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Demagogues in Conprr??. The Richihohd Ej?tni!k?r remark* : N ? thoughtful manen witness without"' deep concern tb?* exhibition of the dematro?*ne R .ir.t which is afforded Uy tho late debates ..I' the lbu*-e of Re* resentativeo nver tho. Hill of tl e Military Committee l'or the arrest rf "soldiers absent fr??m their com TU in du without leave!" The anrnuienf" used hy most of the members, t'eir fulsome ftanery of the had a? wei'- ns the good in the army, their disregard of common sen*e and coniraoii truth in an in?ane cha-?? ai'ler popularity with the very worst element of that mingary or ginizition ?rn which the safety of the na'i'ui depeud?, are well calculated to produce the moat deploruble effect?1, lt should have been printed as debata for the enc m ra ge ment of straggling and the pr?raotion of deser tion." Thc B'l! was characterized ns an ''in- | dipnitv*' to til?? amv. It wan deermlin:* ?rid ?h..s;'i7 tithes'..Hi'?V'Mhaf. 1 e~*h7.u*Tj ha arr?sicd Kv hi' iolt?W cirize s ??)r 'h-of? Ute ?H?rt and uiost d^te-t-ible ol' militar'- i crim AT;-libers wen-vehement t ? " record : their :ihh'>ir-nc? o:' Ihr piinciples*' involv"! in t? Kn: The retort of Mr. Miles (of S. G ) t<i these member; should lw forever rene-mU red f r In? honor. Mr. M J 'S is re;o:ted to Jiave said, that " he * ist cd his truue to Mani] re corded in history as one of those who scorned des -ncr* and skulker , who wou'd leive the ranks and desert tln-ir cdors, tie- did not behove that our pa'riyic soldiery would con sider this Bi'l a?; a rt flection upon them. He was for dragging hack in atiy and every man nor thofc whu delighted to skulk lunn do'y ; and civilians would bc fur better employed iu arresting Mich t an iu sweeping away, hy ex t >rtk>0 at:d speru'atioii, the substance of fam ilies of the s?jldi"rs " If member* nf Oottsrre** wish that their names Hhould be popular with the go>d. tuavit anti ?cn*iblc tuen who constitute a very Urge u.aj iriiy ??' the moy. they will never tani tli-ir ? Jj,-et hy a sentimental "l??rnce of . he. sorry f-iiows wie? ure prone t? he " :,b s-mt Without Ijave." b-'cau-'e they d-^-dr* to share, that Uf?v? raul appi.-iuse, which ia th?* rowtud ot Hie true M lui e ?nscieiiUuus soldi-r. wi'l-ont the pei??rmaiiobof'duty and ?tern obedience to the laws, which entitle him to that r?*v> ard. Absence without leave i*the m htiest of <h simons f>r it i*. ii??s --?i ?ri without il* dangers. lt Congress will listen to those OI'OJ tody who have practical lnt??wl edge of the army'- "entiment,-*o that brave U<?lonniSmith, of Vtrsrhiia, torinsUUio?-they will learn, thal so far from regard it >g he ar re*t ur luL'g:?rd.s un the march, ?ml skulker* from the camp, as? an " indignity," both men and i lheers regard it th*? b-'st service and ni '?t fra tc.ul aid that the civil power could give them. When Will there be a itIovenieut?-The Attack un Charleston. The IL'ftUd intimates lhat there will l>e a movement noon-somewhere. Speculating on the news hnmjltedifferent points, the Hmild . says: While, froth the late extensive, -continuous and heaw rains, an immediate advance can not be expected pu the part ol' General Hook er or General Rosenpranz, we m?y expect at n.ny moment to hear that th?! hall h w b-en opened a:Charleston, Savannah or Vicksburg. Vi e think it inost probable that General Grant and Admiral Porter will lead-off in the dance at Vicksburg. The rains which have reduced the soil of Virginia and Tennessee io an im-, passable qujgmire to artillery and. ammuni tiou WUJOI1-, have flooded the Mississippi to oveitluwiug, thus reudering, as it may he tru ly called, that " island sea" a powerful ally lo our military operations along its hanks. Thus the right flank, if not the rear of Vtcks burg, may t>e reached by water ; or the gaunt * - let of the rebel batteries in front may be run or avoided by our whole squadrou of gunboats * and transports. The rarn Queen of the West and the gun boat Indianola, [both of the<e vessels have Leeu captured ?in<>j by our forces.-Ex ] are already be'ow, effectively cutting off the im portant supplies from western Louisiana ?nd Texas, destined for the rrbel army at Vicks burg. Remembering the fate of those stu pendous rebel works at Columbus, 1-daod No. 10, Fort Wright ami other places up the river wo can have uo doubt of the complete re opening of the Mississippi during t ie present flood. Auticipatiug. then, before the lapse ol many days, such news from Vicksburg, Charleston and Savannah as will electrify the whole country, and silence the discordant clamors and noisy treason of abolition dis uniouists and democratii: suhmisaioidsts to Jeff. Davis, we bold our position hy the side of ike fleets and armies of the Union, and confidently rely upon them to re establish the Union, agaiust Southern rebels and Northern incendiaries, and against separation, ?ubmis sion or foreign intervention. Ona DUTY AND POLICY-A correspondent of the Selma (Ala) llepjrUr writes : L**t us not cry peace ! peace ! wheu onr . country is Indeaguered with eight hundred thousand armed aud hostile inen, with the lires of ra ai i ?nt war blazing around us. I admit that, eur prospects are nevertheless brightening, and believe, if we .can hold our own b Jt tbree or four months longer, the storm will then have spent its fury, aud we may then hegiu to look for the bright barbiuger of peas.*. Bat seri ms reverbes, or the ap prottcti of lamine, would bring the Ll.it-k clouds hack upon us with redoubled ((loom. Even the eloquent voice of the noble Yallari digltum would bo hushed, while thu discon tented and turbulent muttering against a usurping and tyraiiieal Govemnn.ni, now li ning tn ttl? Northwest, . would lie cipplmted hy the old cry of " town with the ro>*cliii)n!v If Cotton be King, it is a poor and beggarly sovereign in v.ara, and the power it possesses i-?, I apprehend, more dangerous to us than to our enemies. . It loves sunshine and peace. With these, it is great and potent, hut .