Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, April 22, 1863, Image 2
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For the Advertiser.
r>lti>wrwCitize?? of EdgeGefd District:
ibo Honorable Soaator fros Bdgefield, and
Ibo Kdit'jn.f tbe E'lgetield A ?Vwf.'??/.,. in bis p?
p?r Inst week, onder the bead ot' " The Legle
Um re." says, "This body . adjourned on Fridoj
MVoainjr last, ?f??r n .week's- Session, which wei
marked hy rmrr little oT ru?rit" "ind autos up
'?y.?ijin?; "Taking it all in all we think it vould
otivr I icen latter if tho Legislature bad not been
..illed. tiifelbor."
tritb much rcfxrcl f"r our llonum'.le -Senator
I -llisoct from Vis e .inclusions ba" regard t<5 th<
arttou of the LcgUraXure and tb? importance ol
i'? emmx-atiou. And. as I' happened .tn "di*oi
tr..ru bim and my colleagues on the Bill to pro
hibit and puni*h the plauting more than one ?cn
.>f Poit?n to tbebnnd, I desire to state, some o
th? rrii?.)?j? for.my vol? on that bill.
Ir cannot he denied Ufat "tba Act referred to
and orber* pais-d at th?- list Session, bar? tb?
.? H">.ir.i r...-,i of rx'raordioary legislation, and can
nwt IM* justified except on tba'ground that an ?x
.-n.irdiuarv ?tale ot' things 'exists to warr tut sucl
.o exercise ol power ly thu Legislature. Do stiel
rxiraortlia^ry facts exist-as' to warrant the L?g
isl ature t? ini?rfera in a matter of such prim
importance as that of prohibiting tho citizen iron
planting on his own bind, ard culrivuliug will
bis own bands, any cn p be may think best am
most profitable for bim ? I enswer yes. In m;
(.pinion sueh fucs .lo ?xists,.and I believe tb? Ac
ol tbe Legislature referred to is right uudor th
circumstances ju which, the country is placed, ?i?.
that Do o'.ns' ?tutional right of th? citizen is vio
1M?.I by it. It is to be regretted that tb? Act w?
but pissed earlier, HI. thereby som? labor wool
I.*vt. t.eeii saved; l.nt th? Aet not having bee
passed at au earline <Uy lt ww right to pass it i
April at the extra Session: and our pitrioti
leoveraof decrees the commendatim of th? coup
fry for convening tho Legislature to considere
this and ?(her ruatters of prime importance to lb
country generally.
The -?coot action of the Legislature, as I loo:
at ii, wss marled by much of merit. The Legit
i ato re in composed maiuly of farmers and plant
era. It looked ?tern facts in the faco and ?howe
?'.?lr e.|ual to the task.of yielding the expeoUtio
of private gain to tue public weal, which is oue ?
tb? highest evidence? of true patriotism.
Bat what sra tl? facts to Justify tba passage <
the Cotton Act '! Toe people of the Cnufederat
?tates are engaged in a strnsgte for their ind?
pendeneo. a struggle wbieb demands all thri
powers and enorgies. To maintain this strngirl
entire white male population of tbe Confederat
Slates, between the ages of eighteen aud fort
years, is under arms in tb? tented field. A larg
proportion of the men who are in the field fight
in.g nobly ar d heroically for Southern indopei
deuce, iu times of peace and quiet are the labe
rars of tb? country. They have their families an
their households, comprising a very large propoi
tioti of the population of the Confederate State:
Many of them are not slaveholder*. Tn ordin?r
times they support themselves and their fa mi'ic
by their own babor. Their labor being maia!
directed to tue production of the prime ue^esnarlc
of life, in time? of peace adds vastly to the actu
al amount of provisions in tba. country, and i
?ne of the chief, sources from which the sui ph
provisions flows. Thia oUss of labor i? ?Jinoi
entirely withdrawn from agricultural pursuits, an
instead ol feeding themselves and thoir famille
as they are accustom od to do, they and their fan
dies must bo fed from other sources. Let no or
conclude that the amount of provisions from tb
quarter is inconsiderable, because the amour
prodnced by eaeb ono is small. The aggregai
products of tb:? class of our people is large, an
when lost to the country and foroed to be mad
ap frota other sources must be seriously felt. An
to one who is foroed to look at things as they ar
and who cannot avoid the responsibilities restio
apon him .as sr legislator, and whose duty it ia I
meet the contingencies of these trying time
fairly and firmly, whb a doa regard to th? ri-a
of all partie. ; ia a consideration of startling in
porlai.ee. . '
The quoirtion of adequate supplies is one of v
tal Importance. It ?ic.? at the bottom of all otb?
m?reoen's. and without supplies all other mon
meats mutt terminate aud ocaso. Tba randal fe
who Li eee.lring oar utter detraction bis been an
is now calculating; upon our failure to work ot
oar Independeaea.beeauae they expect to starves
oat. Hangar ead-starvation are ?vils that ar
arneb moro formidable ?ban th? abolition araiel
Oar Secaral* by j?udr at;*tagf and foresight
backed by tba valor and strong a rips of Souther
soldiers, have bean abbs to meet and to foil th
attempts af tba Yankee borda ; aad th? prod no
tire industry of tho patriotic citizens at bom? eai
meat all the pressing demanda cf ?or armies fo
supplies If their energies are directed in that oban
url. It in gravely oontendod by the opponents c
the Cotton Aa? that there ia an abundant suppl;
of provisions in tbe country to feed our armies ii
tbe field and for home consumption. i"ut thia as
sertion is male in tba faco of the- startling fae
that our armies have been previous to tbe first c
April, end are now; on half ratiena. And in tb
face of the fact too that all kinda of provision
>re selling at enormous prices, ^nd that orea a
tl?? presen t exorbitant prices ibero are none or a
laest a- very .?mall- quantity for sal?. Tbe bet
? vide no? of plenty and abundance of any eom
t?odity is tbe quantity in tbe .market at fair am
reasonable prioes. Now, if we apply this test ti
?.-certain whether there ia un abundant supply o
pro\ ?.??on? in the country, we must come to tb.
i-nbclasion that there is not only notan abundant
tat* provisions, bot tbat there is ?otu-,iy a scarcity
And If our armies are on h?if rations this earlj
the yeer ahnt may we BOL expect before thi
. r.>p of the present year shall be gathered ? Tht
..wall ^ain < rop is at present promising, and cai
I-eojd* aye making large calculations upon thai
i r..p, Bttpi ??*tly too/bat:rapport that crop aboulc
MI as it did isvt yaorf It is not yet secured* add
a ? our hopes from thai-^aorter .may be blasted,
?nd wheat aad Hoar may be kept up at tb? pr??
