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IStr dnaaancemenu of Marriages or Deaths; Vodoeaef Religious Meatings published 11AT9 and solicited. biluary Kalieaa exceeding the announcelas oat, will be aharged far the overplus at regum advarti sing rates. ^F" Tributes e.f JRespeot, rated as ad srtuimU. i From the Southern Christian Advocate. WTJXE MAY, OK T.HE REFUGEE'S FKIEND.?Chap. II. . JBT MRS. SALLIE V. CUAPIN. Col. Leiiruce found -the widows col 4age destitute of every comfort. A few split chairs and a pine table furnished the tilting roein. .Upon toe latter Jay the .beautiful little forin, in its last long sleep. Maum Nannie took him through tbis jootu into an inner on??Mrs. lis chain Mr ; the only other apartment. Mr*. R. clad in deep, inourniug, was Joying on the tad. She seemed to be sleep, tat her bea l iossed restlessly ^pfrom aide to aide. Well might 6 J. U bare called tar his "beautiful *ife."? Poterty and suffering had paled the iCheek and the small hand was almost (transparent in its whiteness ; but she was lately despite it all. On the same bed Jay little Lillie, a child three years old ? She bad crept up vary close to ber moth 6^ and bad one little band en ber check, kibe aat up as Col. L. came in, and said : '4^r.e yo.u May's papa I" After hearing that be was, she' said, "Poor Lilfiu is dot po papa no w. My dear papa js killed, and Tin a nursing my sick mama." 80 saying, with a sigh, she again laid ber Jitila bsad down close by ber mother's, and gently patlsd ber cheek. It was a touching scene, that desolate young moth r and ber baby nurse. Col. L. saw in a glance that Mrs. j?utledge was verv ill, sod the doctor consiog confirmed him fn'bis op<n;oo. ''Poor young thing said the Doctor; *'I knew such fitigue was more than flesh afid blood eo.ild stand." "You knew it," said Col. L facing a ? j 1 1 _ .*i d.. i._ a: \ fuynu luudemy mjhjij mm , iiivu whj uiu not ask your wife Of daughters to share jt wjtb her !" ''Well, I might baee done so;" said he, ''but I did not think of it Mrs. It. never put the bfby out ot berarma one minute; *o I doubt if any ohe could have relieved kn.n "For humanity's sake, 1 really wish (key had tried," said the Colonel. "How long bae the baby be*n sick f" "It was brought bere sick, six weeks ego; but I have not been attending it regularly *11 ^b*t tji?J*. I made a few fieite. It seemed better, and Mrs. R. asked for mv bill." "You did not surely - render one t" interrupted tbe Colonel. * Sbe naked for it { ncd of course I did, *nd did ?Ol fitil here again until seot for e week siqee." 'Tleaae send jour W |o rpe for this l*st attendance, a?d I b?g you, aa an especial faror, whenever you have a similar I ease, allow me to discharge the debt," "Qo you mean to insinuate a dootor . ought not to send id ? bill to a soldier's j jaidow T "I don't rpean to insinuate anything, I air. I plainly aay, if be it a pfcytyian ' and s. patriot be could not present a bill |e a soldier's widow J n deajeAMe circumstances." . J ''That class will compote half of my c time the war ?nd?;" said ? "Then, sir, be satistied witb what ca be made out of the oilier half, and I thankful, that your independence wbic has cost so many precious lives has bee P&ecured to yoy by the loss of a few dolla( | Uut i would like to remove Mrs. U. t ! my lu>use, if it can be done without inji J ry to her ?" j "It can now; but I am much mistake il she is not in the first singes of a dai gerous illness, and the sootier she is mat comfortable the better." Col. L. went home to make arrang menla with his wife for the removal. I j foutid her in her chamber, her eyes u with weeping. She had a kind hea and had never before passed unhetd the call of sorrow. .Some dreadful sp she felt must have been upon her, ai bitterly she reproached herself for not cai ing it oil". Oh Harry, how dreadful wicked 1 ha^e been ; and to think 1 oi ' your life, so precious to me, to his s devotion, lie risked his life for you hi f . e i i ? i - i reiuseu ins CHIK1 lno milk necessary I , it* existence. J lurry would you have I lieveJ it of me i" Col. L. 8ttw tliat reproaches w?re u