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\u-\Vashisgtcn.
'RIUIO?ONU, Jan. 28.
Senator Hinter of Virginia, Vice Prcsi
dent^Stepheus, and Judge Campbell of Ala
bama, bav? bc-en appointed commissioners to
go to lYasbi?gton lb confer with the author
ities of thc United States "overninent on the
question,of peace. They will leave to-mor
row.
Late from Sherman.
MACONJ-JSU. 2.3.
Private advices from Savanur.b state that.
S ii-.-rm m commenced his march on South,
(Jj-jlina on the 17th inst, .with three col
umns.
The main coiumn.is moving towards Charles
ton, talcing nearly all his transportation.
Tho other columns, in light marching or
der, are marching by separate roads towards
Branchville. ?
Yankee Gunboat Destroyed.
CHARLESTON, Jan. 27.
The Yaukcegunboat J)::; Cbnuy got a?.-round
in thc Combuhoc yesterday. Our batteries
opcucd upon her and set her on lire; she
? burned to the waters edge ; all the crew ex
Ct.pt one Lieut., and-five men eseppp.d the
prisoners.were brought, to the city UMlay
Thi>y report that the mo itorsunk off Sulli
van's Island recently wa? the Pstapsco, only
live out of a crew ot' 300 were saved, ali ibu
rest were drowned.
Nothing important from below.
?-? '.
Thc True Spirit.
RlCBMOSD, Jan. 27th.
The 53d Va. Regt., Picket's Divison, bas
unanimously adopted a series ol* resolutions..
<k-ciaring their purpose to fight for liberty
und s-.df Government as long a.s !ha Southern
Confcdciac}' ear. famish cartridges, and tc
every disl.on?rable offer o' peuce or subiuis
aion made by the enemy, will reply with the
crac!; of tho rille and shoat's of defiance,
.'he li?t resolution rend-; thus. .
These are our sentiments] and we cali upon
the people at "home and tho authorities to
support and ra?lyaround us, and with God's
biassing, we will b-.',?x the Southern cress
through fire and blood lill each" star upon it
shall glow and shine forever in Hie firmament
of natiqna.
Thc Pence Commissioners.
'ft will be seen, by t''o Richmond telegram
published thia morning, ti; it Y*tce President
-J?''phe::s. the Hon. R. .M. T. Ilunier, ot' Vu ,
and Judge Campbell, *?t Alabama, bavo 1 e. it
-'pointed as Commissf^ners" to Wi-.-hi tinton
endt?ivbr to i ogoria'e turihs bf ptaee
? th tb? Northern atttin.'itii-s. Ol [St? \"ic .
President, it is useless to sp takj bis fame, is' .
t.tia mom ts and judgment are coextensive with
American polkius tor moro than a quarter ut
a century, ate I Linter was?for many years
ft Senator from Virginia in thc obi Urion
and. a< Chairmanof tLie F:::a:ic* Committee,
o_?e ot its tnosi j>romiu.-ni men. He is a man
of em?ueht^abiiities ?nd a V'irgjuiau ol the
noblest ?yf-;. VVitbout b'.-ing a violent secee
slo-iis: "h-; kflei always lieon a lborough adro?
cate of-State Rights arni Southern indepen
dence. Judgo CSunpbell, at the opening o?
the war wa: one of t';e tho Justices cf.ibo
Supreme Court. lie is regarded a? tie fore'*
rn?st Iftviy r in Alabama, it' n t ia thc whole
SJUI'?. Iiis ccnius is moulded in th>! cast
of ai Taney or Marshall. In politics he ap
proximales very ckse'y to (he standard of
Mr. Hunter.
This trip may bo r-aid io comprise thc three
calmest,'^ne?st and most conservative intel
lects of our'counlry.1 Wo !<_ei assured that
while there will be no lowering ol' the pi ide
of the land, no impulsive obstacles will be
thrown in the way ot" an honorable adjust
ment ofexisticg difficulties.
The very fact of. Pr?sident Lincoln's hav
ing agreed to receive them ns Commissioners
is clearly a vast concession on thc part of the
North, evincing a return of reason which prom
ises well for ibu future.
It is beloved that President Davis ha*
" written an autographic letter to Mr. Lincoln,
io which the Southern argument is delivered.
lt is very certt-.m that there is no subini^ion
or dishonor in that document.
At all event1;, there is to be a conffrcr.ee,
and time, alono can develop its is.xe. While
wo ar? far from advising cur people to bo
despondent of tbx- result, we would yet ra?
i#n them ngainsl undue prognostics and il
lusory imaginings. Lotus po-sess our sou's
in patience, boping thc beat, and ready ?br the
worst. Oao gond, at .least will be echte ved
in the event A?f failure-the last plank of the
timorous aud weak-ki'eec! will be thrust away;
if wo Eticeecd in securing all that LOIKT d -
mands, tho joy tveniuatinc: will be inefTiblo.
It is an omen of some significance 'kat the
Commission will <>e inaugurated upon the
day of the Jjord-thc day bf pence, Ileavuu
go with itl
In the meantime, let ns pray and- watt:':.
abating none of that everlasting viyilai.ee
which is tho pri-je of liberty.-Constitution
alist.
A corrospoudent of the Rebel states, on
the authority of "Mr. Trenho?m, 1.1 at thc ig
gregate d-bt ol'the Confed?rate Govern??eut;
including its bonds and notes, is, in round
numbers, one billion and a half; or.ttthe ratio
nf twenty for one, $75,000 in gold. The
bonds are interest bearing property, nnd ere
stife investments so long as tho Government
ran pay the interest on them. Seventy liva
tniilions of dollars in gold therefore, has br on
tin* ?'nth-? expenditure of the Government
sincc^ts*jiiajigjiratia^i But few of the^peo*
pieare^twaro of the fact that in four years of.
in'ie:! '?r-: and?expeiiRive war, tboSonthr
enfStates haye expended only about one
third more un th?maelyes^ha^ey-'prsvious
ly annually ;-aid into tho UoiiciS.?ate?.TreRR*
ury. Hueh is t!i" r< ?dn-io? of figures, which ?
never deceive. .W.:re it not for the price of .
blood we have paid, it would be ai.nost t?
