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Symptoms of an Advance Movement at JFredericksbnrg. There are symptoms of a coming move rient in (jen. Hooker's army The trnuapor latiou resources have been cut down, und officers nre being notified that ?ll superfluous bigg'ige must, be sent home. The officers td t'te line are to be a'luwed nothing in the .shape of coop equippage, except shelter teuts, which they can carry on their backs. This means an active and probably an ardu ons campat'gu. The roads h axe dried up it? that vicinity considerably within the past lew dav?, auH everything now looks favorable loi a lorward movement. Ou the rebel side, equally active prepara tions appear to be going on. Charleston i> awaiting calmly for an attack, and General Ke*ur?-gard has revoked all furloughs aud re Called absent ms to their posts. Tho correspondent of tue New York lier ait! writes from the nrn\v : There are unmistakable pr?parations no? being made for a speedy inoveinsmt of the army. Our transport?t ioa is now being cu' down to facil?tale .?ur movements in ?be com ine marches; a>id officers are warned before hand that all superdoous baggage n>u-t i> sent hume, wlibe such poor devils a-- hob commissions itt the line have been notified that their wedge tents cannot be transported for them in future, and that iu the cooiine campaign'nothing more will be allowed then, than a shelter tent apiece, such > the mei hav?'% which they eau carry on their uwr bncl.v This last fact alone is sufficient fore warning of the trials, troubles, discomforts and severities of the next campaign. Thc restrictions having been virtually rc moved, interccurse has lat. ly been renewed liftween our,pickets and those o? ueeiictn?. but ib.: other day one iii our officer?, con-id i ring 'his Kate of thirgs a violent violation ol an order not >ct countermanded, seized on a perfectly diminutive model ot ? ship-with . k'-el, riggiug and rudder complete-which tho rebels had tarnt across the river freight* with a Richmond paper, and in which the) cs;> el -d to l>c shipped t. their addrc-s a cop el' thc Ikrald. Thc vessel is now in posse? MOU of an liificer of Shafer's brigade, ?nd ta; ii-, stern ia painted thc uniq* natue. 44 The B 'dy Louse.'' lt ts to be sent to thc N -ni tor exhibiti'H?.. Att'airs k-gin to assume a lively app-ar anec, and 1 anticipate within a few di.yssotm clari ling news. -.? ? Tuv EXECUTION oK STARR-Wo noticed several day? since, the arrest of a notoriou? character glorying in the name of Daniel S. 15. Starr, who emigrated from Connecticut u this ?State over twenty-five years siuce, am: had been outraged during thc interval in H system of villainy almost without a parailel in the history of crime. Thc book, in manu script, which bc coulesscd he had written, con'uined overwhelming evidence of the mos) diabolical designs against thc people and in stitutions of the ?South, lie was preparing tho book ?ii anticipation of the coming of ki> Yankee brcthrcu, and admitted tu a witues that it would bc worth a hundred thousand dollars to bis family in that event. Under thi* state of tacts the Vigilance Com mittcc, after setting upon bis ca.se at several different meetings, concluded to turn him over to tb* Courts, where, if justice was me ted out to him, ho would be banged, other wise i:e might ovado the law or escape. A> noon as luis decision was known on Salutd <y evening, it was determined on the part ol citizens to hang bim without further delay, and accordingly on Sabbath morning his body was found dangling from a tree iu a conveni ent portion of thc city, whither the victim had been taken from thc jail the preceding night aud hung. Starr was so notoriously a badaud dango ous character that the com munity very generally approved this disposi tion of him. His remains were takeu down by his family friends and interred on Sunday. "We hope thia mayvbe a warning to other mis creants who contemplate abusing thc hospital ?ties of the Southern people to undermine and malign them-to beware lest they may / one day sufie-r the Rame fate.-Montgomery Advertiser, 17th. SHAM. SPKCUI.ATION RE LONGER TOLBRA TED ?-We are glad lo learn, from various ex pressions ol opinion, that popular attention is turning seriously to this question. We mean, of COUM:, to speculation in the neces saries of life. It is apparent to every observ ing man that speculation has much to do with the prevailing nigh prices. The old standard of supply and demand" is constantly refer red to by those who apologize for sp?cul?t ion: and it is insisted that nothing but a scarcity inadequate to the demand, enhances prices. This test would be a good one, if all the sup ply was in the market for sale, liut the tact is notorious that immense supplies of provis ions are held up by speculators for still high er prices. We have no doubt of the truth of the assertion, that there was never before half the amount of com stowed away in Columbus as at the present time ; yet the article com mands a higher price thau it has for many years before. It has been bought for specu lation, and the speculators are still buying, and prices constantly advancing. That thc heavy operations of theao dealers have run up the only kinds of breadstuffi that the great mass of the people can at preseut afford to eat, to the prevailing extraordinary price, is beyond question. lt is believed, moreover, that the store rooms of dealers contain very large quantities of sugar, syrup, salt, ?c., which are not of fered for sale at even the high prices now i ti ling, but are h?Id up for still higher figures. It is not so much an inadequate 44 supply" as tba withdrawal of that supply from market, that makes scarcity aud high prices.