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PUBLISHED EVERY" "WEDNESDAY MORNING ny DTJRISOE, HEESE & CO. SUBSCRIPTIONS to the ADVERTISER for one year TWENTY DOLLARS lhadvaiice. ForSbxMonths TEN DOLLARS. . . ADVERTISEMENTS will bo Inserted at TEN DOLLARS per Square (10 urinion lines-or less) for enc in?crii'i?. Advertisements without inspections as to the number of time? to boTnsertcd,' will be published until forbid, and charged accordingly. Announcing Candidates for any Office of honor or profit, ^TWENTY" 2?0IiI#ARS, to bc paid before the an nouncement is published". Obituary notices, Tributes oT Rcsp*ct, or any commu nication personal In its nature, will bo rated as advcr; tiscmentJi'aad charged accordingly. From the Charlotte "Bulletin. Correspondence ?etweeii-Gen? Shermuu nud Gen* Hampton. IIDQ'US MIL'Y DIV. OF THE MISS., } In the field-Feb. 24, 1865. j Licr?i Gen. Wa?esHamploli, Comd'y Cavalry Forces, C. S. ?:- G GENERAL: It is officially reported to me that our foraging parties are 'murdered- after capture, aud labelled Death to all Foragers." One instance of a Lieutenant and seven mon near Chesterville, and another., of twenty "noar-A ravine, 80 rods from the maia road,5' about three miles from Feasterville. I have ordered a simular number of piisouers in our . hands to be disposed of in like manner. , I hold about 1,000 prisoners captured in varions v/ays,-and can stand it as long as you", but -I hardly think these murders . are com mitted with your knowledge; and would sug gest that you give notice to the people at largo that every life taken by them sitnply re sults in the death of one of your Confederates. Of course you eaunqt.quost'ion my right to forage on the country.. It is a war right.as old as.history. The manner ot ' excrcisijjg.it varies wJih circumstances, and if the civil authorities will supply my rcquisitions, I W?H forbid all foraging. But ! find no civil au thorities who can respond to eilis for forage or provisions:and tbereiore must .collect of tho people. I have no doubt this is the oc casion of much misbehavior ou the part of our men, but I cannot .permit an -enemy to judrc, orpunish with wholesale murder. Personally, I regret the bitter idlings en gendered by this war; but they wen: to .bc expected, and I simply allege that those who struck the first blow, and m:idc war inevita ble, ought riot in fairness to reproach us tor the natural consequences. I merely assert our war right to forage, and my ?esolve to? protect my forager, to the extent of life for life. I am, with respect, 0 lour obedient Bervaut, [Signed! W. T. SHERMAN. Maj. Gen. U. S. A: HBAD-QUARTEKS IN THE FIET.D, > February 27, 1365. $ Maj. Gen. TV. T. Sherman, U. S. Army :. GENERAL : Your communication of the 24th inst., readied mc to-day. In it you state that lt has been officially reported that your foraging parties were " murdered*' alter capture, and you go on to, say that you bad "ordered a simiiar number of prisoners in our hands to be"disposed of in like manner." That is to say, you havo ordered a number of Confederate soldiers to bc " murdered." . You characterize; your order in proper terms, for thc public voice even in your own country, where it seldom dares to express it self in vindicatioa of truth, honor or justic, will surely agree with yon in pronouncing you .guilty of murder, if yourjJrder is carried out. . jL " ." Before xlyjmissing this portion'of your let-, tor, -I beg to assure you that for every soldier ol' mine " murdered" by you, L shall bava cx ecuted.at once two of yours, giving,, in all cases, preference to any officers who may be in my hands. - - In reference to" the . statement" you mako regarding the.death of your foragers, I have only to say that I know nothing of it; that no orders given byrne authorize the. killing of prisouersaftcr.capture, and that I do not be lieve that^my rueu killed any of yours except under circumstances in which itr was per fectly legitimate and proper they should kiil them. lt U_a part oTthc system elf the thieven whom you designate as your foragers, to fire tho dwellings of those citizens whom they have robbed. . To check this inhuman system, which is justly execrated by every civilized nation, I have directed my men to shoot clown all of* your men wht! are caught burning houses, '.-.'his ord*r shall remain in force', as long as you disgrace thc prefessiou ol'anns by a'.low iugyoar>mcn.to destroy private dwellings. You sayHhat I cannot, of courte, question yc..r right to forage on the couuiry. " It is a right as old as history." I do not, sir, ques tion this right. But there is a right odder even than this, and one mora inali?nable tho right that every mau has to defend .his - home, and to protect those who -are depen dent upon bim. Aud from my heart I wish that everydld man and boy in my country, who csa Oro a gun, would shoot down, as ho would a wild bsas:, thc men who arc 'deso?a ring their lund, burning their house*, aud in sulting their women. J You are particular iu defining and claiming '.' wail ?gins." May I ask if you enumerate., among" them thc righi to fire upon a defence less city without notice; 'o bum that city wy tho ground after it had t>een surrendered Hy the authorities, who claimed, th.