( help to fight the Yankees-as- to fraternize
with them. ~
The Lincoln pres'<, is in evident tribulation
from thc reportod determination of thc Cou- i
federates to employ Africans in our .servie -,
or, as f^tOVgphrase it, .'for their "(Yankee)
deptrrjetion," bav. l ont-at thc top of their .
fhroats that it in evidence bf desp^tri?n. jf
i He tmiif?? of n?vrrr' M by Co?ie/'l?ra?os
: ?.. : b-.-.cr-.of d'-'prt!!i'i' !iT. ?'.?'..' is iJ??
ir: ni th??m;.!?jr Yankees ?n- c^;l^c>?e*i*??f1 *
They;mt!?t?hav>'h ?roriflS dr?-"' rp-^-i' -, .
?wc ?ii?5. lot '.'.< have boen e_?%i?bying f.Sem ?
fi>t yaaf*;aoja ; ni6?f theif iead??rafiav?npo?>
ly confessed that,'without their aid, they,
oould not have carried on the war.
;TH;E ADVERTISER.
J?HES T. BACON, EDITOR.
WEDNESDAY* FEB. 1, 18C5.
Thc Advertiser Still Afloat!
CuutraTy to our oxpcotuti-in*, wo are yet a!
home, having been dotiilo? by Gov^-MicitATn
to continue nt our avocation. Th? Advertiser
therefore will ?o? bo stupendcd fur some time to
<"ome.. So send on your .' Confed," and hare
your subscriptions renewed. All papers discon
tinued at the expiration of tile time fer which
they havo boen paid fur.
Defaulters, Beware.
Road thc notice of Capt. II. A. SHAW, Agent ot
Impressment. A squad of Capt. S's. Company
is now in our vicinity for th* purposo of arresting
the slaves of nil dofr.ulters-tiro for one. If thc
hands arc sent to Augusta immediately however,
this will not be done. Otherwise-vcrlum sap .'
Another (?leam.
An intelligent gentleman i ri towu ha? allowed
us to read au interesting letter just received by
h'm from Charleston. Thc writer pays: "I nm
satisfied, from all I see herc, that there i? much
more behind the' political scenes than we arr
aware of. The largest inonied mcuhcre aro rapid
ly shoving off their Exchango and Coin, and a')
art on tiptoe) of expectation. Tho French Consul
is reported to havo told Mr. G. that the Maximil
ian Government Lad been recognized' at Bieh
mond, and intimated that,"'ir. return for this civ
ility, France would very soon recognise the
Southern Confederacy."
It ia comfortable to hear comfortable rumors.
Boxes for the 7th Regt.
Mr. WILLIAM F. D?rusoE, ^bo is-and bas ever
heen-ready to spend and bo spent in the eervico
of our noble soldiers, begs us to make known that
ho is novr at liberty to undorlako one of his Good
Samaritan visits (ice say thal) to tho old 7th.
Sovoral boxes are a'.ready lodged in tho Adver
tiser OGce, for men of" thin veteran corps, and Mr
0. irniy uwRits a fuller load (o start towards the
Snlkohu'chifl. The ? rave boys of tho 7th come
;'r?m other nelda illustrated by their valor, nnd
bri: ian: wita victory and reujwn, to do now ser
vice und win fresh laurels on the soil of their nn
:ire State. Our peioplo (E?gciicld and Abbeville
most especially) shi.uld cpuu their h.arts und
arms to receive them. Their praycra should at
eoud to llcavon fe-r their welfare, and thoir ?iai\
tudo bo ready tu.crown them with honor. Don't
lot Mr. Dnr.isoi; start without* very heavy hurten.
Better limn the Peace Commission!
Wo mean thc arrival of Gen. SxJSPBBS D. LKE'S
C>rps? of-tho-Westons Army, in Augusta. Not
that we would undervalue tho Peace Commission >"
for when we como lo think of the mutter, it ?c
eura lo eur mind that all tho wara which have
taken plfieo within our remembrance, have boen
ended dud settled by Commissioners. To wit:
tao Crimean War, tho late wa.- between the pre
cut Napoleon and Francia Joseph of Austria, and
thc war, recently closed, between Germany and
Denmark.
ZiicliraoAtl i'tii-crs.
We are unfeignedly obliged lo WILLIAM W,
Gounaax, list*, et the 14th Regt S. Ci Y., f..r u
full h.afch'of llichmo'nd papers, of as lata dat*
iyj thc 2?tl? ult
Gen. Butler, ?mu isis Veterans.
i":.-.C. i;ere:,::, wie: two P.rigadoa of hi?
nublo Dividion, arrlv.ed io Columbia ven days ago.
Hy has u?der his command three Brigade?, Gen,
Yof.NC's, (?en. DEAKIXC'S. an?l that ol tl? '-itt
Gen. D?SOVAST. Of there three, Gea. DEAEI.VG'?
is loft, in Yi-gir.ia. Wo hear that thc two Brig:
adi : viii :h L ive come on, havo been ordered in
: Midway, tua .'irjt otati.^n thia ii io of BranehviiU
j -ou thc ?5. 0. Raiiroati. Oem BUTI.KB ur.<i
i bis wen are Itero?? nceralomed to victory, un?]
i fully ?etaimiued to iii ri.oir whole duty towards
j the del ir erotics of :'.:e .-:e:i:b. All South Carolina
is jubilant with hope at Ihuir arrival. NJI?C?
