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^-^^-^-^--fsr?ry? . .rUllLWDSB EYEI?J WEDNESDAY MOUNT KG BTJEIS0E, KEES2- & CO. "sui^crrtiPTroNS' to mo -ADTEF.TISEI?'' for ^?one year TSN DOLLARS ia advance.. For Six Months TrVE IT?LLAP.S, R' ? * rAU^RTJSFJlfrtfTO TTiU bc Inserted ' at FiVK DOLLAR3 per Square (10 mi sion lin?s-or less) for each lu'ertion. Advertisements (without instructions as to thc nnraberof times to bc inserted, will bo pnbhsliod until forbid, and charged accordingly. Announcing Candidates for. any Office of honor or proflt, TWENTY DOLLARS, to bo paid before the an nouncement ls published. Obituary notices, Tributes of Bcspcet, or any commu nication perennal in Hs nature, will be rated as adver ttMments and oh.irged*aeeord inply. Authentic from Charleston. Thc evacuatip t was successfully; completed on 'fhursda .. the ltith of February, betwe en tho hours of twelve and one o'clock. Our troops lett on tho cars of tho North Elstern railway going io the direction of Kitigstrec . In addition to thc fall of the city, of ?seil sorrowful in the extreme, we have to-record one of the most horrible calamities thatcvei befell any population. Tbc Depot of thc South Carolina Railroad company betweer Mary and Ann streets, was lilied with store; of the Commissary^ Quartermaster and Ord nance Departments. Upon the departure o our forces, ?ueh supplies as could not he re moved were allowed to the iudigent citizens and the.building was thrown open for them While crowded, with women and oh?diei some fixed ammunition was exploded, de straying the house and causing the death o throe hundred persons. The sitrht was a mes pitiable one, and beggars description. , The flames immediately spread with tin greatest rapiditv, and it is feared that .Margi portion of?tho e?ty must have been destroyed Thc fire was in progress when the Federn troops landed", and they immediately tenderei assistance and protection to the bremen cn gaged in slaying tho conflagration. The explosion is supposed to have beet pnrely accidental, some b-ys having been see; engaged in amusing themselves with shell? 'It was certainly not caused by any urJitar order. There H now no enemy between August and Charleston, the line of the South Caroli na Railroad being occupied at no poinr. We are indebted to Captain Disher of lb South Carolina ltnilro?d for the above ir.tei esting items. Ho left Johnson's Turn On yesterday, where he conversed with one r General Young's scouts who- had just arrive from Ridgeviile. J. W. Morrel and Isaac Cohen, lead in merchants of the city, have died. No order for thc banishment of Hie furn lies o? Confederate oflicei? had L#en .excel' ted at last accounts, though the policy wr still under discussion.-Constitutionalist ( Sunday. The Latest Anny News. [DR. NAG LE'S DISPATCH;] There are about thirty five miles oj" Rai road stock, making nearly,'.]OOO engines air " cara belonging to every five foot guage in th Confederacy, accumulated about Charlot!) The guage changes there preventing th' 1 from going further. Shermans move wi cause or has caii3ed their destruction. A were heavily loaded with stores. For tl' want of wood and water at the different sit tions, they could not bc moved bei ween Che: ter and Charlotte. The Southern Express Corapmy saved n its valuables and papers from all p.aces whic have boen .placed in safety. Thc postclKees lost their maih everywhere The Express carried thc only mail that wa saved. When nur forces left Charleston, on Thur/ day, thc bridge over the Ashley was burne1' Two regiments left behind Were captur?e A large number of heavy guns were lei in thc enemy's hands, undisraantled. The ammunition was ca;t into the barbe or destroyed. The city bas been garrisoned by uegr troop?. Seven-thirty notes advanced five cents tc day, and aro in demand. No RECOGNITION OF MAXI.MII.IAX.-Th House of Representative* has concurred i the Senate amendment of "the Consular aii Diplomatic Appropriation ?HI, declaring Ilia there shall be no recognition by Ibo Unite Slate* of an Empire- ia Mexico, ami the bi: has l>e-.'U passed. . Not a single American Power has rccog nixed the e.npire-in Mexico, nur is it likel, that any of them will act otherwise than fc follow thc lead of the United States in thi ' matter. It has been only the; Powers of Bu rops that have been swift to express tin i congratulations on the supposed downfall q a republic. Ii remains, therefore, simply t be seen whether they or we r.rc to control o this continent. Wc shall soon be ready t test this quastion.~N. Y. Herald. . SHERMAN POTTING, ON IHR SCREWS';- Per sons coming through from Savannah. brill? intelligence that tho ladies of that unforluoat city are not allowed to appear on the street except under a negro gusrd, and that no om is permitted to make purchases of goods ti the stores, without firai procuring ? writtos order to that-effect, specifying thc article t; be purchased. Wc leam, al.-.t, that General Sherman, lia< issued an <>r.lrr gsantYng forty acre' ol arabli land to e*.ch slave within his lir-.es. The dis trict of country embraced iu this order ex tends from thc Combnhco in South Caroli na to thc Ogcechee in Georgia.-Macon Ti la graph. THOMAS' MOVEMENTS.