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I ' IMJi<??BD EVERY "WEDSESDAY" MORNING .??- . - 8? -. . - '>! D??B?SO?, ZEESE & CO. * j * , surocmmoNs to tho ADVERTISER tat.M} year TfiN DOLLARS, in advance* For Six Months N FIVE DOLLARS. ADVERTISEMENTS will he inserted at FIVE 9 ? . -DOLLARS por Square-(10 minion lines or less) for each insertloi? Advertisements without Instructions as to the - number of timos.to be inserted, will bc published until forbid, and charpod accordingly.. Aiinou-lcia*; Candidate* .for any Office of honor or .pTojh, TW.?NTY DOLLARS, to bo paid before the an nouncement'is published. .- ,' Obituary notices, Tributes of Respecter "aoy commn n:c:ition personal in 1U nature, will be rated.a3 adver tisements and charged accordingly. 0 . from Richmond. . " The* Ilii;hraond Ex?miner^ot the 23d has the/ollowine iteras of intelligence : v Wo learned, officially, at a late hour las ? night that' General JosephJE. Johnston waE y-esterlay ordered by tbs Government to re" port to General Lee for duty. It is believed that General Johnston-will be immediately * appointed to command the army in from? oi - Sherman. :hcre was some heavy firiug ' on the Rich mond lines yesterday atsunrise and at meri dian, supposed to. be an expenditure of Yan kee ammunition in thc way of "salutes," ii joinf compliment to George Washington (yes tcrday was his natal day) and thaj moderi "s.ensatian"-William Tecumseh Sherman The War Department lias official intelli : gence of a successful affair of some of<Mosby' picn. On the 18th instant Major Richards with thirty eight men, attacked a party of tb '..'.. enemy, oi?e hundred and twenty Strong, o whom he killed and wounded twenty-five ?.* -. Among the wounded were'a mryorand'eap tain."' He captured sisty-four prisoners ani ninety howes. He had Ono man' slight!' .wounded. - .: Admiral Buchanan, eaptur?d at Mobile, ha been' returned to Richmond. Tho flag-oi . truce boat goo; down agaid Friday. Uighly liaportant from the North. SEXATOBJA, March 2. A Navr York telegram says French- paper confirm the report that the steam ram Oliudt recently off the coast of France is a Confer] erate c?srueiv A Urge number of " cases' at* barrels have been transferred to her fror English steamers. * -' Northern papers of the 27 th received. Gea. Gilmore send*? rta official dispatch t Gan. Hailee^ .dated Charleston, lSih, ai nouncing the capture of th ?it city with tw hundred cannon and a supply of fine aturar, nition. - . - Ile says the cotton warehouses,. *Tafsnna iron stores* railroad bridges, t~<"? ?rou' cla'J . * ' wera burned by^the rebels, and that all tb inhabitants who remained belong to the pno: * er classed. " .'.'"' : *. ':. . * Thc capturer of ?Fort Anderson ?. C., is a ** . announced. % -., The Tribtine's.-Washington special corre: _ pindent says if is estimated the capture\ i .'Iiarloston, Fort Anderson, with the ctirtai if*t?:ra o? 'M'-nilc.'wiii liberate twcniy-u-. t;. ousaud ni' ii ?V'f'i^be navy whd can "le pt in th?; army, ^ * Stanton fclegriplii ?-. :<> Gr-n. Div/ o'? th 24tb; announcing tim capture of:\ri?m?n?io? . The British Parliament was opened. by .tt Royal Co?imissi?n-, on tho 7th Kvd)i*uary. Ti: (?ttocn's speech says nor Majesty remrur ... nt dad fist ly n'entrai between tho eontcridin partisf?j?n A merfca, a:ul would rejoice at fricnt ly reconciliatidi). j '' 'Opnfe.'lcrate.-Laa*}., oa Ute Silt Februar fifty-five atid iii"! v-.-CYeii. The bi!jiving i-;a twrtimhry of Srorth?r He?egr?ph?e rte?'"* : Cincinnati despatches rd the 2d say thr tti? Kentucky Tfcuse of Rcprcsen't?tivc? rt jeered the proposed* amendment~to the Fee ? j?ra\ Constitution by twenty f'.iur majority. Thc N?TT Yurie Chamber cf Commerce ur animou-ly pa-sed resolutions asking the Gc or.imjnt tosend General Anderson in a hi tianal t.hip to hoist over Fort Sumter tue flu leered ia 1SG1, xV.ishing?on telegrams say advices frot Franco show thc reported cession of Sonou ict without foundation, and indic?tc relatypn between Franca and the United States' nc * likely to undergo disturbance. Tfia 2'Te-.v*Or;..'ans Times of thc 21s'. say it was rumored ia Matamo'as on tuc IGY that a U. ?. Consul had been expelled frot that city, and (hat no more -clearances woul bc givc-n for U. S. vessels from that city b, ^ Imperial authority. New York special lo th Boston Po?* saya^tbat th3 President ordeVe .thc relesse of Roget A. Prior from Fort Wai ren on paroi J'; ho is to reportto Fofncj a Washington. #. A Cairo despatch lo the Cincinnati.. Cum - merdai says thc steamers* Mercury, Goosy back and Dove were attacked by gubi rill i on fha thirteenth, near Helena: The latte was captured, with nue regiment o? ??or.nl . Col; -Dean, couunamng thc regiment, wa killed. -? . - The New Ot ic-ana Boc denies' tho repbr . that G*sn.Gar.l had given m?tica of bis inten "?Qus t.o rctatiate on Mexican cliice-.y fv Texas refugees returned -to Coufo.ierate au thor i ties. . A Wa-diing! on special to .thc t'hiladslphij Press 23d; r?j orts that Lee had attache Grant, and defeated him. ? . . -? -?~. >. F'KQM PKTBUSBCR??.-'ivk?