The Horry dispatch. (Conwayboro', S.C.) 1861-1863, January 30, 1862, Image 1

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? ?# i' f <00 < ?4k U,'<| ??( ?? " * < V " ' ' Vol. i] coi^ TRX ' Until) Jispttrl) T ? i?er?n imr THURSDAY HORNING, to AT OONWAYDORJV. 8. C. BY OILBBRT A DARK, "* ^ w Tffiiir^jr < TWO DOLLARS ncaHaMTT' " ?.' _ Ki paper VfU b? Mat ^ , )r* _"! * , without the aonij . *AT?u.^^nv,"TI"n,*r >j .: Inwrtid at Havciitj-Plve can? a p^wn. or la*a,) for I ha Tha nnnibcr of infrtiom to Ha marked r?1F all advertisement a, or they will ha uuHtlahcd ' (until vrtltml to bo diaooalinutd ana charged accordingly. One Dollar par square for a tingle insartioa. Quarterly and noatblv otlmiiHutiU will b? charged tha tana aa a single inaartioo, and aani-muatiaij tba aarae or new onee. All transient advertisement* must he paid for caah la advance. SELECTED POETRY. [Prom the Richmond Diapalcb.] THE SENTINEL. 0:0 When Ibe curtains arc drawn, and the randies arc lit, A tul mew anil oar a we*. 1* %r ilia f w^--1.1.. I aSt J "J "? My thought* wander off frov the theme* 1 like noil To Ibe col<l( lonely sentinel on lib dark post. When cold Mow* the wintry wind user the plain. And cheerlessly drireth the pitiless rain, I start from my wnrni bed and pillow of down To think of the sentinel walking his round. For faithful he stands, in the sunshine or storut. Through the darkness of atght, in the gl.tness of morn ; < All unsheltered front wind, or from rain, or | from snow, In silence and solitude watching the foe. And though marshalled strong In embattled ] array. Our foes wait the moment to spring on their p .*; Yet our army and ualioti may sloop without icar, ; 1 For liia signal will warn when their ewhorU 1 draw near. I F.rr again unto slumber my eyelid* are given, My hear! and my lips frame petitions to Heaven, i That the angels of God might the sentinel keep Who paiufiillyjwaichea while we owcetly sleep. , ' <>, Thou whom the winds and the waters obey," 1 pray, "lull the storm, drire the dark clouds away. And to brighten his watch, and his lone hours Wguile, Heud the stars with their light and the tnoon with her smile." ?'Aad his spirit to cheer, and his bosom to j warm, Give him memories dear, and sweet thoughts j of home: And may hope paint the future in colors so bright As to lighten about him the darkness of j night." Hanover County, Va., Jan. I. iHti'J. Possibly Economy in Marruok.? Michelet handles this fabulous point very daintily: "Receive for a truth this exact mathematical maxim?Two pcraon* spend less I than one. I see uiany bachelors who remain sueh front altoer fright at the expensivcoe<a of matrimony, and yet spend > iuGnitcly more than a married man after all. Thev lire dearlv at the cafes and restaurants, and at the theatre*. Havana cigar a, amoked all day, are to tueir solitude an extravagant necessity. Why do they smoke? "To forget," tliey say. Nothing can be more disastrous. We abould never forget. Woe to him who forgets evils, for he never seeks their antidote. The man, the citiien who ' forgets, ruins not only himself but his ! country. A blessed thing it is to have by your hearth stone a reliable and loving woman, to whom you ean open your heart, with whom you oan suffer. She will prevent yon from either dreaming or forgcttiug. Wc must all suffer, and love, and think. In that ia the true life of man. If tho wife has no female friends whose rivalry incites her to extravagance io dress, she spends almoet nothing She reduce* *11 jour exponsee to ?uch a degree tUat the formula given above ia no longer correct. We must not lay "two persons," but "four person* spend leea tban one." 8he supports the two obildren besides. When tbe Marriage is judicious, entered into with forethought, when the family does not increase too rspidlj, tbe wife, far from being a hindrance to liberty of action, is, on the oontrary, its natural and essential element. "Hould on," cried I'ot, aa be van like mad after the train. Iloukl on, ye murtheria' old shtamc ingin ; ye'ro got a passenger aboard that's left behind." w* k p *i v 1KHOWLIMI IS POWHB, dti*I 1'HTi ?i \' i-iiii ' ' J.:r^ ii. rAYBORO', S> B?ttl? II ytihinf CfrMfr feat of Own. Ol||j"?