SELECTED POETRY. I THl aOUTHHUf TOLUHTUBS ( Air?All the Blue Boaiwti are over the Dor- f kisa on the Hps. with the words of Jlove * Wtjw?then rifle and ii f Wm b w H^or our "Homes, o?r Swset- ^ March, march, Jtc. flurry brave Cavalier*?daattrds only fly t dangerl v We sprung from lineaga horoio ami hrare, * Will ilrirc from his stronghold the black- " hearted stranger. Or we'll die on the soil we would perish to t] save. f March, march, Irue-heartgd Sonthrons-- C Kail into ranks and march in good order; j Kscanibia shall many a day tell the fierce affray. When we drove the baae Northmen ftir over * our bonier. t MTJTTTAIj FORBEARANCE. ''] 0:0 c The kindest and the happiest pair i Will find occasion to forbear, t And something, every day they live To pity and perhapn forgive. Hut if infirmities thai Mi " In common to (he lot of all? VI A blemish, or a sense impaired? r Are crimes so little to be spired, Then farewell all (hat must create The comfort of the wedded state ; Instead of harmony, 'tis jar, And tumult, and intestine war. | i The love that cheers life's latest 'stage, ! . Proof against sirkncqp and old age. Preservotf by virtue from declension j i' Becomes not weary by attention : I j it..1 1:.?. _ i..... ,1" . ... ??W, w..*-.. ^.?V? n Vthich flr?l Inspire* the flauio decays. j < Tim gentle, delicate and kind. To fault* compassionate or blind, t And will with sympathy endure t Those evils it would gladly cure: Jtui ivnpry, coarso and harsh expression .. fSTjows love to be a mere profession ; Vrnvc* that the heart is none of his. Or soon expclls hiin it' it is. AGRICULTURAL." Ex2.min.ing ttao Bottom of 1& WoUa. i t It is not generally known, wo tliink, 1 1 liow easy a matter it is to examine the < bottom of a well, eiatem, or pond of wa- * ter, by the use of a common mirror? I "When the sun is shining brightly hold a ' < mirror so that the reflected rays of light ! will fall into the water. A bright spot ' | will be seen at the bottom, so light as to I show the smallest obiect very nlainly ? ' *?_ it:. ?? t,~ :..j ,u. i Dj vina iiicaun wc n??u t a nui'U mu I bottoms of wells fifty feet deep, when ' ! half full or more of water. The smallest ntrttw, or other small object, can be per- | fectly seen from the surface. In the 1 same way ono can examine the bottoms of ponds and rirers, if the water bo some- i what elear and not agitated by winds or ! rapid motion. If a well or cistern be ; under corcr, or shadowed by buildings, i so that the sunlight will not fall near the j opening,-it is only necessary to employ two mirrors, using one to reflect the light to the opening, and another to send it ! perpendicular into the water. Light ihay be thrown fifty or a hundred yards to the |^^^^^MM||^g|^^eaircd, and then reflected Bj^hare used the mirrors ! any one not faB^^^niliar with this method try it, snd he ! will find it not only ascful, but a pleas- ; ant experiment. It will, perhaps, reveal a ma?i of sediment at the bottom of a well which has been little thought of, but which may be a fruitful source of disease, by its decay in the water.?Journal of Agriculture. How to Kkukve Choked Catti.k. ?l'ut one arm orer the neck, to as to have one hand on eaeb side ; find the j substance that the animal is choked with; then place your thumb below it! on each aide, and shore it gently op into 1 the mouth. I hare relieved a great many choked cattle for myself and neighKore ftnil nave* J * ?a f ? ? I w m r?