-ThcSe'rxa Di ;i atc?l of Thursday has-a very i m jo* ton! ?tem, wh,^ taken in connection w'r.h tho announcement that the Federal trco;..? at Eastport wera'all withdrawn, on er aNou*. thc 5th inst. Om cotcmporary siya : A letter from North Ala bama, to a relative now in Selma, states" that Tiiomas has croped 20^000 Iroop?aiFIo'rerice for an advance into phis section c f the State by thc wr.T i t Columbus, .Miss., find Tusca loosa. We give this as stated by* colonel ol an Alabama regiment. Tba lady may poss!; biy have been misinformed, but tho report bas an iir of probabili'y. TherSelina Mississippian elates that thc JaLOsC nt?ws from-Memphis ia that Thomas ia eoncantiAting a heavy force at TC-.t ;r;>ort, on the -Tennessee tiver, and is ii: jed by Andrew Johnson ?ind other' tv commen?a a movement upon Alahama^fttan earfy; moment; sn tts to prevent Hood's &vmyifrom getting'to South Carolina, to aid Hardcc and Hill. A e >rro3pondantol theMempiiic Arg-:.'; fron Kastport, says the army has reosivsrj ma?-<jh... ing orders,.and that an advance by the cav alry under Grierson and Smith baye already moved in thc direction of South Alabama, iipported by infantry. Ex Gov. MOREHEAD.-Thc Housios (Tex as-) Telegraph nas the following notice of one o?tho first martyrs of thnXidcoln tlesprfcistm who bas recently reUirjj?d froir, EnropQ : ; We had the pleasure yes'.n-dv.- rf meeting Ex-Goveanor Morehead, of tfentuckv, iii town. Hoappaprfi in good health, having spent the last three mott tbs almost constant ly iu travel a?d-caropaign-out. Few mon have lost more by this war than'be From a??lu. euee he has been reduce .1 almost .to povcrly. ' HTs plantation, one of thc finestin Kentucky, and 200 hands, were taken by vthe tnemy in rlSG2, he. l?irns?lf, burning 1,300 bates, of cot ton to keep it out of their bands. His con fidence in the justice .and ultimate success of bis car se, is as etron* as "ever. And to .listen-to Iiis conversation is an antidote to tbc nonsense of at least forty croakere. " THE ADVERTISER. TASTES T. BACON, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, MAR. 1,186?. . Prices Doubled. Since tbo 1st December last (thc -late of our last increase in price of subacriptior.) cern and flour, bacon and lard, peas and potatoes, salt and sorghum,-and nearly everything ebo ki thc pro vision or coining department-have advanocd in priro at least 100 per cent. Paper and Ink, and L-.l">r, Xe, bavo ?'.so considerably advanced. And to moot all of those unexpected calls upon ?ourltmitod supply of Confedero to notes, wo too uro forced to raise our terms of Subscription ?nd Advertising in a corresponding ratio. Thc Ad fer.'iW from this dato, until further nolie?, will bc published at $20 per annum; S10 for si J month?,-rn advance in every ?i'tancc. Orders for thb paper, unaccompanied by thc cash, will receive no attention at our bonds. Advertisements will bc published at thc rato of ?10 per square, of ton lines or .loss, for each insertion. Advcrlircraonts and job work must also bo poid for in advance. Thorn is no use in our trying to keep prices doini whilst every article that wo stpr.d in need of is rapidly advancing. Wc bava Ui?d this ex periment thoroughly, and are satisfied that, in these days of an over-issue of jA Tr.r.xnoLM's '.promises to pay," a continuance of such a policy would very soon bring us to the s-tarv:'. lion point. Facts aro facti, and cannot bo con troverted. Those of our patrons who prefer paying $1,00 for thc Ad vcr I iicr in provisions, at old prices^ ic preference to ?20 in Confederate rooney, oro ur geutly exhorted t* do". SO. In f.ict, if uar " live and let live" rurmer-friends will givo the-subject duo reflection, and will then act on thc principles of the Golden Rulo-" do unto others, Ac."-we think usi.niy of them will pay in provisions. Anything in the home produce lino from a pump kin to a tino sugar-cured ham will be highly ac ceptable to ns. ?telie? lor Coldinbia, &c. - Upon consultation yesterday with several of ci:r townsmen, we determined to call a meeting of lue citizens of Edgefield and vicinity, on V.'o-i no.5d.iy. the 1st March, fur the purpose of collect ing and sending providions. tJ tho Bufferers in Columbia and elsewhere. Wednesday promising to bo an extremely inclement day however, aud hearing that thc Kev. Mr. CoxxOR (deputed bj the municipal authorities of Columbia) will soon bc among us for the purpeso of soliciting coiftri butioas, we have concluded te defer the said call -at least until next week. Blovcmcntfl o? our Anny. On this pi;!nt, we can say extremely little. Up on tuc evacuation of Charleston, Gen. Hardoi with his forces went up towards Florence: by this timo, they are in all probability on Sherman'* right flank. Eut even if we knew more about ar my movements it wero bettor to keep it o'ut ol thc publie print. Sherman- ii still far fmiu tin end of his journoj, and tho great body of out people arc still in high and confident hope of hit speedy overthrow. Eut after all, what do these grand expeditions of Sherman amount to? Neithei 'Savannah nor Charleston is of any great strategic importance to thc Yankees; they afford Shermnni U is true, a ready water comniuuication for his supplies, bat wherein do his advantages di fiel fruin those of thc F?deral cnn.mnndcrs.who have ">ot-holds on the coast of Virginia and North Carolina 1' Thc ?roat heart of the country is still intact, and tho " rebellion," instead of being " crushed out" is only concentrated and ready for more decisive blows. Twenty such '. grand ex peditions" will not quench the Haine of Southern Liberty, ^ior unnerve the sturdy arms that are bared in its defence. Our great trouble has been in this war, a ic d tip-icily of points tobo de fended : it has scattered ; our forces and conse quently weakened thom. Concentrated iu tho in terior, they ? ill bc strougor than over before, and bi ! defiance,to ali-the :..