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4 'tIu.K tVD tVYbt w:tiEENESDAY StolNiNG. .. SIStKINS, D. R. DUItISGE, & E. XEESE, I" ito l't I FTO1iS. TCt.MS OF SUBSGRIPTION. Two DULr..tas per year if paid in advaace-Two Dot.tts and FtrTY C:N-rs if not paid within sia uonths-an.d Tunir. DoiLAns if not paid before the expiration of the year. Subscriptions out of the District must be pail, for in :tadvance. rA..TES OF ADVE1RTISING. All alvertisemuents will he inserted at Oax. Dot. . ii per Square (12 Miuioie likes or less) for the tirst insertion, and Fifty Cerats for each subse.juent insertion. Advertieements fromn str:t gers and trauieio t j.ersoins pay-ible in adrancu. All others will h e- tni-ter.--1 .toe when ,atlletl far. A.-ver:i-cwement nit h:aving the desired nuaube, of iusertions muarked on the m:argin, will be con tinue"d until forbid and czh arged accordingly. Thou desiring to a.ivertiso by the year can d go on liberal terws-it being undbrstood that con traetts for yearly advertising are conAned to the legitimate busincss of the firu or individual con tr.icting. Countract advertisements payable eui .tit a: t:t'ti.-ii:tla of a porsonal character. Ciotiti- t'tte.:. lt'iirts. ltesolutioinsi or Pro ee.t~ins .f :ty Sciety. A.ociatiun or Corpuri tioni will by chargeil a~s wIlvertidements. .-ix,.mI r--i::; a C. :i-iid:at (not inserted until paid. fir.) Five 1iillars. L; V tt:ir r or T Ul: Ei:t:rt ir..) l t 1 K.:31-N I':m the D artintonzt' St tutteri e-. To the Public. I! is wrx* i:otwtn t~ tle ptbhlic that :t lnrg. maj ati.y of the Cinimis'i .ued and Non-Cant mis-ion.ld otficers alnl privates of the Ist. ]tRgt. S. C. Voluntetcrs declined to follow Cot. tlr, to Vir inia. It is due to tho.se wh ran.ued to follow the forttnet of this Mtu.rrt ., Cutn:rr.uI, a: well as to the Souther' Pub lic, that I should state, britflv, some c t rwstt;s which induced the conclusion ti which .-o large a t-:joriiy of the Reimtient ad. -.e:i:d. in tiii. so, I le not deema it neers stry to r.-"i": to the i:t tot ry of the re-ilent. pri'r to I hw call tate sipon it ti leave tih State.--Were this m-ressary, I could paint irttt mfi picture, witich would fill every South ern iria..t with indignation. I d. sire onit!v to ietiitd the 1.ublic of I. ei temastam:rt" undIer wl::eh wet enotredl th. i-,-rvcf:t h t* i e St ate and the reaolns which in iatcedi us to leave busineSs, hotmeifls :utal iana lies at a inw hours ntotice. It will be retetl beared that the Companies omtpriing the Ilt. 1..intwnt, lepginf to asse:nble in Charleston. an the :rd If .I:aary lat. Prior to tin fortttitn of tihe Confderation, in fact, prio t"! Ote S-eca-s ionl of any State. ixcelt Soaut Caroliina. W1e were enill into service for: $;.eer.die purpose-the defence <.f Charlesto liarior from an alttlcipaedI invasion. T ht rail was re spondedl to b~v tihte very best yonn; rnan ot the :tate. in a miannr which woin ti. utdlmiratint of lie people, and in eight day.. after thie first coaniay reached tilhe city, th. r tinetit was full--numbering over one thou sand muen. From early in January up to the 19th o A 1il last. we checerfully endured all the bard rthias incident to the sol/iier's life, and ver' tiany nwl inciden~tt thereto,-which were th, tho-e, whiiose duty it was to protect and de fend us. F~or months we labored cheerfulli both'night tail day, and by unretmitting toil. erected the f.irt iticationts and motunted th guns which intimidated the insolent foe, wi ltiig off the bar, were quiet spectators (a A'nderson's derent, and of the htumiliation ami disgratce of their count ry's fllg. These forti lications completed. the R'egimentwspae in postio toresist an atteiniptetd landing o: the enemy utpon- .\orris' Island, to protect the batteries which we had built, while the s'ons of Charleston fought them. The bomt batrdtmenit cotmmenced. vessel after vessd ot the enemy arrived tandi cast anchor, withlir .,i":''Je'rti'tlie iit''riiddrH until daylight,~we stood at our post, ready foi the conflict, which outr enemties were too cow ardlyv to enigage in. The for-t having surren d.:re'd, we were stilil required to sleep upon o-tr arms; and f'romt the 13th to the 19th o; A pril, we slept with our clothes and accoutre ruent on and our guns loaded and in otn: hatnds. Wo were ordered, daily, to do so the order beimg accompanied with the itifor mal~tionl that an altek was anticiph-.ed. Durning the whole period we had never deametcd of lea:ving out own State--one acr. of whose soil is dearer to tmanty of us titan tNe b-dance of the contipient-thze y s ilb~iy o being requireal or asked to do, had never ben hi uteda to ux by those in tauthority. On the 1l'A .\pril there was moinre activ-ty than usuiat ina camp:a the Colon-I deigrned to make his a;pearaince on the fiet. daid, for the sceoynn' time. iiurinig otur e-xisteniCe as a regitnent, t. instruct uts in battaliton drtll. Towards thw close of lihe day and of the exercises, hie calh d the C:,nanlei~ionted taille(rs aide, stated to thema what idnfotion hiad been receivid from Virginia: that (Goy. Letcher had a-kedt for zgssis; ance front South Carolina, aned lie was athorised to proffer to the 1st Regt. of S. C. Volunteers. the hotnor (?) of beinig the first to respond to the call. lie was told lby the Commranders of Companies thtat this pro. posit ion had taken thett by surprise, that they, and their commnitds, hind never cont tien:plate.l the po(ssiility of such a call. and c- msequently, that tie ciuld tiot tell wht aniswer their several Couipaniies would makel~. U'nder the.,e circutmst.ees, inistead of refer intg the matter to the Cnaptaiins. to be by, themi explained and suibmittied to the Cotnpanice, lie immdaely cle the rtgimetnt in miass. maektnown tete wha~it !-e had just di vn!ted to) thte ellici-rs ;condehscendled to uttier the ctolha at.d enltled ott alhl those who wereii w~iing t "sauil for Nirhidk at dayiight on then netmorning, to stptthfrn. Tohi cali sto-udde, so unexp:z~ected, and to be act eonso cpilekly. butt few, problaly niot more han one bundrted, re.,poindedJ. That this was so, wilt Iiurpri-e no raeaale i ri-nt whli has followed ine thnr-..h thi xplanaition. am!t bear- in tmitnd the- cicumtstantces tmird.-r whichl we were called inito set-vice: the dati!v ini j unction wi cht we. b:tl r-ecei v-d .,inee the stur r-ei of F-ort Sumter, indultcing the bielief; tht our own Stte was~ ini datnger ; and rcememberis, how hard it is thuls, at a fi:w hone s notice. without the opporttmity of commaut.;catinig with loved oneis ait hoimne to leat e for a cam p-tdio..,ach as t his paroplosed. Our Colone-l. Itow~ever, at tman without family-it is said antd ce-rtahdyl wvithaout feelintg <nr symnpathy i:on~d not opprec-iaitte thle coitlictinag iimotions w hihl .-tir- id t!he bre-asts cof hisi commitatd ; hId g!or-Aiicationi hunig uppniz our decision. andi :dlthiough tie thad inevir symnpathisedl with us in our sillt-rinmgs, but had. ainly made them miore [ittetr b~y his tyranticatl (edicts. lie yet ex paecti-d us liit-!ty. to follow wlinrm-ver lie was pleatsed tao lead. I )isnp~ponted at t he respoanse made It ti s ea'!. heu wa< pleas-il to ttibul-t that re-panis-: to eowardlici. 11it at'aini ad dressedl tin- r-gimieni , hot niow, his tune was -ti-itg-h. -t ti-i- aitii -ers and Felloiw-sia! wer th wormds in uie t~~ihi-< tirat-:e cornt its careecr with so much-l g ;:, ree Ci:~t tio ion-r to re-puind to ithe c:xti inow i. t'e, I at lea-t, wvish tile namevs oif til see who, have- fins ix t'm li-is to Ib1,ad Qmtriert iby 9i i'air-k - niii n. It ave the tno-lencae to deny ta u.