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rUlJLISTTRD EVERY WEDNESDAY MOBNINO ? DUSISOF, KEE8E ft,C?. SUBTOBIPTIONS ttf the ADVERTISER for one year TEJ?'DOLL ABS. ia advance. For Six Months iaVIs-'DOLTARS.* ADVERTISEMENTS will "be inserted .a/ FIVE I>0 LL AE3;pefSquare (10 minion lines or les?) for cacb' insertirm. . Adrertisementsjrithont Instructions as to the nuiTihei-of times to be Inserted, will be published until forbid, and charged accordingly. Announcing Candidates jfor any Office of honor or profit, TWESTY DOLL ABS, to be paid beforo tho.afli. no-mceraent ia published. O bltuary notices, Trib'utoe of Resp set, or,, any commu nication perenal iu its nature, wlll'be rated' as ad ver t? semen'.3 and chttrgsd accordingly. Important Order from Gen. Lee. ?.| f RICHMOND, February 14. General' Lee ?as issneel General Orders, of fering* pardon 'to all desarte??-, inen iniproiper ly absent who" return to their comjnands with-". ? in twenty days from the pulication of t.bis'or-, der afc beadquarters^department.iu which they may fie'. * No'general amnesty . will again be granted;cahd those who refuso to*-accept this pardon now olFered, shall ^hereafter desert 'shall suffer such punishment as the courts may'impose; and no. application for clemency will be; entertained.' - Th?-'brder closes as'-, follows.: Taking new resolution 'from the fate--" which our enemies .intend for us, let every man difect alljiis er.-" ergTcirttr'tbe common defence. Our resources .....isrJyVyi^orousl}: empl|ved, are ample, and with care, the army can oe sustained. t By a del* raiibtw united people 8ucs%se, with God's . . tauce, cannot bo doubtful. The. advan tages pf the enemy* will haye but little value ,ii we do not permit thurn to impair our reso lution:1 Then oppose constancy to adversity, fortitude to suffering, courage to danger, with tue firm assurance that He who. gave free dom to our-fathers will bless the efforts of their children to preserve it. Immense Meeting in Mobile; MOBILE, Feb.T4. I One of the lafgest meeting .ever assembler!; in Mobile was i.eld at the Theatre last night, which was presided over by lion. .Judge, forsyth. Jtesolutions were unanimously adopted de j^aringpnr uutiltcrabls purpose to sustain the civil and military authorities to achieve In'de pn k^ce^that. our battlecry henceforth should be u \'K.-LOT*3' or'Death"-that there is* now no middle ground between treachery and pat riotism-that wo-still have au abiding con*:1 dencejn par ability, to achieve our independ ence-tbatthe Government should immedi alelypbice one hundred thousand negroes in the field-tha' rwrmstruction ?? no longer an open question. \ That at this time au order reinstating Gen. Joseph E. Johnston in command of the Army of Tennessee, ,wjll effect more to restore-con fidence, and increado the army, and secure the successfhl defence nf this Department, than any other that could is3ne,fr?m the War Department-urging better discipline in the anny, aud thanking for its "heroic conduct, and. pledging all for liberty, which with the Divine assistance, is assured. The meeting was enth'usrastic,"and specohea were deli vered by ?Judge Tucker Pf Missouri, Judge Phejan of Mississtppi, and Judge Jones and Col. Langdon-of Mobile. SHSHMAN'S PROGRESS,-It is definitely as certained that tho main portion of the Fede ral forces have moved towards Columbia. They po fonger occupy any point:? threaten ing tbTsfctty, and'all apprehension of an at , tack here has passed for the present. Tho policy of Sherman-appears to be te ^threaten interior points,- while ha fl auk's Charleston. To accomplish this, he may make a feint on Columbia, ashedidon Augusta, thus com pelling "our forces to. evacuate .Branchville, aud placing bim Within eaay atriking distance of the North Eastern Railroad. Thisaccora plished. be \y.ill hare the snppli?s of Charles tan cut oil', and may mov* on that coveted M nest of rebellion," or with a portion of his forces attempt to starve it into capitulation, . while L?3 unin body procfeds upwards Rich mond... kt. * , . We shall know more of his programme bj: wailing;-Chronicle <i SputinPt. .. .._ _< TKOCBI.E.? ow THH BORDKR.-A correspon dent of the .NIontgotnorjjaAppcal. wriliug from Grenada, Miss., says : Affaira on the border are in a terrib'e con dition, the couiHry/being-fiilled with jaybaw kers and. robber?, composed principally of desorters, whose deeds rival the fimo tiff days of Dick T.arpin,'and such a reign of tcrrpr has been ina igurated that travel ? .almost completely broken up in some portions of the country. Coupled with this, there aro a large number of soldiers returning to ..their homjP? on fnrloj?gb,, wbo farr' vowing vengeance on thc sp??cul?t?rs ih the Northern counties who have.refused'to take .Confederate money ?br corn and other necessaries of life from their families, and' unless something is epeadily done by those in authority wo may-look for a desperate state of affairs hero daring' the present mouth. - ', - S A correspondent of thc Montgomery Ap peal, writing from Richmond,gossips thuB : 'Ene Gebrgia delegation waitod on the President the other day and toid him some plain truths. For example, they told him thar thc people of their State, whether rightly ^or wrongly, had lost confidence in him, and- if matters did not soo'i mend there wa danger thai iney would los? faith in the cause?. The President was deeply distressed. It ia said lisa; tho Georgians asked for the restoration of Johnston,and :a reconciliation with Sto pberfa. It is to4b> hoped that the President will doaTl-lhat mtrtal man can do to savo bis c.unlry, for now he must see that, bia country is in peril. L'e'e army is-on quarter rations. .Plenty ol meat ha?: roached .Wdinington, iii-, re-is pUnty ot tra?