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The Snow. ' .;? " Oh ! the snow, tho beautiful snow, Filling tho sky and the earth below ; Over the house tops, ever the streets, Over the heads of tho people you meet ; Dancing,' Flirting; ? Skimming along ; Beautiful snow ! it caa do nothing wrong, Flying to kiss a fair lady's check ; Clinging to bps in a frolicksome freak ; Beautiful snow, from the heavens above, Puro as an angel,* and rickie as love ! - Oh ! the anow^the beautiful snow ! How the flukes gather and laugh as they go ! Whirling about in its maddening fun, It plays in its gloe with ovory one. ' Chasing, ' Laughing, flurrying by, . It lights up tho face, and it -"parklea tho eye ; And even tho dogs, with a bark and a bound, Snap ai tho crystals that eddy arouod ; . The town is a' ive, and its heart in a glow, To welcome tho coming of beautiful au'ow. How the wild crowd goes swaying along, Hailingeach other with humor and song ! How tbe gay sledges, li kejaoteors flash by, Bright for a moment, thea lost to the eye ; "Ringing, Swinging, Dashing they go Over the crust of tho beautiful snow- . Snow so pure when it falls from the tky, To be trampled iu mud-by tho crowd rushing by ; To bc trampled ? and tracked by tho thousand!! of J feet, - Till it blcmls with the filth in tho horrible atroet Once I was pure r.s tho snow-but I foll; Fell, like the snow Cakes, from, hejtvon-to hell ; Fell, to be trampled* as tilth of the street ; Fell, to be scoffed, to be spit on", and beat. Pleading, Cur.-ing, ' Dreading to die, Selling my s*-ul to whoever would buy; Dealing in shame for a morsel of bund, Hating the living, aud feating tue dead. -* Merciful God! have I fallen so low? . And yet I was onco like this beautiful snow ! Once I was fair m thc beautiful snow, With un eve l.ke its crystals, a heart like its glow - Ouse I w:is loved fat my innooent grace Flattered aud sought.for the charm of my face. Father, Mother, Sister, all, Cud, and myself I have lost by my Inll, Thc veriest wretch that goes.shivering by, Will uko a wide sweep lest 1 wander too nigh ; For ci* all that is ou or about in", I know Thore is nothing that's pure but thc beautiful snow. How strange it should be that this beautiful snow f-'houid fall on a siniier with nowhero to goi . How strang; it would be, when uight cuines again, If tho SUU.T aud th-i" ice struck my de^-eraU brain ! Painting, l-'-eft-ing, Dying alone ! Too wicked for rrjyer, too weak f r my ir.oau To be beard ia thc- crash ol' the crazy town, Gone mad in their joy ?t thc" snow's cumiag d?wu ; Tr* lio dunn and die in my terribie. vvpe, With a. bod and a shroud of th? beautiful snow ! Koutancc in the Real Life. The New York Express publishes Ibo fol lowing story in its Havanna correspondence : A descendant of one of the old German Biroua, name J Dc Aman, (born in Bavaria; 1 believe,) had 'arlen desperately in love wan a very beautiful yuuDg lady nailed Coing:.y, who in audition to ln-r pursouul charms, pos sessed fifty thousand /luiallic oms tn h_r own ri^nt; but; that circumstance, ci' course-, ha.d m-thing-to do with the afluir. Unfortunately for De Arnan, his passion was not reciproca ted; but he, being a line dashing follow, who speaks throe or lour modern language?, and withal pessesse"* a large share of native talent, heeded not the rebuffs ho from tim j to time received ?rom the lady, thinking, I suppose. " sh-; is a woman and lhere to be won." Ile Cn-.itii.ued his attentions most perseveringly, and for bis continued f-ftorls to obtain even a smile from his. '. iadii* love,'r he received voil) ing but ?pression'* of disgust and contempt. Ai ienziii becoming tired of playing the part of the fair one's >haJow, ho determined to possess himself of ? tr in irue knightly stylo, and for tiffs purp se and with this intent,, ene evening last week he awaited her return from her accustomed evening drive at the door ol the seaidenco of her parents- Here hr, wit h true gallantry, handed out of tin* volante *n elder (?ster bf the yoong lady loveland a chifd w ho had accompanied her in ber drive. When, however, the Senorita herself held ?ut her ?and in her turn to be assisted from the Car riage, to ber .surprise the Caballrro did not taite ii with the-alacrity Rho had anticipated, and she accordingly gave him one of her withering looks of acorn. Heedlessof which, however, tbe Caballero, with a single spring, placed bitnaeH in-the vacant eeat in the vo laisto beside her. She uttered a shriek at hi3 audacity, but it was not regarded. The ne gr-> c-.t'.vJs'ro (c-ostii-ion) had doubtless been taught -JL:iU for tho pari be was expected to play, BT?d he pe.-fjrmeJ it to the letter, bv uiging ti e cptrued horses under his control lo iki.-ir utmost ?peed, heedless alike of the continued shrieks ol'hi-? young mistress or\er commanda to him to stop. ' A hue and cry wasrai>ed ia Matanzas, and tbe runaway Sevaird and bi3 unwilling cotn pauion were pursued by men on ehcrseback aud others ic carriages, at a speed that en danger (1 their necks. Unfortunately for the Caballero, an obstruction was met with on lho road, within "three mik? bf Matanzas, which th-j v?t?nt? could not pas?. 