betroth of -?ur souls. " lt was two years' before we ever m again; and although time had wr.mg! some changes in the tace and form, he lu M.) power over the heart. * Une evening we sat together in tl parlor. A dim, subdued light threw i moi ?nw radiance over thu room, makir all things doubly beautiful. Uar ?-unve nation, as wan u-ual, ran on courtship an marriage, and Annie laughingly remarket I am going lo be. uti ol J maid, yo know.' " 1 And why V 1 asked gravely. "Uh! fora variety of reasons; th most important of which is, that the a< tual of my ideal will never love nie ; i thc first place 1 lack beauty." " * Some nun love genius and amiabi ?ty,' said I, playing wi.th thc tassel of th curtain. " 4 bi the next pince, I have no weah to bring him.' 44 1 Annie, your love would outweigh al the wealth in lire world.' "She flashed upon mc one of her quick bright glances, and 1 felt that I was un ?lersutod ; all jesting was at an end fo th,' night. " I wish 1 could describe her to you this passionate child of the sunny South whose heart was as warm asher nativ? sunshine, whose eyes wer i bright T that those stars which twinkle over us. Bu no artist could ever do her justice, for have seen the most gifted of them tun away with the exclamation, ' 1 cunno paint that face/ lt depended for its beau ty upon no particular feature, but for tin intellect and soul which beamed througl all 'like a light within a vase.' 44 I made of her an idol contrary to th? Divine command, and enshrined her, hei only, in the heart where God should hav reigned. She was my inspiration, in her presence I became a living poem, findiu", all things beautiful in earth, or Heaven, because of her love. When everything was wrapped in silence, I have sat for h >urs gazing on her fane, fearing to speak lest th it should break the spell, and 1 should see her floating away with those sister angels above who were longing to claim lier. u Une night-I cannot tell how it hap pened-we were standing beneath the stars; 1 had told her of my dead mother, and she had wept those soft tears of sym pathy by which woman softens and con soles the heart of man. "I had never dared to tell her of my love, and perhaps it might have goim on I so for years arid years ; but just as I turn, j ed to say good night I heard a rustling in j the leaves, and Annie sank half bunting ! nu my shoulder, screaming 1 save mu, i drar Henry, save me!' j ' Looking up 1 beheld the retreating j form of some poor maniac who had es 1 cap>-d from the asylum, and who had j sought this bower as a hilling place. I j made no attempt to capture him-it was \js?) sweet bi have her cling to me tor pro i lection. Her pale, beautiful face lay on my shoulder; her dark curls mingled I with my auburn locks; arid I placed my ! arni gently about, her almost unconscious j firm, and pressed on her lips - . j "A long, I0B4 kin-a kif? of Tooth ano* lore." j " Then came love's own peculiar lan? ; guage, whose simple eloquence needs no : studied effort, but wins ?LS way to the inpart; and when we parted that, night j Annie had promised tn lie'my wills ! j " We were married. The ceremonies at the altar had pronounced us one; andi ?the pious clergyman lind said, 'What j God has joined together |.-t not mun put j i asunder.' The beautiful ritual was over ; \ ! but I could not realize my happiness un- j ? til she was at my own hearthstone-until I j my house she entered, . Thor? to be a lfght, Shining within when nil w.^j J.ifk without." ! " Horace, my home was a second Eden. I cared for no other paradise, and forgot even Heaven ; but God lind not forgotten me. and i richly deserved my after fa', e. " It was on the eve of my twenty-first birthday-well do [ remember it-and exactly one year from the tin e of our marriage, that Annie was seized wich a fever.1 She declared 4 it was nothing' 'she would be well soon ;' but I was frau-1 tic with grief; I could not hear to see her suffer. A physician was culled in, and in his glance 1 read my fate. Strange ! but I had never even thought of the possibili ty of her death; I forgot that she was j mortal ; and 1 dust thou art, and unto j dust thou shalt return,' had never struck ; me as applying to my Annie. "She talked tome of Heaven, but I ! would not listen to her-earth was my Heaven-; of the Christian's Heaven I knaw^nothing. I know that my infidelity embittered her lait momenta, but, Hr. race, she loved me to the Inst. " Every night 1 watched by her side. I would not illow :i servant a friend, or any ??ne to hnnd her even ag?ais of wa ter; she was mine and no hand but mine should minister to her wants. 