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BY W. A. LKK AND HIGH WILSON', JR. ABBEVILLE, SOffgll CAROLINA. FHIIUY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20, I SC.?. VOLUME XL-NO. 42.
Ji}e ftbbebiiie ?iress.
ABBEYILLE,S.C.
W. A. LEE, EDITOR. 1
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Friday Morning, February 20 1863. 1
NOTICE.?Arrangements have been made
with Mr. Wm. H. Wilson, formerly one ?*f 1
the Proprietor* of tljjs paper, to continue the '
"publication of the Ptes* during our absence '
in the army. He'i* authorized to receipt fm
all monicR due this Office.
I'&l'j 6i >V 1 JjbUiN, Proprietors.
Jao'y l#t, 18C3. 1
f<T* The seventy fourth Annual Convert- ,!
tlon of tlic Protestant Episcopal Church in ihe
Diocese of South Carolina, assembled in '
I Charleston on the 11th ittsU; the sermon was
| preached by Rev. J. S. Kidver.
i IT Front Northern ntutenientn no little .lit* | |
j latisfaction is represented to prevail through |
out the North in relation to the war. The j
North-werelem States nre threat ning to furin
ft Confederacy of their ?>wn, if tliej- cannot j
gain admittance into the Southern Confedera ,
ey. In fact, the newp, generally is too pood to 1
be true; if tVue tlieNoithern Mate* MieontliH ?
re of anarchy and na creat o revolution as | ,
he I? now involved in wit!; the South. t
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ADVERTISEMENTS. '
[Attention is called to the advtfrt iBeniont of <J
G. <fc-C. R R. Stock ; $5 00 Reward ; Cioverti 0
n 1 /> < - - 1
VI m m I VKiamauuil ; wenerai lirOl'r j>o. 1U : I
Notice by Serg"l II. F. Fuller; Oidinary'i) ainl j
others.
COTTQlf CABDS. a
D. O. Hawthorn, l5q , of our District, pro- t
poses to tan, in a very few dny*, D?-er, Sheep,
Goat and Dog Skins to exchang1' for cotton ^
curds. Persons by having ilipir hiib-s tunned t
btfore exchanging them will find a decided ml
vantage in piocuring thece nceessury articles. ?
Dog (kins are raid to answer the purpose |
iplendidly, and We think the camnc | opula- f
^ tion might be "reduced" a few. tor micIi i un u
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CONFEDERATE BONDS. f
PattfcuUr Htb-n.iuu id dirt-Li.-.l to tin- ] "
tinmen of "Good, Mafe und IVrmniii'ii' Ii.vc?t ! "
mat," by Mr. J Buily, Anient, for tIt.- p?N- of 1
Cufederate States Jionds, Greenvriim]. \\ lii!?- | "
t>ia<rciln)vi t hi tlit-sc lion .r are a s-ale mui I c
p?TtJ?n*DC H?n? it' < > ?i.fi .'8 v....
TUrc is a'gr?ai deal of money Uhou^ liout o?u
eo.ctrv and e cftnside; uld>- nui-uni eould
imested in Boiida ithniit. ilic la-ufi im-unveii
?mc to the purchaser. Tli. ru is no Mock. il.at 1
iihslf as safe antl certain, that is e<> pr.ifit.bu- n
aathe Confedeate Honda. and there is no doubt *
but tb?t they ?ill deiiian I .. Iniib pr?-niiuui in I
the future. They are in one am*e of the word e
a currency?a great m-i>\ prra?u* . ie more v
than > iii iij; to take Boiid* fur debts i!ih- lln-iii. "
because they dm w a itmeh higher per et lit., >'
than nmjje at i*. e >st. It i* tii'dnuhtrii:^ tin- r
bed investment that persons can mr>k>- who '
have cotton on hand ; this aittelc m now <le- v
manding from 16 to 20 cents in our mm kr:s. C
Would it not bo advieable to "exchange tin- "
eott.iii fin Confederate Bondf'?tliey would I c "
increasing III ralae every ?1hv, u-hil? on ilie '
other haDd, the cotton is utTering n.-.rt* or lvj-s s
Ju<- | * v
There is now a largo amount of cotton <>n |,
b?nd in oyr country, nnd not more tluin one- hi
hall of the crop Of last year lias been L'inne<l H
.00 trcount of the ?<!'? city of hngging mid n
rope. Read Mr. Bail*verti^einmn m.d ii
J, then call *n lit"- a ! make an inv.&tn.. nt tlmt i,
will lie profit ab ? to yolirsulf a:i-i a li.-l to i<
Tour Gov. i ment. . t!
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APPREHENDED ATTACK.
Tlio apprehended a it net upon Charleston
>r.iSavanooh appears n<>i far dirtnnt. Our
ISlEor 1le< m on.mari'i mr no ciouui prriinreu
t? 11
for:bo conflict ; wr'mve no doubt, *i oulii ili**
i:Uck be made, tbe invading foe will meet
?>th their joat desert*, but it may boat the I
'it expense of many ~ li? ?*s of our noble him) t
trare men. T!ie annexed proclamation by c
Beauregard, from th? movements of the f
?fmy's fleet, represents llie hour of trial near n
*U?nd. Our cii rem* should hold themselves r
'?idinmb to render any and every ai.?mionce u
tlitmaj benecded when theeonflict come*. a
v rudciAXmoii. .
