University of South Carolina Libraries
n^B ' - I iH mm\r IBB jim ? ' ?> ^tjJ^Q % j^H | J 4 "v ?^f:.> > > A^BbBCP^-_ - ^^wjpg^" :.L?V*I? v:ILH^ * v rfrtodre^BnEraTyA <M>WjWMMiia?^^ i mwjiiimi > Thfta ai'tlmporlantfacT^endiltoi* how ' i completely the inferior currency will anfwraede tho be.tter, forcing It frem circulation among the mnuci, end eau?tng it to l?e JL .exported m * \n*r? article c( trad*, to add % to tfte moffay capital of foreign land*. The/ .. shew the necessity of retiring our'pnper roaney,that the ret orp of gold and silver to the arcnuca of trade may be invited, and a demand created whioli will entire the retention at home of at loaat ?o much of llie. productions of our rich ami inexhaustible gold-hearing fields aa may be sufficient for (lwposea of circulation. It if unreasonable to,expect to return t?> a ?ound cnrri l\aucy ao Jpog as the Qovernment by eontitirtihg to Issue irredeemable note*, fills the channels of circulation with depreciated paper. Notwithstanding a coinacc by our mini#, aineC of 1S40,874,OOO,OOO, ibe people re now strangers-to the currency which was designed for their nie and benefit, and epaOtntens or lh? previous metals bearing the national device are a?ldom seen, except when produced to gratify the interest excited by their novelty. If depreciated paper is to hi continued as the permanent currency of the country, and all our enin is to become a mere article of U-affic and Speculation, to the enhancement in price of nil that is indispca*aMa to the comfort of the people, it would be wife eeoeoiny .to abolish our mlnta, thr* saving the nation the eare and expense incident to su?*h ' establishment*, and let all our precious metals be exported in bullion. The time ... has come, however, when the Government and national banks should be required to . take tha meat effioient steps, and make all necessary arrangements for a r. sumption of apeeie payments at the earliest praotioable *"* period. Specie payments having been oneresumed by ibe Governmental)! banks, all " notes or bills of paper issued by either of a less denomination than $*0,'shonld by law be excluded from circulation, ao that the Mtaee WatfA tltsx Kanafil ?iul (fait VtiftL * ....j - ....... once of o gold ami silver currency, wliicli, In () their business transactions.. will be *.' uniform in value at hom? and abroad. " Every men of property or industry, very man who desires 1? preserve whet lie honestly possesses, or to obtain wtiat lie can honestly earn, has a direct inter-?t in maintaining a safe circulating medium? such a medium as shall he reel end substan tial, not lUblo to vibrate with opinions; Hot subject to bo blown "tip or blown down by the breath of speculation, but to he made stable mod stcure. A disordered eur v W reney is one of the greatest political evila. It undermines the virtues necessary for llio support of the social syebun, anJ encourages propensities destructive of its happiness pit warsnga'nat industry, frugality and economy, and it fosiars the evil spirits of t extravagance and speculation.*' It ha* been asserted by one of onr profound and taoat gifted statesmen, that ''of all the con ' ~ trivanoe* for cheating the laboring classes of mankind, none ha* been more effectual tb?n that which del tides them with paper m?ney. Thi* is lite most effectual of in von tlona to fertilize the rich man's Aids hy the sweat of tho poor mau's hrow. Ordinary tyranny, oppressive, excessive taxation? these bear lightly on the happiness of the mass of the community compared with a ? fraudulent currency, and* the robberies committed hy depreciated paper. Our own history has recorded for our instruction enoogh, and more than enough, of the demoralising tendency, the injustices, and the intolerable. opppi saion on the virtuous and W?T1 disposal of a degraded paper currency, ' authorize 1 by law, or in any tray countenanced by Government" It is one of the moat successful devices, in tint-s of peace or .. \ war, expansion* or rcynlrons, to accomplish the transfer of all the precious metal* from the great tanse of the pcop'e into the hands of Lbs fee whore lliov tiro linirdo.l in u. crat places, or d?