Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, March 09, 1864, Image 1

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? .,;.," ii.ui ,,|,',.miiiiiiiiiwin ?iimii?iii-iinn PUUI.ISniit? EVERY WEDNESDAY ?IOEN?? EV ' ^ DUBI802, SEE3E & CO. SrjS^CRrmONii tn tho ADVERTISER tor jvnr KITS DOLLARS in advance, .For Six Moi TUREE DOLLkP.S. . ' . ADVERTI??ME\T& will bo 1n*r-rte4 nt THE DuLLAUS }>-.-r S^utra^l > utii.i<<n ?mes or let?) f->r c luwti >n. Advertisement:! without iiwtrsjttlon? as 'o n nrv^-r nf iMivi-. ii?fi-rl-vl, will ;>.': published u r?rWK?aii/1 cher^^? :iecrdi*gly. V?n iuncin? Can-t'ula'.v!* for any ?H'to <>f I?"1" . iirj.'I', TWENTY" DOLLARS?.to be paid britte th? Lvmcemont i? puNlshed. ?^pltusiy ttdtlm, Tribut, s of Respect, or any e?m? tiicatioa personal jg Hs natara, wWl borated as adi HayattU .iud chantad aaiitfUtogly. from our Correspondent. V NBA? DALTON, ?a.. F?-b. 23, ns'l ?-r jr. SniTo? Tims flUs upon *wift ?nd uoi lu? wia?{. Whether we be tick OT well, i ergctia r>r li-"le??, wi?: or fa?li.li; thc starry big and tlc iuuiij- days ?fldc uwny rn rapid rucc.t si and Iccroo the tti?n?' memory. When I 3? yon,a Tetter m Xcvemhj* List, I had no idea ti ?if Adi-cttUcr p?:i. would rest in idlenoss ut airer W.oni?ue's day. Tut having been sor what isdi?ne-seJ, and ?-ith?r busy wifual, I ? thai no promis-, either exprers cr implied, ] boca broken on my pr.it. It is luto ia-tbc season to fay nay tbbg ab' our hasty withdrawal fr >m before Chotinnoo To an ?u?p-tr'-ii:! observer, it did really seam tl our boy? having bit tbe iinpuiloat foo a st; goring blow ia tbe fa^e, determined all of a'si den to full lack for th:,double purpose of dodgi tho return blew, and also cf se-ekiag comfort!, water garters. By the .way, cur cabinj arc I perfection-the ne jd??s ?Uro-of comfort, wi compared w'rth thc way wc bad bee? living in I open air like the bird* and bV&fii -of tho fon Thu housing (d' thc mes Hai added much to th health, strength and cflioinnoy. Thom is r.ovo loo about our lowly dwellings. After titghtft watts thc stars ?et each upon bli luby tbruu yoM may atiuuY upon thc hill-top, end ?co t thousand and ono ligLt' gleaming from the ero? cd Unctuous, looking for all thc world like so: large iud beautiful City. Ia ona streit, you b< th? gladly tuluna jong* nf Zion; hard-by t j ?jous lasgb ?ad the hutu o? cheerful raices rah the ear; over tn thai Regiment ; auder, the bi ar.r bo?siorou?, whooping ai:J yelling Bi If chi .<ing ? Yankee lattery ; ut.J somehow the EOU Co" a fliury axe, ?ver in the other Brigadt revii tho a.-soeuficns uf home. Loit?fi ro'verie,- lr.! r-m i'<itt??<ii-yott alloy your.elf to wuni through vast realms of cc wand sweet iinagini-g: Hat bark! What burst cf harm^y ?? tbst, ?sbi 1 charm? every auditor, and wakes tire swee'.c echoes of the evenbg ? Il is tlc Nashville l>ai discoursing eloquent music ft?'>m thc magic r.o'. . irf tbo "Anvil.'' Entranced, yat listen and f:.r? fer a moment thit thc land ie deluged with bloi an 1 tea:?. Tie gay sehne) incident tu a st,?^ peace and pttwpettiy float Ihrougn tba Isiahi:: fiats. Now it is an 0|-era with its grand il-,it and ??s cuchatitirg Primi Donua ; nul (bon it w ^ild-.d thaa?re, whore thu legitimato drama gi v you tbo mojt virid, tiii? yet trjtLful jeprcs-.-n! . lions of human uuture. and wLcro the i.ri;r imites and the *oft blushes vi a ihoticand Javli u:akeflio sPt-ne in, frobt of the foot liglt>, 0! vast parterre of",.sweetness ar,d beauly. Tl liiUsic i.-1 Lushed". Thc rte?u cosmacd, "rig ??roks i ntic?tiou lu i-d.'-cli,"-iVtviV y<-u to tl pt ts ful present, or.d rans? yc-u lo reooilect ta ..?tim visaged wat has ?.<.< yet t-mootliod b vrriakled fraUt-** AU tbi. icen sud iflicers fcc'vm ta bo ^lud thi r.ca. JCH.SSTON U'iiiiuiial' tbe Army i?f Tean^sii Tbi? relents htao :s a b-?t iu biiu>eil, aud tl h.-pe, toe eon?dence, ti-e enthnci'ifw iasjired I his presence, aro the ckm?nts of inviccibili ; . {tc guarantees of EUCCI??, and we trust, iLe hal bicjers of pnu-t ! Qoneral- Jo1?Kr?r4?, Jouxsro hvt the inoit espressivo eouateuacco I cvor Icbob It is worth a trip from Edgefield to Dultou t witness tbo soldierly and graceful muuner i ap, which he Condnett a review. Kot-very l?ng ;?hci ' ? saw this lion .hearted General ?it upoa Lis hon for Lours, whilst th? veteran* of our army march? before him ir. serried raukr to thc socad c-f^uai tial music. So vii?t a number of men in ono bedj it j? ?aid, had ncvor before been reviewed on thi conti.-?ont. lt was ft spectavlo te bo remembered and a man might Jive a hundred years and nero ^ soo another like it. Th? day was lovely.acd au sjj'cii'us; under foot, there was neither duit U-J is .t-l ; tho ambiont air \ns mild aud genial witl herc and there a pearly cloud to diversify thi horizon. On ri ling with" a ir!an4 to tbe out-skirt; of the village, it was iufpiriug and ecimating ii the extreme to sec the men in tkree oolumuu ea?t pcrbsp? a mili in lcDgtb, ..i:h Myoaets glitter ?ag ia tlc ?ualight, and with the fttuel aeoompa ciment of dashing horsemen, all nctuated by on? patriotic resolve, and moved by one masterly will With the towering mountains for a^back ground ibis view prciculel a picture grand and \eauti iud beyond detcription. Oh ! how I sauted tome of my South Carolina frlonds with