-o the battunat a ttini'ed tom hiimh -tt o1iuh it hintrd- men ~ sto ii rem to faliy li-s co-it :r-oil ion ;ma ad. yet, utpont thatj1 very morinirg in a let tir f hji.--wie ii have readi--hef avowedllii itn u )e of i:, at~ ' thfat hplie iid tise lai natire to ha i own c jimit id, asX hei hadit una a - e h..., bit n ri-ce;n virom-it b-othi uf~i . att. I.......i. U.., I h....,. tbt nay~ company should never have heard the conclu sion of their Colonel's false cba:-ges and in sinuations. I reached the parade ground just a. the companies were dismissed and was in- a formed of what had taken place: my mind j was at once male up, and I determined, let r the cCnseqjuences be what they may, that I , would not folluw a man who had thus abused, vilitied and libelled as gallant a regiment as the world had ever seen. And a large majori ty of that regiment ca:ne to the same conclu sion. But his efforts did not cease here. Instead of yi-lding to the manifest wishes of his com- i ta,'al, he commenced, througrh his agents, a ] low and dirty sv-ten of recruiting, the sue cess of which depended upon the possible effects of intoxicating liquors. Salut day and Sunday were devoted to Baclianali.-ns revels; t and had an attack been made on cith r of those days, many would have fadlen helpless victims to the boundless and uncalculating ambition of Maxcy Gregg. The companies, contrary to his own express orders, published and never countermanded, were divided with. nut the conent of their Captains; and ou Mon'ay, he left the island wit about three hundred and fifty men ; went to Charleston, induced tl.e ladies-or the wife of. one of the field offi. e's, at least to believe that he had with him the 1st Reg't; received a stand cf colors from them-or from her-and now, in Virginia, has the effrontery to sign himself -' Colonel 1st Ieg't. S. C. Volunteers." I have, : s the Captain of one of time cont paies, and Commander of the Regiment, afser its abandonment by the field ollicer , fe:t it my duty to make public the circumn stances attendin: the call made upon us. I ant willing that the public should say wheth er, upon the statements here made, (.an -rn: HAL. is so- YEr -ro.a,) we could, feeling .md thinking as we did, have followed this ti.an to Virginia. I an done for the present. but sbaUl, moot ; robably, make certain reve lations, ere long which while they may as. tonisU many, will satisfy all, that the Gove:nor mae a great mistake in his appoiitintenit ofa Cooel to command the lst Reg't of S. C. Volunteers. F. F. W AILE Y, Capt. " Darlington Guards" And lately Commanding 1st Reg't of S. C. V. Too Good to be Omitted. The best thing that has happened in New York for a month, is thus detailed by the Daily Kcrs of that city : At midnight, hast evening, one of the most astoni.hing occurrences that ever transpired in New Yot k, -to.'k place in Broone street, n- nr! Wal ack's Theatre. A Frenchman, one of four or five that go about the streets sing. nug ditlerent songs, happened to select the .\larseillaise for tie edification of some par. .ies who hailed him in Crosby st. A gang of ,ixteen er seventeen Abol.t:omsts, four of :hem in military uniforms, rushed across from ercer street :ind commenced his.ing, hoot og and abusing the poor vocalist, with the :.uitterness of savages. There were only ive. of his patrons by. lie tried to go on with the most -soul-stirring song of liberty ever comiposed ; but a perict storm if hisses pre -ented him. Exasperated by the ungenerous emd uncalled for demaonstration, he plaintive y protested against the har.,hness used to ward him. "Me be von free Frenchman," he said: 1 Me alwas sing di Marseillaise in Ni ork, and never no one make me stop before. Fy you do dis ting? Napolean rules you not; - tis no crime to slipeak von vord for liberty." "Well we don't want a d-d Southern hymn chanted in these streets," said a tall, lan New Englander, bolder thin his fellows. That, sir." replied a sta!wart, powerful tian, one of the .five that engaged Frenchy, -is thue Marsedllaise, an air wedded to words which all free men reverence." " We hait got no objection to the air it self," teplied one of the opposite party, " but the rebels downt South make it their niatia! anthem, atnd we look upon it as a Southern tune, ami it shan't be aung under our noses, tht's all-" - You d are ntot initerfere, you narrow-minid ed bigot,'' cried the big man, becoming warum, "see here, fellows," hie added, turning to his frieds, "'stand by this poor foreigner, sing ing a song of freedom, and the first tyrant or tyrant's tool that raises a hand to harm hin, will see stars." " That's tile tilk," respond .d the fouir individuals, who came up from ave'said an ho'urago,'nvw let them erc lanik niger worshippers come on, if they feel like t, anmd if we can't make thent dance to the .\arseilaise, theres no Democrats left in CTus awed, the Rep~ublicans fell back, each] f thtem imuttering that "people ha:1 better mnd how they talk secession huere."] "We do ntot talk secession, Sirs," answer el another spokesmant of the Diemocrats. -We speak for individual freedom. Liberty .vas the mtotto ont every banner raised in this] eity-in this nationi-until our Abolition Pres ident was elected. Who has since heard in pubic~ a word about freedom ? At what public ineetintg, since your Captain's famous proclamation, has "liberty" been advocated ? n what late occasion has an American dared to say one syllable for people's rights ?' And nw von thr.,w the mask to the ground, anid conti otut in your true cclors, Yout would ot hear a - southern Ilyn," :s you cal lit ?" Several Yoices--"No, we would niot." -Speaker-" Titen what hymn do you vant ?" All itepublicans-" The Star Spangled Ban Speaker-."' Why, that, too, is a Southern hymn. It was written by a Southern man, at, to music by a Southern itan, and first ung by a Southern tt." The itepublicas-" We don't believe it." Speaker-" IBecause your intelligence and education, like your patriotism, are only skin deep. I tell you what I say is correct. Why, there is nut fire entought in Northern blood to give life to a seng of freedom. Event that b~aner of the stars. which you rant so much about, was conceived by a Southern man, first. mauacttrcd by a Southerni man, and first w from a Soutnern flagstal. IThis took idce when your fGuhleis were probably selling cattle to the Britiah at-mv, that it might I crush out " the rebels,"~ of which onie George Wahigtonu was the chief. lie, too, was a Southern man. But one Benedict Arnold, wa not a Southiertn uatn. lie who sold his countryand betrayed his flag was a New E-:glhn.der-n spirit and feieling the proto type ofi i,'u, whbo now spit upont a countrytmanti ,1 Lafaiyette, because lie breathes sentimnents tO) lofty fior your cranmped cotnceptions. - Do)wn wtihI the rebel," " down with himt," 4 ie him fits," " let ats have butm downt," azd such phrases, saluted the ear of the speker ;but alreadly the parties had be-cume evet. The live front Cr-osby-street htad b~een reiforced, atnd the enthutsiastic mtanuer in1 which the eloquent Democrat handled his opoemls giained hinm a host of admirers. 'Tuey cheered hint lustily, and at 12% o'clock the, filed mob wended its way to Broadway., while the M1arsellaise was sung aloud, chorn-s eh loidly and cheered one huntlred timies. So the right mectal is at the bottoum of our city Democrats alter all, and we are begini nig to rid ourselves of tuob law. About Mr. Unyard of Delaware. PT'miLAn~-mtn, May K.