^h in vain, that protection which is alwaysiicevrdcd n civilized-warfare to n??-cofiibaiaut-; to lire tile dwellir.g-houseaof citizens, after- rul>bi; g them, and to perp?trate even darker crimes .tl an these-crimes too black to ber meuv tionedi *. fc You have permittGi, if you have not or dered, the commission oftucse offences agai nst humanity and the?rules> of war. You fired into the city of Columbia without a word of warning. After its surrender by the Mayor, who demanded protection to private property, you laid the whole eily in'tsbe*;. leaving amid its ruins'thousands bf old men and helpless women and children, who are likely to per ish of starvation and exposure. Your lino of march can bte. traced by the lurid li^ht of burning houses, and hs more than one house hold there is an agony fa? mure bitter than that of death. The indian scalped his victim regardless of sex or ago, but-with all his -barbarity, ho alway. respected the persons of-his female captives. Your soldiers, more savage than the Indian, insult those "vhoeeoatcral protec tors are absent. In conclusion. ? have only to request that whenever you have any d'my men' "dispos ed of," or'"murdered." for the tenn:; appear to besynonymous --ith"you, you will let me hear of it. in ord-.r that, I may know what ac- ; tion to take in the -flatter. In the meantime I shall hold fifty six of your men as hostages for those whom you have ordered to be ex ecuted. I am yOurs, ?.tc, [Signed] WADS HAHI-TOX, Lient. Cen'!. Official : Jno. M. Otey, A. A. Geni. fi$T~ J. K. SASS, Esq, a prominent and ?o?lu- i ontial gentleman of Charleston, and for many ! years tho Presidont of thc Bank of Charleston, ' died in Grwarillo, S, C., on the lit inst. ' .a* ?T F rom Mol)ire. MoDiLE, Ftb. ll.-Nineteen vessels were added to the fleet to-day, making twenty-one in Right ot the city. Great activity prevails among the enemy in the lowor bay, and the signs indicate au early attack. The enemy fired.a few shots at both shores. THE ADVERTISER. .JAMES T. BACON, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, MAR. IS, 1865. Death of Col. Lanham. Col. Taos. W. LANHAM, ono of Edge-Gold's most honored, most honorable, most upright, most use ful citizens, departed Ibis lifo, at his residence eight miles below the Court - lloustf, on the 27th Febuary last. Very few ir.?a lcavo behind thom such an unspotted record and such an untarnish ed reputation ns has the intelligent and lamented gentleman of whom we spoak. Rains anti Freshets. Tho tremendous rains of tho past week caused tho stroams throughout our District to be unusu ally and alarmingly full. During tho continu ance of the high waters, many untoward aecidonts happoned. Our townsman, Col. M. FRAZIER, had four valuablo mules drowned in the Bearer Dam flood.' Tho mill dsms of our friends, Jonx S. S it Y LY, Esq., CARSON WARREN, Esq., and Lieut. J. A. BLAND, were all broken by thc torrent of waters.. At Mr. WARREN'S, thc Mill Houso was floated some twenty yards down stream. Fr?ta different part? of tho District we bear of much damage to low-ground.-1, and low-ground fences. The river at -Hamburg was very high did not overflow the town. ' Good-and Rad. We learn with infinite pleasure that the Colum bi? ??cittk Carolinian has renowod its publicati r> at Cburlotte, TS. C. And wo learn with deepest regret that tho' entire printing interest of the Charleston Mercury was destroyed at tho Char lotte Depot in Columbi.i, during, or immediately preceding, the lalo occupation ofthat towt; by Sherman's army. The True Grit. In our columns to-day, will be found a late cor respondence between tho ruflianly SHERMAN and the chivalrous II'MI-TON. The latter, as wilhbc seen by hi 'et er, knows how to punish tho foe as well with.his pen a? with his sword. "The Militnry System of the Confed erate States." "PETERTHE HERMIT" pull, down thc Bureau of Conscription upon the heads of its myrmidons. This learned legal gentleman writes in the ablest manner, and always .pi-oi-ea what he writes. We cordially admire and apprjvo bis articles on the above subject. "Charleston" and "Columbia" On moro than ono occasion, wc have heard tho noble verses lu our last issue, entitled " Cnmlea ton," very much admired ; and very deservedly so. Thi3 week, wo publish " Columbia," from the same pen. Thcso vorsos are not only good and truo poetry, but they breathe thc high und ennobling spirit of thc mass of Southern women. We honor the patriotic and gifted authoress, and will always consider our columns graced and nia.de more worthy by her contributions. Cash l'or Columbia. Wc acknowledge tho receipt of $100 from D. S. WILLIAMS, Esq.> of Liberty Hill-and $100 from a lady of our town-for tho sufferers in Co lumbia. Wo have turned over these contributions to Cel. Dunovant. . ' .? The Negro Soldier Billi Thc negro soldier law was killea in tho Sonate ia secret session, by one voto, on tho 2-1 th Fob. But we do-not imagino that this settles thc ques tion. As long as tho session lasts, grsat efforts will undoubtedly bc inado to put thc uogrocs into service.. " Streeter than Honey anti thc Honey comb." The pure and delightful ribbon-cane syrup sect us by Mr. H. T. WRIGHT. Ho sends us one bottle now; wc fondly hope bis cane for next season will increase thirty, sixty, an bundled fold, and that on- ?hare will be ia proportion. 