*po?llod in strong boxer, flnder bolts and bar*, while the people are left tp endure all Ihe inconvenience*, saori' *7. Mee, end demoralization reiultiug from the use of * depreciated and worthier paper wy. Tb? condition of our finances and the operation* of onr revenue >item are set forth and fully explained in the able and instructive report of the fcccr-fary of the Treasury, On tha a<?h June, 1866, th* ptibjio debt amoonted to $8,783,4t8,87?; on the SOth June List, it was $8.69-4,199, $16? eHowing a rcdnetion dining (be fiscal y??r of 191,230,004. During the Aeeal yraf ending June <0, 1007, the reecipta w?r? t, $450,634,016, and t|ie expenditures $34d:. *29,129? leaving an available surplus oi ** J |V48,r>4,8?t?. It Is emMmated that the reo*ipU fipf the flaaal year ending June 30 . '* 1908. will be 8417,101,028, and that th? ^expenditures will roach the torn of $803. $69,220?leaving in the Treasury a aurplvi of $28,892,702. Jot the fpoal year enditp 80, 18C9, lt> ia aetimuU) that the re , 4 r, oeipta wl|l amwM to $881,000,000, am ilia expenditures will lie $8)2.ooo,oO< ?shhwing an excess of $9,000,$00 ia faVoi of the Government. . & OttahUoft of Congress la cdraeslb :, ' ^. ^' ' '^ '" ' % ' *;" * r ' 7?ya?77o~ V)^ u"j of Wf^fl" frve Irptrt tXxaiToti as may ba conqistent wlltrihl real wanlk of the GuVeru. men t, economically adminUtered ' T-xstion would not Mien fall'nndnly on (he rttin of moderate Tuenns; and while none would b? entirely exempt from assessment, all, in pro|>o|'tian to their pecuniary abilities, would contribute towards the support of the State. A modification of the internal revenue system, l>y a large reduction in the number of artielra now subject to tax, wauld be followed by results equally advantageous to tfie citizen and the Government, It would render the execution of the law leas expensive and mure certain, remove obstructions to industry, lessen the temptations to evade the law, diminish' tlio violation* and frauds perpetrated upon lU provisions, make its operations less inquisl[ torial, and. greatly reduce In numbers the | army of tax gatherers created \>y the system, who " take from the month of lionest labor the bread it has earned." Retrenchment, reform and economy should be carried into orery branch of the public servies. that the expenditures of the Government nay be reduced, and the people relieved from oppressive taxation ; a sound currency should he restored, and the public fsitli in rcgord to the national debt saerodly observed. The accomplishment of the.*# ini portar.t results, together with the restoration of the Union of the States upon the principle* of the Constitution, would In spire confidence at home sad abroad in the stability of our institutions, sod bring to I lie nation prosperity, peace and good will. Tlie report of the Seoretary of War ad interim exhibits the operations of the army ' and of the several bureaus of (lis War Dt? par(m?nt. The aggregate strength of our military foree, on tho 30th of September last, eras 68,815. The total estimate for in litary appropriations is 77.124,707, including a d< ficiency in last year's appropriation of 13,600.000. The payments at tl>s Treasury, on eecount ?f tlie service of the War Department, from January 1, to October 29, 1607?a period of ten months? mounted to $109,807,000. The expenses of the military establishment, as well as tlie numheisof the army, are now three limes as great as they hava ever been in time of peace, while the discretionary power is vested in the Executive to add millions to this expenditure by an increase of the army to the maximum strength allowed by the law. Tlie menacing attitude of some of the warlike bands of Indians inhabiting the district of country lot ween tlie Arkansas and i 'lstta rivers, and poitiousuf Daeotnh Territory, required the presence of a largs military force in that region. Instigated by real rr imaginary grievances, tlie Indians occasionally committed acts of barbarous vlulenoa upon emigrants and our frontier solll>-meuts, but a general Indian war has been providentially averted. Ths commis sinners, under th? net of 20lli Jul v, 1867, w?ri invested with full power to adjust exiting difficulties, negotiate treaties with the directed Un l?, and *c!o.