'Ibis al ford sd hi? pursuers an opportunity to over take J.im, which doing, they perforce drag ged ihr: Senorita from his arm?, though . he' fought desperately to retei .? her, and she wa? restored to h'.-r a xicus par?#&. The Cabal lero, thea disappointed cf his prize, forthwith' weude'd his. w?y to this city. Thc-telegraph wi ; pitt in operation, offering a reward .of four thousand dollars for thc apprehension ol DeArnau. Thi.s news reached bis ears;, he. went to n celebrated criminal lawj'er for ad vice, cd was told that if tlc lady be Iwenty tbre?-years of age, tind "fou assert that she want with yon by previous arrangement, j'-.m will get off scot, free; but if you act difiere&t'y aud are arrested, you will be sent to the pres idia (chain gan -). ( It was beru the knightly brcfciag cf Dc- ! Arnan exhibited i&etf; he exclaimed pa6aK?n? Kiely. 411 ?OTP t ho girl, cannot live \ wi thom hjr; bot 1 will noi belie her. l,t-x them do what they pltr.ae wiih me, ? coto '?Wo mys* h' up." - And gu be did l y ih-j next train to Mat' :-. .-- where, rbr??wf?g himself ut th. ie* - e::.-Kv r. he ritt ; aft-.; ' or $ .r U)u '. fer h r5--'?:i-Mi. vg?.:n lv'-i-?: *.;!. .-. ,,; ;- , , ',. . t-'ftci v .>';.;>. .. ..vd i-^?^r^kH^. Tan :. A a;>ted*tu ra-away vc:ih h- f .? .i t .- ... f. -..sk of U--'ui?f put in tho chah ga?g by coming back to woo her. Sho ? is said iohava fought aloud, -ile must love mc and I will.marry him." . Like a true wo man, too,-she did so; .". he mean spirited and craven may blame DeArnan for doing what he did,- but I, who am an admirerof courage in affaires du coeur, can only wirh the new ly married couple a long life of joy and hap piness. ... ?-? -<>-,-??-;--- . From tho Columbus (Ca.) Sun. Gen. Lee and Negro Soldiers. Gen. Lee, in a letter to Mr. Miles, of So. Ca., Chairman of the -Military Committee, places the question of arming n^.oes in one single light-which illustrate?.-?'?e necessity and thc policy of using tho n?gro as soldiers, better than all the logic of nie ta physician s or philopoBhers : Wo "'must use the negroes on our side or the enemy will nae- them against us. They havo been so used -now. for a long time, and with great help to our adversaries and to our great disadvantage. ? And as the numbers of soldiers diminish in our ranks I and are increased in those of the enemy, he will overrun more territory and accumulate from the black material a-etill more overbear-. iDg superiority." The necessity being fhu3 slated, tbe policy might b? left to rest as a matter of e.vperimetft-and surely the exper iment ia worth a trial. But G?n. Le? has bc:n a close observer of men. His wonder ful adaptation for thc control of men, as dis played in the signal ability with which he has .conducted our armies,-entilles bis opictipn to be regarded as authority. Having observed the negroes about tho arni}*, studied their temper, habits disposition and chat act er, ho ia prepared lp Touch tor not only their capac ity for military duties, but to ri3k their fideli ty in the discharge of them. The Peace the North Proposes to L's. The following resolution bas been submit ted in thc Yankee Congress. How do the recon6tructicnists like it :x Resolved by the Senate aud House of Rcp r?niatives in Congress assembled, That no negotiatio i, terms of settlement, or comprom ise, bo entered into, proposed, yielded or made with tho rebels, directly or indirectly, until they have manifested their implicit and un conditional submission to the authorities cf the Government; and further, that however much peace may be desired, tho pr?sent war must be waged with ail 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 Uniter}"States," as heretofore claimed. ' # The New York Tribune, which is a kind o' ofiicial^jrgau of thc Administraiion at Was/i iugtoUj.has a long and labored, article OE " peace/' " Some poi lions of it are significant, taken in connection wah thu departure of ti e so-called li peace commissioners" for Wash ington. The Tribune says :. There are men who talk as if war were a normal condition, and who start at the sug gestion of peacu as if some wrong were done tho nrttiou. But till wars must have an end. even those carried on, as so few ever have been, for the highest good of the people, though all mt.y not. bo attained which the victorious party, at the outset promised itself. Ordina rily it is a struggle of endurance. It is-n question of pluck and resources, ns in al] lui man affairs, are the ground work of courage. Which can hold out the longest t Y>*ltich can bold out uti hanger? There come always a time when the last is the vital question, and when it cornea, peuce id inevitable. We tuny ? not have roached that point, out^ the signs are, at least, significant, and wb?e men ?fill !;ivr then due consideration. Unwi&e, or :U least tfconglitless mcu, remember only that we Lavu been at war bul l??r years," while other nations Lave, v,-.th nuire cr li ?> pu li?t?ce, e??ured its calamities, ten. twenty, thirtyyeara, with far hess at blake. Th? y do not remember that ono year of modern .warfare, in iue exhaustion attending it, in its enormous exper.ditttro of bl<;od and treasure, is* eq?al to five years of war a century or h:i!f a century ago. The desolation that foll >\z ed the thirty y?t.rs of war in Germany was not greater, probably not ?