Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, March 04, 1863, Image 2
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R??NPnrrf?n7: on the*- Great**
I lip . dhW'ttg leti-r fn-m this '
er?;', animai- in the BV/rf ol tile
. ll Ki i v vt? l>xt*Ai?T??*T? gtninC
MLU'K I.KS Hfl kj >,
.Tinutr
7?. th* fl-ui'.rotJe th? (ff tu rut .{*.?
Stute J.J Ohio:
Tue ..*>..???'itiriM of tliH k< oa^
Lon '--h p-r>o'v to t'i-? armv oi-ufi
huid, itt Commanding G*Mi**rut,.a
b m Ix-tsti duh teoeiveO ami pool
tr?n'Puof Ibis command. On b
rotura yon h?-artteit think*.
Thia is, ltidero, a wur tur tbe i
of the C-n<t'it ut iou and the Kw
national existence-against tno<
despised out honest friendship. <i
j fist hopes,' lind a ri ve n tn t . del? n
try and oar humes. Bj foul a. d
N Hers 'our.nv>t'ves and intention*
iv reviewed, ?li? y haro arraved ag
own f.dluiv cipz-me-. ?s/Und-us by
?ie? tif i-?""> 'tTr'ji' i'y. geographi
and onium TOT.' ir. f.-.'s'.
L ui' utan "tri?K g u< h ??*se
fdr..et this, . ?. ib >l ???'??ugh io ti
I .-ireby nf traitor* lr? .Meir frieo?
. liW-v and Lutua? titv<k? Vu
iied fr nu lyme and friends. f>r t
. and safety < fall, we long for ?he
gentle peace shall again aproad
i.ver oar lard ; but we know uo tn
i--> p;-eib!e while the unjust am
)nwtr of the rebel leaders con
threated u.i. Crafty ?Si the fox. ri
tiger, ?bey cred " uo coercion.''
pi.rii;g to strike ii? Bully ?"?ki?,
posed to fight us, 'otfcause they" c
livo to one, and now, when driven
w hiti- on?.V-no invasion," and>?
?he vVi>fc permian to m&f***
.Apin, if wewil! be "?"od b y
ttl * bid ll'.
??rTbeoeveHhey -a** *?e pt>w-r
?,-f rr thei'i i ito lii> ir rank-, t e
people, and 'hey would also drive
t li-t:- not. Were they aide they
?a.Je Kiid d?strov us without nvn
lund? ajS'iit'd of thc?? t iojrs, I *i
ti a ai y ono conti think of *' pe:
U-rsi-."* Hti who tu ?r'ftiu^ the se
ii: Jul) to bc a slav* ; bs wlio u
th's time is. m??r ?uve-, a traitor to
'i"*i'. ? fc? :b s? rvs the scorn and c<
all honorable men.
?^ : cn tb- p 'w-r of thu ur.sc-iii'u
Jenders is rem and th? p^'pP'
to; -"'h r a.ni act for th'*ir nwtf
..?Lien aro como on without, uttdei
er-iinCHt. there will be no great di
'Vn'trti'^atioi. Between our tust?
liil life there are fewer differences
tween those uf the Northern and
Provinces of England or Ire'and.
W. S. ROSEXC:
Major C
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FROM GatVEST?jt.-On the 2'Jih i
Yankee fli-ot op liod on Galveston,
de-scribed by a correspondent of
ijia-jh :
i 'i* recent, movements of the en^i
oped i bettn^'vea in an attack on our
hv I ht? Brooklyn and tt-ree (foobpa
a. ra. Tue fermer opened the l?aM v
weil cirected ?hots nt Fort Scurry
Mirket street), which were retur:
iaicre-?t tv tbc^arae Dumber from a
colnmhiad, one of which passed e
near the stern o' a gunboa\ and i
canted the Feds to look- at one ar
mazemeut.
The bombardment continued in a i
manner ppwrds of an hour witho
tKe least damage to our fbrttficati
f*ct it wes a perfect waste of Uncl
powder.
Altogether the enemy fired fortyae
and abell, ah^ut twenty of these cat
the Brooklyn-they ?ere.chiefly ?a
" \.ur defenceb, aTew, however, wheth
[tonally or frntn the molion of the
not known. v,*ith more i!' humor 'ha
n?fts forrad their way into tbe city,
horse and damaging two houses; ol
wicked thin be rest flew, wl'.h a
stream, clear over tho place s nd
harmleady in'o ile bay.
We fired nino uhot. from a nivot gu
South Battery, one of iheae struck tba
lyn ; uhe shortly after ran ?.;p a signa
her chickens ont of darr.er. nn ?. with
i al ?-oHwtnde, returrssd with . them to
i*-u (>>. p anehorage.
WBA* I'onoRJtse isrKjiNc-TucCci
QrijsTiti.N.- J ue UichtPOnd oorresrjur
t i- .Mobile A'ivortiser ?t Register.* in
irig of tho dtdiigs of thingros^ ar;d tl
rericv rjue^tioi, remarks lb.is:
Contres* Ui doing but little goM
a!m?)si nothing io help on the cause
abould engage ev. ry heart and hand
the land. Whilst there are a fe ab!
many eaiai at men in our Supreme' L
lure, it ia nevertheless a weak and iuei
body, capable neither ol holding i
Canos of toe Government uor restrain
within legititnate bounds. The coun
atilicted with a r-dundant currency, an
ry additional :aote issued either by the
federate or State Government, oii?y cht
the value of money aud incream-s the c
every article of production-Why n
once, fie , adopt some ]kn to rri
r*? idly aud safely, as possible ih J I
r>i/uodant t>j Moderate notes now. in
eui? i in, in anticipation of the fresh i
n >w ^paring at tb? Treasury departir
The expenses of the Government are f
fu', owing, in jrcat part, to the cheapm
\ mone^ au?! the consequent appreciatk
all other values. A pair of shoe? ttiat i
hive been braucht fi r two dollars L
the war, DOW costo the Government i
dollars.
This enormous difference in prices wi!
ply to all tbs beef, bacon, clothing, s
animuniti-m,'arid every other articie reqi
fir the use of the army. Every note ts
by Hie Government to 'meet thia .vast tx
Qiture, will barn to be redeemed at som
ture day with gold or itt equivalent !
impossible'to reduce pnces to their lot
standard M long as the blockade is enfoi
even if our redandant" currency ciiouisted
tiiely in gold ; yet the adoption imtnedit
i 1 a sound financial system would bring e
awl inaUnt relief to the country, ?f Ui
t e a necessary part of ouch a system, tbet
fixation l?e resorted to. If th? man who
til] Dand $100.000 io Confederate notes vi
r quired to pay*$20,OO0 of it in taxes
au others were required to p?y in like |
jHuliou-bis remaining $80,000 would
worth almost as much and wouid brintr
uioot as much us the original ?um of SK
. OOO. * . * * 1
Aud yet menibera apsnd day after day
be'ing this and other questions, without ct
i. g to a-detertrtinatibn. ' Their duty is pit
vila month bas passed. and nothing i
%. en done. The Congressional election i
. . rs noxt fall aud those who bestow m<
t! light upon their personal ambition tb
tl giiod of tbe country, are doubt leas squ?
i / ?beir account with reference to that.
.Vhat a time t?> think of self, when a Cou
L is at stake, sud liberty itself trembles
a.,e balance 1 Ob, for a cosd of fire from t
.r^ur of the old Continental Congress to tom
the lips and in-pire the hearts of our Co
federate Le^islatorp.
? .?p?f A '.orrcsj.yudetit iniurtni its tint sixt_
three cx-es ut' sniall pox have occurred in ore I
caiity IL Owinnett couuty, Ga. Ail recavered ej
cirpting four,
yy A nejro rsau forty years old, a rr.rp?ntei
? 93*4 eo?tJ in tyorhhiirf friday, ftr fbi?".
Ynnkee Conscript! un.':..-.
A '.bonsor.p>io'i bil1 h.i* pa-SS-?d ihe Yankie
.?ongr?:S< cbicT iri? s'niio?n ail ii ndled? m t<
ii v. r>_ c ire- 'I"i<o ? 7".;/?.;.i thuj? spunks *? f ? .