-t for them recurvation* > emote from the traveled route* between the Misoiaoppi and the Pacific,? Tliey entered without delay upon live execution of their tmet, hut have not yet made any official report of their pmcc-ding*. It i* of vital lmportauco that our distant Territories ?houIJ be exempt from Indian outbreak*, and that the cons'ruction of the Pacific railroad, an object of national importance, should not be interrupted by hoe liletiibee. These objccle, aa well as the material l?lere*t?, and the morn) and intellectual improvement of the Indiana, can lie nroet effectually *ecured by concentrating them npon portion* of country ??t apart for their cxclusivo use, and located at |>oiuts remote from onr highway* and oncroaching white acltlrmsnta, Since the commencement or th* *econd ScS'ioit of the Thirty-ninth Congress, SIO miles of road have Leon constructed on the main line and branches of the Pacific rail* way. The Hoe frohi' Omaha I* rapidly approaching the Eastern base of Ui? Rocky Mountains, whilst the terminus of the laet section of .constructed road lit California, accepted by th* Government ou the 24th day of October Isat^was but eleven mile* distant from the summit of the Sierra Nevada The icmxrkalde energy evinced l.y the companies otfere the strongest assurance that the completion of the road from Sncra mento to Otunba will not be l??ng deferred. During the laat fiacnl rear 7 410,1 U i acres of public lan.I wero di?pta*d of, anid , ttio eaeli reoaip?? liuoi ?!? * mid fm ?-x eroded by #300,000 the anui remitted from those aoorcea during the pi$c*dihg year.? r The amount paid to pensiunera, Including axpenaee'of dieburaemcnle. wa? #18,619,636 and H6.482 name* were added to tha roll* [ Tha entire number of penrionera on the SQtti of Jons laat, wat 133,474?11.6/56 ^aUati t and deaigsa were i??ued during t e yea l ending September 30, 1867, and *t tt a data the balance in ttia Treasury to th. I Credit of the patent laid was $28(5,(K?7. The report of the S<oretary of tho Navj } atatea that <re have icvui repmdrona ao r lively add judiciously employed, undei ?fikient and able eonuoiindera. Is protect ini i ;he penvne and property of Araeri?4o cltl ? rirtfctt&viu y .' .south c ' '^-'.. - ?!- - ~z'L * ^ mm, m.ilm?i?nnjt llio dignity and pow?r of ihw'ti.afyeiJttjjcufy nipd vprort?o!ing the com I ? trv re* ah<V8t?e<T>*?? inti r^?t\of <>nr country. ? turn In.every pnrt of lit* WoiM. Of the I' 2HS venule composing the prrscut navy of 1 the United Stntee, CO, entryittg 607 gutta, v re iu rqtniron aorviae. During the year, d the number of vcwrl* in commirinn line c been reduced X I, am] there are 13 loaa en tqttadron duty than tliere were at the dale p of the leak report. A large numbor of rei- v a-da were eotmnenee<V at?l In the courae of \# COftMruction when the war terminated, end a Although Congress had made the necessary v appropriations for tlulr completion, tho ds ? partmcnt line either suspended work upon u them, or limited the clow completion of the >1 steam vessels so et to mart the oontraet* for 7 machinery made with priynto ctlilt)|?li j moot*. The total expenditures of tho Navy n Department for the fiscal year, ending June y SO, 1807, $31.081,011. N? appropriations ^ have l>een made or required sinee the close g of the war fop the construction and rapair 1 x cf vessels, for Steam machinm y, ordinance, , provisions, ami clothing, fuel, hemp, &?'. ] the balance* under these several heads hav - ( fug been mere limn sufficient for current q expenditures. It sliouM also be stated, to Q the- credit of the department^ that besides a asking no appropriations for the above oh- ( jnc(i f?r llie last two years, the S reretary of the Navy, on the SOtli of September last, ^ in accordance witli the Aet of May 1, 1830, ^ requested the Secretary of the Treasury to ^ carry to the surplus fund tho sum of ^ 000.000, being the amount received from ^ the sales of vessels and other properly, and ^ the remnants of former appropriations. The rejKirt of llie Pusinjnstcr-Gefleral ^ shows the boeineM of the Po*t Office I)?