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FVBL?HK0 WJCD.VESDAY M?KKlNG BTJBISOZ, J?SBSSrftC?. S?TBSCRU'TIOK? te tte" ADVERTISER f<" year FIVE DOLLAHS in ?urauo*.. Fer SU Monta. THREE DOLX.A.RS. ADYERfliKHKHTS witt be ?uerled et THBEI. DOLLARS r*r Sature (M minien ?in?? or le?i. for each .n*er?i0n. ?-?r.rt????eBU wr?wut hietattioni M to the n?aa?t?taf?ea.te beiaieiteA, will be pabime* un? ferti?, ?sd ?harged aeeerdtazi?, ^, ianraBdac CasdUaue for aay Once *t ?oBof-Or ?roflt. TWikTT DOLLARS, ?o be paid before the SJ? ?.?tieexeat tt pabllrted. ?Wt???r^t?^^k?tei0f Re^oot'w aayeommn aleeura ftnoVki ia lu ?atore, wfll^rabtd u adver tiMsaents and ttuged ?e*.>rdiBglr*. * . *_, Oar im; Victorioas in Virgiuia ? . ; FIRST DAY'S FlGsffr. OKANQK, C. H., May 6.-? considerable engagement occnrred about 20 miles below Jiertfinear Parker's Store,; Spottsylvania Couo ^ tyV-srttaa plank road, between a part pf "** Ewell's-corps and the 5th corps of Yankee in ? fcntry, including; Sicktes' regular regiment. The fight lasted from 12 o'clock, until night. Our troops repulsed the enemy most hand somely capturing 981 privates, and -10 com missioned officers, who have arrived herc. General J. M. Jones and Colonel Warren, of tho 10th Virginia* killed; and Gen. Stafford mortally wounded. RICHMOND, May 6-The following waa re ceived here this morning ; HKADQDA?TERS ARM* KO*THERX Va., May 5,. 1864. 2b. Eon Secretary of War : . The enemy crossed the Rapidaa rK. Elj't and Ga ra-nia Fords. Tito corps of this ar my moved out to oppose him-Ewell by the old turnpike, and Hill by the plank road. They armed this morning in close*proximity to the enemy's dine of march, when a strong attack wai made on Ewell, who repulsed- it capturing many prisoners and four pieces ol artillery. The enemy subsequently concen trated upon Hill,.who, with Heath's and Wil cox's Divisions, successfully resisted repeatec desperate' assaults upon them.- A large fore? of cavalry and artillery on eur right flank wa? driven back by Ressers. Brigade. By th blessing of God we maintained our positioi against eve;y effort until night, when thi . contest clostd. We have to mooro the lo* of many brave officers and men. The gallan Qeaeral J. M. Jones is among tho killed Brigadier Genoral Stafford, 1 fear, waa mor vally wounded while leading bis comrasnt v 'ith conspicuous valor. R. E. LEE. FURTHER PARTICULARS. ORAXGE, C. H., May 6. Tho following additional particulars o? tb tight on Thursday, the y th, have been rc ceived: - .r? Heath And Wilcox checkod and drov bock throe corps and two divisions of th enemy. Laac'.i North Carolina Brigade surprjso and captured hst night three hundred prise .sers. . v Gcn. Pegram was painfully wounded li the knee. From three o'clock until dar! there was very heavy musketry fighting, bu little artillery. Cook's Brigade fought wei and lost heavily. Thomas' and McGowan' Brigades al -o suffered heavily, Bosser willi a single Brigade fought Wil cox's whole division of Yankee cavalry, driv ing them back at all points. ' Tba battle field is located twenty-five mile below here. * Throe hundred more, prisoners have -boc; received 'here, aad there- are more on th #A Tue Riehmond Ambulance Committee ar rived this morning. SECOND DAY'S' PI<?HT. OBAVOE C. H., May 6. The attack of tho eaemy this morning wa vary violent, but was repulsed in every in stance. A strong effort was made-to tun our right. We dnvva tbam on our Mt. H . was ?ul b >ro on the right, bot Loftgntreet fiual ly forcea theta io g.re way. . Lotigstftct received a severe wound in th' .boulder. G'twP&ul Jennings (Jenkins* wa mortally wounded. The ngbt was renewed again thia mornini -mostly musketry. It is reported and bu lieved that we are driving them back. Gen. Benning waa slightly wounded in th< ann, in tb? fight thia morning. . The fighting was principally with musketry The ground was unsuitable for artillery. Co!. Brown,'of Georgia^ of the Virgiui? Artilery was killed. Tbe battle was : ought near tho Wilderness Tho enemy has boen pushed back near Chan cellorsville. Everything looks well. Furtbei accounts "will be sent forward to-morrow Qea. Wadsworth (Yankee) was killed. Sev enteca hundred prisoners have reached here ?fom the battle-field. RICHMOND, May 7. Motiving bas been heard'of the situation ol affairs this morning. Grant's plan was te turn our right and get between Gen. Lee and Bichmond.'-Longstreet turned the enemy's left and was pushing him steadily, when se verely wounded- He* was shot by M alton L-'H brigade through mistake. Jenkins was killed br th? same brigade. Kershaw commanded McLawa' Division, wi tu great honor. Battle'.?, Alabama, and Gordon's, Georgia, brigades suffered severely. The following official diopatoh was. received thlp raot??jg: JSEADQ'KS ARMY NORTHERX VIMIXIA, ) May?, 1864; j To the Secretary of War :, Early thia morning, as tic di via i out ?f Gen. HiU engag?e]yesterday Were be'inf relieved t Lc'ehe tay advanced and created some confu sion. The ground loat was recovered as soon -as fresh troops got into position and the ene my was driven back to bi? original lin?: ^Af terwards w? turned the left of his fresh line and-drove, it from the field Jeavhig large' num bera of dead ?nd wounded in our hands. Among the'^iUed.is Gen. Wadsworth.