1 cooled her parched lipo with ice ; ? bathed her aching head; 1 drew the curtain?-so as to exclude the sunlight, and raised them Again when the moon was up. Through out her illness f was her ??ole attendant. For a week I had refused to rest; and ?in? ntgnt while I was sitting by her bed side, I felt thc influence of sleep stealing over me. I bent over to kiss her, and said ' Annie, give me your hand, and if I do f ill asleep, and you should wish any thing, yon have but to press my hand, a*id 1 will awake.' *' Exhausted uature gave way at last, for human endurance could hold out no longer. I saw that she wrns gently sleep ing ; and placing my faceneVtr hers 1 sank into a deep, iincouciou* slumber. How long I slept. I know not, but. when I awoke and recalled my scattered faculties, the mellow moonbeams were pouring in at the open window ; and, God of heaven ! shedding their radiance on the pale face of my dead v.'ife! Yes Horace, she was dead ; while I slept she had gonn into the deep, cold waters of death alone! That t-he had struggled much was evident, for ber cold lingers wore clinging to mine with thc death-grasp of despair. But the ?ttuggle was over. How calm, and peace ful she looked, her eye? were closed like one in sleep, and oh ! Horace, what mad dened me. .must was that they would nev er, bean? on rue again. "They tel) me that I was mad; that I rav-'d in my delirium, and tore my hair, and clenched my flesh until tho blood came. They tell mc that 1 uttered words of blasphemy ;. that 1 stood within the vaults of her sepulchre, and cursed the Creator of my existence ; and that 1 was bore away fren? her grave a raving mad man. Of thia J know nothing; when I awoke to consciousness she had been for weeks in the "city of sileuee,' . and her home was among thu dead. Oh! who c-iii paint thc blackness of desolation that fell upon my ?soul. Like a, proud ship I had been reft of my all, and was left a wreck on the waste of waters. Life, and hope, ?nd joy, were all buried in her grave, and a miserable, aimless existence alone remained. If you could have seen me in my first despair, you would have realized what I mean by the shipwreck of thc heart 1 " Looking back upon the past, I can re cognize the mercy of God in this my bit ter bereavement. He took from me the joys of time, that I might have the bliss eternity ; he destroyed my earthly home that 4 might have a home in heaven, for 1 M'as an infidel, and Annie's death was all that could have saved my soul. lier dying injunctions were sacred, and the Bible was loved, first for her sake, and then f?r tho sake of Him who gave it. " Horace, you know now why I cannot marry. What: take another to the heart which was her home; pillow another head on the bosom where she loved to rest! Never. God gi vee to man one wife; mine ?a in heaven awaiting me; she is 'only gone bifore.' Some day, when my mastcr calls, I shall lay aside the bur der of life, and join her there, where death can never como." His story was ended and my cigar was out. 1 had watched thc ashes drawing to. an end, and as i did so I mused upon thc shortness of life, and thc utter vanity of its' loves and ambitions. The next da)- or voyage closed, and at the wharf Henry Clifton and ?. parted, never to meet again on earth. In a short time he went out as a mis sionary to the heathens, .a: d after a year of successful labor, ' thc master called him' and found him ready. His body rests ' on burning Afric's distant shore.' He closed his short but useful life at the early agc of thirty years. No tombstone marks his resting place ; but he needs no monument-the angels will find him ! IN BAU COMP ANT.