HEADQUARTERS, t
Dspabtment of South Carolina, t
> .iGmboia and Florida. n
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CuAigjgffi?*. S. a, Feb., 18, 1803. *
It hat'bqfMV-M solen.n duty to in- b
J fan) t}ur and citizens oLr
CharleaioB *od 8?*a?D*h, 'thnl ibe mudiP
?ent? of fhfe fleet indu-adr an i>
ear'y land an osvsl attack on one of both fl
?f (bote cities, aid lo urge that all persons c
UQ?b)e to take an j)Qtijre*.parl in the atrug- ^
6'etliall^retire. It,.** hoped, that tin*
'""Porary sep irAtioiM*1 of y.on frum T
Lome*, will b? nMdfc w illioui alarm n
or *ndue. ha?tiy l7?aa' &bowjng that the f(
?D'j fcelipg. wbi? b animates you in thin "
r0Ur of ?up,renie trial, "i? tie. regret of be- 11
lDg onabltj ( participate in tbe defence of n
y?ur lK)ine>, your altafn, and the graves of ^
yourkin.Jrad. C?r<>liniHnsand Georgmn*! C
?.buur tg ?it band to prove your devo- V
;,0o to your conpuj'a p?uue. Let ?j| able ' n
bodied mat* firt>nr' l\>p aboard to the <
?0un'8inp,/n*H tn'Mmn Be not tco ex? C
a^ling m {fa pHfyice ol we*p<ni?. F'iktr** .fi
*U<1 scyilien wilI'jdp 'or exieriiiimitiiig your a
^ mijSa, fippjlj&wtfl jl$ el* for protecting L
y?ur frimdiu >..$9 .;*nn?'t Fell"'W citizen*! C
J-'0?8 to sfajir*- ??ij> o#r dm.pers, our C
0ri'liaht Riipce^o? opt -glorious d^atli. (|
>??; T.U?AUBEOA?I>. H
*BaTe yt# toond ^wwHhr mid ( *
jndge t0 t}j0 iOTBmna, of the jugy. JfN4 J
y?qr honor, w?Ve (banted jo every ?*oc\ ^
?< pi (ho rortri ?n1 M&iiACi 9
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OUR JUNIOR CORRESPONDENT. ' J
CAMP lstTii RKGIMENTS. t\ VOL*. )/
SntMiYviLLE, Te.nn.. Feb. 5i, 1863. f/
Dear U'iUojt .*?Leaving Abbeville on llie
moriiing ol' the 3otli lilt., I nriiveil safely nl
I lie Cump nf our Ite^imeiit unrthe Sunday evening
following?being three days anil two
II gills mi I lie r>>a<l.
I"i om tli- first fifty miles to
until* Hlelbx v I.It-. i> II ioiikIi Hl.il IllollntililinlH
:ouiitry. pi i-st-iii iriix tlie traveller object8 of
merest. At Home iildcrs llie ears would run i
;los?* liy ili<* river, wlnle granite cliffd and
ihelvint; rticke ovrrhuni: and lost- liigh't?b?v?*
>tli<T mmiiiiiiiti* which rrnie l>y n gradual *?it-iii
| r?-R?-nt ! !o the view nnkeil trees mid
iiitnv liitU- I.nts built, .if While passing
i intiriiw white pathway may l>e seen, here
ind tin-re, windiu . it* way from tlic foot,
ind ilit- eye i-y trnciiiK I lie various turning of
ln-^e Mill s will tlnd al the end of each n Iwle
. . I.... i ; '
u inn mi me sme 01 me mountain, twelve'**'
ixteefi leet. with a dirt and slick chimney, anV
lit- "iiKik*- b-is-urcl* oozing oiiV at ils tup, rising
iiu 11 t<> the henveil.*, *s if i<> call down tl.e
of angels on tlx* occupants Williin.
lere in .ill of these wretched little huts tlint,
ectu to show hut. little pigns of anything hut. I
giioi-anec .unl starvation, may be eeen a ?umi'h^lftiiiliiiix
in the dour with a group of little
i?ys and girls by her aide, mid an infant in her
imiis, looking apparently in wonder and admi- ,
at "on as the iron hoi?c draw* after him his
rain of cars freighted with the lives of the
ravelling public of our land. Hut why speak
if these. !>o not the occupants of mansions,
ullages. on.] huia pay ibe same tribute duily
u the passing train ; I lie mechanic lays asiile
lis implements in their bonor ; the plowman,
<>o, balls liiri plow, uixl rests bis arm on tbc
landle, while his fool id raised to the beam,
nd his bend turned until ilie lushing rattling
rain bus passed from view.
From Stevenson, n railt-ond t>tntion on the
'h.ittnno.iga anil Nashvilie lioad, thirty mileu
r??lii C'hallIIn<M.til, foil ideal ions UIhV be fern
ii niany i-luces I'cr ib? nt-xt ibiriv or fii'iv
niliH ol tlu* loail. In 01 nit* places the tiinl cis
111 vi' heen felled for milituiy purpose*. Tli se
n't ilicat ion* were huili at'il the timber cut,
:ist Spring anil Summer liv the Ynnkee forces
indt-r I lie eoiinintlid nl Gen. Buell. They up?
tenr to he formidable lull if re n<?t occupied by
nr forces nt present, n* nur lines now extend
nUeh ittlthei towards NiiMiville than las' \ car
list ad of our lines, liciutr front leu to twenty ,
n!es IV'.fii t. liHttnrioaigii, we now occupy the
>iin:i,\ tor tnore limn a hundred miles.
T?.- is-? i ..r n^n r?-.?... it ,
I n ,,t vi..:.... r; ? i wt.i. - * .
- -Ji.-i"" viK'iui nin-ra jjivit?
