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The Snow. . ?..,.,-. . . Oh ! the snow, tho beautiful ?now, FilHng tho sky and the earth below ; Over the house tops, ever tho streets, Over the heads of tho peoplo you meet ; Dancing, Flirting ; - Skimming along ; Beautiful snow ; it can do nothing wrong, Flying to kiss ff fair lady's cheek ; Clinging to lips in a frolickaome freak ; Beautiful snow, from the heavens above, Pure as an angel,* and tickle as love ! - Oh ! the snow^the beautiful snow ! How the flukeB gather and laugh as they go Whirling about in its maddening fun, It plays in its gloe with cvory one. . Chasing, : Laughing, Hurrying by, It lights up tho face, and it sparkles tho eye And even tho dog?, with .. lark and a bound Snap at the crystals that eddy arouad ; . .4. The town is a' ive, and its heart iu ? glow, To welcome tho coming of beautiful snow. How tho wild crowd goes swaying s.lorig, nailing each other with Irunor and song ! How the gay fledges, li ko meteors flash by, Bright for a moment, thea lost to the eye : "Kinging, Swinging, Dashing they go Over tho crust of tho beautiful snow- . Savrr so pure when it falls from the sky, Tobe tripled in mud-by tho crowd rushing To bc trampled and tracked by tho thousam feet, Till it blends with the filth in tho horrible 6ti Once I was pure as tho snow-but I foll: Fell, H.. the snow Cakes, from bcavon-to h Fell, to be trampled es tilth of the street ; Fell, to be secfl'ed, to be spit on", and beat. Pleading. . Cur.-ing, ? Dreading to die, Selling my s>ul to whoever would buy; Dealing in shume for a morsel of bread, Huting the living, aud fearing the dead. - Merciful God ! have I fallen so low ? . And yet I was onco like this beautiful scow ! Once I was fair as the beautiful snow, With un eye l.ke its crystals, a he art Uko its gie Ouse I was loved fat my innocent graee Flattered aud sought.for the charm of my face Father, Mother, Sister, all, Cud, and myself I have lust by my fall. Thc veriest wretch that goes-shivering by, AV*iii ulxc a wide sweep lest I wander too nigh | For cf all that 1.? ou or about m", I know There i? nothing that's pure butthe beautiful snc . How strange it should be that thu beautiful sa Phouid fall on a tiller with nowhere to gol . How strang' it would he, when night e ;mes aga If tho snow and tho" ko stiutk ruy defier: brain .' Fainting, ?iee?iDg, Dyiug alone ! Too wicked for froyer, tuo weak f r my mouu To Le bear'', 'u thc ?~ia;b of thu crazy town, Cono-tuad in their-Joy ?t the snow's corni: d?wu ; To lio dona and o ic in my terrille w.pc., YV?k i bod and u shroud of tb? beautiful snow! Iloiuaiicc in the i?e?l Life. The New York Express publishes Ibo fj lowing story in its Havanna correspondence A descendant of one of the Old bernia Baroua, named Dc Arnan, (born in B ivari: 1 believe,) had ia.Hen desperately in tove wit a very beautiful young lady uaw ed Cofflgn; who iu audition to l?<-:r"personal charms, po scsscd fifty thousand nUta?ic ones tu b-^row right ; but that circumstance, of course, hu m.'thing-to do with the affair. Unfortunate! for De Arnan, bis pashen was nut reciproc; . tee; but he, being a Hue dashing follow, wh speaks three or lour modern language?, au withal pessesse"; a large share donative talen heeded uo: tho ichuffs ho from time to tim received t'rom the lady, thinking, I supposi " sk? is a woman and there to be won." II continued bis attentions most perse- .ringlj and for his continued efforts to obtaia even smbo from his '* ?adi?' luve," ho received uot! ing bit espressrfni of di-gust and contempt At icnziii becoming tired of playing th pail of the fair one's shadow, ho determine" to possess biw!*lfof i tr ia true knightly style and for tin's purp se and with this intent, oh evening last, week he awaited her return frei her accustomed evening drive at the door o thc ??*3?denco of her parents. Here hr, wit! true gallantry, handed out pf tin volante MI elder $istor bf the young lady love, and E chit who had accompanied her in her drive. When however, the Senorita herself held ont he: hand in ber turn to be assisted from tiic Car riage, to ber surprise the Caballero cid no take it with the-alacrity she had anticipated and she accordingly gave him on>i of bel withering look* of scorn. Hecdlessof which how ev r. tbe Caballero, with a single spring placed bitnseli hi thc vacant eeat in the vo lauto beside Lc:. She uttered a shriek at hi: tinda* i?y, but it was not regarded. Tho ne gru cultzfe'ro (coatiltiou) hid doubtless beer . tugh* and pid for thu purl he was expected m tu play, o*jd be perfurmcJ it to the letter, bj u:ging ti e spirited horses ucder his c?ntro tu thi-ir utmost ipeed, heedless alike of thc continued shrieks of hi^youugmistrets or nei commands to him to step. " A hue and cry wosrai>cd ia Matanzas, and the runaway Sc-vaird and his unwilling com panion were pursued by men on .horseback aud ethers ic carnages, at a speed that en danger d their necks. Unfortunately for the Caballero, an obstruction was met with on the mad, wiihin three mili? bf Matanzas, which I Le.rotante could nul pass, 'ibis af ford :-<\ his pursuers an opportunity to over take t im, which doing, tbey perforce drag ged th,; Senorita from bis arms, t'lOUgh be fought desperately to reta". ! her, and she was restored to her a xirus pareil. The Cabal lero, thea disappointr-d cf his prize, forthwith wended his. way to this city. The - telegraph v. ; ; ut in operation, ??Bering a reward of fear ihouchnd dolors fyr thc apprrhonsionoi DeArnan. Th ts news reached bis ears, he went ip n celebrMtd criminal lawyer for ad v.ca, and was told that if tlc lady bo t wenty three years Of age,**and j*ou assert that she went with you by prtvious arrangement,you will get off scot free; hu', if you net diligently aud are arrested, you will be sent to the pres id?