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BT B?MKISS; iUSISOE ft CO. PSEPAB?2> WITH AN EYE ' To 3e??o^nd_I.^??t?de: Tke Immmi tn?it? Baweati?Bs. Tbe tim? for bard work in the field ac lund, and, this year t f all *>th?-rs tlie oautury, every Southern (armer ai planter *h? uld do h?? be-t. The Sow Carolina R.^ervea, over the age of 4 ought to be at home to a>swt in supt vising thp lal*?r of the season. lt in crying shame that wet they w*re tnk< from their home avocation? on pivnt?ne witbtwt foundation ; and it is a grievo wrong thut they should now be rHain< (if against their will) when the feriiiil business of the. count ry so rnucb rcqutr all the eoergy that can be brought b-ar upon it, to develops our res? ?ure of subsistence on which (aa much as t thAiprowea? nf our arm?) the ultima salvation of the Bouth dependa. Bot tli perhaps i? irrelevant to our purpos vrbich if t<> offer a few suggestions on tl work of the month. We have had"? ?evere winter, ai?d,c?i s-njuently, oD?^beneficial to the soil; Tl fret-zo* have du?e their work faithfull; Now let us do oura. Hie plow must I put tu mo?on with uncommon zral, it v. would catch pp whb the dtiuand* of ti. plantation. And >et, let >wry one bi ware bow be cotonu-ncee this kind < work in a heavy soil. Aa s?-on a? th . ir.h will erambie a? it toros off the nbur give the word aud let all hands push 11 -but uot U fore. Better, much bett?; uot plow at all than plow too wet. If there be any odis yet to be put it attend to that before doing any thing els? It will soon bo late to sow outs ;-not to late, however, until March enters upo th? seen*. To prevent the bad elf? cts t a drouth upon Spring cats, a writer in th Cultivator suggests that a bull tongo plow follow in the furrow of the coireriiij plow to afford a softer substratum. Il thinks it would not ouly save the oat? but would also be mont iffioieut prepara tioa for a smoceeding pea crop. There i reason in the. advice.. Aa we ajre limited to throe acres o cotton per band this year, doubtless ino? persons will pay particular attention t< thin trop and no reminders are necessarj on that scorV\ Yet it is to be boped tba no jue willrbe so intent upon bi* coltot department 'as to lotte sight of the auperioi importance of a successful corn crop Thu was said of tbe planters in the de bato on the cotton law, but planter themselves indignantly repelled the in situation. Jn point of (act, it was a lav pastted . bj .the plantera and oppos?e (strange to say) hy those who were in tn way connected with the planting interest Be that as it.may, it ix the law; and wt d<>ubt not the planters of the whole Stole wT!l stand rqnare up to the spirit as welJ a? the letN-r of the law. To do this then, b>t ns to the oom field go with a determi nation to carry its production tip to thc bigb'Wt notch of it? capacity. Remem ber, planting lime is less than a month distant?i jtnd as large crops of corn will necessarily be planted, it will be advisable lo btgir>ae early as possible, lt may also be well to reserve a portion of the plant ing Tor ft comparatively late crop. In this way the seasons will in all probabili ty be hit by some considerable part ol th 5 cop, if not by all. But at all events whether the planting be early or late, let it be decent, farmer-like, and patriotic planting. Let us prepare well and manure well ; and, having ihus given the com n gt*>d, healthy, cheering atart, we will be be very "apt. to work it welL It woul?\be wei) for all our farmers to eular]je.their sorgho crops this year. The experience of the past year is conclusive ia k?-favor asa syrup-producing crop. Som? ranters made hundreds of gallon? of thu ey*up, which came to hand in the nick of ti tn o to help out the smoke-house. It. ia wot only a resource against scarcity of food-Tbut it really brings health, as a change of diet. Negroes are amazingly food of it and nothing could agree with them better. We know it is thought by many that the war will be ended during the present year and that molasses will be plentiful at i?he old -prices all which maj andr probably will prove an egregl. ous error. Let him who wishes to incur disappointment and inconvenience, act upon iibat presumption. The wise and thoughtful will strain every means of supply aa 5f the war had but just fairly begua. We repeat then, double your sui ?bo crops. Kiest may be scarce, and high too next season, and a suitable patch of ground on e*rrj plantation might be devoted to this cr?'0. . ^ . room-eora b a good thing to cultivate alV\ and we are .prepared to furnish seed. o rn fis, to all who may need as long as our supply bolds out. And tv come down to table products, Irish potatoes ought to be largely cultiva ted this year, and cabbage, collards, b*au*, green pees, beets, cerr?te, and, in short, aoy thing and every thing caleula-1 tod to make the pot "boil higher, and' thicker, and stronger, and sweeter, it Will ?ot