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runusuED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING r t - '' - ir'. - - . T DTJEISOE, KEESE & CO. SUBSCRIPTIONS-to thc ADVERTISER-for one year T'EN DOLLARS :n advance. For Six Uonths PI VE DOLL A r.s. ' * * ADVERTISEMENTS will bc ?inserted at FIVE D0LLAR3 i>er Square (10 minion line? or tes<) for each in?ortion. Advertisements without instructions as io th^ number of times to bc inserted, will bc published until forbid, and charged accordingly. Announcing Candidates for.any Oflloe of honor or profit, TWENTY DOLLARS, lo bo paid before thc an nouncement ls published. ., Obituary aotioes, Tributes of Respect, or any commu nication personal in f!s rmturo, will be rated xs adm lina ien:< and oh.ir?ed'eceordingly. Authentic from Cliarleston. Thc evacustio t waa successfully; completed on Thunda -, the IG th of February, between thc hours of twelve and tine o'clock. Our troops loft on tho cars of tho-North Elstern railway going in tile direction of Kingstree. . In addition tri thc fall of tho city, of itself sorrowful in the extreme, we have to*record one of tho most horrible calami lies that ever befell any population. Thc Depot of the South Carolina Railroad company between Mary and Ann street-;, was lilied with stoics of the Commissary, Quartermaster au-1 Ord nance Departments. Upon the departure of our forces, such supplies as could not bc re moved were allowed to the iudigent citizens, and the.building was thrown open for them. While crowded, with women and children some fixed ammunition was exploded, de stroying the house and causing the death of three hundred persons. The sitrht was a most pitiable one, and beggars description. ? The flames Immediately spread with the greatest rapidity, and it is feared that Marge portion ofetho city must lr.ve been destroyed: The fire was in progress when the Federal troops landed", and they immediately tendered assistance and protection to the firemen en gaged in staying tho conflagration. The explosion is supposnd to have been purely accidental, someb"ys having been seen engaged in amusing themselves with shells. 'Il was certainly not caused by any military order. There is now no enemy between Augusta and Charleston, the line of the South Caroli na Railroad being occupied at no point. We are indebted to Captain Disher of thc . South Carolina Railroad for tin? above inter esting items. Ho left Johnson's Tvrn Otil yesterday, where he conversed with one 01 Gener.il Young's scouts who had just arrivct from Ridgeville. J. W. Morrel ami Isaac Cohen, leading merchants of the city, have died. No order for thc banishment pf Hie fami lies of Confederate officers hud Hhrii .execu ted at last accounts, though the policy wa; still under discussion.-Constitutionalist o Sunda}'. Thc Latest Army News? [DR. XAGLE'S DISPATCH.] There are about thirty five miles of Rail read stock, nuking nearly, :ith'i0 engines and cars belonging to every five foot gnsge in thi Confederacy, accumulated about Charlot!? Tho ginge changes there preventing then from going further. Sherman's move will cause or has caused their destruction. All were heavily loaded with Btores. For thc v/ant of wood and wa-er at the different sta tions, they could not bc moved between Ches ter and Charlotte. The Southern Express Company saved all its valuables and napers from all p.aces which have been .placed in safety. The postoltices lost their mails everywhere. . The Express carried thc culy mail that was saved. When onr forces left Charleston, on Thurs day, the bridge over the Ashley was burned, Two regiments left behind were captured. A largo number of heavy guns were loft in thc enemy's hands, undiamantled. Tho ammunition was ca;t into the barbel or destroyed. Thc city has been garrisoned by negrc troops. Sevcu-thirty notes advanced five cents to day, and arc in demand. - No R?COGNITION or MAXIMILIAN.-Thl House of Represen Uti ve> h?s concurred il the Senate amendment of the Consular ant Diplomatie.Appropri ? ion bill, declaring (!.;.' there shall 'tie no recognition by iii'- Unite* States of an Empire- ia Mexico, MI:', tho biil hu* be-.-u passed. . Not a single American Power La? recog nized the e?iipire-in Mexico, nor h it likely that any of them will act otherwise than tc follow the lead of the United Stales in th:? * matter. It has been only t;:e Towers of Eu rope that have, been swift to express theil . congratulations on the supposed downfall a republic. It remains, therefore, simply tr be seen whether they or we nro to control *>r this coutioent. We shall soon be ready tv test this quostion.-N. Y. Herald. . SHERMAN PUTTING ON 'J IM: SCK'BTW-Per sons coming through from Savannah, bring intelligence that thoiadics of thal nnf" ir! uiii-f *j cit}' are not allowed to appear on the .-trotts except under a negro gu-iril, ami that no one is permittee! to make purchases of goods in thc stores, without fit-^t procuring ? written order lo that e?'ect, speciiying th? article to be purchased. We ?cam. al.-.o, that General Sherman, bas issued.an order granting forty acres ?1 aral'!:; land to each slave within Iiis lines. The dis trict of country embraced iu ibis order ex tends from thc Combnhce in South Caroli na to thc Ogeechee in Georgia.-Macon Tile graph. ? ? ?-?.-??ao^?- ?-? THOMAS5 MOVEMENTS.