-Colum bus Enquirer. Wc arc rejoiced to hear from all quarters of the wonderful healthfulness of our soldiers in thc held, lt is comforting to fe 1 that however our finances uiay be wiitin? under the number of adverse influences to which they are now subjected, there is no deprecia tion of Confederate botte and muscle. While thc enemy is from time to time shipping from Staff ml aud Murfrcesboro such Urge bodies of sick and demoralized troops as to induce the belief that he ?3 changing his base, our men are c 'joying a vic.or unprcco di ntcd. This difference in the su-ntarv con dition of tho hostile armies is easily account ed for. The Yankees arc unwilling warriors and they sleep in tents. The hearts of our soldiers arc tn thc On test, and having; fortu nately, worn out all their tents, and being unable to procure new ones, they take their rest in tho open air, with nothing above them but their blankets and the cauopy of heaveu, and in their universal robust condition is seen t he wisdom of thc words of the great Napo leon, that " tunis destroyed armies, and not ai; J.erv." SAUT LAKE Cirv, March 10, lS?3_Judge K uuey this day issued a writ against Brig l.a .i Young, under the polygamy Act of C i ?ress, lt was placed in the hands of Uni le . States Maishal Gibbs, who served it not ii?,ly without thc aid of a posse, but alone waited upon President Young. The writ was so .i, responded to, and thc defendant per sonally appeared in Court, aud, upon investi gation, thc Judge held hinfto bail in the sum of $2 OOO. which was promptly given. The civil au'hority can now bc maintained in LTaa without the aid of troojH. --. ? ? - -The Charleston Courier sa} s th-ru is no truth in the statement that a large donation wus Hiade tu tbe late Janes L. PETIGRD en-his death bed. On thc Death of a Brother. Near thu bloody-field of Sharpsburg Where shafts of death flew fast; Wh?>re the warrior's footsteps oltbavo strayed, Sic -ps our Jost m 'neath the bU?L TS'o loving Mother's Kneeling there, 'Neath th.iee wild mid gloomy treed; The wild bird, frofci the ?'art!*il air. Is the ouly one that irritre^ No Sister's near, hut nature's hand, Ditsy through the lonely huurs; litis plnnt-d in thut diftNQl laud Xis wild aud lovuly flowers. There shall our dour JodBPU s'eop, lu ii B tran ge land far away ; \V liiic trieuds ?to aud tile beurtb?Uinu weep Athis strange protracted stay. Watch wo on. iu auxi-ms hope ; Our vigila aie in vain ; Ou e?rn our hearts wiil ucver bless Our ii?oiher dint u_;..i:.. His w-eary f..rui hie gMtu to rest ? . Hm vat h a stranger's sod ; Hi* rua'less soul ii with the blest, . For J^e nt home with Uud ! . A o ? a OJL'? LAND. March 15th 186S. Currency ?ill I'?isaetl. RICHMOND'. March 18.-The currency hill wail protected and passed, the Senate having iaktfii fund acion on ihr Ho'.sc Hinendinents uiday in secta* t s-ssion. 'lue tif*?t ??ctioii p ovtdes liiat ?ll Treasury notes not bearing inteie.-t, is-ued previous to the first i f De cember hw shall be fundable in eight per cent, "oonda until the '?2d of April-thereaf ter until the first of August, in-even percent, uorids-thereafter nu longer fundable at the plea-ure of the bolder, but payable six months titer tbe riitilication of the, treaty of peace. Notes issued since the first day of December, and wubin ten days from the pa-sa^e of this ?et, are fuiidable in seven per cont, bonds un til the first ol Au?'Ust-?here.ifter in four per cen??. All call certificates outstanding on ihe first (d' July -?hall be bonds beariig sw per cent, interest, payable at a date not exceed ing thirty years. '1 he second ?section authoriz-a a monthly ie>Ue of Treasury notes, bearing no interest, to au amount not exceoding fitly millions, f?ndanle during twelve mouths hom the first day of the mouth of t heir is-ue in six per cent, bonds, and thereafter in lour per cent. Tue remaining sections of the act are sub stantially the -.aiue "us published some weeks since, with the exception that the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to sell one hun dred millions ol MX per cent, bonds, the cu pons of which are payable at the option of the owner in Treasury notes, or cotton cer tificates, pledging the Goverument to pay in cotton, at the rate of eight pence sterling per pound, six months alter peace. From Tennessee. CHATTAKUOCA, March 20. Tbe failing back of the enemy from Mur freesb'iro' is fully confirmed, lt is supposed they have gone "owarda Nashville. Passengers by this evening's train report that three Yankee brigades went down the Cumberland river a few days asro, it is sup posed io reinforce thc enemy at Vicksburg. General Van Dorn is re ported on the north side of Duck river, the enemy having fallen back from Franklin. There is ne movement of either army yet. Mrs. General Bragg is dangerously ill at Winchester. The bridge over the Uolston at Zullicoffer is completed. Whipping iu thc Army. I yesterday witnessed for the first time in my life the degrading and inhuman practice of whipping u fellow-soldier-t?ree of our brigade being publicly whipped. The above is from the Fredericksburg cor respondence of tue Petersburg Express of the 12th instant. We concur with the writer thut Congress should " do something towards doing away .with* this meanest anti most de grading sentence that a court-martial could inflict upon a t.dlowbeing, for rather than being ? source nf good to the Confederate cause, it will prove to be ono prolific of evil." FAMIM: IN TUE Soc rn.-The New York Herold ha? an article under this bending, in I which it saye that if to the other misfortunes nt'the South that of unappeased hunger be ? superadded, there eau be MO doubt that the rebe's will soon yield. In thia view, it urges the President at once to attack the seaboard cities, and thus cut them otrfrom the outside world, it says the South docs not iack men, arms or munitions nf war, but that it does need food for its armies. . FIDELITY OK TUE LOUISVILLE. Lautes.-A chaplain who remained with our wounded who were left at Murfreesboro, when we re tired from that place, baa returned. Before r-iturnining to our lines he went to Louisville, and describes in feeling language a visit to Cavehill Cemetery, near that city. He was carried to the lovely city of the dead by a noble hearted c tizen of l/uiisville, whose liberality and energy have given a proper brui-d to every Confederate soldier that has died in the city. The grave of every Con federate was raised, sodded, aRd not a few surrounded with flowers. The name of the soldier, his State and regiment was letteted in black on a neat white head-board, around which hung a wreath of myrtle, the Christ mas offering of the true Southern ladies of Louisville to the noble dead. IH the grounds allotted to the burial of the Feder.il .dead, bo found the graves sunken and uucared for, but few having stones or boards or marks of auy kind. How TO GUT Cnuar NEWSPAPERS.