do to conclude an artiole of ? * tit tili* sort st this particular season mic thispeculiar juncture, 'witMifJaa won bvlndf (if caring for and ?iriproving i tf/yrtfc, February mid Maret bare the von-st mouths of ?he year o,??3ttlc, Hjiy ?il. It* this be wi, audi*'it bet thal imr stock of cattle is rapidly dm i-hiug under the necessities ol; the tin how plain, the duty becomes to suat what we have with the utmost exaetn of attention. The man who sutters ac 10 get 'u|x?n the lifV now from sheer ii ligeuce, is wurse than a heat hep. W til our pains-taking, the cattle of c -mitry are disappearing ?t *??r alarm rate. Or rather it would ravalarmi were it not for the resource left us ii? t all-important }>art of the hrut? creati the hoy. Bless the hog f he is our frit :u ne?-(1 and a. friend indeed. $\\v> Y kees may force La to eat ourselves out ?cows; but they can't come thu. figure the bog.question. Thanks, to the erier of the people, we are at this time.soma on the hog question than ever befo Wi'h attention and economy we will I coin? nn-re s? every year, ^?r orViow -provided tee make the corn. And hi is the summing up of the whole matu nuke corn and you will rinse hogs,''a with bread and meat in a lui nd ance . nay laugh lo scorn the impotent effo of the foe. shi-*:p nu tl Wool. ? The iiiehinoud JhumtHfr says t .Southern Confederacy consumes veal ix'v million pimnds of wool, and tl only twelve million, pounds are produc 11 l?t: ?>ouiite.rii Confederacy. Wetbi .he figures of the Examiner entirely t ligh; but be that a* it may, it is impt ?int I hat the mutter shou d be lui.ked ml Much td" thc wind now ?st d, can lie sav .y making heavy cotton goods, that w -uperecde it in many causes, and be a .bi er ui:d more healthy article of appar .nd our factories should look to it tu tin lu thc cotton growing regions, t-heep a frequently rai&ed" only for the-mu tte the sheep being allowed to range amoi the c?ckle but*, and the wool tbrov i way. This will have to be looked ind the wool saved. Some per.;onsthii hut wool degenerates and becomes coar when raised in the South. This is n he case. Our finest wooled sheep con from Spain, and that, ?snot a cold climat fhe tine-t wool we ever rend of was pr hived in Tennessee, *r?me years sine md that is not very cold. We can ntl .heep just as well as they can lie raised uiy country, either on'our hills or in ll ow binds, if we will but pay a little s .ewiou to them, ?nd give them sheds i a protection fro?n the winter rains. Ar we (tut raise them much cheaper Tin they cati lie mised in high northern lat '.nile?, where thev have to be fed with ha half tae year. To raise sheep ii is nece sary to have grass, anti Iber? is no bett? sheep grass in the world than our Benin da, it will grow on any .kind of lund .high or low, wet or dry: Grass is tl first ihing to be looked to if we want t ?nuke lieef. pork, mutton, w:?ol, or butte and that is what our planters must pn pare for. . ? * ? -- How tu Have Cheap Leather. We find in the Athens Watchman communication iron] Dr. Dakiel Lei which contains hints rind suggestions wilie every planter should know. Nature, h says, baa'supplied us v. iib a great abm dance of oak timber and thc best tanbar in the world. It also gives us uueommo facilities for raising cattle und hides; s thal no people at. the North or elsewher have advantages for the cheap prod net ?01 of leather over those, of Georgia. Wi quote from the Doctors remarks : We cannot have plenty of hides am lewther unless wc produce them; and w cannot raise fine cattle without grass, no tan leather largely and cheaply, w'nhou we husband o,ur oak bark. Ju riding ove Clarke county I see farmers wasting tai bark everywhere hy cutting down greet oaks in autumn and winter for firewooc and rails, when the bark will not separate from the wood and is lost. A large tret will yield a cord of bark in the 6pring which will tan t' ree hundred pounds o good.leather, worth six hundred dollars ai un sent prices. Think of a community destroying bark enough to make a thous and U ns of leather, and then paying twe dollar:] a pound for sole leather, which can be manufactured at twenty cents n pound and give a fair profit! I spe?k from a good deal of observation when I say that, full three-fourths of all the.oak bark suitable for tanning, which God placed in this country lias been thought lessly wasted. It is in the very nature of things that such improvidence shall be punished. Let the people everywhere ?ave and husband all tan bark, and en courage cattle raising, and s?hoes and boots will be as plenty as feet to wear them. With cheap bark, a tanner can give afar mer a pound bf leather for a pound of dry hide, and in the end, make a fortune by the operation, as thousauds have done in the State of New York. .It is alarm ing to witness the universal destruction of tan bark by the felling of forest trees when the bar-k will not peel, and of