* (chain gang); * ? It was her?! the knightly broertinc; cf Dc Ar.-;an exhibited its?lf; he' exclaimed passion ately. ,; I IOTP I he girl, cannot live witboat h?r; but 1 will not belie her. Lot them do what they pletae wiih mo, ? troto ^ive mys..-!:' up." ? And gi i he did by ik? next, t;.i!n io Ali- zis vb re. throwing himself'at th? j-: . - - 7 Jffs em-Kv-.-r. iii? rill -. ?fr-t! ! e?r ;V;r:,>?" fbr !: r*- Hg?.in l'Ai:- '-.[. ' ']" ? j . ;?. t-i i? '?.^ W?>. rt .?ld r-v^> r..;!*,' TJhn t..A . - I-?-H n;?t?d tu rtinaitey \?th h- r a.,d i., tare -.'sk ni living pur. ia thy chai i ^'?ng by coming back to woo her. Sho ia said Xooave fought aloud, "Ileinuatlovo me and I will; marry him." . Like a true wo man, tooj-she'did so. "he mean spirited and craven may blame DeArnan for doing what he did, but I, who am an adtriirer'of courage in affaires du coeur, can only wirb the new ly married couple a long life of joy and hap piness. -. -.---. From the Columbus (Ua.) Sun. Gen. Lee and Nefro Soldiers. Gen. Lee, in a letter to Mr. Miles, of So. Ca.j Chairman of the Military Committee, places the question of arming negroes in one single light-which illustrates thc necessity and thc policy of using the negro af soldiers, better than ail the logic of metaphysicians or philoposhors: We "'must use the negroes on our side cr the enemy- will use-- them against us. They have been so used - now.for a long time, and with great help to our adversaries and to our great disadvantage. And as thc numbers of soldiers diminish in our ranks and are increased in those of the enemy, he will overrun moro territory and accumulate from the black material antill more overbear-, ing superiority/' The necessity being thus stated, the policy might be left to rest as a matter of experiment-and surely the exper imant is worth a trial. But Gen. Lee has been a close observer of men. His wonder ful adaptation for the control of men. as dis played in the signal ability with which he has 'conducted our urmies, entitles his opinion to be regarded as authority. Having observed the negroes about tho army, studied their temper, babils disposition and chat act er, ho is prepared to vouch Cor not only their eapac tty- for military duties, hut to risk their fideli ty in the di?cbarge of them. Thc Peace the North Proposes to L's. i The following resolution bas been submit ted in thc Yankee Congress. How do the ^constructionists like it :( " liesotcea by the Senate aud House of llcp r?nlatives in Cvnyrcss assembled, That no negotiatio ?, terms of settlement, or comprom ise, be entered into, proposed, yielded or made with the rebels, directly or indirectly, until they have manifested their implicit anti un conditional submission to the authorities of the Government; and further, that however mtjch peace muy be desired!, tho present war must be waged with ali the resources and en ergy of the Government, until said submis sion shall be secured, and tho ?supremacy of the Constitution and thc laws established over the entire territory of the Uni'.4 Slates, as heretbfufe claimed. * * The New York Tribnw, which is a kind o' t ofiiciaUjrgau of thc Administration at Wash ington, has a long and labored, uni?le on " peace." " Some pur lions of it are significant, taken in conqectibu with thc departure of thc so-called "peace commissioners" for Wash ington. The Tribune &ye:* There are raen wh'?> Ulk as if war were a ' normal condition, and who start at the sug gestion of peace as il some wrong were done thc nation. Hut all wars must ?ave au md. even these carried on, as so few ever have been, for the highest good of the people, though all mr.y not. be attained which (he victorious party, at the outset premised itself. Ordina rily it is a struggle of endurance. It is a question of piuc-k and resources, ns in all hu man affairs, are the ground work of courage. Which can hold out the longest i Which can hold out no i>-nger7 There come always u time when the last is the vital question, and when it comes,- pe.ace-.ia iBCvitable: We-muy ? not have-reached that point, boothe ?L-n"-. are, at least, significant, and wl-c men will give them uno consideration. Unwire, or ai. Feast thoughtless men, remember only (hat have been ai war but ?-Mir years, while other nations have, with more or less pa tience, emmrcd its" calamities, ten. twenty, thirty \ cars-, with far ?.ess at blake. They do not remember that one year of modern -warfare, in the exhaustion attending it, iu its enormous expenditure of bl<>od and treasure, is* equal to live years of war a century or h:i!' a century ago. The desolation that follow ed the thirty yes.rs of war in Germatiy was nut greater, probably tut so great, tis that which, in the last four years, has been visi ted unpn the re?