-' impress cf tT;< 22ud ult., says that llio enemy have kept nj fir the past two days and night--, a' mo?t ft;, r?de uproar of h-vrn blowing and drum boat ing. lii? ti ams have been running loo, ar. all external appeamoecs wouhreoeU} lo ?nt i cate "movements of uu-dsual activity. A deserter of far more than oedinsrj ?niel ligencc. and Rcetning"resp.jctabi!itv, who came into, uar lines Tuesday Bigbtfrftted that Grr.r.l Iiad'scntto City Point since-the Saturdai night previous from the L it, not less than leight* thousand men. This .deserter slafc* ftliat the impresiion in thc army was, these wen wcro going son th-ci tbor to N-wb^rr . or to Sli.rman. As Grant vainly endeavored to roach thc Boydton plank and thu South* ' ?ido railroad in bis lair movement, wa think it probable that lia Will now roitiivrceat sr.nie point, fut thor-South, and endeavor ti make that part, of his programme a success beyond peradven-uro. , Tba en?my^ar?'deserting?in larg.?, riumhcrs, despite the extraordinary precautions ?rGrant to prevent'. The men wera greatly v. eura ir ed at thc recent prospect for peaer; l??i ; that - great desidet*alhm being now considered reore remote iban ever, they have determined to rid themselves, ol' "'war's rude.'s-arms" at . any cost. The vwl-i? A:? .'? -.- ira-:. i:? r?nr .>( Grant's lines are ?-.ii tu he filled wi ii '.'.-*.err er.5, while not a few come through flieifrorit aud give themselves up Mobile Threatened Mtmti.r:. Ala., MateTi f. Monda is strongly menaced. Gen. Maury La? ?a>u?"d a crrcnlar. adytsing ?}lb n r,. U; \U picare fw it** defence; Uigos non combat- j ?ants *? b'nvc the ri:y. The <-r^]i':-i","' GJniat.issitfncrs v.-.-.-;.:...i, v ' eyening received inrornmti't? of tho lu ti /.-.rip Biiy a ?.?' ?/(' uiTfmher-r.r^r-nfr-doralcprisoio-, s ,.,.;" ;..'.':> Mam! and .Xcw Orleans. Th-v arc-e*tpeRtcd up to-day. Maj. QbM tfiU t-f. fret "SH??n'*anraitg?*ocht? as, wil l I'm brace tho ' ?.i?Baage cf a'.i piisoacrs capturedin ibie de partfteut. i - .A.GEXE?IAI. EXCHANGE o?* ]?K ISONERS EF- t VECXED.TT-%? 1BOS.L wekoine--news we get ' ' from the Northern papers ?s the announce-: . tuent that a puerai exchange of. prisoners ?"j, ha? been .effected-'^between the": two govern j t raents. The New York fla-ald says : . j Alter conference with Mr. Quid,- rebel Ex change Commissioner, extending - through fi nearly a? month; Colonel Malford" has, ? under the direction of General Grant, in whose charge everything relating to exchange has -been placed, by the government, succeeded in making all tho arrangements for a complete exchange of all soldiers belongiug to the one side held in captivity by the other, including the colored troops. The transfer *viil be pro ceeded with as rapidly'as possible, henceforth, till all are exchanged. Tho. flag-of truce-j boats will run regularly between Annapolis, Maryland, and ^il:en'3 Landing, on 'James "River, taking rebels down andbringing releas ed Uniou soldiers back. . / THE ADVERTISER. JAKES T. BACON, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, MAR. S*, 18C5. . ' Second Session. On Monday last, began tho second session of *our flourishing and well-conducted Female Col logo. See tbs advertisement of tho Rev. Mr. SAMS. Worthy ol' Christians and Gentlemen. " Thc liboral heart doviseth liberal things." The Granitevilla Manufacturing Company'h?s contributed $20,00 0 to tho relief of tba sufferers ki Columbia, In fact, tho hand of this enligh tened and benevolent corporation bas eyer been Opon as thcPday to the cry of tho nsody. By the unstinted munificence above recorded, tho Gran itevillo Manufacturing Company has acquired a fame amongjis, that we and our-posterity will not fail to remember with proud and grateful hearts. Relief for Columbia. Cor. R. G. M. DO'.NOVAXT has boen designated by his Excellency, tho Governor, as' agent for soliciting, colloctiag and forwarding suppli?s of provisions, clothing, bedding ?fcc., for the desti tute and safloring pcoplo of Columbia. Col. DUNO VANT herewith appoals to the peopl? of every part of the District for contributions of this sort? and to this end; Major GEORGE A. ADDISON has generously voluatccrod to rcooivo and "take care of, all contributions sent to Edgefield C H. Major A. will recolvo them at tho store formerly occu pied by BLAND SC BUT?ER. Col. DUNOVA-HT him self will roCfcire such supplies at Ninety Six De ?ot There is not the slightest necoseity to sot forth tho crying necessities of the Columbia pooplo ; ' every ono knows their docp distress and .destitu tion. Augusta ha3 alroady contributed $1C0,000 to their relief. Edgcfiold has also sent to (Worn four or five .valuable loads of provisions j but as yet, the wan of the people of tho' District hive given nothing. Eur God's sake, lot not Edgeiiald b* behind hand in this matter of common love uutbcbutiij I And for God's sake, lot her not postpone her woll-doiug until the eleventh hour. As yo would that mon should do unto you, do yo eveu sn uat'o th*m." We quote it very often, but net too often. ..Several iuuaificont contribution? in money havo boon luft in cur bands for tho purpose abovc-men tionod. A[l contributions of all sorts will here after Bo published in tho Advert Mfr. In the Bartering Rushiest.. Scveral.of our friends aud patron?, taking ad vantage of our oiler to rcceivo ono dollar in pro visions, ?fcc., nt old prices, in paymont. for one yei'.r'f subscription lu tho Adrertlser, Jin vc been [ making'our heans rejobe hy sending ns sundry ? j g"' d .uiin^j : f<?r which kind considerate, we L j shali ?vef bo vfry graaiml. y j Mri. M. A. 1'., ona <.( Edgefield's boated nwt |. I Christian morher.