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Those desiring to advertise ly the yc:.r can 4 so on liberal tar:us-it ~eiug inde.rst."4 t.at oon traet for yearly advertisil; are cit:ti'.l to th legitiinatC 1.ui:css of the ire'i -r i1dihvi.li::l cont tracting;. C-.mtractt ailvertiarutson'-e !*.vaaite semi .!1. ..-.nu 1: 661at1. a perso.!n tc aractet r -i-e, otse lesu .ti-us or P're . ani. y c: iety, nih4atio:n1D or Corpora a e -7 as adti-muo'1b1"l1-n . :t C;.1idte (nut ise te unti! l'n Dethi in: the .iinyle.ro tIlec. i'. h..:;.-; of tihe pres.;- u: -r andi 1 lie ti:. 1 , .n . :i g 1 :trw Jii " ' I i., w re tair : it u u.Uruied 1l tierril., in1 1t i : ayrd aln-l u .Ler; Wim daiiv alit y '!"r 1 M -il formation'l at. that t>li', a N nomia c. of una..uly realN1" tir ;l'l I ' **,nce. tlf iur haiggr.1 trom evident, we'- t-":Ied in cri. ile o :a refusal on tihe- part of t h . ilninlI l.;. f her distri.'t ir w:r.l. to pti) y t i,e litil, a;t.."..1nd cr ritket. lth-I fh ii. I .. h::al fhi a :. rIP -e.,n--51__ ., I s is. '. t. .: nent. no.l i:icyet l-t I. .rn s 1i1, ; i a$ aI : nuIoer nIoI. her and r,-.t,.ied ll r,'.-. S';.1.' te.' ii -r es ie b ply but i -rni 1, 11 ".r la::il.r< %1-.1 abomN t;) e..:t hetr Ilihr ) no :1paym.-ut 11 1.. or ibre ti a.l "d1r< r af i 'oin. tii. haI: I-d t no sm-dl i hildr tes in her apa':ran1e'in tel l-ft -ii ; 1:1' cil t *ryi:. fr brea:.- 1.h1 t ar1:1 l.-'- ,n1.- s'" ''"1 -ve:r, of age .I.- ha-il i'-roe I .t 1 h Oe i i,-'ee o ti .a - ni e -ma ,1w.r sh :4 'a.1 , .dt reli. 'r.1: I1. n It telle. t, the May ..r's thee. II.re it tat temi' .gite n1.eeran:e- to. Willh anlvior eies s.(':tlii lixed upoalien her evidently fis sinking chil'I, aind while.,e w-a yiet spj.nlan a-1 iilthiing what ht. she e miil do, the spirit u th:l child took its flight to at better wrdl, lit. e.atly viii fiiii starvation! It was a pain f.tly sail ad i tkeiing tight, and could .ant utu of ftenn. have witiessed the terribli i anie, of that mother and the cold, lifeles: f, m of that Child---followed her treuibiat sttpi out of the ball with a dead hahe in he armis, weiding her way to other starving perhapi dying., ones at hote-surely the would have offeredi up ur:ent and iuneerl prtyers for peace, instead of the savage cr. lor war and blood. And this is but one e t.'n thousand cases with which our cit; am.urt. It is ~errely neCessary to Sai) .ib *j the. immedfiate wanth of the 1vwr womai referre-d to were providedu for.-N. i. 'V ime i'rom the lArreFpendCagec of the CpluIteisi Sur PL-.sAcot..A, Aug. 13.-There are whisper of a ight lhere soon' But it is hard to get th 1,-ith of* it. Onhe thing is certain, litters ar bteing miade here by order of the Quartermas ter, and knowing ones say that troops are es peeted. Other mnysterious transactions ad< to the foundation for these whw~pera. A vessel of war, supposed to be an Euglish man, made her appearance off the bar thi morning, but did not come to an anchorage She merely came in sight and bore ofn again TIhe Court martial which has been sItti at liarrancas for the past several days, hmas a intSt finished its labors. Among the cases be fre the Court were one for murder, at For Mlen, on the day when Gen. Ulragg gav< literty to) the soldiers, in henor of the battl of .\i'naSis, and two for sleepinig on thmel pos.ts. Uneiof the latter, a younig man immthC Rbinsonl, belonging to the 10th MississippF ' niment, (and, I atm sorry to hear, an editor will be shot at Warrington', mn viww ot the forces, on Friday, the M{th inst. *Ihe othe soiier, from the facet of his extreme yott and inexperience', has been sentenced to pun ishment for sixty days and then drummne< out of camp. This looks hard, but it can't be avoidIed Whiikey is believed to be the fbundation. I i amaulg to see some of the delinquents a Warrington wearing barrels (a hole cut ii the top and the head run through,) and othe ornaments. Blut they atre among the fortune of war with so:ne people. Thik aftercotis a tba:-k arrived outside an' a~cho:redl amonguI the Itteet. It is behecved t be a mch ant transport. OneC John Clark, ot' Cumberlanid county, i: ts State, took it inito his head to raise ars orai~jize ai conpany of volunteers to light fo ths Lincoln Governmient. This miovemnent, a State ackno'.vlginlg no tfealty to that Gov rruent, induced a niumbert of cit izenls c W hte county to arrest Johnt Clarke, anmd h was bronght to this city yesterdauy, and taker ~ere the Hon. Wiest II. Ilumphreys, Judg of the Confederatte States District Court, -b whom lhe was conmnitted to jail for examtina t ion, on a charge of treason. Clarke will pro bably have a hearing at the October termh o the Confederate States District Court. It i suiposd that lie is a Northern mhan. u e un derstand that h:e though~lt he would he treatec - Mr. Ne.l.son .ad been. but thle .1 udge in formed him that h. hiad no power to releasi hii, that it was his duty to try him upon th< charge, anid if f..unmd guilty, his neck coulh only be aavedi by the inter;.oei'in of Presi dent Da.vis. Tis took the redo.ub.tab~le Cap tai all aback.-Xshicil!e ( Tenu.) U'nion d i crican, ..Inq/. d1. A G.oatan M~tt: Swoat.-We have re ceived from Messrs. S. C. T1. Image & lBro., o Monticello, Gat., a sword, inmnnfactutred eni tirev by them. It is heavy and serviceable fhe gentlemen. we tunderstand, have al retdy filled sever.d orders for the article, an' hoId receive mmr ny more. The-re is no nie cessity for sending abroad for swcr.ls-Wi si'hibl ,.ntronize'onr ownhionme inanufactu rers.-Constitutionalist. AnthIentie intelligecaie from., Loesbur states that the Norther n force neair Lovett, ville succeeded in elreting Ihgeir escatpe aeroi th P'otutOac. A numbnier of wagons and quaRntitte of priusio'ns were calptured by oc. forces, ats also one Notrthiern prisoner and number of tory prisoners. The: ltorues. as general thing, retreated across the run wit Ato emyI~i. so thait the goodl old County Lodon is now cleared of the enemy and hi traitors too. We heard yesterday, on good authorit, that there. were linw :a.Om inen on the lhte ailroad between Richmond and Wihunigtoi N . C. 'ilThe ienI al:ted-l Eter -tunirei :: inel and esiniippt d.,' accordting to sonme ha n mler which t hey hado sntshir'l- and "''-' making their wav'towarids the Nor b. DontL less we shall set-tit as% they pass. We al: learn that 200 eav-alry, ielh mounted an armed, az rive~d fromt the. Snt h in Pete-rsbur v isterday. For aught we know, they maiy b ' -nding in the samne directioni a the" othe prties alluded to.- Richmond Dispatcl 2)th intl. 'The planters of Chicont. the wealhhiest cen ton county ini the Slate of A rktunsas, have dIe tcrined ahnrst to a man. to keepi thir rit tt n at home this fall untijh the blockad~ i 11o southern rptrts is raised. Theyv furt he m ora dclare their intent ion to buirn eve-r ltte of it before it shall fIdl itnto the posses rit~n of the invading Lincolnites. This is the right pit it, and oughzt to prevail throughout ghhn Snnh. From Washington. W .siNrsTO, Aug. 23.-It is rumored tha the New York IDaily Xew*. and the Day 1i(o are to be suppressed by the Governmseut. It is ititmated that the Government will i louger allow Kentucky to remain neutral. The Uovernmlent is satisiied that 1remson could not have reintlreed Lyou without oi. daingering lia.:tern 3is-onsri. Li5eutt. COdI. Ripley has been made Urigadie tienoreral. N", signs of hostilities. Butler has been d..ailed by Govarnnent t the come n:and oft le Vulu:teers at Fort Putti The Cominnitti-e has reported 12 d:sliyal and a many distaffected in the War Depst miii.: o7 di-doyal, and 10 surpected in the Treasur; hiepartnut: '0 di.loyal and 7 suspecti d, i the futerior Department. e The Pa.s rt arrang. m 't does not aptl: to persons going to or returnii.g from Canad by railroad. The Ah-antitd. raid rE,)u. er.dlroal is jot ' ted wvith C I.t..d,. r".,: l" o"".'"'. A I.,..-!ii. 1) , , .t. :'" 0 1 o ft'. d.i rate' im ietstry, w b en .:ati; at a pinlsIt six 1n:le , !).1.'u. ist, , list-it ..mid 1 :1t .m 1.mm ; tfulmle . t tl.". :'.:.. it nr~en. n:,d atlst '..,Ih49 1:v:111ry t: I. '11' ,1 ilt tV. Thee I'tt'im:et' remi ail ns t, 111_" :"t'b :or1.ie.1 aeen'hy cavajr.1. .