-One of our editors went out to the battle-field on Wednesday in search of glory and items. While fid lowing up thc charge of Gen. McCown's division, he met a budy of prisoners mov ing to the rear, and, intent upon an item, at once struck up a conversation with them. Unfortunately he was arrayed in cerulean Imbi laments, and upon attempt ing to leave was ordered by the guard to remain where ho was. With a Vmilc of ineffablec.uitempt, drew from his pocket a pass, but what was his chagrin when he was accosted with, " I say. my boy, none of us can read ; but that thar trick's too old, ami I'll tell vcr another thing, ycr damn.blue bellied Yankee, if yon try any more of them dialgcs I'll souse this thing into ycr gizzard." Think of that, oh ye tribe of brother ] (juill drivers. Thc editor of I his paper, the leading journal <d* thc South, to bc called a Yankee, and to bc accredited willi po>ses>iiig an azure abdomen.-Mur fi eesboro' Launer. A French magistrate noted lor his love of thc pleasures of thc table, speaking une day to a friend, said : M Wc have just been eating a superb turkey ; it Mas ex cellent, stuffed 'with truffles to I he neck, tender, delicate, und of a high flavor. Wc left only the bones." 11 HOM' many of yon were lhere ? ' said his friend. "Two," replied the magistrate, "thc lurkey and myself." " Mr. Jones have you got a match ?" "Yes sir-a match for the old boy; there she is mixing up dough." Jones pointed to his wife and then slid from the front door. Thc last we saw of Jones ho was '. kiteing" it down the road hotly pupsued by a red headed lady with v. cistern pole. Poor Jones. WHT A SHIP III CALLEO " SMB."-'?'A ship is called she" says the wag Robin eon, " because mairkunws not the expense till he gets one ; because they are useless without employment ; because they look best when well rigged; because their value depends upon their Age ; because they are upright when in stays ; because they bring news when abroad, tmd carry .ut news from home. %eficlb pit, PUBLIHHRD STURT WBPSEBDAT XORXIXO. A. nxrnr?7lD^r'rj(7Biao?, ft ?HESE neriiiTtKi. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Two DOLLAR*per year If paid ju advance-Two DOLLARS and FIPTT CBKTS if not paid wi^in B?X months-?nd TBBBS DOLLAR if not paid before tba expiration of tba y ?ar. Subseriptloni oat af. the District amt bo paid for in advance. RATES OF ADVERTISING. All advertisement! wilt be inserted at ORB DOL LAR and PIFTT CBJITR pw Square CASH (10 Minios line? or le?) fur the first insertion, and Seventy-five Conti for ?aeh mbseqnent insertion. Parsons at a distance wishing to advertise oan (by noticing the tenor) approximate tn the'auount necessary te pay for the lame, which they can re mit with the advertisement Those deiiring to advertise by thc year caa do so on liberal term*-it being understood that con tracts for yearly adversing are confined to th? legitimate hniineis of the firm or individual con tracting. Contract advertisements payable semi annually. All eommuniaationi of a portonal oharacter Obituary Notices, Reports, Resolution or Pro ceeding? nf any Society, Association or Corpora tion, will be charged as advertisement!. .tnnouueirig a Candidate (not inserted an til paid r.) Fire Dollars. Southern Planters ! ! SHOULD ALL TAKE IT ! THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR-the old pioneer in Aerierltnral Improvement-rthe only Agricultural Monthly Journal in the Confed erate States that hus lived " through the war," is still published regularly, and will enter upon its 21st year, Jan. 1st, 18o3. Now ia ms TIKE TO SUBSCRIB? ! Oas Dnllar ft'r ytur, in ndvanct ! Address : D. REDMOND, Augusta, On. Jan. H tf 2 THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, (XXV VOLUME,) A RELIGIOUS y AM IL Y NEWSPAPER, An organ nf the MK THOO I XT EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Ix TIS SuKTHBRX CoffrKDKRAfT, " Is published at