mo to gai?, admire, nnd feel as I did. Emotions Strange, sad aad bewildering mingled with bopr, pervaded my whole being ! It was a moment to revivo the im* pressions of History, Pootry, and Romance. And yet, on stepping to read the names of the battle field inscribed tn the flag of tbe 15 Ith Tennessee ll-, ?iment, ana also to listen to the low sweet mu. tic uf {ts txctUtor batid, I ha^ponetL^to look bo hind me and saw hundreds of red fresh gravo whero the d"ad soldiers had found a Suxl runing place. Then came to mind in awful signi atc nco, those impressive words of th? Peet : "All thc glories of human greatucs?, Are but pleasing dreams, And sbndows soon decoying." # r0ur affairs arc iu a critical condition. But tbiro csin bo no ruch word ns /ail / Provid?dfi. all do their duty energetically aud promptly with a Arm reliance upon tho God of oar fathers. A heavy . responsibility rests upon the people at home. Tho Foldiers and their families must be supported. There's work herculean for the farmers. Tho army must bs clothed. There's work for the La dies. And, God blesi them, they hara done their yart with a will and to the j.urpore. Tbvo ia complaint (and I tear it is weil fouuded) agaibet somo of tho Surgeon?. Let public indignation, like the breath of thc Simoon, wither every Army Doctor, that mistreat* tho sick soldiers Tho woather bas leen bitterly c dd, but now the soft South wind is Hewing, and tbs frogs hogtu to croak". *By-the-by, b it not a littlo- sin gular that mankind do their croaking when tho prjspeot is forbidding aud gloomy, but when ?ll natur? ii pleasant and bright that then thc fro*s should begin to utter doleful Tonics? But I tuutt stop. My timo gwws sWf/rtLilo my letter grows loo long. "To each to all, a fair g-,"d u^h;; And ro>j dreams, -and slumbers light !" -KX-'~" E'K' . ^0-The Nasbriile Pres? jays : "The deaths ' of Confederate prisonOrs at Camp JL.rton are at. h the r.ite of mero than ono hundred a month_' ninety-tbrco lust December, one Luadrod and ' fourteen during tbo rucceedjng January. This ia a heavy mortality out of only about twenty. I eight hundred human beings, j . Siege of Charleston. The. enemy hive- kept up a 'brisklombard;J mti'it ?i the c-fy since our last jepoit. The j number of shells thrown during' .twenty-bur hours .ending'five o'clock Friday evening weri ont hundred and eight. , .:. +? < '. One whit* wotnari, a Mrs. Kennedy, was s rio!:.;!y Rounded ia the Itg atout three j o'clock Ilntrsday norning. She was asleep wbe.? a ?hell entered her (rouse, and in pacing ? through chattered the- bc&posts, the pieces striking ker on the le?', fracturing ike bone, it waa believed th*t amnutation would hz ne c.-ssary. -. - .>.:;? "-, '.* V . The mx&S&t* opened for a fhort tim?-1<M and lilted a lew .shote 1t.Fort irurntcr: There was no ol?tr charge-ol' importance. Courier of 5th. From Fl?^dsS--??#iher C?iifttdeintc Victory. - SA-VANKA ii, March,1. ^ A special dispatch lo the Ilepublican says that a detachment of two of mir regiments uf cavalry and some infantry, all under command *! Col. Anderson, ol' tli? 5-h,Gcorg;a,j?ttack cti the rnernv ?i C implPTnuegan on TiWday. . Thrf ca.mp'waa prtAkon, the tnamy badly ahi^ped and.pursued to wilkin t1 :ec miiea ol' Jacksonville. - ' Our K*ss was Ecven killed and twcuty-lwo w'cauded. Eneni>'s loss very heavy. THE Yicronx t.v FLORHJA.-Ail accounts from, Florida prove that the victory achieved by our lbrco? u??er Gen. Finnegan was a de cisive one. The result, too, is Important, as it saved th5Stater or the greater portion of i?, from being overrun, and-the capital tr?t? falling into thc hands of thc invaders. The Northern j jurnals had entt-rtahied great ex pectations of this" expedition, for they suppos ed tbe Statu defe'e less.. The obstacle pre sented by our brave troops will i?rely disap point them. T HE ADVERTIS ER JAMES T. BACON, EDITOR._ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1964. fSt" Wo call attention to tho"' card of Mig B. . TOMJ-SINS, to be foend in another column. Fonding. . . gee tbc Advertisement af M:-jorZ. W. CAJI WILE. A Citixen." This c:t:zen writer a timely article. Tu deny ...ur ?lave, reason .Lie and proper diversion isis hard-hoarUd aad disgustingabomiuation, bul un .b?abtedly tbey huYo been disporting themselves tojlavisbly cf late. Their p.-.rtiss and rc-uniour, from ali wa hear, arc of almostnigklly occurrence. Their fea?t.? are said to bo fabulously rich and lusurb.u?. To attain tbend they of course out rage t? e SiUcommanJ.acut fearfillyi An Inodoubt b.-f'TC they get through their /andunyuet, they io rulenco to the Decalogue generally. - - Soldier? at Home. Tl.ii time their name is it-.?-i>m.- Capt. JA us s ?.-rii't-1-i VAN Qu.irtMmas.wr of thc Ifltb, A?i;tant .burgeon Wji. STft>.'TKKJi; Mr. Jons P. HATES and ."vir. Aiot STts ULOTEK of the 2ud S. C. Caralr}-, Mr. (?noller, PLANO (.f 2d Regt. "S. C. Artilbry, .Mr. WILLIAM LOTT, and that brave boy, R?:E?E NICHOLAS, of the Hih S. C. V., and Mr. Bsx EoxTWRtGHT ?r.-l LAtrnEMK CoVAH, of h ; old 7th. who bri::g UH the newe (and il by no nieaij astonishes ?s) that the Paid good ?nd glarl .i?t Regiment bas re-enlisted fer the war lo fi man. Taree cheers r.nd a tig- r fer thc old "tb ! Cur. Holtham. Our honored Chief Magistrate; Gov. M. L. Bos HVJI, li?J boon uniong U? far two day? p.