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[ j. i.ftL.A ostsr, J Proprietors ^n fitbtgenlttitt Jfamifj ; fUfos pager: Jar i|e^rom#fit rf tjjt ^trfifital> SatijI, ^gritnlftrrf, sub -Cffntnitrrfal J[Mcrk|3 of' i|V l"? --^V L ~~~~--^=^=^= ??-=-=^=-?? - = -.j=?^.-==?L., , .. , _ - , | VOLUME 11. YORKYILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, FEDi^SDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1865. : ^n iMJlttaE&' ..V For the Yorfcrille Cngulrer. *. =~*~ "AW APPEAL. ' What were the world withputthoee charfhn, Which, even the anp soul disarm* Ai Hiw> of fraae tudaiflaeu? > ? - - " * Afi! look vdondtheif, Nature's ehild>t . .t'*, L? fhnoy wWBdedlrWMd wild, Tojgo, w|iaft*fft beseen. , ' ?>a^ jjw-j.jsa- . . '.sk'd' i. i - Where* the heart thet does not know, / Life wert not life, without in woe, ' < to?uwhine?ndlttfet?Alld*urn light?all is sot gloom, That mirks our pathway to the tomb? Through hopes, and doubts, and feaza. ? mbA V: *?' C Clouds. though clothed is.gloom profound? ; -? Are oft with "altYer lining1' bound? .1 Cay, beautiful and bright ' . And what's tf ftr-lf aor to show, That we must mlagle here below? With sorrow and delight ? ^ i ?* A? ri-J! Why are the little stars of light, T , Set in thesaUSWnm of Nights ft" they're no tale to tell ? Do they not,woo oar thaug&U away, From darkness, to an endleaa day, . ??-?,. . >-, . Do they not apeak in gentle tones; ... v , *4* ijmth, wtdl Shraigbtog sickle' moans, - 1 . Which aveth through the aommer aUowcr,. I ttsUi In beauty in Joy- ... ?r Bat, ah ! there comoam'wintry rata, ' v Than, shall that life be idly spent, vtomsimmsi m? While from ota lapd, a cry there cornea ; - i : cAnftuvrn ?>,.?? V?i f^nrhem -"?- ' ' * Tyom bouuicrn nc&rtSt ana oouuicrn duiucjh. Ae*tr1t$ifWfi"' %j^gpaw&. And *bail those accents be unbehrd? Call forth no kindly dead and word? -v ' -t> To aoothn. their misery ? While ptentyigathers round tby door, Oh! wilt thou care not, for the poorMade deaolate, by war J V; ;* > <v Than, God of .Mercy, take them home, Where cold and famine, cannot come Their hallowed Miss,tomar. '* ' "' na', i THELLO. _ I5rraiBr?. OMH? Agenij cV5wi^|i of S,4 C-, ' Camden, January 10, 1865. I^Inohedienceto orders from his Excel lency theJQovernor, the 8tariff* of the sev?the slaves liable to Koad doty within then respective Districts, aocotding to the provision8 of an Act of the General Assembly of South Carolina, a copy of which is hereto appended. IL Commissioners oFKonds, and the Authorities of incorporated Cities, Towns ajjd Villages mil, within thirty days after the paieagVdfttta Act shove referred to, fornish the Sheriffs of their respective Districts, with fall and correct returns of all Slaves liable to Jioad duty, between the ages of 18 and 50 years,, within their respective jurisdictions. These returns will b? "based on statements of owoers sworn to iD writing." III. The Enrolling Officers of the several Distriots of the State are hereby ftppotn W ted, andwill please act witbin their respecB tire Districts, as. Sab-Agenta, under the ? provisions of the 4th section of the Aofc.? ft Thdy will give to the Sheriffs and those acting under them any assistance which may be required, in procuring returns of owners, in making assessments of labor,, and in ft cases pf default in arresting slaves. Thej wiU also forward the slaves when impressed to th# places pf labor, prqvidltlg a diacree! perseof to taW charge oP^beto, anidyifi B keep an accurate record of the names ol | owner*,-number of slaves furnished by eaoh, and thair-tornfe of service. Transportatioc B will be furnished from this office. tV. The assessmentof sleveswHlbe hWe K in the following manner, to wit: ' The owner of 2 Road Hands will furnish K 1 for 2 mouths. ft " The owner of 3 Road Hands will furnisl B 1 for 2 months. The owner of 4 Road; Hands will furnisl 1| 1 for 4 months. The owner of 5 Road Hands will furnisl V 1 for 4 months.' '* ft The owner of 6 Road Hands will furnisl 1 for 6 months. * The j>#ner of 7 Bbtd Hands will furnisl 1 for 6 months. The owner of 8 Road Hands will furnisl 1 for Smooths. The owner of 9 Road Hands will furnisl B 1 fur 8 months. The owner of 10 Road Hands, will furnisl 1 fof 12 months. And in like manner with, fractions abov> Ten. Hf^iAtfin^.Mfl^lWniBrs h*v ?|, ing fractions above or bdbtfTen, may unifc mf aod fmnrift 1'abide for 12 months.7' | W V. -The' attention of Sherfffirafld othfiiri | charged with receipting for and appraisio^ ft slaves, Is especially directed to the pro visB ions of theuAot in relation to this matter.? Too mhoh ease oanqpt be taken, for upor the niMwr dnahmve of this dutv depend] V the claim of tike owner for indemnity if hii W slave ler fest The blanks furnished by thii W office will be used in all cases. VI. The Act contemplates the^ impress ment of slaves whose physical condition will I enable them to perform labor on the forti m fi cations. Where, no objection exists, saol slaves .will be received as fcr? offered bj W owners. w VIx Owners will find it to tbeir interesi | 'to provkte.their slaves, taken for this ser I vice, with a comfortable outfit of clothing, m &o.; and at the time^of -delivery for transit portatioh to places of labor should furnish S them with at least fire days' rations of*cook ed food. ?