This m?avire. wvc.s lia? 'h>i4t-\ t li?--Semite!
>r??vid--a .ur liie *t rollin.-m .md c-.l?uig in?
ii'iv?cf. ii* untos bfc>. V*f a.i the; ^blsi'-birii?..
nen ti. iu-.-ei, twenty ami t'uecv-t??.*. ?.>.
V <-Xe.ilp???il.i b'v'UlU thu (j ACtlii. - .abd- .VA'
i .i^ge?, the ot?fy MI.,? A.1 p.*qr'w iJow* ami i
ow ouier?. SulWHiritta?y, as the NiirirYo?k
Tunis Mij.s, it is putting all the ab'-e b.-di.
nea o', i'm loyr.1 Stale- in for t ?J re? v?*a?.
uv* nii'tolil, lie force trill number thr.e arl
iorts.
i ne enro'Iinent is to be made by oftioen
Jireuily accountable to Lincoln. It is^ bi la
;allei t'ortu by draft m auch iiumh;jrs and as
signed to duty tu such place* ua Liucoln see."
St. Nu State iuriictiouaxies have any thing t..
do with i'. Provost Marshalls are to be ap
pointed in eacu CortRres"|?>na1 District, wlv
are to'ago t'? itie.compWne s of tue wm!;
li'-aw petUilliVS are; imp'o-ed fur Hil r?M*'
ti ii ?? or e i.;nseiling r-?sirt't'tee r'i thc drJVft :
..i tact, Hav< Hie WiJte*,'1 every part wi ifiv bi;.
m.U vviih previsions enduring its errbi-*'
cy. Tit? Southern Confederacy, it continue--,
m- put even dollar niel every di op ot J"wu<
lil ile. luui is ?t the diap.n-al .-I Jett'. Davis. \ h
wt are no. prepared tu make >i'??i!?r subml*
duh wgitiigfaus *:ell mske'op our mind- JIM
infamous aiivlvru>nou* dise.?nit?mre. lt is
dui .however, th?* the sacrifice w ill be-made,
?be currency fii'l wili pied-re every dollar,
and theJ^Dsctiption act will pledge every
lr,uJi?ifolooi1 to the national" cana.;/ Now.
>or the fir?L titne, it. contin?es, we ?-bali uav
the pouter of the natiou jiitled ag ?inst tb it i?|
the rebellion, lt predicts now ibe aiiCce^afil!
crushing .out of tb-; rebellion?1 Ti i-? i?ct, i'
. y-i, lUrwtsheH'the means of pa v riging the
-Southern- Confederacy. It eau no-v defj
i ruted Intervention and enter a caurat to the
L vorld. it noy sees tiie M^MS ot ultimata tri
umph, ina-inuch as'the United S ate now re'
ilfceS ils eiietigih and i's Work.
The K.urtiordinary l'rice oi* Cotton
its lises--** Cotton 1st. King.'*"
The Vaiikertsi are u^ginuing to feel, foi
.n?e that "Golton ia KUig"-a tact so long
?.nbernd HI bj .beni. T''e New Y'>rk ifriald.'
m s-pe^King of the extr?tor.Jii>ary prie*.* oj
colt m and. its great vaiuo a* a staple,_ say- :
Calton bas reached a price in the Wv*
Y ?ric mark-t which it never b>re lirfuv. '
S no - it has been known as a-tupi.-. Dar be
ore'yes'.i-rdav il sn :.letily jumped lo CMrli')
irne-cen;*- io the fore- o ?IL ami in tim nttri
a ?on sales were reported at tlie eJttf?oWlin?!}
.rice of iriueiy-six cents per pound. A.paru
wh.> pul'cha^ed in 'rm toretioon resold iii the
aftemuori .at a protit of $40 per bale. At
u'nety-rfix . Ci-iiL- per.pound a b*le of cotton
is wort? $4.'.'>'l. Before tue war it sold at ten
to twelve cent* por p"und, or at forty-five
d dlara to fifty-four dolla'? per. bale. F oin
present appearances it ia possit le that'-it mav
touch oue doiiar per p'.iuu'i, or :>?5u [?er bale
I'be present ?trice is nigher lbau ir was be
fore the itiveutioil of the cotton gin, au'd when
the negnM;s>a: th" South picked it with I heir
lingers. Uryaiit Edward-, in his history o?
he Wesi lud?-8, quoted cotton growu in the
Bahamaji a .d other West. India islands in
17<5i at two a bul inge and .six pence .'sterling
p'r pound-say about sixty-two a :<La bail
cents-which was picked or cleaned with the
lingers. . :
I.i 17S5 the first five bales of cotton were
received in Liverpool from theSouihern States
and which were seized a-i coiitrnbanrl, on tnt
ground that cottou was not nor cou'd not in
growu in America. These liv*! babs wer.
cleaned by band. In a few years afterward;
Whitney's elton gut cam- into u?f?, wU?ch
with incrca-od A fi ican lab ir, itspah?il un
t I meuse activity to its cultivation and aurea1
increase inits production. Notbieg bas ur'n
largely contributed to the civil?zat'.on of thi
heathen tba? cheap cotton g<Mida. Thc iir
step with a sav-.g" in :he path of civiliza'iot
has been to c-jver !?i> nakeaness with a coito;
shirt made (Vom ebeap ia?v cotton.
Tb? wb*>ritig c'aase* in the temp?rale latr
ludes have d< r'ved iintneitse attVH?it??e?fron
1 cheap cotton goods. The poorer * clares o
?email s h .ve spur ed in jay printed cali n
n rivaling tim hues of the most Costly fabrics
while al! ages aud sexes have been in lebte?
! t to it. for "hep ami comfortable clothing ; n*r.
.fora vast tiuuiber of household tiscs. Thi
i : iria?t now b'.' all chuiiri-d. Cotton m-nriv $
per [lound wiil MJ/I make a cotton shirt cos!
' a- much as a silk one, HU:! a calico frock a
, ? tnu,,ti us a silk gown, i-'- ch a slate of Hiing
? will pre.is bard up-.n ?ho" p ?or and laturinj
-1 clnsses. Wiiat will ngura vate the evil w I! b
l ette ol piper cioney? wit-r wnich thej
; will have ti> purchsBe dear good . (for all kin;
I, [ uave a'i'.'inc-.'d with cotconj, w rta Je-ts 'h
j ' halt it.-^ value, of standard currency before th
J j war.
1 .
PLANT CORA-.-Peo .ic must, have com I
must be grown on plantation*. Negroes mus
plant ?n i cultrvato and gather it. If Ki?
Cot 'on attetnpi-. to starve the people, he is i
danger of som t iing Worse than a short crpf
Thu siaudard of .selfishness may b?. bet to
low for self presi-rv.ition. It may iu ih? en
i, j pr.-ve better toTiaye planted 'all com in l8(ic
? ar?d renliz<? r o pn.fi from,' jt; than to ba?
i j planted ail cotton and made a fortune. -
j We appeal to thu patriotism of the coon tr;
. i to plant C. rn ! Corn ! ! Corn !! ! Let u< hav
! c ?ru to f-ed the suldii t>, t?i i'eeii the pe pie
p \ Let cotton be let ahme wi ile our soldiers ar
f? j hui.g-y. Cttzeus,<HirCouu t isbleedi'iga'v <
- j ry p ?re. Slj^e implores you t-'? s?.ve ber. Sh
l ? points you t^ the c hain a tyrant h;:s forge
fl tor ber. S?he points ta the gaunt ^n.*l bun
|'*f gry I?ricken men who ata-.d betwr.en ber an
the tyrant. Site, points'.t?i tb??ir faUfiJies om
ibtiut. j?u. C tn you ?io iodiUere;ii ? <;?.
rou still puisne y-?ur wi tish purpinses? .Til.
God have Jin rey on your Hollis.-Hon^lu!
Texas Telegrapn.