. I
mi I?*-iiit? ni r->li? I ?y villi*. Ueilf<jr<l couniy. Tcnn '
!?? Iviilt* is a ti'Wn nine tnilcii from Wnrii
'niee?\\'nr Truce is- n frnnll Inwn twenty I
n? ni Tii 'uliunin on tin* N'.Hliville m il i
Mm' tuinii'4f? ltnilroA-i.ni.il tlie junction of tin- i
Jim cli Iroin tin* Rn;lrniiil to Shelby ville. Willi 1
! >' Division is 11 limit filYv n?tl?a f?-/*rT* Knvl._
i 1* :unl ii I >< ill l weitl y live miles Soiitli-eH-t
f MmiiCe t. i ; Mieltiyville id one hundred
n<) ! *. > in.ni Cltnitar.innn. The Itnili-m
I ruin* throiiirli .lui-k-on county, Alulininn, i
it w?- ilu lift no an fur in Aliihnma os limits
lilt*; i; iinlrville is till the Memphis and
'hnrli'.-toii Hniliiin.l. The cara lenve CUattn
oi;n daily *iI n.ven o'clock in the morning,
til uirivt- hi MhI'y ville. Htseven in the eve?
iiij*?fii'-h hridgt un the Road heing guarded,
iiVi; P'Tiiii: s of ihe coiinlrj- through which
. ? hiiv.j |>n>i<e<l is tolerably fnir for farming
iin>??? -, bin the greater portion that we have
Ren ie f? o ni.d of I.tile worth. The citiz-oe
long ih" Roitd were generally [">or, while
ow iind then ii felileinent is Been where the
uliu1 il'ints are well-to-do. As \ et- I have had
nt 'iitle ij.jiortiipjiy of formim; any correct
leu- of ih ir politirul feelings ? whether
li?-\ are for or tiga-iift lis in this great coni-st
for 'iee lom. I am well.
Ite?| fui'v, H. W.
CAMI* 19th RKfilMENT. C. VOLS. 1
On 1'ick ti 5 Milks North or >uklbt Jville.'1
?:nn., hfb?Ui?ry 8, Ib63- J '
l)<ar WU*? ? :?I arrived it the camp of our |
t<-giin??iit o:i iIih ii glitof the 1st irmt? and on
lit* followii.i; iiioi-nirirr a> half past five, oidcrs
orne to u* to prepare to go ?>n pickelt duty
i?r I lie ??-xt tlir.-c days. Cimscquen'ly every
ne whs up ui tliul hour making ever} tiling in
ruJinesf to taki- up the line of maruh l>y 7 '
i'o in k. I wiml blew cold?7 o'clock come,
nd ai thai hour we inarchrd ?way with knap
ack*, Imv< iKauks. gU'i* ai d trapping*, over
lie frozen gioitnd, through the town of She1>yville
to where wa nr^ now camned. fiv?
niles Nortli ??f tlie liiffD, on wliat is called the
'rinne road. W> ar?* <*ari)peil by 'lie side of (
he roa<l in cloie proximity to a clear running
rook in a beautiful grove of coJar?. *
tiib amaloamatio*. si
The 10th Hnd lfli li .South Carolina Regimental
Hv? V>*en con>olid?ted, with the following j
I eld officers: I
Iolonkl. A. M. Mnniganlt, of the 10th Reg.t .
.ikvt. Colo*e?, J. F. Pren#ly, " " "
Jajob, Porcher, " " " *
'lie lO' li Ifegiment w?a reduced to aix compa
ic?, and the 19th Raiment vil reduced to f
)iir companies. Cttptain Roht. N. Chatham's t
nd C?pt. II. R. Peterson's companies formed c
lie sorenth company, under command of Copt r
N. Chatham, with Liaii ?nan?a McDonald, r
ront>ant. and Dentiv. Captain R. Richburg'a, l
iipiain J. L. White's and Captain Addi#on t
linkacnle's companies form (lie tenth compa H
V Ik. ...... - A .r 1 - rti!. - I
J vi.v vviimii uvi ui v'npimu l>|ink
:?1 ?, wiili Lirma. McLrnd, MtCaslan, and 1
mwfurii. ('r plain E. W. IJorne'a and Caplio
T. W. Oelxen'a, form the eighth company r
nder the curom >nd of Captain Jlorne, with" "
ieoty^ite MoDejrit, Randall and fleatar, j
aptawWl. II. I'ea|i'?. Gip>?in ? Turner'# lyid 11
aptaiifl. B. Onrmey'a companies form tha "
inlh company ondtr the command of Captain *
ean. witL < Lieutenants Baszard, Waddle an<>
JT '
'ai y?ft wt h?v# not learned the member*, of r
Wi .tf 1 A ? /" ?
ID VVII'IIFI V I Mil, IIUIl VTUBL UK b?l(UI(l yr I 11 ?
t? as the justice to giy? u%?-portion of the ap v
tiptrnenU. Among oar men ?r? ni?ny who v
corr.pcUpt sad dewrviog m ?py man in g
Hi $>g3m<nt Tb* oSom of Qoart?rmMt?r
Mtory Mil AdjuUrit wvr* racapt pn?i- C
BOSS * Jtitimjm&i - . .. 4. ?&ek
oub to the consolidation.
The Commissioned ollicers who nro relieved ' *
of their command here still retain their ComMissions,
and will r?*j>ort to Miijo&Genenil
Polk for duty, when we presume they will be a"
assigned to duty wherever there nr<; vncnn- *'
cies for officers of their riink. Tlio following
Sergeants of Cn|>t. Chnlhflin'8 company have
l-cen selected us tile closers : J. W. lluckuhee,
Thus. Chapman, Setli .Ionian, I). Peterson, W.
