Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, April 12, 1865, Image 2
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