*'.> gr?at, as thal which, in the last, fuur years, bas been visi ?.?d upon thc rebellious S tat cf of the South. Half vf Virgibikjsa desert; Tennessee isa. barren waste; the young m-n of th?,-South tire in their graves: the old men are ri ditctxi to poverty; tao itii'.Ostriul system of all the .slave States ia destroyed; froin Mason and Dixon's line to thc Rio "Grande, desolation covers ilia land. In tbe natural course of tilings, then, peace is imminent.. It may be the imminences cf weeks or of months; certainly -it cannot bo de layed beyond the duration of one mere cmi pai?i!. North wants peace, provided ;he terms ?md condition* shall suit it. TlnrV is unquestionably ? party ralbe South thai demands it, caring little what the tern:;! are; ready to ac?ede to anything that vre demand. Itis toady to grant our utmost demand lay down its .nuns and submit. S -me facts are known to us which il is not safe >.nw to make public. But they must be ki'own ere long, and from that moufeut our*,puty?c af Hi ?rs will e*stfmo a new aspect. Mr. Blair's first to Richmond was neither, fruitless nor useless, or it would" I?MI have lr en repeated. Withott? pretending to. know any thing of its details, we, in common with eve rybody also, arrive afc thia conclusion'. Not less significant is thc gradual but steady dc c'i:.e in thr; price of gold. We "rc not more Etuigtiine than our neigh bors, nor are we more hopeful of or .anxious j fur peace; neither do we pretend Io more wis dom. But we hail the Hush of tho-e bright streaks of thc coming day, nnd do nut choose to shut our eyes to them because others, with closed eye-lids, keep ont Ihc Pgbt; V>re do not prophesy immediate peace, been us? wo do not mean to prophesy at all, but we believe the utter exhaustion of the rebe's portends the result which exhaustion always bring to all wars. . GiiLiT fi RE IN V."ASII;M;TO:,--TUE SMITH SONIAN.INST?TCTI: BURNED.-Un the evening of the 24th, a fire was seen coming from the roof of the main building of. the Smithsonian Institute. A general.-fire alarm was rung, ;ntd ti e. ene.;?cs were soon on the ground, but no writer couid.be obtained, and for two hours lue (lames roirod and hissed, aided by u high wind^ consuming nil the main building cxoepl the fir. t story, which contains tho col lection ot' brasts and birds, known as* thc Smithsonian M?soum. The blast wing, used MS a private residence, v.-ns not injured. Tiie apparatus room, on the East side of lite main building,* next caught, .iud but little was saved from here. . The news of toe Oro spread rapidly over tho city, and in an hour ten thoued persons were on the ground. The damage to thc bui'dittg can bo repaired in six month?, bul thc r?cords aud results of years' research are gone forever. VANITY VF EARTHLY FAME.-Thackeray ; related thc following incident, which occurred i during hi", visit to St. Louisa few years since. Ile wai dining at the bute! wbeu he beard one Irish waiter say ttvan oth^r: " Uo you know who thSt is ?" '. No." was the answer. '.That," said thc other, "''is tbe celebrated j Thacltc?;tv:" W"!..vM? d'..tm?". " ?.'-n-if I ktrow." * - . ' jr.-r- li . Untier hst!-a ?ti? f*c'?#K>ij at Lowfcllron Si.tu.d??y. lu .hi? Kteucb b?.sr>iu" it wis idlo to talk of peace Until thu Titel ;.n::y of i .Northern Virginia noa defeated or captured. . The Care of Rebel Prisoners of War. In thc Yaukee^Seuate, Mr. Lane, (Rep) of Indiana, presented the petition of citizen* of Fort Wayne, Indiana, asking that .the' rebel prisoners now in Northern prisons be placed under the care and control ol discharged 'Union prisoners, and be furnished with the Nsarae-ralions and clothing "furnished Union I prisoners in the South. - " ' Mr. Larrc addressed tho.Senate on the sub ject of the above memorial, advocating action in accordance with its suggestions. Mr. Wade, (Rep.) of Ohio, interrupted Mr. Lane to oiler a joint resolution, that all pris oners,- both officers and soldiers, of the so-call ed Confederacy, who are now or shall be hereafter in the control and keeping of tho Federal Government shall receive thc same rations aud the same-amount of clothing, and be subject to tho ?ame tceatment iu every respect, as Federal prisoners,*officers, who are now or have been in the keeping or pow er of the s>called Confederate^. Government; that "this tieatajfiut shall be changed fer bet 'Ter or worse, whenever the' President of the United States shall have reliable information that the treatment of our soldiers in South em pi ?sons is changed for better or worse, andlhat any officer iu charge of rebol prison-. era who ahull fail to csrry out thia policy shall be dismissed the service. Mr, Laue, of Indjana, s'?id this resolution did uot go far enough, it did not provide that thc.rebels should be kept under the caro of released prisoners ut" thu .Fed. ral army. This was a very impoitaut patt o? the matter. It had been said that retaliation would make i he war more bloody.' Ile did not care how. bloody it waa. Hehopedifc wouid make