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As soon as he had taken a little rest " in-l refreshment, at the residence of our worthy Mayor, Hon.R. H. May, whose guest he is, the General proceeded to tho business of his prepuce in our city, /With enerby end dispatch. Everything will be probably sys tematized; and our force promptly effica ciously disposed of to meet tho enemy ; v-bile with the aid and. co-operation of ssfch gallant and tried . officers as G-.-na. llardec. Fr*, Wright, Chewiut, Gar.'rell, and others who ' are happily iu our midst at the present time. and.vrr.th. the confidence of our pcOy.Ie, which is so en j neatly deserved, we Can thus not only bid defiance to.thehanghty foe, but crush. . him ere h<> moves much, further in his ad vance to Ilia much coveted gout-the sea. "Mons VSTEHAN TROOPS.-The 30th and {Otb North Carolina Regiment* arrived in this city to-day, ~i;d a finer lo-:-kii>g body of mc? wo-liavo seldom seem They'number iicdti hundred each, a:.d nil well clad, lor the . wir.trr. r.nd judging fr? m the joyous shoute that made the welkin ring as they passed through our streets, are eager for thc fray. LATHST NEWS F?CM 'SHERMAN.-Tho "re liable gentleman" who caine in last evening from a scouting expedition, reports as the latest und mos reliable rews that Sherinne hud burned ihe.S'one Mountain and fiitr miles of the Oconee river,. and wns -Raking for the Atlantic Ocean, which it is feared he will also set on fire". And thc Chronicle db S-ntiml ol tho same datr-. has the Wloviog items : SJs?f FRO:* Tue " CENTRAI. ROAD.-Gen. Har iee lies crd'-red the train on th? Contrai Road to go no farther than No. Ten, and Gen. Wayne to evacuate Stations thirteen %nd fourteen. Gen. Wayne's cavalry snd Artillery arrived at No. Ton last ui?bt <-n the-Cgac-chee. A fi."ht occurred abcutsis miles from Tw nilla, about ten miles from the Coonee river. Thc Yankee loss is estimated at leu kilieo Had fifteen wonn-ied. Our Icss'two killed. G;w. Browa ha-1 removed all tho Val neb?es from Miliecgewle to Mfict-n anti wnc jn that eily. The military authorities of Macon were" as much mystified about the moYemtuto *'?.. Sherman's army, as those in thissecion. Thc general opinion waa that Augusta wes Sbu Dian's objective point. There was a sufficient force in Macon, un der the lead of a galiact officer, to hola thc eaemj ai btfjr. The enemy'sdeairrio ionstAIillcdgo till?is ty] l.umWw:!-..- Rr-** l':T '? erutive Mission, Penitentiary; and dej it and other p?Sft? building;, lue report ib'srt thf tityiom wai destroyed ;s c?utrad c;od. The rumor in tov.n thatSherman capturo-: a large lot of ammcniiion ?t MHledgavillo i. ?n?crfcct. All thc ofonance sti.ro; wore re move-'.. . Three ctr i j?dj of '-he powder p s* ed through this ?ty oni-'iiia.* nu the way to Columbia S. C. It is rumr-red th^t our cavalry are busy in destroying bat'D>,;'tribs and any thing tba may bc of ute to Sherman in front of bis main army ou tl e Ocmul^et; river. Ab-'Ui a thousand Yankee cavalry hare ii. on oiicarupcd for the past fuw days at Itoid's \H! between Ivatuutoa su;^ . Waller'* Ferry. Ne?ro sc?' ute report that ?hoy ?pcsk of mov ..; to an ot'-'er section. >foch r roperty has teen dfj.trt.ved in Jas Putnam, such as mills, gin houses, . ?orno ?orn crlbs.and ctweliing houses. : tvas thougl t in Sparta on Wedneadfey, it *bo enemy Vcavalry and. infantry were ng down" tho Oconee towards tho coaft. ia the current epinion up the road that :hcrmanr6 army 13 moviug down between the Occneeaad Goinnlgeo rivers. 557" FROM WILCTNSO:.' Qov?ii?_A gen: tizn an who left Macon and attempted tr? ' flank the enemy hy going through Wilkinson county, to Lis dismay strm k up with a Yan k:o ?.iu1r.11 in that cc-nnty. FROM - me t?soacu ROAD.-Tbf {raia on ti:e Georgia Ko*d cniy ircnt up as .'ar as C.iraak yesterday, forty-eight u?ile> ' . from Augusta, inconsequence of the rumored presence of lim euem/aboutfour or fivo miles from Warren ton, or nine miles from the Road. Nothing definite was known of their j strength. TIIOM citizens who remained at home, and watched their premises, lost little <-ave horses, food and stock. Those who, from ?ny cause, chanced to be away, lost nil. tSfystitx Wantiac.-Thc noigbboriug t?n-n of Hamburg, South Carolina, presents at the present time avery warlike appear aoce, lb rc being r. largo number cf troop* quartf. _-d in the town. Nettly every available building has been pressed for the usc of these troops, which has c-.vtsed much inconvfeni.ence to tho mer chants r.nd citizens of the place. We beard of orte instance " where a < merchant whose heine was prcs;ed,beicg compelled toremovt his goods to the parlor of his residence. Th's is rory lough,, but necessity is thc mother ol invention and knows no law, end all we can do in these war times is to grin and bearii. Attempted Kscope cf Federal Piiso> tiers. . . S.vi.nBUitY, November 25_The Federal p.