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A::UC"ST.\ A .VD IIA.MBJJRO SlilljlERGED-P's
...ut-cTroN OR Pit?P?RTY-INCIDENTS-TIIK
. . V Loons or 1840 AND ]S?2. . '.
'Oar fair c'ly las aurari beeb visited by Ope
of those remarkable ires he te that' every'few
y--ars spreng desolation .-.nu h^vOc along thu
ba'ufo of tUe.ua.uaHy placid Savannah.- Scarce;
ly tine] om- citizens reentered Irom the alua m
U . oefcaiio.ued by the evident presence ot' incen
nirries ia our ?nidst bef'c-re'a newelemaut of
desiructiuti and.devastation marie.Us appear
ance, and 89 swiftly and ..-suddesly tkjrbct
few were prep'aredfor tho onset of this rival
"" destroyer. Up to 1 U3sday evening the'Sa
vaniian .river had been.rising with some rap-,
idily, but no orte antic:paced . the-angry. tur
bulent tide that was pres?ptedryn Wednesday
morning. The rtceut rains had boen io no
wise heavy, end H wa? nc. supposed ?hit ibe
snows in the tn duh tains bad. melted to such
an extent tis "to produce a "freshet; "Yet dur
i nj; Tuesday iilght the river rose very quick
ly, and.hy; moraine bad passuJ its bani s,
sweepingeverfCbiiig before ici '?Tl?ets?bttrbs
totSe wcsfcofthe city were inundated, and
the cager waters were hurrying through the
streeH., ily upon every avenue was a minia
ture i iver, ttie'cunen't dishing along 'at ea
..".ii.tcract* speed..
All b ubi ness was necesSai I ly suspended,
? "stive that incident to tte protect iou and pre
servation of "proj;erfy. Pedestrians -found
- .themselves w?terbouod upjn all bides. Skiffs,
c. tupee" and ol brr. 'craft were bruught into
requisition, and Teasels of all saris were ira
j>:e3sed tu transport passengers, furniture,
" baggago. etc. Lad tea who had ventured out
. were Cftticrh-t by the ippnJ ly' s weilt nj, waters.
..iud forced to seek wagons and drays for safe
earriyge heme. The only lucky fellows were
the \y?ifderitig cavalrymen, who, tearless for.
the nonce of Provost, -G-.iar ts. plunged tcarVy
and turiouH?y about ??du their horses. By
v, : nig:full li" xl streel, ftotti psi$ extremity tu
tho o'her, was-a billowy sea, truvatsed emly
Ly b'iats. Green street was a. rushing tur
- rent-the eton Macc'ts were all filled to the
brim, vt hi ie to flic south there, was one vast
waveny expense as we: ry a waster ts ever
oyo resto 1 npoo. There vas no'pgress to o?r
ihgr.-ss or {rom thc city.-*Kvery' road-was
" aubd?erged. The eau ai-bridges were in tria
0?? cant? swept away. Thy railroad depots
were inaccessible, and all travel ?topped.
The f.dories bad to" 'cease work. *Thc.gns
vforlfi we.-e tendered ?ielefs; end*'thc Ijg
dc*nt3 chole??} up from a su; plusi/reofwa?er.
Pirnps a d'will's wore overlluwn, nod we
m gut as weir'have been in the midst: of ?the
grc.t Sabara famishing for aqua -parta, as
. . here in tho j?idst of thc flood.
"Tbc only places in tiie whole city Rot
rc'ciied by thc water "were the sidowalks on
. lij-oxx. -street, exterjdjns jfcum. .-Xa?k-cn.. to
?YasuMigtvo, aud tbcs3 were only. com par
kt'v.-ij dry.- At the Prun ers' ilqiol the water
tv?? fro?? three to five ictrt deep, and that
popular car?vguaerv- was Ririlia day approach
abir Brtry by. navigator*, .'flip Globe, Soulby
ern States and Augusta ilutada escaped with
pcUars fall et'water.
Il ?vuuld be impossible to completo the
dkn??gc" ticcasioned *by ibis extraordinary
- und unoxpe.tid freshet. Purtanalcly, must
. ??*l mercbauts were enabled to place their
goods- beyond tue reach of thc water, though
their stores wi!? suffer from the. mud and
s.:<::.meut left befiitid. In .securirg their
pruper?y a great many developed the posses
sion of afiicles-tha; have been considered put
of tue market, ur so scarce as to warrant high
p: ?ee-. . The Government loses a considera
ble quantity cf sait. *A4l of the cotton yards
?..ce inundated hui no cotton lost and only a
?Lv bab's ibimpened; ?
.. "''Considering" tte suddenness ac? rapidity
of cue ri.^e it is very., remarkable that there
was not a gre uer destruction of . properly.
As il i?, tim loss wiU chietiy fall upon those
? avho can least easily afforito lo3e*-tbeSinm
M?'ooOr iu tho suburbs, occupants of*small
b tttts wb'? have 'bad their furniture agd
ht??bbhl good"irreparable injured.
".In bridge of the nth, Carolina Bail
. LSfiJ jf^s rn groat .danger throughout the
whole cf V/'edncsday, but owing to the ?cr
iums.of tbe :o<?cers and employees of the
co'r?5?ai)y^that*valiiabl4 structure was savejj.
The ilucriag. and planking - w?s -remoj?n.
iv?hich.'?nabUcd the drift wued to pasir'with
" out-.iuj uriag the.Jiiers. The roud bcd on
tlie Carolina side was somewhat injured, aud
flt?"tr?ins ou-:y carno within lour miles of tho
a?y. ?>- ; . . . .
Serious-damage was r.t5?ta'?ncd by the wash
ing-away'of culverts nnd bridges un" ?he
Georgia and 'Vfaya'csboro r^?de. t
Tne only chouse to'a'tiy. wrocted was' z
buildingoa the corner of;-Greeneasd Mark
bain stte'e-w.
Am mg the losses wis that ofsom&twcirfy j
tbo"u3and98cllars- worth of tobacco.