V. I'litikbealrs. The remaining Sergeants luke ,
their places in the rank.-1. but receive lite pay
and Jo the guard duty ?f Sergeants. The Cor _,v
poruls receive the same pay and do the same )|r
duty as before. In all ihe companies the nr |()(
rangement is the same. None of the officers fcl|
are reduced.
In some future letter I will say something to jn
you of the liruve and gallant part which the jU1
old Nineteenth took in the great battle of ir<
Murfreesboro, on the 31st. of December last fit;
All agree (hut none noted more bravely than ,J\
did our regiment on that occasion. ^fic
When you write to me direct to ? Co. *0.' an
ipili and 10th Regiment, 4th Brigade, With- re
era' Division, Shelby ville, Tenn. ??n
Tin- health of the army appears to tie very : '!
good. Respect.fully, * 11. W. w;
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CO. "G," 19tu REG'T, S. C, VOL?., ) g"
On Pickltt, February 7, 1803 J
Dear IVt/.ton :?Our Company is stationed St
here to-day, to do Pickett duty on tbe Triune
Road, one mile in advance of our Brigade, f*
mid six miles North of the town of Shelby- te>
trill**, Bedford county We are not, however,
within eercn or ten-miles of the enemy, rii. > ; ^
nl course, our tioic is spent without excitement | ^
or r.nnyance troin tin: Yankees. I?net '1'lnirs? pi'
day, the day I wrote you, my lust letter, I wua
on guard. The wind blew cold and we hud ft nil
light fall oT aiiuw. At night the weather turn C'
ed exceedingly cold. The ground nnd water tli
were frozen linrd by morning. Owing to the 1,11
cold the sentinel* wore relieved from pout eve Li
ry hour of the ilny and night. Tt?dny, however,
it> not so cold, nnd the fetitineU eland on
post. us iimnI, (iw?> hours ) 1 lie way the guard
duty is generally arranged, only one-third ot
the whole number lire on pout at once. For ^1
ins!mice, one-ihird. or the iiist relief, will be ,l"
put on post ui nine o'clock, and remain there "*J
umui eicveu,- wuen I lie ftecoinl relief will relieve
the first relief. and r). une o'clock the third
will relieve the Kecotid, and ?<> on until the ^
twenty-four hours huvc passed, when u new
guard will take the place of the old guard. It ,jr
Is usual to allow n portion of the guard to ale<-|> Sll
it wlii e during the night, bill here no ini'tulior ;tu
tit*, (jniul ia ullra'cH lliat. priviln^.i X?? j, ?
man can appreciate thick wall*, blazing lires, \\;
warm beds and water proof roofs unt'l he has i|M
stood guard without phellei or fire to protect \yi
liim from the rain and cold. (Ji
As \ vl we have been unable to ape auy signs j in
of a general ciicmrellleiit. It is tlmnirlii
by son e people. Litht rlioiild the enemy nil
trance, a 'Vlnnd." will he made nt or n<*iirShel Till
Ijy ville, ntid if pr<s?L'd Imrd our forct-s will
' full bstk" on Itir us Tulhihoma, in Franklin ' ?'
sounty, twenty eight uii'ea bouih-easl from Ci>i
Shelbyville. The enemy's forced are esliinite<l
at from seventy lo eighty thousand, liut
otl.iiig certainly can he known as to the exict
number. At any rate no one here doubts
.hat the forces of the enemy are ?ufni'ieut to
;ive ua n uood fight. or f?>??t race, us the parties i
imy agree upon. 1 believe, however, that ft
a our tui 11 to be victorious, anil theirs to
?ke tlje advance in a ?un. Mndam rumor fays,
.liatGcii. Hest-nor an# is quite Kick At present. ^ ^
Recently a tquail of Wheeler's cava ry were
>urpiioeJ not tar lioin here. The ndyuiice U
guard being negligent of their duty allowed a ^
lelachiiiciit of the enemy's forces to capture ^
them without giving the alarm. The Yankees
then went to the camp of our men without
en
my impediment whatever, and fi-und the offi. :er
m command paying iff hit men. The (jt,
iifficer with nearly all of the money, thirty (j
lin-li and a number of horses were captured. ....
I'lie lemainder of our men wlm u:..i-?
?, ...... ... 8 (
mder to guin a victor}-, retreated, carrying w
wuli litem their (Juimiiiesitry and Qu arte rum:- {?
tergtorea. p,-i
Tho Abbeville Preu and the Due West Ttl JiC.,
esropr. of llie 3ulb ult., were received here on N?
la.'t Tbursihty evening
The health of our men, I believe i? good. We Mh
jet plenty to eat now. We draw one poOnd On
af flour or corn tne?l, half pound ?>f, bacon or (!<>
in eqivaient in beef, with rat oos of peax, rice, W<
lugar, molanae?, rhII, &l\? Ac. I am well. Mi
Yours respectfully. II. W. nl
m ? m ? coi
PBOOUUME IN THE NOBTHWEST. S' i
We have derived the subjoined informa no
lion from a gentleman of high moral, so- "j?
jial and political, character?a distinguishad
citizen of one of the Northwestern States
L-and ihe information, therefore, is strictly 'v ncarats
and entirely reliable. We m >ke
He statements for'the infoimation tindi^1"'
{ratification of our readers and the South T01
jrn public general!)'.