-is?uora-confined here made an attempt v^j i>s:app, about 2- o'clock to-day, oceasiuninp some excitement. They attempted to seize the armR of the guard on duty -ithiu tilt waifs, and in several cases succeeded. ITav ing disarmed a mau, they thrust him through .viih ti^s bayonet: iwoof our ?r^ard were killed and-'fbtctfll wcuiulcd.. The paj&pei guarti v.ilne.'^iug these dCmonslrations, ?pen i-l nr.? cn tho prisoners with mfiskttr- a two fir-Id pisces c-i?rged with caTtistfr, kii!:og and wouOuisg EOrue forty or filly. Order was restored and the guilty ones bave been fe. rfetedi.oajj. Alripiiot ?ow>. ;2?y" Richmond correspondent saj?: Gees. Lee and Longatreet were both .at church veitcr 1I4V, b ohin^ fioel}', ?? if things we'r'o working"t^ ttoir tatufaetith. LcngStrwt has grown to be aa cuortiicus mau, and Lee in by no tacnas puny. His stop is as active aad light as a loy's. Every, body regards bim as equal to two or three dc'zen n'linicittrations such as we are llesgod with. EVERYBODY BUT- ME-Thc Legislature of Georgia, says the Savannah I'qnthlkan, lave prest nled a socctacly Id the v.-ofld that they Ni=r.*u!i? be ;?.?;.'.med ol', fn.their pi.-iency as .._:s':.t-.l .-. ti:rj hero, ptii tvervbtdv in the ~i . vier- nini ca!lsd t'A to the from, and coolly ex, mptvd tbemVlviPS, and Ilia"* when the tn err.y -wer G iii ir eily hi their Ince and even running theta frons thc capital. Such l .tiri Dti?'ra ! H?trc?u any maa wSp voted for the exclusive do.se go hcir.o and taco his hm? . cit neighbors and constituents? "Was tbeie no serse ol .;hame left Among them,that they should thai by a l.rgal cuactincnt of their o*"n declare tb?? State in imminent peril, and .then relieve themselves from ;.!1 obligation to de fend their altars and.' firesides ? Shamo on such conduct, and let .all thc peoplo . cry, Shame. TH E AD VERTI S ER. JAMES ?. BACON, EDITOR. \_ WEDNESDAY, NOV. CO, 1364. 8I? per Annum. . Fjom and after tba' 1 st 1) :ccmber, thc subscrip tion price to tbe Adeei-iiier wiil be TEN 1'oi.oAits rfiuAsMUM IN ADVANCE. Those who prefer to pay in previsions ut old pricos, can Lave the Advertiser at One Dollar per year. - . m+*MMm*?rr* Fair Warning. All persons iidebted fer subscription to the Advertiser aro notified th?.t no paper will be sent After the 1st January nsxt usles.* paid for in ad rauee. Those in amuri wilUtboreruro please take duo nc-lice, and act accordingly. m , Keep Qoiet. For two days past, our town bas boon filled with wild rumors-all to tho effoct that tho Yau kee* have crossed tho Savannah River below [ Augusta, aud are ?bout to ravago our. District, Some fe.v peoplo-especially some ladies who ar* ia a great dogreo-unprotected-have boeu, and still are, tjrribly abu med. This ia exactly thc' et-?to of things guernien wasts to Iring about. Whifo his petty squads of cavalry make a feint here and r feint <hcro, throwing the whole coun ? try into wild excitement, Bo will try to avail himself of tho anivcrsal confiu'ron by slipping safety through to the seashore. Keep quiet by all meat?', and do not think ?f loaving your homes and property. At the tima we write, we are assurod th** tho Yankees h'ivs not crossed the river. For niMiy j days to como, our community will probably be I harra?.?rjd with unfounded rumors. Va exhort i our people to fortitude and self-possession: Not a Moment to lie Lost. Many citizens request us to call a meeting *n i to-day (Wednesday, 30th NOT.,) in the Court Rouse, at eleven o'clock A. M., with reference to a more completo.organization for military, police, aid patrol duty. The.citizens of the Yillage.aud surrounding vicinity are urgently oxherted to be precut un thc occasion. Dy timely precaution and fcG?icnt oriranizslirn, uatold mischief may bo averted. Tao.time bas certainly como to bo un tiringly watehful and .iio.:nicf.Mly vigilant. Education of Soldiers' Children. . We call .special tutiisution to tho nosier of Re v. Lt'THKit R.'G WAi.TSETT, to be found in another .i U.MII ? K?i'atii Yankees. They tee ai ro bo erorywaerej they actually 'cover tho lund like tho locusts in Egypt. Ten bave been lodged in.our judi tinea Friday night Us*(-ail fugitives from Cu'umbia. What aro the authorities lhere "bing, that they allow.this thing? What m^na-r-.f guard do they place oror th?s? prisoners?- The latter say that tba [^M^ljian.fci.tc'trLL? s ."Mir.. r.nd.a?Aru- lime Thu ..o pot believe. liThdonbtedry however, there 1- ^r??tV.ismanagement ut iLij matter in Colum bi i Were not oiir paaplg through thu country ;u commendably vigilant in arresting tnc3o ta rrants, great evil might be tho result of their ..vundorlngH. The ten now in custody in our jill tro knout to be returned to Columbia. Two 'unaway negroes wero brought in'wiih them-one of whom had boca iu tho woods fer Ihrue years. P. S.-Sin-jo iii J abete was writtou, ?ix more of tbeso Yanke* worthiej havo been ?pprobciided ;md brought iu-by C.VR?o.v WAU it EX E?q., as ^istod by four or livo of his claves. Tho faith fulness cf the bitter certainly deserves a reward ; ? purrs shoulthbe made np fer thiui. This mat ter-the ?traggll?; of Yankee ?risoners ull ovar tin country-i* becoming very serions. Look to it in Columbia! CS^Wo have boon requeued by Csptain A. 