The stpam-r fire engine met with a eal
atrop'?O Ly falling into the - canal,.wbeio it is
..likely to remain recumbent \ii the mud for
.some time.
Perhaps, the heaviest-loss sus'ained will
be-that ot'thc corporation of Augusta. The
streets3ewers, drai^jiV eic, afc almost irre
parable injuredj.r.nd/it.wil? require mohtbs
, X?'phvcc^he city ia proper couditio.it ttgaiui
As il" pow s!and$,'Aiigusta.pre8ent.-; the spec
tacle of a town built ina large^wamp--mud,
sand,' and sediment of every description, wi th
tihe debris Q?bridges,.foot walks, etc, scatter
la. ,iu every direction.
Our little neighbor over the w?y-Ilam
bnrg-suiIered.comparat:vtiy more than eui
city. It wis completely and wholly eubmcrg
cd, there-not being a dry*6p it*V.'it?iiti tho ci-:
porate limits. > We hear ol'thc. sal 'deathly
.^drowning of a:-iady and twO' ch-ildronj and
feurihat we shall bav? to record^till further
Ioafoflife.
The destruction of property, ou (he river
he?ow this will be, lt is apprehended,"very im
mense. Most of. tho piuu.ta tiens ar? over
flown, and hundrads-and thousands of cati 1?,
hogs and. other stobk havi- br.-u washed #if
aad drowned.
Compared with the previous greatjreshefs, !
those bf ?P ?J) and 1852, the flood ufil.o ?.res'- I
?nj year was not..so destructive ol' proper 3'. f
nor was'thft volume and ritQaieul&p o?' '.vatcr '
. to great. The.current t?f the riv.-r. however, ?
.-was fully tw?l?e ?iHe* ?ii .hour. toUBliju.?-'
tho Father of Waters to its f^ The wa- 1
?er wa* iljriy liejerv feet zhnxo 'h*?;.^-^- ;
mart:, and was v. ithin teri inch? af ibo' l}?b- '
cst noint-atluiticd in ii-M. ? -
Both tho ga* and water works are c?iis^- f.
?rably injered, and wp abai! he without light !.
o?r water for some" few "days. -FortUHatr ly
UJO 'fair misuess of-tht skieajs- now regnant;, ;
and wc eau afford to dispense with th?strect 11
lamps.--Constitutioualist, Utfa, - J
THE FLOOD ELSEWHERE-GR>AT DAMAGE
TOJTH&RAiLKOA-ns.i-^'h* f?c3bet-iff th? past
week wiiick visited this -city and vicinity
with such destructive ?bice}seemjj tobavo ex
tended its "violence over a very wide spread
scope of territory^ T^'-Le^ioith and ecst it
was particularly tfamagingi and vs e hear ol'
heavy losses in Edgcheld .and Barnwell Dis
tricts. ' But the greatest injury, nnd that
w"hieh will be Sk most se verely by the whole
country lus'bee:-; ?ustarutd bj tte diff?rent
railroad Hues. ,
Between this city and Columbia tba tong
livitle work on ike South Carolina Railroad
d the
higher 'titan ii hus "been .since 1S32, causing"
great'destruction to mills,.plantations, etc.
At "'Chester, cn the Columbia and Cha'rlottc
Railroad, heavy lestes were sustained and
'theira'clrgreatly damaged.
Oo the Nort? Carolina Railroad, between
Charlotte and'-GK-eusbcLO. two bridges ?re'
g?lt?y ' ''"'. ?
The Piedmont Railroad, from Greensboro,
.to Danville, Va., sull'eitd exter.sjvely, and
we hear of the desi! notion, ol two bridges afc'd
an extensive trestle work.
"These are all very orion's losses, und will
occasion great delay in .tho tratis^otlal?oiio?
supplies, a's weil, as fte derangement of trev
cl. By prpj er c-xcilii ns on thc part cf- the
.railroad ijurhorilic-s, however, the damages
can.be repa?JtecL.*ri I hin three weeks lime.
Constitutionalist. 15! li.
Destructive Fire iii Ham-burg. -
Abou: ^ o'clock ' n Monday evening flames
Were disc : vcred i>>t..i : g ir tn the collen Ware
house of Ali j. Chai. Hammond in Hamburg:,
S. C., and before thia Uro could Ife subdued
the cutir? baiiding'was consumed, together
with atiout fourteen hundred bales of cotton.
Tag. colton belonged tu private parlies, and
yyaS only partially insured ; thc loss on the
cottoii.wil! reach over one miijion dollars.
The .building wUeii-Was owued.by Major
Hammond, was partly brick ur.d the remain
der frame. The brick'portion wan 150 feet
by 25, and the frame building 300 by "3.0. f?tt.
The loss on buildings \\ill amount to about
?50;000-insured for ftliOOO.
Tho hre comraunLcatfed lo a brick dwelling
adj bining the cotton warehouse, owned and
occupied by Mejor Hammond, which, was
damaged to the amouutof $2,0CO. "
This ure was one of. thc most sudden that
has occurred-hero lately, before-the citizens
were aware of rt, the entire building was eu
V?lop?d in the devouring element.
Fortunately for Major. HammoAd, all of
his? books .md papers had been removed Eome
time sino<\
_ There ie no doubt that this tire was the
work ol an incendiary.. It is the. third time
sta attempt has been nude to destroy this
vrareliome.-Augusta Chronicle, llth inst.
From tsuvuuuuk.
A large number of refugees have arrivrd
itiourcity ir&jo Savannah. From them wo
?ni?o.; ;he annexed news: ?
Sherman hus tttkon no slaves from their
musters. Tho>-'e who wish to leave do so.
These who wish ro remain do so. - Those who
icive, are- taken in Band at once by the mili
tary authorities, and put.t i .hard work cut
ii'ug wood" or'digging upon tho, forttficalioiis.