-Tim Se'ma Di ipateS of Thursday has^a very imj-ewtan! iici, v.h-? taken in connection with the announcement that the Federal troops at Eastport were'ali withdrawn, on or abou*. the 5th inst. Our rotcmporary nays: A letter from Noni; Ala bama, to a relative now in Selma, stale's that Thomas has crossed 20.090 troop*a?Fl?'re?ca for an advance into thia sf elton of the Stale by the way Of Columbus, .Mis--., ?nd Tusca loosa. We give titi.? or stated byaj colonel of an Alabama regiment. The lady may possi bly have been misinform IM, but tb-/ rt: ott ]:0<? an air of probability"; The Selma Mississippian ciatos that thc Jalosfc news from-Mempi.is is that Thomas j.s eoncentcatihg a heavy fiire? :;t Eastport, on the Tennessee liver, and is ti: jed by Andrew I Johnson and others" wx^mmencearooveuiant upon Alib tm:i, at ?.n carly moment, BO t.s to j prevent Hood's army from gutting to South ; Carolina, to aid Haidee and Hill. A eorrosponoVantof the Memphis Argos from ? Eastport, says the army has lt-cc-iv.-ri rt:?"di-. ing oi'.l-.-r^.-nnd that an advance by tbtr cav alry under Grierson ?nd Smith have alu wly moved in the direction of South Alabama*] iipported by infantry. -; - Ex Gov. MOREHEAD.-Thc Ilottsion (Tex Telegraph nas the following notice of one of tho first martyrs ol theLint-oh. despritism; who hos recently returned from ??rope : We ha'ltheplca-ii'ro yestn-d-.v tif mseliirg Ex-Gflveanc'r Morehead, of rtentt:?.-kv, in lown. Hoappiirs in good health La vi-tv spent thc last three months ul mont constant ly in travel aad'earapaignout; Few i:ie:i have lost more by this war than' he. From alilu-, once he ha:; been redoro 1 almost .to poverly. ' His plantation, one of (he finoscm Kentucky, nml 200 hands, were taken by thc enemy in 1802, he, nimVelf, h?rnin^ l,r,00 hates of cot-' ton to keep it out of their hands. His con fidence in the justice -and ultimate success of bis cause, is as etronp as 'ever. And to -listen to his conversation is an antidote to thc nonsense ef nt least forty croakers. THE AWERTISER. JB.XES T. BACON, EDITOR. WEPNE SD AY, MAR. 1,1865. . Prices Doubled. Since tho 1st Decoiolcr last (tho date of our last increase in prioo of subscription) cern and flour, bacon and lard, peas and potatoes, salt and sorghum,-and nearly everything elso rn thc pro vision or clothing department-have advanocd in prico at least 100 per cent. Paper and Ink, nnd Labor, ?ic., havo also considenfbly advauecd. And to meet all of these unexpected calls upon ourT.imilod supply of Confederate notes, wo too aro forced to raise our terms of Subscription ?nd Advertising in a corresponding ratio. Thc A'1 ?.r.'/scr from this date, until further nntiee, will bo published at $20 per annum; S10 for sis months,-r*N al?enme in every Diftoncc. Ordere for thfc paper, unaccompanied by tho cash, will receive no attention at our hands. Advertisements will bc published at thc rato of $10 per square, of ton lines or loss, for each insertion. Advcrlircrarnls nnd job work must also l>c paid for in advance. There is no use in our trying to keep pricet clown whilst every arti, le that we stand in need of is rapidly advancing. Wc havo tried this cx ' p?riment thoroughly, rind are satisfied that, in these days of an ?ver-issuc of iRr.snOLjt's promises to pay," a continuance of such a policy wculd very soon bring us to the starv;'. ti-.n point. Facts aro facts, and canned bo con troverted. Thoso of our patrons who prefer paying S',00 for thc A\dccrHscr in provisions, at old price?} in preference to iu Con federa to money, om ur gently exhorted te do'so. In f.ict, if ojtr " live and let live" farmer-friends will give tho-subject duo reflection, and will then act on thc principles of the Golden Rule-" do unto others, Ac."-we think aatrtuy of thom will pay in provisions. Anything in tho home produce lino from a pump kin to a fino siigai-Ci?red Lam will be highly ac ceptable to us. Relie! l'or Coidntbia, Ste. Upon consultation yesterday with several of our townsmen, wo determined to call a meeting of the Citizen? of Edgetield and vicinity, on Wed nesday, the 1st March, for the purpose of collect in;; and sending provisions, ta th j sulTcrer.-in Colombia and elsewhere. Wednesday promising to bo an extremely inclement day however, and hearing that the Rev. Mr. Cu.s xor. (deputed by the municipal authorities of Columbia) will soon bo among us for the purpo30 of soliciting contri bution?, we have concluded te doler the i-aid call -at least until next week. Movements ot our Anny. On this point, we can sny extremely little. Up on thc evacuation of Charleston, Gen. liardec witii his forces went up towards Florence; by thia limo, they are in all probability on .Sherman's right dunk, Rut even if we knew more ul. mt ar my movements it wera bettor to keep it o'ut o' tiic public print. .Sherman- i.i still far from the end of his journey, and tho great body of our people aro still in high and confident hope of his speedy overthrow. Eut after all, what do these grand expeditions of Sherman amount tu? Neither Savannah nor Charleston ii vf any great strategic importance to the Yankees; they alford Sherman' i; is true, a ready water communication for his supplies, but wherein dj his advantages differ fruin those of ibo Federal cemiuanderawho have foot-holds on :ho c-jast of Virginia and North Carolina '.' The great