-, seeds us t*wo gallons of S?r ! gbnm Syrup, as briche, eicsr ind delightful as t-i anybody can mako. Wo-.ira gratified to know t1 too that she so highly prisca the Advertiser, for L" j in a note, accompanying thc syrup, sho says: "Do contiene my paper. I havo been reading the AiceftiUr regularly for tho last twenty-nine ! years, and in my old ago I do not f-.el tba*. ? can dispense with ts pleasant weekly visits."' Then there is old Mr. F., " au bauest man-the noblcsTwork of God,." trbo sends us a .small !i:.m, weighing nine'pounds, iu pay for hid pi>per, with, h > tho remark that ho trusts it will be tho means of Q i his T: oiving ;ho Advertiser for ont j our. Of course '* i it will, Kr. F.,-und jud will phase allow us to ? 1 return y*u our thank;. j j Another lady, tho " bolter.halF of a gallant Foldicr in LEE'S Virginia array, sends us four pounds of sweet fre-h butter, and indulges tho h"pr> tbat'wc. " may long bo spared by SHERMAN - ' aa! all of thc infernal Yankee tribe, ti> continue - j tee publication of tho Advertiser." Wo tako our a j Lat ott" to you, Mrs.B. for that delightful butter r i and earnestly and anxiously and devoutly pray '? ! that youriiud wishes, rola-rivo io ourselves and ? ? tho ED. AD. tnay bo abunda?t?y realized. ? I Then Mr. J. L. B., a haid-?>orking and right , j minded mau, brings us o?e bushel of meal for v his sub'scriptiou, saying that bc had none lo - . syarc, bu,t would rather do with leS3 bread, than j to Le deprived of ibe old Advertiser altogether. I ; We appr?clpto tho compliment- and eipccially ! ! tho lu c*l. Hope others will do likewise, for vrith ; us, nt i\A- tia?ej tread is ccrtaitdy tho "statt of ,j lifo." ; And then Mr. J. R. E., a suce?tsful and an in >-j lellig?nt tiiler'of tho soil, and a mau TU whom r : Ir.vi- C?? tis foliow-m?n is a predominant ^ . trait, (elli us lo sond'?l?ng (ho pap?r, if wc are . willing to acc*jft Ul* fat turkey gobbler in pry ; for the y?av IS??. Kui* cont inc 'Lave a gay ; time when that 'g?bblsr arriver, and wont wo all, ! ? from the Editor down to the Devil, ^ gobble up" ; ; that gobbler with a keen and an appetizing relish. ' ? Hurrah for Mr. Vi. and ?(ll Uko him ! j" The last on tito '.'provision and home produco . ? li?t".Ibis week, .scat us a suspicious' looking jar ' \ which wo imagined v/as pickles or boney-an other s:id lard-?pd one raid more butter-but , oi oxa-einatbin it proved to bo soft Sa/tp .' The ?J bearer of said y.r handed us tho annexed pointed ? : roto : .. JJr. E'l'tur-Do Oil Ihintri that tn 9oniting you , tho conients of thia jar/ I desire soft soaping j you from held to foo:, not that your editorial \ tcWog olJ Sbtrroaji what I had dono with my spoons does hot-justly ontitls you to adiess-ng of 8'??ip or tar, but bueiiu.-e it is a first rate article: . and 1 wimbi J tko for your washer-woman to lest ic. It v raatla v/ith but lillie cost or labor, uud : makes tho dir! fly.' If acceptable, please start my paper again: . Kespectfuiiy, vours; ?to. I.L.B Mrs. L. bas our washer woman's thanks for the d;.-i-rem.j\^.--sim isys it is '/monstrous good." ? lVhilsf entering thq good Mrs. L's. name on our i hoots wo uttered ii sui cm a yow never toboso ; imprudent about silver spoons a.'iain,-aud if we do, mny wo bo hurled in^n barrel cvf soft ioap'for n !*:1M month. "Who will SOndfin next-and what will it be? Wc await anxiously. V:tst ?cwavii. \t A vi-r and l^uudJess reward will be pail et r this -di'.c? a"sy triara ?Ase) for th? "'way.a . ? : fl pit.ai.iiinif.-> ' rod the "?.aths Of peace," wh:eh i*; atrayed (or rather, wrro stolen) frfiia the South- P. ern Confederacy rou.".- f ur )ear? ago. Weghejj. nn description, of thfhi, RS we imagine people j &1 h?vtj not 'juju for?Pttoo item. JA, ?en. Joe Johnston once More to ike Drench. J]sh groat and popular military commandor ru." at lust boen e.illod from rotirciuintt^gire his a louts and prestige to tho service~of his.country. a the lighr of surroni?ding circumstancoj, of mst neta and prcs'oift. feeling, there fi but'ono ann in A arnica that ought io ot jin}.in command >f tho Army of Tennessee-and thatnian isden, 'psi;rh E. JOUNSTON. E*-?m Gen. LEK, whose nilitary olevation in tho eyoe of tho nation,, ?J 4lmo.1t unapproachable, whose greatness id da*., ding, and whose gooder*! is a theme qi endless laliglit to hi: countrymen,, oould not supply the place of Gen. JOHNSTON w?th that army. Th? reason is that-the soldiers build *heir hopes on him, and put their trust in him, as op?n a lou? tion.of rock. Neither nonius nor generalship can supply tho place of'this magical cord which binds an army to ? "beloved commander. Gen. JOHN STOS ls the man for the place. The great SHER MAN has now. to deal with tho groat JOHNSTON. Thc latter has been put in command very late in' tho campaign, but with' his sound judgment und clear discerning eye, he will soon scan the fi?ld thoroughly, and speedily bring light out of dark ness. . . .Abe Lincoln ami Andy Johnson. Saturday last wr-.s the 4th of March-a great day we imagino ia Yankeed-om. On that day, Abo Haokfl (he ie-a bastard, and his mother's numo was Hannah Hanks) hogan his second Presidential term ; and the highly useful, cele brated dusky Hannibal Hamlin of lysine (whose grandmother is said ta hare been a negroes) laid [-his brilliant Vice-Presidential mantle upon the honest and chivalrous shoulders of the trait?r, Andy Johnson, -of Tennessee-n hilo me a tailor in Laurens or Newberry,'or somewhere np thorc. If ibo devil doesn't get all three, it .will bo bo eauso he has washed his hands of such dirty fol lows, and disdains to havo their infamous -car casses. No doubt the 4th waa a very grand' occaden throughout Yankee land;-bonfires, processions, |.speeches, music, " the