.mt exorbitant rate?. 6uppo?? ?iso ib?t oar jand
rtwv?ld b? afflicted with a protracted drouth *X tho
P^a*oc for making tho corn crop, and that erop
?bould t?e eui off, what then would be the oondU
lion of tb? .country? Suppoa* that oar.armies
,hall meet with disaster aad be forced to ra tire
from the groat Channels of transportation, and
altar being compelled to diatroy their atoros,
"-u*?dd ba driveo back into tba iatorior o( tba
j cc-itntry an J forced to rely upon tb? P^vialon^of
rert.-.in communities to subsist upon? In su<"h a
! cmtingcncv who would, be moat likely to lutter,
? the umy or the people at homo? Xor ia thia ?IL
In tho event our urtaics a*o driven. bick by. thu
enemy, ?e will be compelled to subsist not only
our own ??eople at borne and our srhiios, but wo
may be aoinpelled ?iso to food the Yankee ru ' n-.-s
!?. H i?reat-e vient, forihey are not over scrupulous
im-?or ?neb ci'c?imr?anees.. Io auy event, we an?
bo able tu feed tho population al homo and tho?.,
in tl>e army tlo-t have gone out Iruui rimons ut?
and c nrribute'our fair proportion towards subsis
. ting those who are driven from th? ir homes and
I are no longer ab li to sustain themselves.
?r>ere is another eonsiderarinn that is by no
me^ns unimportant in making up a conclusion on
this "[.teftion of soppl'os. It is this: From the
very nature of things there most and will be (treat
waste and destruction of provisions in ?or armies,
^ remiting in some instances from the carelessness
I ana neglect had incompetency of agents; and in
J: ol her instances to the -unavoidable stress-ef cir
I ru tu s tau cf s necessarily incident to themovements
j ef largo armies. - And what might be an ample
I supply of the necessaries of life under a peace es
tablishment w-uld, tn times like these, be very
inadequate. -
There i* still antjfer consideration not unim
portant in itself. It is this : It is estimated that
there are^aboet four inillioU'bales nf Cotton now
in rho Confed?rale States-that would go to mar
ket if the blockade were raised, which, added to
the rr p of the present year, will be amply i-uffi
e:?r.t -,c etiiptoy all tho machinery of Europe for
one year, and it h reasonable that the 'Cotton
now on. h ind could be sold fur much hinter prices,
than could be realised from it if the quantity
should bo largely it created. So that it is not un
likely that the producer will receive very nearly, if
not quite as muoh money, for the Cotton he noa
has, ?? he wi-uld rueeive if he were allowed to
' j lacrease largely tho supply by the crop of this
year.
It is contended hy seme that we must raise Cot
ton in order that European nations may' feel an
interest in the Confederate States; clinging to
the idea which has been su fatal to ns, that " Cot
ton is Kin<," they would b?iord ul] at borne to
prodnee an article, which is not necessary at
present in order to bribe England and Prance to
interfere iii our behalf.-The conduct of these na
tions for the last two years should lie a warning
to us for the future. If we read. the. history ot
tu e pu.it y-cars bf our struggle for independence^,
to profit, we ?ill cease to calculate upou any in
terference of England and France in our behalf.
We must tako care of ourselves, and when we
shall have worktd out our independence without
any foreign aid we will prize our liberties but the
m ire, and we eau then outer upon our caroer as wo
please, being under obJigaliofls to no one, with
the means iu our own hand? to oontroll the cou.
carree of the world, not fearing that Wo cannot
maintain our position among the nations of the
carib. But we have not yet achieved our inde
pendence; our armies are yet in the field, bearing
bravely and nobly all the hardships and privations
incident to tba life of the soldier. They are there
uul because they choose to bo there, but thoy are
ibero by compulsion. They are not growing rich
a* many at home Are. They receive eleven dol
lars per month and no more, while many at bone
are making fortunes: Their families they are
'* j compelled to leave behind to be aapportod and
* \ cared for by the State. Supplies we mutt have
j if wo a ??ld bs successful. The soldiers and tho
soldiers' families must be fed. The desire for pri
vate gain uiuatyield to consider*!) -ns of the pub
tie good. Ho ?ho would hasard the success of
our ttrugglo fur independence for the sako of
making money is wanting in patriotism. I believe
thc people are fight in their sentiment, and that
they will cheer fully acquiesce in any sacrifice which
the exigencies of tho times may require.
Thus, Fellow-citizens, I hare endoayorcd to
state soins of the considerations that influenced
my vote on the billa restricting the planting of
- j Cotton. - I believed when the matter waa under
18 j consideration that the measure was right, and I
? j have not changed my opinion. Occupying the
* j relation I do, you have a right to know what I
\ I have dune and my reasons for so doing.
'* ! W. W. ADAMS.
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. Oar Prisoners at Camp Douglas.
Awong the prisoners brought up by the
Hag uf true? boat, CD last Monday, were some
from the West,' who have been confined at
Camp Douglae, at Chicago. The very, sight
of the puor fellows is enough to strike pity to
the heart. We wish the Government could
bear their tales of suffering and distress, and
we hope-that they will take some step to Jay
their grievances before thc authorities here.
Camp Douglas is worse than the Hole of
Calcutta. Nut satisfied with putting oar men
to death by suffering and torture, thc Yankee
demons have taken to poisoning than ! The
little things such aa naas and cakes, that our
poor prisoner* would buy out of their few re
maining cents, bad killed a number of our
men, and un on investigation being ordered
and the food analyzed, poison was plainly
detected, and its presence admitted by.the
Yankee surgeon ! The authorities tried to
exculpate themselves by laying it to an old
Irish woman who was permitted to peddle
cakes among the prisoners.
-Tba death ut our meu at Camp Douglaa
has been appalling. Oi.e of oar prisoners es
timales that in the short space ol three months
there were over seven hundred and fifty
death1*. This, was caused by a combination
of causes,-the low. wet and marshy situation
of the camp,, being half in water ; the filth
and vermin of the place, and the long and
desolate confinement of oar men. In fact,
some of tha prisoner* who came up by the
last flag of trj?rje bad languished there for
nearly two yean, and their dejected, sorrow
stricken and emaciated faca* bore testimony
of more than all tbov told of their suffering.
The suffering to wbich our brave man have
been subjected-by the-demons is enough tn
melt the heart to to irs, {gran in the cold
winter, when our prisoner*- were talton, there
from the West,-in midwinter-they were
thrown,into prison with nothing more than a
pallet of wet straw as a bed, and without a
particle of clothing to protect them from the
cold and piercing blasts ; aad one who knows
anything uf Western Jife knows how feaffully
they sweep over the prairies. In all the cold
our men lay exposed to the atorm-cold, and
shivering, and benumbed. A ?old BROW storm
came, and tha result was that twenty-fiye or
thirty of our men actually froze to death: We
have this on reliable authority, and the ?tory,
is ?ijbstautially confirmed, iu every particu
lar, hy an account which we published some
time since from the Chicago.Times, * .'
On their way from the West, our prisoners
were still oij-cts of persecution anii.raaligni
ty of the Yankees, and were made to travel
two live long days without a morsel of food I
They left.at Camp Douglaa about two thou
sand prisoners, who were to be exchanged,
I and were leaving io bodieB of four and . five
[ hundred. It was hoped by our men that i
they would soon bo out of the-clutches1 of J
the demons who have lorded it over them
with a tyranny and cruelty worse than that
of the dark ages--Richmond Examiuer.
