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L RATES OF POSTAGE Ifl Till
C. STATES OF AMERICA.
FDR the convenien<?>cjCi_yie pub!
the following simpl Lfledstatement of the rate* of pc
age pander the act of Congresso? t&h Confederate State
America, has Jean prepared. It most-be borne In ml
that the Act i* to go Into effect from and after such per
u the P. M. General mar. by proclamation, announce:
^ ittu or postaoe. - "
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any part of the Confederate Stales, shall breach 10 cei
An additional eihgle rate fox each additional half out
or less.
Drop letterscents each.
In theforegoing cases, the postage to be prepaid by stan
or stamped envelopes.
Advertised tetters 2 cents each.
on .saws varans.
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n. ..BTODiriif,
P Periodical* published oftenerthan seml-moijthJy shall
charged aa newspapers. , '1 " , >
Periodicals published monthly, not exceeding 1# oun<
in weight, I cent on each number,* and one cent additioi
on each additional ?unee-cr fraction of an. ounce.
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TKAXXTXO fftuuu.
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n ess.
Postmaster General, f *-,f ;; 'K '
His Chief Clerk. v .
Auditor of the Treasury for the front Office Departma
' Deputy Postmasters. >.
STATE OFSOTTH CAROU.VA
Amcti>t i? Ixancnut Gixmi'a Orrici,
L Columbia, November 28,1884
k GEXER.1L ORDERS #0. 17.
B T PARAGRAPH V, of General 0
wr i den No. 16, current*erics from this Office, to here
W repeated, to wit: "The persons liable to this service (t
vice beyond their Districts) are all persons between 1
f ages of sixteen and seventeen years, and all persons betwt
seventeen and fifty years of age who are exempt fn
i Confederate service, bat who are not exempt by the la
of this Stat* from State amice, which includes, atnon
I other classes, all bonded agriculturists Who have been?
empted by Confederate authority aa owust and majaaj
of their own plantations." i t
Li. This lnchidea persons who have boen exempted fn
Confederate service by reason of physical disability, I
who have not been exempted by State Surgeons.
IH. Paragraph III, of General Orders No. 14, cum
series from this Office, is hereby reiterated, to wit: T1
"persons who are liable to sendee in said companies, a
who have failed to report their names, when the com pan
shall be ordered into service will be arrested, carried ii
Camp and tried hy Coons Martini, in pursuance of tbe J
of the General Assembly.'?
IV. All such persons as arc included in the precedl
paragraph of these Orders will forthwith repon for duty
Hamburg, S. C., Without any summons or notice from i
> commanding officers of companies of other militia office
or they will be arrested.
V. 1c ?..e following Regiment* no returns of organ is
cnosaantoshsv l>>s? mad* to thieoffice, and foe persona
aid JUgdaanto syno are liable to service beyond the Um
of their Districts will forthwith report for doty at Haqtbai
f S. C., to he assigned to other companies on pain of bei
arrested and sent forward, to wit:
16th Regiment, Charleston District.
17th " ? ?
18th ? ? "
19th " ? "
21st " Lancaster " .
IL. 22nd " Kershaw "
B 31st Williamsburg"
H By order: A. C. GARLINGTON,
W , Adjutant and Inspector General S. C
b November 30 48 3t
9 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
*
AWTTiKT JiXB I*8p?ct0s-GENI**L's OfTICr
Com'*?ia, November 38,1864
GENERAL ORDERS APpTW-* *1 " < >
I PERSONS who are liable to mi
tia service beyond (tie limits of their Districts, i
who claim exemption from said service on the grounds
physical disability, but foil to appear before the State S
reons appointed to examine- them, -under General Ord
AOs. 10 aralil, ami-Special,Orders No. 12, current set
from this Oace, at the brigadcrendexvous, will report fpr
with for examination, either to the Board of Surgeons
(ranized at Columbia, Dr. R. W. GTBBES, Jr. Preside
or tothe.Surgeon General, Dr. R. \V. GJBBES, at Ha
burs, S. C.
II. Persons foiling to report as above required will be
tiered to go forward to their companies.
By order: A. C. GARLINGTON,
k Adjutant and Inspector General of S. C
K ' November 30 48 3t
F EEKLI SOUTHERN CI LTIV
TOR.
IN Pursuance X)f a plan long entertai
ed, and to meet the expressed wants of the Agricu
rists and Country Residents of the South, the subscr;
announces his intention to commence the jpublication <
Weekly edition of the SOUTHERN uiibiivaiun.
The paper will retain its present form, furnishing e
pages of reading matter weekly. It will be devoted,
heretofore, to Agriculture. Also, to CurrentNews, asyr
sis of Army Intelligence, Proceeding* of Congress, Rep
of the Markets, Ac., Ac., embracing everything necesi
to render it a valuable and acceptable
FAMILY NEWSPAPER
for the Farmers, Planters, Gardeners, Stock Raisers, hoi
wives and Business Men of the Confederacy. The I
number of the Weekly edition will be issued on or be
the first Saturday in November. ?
TERMS.
.96 for 6 months, or $3 for 3 months. Single copies,
cents. . .
All present subscribers to the CULTIVATOR to bet
plied for the remainder of this year (1864) with the W<
Jy, without any advance in price.
Address D. REDMOND,
Augusta, Gi
October 19 42 tf
COACH FACTORY OPEN AGAI
XTOW prepared with Workmen a
-L1 Material to do every description of CARRIAGE
HARNESS REPAIRING.
