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ruaLIHHE? KTKRY WKBNKSnAV VoRXiN'i. k. SUSSTSsTl}- E. D'JKISO? di E- XEE3E I P R O P Ti l ?: T e--K M . From Lee's Aiiiiv. ... j 0::r cavalry hud P. severe skiitniSH willi th' j ort em y on Monday, ne.ir Bra'vV? ttaiL?u, "T? j whichthe <*a?oiy lost twenty killed, aid' wounded, and fit'te^a captured. Our'loss was : threv Wounded only. We SOrpnaod th* enc- I my, which accounts fir'.ur ?mall loss, as the Yankees retreated immediately. Ccu. Mpa-'e was in beavy'f Tee at WmfJiit n. ami li's ai rey was gradually appror.shinKits old " sf?mp ing ground,'' Stafford, and FalmOcrh. heights. The enemy have made two attpmpts to pass through Brock's Oap, which is a passage in the North Mount$tn,*".iti Rookinghfm cjun ty, about twelve auks north of Hai iison'mrg On Monday they made i heir appearance at the gap, bot we?e-^easily and soou driven ' eil' by a portion orGeu. Imbodeu's forces.. On Tuesday they renewed their attempt.to for je their way tlirouglr the mountain ">AS?' *at* tllis time in g'r.oater force ; but thfey wtTe a sec ond time repulsed, jvjth cousidetable loss. This force of Yankees is believed to be un der command of Oeueral Kelly, and ttfat they* have marched down-; through Hardy county .from the neighborhood cd tfew . Crook and Cumberland. . They are doubtless." aiming.to reach Staunton. A battle is inevitable in September, but it will net be fongh.t~bpfor?f, un^^^ Lee will? it. He is now' emphatically master of tbe * .Mtuation.""" " . " "?' Soldiers who Comedown bn furlough, be c-e-u-e of aickne'-s vir.?v??lrfd's, express si'..prise that any but tite mosCivngufne'"e*r'p?,ctation* should be ?elt.for the-ar?ry of Northern Vir-' girinia. Its paiiks w?re never. fuilcT, nor thu men more buoyant in the prospect of a fight. This tnucb is Aufiicieht. afe riorthteYu"f^ews. ..,..'. RiCHYosn, Aug. 14.-Tho Baltimore Gaz ette of the 13th says : The resp mse of Scy . mour to tbe reply of Lincoln, is-distinguished from his former latter not lessby brevity than greater boldness in its tone. Seymour cite, tho fact that, in nine Democratic districts thirty-three thousand coriHCfipts'are called for, . whilein nineteen!"-Republican districts only thirty-nine thousand are ealled for. Under suph^circuirfstttuces, he remark*, yoe cannot and w?[l hot fail, to ri^ht those gross wrongs.. Ho speaks of. the drati asa scheme to Iraudu-icnAly loree a portia of t!ic community itttoTuilrtary service by dishonest perversion or"*" awi"'*.**.-_ .? Lincoln replies thar- the drawing will be mide upon the toTota as, "uow fined in the diatricts it^wljich t??e a\rt? is completed: in other districts .a-?W enrollment .will take place. He wishes it understood . that no pr.rt of bil former letter is repudiated. . The draft, therefore, is io Se pushed foi wald in spite ol Seymour's ramonatraiic?a.' The Daily News says Lincoln's edict created ' the tiost intouse excitement in the communi ty. Thc public mind is intensely agitated ut the threatening aspect of affairs, and if ibe draft ts coininehoed again, ii; violation ot' ihe protest of Seymour, revolution is in evitable. Tue New York Herald ba^?puhlii**.ied a list ofthe members of tba Federal Congress elec ted, showing a majority of* six-adverse to Tue Administration. rh* Herald* says that in consequence thc opposition will elect a Speak er, and the committee appointed by him wili investigate the conduct of:tliH Administration bir.ee bis accession to oihee.' . On ?ill questions relating lo the w?r.r, the ?SccuTIoii~\vt tue ?up'prfes3iB?."-?i the rebel lion. The lierais pronounces the draft inexpe dient, unnecessary and uiip/>pul-r. and ut^x't1 Lincoln to interfere.before it is too late. From lCichtavnd. O ia SOE C. H.. August 12th.-A rVmveutioti of North Carolina troops, of the army of Northern .Virginia; met at tbe C"urt HOUK? to day. Col. Bryant Grit?os selected as Chair? man, with nine Secretaries, and a 'committee of nine on resolutions, cue for each brigade. Co!, (jarrett was Chairman of the committee. Resolutions were adopted unanimously pledging the loyalty of North Carolina and army to the Confederacy, and* denouncing the Staudard and itu supporter?; expressing confi.UiiCe that Gov. Vance would sustain our good cause.-: A re'olutioo appointed Cols. Garrett, Jones. Cox and Grimos a committee (o write an ad "dre*i?, to IbeTi?opre'oT >'h>. State.'. ' The Conreation was unanimous and enthu siastic. " v.' "".'.' . " . . " From Mississippi. MORTON, August 14.-Several persons just arrived from Vicksburg state positively that Grant was in that city-last Sunday. No troops, save McPnersons corps and five regiments who went to take the place of tioopit in Bank's army, whoso term ,of service had expired, have leftsfiWKfibn.g,. They 'assert positively that the disease which-has' been sweeping ott . Yaukees ia Yebo w Jack. - ? ? .??*?? Confederate Success iu Tennessee. CHATTANOOGA. August 14. Col. Dibbrell, commanding Starnea' old brigade o? Forrest's division, w^s attacked by four thousand mounted Federals at Sparta. Tbe enemy was driAn*' back to^McMinnvihV badly whipped. ., Parties from "vteqt and Middle Tennessee report extensive-reciuitina for the Confederate service. The crops are fine, and the enemy conciliatory. Capt Frank Battle, of Carter'sfcouts, was captured near Nashville -on'tte 5th, and-con fined in prison. ..*.?* From Charleston. CHARLESTON, Aug. 14.-The bombardment for the last ?on nights has;becnjnce.s.