ev ery Southern -river run with the. blood of traitors. There were forty four thousand Union prisoners in the South, and double that number of rebel prisoners- in the North. Wu owed it to tho brave mea who had gone forth to fight in a good cause to- inaugurate this system. Mr. Wade said that a year ago a committee on tho conduct of the war found more tl au a hundred de-positions concerning the barbari ties practiced upon our soldiers in the South. Man)'men were dying when their testimony waa taken. Ir was the general'impression then that if the rebel barbarities were. sub stantiated by this investigation thc. executive authorities would inaugurated a system of re taliation. The report was printed and left no dpubi that all the stories of rebel cruelty were true. Bht yet no action has been ta keu by* ho executive authorities'. He was sorry lo sec so much sympnthy extended by the people of the North to people who inau gurated the rebellion, while they tranquilly tolerated these cruellies to our soldiers in the South, lie was sorry to :;ec people send ing provisions to rebels in Savannah, while our soldiers were starving in Seuthern pris ons.-- U? bad-heard that a distinguished reb el was recently arrested while coming North, and '. hat the President had threatened to rcr taliate ;f a hair of his head was hurt. If re-, taliation was-jivsfifiable in the case of a reb-.-l. how much more so was it in the ease ol our brave soldiers ? If mi^ht be right e?nou; to retaliate f?r Mr. Foote; but he (Mr. Wade) .would not hurt a dog ni retaliation Ihr any thing don?-! to stich a man On tno< ion of Mr. Howard. (Rep.) of Mich igati, the matter was referred to the Military Com initi?e. DLCI.:NE :t; THI: Pitiet: OK Goi.n.-Thc Richmond Examiner.of Jan ?5. in speaking of the decline in the pri-te of gc.id. comments tuns: A p::i'!e continues in ibo goju market, which ?8 partiul'y attributed tn th?.- scarcity*| ol '<..<.: .-vue ?.te itou '. Gonfede'rate monet i.> in great; u\n and, which is daily" becr-mieg Inure striuaput; the ultimate* effect-?? which lUiist he lo fttablislijome well defined rela t?o? between paper "OTl' specie,'and Overiuje the combinat ion of brokers to put-up goldUo sp?culative figures. Go'.d sold Monday st thirty-five; and yesterday the market price was so uuccrtain v.c. to be. :;? p it ai. lt is knowe ih:>t the Govi ri th cut has. pe cumulated ut "Ric ?ribrid, within the past f days, a large Quantity ol' gold; sud it is surmised) lo tu;; ^ri-.-ai terrorol tue .engins, i bfipecie, that thu GoYcrnnieutjuiay throiv some '-l it on the; market, (if it- hits LOL ;.. ready doue so) ami put the price.- at ?Ls o-.vn figure*. Tba Yankee Government bas sus tained its fmunce-, because it has' been the. greet opera'.or in thc gold rooms of New Ye ri;, and is always ready to* " bear" the market when emergency ri quired. There is. no doubt that our fbi vern m rn; might control, almost entirely at it- pleasure t.??e priceof gold, con sidering the limited amountoiii iu t lie bunds of- (irisate speculation-l>.r leo limited to make it a matter o?." bulls ind bears." Wc may safely conclude that whatever may b" the price Goyprumeut may pm upon gold: the carrent market price, would soou full fae below ibo standard on account of the scarcity of Preaaiiry notes, which is even now severely felt, and which would be made more rrtringent fn exact proportion ns these, wore absorbed, or r?iber pu.*, out ?f ?iu?rettpe by the Government'buying np it.j currijjjfccy and cancelling it for rfc-Yd. Tba practical eflect would I c th:<t many parsons who lind bought poid ?t ibo Government standard would be. compelled to sell again on ft: fallirjg market; mid thus a double profit would eitatte tb the. Government^ while, everybody, would be bene fitted but a few speculators. A sci ab-headed boy being brought up be fore the court cs; a witness, the following col loquy ensued : Where do you Ijve ?" said the judge. " Live with mother.'' " Where docs your mother Irvc?" "?-ho lives with rather." "Where decs he live?" " He lives with tho old folks." Adhere do they live?" says tho judge get ting very red, as an audible - snicker goes round the room. "They liv2't home." " Where iu thunder's their home?"-reared thc judge. - '" IHiat'ii whejo I'm. from," rays (he boy. sticking Ms, torgue in a corner of bia cheek, and sic., ?y closing <.'Jio eye cm the judge. "Here,- Mr. Constable'," siwa ihe Court, " take, tbs wifness out and tell him lo travel; he evidently docs not understand thc nature of an o?tlr?*.' " You'd think different," says the boy, go ing towards thc doorway, " it" 1 w?.s once to give you a oussin I". Wc malte the following extracts from " Ye Conscript Chronicles," published in thc Mom gotnery Mail : . . Th? detailed Tn?n that is.horn of, a woman is ol few days f-aj lough, and full .of trouble. He cometh forth from the m aj like n-fiowr .cr arri i? cu*, down by, the Coi.ccriplitp ; ha 1'cet.h also l?r;e- a shadow, and co.utinWtli int. The wiekod-mari travaileth with^pain all hi.ydsyK*--but. I ho CODSCript dodger U'uvc'eth wi:h a squad ol'se* nts over into the land of buuerrmik to keep out. of the anny. - And tho deserter dweilo'.h in dec-olate ciLies and hi Hoi;.;cs.whicii no mun it; Imbi loth, that bo may -not be required to ." s hov,- "his par p?rs. ; . . .