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""" From the Richmond Despatch. IntercitluK Relftgtoui N?W8 from tlic Soldier*. "We. hare been permitted to sec some'bf the letters addressed to the Baptist Colportago Board, located in this city, by their colporteurs amongJthe soldidrs, frohi which we extract a fow interesting sentences. v lie v. C. F. Fry writes from the Greenbrier encampment: <nerr .1 h* anvu n wiucu UIUSW Ul I41U UUCilllipilll'IIU!) Ill the Valley, and could have sold more than one hundred dollars worth of books a month, if my assortment had been larger, especially if I could have had a good supply of Testaments. A captain said to me, 41 am a sinner, and wish you to select some books to suit my 1 case.* I did so; and at night he called liis men into line and asked me to pray for them, ii Another captain seemed much interested on y the subject of religion. I tried to explain to him the way to bo saved, and in a few days I heard of his fightihg bravely at Manassas. I have prayer and exhortation meetings frequently, which are well attended, and often tears flow from eyes unused to weep, while I point them to the Lamb of God." Mr. J. C. Glopton has been spending all his time among the sick and wounded in and around Charlottesville. Uc writes : 44 This is a most inviting field, as hundreds are here on beds of suffering, and consequently disposed to consider the things that make for their peace. The deepest feeling is often manifested; they listen to what I say, and read wim great eagerness tnc tracts and books I give them." liev. II. W. Cridlin, after having visited all the encampments between Aquia Creek and Matthias Point, has been transferred to Norfolk city, where lie is selling some sixty dollars' worth of books a month, besides giving away one half that amount. Says lie : " I visited Crancy Island last Saturday ; Col. Smith, who has charge of the forces there, is a pious man, and has prayers with his men every night, lie seemed glad to have me labor among his command, and will doubtless render me any aid I may need." Mr. M. D. Anderson writes from Aquia Creek: "I have gone nearly through the regiments stationed between Fredericksburg and the Creek. The soldiers are eager for religious reading; and frequently, when they have seen me coming, they run to meet me,exclaiming? * llave you any Testaments?" Much of my time has been spent with the sick, in the hospitals, where, oftentimes my heart was made to rejoice, at witnessing the sustaining power of Christianity, in those who were struggling with the hist enemy. One, with whom 1 had often conversed on personal religion, was sick ?nigh unto death ; I stood by him, but doubted the propriety of speaking; at last he fixed his eyes upon me, and said?'Talk to me about Jesus.' I asked if the Lord was with him, and he replied?4 yes, with me, and that to bless. I know that my Redeemer liveth,' &c. Another remarked to me that, at home, he had been a prominent member of the church ; but that since lie had been in camp ho had wandered oft* and brought reproach upon his profession, but that this sickness, from which ho was then suffering, had bc^sn blessed to his soul, and that lie should, with Divine help, live a new life, and consecrate himself to the cause of Cod. 1 have been able so supply many with the Bible, especially as the President of the Christian Association in Fredericksburg had given me a fine lot of Bibles." The above is a specimen of the interesting letters from those who labor for the souls of SnlHlAra NnvdP U'orn llinrn /?/\llnnl?/l W. W ft v?v KUV1 v? WIIWV^U} Ull tu 13 earth, men who would so likely be influenced for good by such pious labors as the men who now defend Virginia's soil! Trained from their infancy to believe the Bible, fresh from the pure influences of the domestic circle, the family altar, the Sabbath School, tho prayer meeting, and tho sanctuary, they present a most inviting field for Christian effort?a field into which, wo rejoice to know, the men of God are entering that they may gather sheaves unto eternal life. Gen. Fremont and start'left Jefferson City ?V> the 7th instant for Scdalia, a place "West of Jcl^vson City, to take immediate command of the army concentrated there, said to consist of 35,000 men and 100 pieces of artillery, and start in pursuit of Gen. Price, whose whereabouts seems to be unknown to the enemy, although they constantly report him retreating to the South. The telegraphic .corespondents of the St. Louis papers declared that Fremont ?,r^l 1 l?im nr*/l l.^ill a. ? ? 1 * ttjii lunun Jul" Hiiu lUlbU UilHIU, lipoil IJ111I, whithersoever lie may go, whether to the .Arkansas line or the banks of the Mississippi. The pathfinder may not have so far to travel.? Nexo Orleans Delta, October 18. JIakd Times in New York.?The stringency of the times in NcV York city may be learned from the fact that out of two hundred an<l lifly first class merchants?