| uvvvi kVUU'i W J U'lV 1 ?UC* J rcoded in. One c??c I had where the anini.il would not tako it into the mouth ! when it was shoved up ; in that case we put a ring iuto the mouth, and another person easily took out the offending sub stance, while I held it up to the swallow. I It is our doty not only to scatter bene- i Its, but even to a raw flowers for the sake of our fellow-traveller* in the path- , way of thia wretched world. Hi How ran wo expect another to keep our secret, if wc cannot keep it ourselves)' ' THE War. War ia declared to exist between tb Confederate States and tbe I nited Statei rba Confederate States reeogniee tbi iset, and accept tbe stern iaasue force, ipon them. We suppose, like bios rare, tbat this war ia at a tabled into rhe Cabinet at Washington, deceived b; be hesitation of Virginia and tbe po lion of the other frontier Statee taa supposed tbat tbe United Stats rould bars only to figbt the aevci Confederate States. They therefor mrtially began tbe war, by eoJea oring to reinforce Fort Sumter, au< einforciug Fort l'iekene. Haviog be ;un their war policy, tbev havo plung d ahead, like a herd of mad buffalo lastening to a precipice. Wc coufea bat we bare not behaved that war wouh ske place. Knowiog, aa we did, tbat i rould unite tbe Slave States together he folly of attempting to conquer bad oto a union with thorn, fifteen States living a population of twelve million f people, did not seem to us possible tut we did not correctly appreciate tbi olitical dospersdoea at' Washington ? 'hey have proved tkat they care n>.thin| or tbe country, North or South, but an ntent only on keeping power, and usinj t for theii selfish elevation. We con esa, also, thst wo have been mistaken ii agbw matter. We mw belie vn osta of other men whoulveoppoeed tbi Lbohtiouists and professed to appreciate he rights of the South, could bo fouu< iressiug on the policy of the sword, a he rightful instrument of our subjuga ion and extermination. Wo though km# f ko ssnitlk kail n fn am<1? a# M k ?uw U?u liwu WUJV ? IVUUO IIJ ' forth?some men ofjustico and bunianit; ?who would shrink from tho horrible cri iiiuality of murdering an innocent pco do, and destroying their couutry, be ause, after years of patient endurance hey withdraw themselves tr*?m a tyran ly which they could not but recognize )ut thin war haut developed tin) start 1 in; act, that with all their professions, tin louth has had no friends in the North fhe Northern people were mero plunder rs in peace ; wud uow become murderer n war. From persecutors they hav ?oromc bloody tyrants, ready'to dnstro; is, to subserve the foul purposes of thei actional domination. They have is, whilst they opproaned us; and now ather than allow us to escape from thci ipprcssiona, they unite together to sukju ;ato or destroy us. It is said tba riends are only known in adversity. I s certainly most important, at least, tha re should know our enemies. Thousand n the South have been deluded with th dca of rooor.structioB?of again takiii] nto tbe embraces of a common govern ncnt the vulgar and ferocious beasts wh ivc north of Mason and Dixon's line am he Ohio. We trust this war will effoe ually kill out this absurdity. And wow, men of the South ! what i .L.4.. ? \r~.. r i a- ? .? uur uuij . i uu urt' htccu 10 araw in won! in defence of your country, you i*v3 aail Ubcrtlci. I.et iti kocu cdg ell, whether you arc the miserable slave ud cowards your presumptuous enetuic uppose you to l>c, or the lineal descend nta of the brave men who ?areyou you iberties. Their arras must be weakene >y a consciousness of injustice on criminality. I Sistkrh.? Can an thing ho more perfectly beautiful thi the sight of a manly, thoughtful, gent hoy, trying to interest and please h little aisfer? And let overy interestir little fjirl, and beautiful young lady r member that the boy who is not attentr and oolite to his sister end mother ? r ? ? certain not to be *o to anj one. in a bad sign, depend upon it, to see boy or young man inoro gallant ar obliging to other people, than he ia to h own mother and sinter I I O JRl5 LITTLE-OR-lfOTHIN<^B Don't Svui.?Profanity to ?nl n the moot offsnsivs and divgnating kiH J to which hiainiU to given ; to* t nothing of its sinfulness, (which i. oos of eoura* MdenUoda,) proM (WwrioK in I vile, vulgar, low-brea htbl >. frtHn the indulgence of which n proJ i, self-respect should restrain a man, arm if be has no regard for the dictates saturated with ^Bt * forced into its pores, that it rJflBt e water liko a stone, for a year aftcaHp 5 * ffiSg, A man was recently executed HHft n baiun for murder. On the scaff^^Be j oonfeased that he commenced liis^^Bi of crime by cheating a printer an^^Bh that everything rascally scetncd ^^B< ensy to him. e I The following hill, renderad^^^^H r { penter to a farjner for ^B o worked, seems at leas^B s { hanging two barn doors nnu^B " hours, one dollar and a half.'