-om -coarse, ugly, but penerons, Indian corn - is now our protector. Let us then for the pres ent, and while our country is in peril, discard " King Cotton," poor feeble thing, and pay our devotions to Ceres. Give us corn ! (Jive us Independence ! There is liberty Tn Corn ! A lotter from Odkaloosa, Iowa, states that in that State the collection >f the Federal di rect tax is conf.ned principally to Methodist preachers. A presiding elder, who waa one nf these titbesmeo of Lincoln, lately wade himself conspicuous ata Demo? ra ic meeting, when ene of the speakers happily hit olf the reverend politician by alluding to the figure ot' a man hearing in one hand a commission ir.'tn the Savior of men, the Lord Jesus, and r the other a commission from the destroyer ff his country, Abraham Lincoln! .' How." Lr ?.-ked, " would St. Paul have figured in 1 story, if a* ? Roman, he had added to his l ristian [diaract** . hy gathering the tributes ? e to I a sar ?" Ph? Petersburg Shot Tower has proved a <' i:Mt d soeces?*!. For we-ks pant shot nf the ? . vt beam ifni character have been dripped, i?nd the proprietors have now on hand, and t r saU?, a quantity gut!:dent to supply all , etna nd*, from No. 2 upwards.' In form and l?iii>b these shot approach the perfection ol trie celebrate I Ra'timor? shot. Grsr-owoER MADE OF PAPER.-Gunpowder i -.ade of piper is the Iste^t novelty. A Mier f.-oili Copenhagen savs that the Royal Anille t v j&iard ol Denmark have ju-t made a MIC- , ceasfol exDfriment with th? new :::aterial. Common packing paper was, in the course of i ten tr flf-'e-n mi-m?es, traesformrd info a 1 eery powerful kind of gunpowder, and a runv j bar vt chou wore tired with it, Important Resolution??. On l.vi' ijaitir'Ly, Mr. Sumner, from tire j C.-^puttee on "Pm- iurn Re.lati ?ns, to -.sh oui . was referred the meK??.,'t?~pf th? President of the Unit, d S'ntrs.. eomrniirocati'ijr, in an swer to a ronolntton.- of the V u.kee Senate', ? c<>rr'Snonib-nc?-OU the subject of mediation, j arbiiraii brother measures 1<-*?kitic: to the j termination r>ft'.e pr? ??ut rebellion,'* rcp.;r- j I led the following r. s lotions: " W?erua-, it appears from the diplomada, correspondence subuiitied to Congress, that j a ptotio-itioa, friendly ??i form, look'tux to j pacification th ron edi loreign med i at io i, ho.*, been made to the United States by the Km ueror of the French, and promptly declined by th?? President, and '- Win-reft",ahe idea of mediation or in tervention m some shape may be' regarded bv forei/n Governments as practicable, and such G ?vernmenta, through this mUund/r 1 sunding. may bc lcd to proceedings tending ; t i embiiriM^x tin* friendly relation*" which now ? ? X?ST between them and the United States; | and .' Whereas in onh-r to remov.? for the fu? j ; i ?re all cha KV of misunderstanding on this tP'j C'.AII'J to secure for the United Statos j i the mil enj .voient of tim freedom from for j i Hjgn interference which is one of the biggest I ' righ's ol independent States, it seem?, fit that ! ('on?r..ss h'?uld declare its c invidious tbere I op ; there oro. I u Resptied, (the House ol Representatives cmcur ring J That while in times past the United Stales have sought and. accepted the friendly mediation or- arbitration of foreign p iwers for the pacific adjustment of intenia iional q lestions, where the U.tited Staten i wrre the party of one part, and some o'her I s ?ven'ign power the pam, of the other ptrt ; H-id while they are not disposed to niiseon I strue the natural and- humane derire of fijr t etgn p..wiTs tn aid io nrre?ting domestic iroUii es. which, widening in their influence, j j have afflicted other ?? m nt ries, especially inj i view of the circumstance, deeply regretied l?v the American people, thar the blow aimed by th?- rel-elliun at the national lile has fallen lieavdy upon die *?*boring population "f Eu rope; yet, notwithstanding these thing?. Con 'ji>H> cKiMi?t he?'tHte t" reeard ev-ry pr??p? ?ution of foreign interference in the pre-eut c ?niest a? so far uar- asonihle and inadmis <il?le that its only explanation will he found u a inis'oidcr-tai <"i iir of the *trn? ?tate of tin) que-nu*?, and of th*; real character of the war in which the Republic is engaged, " f?'S'/rof. That the Uirtnl?States are now irrappling with an unprovoked and wicked j rebellion, v hi'-h is seeking the destruction nf the Republic that it maj budd a new power, whose corner-stone, according to the con fes ssions of its chiefs, shall be slavery ; that for the suppression of this rebellion, and thus to save the Repub'ic and m prevent the estab lishment of such a power, the "National Gov ..rumr-Ut is cow employing armies arni lleet.s, in full faith, that through these efforts all the purtK'S-sof conspirators and rebels will I he crushed ; that while engaged in this strug i gie, on which so much depends, any propo sition from a loreign power, whatever form it may take, having lor its object the arrest of these efforts, is, just in proportion to its in fluence, an encouragement to the rebellion, j and to its declared principles, aud.. on this . account, is calculated to prolong and embitter ; the conflict, to cause increased expenditure of j blood and treasure, and to postpone t'.-e I much dc .ired day nf peace; that, wi: h these j convictions, and not doubting that every f uch proposition, although made with good intent, is injurious to" the National interests. Con gress will be obliged to look upon anv further | attempt ?ti the panie direction a- an unfriend- ? ly act which it earnestly deprecates, to the ! end that nothing may occur abroad to I strengthen the rebellion, or lo weaken those j relations of gond will with foreign powers which the United States are happy to cu 11 i vate. " Resolved, That the" rebellion, from its beginning, and far back even iu the conspira cy which precoded its outbreak, was encour aged by tho hope of support from fortigu powers ; thut its chiefs frequently boasted that the people of Europe were so far dcpen dent upon r gular supplies of thc great South ern staple, that, sooner or later,their Govern ments would be c >nstraiued to take ?ides with the rebellion in some effective form, even to the extent of forcible interven! ??n, if the' milder form did not prevail ; that the rebell ion is now sustained by this hope, which eve ry proposition of interference quickens anew, and that without this life-giving support, it munt soon yield to the just and paternal! authority ot the National Government ; that, | considering those things, which are aggrava- ; ted by the motives of the resistance thus en- j Couraged, I he United States regret that for eign powers have not frankly told the chief*? i ol the-rebellion thut the wurk iu which they are engaged is hateful, ami that a new Uov erumeut, such as they seek to found, with slavery as its acknowledged corner-stone, and with no other declared object of separate ex istence, is so far shocking to civilization and the moral sense of mankind, that it nr.