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European New*. ^ i'he Heralu ut? tue loJJuwiug rjut?tuary of lalo European ueWo : Hy tue Elua, HI thia port, we bave ucws ffu?i Kurw^? Lu LLB li.ii iu?t.-ihre? day* ia ci. V\ v believe la^t lae que? tio.i ot* Freucb in-1 t.iveUiiui. I- oa? wii.?.:a uua ^coally li Chived ? tfinuiua tu * ttio|4Atvh r?.Oc,iriv issued by Mi. Uroyu?e L'Uujs u, tu? Mjnibteruf tu? F.eiieli ?o?crament at Wellington, whicn ooiupiitieo an answer to.Mr. Seward's luemo nttile. nole ol' tue ?tli ult. 1 be spirit- vt lue denputch forwarded by .M. L/rwUyn dc L'iiuvs invjives a wilhdra-vl 0. 1 u.? pari ul Kranes from all lumber uffuC ot' uie>iiati<iu-? course wiiicu ?ue has adopted ann regret-H?ia aa-unifri henceforth ihu part ut a Dimple apec'dtor in the content, coll uding herself tu following merely the course ol eVViiU. At the ?ama ;in.e the Cabinet nf 1. 'ilia Napoleon expresse-i its sorrow tba' its sug-te-iiotis, a? expressed in its counsels on Mo- Ptfa uf january, were not more fuHv com preiieiiued by Mr. SeWHrd ; but ?r deelar-s tliat iis npini-ma remain iiT?cha??eed. mtwiib n atidiug the arguments o' our Secre'irr of ?l*ie. The idea of Kreuch intervention may tlp'ri'tore b? considered at an end, unie*-* thu " tourne ut events" should againgoall^it into lite. Th* London Times ?gain speculates, in au ^editortul, on the probability that a Mrore llftnoeratie party will be orir*trz?*d in the .Nol lhern Sr.nen of America, on the b**i? of m k.nx an otter ol' p-ace to tbe S-.nth. Th? . 'liVr vxul oe mud", it ia suppled and refus ed arni then the Southern States will be per tn-tred iu leave the Uh'on. 1'tie ti<>nioii Times asserts that the Gov ernment at. Washington is de-patching large annies '. to all sorts of places," but that the Executive does know or care anything rbout luem afterwards. A letter lr? in Krarikfort ?tutes that a dm federate lam ol ?"unsidenble amount has bern negotiated in that wty and Paris by a Very respectable and oatnious house. ? -a?- ? 1 'rom Washington. WASI?INCIOX, Mareil 26.-Four bm.dred and eighty four rebel prisoners weje neut South to night by the flag of true* boat State of MaMiC. nuder charge of Captain Malford. The number was made up of two5?hundred and forty prisoner*! that reached here last night from Sandusky, Uhio. captured mostly in Missouri; and two hundred and forty four from the old Capitol aud Carroll prisons i:> this city. Among the prisoners v.ere twelve officer? cipturt-d piior to the procl-.muti.jp of verf Davis and th*? interruption of iui'er ihanges of officers caused thereby ; also Dr. Wi'mer, of rebel smuggling notoriety. Sum ething of a ace?e took place as the prisoners were beiug marched on hoard the boat, in consequence of a party of n b. 1 Sym pal h'r.er?, mostly-females, making so demon strative a display of their affection? to the prisoners as ?o cause the guards to requip th-n. tn vacate the wharf. The fem: lea seem ed inclined to hold their gioutid, waving their handkerchiefs aud kissing tteir bands to the prisor.ers. who replied by noisy cheers anil ihoutB. Tue Union soldiers were greatly ex cited by this impudent demonstraiiou, and expressed their indignation by groans and warm expressions of feeling, in view of the inhuman treatment of Union prisoners a? Richmond. Nothing restrained them from pitching into both "Butternuts aud syropatbi 7/rii but the fact tbnt the first were prisoners in their Lands and tbe latter were women. Late [Norlhcrojaud European News. RICHMOND, April -Northern dates of the ?Ol? have lie?.. received. J ne papero an puzzled lo know what to believe in relation to operations on the Mis sissippi. Gen. Gilmore crowd the Kentucky river last Saturday. Ile retook Danville and drove the lebels in the direction of Crab Orchard. The Yankee steamer Sam. Gates was cap tured in .the Missouri by guerillas. Tt e prize steamer Granite City, from Nto pflu, captured by the blockaders, has arrived at New Volk. 'ihe clergymen in Norfolk gave notice -hat their chan bes would be open on the 27ih, in conformity with Presideut Davis' procla mation ; but our soldiers prevented services being conducted. Brigadier General James Cooper, Federal army, is dead. Gold ha? taken a turn upward. Tho mar ket opened on Monday at 47. The steamship Asia arrived with English dates to the loth. Two blockade Bteamers had arrived al Liverpool with cotton. 'Ihe diplomatic correspondence on Ameri can affairs has been laid liefere Parliament. The ca?? of the Alabama has been made the subject of strong complaint by the Yan kee Government. Mr. Mason's latest letters urge the Bri tish Government to declare tb? blockade a nullity. The irritation among the Lancash re oper atives i- growing very strong. The Bank of Franco reduced tLe rate of discount from five-to four and a half per cent. Miss Slidell was thrown from her horse. She is bertously but not dangerously irju'red. Cotton is buoyant at an advance of one halt. . Consols 92*292$. AN INCIDENT tx TH?. CAUS.---In a car on a iai!r..ad which run? into New-York, a fnw mornings ago, a scene occurred which w?l? Md aeon be lorpotton by the witness-'a of it. A person dressed aa a gentleman, sp'-akin^ ti j. friend ai-rosa the car, said : *i Well, I hope the wer may last six months looper. It it .io**, 1 shall have made enough retire from business. In th? last six months I've made a hu?'"red thousand dollars--six months moro and I shall have enough.0 A lady sat behind the speaker, and neces sarily beirrt his remark ; bul when be wa? done'she tapped him on the shoulder, and aaid to him : " Sir, 1 had '.wo eons-one of them was killed at the battle of Frederiuks linrs'h : the other waa killed at the battle of Murfreesboro." She was silent a moment, 'and so w.-re nil around who heard ber. Then, overcome by ' ber indignation, she suddenly slapped the ? peculator, first on one cbeekt then on the Milu r, and before the fellow could say a word, |)e paseenirers .sitting near, who bad wit neased the whole sffdir, seized him, nud puah ,..| him hurriedly out i f ihe ear, as one not fit to ride with decent people.-Evening Post. DlrUFFECTION AT TIIK "WlMT.-The Wash ?.i.