'Happy Swains. Happy to bo thus rewarded! A bevy nf be witching young ladies from thc College send us, on thc eve of going pre?-, '.be following for in serlion : "The young hi-lies <-f tho Ldgelicld College return many thanks, to the gallant serenaders of Inst evening, for tho delightful strains which soothed their spirits after the fatiguing duties oj" tho day, and calmed their souls into swoot repose. Oh! thai gent?o Spring bad furnished rosy gar lands, with which to honor tho skillful performers! Collcgo, Mar. M:b, 'OJ. r ^ " Bc it ever sp humble, there's no place like Home." AN old and beautiful linc, fae truth of which hundreds nf our bravo soldiers, lately rrlcaaed ?roiu Northern prisons, sro u-uv crporiencing. As every one knows, nrr.ntgrtncnts have btieu made between Culs. Ot:LU Mild Mrn.ror.n, for a g*ncrr.l exchange of pr?soucr*. This exchange i* now progressing rapidly. All thc noble exiles ! will^oVurbo i-.i ih<-ir loved South; i--ur li* v.- re ; eenfty-arrived in Edjafleld, vii; J AV ns McCl'L j.01.1;:!. ot' Co. D, lita Regit. S. C. V, who has i-pcct lv>ci?ty-i>no months in different Yankee ?Bastilus: WILLIAM LANDUO? ;-f*Co. A, 22d-Ikgt S. V., who wa?-capturc-l at Dro-.vrv"? Bluff;. Mrrcil -KLL CLOVEN of Ce.-I, 2nd S. Q. .Cavalry, ca-;%- j tared moro than twelve months ago in Nert berri Virginia; and CB.lnt.iR Co.wn of Co.'n., 71 h Legt. S. C. V., captured in tho Tulley of Vir ginia duriDg thc past Lill. ZW Mn. TOM COLKM.VS has our especial thanks for luto Charlotte papers! A.Taie of a Frying Tan. Ex Gov. AilC&Nj a man of immonso wealth, as ever-, one know.-, sent a .large quantity of fpl?n did silver to Winnsbcro'-to get it-out of the way of tho Yankees; When tho Yanks reached Wi?ns b'.r". il fell into their bands-or rather, apart into tL?sir handstand a pari Ir,t'? thu hands of certain negroes. After tba withdrawal of the Yankee criuy, an ancient slave was found frying bacon in a mitgni,cent silverwater, of elegant j .work mauchip and n\\?? vu lu*?. * Then anti Now. IN 1when thc British farces occupied al most all the cities of the Struggling t-oloiiiep, 'Washington wrote : t " I um convioccd that Ihr enemy, longere this, ; ( are perfectly satisfied that tho possession ol' our j . towns? whilo we have an amy in the field, ?Ul avail thom lillie. It involves us if difficulties, I but does not by ?ny means insure conqnost to ] thom. Thoy v.ell kim-: lhat ii is our nriri, not . defeneciese towns, which they ha-.c to,subriuc, berorc I bey cnn arrive al the 'havon of th-.ir : wishes, and thai, til! this it acevmpl&hed, tho t superstructure they have been endeavoring lo raise, " like tho baseless fabric of a vision^ ?ails ; \ tb nothing." 1 Thcso wurds may bo profitably reflected upon I hy the few Southrons who aro disposod to bo dos- 8 pondent now, 1 Thc Military Situation. As to the whereabouts or movements of the ar mies of Sherman and Qcn. Johnston, we can glin no important or reliable intelligence. Shore is little doubt however that both armies ara now in tho heart of. North Carolina, Tho evidences ac cumulate that tho legions of tim continent will meet in tremendous and terrible conflict, far to ward the Atlantic coast. Not in two years past, baa so great energy pervaded every department of our array. Our people and our soldiers are unmistakably determined to accept nothjng abort of independence and liberty from Ynnfcoo rule and Yankee violence. Grumble Not. Large quantities of forage and provisions have lately been, and aro still being, impressed, in our part of thc country, to supply tho wanta of a ooiisidorablo body of Southern soldiers.who rnuat paaa through Edgefiold on their way to join Gen. JOHNSTON'S army. This impreasment will, in all probability, lead to some dissatisfaction and give rise to murmuring. Alroady have-we heard of men saying that they will not, in future, raise any surplus of produce, because the Government impresses and docs not pay them for it, not even receiving its own certificates of indebi'edness'in payment of taxes and dues. They claim that tho Oovornment oppressed thom by ajl those se verities, and as thoy have the power iqjj^heir own hands, they will only make a sufficient crop, for their.own usc. Thcso poople, if any such there be, forget their great patriotic principios ; and Pr ct further that thc army-thc man who aro diing tho fighting-must bis /ed. Ticy forget that their own poeuuiary losses-aro atfta.titbo in comparison to thc suffering our' seld?ra o"n tho outposts undergo daily, weekly, an?T yoar after year. These people-people at home, kencrally live tn comfortable and luxurious hou|es,not ex posod to'the vicissitudes of cold, raia, ice, and snow, or tho boals and storms of sumfacr. They kuow not tho terror? of tho hattlo-fieH, the hor rura of ghastly wounds, the privationjs of hunger and tho pinching pains of ^arvationi'fcver, sick ness and exposure. They ''o not ouffor, even in thc loss of their'enriro ni i, thc slightest trou ble and pain, in comparison to tho faintness of bloody wo and?, and the sicknoss abd death of the brave and gallant soldier in the'field. And yet, bccatiso they rotnin thoir liborty and their bornea; bu; perhaps