-Senmator B~ay-ard of ~I: warte, arrived in thmis city this mornting fr-om: Wih intgtonm, fearingz aim :ssault upon his p ron at thtat place. lie was accomtpaiedi 'v is two daughtters. The mnob followed himt rut the deipor, wht nt, Ii na!!ly, a police otlicer .mece-ede.l itn gettin;.. hitm (uit oif danager utnno need by lhe c-roild. Aler stayinig a i-hort ti n at he 3ayers ihe left in apri :ne 'a.r 'ye. 3 Mr. B. deniedh havintg been al.; a Mit .tmei-y, bitt .said that he had e mt', N.:w Orcal4n< fi rvate busintess. Tio;- I ihrrst: -ro T.ua : -ru:: UAcrn.-Yes tray mortningi, tinrt mem-tbrs of the New Y i, r Iri...h lie..i''mit, under Col. Coreoran, r :icdI thi city, en ron/e for thlira hnmnis. They represenmt tl.at themir farne w:ts so had thint thley coui!ld i.ot eat iti; biesidles whichI, thy were reqnjuiredl to tatke ant oathf to sitrve brtwo years. To that they demurret-d, aind preferredi rather to retuirn to their homes. Thev statecd that be'tweeni onme amnd two hutn drtil of the- re-gimeint r-fuse-d to take the oath. ;dThe v. :e **:: iheU .-, ejpion if Arkan-as' frem t h diraid Unin was its follows : Fur se Southern Transports 6verhauled at Pensacola. MODi.E, May 8.-The transports Dick Keys nd Henry Lewis, left here yesterday for - 'ensacola, laden with provisions. They ar ived off Pensacola bar about five o'clock P. I., where they were stopped by the United tates steamer Powhattani, boarded by the flicers of that vessel, and their papers and argo examined. Commodore P.. _r then granted them per tission to proceed to Pensacola, remarking lsc hat he thought Bragg missed the use of the oats for conveying his troops to Santa Rosa sland, and that they would be badly whipped fter Bragg. got them there. While the Dick Keys and the Henry Lewis hi. rere rounding to and getting under weigh, en he United States sloop-or-war Brooklyn came p, and ordered them to follow her to the rigate Sabine. Through soine misunder tending, the Dick Keys had got under weigh Cl br the bar, when the Powhattan and Brook- tli yn both fired across her bow. nt She then rounded to, when boats with yt armed inen came alongside and were put aboard of her. The transports were then ompelled to lay under the guns of the Sabine, mtil this morning, when Lieut. Browun en- " lorsed upon their papers a warning not to as tenpt an entrance of the harbors, as they a could be seized, the ollicers and men were cut North as prisoners of war, and the boats Y old as prizes. The Powbattan followed the Dick Keys and ,he henry Lewis on their return home, until A hey passed the mouth of the Perdido river. d They arrived here safe this evening. Baltimore News. BAun1rotru:, Mn., May lth.-It is rumored hi lere that the mountaini forests, on the Mary- C and side of the Potomac river, have been in ired. IT Eight hundred Kentuckian and Virginian Ii roops have been ordered to the batteries at to leIlerson, on the Jaies River. From the Charleston Courier. More Taoops for the Capital. P1 RICnHrMoND, May 10.-Large bodies of Uni- ti ed States troops left Bultimore yesterday for et hvashington. The Northern papers reluctant- w y acknowledge the connercial interests as ni rting to wreck and ruin. The Journal qf ti Cmuerce exposes the lie about Anderson roing to Washington with four nuillions in a specie. lie took wi'.h hint only two hundred hounsanl dollars. The New York Herald's W Washington correspondent reports the capture " f a privateer by the harriet Lane off Vir- d inia Capes. Upon being chased, the crew of hie privateer abandoned her in boats. The re-sel's name had been effaced. It is announced that a corps d'uriee will d dross the Potomac and enter Virginia at. no v histant (ay. Secretary Chase has issued w soother order to Western Collectors to refuse g learances for ports in seceded-States, and to h search diligently for arias and munitions of _. vart and stop all supplies of provisions, etc., o. 2n the Mississippi. Passengers from Wash- t ngton represent a terrible state of affairs. Mouses are broken open and pillaged by the soldiers; females are insulted on the streets mid in their own houes; imnnocent ci izens ire threatened with brutality on the merest pretext of suspicion. The soldiers are repre tented as a drunken, thieving, ungovernable snob. Crw. 1)ennison, of Ohio, has called for one hundred thousand more volunteers. - -.-0.-"--s --- Interesting from the Seat of war. A.::utous, Mn., May 10.-.About twenty shots were exchanged between the Confeder ste forces arid the piequet guardi at Campr B~utler last night. The Baltimore Western train was stopped and examined by the Vir- w ~inmia troops, ten miles West of Frederick. G fhe same will be done to all the Western trains. Four hundred Virginia troops arec trongly posted for this purpose.0 A train of Western cars, with a lot of horses ind one hundred beeves, bound to Baltimore, tt was captured at Harper's Ferry.u Tennessee Declared Out. NAsurviu.r.:, May 8.--Tennessee is now de :lared out of the Federal Union (subject to a v rote of the people on the 8th June,) and a nilitary league has been Ark.unrtieti the ~euislature-the war expenses to be borne by CI lieSouthe-rn Confederacy. The armry is to hr se under the Confederate authorities.E The convention of alliance is to be sub- tu nitted to the people. Thue Legislatuire also m, )5assed a muilitary bill, calling for 55,000 truops, to ued appropriating $5.000 000.---2,00,000 e >Ositively, and $3000,000 conditionally. a Warlike Reports fromt St. Louis. Watsrnio-roN, May 1lith.-It, is rumiored iere that. a force of~ Missouri State troops, eo mnder Gov-. Jacksorn, were investing St. Louis, Lnd that Blair, with eight thousan rd men, was lerending the city. Marylaad Legislature. n BAJ.-runonr., Mn., May 11.-LIt the Legris ature of this State, the Committee onr Fedeiral C lelationis reported: declaring the war of the te \dmirnist ration unconstitutional; synmpathi- b< irng deeply with the S->uth, aind imploring \be to accept the olive branch of peace. held mnt by thne Confederate States. Tfhe report Iso a'sks for ar peaceaile recognition of South- up r indepenidenice, an say that the present m uilitary occupation of Washrinrgtorn City is a am lagrant violation of the Constitution, and ad- , 'ises the citizens of Blaltimoture irot to molest, he Federal troops passinrg th rouigh Baltimore. Rleinforcemenit of Fortress Monroe, Virginia. e UberToN, MASS., May 1Ilth.-The steanmer F 'embroke inas sailed henice with reinforce- ia, tents, provisions and mrunitions of wvar for ~ortre-ss Monroe'.t Col. Dimmnick, at the Fortress, was eugaged t i nmounting Columbiads arid barbette guns ti it the land side of the fort.t '[oveimnts of Southern Troops in Vir Wasnsr;oN, Maiy 1Ith.-Large tnurbers. f Cunitederate States troops are concenitra inig at Alexandria, Va. They have with 'C herr some heavy ordtnance. - u Another large force of Confederate States ti roop~s is omarchinig towar ds Harper's Ferry, tL ~a., anid it is supposed that theyi will force a heir way into P'enrnsylvania, in order to fi ause a diversion of thre Federal troops. F-lrtg Presentation- hi The Couxiutionalist of Sunday says :" A lai runmner* was piresenited to the Edgefield Ran- te ;es at Beacah lslanrd yesterday, and was the ,e iccasion of some very agreeable exercises- hi The presentationt s-peech was made by Mr. Yin. Atkinson, of~ Beach Island. There was also a fine barbecue, at which i everal speeches were made, and a numbrer ofe ;ood thintgs, of~ course, were said, and many' niore ate. I Geni. Haininotd aho made a speech, which hi vams well received. ai The Edgefield Hnissars, anid tire Rtichumond ur, Iussarts, of this city, were piresenit by invita- *a ion. rmi Trhere were also several of the fair daughm- u ers of Carolina present, andi~ sonic timte was. pent in " trippinrg it on the light fantastic oe." Th'le e~ntire all',ir, we r.tnderstamnd, pa~sed alf' iheat-antly, andti satisfaicrily to all conternedi. L Our militamry netighbo~rs should pay otir city ~ visit, for paradue." Tri m: rgr Caorms.