-t not expect welcome or recognition in ihe com monwealth of, nations. .. Hes'ttped. That thc United State?, con-1 ! (?dent in the justice of their cause, which is < ] the cause, also, of good government and of; . human rights everywhere among men; aux- j I ious tor the -peedy rest-?ration of peace, which j shall Seeure tranquility at home aud remove j all oec?-ic:i of comp!aiut abroad ; and await- ; iug with Well assured trust the final suppres- [ . sion ni the rebellion, through which all these . things, reseured from ITOSOII; danger, will In*, ?.ecui-i-i] forever, arel tie: It -public, oue , and indivisible, triumph-iut over its enemies, : i will continue lo stand an axaiuple to man- . I kind, hereby announce. *.-> their unalterable '? '. purpose, that the wur will be vigorously pros ? ecu ted, according tn the humane principles of j ? Ckr-stian States, until the rebellion shall be . suppressed ; and they reverently invoke .upon | their cau.ie the blessings ol Almighty (?od. M Restitu?, That the President be request ed to transmit a copy of these resolution?;,; through the Secretary of Stale, to thu iniuiv I ters of the United States in foreign countries, that the declarations and protest herein set forth may be communicated by them to the Governments to which they are accredited." GLORIOUS NEWS MOM NORTH-WESTERN VIRGINIA.-Our information, derived from a reliable source, is of thu most, encouraging character from North-western Virginia. Tue down-trodden, gallant freemon td'that section are about asserting their might, and majesty by denouncing the corrupt tyrant at Wash ington. At a large and overwhelming meet ing of the citizens, in mass meeting assem bled in Wheeling, under thd very nose of the Washington tyrant, Sherrard Clemniens, ex member of Congress, denounced Lincoln in a withering speech for iwo hour.?, which elicited unbounded applause from tin? large crowd present. So says the.Wheeling IiUelUgeiuxr, an Aboli-ion organ published in Wheeling. One hundred and fu- young ne n fruin Cal houn County tu. v.- aiiivcii in Staunton lo en list for the W)ir ia thc Confederate service. Tur. YANKEE FORCE ox TUE IIANUIMX- : sot K.-Ane.rT.ll the reports und rumors we have hud of ll ?. keial in j '. cl a. gi ?.. ba?','' it I * ii'.v bel-eved that lin nu is .-mi sire-gth of Ins loni's ate yei uOov*?. Freder icksburg. 1" has been Kstvrtained ?h.! no inateri.il subtraction has been made, from tr.? j army operating there, and that, with the ex- ' c pt'on id 1 fi DM? men-sent to some unknown ' rw-int-the Vant o. tiree is quite us strong] tai frrmidaHc in-Dumber ai it bas prtr bwa ' A Mach Needed Railroad. Although we ar? in the midst of H gigantic wai', W?boi:l I .no'1. ncuLct* thc art^ milich tend to oui- advantage in times of peace. Our attention has be^n diree'ed to the importance of a RiHrtad fr m Ati?;ii-ta lo C'-lutnhia, S. C., from reading the annuil report x)t' tho Pr?sident of tl e Cliarlutie and Sni'h Cand? na Railroad Company, Wiilium .Johnston, Esq. Ii? the cmr: e of his remark*, he thus op.ak? (if thc hubjpc: we wou'd introd?celo our readers : Only one more imporlant link ia necessary to place your prop-Ttv on the principal high way of the Confederacy. This is the Augusta ani Columbia connection; Let- this work of only seventy miles be constructed, nod you annihilate seventy mileN between these two cities-just one half uf the present diijtance by rail. To thu w>-rlc your Company and the city <f Columbia have for ye IF? been pleiigcd t > do their duty, and wlu-never th? cities of Augusta and Hamburg and the (JeJr uia Kai road Company, au I tue plantera ?.1 mg the li wi'l ui'i'e with them, ilie road can oe built," without any foreign aid or capital. Should concert ul uclmn between the respec tive partie" identified in interest be seemed, tht* gradation ot thc rond should be placed ti:id<-r contract at oUce. Snouid Savantiah or Charleston fal! into the hands ol the enemy, this proposed toad might become of vital im p trtancc to ihe Confederacy, a greater mili tarv necessitv than the Danville connection. The iti-t'orUne- of the r. ad is at once ap parent. We m ?ko a saving by a direct route to Ciituinbiaof seventy miler*-nonsignificant distance. Th? road would undoubtedly be the principal thoruu^bfue fr. m Richmond to M mtgomerv, and oilier p tinte South. lt appears t<> ns that he Capitalista of this city and vicinity "could not d> better than embark in this ent-rpiiso at once. There is evej'y assurance that the investment will be a paying one. Money is pleut}-negro labor can be procured, doubtless very low; and the road could be at lotst graded, if no far ther advanced, beb>re the war closes. When that wishnd-for consitm nation is perf.-ctod, th?* balance of the work could be do?', and tile roa I pur. in go..d i uniting order. Not only our capitalist* and those of 'Sooth Caro lina ure iuleie ted. b tt the plantera of both scot ions "light to take aa interest in the mat ter, and help it by their means. The bent fits which would insure to them from ils coii xtruetioti would be great and substantial. Thev ar?' ai evident that we need not dwell upon them. Thia project demands immediate attention from our citizen-?, as there are other routes talked of which, if coiiitrueled, will leave Augusta." out in the cold." Self interest, therefore, HS well as public advantage, make tm appeal to us to take erich steps as will se cure th* building of the road from this point to Columbia without unnecessary delay. We only desite in this article to place the subject before the peopb, boping that others more competent than ourselve* explain its advantages, will bring it conspicuous'.}' lie fore the public.-Augusta Chronicle dr Sen tinel. Capture ol'thc Jacob Bell. RICHMOND, March ?.