Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, March 08, 1865, Image 4

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- For the Advertiser. The Fall of Charleston. . . - Br S. Al L. , * .Time-hullowed oity of ray birth, " -My spirit bows before thy.fate ; ' /lt mourns io know thy sonny shores " Are doomed to feel th'oppressor's ba ' Joys that my* happy childhood knew, ? ,v Hopes of my dawning womanhood; " Were wakened en thy j?assio soll,' Among tie i onored ?nd the good. To.ine.no skies ere ???med so bright, No orango groves were half so sweety "' Nor minaret, nor lofty dome, . /' ?'. ' Witt old .Si: Michael's spire compete. "i I know th?night winds sad'y moan, As*coming from"the trouhred sea;. - - - ? Tho petrel weeps her am"l>er tears, ' And wiBcping cric3 M thou'lt-yet on fre Can the proud blood which dyea"ttie che .Of the true Southron, Jose its Ure, ' So that h?bow his war-worn form Ho-nuion w?fh the North dfsire? No ! let the eaglo choose his.mato Among the vultures on the plain, . - ? Ere "the pyocd South and hated North, . In unison oxi$ again. ' In rev?rencedo I saj? as soon Tho powers of HeaTen and Hades mee The Puce and Hidycoadesccnd In love the demon orri w to greet. '. ? . No' 1er e??h man'fall at his post, And women meet their terms with soon And every child be taught to lo'athe,-^ E'en do wn to "nations yet unborn'. ? ? Let burning homes and insults foul, ?And rained temples of the Lord, . . Se stauTb?d on history's deathless page, * '. And infamy "Ahoir sure reward, I gaye my boy?, my only ono?, ' *" Whenfirst thcLtocstn thriilodTthe air; . One Heth.in a Northern fort, His brother is-[I know not where. - _ ' ? " <. . .. ? ? ? ... ?>-'.. - .,. '' .' . r "' And had I other sons to give, _ .' - ' " Would ttr?ye to hush a mother's fears , Wonjd'give the sword-bid them'God spe Till " Llborty or Death".was thpirs. . - . " Now lot tho dastard hido his head, The coward," poltroon, veil his face ;? Bat every faithful soldier stand, - A " wall of 8tone'*,firm'at bis place. ? Then snail each city ho nvengod, Each smouldering pile a beaconije, To point to. freedoni'A.blood-bought goal, A freedom bought by victory. ?.' *. Feb. 26th, 1S65. . --__^_^4 From the Augusta. Constitutionalist. . Tile Negro as a Soldier. There is no one tact aa intimately coane ted with the origin ancT progress o' the pre ent state d war betweep the Northern ai Southern States, as that, of "slavery.-' Nor ? ' * . there any which will exercise a -larger i?fi ence.in determining its duration*, and in pt ing a distinctive feature to the"fulure civil action of those among whom: the lot of tl negro has bien cast, than the condition i woich he shall be assigned-bj the eventual ties* uf this 'war. And yet, such is the fatc'ii of the Southern mind upon thi* subject,, th his very existence.teems hardly to have-b?e _ . . recognized; exc?pt as a mere- animai. ~ .' intelligent*, his will, his morah influencer been'as* completely ignored aa if he .were horse, or an ox, or an asjc . % . . Why is this ? In all the length and breadt of our'ty???, domain, is there,-no one min capable of comprehend^, jvhat if will seei va matter of wonder to tho future histiriat all did not recognize-by "very intuition alua H-' . i,hat three mil lions of human beings io a po( . uiation of eight, however h?mbli?, howeve low Tn the scale of humanr-ty, slaves th'oug . b?, yet with, unchained Kmis,xould not be s fettered by mere legal enactments, so mei H_-. merisedby the mere will ot masters, tho they would rc-1 muke themselves feltis a pc tential inctrament, in shaping the feature: progress and conclusion - of a war aguin? twenty odd millions aqd upon whose "banner wero blazoned the magic word " Freedom." Does "the" spewtre^of abolition so haunt ou imaginations, so obstruct our ' vision,' as t . conceal from our view the fate which,impend over us ? Are*wo given over to tl?at blinc ness of ptssioh which tee gc'ds" inflict- ?poi who.m-1 hcyfwould destroy ? Quem deus vui peiiitre prill* ile-meuUiJ. . Or is it, that^eein] U^.liisfjtl portent, we'are "incapable of com v urohending its siguinc?uee, and stand wonde strichen, paralysed, with doubt a"nd fear, as i ov jrsbadowed by tho jiinoply of'natlona icath? Ia Ibero- no moad^ coroprehensivi p.hilc^ophic^?^tesmanship^ ' io-Jjriag orde: ?ut af cba?sf toliftots above rte pretty strifes themeanan?bit?Qn,thc contcmptibieprejndicc: the sordid passions, which so. engross om wholebeing, that we heed not the fitct, that tha vhieh migbt constitute thc light arm of o'uj dofence, is turned*agajnst us? Is there norn -.to plact safety from the .nettle danger ? Le u3 try and sqjvej this.problem that wh*r> th? future historian shaHcome to write our epi taph, at ieast it shall ?-oUb?fcl? de se. First of all then, dot us begtr. by recogniz . . ing the stubborn fait that tilt negroes a potcei : in this tour. lu numbers about as three fx - _ our tivo,-and I should not err, if in thc terri tory that renjams to os, . naoccupi?d by tb? enemy,! should make the disproportion evei less, lie baa-all -the essential native. quali ties, necessary to make ?-an efficient moldier Ile may not have the courage of the whitt . man, but, his habits of obedience, and the per fect discipline to which, under infitelligenl white oflicers ho might be. subjected, v??u?c go' fr. , towards equalizing them inf his res ^vect- Hehas.no*, the hi?h ' incc-.;tLrp, thi . 'exalted aspirations of lb?