'oyes to announce that his Company, tho Turkey Creek Bent, will parada on Salcrday noxt at tho residence of Mr. L. S. JOH.VSOK. Destrnctive" Fire.? ? On Tuesday night, 22d imt., tho dwellia^ house of our much esteomed fcllow-estizen, SEBROX STALXAXER, Esq., living near tho upper edge of the District, was. entirely eonsumed by firs. The fire broke out la tho garrqt, whore Mr. S. was having shoos"aiado fer his family and slaves, and prorod so fierce and ragingthat ibo sleeping in naates barely oseapod. Of all tho furniture a piano .ilona waa saved. Beside his house, furni ture, and a large quantity of produce stored in his cellar, Mr. S TAL.TAU ai: tait between thirty and f-rty thousand dnllars'tn ready money and note?. % This i? a sad dis titer at any timo; in 'he<e diiys it ?3 fearful beyoad imagination. If eur old and popular friend has done, or ever did ?io, anyfhiog to'dtaerro such a Visitation, cono of his neighbors or friends know of it. Fickens Butler Watts. We rco?rd today upo-i tho list of Carolina's honored and Immortal dca i, the same of Sorgt. PICKEXS Btmcn WATTV Among tlc many who?u epitaph. ' I dkd ia dofeiee of my country," is more lasting than br4S3. mon enduring t! un marble, is tho heroic and devoted mau . whose name stands abov's. lie .wa? a sou of RICKARD WATTS, Esq., of Saluda," L?nr;ns District, and a member of Capt. J. BLYTHE ALIS?OX'S Company of tho 27th R?gt. & C. V. On tho 24th of Juno l8Ct, ntar Pctcrsturg, whito aoling as Lieuten ant aad co-ararnding a Coinpa-iy, ho mot his death at tho hamls of the.Northern foe. His Company and comrades howovar, ^opposed him oaptared, and not until within tho last mouth,-] has the tad truth beau fully established He i? dei?, dead, while yet in the' joyous flush of youth.. HIK noble lifo has passed " like a tr.le j that ii told"-"as a watch Iii the night." Sh^rt- j ly before tho brenkiug out of tho war,- Sergeant 1 WATTS mari'icil <!ae of 13 l.'oiiold's fairest maid-' ons, and we.* of'ElRclWd. .-.?..ira the und but! proud privilege o- mingiiu^ our tears with those of Lanren? over 'Tho b's.* of ono tn good, sa ; brave, so true. His w a narnd that hsl?tigJ hen. forth :.?> the history ?f the dear, lind that has bstru watered with hi bl iod. It i? tho rich inheri- i tance er those haarlj now blooding, that bava .nade tho no^tly saciiri.-c 'of a husband' a falh-r, a san, a bnpJior, to tb? cause tf thoirccuulr'y. - -- i The GoroiiHiJn stuyt : " C?- nt'i'etnen fr?<-u ?iiarlcft.-r: dale bai ... repyri hus reached timt f-ity to ;he ^llcct tl?*t a-fir?t i>' 200 vessels has nr- j rivet at H'd ton l?tad. Their ol-jeci probably j ia to act ic conjunctiva ^vith thc army pf iihor- j Shall.-Slaves tie pur in the Amy Tbs Prosi?out in his lato morsagcvrecnnim to Congress that Porty Thousand J-UTCS bs in tho Confederate Army OB " engineers and ncor.. This q-ueslion, wo foresee, is aloe agitato tho public mjn/? very deeply,, ?nd tc get, $o fear, angry ??scit*Kio?- It ls a s?t -anqucstUnably of grave import, and oats i?v lng very weighty issues. But no man who :i blind- d by prejudice nud parly feeling, can d that*tho Treddon!, bef-re malling thia??sggot to Congress, must have given it due considera and been urged by gravo and weighty consid tiona. But not only this : Mr.? AiatfAsimn, judicion? correspondent of Che Savannah ir? Uta?', nba never rpc?kfi* at random, Ulla us this proposition bas tho sanction of euch :t ns Gen. EOBEKT E. LEE '"'the mah of nil ot best capable' of judging, of the neccr*itie3 of Army-and incapablo of doing -anything ! improper motive*. These dacia fh'.uld im every hf ?tft man to give this question a Mr diipassiocalc consideration before he ecdr it j this is all we ask, hud this we fluni cndci to do our/olrcs. Noir if tho safety oi the conntry depends v putting forty thousrmd sluyos la the Arm engineers, pioneer?, and-laboror*, no mun wi a patriot can hesitate for a moment in giving conscut to thc measure. And who is most c Relent to decide that question : BOBORT E. ] or Nowipaper Editor? and tm??U politicians. hare never been tv " tho front '!"' . As to tho ; prioty of sending these, slaves to Gen. LEI ho asks for them, there esn bo no danbt in mind of any men who is Imo to ibo country. But thoro is another part of tat', propo?i by no nu ans so'free from .difficulty.. The Pi dent proposes thut'those forty thousmd slave botxyf?t, and that at the end of tho war they s be emancipated. Here we are nof jeady ta i ctir with Mr. BAVIS, ia? great-respect as we 1 for bia opiuion. Tho necessity f*r'putting"sh in the Army is strictly > military question, G sn. LUE is tho prt-per judge of all such q Mons - wc truat wo shall never bo guilty of woakness and arroganoe of setting up the opii of an Editor .