~ "_xP^ W^MWW&uwing from the R**mood Dfap*wh of tb* 24,h >" ?? !f J." lf? regret to any that the npHI n federal victory iu Kentucky, Mkmiia to at on Wednesday night Trap Nytk' en* ton reef, by our special eorfresyndent at Norfolk, tod published in yesterday Biehaiog't Ditpateh, it mora than eon6-acd by istelligsnee reaeivet! kdttjj lb. W.r decisive than even the Northern acouuutt htd led ut to believe. The information received here it to the effect that on Sunday last Geo. Crittenden, with eight regiments of infantry and six pieces of artillery, attacked tho enemy at a place called Fishing Crock, near Somerset, iu Southeastern Kentucky. The Federals were under the command of Generals Schcepf 6d Thomas, and were strongly posted and entrenched behind Fishing Creek. The result of the action was disastrous to our arms. Gen. Zoilicoffer was killad, and immediately on his fall, our army was seised with a p:?uic and was utterly routed, losing all its artillery, baggage and camp equipage, and leaving 500 in killed and wounded on the field. ^ At last accounts, Gen. Crittcudcn was in full retreat on Knoxville. It ia not stated whether or not the enemy was in pursuit. w Soincr?(t is situated in I'uluski county, Ky., #nd is by an air line, about eighty miles Northwest of Knoxville, and by the road probably over a hundred. The intervening country is mountainous, and might offer serious impediments to a nursuiug force. The scene of the battle-field was North of the Cumberland river, which would interpose another obstacle to the advance of tho enemy in case Gen. Crittenden baa destroyed tho bridge over that at ream. Of course it is to bo supposed that ho has done so. The route from Somerset to Knoxville, Tcnn., docs not run through Cumberland Gap or any of the aveuuea leading hito Virginia. Well 1>one.?Some days ago one of the Tcx&i Hangers in Kentucky, whilst out on a M-outing expedition, roJo suddenly and unexpectedly into the presence of a Federal picket. Keforc he had tiiuc to cock his trusty rifle, the picket brought his Minnie to bear on him, and ordered him to surrender. The Ranger fell that he was in a fix?he was fairly in for it, and could not do anything more than to throw down his gun with best grace possible. Having done so, tbc picket stoop ed to get it when, iu an instant tbo n " - * nanger a lusso wai thrown a^aixl him, and be Felt liiinsclF dragged along as fast as a horse at full gallop could carry him. The picket yelled, but it was no use? the Ranger bad him to bis heart's content, the Ranger returned, got his own and the picket's gun, and proceeded with bis prisoner into cauip. It is not often that a man escapes uuder such circumstances. The Yankee was badly hurt in the dragging, but it taught hiui a successful lesson. When be gets loose, and meets a Ranger again, lie will know aoructbing of tbo "ropes."?Nashville Patriot. Tilt Two Bkaks?A word to married people! Are there any among you wranglers? Read this: Once upon a time there lived an old couple known far and wide for tbeir interminable squabbles. Suddenly they changed tbeir mode of life, and were as complete patterns of conjugal felicity as they had formerly been of discord. A neighbor, anxious to know the cause of such a conversion, asked the gudc wife to explain it. 8ho replied, "Me and the Id man have got on well enough together, ever since we kept two hears in the houae." "Two beara!" was the perplexed reply. "Yes, sure," said the old i.a- <.v -~.i r~-i " m%Mj | uvm ?uu iui iniai. No doubt vre bare all read thin, or Bonictbiug very like it, several times brfore. ltui it can't hurt any of us to stick a pin tbcrc and read it once a week fur the future?Kdgefield Advertiser. A I'nivcrsalist minister in (Miicagn, in the coarse of a recent sermon on tho duty of Christian patriots iu the present national crista, remarked tbat be was aware thai noat o( the Christian public differed with him on the mooted question of future punishments ; but be would mj that he agreed with tbcui on ofce point; be wished it to be distinctly understood tbat be had a bell for all traitors sod rebels. I ' I [ ^di^v > iidStwa * 4t lh? ?*??<?