necessary. She had not really meant - be uukind ; but had allowed the prej ' diced views of others to influence b< until she brought herself to feel the po i outcast refugees a uuisar.ce, that eve one was at liberty to rid themselves < if possible. lie said : "We cannot recall the past, my de? It bus gone with its records into eternit But we can improve the lesson taugi us. I hope it will be a warnitisr memo to you, to follow your own osnerous it pulses in future, and to despise tlie tin row conceits, and contracted selfishne of the sordid ones who esteem huruani only by its cent per cent value. If th feeling is not rooted out, the curse of G< will come upon us. A soldier will n fight for those who are starving and o pressing his family. I ain very sure could not. liut Mrs. U. is ill, alone, d<s titule." '"Can't we briag her here at once said Mrs. L "I caine to propose it to you." said h "and as you do not object 2 will brii her immediately. "Papa can't me do and fetch Lilly said May. "Yes darling* you can ; nr von have to take care of her until h poor mama gets better," said lie. , "Ob yes, papa, me will do ewy sin Is so glad to bring her out of that br<?k? Bouse." "A little child shall lead them," truly After Mrs. Ruiledge had been con fortably fixed in one of the luxutioi chambers of Col. L's stately mansion ar their family physician called, Col. L. r turned to the cabin, to bring the lift corpse. Very beautiful it looked, as lay with its tiny hands, folded in simp baby grace upon its breast, its goldt hair falling in soft ringlets over the b^i reined temples sod the long dark lashi contrasting with (he snowy whiteness < the marble cheek. lie hare it home, i his arms, and laid it upon the same tab where his own little Ilarry had lain not Iwelru months before ; but under whi different circumstances ! As he gazed, inemorv. faithful chron cler, was busily bringing up the |>ns!.I>ut s few months had elapsed since h on the bloody battlefield of Manassas, ha received the dying message of Col. Ku ledge?his college friend?to his f*4oil] "Don't weep for ma, dear Ilarry,'' sat the brave young officer; '-but if you ar spared, see my family. Tell my darlia Lulah, my precious wife, Vas hard t leave her and my babes?how hard, Oo< only knows. Cive my sword to my boy and tell him, if occasion demands, to us it for bis country, and die as his fathe has done in her cause. Little Lilly, toe will miss papa. But I am dying, Harry Farewell! take my wife's likeness fron my pocket and let me gaze on her beau tlflll fana Anao rv%r\ w*? 11 ~ I .-2 * kiwi mvv vnv? iihm?i iiuiii i% nenrer Hal, J cannot see it; nearer still, Harry No, no ; the film of death haa abut hei from u)y gaze forever, l'ut it to my Sip* and tell her, Ilarry, I gave my life k>i in* country ; and to God and my coun try I commit her and my children." He remembered the melancholy burial, tha shrill bugle's sound, the muffled drum, the so.'emn tramp of his warworn soldiers, who, with tearful eyes, and earthward turned bayonets, followed their beloved leader to the grave. Yes that day, t.ioy laid beneath the eod, On pillow dark and gory, Aa brare a heart ae ever trod A battlefield of glory. [Jitter were the reflection* the retrospect iftlled forth, and more bitter the tears rept over Frank's baby boy, who bed je<J in destitution. n ( Very solemn were tlie countenances o e those who stood around the tilths rose h ' wood coffin, with its wreaths of whit ip violets in Col. I/ parlor. There whs in a. | father or mother to ?sk one farewell kisi lo i heroro it should bo taken from their gaz u-| forever. Little L llv, the only rclativ | present, whs lifted to take h list look h n, her little brother. She kissed his p>?! o- 'cheek; then laying her ooll in his armi le 1 said,. with quivering lip, ''You can tee j it, little buddie, and carry it down in th e I big hole with you." She fell how lone.l Ie ! he was. I'oor littlo Franky 1 Stranget ad were going to Inv him by Harry's aid< rt, I in a strange cemetary. j steep, utile unity, sleep, ell I Not in your cradle bi d, nd j Not oil y?