1
i I ARRIVAL OW THK B?K.-Thc Britts!
steam sloop of war Desperate, from Bermu
da, touch* d till" the Bar and communicates
With Fort Sumter Frid.iy niof.iin*. A boat'
crew of otH.'eris and men came, up to the ?aty
bringing dspatches for ii. P. IV J ker. Eq
Acing British Coiidul, and ?he uews id tn
y j safe arrival > f Hubert Bunch, Esq.. at Ber
t I muda, after a long but pleasant passage.
The olficers who came up to the eity pail
t J a friendly visit, to the gunboat Chicory, am
s I dinr'd oil board.
WeJearn from a most reliable source '.ha
I f the officers rm board tue United State* mab
of-waf New Ironsides,- in a conversation witi
the olficers-of the Desperate, admitted tba
tbr?>u of their vessels were missing since li:
late attack of our iron clads^ and that one, i
large propeller, had c.-.nainly been -?unk
This ne wu accords with our already expre^sei
lalief that the fir.tt accounts of tue figbt.-iv
en by the blockaders were not to bj? reliei
I upon. It in also somewhat retnat kable tha?
j altboiigb we have news fnitn the North np ti
j the 2-lih inst., su far no-mention hus yet beti
I made in Northern journals of the arrival u
j any port of tlie steamer Mereedita. Tb
?fi^bt took pluCe it will Oe remeinbeted, on th
31st of January, nearly a month a^o. Wi
r.-main, th- n-foie, firm jn our belie! that tin
fir-.t a.ateineiits ot the blockader!*, in re'V-r
j euee to the teso, i of tno attack by the Pul
j tnetto. S.'afe ano the.C.Dicoia. were wibiilb
fal si, and gut up f.a- foreign . M -cr - Cuar'll's
ton C.nirier.
I J5r* rleraM??parti .lrumN . )i . in-re?nrtMm
I FarraattiV J].-:t h...- ? 1 c.'iu i. : ." u??r
tfiat extensive b- Sj.i.'al j.r.-:.::i .?, ,v,' h.?i:i
made in Xew 'Mi in. '.. .-i. . . :?'?" ?,
wonndttd in the vtns?Tg b?*tl?j and thnf th? V?.;
.rn! 'firea 1? ?I?-:" fl?.?)?!?.
i?Muing*.h?nvy Kriri^r ?vas heard invtri'e direc- j
ion i?' >i.=-csi.- IVst; a:.d;thv ??'?eral belief j
"as ?ha| K. rt M?A'?aifr bail ^yi'h-^n a>: !
fcck-d hv.th? enanirs enc?mala. The l?rlnv I
Destruction o(* the Nashville.
A?Hiut hail'p uit i-cveii out look im'"Saturday :
ii?Muing*.h?*vy firing waa heard in?th'e diroc- j
Kin
vas
ac.k
v?Vinti''n,tUoMj"h n?V rapidly mid 'with ocr:;
ioiiat iuteryal?,-until bli.iur. ..??'? o'clock, flier
.vhieh iir-c only a lew ?rons were l;.?..id. 1
Atoiil ih-s-ittn?. news reached tue city that i
ii" Ma'i.'aukh'-id come tip within ra"ge and !
jpi-n&d tire on '.!io steamer N-mhcdle* which' j
.i attempting to run up. had /ot aground i.-n i
f-'ridar '?i :!?#i b-ml of whai. is called S ven- !
M?e. fcsach, in the Og echee a short distauce j
iB?Ve '.he ?iit. and 'HHI tbi? N?thm?t wiis on
.Ire. . Witii a trend we drove. down to GuSf!
r$ aff? on rae Liah>. ?^eechee, aoou't x?/mm*
T'm the city. Arriving, st tin?. P"'uf; ,1?Hr
? bc battery formerly occupied by Reed's Fly
ng Artillery we but* viesi ?cn?SS tbt marsh
f the fort! iha buming N"*kvWc and tb??"
tuntv's gunian*. ...
* Tile li ha?? eta-ed s.itne two In.ii rs he- |
fore, tn'U" di? three gunboats, wiih th? iron-j
c;,id turret bo-ii. bnd ?ir??(<??**?i some three j
??lilvs l^l.iw rbi-f-rt. where ib??v we e lying J
.1 anchor, wiiile ail iunuett?e column ot cm ike j
ro-e l??iu lui: 2iaslicUle^ where S'ie lay appa
reiitly, triiin our point view, aliont a mile
?Ito've the lori.. Ai' waa ?ml the few
speci atora at the 'point who, like oura*Ives,
had arrived af?n- the firing bad ceased, Could
give us rioidf ?rmation furilu-r than lin- reporta
they had received from ti e retiring salt IK>?1
er's and others whom . they had met on their
way from ihi: eily. S unt! said the Momavk
alone li :d engaged the lott und also tired on
lite Niu?ci/h, which beittg.unable tn escape
:nd bewi fired by i cr crew. Other* were of
.pinion (fiat lue X<i?/iii/'e bad been set cn.
lire by the shelis from Hie Mvniavk. 'lhere
appeared to l?e soute- movement about one
u'al'H k, arno, g the gunboats which were ly
ing at a ..iis'at.ce of five or six miles from our
;;o. i!ioii. and.* HS the tide was nearly full, wc
? h iiight it probatilo tha:thc enemy might
cofttetuplaU) ar other al tack nil iii? fort. We
wai ind tul about.half pastime, when we ob
served uno of the gi.uboata luave ber conipan
ama and -.lesui olf down the river, taking a
c iarse in Uie direciiou nf Tybee, doubtless to
co om uniente their operation- to Leadquarters.
W?i-.-ii s!io wa* .out <ilbight we returned Lothe
?itv.
li was not until yesterday morning that we
j 1 tariifcd any'thing ot the particulars of the de
I true ion of Um Kadivill*., It appears that
t .e steamer, having trot aground in the Keach
o i F.rbhvy, wa? obferyed by ti e enemy, a: d
a fi w shot* w.'t? fired ni bee by thc Muutauk
o i F? i'lay evening. Tho NashviVe being un
.?.ole to get off, and the crew beings .red to
a*landon bei", the. .V-m'uuk, favored by a
jurve in "the river, tunk a position which
brought her in ea>y ran^e ?nd opened fire on
her again on Saturday morning, hilting her
gom? .-tght or len time*,- when she took fire
ft i H tbe-shells and Wa;. entirely consumed,
..?:!li uer v-.luahle cargo ol cotton and all her
rt' "rea, After f'.'e N'uhciUc had been bli fire
s .tuc time, a quantity ol' powder onboard,
Bowe two honored-pounds, exploded, blowing
uur. the stern of the steamer, lier guns aud
shell- thar wore load d also exploded wi h a
t-. rr fie r? pori, which wai beard in the city.
Thus terminated the career of thc " Rattle
.wilke,'1 winch* we loudly hoped waa.Soon ti
tie converted into a nva'snrpotit to plague ts?t
Yan ec? on the ocean, lier owners tustaii
a heavy l iss in the vessel and her machinery
.jvhile private parties los? some nine brindret
b.iiuri of cotton which bad been shipped ot
.'.liard her.' 'The los? being divided nmonj
r?a?iv, wi? not-b ser?titis t<ia-'y. und wohavi
1.0 doubl thal the ..wu.TS ol ?ter Cargo woulc
:.t*Y.e cuer.rialiy.?.ubiniuf.ti tu a mueh greate
saciiiice to have tii-ctired her escape tosca.
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From New Orleans.
A letter fi ?un New Orleans, published it
thtrJackson Appeal, KIVCS the annexed news
Tho New York mun*h&titt> expecting tba
Hanks would open ibe navigation of tue Mn
j Mssip'pi river, navy giuti'd the New Orleau
I iu.tii.vts with f.heir goods. Some are -eship
1 ? ping them back. Others arc selliifg ai eiior
I un.tiri paerilice.-,.
i Hanks appcttw.but little in public. Iii
? j ?a.? procidtuatio'n and .ters are almost eoua
' ! m any of lintier'.-. H - is more BtringeiU u:
I ! il.?cit. trad?a ?lj\n his pfedeceasor-; buc littl
.i j ol' it is going on at. prevent.