: also
To aocOmmodate those who have been deprived of t
NEIGHBORHOOD BLACKSMITHS, any kind of *
?w be done, needed for PLANTATIONS.
All work done at PEACE PRICES, fo. PROVISK
at the same, or their value In money. B.
T. WRPELE
November 23 47 tl
ALMANACS
FOR
COUTHERN ALMANACS JU
O Received and Por Sale, at the
PBITTTING OFFICE
Nov 15 f ' ' _ 46 _tf
WANTED?AT THE MEDIC.
Purveying Department, Columbia, South Carol
FLAX SEED, RED PEPPER and SARSAPAtlJ
' ROOT, for which the following prices, will be paid :
FLAX SEED, ?30 per busbel; RED PEPPER, $
* per pound, 8ARSAPARILLA ROOT, ?1 per pound.
At these rates they must be thoroughly dried and del
ed in Columbia.
Nmsibtt It V iu
I ? ?
5 The Seizure of the Florida.
The Official Correspondence.
10 the united states consul to teepresM?t
I?0f _ ? ident op the province..
Ind
kxJ consuliart of THE U. S. of america,
' TBf&ia, Oct. 5, 1864-9 a. m. '
h i. *' ' * I ? <"'
To Sis Excellency Antonio Joaquim da
lce Silva Gomez, President of the Province
of Bahia:
)P? 1
: Sift: Thia-morning a steamer anchored
in this poet bearing the flag-adopted by'
ice those who are involved- in the-rebellion a^
* ?"?1 nf fha TTnitad StftkfXJ
gsiusi 'IOC UU *C1 UUIDUV Vk VUU u
of America, and I am informed that the
said vessel is the Florida, which is engaged
in capturing vessels navigating under the
flag of the United States of America, and
be in destroying them, by making bonfires of
** them Sod their oargoes. o ;
The vessel in queslion is not commission*
on ed by any recognized Government whatever,
er, and hex officers and orew are oomposed
Tm of persona of various nationalities, who are
not subjeet to any international tor civilized
j?r law, and are conseqnently not entitled to
an the privileges and immunities oonoeded to
:s' vessels navigating under the flag of a civilJie
ized nation. I, therefore, .protest, in the
n8 name of the United States of America; asi
gainst the admission of this vessel td free
praotioe, by which she might be enabled to
^ supply herself with-coal, provisions, tackle
_ or utensils of any kind whatever, or receive
. on board any persons whatever; finally; ag&inst
any assistance, aid, or. protection
whioh might be conceded to her in this
port, or in any other belonging to this Province.
I likewise claim thai the piratical oruiser
whioh, in combination with the pirate Alabama,
violated the sovereignty of ibe Imperial
Government of Brazil, by eaptnrittg
and destroying vessels belonging to citizens
of the United States of America, within the
territorial waters.of Brazil, near the island
of Fernando de Noronba, in April, 1868, be
detained with all her officers and crew, in
er- order to answer fer, so flagrant a violationi
?n of the sovereignty of the Government of
^ Brazil and the rights.of the United States,
pl within the jurisdiction of the Brazilian Gov11
** ii* .t :
jer eminent. JL avail myseii 01 u?e occasion to
am renew to your Exoellenoy the assurance of
,ut distinguished consideration.
?t I have the honor to be,
ad With the greatest respect,
a" . Your obedient servant, '*
lcl ' THOS. F. WILSON,
Consul of the United States.
at
lie / ?
answer op the president of the prov??.
ince.
Palace op the Gpvernment of the .
ng Province of Bahia, Oct. 5, 1864.
In a Dote dated this day, Mr. Thomas F.
Wilson, Consul of the United States, claims
that the steamer Florida, now anchored in
this port, shall not be admitted to free practice,
nor obtain permission to provide her_
self with coal, provisions, supplies, and
.. utensils <Jf any kind whatever, nor receive
' on board *ny person whatever. He .dikewise
requests, that as thiscrobse^io couibi-.
nation with tho Alabama, violated, the sovereignty
of. the Imperial Government of
Brazil, by capturing and destroying vessels
belonging to oitizens of the United States of
America, within the territorial waters of the
Empire, near the Island pf Fernando do
Noronha, in April, 1863, she may be do
tained with all her officers .and orew in- order
to answer for this flagrant violation ,of
the sovereignty of ^he^overarqent of Brali_
zil, and of th? rights of oitisens of the Uniwd
ted Spates, within the jurisdiction of the
ur- Brazilian Government. .
iZ In reply to the Consul, I have to inform
lhr_ him that as the said vessel belongs to .the
Confederate States, in whom the Imperial
Government recognized the oharaoter of
or* belligerents, all the assistance required by
humanity may be furnished her, which does
in no wise constitute assistance for warlike
purposes as laid down by international law,
and does not conflict with that neutrality
in- which this Government studiously seeks to
iw- preserve, and has always preserved, in the
3f h contest between the States of North Ameriight
ca. The undersigned cannot, therefore,
;0" admit the first portion of the claims of the
ort? Consul, in the general manner in which it
was presented, and particularly in relation
-to those articles,considered as contraband of
war, in conformity with instructions issued
fore on that subject by the Imperial Govern
ment, and according to wmcn tne saia ves,
25 ael will be oply permitted to remain in this
iup- P0^ ^or a ^?ng^ ^.iae absolutely indis;ek
pensable.
