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Lines Suyyetted on the citit of a Stn to the Old Hem stead ic i thin the Enemy'? Line*... I've been to onr oM borne, motber, I're stood there all ?lone, No wifc^no child, no mother dear, To greet with lovo's sweat tone ; Hut all was desolate and wild Where onco it had been gay, -% A desert where an Eden smiled, And dear ones far away. I sought your quiet chamber, mother, That place of peace and prayer, But ob .' no smile to welcome mo, . No mother's form wes there ; ?No words of comfort cheered my heart; _No fervent, fond caress, On other ears now sadly fall -Thc tones th-yr -.?sed to b??.?i. I listened-not a bnman sound Of tboso I love waa hoard; I called-not e'en my brother's voice . Ketprncd an answering word ; ' 'Twas silence ail, for vandal foea Had lea their aea? and blight, Had darkened e'en the wido-.v'? bone, . And turned her sun to night. Wayo upon wave of surging thought Swelled in my saddened breast, As thinking of my d?sHiug ones, I sought their place "of rest; That rifled room, that hearthstone cold, Once warm with love and glee. Awoke, dire vengeance in ay soul, For wrongs done them and me. My tender wife to drudgery doomed, 'v My babes beneath their? rod, While I, torn fro? their loved embrace, Can only trust ia Qod. Ob! Thou of justice, truth and right, Avenge ?ur wrong? and woes, And burl, with Thin? almighty arts, Destruction en eur fots. REFUGEE. -? -' Refugees. 'What a world of thought does this word ?uggest ! In every town and village, on eve ry railroad train, ia every vacant cottage, you meet these houseless wanderers. Tit6re is something very touching in their condition. Their homes were once sn sweet, their circle as cheerful as oura. The green lawns of Tennessee, the nobie mountains of Y*irgiaia, the vineckd porch cf LouigianR, tho broad oak aveaue and the jessamine hedge of Caro lina, these are the spots to which their memo ry turns, and the emigrant sighs to think of the once happy hours of his now desecrated nome. Where are" the loved "ones who once assembled in these cheerful halls ? The graj Laired sire, the care-worn mother, the bloom ing maiden, unconscious childhood, only are iu our midst. The stalwart youth has gone forth at his country's Lidding, aud^taany nev er again cheer by their presence those whe loved him io well. Some languish in a dis tant prison-some sleep beneath the sod of a far away land ; and the blue violet springs OB their groves-alas I nevwr to be watered hf the tear of affection-never to be tended by the hand of love. Hut with al! his sorrows aud bis trills-with all the sweet memory of home and happier days-with all a father's sorrow for his martyred boy-and all a moth er's tender love for bira ste hus nursed on her lap-whose infant brow his so often been LedeweU with her kisses and her tears-the refugee dpes not murmur. If not gay, he is not sa-i. His home is his country-his heart is her cause-his prayer is her deliverance his'hope is her future ! N ver did poetry or song find a nobler theme tba. 2 refugee-this banished man, this ex ile : na scene whore all the refinements of Hf ustered around him, in tbe endearments of -.mily and friends. Our hearts yearn to thee, .nobie patriot. "We are lifted up in wonder aud admiration when we see thy ehtrerlu! endurance, thy uscom plaining spirit. ?Ve respect, we honor thee. Comfort, wealth, occupation, all have depart ed, but love of country never will desert-thee. The green hills of their country arc not more dear to the Tyrolese than thy beloved South to thee. You have sealed your love by the cheerful sacrifice of all material comforts-a broken circle-a desolated home. And rou have crowned all these by the gift to vour country of the bone of your bon? and flesh. Keep up your heart, thou cheerful uncom plaining sufferer. For yeu again will the green lawns be brirht-the orang? trees will blossom-the jessr-iu! nc shall again perfume the atv-and though the circle will still want its number?-the arch of your country's great ness will have Leen-laid in ?he blood of him .you love so well, and the "flower 'which has faded ?pon earth will bloom again in Heaven/'. And .vader, yon who are not a refugee ; you who are in the midst of a happy famijy sur rounded by every coinfdst ol' time-every pledge of domestic enjoyment, remember the refugee.' Smooth while you can the rough pathway he treads so .bravely and. so well. You may, like him, become au outcast. Will you..bea)g yourself ai he bxs d?nc? If you nave the love of a Southerner for his native land we doubt it hot. The moral we deduce from this effusion, is expressed in a single thought. No people who can suffer so well and ko willingly, so uncomplainingly, without repining or vain reacts, CAN EVERBE CONQUERED BY ,, Alfi* FORCE TH ATA VANDAL FOE CAN ? j BRING AGAINST US.-Columbia Guar dian.* S?R.VED -HER RI?;UT_We ire informed say* the Charleston Courier, of a recent oc currence that took place in Darlington Dis trict, S. C., which is worthy of a more general notoriety than it is likely to obtain from mere neighborhood gossi p : 'J. A lady had stored up a considerable quantity of lard, upwards of a thousand jpounds, which she was willing to sell at five dollars per pound, but notapne cent less. She had also a smokehouse crammed full of bacon, for- which she likewise demanded five dollars per p?