-;.> of thoir foes. Thc Sacking'nud Uuruing tit barnwell. In another column we have ?'?von a very inad equate account of tho truculent and Geudish pro ceedings of thc Yankees in Columbia. From the Augusta Conttitutivnalittno learn that they wore equally blood-thirsty ?nd unbridled at Barnwell . C. H., and throughout that Di-trict. In tho town, j- j small as it is, upwards of one hundred buildings, o j iacluding the Masonic ball, thc Court House aud n j Jail, two holds, Xe, were destroyed. Hundreds ?f peuple hi tha t quarter ave l?enseles*, naked, starving; - < -?><-3S. N- ... . . - Discontinued . Th's post office in this Di-trict, known as Fruit i?i?j, has boc;> discontinued. Two Rocks ol' Olfen ce. ! Why is it that wc cannot get lotter-- from aoy " j poinL this side of Columbi-!-nor -send letters to 51 any point bqtwoon'here and thora ? Booaueo tho . j mail could riot gt into Columbia whilst' fha Yan . j ki es wore thereabouts ta ?o r?..s..;? why ?I should j bare beer, stepped t-ntir- I.v t.n (!". ronlo! D?> see to it, Mr. Contractor-and set your drivers to Voil; An intelligent correspondent asks us ." why ls j the Supporting Force of the body of Light Duty . m'M kept in camp nchryour tor-n." ".'".oro rin.'Mo to answer this qwerrj ; hui ?iu P'?'J rhe-C^mmaudast Conscripts authorised thc / ?ipic Io oor.bnmblo opinion however, th"?v had infinitely b-:tt<-r foe^t h-.me, inakiLg-pr'.vis ions for soldiers in active service to cat. Aa it is, they arc .....ortly eating up vast supplias that thu said soldiers in activo sci vice ought uodotible liv to have. goorala Erect. Wo have longtlK.ngbl that Ibu) :?r<".t ado abbat , Georgiabciug uns'afb and unround; war, merely I tho malicious and hilo t.dk ?>f demagogues and ; croakers to hide and justify their own rottenness j and despondency ; and late ooourrencos have j proved our opinion a just ono. Tho Legislature ! of Georgia oonvonod at Macon on the lath of thc i present mouth, and U still in sr.-. io:;; Ibo first ; resolution (and only ono wo havo herd of as yet) I advocating thc call of a Stats Convention; being I pitt upan its pa?wgc, thc yet..? and n:ys v.ero I J ealUd fojf/nnd resulted in yeas 2, nays i>u ! The j j yeas v. ore Mr. Defers, who Introduced thu re-Mpt- . lion, and Mr. iii KY. Tho n-.blo Empire Slate I . will do lo tis t'vii'i-.y twr. All Egfc'l .. > Wholker ''' a good r-"-g" or "a bad egg," tra leave other people l<. judge. Ur-. Monday las!, a high dignitary ofjpjar tonn Attained the ago of seven and forty. As ho stil young ?ind hnnd somcj wo will not say " ratturc ago." Ile infunnod Bri <lr.l thc- 2un? . e.-.-?ry was * be oolobro-tcd in hie homo by having for dloner "a roasted egg?" 0 Tem nora .r Iii tboso dav.-; wc w>u?d witling?y bare gone and dined upon tho t&elt, bul ho aovcr ( said como. O Jforci.' . J t "Give H s thiVDay our Daily Bread.,; We hope, friends, that yon and wo aro not too proud to ask fur our daily bread, and to bo grate ful for getting it- But can we whisper this prayer by our safe and quiet bedsides, or sit thrico a day at our well provided tables, without thinking sadly of tho thousands who arc uttering it in care, in tronble, in anguish, ia doubt, in poverty, in destitution ? Can wo creep to our rest when tho days labor is ovor, and tho daily bread earned and eaten, and breathe cur hushed thhnks to the Givor of tho meal, without remembering our neighbors who aro now in deep woo and want? Edgefield is rich, and has not been visited by the enemy. Barnwell, Orangcburg, Lexington, Co lumbia, that have dono as muoh for tho war as wo, have boon la^d waste,, and their women chil dren and old mon left homeless and without broad. Under thc circumstances, what is our duty ? Our wealthy and influential citizens should immedi ately call a public meeting, and devise ways and ?Deans to forward without delay, supplies of pro visions <fcc, to tho sufferers. If Edgcficld does not do this thing, sho ought to bo forever Anathema Maranatha ! Wo bopo.tbis duty of love and charity may be honestly dono, and that in the last day-in tbo great settlement of all ac counts-the Greot?teward"above may deal kind ly wita (die contributors. Of and I ron? Columbia. ,At last wc havo definite and reliable news from Columbia; anda sad and sickening talc it is! Ono Corps of the Yankee army cnterod^pur capi tal on Friday, tho 17th of February, botween ll and 12 ?clock A. Mi Tho romaining corps en camped around thc town, but did not enter it. Our informant, a physician and gentleman of high character and intelligence, w^ll known to many of our citizens, who was in charge of a Hospital in Columbia during tho Yankee occupa tion, and who left two days after its evacuation by them, says Sherman's forco is between sixty five and seventy-fivo thousand strong-the finest looking men, nnd the most splendidly equipped, ho has ever seen ; and that he has no negro sol diers-only negroes in h?3 pioneer corps. Tho i'ankee army wn* in and around Columbia from ll o'clock on Friday until ll on tho follow lng Monday. P rev ions to thc near approach of tMtwovcrwhelmiug horde of vandals, Gen. BEAU I!