The States of Ihdiann, Illinois end Ohio Ho
lave determined to stop the war and make
erms of peace wiih the Confederate State* MUl
tost wliHiit may and Stand whom it wa
nay.' In one purpose. whatever the future noj
nay he. tliey are firmly and Unalterably (j|jj
inited and r>solved and - that purpose i*t ;
.... n.?r.j o._*~ in t
iiy T*m o^niu.ii HIW V*'?i?rUCI1lO O LHIJJ8
b h 11 reuse? or, if it ?to carried on, the 10 1
^ortlivrefft will throw iia military power or
nlo llV pcnle agninnt the "nggrtwor, The <)or
itizeno of lllo^e Stated who have been p
Irnied, oV enrolled in the Mffede'a! am y,
re leaving tlixt armv bv the hundred gnd on*'
the -euitnent; tftf there ia n tftothorifv Owi
ii the irmv whicfTcMii control tbi* ninve- bt*t
'Of ibe on**,hundred. ><nd fifty tlioo- nuij
Htid liien organised by, ll.e Fedprd Ch-yrnment
t?? o|>er?ie on th- Mi-wfWnifpf or 1
i- er, under Grant afed Mi-Clertmnd, not' ' if*1
nore tbaft (oriy tlioqiotnd effect.ve'tfildierA- yen
emain, Mntf tliKt nun ber W^fnily dmvirish nan
d by ni'ormliiy from ftickofcaa, as?dt>yi? xnd
ornntary al-Hrulooinwit.^anantrrpti** R|lH
/iib which they are must througidfc di?usted.
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Tbo LegfMatures of IHiooi*/'Tatl
>b^>, nud Keotody art to covtne at prei
huiklort, in general convention, on t
^l\ day of February, insl, and will tht
:ree upon the principles upon which
orlhwest Confederacy is to be institute
id propose terms of peare and cotnmer
ilh the Confederacy for t.h? Stales bt
ring the Mississippi and its tributaries
opohing a treatv, offensive and detensi'
tli tlie South, or an adoption ot t
mfedeiale States constitution, to incorf
te I bone new members it:to the Confe
iicy, if thai be agreeable to the peoj"
tl.o Confederate State.3. But in hi
ent, and indepcnden'ly ?>f all other qui
pur-, ii-iaiiniiH in jit'iice, ntiiuv nmi coi
srce wit It iliujSouth arc to bo est nbli ??1
Wlicn these principles aro agreed up<
convention, commissioners will be i
iteil to ht;.ir the r?*ftill to Richmond
??t with the Confederate ({overtime
r# final .'iml satisfactory adjustment
interest* ii*#ulved. This action will
t secretly, nor chinde*ti!iel?, hut open
d with serious, ilitriiili>d determinant
presenting the sovereignly ol those grt
<1 pop'lliius SllllfS. WIimi tlie I (this
Jim meat lire settled Ht Rii-hmond, tli
ill he submittal lor ilie ratification of t
Dplc of those Staiun respectively, by <
niic action hi. tlie ballot box provided I
' tlie IjP}?i~lattires of the renpee.ti
iitcj. When 11 us ratified, tlie work
pHMtion from the United Slates will
IT?ril?*(l If) filmllt' nf>'l iff..!.?..!.!..
^ tint* it iv* UUilUIJi pc
lefl.
Hut," we fuggPRtod, "Mnj. ,wha1
r. Lincoln sli:iII semi h de'aclnneut.
raiikfui't to ni rest the Convention and
ace delegate!* lo Richmond?'
'"Lot liitn flare lo lift H finger, or man
i army to disturb the deliberations of tl:
invention, or arrc-t its delegate?, a
ree huiidnl thons<ni] Western men w
nve to Washington City and hang N
inroln and his Cabh el.'
Again, ?c snggu-teil, "Mr. Lincoln li
in my nnrl the navy and the 'r?a<ur
1 L"t him send Giant's army,' said o
furmanl, '"Lo Il-inois, and that is the h
ant fl'tll evers?*eof his army. lie wmi
t. have a corporal's guard remaining a
iu imp wviijMKiiiUf wiiiicuur ocui lit!
iu< w 111i ro-npiuru evoy town anl ci
the from Nnw Orleans
ii'o. Let Ho>ei:c>Hns take his army
c. Oli'o river, and it will < ?.? 60 to exist
? manner. Wu idn-a-'y have on- hu
c?l ntnl eighty thous ind relumed Fedei
Idiers in l!n?e Sia'e.s r? aiJv lo join t
d ?e have t>.? urun ?nd \va ..have
I" > -, nml ?l ^tic liliii k ltr[>'iMit:ni)3
-i>!iinir: >ii (Jiiy dare t > inhvfere with i
i? maj -si v : ti< 1 p wer of a great. jiooj
I! bo exencd lo move tu Wjisbingti
ly a:id hang th.- la-t one of ihr-m. ,
<>prr tions ujj u ti.e river, the gunbo:
ill he yours.'
' And wh it will you do wi ll the Fedi
Will debt?' wo asked.
"Wo will repudiate the la>t farthing
sai i ho. "It was m-ver constitutional
ntracte t.'
"And what will voii do with I lie 'grei
cks' in circul iii -it, to the nnuuiit
iiv uiillmns ?'
"We will ni;ik?; a boiiftrc ?'f them, ai
untune theui hl t?;e a'tnr of saoifice.'
"AikI wli.it will yon do with thu Mu
! ami No a- Kug'aii-I Slates?"
"We expect ihe moral firt of Xe
>?k and lVnosx lvania. We will rut <
i.-liigan to Canada, wii.-ro hho ought
long And if New KM?l*nd inteifer<
:i ,.i :.. i.? ' -? ??
> ?i.iv iii-i uiu ui uiu union, or in
od behavior.'
"At what time,' worked, Mo youuvpe
; present war to ceacc ?