course is not saved. He concludes by saying that our true policy is to save our bark, rear fine fat cattle for their hides, meat and tallow, and thus be independent of all foreign nations for ?hoes, boots, harness, saddles, and tither articles made wholly or in part of leather. Let our agricultural friends ponder upon tHGse things, and act accor dingly. Many members of the Gergia House of .Repr?sentatives are shod with dog skin leather. A correspondent of ithe. Augusta Chronicle writes : u There are dogs enough in the State I to shoe every soldier in the Confederate ? army, and they destroy bread .and meat I enough to feed all the hogs necessary for th? subsistence nf our people. Yet there ! in a horror of curtailing the number of worthless curs, and members have hon*, tofore drowned by r dieu;; .md dogmatic contempt ti measure which cannot be met by argument," < 1 k xmmmm?mmwakmmmamm?m?mm?mmmmmmm?mmam ADVANCE IX S?o^k-^T^^mtcis. Louis'ni a have advanced, in their pri upojr tlii* important article-of luxury the following reason.* : I-t. The recent fr.*f,s have bit thees and iirfne but an itifcrior article of sn can be r.indc from frost-bitten tuno. 2nd; The want of oil ataolu'ely int sai y for the running of their machine 3d. It require? more bands, by t' fold, to griud and gather the cane thc! does to cultivate it, and planters from river will not hire their uegroes upon Coast? 4'h. The great nu ber of negroes ready taken away-and the fear, if ump is perfected, the Yankees will tak from them. Th? se levons have greatly advani the prices, and next year, it is bcliev the supply will not be one hogshead the county in the Confederate Stales. .Jackson Mississippian. Let every planter im the Cm fed en States, who can raise a stalk, plant C uese Sugar cane.this year. -? ? -? How MUCH SHOULD A COW BIT.-Co to give milk, require more food tl most farmers imagine. S. W. Johns writing from Munich to the Country 0 lUmttn, gives an int cresting report of so experiments made in Bavaria, from wh the following is an extract : " Our trials have confirmed the vt that cows, td'give the greatest possil quantity of milk, must daily receive a consume one-thirteenth nt their li weight iu'hay, or their equivalent the for. If more food be given it goes to I format ion of flesh and fat without oe stoning a corresponding increase in ! yield of milk, but if on th - contrary, 1> food be furnished, ihe amount uud val ut tho nulk will bo'greatly diminished. ? ? . - NEW FOOD POU SOLDIERS.-A new ki of food for, army uses, culled the exln ?d' Mesh, is highly commended for in va soldiers sud others. A half ounce rep sent* the whole amount of nutriment a pound of fresh beef! " Th? method preparation is illus described: M The whi process oons'iRts in taking lean beef, fr of tame aud fat, chopping it fine as wh "used for sausages or mince meat, ai .mixing it with its own weight of wau lt is then slowly heated: to boiling and ; lowed Ul boil briskly, -for a moment two,- whiMi it is strained through cottt cloth to separate the coagulated albiimi I aiid fibrin. Thc evaporation to dryYie I of the solution must be conducted at low temperature by .a. water bath or .steam heat. The powder is readily sol ble in water.' When properly dried ? will kee? for months. Enough can 1 stored in an ordinary watch fob osttsta a soldier a week. An ordinary poroela lined ketile, holding a gallon, issnmciei for the preparation of the extract. 1 dry the solution, put the kettle into a la ger vessel coiijaining bot water. Wit but little trouble on the part of the friends, almost every soldier might 1 provided with some of this valuable ni tri merit/' PATTY PEABLOSSOM contributes the fa lowing " new. dishes" to the Cultivator .POTATO WAFERS.-When flour is ? high priced as at present, Sweet Potatot can be used to great advantage in a vt riot y of breads. Boil two large or fou smaller Sweet Potatoes; peel and mas them ; put in a large spoonful of lard, little salt and knead into them half pound of Wheat flour; cut it in sma j pieces and bake in a wafer iron ; or roi I it out thin, cut it in squares, and bake i an oven as biscuit*. A little milkia I ogg-or mm or two table spoonsful of si I gar may- bo added-at will, or possessio! j but simply made as above directed, the; j are an excellent, tea cake. i HOMINY1 CAKES.-A pint of grits boilei soft.-add salt, and beat tn thoroughly on egg* and two table spoonsful, of when flour ; drop wilh a spoon and fry in cakes RICE BREAD.