* white- man, and ir this, not. o?n theater of Eesdom ?o?ld place v?. them upon a Jevefc . . ? . Ttut who^ whatever may have . beeh'hii former estimate-pT tho n?-gro, .will say, ? . view of all -tho past,:tbat he can run sbakt !off the torpor of the s"&vfl "Tne .?l l and the ' young, meitj women and children, have dc . tjertpd iboir*n"afive land,and the comfortable . quarters around whxh all-their w?r.nr ultVe t?ons du-tered^andfled to tho .enemy, ffol tr li.id a .'. pvaiiic^of sun shine and r'^^b'?l c ?ld and hunger"U?? and danger, disease anc .- .doaib. It i.6 no r?p.s.vor to ail this io.sajvthai they bave made an unfortunate choice, tba they have been dolndcd by promise?, datieret * , by hopes thrrt will never 1-0 -re.iliwd. Th( .stubborn fae: c ?i:frt,nts os,-i? spite of all fis severa'r<n-:, t'ca; tho nrgc-o""consti'tiitcs a* I'm present moreent, no conrejiptiblepiit-Oi' th? Federal army. ' Second,.it may then, I th?iffc,. be sst down as no-jtniger-rfino?ted p??nt thtit the negro is. not onlj ? power in tuts war, but that ir - ?-pite of his humbler ia-tincf, in spite of hi; irferior iftteliig*-nco.-in -pp'te of slaver)-, ii rtiite of'the msitte^swil1, be ?arries in U?> ? muscular arra, the balance* oft poxer b.etwcei the contending ar-tvir*-: and-fhat I tittered no! . *" the language of an ?..ver-r-xctted imaginathr1' i.-ut.vyrd'j-ofsobarnos-' ?nd truth, when ld?' c.H. ' ,*f hat vU?iory will ulttiiiatoly^crow.' the MU?S qi' that'.sido who*?c banner i*' born? by th? emiheita-'ed slave.-" Third, thai i?a> enemy have beca nwr< "?*-"* ." ".-' f "a . -.''*. --r"--rrr-r.' ,-. ,jy - sagacious than-we i? this, thar, notwitlistand" iug we have occupied the vantage gruond.in*, ioldiog at our eo^man? .thi^ balaPce-of pow er, he has,.-by the offer of" freedom, wrested itin a measure" from 'our ibcbde grasp,' and wielded it with terrible effect againstus, while we .have stood -still "Und "coked on, if not with stolid'indifference, yet--with dogged sullen ness, content with- tittering nugatory -plati tudes about tbejnequality'^ races and, the heaven-born institution of slavery ., . ^Fourth,- that we can^arresj; the dangen of having this groat power, thrown in the scales againet os, only hy recognising tho fact that sharpest logic anil loftiest .eloquence about the uiy.inity of slavery and the blessings which it cou'fers alike upon slave and master, are. Idle words wasted uptmlhc listless eaz of thc negi-o, who, if he have dot the poetic -genius pf a Pope,-y et by his actions", tells ns " And-reason thus- on instinct as you can, ; In.this/tis God di:oots,'iB that thejnanf;'. I art noT*harisee that I. should say, " I ant holier-tban thou,1' .yet as .one wijo has-1 withheld nothing of .the labor of ajifetime, may I not add without offending the sensi bilities of anyone, tua., upon this subject we m?t put aside every cons?deriit?on thst-cou- i diets with an honest search for ?r?tli, and when we havo;found it, worship ii'as the only Deity- who can save us from impending disas ter. ... ,: - Fifths WQ.bave so Jong, accustomed our-t selves to.judge_.of the negro "by what he is^na-] a'sl&ve under the power of the masten-or over-J I seer, that we bring ourselves with; difficulty tcr-the belief tha?'*he is other,, than ! what"he seems to us.r In combating '"tho error of the abolitionist whefhai just laidk down his theo ry, his general principles, (the" unity" and equality of the races and of all rhea) '" and from-thence reasoned to'detatls, .we have look ed? however unconsciously, for.such facts and arguments only, as to confute and confound our adversary : lt.is nqttob:m?ch>to s,?y, nor should it be regarded as.any disparagement.j of those whose every- interest has been 'so b?uncTup in the institution, thal; sitting as wit- , ness, advocate, judge aud jury, the scale?, of j justice in our h^nds, no more than they would have been in others, have not always been [evenly balanced. -, I - - i W-?-have still to sit in- judgment upon -the^ ?ame question, but with, this difference,.tBat I wbereasithe interest- whic?? we .-once hai'.ib th? adjustment, made us..kick*' the "?eam wherein it seemed likely to tu rn against ns, yet . now our very life'h.?ng3 upon the'deli. cat?ly adjasted[balance, even tj a hair.' B?ti If pride o? opinion^ obstinacy, hauteur, .con tempt fo? the slave w.d the opinions* of oth ers-, or a jaundiced'view of our presen t'inter est?, should etil f blind us to- truth-^sbould. Jonr decision still be against the judgment of \ our adversary, he may, at,"least. wjth . iahest ] prospect of sncceps, appeal to o-higher courts? a court ?rt'which the cause is already prejudg ed, deeided against us, and wheremight alone becomes tiiCfuial a? biter. * Sixth. Every-step we advance in the'pro; ;gfess ?flhb wai- diminfshes^our Hol? tf the negro, until our past policy snail -hnve been revised. Tire South has become ihegraat re cruiting fi?ld of the ?uemy. Every hegrodto 'adda to.his.anuy, as.itdeducts one from'our -nunJfcers,-counts as.two. ??V is.th?s all; eve ry day but increases,the moral difficulties of j ?nrjui?atiqn. The slave becomes every day more restless. In proximity to the "enemy, ie hardly recognises, even now,-the authority _ofthe master. . Even at .remoter points, the master and mistress-know what I say *to be true, that the reins of authority cannot be held.a? tightly, nor -with so firm .a grasp as formerly. T?at fcc is,stjRaubmiasiye evince*, 1 not that there is no slumbering volcano with- - : ra bis own untutored breast, but only, that with him) as. with all men, habit has become second nature-that'ho is still unconscious"ol a, power, concerning'whicb,- every day *that dawn?, brings new light to his long benighted vision, and shat sooteror later it will burst upon him with the dazzling .sple??or. of ibo "noonday sun, lighting up the pathway of hie life io." that paradise of sunshine and rest'-' to.which alone, we have said bis - aspiration^ soar.. - - '<*?'