Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Katie JLee and Willie Grey. Two brown heads with tossiag eurls, Red Upi sha tiing over pearla, Bare feet white and wet with dew, Two-eyes black and cVo eyoi blt?; Little hoy and girl were they, . Katie Lee and Willie Crt v. Tliey were st andie g where A brook, Bending like a shepherd's orook, Flashed its-silver, and thick ranks Of green willow fringed its banks ; Half in thought and half in play, Katie Lee and Willie Grey. They had cheeki like cherries red; He. waa taller-most a head j She, with armalike wreaths of-snow Swung a basket to and fro, As she loitered, half in play, . Chattering to Willie Grey. ? " Protty Katie," Willie said And there earn* a dash of red Through she brownness of bis cheek- * " Boys are strong and girls are weak, And ni* carry, io I will, Katis's-basket np the hill." Katie answored with a laugh, " Tou shall only earry half," And thora, tossing back her carls, - if Boys aire weak as Veli as girl?." Bo you think that Katie guessed . Half the .wisdom she expressed ? Men are only boys grows tall Hearts don't change much after all; - And when long yean from that day,. Katie Lee and .Willi* Grey, Stood again beside the brook, Bending like a shepherd'sVerook,-> Is it strange that Willi* sassl- '' While again a.dash of r*d Crossed th* brownness of his oheek "I am strong and:yen are weak ; Life is but a slippery ituop, Hung with shadows sold sad deep." . ".Will you trust me, Katie dear? Walk beside rn* without fear ; May I earry, if I will, Ail your burdens up the hill?" And sh* answered with a laugh, " No, but; you may carry half." Close beside the little brook, Bending like a shepherd's crook, Washing with its silver bands, Late and *ariy at th* sands, Is a cottage, wjiere to-day. Kati* lives with Willi* Grey. In a porch sho sits, and lo ! Swings a basket to and .itt, Vastly different from the one That sh* swung ia years agoae ; This is long, and deep aad wide And has-rockers at tho side ! miscellaneous and "Sews I toni?. j?325T A Brooklyu livery stable-keeper let a auan of horses and a carriage, on Sunday for a ride. The team ranaway and the TS hide was smashed. The stable-keeper brought auit ior damages and carriage-hire, and lias been non suited, the court holding that the letting of horses for pleasure traveling on the Sabbath na? an illegal act. A Hindoo law says : *i Strike not.thy wit?, even with-a blossom, though she be guilty of du hundred faults."' ^j*" Zgy A DKKtM'rioN.-Ajtemas Ward delires war to be hird tack for the soldiers and hard taxes for the citizens. ?&" An urchin, not'qui te three je-ars old, sai- to his sister, while munching a piece of ginger-bread-" Siss, take ball*-UP ali cake to heap it to afternoon;, when I gets cro6s." ThjsjB nearly as good as the child that bel lowTO irosa the top of the stairs-"Xa? Han-... nah won't pctcjfy usc." A MIXTURE-A business firm ad vertises in one of our exchanges, for sale, yam potatoes, elementary, ?^tssical aad reli gious books, opera music, honey iu the comb, ami cow peas. JSiaF* The IndiaDS out West never touch the telegraph wires. They regard them aa some thiug supernatural. The extraordinary stories they sometimes circulato would seem lo juBti iy the Indians in their superstition. ?3LTTHB DEXCORV GUESS.-A certain divine Mtho waa more eminent in his day tor tho brilliancy of his imagination"than thc force of bis logic, was preaching on thc 14 Ministsy of Angels," audTn the peroration, he suddenly observed-!*3 hear a whisper !" Thc change of tone started thc deacon, who sat below,from a drowsy mood, and spring ing to his feet, he spoke-" i guess it's tho boy? in the gallery." C?" Tho planters throughout Texas have made most abundant crops of everything in the subsistence line-in truth, the present eorn crop of the State of Texas is considered Bsost abundant, sufficient to sustain the popu lation of the State for the next-three jcars. Everything ia cheap throughout-Texas; Corn four to six b u per bushel, wheat one dollar, salt four cents per pound, and every thing oise in proportion. ?3?* The Yankee House of Repr?sentai tives has passed" achill providing that all ma- j jor-generals and brigadier-generals of the' United States, who .shall not upon the 25th of February next ..be ia th? service- corres ponding to their rank, and who had not been tor tbree months previously, shall be drop ped from the rolls of the army, and the va cancies Ulled by promotions, and new. ap pointments. ??3" Of all tho marvelous .works of the Deity, perhaps, there is nothing that-angels behold with ttich supreme astonishment as a proud man. * 2jay*The excessea of our youth are drafts opon our old age, payable with interest, about thirty years alter date. ?Sf- W^i- DEBT OF THE NORTH.'-A North am journal ?est?males that tho war debt bf thc. I"uited States, 6hould the war continue to the first ol July next, will bc 5^1,500,000, OOO.. Interest en public d?bi $!?70,000,000. Ordinary expenses of Government, ?330,000, 000. Total vearlv amount to bo paid in gold, *G?C,00O}0??. -.-??.