>popf ?tica; but nias, ike trans \y>) -ation-i* absorbed by dbe bogus agent-t of thc nitv? and ?lining bureau and navy depcrt 10 eut. !? - --?**> F::oM r*bbRT?>?.-JtecCotlji a. Yankee, forco came fxpai i ci;n:i.;diua to Calicha?, the coun - ty sc;i?.-?;.*' LsaV??ti county, ou the . railroad between Ivernatrii?a au ! Babiwin.. lt was not a raiding or phindering party, but oho wiih peaceful intentions, aDd"it behaved ac cordingly.- Having reached Callahan," they weat to bunt up the Clerk^T. the' Court and' demanded of him thc record bf Hs oitIcc;,8ta: ting that fhey wanted, (hem for* the p'urpose of set'.ling tttlc-s to. property in Fernandina. Tho Ci?iik having produced tho records, th? Yankees (<"'o?. t#hfctnr.nd qii'etiy {efl. Tm: ATf.i.KT"arCAin.E.-?\ letfcrircm Goo. Sawardfa40?tq,*Sccretary ai.d (i?uprirl Super indent of the Atlantic Telegraph company, to C. W. Field, after alluding to the absolute electrical perfection of the cable now being made, states the amount completed up to the ;,0th of Detiembeji.^srt ^O^miles^ Cable, is now being made at ike rate of eighty miles par week, without hurry and without night work. It will be finished by the end of thc ; first v/eok in Jane. Two tanka are on board of tie Grim?t Eastern - for atorinr; cable, and tho third i3 rapidly progressing. - There is no reavm to doubt that ?he came will all be on board, fttid lbVgreat shin "ready for sea with everything. Mr. SaW?rd has no doubt that tho cable wjUbeisUCcessIulIv laid and worker]. ' T'??'lD^?R'TrS'El?'.' JAKES X- BACON, EDITOR, WEDNESDAY, FEB; 22, 1865 i .y--;- . Nothing Definite from Columbia. " To-morrow, and to-morrow," and to-morrow, Creeps in-this.petty.pa'ce from day to day"- ' And still no definite-Intolligencofrom either Co lumbia or ChafieBton. One report-now of long standing-says that Columbia^ was evacuated on -Friday last. Another-and a later ono-says that our forces were still in possession., of the town on Saturday morning.; and that the main body of the enemy was on .the. North side of th server, two or.throe miles to .thc.left of Columbia, as it intending or. attempting to pass it-by. Other rumors say that Confederate reinforiatnents-nro flocking to the scene of action as 'well from'tne I Richmond sid? as from tho Branchville side. .The Congarco Bridg? at Columbia has undoubtedly . becu burned-by our authorities. SmRVXn aught to be crashed likelm egg-shell in South Carolina; let uiobstiaatoly hope and pray -that ha willie, Eren if ho passes Cpjumbia.there is many a peril ous mill belweon him and tho North Carolina .frontier." * . ? ' ? ' The Yankees have undoubtedly burned Lexing ton Village to the ground-only a few scattering -houses left standing. -!- " ' I Items of the Town. _ On. tho Sabbath last past, only one of our Churehc? was cp?n, tho Baptist, whither we all wont, una whero wo all heard a se'rmon so uncora monly good in every respect that we hesitate not to speak of it thus publicly ; a sermon so full of wiso troth and judgment,, bold and W?ll-morited reproof and warning, earnest and eloquent ex hortation, that it cannot bat bear fruit an hun dred fold. This good poster is doing his work for bis people; whether or not he is doing bj? work in thom, they must answer. "Well were.it for us all, if wo could-or would-r-cast our an chors in the unseen.world ; then would the peaoe of our soul? not be disturbed ?BO overmuch by worldly storms. And on the same occasion, a lady presided at tho Melodeon, who, apart from her richland triumphant voico, Sings "English undefiled"-enunciating in a manner as admira dlo as it ii rare-changing neither sound nor syl lable. A rich treat in these days. . Our schools, thrown into a little temporary ct#nfuiicn by tb* alaruis of ten days ago, arc again in quiot and successful operation. Bettor, ?che:?!.=!. th an ours cannot be found. Our -towns-people,, generally, still do nothing but ru?h about frantically-eyes distended, meuth open, tongue hanging out-seeking for news. There is no denying the fact, that the absence ol all official or reliable accounts from our large armies is well calculated to bogot a restlessness and uneasiness in the public mind. Poople louJ^ with eagerness to the oulumns of the newspapers for Information, and finding little tbera to allay ' their curiosity, they are fais to listen to and repeat the countless rumers which are found floating about wHhont any responsible author. The tide of ro'fugcet has entirely ceased. Kot 80 of straggling soldiers. The latter are ricochet ting between Augusta and Columbia, and Augusta and Ninety Six, like shuttlecocks between twt> battledores. On Friday last, while tho wind was blowing as if the old devil had something to do with it, the corn house of Mr. T. J. WHITTAKER waa discov ered to be on fire; as EOOU as it waa discovered, tho citizen? rushed to the rescue, but the flames had made too groat headway to bo extinguished. Tho house and its contents, Ti