- ( partinent and tlie Colidltiort of tho postal ^ service in a very favorable light, and the attention of Oongresa is called to its practical recommendations. Tho recvipls of the ^ department for the year ending June 30, I8t>7, including all special appropriations ( for sou and land service, and for free mail matter, were $18.878,1193. The expendl tun* fur all pdrpo*** wfr? tl9.2o6.4ti3, leaving hit nn?s|? nd-d halattci in fav> r of ? the deportment of $743,:110, which can be applied townrds the expenses of the depntt in cut for the current yenr. The increuan of postal revenue, independent of specific ap proprintiona, for the year 1867, over that of IS66, wna $>50,040. The increase of reveI title from the rale of stamp* ami stamped onvelopea wo* $783,41)4. The Increase of expenditure* for 1867 ov-r those of the previous year w?s owing chiefly to the extension of the land ami oret-n until service.? Outing the past yenr new postal convention* have liven ratified ar.J exchanged with lite United Kingdom of Great 1'rituin and Ireland, Ib-tgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the North German Union, Italy And ilia Colonial Govermuent at llnug Kong, reducing very largely Ilia rales of o:c?a and laud poutagea to and from and within those countries. The report of the acting commissioner of agriculture, concisely presents lh? condition. wants sml progress of an interest eminently wo?thy Ills fostering caro of Congee**. and exhibits n largo menture of useful results achieved during the year to which it refers. . Tho ro-cs'ahliahnienl of |icac* at home, and the resumption of oxtended trade, trsvel and commerce abroad, have served to increase tho nhmber and variety of qnes lions in the department foi foreigu affair.? None of these questions, however, have se riotimy disturbed our relation# with other ( States. The lb-public of Mexico, having be.en re- c licve.l from foreign intervention, is earnert i ly en^a^oi in efforts to rs-rnlahilfli her constitutiona) system of government. A good uudrrstanding continue* to exist between our Government and the Republics of llayti and San Uuniinrn, nit.^ our cordial relation* with the Central and South American States remain unchanged. The tender, msde in conformity with a resolu tion of Congress, of the gOo.l offices of Government, with a view to an amicable adjustment of fieaoe between .Bra*" and her atlh-a, on ono side, and Paraguay on the other, and between Chili and tier allia*. on the other side, and Spnin on the other, though kindly received, has in neither ease l.O-n folly accepted hy the iatlliirerents ? Tho war in tha Valley of the Parapa is stiil vigorous'}* maintained. On the other hand, actual hostilities between the Pacific States and Spain have been more than a year suspend. J. I shall, on any proper oc casion that may occur, renew thq conciliatory recommendations which have been already made. Brazil, with enlightened ea gnciIy and comprehensive statesmanshiplias opened the great channels of (lie Aims' 1 roii and its tributaries to universal comn..a I I. in.. u.?. I. f i?7i'iro a rapid and cl.erring pmgre=a in South America, f refer to those peaceful lml.il* without which State* and nations 1 cannot, in this age, well expect material 1 prosperity or social advancement. The E<po?Ition of Universal Industry at ParU has pn?se<T, and seem* to have fully '* realized the high expectations of the French Government. If duo allowance he made f for the reoent political derangement of in " duetiy here, the part which the United r States has borrte in this exihldtion of invertf tion and art may be regarded with v? ry - high fatisfactioit. During tho Exposition, V : II ?II . jl' 'a-*-.