Angosta, Georgia, TVTO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, Invariably in aticane*. Any person scuding Twenty Dollars for sub scription is euti?ed to a copy without charge for one year. E. E. MYERS, Editor. Augusta. Ang 2? . tf_84 THE CONSTITUTIONALIST, AUGUSTA, OA., IS one of the MOST DESIRABLE PAPERS published in the South. In ita Commercial and News Department, No labor ii spared to gire the earliest and most accurate intelligence from all quarters. Its TELEGRAPHIC COLUMN Ts filled with ample and reliable information of occurreuces at the political and commercial cen tres. . In Politics, TUE CONSTITUTIONALIST is thoroughly Southern, and adheres, under our new Govern ment, to its principles of STATE RIGHTS and STRICT CONSTUCTION! It advocitei the ad mission into the Southern Confederacy only of those State? which ' Recognize Property in 8laves 1 Ai a part of their Social System. TERMS. D -.i!y Conitiiutionali.it.$8,00 Tri-weekly ** . MO Weakly ". 2,00 No {Taper sent u&len the CASH accompanier the order. *BySpecini?>n copies pent when asked for. JAMES GARDNER, Proprietor. Augusta, July. 1801_ tf 29 . FURNITURE ! Ihare now on hand a large Stock of BED ROOM FURNITURE, in Sett of from 8 to 12 pieces, Mahogany, Enameled and Fancy Paint ed. A small lot of PARLOR FURNITURE. Also, SEWING TABLES, WRITING TABLES, DINING TABLES, Walnut-WARDROBES, CHAIRS, a few MATTRASSES, and all articles usually kept ia the Furniture line, most of MY OWN MANUFACTURE, And will be sold low for good paper when the cub is not convenient. Burial Cases! I have on hand ?"?mall lot. of METALIC BU RIAL CASES. Children's only. Also, Mahogany i ?rrai?..n Led COFFINS. Also, Corer.d Raise Led COFFINS, plain but neatly trimmed, at $20. Use nf Heine $5 per day, or trip not over a day. I will continue to keep a supply on band ready for delivery. J. M. WITT. Marl? _tf_ll List of Letters REMAINING in ?he Post Office at Kdgeflehl C. H.. S. C., Slat Dec, 1882. Persons call ing fur Letters on this list will please say " Ad vertised." A, B-W II Ad ai. 2. J Briton, Lieut T G Boag, P Butler, Sr., S B Blair, Mn M E Uauk night, J Barden. C, D.-E Carnite, T R Collier, S M Dean, Mrs. M Delaughter. E, F.-Mr? E C Edwards, J M C Freeland. G, H.-S Garner, J A Green, Mri L Gardner, J M Hudson. 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ALL persons having claims againit the Estate of Rich. Parks, dee'd., are notified to render them in, properly atteited, and those indebted to ?aid Estate will pksee make payment. F. G. PARKS, \ v , W. L. PARKS, J Ex "' Jan 5 lm* 1 Notice. ALL persons due tba Estate of Washington Wise, deo'd., are requested to settle, or make satisfactory arrangements by or before Sale-day iu February next. . H. A. SHAW, Kx'or. Jau fi 4t* 1 A NOTICE. LL persons having claims against the Estate _, of Dr. J. Harwood Burt, dee'd , are noli.'ied to prssout them, properly attested, as the under signed is prepared to pay ^tho same. Thoso in debted to isid Estate are rsqueited to - e t tl o prompt ly. W. M. BURT, fix'or. Ja? 21 tf S 18G3. THE " 18?3. SOUTHERN FJELD & FIRESIDE Published at Augusta, Ga. -o A First Class. Liivary and Agrictdlural Journal i MANY DISTINGUISHED SOUTHERN pi TE RS CONTRIBUTE TO IT8 COLUMNS." -o On th? first SATURDAY in JANUARY, 1863, a NKW SKHIMA willh? commenced, in Quarto form, of Eight Pages, eonroiiiont' ?or binding. Each numher will contain THIRTY-TWO COLUMNS Reading Matter. The Proprietor trusts that his exertion* tomnin tain a First Class Southern Literary Paper will be liberally sustained. The Tem?s for the paper will be For One Toar.,.,.$3 00 For Six Months. 2 00 For Three Months..,. 2 00 Sinele Copies. Ten Cent?. ?Z3r Clubs of IO or more, for one year, $2 oach. " " ?ix months. $l?each. Postmasters are invited to use their influence in behalf of the paper. On all subscriptions for warded by them, except at club rates, they will be allowed a eommissiou of twenty per cent. No commission on club rates can be allowed. The first number of thia Favorite Weekly will contain the beginning of "BELMONT:" A Thrilling Romance of the Last Century, By Mrs. Sex E. HU.NT, of South Carolina. Also the opening of a series of FIVE. CHAPTKKS of a HISTOKV, entitled "A GEORGIA COURT FORTY YEARS AGO," Ry PoiLRMOS PBHCB. And the first of a Series jf.'