/??lious State* of thc-South. Halli.f Virgin?kj? a desert; TenneRSee is a. barren waite; i the young m-n of the South are in thur graves; tb.-- <??d men are reduced to poverty; tho industrial system of all :1e slaw States is destroyed; from Mason and Dixon's linc- ti the Rio "Grande, desolation covers the hud. In the nat Aral course of things, then, peace is imminent. It may be the iurr.intnce- cf weeks rn-of months; certainly-it cannot bc de layed beyond the durutiun of one more cmi paisn. The .North wadis peace, pr fvided ;ho terms and conditions shall suit ir. TII'TV is unquestionably .1 party ra the South that demands it, caring little v. hat the -.erma un-; r*eaGy to accede to anything that we demand. It is ready to grant our utmost demand lay down i:s .nans ai.'d submit. Some-facts ave knovrn to us which it is not safo i.ow tu make public. But they must be known ere long, and from that moulent our public af fairs will ?mime a new. aspect. Mr. >iit.ii*? first to liiehiDoti-.l was neither fruitless nor unless, or it would 'not have b en repeated: Witkom preiending to know any thing of its dei-;i's, wc, in common with eve rybody alse arrive at this conclusion. Not less significant is thc gradual but steady de c'i:.e in tho price of gold. We aro not inure eangnine than our neigh bors, nor arc we more hopeful of or anxious for peace; neither do we pretend to more wis dom. But we hail the Hush ol tho-e bright streaks of thc coming day, nnd do not choose "to shut our eyes to them because others, with closed eye-lids, keep" o\'t the 1'ght. We do not prophesy immediate pekoe, "?.beenuss wc do not mean td propLcsyal ft!l? bul we believe the utter exhaustion of the rebe's portends tho result which exhaustion -always bring to all wara. . G a LAT jriRE in V/ASIUNUTO:;-Tan SMITH' SONIAX JjrsfiTCTE BURNED.-Un the evening of the 21th, a bro was seen coming from the roof ol" the main building of the Smithsonian Institute. A general/fire alarm was rn'ng, and'.l e wig:nos were soon yu the ground, i hui no water could.be obtained, and for two , boars tho Harriss roared and hissed, aided by i a high w.ndi consuming nil ike main buiblihg except the ii.- t story, which contains tho col I lection of leasts and birds, known as* t!;e S4? i : koorian Mc-oam. The East wing, used S.S a. private residonco, was not injured. Tue a poa I;? tu s room, on the Last side of the main building,'next canghH, cud but little was saved from here The news of the Sro spread rapidly over the city, and in an hour ton thousand persons were on the ground. Thc damage to the building can bo repaired in six months, but the records and results ol" years' research are gone forever. VANITY '.OP EARTHLY" FAME.-Thaclcer?y rela'ed the Cbilowiojr incident, which occurred dnring bi", visit to St. Louisa few years since. Ile was dining at the hotel wbeu ho beard one Irish waiter say te-?n other: " Do you know who that is ?" '. No," was the answer. '.That,5- said the other, "is tie eeleVratod Thackeray ?" 8 WI .-,'.. ' e done?". u I>-n if 1 Urrow." * * _^v^? r-;> " . Fiubw had .a grided rt-c'tijftion n't Lowillnn s"i.tu.di.y. lu .bia ;-fc\;(L bu.sMi! ii was idlo to talk of peace uutil rho r?bel ?Fuij of Northern Virginia wai defeated er "captured. j The Care pf Rebel Prisoners of 'V* In thc Yankee;Senate, Mr. Lane, (RBJJ I Indiana, presented the petition of citizen For! Wayne, Indifina, asking that .the' n I prisoners now in Northern prisons be pit under the care and control ol dischar Unicu prisoners, and be furnished with -same rations and clothing "furnished Ul prisoners in the South. . Mr. Lane addressed tho Senate on the f ject of the aboyo memorial, advocating aci m.accordance'with its suggestions. Mr. Wade. (Rep.) of Ohio, interrupied Lane to oiler a joint resolution, that all f Oilers,- botli officers and soldiers, of theso c ed Confederacy, who are now or shall 'hereafter in the control and keeping of Federal Government {.ball receive tho st rations and the same-amount of clothing, i be ?ubject to ibo ?ame treatment in ev respect, as Federal prisoners,4* officers, \ are now br have been in the keeping or pi er of the s-J-called Confederate,. Governme that this treatment shall be changed fer 1 Tcr or worse, whenever thc" President, of United Slates shall have reliable informal that the treatment of our*soldiers in Sou ern piisons is changed for better or woi and that any officer iu charge of rebel pris era who shall fail to carry out thia policy st be dismissed the service. Mr, Lane, of Indiana, stid this resolut; did uot go far enough. It did not prov that tho-rebels should be kept under the c; ofreleesed prisoners of the,.Fed, ral arr This was a very imp?t taut part pi thc matt It;had been said that retalmt?on would rai thewar mora bloody."' Ile did not care h bloody it was. He hoped it would make i cry Southern -river run with thc blood traitors. There were forty four thousa Union prisoners in the South, and doul that