-?-? ??ORI DIABOLISM.--? returned Confederate prisoner-who wa* confined on one of thr Federal vessels, rtliies Ike following inci dent, which be'di-c'ares he saw with his own* eyes : A negro woman was -on board with a ahild,. which being sick, was rather .fretful aad lachrymose. Ita sobs -disturbed a Yan keu officer, and he roughly ordered tbe wo rn aa to " silence that brat,1' The poor crea ture did her beet to' do so, hut of course did not succeed, wherenpon the oftleor seised tho wailing innocent, and tossed it into the'ses, where it sank to rise no more. This is one of tba new- ways," and probably not one of the least human ones, which the Yankees' have invented for rdbolb?hiirg slavery. -r 53** Six blockade runner- #ith valuable ?ai - gooi> reached Charleston a fewcve?iogi i: "". Cotton has advanced ia lhat'eiry te $5 per pound. 1 Sherman's March through Georgi A correspondent of the' Oincin?atti tnereial, writing bromines? Savannah', - an interesting account of Sherman's n through the Empire State/ We mak< following extract; ', Newspapers occasionally picked up di ed an intense commotion." Governor B had ordered a levy cn masse of thg whole bodied militia, and a large forciT^wa* ab concentrated at Macon. Proclamations patches, and notices to assemble were in ry column, and the sole order of the Although Kilpatrick'^ cavalry/went int suburbs, they did not attack Macon, as in there were many reasons why we should but turned East instead, destroying the road. The iron was-heayy, - partly of tl and partly of the T pattern, laid on strir of pitch-pine, supported-by cross-ties o same material. The divisions, workinj turn, where there was a rail fence at h piled,.that on tho'track and burned it.. iron, kept down by the spikes, and- bavin room to expan'd lengthways, kinked s'idev to such an citent as-, effectually to desire Where there was no fence, the ties were { up and burned, and the rails 80 heated t bend of their own weight. All saw-mills ; enough to the road to be used in rebuilt it, were destroyed. Depot-sand water-U shared the same fate. Making easily average of about twelve miles a day, on 2Sth the whole.army was together, bej the Oconce. jfjfeneral 'Sherman ? now c? from the left " wing, and traveled with 1 7th corps. He seemed in excellent spit "Splendid country to loaf in,?' he called it And it was. The first day out the cour was sterile or annihilated, and we looked v apprehension to our supply wagons., ' second showed a little corn, an o ceas ic: beef, and a fow sweet potatoes. The tl day broughtons to plenty. We turned our foragers, and from that time until reached the coast, there was not a day w] corn, fodder, beef, pork, and great lusci sweet potatoes, were "not abundantly Jv7it reach, with occasional lots of salt, and h reis of molasses^. The commissary .suppl three-fifths rations of bread, coffee, salt, gar and soap, and our avoirdupois stead increased. Not that alMhcse things were to be 1 for asking. Not only what wo were in qu of, but every tuing that coAild be, waa hidt with all imaginable artifice. -No use. stock or hogs were - driven to the swamp, corn hid under a pile of shucks, or'pofati under a barri floor; waa pointed out by . I inevitable nigger.' Carefully buried, a strewn with leaves, some' horse's loot w sure lo sink-in the new earth, and digg< were at-workina minute.' Whatever v, found in this way, if not eatable, was apt be destroyed, audJbooks, clothes, heddi} and much else that, in its proper phace, woo not have been disturbed, was every day lost this manner. It was both sad 'sud cornic? The march was as peaceable aa a pic-u Thc militia weYe huming by way of Thoi asville and Albany^to bo bofore us atJSnva nah, to which we had no particularobjoctio Ia our front was some extempore cavalr which nobodyever saw except thc advam guard. The weather was about such as v have in September, aud the little'tenta wbh tho men carry wercjiardly ever set up. As far as Gordon, we_used 1 he counti pretty roughly, . Thc Provost Marshal bun ed all thc mills, cotton gins and .preses, an ?hot theli'Ainds. The sfagglers burned a ;he unoccupied houses, an^ ' made free wit the rest. It touched mo sadly that our ur? ?ress could be traced for miles by smoke rii mg above the trees, and, that we could.trac in the same way-the column on tither.han? But at Gordon, orders issued, denouncing th leath penalty for firing-any building or er cering an inhabited house, 'to-'the gratifia lion of thc army nud with excellent effect. From MHledgeviDe,, November 21," Ger Kilpatrick wassentto cut the railroad bc iween Millen and Augusta, and, if tKssib!" ri-scue our' prisoners confined near Millci At Waynesboro, he had a smart fight will Wheeler's cavalry, but cut thc railroad a ;hat point, aud captured a train. The pris mers, poor fellows, had bean whislied ofl'tt Savannah and out on the Florida Railroad, . The dose of the first week in Uecembei brought us near tho coast. A sandy loam parking to the extremes of dar.rcpnriess an? fertility, and proportionately settled, extend; from Atlanta