1 In regard to the second part this note,
it is my dnty to observe to the Consul that,
J?. even if it were fully established that the
Florida had previously violated neutrality,
? such a proceeding would scarcely authorise
us to refuse her permission to enter the
ports of the Empire, and could never warV
rant us to oommit the acts required by the
| Consul, whioh would be equivalent to a
y hostile rapture without tne intervention of
f. the Supreme Government of the State,
which is alone competent to authorize suoh
,nd a rupture.
and I renew the Consul the assurance of my
esteem and consideration,
rark (Signed)
,Ng Antonio Joaquim da Silya Gomez.
R To Mr. Thomas F. Wilson, Colsul of the
United States. "
T~ 3 e . t, ij.'.i k3
interruption oe re^ti0n8 with the
* irwnrn t -%y nAWOTTT
' Palace of the Government of Bahia,
October 7, "18G4.
Sir : The undersigned having been informed
of the serious outrage pornetroted
, by the steamer Wachusett, of the United
States of North America, in violating the
""Z" neutrality of the empire and contemning its
sovereignty by capturing treacherously and
lla under shade of the night, within the very
p 50 port of this capital, the steamer Florida, oi
,ver_ the Confederate States; and, as in addition
to the most sacred regulations Of interna
tfofiWiw observed ^rnong oivilzed nations,
prohibiting the commission of snob reprehensible
acts by civilized nations, the undersigned
regarded as a pledge of respect
for the neutrality of Brazil (Jie word of
honor of Mr. T. F. Wjlson, the Consul of
the United States of North Amerioa, who,'
in the most explicit terms, undertook to secure
a compliance on the part of the Captain
of the said steamer Wachusett with his
duty by respecting the sovereignty of the
empire, and by abstaining from all hostile
acts whatever within its territorial waters,
the undersigned cannot refrain from protesting
solemnly and energetically against
the outrage alluded to, and the more so as
he considers the Consul himself asimplibai
ted therein, inasmuch as, notwithstanding'
his formal promise,'he has. volunteered &o.
explanation tending to diminish his responsibility.*
l'
i.
| And as the" occurrence, and the silenoe
hitherto observed on the subject by the
| Consul of the United States, evidently prove
that the. undersigned cau uo longer confide
in'thesaid UOMUltOcmtowJUm neutrality
and sovereignty of the empire to be respected
by the ^belligerent vessels o^ the said.
State, he has resolved to interrupt offioial
relations with him until the Imperial Government,
v/tich, is about to be informed of
this unexpected and deplorable event, shall
have deliberated upon the subject, in full
possession of all the facts and according to
its superior wisdom. The Consul is Ifke-^
wise hereby notified that positive* orders
have been to day issued* to the a iffe rep ^authorities
to refuse admission to the W.aohusett
into any of the ports of his province!?
For this purpose the most energetic and forcible
means will be employed (according to
the instructions of the Minister*ro^J,oreign
Affairs of Jane 23 of. last year,) if suoh
sfiall be rendered necessary by the reluctance
and criminal obstinaoy manifested by
that Steamer in failing to oomply with,the
intimation oonveyed to her, thus continuing
to. infringe npon the duties imposed by international
law and the honor' and dignity
t, 7 it:**; ?
of her own nag. . ^ ^. :
Antonio Joaquim da Silva Gomez."
Atlanta left by Shbrmun,-^; J
The first reliable aocoanCShpc have sCetr
ftf (lio nYdinnt rendition ' nf Atlanta. 18 Set i
forth in a letter to the Memphis Appeal.?
It will be read with painful interest by ref-'
ugees from the demoted city :
Atlanta, 6a.', Nor. 20,1864.
You have heard before this that the Federals
have burned and evacuated Atlanta;
but for information.of the .refugees and the
exiles who have beon;?drifeu fropt-their
homes, allow- mo to trouble yon with a few
lines, as all wili be anxious to know whether
their homes have been spared by the
vandal hands. There is not a house stand*-.
I ing-on Whitehall Btreefc from.Rowark's corner
to Wesley chapel on Peaehtroe street;
and on Marietta from the street running
from the Baptist church; down Decatur
street a short distanoe below Col. Cowart's
building, on Decatur street. All the Kailroad
depots are burned?inoluding the passenger
depot. - All the hotels, jbuddries,
railroad shops, Government worksand JoiHe*
are burned. - ' - ' ?- '
As I came into the city on that evening,
I observed only three buildings of note
standing west of the Macon road?C.oloqel
Colyer's, iJatnmock's/and Dr..Sell's, T. M.
'Clark's house'is tKe only, building standing
between Peters street and the'caifro^."^Colonel
PorferV house andfbe" two*houses
south of it are'standing. All the ifouses
on Marietta street are burned except a short
space from Br. Powell's to Robinson's
house, ophite ihe* State depot.* Except
Forcrosg* Miirs', L.'.Deaa's and.* ^p.
Jones'*, no houses are burnecl on Peaobtreo
street bevond Weslev chapel. Inman's,
Holbrooks', Lansdales', and Knox's buildings
are burned, Col. Glenn's and Ranson's
dwellings are not burned.
Col. L. P. Grant and Dr._Grant's houses
are burned, also Colonel GarfreH's house.
The jail is burned, and,all the buildings
between that .and the Fair Qround.~ Only
three or four houses are burned on MoDonough
street, one of which is Mrs. Ruoker's";
the house adjoining and just above
Win. Watkins is burned; the Female College
was pulled down. to put uf> a fort on
the spot. Engines .houses Nos. 1 and 2 are
unhurt, also the Masonio and City Halls';
the City Hall was saved by the appeals'and
petitions of Mrs. Holcombe, who still live^
only a few steps from it. The churches are
all unhurt, except the new Episcopal and
Pain'B churches. Most of all the residences
in.the city have been burned that were unoccupied.