- "ainst that' of thia great Cap in matters pertaining to war.. But tho dipp tion of thesa slaves after the war ida morn ?qi tion, and npon that an Editor "may be presni to havo some knowledge-though not abb drill " au awkward squad*." Wo believe, then, that slarery, properly ort, htd, is tho best condition for the African, what Ged haB ordered for him ; hence we do sec the wisdom of attempting td reward bim faithfulness by bestowing upon him that wi is not good for bia. And yet thorn is ?di?ei hore, we fco', nnd which no doubt Mr. BJ felt, when proposing emancipation; a mulei whieh every right-minded man.mart feel. A thofo slaves shail have served faith fully in Army, and aided us in gaining our it depender it would bo gross injustice ta send them b into thoir preeent audition of slavery.' We it bc just to one of those alav?s who I served thc country faithfully through a long . to expatriate bibi, to deny him a home among jo separate bim from bis wife ?nd family, put 1 upon tho auction block, sell him.io a merci spoculator, and banish him to part? unknown ? envy not tho man whoso soul dees not rcrul such a proposition. Wo leo them this subj is encumbered with grave difficulties on b sides ; and'bor/ are tb?se difficulties to be ndji ed? We think there is a medium course ly between the^o extremes, and, vita due deferer wo will presumo to suggest it. Let thoiO forty thousand slaves he hired fi their mailors at somothing sloe? the mar price.: lot tho Government give bond to paj thc end of.tLo war, iu g<dd, for BU .s'uoii-alft'ww .ire uct returned to their owners. At tho cm the war, let every flare bo retained to hl?raasi and let oach Slate Government pasa a law I such slaves ns have served in tit Aiciy, j their wives and children, shall be koncefoi and for the term of their natural liver, attacl to the soil in which they then mcylivc-berni heirlooms to the Fretbold-and not liable debt. This will be bestowing upon tho slav yubstantial good, fur which ho will tbenk y aud of which God will approve. Not only i it will prove as great a blessing to the master j tho slave. ' It wiil reniovo tho only remaini objection which honest and enligkteno?* Euro] ans now urge against the institution; and itu enhance immensely tho valoo of real" estate, introducing a different mode of cultivate When slaves ore fixed lo tho soil,-the soil will worth taking care of. It will enhance thc val of oach of thc slaves; a slave not liable for dc is far more valuable than one that is. lt w .l?vate tho mural charactor of the slave, and again enhance kia value. It will placo him in position in which ho may reeclro the ioacbin, of the Gospol, and bucomo a Christian, which ] will never be while allowed to have as mai wives as be may chanco to have maEters. Tt wi improve the tone and character of the slav holder; and beget a strong ?ink, in ouoihtr gel enlim;, that will hind mailor and slav? logethe I II wiil strengthen and giro permanence to o? civil governuisnt. It will givo an incentive I houast industry to acquire property, wkea it knows that this property must deacond to ons ohillrea. lu a word, weboliero that such a pla would work beusficially for the couutry ia a p? cuslary, moral, and political point of view. W should rejoice to sea tho experiment made wit these forty thousand " engineers and pioneers, for wo haro strong oonfidonce iu the oj inion tha if thc experiment could ones bo made, its advus ! tagxa would bc so manifest that that feature woul j soon bs engrafted upon tho entire institution. . Incident 9? Refugee Life-in Edgefiold ' Rafugco lr.dy La3 ten in family-her atora o i bacon is, to put tho best face upon it, limittd I kimi neighbor sends ber a aie?; of beans-refuge^ lady Cuts a bit of bacon wherewith to savor fbi l'bsans-said bit appears iafinitoMuaally-small I but leaves ti fearful ohasm in the main piece i beans and bacon como on tho '.'.ble-refugee ladj j eats bacon into ton slicer, so that cash memboi j of her household may eat and be filled-take' ono portion of beans and bacon' io her sister 'an ! other refuge/lady on a visit to her) who is too unwell to como to table-refugee No. 2 remarks, j after ealing her bean?, that they would have j boen better, bolled willi a little bacon-rofugeo j No. 1 tells Li-r.lhcy ?er? boiled with lacou, and 1 Uifit a.allce of tho bacon hud been brought her refuges .No. 2 shorts wiih incredulity-refugee No. 1 taker, a moat solemn oath. Alas ! the tick lady had swallowed tim shadowy slico without knowing lt-a gastronomic feat cot entirely con fiav! to refugee'. A tenth moiety of thc bacon had passed down b*r throat without cTen remind ing c-r of swrno-fleih. Lr. IlAnNSVAS** hiispcl!', ?tho father of homeapsthy, could not ?.wr?uado.us that that slice did, or could do, any y.iod. Bcfn geo lady tells the tale with as wiieh glee es if she were stH! or. Lcr island home, surrounded Ly H hundred slaves. 55*?*"?he Charleston Mjrcvy isiafortaed,Tipon 1 reliable authority, that tho-fiieuds of Judge Ma grath ir il placo bis name before tho LceitUtura j as a caadidnto f'.r Governor. . Thero'is no coafirnvation of tho otory ' which oume to us from Petersburg, thai Liucclq has caUcd, JVr a ie\i\m ?ore vf ia ea Conference AppohttTo?nls. " At tho luto mooting of the MetbodLt Confer ence, reacntly held nt Newberry, E. C., we notice that tho following Hrro?ttmcTi?? were.mette fur Cokcebury District for thc yc&r 1S65 : Ker. S. H. BROWNE, Presiding .Elder. C?keibary Circuit-W. P.Mouzon. Abbeville Cisvnit-T. 0". Hcrlort, J. Allaway. ??incty-six Circuit-A. L. Smith. Snludu River Mission-W. Jb. Lawton. Maplet'-n Circuil-T. S.''Daniel. , . Edgcfield-W. A. Clarke.