*t *-* '. X" w. I VIII. The time of delivery of slaves ta ?f ken under this order for impressment, wil! be op Wednesday, the 8th of Februar next, at sucb points as will be dssignatet to a future notice. As the demand for la K bor is most urgent, it. is desirable that tb< g& impressment should proceed as rapidly a possible, kncf the 'slaves be turned over t -the Sub-Agents to be forwarded rto tb places of frbor before the date above men K 'SoneC< * *" V- ' vV IS. Under this Law all slaveholdei owning two or moroRoad Hands are iiabli and na exemptions or details will be rega ded bj offioers charged with the impress * ment. R. B. JOHNSON,. . Agent of the State of S. C. ... Aw- Aot to repeal all acts and part op acts heretofore passed by th leg is la to re op ^tbtis state on th subject op furnishing slave labo ON THE -COAST AND FORTIFICATION WITHIN THIS STATE, AND OTHERWISE I PROVIDE FOR FURNISHING SUOH LABOI * 8e&? 1. Be xt enacted, by the Senate an Souse^of Representatives, note met andji ting inx General Assembly, and by the a\ tJiorxty of the same, That in order to fui Didh the necessary ola vo labor to Work o the bOaM of this State and thefo^ificatior within the limits of the same, there sba be organize*!! a force, Consisting'of mal slaves "between the ages of eighteen,-ah fifty yeara, liable under existing laws 1 road duty, Dot exceeding in number, at an one timej of one tenth part of said slavei to Cerfe for the term of twelve months froi the date of their impressment, subject, hov ever, to the righW of their respective owe era, at the cxpiiation of every three m'Ontl of said term of service, to substitute othe slaves so liable to road duty in their plao< and who by suoh'eabstitqtion shall oonst tute a portion or the whole of said force, a the case may bo, from the respective date of suoh substitution. This foroe shall b raised by a genera! impressment1 throughoc the Whole State, whenever his Excqlleno the Governor may order or direot such ( gentof the State aahemay appoint to mak . each impressment, under the provisions < this act. But if the impressment of a let number- than one tenth would produc 8D0U1Q M IOQna co 06 samoieos, iuen III imj^essment afajcll be made on tbe State s Urge aooordin^to pnq uniform rnle of < quality, to bo "prescribed in the orders the Governor directing such impressment t be made by the'State agent; and wbatow number greater than ten shall beWpresor bed as a divisor to make the appointmei by, no fractions of slaves, either below c above snoh number selected as a divisoi 5 shall be, ocrasitfered' or 'taken into the aj portion merit, unless it is at least one fift f oftnore of such diviBor ; and in each case tbe fraction of one fifth Bhall be taken b requiring the party owning it to famish on ' hand'for two months, with the same rigt ' qf substitution as in ease of whqle nnmberi and'the same rule as to fractions shall b observed where the number tan is issaed a tbe: divisor in making* the appointment. Sec. 2. It shaft tie tie duty' of bis Ea cellency the Governor to appoint a Stat agent; such agent to be seleoted from th class of persons not liable to conscription i 1 Confederate military servioe, if the servioe of a suitable agent oan be seoured from sai oIsbs, who shall reoeive for his services th 1 pay of a lieutenaqt colonel of infantry s allowed by the Confederate Government during his employment, to be paid, to hii monthly by tbe state. , SEC. 8. That it shall be the duty of tb State agent aforesaid, immediately on tb reception of any order from his Excellent the Governor, to make impressments < slaves, under the provisions of this set t ' extend aaoh orders to-the Sheriffs of tb | several judicial districts of the State, whos J duty if shall be to execute the same in thei , respective districts; audit shall be-fchedtft | of the Commissioners pf Roads and the.at : thorkies of incorporated* cities, towns an villages, and such other person or person ' as fcM Statd agent may appoint, -to farois 1 to the ^hferiffe .of theii respective district! within thirty days after the' parage of thi act, a foil' and" correct return of all mal slaves liable to road duty within their rei pective jurisdiotioDS, which returns sha be based on statements furnished by th ' owoers of such slaves, sworn to io writiot i Said statements to be returned to tbe Seen t&rv of the Boards of Commissioners ( Roads, and by them kept oq file. And shall be the doty of the said Sheriffs, upo being duly notified by the Baid State agei of any order for the impressment of slaves t aforesaid, thirty days before, to summon a 1 owners liable