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For the A?vertisor. 5 Nature, Betrothed and Wedded. (A Spring Fancy.) BY PAULTLHAYXE. Have you not noted how in carly spring; From out the forests, past the niuruiuring brooks, O'er the bill-sides,-nature, wit a airy grace, Like some fair Virgin, touched by lights and shades, Glides timidly,-a veil of golden mist * About her brows, and budding bosom draped In maiden coyness ? Sire's a Brid? betrothed' Unto that mystic GOD,* who comes from far, Bich Orient land6 upon thc winds of June, That bear him like swift Ardours winged with fire, And when on porno calm lustrous morn, her Lord Uplifts the golden veil, and weds to hors The quickening jrarmth' of ripe, immortal lips, How tho broad Earth leaps into raptured lifo, And thrills with mutie ! -Then, a queenly spouse, Raised unto fruitful cmcirc, tar*' all hours . Of bounteous Snuyner, she walks proudly on, Shining with blissful eyes of malronhood, 'Till at the last. Autumn with reverent hand Doth crown her.with such fail completed joy, * Such wealth of sowreigu beauty, sho onco more, About bor brows, and sumptuous bosom folds That golden veil, not in tho tremulous fear. Of maiden coyness now,-but lest rash men Drawn by her awful loveliness, should dare 1 To gaze too closely on it, aud thus fall Smitten and blind at her imperial feet ! . . _ * A pcrsonificatroi is hero meant of tho impreg nating and fertilizing POWER of the atmosphere to which Nature owes her trees, her bloom, thc ripeness of her golden grain ! EDGEWOOD, Feb. 18(55. The Battle of Avcrystr?ro. The South Carolinian gives the following interesting account of the battle of Averys boro : A more gallant stand has not been made during the war than that maintained by a handful of our amiy at Averysboro, ff. C., on Thursday, the lGth of March. Since the evacuation, of Charleston, General Ilardee has been hurrying forward to effect a junc tion with the remainder of the troops un der General Johnston and Beauregard, and since the first of March, the enemy have been close upon his rear. More or less of skirmishing has attended hi? progress since leaving Oheraw, uud able generalship alone enabled him to avoid a battle in which the .superior numbers of the Federals would give Sherman every advantage. . O a Wednesday last, however, the bad con dition ofthe roads, the proximity of the ene my, their evident intention to force aright, and other circumstances, combined to induce General Ilardec to make a stand.' His army wastbenabout four miles from Averysboro, in the vicinity, of what is known as Smith's farm. Colonel Rhett with his brigade of South Carolina Regulars, (consisting of the 1st Ar tillery, 1st Infantry, and Lucas' battalion of Heavy Artillen-, but acting as. infantry, and a portion of tbe -Beaufjrt and Le GaYdeux # Light Artillery) constituted the rear guard. ! " Skirmishing and sharp ?Looting comiccnc-!, ed about noon, and odr troops at oucc set to j ? work in throwing np' such siighl entrench- ' inents as thc means at uaud permittee}-. .A. Li fenr xarfa ?hrjvpc^-^xhin^!'l*tkl^^V?ittC\\ "dr j", limbs sprinkled with r?irt was,all that could be bad-to answer the temporary purposo?rWn this day nr? determined advance ^was nTadt: by thc enemy. Oar own army, however, lost i ' eue of its bravest and most promising o?li ? cers, Col. Rhett, commanding thc rear guard. Impelled by that restless energy: which char ucterized him while in command of Fort .Sumter, and a desire to know personally tho conditiou of affairs in his front, bc maje a per sonni rcconnorssance beyond our picket lino-, and near those cf the foe* . This fearless ex posure may have provoked a fatal shot, or led to his capture. He never returned-and the word ''missing,'' now written against his name, calks up tho most painful apprehen sions, >% Daylight on Tuesday revended the enemy in position, and evideutly about to give bat: j tte. Our own tr-iops wer? in line behind their works-if they may be dignified. by sucha name-and with enthusiasm awaited the out set. Opp?siteour left, a dense undergrowth of small pines limited the view. Colonel Butler, of the first infantry, was in command .of the brigade, and Lieut Col DeTreville com manded that regiment. Skirmishing commenced at an early houri along thc entire line, and about 7 p'ebek tho 1 enemy attacked our ?eft. in force.' The men juet it splendidly. Disciplined like th-? reg ulars of the old army, and for more than a year and a half daily and nightly uctlcr Ike fire of the Federal artillery on Sumter and on Sullivan'.