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"WE WILL CLING TO THE PILLAE8 OF THE TEMPLE OF OUR LIEERTIES, AID IF IT MUST FALL, WE WILL PERISH AMIDST TEE RUIN8." - .......,.....................................~. ....." O U E IV I No SIMKINS, lDURISGE & 0O,, Proprietors. EDG-EFIELD, S. C., JANUARY 28, 1868. ~OUE Written for the Advertiser. IDOL AT R Y. -0 A SEUR MON. -0 "Wherefore, my dearly beloved, fee from iduli try."-1 CoR., 10: 14. When we review the history of man, and reflect on the follies, vices, and crimes by which he has debased himself, we are apt to think that we should not have gone with the multitude in the ways of wickedness and deg radation. Yet it is a truth supported by rea son and revalation, that " as in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to spau." By nature men are very much alike, "made subject to vanity ;' and when tempt ed they leave the path of rectitude, and plunge into folly and sin. Among the wicked practices which have prevailed in the world, there is no one per haps which appears more astonishing to us, than that of Idolatry. We wonder that any human being possessing sense and reason should make an image, and then worship it as a god, and trust in it as a deliverer. Or, that he should pay his devotions to some not some beast or bird, or loathsome reptile. Yet such has been the fact in all ages. Even the children of Israel, after witnessing the most signal displays of Divine power and goodness in their deliverance from Egyptian bondage, and guidance and .upport in the wilderness, fell into gross idolatry. Though they heard the voice of God from Mount Sinai, and prom. iced in the most solemn tmann'-r to serve and obey hint, yet scarcely forty days had passed before they made a golden calf, and worship ped it, and said, " These be thy Gods, U Is rael, which have brought thee up out of the laid of Egypt.' What base ingratitude! What unaccountable itupidity ! And though they :lkered severely for their wickedness, anl often witnessed the power and goodners of (od. they continued from time to time to relapse into idolatry, even causing their chil. cren to be burnt alive unto Moloch, until they were driven out of their laud, and dis persed autong the heathen. But strange and unaccountable as these things may appear to us, they tuay perhaps have been no more abdurd or criminal than practices which now prevail, even in this Christian land. * Is there no idolatry in this age ? And are all processing Christians fr. e from this sin ? It is true we do not see :nen prostrating themselves before their image", and calling on them for aid ; but is there no idolatry of the huart? no supreme devotion to other ohjccts beside the living and true God? These questions naturally lead to the in quiry, what is idolatry ? The answer is, thL worship of idols or images. But it ii not the idol that makes the idolatry. It is the idevw lion paid to the idol, the love for it, and the trust reposed in it, which constitute idolatry. Hence, to idolize is " to love to excess, 1 r adoration;" and whatever we love to excess, the object to which we are supr-mely devo ted, and in which we put our trust, except it is the true God, that is our idol ; and that love, devotion, and trust is idolatry. We are under the strongest possible obligations to love God, our Heavenly Father, the Croa tor and Governor of the world, the giver of every good and pet feet gift, in whom we live and move aud have our beinig; to put our trust in him, and to worship and serve hitm with the utmost fidelity. And whenever this supreme love, trust, or devotion, which belongs only to God, is diverte~d from him to any other object, it is idolatry. Hence the Apostle Paul declares that " covetousness is idolatry." Covetoaeness is the excessive love of wealth. And our Lord himself has as sured us. that we cannot serve God and Mamn mon. Mammon signifies riches ; when, therefore, we are supremely devoted to riches we cannot serve God, and are as truly idola ters as those who put their trust in images, or worship the hosts of heaven ; " for where our treasure is, there will our hearts be also." For the purpose of practical application it is necessary for us to understand with precis ion what constitutes an excessive love of wealth, or of any other object ; that we may be able to determine with certainty whether we are, or are not idolaters ; for probably ev ery person would admtit that such excessive lore is wrong, yet very few perhaps would allow that they were guilty. It is unecesmriy the-refore, to adopt some lixed rule by which it may be determined without question, what cjnstitutew an excessive love of wealth, or other object. The golden rule laid down by our divine Master will answer