number of rebel prisoners- in thc Nor Wo owed it to tho brave mea who had go forth to fight in a good cause to- "manguri Ibis system. Mr. Wade said that a year ago a commit! on the conduct of the war found more tl ai hundred depositions concerning thc barba ties practiced upon our soidiers in the Sim: Man)- men were dying when their lestimo was taken. It was the general impre^si then that if the rebel barbarities were, su stantiatc'l by this iavcstigutiou thc executi authorities would inaugurated a system of] taliation. The report was printed and b no eigubL ibat all the stories of rebel cruel were true But yet no action has. been t ken by* bu executive authorities. He w sorry to sec so much sympathy extended I the people of the North to people who ina titrated the rebellion, while they tranquil tolerated these crue-Hit s to our soldiers the South. Ile was sorry to sec people sen ing provisions to rebels in Savannah, wbi our soldiers were starving ia Southern pri ons.-" II? hadheard thai a distinguished rd el was recently arrested while coming Nbrl and '. hat the President had threatened to r talia to if a bair o? his bead ivas hurt. If ri talistion was/justifiable ju the cas? 6f a rebi how much more so was it;in tin; case of oj brave soldiers "/ If might be right e-noug tu retaliate for Mr. Foot? ; but he (Mr. Wade .would not hurt a dog ;n retaliation fer r.uj thing c'oue to such a man On motion of Mr. Howard. (Rep.) of Miel igan, the. matter was referred to the Militar Cumtnittee. -? D-JCI.::;E tx THI: PUICE OK Goi.n.-Th Richmond Exe miner of jan ~3, in speaki? of the decline ia the price of goid. comment thus: . . " . A. punic continuer in thu go)d ruarkei whic , s part ally 'attributed m ?he bearc? o? ?ortiedeviitefl?Tcr; C?nfe'de'rate monej i hi grea . (kn ?iud, which is daily1 becrmiii : minef.] ii.gcjit; tl,e uhiniatc (lit ct cf v.hie must be to cMablisk^mie well defined reis tioi) between paperl^TO" specie," au? ove-hul the c imbinatio? of brokers to put-up g-dd-t speculative figures. Gold sold Monduy n thirty-five, and yesterday ibu market prk waa so uncertain a;; to be n^n irai. lt is knowe, th: t lifts Govi rfr?: lia:-: ;., cumulated at Ric irt'ond, within tue past f . days, a larg? quantity ol gold; sud it is ; surmised, io ta;; ?rr.-at terror ol thu engr<?si i ot .specie, that the Government, uiaj thret some ol it on the; market, (if it-hrs roi ni ready done so) and put the- price.-, at ?ls o-.vi .figure'?, fae Yankee Government bas aus lamcditBfiuanees, because it hus been tb great operator in tito gold rooms of NewYirk and is always ready to" " bear" thc marke when emergency rt quired. There is no tloub that our Government might control, almos entirely at it - pleasure the price of gold, con sidering the lin.ned amountoHl iu the bundi of- private speculation-far mo limited t< make it. a matter of" bulls ?nd bears." We moy safely conclude that whutcvci may b" thc price Gurerurof?it may pul upoi gold:thc current market price, would scot fal] far bel nv tho standard tm epeount of thc scircity bf frea?iry r;''tcH, which is even now severely Jolt, and which would be made mon stringent in exact proportion ns these weri absorbed, or r?t her put out ?f exis'tcixe bj the Government buying np its; currijsVy ant cancelling it for ffblfl. The practical effect would : c that many perlons who had bongin .go3d fit !ho Government Elanda:.! would bc compelled to sell again on ft; fa1lir?g mark. : and thur, a double profit- would ensue to lite Government, while everybody would bc bene fitted but a few speculators. A sci ab-hcaded boy being broogbt up be fore th? court cs a witness, the following col loquy ensued : " *v herc do you Ijve ?" said the judge. " Live with mother." " Where docs your mother Ike?" ..-She lives with father." . Where dees he live?" ": Ho lives with tho old folk-." Where du they live?" snys tho judge get ting very red, as an audible . snicker goes round tue room. They live 'I home." " Where in thunder's their home""?" reared t?e judge. - {: That's whyc I'm. from," says the boy. sticking lils tongue in a corner of his cheek, and sk,;, ,'y'closing vim eye op Ibo judge. "Here,- Mr. Constable"," s:us ibo Court, ,; take the wi iii ess out and tell him ?? travel; he evidently docs not understand ibo nature of au oath." 41 You'd think' dilTcrcT.t," snys the hoy, go ing towan:.? thc doorway, " if 1 was once to give you a cussiu I" . . j Wc make the following extracts from ,; Ye Con?crip? Chronicles," pub-ishedin the Moat ! gomery Mail : j " Th? detailed mr>n thal is.horn of a woman his of few u?ys fuilun^h, and full .of trouljic. no coine-ui forth from ihe army like r. fiuwr Lei and i? cat down by the Couccriplilp 'j he. fle?lli UI?? like rt shadow, and cvutivrnth net. ! The wick?d mari trav.-'.ilelh wirlfrpsin all j his days*-bu! I he conscript dodger tmve'eth j v/iih.a Mjuad ol'S'-'t-utii over into ibo Jami of butt?rm;;ic to keep out. of the army. - i And tba deserterdwellelh in deso?ate cities 1 and ia l?onscs^which no amii it.habiteth, that . hq may uot be required to ."show "his pa iper?.". ,,, " - ... ' /, nd the inan of thirty-nine, dippetb his rTronjd b^Uic ash hopper, that he may -tinge . !. . f(i'fekn tbert-of. I he,color ?f a roan "pony. i':v-'i ii "n iUk?d t? f Ht) hy It?i^cv^Cn ? ; ? iis>h't^g?j; thlc-.