>toii coi respondent of the New York World lit e*-' The Government la? advice* from the Wen which are by no means cheering. The refutante to the arrest of deserters in Ohio, Indiana ard {.linois will be succeeded by the . buriicti??n of the conscription act, and a re fr?'I to pnv excise taxeg. ' Several Gover nor" of Wesieni Stales, teether with influen liai citizens, hail an interview with the Pre-i .>nt to-dav ou Hie subject, and measures tn j i. event stich r?sistai ce have been tak<*u. ? ,-, T,.r"i.r Torfd, of Ohio, who is a demorrat, 1 .iii? prce?ni^i will look to matters in Ohio under roili'ary authority. The sale of arra-? in all the principal Webern cities have been Gov. Brown ?n bia la'e menage says : " We can never be conquered by the arms of tl>c enemy. We may be by'houser, if we neglect tn hu-hand all the resources J -r the supply of provihioDs. which a kind Providence has pltced wimin our reach. A'tempt to c noc?l it as we uny, the fact, is undeniable, thar the great question iii this revolution is now a quotion ol' bread. The anny must be I fed. sud th?dr femiiie* ?t. home supported, ur j the puu.of li?erty Will soon set in darkness j sod b ood, and the voice nf freedom will'be I forever hushvd in ti.o silence nf despotism. I iii Excellency certainly never enunciated a greater tiutb tb*., when he narrowed the J question down to one ul' bread. Cbc ?ilicrusci. ASTHUK SIMXIN3, EDITOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL8, lSC?. _??j5"-The Ediior ha? gone to Columbi? to atteod i the eiira Session of tho Legislature convened on I Friday lost. Our liait ?beet. Contrary L- our d?sire and expectations we aro ut leng'b viced to pursuo ibo e-urse uoloplcd by nearly ci wry paper iu ibo Coufedorauy loi tte last year cr so aud publish only a balf-auaut uulii.wu can make arraugeuieiita io pruourc a aoJhotvtioy. ot paper to warrant us ia rteuu.:ug ?ur w?.de shiel again. Thu desuusctua ol ibu Bait Pi.per .Milla (a ?al calamity) ou Thursday blet by tire, und which has turuishtd our supplies tor ?everal yeats, is toe uuuee of our issuing a ?hoot ot tuc j present dimensions. We will however present <>ur reuilera with as gooo) a ha.I sheet us we eau gel out, B.ud trust ail will bear *itu us iu our .mort coming*. Ej^ Dout fail to read Message No. 1 of bia Jixedicuey liov. BoHMaii. WK are under especial thunk* to Mr. J. F. SCHIRM KR. a very kind and I.ighly esteemed een tletucn of CharU-sion, now a refugvo aud residing iu this Village, for late copies of Charleston -pa pers and from which we gather soveral i ton.! of interest. The Public Meeting of Sale-day, See proceed I ogs, elsewhere published, of the public meeting held in the C?urt House o? Mou day I; was qaite a concourse of citizens from all seccione of the District, und we were plesSc-d to nhservu the unanimity of sentiment that prevailed throughout the assembly. M an j of our wealthy and most prominent men weie present, and all seemed to bare tbe utmost confi dence iu the Confederate currency ' despite tho uu| atriotie steps taken by a certs.;u daas of u.-u rars and extortioners whose actions lend to in jure our ourrency.and thereby te ruin our eav.se. ??J-VtK ar? indebted to Mesara. WRIGHT tad TALBERT for copies of Ibu Qovernor'i message in advance of the mail. Jr'rom the Army. We wcro gratified to see in the Village on i*!e d i y several of our aoldbr-boya now at home on furlough. Among the number were Dr. J arr. TKAGUE, Lieut. M. A. MAUSZBRT, BCNJ. BCAT WR10BT and J. F. BCRTOH, all looking well and in fine spirits, with goid reporta as to the health and fighting condiiion o' their respective commands. M. S. NV ALK KI;, of the 14th, arrived on Monday, considerably reduced in flesh. Uuiier the care of the "old folks ut hume," we hope he will loon bo himself again. Sentenced to be Hung. AxDERsott, a nogra man belonging to Mr. Tnas. HOWLS, jr., bas been sentenced to bo hung on Friday, tho 24th inst., for the murder of a negro slava also belonging to Mr. HOWLS. AXDIR-OX i< lodgnd in the jail at I his placo for sute keeping. Burning of the Bath Paper Mill. The loss of this paper mill at this.time, (says tho Augusta CkronicU d- btntimi) ia a great pub lic calamity. A large amount of work was dooo thero for Ibo Confederate Government, besides soppiying a number ot' uewrpupers with paper for their regular issues. The extent of tbe 1 as is not ea*y to estimate at tb is time. The ubi wai eu tirely destroyed, with paper, and stock iu process of beiug worked up. The stock houses adjoining were saved ey grout exertions, as also the board ing houses. It is not yet ascertained what portion of the machiutry, if any, c*n bo saved from the fire; but thero ure many things which it will be difficult to rcplaco ut pr?tent. About fifty hands Wore employed ia thu mill. Too tiro originated from a spark'upoD the roof. Tho high wind prevailing, and thc length of time claptiug before the Gre wu* discovered, made it wholly impossible to save the building. It is boped that, from tho importance of the mill-being the largest iu tho Coo/ederacy measures will bc taken at once to rebuild it. CS*"" The Rothschilds have refui>e'i to loan money to Lincoln. Cotton Hirds. The Granite ville Company have purchased a lot Of Cotton Cards with handles and backs complete at scvontoen dellars per pair, which they propose, to sell ut $8.1.0 to charitable associations for dis tribution among Ibo needy. WM. GREGG, President. For the Advertiser. The-S -uchern Sifters Aid ?ociety gratefully ac Vuuwledgethe folloM ing cont-ribuii-ms : From Mrs. G. 0. Robinson, $5,l>0 ; from Mrs. Jamos Gregg, $?(i.ilO. Mri. LEWIS JONES, Pres. Mrs. JOSRPH Assay, See. A Treas. For the Adreriiacr. MR. EniTon :-(observed in the Ad?ert?itr of the 2oth ult, a lett* from Mr. .T. P.' SHAW ac knowledging tbe uceipt of Mus M. A. ll ci K'S Infer aud a laree and valn'abls box of Clothing ^purchased by htr f> r the Folders of the IV th S. C. Regiment. Here IMA been a mistake made by Mr. SHAW, if he means the hex sent by Mr. S?L ', UT4X of Kdgifield. The Lamar Aid Association .>f Himburg furnished end made up of tho clothes ia taut box eue bale for tho needy of the 10th Regi ment. I was a member of that Society at tint time and as-i-tfd in packing the clothing. I am willing that Miss Bets should have all tho honor due her, but nbt what is due th? Lamar Aid Assn cialkiQ of Hamburg. Ma?. C. A. MATS. From Berwick's Bay. Ricuynyn. April 4-An oficial disptteh re ceived (bis morning fr?m headquarter*, near Ber wick's B ?jr, M*r,>h ?