-, and James' Islands, they had be come inured to danger and hardship; br.t this waa thyr first meeting with thcirold rd versa riesgo the open field, and one forwhieh they had longed without casing. The manner in which they availed them selves of this, tho first opportunity to prove : their eclat, testified their earnest purpose. '? The Federals might as well have strack a j solid trail. Until ordered to fall back, the ' man stood in their places, receiving and re- j turning the battle fire, with cheeki nnblanch-1 ed. Two divisions of Slovum's- corp?, Kilpat ?riek's cavalry, and superior numbers of artil lery were in the front, pressing with all their might, but our lines remained intact. Three of onr light 12-pGunder gnus added to the of feclivet .eas of our de&nce. One of tb?So be- j longing to Le GtBrdeati^s battery, planted o:: j oUr right, assisted to check the enemy there,.j but itt a short time the latter -brought up a ? battery, and within five-hundred yards open- i ed upon this single piece what is described to ; us as a perfect " hell storm o' fire/' H'?rses i and men went down before tho .ornado until j but Giro of each .vewcined and" the gua' was j .then abandoned to its fate. Failing to produce any effect on the left, ihe attack was transferred to the right flank. Here wc-had-no defences, and by reason of rtie pancity of numbeis could only meet the i rapid.combinations of thc cuomy with a line j nf skirmishers consisting of four oornpanies. j Fora time these held an entire brig vio ia ? cheeky but the hitter finally charged, broke through, and forced us to fall back.. "Simid- j taneotrsly tho Federals attacked our ri ?-ht j front, and thus, lj.st ? voca the triangular ii re. j it became n??essary lo abandon the first lii.e.'l I? so doing, manv of our wounded fell into I the bands ofthe Federals. It was how r-.bout half past twelve o'clock, P. M. Fallingjt>ack.l,ii!f-u tuile, pox forces occupied a-second Mite, and met a brigada in retire, u rider comma url of Genend Stephen Klliott. ?1 er? the fight -wa? jrguin obs'h.aie ; lyrenewed and contested] but the enemy. . sweeping around ott' right flack, compelled, ' in the course pf. {he afternoon, au aha?d in *r.ent. of Ibe ?econd lit r* -ind a ren tal to die J third. The Federal*? bad" boen wearied and otimusted, had lost heavily in killed and woandc-d, and thc b"!d ft ru i p; rsfi.h-d r.t th, iliirii line, wilb ils flanks ?.rotu-ivd by s tv.-, inp , ecnipelkd xh?'tn to desist hon; iaiiliVr ?;p tio>;s. .The battle there ceased. Mo forlh. r ' attempt was made to prtss our columns. aud_ cxzi march io concentrate has stace bein tm'j impeded . j 1 - ' ' The lusses (fabe enemy, reported b) rrisom rs, of whom a,few were takvn, arj 3.500 to 3,800. Odfcowu will note*.cec hundred. The Occupation of Camden by th< erny. * The.storm has at length burst upon u anticipated blow has fallen, and Carhde been made to urjdergo, in her turn', al horrors of a Yankee invasion: The though expected, was so sudden, and ii .ration so brief that we feel stunned, were, and hardly able to realize that a kee force Jins actually beeit in our i plundering and desrroyingf as is their i although the blackened apd smould ruins around us tpo?painf?Jly at test the God grant that it may be long ere such * of horror are again re eaacteclin our pi ful. quiet town. Most of our citizens haring sought n -in the neighboring swamps from which ara only nov/ venturing to return, and i bodies of the Yankees being still rep< hovering at, no groat distance from the t render it somewhat unsafe to stir abi -hence we have n ?t been able, up -the da this writing, to gather full particulars of invasion and .capture of Camden* Such i as we have been able to dean, we-tl hastily together f?r. ?hsbenefit,of our reai The tineoay made their first appearanc onr midst on Thursday evening the 19tl stant, having crossed the Watereje, at'Pi and Jones' Jerries, about twenty miles al ?Camden. They wero in small number-s thirty-^aud- formed a linc near JJajor -J Whitaker's residence, whqre the militia, der the command of Col. Jones, confroi . them, but after a few shots were escbanj the enemy withdrew, wounding and cap iug Mr. JR. C. Drakeford, of Flat Rock. ? returned on the day following (Friday) reached Camden abaut 2, p.m., entering town from the north, witb.a force consisi of two dctaciimonts pf cavalry.atid one ol fantry, numbering in all, perhaps, two h dred and fifty mon. A portion of tbe-oa ry and the bulk of the iufantry proceeded rec'tly down Main street into the heart of town. The remainder stopped, by the w to plunder. All the houses*on the road w eutored and pillaged more or less thorougl according to the caprice of tho robbers. ] of this hereafter.. Soon alter the inaissbc reached Juugbluth's hotel, which was, wc Heye, their headquarters, the work of destr ing tbe government 6tores and public bui inga was begun. Thc first building fired \ the'passenger depot, nest the freight doj afc thc railroad; then the Coref?Stlh bon and the building occupied as a commissi store hollie and office, on the corner of 1 Kalb and Mainstreets were next fired. Fri this latter, tn? Hames oommunicated to t ldjoining buildings, and all the houses froi ng on M-tiu street on that square were aUy de.-troyed. -They aiso bunn MJV Geor Douglas' store, the cotton sheds in the re )f Mr. Gerald's and Cell's stores, and t )ridso ovsr tbe "U'ateree. Thc Masonic Ha he three story brick dwelling adjoiniug, e. :upied as the enrolling office pf Capt. C< dough and resi?ence of Mr. S. Oppenheil McKaiu's drug stew and thcthree woodi )uildicgs to the south, were also burned-b here is reason toJ believe that the Yanke vere not the incendiaries in this case. A he stores were broken open and . pilla<re< Tue Yankees took what they wanted; ar brew thc balance of the goods in the stree fhence they were carried off by the negrOe vhowere encouraged and urged bvHhe YJ. cees to appropriate whatever they fancied:* After thu cotton, government j*tore?. cte >a^?tgtxaj>Urn*art. t li t> uni j nui ry ZQ(T* t. ni Yu in-i fispersed in .stu'tti squads over .thu; town l .ob on private ucscuut. Nsarly every hom in Camden and Kirkwood Was visited. 