aro divested of a few dallara worth of property, many of them become ene mies to tho cause, and retire within the sullon gloom of their own ungenerous hearts, to brood ovor-imaginary wrongs and vont their spitofulncsa against tho Government, in words and deeds. How shameful their course, flow culpably forgetful arc they of the sublime motto of South Carolina: Anemia, opibua que parati. Whilo^ the soldiers fight and starve and die, aro thc. pcbplo at borne to suQor nothing, and make no sacrifices ? If so, the latter arc sitting liko the money-changers in thc temple, an abomination in thc sight of God. A Tale of Love. " . Who has not heard of the incomparably beau tiful Mis3 B. of Columbia? And who that has soon her can forgot hcrphysicallovelincsa ? Pearl powder bad no part in tho snows of her complex ion, carmino had no part in the rose-tints of hor .Leek or tho chcrry-tinta of her lip, cotton pads had no part in tho superb symmetry of her form. She was rarely and really boautiful. Wc speak of her charms in thc .past tense,' for they havo passed away from tho South anti gone North.' Dui let us toll the talc. It is a tale of lovo,-love, a song which poets aro ever chanting, of which tho listening world ?3 never weary, A Yankoe officer, gay, gallant and chivalroU8(?) is imprisoned in Columbia; he escapes, and falls into thc hands of thc lovely Mira B.; ahe con - jew ? bcfo?te- thet?fsfcj fhc-eccond. month of his concoalment, ? herman entera Co lumbia ; thc lovers oall a Chaplain and are mado o:ie. Thab'ushing Southern bride leaves Columbia alon- with the Yai.kco army ; sitting in an open carri;. ?e by tho side of hor Northern bridegroom; jingling a band box of gold and silver, which tho latter had presented her. Oh the harmonious and divino chick of silver and gold.' How irre sistible ?3 il! Tho world has always forgiven much to beauty, nolcn, who created thc great Trojan muss, and Cleopatra, and Catharine IT, and Mary, Queen of Scotts, and Pauline Bonaparte, and Lola Montez, wore all vory naughty women, but tho world not only forgavo but adored them. Morally 'speaking, thc lovely B. has not been so Daughty as they ; but still wo can't forgive ber. She married her country's enemy. - On the 18th February, General Loe ad dressed a letter to lion. E. Barkadale, of Missis sippi; Chairman of tho Military Committee, on the subject of using negroes as soldiers, iti which he ??ya tho negroes, under proper circumstances, will inu'eo . efficient soldiers. They pussces the physical qualifications and habita of obedience that eonatituto a good foundation for disciplino. Thinks tkoeo so employed ahouid bo frood. Thc matter should bc left to tho people and tho Statos, bat tho modo of organizing them left free from legislative rostruint. ' Experience will suggost tho best course. Considora tho moaa'ure not only cx pedwnt, bul necessary. Tho onomy will certain ly uso th'jui if he gets possession ; and aa their numerical superiority permits penetration into many part? off tho couutry, ho cannot se?, thu wudom ur policy of holding them to await his arrival, when wc may, by timely action and ju dicion* uiuyn.Ti--.uut, mu'iham to arrest-th?on? to;. *s probes j. * - ty The ladjoa "f Greenville, at a fair in that town, recently real?nod ibu sum of six thousand dollars n ;<icl ? f ?lio hospitals and wayside homes in that,p."ey. Iba? Pair-was a decided success in a p'-.t-a^ary point of view. Ladies of Benefield, wbai a:iy you to a ""air, Jfht Supper, Tableaux, or something ol t'jc Lind, in aid ef our Hospital ? . ittlect, and arl. ' 2??T~ A moldier siys tho prottieat sight in tho world, when on a long march,- is a aixteon year old girl standing in tho door waving a white hankerchief; and tho next prottieafc sight is a good fut bog. /??r Daring thc rclrca* from Columbia, a train ol* cara, lillyd with laVies, bnfko down, and "tho fscjgy threatened to cap lute it. Hampton throw bia cavalry in front, promising to defend them with the life of evory mau In his command. Hampton, Butler and Wheeler did most of thc lighting in tho retreat, thc maiu foree not, being e,e*?rullj engaged. Gen. Leo dispatched to thc Secretary of War on the 21 th uh., that Lieutenant MoNoll, ?.kb thirty men, on tho morning of tho 21 at, on tcred Cumberland, Md., captured and brought mt Ueuerals Crook and Kell"1" -ho Adjutant Gen :rnl of tho 1 Ornent. o private?, and thc lcnu-qiuriera flag, wiuioat firing a gun, though i considcr;-.b?e force is stationed in thc vicinity. [.?cut. McNeil and party deserve tench credit for h?3 bold exploit * , ?&- In tho Norwegian mines, pay day is thus ! nanaj;ed : Tho workmen go to the ovorscor, wLo :asts up accounts niel puts tho amouut due each I ii fhalk on his back ; then tho mun ?oea to ibo I laymastcr, who.turua bira around, and pays thc ! ?um, and'rubs out tho chalk for a rocoipt; andi iota word ii said or writ lon hy either party. ' Our tirent Sins. - What are cur great Kins? Unbridled -sci ne?.