to IOU bushel? ef corn, were consumed. A little cripple negro boy, belonging to Mr. L N. TEAOUB, bas slnco con fessed that he fixed the building, and bas boon lodged in jail to await his trial. Tho " 8oldiora T?omo" baa eighteen rr twenty sick and wounteJ inmates. People ha,o almost ?uiirely ceased to contribute to Its support. Weary not, we* pray you, in .ceding and caring for theso homclru and exhausted men. Remember rshy they arc boiuoless and exhausted. Tho Supporting Ferro is encamped at thc Fair Ground; a guard, ohosen from thia body, oma nientB daily .ono or more of OBX eorners-for the purpo?e of perusing tin? '. papes" of stragglers and suspicious.looking wayfamra. Yes, provost bayonets now bristle in our midst ' It is reported thal tho patients st the Govern ment jiorio Infirmary have the "glandera." One who ought to know teUs-ns howevor that this ie not true.- . . .? The Southern Cultivator? This sterling agricultural juunpl, having sur vived tho storm of war which lately passed" ovor Georgia-, is now published at Athens in that State. For many good reasons,. the Cultivator has again become a Monthly. This journal has ever been highly useful, practical and well conducted. Iis patrons aro now assured thatits issue will be punctual. Price, $Tf0.a year; $5 for ?ix months, j Sii tnontLs subscript ions prcfeTrod. Allsubscr*-) ' (ions and communications should bc addreeaod to WM. N. WHITE, Athens, Ga. The Editor assures any one who bag paid, for tho Cult?vator asa ^weekly, and prefers Li? monoy to the monthly, as' an equivalent, that, upon notice being given him, tho said meney will ba^.-omptly refunded. 'Of j course no deoont Southam nina will give any euch niggardly notice Unlawful Impressments. Aro our pcoplo awaro that no ono has powor and authority.to order impressment* but th* Gen eral ta command of the Department* Gen. BEAi'RECxno is now in comtnund of the Depart-; mont of South Carolina. A fortuigbt er three weekB back, when such urgent appeals and snob strenuous efforts wera being made to procure horses for Gon.'BtiTLen's command Gen. HARDES, thon in oommand of the Department, gave no order for impressment-though tho need was so greet and-preeiltgf. Our people will remembor j this. Therefore, all these orders from Gen. i V.'HKKI.I:::, ?Sec., AC, AC, oiijji.t !.> be mendy an'd j gtubbCruly refilled. Tboy li^re no authority j whatever tu issue :ach orders.. I ?3~ If Port blasters would deliCor' pape? to I j those to whom, ?ke'y'aro addropsed, and sot to-; \ certain favorites who aro.too close-fisted to snb Bcrihe for flo tapo,, Iben newspaper publisher* would'not hear-eomany compl?lnts froni 'suhsori bersabout the irregularity with which' they get their paper?. Take heed, gentlemen of the postal department, cr yon will -get a ** puff** gratis. The llapiist Banner. ! -Wc call very special atfcullon to the advertise- j j mont inansHfaM' u?luinn, headed : V Tho Favorite j ' Home' Nowspopejr/' The Baptist dunner, pub i lisbed every.8&nrd*y in Augusta, Ga., is ably and faithfully conducted by JAS. N. ELLS, E?q.. j I formerly ?f the SouL'aern* Field <t- Firci?U, --and j the Rev. A. C. DAVTox/lftto cf Nashville, Tenn, j Bach number e'ontalns, over and above tho cur-' rent political and religious news of tho day, Sto ries, Sketabes and Incidents of tho highest-inter est and merit. This paper too sonda (gives) I? >.ur brave defenders in the field 5?0 copies weekly, thereby contributing iwuieneely lo their spiritual . j and intolleotual btmofiL This is vary noble, very j ? christian. We take great pleasure in recommend- j 1 mg lt to the patronage of all cultivated and intel- 1 ] ji$ept Southern peeplo. * I ( The Negro. Soldier Question. This momentous and all-important quc-tiv> presses for a solution. And still our -Congress dallies. Sherman is unquestionably hastening Northward, bent upon co-operating with Grant to force Gen. LES from Richmond. Very soon, in all probability, we ?hall fco compelled to 'erac nate our capital. And-stiliour Congress dal : ?CF. tho campaign of-the coming spring and summer will go far towards settling thc question of our independence or subjugation ; and we are in great danger." Still our Congress dalttesv Why all this idla'and unavailing talk about, oar already having men enough ; and that they aro already component, parts of the traiy ? True perhaps, but they* ate ?of at the ft ont ? nor jean the con stant efforts.of Congress, the War1-Department, the Gener?is, the Provost Guards, the Press, force them ta the front. Pacts. af o facts, and should not bo blinked. * * ' Mon difflr- andhoueslly-as to .the' policy of putting our slaves into the' army but who can deny that if we du not use our slavos to fight for their mastery with 'a guarantee of their freodom, our foes will so . UFO them against us, with the .same guarantee ? This is the irrefutable answer to all objections to thc policy*. Tho negroes, moro than other people, have- the intonsa*t and profoundosfhome attachments ; and it is lp bua-.an nature'thnt thoy should prefer to fight, for real liborty at home, rather than' to enjoy a doubtful freedom in a foreign land' and in an uncongenial climate. Is not the cause at least ' worth the^r ?per?menf J ? -, :. - ? . - _? ~ The disasters, tho Teverjes, the sad and bitter experiences, <of lie^resent *winter should -open our oyes f??y to our real condition ; they should " nerve andprep&ro uvfor grand and fearful s a cr i faces. Lot our people not close their eyes and stop their oars to this proposition of arming onr slaves, and guaranteeing them their froedem for so^yice woil dou?; let them not shudder, and drive tho idea from their brains, because it is something new becanse.it is at first shocking-because they never dreamed of such a measure a year ago. This thing may soon be-in our opinion now is-ne eenary. Tho highest and holiost and dearest of all causes, freedom, demands it. Which is the moro pr?cisas-our freedom or our slayos ? Which ouyht to be tho mora precious ? ?