\ ki ne1i1 of pt -1' ti e .t'r'rityv pre'vail.. 11n th Cti're e.entiiitti. . \ltl;tary mei n s:iv that wit the , r:linant reliane to h.' 19 ned upon ar' ttrool s. ti-te is not the' least danp-~r. Tee Fteie'ral .\l.tr.,hal, at l'h' delphia, ex ainesI'a sl l e iwsp:iers. and dest y the copie of the New York iiy .V' irs. New>,' Yoril .tAnirs. NEw YouiiK, .-ig-t 2t.-The steaine Norti .tar li.a a \ i eil. lt;r-e Ali' . ttI l'etersburg, :and .lobi -alrunet 'Guit!.r '. . it e nod, co'!ectin; eg(nts f r -eloeco housgeh.ave lieer arrester .nl se"nt to F..rt I.aliveutte. Gutt:rio iLa hesavy' len an .l. has 1 r;' con-ii1iiie.tA in . Yr. sPhiladljelphsi :.d Bajltyimore.. - e va 14 S I-I i- .1 ""AbiP m1i1)1t1,. wh i'.-h. ;ihs s1lh 5tri'sels :mii asIge:ts, I ailvestedl in Cow:!zse Icr::,t: and Snthern Statt M'i es w.as nga; t t -.r .Tams T hornu, a' It coll. ete S.1 *. 5) l1. I id also ma i,; li~i.sl inv*-<t ment in Cnii..ilt ra:e h nis. Ahouit 1I 75 mu1;1 was reco'vere-l from Gith e. amlil \les, prinriipaly in bands and .igh ,h-afts. Ii1i n ia papvr ney, and 81, I tl ii -.1I1. A s1o1h.' . f letters addressel to per -i 1s in lhe Siou: herso States, were founld ipoi T'h.t \\'ashim-iton1 eltrresp-madent of thle Tri n.-tu "1as the l'i oc.-:t .lbr. bal flatly refunat d o '.ir. I.,~ell to er...s- thu l'.,dom.tc. t ;.,v. \l.,rgan wulil. is,-t e a pathetie appen tI th.. .e..1,le to iid ace I imsI to enlist. I hs. 1.~ t av . \ .\l. Pegian, of B:lti -ire'i, a1.l i. .{ :e.-.v, hsaiv. Isuen :r1 e.0t0 1" Ih h-t S 15.00)n11 in ~tuli. : sil ms jebsiN bil! e, dated 1itihniond, in the losekets l hi; shirt. The sales of ca ttonl w.re 2 200 hale< at 18 Curacua a:vies .st.1te that Venezuela hat refiised to allow the Cto:ifederate States -.teamt er Sumter, to enter any of the ports of tha (avernyment. The Sumter had captured the vessels Alb bey lradford and Jats. Maxwell. A Naval Engagement off Port Royal. We are indebted to an esteemed correspon lent for the following facts On Monday, 19th instant, about 10 e.'col; A. M., while on a visit to the camp of the Beaufort Veolunteer Artillery, a severo cars nonading was heard off Port Royal Bar. Th elouds of smoke arising from two points 01 I the horizon, distant about a quarter of a mil i [e> each othte.r, led to the oupposition that - sarp engagemen~t was goin" on A perfue i alm prevailed sit the tinte,' 1y the as'd of -telese'olc were gren the mui~sta of tvo 17r84ch The firing was irregulatr,.and from gunsC different calibre. Calculating by the mntervs s betwixt the flash and report, the distance wa - timated at about fouirteen miles. Seventy me .sots were exchante-h. Tbe gring con tinuetd thiree qu11irters of lis hour, wlbeihe rem -sels seenmed to close together, whent the firisi I ceased, and the vessels disappe.ued, It ntee< 40orcely be mnentionted thsat.tuo veuriJ.pacarpI - he lleaufosrt Volunteer Artillery, were anx ious spectators of the doubtful scene, ani .eager to participate, shottld occasion demnand .The record will prove their unidaunted cour :kge and unerring aims.-Char. Mer. Auy.'2 Russell's Letter- Eutropeani Opinion. SNrw Yongc, (via Mobile,) August 20.--Rut ,els letter to thse Lonidont Times says tha the repulse, decided as it was, might have ha 'so seriotus effet, but fur the disgraceful cor luct of the troops, whose retreat cended in cowardly rout.-a miserable and causeles p usiic. "Such scandablotus conduct on the pat ,* soldiers I consider impossible. I hav never, even ationg camp followers, seen th like. The North mst put tier best men I battle, or she will inevitably fail before th eergy and superior lighting power of her as tagonist. -The London Times says that only a victor which wipes out Manassas can save Lincoll f roms ultimate imipeachmnenft for having begu the war. Southeru Report of the Missouri Vic tory. 31rs'rms, August 19.-.Letters from th halt te to Little Rock, Arkasnsas, say that Ges MCuilloch's enscampmneunt was surprised. t'hete were 10,000 on either side. Church 5ill's and Gratiot's Texas regiments were bat 13 cut up. McCulloch said to the patriots r You have saved] me and the battle." Afte isix hours' confilict the enemy was complett ly rotuted. Sei.:le reached Springfield witi btt a dozeni smes. Th Contfederate losse were-killed 2;5, wounsded 800. The fedleri losses were-killed :300, wounided 1,000, pri: oners :300. McCulloch captured six cannol ad several hundred stand of armas. This ac -couut is confirmued ollicially. St Louis to be Captured. The St Louis Repub.lican contains the fol lowing: It is nmow stated that Jackson, as the di rcor of the Confederate army, in its opera oins in this Suate, means to strike directly a St Louis, while msaking a feintt at Cairo an< id's Point. I t is contessded that St. l.oui: nce in the possession of Jaceksont, with th asrsenal and barracks taken, will afford a ke nt onily to the early occupationi of thse capita ht to the speedy subjugation of thse enatir 'tate. It will, also, it is hield, opein th 3ississippi to the miouth of the Ohio, and ft eiiate coummunicallti with the Souther Conederac'y, evenl thotugh the Federal trool e nsot dislodged from their positions aroun Cairo. But the great obetin the capture< -St. Louis would be to a' dictate ternms to th United Stateis Government," or divert sue ai force from the operations in Virgims -as would allow Jeff. Davis comparative cas at Richmsond. This is a grand scheme, an if carriced out, would I robably exhibit mue Sstrategy. It is, however, one thinig to plat stad ansothler to execuste. a The Clarendion Bannesr publishes an a< r conit of' the arrest of a stupposed spy3 in the a village. A fter an exain~ationt, it was thtough at that he was ierely ans escasped lunatie. F' I geeral infaskiItion, the~ followving descript io >t is published. r He is about five feet in height, comnpactl. built, dark hair and eves, aind about twentl eight or thirty years of age. Ihis dress con ~sists of a coarse hotne-spunt shuirt and paniti t'loons oft ensaburgs, with a straw hat.-Littl or nothsing instelligibhe can be obtained fros .h s. Whent told, lhe writes his mnatne in plsauhad, "J~ohnt Zeller,"' hut writes nseote moret thsat can be unidersood. Upons examu .intion,~ marks were found upon hsis back . which seem to have been intlicted with sI strap.- ____ g Onuto i:'sonier.--The Democratic part: Sof Ohio met in convention at Columbus on th r7th inst. The resolutions passed declare-th< wr the resuslt of extreme sectionalism on botl sis, to which the Deimocracy were opposed . enu the Administration for corruptiori extrlavagusmee and incompitency; and that ths . war should not be waiged for conqtuest 0 su~jugtion, etc.; anad that a rnational conven r tiont should be called to settle the difficulty aad re.,tore all the States to the Union. gy The N. Y. Xews says that there is ever' indication that there will be. amass peace mneetinj Affairs in Missouri. Sr. Lu is, Mo., Ante. 23.-Two released E lirisonere, just arrivel from Springfield, re- brin part that the Thurstiay after the battle, Gen. in o .Meculloch motvetl after Gen. Seigel, but l-ess learning that he was re-i:lorceil, mxioved to- tell t wards JeiT'ers.>i City. 1hat Quite a nmbher of the woundied on hoth ih' siees had died .,ince the battle. Col. Collee r hail lust t lt. The official statetnent of the sm u Fe.deral hss is as follows: 223 killed, 721 lher wo1undelad. and 19'1 mis.-ing. '' 31eCulloeb, under date of the 15th, issue; gatl at procliamation tendlin!; to quiet thet l'.ars of cone the Unionists; also a general order thank;ing ,.f 1 the army and describing the victory as bril- S.., liat. . lci t Brownlee liar been released, on condition i due that he resign his oflice and leave the city an.1 re:.ide in a free State. K.t.ts Crrv. Mo., Aug. 22.-An attack on tisn; place by the C.nledertatea i< feared. be Jackroun anil it, Fayette counties have ago .4(m0 .e.i.':d -t untlr art' * - . the ItoaNTor, Aaui. 22.