1 tact we have heard o: but two that cscapei besides those in the immediate] vicinity i Bishop Davi-' residence, before wiii-jh nguai .vc understand, was placed. The conduct < those invaders'varied, iu diff?rent localitie. it c-ji ding to the domim-ut iusUncts pf the it jividuals who e inposed tho squad; In som i pst ancos, rare ones, they are reported t bavo behaved with courtesy and genthsnew neiiher plundering nor insulting the j?matei ind lim'tting their demands to a dinner or bed. IQ*other?; and theseliy fur the'large number, they scent to have run- through tb gamnt,,fr?m simpfeimpertinence t-o^r-'s-; out race, ami from petty pilfering to whobsa! Spoliation an Unibbery- Many families bav been'stripped ot everyjJaiiig tht?j; hucHin th w'orld, and fpr; tbej-e.e?p?'?iaUy' we would 1) spetk ?be sympathy and aid-of those wh suit er.-" 1 here. Jn one neighborhoid, when several bartels of liquor had beeb buried l<; their Oivnerd, and dug un by thc Yankees drunkenness came to stimulate outrage, ant intensify the horrors of thc scene. They seem ed to tako special delight in frightening wo men and children, and we have heard of pri vate dwellings being set on fire under circuiu stances of themo?t:wantou-and heartless era elty. The loss of property and thc pollutioi of their presence is all we li?v?beari called ?r to endure. But that is quite enough to satii fy us for a long while to'come. True to their instincts they sought affilia tion with our slaves and devoted a .portion o: thcir.time to persuading them to debert theil owners and try the blessings of Yaukce free dom. Auonr, two hundred and fifty, we hear from ibo*town and plantations in the vicinity have been deluded into going oil', but the large majority of tbe slaves have proved faithful tc their mas ers; Indeed groat praise is due them, especially the house-servants, who as a whole, stood faithfully by their mistres cs, and, by their e?rpe?t and active efforts, aided greatly in preventing outrage ifhd saving property-Camden Journal and Confederate, -.--. -. Charleston. "The Charleston of old iime has ceased to be," as thc Sumter Wainhnaa remarks. Ma ny inquiries have reached us concerning cer tain persons, and reports have been spread not very favorable or complimentary to somo, formerly well known under" Confederate pro fessions and efforts. wo withhold or defer comments for fuller and more authentic in formation, which wo caitnestly request, and invite from all friends or readers receiving pa pers or accounts through thc Hues, from any point not now connected with Camdeu by mril. As to the " Courier," one fact may be sta ted, in justice and on good information that has reached us.: whatever course' has been adopted by others connected with that estab lishment, Mr. Wi B. Carlisle-who for twelve years had been actively engaged in the edi torial department ol the 11 Courier" and had exhibited therein thc zeal 'and interest-in behalf of South Carolina and the South, and tho Union a's it was of old, and tim union of thu-ffoi.il'-as jj. should be"-whill. lie haft shown m a brie?editorial career m .Colum bia-is net now connected with the " Cour ier." He lett tnt* city on ono of thc e vacua tion trains*.- R chard Yeadon, E?q., promi nent among the proprietors, had not for some tuon! ha rcs .dc 1 in'Chail'ston, and was, it is" believed, nbse:it :-.t itie time ol thc evacua tion.'' 'James ll. Murrell, for many years well ..known, in connection with the "Courier," ! was also absent, ata] so far r.s we know js now.aUe.itf'r.nd de?ir<.s to remain our of thc so-c;'.:lod Charleston under Yankee rule." One i portion of the propriet?;ry interest of the cstab iishtne'A't foil, pince, the war commenced, H Lu I h> ;-!a:nr-;i' ;\ iJ.iti-l. c;;i/.cn and ?eu .cciiir.ii; iVilli-im Young, >>..;.. fur -t-.i.?.- -^.-rs u ?e'sidtmt of New York, and editor u;' < ue New York "Albion." lt has been confi dently reported that the British flag ibas b?eu ipvok' d to protect this interest in the " Cour I icr;" but iL esc-and ot Ker rumors of kindred import must await fuller exposition. There are matters connected .with the evacuation of Charleston-matters preceding and follow ing ;it'-that demand and must have full con sideratiou at the proper time. The old city of Lowndes, and Gadsden', and Kayne is not historically dead or obliterated: and will sur vive and revive, unlcws all Southern senti ments, feelings and principles are lo he sac rificed at the altar of Mammon.