stalled ox-onu" hatred there with," ?0., ?c. Abe in all probability, recounted to his admiring worshippers the story of his co quettish flirtation with the Poico Commissioners in Hampton Roads-a ow ha told tho poor fellowB "ho wan prepared, as far as power is lodged in th? Exocutivo, to exerciso liberality," Ac, Ao. And his worshippers, in-all probability screamed with laughter and applause over tho account of that dirty flash in the pan. And of coarse he repeated tho buzzard talo ! Upon tho whole, it was a rich time. Tho old miscreant will hear more about that buzzard yet, if he does'nt look sharp. . North Carolina.and ICichmoita Popers. .Our kindest thank's aro due Sorgt. Major Wu. DELrn fur tho Charlotte Bulletin, of the 23d Feb. Also lo Dr. WALTER S. NICHOLSON, for tho Richmond Enquirer and Richmond Examiner of tho samo dato. None of these papers m abo any mention whatovcr cia fight .between "LEE acd GRANT. ^ * Capt. SPIRES hos our thanks also, for lato Au gust* papors. - .*.' Taite ye heod for Raiment.*' Every man ought to plant as muoh cotton as hois allowod to-ora considerable patch, at all 0 vents. Otherwise, wo may bo left without clothos; Consider4he immense quantltios Qf cotton that have boen humed-captured-shipped'out cf the country ; andi tifo" immeuie quantities that may yet bc bumed or captured. Of -couTse there is not wool enough in "?ie. land to clotho us. DJ not fail therefore to plant cotto.". '?would be fearfully uncomfortable-to say nothing of tho indecency of. the thing-to go naked. Thc Yankees nu fairfield.. Tho further thc Yankcos proceed ia South Carolina, rho more Dondis") and demoniacal they become. Fairfield District lins hcen completely desolated in all lu length and'breadth; no neigh u .rhood or vicinity oc'?ped. Almost every house I of any pretensions throughout the country was burned ; the destitution vf thc- people, from nil accounts, is moro perfect and more deplorable oven than that of tho inhabitants of Columbia. Trie field; and highways in- every direction aro reported to bc thickly strewn with dead" hor.->*?? ru iles, cows, sheep, begs and dogs-thc brota] foe sho iting dnwn even tho dogs. In Winnaboro. tho county town, twenty seven houses were burned; arning them tho Episcopal Church. New made graves were opened in search of trea"ure| marble slabs and monuments wore ruthlessly torn from their places and h uti od tu the ground. Several promincnf cirizfa?, non combatants, wc***o cap tured and carried off. Rumor kath it that Mr. Talnier, State Senator from Fairfield, being taken, was chained behind a wag-u and pricked nith bayonets to make h?ui k<*op ;tp. Mr. Pelmet is a ?cutlonian of sixty-five, venerable apel of thc highest character, dignity and in'.olligcncc. Vfc miss them Sndly. Thu nuiubor of-our tsxchar.gos i- becoming small by degrees, and sadly less. Yankee van dalism ia m iking itself frit heavily iu rbi!', as ia almost.ovory othor,-way. Wo sigh for tho c*lra dignified, dispassionate Courier; the cl?cjuont, fiery, impassioned Me rt ur y ; tho quiet, sterling, ovor-rcliablo Guardini ; thu olegant, refined, aesthetic Carolinian. Wo sigh for them, but wo. iee them no*. Where aro thov-those lights ef our State ? Will o:icb ono nut riso like the Pheo nix, and agaiu do battle for tho South and its cause? And in tho West, tho* rains hare de scended, and the floods hare come, and th? winds h^ve Mewn, and lenten ur on the land and it; on the w;it-r8> in c?nicqu?iico whereof, nur friends 0" Mobile, Montgomery, Columba*, and Maeno, co fonder resell cs. Herc's a double healfli ta you, Conttiiull mal ii1, and Chronicle it- SeiUiuel, and Pacificator, ond OirtVl"?? Adv?cate, and Baptift ?anjar. rr.d Soutiens t'fc'l'jirriuii. May' .the place that know; you now, know yon ubiu Jorruptodly until A. D. 20i:?. (?eu. Lee's Amnesty ?"ruclanintion. Thia prep'amet'sn wi}i ba found in our oolumni to-day. Lieut. Moses, Enrolling OfSoorof Edge fi.-ld District, has buen n'otifi eJ by thc proper au therities that tb is order, having been published first in this ?epartiusat on-tho 24th February, 18C5, bikos dato from tho laid 2Uh-*andnolfrom the 1 lj.li February, thc original dato of tho order itself. '' - ' . A Very Fnir Opportunity. Capt. AUQDSTUS TOMPKINS, of Co. B, Haor ron Legion, has Ucon authorize? by tho Enrolling . Officer ofEdgcfield District, to .vscnible together* iii mon in KAi.1 District, who may now bo ubs-nt 1 "rein their commands in Virginia,_ nnd lead thom j nick to tlmt.Stato. *?:tpt. TOMPKINS requests us j 0 advertise that all snob soldiers as may.wish to* ! ola him, most rende: ?ons nt Ncweerry ~. II., by ? friday night ?oxt, the loth in.-t. And all such ' mist como mounted. Ile hus "sc-ino twenty or j ? ei, fy-five ?Ho fellows already bespoken, and dc- ! ' ires to extend t. >o opportunity to a'k The rail '? sada b?nz ncr,-, brol -ti op io ovary ?l?rcct?-.u. ? Iii" nil! undoubtedly !,o lise safes' uud-plea'arit- . st woy t-j rotirrti tu \ irginin. * j I - -" +- ,j S3 Escaped oilicofs fmia Yankee pri.ion ? V Savannah rrport the Yankees very anxious,.; r jd apprends?"ve of ihtsrfaruiice by Franco t id other powers on thc ^th of pareil? ' \ The Spirit of tbe Enemy. This is a war-of extoriiiirrstioD?" Tfc?^nma? les3 and unnumbered atrocities 6f Sii?Bifiii his march through oar gtato, perpetrated by 1 and bis subalterns rrit'n remorc-?left cruelty t barbarity, were not-.ranting-to convince us t! ttbo object of our enemy i? lo ext?rpalo Iht Imbitanis of the Confederate Stater, and to net up tko country with Yankees and negroes. 