-nnd, and although she waa repeatedly <<&ercd S3,.$:> 30 and even $54. she persisted inexorably in her demand for #5. The im pressing officer of ?he District, beir'g iu wftr.t of bacon and Jard/or the army, calltd on her one day last week, atol politely- informed her [ that she must consider ht'r laxd iud Lacon as purchased by the Government, at Govern- j mc lit price?-that i?., ?2 per pi tu ad fur the i bacon, and $1 50 for the lard. In a ley. Lours ' every pound of the articles in htr possession wraa placed aboard the railroad tars, with in structions, t; on to Richmond !'' and we have ?o doubt but they will reach their di s ?nation. Tbs difference between tho-sum received from the Government and what would have Leen cheerfully paid by her neighbor?, will amount ! to ot least 010,600.'' We commend this proceeding to the.imita tion ef impressing oflicerathrcugbout this en tire section of the Confederacy, and trust that wherever case? of boarding up provisions for extortionate prices have b? en brought to the r notir-e, they will apply the remedy promptly and thoroughly. ^yrg? An anti-sugar society is ci.nteiuplateyl at Rockville, Mas:., based on the principle that it is immoral tc us? the article at thirty pents a pound' . From'toe Mobil? Resistor. ^ . Seven-Thirty Treasury-Notes It is remarkable that -t people like who, next to the Yankees,"are the mos ey-loving people we reatLof, are never exceedingly gullible. They permit tl kers and the bankers to buy and. sell ti their will and pleasure, and for their If the green ones want a Confederate the broker will sell them , one at 120 ; the green ones want tos?ll ajbsj(*d,thc buys at 1 OS to 110; quite obliging and to accommodate the public. The same cemweroe ia also carried on in gold: s deed in all classes of securities. Bu which just now makes the green stan ridiculously is the use of 7 30 treasury existing for the most part in the form ol bills. These notes were declared Conds by tl currency act of the Confederate Congre* as such were not taxed as currency, whi currency of the Governmen t was taxet per cent. Tipon its face. The status < treasury notes waa thu? fixed, and these were placed upon & higher and securer than any current note or bill of the Gc ment. In addition to this, th*se notes an interesfof 7,i'0'l0O per cent per ar which is a ?rreater income foi cattai any planting i:.i.erest in A'ahuma in lin peace and commerce. If tiu.> inicr*st ra taxed, so also property may be taxed i same rate, and current bills may be tax a rate six times higher. In any event \ ever, these bills are as good as any obligt note or bond of the Confederate Govern i whether coupon 7'a, old issue or new iss lu thu teeth of these plain facts, the \ ones go to the brokers, and take SO cen the dollar for those beautiful 100 bills, get currency, no better, not near so i bearing no interest, and which may be t next December al th? ratsvof 33$ per ce The brokers gobble them np most gre for themselves and their moneyod'clients -ly assured that these notes will be worth i than 100 cents in the dollar before mid: mer. But why are people so excess green ? Why have they not got one j of business sense ? They do not see an before their nos?, Money is scarce and hard to get. don't you pay out and receive these bjH money ? M Why the bankj will not take t on deposit." The banks would gladly dc 4t there was a sufficient amount of moue circulation io do business with; and they probably do so in a few weeks. Bnt hava paymeuts to make in bank ? Then not take and give these notes as money with another, and thu? save om?jili ofj means from going into the hands of the bro! When will people cease te be gulled ? writer ha? a few of these 7,;!0 notes, and broker that cver'Uroke, can get them for than 100 cents on the dollar, and a reasons allowance for-interest accrued. , ' -? -^-? - ? A Sample of Yankee Lies. ID order to illustrate the unexcopliona method by which the Yankee pr?ts and 1 ?ers gull their pejple with false fabricatio ive publish, tdie following canard, from al Sen Yolk paper, every word which .wt ?now to be without tho slighted fouudatio INCIDENTS IN THE BOMBARDMEi OF TUE CITY OF CHARLESTON. From thc Ch?rlf?itin Mercury. The Yankees, from time to time,. thron hell into the city, and nobody sn?ms to mil r. But misfortune, willed that yesterday hfll should throw thc entire com muni nto mourning. Miss Anna Fit-kens, the daughter of o' winer Governor, never contented to lea he city. Despite the representation ol'Gs ?ral Beauregard, she}, remained, braving shel ,ud Gro?-k fire, tending the wounded, ai heeriug all with Ler pra^cnoe, Arning t] founded officers under her ministering ca vas Mr. Andrew DeKochelh', a descendu! >foneof the noblest Huguenot families his city. Thk. young man A-as full of tl ivelie:?t gratitude for his fair nurse ; .grat ude grtve birth to-a more tender sentimen iis suit was listened to ; Governor Picket javc his consent, and *he ruafriag? Wau fixe br yesterday, the 23J of April. Lieut D. ilochelle wai on duty at- Poi ''uniter in the mon.ing, and it was detennii ?d that the ceremony should take place s .he residence ot Cen. Bonham, in the evei ng at 7-o'clock. At thc moment when th Episcopal clergyman was ?a?king t;.