? -v.;..- ! * . '.*-.*- y\ , Seventh, ."[t ts .s*ill, 'perjiaja. within ?ul po wer, if we. act .promptly, boldly and '.ener getical ly", by pulling .ourselves jn ' harmrjo'yj seith nn'urej by findiDgfuttrutb-apdclkig?ngl to it as tbe'only sure ark o? safety, to turrf-1 ^?his'mtghty.engine of pb*wer against the ene-. roy,, end secure for ^rarse?Ps that, indepen dence which can alone save, is and our pos terity from a hbmiliating vassalage to tjjOi-e who will mock at our calamity awi ;J?ugh when pw fear cometh. For, making d ?2 al lowance for the restraioine c'a^scs tp which allusion/has just beeu..maae, ?t"c .n?of be de nied that there'are many who 'still cling with thiibMitre affection to tbe old antf young ]i)a> .ter'and mistress, at whose .bandy', tl?y have -rottivod ?ll^the kindness dn?'^to.their d 'pen dent condition.. Nor will it, ""be denied that even with very many of thsse who ' have Hod" to th'.- enemy? it ba3-"beon a straggle betvwn the cndetnufcnts-of the old bomeslood'arid its'fenmbl? ?s?ociation.f, ?rid the rose-colortd/} 'pictures of freedom which the enemy have j 'Held'pp before.-his newly awaW?ned vision, j tne Southerner has in bis character, when 1 divested of the arbitrary authority, of m?stet4, tJ?at warm, sympathetic, genial, nnselSsh-na 'ture, which charms alil$e the child and child -Ijkej. ana with virtue aad'intelligefi?e super-' added, make him the - perfect ty pe ot ?ge^^ tlemanrnatur?'s trueJi?bh rpan.. -' ' " . Eighth. With these (jualiiies^ and tho adv ' vantage of possessio?| which the "hackneyed phrase dcea not exaggerate, is nine, points of *tbe law; we may not only avail ourselves or what is left to ns^ (no.^hanks to our sagacity.' that it is lort to os,) bf this balance of power, -fut we may icm bach many, very many 'of those who now swell the rinks of the enemy, trained soldiers with ""arms in their handsj who will hail with rapture the call from theip low blacks, " Come, "help us fight' t.be. battle of freedom to our .race; and, for. a home -wjth our kindred. The North with its cold winds and colder hearts, is uo home /for us.; Free dom in the sunny South, if such thing could, be, without kindly relation's fowards tho wii?te 'man, would'lie worse than blavcry. Home less, houseless, powerless, friendless' "Vbitijer "should we tarn for refuge 1 But ' if success crown our efforts, a new life opens upon us. "We have formed'? ricw alliance. .Wo ie not to bo turned adrift upon'the /.-o],d chan i Ly.'of [ Yankee selfishness. Bat they, who were ou'r.J. masters will l'h?ncefcrth .be' onr guardians) ] will give us a honic, a?b,fber, food, ?and rai-; ment, with our wives, our children^ and oaf aged.aud ir.firra parents i" ; ? ' : Can we not promise fhis, so great a boon j. to-him vrhu has served us with fidelity-for BO rriariy long weary years-sc'stu?ll SutsacriQce tous? ("an.we" not, in the sincerity, of our "hearts-, and holuing fast to truth, :at we shall iMiswer to oer coT.aoierujjjs ? -and io our jjom irion Fa'tbi-r for thesamB, teach -the negro ibo j ?ioiple lesion which I haye "pu? in his mouth, at?d-.m?ffei niBch more, which' the bind'Jeador will imagine 1 And when wejaave done so,, miy we not hope - that i':tho -winier of bur l discontent wiri bo made glorious summer by ' thor sun" of freedom, and; thai, having put oars:;lves'in confbrmity within^/t.-the laics nf nature, the gilded light pf L?eaven, rho ?. star, in the casi" shall lead ns, to that long soaght. haven of redemptiou from the calami- j tie.i of an nnju^t ajtd tnerc'.lcss wat, for which ; the hearts ot all p3at ?a the "hunted deer; 'aanteth^for thc running brook/' ' Th? ?r?peri-Yicc of mankind every wRr-rr^ ? ! afiditi ali ages, has.with suth pt-rffeV ?nd U;pha^j?nt irnaT?imii}' attested tbi viiul im-; f 'poTtirr.ce .of'certain : laws' ip the progress,/ KtyT'oration and development, of the"ppeif.l; and iDdiridail life of man that evea where ; [ we re?ase to^recognizB a . direct inspiration we nevertheless accord to them di yipe character. They tolerate therefore noYurthet question ot mere expediency. It is th? law of Ileaven, and can not be gaiasaye? by the pophistry bf selfish nature. T?nt there are maxims,,'thc truth-of which j though they have not tho sanction of dirccf. inspiration being prudentiaf merely axithcnti(?ted by?nd less universal exp?riencerthan"the moral law. .'In unity there, is strength." - Sb simple-a proposition all will say should not haye need? od the illustration of a father who,-. Calling I "his sons together gave each a single rod to break and' then a bundle", ..that they Barf ht know""the truth of this maxim. Nor was it heeded for th? in'ere knowledge which it im riarted,~bot to enforce its importance, and therebv ensure its ohsp-vancc among the broth ers'. Lb we smi]e at the old mani simplicity, lie wonld'pnt "us to-the blush shgnid he .re? mind hs thalia ali tho Confederacy there* was not the wi?dom.tb discover the moral of his les?on... That four -years of dreadful war ? . against an'antagonist, of three times ournnm ber'and in ai 1 the1 appointiaents.