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BY SIKSISS, DURI80E ft CO._ The Soldier"* ??rr-rtrn of Home* BV J. JJ. UARRIt'K, ol' KKNTIJCKY. The battle fun ?rio iii? victory won, A gallant pcpioirec, And mino thu p?uuit of ' w"ll done/ The soldier's legacy At home I sword end belt resign, ?While yet my years are young, And now the warrior's fame ia mine, His praise is on each tongue. Tho march of many a weary day, The cold of many a night, My locks have given a tinge of gray, And made mine eye less bright; But still within my* bosom burns, The same Promethean fire, And bJll my heart oppression spurns; As in its first desire. Tho watoh-dog meets me at the gate, With kind familiar luok, And hearts*with joy my coming wait, That sad my parting took ; Each scene to view ss fresh appears, As when in memory set ; . The charm .life gave to other years, Hero sweetly lingers yet. My native land I hail onco rr.ore, With light and welcome breast, The paths in yontb, I wandered o'erj By mo again aro pressed ; Thc meadow, field, the plain, tho hill, Grow in the light of eve, And on yon stream the olden mill, Still loves its song to weavo. One chair I soe is vacant now, That was not so before, One shade more added to my brow, To life ono grief thc more; A liitle boy of tender years. Scarce in hts blossom }.:'._., Looks up so strangely when he hears Me call his mother " wife." Oh ! dcarost ono, of all most dear, Her love is still the s:imc ; The absence nf each weary year, But closer links her name ; lier eye that knows hut ono fixed light, Her lip butane sweol tmiie, On mino are ?et ns with delight, I clasp her form thu while. No m'>re at morn fr ito sleep I wake, To hear the bujrle S'tiiud : X'i more will wur'.? wild summons break, My dreams nf bliss profound;1 The birds f irlnejwill /wri-tly sing, >Vr mu thu iambk ns play, And every dawn fresh promise bring, Ci still a brighter day. Peace, like an angel's wiug wilt spreud, OVr al! our happy hind, ' And bivo uer gentle spirit shed, Dpu& my little b'ind ; I tics t with the'love of wifo and child, Will he uiy Kden bower, And thus the cares of life beguiled, Will p?vj8 euch Heeling butin Bu? ob ! the circle is not filled On* little fi iwe-r most (Mir, ty the ru io breath of wint-.-r chilled, N?>w blooms in softer ?ir; One bright star iu our in .ruing sky. That was too puru fur earth, Now glides a chosen sphere ou high, To which assigned ?ruin birth. One little fae-. I lonvcd to greet, Beams in our lu.mc no more, A voice that was so ei.fi and sweet, Is silent at the door ; One little mound the muro is penn, Out in tho church yard shmle, And o'er the ?pot an cvergreeu, By loving hands i-< laid. Moxrooitsar, ALA., February, 1*63. Pinces of Note in mississippi. Jackson, the capital of Mississippi, con tains about 10,000 inhabitants, and is situa ted on Pearl River, rbout forty-six miles east of Vicksburg, and about two hundred m'les rorth of New Orleans The Southern Mis sissippi Railroad, from Vicksburg to Meridian, Miss., and the New Orleans. Jack on and Great Northern Railroad to Memphis and the North cross each other at Jackson. Vicksburg is situated on elevated, uneven ground on the east bank of th?? Mississippi, about forty-six miles west of Jackson, and. by the course of the river, about lour hundred miles from New Orleans. Railroads are ; projected and partly completed to Shreveport, j in Louriana, on the west, and to Selma. Ala., on the east. The latter road (Southern Mis- j sissippi) crosses the New Orleans, Jackson and Northern Railroad at Jackson, aud the Mobile and Ohio Railroad at Meridian, Mis sissippi. Meridian is a small piace, 134 miles wes? of north of Mobile, situated on thc Mobile and Ohio Railroad, where it is crossed hythe Southern Mississippi from Vicksburg to Sei ma. It is about 140 tnilea ea^t from Vicks burg, and 94 miles east from Jackson. Grenada is situated at the head of steam- 1 boat navigation on the Yalabu>ha River, one ? of thc tributaries of the Y az-JO, and 113 miles north by east of Jackson, on thc New ? Orleans Jackson and Northern Railroad. Canton is a flourishing town in Madison . county. Miss., of which it is the county site, i It is situated on the New Orleans, Jackson j and Northern Railroad, about twenty-five , miles northeast of Jackson. Raymond is a village about sixteen miles j soHtbwest of Jackson, and about eight milps sooth of the tiorrtbern Mississippi Railroad, j with wb>'ch it is connected by a branch' road, 1 jfriq about the same' d-r.tance from'the 'New j Orleans, Jackson and Northern Railroad.' ' ' Okolona is a smill town in Mississippi, on I the Mobile and Ohio R-itlroa 1, al), ut ITU miles north northrast from Jackson, and about 73 a little i Orthofens: of G ton ida, and 20'0 miles, by the raHrond, from Mobile, and GI miles sou'h of Co.-imh. At pr?sent the cars on the Mobile an I Ohio Railroad do rot run beyond Okolona. Grand Gulf isa miall (own on the east tank of the Mississippi River, two miles be lo-./the mouth ol the Bg Bjack, and about G(f mile* ?oitthwest af .Jackson. Port Gibson isa fl Jiirisbiiig town on the Bayou Pierre, a small stream which enters the Mississippi ab-.ut le i tilde;) below the I Big Black, and is situ tted about "8 mil??? from the month of the Bivou, about 10 miles southwest from Grand Gull and t?5 miles southwest from Jackson. Port Hu?hH)ti is a UJXII of sotq? i ttportanue in the parish of K.aSt b'eiiciana, I/t., and is situated on the ea>t bink of thc M'.s-?-sip|>:, l?? miles above New Orleans, a -d about 2-J > below Vicksburg, by the c-mr-e of tho river, and is distant ab >ut 13(1 miles southwest of Jucknon by land. hiton Rouge is the capital of L-misian*, titia'edoii the east bntik ?