' Hanks' first, interview with Butler is dt
' i scribed as a rich fcene. Untier advanced li
N ; ....iris Itai'iks with his usual graceful cm pren
s j nit>iit, R-.d liegsed bini du ri ?vg inn-day in Ne'
i I Onoaiiri t^> coiue to bia holt-e.* as Lo hue rooiu
*' j aln:ad. prepared for hiih. Batiks replied h
I wou'd remain at (be St. Oiiafles hotel, ns ii
5 ! did not choose io live in confiscated bousci
Ile Uien drew his ofhci?.l documents, iuforn
\a? bim tiiHt ne waa M. pvr.-cdcd, n fatt Uie
aay oi which be liad not dreamed. Buti?
took it wno gre-i'. e'.wilttea*; but his sta:
Ivuk? i tat ei i-ii_p fa'U II.
The French in Mcxieo.
The Houston JWIPS of the 2nd, has ibe fol
lowing iicmof very imporiunt news. I':
cuiii ely.dilfcrent from me. accounts we hav
received ibroajfl Yankee papers ol tbeoperi
t j tion- oft.be Frenci. in M-xieo. Thc ?a,
kees report libbing bm defeat and disaster t
ail French euterprinc-ti. This reports notbin
but vic'ory. .. ,
{Prim liutaUoUiJtftws of Feb. 2nd.)
(j COXQUKSr or .MEXICO UV KKA.VCIC.
e An officiai leitetj from the-French C'onsi
il j or Ma'ajuora-, dufeii thc 2 I inst., ?lutes tin
j th?? cfty i f. Mexico had bien captuied by th
ri bVeoch truopM. Tampico \va-- occupied b
v ; il.CK-D Fre- .li and soint reaeiiop.ary troop-)o
, \ 2.">.i I) e.. Rliil r\,n.x liier-? were at thiMia
n f of writing, y,bc(J tronp? in that city. Mati
li J iiiojKH may at ar-y ino meld be occupied b
j the Frenen, and will Certainly be -sion. Til
I French armv iiiimberfi :ivec 4t?,000 men, foi
IJ j times the number n' cessary for t ?; takiug t
i j th? wh le of Mexico.
We look upon tbii ai vj?ry important uew?
f.
From Vii:ksburg. N
MOBILE, Fi.-b. 27.-Tiir correspondent i
the Memphis Appeal, writing fruin Vk ksbur
. [onderttoitVi ol tte 2.'Jd io-t., ?ays : Au enoi
j mons fleet ?ppettred-tbis morning, much bu
ger than ha* been witnessed yet from th:
.point. Everything 1o*>ks as if the prepon
tiotis were almost ready for thc enemy to con
menee a forward movement The monstroi
force before the city cannot long remain i
idleness.
. Persons well acquainted with the countr
bordtrtug ot] the Yaz w Pass atrd Cold Watt
say in*: ?I the enemy succeed in gelling the!
gorihnWtti in the Cold Water, they will nev*
i j (?et them out agai:i. Au army of one thou,
- j ond u>?m pim ;! hold al. bay ard destroy a
i , ipvitduig "orce of fifty i;bousaud in that com
6 J try.
nj- ? The French Proposal.
t j The impression seems to prevail at th
B ; North thut Seward committed a great bim
j der in refuting the French proposition. If h
j had accepted it, it would have am.m ted t
: nothing, ile might have appoiuted his Cou:
.' misMoifcrs and directed them toprocmstiiiai
. as brig a- he dosi red. foe game would hav
benn in bi.- i?a:n hand, and hu would have n
further apprehension*] of r>u'ropean intermei
^e IJdlirhofc Republican^ in commentm
oft Nip.-lefinVi letter tn (?ef. For?y, sav.-:
'. Miist we, und. r ihe le?d ot a j .lu ta i
viatoiary Mia<ln>eti, still imitate iliedfig i
'!i . !".!'' . d -i-pins- ?it il?"?? nhad'.w. log
tho s,Jbst*^^''*...,'' 'Iiu:w! is but one nf tw
.o?!!Vj?e? Ic? jib? l?r?'T.r??iri">,: ptlr?s<i?> i
irdi-r to ayoid the very TC orso futre e ?ange- j
i:rt?!'f;?-s?'if' tii^?o designs nf ibu K renca. JEm- .
juror. It null either l>o coinpoli-d to accept 1 t.
t warigili -France, wLU.il iii* South is/still ?
in ?rt?sjfnr hy A speedy i-c-.pni;%?M -d' the s"- u
L-tj'itrd istJtJes, nt once, defeat 1 bi* Kchein?? ?da S
Napojeoji; and pat an em| to lb - <';vif' w-K ^
Vi es .io il?I. know ffhe'.l'er tai; wi.I rip <;pn*iiiVT?
RIVI! 1 iri-aaoii' .Ly U??; ponera thai bf,^?*^
io uur Uunest conviction that ii in tiiwM?nly | a
course by which, not-only this/y**"11'.' - f*--1 j 11
the ortntinent, wilt he' s>?ved" wwn complica- j t
tiona with.th'*4 dipjoco^y a-nd pn-.ver ol' Eu- j (
rope." '
Cjjc jj-iberhm.
ARTHUR 8LMKINS, EDITO?.
WEDNESDAY, Itt.AR. 4,18G3.
. Thanksgiving and Prayer. "
Sue G..r. R--.nun's WBll-timed proclaulati-in, ap
pointing Thursday next a d-?y of thanksgiving. J
humiliation and prayer.
Declines. .
We hav* been uutunrized by Mr. JAS. EIPSON
to withdraw bis name as a candidate f r BhsriiT.
He derirt-s us lo return his sincere tbauks tu his
friends 1er their proffcr-d support, and regretr
that the slate of his L cul th is such thal he is com
pelled to decline being u candidate.
P$t* Mr. A. WUAY, of Hamburg, bas'on hand
a lot of? Guano. See advertisement ebCwhece.
Court af Common Pleas.
The Spring Term passed off without nctiou of
any sort. Judge WAKDI.AW was present, and "so
licitor PKRKV was'abo at his post. The Grund Ju
ry was chargod by hi? Honor on a few points and
made their presentment in due form. Que feature
! nf it was a favorable view of the cotton law, up
I proving its provisions ir. The pedi juries were
not orguuir.etl aud?the Court adjourned after one
doy's session.
Arrival-..
Lieut. Col. BLAND and Capt. B. E. NICHOLSON
aro cordially greeted, ou their return home, by
iheir many friends. We wish them a pleasant su
! journ with their families.
We lonni also that Capt. F. L. SMITH, of the
Commissary department, is hero after "a l?ng ah
sence in Virginia, ?hero we believe be was an ac
ceptable Commissary.
Late Papers.
We are indebted to Lieut. Col. BLAND for a late
copy of tba New York Timei, and to Capt. F. L.
SMITH for Richmond pupers of the latest date.
- . -?.?-- .
Soaking Kains.
The last three days of tho post week wore soak
ers in this part of the country. Tho earth has
been onces again comp'etcly saturated. Some
think it injurious tn wheat. Others imagine that
we are rating all the rain now and will want it
iu the growing season. Lot us not murmur, but
wait and watch and i"orl; trusting ia Him Who
dues all'tbiogs well.
Provisions Wanted.
The farmers of Edgefteld aro respectfully so
licited to offer ia our village-market edibles of
any kind but especially meat and meal. We are
tn neod of such things aad will pay good priers.
Our loo ?il beef and bread denton* have suspended
I their supplies, and we look to our well-provided
farmers for help. Shall we look in vain ? Mr.
WK. F. DI'HISUK, the friend of the pnor, stand?
ready to purchase for them by the load, anil many
other.- are keen to buy at libornl prices. Try the
market onco more.
The Pence Proapect.