this purpose: " All thinags whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them." By this rule it is easy to perceive that if our lpve of wealth is such as to cau-se us to desire to obtain it without giving a just eqiia!ent therefor, or to keept it whtn it justly belongs to another, it is an excessive love ; for auch desire is directly at variance with the Rule. We wouldl not that others abomuld obtain, our property withbout a just * Itlivalent, or kee-p f'ronm us that to whichn we are justly enttitle~i; and therefore it would lie wrong for us to oh tain prpet without a just equivalent, or to keepl that . which justly be.longs to another; and wvhatever it is wroni? to do, it is wron. to de-sire to do. Hlence the desire to ohbtain (r k-eelp the j~roperty ofl o~ther.4, without remner ig a just euivalentt therefore, is proof of an excssie love of wealth-that c.oVetousness which is idolatry. The same rule will apply to every other object of love. If our love of ease, of plea, ure, or popularity, or display, or the love of our children, or of ourselves, Is such as to cause us to desire to do any wrong to secure its gratification, it is an excessive love, and is idolatry. We may now readily perceive that there is much idolatry in our land, and even anong professing Chrietians. The " Christians thirst for gold," has long since passed into to a proverb. Let us notice some of those who show, by their actions, that they are idolaters. Of this class are the robber, the thief, the counterf-iter, the forger, the swindler, and the gambler. No one will for a moment doubt that their ruling passiou is covetousness. Fraud and over-r eaching in trade may next be noticed. Persons often boast that they have wade a good bargain, or got the better of another in trade. This rut only shows their willingness to receive the property of others without an equivalent, but is also an evidence of a depravtd state of morals, which gives countenance to such transactions. Un der this head may be included the practice, so prevalent at this time, of taking an un reasonable profit on goods sold ; such as the seller would not be willing to give if he were the purchaser ; also that of extorting from others an utireasontibl- price on account of their nece-sity-a price which he would cou ider too high, it their circumstances were re versed; to which may be added the taking of usury, because the boirower is obliged to have the money. All these show a disposi tion to acquire others' property without an manal value in return. What is this but cov :Wtuse.- which is idolatry ? The ?.eculator is another who shows his e.,ire L.r the property of otheis by endeav uring to increase the price of that which he has to sell by onopoly cr other mean<. The principle is the same whatever mhay be the snject. It is a species of fashionable gaumL ling whereby thousands have been ruined; yet it is regarded as an honorable bu.,iness, and m:ny a parent aids and encourages li; son to specttl:te on the trifling articles which he has purchased, thus early inciting the de sire for that which belongs to others. And here let ps olsetrve the very general dli-psit iou among the rising Leneration to live without labor, to get along in soaue way without earning their support, to indulge a lili. of idlene's, and e "cape the dt'r.ee of hi-aven by which labor is required of man. And when we add to these the host wloseek otli'c, not for the purpose of perfommuing the suties, but nere'y for. the profit ari-ing there rom;ii anl the idlers of every' description: the loafers, and thosie who live bzv bei.ging ail the numuher is not small who daite he piipiwity uf others wizhhout an equivaet wtio uhearislh thabt Cuve tt'.Ie5. hlci.- is a.ola In adenit;',n to tlfu'.. hos -fore in I oni et we iny notice the nlmib.-. who 'how an unwil lii'.'ness to render to .-ery one his dus ; wl.o iu-i every inenias in thi it power to -.vade the pit) dutil of their just dels ; who do not } rve to the laborer that' which is just anal llazl for his serviceis. Are not these worshipers of Mamnton ? Mauin are the-re not those who poese-ss wealth-who have their hiundreds and their thosands-evenl more thani thy know h(ow to u1se, yet do not regard the cry of the poor and the needy ?-who fo. get the stotree from whence their ble-sings &.zcom?