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When I Meal? to Murry. HT man n. SAXE. When do I mean t<> ninny? Well Ti? idle to dispute wita fate; Uut if von choose to hear inc tel!, Pray Esten whih I fix the date. When daughters basto with willing feet, A mother's daily toil to share; Can mako tho puddings that they t-at. And mend the stockings which ih< y wear. When maiden? look upon a man As ir himself they would marry, And not as army soldiers ?can A e?tler or a commissary. Wheo) gentle ladies, who have got Tho offer of a lover's hand, Consent to shara hi* "earthly lot," And do not mean his lot of land. When young mechanics are allowed To find and win thc farmers' girls, Who don't expect to be endowed With rubie, diamonds and pearls. When wives, in short, shall freely give Their heart? and hands to aid their spousea, And ?vc as they were wont to live Within their sires' onc-story houses. Then, madam-if Tm not too old Rejoiced to quit this lonely life, I'll brush my beaver, cease to scold, And look about me for a wife! Bill Arp, tile Roman Runagce. [The following letter, as its date indicates, -was published before in the Atlanta Confederacy, now defunct, but as it is a necessary prelude to an original one now in our hands from "Bill Arp," we give it, the better to enable our readers to appreciate and understand the communication which will appear in our next issue. The subjoined letter refers to a character well known in Georgia as "Big John," who is, to use a familiar but expres? sive phrase, "a regular trump." The original letter which, as we stated, shall appear in the next number of the Record, will refer more at length to this celebrated individual, and also relates how "Bill Arp" returned to Rome, his experience and that of the Arp family on the way, and what he saw and did when be arrived in "the Eternal Citty. " [New York Metropolitan Record. ATLANTA, May 22, 1864. Mn. EDITTJK :-"Remote, onfrend ed, melankolly, slow," as somebody sed, 1 am now seeking a log in some vast wilderness, a lonely roost in some Okeefeenokee swamp, where the fowl invaders cannot travel, nor their pon? toon bridges pbloat. If Mr. Shake speere were correct when he writ "sweet are the juices of adversity," then it are reasonabul to suppose that me and my foaks and many others must have some sweetnin to spare. When a man is aroused in the ded of night, and smells the approach of the fowl invader ; when be feels konstraiu cd to change his base and bekum a ruuagee from his home, leaving be? hind him all tiloso nessasary things which hold body and soul together ; j when he looks, perhaps the last time, upon his lovely home, where lie has been for many delightful years raisin children and chickens, strawberries and peas, lie- soap and in guns, anti all sich luxuries of this sublunary life ; when he imagines every onusual sound to be the crack of his earthly doom ; when from sich influences he begins a dignified retreat, but soon is konstrained to leave the dignity be? hind, and git away without regard to the order of his going-if there is any sweet juice in the like of tbat, I bavent been able to see it. No, Mr. Editur, sich scenes never happened in Bill Shakespeere's day, or he wouldent have writ that line. I den't know that the lovely inhabi? tants of your butifnl ci tty need any fourwarning to make em avoid the breakers tipon which our vessel wrecked ; but for fear they should some day shake their gory locks at me, I will make publik a brief allu? sion to some of the painful girkum stances which lately okkurred in the regions of the eternal citty. Not many days ago, the everlastin Yankees (may they live al Krays when the devil gits em) made a violent assault upon the citty of the bills the eternal citty, where a hundred years the Injun rivers have been blendin divers waters peacefully to? gether-where the Chocktaw children built their flutter mills, and toyed with frogs and tadpoles, while these ma? jestic streams were but Uttle spring branches, a babblin along their sandy beds. For 3 days and nights our vally unt troops had beat bak the fowl