*. ... And the man of thirty-nine, chppeibi his ben.dlnHb'o ash hopper, thai bc may-- ting? thc m.?ks the?v-??, lifocolorof a roan pony. ; 'i':,,-,V.v |,*h ft?k?d .', T {it. j.-.rtsg by fil" ,ce.-in- j ri-v,-::- ..ch?ve.y fjTketti off iii.-, hat nui ?: i ft! ii ?hi ' t \,i? b%'(). h..V ile.i/db bus denied cutrnneo'tu United! Stated sltasatrl at th-J port of llahis. I OBIT?JARTT, P?ED, on tba 7lb January iaat LUCRETIA HELEN, "daughter ..fUlr. and Mrs. J. H. HOLLINGSWORTH, in trtelourth your of bis age. As thc opening bud, giving bright promise of j futuro fragrance and beauty, is nipped hy tlie , ruihrosB worm ; as tho lily plucked from il? pa rent sU.ru ero yet tho dews of m?rhiiig had ox * haled from its stainless petals: or the birdiing, bripht-wingod And beautiful, crushed by tho vio lence of tho pitrilcss storm ; or as the wee pet lamb taken from ibo fold by the dcspoilcr's hand, even so has Death robbed a .happy home and loving parente oft the light and joy of their hearthstone. But there is a land above where amaranths bloom' onward and forever,-among whose bowers -tbe Storm Tung never opines, whero a gentler, a moro vigilant Sheppard guor detb the tender flocks,-and where the lost little one, with her sister angels, beareth the victor's palm through tho green pastures whero How tho chrystal waters? IV ben time shall bavo softened, the grief;whicb now rc:.ri? the heurts of the mourners, may they be ready to say, in their solf-abnogation, and in their'resignation to tho will of tho Most High, " It is better that she'haB left us ere'the taint of worldliness-and sin had left its impress on her ! pure white brow." Little pi]grim,-lately toiling, j "Gainst the breaker's dangerous sand?, Even thou h sat proved the victor, At the helm the Pilot stands. a Arms moro tender now entwine thee ; Lore more'holy lave-s thy brow ; Never more can suffering toucL thee, Thou art an immortal now. S. A. L. - ' AMOXC the many-homes rando desolate Ly the battle of Drcwry's Bluff, is that from which the band of doa'th has removed the- young soldier, GEORGE DURST. The beloved and only son. tbe fonder aud affection a to brother, bow mady hopes arc blasted which ware centered in him ! How many hearts mourn, which-looked to bim as a support and comfort. Tho subject of this tribute "of friendship was bom in Edgeflcld 'District, on tho l?th: day of January 1S41, and was the only ron of Raxscii and MARTHA A. DURST. HO resided under tho paternal roof, pursuing his Academical studies, until tho tocsin of war summoned thc sons of thc South to the defence of *hor toil. Early in ISO I he volunteered iu Capt. PERCIVAL'S Company of Cavalry, nod served faithfully on tho Const ot our State for many months ; until tho Company was dicb.-.uded. He then remained at home for a short time, but, in the/spring of 1SC2, <e-enlisted for tho war, in that noble band of soldiers com manded by Captain J. HAUI'DEN BROOKS, CO. H, "tb Battalion S. C. Infantry. The Battalion re mained on the Coast until tho spring of tho pres ent y car, when it wn s ordorcd to Virginia, witb tho rest of llagood'f Brig?do. On the 10th of June, it participated in thc bloody battle of Drcw ry's Bluff, in which, GEORGI; was inf tandy killed, a minnie bull having pierced his hraiu, when he was within only a few feet of the enemy's guns. He was buried'wberu he fell, but, tho' his bonos rust in thc laud of strangers, he sleeps not alone. Nineteen of bis brave comrades slumber by his bide,-after having dono their duty nobly in de fence "f tho land they loved so wen. .This biow, ibo' severe, w.is-not without irs aU loriafion. Tho' the ?riel' of tho bereaved i.-: t;ceat, they feel proud."of tho record left by thc belovod dead, who . " Lived as Mothers wisb-tboir sons to live. . Who diod as Fathers wish their sons to die." Letter* from his comrades assert 'that bis lif? in ?amp was tbst of a Christian. Hb friend* have tho blessed assurance, tbub tho' he hjs bon tiikcu from them, they will be united wit h him hereat ter, in t'ont land, ifchere war's rude Bounds will never more bc heard. G ItAMTKVII.LK. B. W. H. F?om tho Richmond Sentinel. The frogs. Frog3 ?re noisiest in cloudy weather. In tiru, ?.i in their dismal notes, they arc types of those-other animals without feathers known among ?uer. as crotiktrs. lu tho joyous hours of sunshine, tvhen thu lroc-3 ore vocal with thc son.* ol' birds and all nature is gay and h-tppy, frogs ire silcr*. ThejJiavc nothing to add to the'tri bute 0/gladness and rej Ling ten icu carin iaya to' heaven, oat pus* tho bright day in'seJfish, alum i r it.- : ss. But let i?ie 'c-lrttidi? ?nt?k?r, of let the pijpt come, e the thunders mutter, atid le. the storm o\er j read us with, its sable wii'gj a..tl iuim, d rely ihe s?ont pvni qu kns witfi a thou.