-- and inordinate love of money. And ? we are obdurately indulging in these sins, financial chaos in our country is becoming i and more deplorable. Hoarders keep a i resoluto grasp than ever on the necessaries of Non-producers, wbo oro at the same timo : speculators, aro suffering more and mora. T was onco competence has becomo poverty; erty has booome penury ; and penury is lap into p:iuporism.. Any mechanical occopati* more profitable tbnn the most intellectual pn sion ; the most accomplished scholars in tho j fedcracy would be glad to barter their sen for food and raiment; and in thc complete up ning of our social relations, tba only happy plo are thoa*' who have black hearts, or b skins. The cry of acaroity rcsounda through land, raised, in a great mensure, by producei their greed for gain, and re-ocbood hy the co mora in their premature dread of starvation nakedness. Weare nil in the dark; and aro moro or less cowards in tho dark. W not know what our resources arc; and no one tell us whether wo shall have a pound of bee cat at tho close of 1865, ora square inch of lea to patch tho last shoe in the Confederacy, in the midst of all this, the Yankees aro col lating tbomaelves upon the result, wbioh I hawk abotit as " the beginning of thc end." Preachers will tell ua that tho disagters_of last nine months aro the punishment of our ! This ia undoubtedly true,* hut a cheep and fi less penitence will not aa Ve ua from the evil c acquences. Thore 13 no forgivcnea8 for polit sins, and thc resulta will aa certainly follow i thero had been no repentance. As ail sine in a higher sense, intellectual blunders, we n strain every fibro of the brain, and ovcry si of'the will, 'if wo wt8h to ropair tho misc which our folly and our corruption havo wrou The universal recognition of this imperativo c ia a more certain earnest of our success than high spirits of our mon in thc field, or tho indc tablo patriotism of oar ?rom*"' ut borne. The incompetence and unfaithfulness of G crnment officials have had much to do with present sad state of affairs, bnt tho-responsibi docs not end thcro by any moana. The guilt d not rest there alone. Let no man, when he alu the Government, flatter himself that he ia in cent. Every man who has suffered himself tc tainted with tho'scab of speculation has d something to injure the credit af Confodei securities and bring about social disorgsnizati every man who has withhold any necessary life has done hie worst to ruin the country. Ev one, man or woman, who has yielded to the j Imitations of vanity or appetite, and refusoc jj submit to any privation, however alight, wh any expenditure, however great, could pr?te bas contrib..'ed to the general demoralization. It may bo said that, with the present plctb of paper money, auch virtue aa we demand is i to be expected of any people made up of mer human beings. But some such virtuo is necea ry for any people, whoae duty, it has become wage such a contest as oura. And if the rU' is not spontaneous, it muat bo. engrafted by 1 painful process through which we are sowpassii Wc cannot go through this fiery furnaoe withe tho smell of fire on our garments. , "Wo can no more avoid the loss of property th wc can the shedding of bipod. Thore is no fat ly in tho Confederacy that has not to moeia t fall of some member or some connection, a thore ia no family in tho Confederacy that ouj to expect to escape scatheless in estate. The i tempt ia aa useless in most cajea, aa it is ignol in all. A few, and but few, in compariaon wi tho whole number, may como out of the w richcr'than when they went in; but even th .ThuaTmaKe'dp their minda ter lacTifiee-a-part, a a largo part, in ordor to preservo tho whole. T saying of tho stoic philosopher: "You can't ha something for nothing," though it rounds like truism, in fact, conveys a moral lesson of gre significance; Men must pay 'for privileges, they do not poy voluntarily, their ncighbora w make them pay, and that heavily. Had tho who employed Substitutes to take their placea thc army, refrained, as a class, from speoulatit and extortion, '.hey would not have had to lame; their furtherance to the camp of inatructio However just their causo waa, tho manner i which too many of them abused thc immunil acquired by money, deprived them of all acth sympathy. V.'c have all a very heavy ?core t pay off, and wc know it. The sooner wo put nwa our selfishness and greed of gain, the better fe us. God, we humbly believe, ia going to brin us triumphantly out of thia contest, hut so lou aa we aro thus obdurately devoted tn tri/ and t mammc-H, just so l^ng will Ho keep ui wanderin in thc wilderness. Por tho Advertiser. Tribute ol' Respect. At a regular CvUiinunioation of Priondsbi] Lodge, No. 25, A. P. M., held at Klrksay's- 3 Roads, Jan. 14th, 1S65, the following Proambli and ?lc?oltitiuus were provided for: V/"ucn;:.iH, It nav pleased God in ip* Infinit* ! Wisdom and Goodness to romovo from earth tw< uf our Brethren, it behooves us to give expies siona to our feelings at thia shd cvaat, that ha; thus affected us and tho Fratorxity. Brothel ROBERT QUARLES was for aoverat years t prominent Officer of tho Lodge, but disease, with sumo of ita complications, seized bim, to re linquish ita hold only in death. Brother JOHN S. WILLIAMS, Co. K, 2 ?th Regt. S. C. Y., fell mortally wounded at tho battles near Atlanta. He waa generous and brave toa fault; he was loved by his compaRioiis-in-arnt?, and they foll tboy had mot with au irreparable lossin bis death' And, Whereas, tho members that