>i tba Miss sMppi, 25 miles below Port llud?ou by the course of the river. Peat I R.vcr rise.s in tho Northern central part ol Mississippi, and flowing in a southerly r direct]'un past Jackson, a d?sunco of 250 miles, passes through Lake BVxgne into the Gulf Of M"X?'0. Yazco River ts a deep, narrow, sluggish stream, 290 miles lone fruin the junction of the Tallahatchie and Yallabu<ha (which f?>nn, tl) to,its rm.nth on the Mississippi, ubunt 12 railes alcove Vicksburg. In navigable quali ties, it is said to be .unsurpassed bj any river of tts size. Yalabusba River rises a little to the west ward of Okalona, and pursuing a westward course, unites at Lefioie with the Tallahatchie and forms the Yaz->o. lu the winter it is navigable by steamboats to Grenada on the N. 0., Jackson.and Northern railroad, adis taree of ninety milos. Tallahatchie River rises in the extreme Northern middle part of the State, and run tiing first a southeast and then southerly di ruction forms a junction with the Yulabusha at Leflore, about 100 miles by land, north of Jackson, and forming the Yazoo. Its length is about 250 miles, aud it is navigable to the mouth of theColdwater Creek, a distance of 100 mile?. Sunfiowpr River is a small stream rising .near the Mississippi river, and after flowine about 250 miles enters the Yazoo about 75 miles from ita mouth. Ric Black River rises in Northern Central Mississippi, (in Choctaw county,) and flowing about '?00 tulles in a southwesterly direction, passing between Jackson and Vicksburg, empties into the Miasis-ippi river two miles above Graud Guli'.-Atlanta Commonwealth. A Difference. Subjoined are extracta from three of the leading papers of New York city, as they ap peared in the Spring of 1861. The reader will notice a mai ked difference between the extracts and such as may have met his view of late, fruin the same sheets. Inslead of three months, three yenrs will soon have elapsed, and yet tlie '* rebellion" ns stronger now than it was then. Just hold your breath now, and read what follows: (From the York Tribuno.) " Tl'ey come, they come, the warrior braves of the North, with mudsills edged with steel ! Mirk this, ye traitors of the pJm and pine ! M irk this, sluveucrats, aristocrats, and kid ?iaj pers of human freedom ; the Northmen come like the wings of the wind ! In three Uti le-'months-taree brief sunny months of spring-from a faint white cloud which shall be s* en hovering over the South, will be vis tble the black-Soul of the Soulhern Confed eracy, going up to the God who punches guilt and treason. Mark it ! Take it to your heart ol hearts ! Like some hideous night mare your uivatn ol utopian, aristocratic life, shall go our, it may be in blood-surely in disaster and disgrace." (From the New York-Herald. u Our brothers nf the seceded States" had best act wisely, if they would act well. N . one in the Nor'h anticipates a longer war linn one or three, or at blithest six months. At the end ot 11uir period we aboil, in all human probability, beh.ild the carcases of the Confederate States hung from the dome ol i lie Capital at Washington, with Davis and Stephens on each. stile uf it, ins; ead'.of the living and triumphant folds of the Confede rate ling. We submit the case to the rebel War Department, it is not yet too late. A li'tle grace, a little patience, anti a great deal of mercy, await the return and repentance ol sinners." (Prom the New York Herald.) The war will end by the 4th of July. One column of 50,01)0 men to Richmond. Anoth er column of50,000 men to the heart of the valley of the Mississippi by Cairo. Still another column into Tennessee and Alaba ma, via Kentucky, starting from Louisville. A Gulf squadron at New Orleans. An otean lleet lHi?reCharluslmi. Thus, in three muitl's, the anaconda ?comph-te, treas n is squelched rebellion crushed, luw re-established, ordei reMorod, th-: Cn on reigns, and the .-tin and stripes float again in'triumph u'er the " laud ol' the free und the home of the bravo." ISot%- Straggler. On the morning a'ter the groat battle of Mauassn-i Plaina Sergeant-, ol'Co. A, lGth Mississippi Regiment, being barefooted, struggled off from bis command, IraferMiig tue battle-held in pursuit of a pair of shoes which some frightened Yankee, might bave thrown away in bis lli.'ht. Atter looking fur a lon/ Lime in vain, heat last saw a pretty gu'jj pair on the pedal extremities of a dead Yank'-e. He sat down at the feet of the dead Yankee, pulled off hts shoes and put them on bin own !eet. Aomir.ng the fit and cumpl? men ting himself upon this addition tu his marching abilities, mid with knapsack on hie* back and gun in hand, was about starting to over.ake his regiment, when ho observed coming towards bun a small squadron ol cavalry, all of whom, as it was drizzling rain, were wrapped io their large rubber or oil cloth overcoats. lt will be rememberel that the ci val ry are frequently assigned to the du ty of picking up the stragglers, and hence there is no good feeling between tbe infantry and cavalry. As they approached Sergeant -. the foremu?t one asked ; ,c What are you doing here, sir, away from your com mand ?" " Thats none of your business," answered the Sergeant. '.You are a straggler, and deserve the severest punishment.'' " It's a lie, sir--I um not a straggler-I only left my regiment a few minutes ago, to hunt mea piirof shoes. I went all through the tight yesterday, and that's more than you ctn say-for where were you yesterday when Gen. Stuart wanted your cavalry to charge the Yankees after we put 'em running? You were .lying back in the pine thickets and couldn't oe found ; but to day when there's no danger, 3'ou come "^ut aud charge other men with straggling." The cavalry man, instead of getting mad, seemed to enjoy this raking over from tho plucky little Sergeant, aud as he rode ou, laughed heartily at it. As the squadron was filing nearly past the Sergeant, one of them remarked ; h Do you know who you are talk ing'to;;:' : - '' Yes-to a cowardly Virginia cavalry man." ?I I' i : " No sjr-that's Gen. Lee." " What ?" ." " Ai.d his staff.'' " Ttundeiatioo !" With this exclamation the Sergeant pulled elf his hat, an 1 readjust ing it ov :v bis eye3, struck a double quick on the straitest line (or his regiment.