$th_ via Natchez, April lat, t-? (Jen. Cooper, a?ys : *. I huve the honor to report the capturo of the Federal gunboat Dinoa at this point to-day. She inotinia five heavy guns; The boat is not serious ly injured, ?ai will be immediately put in service. Tho enemy's los? in killel, wounded and prison ers is l.r?0. (Signed) . R. TATLOR, Erig." -Some of tho patrioficbidies of Prince Georgo's county, Maryland, hav;; run through the b:oekado a pair of gold spins-a? .< pr?sent io Gcueral R. E. Lee. They are ?aid to bavo cost ?G00. Is this a gentle hint for the brave General to " ?pur up !" I The General Assembly. Io ?eeoHan<*e with' the coll of Gov. COMB. both Houses of thc G eb omi Aieiouibly of Sou ; Caroliua assembled with * quorum on Frid evening, th? 3d instant in their Chambers in C I lumbia. The following Message was commuait ted after the u-u.il formalities: EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. . COLUMBIA, April 3, 1S53. Gciithu tn of ihr S.nu U and H nutt nf Hepvfli ! (?tire? ; Siti?? your last adju?iflaent, a m'ghty stri ! towartis despotism has been mail? by the Guvor mein of the North, indicativa ot a ?ix jd purpn ' ou thc pnrt of the dominant party, ii possible, Conquer and destroy thc South. The sword ai j purse bare been placed almost absolutely ; tbe disposal ?f th. ir Presiden:, iu utter disrega of the F?deral Constitution, making bim virtual . a desp-.t. So far I rom this exciting a* spirit of i i sioiaucc, aa many have vaiuly expected, fra j every portion of the North there comet now nor ing but the note of preparation for a vigoro I prosecution of the unholy war. The most aa j guioe must bave abandoned ull hopes of pea i Crow foreign interVoiitiou or negotiation ; fro I exhaustion of lb? enemy's mon a-.d means; from such resistance, an the part of his suhj-ci to Lincoln's tyrannical rule. With hw eoptrol 1 ibe purse, and power of draft, thero will be ? ' lack of men for bia armies. It does not becou I ns, ttien, to shut our eyes to tbe fact that the j can be no Te jsonublo hope nf poare with his UH j sent, Soring his tenn of office. It only remai j for the peuple of this Confederacy, through thui ?selves and (heir constituted Stute and Confede ai? authorities, to make adequate preparation repel successfully the vandal attack. In thc bunds are their own destinies. With a counti rich io all the rcs >uroes which constiiulo tl wealth of,a notion ; tbe finest type of Gover ment that the world ever beheld .; a refined, cu tiyated, and enlightened people; au army ptrhxj not surpassed, at any period of time, in all tl quulities which make troops invincible ; conten, ing for all that nein in every aire has held dea; it is their mission to co un m 'kin* every prepar. tino, submitting cheerfully to every sacrifice, ar pntting forth vigoromdy every effort necessary sec uro tho great boon which their fathers b queathed thom-Independence. ' - This sUte of our foreign relations, and impo tant development* in our own internal polie; which I shall proceed to indicate, have induced ii to cou vene your bodies. Such measures as yoi ia your wisdom, m?y devise tn meet the emergwi cy, I shall heartily endeavor to carry iu'o effec It is much to-be feared, that while your Act I limit tb? production of cotton to three acres I the full hand will restrain such as, having ove - flowing granaries, contemplate withholding the (?rain from market and plauting calton almost c: elusively, it baa yet induced many, as I am ii formed, who purposed planting little if any co ton, to plant the full nnmber of acres allowod fa law. And this is justified upon the ground tbi your statute is equivalent to an announcement fa the cbo.-eu Representativos of the people thi such a course is not unpatriotic. If thia feelin prevails extensively, it will bo readily perceive wbat must he the result. All f?rtil ixera will I put OB the cotton 1 nds. to stimulate them to tb highost production, while the corn lands will V thus proportionately impoverished. In my fin Message, in January last, in commending to you favorablo consideration the Georgia law, I recen mended a reduction ot the number of acres bc low throe. With the lights now before me, I r? commend an amendment of your Act so as to prc bibit the planting over a half, or at most, on acre to the Tull hand, ' and that the hands to fa enumerated shall only bo such as work in the cro| I invite your first attention to this subject, an rccomraeud, in the event a further restriction i imposed, that the two Rouses ratify the Act im mediately after its passage. The spirit of speculation has recently mail such alarming strides in this State as to rende your interposition necessary to arrest the evi Large cums arc invested iv flour, corn, baeot and other articles of primo necessity, to tbe mo nop dy, almost, of such articles in certain section of tke country, and they nre withhold from m ir kot, ?r are being exported beyond ibo limits o the State, to the pren: enhancement of prices, am to tho manifest injury cf tho consumers, especial ly the families rtf~th"se whoso producing force i in the army. Under these circumstances, I bav called into excrciso tho power conferred upon m> by the Constitution, to prohibit, for thirty days tbe exportation of provisions from this Stato, bu with som? modifications which I felt wero due t. our sister Sutes and the Confederate Government I havo not gone, so far, beyond the retention o these articles within the limits of the Stntu. um your action is requisite to enable me to curry fullj into effect this clause of the Constitution, as aim tn continuo the prohibition without interruption if you should deem it advisable. I recommem tho passage of au A<*t which will authorise th? Governor, through proper agents, to dispose, iv their market value, of such articles as have beor or m i y be scixed in trun*itu, and after-paying al expenses incurred out of the proceeds, to rotain u certain proportion, to bo distributed among thi Soldiers' Boards nf Relief, the remainder to be returned-to ibo owner-or such other appropriate legislation as you may deem better ad.