-So far as we cani gath. tl 'r fromi our exchnang~e, the pro'pects for rhteat and1 (at crops' seem~i to be very flatter rig. Iin our own I )istrict we think a greater unrtity thIan ordhinary- has been sown, arid so ar :n~ omir ob~servatin hias extendned aitd ini uirin's have been made, we are satisfied, if no ot aijlirtunne bef.ill-s thme growing -erop. t:ere ht gill ber the nmost abndaint wheat, crop gather- P' di thamt mme have luad for years.-Cheater I :1 itanidard. o " Thme Ne w York Znuaves, nrow in Washing- hi mun, entur pO ivato (wellinug.. .evy trilbunte of time h iinimius.,kdennind q urrs and. (-ruify: thme fenales- tii I.heimr Co.el- Ellsn.rth, Ihas iinnd a eirdl, it a hrich lie t xpresse- his regret at the unsioldierlike su.,. of imi moan. ARTHUR SINm NO, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, *18G1.C: Postpons d. We have been compelled for some time to defer idry communications. Next week, however, hope to give all a showing. .t. Resigned. Ilon. D. F. Jamison, Secretary of War in the ecetive Council, of South Carolina, has tendered r resignation ; and Governor Pickens, with high comiums, has accepted it. Retired. Mr. J. M. CAunozo publishes a card in the arleston papers, announcing his retirement from e Ecening Ncow,:. Mr. CAnoozo has been con eted with the press of Charleston nearly fifty a rs. Notice. There will be an election of Officers for the Edgefield Hussars," on next Saturday, the 1 Sth, those now in office will resign on that day with iew of re-organizing for the Confederate ser ve. The Volunteer Corp: * Which Messrs. M. W. GAa,1t. W. Tomi Ktss, V intLo\(, J. M. iiARnISON ud others are en. avoring to form, will, we understand, proceed Wednesday the 22d inst., at this'plaee, to or nize, elect oficers, &c. About sixty gentlemen ve already connected themselves with .is rps, and (.thers have promised to do so. Juug from the material of the list of its members, are satisfied that this Company will reflect nor on our noble old District should an oppor nity be offered them to test their metal. Geo. A. Oates & Bro. This old and estimable Augusta house is still irsuing the even tenor of its way, in books, sta 2ery, music, and musical instruments. Long tablished and conversant by varied experience th the wants of a Southern Market (Charlesto ans themselves) Messrs OATs I Buo. are con aually striving to meet those wants. In spite the hard times, they are still ready, and still Ivertise the public that they are so. That's the y to buffet the waves. Always keep your pen. in at the prow, that people may know whether c crew is dead or alive. Good Things. The ladies of the ltione have our thanks for icious strawlberrics. And Mrs. C. E. I. of this lluge made our table attraetive the other day ith a dish of fine early Irish potatoes. How ,od they were in their young plumpuess ! And ,w elegantly followed up by the dessert of large rawberries. Some things are better than others, pecically when woman's kind thoughts attend em'. .t+ +l The Confederate Light Guards. This new Volunteer Company proceeded to or Lniso on Saturday, when the following gentle en were elected. A. M. Peanx, Captain. E. M. PasY, 1st. Lieutenant. Hl. B. (iAr.LsAN, 2nd. Lieutenant. .1. War.vn H ILL, 3rd. Lieutenant. M. B. WAno, Orderly Serg't. A. ti. TE:ACrE, Surgeon. F. M. NICUOLAS, Secretary and Treasurer.. By Request. To gratify our friends of the Eidgefield Rifleeri republish Capt. WAn!.EY'S attack upon Cul. IEGG. In doing so, we cannot do less than ask e public to suspend their judgment until Col. tREo shell have been heard from. We do no y that lie it not liable to censure; but we de hesitatingly assert that up to the time of hii idertaking this service, no man in South Caroli has preserved a clearer or a brightor escutcheon. Shocking Fatality. On Saturday Iast as Wu. A. MUnnEL.r, of thiu einity, was about attacking CISLEY McGEur.m deavoring to take the pistol from Munnr.L wht d the butt of it, it went off, instantly killing :0E-~ McCAan-v, a by-stander. The unfor nate man was a kind-hearted, industrious Irish an, and leaves an niilieted wife to mourn his 's. The ball entered the right breast, and death sued in a very few mir.utes. Mt-unzti:L. was rested and is now in prison. Negro Quarters. In times like these, we doubt the prudence of ying negroes quartered on farms without tite person to supwrintend them. The plnces e yt to becomae the resorts of night-walkers, al mh become the unsuspected harhorage of schief,-especially when these farms are not thin the scope of strict patrol surveillance. .-tant patroling would reiove apprehension a great extent ; and this, at least, shotuld not neglected in cases of the sort. rThose Powder Mills". See the letter of Mr. Woonum, answering a estion of the Charleston Courier. Mr. W., w in the S. 6. Army, is a citizen of P' -kens, d was our (sometimie) Copt. Chor. Ihs lacte a no doubt cuirrect, and should not be overlook by the proper authorities. General R., U. M. Dunovant. General Iu:ALena.tn, in enumerating the offi rs who rendered efficient aid in the affair of rt Sumter. mentions U.sr.eral Deyovat-r 6:st, due to his rank. lie was also first~in another ,nt of view. lie was first in devoting himself the active duties of the campiaign. And he has questionably been ever amongst the first in con iuous exertions for the speedy success of the it of South Carolina. Hie has also beetn among e very last to leave his post anid seek a tempora. repoe in the retirement of his home. Froni e 20th Diecenmber unitil the taking of Fort Sum r, General Dtaov.r did not once leave the ee of strife andl danger. And even since the l of that Fort, it has only been within thu lasi o weeks that he eoubl bring himself to suspenm e responsibilities of his honorable charge. Fo: rew days lie has bieen with his family in Edge Id, hut is gone back again to the duties of hii The State owes much to Gheneral DuxovAixr for apro~mptituide, reail, anid efficiency during the t three or fonr eventful months. With charae ristic modesty, lie has directel1 his endeavors ti Luring the best results without a thought of iself as the highest in commnand oin Sullivan' hand. Indifferent to a place in the gazettes, hi s labored to work out the first chapter of South. i success with all hianuls at the wheel. We bt if another nian coiulid have been selected, as I sited to the 1.osition lie has so worthily and norable filled, it cannot be that his militar~ ilities, inow impri.ved by a glorious experience, u to be dispensed with in the further prosecution tie war,-we mecan, ini its active, oniward prose tii. It is a tinie whien all snch mnen as (ieneral nay.4I-r lionbh he assignied their proper places the Southern line of battle. is ie ta South Carolinian I The Wasbinigtin ,S'mr hats repoirted a visit of tar's Frontier tiuard to Ltscom.x in the White inuoe(at Washing ton. Onae Col. VAruAu.4 is said havn been the spokesmian of the interview on ' ar of the ciimpanay, and represented himsel being a native Sonth Carolinian. Is it so ? Fiathier and Son. The Charleston XMry says: " Dr. LmF.u.n, merly of the Suuth Carolina College liut now New York, has been making a .