-Paul ding Clanon. - ^ USE?L'L LIFS. OB NOMI.-An eminent divine, suffering under chro'r:c disease, con sulted throe physicians, wh > declore.d, on be ing questioned by the sick man, that, bia di? ?-ii-e wi.uld bo followed by death in a shorter tv lunger time, according to the(nunner in which he lived ; hut they unanimously advis ed him to give up his otlice, because in his situation, mental agitation would bs fatal tu bii|). ,l Jf J give myself to repose," inquired 1 he divine,'Miow T'mg. gentlemen, will you guaranty my bf.-?" S.x years," answered the duct irs. f And il I continue iu office ?" *. Three yetr* at m.?Bt.." " Yvu^ servant, eeti i lernen," he r plied ; "I shoulJ prefer liv ing two or three years in doiui; some good, to living six in id|t-n<-ss," -? ? Soldiers who regard qultli ol' tohacco aa ,; sweet morsel-," or th* fumes of the weed as redbh-nt of fragroct odors, will be pleased to Karn that Congress is about to provide for thc issue of tobacco rations. The Gascon. The following piece of g-tsconade ii [ieuoral Order of Fighting Joe to his i iver their in?lorious "forward nnd back Jhanoello.sville and Fredericksburg ii lowery month of May : HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THKPOTOMA May 6, I8i General Orders No. 49. The Major General commanding tende .bis army bis congratulations on its ach nent8 of the last seven days. If it has tccomplished all that was expected, the .ons are well knowe to the army. It ?8 i tient to say they were of a character ni >e foreseen or prevented by human sagt ir resources. In withdrawing from tho A ?auk of the Rappabannock, beforevdelive i general battle to our adversaries, the a hus given renewed evidence of its confid n itself, and its fidelity to tho principl epresents. In fighting at a disadvantage we would 1 teen recreant to our trust, to ourselves, ?nose and our country. Profoundly loyal on s ci o us of its strength, the army of the omac will give or decline battle wheneve nterest or honor may demand. It will >e the guardian ol its own history anc iwn honor. By ourf celerity aud secrec n?vemeut, our advance and passage of ivers were undisputed, aDd on ourwithdri iot a rebel returned to follow. The even he .last week may swell with pride the he f every officer and soldier of this army, av* added new laurels to its former rene Ve have made long inarches, crossed riv urprised tue enemy in Ins entrenchmer nd whenever we have fought we have inf d heavier blows tban we have received.' We have taken from the enemy five th< nd prisoners and fifteen'colors, captured, irought off seven pieces of artillery, i ilaced h/jrs de comfjat eighteen thousand of hosen troops. We have destroyed his dei ?lied with vast amounts of stores, darna, lis communications, captured prisoners w ti the fortifications of bis capital, and fil lis country with fear and consternation, ave no other regret than that caused by eath of our brave companions; and in I re an; consoled by the conviction that tl ave fallen in the no!iest cause ever submit u thc arbitrament of battle. By command of MAJOR GENERAL IIOOKER S. WILLIAMS, A. A. G. From Mexico. Tbe Brownsville Fiaj ot* the 2 Ith ult. 1 itcr news from Puebla, but not of the capt f that city by the French. That news is al est received hythe way of New Yo 'he Flog gives an interesting account of tratcgy of the French, which is highly p table to expect that thc French will hi ??session of the Mexican capital bei jug: Tb? news from Puebla Las rather tali he ?tarch out of the Mexicans. Gen. For ?id not ru>ii at the .fortifications of Puel ilin-lfnldcd, but rather every step was mat d, and guarded agaiostdisaater. Therepuli rhicii he is said to have suffered were h aasquerades, in which he presented one Ju o the foe while he had another for difiere turposes. Weeks before the fuht ho < lared his intention to take the place withe ny dis tal rous sacrifice of French lives, a vith h's immense artillery force it was e irely praciica'. with bira to have destroy he place without the b-^ard of un assau 'he whole programme in front of Puebla w oncftived and executed in the highest stj (.militarygenius, and it may result j hat the fight at Puebla will loree a peat ni Bolution. The design cf General Forey evidently w 0 strike a Cerro Gordo blow at Puebla, ai e has done iL Tho Mexicans were alluw i i? collect all their available fore?, they we ?lowed lo fortify every avenue of approac liey were sulfured to gain advantages whet y the troops were enthused at;d renden Oafident, and thor, they wet o attacked at e'eatcd in front, and when they were be rep.red to defend. Their entire rurce w iv i tod to the encounter, aud tbe battle w< lade under the eye <<T the command r ii hiif of the Mexican army, withins reseri 1 shooting distance, Sueli a fight >o won 0 insignificant victory, lt is the death bio' ) resistance, f <r n . anny that the Mexicat an bring int J the field will eyer ore fend t ice the fierce and desperate fire of the Frene, tidier?. Tbe campaign has not commenced in ea est in Mexico, and the cry is onward to th ipi tal. The delay at Puebla is such as t :ava the road open to th? Ingoua of hiapt ?un, and the fate of Puebla fil! rendar resit met* le-s active at the city of Mexico, 'flier un be no doubt, in view of recent evout* s to the success of Up: French, and if we or ; knew what the policy ol Napoleon w&31 H, we might just as well bc forming our cor act to meet the requirements of the impar al programo*}. -? ? ? GEN. MBAOOKRAKD THE IRISH.