-. Butler Circuit-P. L. Herman. Newberry-J. W. Humbert. Newberry Circuit-J. H. Zimmerman, one to he supplied. , Lower Saluda River Mission-S. Townsend. Latfrons Circuit-.W. A. McSwain,- '. R. Little. Pickens Circuit-J. H. C. McKinney. Pendleton Circuit-Tko nm s H. Edwards, J. M. CarlbJs. Anderson-S. B. .linc?. Anderson Circuit-Christopher Th ons aron. Cha-plam 1st N. C. Regiment-W. C. Power. ? Chaplain 14th Ua. Regiment-Alex. Vf. Moors. ' CokesVury School-J.H. Sturtevnnt, Rector. The Rev. J. R. Pickett,.bas been continued a; Granitevillc. Thc Pacificator. Wo have j'iceived from Messrs. WALSH and BLOKE, its Editors, "The Pacificator,'' a. newly established journal, published in Augusta, Ga. This jeuraal is dcrulid to Ike Interests of the Roman Catholic Church, which Church, un lil the inception of tho Pacificator, was without a rep resentative organ in the, Southeia.Confederacy. Ita Editors hare long been controetcd with lue press of toe South, particularly with tho daily Cvnttitittionalitlof Augusta; in this great strug glo they are with the South heart and soul-bend and hands. Tho first number of this paper was published October 8th : it has BOW reaehod its sixth or sevesth number. Its columns, edi tomi and otherwise, ovince a very unusual degree of nsoa Ul vigiw. Among those who write for it, aro Bishop MCGILL of Richmond,and Bishop VEROT of Savannah, Christian prclales of the mest ex alted character and magnificent attainments. The Pauificaier is published eTery Saturday at $15 per yoar, or $3 for six months. Most ear nestly do we kopo that this journad will be pow erfully instrumental ia removing those unfound ed prejudice, and upjuet assumptions against the Church of so many outside of her jarisdieticn. It gives us much pleasure to recommend the*. Pa cificator to all liberal and enlightened men, be they Catholic or Protestant. For tho Advertiser. Notice. Tho Committee on the Education of Soldiers'. Orphans, appointcd at thc* last. Session of thc Edgeuold Association, will meet at Ed ge field Village," on Saturday the 17th of Deo., at U A. M. Thf Brethren will please come prepared to spend the Sabbath with us. 'By reporting to Brethron G. L. Px ira, E. J. MIKS, and B. C. Bar AR, thoy will bo assigned to ploas&nt homes during their.stay. A full attandsneo is earnestly desire's. L. R. GWALTNEY, Chairman. For the Advertiser. Tho following contributions are thankfully ac knowledged for two weeks ending Nov.*2Stk : Mi?? S Koo?, 1 bottlc.pe'pp"er, rinegar. Mrs Taa Rainsford, 17 lbs beef, onions, 2 jugs milk. Mrs John Bainsford, * bushel turnips and but termilk. Mrs J A Bland, i doz pr jocks, 100 ?ba flour, 1 bag turnips. Mrs E Watson, 7 lbj.pork. Liziio Perrin, 1 string pepper. Dr G Hord, 1 qr beef. Mrs G Strother, 1 qr mutton. Miss II J Hell, 2 pr socks. " Mrs E J Misas, - bushel potatoes. Maj G A Addison, i bushel meal, 1 piece pork, I pack potatoes, 2 cabbage*. Gov Pickens, 1 lufcd wood. P R Blaloek, 1 load wood. Mrs D J Williams; 1 turkey, 2 guinea fowls, 1 kid, 40 lbs flour, 4"lks butter, 1 busk poss, 1 busk grist, 60 lbs cotton. Mrs Jas Hatebcr, 1 ham, 1 basket potatoes, 1 baskot turnips, 4 lbs lard. Mrs J H Hughes*, 1 baskot turnips, 1 pig. Mrs Jas U alisas, 100 flour. . Mrs R Bryan, 2 hush potatoes'. Miss Ninnie Powell, ? pr sock?. Mrs Wm Grcgc, Sr., 1 pr seeks, $100. Mrs Chafee, $20 ; ?ic S Meriwether $30. . Mas. LEWIS JONES, Pres. 8. H. A. Mns. ELBERT BLA.KD, Seo'ry A Treas'r. For the Advertiser. f OAXLASO, EpocriCLn DISTRICT, S. C.r Nee/cmbcr 14th, 1804. MR. Enrron:-As I have jun ariived hom? or furlough of inability from effect of wounds from tba 19th Regiment, B. C. V., and Jhose har ing relatives and friends in thal rcaanisnd, kar I iug sat been abie to boar frets them in some time, owing lu ibenaluro cf tho recent eampaigu, permit me, througk yenr cel?mes, te stat? thal when I left the army, which was three week? ago, the health of tho huh Regiment was verj good, and th? menin a glee of fine sohier. I left thc eommanddu North Western Alahtma, en route for Tennessee. Notwithstanding the arduoui duly we had to perform OB the march from Pal metto, Ga., to Gadsden, Ala., the troops steed it manfully, and were in a spirit of new encourage ment, belioving that tho plaas of Gens. Hoes and B>:AVBEaArtn would causa the cattpaiga to bo tho mott successful otc of the war. While immediately in EKKKUAX'S rear in our operations, wo tore up 40 milos of Bailroad and captured Dalton with 900 negroes, all of whom ware dressed in Yankee blue. Capt. MCCASLIX was in command cf our Eegimcst duiing the marok, Cob SHAW and Maj. Warns not having returned to the commend. During the march, in skirmishing we lost ono man killed ind