Ges. B's r.ppea! tor horses, publi hud ia anctht
column.
The ?Veather.
The weather for it week past lia-- been ia every
way worthy of Spitzbergen or Nova Zomhla ot
' the North Pole or Dante's Hell, or any other one
? of the coldest place* in 'he world, or under th?
j world, iee. a furlong ir? depth, cia ho seen any
? and ererywbere; boiling pitch freezes in th?
twiiikli?g of an tye. Ghastly ?<buddera run up
mid down the vein.-: ia the mo.'t unbridled manner.
Teeth chatter and ?mite together wofully from
morning uutil night-and nil tbrough tho night.
Ic tanas teems to fall down from the very skies
ali(.ve un, like tho hand of a dead man laid upon
thc spinn. Wilow ! it is ?o slinrkingly and abomi
na' 'y cold, that we cant hoip filing on tho agony
a little.
The Kose-culored Bag.
Who is the fair and friendly one, that sent us,
by mail, some time ab:>ut New Year, a fairy roee
eolcred Tobacco Bag ? Su beautiful a thing wo
Dava never seen ! By a strange contretemps, it
only fell 'nta our hands a fow days ago. If we
hud u guld nigger with diamond eyes, we would
? certainly make it over to Una lovely and anony
mous friend, in fcc simple-to her and hor heirs
, ?ind assigns forever. Or if shu preferred our hears
j or bend or band, ur anything that is ours, it
i should bo equally at uer Berrico.
i We do not smoke, but we will koop this l<'jou
j most religiously? an.1 draw from it ever and unon
memories, dreams and fancies-ail rose-colored
j of course.
??Rgr?ss growing Vigorous.
;? Cougreps, in.borii l.-raRvhe?, hus by ovorwhclm
sytr votes, cr .it .d ti-c ofit'o of Comm.;nder-in
C; i-Jf f ?H t " .. .' .5. ra fi armies. Tho Presi
dent rta? , it I, . aud it is mow a law.. Wo
B!;U11 :;. ha u ; . ev: and Letter order of things.
Nyiipp CftC'it yoi been m i Ao to fill tho
r.tw . fllc^.
Mr. Foote of Tenne .iee.
Thh srlblime and ?lowing gcni-.n, not being
j ably to keep witi-in "tim flaming bounds ol apace
! ?nd tiun,'' w.'s lutcly ai rusted while making his
way to Abraham's bosom. Or in other and T?I:I?-:.T
I word?, Mr. liasnr S. ?OOTE. Bepre.'cntativc iu
] Congress from Tennessee, croaker ana faultfinder
[ gouxrally, was lately arrested while making bis
way it-" tht Yaifkee linc, -and brought back tu
Richufonil; What he was guiog tbilbcr for, thu.?
I clandestinely, no ouokuows. l'p?n hie rc-up
pCarancc iu Congres.*, he defied that budy and
insulted it tb its ??iee. Ho also mudo a violont
and most iu temperate onslaugh t upon tba Govorn
.ornniunt in ali its departments. There was much
ado over it, and great efforts wore made tu ekpel
him permanently. A minority however, suflieiont
to keep him in his membership, thought it a case
only fur rfrt'ttrc. So Mr. Poora was only cen
sured.
- . . ? ?. -. ? ~ ?- - . *
Gen. Brown hus i?rucd a proclamation
convening <;>e Geiien-.l Assembly ?t M,:cuti on the
l?th ?fc i\j!?r-i .cy .....:?!. I ?arp?se ?? .;t,wpi. .
B..-.ir ha < fell C.? - :- ' - ..' ' . .''...: . -
couUuct to Wftvbingiou i^r pcaccj .-.'Uialasioti? |
from Davis,
ii'
Commissioners, Armistices, Peace
Negotiations.
Tho very atmosphere- is thick andJ'honTy.wilh
ramersof negotiations, armistices,???ce. BLAU
and Sixer.aroa aro, or have bean,, s? Richmond,
fur the purpose of attempting to set on fool nego
tiations b6twcon'the MU tb and North. This ii
undeniably thu truth ;"the lalo <.-.' I?I.AIR Coming
tu Richmond tn recover titi? deed* and other pa
peri is all lon!t. He went there with the adviot
and consent ol' Lincoln and hil? cabinet-and wit"
a view of ?pening negotiations und seducing thi
South into tome compromise. And indeed tin
latest despatches from Kiehmond inform ua tba
three Commissioners to treat for peace, have ac
turill j been appointed-by the Confed?ralo Gov
crament-and that they har? already procoedei
to Washington on thoir errand. In Wasbingtoi
thoy arc to meet and confer with three others np
pointod by the Lincoln Government. Nor i
there anything strange in all tins. Tho onl;
strange thing about tho mattor ia that our ow:
people ihould su immediately rcn mad with hop
and ?xpeetatioD. We believe Torily that niu
tenths of our population already, oonsidcr th
war at cn cud. A monster oomat?B6?on dc lunv
tico inqitirtndo ought to ho sued out immediate)
ngaiust all such willingly deluded people. An
it is true that tho war may ho near its ond, an
peace near at bru..l; and all this may come ov
of these incipient attempts al negotiation. Bi
hotr it is lo com? wc ea CUM for th? life of us see
that is, how it is to oe?ie wifb^any, honor or ad
vantage to us. Are wo not fighting for indepei
dence; and have we-not sworn not_ to stop shoi
of independence f Docs any sane man bolieve fe
a mcmont that the Yaukccs are going to acknow
edgo our independence and separate tationalit;
or even admit-us to raunion with, them withoi
. giving up oar .slaves? Wc haye'.not .brougl
them to this point yet: nor, thank God! hai
they brought us to tho point of desiring r?unie
with them. Kennion with . Yaokeedom ! foi
oifspring of whirling cant and puritanical bigotr;
bloated pride and iutonsifiod hypocrisy, lawlei
..'inbition and all-sbsorhiug selfishness, unbounde
cupidity and unrivaled mendacity, unblushin
perfidy and shameless meanness! i God gr?nt,thi
peace and honor may como to ns out of thei
negotiations; but how they are to como we rou
again any we cannot seo. Union with Yankees
faithlessness, persecution, contention, and despi
tism. Indtpendenci alono is peace and liberty.