heart of t:>e country is still intact, and thc '.'rebellion," instead of being " crushed out" is only concentrated and ready for more decisive blows. Twenty Buch .. grand ex peditions" will not quench the ilamc ol Southern Liberty, ^.or unnerve tho sturdy anns thnt pre bared in Tts defence. Cur groat trouble has been in this war, a multiplicity cf points to bo de fended;, it bas scattered;our forces and conse quently weakened them. Concentrated in tho in terior, they will bc strougor tbun over bcfvtC, and bil dcflanee.to all-the arts of their foes. , fei,- ? Thc Sackittg'aud Burning at Barnwell. In another column we have given a very iii ad equate account of tho truculent and Geudish pro codings (if the Yinkccs in Columbia. From the Augusta Co?Bti'.j(iona!i*twQ learn thnt they worro equally biood-thiraty und nnbri-tled at Barnwell C. IL, and throughout that District. In tho town, small as it is, upwards of one hundred buildings, iaciuding thc Masonic bell, thc Court House and Jail, two hotel?, Ac, were destroyed. Hundreds of people in Jhat quarter arc l?enseles*, naked, .-I ?irving. - . - . __. - ... - - - Dlycontittfttfd The post offic'o in this Di-trict, known a.- Fruit I! ??J, has boen discontinued. 'fv.'o Hocks ol' Oil'ence. Why is it that we cannot get letters from any j point this side of Columbia-nor -rend letters to ? any point betwecn^herc and the:-.-- ? Booaasc thc ! mail cernid not ?.> Into Columbia, whilst* the Yan j kees were thereabout : ia ?o rr..:-.;, why it should ? have beer, stepped eiitiri ly on thc route. D" seo" to ir, Mr. Contractor-and s?t your drivers to wot i: again. An intelligent correspondent ?aka us " why is the Supporting Eurea or tho body oi Light Duty mo kepi in camp near year to.vr.n." 'iVevnro rir.e'ble to answer this IJUC-ITJ ; but rn?. frc-Commandait . f Conscripts authorised thc .?ame. Ia our.humble opinion however, they h id infinitely better !.(>- homo, umKing*prr>ri? i:'-};- j">,r soldiers in active service to eat. As it i.*, iBby a:u merely eating u:> vast supplied that tho said soldiers in activo sci rico ought cndoiiute !ly to have. georgia Erect. Wo Lave longthfuglil that Ibiaj jr'cai ado about Georgia being unsafe and unsound, was merely I lim Malicious .and idle uifc ?f demagogues a od j crpakexa to hide and justify their own rottenness j and dasnoadonqy ; and late occurrences have I proved our opinion a just one. Tho Legislature of (?e?rgia convened at .Macon on tho lath of the pr?sent month', and is still in sw ion- tho first resolution (and only ono wa have board of as yet) a ivoeating tho call of a State C?nrent?tln? hiing put upon its passage, thc yeas and nays v.-cro ?-ilUl fe?/and remited in yeas ?, nays ito ! The j yeas vere Tur. Iii n^s, who ! ilrodiieud tho rcs-d'i- . lion, and Mr. Arritv. Tho p-.'.!,; Umpire .'Ua'e will do to tie t<vi?"w a? ever. An Kgl-i Whether "a good egg" or "a bad egg," we leave other people to jud,ge. or. .Monday last, a i high dignitary ol'., our town attained tho ago of] seven end f-r:y. As he ii stil yoong and hand- J ( some, wo wiii cot say " m iturcago." Ile informed ' , ns -t:.".t t!it> DuniVcrwiry was to be eolobratcd in hie home by having Airdioner "a masted t-j?." O Tempura ! In tbeso days we wliuid witlingly have gone and dine i upon til J licit, but ho dorer ?aid como. O J/orct ! J "Give ns this^Day our Daily Bread." We hopej friends, that you and we are not too proud to ask for our daily b"oad, 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 woll provided tables, without thinking sadly of tho thousands who ara uttering it in care, in tronble, in anguish, in doubt, in poverty, in destitution ? Can wo croop tr, our rest when thc days labor is ovor, and tao daily brctid earned and eaten, and breathe our hushed thanks to thc Giver of tho meal, without renieuibaring oui neighbors who aro now in deep woo and want! Edzefield is rich, and has not been visited by th( euemy. Barnwoll, Orangcburg, Lexington, Co. lumbia, that have dono as much for tho war ai wo, have boon lau! waste,, and their women chil dren and old mon left homeless and without bread Under thc circumstances, what is our duty ? Oui wealthy and influential citizens should immodi ate?y call a public meeting, and devise ways ant >neans to forward without delay, supplies of pro visions .fcc, io tho sufferers. If Edgcficld doo not do this thing, Bho ought to bc foreve: Anathema Maranatha! We hopo .this duty of lovi and charity may be honestly dono, and that ii the last day-in tho .great settlement of all ac counts-the Grcat-Stcward"above may deal kind ly with Um contributors. -rn' 'i* ? ? ? Of and Front Columbia. . At. last wc havo definite and reliable news fron Columbia ; and a sad and sickening tale it is One Corps of the Yankco army entered^inr eapi tal on Friday, tho 17th of February, botween I and 12 oclock A. All Tho romainiug corps cn camped around thc town, but did not outer ii Our informant, a physician and gentleman c high character and intelligence, wjill known t many of our citizens, who was in charge of Hospital in Columbia during tho Yankee occupa lion, and who left two days after its evacuatio by them, says Sherman's forco is between sixty ?ve and scvcnty-livo thousand strong-the fines looking men, and the must splendidly equipped ho has ever seen ; and that he has no negro BO! ?lier.