composod Friendship Lodge do-ire to pay an humble tribut? to their worro. Thtroforo, be it Resolved, That in tho death of our ostoomed Brethron,ROBERT QUARLES and JOHN WIL LIAMS, our Lodge baa lost two of ita valuable members.. Besotted, That wc humbly rubmit to the will ot God and give up our beloved Brethren to tho Creator of ail munkind, having all confidence in Him as thc disposer of all things. Resolved, That wo sympatbira with the be reaved widows and families, and extend to them our condole nco in their bereavement. Resolved, That a copy of theso Resolutions be sont to tho companious of our deceased Brothers, and tu tho Edge?old Advertiser for publication. J. H. BURNETT ) * J. W. AITON, \ Committee W. CHORLEY, J PST Some ono, somowhero, baa well said, that Woman's mission is that of peace, sharity, and love, and the brightest jewel in hpr coronet is iiiat geiitle-heartodncsa which would jjjftfcr ex tenuate, than act down aught in malice. Good teamer would recommend any wouiuu to the at tention of a gentleman, who would assure to her tho proud distinction of'being honored and re spected. If ladies wcro to respect tbemaolvos mure, and not to indulge in vagaries of disposi tion and exhibitions of character, they would command the loving esteem of those whom they Uko bost iii their heart of hearts." -- __? fij^ WHAT .NEXT 7-We have been "told that (Jrant was a gambler, a rowdy, a real estate agent, a stock .jobber and a money broker. Now, a Yankee journal says, 'six- . teen years ago ?z~. arant was setting type in an Ohio prii iing office." ' < .-For tho Advertiser. The Military System of the Confede rate States. Congress endeavored, to create a military sys tem for tho Confederate States of.Ameriea, from 1SG2 toTSGi.. It passed taws of conscription to raise armtos, 'and laws of impressment to feed and equip them. Its authorised bureaucracies wore nu norona, complex, and n?wieldly, incltt pi?g persons and exercising authority over, par-' ties not legitimately within -thc jange-of a proper .system of conscription. The grand terror com mitted by this body in its legislation for a mili tary organization, was in its seeming ignorance of what conscription was, and really is, in those countries where U is of foroe, and in grafting upon thc institutions of a freo people an effietflif despotio governments. Tho legislation of Con gress in this regard was not in accordance with thc spirit and sentiments of the people-not in unison with their national character, and hence tho failure of the system by the operation of the inexorable law governing the repulsion of antag onistic forces. In a word, our legislators wore not philosophi cal Statesmen, and didnSt apparently understand that despotic institutions can never flourish under free governments. Conscription (properly under stood) is tho compulsory levy, at the pleosura of a government, of the inhabitants of a country ?o palle of bearing arms. Th? name is derivod from the military constitution of ancient Rome. Every Roman citizen was obliged to serve as a soldier from his 17th to his 4ath year ; Banco no recruit ing, in tho modern sense of tau word, took place, hat only levying. In Franae every citizen is born a soldier, and* is obliged to serve in tho army. In Prussia and in Austria tho principio is* the same^ and with some few exceptions, the people are compelled to servo in the army by compulsory levy. In "Russiathe sam? rule prevails. Eng-' land is perhaps tho only X'aropean country in which the people are not compelled to serve ia the army,-the sturdy spirit ef Englishmen being op posed to such coercive measures for raising stand ing armies. Volunteering and enlisting aro tho only chan nols through which armica are raised in England. In the Confederate States, Congress undertook not only to eonscribo able bodiedmen, but claim ed jurisdiction over infirm and disabled persons, going far beyond tho power exercised by the 'most despotic governments-of Europe. The Constitution of the Confederate States givea.te Congress tho "?jotrer to raise and'ivpport armies." Unquestionably this provisnsi means " armies" in the ordinary acceptation of the term, and such as exist in every country where standing armies are institutional. To raiae armioa, meana then limply to employ in the military service persona capable of bearing arms, and of discharg ing active military duty. To aay that the Con stitution, under.thc provision to " raiao armies," intended tc vest in Congress thu power of the compulsory levy of overy citizen, capable or in capable of bearing arma, is, to say the least of it, anti-republican and simply absurd. Without undertaking to discuas tho question, now and here, wo will say, in passing, that it is extremely doubtful whether, under our form of government, conscription is al' all permissible. Admitting however, for argument sake, that Con gress baa thia power, wo deny that it con be ex orcised and enforced against any other class of persons than the able bodied, and those capable of activo service in tho field. To affirm other wise would bs to assert nonsense, t.nd to yield to the centraf Government tho au tho ii Ly and con trol over the whole male population of the re spectiva States, aound and unsound, and thereby