Columbia and thc bazaar.
Two weeks ugo wo left our forlorn old don i
th' forlorn old town, and went ?a a tour of sigh
seeing to the great city ol'tho South Carolin
Lc^i?-I - turo. What wo SAW ia Columbia and wh:
?ve saw at tho Buzaar is now quito an old story
.'.-jciiedly overblown ; nevertheless wc attempt
very Blight sketch.
Wu found Columbia a fearful whirlpool of hi
mau beings-soldiers, rcfugoes, uboriginoB. livoi
house, hut, uud hovel, is crammed. Wo discover*
thai ino.it of thoso poople live very scantily i
regards food, fire and raimont; yet they all loc
(or-seem to) well, hearty, happy. Prices of pr
visions ?.re pitiably an i ruthlessly high. Wo;
?3 $100 a load. Speculators and extortioners ai
rifo and rampant, Inlying all they o sn as low i
possible aDd selling it for just as mach as ll
necessities of tho people Rill ioreo them to givi
And ur,king thc poople believe thero, is no mo
. in the <7or!U sn rc what thc? hav-? on hand. Y
we saw no evidence of went "or wrotchednoa
D.ire say however, many pcopU .-ire praying th
Death may como ulong *iih hit scythe and rei
?J ii uti .-- r-.iy ont of tho. midtt-j^-'Iicir lr ubi?
Hordes of men are engaged in tho liquor tram
aud injuring thc cause of thoir mister, the Dev
by soiling too high. Liquor hoing ons of h
1 Majesty's best recruiting agent?, should bo ?;>
cheaper than anything e'.so.
1 Every imaginable bpecimen of humanity c?
bo reen on the street:-and in any numbs
1 Governor* nf scvereigu Status, Adjutant and [?
> specter Generals, State officials of overy grad
Genera'.-, Lieut-Qeaerahi, Major-Geaerali, Brig
1 lier-1, Colonels, Majors, Captains, Lieutenant
Sergsan a, Coip-irals, Prirutes, of tho Providion
Army-cad Stat!' oSecrs and myrmidons generali;
Quartermasters, Commissaries, Enrolling OC.ecr
with their myrmidons. City Fathers, highly r
sj.octable oid gentlemen beyond :he cousert]
. agc. Auctioneer?, wh- iell niggers, furniture au
! OM! clothe?. l?:iifer t-yo-J, huoiuuoFed, mouuj
) adoring Jews, sumptuous in ?Iud*, chains ar
li?ibordashery. Striplings from the Militai
Academy, uripling3 from the schools, stripling
from the alleys. Ladies of all styles, sizes and con
plosions-fair and unfair, built ia the style ?
Daniel Lambert, and after tho fashion of
wrought-iron skeleton. Some of them pair
their faces shamelessly ; carmino blushes flam
on very many checks. Ministers of the gespc
?ld und shufiling, young and spruce; Lawyers an
Judges, whoso occupation ia well nigh gou<
Editors, Printers, Newsboys, free from war's wil
alarms. Innumerable gamblors, flashy, fierc
and flagrant
If- Columbia is a whirlpool, tho Bazaar was
terrific maelstrom. Imagine gaudy and boRutife
booths arrxngedt^rouad thc Representativo Hal
and Sonate ?b maher, and oountless throngs o
tho ab.OTO mentioned human boinga pushing
wriggling, twirling, writhing, stamping and tram
piingia tho open spaces ; and you have a pictur
of thc Bazaar. The arrangements were tupcrbl;
beautiful, tho bc o tbs magnificent and picturesq*
as any in Constantinople or St. Petersburg, tb
articlos rich, rare, tasteful, and endless in variety
thc viands dainty, luxurious, and fearfully tempt
iog. Tho vendeuses (wily sellers in Vanity Pair!
wore channing little caps upon their beads, whili
jaunty little aprons flowed and fluttered ovei
their middle man. Thoir tepieylerie, their rhiea
?erie woro m->?tcharming. Thoy looked as if thej
wen undo only tr. love end bo loved-and to lur<
thc :nonny OUT -if moss' p ickets. If you saw s
lady with a little cap or diamond shapod pioce o
laco on her head, she was an adorablo and wUj
vendeuse; if you saw ono without this badge, slit
wa? un DBOfioial member of the wriggling une
writhing audience. Thc show was kopt up foi
four nights and three days. The only thing want
ing was music. Thc managers committed the
grns?ly utilitarian indiscretion of having no
mu-ic. The wliole thing notxTiihstnndiug, was a
triu tihjut ami brilliant success. We could not
learn th; r.tcemit realized. Two or thrco of the
Lady Managers 'old us they reasonably expected
to realize -$1 ?0,000. A very bandsomo sura for
n?r%ick and captivo soldiers; Long livo-and
'long bc remembered-tho noble, patriotic, ?nd
loving women wno originated and earned out the
great llazaur !
.Noble old Virginia.