to tho coast. The .woods ar? almost altogether pirie, with an occasiona *ror?th of large trees, butnowhereappr<5ricb ing the great clear wood pineries cn otu Northern lakes. The whole conn ry is in terspersed with swamps, which, as wc near sd i he Sea, iucr<;aspd in number and extent Bat lit tie cotton ww fA.und>-.on -osch p?anta lion, the law ?oibidding to raise mere. Rast nf thc Oconee there was 'a sensible cbn.?ig? in the vegetation. In the swamps cypress often appt-ared. and we hailed on all Kides embryo palm-leaf fans." half adosen leaves, sometimos thrae or four feet hieb, growing independency from ?nb root. In the. duo: yards were immense live oaks,wbichXth'ougkt finer shade trees than tho best alms of New England, to which-they arc not'imlike. Thc leaf, however, is very email. The sorghum, wnich'had entertained us. hitherto, wac now replaced by Louisiana cane,. though we no where passed a sugar plan talion-for instance, ono with a sugar house. ' As we neared Savannah, wej fer the first time, found trees felled in the swamps to*eb struct our progress. A few houses were T urn ed by way of retaliation?' . A Pic-rent roa HISTOR*.-%. letter from Washington, North Carolina, givf s an account of tho'desolation of that town, ana the fol lowing description of a faithful old negro : ' " One of the first things that strikes the visitor upon reaching Wsymiagtcn is Ibe al most entire absence of negroes. I do not think there are over six in the entire corporation, very.nearly all of whom arc freo persons One of these-^and a most remarkable mau every tray-is Abram Allen, concerning whom it is-almost impossible to speak other wise* than in term of extravagant eulogy. Abram was arjf-old citizen^ "and a highly re spectable one. ': Ile was reared with Badger and the Stanley's ; possessed the highestin tellectual qual ties of any colored man I ever saw ; and was a Southern patriot to the back hone. Whertithe Yankees; under tho appli cation of tho' role to " run the churched' as well as the Government, undertook to- unite the colored church in Washington to the Connecticut Conference, ~tl?ey wanted to or dain Abrniu and make him pastor. . BuMUe heroic colored man told * th"em thr.t i*. was against the laws of his IStnte for a colored' man to preach, and ho intended to keep the lawe.. Tho}'could not bribe or. intimidate him.-- H-* stood to his colors. They carried away his wife and family, and left him soli tary by his own hearth. But he remained true to tho. South. And- when I visited .Washington the first tim", fi?found the brave ?ld Christian colored iran, like Old Mortali ty, busy .among, the graves of the old citizens, tubbing np and ehutting in the desolated tombs ol his departed friends. Let Abram live in story." ^ _ j fi?- Foreign correspor.dcuti and Canada ; papera say a great deal about tl?e alliance ?.-between' England, Fraccc and Spain, looking j to?he ie-cogiiition of the Snuthenn Corfrd ?rae>, on ?be ground thal. Linodn'.vreK n t , Pr?vint after that date, i ?vii...' bc.en.rc I eleeled O?dy bj a section of the'former United i States GovcnwBvut. ? - Gen. Lee and thc President. . Ricij?V?T, January 24 The Legislature of Virginia, adopted ri lations on the 17th, declaring tho appoi mcnt of Lee to the command' cf the'arru of thc Confederate States, would promote I efficiency, operate powerfully to reanirm the armies as well as the ppirir of. the peo| of the several States, and inspire renew confidence in the.final success of our eau This .resolution was communicated . President Davis, who, in reply, said : V ginia cannot have higher regard for Hoe, f eater confidence'in his character and abil ?li?i is entertained by him. ?He has alwt expressed his inability to sesame the co: mand of othe'r armies than those nuw cor dod to him, unless relieved of immedis command in .the field, or of that army'nc opposed to Grant. In conclusion the President assures t General Assembly of Virginia thatwhenev It shall be found practicable for General E "to assume command" of all the armies of t] Confederate States without withdrawing bi from the command of the Army of Northe Virginia,-he will deem it promotivaof ti public interest to place him in such cot mend. England and the United States. The New.York Times' London ?corrosp? ^dent, under date of Dec. 31, writes thi about the existing state of affairs- iu En land : We,end this year and'Jbegin the new ..il three matters of interest : War with Americ a new agitation in Ireland,- and the Encycl cal of the Popo. <I may, menti n one or tw other subjects, but theBO are tho chief, an -?early absorb the attention of those .enligh ened minda that are engaged "in giving ligl to others. * I First, of the war.' England does not wai war with any civilized country, and dreads mora than- all with' America. As I hav heretofore explained/it would be disastroo to commerce,, destructive to manufacture! and might be ruinous altogether. But.it ba been the prevailing opinion here for Ihre years, that war with England would be i; some way the termination of.the war i: America. There is>a powerful party, her that, would ask nothing better. , They believe in the power and resource of the British Empire,, and that a "short sharp and decisive'Wvwar between Euglam and America would secure peace and indc rcendrvnee to thc Southern Confederacy. Th Times, which, moro than any -other paper speaks the r^al feeling of the Governracn and governing classes in England, says, ii effect : "If you want war with England, g< ahead. .Wo wilbdo nothing to provoke it but if.you are fools enough to do so, wo an [ready,,and whatever else may result from'it it will s?cufe Southeru independence." Heie is alittte of <he-old traditional bins ter, no doub-.. ; but n ifair pretext for inter vention, and striking a blow for the Soutl would be wclcorned'with joy bj thousands Canaca might be lost or ?ot, as"it happened but except as a question of houor and pres tige, Canada is of no account. Canad? has her' own destiny in her own keoping England will not desert her in the hour oi need, but England would not raise a fingei to coerce her to remain a colony or append age of the crown. The loss. of. Canada, therefore, Jis r.ofn matter of enough cons?quence to be a motive for peace. Tbelievc that in spite of the ter rible c;sts of war to England, it could be brought about, and I judge so from the tone of the most friendly Pro Northern, as well as the most violent Pro-Southern pacers. Invade Brli.sh.territory, in accordance with the orc.ers of Gen. Dix, and war would be begun. I do not know the nature of thc dispatches sent to Canada by the last steam er, but there is not A British Minister who would dare to ft?ce Parliament, if they were not. in accordance with the instincts and tra ditions of John Bull. The last new* from America, aller ali thc whittling down of which it was-cnpttble, was a terrible sheck. Sherman safe, Hood de icfed, Savannah* .takenI It was too much for ene Jay. Of course Savannah was safe enougi1, aud Hoed had fallen back for strategic reasons but that Sherman had been allowed to reach be Atlantic was sufficiently agsra-. vating. Confederate, stocks tumbled down c\{'M potnds in three days. Tt was cjuoiigh lo make vhe Southern press bc.lli.ire'Vnt. If a newspaper article could h* a ,C<WIM belli, the review of the war in the Times this morning would be as good a ene aa ever was offered. ? ? --> - TH;: ARV.Y OK TUI: V.'KST.-Late and relia ble information from Tt-nnessce, is to the cf-' feet that a targe portion^ of tho mea- who straggled from Hoo's army,- during his late retre'itj are making their way out of T-rn-.rr. see.io large numbera. An olllc-T-r of. high rank, who came out of Tennessee si ncc Hood's army croisc;d thc. river, assures us that on all sides of kisJice of march, li;1 could hear of stragglers who were preparing clothing, shnss, etc., for t.io winter cramp?igi?, and that but. few, if any of them, who had evejr bolonged to thc away, had any idea bf remaining in tho-Yank ?e lines. .Fifty joined him on his way out, ^nd ail along the waulfe could hear of numbera who were about toaioye towards jhe army. , CH?KQED ms BASE.-Thc Richmond Ex aminer, of the 4th, says : We learn that J. M. Willis, a large merchant - and broker in Augusta, 3'*., has absconded to th<? Yankees, taking alGiug with him a large amount ofgold, silver, and negotiable paper, and it is also supposed the assets'Of a Georgia bank, plac ed in his vuult'for safe keeping. Some of the notes of tho absconding merchant have been protested by the brokers of Richmond and paid by his partner, now in the city, and who received on Monday thc first intimation of his absence. \ w AN.ASTOUNDEI) DEACON-In the city of II-there resides a worthy deacon, blessed or cursed with a tall, gaunt figure, also hands .of enormous dimensions. He was strictly pious, never failing to ask a blessing, not on? ly when uis own family din'fjd, bot also nt tho ^servants' meals. On oi'.ercccasion he employ ed a male servunt, who was entirely ignorant, of tho Deacon's r'eligi(;i?3_ propensities. Ile made his appearance shortly".before the din ing hour, and ns soon as the' boll sounded, the servant started for the t?bl.ynnd without ceremony commenced devouring the good things. The D aeon waa horrified', and ex tended hw hand, saying : r " Pau-e, young man,.pauso !" The young man adores -.ed laisel.bis eyes .significantly to the Deacon's upraised hand, and replied : "Yes, and pretty' goad . sized paws, I should say I" WOULDN'T Ckoss THE LIKE-Wc under *8tai:d that the IJotne Gu?rd force sont to meet the Bellfield raiacra, refused to crois the linc. This wr;s vt ry unpatriotic, if by- crossing the line the raiders could have boen well thrash ed. We understand, also, that our excellent an-i patriotic Governor loct.h^s temper over thin ungallant behavior. And who blames lam i To hav? an army that halibut a Stato j lino, and let the enemy perpetrate Outrages I almost in irsiight, and Ihrn escape, mtier i ttar?leap"bver t he line and chasTO tho' toe, is rather vexatiens? Wonder if the Hume Guard would have had such a high respect" for Sjat? iiri?'"'ipp^ Y?pjcsh?d been in its brear.! driving it parrnell ! Wc. must do Cha rrj lr pf'C'??wyVl and Fcfa?n ihr. Justice io sty I tbfiVnoii? ni ih'.