. ?Hcrmwi has several times,, we arc told,
?pc?fly said that neither he or ?n's anny are
lighting to abolish slavery. Ilia loading ofii
ecrs have expressed t he same opinion. The
soldiers also openly say,' that if they thought
*?hey w?re'fighting for the negroes they would
lay down their arms at once. From the
tone of their conversation our informant was
led to infei that if the war should cease at
encFptbc'ae '^^ held negro property would
remain in und?st?ived possession pf the same.
Geu. Sherman ccutinues his kind treat
meat towards the inhabitants. The rights of
the citizens are respectid-acd protected. Ev
ery outrage of tko soldiers, or infringement
uprm^good order is promptly and severely
punished.
A meeting of thc negroes was held a few
days since. They . were addressed by Mr.
French, from Port Royal--one of thc men
sent out from the North to take care of
"freedmen." Ile plainly told them if they
had kind'ntasters ttat they would be better
ofl' lo stay with them ; that w bile they were
in thai position they ned no trouble or cares ;
but if they left their good homes they would
have to provide for themselves-.a natter
which they would Und it very ditlicult to do,
under the most favorable circumstances.
General Sherman ..has told several of the
prominent citizens of S.isaunah that be docs
not wish to march his army into any portion
of Georgia again, and that he will not do so,
unless compel lcd by circumstances. The
General further sajs that lie regrets that he
wai compelled to march through Georgia;
th;.1 when AJ-lanta was captured it was not
his intention to advance further into thc State,
j One corpa of Sherman's tanny has been
'sent ts Hilton Head in transportai Large
bodies of troops Have moved from Savannah
into Carolina within the pastTcw days. Our.
informant thinks a movement on Branchville
is intended ; and if successful, from thence
to Columbia. ., .
Gen. Sherman regicts ncif-g obliged to
advance into Carolina-ss he fears that lie
will bc unable to control his troops.
' Thc negro womel) and children who have
left their mastery am huddled together in a
?ion outside ?be tewn. in want'of both cloth
ing and food, anj&uijfcrir.g from coM andtx
posnrf;; Tie soutiers appear (.o have 'little
if any tynYpa'.hy for iRWn. and tell-them they
t would bc better i !?' i? tJi-v would return
j win-re they eadie fror:;-Atigusia Chronicle.
A large number of Sa? annaU refugees have
also arrived iii Chariest! n and the Courier
say? :
?; "'In conversai ion with many of Ibo refu
gees they report that Sherman has four corps
of twenty thousand each, and thal the last
rirder for.raliuus called for 8-1,000. On 'furs
day evening or Wednesday morning large
detachments left Savannah: A great portion
was: commonly rerorUd proceeding up or
near the Sr\vann*h river ft r Augusta and Co- !
lumbia,"'. S. C., by Branchville, or tb?'ough
Edgefieid."* Another c-xptdiiiort, In fo.rce,
they report moving against Charleston, or to
miet attachs expected from our side."
Hicnw.u Rcsiinty.-- About ll o'clock on !
Sunday night, a gentleman whose .name .we :
war? unable to discover, wr.s approached by i
a eoupl? ol' men, when about half way across j
the foot bridge lending to Hmiburg. After
being interrogated by them'as to the time of
night, he wasknockeddown and robbed of his
pocket book containing $1200-also of a fine
silver watch valued at ??OO. The men in
ques.'ion were armed with revolvers,.anti,the
gentlemen Icing unarmed, was afraid to-cre
ate apy-ahumf -iVjr fear of endangering his
lifp. .
This wa a'boiel proceeding, but tho. ifght I
wn^darkj ned tLe.ro was 'very little if. n?.y I
travel iipf'ii thc bridge at thr.t I cir of .the t
night." These cir^uattacce combined to j
oller a good c?a-ncc-toany rnflian bold enough .
to undtrtakb srrch' l^sii-Cf-s.'- Tho'limos r.ro j
sadly ont o? joint and ?'if soniething for t.:c !'
bettor does uut soon fsico place, lhere' is no j
tellinir where we will bring up.-Chronicle, '
lOth'imt. I
. For Tax,-victor. ?
The Many Friends of D. A. J. BELL, Sscj., j
r'cspectTully nominato hirn.tfiR a Cundidate for
lax Collector at tho next election. 1
Oct 18 ta ii I'
THE- ADV E R TIS E R.
? JAMES % BACON,; EDITOR.
WEDNESDAY, J??. 18, 18G5.
Capt. FnAziKU will h>ve a wsgon in readi
ness on FriJr.y evening ncxty at 4 o'clock, to take
all surphns bagage that mcujbers of bis Company
may wish gent to Aiken. 3
Steady"! To thc Front!
. Every nWin tSo 7th Regt. S. C. Militia, be
tween Ibo ages cf 16:and COj not already in ser-"
vice, is ordered to rendezvous at Aiken ou tie
coming Saturday (21st insti,) provided with four,
days rations^ and ready'foe; aqtivo service. .Col
Jon* Bi^utD "called tho Regiment together on
Friday last at tho 0?d Weljs, for tho purposo of
organization, and -preparation. Tho attendance
was good,-aDd-tho indications favorable that every
nun would bo at-tba'rendezvous. From all we
could Icas-n on thnt dnyr oi&ly'tbe ?tb Regt., and
one othor (a B-irnwell Rcgjt., tdjoiuug the 7tb)
aro ibus ordered. . . : . ? . '
?.Town Ccjuncil.
AT an'olcction rcc?n?y -bold in thia Village,
tho following gentlemen were chosen members of
thc T?wn Council : / !
Z. W. CAUUV.I.E,Intendant
Messrs. GE?. l>- PENH? LEWIS Joxss, S. F
(joot'K, A.-G. TsAcmi/Wardens.
Thc Town Council-ie, jp these day?, a mere
namc^-".ii smin?ing<bra? and a tiaklrag cym*]
l ui." Its mombers do' lothlnj. Of ono thing
however; we feel assured. That pur present In
tcndan't'will ncvcrplay tagarno of Mayor AR
NOLD at Savannah. }
The Columbia & Greenville ?li?!road.