Just thlnkof.it! .A city, four
months ago, with a population of twenty
thousand, now about six hundred and seventy-five
or eighty men; the balance women
and children. . There
are some fifteen or twenty negroes
'left in the place; the balance have all been
sent North. They have burned all the
fencing around tho cemetery? and most of
the paling around the graves, and bursted
open the ^ault belonging to Mr. Gordon,
containing the rqmaias of his wife and the
bodies of three or four other persons, looking
for gold and other valuables that they
supposed had been hid in the vault. Among
the old citizens remaining is Drs.
E. N. Calhoun and Dalvigna, Pat. Lynch,
Bill Ilarville, J. E. Bartlett, and John
Silvey. Dr. Dalvigna succeeded in saving
the Medical College from the flames. Mark
Bell's calico house is unhurt. .. .
The citizens Bay that the Yankee army
left hero swearing that they intended to
1 -? ? *i o?ii rs /*' 1 "
spht ana quarter me ooumern uonreaeracy,
acd plant their colors upon the walls of Savannah.
A grcat many of their soldiers
arc said, to have left here with a great deal
of reluctance?dreaded the trip. It is said
that some of the Kentuckians went off, in
handcuffs; they have Bomo fear of meeting
with Gena. Lee Qr Beauregard. Their
7 teams, or transportation, are reported to be
i in a bad condition. Respectfully, :
S3. A. Rice.
[ Camp Life in the Army of Virginia.
We dip the following sketches of Camp
Life from the Army corrqspdnle&t of the
South Carolinian: .
If yoa will take thetroublwto ride along
the line at this time, no matter how mneh
yon have been nooastomed to "the pomp
and oircamstance of gToribus wah" you will
enjoy, for the ilo&ov, the tarS^tUTy ^f being
astonished. Heretofore, "theTfde" has
perhaps, been associated in your memory
with 'serpentine journeys through woods,
around swamps, aoross*rayin6s, up. hijls apd
o ?iln of In era nr fence rails, covered
uunif} ? JIMW y* *v^w . ^ ,
with a little earth, marking ttiydefloceS,
and a motley array of scattered aSd &df':
deredmen, tents and wagons, makihg'known
the presence of $he army.
chaqge l What only a few dsysagp.waa a
dense wood, is now a clean, hroad:avenue,*
fit for a hoveteoard or (herring ^ strajy'stahipf
here and there) p'-rade oouree. On one
side are strong,? high, complete entrenchments,
provided, with every means of defencei
that Athe^art of the en^ipeernn suggest.
On 'the oth& extehds a row of log
hits, in single file; as far as the eye can
reach, irregular mid fanciful enough in their
construction, to suit the tapte of &. curious
antiquarian. Ingenuity has certainly made
her mark, forin this city of'one'streetyou
may see orders and styles,"roofs and cellars,
domes and cornides* pedestals and capitals,
entablatures and decoratioosj of whiott even
the architect of a Chinese padoga never
dreamed.* In'one place, for instance, are
four log walls,-plastered -with mud ; a floor
is' laid jost high-enough to prevent your
stooping when yon stand; and then .commences
the roof, or attio, whioh is made of
an old tedt, covered with interwoven brandies,
and likewise plastered with mud. Although
the edifice is only twelve feet square,
in these two stories sleep eight at. ten: per-,
sons. Yonder is a Gothic arrangement, and
just next to it, in comical ' contrast, a'small
structure that looks"Tor ail the world like a
forlonTpig^ty. The boys wefetoo Jessy to
rrtq their, premises up in' the air, and accordingly
contented themselves .with digging
oat a space within doors, that has given them,
a not unwelcome looking subterranean bedchamber
and dining hall, whioh answers
every purpose of their simple lives. I might
go on and describe thousands of these''way-,
side homes," as tlm boys call them, without
having any two alike;, j>ut I must devote
this letter to another''topic1.
Along the greater past of the line,'woo3
abounds in the rear of the quartets,'and arf
abaltis in1 front, so that the troops will not
suffer, from ,tho ool<T; water, is bad by digging
wells, of which there are tseveral to
every brigade. The soeneon the fronf at
this time to -pefculfasly Interesting. : It is
just oold enough to give the men a touch
of winter, and they are as busy as bees iu
anticipating its approach. The few axes
possessed by each command, pass rapidly
from hand to hand; trees fall; in a trice
they are laid open; board? are split out;stalwart
shoulders are loaded; a dozen or
two more bear away logs for rafters or firewood,'and
so the work goes dheerily on.?
Songs; stories, Ion <mot9, and fan ripple on
the sarfoce, and were it notfortheptesence
of those grim cannon, the frowning edge of
tho entrenchments, jthe long line of stapled
mnskets ready to be grasped at the first symptom
of danger?and, more than all, the sight
of those bine devils, nine. hundred or a
thousand yards away, on -whose gnn'-barrela
.the snofibine -occasionally makes a.( gleam .of
light, one might imagine the whole, scene
was a jolly maroon on a grand scale. Unfortunately
it's anything else. There's a
grim earnestness and reality about thiscarmy
life and ?be*e army geeasaitjes, that-oalls
np. all the sturdy manhood of *. soldjer's
uaiu'u.
" ,t?- a: 1. .