prevent tho Stato governments from opposing any invasion, or movement of an enemy, made upon their territory. In fact it would be productive (as it already has been)-of.d?solation and destruction to the States, whenever the military genius of the central executive and Commander-in-Chief should be afflicted with mental obliquity. It would de prive them of tho domestie, defensive fjree of every country,-thjeir militia. Tho result of our construction of the provision of the Constitution abov* referred to, and of the application of the ruie of conscription as under stood in thoso countries in which it is legitimate, it, that no citizen of thc Confederate States can be oonscribed unices he is capable of bearing anno, and flt for active military service in she /.eld. If by the report?t a lawful Board of Examining Army Surgeons he is declared unfit tor nick ser vice,-in other words, as incapable of'becoming a soldier by reason of any mental or physical disa bility, he must be discharged, fer the government has no further control over his person. He can not be detailed for any light or.other duty m any of thc military bureaux, nor by, or under, any perron, or officer, attacked to tbun. Iiis liberty ] t's thenceforth inviolable, and ie protected by the civil law of hiv country. Ibis doctrine was dis cussed, and solemnly adjudged, in Brady vs Lieut. Clark, Eurolling Officer, upon an applica tion for Habeas Corpus, before tho Superior Court of Georgia, at Macon. If thc people will shield themselves with the exposition of the law, the Statea may hare a militia, and our homes a bul wark. PETER THE HERMIT. .-? ? ? Press Agent? Dispatch. Tho annexed news ba* bticn prepared by tho Agent of thc Associated Press and o?i-1 cially approved : AUGUSTA, March ll. ; The greatest enthusiasm is apparent on the street in this city, to-day.. Thousands of sol diers from the Armies of Virginia and Ten nessee have congregated here duringjhe past ten days. The wagon train of the Army of Tennessee has been preparing during to-day for the long march on which they will start on Monday morning. By order of General Fry, General John ston's appeal to his soldiers, and Gen. Lee's amnesty order hav"e been printed and circu lated broadcast over the country where news paper8 do not reach in this department. The effect ?3 vieible in the hundreds who are ar riving at Camp of Direction daily. Their shouts and enthusiasms ar? hoard at all hours as the crowded trains pass through the city. The enemy has been progressing very slow ly in his march since he left, Chester. Rumors of a battle havinz becn funght between our forces and the left wing of tho Yankee army near Florence, have not been authenticated. Tho Yankees occupy about sixty miles' in width as they move; our troops are opera ting on their north ?idej skirmishing every day and exhausting Sherman's strength and" forces by a series of annoyances, avoiding buttle as much as possible. ~ Hardee effected a j unction .with the main body of our army at or near Wadesboro. Yankee accounts of the fall of Wilmington magnify the affair very much. Our actual loss not over two hundred mon. Negro en^ listments progress rapidly in Charleston anr> Savannah. ^ . , HISTORY REPEATIXO; ITSELI1.-Tho follow in? incident of the Revolution ia not without its parallels in the present war: " > During the severity ?f the wiutercampaiga ' in North Carolina, General Greene, parsing a sentinel who was barefootedf said : " I lear; mv-good fellow/you must suffer from cold." "pretty much so," was the reply;-.'; but Ido . not complain, because I know I" should* fare better had our Gcneral.power to projtire sup plies. Tkey say, however that we bhall havo t fight in a few days, and thea, by tho bless-J ? ?hg of God, I shall take care \Q securo a pair )fihoea." v. I Drep, at his rosidenco on the 27th pf Feb., of Coasumpsion, Col. THUS. W. LAKHxjM, aged 49 years, 1 month and 10 days. Tho deceased, as husband and parent, was (Tarra and. dcvo ted in his attachment to his family, wno mourn him as the temporal object of their sn preruc affection. As friend,:neighbor, and eitiien, with a high sense of troth, honor and equity, blended with kind and courteous maners, bo was loved and respected. " * lie was for more than thirty years a member of the Baptist Church, and it may be truly said of him, he adorned his ' profession wita aVcll ordered life and Godly conversation, possessing that humble, fervent zeal,, that shone the more, brilliant through a temp?rament* quiet and unas suming. In his Church aver desi rou? of promo ting its best best interest:.in Sabbath School, with child-like simplicity, storing his mind with thpso truths that Were to teach bis Master's will, for his connell and guide, thereby reflecting the glorious imageof his Saviour. Notwithstanding his impaired health his Chris tian light marked, him at a choice of his Church, for Deacon, to which office he was set apart and ordained in Jan. IS84. When consulted as to bis accepting tho office his reply wai,, "thoughun worthy, and in declining health,. I feel my ?u:y hoightcned to work while it in 'yet day." . During his protracted illness his daily prayer' was for resignation,' and as the messenger death daily drew perceptibly searer, no mark of fear was depicted on his countenance,- bat calmly his house was set in entire order; his soul, committed into the arms of his Saviour was speedily borne from a world bf sorrow to-mansion's of bliss. -How peaceful, how quiet-yca,-how joyful, the death of the righteous. J. P. M. . DreD, at Adam's Ruo, on the-- day ofrJti., 1865, JOHN OSBORNE, aged tffreare. # This noble youth entered the service of his country on fchji ljth Sept? '?4, in/Jo.