Speaking for the "old Dominion," the Rieh
i mon 1 Dispatch, without vaia toasting, exhibits
j the ?pi'rtf of the old " mother State," which is no
less true than creditable :
" Reverses in tho field, the slaughter of hor
young men, tho affliction carried homo to nearly
every family within her borders, the loss of pro
perty, tho desolation of whole districts, tho fury
i of a wa* unparalleled in dimensions and ferocity,
I have produced in her no chun ge or shadow of
t--". '-'v.--. think : a-; ?....!?. "i" giving up-the
rlay-aft*l .... l- . - ? - the dyyaftera
".. . ?? ;.,'??-.- :- ol, - "?rrtain thc
>.?,?? ?*ljl?n???tS hud r r: ' J . * -
.yr~ N'ow :. -uv-.. "-\y'./.u; \ii 'he affirtiia'ire
T.-:jtu il i'm a ..siva yon IO iiiuu lt ul.iib, !.. said io
bc ''nuKWiring a fool affording to bil folly." J
A Fantastic Trick.
On last Monda/week tlie South Cardinadele
gaiion in Congress waited in a body upon the
President of the Coufederate ?tates, as J pref ent
ed a re^uast which had been furwardtd to thea?
fey (Jov. M.\f.nATH. to appoint Gen. JOSEPH B
Jo3*KTf>jc to the c' niuiHnd of the troops ia this
d-i-'Hrtiiicnt. Thc President doclin*d to roako tho
appointment ns des:red. This is-or seems like
ona ot those '. fantastic trieks" that ''make th?
anvil? weep"-and not only argals, hut a rast
iHu'<?r of honest men and women of the Con
federate persuasion. Verily, the President iajast
wearing out the patience (long-suffering it bas
now become) of bia most fanatical admirers, and
rapidly impairing that absolute trust and confi
dence necessary to the unity of effort essential
to success. In the meantime the shelf on which
the gallant, able, and ill-treated Gen. JoajrstoN
has boen laid, bas proved to him st niche of fame
And in the meantime also, more than one of our
armies are commanded by ?tay*. Napoleon, or
somebody elsojuft as capable of judging, said:
Better an army of stags commanded ?7 a lion,
than an army of lions commanded by a stag.
For the Advertiser.
The following contributions have been received
at tho Soldiers1 Home during two we?ks ending
January 30th: . ~
Mrs Elbort Devore, 4 pair woolaooks.
Mrs Jai Hatcher, 1 bushel meal.
Mrs Jas Rain ?ford, 2. jugs milk.
Br ? J Mims, 1 load wood.
Mr TN Lundy, 1 load wood.
Ex-Gov Pickens, 1 loa? wood.
Rev L R Gwaltney, 1 load wood.
Hrs J A'Bland, half bushel peas.
Mr- J M Lanior, 1 shoulder pork, 3 doa eggs, 2
lbs butter.
Mrs S., 1 peck salt.
Mrs L A Bartley, $5,00 ; Dr Q Hord, $??.
MKS. LEWIS JONES, Pres. S. II. A.
Mas. ELBERT BLAKD, Sec'ry k Treas'r. .
"For the Advertiser.
- Dear Advertiser.-For the information of the
friends of Companies C and K, 19th 8. C. Regi
ment, I send you a lirt of^afualtiei in those
Companies in the late battles in Tennessee :
Capt. J. B. Conrtntg Commanding.
At Franklin,.Tenn., Nov. 30th.-No caanaltie?
in Company C. Wounded in Co. K : Sergeant
Glaze, severe, left ia hands of enemy; Corporal
Haney, since doad ; Private Sam Ergles, severe
in arm ; Wm. Gowans, severe, left in hands of
the enemy.
Near Nashville, Tenn., Dei. 15th.-Captain
J. B. Courtney slight in thigh. Casualties in Co.
C : Sergt. Adams, hip, sevore ; Sergt Wren, in
thigh ; Elcnburg in arm, left in hands of enemy ;
Privates Motes and Roberson missing.-Casual
ties in Co. K : Allen Busbee, supposed killed ;
Privates Levi Roon and Jack Green missing.
Very respectfully,
. J. B. COURTNEY, Capt. -
Te tko Citizens ot' South Carolina.
I will require 1,500 or 2,000 horses to re
muant my command. Will it bo taxing the
patriotism and resources of the peopl? of
South Carolina tco much to ask them to xii
their horses to my men at prices which sol
dier? can afford to give ? It may be to their
interest to do 60. Our patriotic Governor
has givctn his earnest co-operation in this
matter.
Capt. P.. Watd, A. Q. M., will represent
tho division in Columbia, S. Cn acting in
concert with Cel. C. F. Hampton, and will
take charge of all horse' contributed, and
dispose of those offered for salo ut fair prices.
We have a considerable number of good
horses at the recruiting camp at Lancaster.
They are avuil&ble for farming purposes, bul
Lave been rendered unfit for publie service
by cbs hardships of the past campaign. Thea?:
I we woald be glad to exchange for serviceab'i
j c-ivalry horses, so that the agricultural inter
I cit of tl e country will not be injured by toe
grrea! a draft upou the animals necessary tc
carry ic on.
We have n-quested to be transferred to
South C?roHua and Georgia ?O assist iu the
defence of our States in thi> the 1? ur oi
greatest danger, it is indispensable, h. order
that we may render good sorrier, that we be
efficiently mounted. If this ts accomplished
promptly, wo can promise at least effectually
to cripple the enemy's cavalry. Better will
it be for our people to come forward now
with a part of their horses, and thus secure
the reit from the raiding pnrties of thc enemy,
M. C. BUTLER, Major-Genersl.
Official : H. B. MCCLKLLAM, A. A. G.
THE CABINET IMBROGLIO.-Mr. James A,
Seddon, says thc Richmond Dispatch, has
resigned the Portfolio of Wut. We huve not
been able to learn that his snccnor has bees
appointed, though several prominent gentle
men are spoken of as likely to be appointed.
Among these aro General Braxton *lragg,
General Breekinridge, and Seuster Hill, ol
Cr.?ortria. There is s report that the place
had been offered to General Breekinridge, but)
that he decided not to accept unless he was
allowed to select his Commissary General.