- A subsequent attack forced the enemy into his entrenched lines on Brook's Road, extending fro m the Wilderness Tavern on the right to Trigg'i Mill. ' Every advance on bis part, thanks to a merciful God, bas been repulsed. Our loss in killed is not large, but we have many wounded-most of them slightly, artil lery being little used on either aide. I grievo to announce that Lient. Gen. Longstreet was severely woonded. Gen. Jenkins was killed"* and Ci eu. Pegram badly roundtxl ou yester day* Gen. St afford^ it ig hoped. rttjll recover. . (Signed,) R.E.?EE. . . JS??-* Latest, from the Trans-ttinnissippi. MOBILE. May 7-A special dis'patth to the Tribune, dated May,6. says t Au officer who l?ft Taylor's camp, twelve miles from Alex andria, on tho "Stb, continus Banks' retreat fro.? Adexan.drra. . True gunboat Eastporfr waa ^?JJp.wn tip. and ? two transports were capture^/ For the re- j . mainder of the fleet abor? the Rapids there i ia no chance ot- escape. * Taylor captured four thousand prisoner*. ' Price'" snccesti""consists in Marruaduka's '? capture of Steele'? train. Steele was sur- > roue dod. I Price demanded the .jjurrender of Steele. Sto?'??agreed on ooadttioa that the negroes i be treateef tu Jirisoner* ol war, Price refused *nd referral- iii*? Urmfi to Smith, who rrp?cd v-.-.-.t !::;> i,(v.irrnoii"-would bc pent if; tbt-ir ow- . uwi. Stw.'o refusal to. suiT???sder .' ou :he?e j tenn?. Furtbr> ujjtiyu is unknown. It is . beiW-rod that the whole force would bc r;:.:i turcd. Sn-dib is reio?orcing Price. . Further Particulars of thc Fight at Olive Branch. tog ? [Sjtccizl to Meridian Clarion.] TAVCIPAHOA, "\y 3. A warmly contested battl? is now pro gressing at Olive Branch, on the Baton Bouge road, . between three regiments of negrr?es, one battery and white-cavalry on the one side, and Col. Sett's first Louisiana cavalry, 800 strong, on tho other. Scott i? in command on the field ia person. - The fight baa beeb raging all day and is represented as severe. No considerable advantage gained on either side up to last'accounts. ' Reinforcements, consisting of artillery and cavalry ar- going U Scott. Report* brought.by blockade runners state Bauks and his whole army captured oa Red .River. [SECOND MSMTCH.J TANGIPADOA, May 4. /Advices from Olive Branch are iustreceived. After eight boura' desperate fighting, our forces repalsed the ? enemy And drove them across Thomsou's Creek. The enemy rnirnbered loCO: our forces only 800. '' Reinforcements are being rapidly forward ed to Col. Powers. There-is no report of the losses ou either side. Unless the enemy continue retreating, the fight will probable, be renewed to-day. Special ' Correspondence of the Constitutionalist. Letter From North Carolina. f AMioRo, N. C., May 2, 18G4. Affairs are working gloriously for our cause lu the old North State. The Yankees are being rapidly weeded out root and branch. Newbern ia the ouly place in which the Abo litionists now have a foothold, aud from present indications that place will soon follow in the wake of Plymouth and Washington, Our troops advanced from Plymouth on Wash ington aud after-exchanging a few fihots,..th< Yankees evacuated the pisco on Saturday night last, our forces occupying thc town on Sunday morning. The enemy have coreen trali-d their entira force at Newbern. Of tb? movements of cur forces it is not at presenl prudent to speak ; suffice it to say, however we are elated with the prospect, and hopt that at no distant day the enomy will bc driven beyond our entire lines. Things an working and the movement inaugurated bj the gallant Hoke will be productive of at abundant harvest. Tho work go?B bravely on THE A D V ERTI S ER. JAKES T. BACON, EDITOR._ WEDNESDAY; MAY ll, 1804. gS^Attontion is directed to the advortisomon of Air. S. F. GOODE, Tithe Receiver for this place rr*';- Dcfardtots in reference to sending hand to work oa the Coa/t Fortifications, will do wei to hoed the notice of Shoritf SMXEB on anothe: cojuma. Mock annoyance and unnecessary ex pense'will be saved by responding promptly ti tbis sommons. A Note from Feint Lookout. A ratcraed prisoner ?bo carno by the '.sst fls< of truce, boat, bas forwarded to us from Rich mood tbe following note, ll ?rc are a half dozet brave Edgoneld soldiers who take.tbis op pur tu aity to let their relatives and frfonds know tho] are well. The poor fellows we suppose wrvto ai much as they were allowed te. May we soon sci thea I Hr. TAYLOI-. informs ai that BO veli mei came by the last bolt. FOIST LooKocr, MD-, Apr. 27tb, 1S64. Mn. Os?se?. TAYLOR-.Dvur ??'ir : Please san' the following namoi ;e Mr. JAMEL T. 3ACO.?*, Ed (tor of the Edgefielrf Advertiser, Edgefield 6. C CUAS. GHXTOK, Wie. Burnes,' M. 0. GLOVER W. M. BOAXXAS, W. H. CoCBVRJ and J. PATI bil are well. Tbe amount realised by tho Play las w?