- -:C \ROIJNA. DKCKMHKR 1 J i-!1 kjB i. aL- ! ; - i mnlrrniMi wa* held of drtvgatea from ev*ral n?llnh', 111* United Htn(n being me, in wlilvh tbc inoofivenimeea of oomii Toe and aocinl intercomr, resulting rout the diverse atutidnrde of money value, rere very fully diaeuaaed, and pinna were tcvoloped far estnbliehing, by. universal uiiaviJk, njiijpiuun pi UlCipM lor lite coin ge of gold. These conferences ore oxcot od lot# renewed, witli tbo attendance f mihf foreign States not ItillioMo rcpro" entvd. A rejtorl of tlmso interesting prooedicge will be submitted to* Cotigiemo rhich wlfbno doubt juatly appreciate tbe rent object, and. be ready to adopt any neatnro which may tOnd to facilitate it* lltimnte accompli dnr.ent. On tbe 251 It of February, 1862, Congress leoUred by law that Tioaaury notes wi dint intarcat, authorized by that Aot ahould ? legal tender in pay mi nt of'all dvhts, ul.lic and private, within the Unitod dates. An annual remittuoco of 30,000* ess stipulated expenses, accrues-to claimants inder tbe convention made with Spain in. 8*4. These remittances, since tbe ; nssago >f ibat Act, have Itcen pail 1n sncli notes.I lie claimants insist ibat tbe Government mglit to r.qiire payment in coin. The object may be deemed worthy of your uteMlon. No arrangement baa yet been reached nr tlie settlement of onr claims for British iepr d.itiuna upon tbe compierco of the Inited Slate*. I hava felt it my duty to lec'.iue the proposition of arbitration m-ide ly her Majesty's Government, because it us billicrto been accompanied by r-scrvniona and limitations incompatible with lie rights, interest ami honor of onr connry. It is tot to be apprehended that treat Britain will persist in her refusal to stialy these juat anJ reasonable clnims vliloll involve the sacred principle "of nonn'.erventlon?-a principle henceforth not lore important to the United States than o oil other commercial nations. The West India Islands were settled and oionl/.cd by Koropcnu Slates simiillane usiy witli the settlement and cidniiiaaliuD f llw American continent. Most of tlie <dnnie? planted here latum# independent atioiis in the close of Ilia lust and the tie. ;inning of tha present century. Our own nuniry einliracss comumnitlea wliivli, ut >ne period, w-r? of tii-eat Britain Vance, Spain, Holland, Sweden and Unain. Tlio people In the West fitdlea, with he exception of those of the Island ot layti, have neither attained nor aspired o independence, nor have they heroine U'Spared for self-defence. Although po?essing considerable conmier.dnl value, hey have h?en held by the sovaral Euroman States which colonized or at some ,ime conquered them, chiefly for purpose* >f military ninl naval strategy in carrying nit Eut\>p*tia policy and designs in regard .0 this continent In our revolutionary war, ports and harbors in the West India Island* were used hy our enemy, to '.he ;rent injury and embarrassment of the United States.- We had '.lie snmo e*pe iciico in our second war with (treat [fritain. The same European policy for a ong time excluded us even from trade (villi the West Indies, while wo Were at. reace with all nations. In our recent civil war the rebels, and their piratical and Lilockade-brenking alios, found facilities ut the san.e |H)rts for the work, which they, loo, aunocsafully accomplished, of injuring Riul devastating tha commerce which we tre now engaged in rebuilding. We labored especially under this dbad vantage?that European steam vessels, employed by our eii'inies, found friendly shatter, protecting imV ?nrntlii>? iti WmI. IiiHinn nm t? wliiln our own nnv?l operation* ?tro neecssnrily carried on from our own distant shore*.? There was then a linivir*al feeling of the want of mi advanced naval outpost bftwoen tha Atlantic cftnnt and Europe. The duty of obtaining such nit oulpoat peace fully nr.d lawfully, whiln neither doing nor menacing injury to other Slates, earnestly engaged the Attention of the K\ec?iti*? Depart incut before Uie clone of the war, and it. hns not b en lost sight .of sine? tliu' limn. A U(>Ventirely dissimilar naval want revealed itself during the satne period on the Pacific coast. The required foothold there w?