<nrmt and spirited. TWo- mon*h?w and one-of. the bat teries OD Morris' Island T&re firing at Fort Sumter yogt?rdayV'm 4,000 yards distant. There are-Higu? that .another..terrible bom bardment ?jil speedily begin. THE LATE TRIP UP. JAMES RIVER.-The Petersburg Express learns from a party who has seen an individual just- from Fortress Monrdiv that the laJte Yankee gunboat expe dition np James river suffered Very much in damr.ge of craft as well as IOSP of* men. The wooden boat is said to have l?een riddled by OUF field pieces'from the shore, and many lives -were lost. The Captain of tho boat, whoso name We did not ascorta n, fearing she was about to sink, ruadean ef ort to escape to the ironclad, and while in the act was struck by a solid shot and cut completely in Vwo. Some eight or ten of the invaders are aaid to bave been killed, and many wounded. The boats, too, were very much damaged. . GEN MOKOAN'.-yrQ uu7e published states men's made by Northern pa per.-, that Morgan had beenlcdged iu the OhioPeniteirfiary and treated as -a fidon, having his- head shaved ?nd miffing other irVsigaitlta. On the other band, a letter has been received in thia city from Mrs. Morgan, statin* that she ' ha?j io telllgencejrom her husbknd/ in- which he states that be is kindly treated, and'hc.pes to be with her on his parolo.in a, abort time_ Constitrrtionalist.-. .** " During L?o's trin'. into MnrvJanJ and Pennsylvania all tho archivas.at tVasbington City wero packed, ready to bo removed at a moment's notice. JAMES T. BACON, TDITOR. Increase in our Prien yt' tfiibscriptiou". From .in I nfiir llif* qaltii until furtl.tr n<>r.ce, r"ir ter Ol* of nfcscrfpiloD nil! be ZZfiO per aim -in 'ia adrauco. ? be high price of paper, und ?very thrng nl?c, caiupe's us to maid this advance .'August Bib, 1SC3. 't?sS'Obitusry notice? of the gallant young P. O. RASSOM. and the bravo L. D. SHIBLET) both of whom fol! fifrujrrJ'rig for.the honor of thc Con 'fodero'-y, were received loo late for this issue, but V^il' bc attended Y> in our next. Senatorial filcction. Col. THOMAS G. B*.cc?.v tras elected, on Taes iUy last, SontUor frcm Edg?fieH District-to fill tho vaeiniy caused by the death of the late lion. A. ?1MK1N3. gj/ Tho tribute of respoet passed by the Mt. Lebanon Church to thc memory of Rev. A. J. MATHIS, wilt be published nox$ week. " Tho Liberal l?eart deviscth ?ibera) Things. ? V Cot JOSH HUI ET, "Treasurer of tho Board of Relief for Edgefi?ll? District, requests u? to ac knowledge ..he receipt (Lom the hands of Maj. Z VT. CAKWILE) of Five Hundred Dollars-the mu nificent ?nd patriotic donation of Mr. B?RNKY S pCNBAR,.pf .thc vicinity of Hamburg? lt. givea .it tho most profound pk asure to record such a high-soulod act of charity-and to hold up lo the oyes of E4gefield such a noble example. It is an maniple which we hope will "leaven the wholo .lump,"--we moan " tho whole hump" pf rich men in Edgofield District. o ?> ? . . Tablean* and Concert. On the eveulng of Monday, the 24th of August, _wHl bo givon in tho Masonic Hall at Edgefield C. H., n varied performance-tableaux,, charades, mu?te, feasting Ac.,-f?>r lb'? benefit .a^rthe Sol diery. The object is ono w\leb-appeals by all the ties of patriotism-by ?di ihe love and honor and ;id we 0*0 nnr - .lam and glorious Soldiers-t. tho hearts and empathies of oar people. And tho ci-tim ij. presented through a bevy of the fairest of the fair. Ccino one, come all j you will **c much that is beautiful, nud hear much that is beautiful. Never ln?o an opportunity of seeing or hearing* any th leg beautiful; " Beauty is God's handwriting ! And money 'Xf ?hers, uud blankets, au?! ulo?r*ng, for Confederate Soldiers. 5537" Admi?von $2. Child ran half price jZ2T We return our' thanks to Dr. FKANJCLIK Gou'fiN-lor his courtesy in presenting us a copy of the Charleston He rev ry e?f Monday. . Organization of a Kelief Association for Soldier'* Fania lies. AV.; are requested to eta te,that a meeting will b? held at Dry. Creek Church, cn Saturday tho 29ih instant, ftir the purp-ye of organizing an Aaeociation for the nid r.nd relief of Soldiers' F- tniliefi. The people of that vicinity cordially invitt, all who tiny be interested in this good cause, tj meet with them i Wc t rnestly hope there will bc clarile at tendance-av. an abondant manifes tation of spirit, energy an.) liberality. The cause i.-- oven mor? holy th.in thill of relieving our Sol diers thcnfsclve*. ?Vhu,t was done at t.':e .Railroad Meet? ii*ST on thc Kidge. WeTall special ntreu?on ?o ibo report of the proceeding; of-the Railroad meeting held.on tho Ridge or. the H tb instruit, published in cur ?vue xii lud-y. Our entorprlting asd pub! ic-f pint od neighbors of the Ridge have done well in ibis . uijttcr-c-xcuedi-.giy well- and have acted ?j bt coni'.-f -libera!, enlightened and patriotic men. They aro uvldontlj d?ioriuinod not to be left be hind i,, Sleepy LiolloW. At ibis ui?eting, One Hundred land Ei^ht'?hou siind Dollars was sub-u-ribed to thc Angusta uiid Culumhia Railroad; and they have but Utile doubt of freing able to MI elf this, in a short time, to One Hundred und Filly Thousand. They call upon EdgeiieJJ Village lo -.o-operate with them; certainly L'Jgch^d Village ought to do a.' much as tho Kill.e. W ii,.: eau we say to route the ' apparently dor mant eouls ol' our tow?Biueu? Say what we nay however) or leave ail tiueaid, this is vory plainly th?ir lust chance for :t Railroad ; 'da now or never wilt) them. And in case they do not take tho tide at its present flood, Ed*?cntdd ?iii doubtless'be left, forever and a day, a mero pitiful speck be yond the outer walls of the civilized r-srld. Read the following iucou1 revertible facts upon tho subject uuder consideration ; -Ibey aro from an admirable letter te iho Augusta Conatitutii.n atiet. If tho wealthy mcnVho wish to benefit man kind with their iminciiee treusorcs will act prompt ly uud quickly, the road will oe made; They will not give the'tnoncy away by building thc road. They will put i*. out at compound interest. The road wj.ll be ono ot' the most' profitable in the South. It outs off 100 mite.