- and'instru inenfspf war still more o'df superior, "were insufficienr/t?" teach us that eight millions were stronger than five. "* .- But this so simple lesson had'a far deepen significaoic than'the occular demonstration of a physicaliact,. It was thc moral influ ence or. strengtlv^wbich "unity', cf .pui-pose gives to our actions,' and which so often iu life gives triumjih 'to the Jess, agam'tt ihe greater number.'<(Ct is avower which may not be expressed with the precision pf figures, but which'ii*rarely over-estimated. Who eau tell how many it would bring hack omin?se who haye abandoned" onrcanse, -'?os the rich man's war and the poor man's fight,"'to kuuw that we had^acrific?&so much," for-principlos as deaj to the Door as the rich. > . WJJO ciin say- what might .pot. be cccomnj pUshed by eight millions of freeman moved ' by-a" single impulse. Nor is' tLisall. if wo would, measure its influence' to the-full.: By whatever cypher the sum be exprrssed, de duct it?ro?r-the strength of the enemy. Its moral rnhu'Wce in the exaltation arid impulse whichrt would impart touonr-.ranks, would irt.?? less degree depress'tthei?*, so ?hat, ?/| theiebe time left, with the 'complex, machine ry ot our government, to bring this mighty j weapon to our rescue, we may I thjnk not ) without good reasou hope, that Mr. Lincoln" was for once, right, .when he said that lie could hot carry on the contest for 'six months without the aid of the negro. *" .' And who wotfld not give, bim up (a? a slave I mean) .a thousand times, for peace" and independence 1 ' Who, if an-ange hshould descend and offer, to lead our'.btfds to victory under the banner of .emancipation, woujd withhold his slave-for the property, which bev h?Td in his muscle ? And aro.-not- tbe'laws of namre4s.G?d; thobgri visible only ta the. mental eye, as stfre ru thoir operation as if j inscribed upan banners twid borne by a mes senger ' deputed from Heaven -direct The child of nature love* liberty ho less than the philosopher. ? . - ' \We-t>ec.it' hav? all Jolt it even in earliest childhood? Moy: our young hearts have hounded w th rapture, when ihe'restraints of pare?tarautbdrity or of the schoolroom were' withdrawn.. Perhaps it had been better for us if we had known le*s of this early liberty. Yet this but proves all the moro clearly the powtr-^the*iirresis;tible power, of -1 his all pervading passion of the human heart.;; In. boyhood, though we recognise the rightof parental authority and it3 superior wi-dom, yet wh<r that did not look ?>rward with iui ??atient desire to the day when he should bo X free man. Th J very poetry of youth", says Montgomery, is, " when I shall be'a maq." ' .The love of-liberty, thenf--T repeat, is an instinct of the human heart, a law of our nature, and what is nature but, the outward/, visible, corporeal body,-of-which Deity is the' soul. Men. and children, ?nd it is .ianthe child of .which our own.experlencc furnish?s the best lesson, that we may. with greatest profit atu'dy the negro, the. untaught, tmtu tor'ed child of uature, "Mmr .and ChildrenJ say, long for it,Werk forlt, suffer for it, live and die for it". In this is that great truth,v tvhich sooner or later we must recognise,-and with which we' must put ourselves in ctfinformi ty if we.expect Natureyor NatureVGod, to help us-for what is truth but Nature-the harmony of Nature's la^--bop fortuity to Nature's law-rthe law o/Heaver}. . Think not that God will suspend bis ftr-rnal law to help us forward. No : all our fa-tirc ?nd prayers will' avail us HOI bing, *f wo fol low not truth-i? wecouf >rm not o the itn uiulabicdaws of nature. In ju- so far, not. a.step, nor so muchas thc tonth part.of a hwr's breadth^fu'-ther,. "W??I Ged be with us. -, -. *.;:".. : W. W. Lincoln's Joke Before our Commis Oioner?. .'.* .Th? Chattanooga "Rebel, o " tL~e f3tn inst. E-Asoff thc folLwrng. Ileari-'it*^??. ' It is wcirknOwn that the Yaiikee Preside^ 1 irtfn invetc'r?to and incorrigible jokerT?ud that nothing i urns- upin "hf? presence iba* ? doc3 nut remind hit?f of an anecdote',-"' which 1 be proceeds et?inCe*to tell, whether in or out of season.; No mather byw scJ??mi, the occa rtoa, os how augUbt thc uss'eniblyj hi:-, ;<.Tbar reminds me of an ' aneodqU',*^. jr. <x-rlain- tc come up,'apd of course all .business is ?uSROn-": ded .until he gets through with his .narration! The telegraphic clisp,?tcb(>3 have already in formad our readers that Lmcbln'S joke was"* obtruded into thc late peace negotiations at Fortress Monroe; but tho dispatches did uot g:**a us the jolie.' Ai-a. very, heavy expanse,' and wHh the view of being ahead of,ai? con tcinpbiliies inthis matter, we sent a reporter through oy clothes lino, express to procuro, for us*tho ?