* fortunately secured by our hue tio.ty with the Kuipcror *?' Itussia, nod it now seems imperative that the^ moro obvioui necessities of the Atlantic const should not he less carefully provided for. A gootl and convenient port and harbor, capable 01 en< y defctico, will supi ly that want. With po'a-oriou nf such a stalion l>y the Unite' tiluWs, neither w? nor any oilier America! nation uecd longer apprehend injury or offence from nny . Irntio-Atlantic enemy. ] agree with our e.orly statesmen that tin U'?i liotia* nAtiirnllv in'svitati to >ni may l?- e*|?*ct?d ultimately to be ?l.mnbc< by tho cot tioeulnl Stales, including oui own. 1 agree' with Litem also, thai ii i, wi?c to lcn*e the question of molt ahsorp tion to tl>ia process of natural politics gravitation. The W'und* of St. Thomas an. St. John'*, which constitute a jnrt of th gr>up called the Virgin Islands, seemed t offer i.? advantages immediately dqdrabh while their acquisition o<>u'd be secured ii hnrtnouy with the principles to whieh have alluded. A treaty has, therefore been concluded with the King of Denmai I hit the osaiua of those U..-xuU, and wi V 8. 1867. Iio i>1111n15Uoil to tlit* Senate for considferfK* wUl hardly \?e accessary to cslltbo ntton* tloo of Congress to (lie subject of providing for tlio phytncnt to Kussia of the nm stipuleted In the treaty for tho cession of Alesk*.? Possession baring bocn formerly delivered to onr commissioner, tbo territory remain* for the present in cure of a mil tary Tore*, awaiting neb oivlt organization as shall bo directed by Congress. fc Tho annexation of many small Gorman States to Prussia, and the re-organication of that ooun'.ry.npdor a new and liberal constitution, have induced mo to renew the effort to obtain n just and prompt settlement of tbo long-vexed question concerning tho claims of foreign States for military servioo froui their subjects naturalized iu tbo Uuitcd States. In connection with this rubjcct, tho attention of Congress is respectfully culled to a singular and embarrassing oouQlct of laws.? The Kxccqtlvo Department of this Oovernnicnt has hitherto uniformly held, as it now holds, that naturalization, in conformity with the Constitution and laws of the Uuitcd States, absolves tbo recipient from his native allegiance. The courts of Great Dritnin hold that ullogianco to tho I'ritisli Crown is iudcfeusible, and is not absolved by our laws of naturalization. British judges cite courts and Inw authorities of tho United Statos in support of that theory ngninst tbo position held by (lie Executive authority of tho Uuitcd States This Conflict perplexes the public mind cou. corning tho rights of naturalized citizen* and impairs llie national authority abroad. I called attention to this subject in iny last annual message, and now again respectfully appeal to Congress to dccluro tho national will unniistukably upon this liuportunt question. Tlio abuse of our laws by tho clandestine prosecution of tho African slave trudo from American ports or by American citizens bas altogether ceased, nnd, under existing circumstances, no npprvhotisions of its renewal iu this part of tho wor'd are cntertaiued. Uudct these circumstances it becomes a -qnostiou whether we shall not propjso to Ucr Majesty's Government a suspension or diseonliuuur.eo of -the stipulations lor maintaining a naval lore* for tho suppression or that trade. AXDUEW JQIIXSOX. WiiuinoToy, December 3f ISflT. OIMeilXAI.. SoR Till SOEtllEUX KXXBtlFlUSK. Presentiments. Foreknowledge belong* to (toil only, yet I have oft on thought that it was given to luan to have, if not n clear conceptual of tiie future, at least an apprehension of impending events* This apprehension increases as tho danger to the person approaches, or becomes more imminent. 