-Boil a pint of Rice soft and let it get cold ; divide it in two por tions, and with the additions needed i will make breakfast and tea bread for i large family. Add a pint of rice floui and two tn.blespoonsful of wheat flour tt one half the cold rice;-if you have milli and eggs, you can make it delicious by [ beating in a half pint or I ?tas milk anc J two eggs ; if you have not, simply add ; water enough for a thin batter, pour hali of this batter into a thin pan, greased am] set it to bake, and the other half in drop cakes. The other portion of thc cold rice, mix next morning in the same way. Cold rice or hominy left from breakfast or din ner, by soaking awhile in a little water, will do equally well, as the soft boiled rice ?ir hominy. The fried cakes eaten with good syrup, require no butter. Thc Athens (Ga.) Factory, we learn has been selling yarn at:three dollars per bundle at Ihe factory all the time, but limiting the quantity to a family in such a way as Rot to allow any .one family to get more than another. In the same-way the Macon Factory has been sejling its shirting, allowing one piece to a family, the head of which has to register his or her name s?o that no advantage may be gained. The cloth is furnished to one or more agent;- in the city who pay twenty five cents per yard for it and sell it to families atan advance of ten per cent. By this generous and' enlightened policy, much good has been done, and by its adoption on a larger and more extended scale by all the Manufacturers in the State a much greater. amount of good may be dote. ? ? ?- > SAVE EVERYTHING.-The Lynchburg Republican prudently suggests that far mers save everything that will serve as food for either man or beast during the winter, lt says that, corn, peas, potatoes, and in fact, every imaginable kind of edi bles, will command high prices this win ter, and our country friends should make it a point to save as much of everything of the kind ss is possible Forage, too, ?of every description, will sell well, and the fanner who takes care nf all he has to spare, will be highly remunerated for j his trouble. Thc idea that tho war will close alW ihe spring is indulged by some, but we do not share in the opinion. Our independence we lielieve to be already i achieved, but ita acknowledgement by the ' Until it is nek now I edged, our'armies can not be disbanded, and mi?t bc fed. .Far mers will thru set- that they c. :mot lose bul. may ?jain Ur^ly by saving every illili); that catt bu at ail useful in thc field. ?ty?th Jbkdiscr. I*L' a LI 3 HT".D STRUT WEDXESDAT MOKXIXO. A- anama, D- S. BURISOE, A z- KEESE ' f tl fl 1' II I C T I) R ? . TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Two DOLLARS per year if paid in - lvancc-Two DOLLARS and.Firrr CENTS if not paid within six months-and THREE DOLLAUS if not paid before the expiration uf the year. * Subscriptions ont of -the District must be.paid for in advance. RATES OF ADVERTISING. All advertisements will be inserted at Oxe DOL LAR ?nd Firrr CESTH por Square CASH (10 Minion lines or less) for the first insertion, and Seventy-five Cents for each subsequent insertion. Parson* at a distance wishing to advertise oan (by noticing the terms) approximate to the amount neeesiary to pay for the same, which thoy cnn re mit with tho advertisement. Those desiring to advertise hy the year can de BO on liberal terms-it beinB understood that con tracts for yearly advertising aro confinad to the legitimate business of the firm or individual con tracting. Contract advertisements payable semi annually. All communications of a personal, oharacter Obituary Notices, Reports, Resolution or Pro ceedings of any Society, Association or Corpora tion, will be chnreed a? adv*rti?ement?. \nnouncinj: a Candidate (Hot insortod until paid r,) Five Dollars. Southern Planters ! ! SHOULD ALL TAKE IT ! TUE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR-tho old pieneer in Agricultural Improvement-the only Agricultural Monthly Journal in the CoufciU erato States that hns lived " through the war," is still published regularly, and will enter upon its 21st year, Jan. 1st, 18M. Now is THETIHE TO SCBSntiUB I One Dollar per year', ?ieadvance! Address: D. RKDM0?D, Aiujuita, O'?. Jan. 14 tf 2 THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, (XXV VOLUME,) ? RELIGIOUS FAMILY NEWSPAPER, An organ of tho METHODIST EPISCOPAL C1TURCH, Ix THE SOCTHKRK CONKEDtaACV, Is publisbod at Angosta, Georgia, TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, Invariably in advance. Any person sending Twenty DOIIATS for sub scription is ontitlod to a copy without charge for ono year. * E. E. MYERS, Editor. Augusta. Aug 26_tf * 34 THE CONSTITUTIONALIST, AUtt'JRTA, OA., IS one of the MOST DESIRABLE PAPERS published in tho South. In its Commercial and News Department, No labor ii spared to give the earliest and most accurate intelligence from all quarters. Its TELEGRAPHIC COLUMN Is filled with ample and reliable information of | occurrences at the political and commercial cen tres. in Politics, THE CONSTITUTIONALIST is Iborongbly Southern, and adheres, under our new Govern ment, to its principles of STATE RIGHTS and STRICT CONSTUCTION! It advocates the ad mission into the Southern Confederacy only ol those Sta<of which Recognize Property in Slaves ! As a port of their Social System. TERMS. Dnily Constitutionalist.;.