It i? understood that Mr. Seddon was induc
ed to resign by aclioo taken by the Virgiuia
Congressional delegation. These gentlemen,
it appears, sent into the President an official
announcement that they had lost confidence
in all the members of the Cabinet except
Mr. Tronholm, and asked for a change. Mr.
Seddon being informed of this action, imme
diately sent in his resignation.
%ST The Marietta Hotel at Marietta, was de
stroyed by fire oa th? night of the 36th. Sup
posed to be accidental.
$?r All quiet at Wilmington on the 28th.
?&* Something ovor four thousand bales ol
cotton were destroyed hy ira in the town of Wil
mington on the 2Bth. And a ear load ?f eottqn
j on the Wilmington A Weldon Railroad was
burned on tho tamo day.
Major-Gon. Forrest sends frem Orixaba
the report that grcat>x?itemontprevails in Mem
phis on account of recognition rumors.
fids?" The English Premier had notified Lin
coln that he would recoge i 2e the Confederate
States after the fourth of March, as he is the
President only of the States which voted for. him.
The English Government has ordered the seizure
of all the American vessels at Nassau.
^JSS^Mrs. Robert H. Davis was recently mur
dered ot Mobley Pond, Qa., by a negro woman.
Tho instrument need was a balehet. Tho mur
derous confessed tho crime and wis instantly
executed.
??S~ A large and enthusiastic mooting has been
j held in Nownan, Ga., and adopted resolutions
I condemnatory of the peace meeting in Savannah,
convened hy Mayor Arnold.
?S- The Northern papers report the ?onfede
rate loss at the fall of Fort Fisher in killed and
I wounded, about fir?) hundred,
j ??f* Thomas in his official report says Hood
! lost seventy-two guns, fire thousand small arms,
i Also nineteen gonerals, about four thousand in
' killed and woupdoil and about oleren thousand
' prisoner*, half of whom are wounded.
A draft how going on in Washington is
(w-iducted in secrecy, so that those whose names
are drawn shall have no chance to run away. It
is intimated (hat the enrollment law may bo so
amended ns to make this mode of drafting ibo
general practise.
Charttctcra?ie of the Man?
.Maj. Gen. D. H. Hill, ia command of the
District of Augusta; has issued the following
order to thc citizens of Augusta.
All non-Combatanti are- respectful!/ re
reqnestcd to leave the City immediately. If
their removal be delayed uni il the emergency
shell arrive, no Railroad facilities can be al'
lorerl them, io the class of non-combatants,
aie included all yoting-gentlemen who have
no relish for the trenches. These are exEor
ted to leave at once under escort of the old
ladies.
The Biarra signal will be given i>j the fir
ing of three guns and the rapid and continu
ous ringing of the City Bell. The-. Local
troops under the command' of Brig. Gen. TV.
M. Browne will rendezvous? at the Powder
Works Red Tower and Gov. Shoe Shops. The
two companies of Railroad employee? will
assemble at their respective depots.
The Oil:eera af th? Quartermaster'? Dept
will see that their employees assemble rapid
ly, and they themselves will report to Gen.
Browne for duty with their Division.
Thc Officers of the Commissary. Depti will,
in like manoessee that their employees are
rapidly formed and will in person report to
Gen.'Browrie for duty with*their Brigade.
Dr. J. C. Logan, Chiet Surgeon Post will
promptly send all the convalescents to City
Hall under charge of Officers, there to report
to Maj. Samuel Cramp.
All Officers in transita will report to Brig.
Geb. Fry, and all men to the Provest Mar
shal.
Maj. Gen. Smith's Division will be assem
bled ander arms, bat held in reserve to sup
port the Confederate Troops posted on both
sides of the River, at -whatever point they
may need assistance.
The Provost Marshal will see'that all places
of business and amusement are closed, and
that all men under fifty not physically disa
bled'take their places in the ranks.
. . r
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FROM THE'FROXT.-There was some little
flutter in the streets of our city 'o day, occa
sioned by the presence of two Yankee gun
boats at Sister's Ferry, one'' hundred miles
below this on the Savannah river., It is also
reported that some enterprising Federals had
moved out on the road to this city. These
are evidently foraging parties, sent ont to get
rice, and no apprehension need be felt by our
dyspeptic eitizens.-Constitutionalist 29th.
* FORREST'S INDOMITABLE EMERQY.-Haney's
division, formerly Cheath&xn's, was sent to
Forrest, we are told, to replace Bate's divi
sion at Murffeesboro. When Hood fell back
from Nashville, the troops at Murfreesboro
were in great danger of being cut off; but
Forrest, with that indomitable energy which
s^jbaracteriKtic of the man, pressed every
thing rideable within his reach,- and brought
off safely his own and Maney's command,
and joined Heed's army a' Columbia. Tho
majority of Maney's men were riding behind
Forrcft's bold troopers-some rode mules
aod roany oren. 'Twas said to have beena
most ludicrous cavalcade, as it marched through
Columbia. Nobody else save Forrest could
have paved the men in that expeditions style.
g5y At Island Ko. 48, above Memphis, a band
of guerillas recently boardetLthS steamer 'Morn
ing Star, aaehored in the stream, ransacked the
boat, carried the prisoners ea shore and then ap
plied the torch to the vessel and ker two bargos*
all ef which were soon entirely destroyed.
~ HYMENEAL.
MABBIBD, OB the 17th January, by Ber. W. A.
dark, Mr. WALTER D. 8PiNTTr Co. XV 23
Reg't. 8. C. Artillery, aad Miss VIRGINIA ?.
MAYNARD, of this District
OBITUARY.
Another ef South Carolina's sons ar* lumbered
with th* already long list of noble dead, who**
blood arie-h from th? ground for vengeance against
the enemies of our country, and wid*ns- th? gulf
which lies between HS and reeetlstruetioH and
diagraee.