\ctuaI joke perpetra'cd and tho in cidents connected therewith. Our reporter makes the fol lowing state merit ; 'After, tbf. exchange of theusual'c?urtcsics, and some convereatiorj between Lincoln and Seward and tb"e Commis^kiners,' Mr-Stephensij proceeded'w ttl"'his u??arability mid e*ruest-sj ness into an elaborate statement of the points at issue and the necessity for lbosrecqgnii ion-j of the independeuce of thcConfcdcriite tates, flo demonstrated "tho impossibility ..of", subj u galion,"pointed triumphantly to the record of our achievements for the past turee years, and our ability to continue the' struggle', afelt intimated that .a treaty might now " be made \rhich, though it wbofd, in point of fact, make" us tWQ-natipns", would raako Ais/ for all com- , mereiol purposes and for oflensire atid-de. fensive action, pncgreRtnattott. The assem-'. bly was spell bound . by his^ eloquence, and lost in admiwttcm ut the'power j>.nd force of his -nja-terly argument, when Mr. Lincoln broke the thread of thought by' jumpibg to his feet auddexclaiaiing: - ' li Mrf Stephen?,'you remind mo of-a man in Illinois.'1 ; li In what respect ?" asked (be astonished .orft'or. ' " , * . ?1 will teH yon an anecdote, andyou v/ill 8ee,"*Said Lincoln. ' - " Many vehrs-ago a. white rann Ai Illinois: wShtpnVday'flJiout/wjth.a-t IndiRH ? f "ihe Menomonee- trina, with-the understanding' ti nt, they sbcujld fairly divide -yhatever game, tht^ killed.' Whtn ui->ht*ycrtook them they had killed ore turkey^and "one bhzrird, and. nothing else,.'and (he qnsrion . came' up how. they vere to be divided- Indhiu did nut know, but wbit? wan solved' tb? difficulty'.' .lin 9-.v<\ Indian, yon may tu'kn'the .buzv.ird and l'iltako. the tnfk?y ; or I'll take the tur ko,'and you have-the buzzard.' '-. Utoplt' sVid'tbe Indian," 'That sounds fair, but white 1 mf.n say buzzard to.me all thc time-never ! say turkey to meonctV" : / rf* And that is. precisely what you ka* i doing;in jour argument. You " h/ivi .. talking abont thc mdependence. ci-the , all .tho time, and haye never "saklUnioi , lt is tor key alftho'iinie for y\)?; aiyl b all the time for nie." -<\ Y-erj true," r'epUed Mr.' Stephecs, if we of the Confederacy had our -way wo.ti?d be fad on Buzzards while, you-livi given to blizzards when you die." Whereupon. Lincoln toqk? Seward 1 arm aric^ left tho c^n?missione?3ji'iadjsgi -;-? . ?-; General tee?? Order.. ? . We have been furnished with ibVfpllc orders of Gen. Lee upon his. assuminj "chief cbnynand of pur armies : ' ^l?EADQ'r.S CCNKKDEUATE ?R.MY, ; . 'jth February,'18j?. -G?neraLOrder i '.. No. 1. \ \ ' " ' In obedience, to General Order Nb:. 3. j?tatnt'an'd Inspector"General's; Office', February," 1SG5,1 assume Command pf . military ..forces of tho .Confederate St .berkly imprfessfd with the difficulties 'responsibility bf the pesition.. and.humbl; ? vokiagihe^uidauce ot?Ahiijghty God, 1 "for.success upon, thfcc^ur?g?. and f?rtit?t thc army, sustained by the patriotism firmness bf the-pe?plo, confident ' that I nnjte^ efforts, under the blessing "bf Hea .-.will secure peace'audinde. mdence,. .?. The Headquarters of toe" Army, tov? all special repot ts and communications be addressed)' will -be" Cor tho pr?sent ;'i the Army of^Northfnipyirginta. The sti ,an.d regular r?turns*?n?: reports of leach thy Department will be forwarded as her fore to the.Office of thtfAdjutantana Ins] tor"Crene'ral. ; '. *. \~ '> . R. t\ Ess, Genera HEADERS Ar.Mira OF TH:^ C. STATES , .' ''PeBroary: .Uti?, 1865. ; GEKER?L ORDE?S. } _ *No.2. - ) In entering upon, the campaign- about 'open, the G.?neiaI-iri-Ghief feels assured t the-swidiiraiwho have so. - long and so no 'borne tba.hardshipsiand dangers' of war, Iquireaio. exorratiou to icspo?d to. the calli honor and duty. - Wi*h;the lifcrt^ transmitted by their ft fathers they have inherited" the spirit to fend it. ?' ' "The choicerbetween'w-ar and abject subto .sion is uefor&iHfm. To'euch?a proposal, brave men with ar iii their hatids.;can hav.e but one hnsw?r. ' vThey .cannot barter, manhood for pej norrthe right of sblfTgoyernment "for . life proporty. *. - . B?t, justice to them .requires, a sterner-! moniiien t?^hose vhji have abandoned th (?ibrades in the hour of peril. ? . - . A'last opportunity is afforded them to wi out th'? 'disgrac?'and escape the punishm? bf their crimes. By authority of the President -of the Cc Z ierate States a pardon" is auuounocd.to sn Uwiorters an"dTi||n Tmprbppplyabsent u;>'sh return to the.wmma?'dfl ti) which they ] rlongwithia tbs'? shortest possible- time, r .exceeding twenty days from the. pnblioati of this order at the Headquarters of- the E pdrtmen t in which they may bc. . ' i-^TLose who may be prevented by intcrru lion of communication, may report within ti time'specified tp tho nearest." enrolling offic ?fcother-oflicer on duty, to be ' forwarded.'. Soon ns practicable, and upon presenting certificate fFom such-officer eh rawing.comp Itnce.with thc requirement) will receive' ? pardon hereby olfirod. Thpse who haye 'deserted io thp^ei vice thc-enemy,.or who h ave'deserted after ba vii Been once pardoned fur the same- olTeuce, at thpso who shall desert or absrut -themselv without authority after tho publication thia Order, are' excluded -from.-its ,lenefit Nqr does.the^fTer or?ardon.exferdV tbi otb offeuces than desertion, and'absoncc' withot permission. By the'same.authority it .is also dech ed that no gout rsl "aVahesty will. again - i granted, and those wfi?refuse'to accept ti pardon noa'offered, or. who shall hereaft? desalt or absent themselves without leav shall sutler.such, punishment as tho --cour may impose, and no application for clement ?will be entertained. Taking nsw'resolution from; ihi fate- whic our enemies intend fur usj let "rery man d vote all bis" energies totke common* defenci ? ?Our resources, wisely>and vigorously cit ployed arc ample, anjpl. with a. brav? arm j sustained bj.a dtftermrneil and united peoph success, with -Goa's assistance, "cannot b doubtful. . ,'- The adyahtages. of the enemy wijL hav bjjt'little value i? we do not permit the?n t impl?r our resolution: Let us then. opp? s c?nstancy to adversity, fortitude to suneriiij; am^ourage to danger,-with the,-firm assux an'ces?t He who gave freedom to dur fal h ors, wiWBles's t?act?oits of tljcit children t 'preserve it'.