--only negroes in his pioneer corps. Th i'ai'kcc army wn^ ia and around Columbi tVora ll o'clock on Friday until ll on tho follow ?ng ifor.day. Previous to thc near approach ( thif*ovcrwh(-lmlng borda of vandals, Cen. BBAt !'.>:OAnn was in' or roar the city with between tc and eleven thousand mon ; he withdrew toward iVionsWbro.. Gen. Hampton, with soven or eigh hundred cavalry, kept the enemy at bay on Fri day morning, from' early dawn until 10 o'oloci when he was forced to give back; be.ahm retire in tho direction of Winnsboro. Upon entering ?ho town, tho Yankees bega immediately to apply the torch, and beforo the ceased their work of destruction, threo fourth? c our fair capital wore smouldering ruins, f Al houses of every kind frem Congaroe Bridge t Maia Street, and all houses of every kind, o: either side of Main Street, in its entire Ungi? were burned to thc ground. They hoisted th Stars and Stripos upon tho old State House, and 4 ?after seeing it float , for a few hours, hauled i down, and bumed the building. They threw shell against tho nev Stato House, and defaced it con stderably. Thc Arsenal, thc Armory, Evans < Cogswell's immouso Printing Establishment, th Lutheran Church, tho Washington St. Methodis Church, the old Baptist Church, Christ Churc' (Episcopal,) the Roman Catholic Convent, th . Ladies Hospital, tho Wayside Home, and all th Hotels aro among thc buildings burned. No was tiic fire confined to"Bridge Row and Mai; Street ; very many elegant privato residences, i; the blocks adjoining "Jain 3tr?et, woro destroyed among them, Chancellor Carroll's, Dr. Gibbes't Dr. Trczevanl's, Judge DoSausiurc's, Col. Clark son's, Major Stark's, Capt. Serin's, Dr. Boat wright's-and avast number of others. Thc Soutl Carolina College was not burned-nor any build lng oonneotod with it. Tho Methodist Fernel College was also not bumed. Sharman made hi head-quarters in the elegant rcsidoucc of the at Mrs. Hampton ; 'it was not humid. Thc Ynnkei soldiers behaved with ?ho greatest brutality an< ferocity during thc occupation: muny ladies win rushed from their burning houses, currying it their arms clothes ancU valuables of dilTcren: hinds, had these snatched away from them one tossed back into thc flames." Ail houses not con. sumed by fire, werc,enterodand ruthlessly robbed Vast quantities of valuable furniture, china, glass, .te, wcro v,:inloiily suinshoii and destroyed. At wkiUflagi \:crcdin}iluyctV-nQl any truckling tc the invader! After H rcigu of terror of thrco days, Sherman evacuated Columbia and marched towards Winns boru. A considerable number of negroes follow ed him from thc town anil surrounding countrj-; of tho?e, al) thc women and children spcolily re turned, ho having refused to feed them. Many of the men likewise returned. Tho train which was conveying otT tho Yankoe prisoners lately confined in Columh'm, is sail to havo beon overta ken by Sherman, tho pri.'oncrs recaptured, nud Capt. Semi Confederate Ofllosr in chmgo of them, killed. in Columbia, thc Yankees surpassed r.ll th-jir j fbi uni barbarity end Inhumanity. 'Tis tims they glut the scotional aniiuo-itie?, tho envy, hatred and malice of thirty years' growtlu In thc con sciousness of power, they goad the. Bou th to thu light, withd-ho full determination of crushing its prido and humbling us in the dust al their feet. There is nothing left for thc Confederate people but to put themselves in a condition of the rough j organization, and thc winde country in an*atti I ludo of determined and nudging dofcuce. Tho' [ issue is extermination ortlaycry. -.> ? Airs. Lincoln to bc IM vor ced I We havo hoon hoping that " the reliable gentle man" would t,o sl::in in.oae of tho recent battles, but not 6o? his obstinacy in holding on to lifo is evi:l is strong a^teat ef tie cat" Wretched tri ni .. litvo ii?ie lives in such days os these, n too ??rn ?3 a burlen :?nd a sorrow! His latest, is this: That Ss IVA RD h.-s latiiy r?oeiyod letters from the Prime Ministcrs.of England and France, condoling* with Mr. LtNCOLtf ou his failuro to crush -JUL thu incorrigible rebels, and each f<>n ler?ug lilia the luau oT a million of mon to in-iitc a "hiaetyr diO's" j >h of it-hut up-jn express Condition ihat LINCOLN shall obtain a divorco faim Mr*. LlXCoCN (a vulgar American) and mirry a daughter of Lotti* Napoleon, Emperor of ' French. Tho proposition has already been submitted to Mrs; LINCOLN, who instinc tively exclaimod " bully !" and fell into a profound swoon. Ano himself is in tho deopest grief op<.n ry u'jkuowlo-ilging that ho prefers a Hack tcottan. \ But lat not the croakers a:id tho weak-kneed bc- ; lieve a word of it, for tro cun assure them that ! "Boney" has ne daughter; that is, none by thc M fair Eugenie, his lawful wife. Of courso none j j other would do to become tho ioiporiul brido of; Abraham I, tbonomr of Yaokccdota. And ''tho rolialilc gentleman is also meddling ? with :hoiiiitriti*.'ini.t!r.ir'irsofdistinguishcdrciiols, ? He.rays that.Gan. BEAi.nsoAnn i? to to married ' J to Miss Augnsta ?raos of Mobile, tho authoress j n af " Beniah and i?aear?n /* to thin proposition i ti wo instinctively exclaim [' bully !" but swoon not. * It is not wortli while however, to bc??ve cny- , C ?liing the '.'roli'.ble" say.". As for our part, wei ?Hove nothing that oilier people tell us, and only c| ibout one-third of what we say ourselves. j c. *.