-In alette ?Maj, Gen Haue >ck, [which we fiud priutet 1 the .Baltimore Amerit an,) Gen. Mooglie il-s resigned |ijs C"ouip;|issioii, upon, the ^r-oum itu hjs com maud is reduced to a mere hand til, and that he eanuot recruit his brigade if course, he professes an undying devotion i the cause of the Union, and a desire tc ;rve it in any posit jen jn whi?h, he rnay bt laced- This fupt, taken Ul connection witt ie late lecture of ifichard O'Gorman, o hieb be spoke some days since, proves to u hat we had believed before, that the Irisl tizens of the Federal States aro outirelj ck of the war. The statements lately mad? f large masses of Irish immigrants temptec ver for tho purpose of enlistment, must ?erj?ore, have been immensely exaggerated fe have suspected sOt-und now vecord thc ?reeable news with much gratification, foi tree reasons: First, that thelr\?^ W(?re ^ est troon* %*?.?JJ vfankee annies; 6econd iat a check has beeu put upon the cruel nposture put upon that credulous people amely, that to fight for the Union was tr. ght againstjthe interests of England ; third tal our or y faithful Irish c?lia?ns of thc lonfederacy, fighting in our armies, will nc ?igerbe stung by tho bitter thoughts, at icy move into line of battle, that, in defenct f their"homes arid' their adopt d States, the) ill not have to slaughter such multitudes oi aoirbwn misguided kindred. At the first battle of Fredericksburg, Moa her lcd the desperate charges of his brigad? pm Murye'? Heights; and the deluded irish oldiery displayed a valor which did no dis redit to their nation and to their ancestry Jut they have enough of it, They begin tc usp "Ct that the repeal of one Union in Eu ope ia not likely t?r* be attained by forebe .nother Union in America. The widows anc bo orphans of their people will long tnourt ?y their denolate hearths thia cruel and ac ?uraed mistake.-Richmond Enquirer. A tax-payer, in North Carolina, tke othci lay remarked, that Iiis tax?s could uot havt ?cen laid ?d raturent, for he had paid only M,75 tor himself, and ?2 00 for his old yal er cur." Ile wants to know if that is accor ling to value. -?- ? Among other incidents ol the battle o Murin cabot o1, we ueurd of ot.e thu other daj it: which u soldier observed a rabbit lopinr. lerotw the field under a heavy lite. " Kui sutton-tail," he said, " If I hadn't got a repu talion to sustain, I'd travel too !" -+' ?a <? -- Mr. Hacket, of Savannah, has in operatior a machine lor weaving Socks. As au lrisl friend would say, " long may it waive." J?oiling a Colonel. ! There is an innat ? spirit of. reckless ' ilmeut among our " soldier boys" lhat ii . en amusingly illustrated, and notunireqi ? ly at the ripease of the officers, of w the following is a pretty fair sample. Bi will let the victim, Col. C-, tell i own way, having a keen relish for a j even at bis own expense : i " Shortly after reaching Fort Huds . says the colonel, " I selected my encampr , and established my headquarters on the . leading to Clinton. One of the boys, . want of better employment, executed a neat si^n-board, in large letters-11 Headq tera-th regiment of Arkansas vo t?ers, R. II. C-tt commanding" nailed it to a tree facing the road. My ai lion was first called to it by seeing people , in pas-sing to read it. and I ordered it ti taken down. Missing it a day or two al wards, I supposed my order had been obe and thought no more of the matter ii rather unpleasantly reminded of it. I .sitting one. evening in front of my tent company with some brother officers, wk? lean, lank specimen of tho country gen man rode up, dismounted, and hitching " critter," approached the crowd and inqui " I* any of you gentlemen Cole C-it?" , "That ia my name, sir." " Well, Colonel, I came in to see if you ready to pay for them chickens ?" " Chickens, I presume you are mistal sir." "Nary time, colonel, and you'll save trot if you'll pay up." 14 But, my friend, I never bought any chi cns frrm you." " Well, 1 didn't say you bought em coloi but you can't say you didn't 'em." " But, I do say I didn't get them I Ne saw you in my-" " Easy, Colonel, easy ! I'll leave it to th gentletneu ; aint this your sign-board?" ha mg it from the breast of his overcoat. " Admitted, sir ; what 'hen ?" " Aint this your mme on it ?" " Well, what then ?" " Well, just this : Last night when me s my old woman went to bed, there were hens, besides the old rooster, in the hen hou and wben we got up this morning, (and tl it was nigh sun up* for we waited for the i rooster to crow foi day,) there was na darned, chicken on. the place, but this he signboard was stuck up oa the hen-hou door ; and as it's got your name on it, wi it stauds to reason you tuck the chickens." Amid a perfect roar of laughter from r companions, I B paid up." The old felic counted his money, and handed me the cc founded sign-board as my "receipt." Mou ine his horse, he started oft, but turning his saddle, bc drawled out : . " Good bye, colonel | Wheu you coi again leave tho old rooster and the setti bens and don't forge! your ' sign.' "-Poi Cou pee Boho. Hov; OLD SMITH ESCAPED.