- ' . ^ ' IL-ty. Lea, ... ..H?AntlUARTE?S?Lt??jfyi OF XUB C. ,S, ? ?, . Feb. lltn7l8G5. J ' jiENER??i ORDERS^ ? r ? '.. Thu d;scipline t,Td;efnciency ?? $e. arinj have he-m ureatly impaired by;men* "leaviii; tht-Ti- propel' commands to_ join others^ ir wtich.they' finr] service more agreeable, /^his practice, a|m?et- as\injurious~lu i? consequences as,tbs trimc pf desertrfp, ,bj ttlfe articles'of Wur,-exposes the of?ender Ito ? .similar punishment, und subjects the office) receiving him io rjisuiissal fivin the^irniy,"' .'it is the're'fiire declared that'-ihe^provisioTas of General Order No. 2'/ tt'- ihu date,- fron ^A.rmyHcadqiiartpi-3 '.apply.w-spch rno?: a? "have-lett"their, commands and joined trth?r? jwithouD'being ?egtdarly transferred:' -They will receivtt the pardon promised iii .that "Or der, tfp-m complying with its conditions, pi .snffar'thc'.conscq-uoacfs attached to"neglec ting it.-, ..-'.' ; The nafjospf such abseptees will be forth w?j) rijported tb thpse. Headquarter^ by the otlici-rs with whom'th?y arc ser vi b'gt arni, im mediate me?.snres taken <to r?t?r'n thenf^tc "theil: proper commands. . j .*',?" Ar, soon as practicaba, an iuspection will Le' made, and chitr^es will 'be preferred htrainat those who aeglect to enforce this Or der.* - R.E. LFE, ;- General?* "Go MA a RY.."-".The most beafttifui flow, ers are those which.??re double piaka, doubl? roses, double.dahlias'. -^."What ?n argument is this against the chilling deformity ot siDglo blessadness ! li Go: parry !" is written' on everything beautSfuHhaf tbe eye rests UDO?, ??ginning with the birds of paradise ^ind ending witTi the appia blos?bms." ! /?'Humph !". said Rose scornfully, turning ! up-h6r pretty no.-e u thia.p?r^gr?nb, which we-p?-avcly read .al?pd to her.' "He-forgets the lili W. o&tho field, so fpure nnd holy in ? thcir singlcucsa ; 'tk^ ei(jiiisij,c.passioH flower -thc modest violet; I suppose ihat just ,whct Mra.: Pjwu^.Aljj&fthoat twitfp^opie?r tlipt'? two -great,"fat, lubberly, babies,, with jpink faces and a stfeuk in the fat over their ?h?eka^r oyes^-that tl'.ey arc. the more beautiful for coming double'; .bul. excuso mo from agreeing w'ith the '{Joting mother." .' But Ro3e is only.seventcen, and we cannit 'aftbrVl to wait and seo- what she ja.ys.oi .the .i'subjecf. oi np^le .blossoms and -birds of pa.;a - disc when she i? twenty: -, ' : Lincoln's heir .tipptttent iii the- Yaukeo thrbue, his.son BoVhas entered the ?nited $tates army as a captain on Qrant'a'ataiF.. . . ' .'. * - .-*' . : - i i A MILITARY Row AT, CAIRO ?LX.-^-A. J. Smith's'troops we're recently at Caird, Bl,4hi8 I ?oomand.fc?l greatly^disappointed and ag grieved that they hive not recervetTthcir pay ,-for several month-*.'" T?avin? .mo moneys ana seeing <tthe?fet of the"land!';;?hout our streets* those of the I ojs. who goiinto tho town made a regalar raid npon^the stores of .Cairo, tak .ing whatever they could Tay their hands On,., 'causing immenseexcitemcnt araong%ll the .'???rehant? aud dealers, all of whom immedi ately closed up shop inshort drderr-not ?rTe, howeverr;be/oroJtlje: soldierahad helped them selves freely td ""goods and eatables. .Jtfauy ' of the stores. suffered .heavily,' aomc Josing thousaiidR of dollars"- worth of property. A ' strong guard patroled tb'e,c?ty last night, and quiet was restored. They also: cotfmittgd j some depredations in Si' Louis.--Cairo Bis? \v*t?. . ^_g 1^ - ?. ^ r ftS^S. DKLee has been- confirmed" UH. Lt.* General. Brig. Gen.- G-ardner,.' commanding "the post-of Richmonn.'has boen made Com missary General of 'prisoners. ' Prices Doubled. . . \ . . .Since tho,lat Doccatbor last (the ? data- of pur last ?Dcroaso in prico of subscription) ?orn end ?tlnuf, bacon, and lard, peas and potatoes, oalt1iud< sorghum,-and ?carly everything else'in the pro vision or clothing depar tment-hove advanced in 'price at least 100 per cent.. Papor hud Ink. and Labor, ?e.r. htrvo alan considerably adva?ced. And to meet nil of those unoxpoofedealls upon -o'?? limited supply of. Confederate notes, we too aro forcM to raise our-torras of Subscription ?nd : Advertising In a oorresponding ratio. Tho Ad* *vcr!i?tr from this date, until further notice, will be publiabed at $20-per"annum;. ?10 for six m?nth8,-^-?7i adrrtrtee'.in eveny -instance.' Orders for thc paper, unacdompanipd by tho cash,. vrfll reccivo.no attention al.our haad3L; , - Advertisements will bo pnbb'shod at" the rato of $10-per square, of ten lines or, less, for each, insertion. Advertisements and jobv "work must, also ho paid' for in advanco. * ". ' There is ncr use in onr trying to keep prices doirn whilst every artisle^hat we stand'in need 6f. is rapwlly advancing.- WeJiave tried thia ea perimcnt.-thoroughlyj wd-aw satisfied that, in those days of affbver-isauij of Mr.- TRnvnox-u's ."promisos to pay," a coritfnuanco of such-a policy would very 'soon bring ns to -the starva. tion:p?int. Facta are facU, and.cannot be con trovertid. ~ . Those of our patrons who prefer paying. $',00 ; br the Advertiser in provisions, at did ptjees, m .preference t?,$?0. in Confederate money, are ur gently exhorted, to do so.. In fact, If our. " HVe and let live" farmor-frionds will giva tho subject due reflection, and wilithcn act on tho principles ! of-the Goldcn#i?lc-<rdo unto, others, Ac."