! I The Richmond napers counsel strongly again?
s ''placing -?.nfiden^e in tho pca^e rumors of thi
1 I hour. /' very correctly urge that, whilu thesi
'" j rumors are much to be doubled, the tendency o
? their propagation is to lure thc South iuto a re
"J i laxatioii that, might prove fatal to our esuss
|( j That causo is at this time largely in thc oseen
. dnuL; and it is thc true policy of tho governmen
; and of the people to preservo ?md advance thi,
j. ; ascendancy with moro r.oul than ever-before. Al
)- ! this is entirely true. If we win'a.to save, furtle:
s- .' bloodshed and to secure peuce nt an carly day
? our armies should bo reinforced al ail point.-, on
'.'works nf defense shtuld.be strengthened, ou
fe i weapons of warfare should bu inereaseiLaml im
I proved as far as it is possible to bo dunc, and eve
^ j ry camp, and every fort, and every boat, und ev
v I orJ Bun 'd'ould be placed iu thc brst possible cen
?"j- j dition of readiness tor ill o oped lug of the Sprin;
fl" campaigns. To this end thc Conscription Ac
I should be rigidly enforced in every part of 'h
Confederacy and Tho full strength of thc coutitr
up to thc present requisition nf tho Presiden
should he placed in the field by the first of April
This is the only sure road to peace. Medfatioi
.may or may noteome ; and should it come, i
may he in " such i.uestionable shape" "as lo al
ford UH DU real benefit. Thc N' .:rth YVcsl inn y o
may uot set up for itself ; the probability is tbs
it will not; at nil evonts it is not the pirt of wi?
. dbm to take it into eur present calculations. Th
Democratic party of the North bave sounded th
j slogan of defiance against-tho dynasty of AKKA
J] I HAM LINCOLN ; but, if their present leaders are t
lt be believed, this means no cessation of the wa
ie except with a restoration of the old Uui?n. On
y ur the, other of these causes, perhaps all combine.:'
" may work us benefit; bu', they may also work u
IH "barm un!?>S wo are still manifestly inviociMi
Tho speedy recuperation of'all our mili'ary onei
*.? gies by every wise and expedient menus, will-reu
ir tier this invincibility patent tu the world, an
jf will giro us iodepondeuco and penco sooner tba
all other pt nba ble contingencies.
Wheat if tuking a beautiful rtart to grow ot
and tbtro is no reason yet for nu'-givirijrs as t
if I the crop. In the western part of this district
?"j is said to be looking uncommonly promising.
Let us all cultivate the poultry crop with'e.'
Irt pecial pains. Broiled spring chicken is ihe be;
1 of eating, now and then ; and fresh eggs are bot
( delicious and healthful.
ni. ~* * .'
Wo gratefully acknowledge the accession <
y many new subscribers during the past two month
>r j It is our hope to ta-tke fast friends of thom oil
ir j abd to gain, through their kind ??ency, mao
>r j more.
s
n ?&~ See Literary and Agricultural corners, an
i- outside generally, for various dottings and clij
pings. We furnish tho cheapest paper in tb
8outhern Confederacy; its relative worth othei
are loft to judge.
ie
l- j " fi that night um* Behhaznr tltt King ?
e J thc Chaldea* alain.
C j '" And JJ,?rim the Medittn took the kingdom."
l- j Words of warning to tho fool and tyrant wk
0 now disgraces the White House at ""Washing!T
0 ?od who., like hjs far moro respectable prototyp
j? j in the words quoted, has boen " weighed in th
. balanois und found wanting." How long wjll l\
g .' Iftdinn ilc'ay to put forward -his tool? to fhei
-. mid-night tusk ?
^r ..-. ? ? . . - _
: ?$&~* Al! article of he ivy clothing, heavy booti
c snoop, Ac., hove declined fifty per rent. In Riol;
o . moud.. Thof? who held on for hlghtr pri?es, wi
a ' ?lp?? ltisa. Servei tkssi flfht.
A SnggcatJ????.
Should ?HT I.-LU dvsir? m ''" *? t!'i:t rwuM j
>! -M precitiird M . ''T ?>::r..?..M?;:-- in th*
e.rrire, wu .;:.*>v?^ ko** tu g.' abeu;'ir. Sgntl j
s ihc iu>*cril,t*y" Mw??t>j for * given.' number ul' !
op;***4"* thc AdfrtiaVr for one J<\ir,f nod devitt '!
tx?: thc Rjjiu ?-iti.r'.'inunaoy for which p?, .?. 1
gc is inleiiilcJ. V,V will regularly noaiitbe taine ,
inder any .?pceiflc ir.;!ructioa? that may Lc ?i\ ct* ? 1
r. if no sn-h iritracMon* are ?-.irenr^wo M ?il mail 1
0 the commanding officer nf the Regimen ur |
?umpuny with tho ic-ri-sr. to il I si ri l ? lite lowell
loldioiv hay* nwt the cio?n? uf subscribing for 1
kem.-'olvea. Wc are' sa?? thio will bc a ni ?st ac- j
reptable act of liberality, hecstn-e wc know tbar ,
nur' Vddiera greet 'their iiouie p?pcrg?a?lly on nil I
ircasi..us. Th'-y have told il' so. Il ii to them j
1 weekly lcttor from linnie, aud Hot only gi>es ?
i hem mach nf the Di?*?"!?! n*ws, b-it air" a larg?- !
armerrat of reading w*ll cataol?ted to roH'-vo t!ie '
weoiy hours ot Canin,Iifo, Hard .M it is- for-us i
to make bo>b eitdjinoet at onrpresnot ehenp rp Un-., j
wc isil Klways add Jue to every li.-t of ton thai ;
mmV be thur rieiit,
. Mr. Vox gro.we* Poetic?!..
Mr. Cox. cd' 0bim,b.ii been making a speech tu j
favor-of peace: The Yankee llon-e of ReprVen-^
titives reen to hs ve beeh quito titivated. Ly tbe
concluding portion got up in elaborate rer.?e. Mr.
Cox said :
She baa goD?-she has left us in passion, in pride
Our stormy-browed sister, so long a tunr shiel
.She hus torn ber own star rom our lirmametifs
Slow,
And turned on her brother the face of a foe!
Ho next apoMroptzes the Confederacy under the
tender appellation of Caroline. Sor.'c :
0. Caroline J Candice! child of the sun,
We cay never forget that jjur hearts bave beert
one: ' r
Our foreheads both sprinkled in liberty's uaice,
From tho fountain of blood with the liver of
flaiue! ?'
Touching enough, Mr. Cox, Dltbongh rather
strained in the concluding fairey.
He feels more eloquent after a while, :iud aska :
Has our lore all died out? Have itsaliars groyrh
cold 'I
Has the curse come at last which rite -fathers fore
told?
Theo nature must loach us tho strength of the
chain
That her petulcnt children would sever in twain.
And so the poetical Cox proceeds to assert his
belief that the two contestants in this struggle
cannot fight themselves asunder.. Sanguine aud
sanguinary Cox ! Hear bim :
They any fight till the buisarde are gorged with
theb: spoil
-Till too harvest grows black as i: roots in. thc
soil
Till the wolves and the catamouuts droop from
their cares.
And the .?hark tracks the pirate, the lord of thc
waves.
In vain is tho strife ! When its fury is past,
Their fortunos must flow iu one channel at last ;
Mr. Cox next versifies Mr. VALLANMG HAM'S
river and stream theory :
Our Uuion is river, lake, ocean and sky,
Run breaks nut the medal when Uodcuts thc die-!
Though darkened with sulphur, though cloren
with ste?l,
Thc blue arch will brighten, thc water? will heal.
Clever Cox! That second line was a sturdy
I thought of youri. But wo like the but stanza
better than all. Although he denies that CAHO
LINK r<iii go, by any possibility whatever, he yet
bids her " Gu" as though it were an casv experi
ment. She is expected to como back however
like a very prodigal; after .1 short absence from
home :
Gt?, then, our rash eiste- ! afar sod aloof.
Man wild in the sunshine .tr. ay from our roof :
Rut when your heart aches, and your feet have
grown sore,
Remember the pathway that leads to our door !
(Applause.) . O0!K
Very good, Mr. Cox. Bu^EfaJtho wag nf-th?