- in 160, and then will connect tw?. enterprising cities in less than threo hours fimo, whore it is now uoarly all day. If th'bigs.were reversed-if editors-ond writers wero only eapitaiints-they would invest their money aadtimo iu the matter, and delay no longer: It wilt costpiora tho longer delayed. Success will be thc reward,* and -substantial good producing wealth and prosperity. Railroad stock in such localities, as botwoen Augu.-ta and Columbia, is the samo as gold. The ?luck from Columbia to Charlotte pays the highest kind of dividcud, and tho stock three timos the original cont ' Let Co lumbia* and Augusta bo united in the cause liku " Two souls with but a single thought-two hearts that beat us ono," till the communication is com plote. No chits have moro liberality, patriotism or wealth than Augusta and Columbia to their populations. Wa will Close by saying delays arc dangerous. ?Nu time tu wait. Aot immediately. Bestir you red vos, mon -of . Edgofield Villago and Li.': vicinity-mon of Edgefield at large. Cull a meeting-and that right soon ; op>*n subicrip tion^ists, raise money, bring the ituhroud to your doors. Do your duty to the generation iu-which von livo, und to tho generations which arc coming iftcr you. Tho causa of humanity, tho civilization of the ige, the onward march of enlightened opinion, ill the generous impulsos uf manly nature, appeal .0 you in this matter. Southern Field A- Fireside. For tho quiet home circle, tho Southern Field fc Fireside is the best paper published in the south. It has something apropos for all ages, lasses and conditions-"young men and mabi ns, old men aid children." With perfect con cientionsuc?s wo recommend it to o?ir renders as mino of werdth. Th< las.', number, beside a ? ll arioty uf ;soful nud entertaining reading matter, us two well executed engraving?. .Thepublisher aya thai it is his Intention to present the readers f tlc Field d- Fire.ti'ie with a series of engra irgs ;l!us;rating original t ile1; or Southern scene y ^'bnfode-fito scenery)-w:;h a portrait now lid then of sumo distinguished military chief t-r ivil official. We hope the energetic apd tasteful ubluher may b'e rewarded un hundred fold for is iroublo in sending out to all classes, such un LTyinj; victor. TLaf> Field d' F ir neide is pub ?hed ot Augusta, Ga., by JAM?:S GanD.ven, Esq., : Seven Dollars per au ii um. How sweot aro the slumbers of him who in lio down on his pillow nud review tho trans itions of every day withuutcendotuuiug himself. * Privateering. i&? In July of tho yearvi777, just, ono year" Jfter tho Declaration vi Ind?pendante pf ihtlate Jpgil ted ?Utos, thc e?lp Reprisal, commandedK^^ffg,*^ WUkes, aVoompaniyd by two eruLers, ?ppauleJ ofi' ibo coast of Ireland. ?Utse small bi.at?Marjr-i Styii'?; botUin Euirlaud aud Aui? rioa, PrivaS^a; aud ulUioagu quiir insignificant as i^iiTw^gjjr | a?AO, .-pceit, ?tit?grb er arutaiuOnt iii oift-p?we'n ! with tu? splcnoid War SL:r?j>f England, 'or ?er ' magninoMil Mercbautuien, still tho inheUuiHff of ] Groat Rijtivin vere thrown inte tic ntwioefc'cjpn HtPrnaticn by their aadacity and saceo?s '^.rjng their cruising*' off the British coasts Inso?pch that it fe now a nii.tter of astonishment "Itt re?cl a.\ few of tho extracts frpni*tho English Preji? ?f (bat period. We ann** the' following is an ic??"^ I thc public ?ind ai that day : ??V^ " Dublin ha"; been thrown into the utmoaj ojon .?tcmatioD by the appearance of Aro?ricon-?rira teers cn this coast. A ?t,-p hat bren I t^all trade. Not ene of "the Liueii Ships that bare Ueat^ ?loaded.for Chc?t-r Frir arc suffered tb d?part, I upon which eccoisr t tke Fair taust be postponed, j if any Fair be bejd. No insurance cen be? pro cured, and linen ba* already fallen a penny a yard.-??di??.Magazine, ?AI/I/V 1777. On the 12'.b July, rame year, tho Secretary ofi tho Admiralty informed the. Mayor of Liverpfcbi that four sloops of war bad been dispatebai to "tho waters bet wem Cirent Britain anjd Ireland in quest of American Privateers, and for tl?e projec tion of trade in those parte." A li?t ?f^b?ltle ships cruising in the English* Channel, pnbllihed July 1777, numbers 28. The same Magasine, under ?ate of 15.h Jaly 1777, says : " Buring ne time siucd the war, have the people en tin* coast been b* If *o Much frightened aa lately, by the appearance of Amnriean Privateers. ATJ express, was'sent efl" to our Lord Lieutenant of the county of Cumberland to. :all out.4be ? tmlitia foy. tke.de fence of the coast, as it was apprehended that the Americans w*uld land." Independent;of vast pr?parait one on tko pert of ike -EiiglUh flotetn mont " ta prevent the future operations of Ameri can Privateers," thc grt-wi shippers apd Mereuants in the eomtiiurclal towns.of England, Ireland and S?etland, fitted oui; armed veaeebv at icir own expense, for their bettor sceui . . . We have copied ibe aboya . ..?raets beoBuse of the singular and foroible expression, eon tabu rd therein of the strong foars entertained Ljr thc British Oovecumont and ptoplo, of Privatk?ring. Nor does this Privateering seem io have ? been shortly forgotten by ibo English mind, for at.lb? very next treaty of tho Qre?t Powers of ?u/opo at Paris, England ;,usislcd np'en inseitin'g therein an article abolishing. Privateering; and to rib ich all the Maritime Nut.ioua agreed,, with tlie singlo cxcepttoB of the United Sutes of America.