*k ie $?350-which., aft?r ali expenses ure de dueted, will leave $1100 for the Ladies to boston as t&ey bave before dado known. Deferred? !Io order te give our readers as detailed an ao oonnt of the late engagements as possible, we bavi deferred until next we?k a communication fros Maj. A. JOKES in reipcuso to an article over ;ht Signatare of " The Voi-e of the People" publish ed in our last issac. For the same reason, we hHv< laid aside for a mare convenient season two oi lb rta other commuai?? lions-all of which shall reaeiv? duo attention scon. .?v gv ._"_ ? The firs'. Fruits." On the 4th of May, our venerable and ba?arse friend, Capt. EUGENE F-JUT, sent u? a bajsiet d wonderfolly fine Strawbarrica-tnormoijtfdy larg? and dflleioasly ripe. Tbe^were of OD ?.cf the now fashioned,species-Blach Prince most probably and reanirfcd. very little sugar indeed-lucky cir cumstaneo. Our very Wet thanks to Capt B May everything he hos planted, from last fall tc ibis day, yield bim, not ? thirty" nor " eixty,' but "au hundred Md."" From Beyond the Mississippi. Mr. WASSER, a special courier of Gcu. KIKET SKITS, has arrived ai IuV*tlo, bringing authentic sews, concerning mAHtnry matters iu thc Trans Mississippi Department. Tho information broughl by thia ooarier, ?cares no nhadow of doubt aa tc oar oomplete meces?- por .'oct triumph indeed io, that quarter. The fact is now established that we kave galnod telling victories in all o^r impor tant engagements with the Yankees ly North Western Louisiana. We h avo taken prisoners a very large number of their fighting men, can?. tared all -their camp property, slain hundreds of their hirelings, and scattered tbe rest far anet wide. Tho imbecile Ban!;* is trying to make good bis retreat to -Natcb-a-but he makes Jt sny.tb.iag but good. .vQeti. L ICK TAYLOR overtook bim at Marksville (some 250 or 200 milea cast ward of Mansfield, tho scene of his first drubbing) on the 25 April, for*cd him la make a tUnd, and again punished -bim severe'j. Fort DeRusiey, over tba capture? of which the Yankee? exalted a* immoderately, ie now ro-oveupied by our forces. Geo. KIRBY SUITS and his leave troop.? deserve all pots i bio honor. The atrotagem of Gen. PRICE to draw the Yan kees iato bis net, is one of tho wiliest trieks of -ibo war. He threw the enemy into total comTu ! sion by Beaming to be inbonfuudon afcid flight bim self, bnt when the '.'robbers were itwthe midst of their esnltatiea and robbery, k?> g'awe tbe signal, restored order among Iria troops as if by magic, fed upon G?n. STEELE, and aai?bilettd almost his ontirearmy. Old "daddy" P??i?cf: got np A atam atampadoj apocially 'or occasion, and never before was a fool ao terribly victimize! as the Yunkee STEELS. PBXCS i* BOW marching North. He redeeuod Missouri and Arkansas ono? ; ho will do it again. ^?9-Lieut. Col. STVPHUM ELLIOT'S, Jr.. of For* Suca^fame, bas been ando a fall Colonel and ' assigned fa the) ejptaand of tba Jiolo?n be Legion, j *6 Who Keeps np the Prises of Pro vis .on* T Wo are disposed t?> ma-ko ODe more serious ap peal tu the Planters of ti>e Oonfedcrpny ?pon the j prieo ot } ?uvifior.fi. It was tho lesscm/olc ex- j pcoti*ti?ri of the Government that wheel otje?iia!? ; ol the currency abould be withdrawn, the prive of ? Vrov'iFious would decline. Contrary to this rea- -, sosablo expectation, every necessary of life, corn, j bacon, aud flour, bas advanced in price. This is the case in and around that oorner of tho Confed eracy whieh thc trump of fumepronounee? Edye fitld,-let it be what it may-In other and mota blessed parts. And this ?. attributed by some-Lo a scarcity of the above camed articles, but r.e are satisfied that such is not the true cause. The corn crop last year' may have been somewhat scant,-hut there is more flour and more bacon in tbU District to day, secreted in private store rooms and smoke-houses, than tbaro ever was ?ince tho settlement of this country By white mon. JJ Why then are planters demanding, these enor mous prices for flout and baeon ss well as corn ? It is simply and undeniably because they do not want to receive Confederate money. Is'this a wiso or patriotic 'coarse on the part of *hc Plan tern? -"Wo think not;'end we thick io fwr the following plain reasons. The preservation of thc country depsads on tko support of the Army and the Army can-be'supported only by the agricul tural ittereit of the country. The soldier mua> have bread and meat-and these must come from .he barna'and smokij-houica of our planters. It is tho ditty of the .Government io provide the Army'with this bread and meat j but how is the Government to preetiro it? Thcro aro but two modes ; thc Government must cither bny^from the planter.the neoessary supply fer the Army, or else it must impress. If the Government buys, it can only do so with Treasury notes: it bas no specie, and, while mi blockade contih&s, can get none. What then floes the planter gain by de manding these enormous prions for his provisions ? Who is ho swindling ? Ko one but himself. Sup pose tho planters, by their avarico, raise tko price of provisions 100 per Cent: the effect of thisds that it costs the Government two dollars instead of one to support the Army-i. e. four hundred million annually instead of two. What doo? the planter gain by this operation ? If the Govern ment comes out of ^his war with a debt of one billion of dollars, who foots up the account ? Who pay? the piper? -Tie planter-?