Warla very properly rcmark^Twe rather think
" CAROUSE wont find it very convenient to re
member tho | athway."
A Short Sermon.
BY THE OM amanen*.
'' TllKn's MINK WORK A STANMN' AT THE DOTtl
AMD HIST ALL Stn THET'O AtCR SRCflRJt ?'
ther'n."
Sieh, frc:i'.ls and breothring, WITS the talk, in i
wurltlly cenco, wonstkommuu in this our uinshun
land ; but the dais tagon by, and the sans rut
dry, and no man eansiy to his nabur. boo ar
thou, man, and .will you take cry moro riiuger ii
r I your kaugh-y. ?
f ; Bul tho wurdi of our tex has a difrunt and :
* j more pertiklerer muenjn than this. Thar the;
" i stood at the-duor on a cold win tu rs raornin, twi
- j waa baptiss, ami twu was Mcthidiss, ami ?v? wa
. j LutbnriaDS, and the (other one was a puhlikin
( \ And they all with one roil sed they wouldst dirt;
ther (Cot in a dram-shop, but if the puhlikin wouU
go in and git- Ibo drinks they would, pay for 'em
y And they nil-cried out and every man sed " I'l
it take mine* with eugar-rfor wont feel .good t<
drink the stuff without aweetnin." So the pub
likin he marched in and the barkeeper aud, "who
t ! want ye?"-and he answered aud auld, "a drink.
I -" How will yon hav ii?'*- Plane and a?rate,
says be, " for it aiut uo u/e wulstiu shugcr to cir
cuniia'.ivato adtafurti*. BUT TH an.'a ?rune ?OKI: .
STASDIK AT THE HOKE A!tD TH KV ALL-SEO TUET'
TAKE SrtrOKIt IS ther'n.' , ? -
Prends and breetbring, it niut only ibo likhe
uf ?perrtU that is drunk in this roundcrboitt an
mnlerb.indid way, but it ia thu. likker of all sort
of human irifkldois in like mintier. Thar's lb
i likker cd walli* that a muny uv yon drinks to th
I. I dregf, but you're sl.uro to sweeten' it with tb
shuter "f selT-yWtificashun tn won w?y oTunuthvi
Tlrar's life likker uv avariss that sum keeps b*
hine the kort tu (br constant use, but they ul way
bas it well mix: with the swuetnin ur prtiduiis an
ekonimy. Thar's tho likker ur tc'f-luv that .-ui
men drink? by tbe gullou, but they alsrays put
it lots uv thj shugcr uv Takt-ktertr-No L An
lastly, thar's the iikker uv exteivhunasbun whit
ft J the man sweetens aC',ordin*'to-^:r!>oiu.?tenciS ;
he's ia th? floor line he'll say tat puro'll bu betti
oft" eal hi eora bred; if Le's in the cloth liiiOg w
ils a good thing to lar:.'cm to mako tberuw
close at home; if he's in the leihcr linc, it'
i. j ibuw'cm tho uet-tlueasity ot taklu' better ?teer (
?t ! 'her shoosc; " AXD nita's .VINE MURK A STA.HU:
u I AT TIIK 1I?IIK ANO Ul KT ALL SEO THKV'o TA K
??L'QJCB IN ther'n."
But, frends and breclhring, thar's a fime run
jf I min and a place fixin, when that'll bo no " stain
s. *in' at tho dore" to call for "shugerin ther'ti." Bi
i they'll hav to go rite iu and tokd tho drink sq tia:
up to the front; and tbe bar-kooper'll bo ole Sai< u
and n.0 buddy else ; and he-'ll.givo 'ein " ehmjtr i
lAer'n" you'd better blcve it; and it'll be *httn<
nv ted and red hot led and that, ?s turo H yoi
I Damo'i Cunihunee-dodyer. Aud you'll bo iirtit
to your rasbuu! three timos a day if not moi
frequent?er; and if .you dont like it you'll ha*
to lump it; and so may the ole Nick close dow
upon all ur you with your slik ptlarerin nroun
tho plane ole rools of brotherly hiv,, end giniros
ty, aud foUfr-f. -.lin, and fare play .' Amen.
I jSt* Judge Meredith, of the Richmond Circu
J Court, recently deeidod in a habeas corpnit ca;
I thatevi :y citizen of Maryland and every foreign
j ?ho had once enlisted ia our armies, no matter ft
j bow short a time, hud acquired a donUcil, an
j was, therefore, liable ty con.-crip'ion if hetweo
j tba age.' of 18 and iii,
?sf A Cincinnati dispatch says the forces t
Roscncrana aro in complete readiness for anotj
er attick and itops aro being UV an for aa adv ant
I on TtiJUheiaa.
PJ
t KT
" The Ciipittil t? Jbe nf An ?nsf a.
li wa- [)>.':?. n I lull i'jtum'i: us tn nom ina"! fl..*- 0-j. LO
ii..'.! i r-.;.?:. ?V irr ihe^n federate Cf ti ? r ~??n-l -j; ca
H wry absord i->"t> eiliier ;-y..t, ac Iii ween I rM
u?innb!a''iii?l Augusta, ?n hnr-5. fi speoinl pre- ? ^
.riiii' i*. ['i fart we rather iiiglir-e PI think Au
ll-. . lb? tn n: fuitahle plaoa in -ovt-r.>l i inp >r
tni resp A wrirer in Cae C"?*iitut?:?,ili*t
?HIM? Augusta, nnt' urgos numy g"'d re?.? rn? for.1
ixking.it 'ho capital. Il? propose* that il^-Sta?oa j v
f lidoi^i'i and South Carolina l.uih grant to tho | n
-ii. .iflimant. Tour niiie* up aud down tho .-"?van- ?
iah river, earn ?io?, aud th roo miles' bick, anil, j a
*jt'-bo?. " itwuula? marie hy fa? the l?uu?^ Lc?- j v
iou :.u- a superb, ceuf. nf govvruiaoiit in ibe i "
ioiitb."- "We uro n<it sure but .'PKKICI.I.S" lui*
igh'*. indeed wo ?iImo.it know br is; ?nd, wkh- |
lat ri-eauu iiiR the suggestion ?I Coiurubi?. we do"| ^
ai.nest'y Udah Au.iru<U the very nest *p.H andie. I j
fun feil er? te Vi' for Ibo pw-pos* pr..p >-?..'. Lal I j
Augusta, tm liic p ince by.alt mefuis, ii it mute al! ; 1
around., , r jj-..-.-, ,. i
A tioorl flish. " ' , !
A lady of ifir ?r-i-rraj::t<im**? dro[ip?d in l ouver- j
mt ion-ihn uiber day-a recipe fut garnishing fried
hum ; .we wnkcd oil aud wrote if down aa.wull aa
we could remeubsr the ilea;. . Our people have
tried it and p rori tupee j t anadiubab'.e help-out lo ?
the aforesaid bani. We print it fur such es may
chdnse to try it on :
After the ham tor shoulder) j.? fried, tike'a por
tion of'fhe gre-i*i ont ?Tthe pim lo nse Wtib the
preparation about to be'made* u?*ie-?Tsvy for
the ham with the-rcst of ibe groase. Reap tl*
first p-'Ttiot grease very lit>t, and pour into ita
stiff batter made of ?otu meal, with a little dour, a
little milk, a little butler, one eg-, a few-cseuallotr
cut up very fiue, {tait, pepper ic. Fry il brown
un both side?." "'hen lum ft mi? a dish, place
your liam on it, lind poirtr on the gravy,-Hind you*
Bare ap exc-?lleut hard times dish. '? A few leaves
of freiih lettuce scattered-ovar-the d?rh wohW t.ot
be'aaiws. . -V. -.*. ?.<?*..'. . . '? . >
. - -. : . +*pt* ^ ?/. '.>
for the .Advertiser. .
TH? E "ge?eld Village Aid Association acknowl
edge thc following donations :
From Miss Jane Hollway and sifter s'x pair
of nice Sucks, aod'fr?ni Mrs. John Bla'nTl six yds;
woolen cloth. -^ - * *
Mas. ANN. GRIFFIN, PKKS.