-an ! complaints and evil prophecies Iii all this the mker ofouc.dity li nd? lift model arid ox mp!e. Ha'pfe'scs the 'seasons of prosper i fy i.i do Iging tlw conscript officers and makin;: motley. ilc'U raver obtrusive w.!icr - light v'n IA Ui bedtjue. }Jut with the tirst shadow" upon ouc prospects ne tithes tho alarm, ard uiukes men wund sr how so small 11 creature can trvtke R>> areal a noise. J'lie croakers have been troublesome ol (atc. The)'lu".c beetree a nuisance. Tb?y vex thc patience and they tire the ear. A f?W boys can quiet a frog pond; cannot pttb iic opinion in like manner stouo th-.;-croaker.- ? into ni Ut i o---'/ Suppose we try if. Suppose the virtue, th? wit, and the beaut? of our land, receive to ah-Tw thuin no Ldtuu . t'en ami no quat ter.- We? l&v?i before us; letter from a Indy which will dp to begir with,al complaints th.t in a late number ty? upbraided timid legislators and croaking ci? iz?na a? 11 women," itistciid ol' "men." She wriicri to repudiate tlie association: The bi llie*, silo cit vs. have no sympathy forthat class ofir.?n. T?iey are for an energetic'pxoaecur: lion o? the wur, audits speedy success, and "tbvv will contribute all they can to win'rhc victory.'' We sincerely beg pardon of thi. fiidy and of h?r Sex We ware betrayed into our remark by lli? re proa ch which iJorrer rr.-ikea one df-lthc Grecnja berocs visit upon iii3 comrades when disaster before thc val!.* nfTroy bad depressed their ^p'rit;;, and turn- ? ed their thoughts cn retreat: "Oh Grecian j ?comen.' Grecian mai no morel" We .-.!?. j proud lo record that Confederate: worner! -corn orenkers r.rid tremblers, r.r:j disdain to !.!) paten the same level of'-courage. .Titer"1 l?t thom lash flits dastards in spirit and faint of eoul! J. Lettour men rebuke them and oar boys deride them. Let us give no audience and shoTT.no respect save for these who speak 'ho words pf courage and resolve. FROM SCT.I.TEN COC.NTT. GA.-A getitle laati writing J'yorn Scriven County says there is much excitement in that section ol' thc State. - A great, many of tho planters havo left their homes with their negroes and other moveable property. ' Tt ii now thought bythoseinScriveu coun ty, who are we?l posted, that tue Feder?is 'will not advance towards Augusta on this side of tho river, it they advauco towards tko city at all. .Gen. Alfred Iverson, acting ss Major Gen eral, now commands tho two brigades of cav alry winch are now operating below on this side of the river. Pitsscn^ers from below state it was report ed that Sherman was advancing on Brauch viJIoin two columns; wirh about iorly thousand mea-Chronicle, Gib inft. : " WHAR is tn? FRONT ?"-It ia r/ell known thai Wheeler has some splendid troops, nnd <r>mu who areas bad-ascao be found. I'heso lan ai-c scattered from thc Obi* river lo Sa vannah. JP bravo and galiantsoldior tells thc folioing : ' . - m ? He win going throiigli North Alabama to rf i" .in,iii = command. Stopped at a house*to get dinner. O?d Ladt-K "Who's youin'?-?',' Soldier-" Wheeler's Cavalry."' , Old Ladv-'^Vhargwine ?" Soldier-"To the fronti'.'. Thu old lady put on ?or ?pcctacles and ". sai . E I ?j .^T"^ Twenty-throe hou8-*,"aJx hundred balea ' of cotton, the Commissary, Quartermaster's and other sto rca wore burnt at Sum mit, Mies., January 28. The Uro accidental. . JS?r. k party of torics,'about' tvetfty- iurnum ber, modearaiden Ja?pcr," Ala. Jan. 10. Tho court bouso/jail and several buildings were-burned The books of the govcrnmobt assessor and tax collector wero destroyed, but no money was lost. Tho records and papers Of the county officers and courts wore also burned. _. JZD- A foroo of eight huudred men are on tho evo of leaving. Annapolis for Savannah, to be ^employed in repairing the railroads opnnoctlng with that city. ?SS" According to Northern' reports our forces havo blown up Port Caswell, off Wilmington. Tho present indications are that Thomas' army will net soon movo from its present position on the Tennessee river, as winier quarters are hoing constructed. j[t?r~sBf the statement of" their Guveraora Michigan]'?* placed in the Acid upwards of 80,000 men, (if which 35,000 have been raised since January, .1863 ; Indiana has furnished over 1CV 000 men ; .Massachusetts 125.000, making a sur-, plus of 7,000 over all calls; Maine one-tenth, of her population-01,000 mon-1S,"944 during the past year. CSP" Yankee accounts say Lincoln's adminis tration intends pursuing a more liberal poiioy with the rebel States. Lincoln thinks the'Con federacy has reached a point iu its carcsr when thc true policy of his government Ls to temper justice with mercy. j?3~ By a joini resolution of both Houses of Congress, Pre-id?it Davis has appointed Friday, ; tho.lOth day of March noxt, as a day of "public fasting, humiliation ?nd prayer." STATE Ol1' SOUTH CAROLINA. ADJ'T A "ND INSPECTOR OEN'S OFFICE* COLUMBIA, S. C., January 26, lit?: SPECIAL O il DE RS, NO. ZO. T ^EXTRACT.] C\ PTAIN WM. F. NANCE, A. A. GENERAL P. A. C. S., b'avlng been assigned for tempo rur.y ppeciul scrvico with these Headquarters, will be obeyed and respected accordingly until other wise directoJ. .? . ? ?? ? * ft By order of the Governor. (Signed) A. C. CARLINGTON, Adj't and Inspector-General 8. C. Official : G. A. FULLI.V^A. A. G? Feb. 8 . lt 7 State of South 'Carolina, EUGEFIKI.I) DISTltlCT, TN ORD TN A RY. BY W. F. DTJRISOE, Esq., Ordinary of Edge field District. .rVtioroiis, Elijah