-pted te thc case. I also recommend that yon adopt some legislation to arrest the purchase *ad monopoly of ariiclos of prime necessity, even when it is not intended to export them beyond the limits of the Statte. The m -n'.poly ?nd withholding from mar. kel of sui plies ia most ><erriraetital to thc true interests of tho wh..i? eouu'ry, noir Involved in such a war as has nut been scon in modern times. Your Act, ratified 18th December la-t, to pup. press thj uadus distillation of t-pHta from the ceroal grain? of thc State, though stringent in its penalties, doej Bot accomplish its .Abject. I om informed of numerous violations of ita provisions iu various portions of tho St.ite, but have not yet heard of the first prosecution. Indeed. I learn from some of the m<>s' respectable citizens (bit no one sesma willing ti become an informer. It might be well to giro ihe informer one-half the floe, but I am fre< lo confess.tba: I doubt ita sue esas even then. Borne very worthy citizens of tbe Stato have urged the Executive to employ amenta for the purpose of suppressing unlicensed distillation, whieb of courre be bas not the power tr. do. This is a crying evil, and meetly felt in the grain-growing Districts, where tho distilleries have heretofore been moot abundant. The. com plaints tn roo from thole sections are io numerous that this subject constitutes one of the principal objects of y^'ur convocation. Tho permits auth .rited by me under the proviso in tho Act to distil a limited quantity, for medi i ci UM I puriMiss.? nlnne, ls as yet probably far short of the al>s.luto medicinal wauta of the whole State. For many1 Districts thero havo been, and doubtless will bo, rn? application*. I regret to j s->y. tb?t I hear rumors of undcr-lettings and vio- ! lati-ms of the contract?, though not in any tangi ble f. rm, which oarly step? wid be taken to iuvei- I ligate. Tho sal? under the contracts I have en- ! deavored to guard in every potsible way. I am j not suro but that all distillation " for medicinal purposes alono," should be limited to a single Dil- '? trict, say the central District of tho State, under the eb&rge of a competent ag?nt. subject to thc control bf the Executive.. Rut the trial made <>{ the present system does not e able mo to make say defin?ate rt co m ru on da ti >n on* thia paint. This entire subject Ss commendeat? yourenrneat consideration, and I trust yon wiH daviso s 'ino meaos by which the nndue distillation of ibe;co rcala (aad I would add molasses) Ixnuy be, for the present, effectual ly suppi eased. 'Ihe ennrmq.is profits-on whu-ky luT.ird, apparently, an irresistible inducement to di.til grain, and the.nnwilliiigne?s ! .>f tho eitiroas and oCioial* to giro inform?lion and prosecute is such that the consump'hn of gr*iu by distillation, without any permit, isa grout ?vii. ?ll supplies which tbtmnuntry affords , aro nettled fur our armies in i he field ami our peo-, pie at hom?. There is noJiniit to*4he cupacity of the Confedirate State* now to proctuce overytning requisite to curry on the war for an indefinite pe ri'iil. While our soldiers aro proving themselves equal ta thu enemy evorywh?re, v?e ni borne may ruin our cause by na unwif? failure proporly to develope our resources and preserve our ?upplies. The two great questions with us aro our finances and our supplies. I he Confederate Government is endeavoring to regulato the former-the latter the State Governments aud tho peuple themselves must regulate, und upon them reals.a heavy re sponsibility. The Aet to supply ncgre laborifor coast defen ces, eZjierieui-e bas shown, cannot be made effectu al fur tho ai-compiisbnient nf its objects. I hare ...?curtained, from ihe United States Connus of 1S50, au abstract of which is herewith transmitted, tbat euch division, as now arranged by the Act, contained then at ltKst fire times ns many road hands a< ari; called for by the Confederate General, and at this juncture, doubtless, contains more. Not over one-half of tho road hands of any one division hus tierotnfure been sent to the coast. If, therefore, each division would furnish one-bulf of | it* force not heretofore sent down, (that is, cne foiirth of its w*nole force,) il wnflld afford largely moro tbnn the number called for. But tho second dil ision, thc only one whose timeso fur has arrived to respond to the ca l for its baif, h>. a furnished less than one-fifth ol' thu cumber called for by the Confederate General. While a distrust as to the treatment of the mgroes, and also as to their prompt reluru, detrrs ?orne from Bending their fortioD of the labor, thc fine is too light to com pel auy. If that were adequate, tho process of ciillectiou is too .?low; each fin*,, by hiw, having to be sued for in the Court of Common Pie*s, after liding assessed and imposed by the Commission ers. And when collected, thore-ia still no authori ty for the Commissioners to pay the rum to th? State Agent, who might therewith procure other labor. Some more expeditious mode 'or procuring the labor, and imposing and collecting the fines, will bare to be adopted to sscure the- success of the scheme. Somo Commissionnri hare doubted whether less than a quorum of the Board can fill vacancies. Mnny Commissioners being in the army, it may. be well for the Legislature at its present session, fol* this particular purpose, to fill tho vacancies, and so to nmend the Act that one or moro Com missioners may appoint ?the number requisito to constitute a quorum, tho mcancies to be filled from among such as ure exempt - from road duty? if necessary. 1! herewith transmit a copy of a recent corres pondence with C. ?one! John S. Prerton, com mandant of Conscripts for South Carolina, upon a subject which I presume will gire rire to no em barrassment. My action ia the premises, as the Executive of the State, bas been taken in accord ance with the dictates of my best judgment; but as some members of the Legislature entcrtnin riews differing somewhat from my own as to the conitruction to bo placed upon your recent Act connected with the subject, I b'sVe deemed it prop er ti lay the matter- before-TAnjJdbr-*uoh action as you mny consider advisable. 