-The Confederatcm on gr the St. Fr:ancis river have been re-inforced by' Vir (;en. Ilattee, with Artillery, amd will 1roba- bra b l cut asl 11 eeker. r'giIent at Marble era (reek. 1arde: la 'citttaml has returoed to treenville. One thousand Countederates are at Lestervile o., Black Creek. - .. --"-- - - . . -- pult Cat.. Oa's R Jlautt:x-r.-The last speaker Mi of the plonse of itepresentatives of the Uni- to s ted States, who heul that post with honor, T Swas..lames L. Ore, who wtas also, by cominon the. consent, one of the best presiding oflicer. thatla-se had witne,-ed., IIe is now Col- thn tel ofa i'onary car indepeicdent. regime.,., r fully orgitized and eaaerly'expecting march. carl itg Tho eh ence reLptsctl in Col. wl Or" sidally exhiili'l'in the pronpt suc- The e's: tell attended hits call for a regiment, and 1 and in the fact that he has been complled to whi refuse tmany conanlies. his regiment etn- war biraces representatives of extremte portions of ,pe the State, and noble re"pre.entatives of the , best champioss of the State, ts we confident toil ly 1 r,-dict wi'l be den:tnstrated on proper tri- tur al.--Chaarlsto n (.oarier. . l. S..E uey New Co-f-rur.-The first bale of ure new Cottan receivel ittthis city by .1. M. hav l)e & Co., a lI'w dayaii ee,.was sold yester- the lasy to a ttanuufacturing odotupany for 13 cents 'I pl-.pun.l. . The quality was Middling fair.- rai; . Atgusta (hronicle, 22d. -i. wh ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. 11 W EL)NES1A V, A U.'ST 28, I -- - - =_-- dll p.- Luant fail to attend the Auction next Motn- but dy aragnin.4 are in waiting 'or yu. Letter Notice. "3311 Mr. R Aus.tv, P. M. at this phace, requests us to (Jul I eall every bo.ly's attention to the necessity of send- due ing money to pay fur letters fromh soldiers, which i are not now prepatid. . Aid forour. Soldiers. A box for thei H0pitaf In Virginia will be made up at this place todtay(Wodnesday) by the La- I di.s of the Village Assoeiation, anti all are ro- at a quested to contribute such things as they can to- we wards it. gra We append a list of articles tost needed, or at tud le.ast such as are at present called for Rev. R. W. rigl i B.taswr.t., in behalf of thoS. C. lo pital Aid As- ly, sociation, at Charlottesville: we oj Flannel clothing of all kinds, shirts and under to c sirts, shocs, p_. nts., sacks, ltuiCdinrts of alt sorts, Our .hny rutm.,eandles and enndle stic'ks, iron ware atndtil roery." e 'V An Ofi'er F-or Wool Socks. tiol I A ladly of this-immaediate vicinity ofrers a wal- " f nu~3tease5d Wheler anad lBit'e S'ewinig autiine, thr ony in use a yearand uninjured, for one hunldredl the - pairs of all-wool socks. The machine cost ntinerty dllars anda is as goodi as new exceplt some slight itu defacement of the ca.se. Any one taking up this cul oter, anld guaranteeing to deliver the sok by 1st hol -of October, miay get the machio at once. te IWe vouch the above in every particular; It off -is needless to add that the socks are for our sol- oldi diers in the war. del Old Soldier Arrivedl. l C. M. GnZtY, Sen., the well-knoawn add soldier of the -Edgefield, the door-keeper of tlhe S. C. House of abr~ R lepresentatives, and lately flag-hearer of the "Ut jui lfjenlen," 1has just returned home, fromt thu seat of war in Virginia, having been hontorably dis charged fromt his duties at that paost. We are gladi to aid thtat he still bids flair to weather moany' more storms, only needling a space of repose for for Srecupera t.,,- nat which we trust he may final as at pleasant as beneticial. of, Recceived Troo Late. aro The notice of a Public Meeting to ha held at Se* -Ksie's on Thursaty th~e 20tth, was receiread too de~ 3late for insertion last week. Wle regret it, but the did for Sfault was not ours.ta Corn Comning. thrc It daaes one's heart good to sea such magrnificent rati specimens of the in-comnag crop as are now before soy eus in the shape of six ears of corn, fully matured, the from the fields of Capt. CusYTos WaD. One is fu . rod, one yellow, two white, andl two variegated, wit .ad all very large and full,-an offering meet fur usa the altar of C'erew. Delightful indeed are these wol rpromises of a golden abundance, het "Farewell of the Young Volunteer." hal Sobme lines thus headed in our poetic corner witi have a degree of paathos an3d sen'iment worthy of can -commendation. The " Younga~ I'olaanteer" must tini comunlicatea with us fraam the eatalps. to 1 The Mleeting Street Saludas. cari This gallant and titne looking Company, numa -bering near one hundired mnen, pasised through our town on Monday lnst, en route for Camp Butler. -The officers, Dr. D. C. ToMrgiss, Cnytain ; Dr. Pma 0. W. ALu~as, 1st Lieut.; W. L. SravL-Ss, 2nd scr L Tieut.; J. 11. ALLEY, 3d Licut., and *. J. LAY- edg ate, Orderly, are brave,hoanorable, intelligent- " 3and will prove themnselves highaly competent for nas Sthe responsible positions assigned them. Where the thcre's fighting to be done, and hnor and glory ad won, there the "Sulah" will be found, was Attentiont, Home Guards1 T We have been authorized to announe that on Saturany next, at S o'clock in the morning, there ott Iwill be a parade of both the Infantry and Cavalry we fCompanies of tho Honme Gunard. A full atten- It Cdance is expected. a The Hlope Guards. No Such is the title of a Volunteer Company from Lexington Distriet, with P. A. EzcellEIanECt. Esg., of thlis villuage, as Ciaytail. Capt. E. left us on Thursday morning to lake commt~and of his are comany. Thaey are ardered into eneatnpmient at Lightwood Knot Springs, andt expect to lae u tecre to-day. We truist the Capt. andl his 6'uardls eni wyill have a gaoad time in the "l tented field," and kn a safe returnhooa m.e Fronm Camp Griflin. dei A worthy member of the Hamulpton Logian, wri- - ting a friend in this pJlae, thus menations the be5 - popular Captaitn of the I.fieIi'IllNaaars. lav* 0ing lidedt to the spirit anal excollence oaf that la Scorps, he addtla in regarad to Capt. llrri.an : " lie it ais alway-s perfoinilg his duty with the greatest ll Salaaarity. I huave niever seen him Idle while in of~ tma. lie shows partiality to naa one, but treats all alike anad gives aredit to, wham credit is due. liti The boys like him well and obey hint prouadly. l" F tr nel I have all confidence int him, "ad ant amt willing to follow hint to victory or death." Col. Carey WV. Styles. We copy with much pleasure the fonllawing no tie of an old friend's promoation3. Were ho at our elow this morning we would say, " Recall int te wrds of apaplause DASAs speaks to MaL.- pat YorE in the pliay,-thaose speak we to you.'' tla a.The Savrannah Moarnin; Ke~r., of thte 21st,tli says hast the following aficersa were elected lay the il wick, on Monay laset: Colonel-Carey WV. Styles, The of the Wire (Grass Minute Mien ; Lieut. Colonel- -rt C aptin Lane, of te Piscola Guards; Major-T,re K.Pn-larduro the Bruaselk life,?' too To the Camps. car Soldiera: Another week han e'ne aro-it ging to us the pleasant tack t.f uddressing you ur infurml Iutner; or rattfit would he isant, decidedly, if we hadl any thitft good to you. But there again, it le soneti:gegood we have nothing til to write,--that every in the old i)i-trict goes on quietly and othly.-that the geacral health continuelk :tofire,-adti so fort Cati, a 1t econd,-tlt mxething bads,-more ,r than liti D jcre'l lerenhou.s in t. rTS. tinued after that "glad-ope'rih. ' we spok .ltt wveek,-contiunued, and e urday last when it blew upol quilt rel nfl';-the the-momitneter standi Stitr at 7.4 in the warmest part of the d. nd a next morning at 5 o'clk. *o he ruins have stiared vegetati"n anew. Od n-vioer, that looked to be dead three week: are actially be:aring young beans again; ani fumatio 7 ines have 'shot up a liieuriant noa wth as if for a.Li-g fall crop. You who are in ginia, that lud iaf green fields and bubbling uks, would p, rb:ips think poorly row of on Igrues pastu1rage; but it really promises t: to rival the cool emerald of Arcady. On y road-rides are bordered with the green ear ,ng,--and the old fields are literally " sdefo een." It remains for thr: sun of Septembe; ay wshether it shall so e-ntiuue. 