-we think many of -th'em_will -pay in provisions. Anything ip the home produce line from a pump kin to a fine sugar-oured ham will/be highly inc-, ceptable to us.- . . ' Edgefield Female College ED GEFIE LD C. H., S. C. TOE SECOND"SESSION.of this Institution' .will begin March 6th, will continue until July 21st, and will be closed by hn Examination and-a C-jncert. TERMS. ' ?Tuition in Collegiate Course, includiog * Latib. . $110,00" Tuition.in-'Acadomi:'Course, 60,00. " " French', .' .5(1.00 " Drawing, .' 50,01) " " Music, including-, use of instrument, : ' . . . llO.Ufl Contingent Fee, . 1U.00 Board, including-. Fuel "and Lights', $12 per .month, to bo paid iu'prbviiioiu at tdd rates* . Boarders muat ?Urni^h their own towels, sheets,.{ ' pillow oases, blankets or com for ts,-co verlo ts, hand rQiij), and drinking cap.. All the pjwils aro- re quested to bring tbeir School B?c>ks with tbe'tn. .Payment wilt bo'required strictly in advance. A liberal discount will bc made iu fnyor of re fugees who have lost their property, and the needy families o'" soldiers;- ?. A fair price will be paid for all the text tooles, that may bo needed, even if they arc old. Pwr ? sons having tue?,? booka will conrer-A favor on . the public by selling them to thc College. *-U ' . * IlBy.-'ai-. W. t?AMST Principa1.' . %P if'o will giro t'or-Wter 25 cts.; bacon 13 to 15? cts.; pork nert ?-et?.;-Mlow H cry.; beef 5 to S^ts;'i mut'tu Ort tb 75d*.; best flour* $10, infer or .per."barro! ?-corn, meal nnj.pcv? *1; sweet- pota-" toeii 50 u> 7ii ctn. per bushel T fowlalO lo 25 c's. u 'piece; turkeys 31,50 to $2 per pair; syrup ^tUMs. per gal.; eggs 12A to 15 cU ???r dor.; -foddur and Dav ?1 rcr hundred ; wood ^2 for feur boric load. Marl - . tf 9 For Sale, v %. AFiyE ?UTtlCKI.AVF.k and rLASTF.r.F/R. Also; a LlKELY TOfJ?U ?ELLaW. A rr'Y at iL it ?C'.ce. .Ich? " if - - ? For SMe. J WlbL ?ell nt puidic outer? at id?efield C. H. 1 oil S.do-.biy in March n?x!, Kl?llT Cdt TE>~ 'oond'.-c.ui-d.tii.vt-niment llUllSES and MULES. ' Teima cash. . JNO. ii NICHOLSQiV, " ttavernment Agert. F?b 20 ' ' - . 2t - ' , 9 Iron for.Sale., P">R*,?sie at this Offi--e a lot of GOOD ir.O? ?b?eh will be sold ot a bargain. *. ^ Feb-Sl . ' - k| If- : . ? Beef Cattle Wanted. ?'WILT, pw *J.o bighcft?C^h- rrice for jt'iod -REEF CATTLE, AND Sli.EEP. ?-LEWIS COVAR. .Mir.i ; ai . ' 9 IEON? .* h fif?fk POUNDS Sl^'ERlOR T AR IRON, IJjVrVvf finches widened S thiclt, which aili lio'eold.luw tO'cloio out thc lot. ' *s: E. BOWERS,'Agt. . Tlarutnirg, Oct 2^ _ . . ; -4$ ? Notice* .?fTTTE hereby notify the pablio. that we, "as Ex M?- ecutors of ilie ESmto of.W. A. Rutland,. deo'd., have tendered, in tlic presence of witnesses, to Jamen ll-illaiid, .Guardian fot bia childrenTir . giuia,Edmond and Bennet Holland, tho sum* of 'Two Thoueani.Eight Hundred Dollars, which he rrfures to receive. AVo also give police that wo . will'not.be rospoosibLu for th? intettiitl^that may acerco upon said money, nor will wo'be-reapsmi ble-for any'oUicr money than Cr^fedorate money, as th vs was tho' currency agreed upon -in the terms of th? sale.- Neither-?wfill we^. be responsible for' .anj-ac?ldent that nay occur to .tho jnonoy-un loss compelled by law. . . '. H: M.: SATCHER, - ) v . ? EMSXEY LOTT.*" | Exorfl Feb 21 ' St. . 9 _,-_-iii-.,- . ,. ?;_? - State of South Carolina. . EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. C-.rxgii . IX ORDINARY. :ra? W. F? ?URIS0E, Esq.', Ordinary of Edgo> D field District. . / . ' ' ' Wboroi?, \Volkar B. .?omucl, hos, applied to wc for Letters of"Admjnistrution, on all und aln 'gnlar thc gonda and-chattela, Tights arid credits . of balker. G. Samuel, late of " tho District afor*jHsid, dpe'd. . - ? , -. . . These aro/thorofoao; to (ito .and admonish,-ftU ; aMd singular, tho kindred-and'cr?ditera of thef said' dcoeaaod, to he aad appear before rn?;, at oar next Ordinary's Conrt for the said DiatrU t,' t<? b$ boldon-at Edgeficld C. li,,-on tho ?hh <lny elf-j Mar. next, to show cause,, if any; why Bu.said administration should not fc*:granted,. ? Giv-in under my hai>d and Beal, thia -23d"day : of Feb. in tho year of oi\t Lord on* tbourand Vgut hundred and STxly-'Wf?; .'and in tboelgbtj ninlh year ot th?'?lodopajnJonW nf *$*$J**?m ^arjr_^ _ J-,, ?- o: ? ~ E?gs Wtoied. ; J OLEAN COTTON ANDLINEN RAGS can be icd.4 fur wb ?t ??o'^trtiftr ofjlof. THE FAVORITE HOME - NEWSPAPER ! THE attention of Hinno w-vowlsh-to'subBorib'p V ?, FIRST- CLASS RELIGIOUS AN? iLITE&A'rl? NEWS P3 PEU, u called to thean- - Inbancemont.lhat . . ..' - THE BAPTIST BANNER Is published" e,very 8a?u??ay in Augusta,rGn., it tho price of $10 por anr.um. . ' . . Each number, (whole eheo?) contains choice original and selected read??*g,-*StorUsf Miscel lanies, Communications,-Current Newsy Ac. V'Edited by ?cv. A. Ot Ditties "and. JAKES N.' "Ehts, K ' ~ ' E?cIoso-?lO..'and address" ' . \~ JAMES Ni ELL8, ' ' " * * Augusto, Ga, . . Feb 21 . . . . 2m? 8 .--i----^---1-;-:-* " State Retord of the Names ?f i?ec?aseii Soldiersi . SOUTH CAROLINA'COLLEGE, ? . . Cotnaaii, January 16,TS65. "KTNDKR appointment.'By?the Logisiaturo to.. %)? prepare this Record, I earnestly- appeal to Uie (am?lies or.frientbj of eur deceased soldiers to send mont ont? their qamej, ?c.; wilie there iaaa .opportunity-to leeuro accurate information HospitaTregistors and teporta of casualties from .. the army are deficient in the information requirwd ; it must be-obtalned.at heme. - . Tho Iiecotd will date dato back to the begin* " ning of the war, and iuclnde all . who have been " killed in _batth>, or died of wounds rcccivodin battlov or-?rom diseaso or accident. . If-you hara - been so fortunate ft? not^b lose friend or relative, . yet remember that it is nc bio to rescue from ob livion.tho name of but .ona friendless youth 'irho. bad-gone from your neighborhood..? die In oar cause. * . Give-1. Namt'i?f?ll. 2. From, what District: 3. Jinntl?.. <!'