-The New York Zf.r uld of the od sa? s tiie C. S. S't-amer Florida cHpuncd and burnt the fillip Jacob Hell from China for New Y-rk, with sixteen hundred tons of merchandize.,, Thc cargo waa valued at one million eight hundred thousand dol lars. Klu?.Moxn, -March ti.-Ti e Jacob Bull bini a cargo ol iwc-nty-iwo thousand packages ol te?, twenty-liv? hundred roll- of matting, rive thousand boxes tiro crackers, four hundred boxes fans, eight luousands mats eussia. two hun ired and ten boxes nf camphor, the whole valued ul one million, dolhus. The Florida burned i be Vessel and transferred the passen gers affi crew to a Xtanish vessel which con veyed them to St. Thom us. TUB FKEXCH IX Mb'Xtco-The Yankee pa pers have steadily anti ;ier-isteutly bien as suring us that the French were meeting all manner of disasters in Mexico ; were beaten fottietimes by one-fouriu ol' their own num ber ; were blockaded and surrounded s,t Pue bla, ?tc, ic. Tetas papera bring as more probable news-that the French army is al ready in the city of Mexico, and will instant ly occupy Matamoros. We have no objec tion ; we prefer the French as neighbors on our Southern boundary allier than the Mex icans; and, it is needle*! to say, infinitely be fore the Yaukees. The designs attributed to France Against the independence ol Texas have been entirely disavowed ; und the per son.- concerned in those intrigues tum out to have bien private and unauthorized adven turers. So much lue better. We hold to Texas ; we can suffer U<J interference with Texas; but as to .Mexico, we make the Frene!) exceedingly welcome tu establish something like a government ot white men in that couti try, and end the dynasty of Tambos and Mestizoes.-Richmond Examiner. WHAT WILL YOU PLANT?-As the spring opeus, the question ofihe character uf the tropa to be 'planted, is beginning to attract, atten tion, aud thi-i very properly, fir the very life ol'the country may d?tend upon how it is re-ponded to i:i practice. The Wilmington Journal says : Seeing tba situation ol' the country, and the necessity for supplying the anny in tht: field and tfcn peo ple at home, one would ihmk tuat Only food would be raised, Mid yet fruin t hc exhorta tions niul expostulations which we Cud in ino columns of very many of o:tr cotemporaries. especially those of the more S "uhern States, we must conclude that thine is a disposition to return again io Coll on, to the compara tiva neglect ot food crops. We do mist that this course will not bo pursued to any extent. There is not suifi eient labor tn thc conn tr: to raise .my large amount of Cotton, ami ai the sam? time make a supply ol' food. The sanie reasoning of course will apply tn tobacco, the raising of which cannot supply ?by real wnnt. or con tribule in any way to the sustaining of our troops. LIKE IN CHARLESTON-A correspondent of the Mobile Adccrliscr and lUyiatcr writes from Charleston : Everything here looks gay and business like. The ladies parada the Battery of af ternoons in crowds, looking as beautiful and and happy as if no war prevailed. Fraser's wharf presents as lively a scene, with rat tling drays, ships receiving and discharging cargo, as of old. Meeting street, too, espe cially in front ol tbe Southern Express Office, where our value I friend. Colonel Will. Wood ward, the agent, puts everybody and every thing through, looks as busy as a bee in a tar barrel with its matty magna in front of thc door, receiving as well ax discharging freight, Mr. Woodward has lately gotten- up a new wagon, on a different principle, for carrying .heavy freight, which, by means of ila patent springs and construct ion, can carry over fotir tolls. dov. ({ROAN AT HIS FARM.-A gentleman who left Atlanta mal week, to see (?ov. Brown ?.ii some ollieinl huaiueaa, was directed at Canlon, thu residence cf the .Governor, to pr <.? ed t his !.:r!ii. where he would find, 'im (.) . , wn\ thither, he ovr-rlook mid j. i vi a bu;:- nimber of KUIAII wagons, caris, txc-. with ??'??i! i"';, iu.it parneii;1-is, all pro ceeding io ti.e -sii'iie destination, aud when he arrived there, io ii> !urpri.?e he saw that qttitua number of rm-ri and women, with ? i bides of thc s^niu description, were around the coro ?rb? and bat'C' td" tho (JeTarnor, j who was engage.-] in the distri!?ution to th< m of corn, ahucki, ?c., in proporg >n tu the ?iz; of ?h ir Itiii?ilies and their wanta. Lp.m in qnirine. the gentleman learned that those tri.-1 hud gathered ther*? wore tin* p n.r W?VPH, widow* and c tilden of the soldier.-, frost* Cher -kee Guiltily, among Wh?m Guv. Kr wn wa-? di>!riburing hin surplus cont. ASTHTJB 8IMKINS, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, M A lt. ll, 18G3. Thanks. We l-naic i>f some ladies, and we imagine otb-rs, who arc going to help us extend the scope aud in fluence of the Adrnrlitrr. If We run only succeed .in enlisting their kind offices in th'n regari] fur i'm r?ir. we shall stem the torrent-happily how ever slight the rarniutts of our craisv. Thanks, iu advance, t> mir lady friends ! Ours be tho ef fort to merit their va'ued aid. A Word'for the Pour Little Calves. Weare mit going to grow pathetic, but don't let aunt Slr KEY take FJLI much of the milk away from thwe little calves while yet the March winds blow and tho soft herbage cometh not. Or, if you must havo the milk for the baby, give the little quadrupeds sumo meal an 1 water once a-day. Re member, calvos will he cow? after awhilo,-and eows will be cash-dawn at high figures for years to como. March. The month thus far bus been in keeping weh its antecedents,-changeable, windy, cold, WArm, and yet seasonable enough. The high tides of March wore to have been tho auspicious m itnotit for runuiug the iron-cU'ls into Charleston harbor; but the (t) ides of March have come and gone, ?nd Charleston is yet intact.