>:OARD wan in r>r rear the city with between ten and eleven thousand mon; ho windrow towards Winu-dibro.. Gen. Hampton, with seven or eight hundred cavalry, kept the enemy at bay on Fri d.iy morning, front; early dawn until 10 o'clock, when bo was forced to give back; he also retired in tho direction of Winnsboro. Upon entering tho town, tho Yankees began immediately to apply the torch, and beforo they ceased their work of destruction, throe fourths of J our fiiir capital woro smouldering ruins, f All houses of every kind frem Congaroe Bridge to M i in Street, and all houses of every kind, on either side of Main Street, in its entire length, wcro burned to the ground. They hoisted the Stars and Stripos upon tho old State House, and, ?after seeing it float, for a few hourB, hauled it down, and burned the building. They threw shells against tho new State House, and defaced it con siderably. Thc Arsenal, thc Armory, Evans & .Cogswell's immense Printing Establishment, thc Lutheran Church, tho Washington St. Methodist Church, the old Baptist Church, Christ Church (Episcopal,) the Roman .Catholic Convent, tho Ladies Hospital, tho Wayside Home, and all the Hotels arc among the buildings burned. Nor was thc fire confined to'Bridgo Row nnd Maia Street ; very many elegant privato residences, in the blocks adjoining-Mam .Street, woro destroyed ;. among them, Chancellor Carroll's, Dr. Gibbes's, Dr. Trete van t's, Judge DoSaussurc's, Col. Clark son's, Major Stark's, Capt. Sehu'e, Dr. Boat wrighl's-and a vast number of others. Tho South Carolina College was not burned-nor any build ing connected with it. The Methodist Femalo College was also uot burned. Sherman made his 'lead-quarters in the elegant residence of the ate Mrs. Hampton ; it was not burned. Tho Yankee soldiers behaved with ibo greatest brutality and ferocity during the occupation: many ladies who rushed from their burning houses, carrying in their arms clothes anik valuables of different kinds, had these snatched away from them and tossed back into thc flames." Ail houses not con sumed by fire, werc,enterodand ruthlessly robbed. Vast quantities of raluable furniture, china, glass, Ac, wcro wantonly smashed and destroyed. Ab wir tu/ :gi teere dh/ilagetU-aot any truckling to tile invader! After a rcigu of terror of thrco days, Sherman evacuated Columbia and marched towards Winns boro. A con.-idcrabie number of negroes follow ed him from thc town and surrounding country; of tho?e, all thc women and children spcolily re turned, he having refused to focd them. Many of thu men likewise returned. Tho train which was convoying off tho Yankee prisoners lately j Confined in Columbia, is said to havo been over ta koo by Sherman, tho prisoners recaptured, nud ! Capt. Sean Confederate 0(li-:?riu chargo of them, killed. In Columbia, thc Yankee: surpassed all th^ir j fermer barbarity and iubuuiHnity. 'Tis thus they glut the sectional uniuib?i?es, tho envy, hatrod ..md malice of thirty years' growth, In the con sciousness of power, (hoy goad tho. South to thu fight, wi.th J full dotcrminatiou of crushing its pride and humbling us in thc dust at their lout. There is nothing left for thc Confederate people j but to put themselves in a condition of thorough j organization, and'the whole country in an^atti ? tu lc of determined and nudging dofcuce. Thc i ise'ue is extermination or slavery. .Hrs. Lincoln tn bc Divorced! We havo boon hoping that " thc reliable gentle man" would bo slain ?U'OSjo of tho recent battles, but DOt so: his obstinacy in holding ou to lifo is ovid a (tro ig as'?fhat of tho cat. Wretched uianJ ;.. ii ive niue lives in such days as these, n :.n OMI U :: burdon .-?nd a sorrow! His latest j is tb?: That SEWARD baa latily r?oeiyod letters from the Prime Miuiaters.of England and France, condoling? wiri: Mr. LINCOLN on his failure to crush out tho incorrigible rebel", aftd each ton '.?.iii;; him the loan of a mil'.ion of mon to mike M, "iiiuety*diry?*' jib of it--but upon express t condition tint LINCOLN shill obtain a divorco 1 from Mr-?. LrxcOC.N (a vulgar American) and ' marry n daughter of Louij Napoleon, Emperor ' of tho French. The proposition has already j been submitted to .Mrs. LINCOLN, who instinc- j Lively exclaimed "bully !" and fell into a profound j swoon. Abo himself is in tho deepest grief open- \ ry acknowledging that he prefers a Hack woman, t Bat let not thc croakers and tho weak-knood bc- j li?ve a word of it, for wo eun assure them that 2 "Boney" has nw daughter; that is, none by thc j . fair Eugenic, Lis lawful wife Of course none i ' other would do to become tho imperial bride vf; Abraham I, Emperor o? Yaokocdom. And "tho reliable gentleman" is al?o meddling j ? with :ho m ?trint'ini.t! airdrsofilistingm'shed rebels. :, .* - *. i I' He.rays thab.Gsn. BRACRBOARD is to bo married I J ta Miss Angust? Evans of Mobile, tho authoress j ? of "Beulah and ifac?r?u'/' to thin proposition j tl wo instinctively exclaim " bully !" but swoon not. I w It is not worth while however, to believe any- ! c; thing the rel i'.ble" say?. As for our part, wc { believe nothing that other peoplo tell us, and only 1 c? ibout one-third of what we say ourselves, Ci S2?