-The Columbus Sun says: "Ifyou would like cheap newrpapers, a good supply of writing paper and envelopes -all of which are almost as indispensable as clothing-save your rags. Let tho rag-ba? become a recognized institution in every household. Nothing would tend more to in crease the quauiity of paper and cheapen its price than tho general institution of the rag-bag. Let every scrap of cloth, rope and thread, refuse cotton and all waste material, of which tither cotton, flax or hemp forms the fibre, be dclligently eaved and sold to the pa per mills, aud paper will become ubundaut and he furni-hed at reduced rates. People of the South, if you would read and write, save your rags." -? ? ? rn? ? ? . The Jackson Mixaisiippiah contains the latest Confederate intelligence from New Or leans, furnished bv a gentleman, who came direct from that city : Unsays the Federal vessel Brooklyn came I up to the city bajlly riddled. Ic is supposed I the damage was inflicted by Confederate war 1 vessels. Ten of the pilots in the Federal blockading squadron were confined in the I Custom House for alleged treachery in per jilting two Confed?rale steamers Ui pass the ' blockade and procure coal Irom two schooners ; inside the Yankee lines. He says the ?Mia- 1 sissippi was sent out in chase after these ves ' seh eighteen days ago, and no tiding* of her ' hal been received. He also states that one hundred and fifty Federal officers had ar rived m New Orleans, and sixtvof them were confined in the Custom House*for disloyalty. It is the prevailing opinion among the true men of the city that the Federals are pre faring to evacuate not only Baton Rouge ut New Ox leans also. ' I "War Prospects, President Davis was right, says the Sarau nail Ucpublican, whon ho said the ivar on the South wu? nt?w in tia third st?g?; which, in Lia OKU emphatic voids, ''cnn tuve no other ptirpoatt than revenge, und thirst Cur Wood, and pljuiider of privat? property." No 'niau in his senses, North or South, sus uuw any seiiouti ide.*, of rea amt ruction or subjugation. Still, tho wv may linger for some time ; aa it certainly will, as long a? the funatic? an? dotards of the Nojth have the incaus and c. boose to carry on war fromm ot ives nt re vengo ur any other cause, in the inoanttme, tne South ia alive and in active preparation tor whatever may turn up. One thing; i* <:er taiu.. WI ulai, the winter's campaign ha-i brought anything but success lo Abolition arru.-, it has bren tu tho South ouo of the moat hopeful assur?.nces that the enemy can lieVttr again achieve au important advantage on Soul hern *o\l' cYcdericksburg, Murl'reer rjor.', Ytcloburg, Genesis Point and Port Hud son tully prove that Southern valor is much ni i ?re iban u match lot Northern numbers. EVtsr distrustful of t he promises of so-called Northum eouseivati-ni, we haVe but to hold oar own, and all will sc.on be ri?.bt. Summer will soon be upon us j and, with out some important advantage' to "he Fede rals, bout, malaria sud low rivers *vill drive back their hordes without the 6olace of a sin gle acquisition of any real importance. The madmen wiio urged un tue war. and the fools to;it have be?ii conducting it, will then have time and leisure to repent their madness and their folly. With beaten armies a despoiled comme ce and a worthless currency, it is im possible b?r tLem to repair i heir shattered for tunes. Recognition of our right* us au in dependent nation, by European Governments, mu. t come, soouer cr later ; and, with that, must also come tba demoralization of our enemies, if not au overthrow of th*;ir cn tiru political ar>d social relations. They will tax-a stand confessed as the vilest poople on earth, impelled by avaries md directed by cunning; and, when wo lal?, they will find that, in at tempting to deceive the world, they have overreached themselves, and fixed between S'liuh and North au impassable eutf. From this time firth, and until the end of the war, we have nothing to expect of them but ex hibitions of brutal ferocity and every species of barbarity which tinte, engendered by dis appointment, cati perpetrate. This sort of conduct, unprovoked by anything we have done or attempted, ?rill lend largely, they niU't imagine, to conuueud them to our kind U'.-ss, our sympathy; ind our trade, when they onie, with honeyed words, at the eud of their desperate attempts at our destruction, to treat with us for the re-openiug of com mercial relations ! .Lo rio g Victorion? at Fort Pemberton. MOBILE, March 2d. Tbe-Advertiser S? Register has the follow irg semi-official dispatch, dated Fort Pem berton, 20th inst. : Gen. Loring has whipped the enemy back from this point, and they are now in full re treat, for the Yazoo PBAS. A special dispatch io the Appoal, dated the i'Jih inst., says that the Federals engaged in the raid upon Hernando have retreated. Th* report of their having abaudoued the Memphis and Charleston road is untrue, the old tr ?ops heirn; replaced by new, and the old garrison taken to Memphis. " The Mobile and Ohio Railroad has been abandoned from Jackson, Tenn., to Columbus, Ky. Five hundred cavalry crossed the Coldwa ter sixty miles Northeast of here, and moved towards Holly Springt. Thc Appeal learns that there were no new movements at Port Hudsou. Buuks had failed back to his fortified camp, and mani fests no dUpositkH to .id vance. Deserters continue :o come in, and all re port dissatisfaction in their camps. The fleet continues ?ut of sight. The two vessel?, above have been slowly steaming up the river. T?ey landed and cut down a few p?les of the telegraph line, carrying uff the wire below Natchez. The daiuagt: was quickly repaired attei'wards. The Loudon Index, reviewing the debate in Parliament on the American war, says : " There is no doubt tht.t the refusal to rccog nize the South arises from the fear of offend ing tho North. Weare convinced that the fear is groundless, and by the refusal to do this simple act of ju-tice we are laying up for ourselves bitter and lasting enmity. Wien the war does end-whin the North wakes from her dream and finds herself ruined, she will reproach us that we stood anxiously, yet idly looking on, a.id not only refused to stretch forth a baud to snatch ber from her peril, but even encouraged her to persevere in her disastrous course by refusing to offi cially warn her of the hopelessness o::' the struggle. We cannot sgree with . Mr. Dis