1 iiavo recently been reminded of Severn! instances where thoso presentiments had rem ark able and literal fulfilments, by reading a most interesting poem in a late number of Scott'i Monthly Mttyazine, entitled " Cenotaph," a portion of which I copy below : " Strang? knowledge, say you. Yes, most strange! Inexplicably true, ret true! Wo cannot know the utmost range Of spirit thro' God's boundless grange, Xor say when It hath wandered through Tho last ot everlasting change ! ' Then, it seems strango to mo that one Who quaffed such joy with every bruit!', Saw shadows cast not by the sun, Saw what nono olso might look upon ? Tho presence and tho power of death Hastening so swiftly, surely on. " But since then, many a lima havo I, Along tho grand Confederate lines, Heard the braro soldier heave a siirh. Ami toll liia comrades standing by : lie fore yon sun ahull crow ft the pines, lieya, I shall leave you?and thou die ! " I've seen unnumbcrod heroes tunko Their littlo wills, disposing all Tho things they prised the most, then tako Their place where battle-surges break Around them, knowing they would fall, Then fall and die for freedom'* cake. ' I've seen them do so when the air Hung motionless beneath the sun, And all seemed quiet far and near, Anil one could searcely ever hear The thunder of a distant gun Ttrcak dimly on the listening ear: , " Yet they would di? ! 1 never knew Olio unto whom such knowledge came, That (ailed to lucct the fate that threw Its shadow over him, and grow To proecierjoo clearer than a flame, | As certain as the past, a* trtie." There is iniieh more of this beautiful poem ^ Tha alinr* contains lief* which ore to-day ' fresh in tho minds of thousands who passed ' through the lata war. Among tho many 1 which camo under ray own porsotml observa tion, none ever impressed uie tuoro than that i >1.1.1. ? i..... i.,.. t arm*. Alt <>f ttij Duller Uuardsr* who won I from CJrovnvillo, South Caroline, will re mum | U?r private Ma.1ni.vo Kcia uSs. X wan tin r Orderly Scargcant of the Company,, but, li ( eonscjuoneo of the wounding of Capt. lluko ?t tint first Manarra*. I an n cotftrannd o j one of tho tcctlons of the Company. . Tlii. j wu in the fall of *fll. Poor Seruggs, ho lm< boon often ItnoWh-ttJ rap MM fhe strange fore L> boding* which from tho time ho loft hofiio hn< 0 sadly homo upon Ufa mind. IIj grow gr.tr ' ami rpiiet. Typhoid lover hod thinned ou n rank.*, and ho ??? carried to lliuhinoiid, o rut ] ferer Irom this terrible tne.lody. I converse with hint on-tcvowl ocea^ienn, before he w.t ' removed from our company hospiul at Fait ^ | fax, Court flousi, but whilst greatly dispirit If I cd, it dtd not proceed from any appfebohsio 4 w*^. ^*" * ^>%'" *^ ** -- -? . ^^ :ttr'"- I lp^^?|^.' I Wfflh! XulVdlo of f^n Tho tdaalfcaTbl would be killed la battlo, waa ?w preacot 1 with bioa. Vet it iMT.r oaatad him to ablrft from duty. I romomba* th? d?y bo rotartod from tbo Rlchmoad hoapltal, and roportod at camp. Ho waa yot palo and wo a*. I caproa oil to bin* rui-priso at aooiug him ratura and report for ditty, before bo waa abla to porfoMa tho fatlguo# of a aoldlor. Ho rapftad to mm that ha.eoutd roiaaln away from Uu'0o*faA9 niHongee?that tharo w?e a something which was irresistibly forcing htm baek to ?J. The Regiment, that morning, wee ??dosed to picket duly, at Munson'a Uill, la e'ghtof Alexandria, end the eoldiere were buey preparing their three days' rations. Private Soraggs reported | to mo that be intonde 1 going vriLb ua. I remonstrated with bim, Informing him that the distance was seven or eight miles, end the be was too feoble to walk that far, and by pla> eiag bint on cs'rnp guard, I eueooeded la pre * * venting bie departing with ue at the time.? Tbo regiment bud boon on picket several days ?it Wee nsual (ben to keep men on duty Ave days with th'reo day's rations?bnt we bad been relieved from duty, and were expecting every moment to receive orders to march back to our camp, (ft Flint Hill, noar Fairfax. Much | to, our turpi isc wo saw 8. coming into our i bivouac, lie was won and weary. Borne of tbo bays, perhaps, piqued him for coming so into, as wo wore soon to return, and that the dangers of the expedition were,ovor. He spoke as if ho would noTer return, and informed Lis comrades that bo dosired, upon their return to camp, to obtain bis pistol from bla tent, uuil, at tbo noxt Anniversary of the Com* paoy, (22.1 February,! to present it to the " bast shot" in the Company, as it had boon given to him on a similar occasion, for like uicrit. no rnado disposition of eevoral other articles?some