-men who were retarded as impregnable?only thirteen have Bfa * &'" met their obligations. Of the small \bnve failed il mav be said theii name H tha\ I I ' 1 PENNINGS AND CUPPINGS. Beautiful extract?helping a young lady out of a mud puddle. y ' In Genoa, there is one priest or nnn to every fifteen inhabitants. Tho lady who raado a dash, has since brought her husband to a full atop! The larger the school fund, the less the prison allowance. Man will wrangle for religion; write for it ; fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it. lie that never changed any of his opinions, never corrected any of his errors. The error of one moment frequently becomes the sorrow of a whole life. The one exclusive sign of a thorough knowledge, says Aristotle, is the power of teaching. Longfellow calls Sabbath tho golden clasp which binds together the volume of tho week. To some men it is indispensable to be worth money, for without it they arc worth nothing. Saratoga is a place where women go to study other people's characters and lose their own. A universal cry alter marriage, is, "I wish wo had the money now we threw away at our wedding!" There is one objection to people who "mean well," and that is they never can spare time to carry out their meaning. flic man who conld'nt "trust his feelings," is supposed to do business strictly on the cash principle. It has been discovered that feathers unskillfully cured and put into beds are deadly to persons with weak lungs. Arithmetic is differently studied by fathers and sons?the first confining themselves to addition, and the second to substruction. There arc one hundred and twenty-one German newspapers published in America, of which twenty-seven are dailies. "You ask and you receive not, because you ask a-miss" said a young lady to an old gentleman who had popped the question to her. Dr. Franklin says that "time is money." This may account for the fact that persons, when in most need of money, ask for time. Some lone bachelor is gnilty of the following : " Why is a lover like a sea serpent ? Because it is the sccretcr (sea critter) of great sighs, (size.") An old lady, being at a loss for a pin-cushion, made one of an onion. On the following morning sue louna tnat an tiie nccUJes had tears in tbeir eyes. A Drawing-room Test.?You can generally tell how popular you arc with a lady by the length of time she keeps ypu waiting whilst dressing to receive you. Purgatory.?" With regard to purgatory," says an old Popish writer, 411 will not say a great deal; but this much I think?that the Protestants may go farther and fare worse /" A genius down cast has invented a spy-glass of wonderful power. He said he looked through it at a third cousin, and it brought him relatively nearer than any of his brothers. In Maine they have invented a new kind of brick, which is hollow and floats. Very convenient, we should think, for gentlemen who are in the habit of carrying the article in ^Jieir bats. The shape of a kiss is said (by a western editor) to be elliptical. This must be derived from the sensation one experiences when enjoying the luxury, for it is certainly a lip-tickle. "I never shot a bird in my life," said a fellow to his friend, who replied : 44 For my part, I never shot anything in the shape of a bird, except a squirrel, which I killed with a stone, when it fell into the river and was drowned." An editor says that a man in New York got himself into trouble by marrying two wives. A western editor assures his cotemporary that a good many men in his State have done the same thing by only marrying one. The pressure of the wind increases according to the square of the velocity. It amounts to 12 1-2 lbs. on the square foot in a storm moving at the rate of 50 miles per hour, and 50 lbs. on the square loot in a gale of 100 miles per hour velocity. A liquor seller in a neighboring town has, since Hie election ot a dry council, changed his sign. It now reads something as follows: " Notes and drafts negotiated and sold." That is, he takes the notes of his customers and gives them a "draft" of suthin to drink." Policeman to a well dressed and good-looking young-lady, waving his hand to stop the 'bus, and offering his arm?" Allow me, ma'am, to assist you across." The sawr to on old lady not well dressed? " Now, ma'am, now is your time, hurry up your cakes." I Now is the Time TO SUBSCRIBE. X * TIIE CAivAiiDiEsrflr WEEKLY / ' CONFEDERATE,I 1 I I ( t 1 PUBLISHED 1 EVERY FRIDAY, TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM. ?! 