>" A nashville correspondent ?ja. Thomas' !! iriny is being mounted /jr rapid movements1" :liroti?h Alabama. Selma, Coinrabua and Mobilo j ?l tro mentioned as the principal objective pointe. I Ct Abuse Neither th? President nor the - . Generals.- _."_ A little over two months ago, SHEAHAN, with n urge army, marched almost without molestation hrough tho heart of Georgia, laying waste Hir sts, fields, dwellings and towns, from the moun ains lo tho seaboard. Within the past three reeks, he has march in Uko manner through :outh Carolina ; this time however, from the caboord to the mountains. Under those ?ircum ?tanecs, people at homo will now oxhaust thc English language in abusing the President, Gen. BEAUREGARD, Gen. HAROEE, Gen. WHEELER ; ind perhaps even Gen. JOE JOHNSTON, for it, is a Toll known fact that the latter, although behind Lhe scones, has bean lending his aid and advice in the conduct of tho campaign now in progress in Qur Stato. Fireside generals, inflated politi :ians, who know nothing npon earth about mili tary matters, speculators, extortioners, bomb proof gentlemen, heroes who have never seen the front cveu in tho remotest perspective, and silly and misguided womon, will all strive with fran tic assiduity to seo. < Mch can be loudest in objurgation-which can throw thc largest stone, and blt hardest-which con soonest demolish and entirely uproot the aforesaid brave, honest and able men. And all the time they are thus raring, foaming, and giving rein to thoir petty spites and personal prejudices, they will be perfectly'aware' taut it is the fault neither of Mr. DAVIS, .nor Gen. BEAUREGARD nor Gen. II .VP.DCE ? they will kni.w perfectly well that SUERUAX is marching thus triumphantly through our land because ice tc?/il troop? enough to withstand him. The Presi dent and mest of our ablast generals want our armies recruited in the only way, and from the only source, they can be recruited. Twenty five or thirty thiusa.nl woll disciplined black soldiers, addod to the whites, woul4 have saved ua from the devastation"*and disgrace which have lately befallen us. But, oh no ! The edict of curtain would-be wise men has gone forth that it will never do to make a soldier of the negro, and for this untenable dogma, forsooth, wo aro to allow ourselves to bo overrun, and an Abolition Government erected ovor us ! Is a great people to be governed by such nonsense as this? Are wa-toshow ourselves a nation of silly theorists and triflers on tho very verge of a political volcano ? Heaven save na from such counsellors in this critical hour ! The time is fast coming when we shall be cured of this folly and bo willing to receive any aid that we can get, without regard* to races ot any other distinction; and we pray it may not come too lato. As a goncral rule, we, in common with our countrymen, aro opposed to the policy of freeing tho negro in tho South, believing that his present condition is best for him, and for all concerned ; but wo had rather soo one entire half of thom sat free, than tho whele doomed to annihilation, and tho liberties of thoir masters crushed under thc heel of a Northern dospot. Whether freedom be their best condition or not, if they think- io, nnd tho promise be found to se cure fidelity and efficiency in our cause, would not truo wisdom, under tho circumstances, Fay, mako the promise and perform it? When will tho world becomo practical, and learn to follow tho teachings of common seaso ? When will it learn that principles aro hut tho result of experience and expediency, and that the very sumo reason that points eut a certain policy-aj right a't one time, may set it aside as wrong and pernicious at another ! It is a very convenient thing for mon W 'o bato to take tbs trouble of j reasoning or thinking, to lay down a general prin [-clple and take it as their guido and master fur all time, and under all circumstances. The wise man, tho statesman worthy of trust, will take reason fer his guido, and by this touchctono test all con clusions for himself and bis country. No prin ciple is universal in its applicability. What moy bc right and best to-day, under one state of cir cumstances, may he grievous error tomorrow, un der another. For tho Advertiser. 'Tribute of Respect. Ata regular communication of Concordia Lodge, No. 50, A. F. M., held on the ISth^Fcb., the fol lowing Preamble, and Resolutions were unani mously adopted : WHEREAS, In the dispensation o' an All-wise Provideneo, the Almighty Diaposor of human events has seen fit., iu this Unto of universal grief and suffering, to visit, with a peculiar infliction this Lodge and tho family of our worthy Brother, WILLIAM BLACKWELL, in removing from thoir midst thc member of the one, and the sup port of thu other. A sn WHEREAS, in alltimeBof sorrow and tribulation, it becomes, the duty and privilege of those bereaved to .express, In tho manner most fitting tho depth of thoir griof and oxtcnt of thoir suffering. Thoroforo bo it by this Lpd^e, ltcwlced, That is tho death of thoir worthy I brother WILLIAM BLACKWELL th? members j of this Lodge, with whom he had become i-ienti ficd, hy long and friendly intercour'O, deeply foci j that lh?y hnro beau deprived of the prescpne und I assiitanca of ?no whom they had ever regarded ? with con G don ce ami esteem. His devotion to I duty, as exemplified in our constant attendance, j whan able, upon