ander said order to farnis slaves, to have the slaves so liable at tl respective depots, and at the proper tim< giving ten days' notice thereof to the owi er, for transportation ta the placd of labo: as may be directed by said order. And tb said Sheriffs shall, in their respective di ; fcriets, with the assis&aoe'of a respcctabl j loyal oitiaen, to be obosen by the owner < j each slave, if he will,' and -not,4 bytb 'Sheriff,'appraise said, slaves on their delci , ery at said depots; and in case of their disi , grcement, they shall select a third -citize | of like qualification, whose decisions sha . be final i and to give receipts to the ownei , for them, specifying in said receipts tfa j names of the slaves, the vacation put upo } them,'and the term of service for whio , they are impreseed, a duplicate ofwhio . receipt shall uIbo be famished by the sev< xal Sheriff to the State agent. And I upon the day and at the plaoe so notifiec any owner of slaves so liable shall fail t i haye thfcm in readiness, then the Sheriff.! p the district where suoh owner resides sha immediately arrest sucb slaves ana sen l them forward to thejplace of labor; the co: .1 of such arrest, subsistence of slaves, an transportation to bp paid by the defanltin . owner and to be taxed and collected t j other costs now are by law. And whei there is snob default, failure, or refusal i send slaves, after dne summons to the owi . ers by the Sheriff, and the* said slaves at I taken by the Sheriff, the slaves of snob d< j faulters sb&ll labor and serve on the militj ry defences for twice the period of tinj . specified in the call made by the Governor B Provided, Tnat the slaves thus turaishe a shall not be detailed for any other sen u 5 than such work as is iutimateiy counecic 9 with the'defence of this State. i*| Sxo. 4. That the State agent may, wit the Qonrtnt of the Governor, appoint sus -s other sub-agents as ma; be found necessary if and proper to the execution of the pibtfs' r- ions of this act. But in no case shall he } appoint any person as such agent who'is liable to oonscription in.Confederate servioe and physically able for active servico in the * army; such agedts shall be paid by the s State eight dollars per day for their services e at the end of e&oh month. e Seo.?5. The respective-Sheriffs/ for their b services rendered nnder the provisions of <8 this aot, shall be paid by the State eight 0 dollars per day whilst actually engaged in t. the disoharge of said* doties, besides their ^ costs for arrests and for forwarding pris'oht. ers so arrested in pursuance thereof, which E latter shall be -paid by the owners of said prisoners. ? ,> - n Sec. 6. That the pay for each Slave, shall is be eleven dollars per month, and be furnM"1! ed with sufficient /atjons and two stfiiPof le Clothes duri ogphS*term <3*0 tfe year,' or on e 3 soft of clothes every six months, including ;o two pairs of shoes and'one hat for tiie year, - i? it y uy tuoutaw, ui a iau wwiiiuihiiuu iu uiuus, ey for the clothing If furnished-by the ownn er. And that it shall be the dqty'of the r- State "agent to certify the-pay-biila for tbe i- pay of the said slaves for their respective is owners, specifying tb e number of said siaves, r the tim^they Have be"en "employed, and the >, ntoes'ofthe owners; which bills, so certi[ bed, shall entitle the owners, by themselves is or their order indorsed thereon to reoeive is the same from the State, and Bald Jbills shall c be forwarded to the Sheriffs of the' respeotit ive districts where thfe owners Wide,. to be y delivered by them to said owners.ir . ^ i- Sec. 7. That the Coftmissioriers of Roads,, e city, -town, and village authorities, for neg$ lect of any of the dhiies required of them is respectively " by this act, shall be liable to e indictment, and upon conviction fined in a e sum nOt exoeeding "one hundred dollars.? it And that any Sheriff Who shall neglect Or >? refnsVto discharge any of the duties re>f quired of lhim by "this act, shall be liable to o be indicted "and punished upon conviction sr as for a misdemeanor, in addition to liabilii fy on His official bond to qriyr person'who it may have been aggrieved by- duch default. ,r Sec. 8. That if shall be'the duty "of the r> State agent to, visit all the camps of the la** borers, to exanrinetheir condition, to ob'j| ^erve their treatment ; and disoiplihe, to exi8 amine their food, both as to quality i&nd 7 quantity, and to see that it is the- proper ra-, e tion for eaoh, as is allowedly law, as well lt as theirclothiog, and especially to inform h himself aa to their medical and rargioai at tendanoe'and care,, and whenever required s to, report- the same to the Governor ; and gartTcaler^et the conolasion of .tbe term ot service or eacn ievj, it tarni oe nis auty e to (sake such report to the Governor, in e whose possession it may be open forexapiio nation by the owners of the said slavey. And s it shall also be his duty to prohibit