'he news is almost the breath of our austril: e ays, and a comi:r:ative suspension for the week has wade us poor home guards duller n usual. We were terribly let down too by the rection of that great feat of armas at Leesburg .re 1,00 Yankees were said to be captured Charlestou .1/crcnry had it so "eapccinuly,' seemingly from its own ;agent in Richmond intiniated having it a'most direct from the department, and the circumstances were so :jfically stated by that authority, that all here ept Col. B.sKwErr who was on a visit to our n) believed it and threw up our caps in rap s. To find it all a nistake was grievous. I :ovcred to us one advantage oft a weekly paper r a daiily ;-if we dent publish so much, we e a far hetter.ebunce to sift the worth!ess fron god the f.l f" com the true. he first sweet i atots in this matket were Syofr 7l: servant, and are very fine 7 good lie neglect themn at $2 per bushe Ile thfMo gusptp+ s;e said to be giving Su fobu. kee lastly rig' the article a ue; wish wtte a aie dry goods, and groee an!nafil o reiadg. iiade thing, et cetera. by tale, whdn we hltte.(geuerally speak 'j tnd vegetables,-and somie salt,-and :' chickens,-and plenty of water;---well, wI it have all the things in the world, you know nshat we do have is pretty good. The best o +. every body takes it in god humor. whiel ke every body think that every body is no te so bad ol its every body supposes ; and tht s, like SMIrr ltaiioVtu's ' few mnouthfulls, vell as if we had ever so much. xeuse an abrupt conclusion ;-we are callet A Southern Grass. .iable to correction and topen to improvemen 11 times, we hereby recant (in part) a position assumed some months ago, to the purport tha ses could not be grown profitably in our lati e and with our climate. Incontestihle evidence ht here at home, overthrows our idea conpleto at least in respect to the Xicaquit (trays, ali give it up with delight. It is a real plensure bservo the confidence unit gusto with whic esteeed co.n.ributor, Mr. Nounis, descanta nr tho merits of this grass, and the reader's at ton Is particulairly directed to his commtunica S" there aneot." Those v'isions of "fint beef, .t mutton," " rich biutter, " chickens and ogg : times a day," &c., &c., are ge-le-rious ii prospective so iovitingly held up by Mr. N wish himi joiy of his success, and we wish thi lie joy of the benefits ticisipatlory from th! ivation and spread of this fine grass. Ifi ls out as it has began, we may let old Ken ky go where she [lenees and be none-the worsi for it. We can even siiy to the green banks o Hudsion, " we envy not your verdlure." JRos ligtful to contemnplate the initiation at last o rass, that uromnises to supply a wanit so grea~t 'et at the South, anid that too at a timue whet South must he all in all to herself. Spreai oad the .1/, .'puit, iad with it the credit thati ly dune its successful Edgefield propagandist. A Good Cutting Knice. uh ingenuity bu~s been exercised to inven .ruments for cutting up oats, green corn .he. horses. We thinik we have found the desider in. Our ten-d',larii unwinie having gotten ou rorking order ini a year, we were forced to lool ad for somllething else to subserve its purpose ing a good old broad-axo lying idle, we or ad the servant to " take thait and try." So hi andl we have been now cuttinig oats with three wreeks, thus: Lay each bundle upon l or stand, fixed firmly, in the barn, havini se inch platiks well nailed on as a base of ape. uns. Take your broad-axe and with one bloei :r the hiundle at the tie. Give the heads te horses and throw the butts aniong your cow . The hea~ds having thus hut little stras them, your horses will eat them clean, where 1 you bnd cut up more of the hundle the3 tid reject mnuch straw and with It not a fev d. The straw saved clean by the broad-axi ess will be fine for stock iti the winter ;-per s even horses at a pinch might then accepti out disdain. Bly the broad-aixe pirocess wi also cut five bumidles, to your one by a cut mchine, and the only caution necessary i ewro that you dont cut oil' your fingers, o h there is not the least danger with comne "'rThe Royal idiot.". he Newberry Conierentit thus chiaraetcrin. ec N.u-'ormnox, now in America. The Coun rtiat speaks as if from positive personal knowl e, and says5: Prince Niapoleon has certainly visitedl MaL sts; but we do not consider it our duty to cop; extensive descriptions of the wanderings ofl' a, whomi we know to be a fool and a coward whom we now suspiect to he a medler. II sent and unostentatiously, no doubt, in orde to excite otir susyicions. Equro ne credlit uri !" toyal personages stand no better chance thai or peopile, in New berry. There are times whem adire our neighbor's downright way of deal with the wares of " Vanity Fair." it say,--what wnean those advertisements e Hfome Jurni, Peersoun's Xuyta:'nc, and othe rthern publications ? We ask in good humoi An Example for the Little Girls. Vill the little girls please consider the fact w about to state for their benefit? te of their number, a lassie of' nine or Ie1 imers, was offered at the beginninig iof thu pres school vacation, 50l cents a piair if she wouli t two paiirs of socks for two obil negro meni an, pair of stockings for ani old negro womni t p themi through the conming winter. She un took the task readily iind has accotmplishedl ii aving received the promised rewiird. But th tpart of it is to comue yet:. .'hat clever little girl has brought the one do! ad fifty centeu, thtus earned, and contributei the Ladies' Soldier's Aid Association at thi c, ad along with the money still another pai ocks to warmn omec brane qlieir'. feiet. low, among the oine thouisand bright anid swee I girls in Edlgefield Distrie~t, are there nui ny, very many who will rival this pretty ex Strange Logic. ie Itichmsond Erminear, opposing the tax-bill The sole reason why the States of the lati ton declined in power wyhile the Union itself mded by its foundel's toi he limniteid and coin atively insignificant, became so powerful aIs t< iri their siivereignity arnd conisidheration, wim fact that the Union raised its revenue by othei :y "other means" than biy direct taxation. fre.,, let the Southern Union also raise itt laes by other tmeans,--f'or what? That it The First Brigade. A notice of this Brigade will be found on our first pnge. We have no doubt upon earth but that this whole command, had opportunity offered, would Lave exhibited as high heroism as did that portien of it which was aetu:lly engigel. In ennection witll the writer's mention of tinci. G as's :unme, a statement that bihs appeared in ALbeville Inne may be repeated. That paper asserts, doubtless on good authority, that the Gel al was the first man who recognized the tranj.o the apprnaching crrtnd arny on the morn g of the 21t. hving had his attention .alle to the unusual sened by a scout. lie iu mediaIely hastened to Gen. lis.rat:acAI:n's quar ter', 3uos first refused, at length obtained a hear ing, sited the facts, and was himself at once dis patchedto Maness, four miles off, to cull up the force of Gen. Jonissio there encamped. It was thus that these troops came into aetion at an ear y hour tothe advuantage of our operations;-we *the salvation of the day, as the / aener thinks,--for we lelieve that day was to he ours eunghcw. Many troops of the Cunfederate States were there to stay the tite of battle, had our lft wing given way entirely. Had there been no others, we are lirui!y of the opinion that this Firt Bri:ec f ite j'Ij could hace doec i. A writer in the Charleston .lIercury, criticizing this e:.eimraeble action, says: " we i..:re defeated up to the accidectal terror of the enemy." We cannot believe a syllable of it. It is an insult to a Gen eral who still hd, and knew that he had, the means of vanquihiing his enemy,-but who felt that our triumph would be more uflieacious for our cause, if effected, -precisely as it was, in the quarter where the fret attack of the enemy was received. Tax Returns. - Ma TAx CoLLEIton DEar has kindly furnished its with the following recapitulation of the recent tax returns of Edgetield Distr ict: RECAPITULATION. 