-?-??--; Southern Ingenuity and Industry. For many montba. past, while perusing our numerous exchanges, we bare been struck with the advertisements of divers useful articles and materials* not 'heretofore manufactured in tho South. The war baa undoubtedly developed eur resources most wonderfully ; and -hero Bro but few articles for which we were formerly indebted to Yankee handicraft, that are .not now manufac tured to some extent in our midst. We mako our .>wn shoos, kata, eh th, lucifer matelic?, paper, shoe-blaekitlg, ink, nails, hoop iron, hagging and rope; to say nothing of the thousand and ono articles necessary in equipping an army. Our j ?wu brooms, bucket* and tin pans, baskets, pet?, and oven, como into the list;, eomo of them very j rough to bo sure, bat all of thom good enough to answer the purpose. And if tho war lasts mud longer, there will bc nvthing excluded frein Uv. list. Tho allix distinguishes tho at:ide from that which comes, or used to c >mc. through tho block ade : to wit: " Confederate" this, that, or IL other. Certainly the Southern people; hnvo prove?! themselves, contrary to all ibnorics, thc laost dustrioui, and the most practical find inventive' poople in the world. Our wefjien too I How nobly they have etaoi up to thc requisitions of tho timos t Ono half, if \ not more, of the property .and estates of the country aro managed by thom : a?d managed with admirable rosults. And still they have tune to fabrioate cloth and clothes .for soldiers, to wait upon hosp i tars, to visit the camps and the neigh borhoods of battle-fields, and to keop np all the evideuoos of comfort and civilization. Sometimes tboy are even found plough or ho? in hand. Very many reared to wealth and luxury, now earn a bare living pittance in the public offices of Gov ernment. And yet how cheerful aro they-and happy withal ! The grcatost heroism and mar tyrdom of the times are not be found upon tho battle-field. ' There is no fear ?ither that th? war will cbeck tho growth of population. There is something in the habits of life engenderod by war that ii favorable to the growth and developement of chaldron. The. aflsonco uf luxury is a powerful stimulant. It is found so in all groat "revolutiona ry epochs. In a few years u^ially, all trocea of the groat eon fl ict are removed. The Yankoo there fore can find small comfort rn their diab?lica**) threats and echomes of " extermination." Very soon after the war, the land will be as populsus as ever ; and let it bo a part of our religious creod in the future, that tba only ?Rixens of tho Con fudorato States are to be those who are born upon .it? soil, or who aharod its fortunes in tho dark hours of its history. Wonderful to Our Children. One of the most dillie ult things which our chil dren will find to understand, la reference tn tba j existing" war, will bo that which puasled th'? present .generation not a little in rofercnee to tb? times of the old royolution, vis : the almost fabu lous prices which have prevailed in regard toi tho indispensable articles of life. And tho, wonder will be how it was that people were ever able to pay thom. Let it be puk upon record for those children, that thoir fathers and mothers paid not j ?eldom for a bushel of corn from 820 to 50; ar barrel of flour, $200 to 500 ; a ham or shoulder of bacon, $100 to 125 ; * pound of butter or su gar, $S to 20 ; a pair ot ladies' shoes, $IS0 to $00 ; a pair of jor.tl'?inau's boots, $200 to 300 ; a felthat, $250; a yard of calico, $30; of unbleach ed domestica $7 ; ft shirt, $75 ; a lady s bonnet, $3n0 toi?00; usait of clothes for a gentleman, $1660 to 2600; board at tho hotels, $20 to CO i , per'day; a siegle meal, ora bed, $15 to 20; a-j gallon-of whiskey, $150 to 200 ; a good Spanish -segar, or a'drink a? a bar-room $5. Yet p?opl? still Hvo and lo'v?, andeatand-drink, and laugh and ma?e merry, and drin? and tmoke, and dress and flirt; and tho ladies look as beautiful and tidy ns orer, and nobody seem8 to .apprehend nakedness or starvatien. JfiroLil^dictu ! Glimpses of Spring-Words of Hope. . Winter is at last leaving us. Tho sky is tyne, tt?e sun brigljt, tho birdc. Binging, and boginnitrp^ to build their nesta ; tb? hoy-day af the snow drops and orocuses ls tit bund ; in afortn:ght th?: jonquil?, daffodils and' hyacinths will be hording high carnival. A few more weeks, and all nature will bo covered with green, tho color of hope Ilapo that "springe eternal in the human braust" : -H?pr that " tells a fluttering tale"-Hor.o tbnt j nevar bas her heart-atnug? brohea-Dope that'ld an irreprensible and poreuni? fountain bf living ' waters. During this w*r,-T.mn?.:y. I;ebruary^and , inarch hare always Ixion our unlucky months. Tho Spring ltt* *Tur ^WNS"' success and gio-j rions victory? VvVIW ~.