invader, and saved our pullets from their devourin jaws. For 3 clays and nights we bade farewell to every fear, luxuriating upon the triumph of our arms, and tho sweet juices of our strawberries and cream ! For 3 days and nights fresh troops from the South poured into our streets with shouts that made the welkin ring, and the turkey bumps rise all over the flesh of our poople. "We felt that Rome was safe-sekure against the assaults of the world, the flesh and the devil, which last individual are supposed to bo that borde of fowl invaders, who are seekin to phlank na out of bread and existence. But alas for human hopes! Man that is born of woman (and there are no other .sort that I know of) has but few days that ain't full of trouble. Altho the troops did shout, altho their brass bound musik welled upon the gale, altho thc turkey bumps rose as the welkin rung, altho the commanding General assured us that Rome was to be held at every hazard, and that on to-morrow the big battul was to be fought, and the fowl inva? ders hurled all bleedin and bowling on the shores of the Ohio, yet it did transpire somehow that on Tuesday night the military evakuation of our citty were, peremtorily ordered. Nc note of warnin-no whisper of alarm nu hint of the morrow came from the inussled lips of him who had lifted our hopes so high. Calmly and cooly we smoked our killy kinick, and surveyed the embarkation ol troops, koustruin it to be some grand manover of military strategy. Aboul 10 o'clock we retired to rest to dreaii: of to-morrow \s viktory. bleep soor overpowered us like the fog thal kivered the earth, but nary bright dream had kum, nary vision of free dom and glory. On the kontrary our rest were uneasy-strawberriei and cream seemed to be holdin seces sion mectins within our corporate limits, when suddenly in the twinklii of au eye a friend aroused us fron our slumber and put a new faze upoi the "situation." Gen. Johnston wa retreatin, au the hlue-uossed Yankee were to pollute our sakred soil th next moruin. Then came the jug o war. "With hot feverish haste w started out in search of transport but no transport could be had Time-honored friendship, past favor shown, everlastin grattitood, numei ous small and luvely children, kun federate kurrency, new isshoes, ban] bills, .black bottles, all influence were strongly urged and used t< sekure a komer in a kar, but nar; korner - too - late-too -late-tb pressure for time was fearful an< tremengious-the steady clock move? on-no Joshua about to lengtheu ou the night, no rollin stock, no steer no mide. With reluktant and hast; steps we prepared to make good ou exit by that overland line which rai] roads do not control, nor A. Q. M. impress. With our families and a little cloth ing we crossed the Etowah bridg> about the broke of day on Wednes day, the 17th of May, 1864, prezakh a year and two weeks from the tiru when General Forrest reached ii ? triumph through our streets. B; and by the bright rays of tho mornii sun dispersed the heavy fog whicl like a pall of deth had overspread ol natur. Then were exhibited to on afflicted gaze a highway crowde< with wagina and teams, kattie an< hogs, niggers and dogs, woman am children, all moviu in dishevellei haste to places and parts unknown Mides were brayin, cattle were lowin hogs were squeelin, sheep wer blatin, children were cryiu, wagginer cussiu, whips were poppiu, an< horses stallin, but still the gran kavan moved on. Everybody wa kontinually a lcokin behind, an driven before-everybody wanted t know every thin, and nobody kne^ nothin. Ten thousand wild rumor filled the sirkumambient air. Th everlastin kavalrj' was there and s they dashed to and fro gave fids aiarms of the enemy bein in he persuit. About this most kritikul junctui of affairs, some philanthropik fren passed by with the welkum news tin the bridge wer burnt, and the dang? all over. Then ceased the panil then came the peaceful calms < heroes after the strife of'1 war is ove then exklaimed Frank Rails, my d moralized freud, "thank the goc Lord for that, Bill, let's return thank and stop and rest. Boys, let me g out and lie down, I'm as humble as eletl nigger. I tell you the truth, sung the long meter doxology as crosseel the Etowah bridge, and I e pekted to be a eled man in ?fte< minutes. Be thankful, fellers-lei all be thankful; the bridge is burn and the river is three miles dee Good sakes! elo you rekun them Ya kees kan swim? Git up, boys-lei drive ahead and keep movin. 