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ff, y acid that Secretory Menin: inger, whose
home iain C?a/h?a?*)n, aent word to Gea. Beaure
gard at tba time i-f m J ef pee ted attack,do let his
k-odee go if neoeaaary, hat ' that fee a?ogld expect
him io defend thc lot. Wo doubt not that' this.
WM bata tem expraetioa of tho General ?eati-j
tpjtui of th? c?tirona,
A^TJiua SIME'INS, EDITOR.
% WEDNESDAY, APRIL22,186?*
Liberal.-. .
M?jor VT! L. COLCHAN saliSuri??"? ttf^fwenty
copies of tho ?clvernter for the Edgefield sol
dier*-. uo cupy to be ?ont to each company for
?ne ten?", r ? , '.
Dr. Tl. PIVKICR conrriKutea 100 lb* ef<booon
.nd 8 bo shel? of meal for the benefit of soldier*'
families.
S li a tte r Ii c 1 cl Item s.
? Tko worthy P. M. (althoogh w? ?end onr pa
per to all district P. Ma. grath) i asiste upan pay
ing the subscription price. Thank yna.
He says : .' Farmers are busily at work piar t
v? corn-very few planting cotton-whoat a ad
oats are backward but look promising."
Bear With ue.
It becomes our painful part to'beg the readers
of the Adrtrlittr to bear with us in our extremi
ty for paper. We have patronise I only the Bath
Mills fer a number of years. It was our own dis
trict establishment and we stuck, to it without va
riation. It was kind and lib?ral to ii? ic return.
But it bas hoon destroyed, while an order from us
was in process of manufacture. We were just a
litte too late; and it cannot be helped. What
wo ore to do, is a matter of ".oubl a? yat. Wo
have applied everywhere, a?d hope to 1 make ar
rangements to continue a full sheet We bespeaks
the indulgence of our friends in these unexpected
and difficult straits.
Weather.and Crops.
The past week bas been cleat, genial and calm,
-eminently adapted ! t farm purposes. The
wheat and outs look well, and corn is coming up
tolerably. Ground bas been in good. order for
plowing and farmers have made the most of ii.
Irish potatoes are generally up and growing. Eng
lish poss ere in full bloom-eoatepodt nearly full.
The woods are white with dog.wood blossoms and
pink with hoaeyjueklua. ,. The leaves of the oak
are "forming rapidly, anti even the walnut is bud
ding. Tbe wild crab perfumes the air, and the
thermometer IIOB reached 6 4?.
The Duly Confederate.
We aro late ii:. acknowledging an. exchange
with this new and promising paper. The negli
gence was unintentional, lt affords na pleasure
uuw tf> testify to its.worth, and Uv mention the
Confederate nt one of the lucky journals that
have enough paper to continue publication. aa
usual, despite tho Bath Mills disaster and the
growing scarcity of matoriels.
Congressional Quietude.
How little da we eyer bear of Congrats these
days.' What ia the matter? And why is that
body remaining al. Riebmond from week to week
?ut lilentio ? We suppose they are the grand
-conservators of tho public weal, andar? on the
lookout coatiaually to prevent error in the admin
nitration of our affairs. So be it. But really th?y
irs s v.rjr sedate ?et of fei'.ows. If tb ey would
mix in just enough spice lu their proceedingi tc
attract attention once a week', that would do. We
dont crave bunkum extravaganaas, but only a
little life and ?est to relieve the heavy moaotomy
of Congreasional hatching. Dont ??< always,
Jump off and estile now and then, by all that'i
merry.
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Mr. Garliugtua's Resolutions.
The following are the resolutions upon the cur
rency to which we alluded in our last issue. They
teemed to us altogether right and proper, and wt
voted for them gladly. They were bowover kill
ed in the Senate by the rejection of the 3rd ol
the series ; the mover then withdrew the whole
of them. We submit to the people of the State
that they may well consider tho matter in theil
primary assemblies. Wo submit to the aoldien
of the State that they also might with effect give
utterance to thoir sentiments in the premises. Wc
are persuaded that (he voice of tho people wjll
be almost a unit in favor of the entire Resolu
tions ; and that voice should now be outtpeken.
Tbe Legislature may moet again before long-nc
one knows-and by the time it does moot thc
popular branch should ascertain and carry oui
the will of the peoplo on this important aubjeet
The Senate tbon will soarcoly opposo that ex
pression of sentiment on a question like this.
The loll.wing districts voted for the resolutions,
vis : Union, Newberry, Lancaster, Orangeburg,
Pickens, Chester, Tork, Spartanburg, Fairfield,
Edgefield, Greenville, Marion, and St. Paul'i
Parish. It will thus be seen that the up-country
went almost in a body fer tba resolutions. The
senators from Andorson and Abbeville were ab
sent, and there is a vacancy in Laurena. Other
wise we believe the resolutions would have been
easily passed. Aa it was, it will be seen that
senators representing tbp bulk of the people
went for t hem, but were defeated'by those repre
senting a minority. We therefore say, it ia not
an expression of sentiment which the State will
countenance ; and we trust there will be an out
burst of copular opinion, especially in Charlea
j ton ead Columbia, despite the contrary influea
ces of money-dealers and timid capitalista.
But to the resolutions :
Resolved, I. That the success of the Confede
rate Staten of America, in the war now waged
against tb sir rights aud liberties, and the estab
lishment o' their independence on a aura and per
manent foundation, sire intimately connected with
the measures that may be adopted to sustain their
oredit
Meeolved, 2. That in the opinion of this Gen
eral Assembly the ab lity of the Confederate Gov
ernment to redeem, ultimately, all its debts and
obligations, depends solely upon tho solution of
the question of the Independence ef these States,
which can now ii? longer be regarded a doubtful
issue, if tin people remain true to themselves,
and steadfastly adhere to the great principles for
the maintenance of which' they ' ?javo 'pledged
them?i?1ve?, their li vos, their fortune?, and' their
sacred honer.
Jfeeolved, 3. That any attempt to depreciate the
currency of the Confpdprato Statps by refusing
the same in payment of dobta, or by any other
means, while it exhibits a want of .patriotism and
fidelity to the cause in which we aro engaged,
has a direct tendency to imperil the liber tic.? and
independence of these States, and should be dii
oountanced by all good and true citizens.
Resolved, 4. That it is the duty of th* States
of the Confe ie.rs.cy, acting in their own sovereign
sphere, to ac]opt all constitutional measures which
will have tho cflout to sustain the credit, of the
Confederate Government, abd to proyide against
tho deprecia) ion of its currency.
Resolved, i. That it be referred to the Com
mittee on thc Judiciary to inquire and report as
to the constitutionality and expediency of .an
Act to authorise and compel all public officers of
this State, charged with the reoeipt of .monovs,
eithor for the Slato or 'udirLdp^togyqige the
Treasury Notes of the Confoderatav State? when
tendered; and, also, to compel creditor*to receive
?aid note? in payment of debts, when tendered,
on the penalty for refusing, of being debarred
from collecting tbo interest which may thereafter
accrue on ?uo'i debt, and, also, frota bringing
suit in any of the Courts of this State for the col?
ieution of the lame, within two years after a rat
ification of peitoe between the Confederate State?
and the United State?.