-who are in senible of their obligation to tihe Gliver of every goo?d anld perfect gift.? and not cnly neg hects to make a suitable return of gratitude and love, but refuses to apply their wealth to inch objects as their duty to God and their fellow.men requires ?who, when they see their l'ellow.creatures naked, or destituto of daily food, say to thern; "IDepart in peace, be ye warmed and filled, y,-t give them not those things which are needtfil to the body ?" How dwells the love of God in themt ? Or when tey see iportanit objlects failing for want o~ that support, which they are able to give, and yet refuse -to render aid, do they not show that they have an excessive love of wealth? But those who have aln excessive love of riches are not the only idohaters ill our land. Whoever is unlder the influence of any ruling pason, that causes hima to disobey the com a~ds of God--to do wronfg to secure its grat ilcation, is equally as gulilty as those who covet their neighibor's property. The drunik ad is a striking illustration of this truth. Oftentimes the love of strong drink has caus ed him to sunider the nearest ties of life ; to sacrifice his fricnda, his property, his reputa tio and health; to take the bread from his famishing wife anid children, and give it for liquor ;yea, anid even to nell the clothes from their backs ; and at len'.'th to steal to Iminis ter to his dezprla'ed graltifieation. To subh, their unatutral appetite is their god, to which everythinlg elsie i, sacrificed. T uriing ourI atttenition fromn the inlfatuated wor.,hiers of lMacchus, we may tlance at other votaries of pleaonre, who salcrifice eve' rythbing to seinsual gratification-whiose lufti en a--pirationsd rise no highler thani the beats that perish, forgettinig that they are intellec tual and m~orial beinigs, atnd that they are ne coultable to G'odl far the abulse ofl their Ifee Notice, too, the votuariesi of fa.-hion, whosem love of diiida~y causesC thecm to doi wrong t effect its gr at iileationl. When that time and. I _......y w.h,.h ought to be devoted to use. ful purposes, is wasted in vain ahow, in adorn ing the person with fino clothes and jewels in . useless furniture and costly equippage there is a devotion to vanity which is incon sistent with the sincere worship of the tru God. There is sometimes likewise an excessive love of children which interferes with the ob ligations that are due to God. Parents ma3 become so dotingly fond of their child as t< place their affections wholly on it, and thu: idolize it, and allow it to separate them fron God, and cause them to neglect their duty tc their fellow-men. Such excessive love is sure iv idolatry. And there is the mau too who seeks popu larity by unrighteous means ; who will fawn and flatter, and lie to accomplish his ends who puts the bottle to his neighbor's mouth and does all in his power to make him drunkard ; who endeavors to raise himself by pulling others down, and will slander and abuse his opponent that he may profit by his ruin To such an one, is not popular favor the ido of his heart ? We have thus glanced at some of the evi dences that idolatry is the prevailing -in ir this professedly Christian laud, and in thh enlightened age of the world. If we have taken a right view of the subject. and if tht premises that we have laid down are just and true, and if we have reasoned correctly, doer it not follow beyond all question, that we art almost exclusively given to idolatry ? Looi where we will, within the Church or without among the rich or the poor, is there not abun dint evidence that the love of money, of some other base object., has become the rn ling passion, to the ex:lusion of jlstice, rii ti ccusn.< and trutA,, and every other Christie virtue? Ilow rar-ly do we'neet with e'xamtt pies of that sterling integrity, that intlexibh :dhestnce to what is right, that stprene de vution to the cau-e of Christ, that cheerful obedience to all his commands, that fixed f ur pose to follow him unto a martyred death which distinguished his faithful disciples ! It is t:ue that Christianity is nominally the re ligion of our country, and its pule principlea are generally admitted, but is it not (qual) manifist that these grand principles, thi very basis of moral obligation, are alnost to. tally di.regarded in practice. That whih Christianity has gained in favor, it ha's lost it purity ; arud as the number of its volariin has increa-ed, their zeal and faithfulne.; have ditminished, until little besides the ntaut is retained: and almost the whole magi t: the people have become guilty o' ilolatrv It is freely amlnitteel that there are some faith fil followers of .e tisu, whone bright examiph shinejs out ionismpic:uously amid the surrouni ime dal kIne..s ; who, like tLi'e in the days t, :fj.th the prell, h:;w it1 buowmed the ki ei 111 liaal, hit ha' i z h'afi,o -ly' a ,-r.-d t1, t01 true wortlJip of id as rev,-aled by his S:,n W ht-u w1. ni fleet ton this general dt-partiur frtomt the worship of t.