'Upon your own deliberations, and my humble efforts to curry out your decisions, I Invoke the blessings of the Almighty. ALL. BONHAM. For the Advertiser. " To a. Soldier on Furlough." Dear Sir-If there was but die side to the ?uh ject I could readily subscribe to your remarks in the AtU-ertiter of the 1st of .April. Let us view it from another rtand-pnint. You fay if I refuge to take Confederate money for my debts I om no patriot. This I grnnt if I were prcising piiyuient, but if I ?rn co patriot lor rofuMiig to take it what will you ?ay ol my debtors who refuse to keep it? Ten years since I lnan?d them money that was equal io gold aud silver. I have never orked them to pay because I knew ; bat it would distress some of them to do so. I have harrowed money an 1 paid ten per cont for it wher they were pity ing me but seven in order to indulge them ami prevent their property from being sold by the Sheriff. Ju feet it uppoarod to mc that they hud forgotten that they were in debt to mu at nil while they could make profitable sp?culations with their money, some of them have reali-ui- more than one hundred per cent uer annum on their invest ments to my certain kti'?wlodge. During the year of sizty and sixfy-ono I was offered fifteen per cent for money, but it was all in the bunds of ruy debtor?. Why did they not pay then? Why this anxiety all at once to pay their debt?? I do not ask them to pay. They are protected by a stay law. I cannot sell their property. Doos not their anxioty to got rid of the money ?how a want of confide icu in tho currency, and is it reasonable in them to expect one mun tu have more faith in it than ene hun^ro? ? If they bavo funds on hand way not keep the interest-bearing Bills each .to the auiDUut of his indebtedness to me? They draw a higher rute of interest than they nra pity ing me. Muy I not well say, "Gentlemen, show us your faith in th? currency by your works; lift, or one hundred of you can sux'uin it more effi ciently than Jiiiy ono man. In so doing, if ihe cur rency is g?od, you are safe, if not >ou aro only doing your duty us bouest men. I have waited ou you-un til. your property hus doub.'ed in valu*. I will do nu much ns any mau of my means to sus tain the currency, but is it rea.-ouAble for you to ask mo to do what you aro not willing to do your selves?" And now my " FRI GK? OK A FCKLOCOH," I will simply ?Hy that I hare loaned the people of Edge fiald more money, and ut a lower rute of interest, and waited longer than any other man in tho Dis trict.uv? cone that has no more capital than I bavo I nave never ordered tau Sheriff to sell ono dollar? -worth of luiyman's property in my life. I have sold for Cinicd'erato mor ey more meat, flour, lard, wood and other necessaries than any man in the Village hus done in the last year, with one excep tion, and now ii this merits those bard Dames you bare called mo, say on. SAMUEL BROOKS. N. B.-1 bare not sold a dollar's worth of pro vision in the lust year but to the citisens of Edge field Tillage. gg-r" Tb? Raloigh pHp?rs ssy that there is. a .superabundance of corn in North Carolina at tbe present limo. They advocate taking by force tbe stock of every person who refuses to sell and is holding on for higher prices. They think.that would eause things to '-tumble radidly." Gre>n Pons and Strawberries haro been selling in tb? Savannah market for the past week_ According to tho New Orleans papers General J Banks bus returned-to Baton Rouge, and has is- , sued a printed general order announcing that tho entire object of the exp?dition is accomplish ed,-and that it is in all rospeots a perfect tuccess' Wo trust that 'll Fedoral successes boroafter will be of the iago stomp. For tb? Advertiser. ' Public Meeting. OJ Monday last, a public meeting of the citi zens of the D?triot was held in the Court House. The mooting was organised by o ?liing 'In'). UKO; BOSWELL to the Chair. Rev. I D. BRUNSON was r-qnested to act as Secretary. Tho Chairman briefly stilted that the object of the meeting *?-s to Ukelnto consideration theeurrer.nyquestion, Ac. On motion, the Choir appointed a Committee of ? Five, consisting, nf Col. T. th BACON, JAB A. \ TALB IC KT, Br. GKO. VAunoRontii. Gao.SiiEi'i'Aitn, ?nd Cspt. JAS. C. BROOKsTto prepare suitable res olutions iu accordance with .the object of tba meeting. After a short absence the Committee returned and submitted through their Chitrraan, Col. BACON, the folio? ing Preamble and Resolu tions which were received with a hearty response from tho Meeting. Col. B ALON after present i'm the report of the Committee, addressed the.au'ir ence at some length in his usual spirited style, arid dealt bard blows, to any and all .who dare at tempt to depreciate tho Currency of the country, either by' word or deed. Col. R G. M. DUNOVANT ot the call of nnmcr ons friends rose and replied to the compliment in a few well timed "Sud forcible view?, fully endors'-' ing the Resolutions, and urging upon the people the necessity of the fullest confidence in tho cur rency of the couutry, to doubt which would ?be striking a death blow at the Confederacy. Col. M. FRAZIER? also addressed, tho meeting in his characteristic,' frank and concise manner, giving os his opinion that 'hose miserable enemies to tho country, the depredators of its currency, shouli} be dealt with summarily, and that such characters should be watched by the community in which they reside, and marked as traitors to the cause of Southorn Independent. The Resolutions were then submitted and adopt ed without oi'diasonting voice. WUEKKAS, It hos been brought to. tho knowl edge of this mooting, that certain persons in our midst ba vo refused to receive the currency of the Confederacy in payment of debts, a refusal, which, if persisted in, will be prejudicial to the best in terest of thc country and operate to the detriment of our common cause, which should be supported at all haxards and by every moans in our power. Be it therefore Revolved, Tbit WC, the people of Edgeficld District, have au abiding confidence iu the ultimate success of our cause, and in the ability of the Government to pay its debt, Renolved, That as the currency of the country bears the same relation to the Government that the blood doe: to the human budy, be, who in times like th es ff, either by word or deed, impairs tho credit or stops the circulation of said currency, strikes a blow at his country similar to that of the . tho assassin who strikes the daggor to the hesrt of his fallow-man, and deserves the taute punish ment, j On motion of Br. WM. M. BURT, Be it vnnnimonaly Retolted by this meeting that the above Preamble and Beso'utinns be adopted and published in thc Adtertittr, requesting other papers to copy. On motiou, the meeting adjourned. GEO. BOSWELL, CHAIR. D. D. BnCN?ox, Sec'ry. ? ? ? ? For