*iU be w \ (Mi spring. The- ia it with our livia Ia tn? , world-shin? and shadow, joy and anguish : .. j ^SfT Gen. Leo is said to haro ox pry?ad him- 1 sulTin favor of consolidating tho army, ??nd np- 1 posed to decting officers. "If," said he, "the men wouU olect ufiieor* just before g*ing into ( | battle, tlielr'electious would bo tho best that could ? j io nade ; but as it is, they elect in camp and J < ;h,oo?o the mon who will most indulge them." j j . - * ."l' .T.the- Advertiser. L ; nc rflil?lary. System ol' the Cont'ed" rnte States. Tho military system of tho Confedtra'ey with its hage and unwieldy proportions-Its impress ment bureaux and ita bureaux of conscription, its impressing officers, agent?', employees and strngglors,--its' .superintendants, ' commandants, enrol Un jr offlcsrs,, tub-officers, exemption*, detn?l?, and skulkers fcomiluty. to their country, bas at last ?hared tho fare of ?ll - such damnable* hum bugs. It hat-fallen cerneo the advan o o.of tho enemy, a?d baa hurkd the pride, the-honor, yea thc liberty of tl? coa o try,--beneath tho armed beer of tho nf preVsur. t II oppressed'the people-until thoy forgot the high doty of patri ots and citizens. It plundored their property un 'tii they shrunk from the jnaintenance of their, cormtry-s independence. It lies BOW the-strug gling, but dying'monster of ignorance, arro gance and imu*ecilit7,^-the sport of Sherman and bia myrmidons, who caJTin vaia'for tho braggart spirit of tho South, io battle -for independence andtseJf-governtacnt. <. The aloud h?s lowered upon onr countrj, bat it ii only, the iuneraLpsJ?l of demoorstioal dama* goguoUm. Prom th? sepulchre of this- harwry will arise those principles of true government, and those manly virtues .which alone can give pcrmanonoe and character ta natione.- The ordeal is nearly finished. " Arpurar spirit ii arising from theeruoibie of suffering, and the country wilf comc forth purified and propared fer that g?w-~ crntnent.which 'the Almighty has ordained for a, virtuous people. Be not then faint-hearted, oh people, for the hour of-ycrur deliverance Is-at, hand: PETEE THE KERMIT. Confedera te .Judge. Hon. JJ. F,Perry^says the Greenville Patriot,) bas received -the appointment of Jad?je of tho Confederate States Court for District of South Carolina, rica Hon, ?. Q. Magrath", who resigned in consequence of having been elected Governor of the State. His Honor Judge'Perry qualified, .and entered upon the duties of bis responsible position on Monday, the 6th. For the Advertiser. The following.articles Lave been received-at tb? Soldiers' Home for two weeks, ending -"ob. 20 th, 1865: A Friend, 1 sack flour. ... . - Mr L S Johnsoa, 1 load lightwood. Mrs Elbert Devore, \ bush meal, 4 lbs batter, 2 r rs socks. Mrs E J Minis, 1 shoulder bacon. ? bushel po tatoes. , Ex-Oov Picken?, 1 load wood. Mrs Wm Prescott, 1 ham, 2 shoulders, 2 sides I bacon, butter, peas, 1 email, bag flour, 1 small [ bag meal, lightbrcad, biscuits, cakes, soap. . Mrs Wm Middleton, I ham, 1 shoulder baeon. Mas. LEWIS JONES, Prea't. S. H. A. Mrs. ELBERT BLAXO, Sec'ry and Troas. Speech of Preside at Da vi?, , Au immense mass meeting has- been held in Richmond. Ten thousand persons were present. Governor Smith presided. - Presi dent l)a7is made a speech. He said: J lo had never hoped anything from propo sitiona ot peace made to the enemy, unless uccauipnuied wi th. vic tories'of oar arms; the true bope of ibo Confederacy,wa? in brave >.oldiersdn stiflicient Humberto contest her claims in the military fiidd; but he wouki have been more or less than man; not to havf: yielded to H natural desire totes:ify, on every occasion, his anxiety, his yearning anxiety, for peace. : Ho had received a notice rr?m Mr. Lincoln, opeuio'g the'way to an unofficial ' conference on the subject. He did not feel a; liberty'to decline tho invitation which it implied. Io the notes which passed between Mr? Lincoln and himself in the matter, tte-rt; was one marked difference. He (Pr?sident Davis) spoke always of two countries. Mr. Lincoln spoke of a common co?ntrj. Ht could have no common country with the Yan kees. His life was bound up with the Con federacy; and if any man supposed, that, un der any circumstances, he could be an agent of the reconstruction.of the Union, he mis took every element of his nature. With tho Confederacy, he would live or die. Thank God, he represented a people too proud to eat the look or bow the neck to mortal man. beauregard held aimther army ia Sherman's path, and it might scion . be shown that Sher man's march through Georgia waa his last. \?\ there had : cen mistakes in the past,.ht us ac cept them as lessons of wisdom in thc future. Lotus improve the errors of by-gone-; let us . unite our bands and hearts, lock our shields together, and we may well believe that be fore the next summer solstice falls upon us, 1t will be the enemy who will be ??fcing u* for conference-and oceaaioDsin which to make known our demand?. *. TRAOKDY IN WASH rx CITO >-.