<- brid f she was ready, u -boll fell upon 'be roof c ;he building, pcue-rated to the room wher :he company were essembled, burst an mounded-cine person*, end among the re? yi'.ss Anua Pickens? We cannot describe th icene that followed. Order w:;s at last ree; ;ablished all w?>re removed, except the brid( /rho lay motionless upon the carpet. Her b< rothed, kneeling and bendiug over her. wa ?veeping bitterly mid trying to staunch th jlood that welled from a t^rriuie Hound un 1er the left breast. A surgeon ..arno and de jlared that Miss Picketts h.id not loader thai .wo hours to'ltve. We will pnint the gene ral despair. When the wounded girl recovered her con tciousuess, she asked to know her fate, ant ifken they hesitated to tell her-" Andrew,' ?he said, *' I beg you to tell me tho truth. I [ must die, I can die worthy of* yon." Th< roung soldier's tears were his answer, anc iliss Anna, summoning her strength, attempt id to smile. Nothing could be more hear .-endering than to see the agony of this brave girl smuggling in the embrace of death and ?guiuat a terrible mortal paug. Governoi Wickens, whoso courage is known, was stlrnos! svithout consciousness, aud Mrs. Picken: looked upon her,child with- the dry and ha? ;ard eye of ono whose reason totters. Lieu .mam D?RocheH'e was the first 'o speak ' Anna," he cried, " I will die sooaj too, but [ would have you die my wife. There is yet time to unite us." The young girl did nol reply; she wa3 too weak. A slight flush rose [br an instant to her pals check. It could be leen that, joy and pain were struggling in aer spirit for the mastery. Lying upon s sofa, her bridal dress all stained with blood, ber hair disheteled, she had never been more beautiful. Helpless atshe wat Lieutenant DeP.ochell? took her hand and requested the Kev. Mr. Dickinson to proceed with the ceremony; When it was. time tot the dying girl to eay yes, her lips pat ted Several times, but she could not articulate. At last the word WAS spoken, and a slight foam rcstt-d upon he lips. The dying agony was ne?r. Tie minister sobbed ss he proceeded with the ceremony. An hour afterward all was over, and the bridal cham ber was ore of death. Lieut. De Rochelle has sw?-rn to perish in battle x-rainst the Yankees, ?nd wo are sure that he will keep hi.? until. He has now a double motiTe to hate them and his ewn existence. Our entire community efcare the grief that afflicts the family of Governor Pickens. The obsequies of Miss AuBa will occur to-morrow morning at eleven o'clock. Governor Pick ens and Lieutenant De Rochelle will be chief mourners. Our ex Governor desires that thero sh?.11 be nu military parade. The funer-, al cortege will be composed of all our ladies, ail eur magistrates, all our generals, and the wounded soldftr-, many of whom ow* the r li re? to th? devotion of the deer as ed. Never ?as wonlan betty followed to th? grave by so many regrets-never b=?s one left sadder re membrances in the heart-i of. Charlcstonians. -- . ? x ?5?" Tho L-ad m T'.wen consllers affairs in Virginia very untavora.blo to tho Federals, and anticipates Grant's failure. ?* ' ? _ vt '." ' -_ Latest from Petersburg. From (he Pete>?burg Exprcte, 20f/i inti All indications from tbe front point great battle, winch cannot be delayed longer. That it wili be one of the mot portant ?md probjfcbly decisive battles ? war, may be readily imagined, sine? Gr fighting now for wh&t.Jje considers th? to Richmond, and our noble army for itf existence and the safety of th? public. lines of both armies now .confronting other almost within full view of thi3 de city havo been contracted, and Hre so cl drawn to each other that the slightest r ment may bring on a general engagemei Early yesterday morning, it was app that Grant was massing bia troop? on om and this appearance hrter in th? day place to*certainty. Ile intends to hui strength against that portion of our lines by force of overwhelming numbers I through and overpower our troops. H( tried this , expfffiment in Spotsylvanii Cold Harbor and elsewhere, to his cost, he may be as signally repulse'd here, has no room to manoeuvre his vast army of which, it is believed, is now in fror. Petersburg-and must.fight at once or ri That he will fight, his movements yeste leave no room to doubt. The enemy's forces who lately occupier. Bermuda Hundred Peninsula, or have re? ly landed there, have been transferred tc South aide of the Appomattox. This done on Saturday night and yesterday m ing,-. and with bis army complete, G now confidently confronts us. Another may tell the taleof this monstrous expedil May God aid and defend the righj?ous ca Of course, there ia. some excitement feeling in the city. Entire calmne?-anc difieren ce could net be expected when i mighty hosts are marshalled so sear us, when such mighty issues arc at stake, there is a feeling pervading the commu so strongly confident inoor success that Gr with all h;s mighty army at oijr gates, cat quell it. . ' ' The enemy made several fierce and db mined assaults on our lines, at points ext? ing from ?ur right to our left, on Sature all of which were handsomely and sigm repulsed. In each instance, bi* forces * advanced against our hreustworks in COIUE of frotn four to six deep, but wore met m such steadiness and severity pf fire ff*3m batteries and infantry,, that before reach thevjlal of their-ambition, they were comp ed to fly precipitately and in great confusi Time and again their charge was repeat epd with like success. From all sources, < information is that thp enemas loss in th assaults was very severe. 