*, V?lV? COU<l> triad 1 aaffraljr UJim4wt afwcb^Wt "ill oafr ?.ifMaationa.r?fcrrtngtt tfc* feto*r. mat W ] priefors, or Mr. N. 0. t)*teen, who will trav^ act any business (luring their absence from I town. WS? From and after this | date Cash icill be required in ad( i vance for all advertisements. January 2nd, 1802. u#- Wo ngaiu request those of our . Kubacril>er*, who have paid only one half I of their subscription*, to oouio forward and pay the balance due. f fc ? ? Soldiers' Board of Rolief. It will appear by a notice in this issue, I that the members of tbo abovo Hoard, j ! arc for a third time requested to masemble at this place for tbo purpose of organising; the former calls having been unsueces.-ful in bringing together a quo* , I rum. fufcr What is the matter with the ' j Alrrrury ? is a question we have often heard, of late. A big screw must be looso in its machinery. The package i directed to and received on the 22d inat , at this Postofficc, was evidently misdi-1 ; reeled. On the 21th instant uone were ,rec<ived?and on the 27th, the Daily I wis received instead of the Tri-Weekly. i The man who make* up the Afrrcury'* ! mail must be very sleepy, when at work, for many numbers come witb no dircej tion, and lie makes uu awful list of the | . names on bis mail book. Our poatmas-j ; tcr thinks be could write Hebrew better than he does Euglish. Docoit in Warfare Deceit in war, is as unjustifiable and as unworthy, as it is under any other ! oircuinsUuces, and we would have our Gcucruls (o wage an open, fair und man| ly war, even if they are contvudiug agaiust enemies who practice all maunsr I of 1'uuic cunning and Grucian sublilty. The late disaster in' Kentucky, in nil I probability, was the result of a base 1 deception, practiced upon us by the Federal Generals?and wo are not surprised that a people, who have lived by , craft and cheating, and who boast of their abilitj in making fortunes by trick- f cry, should practice double dealing and treachery in war. May we never obtain i a victory by fraud, und when wo suffer a defeat, the result of treachery or niisad- | ( venture, and ti"t for want of valor or manly fighting, wo should not bo discoui- I tiled or east down. They who resort to j deceit, confess themselves to be cowards, and tbey are welcome to n victory achieved by fraud and not by courage j and valorous contest. The Great Alexander ouco (undo the following answer to . < some oue, who persuaded hiiu to surprise ltarius in the night time, "No," | said he, "it is not for such a man as 1 to *tcal a victory. 1 had rather laaieut a defeat, thuu be ashamed of a victory." - Tl . |t| . 1? ? - w i iiu i minora nautier, or L<ou*lana, gives the following recipe for rais- j ing mammoth Hoots : If you wish to raise very large beet*, ! f?ade the grouDd up, an<I spade deep for each row where the seed* are to be t plauted. Then, with iipado or crowbar, work large holca in ibo ground n foot apart in each row, of the shape of a fun, nc), und eight or ten inches in diameter at the top. Kill these with well rotted mauurc, plant your seeds at tne centre, on top, and cover with earth. Loa\e i one plant standing to each hilj, aud beets will grow as big as tea-kettles. ?- -4 a ?lia*The Columbus ((la.) Sun, of the loth, , gives the following words of good cheer i \|f..a 1/ - % i.tir ? > - iruui ?csicrn rvcoiucKy; ? c nau ine i pleasure of a personal interview, laet 1 evnuiug, with a gentleman who hold* the honorable position of 'high private' in the army of Gen. l'olk. We gather from hitn the gratifying intelligence theft Gen l'olk is confident of a suceeeafnl resist- 1 aooc to any force the Lincdnitea can 1 1 bring to bear on Columbus, either by j land or water. The health of oar army 1 I there is good, and our brave boys sre ' I impaticulj wailing the 'tug of war.' " I Ijinooln'a Jturnp Congress will proba{ bly tax newspapers half cent for each .sheet; this will yield tbt000,000. 