~i?'" A nashrillo correspondent says Thomas' i' iriny in being mounted fox, rapid movemont* hrougli Alabama. Selma, C?umbus and Mobilo j 01 iro mentioned ns tho principal object're point?. I Ct Abuse Neither the President nor (he . Generals.?...-is*. A little over two mouthe ago, SH?UAN, with a irgo army, marched almost without molestation brough tho heart of Georgia, laying waste for ste, fields, dwellings and towns, from the moun nins to tho seaboard. Within the past three reeks, he has march in liko manner through louth Carolina ; this time however, from the eabonrd to thc mountains. Under thoEO aircum tauccs, people at homo will now exhaust tho english lauguaga in abusing the President, Gen. 3r. AU KEG aim, Gen. HARDER, Gun. WHEELER ; md perhaps even Gen. JOE JOHNSTON, for it.is a roll known fact that the latter, although behind bo scones, has beon lending his aid and advice^ n the conduot of thc campaign now in progress n our State Fireside generals, inflatod politi cians, who know nothing upon earth about mili tary matters, speculators, extortioners, bomb proof gentlemen, heroes who have never Been the Trout even in tho remotest perspective, and silly md misguided wonion, will all gtrivo with frnn tic assiduity to seo. which can be loudest in objurgation-which can throw thc largest stone, and hit hardest-which can soonest demolish and entirely uproot the aforesaid bravo, honest and able men. And all the timo they are thus raving, foaming, and giving rein to their petty spites and personal prejudices, they will be perfectly'awaro' | that it is tho f?ult neither of Mr. DAVIS, .nor Gan. BEAUREGARD nor Gen. HARDES; they will know perfectly well that SUERUAX is marching thus triumphantly through our land because toe icmnt troops enough to withstand him. Tho Presi dent and moat of our ablast generals want our armies recruited in the only way, aad from the only source, they can be recruited. Twenty five or thirty thousand woll disciplined black soldiers, addod to the whites, would, havo saved us from tho deva3tatior?and disgraco which have lately befallen us. But, oh no ! The edict of cortain would-be wiso men has gone forth that it will never do to make a soldier of tho negro, and for this untenable dogma, forsooth, wo aro to allow ourselves to bo overrun, and an Abolition Government erected ovor us ! Is a groat people to bo governed by such nonsense as this? Are wo-toshow ourselves | a nation of silly theorists and triflers on tho very verge of a political volcano ? Heaven save i;a from such counsellors in this critical hour ! The time is fast ooming whop we shall be cured of | this folly and bo willing to reccire any aid that we can get, without regard to races oe any other distinction; and we pray it may not como too lato. As a general rule, we, in common with our countrymen, aro opposed to tho policy of freeing tho negro in tho South, believing that his present condition is best for bim, and for all concerned ; but wo had rather seo one entire half of thom sot free, than tho wh#le doomed to annihilation, and tho liberties of their masters crashed under thc heel of a Northern despot. Whotber froodom be their best condition or not, if they think to, and tho promise be found to se cure fidelity and efficiency in our causo, would not. truo wisdom, under tho circumstances, say, make the promise and perform it? When will tho world becomo practical, and learn to follow tho teachings of common SOBSO ? Wllen will it learn that principles aro but tho result of experience and expediency, and that the very snmo reason that points eut a certain policy.** right a't ono time, may set it aside as wrong and pernicious at another ! It isa very convenient thing for mon w >o bato to take tba trouble roasoning or thining, to lay down a genoral prin ciple and take it as their guido and master for all time, and under all circumstances. The wile man, tho Statesman worthy of trust, will take l eaton for his guide, and by thia touche tono teat all con clusions for himself and his country. No prin ciple is universal in its applicability. What may bc right and best to-day, under one state of cir cumstances, may bo grievous error tomorrow, un der another. For tho Advertiser. 'Tribute ol" Respect. Atarexulnrcomiuunicatiun of Concordia Lodge, No. ?0, A. F. M., held on the ISth Feb., the fol lowing Preamble, and Resolutions were unani mously adopted : WHEREAS, In the dispensation of an All-wise Providence, thc Almighty Diaposor of human events has seen fit, iu this time of uuiversal grief and itifioriug, to visit, with a peculiar infiietion this Lod^e and tho family uf our worthy Brother, WILLIAM BLACKWELL, in romoving from thuir mid?t thc member uf the one, and the sup port of tho other. AND WHEREAS, in all times of | sorrow and tribulation, it becomes, tho duty and privilege nf tho.'c bereaved to .express, In tho manner most fitting tho dop.'h of thoir griof and extent of thoir Eiiflcring. Thoroforo bo it by this Lpdge, Remited, That ia tho death of thoir worthy 1 brother WILLIAM BLACKWELL tho members 01' this Lodge, with whom be liad bocwuo i-ieuti ficd, by long and friendly intercourse, deeply foci that they have been deprived of thc prescpee and i assistance i-f ?no wboin tbr.y had ev?r regarded I I with confidence ami esteem. Hin devotion to j , duty, as exemplified in our constant attendance, ? whan able, upon the labors of th!