1 whole course of the war, especially sin/e Emancipation rrocl.mir.tion cf Lincoln, bc intio?testable testimon*/ to this deiigii, whicl further EtrcugS.'-nod by tho revelations of ?ort-beru press and tho ulttraucea of every u connected wi-gi tao party n?w paramount in t country, who has addressed tho public sineo i evont. Tho Ynukces are peculiarly sensitiv? tho opinion of thc world, and it is to influe that opinion, and to justify -the fprogone cone sion of-their Guvorrimoat, that they iujeut thoso attrOjgious lies rejecting the troatmen their prisoners nod the wauton massacre of tl negro soldiers. And to th? samo ead are Yankee populace continually stimulated by'll p:us.s with ufcH of Confederate atroci:y, whi in ninoty-uine cuses out of ooo hundred, erf p . inventions, and in tholiundrcdth, aro only trui so fur as tho case is ono of retaliation for brut ties perpetrated by thc Yankees. The design is to get up a ease which may ju fy nay excess of cruelty they may thick fi perpetrate, io the eyes of the world, in order tl under its shelter, they may carry out their pre tormined schemes of murder and devastation, they can induce Europe to believe th af each stance of deliberate atrocity is only a case of j retribution, their vanity and ambition rca ampio satisfaotion ; and tho Yankee nation comos thc stern and irresistible Nemesis 'of Continent, treading the path of vengeance v swift and certain steps, and with remorseless ; tico exacting atonement from the wrong-d< oven in the hour of his triumph. If tba Yan people can place themselves in that imposing ti??de before the world, it will gratify their vi ty no doubt; but their hatred of us, and tl affection for our possessions, are passions e stronger within them than their vanity. T arc prepared to exterminate the population tho?o States, regardless of the opinion of m kind. ? ' Our pross bas boen in tho habit of assail the Yankees with all manaor of abusivo cpitb It floes no partjcle'of good- whatever.- It rat tickles their pride to be told of their atroci! since tho very fact that they cnn commit ll with impunity, i3 a proof of their power, us coase, at once and forever, to treat as prisot of war those mon who arc' sent hero to appiy torch to villages and towns, to send tender c dren aud hoary yoars out in the pitiless st< to beggary and starvation, to insult and outr unprotected females, to plunder aud de?ecr; and leave nothing in their pata .but misery i ruin and devastation and death. They tbrca retaliation upon our prisoners whenever we tempt to retaliate upon them for thoir cold-bio ed murders, their house-burnings, their destr lion of crops, and their cruelties to our'woa and children. Wo feel deeply at all times for prisoqcrs; but it is evident that if wo yiclt threats of this kind, we shall never oorrect terrible evil of which "we ure the victims. d? not believe that retaliation: woo?d cause death of a singlo prisoner, because we have our hands pri'onerB of theirs ?pea whom we < visit everything thoy inflict upon us. Dut w wc specially desiro li to see ttJcir^own conn subjected lp the asme sort of treatment they visiting upon eur?. It caonr.i but hip pen, in courso of tho war, which promises to bo a lc bnc yet/that wo shall again become tempon roaiiars of como portions <*>f thoir torrito Should that happen, wo should then remem what our coursa hus been on formor like oe ' s?ons, and what hal hiten tin? return. WV lit not ono house will bo loft standing, ur one blt of grass growing, Iieroaft*;.', jn any Yankee il trict that may fall into our hands. -With reg; to such demons and marauders nj Bits RM ASS 1 lately led through our Stat?-, and nil such eve where, wc ?ire' convinced that the only way deal with thom is to hang them if caught, ar-,.] giro them no quarter on tho field of hattie, we aro to be exterminated, let niir extermin?t cost the enemy OH. much aa possible. Do not thom ?lay us and not '?'ny them ia return. . Wonderful ! j Wc sa* a few dav-, ago SO?K- v-.ry strong. "? beautiful, nq/.l rory pliant leather, >thicb had 'ot tanned, eui and mit. in tivo days. This see nimmst miraculous, hut it it novcrthi lo.-s profan ly truo. Mr. JACK TOMPKINS uf D.'.r!: Cuni well kn (.tva throughout our Di.-lriot-who is ? present c-.irrjiug on "bi tunning and shy 4>usin< oW-5rvi:ry Ucgo seile in his neighborhood-is t man ?bo achieved ;'?if ; un ! who is achte ing it every day : in. fact ho has yearly "a ve ; largo contract fifths Ooveramcas. Or rather ^ ! a' O'dd say it ?v?s un-ior b's supervision that ti ? fa.it. was -.ciiieriil '.Vbelhor bo hiuisolf. discover or invented this lightning prooL-s? -f tanning, i c? nu ot say. Th-.-individual-wbo*"iJ .discover has laid even Yankee sniarlucjj and iugouiiity tho shade. In fact, tba disc-vorer must be s ?ut i v/hat cerulean about tho vcnlrafsuperfitio?. (V 3T0 not exactly enrc-what that means dqrertr? but our inttiiiliou is to say: slith'ly blue aboi tho belly.) Of courso no ono <vould accuse nt any member of tho stanch old Tompkins tamil of being in the fuiutt-sr degree cern!caa abont'tb ! ventral sui>o;T:cic.";-f>t> i: ifxeltlid that .our bien ? JACK is not-tbo;invchH?r. . They kilt cow. lo day/and', flaying it gently (? CousigwUiO ludo to thc vat, .ami in less than fwstk, tho santo hide JJ rpleasii leather, beniiti fully deckel an-l ready for shipment->r forth j bhnt-makur'sknife, 'i'iic principal fagrodwnuuset ' arc green pine topi and red oak bark. What ai ikinoxhaustihlo supply bf both we have! *Tb j mmhod bris been patented. As tn tljo dunbilit; j und finish of tho ?rather, lhere eau l-e no u.iuht I Why, we have seen, with our own eyer, hide: I drawn from tho vats In'' Frauco and Geranium which and Iain Ibero five yent*. They requin two .yours even In Connecticut and Msrsaehu nit*. For tho Advertiser. " . Tho follo-ing contributions have beou mtdo to tho Soldiers' Home for tho two weelu ending fijh Mirch : . ? Mri Kalo Crafton, 1J bushel potatoes, 1 bag flour. . O W Allen, ?0 lbs flctir^ ? Mrs John Rainsford, 4 bushel uital, 2 fowls. 