11)1 II ? ? -L" UPOH WHICH SHI pm A3 ' Moxiisriisr^ ju NEWS OF THE WEEK. B 0:0?JK A dispatch (r*n Frederick, MiiyUod, ?ar dated January 20, says that Utn. .Jack- ti< aua was at Kotnnej with 17,000 South- m aro troops, and that Lander, the Yankee 0f General had retreated towards Cumber* & land. < g( It is reported that fire vessel* of the at Burnside Kxpedition had grounded in th Fa mlieo-Sound am] were bornl to pre- ra ilea in or with troops for the Burnside Kxpedition was wrecked on the South Carolina coast and burnt. The crew and ti< troops were all saved. Three coul ves- p( sels were also beached. and burnt. It was stated at Fortresa Monroe that the | tli steamer lA>ui?iana, of tne Burnside Kx- : t0 pedition, with seven hundred troops on i|, board, bad bceu lost. , |u The New York Herald, of the 2'2d, | u, says that a bill pss??d Congress provid- re iug for two Assistant Secretaries of War. j tf(] The War Department has iu<|uired of | to Massachusetts and other States what j ni number.of troops could bo furnished in B m it? ! ? lauja IIVIIIV rvilltl'. Alio HIT- LR aid says the Treasury is ho depleted that hi it has become impossible to pay the most hi ordinary demand, and iu a few days there (\ will be no money. Lane, it is said, has told (Jen. MeClel- ; lan that if tho people of Missouri, Ark an- , (l| sa* and t' o Indian country resisted, lie i v;( would slay all the secessionists and give _, the lands to the loyalists. Lincoln w'as ro present and heard the conversation. | tr Intelligence from St. Louis to the n< 17th, states that the Federals expect sn fl| early attack from Jeff Thompson, at j>( Pilot Knob. They were recently defeatcd by Jeff, near [ronton. Mayor Monroe of New Orleans, has c0 closed. up all the gambling houses of that ?i?| city, auJ evinces a desire to prevent a p, recurreucc of such practices and convict (Jj all who have violated the luw by gam- aI bling. The "sports" arc holding iudig- j,. nant gatherings, or meetings. tr Messrs. H. M. T. Hunter, and Wil- nc liain Ballard l'reston. have been elceied ' I <1 Senators from tin? State of Virginia to ,.j the Confederate Congress. Mr. lluntc*' s{ being uow Secretary of State of the Con- |,j federate Government, his election to the js Senate will occasion a vacancy in the ,.1, Cabinet. au The operatives in the riiil-idclphiu ?| Navy Yard have become mutinous in jt consequence of the increase of their hours tr of labor and the diminution of their pay. g| A concerted strike is expected. w The Yaukees are represented as being about to nuke otic n?<?re great effort, upon which they rest their ability to sub- m jugate the South. That they may have nothing to upbraid themselves with in 11 case of defeat, they have even gone so far us to ask the direction and blessing c> of tiod. To this end, Friday the 17th ^ instant, was observed, in Washington * City, as a day of fasting and prayer. 51' McClellan ia now said to favor active w operations for tho speedy suppression of , Ci the rebellion. Tho Richmond I>ispatch of the '.'5th instant, thus refers to the llurnsides Kx rt peditiou : "Wa have said that if its des- al filiation was Famlico Sound, we did not j w see any great results in store for it and * ' if the pooplo of Ihe South were to select ?' a point for its attack, that point would 01 he the North Carolina coast. Hut i is m> far from being certain that (hut point 01 watt selected by thu enemy, that it may w now be rather believed that a more south- ti crn field is thai chosen for the threaten- h ed demonstration. Mobile has been it suggested, with much plausibility, as the lj point for which it t??ok its departure v< The entrance into Painilco, in that case, I was merely to escape the storm. If Mo- u bile is tho object of the grand naval ( n preparation, employment will be given ' tl to a very able and gallant officer and a , <>i well disciplined and brave army under o! him. that have bceu a 1 >ng time waiting h anxiously for the appearance of tho enemy iu Homo way or other. More delibo- J rate and terrible salvos which quieted 1 the ferocioun Hrowu may have some | ^ effect on Burosidc." I 1 The War Correspondent of the Havsn- 1 . nab Republican, thus refers to current I ^ rutnora: "The rumor that Gen. I'nce, ; now in eoininand ot the State troop# of ( ^ Missouri, has been made a Major-Gene j ral in the Confederate army, i# 1 under- j ' stand, without foundation. The people I e< of Missouri are very desirous that the ' President should confer upon