raeli that it is politic or dignified for this, the mother country ol' the Anglo Saxon race, not to make some cfTirt, nt all events the moral cflbrt of recognition, to stop the war. At present the UniLed" States could not; re sent such a measure h ?rraft er they would thauk us for it. Now, if they desired lo do so, although it is the eleventh hour, recogni tion would make the South our ally, against any future aggression of the North ; but if th? wftr on to the bitter end we shall be without a friend on the continent of America. It seems to us that the pli cy of inaction is cruel, unjust, and impolitic." A FiKKWflii OUTBACK. - A gentleman for whom the Shelbyvi'lo (Tonn.) Banner can vouch, relates ti? the editors of that paper an instance of Yaukee barbarity that we ought to say is not without H larallel in this war. The following are the particulars: Very recently a ?oragiug party of the ene my, escorted by a command of cavalry, visi ted the premises of Mr. Anthony, m Wil pancoo county. The colonel, major, und iher officers entered the .noiise, and indulged iu the USUAI freedom and license. At the same time they permitted a number of negro teamsters to seize the daughter? ot Mr. Anthony, and ravish the ie unprotected fe males. Their raothor besought the protec tion of the officers, but th?se bruted m?ii only cursed ber as a rebel, saying that they un derstood that the husbands of her daughters were in thc Confederate service, and they were being terved properly thus to be outrag ed br a race they bad enslaved. W e hare no comments to make upon this. It is a saddening, sickening picture of the condition to which society ia reduced wher ever the vandals of the North pollute our soil. But it is only the execution of th? threat which General Rosencraus made three months ago when he assuricd command of the army of the .Cumberland. He then threatened to devastate thc country with fire and his underlings are faithfully executing his barbarous ordpr. God help every sec tion of our struggling and bleeding country that may be subject to the?' worse than sav ages ; and God grant that our mothers and daughters may soon ba relieved from the con taminating presence of the.ie demons in hu man shape. GENERAL PRICE.-The Vicksburg, IFAi>, in alluding ut Gen. Price's mission of Arkan sas and Missouri, says : " If successful, it will bc ihe most important, the most produc tive offinal resulta of any. campaign yet un dertaken, while it will be accomplished under difficulties and dangers bejoud comparison and wit! oat any precedent in the anuals ot Ibis war." ABTKUR STKirrTTB EDITOB. WEDNESDAY, MAU. 25,18G3. j&if- We ?all attentiante* the advertisement of a youu?; lady who desire* a plaae a? governed. The opportunity ls a good one and salary will he mod erate if all are suited. Apply tn thc editor. We ur? pleased to nth) that the Greenville PtUriett & Jfovntnineer has boen revived, and we hope will be sustained by the good people of <J reedville, " for and during the waV aud many years thereafter. Fusting and Prayer. Oar readers will remember that uest Fri Ju y, 37th i nst., ??.setapar' jy President if A VIS as a d iy of fa-ting, humiliation and prayer. Give us Itt-nih. AH our subscription list is graced by so many gjod names, not only of subscribers in this Stat?, but also from almost every part of rho Confedera cy, and as that list is (thankfully do wc say it) mere Hing daily, we ventare to ask our readers to give UH items of the crops, the times, kc., tte., in their respective localities. Short dottings, no mat ter how hastily done, shall receive duo cara iu rev':.-il if necessary ; they would add to tho in ter?s; nf our columns and might provo in some .ort contributive to th? public good. McGowan'* Brigade. Rer. J. MUNROE Au dur ?OL, Chaplain 12th S. C. V., will return to his Regiment the first nook in April, and will take charge of any packages or boxes for tho Brigado, which may be sent to the care of the Chairman of the " Central Associa tion," Columbia, S. C. Proclamations by the Governor. Atteution is directed to the two Proclamations of Gov. BONHAM. Wet think there will he a gen eral responso, ?n action, tv hi* exhortation upon tho subject of planting corn. It appears that the cry for help ls becoming more serious than ever ?a thc Border State*. If well founded, it is our duty to pres* overy energy in the raisi.ua; <?f pro vidions. We disagree however to any such propo sition as that of planting ne cotton cxnept for seed. It must bo remembered that the people and th? armies have to be clothed a* well as fed, that tho prices of notion goods aro airead/ almost beyond the reach of the poor,-that the cotton on hand may be abducted by trado iu one way or another,-and that the next year may Und us in as great a press for clothing a* for food. The bisel ade may become more effectual, and the Government may find it almost impossible to clothE the aimy except with eur own manufac tur?e! goods. We therufere maintain that it is right and prudent to oultivate some Dutton all ovor tho country. It might be a less amount than that lixee by the Carolina and Georgia enact ment i, and we venture to say that very few mon, under tho increasing pressuro for prerisiuus, will plant up to that allowance. But that some cotton should ba planted, say from one to three acres according to the quality of land, doe* not seem In us to admit of doubt. Still, it is also true that the country must le supplied ic ?th breadstuff*, and we hope that all eur farmers will do as the Gov ernor suggests, plant even less cotton than they bad ezpuctod to do, and by all means give closo and constant attention to the corn crop. The other Proclamation, forbidding the expor tation *?f provisions beyond tho State, ha; a po tent voieo of it* own and will bo respected accord ingly. In addition, to what is said, above of the impor tance of raising SOM? cotton, we would suggest an item that may not be altogether Inconsiderable in tho estimate of our oottus wants : It fi the item of payer,-important not only to uewspuper men bul to the whole country. The high price of cot ten In thc Un iud States bas made ?ven rags too precious to go to the paper mills, and wo are told bj the New York papors that suspension is ai hand with many ef them ou this account. That i? ?ll right se far as they are concerned. But here in