PHILIP M. THURMOND departed this life
Nov. 3Uth 1831, in the 37th year of bis age. Very
soon after the commencement ef hostilities he
responded te the call of hi* etuutry and marched
off to tacit tba aaemy, but Ia consequence of
physical disability soon re terr, ed bom?; not long
M enjoy ita pleaaure however, before another call
was made, to which he again responded, euiisting
uuder the banner of the 24th Regt. S. C. V., Co.
I. He faithfully and honorably served until the
battle at Jackson, Miss., in which he reach ed a
painful wound iu one leg, from which he suffered
severely. Prom thence be waa taken te the Hos
pital whare heat length recovered from his wound
and, also from bis genural debility, became atron
ger sod moro vigorous than ever, soon rejoined
his * namand, und waa ever found at his .post
however gre*t the danger,- until the battle of
FraukJin, tenn., ia wbicb be bravely faced the
enemy's breastworks in the rcry midst of the
atoms of leaden bail, and was dreadfully maa
glad, yielding' bia life with imperishable honor
upon the altar of his country.
His remaius now rest beneath the soil of Tenn.,
and he, though dead, yet speaketh, andcalh upon
us all for vengence, and redoubled vigilance and
energy in freedom's cause for H Lie h he nobly
fought and died.
He baa left a wife, two children, a mothar,
brothers and sisters, together with uaaay relatives
and frieada ko mourn their loaa.
" But why ahoeld we mourn departed frieada
Or i h ak* at deatka alarma ?
'Tis but the vei*e tbat Jesus Beads,
To eall them to his ara*,"
For PBIUP waa not only a soldier in?defonoo of
his country, but j ike his illustrions.ti:d immortal
aamesake, PaiLir the Evangelist, waa alao a
aoldier of th? cross; ae humble follower of the
Captain of their salvation for the last ten yeera,
-during which time, he gave sufficient proof of his
heavenly calling by bia exemplary life and pious
and Godly conversation ; and also in bis letter*
to bis wife were many very encouraging expres
sions, too oumerons to mention in this brief BO
lice, giving evidence of hla preparation for death
and resignation to the will of God. - For aaid he
to bis wife, " sorrow not for me if I should be
killed or die, for I hare resigned myself into the
handa of wy heavenly Father, and should rest ia
beaven. Pray for ma and for yourself, that we
may meet again in peacn. Raiae up my children
to love Ged."
Therefore, cheer up relatives and-friends, and
.specially the bereaved widow, and dear little
children. Thy husband and father abai! live
again. "For if we believe.that Jesus died and
rose agaia, evea so them that aleep ia Jeans, will
God bring with him." We tender to you oar
heartfelt condolence io thia your great trial, and
earnestly commend yon to the word of bia Hie
grace, that you may draw comfort from the pr^
cious promises uf Him, who bas promised to .
a husband te the widow nod a father to the f . .
erloss. Vf. L. A.
Springfield Academy.
M?SS E. JOHNSON will resnme the exercises
of this School OB the 2d- Monday (13th)
February 1865. Grout care will be bestowed up
on pupil* committed to her ehurgo. Terms
$50,00 per Session of Twenty weeks, payable at
the close of each Session.
Feb 1 21* 6
Notice.
ALL persons baring el aims ag?inat the. B?tete
of Jamas Boyd, deo'd.. are requested te
h-ud them to tko aadorslgned, duly attested.
T. B. REESE, Ad'or.
San 31 4t 6
Lost or Stolen
AFOUR per cent. Certificate, No. 168,. fer
$80?, drawn by Z. IV. Carwlle, Depositary, j
In favor of 8. E. Freeland, and dated March 15th, I
1804. All paraos s are cautioned against trading!
for the eaid Cert.floate. Application will he made
at the expiration of alx weeka from thia date for '
ita renewal. J. M\ C. FREELAND. I
Jam SI et S
I
Enrolling Office,.
EDGEFIELD, 8. C., Jan. a0fh,J865.
IIN aeeorda?ee with ordsr* received at thia
a Office frota M ?j. G. D. M?L7os, Commandant
of Conscripts for this State at Columbia, S. 0,, -
all member? of the Supporting Foree of thia
District are hereby strictly ordered to report la
?arson, at thia Office OB Tuoeday. n*xt, tho Ttl.
ebraary, mounted and |ra?'>?.?ad fully pre
pared to go inft'Oamp at tait piao*.
If. They will bring with them cooking o'u?
illf, bedding, Ac, and every thing that ean afford
them the greatest possible comfort consistent with
the duties to be performed.
. P. J. MOSES, Jr., '
Lieut, k Enrolling Officor.
Jan 31 U 6
Important Notice.
. KNROLLIXG OFFICE, '
Bnesmu), S. C., Jan. 30th, 1865.
BT virtue of an arrangement mad? between
the undersigned and Maj. S. 8. Tompkini,
Agent for the Tax in Kind, at Hambarg. S. C.,
persons in this District, who live bear thia Vil
lage, and who have not yet delivered their Tax la
Kind, are hereby notified that thoy can doliver tho
same at this Office, whore they will be furnished
with proper reoeipts therefor. - ' ? ' ? .
II. All persons included in above paragraph
are earnestly requested to bring forward their
Tax ia Kind ea soon as possible, as it il much
needed.
F. J. MOSES, JB.,
Lient A Enrolling Ofieer.
Jan SI St 6
Eiirolling Office,
EDGEFIELD, S; ?.,, Jan. 80th} ISM.
ITHE mep named below are barely strictly
. ordered to report in person, at this Office, on
Monday next, the 6th February:
Albert F. Allison, Willam P. Trotter,
Hill Asbill, - John W. Shiland, .
Joshua B.'Cartledsje, Gee. A. Koon, ?,
A. B. Watson, Gee. M. Etheredge,
Obediah- Morris, Freeman B. Thomas,
Henry Moore, Joseph Xominiek.