23,607 Negroes, e. $1,20; per capita, $29,744,S2 G9 Free Negroes, (t $.1,00 " 207,110 41 Negro Dogs, Cr. $1,1101 " .11,01 3 Free Negro Dog,(a: $2,00 "1 6,00 5l,3t0 Sales of Gouds (, :2 per $100, 1,21),,;4 $3;,950 ProfesFiona @i $t1,0t " :89,5 $23,6011 Salaries and Wages ti $1,10 per $100, 2:0,90 $253,650 Lots in Town @ 22 per $100, 558,03 $1,676,250 Movie.s Loaned, &c., (C 1-10 of I per cent. 1.67i,25 $500,000 Bank Stock (, 4ti per $100 2,000,00 3 Decks of Cards @ 1:1 :9 1iud Acres Lanud @ S8,50 $14,025 2450 " " (a $:8, 7,3511 31310 " " (!; $I, 31,S10 . 795160 " "t @i Al) 100 31$,144 142590 " " @ 20.100 28,514 97S610 Acres-Total eduation, $118,457 L $1,30 per $1111) $5,440,:!3 $4 1,469,76 Less by Commissions @i. 4 per cent. be ingSfl per centum on formercomm'ns 1,13,58,791 Nett amount due State, 80,v10,97 DISTRICT RECAPITULAT[ON. Poor Tax 4 percent. on $33,:82,:39, Ilam burg Incorporation and Dogs ex eluded, $1,5:35,20 Lese-by Commissiuns @ 4 per cent. 61,41 Nett amount paid Commissioners Poor $1,473,S8 Ronda Tax 4 pr cent. on $35,382,301, H1am burg Incorpodration and Dogs ex celudel, 59,-I i 1,77 Less by Commissions (j 4 pr et. 376,47 Nett amt. paid Comnm'rs Roads. $9,035,30 Toted amnccet paid Ceommuissionere', $10,S00,18 Ministering Angels. .ere is a feature in Romnan Catholici.,, the likef which we seldom find else where upon erth. It is thee unwaevering, untlinchingj, hereoic persie' tency of its deveetees in the discharge of any iieel aell dutics assigede themue speecially bcy their mnether church. Chief aemong these, and altogether leeve ly, is the fearless saicrifice of comfort :end ease, the indifference to exposuore, the defnence of danu ger, which has so often led her S.1er4 oef C'hecre to the rulief of sulferineg humainity. In lie peres ent terrible war we sec them still amoung the fore most in their weerk of loeve. The following noble tribute is fromie a Itichmuond letter to the Charles. tone .lkcrcery. "C Thus, oine passes on from hed to bed through the maeny waerds, iand reads the awful moral of this unholy war in the saddest illustrations wieif the vices iund passions of men can furnish. And yet through all theis gloomi and sufering, ai gleum of light shoots like a gelden thread on a funeral pall. I have told you how clean and neat the rooms are, uend how comufortable the peaticents hooek. And the secret of the piensant fect lies in thaet woman flitting across the corridor, with her greny serge dress ach tidy blue cpron freom chiln to toe, and boennet bleatec, whose widlo flapS, white as a snow drift, and stiff with starch, wave over her shoulders like a pir of wings. She is one of that devoted band of good womeen, known all over the Chritian world wherever there is sorrow to be assuaged, of- paine relieved, or comfort adnminis teredh, whomn we eunme "Sisters of Charity," but . "sslmldhe called tbe " Angels of the Earth." Hecr step is swift-pneced aend noiseless, her hand light aud soft, her ere aend attention devotedi, unobtrusive, intelligent, genetle and consolinig. She it is on whom these grave, thoughtful sur gecns lean, to supeport and carry out ali their di rections for the sick: and these miserable men, to lighten the burden of their pain and enptivity. If~ a b.euit or a muattrass, a cup of water, a clean pillow or fresh lhed or body clothes are weanted, the uneiversal demeand which satisties every desire is, " Call a Sister !" Day and night, with tireless patince; kind, eneidereite and obliging to tell alike ; askineg no recompelense aned neceptineg no reward, their skillful ministrations arc bestowed on these wounded enemeies, whose mealignant hate and unspeakable purpeoses of rapius and violence to tiieir sex (bad victory crowned their arms,) tey are now repayinig with a care and gentle ness "mild as any meotheer's to a sick child." With such a reality before us, we may well pauss by with contemopt andI scorn the foul charges of cruelty which the Northern press has falsely laid uponi us, aed retort upon them their own inhu ianity and utnchristiaen neglect in neither tend ing their wounded nor securing decent burial for their dead." Prescriptionl. A writer in the Locuisiana fl1npet~ offers thee fol lowing treatment foer certain pestiferous ills to which ail tlesh is mnure eer less subej~et. Its sim plicity receemimendi it. " Thr is beut little deoublt that water is the beest Iand most coenveniont remtedy for boils eand othier painful tumeors and sores. Keep ae cetteen (Cr linen loubTed so as teo ma~ke it oh muany theicknes ses, 'constantly applied to the tumor, like a peoul tie. It will need un other dressing till it is well. I have lately seen this tried in a severe case with th happiest results. " It will not scatter or heal up a bceil at once and nothcing is a fit remeduy which weould-but it will bring it oen to a~ natu ral crisis aihnosct witheot pai-tfr better tihan all the poultices and solves known to thce edicial world. Salt Spring. La. . IT. L."' fd Ambrose Kimeball, editoir oef the Sussex (Maine) ))rnerotece, was forcibly taken from his house, and tarreed ande feathereed, and ridden on a rail. After sufferineg fcer a ilong time, IKimall, on his knees, took the following oath : " I amn sorry that I have published what I have, aned I promise heat I will neveer again publish articleir agacinst thee North, or in favor of secession, so help moe God." gg' T. J. Watrren, Escq., the Edit or cef the Camn dei Jouernol, having been elected capethin oef the Kerhaw Giunrdse a company organized for thn war, announces its suspension. The next issue w.l probblyte the last for aome time to come,. The War Tax ;. muillions for Defence." The Confederate Congress has passed an actI (which has been appro.vel by the President) to na t,,harin the itne of Tr eira'ur5 Not., and tu proride a lir T ax ,,r ther mitlemptiron." The two first sections will be examined with keen interest by the .ople, as they bear directly upon at mtter of vital impi.rtance to all : anu furrn i raea.rncyi/ fur the tices. These ctious are as follows: ' rtc-r20s 1. Their Centyrerna~ ryj the Cnr./.'alerote .Staiten de, ceum f. 'That. the .aeretary of tlhe Trens nry be and he i= herebJy tho lrized. frini ina to time, as the public necersities may require. to is sue i'rensury anes, payable to berr. at the ex pirttion of :ix nt.ihs iter the ruliiicitiui of n treaty of pence between the Confederate States tnd the Unitedl States, the :.aid notes to he of any dcuoiiniatiun not less than live dol!:rs, and to be reissuetle at plea,,ure, un :l the sne nre piayable; but the whole issue outstanding at one time, it - eluding the iumount i..ned undler liarmcr Acts, shull not exceed one hundred millions of dollars; the said notes .hall Ie receivable in p.iyinent o the war tax her.l.unter provided, and of uall other public due?, except the export duly on cotton, ai.d shall also be receivel in 1ayurntL of the subseri" ti.,na of the net proceeds of s.les of raw produce and ial nufactuired articles. Sr:c.. 2. That fier the purpose of funding the said notes, and ,.f iaaking exehange fier the pro ceeds of the s:alc of raw proulce anl munitae tured articles, or fur the purchase of specie or military stures, the Secretary of the Treasury, with the assent of the President, is authorized to issue bonds, payable not wore than twenty years after date, and bearing a rate of interest not ex ceeding eight per centumi per annum, until they become payable, the interest to be paid semi-an nually; the said bonds not to exceed, in the whole, one hundred millions of dollars, and to be deemed a subslitute for thirty millions of the bonds authorited to be issued by the Act ap proved May 6, 1561, and this Act is to be deemed a revocation of the authority to issue the said thirty millions. The said bouds shall not be is sued in le.'s sums than one hundred dollars, nor in fractional parts of it hundred, except when the subscription is less than one hundred dollars, the said bonds may be issued in suas of fifty dollars. They n ny be sold for specie, military and naval stores; or ficr the proceeds of raw produce and manufaetured articles, in the same manner as is provided by the Act aforesaid; and whenever tt.eriptions of the same have been or .