' I oxpi-ct,' Bii:d lie, 'iio more genet
L'a^'-ini'iits, unless one should occur
] *e Teritie s e, between the fon ts ui
r Bra?g and H >sencran2, ond I rIios
fill lliat a great misfortune, ns lieu
necessary ami involving a ueelc
riHre ol life. By the fi >t ol April the
II lea practical cessation' of liostiliti
tlii? Southwest, ?n<l by first of June
rman'"!' pe ?ee, tin ess the Black R> pit
...i~ u' iciiiniic 10 wage a war against tl
lrtli wept.'
The above statcnv-nts conpriso sul
ntially the inlorma'ion we have derive
ir iiitonnmil seemed to entertain litt
ul>t llmt Indiana mid Illinois, at lea:
iul<l fall iiito il<e Confederacy alone ? i
Hsori Hii?i Keniuckv. II thought it w
o iho dotiny ?if Ohio, but 6e'-nied le
"fid-lit of that Slate, Whether the
lies should belong to the Confederacy i
I. hfl had DO llnnlil nt "II r?f (tin fnmwla
n of a Northw. st Empire, in tbe ev?
tlieir exi'luxion Jroin the Suutli.?Soul
i Crisis, 10th.
M ACT to I'revbnt and Punish tt
Pl.ANTIKQ AND CULTIVATIJfO, IN Til
itb, ovbk a Certain Quantity o? Co
n DURl?co the PllEBEST year.
[. Be it enuetcd b> ibb Srnate at
use of Representatives, now met m
in# in iTPtierai Assembly, and by II
hori y of the Fame, That, during tl
r in which we are now i?ngaged; Ttfhi
. be lawful for any person or person
ing 1 lit* present year, whether rea&jE
h'm Siate or not. to plant and cultirf
liia Swite, by themselves, their ageo
etni?|oyecs, or to "I'ow the earn* to I
ie, a greater nunpber of acro^ ol land i
ton than three acres of short staple i
and a half of lon? staple fur each { ban
ited or employed by them in agneultni
ween the ag> s of fifteen .and fifiy-fivt
1 when paid pveon or yet*one may o*
Bmploy hinds' over fifi)-five
'tmd ui^iler wixty-flv?, or oVer tweW
i* ul Hfie and uoder fifteen, two. of tni
id* fttnttt be ootmted at od? band : JPf*
td. That nothing contained in this A<
IV b? ccn<4tra?l t?> nffeot the light of an
fe person h*?i?e)f to plant end colli
ef Cotton according to the ret* h?.i
wnbt<^
he II That every violator of ihin law &hut! A
iro be guilty of n misdemeanor, and upou ^
' ,M conviction thereof. idiidl be fined the sum
Ml,
ca of five hundred dollars for each and every
ir- aero so plained above he number specified ;
? such penalty to be paid to the "Soldiers
^.e* Board of Relief' of the District where such
conviction takes place.
10* r *
j. Ill* That afier wurrant issued, against. ^
Jo ot.. - " - -
|#vii??. b vr persons, lor a violation of j
"y this Act, it si.nil bo the duty of th^ Clerk ^
>3' of the Court of General Sesesions and Coin *"
j mun Plea?, for tlio District in which tin*
offence is chareoJ, upon tiio application,
nn under oath of either paity, prosecutor or
l,!* defendant, to issue a Rule of Survey, in
to the case, giving fiv? dava* notico thereof,
nt
(1f to tlio opposite parly, the costs of su?-h
be Rule and Survey to bo taxed in the Bill ol
ily Co.,18, upon the final adjudication of the
,n? case.
"i IV. That all owners of slaves or emel
Py ployees shall give in, on oath to the Tax
he Collector, the number of hands ownea or ,
employed by tliem in asrionlture between 1
for t - -
ine ages ot twelve and fifteen, and fifteen 1
< j. and fifty-five, and fifty five and sixty five, 1
ke eai.h )-ear during said war, under a penalty
r? of one hundred dollar* for e-tcli hand, to
( l>e recovered as sp^c-fied in tbo former sec
' 11 lions of this Act.
to V# That the Ju lees of tho Courts of
its ..
Common Pleas, and General Sc-sions b?
.j, required to give this law specially in
iHt ch irge to the Grand Juries, at each term
nd of their Courts, during said war with llie
j1'1 Abolitionists. '
AN" ACT, to continue in force An Act I
'""J entitled "An AOT to extend relief 1
v.
" to debtors, and to prevent the 8acrilsl
fice of Property at public sales.'
il<l I. lie it enacted, by the State and Llouse '
l,? of Representatives now met and sitting in
General Assembly and by the authority of
lo me fame. That, an Act, entitled "An Act
to to extern) relief to debtors, rh'J to prevent
In the sacrifice of property at pubJie sales,'
n~ ratified on the twenty first day of Decern?
ra' l>er. in tlwj year of our Lord, unu thousand
isi eight hundred and sixty?one, be and the
nt nnmo hereby continued of force, until
ihe adjournment of the next Session of the
i J
0 General Assembly of tins State.
II. And be it further enacted, that all
lla fines imposed by the Courts of Sessions and
Common Pleas of this State be excepted l
-- from the operation of said Act ; and that I
^ all such fines shall be collected as heretofore
|y provided by law.
II I. That the provisions of the said Act
en shall not extend to common carriers where
tjpey fail in their dutier or liabilities a6
^ | common carriers.