>ui mother's breast, st | Dot witli the sileii* dead, l|y I until the morning of the re-iirruelion. ive "Harry, why did jou a*W Mr. Lee t el( perforin the funeral services J-' s*id It ad ' sister as they returned Irom lite buna 'or ; "Was be nii acquaintance of Mrs. Ku ,e- ! ledge ?" I "No, Siw, he was not; hut bad lie bee II- j in the same village witb her, as long n to J iJr. l'ower has, 1 am sure he would hav ii- I ar, "liut you are * nu mber of l>r. 1' or Clturch," argued his sister, ry "I do uoi care for that," saul he ; 'D al, 1'. does not praclico the religion my It bio teaches ? the pure religion and UI1J4 ir. tiled before liod and tlie Father which i y. to visit the father'.-:-* and widow in thei bt alii cfiou. 1 can only consent to folloi ry hint as lie follows my Saviour" n- She had no word of reply to r.iake ir- 1 Xor she knew the loo uecd d the lesao >s taught. t v ? m js Coming Events Cast their Shadow ? Before. The recent emetile in the nei^hloi 01 n hood of Charleston, I'linoi*, indicate j that the (roubles among the faithfi . threaten 10 break out afresh, and ilis the Copperhead element o! that aeclio in' of tlio Federal domain is by no mean quelshed and quieted, l'lie work of dis e integration still progresses, silently an , secretly, ami anon buisling forth in a tn multuoua outbreak, uliicli shows that (h jn slumbering volcano still mutters am 1(j seethes, which may ret snbvert theodiou 1 dynasty of Abraham Lincoln. The ar rest and banishment of Vailaiihigham ? the dismissal of Wolford frftm the Feder g. al service?tlio mobbing of the Daytoi Empire office, and the suppression t?f oth f er independent and outspoken organs c ^ the anli administration party, have In ^ tendency to pour oil upon the trouble! ^ waters, and only heap fresh fuel to th tlaim-a. A friend who has just escapei le ^ron> Johi.sdli's Island, and who travele* incognito all through the North westeri , States, informs us that there are secre le ^ organizations everywhere, and that turb ll 1 It I finscko r*\ a ?? Iva - 1 1 ? * - ........ n<r.j I/O mi uuipau'U in II1H (jii>?rter as the Presidential election pro ^ gres.es We agree witli our contemporn . ry of th? Savannah Republican ill Ml "tin movement in Illinois may be crushed on ^ by the overpowering force ?.f Yankei bayonet*, but 'the blood of the inar'yra will prove the seed of 'the church/ W< . doubt, lor, it tbe insurgents have enierec on so responsible nn undertaking witliou some promise of aid from the military.? J Western soldiers are as intelligent to dis cern their light* as tbe farmers, and liavi tbe same interest in repelling tbe tisjirpa (j tions and oppression of tlis Kastern Van ; kee*. Tbe call for live thousand addition ' al troops argues a most serious disatlec o I tion, and if it abonld extend to tbe ariny j ! Lincoln may bid farewell to all hii , j schemes < f subjugation snd pander.? | Atlanta Confulcracy. T I Thi Vn.i.AiNoia Tnisvae.? A paper ' publisher] nt Hellefonte, Pa., gives us lite ' following evidence of yankee rascality: "We cho scarcely go into a house in (lie North where some of the property of ' Southern ladies is not seen in possession of women who have sent forth their brethren and friends to plunder and do ' restate the South. Hooks, musical in. strumeira, and everything portable, are stolen, wherever our armies march, and ) i conveyed North. This crusade upon the ' | women of the South is urged on by their sisters in the North, and we have heard threats from females which the most brutal soldiera in the army would scorn to execute. In erery town, village, steamboat and railroad car, all orer the land, will be found the fairest of (be sex advocating the destruction of their sisters of the South. We can only account for it I by supposing that the devil hae sought to destroy the human family through the same rfredium ho used fire ihdhsand years ago. k is horrible and cannot fail j to bring upon ne the 'wrath of Heaven," , f | The Ohio Convention. The Ohio Democratic Convention, which e I met at Columbus, on the 22d of March, o ' declared in favor of McClel'.an for l'resi- j ?, j dent. e ! The following resolutions, ollered by e Judge