-m were in that iquad.-Mil I ton (N. C.) Chronicle. Singleton's Mission'. A "Washington Correspondent of tho N. T. Tribune, unde?date of the 15th inst., gives the subjoined. iniormation in relation to Singleton's visit to Richmoud : "Mr. Singleton, thc peace Democratic envoy to Jeff Davis, did not leave Baltimore until Thursday. Ile vc* detained by fogs and storms on the Chesapeake. It is not gener ally known that he came herc directly from Clay and Thompson in Canada. Such ii the fact. It is not*.'disguised that the interest . which organized tho mission is willing to at tain peace at the coat of - recognition, and its leaders say frankly that the majority of. the people of the United States, and especially of the Western States, are willing and* aching to do so. Singleton's mission has for its pur pose simply to ascertain 'upon what- terms" Jeff. Davis would be willing to make peace. He expects, as I understand, to bring back the independence of the Confederate States as thc first of these terms. Extremists of tho. Democratic Peace Congressmen say that this condition, while it is the choice of the rebels, is our. necessity. They say we have got to accept it, and otherwise scramble out of the war before the first of April, or wc will find ourselves ir: a war with France as" well as with the South."" Thewerdict of the people on the 8th ?f November last seems to-be for gotten by these men, or else nat. comprehen ded. Thc influence of the peace rumors and the peace feeling > in. New York on Friday, which was strongly felt here, has disappear ed. No one expects now any termination of the war except through the submission of the rebels. All feel that while slavery exists, by law or in fact, peace is impossible." The Confederate Press. The Augusta (Ga.) ^Register remarks : Our honest opinion is, that no class of our countrymen, except our soldiers* have done more for our success than newspaper m'eu. This is our candid opinion, after maturely considering the subject. They have given tone to public sentiment, and aroused the patriotism of tho people to every demand^ made upon them. In tho emergencies of our" country, many harsh and grievous laws have boen passed-many orders and regulations hard to be borne have been adopted. In some casos designing, men,-in others well meaning ones, supposings they were-doing their duty, have done much to arouse all the feelings of prejudice and .opposition by the people to these .suppored usurpations and tyrannies. Just here thc press have come in, and, by their daily pleadings, their patri otic appeals, reconciled apparent differences and allayed all opposition. They have edu cated the minds of the people to every great arid impo'rtant.change in the policy ci our Government, and have, with rare exccptiODs, with all their powers sustr- >ed the cause of our country. Blot out the newspapers of the country, and you will-have no general policy among the people. There will be as many opinions as thero are individuals, and as many lead ers as there are communities. Rumors will bc rife all over thc land, and, in the absenco of reliable information, as now obtained, thc people will be subjected to imposition, and will always be depressed by dangers real or imaginary. Newspapers form a kind of bond oi'union-a common medium of interchange of ideas,' and next to our organized armies are the most powerful engines within our country for the attainment ot its independence, by holdmg up the duty of thc citizens cn the ono hand, the rights of the Government ou ? tho other; tho grounds for encouragement on the one hand, and tho necessity for endur ance on the other. From the President lo thc humblest citizen-from the general to the private-the h'gh and tho low, the rich and the j oor, would all feel the need of this com mon source or'information and comfit. Wee be to our country when it is destroyed I Yankee appreciation oi thc Southern Press. Thc YinkciP. never lose any opportunity for venting their malice on thc press of the Confederacy. They under Uand thoroughly Unimportance and power as a war eugine, and visit upon it j whenever they can, the same fate they do1 upon the implements of battle and munitions of war. Many papers Lavo fallen'viclimstothc venom of their hate, ajiJ lid thegrau's ol martrys to liberty and right. One by one they have fallen iii the great ctrtigglc for independence, until now but, comparatively few ol the paper.-- that were published -before tho war tire in existence.. There re not aa many now in the entire Con federacy ai were published in thc State of Virginia ah.u-.o before the beginning of hos tilities. . Tuo Federal government appreciates fully the truth and force of the declaration of thc great English stntnnnn that r " Give mt the liberty of tho Prtss, and I . will give to the Minister a - venal House of Peers-I will ?;ive him a corrupt and servile House ol'Commons, I will give him the full swing ol the patronage of officc---I will give him the whole host of thc ministerial influ ence-I will give bim all thc power that place ea:i couler upmi him to buy up submission and overawe resistance; and{ yet, assured with the liberty of the Pre39, I will go forth undis mayed to meet him ; I will attach with that mightier engine the mighty fabric he baa rai?ed; I will shake down corruption from its httight, and bury it beneath thc ruin of the abuses it was meant-.to shelter.''