IV. That the Baid Act is not intended to '
3- interfere with any right to sue or remedy
now afloided by law for the recovery of r
money lost by gaming. ^
i V. That the saifl Act shidl not protect (
from suit or other process, aDy Tax Collecto
tor, Sheriff, Master or Commissioner in
Equity, Ordinary or Clerk of the Court of
icl Common Pleas and General Sessions, or
,flj their sureties, who lias or may hereafter
receive any money belonging either to the
i- Slate. District Boards of .Comtnissionwr's I
hi or individual citizcns, and has failed, or I
'? shall hereaflei fail to pay over tho same on *
>8 % C
re demand being madd to do 80.
es VI. TIihI llie provisions of tlie said Acl (
h sliall not embrace fines imp/ued by Courts v
'' Martial, or by Municipal authority.
36 tV. D.PORTER,
)- President qf the Senate.
n. ' A. P ALDRU H.
'e Speaker Houte of Representatives.
h A teaeher one day, endeavoring tq malic t
a* a pupil understand the -nature and ap- u
nli<*afinn #?f ? ? -L J " 11 4
jg VI It passive IIT?I| Mia; "A ptw
or iv** *erb ja uxpreuire of the rtnrure of' re- c
i- ceiving hd action, as,. "Peter 1i beaten/
r^lt Now what did Peter do!" The boy, pa us- ?
ing a morr.ent, with flie gravest counteuace j,
possible, eaidf -wJrVeJlI doD't know, with- g
i? out be Jiollertd( v
^ CONSIGNEES. r : - 1 *
The fcHowin^^?r?on? !)nv# freight' !h the a
1(] D?pot at1 Abbt^ft tlu
ld J L Pr*dey, P M Mitcfceir, J A tKlce.' 11
A Simonds, Df- W?ti Peliigrew,' Rcdftrt *
,e Earnest, J McBryde, i W Thom??, P* 8 P
145 Ruili'lge, C?pt J Bro* nl?9, A A Williams
ill DONeille.E Pollard, D. J Jordon,.T C
>a, PerVm,.'CT fliwfcen, H >V La w8on, Mrs { J
J 8 E Debroblt, I E Mircbt-tl J A Wire, J
, Roflrr* Co, W B Dorn. Jab ttoore, J?r 1
MpCkslin, M ft B?on?r, J J, Simpson, Opt
*4 (tnoKf'Mrft JoLo LdDildeh Chlvars.
h> \l9?y Steward. : ~,r''
ip, JK R. BONDLBY, Atffc 1
$ ,:yt ranfflfea'fcr 2
i, JpiilSfte!
?j AbWfiUa O; H, to *
lUlto
> TccfM^sf LKlilt ^j?r?n,v(wbtA
st Iim Jina ytii/ W?ll !li?|l -Mbttj^ G
j to ih* df 0kii?ain^;W^D^
- <Uc??e<h^ffWrnitf' mind* ktffown J A
9 K?y- jAMSS H. WIDElkfAN, Ex'r. ' c
Febf7, 1863 42 3t
k GOOD, SAFR
PERMANENT
INVESTMENT
I PER CENT.\nFKDERATE [fATES BONDS, An
I XT Ell AS YA&LE SEMI- G 7.
4Mwfe ' rji
Bonds ^ilrtflp-issued for ail
350 00, $10flW $500 00 l';i
syooo\o, |
I will altenAt ABIlEViLi\c. II., SALE a'e
DA Y, iii MjftCH, APRIL nndmiAY. (at the o?
SlIIiMFfijS OFFICE,) for tha^jj* and De on.
n?erv ui *>iiuub ana 10 receive STByici iptions
Lo I lie ljp<luce Loan, ballnnce of ihemimo nt u,,,
liome.# J. Ba\eY, h"i
M ofli
Gi^nwooil, S. C.. Feb 10, 1803 42 4tV \y ;
* NOTICE. ' a ?
1\ As there is n great wnu? ol W\ j,ei
COTTON CAtt/iS ?
in o\ C- untry and it is certain /bey can roa
be obmiitod in the
ST-cuTE OF GEORGIA, {?
\ FOR /
Ulaes Taxmaed., *?
Tlierefore, iVledge myself,^) buve all tbo jf8 1
HIDES tl\t can be exchanged for 1
OO.TT?]SJ" dARDS, Hi
WKlVTANKED IN ?"?
- TE>3\DAYS3 in 1
ft ft or tliV'get to my Rpj
DEER, #SHl\ GOAT 3
m DOG k Jj
MV^LL ANSWEI\ 8,I
I willjrave'them Tanned Complete Adj
ONFJpALF FOR TIJE oiklER. v ,inta
All IMljes sent on ibe Railroad taLDon- ?|
tld's Jepot, wilh the Return nstiua
icn, tflrkej Plainly on them will b\ ro'
D. O. HAWTHORNS
F<1) 20 ' 42 3t ^
v. .1?:: - s
KEWARpr
STRAY ED^h>^myJtmTse, ono.nnd-ainlf
mile* Trfrni 'lie ?? the Snake
[toad. ? liio-.yu C^wed Tfcurrier Pup, awmt
G nioiUjis^il?-Answers lianie
The ahapW reward Will he paid otWIub *
lelivt^JITO.'in?, *?T lo th?* Bark at Aroe- \
ill^F < ANDREW SIMONDS
JKsor ; . 42" d'ii
- > "''' ' ' r -? tbr?
\ NOTICE ?
lST.Vl' recent Orders til Jpffnt liable to Jn*(
he Cons^bit Act, bitve tho^rivjlegc of Yol- jng
uletring i^jny Cowpflnaffliey see proper 10 lent
eNsct withoi^ujaMiog^wrough th? ordinary
??unp of In?l^Btion^p 11 *
2J. The uniler^bpjgl Tiavirigbecn appointed in n
De of tho KecrqiuBf Officer* fur 2d Booth Car (*'v
lina Reginr ent, aK anded by Cotonel KEN- .