-In March it is thought ROSKNCKANZ will Tu-irch against Johnstou. Some think RttAOu'a army will march fit? way; but we prefer to hope that Rozv will be c.impell ed to march back again, and th it it will be his last inarch in this direction. For the rest, Mireb is a good time to bed sweet potatoes, to plant snap-beans, und to " spaed the plow"-buta very bad time tu eat rabbit*. Arrival?. We learn that Capt. W. L. STEVENS, Lieut. A. W. Br KT, Lient, P. W. ANDREWS, (Sergt. S. P. DELOACU, Serg't. P. M. WILLIAMS, and Privates JAMBS DAV, ADSOSTUS ?LOVJSR and MITCH KU. GLOVRR are at borne on furlough, enjoying (ns they deserve to do) the pleasures of the homo cir cle for a brief poriod. A Response. Ono kind lady has responded to our request that something to eat be sent to this famished-, market, and some of us have been made to re joice over frosh spare-ribs and back-bones. Who will try us uext ? Always bo sure to give the Ad ttrtUtr a chanoe, if not " de fust rcfushiul " as SfKXCK siid when be brough t the spare-ribs. f?eT We call special attention to thc advertise ment of Jessup it HATCH for i aw to bc used for certain army purposes. No straw, mark you, will be bought which has beon broken by buiug run through a threshing-machine. SSS" Corn planting has fully commenced in this latitude. Rush on, all hands ! Aid to Wayside Hospital. Company " F" (CapfcJ^HN F. TA LB K RT) 5th Reg. Reserves, made a contribution of one hun dred and one dollars to tbe Wayside Hospital at Columbia a short time before being disbanded. Wo take pleasure in mentioning this thoughtful act on the p irt of our felluw-citizcus. Tho Way; side Hospiul'at Columbia bas, wu learn, boen in strumental, and i.-. still so, in doing good service to our suffering soldiers tn tramita, to End from their respective cutups. It should be sustained by thu munificence of our people at large ; and we trust that others a.ay be stimulated by the example of Co. " F," to remit funde in its behalf. -? -?-. A Substitute Tor Dread. Now that meal is hard to get about our villagos aud towns, we recommend lie-hominy as a good substitute, ot least as a change. Tho simple plun of preparing it ls as follows: To a gollou of shelled corn add a balf-galluu of good aebe.-, Boil together uuiil (be husk begins tu come efl' j tbe eoru. Then rub brUkly to clear the grain completely of husk. Wush the corn doun and boil it for ten or twelve hours addiug water from time to time to keep it from burning. It is then ready, and hus only to be warmed over fur use as it is needed. It is perhaps better fried. This is said to bu more wholesome tbau bia kumina aud it is as good diet as corn.bread if not better. It is easy to prepare and saves tho toll. Most house keepers know how to make it ; but a few may not be informed on thc important subject and wu pen this paragraph for their benefit, Spinning Wheels nud Cotton Carda. Articlts now much in demand. You may find , au improved plan of Spinning Wheel nt GURLEY'*, ' in Hamburg. Mr. CHAULES HAMMOND, of ibo i same place, bas received what hu calls luuf-Cards, meaning thc wiro front of toe Card-, which may < bu tacked on old backs making them as good as I new. Sec both advertisements. j ?3^" A correspondent of thc Christian Advo : cate, writing from UKAOU'J army, suys : We are now in camps which are comparatively I comfortable, awaiting the approach of tho foe, and j it is said by those who ought to know that he will I advance as Soon ai the weather will permit. Rut ! Gen. Johnston bas been here for two ur three j weeks supervising and preparing for un- attack, and our little anny-tor it is such compared with that of tbe enomy which is said to number from o0,0U0 to 11)0.01)0-is daily strengthening in num ber*, and in health. So wc will, I hop?:, be ready to meet them, and God graut that wc may suc ceed iu thoroughly ruining them. ?33* The ijnmeuso breadth of land put down in wheat, and the uncommonly favorable ac counts of the crop from all quarters of the country, forewarn speculators iu fluur to hurry their sales. There are seid to bo groat quantities of this commodity now on hand in all upper Georgia. %3T Tho planters in some sections of Missis I sippi are planting no cotton at all this y?or, but I aro turning their attention wholly to provisions. A good example. pSS- The London Time* says it is clear that the blockade at Charleston wu not raised at the ' time ol' the attack un the Federal fleet, and that there was not evon an intermission of it. ? The Putt takes a similar view of it. EJr" The Governor of Florida has issued a proclamation appealing to the planters U3t to plant any cotton, but to uso thu most active .-Forts on thuir pirt to produce the greatest amount of provisions attainable by tb? means at tl,air com mand. ?3*** Gen. Winder's - fibre nt Richmond is be sieged daily, by crowds of foreigners-men aid women-applying for passport, to Line?ndola. ! Tno caus-i of this sudden desiro to leave tho Con- : fedcrney is said rn be the apprehension of ?on s:riptlon, wi!b um?j and "hard times" with pthei I. To Our Soldiers. MoJItAJ. ?he I Tho air i* gan ?.il to-day ami admonii-bes li: Summer, ur, moro Jiropoily, th it Sim; mi weather i? permanently nf. hnnd. The her cackling iu (ho yard ar a groat rate, anil thi kfj goblor Strubs like a vory porcupine. " S Jdn.-e?" neron the field yonder, and Hie , M bent blade? inhale new vitality from tho gk fun beams. Y*u will Bujipnfic, of course, tho farmers ami gardeners MT* all a? busy a? Maur a bill of turn will bo planted this wool gentleman irom tho Kidge i a turin- un that wa? planted in that ntighb irhood Inst woek. although the people of tho clay lund.) are backward, yet there ia a deposition tu plant land is ready, and then go un und prepari rest. Tbl? is the proper plan. A Ur^e corn ?111 be plant??] this your in South Carolina, while ??mo sbuuld be early (perhaps the lu part i f every man's eri p) M mu als? might tie plantel lute. Tili? will be u necessity nm ny; and it tooy will lut preparo f,.r thc planting thoroughly, it will result in a ! han eut with les? pressure up .a bauds und he But /peaking nf hand?, you ?ill percciv an advertisement elsewhere, that IkHe-fuHrl tho ruud hands in K Igefield ure called ou lo v during thc bu?y and important agricultural m of April, on thc coast fortifications. Doub there ia a strung necessity Tor this call; other there ii no cxeu?c lor it, Th? people will reep> but macy will respond ia money ruihor th. Uber. And even that wjll he a heavy tax t the farmers. Wi- tear tho tendon ey w i 1 i be tc pair the subsistence crop ; but if it be abholt necessary, the measure must go forward HS be may. When thc Act upon thi? subject was jun it was boped that it would go inti] operation modinloly, say thc 1st of January; and it thought that all the work necessary to bc < could be accooiplphed by the 1st of March, the Confederate authorities did not accept the a< a whole, and it* opcratriou hajj been dela at least two months. Now, h.