11< you, there's no akkounting for an thing with bluei clothes on these daj Dinged, ef I ain't afeered of a bli tailed fly." With the most distressin flow language, he kontinued his rapsoi of random remarks. Then there was that trump of go> fellows, Big John-as clever as he fat, and as fat as old Falstaff-wi inde^rrt-igable eliligence, he had i kured, as a last resort a one-hoi steer spring wagin, with a low, i body a settin on two riketty sprin? Bein memnteel thereon, he was ur? a more speeely lokomoshuu, by la j on to the karkass of the poor e steer with a thrash-pcl? some ten ii long. Having stopped at a house, I procured a two-inch augur, and bo: a hole through the dashboard, pull the steer's tail through and tied the end in a knot. "My runnin g? is weak," said he, "but ? don't inte to be stuck in the mud. If the bc holels good, and the steer don' pull his tail, why, Bill, I am safe." "J freud," seel I, "will you please inform me what port you are bon for, and when you expect to rei it?" "No port ait all, Bill," said "I'm goin ded strate to the big Ste Mountain. I um goin to git on top anti roll rocks tlown on all m kind. I now forewarn every li I thing not to kum thar until this CN ! lastin foolishness is over." Hew j then but three miles from town, : been travellon the live long nig Ah! my big freud, thought I, wi wilt thou arrive at thy journey's ei In the language of Patrick Her will it be the next week or the n year? Oh, that I kould write a poi I would embalm thy honest faci opik verse. I can only drop to I pleasant memory a passing rand ' rhyme: ; Farewell; Ihg John, farewell ; Twas painful to my heart, To see thy chances of escape, Was that old steer and kart. I Methinks I see thee now, With axletrees all broke. And wheels with nary hub at all. And hubs with nary spoke. But though the mud is dee ). Thy witH wUl never fail : Tht.t faithful steer win take thee out, Lf thou wilt hold his tail. Mr. Editor, under such varygated scenes we reported progress, and in course of time arrived under tl o shadow of thy citty's wings, abound in in gratitood and joy. With sweet and patient sadness, the tender hearts of our wives and daughters beat mournfully as we moved along. Often, alas, how often was the tear seen swimming in the eye, and the lip quivering with emo? tion, as memory lingered around de? serted homes and thoughts dwelt npon past enjoyments and future desolation. We plucked the wild flowers as we passed, sang songs of merriment, exchanged our wit with children, smothering by every means the sorrow of our fate. These things, together with the comick events that okkurred by the way, were the safety valves that saved the poor heart from bursting. But for them, our heads wordd have been fountains and our hearts a fountain of tears. Oh, if some kind friend would set our retreat to niusick, it would be greatly appre? ciated indeed. It would be a plain? tive tune, interspersed with okkasion al comick notes and frequent fuges Bkattered proniiskuously. Our retreat were konducted in ex? cellent good order, otter the bridge was burnt. Ii there were any stragglin at all, they straggled ahead. It would have delighted Gineral Johnston to have seen the allakrity of onr movements. The great struggle of our contest seemed to be which army could retreat the fastest, General Johnston or our/i-which could out plank the outlier, and I allow as how it ware pull Dick pull Devil tween em. It are a source of regret, however, that some of our households of the A fri Tenn scent, have fell buck into the arms of the fowi invaders. I suppose they may now be called missin genna tors, and are by this time inkreasin the stock of Odour d'Afrique in Northern society, which popular