*.jt, look. i :? ircllj hearty, hippy. Well-tried cud tbun utrh ]T-t?v?t?.i cn the battle-acid and in ibo council ch;.mhcr, gallant raid irr, pure pal riot, inenrrupil. bl? p-l'titian. Ldgt-f id will always bc glad to TTetc'-'m? bim-always proud t:> cali him ber son. An Edgelield natue Identified with This War.. We moon MILKS. WC wtre happy to me<t a |,d*y or two ago Mr. OSAHL?S MILE?, ons'of the original members ef tho old 7tlt, ALBERT, a yottngtr brother, was the protc-martyr of tbisTio ble corps-the fir#t r.tcn of the "th killed by Yankee ballets. And in a few days after, at Sav age Station, fell NEWTON, II gallant cousin. They died rioriou.?ly-doing honor to their uamo and ootAtry. CaARUe ^ivrs us a glowing account of the ftattis*aud spirit of LOSUSTIIKBT'S Corps. Local. Monday last was Sale Day in C^nrt Week. More ppople abroad '.ban wo have seen en any sale day. in nine month?; came out we ditro ?ay tr. hejies of being ablu lo pay their State Tax and save the additional 33 J cents which they will have to plank down aft?r the 1st April. Tbey didn't have the chanco however. Jax Collector notoiit. No Judge, no Srlioit'.r, tu Jury, noCo^rt. Kolb ing seid. People sauntered cbont and di<cus|ed the war, t^e cunent-y, the tituation, the project. Great difplny of ?t .liions and Jacks-the latter infernally noiry and vociferous ; wished ardently that a bhell from Gilmore's ''Swamp Angel" would fome V hiz/iag by and take off their ieud*. Great many soldit rs in tho crowd ; crutches aud cuij,tyslc-cvcs on every side. All honor to them. * Stagger juice " pretty wt ll played out; every bo?y went home-sober. Very little trading; small change ??ne up the spout Rainj?h weath er. Village j-oojile got nothing in the round world to eat. Wo ad\i?o them to pray, hoping that through their prayers, they may be fed us WHS Elijah on the bucks of the Erook Chtrith. Otherwise they will undoubtedly have to play the dreary a:.d huimliatmg rule of Nsbuchadaezzar. Hopeless, hopeless ! for Ibero is ucl even gra? ! Kui: ? Vegetables. We agnio urge upon our planting friends the polioj and duty of prep?riug fnr a butintiful crop of vegetables for their negroes. Them 1? not, says the Columbus 7V,;i?r, by a large amount, meat enough in tho Confederacy to allow full ratioa? to thu army and people, negroes included. Thc army must be fed, wc all kuow, and the smoke hottec? of planters mu?t furni.m tho sub sistonce. TIA meat ratiocs of the negro niu-t be reduced to,nt Ibast two pounds per weofc. With plenty of vegetables thie is sufficient, or will do very well. Without that addition, tho negroes will suffer. Let every planter, then, put in at least a half aero iu oollardj tr every ten hands. If be will manuro tho ground highly, that halt acre will ba worth to him a thousand dollars or more. Now is the time to plant them. Don't mind cold weather. It won't hurt them. In t life o months from to-day we will receive the thanks of every mao who adopts this adrico. Kniil upon Richmond. Tho Yauaoo Cavalry General Kilpatrick h-.s bcou n:iditig briskly tu tho ncighboiliood of Rieb- I mond, but haz eeeompHs?eJ nothing. A battery ' of artillery went cut from tho city and huon : brought bis manoeuvres ft naught. 'Tis said bo j t?>ol: ott* from some country rceidejicv near the city ? (he fitnous Mrs. Patterson Alina, who is under iu dictaient for trcaim in tho Confed?ralo D.strict ,' Court. Happy rid-iaooe. On Wodu??day nigit last, another party of raiders *-M? severely pus ishc?, their leader, Actiug Gent. I'ablgreti. klUeti, I and binoty of their mcu captured. So far this j geling tho Ybnkcos havo emphatically "como to ? jrief." I The,JHlitnrys Tax, and Currency "Bills. COPST^BS^ &djOTrned?gn the 18th of tho past month.;, i SJ th? MI*.-U?WW5? the ^people of<ibe Ccn* federsey haye had timbad -ippertunHy \c study sud iii.mrvi-lhe uri MdiUry, Tax, and.Currency Bil't-and what is .t$fi?r opinion of the same?. OnrAwn is, and vre it?'"not singular in this re spect; that our SenatoV? ?nd Representatives Liv* dime their work hobiy,rtiiat they have acted like men ami Sute-rmcn, lh?j|; th?y deserve the.pra?e? and eonfidviice of tue country. And now if the pcotdelbve virtue otruugh to carry nut thc meas ures oont-iinid hi'these ?TtcActs, our euvhtry is ?ufe;- and we doubt noj^that tho peoplejiave tbir* virtue. Wv now carDsjsHy exhort ad men to a cheerful and'manly cempjiuues with the l=rs of thc country. .Submit to tie law every mun must, hut a hearty and ?calcas co;operation nita the luws of the ccubjryrJr?l?dd much to tltelr weight and eflicsey. The Tax Bill is heavy ; not more so however than was absolutely occeinary. The military Bill makes an'entrenched camp of the- Confederacy as it ought to have dona. . A cheerful submission on the part sf th* people to theta strong mea.ures will convince our enemies of the fully of their caU-ulal?</U3, and show them tant wo aro fearfu?v in PuiDtt'. in ibis struggle-that" we intend to sp?.nd tlc !?tt dollar.iiid the last drep of Ui*d i;i Uriving a brdtid Tjraht out of .our counliy The lax ii heavy, and if will e: st us something to pay it; but better so than submit to a base and ferocious foe, who in hlspbreiuy, bas sworn to baukrupt our property, d^^ch our . wive?, and enslave our children. -If^tbcreforo the law re quires you to go into thc, army, shoulder your musket cheerfully, Uki* man, and marok-and may God's protecting hand go with you. Better m*el th* li ea dish foe upon the battle field and slay him there. Otherwise yon will soon have the wolf at your door ; and must then battle with him .