-On Tuesday, Jan. 29th, about half-past four o'clock, as Mr. Burrows, clerk in the Controller's office in the Treasury Department, was coming down the stairw?ym the east end of the building, he was abott by Miss Marry Harria, of Chica go,' one ball passing thro??h his. body, pene trating his heart. He sank upon the steps, and, without uttering a word, soon died. ' Miss Hirris walked ont very deliberately and started down the avenue, when sh? was overtaken by one of the doorkeapers, and without any rosi?tance taken back," and was soon afterwards taken away by a police offi cer. She is very young and handsome, with long black curly bair, and of very preposses-' sins appearance. There aro many conflicting rumors as to the cause pf ^hooting; but all agree as to the point of his having b<-en very intimate with Miss Harris and having promised hij* mar riage. .She visited him ouce here last winter, bat he postponed lhe marriage and finally 'married another. "She say* he refined'ber thc position she had a right to, and but one thing remained for her. . Burrows baa been here about three vearsj coming from ?HihoiP, and"was avery effici?nt officer in the Currency department.-Wash ington Tele*. Dispatch^ STATE OF GEORGIA CKAXSE B?LL8?- Many pcroons seem to be under an erroneous im pression in regard to the small Bills issued, i by the Treasury of Georgiai AH billswidcr five dollars, ara not limited to the time of taking Ibera up:: and they ?fford coeveroient change in business. . "Those; of five dollars, and larger bills are redeemedat-t?ie-Treas?ry until 2Cth MaTqb, and the? they are redeem able* for tax? and other' public duos-aud .Under this regnUtiou it is nt? probable that "many will be pi-eaonted .for redemption, a* ; they ate generally perferred lo Confederate bills. .-?-?-.?? . J?S- In a miliU.ry poinl of view, everything ii ( ,.:::.?t in' tho TranF-^Mississippu The rivers ?re i higher Sow than they have been tor many year?; ! j but no .?ppTciiwnsiflu is felt of a land i nears! rm by j ( tho Yankees. '. . j ? 0?S* Th J Message of C<v.-Allen, of "Loabnana, , 1 V'^-es 'ho placing ol 200,000 nigroe-' ?n i ?hi^iy^riduncer;, wSff.,.;:; .Ao- T?? i , i?p muets with nui.creal approbation in Limul- f' ?na. '. r .- * ' -Vi. . . T~ pg*r* Why i<t it that some nj?= cnn Tay, with , jalriftli rocign -Hon, two or throe ?ons upon th?ir i .nur? try's alUr, but if a Confederate soldier steals ' a ?nc ?>{ !beir pigs they .? w.-nld'nt caro if tho Tan- j t tee? M arrup the while oouetrjr <? . i " ul.nc Sentiment. Once mote tue.great ?ieatt -of the South teats tree and easy, nor because tho tocsin, if war has boab cd its bugle blast, ?but be-: muse an ultimatum has Leen laid down be fore her people by the Executive i>f tfce North, speaking ?a un mistakable language ,btir determination to prosecute the war ctntil we are subjugated, or annihiratod.. uc less we consent to unite the broken bonds of ;he bated Union wi th the abolition of slaney ? No man, we caro not bow lukewarm be maj li ave boen heretofore in the canee,' yea, he may baye sunk so .low ia the vortex of gloom. md despondency, that Hgravitation ?shifting tuns tho other way," still, if. there is a drop of son them blood coursing his veins, ora Single chord that beats in unison -with our. cause, be will now rise from the drowsy luther gy and at least?echo th?. battle cry .of his brothers in arms, and bid them God.speed, before he will consent to submission tctbe rule of a haughty tyrant whose kingdom ia a covenant with the devil, anda league with bril '- . - Some disaffection Haaunfortanatelj tpnmg dp among the peaple of several States, grow ing out of what they b??ieved-to be au obsti nate reins*! on the part-of. our authorities to .pen negotiations with the North tors settle ment ' of the'difficult?s without appealing farther to the arbitrament of the sword, ana' even Georgia has been accused of disloyalty, but this effort has again for the third time since the commencement of tie war been honorably made, and diplomacy has failed; and while we deplore thc failure of the recent interview between our commresionen and the representatives of the North to accom plish peace, still, we think much pood has been achieved and' will be realized in the uniting once more of every man at the South, It has shown the folly ot any faVther'over ttires at negotiation and put an*eternal quie tus upon s?parait Stute action, a delusive phantom some of our misguided fellow-citi zen j have been vainly seeking in a haze of darkness. Whatever differences" of opVion ?may have heretofore existed in reference to tho true policy of our Government, it is-h?w too palpably plain fer even the most ignorant to misunderstand ; he that runs cannot fail to read ; and notwithstanding a diversity ot sentiment has existed as.to the gmt necessi ty arid its requirements, lhe time has.uow come when all must untie heart and band in ono wish BS to its final issue. As for our own patt, trusting in God aiit? the j u 5 ti ce of Our cause, we feel no appre hensions-as to the result of the contest.. We bave thc material in our midst yet for armies that will not only competo with those of the North, but if brought ihto conflict could shake the thrones of even European powers ; and Congress is now moving iu the proper direction, and if our representatives there, are, as we believe, sufficiently olive to the importance of the measure, but a short time will elapse'before the other arm. of'of-these Confederate States,'equally as powerful as tho one we have bad in the conflict, will be burled against th? enemy. ? Fight on, fight ever, is now the only watch word that eau be known to every Southern patriot, until wc wring from the unwilling hand of the North, by force of arms, the glorious boon of independence and uncondi tional recognition ; it can be done, and must be done. We axe glad io see the spirit that animated thc South in 'GI, reviving in the people ; no Vie old Virginia, still weltering in the blood' of her thousands slain, is calling public meet ings, and speaking out to the world her unal terable purpose to have " liberty or death." .