- Old Smith, i old German diminuer in tbe lbtb Mississip regiment, was notorious for straggling on t march, whether advancing or retiring, he w always in the rear. In Gen. Jackson's great retreat from tl Valley of the Shenandoah, after wbippii Hanks, old Smith got some miles behind, ar while sittjng on the road side, solitary ai alone, re-ting and eit.jng his be^fand bisoui be observed a full regiment, of Yankee cava ry approaching, Ile jumped out into tl woods, and as the Yaukees come near, I thundered away on his drum, beating tl long mil with a terrible vim. [Tue long ru ?s i he signal ol' an enemy at hand, and i lorin the line of battle.] His trick was succ?s lui ; Ipr thc Yankees, supposing, of cours that there WM au mfantry regiment lying i the thicket, /'need ahout and skoduddled th regular Bull Run style. Old Smith replat ing bis drum on his shoulder, caine ont int the pud agu!II with his beef and biscuit i oue hand and drumsticks in the other, an re-umed bj? march will} Ilia qsual eqaanj wily, UU'K.VTANCE POSTPONED.-A hermit wn conducted by an angel into a wood, wher be saw an old man cutting down boughs t make a burden. When it was large, bo tiei it up, und attempted to lift, jp on h|s stout der? and carey if away", but finding it veri heavy, he laid it down again,,cut morewoo' and heaped it on, and then tri?, d again tricar ry it off. This ho repeated several times always adding something to the load, nl'tii trying iu Yam to rais,9 ii from, the ground ?n jlie mea.nt!rflp (jim herqiit. astonished a the old man's lolly, desired tip angel tu ex plain what this mean,*. M You behold," said he, :<in this foolish ole man, an exact repreapntat'ou of those who, being made sensible of the burden of theil sins, resolve to repent, but soon grow weary, and instead of lessoning their burden, increase it every day. At each trial they lind the task heavier than it was befire, and so put it ulfa little longer, io the vain hope at they will by-and-by be more able to a?corrjpli^ it. Thus they go on :.<'di rig IQ their burden, till it KfOvtis iou beavy to be borne, and then iu de-pair of God's mercy, and with their sins utlrepinted of, they lie down and die. Turn agaio, my son, and behold the end of the old man v/hom thou eawest heaping up a load Ol boqghs, The herrnjt looked, and saw him in vain attempting to remove the pile, whicli was uaw accumulated farberond his strength to raise. His feeble limbs tottered over their burdem ; the poor remains of his strength were fast ebbing away ; th? darkness of death waa gathered around him ; and after a con vulsive and impotent attempt lo lift thu pilo, ho fell down and expired." LOOK AT THIS.-The followin<*;?teij?gencej from aa VX*~f? paper, will serve to "show what kind of philanthropy actuates a free soil or abolition Slate : The.Whiteside Illinois Sentinel publiahaa an official notice underdale of February, Uu,4 signed by C. M,-Child, J. P., to the effect that, whereas certain negroes named were on the 5th and (Uh ult., tried, on "a charge of high'misdemeanor, having come into this Slate.and county, and remaining therein, for leu days and more, with ,the evid nt intention bf residing iu this State, and were found guil ty by a jury, and were each severally fined, in the sum of $30," and whereas the fines and costs of suit not having been paid, the said Degrees will be sold at auction, on the l?th of February, lb03, at the Courthouse of Carthage, for the payment qf said fines and costs. _ '_ A LEAN TRto.-The Richmond correspon dent of the KuoxvillQ Register perpetrateat?e following pleasantry at the expenso of three of our highest officials : ? If the Yankees knew to what extent famino may be endured, aud how very litttle can sus tain human li e, if they had all seen our President and vice-President, and our Secre tary ot War, the idea of resorting to famine as an agent of hostility to a people whose leaders are the very impersonation of hard times, would never have been adopted, Pres id-nt Davis is the shadow of a man, Vice Pr?sident Stephens, who reached the Capitol - today, is imponderable, aud Mr. Seddon'* bones rattle when be descends the stairways of the Spottswood. Tlie genii of famine con duct this revolution. i_? * ? A Northern paper says that a box was sent from Providence recently with the following address-John McPherson, squire kumpinary 1 C, sekuud regiment rode ilan privaiears, 1 Washington, d. ce_Kamp klose ta Wrap par ok, an ak wy kr?akl . Virginia.. ! FROM TUX. TUPPARANNOUK-On the Rapps. huiinock all is quiet .as regards a geueral rn? ernest of tromps. The eoepij are missing largy bodies of cavalry opposite our forces stationed near (Julpepper C. H., and se<?m to be in dorue state of alarm aud perturbation, from a rumor that we hive been gathering our troops together at tho aberre mentioned poiut. There has, 'however, been no bold skirmish i ?g. The Federals last week made a raid down .tie Rappahannock river into Westmoreland and Northumberland counties, and destroyed a great deal of property. Tbev established headquarters at a place called Uuio-n Village. They ?tated that they bad fourteen regiments of cavalry, seven of which went to Lancaster. They carried of between eight and nine hun dred borges, undone hundred and thirty wag on loads of negroes, besides those which were mounted on stolen horses. The wagons were also stolon. They burned houses, barns and outstaud crop of last year.-Enquirer, 28th. FROM WKST POINT.