- And it is somewhat remarkable that since tho'bogin ning of tho war beuween tho people of the -North and South, the formor, stimuli.ted hy a desire to conciliate tho favor of England, as well iurether European Powers, and terrified at the successes of tho Alabama.anil other Privateers, have con seutod to recognize thu principle ead tho right of ibe af-.rcmen tioued uriiele <-f tlie Treaty of Paris. Tho Privateering of 1777 cught to have been botter remembered by tho Confed?ralo authorities and people in the Lcgiuuiug^of the pieeent.war. The paper blockade of English Perts ly Napo leon was tnaigoifieaut iudecd when compared with tie capturo o* Fxeneil Meicbantnjont by ?&g'bh Privateers. And vc venture ' tlie assertion that,' thc Yankee blockwic of Confederate Ports would h aro been equally s J, had thc Confederacy, imme diately upon tko. commencement of bostiliiies' fitted out fifteen or twenty well armod and well manned Privateers. The capture cf two or three California Steamers, carrying each a m.H?on in specie, would Luve been thc almost inevilaBle-c.en .si?is?.iice,- and. \j;ould h%ve furaU?hed^.a?u^K?hius upon which to establish a currency nuoh superior lo th.'.t we now enjoy, besides taking so much Lom the vnulU cf the Yankee banks. 'A?- it ls, two or three SI MI mc r's, rigged and armed as Pri vateers, hare carried fear and terror to thc heart of Yankee e.ouv'iTco. Yankee war Stemn?rB n:e eonatantly o:i thc qui vire for the Alabama; Yan kco vessel are rutting nt their wharves f<T dread of Coufeiuii'ate Privateers; and Yankee trado cx perlences a wonderful lethargy un account of the terrible Cept- Saunas. There are no rights or immunities of which nations are so tenacious as those of the High Seas, none which ar: guarded with so much jeal ousy: The laws ant. regulations of Cuufuiorcial Marine, and thoso govemiug neutral flags acd neutral bottoms, .have always .beau guarded with sleepless vigilance ; while the property value of the oommerco of any great jiatkn, being for tho must part, in fact almost cutir sly, owned by indi viduals, makes a pattioular as well as gendr.il in terest throughout tim land. Insomuch that a lots or injuiy which affects one, carries fear to another. To take money from tbe pocket of ono engaged in a curtain put suit, is not only to bis individual Io&6, but tends to the detriment of alLothors fol lowing de samo avocation. To deprive a man of his mouey is, according to tho English Satirist, tie greatest evil you can inflict upon him. "Take a man's wife and he'll bruck it, But keep your hands ont of his breeches pocket." And so it is with nations ;-stripped of money is to bo stripped of power-and nothing so tends to the transfer of money from tbe eoffers of one people to those of another as Privateering. This Privateering shouid bo vigorously and energeti cally encouraged by our Confederacy as the surest and swiftest means of injury to the enemy, and of profit to ourselves. Much has been done with only tbreo or four Steamers, yet much remains to bo done. The motifi of the great Qoneral and'Statosman. Jesortes to be adopted io this regard: "Jfihil ic!urn credent, dum quid ?epereuet agendum." The Crisis. Thc people of our State aro, we trust, (says tho Donfedorute ?ipiut) prepared fpr tho worst. A :ime may bo near, to try our manliness, and test ?ur faith in God. Lot us not- give plaeo to des pondency. Between ::;-nip?rury defeat and-'final ?ubjagation, there lies a wido interval; and that \ nuat bo ?Hod by the heroio doods of men, who ire dotwrmiucd^to bo free. If wc aro true to our elvos, the enemy canna conquer us. Let riot ug and chambering, upocala'.ion and oxtortion, oaeo in tho land ; and let "us all unite, as a band f brothers in tho firm determination that tbe ?tato of South Carolina shall never bo the spoil f a vandal foe. A broath of submission wo breathe not Tho sword of defiance wo sheathe not $33* The Charleston Courier of the-14tb, says : We have received through MM. R. B. 8., from ie ladies of Edgeflcld Village, $144, for thc bene% t of tho 6ick and wounded soldiers in tho hospi ils iu this city, and have applied the same as :q-ested." j75?f? Tho Richmond Sentinel denies the absurd j ( port That Ex-Govornor and Senator Brown, of L 'issbisippi, bad taken tho oath r>" illtgiance to iucoln. Gov. Br. -'"- " ..moud the other iy,looking well, llo has a son, a gallant Con dcr*tc officer, who wa? wouuded and taken pris icr nt Gettysburg. $Sf~ Mrs. Patterson Allen, arrestod for treason tho Confederacy, Is npw dangerously 111 of \ oin fever, and fears* aro entertained .that she I ly not recover. Sho it said to be much eranoia- " 1, and barely takes focd enough to sustain life. ? i says tho Richmond Litpatch. ' | For tho Advertiser. SACRED TO THE MEMORIES Croaker, Wallace ?titi Doriao?*. The wreath of ?. Immortelle^' is scarcely with ered, which inournud the lett' of our gallaut coun trymen at Chancellorsville, ere ?is faded loaves ?re to bc renewed by fr-sh idleringa to thopa-triHtio j si l !