$?,00 Tri-wockly " . 5,00 Weakly " . 2,00 No paper sent unless tbe CASH accompanies the order. :E?""Speciraen copies sent whoo asked for. JAMBS GARDNER, Proprietor. Augusta, July, 18ft I tf 29 FURNITURE |7~ Ihave now on band a largo Stock of BED ROOM FURNITURE, in Sets of from 8 to 12 piecer, Mahogany, Enameled and Fancy Paint ed. A small lot of PARLOR FURNITURE. Also. 8EWING TABLES, WRITING TABLES, .DINING TABLES, Walnut-WARDROBES, CHAIRS, a few MATTRASSES, and all articles usually kent in the Furniture line, most of MY OWN MANUFACTURE, And will be sold low for good paper when tho cask is uol convenient Burial Cases I I have on hand a small lot of METALIC BU RIAL CASES, Children's only. Also, Mahogany' C tagon Led COFFINS. Also, Covered Rniso Led COFFINS, plain but niatly trimmed, ut $20. Use of Hearse $5 por day, or trip not over a day. I will continue to koep a supplv on hand ready for delivery. " J. M. WITT. MarlO_tf . 11 Notice. ALL porsnns having claims against the Estate of Rieb. Parks, deo'd., are notified tn render them in, properly attested, and tboso indebted to said Estate will-please make payment. - F. G. PARKS, 1 W. L. PARKS, j " Jan 5 1m* 1 NOTICE. ALL persons having claims against tb Estate of Dr. J. Harwood Bart, d?c'd., are notified to present them, properly attested, as the under signed is prepared to pay "the some. Those in debted to said Estate are requested to <etUe prompt ly. W. M. BURT, Ex'or. Jan ?l tf S Negroes Wanted. WE WISH to purchase FIFTY LIKELY YOUNG NEGROES, and are prepared to pay the HIGHEST CASH PRICES. We have on hand a LIKELY WOMAN WITH FOUR CHILDREN which wo will be pleased to sell or cxehaogo for other Negroes. SULLIVAN St GLOVER. Jan 28 tf 4 NOTICE. DURING roy absenee on the Coast Mr. 8. F .GOODE will attend to my business aa it bas hitherto been carried uni And at the same time I would respectfully re quest all that are indebted to me by book account to settle up either with the money or by Note. JOHN M. WITT. Jun 24th, If 4 Notice. ALL porson* having elaims agiinst the Estate of Towb-s Attaway, dee'd., are notified to present the rama on or before 1st January 1864; and those indebted to ?aid Estate will plonso pay up by that time, as I desire to make a final settle ment oo that day. JOHN ATTAWAY, Adran*. Fib 2 St * nat ?863. . " ' -TtTtS*'"' "? "l--9?3. "f SO?TSERNFJELD& FIRESIDE I*TI Mi? h pd nt Augusta, <ia. A Firtt Class Literary and Agricultural Journal I , MANY DISTINGUISHED SOUTHERN WRI TERS CONTRIBUTE TO ITS COLUMNS. -!-o On tho fin* SATURDAY in JANUARY. 1863, a Nr.w FrniKi viii be commenced, in Quarto form, of Eight Pages, convenient' for bindius. Each number will contain TTHItTT-TWO COLUMNS Reading Matter. The' Proprietor trusts thal his exertions to main tain a Flr?t Class Southern Literary Paper will be Hhoral'y sustained. The Terms for the paper will be For Ono Year.$- M For Six Months. 2.00 For Throo Months.....'. 2 00 ' Single Copies. Ten Cent?. ??af Clubs of 10 or more, for one year, $2 .each. ? ?ix months. $1 each. Pogtmistere are invited to nse their influence in behalf of tba paper. On all inbscrip'inns for ward d by them, except at club rates,.tboy will be allowed a commission of twenty per cent. No oom mission, on elub ratos can.ba allowed. .? The firat number of this Favorite Weekly will contain the beginning of "BELMONT:" A Thrilling liomance of thc Last Century, By Mrs. Sm E. HUTT, of South Caro'ina. Al*o the opening of a series of FIVE CHAPTERS of a HISTORY, entitled . ?A GEORGIA COURT FORTY YEARS AGO,". By PniLKMON PERCH. And the first of a Series'of "Ballads cf the War," by II manar whose charming productions, recently published, havo marked this juvenile Poet ai tho " Keats" of the South. These will be followed by a Series of Sketchy Romances, by Hon. Xi. GILKORK Sivs, and bj a choice collec- ' lion of original and selected Tales, which, it is not boasting to say, will render tho FIELD AXD FIRE SIUK more attractive than ever. JAMES GARDNER, Proprietor. EXPRESSIONS OF THE PRESS. " Its writers are the most distinguished in the .' >uth." [Delta, New Orleans. Stands in the. very front rank." [Presbyterian, Charleston. " A most acceptable paper." [Christian Index, Macon. " Equalled by few, surpassod by none." [Times, Columbus. "The best investment of two dollars that could be made." [Missourian, St. Louis. "Deserves tho mopt liberal putronage." [Baptist, Atlanta. "We cordially commend lt to Southerners." [Enquirer, Richmond. - "Its contents are varied and agreeable." [Christian Advocate, New Orleaaii. "Calculated eminently to improve tho soil and mind." [Enquiror, Memphis. " Filled with thc choicest rending matter." [Journal k Messenger, Macon. " An excellont journul, edited by competent gentlemen." [Chronicle k Sentinel, Augusta. .'Best Literary journal in the country." [Journal, Louisville. " A Southern blessing." [Southern Argus, Norfolk, Va. " Every reading man in the .country should have it." [Republic, August?. , ," Gives fall value for the money." [Southron, Jackson, Mian. " Without a rival-the best that comes to us." ?