^B r ! Mao (anatomists say) changrs^^^W (j j every seven years. 'Therefore,' j I inimitable Jones, 'my tailor slio^Hl I I remind inc of the bill I contr^^Ki ! 1852. I ain't the man.' fl ir * Affections injured by tyranny. if of compulsion, like tempcst-thra^^Ht >r trees, unfirmly rooted, ne'er spri^H e timely growth. lie who is always in n hurry t<9( wealthy and immersed in the study o B" agumcniing his fortune, has lost th f' ! urns of reason and deserted tho po?t c 1 ! virtue. A to 1 A 'down cast' Yankee hasreccntHk >t | vented a rat exterminator, ?u : a sort of powder snufT. Theanimafl n ^ his head off at thy third sncexe! Men of genius are often dul^fl j crt in society ; as the Llaxi^fl T* when it deccnds to earth, is ofl >e jH t, Thero is a Bible in the lit iS lc I'niversity of Gottingen writfl it thousand four hnndrcd and I ig palm leaves P4 (loethe says:?"I see no hH _r" , ted that I have not committe^f 19 Had the gentleman ever eotntH 'y cide ? ie | i.i > 'l ather.' said a shaver, abo^l 'p ! of a pepper-box, 'I can do witfl ,p but am suffering for a bosomfl >n Philosophy docs not rei^fl to she did not receive IMata^H made hint so. have of K, narily numerous in Paris^f borbood i ? a In matters of conscience* p, thoughts arc the best, in matcH re dunce, the last. There is a man in Jersey so n- he has an artist, hired by the draw his broath with a lead pofl to 1 More persons sre admired afl ?r from being unknown, tban ffl in ^ ' The human heart beats abo^H |9 ! two times in a minute; or in* i, ; sixty years, two thousand ifl . J times. ro A man that can be flattered (0 cessardy a fool, but you can alw^^H , ono of bini. I t friendship creep gently to a be'?jB if it rush to it, it may soon run itself^ y- of breath. i i A man's reception depends upon h coat, his dismissal upon the wit he show ig The force of selfishness is as ineviufl c- and as calculable as the foroe of tnravfl ire tioo. J He who labors for mankind, withoa care for bimeelf, baa already begun I immortality. i? In order to deserve a true friend, I must ftr*t learn to be one. 4 mr JDISP. v i* iht Tiae it Sikterik ^BFOR TH1 TRI-WKSKLT aid wmir dmter watchiab Ilk propkietoks or these tapes ^Hn bow epariag aeilber tiyttw aor B labor to keep fullj up witk ike groat current af aewa, aa well u to H r?dor tUir Journal# aeeoad to nont la regard to general interest and reliability. ArH rangenteala bare B been VmaJt by whicb aewa up to tbe latent motnen will be furaiabad. TRI- WSF.KL Y PA PER ( T1IF. CHEAPEST IX 77/A STATE) /,V ADVANCE, PER ^B SB.OO. ^^^B WE EEL V PAPER, IX ADPER AXXfm. WITH ^^kVA'ir.S VP TO THE LATEST Hit lTR u E FORE (JO^^^B IXC PRESS $2.00. I ILBERT At 1>AHIt, PROPRIETORS, R Bum tor, 8. C. I ^^lernGuarcygD I |T W K KKl.Y ANDWMIH WWB* C. P. Pelham. $ >; Tri-Wookly, 111 Wwkly, p*t ^^Btnnm Payment iu Adeanee ineariaIbly. PoattaaaUra reading ue lire B daily Bubecribera, Willi *3t> o* ftve tri-wefkly subscriber* Bj I' with f*-?, [eacloaed la registered letter*] will be eotiR tied to an ^^R r, or in lieu or mat, -u per cent or the im< time remitted ; 10 per cent will be allowed on amounla remitted for single subscriptions. W royiics. H As a political Journal, the 80UTHKRX GUARDIAN i* devoted to the maintenance of | the right*, honor, and interest* of the South| era State*, t ; NEWS. In the department of newa, the early pro[ duction of every class of newa from all parta of the world, will be kept prominently in rlew I and no effort wilt he apart*! to make it in all ' respects an acceptable fiieside visitor. Special attention will he paid to the latest and I most important I MARKET REPORTS. of all the leading cotton, grain, produo and other markets ia the counti