-for remember wo are exclusively an. agricultural people. When the planters therefore by ?o-mbliog^ the price of provisions double tko national debt, they are only doubling thc debt which they themselves hnve to pay. And when thc war is over they will be taxed to their hearts con teat At* pay the in torest upon tho enormous debt they .are now rnn ntng up-hy their unprincipled conduct. Or if any man flatters himself that the debt will be re pudiated, at?l he must sustain his eharo of the final loss,'forn? knave is shrewd enough to make his eseape clear and clean from the common ruin that will follow repudiation. -_-j ? 4, 4-: First Regiment, S. C. V. The following promotions have recently been made in this gallant old Regiment, vic : Major C. H. McCreary, Colonel; Capt. W. P. Shooter, Lieut, Colonel, and Capt. T. P. Alston, Major. . Thia Regiment, is still in McGowan's bri&atle and contains as goo? fighting material as th? anny affords. sun Liberal? Mr. M. A. RANSOM, of Hamburg, although ht has given liberally time and again to Soldiers Aid Societies ia this District,' is still dispensing hh money with u lavish hand in tba good canre. A lat? Charleston Courier oontair? the following card i '? HAMBriao, S. C., April 27th, 1864. Edit?r?r(^unrr^lu response to you/ appeal, ] enclose you five hundred dollars for the use and beuefit. of tko Wayside Hom* in your oily, witt; the bop? that tho friends ?f the l?i?ier through out the Slate will cot allow this institution, whiol bas done so much for our noble moa, to snseosc for th* waztf of th* means necessary ts Us w*tia nano*. M. A. RANEsOM. Our Army Papers. We mail regularly each week a large nutnboi of papers to subscribers ia tho army, aud regret j?9*y that, through (he carelessness of Post, Omet officials somewhere, but few of those papers evei reach their proper destination. Th? fault is norn of ours. Tho papers are mailod with great can and promptly, .and in strict accordas ce with di rections. Dat still they go amies. "How cantfjh .vii b? remedied ? - '?:'. ? How to Save Bntter. Iq these* time; of necewitf, when butter is fros faur to five dollars per pound, any.method bj which we eas econgmiso in ita use ought to me* with conridcraVtOn. Tho Petersburg Expren mentions a pisa which has already been adoptee in somu partions of Kurth Carolina. That jeurna says: - v ls the custom nf nine oat often people t< vl& their bread with the buttered ebie up. Ai VJt-e wnguo is thc organ of taste, and as butter ; : spread upon bread to impart a pleasant taste to i the true way'to eat is with the buttered side mxxi tb* tongue. In this ma*, er a thin byer of buttei will serve tho purpose ot', ?"nd render the bread ai palatable as though it wore Bpraad with a,doubl eoating. .This practice, we understand, h:? beer partially adopted an?ong the economical tn North Carolina, and *rigmat?d with the Quaken* oui there. It is said to bo an excellent recipe, espe cially whon cold bread is eaten, and savus fruin one half to two-thirds of the butter usually con snored. Eloquent and Patriotic Sentiments. In a communication to the Montgomery Mail, from Hon. Jao For? j the, the able and nccompi.thed editor ol" the Mobile Advertiser and Jlegieter, ap pears the following patriotic sentence, which has the ring of the true metal : . "My businesjf, and that of every man who as pires to livo and die as ho was born-afrvo man is with tho present and the futuro. Patriotism and manhood belong to no particular party. All luve their humanly allotted portions of heroes and cowards. This is no time for conservatism. T e air is tremulous with sounds and lurid with the blood and flame of war*. Th? arbitrament of the. sword b*6 boon appealed to, nnd by it wc rise or fall"" conquer or are defeated, live free or dave. With the dt-ipot ? foot npon our soil, who talks of conservatism? With the robber ?nd aKsassin's 'knife at our throaty who shall talk of conserva tism ? War I war t?- the knife and to the hilt, is our duty and our destiny. Wo must come up to it manfully, else there is nothing fer ns to hope worth hoping for. nothing to live, worth living for. Let ue reject with ooo" mind tho dastardly refrain ef the lashionable ditty, "'When this crue'l war is over." and -.kout the-p-ampol-toned battle cry of tho MarseUaise : Aux Arme* 2 Citoyen* ,* ?"oruiez voe battalion* warchen*.' viarehoni !" $S?- Tho Pennsylvania Ltgislature has passai a Joint rasolutiou urging Lincoln ta disobarge the Pennsylvania troops when their time is out. S^"The New York Tribune- announces th? abandonment of the sejge of Charleston. t^Yankco.papers say Forroet added from sevon toten thousand mia to his command wbon in Kentucky. tar Numerous deserters have ooma Int? ?ur j linos at Dalton and given themselves tip, ?aying ! their t*rm expires from the tenth to tie twelfth o* | this month, that none of Max will fight In the approaching engagement. tST Tuo "V-nusylvania tooptrikx>Be term ex pires itt' May ; hove notifie j Unit that they will j .not obey mders recently Unod rotfthrag them in j servie? until the first of Jul;. j IRATEST NEWS. ?5rJ- Ottr'bctt tl-ankfl ure due ?