-ingle handed. Let those who are disposed to despond remem ber that this is probably the last wnr tsx wc shall .be called upon to pay. .These mca-ures will put us In a stronger.position than wc have, yet occu pied, and whon thc oncmy secs that we arc resolved and aldo tb carryon this wrr foran indefinite peri..J, he will be broughHq a state of sanity. Tho Currcucy Bill wo think has boin wisely conceived. Wo aro especially pleased with the tax of 33] per cent, on Treasury notes. It is undoubt edly the ouly avuilable way of getting rid of a curroncy that was pressing us to death. This tax will fall just whore it ought to fall, up;n those who have, been making mendy during this wnr. It w?U not touch a soldier or a toldier's family; and M hile they are defending our properly with their blood, thc least the citizen can do ls to sup pert the soldier with hi? mercy. It is sometimes objected to us a forped loan ;" if so, it is bor rowed.from those who^are quite abie to lend. But the troth is that uo one can bu injured by this tar ; the ?5* cents left after paying the tax, will he worth as niauh RS tho entire dollar now is. -In .?titer words sixty six conts after dbe first of April, will buy ai much cern, er bacon, or homespun, las a dollar will to.-d.ny. Tho Eleven Dollars paid the soldier will, after April, be worth something, and, together with tho provisions furnished hy tho Boards of Relief, will, we think, furnish a comfortable support for (be soldier's' family. A*d it is in reference to tho support 'of the Army, wc confess, that wo view every suljtct. With the Aruiy clothed and fed, and their familias takeu cure of, wc have nothing to fear. " Apologetic. Many ?-enticu-tu of our t??vu lure upbraided us in the most ferocious manner fer suggesting to the hidic.-; that thoy sheuld reouir tu thc Bee Store lo be :<1. 1 hese #o nt ism cu flatter them selves that the teuderr yet awfcl, rite can bc per fumed ct wu'.i in Edv-eticld as ut the lite Store. Wo tberurore ranko Ihfl amende kimvr*bte by pub lishing Lo tho ludios that they ??1 nut go lo lue Beo Store to be squeezed. Pilch ia lemons ! For the Advertiser. Thc Army and the People. , lu every coated of a people for frcodom, thc struggle, though oftentimes brilliant, is brief, un ley? conducted by well organised and-discipliaed' fore?*. Tibe spatmedie o?urt? uf the people rartly succeed in (renting moro than a temporary ob struction to an armed force whioh is hurl'.digalnst its barriers. This tact ?eems well aulhenticMed by historians and military writers. In a w&rd, the independence of a country ia won b; its r. rmy niau*. If this lu trui,ls it nut theulho duty of the pooplc, if they expect success and desire indepen dence, to contribute iu ?very possible Vay tc the SN ti M? tu SM', 'Irenijih, and r.flicivncy pf thfcir armies iu tho field '! And if this bo their duty, in \, hat way have the people disuhargod it? Have they co-operated in placing in the ranks every able bodied man, who could bc more serviceable in thc feld, than at Acme ? Have they encouraged their friends, and relations to seek? tho camp, rather thau the drtiiJt-the Helmet rathor than thejjsf tieoat : Have they represented ta the young men, shrieking from their duly to Ike country, the disgracoMvkicb txttdohes to thiir name, by cex doct equivalent to desertion .'^Jlavo they inquired of the t?.le bodied meu, strolling aVout our street;, why they arc not in tho Army ? And htvvo they reported to tho Knrollii.g ot?eer.'?, ail persons sub ject to conscription, and required him to enroll thoa forthwith? Wo fear that in general they have nut done any of the-** things. Catt your ?yrs along the streets, nnd you will see rai nf, who ought to be with their brethren iu thc field, day after dsy>^loafiing away existence, in e'iumrful and dishonorable idleness. Mon who have fattened upon the blood of their follow, men, guily ci joying life in the midst of a community, whose morality they blnnt and endanger hy asso ciation. Meu who carry ia their packets tXgvi certificates of appointments, obtained by the j bribery and corruption of some degraded creature who pretends to hive position in the army. Men who assume to act hy virtus of foryed or pur chaud appointment*, and who thoald be instantly arrested as guilty of or insliyatori, to the crime e/| /?iryery. These ure some of the ease?, which dai ly mott the popular eye, and which arc as often unnoticed. Can it be said then that tho pcupU aro doing their duty ? Can it be said that they are co-operating with their brethren in the field ? C'jiMt be said that men in Inte village, have not actually refined to assist, in sending men into (he army, who were liable to conscription ? The Army chould know, who aro its friends, and tho frieuds of tee country. It should mark for proscription, thc men who skulk front the servie of tho country-the men whu have boen making mtfhey in this wari and refuu to uttiet the milita ry authorities in placing cuiitcript* in