'They ad?*n( across fields-some of them several hund? yards in width-in which they were fully ? posed to the play of our artillery, which vi beautifully and most accurately served, a to the fire of our infantry, which is now n d*red ever sure* We state it from cilia and wen in the fight, and from witnesses the baftle-fiejd-and we may ajrapst say oj cially-that the Yankee loss was very heai The boai?8 of their slain strew the field* frc side to side, and tba nearer our breastwor the assaulting columna came, the thicker ti bodies lie.. Within the last few days, thc a my of Gen. Grant has been depleted by mar thousand*; how many, nobody but himsi and his secretive Government will ever knoi On the contrary,our losses have been extrf-m ly light. Jt is the remark of both office and mm, ihfjt^o lt tl fe los?, of life and so fe wounded were never before known in auch series of engagements. Our hospital* testil abundnntiy to the truth cf this assertion. A overruling Providence seems to smilo . upc our army and protect it from harm. Operations )exterday were confined mainl to heavy skirmishing, pieket firing and ahurj .hooting. A3 on Saturday, the enemy a tempted once or twice to force our lines o Taylor's farm, but met with a harsh repul.n Taylors farm wau tho scene of tjjemost arti" hostilities both on yesterday and Saturday and is the resting place ol' hundreds of th Northmen. It is situated on the Baxter Rtt.ii near the right of our lines." /Vont (ht Ptterihf* Kvpr?n 2\?t mw. Contrary to public expectation, there w.-i not a getieisl engagemouc yesterday botwc*i the twa great arm ?es now massed near th eorpoiatc limits ol'Petersburg. From ccrtaii movements of tho enemy, which were unmix takably apuareut on Sunday, every body wit! whom we conversed, fully expected the bal to open at un early hour yesterday. Jt wa thought, too, that the. chief efforts of the tot would bexlirected sgaiust our left, as ir. tha direction hp was observed actively ruo vi via 01 Sunday. But i? aa evidence of the uncer tai uly of military operations, aligas unuso ally quiet up to half-past six o'clock lagt even ing, ou that part tat?? the enemy's lines.- Il may be that the enemy contemplates un as sault here, and as it ia very near the river and woirld give him coutrol of that importani stream, we should not he surprised at'am moment to hear that Grant bad made otu of his characteristic stwuults iu the vicinity ol Jordan's Farm: btu of course he ia ender th* eye of watchful leader?, and ?trike where ht will, an oppositiou will be offered, that, will tost the metal and endurance of his hordes to their fullest capacity. . On other portions of the lines there was heavy akinnishiug yesterday, but notbing more. The enemy have iearued a lesson during thc past four, days, which has not boen without ita salutary effects. -He approaches now with great .caution, and the least show vf determined opposition ou our part, gener ally causes him to dosist. This was especial }j the case yesterday. . There was considerable artillery practice yesterday, as must always be the case where two armies of such magnitude confront each other. The damage inflicted, if asy, wo could not ascertain. The inhuman, uncivilized and anti-Chris tian practice of the barbarous foe, was con tinued yesterday withoutabatement. All the day lon?, at intervals of every five minutes, his shells were thrown into the city. Fortu nately, the ingenious foe have discovered no plan or method of deadening or destroying the sound, when they hurl their deadly mis siles into our midst, aud every report which fulla upon the ear, puts all persona In expos ed situations on tlje watch. Their whirring sound and rapid flight tb.'jiigh the air, aro easily heard and seen, ant. hence we are glad to know that tho damage inflicted yesterday amounted to . comparatively ?nothing. We heard of a little bricks and mortar being displaced, tho pavements tom up in two or three'streets, and in one instance a large store door on Sycamore street was unhinged. But we heard of no irjury to lifo or limb yes I ccrd.-ty, and thc enemy probablg threw an aggregate of 150 or more shells into the city's limits. It ia quite evident from a speech delivered by Lincoln in Philadelphia, ort Thursday Inst that his ticklers, Grant and Stanton, have im pressed upon h'iR obtuse brain the ridiculous idea that the army of the Potomac now occu pies a position, from which it cannot be driv en by u*ri. Lee. . Ne&*ta however, did Lin coln labor under, a nioro fallacious idea. Of all the positions the anny of tho Potom::c has occupied, and they have beer, numeroua, no one has,been more precarious than the present. In due time Old Abe will leam to his sorrow, that onr opinion on this maller is correct, and that of his u great est of all hvjqg generala" wrong. An ordinarily intelligent Teuton, who fell into our bauds Saturday night, gave