- tmi it Go e, and be: in mintd. ite ste'vere( judgaments whieb lie itdlic t.h on hs :ancienit p1ae.ple. the .h-w4, for thti: idjl:try, is it at all .trange th:.t our coruntr. is sufferitr wide-spread distress a:l mtiserv Hlave we niot rather great reason to thar tha there is let in reserve titch severer ptn;ish menZt for tier suns'? National sits are oftet puis- with Itionl calamtnities, itt whtiel the innocenlt suaffer as waell as the gityt. It muay be useful to iraquire from wha source this genmeral idhohttry has hail its ori gil. Aitmong the catuses which htave most ex tesively operated to produce thtis ea'eet ma' be noticed the great deliciency in moral o Christian education. Paretnts have oftei nglected to imtpress on their childrn the g and principles of moral right, of uniswerv ig regard for truth, anid a sacred respect ho ~h rig'hts of others. Sotme niot only fail t iive their children good instruction, but ac tually teach them by precept and i-xamtple t disobey the cotmmands sf God, and spurnn hi authority. It is not stranlge that these wh art thus instructed shtould pursue the way disobedience. Example has a powerful infit nce ottnmntkind. It was by this mieatns the the Israelites were often drawnt inito idolatry Ot this accountt they were stictly firbidde to have any inter~euse with the idolatroui natiotns artouttd them. So mietn ini our coun try, especially the young, are entticed from the service of' God by the infinee and ea ammilea of others. Specudatinag, gamnh.lin1 drikinag, profatnity, idlentess and vanity, a contagious sins ; and the wicked of ten drai others into wickedness to give their own at tion countenance and support. The rich, an those who fill high oflices, exert a powerit iflenteut on others either for good or evi When this influentce is in favor of righteiu: ns it is highly beneficial; but when exeri ed to) encourage sml the consequtenice iS dliSa truU indeed!. Let us now serioud~y brigg this subjelu haomte to our own hearts to dhscover whethe we are guilty oif idolatry. We have arrive at the concltision that idolatry is the prevai ag siti in our land-are u-free fb m ils ia gIire..' ias thbe covetoustness which isi ide. 'tny tne place ini our hearts ' Is there lurking desire to obtain the prop~iernty of oti er without giving amn equal value in return A re we wilitegto tendetu every man his d ue tat which is just ad equal' D Io we alws use our wealth as we taught 'l r as there ta ,,te other ohject otn which our affeictionas at padto the exclusiont of ouri dtfy to God eat us reemhor that we cannot serve U0 and Manmon. If our affecuons are placed on riches, or honors, or any other worldly ob ject, we cannot love God with supreme devo tion. Or, if we love God with all our heart mind and strength, we shall not be devoted to any of those uuworty objeets. Let us then examine ourselves faithfully.to see whether we are sincere worshipers of God. And if we discover that any idol has diverted our af. d fections from Him, let us give heed to the at injunction in our text, "Whberefore, my dear- b ly beloved, flee from idolatry." Cast the u idol from us, and trample it under our feet, and return to the living and true God, ant s serve him with a perfect heart and a willing j mind. o Life in the Northern Prisons. a Ex-Governor Morehead, of Kentucky, who ? was a long time a State prisoner of the Lin- C coIn administration, in a recent speeh in Europe, where be is now on a visit, detailed P sonic particulars of his treatment.while a pri. soner of the Yankee Government. IHis nar- e rative detail cruelties and barbarities even worse than those of the Bastiles of France, Y and pictures a fate that has been endured by ri hundreds of our citizens. Let itbe rend, that (I we ty know and appreciate the brave spirit of our men that has never cowered under it. I Ct leferring to his arrest. Governor Morehead 1 said : I have in my own person felt the despotismn ti of this Northern Government. It is a matter w of very little moment to the world, or to you, it or even to the community in which I live, e how a single individual nasy suffer from des- o ltiasm, but the infringement of the rights a of one individual is but the sanction for a like ! at'roety to be.' perpetrated upon every huiuan o bng that comt:es under the intlarnee of sneh ti a t;overnment as that. I was seizel at r, o'clock in the night in my own bed, dragged t4 frr.a: it and my fatnity, without a noment'... r: warnitg, and carried across the Oiio river-in el detian.nce of the writ of habeas corps. The ti .'oidiers took me and ran tme by night. by .,l'eil train. to ]ndianapolis. OUne of the It Judges of the Supreme Court sent a matshasl e with a wiit of hIabeas erpuistobring inc La, S bt. I was carried by a special train to Coltun-j h bu:, Ohio. There I was kepi h rhile, ant w atfterwards~ was carried on teKew York. amul v hurried to the prison of Lafahtte. And here u I desire to say that I cannot hell conceive -, of any horror more dreadful than that whih a was ,-xperienced in that prison. It has a t small court not tmuch larger than tLis room , for exercise. I '1'i,irty-eight of us were placed in one room, live 2 iounzlde'r cannon; occupying one per tin, of thi room, which was 611 feet in length I and -:'_' in dtepth. 