-lr. A. liiRO Co':.?^^.ir bis ?vnlitcness iii gs&liag O? frew Hub inora!, a copy of tue CSruhieJe ? Xtut?nef et Hon- . day afternoon, from wid';h wo ?take ?.be annexed ; extract?. We despatched a, ccurit-r froai this OCice t?? j Augusta'cu Monday cftcriiooa, expecting bite io j return on Tuesday at ll or IO o'clock, A. M. bring ing us the Augusta Pupers of Tuesday morning and the very latest telegrams frtfm Virginia sud elsewhere. Lut bs has disappointed us. We bn.ru waited somoiiiiio beyond our usual'h?ur of going to press, and still be does hot come. Our chagrin is great, but we havo dono our best. From Northern Virginia. THE FIGHTING ON S?TUKDA^p . ? . RICHMOND, May S. The following dispatch was received hera this morning : * HEADQUARTERS ASIMY NonraERN ViMIX?Ai 1 May 3tb, 1864. J To'tibia Secretary **[ War: Gen. Qordun turned thc enemy's extremo right yesterday ovening, and di nvo him from his rifle pas. Among tho prisoners oaptured were GOBS. Sey mour and Shaslur. A, number.of arms were also taken. Tho.onemy ba? abandoned tb? Germana Ford Road and removed the pontoon bridgo towards Ely's. - Thorc has Been no attack to-day, only Elight skirmishing on our line. (Signed) R, E. LEE. From Dulton. DALTON, May 9. Hooker's ?orps aitompted .yesterday to carry DUR Gap by .storm. It was.defendo ' Qrejgby's Kentucky oav airy and the 1st Arkansas infantry, who repulsed their assaults., in?JictiLg a bravy loss on the onetny Our ammunition becoming exhausted, our mor resisted tho last assault by pelting the uneraj with stones, until tho arrival of, Granbury's TesA.< Brigade, when tho enemy were routed and bast il j withdrew. . Our loss was very small. Ono lieutenant anr twenty men were oaptured. Slight skirmishing was going on up to dark. The enemy were having massed a boavy fore* In front.of Rocky Face, Ave lines ti battle b?in - isiblo. It wai thought they wonld attempt to carry i by Sterin this morning, but BS yet ?o demonstra, tien hos been made. ' The Iron-Clad Albemrle at Work. WILMINGTON, May 9.-Commander Cook, wit! the iron-clad Albemarle, engaged nine of tbi ?enemy's gunboats in Albemarle sound on thc 6th She sunk one and disabled two. The fight lasted from 4 P. M. till night. For the Advertiser. , Tho Ladies Soldiers'Aid Association resp'cot fully acknowledge the recoipt of $2Q0, t'uroug] Dr. J. F. Griffin, being a partof the proceeds o Prof. Holmes' interesting Lectures. Also, fror Miss Nancy S. Quarles, the liberal donation o Forty Dollars, for which the Association return their warmest thanks. Also, received from Mi Griee, S2. . Maa, ANN GRIFFIN, PRES. HRS. Wit. GOODMAN, Sec'ry.A Trcas'r. pm? iii the Confed?rate House of Eeprofonto tires, on thc -1th, a resolution declining il ines podient te put five dollar notes on a par with ac issue, was adopted-yeas 67, nays S. . -. The Atlanta Confederacy is advised by telegram .'rom Meriti i nu' Miss., that Col. Wile M. Reed, reported killed in the fight at Fort Pi] low, ia not dfed, but ?3 at Jackson, Tennessee ?rn proving. f?y At last accounts the English Govemmon retained possession of the gun-boat Alexandre but was ready to deliver her to tba ownorc on ap plication. * gSt* The Washbdgton Chronicle says Lincoli will investigate tba Fort Tillow atCxir carefull) If thu statoments are found to be effect, ho wi] d?ni?t? d the participants. If they arVrefutet he will tahs measures of revenge. ?Stf' The chief monitor in tho Jnmea l?iver i the^unboot Onondaga recently finished in York. The Yankee gunboat 'destroyed by t.V torpedo below Richmond, on tho fitb, was blowi into fragment*. Aa- official dispatch ?sys tbs hardly.a piece wan loft as big as a row boat. Arti the explosion the rost of the flout stopped. -1-0-?-_. ..? MILITARY KxitcuTioN.-About half-pas ten o'clock yesterday morning, tho Kri?i Course veus the scorie of a military execution Private Henry Jerome, of Company A, I7.ti Rcgirneut, S. C. V., who had twice taen gni! ty of the crime of deserting bis colors, paie the jjenalty with his life. The ciecutior took place in the presencp of Major Bland ing'e command of the 1st & C. Artillery and an infantry regiment-thc firing squad; being detached from the ranks of tho Regu lars. The condemned, a ina? of mature years short in stature, and of quiet demeanor, wa? brought to the ground in an ambulance, at tended.by Rev. Mr. Aldrich, Chaplain of tb? ir.tS. C. Artillery; After the last prayet had been said, the culprit refusing to have his oyes ?baudaged,* knelt beside his coffin At the first fire, he fell insensible, -having receivcd'several mortal wound* in the chttat and in ?wo minutos all signs of animation had disappeared. PrivaW Jerome was, wi understand, a native of Chester DiArict, and leaves na wife and throe childron.