[Express, Vicksburg, Miss. " The best family paper published." [Courier. Charleston. " A welcomo guest at every fireside." [Advertiser, Montgomery, Ala. Jan 14 t? ' 2 Colportage . . AMONG TUE SOLDIERS ! By the direction of the Colportage Board, at Darlington, the work of supplying- tho South Carolina soldiers with the New Testament and roligious reading, was begun first by us in South Carolina. PIOUS PASTORS ENGAGED AS COLPOR TEES. A number of devoted Pastor? of tho State are laboring earnestly and efficiently as Colportera of ibo Board-some of them in Virginia and some of them on the South Carolina coast. ENCOURAGEMENTS TO LABOR ON. Thc cheering intelligence id rcachfug u* con stantly that tho soldiers leceivo with gratitude ! the New Testament and Tracts given them." They welcome all religious instructions with, in muuy instances, the gushing tear and quivering lip. NEW TESTAMENTS AND TRACTS DIS TRICTED. The operation.? of tho Board, to the 1st Februa ry, are 11,500 New Testaments and one million sereu hundred thousand pagos Tracts. THE SOLDIERS READ. They not only accept tho New Testament and Tracts given thom, but they read them, in not a few instances, prayerfully and savingly. SOME HAVE BEEN CONVERTED. Through the simple instrumentality of a lit :?u Tract, the truths of " God's word," prosented to them by tho Colporter, tho earnest prayer and the pious counsel of such, a Dumber have turned to God, and are now-rejoicing in Him. TUB SICK SOLDIER. Those who have visited the sick soldier, a? we have in the various Hospitals in and about Char leston, know with what roadiness and thankful ness, prayer and religious instructions ara te ceirud ; how gladly they receive the New Testa ment. CHRISTIAN FRIENDS OF-OUR SOLDIERS, HELP! Thousands of the patriotic SODS of our own and other States, who are sacrificing all for oar com mon country, have no Bible to point them to God and to " light up a dying bed." They are willing to read it-they ask for it. Shall they be denied ? Our Chaplain writes : "I do not believe fifty mea in the regiment hare brought Testaments with them." WE APPEAL TO EVERY CHRISTIAN MAN. Wo circulate no Tract or Book which any Chris tian man would object to, wbotber he be Prewby Uriah, Mtthodint, Epiteopalian, Lutheran, or Bnp tiit. We, therefore, appeal to all Chris ti? tu throughout the city and country to aid us in this ' common work. We pledge ourselves to meet the spiritual wants of our soldiers to tho full extent, of the means plaoed at our command. SOUTH CAROLINA SOLDIERS IN VIRGINIA. South Carolina regimonts in Virginia share proportionally in all the operations of this Board ,-in Colportera, Now Testaments and Tracts. EVERY SOLDIER ON THE SOIL OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Many of the sons of North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and other States, are upon the coast of South Carolina. Shall we not minister to their spiritual wants ? MANUSCRIPTS FOR FODR-PAGE TRACTS SOLICITED. . The Board desire to publish a number of "four page Tracts," adapted to tho wants of the soldier, and hereby solicit such manuscripts. Thtat manu scripts must be /rae from denominational bia*. CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE DIRECTED. . Those who contribute to this work may specify, if this is desired, in what regiment or company such funds shall be expended. AU contributions to this work will bo acknowledged in the public prints. LARGE AND SMALL AMOUNTS. Let it he remembered that f 130 will buy one thousaad New Testaments, and thirteen cent* will , buy a siagh) copy. Eaeb copy will supply ewe soldier. TO THE PASTORS AND CHURCnE8. Will the Pastors th rou eh nut thin State and other Statos having troops in South Carolina, read the above tn their, eon/regations, and send us the free-will offoring? made to this work. A dd rt**)- 'Rev. \V. D. Rice, General Superintendent S. C. Colportant, Sunter* fr. C, Rich." Mj?cLal ENGLISH HOY?L VELVET, BRUSSI ,. IN NEW AND BEAUTIFUL. Fl DAMASKS OF ALL KINDS, LA Cornices, Bands, L FLOOR AND TABLE OIL ( tr ?J The largest Stock ever offered,. JAS. Gr. 1 IMPORTERS AND DE A LEK Augusto, Sept 18 TUE CHARLEMOS JlXKllU? A POLITICAL, COMMERCIAL, AND LITERARY NEWSPAPER, P Un LIS H ED DA IL Y A XD TRI- WEE KL Y ? CHARLESTON, S. C. TERittS-CASIl, IN ADVANCE; DAILY MERCURY, for I year '- - - $10.00 " " for 6 month? . - - 6.0U " " for 3 month* - - 2.5U Fur les? limn three month?, $1 per month. Newspaper Dealers and Retail Agents lupplied un libural terms. . TRI-WEEKLY MERCURY, for 1 >?,ar - $3.00 M .