* Lodge, and J < his eympalhy with the euueringa nt : h eco un try, as instanced by hi* per."j:ml Mm ?ss rendered to *iie cause, justly entitle him to uur long and ?ffoo tionatv remembrance. - | j Retohed, That we deeply sympathise with the family of our deceased brother in their great be reavement, and hereby tinder them tho assistance of ourgrtef and'sorrow, with the earnest trust ( that Ho wllo " tempers tho wind to tho shorn | ' land" will teach th^ni to bsar their irrotrierable loss wi h patienco and resignation. t tteiolted, That a page in the Record Book be t dedicated to tho memory of our brother; and that 1 tho Lodge room be clothed in mourning fur the ? next thirty days. ^ Renal med, That tao Secrotary bo Instructed to a furnish thc wife of tho deceased with a copy of T thc abovo Prcamblo and Resolutions; and that they bo publLhod in tho EdgelielJ Adv?:vtiner. 3 II; B. GALLMAN, W. M. ' 1 L. n. MCCULLOUGH, Scc'ry. To Become Unhappy. In the first place, if you want to be miser S iblc, be' selfish. Thisk all tho time of jour- * ;elf and of your own things. Do not care a ^boi)t anybody niue, l'ave no feeling for any 0 )ria bot yourself. Never think of enjoying ^ lite satisfaction uf seeing others happy; but l' .ather, it yju see a smiling face, be jeuious, 0 est another should enjoy what you have not. a Zavy every one who is better off, in any rcs- ^ icct, than yourself : think unkindly towards a hem, and speak ill of them. Ile constantly ') ifraid least some one should encroach upon *' rour rights; bo watchful against it, anti if P1 ny one comes near your things, snap at him a ike a mad dog. Contend earnestly for eve- .w y thing that, is your own, though it may not P' ie worth a dime; for your " rights''are just * s much concerned as if it were n pound of cr old. Never yield a point. Be very .^enai? w ive, and take everything that is said to you T I playfulness, in tho most serious manner. *' ie jealous of your friends, lest they should " ot think enough of yon. And if at any tims sa ic}- should seem to neglect you, put the W1 orst construction upon their conduct you a" in. " ?T -? ?-12- ha MI-LAWS' DIVISION.-Rumors have been - rculated that McLaws' Division had been ! T iplnred. They are incorrect. Scouts report ! int * division of the enemy landed at Build : I ty, and came near cutting olf the retreat of yc ir forces. But (?cn. McLaws succeeded in ? . ossing tho Souteo without loss.-Chronicle, I j For the Advertiser, htf Military System, jof the Confede rate States. * Tho first act of the Congress of the Confedc to States, in relation to Conscription, was passed pril Kith, 1862. By this Act it is enacted that e President be authomcd to call outland plsee tho military service of tho Confederate States, r three years, unless the war he sooner ended. 1 white men, residents of tho Confederate States, :twecn the ages of eighteon and thirty-five onrs, not legally exempt from military service. By ara Act passed Sept 27tb, 18G2' ail white len, from thirty-five to forty-five, not legally ex mpted from military service, aro ordered to be inscribed and placed in the military service of on federate States, for three'years, uniese the ar shall be sooner ended. By an act paiaeo* feb. 17th, 1804, all white ton, residents of the Confederate State?, betwoen he ages of 17 and 50, are declared' to he in the military service of the Confederate States for the rar. By the Act of Congress passed April 1G tb, SA2, Sec. 3d, it is enacted, in substance, that for ho enrollment of all persons eomprohended rithin thc provisions of this Aet, who aro not air cady in service in tho armies of tho Confederate states, it shall be lawful teethe President, with he co?tent of the Governors of thc respective States, to emploi/ Slate Officer*} and om failure to >btain such consent, he shall ' employ Confederate Officers, charged with the duty of making such en 'ollmeut in. accordance with rules and regulations' o he prescribed by him. By the Act of the Confederate Congress, Oct. 3th, 1S62, it is enacted, in substance, that tho President shall establish oampa of instruction for persons enrolled for military servioe, at such places, and in such numbers, in the-several States, as he may deem neoessaxy ; and to ap point, by and with the advice and consent of the Senato, Officers in the Provisional Anny with the rank and pay of Major, io superintend and com mand tho same.-Vide Dig. Military and Naval j Laws, 57-?0. These are all the laws pasted by Congress in relation to enrolment, and to tho persons who shall discharge this duty. The complex and un intelligible machinery, by which the laws have have boen rendered nugatory, baa. ne authority from the law; and the majority of the persons who execute the acta of Conscription have no le gal power given them, unless they ba appointed in the manner designated by the statute. PETER THE HERMIT. Proclamation by the President. The Congress of the Confederate States have, by a joint resolution, invited me to ap point a day of 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 humble submission before His footstool, confessing our manifold sins, supplicating his 'gracious pardon, im ploring i^i.s Divine help, and devoutly ren dering thanks for