the brave Confederate who capturad him a statement of . ' ?ft* rhr? Grant's forces, which is.believed to be in the maia correct. Ito says Grant's army now on the South hide of James Elver, is composed of the Second, Fiah, Ninth, Tenth, Eighteenth and Twentieth Corps. The second; comman ded by Hancock ; t he Fifth by "Warren, and the Ninth by Burnside, are all operating im mediately around Petersburg. The Eighteenth ^commanded by Baldy Smith, ia at and near Bermudaj-Hundreds. The Tontb and Twen tieth, have noregylar comimwiders, ??nd are t>eld near City Point asa reservr. ?nchese army corps hay? been fearfully reduced since the commencement of the present campaign, and many of the regiments composing them, do not now muster 2?0 men. Theprisoner who furnishes the information, vs he was tfulistcd in Germany two and a alf years ago, and for the sait?- purpose o{ fighting in the Yankee army. He is. highly pleased at the idea of being taken prisoner. . Last evening, about seven o'clock, the ene my was observed to double his pickets on our extreme left-a generally sure indication of an attack on his part. Up to one ?felock this morning, no engagement had occurred, but there was muoh. picket firing going orj. * -?-?--arr-y- ? > USEFUL RECEIPTS.-Erysipelas, a disease eftcn coming without premonition, and end ing fatally in three or.four days, is sometimes promptly cured by applying a poultice of raw cranberries, pounded,' to fte part over night. insect bites, and even thoseof a rattlesnake, have passed harmless, by btirring enough of common salt in the yolk of. a good egg to make it safficientlj stiff for,? piaster, to be k-pt on the bittenpart. Costive bowels have an sgreeable remedy in the free use of tomatoes at xpeals-their seed acting the same way as die seed of white lustard or figs, by stimulating the coats of the bowels, over which they pass in their whole .state, to increased, action. A repedy of equal efficiency, in, the ?ame direction," is cracked wheat-thi>t j?, coming white wheat grains broken into 'two o? three piecer, and then boiled until it is as soft as rice; and then eaten mainly at two meals of the day, with butter or molasses. Common sweet cider, boiled dowrixo- one half, makes a most excellent syrnp for coughs and colds for children, js pleasant to the taste, and will keep throughout the year in a cold cellar. * ' lu recovering from an illness, the system has a craving for some plczfant acid drink. This is lound in'cider which is placed op 1 ho. fire as soon as made, and allowed, te come to a boil, then cooled, put in casks, and kept in a cool cellar. Treated thus, it remains ?for many months as good ia the' dar jt waa made. Vve once saved the life of ?? infant that had been inadverently drugged w-ith-laudanum, and waa fast sinking into thc sleep which know? no waking, by giving it strtng coffee, : cleared with the whaite of nh egg, A teaspoon-1 ful every five minutes, until it ceased to seem drowsy.-Hall's Journal of Health. . AP FEPTIXp'spEXS. -j On? of the most affecting scenes that has occured during this war was witnessed at Chester, Virginia, on'Saturday last. At the commencement of this war Larken Estes and his soo, James Jackson Eites, aged respectively sixty-five and twenty-six year?, two highlv respectable citizens bf Anderson District, South Carolina, were r?sidint* in that place and prosperous in business. When the tocsin of war was sounded they nobly volunteered in cpmpany Ey l?th regiment of j South Carolina volunteers, and were soon*on ' their way to thc theatre of war, ju Virginia, to meet the ruthless invaders if our soil. They passed through all tb* battles fought, in Virginia. On Friday -last, ia the battle near . Chester, Virginia, their regiment wa? engin ed, when the son, Jarnos Jnckscn ?a(e?*wu3 shot down while in tho act-of charging the enemy's breastworks. His father seeing him fall, went tu assist him from tho field, ? hen he hiuv-ej;' was aUo severely wounded. The father and son were thea both taken up and carried to Chester and laid lido by side in thc hotel. The father being able to set up, sat by the side bf hi? son, doing all ho could VJ relieve his Bufferings, and on the next,, mensing that son, lying prostrate from the wound he had received, died in the s'trht and by the Bide of his wounded father. Tho old, grey-haired patriot, bowed down with grief, a:*] suffering from the wound he hud receiv ed, talked freely of the hardship that he and his .?on bad shared together for three long years, and expressed the hope that--his sou, who had fallen while nobly discharging his duty to his country, hui g^ne to a better world. The old man then expressed a strong hope that his own wound nvght not prove fatal; that ht might bc spared to return to'his regi ment to avenge the death of hi* son and aj*ist in driving the inva.devsK'om the South, which thew might enj?y once -.lore liberty and in dependence, and be forever freed fi om the Northern randi!*, The deceased leaves a devoted'wife in South Carolina to mourn his early death. His body was taken charge of by some citiz-*ns of Rich mond, who were there in attendance upon the wounded, and deceutly interred. This is another instance of the determination of thc people of .the South to be forever free from thc Yankee race.