the ind fliction of corporal punishment by oner slave ? upon another, and shall require that if a ? slave is to be punished for any. default of t, his duty,, the punishment shall be adruinisn tered by> white maainan^horjty. And for the neglect or refusal of said.ag@nt.to q discharge faithfully any pf his duties-as e prescribed by this act, h& shall be subject j to removal from office by the Governor,* as )f well as liable to an 'aetion forjjamages by o any individnal who has been injured by his le negligence or default of dijty. ie Sect. <9: Transportation shall be furnished ir by the .State-agent for slaves impressed uqy der this act at the oapenaa-cftba. State,t going to and ret ami tig from, the place of d labor home, and in . returning also with euf? is ficent rations.to last them home; and' trans* h portaUon sbaU be furnished irflike manner for snbatitote in: going, to and returning if from said place of labor. And tin account e should he kept by said agent of all expen* ditnres incurred and, paid by the. Stato?in II providing tho slave labor aforesaid, and in e carrying this act into fall ezeoation, which ; "shall be annually deposited by him in the I* office of the Governor of the State to be >f presented or preferred by him as ? claim by it this State against the Confederate Govern.n ment for payment, and that the funds ne ?? 4* ? ?11 Jt4t?aAa tMAHUBA#] utJMSUijr tu au cApuuibvuoo Jiuuiuk^u is under the provisions of this act shall be paid 11 oat of the funds of the-publio treasary not h otherwise appropriated, upon the presentaie tiop of the pay-bills signed by tbe* State 3# agent. t- Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the Govr, ernor and the State agent to have tall slaves e returned to their owners upon the expiras tiun of the term of service for which they le were impressed; and the owners of enoh as j? may have been killed* or died from disease e duriog their term of servioe, shall not be r. liable to supply their places with other i- slaveefor tbo unexpired portion of said term n of service. - ;4 <5f> 11 Sec. It. If the Confederate government should make any impressment of slave labor o over and above what is to be famished by n the provisions of this act, in view of greater n emergencies than are contemplated in this h act, then and in that event the owners of 3- such*slaves shall have oredit as for so much if labor famished for coast duty. ' 1] Sec. 12. That all acts and parts of acts o heretofore passed by the Legislature of this >f State on the snbjeet of famishing labor on 11 the coaBt or fortifications, be and the same d are hereby repealed. 3t In the Senate House, the twenty-third day d of December in.the year of oar Lord one g thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, is and tbe eighty-ninth year of the sovere eignty and independence of the State of! <o South Carolina. J-' . W. jbv PORTER, ? * ^ < President of the Scoato. F . Jt. J5. JtUYL.JUSTUiN, Speaker of the House of Keprcsontatives. ! te -* '?*" . " ] . Benefit of Adversity.?A smooth" 1 sea never made* skilful mariner.- Neither i :0 do uninterrupted prosperity and success ^ quality us for usefulness or happiness. The storms of the ocean rouse, the faculties and h excite the invention,-prudence, skill and ih fortitude of the voyager. ' % f- - : v From tbo'Columbia CaMMfent- -V & ? "' Our Uuty. It ia the dnty.of fcvefy "oitilen to enoour- 1 age the feat amid all the advene oircnm- 1 stances of the war which, is npon as. Sab- ' jagation ia the horror of which we most not 1 ! so much as think, ^except to avoid it. at * - - ? ' m whatever sacrifice and by whatever toil and 1 | endurance. The thibd cannot conceive' of * so terrible a condition/ so awful a doom. ? 1 Happy, in comparisonwould bd the trav- 1 eler drtgged"'down-by parsufngwolvCB.? 1 Happy the captive who might fkH into' sav- ( age hands.' Their fete,' though terrible/ 1 would be'brief in it8 sufferings. It would be agony, indeed, if tec, the living men and women of these2 Confederate States,' shoald hate to litf in-tfedusf before the midst' abhorrent people on earth, wfth ibeirhoof on Ottt necks, and have the low, malignant tyranny of men who hatenS as they1 do; bat, oh ! .when we add to this the thought that our" children would thus be trodden "down 1 by their children, /and oar children's ohil d ren by their child re c's children, the very idea beoomes a torture too intolerable to be contemplated ! If W6 Were base enotigh to yield our own rights, we could ho t dare thns 1 to betray our posterity ! For th&iI Sin bat- ! tie mnst'go on 1 "Were ite' tif ndw&r; otnr children would enrte ourmemorieHn-fbe bitterness of their SoulS",**?! IbO world 1 ftpaM say fBBsrfcsww*- > * ; Seeing, then, th'atwe have no.election, no choice But to perseVere, let 08 animate ! each other to the exercise of a'cheerful courage ah <T an' "dnoomplafning fortftude/' TLet ns do this as an obligation of doty and of principle.When the Israelites had d ear 1 y reached the end of their wanderings,'and wefe about to confront their enemies, "there were "found those who caused fheir hearts to faint h/their evil prophecies. 