v. March 14 1! if ll7w.kiNiMAN, Cor. Kin? and Rpaufain-strrrt*. IS NOW receiving from French and American manufactories DECORATED PAPER, of new and rich dueignnin Panel, Gold. Satin, L Velvet and Wood Imitations, with Borders, mke., to correspond. Bk ALSO. Hchambor and other Papers, PRn every variety of style and pattern. T My stock of Window Shades, of my own manufacture, and Curtain? made and put uj r in the latest styles. J Upholstery Goods, Curtain Material* and Furniture Coverings 1 of late importation is full and complete which are offered, wholesale and retail, a *ttcli price* * to present ununualinducement! , to purcnaner*. 1 Feb 2H 1 It Charleston Candy Manufactory ? KI\SM\\ Nl lifttO. f Manufacturer* And Importer* of J French Confectioneries, Fanoj BOXES, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL kf Candle* ptil up in 26, 60 and 100 lb. bote* L All orders promptly Attended tn cc i wholes a ^fcuud Ucul.I).-fl Furnl-i^^^^l Hw*hnir?, Huirwool, Hpring and Mna* Ma HtM, linking G leasee. Aa. Howwoo!, Walnut and Mahogany Purl* ^Kpiturc, in Itrooaicllr, Repa and Hai H^umcl Chamber Furniture, Oak Ro*< he. ^kaj^prfcand a large aeaortment of II ^L-hildren'a Carriage* and Hockii pSSTc stinSfBP ^^Kale and Retail Dealers in Hn, English ami America W DRY GOODS, 1 KISG-STREET, CORXRk WES' WOH TH'STMS Ml T, P Charleston, S C. mc. T. MAsolrr DEADER IV HHHES, JEWELRY, CLTLI W RY, SILVER WARE, u ii h , Pistols, Sc c sumter. s. C. March 4 I 1 H. p. J?Y, hinnine unH w? r r o WVIUAUMWIVU li chant. W\ BALTIMORE, MD. I A TTKNIW In the purcliwe ami *liirune ' L/lL of PROVISIONS, OR A IN. OKOC1 ami nil immittionert oj F9t* School*. I | I'etor Yaaght Mr , Chairman, W. K. Cukoa, M. L>, Mwt'r, Wb Mauhaws, B. B. Baaawns. W. A. ('lardy, Commu*ion*rt o/ the Poor. a W. K. CuckgB, M. I)., Chairman, l'atar d \ Vaught, Jr. Ssct'y, Job. Clanly, Thomas ii King, J. J. Gor?. * (j Merchant* ml I Mil* Rieer. Irodell GOca. , ii J)filer in Groc?ru?, Dry Good*, llardtcar*. 0) Wm. Mathrw*. " I Dealer in Xaeal Star**, Grocer***, Dry Goad* r< 4* w ThoniM B* ft ore. Dealer im Dry Good*, Grocer***, Hardware, JHetriel Ojjlcrr*. , Senator?Y. I. Sessions Representative?C. 1? SarvU. by C'omiMieeiomcr m Equity. wo John R. Beaty. lo Skerxg. W. I. Graham. " ?ff i'lerk of Genteel Section* and Comma* Plea*. //, Jamas A. Thompson. *w., Ordinary. J biuc* A. Thompson thi Tar ColUftor. Iir N. B. Cooper toromrrm "V Isaac 0. Long. up - . T1 Miifittrmiei. Thos. F. Gilleapie, J. G. Long, C. 11. h?r- an via, II. M. Anderson, J. W. Miahoe, l>a- nn niel Lewis, Alva Km?r, WIHiau Boyd. K. 0f D. Richardson. Mamuel I). INtinan, J. J. Kiclivuwl, .las K. Beusenburr. o CutHiHtfiunrrt of Road*. Upper Hoard?Alva Entor, A. *11. Johaaon, Levi Graingar, Tboiuaa F. liar.Inc. James _ C. Bent jr. R ! Lower Uoaid?P. S. Gillespie. W. W. Lourimore, t\ W. IImx, Isaiah Williams, Joseph Thoftipion. . P1 Catnmufiomrrt of I'uhhe HutldiHtf |u John R. Boatjr, George B. Congdon, J. J. ^ Ricliwood, K. B. Jonas Committtonrri (o .\pprotr Bond*. J"1 B. E. He ssions, F. I. Session*. J. F. llarrcH, J'* Tfcos. II. Holme*. Thos. W. Beat). te Commmionrrt of Free SchooU. n( W J Kill*. Win. Hughs. O. W. Ward. .1. A Johnston, Jas. C. Ileaty, Jos. T. Walsh. ? ' Cummi**ton*rt of thf Poor. J. t?. .vict r?cKcn, j. i. Muouy, i.evt urnngor, II. J. PUjd. * ir MAirAOBRS or FI.ECTIOXS. All ShmI'm I'trriiA. [ Little Hirer?W. A. ClaH/, Thus. Living , ston, W. J. (Jure. a Hterretl 8wu>p?T. I'. Sliiick^lfor-I. J. t?. Waller, J. J. Dunn. - .Suruiw?II. A. Tillman, I'. A. I?eLettre. I' , Tin**. king, j Troop Muster Ground?Hubert Nesbit, W. II. Tucker, W. t'. White. . * n hiiii/fton 1'aritk. c I Conwayboro'?(i. H. Cong-Ion I. T Lewis, 1*. W. Green. ? ! Hull Creek?W. W. Larritnore, 1'. 1'nrker, l'e- Q j tor I'oat. , Dog Uluff?J. J. llcsl, Asa Ciure, K. II Jen- f kin*. I Gallivant'* Kerry?W. I. Gerald, A. D Skip ( ' per. It. M. Powell. Floyd's?C. Grainger, J. R. Floyd, Klin* ? Tyler. f Greensea?J. T. Moody, E. Harrelson, R. C-* le Powell. j Simpson Creek?Wni. Carter, 1*. M. Reaves, ' " W. M. Gore. ? | Hickory Tree?J. S. Klliet, S. C. Johnson, B. i P Stevenson Conwayboro* Directory. PAynnnw. . , l- J. II. Normnn, M.l). I Ford llnrrell, M P.