-rs it c unes i us at tip trying pcrioi nf tho year, ant ponido must do tho best they can. There fbi t.avo been an immense amount of work don the Coo-: by the In bor that la? already been forward ; but it ?eeins that muoh yet remain? finished. It would appoar to bc rory har make thi? arrangement of labor properly c; live. Some think there is gross miaxinnugcu in thc matter. We can only any that tho li aught to have been applied judiciously and e gotieally from the outset: xml it is time the rials in chargo should bo called to account promptly displaced, if they have been slael their eontroll and supervision of thc bufiue? hand. Wo have no DOWB to give you, except what may collect from other part? of lae paper. 1 .as dull here as ever. One would think that budding of Spring might put our ladie? in iLe tion of getting up ?omo kind of entertainment the soldier*? benefit : but thu? fur we hear nothing of thc sort. Conoert?, and all that t of thing, seem to have run out. And every is compelled tu look ubuut so close- fur the w and means of living, that no one whispers o Hut Supper-even iii the dim distance. W perhaps it is as well to save all thia mann? entertainment and amusement until you co home to share in it. " Vohit hniue !" God bless the swoot won They breathe comfort, in advauco i-f their reali timi;-What will bo the rapturo of a million loving hearts when they are consummated fruition,-when tho last war blast shall huve d away amid the hopeful murmurings of retnrni peace, and you ?hall all luve " cowie hum?'' to eukindle the smouldoring tiros upon your dom tic altar?, and to put your country on the bi rond of a grand prosperity ! That an Almigl Providence may permit you thus to "come hun ut no distaut day, is tho universal prayer of l South. TUESDAY, the linn. We felt happy aud honored in mooting yesti day, nrouud the hoapitable board of Gov. PlCKB! several of "our soldiers" whom the coinpariiti suspension of hostilities iu Virginia has permit? to visit home. It wa?, we trust, but the furetai of tbut general reunion of old liuka in our soc plea?ure?, which all ?wait with longing hoart?. The ladies ure still here in ull their towline and usefulness. It is they who meet Ihc iliffiei tie? of the blockade with ever-increasing exertiu! to counteract its inconveniences by uew develo mcui? of home iudusiry and skill. To bo sar they must need? (like tho men) muko some coi aiderable to-do over the sclf-dehiiils we are II culled upon to exercise ; but they go to work eve] day with renewed zeal io the busiuc?? of tl household, mid they arc (has far meeting tl emergency with a success it i? admirable to bi hold. This war is making practical, rctloctiuj energetic women out of all our ?en*tlU girls, i well aa soldierly und solid mon out uf our ratium boy?. The inference ia inevitable, tbut, whe once our independence is attained, a new HU powerful type uf mankind viii be the result. Yesterday was bright and beautiful. To-du opened cloudy aud heavy. And hore como th spring showers aguiu. Health uf tbe I?i?trio gu.-J. Spirits of the people still buoyant. Mud luc k to you all, and aditu ! Another call to Duty. See au articlo on first page, signed "ROMAN," which we copy from a paper (hat stands promi neut ai a public sentinel in this day of trial Thu duty of the Southt.ru citizen, and especial ly of the Southern farmer, is set forth with sea! and power by thia patriotic writer; and we eau add nothing to the eloquence of his appeal. Yet it is for ut, and for every member of thc Southern Pross, to echo and re-echo advisory sug gestion? and entreaties like Ihoao uf this .. n*bU Roman,'' bouriug (aa they do) upon the host woi.l of our endangered laud. The duly of labor, ul way? of ibo first impor tance to individuals and nations, i? now in ii ten fold degree incumbent ami obligatory upon (he people of the Confederate States ; And high anti luw, rich and pour, ure 'called on by every Consid eration of safoty, of interest and of honor, tu "do what their hands lind to do with all their might." It is no time for idlers, drones, and quid ionic* ; it is not a day for sloth, either of body ur of mind ; it is no season for tho couch of luxury or the bao quot-hall of epicurianiam. It ls lourk, work, fork, mental and physical, that can alone ensure, under tho approving smile 'of Heaven, a glorious und happy termination of this fearful strife. It was well said pf old, that he who m ule two blades of gru?s grow where one grew before wits a public benefactor. Wo may now bettor say, that the Southern citizen who strives not to aacomplish i something, akin to thia wholesome principle of I increased production, is a public malefactor. lie | ia snob, because wilfully negligont of the plainest ? suggestion of patriotism. He is suob. because ! inactive at an hour when tho voice of Freedom Dalis for thc earnest help of all bor children to fortify by every available means her hut strong hold on earth. Ile is such, because sinfully fer fretful of the lesson that it is only by individual effort working up to etch prosaiug. emergency of 1 oar young and struggling government that the ; Southern Confederacy eau expect ta contend tri umphantly against apparently overwhelming odd?. Awake, mon of tho South,-onco more awake! Arise, furmors of thc Confederacy, to redoubled ?tu) in the diicjaorge of your ail-imnurlsnl rc sp"iiMH"*tiK<. ; Lire not now fer yourselvo-', but lice fur your country! Remember, our bravear-; mies oo the outposts of rf-Direr' Rmulute 'heir fictive patrio'bun in the fi-ld by active patriotism ?t home! Cast away mammon from all yonr thoughts ! Strangle every meaner motive ami n.? piriubm, und let yonr honest hearts burn continu ally with the ambition aad the determination t"J d i your full putt towards the deliv*rinee of our laud fr m tho hands of those that hate us. Tn .P irk- ! lu K?rk! The Spring is dawning upon ut in beauty. Lock up to the good God of the roll ing Seasons. Look out upon the resources ile his placed within our reach. To'iom-k! Towri! Men, womeu and children of the South, to icurk. if ye would be flee ! A Suggestion. Should any une desire to do an act tnat