-Richmond Examiner. A BAD CMAUACTEU.-We always wero aware of thc importance of preserving a good repu tation for truth and honesty, but wc have met with nothing lately so well calculated to im press the disadvantages of having a bad character upoa the mind, as the. following at?cedot? : A'mortal feyer prevailed on boa'rd a ship' at sea, and a Degro man was appointed to throw the bodies over board. One day when the' Captain was on deck, he saw thu negro dragging out of ene forecastle a sick man who was struggling violently to extricate himself from the negro's grasp, and remonstrating very bitterly against the cruelty ?f bring, buried alive. . M What are you going to do with that man you black rascal T'v asked the Captain. "Going to throw 'him overboard, massa, ?nse he d?adj"' " Dead 1 y6% scoundrel," said the Captain, " don't you see he moves and speaks ?". M Yes', massa, I know he says ha no dead, but he always lio so, nobody never know when to believe him J" ? ? ? * WOUI.D'XT TAKE THE OATH.-The Greens boro' (Miss,) Motive is inform ed that some time since a man took two bales of cotton and went into Memphis to buy goods, etc. He got a pass 'from the commander of the post, and went and bought such articles as he desired. Upon coming out, while singing very merrily and cutting and boating his team, he was halted. Thc commander said, " Hell, my friend, there ia one thing you failed to do, and that is tu take tho oath of allegiance." Holding up a boak thc commander said, " Let me read it to you." He roads it in the real Yankee 6tyle,' very fast, f Read it again," said the old man, He read again as fast as ever. The old man gives along breath, put his hands Lo his ears and said, 11 Hold on, stranger, read slow, I can't understand that fast Yank?e reading." The commander reads ?gain and emphasises on every word. When ! ha finished, the old man drew another long j breath and aaid, " W.-ll, sir, I'll boil hell j down to a quart and drink it before PU ?nke 1 that oath.'' and coturnenoiid turning his cart i around to usload, when the Yankees told him j he could pass. -:-? Thc Winchester Bulletin understands that I Major Gen. Lovell is to takecBarge of Canty's d/msion iq front, under Gen, Johnston, Heroism of Lee. A correspondent of.the Richmond Sentinel girea thc jyllofcing ai'iihated sketch of th* great battle of the 12th, in winch Gen. Lee threw htrr/8elf at the head of his troops, and proposed to lead the immortal charge of Gor -don and Pegrara : The 12thpf May, ISCA, will be ever mem orable and ever remembered, as the day of one of the most bloody and obstinate strug gles which Lave ever . marked tho annals of war, or added fresh horrors to this most erne] content. - Before daylight we were moved np teethe support of Huye?' and Stafford's brigades in the works and scarcely hacTthe grey tinge of morning began to dispel the darkness of a . damp.and dtizzly night, when, after the three . cheers which we knew to be the precursor of a charge, anda brief scattering fire on our . right, we were astonished and mortified To see the troops Ukthat direction pouring ont . ofct?e works m the woods, showing that the enemy had ther? broken a passage. The en emy poured their concentrated masses through the gap, aud moving on the flank with great celeTlty, were swiftly driving all before them in-panic and confusion. Ins'tantly Pegram's and' Gordon's brigades were formed a few hundred yards to the rear -' ojT, and at right, angals-io, the linc of work*. All saw that a crisis was upun us. If we failed the consequences would be disastrous in the extreme. In this exigency, fien. Lee rode forward in front of our line, his position at the time be ing opposite to thc odors of thc 49th regi ment, of Pegram's brigade, and only a few ?ards from where your correspondent -stood. Tot a word did he say, but he simply took on his hat, and as he sat on his charger, I never saw a man look so noble, or a specta cle so impressive. At this interesting ^foment, our gallant Gordon, spurring his foaming charger to tb.g front, arning the reina of Gen..Lee'? horse, and turning him around, said, ." General, these are Virginians ! Th?se men have never failed ! -They never will I Will you, boys 7" Loud cries of "No!' "no!" "Gen; Lee to the rear !" " Go back !" " Go back !" " Qenr eral Lee>to the rear J" Vl^rat (rout along the linen ; and as one led tbs General's horse to rto the rear, Gen. Gordon gave'the command, " Forward, charge I" And with a shoot and yell the brigade dashed on, through bog and swampy and briers and undergrowth to the breastworks. The enemy, struck with dismay, start- to flee, but w? are upon them like a storm, ard their first line of bhttle withers before our impetuous onset and the cool markmanship of our men. " Hurrah ! the^aVorks are ours !" But we stop not.- Som. -sf the. enemy, more. obatiiiate than Ihe rest show fight wi tb.buy .onets, but it is soon over ; and dashing over the first liue we pursue to the second. Tere we encounter another line of battle, but our onset is not stayed. They stand their ground until our scattered and still advancing line gets Wrtijln ten steps, ami tlieu, without hav ing fired, tnrn lo run. Few. however, escape, , and ordering those who remain io surrender i and go to the rear, a portier, the brigVfde- 1 the ?1st and 3t)tii Virginia regimen'.