'I he floor was a brick flor, h su damup that your bunts would be ~overed't wit.b g'reen mounl eve-ry mttrning. They gave I te 14 ltottds (it f straw to sleep fin. e:utefully weighedIf about halt' rot t en. It was plaeed wicet.aut 1:1'1011.11 ashitttn a Vtry' <.arn, 14-k. I ea. withomt my ahoes,t; feet in height, andi the belI ttttIt Iea t" -teet 71 inches-aamally unn'-uredh by a memi. bh-r front Marylu.d, .\'. Sangston. W( had one very dirty tin cup to drink out ,t; and the water we drank wIaa tiled, not with ani mtaleubw,'n but with mill ions of tadpolen. We had to hld our nose when we drank. and strain very drop of it. We were tocked tspt . at t; o'clock att right, anid kept till ti nexti moring~i, withloutt any, naturail convenienci' wihate've'r, ,ut'es ing the agomai.s of death. I I emembe~,~r, if y ou v. ill allow mue to tell it dislike to fibliow Mr. Lincoln, but there was an old man brought from Kenttucky upivards of 70 years of' age. 11is head was as white as snow. I never saw him betor e, but 1 was *auzed to see hint. antd reLeing that he wi as f'romn Kentucky, I went up and addressed him. - A friend had sent rue somte liquors, atnd I asked hitm if he would not like to have. a lit tie whiskey, or brandy, and he aaid yes, it Iwas the only time in his lif'e that he felit i a grood dram would be of' sei ce to him. So as the very commnontly thte ca'te there, hte took tebottle amnl poured out a very heavy dr itnk. {La ughter.] ie dIrank it oil' witLout mixing it witb water, and he took 01) a glass of wa ter-we had putrchat'ed glasses at that timte-I to drinkh after it, anid saw the tadpoles. lie set it down againi, shakin'g his head, and said b e could ntot stand it, antd walked away ; bit the brandy burned hinm so much, that hei catte back aind took it up, and held it between the light of the sunt antI himiself, anid soliloqjuiz itng, sttid :" Well, tad poles, if' you cnan stand it, I can;' and drank it off. [Laughter.] ie miade a comproise with the tadpolea. IWe wrote a letter to Mr. Lincoln, signed byI every individual who was in the fort, telling 1 him of the horrors of this prison, stating that1 Iwe (lid niot pretend to diecuss the rightfulness of our imnprisontment, but that we supposed we wer e enititled to the common rights of htu mtat beingbs. 'The reault of that wias, that ini j about a tmtnth we were takeni to For't War- I rent. TIh' y' putt ud ont a vessel to be takenit there by sea. Thea captain told tm himaelf tat thte vesse.l was calculated to take about 2.50 p~ertons, anid they took l,l100. We were< ifty hours ini mtakinig the voyage, attd all that .was given us to eat durittg that timet was a p liece of' raw fat barrel pork, perfectly raw,< about the se of miy hatnd, antd three sea ~crackers, and I saw the poor soldiers eating I thtat raw tteut. We had futnished outrselivs1 with somethiing better, bitt nie could ntot feed themt 'll with the little we had. We w~ere eplaced afterwar dls in Eort Warret tupoin the n akede Iloor', without bed or blanket, or gyt~ d hing. Message of Gov. Bonham. o ST..r: OF SOUT CAROLINA, ExxceTIvE DaPARTE1T, Columbia, January 20 18;3. Centlemcn ofthie Senate and Ilouse of lRp resentatices : The comprehensive annual message of the istinguished citizen who has preceded me the Executive of the State, leaves little to e suggested by myself, except as to such atters as have arisen during your recess. I transmit copies of the Act of the General ssembly of Lite State of Georgia, " to pre nt aud punish the planting and cultivating rer a certain quantity of land in cotton ;" as so, a resolution in.tructing the Governor .that State to transmit A copy of the Act " to el of the Executives of the cotton growing1 tes, accompanying the samie with an ap :l to the cotton growers of said States, to ike the same concessions to our common Luse that have been made by the cotton owe'rs of Georgia." i commend them to or most fuvorihie consideration, with the mark that the number of acres per haud rea are allowed by the Act to the full hand) liberal if not too high. Such alaw is need. I to repress the avarice of those who board ir grain, with the view of making larger tins by the production of cotton. It is lue to e Sate herself, and tothe ftimilies of the men Lo are now lighting the battles of the coun , that ever: lawful means should be adopt. to.k~cep the breadstutis at a low standard value. I also transmit copies of resolutions opteul by the State of iorida, viz: a reso tion "to guarantee by the States the debt the C- nfederate Government;' a reso!