-hall be uude, payable at a parlicular date, the Secretary of the Treasury shall have power to extend the time of sales until such date after the raising of the bloekade as he shall see fit to indicate. &c'ttin Third provides that holders of Treasury Notes may, under certain regulations, exchauge thetm for the Confederate Donds bearing S per cent per annum. Section Funeth, being the gist of the whole mat ter, will be poised upon the biances of every mind. Weigh it scrupulously : - Set.. 4. That, ftr the special purpose of pay ing the prineipal and interent of the public debt, of supporting the Government, a war tax shall be'asesewd :nd levied of fifty cents upon each one bundred dollars in value of the following.pro perty in the Curederate States, numely : Iteal estate Oft all kinds. slaves, tuerehanadize, batnk stock, railriadh and other corporation stocks, monley at iinterest, or invested by individuals in the lur. chase of bills, notes and otherseeurities for money, except the bunds of the Coufeterate States ot America, and cash on haud, or on depeoit in bank or elsewhere; gold watches, gold and aiiver plate, pianos and pleasure carrinages: Procided, h/omerer, That where the taxable property herein above enumerated, of any head of a family, is of value less than i50U, Such taxable property shall lie ex empt from taxation unier this Act: Nealnprocided faarther, That the property of colleges and schools, and of charitable or religious coporations, or as sociations, actually used for the purposes for which such colleges, schools, corporpations orassociations were created, .hall be exiept fromin taxation un der this Act : iria!d pr.rided/ further, That all property owned by a State fur public purposcs be exetupt from taxatioe." Scction i.,tlh cin:te one chief Tax Collector for each Staate at a s:lary tf 2:!00, appointment to be made by the I'esioent,-:aid Chief to tup pot sub-cllectors for the different *ollection Distiits, and sa:id Diitricts to lbe detioed by the State Collector,-all by ..nd with the -dri. or approltbon ol tie decretary of the 'Ireasairy; ttie subi-collector5 to njpoint Aescesors who shall assess all the taxuable property of the Districts before the 1.t of Novembelr neuxt. .ctonaq t1/h, 7/h, eth omai Uth~ arrange the mana nr ot mnakinig tis :assessmenat, the pennlties for fradaulleut returns dec. Sc~tin Tent/'hgdees thist these assessmenits b~ all returned to lise Chief tollector on or biefore thle 1st of February next. .,:et,n Ehe.tha providecs for the collection of taxes tao begin o~n the kt o~f May ensutind. Aeet~olnawe/t dir-ets th:: tuode of parocedunre againlt inaiiua lths in c:mses of failure to pay the taixes amsseie. It aulso, tixes the remuneration of asseasors at 6:; for every (d:.y emlulohyed in mnaking lits alnd :assessments unider thi Act, allowaing then ails., $5 for every haundredl taxable persons contaied ini said lists. Sectloaa I-it, 1~,th und 1th haive reference to the details oif the duties of sub-collectors, their bonds, &ct. Neto '.'rrnat U establishes a statutory lien uponl the p.roperty of detllalters foar one year, and a simnilaar lien of live years upaon the paroperty oif colle.tors. Sect.iona ly1iteenath limaits the perqiiite5 of sub collectors tal Sunl. Seto Tar't.le 4 is s~ieally interesting anid runs as follhiwa Samc. 211. Cirrati,,n are intendaed to be emn baraced iander llhu word "persons," usead ill this Act ;nutd whenever the enplital stock of any cur prtiona is returnead by thacelorpaoration itself tad tne tax paid, the stack in the hands of inadividli tl shall be exempt from tax, and atlso all the real estatte owned by the corparatitan and~t usead for ear ryig on1 its business, land the caupital stock of all cororatioans shall be relturnemd ad the taxi pia d ay the corporationas themaselves, atnd not by the individual stocekholders. The terme merchandize is tesigined to embrace all gaods, watres anid mer hanise he'ld f'or sale, except thu agricultural irdcts of the cianatry. Maoney alt interest is inteded to incltude the parinceipal muma of all money belaanging to any piersaon other tbhan a baink, uponmi which interest is piaidl or toi be patid by the dlebitar, as the mmi stanads onl the tirnt dcay of October. TheQ ternm cattlea, hoirsces anad mules is intenided ta inlui aill such mi unals ns lare raised foar sale, andt naat such ans are raisedl merely foir fooad tad work on the pllanitationl air farm wthere they aire held. The term~ real estate is inltentded toa incelude all lainds andl estates therein, aind all inaterest growing thereout, including ferries, britdges, Wines and the like, Rand ill aull enses the actual ,unarkela tale value of property is to be aissessead. Setions :!let, 22r/ tiaa/ 2'a/ tunke 1,t oivi-ionu for the puniishmnent of all forgeries of Treasury Notes. bonds &c. aSeto~n Twenaty- .oumrths is birief anid impaortanat, and we conclude this suntmatry of the Act bay giving it entire : "Sa.c. 2.1. If anay Stiate shasll, tan air before the 1st aday oif Apiril necxt, pay, in the Trentmury notes of thne Cianfederate Staites air in specie, tine tiaxes nssessud ngainst the citizens oaf such State, less ten per centumn thlercon, it shall be thue duty oft the Secretary of the Treasulry to notify the saimc to thue several Tax Collectaors of such State, anud thiereponl their authority anal dtuty under this Act shaill eense." Schl is the substance (at the great Act of Con gress just passedl, andI palssed uanimlously. The it ichmonI~ld E.raainear hats putt forth anl article, ill timeld ini concepation and falineious in argumnlt, against this menasulre. lint we believe it bats fail hen still-horn before tile haigh-tonied determintionial of a un titedl ple. W ith thiis excepation we ao not believe there hais becen a voaiie raisedl atgain.4 thae War Tax : nior is it amt all prabile thnii there wiill be, in the present exigecie~s oaf our country. The great truth that undert ies andl sustainst the justice anid wisdomll of this net will lie seen and applreited lby eve ry iuan of reflection. It is, that the proiperty of the country should ratenmll pany tine expenses aof thle watr; tad in no wumy enn tils endm be cia wetll renehedl as by direct taxattioan. Anather recinaeindatin iaf the Act, is its adopa tion oaf a modaae of raising reivenuel to which our peole mnust learn to nece:de at once, if they woatm itt lave lte Ctonfedierate Gbovernmnt run that dagrmus enircer aof indirect taxnation which hais h id moure to da thana anyonthler cautse withI destroy ing thme tbavernmelnt aof the United States. A third reanson fur weltomuing this scheme of tiaxtint is, thait it aevidhencaes a self relinnce, andIE an maility to sulstain ouirselves, thatt will go as fnur as the success of our arms townrds convincing the world that we are an established atnd a powerful Coedrety. IStill nnothuer recomniadaitiona is to be found in that wise provi.in, whiach, while it latys an itnpo Sitionl of contsiderable weight, originatos in a lairge degree the ameans of meting it :-we alludle to the circutlation oat Treausury Notes which must at once tend to the relief mof the country's nmec.siiies. But it was our l~urpose onily to isketcha for our ...d... thi Aec, andI io caneratnlate them ad he coantry upon the combined nerve anl discre. Lion which have here marked the action of out Congress. It is fashienable in certain quarters to .rma applause like this adueltion. Let no such iaekneyed soeer pr. vent a grateful constituency 'roina accordig their approval and thanks to the tble counsellors who have here perfected one of he uost remarkable measures of their deliver ee,-and whih :ay prove to be a deliverance rrom fnancial thraldom and foreign entangle ntnts., he well as from the dangerr of our present ,reat trial. Atrectiug Incident. A .