three or four wound od. . ? I tm glad to say the Adcertiscr comes rtry regularly, and uH in the command, as well as myself, ara as cager to'ssc it as though it were a messitge from some loved one, or '' sweat heart" if you please. And If tko Paymaster will cc me around in time, at* tho oxplralio;! of my sub scription, you may look out for another X for its continuation. In reference to the condition of the whole ar my when I left, notwithstanding thc hardships of the campaign, the troops were all loeking well and lu the bost of spirits. They were receiving new supplies of cloaking,. blr.nktts and shoes; and th ero was more talk of pushing on for Ten nessee than of home or furloughs Ono day, while riding along tho colnmn, Gsn. Hoon ob served, ? men If I csrry you into Tennessee and rations get scarce, will yea help me m&ko broad, end carry your gritters in your pockets?" kW responded aloud that they would. On my way homo, I saw that thcro wera great oom crops in tho Staten of Mississippi and Ala bama-many plaoes corn selling tor but ono dol-' lnrpcr bushel. And I would advise-any on?, croaking about nur pres.-nt couditlpa, to uko* trip ont west for bia health, and if-ho will sur vive long enough to roach thoso rich'valleys be tween Selma, AU., and Detaopolia ou tho Tom' bigby mer, be will cecomo coaviuc^l tb fit there tscorn sn'fiic'eitfn those val?es alone, to er cournge without hazard the beginning of ?aol! er f.iur years fight. SD, then let us all be newly encourager, to flgnt on, UH wa have g-rinod wb.t wo sst ont for-"in'Jepcndenco, freedom ?td .iba. ty." ; E. S. ABNEY, Co. D, 10 th S. -C. Bogt, A -? ?-1- ? * p?r A~t the Lird Mayor's banquet, London, IVilmerjtcn said he trns'ei. that tho contending parties in America would soon find it hotter, tb be reconciled than to fight, and that the disputes which b-ivc delugeJtto Anurlcan c?ntipent with blood will bo settled with nmiosblo arrangements between themsolves. jggr-Tke Mississippi Baptist Statp Convention has purchased the Laudcrdalo Springs, .with a .view of muling it a home for the education and. matntenanco of dostituto widows and orphans. - ^2ET The project of the emigration of 1,000,000 Irirh to-Spain, with the object of there settling, assumes each <L*.y moro likelihood of success, at least from th; information worth credit which O 'ces to us. Negotiations with tho old cabinet ars.going on. Mom fy. R. fy. Cobb, the member of Congress who. was expelled a few days ago, w?s killed re cently in North Alabama, by the accidental db-, .charge of one of his own pistols, lie has for some time past been consorting with thc Yankees, and wa; not long ainco in Nashville. Ili? Yan kee friends hod prosented him a pair of pistols, which be wore upon bis person. Ono of them dropped to tho ground end wont off, thc lall pen etrating his bowels and coming ont at his back, eingingdeath. EST Late intelligence from Petersburg says : " The Quartermaster's Department ir. issuing full supplies of blankets and clothing, and the Com missary Department full rations of provisions' Tho men aro comfortable .mihi goed spirits. . Tho Chicago Journal s ays, a furloughed oficor of Sherman's staff, itu tea that ho has been ordered, when his loare expires, to rejoin hit command at Savannah. ?23?- On Tuesday night the 23d, five car loads of cotton wcre^otally destroyed by fire, on lh< South Carolina Kail Hoad, near Hamburg. Lost about $80,000. So says clio Chronicle. Tho Russian Minister at Washington hai boen ordered by the Czar to go to Mexico to con gratulate Maximilian upon his quiet secession tc tho throne. The Yankco papers do not liku this ?3TTbe Charleston Courier announces ablacl frost on Tuesday, and says tho physicians an advising all absent citizens that they caa nov return wi'k safely. ggf MoClollan having ::*??gncd bis commie ?ion in tho Yankoo army, s. project is on foot ii New Jersey to elect kim to represent that Stat? in tho Yankee Senate. OBITUABY. Capt. JOHN PEARSON DATES'diad at Greci Fond, on the S. C. Coast, Nov. 5th, ISC 1. . Ho belonged to Col. Luv. co J: B'S Regiment O Cavalry. He served in tba campaigns of Vir ginia on the Potomac, and wa? ever true and pa iriotic. . He was in thc 36th year of bis ago, and onb son of a venerable and highly esteemed mothal Ho has left a wifo and five young children, wi tl all .?lid domestic ties of tondornaM that make lif io dear. To them his death was unexpected, am came with all the rcverily of a sudden shock. As a husband, father, brother, friend and neigh bor, he was a model of.oxcelhmco and worth? Ni Tii&n was more esteemed by bis neighbors fur th integrity, kindness, and sobriety of his life Blessed with a fine cheerful temper, he was loro by all who knew him. Before thc war, he was a"Brig. General in th Militia of his State, and faithfully discharge all bis duties to tho public. >? As a citiscn, his neighbors will rai?ghimgreal ly, while-bis family ?nd kindred will.mourn hi loss, in tho vigor of manhood, as those who gti:v for the beat of nu.vbr.nds, tbatenderestof father