-CharlestoE Mercury, .'ld. Sentence of death was pronounced yester day by the Court of Appeals upon "W. T. San ders for robbery bf the person of Rfisa L?:Grand in this Dialricr, and upon Geo. W:- Stewart for the murder of. Campbell, in Anderson District: Thc. prisoners were senterrced to be'vhhng on 3d .June next, in ibo Districts, where tjte olientes wero commi?tod.- Colura? bia Guardian, ?tb.. -. 'tVtiERK mp TUAT MATH- ?P'TO ?-In a cer tain hotel in a ?jil*jge<9ft Alabama, there in employed a bar ternTejr, who is in the habit ot taking his M tod" pretty freely, but alway? makes it a poinfh'cver to drink in the pres ence othiB employer. A row days ago, while be was in th?! acVuf drawing his {' tod" pre paratory to taking aTdrink his employer came into thc bar room rather unexpectedly. Find ing bims?.If caught in the 'act, as he set the tumbler and its contonts od tbc counter, he cast bis -eye? around with a look of surprise and exr laimed : " Where in creation did th?t man that ordered that drink go to ?:' jt? 3" There is no necessity for breaking your won' :. In tbe-trst plas* never promise anything u-it -ss you know it to bo in?your^iower le fulfill; anti In the second place, make np yeuc mind, h? ' for? you promise, that whatsoever>ou do promise, you will fulfill, 'fry so doing, you will gain and enji y the ooafidenoe'of those around you. Wheu sues h a character is established, it will be of more vail c tb an ermine, gold cr princcly'diadoms. ?a Tboro wa? arad scene in the Boston Po lioo CourtVcceUtiy. Twoaty-tBree women Wore bron} ^ht ia at one tim? and pla^d in the deck, moat /Sf them efcarge4 with being common drunk ??f~ The lost flag of truce boat at Richmond ..rought fifty officers and thr*e hundred and trrcn y iivo prfvnics for oxcbango. "'HYME^ALr' Mxamun, on the fifi inst., atT tho residence of^ "Sira. A. 13. Garduer, by the Rr. v. J. P. "Mealing. .Mr. SAMUEL MAYS, Gtk Reg't. S. C. Cavalry, and Mr*. A. E. GARDNEI?, of this District. MA!:I:JI:]>; al St. Thaddeus Church, Aiken, on the .'.t?r April, by the "r>bv. I*. J. Sband, Mr. N. G. t'lJAFEE and/ Mic? ROSA CLARA, daughter of Wa Gn^t/Esq. MAIMED, iu Sava/mah, Ox, ou Tnesday, 2Gtlri Apri1(>by P.ev. J. 6. K. Axa^n, Surgeon. C. B. P ADAMS, cf Edgefield District, and Mi? ANNIE ' .E. HAKDiiN, of Savannah, Ga., dangittar of'tLe ] lute Ur. J vim M. B. Harden, of Liberty, county, Gd. MaimtEP, on the 5th Apr?I,'l#y B. M. Martin, Esq., Mr. WILLIAM ELKINS, 15th. RegH S. C. V., and Miss CAROLINE M'A LL, ali of thia District.-. . MAr.r.iED, at thc residence of thc bride's fatbcrf by tho Rev. John Trapp, Kev. It. W SZYMOUF, of Charleston, and Mrs. MOLLIE GRIFFIN, eldest dnugiitcr of Dr. E. Andrew?, of Edgefield, [In this latter cast?? fbc' fair bride was kind and thoughtful enough to s?nd us a sli<<e of <?el;^ cious .axe, for which graceful civility we bloom all over with smiles.wi.d thanks.-En. Anr.]"" OBITUABY. * DEPARTED this life, February the 27tb.*18G4, at his .residence in this District, of Liver Disease, Mr. LEWIS MAY, in. the 58th year id" hia age. ..Our friend is gone.! The Lord bas called him from our midst, and wc aro left to mourn bia loss. ?Ile waa e kind man, an obligiug neighbor, a de voted father, and an humble'and oxemplary Chris tian. In the dj.jf of his youth be dedicated* bis life to his Saviour, arid was tor over thirty year? a useful wernher of tho Good Hope Baptist Church. During bis illness he exhibited a w?)l iugcesf to depart and he Rith Christ. Hs leaves a largo circle of 'friends and relative? to mourn their irreparable loss. His death has produoed an aching .vuidjn the family, in tbt community, and in the Church, which can fail} be partially consoled by tho reflection that" h? bas'entered that world ?l where the wicked tense from.troubling, and'the weary are at reit." . " Brother, Ihoc art gone to rest, And'this shall bc our prayer, That when wcrsacb our journey's en.i Thy glory we may share.*' ANOTHER MOTHER IN ISRAEL HAS . t FALLEN. Di;rA?iTicD thia life on the 19th April 18CJ, a the rea'douce of ber daughter's,'at Granitavile Mr?. RACHEL PRICE, aged 00 yeara.. Shew?, a member of the Baptist Church for 70 years and well mny it bo said she adorned thc profess sion she ru? de by a " well ordered life and a God ly conversation. These who kucw her bestb>ve< her most. But like tho fruit that is fully ripe she has fallen. Yes, abo bas ?one home to horivei to rest from her. labours ; and, lifay her cornice tion and friendB strive to moot ber there, when sickness abd sorrow, pain, and death arc felt ant feared nu more. E. M. Tor the Legislature. Wc arc authorised by many friends lo announa W. Vf. ADAMS, E.iu., a candidate for ro-electioi to. the State Legh!ature. Mar 10 te? . 20 For the Legislature. We have been authorized by. many friends ? the Ror. A. W. LINDLER to respectfully prc scut his came to tin people of Edgefield Dlatrir a9 a candidate to represent them in the Stat Legislature at the en??ins election.. May 3 te* 10 Candidates for the Legislature. ^2=-o- . " DR. H. R. COOK, " G?K. R: ?. M."?)CNOVA:?X, '*'"* MAJ. A. J. HAMMOND* COL. JOHN nUIET, CA pr. LEWIS JONES, ' DR. W. D. JENNINGS. . A REV. A. W. LINDLER, J. P. WICKLER, Esc tfS.'