-Lynchburg Virginian. -.- - Confederate Gucrrillras in Kentucky. Thursday Isst, Captain McCormick and Surgeon Sherk, of"the Seventh Pennsylvania cavalry, left camp at Bsrdstown, for the pur-, pose ol visiting thc family of Mr.- Grigsby, one and a half miles from tove. While ,the two gentlemen were sitting in Mr. Grigsby's parlor conversing with thc ladies, they were, burprised by the sudden appearance of Sue Munday, atthe head of a gang of thirteeu 'dc?peradees. The two officers, finding resis tance useless, immediately surrendered. Sue I Mandy was apprised of the fact by .one of Mr. I Grigsby's daughters,'who begged her to spare i tho lives of the twp men. . B j She replied by cursing her, and told, her : ?he would be her own judge, at tim same time i walking np to Captain MeCormlcta.ud shoot i ir."- him through the head. She then shot j Dr. rjherk "through tho brc-a>t. Both mon ! died almost instantly. Thu gang then left-in tko" direction ,of Bloomfield, where they have their headquar ters. The citizen recognized among them a man by thc name of Turner, from Bardstown. who was eent across the river some weeks ago to remain during the war. . . This gang has been prowling around Bards towu fur thc past week. They have sworn ; to kill every Federal soldier caught by them. ? They rcb everybody, and are a terror to tho ! whole country. * * IMTORTIXT.-We.learn from thc Crandon Republican that the Government has decided, .in thc case of Mr. Augustus Spann, deceased, who was art cxe'mpted agriculturalist, ,that i where a detail or exemption was tevoked.'or ; tho detailed or exempted party died, only a ! payment pro- rata for the time thc party enjoy ; c ] thc detail or exemption, would be exacted. ? This decision was elicited from the St cretary ( cf War by a letter from A. G. Mayers. Esq.. on thc subject of the liability of the estate of . Mr. Snann, he having died a few months af. ter he'wu3 exempted. We publish this net i as an important decidion to detailed and ex ! empted agriculturalists.-??acon Telegraph, CONFIESATE CUVAI.RY CARRYING RSFTJ f?BKS TO THE YANKEES.-Detective I?cc?e and other detectives succeeded on Thursday night in making an important arrest. For sorno timi they haye been looking for John Parry acd George A. Spencer, South Caro linians, of Gary's brigade, thc parties being suspected of piloting refugees to the Yankee lines: On Thursday night they came upon them in ahOase of ill fame, kept by one Thom as in Lombard alley, and heard them bar gaining with one Johnson to carry hl:r? into tbe Yankee lines for$l,000. On. arresting Parry and Spencer, forged passes to come to the city were found ,on their persons. The detectives say these men belong to a band of Gary's cavalry, who, for months have beeja engaged in carrying refugees to Kautz's head quarters. It is said they were to have car ried off several parties Thursday night, and among them one of our public men, who is woll known, but whom we will not mention. Parry and Spencer were put in the Castle.-, Richmond. Whig. I We learn from printer.', to whose craft i Spencer belongs, that he is not a South Car olinian. He comes from a State further north. . ANOTHER PALMETTO GONE.-J. H. Shiv* ernell who served through the t Mexican war as a member cf the famous Palmetto Regi ment, and who has been honorably distin- j gui6hcd'for active service during the present war in Capt. Casson's company - at the' bom1 "bard me nt of Fort Sumter, and snbsequentlj? in Virginia in Capt. McFee's cavalry compa ny, until his health entirely failed, died of consumption yesterdayimorniug, at his resi dence in this city. He was a useful member ol the craft of printers, and held in warm es teem by his companions and friends. He has for a considerable time past been employ ed in the Guardian office.-Columbia Guar dian. . State Record, of the Names of Deceased Soldiers. SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE, COLUMBIA, January 16, 1865. UNDER appointment by the Legislature to prepare this Record, I earnestly * appeal to tho families or friends of our deceased soldiers to send me at one? their names, Ac, while there ia an opportunity to secure accurate information. Hospital registers and reports of casualties from the army aro deficient in the information required ; it must be c-bUined at hoina. The Record will date date back to the begin ning of tho war, and include all who havo been killed in battle of died of wounds received in battle, or from discasd or accident. If yon have been so fortunate as not to loee friend or relative, yet remember that it is noblo to rescue from ob livion thu name of but one friendless youth who bad gone from your neighborhood to die la our cause. Give-1. ?Vaste in full. 2. From uihal District. 