" Letters from Bragg's army- state that our troops
are anxious to enter Kentucky once more, In or
der to give tb? people?of Middle Tennessee a
chane? to raise their crop?.
?ST Tba Georgia Legislature adjourned on
(ha Utk .
the Cottob t?W'-' - T
. Onr friend and : eu re sen tathra, .who a pp mrs in
'print thia week, will pardon a famar* ar two-psr
coti?ri?'. * " L
Why argue about what a?l, admit? Noone
has objected te th? original la? limiting the pre
duotiot of cotton. It .?a? limited tV rh ree aerea
iu January (tho right timo) and'the principle aud
the pulicyiuedac ta? poqalut-'eir^umstances of
(nae ca?? were agree J to. Th At action wa/ cha riff;
I er?d fiual'iu the nutter, ana* In April p<jo?!?
! weat'lo piad ting ?om? eutUn, auapoatag it rigljr,
j when th? Jbag?laturo suddenly'iays, ?top, plow
,-up those iced, plant the laud ip aomething" elie,
or iu nothing if y?u'tik?-ploaritjip ?tall events.
This was short, ?rusty work, hut doubtless the
good po, pto are obeying the-Executive Legisla
ture as they did tba' Executive* Council. Ia'-"all
our lighter Bolla" thia measure wi]] necessitate thi
planting of. eora at lcaet six wanka later thain il
ought to bar? been planted, thereby ricking th?
whole , of it in the .intense summer heats. Ot
the wat, c; ld, erawfisby landa it may work wal!
enough. Ton ii.jur? on? maa eeriously by thc
meaaure; you do no harta tV.the .other. Call
you 'iii? ?quality ? Call you it tqaar* and fair !
Call yon it "looking at things aa they ar? ?"
The member lelia'na that tba small'fama
are .deserted and na ?ul ti rand. Th is nay be tra?
to some extent,-and the law of January waa ia
tended to provide for thia triad other danses o
scarcity by rn akin g the production of corn equa
b<? ia tho State Last year many planted largelj
in calton and bad ?o corn to ?pare. Tba Legis
lalor? feared that this Blight bo the esta again*
and. therefore legislated so that all planters ti
[?ali neighborhoods should plant very laruely rt
com. Why could we not wait and try tho law !
There cannot ba a doubt that'enough would ban
bean made under it for all our purposes. Aa u
the needy families of soldiers, 'they must an?
will be provided for. They art provided for b;
special enactment.
We ara all. as anxious aa the jnembsr froa
Edge?cli that the poor should aot suffer. Bi
how you propose to avert thia- Buffering by inter
rupting tho whole planting interest at a critica
period of tho cropping year, we do aot yet- un
denian J. The plentorj may make a little mor
corn, but it will not compare iu value with th
cotton he would har o produced. Your law, with
out materially increasing the corn crop; ceaald
orally diminishes tho farmer's resources, and, b
consequence, his ability to help bis eonnlry an
his needy countrymen. Bear ia mind all tb
while that a law *? already in existe HT in ob?
dience to which betas' planting from thirteen t
sixteen acres of cora to the hand, whieh woul
be at least thirty two aeres bf corn to tho hors
-in atenr cases mach moro. What moro cool
you reasonably ask'of th*, hort*-we say nofhin
of the. farmer. Yoi you impose upon; the poo
dumb laborer two. more acres to be first plante
and thea pl ow? J in corn,-and every farm?
know? the difference, td the horte, between cult
rating cora and cotton. This will require highe
fooding for tho horse, and tho additional cor
thus consumod, first during the crop-makiug an
thea afterwards to mend np the overtasked hac
-this corn, wootey, and the cotton ??cd lost-fe
it is of no account for manure putin uukille
and barely covered bo nea th-the surface-this cor
and cotton seed, we say, counted with the probt
ble loss in production by the faroterbeiag throw
oat of his labor calculations at a very prolate
season of the crop-year, will, all together, oana
any increased abundaace y?u propose te attai
by your untimely legislation.. How then is a
this to benofit the poor or anytpne else ? Is th
what you cull " looking at things at t hoy ar??"
But the army must have bread wa are told, am
we would add, ?hall and te/// have bread. Pres
dent Davis says tho army has an abundanco i
bread. The Georgia Legislature rejected tl
proposed limitation on cotton the other day by
lurge majority, because upon comparing nob
they found that this hue and cry of famine hs
originated in the towns and villages where thc
wanted corn (already the cheapest commodity i
market) to become still cheaper, aad that, in pnii
of fact, Georgia already held more corn tbs
there was transportation for. They therefoi
hootod the cottou limitation. Tb? President ?ad
eates that the difficulty of transportation is a grei
one, and wo doubt not bis appeal is inteadc
specially to urgo those States nearest the front
do all they can in raising heavier supplies tba
they have done for the last year or two. Yet I
does say that the army is on thert rations in i\
article of moat. This is unfortunate. Bat ho
does yoUr ootton limitation proceed te remedy it
Say that a little more corn will be raised,-do?
.that necessarily increase the meat ? By no mean
The farmers would have fattened all the hogs I
te be fattened, under the law of Janaary;-the
pan do no more under tho law of April. "Rut Bl
der the law of January they weald have addc
somewhat to tho ?nly article of ?achango (Cottor
whieh can, should the worst come to ?he wore
induce meat, like other things imperatively calle
for, to run the blockade -But wearegoingfurtfat
than we intended. Of the cotton estimate onere
by jur member, we regard it greatly exaggoratec
That article boa been leering the cpuntry ia rar
out channels throughout the war. It is ?till doin
so. ' Speculators are buying it up and putting
off by every opportunity ; and ne maa ?an ns
make any calculativa of the Cotton ia the eountrj
We only know that cotton goods are already dis
tressingly high and likely to advance much high?]
especially under such legislation as the law c
April ; and we caution gentlenen that in chea;
ening bread they may doubly enbanee the cost c
olothiog.
In conclusion and to cut the matter abort, w
desire td express onr regret at finding .our ast?eme
representative reduced to such extrema ruppori
lions to sustain bis argument. First, he suppose
a terrible drouth, which may a kind n?aven fora
fend ! Next, he supposes defeat by our armiei
which, ia tb? present aspect of our good cause
we can hardly imagine. And, itally, be ruppnse
that, in addition to feeding our own people ant
our own armies, we may alto have to feed th
Yankees ! I !-and this, in the language of SMO>
in the Ethiopian melly-drammy, we " can'l fpo*
no hov yu? eon fir itv*
Jlamburg Items.
The Augusta Cuintitutionalitt, of the 21st, sayi
? A man was run over by a train of . cars, on thi
B. 0. Railroad, in Hamburg, on Saturday nigh)
lust, and bad bis band cat off.
Yesterday afternoon, a party of men were hand
ling a piato), when it fell front the hands of ont
O?' them,'the buckshot with which it was loaded
passing between the legs of two of the party and
entering tho ankle of the third.