*r GEO. D. TILLMAN, Faq. -' Da. A. W. YOUNG BLOOD. Lost. ON the night of thi 2nd inst., while at r.r r.pfci in- from, tho Play, a RIDING WHIP, wit silver hoad and chain. A liberal reward will n given for thc delivory i>f the said ivhip at th Advertiser Office. Kead-Quaarters, .MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, t j j,. 4m CoxGKK.ssto.vAL DISTRICT, 3. C., r|" ABscvtt.LS, April 2?thJ 1?64. j f "fj??E MEDICAL BOARD for iVe esamine'tin JC of Conscripts in Fourth Congressional I>ii t"| trict, -yrill ."Nect, during tho month of Mar, in a? j.j cord wey With thcappointmoni* below. I AU persons betvro:"u.t!io ages of Sovcntic j j and -Fif<y: who have not '>v?n exompt by tl: 1 tb* E"ijr<?5'ing OthCiT, will priori.. All'yn^ions' Cprj^mttes' ?of Exemption, give previous tu the first dur of April instant, ai hereby revoked, and all persons holding MIC e-?rti?cal ss ts* ordered to report promptly. JP?rV??tTUKSTS OF BOARD. Abb trill?, i?isuAsT, Mwyfo. i'P* Ne w! Wry, Tuotul ay, May 17. Laarev?, Tburadiiy. May 19. Lertnglt-on, Saturday, Mtv .21. Edgefi. fd. TuesiLay, Maj 24. H. F. ANDREWS, Surgeon E. \. C. S .President Examining Board -*Fo;;rtu ?Congreision?! District, S. C. May 6_. . gt '_20_ Ice for Sale 11 FOR SALE a onaittify of ICE? Price ?1,6 peri*und. ' E. BURT. May-t tf . 19 "statiTf South Carolina, EDOEFIELD DISTRICT, .o IN ?QUIT? ' . . P. M. Busier, V . A. P. Butler, . I ' rsi. ..'.'. 2 ' j Abner Perrin, et al. j .jr*Y virtue ol' an ordcrW tbs Court in this eas JOT will sell on THURSDAY, the f?th Jun ne.-* at Edgefield C. IL, thc Kcal Estate, af Als? M. Julia Butler, deceased, to wit : ' ONE LOT in thc Villairo of Edgefield, havin, on it a oomforrable.-ffwo S'.-ry Dwelling; ami oil hocessury nut-buildi?gs, conventcntlr^ituated t the business part of the Vi?laire.r Sold on a credit until.thc frm of January nexl with interest from day of salo, except costs a snit which raiist bo paid in cssb. Purchasers t give bond .with at least two good sureties' to se ?euro thc purchase mopey, and poy for t'tlcs extr: I V.. W. GA KW I LE, G.E.E.D. !i\fty P, % 5t. 20 --iLlso,--% (l?T THE SAME TIME, I-will sell all the per :} venal Estate of the late Mr?. M4.TULIA BUT il XSR, dee'd., consisting of % .jf TKBE"S NEGROES, HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN FURNITURE 0, Ac, Arc . Soid en a credit until 1st January.-next ititi r) ?storeat from da? of sale. PurohatJr? to giv tnotes with approved, sureties^ , . K.-W. CARWILK, Adni'or. ; May 9th, ?' Ct 20 ' ? Strayed FROM my premises in Edgefield Village, ; BRIGHT BAY JJ OUSE COLT, three yoar -dd, of small siic, nud uokrnkon; Any informa Hon concerning 1dm will be thankfully received ?nd a liberal inward ?riven for bia delivery to mc LEWIS JONES. " May 2nd mi^ 2t 19 ? SUGAR AND SALT ! ?USYT. oh band a liitg-j lot of Choice SUGAR aod SALT w"hi<;h Tam authorized to BARTK?. ?or CORN or BACON. For further particulars ca? oa JAS. P. BRYAN. May? tf 19 . Barter ! Barter ! [WILL BARTER GRACEVILLE Goring -also, Cotton YARNS-for BACTON. LA;, Lc; WHEAT, CORN, CORN MEAL, CHICKEN.-, BUTTER,.EGGS, Ac. A. WRAY. Hamburg, Muy 2d, 18C4. 4f. 19 ?:. '. PIANO TUBING , A.n cl Repairing! JOSEPH FREY, frota Charleston, referas thc Ladies and Gentlemen of Edgcfield ami vioinity, that be it here prepared t? TCNE and REPAIR PIANO?, ORGANS' and MELODE ONS. I " Persons desiring to have " their Instruments ia order will piense oall K-on at thc Advertiser Office. May li tf - ' . IO Enrolling Of?f??r, KDGEFIRLD DISTRICT, S. C, t * ^M*y Sib, liol. THE following- yarned in?n arpiereby crier*-! to report in pcrsoti at this Qmce rm. M?rfdsy, mo 16th ?f this mooth : J. AABcdonbangh, Claiborne Berry, VViHijm-Canneld, Albert Fruit.. * Kdward*W. McLeuna, Francis t?. Yarey, William L. Parker, John C. Strother, Joseph tf. Fulmer, John J. Glover, .fbhn-W.'Smith, Thomas J. Give, Milton J. Palmer, Jc^se Ccte? Jame-j M. Boll, . Harrington Hawking . Jamei E. Lee, Joseph Rambo,. James M. C. Frce'afl-1, ~L C. Mathew.*?, ' ' 15. W. Perry, " Elbert Mou-lny, Geo. W. Dorn, Jesse Derrick,' ' Daniel D.-Holty, Ebir d M. Swcaringen, L'. C. McNeary, ' '. Jubb-Crouch, . W. L. Andorson, Dennis J. Atkinson, Horny. Lybrand, , John Par^b, Lewis Tteanjr * Elijah A. -W:<<jjna??, James Fulltaor, , James L. Crim, ? Caleb Reynolds, .. Random Durstf1* .Mark Johnston, ' .' ? ' F. J. MOSES, Ja.. , . Lieut. ? Enrolling Offi?ar. .May JO . lt 20 ? Tax in Kind. D?P?T No. -, SEC. Nc. -, 4th C. 1). R. C.. Ei>CEKiEt.r> C. H.. May 7th, lfif,4. HAVING bc-rn appointed Agent fr. rjpctrlving tbs Tax- iaiSjnd at this ..place, producers vrill ta,ko notice Unit I am no? Teady to receive tho Tithe-Tax of Sweet Potatoes,. Iriih Potatoes, Corn,* Wheat, Oats, Rye,- Buckwheat * Pea?, Ground Pea ;, Cured JIay,**Curod Foddrr, Cotton, Rico. Sugar, Molasses,' Tobo/vo and Bacon, and that they uitst deliver it on or before.tbs iClh of Juno next, or cirio- bc liable to forfeit five titne.i tba optirua'fd value thereof in default of puyme.