-Camden Journal and Cpnfcderate.. " TJieEflect.s of Federal Victories ." Thc New-York News, under the above cap. tion? basa long article in relation to recent Federal victories, and closes tims : Let us suppose thc South crubhed into pas sive obedience to the Federal will, its allies whipped and humbled, and thc. Union re constructed. "What then ? The eiemc-nts of -discord would be at work unceasingly to tumble this Union pf conqueror and conquered, ol master and subject, from its unsure foundation. Eternal-ba?red, bitterness and jealously would exist between the sections. The North boastful and arrogant, and the South, brood ing in silence over its humiliation, would pre sent such a mockery of republicanism, that even patriotism would find relief in accepting, ip its-stead, an avowed despotism. . Every disturbauce with foreign Powers would be a signal for the pent up vindictive ness of the subdued section to burst forth, and at the period'wheu wa most would be found luke-tfarm, at the best and, at the worst, arrayed in open hostility, leagued, with our foes, against .us. Admitting' therofc-rc, the ultimate supremacy of the Federal arms, tri umph would prove, likeuPahdora, a." fascina ting mischief," opening the casket of evils in to theduture of thc Republic. It is but the gladiator's pride, the pride of muscle, of endurance, "of martial skill, that keeps up this contest so long aft?r our better judgment has thrown the warder down. Better the present sacrifice of such a pride to the groat sucrifice of interest, peace and hap piness hereafter. There is-but one way to secure friendship-and unity of action in the common interest of republicanism between the sections. From tho Chattanooga Garotte. -> A Woman with Two Husbands--A 4+ lt ebel and a Yankee. We have often heard of romantic elope ments, in which silly young girls have runa way with captivating young men to the great displeasure and direful wrath o? gouty old papas, and indignant and ponderous mamas. Wc have heard, too, of the customary se quence of pursuit and capture of theabscond ing partieo when the plot was finally discov ered, and repeutance and forgiveness when it was. too late tfnd lhere was no help for it ; but the case we have in hand tiifiers some what from auy of this character. Sometime last fall, a soldier bclo?ging to thc 2d Wisconsiu battery doiug duty in the garrison in this city, married a-womau living a few miles from town, who already, bad a husband living, he being a rebel and a pris oner at Camp Chase? Ohio. The soldier went to Wisconsin during the month of October, was mustered out of the service, and immedi ately returned here and went to bis wife's to live. A few'days ago, the rebel who bad taken Lite oath of aile dunce returned t.> the piare, and going to what be believed to be his own house, was surprised to find a Yankee in p"s sessutn hotli ot' bin "?ife anil property-, il. r-yfrir~f* n>-c?i-rv tm. 3 ?rrnce aiiU 'tiler inf Own house once more, but w^s unable to cf f-ct anything, aa thc wife took sides with her Yankee husband, and refused to leave bim. The affair.' culminated yesterday in a suit bc fjre Justice Allison; brought by the rebel to recover the value of a-cow which hu claimed ! ho had iui't at home when he went inlo ttie I rcb<d army. The Justice tried to -make her j [ understand-(hat her first husband was b r ? : legal spouse, lut ;die didn't care for that, evory.-'arguinent of his she returned "J lau 1 likejhoYankee thc bestTJ Finding that ii wus no avail Lo try and induco his wife to return to his bod and home, the rebel husband determined to have something from the wreck of bis fortunes, sud said to the Yankee, "Well, you may keep the woman " you wiil pay mo twenty-five dollars for. the cow." I'll pay it," rcspouded the other, and the bargain wes concluded on tho spot. Alter thu pay ment the triodepartcd from the justice's oflu e, dach apparently satisfied with the result Wives are dog choap nt twenty-five dollars, and every body can alford to buy one ul that price, but' we think the first husband acted the wiser part in preferring the cow. as those arc thc scarcer animals at present. I ( .ilomaucc. A beautiful young lady residing in Colutn- ! i bia married a Federal officer and went olT | with thc Yankees, (she formerly lived in i i Greenville,) we learn bad for three months j . previous to the occupation of the city by the f enemy, harbored him in the*house of her pa- j i rent. Of course she wan in thc beiyiits of satisfaction, wheu a circumstance happened which considerably lessened ber hymenial felicities. -Uer husband, one evenim: subse quent to their-departure, after free libations -being a ?ojscr-taking a snooze, a batch of letters fell from his pocket, and she, picking il'up, found one from another wife, with children, at thc North, in which' the/desired bini to hasten ulougVuh the beautiful white nurse he had promised lo bring them from (lie South. 'i'be young lady in question immediately left, her spouse and returned towards Colum bia, where she is &uid to have safely arrived, in.au ox cort, minus her four horse carriaee, etc.