-'?i oif fi i?* hat and p..t . . >? ci ! i' bis fefr'i. ---- tQf' jJr.uib hua ikt.i.'il catranco'-*to United States sltaiat? at lb-J port of Bahia. I '??BITTJAUy. PIED, on th? 7th January last LUCRETIA HELEN, "daughter <f " r. and' Mr a. J. H. . HoLuscswoRTa, in thulouith yoa? of his age. -As thc opening bud, giving bright promise of jj futuro iragrance and beauty,, is nipped by the . ruihrosB wofm ; ns tho lily plucked from its pa? . nih tra Fem ero yet tho dews of morning had ox 'haled from its stainless petals; or the hurdling, brichi-wiugod and beautiful, crushed by tho vio lenee of tho pittilcss storm ; or ne the wee pet Iamb taken from iho fold by the dc'spoiler's hand, even so has Death robbed a happy home and loving parents of' the light ami joy of their hearthstone. Bul there is a land above uhere amaranths bloom onwa.1 and forever,-among whose bowers tho Storm il'Mg never opines, wbero a gentler, a more vigilant Sheppard guar deth the tender flock?,-and where trio lost little one, with her sister angels, beareth the victor's palm through tho green pastures whero How tho chrystal waters? When timo shall .have softened the griefrwhich now rends the heartB ot the mourner?, may they be ready to eay, in their solf-ab negation, and in their' resignation to tho will of tho Most High, " It is better that she has left us ere'the taint of worldlincss-acrd sin had left ita impress on her pure white brow." Little pilgrim,-lately toiling, 'a'ainst tho breaker's dangerous sands, Even thou hast proved the victor, .At Ike helm thc Pilot stands. ' Arms moro tender now entwine thee; Lore more holy laves thy brow ; Never more can sufforing touch thee, Thou art arr immortal now. . S.A. L.-' A Mose tho manyhomes mndc desolate hythe battle ol' I>reivry's Bluff, is that from which thu baud of death has romuved tb* young soldier, GEORGE DURST. Tho beloved omi only afn. the fonder aud affectionate brother, how ni-tiiy hopes arc blasted which were conjured in him ! How many Learn mouru, which.looked tu him as a support and comfort. Tho sutject of this tribute "of friendship tros born, in Edgefield District, un tho 10th' day of January i S il, and was th* only ron of RANSOM and MARTHA A. DUUST. HO resided under tho 'paternal roof, 'pursuing his Academical studies, until tho tocsin of war summoned thc sons of thc South to tho defence of "tior ?oil. Karly in Ibtll he volunteered in Capt. PERCIVAL'S Company of Cavalry, nod served faithfully on tho Const ol' our State for many months; until tho Compuny -was difb.-.uded. Ile then remained at home for a short time, but, in the/spring of 1SC2, W-enliited for tho war, in that noble band of soldiers com manded by Captain J. HAUI-DEN CROOKS, Co. II, ? 7th Battalion S. C Infantry. The Battalion re mained on the Coast until tho spring ot tho pres ent year, when it was ordered to Virginia, wit!; the rest of Hagood's Brigfcdo. On the 10th of .Time, it participated in thc bloody battle of Drcw ry's 'Bluff, in which, G ROUGE was instantly killed, aiainnia bull having pierced his brain, when bc was withiu only a few feet cf the enemy's guns, liewa, uried-whero he fell, but, tho' his bones ro?t in thc land of strangers, he sleeps not alone. Nineteen of his brave comrades slumber by hi:' ?ido, after having dono their dutv nobly in de fence nf tho lund they loved so well. .Thia biow, ibo' severe, was-not without irs al lot ?allon. Tho* the ?riel' of tho bereaved is great, they feel proud."of tho rc'Curd leU hy the beloved dead, who . " Lived as Mo'hers wish-their sons to live. . Who diod as Fathers wish their sous tu die." Letters from his comrades assert that hi. lif* in cam]) was that of a Christian. HU friend! have tho blessed assurance, thut Ibu' he; his boon taken from thom, they will be united with him hereat ter, in font h.nd, nheie war's rude sounds ?iii uevcr more he iienrd. Gl!AJ*ITSVU.LH. ? B. Vi. II. Fruin tho Richmond Sentinel. Thc Frogs. Frogs arc noisiest in cloudy weather. In tiri-, as in their dismal notes, they arc types of these wilier animais without feathers knawu among men as crouktrs. lu tho joyous hours o?'suusuiut-, w:;en the trees arc vocal with th son.'of birds ami all nature is gay and h ppy, fro^? ire silcr?. They Juive nothing to add to the .tribute of gladnessand rej i.ing which earth trays td heaven, out pass the bright day mellish aliuncr..m ; ss. But.let i?ie-'clrtiids-j?at?ler, criet tb? '?'?g'\t e-Oiiic. le? trie thunders mutter, and lo. Ibu storm u\er ? read us with ita sable wi??g; a.,d iuim. d avly the silohrpbcl (ju kes witi'i a thou.-ani complaintsaral evil prophetic.-. I.iaUth'u the .?.<"iker of.out day lind, his model arid i\\ I ,-. Hu passes tbe'seasons of prosperity in do Iging the conscript officers and inakiu;: tnouey. ile is r.ev? r obtrusive w.her.? light g is I-'I oe dyne. Hut with the li;-.