M. Bnrchard, wsr? adopted with j it I out a dissenting voice: e j I. Resolved, That the Democratic par I ?? | u in now, us il link ever be.cu, devoted to | P the Constitution a* transmittod to us by 1 the framers of that instrument, an<f ?x , )' pounded br Jelferson, MAdison and Jack- j '* son, and as construeii in the Virginia and f? Kentucky resolutions of 1708 and 1700, ' and as construed in the report thereon in j the Virginia Legislature; and that for I the maintenance of tlint Constitution and the preservation of the Union founded under it, ?e 1 ere, as did lie father* of j the republic, pledge life, fortune, am! ea ? i cred honor. '2. That we would hail with delight any and every honorable effort toward a restoration ef the normal condition of this i Union to wit : internal peace and hartno I ny, and Iraterual affection between the | several Slate* comprising it; and we reI grel thXt the measures of the preset!' ad , i ministration prevent such desirable re salt*, atol wm are therefore uncomproI misingly opposed to its continuance in power. t 3 I hat we are opposed to the prosej cution of the war for the subjugation of j j Slates, or for the purpose of depriving ^ j llitm of their sovereignty, or impairing I - ? i/cwg i ittliec' titHt its con'nine.1 prosecution far ' j mu li ol jcct? vt.ill 111 the end prove the i utter desliuction ol civil hherty, we, there ! fore, demand the immediate inaognra g lion of peaceable, meaita to attain hii l.or orable settlement ami tlie restoration of .. > the U.uioti umlcr the Constitution, s 4. That the mob spirit now abounding il in our land is the natural and inevitable it result of the violatioi s of ibe Conatitu* n ti.in ami the laws bv tlie party now in ? ; power, and we deem tins a proper ooca i sion to renew to our people the warning* d of Washington against lawlessness in i gut eminent and people. The itranny e I of the present administration has sown J | (he seeds from which we are now reaping s ] a harvest of crime. - ! Men and Food. * I To w age * Mr succesr-fullv, men at horns .1 ii | are m? necessary a* man in the field. Those ' ' in llie field must l># provided fcr, and d ' tkiwir fHimliei i?t homo mu?l be provided 0 i for. In my judgment, no peopU run j ; successfully tarry on a long war, with e , more than a ll.ird of its arniM bearing ] | population kept constantly in the Yield, j | especially if, cut off by blockade, they j a | are thrown upon their own internal re < 1 | source# for all necessary supplies, sub#i# i tence and munitions of war. This is a i I question of arithmelic on well settled I i. problems of political economy. Hut ran I | we succeed against the host* of the ene- ' * my unless all able to bear arms up to j t fifty years of age are called to and kept f? in the field f Yes, a thousand times yes, | I adswer, with, proper and skillful man ' . I ir ?: i ? c | ? %. II wc VMIIIIUI ? lll.uui HUCT) H ] cull, we cannot witji it, if tlia *?r !Mat ' t long. The success of Greece against the , . invasion t.y Persia?the su< cess of I lie . Netherlands against PbHIip?the success s of Frederic against the alfied powers of , Kur< pa?ilie success of the Colonies j against Great Britain, all show that it ' i can b : done. If our only hope was in matching the enemy with equal number*, , j then our cause would be desperate in i | deed. Superior numbers is one of the 1 I chief advantages of the enemy. We I I must avail ourselves of our advantages. ! | Wo should oot sural) rely for success by ' playing int > his hand. An invaded peo 1 pie have many advantage# that may be { resorted to, to counterbalance superiority ( of numbers. These should be studied, j OUL'Ilt Alld broilt/l** In I a aeli -r""*"-" ! To secure iuccam, brains mu?.t <lo some* ! ' I thing aa w el I a* muskets.? Vice /'reai ; : dent Stephena, I gava her h rose mid gave her a ring, . , and I asked her to marry me (hen ; but > she Kent them all back, the inaentible , ! thing, ft??d said she'd no notion of men. I , I ' I I told her I had ocean* of money and j , | good*, tried to frighten her with a growl; but she aniwered aha was not brought ? ! up io