the met dutiful of socs, and (he kindest < brothers. Trr.m tho South Carolinian. lu Moruor mn. Of the many corpsas that strewed thc hattie Cold at C?urlestown, August; 20, 18154, attentio waa directed to that of a delicate youth, who, i contra distinction to others, lay with hands teld od on his breast and a reit r,-?r his fece,,- a though the love of relatives cr the devotion c friends had soothed his lsteei, hour. If was'th corp JO of the eolor-learer bf i he glorious d ivUio on that eventful day-RANDOLPH BACON. J nero boy, promoted te that position for gallan conduct at Cold Harbor in Joly, in a little moat he marched with high rosolro ced heroic step t th ii promotion to do.it h, iniemuch that anencnij usually dead tu generous impulses and a strange to the dictates of humanity, impressed by th sigual conduct of bis gallant foe, had extcndci td him <n txtremi* tha last sad duty of a friend foldod his arms to rest and closod his* ey?*? for ever. Io the early part nf HOI, Randolph Bacon wa an officer in the College Company at the Eurum University. The sirvicee of-that osmpany Lav ing been tendered and declined, because of it youthful membors, he joined -ike Butler Guard OJ a privat?. With '.hat glorious hand*of youth ful horoei, (.now become .as famous r.s wa-; eve; Ibo proudest of the Imperial Legions,) for near'] four yeti s, amidst toil and danger, wilh wan and pain, wounds and imnr'svumtat, L-ut witl pride and spirit, he msrohod ever where dutj ca'lcdor pa riothni pointed, till theconstunmatici expected by all heroes met him on the sacreii plain vf Charlestown. He wa? m*do prisoner a the first M?na?ia?, badly woended rt ??alvtrt Hill, taken prisoner again st Qettysharg, pro moted for gallant conduct at Cold Harbor ant killed at Ch.nilestewn. He waa a kindly Christian gentleman and t child of the"covenant. Aa in Hie he bad teal kind, so in death ho was gentle. " Where he f?l . he where he lay ko died-where Lo diet he sleeps forever, turrounded by his mighty com rados, tho host of the "unrecorded d? .ii," no* unrecorded, but to whose worth, looiicr or later this country must erect ber stateliest tomb am point her purest skafcof Panau marble-on whos< summit shall stand her patriot-soldier, alone ant aloof, where none can stand beside him-the Yen eratien of their native Innd, the glory of a grato ful country and the pride and admiration of al mankind. J?r him and them, and all thc host of martyret r.atriets, Opke-li'.'s ben bon: "Of all Christian soclr, I pray (Jod, God bu tri' yon." Notice. ?WILL hare SHOES mado, in good style, al this VU Iago, at the fellowing* prices, vis : Pegged Shoes, $?,00; Sewed-Shoes, $12,00: Boots, $20,C8. M. W. ABNEY. Nov 30_2i?_49 Good Sugar for Bacon ! ?WILL BARTER good brown SUGAR foi LACON-1 pound of Sugar for 2 pouuds ol B.ic?n. ' ? . . JOHN D. ROPER. Edgi'fiflld, NOT 2"_tf_48 For Tax Collector. Th? Many Friends of D. A. J. BELL, Esq., respectfully nominate him ni a Candidate foi Tax Collector at tho next olooliou. OotlS" te 43 Notice. TBE Bridge aer?se Big Stevens Creek, at Maj R. Merrrwother's and Dr. H. A. Shaw's Mill will ka 1ft to thc lowest Bidd-.r, to he "Repaired on tho 20th diy of Dec. ISSI. . . P. W. GARDNBR, 1 . T.B.REESE,. . f Nov. 19th 1834, St M. Com's. A Strayed, '?FINE largo black and white-spotted BOAR, j Has. both ears cropped and split, with sht r* tail. ? He was last sosa oa Shaw's CreeV. Auy information eouoornlng said Bo?r will be thank fully received. H. B. WEVER.? EdgefUld, S. C., tfOT 29 H 49 Medical Notice. WE, tho undersigned Physicians of Edgeield Village, ba- lea-re to taf?riar ?ho'-cit??ena ?.f tb ?A vicinity, tbat, in conscqaecco of tho diffi culty of obtaining tubsistanee4, we ht; TO resolved to practice in future ONLY FOR THE NEEDFUL SUPPLIES. Wc will therefore return to our-old. established-char jrea tb be .paid in prJy??ie'n at old prices-and, ia all oases, to be delivered to os. We will charge non-produoers in the some ratio (ia currency) cr according "to their circunt stapcee. A. G. TEAGUE, J. F. GRIFFIN, 3<E TT. BURT, M. W: ABNEY, . E. J. MIAIS. Edgifield'C. II., Nor 20,1364. tf \'4? Enrolling Office, ? ? '' EDGEFIELD, g. C., Nov. 2Stb,.lSG4. LALL Persons in this District, between 17 and 18, and 45 add 50 (subject to duty in tho Reserves,) who aro at home without written fur loughs from lifiis command?, or written papers from this Office, are hereby notified, that if* they do not report in person at this Omeo, asd get or ders and transportation te go to their commanda before Tuesday, the tit Ii of Doeeaiber prox, their names will ba published as "absent without karo." Orders have already been issued for tho arrest ot all such persons as arc mentioned above. * F. J. MOSES, Jr., Lieut. & Enrolling Officer. ' Nov 29 . ' lt " 49. Enrolling Office, EDGEFIELD, 8. C.,??V. 28th, 1S64. 