Mas. WM. Goor>MA5, Sec'ry A Treat'r. ...
Proclamation by tLe^President.
. It is meet that, as .a people who. acknowl
edge the,supremacy of aljving God, we -diould
be ever mildil 1 of our dependence i n Him ;
should remember that to ' Him alone pan we
trust for our deliverance ; that to him is due
devout thankfulness for the signal mercies
bestowed on us, and that by prayer alone can
we hope to secure the continued manifestation
of that protecting care which bas hitherto
shielded us in the midst of trials and dam-,
gera.
Ia obedience to Iiis precepts, we bavo from
t'nie to iue gathered together with prayers and
thank-giving, and ile has been -?racional/
pleased to bear our supplications, and ty grant
abundant exhibitions of His favor to our ar
mies and our ' people* Through many con
flicts ve have now altair cd a place amnQg the.
nations which commando their respect ; and
to the eneaiiea who cuccmpa?s us around and
seek our de,s'~ tction, the Lord of Hosts has
again-taught the lesson of 'Uis inspired-word :
that the battle is not to the strong, but to
whomsoever He willeth to ex?lt.
Again our enemy, with loud. boasting of
thc power of their armed men and mailed
ships, threaten us with subjugation, and, with
evil machinations, seek, even in ou;-_ own
bornes and at our firosides^o^-p^arert dur
mer^?-'iiita aud our mailt- Rervt?u?f iutp.ic
!.|co? plices of their wid^d designs'. t 5 ,J0
Under these circumstances, it is my priv
ilege to invite yon once more to meet togeth
er and tn prostrate yourselves in hutnbl?? sup
plication to Him who has been our constant
and never (ail ing Hupport in the past, and to
whose protection and guidance we tni-d. lor
;. the futur*?.
( ? To this end I, JicrrtSkstiN D; vis, President
j of th? Confederate Stater, of America, do ts
aiie this, my proclamation, setting apart Fri
day, the twenty-seventh day of March, as a
1 day of fasting*, htimili.nion and prayer, and 1
1 j do invite the people of the said States to re
t.\ pair on that day tn their usual places of ptib
?.j lie wuribip, and to join in prayer to Almighty
I (?oil that lie will continue his merciful pro
t j lection to our cause: that he will .-Mjiit'er our
}. i n imcs and ?et at naught their evil dessus,
" I and that he v.ill graciously restore ro our be
j loved country the blessings of peace and se
curity.
In faith whereof I have hereunto Met mv
hand at the city of Richmond on the twenty
1 |*SeVeiith day of February, in the fear of mu
Lord une thousand eigh,i hundred and sixty
1? three.
JEFFK1?S0N DAVIS..
By the President,
J. P. BENJAMIN*, Secretary of State
'. ? lt is 6tatc*? that Memphis is lilied with nm
i away negroes in the nm.-.t deplorable eond*
L I lion. All the cotton ahedn, stublesand out
j houses.ar? lilied with the contxalmiidti, wtie
D continue to be subject to the rava^e-i ,>;. the
j .?mill pox, and it ia estimated that' ovi r one
r i ihousjiml have died wit lim the Inst thirty days
d i To add to tho horrors they are:experieiiciiijr.
i ! the weather ha? be**n unusually severe, ant
e j iheir clothing is scant. They wallder about
e ! in a homeless condition, sufferin*? from oobl
and hunier. Seventy five of them fn-tnallj
perished, in one night lately from cold in
hunger, only a few days previous to tbedatt
(. of the letter. p ..
11 GKX. IsuTi.Ea S.vunBBD.-After all, Gen
Butler is to be " left out in the cold.1' Tai
I Tribune sayf :
I " Gen. Bui;ler i. not, after all, to recjeivt
any appoin'*-i ?ut at the bands of the Govern
* incut, This i* a? "we suspected from the start
He-and the crazy p?ck that fellow at his h'ee'i
bav^ been aruu-ed and put olf by promise;
whi ch tue Administration h a ve I .ad nu n'otioi
of' regarding. Butler's tyranny, dishonest]
and want ut' military qiialih'eations vr?nli
-h ive b eu no I ar to his a^ututtnetit '.o-higl
otti je, inn be has g v.-ii thc ?diuiuistralioi
s ? much IntbtT, foreign and do uestiiaTtha
bereafier ht will le k?|t t-ul'of Jlro^e-?Siet.
The scircity of food, which ift atioth^tyea
is likely to become most serious, ia nocVmtu
to the incapacity of the South to snbsi-it -it
sell ; for it is a fact that in thos? verylr-'gioil
nf the Confitderacy which have heratofnri
been chiefly grain growing; the scarcity i
greatest. It ta-owing to'two facts, gpya th
Hichmond Examiner -a>*d? -tltatihi- /trmie
of the Confederacy are continually i-caniitei
from the"finning das--, instead'ot' prese/vitij
in the ranks, the men already enlisted; am
sertoud, that these armies, operating.a? the;
have h. cti cliiefly in the grain pr-jducirfg por
fions ol the -ou nt ry, have by wholesale im
pressmen i.s. in many cases wanton, unnecus
sary, ?nd willi Heedless rudeness-and tyT?cin
discouiaged the f-i.-tners from putting pi far
ther crops. Qa tho latter branch of rbe sub
j<?ct it ii un'vscessary to reyiark. C iii)??eiis i
maturing -i bill which pr.mii-ies to meet th
evil, if faithfully executed, and to ri'sU.r
birge wastes of fertile lani to Culttw-?tt'iii
History is full of ailmonitioii against robhim
industry of VA bani earned fruits. Nothiui
so rapidly overspreads a country with ihe ey
idences of dilapidation and decay aa tho?
wholeatla robberiw of the torner???I
minions t?f Oovernmrnl..
THE A RMY OP OFFICERS.-The serration iii
wu yest?rday was'he order nf thc Ijoverner
i:iin?r iii? militia o'tieers int.. t?;?? i>int?de
?0 Mi:ivicH. Th? prox'tuby nf the enemy'*
St wa* lorgolten f.* the time, and there
as no little thiuermg among the Vitriotie
igeons. A number of gentlemen who eon
dered thoms"!vi s safe fur th* war were
rou^htup standing. * HKcVra of high gr uie were
bocked at fbe idea ul rujo miing m^re pri
?tes in thc ranks, and very awkwurd privates
t that <?overnor'.s. Aids, no iloiibt, si | ni nu
ll ar. tre unexpected 1 .enrico of their dignify,
nd a ehop-f:iUe5i ?apitci was taken on by tho
. hole tVaterti'y generally^, 'linc crowd wore
broad grin, and it . w?j genet ?div conceded
(t be the best Ubirr ol* lite war. liad it Iieen
lone month* ago, the three or four thousand
nen.now bnms?r ittt<?-8ervrce as raw recruits
for a (ieorgia militia mau, a? a getieral thing,
s not r.V!iai-k*iKle*'f.ir the .extent of bia mili*
ary acquirements ) they miirbt have been by
wilrtfwor^it?t^e?^^
ive soldiers, li. acut le red among- thor exist
ingrefTOfidsAti^ may eyeh-^t^??; ojade to
? good iserie.'* mTa.se^f4?*8t.ta?? o
UTe bear t'iu!. u number of theueutiicers re '
ported themselves at head (Mumers yesterdav,
and bml rbi ir iuiiu^enrolled. Quite a num
ber will, doubtless, be coming along -ooo.
Savh. Republican. -, le*"4!
0eACTir.Qt ? x i; it ACT.-'* Men seldom think
of the great er?nt ol' death' nfxtll the'shadows
fall'a cross; fhc?r'?Vu path, biding ??Wvef from
tlre?r'eye?i*lh?"trace? bf loved ones whose lov
ing alnfle was the sdnlight of their existence.
Deilh-is the jreat antagonist of life,-and ihe
thought of tiie tomb ts .the skeleton (if all
feasts. : We do- uot- want io go through the
darp valley, iilUiuuga.-ija passage-may lead to
[aradioe ; aud, with Chas. Lamb, we dp not
want to lie'.dowu in the mmldy grave" even
witb."kingst',ajid; 'priric?s fjbr bur bedfellows.