the labors nt this Lodge, and lila sympathy with thc tm'feringu of th eco ur, try, os instanced hy hu personal tarvliM rendered to *ue cause, justly entitle him to our long and affec tionate remembrance. Remelted. That we deeply sympithise with the family of onr deceased brother in their groat be reavement, and hereby tender thom the assistance of our gri'jf and sorrow, with the earnest trust that Ho who "tempers tho wind to rho shorn land" will teach theni to b:ar their irrotrierablo lo - 7 wi h patieueo und r?signation. Remitted, Timi a page in the Rocord Book be dedicated to the memory of our brother; and that tho Lodge roo"-, be clothed in mourning fur the next thirty days. Remited, That too Seerotary be Instructed to furnish thc wife of tho deceased with a copy of thc nhovo Prcamblo and Resolutions; and that they bo publhhcd in tho Kdgefiuld ?'dvcrtiter. IL B. G ALLMAN, W. M. " L. n. MCCULLOUGH, Scc'ry. To I> ?corne Unhappy. In the first place, if you want to be miser able, bc'selfish. Think all the lime of your self anil of your own things. Do not care ^bout anybody ulae. Have no feeling for any I 0 Due bnt yourself. Never think of enjoying . t( Ihc satisfaction of seeing others happy ; bul ' 1 rather, it y?u see a smiling face, be jealous, est another should enjoy what you have not. Suvy every oue who is better off, in any res pect, thanyourself ; think unkindly towards ;hein, and speak ill of them. B-i constantly ifraid least some one should encroach upon four rights; be watchful against it, and if my one comes near your things, snap at him ike a mad dog. Contend earnestly for eve y thing that, is your own, though it may not ie worth a dime; for your "rights" aro just s much concerned as if it were a pound of old. Never yield a point. Be very i enai- jj ive, and talce everything that is said to you T I playfulness, in tho most serious manner, j JJ ie jealous ol your friends, lest they should ot think cnoagh of you. -And if at any time icy should seem to negloct you, put the orst construction upon their conduct you in. MIJJAWS' DIVISION.-Rumors have been ! - rcttlated that McLaws' Division had been ! T iptured. They are incorrect. Scouts report: mt ?division of the enemy landed at Bulls ; I ay, and caine near cutting oif the retreat of y( tr forces. But (?cn. McLaws succeeded in ! 1 ossiog tho Santeo without loss.-CThronipJe, I i For the Advertiser, ht* Military System. j>f the Confedc * rate States. ' Tho first not of the Congress of the Confede ro States, in relation to Conscription, was passed pril Kith, 1862. By this Act it is enacted-that ie President be authorised to call outland plaee i tho military service of the Confederate States, ir three years, unless the war be sooner ended, ll white men, residents of tho Confederate States, etween the ages of eighteen and thirty-five oars, not legally exempt from military service. By am Act passed Sept. 27tb, 1802) all white len, from thirty-five to ferty-flvo, not legally ez mpted from military service, are ordered to be onseribed and placed in the military service of lonfedexa'e States, for three.'years, unless the rar shall be sooner onded. By an act paaaeo! feb. 17th, 1861, all white ion, residents of the Confederate States, betwoen be ?gos of 17 and 50, are declared" to bo in the ailitary service of the Confederate States for the rar. By the Act of Congress passed April 18th, SA2, Sec. 3d, it is enacted, in substance, that for bo enrollment of all persons eomprobended vithin the provisions of this Act, who aro not ab .cady in service in tho armies of thc Confederate states, it shall be lawful fo?^the President, with he content of the Governors of thc retpective State?, to employ Slate O?cers ; and on failure to >btain euch content, he ?hall ' employ Confederate Officers, charged icltk the duty of maling tneh en rollment in accordance vith rulet and regulation!" lo he pretcribed by him. By tho Aot of the Confederate Congreaa, Oct. 3th, lSf.2, it is enacted, in substance, that tho President shall establish oamps of instruction for persona enrolled for military servio?, at ?neb places, and in such numbers, in the-several States, as bc may deem neeossary ; and to ap point, by and with the advice and consent of the Senato, Officers in the Provisional Army with the rank and pay of Majotyio superintend and com mand the same.-Vide Dig. Military and Naval" Laws, 57-G9. These are all the laws passed by Congress in relation to enrolment, and to the persons who shall discharge this duty. The complex and un intelligible machinery, by which the laws have have boen rendered nugatory, has ne authority from the law; and tho majority of the persons who execute the acts of Conscription have no le gal power given them, unless they bo appointed in the manner designated by the statute. PETER THE HERMIT. Proclamation hy the President? The Congress of che Coule Jerrie States have, by a joint -esolution, invited me to ap point a day o. public fasting, humiliation and prayer, with thanksgiving to Almighty God. It is our solemn duty, at all times, and more especially in a season of public trial and ad versity, to acknowledge our dependence on His mercy, abd to bow in bumble submission before His footstool, confessing our manifold sins, supplicating hts 'gracious pardon, im ploring bys Divine help, and devoutly ren dering thauks for thc many