the service, when applied lo by patriotic and gallant ejjiceri of thc army. We expect our sabliers under diffi cu'ties to perform miracles. In the enjoyment of j good ealing and drinking our enthuria>m and patriotism U at fever beat. Ia ccmrortable apart ments and in warm beds wo forget tho ebi ury. sleeting bivouac ?ajkythe ?oldicrof the Conto dorsey. J Thc people have high duties to discharge. Tho I Army is d.dng its part faithfully, earnestly and successfully. Tho.pcople must act wilh it in the same spirit, iu order to insure speedy and perma nent success. WILLIAM TELL. The Alhnuy papers sajfc. that several of the Confed?ralo prisoners who reetRtly-^iasscd through ihat eity^werc barefoot, and wero com pelled to cross tho river on the leo in that condi tion. Barbarous. . - ,J?or the Ad vert Uer. .?> J MR, EDITOR.-" Ma xv YoTEiis'\b*T?ng kindly | noniL'Ueil uie for s seet ju tte "?*xt Lrj?islaturc : the Atlci-iiiscr, in a ?oni? limentiry editorial, ? ubi-.h I ?luljr* appra.ci*,U, hiu-iug endorsed tbul.j riojuiuttinn ; and other lr ion ?la hu\ ibgr-ad Jed their ' ?olicitationy, ?? therefore' eiiftrtully sceert the ! uomiiiatibu.- Should the people deem me wert hy and elect,'whatever of ability, whatever of ener gy I Eisy i>e "po.-serscd of, shall bo devoted to guarding their rights ind. promoting lt vir inte. r^its,jiiid so far as V.ee in my-?paire of ae'-iju, \o upholding and advancing the causo-%f-?ur e?ir mon country. . . ? ? Vjry respectfully, . ^ B. G. M. LUKSOVAdP L"^ thc Advcrtitrr. MR. EntTon,-While cUi.r*-District. Tax Col Icetvrs Lu the Srat'e i.rc ?weivi?g Sbito -TRJ'C? in March, (as btw always been thc CMlnro,)' thereby enabling the titi-u?ns-to pay their Taxes btforo the currency is depreciated, will not thc Tax Col lector of EJgcGeld givo its cirizene tVe jame op poitenily. A w^rd to the wise is suiueient. A TAX PAYER. j, Por the Advertiser. ^. Tho Edgefiv-lil Village Aid Association grate fully acknowledge tho following donation? : From Dr. H. R. Cook, through Editor AJct*ti*tr,. $50; Mrs. John Rainsford eight pairs of Socks and four broaches of nice Sewing Thread. Wo hapo others will fullow lbs good example set by Mrs. RuinFford, aid send thread to sew with as it is cn article very much reidcd. Mrs. Ben. Maya has bad woven for the Afii.ciation a bolt of very nice flannel, fur which kind and generous set, we return our mest grateful thanks. Mas. ANN GRIFFIE, PRES. MRS. WM. Goonsu:?, Scc'ry k Treas'r. For the Advertiser. Nefrro Parties. Mn. EriTOB-Tn th?so times of scarcity and depredations upon meat houses, it is certainly thc duty of those who remain at home to see toit that-negro parties are broken up. There is scarce ly,* week without one or more of those par tic? in the Village orits vicinity ; ond in most pl?ees they seem to he conducted without thc presence of white persons, c r at all evonts of white men, and \vhilo many white families are destitute of tho essentials of lifo, these parties arc supplied with oven the luxuries. Now thc question arises, from what socrco como these supplies ? My only object is to call attention to these patties and to hopo they muy le discontinued in the future, except whero white men are in attendance. As to these parties in tho Village, we call tipcn the Town Council, aud hold them *e2punsible as tho guardi ans of our people. A CITIZEN. From lhp. Front. The Allanta Confederacy ot Wednesday says:" Tho latest intelligence from tho front of Dalton reports the enemy fortifying ut Rirg gold Gap. Our Cavalry advance is beyond Tunnel! Uitl. There is nothing stirring on either Rank, and perfect tranquility reigns at Dalton and in thc surrounding encampment?. Thc telegraphic lutes bsve bceH retstab ??shed to /Fui: nell Hill, and thetraius will seen ruh through to that point-perhaps within thc next twenty-four hour:?. The spirit of tho aiiny MU?C the-repulse.of the enemy at Mill Creek Gap is unexampled in any provious campaign, for ?onfideuce in themselves and in 1 heir comtnandcr-in chief. The men are chen lui and contented, bca!;hy, full of lire, and eager far an advance over the border. Shoos bay? been issued to nearly all the commands, iud tho Army g?:.erai!y lt supplied with boni for table clothing acd -jocd ?helier. At present there is no indications of au advance movement by cither anny, but stir ring times may be anticipated in the neigh borhood of Chattanooga before the s-pring is over. Thc rumor that tie enemy is fortify lng Ringgold Gap is premature. They have merely thrown up some temporary breast works orr Taylor's; Ridge. The Federal loos is ?ow* ascertained to be rot Issi than tight hundred in killed and wounded. Thomas personally co m tn and ed his trofps in the late navaiicr. Palmer Qt^vcommaod ed a corps. Col. Jackson, of Ibo Yankee cart airy sud live men were killed at one .firerof.a piece ol Wheeler's artillery. Col. McCooapa brother of Gen. McCook, was also killed. ... ? ? * Latest from the North. . RICHMOND, March 5.-A flag of trnce boat arrived at City Point last nightwilh Gu officers and 800 prisoner*, brought up for exchange. It ia not yet known what Comm ist ?oner Uuld's decision will be. Ho proceeded to City Point ibis morning, ar.d will return to morrow. New York Clea to the Sd inst, inclusive hare beer*, received. Kilpatrick was moving on Richmond, witjj ins;ructions to Jack the rebel capital, and re lease thc Union prisoners. A Washington telegram stiys that unofficial correspondence between Rutler and Ould re sulted iu declaring the exchange of r.ll priso-. .ncr? delivered at City Point ?.