-Aueusta Constitutionalist. - , Poisox.-Halla Journal of Health says if a person swallows poison deliberately, or ny chance.- instead of breaking out into multitu dinous and incoherent exclamations, dispatch some one (or the doctor; meanwhile, rou 'o the kitchen, get half a glass of water in any thing that is handy, put into it a teaspoonful of salt, and as much ground m natani, stir it an instant, catch a firm hold of fte person's nose, the mouth will soon fly open-than down with the mixture, and in a second or two up will come the poison. 'Thus it will answer better in a large number of cases than anything else, if, by this time the doctor has not arrived, make the patient swallow, the white of an egg followed by a cup of strong coffee, as ant ido* es for any poison that re mains in the stomach, because these purify a larger number of poisons than any other ac cessible article. - Life is a strange problem. One moment in the midst <5f prosperity we stand with the world in homage at our feat, the applause of the multitude ringing in bur ears, aud the sunshine of happiness streaming along our paths. A moment more, au evolution in the wheel of fate aud the hand of an invisible des tiny that liad, pursued our track, unseen, pours, its wrath upon our hoads, adversity set? in, the world puts on a buk of scorn, the voice of praise ls hushed, tb^p light grows dian, and our career on earth closes tn dark ness, to open again in the' bgbi beyond the ?ky. v * * -.--?-SW?)-- . Mr. Miles stated the number of exempts this side of tho Mississippi River, under the different clauses of the present law,, as, fol-; lows: Phyisical- disability, ?1,167; State ' offi cers' exempted.by Governors, 13,780; minis-' tero-, 3,08G; insane asylum managers and nurses 185; editora and employees of newspapers, 686} apothecaries, 899; physicians, 3,718; teachers and professors, 1,557; under tho fif teen uegro clause, 3?645; Quakers, Ac.', 893; ??ail ?outract?r?. -479: railroad employees, 4-982. j . - ? A Yankee officer was ask?d by a lady of Oxford, "Wiis , why General Griersonjwltb his largely superior numbers ef ci'va'ry did notf attack.General Forrest. He said, "Madam, our entire force of stven thousand cavalry, Would not fight one of Forrest's brigades un less our infantry was there to suppbit them., l?o one of our brigades would fight one of his regiments, no regimeit a company, and no companywould charge a pair of Forreai's Old boots if they were lying m tho road."* ??SF A residence costing?80,000 has been pre sented to'General Grant hy tho^itisens,of Phila delphia.' ' ^. . . . 'j/?kV Washington letter writers slate that pre-' paraiions hnvo already been began (dr the oom-' ing inauguration of Lincoln on the -Itb of March next;, and'it is" hoped by'tiose in charge t>f tho Capitol th at the entire east f nm t VT il ! be completed by that time. A monster oz is to be roasted whole at a banquet, and $ro engine- and political slabs harp sent delegations to engage &ccommo< dations. :JJ3kT? Wm, B. Astor, ef Kew. York, iu paying bis war tax, acknowledges to an 'annual income if $838,?Si. Thom as. has bee*.made a Major General io the regular army, eic? Gan. Pxemont, resigned, latir.g from the victory over Hood. Similar nomi nations for Sherman, Meado and Sheridan have io cn sent to tho Yankee Senate. ?SP Mr. Mohl crossed tho Mississippi rirct tho ?thor day, direct from Texas', ?nd represents Teryihiug i? u^?n 00 ,bat J** jieat stream. Jlessys everything ii abundant ' ? vcr there, and that people scarcely foci ino mir . going on. Thors are noTcdoral forces now at .ny point in Texas, and it ls thought gonoraJiy hat it will be a long tinte before thoy make any lemoo.tte.tjen upon anjr part of Te*as. ' . Jtfan?iiif, on th?:3?Bt'January last, in Decatur Co., Ga., by Her. J. L. Underwood, Dr. H. D. BUD.- QM aruEMitg BAR^H-k^CARRY. DiEDrof^Pnonaxon?a, at Elmira, N. Y., PEES LEY M- PRATER, ?n the" 24th.y?ar of bis ago. ,P. M. PRATER Wa? one Of the first to respond, whjm; South Carolina'.galled upon 'ber sons to. rsfwy*under the -Palmetto banner, soon after the. State seceded. "He left Edgefield <5." H*. "with rho - Edgefield Riflemen, tm.-the 6 tb of January -1861, to join^tbe 1st Regiment, St 0. V-, under Col. Maxcy' Gregg. Tbis.Regimept was subsequently ordered from Morris Island, S. C., to Virginia, where they did honorable service in the cause of "South Carolina and thc South. At tho expir?t ion of his term of senden under Col. Grcga he returned home, -where he remained only three w?ek3,whoi ho again volunteered an dar Capt, Abner Perrin, in the U(h Regiment, S. C.V. Sinco that, time' until hi? death," he had been nobly battllngfox air Conn try.