A'ter diligent inquiries, we hare been unable tc
learn the naines of either of'the injured parties j
but understand they aro not dangerously hurt."
Bags ! Raga !
We want Rugs- Cotton Rags-Linen Raga
olean Rags, and if we can get a plenty of Raga
he oan keep tho Ad vcr titer afloat until-the war
on da. Bring on your Raga pod help aa to koop
tbs Advtrtitcr one of the fixed institutions of. the
co in try. ^ -
The enemy bare aurreudered WiHUmaburg,
Va-, to our forcea, who were greeted by the peo
pl? of tho ancient town with narko 1 manifesta
tions of de?rlit. A conaiderabla cum ber of con
scripta and contrabands aero -?r? ted by ?ar
Di
ll
WBBf - mst i v.III iggp
I: Tb* Richmond pres?; UglUta Chre-niclr,
and n{ther paper*, ,h.iTe^he?n,fnr,aome time hpot-,
Ing tho Me* of any ?ooh sp, lt ?tr the Nurth West,
ern S tatet ss will redound to' th? benefit of tba
j ?outnerri'.eioee. ' .The J?poile /?ej??i?r ?o-des upon"
I the matter in a different light aud rejarjs with
I jrroat hep? the upbearing ef tbs deuiucrttie op
1 position ia thal' par'ti?? if the bf?; ??ioay TV?
Keyisur (?M the question from a better sun.'
point ?ad is tdoiihriese-tniire jei-rreetly-vinfmpied
upon tbs rael prestht santiment'&f fW democratic
mass?s uf the Kurth West, ll would seeui tu 1>?
beyond ?-doubt, that hostility to-Liscoi.s'a "al-,
ministration is Steadily on the increase io '.hat
part of tho ape's'daminibbb. 'But, say the RieH
mond papers,. ,rkU does'not mean, friendship to
wards th? Sooth. - - Whatever, it may mean, it i.? a
practical aidirijf and abet tin e"of the Pause o? the
South, aa J U at least thus far 'tb be accvp ted sis a
propitious-wind ia ou.- s ads. And., when we look
Ki the-m>iny substantial reasons for ronowed-friead
-ahip ahd'amity between* ibe'Sea'th adifahe "North
Vent, it cannot surely be unwise to ciwttr?o these'
anti-Lincoln - d?monstration s into a pusi tire fa
raring o^ Son th ern rude pendene?. We hare or?r
thought, and ?till think, that there it a bright
light to beam upon us from the Democrasy of the
North West Tbs thunderings of popular senti
ment which reached'us some weeks ago hara died
away fur the nonce, only to. eosae with, resewed
power upon .th? second ire. Let OS look for it
and hope for it;-to de so, ia no distrust of oar
own ability to ?onquer oar ind*pendenc6 ;?-it ia
rather an'incentiro. to strike such quick and ter
rible blows sis will secure tko friendship and fix
tho embryo policy of our natural ulliei beyond
peradventure. In tho mean titre, let the North
West be given to undsrsund that,the South, while
?ho courts ne aid, is ready to accept sue j over
tures'of alliance as shall not be incompatible vi th
the independence of the Southern Confederacy.
Vor the Advertiser. *
To the People of Edjrefield District.
1 j FELLOW Cmiaas :-The President of the Cos
federate States has addressed the people af Di?
Confederacy, upon the subject of the subsistence
ef the people, and tho army. He has distinctly
informed them that the only danger nott to be ap
prehended, aritos from the wqMt ot food for the
poor at home, and for the tolditri in the torvice
of their country, lie telle them that the a rwy. is
put on Tm If talion ? ; and We presume that tho
poor .at home, have no ration*'at alt, if we may
judge from the recent food riots in some pf our
principal cities. He administers a rebuke to specu
lators who are eonoernod' in the Ca?talioa.of the
general distress,, and calls uppn the people to
unite.their energies and efforts - for the prevention
of the only danger that not? menaces the indepen
den co of the Young Republic.
You have then clparly before yoe fellow-oUitess
the means by which the. freedom of your country eau
be aebievad, and maintained ; and yon.non- know
by whose instrumentality, thia act can be accom
plished, and upon whom DOW rests tho solemn
responsibility of its failure or success. There are
only two elane? now successfully engaged in the
accumulation of wealth. And those are the pro
duca t and the speeulafori ; and npon those two
classes, depends the fortune of the Confederate
States. If the mere grovelling inttinet of gain,
should induce the farmer to plant cultivate, and
gather, his crop, solely that he may sell it out ol
his District, for a high pri?e, when there is. want
at home; or if substituting the cultivation ef a
more valuable product, for the purpose of gain,
he neglects tho production of the essentials of
life, that class unquestionably ia imimical in fact
to the best interests of tbe country, whatever may
be Ul intention* andprofettioni ; for it manifestly
abstracts from it, the necessary elements of exis
tence. Upon the farmer then rests the miserable,
and unhappy, or fortunate termination of thia
war. Our arms are successful everywhere ; and
our enemies are only jubilant now at the prospect
of our subjugation by starvation. The issue it
reducod to a singlo point. The fixation of the
responsibility ort a definite elute is certain. Lat
no man hcreaftor of that elan pretend to have
beon ignorant of tho knowledge or meena of suc
cess. The idea of individual yuin, or Money sid
king during fAa*? iror it to-be abandoned at incon
tinent with National tuteen, lt il ineoniittent
with patriotism. The channels of nearly all of
the industrial occup?t io usare im pe dod, if not dried
up. The few cannot batten upon the misfortunes
of the many. The farming intertitt art aluna
protperout. There is an imperious demand for
the necessaries of life, and the superabundant
mosey of the speculators, seeks that channel of
investment. Uence among other things, tba high
pt ieee of provisions. The desire of making mosey,
eauiei uteri to be regordUi* of the poor mt hone,
and forgetful of the tolditrt abroad. Every emt
added to tko price of proiiiiotu, in tht prtttnt
criiii, retultt from At co-operation of*the produeir
and tkt tptculmtor,-limit! tht benefit!, obtainable
by the loldien from their pay,-incretutttkt diffi
culty of living, by their familiea at home,-aug
menta the expenses of Government,-calls for a
renewad expansion of the currency, which result?
in the natural abd unavoidable inflation of
prices,' by which alone the producers and the
ipectdutort are bene fitted. Are not'tbe producen
then concerned in the elevation of prices, and
are they not die only class in the country beoefit
ted ; whilst ?Pf eu'alert ia ct fi??, toicui, and villages
are the other?
So long aa the organ of acquisitiveness pre
dominates in mankind, the laws ol' our legislators
are mere" brutum fuimen," passed by an inexpert
body, to operate upon ob ects in regard.to wbte.b
the Loghdature cannot be said to be experta. There
it no remedy by legit lat icu for the evils tinder which
we labor. The remedy it atone in the sterling ?integ
rity, lofty patriotism, and religivus devotion of the
farmer* of the (?late to the cause of freedom. To
them the appoal of the President is properly ad
dressed ba the arbiters of their rou u try 's destiny.