-.t in Kind. No produce will be received over 12 JO iles from this placo. ? S. F. GOODE, Agent, Depot No -,Sec. No -,4;h C. D., S. C. May u 20 HEADQUARTERS, COMMISSARY-GENERAL'S DEFT. S. C., CoDuullli?May 4, 1864. THE attention of tba public id respectfully called to tho following notjeo : . . Under tho Aet of 1 (Ith April, lS?ll, a central distillery was established nt Colombia, and-tbe below namrd agents, all of whom have tiled their bonds ia this departmontf, were appointed in the several Districts and Parishes to sell spirits to applicants under certain regulates, vis : 1st. The spirits aro delivered by this depart ment only to regularly bcnded-ngonU. who alone are authorized to sell and distribute the same, for current funds. 5fd. Tho'spirits arc to bo sold rnly for strictly medicinal purpoae?, and ouly on the certificate of a regular practising, physician that they h re re quired for strictly medicinal purposes ; and the written please of the purchaser (which iru.n ja all cases be tukcu) that they arc so required, and will be so iwed. . 3d. Agents and ?tha?s are not allowod ti charge } an advance of more than 25 per ?Kt. oa the cost i of the spirit?t(whioh&is $imer gallon for wki:key, ' it tho distillery.) cs per ?ectiou 3, Act 1 Ott: April, 18?3, thc language of_which is : "That it shall not be lawful for apothecaries, physicians, or. othor"f>ersou*, who ?hall parches* or procuro HUJ portion of the alcohol or ipirituors liquors distilled hy the authoriry aforefi.ii!, tu re j sell or dispose of tho same-,, in any quantity, to i any person or persons, for any other than strictly ! m?dicinal purposes, <>r st an advance cf morn ! than 25 per centum na iii ci?.?t; ?nd any i*r?r.n " ' who ?bull viol?is tbs provisions cf ibis toctbtn shall be deemed guilty nt a icisdcnitauoV. and, un conviction, bc iaip;j.?"ncd for HUJ- timo u^t ex cerding six uientuiand fined iii any >uji rrot e'x " j ceediug five hundred dollar.;." j 4rb. Atjcnts sro recomnteaded to sell in ?man I quantities. n?it exeo-.-ding on<j gallon to.any voe ! pcricn at & Uni*. i Agents .ire mf?rmc-l*lbat ?bey will hasnppHcd ' with spirits, in tnm, aa fart id same is r?eeivvl ? I from the c?ntra1 distillery, on application r?i this . depr.rttauut ?Bd-pnjment vt ecsi, including rx j pease o? pa-Ahig mr alu; ment, freights, ?e. Net ' more than ou? l^:rcl of forty to fifty gullen? will n j ba se;:'.';.? stiV osrent st :m.v onftt'ttufe. j. All persons to whose knowled*-: a viidutioe nf . -the third suction of Apt i-J'h April, l">-t?3, H, .?itotcd ! above, may conic, are ropicstcd to make affidavit j of th? fact* l>*fure ar;y magistrale, and forwasd n same to tnis dcpartmcit. |C Per?oas desirbu-Lor sciiig ar-'.-ointcd . a;'i?ta in I any of thc DutrietJ or Parishc? in which rio ap r> ! piiiutmonti have been made, ?iii -scud their ap c j plication to this dJspartme'it, retfomuieiided hy h i the delegation of their Dimjet or'Pariih, which i will bu mbin'tlted to bi? Kxccjlenej the Governor for upproval i^id conUrniatiotl. Jidwin Parker, Abbofllo Dirt/i ct-Post OraV-e, * Abbeville C. H. % -, Anderson District-Post Office . . -, BtrnirMl l>i.Mriot-Post OKcc, Shtuiiel Solomons, Bcau:ort DiatrU-t-Po"t OlEee, Rubens ville. ? . -, Charlrstou District-Poet OiTrce, j* Juba May, Col'.etuu District-Post Office, St. 'George's. . D. J. McRae,..Chesterfield District-Post Office, Ofieraw. , Chester. District-Post Offioe,r -, Clarendon Di?trict-Post Office Flinn & Hart, Darlington District-Post Office^ Dari in >; ton C. H. G. I- Pean, Edgofield Dis trio t-?Posi Office/ ! Edscefield C. II. j W. E. Aiken, Fairfield Distriot-Post Ohl?, i Winnsboro. *# I R. D. Long, Grecnciilc District-Po" t Offi<?, ; Greeuvillo C. ll. j R. Q. Whits, Ge'srgetotrn District-Post Offieo, ? Ge'org?town. T. ll. Norman, Hurry? District-Fost Office, Conwayboro. ' ~ , / W. McKain, Kcrrh-j-.v Dlsttict-Post Office, Camden. Jones Crech?tt, Laiu-sf ter Dijtriet-Post Office, Lancaftor C. IL J. n. Uepry and J. Ward Motte,^Laurens Dis trict-Post Office, Laurens C. H. .* IL J. Erding, Lex?bgtqu Districts-Post Offi?er Hope Str.tion. '.. J. A. Sutherland, Marlboro DbtAt- Post Office, I Bcnnettsvillo, - W. C. McMillan, Marion District-Pott Office, Marion CH. . ? " J. Wi Grierson, Newberry District-P?'t Office, Newberry CH. J. A. K. Holman, Orangoburn District- Peft Office, Orangeburg C. H. . -, Pickens District-PuRt Office, C. H. Miot, Fisher k Heinitslv.and P. G. Mc-. *ragor, Richland District-Post Office, Columbia. H.^M. Hainitsh, Spartanburg District-Post Office, Spartanburg C. II. McKagcn & Richardson and John Tompson, Sunter District-Post Office, Sumter, F. H. Glorn, St- Bartholomew's Parish-Post j Office, Walterboro. -. Union District-Po? Office, J. S. Brockington-Williamsburg District Post Office, Klcgstree D. C Rodpy, York District-Post Office, Rook j Hill. J. B. Allison, York District-Post Omeo, Y?rk I ville. . ?. By order ni. the floyernor : ? ..- , RICTTARD CALDWELL Lieut. Col. and Commissary General, 8. C. p$Or All papor? in the Stato are rcq.icstcd j copy once, and ..oed bill>ia duplicate to-lhi* ita i pattment with cst;/ of ffrcr?i?ema?lkatta;-he? ! tor payment. Bills paid n uir(arly. . I May 10 ' U - 29