-er?, who ham fallan on the field of Gettys- j burg. With feelings ol deep sadneM, we preeeui. j to the view of their fellow-citizens, tb?" nam?* of j the ?old and .iatrepiJ tnldiois a bo have sealed with thair biood, their devotion t? their" country. Us men who will ?ot remain neglected, and nnre-, corded, whilst a grateful but hillie led country cherishes the recollection of their heroism. , At th? commencement of tho war, CROOKER, WALLACE and DUBI80E volunteered in. tho. EJgefitld Ri?t?, a Company raised in this vicinity bj Capt." CicEJtO Anai?B, went thro' th* campaign together,'and upon the disbanding of'that Com pany, sabf?qucntly yoluiiteerod in Co. ?), 14-R?gt. S. C. V., Capt. PtaniK. With that gallant and veteran R*jrt. they rtoed shoulder to shoulder aaiid the trying ordeal through which ii pwd, arid foll together ?n tho bloody field of Gettys bnrg, inseparably in death ?. in life. .Liant- HARVEY DRAKE CROOKER died on the 2d July frem wounds reeoired on th? 1st, at the battle of Gettysburg, in the 32d yter of bis age. In his bold and gallant conduct on that bloody battle-field, kc illustrated tho heroism ef the family from which he sprang, and renewed in his daring intrepidityr the gallantry of a patriotic ancestry. Tu the belayed and widowed mother, whom he has left to bewail his untimely ,'.??,.the proud reflection that he nobly fell iu defoi.ie of his couutry, whilst it tn?y not dry the tears which gush forth from tho devoted heart bf a mother, nuy yet temper with . consolation the grief chat saddens the unguished bosom. ?ergt. J. BEAUFORT WALLACE, died on the 2d July from wounJ?jreccivcd on ' the 1st, at tho battle of Gettysburg, in tho 25th year'of his age. In the apriug-lime of life, with ?-Verything to m*ke Jifa desirable,, the spirit of this gallant sol dier has passed from the battle-field to tho judg ment of his God. Filial in his domestic relations, exemplary ?D his morality, correct in his'deport ment, a widirtred mother alone in th6 sanctuary of ber ufjoutiona can only estimsto his lass. May "Almighty G\,d pour the oil of consolation upon her afBicted and bruised heart, and dose up the wound which the enemies of our ceuntryehave opened. SergU CHARLES L. DURIEOE, died at Da vid's Island, New York from wounds* received ou the 1st July at the battle of Gettysburg, in thc 24th jcar of his :igc. The latt, though not tho lead of this gallant triad, warm and impetuous in his footings, and devoted in his patriotism, has given bi? life to the ctuse of his ceuntry. Iden tified with.tho war from its comnienc^Miht, en gaged iu its campaigns, in the camp and in the field, he illustrated tho character of tho Southern soldier, aud has left to hi* countrymen, for imita tion, tho unspotted character of a youthful'mnr tyr. Though thc family hearth may have a va cant soe!, and sadness hang around tho homestead, yet in che reflection that their " s m has done-his rduty." let his* parents find refuge fruta regret. Thc baud of friendship pays this hun/'de tribute to throo breve soldiers, viLo sloop far away from their native land. May semi gentle spirit kindly wntch over their graves, nnd preserve over verda.it the mound that murks tho spot of- their last re pose M. - * ? For thu Advertiser. ' Cullimbin-and Augusta Railroad. At a meeting held at the Ridge, on tho 14th inst., to take into consideration th? construction of the Columbia and Augusta Railroad, via the Eid?o, Maj. Tn.WAN WATSON was called'^te the Chair, and Dr, A. W. YOLNOBLUOU requested to act as Sec'ry. The Chairman, in a few pertinent remark?, ex plained the object of the meeting, and urged upon the people thc advantuge.i of, as woll as thi military nccosity for, the cousiructiouof the Hoad On motion of Capt. A. D. B-ATKS, tho bouka were then opened for subscriptions, whereupon stock to the amount of Ouo hundred ami right thousand two hundred end fifty dollars (10S,2oti) was- subscribed, seventeen thousand dollars of this amount hnying been taken by a few sub^cri hers from th?) vicinity of Leesville, Lexington District, ? The following Resolutions were tho? offered ly Dr. A. W. YOUNGBLOOD, and adopted : iia.c.oed, That this meeting oarnoetly request the oitisen! of Lexington and Edgefield Village, and all others upou the line of jhis load, to ed) meetings, open books,-pud co-oporato with them, in oarryiug forward this euterp'rise. Relived, Tliat the proceedings of this mooting, togofher with the amount ef Stock-takari, bo pub lished in the Edge ii eld and Oolumbia papers; ami that tba Chairman of thfs meeting report to the President.of tho Road, as soun as prueticabf?,'the amount of Stock taken. Hetoleed, That a Committeo of seven be ap pointed to solicit further subscriptions to the' Road, and repurt the amount at tho next meeting. On motion, the meeting theu adjourned to meet on tho ia th of August. TILMAN WATSON, Chair. A. W. YOUXGBLOOD, .Sec'ry. Proclamation by the Pre>idst>it of the Confederate State?. 'Again do I call upon the people of the Confed eracy-a' people who believe that the Lord reign cth, and that Iii? overruling Providence.orde/eth all things-to unite in prayer ahd bumble sub mission under His chastening band, and to be seech His favor on our suffering country It is mest that when trials and reversos befall us we should seek to tako homo to our heurts and cTonsoieUcos thc lessons which they teach and profit by the self-examlnatiun for which they. prepare us.-Hs.d not our successes on land and sea nude US sclf-coiifidelit ai.d forgetful of our rcliunoe op Him; had not love ol' lucre eaten Mk?