-Greenville Enterprise. -.. A lady dressed in as luxurious fabrics as eyer Hmtered from a fairy form " before war's deadly blast was blown," with a sweeping trail behind her on the ground, ol' indefinite length,.turned the corner at the wayside hos pital yesterday, and as abe-turned the "cast a glance of anxious solicitude back to SPA if the aforesaid trail was all 0. K. A crippled sol dier, sittiug at the corner enjoying the sun, .noticed the movement p.nd the look, and with the view of reassuring thelady exclaimed, " li's all riglt,.madame-tho rest of it is coming down the streetnind will be along, shortly ! You caa sail on^-the dress is all settin'." It is ?sele* to say that tho lady did sail on like a three-decker before a full breeze Rebel. _?? _ NojiLE SENTIMENT.-Some true heart has given expression to its generous nature in the following beautiful sentiment: Never desert a friend when enemies gather round, him. When sickncssJaHs on the heart-when the wo: ld is dark and cheerios;', is toe time to try j a true friend. They who turn from a scene i qf distress betray their hypocrisy, and prove l.thr.t interest moves then). ' If yon have" a j 'friend vrlio loves -you and btu bes your inter- ' . c?: ?nd huppiness, be sure to sustan him in Ladversity. Lol bim foil t hat his former kind : ness is appreciated;' andthat his love is not ; thrown away. Real fidelity may be rare, biit ; it exists in the heart; .Who has uot seen and : fe't its power? They deny its worth, who ;-never loved a friend, or labored to make a j f ric nd happy. ?"*^?- Thc p'.'(i|0o ff riii.rl?vtoh are cnlled Ujmn i . i i ;0 S10;060"'j\#r .jare?se' <i? ending a lauCioriut mi'nuiuiut over ?ie romain? ol' laukeu i prUoners of war who diod ?nd were buried at tho j Baos Course. .?i^Proin thc Central Georgian. The .White Poppy. An article next to provis on, of more im portance^ thc Southern -Confederacy .,tha'n anything>else, I notice ?3 more neglected, by the puldjc^Jnurnals than all others. I uieau the culture of the white poppy. It is wonderful indeed, toeee how careless the Southern people are on this important .subject;:''" To see them neglect the culture'of a.drug.so.vastly valuable; and I might add, tho tio? v.-hioh is almost indispensable; an article.tpo, that is so'casily cultivated, and its properties'so conveniently obtained by every class of ?jjankind. There is no pad, of the world in; which the White Poppy candie' raised rri&rojji-o?tnbly than in these Southern States. i,nd a few minutes instruction would qualify iny child of ten or twelve years of J age, for gathering the juice, tud inakiug it iutb opium. I look upon it as au important culture, ?yen if .the w*ar was not upon us, be cause- itt would retain a vast quantity of money here, and besides, it is one of the most uftful drugs in the practice of medicino, belonging to the whole catalogue. To undertake to enumerate all the corn plaints ia which opium is useful in some form or other,! pr' at some stage of the . disease, wouldbeto give you the whole catalogue of | diseases tic? which the human system is sub ject, wrtj?a very, few . exceptions. I do not wish to bb understood to say that opium cure3 all diseases : but that, in the course of the disease,'and in some shape or other, .either in combination with some other remedy, or alone, internally or externally, if judiciously and properly applied, it may be used bene ficially in at least nineteen casca out of every twenty. 1 would not c?nfiue niy?elf alone to the WhitejPoppy, other kinds-will do, espe cially- the*black, but the Greeks and Turks, I believe most always confined themselves to tho white. The manner of culture should bo as fol lows; H?vje good land well broken, and sow in drills about 2h. feet apart ; when up ensugh to work, chop it oat as you would cotton, leaving one or two stalks in a hill, or. if your seeds are scare? you may drop 4 or 5 in a hill about 12 or li inches apart, then thin out as above. When it begihs to bloom and until it matures;, if the weather is" dry, if will be' necessary lo water it often, as this :makcs thc pods more, juicy. If your landis good and is well-prepared by deep plowing or hoe ing, your jrkjsdoue, wijh a little boeing! ar'* i 'liing out the weeds. I saw in 1834,'' wh m Tennessee, great quantities of opium made from;the poppy, that was cultivated by the ladies and children for ornament. . The wayvto gather opfum is us fellows : ?Thu pods should be a litlie more than?? half ripe, at which time you are to take a knite. made for the purpose, with three short blades, the middle-Wade the shortest, so that it may not go deeper than the others, for yon will ' recollect the hail is roundish. With this" knife you make cuts lengthways on the pods, not quite through the hull,'about sunset; luring the night the milky juice will exude from the balls through the cuts ?nd adhere to i-he sides of the incisions. In thc morning before thej^u .shines, it must be collei te l into an carnicrh plate, or vessel with in*lrun ?coop, or Ihm crooked scraper.' made so ag to Tit the shape of the pods. When thus coT ected, yoa?Ve to woik it in the vessel, *x- -j posed to the sun with a wooden paddle, till ;he juice is: sufficiently thickened. Thia is >pium. Jp Then make it into cakes with the bauds ind wrrip it up in thc leaves of ibc poppy, md if yon b?ve-no suitable bottles or jaro to <eep it in, ?ut in thin leather bnjra, u-'"J you ;:tp K'r'T' Vf'W'U *"T "r rr'n r>l"-'?;i _ . i have i?ii^rgivftii you- as cunjftfe a desorip-1 ion of ihe'cu'rjrc of tue puj.fry; tue mode of I saving the opium, aud its use, PS time arni ? ;pace would-secrn to allow, and if you think [ t worthy apiece in your useful Journal you nay pu'blislj^aiid oblige the public. Tn Kni rb?ts ?ND PUINTKHS.