W.itson has applied .to mo for Lottors of Administration, on all and singulai ltd goods and chattels, rights and cr?dits o: Mrs. Chloe Watson, late of tho Dis tl io i afore said dee'd. Tb-;-., tire, tberofore, to cite and admonish al) and singular, the kindred aud creditors of the said icecascd, to bo and appear before me, at our next Ordinary's Court for tho, ?aid District, to lo holden :u Edgciietd C. it.,.on thu l>*?th day of Feb. next, to show cause, if any, why tho said administration iiioald nut bc granted. (iiv-n auder my baud und eral; this zWt dB.v o Jan. in tho year of our Lord ono thousand eight ..untrod and sixty-fire, and in the 89th year c? ?.h?? Indepontlenco of South Carolina. - W. F. DTJRISOE, o.E.n. Feb 8, 2t 7 Springfield Academy. MISS E. JOHNSON will ra.-untt: tho exercise* ol'titi- Scli-ol.on tt.o 2d Monday (13lb; ?il nary "SW. Grout caro will be brstuwc^J up cn popi'fl t -uiru-.tlo her charge.' Terni: $00,0? per Setsion ol* Twcuty w-jcks, payable at the oioi^i ol each Session. Feb 1 . .Ot. ? Notice. ALL persons having cluiu'S against the* Estate ol'. James Boyd, dee'd.. ?rc requested to ukud them tu tho undersigned, duly attested. T. B. REkSE; Ad'or. San 31 4t 0 Lost or St o?an AFOUR per cont. Certificate, No! 103, foi S300, drawn by Z. W. Curwrc, D?prt??afy; iii farlie uf S. E. Freeland, and datod March 15;b 1864. Ail portons arc cautioned agninst Iradtn, f?r tho said Certificate. Applicali in will be road' at the expiration of six weeks from thu date for its renewal- J. M. C. FREELAND. Jan 31 . Ht- .ff Dick Cheatham 'ILL stand thc Spring Season of 1863 ut One Hundred Dullars^he season! Mo will beat Edgeileld C. il. Mundays, Tues days, Wednesdays and Thursday*,-the remoin ,iir of the ?tock at Iir.rmcn Galjtnan't. Ile will L>f,;i:: tho Veefon 1st Fobyc.a.y and end it 20tL Jijtue; fi-.- wi;) rejuij at li.'.Gilltaan's during th- ef r.;.^rtiftty, .il'rer^l.ieh time be will ""bi aitcn.ai.t ly at-Edge field C'."^H. and H. Goll man'-'. Dy special contract with my Agent, Jns. M. Harrison, or myself, maros will !?c incured witt foal l'>r i'no Hundred Dollar*. 'J he money will be oousidered due at the end of tho season.' THO. G. BACON. ' . Jan 31 20t . . G A Important Notice. FINAL SETTLEMENT on-the Esrate of _ E. R. MCDANIEL, dee'd., will bc madn i.-, the Ordinary's Office, on Wednesday, tho 8:h of February noxt.. All persona having claims against said Estutc will prcjont the arno by that lime, and those indobtod ?ra requested Xo pay up forth with. Those who fail te pay by that date, are notified that tho privilege of paying in Confede rate money will be debarred them. . A lt TI M UH HODSON, f , * B. F. GLANTON, j Ad ors Feb 1 2t . - ? fi -m-t Notice.v ALL persons indebted io tbe Estate of Robert J. Dolph, Jato of.EdgeJield District deceased, ure requcited lo como forward r?hd make pay ment; and th OP o' having demands against said Estate will present thom in due time, and proper ly authenticated. A. J. PELLETIER, Adm'r. , Oct 18 _ly 42 Soldiers' Claims. WE hare on hand a few quires of Blanks for obtaining doceased Soldier.-/ Claims against the Government. ADYSRTJBER OFFICE. July 20 . tf _30 IRONI Pa. linn P0,J??I>S SUPERIOR BAR IRON, VeV\A/ 8 iuches.wide and ?5 thick, which will bu sold low to close out tho lot. & 6. H. .BOWERS, AgL ! Hamburg, Oct 29 tf ? Notice^ * STRAYED from tba GovormjtLot at Bdgefleld ft. H., on tho' night of lat Deeombor, on? I brown biiyiMARE MULE, 144; bauds high and j , l yowrs old. Tho jFjaid Mule w?s last econ In the j cC;'j;hborii;?id of MTS. Richard?tiu'?, near Cbs p. j pcll/i i'" rO'. Atiy lSforin?tion- that will lUid l0 Liu rciovcrv will be th?nkfully reorived. . . J. S." COLES, Capt. A Imp.Tran?. I Columbia, S. C., Jan 30 . 3t?t' ? . Important Notice. E N ROLL INO- 0 FFI?E, EnaBFiau),- S.C> Stn. 3^/looi. IBY virtno of AD arrangement made between . tbs undersigned ?ad Maj. 8. S. Tompkice, Agent for the Tax in Kind, at Hamburg, ri. C., ; perdons in this District, who live near this Til lage, and who hore not-yet delivered their Tixiu Kind, uro hereby notified that they can deliver the same at this Office, where they will be furnished with proper receipts therefor. II. All persons included In above paragraph are earnestly requested to bring forward their Tax in Kind as soon aa possible, as it it much needed. P. J. MOSES, Ju., Lieut. A Enrolling Qffleer. Jan 31 . '2t - 6 , Sheriffs Office, EDGEPI?LD DISTRICT,* Jan. 30th, 186*. LIN ac cordancu nith ihe provisions ol' aa Aa* (passed by the Legislature of this Statu at. lid recent annuel Su'mwn.j eilitlcd " An Aet io repeal all Aeu and. purls of Ac ls berciotore passed by the Legislature, ol this Stute*, ou-th? subjtot of furnishing Slave Labor on the Coast, ic." it is hereby ordered, 1st,- That the several Commissioners of Roads, in Edgolield District do hand in to the.under signed, within fittoen days - ft?sa the data of this ordor, eomplete lia:s of ail owners of road banda within tba respeutlye juriscictiens ?f the -asid Commissioners,-said lists to exhibit plainly ami clearly the number of road bands ia tho ' poises* sion of each ovenor-leaving out of steh lilts, however, all inoh owners-as . ha va bat cutroad hand. II. All Commiiiroacrs of Roads atoro referred [ to who do not comply with the -.bore order, are hereby notified that it wilt b. tba duty of .'tba uu p-de reigned te report them for st-id di sob? di? nco to ibo-Agent of tho State, and that tba laid jepoft . will be made promptly and* impartially. WILLIAM SPIRES, Sheriff. Jab 51- 2t ?. St&te Recortl of ibo Names of Diseased Poitiers. SOUTH CAROLINA COLLESS, fS COLL-MBU, January IC, 3Sdv. UNDER appointment by the Ltgislature to prepare this Record, I earnestly appeal to "The families or friends of our deceased* soldiers io tend me ut oner their names, ?'e., while taste is an opportunity to secure ncc ?rate informatics. Hospital registers and leporls of casualties frau the army are deficient in the info^matioarreqaired; it'mnst be obtained at borne. The Record will dato dat? baek to tba begin ning of the war, and include all Who have beea killed in battle or died of wounds received ia battle, or-from disease or acoide&t. If joa bata been so fo.-tunat*'as not to lose friend or relativa) ?yet remember that lt is noble to roscoe from ob livion the name of bat one friendless youth who had gone from your neighborhood, to die ia- ?err oaase. Give--1. Warne iii full. 2. Fttm ?kat JDistrici. . 3. Sank. 4. Cowpony, ?. Regiment and ari* of service. 6. Died, year, month, day. 7. Cou,c t/ death, and remarks (aa ?hera he died, og*, previ* ously wounded, Ac.) Circulars and blanks to be filled will be seat to such aa desire them. No feo or expense is insur red by any one for having the record mode. The State is endeavoring to fulfill a ?sored obligatio* iu securing now, and recording for posterity, the names of ali ber ions who have fallen la this war. In 1862, the Convention unanimously resolved that this sh- uld be done, ?es s tokeu of respect to their memories, and a legacy of inestimable value to their friends and tbe resolution waa seat forlh,-by their order, lo be read to our rafi? menu, battalion* and companies everywhere. Many a brave soldier may have diod In iolitudo or rushed upon tito fae, with tba thought in his heart tl at his. nama would be honorably preserved at home. *" . . ? . WM. J, EIVERS. HST" Each paper in thc State-copy three times and send bill to ma. Jam 25 _St ? ? ? Flour. Wanted for the Navy. TUE Honorable Secretary of Nar/, through Maj. W. K HOWELL, NaTal lAfeat, An gasta, Us., antboriaes me te pareaste ell the FLO UR for sal? in this District, (or tho- Nev/ Department, ned, for tba present, to pay th? MARKET PRICE for tho lethe. Therefore, ell persons Laving FLOUR to ?ell (from a sack to a hundred barrel?,) are earnestly requested to de liver it to me in Hamborg forthwith, as tifo de mand for it ie very urgent Cash paid on deliv ery. 8. E. BOWERS, Agent Navy Department. Hamburg, Dec 21 tf tl TO RENT, ~ THAT BEAUTIFUL AND COMMODIOUS RESIDENCE, belonging to Mr. li. H. Sex tava?, situated on? tho Columbia Road, H miles from the Tillage. For terme, Ac, apply to G. L. PENN, Agent Jan 18 tf 4 Negroes Wanted. WANT KD TOT niRK Twenty aW-Wied NEGRO MEN io work ott the Coio?;.iri .'..1 ffa~mbur'? l?;t:!road... T.iUr.f r,?r. c r. \i ?' pui.'i and rrpciir.l e..r? taken of Ute . -u >.. Negroes empl fi t %.. w- rk ;?n ?bc Railroad wiri !.. iX'iuipte ! ii Un I ).. . <.?., thc Coast fertifleatioasi h. D. LAT??. Leesville, S.*C., J.iB. 2 ?I i Smoking Tobacco* Qflfk POUNDS SMOKING TOBACCO, pat OvH^ up in ? lb. packages, wnrntoted pare, .?f no s ilo. E. E. BOWERS, Agent .Hanburg, Oct 31 tf 45 . I Barter ! WILL BARTER YA?N8 FOR PLOUB? from one burrel up. SAM. B. BOWERS. Hamberg, July 5 tf F Visiting Cards! >R salo at tho Advertiser OEce, Ladles aad Of-ntlemen'a VISITING CARDS. July SO if So Notice. ALL persons indebted to the Estate of Lewis Ba^toe, dee'd., previous te bis death, art re quested to mike immediate payment; ead all those lu vine claims against said Estate wuTpro vent lb rm, duly a tics tod, rv i tho nt delay, to ibo andereigaed. L. L. HALL, A d'or. Nov-15 tf 1 47 --.-M " .... rsi Nptice. a LL Persons having elaina, on the Jfcttte ef iSt Sbirloy B. Wbattoy, dee'd., are^eqaeeted to hand thom in to the undersigned, duly attested, liff Vf.'VT. ADAMS, Ex'er. Jan 18_8m - * Notice. JAMES M. HARRISON is appointed my Agaa to collect and rcteiptfor all debts dn* me. TH OS. G. BACON. Jan 26 , . ot_5 For Tax Collector, The Many Friend- of D. A.' J. BELL, ?*(?-, resp ect fal ly nominate aim af a Oaedidate fer Tax Collector at tho nest eleetion. Ootis . ' **. For Tax Collector. TBS many Friends ? : -Capt. JABE8 MITCH ELL respectfully nominate Jihn as a -Candidate - for TAS COLLECTOR at thoacxt-qieetioii. ? 'A Ll'PA. . Veo 5 te*. W $500 Reward. ?ffc--. RANAWAY ffem the Subscriber shoat .eight months ago, his Negro man JAKE. Said Jaso is about 32 years of ?ge,;bUo* c^fcalexioa, tbiek beary eat. aad-weighs about 16? foands. l?o has a wife ot Mr. Mahler- Padgett's, on t4o Hidgo, and he may bc lurking in that y iel al ty. Xjfi?l give a reward of Four: Hundred Sellew for thc anprchenrien and delt*ory oif said Jaka at lb? K'i^?&>id Jail, eml ^iJl:.f?ay.sFlve"-3ua drod Dollars fur his de?vory at IheAuguita Jali. WILLIAM BLE VINS?