. Ballads of the War," by HnrtnuRT whose charming production ?, recently published, have marked this juvenile Poet as ibo " Keats" of the South. Those will be followed by a Serios of Sketchy Romances, by Hon. Vr. GILUOKK SiiiH, and by a choice collec tion of original and selected Tales, which, it is not - buustiug to say, will render the FIELD AND FHIK RIDB more attractive than ever. JAMES GARDNER, Proprietor. EXPRESSIONS OF THE PRESS? " Its writers are-the most distinguished in the South." ' [Delta, New Orleans. " Stands in tbe very front rank." a [Presbyterian, Charleston., " A most acceptable paper." [Christian Index, Macon. " Equalled by few, surpassed by none." [Time-, Columbus. "The best Investment of two dollars that could be made." [Missourian, St. Louis. '.Deserves the most liberal patronage." [Baptist, Atlanta. " We cordially commend it to Southerner!." [Enquirer, Richmond. "Tu contents are varied and agreeable." [Christian Advocato, New Orloans. "Calculated eminently to improve the soil and mind " [Enquirer, Memphis. *' Pilled with the choicest reading matter." [Jourual k Messenger, Macon. "An excellent journal, edited by competent gentlemen." [Chronicle k Sentinel, Augusta. .? Best Literary journal in the country." [Journal, Louisville. " A Southern blessing." [Southern Argus, Norfolk, Ya. " Every reading man in the country should have it." [Republic, Augusta. 1," Gives full value for the money." - [Southron, Jackson, Miss. " Without a rival-the best that comes to us." ?[Express, Vicksburg, Miss. " The best family papor published." [Courier. Charleston. " A welcome guest at every fireside." [Advertiser, Montgomery, Ala. Jan 14 ' tf_2^ Colportage AMONG THE SOLDIERS! By the direction of the Colportage Board, at Darlington, the work of supplyiug the South Carolina soldiers with the New Testament nud religious reading, was begun first by us iu South Carolina. PIOUS PASTORS ENGAGED AS COLPOR TERS. A number of devoted Pastors nf the State ure laboriug earnestly und efficiently as Colporters of the Board-some of them in Virginia and some of them on the South Carolina coast. ENCOURAGEMENTS TO LABOR ON. The ?boering -intelligence is reaching us con stantly that the soldiers receive with gratitude the New TeBtameut and Tracts given them. They welcome all religions instructions with, in many instances, the gushing tear and quivering lip. NEW TESTAMENTS AND TRACTS DIS TRIBUTED. The operations of the Board, to the 1st Februa ry, are 11,500 New Testaments and one million seven hundred thousand pages Tracts. THE SOLDIERS READ. They not only accept the New Testament and Tracts given them, but they read thom, in not a few instances, prayerfully and savingly. SOME HAVE BEEN CONVERTED. Through thc simple instrumentality of a little Tract, the truths of " God's word," presented to them by the Colporter, thc earnest prayer and the pious counsel of such, a number bave turned to God, aud are uow rejoicing iu Him. THE SICK SOLDIER. Those who have visited the sick soldier, us wo have in the various Hospitals in and about Char leston, know with what readiness and thankful ness, prayer and religious instructions are re ceived ; how gladly they receive the New Testa ment. CHRISTIAN FRIENDS OF OUR SOLDIERS, HELP! Thousands of the patriotic sons of our own and. other States, who are sacrificing all for our com mon country, have no Bible to point them to God and to " light up a dying bed." They aro willing to read it-they ask for it. Shall they be deuied ? Our Chaplain writes : "I do not believe fifty men I in the regiment have brought Testaments: with ! them." ! WE APPEAL TO EVERY CHRISTIAN MAN. we circulate no Tract or Book which any Chris tian man would object to, whether he be Prethy. ttrf'iH, JfetltwlUt, iipinvi>patiuii, Lutheran, or hap. li?t. Wc, therefore, uppeal to