Wo understand there wis groat damage dono to
this road by the freshet of luat week, and thnt it
will be at least #x weeks;boforo the road ia in
runuiog order again. . . "
Negro S&Idi?rs, -
? Why is thc subject of putting our slaves into
the fight dlseiissed.with such-evident hesitation,
und timiditj? Wo have.givca the subject much
thought, and wc aro clear for putting them io.
Mr. LI.NOOL.S- claims tc huvo -200,000 of our own
slaves in his -ranks arrayed against us. If we
haiLndopto? the policy of putting them into our
frank's two* jsirs ag", he would not have bad o ,
fourth that number nom Not satisfiod with bis
20.0^000, bc is daily enlisting negroes upon South
ern Boil, and will contin?o to augment bis-black
forces as'he advances, and a i Southern slave?
escnpo into his lines. So far as it concerns able
bodied slaves upon our e?cposcd fronts, the put
ting them into ocr rank,? with muskets in their
hands, is simp!;, a question of whether they fight
for the Yankees or for us. That is plain enough.
And, in our humble opinion, tho situation now
demands th Rt, in reference to this subject, we
regard tho remotest interior ns an endangered
front, and at once proceed to every possible availa
ble means to the end of independence, as though
wo despuirod of achieving it without putting
forth our wbole strength'. This is our view of
the situation. We believe much moro in force to
achieve onr deliverance, than in that "sublime
faith" iu itsultimcto achievement which many
peopk talk so much a1.mt. .-;
To thc objection that negroes will not make
good soldiers, thc answer is, that though they do
not mak'i as good soldiers as Caucasiens, yetthoy
can be made to answer a good purpose in war,
else the Yankees would not be so industriously
recruiting them after ;hnvinp fully tested their
ri qualities. 3'^a^aji?^p^ion-of our own that
tho nogro would make^a better soldier under. .Bc
leadership of Southern ofiiccrs than nuder Yan
kees. Wbon the negro first comes into contact
with tho Yankee, he is demoralized by having
false nations of equality instilled into his mind,
and he enliits with tho notion that ho is as good
,as any body. The Yankee officer having lowered
himself beneath his own dignity (?) to treal him
with consideration above his merits, IOKOS tho
talisman of eledier.ee and discipline-respect
fur him at a superior being, a higher ordor of tito
ruse born to rule. Qf.coursc Southern officers
would not commit tuch blunders. Besides, they
bolter understand tho character of tho negro, and
how to manage him. In truth, he would go from
thc plantation lo the camp already disciplined,
and lacking only foiho drilling to make a soldier.
It muy be snid that tho negroes everywhere
now clearly understand thnt it enters ?tito tho
war polioy of Mr. Lincoln to emancipate them,
and that thorcforo they will not fight fur those
who hold them iii bondage Against their liberties.
Thoro is much force in this objection ; but, not
withstanding, we believe thc ncgroei would, or
could be mnde to, fight manfully in our cause.
Because thc negro will always follow the lead of
thc Intelligence which point* the w?y. Consider
thc horrible picture the future presents, should we,
in neglecting to use all thc means at our command,
fall to achieve our independence ! Thc nogro will
haya been emancipated in spite of us, and will
bc a hostigo race let looso in our ^.idet. Ile will
haye tu remain with u*( f?-r colonization of so
rat! a number of hum^u beings will be impracti
cable. Could .Southerners brook thia and net
Uko vengeance- ? Vengeance would beget ven
geance, until the land would flow with whito
bl?od and black blood all mixed!
We hare ur ri red at a cri?is when it seems to
as, thc pr?sent and future interests-a/ both races
ivquro that raeasuio? ahould bc taken - to bring
theta together shoulder to shoulder, in this war,
sj near as it ii practicable to bring two racoa so
different.
Thc Columbia and Augusta Railroad.
Wo have been much on tho Ridge of lato, and
ia that section, this important-road is coining on
liuvly. The- gentlemen who '.have ^contracts for
w-.rkon-thc road between Capt. CLINT. WARD'S
und Lieut, ?GUIS Y-JUKUBI.Q;-1)'S (a diatuueo of
twelve miles.) aro working steadily and energeti
cally, h'evcral of them informed us that thc
grading (alnngthc entiro traen) was at least h.ilf j
finiobed. Baring the late Legislature, Mr. Gann
XEn, Chief Engineer of this Work, informed tho
Couimittoe appointed to consider the matter, that
with 230? tilaveaT(the tithes of Lexington and j
Edgtfielu hoing appropriated to feeding them,)
tho road could bo comploted by tho^middlo or
lost of May. Whether auch a foroe bas been, or
is to be, put at his disposal, we havo not ascer
tained. Surely, if either tho {Go vernment er tho
Company havo tho merest ordinary energy, this
now all-important route will be very rapidly
pushed through to coraplotian. *Wo aro under
tho', impression that it will he.
Privates'Mao Dillon, Samuel A. Robert
son. A. H. W. Robertson and N. M. Robertson,
all of Company D, Fir? S. C. Artillery, were
shot to death with inuakctry at 12 M., Wednesday
on1 Sullivan's Island, for d?sertioB. They woro
attended in their last mom?ets-by the Rex. Mr.
Aldrich,.Chaplnin of the First S. C. Artillery,
and diedpcnitonlhad rotigucd to their fate. So
Says, the Coarin:Vf tho I2ih.
. ??f- Tho Charleston ?Tercnry of'Friday gaye ? |
" Thc heavy tumbi-;- in gold during tho Inat few
days has exeiicd co littlo r?mork. There seems
tu be a complete reuelion.fiom tho punic which
prevailed a foruigbt ugo in thc.epecio niarkct.
Wo heard of several considerable salis of gold
it 40 yosterday, and the doroand for 'sterling cx
thamjoia now quite slack at 35?'' - " - ,?
A Friend to the Soldier.