per? fume have crowded out of the market ! that make X. Baziu, J ubis Haul aud Lubin famous. Goodbye, sweet otter j of roses, farewell ye balms of al thousand flowers-your day are num? bered. But I must klose this melaukolly narrative and hasten to subscribe my- ; self Your Brinagee, BILL ?RP. P. S. Tip are still faithftd onto the end- He says thc old turkey we left: behind have been settin for 14 weeks, ; and the fowl invaders are welkum to \ \ her further more that he throwd a ded . cat in the well, and they are welkum I to that. B. A. Engine, etc., for Sale. AFIVE-HORSE ENGINE, iu runuiag , order, with pulley?, ?to., for sale low. Apply at thia office. Dwc l'J ? New York Advertisements. WELDJlRElS&M, Importers and Jobbers of Foreign1 and American Fancy Goods, Ho siery, Gent's Fuinishing Goods, Stationery, Cutlery, and also Manu- j facturero of Hoop Skirts, 23 Park Place and 20 Murray St., KTo'^p- Xorli. 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THE SUBSCRIBERS HAVE made arrangements with Mr. J. S. PHILLIPS to continue tho DRAPER and TAILORING BUSINESS at their old j stand, 32 Broad street, Charleston, S. C., i iu all its branches, as formerly conducted J by them, and solicit for him, from their ? former patrons and friends, the same libo ! ral patronage so generously extended to themselves. EDGERTON A- RICHARDS. ?T. JS. PllUllps, DRAPER AND TAILOR, Successor.to EDGERTON & RICHARDS, 32 BROAD Sr., CHARLESTON, S. C., j Keeps constantly on hand a full assort i ment of tho best grades of French, Eng? lish and American CLOTHS, CASKIMERES and VESTINGS, which will be sold by the I yard or made to order, in the latest fa I Hhions. Feb 51 3mo CAST STEEL, MACHINE BELTING. MILL and GIN BANDS. CIRCULAR SAWS, and all articles ro I quired by millers and machinists. For i sale by ' J. M. EASON, ! No. 9 Exchange st.. rear old Post Office, ! Jan 25 Imo Charleston, S. C. ! EASON'S FOUNDRY ?ND MACHIN K SHOPS, CHARLESTON, S. C. WE are prepared to build STEAM EN? GINES and BOILERS, Saw Mills and Machinery of all kinds; Castines in Brass and Iron." Repairing of all kinds done at short notice. Our prices are low. Jan 25 Imo J. ttl. EASON A- BRO. Xjjarrcr STotioe. 11 FIE subscriber has returned to Charles . ton, and may be found, at present, ut Porter ?V Conner's, in Broad street, Charles? ton, S. C., over Dawson & Blackman's. Claims prosecuted at Washington through a partner there. WM. E. MARTIN, ! Feb 1 Attorney and Solicitor. I " ANNUAL MEETING I OF THE Stoolsiiolders OF THE I South Carolina Railroad Company AND OF THE I SOUTH-WESTERS R. R. BANK. THE Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the above rustication will be held tn the city of Charleston, on thc SECOND TUESDAY in February next, tbe 13th day of that month. Place of meeting-Hall of the South? western Railroad Bank, on Broad street. Hour of convening-ll o'clock A. M. On the day following-Wednesday, the 14th- there will be an election held at the same place, between the hours of 9 A. M. and 3 P. M., for FIFTEEN DIRECTORS of the RAILROAD COMPANY and THIR? TEEN DIRECTORS of the BANK. A committee to verify proxies will attend. Stockholders will be passed, as usual, over the Road, to and from the meeting, free of charge, in accordance with the re? solution of the Convention of 1854. Jan 21_J. R. EMERY, Secretary. Guano ! WE will fill all orders for PERUVIAN GUANO. Cash or cotton must ac? company the orders. HUNT & BRO., Jan 24 Imo Charleston, S. C. SHIPPING, COMMISSION AND FORWARDING MERCHANTS, Accommodation Wharf, S. C., (Formerly o? Newberry, S. C..) I. F. HUNT, J. H. HUNT, JR. PROMPTLY forward all MERCHAN? DIZE consigned to us arriving in the city from Northern or foreign ports. Wo will give strict attention to salo and par chase of COTTON, RICE, FLOUR, Ac. Liberal advaaces on consignments. REFERENCES.-G. W. Williams ?c Co., Charleston, S. 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BOYCE, (Late of South Carolina,) ATTORNEY AT LAW, WILL PRACT1CU IS TUE Supreme Court and Court of Claims. Office No. 252 F St., bet. 13th and lilh Sts., Dec 27 WASHINGTON. D. C. tuffinio