-:: shadow* upon our prospacts he takes tho alarm, ar d unikes men vt und :r how so sum ii a cr?ature Can trinke RO rrrvat u noise. J'he croakers have been troublesome ol late. They UAve become a nuisance They vex '.he patience and they tito the ear. A i'v-w boys can quiet a frog pond; cms.nt pub lic opinion in like manner siouo the croaker: . into silence-? Suppose wo try ii. - Suppose the virtue, the wit. and the beaut-, of our land, re?oive to s .?w thurn no loleta lien and no fjua i ter.- We? ??V- before us. letter from a lady which will do to begir with,ul complaint* tb.t in a late liuriibcr wi upbraided timid legislators and croaking cii [zeus tu? *. women," instead of "iiiuii." She writes to repudiate the association. The la dies, ?he ct:ys. have no sympathy for that bliss ! oftn?n. Tiic-y arc for an eturgo?ic prosecu tion ol the war, audits speedy success, and "ih-:-y will contribute all they-can to win'the vi'.-'.ory.'' We sincerely beg pardon ot this li'.dj and of her'sex We were betrayed into our remark by tho reproach which IJ?rrer mikes one of the Gn-enn heroes visit upon ilia comrades when disaster before thc wall of-Troy bad depressed their spirit.':, and turn ed their thoughts cn letre^t: "Oh Grecian icomc't! Grecianinm.oo morel*' We RI--. proud lo' record I hal Confederate wotheri scorn croakers and irei thiers, and disdnih to bo pilton the same level of^-courage. Then' let the:n lash th* dastards in spirit and faint; of soul! . Let our men rebuke them and oui' boys deride them. Let us give no audience and show no respect save for these who speaF: tho words ?f courage and resolve. PKOM Sor.b'KN COL'.NTT. GA.-A gentle man writii g i'tom Scriven County says there is much excitement in that section of thc State. .A great-many of th- planters havo lett their homes with thc:;- negroes and other moveable property. It is-now thought by those in Scriven coun ty, who are weTl posted, that the Feder?is '-.viii not advance towards Augusta on this side ol'tho river, il they advauco towards the eily at all. .Geu. Alfred Iversorv, acting as Major Gen eral, ii ow commands tho two brigades ol cav alry wiiich are now operating below on this side of the river. Passengers from below state it was report ed that Sherman was advancing on Braach villoin twp coln inns; wi'hab'jat lorty thousand men-Chronicle, Gib inst. " WHAR ? tnt Fito.NT?"-It is well known that Wheeler has some sp'.cudid troops, rmd some who are as bad asean be found. These lan ai-c scattered from the Obi? river to Sa vannah. A*bravo and gallantsolriier tells the foll'vi nc: hie waS going through ^jrth Alabama to r(j;?ir\Jii- command. Stopped at a house"to yet Sinner. Old. Lady-"Who's youin's-?'.1 Soldier-" Wheeler's Cavalry.'.' . ' Old Lady-" Whar gwine ?" Soldier-"To the front 1?. Thu old lady put oa her spectacles and jed him intently, then drawled out : .; .Mister, some o' .them fellers you call WIHciel's iiosii ciiUer? luive Lc?t? gwine bv love ovfTy 8'|?. Some . w.ir v-, hH- norj'if ? ins gu inc BCttthrs'-'UiO east 'and. ?oji??. v.-Vi.;, vine tbl-WaV .%:!.] sf.iie t ha:-| h. y ajl S?tj .i.rj S ar y-.viuti lo lb-? front- ;.0v,-, nn4cr ki? a toll mo whar ie the front.?" I . Twenty-three house*, ?ix hundred' balee ' of cotton, the Commissary, Quartermaster's and j other stores were burnt at Summit, Hiss., January , 28. The fire accidental. ?2?T A" party of torienylbouf twenly- isrnum ber, made a-rnid-ea Jasper; Ala. Jun. 10. The court house,' jail and several buildings were burned The books of tbe government "assessor and tax collector were destroyed, but no money was lost. Tho records and papers of the county officers and courts wore also burned. JZSS- A foroo of eight hundred men are on tho eve of leaving Annapolis for Savannah, to be .employed in repairing the railroads cpnnocting with that city. ' ?ltS- Aocording to Northern reports our forces havo blown up Port Caswell, off Wilmington. p&i- Tho present indications are that Thomas' army will not soon movo from its present position on the Tennessee river, as winter quarters aTe being constructed. ?Str Bf the statement of their (lovergora Michigan 1ms placed in the Acid upwards of 80,000 men, if which 35,000 have been raised since January, 1803 ; Indiana has furnished over ICS, OOO men ; Massachusetts 125.000, making a sur plus of 7,000 over all calls; Maine ono-tentb of her population-01,900 mon-1S,944 during the past year. Yankee accounts say Lincoln's adminis tration intends pursuing a more liberal policy with the iv-bel StatC3. Lincoln thinks the'Con federacy has reached a poiat in its career when tun ?rue policy of his government Ls to temper justice with merer. ?33- By a joint resolution of both Hou?es of CoDgrr.i~, President Davis has appointed Friday, tho lOthd.'