-peech, in whicb .ives it as his opiniiin that these who partici tea ii the att:ack oni Sumter, on the 12th anid h April, are traitors. We are hnappay to inform r readers that the State Geoliigist, OscAn La-. it, Eseg., has shown his purpose of identifying umclf with the fortunes of the Palmetto State staning at his gun like a birave oman during entire tight, a relpected member of Capt. o'"Columibia Artlillery." f that is treason, the Doctor will have to make . malt of it. Troops in Encampment. The 7th Regiment S. C. Volunteers, Col. T. G. BAcox commanding, is most eligibly encamped on a ridge about five miles below Aiken and a mile from the S. C. Railroad. It is called Cninp Pickens, and i, at once well shaded, well watered, healthful and convenient. From several who are here on furlough, we receive very cheering ac couts of the condition of the men, their progress in the drill &c., &e. Brigadier General McGOWAN and Staff are there, and SLOA\'s Regiment was expected. The troops are amply supplied with all the necessaries and home of the comforts of !ifu. In a few weeks they will be ready for the hloil. From present aipearane'es they will he needed, and as many more (it may be) in a very short time. Let every man set his house in order, that he may take the tented field in his turn. The Big Wars. ON another page we copy an article from the New York Econ iut (hitherto a sensible journal) which will go far to disperse the last lingering doubts as to the universality of the war in America. The Eronea.ndt with the rest has lost its reason and joined in the general howl. It is evidently the howl of desperation in view of the downfall of Northern interests and Northern power. Unless the most intense and untiring human exertion shall be stayed and crushed by some sudden in terposition not yet apparent, the cuooliduled North is upon us in full force. We copy such ar ticles to awaken the last slumberer amongst us, and that ccery mnuc may begin in time to prepare for the worst. Thus prepared, and thus only, are we safu. War and The Sabbath. The Saviour of the world taught and demon strated that " the Subba&th ice nwe for nan and not 'wn fur the Sabbath." He did things on that day which the. Jews pronounced unlawful, and justified himself on the simple broad ground that . was a work of necessity. The commentator, Scorr, speaking of the rule laid down in the text, says: "Every regulation respecting it (the Sab bath) should be interpreted according to this gen eral rule; so that, when a strict ubservance of the external rest would be injurious, either to indi viduals or in an enlarged and 'complex view of the subject; the Lord of the Sabbath bath grant ed a license to dispense with it, but not on any other account." With this view of the subject, which now prevails throughout Christendom, wars (which are a necessary 'evil) always result in frequent interruptions of the Sabbath as a day of rest. So do civil revolutions, where days are as months, and much has to be conceived, per fected and executed in a very limited space of time. Thus it is that our Conventions throughout the South have been working on the Sabbath as well as on other days. So too have our soldiers been using that day in leborious service; and should the storm of war burst, battles may be fought, as heretofore, on the Sabbath. But let our troops remember that the Lord of the Sab bath is also the God of Battles; and while they use His day for inevitable war, let them use it in the fear of God. So shall they have less of the fear of man before their eyes. It is gratifying and encouraging to know, that from the beginning of this strife the Southern people, in their Conventions, in their Legislatures, in their primary assemblies, and upon almost all occasions connected with the progress of the revo lution, have evidenced a profound sense of their dependence upon Almighty strength and wisdom. And now, in appealing to arms they also appeal "to the God of Hosts." It is strictly true too, that our battalions are accompanied the battle.feld ,by the devoted servants of the Cross,-that single companies are often so attended, and a few of them are actually commanded by those who were their pastors at home. It has well been said, with the mild but firm assurance of faith, that such a people can never be conquered. "Nothing but a Soldier." It was the remark 'of one who had seen service, when asked how he managed to tollerate the sub serviency of strict military discipline,-" Why, air, I'm nothing hut a soldier." There is no lack of spirit or of wisdom in the sentiment when pro eo he used when wanted and thrown aside when used,-a slave for whom anything will do and even nothing most sometimes su~iee. But it does mean that " a soldier," to be a soldlier. must be alt sol dier. And this involves not only the ability and the will to tight, but the spirit of implicit obedience to discipline. We knew a.,gentlenman in days gone by. who was extremely nice in all his ways at home, and exactingly particular as to his comforts. Travel ling with him once throughout a long journey, we observed that no member of the party encountered the discomafurts of diet, bedding. staging, &c'., with half his equanimity. At length somle one ventured to ask him (he was not ordinarily a very approacaldle man) how it was that he never made a murmur of chmlalint. " Oh. sir." said he very goodhuouredl," I'm nothing tsit a passen ger." This is the counterpar't of the soilier's lan guage, in one aspect, and will illustrate its wisdom. It consists in simply mnaking up one's Isind to en dure the inconveniences of any untertaking. The soldier, like the passenger, has set 'ut upon an enterprire which has its unavoidable h~ar'5hips, its provocations, and its actual sufferings, lHe must therefore forget, for the time, every thing that by contrast may make these evils m'. grievous. ]le must leave at home, both his c'rea. tore comnforts and his habits of comimand. He must in a wvord be " nothing but a soldier." And what is it to he a genuine soldier in times like these and in a cause like ours ? It is to bi' a patriot-hero of the purest stamp. The Torndo. A friend writing us from Shattertield in 'this District, on Wednesday last, says: "A terrible tornado passed this section on .onday about two, o'clock, which was' very decs trucive-houseS, fences and trees were p'rostraterd iefore it, and' the whole country over which it tissed seems a pserfect wreek. Several persoans are seriously hurt, but as yet I hear of' none killed. The injury tio crops and p~lantations is uimense. It exteonded about one mile in width. and twenty in length is us far as I have heard from. Yours, &e, J. C." Caleb Rebuked. The Boston J/esad puts forth the fiedlowing: " It is said that Caleb Cushintg appliedI in person to ov. Andrews for a commnisvion the oilier dlay, nd the reply of the Giovernior was, "Wh'lat a commission to the owner of the vessel which tirst histedl a a'ecessiion flag in the harbor of Charles t'n ? It wiold freeze the lcart and palsy the arms of the siildiers of Massachusetts to think of such a thing." Latest From Indes. The following derectaible mocrceau graces the telegraphic corner of a Northern paper. It was already piatent to all, that ,e'cysioni would break up this corrupt old Union; lint noine of uas hail hearl before. thtat it was likely ilSo to disrupt Ilude. Roll on thec ball. H Angts, May 4. 