would be appreciated tts a favor by our soldiers iu the service, we cac tel them bow to go about it. Send us the aub.teripliiou money tor a giveu Dumber of copies of thu Advertiser tot one year, nnd derig nate the Regiment or Compuny for wuicb thc pack age is intended. We will regularly mail the rame under any specific instructions tba' may be given ; or, if uo such iastructious are given, we wi:l mail to the commanding officer of the Regiment ur Company with the request to distribute to such soldiers as huvs not thc m jans of subscribing fur themselves. We are sure this will be a m >st ac ceptable act of liberality, because we know that Our soldiers greet their home paper gladly on nit occasions. They have told us so. It is to them a weekly letter from home, and not ouly gives thom much of The Distiicl news, but also a large amount of rcs.ding well calculated to relieve the weary hours of Camp life. Hurd as it is fur us to make both c ad.- meet ut our present cheap rates, we will always add one to every list of ten that tu av be thus sent. For thc Advertiser. 44 The hour o?' Supreme trial." Benn-lija rd. Mit. Eiiirort : Having understood that bread and meat were very scarce iu this village aud its em ir.?us, we wera induced to make enquiry into thc mutter, anti find in accordance with tho evi dence bulo re iii, that the report is etareiaylg true. We hud previously read in the Adcertieer of Feb ruary Sa, in your communication "To our Sol dieri**"' tknt juvt about thin' little loira nf our?, thei r i? an alarm of ncurcity in the ?apply of pro ehi?ai," bnt we were assure! from other portions of the same article ,; 'hat it outjhl to be trur, and ire believe te true, thal an abundance of bread and meat cxi?i* in every neighborhood." Having we presume moans of information suffi ciently satisfactory to induce thc confident expres sion of this opinion on your part, we assume the point as admitted, and propose tu inquire briefly, ?chere the provitione are, when there in ?cnrciiy in the country. We are certified of the fact, that there is scarcely a pound of flour to be obtained in this village, for love or money, and provisions generally are very scarce. We know it to be a fact, that a la-:gc proportion of tho Wheat mule in this District, ha* been sent tu August? for rale, or hus been purchased und was, or is slid held buck for higher prices, and the same may bc ?sid of bread and meat generally. Wc believe it to be a fact that many persons have flour on baud, but refuse to sell it, until the price shall l>-? higher stiil than it now is, exorbitant us it is. The case then stund? simply thus: There is either enough of provisions in this District to supply the wants of the needy, or there is nut. It '.here bc cuough, aud vour editorial communica tion justifies the belief tbut ibero is, theil the " alarm about this littlu tuuu ol' ours" indicates u scarcity which docs not arise from the absence of provisions in thc District, but from thu iriihhold ?ny of them from those who stand in need. That there is a scat city arising from some cause, uo | ono eau doubt, for it is almost impossible to pur chase provisions. There ure nouc off cr vd fur sale, and offers to purchase, are refused except ut fabu lous prices. Y<?u are willing to lay a wager that there is nu abundance iu the District, but that the " farmers don't caro to part with their supplies except where plain duty to their fellow citizens I'M need tells them that they ought to do au." Be ing under impression that na hungry person is ibe best judg? of bis needy condition and that that euttditioH is mad? manifest by an application to purchase provisions, the rofus.nl to sell, would seem to iudicata that the farmers are not the prop er judges of the needy ronditiou of the peuple, or if they are, that they fail to discharge their plain duty in this regard. Moreover.people seldom de sire to purchase provisions (speculator- excluded) unless they arc.in want nf them: but if ou an application, they are met with the response that there are nour fur tale, or muir to 'purr, the farm ers, being thou certified of the needy rondiliuu of the people by such application, have nevertheless according to the opinion deducible from your communication tho right to refuse such applica tion, by a reeeeeed power of judging whether peo ple arc in ??ca* or not This doctrine, Mr. Editor, will not satisfy the hungry, alni has been produc tive of revolutious in tho olden limes. But if there is un abundance uf provisions io the District as you surmise ; and the farmers be not the proper judges ot tho needy condition of the people, as we have argued : and the peop'e aro in waut of thu necessaries of Hf, us ibo aUrm hitherto manifested, and other circumstan ce* would-rewm to indicate, what is thu remedy tu be applied lo h'm unhealthy condition of affairs? The duty vf the patriotic citizen is always plain. : lu his country's travail be does not look siugly to himself, or to his own aggrandizement, but re gards the general welfare as a matter of infinite concernment. Honey fini, and rirtue afterward*, was tho bit ter and sententious su-casni of iho Roman Satirist against the spirit of his age. The sarcasm is ap plicable to a J tailar spirit in our own time. There aro many | ersons content to pursue the even tenor of their way, without any seeming rogard to the condition of their fellow-?icings in (his bit ter contest for political existence. Do those men ever u.?k thornie!Vet the question of what, use arc they to society ? Is it enough that their crib?, anti their emokrhoHte nro futl ; nnd that there is no fear nf want at their homesteads r Is the bartle of freedom to l>e fought by tho gallant youth ol our State, amii the blasts of wiuter, mendy that *uc/i men shall enjoy the leeuriiy, comfort? and luinrir* of existence? Soldiers of the Confed eracy, will ye not demand a heavy reckoning hereafter from these faithless stewards? Verily is not this " tht hour nf mprrme trial," For the Advertiser. The Kdgefield Village Aid Association acknowl edge the receipt of 7 prs. of Socks from Mrs. Tho*. McKie. We have recently procured a lar?c supply of j Cloth from Graniteville, and hope the members will baar ?a mind that it is extremely advisable lo have it mude up ?iud delivered in lime for the ! Summer Campaign. Mr. t?regg desires us io say j to tho different Associations in the District, (but ? bo would be pleased if they would send in (heir ! orders for Cloth several weeks ahca 1 of the time i th^y desire to have it. Mas. ANN GRIFFIN', PRES. Mas. WM. GOODMAN, Sec'ry ? Trcas'r. .