\lanss.:s correspondent of the 3lue Ridg< iheM tell; an incidlent of General La's fall, uecing from its plaintive sinplicity. It wa pon the red hills of Old Pendleton and in sighi 1f the boll blue uountains which adorn its north. vetern lherizon, that the latuented lBe: inehall hose inspirations which made hiw, in death n iu life, the child of nature and the mirror of truth. And it was these hautiful qtualities that caused all men to speak of hita-in the kirdltones of the w riter from whose letter we quote the annexed unpretending but touching passage: " It was a melancholy thing to me to bear pool Barnard lice oef the field, though I did it cheer. rully, and was glad to assist him. I had just as. sisted in bearing off Pritchard of <ur company tad placed him in a wagon, and some one said re there any Carolinians here, if there are an. present, come to the assistance of yourGenoral. Robert Maxwell, Capt. Kilpatriek and severs happened to be preseut; he was glad to meet us and said, "I'endleto, bop carry ae, for 1I-ra. rmised with you." I was the last to bid him goud bye, after he was put into the ambulance. I tol im if I could be of any assistance I would go with him, he shook his head and that was the lst that I saw of him." GENERAL NEWS ITERIS. :S The L~adon Times says that the Confed irate victory was complete, and that the Unio army last all military honor. The London jour mals think this battle has closed the door to as com prouise. g" A late rumor from Washington says " Lincoln is about to issue a preclation, declarin; that certain ports are not ports of entry." p- There were in New York, on the 19th, 4 skeleton regiments, containing about 15,000 troops Pennsylvania hems thirty-one skeleton regiments with about 10,010 men-mostly at Philadelphia. g The Harrisburg (Pa.) Telegraph, the or gan of the National and State Administration pens the following: " There cannot, and tier terer will be peace again in schut oce formeed th enited Stater, so uong anelarery c.rists in the .South This is the decree Hof iod himself, who has de dared an eternal antagonisnm between right ani wrong. Some of o:ur readers way pronounce thi is fanatical, but they dare not questio n its truth fulness." Wonder if that is the voice of prophet. *r Tue foilowing pithy crrespondence re enetly pa.sed between a gentleman and his son who had left college to fight for his country : "L'., Jr.-If you enlist, I disinherit ycu. L'., Sr." B., Sr.--Without a country I want n-, inheri tance. I have enlisted. 13., Jr." pBi The London 'ost says if England drift into the quarrel. the fault will bo with Lincoln who attempts a blockade which he cannot rende Coenlete. pm Twenty-fire of the Citadel C.dets hnv been detailed as drill-na-ters for tae trmy of thi Puojmnac, and eighteen ftr similar 1:uipose: in oun , The coruspnndent of the N. T. Post say th . Svy Dh'e artment feel certain .f tileir abiie to keep ..pen the P'otomnae. g~ The New York C(a,.aerrel ays the fee lng against Russell, or the London 'Ties, is mesi in tense among military men. ge The coloured populattione of Maceon are pre paring to .give a Conrcert for thee b~etit oif o'm ,oldiers-to comec otli shortly. Whatt will Abeoli, tionits uay to this ?.- ' gY' The war hmas burstedl the lot:ery comna ofa the State ot' Delamware, it having beeni tunai to ineect thle setaii-annuatl paymnent toe the state em $,t00I, l y which delineneteiy, its charter is for feied. Tbis is one good result of the wear. fi A hate ntunber of the Londlon Tinoe:< says "If thme weather paruves favorabmle for the neext ei: weeks, there canot be a doubt thea: this yeaur' proucte in Ircehiad will tbe thme latrgcst and fine.~ grown wi thin the presenit eeury." g~ A St. Loui.s earrespondaent of the New Or lo~ans Ddl t, spaeaking eaf the prices af c-erta.in or tice., uaentions the foallowinig. 'This is the reaul af the belockade : J lale rope is -hQ a.; hmiuts S(j.tte. shoulders Iid : ':l,.ear sides f6(a te. Stock o metat about 7,tuti0,tI100 Ih.'. in bulk. Noc sales t king." ;g The Parisimas, it is said, are undlergiia qtuite a fright about the Enmperear's hailth. Th report moest genereeity circutlated is thaet his naies i bas been pcoiso'Ced lay stane sloiw parocess whic] the physicians ind it dilliacult to counteract. ye Col. Wadle Hampton auithorizes the .S'oet Carealieione to state that thte Quarteroea:-er 11 Charlestaan will furnish transport to trouops joinina his Legion. LV We le~arn tharough the Fort Smith Tiee that Capt. Albeert P'ike has raisedt a b~acttalion Seminoles and an independent comopany of Creek: to operate in Kansas; also that the Choctaw ate Chiekasaw reLiuuents will also, go to Kansas. Th whole force to he under command of Ghen. D. Ii Coomper. fkThe N. Y. .Jouerneal of C,,erce .says the the I'eae* ilaol's list oef P'aeeeaers, with its ow: add itints shows noc les thanue 150, jtournals in th .orthe opposedt to the nm ar. f ?kAn exchangei~ says thatQ Mrs. tien. Ghaine iediganatly repuditiates certatin exparesions un friedly t) thei Souath imp1uted toe her l.y the Nel \ork J/erneeM. pg Thie Talleadega (Alac.) Ieepoa,-r says tIana .rs. A veritt's necgr.aes haeve takeiniup a cullectia, of $3,!n enme-eag themsselves to relieve thte want of the solditers. Confederate Cngress. has applroved th le Act meaakinag apropriatiton; far tet expenses of thee Gocvernmoemt. tin the Legilttive, Exectutive, and Jude~icial Depart ets, fo~r th~e year einding l8th ohf Februtar: ecxt ; an Act mnakineg approprimu ese to catrr, ieto elfect an Act authonizmrt tile isstue oc re:asry notes', and to provide a war tax fei their raetnptionl, andi fair other purposees ;at A ct authitrizing thae issuje of inscribced stocek in place tat conpont bondsl' ;n Act estabisai ssay ohlitee at Chearlotte, N. C., andc at JWh loeg, Ga.; nn Act muaking adiditiotnal apmpre pri etints ler thme niavy ; and an Act repe~ahl t e thu sect iotn of anm Act eregaulatitng lo~retp~ c cie, peass4ed li Ih Maerc.h last. gZ' Patesat:s-r Davms apparovedl on th, 2d, the Ibllowing acts reeantly pi.ale b) C~nrress: An act estaiblishing a uniform rule (of nat uralization for pearsons enlisting in the ar tide of the Confederate Statecs. A n act to) increase the corps of artillery. An act makintg an appropriaititan of jfie thousandi della to pay lae' thee scrvices Ca pahiysicins ceployedc ini conljuniction wirth th< medical statn' oe the C!onfa.:derate armly. Ant act autheorizineg the Secrtatry of Wat to employ cooks aned nuersesr for the military service, and appropriating for such~ scryict the sum of $13,000. An act appejropriating the sumn of $27,000, anti for the payment of the militar, Quarter masers' Mpplies, and transportatioen, aned foi thme purchase of subsistence and ordnuance stores, edtical supplies, and service. An act approapriatting $50),000~ for lhe es tab blishmennt and sutpport ot' inillitary htospitals A rsolutiona authtorizing thae Secretary o War, in heis discret, to furneish vohluntee cavalry comnpaniese with all the necessar') equ i pmentts. An act to proivide for local defence anm special service. Together with some few other acts of n< eneral intlereat For the Advertiser. Mesquit Grass--Its Culture, Uses, &c. Rztz:n:, Aug. 24th, IG1. Mn. Etatoa: I would have given you s'ane aceount of the Mesprit Grass long aga, but j thought a letter from my brother, J. 3. Noant, ti Dr. Lr.F, which was published in the Field d' Pireside, in which he gives his experience with this grass, the lime and maa-nner of sowitg, &c., would meet your eye and the eyes of your readers, thus superse'ding the necesity of my .riting ari - thing on the subject f'.r the public. I have given direcltioins t those geltletten of E:g:efield wI o have .r'ctrie"l -tiei of me, :ital wili take Iienaulri in coguunienting all the inforat: ion 1 have ton the subject through your