A young soldier, one as' handsome aa bela
brave, tells os of thc unbounded kindness and
hospitality of Dr. THOMAS LAKI?_ to soldiers pass
ing hid house Dr. L. lives immediately on a.,
mach frequented highway, and his hospitality is
no doubt very often UsUxL Tlc young soldier in
question soy? ho has repeatedly stopped at Dr.
L's.-and vory lately arrived before his gate
with a viuud of follow soldiers'. Of this squad,
ench ono was mo?t gencrcnsly caned for, and sent
Lome ."a riding." He tpcaks as if ne had found
ed this worthy mon's hospitality, and found no
bottom. -He says tc? ought to speak of it public
ly. We do .so with the greatest possible pleasuro ;
.Blessed* is ho whom the wayfaring soldier Blosses !
.--r~9- " .
bigantic 1'orker.
Fifteen months ago, a lady on the Ridge took a
pig to ra'iPw, had it puk. in a pon hear the house,
and nourished it-comfortably, bat not extrava
gantly. Six weeks ago enid pig (then become a
fearful mon.-tor) was brought to the shambles,
and weighed (after this weary world wal, for him,
ended,) over 300 lbs. nett. "Wa saw one of tho
haine weighed, after it had been polked a month,
and it.wtighed 37 pound?. Who, mow a day*?
'docs ntjt venerate urine?
Dont Ein nu nt the lilue.
Thero aro so many people addicted, to bluo now
a-doys that tho eel ur is. about to ba exhausted;
that is, the deeper ?hades. So fashionable, is this
hue that many individuals ere actually -turning
blue in the Lice. Some are indigo blue, many
aro of a sickly greenish blue, while a rapt num
ber are absolutely llue-blaifk. Fqj tod's - rake,
como (.ut into the light, -and,let the sunshine of
bepo and bravery fade tho deep hlua ia te a lighter
tint. . _. ' '" . - "
Unspeakably Contemptible.
Wo mean the white livers and tho weak back
bones and the shaky kneos .that are now to be
Been (without the aid of a spy glass) throughout
the country. Anyone who would indulge (luxury
of woe!) in "blue talk," as very many' are now'
doing, ought to be banged as high aa Haman.
Spottheao croakers and poa?c-maker? And verily,
let this revolution turn out for oar weal or wee,
they will remain spotted.
For the Advertiser.
MR. EDITOR:-In my roport, published in your
isstre?f tho ?th, the ?istributionof wood to thensedy
families ef the villagey- I named tho number of
loads delivered to each family.
I have since been informed.by one family that
they foll far short of receiving tho nnmber of
loads that was published to have been delivered
to them.
I hopo these Rho subscribed and promised to
deliver a certain quantity ef wood, and so far havo
failed to do sn, will at once redeem their promise
by the speedy delivery of whatever balance may
bc yet duo.
ijie distribution of tho wood was left to me,
and I notified each subscriber to whom ho should
haul bis wood.
. So far as th e money subscribed is concerned,
I hauled and delivered tho full value in wood at
tho regula* m.irket price. All who subscribed
money paid their subscriptions in ful 1.
JOHN ILUIET.
From the I'luttrated Newt.
Charleston.
BT PAUL H. HAYNS. .
. ' ? '- L '
Wiiht ! still doos the Mother of Troason uprear
Her creet 'gainst thc Furios that darken her sea?
?nquelled by mistrust, and unbleached by a Fear,
Unbowcdhcr proud head, and mrbondingherknoc?
Calm, steadfast, and free ?
II.
Aye! launch your red lightnings, bluspheme in
your wrath,
Shock earth, wave, and heavon, with the blute of
your ire ;
But she seises your death-bolts, yet hot from
their path, *
And hurls back your lightnings, and meeks at
the fire
Of your fruitless desire.
III.
Ringed round by her Brave, a fierce circlet of
flame,
Flashes up from the sword points that ?over her
breast;
She is guarded by Luve, and enhanced by Fame,
And never we swear, snail your footsteps be
pro??cd
Whore hor dead Heroes rest 1
ivy
lier voice shook lue Tyrant !-sublimo from her
tongue
Fell tho accents of worming,-aPropbetessgrand,
On lier soil tbe-first lifo notes of Liberty rung,
And the fin! Ha I Kart t/tfrt */* ker gaunfleied hand
Cruke tho sleep ot ber land !
V.
What moro ! she hath gr.isped with hor iron-bound
will
The Fate that would trample her honor to earth,
Tho.light in-those deep eyes is luminous still -
With thc warmth of her \a)or, th* gi ow Vf "hor
.worth, y,. * v.' , .-'.".?'.
- Which illumine'the Birth !
?<--''*. __' Yt. -
And beside her a Knight tho great Bayard natl
loved,
'. Without fear, or.reproach," lifts' her.Fanaor sn
high; _
Ile utanda in thewcngwprd, majestic, unmoved,
And a thousand firm ?outs when that Chieftain ia
. nigh,
Vow, "tia easy to die!"
VII.
Their words have geno forth on the fetterless sir
Tho world'sbreath is hushed at the conflict ! before
Gleams the bright form of freedom- with-wreaths
in hor hair,
And what tho' the chaplet he crimsoned with' gore
Wa shall prize her-tho more !
? vin.' . ? ? . . ' ;
And whilo Freedom laics on with her passionate
eyes . -
To the^olgh* of her promise? tho voices of yore,
From tho storied Profound of past ages ame.
And tho pumpa.; of their magical mnsie outpour
O'er tho-war-beaton khore. . .
_ : ' ? ** Mi' "
Then gird your brave Empress, O ! Herots with
.. flame
Flushed up from tho sword-points that coyer her
breast,
She is guarded by Love, and enhaloed by Fame,
And never, baso Foo 2 shall your footstep. Le
pressed,- '
Whore her doad Martyrs reit !