-The Yankees in the vicinity of West Point are committing great depredations and outrages. They have burn ed mills, dwelling houses, and barns in Ki pg and Queen county, 'as Well us in Gloucester aud Matthews. In the latter county, near ihe line of Glou cester, about a dozen of the wretches cu tu mi tied the most shameful arid brutal out rag. H upon the person of Miss Gray, a young lady of high respectability. The injuries to her person were so great that it was feared she would die. . . Residents in that section ot' country say that a regiment of cavalry would effectually check th^se depredations. If the men of the country would form themselves into guerilla parties, they could clear the couutry in a week. Some dava ago our troops took down be low Weat Point two pieces ol ar ille.ry, and fired into a transport, disabling it and Caus ing great cfltnmotiou aboard. Shortly after the departure of our artillery, the Yankees landed troops from two gunboats, and burn ed three dwelline houses with all the out buildings. They plundered houses, stole horses watches, and ulber valuables-demanding them at the peril of the lives of the owners. At Clinton, Ala., May 7th, some fifty ne groes were sold, at an average of $1,450 each. On the J 4th, ton negroes, men and women, brought $17,400. Wheat, Barley, Oa'ts and Rye 7o G'rouiert in O eora in, North Carolin*, Sou'}* Carolina., or any Southern Stale. The Board of Directors of the South Caroli na Institute" will award Premiums for Speci mens of the Crop now maturing, as stilted below, to bo forwarded to this cit; in merchantable order, and not later than tho 15th July next. Samples will bo carefully taken on receipt of the re.-p.-ctive specimens, aud be submitted to impartial and competent judges for decision. Tim Flour aud Grain will then"bo sold without dslay, free of COMM ist ioa, for the ht* eli: of the owner, viz : For the best five barrels of Wheat Flour, or that quantity in sacks, promium.$j0 For thc second best five barrels of Whoat Flour, or that quantity in sacks, prem,iqipv,,..25, For the best single barred of Wheatflour, or that quantity in sacks, premium.....,.,.IQ For tho second best Bingle barrel uf Wheat Flour, or that quantity in saok?, premium.5 For the best ton bushels Darloy, premium.10 For tho second best ton bushels B irloy, pre mium.5 For the best ten bushels of Oats, premium,.10 For tho second best ten busbe',s of Oats, premium ...,""m..'.5 For the best ten bushels Bye, premium.10 For thc second best ten busbols Bye, premium...6 Tho barrols or sacks t,o bc d.?>tiuoUy marked with, the nuw,e o,f hnn.J of the farmer, bis Post office, County or District, and tho Mid where tho Flour was prepared must bc stated by letlor, when tho shipment is advised, and, if convenient, a de scription of tho seed planted, aud the product per acre, is desired, Tlie n^nsiguuiants and letters to be addressed to Wu. KIHKWOUO, Esq., Vice President South Carolina Iustituto, Charleston. W. M. LAWTON, Presidont South. ?u,Foliliu Institute, WILMOT 0, DpS^ussiiRB, Secretary.. General News Items. State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. IN ORDINARY. M. A. TUnsr.ni, Adm'r. of the Estate of S. G. Gall man, doo'd., vs. A. Bushnell and wife Lucretia, Mary E. Tillman and others. j WHEREAS M. A. RANSOM, Administrator of the Eatato of Sarah R- ?allman, doo'd., has applied to trio, by notition in writing, praying that 4 part nf the proceeds of the Real Estate of tba said SH rah R. Gallman, doe'd., may be paid over to him, tu satisfy debts against tho said Es tate ; and it appearing to my satisfaction that William H. Coleman and Middleton Mosely and bis wife Elizabeth, two of tho Dcfcn^?'!'-? in the abovo stated case, resbjg beyond tho limits of this State, T( ii theiefure ordered and decreed that they do appear at a Court of Ordinary to be hol den at Eageflold 0. Ii-, fsr Edgofield District, on Monday, the 31st day of August, 136-1, to show cause, if any they ea*, why a portion of the pro ceeds of the ?ale of the Reel Estate nf Sarah R. Gallman, dee'd., sold by me for partition and di viMon, should not be paid ever to tho ?aid M. A. Ransom, to liquidate tho debts against said K? tate, or their ooasent to tho ea?c wi" be entered of record. M Ai*en ".?'"> my h.md and seal, this the 30th ?j.y of May, 186t. W. F. DURISOE, rj.s.a. 3m 212 Juno 3 Th? State of South Carolina, * $D%1#1?LD DISTRICT. ' IN ORDINARY. BY W. F.. DURISOE, Esquire, Ordinary of Edgofield District. Whereas, Margaret Matthews has applied to me for Letters of Administration, on all and singular the goods and chattlos, rights and credits of Simp son Matthews late of the District aforesaid, dee'd. * These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before mc, a t our next Ordinary's Court for tho said District, to be holden at Edgofield C. IL on tho 13th day of June next, to show ?auq'o, VnD?? why tho said admlnis trafiqn.'should not tie granted. Given under my hand and seal, this thirty first day of May in the year of our Lord ot thou sand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in the eighty-seventh year of the Independence of the State of South Carolina. W, P. DURISOE,0. B.D. Juno 3 St 22 State of South Carolina, . EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, IN ORDINARY. BY W. F. DURISO?, Esq., Ordinary of Edge field District. Whereas, Margaret Matthews has applied to me for Letters of Administration! uri Hil abd sill gular the goods and chatties, rights and credits of Mark Matthews, late of tho District aforesaid, doo'd. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of tbo said deceased, to be and appear before me, at our noxt Ordinary's Court for the aaid District, tn bo boldon at Edgefield C. H., on the 13th day of June next, to show cause, if any, why tho said administration should not be granted. Given under my band and seal, this 31st day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight bundrod and Sixty-three, and in the eighty seventh year of tho Indopondenco of South Caro lina, W. F. DURISOE, CB-TX Juno 3 9$ " **' " 22 EDGEFIELD FEMALE I?STS TITTJTE AT JPUBIJIO ?3AIJ23. BY an order fruin the Ordinary I shall pruceod to self on TUESDAY, the 7th July next, ai the promises, commencing at ll o'clock, A. V the above-named property belonging to the K tate uf Juhn K. Gwaltney, dee'd. The property embraces a LOT OP FOUR ACRES, the MAIN BUILDING, constructed tor the accommodation of Boarders, aa well as with ample School Rooms, and all necensary OUT BUILDINGS, wi>h a well of floe water, supplied with a good pump. All the buildings new and la good condition. Alco, will be sold at tba rame time, tho S.