'The iiad, they said, is indeed a good lau^'triS 'fwe Kfl mrt# r*T\1a Irt nn nrminlat T\nAr?lo fX? i/O t%*JV uvw irv vi|r hgniudv ?uv a/wuvsv y ?vi they are sfron^er tAa/i ire." It.was in vain that thecourageoos'- Cal^b and Joshua endeavored to inspire * thorn with' braver"eentiments. ItWas invainthat they asailred them -they were *" !flnftfe" to cdnqaer.^-. "Would God we hid^ed in the' ISod of Egypt," was the bitter lamentation. "jihd 1 they said One to anbther/Mtus make as "a captain, and let 08 return 'into "Egypt."? 1 WMU"Wbrth"e eflfeetof (his feihtr-heart^S-' ness'and cowardice ? '^o-iponW 'turn' you; hnd get you into the wilderness by the WhyoffMe At the elowof their ' piigrimage/'ahf in* s^ht of, peaee: an 9 hop-" 1 pind?,Nthefwere turned hack a^jlfn^ptf condemned to waqder forty years In the' 1 wilderness! Such was the. effect' on-' the public" interests. As to their individual ! fortunes, of all that multitude, the only p&senS who' lived to conquer, were thtftneri who affirmed their ability to conquer, and encouraged the effoTt./ Shall we not learn the lesson ? says'thq Kiohmond Sentinel. Alas, how'often have wo, too, been returned to our"wanderings by oar fears ? ;How" often has tfie. peaoe ( which was near "by, "and needed only q brave hand to seize it, beenH^t or^Belayed by our timidity? If the war.liaa lasted four years ' instead of one, let us J>l*mq ourselves. If there be some among as who are forgetting and forfeiting tha^JDiyine favor so sign ally displayed in our beha|f in the past, and who are inquiring whether it .would pot be bet ter to "reconstruct the Uaion," Detter to "return unto Egypt," let; them remember, j and let the jpeopja^em^mW, that it is such unmanly. trembling, ^eh* treason jo our . birth, rig^t as this, that prolpng Uie war >nd' gi ve^adyahtage to-our enemies!' No man ( can tell how many years have been thus added, or will be thus added, to our season of trial. Let us indignantly turn from all suoh^ooward croakers aqd take as" oar coon- , sellore the brave men among us, the Calebs aqd Joshuas of our laud ! Let us all catch their courageous spirit, and animate each , other, to the display of faitb and zeal. This j is the way to conquer ! As for $he men , who, on' every reverse and in every season , of discouragement, cry out, "would .God we bad remained in the Union," "were it not ( better that .we return into the Union"? , thav nnffht to be ashamed of themselves!? , The people ought to hies them! The boys *>nght to hoot,at them. , Awa^ with each craven cowardice 1 "He that hath no atom-, aoh for this fight, let him retire/' . Let him go ts> England?to,CaDada^-tp Mexico?or to "Egypt" ajjain. Bat let oar men, oar real men, the men 'whom God^will bless, and for. whoso sake He will Mess the oouotry-?let these unite to cry out, "let ub go up wi once" and meet pur enemies, "for we are well able to overcome thenf." It is saoh faith, snob generous zeal an Courage, that we must cultivate in ourselves and enr courage in our felloWB,.. We shall find in them at once the safo- road to independence and the,short road to peace- ... O ?" iipn 1? * The Two Editors Captured.---Stoneman reports that he coptured two "rebel editors" in his recent raid and sent their presses tb Brownlow as a Christmas gift'. The two members of the editorial corps, who were* so unfortunate as to'fall-info- the handtr oTthe Yankete Philistines were, the ( Lynehborg Virginian supposes, Mr. Sperry,. t of the Bristol Register, affd Mr. Cole, of the 1 Abinedon Vifainian. We know that the \ re'sjfeotive offices of those' gentlemen were 1 destroyed, and it is not improbable'^that tbey themselves were captured at the same time. It was bad enough to. lose their property and their liberty, but for their presses to bo sent to the "vile old Ishmaeiite, Brownlow, was adding intolerable insult to iDjary.?Petersburg Express. . - ? ? ?L- ?~ ' ' a.. j StrBSTiTOTEs.?General Sherman boasts id his ^dispatoh to Lincoln of having taken in his trip through Georgia, seven fho tsand slaves. The motive on the part t>f his troops in doing this, was, as avowed while they wore in Milledgovillo, to sell them as sub1 sticntes?saying; for-'a good hoalthy fellow ; theynould got fr<5m five'tc seven hundred dollars a piece. This is cbattctorihtic of the I 1 Yankee. j< Life on the Tttoon. v J The discoveries of scierioe are becoming more astonishing every day; and in no department dre, tb$ae '* more InWesting than the rgcenVTeeearobetf of astronomers in Inaaf geography. ' Until qnito recently, the surface of the moon'was Supposed to be a vast fifelefls desert. Astronomers have abased the mood fa Bve^ possible Vty. Th#y have said that there was no heat iAnlootishihe. They have denied the moon ah atinbspSefe, and consevronTd he exceedldglyundesirable. But Kudrhnd Mellohihave shtfirh, by very ekfcdt observations, tblft there fs neat in the moon's'raya. * , ' Zantedesohi has discovered that this beat produces a sensible effect Upon the mimosa. An English philoeopfifr has found that the earth is colderidhrlng'thefiWt duarter of the tooob than if is in~tbe sehtMd: ,' - ; ; Upon the growth of plants'the moon ekerones a remarkable infioe%ce^ 'The chemU cal action ot light % neofesssir^ to tbeir -principal rfork,the l^bsbrpfforrofcarfeon'- from thecarbooifi acrid* gurof the atmosphere.? This wprk all ^trta ca'firy qn5 'doring, the da/, ana in*;the ttight' Ifiey sleep, Except When the moon shines. 