* a gangrene into tho very heart of the laud, converting too many among us wur?hippers of gain aud rondoriug'thuin unmindful of their duty to their country, tu their follow men and to their God-who then will presume to. complain that -we have been chastened or to despair of our just cause and tho protection.of our Heavenly Father ? " Let us rath or receive in humble thank fulness the lesson which He has taught in our recent reverses, devoutly acknowledging that to Him, and not to our own feoblo.arms, arc duo the honor sod tho glory of victory; that for Him, in His paternal Providence, come tho anguish and suffer ings of defeat, nur humble supplications are due it Iris footstool. Now, therefore, J, Jr-PFEnsoN DAVIS, President >f these Confederate States, do issuo this, my Proclamation, sotting apart Friday, the 21st day if August cussing, ss a day of fasting, humilia ?on, and pi ii) cr; and I do btreby invite the peb iht-ot tho Cc D tod era ts Slates, to repair on that lay to their respectivo places of public worship, md to unito in supplication for tho favor and uro eetion of that Cud whohas hitherto conducted is safely "through all tho dangers that environed In f?ith whereof, I have horounto set my" hand [ i-?-> "J and th? Soal of thc Confederate Stau?, SEA L >at Richmond, this twenty-fifth day of .^-v-'J July, in the year of our Lord ono, lousand eight huudred and sixty-three. " 7 JEFFERSON DAVIS. * ly tho President: 1 J. P. BENJAMIN, "ec ry oi Stale. ct MH. EDITOR : You will oblige by published in your papor the accompanying complimentai ?o tico ot ocr gallaui fellow citizen Gon. R' G. M. DU.NOVAKT, which appeared, in-the South .?/trulj- j ?ian ul t..o loth Augurt, and also the cndo.cd copi9? of lauere from dt6tin-,u.?hed. gen:leoi*n a* addi.ioiia.1 ci i?enco of the service which the .Gen eral ha? rendered the StaiA ita the trying hour of | peril; at.u of their high appr?ciation of his mili tary character. EUUKI1?LD. Ge?. R. G. M. Danovaat. MR. EbiToa: Thc- citizen above all others vrbiui tho sentiment of the upper and middle couutry selects for thc crisis through which we are now passing is the gallant and experienced soldier, Gen. R. G. M. Dunovant, of Ed^efield. As ? military man, there is no one in tho Con federacy, outside of tho graduates of Wost Point*. ?ho'can claim g'roator knowledge and experience in military affair.?; and thero is certainly iso one wiiLiu the Confederate States who possesses in a higher degree that lofty State pride and peisis tont courage which alone can protect us from mis erable surrenders to a base and malignant enemy. Cen. Diinorant parsed through tho Mexican' oampaign as Captain of' a company in thu Pal metto' Regiment-the favored and appreciated .friend of Colonel Butler.. Prom bis highmilita ry standing and. popularity in the regiment, be might hare been elected its Colonel, after the deaths of ltatler**and Dickinson, but with modas ty only tqualled by his generosity be yielded the position to bis senior,' Gladden, and returned home M Lieutenant-Colonel of the regiment. Seme years Tater,'he was elected Adjutant and Inspector-General of tho State, in which capacity, atd in the language of Gov. Bickens, "of great experience," he was ordered to take command of Port Moultrie upon the evacuation of that post hy the Federal troops, and tho -.pprehended re lief to Fort Sumter. Ho was in.com maud of Moultrie when the " Star of the West" was fired into, and boldly and defiantly confronted almost certain destruction from Sumter ; and aleo was in command when the latter fortification surren dered to the arms of our State. He was subse quently appointed by Gov. Plekeus Brtgadier Ceueral ot the* forcea raised by the State, and re tailed his rank and command uutil tho* State troups, by order of the Convention, were transfer red to tho Cuurcderat* Goyorpment. As erii?nce of tho bigh appreciation of this distinguished body for tho officers of that command, it resolved that, in such transfer, justiee ." require* lUat alf ?tho officers should receive commissions of the same grad?, for at least the period of' enlistment of the troops," Ac. In the face of such high rccam dation, thu troups were received by the President, but Gen. Dunovant lost his command. Ardently desirous of serving bis country, Gen. Dunovant obtained the command of the 12th Regiment S. C. V., raised and organized under .a subsequent oall for troops for the Confederate service, and gallantly defended Bay Point as long ns humau prywesa could do so. His defeoee of aud retro-it I Lum that p-usition, with a more handful of men, mci thc approbation of Cou.?Lee, and was highly commended by military critics. He remained in command nf his regiment; the President appointed another tothu rank of Brigudier-Ueneral, who did not, iu the opinion ot Gen. D. and*.others, possets tho tame right to the position, either from j luiliiary knowledge or experience, and lo which Cen. D. .considered hisclaiin paramount. Be lie v-. in-j that the President was dh-pused to ignore bia services, which ho id proud to acknowledge his State always recognized, ho rc-ignod his com mission auder feelings of deep mortilicatiou and disgust, as every unlit,.ry man would haro dunc under similar circumstances.' We-have ?ow hod. bicur. cxpucicuo? nf-ef.uiA.o_i President Davis*, eppuintta-s, and the people of the upper aud middle country desire a military louder, who kuows no such 'word as aarr?ti?icr< We prcsout, therefor*-, by request ol' very many perseus, the nunic of Gun. Dunovant as a prop-.. officer tu command tho forces ordered to be Taised for thc defence of the Sute, und trust Lie ?xcel Ienc* the Governor, and lue .esptctive Colonels of regiments, will-uso all proper exertions tu ob tain from tho President thc rank due to this gal lant lut neglected soldier. CARNOT. Letter from Gov. Pick cns. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA. * , .Head-Quarters, May IOth.'lSnl. My Dear Qtneral.-l have just received your resignation, and cannut forbear to express to you my sincere thanks for-yonr brave and patriotic services at a criical and perilous time.. You. woro Adjutant and Inspector General of thc State, and I had tu call on you to discharge deli cate and responsible duties. You were over ready and willing to take any part, no matter how dan gerous). - I sent you to Fort Moultrie whon ft wa"s goner ally supposed tu be untenable fr?in the tire of Sumter, and yet you did nut hesitate a tou rnent. And there has been no period? when I could nut have relied on you to exocnte anything when bravery and patriotism were required. I return you tho thanks of the State for your steady aud docrded Support under all difficulties., and I deeply regret that any policy 'of the Con federate Government should have ever made it necessary for you to resign. As* far aa the" S ute is concerned, it would ajwayj afford me groat ] pleasure to call rou into service at any. time if there should be a proper placo for you. You havo my best wishes for yonr happiness,, and I know you will experience every sausfaction io the consciousness of having discharged your du ties to your State faithfully and bravely. With great regard, yours truly, . F. W. PICK ENS. Ga?. R. G. M. DUXOVAXT. Letter from Ju tl-; c>* Magrath. My Dear Sir .--It gives me pleasure to com> ply with your request, and briefly state my knowledge of your conduct in the ?arly move ments of this State. You Were nt that' time tho | AdjiMant and Inspe^'ar General of Hie State. Difliculties, which I need tot do moro than al lude to, rendered it necessary to "place yon in ootnm.md of Fort Moultrie. It was one of groat delicacy and responsibility. Personally to yon lt involved pecuniary sccrilicc, for it caused you" to vacate tho office you held. You did so willing, ly, And assuming the command of Fort. Moaltrie, releivtd tho Sute Government of the difficulty md embarrassments with which it was troubled. [ know that your adniiaistratlon of tho duties of I he Fort wero cutirely acceptable to tho Gorcra nont of the S tato.. This was evinced, when sion after you were fpointod under tho law of tho Sute a Brigadier Icneral of it* forces. The -organizatbn did not orijepond with that provided hy tho Confed?ralo Jovernmcnt. It m'ght ha-ro.bcon a now source f oonfusion, but again yon withdrew your, laims, and at your own loss, became the m'eansj f satisfying all. I havo alwaya.understood that in ?ll your dis hargo uf tho military sorvico which bas boen pat pen you, you baje exhibited zu,l, earnestness ' nd ability. T KNO>T THHI TQ FW ^ >N HON^ u/poee is conccrnod, moving one to reade'r with nstintsd measure all bo cnn to the service of his ' J mntry, no one oould be more distingnlshed than ? ,u- Yours, very truly', ' T A. G. MAGRATH, J Maroh 2'dh, 1S02? Col. R, G. M. DrjstovAitT. ' KILLED' BY LWHTXINCT.-?? -We"regret to. learn tn at Rev. D'. L. Edwards was ?trucVr by lightning ou the afternoon uf the 4 h inst, and instantly killed, his horse which hejras: about* uionnting was atnrtned hut recovered in ashort'time, while ?ll the eiertionH'of hu manity lo-restore life to the deceased, were unavailable. Such is mortality-Mariuu Star. . MARRIBD, on the ?th Joly, by Rov. J. "Trapp, Sargt W. Jt. DORN, CO. B, Hampton Legion, an'rl Mus ?BfTI? C. HOLLOW AY/, ot thiaDis trict - ? ' OBITUARY/ DEATn OF CHARLES ll Ii NT. Y -C. TY A TB. AT the early ago of sixteen "y**r*u and a . half this gallant youth attached himself t*. Co. U, Capt A. P. Butler, 1st Regt. 8. C. V., Col. Oregg, -rubstquentjy Col. Hainilu-u, lu August 1 tJM. ' Privat* WATE w?.e ibo eldest ?on ?f Mr. DA vin WAT* and Mr*. A? A. Jv"AT*, of this District In his thirteenth year be prafctseil oonversien, and iu his eixtoenth year he united with the Bis- ' .ar Springs Baptist Chnrch,.of which he contin ued a brilliant ornament lo tho day of his death. ' . At ibo battle of Mechamos ville he rf-eelV** ..? slight wound in the neck, and waa requested by dowe ol' his c-iarade** to retire from .the Kegl meat which be rvfused to do, saying that he waa able'and williog to remida at. hi* post bf duty, winch be did and performed his -part*, faithfully, fearlessly aad nobly. . ,, ,...r .. . , He pa-ied unsoathed through tho battles of ?old Harbor, Savage StatiiD, Malvern Hill, Se cond Mana-ias, Oz Hill, Sharpsburg. Sheppards, town, Fredcricksburg and Cbaocedo'rvUlc. Doth officer- sad .mau testify to his unflinching eot-rage in all ef these groat engagements. But in the. battle ef Gettysburg, Ju'y 1st ae received a se vere Wouod whioh termiuated bis "earthly exist once that night. - " ' ? ' We hazard nothirrg in saying that- a.bravsr soldi*)*, parer patriot and more, devote cl Christian ha* not'deseeaded to the tombait the hands nf our relentless foes since .the commencement of this unhnppy war. ..." " Ta know him was to lovej 4 To name bim was te prais*?" Would to God that all the -youth of our coun try Would emulate bi* bright example, bulb .of piety aud of patriotism. Ilia admiration' nf tb* Christian and hereto character of the lamented Stonewall JackBon was unbounded. A" highly, resprctablu gentleman cf'this District-visited the army of Northern Virginia la.