all Christian* throughout the city ami country to aid us in this ! eorauori work. We pledge ourselves ti? meet the spiritual wsntB of our soldiers to the full extent of the menus placed nt our command. SOUTH CAROLINA SOLDIERS IN VIRGINIA. South Carolina regimeuts in Virginie: share proportionally in all the operations of this Board -in Colporters, New Testaments and Tracfs. EVERY SOLDIER ON THE SOIL OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Many of the suns of North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and other States, are upon the coast nf South Carolina. Shall we not minister to their spiritual wants ? MANUSCRIPTS FOR POUR-PAGE TRACTS SOLICITED. The Board desire to publish a number of " fonr page Trasts," adapted to the wants of the soldier, and hereby solicit such manuscripts. -The*e manu scripts must be free from denominational bia?. CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE DIRECTED. Those who contribute to this work may specify,' if this is desired, in what regiment or company such funds shall be expended. All contributions te thir work will be acknowledged in tho public prints. LARGE AND SMALL AMOUNTS. Let it be remembered that $130 will buy one thousand New Testaments, and thirteen centt will buy. a ??ugle copy. Esch copy will supply one ?oldUr. TO THE PAST0R8 AND CHURCHES. Will tho Pastors throughout this State and other . States having'troops in Smith Carolina, read the 1 ibove to their congregations, and send' us the ' froe-vrHI offering? made to this work. Address- Rev. W. D. Rice, 1 General Superintendent S. C. Colportage, Sumter, 8. C. ENGLISH ROYAL VELVET, BRCSS ?3 ' JSL Wt IP . TN NEW AND BEAUTIFUL P. DAMASKS OF ALL KINDS, U Cornices, Bands, L FLOOR AND TABLE OIL ( .WALL WUSS, The largest Stock ever offered, JAS. G. ] IMPORTERS AND DEALEF Augusta, Sept 18 THE IHAKLE&TOS filEKCllltf A POLITICAL, COMMERCIAL, AMD LITERARY NEWSPAPER, PV8LISHEI) DA iL Y AN J) TRI- WEEK!. Y CHARLESTON, S. C. TERMS-CASH, IN ADV INCE : DA ELY MERCURY, for 1 y ?ur - - - $10.00 " " ? for 6 months - - 6.00 " " for 3 months - - 2.50 For less than three months, $1 per tqonth. Newspapor Dealers and Retail Agents supplied on liberal terms. TRK-WEEKLY MERCURY, for 1 year - $5.00 " M forflinonths 2.50 " " for 3 months 1.25 For less than 3 months, 50 cents a month. (F ROM THIS DATE, no subscriptions ont of th'e city trill be received unless accompanied with the .ash. POSTMASTERS are authorized to aet as oar Regular Agents in obtaining subscribers and for? warding the money, for which they will be allowed 20 per cent, commission ; only, however, when paid in advance. Subscribers desiring their papers changed, must mention tho Post Office from, as well as the one .to, which they desire the change to be made. Gentlemen getting up Chubs of 5,10, 20 or more will be supplied at 20 j er oent. less than Regular Rates. ADVERTISING KATES. THE MERCURY has now the largest circula tion of any paper in the State, and in second in this respect to but few papers in the South ; it therefore offers great: advantages to bunine*! men and others, whose interests require publicity. ONE SQUARE of 13 lines, solid Nonpareil, each insertion, 65 cents, and for - each additional line .'> cents. COMMUNICATIONS of personal interest will be charged as advertising matter. Orders from without the city to publish Adver tisements, Marriage Notices or Obituaries, will not be attended to unless the cash, or an accepta ble city reference, s.ccompauy the order. <Zsr- Ou all bills of $50 and over, 20 per cent disco JD t is allowed. j?r South Carolina Bank Bills taken in pay ment for subscription to the Mercury. Charleston, July 1801. SOUTHERN GROWN MIT THEES FOR SALE AT THE( " Georgia Nursery," !N'ear -Augusta,1 Ga. BY FLEMiNG & A ELSON , THE Subscribers offer for salea fine lot of GRAFTED YOUNG FRUIT TREKS, oon suting in part of yo ,?OO APPLE TREES, one and two year* old, and from five to eight foet high, among which are sixty of the best Southern varieties. - 15,000 PEACH TREES, one year ?ld, of very thrifty growth, forty varieties of which ripen iu succession from early June, to November. 