thc many and great-bless ings which He has vouchsafed to as. Let the hearts of our peaple turn contritely and trustfully unto God ; let us recognize in His chastening band the correction of a Fath er, and submissively pray that the trials and sufferings which have sf. long borne heavily upon us, moy be turned away by His merci ful love; that His sustaining grace be given to our pecple, and His divine wisdom impart ed to our rulers; 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 band and mercifully es tablish for us a lasting, just and honorable peace and independence. And let us sot forgets render unto His holy name the thanks and praise which are so justly due for His great goodness, and for the many merciet which He has extended to us amid th? trials and sufferings of protracted and bloody war. m Now, therefore, I, JEFFERSON DAVIS, President of the Confederate State? of Amer iei, do issue this my proclamation, appointing FRIDAY, tho 10th day of Mareil* next, as a day of.public fasting, humiliation and prayer, - (with thanksgiving,) for ''invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God and I do earnestly invite all soldiers and citizens to observe tho samo in a spirit of reverence, pen itence aud prayer. Given under my band and the seal of the Confederate States, at Richmond, this twen-. ty?fiftk day of 'January, in the year of our CiOrd ono thousand eight hundred aud sixty five. JEFFERSON DAVIS. By the President,: J. P. BE.VJAXI.V, Secretary of State. Mr. Wlgfnll defends Gen. Johnston in the Senate. Mr. S EMU KS, Senator from Louisiana, late ly made some very uncharitable and unnoces- j Bary remarks, in thc SeuatCj with regard to j Hen. JOSEPH E. JOHN?)ros and his military j saroer. Mr. S>;x.vrs was ably answered by Mr. W?OK?M., Senator from Texas. The liichmond Enquirer speaks of tho matter ;uus : . The assault upon Gen. Johnston by the senator from Louisiana, Mr. Semraes, wus not >nly ill limed, but, for the object of the Sena or, most unfortunate. For, instead of des roying the immense popularity that now at aches to Gen. Johnston, it called forth irom bo Senator from Texaa.the most able, bril iantand conclusive defence to which wo have iver listened, ?lr. Wigfall took up the mili ary career of .Gen. Johnston at Manassasr nd following it through the Peninsula, thc Vicksburg aud the Atlanta campaigns, most bly and conclusively demonstrated that Bili ary talent, judgment and ability had marked >ery campaign until marred by the failure of he orders of othrrs.' ' "m , The wholo speech was characterized by rer.t ability and replete with important fact?. J f the friends of the President are so blind , s to imagino that they can defeat the purpose t f the country to have Gen. Johnston restored 1 3 command by assailing his" military reputa- s ion, they very little nnder-stand the temper 1 f the people. The cause is the people's cause, ? nd the army fa the army of the country, j ind when the army and the people both de- t land a particular, leader, it is worse than fol- d and it is wicked-csa. to deny their wishes, ? i a ir.onarchy. auch obduracy would coat the ri tue mi nister his place, perhaps bis bead-in republic it may demand ns muck from those ho thus attempt to stand between the peo-'| ?j e and their cause, as they understand it "e hope tho Prfa'dent will end this unbe tming squabble by yielding to the public an und permittiug thc people .to have the eneral to command tbo army that they ish. It is their cause, and il they desire eneral Johnston and believe that be can ve their cause, whether the President agrees th them or not, a sound discretion should vise him to yield and let the people havo oir way. This is the only way to have .rmony. likely N?groes.for S?ale. WILL soll at ptibliu outery, at Edgcfiold C. H., on Monday noxt the Ctn inst., TKN UK KL Y ?UNO NEGROES-boys and girts, rerms Cash. Z. W. CARWILE. Mar I lt a HYMEK]BAIi. ~ MARRIXD, on (he HVh Feb., by. Rev. D. D. IrnASoo, Mr. JOHN^TI M UN DAY - ap d - Miel fANCY ELIZABETH; dangater'-of Lja H?L OK, EIIK, ?Il of Ibis District, MARRIHD, by tb? same, on.the 21st Feb., Mr. ABEZ GARNETT, of Goodia, and Miod JANS CARTLEDGE, of this District MARRIRD; by the ?ame, on tho 2Sd- Feb., Mr. TAMES T. BLACKWALL and Miss MARTHA "EARLES, ?II of thia District. OBITUABY. Diso, near Albany, Ga., Mn. SARAH COR LEY, vrife of MARK COKLEv,in the 54th year of ter age. * The deceased wa? born in Edgefield District, ' 3. C., and lived there until the last eight years of lier life, when she, with her husband, mored to Sontb-Western Georgia. She bad been a consis tant member of tho Baptist Church, and an bum ble and devout Christian for thirty year?. She leaves an affectionate husband, one daughter, four grand-ehildron, and many rolatires aod friends to in on rn their loss. " Blessed aro .?the .dead which die in the Lord from henceforth ; yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest'from their labor's, and their works do follow them,": - J. "ff. J. Der-AstED this life, at his residence ia this District, os the 20th Feb,, Mr. WY BROAD WATER, in the67tb. year of bisase. Tho deceased was a candid and un 'induntrions man. He died in full fellowship with the Church of Christ st'Rehoboth of which be had been a member for many years. Notwithstanding he had lived aa active and useful life