> the 24th Jan uary. Grant bas been appointed Lieutenant Gen er.tl. The New York Times editorially remarks that it is quirt evident a ministerial crisis in England is imminent. Everybody,!* dissatis fied with the position of iQisign relations, and the public are becoming very restive. Gold closed in New .York at DJS I _ HYMENEAL._v MAHUIKU, on the '.'th Fen., at tho residence of John Cogburo, Esq., bj?Rcv. H. T. Bartley, Rrv. WILLIAM JOHNSON, vf Florida, and Htvs. SUSAN EDMONDS, of this District. MAnnisn, at Vaucluse, on ll* ?th inri., bj Rev D. A Boudie, Mr. SIMKIXS &?DDLEand Miss MARDILIA HORTEN, of Vaucle?. MARRIED, at the same time end place, by tbs same, Mr. JAMES COWAN and Mis* CA CO LINE DICKISON, of VamrfW?. -For thc Legislati-fte. MH. EDITOR :-AS the country at this tinae re quires the ba*t talent, we-propos? "thc nr.ui?-' of Gen. R. G. M. DUNOVANT for a; Seat in the next Legislature. Wo hopo be will not refuse to giro the State the hoce?t of his Ciiineil. MA KY VOTERS. Feb. 17 - lo - 8 Board of Kein*. A cull moeting.of thu Board of Relief is hereby appointed for the Second Monday in .Mareil, 14th inst. A punctual attendance is mractttly dosircd ns business of importance must bo traruiccted. J. H. MIMS, See'ry anti Treas. Mar. 2 21 1U For Sale AGOOD WORK HORSE. Sold for nu /suit, -the owner having no uso for him. A*j ply at this oflioc. Mart) j J 3t ll For Sale, AGood WORK HORSE. Terms reasonably . Apply at this office. Ma/, i 'lt iQr FuM Your Money! PERSONS desiring to FUND IN FOCH P?K CENT. .CONFEDERATE BONDS, undor [tM Jaie Aol. of Cen gre??, eas Jo so oy and after Monday n&xt, at the Office of the jComatL-siohcr iu Equity. -.. All tintci* inuit bo endorsed with the name of tho person ofter jug lh?m, as none will bc tokeii without said endorsement. Z. .W. CAKwILE, Depositary. Edgrficld S. C., Mar 7", 18C-4. . 4t fl CIRCULAR TO THE TAX COLLBC TORS OF THE STATE. -?.CO^pPTUOLLER-GENERAL'^OFFICE, f OLVX'BiXfS. C , Mu:chl, lS64fl,v' Th? Tax Correctors of theievernl Districts and Pariahes of'Als State are hereby notified that, in conformity with thc following instructions, they will be required-to make a deduction of thirty three ?ni one-third per ecu;, on all " Confederate Treasury notos" bearing date"prior to lit April, ,ls>r''l, received by them from aid after the Tst day of April n?xt, in payment of faxes due 'to this Stute. . Tb?y are also required, nfter the 1st of April next, to send their certificates to this office of the amount of taxes received by them respect ive!/ before that dato. JAMES A. BLACK*; Compt rollor-G ?norah *'ph ICE OP ATTOpyKY-GRSr.nAL, - COLUMBIA, March 1, 1864. 7J jr? F'XCiUthcy Governor Denham. Stu: In ropiyto your inquiry as to the kind-of motoy in which Tax Collectors shall require pay ment of State.taxes after 1st April next, I answer that the Tax Ccllector is required ta receive Con federate Trsn.'ury notes or other current funds, but, in ray opinion, after th? lat April, Confede rate Treasury notos being, by Act of the. Con fed? rete Oor&rcss, reduced in value as currency 33i per cent., tho:e notes, instead of being received at 1150 cents Lb tho dollar, should he taken at tho va?uo as currency fixed by law, viz : Cfi? o?nts on the dollar. . I sm, very reaped fully, your obedient s-.rvaat, I. Xt. MAYNE, Attorney-General. To .htm** A. Clad; E?q., Comptroller-General.' Sin : You will issue, instructions to the Tax Crihcturs in conformity with the abovo opinion of the Attorney-General. M. L. BONHAM. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Columbia, March 1, 1804. Tax in Kind ALL Claims for Hauling Tux ic Kind to this Depot must b's settled hy the end of'the month, abe they will not bs allowed. Tho order: aro positivo and peremptory. I am now shipping ail the Fodder I receive ti Capt. Gregg's Company. I have thipped*scver?] Cur loads und Capt. Gregg writes me thai several et the bales, upon being opened, were found tc be musty and moulded, and unfit for any purpose. Planters arc earnestly requested to uso* no watei in packing, as n very littlo spoils the Fodder, and it will nut bc rcceiied if it eau bo detected, noi unless it j? securely baled. I have heretofore re ceived some insecure packages because I could turn lt ovor to the Quarter-Master in Augusta foi Post Horses, but os all hereafter is to bo shipped it MM?t be Oietl lalr.il. S. S. TOMPKINS, Agent Depot I, Sec. 5,4th Con. Dist/ Humbiirg, Mar (J, Ut ll Military Notice. HEAD-QUARTERS, EncVrrian C. H., Mar. 8th, lRf.4. COMMISSIONED and Kon-Commi-sionod 05i uer? and Privates, detailed men in any De partment whatever, also sick and wounded Sol diers absent from tho command of Gen. Long itrect, or the Army of Tonnessee, will report u me at these Head-Quarter; immediately, prepared to move elf to their Commands. Those who fail to report within a reasonable time will be arrested and tent to their command: under guard. By cemmsnd of Geo. John-tun. L. CHARLTON, Capt. C. S. A. Mart? 2t ll lOTICS TO CONSCRIPTS i'VBL COHOU?SSIONAL. JD1STKICT. * HEADQUARTERS