-E, 6th Eat. S. C. Reserves, and cont inuod to discharge all the duties of a soldier until ho was attacked with a disease which had already claimed for its victims, Enc n ni ST and-Uow.LB ot the same Company. The writer of this feeble tribute can bear testi mony that no parents; have offered upqn the altar of patriotism a brighter jawel than- those of Ais noble, self-sacrificing and uncomplaining boy, who,'through the dispensation, of an All wise Providence, was not permitted to yield his 'Iii* upon tho battle-field, amid the din and clash of arms, but it was his sad fa to" to linger in the hos pilal far away from home and loved ones, until bis spirit took its flight, and he tee was numbered among the noble dead. ....... {lost sincerely do we sympathise with his pa rents in th<dr deep affliction, und may God, in nie ineroy, sanctify this sad bereavement to their eter nal good ; and may they have the grace to ex claim-, " the Lord gavo, and' the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord." A. J. H. WATCHES, CLOCKS * JEWELRY - CAREFULLY. REPAIRED BY . H. A. G KAY. fSTWork done at tho old prices for provisions at the old prices. Mar 14_._2t*_12 Tax in Kind. TUE Depot at Oraniteville for receiving Tax in Kind is closed until further orders. A. MILES, Agent, MarU lt 12 Tax in Kind. IWILL he prepared to receive TAX IN KIND, except Bacon and Syrup, at iii gefiel d C. H., on and after Monday, the 20th inst. I hope to havo barrels and be prepared to receive the'Sy rup in a week or so thereafter. I am directed not to receive vie Bacon until I have farther orders, that the Baton mav become thoroughly dry. S. 8. TOMPKINS, Agent. MarH 'Ct' 1? Lost. DURING the past woek, a lady, while riding . in or near the Village, lost ont of her car riage, a Congress Gaiter Boot-made of French calf or kid skin. The said Boot is a little worn. For the recovery of the same, and' its delivery at Miss Foster's Shep, the lady will pay a liberal reward." Mar 14 _ lt_12_ Cotton Yarn. JUST received a supply of COTTON TAItN which I will barter for Butter, Eggs, Lard; and all kind ef Provisions, cn liberal terms. G. E. PENN. Mar 14_ St*_12 Sugar! Sugar! HAVE in Store a supply of SUGAR which I will Barter far Corn and Peas. JOHN D. ROPER. M _tf . 12 Saluda House to Rent. THIS large and commodious House, pleasant ly situated in-the Village of Edgcticld, will be vacant on thc Ath April next. \ny ono wish ing a comfortable home in this Village will do well to . apply soon to tho undersigned. This Houso had some fifteen good Rooms, nine of which have fire places. The Dwelling and out buildings aro all in good repair. A well of choice wator in tho yard, and a lino garden attached to the promues. Terms roz6onable. " " LEWIS COVAR. ' Mir 12 __tf_1?_ To the Public. ALL work done' at my CARRIAGE SHOP horeafter must be paid for'in previsions', or its equivalent in Confederate currency. A. BUSHNELL. Mar 14_2i? 13 Pay Up! Pay Up! ALL those indebted to us on account for the years 18B3 aud 1SG4, aro earnestly requested to coiho'forward and p?y up at ooo?,-otherwise we shall sjonsidcr ourselves under no obligation to take the present currency of the country. SMITH A JONES. I haro a TTXE TWO HORSE'WAGON, ITCH axles, perfectly new, which I -?ill barter for Cora at old price's. * LEWIS JONES. Mar 14_2_t_ 12 Administrator's Sale. Tiff Virtuexof an order-from W. P. Dcrisoe, - I j Esq, Ordinary of Bdgefield District we will - pr T'C-.'J te sell at the late residence of EDMUND PENN, deceased, on - WEDNESDAY., -tho St\ APRIL, ell the personal Estate of said deceased, consisting of NINE LIKELY NEGROES, " *ONE HORSE? CATTLE AND HOGS, VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN 2 FURNITURE, 1 Blacksmith and Plantatioa Tools, CORN, FODDER AND SHUCKS, * ONE TWO. HOfcSE WAGON, ONE 1 HORSE WAGON, ?se., Ac, Ac. ' TO RENT.-Also, will be rented for the fe-' rania der nf the year, at the same time and placo, ?.SMALL' FARM, containing about Thirty cres, in good repair, and adjoining lands of Mrs E-R. Bland, Maj. Z. W. Oarwileand others. ^3?rTorms made known on day of sale. E~. ANDREWS, \ Y?_" J. G.- PENN. J A* *n Ma? 14_?_? Executor's Sale. BY Virtue of the power in me vested, and aa ordor from the Ordinary, I shall proceed to soil aVthe late residence of $UY BROADWA TER, dtrti'd on TUESDAY, the 28th March inst^ ii po-ii?n of the Personal Estate of said deceased, sonsisting of TWO OR THREE LIKELY NEGROES, .TWO BALES OF COTTON*, ' CATTLE, SHEEP AND HOGS^ .' Somo Household and Kitchen Furniture, Ono Road Wagon, &o., ?a. ;ffisr*Terms made known on day of sale. RACHEL BROADWATER Exlx. Marli _ at ? Notice. a. LL Persons having claims on the Estate of ?\ Shirley B. Whatley, dee'd., are requested to und them in to the undersigned, duly attested. W. W. ADAMS, ?x'or. Janis 3* i I