1cill. To IrF' DAvis AND) CoXI'nivnAvi5, Moiitgomi In the event oaf your dleath in the reb~elliion you have created, yo~u iare hereby notified thiat a coun cil of our legimns hiave decided on " closed doors" ainint you:. It has beeni otir policy heretofore to, pe wide te gates to all recruits; but "' Seces si" is so abhorrent a doctrine, that wo canno't adlmit it. You will please take ntice that this I,,e/ckadue will he madiie eiective ferni this anate. Per order of his Satanic Majesty. CAITr. Ktoi (the pirate), Secrectary'. Dr. J. B. Courtney. For the infornationi of the tmany friends and patrons of Dr. J. B. Coenmyat, we are authorized t announce that he is now on duoty in Captain B.s's"96~ JIIlonen,"-h'ut that whien the wars are all over, and p~ence once more restored, the Doctor (p.rovidhed he gets through safe and sound, and we hopio so.) will he agiiin at his post lpre ared to execute all work in the dentist's line, with his usual skill and promptness. pgr Liauiar, Brothers & Co., dry goods mer chants of Baltimore, have started a house in Richmond. They represent the bausiness of Bal imro as rtined, and say thitt many of the mer ccants of that city would remove if they could J gl tel goad away. Ninety-Six Riflemen. Captain BLAND, of the Xinety-S.r Rifemen, furnishes for publication the following list of his a company, showing its present condition. T If other Captains of Edgefield companies will K send us similar statistics, it will give us pleasure to publieh them. They will be useful for future a reference. th Officers. -" Captain,-EL.DERT BLAND. in Firts Lieu tenaut,-SmEw.ian IIARnISON. Second " Jounsos A. B.Asn. Third " JAN. A. DoztRa. . ri Orderly Searg't.,-H. W. Ainsos. . 2nd., " M. B. WY.vEn. 3rd., " A. B. Bti r 4th., " N. J. MILEs. 5th., " Joan C.inwan. .First Corporl.-Mosas lHARIS. st Second " Ricu. Gfaoony. p, Third " D. P. VAUGIIAx. r< Fourth " R. M. Cocca. ti Fifth " D. W. CluarsAN. Sixth " C. A. MATHIs. C Pr, cate.. It J. T. Adams, Jack Green, H. H. Prescott, w John Allman, John Green, L. J. Prescott, F Jas. Allman, M. Grice, . J. A. Radford, Thus. Barton, J. T. Ilagood, J. D. lRamey, e B. uoatwright, B. T. Hatcher, F. E. Randall, n W. S. Boyce, T. T. Hill, C. N. Randall, il P. H.Broadwater, L. Hlolsonbake, S. Riddle, J. H. Braxton, E. Iolsunbake, S. B. Ryan, John Bushy, J. P. Horn, B. G. Ryan, ) John Carpenter, L. S. Johnson, J. L. Salter, o B. .1. Cogburn, S. A. Jones, W. Samuela, W1. 11. Cogburn, L. W. Littleton, M. Samuels, u J. P. Courtney, J. B. Long, S. Sheppard, . h J. B. Courtney, W. R. Long, W. J. Smith, E. I[. Covar, G. W. Lott, T. Stevenson, W. Crawford, J. C. Lovelace, A.Swearengen, r John DeLoach, B. F. Mays, R. Swearengen, C .as. Early, P. B. McDaniel, E. Toney, J. N. Edny. , Simt. McDaniel, J.W. Whitlock, W. M. Eidson R. L. Mims, Rich. Willing, c B. W. Fair, S. Murphy, L. Withersley, i it. J. Glover, J. A. Nicholson, J. P. Whitman, e L. Gomillion, Robt. Powell, J. B. Woolsey, C. M. Gray, Sr., M. McP. Wright, B P. Williams, C. M.Gray, Jr., W. Whitlock. t Detached. c W. II. Burrell-Col.'s Orderly, L. Covar-Ostler, M. Leibeschultz-Col.'s Sec'ry. E. T. Davis,-Commissary Sorg't. N Discharged upon Surgeon's certificate of disability. f L. B. Wever. WI m. E. Hobbs, Larkin G. Swear- b engen, Alfred llutcher. The Home Journal Succumbs. This literary paper has succumbed to the out- a side pressure of the New York rabble, and now I deserves to be universally repulsed at the South. h The Edgetield Advertiser was recently. taken to I task for insinuating that there was the least indi cation of a lack of independence in that quarter; a and, fearing our surmise might be unjust, we , promptly made the amende honorable. But we o find in the last number of the Journal a paragraph i. which is not oily a pandering to the North but an a insult to the.South. If the editors could be sup- e posed to know what they are talking about, we should pronounce their assertions (which we itali n cize) sheer mendacity. As it is, the inquiry forces d itself upon us, what could have super-induced the amazing stupidity that dictated such a statement? Here it is: " The young lady who sends us the agreaable letter from which the following extracts are taken, is under a very natural illusion as to who would b be the majority of her " patients." should she e officiate as " Florence Night.ingale" to the oppos ing army. To her glowing imagination that army is cotuposed entirely of such --Southerners" as a she has danced with in New-Yo"rk, or passed the season with,.nt Newport and Saratoga. But very different classes are the "clay-entera" and " alli patora," the " erneer." and other " erhte trash," r (nts they thtemselves enll thema,) ,rlhoforma the ,ni bualk and luty4 of the csamneon dihry. H1er former friends are but the few oficers and leading men. who have hadl the training and meians of gentle- 1 men; and to such, as prisoner or wounded enemy, it will be pleasure to minister kindness and mercy. But the lower grades are .cntrcely Ahunun-so, much morce dIegratded thcan any el'sa with which uny lady is likely to have conme in contact, that the nursing of them would be indeedl a duty mis placed." Women of the South ! whose husbands, brothers, fathers, eons, and cousins. 'are to be found throughout the ranks here villiied ! will you tol erate a paper in your parlors that thus wantonly attesn.pyts to traduce ourougher sollier y? Gen it is nevertheless true that there are thotteands of our soldier. who are their equals in manho,,d. honor, patriotism, piety, generosity, valor,--in every thing indeed, unless it be their long-prac tised crafts of gossipry and song-making. Chess Problem. As chess is somtewhat akin to the strategy- of war, an occasional prolem~ nmay serve to amuse some tunents of idlleness ini Camp. We pre-ent the following to Capt. B., of the Rif~, and See retary L., of Col. B.ecox's famnily. wit!Tr:. White to play, and~ mate in four tmove-. Well Put, Capt.-'raenv, in receiving a flag presentu-d to the Po 'etto GuiardI by the ladies of Uharles. tonu, tittered .am truthful antd glowing sentiments. A passage is 'cewith quoted, strongly presenting the piositio~n ot 'a Soiuth: " The cause in which we are ongaged '. sacred and just. The PresI dent of our Confe''-ry the Governor of our State, and our Generar in commsand, aire eapablet brave and true. No gree for conqutest, nor thirst for fatme, like that of him tus Eatgles floated in I triumph over every Eur-i. capital, defyin both burnittg sand and frocen 'tlement ; no, lustI of power like that of him who -'gd no h Rubicon's frowtning flood, saerillL Romeni and l her liberties to self; no unholy atmbit. . like thatT of the A thenian duped by the persuasive tandish ments and resistless attractions of the ''utiful Aspasia ; no reckless disregard, nuor wanton dif-C ference to the calamities of war ; no arrogant 'rE boastful spirit, no vile nor poilluted passion, inat Vi gates their zeal or determaines their course. This ne is a war of self-defence tand of principle ; of prin-2 eiple purified and refined by the holy tires iof an enthtusiastic patriotism; a war waged lby men who put their htearts andl consciences itt every b~low they deaal, " who know thneir rights, and knowing daro maintain." " The statesmen of this Rtevoltion are no vain social theosrists, intoxiented with wild Utopian dreuams. No Kossuth, no Mazzitni. no Louis Blitne is amonitg them. In stuch hnds riot and confusio~n wonlbl have ensued, and A4narcby, with torch, stake and senffold-blo,,d,blarrienadeandlgtnillotine, wouldl have driveni her blood-stained c'harlot wheels over the runs of the Confederacy." "Knowing fiull well that " Liberty without law loses its natitre and becomes