EXAMINING BOARD KDCE?'IELU C. n., Feb. 25, lif.4. ?.THE Medical Examining Board of the 4tL . Congressional District will meet for the ex amination of Conscripts and Soldiers on Fur lough at tho fullowiug times sud places: Edgeficld C. H., S-.turd-.iy, 1'iih March. Newberry, : Monday, 14th " Abbeville, W pductday,l(kh. " ??mi*:,*, I" ii day, Is th " Sxingtou, Monday, 21ft " II. 1. Officers and and soldiers on furlough, trho ?re able tu traed, must report to a JIu?jiiiat Exnmir.ing Board for extension. Such extension c.ianot bc recommended by thc' Medical Board fur the District. e? 2. Those who are unable to trovel to ? llotpitat Board muy report to the Medieal Board lor thc District on tho day* above indicated. '*' Those who ure physically unable to Uart home to appear before tho Medical Board for the District will, previous to thc days appointed, ?etd up to the Enrolling Officer cf the Distriet tho cor tificalucf his attending physician, embracing i full and accurate statement of the cuso-which cer tificate will be referred by the Enrolling Officer to thc Medical Beard for their action. J. P. CAMERON, Prtit. Exam. Douri ilk C?ng. Ditt, MarO - 2t Jl Head-Quarters, ENROLLING"' OFFICER, EortariELO C. H., March lid, 186.1. Til S nolics of All Conscripts awaiting ?xum inuatiou uv the Board of Surgeons, and of all Soldiers erhosv Furloughs havo expired, is called to thc foregoing Ordors of th s" Pres id eut of thc Examhiiot; Bi?ard of Surgeons pt the4*.h Con gressional District. F. M. SCIURMER, Lieut, .t H. 0. of Edge. Mar 9_2t "_ij_ HEADQUARTERS, COMMISSARY'GENERAL'S DEP'T, S. C . \i? COLUMBIA, S. C., March 5, lSt>4. THE BOARDS OF SOLDIERS' RELIEF throughout die State, who have not remitted the amounts for sales of CARDS and CLOTH in fttil, aro hereby requested t i do so before 1st April next. All amounts received by them after said date for sa'.es of above, will bo subject tu tho de duction ul' thirty-three end a third per cent., and wiil bo so received by this Department. Bv order ol the Governor. * . RICHARD CALDWELL, ' Lt Col and C. G. S. C. Mar 9 . 3t. Tl' g-y All papers In the State will ploa.?e In?ert three times and send bills ia duplicate, with copy of adrertistuient attached, tu tim Departui-mt fur payment. Notice. ALL Slaveholders within the limit; of tho Low er Battalion, 0th Regiment, are hereby sum moned '<# deliver ons-fuurlh uf their Slaves lia ble to road duty, at Hamburg, S. C., on Wednes day, the 23d-day of March ite.xt, ?y 7 o'cluek, A. M., tor trausportation to Charleston, for Thirty Days lal?r cn thc fortifications. Also, all Slaveholders in said Battalion are her< hy requested to meet at Red Hill, Tuesday 1 ?th Inft., tn elect tn Ovciscer to take ehargo of their Slaves on the (.'oast. B. Ti MIMS, Chair. Mar 9 lt ' ll Notice. ISHALL charge Five Dollars for the services of my BULL the season for caeh Cow served, lt can bc disekaeged by a receipt from the head of any indigent family in the neighborhood sta ting that they have received that amount in money or provisions. SAMUEL BROOKS. Mar 9 2t Jl Stray Mule. TR AYE D fri>ra the Subscriber some weeks " since a light colored hay HORSE MULE, lour years old, suiill siso,-when last heard front ho was iu tho neighborhood of Richardsunvillc. Any information concerning bim will ho thank fully received and liberally rewarded if roturncd to me at Augusta, Go. G. W. GARMANY. Angula, Mar 2 " 3t Jj M1 NOTICE! " M g CURRENCY ACT. TUE Ban ks.cf .South Carolina hereby cull the atUmliun-of all concerned, to the operation of the Act of the Confederaw^ngi^s^opprored February 27, 1384, by which ?til Treasury notes ubove tho d?nomination of ?ve dollars l?t funded iu four per cent, bondi beforo the Ors: of April, proximo, will bo thon' subjected to a tax of 33J per coot., and they horoby -ive no (icc, 1st. That all persons ?nd corporations bari- ? claims upon them for deposits, Bank balances, Certificates of Deposit, Checks, Dividends, &>:, ic., shall present their claims' and receive pay. mont thereof on or beforo the l'Jth dsy of pareta, instant. 2d. To facilitate;, the operations-of?tb?jr'custo mers iu funding th*ir Ireosary noleB in-'fouj'p't.r cent, houds, according to thc jthov? AcT of Con gress, tb? Banks ?iii continua to recoure the samo on deposit until the 12th day of Starch,- in.'taut, and to pay chock? drawn ugainst ibo some, until tho 19tb idem-both dates inclusive. JU. After the 19th day of Moxoh, instant, afore saiih the Bank?, in order to airoid, for their de positors and others interested, the tax of 23? per cent., will proceed to fund the Treasury notes then remaining in their possession in four per cent, bonds, en account ofj-aud'for tho benefit of sal-I depositors and others, and thereafter pey all such claims iu tho said bends. . ? 4 th; Tho liai, ks will coutioue to receive and 'pay out Treasury notes of ibo denomination ol' ?ve dollars and less, aud will receivo in the same munuer xs heretofore thc new. i?.-uea to bu made under this Act. . J. A. CRAWFORD, Prcs't Commercial Bank of Columbia. . R.M.MOllNSOS, Fres't Exchango Bank of Columbia. . D. RAVEN EL, Pres't Planter's L Mechanic's Bank, Charleston. J. K. SASS, Prcs't Bank of Charleston. JAMES ROSE, Pres't South Western R. R. Bank. HENRY L. ELLIOTT, Pres't Planter'sBank of Fairfield, 0E0. S. CAMERON, Pres't Bank of Chester. J.' G. HENNING, ''. Pres't Bari- of Georgetown. WM.WHALEY, Pres't Farmer's and. Exchange Bank. WM. GODFREY, , Pres't Merchanio's Bank of Chen v.