columns. I amn thoroughly coanvined that grass culture is destined to be the implortant branch of Southeirn agriculture, und from what I know of Mesquit I belive it best adapted to our climate and soil of any grass yet introduced. It is perfectly aston itshing to see it groning here on every variety ot soil, affording good grazing all the year. .ly brothel; harit in old field pino thiek.:ts, natural forests, am'eng i, eks, and on brauc --bettcros.. have it growigon highland ponc-where I failed t.: raise corn--sud on poor old sandy h$id that would not produce four hundred pounds seed cotton per acre. Mine grew tall enough to cut with a scythe this, year on the poorest land, and on the pond waist high and higher, yieldingabout four thousand pounds of bay per acre. No doubt some of the beet lands in this District woulil yie I three tons of hay and one hundred bushes seed per acre, and I have every reason to believe there is very little land in the District too poor for pretty good grazing. In this neighborhood there is not a skeptic en this subject left. The most incredulous inveterate fogy has been compelled to "aekn:uwlecdge the" grass. It is very much to be regretted that yu did not visit the Ridge about the 1st June, when the Mesquit was in its prime. I am also very sorry that you struck your colors to Drs. Lug and Ct.o:n before you saw right here in (id Edgefield a demonstration of the fact that grass will do. But even now we could show you son-e thing much better than crop grass. We have really come to the conclusion down here, that hereafter we shall know nothing of poor stock of any hiad; but :hall revel in the luxury of real fat beef, fat mutton, faut pork, plenty of milk rich as cream, butter yellow as gold, and chickens and eggs three ti:nca a day;-yes, chickens ton, for they are as fund of und thIive on Mesquit as much as any of the gra:iug animals. I might aid also that honey will lie one of the. delicaei.es to be greatly enhanced, as vast swarms of bees are found ion }he flower of the Me.quit. You pe there 1 will be no need of hunting possums in summer, and squirrels may run on till pon der g:ts cheat.; But let ne tell you "how" to fix that lot. lreak up the land neatly, then level with barre.w or something else, then sow broad cast a peek of seed per acre, or no re if you wish, and brush in with a very light b:ush. If your lot is not rich wake it so with any kind of strong manure you can get, as it is probable manuro pays better on grass than other crops. If you wish to make a woods pasture, clear out the small undergrowth amd burn with leaves and straw on the land, and then prepare es above. On low n'aist land or wooda pasture I would " sow seed in September, but I think the hot run might injure the grass just caming np in open high dry land if sown too early in the fall. The sooner it is well set however, the better the grass for hay or grazing the first year. I believe writers on this salject agree that grass should n.t be pastured on, the fi.'st year ''ne however was grazed pretty close all last wintter, and11 F c::nnat say that it was r.taach injulrtd therebiy. [ inten-l teraf'ter to keep sck off' tie lo I expect to w-Iw. I suppose I lhave said entouagh foir the presenl*. You will find that1 you cenanot make any great nmistatke in sowing Me~tquit seed. If you sow moare than at pecis her neire it will dlo no h.irw, and if you shouild .ne;t break up the land or I rush in the seed, thtey 'etne up and the gr:l-s doecs wceU. -Indeedl, a TL~em cr"e51p.,ndlent aof ahe .autAern C,4:ientiir anys there is nuj need of any prepara tionf of soil erlcepat the cutting downr' aof huther. Yet certab~ly wheire we expect to mo1w hay, the land ashoubll lj.: level. !:c. Yours, very respectfully. . W. it. NaiItItS. F roant We...ernt V'irginin. Thle f'dllowini ex rt raers friom a letter of Lieat'. .Juns Rt. It.oe's::nt. oif W'isa:'s L~egion, to his amotl. er in this District, will ibe read wiah iin:orest: Wiitar: Sa-.i':wna Sia~ as, V'a., Aaug. 11 tha. " The dayv after we~ left Charle~t.,n. we camped ini two muile5 of' 3l:.j. Pa;ittn iaa e'::n:i,* of a part oaf ouar for'es. At 2 ,'clck , P.. .' e eeive.l a d.aispath frmai honaa uirging uas to comtie 'n iammiedi ately, that the enemy wiere inl a auila. of: hitm. C'ol. And~eronl's llegimiei.t im~:e-l ist!y -et out, anal wht in a mnile oft him wre heiard ihs:.eep r.nir of ennnlionl which toldl us the. ti;:ht h:,.' .b. t e~.*a. mt: mleneeda. We made tall osile hiaar.::asl oa :ir rivinlg onl thie tied .tw t wo co:.ten l:ng plarties dlrsan ua p on opplosi te liil<. The.. enelmy nuuiiber iang 1.400tt conatial y advsane'it.g l:poni 40l tinder Mtaj. P~aton, d1rave hii:ni from:i hiS po5.iiont and he fell molrtally wroun-'.ed :his amen 'attered in every dlirectiaon in gr.'at <lr.futelun. Buot reeing rein f'arceents, they ralli-el. Thte enemay retreated a little atid m.idle a sitad. Thteir grape, canister a nd rille can. nt balls Mtl as thick as buil. una~ strange to 53.y fill) af otur mentt on an ((pen field, Iwith no prote~ctiona (eaceit that utl'orded by a few treed) stood baefore an enem!Uy of 1 .4tai meni con. cealed in n':gro houtses, corn eribs. *ie., for faour hoanrs, and 1had4 unly three mnt iled and five wouanded ; a~lithoghi they had the elperior rifle 1cannon, amaly one of aor men was Iled by a can naon ball,-whilst- their paer repoart they lust 04ne linidr'il killead and wounded. .At Iciast half of our guans were the old fashion saquirrel rifle. -We htad no0 ritle ctannl,nl and used canister and trace chains ont them iln abundantc; when a chaitn wrould sweep through thme ranks you would see the whoale line give way. After thtey retreated we aseared anothaer tattack, and set fire to the houses they had usd as barricades. Seeing thte fire and tilt suijpang ,re wiatbi burn our own houses, they thotught they htad gained the victory, and two oh' their Colonels came galloping up right amaongst tis, exclaimintg, " Well, boys, yout havo. scattered the rebels have youa."' We jiiet thian tlo disumaunat, which thecy vary reluctantly did. We too~k from I I to 15 prisoners-three Colonels, one Lieuat. Colonel and two Calptains. We remained here a week after the battle, and hesaring that Mc Clellan was c'oming across to Lewisbuig fell hack on that phiaut ate Manassas victory however sens to bute achanged the p)rograiunme. At Lew isbaurg ire met tien. Flolyd wiho was well equipped: he wilt keep the eanemy in cheek while we have co~mle 4on here to) drili. tien. Wise had been so pre~sed by thec .etemy that heo ha~d not time to .conslidate his ttrooeps, taut had1 thcem scattered ill numbellars of Ionly two or tharee Co'ampanies, and is naw here taa organize the. llegimteant and tiarm r. enaaip of instruionl pre'pariry1 tIo a fopvard and untitedl mi0'Iovmen with tien. Floyd. "tien. Wise hld~ his possition in the Kanawha valiey for six weeks withiout teants for his m n, mn. iarmed ii itha squairrel rifies :ad shot guns. You matay soon expect to htear of ouir move. Co!. Fra-:k Andaersaaa (aif Nicaraguta notoriety) isntill in c'omalndl. lie is l.t. Cal. I suppose atiene:al Ifennaingsen will bae the Ca'onel, tIen. Wise wi 1 probabily enciiampi here for two wee!<s h-nger, btt as a m'attcr of 'ouirse :dl his lanlS are kept secre't antd I a'an faorm na idea of the progriammne mnado ouit betweent ten. Floyd andl himlself. I woauld tot be sturprisedl it' one or the ather dial not join tiens. Laoritng-, who is tin. liarnett's successaor. - ;ibbles, Malwry nnd11 myself are the ottly South Caroliniants here. Every bodly is bulsy tat worak here ;thle Cotmptnies are drilling all hours oh' the dlay. Int thte Kiatawha we haad all our baggage cut otl' by the eneamy. T lost amy valise with the Bible in it that yout gave mte when I left horme for West P oint three years ago. I regret it SI mtnehl, its I prizedt it maore than anything else I hlare ini the woirldl. " A ca'S rs-r 13a -This has becen writ ten two here in a week. Before this reaches you, we will all probably be in the Kmnawha valley."