ALL jinoAiin.-Erarjbddy in the 'Confed
erate States seems to he shouting all at the
sarao time, that everybody else ought to be
in the array, and still, not one o? the stubborn
cro?i?reB heed the appeal. AU ut ono half
the ute, old, " abl? bodies" We stirring up
tm*other half, and making them u comforta
ble. - HtiroV tho way to "seine" thc entire
" school :" Lets nil go in, from the Prcsi- .
dent down to the humblest exempted wharf j"*
rat, men, women, and children and their nt-1 ?
groe;, throughout tho length and breadth of j i
land. Now, comdin, if you dare. Say h
rv-koD, and we'll all start at & given signal. I
4 . - --For the^Atlverffier.-" ' ?
Thc following donation 3 Lave been (received si
the Soldiers' Home for thri week ending January
Maj Hughe?, 1 piece beef,-potatoes apd^urnrps.
Mrs JasRainsford, 2 yu gs milk,faujage?.
Gov Pickehs,-! Io?d^ood. "
Mrs Mi nick, 1 pound butter, 1 small bag flour;
Mr Marsh, li bushel potatoes, IsUoulder bacon.
Mrs Bettis, ba?k-bones, spare-ribs, sausages, 1
bag flour, 10 lbs lard.
Mrs Jas Hatcher, 1 peck meal, l.bnshel pota
toes, 1 shoulder bacon.
Mrs B Miller, 1 ham, back-bones, sp ara-ribs,
1 bushel potatoes, J bag flour, 1 small jar lard. r?|
MraJnmeU Mathis, J big flour, 1 jar lard, i
bushel meal, 1 gillon'syrup, 1 bushel potatoes.
Mrs 9 Jones', ..''bushel ia sal.
Mrs J Day, 1 shoalderbacon, back-bones, sausa
ge?, 1 buehel potatoes, -
Mrs Qu ut tichum, } buchel.potatoee.
. Mrs A Jones, spare-ribs and back-bonee.
Cul Muss, y part-rib s and back-be nos.
Mrs .Tompkins, spare-rib's and- back-boaw. J?
hogsheads. ?*
Mrs A Prescott, a large lot bae&bo?ai, spare
rib?,' potatoes, 1 shoulder bacon.
Mrs F, Middleton, -buck-bones, -spare-ribs and
potatoes.
Mrs Charlton, 1 plate batter.
Mrs Hiram Adams; l hacsr-boae, butter,. 2 di!,
eejg?, 2 uhicfrens..... " J.
M : s Saigler, i h a m. fc
MRS. LEWIS JONAS, Pras. S. H. A,
Mas. ELBSBT Bjaro^See'ry'A T-roaa'r. '
MauniED,^a the ISth Dec, .1804, by the R;v.
J. S. Mathews, at the r? ii don oe of tho bride's
brother, Mr.THOMAS EVANS, of Augusta, Ga.,
and Miss ELIZABETH ADAMS, of this District.
QBITI3A.RY,
DIED, of Dropsy and Erysipelas, near Hamburg,
on the 10th Dec*. 1564, Mrs. JAKE MURRAH,
wife of Mr. MOBBS Munana, in the 60th year of
ber age, learing a husband and ?Lt children, -with
numerous friends, to mc mn her lost, though we
mourn notas thole who hare no hope'; for she
had been , a consistant a ember of the Baptist
Church of Chrirt at Gilgal for tho list sovoatnen
J yearsof her lifo.
A FRiasn.
DEPARTED this life, December lb th 18 84, BASH
B. JOHNSON, of Barnwell District, S. C., in th?
24th year of-hir-sge. ?.
Boing ia North Carolina-When the war first
commenced, he was among the first to voluntcei
in the defenco ol his country. He first volunteered
in tho 26th N. C. Reg t., and was afterward's trans
ferred to Co. A, 1st S. C. Regt., where he remain
ed until his hoaltb-was sueh that he was compelled
to return home, whoro bc liugerod nearly fem
months, with'rheumatism audotfler diseases which
wore brought on by exposure in camps,, uutij
death carno to bis relief. Death ls column, whee
it takes the aged; but when he lays his icy ha ad
on one io young, and ia the rory bloom of life,
it causes a gloom to orershadow ail who knott
bira. ...
Ho was not slain upc a thc'battle-field by an
enraged loo, but ho gavo his life for the cause ol
liberty. He is done with th? clamors and hard
ships of this cruel war. Somitiiuce- we think he
can not be forever gone ; and thon the sad truth
Ulis Us that he is sleeping in the cold and alica)
tomb. Yes,-he fills a hero's graf e. Nothing will
disturb that rest until the great. Judgmont -day,
when he will arise clothed in immortality.
He connected himself with the-Baptist Church
early in life, and bas ever since adorned his pro
fession by-a well ordered life', and a Godly?con
versation.
" Doath spreads his wi thorin g winter arms,
And boauty smiles no more ;
Ah, whore aro now those rising- charms,
Which ploased cy eyes before ?
" That once loved form now cold and dead
Our mounrful thoughts employ ;
Wo weep o'er earthly comforts fled,
And withered all our joy.
''Hope looks beyond (he bonuds of time
When what we now d? ploro,
Shall rise in full immortal primo,
And bloom to fade no more.
A Faxes?.
TBS following lines are written in memory'of
Sergt. J. H. OUZTS, Color-Bearer, who fell oo
the battle-field- of Drewry's 13lu3", near -Peters
burg, Va., May the 16th, 1364. His .ring wai
taken from his finger, (stained with his own
heart's blood,} by his frier d and comrade, (Sergt.
DBCTXAN,) and sent home to his heart-stricken
mother. Oh, weep not, kind parents, at the
sight of this blood-stained circlet. For he from
whose hand it was taken has given yon great as
surance that bis soul is at rest, and is only wait
ing for you. Bemcmbor tho many hopeful and
cheering letters he wrote you, saying, "1 feel
that I am suffering in a glorious cause, and it is
a duty which I owe to God as well as my coun
try. And if I survive not this great struggle for
independence, (which I bops may soon be achiev
ed,) I bare a hope of being forever at rest."