our glorious young Confederacy this is not do sired, and need not boto if we raise a partial crop of cotton. Of oourso wo uro ready tn suy with the most patriotic, let paper and clothes go by tho board if it ia necessary to the production of | euoug'a bread and meat ;-bat wo cannot yet be lieve that our varied resources have suddenly be come io pitiably insufficient to the crisis in our affairs. [DEFKKREU FROM LAST WEEK.] Death of James L. Pettigru. Tho ablest lawyer in South Carolina ha* gono to his rest. Th? Charleston papers hare paid fooling tributes to his memory, and tho whole community must feel the withdrawal of tho light of his resplendent genius, os also of (bo benign influences ef his social worth. Among the de monitrstious of regard for the deceased, there is nono that presents hi* character more touchingly than the following preamble and resolutions by th? Veitry and Warders of St. Michael'? Church. We quote in part: Ile seemed to bring with bim habitually to oar meetings a large Christian charity altogether sui table and in character with;the placo. He dealt tenderly with a fallon brother in ur out of our own people, and was always ready to throw a mantle over his offences. His sympathy wa* quick and warm. He pitied easily, and with him te pity was to help. There was a genuine humility about him, a*ad mirable a* it is rare; for who was more ready to condescend te mea of low estuto, or to speak gratefully of his yuuthful struggles with fortune and of his early friend* and belper?, to whose patronage be loved to advert. These virtues simpliaity, humility, above ?ll, that most excel lent gift of charity-had their rest* doop ia his heart. We dosire, however imperfectly, to express how much we reverenced and loved him and how ten derly we shall cherish his moaiory ; Therefore, ' Rnoletd, That the Vestry; and Wardens of St.' Michael*! Church lament lite death nf their do parted brother, JAMES L. PETIORC, with thc tru est "*orrrow, and will preserve in their hearts a lively remembrance of his many excelleueios und virtuos. Resolved, That his removal from amongst u* is a serious loss to tho affair* of'thu Church tu which ho has been su lung and earnestly attached^aud which be hat served so manyfyeara. Resolved, That we sympathize deeply ith bi* iminodiata friends and family In their irreparable loss. The Supply of Slave Labor for the Coast Defence?. 1 The original Act of th* lat? Session of the Leg islature, organizing slave labor for work on oar fortifications, wa? published by tts last week with out tho amendment adopted subsequently. It wa* an omission which we hasten to correct Tho amendatory Act provides- ,< 1st, Thu th? State Agent do appoint, with tho approval of tho Governor, such uumbor of assis tants as may bo necessary. 2d, That ti stead of the fines andpenalties imposed by the original Act, a sp?cifie fine uf $1.50 pr diem for each slave held from service be collectable, hy the Commissioners of Roads, for the time said slave may be liable. 3d, That, tho Governor prooeed to furnish said labor, but still to insist upon the Confed?rate Government'* liability for losses to owners ?c. -The Brltitm steamship, Cml^pta, ran into Charltiton harbor on the m.or?l*g of the 19th ander a be ?ry fire troto the blockader*. " ?* "' To Our Soldier*. SCSDAT, thc 22d A gray, chilly, loggy Sahbnlh morningsucceeds several gloomy, damp days of discomfort- The sou has not boca Visible fur some sixty hours and Fahrenheit bus stood at about 4(i? during that time. Still, it ba? uot been too wet to plow, nor too rold to plant corn ;-At leait our. neighbor orer the way don't seem to think se, as he h.* pnsbed on at the businasi despite the an np. And for our part we karo defied the snap by planting 'snaps'in ita very tenth. Our English peas l?o ero blooming und our collard plants nearly lar*c enough to sot out. Irish potato? have not yet aj peered above ground, und well for them that they have not. It really feels this morning aa if Wiu ter were coming buck agnin ; but the sun of to morrow will straiten up tho joung Spring again, -und then, pluming her fl-wery wings, wont abe go it? The erows ure already caa-lng on eveiy side, watching tho corn-planters eagerly,-evi d*-utly calculating ou a good time for some weeks to come. There is so little powder to be h.?d that the raseuls will plunder with impunity, we fear. AV ell, we must all 'heller' thc louder. Many of us at this moment aro a little under the woather in regard te the continuance of the war,-not thut wo fear thc ultiinatu result, but our pr?sent hopes of a speedy-coming peace have been dashed, and we must wait, wait, wait for another chapter of this miserable.conflict tu transpire, lt is said that the United States Gov ernment will go to tho work of war this year with redoubled energy; thia may perebunce be true 1/ the authorities, but we conjecture the men of their armies will go to it with redoubled trepidation and distrust. Our bltssod soldier-boys have dono the biggest part of this bloody job, wo can but believe-and, with a firm front and watchful de termination at all points, wo think, there ts cuason to hope that the battles of the present year will be decisive whilo comparatively bloodless. The most difficult point would seem to be tho advance of ROSENCRASZ, but it is hoped that even there oar troops will be able to hurl back the invader discomfited at but a small loss of our gallant man. It is a pleasure to think bow nobly "our soldiers" have borne themselves on every field in which they have participated. How do wo all' long for the day, whon erouud the happy firetfidus at home the varied narrative of their varied expu rieoco shall form tho inexhaustible subject-mattor of pleasant communication throughout many, many evonings of a happy and a glorious peace; -when tho 'boy?1 shelf, one by one, take to them ribs of comfort and bliss;-whoa the old laud shall smile all over again with prosperity ;-when u new generation shall gradually como to the light of day, to whom pr,tho: fathers and mother? shall teach new lessons c f virtue as well for pub lie ai for private life;-and whon, in short, we shall be the greatest and the best people in all Chris ton dom. Hello ! who would have thought it ! Ai we write, the fug rises, the gruy clouds part, and the sum ?hines out unexpectedly as if in unisuu with the happy thoughts that have just occurred tu ns. So may Heaven-smile upon you and our great cause until sueeoss shall crown all our efforts for Independence! Now, to got ready fur Church. AVTERXOOX. The new minister at our Episcopal Church (Rev. Mr. WALKnn, of Beaufort) gave us a good serious sermon this morning, and the old pews wore rather more fully occupied than they have been I far many days. What a noble service, ia that ef the Episcopal Church !