1 I CONTAINS THE J \ : Latest & most Reliable 1 p c 0 h MtWltMLUi WW o 7 M"*r / / TELEGRAPH ] 7 \ 1 ani/tiie \ J \ : MATINS! \ " I I ' / F ' 1 ' Pl RATION* STA^uTII CAROLINA, Exec^autment, July 6tli, 1861". ACCORDIN^ACT OB TUB CONFEDE* RATE CONlTtitied an " Act to put intoOperation tho Gomlu)er tho Permanent Constitution of tlio C?gtates of America," it is required that eaclwb.n vote, on tho FIRST ,? WEDNESDAY iXipER NEXT, for President and Yico-Pn^'ho Confederate States, ^ which ofliccrs are t? uratod on tho twentysecond of February4) whereas tho existing law of tho State pro* the Electors for President and Vice-Pr<mil y)0 np)?ointcd by the Lopislaturo; and Legislature of this State will not bo in *t<3ion at tho timo proscribed by tho atoresait appointment of Electors : Therefore, bo it knOtj^ p. W. PICKENS, Governor in and ovor tl Gf South Carolina, by virtue of the power ves., by tho Constitution,, authorizing the Govern<^raordinary occasions, to convene tho (.lenoraliv <io luaim tiii? mv proclamation, calling uFFroqucating tlio Sonators and Iho Membi rs O^usc of Representatives to convene in (-'01. on TllE .FIRST MONDAY IN NO"\ F^Srt ensuing, that they may be present in the II Representatives, on the said lirst Wedi .?-dafrvember, to appoint Electors of President onf esident of the ConFederate States of Anieiw,iiformity with the Act of the Confederate (Woresaid. As the Permanent Coiq&j to bo organized, an election will bo required Senators from this State, and also, in all Pro^onsidoring the peculiar state of tlio country} important matters will be acted on at tho samJU 0f the Legislature. Given under my hand and t0f the State aforesaid, at Columbia, this th^ay of July, in the year of our lx>rd one th'Oght hundred and sixty-one, and in tho cigh, year of tho independence of tho State of B,rolina. W. PICKENS. Isaac H. Means, Secretaryte. October 31. 1 ELECTION JcJE. 13UBLIC NOTICE IS 11%} IV EN. THAT . an ELECTION for a Rep\jv0 in the Congress of the Confederate Stateq,0 held at tho liftcrcnt places of election i'L nd District, on the FIRST WEDNESDAY IJjmBKU NEXT, being tho sixth day of the said jn accordance kviui me louow'ing Act: y An Act to alter and amend ?' J fl relation to-the Method vj Counting Votes Elections by the people. 1. Ho it ennetodJjy J jciiQj.UI louse of Representatives, how met and siti(iig(.nt.,-:ll Assembly. and by the authority of thetfn,:<t hereafter, n all elections by the pooplo, th<Lers shall proceed to count the votes jV immediately after the final closing of the ^ the precinct where the votes have been taken,t^ut a certificate of the result, which shall ho fc,y the managers, or a majority of Uiem, and A , tho Court House, or place now fixed by ly counting the irotes, on tho day subsequent to th, ,f tlio said jlectiou, on or before the hour of f'clock, p. m.( >y 0110 or moro of tho said manager^vidod, That lothing herein contained shah hat0 manner of :ountiug the votes in St. Luke's I' ir. 2. That tho managers of electio1 ; tmajority of hem, who may assemble, shall prQNto examine he statement of tho managers prot for in the irst. section of this act, and declare jjgult of tho lection. u tho Senate House, tho twenty-v, day of January, in tho your of our Lord OV.usund eight hundred and sixty-ono, and in ttlny-tifth year of the sovereignty and indepena the State of South Carolina. \VM. D. POft Preside* a jo Senate. JAMES SIM., Speaker of House of ljscntativos. MANAGERS. Camden?J. S. Maroney, U. A. 11;J ^ "W. D. trnderson. Cureton's Mill.?Frederick BowoftiWs Team,. Cli Parker. : c Flat Iiock.?James Fletcher, Josep ^ Hughes, esse Truesdale. Buffalo.?W m. Mungo, (iillam SowelTwato. Lizenby's.?L. McKinnon, Wm. King, ilin Mc'herson. Shrock's Mill.?B. S. McCoy, Henry Ra$e, Alex,uder McCloud. Goodioin's.?A. D. McDowell, R. C. \keford, Jeujamin Cook. Liberty Hill.?A. D. Jones, R. C. Patters Polls to he open from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Tho managers shall, after tlio final clos of tlio >olls at tho precincts where tho votes have It taken, ount tho votes publicly, immediately tlioroi, make ut a certificate of tho result, which shall signed >y tho managers, or a majority of them, anikou toho Court House on the day next subseque to tho ,ay of election, namely: on tho soveuth daof Noembcr, at or before 4 o'clock, p. m., by onoi moro f the said managers. I3if order of tho managers. October 31. II VYery superior seed potatokIkine. ' iv.:-.. r?i.~ to > c .. ? * uuuy vmusu ngsuuu ouga'- lial I Just received at the ''Old Corner." March 12,- E. W. BO l.Y. pLOW STEEL.?Also, Plow Iron in Jidths. L Also, Plow Moulds and Horse Shoe Naild laccs, lames, Saddles, &c. Just received at the "Oldjiner." March 12,- B. W. BOXILy. I > AC'OIV* Sides and Shoulders, of Baltimor tring and very line, for sale at the 'old corner,'1 0 B. W. Box. far. \FINK assortment of CIlAfTlS, in a gres, *>riety of Styles: Also, aline Buggy Ham In, just [ eeivod and for sale at the 'old corner1 l?y K. \V BOX If. V \