the wood to be scared at tho screech , of an owl. 1 called her a baggage and i everything, I slighted her features and form ; till at length ( succeeded in get < ' ting her mad, and ahe raged hire (be sea i I in a storm. And then in a moment I < turned an(V smiled, at d called Iter my f angel and all, she fell in arm* like a t wearisome child, and exclaimed, *' We t will marry this fall j" ! (j % ? Conciliatory. After the ruthles* devastation of the ; i finest farms in Middle Tennessee, and the I wholesale plundering of every plantation I from its northern to its southern border, ! < the Federal ruler* of Tennessee have at . < length begun to revok* the tyrannical or j I dera authorizing the impressment of, i laves, with hypocritical assurances to j ' thfc oppressed citizens that "they will I i hereafter ha protected in the possession of j all their property," and inviting them "to ] 1 rebuild their hous-s and re stock their | farms and crow crons." This vaunted ! protection is "tbe protection that wolves give to lambs, covering unil devouring j litem. The ?rope are to be grown for i the support of their hated oppressors.? ' Thev are lo oo protected so long ss they <, I pnv tribulo to Herod. We trust lite day I j is not far distant when . suffering and . { down trodden Tennessee shall not require I such protection its the accursed Vandals | deceitfully offer. The following is the I !ssl General Order, which appears in the { ; N'ashvilie I'rtss of thfe 10th u!t : iikadq'kk dibtuict o? \ ashvii.i.k, ) i Nashville, March 7, 1804 \ j I. 11 rig. (sen. L. Thomas, Adjutant | j General United Slates, having revoked j I hia order authorising the impressment of j j negroos into the army, such impressments j ! ' - I are no longer legal, and H made will lie j ! revoked Mild tlie facia reported to these 1 lleadqusriers, by the military atiihori j | ties. Woik hands on plantation* within , j tlia district having h?en almost exhaus : ' led by impressment, and running | away of such hamla?often leaving large J j families ot helpless wouun and children j j without the means of support?no im | I pressmen! of slaves will hereafter be made ; I for any purpose without imperative n? j cessity, and by order of the f'ovt Com [ j tnaoders. II. The loyal, law abiding people of ' the district, including tho?e who have, in | j go ?d faith, .taken the "Amnesty Oath," j are invite*] to tebuild their fences ami . j rft ftlnr L" l)i?ir f r ? ! n ?> ! ? ?- -- - -- " * 1 ' . v wtwi* %iivm in ma nuu w Cr< JIB, *>1111 1 the KKiurinco that they ^ill hereafter be j protec^J in the profession n! nil tlieir property, .ind which *il' n<U be npj.ro }>ria!t-<l for the pub ic u?e, un'ess by corn 1 parent authority, nioJ not then without j full compensation being j>?id to the owner | therefor. | III. Good, and ellisii-nt soMier* are * foirtid Ml the poet of duty. Generally, the worthleee *nj tnulKcieni "draggle an<i ronm ov?r the country, away from their 1 commands, ui:?ur?ding and robbing Such Ktraggliug marauders w II here.iltar I.? arrested and punished, and every soldier i il?riit from hit command. unless on duty, without the written permission of the of ' fieer commanding the I'ott or Station | will he deemed a s'raggler and punished | accordingly. | By commend of \i -j Gen. Uousecau. 11. II l'olk, G'apt. end A A. Q. When we s?v that there ie enough j provisions throughout the country to sup ! ply the went* of ell, we know whet we ' are talking about. We are aware that ' these provisions ere not erpj liy distribu | ted as in former* time*, because the crops i in some particular neighbor hoods were j short, and because those in more favored neighborhoods reb.se to sell their surplus, j I hit we have the evidence that in tome { , sections tsti amountsjof corn and wheat 1 are LioffrdeJ, either for higher prices or ' ' because the ewners do not wish to sell , for Confederal* irmiuii Wi.:i~ - t? > M.VWV TV IIIIQ n IH w, ' comparatively, have iliown a patriotic [ disposition to relieve lire* want* < ( the | people At large, oiliiM have inamfjated , ' no such tliepoM'toN. Some may not like the way we*l*lk