3Ir? Bon Hatcher, g bushel men", 1 side bacon. Mrs Jas Rainsford 1 bushol hominy. S?-i tho proceeds of-two Tableaux given by same vary (maU'but very patriotic little giris of Edge field. - . . . Maj G A Additon, 1 liam, 1 basket potatoes} 1 basket turnip gr'ceo-* Mrs L S Johnson, 2 gallons syrup. Mas. LEW Id. JONES, Pres't. S. II. A. Mrs. rji.BijftT Ur.ANfy Sec'ry ap5 Ijeai. Yankees i? their.route.hear Str.r.? ' i?unntarn, (?enrt-?a, iob??d a little chtireh Of I ts I'uble afid Hymn book, lamps v. cre bro- i auto picc"?i?, library broken up. tho commit- I lion table tnj;cn out and used for a dinini? ' *bi.., tau louse coDvertod into a gani-j ijnjjiajopa, , I ? <.? -y -\ ? * . ....'? For tho Advertiser. ._-?. The Jtti?ilary Syaieni tyfthVCoufederate "n'-'-l . Slates* By an Act of thc Congre*? of the Confed?ralo States, passed February l?tb. ISCA, Sc9. ii is en?otod, that hereafter the duties of provost and hi>i>pitalt?U*rdj ?nd clwka ; of clerk*, guard;, scs?it?, employees, or laborers in the Coinmisfa ? ry's And Quartermaster's departments, ai alto in i ; the ejtrenlihu nf. the Enrollment act?, ebal] bc per . funned by parsons who aro within the age*, of I ?i^htucn :%nd forty-li vc years ; and rc,'?? ly the rv ! port nf ? 'bot?rd pf army Surgeons, skaH be re I ported ai Htktfle to perform active te tr ice in the Ifield, ' but capable of performing EOBIO of tao ? ubovo-uio?iioned dutifci, specif winy ichhh ; and I When those persons shall have bein assigned to louie dutits, as fer as rtracticablo, ?ho President shall dotail er assign .to their perforutanca such bodies of troops, or individuals, between th? agaa .f forty.firo oud fifty years, aa may be. needed , fer the Uiseharge of such duties". Dy Sec. 9, of tho samo Act, it is enacted, that any,Quartermas ter, or Astistact Quartermaster, Commissary., or A.juftant Commissary, (other than thoso serving with r?gimsirt? and brigades in the Ikld) or offi cer in -thc Conscript service, who shall hereafter employ, er rotain in his employment, any person -in ney of their "said departments, or bureaux, or in any ol' tho duties mentioned in the eighth-sec tion of this actj in violation of the provisions hereof, shall, on conviction thoreof by a court martial, sr military court, be cashiered ; eui ii shall be the duty ef arty department br district cummander, upon proo/'by the oath ot nny'cridi %le person, that any such Officer has violated thia provision, immediately to rc! ie va such-officer from duty; and said commaudor shall take prompt measures, to have him tried for.such offence ;. and any Commander as aforesaid, failing to perform . the duties%/in}oined by this section," shall, upon , being duly convicted thereof,' bo dismined from i the aorvicc. Dig. Military and Naval Laws, 67-63. By Goberai order No. 7, from Headquarters of Reserve- Force?, Par. 6, it is ordered, that tho Commandant of Conscripts (au .officer, hy the ! way, not recognised in tho acts of conscription) i will, without delay, order thc mcdicsl examiue f tion of. all Commiiiioncd officers, and other per . sons (except these of the u Invalid.Corps,") em ployed in the onrolUng service of this State. . Comm??ienad officers, as ta wSoin no disability is found to exist, will hold themselves in readi . ness to be assigned to duty in the field, as soon t as practicable. This order was issued by Genl. i Chesnut, Sept. 30tb, 1S61, who then assumed con t trol and direction of the conscription scrvico in ] thia ?tute. How well tho abov'e;m .ntioned sec j tiona of the act of 17th February, 1864, have . boen obaerved, and the -order of 'Gen. Chesnut i obeyod, a 1-;ok into the different departments oi 3 tho military bureaux will abundaatly ?hew. And hero wo will inquire whether Enrollia : I Officers aro commissioned ? T aey cannot bc com ! inifflionod, unless they aro appointed in the man . ner, designAtod by th? Statute, as shown?in our . previous article If they are not thus appointed, . then they arc not commissioned, and are merely !< clerics, or etap?oyee?, of the bureaux of conscript r tion. invested with no military power whatever, y and all their act?, dono under the apsumption ot , military authority have been, and aro, illegal. 5 Upon tho application of a "party (arrested by those ? persons) for the Writ of Habeas Corpus, the fail , ure of these so-call*d officer", toproduee their j cimniissione, evidenoing.their legal appointment j in tho manner designated by tho Statut*, would f subject them to tho heaviest penalties of tbe law. j ! either on the civil or criminal side of th?i< Court of Justice, ; -PETER THE IiEIti?lT." -m-. ? --: ? . ' ' . The Enemy in liam veil, S. C. Mr. M. F. Mrtonely, the Intendant of Black r ville, has furnished us with some very hiter . eating facts connected with the passago oi 0 j thc enemy through thc neighboring District . ? of Barnwell., Their recital now is but the j repetition ufa " twice told tale';; vet they havi ' I bsen recorded for theintcrest. of those whe ^ j may come after us, ?3 exhibiting thc diabo'I ? I inn of the ftc with whom we have had to eon - ' t-ind in our struggle for independence. 