-t on " in relation to the prnti war; a::d a *s 'ation " relating to salit :" tie later ex ndig the privlege to die oth Coftiele tie .tates iii I:anurfacturn.g salt uipcu the ,apt of Florida ; to which I invite your at ntiun. I have received recently a telegram and tier, with accompanying papers, from Gen 'al eturegard; as also a telegram frem the Lretry of War, upon the sulject itf negro hor on our coast ; cv.pies of which are Lere iih transmitted. While the Seeretary of ar ecrdinally approves the other provisions our Act upon this subject, lie does nit el authorized to as.ent to (hat provision 'hich requires the Confedera e Governnt"'I 1 pay for negroes lost or captured, oI t lw round that Congress alone a amlbeorize it. ence the Act is as yet inoperative ; and refiw' I huaw not felt at liberty to arrest e opt-ra tion, in the meantine, of the reso ttions of the Council for supply in si'dh la ir as can h.. pre nl ndr tham. 'iPs ij et sal!s imle,-r:aiva-ly fher promtIt action t the part. ~It the let'ishoittutr. Nithing , 1411ald b lt-it untiona to comph-ijala1ta tlaO ahh-ftem'es , the e'alies.t pr1.icticabh tiny. 'lha object of 3olur Act h..iig t) btain ,t- lah.r, anl not the penahty br onittimi; to uaiaha it, the sum of one dollar per divom. iaking thirty dollars per month per hand, as roied, will proe inadequate, in some ne, t' the accompl :ihtlt. of the object. t. will be,' al-o well So to amend the Act as , anthorize the State agent to appropriate ich ine< as tay be collected to the hire ot aad to b~e placed on the works. It is practically impossible fur the State aut to at tend int pteirt at the various de al ont the varitah: riailroads, tromt which the egroes ealld for by thte Confederate generad till hve to embark, so as to give aeeeipts, a required by jhe Act, without atneh delay n supplying the labor. I recaomend that ssistats be parovided to perfrm this duty. L'he agent htimself will, pierhaps, be tequal to 1 the other ditties enjoined I have received a commtuniceat ion fromu Gen ral leauregard in reference to the forces of he State, a copy' of whhkh is herewith trans nitted for yourt infti mnatio:. I herewith transmit copies of letters fromt ir. B. I). hlasell. P'residenat of the Ubaarle'ston il Svinnah raiilroad com panty, wivi tten since e pwr's of the Executive Coucil have zjpirda. The Governor and Coneil had. ander the Ordinance of the Uonvetntion, leig lative as well as executive powers. As the uatter is be-fore yo3u, in tlhe report of thte 'ief of.ustice and Poice, I have deemead proper to defe.r, for the present, the pay ient of the lar ge sumi ot mnoney asked for. -iich might have been drawn at an earlier The Comnbabee Rangers, a mounted corps ci the Second Confederate Military District, 'ere organized under resolutions of the Ex cotive Council, to continueO in service until e teetiog of the Legislature. I learn they til preserve their organization, wvhicht I have t ittrferred with, as you were so soont to secable after I received1 the informatiion, a wll h~ave tihe subjecet uder considlean. io. Two other comp hanies of maotuntedl menc -ctptais Boykin and lRodgers-were also rrganized nder the sanme authority, but for rtat term of service I anm ntot advi'ed. As 1 other forces of the State have beeni turned ver to the ConfederLee GovernmLetnt, it is ubit~ed for your decision whiether it. would tot he bue~r to turn over these two also. If 'ain in Staite service. I recommaend( the doptioi of the suggestions5 of the Adjutant n nleter Gleneral in a communtnictiona ont isalject, copie~s of whith are tr.mnsmitted. I have aweelved from Mr. TDavid Lopez, ete.l Suneritendent of the State works, a communication, an extract from which i herewith transmitted, together with my repl; thereto, made under the fullest convictiot of the great importance to the State of these work' at this juncture. In anticipation of the action of the Legis lature authorizing the Governor to appoin )ne Cadet from each Congressional District suggest that the resolution state explicitl: whether the Governor is to appoint one fron each Congressional l'srict annually, or foi ne year only ; and the propriety, in eithei tvent, of an sappropriation for the support o the additional Cadets. The resolution befor fon provides for appointing sons of thost who fall in battle. Some fall in their first attle, while others pass through many a well fought field, covered with honorable scars finally to die in service of diseases contracted in the " line of duty." I suggest that the res ,lution may also embrace the sons of sue ateretorious oflicers and men. I recotne:d the creation of the uflice o Assistant Adjutant General for and during the war. The duties of that oflicer at thi time are very onerous for one person, fre quently taking him from his ollice. A communication fron Major Wm. Ilenr Cumming, Surgeon Provisional army of the ConiWderate States, superintendant of vacci nation for the department of South Carolia and Georgia, in reference to the subject o vaccinationt, has been Sent to we, copies U which are submitted to you for such actior as you mtay deem expedient. I need not dwell on the importance to the State of hav itg every person of every class at:d condition properly vaccinated. 