-. WM. B. SMITH, ... Pres't TJnwu Bank. CHAS.-al; FURMAN, ? Pras't Batik of the Stato of S. C., Charleston. ANDREW blMONDS, Pres't Branch Bask of S. C. at Columbia. GEORGE, B. REID, Prcs't Bank of S. Carolina. . D. L. MCCAY, PreS't People's Bank. EDWARD SERRINO, Prcs't State Bank. E,D. BOYD, Pres't Bank of Newberry. ?3?" All papers in -thc Stato publish till the " 19th March und loud bills to thc Bank ofrCharlos ton In Columbia, S. C. March ? .-'- 2t ll Head-Quarters, COMMISSARY GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 27th February, 1861. S. W. B. DORN, Longmires P. p., haring executed and hied his Bond in this De partment ou tko 27tk February, 1S64, in compli ance with the rcquiaitioas of an Act to amend an Act entitled rn-Act to suppross the undue distil lation of Spirituous Liquors ir. this S tate passed 17th December 138:1, is hereby appointed by bia Excellency, the Governor, an Ageut to Mannfac- * turo and soil a limited quantity of Alcohol and Whiskey in Edgefield District to regularly prac ticing -Physicians and registered Druggists of said District for Medical purposes. ? All other persons Distilling in Edgefield Dis trict are'doingVo in direct viojV.ion of tho Law, and uro amcnablo to Its penalties. It is thc duty of all leaders of Patrol to report ull such persons, and ef all Magistrates to eeizo . .and suppress their Still*. By order of thc Governor. RICHARD CALDWELL, . . Lt. Col. & Cotn'y-Gen'i. S..C. Mar 9 3t ' - ' " State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, IN OUDINAJi T. . BV W. F. DURISOE, E?q., Ordinary of Edge field District. Whereas, Ansel .Devore has applied to me for Letfors of Adniiuistratien, on all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and crodi:.' of Lewis Clark, lato of tho District, aforesaid, duccasoi. These aro, therefore, to^i'e and admonish all and singular, the kindred ?iud creditors of thc said deceased, tu bo ami appear b;fore mc, at our next Ordinary's Court for the .--aid District, io be holden at Edgefield Court 'House, on Ibo 11th day of M?ir. inst;, to show cause, ii' any, why tho said admin istration should not bc granted. Given under my bani und ?*eal, thia Int day of Mar., in the year of our Lord one thousand eighth un dre J and sixty-four, an.t in tho eighty-' eighth year of thoTudependeiice of S. Cur-Ilia. W. F. DUK1S0E, O.F..U. M;irch :l_ 2te_1? State of South Carolina. EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. fil Qk'b?NAh Y. BTW. F. DUIUSOE, E:-q., Ordinary of EilgO? field Bistrict; ^ tVbero:as, Cb?rTrs M. May h "applied to me fr.r Letters of Administration, with tho will an nexud, <>u all aud singular tho Roods ?ad chat tels, ri"his and croaks if Lewis May, late'ot' tho District at'oreiaidj dee'd. Theso arc, therefore,' to cite and admonish all and singular, tho kindred and creditors of tho said deceived, '.a Lc.ai-d appear-before me, at our - next Ordinary's Court for the ?aid District, to bc.* bodell at r.dgeSdld C. H.. on the ltthduy cf Mar. inst., to ?how cause, if any, why tue said adssjrnistrution eliou'.I iv.-, bc granted. Given under my hand and seal, this 1st day af Mur. in the y?ar of our Lord on? thousand eight hundred and SixtJ-four, aud in theejghty ei 'htli year of the Indepondeueo of South Care- ' linn. W. F. DURISOE, O.E.D. Mar. 2 _2lo_. 10 ?tate of South Carolina, . EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, IN ORDINARY. BY W. F. DURISOE, Esq., Ordinary of Edge^? Cold District. ... Whereas, Henry Ouzt', Sr,, bas applied to mo for Letters ol* Administration, tu bonit no?, ca all and singular thc goods and chattels, fights and credits of Mary Ousts, late of tho District aforesaid, deo M.. These e.rc, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kiudred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before me, at our next Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be boldon at Edgetictd Codrt House, on the 23th day of Mar. inst., to ?how causo, if any, why tho said administration should not bc granted. Givea^pndcr my hand and' soal, this 7th day of Mar. in tho year of. our Lord one. thousand oigbt hundred lind "sixty-four, and iu the eigkly. eighth year of the Independence'Of S. Caron: e. W. F. DURISOE, o.E.n. Mar 9 2t_ll Notice. AFINAL Settlement ou the Estate of May A. Turner, dee'd., will be made iu the Or dinary's Oflice, on Friday, the 25th March. All persons interested will thke due notice and gov ern themselves accordingly. THOS. ATKINS, Ad'or. Mer 9 . 3t _ ll Notic?. AFINAL SETTLEMENT on tho Eitate of Winfrey Whitlock, dee'd., trill bc made in tho Ordinary's OUiee, on Tucsdny, 7th June, 1 Sdt. The Heirs of said Estate -n ill take duo notice aud meet thc Administrator on tba day above men tioned. GEO. WHITLOCK, Ad'or. Mar? _3m_ U Notice. AFINAL SETTLEMENT on the Estate of Elizabeth Whitlock, dee'd., will he made ia j the Ordiuary'a Ofiiee, on Tuesday,7th June. li>i?4. j The Heirs of said Estate will t?hs duo notiee a:.<l I mest tho Administrators at tho limo and place : above spoeiiiod. OEO. WHITLOCK, G. W. TURNER, ?Mari 3ai ll AoVor*.'