thu Advertiser. The Edgeficld Village Aid Association bas re ceived from Mr. G. L. Penn, two pair of very nice socks; abo three pairs of socks which were left at his store by some individual as a donation to the Soldiers Aid Association. Mr. PENN has forgotten who' is the donor ? We are instructed to give notice that, on Wednesday the 15th of April, 1SC3, the Associa tion will meet for re-organization. Our roll calls for 96 members ; out of this number not moro than 20 attend at all regularly, take work,- or pay thoir dues, consequently a very few are bearing the burdon and heat of the day, while all are shar ing the credit of working for tho noble, self-sac rificing soldiers. Now this is not as it should bo. And it was resolved at our last meeting, to eal', for a re-organixalion, and strike from the roll all who are not willing to help work for the soldiers. All who w i.ih to remain members, must either come, or send word to thal effect. There is to bo co entrance fee, except for such as have never joined boforo. Wo uro.sorry to think that, any ure weary in well doing, still this conviction is ioreed up-'D us from the fact, that many times oven in the most pleasant weather-our meetings scarce exceeds a dozen members, and very oLen not over half that number. It is not feasible.to lupposo that all can attend regularly, but every one can at least evince their willingness by tend ing occasionally to get work. Out of 93 members, 34. havo never poid a cent of ninthly dues since tho present occupants have been in office-almost a year. We are very sorry lo bc under the ? necessity of publishing this notice, and we don't wish to judge harshly, but wo think we are justified in the con clusion that these members who never attend our meetings, never send for work, andrerer pay their dues, have grown woury in well doing. Our advice to all is, como forward and join over again, and let us all try and do better fur the future. Mns. ANN G KIFFIN, PKKS. MKS. WM. GOODMAN, Sec'ry & Treas'r. From Ki ch mond. BICUMONU, April 5.-Capt. Mosby with fifty men was attacked by one hundred and fifty Yan kees at Drancsv?le, Va., on the 1st of April. Capt. Mosby'? first fire brought down some thirty of tho enemy. The rest fled. Mosby pursued and captured seventy-nine, who arrivod here lastevo ning. They belong to the First Vermont Cavalry. Cungreasional. RICHMOND, April 2.- S es AT*:-To-day Mr. Barnwell, from th? ?ommitteo on Financo, re ported back tho "Ul from the House (Tax Bill probably) with a substitute, which was ordered to ho printed. Tho Bill to establish the proposed mail across tho Mississippi River, was passel. Several other unimportant Bills were passed. HOUSE.-The Bill to exempt mail contractors, Ac, wai passed. With an umendmont providing that the mail route sha'l bo at least twenty miles in length. The Bill from the Senate to repeal tho law* al lowing of substitutes, was rejected. A joint resolution .was adopted to adjourn on the 30th instant. Mr. Foote introduced a resolution proposing to change the seat of government. Tho resolution was rejected by an almost unanimous vote. The B>11 increasing the pay of soldier? four dollars per month was passed. Congressional. RICHMOND, April 4.-In the Senate to-day an act to convert tbe First Regiment of South Cam Infantry, now stationed at Fort Sumter, into tb* Second Regiment of Artillery, recently vetoed by the President, waa agnin passed, afier discussion, by a two-thirds vote in favor of the bill. The Senate then went into secret rosslen on the tax bill. From Tennessee. CHATTANOOGA. April 3-5 P. M.-Mijor Dick MoCann. with 100 men, attacked a Federal train on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad,-with- 1 in nine miles of Nashville, killed 42 and wound- ! ed 67. The loss on our aide is on* killed and three wounded. The party ?Iso captured wagons, kt.. They re turned in safety. Tho Abolition Convention at Louisville has j nominated Josiah H. Bell for Governor. i Legislativo Proceeding*. COLUMBIA, April 4. ID the House on Saturday, Mr. J. ChurW^n Read introduced the following resolution, willoh was ogretd to : Whereas,, thc financial credit of the Cor.federccy involves to a very groat extent the question of the ability of the Government tb resi*' the attempts of tho Abolition Government tn su^jurntc the .laveholding States ; and whereae, certain evil disposed persons have attcmptud to destrey and rtuder unavailable thiit credit by refusing to re dire Confed?rate money in payment of debts ; Therefore, le it, Jiesolveil, That it bo referred to Ihe-Coiumittco on the Judiciary to inquire into tbc expediency of reporting a bill moro effectually te prevent the injury tbre itoned from the repudiation of and the refusal of ?ny person in this State tu receive Con federate money in payment of debts. Mr. Yeadon gave notice of a "Bill to rspeal the stay law. Mr. 13. F. Perry, from thc Committee on the Judiciary, reported a Bill to aitthorire the Gover nor to seize and dispose of provisions or articles of food in certain cases ,- was read and made the Special Ordor for Monday next, at J 2 c'cloek. Mr. Broyles, fmm the Committee on Agricul ture, reported a Bill to amend an Act entitled "An Act to prevent and puninh the planting ?nd cul tivation in this State over a certain quantity of Cotton during the present star," which was read. ??S" Items from tho Charleston Courier of Monday : ?WM the liar.-There appearod to bo consider able octivity and increase e'f the blockading squad ron Sunday morning. The general impression seemed tu be that we might roon have some lively work on band. Nothing definite waa ascertained, but our military tire on the alert for whatc veo may transpire. . f ; Fire at Retves' Station-Dcttruetlcn of Govern ment Storee.