-', winter to wkem Captain Butler said, "Tell Mr. aud Mrs. Wat? f.tit they have two hohle boy? (CpsrRLur and I'uuMAS) ft my Company; th*y give me ne trouble ; they are two ot my best "soldiers, and ara alw*.vii at their post ready add willing to execute, any order." ... ? Such was Charley's firm reliance in tho Ged nf Heaven Hud Earth, thnt be prayed daily with his mess, invoking tb" Divine blessing on the glorious cause of our ooimtry.* * Before joining the Army he told bis mather that he wished te do so, hut at first she opposed it on account of his youth. He however reasoned tho case dispassionately and sensibly, ?nd said " I dy not think it rieht to remain at home while others are fighting the battloa of my injured country,"-and mad* other sim i i ar remarks, ma argument prevailed, and his mother c ?urented. tlc then said to ber seriously, .** Du you think I will ?vor return." Sae replied- " I don't know." " Well," coutlnued he, ".I do not *xjiuct%iverte return aifain, but if I tlie'in the camp, or fait on Ibo haine lield, you must'u?t woep or grieve fut me. I will cheerfully and willingly givo BIT lifo for the achiovcincnt of Suulhurn independence."- Ba then made made a Ualeuiunt. on papar what dis tribution bo dosir.-d mttie of the tittle'property he. possessed, in duo timo bude the family faro well, and started on his patriotic mission never '..pain I? re'.nrn to the home of lit-? childhood. While in tho army ho wrote many affection-'te let ters to his father, mother and youngest brother, ia one of whi*i he .-tated thal he had rather p.is safely tbrooiih tb? war and return to his native t?tat?, but if thu reverse was the w.ll of God, be had r-thtr die in the urmy of ^??rthern Virginia 'ban anywhere else. lu anollre'r letter to his pa rents he says, "When lieft you and came out bereit was to savamv country, or give icy lito in her dotence, :? r. 11 if I mort die, aiidcould hit vc my choice, I would rather it would be in. Ho held of bailie/^ . . iWcfr*as*itT --k-iNi p-riri?tw ;.?.r<.t>ta exclaim with., one of T.t},~. "We w^oald not' cxch:iaire uar dead ??n Tur nu y living une in Chrisieuduu." It may with propriety, bo sai l of this youthful -martyr,. Ire fall a gallant soldier sf hts country and rose a triumphant aoMirr uf ibo Crora : he fell'in the suerud cause ol freedom, aud-bis noble lbeOiory is embalmed in thc ho? rt s of bis m-rueruu* friends. " Weep not for him,-he passed away Like music on the sea ; . * When w ve to answering wave impart* The dying melody ; Like rainbow huos that leave tho earth To s**kk tho fount that gar? them birth, Or tho sweet cherub forms that bara Their bright wings to tho l?we'r air. ' ,0 ! rather give thy tenrs to-those - * . O'er ahum long life its shadow throws, * Whose cares and gri?fs*and follies m ast . Weigh down their spirits to th* chi-t." * J.MoC 1 A Hea-d-Quart?rs,. ENROLLING OFFICER, * EN;tr:RLE, Aug. 17th, 1??3. COMMANDERS of Beat Companle* in this Diatrict are requested to return to mo forth with the unmtis of all men in their respective Baan between th* ages of 18 und 46, excepting such who are members of the late organization fer lo pol defence. F. M. SCHIRMER,"-' Lieut, ? Chief "E. 0. of Edgefiehl. Aug. 10 ' ' tf 33. Head-Quarters, * ENROLLING OFFICER, ) EDGf.PILI.u, AU)," 1S?1, IS?J. j . SIXTY DOLLARS REWARD will be paid for the appreber-eioD aud-de'ivery (nt Head-quar lor*" Conscript dep-rtment. Colnmbic.^ef JACK SON HOLMES and. LAFAYETTE FRIDAY, bulb fori?eriy members of the 1 'Jtb" Regiment 8. .C. V. finy pn?s?n arresting either* of "tbi' said deserters will inform this office' ef the -same ba tore delivering thom to the rlepartinvut ia Colum bia. F. M. SCHIRMER, Litt:!. ? Chief E. 0. of Edgefic?r). An; 19_?f_M Notice. SPECTAL meeting of the Bo?rd* of Com __ missidner* of?Roada fer the U**I*T Battalion of the 7th Jtogiroent ii hereby ordered to meet at the Pine.-House on Tuesday, tire first.day.of ?upt next, by JO o'clook, A. M. All . defaulters that hs ve neglected ur refused to respond to the last call for hands to work on the Cou ii; fortifications from tho 1 Ith of August inst to thc l-lth Septem ber next, MC hereby warned to "appearbefore the laid Board, for the said Battalion, at the time and place afdrasaid to show oaaae for said default or pay up their Unes, so that tho money may ba sont 'on to tho Agent immediatel-r te lure hands -for said work. A. JONES, Chair. Board: . Ang 18 ? '_ 2t 33 For Salq. FINE CAVALRY SADDLE and BRIDLE for sale. Apply to ; THOS. KERNEGAN. _Hamburg, Aug 18 . . . 3t? . .33. For Sale. AHOUSE AND. LOT in Edgefie.ld ViUaga, conveniently and plasaantly located. Room su?cicnt for a large family. H. T. WRIGHT. Ang lg_*t_S3 Notice? THE Uxorcis? of Mrs. McClintock's School viii he resumed on Tuesday, 1st September. Rates of Tuition, 1st Class, $12,00; ld Class, SS.Ot?** 3d:OraaS, $5,00. * Aug 19 _lt_33 Salt. 1 AA SACKS N. CAROl'lNA 8At*T ; IliU 50 BARRELS VIRGINIA SAE*. . 8. E. DOWERS, Agt Hum burg, Ang 13_^- -lm 33; $5 Reward. r- OST OK Monday, the 1 Otb lust, a ?.IX BAR ? REL POCKET REVOLVER, fullyJaidtd, n th* Weaver Road, botwaen. Press Bland's old luco and Col. Ja*. Smyly's, (think near tho for cer pluoj.) I wl?tj-rj-vo the above rewnrd Hit tho ulireryof it tc me,-Ot if left at tbis olDe*. i >-fh . 'ISAIAH 31.' fiJk??lr, > Aogl? -4? 83 A