2; Rank. A. Company, b. Regiment and arm of I service. 6. Died, year, month, duy. 7. Cause of.\ death, and remarks (as where be died, age, previ ously wounded, ?c.) Circalars and blanks to he fillrd will be sont to such as desire them. No fee or expense is ?cur red by any ono for having tho record mado. The State is endeavoring to fulfill a sacred obligation in securing now, and recording for posterity; the names of all her Fons who have fallen in this war. -In 1862, the Convention unanimously resolved that, this Kheuld be done, " BS a token of respect ;to their memories, -rind n lenney of inestimable value to their friend? V and the resolution wris soot forth, by their order, io bo read to our regi iflcnL--, battalions and compauict everywhere Many a braye soldier may have died in solitud* or rushed upon thc fue, wi? h the thought in his heart that b's uanio would be honorably preserved at homo. ..WAI. J. RIVERS. fisSr Each naper in thc. State copy three times and send lill to mo. Jan._25_ 3t_fi_ Flour Wanted for the Navy. 1111E Honorable Secretary of Navy, through . M?j. W. F. fl OWE LL, Naval jAgent, Au gusto, Ga., nutuorizes mo te Durehane ali thc FLOUR for salo in this District, for the Navy Dcpurttnent, ?nd, for the present, to pay the MARKET P.RTOE for the same. Therefore, all persons having FLOUR to soil (from a sack to a huudrod barrelli,) are earnestly requested to de liver it to mc in Hamburg forthwith, as the de maud for it is very urgent. Ca6h paid on deliv ery. . S. E. BOWERS, Agent Navy Department. Hamburg, Dec 21 _ ti 51 T?7 RENT, THAT BEAUTIFUL AND COMMODIOUS RESIDENCE, belonging to Mr. R. IL SCL t.iWiN, situated on tho Columbia Road, 1.} miles from tho Village. For torras, Ac. anplv to t G. L. PENN,'Agent. Jan 18 tf 4 -!-1 Negroes VvTanted. rjrAXTBD TO HIKE Twenty abls-bodicd NEGRO MEN to work on tho Columbia and Hamburg Rnilroad. Liberal wages will bc pai l und especial care taken-bf:the Nogroes. Niigjoee employe I tn work on the Railroad wijl he crumpled from labor on the Const fortifications. A. D. BATES. Lowville, S. C., Jan. 2 6t 2 For Tax Collector.' Th : Many Friends of D. A. Jt BELL, Esq., rcope ?tfully nominate him as a Candidate for Tax Collector at the next olectloa. Oct IS to . Ai FOT Tai Collector. TUB many Friends, ol Capt. JAMES MITCH ELL respectfully nominate him as a Candidate' for^CAX COLLECTOR nt the next election. SALUDA. D ec 6 io* ?0 $500 Reward. RANAWA Y fmm tho Subscriber about eight months u^o, his Negro man JAKE. Said Jake ii about ".2 y-jars ot agc, black complexion, thick heavy set. and weighs about 165 pounds. He ha? a wife at Air. Mahlon Padgott'j, on the Ridge, and he may bo lurking in that vicinity. . I will givcaroward of Four . Hundred Dollar? fur the apprehension and delivery of said Jake at tho Edcofiuld Jail, or I will pay Fire Hun dred Dellars for his delivery at the Augusta Jail. WILLIAM BLEVINS. Dec Mj flt* 51 ' Notice. A LL persons indebted io the Estate of Robert 3t J. Dclnh, lato of Kdgeficld District deceased, ure roquet-ted to c?me orward and inflJte paj mont; nnd thoso having domnn<la against said Estate will present them in duo time, and proper ly authenticated. ' A. J. PELLETIERfAdm'r. _0ctJ8 ly;_.. __42 Soldiers' Claims. 'S have on hand a fow quires of Binn ?ta for obtaining doceasod Soldiers' Claims against the Government. ADVERTISER OFFICE. July 20_' _ tf_? 80 __ Ij??NI. 5{\{\fi POUNDS SUPERIOR BAR IRON, jUvU 8 inches wide and * thick, which will bo bbld low to dosa out thc Int. S. E. BOWERS, Agt. Hamburg, Oct 20 . if 45 Bet&a?y Academy. TUE Exercises of titi." Institution will be re humed Monday, :>0lh Jauunry \HC>. Terni* per (?na rt cr,of Ten HVeAi.-rTen Dol lars aud ene Bushel Corn und b?il?,l!u?hcl Wlioat, or their equivalent.- in other produce. GEO. OALPHIN. Jan_2i ^_ St a For Sale. ALIKELY NEGRO WOMAN,-Cook, Weab er and liold baud-willi three children, aged 2, ll mid 12 voars. Apply at this Onice. Jan 21- ti; ? B1 EXECUTOR'S SALE ! Y permission if W."F. Durisor, Ordinary ot > Edgcfiold District, I will Mit at the Lt? residence nf MRS. CHLOE WATSON, dec'd. (OB thc Ridge,) on WEDNESDAY, the.Stft d*> of February next, the-porsonal Estatt-ef ELIJAH WATSON, dec'd., to wit : About Six?),, Likely Negroes, HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN ifURNITURE, MULES AND CATTLE", FAT ARD STOCK HOSB, . PACON AND LARD, - . CORN, FODDER,-PEAS, - WAG?f?S AND CARTS, BLACKSMITH'S , TOOLS, FARMING IMPLEMENTS, And many other articles not necessary te mention. Tho above property will ho sold, on B ?redit of twelve month?, with interest from day of sal?, fer good and lawful money of the Statt. Puroh?strs 'will be required to-givo Notes with two or mer? approved sureties. No?