-hnol Roma and Household FURNITURE, PIANOS STOVES, Ao. I will also jell a separate lot of ONE ACRE OF LAND adjniniug the Babool lot. Also, Two One Horse WAGONS, a good SADDLE and BRIDLE, a small lot of HO<;s, one excellent Milk COW, Carpenters' Toolt. a small lot of Ruints, Garden Tools, ?c. The Building is woll located and well suited for a Boarding School. The past history of this School, its present patronago, and the necessities of s. large community giro a-suranoo that comps tent Teachers will have an opportunity tu make a tafe and profitable investment. Terms made known on day of sale. A. G. TEAGUE, Agent for Mrs. Lucy Gwaltney, Ex'x. May 27 6t 21 For Sale, TWO IRON AXLE-TREE ROAD WAGONS--one heavily ironed and little used,-tba other lighter and more used. Apply four miles from Edgefiel 1, on the Pine House Road, to RAMSAY HARGROVE. May 27 2t 21 ESTRAY NOTICE.--Tolled before me by Moses Harris living within three miles of thc Pino House, Edgefield District, a black mare MULE, supposed to be 20 years old, brand ed on the left shoulder with C S, and appraised at $36. A. JONES, M. E. D. May 23 4tm 21 STRAYED from my Plantation about two week? ago a. pale red spotted COW, with short horns,-rather larger than the medium siso. Said Cow waa purchased by me last winter at the Es tate salo of the lute Gen.-W. C. Meragno. Tho oar marks not remembered. Any information con cerning said Cow will be thaukfullv received. A. S. DOZIER, Jr. Mt. Willing, May 27_2t_21 We have been nuthoraed by the friends oj W. F. DURISOE, Eiq., tu announce him a Candi dates for re-election to the office of Ordinary of Edgefield District, at the ensuing election. April l?i *te 15 .We are authorized by the friends of Mr. JACOB II Ul ET to announce bim a Candidate for Tax Collcotor at tba ensuing election. May 13_to_21_ SUNDRIES. "fifi SACKS N, C. SALT, old and dry; OUU 50 " Liverpool SALT; ldU Rbis. N. C. FLOUR; 154) << and Half Rbis. Ni O. Syrup; 100 R?xes Fine Chewing TOBACCO ; 50 Rbis. Apple and l*each Brandy; IO i4 Fine Corn YYhinltey; M ALAGA and PORT WTNE ; CHERRY BRANDY and CORDIALS ; BOTTLED LIQUORS and WINES j 41 Kegs Bi-Ctuh. SODA. RICE, MEAL. SPICES, <fcc. Ao. Togotbcr wdth a good awortment of FAMILY GROCERIES,^on band and for sale bv A. STEVENS, Augusta, Geo. May 20_?a_20 Barley Wanted. fiz-krw-k BUSHELS BARLEY wanted h. *J\J\J\f any quantity fr m one bushel upwards, for which the highest inariet price will be paid, on delivery at my Brewery, Schultz's Ililli U>im bnrg, S. C. JACOB KAUFFKR. May 20 1m 20 ?OTICK S)MB few Notes and Accounts of Col. A. Sim kins, dee'd., ba ru been left with H. T. VVright, Esq. Th MM) owing the same and who desiro to settle o in do so bv calling OB him. J. C. SIM KINS, Adnimr. May 20 3t 20 FURNITURE ! Ih.ive now on hand a large Stuek of BED ROOM FURNITURE, in Sets of from 8 to 12 piceos, Mahogany, Enameled and-Fanoy Paint ed. A small lot of PARLOR FURNITURE. Also, SEWING TABLES, WRITING TABLES, DINING TABLES, Walnut-WARDROBES, CHAIRS, a few MATTRASSES, and all articles usu tilly kept IQ the Furniture line, most of MT OWN MANUFACTURE, And will be sold hw for good paper when the cash is not convenient. Burial Cases! I keep constantly on a full stock of Mahogany Octagon Led COFFINS. Also, Covcrod Raise Led COFFINS, plain but neutly trimmed, at $20. Use of IIooiM W por day, or trip not over a day. I will continue to keep a supply on hand ready for delivery. J. M. WITT. Mar 10_tf_ia_ J. E. MUNGER, 150 Bread St., Augusta, Ga., mmmu m mimi MY PARTICULAR ATTENTION will be given to the Repairing of WATCHES, CLOCKS and JEWELRY. Every effort will bc mude to keep up my extensive Stock of SPECTAOLES To sui* every defect nf vision. The balance of my Stock of CLOCKS, FANCY GOODS, PLATED WARE, Ac, will b? ^4 U>* FOR CASH ONLY. Augusta, J ?n %l*_8 Negroes Wanted. WE WISH tn parchase FIFTY LIKELY YOUNG NEGROES, anr" ., . prepared to pay tho HIGHEST CASU PRT 3. We have on hand a LIKELY ' OMAN WITH FOUR CHILDREN which we - .ill be pleased to sell or exchange for other Negroes. "*GL0YER & SULLIVAN. Jan 28_<_ Administrator's Notice, O LL person having any demands against the i% Estate of John A. CrowdjTi deceased, are requested to present thom to tho subscriber on or before the 28th July next, as on tbnt day a final scttlomen' will be mado in the Ordinary's Office. Also, all persons indebted to said Estate aro so licited t ? pay np by that time. G. M. SPEARMAN, Adm'or. May 6_3m_18_ Notice. ALL persons having cUtmn against tho Eitnle of Willig Whittle, sr., dee'eh, ?re requested to present them daly attested accnrrlin^ to lbw, A. WHITTLE, 1 . 8. CROUCH, j Ad 018 Mar ? _3m*_9 Notic?. ALL persons Indebted tb Ind ?Slate of Winfrey WhMnck, (Ul'?itiitl, are requosted tn make paynioflt forthwith. Now is the timo te pav debts. GEORGE WHITLOCK, Adm'or. May 27_Ot_tl Notice. ALL person:i indobOed to the Estate ef Eliza beth Whitlock, deceased, aro requested to make payment forthwith ; those having claims against the Estate will present them properly attested. GEORGE WHITLOCK, I . . . G. W. TURNER, ] May 27 _ 6t . 