9fce wakes them and sets theta at work". ! So the farmers' who plant 15My just before 'the fall tnooifare rigH^'and the scoffers who oallfhem snpfirrtitfdns are themselves the' foolish'onelr*Por if sown before or hear new moon, the young pfanlir gef ibov^ grwiffifjaat atr the fall,- when'thV-fendeY* thingr deedf"sleep:-* Bat if sown jait before" the tfpt about new moA,* to* their babyhood dndeffhe soothing inffbenoVo^darh nights', ahd when'the"fall mooa'ooines' are jstnrdy n^oblol able-to work nighVand day. : 'The moon-wortfclp|53i*are'$ At alsq, ib regard 'to the influence of %e mooo upon tbefweather.' ^ ffer^tmf^Artgo, 4'ncfjWbewelVveoogqised that the moon fcad'someSigtit powers in dispersing clouds. The sailors go farthwy attdwre^he moon eatsqp'the (floods. Af the list feeetingfvof tb'i" British As&id&r tion it vria sfiovrtAfiat the weather, through a long series" of Wedrsj depended a littte-^-a Very little?upon the* phases of the moon ; and Qaefelet,- theDlrecjof dFthi^ Brussels misorrntriTo Knn'slinwn )iitf'?nnn tTio SrsC and last quarters of the moon more and not less rain falls tlian do ring the remainder tf' the tSme. Howevef, 'fine weather and greater rainfall may go together. ' Finally, Webb, after a oardfol coiffjiarison of the present appearance of the moon edtb1 the very pretnsetnaffs made IiyBtuller wme twenty years ago,ITah'ehbwh thifeth^ire have .been considerable changes. Some of the'small craters, in 'particular, have a notably different form from what they had when Moller observed them.'- These changes sbo'w the existence of water and an atmosphere. Father Beecbi, Director of the' Roman Obsemrafcoiy," after mfcoh observation has come to the conclusion that the peaks on the highest mountains on the moon are ibvei-ed-trifti'-Bnow. ' And to make' taw 6t3Tl more kfr home on the mobn, De la Hive,.the owner of the observatory at Crawford, hear London, givfe ft as his 'opinion that what were at first marked down as seas', 'and afterwards supposed to bex barren plains, are in fact "extensive forrestsT In support of" this comei4^ a great "astronomical aritfhbrity? Sohwabe, the 'discoverer ' of'the peri<&ic times of the son's spots. Besides these gr^at smooth plains, which tfere called seas,' there are*a hhtnberijf Barrows add wrinkles, nearrTy a hundred, the nature of whioh 'is entirely unknown. Their lengthVaries frbm three to thirty-five miles, and' their greatest breadth is about five 'thousand feet; most of them are considerably narrower. Their sides are parallel and smooth ; some are run in straight light tides, and some4are gently uorved. ' Ordinarily tbey are' separate, bat sometimes-they cross oraters, but occasionally tbey seem to be oat off by them. They ire found aM over-the surface of the moon, srcept on the mountain ohaTns.' Of these farrows Sohwabe has made careful study at various times. He found them k> consist of very-fine parallel dark lines, i Separated by clear spaces. A few months later the lines Of streaks had disappeared, tmt'ifrer a little while they returned, again :o disappear. In this periodic change he thinks that he . finct proof that these lines ire rows of'trees, and the clear streaks 1&- i :weon them are the bare ground seen when ' the trees wet leafless; when the trees are in fall-leaf the ground is so covered as to pro- i iuOe a uniform .shade, and the lines dfsap- ' pear. - * , - - i -Nbtbing la more natural than U> suppose that the darlf Spots on the moon are forests; 1 >ut how shall we account for the growth of : ;heae trees in right lines ? -This hypothesis re must for the present consider to be only i hypothesis. With the aid of photography, which will seed re for us aoourate pio- ] ores of .the moon from time to time, we I nay hope that the question will be solved, 1 ind that we may'really find oat what is go- I ng on upon the surface of our satellite, , :??