But the fi?t o? ?itrdre.'il.?uexd^r?.b.^e/.. There is
no app?alvor. relief fe?jn-the ?r.r^tt.Ja.w which
dooms tis ti) dust. VVe ] tiout ish ?j.ad? we fade
aa- the- leaved of the forest, and t b e tl 1 w er that
blossoms ami withers in^^-tj*^; bas tuft a frai
ler hold'?poii liTR? than th? migh's?-* monarch,
that ever sboo^ iihe e;arfb with his ..footsteps*.
Generations of men appear and vauiah as the
i? rasa aud the comities multitude that throng"
the world tooday- will* tormorrowdjsappear aa
the footstep? tn the sand oi? ta?veeaebore."
Geo. Setitt'r heul Ci is said to be failing
him-fast. . He VvonfToed to- Kt".apartments, al
most enrk-ely heliosran'd?"'what i* worse, it is
.aid that his nina at length is breaking down un
der, the weight vf years .und lacnta? ar.d bodily
trouble., Ile receives very lew viaityrs^aad these
ouiy Iiis mont im boats friends.
gSF Gov. Brown ordere the militia officers of
the State' to repair tu Savanaali, and report io
(Jon. Mercer, fha officers ?ill doubtless bo high
ly delighted at the rmuoyal of the, restriction
which hus biiherto withheld them from the ?eld
and will rejvice thal at last an opportunity is
yflcrod them to display their Valor aud" patriotism,
aiirl to participate ia the hardships ami dangers
Sf thc tin mp and buttle finid.
.. J'or S li ?ri fl.
MP., iltur: P. : You will cyufer aa especial favor
fVy an noon eic g Capt. Ti If. CLARK, of the Jd
j tt-igituent S. C. Cavalry, a.cundida?e*for Sheriff of
J Edgefield District at the next elecooD. Captain
j CLARK is well known te tbs people a? this Dis
I trict, a< a hijrh-'toned gentleman, ami-noted for
hi.? uptight deportraeat and but-inesf qualifications,
ire has had considerable experience in tho Sher
j iff h office, und, if elected to tiiat ?.ffi?e, waihi
j beyond a doubt discharge itt? duties satisfactorily
i to the people nod with credit J? himself! Capt.
C. ls a meritorious gentleman and a well-tried and
jCgallant soldiery Ile entered the scrrioe near t;wo
year* slpca a* a private tn the Edgefleld liminteS . ?mt
hut by m.iidumm attention td bis duty and hi*
! uniform respect fur bis officer* sud kindness to his
! comrades he wa.? ..arly promoted to the Captaincy
j of the. A aware, which position he fills well. His
j superior Officers and tho members of hi' Compa
j ny .-penk in the highest tenn.? of him. Therefor^
i w#?, his friands at home, respectfully present, his
! mon* hefn're ihn people of E tgetleld as a ennd'.
? date for Phcrifl, with tho full a*?uranee, thai he \i
' in every re-pect worthy of their confidence.
PALUDA.
j Mar2, . ... m* . . 0
! Ma. EniTou: Piense announce Cap'? A. P. .
j WEST, late Captain Co. B. 14th S. C. :i? a
! Candidate for ih?: Sh iriffalty of Edgefield District
i { at the t-n.niiig election. Capt. WraT entered the
? ser. ice at na c oly poriod ot ibe aar, .and neted
? with ilisiinguUued-gallantry in all the battlo* in
'. which his Hegimer.t was engHrrcd, a?.d rcoelVed a
severn wonnd ih thu right ai lix Hm, wldcb'di??
hlnl him from nirther .-?utirniance In the service.
,? Jiis integrity Snd energy of character, his buiii
, ness qunlities and his henring as a soldier and
? gentlcms , a? knowu to u.? by a long aco.iihintnnco
through tho mast trying .-..enes i.f the service,
"j render him peculiarly fitted far. th o office. As sunn .
i his mono is respcct?a?T ?iibi?t?t'ed to the voters of
? ! Edgefield rs a csiniiUatK for Shorifi'. hy
! - - - . lim K.F.i i T. S. C. V.
? I M..r* " . tl'* - . ??
lt. ." (X?JTXl^BX^. .
. ? Qa the loth ..f Keb. 1 H:'.:>,. .*tfr>. KLIZAUUTH
j ?JOUJJVVOi l.riuithed her lae!, at hef** resi ljnce
I ? noir Kdgeri.dd Village.
' A-liiig. riinr.inid fiitlnfof sict'-rie-s luid endeared
to her lui- ,-weet._ jir.uipecii of-Jle?vc:i, and m?de
: b-r long ?'or ibe " Lund, . where the i.-iLaSitant
I i Sim ll uounuto ?ny, ' I am sirfc,,'"
I j Of die tifXvtive years of ber earthly pilgriwaci-,
. i thirty had b..*?i spent a." n.disciple ol' Jesus. Th?
teaching.! of h.*r AfiuOer she sousthi to illustrate
!*by a lite of Uve, hnaiility, wad patient endurance,
j Devotod children, kindred, ?ad friends will fou lly
* , cherish thc memory of her virtue*, and pray to
* 1 join ber fh trie " Kingdom of Love,1** whither she
: ?as .gone. . " , . #
! i "0 fur the death of .those
- ! Who slumber fa the Lord j
. [ 0, be iii? tboirs'my last reimte,
? l ike* th'.-i i s my lase reward I"
"el D8r?-r./'r.?-t":.is. life at her ro?i ?en?e in Hara
l , burg. S. C., on thc 2;M of .la mary, Mrs. ANNY
- ! H??CS roy, wliS of Jons "A. Housrox, aged 4S
4 I years, two nont?S and niau days.
* j With s.ul heart havo we lo chronicle the death
1 ' of one so esteemed m all the relation's of life ; a
1 I foul wife, devoted mtftfiev and true friend. Week
t after weeli for months had sb? bean a great sufferer,
,' i whi'-h she boro willi patience, trusting in Abnigh- "
? ty power to sustaio her in hnfaffliotidn, ?ad still
L?oguriag ai her paiuful iilness, and beinga'at?hed
r over bj those who wero dear.to her en earth, with
' ! every te?dern?ss, nnd?*h(?p>? that she might be
? spared to them. Her ort Iv daughter, who .wa*
uQtiricg and devoted in her auection^ never left
her. But alas I with.all, they couli? npt k^ep her
here, for it Was otherwise ordained. " Por weeks
( before her spirit took its flight she felt that her
c 1 soul would soon be summoned to appear before its
s I Maker,"and life h?d" cwiscd to r?i a pl?a.?urei'ex
j j cup: in the happuie.-s of those dear oos she has
, j lett behiud her. Eats: her last inoiooatd drew
"J I to 0 rluiso she 'resigned "Al! to the hs.tid* of dod,
. aad with With in bis.mcroy sbe.x?v? ??r spirit up
T ? to Him ryho .gavo it,.and thal calm still smile told
bow peacefully that spirit bait flown, perfectly
conaoiocs tu the ver*y IafT, knowing alf around her,
and b?:?.:ochiug.the dour ones M not to grieve ut
the parting. Tor it was only, for a while." Her
* j only regrerw'a? that ?he could 'mt once more see
rr her ooly son whom she ba r given lo serva iR ;he
" i defence <;f bj? popntrj.
9 ! M ?ny are the uuaieroii. relatives "and frien ia
e i Who will sadly mourn her losi, avU'the poor, Who
e ever kuew wbepj to gi) waco in need qf help of
. j sympathy, will misa a great benbra,-tre.<?. Her
j heart was largo and fitted with charity and |..Ve.
* j It was oue of- her greatest pleural thr-nghjlife
J j lo ss?i't those who were in need, and never,sras
* [ ?Dy turotd from her without'krna as'sla?nce. -for
e ! 10 great a virtoo ?och ? proalsea, and mayaba
t ? nap L?ir fall reward lo jcj} naaco and lora in th?
I nad of tu? nn'lylqj future.
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