1t.der the impression that want < f time pre tnted your aoppointLrg the Board of telie: prvided for in your late Act, " to uuke ap ;rpriation in aid of the families of ,oldiers, stid to repeal an At ettitied Au Act to af fed aid to the families of soldiers, ratified utl the 'tt day of December, in the year of out L..rd one thouisand eight i:tndred and sixty .me," itmediately on your adjournment I a nd at proclanation appoititirg the old ierds of Retief to pie rtfirt, for the time, the !ities prescril..l by twe Act. Having btli wett.ikly k-arned that the appointment 01 t~he ard< was purposeiy deferred, and or Iurtler :aainatiun of the Act, thinking that Ihe fund could not be properly drawn by an. it hr than the bonded Treasovrrs provided for .uspended all action under the preclawatior No one can see the ditticulty with whict roar sick anl wounded soldiers at Richmon ,ltnin their (urlitglis, pay and pas-ports eing ltc.gves straange's to the city, at tmil;:l fiar with the modes of procdlie, and uim i fferrit puidie (.lices being freq-ntly ro t~ be nc,i'sit y of the: case, suptiares re uVoel fromt ,.-:h ot,-lr-witbont b.ian imn pe.sed wit h t he imipoartatice to their coma furl 11d: enveniene'm of an agent at the swat o G;vitranent, whern-v'r it it. may bei, whow' duty it .hnli be to assi t then in pe.r.on, ts well as by all requisite iiforuatton. You1 temnbers of Confgres, who ilo tir then heerfilly, when in Richmond, (which is no more than haulf the year,) all in their power cn.,istent with their other duties as repre selttatives, rcotlm nl-! to the Governor ate Ex:.ctive Cuotn cil the app.intient of such atn :guit. :and I no-.w adda my earnis't recomn tiiwtdatio: to that of my ptredecessor. Tw< thosand dollars per anttumuwill p~rocure cmpetetnt argent-at sum of stnali consequene to the Sta te, compared with the inanuensi benefit to your troops, who are so uneom plainigly making the heaviest sacrifices fo the suces5s of our cautse. In obedientce to your Act requtirinig the Ad jntant and Intspector General "to order al electiont for field ollicers of the several regi ments of the First corps of Reserves, and e .,nch other regitments now in service, whos, field oflicers have beent appoittted by thea Ex eeutive Council," that otlicer entered pirompi ly upont his duty, as will be seett by copi< o his report to tue, hierewith' transmnitted The report arid accottpantying papers expiail fuly the emibarrassmienlts in the way tel hi exec~uting your directiutrs. .\s it wats matni fest, nudi.er the circumusttance$, they cou)tld tit be e.ented btefore youir mueeting~, I approve, his course. It is of the greatest imiportane that pertfect harmiony ahould prevail, at thi periluts period, between the State atnd Con tiederate atuthioritimes, and that the highest di: cipline should be: preserved amnong our troop: Thee, is every reason to aptprehend ant iuvt sion of our coast by the enemy. I have the mure readily acquiesced in tb coure pursued by the Adjutant General, j:j asuch as I CannoDt doubt that we have n, pow;r to order an election for the field ofi cers of regimnents transfet red to the Con: federate service. FEven where cirqctions~ artn such troops dlid take place, unfler the laws . the respettive States, as wais the case at on time, they were ordered by -.he Cotnfedarat ofliers, atnd hut by the State authoritie: And I can perceive lnt ditference betwee1 the regitmettts of Rteserves already turtne ovr t) the Cotnfederate service for thre m oth, andt thlO're for the war, so far as art right exjists ott the pa.st of the State to con trol their subsequent elect iotns. Whilst mt w..uld ho may duty, as well as mn inc elitation antl d ieasiur, to ettforc every Ac of thc Logi-dature, ais far as I can, a just sens of my obligate ils to the Stte, as well as t the Confe~derat e St :tos, and a deep solicitud for the success of ontr cautse, lead me earntest to r., .....