And, sorrowing mother, afl-ain I say, weep not.
Your noble son and our dear brother is with the
blest. His memory we do fondly cherish.
Let bim lie in the dark narrow gravo you. hare
made,
Let bim lio dying-where yon hare foand bim,'
Let bim sloop on the battle-field ns he bade,
IV it ii musy of bit-friends and comradesaroasjj
bim. '
But first from his finger take'his blood-stained
ringr ' .
For the kind mother whom the hero hal left
weeping,
His tobaoo pouch tootled by .the band,
Of brare dear Joaxsr, who'on the battle plaie
ia sleeping.
VT hon long win tar night' Itt th? hasse of his ?ir tb,
Are shortened withdegendsaud story,
Some spaoein tho household will tell of hil worth,
And speak, of bis death and his glory.
And fancy will pfoturo the place chere he sleops ;
Beside him tho blue winding river ; .
The long sloping flats where tba Ohnporel sweeps,
And mmmer breathes softly forever.
Thc mo thor will weep a? the thinks of her bey,
' Ties tbat.so tenderly bound him ;
But the lad at her side will think 'twere a jay
Te steep with a bannar around him.
And she, the dark-eyed and beautiful one,
Who waitedso long for her lover.
Will fall asleep tearful, and dream until mern,
Of joy and the lu vc-aiee tings oVcr.
When another shall kneel at the foot 6f .the f*lr,
To win her with sighs aud with vowing,'
She'll tell him her heart, aa he pleading kneels
there, '-.--'
Is entomb*3 where ? rifer is flowfag.
Tho ring yo?jwkrfrom the .cold icy baud
Of our comrade, warrior-hearted, -. -m
She'll press to ber lips and remember ber vow,
* To be true to the d*ar*one departed. .. ~.
*TO RENT,
nraHAT BEAUTIFUL AND. COMMOWOr^
.-J. REaUDJBNCl?bCl?nging lo Mr.Jt. U, Svw
UVA.V, situated on tho Columbia Road, li miles,
inna the .Village. For tern?, Ac^apply-to
. CK lu PENNV Agent.
Jan 18 -. - tf - .
-;
Notice. i
ALL .perfora to whom I am indebted for haul
ing Corn will be paid, on demand,"' by Goo.
A. Addiion'r''Esq., if called for previous to lit
February I88?V
EDGAR L. GUERARD,
Capt. A A. Q.M.
JanlS .' , ? It "~4
Notice.
ALL Persons having claims on the Estate of
Shirley B, Whatley, decM.,- are requested to
hand them in to thc undersigned,daly attesten1.
, W. W, ADAMS, Ex'dr.
Jan 18 '. . 3m L_4 .
Final Notice.
A FEjlAL SETTLEMENT on tho Estate of
i%~H. M. WALLACE, doe'd., will be'made in
theOrdinary's Office, on Thatsday, thc v'th--F?&? ..
ruary next. All persons having claim? 'against']
laid Estate-will present tho same by that ti m J,
ind those iudobtoi aro requested to pay up forth- '
iritb. J. JJ. ADAMS, Ad'or.
Ja? Vf 4
Head-Quarters,
< ' V &? fr* EEQ?MEN^S; C. .
v, G?AsiT?taftvB; it+tuxtjISM.
jrjURSUANTia Special Order?, 'No. 13, from
it the Adjutant d In? pee tor General's Office,
ALL FREE WHITE MALES, between the cges
of sixteen ninU sixty year?, within the. limite of
this Regiment, ?ra?-heroby -wdersMV^o 'ri?p*rt at
Aiksn, S. C., on Saturday, the Jtat Jaaaary, at
4 o'clock, P. M., prepared to take the field.
Tho troops will pr?vida themnlres witk fear
days rations and. such, o th sr.. articles samar ba
actually ne-jcaisj y-fcr thoir.comfor', ia tbi field.
Captains o/U?mpanies, or tb oj? in .'.oamand
of Gompanics, are enjoined-io use -?rompt sad
stringent measuses toward* having er.crjrxnember
of their respective commands pre?ent.?,t-^he ap
pointed time and p lu'oe/a s th? e ia erg an ey is press
ing.
. Those wb?- raiUo'jr?j?rtf.tn.pewao-.-ea the day
?bore mentioned, will bo considered aa-deierters,
and wuTbe immediately attested and.ireatcd as
such. ; - JOSN BLAND?
I ? . ' Col. Ttk^^B?S lt
'Jin 17 .-. -li* " 4
JSiirdlliiig ?fltee,
EDGEPIBWVDiSJ?IQT,
January Iffth, li?i.
IALL the member* of ?he- SUPPjORTING
. FOP.CB of.this District are hereby ordered
to reporfcin"person to" Captain' .A. E. i Wai?, at
Lexington CH., at 9 o'Sops:, A. H.,.on,T?e?day
next, thc 24ih inst., mounted and araiad, ix d pre
pared for actir* duty in that District, f
II. -This otder ?Sptnitice'f- and' thar? are'mo ex
eiiptUas thereto; ? -" ??5 ~ -
III. All erders horewfor* ijfued from this
Office, conflicting with the above?''areThereby
countermanded..*,.
p.j.arosOT/Jm.,
. Lieut. A Enrolling-Offisir.
. Biirolliiis Office,
I EDGEFIELD D^TE?l?
January Uti, J8?5.
FTE the information-of all concerned; netlee ie
hereby given that neither the Supporting
Force of this District, nor any persons OJ? duty ia
this District, in connection with this Office, are
included tn an v. orders that may-be pabXished ia
regard toHhc Militia of th? State.
p. r. MOSES,^ .
Lieut. A Enrolling-Cfl.o.r.
. Jan li li . . 4
Enrolling'Office,
EDGEFIELD, S. C., Jan. loth, 1S65.