1ALL members cf the* Supporting Force in . this District are hereby strictly ordered to arrest, wherever found, ead bring to this e-ffiee, all persons ia this District between 17 and IS, .aad 45 and 59 (eubject to ditty in the Reserves) who aro-at home, without written furloughs from their oommaads, or from this-oiric*. F. J. MOSES, JR., ?.? - Lieut & Enrolling Officer. . Nov. 29, :. J lt -49 ~~~ ENROLLING 0FFI??, ~ EDGEFIELD, S. C., NOT. 28th, 1864. IALL mombors of the Supporting Force ia . thia District are henby strictly ordered to arrest,- wherever found, aad briag to this office, all free malo persons of color in this .district, between the ages of 38 and 50; II. These men are needed, nad tl-ft Supporting Force ia earnestly exhorted to take ''orompt action in tho pVemises. - F. JvMOSES, Ja,/ * Lieut. & Enrolling Qfi3c*r. - Nov. 29, lt .49 Administrator's Sale. BY virtue of an order from W. F. Durisoe, Or diaory, T will sell at the late .residence of JAMES IL WHITE, dec*fl., on THUBSlfcVY, the 8th December next, all tho personal Estate of said deceased, consisting of FOUR NEGROES, HORSES, CATTLE, HOGS, CORN, FODDER, PEAS, SHUCKS, HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN FURNITURE, Blacksmith aad Plantation Toole, ko." ' TERMS.-Twelve months credit with interest from day of sale.' Note aad approved security will be required. MARTHA E. WHITE, Ad'ii. N?v23 ' Wit 49 Notice. ALL persons ace forewarned from trading for a certain NOTE, {believed to be nader seal) given by me to Sterling Freeman, Esees for of tba will of D. P. Self, dee'd., for ?6250,00, with D. J. Williams aad J. H. Yeldell, as sureties, bearing dato on or ?baut the 2d Deo. 1863, with interest from dato, and duo twelve monlhs'afttr date, as the consideration thereof has partially failed, aad I do cot intend to pay tho whole . amount tirercof unless comncllr.it by law. G. J. SHEPPARD. Nov 25 at? v; 49 War Tax 12th COLLECTION DISTRICT? PINDING it impossible to prepare my BoeVi int?mete mot my appointments as previ ously announced, I propose rte following change, to wit: ' Edgefleld C. JJ. Friday, 25th Nor. " O Saturday, 26ih ? Frank Posey's, Thursday,. 1st Dec. LyirandV, Fridsv, 2d' *-<-" J.*T. Nicholson's, Saturday, Sd - Lott's, Same * vening 2 o'clock Edgeflold C. H. Monday, 5th Pee. Pise Hcuse, , Tuesday, Cth " Vaucluse, . Wednesday, 7:h " -Grar.iteville, Thursday, 8lh " Eca-h Island, Friday, 9-.h ?* Hamburg, Saturday, 1 nth " Chcrokoa Ponds, Monday, 12th Wiley Glover's, Tuesdar, I3th .* - Dr. lt. Ik McKie's, Wcdne.iday,llth " . Red Hill, ' . Thursday, 15th " ChoatheVs, Friday, Kth " " CnrryV, ? Munday,. 19th- " Hamburg, Tuesday, 20!h " 1 will also be ia Hamburg ca the 21st cxeltr slrely for those of our soldiers ia camp at thu place. * My Books will then clerc, and all defaulters reported. The Assessor wiii be with nie aad re ceive roturas from those who havo not boen as sessed, and will also reoeire tho rclerns of quar terly sales for the quarter ending 1st Oct. liol. H. T. WRIGHT, Collector for 12th Collidion District, Ncr 23 .4t 4\8 . Tax in Kind Notice. IWILL attend at thc following plaoes ta re ceive the Tithes of CORN, FODDER, LCCH WUKAT, RICE, SUGAR. MOLASSES of Cana aad of Snr^um. PEAS, BEANS,. Irish POTA TOES, COTTON and ({round PE.Vg, T;Z : F raak Posey, Sri, Tlur.-day, 1st Dae. LybrnHilV, Friday,* .24' J. T. Nicholson's," Sctardiy, 2d " Lott's Sacio evening, 2 o'clock. EdgcCeld C. IL, Monday, 5fh " l'iae House, Tuvjdoy, 6th " Vaueluse, Wednesday, ?th " Granitc'ville, , Thursday, Sth " Beach Island, Friday, 9tli " . Hamburg. Saturday," 10th ? CUf-rokee Pondi, Monday, J2th " Wiley Glever'z, Tuesday, lS4h " II. HTMcKte's, ' Wednesday, 14th ? Red Hill, Thursday, 15th ? Choathani's, Friday, 16th '* Edscficld C. H. Saturday, 17th ? I will-.Lt tlie' same time receive the tithe of Wheat, Oats, Rye, Cured Hay aad Wobi, from th?ss who have failed to nisks their roturas. If producers wish to get tho benefit vf ?redits on their agrfcnltural property,, they would do " well to bo prompt in malting their returns, GEO. A.-ADDISON, Assessor. 12th Cob Dist. Nov 23 St 48 I Tax in Kind. WILL attend at the following times and plaoes "montioaed beb>w ?o assess CORN, BUCK WHEAT, RICE, IRISH POTATOES, FOD?' DER, SUGAR, MOLASSES, COTTON, PEAS, BEANS and Ground PEAS, vis: ?. Mrs>A lien's, Monday, 2Sth Nov. Ready's, Tuesday, 29th " Kidga, Wednesday, 30th " Mrs. .Norris," Thurediy, 1st Dee. George Addy's, Friday, 2d " Mrs. Gibson's, Saturday, 3d " ML Willing, Monday, 6th ' ? Mobloy's,. ^ocsds'y, 6th M Richardson's, Wednesday, 7th " Dom's Mills, Thursday, 8th ? Rountree's, . Friday, 9th '' Moore's, . Saturday, 10th " Haltiwsnger'e. Monday," 12th Mrs. Culbreath's, Tuesday, 13th " Coleman's X Roads, Wednesday, 14th. " Perry's, Thursday, 15th " .Huiet's 8toro, ' . Iriday, 16th ? M?ckleVs. Sitnrday, 17th ? Shatterfifeld, Monday, 19th " Liberty Hill, Tuesday, 20th " I White'Houso, . Weducaday, 21st if ' Rehoboth, Thursday, 22d " Pleasant Lane, Friday, 23d ff Smyly's, Saturday, ,24tk - Komp's, Monday, *_26lh. " Tax Payers aro enrneitly solicited to attend punctually, as I cannot go around hut on> e. The penalty of default is five time, the assessed value. CHARLES CARTER, Assessor Tax ia Kind, 13th Dist. NOT 23 4? ?