licentiousneses," these atcompi1limhed architects girded up their loins for I their mighty work, and have estaiblishedl a system of governmtent which may now continue tuntil the stars grow dim, a pyratuid of light amid monu- I mtenta of genius and triump~hs of intellect." True, to the letter !It has been no fleFA for thei reckless or even the impulsive. Statesmen.judlges, jurists, finnceiers, the age antd conservatismn of the I country, have combineid to achieve the mighty I change, unader the blessinig of God. As we lhars been powerftul in cotuncil, so toay wre be terrible I gwg Some of the papers in Pennsylvania, it, is aid, have adopted as a mottos " Beauty and Booty," calling.attention to the fact that Baltimore and Richmond are celubra ted for their beautiful women, and that they will b~e a part of the rewardl of vie tory. Death's heads and cross bones are markedE on some of the Northern Sags bearing stare andj setrine. Miscellaneous Items. gg The Butler Guards," a gallant ceps from reenville District, arrived safely in Virginia on iesday evening last, and were attached to Col. ershaw's Regiment. ?P The impression seems pretty decided in jWest that there will soon be a tight between e Lincoln troops at Cairo and the Kentucky and nnessee volunteers. The latter are mustering large force. r The New York Independent hatches out e following infamous slander : "The last lot of :e sent over to Fort Sumter by the Charleston ns was largely mixed, fur the purpose of poisou g the garrison." ga- Great complaint is made here (says the et York Tribune) that those now called on to pply provisions, &c., for the Government at this sint, can get no pay, and are compelled to bor w money at ruinous rates to answer the requisi una of the Navy and War Department. !l A society, to be called the "Sisters of the unfederate Army," has been formed in New Or ans, for the purpose of aiding and nursing sick ounded officers and soldiers. There are many lorence Nightingales among the brave, true heart I daughters of the South, and our gallant soldiers ill not lack for any comfort they can precure temit. # We regret to learn (says the Augusta _epublic of Friday) that Mr. James L. Coleman this city, was run over by the train yesterday ear Aiken and instantly killed. The particulars ave not transpired. 3" The Postal Department at Montgomery is :ady to take charge of the mails any moment ongrese may order. The office is provided with al, books, blaiks, routes, and clerical force, amplete. No detentions of mails need be feared consequence of any policy the Lincoln Gov rnment may adopt. - Majdr Robert Anderson, late of Fort Sum er, is at present in Washington city, and bat rnsented to take command of the Kentucky rigade of Lineolnites. p " Gov. Letcher's proclamation directing the irginia troops to remain at home till called out or service is misunderstood at Washington and y 'the people of the North, who regarded it as an timation that Letcher was receding. 1! The New York papers are teeming with ecounts of regiments being ,uatered into service. afore long they will have a chance of recording ow they were peppered out of service.-Evoning rows. _r The Woodsocket (R. I.) Patriot gives an ecount of a tremendous thunder-clap which artled the good citizens of that place almost out f their "seven senses" the other day. A lady, i speaking of the event, said her first thought fter the thunder-clap, was, "Jeff Davis has ome." p,& It is stated in a Cincinnati paper, on'the uthority of a member of the Cabinet, that a few ays after the inauguration an agent was sent to urolo to purchase 500.000 stand of arms, and sey are now arriving by every steamer at New 'ork. p. Mr. Schott, of Nashville, Tenn., is now usily engaged in the manufacture of percussion aps. The Gazette learns that arrangements have cen perfected by which they can be turned out t the rate of 20,000 per day. This will keep the outbern army supplied for some time to come. A Northern paper says: " It is currently sported in Philadelphia that the hardy regimeuta ow mustering in Maine, New Hampshire and 'ermorrt, will he concentrated, as soon as possi Ie, at the Navy Yard, Porstmnouth, New Hamp hire, and shipped to some impuortant point neat ~harleston, S. C. It is undeniable that, at the ~avy Yards of Charlestown and Portsmouth Sc. ive preparations are makinig to send out a fleet, nd, of course, it will not start until it is well miannedl." For the Advertiser. rines to the Memory of Laura A. Penn. Too lovely foir this sin-stained earth, Was she who captured every heart ; None knew, but loved her gentle worth : Her life wae.Love, the greater part. Hecr thrilling voice we'll hear no more;: Hecr speaking eyes no longer bright ; But where angelic anthems pour, There Laura dwells in realms of light. The Mother of the early dead, To Earth by many a tie still bound, Full many a hitter tear will shedl O'er that green turf--her sacred mound ; Yct as thou weep'st remnembler too She has escatpcd all toil and strife; The real grief, the dream untrue, That muarks each phase of human life. 11er Father too once proudlly catled, That earth-cared jewel all lhis own;: Though now bereavedl, by gloomn enthralled, li-r life bath on thy pathi o'tce .whone. Think of her oft with those who still Around thee spread Hlope's joyous ray ; Be glad, and sink into '1'.o will Of Him who said - * im the Way." We miss thy smile, fair gentle one, That oft on us its light bath shed ; Thou wert called home o're from the sun One ray of Hope or Joy bad led. Thou only saw Love's sunny May, Thy glimpses osf life brighat as brief; When ushered to eternal day. Thy cruan bud not one autumn leaf. Fur the Advertiser. " Is there a Powder Mall in South Carolina I" This Is a renmarkable question asked in the iarleston ('u'ri-. this morning, and I must say at I am surprised at it, when it is so well known the people of the tup-counatry thst there are two sweier Mills in snee.sful opueratio~n in Pickens istrict, and have been f',r two or three years. is :nore a tmatter of surprise to me, fromg the ut that there have been such fescilities offered to e public to b~e better informed upon this subject. sere has been an advertisement in the Keowee arer, offering for sale powder made at the lutth Caru'lina Mills, three mi!es east of Pickens 11., for the last year, and also R. A. Troarsux, !q., the Editor, has called attention to the ad. rtisemaent etditorally- several times ;-still it is tknown. Divers articles have appeared in the alhalla Bonner and BJue Rid1e llerald, deacrip ->f the active operations of these mitts. And n I a or '59 1 wrote a long article descriptive of hs ls which was published in the Edgefield ilsa.-also an article descriptive of the oelin at", nel Hill, which I publishaed in the 'terprae in May IMO ; and I also wrote an arthm F~~.ra in ' Jan.. 15th for the Athena (Ga.) eewihws to Dr. Moonr. on the caame sub eorgia. And stilI -dy cop~ied bsy the Press of 9'unrier tasks with seeming ,,,,ne '-steea:ler mill in South Caro I amt truly lod to excha. . !ol. Cuntars' of the lli-nrelo nao ..the languatge of hat the Sothern peopole are nY ati .e se a conuceal their light under a bm 'l sti i There is a Powder Mill situated" utrance of the Tunnel ona the Blue f' .estern toad, with thirty copper vessels, and Roi arning out a great quantity of excellentp . twas duly patronised. This mill Is the prq f J. M. Osrannonrr', Esq. His address is4y iala, S. C. There is also anotber mill loeate hree miles east of Pickens C 11., cnlled the South Carelina Mills," and iwned by Messrs. owas & Co., which also masefactures an excel. mnt articeo of rifle or blastlg powder. I have ried the powder from ho'. of these mills andI :now it to be good. I write this article for the sole purpose of in-. >rming the public upo/his miomaent-,us question, -a question which is e vtal interest to the South. rn Confederacy at ty' time.. C. H. A. WOODWIN. Fort Johnson, 5)., May 6th 18Cr. LATEST NEWS. Colision-of Troops.Near St. Louis, Mo. ST. Louis, May 12.