*.-?as'; ^ on arid form our line mure ttiH?< line hundred ! yard* in advance of our outside entrench | ment?. j r, The fight there is hot, but we wish to the rest of our men time to form in the works j behind UM, er?; failing back. So we lie df,wir, ; and for twp, hi ?ir- repel every M tempt to < move iii, although exposed to both front and j dank tire. Seeing a strong line moving on our right dank, and nnr-tpen having e-siab- ? lished iter?se!ves in the works, - u fell back c.? the ouisMe lines, and there remained until , sigu?, repulsing every attempt tu charge us. \ out. i -r^ "- . t The Needle uni* the Bayonet;. . It ls not all of war'to fight The bayouet \ and ita kindred weapuns arc not the only ones by which battles may be won and a nation saved. Undoubtedly it is one of the essen tial, indispensable instrumentalities fur thc i achievement of triumphs, hut for ita .efficiency it is dependent upon agencies. In remark- . lng upon the " Needle and the Baronet," the PeteraburgTixpreas phys the patriotic iadie? of the Smith the annexfd compliment : We have a few words to say about th* .??cr- - vices which have been rendered by the noble ' arm}'of Southern womeu, who have, since c the commencement of hostiIities, contjibuted by their patriotic and indefatigable labors to * the work of clothing our troope. Never was ?i country in its hour of trouble and peril, more indebted to thc energies of its daughters J than our? has been, in thia dark and terrible : struggle. Never did female industry and t ?elf sacrifices merit higher admiration and i appreciation than in the present case. The < ueedic in their hands has been incessantly oojp'oyed in promoting in its way.the bodily comfort of the soldier-and without this devotion uf theirs to our tiered cause, what would have bern the c< mlition of our army! **?'*.*?*?*** How many bayonets would have been tue- ? less hut for the needles? -Tb this ladies of i the South, thou do the Govorument.and ar- 3 my owe a dobt of gratitude that can never be 1 f'ir.'?rten. It is only to expidas briefly and s imperfectly our sense of the inestimable val ue of their contributions to the cause of. Southern independence in theaasistancc they have rendered t?.i uur arm?, that we write ? thiivarticle. In thc hietory of the war none j ] of its pages will be brighter than those which | ! record their services, and their brows will be * 'wreathed with laurels a? green and unfading 1 as any which wjil bu entwined around the' , heads of those who mingle in tha^ bloody scenes of the bit tie-Gold. All praiae aud honor will be theirs for ages to come, and ?generations yet to be boru will bless their memories, DEATH OK L. M. KEITT_The gifted chil- . dren of the South are falling fast-yielding , their lives in the cause of freedom. Scarcely does the wail of anguish over ono die away before the death of another is heralded. ^On Wednesday last, Col. Lawrence M. Keitt, of Sonth Carolina, fell at the head of his r?gi ment in Virginia. He did not commence the battle of indepen-" dence with thc war-formally years previous, irom hts placo in the House of Representa tives at Washington, he manfully and elo quently defended the honor, thc integrity and the rights of his native land. And when the hour of separation came-when the day arriv ed when there was nothing left for brave' and. true men to do but lend'^their influence and j Vouuscl to a serration of ail political ties hat \ bound tho two sections together, Col. Keitt ? va8- prorapt in action snd decidive in deed. His noble spirit bas gonn back to thc God" | who gave it. His memory still lives. " The i brave," said Festus, '' die not Beiug death- . less, they but ohange . their country's he'irt.1 Give thou the dead their dur; UV tbey who '? sayo us."-Macon Confederate, ! Father O'Leary and Curran were cracking then jest; Bt-a dinner party one. evening, as wa-> their ^vonr, when the cele- j brated adv?oai? turned abruptly to the good ? fathor, Ravin?: " T wish. O'Leary, that you had the Uy3 ? of Heaven." " Why, Carran ?" ?.ked tho divine. ' I " Because you would then let me in," said ! the facetious counsellor. " It would bo better for you Curran," said J-' Father O'Leary, " that I had the keys of the other place, because I could then let you out, ' Candidates for the Legislature* Mu. JOHN E. BACON,^ Da. A. W. YOUNGBEOOx*. W. YT. ADAMS, Esq. F. A- TOWNSEND, ESQ. DR. II. R. COOK, GUM. R. G. M. DUNOVANT, MAJ. A. J. HAMMOND, Coi... JOHN ll VIET, ' CAKT L?.WlS JONKP, DR. W. i). JKNMNtiiV KEY. A. W. Lj?r?Dl.KK, J. P. M ICKIER. Es*. GEO. D. TILLMAN, Kim... For Tax Collector. W. H. HOLLOWAY, BEN J. ROPER, STARLING Tr/R?ER, CHARLES CARTER.' * 4 ERR Y HORNE, * Enrolling Office, - ' EDGEFIELD ?>I??TRlCT, : J?ne;20Jb, l?Utv IjrLL parsons in rbis.Djpjrjct win HUT? hun a beretwiWo ?rxemrited by. the'Jayifje?