IT EOE the information of all copcemed notice
I Aa > ii beraby*given that ia no ea??' will an order
be granted to any soldier to go before a Hospital
cr any other Medical Examining Board anltiss the
I- last furlough granted the loldier is presented.
T P. J. MOSES, Jr., *
Lieut, ? Enrolling Officer.
JanlS -./>?. "lt 4
- . ;--:-?J-\
Valuable Negro for Sale.
Xl.H. Adams, Executrix,' 1
T? - ,1
T. J. Adams, et al. " J
BT Virtue of sm.order of Court in this cause,
I will sell at Edg?neld Court House, ou tba
first Monday in February next, BOB, a No. \,
Blacksmith, belonging" to- the Estate of Hirara
Adarai, dee'd. - ' .
Torms. Ca=h._- LYDIA H. AHAMS,
Ex'i- of the lost Will of Hiram Ad?ras, dec'd.
Janis "3t. iT - 4
EXECUTOR'S; SM.E !
WILL be cold tm TH UR SD As, tho 26 th
January inst, at tb? late residence of
WILLIAM M OE LEY, dee'd., all ?he" personal
property of said deceased, not disposed of by
Will, consisticg of " .
r Forty-On? Likely ??groes, .
CORN AND FODDER,* ... ..
BACON AND LAJ?D,
COTTON-BALED AND IN.THE SEED,
. FfcPJJIV-.^. ;
. OATS, PEAS- AND SHUCKS, ;', ;r?
STOCK OP HORSES "AND MULES, ?
CATTLE, HOGS AND SI1???
. , TWO YD-KE3 OXEN,
WAGONS AND "C AKTS, *
?WO BUGGIES',
BLACKSMITH'S TOOLS,
PLANTATION IOOLfl"r
ONE GIN HEAD. AND TUBAS HER,
And various other things unnecessary ly mea
c- 'tion. : ; . ' :
Terms made Known, ott day of eal?.
. JEREMIAH MOBLEY? Bx??r.
Jan 17 - 2t . 4
Stat? of Soutk C?roiia^
EDGEF?ELD DISTRICT,
INEQUITY.
Winneferd Boyd, '
rs 5 Pmr?Hbn.
Thoa. IL Reese, Adm'or ct aL J '
BT Virtue of aa order of the Ceart ia thli
case I will ?ell at Edgefi?it; C. H., on Mon
day, the 8th PeVrj. next* THE BEAL ESTATE
oi James Boyd,- dee'd., to ?it ) -
ONE TR ACT ".Ol' LAND centkialag ?ree
Hundred ana Seventy-five; aeres, ai Croker loss,
adjoining lands of fohn P.Burns, S. C. Strom, .
J. B. Griffs, et ?L
TERMS-.-The above property will bi re-sold
on a credit of twelve month?, at thc risk, of the
fonnej purchaser, with interest from day .? sile,
escept costs and oxponses of lala wiich-rauit
ha naid ia cwh. Titles extra.
?. W. CAR WILE, CKK D.
Jan-12_>- 8" ' ' 4
! State of Sir?tli Cjarxiliia,
' " EDGEFIEL'D DJSTBICT, '
IN OR DINAR r." .
T> T W. 7. DURI80E, Bi<& Ordinary ef Ed^e
?> field District. ' v
Whereas, 'Marths Ewhanks haft applied to me
for Lettora of Adm:i'utrution, en all and singular "
the. goods - and . chattels, rights tnd" ?tedio - of
WillalaJBwbanfci, late of the Pistriet, afe^taaid,
deceased. .. "' <, ? ;' -t<v
These are, therefore, to alta and admonish all
and singular, the kindred Mid creditor? of th? saul
deceased, to bo and appear before she,' at opr asa t
Ordinary's Ooart for the s?Ld District,to he holden
at ?dgefie?l Court Sanieren ~ie 28th day *C faa.
inst., to shew cause, if any, nhy th? said tdtain
stration should not be granted. . .
Given under, my hand and seal, this Utk day
of Jan. in- the year *>f our."Lora-ono thousand
eight hnndred and sixty-fire, and in the eighty*
E -ninth-year et the Independence of fi. Carolina.
W.' P. DU3-IS0E, C.K.C
Jaua . ', r at- : 4
State of Botitlx t?ar?li??*
ED GE FIE L D DIST?I OT; "
IN 0P.DJNARY.
BT W. P. DUBISOB3flq" Orfiaar> of EcVe
. field District. / '? -
Whereas, Jas. D.. Himmcnd, baa applied to aa?
for Letters of Administration, on all and singular
the goods ?nd chattels, right? .and credits ol1.
Juba K. Hammpad, late ot the District a??rasaid,
de?d. - , . fX-~''?
These are, therefofo, te cite and admonish'aQ
and siogalar,' tb?" kindred ana creditors of tho
said deceased, tv bc and'appear b?fero me, at ogr
next Ordinary's Court for the said Di?trier, to bo
boldon afc E dgo Geld Court House, on thc SC th day
-of Jun. inst., to show cause, if any, why th? m
said administration should not be granted;- v
Given nnder ray hand and" seal, this 15th day of
Jan. in -lie y?ar of; tar Lord .ana thousand
?ightliu?dre???ad sixty-five/ and m tho eigbty
nintar year of the Independence of S. Carolina.
. w.p. DUBJWOR;<>.*?>.
* Jan f?\ , . -. 2t ; . . ?.- 4'
T?ke Notice. .
ALL perseas a're cautioned against trading for
ascertain Note given by me to Shirley E.
Whatley, with T. E..Reese securllyifor $700, da.
ted I think in August 1863, as ib^ wchoy ilea-been.
tender-3d, ia thc pretonc* of wlttesyee, ; and re
fas uti, atoll I am-determined not' to pay'?i? -same
uulessxompolled bylaw..
h T. S. SUBSON.
JiaU _'.?;.'.,_sV.
Bwrterf
WILL BARTER YAENS ?0R PL0UR
from one barrel ap.
SAM. B. EOWERA
HMiiar&Jal/i ? #. .