Military Execution.?Beijj. Grover,
private in Company B, lst,JBftUalioja <Egreign
Region, suffered tba,extreme J?epplty
of military law for desertiorij yesterday,
itfornirig,- at a "point a mile' and a half from
the Sity, and just beyond the Charlotte
Railroad. He was a native of Fairfax, Va.,
was.about 25 years old and of ordinary in-,
telligence. He joined .the Yankee army
and was captured by our troops'durihig tha
present year. Subsequently, upon talcing'
the oath of allegiance, as a native of Cana '
da, he was<releascd and joined the Battalion
commanded by Lieut. Colonel Tucker.
A"bout"two weeks ago he deserted and was
caught not far from Augusta, making his
way toward Sherman. He-1 was brought
back, court martialed, found .guilty and
oondemned to death. As-stated abovp the
sentence was carried into effect yesterday,
in the presence of the entire battalion.?
Twelve members of his own company were
selected as the-firing' party?six of them
having gnns loaded with ball. His spirtnal
advisers were Rev. Lawrence P. O'Connell
and Rev. J. P. O'Connell, and their
ministrations were unceasing.
At the hour appointed the prisoner -was
fastened to the stahe, the firiug detail drawn
up to within six paces of him, and Captain
t T? onmm.inrJinc.
JL4UUIO JL unci j ui. VUUlX"; ?- D j
asked him if he wished to-say anything.?
He drew a long breath-and distinctly answered
"Nothing." At the cwck of the
twelve rifles he fell and died without a
straggle. Four oat of the six ballets struck
him?one parsing through bis heart. His
body was by permission directed to-be interred
in the Catholic pemetery, hnbcingta
member of that denomination.^Giiardiaiiy
2th instant. .' ; ./< r
.. \ ,? *
Railroad Repairing.?The .Central j
Railroad Company, have gone to work in
earnest, with a large fprce/to repair
road, which is now in running order from;
Macon nearly to Gordon.
We-learn that it is the purpose of the
oompany to go to work immediately and
repair the West Point Railroad, which it
is thopght, can be completedda one month's
timq.The Etowah Iron Works will also
, be re-established at onoe. s ; v.
[Augusta (Jhron\Qht 4th.
A PATRIOTIC APPEAL.
A correspondent, having the'fear of the
proposed Militia Bill before his eyes, has
phrfietrated the following. What should
bo done with him ?
Save me Bonham, save me, I am ordered to the front?
' I ctttiot go, dear Bonham, I cannot bear tho?brant. .
My knees are very palaftul?my heart goes plt-a pat;
Wbea hograre killed, dear ponbam, you shall have a ja^
yf^ "I ? '( !
TIs odly a few days since my bacon bond they got,
And now they want to push mfe to Hamburg In a trot;
8ave me, Bonham. save me, do set my head at easeWill
you accept, near Bonbam,a 1st of nice cow-peas ?
< *r' '
Yoaaurely have the power to save a worthy friends
OnVou alone, dedf Bonham, I truly will depend.'
No aw amp shall hide me, Bonham?a skulker I da scorn,
Anff"by the way, deat Bonham, woulf yon like to have
. some com ? ,
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Coald habeas.corpatyt&vn mt > that atirsly I would try,
For Anything, Is better than in the front to die;*
I But If-failure be my fate, and mthe front I go,
Just rest assnred-, dear Bonham, v'twlll cause our overthrow
! ,
* , ? ABOVDED AGRICULTURIST. '
1"
Borne of the prtss of. the country Bays
I the Raleigh:Confederate, are given to harp
ing upon the hardships and sufferings whioh
the pepple have to endure, in the struggle
we are now making for our independence,
for our honor, our property,' our fives?for
'everything dear and sacred tons, ^cnd.we
regret that truth compels us to todd t0 this
lamentable /act, that this groaning, complaining
and harping is made with the man*
ifeft'desire to make the people dissatisfied,
unhappy and to injure the cause. It is foP
ly to argue with men thus influenced and
| actuated; but we would ask those of our
people who are influenced by them, if they
have weighed the? amount of suffering that
VouW inevitably bs^antailed-npon them and
|their. children?safferiqgs .of which the
Ipast are but a drop in the ooean of waters.
'Sufferings !?what have been our sufferings
compared with those resulting' from subjutgation
by foroe, orsubmissiod by assent 1?
Shall the loss of property, great as it has
been ; shall the physical gpins, the mental
;sorrow, the heart-riven anguish, untold and
souKharrowing as they Tiave been ; shall
these purchase for us a boon of shame, oppress^
and wrong, instead of the glorious
need of personal life and liberty of natienal
independence, honor and renown ? Shall
the ooean of the best blood of the South
' - ? ' -? ! n. m ? A L.ml
,8060 in tDIS revolution, oemnirc iu rasii uuu
bind the chains .of oppression, wrong and
.slavery upon us /orevei!
There can be no fears for the result of
the contest in whioh we are -engaged if, as
the Augusta Register says, wo but stkna by
our treasure, and guard it with our lives
and our property. Then we. shall cleave a
place for.ourselves among the nafions of tlfe
earth,, and stand among them respected for
tonr"respectability. But a failure on our
fart'would entiil upon us the most abject1
poverty, the most ignominious disgrace, and
the infinite - acorn and cpntqipely of mankind.
The world will say we have not been
the faithful custodians of the honor of constitutional
freedom. They will say we
bartered our destiny for one that would be
spurned by the least enlightened. They
would hiss upon us in their righteous wrath
and spew the venom of contemptuous regard
in our faces forever. The oppressed among
the nations of the earth wonld cu*se us.?