him tho | appointment is question-*-in which j b event the State troops would iminediute- I tl ly enlist iuto the Confederate service. ! L * r INTEBOtlS MOIfARCH." ^ISTTJAliY 3Q, ut tbe President is said to take the wifion that the troops luuat enlist first, id that thou he will take f?to consider*>n the appointment of Gen. Price, can while the Confederacy ia in danger ' losiug Missouri, the most important, a military view, of all the border late*. It is believed thft alio people id tbo 11oops would readi1j| consent to >e transfer of the latter to the Confedeto service, but for the attempt, which K? hap pi If defeated, to aapareeda tfcuK ?*ri?* xM~rrn>? th? .pfJHmeift of A. lieth. I uiny mention a rumor in this c?nneejn, that a committee of Congressmen oceeded to Manassas yesterday, cbargI with a request to Geo. Itoau regard, iat he would eonseut to Le transferred the military department embracing ic State of Missouri. Gen. B. ia almost dispensable to the Army of the Potono, ami there are many who would grot to sec him leave it. It ia report* [ that the President ia entirely willing tuakc the transfer. Of one thing you ay feel satisfied?to wit: that Gen. cauregard will do what he believe* to i best for the public service. A moro yal and un*clfi>h patriot doca uyt eatlie within all the bounds of the onfedcraey. ww r a _ w % w ortt Aocaa ^Ce suppose that the event in Kencky ,- so much to be regret fed by the >ulh, will infuse more activity into the 'tiding struggle. The incident* of the volution arc evidently taking a coucenating direction, and great struggles are tar at hand it in to be hoped. The th act of the national drama has been ought on the stage, we believe, and iu end, ill which the villain is exposed id the wrong righted, is, wo trust, to iiuc before * tlie curtain drops again, lie re haa loou an uuusual and paiufully -olongvd lime occupied in the clearing ' the stage ? the removal of the table* id chairs?for the linat scene. We ive been long tired of the supes, and ust to aee no more of tlicm. Lot the tors indeed conic on, ami let us behold ieir deeds?let us ace them settle tho ght by the wager of battle, by the mug arm, the strong will, and all the gh impulses of manhood and patriotui. If wo fail, let us fail. Hut we i.il I not fui'! We shall conquer assure i there is justice iu this world. Wo mil conquer and enjoy that iudepen*nco and hnppincss to which a great ial, a great tribulation, and great strugt! With a fioworful ntul ? >..... ill entitle us.?Richmond Diipntcb. llr.Kt'.AVEi> Ilexes.?Since the cotnencement of this unhallowed war, the ath angel 1ms gathered many a gem otu the mother's casket, and fr 'in his i*ky wing.", as Lu hovcr-d over the ktnp of the brave, the fatal poi?ou has lien on tunny a son of hope, about hose person -the tendrils of paternal lection hud fondly entwined. Vet, hen the hour of weeping grief has puss1, and the wounded epirit is able to lisp, bo died in bis country's cause," what a ulo of glory bursts over the tomb! lle aved liumes? Nay, say not so. The} rc blessed and honored altars, about hieli the tender affections of u nation tk .1 ? ' ?... tan gainer, aim irom winch the lnccnsc f a people'* gratitude shall urine forev: nud forever. Wiikn to Say 1 Won't.?If boys can itly learn just the right time to sny "I ou't," they will escape innny temptaons by which others arc led into evil ubit.s Merc is a boy who had learned ' I will not," said a little boy stoutr an I passed along. The tone of bin nice struck me. "What won't you do?" stopped and asked. ''That b'-y aantn ic to 'inuke believe' something to my lother, and 1 won't," ho answered in ic name nteut tone. The littL boy is a the righ' track. That is just one T the places to say "wool." I hope c will stick to it. He w ill I f el sure. It h*? becu obnervcd, with much *igiticancc, that every morning no outer poti a new day currying atill an unknown ituro in it* bosoui. How pregnant and irriug the reflection. Thought* may d born to-day which may never die. cclinga may be awrvkened to day which tay never be extinguished. Hope* may e excited to-day which may never exire. Act* may he performed to-day the i>nnc<|ucDce of which may not bu