>roperty_ delivered antil terms of sale are complied with. . TILMAN WATSON, Sx'or. yJSTThe Plantation will be rented at U? sam? time ?ad place. Jan" IO_2t ._ 8 A Likely Young Negro FOR SALE. WILL sell on Salo-day to February next, (tho _ 6th,) st the Court II mi co stays, a VERY LIKELY" YOUNG NEGRO FELLO W, St years of ag?. A good field hand, a very good eoarse Shoemaker sad Plantation Blaektaafth. jSr^TermB to suit puren wars. . , A. ft. TEAGUE. Jan IO ,;t g State of Bouth Carolina, EDGEFIKLD DISTRICT, INEQUITY. WinBeford Bayd, ") w ' V Partition. ThoE. B. Reese, Adm'or et al. J . BY Virtue of an order of the Court ia; thia oase I will sell at Bdge6ol?l C. H., on Mon day, tho 8th FeVry. next, THE EBAL BS TATE of James. Boyd, dec'd., to wit : ONE TRACT OF LAND containing ThrM Hundred and Seventy-five aar?.t, more or lesa, adjoining lands of John F. Burna; 8. 0. S tresa, J. B. Grims, et al. TERMS.-Th? above property will ha- re-sold m n credit-of twelve mouth-, at the risk of tho former purchaser, with interest from day of sal?, oxcept costs and. ?xp?ns?e of ral? whith mut be paid in ooah". - Titles extra. Z. W. CAR WILE, G. E. E. D. Jan 12_ 8_4^ State of South Carolina, ED Q EFIELD DISTRICT, IX EQUITY. Franklin Norris and others, by their next friend, , ~ j B. F. Bandrum, . } BUI tor Par. vs, -j John M. Norris, Administrator. J BY Virtne of an order of the Court ic this . case, X will sell at Edgefield C. H., cm Men day, tho 6th February next, the real estate of William H. Norris, dee'd., described ia tie plead ings, to wit : . ONE TRACT 6F LAND, situate in EdgefielA. Distrjct, oontaining Eight Hundrod Aores, inoro or lo 3?, adj ricing lands of John M. Norria, L. W. Youngblood and other?. This is ono of ike moot desirable and valuable tracts of land in tho Dis trict, being Ridge land .on the Columbi*, Read, and immediately on the Tin? of the contemplated Hamburg A Columbia Railroad. TERMS.-Sold on a credit of OB? and two* < years, in equal annual instalments, with Interest from dato. Purchasers will be required to give Boud T. it ii at least two. good eure ties to aeovre the purchase money, and j ay for papers extra, Z. W. CARWILE, CE.h??. Jan 7 _4t - _ Valuable Negro for Sale. L. H. Adama, Bxeoutrix, ) vs! [ . T. J. Adams, et ab J BY Virtue of an ord^r of Coart in this ?ansa, . I will sell at Edgeteld Court House, on th? first Monday'ia Feb rar. ry next, BOB, a No. 1, Blacksmith, belonging lo the. EsUto of Hiram Adam?, dec'd. Terms Ca-h. LYDIA H. ADAM*), Ex'ix of She last will of Hiram Adams, dae'd. Jan 15_3t '_ A State of South. Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, IN ORDINARY. BY W. F. DURISOE, Bee,., Ordinary of ISdge field Diatriot. Whereas, John F. Burris has applied ta me fop Letters of Administration, on all and stngahr the goods and chattels, rigbta and cr?dita of Charlo? M. Btirriss, late of the Diitriet afore said dee'd. Thflso are, therefore, ic cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of th? Said deceased, to be and appear before me, at our next Ordin?r y'a Court for the tajd District, to'be holden . at Edj?otiol? C. i??, on tba 2nd day ot Feb. next, to show oause, if auy, why the said administration should not begtrautod. Given undvr my h;iG;i r*? r?al, tbis l?ih day of Jan. in tho year cf oar Lord on? rhcttsand eight hundred and sixty-five, and in thc SSith year o; the. Independenco of South Carolina. W.F. DURISOB.?.?.u. Jan 34,_Sj_?_ Smol?ng Tob?ceo. QfiA POUNDS SMOKING TOBACCO, put ' CTvW-. up in fi lb. packager,, warranted pare, or no sale. 8. E. BOWERS, Agent. Hamburg, OotSl if 45 F Barter! WILL BARTER YARNS FOR FLOUR from one barral, op. SAH, E. BOWBXS. Hamburg, Joly 3 of 2S Visiting Cards ! OR sale at tho AdtertUer Office, Ladles and Gentlemen's VISITING CARDS. July M tf 80 ? Notice. ALL persons indebted tu tho Ki uko of Lewis Banca, dec'd., \ rr vi,it s to his death, aro ro Stouted to make. Immediate payment j and all ote havin? claims against said Estate will pre sent thom, daly attested, without delay, to tba undersigned. L. L. HALL, Ad'er. Nov 16 If 47 Notice. LL Persons havytar claims on IhoJBstato, .of' Shirley B. Wfiatk-y, d?c'd., nre requested t<T baad them-in to the u??eraitrr.cii, duh* attested.' i W. W. ADAMS, Bx'nr. Jan 18 .1m 4 A Final Notice. AFINAL SKTTLEMhyT on tho Estate of R. al; WALLACE,4scU, will be made ia tho Ordinary's Offie?, on Th/andey, thei-itb. Feb ruary next. All persona hi ving elaiut agaittt t said Batato rill present tho same by .that time, -and those indebted aro requested to pay up forth with. J. ll. A DA Mt?, AoVWr^ * Janis st* Take Notice ALL porsnna ure cautioned against trading**^ a ocrtftin Note given by mo to Shirley B, Whatley, with T. H. Beoso security, for 8700* do ted I think in August 188t, as the' money bas been tondcred,-in.the pressure -of witnesses; imd ra fa sed, and I am de tc rmi ned rut to pay th? Mat unless eomnelled hy law. . ? T. fcllVDSON. Jan IT_8t f . Notice. TUE Gramtcvtll? Manufacturing Cumjpwiy wJ? not purchase COTTON ufWr this dato, further notice. . WM. <3BJGG, M , G.raultevilla, S. ft, Jan W, lt i'. ' -, _a. _ Notice. JAMES M HARRISON ii appoiuUJ my Agca4 to o ol 1 ec t and receipt for ali debt? doe rn*. TnotT. G. BACON. Jan 2? 4t - fi