To them Sre appeal in the name of the army,
where their eons, brothers, relativea and folio w
eitixeni aro battling for the. aaored and inherent
rights of man ; without even the neeetaariea of
life ;. amid the privations and hardships ol winter;
naked atii hungry. To them wu appeal in tne
name of tho decimated and heroic Regiments that
have borne proudly aloft the ensigns of tho Re
public ?mid the Storni of battle. To them we ap
peal in the nairne of thc im-aortal, dead, whose
bones whiten the banka of the Potomac, and th0
fields of -Shiloh and of Mnrfroetbcro. To them
we appeal in the name of those mutilated soldiers
whose bruised arma are bung up for monnaient* J
of thoir prowess in deience of their country. To
thean we appeal by the broken hearts of the aged
mother, and tha youthful wife; and above all, to
them we appeal ia the name of freedom, without
which life is despicable, to arouse themselves to
the grandeur of the part they are called on to'
perform, that they may be able to "nat to tba
height of thia great argument." Upon their ac
tion in this matter, hangs tba destiny of the Con
federate States. What a K.agrji?cont pnrt ita thia
great Nation si Drama, farmers of South Caroli
na, devolvesupoa you to perform ! Shall you bo
weighed and found wanting? God forbid.'
PETER THE HERMIT.
---^-?r
At Tampa, Fla., on tba ?7 th nit., a boat co try
ing twenty-five men, which was aent ashore te
steal negroes, wu?j^WfiOg H*?*** frith
eifh'taca aaaa,via killaia** bo? tao af
1 bo.fa vor-. o? ?I?! J*itT?t^?j?i.fafn"A.fa9.*
Run tuisearried inborn* ir*y*iW ooljr eopae
U ?ur 9j*.i9^?n:ya?-^it't^'^*i "tl 'i-W-t'
too lau howeyer.to maka an.ijxtr^t^ahc^^n?jba.
latei ?nd pcThj.pt the present) ..-dispositiun cf our
forcee fri that^Hfy/'iSay? o?r^'RobeT" Wands'
. We Kara. r^T.iatJ'?fpP.^* ?fi^jP^jJ
nAauj?tji.? ' jeiy iMefflawit 9fMj?Sj^aS^^
? lli-??omn?a?deo^
tir?jjjfjeaiit^^ F? r?$u;
?lar?.Ju tho .wbtldj-XKey atc' dip.ola^W?aUin^iii
'ArlUl?ry et' ChV^^'.^^^^'^f^^?
aoe?.ajad ib^ boetJboriieB^I ^V?WJ^JW-JW?
-le * yW":-AiM*Y. foyalry'.Jt?*)C"^
6 th kegt. S.'IC. Uv-A94^*^lE^^?^fer^^
.lath SVO.' R^meufc ^l.kMc?^?.ubi), '-yy?ry^
effi?iont'eorps ;.~a?d lfaLaoV?j Ba^liim ?.r ?igbt'
Ci.ac pani??- a analj'driH?d c?roj, yerj cm??hu-"
thnj offieWri.Mrjr e$pe/ior.., *TM .?ifc? ^NaLeos?f ,
(bruthru j dekervo special notice ; the alder'Col:{
:tho younger/ ^'djatMt^raV^^t' iof.ili?**r?r?"
but in valu ah? o .traitof; jeepb-g iiD^iiod drfllkud
strict disciplina-with.uniform 'kiaJdkVie^ a?l/that'
?re under'ibem-^a?a? ! how -few1 j^nWs'il'J Tog.
know 'Capt.' J. H.. B>?pki fri-ni..our ?X?i.atrifl elf
tacQed^ie^CompahyJ.Jb,' thia "Batof?jhyjaeVie ?a'*
excellent officer and u'; good man?g?r; DU Cu', ts
In AM'order and will inake their" ?ark wheo, call
ed on.
- For th? Advertiser.
Different in Taine*.
MiuJtoffoBr?iny pri?B^heli?ra thal thar
high price* at preeent ruling the taatket'a'ra pro
dueed exchuiraly by s tcarcity ot the seeesiariea
of Iff?. The following extract from i. -late Char
les ton paper will probably disabuse tie mind? of
?sand^f. this nat?o?.. Other.e*?e??.ot" ?'.Oerm*-.
no-Judtie e h s rac te r -o pei at? more i mxiedia lefy Ja.
thia dlreetion. :~ ~ Ahlk'Sarra*.
" A gentlesaaa iately was porcbaaig in O?C pf
tbe King.itnet shep? a?cat, which perhaps might
hare commanded eight dollars int ordinary tim?:
lie waa asked forty duller?, and 9ataaiog. o'lat tne
money he ahtiwed fir? gold dollars. W i th a-glar.ee
like th?t of.? vulture j ver a far earea ia, fhe se?er
of the. coat- nager];r remarked, pointing to -the
gold; " Give mo dat and dake do eoat,"
In another case wo are told, flour, for which
se von ty-fi vu doliera in bills was asked, was offered
for ten dollars in specie. How far can such things,
be earned IS.*
Fer th? Advertiser. . -
The Bdgafield Tillite Aid Association graU
fully acknowledges tba receipt of tho .following
donations. 17ron. Miss Emily Bagaes, 2 pre. ot
socks; from Mrs. Jebe Ba?aafbrd 3 pre. of soaks,
and ? large hank of very superior eeviag thread,
spun and given by an old negro woman., eighty
years old ^belonging t*Mr. J. D. Johnson.
MRS. ANN; GRlTFIN.'PBfla
Mil. Vfw, QOODKAM, Se ?'ry A Treas'?.
Seymour*, dofoiit in Connecticut causea gmt
rejoicing among the Aboli lion iaU and war De?
ocraU.
Soven thousand negroes hsvo been set at Work
fortifying Island Sa. 10. ia tbs Mississippi. ,
LATEST. ; ISTEWa.
Late from tb? North and Weat.
JacKIOX. Misil., April 20.- Gen. Chalmers has
gallantly repulsed fuur thousand Tan kier, com
prising cavalry, artillery Sad infantry, upon the
Coldwater. The enemy retreated In great haste
and-confusion, Chalmers pursuing energeticaily.
The road's were very heavy. Cur men'behaved
well, though many wore for the first time under
fire. The .enemy's leis ii unknown ; ou r lon, caa -
killed and six wounded.
A apeeial despatch to the Appeal, states'on au
thority of the Cbicsgo Time? ?f.- the Uth, that
there will bo no ?inmediata resumption of hoe
tilities against Charleston.
The Chieago Times says that the entire Monitor
fleet ie U he sent to tbe Mississippi river.
Gov. Curtis, of Pennsylvania, offers twenty
tkootand militia to protect Washington.
From Mississippi.
JACK-OX, April 20.-A dispatch from Grenada,
the 20th, says that tho Mississippi at'Aujtiu hag
fallen elsven feet below th* highest point It fell
twenty six inches, April 19th.
Gunboats, with tran ?pert?, towing flat? er pon
toons, with skiffs, have gone down tbe rivet.
Gen. Cl almo rs is numbing ga ?oU#boqia .witb
a feroe of infantry and artillery. He ie on the
north side of the Cold irater.