.y of March noxt, as a day of "public fasting, humiliation ?nd prayer." STATE Ol'* SOUTH CAROLIN A. I ADJ'T AND INSPECTOR OEN'S OFFICBV COLUMBIA, S. C., January 28,18f.;?. SPECtAL O Ii DURS, NO. ."0. ^EXTRACT..] ("IAPTATN WM. F. NANCE, A. A. GENERAL J P. A. C. S., Having been nsrigncd for tempo rary special scrvico with these Headquarters, will be obeyed and respected accordingly until^othcr irisu directed. >? - * *' * . By order of the Governor. (Signed) A. C. CARLINGTON, Adj't and Inspector-General S. C. Olfieial : G. A. FOLLI.V^A. A. G. Feb. 8 . lt 7 State of South Carolina, I-DGEFIKI.I) DISTRICT, TN ORDINARY. BY W. F. DURISOE, Esq., Ordinary of Edge field District. .Vt'uure'js, Eiijuh Watson has applied,to mc for Luttera bf Aa ministration, on ali and sjuguloi tro goods and chattels, rights and tr-sdits ot Mrs. Chloo Watson, late of tho Dis ti io* afore said dee'd. Thee are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of tho Said loeeased, to bo and appoar before me, at our next Ordinary's Court for tho,said D:9trictj-to-be holden at Edge?eld C. II.,-on the 1Mb day of Feb. next, to show cause, if any, why tho said administration . iioald not bc granted. (ji?v-o uiidrr my baud ead Bra!, this Zrit day o' Tau. in tho year of onr Lord one thousand eight .undrod and sixty-five, and in the 89th ycar o' ? !I<J iLdepondenco of South Carolina. V.r. F. DURISOE, o.E>. Feb 3, 2t 7 Springfield Academy. rtwflSS E. JOHNSEN will resume tho exorcise* ITJ. ol' thU School .on tt.o 2d Monday (loth; rV..-uary-?Sli5. Great caro will be bestowed up .n pupils commuted to her charge. Ton.:: $30,01? per gestion of Twenty . rucks, puysble ut the oioao ot e?eh Ses.-iou. Feb 1 2-* . rt Notice. ALL persons having claims against the'Estate of,James Boyd, dee'd.. are requested to iikuil them to the undersigned, duly attested. T. B. REhSL* Ad'or. San ol 4t 0 Lost or Stolen AFOI: it per cont. Certificate, Nni 103, foi SSOtt. drawn br Z. W. Carwi'.c, ?e^efraryi in favor of S. K. Freeland, ind dated March 15:h !SiU. Ail persons are cautioned against (radio; f.r tho said Cerjificuto. Applicatl in will be mud' at the expiration of six weeks from tbi.i dat."i for its runen-t-L J. M. C. FREELAND. Jan 31 . ?t. (J Dick Cheat-ham ILL stand thc Spring Season of 1865 at One Hundred Dullars'?he season, he will be at RdgeUeld C. H. Mondays, Tues days. Wodncsdays and Thursday*,-the remain der of tits nock at Harmon G nil man's. He- will begin ibo seaton 1st Fobrca.-.v ti.-.d* end it 20tl Ju.,e. Ho wtfl reinal il at li. ' Mailman's durifcg I ;h- ef Febr??rjr? ?frer akita tune he v iii tba aiton.;. I.? ty at -Edge Seid C.*H. and H. Gnll j mart'-'. Uy special contract with my Agent, Jn?. M. Harrison, or myself, mares will ?c iiihured wi'.b foal for I'no Hundred Dollars. The money will be eou3idered due at thc end nf tho reason. THO. G. BACON. ' . Jau31 2Ut- . - ? Important Notice. AFINAL SETTLEMENT ou the Estate of -E. R. MCDANIEL, dee'd.. will bc madlin thu Ordinary's Office, on Wedne?day, tho 8:h of February noxt.-All persons having claims against said Estate will pTcsont the arno by that lime, and those indohtod uro requestedAo pny up forth with. Those who fail te pay by that date, are notified that tho privilcg? of paying in Confede rate money will bc debarred them. t ARTIMITH Tl OLSON, 1 ... ' B. F. GL ANTON, J Ad ors Feb 1 2t . li .-.-;-" Notice. ALL persons indebted to tbe Estate of Robert J. Dolph, Jato of Edgefield District deceased, ure requckted lo como 'orv;ard lihd make pay ment; and thoso' having demands against said Estate will present thom in duo time, and proper ly authenticated. A. J. PELLETIER, Adm'r. . Oct 18_*_ly_42 Soldiers' Claims. WE bare on hand a few quires of Blanks for obtaining doceased Soldiora' Chums against the Government ADYERTLSElt OFFICE. July 20 tf 30 IRON I K fiAA POUNDS SUPERIOR BAR IRON, VjV.i/V 8 inches.wiJe and j) thick, which will bu .-old low to close out the lot. ' ' * 8. E. .BOWERS, AgL Hamburg, Oct 20 tf a? ITotice. STRAYED from the. Govorm't Lot at Edgefield C. H., on tho night of 1st Deooinbor, one j brown bayiMARE MULE, 14$ hsuda high sod j , 1 year.-: ?dd. Tho (-?id Mule iv us last ?con itt tho i c etgbhprgpod of MTS. Richardsons, noar Cite p. j pele's Petty,. Any informi'.'.on- that will luad to ' it- recovery will bo thankfully reujrived. *-. J. Si- COLES, Capt. A Imp. Tran?. . I Columbi?, S. C., Jan SO ?l?' ? Important Notice. ENROLLBTG 017FICS, E Doti i'i jan, 3.C., Jin. 1805. IBY virtue of an arrangement mode "betwee* . the undersigned and M ?j. 8. 6*. Tompkins A ?ont for the Tax in Kind, at Hamburg, 8. C., persons in thia Die trie t, who lire near this Vil lage, and who hare not*yot delivered their Taxis Kin ci, arc hareby notified that they eas deliver tho same at this Office, where they will be furnished with proper receipts therefor.' II? AU persons included In above paragraph are earneiitly requested to bring forward their Tax in Kind aa soon as posaiblo, as it ia much seeded. F. J. MOSES, Ju-, Lieut. 4 Enrolling Offiee?. Jan 31 . '2t ? , Sheriffs Office, EDGEFIELD DISTiilCT," J ?c.. 30th, 188*. LIM accordance with' the prut talons of s.u. Ao* (pa>ML-i by the Legislature cf thu Statu af lu recent annual Bmiou,; e'blitlcd .' An Aet io repeal all Acu und. purls of Acts berc.otore passed by the Legislature ot this Stuto: ou th? subjeot ol' furnishing Blare Labor on the Coast! Ac." it is herehy ordered, , * . 