< for 6 months 2.50. ? " for 3 months 1.25 For less than 3 months, 50 cents a raonth. FKOM THIS DATE, no subscriptions uuMf thc city will be received unless accouruauhsd with the cash. POSTMASTERS are authorized -to act as our Regular Agents in ubtaining subscribir? ?nd for warding thc money, for which they will be ullowed 20 per ceut. cuiotnission ; uuly, huwuvor, when paid in advance. Subscribers-desiring their papers.changed, mast mention the Post Office from, as well a? tho one tu, which they desire the change to bo made. Ouutlemon getting up Clubs of 5,10, 20 or more will be supplied at 2u j er cunt. less than Regular Rates. % _ 'ADVERTISING BATES. THE MERCURY has now the largept circula tion of auy.paper in the State, and is second in this respect to but few papers in the South ; it therefore offer? groat advantages to busiue.? men and ul hur.s whoac interests require publicity. ONE SQUARE of 13 lines, solid Nonpareil, euch iueertion, f-5 cents, and for each additional linc 5 cents. COMMUNICATIONS of personal interest will be charged as advertising matter. Order? Crom without tbe city tn publish Adver tisement?, Marriage Notices or Obituaries, will nut be atteuded to unless tho cash, or an accepta ble city reference,, accompany the order. ?&f Ou all bills of $50 and over, ?0 per cent discount ie allcvod. $8* South Carolina Rank Rills t?ken in pay ment for subscription to the Mercury. Charleston, July 1861. WflEBJ fiBOWHB?i? THIES FOR SALE AT THE " Georgia Nursery," Near' _A.-ugnsta, Ga. ll Y FLEMING & NELSON? ?Tn?IE Subscribers offer fur ?alea fine Int of J. GRAFTED YOUNG FRUIT TREES, cou nting in part of 20x000 APPLE TREES, one and two years old, ami from five lu eijeht fuot high, among which are sixty of the best Southern varieties. 15,000 PEACH TREES, one ye?r old', cf very thrifty grrfwth, forty varieties nf whick ripen in succession from early June to November. 5,000 PEAR TREES, thirty varieties, all ol which are on Quilico roots. 15 varieties of PLUMS, ripening in snceeMinn through tho summer. Also, APRICOTS, NEC TARINES, ALMONDS, FLOS, GRAPE CUT TINGS, STRAWBERRY PLANTS, 'ASPARA GUS ROOTS, Ac, Ac. Ever blooming R03ES ind Ornamentaf Shrubbery. Our TREES will compare favorably with those o:f any Southern Nursery, and we will sell BS cheap ail any of them. We take great care in packing them in Mos3 and Straw, so that, they tuiy be. ?hipped safely to any pari of the Southern States, Descriptive and Price Catalogue? sunt gratis t< all applicants. AddreBS FLEMING A NELSON, Augusta, Ga. October 8th .tm. 40 BLANTON DUNCAN, C?liimbia, S. C. FORMERLY OF KENTUCKY, Is prepared to . fill orders ' tu any. extent in ENGRAVING AND PRINTING BANK NOTES, BILLS OF EXCHANGE, Ac, Ac, Ac. ENGRAVING UPON-STEEL OR STONE. . Lir*e supplies of RANK NOTE and other PAPER will be kept. . . Columbia, AuS 1 3m 31 State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT," IN ORDINARY. John M. Stidhau, Applicant, vs Ella. Stidham, Alice Siidb.im. Irs Stat ham, Jap. Stidham, et Ol, Defendants. IT appearing to.my satisfaction that John Morse and his wile Savannah, Defendants ioaheabuve Mated caae; reside bayoud thu Inuit* uf this Stu to. It in therefure ordered that they du appear and ubjtict tu the divi.-nou or .-alu of 'he Real Estate nf Johr Siidh?ui, deceased, un or before the "J a tb March next,'or ih.-ir consent to the ?a?ie will be enttred of record. F. DUKIS0E, O.E.D. Jan. 9, 1363; l2t 2 Notice. ALL person* indebted to the .Estate of James G. Henderson, deo'd., are requested to make payment by the 1st day of October, 1863, and th us D having demands against said Karate are re quested to present them- forthwith, sa I desire to make a final settlement on that day. L. CORLEY, Adm'r. .Oct 1,18111 ly 40 Notice. ALL Person? indebted to the Estate of George Kershaw, dee'd., are requested to make pay mont forthwith, and thorp bavin ?demande against said Enlate are required to pr ient them, properly attested, on or before the day of May 1 Sod, as a final seulement on that Entate will be made on that day, in the Ordinary's Office. D. A. BOUDIE. Adm'or. Apr 23 ly? U Administra tor's Notice. ?| ALL persou? indebted to the Estate of Ja?. H. | Sweorongin, dee'd, are earnestly solicited to j 1 oume forward and pay up, e? I desire to settle np J < the Estate as loon as possible. Those bavin< I ' claim* again*t said Estate will reader them in I 1 proptiriy attested. . D. ?. DURISOE, Adm'or. flavio 3a SC 4 lion ""Velvet TS. BIS, THREE-PLY AND INGRAIN 33 T1 S 9 ICTERUS, JUST, RECEIVED. CE MD M?SIW TOCTilNS oops, Tassels, ?Sec. ;LOTHS, MATS, MITTLNG wmm3 as. for s?le by 3AILIE 8c BBO., S, 205 BROAD ??; AUGUSTA, GA. SIVE THEfffiCEsl -*-o--iv's' IRAVE commenced tba business of Purchasing FUE CASH; . OlrO SCRAP f ROX, Old Iron, ? of Every Description, CAST AND WROUGHT. . I ora bo fouud near the ll amb ur g Bank, ' w h or? I nm.prepared to receive raj 'wuoant' of OLD IKON that may be brought. I will be tready also tu pay the CASH for iu As "Economy ia Wealth," every Farmer. Black smith, Mill Owuer, Md Housekeeper can turuiah ?om? ; abd as tho Southern Confederacy is. in gr??t'need-of Cannan Balbi, rad ether 'arricies made of Iron, we should do all la our power to promote our eau-a. ' I wiii ?Lu buy Old Brass, Pewter, Capper, Lead .And Zink, And Pay the CASH for the same. Abo, COTTON AND LINEN It A ti S, HIDES, BEESWAX AND TA?.LOW. Persons bringing Produce to this place and Augusta, era easily bring along some of the articles ru their wagons. A. A. ll. SOUTHALL, Agent. P. 8.