- 1 John H. Grant, M.l> In*. E. Grant, M.l). ir r" y.aify'f/, R. Munro. jr. Allston A Gillespie, Jnne Mondays, W?Un J' Burroughs k Co. y' H. W WlUon R J. Singleton St Co B' I. T. Lewi* ? K. II. I^wiv A. W Price. * K Bnnni R W. Spirev W R. Kenre* limit r$ m I.tqunrt ntri Orotrritt Burroughs & ?? which will be firmly nailed to ita mast61 The /> q?utch will l>e conducted strictly^m e Cash principle^#* it is belicrcd that only lOiiTliis system can it be made to prosper. ic towns, therefore, will be Two Dollars per num. int artally in adranet. Advertise* ants will be inserted at 7'? cents per square 12 lines fur the first insertion, and *?<) nix for "each subxe.jiu-nf insertion, with the ual rates to permanent advertisers, A. A. <11 I.BERT. ) ? 11. L. DARIl. } Proprietors. Feb. 2H 1 atcs of Postage in tho Confedcr ate States F,tr I Ka euht-nliianoA af wua.lu ax jblic generally, are hare prepared the folding simplified statement of the rule* of wtapc under the Act of the Congress of the on federate Stair* of Amerien, adopted on reflet February, IHbl. It must he home i mind that the Act is to go into effect from and after such period as the Postuiasir General may, by proelamatiou, anounce HATES OF POSTAGE eiween places within the Confederate States of America.. ox LKTTBRS. Single letters not excelling a half ounce i weight ? For any distance under fiflO miles, .*> rents : For any distance orcr fiOO miles. Hi rents ; An additional single rate for each additionI half ounce or less. l>rop letters 2 ignti each. In the foregoing cures the postage to he repaid by stamps or stamped envelopes. Advertised letters 2 cents each ox PACK AUKS Containing other than printed or written tatter?money pa? Wages are included in this law*: To be rated by weight as letters are rated, nd to be charged, double the rates of postage >u letters to wit : L'?. . .. .,^.1 - AA St t r\ a i ui > ..U.a or cim.1i half minor or lens : FUr auv distance over .r?()0 miles, 20 cents or raqh iialf ounce or less. In all cava to l?? prepaid by stamps or tamped envelopes. os >xwspvr?n? Sent to regular ami bona fide subariber* rom the office of publication, and not exceed ng throe ounces in weight: Witliin the Slate where published Weekly paper ?'.J rents per quarter ; Semi weekly paper, 18 cents |?er quarter ; Tri-weekly paper, l'.?| cents per quarter; Dailr paper, 81) cent a per quarter; In all cases, the postage to be paid quartery in ad#hnce, at the offices of the ?ubscribers.^^^^^^B Without the where publishcd^^^M^^^^^^J Weakly paper, 18 cents Tri-weekly paper, each Semi-monthly, 8 cents perqoanelH for number An additional cent each number fof every additional ounce, or lees beyond the first 14 ounce*. ^ Hi-Monthly or Quarterly, 1 cent an ounce. In all casses, the postage to be paid quarterly in advance at (he ofllrtu of euhacribers. Without the State where published. m Xnt exceeding 1) ounces in weight : Monthly <> cent* per quarter or 2 cents for each number. Semi-Monthly 12 cent* per quarter, or 2 cents for each number. Two cents additional for every additional ounce or less beyond the first 14 ounces. Bi-Monthly or Quarterly, 2 cents an ounce. In all ca?*es, the postage to be paid quarterly in advance at the offices of the subscribers. os rttxrin matte*. Kvery other newspaper, pamphlet, periodical and magatine, each circular not sealed, hand-bill and engraving, not exceeding 11 * weight 2 cents for any diatance ; 2 cents additional for earn aaamtmwi ? less heyound the first three ounces. In all cases the postage to he prepaid by slainpi or stamj?e4 envelopes. miiivn raivitaoE. The fidlowing persons only are entitled to the franking privilege, and in all casea strictly confined to "orricvL nrsivits*" rowniMNVT 'triicrn. Mix Chief tlrrk. Auditor of thp Trea?ury for the Po?tof&c? Department. Urpuijr Pout master*