and great-bless ings which He has vouchsafed to us. Lot the hearts of our peaple turn contritely and trustfully unto God ; let us recognize in His chastening hand the correction of a Fath er, and submissively pray that the trials and sufferings which have se. long borne heavily upon us, moy be turned away by His merci lui love; that His sustaining grace be given to our pecple, and His divine wisdom impart ed to our miers; that the Lord. of. Hosts -will be with our armies, and fight for us against our enemies; that He will graciously take our cause into His'own hand and mercifully es tablish for us a lasting, just and honorable peace and independence. And let us not forgets render unto Eis holy name the thauks and praise which are so justly due fur His great goodness, and for the many mercies which He has extended to us amid the trials and sufferings of protracted and bloody war. m Now, therefore, I, JEFFERSON DAVIS, President ol thc Confed?ralo States of Amer iej, do issue this my proclamation, appointing FRIDAY, tho 10th day of Marci? next, as a day of.pc.blic fasting, humiliation and prayer, . (with thanksgiving,) for u invoking thc favor and guidance of Almighty God ;" and I do earnestly invite all soldiers and citizens to observe tho ssmo in a spiritof reverence, pen itence and prayer. Given under my hand and the seal of thc Confederate States, at Richmond, this twen-. ty?fifth day of'January, in the year of our lord ono thousand eight hundred aud sixty five. JEFFERSON DAVIS. By the President; J. P. Bsxiaxxx, Secretary of State. Air. WlgfaM defends Gen. Johnston in j the Scnntc. Mr. SEMMKS, Senator from Louisiana, late ly made some very uncharitable and unneces sary remarks, in thc SeuatCj with regard to !. den. JOSKPU E. JoHNrjros- and his military 3aroer. Mr, S>:x.vx3 was ably answered bj Mr. WK;KA M., Senator from Texas. The Richmond Enquirer speaks "of tho matter ;hus : . The assault upon Gen. Johnston by the Senator from Louisiana, Mr. Sofnmos, wu's not >nly ill timed, but, for the object of the Sens or, most unfortunate. For, instead of des-1 roving the immense popularity that now at-1 ached to Gen. Johnston, it called forth from ho Senator from Texas.the most able, bril ?ant and conclusive defence to which we have ?vcr listened. Hr. Wigfall took up the mili ary career of .Gen. Johnston at Manassavj nd following it through the Peninsula, thc Vicksburg nud the Atlanta, campaigns, most bly und conclusively demonstrated that mili ary talent, judgmeut and ability bad marked iery campaign until marred by the failure of | he orders of othrrs. ' , . The whole speech was characterized by Teat ability and replete with important facts, f the friends of the President are so blind s to imagine that they can defeat the purpose b f thc couutry to have Gen. Johnston restored f a command by assailing his' military reputa- ? ?on, they very little understand the temper * f the people. The cause is the people's cause', t nd the anny ia the array of the country, t Liid when the army and the people both de- ti land a particular- leader, it is worse than fol- d -, and it is wicked-ess. to deny their wishes. e< i a monarchy, such obduracy would cost the rimc'minister his place, perhaps his bead-in republic it may demand ns much from those ho thus attempt to atan'l between tho peo-' S la and their cause, aa they untierstand it. 'e hope tho-President will end this unbe ?rning squabble by yielding to the public- g iah and permitting thc people .to have the * eneral to command the army that they ish. It is their cause, and ii they desire ra eneral Johnston and believe that he can ^ ve their cause, whether the Prosident agrees | af ith them or not, a sound discretion should vise him to yield and let the people have I an cir way. This is the only way to have |BR .rruony. .ikely Wegroes.for ?ale. ?i WILL sell at public outcry, at Edecfield C. H., , on Monday next, the Otb in6t., T?? LIKELY . )UNG NEGROES-boy? and girls. renns Cash. Z. W. CAR WILE. ?" Marl * p |Iin MARRIBD, on the 14th Feb., by Rev. D. D. Irmison, Mr. JOHN..T. MUNDAY ?and- Mu? rA"NCY ELIZABETH, daughter fol Lja H?? ov, E^., all of this District. MARRIBD, hy th* same, on. the 21st Feb., Mr. ABEZ GARNETT, of Georgia, and Mh>d JANE ?ARTLEDG?, of this District. MARRIRD; by the same, on the 23J Feb., Mr. AMES T. BLACKWELL and Miss MARTHA ?EARLES, all of this District. OBITUABY. Dian, near Albany, Ga., Mrs. SARAH COR DEY, wife of MARK CORLRV, in the 54th yoar of ier age. The deceased waa horn in Edgefield District, 5. C., and lived there until (he last eight years of ier life, when she, with her husband, moved to Sonth-Western Georgia. She bad been a consis tant member of tho Baptist Church, and an bum ble and devout Christian for thirty years. She leaves an affectionate husband, one daughter, four grandchildren, and many relatives and friends to mourn their loss. " Blessed arc^tfee .dead which die in the Lord from henceforth ; yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, and their works do follow them." - J. W- J. DgrAstSED this life, at his residence in this District, on the 20th Feb.