- Yes, he has 'done all that an honorable'and gallaat soldier crnld do to ad vaneo the triumph -oT <wir cause. Be has giveq.his Ufo as a sacrifice open tho-altar of hi? oountry. Bf was wounded several time? in Virginia, and was 'suffering from a severe wound received at Chanceliers ville when captured on the 28th July 18W. . - V-* Be was obedient and respectful to .bi*- officers; kind and pleasant to sis comrades. He was a .-true model of the Sontheim 'soldier. Soldiers of th? South,?.mulato his example. 3 - ' ' - _' A - CuXRABE. SOLDIERS' BOARDV 6P BELIEFO The Member.? of-fhe ^olaiers' Board of Reliof -will moot at Edgefield C. H., on Monday next, the 27th inst., a? matters of much importanca claim their attention. Each member seeing.thia notice will please oxtondr'u to othec members, as it ts desirable that there should be a punctual at tendance of all the members. J. H. MIMS, SeeYy? Twas. *'B21 ? 9 '? THE FAVORITE HOME NEWSPAPE? ! THE attention of those who wish-to subscribe to a FIRST GLASS . RELIGIOUS AND I .LITERARY NEWSPAPER, is called to the an nouncement that , j THE BAPTIST BANNER Is published every Saturday in Augusta, Ga., at . tho price of $10 per annum. Each number (whole, ihooQ contains choice original aad selected reading,-Stories, Miscel lanies, Communications, Current News, ie. Editei by Roy. A. C. Barro*' and JAMBS N. /ELLI. y Enclose Sie, ard address JAMES N. ELLS, - - Augusta, Ga. Feb 21 2m? -8 To the People of GraniteviHe anti Surrounding Country, who took Goods from the Granite ville Fac tory and Store OB Friday, 10th instant: THIS ia to warm them of tho' necessity of re turning th? Goods immediately to tho Com pany. Prosecutions will be Issued against every individual .who was sean carrying. Goods from, either place, unless speedily returned, and I call upen all good citizens for any information which will lead to their recovery. It is my purpose to M lew up every snoh person and require them to show where the articles in their possession were obtained. Thiity-thrce thousand yards of the Goods, forcibly-taken, from tba Factory Ware house, belonged to the' Soldiers' Wive? and Chil dron. .WM. GREGG, President Granitcville M'fg. Company. Feb 21 ' St fl Enrolling Office, ... .J5PGBR??ya. c., IA. aiat, Wi. "J ALL person s living near thi E pla co, who have I? not yet paid in their tithe ,of Fodder, are beroby earnestly requested to aped it forward" to the undersigned at toon at poBtibU as it fs much needed for the Company io-Camp here. F. J. MOSES, Jr., Lieut. & Enrolling Officer., Feb 22 -2t ?. -9 For Sale* I'WILL sell at public'outcry at Edgefield-C. H; on Sftleday in March ?ext, EIGHT OR TEN condemned Government HORSES and MULES. Terms cash. JNO. L. NICHOLSON,. Government Agent. Feb 20 2t " . 8 Iron for Sale. FOR sale at this Office a lot of GOOD IRON which will be sold ata bargain. . Feb 21 tf 9 AdiniiiislLTator's .Sale. I *MjY>irtee of an order, from W. P. Duriioe, Itt Ordinary of Edgefield District, I will pro ceed to sell at the late residence of RICHARD WRIGHT ADAMS, dee'd., on TUESDAY, tho Tth day af March next", all tbVpertonal property of said deceased, coneistjn* of? - AB OCT FORTY-TWO NEGROES, Among (hem one g"od plantation Blacksmith, , MUL?S, CATTLE, SHEEP AND HOGS, - FODDER, SHUCKS, COTTON--BALED AND IN" THE SEED, COTTON SEED, - Three Road Wagons and one Ox-Cart, ; Ono Carriage and Buggy,. Ono Fan and Thrasher, . Blacksmith and Plantation Tools, Household and Kitchen Furniture, and various ether articles. TERMS.-Said property will be sold on a credit until the - bth December next, with in tor.?t from day of ?alo. Pnreh?sers will ba required te giro Neta.with two or moro ajiproved aarntiea. 7?o property to be* delivered until toms of sale are complied with. : . .^Eff-Two PLANTATIONS will bs rented at thc same time and place. ' ' T. D. PADGETT, Adm'or. Fob IS * . Brought to the Jail OF this District, on the lita- Jan., a negro man who says his name is BOB, and that he belong? to Davis-Hodges, living io, Greenville District, S. 0. Said Bob is about 3? years old, 6 foot 0 inehesbigh, vory da?k complected, and .weigh* abouti SO pounds. . ,. The owner is requested to come forward, provo property, pay charges, ?nd take bim away; othor WJEC he wv\ be dealt with as the law directs.' L. H. MCCULLOUGH, J. B. B. . Feb 21 . . . tf fl t0 ALL WHOM IT HAY CONCERN. THE Road leading from Mrs. Mary Morgan's to Price's Landing, Rehoboth. Depot, via my residence, will be cflactually closed on the 1st March nor. JOSEPH PRICB. Feb 21 -_St 9 Notice, WE hereby notify the public that we, as Ex? etutors or the Estate of Wi A. Rutland, dee'd., have tendered, in the presence of Witnesses, to jamo? Holland, Guardian for his children Virr finia, Edmandjiid Bennet Holland, tho sum of wo Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars, which he refuses to receive. Wo also give notice that wo will not nc responsible for tho interest that msy accrue upon said money, nor Will we le responsi ble fot any other money tba? Confederate, money, as this was tho currency agreed upon in the terms of the solo. Neither will wo ba responsible for ?ny accident that may occur to tho money. J H. M. SATCHER, \ U . EMSLEY LOTT, j " 0M Feb SI ' _o_ Notice. T\ \ -,r.-'~ yotifv all petiOtH indehtod to thc Wn, ?civ.j . -" .' j - Estate nf W. A. Rutland, doe n., lilli 1IVM and after, this dato that wo will not recotvo tho ?resent currency unloss compelled by law. 1 * IT. M. SATCBKR, j -, EiiSLEY LOTT, j Fob 21 3t '9