Even down cast Poland would raise her
bauds ih8t Were worn and'.lacerated*, with.
fkniF cvrtroa nnd flnpfllr her cnntemnt for us :
?y?? bJ ' ? r r - ? - /
Switzerland would say that we were unworthy
to speak the name of Tell, and the records
of Manassas, Shiloh, and our hundred
othpr fields of blood would be only records
of our Bhame. The ghosts of the many
whir-have fallen would raise their lean> lank
| .hands from the grave and iqvoke maledictions
upon us. If wwwish to be among the
first of the nations of the earth - we most
succeed. If we would have the anathema
maranatha of the world, let us fail. The
God of pature has placed iq our power the
i means to achieve our freedom, and if we avail
ourselves not of them we go down in
infamy and disgraoe.
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Ali< Humbug.?We have manymn our
mind's eye, residing not. a . thousand miles
from'Wilmington," to whonrthe following
which we take from the Golumbns (Geo.)
Sun, will apply: f ^ ,
Poor Confederate monev! miserable trash !
worthless paper! cart load wouldn't bay a
splinter from a fence rail! not worth a-;?
dogon ! fit onl/ for Ihe'fire l-1?such are the
expressions doled out by almost every one;
yet, singularly anomaly in human nature,
the very men who %hase and corse this
money most strive hardest to get most of it,
and whe^ amassed, they bug it.to their
"hearts and" love it as dearly as life. No
parting w?th this trash. If it is only fit to
be burned, they never-put a piece of a rig
in'the fire, aud it hurts them worse to spend
a , d#|lar ijow than it ever. d|d. , "Whoever
hears of any of those who tell us what a dollar
was once and what it is how, who in
Such lugubrioni tones attempt to depreciate
Confederate 'rags, throwing away anything,of
giving so very .largely to any benevolent*
object, or e.ven spending it for their own
gratification or advancement ? Most curious
of air curiosities and wonders, everybody
crying down our money, and yet all
endeavoring to ,amnss every cent possible,
and>permitting as Jittle as possible to.leave
their handB. It is not spent.fourth as liberally
as gold and silver wps. This cant is
all hnmbng. If ConfederateSnoney is so
worthless and" contemptible,' what makes
you want it so-badly, strivoso ranch to make
i It and lgjve it so dearly. We yet have to
hoar of an instance where this rtrash has
.been Jihrown away.^ ^ ^ ^ j.
1 ^Gathering Them . IrKr-Tho/.Augusta
Qhronicle says tfry people^ ^ave.-are;Jmsi-;
ly. picking np the stragglers of Shorman's
aridjr. We arc infordid that if tfiey'have
cdmmitted'nb'imprdpel-' act,"they-at^;tinted
as prisonors of'war but wben-ifitAsccfc.
tiuned thai t)iey.havft boepfg^ty gf oop*/
geous ind^cenoies or rinhum^nitiea^1GeQi
Slocum's order "to shoot stragglers" has
been carried out. Four stragglers who misbehaved
them selves in the presence of some
ladies near Eatohton, ti Tew dayp since, were
; afterwardp-taken ^nd ^to^marily disposed
I of. 1
' Thoughts for the.Timesl
' The people mhst be fed. No 'bpeoial
pleading or nicely turned sophistries can
turn aside this issue.- There is bread and
meat in the land, and the hungry and the
, needy require' and must have it. No one
heed blame us" if we speak "plainly on this
subject. We are not to be detefred by censure;
fat nonejWill - oepeure -bpt those who
deserv.e the .maledictions, of the poor for
their hearths conduct 'in tkis time of the
nation's tflri.- We how* there are provisiio&s
in thS" country.'- "If not, we are whippejb-joot
bjrrthrf Yankees', butbystarratron.
Andif there are purisionsr-'/Epoagh for
all, enough, for each"?why; are they not
brought ill and famished to the needy'??
mi a seifons time. -The people are wor-|1
ried 'amf perplexed. Many4 are discouraged.
Hangar wiH diaewfl^ge, fcbeaa-, still toora-c^
Wiil not then a more liberal.polioy.prevail
and food be supplied to the hungry ? Jf
the enemy blockades our ports, and our own
people lock n'p their barns and smokehouses,
' aqdiclose np all the dvetoaes of charity and
humanity, what is .to became of u?.? Are ,
we worthy of independence, or capable of
its achievement under such circumstances 7
Whom the Gods would deslroy they first
make mad?and. nothing bat madness cab
dictate the policy of repudiating oar owa 1
money by refasing provision* for it, The <
carrenoy is the life blood of the revocation, t
and everything ind every ptorsoh'Srbo depreciates
it, weakens oar prospect of sac- cess.
Besides, even if there was no money,, '
at a time like this, when no man cantdl 1
iwhat is to befall him^ or bow soon.all that. 1
he4iasmay be pasted by a vandal foey the ^
holders of supplies shoald be willing to 35- 1
Tide with the needy, and in ?very way' mitfc" gate
the calamities which afflict the land'! 1
? , ? $umtcr Watchman. '
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Christmas Dinner for the Soldiers.
Private TT W. K., of Longstreet's corps" ?
dips from the Richmond Whig and send* f
us the following. We heartily endorse lfcr '
To the Editor of the Whig: I wap ve?y i
glad to seeyonrsaggestions.in last Friday's
Whig in referenoe to sending sapplies to
oar noble soldiers, so that they might have .
a good ChriBtm&s dinner. I feel sore that- ;
.it will meet with a hearty response from ev- ery
one who feels as he shoold towards oar
I knna onJ onlf_oonpifimnrr nrmv. ind that. VA
uioiv ?*? * ?- 55 -- ?J 1 n-" . y-j |
will resolve, if necessary, to dp without par ^
usual Ofaristmas dinner, add send to those <
who are much more deaervingoftbtC good '
-things of our land than those who.are at
home. ..... . ? !
