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W? a?-e indebted to Col Radier end Mr. W.
T. Walter for late Angosta papers.
DOXMTIG Hx!TTS.-*-The season is at hand for
presorrtng ?fruits and vegetables, for making
vinegar nu d pickles ont of vegetables generally,
and wines or^hrandies out of fruits and berries.
' You may preserve nearly all the vegetables in
cana, b?tales or jara It requires only pains
taking to ^resarce them. Okra, ont, dried and
kept fittm in eec ts, will last yon through che next
winter. So will tomato, as a vegetable and as
catsup. Boil well for both, strain forth? latter.
. lill your v esi J s to the brine, ?ark tightly, s?al
with. ro*in, and turu the vessels Upside down.
Cherry ?nd blackberry and raspberry wines or
brandies are better beverages, than "bald face,' '
"rot gut," or any of the abominations which
are sold, te thc. disorder of th? intestines and
the derangement of the brain. Fill a demijohn
with cherries, cover with the simplest eornA
whiskey, place th? vessel in. th? -son for three
days, then di aw off. Add to ?very gallon of
the liquor one quart of a; strained syrup, which
it may be weil to unite te tho brandy while the
syrup ie still warm This gives yon cherry
bounce. Every farmer's wife knows how to
prepare blackberry wine, without spirits, and
thia will keep throughout the year; that is, if th?
testas of Ute family and its friends will suffer it
to do so.' Nearly all vegetables will serve for
piekles. Vinegar of the best quality, eqaal to
white win?, may .he made thus: To three
bushels of the pulp of persimmons, add twenty
seven gallons of water and three gallons ol
whiskey. An inferior article may be mad? out
of Uie persimmons without the use of whiskey;
so, too, of the May apple, apple skins, pear?,
blackberries and almost all fruits.
Rx Gov. WM. AIKEN.-Letters, from ex-Gov,
Aiken, from Charleston, deny that he has ac?
cepted the ?face of Mayor ra Charle*ton, ot
that he bolds any office in that city ander tb?
.enemyv ashes been reported several times bj
the press. We have already intimated to out
brethren of th? public jour nah' that it wodi
be better, where persons are the subject ot
gossip, that we should be chary how we giv?
credence to*the rumor; still .more slow in giv
?og publication to the report.
TBS LAST" FIGHT AT PKTERSDURO.-According
to the supposed programma*'of the Federa
generals at the council of war held by them a!
General Grant's quarters, the whole force wa
hurled upon our lines , near "Petersburg, Th?
assaulting columns1 we're repulsed most dis as
trously fifteen times, but finally, after a lost
computed to reach in killed ?nd wounded th?
fearful number af 60,00o, the euemy brok?
through our Unes. When this oecurred, Owinj
to the gre>t exhaustion af our gallant soldiers
General L?5? telegraphed to Richmond the fact
and .ordeVedi the evacuation at ouce. In ubi
meantime, th? gallant "Gordon, rallying th?
troops, advanced upon tn? enemy and re-estab
iish.ed our linea, but too late to stop the* effec
of the despatch of General Lee.
Our loss behind'toa lines, during tho fight
including the sick and wounded in Richmond
will Dot*huinber over 15,00t). The withdraws
was accomplished Without much loss.
We regret to announce that Gen. A. P. Hil
was killed during the engagements, ?s ww
many othfer gallant officers. -
It is reported that the Confederate Go vera
ment will be temporarily located at Greenville
? C., for the transaction of public business.
Th? Bella of St. Michael.
These bells bare bad A cufi?os fortune. The
C'iime consisted, we believe, of se voa bells, and
thsy were decidedly a moog the sweetest ia
tone of apjsiii America^ Ihe ioflueneo of our
warna, humid atmosphere oa the sea-coast pf the
South produced upon them the same effect
which a like influence, undoubtedly pos?
sesses over the human voice. Their melodious
sweetness has become a part of the precious
memories of all whoso ears were attn <^A tn
them from daily and nightly experience. The
bells were tiken down hy the British more
than eighty yeera ago, and seat to England, as
a part of the fgotia opima of the enemy. Sold
at auction, according to tradition, they wer e
bought by friends of the American cause,
especially among the merchants, and sent back
to the church. Esrly in the present war, ia
consequence of an appeal from Gen. Beaure?
gard, they were taken down, and ssnt to
Colombia, in order to be cast inte cannon.
And here they have lain, unused, unemployed
for this or any other sacred purpose. The
negleof to use them, after they were called for,
was only of a piece with that almos^nnirersal
neglect of all our public interest*-that sluggish?
ness, selfishness, indifference; sad terribie
worthlessness among official., which, to tjjia
hour, endangers all our securities and :defeats
the bast plana of those who are still willing
and able to conceive a good purpose or a wis?
design. And now they lie upon Capitol Hill in
Columbia, broken and burned, but still, we
suppose, susceptible of ase, for their mat?riel,
in the coating of ?annon. How long will they
bc permitted^ to remain there, a spectacle of
discredit to our energies, and of grievous ?e
proach eqnally to our wisdom and patriotism?
Alas! i poo? belle! po?r conntryl * ^ ?