0 j *T:.o 20;h Anny Corp?,' under command ol f) ! ?locum, a genuine dow n--< n a KT, froto thal f J cotton-spf?uing potato patch, Rhode* Island, B I passed through Barn weil; and Iou" will h? .* Bold in ^membrance that bMy of immacn I late Yankee patriots. K?p-.trick's cavalry were,' ofcourse, the avant couriers, and dis I porte;! themselves with that bwaggcring ait i peculiarity upstcrtish braggarts and ' cow s' i ards. , . ? j At Barnw.-ll Court House thc Ynnkea? a'! wnre ei-sataticin thc thought that they were . [ punishing South Carolina. Neither age or , '. s.t?x was spared insnlt^outrag?. and rbbbcrv. 't I Buildings of all sons wer?humed, although 'the extensible order was that noue but untie 5. fupied houses wire, to bc dcs'ro\cd. Yet. 5 from private*, the inforonntinu w?s obtained . t at a!i fine r?sidences v.-erC to be laid ht r ru ni. . ?.* , ? 1 j The Masonic Hal!, a building detached from j I all-others, was covered with oil and tprpca l* tine, and thenlired. Masons do not seem lo , i abound in the Twentieth corps. J T'H? pub?5hcr of thc Barnwell Sentinel lo.st hcavilyj but succeeded in .?aving ?ouie of ' his printing material by buryltigji. Everybody was robbed indiscriminately ' t:ie aged, sick ard helpless fared alike, being "rf deprived of the last tborscl oi food. A party ? I nf Yank''es*witb several wagon loau> of stolen ' i supplies approached thu house of an old plan? i ter, and ?i?Q?ired if he had scfts any ''rebela*" lately." The gentleman locking (Skance, ari ! severed ??tb moto thin native cuteness: I " Why, yes, th. ro wera forty ?;r fifty Over in i the-lLid a? jew mhiu-.es a^O;" The arrant j eo^Tirdsdid not pause to ascertain thc truth, i but quickly out the trac-f-s and rode ofTat'fuil ; spned on the mules. j in the little-town of Blackville f?ttj ?Veo hou?es wera dwtroyed. TIIQ Bapti;>t Church waa desecrated by thc sacrilegious kuav^s, two balla being held in it which wtre atten ded by a miscegenating crowd of niggors tnd .Yatikee oilic-rs.' They t!.en burned the Bi-j Dleii, hyma and SUtulay ?chboi b-joks and the church brnauiehtSa Tbe Methodist Church' fared no batter, having been used aa a stable. The Pbst-dfflco was saeked and the tuails de stroyed. Ko person w>is lofi iiutno!cs'c?l, and thc yankees had the names of several'parlies whom they designi-d treating with especial se verity. They all have apccnlar peucli^nt fnr silver \ ) plate, gold watches and similar valuables. I j Every exertion wa? made to" di-cover thu! j places whur?tbc-S') artioies werc?ecreied, ?ind i j in myst instances with asto?i??it?g success. ! j They would g.^atnino rigidiy tieldi; and ?*:ir- \ dens, and hi .huir nemrioui"pursuitrifted the graves in the church yara*;, Tiic gravea or twp negroes, buried in the country, were open ed, and tho bo?iea ?oft d?sirrtvrred. Ladies lost all their wealing apjMrel, a?d innocent little children itkcwwu stiffarod. The > hearJlcns barbarians stole the under clothing of Mr. Moloncy's infant^ and look thc ?hoes from the feet of hi? little daughter aged only five years. Iiis thus tKat tbo?e Northern vandals co about restoring the Cition and cementing lite tirs of amity 'l?twe?n th? 16hg Blicricte<l?ec tid.ii3. That they are (Succeeding' admtrsbly ttifst In allowed. They aro d-dr^- picc5?e.*y [ what wc could w?3h--resir-iing imion bf s Mr- ' tinrent among tho pe^ph?, awakening a dc-tor- ?: mined spirit of resiitunce in all ciares, ?ind 1 : invoking.upon their heads .the indignation , not only of civilized uatious. but of ';? jitpflv j OjBfandtd Almighty. v ' Tue spirit pille women of South Carolina seemed io antoni *h the Yankees. They could UOt comprehend the calm. herntcr endurance of those high-born ladies; and they frequently remarked fh?t under all flie eutrage ati| in sult and injury heaped upon tliera, they had seen no Smith Carolina, woman in tears for thc loss of properly, or aUi?i?g otto j?t or tit til of the determination to staud by thc canso of liberty. . -. . . Constitutionalist. for the Advertiser. To thc Absentees front thc Gth Bat? talion. H. C. Reserves. All absentees from Ibo above command are urged to return to their command ?s s^on as prac ticable. Your comrades are cow confronting the vandal foe, -and your country calls in thunder tones for all to Hy to tho rescue Tho woila of defenceless womon, and tho piteous cries of help less children, havo bcea borne-?aloof upon the lambent flnrces thal havo consumed tho dwellings (A-cr their beads, and thoy. itatid unavenged. den. Johnston has been restored, a chieftain around 'whoso standard all'may rally'with a rea sonable hope that victory will "be yours, and that triumphant succoss will r. own your efforts. Can you, will you longer delay ? I trust not-I be lieve not. Then itt all who aro ready to return report to um forthwith, that tho necessary arrangements may be made for their early departure. A. J. HAMMOND, A. I Gen. S. C. R. Hamburg, Mar C 2t ll HYMEJSTEAXt. w -:--9 AI A RR! Kn, on' the 31st January, 1S*5, ot tho esidence of Capt. W. J. Dickenson, Barnwell District, Asst. Surg. ?T. W. M CORE and Miss MATTIE ROWELL, both of Beaufort District. QBJJ?UABY. . JAMES M. TRAYLOR, a son of JAHRS