Opening of the ball in Tennessee.
Special le the Montgomery ?deertii?r.
Wa are indebted to Col. W. Hannon for th? fol
lowing dispatch from Tus.-umbia :
TcscuaatA, April lil.-There was"hoary Ighl
mg yenterdey west of Itere. Your regiment, Rod
dy's, Julian's and Baxter's battailous wara all ea
gaged. They fought ail day, and campad withia
one mile of eaeh ether last night. Ten miles wau
of here the en? m y harn firaregimanta of. cavalry,
two of infantry and ten piece? of artillery. W?
whipped them yesterday, killing a great many,
and capturi ng 1/30 prisoners and two piece? af ar
tillery. Tba fight la expected to be " ron? wed to
day- .
.'...-?..' ' -, . MI. i . . ;. - . <,
Virginitf.
Military ?jfeifj la Virginia are becoming in ter
aat'ing. I_
Svsf3Lg.-A Captain a?d vweiva ptivates
wounded at Bnffolk arrived-at Richmond od Fri
day. There is ne official news from that point,
but a courier from Gen, Lengatcoed (says the |
Petersburg Bipreei) s tute? dat Suifylk ?ss com
pletely invested by our forces at dark eb Tuesday
ereniaf. Every avenue'of ice^esa'end afreta
was Occupied hy our treops.' The track6 af the
Spabeardand Norfolk railroads, ia rear of Suf
folk, had been lora up : ?ion too ns had been thrown
aereas the Naasemend river ; and eligible peti
tions occupied hy our hmtry gana, ia the event of
any attack by-the euomy'e gunboats. It wa? not
known that Gea. Longstreet'intended to niakeaa
effort to carty the enemjr's fur utica ?ions 'at 8o.lT
folk hy direct assAult. Many ?re of the opiuion
that,' by cutting off his IU pp I ist tho g-arrisen at
Sutfeik' must speedily' capltblgU^. y^\t?u?g- "ti
aroid any unnecessary effusion of hlood, Gen.
Longstreet viii resort to thia expedient. .
The courier further t ?puris that we bad en
countered two of the. enemy's gunboat? ot: the
Nanaeaoad tirer, and.tbat one of them waa der
jtroyed and the other retteated In'a crippled coa-'
dition. It ls ?tated by those who have recently
been in Su ff di:, that the one my have no for ti:!o?
tioha on the ^ortaiaoath ?ide, having aerar anti
cipated any attack from the rear, and beHaring
that the Dismal Swamp on that aide waa Impene
trable. If thin be io, anil oar fore;s are ia the
rear in jujythisg-llke formidable numbers, we may ?
bo prepared to hear of the capture of Suffolk et
any moment.
KaLLT'aFoan.-Twcatjcprbtoncrs have arrived
at Richmond, taken in tho fight at Kelly'* Ford.
It s oem s that tho enemy vr ere repulsed fit* suc
cessive times ia their efforts to cross tho river,
and finally gara up the andartaltiog. Their loss
estimated lit from twenty ito to thirty ia killed
and ?ro?aded, bethlee "thole captawd.' We hud
only oae.tpan alightly wounded.
Ta? -Tawsn JUrrASAaxoc*.-A fight took
place aa Wedaeaday, at Beverley's Pord, oa-the
upper Rappahannook, which resulted in the sig.
bal repulse of Um enemy aird the capture 0f twen
ty-one of their troops, including one officer.
> It ik believed (hat this and other demonstra
tions upon tho forda of th? IUpp&barjrjock, ar?
Vtsadni is - *"-T u *"* 1
>eli?vo it..- rivBth cunld ba coBquarcd bj tb?
(?ord, but ?rora pej^tryrr ciipjdeqt . tho rtbbll
.un w^n'.d be ittirv.4 K'ti ia a jew mora. ?
; Farrants i:< P fruir-rs ; no stronger argaanatrt ia
'a vor- cT -yo a r tfcaadrn g ?H y on r ?o sr;i?a: to t?re.
aorfc?rr?bji?j. t"od proritior. '(.-?ni thia. ycer^
than tho atora littla extract. Our foe, a* tb*jv
l?n't bast aa ?n the bat:Ir-ftold, mean to invesi
af-?eal ump from the world ai tig'ht^Vewaaj **
-ami starve us .j?t " Tait.esnrioi'ecci'-m- .
pUsh ifyna dw ynur-da'y-. Le? ir nui-be 8^4 th?V
our enemies stu-eecded io ?cy ?f thjeir nefarious
designs through-vont lick of- en'er^t afil patrte
**** ' . . :-? -!.-*!
'??<.l-..,; .. _-i .. ... -
: jg^^V^i?sjV^ ?je?jV^T^i^iiBf ja .
aa -atablbhinrntr ic this elly, -nearing \hut a com--',
pany-wif-re-b* -Tajjesj-for aarriea at Cfcsirhstaa, .
for and doing th* aitiok. asked fear?- of his si-- '
phyr*c??omktfWt oa?^iW<*.w^iiet?<?a^
rd to, a? b is dihor wait- more in,rM7iiu>t. ta the -gor- ?
.rnment 11hbWrhtp. lb the arm*: -Erin did not
so ^i^^j^^
for twenty monta; and. ita. d-H? 68Jifa, j
a litt!?r ?iVjrsioo C^?r3iaftf^f r*B??J
-""? ?.'-??-or? i'cd? tvrr-?^.!, o. 'n?'.f .t^u,.-!
i MsuRisn. at ?dgeir?ld.0.-?^on-Tqefds;
lng, Apnl 14th, by Rev. 1. R.-JiwaUney, .
?8. TOM Pr'IN?; oj Edg.toldjjsnd,J?ri'a^L.\
IS ADORA, eldest ; ?mogater o? the., Ute
Sn*cm, oL garles to?, S.-Q. id Lc*
' tfi a rs, of Fp?smbdio "Croup, Marsh id 15?^
TH OA? AB -CHESLY, 'eldest ewtf Of-W.? 'J.-ami-.Jt ;
B. Vt KL LT, aged ^ ydsrs,'- 10-menths-?nd J days. 1
The -teil destroyer death' freq?en ttyr ses in tb hr .
ease, telects for his victim &?. ?CounsT^ buaitifteit.
und most interesting of tl?- 1ilt&- ftbek: LiUle
ToUMT.np V> this t?m.?httd ?cJC??ly knowrv whatef -
was to be rick- : r-ut ko waVaMockedwuh -th*tcruet .
said often tats,! disease tad in a'frfvS - short - bonn . '
after wa? snatched, from tho fond ?ia brat o'Cf *
laving mothar' and'alt absem father; ?od -'taken to
tho world of r pints. 'Yes, fcadpurenCs tbe>pftit
of your loraly and aiBctionatt iittle -??Vis
in Heaven. Our blsmcT Kedeetn'er- said ^'luffe*
Hui? cbildrrn to corns unto-rn?'- an*, toroid-them ."
nor, for ?if J doh is th t Kingdom of Heaven." If
he manifested ' such great anxiety and love fur
them while eoe ri m ber td with Sinful flesh, what
us?y we expect HU love for tba? to sss whats their
?pirits ?re presentid lo Him in - Heaven, ?Vestes? .
and mada white i? his-ow? precious bloiifc One
tie, 'afflict ecf parents, that BOTS nd y ott topear th tri?
bean ?ev? ed but-?ur?' -taure fc?U Leafc-AOdsd ht
II eave c. to en cou rugo-lind sfaau'latG. you toprepasa
k co meer him there'.'- Can y ou- not ^adopt ti*Uan-.
guage of th? inspired Poet Mtrfa^sft" ?