21 Rags Wanted. OLEAN COTTON AND LINEN RAGS can be sold for cash at the Ativert?er office. Aug. 27 If 34 For Sheriff. NAT RAMY, Sr. T. H. CLARK, A. P. WEST, JOHN xii.AND, ?. V. COOPER, WILLIAM SPIRES, HENRY h. GALLMAN. For Tax Collector. C. M. MAY, CHARLES CARTER. BERRY HORNS, W. n. HOLLOWAY, BENJ. ROPER, STARLING TURNER, For Clerk, 8. HARRISON, JACKSON COVAR. ! Dentistry ! DR. H. FARRER ?ill be I? bli odo? regularly each duy daring sale-day ;weok ; mt aftor then he will only be there occasionally, JJ bis Professional engagements through*** tba Jistrict demand mach of his attention. .. Sje7"Haring to pay the highest Cash pri?es fW )cntwtry materials, he will hereafter work ?NLY 'OR CASU. _Scpt JO_tl M_ LAND FORIJAL?T rHB Subscriber offers f-r sale privately tho HOMESTEAD PLANTATION of Robert canings, dee'd., in Edgefield District, eeataialag NINE HUNDRED ACRES, litnate on Stevens' Crook, oa the Road leseiag rum Augusta to Calhoun's Mills, 21 asiles (TOM Lugusta, and beunded by lands of Dr. J. J. Cart? arlee, Mrs. Cartledge, C. L. Blair and ethers. T?tere are on the place a comfortable Dwelling louse ami all necessary outbuildings. Tkort aro evcaty-five acres of good botUm laud, aad thirty cres of land,sown in Wheal, and ?beat forty ? ?ats. The place is well watered and timbered and i in a high state of cultivation. If a purchaser rnn bo fouud seoa, I wi|l soil rith the place Seventy-five Head of Sheep, trUek f Cattle, kr. . Dr. J. J. Cartledge or the Subscritor will Uko lensnro in showing the place to any ene desiroaa f purchniing an excellent plantation. ^Sf-Terms easy. W. D. JENNINGS, E?V. Mar 4_tf_. 9 State of South Carolina, EDGEFI1CLD DISTRICT. IN ORDINARY. f)Y W. F. DURISOE, Esq., Ordinary of Bdge L? field District. Whereas, C. M. Freeman *<?. applied tm io for Letters of Administr tion, on all aad n?rular tho goods and ehattl :s. right? and cre lit/ f Charles Harrison late nf the District, aforesaid, eceased. . . These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all nd singular, the kindred and creditors of the said eeoasetl, tn be and appear before mo, at our next rdinttry's Court for the said District, to beboldea t ridgefield Cour limine, on the 8th dav ot Jane ext, tn show cause, if any, why the auid admin rr.ition should not be grunted. Civen under my hand and seal, this 25th day of Iny, in tb? your of our Lord one tbuuiand ght buridrod and sixty three, and in the eighty? .venth your of the Independence of 8. Carolina. W. F. DURISOE, o.K.p. May 27_2t _ii Kate of South Carolina, ED ti ti Pl KL D DI STRICT., IN ORDINARY. 8Y W. F. DURISoB, Esq., Ordinary of Bdge lield District. W bernas. James B. Harrison has applied to ok ir Letters of Administration, on all and singular ie goods and chatties, rights anfL-. credits ai ickens Burlen, late of the District" aforesaid, se'd. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all nd singular, the kindred and creditors af the lid decensrd, to he and appear before me, at oar ext Ordinary's Court for the said District, to ba olden at Edgefleld Court House, on the ?th dejr r Juno next, to show muse, if cay, why the lid udministrHiion should not bn graBted. (liven under my hand and seal, this 261b day of lay in the year of our Lord one thousand igbt hundred and sixty-three, and in tb? eighty iveuth year of the Independence of 8. Carolina. W. F. DURISOE, O.I.O. May 2T_2t_2l_ State of South Carolina, ED0EF1KLD DISTRICT, TN ORDINARY. ? KY W. F. DURISOE, Esq., Ordinary of Edge field District Whereas., A. Holsen and B. P. Olanlon ?ve applied to me far Letters of Adminis allon, on all aad singular the goods and chatties, gnu and erediu of Erasmus R. MeDanjel lat? af ie District aforesaid, dee'd. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all id singular, the kindred and creditors of the said 'ceased, to be and appear before me, at our nazi rdinary'a Court for the said District; to ba boldet : Kdjtu?eld CH.. ou the nth day of June next, i show eause, if any, why the said administration mold not be granted. Given under my baud and seal, this 2Sd day of !ay in tba year of our Lord one thousand eight indred and sixty-three, and in the 87la year ef ie Indapendenea of South Carolina. W. F. DURISOE, O.a.?. . May 27. mg._2ia_lg Notice. LL per?ons indebted to the Katata af James _ C. Henderson, dee'd., are requested . te maka iy mon t by thd 1st day of Oetebcr, 1863, aad lose having demands against laid Estate ?re'r? ie8ted to present them forthwith, a? I de eire to ake a final settlement en that day. L. CORLE Y, Ada's. Pet 1, 1862. _ly . dj Notice. LL persons indebted \o the Bstate of Joba R. GwaUeey, dee'd., are requested te nuke pay? eat as cur y as possible. Those hating elslau rainst the Estate will press?t them, properly .t c-tad, to Dr. A. G. Tea rue, my authorised gent LUCY GWALTNBY, Ex'er. Dee 8,1862._ly_4? NOTICE. A LL persons having claims afaiast tba Bstate \. of Dr. J. Harwood Burt dee'd., are enticed > present thom, properly attested, as the under lined is prepared to pay 'the sane. Those in to ted to said Ks tate are requested to ?ettie prompt r. W. M. BURT, Bx'er.. Jan 21 tf S Notice. A LL persons having demands against the Bs-* \ tate of William E. Middleton, dee'et, ara ra* uestod to present them to the undersigned, and msc indebted te said Estate oro requested to lake immediate payment. EMILY MIDDLETON, Admix. Mar 4_ gm? _? SALT FOB FARMERS! aAYING accepted the Agoncy cf on extensivo SALT W0RK8, I will be ebie ra furnish AL T in largo or snail qn*- titles, ?cd' w ll ko orcrncd hy Ibo lowest narko priflo in Hamburg r ?ugusi?i, 8. fi. BOWEnK, Apitit. Ilamhart*,.Mftf SO 3? 13 II D Notice. ICR CH EATHA M will sfand tho ifW _ ing SPRING SEASON at Kdgr&efeS C. BP., n Mondays, Tuesdays. Wednesdays aadi Tlseri* .ys,-at Harmon Gallman'j^ tho remainder efl' he week. He will < OT.manco bis Season first cf' february and end thc let day off-Jaiy. Be will cmain at his Subie until frist ol March-after bat time he will alternate. ;.: Twenty-five Dallara will be charged for tba lesson. I do not desire bim to go to mere than eventy-ftve Maros. ?* Uta pcoirtee is known to the brindara ia Bdga~ ield. TH08. tt. BACON. May I _2m , H Salt and Rice. JUST received and for caleTHRBB TIERCES; very superie? SALT and 'ON* TIB RC* NSW RICE. B. FENN, Agi, May 20 *jL