-, Nr. G*JY BROAD WATER, in the 67th. year of his age. The deceased was a candid and an 'in du s trions man. He died in full fellowship with the Church of Christ at Rehoboth of which he had been a member for many years. Notwithstanding he had lived an active and usofal life for three score years, his usefulness had increased with his year?. His SODS being in the army, he manifested not only a concern for their welfare and our indepen dence, but was zealously engaged -for the welfare of his young and.tender grand-children. He was suddenly taken from time to eternity! May tho bereaved he comforted by the. promises of God to the widow and orphan. D. "Death rides on every breeze, And lurks in every dower; Each Nason bas its own-disease Its peril every hour." These lines of Heber are suggested by the death of Maj. B. Martin and wife's two little children by that terrible ** .se Diptberia,-MARY EU GENIA died O' u.e 31st January las1:, in the 6th year of hera and JOHN WILLIAM died on tlrflf 3d Feb ,n tho 7th yea^of his age. Thus in j, fewweek.8 har the dark shadow of death twice spread over this family its cold and frowning demands. The loved asd tender ones aro laid in the'cold and silent grave while their happy spirits have gone to God who gave them. " The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away,'* and may the afflicted parents be prepared to say, " Blessed be tho name of the Lord." D. EdgefieldFemale College EDGE FIELD C. H., S. C. THE SECOND SESSION of this Institutisn will begin March 6th, will continue until July 21st, and will be closed by an Examination and a Concert. TERMS. Tuition in CoUegiate Course, including Latin, $110,00 Tuition in Academic Coarse, * 60,09 " u French, . . 50,00 " " Drawing, 50,00 " " Llnslc, inoluding use of instrument, 110,00 Contingent Fee, 10,00 Board, including Fnel and Lights. $12 per month, to bo paid, iii provisions at old rates* Boarders must furnish their own towoi*, sheela, pillow cases, blankets or comforts, coverlets, hand soap, and drinking cup. All the pupils are re quested to bring their School. Books with them. Payment will be required strictly in advance. A liberal discount will bo made in favor of re fugees who have lost their property, and tbe noedy families of soldiers. A fair price will be paid for all the test books that may bo nerded, oven if they are old. Per sons having these books will confer a favor oa the public ty gelling them to the Coilogo. REV. M. W. SAMS. Principal. -We will give fer butter 25 cts.; bacon 13 to 15 cts.; pork nett 3 cts.; tallow 14 els.; baef 5 tot ct?: mutton 50 to 75 cts.; best flour $10, inferior s~ per barrel : com, meal and pena $1; sweet pota toes 50 to 75 cts. per bushel; fowls 15 to 25 cts. a j piece ; turkeys SI,50 to $2 per pair; syrup 50 ets. per gal.; oggs liri to 15 cts p-;r dox; fodder and I bay $1 por hundred ; wood $2 for four hor>e load. ; Marl tf ? Enrolling Office, EDGEFIELD, 3. C., Feb. 27th, 1865. IALL Officer? and Soldiers now in this District, . absent from their commands on expired far loughs, are hereby ormerod to report immediately upon receipt of this order, to Maj. Alfen J. Green, Commandant Pon at Columbia, S. C. Failing to do so they will bo arrested, and for warded undor guard. F. J. MOSES, Jr., Lieut. ?? Eurolliog Officer. Mar 1 lt ? A Likely Young Negro FOR SALE. IWILL sell on Sale-day in March next, (thc 6th.) at tb* Court House steps, a LIKELY YOUNG NEGRO FELLOW, 25 years nf ago. A good Sold hand, a very good coarao Shoemaker, and Plantation Blacksmith. ^ar-Tormd to sait purchasers. A. G. TEAGUE. Feb 25 3t ' 8 ' A For Sale. FINE BRICKLAYER ju.d PLASTERER. Aleo, A LIKELY YOUNG FELLOW. Apply at this.Office. Feb 7 tf 7 For Sale, IWILL sell at public outcry at EdgeHeld C. H. on Sale-day in March next, EIGHT OR TEN L-ondetaned Government HORSES and MULES. Terms cs?h. J NO. L. NICHOLSON, G J Torn men t Agent. Feb 28 2i; 9 Iron for Sale. FIR salo at this Office a lot of GOOD IRON which will be sold at a bargain. Feb 21 * tf . ? Beef Cattle Wanted. [WILL pay tho highest Cash price for good BEEF CATTLE, AND SHEEP. LEWIS COYAR. Marl .. 8t .0 . Stolen, PROM the Subscriber on the night of the 23d February, a DARK SORREL HORSE, bout six years old, with a small spot in the fore sad, and bath hind- feet white nearly ap to th* atlocks, has a mark on his back, mused by the . addie, near the size of a man's hand, but it en irsly well and white bair Aaa come out on the pot. A liberal reward will be paid for the de ivcry of said horse to me ll miles from Ham il rg on the Martin Town Road. Any informa ion will be thankfully, received. Five hundred ol ?ara reward will- be pud- .'or sufficient proof to m viet thc thief. ' THOS. B. REESE. Mar 1 lt 9 State of South Carolina. EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. rNflHDINAR y. IY W. F. DURISOE, Esq., Ordinary of Edge field District Whereas, Walker B. Samuel, has applied to * for Letters of Administration, on all and sih dar the goods and chattels, rights and credits Walker G. Samuel, late of the Dietriot ore said, dee'd. These aro, thorefore, to cite and admonish all ? singular, the kindred and creditors of th* id deceased, te be ax i appear before me, at oar xt Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be Iden atEdgetield C. H., on the 9th day of ar. next, to show cause, if any, why the said ministration should not be granted. Given under my band and seal, this 23d day Feb. in tho year o?* our Lord ono tSfosand fht hundred and Sixty-five, and in^ the eisthry ath year of tho Independence of South Cate? ^ W. F. DURISOE, O.?.D. Mar X ** ?