-We regret to learn that the Govern ment Store at Reeves' Station, on the South Caro lina Rail Road, just below Branchville, wus des troyed by fire about ll o'clock Sunday morning, together with fifty thousand rations of bacon and a largo quantity of flour sud sugar. There were about throe hundred hog;i in the building. Tbs fire originated, we ream, from some saw dust in a box which was being used in smoking bacon. ===OBSUARY! TO TUE MEMORY OF BURTON WILLIAMS. in noble contrast to the wauing'patriotism and sordid spirit of the times, it is a morUuful bul pleasing duty to present to public admiration,'thc characters of the.heroic young, who boro fader in the service of the State. The sui jct nf thu tribute, BURTON WILLI A ILS, volunteered iu ibu Company of Capt E. BLAND 7th Regt S. C. V., upon the first cull to service ia the field. He served with credit in that gallant Regiment which has left its mark upon the history of che wa-, bul owing to sickness was honorably discharged. Upon bis resuvery, bo joined tho 19th S. C..Y., fouglil with g.ilautry at Murfreenboro', ana came fortii unscathed from that bloody battle-field, to fall s victim to.the postilonce that prevailed iu tho Wes tern Campi lio was the son of that rirm and patriotic old citizen ot tbe Rid^e,DA KLING WILLIAM?, who free ly gave fice sons to tho cause of bis country, and brother of that heroio Hula soldier WASH WIL LIAMS of the Seventh who nobly fell upon thu ever memorable field of Fredoricksburg. Well may the Stato cherish the citizen, who lays upon thc A!titr^it his country, the offering of bis. heart's beet affections, and sadly but proudly lanciit?ic fatality that wrests from her bosom, her young, gallant, and heroic children. M. Wm i.r. looking over the catalogua objfhoso who have fal'cn during this bloody war, let us not pas? over in silence the lamented GSORCK. who occu pies a brilliant -place in tho memory of his fellow Soldiers. G KOROR W., was ? son of Mrs. A. W. und VINCKNT URIPFIX, Sr., and was born in Abbe ville District, South Carolin.i, on the 24.h of Feb. 1841. Ho was said to bs alraoBr, the favorito of the fiimilv. Ho, at the first call for tbe sous and de fenders ot South Carolina, (though in Collego iu a neighboring State.) left the clu>sio groves and many p'ei-.sant connected association, of his Col lego life, and nobly responded to the ea)I. He served during hil first enlistment und-r Cipt. PER ar M AX, Company F, 2nd Regt. S. C. V., ?pd bore n conspicuous part in tho first hs.ttlo ol Manussis. and was pre*?nt OD m.iuy other of the blood-Stained- fields of Va. After the expiration of bis first term ofserrice, ul though seeing that much li id been done, much more remained to be done for the wei faro and lib eration of his conntry; he re enlisted und-T Capt. T. J. LIPSCOMB, Co. tl, ?nd Regt. S. C. C., r..i iho War. Shortly afterwards bo W-H tullen sick and sect to one of thc Hospitals ut Richmond,-and as he was returning to bis Regiment on the 15th of October last, it seemed to be the will of hi] Maker that be should full a victim tn that rugged Monster death, by a rai I-road accident while wrap ped in the arms of slumber, rather than on some blood-stained field. Alas! be is gone, ?nd lett behind a pious Mother, three devoted Brothers and many other friends, to mourn his untimely end. Pence to the ashes of this noble-hearted Son of Carolina. May bis body rest io peace boncath the clods of his native soil. Since waking Angels have caught his departing Spirit while asN-up, aiid transferred it from a world of woe, wickedness and war. ncross the Milky Way through numer ous revolving sphe'res ?iud immensity of space, and seated bim within tbegoldun gates of Heaven where there is no war, no death-but blessings that eau never end. J. E. * * . Company G. 2ud S. C. C. Pub'ithcd by retjuett of hil Company. {?3?* Southern Guardian an<\ Augusta Const! tutionttlist please copy and forward bills immedi ately t? this office. Di Kn, on .the 27th of March lost, nf Typhnid Fever, at the residence of bis father in Edee field District S. C., D. II. BUSSEY, son nf D. L. and SARAH BusSRY.'in the l*th year of his ??re. The deceased WJ! a dutiful sod, and an affec tionate brother, and though having made no pro fession of religion, yot bo gavo satisfactory signs of- seriousness on that subject by his. goori moral character and close intention to tho Gospel. He was naturally modest ?nd retiring in h is-ru ?inners, well calculated lo win the high estimation nf all WLJ knew bim. We deeply sympathise with his bereaved parents, iu their great trials, having lost five of their children within a short space of time, and truly ihey may say as Job, 'eflave pity upon me, have pity upon me, 0 ye, my friends, for the hand of tho Lord hiith touched me." But wo can only commend them to God who:e Grace is suffi cient f.r them. W. L. II. Dir.n. on th? '8th of March last of Dyphtheria. D ICM EDE MILLEDGE HOLMES, youngest Son of Sn A USU CK and P.ATIENCK H'JL.VKS, of Edge liri 1 District, S.C., aged 4 ycis and 2C days. He was the baby,et sprightly and interesting little boy, and perhaps the idol of the family, hut usu ally, as in this case, death seises upon the dearest object for its )>rizo and benrs it away from earth in spi'e of ibo agouy ?nd tears of parents and friends into the peaceful presence of Bim who said " except you ba convertid und become as little children, ye shall in DO cass enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. " The grave is near the cradle Beano, How swift the moments pays between." . W. L. H. DIED, December 23d. 18C2, WILLIAM A.'N. AD AMS, infant and only child of W. ill. W. and SU SAN C. ADAMS, aged 1 year, 7 mof.ths and.17 days, surviving bis only sister, MARTHA ELIZA, twenty four days. The disease of both was fatal diptke ria MARTHA E. died Nor. the 29th, 1S62. Had their father been home death might not have been so terrific or heart-rending ; but he was far away, bravely contending for bis home and fireside. When the sad intelligence reached bis ears in Virginia, that both his children were dead, he besought his Captain for a furlough for che first time iu over twelve months; but alas! when he arrived home bo found his fireside blank ; no sweet little babes occupied their places as when he left his homo. The Mother, ono*'so cheerful is now .sorely stricken with grief. But says the father and mother, "all this we must bare, us soldiers of the cross we mast sky : Thy will be done oh Lord not mine May I soon in heaven my children find; Great God while I thy chastening rod doth feel I humbly pray thee, all my sorrow? heel." J. H. B. It ia raid that tbe tax bill passed bj -or Con gress, trill remore several hundred "nji'.lioas of Confedera e uotes from circulation. Such a re snit ii to bi devoutly boped for. ' The Federals stole ubout six thousand negroes during their late raid in North AUbamv Af RS. S. M. ABNEY and MISS E. S. _ .HILLER respectfully inform the commu nity that the exercise? uf their f-CHOOL FOR TO CN G LA I) IBS A KU CHILDREN witlco? tinua through the prenout quarter,.which com. menee? ?o-duy. and throughout the year, with a short vacation io Summer. Instruction will be given in all the English branches, together with Latin. The rates of Tuitionrj?er-qnarter. for the Pri mary Class. $5 ; tor the 2d CUss, $* ; for the *el and'higbest Clus, $8, and for Latin (extra) $2,50. Pupils attending this School will b* considered a<< entering for the current quarter aud so charged. Payments muH he made either in advance, or at the" end of the quarter. Edgefiold, A-j.ri; 6th, tf 14 NOTICE. TBE Or.riteville Compuuy will barter Cloth for Persimmon Wood, sound, und free from knots. They will give S yards of 4-4 cloth for a hundred feet board measure. It must be batt cuts, and cut as ?lose to the ground a? possible, and taken nfl" below the limbs. It may be fi ianu es square and any size above that; net particular about lengths. It must be large onunga to dress > in. square ur wh itever if is to measure. 3.1J feot of G in. square will count 100 feat. 15* of 9 M.. .. ?" 100 if.-e 8 4 in. uf 12 " . " " 100 " * WM. GREGG,' Pres. April S 3t *\1 Deserted PROM Co. r, 7th S. C. Regt., D. P. WEST, a jirivato of Cu. /, 7th 8. C. Regt. (a-Conscript) uudnotire <>f Spartunburg District S. 6., (Cannon Store P. 0. bis address,) about 21 years "uf aire, b feet, fi inches high, fai r comp lex iou,' I'reokU-Jfcccd, blue eyes and auburn hair, bat inf.deserted said Comp? ny, the arrest* arid delivery of. him to tbe same will be rewarded According to the provision, made in the act passed by Congress. B. F. SHARPTOX, Lieut. Cumd'g Co. I, Ita 8. C. Roge April S fm U A Wanted, GARDNER of loog experience and known _ prosperity. Done need appt)) unless beean procure a uertiGoite from the Sherill' that be will nut receiM Confederate money, but specie for all dues; and ho mudt also be punctual tu allobliga tib?s, oven to the pouoduf flesh were it the condi tion of the contract. For further particulars apply to the-A.* C. B. 2d Regt. Artillury, S. C V., ut Jumes Island, ?ri. C. AprilS - lt ll ?State of South Carolina. EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. IN ORDINARY. Frances Whitlock- applicant John Whitlock aud ol her.? def'ts. BY on order from rbe Ordinary, 1 shall proeeeit to sell at Edgelieid C. H., on the tiret Monday lu May next, for Partition, the Real Estate of John Whitlock, deceased, consisting of a tract or parcel ut laud, lying and'bviug in the District and Slate aforesaid, containing one huudrud aud ii11jr (150) aere?, more or less, adjoining Unds of Joseph Swoarengin, Moses Harris, Divid Burton, Julius Day und others. 7'erb.?-Hu a credit until the firs? day of Decem ber next. The purchaser tu give Itoud, with good security, and a Mortgagu of the premises to (be Ordinxry to .secure the purchase money. Co,ts tu be paid lu Cash. Tit es extra. L.JONES, sun. April C, mi. 4t 14 State of South Carolina, . EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, 'IN ORDINARY. John M. Stidhum, Applicant, ' vs Ella Stidhuin, Alice Stidhnm, Ira Slid- ? barn, JIII<. StMharu, et a , Defendants. J I>Y an order from the Ordinary. I>ball proceed J tu .'oil ut Edgelield C. ftf, on th? first Mun day ?D May next, for Partition, thu Real Kstatu of John Stedham, deceased, obnaistittsj of it tra'ft ur parcel of lund known as the Robcrt'??u Dean Ti act lying and being in tho District and Statu aforesaid, continuing ono hundred and fifty-five (los) acres, more or less, adjoining Und? of Tiie?ptiiltu Dean, Robert Bryan, George Free and other.-". Trrw?-Ou a credit until the tirst d ir of De cember uext, The purchaser to give Bond and good security, and u .\lurtgii?e to Hie Ordinary to secure the purchase money. Costs to l>? ]iaid in cash. Titles extra. . . L JONES, s's.?. April ?. I So l. 4t 14 To all Hbo it may Concern. ANY person owing rae uionoy, aud wishing to pay, will please convert their funds ia Eight pur cent Confederate Bonds which I-will take for any money due me. SEABORN ST ALNA KER. April C te 14 Notice. 4 LL pcriODS in unywise indebted to Lewis ?\. Coleman, deceased, or lu Coleman ? Dean uni pleuso make pavutent to tb* saoscriber. Yt. L. COLEMAN, Ex'or. uf the KjtaiJO.' LsiWiS CulomxO. April S 4t<-> 14 . Notice. ALL Persons Indebted to the Es" ate oj' John C. McCelvey, ilec'd., aro requested to pay toe same without delay, and those having duutands against the sam-.- ure notified to render them ia properly attested. J. P. MICKLER, . Ailm'ur. April ?1 3i* lt Notice, MY kin-l friend* Who made accounts with Mr. WM. SHEAR, ol Augusta, whilo I wa? do ing bus'rucss lor him, will please call and settle as I am respoiu-iblo fur KII surh accounts. MCPHERSON WRIGHT. April C 3l? ; 14 Administrators Sale, M>* por.'uance of an order from W. F. Durisoe, I Ordinary uf Edgefield District, I ?iii sell at my residence un Saturday, the II th April, all the personalty ul Miry Martin, dec.M., uunsistiOg of FIVE NEGROES, BED, !> ED-STEAD AND BEDDING. Ac. . 4ai?~Terms made known on day nf sale. li. M. MARTIN, Adm'r. April 1 2t? 13 AYO UNI* LADY desires a situation as TEACHER in a family or small School HM min a mile or two of Kdgefleld Village: In struction* given in the usual English branches and Mu-ic. Addross this Office. Mar 24 ? - tf -12 State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, IN EQUITY. Ex Paite ] Petition to sell lane! for B. C. Bryan. J payment of Creditors. Y Virtue of an order of the Court iu this case, _ I will sell at Edgeliold Court Houi<e.un Mon day, the 13th day of. April next. THE TRACT OP LAND whereon MRS. ?.LIZABETH GOOD WIN resided ut the timo uf her death, containing ! Thirty-five acres, more or less, adjoining lands of ?TI. A. Gray, R. D. Bryan, James Raiosford and others. The suid lauds are sold for the benefit of the creditors of Chamberlain L. Goodwin, dee'd. TERMS.-Suld on a credit until the first of ? January mext, with interest tm m day of sale, ex ; oopt costs und expenses nf sale, which must be j paid iu cash. Purchaser to give bond and two I good cu re tie ? to secure the purchase money and ' pay for ?lils? extra. Z. W. CAKWTLE, cc.? n. Mir 20 12 B C Rags Wanted. LEAN COTTON AND LINEN RAGS can be sold for sash at the A<ir*rti*tr office. Aug. 27 . tf 84