E. Tr.?YLOrt, resident of Jasper County, Miss., de parted this life on the 27th of Oct., 1664, after" having served threo years in the Army of Vir ginia, from a wound received in an engagemeBl with the Tories near Columbus, Ky. . _ He was almo3t a stranger among UT, having^ been in my Company only a few weeks, but we know him well enough to feel his loss as a brother. Noblo in every act and thought, consistent in his conduct as a man and soldier, gonerodsto a fault,., brave at all timos, and cool and self possofsed in tho hour nf danger. But alas! he. is gone.like, the many gallant spirits who havo shed their life's blood in defecco of Southern " Liberty." ' He boro his sufforicgi with - fortitcde, and mot his seemingly untimely end (being twenty-three or four years of ago) with trna heroism. We sympathise with hie friends and relatives in their bereavement. Yet console ourselves that whilo H . '* I, In life he filled a soldier's place, . - In death he filled a soldier's grave. W. R.M. LITTLE WINNIE E.;- daughter' of G. J. and E. Y. Snarr-ArtD, died at Liborty Hil!, Edgeflold District, S. C., on Wednesday, th? 22d of Feb.; in thc 8th year of her age. .. ThUsweot liulo child ai Cered intensely for' four days. A skillful physician exerted every ?fibrt to arrest the disease; a devoteS mothar, relatives and friends, gnvc their most d.evoted at tention, but all in vain. The w'H'of God, was that she should die; and to that will, wo humbly bow. Wo prayed for .her, hut we know not what was best; ao'our IIeavenly_Father mercifully re fused to grant cur praye;*r He bas taken ber' sway, and though tho dea*.&trickcn ones mi's her sadly, her morry voice, ber laughing dimples,^her gidden curls, yet we do^iox repine. We know sha is now a little angel ra Heaven, for WmxiE, was a Sunday school Scholar, and loved cspeeial ly that pretty littla hymn, u I want to be aa angel," i - And with tho angela ?and, A crown upon my forehead, A hard v.ithin itt'yhand. Tb ero, right befor? my Saviour,' * So glorious and eo bricht, I'd walrcTtho sweeten music, And praise him willi delight." Durin? ber.illness sho would often ask ior ber dear Father and BrKtker, who aro now io" tue army, hut they were t?tLl?'l the happy privilege of evor being greeted by h'Vr ou earth again, bat do nut grieve, dear bereaved ene*, for this sweet little child. JefUb ha.-* taken her to himself: "for he said surTcr lillie children:tti eora? nato me, and, forbid them nor, :or ot euell i.-< tba Hingdornjof' Heaven." . " TJ U.: who '?.ir? thia child away, N?i pang like this nsf* gj vea ; T* e. door we shut upon her tomi?, Inclosed her sam'in heaven." * ' ' S. t?czulee? Chapter* Sd 8, 8? A* Si AN Extra (.'o.ivoealion of this dippier will be held in-their ila?l on Thursday evening, the Uto inst., at ."o'clock. A lull attendance ii de sired. By order of ' A. "It A MS AY, E. H. P. w?p:. ._lt_ll To _'a large nod Ml'bkSj-jja few , good Marc's. Many of iheye animals are in geed condition for* fawning spnrp?ses. ? will exchange in tho proportion of two, three or more, for oco GOOD BOSSE or MULE, in p'roptr condition f?r Arli'"i?ry or army tniu.-pprts tioiu -All d?sirons <>f mating such ex ebaugo aro requoited to call early.' ?J. L. NICHOLSON tivv'nt. Agent. Ed^fiolO C, U., Mar 7th. f - '21 l l Enrolling. Office, EDGEF??vLD, li. C.,:Mar- ?tb, 1{H55i TUE Med ?oe] Examining Board for. ibis D?? trjcr? will bobf?t? n?jxt meeting u this place ?iii Saturday, the 2.<L\\ March 18*5. , . F. J. MOSE?, Jr., 4* . Lieut, >t Enrolling OlEcef. Mar s % :?t . 'it Agency. Tax in Kind. AI lt BN, S. C., VA.&fi??G9. rjpIIE producer*' ol'EJgef.eld, Lexington t.u? Ja. upper part of Bartw*5! D?trictr will please detiverfheir Tit lies aS early ns practicable. ?* The /applies necessary lo maintnin the army while pae?iog through hore, and encamped at this pince, have been tnlir?ly exhausted, and'we are daily in need. WM. ROACH, Agent. MarS 2t . 1? i gtrayod I Vj^TtOM tho rcfidosc'e of Mrs. E. J. Nicholson, I JS? about two week* since, a BROWN HORSE COLT, twa years old,-a small white spr.t in thc forehead. A iil.nrHl reward will bc paid 'for the delivery of ??sid Colt to mn. ? t . 41 D. E. NICHOLSON. ' . Elton P. P., M-:r S 2: 10 Brought to the Jail OF-this District, on the Cth February last, two Negro men by tho name of BERRY and DAVE, who say they bolong to me Madixon Runnel li, livinjin Burke County, Georgi*. Ber ry is about 5? years of age, about 5 feet 3 inches hi^b, weighs near 140 pounds, .rather dark com-, plexion. Dave is zUo about 60 yeej'.s old, about '6 feet high, weighs it least liO pounds, dark eainplexion. Said negroes ?ny thoy were woriingon the for tifications near Savannah when tho Yankees ap proached that city.-tbtt iii making thrir C?C!I-H? they fook the wrong road, .-.nd were, when llrst arrested, HOT Bratiehville. They were lodged In J.silrt Barnwell 0.1! , sad :.ftorv?arl? removed to thia*Jail for safe keeping. Thc otmeris rcqiie?tcd to come fcr?ard, prevo pr<iporty, pay charges, aud takethem away, other wise they^rill If -lealt with as tho law directs. L. fl. McCULLOUan, J. E. D. M.-.r8_ tf_ll Stolen, ???.ROM my hou?e cn tho Sth January !n?t, TWO ? MOTK?,-onocn U iUy Beyuuid^ for $11>.C5 rityi Dee. flth, 18C0, aol ono OH Carey Bri?ww f..r Sitio, due lit Jan. 1S>32. TM; Btateucnt BS IO tt?4 uraou'nt of ?aid notes, and limo when <it;->. ?a to tho bett of my recollootica. All persciiaayc Cau tioned against trading for either o? sa\? ..atea. OLIVIA S. ?PWA?DS. .ri lt* ll