*ag.T?i? i , -taf One of the veteran. aid well' tried j livisioos of General Lee's army lately sent . o that beloved ohief and general-a respect- , ml petition for permission,' if compatible < vith the pnblio interest and service, to be transferred for a while to the Southern J joast; and in this petition they said, "in ( Virginia, we have fought like men ; but in | South Carolina, we will fight like lions." i ' Such is the spirit of soldiers; and this is < infr a specimen of Lee's army, and of Hood's ' irmy and of good, tried soldiers everywhere. It is not surprising to any who know the ipirit And oharaothr of oar soldiers, and of 1 the host officers and exeojplfcrs who have 1 jeen with and before them, that snob ex- t ;>rmions and utterances should oome from ] nen who, for more than threo years, have i Allowed Wade Hampton from his entering i ;he war as a volunteer "colonel to his pres- t ant well earned place as a generei, prc-emi- I aenfcly distinguished as a cavalry leader, j but exoellently good for any arm.?CAar- i fctfen Countri ' ? J iUW VOVOIUBO* J Twor friends went to a hospital in Virgin* io, for the purpose of bringing hpfee on furlough a aiok soldier. They foqod him in f low sinking condition, but applied to the proper oncers for leave to carry him home with ihem. Leave' being granted, they brongbt him- home, u The poor suffer&g'eol* dier; thn^h the. Jei^er ca^qf ^np Jtinji friend? ,who nursed him on their return, wu enabled to reach his Lome.; bat, it was onljflRf'bid fhreWed io a ioribwing' trfoflleri '"ho bad long andaaxionaly JObked for hiQ return, and hie brothers ';and sisters, who Weeping for their loss had gathered around u UI#J /ama?*a! 1 fa a haMa qn/jf tun. UIB uou mi litu uh?fTNl w uvvw ohm ?fv loved brother, and to go to the ?fj?ppy home" aboie; iortthe Higheisi Power had ordered bis: "Discharge." Yes, the days of bis warfare are over,- Iris ooantry oan no longer olain^^Mrv?d&,-&TbbidISoharge is; final and iftetfboafcle.. * r*?i *:r;Jmgk?+'~ .. (He was^lso a jjoldieT of jths Lord Jesns -;Sw/?;"!wk * J?v*vice, and has received the "crown of Hfe," promised to all zgood andfaithfai ?iso!diers of thacr^' , , 4 ,4i .a We trust he is ia that plaoe pf reqt, prepaid for. all faithful soldiers of Christ; there enjoying reef from al 1 h is ttbora mo troulites fid trials and Wflary watchwgi^4b$i*< m'Se :!?&&** marching and weary wstcbings, through heiiwnd cold, in ha*go{fH<i thirst; yOhnobly stand to-yom poet as wtoldier ?ad.p*ft? 01 your beloved country: remember .von s^e a &ldier of Je^dtfCwft't, ancl although yOu inay not g*tr* 'tfutlbagh" to" rest from the service to whioh.He has called yoreasn for a/cRdsys, jpt ifj^a?vB:Him faithful ly, moq.,00 jriH recci?e an "hooOTble discharge" and the welcome, "well done, noa and faithfnl servant" the" "crown*' whtafc^tfctiiiufK: - " ?* Remember, the good soUKer'a plane hvtt "the front," watching his foes. "W*tcb" says our Great Captain, and the good soldier obeys*; for he knows the command is given because* safety fequfreaTt. For oar foes are ?vi?^wth?/'?tett;apd!?? anut watoh their movements, lest they get an advantage oyer he * . - *'Vphe Tornado Vt'Aflfttftnl*' v . On the night of the 28th December, the town of Auburn _ was viaited by the most terrible and destructive tornado ev?. witnessed by the oldest inhabitant. To day the '"loveliesff village'of the plain" is a scene o# desolation and1 suffering which beggars description. J# A correspondent of the Colnmbus Enquirer, giving an account of the hurricane, says the fdrce of the stdnh seemed to he nnnflnrf/i tit n Kruilth nf' nnt mnVo ttiVn n hundred yards and within the line of its foxy not a house or tree is left standing.? Some ten or more reeidenoes^ besides many Other buildings have been .literally swept from the* ground, with vttiolefamilies buried forw time under the rains. It warn heart rending to hear thf tries for help coming np in the darkness from almost every direction, and to see the mangled, bleeding sufferers when they Wete extricated from their aWflJl" situations. $he Baptist Church, Which was used us one of the wards of the Gilmer Hospital,covered .in its ruins a number ofQonfe derate soldiers, who, by tbe*good Providence of God, v^ere rescued comparatively unhurt."* In one itistanoe a widow had puthar children to djedrfnd heariegthe stoarm*pproachiog, hastily left her chair and placed herselfpver the sleeping ipnooents. In a moment her house was torn by the storm, and the obair she had been sitting in was liteially torn.to pieces, whilst the. widow and orphans wore unhurt. Another .refugee family, occupying one. of ajong range of rooms, was left with her humble shelter undisturbed, whilst the other rooms, unotoupied, were torn from it and scattered by the StOrm.. . t: ... r... . Amidst such a soene of destruction it is wonderful that only four persons were killed in Auburn. One of them was Lieut. James Baznet, a gal'ant officer and a true, good m&o. He was recovering from wounds received in battle, and gone' with his family to spend the night at his father's house.? He.was crushed in the ruins, and "no sound can wake him to glory again." Many were bruised.and wounded?some severely, and perhaps may yet die.- . The tornado passed on to Opelika, and Its terrible effeots were severely felt there? a number of persons being killdd. >. ..J Montgomery Mail, 4th. b ? ??