-No articles will be reveiued from Slsvos, or White Children, unless with s. written pennis* sion. Hamburg, S. C., Jane 2, 1862. ff 23 THE SOUTH CAEOirilAH, PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY, - AT COLUMBIA, S. C. FRANKLIN GAILLARD, EDITOR. AND THE COLUMBIA BAH NEB, A Vt EE KL Y F A JUL Y PAPER, rilIIIS ii the largest Family Paper in tbeSouth JL and i? offered to th? domestic circle for .NEWS aad POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE. The Tales and Stories which are offered to the readers of. the Banner are the efforts of Southern G-onius, which it is a pleasure to foster. Original Sketch**, Literary rad ScientificEscays, and Mis cellaneous Selectiou?, regularly, make ' their ap pearance in its columns. SUBSCRIPTION-Daily, W; Ti-Wcekly, $4 : Weekly $2 per annum, ?a advnnce. All Papers stopped wheo subscription expires. K. W. OTltBES. Proprietor. ClnniWa. J'ilv ?. THE SO?THEE?? BDAfiBIAH A Political and News Jouhal, . PUBLISHED AT COLUMBIA, 8. C. Daily, Tri-Weeldy and Weekly. BT G. P. PELHAM. TERMS.-DAILT, $?: Tai-WrrrLT, $4 ; WKK? L.r, %2, a j ear. Payment iu variably in advance. T|HIS JOURNAL, now entering npon its third year under the present proprietor, is rapidly extending ito circulation and influence. Founded and conducted upon thc principles nf State Rights, it enjoys the reward of public confidence and on lightened approval. Entirely independent, in its managen/Int, it .has atoml with unwavering confi dence, and ?muri?nees, integrity on-1, consistency ..f its principles. Through evil report as well ns through pood, its vnico has been heard in defence -f tho EQUALITY of the Sourh ; its counsels bare ever been and ar? for RESISTANCE to the wrongs attempted to be pur upon ut- by a section u! majoritv. The SOUTHERN GUARDIAN looks for sup port >o the State and section whose rights, honor and interests it-has faithfully espoused and main tained. Columbia, Joly 1881. tf 29 BLISS' DYSPEPTIC REMEDY! IT is customary now-a-days for the proprietors and propeller? of patent medicine? to array before tho public cy? in the most glowing colors, iccouDtH of ? tnimculons curen, and'at UM same '?me' complain of the poverty of tho English lan guage an beinir inadequate to convey ideas that would do justice to their medical preparations. Now ibu proprietor of the above-named prepara tion don't intend to purine-any stich course, but .rill be content to say, candidly, to the people, shat bin preparation has done and will do. The DYSPEPTIC REMEDY Breeds no such propping ?p by. nny such cunningly devisad fabler. BLISS DYSPEPTIC REMEDY is the only reliable pre laratinn now before the people fur ALL ' DIS EASES OF THE STOMACH, and those other lineages that have their origin in diaease nf that irgan. It ha? again and again cured when all itLer preparations have failed. Its merits hate inen discussed by physicians in counsel. ,It bis >ften been pre-judged and thrown aside by poy ir ia ni aud consigned to the tomb of quack hucs Higf, *ud "afterwards restored to more congenial dimest ierra firma, to be administered to their TO rn-out ?nd elbauskd patients, and with tao vt CST PERFECT SUCCESS. It has been tested ind recommended by the most eminent physicians if th? country, and one and all who have thor luj/bty ti;.?fed it in-good'faith, are u nani mon., ?u ta pfalso. It witt CURS THE WORST FORMS o r> "sr s 3? BP siA, Liver Disease, f ons.ipation, UND A GREAT MANY OTHER DI8EAS having their origin in Disease <of the Stoma ch For the above mentioned diseases, foil a COT? reign remedy, and will Bet-fall ia effecting a ore if th? patient is not too penurious to perte-. er? in the taking ol' the Remedy. If on? paek ,ge don't cure yon, try another, and still another, ad rest ?.?sured it will not fail in accompliahiug .11 that is promised. And another thing you r.*y rest assured of, that- yeu cannot toke it long rithout seeing and feeling that it has already be t?n to benefit you ; And if so, continue taking it egularlT, and follow out all the directions-and 'ou WILL SOON BB WELL AGAIN. The REMEDY is for sale by Dr. 0. W. k J. B. vODGES rad E. M. PENN, Edgofield, S. C., at ?2 per package. July 24-_6m. 29M STRENGTHENING BITTERS, . OF GREAT VALUS? MEDIGATrT MHSKEA ! ta Prominent Ingredients, DOGWOOD, WILD SHERRY and POPLAR BARK, have an esuS ?shed reparation as medicinal agents, and are of hcnu'elve* i's l>c*t commendation Prepared by J. DENNIS, M. D., Augusta, Oa.. nd sold ia thia town by E. M. PENN. t Aug* ? ??