About this matter, but ! i that makes no difference with us when , ' we know we are right ?Chariot/c^ctmo j ( crat. j * Tiik Worth or a Goon Garokk ? ; * Who hat made the estimate f Not one in fifty. We belive with the Augusta ? (chronicle-that a well cultivated garden , " will yield one third, if not half, the sup port of a family. The potatoes, turnipe, ' beans, cabbages, peas, parsnip*, carrots, ' j strawberries, raspberries ?kc , Ac , all of ? .1 i?? * ' r....vii mi me pruuurm 01 a goou garden 1 :onatiiute a large portion of man'* moat < nholeeome food. And, if we would gyre ^ wore attention lo thia branch of Iroaband [ y, end ftroiab our tablet with better veg tablet, our familiet would uae leta meat, _ tnd eonaequently be more healthy. A Dii.icatk lliax.?A country pbyai ' ^ tian once employed an Iriahmati to mow I jj lay for him. Going into the field a hot Ipy he found Pat aomewhat wearied j irom labor. "Doctor," (aid he, "the gigtemati would be- laboring under a rery ^ red character that i\l refute tn take a Irink thia moruip, I ai e Rick.?The culture of lliie great staple article in South Carolina, win introduced L?y accident shout the year 1G05. A brig lrom Madagascar, touching at Charleston, an her way to (ireat Britain, cast anchor off Sullivan's Island. The Captain invited Landgrave .Smith on hoard, and pre tented t<> him a bag of seed rice, with in formation of its growth in tlie East, its excellent food, and its amazing increase. The Governor divided it among his friends, who made experiments with it, which fully answered their expectations, and from this small boginnig arose the great stable of South Carolina. cnKTIi rvinni iv?v nr.-? i-w k?vy v i ii \s?\ UVUI11 ?l O i BIOGRAPHICAL ROLL OF HONOR T HAVING received frequent applications from the friends of deceased soldiers to |ilic? ia a permanent torn nnd make it accessible to all who might desire a copy, the 'liOI.I, OF HONOR/' cm which I um engaged lor tlio Slate, I propose to publish n w ork wore extended in its scope and design than tlio State KolT, embracing Mographical Sketches of the officers sod men from this Statu w ho ha\e fallen or died in aervice during the present war, nnd whose friends may furnish rue with the necessary material* far such sketches. Tint | Inn is this: The friends of the deceased soldiers desiring a place in this work will forward to me the necessary information to make up for publication the biographical sketches, or send me the notices they wish iuserted, when they will bo revised atid compiled for publication. Kacli biographical sketch must be accompanied by the hums sf at least one subscriber and Ten Dollars to defray the expenses nnd labor involved in the' preparation nnd compilation of the sketches, for which a receipt will be givon entitling Hit* holder to a espy of the work at the subscription pries. * I am perfecting arrangements W illi a !?ndingjpublishing heu?e fur the publientiou of lliv work It will lie published ia monthly number*, and issued in tlio best stylo of letter press printing, on tine white Knglish book pnpor and printed with the best English luk. Kncli number will contain one or more portraits of oUicers nnd men who have distinguished themselves during the war.? The twelve numbers will oiuko four hand some volumes. Terms tjj&O por ai.r.um, or for twelve numbers, payable on the publication of the tirst number, ??l which due notice will be given. The work Mill be continued until the itoll i? completed. Those intending to subscribe or fuitush biographical sketches, should do mo without jjelav, as the lirst edition will be limited to the number of subscribers. Address WILLIAM II JOHNSON, Columbia, S. C. Tab 17, 1864. 1 ?ll Kn es of postage in tlie Confederate States of America. 1^ Ml llit* aenvehieRce of the puWIi* the following -implitied *talemeal of the rate* of p'wlii|;t u*d?r the ael of Ueigr*** of lli? ('AiiffUr.il* Sulaa of America, b*? been prepared : ?. uatk* or F**TA?K. Single Utter*, sot exceeding a half oiiace in weight, (o uny pari of lb* Confederate Statu*, "hull be each 10 cent*. 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