-Sevetal good riend?, in 'j?Tji out of the army, have tendered i Confiai approval and promis*! of support, lo i s-.?irgesTi' ii Tor a newspaper sheet Ol' slip, to issued fr.-.m camp, and as no-U'ly a-wp^sV; de from Ht-ulquartiTs or from the. headquar ers of any division or brigade. In the decay or suspension of the. Journals mblbhcd before tho war and from o? her ,-ons'deratm'n$ it is believed (bat a camp or ?nu. edited with proper discret io ii and roset ve, ind with the iVilltwt independence, and con aining official orders and notices given by tutboiity, aud-gencral news and miscellany, ivould be ficceptable alike to our untcrrified md invincible soldiers and their true friends it homo. * . Such an issuecoulddo much in improvingthe .ono of the arniy.nnd by opening Up comma lication between thc army ?nd the country, io much towards building up- at home a (pint like that of tim army. Is the proposal approved or is ?ach un is IUC desirable ? Editors mid printers in service and others nleiested in thc resources and influences of Journalism^--dreaded only by pouy politicians md incompetent or intoxicated Generals-. ?viii.oblige puniy inquirers hy considering ibo nat'er, an'tj reporting tinough the Camden Journal anil Confederate or any other organ. W. B. CAJIMSLK. ^5?r* Meslrs. f?. R. Crump ..fc Co., ibid a lariru ot of tobaclo on Wednesday for thirty dollars per pound. .ias buen pa] This in the highest prico yet that d for tobacco in this er any other uarket in tne Confederacy. Rocky Qr?ek Academy. TUE Exercise? of this Institution will be ro sumcdlon the' first Monday ia May under thc supcrv'lit?h $ lt. W. CANNON. - TcrinR, $jou {or-Session of five months for English Brlnch?, or hld prices if paid in previ sions nt olapricc>. Extra charge will be made fur tho logier benches. Payment will he r?i (?uired in ir?vanc?. April ??) School Wanted. ACOMPETENT Cb. ssieal Teacher, oxenipted from all sotfioe, (both Stato and Confede rate,) can bo ctnfioyed by addressing " Toanher" Harrisburg Abbe|ille, S. C. April 5_ _tf__13 Notice. T?IE ANNUAI MEETING of the Stockhold ers ol'the GnnitevfTl? Manufacturing Com pany will bo hol'Utf flraniteville on Thursday, the 20th d.iy of ?ml. E.- C. HAUDj Sec'y. ? Gran. Mani'. Co. GranitctiHe, A jil 3 . 3t. \[> Barter ! Barter \ THE Granifcvllo Mniiufnctiirini: Cumpa.ry wjll continufto Ratter Cloth for FLU PR, UOftN, PEAS, ?ACON AND JJAKD, 'givinc: Augusta prico.? foi?roducc, and furnishing Cloth at wholesale rates, i Ginnituvitle, /ipr! ?, If 15 Tax ?in Kind. IWILL be preparii to receive TAX I?* KIND ! except BnconnD Syrup, . al' i*d?eDold ti, H., [' nu and uficr Moudul" tho 20th inst. 1 hopo to 1 li vo burf?lH and bu irepared to r< ci!?vo tho Sy- j rup in.a'we<:k or fo'i?ereuft?r. I am dinetcduot j io receive the Riconintil I have further orders, ; tbnt the Bacuii inay '"come thoroughly- dry. i S. TOMPKINS, Agent. ' _^rJ1 ?- -L_-_i- - N?ice." ALIi.reri'on? baviri; claim? agabsr the E='ato ! nf \ViUiaiii Moliry, dee'd., will present Hi. ni i Ut tuo tuidcistine'L plU?erly il'-esie? ; amt tlio^e i iu RUY wiiB md?bted|rill pleaso multo payment . JEEJMIAH MOBLEY, Ex'or. Apr5 St?5 1? Ho?ks I Books 1 ! ?.WILL gita a fair j rice iy-fethe following .Booka: :: ' ? ^ .? Watti on -the-Mind ; . " .. . Wayland's Intellectual Phil??opbv : Moral .Abercrombie's Intellectual " i? Alexander's. Evidenccj^f Christianity : 1'agg's Moral PhjlosSfroy ; y?unuiri'K Chemistry , Course of Composition undvQuackoiibos.; Bobbins' Outline History ; TytlerV Uiivecsal.Hirftory ; Lincoln's Botany ;. Davie's Algebra and Geometry ; " Arithmetic; S Comstock's Philosophy and Chemistry : Aiici?nt Geography- Mitchell. Modern .' " ?.? analysis-Greert; Simm's History of South Carolina; GOICIHUJ?IIIV History Kugland ami Rome ; Markham'.* Hi?t?ry . " Bullion'* Englwh Grammar;' McGuffey's, Readers ; Tower's er Smith's English Grammar ; First Leesons in Composition ; Historie* for Children ; Spelling Books. Familiar Science-jPeterson and Brewer. . Elements of Mythology; Hodge's Logic ;. . Arnold's First Latia Book : " Soooud Latiu Bouk ; Latin Grammar-Andrew's anti Buliion'e. Pasquolle's French Coiirse; Voltaire's Charles XII, ] . - _. Telemachu'a I French. Life of Wa?hington. j * M. W. SAMS. AprO 2t 25 Enrolling Office,. EDGEFIELD, S. C., March 28tb, 1SG.;. IIS accordance with orders received, all pur . sonn in this District, who bold papers of re tirement, or furloughs-to awuit tho return of re tirement pa purs sent ou, uro hereby ordered to report in person at this Oflice, on or bet?re the 20th of April ensuing, for ?he purposo of having their said papers rccordtri at thia Office. TI. All per; ons on dary ?n this District, in connection with 'his Offie-j, are hereby instructed not to recognize ot :cq)cct, after the* day abnvo mentioned, any nf thc papers, unless thoy bear evidence-of their having been recordod at this Offica. F. J. MOSES. Tr., . Lieut: A Enrolling Officer. Apr 5, 2b 15 Enrolling Offley EDGEFIELD, g. C., April ?Td, 1S65. IIN accordance with orders received at this . Office, all Officers and Solders in this District, absent without loavo from tho Army of Northern Virginia and tho Army of Tennessee aro hereby ordered to repart, immoilia. -ly on receipt of-fbia order, lo Col. W. W. Perryman, Commandant Post at Greenville, S. C. - ?A F. J. MOSSS.'Jr. Lieut, ? Enrolling Officer. Apr 6 ' 2t - 15 Tax Collector's Notice. NO. li IWILL attend at the timo and places herciuaf :er mentioned to collect the State and District Tax for the jaar commencing 1st ot'Oct. 13C4 . Duntensviilc, Mouday, .27th March. Red Hill. Tuesday. 