5,000 PEAR TREKS, thirty varieties, all ot which are on Quince roots. 15 varieties nf PLUMS, ripening in succession through the summer. Also, APRICOTS, NEC TARINES, ALMONDS, FIGS, GRAPE CUT TINGS, STRAWBERRY PLANTS, ASPARA GUS ROOTS, ?c., ?c. Ever blooming ROSES and Ornamental Shrubbery.. Our TREES will compare favorably with those of any Southern Nursery, aud we will sell as eheap as any of them. Wo take great care in paeking them in M OHS and Straw, so that they may be shipped safely to any part of tb? Southern States. Descriptive and Price Catalogues sent gratis U ail applicants. Address FLEMING A NELSON. Angosta, Ga. October 8th 3m. 40 13LANTW DUNCAN, Columbia, S. C. FORMERLY OF KENTUCKY, Is prepared to fill orders to any extent in ENGRAVING AND PRINTING BANK NOTES. BILLS OF EXCHANGE, Ac, ?c., Ac. ENGRAVING UPON STEEL OR STONE. Larg? sunplies of BANK NOTE and other PAPER will be kept. Columbia, Au3 1 Sm 31 State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, IN ORDINARY. John M. Stidham, Applicant, vs Ella Stidham, Alice Stidbam, Ira {Rid ham, Jas. Stidltam, et ai, Defendants, IT appearing to my satisfaction that John Morse and bis witu Savannah, Defendants in the above Mated.ease, reside beyond rna limits of this Slate. It is therefore ordered that thny do appear and object to the division or-salo of ibe Real Estate nf John Stidham, deceased, on or before the 2 o'th March next, or their consent to the same will be entered of record. F. DUR1S0E, O.E.D. Jan. 0, 13G3, 12t 2 Notice. ALL parsons indebted to the Estate of James C. Henderson, dee'd., ore requested to make payment'.y the 1st day of October, 1S63, and those having demands against said Estate are re quested to present them forthwith, as I desire to make a final settlement on that day. L. CORLEY, Adm'r. Oct I, 18B2. ly 40 Notice, ALL Parsons indebted to tho Estate of George Kershaw, dee'd., are requested to make pay ment forthwith, and those haring demands against said Estatu are required to present them, proporly attested, ou or before the day of May 1S63, as a finn! settlement on that Estate will be made on that day, in the Ordinary's Office. D. A. RODDIE, Adia'or. Apr 23 ._lj* 1B Administrator's Notice. ! f ALL persons indebted to tho Estate of Jas. JU | Swearonpin, dee'd, are earnestly 'solicited to II some forward and pay up, as I desire to settle up C ibo Estate os soon ss possible. Those baring ? li: slaims against said Estate will rendor them ia | tl >roperly attested. ' D. R. DURIS0E, Adm'or. 3ept. 10 3m 36 lion Velv?t ELS, THREE-PLY AND INGRAIN AITERNS, JUST RECEIVED. ICE AND MUSLIN CURTAINS .oops, Tassels, &c. SHA&ES, CLOTHS, M AT Si MATTING hu* j for sale by :. ' BAILIE & BRO., IS, 205 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA. tf , 37 SAVE TM PffiiD?S ! I HA VB commenced the business of Purchasing FOR CASH, OLD SCRAP IRON, Old Iron, of Every Description, CAST AND WBOUOHT. I can be found near the H araburg Bank, whan I am prepared to receive any lunount of OLD IRON that may be- brought. I* will be randy alto to pay the CASH for it. Aa " Economy in Wealth," ?very Farmer, Black smith, Mill Owner, and Housekeeper can furnish some; and as tb? Southern Confederacy is in great need of Cannon Balls, and other artialei made of Iron, we should do all in our power to promote our cause. I ?ill suso buy Old Brass, Pewter, Copper, Lead .And Zink, And Pay the CASH for th* um?. Also, COTTON AND LINEN RAGS, HIDES, BEESWAX AXD TALLOW. Persons bringing Produce to this plaee and Augusta, can easily bring along some of th* articles in their wagon*. - A. A. li. SOUTHALL, Agent. P. S.