***** . - ** . ..Gratifying Exhibit.?From thereport of the Postmaster General we learu that the Poet Office J)epartment has so far, been more than self sustaining. For the Rant thnao nnirfflto rtf t.hfl fikml TJAftP AllHintf >????-??n??- ? r j? r> June 30th, 1864, the receipts from the sale af postage stamps, surplus of emoluments from box rents and miscellaneous receipts, was 82,968,161 63, and the total of expen- ' iitures for-the same period was 1,570,687 , 14. The Postmaster General says: This large exoess of receipts over expen- ! litures will be materially rednoed on the Hytrin^ in and settlement .of accounts for leVyioes beyond the Mississippi. But there pill still be a large exoess of receipts over jxpenditnres. Ex-Governor Foote Arrested. 1 Richmond, Jan. 13.?Bx-^fcv. Foote ' ias been arrested atOccoquao, Prince Wiliam county. The charge upon which the irrest was made has not been n/ade public. ft i9 understood to have been made without nstruotions from-the authorities in Richnond.' Mr. Foote has cot occupied his ( ieat in the House of Representatives for i ;hreo weeks. lie went toward the Potom- i ic for the parpo3e of sending his family i icrofls that they might reach their home in j Nashville. - ? - . [i m 'soj worse tbin it w&s thij 'tioiy^ut year, and oertainlyji<& half so had tawaa 7. then feared ao<tjT%^^^MByit ?#.?& ^ , cotirt^e Vnfl' ^Bepause we oMnw^ wefb#ei*1&at4p iayo reMon_?fhy w.e.pfa?ildJ4tf?feaf feUgf.' known 6nly to Hfni who presides over the dflfluoy or aaaan?r*aa wBO,-wo??r.perw?ded, wilJ yet lead oar .people tiSnmpbiiflfcly * forth,?ThiSffib?^^ tk***ft? Jt9< * -s wboel of fotjtoe to d*jH w*fr9&H9j0r Ijltnex%tTm?retJ ' /? oat rathleas fee, it cmnnof 'bo .asserted We commend to cfoakeffl hi following- little - artiole, clipped from tie I fern, md ^wh^?a^hMyn , j?mtf fring dl?|r *r rog a?deo)oyift&.tke Jo feet, K I1**## i weather is whrm gujnlautgLJp and disegreeable j''-if y^r^' vite their -mtWuitkm^to -An clearond bidto^ state of tbe-IMRPMjll9 *$} yon that it is a "wetter.broader" andvjgm \ may look for a storm. They.cannot or wul " noit aee the bright Bide of 'anything, and seem to take exquisite delight in koapBSg \ $e99el*j& tibiserablb. +, - a- : * ? -^atl V^ We invito ?11 such to get intatfee,?99? shine. , # * * We have many in the same way in regard to oat army movements. "They hie ?. always looking fcr evil results, and ateadW- V" eo besides themselves in anticipation;.^ the fa evil. Every reverse, great'or smallj is^nagoified ioto a fatal disaster, and to their dieeased imagination all appears lost; iiiitMw straightway go into-the. chilling sh&dcs^of despondency. Even thd cheering news'of ^ B advance movements or of vietoxy, is vifw*d> by them as a military "weather breeder,7'yhich is only the precursor to them af a terrible Storm, of rerersS. 2fce country is cursed with many suoh; who not dnijr nttP deathemselvts miserable by their groundkea feare, bat.try to make oAera so. Qcd s?jjh 4* the people (torn suoh influences, andjtseh&e them to look at the bright "side and take7 hopefulvitws, even of what apjpearsloTnr to. be reverses. In His own goad time Hd will work oat his own great deajgnSr^mt cause us to perceivathat what haa happened has been for our own gbofl and Hls-glory. ' . We trust that all those who indnfge in these gloomy forebodings will dismiss them from their minds, get from under tke de- . pressing inflnenees of d?8pondency ioto tne bright, oheermg, vivifying and invigorating sunshine of hope. . Again we say, yet into ih2ntrth#he.~ * >. . . f ' Ti. r_' l. ... nx.-iA A* . an" MT 11 U> never wv into w uv nua for instance, a gentleman began to study . . fl| grammar after be had written for the preep E|ffl ten years. It is never too late to get mar- 111 ried; Naomi, the daughter of Enoch, took her tost husband at five hundred and eighty. H It is not too late to <frop any habit; Mr: ?9 James, the novelist, wrote sixty-tfne.vok H nmes before b$ could shake off his "solitary |j| horseman." It is never too late to be a vide ' H awake character J an old gentleman wbo |9 has ceased* to read'the Sv^niag BiulifdeibU has entirely recovered from the sleepless- |?| ness that used to affect him. It ifl some* j&l times too late to pop the question;; a man *85 once did so to a ohartring widow, just aar she had reaofced her home after burying be* 99 tirst husband. "You are foo late.; 1 The agl deacon spoke to me at the grave*" v i H . ? : ?" ' UK?** ''>' jjjjg tSf The highest legal tribunal of Soot- B$j 1 3 * * ? ??* fkaf a ASAlvi_ mm laua^ not long SIUUC, ucv?\??u iua>j awv>? __ ing to the Scotch law of marriage, cc.uent is the essence of the contractj and is sofficiont to constitute marriage - without any ||| ceremony of publication, or eves wUfefltf . |&? the parties living together; that if the par* flfl tios seriously and actually conten^ tof| be |Ss man and wife, from that'time forth.they are , %& man and wife in Scotland. Ww H