28th " Kdv.urd l??wIeV, Wednesday, 2vnh * Woodlawn, Thursday? :'0ih " A. Morgun's, Friday, 31st - " Wiley Glover'-1, Saine urcTfWii'", H o'clock. Collier's, Sa;ur*ij. lit April. Ertjr.co>l I 0. IL M-uieay. .".VI Pine Moiise, T'te/dayi ?t? " Cherokee Pocds, Wcttoc??lay, ?tb 1 Hamburg, ' Thursday, G.h fi Beach I-land, Friday, 7th " Urnnitcville, Siituiiny, Sth VinH-ln.-o, Monday, I Otb " - it, .n'--.-'-_Yceyday. 11th ti V. I'.-M-y'i, iVcilue.-iiay, ? 'iib " Ly brand':;, Thursday, I ?lib " Ridge." Friday, IHii .. Dr. Beady':-. Saturday, lilli " Lett's, Sam? evening. ? o'clock. .J. A. Talbert, Monday, 17ihAt..ii. White House, Tuesday, l?th " Liberty Hilt, Wednesday, 19th t? Shatterlicld, Thursday, 20th .? 'Jlottodtrec's Store; Friday; Sl.st " Pleasant Luuv, Saturday, 22d ?' Film. P. O . Mouday, 2t'h '. McetiUg Street, Tuesday, *.'.iili " Mri'. Alien'*, Wcduesday, tlrt'k . " Dr. John Moblej'i, Thursday, 27ih" '. Mrs. Norris', Friday, 2d?h t " Geo. Addy's, Same evening, 1 o'olock Mrs. Gibinu'a, Sa'urduy, I'tflk April. Mount Willing, Monday, 1st Muy. Miekltr's, Tuesday, 2d " H?i?t's Store, Wednesday, 3d" " Perry's, Thunda;.. 4th " Cob-man's X Roads, Frid.-iy, - ?th " Richardson's; Saturday, 6th " Mrs. Culbreath's, Monday/, 8th ?f Cooporcville, Tuesday, t?th " A. Kemp'*. Wednesday- lOdi '. Born's Mills, Thursday, 11th '* Tax payer* will come prepared to give thc "tumbar of farm band? betwecu the ages of 12 ind Gi years of ?ge, for the present year. Free Persons of Color mun make their returns iii ApriJ, or they will be subject to doublu Fax. BENJ. KOl'ER.-T. C. E. D. N.B.-I will hereafter aiteud the-ieveral Bat. talion muster grounds for the accommodation o ho.-e who cuuuot meet mu ou my first round. Mar 20 ' tf 13 . : Assessor's Notice. TAX IN Ii IND. SWILL nttendst tho plnrief montioaed below to asses3 tho Tithe* of BACON. AU producers who liave not made thuir returns ot CORN, FONDER? ,ti\, ure requested to do so at one?, or they v. ill liave to pay five .times the market vtduo of their Tithe*. Edgclcld C. H., Monday, .11 April. Pine liuuso, Tiii'-duy, 4'h - Cher .?-.oe Pond.-. Wedu?ndxy, .'?rh " - -Hatiiourg. " Thursday, 6?h " Beach l?l?iit?i Fri lay, 7th " Granitcvillc, Saturilay, Sth " F. Posey. Sr.j Wedneeday, I ?'th " LybrandV, : Thursday, t:J,rli .'. d. T NichidsonV, Fri-tay. Hih .' Lot''.-'. Saturday, 13.li " Red Hill, Monday, 2!th " Edward Howie's, Tucpday. 25th *. Woodlawn, - Wedn'o-day, 2Gth '' , A. Morpau's .. Thurfday, 27ib " Edgpfiold C. H. Mocdity, 1st May. " Tursduy. 2d '. Cheatbam'a, '. Wednesday, 3d '. . Producers will take notice of the days and places of attendance and meet me promptly. All persons kifling (250 lbs.) two hundred and fifty pounebwif Nett Pork will?nake returns, and those who uiado returns of hog* to h^vu corn de ducted to fitton them, Will now mako thom cor roc.ly. GEO. A. ADDISON, Assessor Tar. in Kit?d, 12th T. D. ? Mar 23_4t_-U_ Stolen F"lQM,?n'e Subscriber Fometimc between the 12th J., ?mnry and the middle of M*rcb, one d..zeu lat,go Silver Forkaj.orio dozen large silver Table Spoons ; hab'-d izen silver Tea Spoonp,each bearing the letters J. H". A L. F.fl. Also, one very Ono Coral Sett Jewelry,cohiisting ef Brooch and Ear-Rings-; uno ladies' Fob Chain, with large rtng-nnd fob pia atlacbod, tho ?attar having cros. ?nd anchor pf bluo cr.amel ; one long Gold Cbain; two Fobs for gentlemen, une> vory boavy hnviog a dnvico of a wo'u 'a hoad with ruby eyes, the other lighter with plain boult attached ; ope pair child's rlecve Links, coral and gold,; and One largo gold Pencil and two small <*nc>. Tho above articles are sup;-o-ed to.have been talton "by negroes. X" ir,ll par a liberal reward for thc ??cHvery of tbem | - .1. ll. HoLLIN-GSWOUTH. April fi \ 2l ft i Notice. j ALL persona having any claims er doman J.' ??<ai?H< the Estate of Walker G., Safjia.d, j deuM:,- arc re?, u ir-al'to ). rosen t thew, properly ; proven ; and all persons Itnviog any Not?, pa. ; per? or Property of^any kind Uf aging u ?aid Estate aro rcqaeatai?to hand them in to tho un- ' der*i-*ned, who is the Uwful AdminiitratiVr; ond-' I aliio'thoie indebted will pieuse pay np immedi.-i atoly. in la wini luuuey ol tho Sute, or ita equiva lent io currency. A ?tord to tho wise iK sufficient. W. B. SAMUEL, Adm'or. I Mar a i - 3m* 15 State or South Carolina. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT? Cor.r>niu, 27thJ>*Hreb, 18*55. MpHE INVASION 'of-the'Stale-ka? ?jud'ered i J. prover that,tea Legislative Department of the Government af tbe Siate.sbould be convened; that /neb measures may be adopted as tho welfare ot tho State.may ??quire. And for that purpose the Mumbirs of the Senate aili the House of Kcproscntativts "f the State ??T South Carotina* aro herehv'inviteJ to assemble at GREENVILLE, on TUESDAY, .the 25th day .of APRIL, at 12 o'clock, M. Ry the Governor. ? * A. G. MAGRATH. Official. ' Wi S:,E.!.?lbTT, Private Secretary. . - April :". ' CJt . - 15 Piipere.of-thc State will copy until the 25th inst . . ' State of South Carolina. AWT.' t INSPECTOR GENERAL S OFFICE SPABTASRUKG, March 15th, 13??. SPECIAL ORDERS, NO. 72. ; Extract. \ . |T| ^LIEUT. Cot. H. W. ADDISON, A.D. C. V to His Excellency, the Governor is au horize'd to accept the cervices of any 'portion of io Militia of J?dgefitld District as may oller ind ;an r ..ovidTnrTemaelvex with h'orsee, and to or ;?uTia such.persons into Companies, with power to elect their Officers. So soon aa completed, Cob Anu?aos will report . the organization to these-Hoad-Quarters, e * m * By command of tho Governor. G. A. FOLLIN, A. A. Geni. Apr 5 2t 15 - THE FAVORITE HOME NEWSPAPER ! rHE attention of those who wish to ??tiKerlb? to 0 FIRST CLASS RELIGIOUS AND UTERA RY NEWSPAPER, is'called to the an nouncement that THE BAPTIST ..BANNER it published every Saturday in Angusta, Ga., at ihe pri?e of ?10 pqr.annam. Each number (whole sheet) contains choice .riginal and selected reading,-Stories, Miscel anies, Communications, Current New*, Ao, . Edited by Row A. C. ?AYTOX tod JAMKS N. Et.t.s. ., <. Enclose ?10, and address - JAMES N. 'ELLS, Aeguau, Ga. Feb 21 2a.* 8 . Flour Wanted for the :. . Navy. THF U'inorablo Secretary of Navy, through Maj. Wi F. HOWELL, Naval ".Agent, An tusla.- Git., linthorne.- ni?, fe j.urrbax. -?1! tue PLO Cit for ?nie in tjuis Diatrict, fer the Navy Department, and, i?>'r the prient, to" pay ?ne ifrrHtKETPTUCt! tor the came. Therefore, all persona having ELOPE te sell (froui > ..uek to a jundrcd barrels,) aro oumeetly requested to de liver i< to ute in Himburg torthiuib, UH the de mand, for it I* very urgent.' Cash paid on doliv sry. 8. E. BOWERS, Agent Navy Department. Hamburg, Dec 21 tf 51 Diek Cheatham WILL staud the Spring Season of 1865 at One Hundred Dollar* the season. He will be at Kdgctield C. H. Mondays, Tues* lays, Wednesday* nnd Thursdays)-the remaiu ler of the week at Harmon Gallman's. He will jegia tb? ne?son 1st February and end it 20th lune, ile will remain at H.' Gallm?n's during he mouth of Fohrnar}, after which time he will >e alternately at Edgo?eld C. H. dndiH. Gan nan'*. By special contraot frith my Agent, Jua. M. 9arri*ba. or myself, mares will b? insured with ?ai for Two Hundred Dollars. The money will >e confidered due at tho ead of the-season. THU. G. BACON. Jan 31 _?t 6 State of Spuih Carolina. EDGEFrEU) DISTRICT. /A" OH T> 1.VARY, BY W. F. DUHISOE, E*q., Ordinary of Edge field District. Whereas. Z. W. Curwile, C. E. E. D., has op died :o loo-?or Letters of Administration, un all .nd singular thc goods and chattols, rights ant redits nt W. L. Buller, lote "of tho District iforesaid, dee'd. TK-t -c are, therefore, to cit? and admonish all nd singular, thu kindred and creditors of the aid deeensed, tn bc alni upper, r before me, at our lext Ordinary'e Court for tho raid JJ?Prriet, to bo udden at Edgeflcld C. H., on the 22d day of ipril next, to show cauce, if any, why the said .dmipis'ration should not bo gr.ni ted. -Given under m'y hand and-seel, Qi ta lith day if Mur. in the 'year-of oar Lord one. thousand ight hundred and Sixt'y-livo, and in the eighry tintb year of the Independence of South Caro ?na. W; F. DURISOE, O.E.D. Marl* . 6t _12 Not?se. A LL persons indebted io the Katata of Robert OL J. Delph, late of E.lgefleld District deceased, ire requested to ?i?uje 'otward aud make pay iioat; .iud those having'demands against said SStftt? will present them in due timo, andproper y Btttheuticete i. A. .f PELLETIER, Adm'r. Oct 13 . ly _ A2__ Soldiers' Claims. WE bavo on hand a few quires of Blanks for obtaining deceased Solider-' Claims against ito Government. ^HVERTISER.OFFICE; July 20 tf 30 For Tax Col lector. The Many Friend? of D. A. J. PELL, Esq., roanoelCully nominate bim os a Ctud'date fer lux CV.iaeL.ar at tho nuxt election. Oct ia_ta _ _ _<3_ 1-or Tax Collector. TUE many Friend? ol Capt. JAMES MITCH ELL respectfully nominate tim ai' a Candidate for TAX COLLECTOR at the next election. SALUDA. Deo 6 tc* . W /Notice; ALL -Pe?soni baying oisbua .on the Es"bto - cf Shirlcv-B. Whatley,-riee'd., uro requested'to . band them in to the undej .signed* duly-attested. W. W. ADAMS, KxW Jan 18__,'. : * . ' - IRON I r nflfi POUNDS SUPERIOR'BAR IR0N?; ^JI/VAJ1 :i inoUes wide'.uid ithick, which will uv. .old luWf.to elute out'tW lut- . ' E. E. BOWER'S, .Ajft. Ilaiabnrsj, Oot 2? tf- ' A Mules ! Mutes ! ^ C^II-US, a SUPERIOR'YOUNG tfACit, will stand at Dr. R. T. M ?rn a* Steam MUi this Spring Reason. . The Terkja a? beretofora publUbed by .tandbids arc revoked and changed. io ?50.-Cash" in advance. Marcs proving net with foal will have tho privilege of another Softs ?un. Season to commence ?i April and close 15th, Juna. J. ll. HIMS. Mat 22 it* U