.' Company;: 5. Regiment and arm of service. ?. Died, year, month, day. 1. -Catiseaf ' deni.h, and remark*.(as'tcAere be died, egcj previ ausly jrounded, Ac.) . . ~ Circulars and blanks to bo filled will be scat to.' Fach as desire thom. No fee or expense is incur red by any one for' having ?bo record 'made.. Tho, : State ?3 endeavoring to fulfill a sacred obligation in securing nowland recording for posterity, the D-.TOcs of all her sons whohave fallen in. this war.:> I?'i8ft2r the Convention unanimuv-.ly-j-e-olved that this should be donc,. "as a token of respect to their memories, and- a legacy of inestimable ralue to their friendi:'" and tho resolution' r/ai sent forth, by their order, to be read to Ourrcgl menjs, battalions' and. companies everywhere5. Mauyva brave soldier may bave'di-d in solitude Dr rushed upon tb? feo,- with tho thought ba hts heart that his name would bc honorably preserved ft homo. ' " . ' . w?vi.7,DRIVERS. ^S?-Each(papor in the State copy three times -"' md sond bill to me. ... Jan. 25- ' ; 3t -. '. .- 5 ftj Flour Wanted for the Navy. nnlTJB- Honorable Secretary vf Navy, thro X Maj. W. P. HOWELL, Naval ?Agent, Au-, insta, 'in., puthorizes me to purchase all the FLOUR for sala in this District, for the Navy Department, and. for the present, to pay tba MARKET- TRICE for the.;saine. Therefore, sill persons having F LOU It to .?ell (frum A tack to si hundred barrels-Tare ciitneetly requested, to de liver i; to mo in'.iamburg forthwith, uS the do rn-md for it is very urgent. Cash paid on dcltr sry. S. E. BOWERS, Agent. Navy Departinehit. Homburg, Deo 21 ;T - tf ' .51 .0$ or Stolen A FOUH per cent. Certificate, No. 103,-for rV $300, drawn by W. Carwile, Depositary, - m favor! of S. E. Freeland, and dated March 1.5th, ISo4. All persons aro cautioned agaimt. trading ' for the said Ccrtilicato. Application Will ba m ad o it tho expiration of six weeks from this .-date mr ita rene wal. J. 3d". C. FREELANJ). Jan 31 ot .-. C . Dick Cheatham ffWTLLL stand the Spring Season of 1365 at TV On? Hundred Dollars the season. - ? IIO will be at Edgefield C. IL "Mondays, Tues- . Lays, Wednesdays and Thursdays,-the ' rennin ter of the week at Uxrmun' GaJluian's. Ile will icgin the season 1st February and end it 20th Fuco. Ile will remain at H. G allman1* during . he month of February, after which time he will NE altorb.itely al Edgefieid C. H. and H. G ali ?an'*. . - . By Bpeciil contract with rnv AgentT" Jnr. ??. LrarrisoUj, or myself, mares will tie inbred with ohl for Two Hundred Duihrs. The tunney WlH ie considered due at the er J nf the season. THO. G. BACON.. Jib St v 20t ' 6 af- _ ? _( . Notice. A-LL p.orson8 indebted to the Estate of Robert EJL J- Del ph, late of.Edgefield I)i?txiot deceased, ire requeston rd come -'orward. end make pay? nenf; sud 1 h o'vj bat-urg- demandsagainst ?aid . :-tntc \fill p-rc?tiut theta in due time, andproper ywuthontrcftted..'' -, * : ; ' "K.v.-Av l PELLETIER, Aehn'r*-. Oct LS . _ly . . . A'?, Soldiers* Claims.. WWTS have on hand a few quires of Bfsmkl'for rf i>bfainiiig'?U4-ottfcd Soldiers' Claims a gahist .bo:G;-v"?Dmei.t. V ADVERTISER OFFICE. " :r July 20. ... , . rf j. ' ."(J . Smoking Tobacco. ^ DAA-POUNDS. SMOK'ING TOBACCO, p it J>Kif\P.irp ju 5 lb. piick.igos,-wvrnnted pvl-% . t'no sJe. . S. E..BOWERS, Agent Hamburg, Oct 3t._ . . tf . . #5 . * B?iTter," g WILL BARTK? YAH^S FOR FLOUR? I from ouw'batret up; \ - AM. E. SOWERS. Hamburg, July 5. tf .-Sn Visiting Cards I POR sale at the Adt?rti?er Offlce. Ladles and' - (IcptlcB?m's>.VlSlXlii(r CiAJIDS- . ' -July 20 .' " -.. tf . ? ?.. XQ Notice, ^ A.LL.'p?Tsfiivs'indebt?d to thc T;*'ate of Lewis*. nL JJar ec, dee'd., previo<?i to bis death, arc i-e luusted to ma ku/immediate 7u*ym?pf; and jjU those ha\ini? claims HfTRlnfUnid Estate witt pre .ont them," duly nttetted,-vrifbout delay, to tb? andotsicned. L. X. HALL,'Ad'or. ? ' Nov 15 tf . ' . -47; ? Notice. ?LL ' Person's having olalms on'tho Estato of Shirley B.'Whathyy,deo'd., are request jd iiand thom in to the undersitped, dnly ftttiitad, . ' W, W. Al>A-dS, Ex'or. . Ja'n ?8 . ' '.;.'.? ? $w > For Tax Colleotov. Tho Many Friends of D. A. 'J. BELL,'?.*, reapectfally nominate him as a Candida-* fer Tax Collector sd .the neatalectton. ^ j Q<*m .'. ; ; t" ? ' W ''' tor Ta? Coli'ectov. TBS many Friend* ol Capt. JASIES MITCH. ELL rospcctmlly nominate - him as * Candidats) f,r TAX COLLECTOR at the next eleetioB. SALUDA. Deon, . M. I^otice^ VK7-E hereby notify ^^"M J^f.Jl?' W Estate of W. A. Radnnd^ de?M., that ftom andarter tah data that wo ?^ffi^f;,U p^t earreney ^^^^ Brougbt to the Jail s\Y thia Distrlot- on the 1-lfh. Jan., a nogra, tf man who saya Wa name ls BOB, and tips be belongs to Davis Hodges-, living la GrMnrOla. Dintnct, 8. C. S*ia Bob is about .85. y^art old,. 6 feet 9 inches high, very dark complected,' and weighs ubuuMi'l pound*. The owner ts requested to come forwjtrd, prov? ptoper/j-, p^y- charges, and take bim away. ctber ?viso hb wilt be dealt with, os the law directa. r,jso n? H. McCBLLOU?II, J. fi:-!), ? . Feb?? tf ^