/?, to th? GurerL???Lt, of Five bur.dr.d (??l?0) JMlarp, rr? hore?y ordered io report ot this Office, fur the re newal of tue said exemption. II. All pcrsons^who nere ?compicd in the BianBewncutiwneS^akiove,' and. wbiPhave nev*r reported at this OflScer and given up their chi Certificates nf exemption, are be-'^by notified that thrv arc prill subject to arrest a? parr?os evading jjoascripUon. Their'old certificate* have been revoked, and ftwttrtag but ?. r?ncwi! of the fame will protect iheiN. Their rames bava been erased from the beles u&flhw Office aa exempted men, and they will sW-bare tu report in person and have the same re??ntereri. HI. Al'' uon-ooinuiissuint'd Ojficars and toU 3i*rs in this District, ia connection -w?iU this Omca, art hereby ordered to arrest, wherever found, and bring to thia O SH"-, all sueh perenes as are mentvMod in the 2d Paragraph of this order. F. J: MOSES, Jt., Lieut- A. Enrolling .OKcer. Jase 21 2t . "6 . H ATLANTA, GA., MAT IITH 1SG<. YOU arc hereby appointed Ajreut for the col lecting of Wool loathe u.'e.of C. S. Army in District " I," comprising thc Counties of Rich mond,. Columbia, G!*s?o>.e!<, TalliatWro, Wurr?la, Wilkes, Lincoln ?nd Elbert, {niboState ?f G cor ina, ?ind the Districts of Edgefield, Barnwell, Abbeville, Oraugeburg, Laurence and Newberry, South Carolina. ?fr. Yeurs ?te., G. W. CUNNINGHAM, ~ SI?j?r A Q-.M. TO L. 0 BRIDEWELL, M\ior ? Q. M., Augusta,' Ga. In accordance with '.he aburo, I call opon tho Citixens, in the Counties and' Di triots named, ta sell a ?j surplus Wool to tbo Government. The necessity is great ; and as the Soldier? who are defending your bornes can only be clothed by selling us yow Wool, I tru.-t all patriotic and loyal mea jill be wil'ing to as/iit. My Agents ?ill traver?v the whole Db-triet Partie.? Jiving fr convenient distancer to Angosta, can (end their Wool to me. Sacks will bc returned. Hool will lie received at any Bail Rood Lej.ot or Sutton In he District. The*Government ctT?r? tho following liberal ?rices : P'.r 1 lb. Unwished rood Wool (cosh).,...$7.00 ' ?r for 1 lb. Unwashed good Wool, 24; yards 4-4 Shirtings ? or ? y. J Sheetings-; or?j y. 8 oz. Osna nirgs; or li lbs. No. 0 Cotton Y-arn; H lbs. No. 5 Cotton Yarn ; or 1 lb. No. IQ Cotton Yam; or I ?h. No. 12 Cotton Yarn. Permis.-ion bamboon ?.-ked, and trill be grantee', -? impress all Wool in tb? bands vf speen I? tors >ur. thisiis disagreeable,md il is boped these priooa viii induce the ia-ru er to sell at once to ihe Gov. >rnmect, for tue hem lit of the .olJiers. Corres londence desired with wool men in all parts of be Dietrict. Any person having a detail, selling ii- wool to any other than an Agent of thc S. C., viii forfeit his dotail. L. 0. BRIDEWELL, ' * Major ?- Q. M. Mr. E.M Y0UNGBL00D. at Edg?fiold C H., s hereby appointed Agent tor Edgefield District, /une 8 tf 2-i - Notice. A PPLICATION will be mada at the next sir (\. ting ?if th?: li-gi.'luttire of Sowtb C?r?-lii u increase tho rata of Toll at the Sand Kar Efrry ?u the Siivanenh itivnr, near thc.aity of Auett? la. E. R. WHATLEY, PropriorSr. May SI :. - tf *S Strayed. JJ.TRAYED on or abiut th? 5th Ult., from Kjy 9 residence, one mil? East af Uligal Chtirah, , 15AY MARE, with on? or mirt wait? feet Ni? tiber marks remembered. Aged three years. All nformation conccruin; said mar? thankfully re hired, and a suitable raward-will b??_y?i4.. LEWIS REYNOLDS. Pleasant Lane, M?y 24_tf 21 Administrator's Notice. 4LL persons indebted t? the Estate of Wu. Toney, dre'd, will pay th* a? nie without delay, ind thor? baviug claims ugaifcst *aid Katata ar? lotilicd to render them in property attested, to Dr. J. B. Courtney, Agent for the Administrator, brthwitb, as wa desire to closo up the Estate as loon aa possible. GEO. J. T0N?Y, Ad'or. Nov. 25 ly* 47. Burial Oases ! [keep constantly on hand a full stock *f Walnut and Mahogany COFl'INS, wbieb, from and liter tisis dute^will ba aold for .CA5H, and at pri?es as reasonable as the tiines will adsuit of. Tho ui-o pf tho HEARSE will be cherged for tvoordiag to the same ratio; ? JOHN M. WITT. Edgefield, S. C., Get 19, 18? t. tf 4^ A Estate Notice. *, LL persons in anywise indobted to tit* Estate _of E. M. l'oua, doe'd^ aro earnestly requeu ed to come forward and settle up without del: v. Tho? h:ivinir*cla ius againat said Estato will ron der them in, properly attested, at aa early d.-.ts. ti. L. PENN, Adm'or. Aug A t? SI Estate Notice. PERSONS having eli i m 3 against the Estate of Dr. E. Bland, dee'd., are requested to pr? sent th? same forthwith to Mr. James M. Harri son, who is my autkoriied Agent in settling up" the business of tho Estate. K. E. BLAND, Adui'x. Nov i tf t 44 Strayed PROM my plantation in Scriven C?ti?tv. Gs., ob th? 8th inst., a B'nek Hors? MULE, trim m-idc, two y?ars ?M. Whea last h?ard fmnl said Mule was ?esr the'Pise House, making"-hts way tn Snlud*. A ?hnrit rewurd will be ?iv*m f,fr information 1? to wh?re t?id Mulo may he? found. Addr?-s Maj. Wm. Strother, Colman's X Hud/, Edgefield District, or th e.Subscriber at Ogeucho P. 0., Scriven County, Ga. WM. C0LE31AN. Jute 21_St* 26 t Strafed or Stolen. STRAYED about four w??ks avn, from my residence on? mile from Meeting Street P 0 a DARK MARE MULE, wlth<A black stripe <.n it? back, ani its knoes and ancles,- agad fw?> year* last April. It had on a y?Ao whoa it Wi- Any in fur wallon cunenrning sahl mala thankfUlly.ru ocired, and a cuitahla reward will bo paid for the recovery of sat ! mtilo. . LUCINDA OUZTS. June 21 tf .Sd ~ Ragsi Wanted. JILEAN COTTON AND LINEN RAGS can h V/ sold for oash at the Advtrtittr oil??, 0 Ang.27 tf H