of which wcro perhaps for bis aged mother, for whom be always ex pressed tbo warmest love. These tostamcntary acts wore treated as frivolous by many, at tbo time* gggfl believing that, at ioivSt for tome time to come, wo would he oiouipt r.ow very dnugerous duty. In this wo wore muoh mistaken.?. About noon, tbo long rbll began to beat at Gen. Lougstreut's headquarters?the General ? was then commauding tbo outposts of Beauroguard's army. Col. (afterwards General) Kershaw was ordered to move with bis Kogiinent ?Iho far-famed Second?to repel tbo Yankees from the viilago of Lewisville, some tlx miles to our left: Soon wo were speeding along tbo turnpike. 8. was with mo, being in my section of the Company. Wo walkod much to gclhcr. Being quite feeble, I suffered him to walk out of the lines, and would hare excused him f.'oui going at ull, had ho consented to go back. Those with us that day will rcmomber how wanu It was?jot he was clad in a long black overcoat, which attracted maoh attcn. lion. At length, we came in eight of the ene| iuj?their battery crowned the hill in eur front?and as we gained the little street or lai o ut the foot of tho hill, they poured down upo:i us a most toriihe shower of shell and hall. We v.oro deployed ae skirmishers, and lay Out upon the grouQil, whilst tho shells i woro exploding harmlessly over our hoads, or hurylng themselves in tho open fleld bohiud us. At caeh succeeding shot, the oauuouoorH depressed their guns, and nearer and naarer tho deadly tniieilcs fell and exploded about us. I remember standing by a fenoo post, attempting to peer at the oueuiy through tho oorn, which stood between us and the artillery. Suddenly I felt a conotMslou in tho air just above me, and was satisfied, if tho gunuer lowered his piceo hut an inolt or two moro, that I must be grcutly cudangcred by standing, so I fell to tho ground, nud, In doing so, my head fell upon the head of poor S., who, raising hitnscli but a little, gave mo what proved to be his dying words?"expose yourself just as little as possible,"?-thou tnruiug his face from we, the brim of uiy bat resting upon bis oap. Tbat moment, I beard tbe fatal shell tearing its way to us through the corn?I could scarcely bare spoken a word in the time, yet I thought many things. I felt euro tbat one of us must be struck?would it be wc?would it be S. Tho tnissilo struck tbe post, pierood it through, throwing t>n?f- mil* ?n.l <>?rlb in ? "? ,11 tiuus. My rciuou Hod mo. WUon I recovered, I Kim gaining uiy fact mid-way the latio?-my bands wore clasped to my hood?anil as iny right band relaxed to my aido, I aaw tbat it wax filled with blood, braius and inutUd hair. 1 looked beforo too, and there lay my poer (Viand, unmovod in daatb?bis head totally severed from bis body. " And evermore I saw that those Who, after braving many a field, Know tbat their lives were near the close, Wore inen who kept tho faith whioh throws The lore of Jesus, like a shield Betweun thciu aud the worst of foes." At another time, Lt. D?P., of Camden, said to me, beforo going into battle, thai ho was deeply improssod with the belief, tbat> whilst bo would not bo killed, he would be bad' ly wounded about the bead. So it was ; a I ininuio ball struck hitu bigh on tho forehead, injuring tho skull badly, but from which bo nlterwnrds recovered, t Kufuoroua instances might be glten of sim iiar proieouiatiin ia oeery any >no. in Ibotit *?n,ts of instances, (hoy nro disregarded and unnoticed. How often do we hoar persons 9 cay: " I did not heed the warning of my i feeling*," or, " I felt ae if I ought to hare done diSaront'.y." Again, there are time* f wbon our notion* are neither prompted by our reuron or judgment?when neither our hearts 1 aor mir.d* are dirking or controlling us.? - Wbeu w* aro led, we Irnow not how, nor where I hy noma in visit \a agency. " There in a destiny " that shapes our ends, rough hew them as Ho r m?>." That destiny is Oop. \r. r. i?. '' Dahlonega, da., Nor., 1SA7. 4 -? .. r?rThc hts>t veh'ntiorr pf property "( the Slate of O'llrt n< er.y q on, -half Ohoii^li to j-ny II. o n*uvb?i ,1 b.