.'.'^2?oVlfVwi(sn ?onld^cajrjiiniV?esi, . ' " "
.WjTwould pcH .bare ont* j?r??g' sojn "
. Hrou?h i from, his av?jrLsstlug restj'-f '
Snatched from bis .heavenly Fatben brtast,'' '
- - .. . -.c . X-W'.IJ.. ., '
BENJsiMr^-C^aen of^itarir antt Sim. i
jKTH Dt'jcis, of tirsmiftvUTe; ?. C.," dlea'l^ii*
21st 1862, of wounds received af the battle <T
Frederlckebarg, ^a?n'cmberof'TC?'.'T, Trtt^leA.^
S. C. Vn) 6i,rn?? onl^lT'T-arsi -o?d.' H<r juitWl
the Church at the c?maienl-?i?ent of the war.
He was a taitbfa?soldier, a favorite "orarudr and
messmate," au d'was tho affect i ?.n ate sba wf ps rents -'
who ido?sod him. Tearing hiiayuir away fro'ei-'
the embrace* of hi* devoted parouts and"-brotberSr
he'presented himst-lf * "living aucrlfice" ep?*ii'
tho r"'-' wf-' - ^->~v-t- ??stt^a? ??A a^saa a
rad?
aiisure.L ,
and from the Ward A?isier we have some cf kif
last words ;' they*'weS; o?'Father and "oldthar,*
ot Home and ol' lloaren. Our lou is bis eternal
gain. Ho is numbered'with tboi'irwso rest frota
I their labors, and 'whose works do ?blU w them.
COMMERCIAL.
A ? G U?T A, A PR IL 2d.
COTTON.-Thor*bes boen- a fair demand fer
cotton during the past Weak,'with bat little doings
at stiff but unchanged prices? The tow isles hul
king range from 31) to 3 ? ceo ts ,1b.
Proclamation.
STATE OF S<kV.T?:Xl4,UO USA, "
EXBcuT^B PEPAB.TMES;^
., .-. . Coi,uii??b^lpri)
HSRJvAS, Abe pr?nent.- supply of prov.i.ioas,,
in this Stat? is. tjoeded ?or th? ?ub??3U?c?_
of the peopl? thereof ond the soldjerjof-tho Con
federacy thsretn : And where? it is 4%: -
pori int ta prrv)nt tho stipvf&tioa of the s?p>?
fw speoadasion'-;. - .-. . e--.1 ?; K-. J.-. ? yt ?
Now tbexetiu-o I, .?IILUBD3& L-BQNHA^
(iorvrnoT of Scntb Car^Lin?, ' by vino? of th? .
pow* r veil ?ri to mc under the (institut ian of thia
?tate, do issue this, my Proclamation, and, forbid.,
all parsons, fur the .space of thirty. tb>ys from this
date, from ci nor tin g. beyond thc-limits y f this. .
Stat?,- ?ny salt, baoon, pork, bepr, coro, uve?l,.
wheal, flour, rice, peas, o : puiaioea. .. Tbs follow, j,
i n g persons are ax cepte d, ! ri? : Qu ^rt erm as ter?,.
Commi??aneu, and Other ?gent*.?f tho Confed?r
ate 0 o var H Dion t pure bswior; provision? for th?
army, who mast- ex b i bi t satisfactory e V isie?e? of
their -oficial character and. authority ; ..personj
from ether Stans? who patcb?'0-fsr their jjf} pr j'-.
vate us? aod eonsumptlou ?nd ii'U t.r resale, who
atissil make Bath to that effectix,'..re 'be next saa?
istrat.o prev tom to th? removal, of the artieles.par
chased,. -w?icb .oath lbw m ag is t r i te. ahab, p reser ve ?j
and I urn i? b ; tor tho us? of ibo Solicitor of ibo
authority to pmrchaaa such prorisioas in bebaif ot"
juch countit-s, towns, corporations; or Soldiers'
BoardJiof JBLalisnf for puu.'iic asa-or foy distribu
tion at eus ts and charges., ?nd not Lr resale ,er
profit. . ? 4. ?
Sait made -by nonrcsiioDts and cargoes eater- '
in g our ports from abroad are al w exeept ed. -
It in ecjoin:d upon all sheriffs, magistraies and
con J tables, a&d all good ?tasaos, are appealed to,
t<i aid ia tba tmforaataaaA of thu. Frociama'?on,
and also of this Aot*f tba (len?r?l Asretabiy, ?n
titlad "Au iret- to enforce any ProciamaUoa, of
tho sSorernor. prvbibitioj; ?U^afportatcoa. of pro
visions," ratified tbe tenth day of April, A. D.
I?*?. ' . - ? . -M- ??) v-,
Given nader my band and. tha^aal..?/ fa*
B tate, at Colass bi*, this eljbteenth4*y^f
[L.a.] ApriL'sa.D* aaa tbousandt^in&JnnirM ,
. and siity-three. -, if.-L. BONITAH. i
W,*. H. Htfarr, Secrntary oi;Sjat?i [: : ?Lr,
Aprill 22 ? .'. 'jt- .' : ? ,16 '.
A C??d Lost or Stolen.
ALITTLE NEOBO G IEL, about three y ears
old, disappeared from my yard about SUD
?rn on Mondiy, the liih insw Sard .child wai .
r ithar light, rary whita uwfh, leg? rather more
crooked than those of moat children. - frlcjk- .?st |a
body. I will ?8,ti*fy.?ny persou.glyiog.sae \SS6j?l -
mation or tbp child'*; whereabouU,-and. OUl
H UN DEED DOLLARS for ?sr delivery to '??a
three miles north of Richardson ville. , -r " . ,
AprS? . ?t? ...
ALL ftamas ure hereby cnutiaacd.*yaiust trea- "
passing pu iny land lying in sud aear.ika
.orporato limits of Bdga?ald .village. Any ona
'aught trespassing thereon, in any respoct whaf*
iee vor, will be disait w iib; to. the f n ll extent or'tb?
aw. . . ....
Anr 2?, . 5t " H .
* ' - - MV -'s,. *N i ??v.'a*?f.t,jrs?eJ?
? I ' ? a I v .?.> n?-> . :
I?QTKO.r : ;!
VJKTE "WILL tahe-CoaiB?rafe ba*?Jk
Ff meat for all debts- duo the Firm ot Ham
Bund-4 Lurk, ot to either of us individually. .
CU AB LES BA SUI 0 ND,
, J AS. C. LARK. . -: ... ,
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