realii i till eternity. He who inarrica beauty only, ta like a uyer of cheap furniture?the varniab )at caught the eye will not endure the reside blaxc. ? ? i ; 1862. HSTo. 46. LATEST BY MAIL. [Prom UiipairhMlo iIm Aw?ci?t(d Pmi,] * The London ljerald says although Muoo and Slidell have been surrendered, England and Franca bar* commercial inducements to recognisa the South' ere Confederacy, and unless immediately recognised by the British Ministry, Parliament will oortainly recogoiao the Confed e r ac j^enr^^^b r u a over Tcnueaaee River) Janol^^H^ays/^ Northern papers received at tbat place ' , Ajw nay that England, France and Sp?iu W have announced that the atone obstruc- ~ "1 lions in Charleston harbor must be re1 moved. Richmond, .January 25.?It was stated in Congress to-day, that a message I had been received by a high official of tho i (lovernincnt, conveying intelligence of ! the failure of tho llurnside Expedition, | most of tho vessels having been wiccked. The official report of the battle of Fishing Crook, Kentucky, which has | been received, considerably lessens the I reported loss and extent of tho defeat. Tnr Death Watch?This namo evidently has its origin front dark and I superstitious times. It is nothing more | nor less than a diminutive beetle, tho ; little creature that perforates the round holes in old worm-eaten furniture and wo?>d work. "The ticking," says an eminent naturalist, "is produced by striking its head against tbo wood," in the progress of these perforations ; and yet how often has it struck terror in tbo tninds of the attendants of the sick, and, ' from communicating the oiuen to the patient, the skill of the physician has been completely baffled 1 Even yet, in isolated rural districts, the belief that j it is the harbinger of death remains un,shaken. ite Louical?An old Conucctieut farmer weut to his parson with the following serious inquiry : ' Dr. T., Jo you believe in the Ik story they tell about the earth moving arounJ the nun ? And Jo you think I . that it in according to the Scripture ? If it be true how coulJ .Joshua command ? the aun to stand still ?" "Hum!" tjuoth the doctor, scratching his cauli tlowor wig, "Joshua commanded the sun to stand still did ho?" j "Yea," tjuoth the farmer. "Well, it stood still, didu't it ?" "V ea." "Very well; did you every hear that he bet it agoing again ?" ^a Ukapo.n. ? Reason never walks a path so safe, nor is ever elevated to a degree ' of honor so eminent, us, when ceasing to see withes own eyes, it sees only with . the eyes of the infallible God. The jurj isdiction of reason in matters of faith and Divine revelation docs not extend so far, as that a doctrine should he rejected merely becsusc it may be attended with difficulties which reason cannot 1 solve ; reason nev?r shows itself nioro I ' reasonable than when it ceases to reason about those things which arc above reai son. ^ "Humor originally meant moisture?a j ' signification it metaphorically rctatlri, for it is the vciy juice of the mind, ofaing from the brain, and enricffl%$ t'fl ! fertilizing wherever it falls. | Although the devil Ic the father of lies, he secm?, like other great inventors, | to have lest much of his reputation by | the continual improvements that have j been made upon him. '"The Soldiers' Board of Relief" TIIK MRMIIKIIS of the abore named Hoard trc re?jtiei?ted la meet at (he I office of the uuder?i|rti< 1 on HATl'KDAY, the I Mil? of Pfbruftrjf itetl, at 1? M . lo organize and rntrr ti|>oii tln-ir dutie* a* prescribed by i law JOM. T. WAL8II. .Ian JW> 40 11 SALT! SALT!! SALT!!! TriK Ml'llsrrtlllF.KH having formed a. c?>-paii?er?hip for the purpose of I manufacturing f*all on Dl'XN'8 HOl'Nib j iifxr Little llitrrr. S. adopt lliia method of notifying ibo public thai tbey now have their I work* complete*!, and art MAKING SALT AT THE RATE OF ONE HUNDRED BUSHELS A WEEK. Person* who hat# not yet laid in their tapply of Salt for the eea?u?n. will do well to rail j at our Salt Work* for a nupply, an we inteo<l to SHLL I'll RAP FlHl CAMII. t'ome one, ! rotne all?we will well GOOD MALT FOR Throo Dollars per Bushel. W. I. OKA HAM. OTIS RATON, JAMKM KA8TCS, W. I. OORF. i Jan 4.> tf