In our oounty the matter has been talked, j
over, and we have resolved to send enough
for the brigade to whioh the most of our
friend* we attached. I hope you vrilhtgain
call the attention of the people to the sub'
ject, and in doing so, yon need not confioe .
yourself to an appeal for turkeys and chick- ,
ens. Yon must remember that before j
Christmas comes "Hog killing time," and )
that chines, spareribs and sausages form a (
very good lining for the.. stomach. And {
then again,' there if the sorghum syrup, (
whioh we must' send, so that after our boys (
have'eaten of turkey, ehiae and "chicken ^
^xings,". they may finish theVepast with- a <
good old-.fashioncdj^olasses.pudding.. Yery .
few are the comforts whioh pijr *rm? are. (
permitted to enjoy. Sorely'the bdme folks {
will'not deny them this one.
r * ;ONE AT,HOME. *!
? ' ?? ?? ^ -r.,?hj hc-.n'h rj
, rBE^psoijrqs.-rlf.thj "OM89bm, \
sion Rips" are not driven.optof ^ooxvilla,.,f
Brownlow expresses his' fea'ra that theyjfrili (
"drive the authorities, aud the rest-of Us,^ t
north of the Ohio riV6r." We hope his
tears may prove prophetic. I Here* is what
anna aP <x"Roi r?i/?nrr uwav AI1P wt< J
no oajo ui - x?tjuiuiug-vtv? ??
"When the news came into our town -of t
the disaster to God. Gillem's command, the *t
rebel women rejoiced aloud, and talked out t
treason defiantly. ' Rebel 'traitors of the It
male'pe'rsaasion, who had taken ihe<aiih lb ^
save their property, were so rejoioe?; th*t- ,d
they could not conceal their feelipgs. Old f!
Secession Rips, who can't live at home, 'and
have come here'fo save their lives, were on ?
the streets ezdlting, and showing .tb^t .^hhy ,g
expected to have their tory friends ip pos-. ,<j
session of the eountry soon. . , , '|
"What we want, and what justice de- ]
mands, is, that these traitors, male and fe- f
male, all be sent Sbath, and their property j
confiscated. The military authoring iiavp i
either to expel these spies, informers and f
traitors from the country, or they will drive ?
the authorities, and the rest of us,- north of a
the Ohio river. The rebels still swear that
tin* nr\n navfr*T /ion llOO hflffi I" '
I/Ub uuo ^iamj vuu i?i? (
1 * rv _ " mi ? t
.3. i.) 'ijy>iL rf? *
| Impossibility op-Southern 8cbjuoa- |
tion.?The rolling mills, stables, storehouses
and some private houses have been, 'J
the telegraph telle us, destroyed at Borne.
Such bailcTiiigs as npay be t of benefit to the
enemy were, we are told, by a dispatch from ^
. Cincinnati,' destroyed at Atlanta. Rome,
Atlanta and thewhiolb line that has cost as
a whole summer to win, and at an. outlay of .
millions ih treasure and thousands in lives
has thus, we may bopclude, been abandoned.
Will the people of thpse. States ever
anderstandthat in uriffertaking the conquest
of the South, we are,'doing to day what
must of necessity be uudone to-mo^ow, bat
attempting the impossible??New York
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***** - n
' Supposed Change op Level in the \
Green Mountains.?Dr. W. K. Scott, of 0
Buffalo, has written to Silliman's Journal" j
that, on a, recent visit to the home of his 0
youth, in. Hoosick, New York, near Ben- j
ninglon, Vermont, he was surprised to find a
that Motint Anthony^ which , in his boyhood ?
was a conspicuous object ffcjm fiis father's jj
hodse,^ was now no longer visible at all, the ^
view being intercepted by a bill which he E
thinks .most have risen in altitude in- the t
coarse of. fifty years since be left the place. a
He trfetitrohar "'sbme other changes/ an<f id- e
duces the testimoh^ of Bomb pfciteoDB 'Who
remember the formerjqflteai*h)B?of the lo
oality, which is now quit* different. c
'JtST GTeorgia has, notwitb8tanding"$he W-(
rasioo of her own soil ana the preeenoe on.t
of a hostile force far surpassitggnnptott
ias ever entered
i noble example in/r3efebc(u^bt|^^^a
:he soil of South Carolina'.
South Carolinians will be justly docdlfed
^gross reproach if they do not, old or young;?
jODMriptftpr exempt#,
>pportunity, imitate and repeat tbepxample,
whether on the eas^or west side of Savannah
river. . . ( lo r/
* The pledges given' by B&rtow,_an.aJsdkiod,
and others; to and for* Charleston, on'
hecelibrstlon of the compfction'Und open- '
ng of the Charlp8ton ;4mi(d -^M?nilifc B?P
Road,- have been fnlly.rede^ue^so:^^
ire still recognized,^ the surveyors. _
From what Has been done ana aaraT by?