-mmn the repeal of the A o. a doring these election'. Whatever opinion I may entertain as to the propriety of the field otlicezs of these regiments being elected in the first instance, I believe it.to be cur true policy, under-existing circumstances, to allow - matters to stand as they are. It is far bet ter that we should acquiesce in many things that we cannot approve, than to pursue a course which may produce discord. With harmony and concert, we will, under the blew-p. lugs of divine Providence, achieve the inae pendence of the South. M. L. BONHAM. Arrest of a British Sympathizer in Wew Orleans. A snb-lieutenant of the British ship of-war Vesuvius, tramed aIjdph Hantree, went ashore at New Orleans on Christmas. A letter in a Yankee paper gives the following account of the "time" he had : - Having slashed around the city all day, and tak.ni in a pretty good supply of grog, he found himself, about half past nine o'clock at night, on Canul street, where, inspired by John Barleycorn and English sympathy for Socesion, he began to bellow out, in regular John Bull style and voice, the well known burthen of a Seceah song, which is interdict ed in this community. The police officer on that beat quietly told him that he was dis turbing the peace, and would have to stop making such discordant sounds; that the Bon. nie Blue Flag was tint allowed to be sung in our city, any more than it could be permitted to cheer for Jeff. Davis or " Stonewall" Jack. "Who the bloody - are you ?" inquired the lnglishiman', indignaut at the interrup -' I am a police efficr, sir, whose duty'it is to keep ti - peace," replied the guardian of the night. " Well, you have no right to interfere with me. I'm an eillcer in her M.jesty's service, and I should like to know what you're going to do about it ;' and again he bawled out a line of' the .'ingl. You must stop it, ir," said the officer, or f will arrest You." " Arrest me ! I would like to see you un d.rtake it. None of Banka' slayes ain arrest mhe!" The officer went up to take hold of him, when he prepared himself, and -give the - man of the moon" a stunning blow on the peepers. Assistance was called, and although the gentleman of her Majrety's service laid about for some time, a la Tom Sayers, he was finally nil'en. There waS sorne difficulty in o. ttingy him to the watch-house, and while he was in the office, and as the clerk was taking down the eharrge against him, he struck the ;'tiiheer who brought hint in three times in the face.. Tue sib.1intenant was very indignant on bleiig tak:'n to one of the c.dll. He became -n-."-4ly ,.nraged anl acted in, so outrageou- a .mum"r that he had tombe put in the stocks to. keip him quiet, where he remained autil rmo:rning. When bronht before Judge Pea I .y, he conpla'ied bitterly of the treatment be bat received ; but he got offvery. cheaply by p.ing a fine of only fifty dollars. The .Jaidge had sentenced him to ten days impris I nmnt, also ; but he isoftened down'and'let Ihim go by paying the fine. A Fxsa~m.u. Lova LETTMa.-The following .specimen of Federal literature was pieked up ron the battle-fleld, near Murfreeeboro', by a Confederate soldier: -1000 eight hundred and sixty tew my Deer rbomas~ I embrae this opportunity to letyou -kniough at how I had a spell of aigmar and I f dones hope these fue linies may find yew en ' jjying the same gods blessin wrhy dont yew - onley rit. a sweatei line to tell eutrdn kath .run all about her sweet Thomas. Oh, my saseet Thomas may turtle dove my pidging, .my deer Thonmas how tny, pore sole is longing * for to hear yer sweate voyee. I thin~k I .1 hear hinm singing j.,dan is a hartd road to -travel acs lie cjwes from lisa plow niow. Oh tumy deer 'Thotmas cutw home anid Jets get mar I tied, so no more at preset but remane )our u lovia katthruu an. T. s P 8 part sekkuntd Jamue, Ilaslet has razed - a tine house and asllery. does live zo.autry - be fits him sumntimies when he is a little an .t-smy over, may sweate Thomas let us keapa -house and if yew love mue-I .wont whip you indeed, nor 1 wont look at no hoaddy else se a I wont. P addy says as how I must get married bc. m !Cause I have rim tue long alr'eady. .so no more at present. : k. A. T,. -P 8 part thurd tny pen Is bad my inek i ;pale my luv to) yew shall nter fale for Thim i s t hy pig'ing duck and tuttle dove so no etiore at pr'esent, ePs. NIoty Jleatmy---.tnbuther is- a mnoat ded .and Tfiimothy says he dont keer for anything 1 so no moure at present from yer lovn. k. A.T. SNinty Becny 2--f forgot to say as how that v' nre kurn on tmy big tu'e dont hurt as it use4 - Ito did so wunce muore yer wife as it Is to be. srend 2 kisses and aez fare well, yourn till ydeth do us part. .K. A. T, tfinal. Ps. I had moat forgot to say that .lake has eum home from California, and is apoorer than he went poor Jake he says s how a Galim'rrnia is all a hoax. - o no morei at presenit from yer dotin