-so full yot su free from vain repetition,"-so eloquent yet so compietoly adapted to the understanding of the humblest! And bow impressively beautiful it is, for the peo ple to unite with the ministor vocally ia giving praise to God and in supplicating His throne of Grace ! No wonder the Episcopalians are so at tached to their Prayer Bjok. It is worthy the admiration and imitation of all Christians. It moy seeni cold to those wh?> require a tremulous tune ur rm occasional novelty of thought to giru animation to their worship; but to the humble Christian seeking to approach his God "decently and in ordur" it mutt ever prove, upon fair and unprejudiced trial, an invaluable adjunct tu sober, rational, spiritual worship.-Hut this docs not perhaps interest you, soldiers ;-aud yet why shoal,1 wo say so ? It is surely nut incompatible with military duties and dangers to think of sacred thiugs now and then ;-aud if we happen to have called your ut'culion to a subject iu regard to which there is mueh misconception (if uot preju dice) extant in our up-country communities, it is becuuse we are addressing rtal men,-not puny bigots,-who can appreciate an honest sentiment and an unprejudiced criticism. MONDAY tho 23. It is a gonial doy,-full thirty degrees warmer than yesterday morning. How propitious for the opening vegitation ! Tho tree? will now begin to bud rapidly-they have been unusually slow in doing so this year. The almanac announces this week as thebrginning nf Spring, aud considering the generally severe wiuter, we may well hopo that it is. Sume or the boys are at home to witness tho cheerful buddings and blossomings of the season. BILLY FRAZIEU has been herc for a week or moro, and we are glad to see him looking so hearty and soldierly. It ia his first visit humo and wo hope he will greatly enjoy it TUESDAY, 24. Soc again, tbe raia comes down ia pattering showers-Verily, March is become as fickle as over April was-Three distinct phasos of weather in three conseoutivo days. Gent?o rains however are scarcciy ever amiss,-they "drop fatness," as ike Psautist has said, and Nature ever rejoices be uesth their influence. There is no news in the District worth mention ing. The peuple are sending some laborers to tho coast under the late requisition ; most per sons howorer pay tho fine ul $1.?U per diem.. Surely thi.? high price eau readily biro laborers in the low-cuuntry where farming and planting ure partially interrupted, and where many slurcsmust be comparatively unemployed. If so, it is much better tor the public interests that the up-couutry negroes romain at home to bolp raise provisions* But we draw near the bottom of our fourth page. Look out for a spicy war-sketch iu our next week's Literary ^Corner, aud, with warmest regards, adieu. An Amendment. The following am?nt to that " Suggestion" which We have published in two or titre* issues, ha? been duly considered aad is, on our part, acoopted. What do the kind ladies nay to ic? Jho mover writes from the old " Social Independency" of Beech Island and ii incontettibly " Lo the manor born.'' We are not permitted to bo more dufinite as to eur authority for tho following AMENDMENTTO THE i SUGGESTION" Ma. EDITOR: Allow me to propose to the Lady readers of the Advertiser, that each and every une i send on with the subscription money, a new name as a compliment to the Lady Editor of the paper. If any ono cunno*, get a noir subscriber, (aud* what lady cannot?) let her send a copy to sume friend in the army ; if she has-ne friend there (and what lady in Edgsduid ha? not?) )ot her send it to-.Any poor family within her reaoh. I herewith send tho name of a subscriber, and could do a good deal better, but do not with tu aso up all the material around me und thus prevent ethers from having a. ?hare in thia pleasant way or oxpre??'rig regard' for tr worthy lady, ?nd our old friend tba Edgofiold Advertiser. Have your subscriptions ready then, dear Lady friend?, to ?end ur? by ?ale day in April, ? nd be assared tbst tba "Advertiser'' will over continue, as il; ha?ever vtem TBS LAX I'fl PB DOH. Trae Ilennblieanism on Its Trial? The bur hopi) of RopublicAa g ?rernw.iot is undergoing ?I? trot ordeal before mankind. Here in thc American St?ret) it had found H hame every way propitious to it? growth sudexpnnrion'j -and wa*, in fact, a? object of wonder to* thena tiom* of earth. But the p'srraci?VJ arm h-s beea raised against its essential existence,, and, unios? stayed by ntturniug view? ef right and. jistiee, thc boon of eiril liberty may possibly bo lust for ayer maids" a chaos of wild political passions and de^'cn erato pol it ion! o rc eds. While the tempest is howling horribly ?round, and the beginning of the cud of Republican Lib erty is ulre.idy heralded fr' m land to land, can not the men of America yot paoso and con-ider tho enormity of error and wrong, to themselves, their children, and the world at large*, of wbioh they are ut this moment the frenzied perpetrators. The Union of these States is irremediab'y dis solved ;-But is that u reaion for the downfall of our American Syitem of Republican Freedom ? Wai it nocorsary that tho United States of a past day shuuld remain a perpetual Political Assorio tion, to secure the full vitality of that System and to preserve the full enjoyment of that Freedom? On the contrary, has not the light of a plain ex perience taught us that evils were thickening around the Systeci under its original form which could only he permanently avoided by disrnem befraent and re-orgnnization'? And what was there, iu the name of justice and truth, to pre vent that reorganization for the lory purpose (above all others) of preserving, ay, of enobling and strengthening the great cause o:' Republican Liberty ? Her? we stand in the light of this Christian en, professod freemen on either part, spilling thu life-blood of all the manhood of Amer ica,-on the part of tko South for a rational inde pendence,-on the part of the North, sot for the ruality bf Republican Liberty, but for a super annuated Name and a no longer practicable Asso ciation of Confederating Sovereignties. Thedis solution, long foretold, has oecorrod ; and, hut for freemen themselves, Freedom would now have a two-fuld homo on th? American Continent, and : new pillars of strength would be erected in two great free Confederacies to ensure the reality of her oxisteuc? ?moos; men for ages and ages tv como. Admit that the result of this reorganiza tion will be the creation of throe or m?re new Republican C'onfederaclei,-?