F. J. MOSES, Jr.,.
Lieut, k Enrolling Offiocr.
Jan 21 H 6
.Enrolling Office,
EDGE FIELD, 8. C., Jan. 30th, 1865.
ALL Chiefs of the various Sqaads of tb?
_J) Supporting Forc.e of. this - District, together
with the different members .thereof, who did toot
comply with the order recently issued from this
' Office to report to Capt A. P. West, at Lexing
ton C. H., are hereby strictly ordered to" report
in perscu at this Office immediately upon receipt
of this order, and give their reasons for the eaid
disobedience of orders.
II. Should* there he a non-compliance with the
above order on the -part of any. pf. tho persons
above referred te, they are hereby -notified that
positive orders will be at once issued for their
arrest and forwarding to this Office under guard.
' F. J. MOSES, Jr., -
Lient a Enrolling Officer.
Jan 81 ... lt . 0
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Sheriffs Office,
EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, ,Jan. 30th, I860.
?IN accordance with the provisions of an Aei
. (passed by the Legislature of this State at
its recent annual Session,) entitled " An Aot to
repeal all Acts, and parts of Acta heretofore
passed hy the Legislature of this State oh the
skbjoct of famishing Slav? Tabor on the Coast,
kt." it is hereby ordered,
1st, That the several-Commissioners of Roods
in Edgefield District do band.ju to the under
signed, within fifteen days from the date of this
tirder, completo lists ef "all owners of road bands
within the respective jurisdictions, of the said
Coram i a s I a nen,-s ?id lista to exhibit plainly and
clearly the number of road hoads la the poises?
lion, of each owner--leaving .out of such lists,
however, all sueh owners as have but-one road
Laid
IL All Commissioners.of Boads above referred
to rt ho do not comply with r,he above order, are
hereby notified that it will he the duty of th? un
dersigned io report thom fer said disobedience to
the Agfet of the State, and that the said report
will ba made promptly and impartially.
WILLIAM SPIKES, Sheriff.
Jan il 2t 6 -
Head-Quarters,
CHEROKEE PONDS, Jan. SO, lHi.
ALL persons ia this Diltrict, subject to the
late call for labor oa the Fortifications of
Auguita, Ga., who have not reported their hands,
will do so without delay at this place, or tbsW
will in every case be compelled to furnish double
the number of bauds previously called fer, and
that wiihout pay.
H. A. SHAW. Capt.
And Agent af Impressment fur EJgc. Dist.
Jan 31 lt ?
Soldiers' Board of Belief.
OFFICE OF STATE AUDITOR,
CoL?vsia, 23d January, ISC j.
THE following order is published for tho infor
mation of all concerned:
Tbe imm?diat* and imporUnt duties imposed
by the General Assembly 'upon the Soldiers'
Board? of Relief oanuol be efficiently discharged
witboutprou.pt aud energetic actio? on tho ?art
of '?.? number of the said Boards. This action
is earnestly invoked in view of the serious conse
quences which, in the present condition of affairs,
must onsne.frcm delay or Inattention iu carrying
oat the provisions of the Act fer the-'rolief of the
families of our soldiers for ibo present t car.
JAMES TUPPER,
Auditor of S. C.
Feb 1
0
State of South Carolina,
E?ECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
COLVMSU, Jan. 28, 18C?T.
GENERAL ORDERS.
ITI?? Montier? of the various '-'Soldiers'
. Boards of Relief"'ia the State, appointed
under aa Act of the General Assembly, eu titled
an "Aet to .provide for the reli?f of the familia
of the saldier?, sailors and marines in tho servie*
of this State and the Confederate States," passed
December 2*d, 1S84, and their respective Beare
tasies and Treasurers who are liable Xe militia
service, are hereby detailed for the speeial duties
to whteB they have been appelntod, and will not
be required to report for militia servie*, ?tther
within or wilhont their Du trie ts. until further or
der?.
By th* Governor.
' A.- G. MAGRATH.
Official : A. C. GABIISGTOST, Adjt. and Inspect
or General.
F?b 1_ jj 'g
Bick Cheatham
WILL aland the Spring Season of 1865 at
One Hundred Dollars the season.
He will be at Edgefield C. H. Mondays, Tu?
days, Wednesday? and Thursdays,-the remain
der of the week at Harmon G oilman's. Ho will
begin the season-1st February and end-it 20th
June. He will remain at H. Galkaan's during
the month of February, after which time he will
"e olternotely ot Edgefleld C. H. and H. Gall
moa's.
By special contract with my Agent, Jos. M.
Harriion, or myself; mares will We insured with
foal for Two Hundred Dollars. Th* money will
be considered due at the end of the'Mason.
THO. G. BACON.
Jon 31_|Qj . . $
Important Notice.
AFINAL SETTLEMENT on tho KstaU ef
E. B. MCDANIEL, deVd., will be mode ia
the Ordinary's Office, on Wednesday, the S th ?f
February next All persons havingclaims against
said Estate will present th* .ame by that time,
and thoa* indebted are reqoeetod to pay up forth
with. Those who foil te pay by that date, or?
Doti?.N? that the privilege of paying in Confed?
rate money will be debarred them.
ARTI MUS HOLSON, ) . - ,
B. F. GLANTON, j Aft orl
Feb 1 . _2t_ & :
Notice.
TR ?TED from the Govetm't Lot at Edgefield
1 C. H., on the night of lat DVomber, one
brown bay MARE .MULE, 1? hands high and
ll years old. Th* said Mule was lost seeu ia the
neighborhood of Mrs. Richardson's, near Chap
pell's Ferry. Any information that will load to
its recovery will be thankfully received.
J. 8. COLES, Capt. ? Imp. Trans.
Columbia, ?. J?? 3u ?. i
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