for three score years, bis usefulness had increased with his years. His sons being in tho army, he manifested not only a concern for their welfare arid our indepen dence, but was zealously engaged .for the welfare of bis young and . tender grind-children. He was suddenly taken from time to eternity. May tho bereaved be comforted by the. promises of God to the widow and orphan. ' " D. " Death rides on every breeze, And lurks in every dower; Each season Ins its own.disease Its peril every hour." Those lines of Heber are suggested by tho death of Maj. B. Martin and wife's two little children by that terrible disease Dip.theria,-MARY EU GENIA died OB the 31st January last, in the 6th year of her age, and JOHN WILLIAM died on thfl03d Feb. in tho 7th yea--,of his age. Thus tn a few weeks har the dark shadow of deatljt twice spread oTer this family its cold and frowning demands. The loved and tender ones are laid in the' cold ind silent grave while their happy spirits have gone to-God who gave them. [ " The Lord gavo, and the Lord hath taken nway,'" and may the afflicted parents be prepared tio say, " Blessed be tho name of the Lord." D. Edgefield Female College EDGEFIELD C. II., 8. C. THE SECOND SESSTON of this Institution will begin March 6ch, will continue until July 21st, and will be closed by an Examination and a Concert. TERMS. Tuition in Collegiate Course, including Latin, $110,00 Tuition in Academic Coarse, ' 60,00 " " French, . . 50,00 ? ? Drawing, 50,00 " a lil us lc, including use of instrument, 110,00 Contingent Feo, 10,00 Board, including Fael and Lights, $12 per month, to be paid, in provisions at old rates4 Bonrdors must furnish their own towols, sheets, pillow cases, blankets or comforts, coverlets, hand -oap, and drinking cup. All the pupils are re quested to bring their School. Books with them. Payment wilt be required strictly in advance. A liberal discount will bo made in favor of re fugees who have lost their property, rmi the noedy families of soldiers. A fair, price will bo paid for all tile text books that may bo needed, even if thoy ?re old. Per sons having these books will confer a favor on the public by selling them to the Coilogo. REV. M. W. SAMS. Principal. "Wo will give'for butter 25 cts.; bacon 13 to 15 ct?.; pork nett 8 cts.; tallow 14 cts.; b?vf 5 to Sots; mutton 50 to 75 cts.: best flour ?10, inferior $7 per barrel : corn, meal and pe?a $1 ; sweet pota toes 50 to 75 cts. per buehel ; fowls 15 to 25 cts. a piece ; turkeys $1,50 to 93 per pair; syrup 50 cts. per gal.; oggs 1*J to 15 cts p^r dox; fodder and bay il per hundred ; wood ?2 for four hor>e loa'<i. Mar 1 tf ti Enrolling Office, EDGEFIELD, 9. C., Feb. 27th, 1865. IALL Officers and Soldiers now in this District, . ab.-"cnt fruin their commands on expired fur loughs, are hereby ordered to report immediately upon receipt of thia order, lo Mnj. AlW:n J. Green, Commandant Fo*t at Columbia, S. C. Failing to do so they will be arresto!, and for warded undor guard. F. J. MOSES, Jr., Lieut, k Enrolling Officer. M*r 1 lt ft A Likely Young Negro FOR SALK. IWILL sell on Sale-day in rMarch next, (the 6th.) at the Court House steps, a LIKELY YOUNG NEGRO FELLOW, 25 years ?f ago. A good Sold hand, a very good coarse Shoemaker, and Plantation Blacksmith. Z3i~Tvxmi to suit purchaser*. A. G. TEAGUE. Feb 2* St 8 ' For Sale. AFINE BRICKLAYER hud PLASTERER. Also, a LIKELY TOUNU -FELLOW;. Apply at this.Office. Feb 7 tf T For Sale. IWILL sell at public outcry at Edgefleld C. H. on Sale-dey in March next,JJlGnT OR TEN condemned Government HORSKS and MULES. Terms cash. J NO./L. NICHOLSON, COY urn ute nt Agent. Feb 26 2tl 9 Ir?ri for Sale. F")R salo at this Office a lot of GOOD IRON which wilt be sold at a bargain. Feb 21 * " if i Beef Cattle Wanted. WILL pay tho highest Cash price for good BEEF CATTLE, AND SHEEP. LEWIS COVAR. Marl 3t .9 Stolen, PROM the Subscriber on the night of the 23d February, a DARK SORREL HOUSE, ibout sir years old, with a small spot in the fore lead, and both bind fee*, white nearly up to the etlocks, bas a mark on his bakk, caused by the addle, near the size of a min's hand, but is en irely'woll and white hair has come ont on the pot. A liberal reward will be-paid for the de ?rcry of said horse to me ll miles from Ham id rg on the Martin Town Road. Any infortna ion will bo thankfully, receive. Five hundred lollara reward will- be paid for sufficient proof to onvict thc thief. THOS. B. REESE. Mar 1 I? 9 State of South Carolina. EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. TN .ORDINARY. SY W. F. DURISOE, Eaq., Ordinary of Edge field Diatriot Whereas, Walker B. Samuel, has applied to e for Letters of Administration, on all and sin ular the goods and chattels, rights and credits ' Walker G. Samuel, late of the Diatriot orcsaid, dec'd. These arc, thorefore, to cite and admonish all id singular, the kindred and creditors of the id deceased, te be and appear before me, at oar ist Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be jidan at Edgefield C. H., on the 9th ?lay of ar. next, to show oauie. if any, why tho said ?ministration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal, this 23d day Feb. in tho year of our Lord ono thousand ?ht hundred and Sixty-2 ve, and f?? the eighty nth year of the Independence of South Caro W. F. DURISOE, O.?.D. Mari ** ?