-Yesterday Gen. Frost's brigade of militia at Camp Jackson, surrendered upon demand, to the Federal troops. They were offered to be released on parole, but that was de clined, on the ground that taking the oath would imply.tbat they had been in arms against the Fed eral authorities, which they denied. While the State troops were drawn up between two lines of Federalist volunteers, stones were thrown and pistols tired at them, one shot taking effect in a leg of Capt. Blanlowskey. This aOi cer, in falling, gave the order to fire, which was obeyed. Two women and several children were killed, and about twenty other persons wounded. The greatest excitement prevails in this city, and the Republican newspaper ofices are threatened with destruction by an exasperated populace. Another Tragedy in St. Louis. Sr. Louis, Mo., May 12.-Another tragedy oc curred here last night. The Hou.e Guards [Black Itepublican',] were marching through the streets, followed by a crowd of people, who hissed and hooted at them, when a boy discharged .a pistol. in the rear of the coznpany. The company thereat fired upon the crowd. The whole column was thrown into confusion, breaking ranks, and tiring down their own line, as well as among the crowd on the side walks. Four soldiers and four citizens were killed, and many were wounded. Great excitement prevals in the city. Gen. Harney has issued a proclamation-expres. sing his regret at the present state of affairs here and says that the military under his- command will only be used in the last extremity; and he hopes not to be compelled to declare martial law. To avoid excitement, the Regulars will be used to aid the local authcrities. The surrender of Camp Jackson caused great excitement in the Legislature. " The military bill passed both Houses. The State Treasury has been removed, as well as the powder purchased by the State. The citizens are enrolling themseks in a Home Guard, in obedience to a special call of the Gov ernor. One thousand Illinois volunteers are stationed at Caseyville, 7 miles distant. Virginia Union Convention, &c. ALExANDRIA, May 13.-The Convention of Northwestern Virginia, met to-day, at Wheeling, for the purpose of forming a separate State. It is rumored that thirty counties are represented. The procee-ings are not yet known. Virginia and United States troops are rapidly concentrating at Harper's Ferry. All defensible points are occeupied and fortified by Virginians. A fight is anticipated. Gun Captured by U. S. Troops. ELicoTT's MILLS, Md., May 12.-The steam gus presented to the Government of the Confederate States by Mr. Winans, of Baltimore, was captured here to.day by the Federal troops. The Niagara Blockading Charleston harbor. The Charleston Xlercury confirms the presence of the Niagara off Charleston. On Sunday morning thebark Iflija (Liverpool) was boarded by a boat commanded by Lieut. R. L. May, who informed the Captain (among other things) that 100,000 men had been landed on the coast of Louisiana. The endorsement made by him on the Hilja'e papers ran thus: "B1oarded May 12thi., and ordered off the erhole S9outherna coaet of the United Mtates of Anmerica, it being! blockaded." Pilot LOCK~WOOn left the lilja about 10 o'clock, and reached the city in his skiff, acc'mpanied by a valuable boat hand, who remained faithful, al bhough appearances indicated that the boy had only to open his mouth, when he might have had a passage to some other place than " Dixie's Land." The IHiljs went off during tlie day, and will proceed to the British Provinces. -Durtugn'itseme day the British ships Mon moanthi and Genecral Prkhill were ordered off. Fromi the CJ.arle'.'on ekren:ry. From Richmoend, Washington, ,re. Ricnaosa, May 1.-The Palmetto Guard, of Charleston, Capt. Cuthbert, arrived this morning, all well and in fine spirire. They have joined Col. Kershaw's regiment. Gen. Lee is no'w acting with great vigor. He holdis coummand of all the Confederate forces in Virginia. Seward, the Abolition Secretary of State, re cetved yesterday a dispantch from a New York tirm, asking whetber their vessels could proceed to Norfo k to take a cargo, of cotton. Seward re plied that they could nut, adding that " similar requests h.ad beeni refused in the case of foreign vessels." The editorials in the late English papers rela tive to the reduction of F'ort Sumnter by the South Carolininus, are decidedly far..rnlble to the South. Ricutuoxti, May 12.-The steam sloop of war United States is uff the Alexandria wharves, with port-holes open and gu run out. Forty-nine Dalglren and Columbiadl guns have ,arrived at Ilarper's Ferry. A stock train bound to Baltimore was seizedl there to-day. The total number of troops offered to Lincoln and accepted by him thus far is alleged to be three hundred thousand. The New Jersey volunteers havc threatened to msutinay unless supplied with better food. Guerilla warfare has been begun in Maryland. A detachment of fifty men fired on the Picket Gu~ard of Camp Butler. The fire was returned by Lincoln's troops, atnd twenty shots were ex changed. It is rumored that the Great Eastern has bEen chartered by the Lincoln Government. The newspapers from the cotton and manufac turing Districts of England all urge the recogni tion of the donfederate States. j feward stated to a-gentleman who assured him of the determined feeling in New York to sustain the U. S. Government, and that energetic action was expected of the Government, that " the peo pie eeuldl lbe icell satinjied sh at tcould take place in, afewt days.'' Affairs at WVashington. WAisultXGvoy, May 12th.-Northern troops con tinue to arrive here at the rate of from 1,000 to 3,000 per day. Numbers of the Federal troops now heresare of foreign extratction ; and a regiment of them is quartered1 to-day at Annapolis junction, 'Md., comnposed entirely of, and oficered by, Germans. inen. Scott, it is satid, is not unaware of the mil tary power of the South. Yesterday he told one af his friends that Virginia alone could, within fs hours, concentrate twice as many troops upon Washington as arc already enrolled and mustered into the service of the Lincoln A dministration. Several regiments have left here within the last 3 or 3 d:ays for the Relay H~ouse, in Maryland. ['heir ultimate destination is said to be Harper's Ferry. Mr. Sanford, Agent of the Adams Express Coin )any, arriced here on Thursday last, with $700, bit in ,pecie for the Government. Hie was em orted here by a Company of 50 men of the 2nd J. S. Cavalry. Affairs at Washington, &c. AL.ExANmnuA, May 15.--Thirty-seven thousand roops are now in Washington. Desertions from he Federal army are numerous. Runaways from Virgi:.ia have b'een arrested by S. troops in Washington. 'c steamer Pawnee, lying off Alexandria to day '-unted two additional gulns. .The' S. steamer Mount Vernon stopped oppo site Alelidria to-day and comumunicated with the Pawnee. The Unitesepostater General has made arrangements -r the transumission of the mails between. New Yotu and Port Pickens via Havana, by Federal Governbent steamers. There is no trt in the rumor of an inmurree