Dor brethren of the Palmetto toll elsewhere
in ibis war^eHvono fours fbr tbem^bbt
ire only ask and beg that all ooncerned, at
borne and on our o wn-coil, should see to it
that a State thus represented in the army
near the border afal} not suffer stain, or
detriment because ber * "reserves" acre not*
jqoal fti Gettgito and?V^iidf* +
Virginia reserved at Saltviiib, Y]iyaaajaiii\ '
the Georgia reserves .at !Gone^J3il]^^|Bi^]
Carolina, have ipade a record whicn .the)
reterans under Lee wooH not disdain to
jwn?Charleston Courier. ' CrfiSw*3r
,, _: i?a?. *; Is w So
Desertion of a Colonel.?Colonel,
Barry Wejlmore, of General A. P. Hill's.
jorps, yesterday reported himself at ihe'of?ce
of the Provost Marshal as a deserter1
from the Southern army* having takeA'Sltf?
>atb of &lJ#gianfCe, fnitbfr-JPfcjfcnfr.
mutt,lprool&m&tioQ,
Be expressed a desire to remain in. BajJbh- *
note, hot Captain Weigel informed Bw.
;bat he mast go north of the Sonthern nnC'1
)f the State of Pennsylvania tqrifos; aAt
hat within twenty four bojya, to which he'
* e ? .1 _ a * . .la "* iti
iad to agree, At toe preanog eat or taej
W.ellmore.went Soufhj received a capamPs
comlbissibn, arid after a' short teriaa'of4
service was captured; tin ^hoiWbadhf on the
line of the upper Potdmae^ Hp %at;*ab-;
jeauently released from custo^a^ fitfg*?
id into business in Jhis pity^^pd-rpmainodr
lere until General Schenrtt assumed'com- [
nand"of this Department, wfipntre #as?rrested
by Colonel
;he lines to the South, nit \o return'during
;he wag under the peqalty pf being trusted
Bate^VS?M.7Md
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19- The Yfmjree papers say Mapaatftwiietta ,
is in trouble. Her importations of Swedes,
Poles, Germans, Hungarians, ?c., "by*, the
fsatgo-, to fill^ber quotas Vttdwr^wr
recent calls for troops bave tuflHfti'VttP bad-*
ty, and the War Department i* thinking of.
refusing to give hep credit foe the scum thu4foisted
upon the publio service. The jkcj,
is, that nearly all these imported mercenaries
have deserted under the HberiQ HftnP'
if General- Lee's proclamation,' and that
mch .as have not been able to4esert are nearly
unable or unwilling to fight. . In a rq>
rent case jn the rifle pits before Petersburg,
ihey dropped their: arms and lay5 Sowb flat
>n their bellied!* i
;ug coJo^iB ewhpfcrofflftfbem, cahryiog ell.;
*> Petexsbaig ,
is prisoners. They plead in exeuse. that
hey Knew nothing 0/ our quarrel,"and have
it r Wtoef*ewbwi*'
Sorope for peaceful end n0o4>dliger$nt,te-I015
<?' Wlrppd^ oafthi, .
no S6ryic8i *
* ? oaJU&ydLjUBBd Ia X***
dNfcr& -certoporo&rfl ^ ofj the r.Aogvta';
Register, writing/torn ^harloty^ ,
0 the ladies.at various stopping places, on
he ronfe frbtn iBevattSitb - far C h a rioi'fce, Dor'
heir kindness arid" ?&!%<''In" toifc|jftto?gS?
0 the want* of the aoJ4ie*$, r^ormngfcnm:.,
i^feas4 -??N? iJtethww'wpsia
ollows:; * . . -,, - ,
?ii
1 ways see ttfefce angels of "mensy^disp^iT"
iqg Similar chanties., rl learned ihe ai?eif->
^ % ftaWfc: WlfcdHfeq
Intobison and^Miss Caldwellj.ftf t&atplaee. .
l he modesty of fill these ladies will he of
ended by the mention of theirtijr a
>erfeot strangest Bat this folii of'pa*rfe*U
sip, or benificpnqe, and..J will JtdtbofiwiJ
igion, while it enobles them, constitutes.^,
emarkable featnre in this great revolutiop,
nd may be omitted in its History.
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Sherman's Fpa^p.?The Nashville cmr?. y
e^pon^ent pf the New Yock lHilj AJrw ... .
orqebWhioh left Atlanta, and jrniqtrtie says..
?ere "blabbed 1 tSuP*Jt)jrJceAairi ^oftiefenrpf
! henna n;s staff whikt dft^hki odi V>
jXl?e; away of IkftrrMnwiiigb
row on learing Atlanjta.;?, ^hnai
1 14th Corps, : : : . 9,000 ..
15th Corps, : 10,000 '
17th Corps, : j' odi "
* 20th Corps, : : ::t ?9,00ft''foci
Cayalry, : : 10,000. "
Total, : : JkMrft0.
ii-tomfi" : ii"#?*"1
c-it .o ' nBta " ? T..-fy^a &J
I?* Yankee Account ojs ymj -gfcsfco
[amyelle fight.?TheForf BoyaLpia^
ee papers, in their report of this fight, ad^
lit a loss on their side of between 800-aad
,000 killed and wounded. TKeir look- idJ
fficerswas partionlarly' severs/ .. The 55th7;
lassachusetta (negro) regiment lost its opl-,
nel and nearly every cpnjpiif pfficer^? ^
L detachmentof thVlsVth PenDsylvanifTpf *
boot 200 men-from Fort Palaskfe, Aart
our officers killed 'and-thirty 'five privates ;illed
and wonnded. They acknowledge a.
i&d defeat, bat attribute it to overwhelming
lumbers. The force was- oollected from
be different garrisons in th? department,
,nd the expedition planned and oonuqand-;;
id "by Oten. Foster hims^f. -1
i Jr" ' .? oyfli*
? Major Qsneral Mansfidd^Lotert kPwnW!
m a visit to Savannah.
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