#a*r* Tho Atlanta Inttlliyrnccr characterizes 8?r. BROWN, nf Georgi?, us tho Oommasiler.la. Chief of tha " Militia Officers Brigade," For tho advertiser. Mit. Em run: Tho First and Second Corps bi Reserven of the Bib Regiment ara organized aqd read}'. Our officers are men nf xpprored conduct and enjoy thc full confidence of their men. The First Corp0 will probably be anon ordered to tb? front, waite thc Soeoud will have the honor of guarding the rear. I think ?? have the riaht men in the right pince-uieu of courage and skill to lead the vin - mun of vigilance and activity to protect our Iambics ?t home. The following aie the result of the elucims : At Sittbtiry, Second Corp*. JOHN T. CHEATH \M, Captain. JA* S. HAKKISON, 1st Lieutenant. J. ll. YKLDELI., 2d Lieutenant. JAMBS CALLIHON, 3d Lieutenant. At Cheniiam.'i? Firit 'Gorp*. F. W. Bu BT, CMp'ain. JA?. S. HAHIIISDN, 1st Lieutenant. JOHN ROCHELLE, 2d Lieutenant. Jon* L. COLEMAN, 3d Lieutenant. ' Respectfully, _ HIGH PRIVATE. For the Advertiser. Tu the Traveling Community. If you are, or tdiould at anytime he p is.?itag to, or through Augusta, Ga , und wish to stop at a Hotel and got the worth of your money, io these war lime?, just stop at the Southern States Hotel, which Li kept by Southern uieu, Messrs, THOMAS 'A LITTLE. They have that commodious ?nd well looted Hotel tauru -gilly renovated, the bed-rooms and furniture iu exculleat order- and when you go to the-table, you will find it furnished with the very best the marketa afford; and well disciplined, servants ready und willing to wait on you, until you will ?uvoluntnriiy cry enough, and exclaim the right men in the right place. And how can it be otherwise, when everything connected with the house is conducted under the supervision of Mr. THOMAS aud his most accomplished Lady. Wounded and sick soldiers will find the Southern States Hotel ahorne for them, where they Milt receive every attention to rendor them comforta ble. Attached lo tho Hotel is an excellent Bur, fu:ufsbed with the most choice liquors and wines. ALABAMA. For the Advertiser. Solution of Ches? Problem. Mn. EDITOR : Having been informed ? that my solution of Chess Problem handed in last week, was deficient, I reviewed it, and found it incor rect. I now offer the following as a solution : First Move.-Sinne NS before given. Advance the White Queen obliquely to left, taking up Black Pawn. Second Move.-If opponent plays bis riga1: Castle and takes up left White Knight, take it np with left Bishop, which puts his King in check Theonly piece he can interpose is his right Knight, Third Move.-Take up his Knight, and his King is checkmated. But if opponent makes any other move than that above indicated, theil Second Move.-Advance White Que<?n obliquely I to thu left three squares.* Then if Opponent takes ! up Queen with hi.- left Knight, Third Move.-Take up hie Knight with left ; White Knight, and hU .King is checkmated-; hu if opponent make any other move, ?dvnnco the Queen one square to the right, when his King will he checkmated. TVRO. March ?th, 'ti.". For the Advertiser. Second Kcgiuieut S. C. Cavalry. J. L. BLACK, Colonel-Fairfield. J. B. IWIUffH, Lt. Col.-"E Igefield. H. L.. MAYSON, Capt. and A. Q. M.-E IgoSeld. W. A. PKOK.V, CapL und A. C. S.-Chester. CHAS. PISKNKV, Surgeon-Colletun. JAS. YATES, Assistaut do.-Charleston. 1). M. LAIUULIN, A. Adj't.-Abbeville. E. YABBOBOCCH, S'gt. Major.-Abbeville. E. A. 8flAM>K, Ord. S'gt.-Pickuus. J. A. SMALL, Q. M. S'gr.-Abbeville. A. SMALL, Bugle Major- " COMPANY A-AOBSVILLG DHTn.'CT. M. T. Owen, Captain-Abbeville. H. S. Jones, 1st Lieut. .. Tbos. Clews, 2d " COMPANY B-LATHENS A .VD NKWBF.RKY. N. Nesbitt, d ptain-FpATtanhurg. , - W. J. Lcaslo, 1st Lieut.-Lauren.-*. B. N. Vonng. 2d Lieut. - -i-(J reen, 2d Lieut.-Newberry. COMPANY i- K PC BPI ELD A>jD i: vRN WELL. T. W. Whatley, CmpUiu-Edgfifieh}. T. S. Miller, 1st Lieut. .? D. 0. Hancwck, 2J Lieut. H J. M. Hankinson, 2d L'u-ut.- Barnwell. COMPANY ti-CUKSTEK. W. A. Walker, Caption-Chester. J. 9. Wilson, 1st Lieut. <.' R. S. Lewis, 2d Lieut. " -:-Martin, 2d Lieut. ? . COMPANY K-OIlASfir.IIUnO. J. U. Fri* van t> Captain-Orangebnrg, J. R. Hid, 1st Lieut. ,-Glover, 2d Lieut. " -Cjnner. 2d Lieut. " COMPANY V-PICKENS. Elan Sharpe, Captain-Picken*. A. t. Clayton, 1st Lieut. " B. Ft lllassinjraHic, Sd Lieut.-Greenville. -Lujk, 21 Lieut.- P io kons. COMPANY G-AB BK VII.LK. L. J. Johnson, Captain-Abbeville." J F. Lcvlngston, 1st Lieut. M D. M. Laughlin, 2d Lieut.. .? G. T. Jacks .n, 2d Lieut " COCTASY B-V?aIC. Robin Apt. C. Jonos, Captain-York. J. H. Berry, 1st Lieut. ? J. H. Whiie, 2d Lieut. ' -Rachford, 2d Lieut. ? COMPANY J -COLI.KToS. J. R. R. Fox, Captain-Colet?n. F. Horsey. 1st Lieut. '. - Marshall, 2d Lieut. .* H. H. Fox, 2d Lieut. " COMPANY K - RDOEPIRtn, BARNWELL, PICKKNS. Angus P. Brotrn, Captain-Edgefield. T. Yt. Holley, 1st Lient-Chester. F. A. Litgreavos, 2d Lieut. " D. R. Duncan, 2d Lieut.-Barnwell. Camp near Stevensburg, Culpepper Co. Va. ExoRMOV* FIGURE*.-The public debt of the United States, according to the report of the Secretary of the trea?ury? is $1, 122,000 000 ; th'M amount, in Si green back*, would, if spread out, cover 1,047 square acres, or Ch ?quare miles. ?f laid em! tn end they would reach l28.H32.2j mile?, 51-8time- around the earth. Allowing the expenses to amount to $2,000,000 pr day, they would make, if laid em! to eud, 283-? 0 miles, or about tu far as a locomotive would run ip a day. Allowing the 700,000 soliders to average, in height, 51 feet, they would ranch, if lying head to foot) 752; miles, stand heels and toes touching, would reach 104 mile?. Allowing the armi ami artillery of the 700.000 to average twelve pound-* to each mau, they would.if male into railroad iron, make. 21V mile? ol' railroad iron. Allowing the clothing'of the soldiers to aver ie 12 va rds lo each Utan, it would make y,400,O?O van's, or 4,772,8 11 miles. In two 8ear?, allowing thies suits to each man, it would make dough cloth to rexh arjuud tho urtb. ?