--what is there in the prospect that militates against tho hopes of Free Government F Already ic oue of them, the South ern Confederacy,'a fixed .fact;-already hos its strength been developed^ with marvellous strldee towards invincibility against opposing difficulties which ne new government ever contended with' since thc world began;-already bxs it provan that no human power oas subjugate JPree Ameri cans. It is n demonstration of th* raise and might of Republican Government. The lame in vincibility mt st be aecordod to. the Ncirthorn peo ple, andi in ? cir turo, to the North Waiterapeo ple ?Ad the ?people who look out towards the broac, Pocilio. Cannot the Cree men of America loarn wisdom from tho Mighty Pr?tent? This foarful struggle is all in vain, if looked to as ? means of restoring the " Union as it was :' for any such restoration is both a moral and a physi cal impossibility. But if, in its awfnl proportions, it shall strike the conviction of truth ta the heart? of freemen, North, South, Fast and West,-if it shall give pause to the bloody hands that seek to immolate the very Oew'ue of Liberty bef?te tho gazo of aa astonished world,-if it a hail teach, even by its ghastly woes, that the right of sulf gnvcrnmeut in America is irrepressible,-and if, ??nailing before its irrefutable testimony, Fanati cism shall fly in dismay to its wicked fastnesses while the American heart shall once more burn. with, the generous'emotions inherited from our common ancestry of 1776,-then indoed will our trials have become gilded with the promise of a new und unpreewdontod advanoe ia all that per tains to the good of our raoe. Tko ?onie- will fall from the <9yes of Europe, and Republican Freedom-the right and tho might of self-govern mont-Hill stand forth in its grandeur, and sweep before it all the dynamics of Earth. God help benighted America, Miss BIIIL'S coininufcieation in reference te the "Lamar Aid Association of Hamburg," and tba very commendable exertions of the mem bers of that Society; we are I'oreod to defer until uext week. Wo regret that it was handed te us too late for insertion this Issue. For the Advertiser. MB. E&ITOR,-Dear Sir : While vlsitiug a pa tient at Gov. BONHAM'S plantation this day, I was gratified to learn from his good wife, that she bad just received a letter from the Governor giv ing positive instructions to his oversoor, net to plant a unod of Cotton, but to put tho land here tofore intended for Cutton in Corn. Such au uc? of disinterested patriotism is in such striking contrast to the unmitigated selfishness of many persons, who are so eager to plant every acre of their lands in Cotton, which they can plant with out incurring the penalties of the law, that I am very glad to have the opportunity of making it publicly known. Now is not the time to tbink about the profits uf planting, or ta be toe greed y after gain. " Our National Indopendenee rest? with the Farmer and the Soldier. A few morn bullets scattered In the faca of the enemy, and a little more cern scattered over the taco of the country, and we are safo." Very respectfully, ; J. F. G RIFF TN. Thursday, Mar. 19th, 186.1. P. S.-Since writing tho above I hare seen Gov. BOSHAM'S Proclamation of the 16th itsst/l on the subject of planting'Cotton. It it full of good suggestions, and I trust will moot with the most cordiul co-operation from tho citizens of our District and Stale. Tho Governor suits tie action to the word, except that the order to the ortrseer was ahead of the Proclamation. J. F. Q. -? m . For tho Advertiser. CAMP 1,8T S. C. RECI?KNT, March 11th, 1863. Mn. EniTex :-Allow mo through tba. columns of your paper to acknowledge the receipt of Miss M. A. BBIK'S letter, and return her the thanks of the Soldiers of this Regiment for a large and valuable box ef Clothing. The Clothing was purchased ky Mist M. A. B?lt with a portion of the money collec ted hy Uer frum tho noble and patriotic cl ti tens ol' Edge field. She has ever keen active ia her work of charity and sympathy, and many a soldier breathes his heartfelt thanks to nor forker kindness. Long may she lire to enjoy tho liberty for. which we are HOW contending. And may the richest bless ings of heaven be her reward I Respectfully, T. P. SHAW. _tt _ \ A HAKD HIT AT THE YAVEEE PRESIDENT_ The Louisville Democrat has no great i?pect fur Lincoln, as will bo seen by the fol.'owing paragraph : " The abolition papers now theorize that the President is not bound to obejr tue Con stitution, but only to support lt. He har tutashed it into pit-ces of a sise snit ibie to hie strength. u What shame and mortification it is that n the grandest work for the grandest object mankind has ever known, the Chief Magis trate of the nation should bc a pitiful btutorD, I n hoi* highett ?rit ia am atty joke." J For tho Advertiser. Tho Edgefieli Village Aid Associaiion acknowl edges the following donations : Mr. Ju. Briggs, $10, sent by Miss Bnie ; Mrs James Hatcher,' $5 ; Miss Sallie Hatcher, $*; Mrs. James Rains ford, ? pairs of socks ; Mrs. E, H. Mims, I pair of asoka. We hope ?he Association will be fully repre sented, on Wednesday the 25th, aa. there is woik to be .giren out, the cloth from Graniteville hav ing arrived a few days since. MRS. ANN GRIFFIN. PKES. Mas. Wu. lio?DMAx, Bee'ry ? Treas'r. OBITUARY. COL. SAMUEL G. EARLE. Ia the teleeraph account of Van Dom's victory, at Thompson's Station, occurs the brief announce ment th?t Col. EARLE, of the 3d Arkansas, was killed while gallantly loading, his regimeat into action." . . . ' " The Col. Earle alluded to is probably Col. Sam uel G. -Earle, ?'or me r 1 y a raeinber ut" tho-Legiala ture from Anderson District, and for several years editor of tho