-No articles will be receiued from Slavos, or White Children, unless with a written permis sion. Hamburg, S. C., June 3,18C2. tf, ' 23 TUE SOUTH CA10IJBTAI, PUBLISHED DAILY AND T!II-WEEKLY, ? AT CO LC M? A, S.?. FRANKLIN GAILLARD, EDITOR. AND THE COLUMBIA BANNER, A Vf EE Kir FAMILY PAPER, TU LS ia the largest Family Paper in (he South and is offered to the domestic circle-for NEWS andr POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE. The Tales and Stories which are offered to th? reeders of the Banner are the efforfs of Southern Genius, which it is a pleasure to foster. Original Sketches, Ltteroryand Scientific Essays, and Mis cellaneous Selections, regularly make their ap pearance in its column?. SUBSCRIPTION-Daily, W ; Tri-Weekly, $4 ; Weekly $2 per annum, in advance. AU Papers stopped when subscription expires. K. W. GIBBES, Proprietor. <V?tamMa, Joly INI. " tf tt THESO?THEHIfGDAHDIAH A Poetical and News Journal , PUBLISHED AT COLUMBIA, S. C. Daily, Tri-Weekly and Weekly. BT 0. P. PELHAM. TERMS.-DAILY, $6; TRI-WBEIIT, $4* WEU LY, $2, u year. Payment invariably in advaucu. TIIIS JOURNAL, now entering upon its third year uudir the present proprietor, is rapidly extending its circulation aud influence. Founded aud conducted upon the principles of State Rights, it enjoys the reward of pnblic confidence and en lightened approval. Entirely independent, in its management, it hus stood with unwavering confi dence, and youndness, integrity UL-! consistency of its principio*. Through evil report ss well as through good, irs voice has boen heard in defence nf thu EQUALITY of the South ; lu counsels have over been and are for RESISTANCE to the wron irs attempted te bo put upon us by a section al mujority. The SOUTHERN GUARDIAN lank? for sup port to the State aud section whe^e right*, honor. ?tad interests it baa faithfully espoused and main tained. Columbia, July 1*61. tf jg DYSPEPTIC REMEDY! IT is customary uow-a-days for the proprietori and propellers of patent medioiuts to array before the public eye in the most glowing colors, nccotint.- of miraculous eurea, aud at the sam? rime complain of the poverty of tba English lan guage as being inadequate to convey ?dena that would do justice to. their medical preparations. Now tbe proprietor of the above-named prepara tion don't intend to pursue any roch course, but will be content to say, candidly, to tha people, what bi.1?"preparation has done and will do. The DYSPEPTIC REMEDY needs DO such propping un i>v ?nv such cunningly devised fables. BLISS DYSPEPTIC REMEDY is the only reliable pre paration now before the people for ALL DIS EASES OF THE STOMACH, and those other diseases that have their origin in disease of that organ. It has again and again cured when all otb<ir preparations have failed. Its merita have, been discussed by physicians in counsel. It hat often been pre-judged and thrown aside by phy sicians und consigned to tha tomb of quack hum bugs, and afterwards recored to mora eongenial clime on terra firma, to bo administered to their worn-out and exhausted patients, and with th? MOST PERFECT .SUCCESS. It has been tostad md recommended,by Un most eminentpbyaioians jf the country, and on? and all wh? have thor oughly tosted it in goea'faifh, aro unanimous ia Its prall?. It will CURS TUR WORST FORM'S o DYSPEPSIA, Liver Disease, CeBStipatloi, IND A GREAT MANY OTHER DISE A 8 having their origin in Disease of th? 8 to sn oh For tho above mentioned diseases, it fal a fev re i gn remedy, ?ad will not ' tail ia ejecting - ? ure if th? patient ia not too penurious to per??? ?ero In th? taking of th? Remedy/ If ?a? pi?k ge don't eon yo?, try another, and still another, nd r?s| assured it will ao'tfall ia MctapTblWr, 1?' that Ti promised. And another thing you tay rest a**or?d of, that yen oaaaet take it loaf rithont teeing and. feelip? that it has already be nn to benefit you ; and if so, continu* taking lt egularlr, and follqw out all the directions- und on WILL SOON BB WELL AGAIN. The HEMED? is for tal? hy pr. C. W. 4 J, B. 10DGBS and E. M. FENN, Bdgeflald, S.O., at 2 per package. July 24_ tm SUM STRENGTHENING BITTERS, OF GREAT VALUE. DEDICATED WHISKEA ! a< Prominent Ingredients, DOGWOOD, WILD HERBY and POPLAR BARK. hav? an ?stab, ?bed reputation as medicinal agents, and ar? of leiu'clvo* its best commendation. Prepared by J. DENNIS, M. D.t Augusta, Ga., id sold in this town by E. V. PENN. Ang 6 ?St ?