A CuRiesfrv.-We were lately shown, at tbe
quarter? of the gallant colonel'of the 83th*Vir-"
gi nia, one of th? "curiosities of war," produced
tty the collision of two Minie balls ia full flight.
The two bullets lind met.point to point, and
were moving, though in opposite directions, yet
so identically upon the aaina straight line, that
there wa.' rio ovnsi&ii by either .of the full torc?
tin? ether stroke. Tho result waa a com?
plete fust?n o:- welding of the two into oae
mais, ao thoroughly united that the linc of
junction could not be discovered*, exeept for the
little ridge that rons around.
It i? not uncommon in musketry engage-,
ments foe thc flying bullets to impingo on each
other, as is .shown by the balls picked up on
the b.ittle-field. Hut to meet so squarely, and
with such effect?, us in the case to which we
lt M ve referred, must be exceedingly rare. The
gadded 'bullets were picked up on the pieket
ho?, near the Howlett House; and it would
seem that each of the ms*? who fired them
escaped death only by firing just. When he did,
sud thus slopping the ball, iba** was coming
'directly to him.-Richmond Satinet.
R. H. May, Esq., ha? been re elected M;tj-or
of Augusta by a larg? majority.
? II i -a g ii i j '. i i ?? ...
. Married,"
At Cokesbury.-S. C., on. ThtVi sday morning,
30th Mardi, at 9 o'clock, by th? Jiey. Mr. Mon?
son, JAMES C. KENNETH to Mi*> SALLIE C.:
gKUfFKic, aUof'tAlsoityr '
Trysted ttrKire,'
ALIKELY GIRL, to do house work. A pply"
on ilull fti-vt, East ?id* between Blanding
aad'Laurtt' ; . April 16 2* :
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AUCT?OK SALT5S.
By Jacob Coben.
WILL be told, on MONDAY, 17th mit., nfc ll
o'clock, ea Li acolo, street, opposite the Sooth
Carolina Depot,
1 Mahogany Bedstead, 1 Trun del Bedstead, 2
Mattresses, Bolster, 2 pair .Pillows, Mantle
Gloss, 2 pair Andirons, 1 Wardrobe,'.! Work
Tabla, 1 Safe? 2 Washtubs, large Iron Boilej,
small i?on Beiler, Kitchen Furniture, a let of
Barrels and Tierces, dec. t Apr? 16-2* .
Furniture S*le.^ .
. . B> francis lance.
OH MONDAY MORNING, 17th, at 10 o'cloek,
at.the residence oerner Bridge street,'below
the Oas House, I will sell, without the le?-*
reserve,
A larg? eolleetiaa of tue FURNITURE,
each aa
? Sofa. Centre Table, Card^TabJe.
'. Chain, Rocking Chairs.
Looking Olass. ^
Pair Fire.Doge end Fender.
Large Pictures, Bookcase.
Sideboard, Work Tabla, Bedstead.
String Bed and Mattress. Wardrobe,
arble top Washstand, Burean.
Pillows, Bolster.
Cottage Sett,*Mattresses. v
Sett of China. - ? ;
Sett'of Certains and Cornices. .
Wardrobe. Dishes.
Terms cqsh. , - '. .-_Apri?glg J
Furniture Sede.' '. : j
By F. Lance
I W?LL sell, on TUESDAY MORNING, at 10
. V o'clock, at C. "A. Odoirs1ot?
A fine assortment of HOUSEHOLD FUR- .
NTTURE-parties leaving th? city-each as;
. Hair Seat Chairs, What-Net.
Waitera, Wardrobe, Bureau.
Washstand, Goblet and Basin.
Black Walnut Dining Table.
- Pair Pitchers, pair De?aotera.
China Sett, Store Pana
Griddle, Waffl* Iron.'
Pair Vases, Bedsteads;
All of the above articles will be sold without
the least reserve. Terms.cash. - April 15
To Bent,
TCOUR ROOMS and KITCHEN. Induira
-J? corner of Richland and Sumter street*.
April lg _? ' ? -_1*
To BAt, TT
?THREE PLEASANT ROOMS, with the
use of the kitchen. -
Abo, a flue PIANO for sal?. Apply at this
office. April 15 2*
FOR* SALE
'.?* BY
T=r _ g$ O JJ O Ih?E ?O ,
SUGAR, COFFEE, CANDLES and BACON.
' 'i. Hotioo. .
THE Stores will be < pened on WEDNES
D >;Y, the lath inst,for the sale of provi?
sions fer cash, in proportion to the number in
the family and the quantity 9n hand. t ..
The resident poor of the ??ty will be under
thi direction of the City Council, which, wf)l
issue io 'them tickets for provisions.
The poor hying beyond the limits of the city ,
will "be supplied with tickets hy th? Stat? Ba?.
cutive Committee. . " .
Person? \f ill take notice of tba abor?; and a
Joint Committee of Ute Since and eity will
meet daily, at Mr. Baskin's bonne, the oorner of
Plain and Pickens street-commencing MON?
DAY next, 17th inst., at u o'clock a. m., 'or th?
purpose of issuing new tiokets. -
K L. KERRISON, .
April If Chairman Joint Committee.