Anderson Gazelle. iii the full of 1859. he removed to W?hlt* C?unty, Arkansas, and applied himself to the pursuits of private life, until the tocsin of liberty, which was run gin South Carolina, stirred the souls of her .children ia every Southern State, when he took tho stump for seeession. In the first blue of enthusiasm which the fall of Fort Sumter kindle;', h? raised a company of mounted rangers, which waa included in theist Regiment Arkansas Mounted Volunteers, Col. Scion Borland.' After twelve months servlee in Arkansu-and Missouri, tho army was organized under the Conscription Aol? and he was elected Colonul of tho 3d Arkansas. Cavalry. Attached* to the command of the veteran (fen. Price, be crossed tbe Mis?in)ippi, after the battle of Shiloh, and participated in tho- battle of Farmington, and afterwards in the slaughter at Corinth. When the army of the West was re-organiied by the aa ppointment of Gen. Pemberton to the chief com mand, his regiment was assigned to the division of Gen. Van Dorn, and followed this gallant lead er in his brilliant dash upon Holly Springs and ino rear of Grant's army. Col. Earle left a wife- (a native of Edgcfield District) and four ohildrtu, one of which he hod never issea. He vfte in the Silt year of -his age. ?-. , X. SMUT. J. BRANILT OUZTS*. cf Co. C, 19th S. C. V., wu born Sept 20tb, 1831, and ww killed in the D .it tl o of ?I url ree sb oro. Dee. 31.(, 1862. Thu? bu passed away another soldior and pa triot. It would bo raperluous to oulogise tho character of one who was ' so well known ia this community u Sergt. Orzis: 'His life was an ex ample ot virtue, industry and modesty. .Every impulsa of hi?.mind was duty; he hod no other aim. His only effort vu to know what Wu right, and to do it He know no envy or jealousy,and, and never spoke evil of others. " Nene know him but to love bim, None named him but to praise." He wu a kind and affectionate husband and father, and a dutiful md oiwdienc sou. His death was that of the patti-L. Ho fell; in the thickset of the fight, without sietrUggfe ur ?sigh. His spirit hu winged its everlasting 'flight to jola th? Re deemed in singing praises, to-.God forever. His devoted'and now sorrow-stricken' wife apd family feel keenly tbs*great calamity which hos fallen upon them, and tba dark d?solation . which now hovers around them. He wu tho youngest son of George and Fannie Ousts, and, obeying tko precepts taught bin} by kia parents, he became in early life a member of the Baptist Church at Little Stevens' Creek, and up tu the time of .hts death was ono of its. most useful and consistent r.ember*. He now sleeps in Jesu i'. May thoie die ply1 a fainted '..Urs whnm be hu Ls!i behind, emulate- his bright ?xample, oud thus prepare to meet him whore " God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes ; where part ing, paul and death- shall be seen and felt uo rWre.". ' * Di?? ia Hamborg, cn the-1?Ib Feb. 1363, ED WARD WASHINGTON WADE, in the 87tb year of his age. He discharged the sured dudes of Husband/Father, Master and Christian faith- . fully, and his loss can be estimate! only by those who know his worth. COMMERCIAL. ., , i- AUGUSTA, Mar-23. COTTON.-There hu been considerable activi ty in the Cotton market during the past week, and the sole? amount to about 7000 or 8000 bales, since our last preceding roport, at ?aily advancing prices, until we quote sales at the following ratos: Middling, 29@30e; Strict Middling. 30(0,21c; Good Middling, 32(0)33; Middling F??r, 24c; Fair, 35c.- CuHttilutionaliei. For Sheriff. MR. EHITOR : Yon will oonfer an especial f?vor by auuouuciu* Cnpt. T. H. CLARE, of ike Sd Ke-gimont S. C. Cavalry, a candidate for Sheriff of Kdgvfiold District at the next election. Captain CLARK is well known to the people of this Dis trict, as a high toned gentleman, ned noted for his upright d?portaient and business qualifications. He hu had considerable experience in the Sher iffs office, and, if elected to that office, would beyond a doubt discharge Its duties satisfactorily to the people and with credit to himself. Capt. C. is a meritorious gentleman and a well-tried sad galluut soldier, ne entered the service near two years sinco u a private tu the Edgcfield Huuar*, but by uiiduous attention to bis duty and bis uniform respect for his officers and kindness to his aomrados ho wu early promoted to the Captaincy of the hnt?ari, whioh position bs fills well. His superior Officers and the inornbur* ot his Compa ny speak in the highest terms of bim; Thtjrefore we, his friends at home, respectfully preSfpt. his name bofore tho people of Kdgefietd a* a-raosji date for Sheriff, with th? full assurance that he is in every respect worthy of their confidence. SALUDA. Mar 2, te? 9 - MR. EDITOR: Please announce Capt, A. P. WEST, late Captain Co. B, 14th S. C. V., as a Candidate, fur tbe Sheriffalty of Edgcfield District at the ensuing election. Capt. WEST enterod the service at an early period of the war, and acted with distinguished gallantry in all the bat?o* in which his Regiment was engaged, and rereived a severe wound in the fight at Ox Hill, which disa bled him from iurther continuance in the service. His integrity and energy of uharacter, his busi ness qualities and his bearing u a soldier and gentleman, as known to us by a long acquaintance through the most trying scenes of the service, render him peculiarly titted far the office. As such his name is respectfully submitted to the voters of Edgcfield rs a candidate for Sheriff, by .14?? REQT. S. C. V. Mar 4 tf? 9 To the Debtors of Mr. Samuel Brooks. THE following notification bas been lodged ia this Office. JAS. M. HARRISON, For the Sheriff. Sheriff's Office, Edgcfield. ? TO THE SHERIFF OF EDGEFIELD: Yon are hereby notified to re?oive ne money due me en judgments entered up in ny favor iu Tour Office, exocpt in Specie, no til fart aor aotiev SAMUEL BROOKS." Mar 24, 1863. _3t 1? AYOUNG LADY desires a situation u TEACHER ia a family er small School within a mile or two of Edgofield Village. lu structions given in tho usual English' brooches and Mu*ie. Address this Office. Mar 24_g ? 12 Peas ! Peas ! CkCi?\ BUSHELS PEAS-th? Spackle, the ?ArXf Cline of the Cow Pea-will bo purchased at this Office, at $1,7$ per bub el Cub-en deliro ry. Wa want them for home use, aad not for purposes of speculation. Mar 18 If U T