1st,- That the several Commissioners of Road* in Kdgo?eld District do hand ia to the under signed, within fittoen days ffio'at the data of thia ordor, complete lints of all owners of rood nanda within the renpeutive jurisc.iciir.ne of tho said Coiutuis.ionors,-.aid'-lists to exhibit pUinly aaa clearly the aumber of read bandi in tbs ' posses? sion of each uvrnor-leaving out of snob liiM, however, all inch owners -as>bare bat ena rc-a? hand. . ?? If. All ConimUstoncrs of Road. aboru-raferred to who do not comply with the abo te. order,, ara fceruby noticed that it wilt; be tie duty of the aa Ldereigned te report theni for said disobedience to tho-Agcntof tho State, and that the laid report will be made promptly and impartially. " WILLIAM SPIRES, Sheriff. Jab sr 2t 6 State Record of tire Names of Deceased Soldiers* SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE, -.. COLUMBIA? ?lanaary le1, ISM. ?MDER appointment by the Legislature tis prepare this Record, I earnestly appeal ta the tamilies or friends of our deceased* soldiers io bend me at one? their names, Ac., while there is an oppiirtunity to ?teure accurate information. Hospital registers and ieports or casualties frc? the.army are deficient in the informattOMoqairsd; it must bo obtained at bowe. The Record will dato date back te lb? begic | tiing of th? ivar, and include all who have been killed in battle or died ef wounds rea aired ia battle, or from dises!? OT accident. If jon have been so fortunar? us not ta lose friend or telative, ?yet remember that lt ia noble to rescue from ob livion the name of bat one friendless youth ?ha had gone from your neighborhood. t? die La our oaase. Give-1. Wane in full. 2. From ?kat District. . .1. Un nh. 4. Company. 6. Regiment and arm ef teroiee. ff. Died, year, month, day. 7. Cou ic e/ death, and remarks (as ?here he died, agay previ ously wounded, Ac.) Circulars and blanks to be ? lied will bs seat to such as desire them. No feo or expense is incur red by any o:ae for having the record made. Tb? State ia endeavoring to fulfill a stored obligation iu securing now, and recording for posterity, the names of all ber sons who have f?llenla ibis war. In 1882, the Convention unanimously resolved that this should be done, ?os a tokeu of respect to their men uric-, and a legacy of inestimable value to their friends ;" and tbe re notation WM it?nt forth,-bj thnir order, to be read to eur regi ment?, battalion* and companies everywhere. Many a brav . soldier may have died In iolitudo .ir rushed upVn tho fee, with the thought in his h curt that his r.ume would be honorably preservad at hone. ? .' . . WM.J.BIVBB9. ?S^Eacb pnper in thc Stata-cop.7 taree times and send bill to me. Jaa. 25 _flt - ? Flour. Wanted for t&e Navy. TUE Honorable Secretary of Navy, through Maj. W. F." HOWELL, Naval "Agent, Aa ?u<?ta, tin., anthoriaes me te pureba** al! the FLOUR for sale in this Distriot, for the- Navy Department, ?id, for tbe present, to pay tba MARKET PRICK for tho same. Therefore, all person? buring FLOUR to sell (from a sack to . hundred barrels,) are earnestly requested to de liver it to me in Hamburg forthwith, aa tko de mand for it is very urgent. Cash paid on deliv ery. S. E. BOWERS, Agent Nary Department. Hnnibur-. Dee 21 if Cl TO" BENT," THAT BEAUTIFUL AND COMMODIOUS RESIDENCE, belonging to Mr. lt. H. 8ci? t.ivAK, slliiiijd na tho Columbia Road, li toiles from the Village. For terme, Ac, apply to G. L. PENN, Agent. Jon 13 * tf_4 Negroes Wanted. WANTED TfT HIRE dwenty abb>-l*r:?pd NEGRO MEN tr. warkon, tbo Coio*; itt ....i ff?'mbu?''? K?'Iro.ao-?i T.iUr.l' wSgor. r. Li : .' pui.'i unil rrpoiir.I ,-.,r* takes nf the . ..(. ?. Negroes cm fi y ? .? i- w- rV .?n thc E.-i sr CM ! wi: I bc exempte ? ii ?.?l st she Ce.tai fcrtirflcHuens. A. 1>. BATSS. keouville, S.-C., Jm. 2 ?12 Smoking Tobacco Qfifk POUNDS SMOKING TOSACCO, put Ovv up in J lb. packages, warranted para, ?r no s -.le. g. E. BOWERS, Agent. .Hamburg, Oct SI tf 4a ? Barter ! WILL BARTER YARN8 FOR FLOUR*-, from one barrel up. SAM. B. BOWERS. Hambarg, July * tf , ?. F Visiting Cards ! )R salo at the Advtrtiter Office, Ladies aad Gentlomen's VISITING CARDS. > July 20 ti ? ?8 Notice. ALL persons indebted t o the Estate of Lewis Bacjo?, deo'd., previo BS te bip death,.are-'ia quested to malte ira andie.te payment; and all those barine claims agninnt said Estate will'pre ^cnt them, daly attested, .witboat delay, to Uta undersigned. ?>. L. HALL, Ad'er. Nor-15 tf . . iT Notice. A LL. Persons having eleims en the ?:tet? tl jTSe Shirley B. Wbailoy/dec'd., nra-raeaeeted >? hand thom in to the undersigned, daly attested. fl W*. W. ADAMS, Iix'er. Jan 18 fra 4 Notice. JAMES M. HARRISON is appointed my A g.? to collect and reeeiptibr all debts dna ?e. THOSi. ?. BACON. Jan 26 . At_8_ Fer Tax Cc fleet or. Tho Many Friends of E. A. J. BELL, fte., rs: peet fatly liomin at! him tw a Candidate fer Tax Collector at tho next election. OetlS _te_ 4? For Tax Colioctcsy. THU many Frteudi ?i -OapjU JAMS3 MITCH ELL respectfully nominate lihn ss a -Candi?ats - far TIS COLLECIOR at tit? next-eieatton. ?ALL'DA. . Dee ? te? w R $500 Reward. ANAWAY froithe ?ul?rik*jc ?boat j?Al months ago, Jria Negro maa JAEK M*H Jake is about 32 years of sg?,:bla<* oo^lat?ffle, thick beary ?at. and-weighs about 166 poaad*. He bo?a wife at Mr. Maalos -??atttrt, on tie Ridgo, and he may. b? luiikiag intha^y?eialty, Xjf?tl jive a rtrWard of Fot,r: Hundred Della?? fnr thc apfrorrensieu and delivery of said Jak? a: th? KdjwSidd ^??1? ?unipay .Flw'^HSn drod IXHars for his.delivery at theAugusta^?aJi.