IKDY Mrvingy iflrwpy of Northern Vir- '-t"
foia, will be#ound'vjp|^Greenwopd, 8. .3,
Vt-dneadays^Jil Saturdag^of each week lor ^
iiinj uiijvio emu*. iiilmikwi who may r
risli to aaMoffietntrfm Jdmthe temporary
dvontagd?ranted them.
^d.. AUBnen ?f Abj??riUe <piiM? iiabla <? (
lie CnqJlript Act dojjm? you*.-oppiktonity U. *
sleet Jfgflo'd Company and ,
i?odfl t>y able and efficient
Jf- Bortronnt Co. (F) Cd 3. 0. Re'pfmienl. '' *
JBr?en w<>vd, .Feb,#),, n w.' l<
'IIESTAT^pF SOUTH CAROLINA.
iy^'^UM -ast^ -E.*, ?
.. -Ore11
r"7"7 Ttf nlia F fr 1 ~ pp1I?<? 4l'.b
" to ma for^BRTof Adafimiration of alt y**
nd'tillgulir r%hl? and ?e.u
redits of Htiijh of the D it riot " 1,1
G'"
sa
tte B?H
Wl. thia-lnLlflih aft*
of FehftfarjKuna'Ihouaand algft hnflkjifd 'WW
tfMra t(h** ' aad in 4tia 86th veaVof Al#t
?f **** 8t*Ui? 8a?jU? .
*' WILLIAM HILL, Ow A. D.
Ordinary'o Office, 48, ?% v V
rHE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
IITAXT ani? Ilsr ECTOR-GbX Ell AI.V OrFlCP.,
\ Columbia, Feb. 18, 1603
'XKRAL ORVEfl NO. 10.
'O carry into elect the foregoing Proclamation,
it ifl herlhy ordered:
. 'Mint tliu Cotnb);indin(r Officers of each and
the Militia Reglneiits of this State convene
nvir jiiaces ui lygimeniaI pnrniio onTUE3V,
(lie 24ih of Hehrtiary iuat. All persons
Inn their respective Regiments between the
s ?)f sixteen and ighifen, and between forty
I fifty j'cnra, exoctet such persons ns are expti-il
from oidiiiafv militia duty and from
ual service beyutid tlio Districts in which
y reside by the provisions of tlie Act of the
item! y lol "The better organization
llic Militia and for other purposes," ratified
thesifcth day of February inst., and forthih
proceed to oi-irliiiuc the persons no orderto
be convened ilto companies of not less
in pev-iity-six (7? and not more than on?
ndred men, Ixelusive of commissioned
eers, electing the* company officer*, name?
: one-captain andlthree Lieutenants.
I. That the Comminies organized within the
its of the Fourtll Brigade are ordered to
idezvous at Charleston, on Thursday, the
h instant; thoselwithin the limits of the
ntit Regiment, (EdJjeft.rld,) the Thirty-niuth
giinent, .(Newbettw and Lexington,) the
irteeiith Regiment (Orongebur,! and the
tecutli Regiment, {(Lexington and Orange**
rg,) will rendezvous at the most convenient
ills on ihc Grcenlille and Columbia Railid
and the South (Jorolina Railroad, so as to
vc on i huriilny, *ie 26th instant, for Chart?n,
and the Conpauips organised within
i litaita qL Andenpn District; the Second
ginient, neken?,)*nd that portion of Abrille
within the linlls of the Regiment lately
jwii as the Fourtlikeiriment of First Corps
pervev will rrndelvoua nt tha most conlieut
point.-* on tha Uluc Ridge Rrailroad
1 the Greenville onft Columbia Railroad, so
to move on Friday morning, the 27th instaut
Charleston. .1
II. The Commnndng Officers of the Comdex
are hereby nuliorized to issue certifies
of transporntatnn for their respeotiTe
nmands. and tho'lrlnn? ?1 *?
deavoua will proviA themselves witholoth>
, blankets and tlirai daysrationa.
V. After the Crir.piuk-a tliolHiave arrivrd
camp they willorfiniiize into Bittalions and
jimenta by Ihe electmurof Field Officer*, dnor-lers
hereafter to le issued. .Jj
The n mniiiiiig companies hereby ordered
lie organized will ho'.I themselves ia readi<i
to move nt. the ahornet notice. '
'I. The Commanding pfficere of the Ragiills
will immediately wfler the Cora pan M*
*c been organized cau*Aaccurale rolla thereto
be made out in duplicate and retarn odb
y forthwith to tl>ia Ome, togethefr ttith s
terof iheCompany.Ofnwre.
ril. The Commanding Cffileera of ttegimeofe
t in commission ate choked with the eision
of ihis order withdEt further notice,
1 ul<o with the otgaiiinMbn of the Comiies.
I
us oruer will not interfere ?lth th? or-?
izntion rpijiiired under <y iioral Order No,
icrctofoiu issued. I
ty order of tlie Governor!
A. c GAiungtoit.
utant and Inspector Genial of Soalti C?roebruary
20, 1863, 42, It
\ .J. - .' .^EADQUARTERS,
VroLijidiMS. C., Feb. 18, 18??.
W I1KRE^B,*U? Aulitiv>nsU are threatenT
ing to Vvd^ur soil with a formidable
y ; ond v;ifL*am tha mo?t effective method
lefeuing ounKAaides, oor wfvea and oa?
dren, is to aH the Tilth lewinvader at the
teliold; Now^EfeafpM, 1, M. fx ?0NHAM?
rernor Hnd taHk??ndcr-in- Obfef,*?* *lrfoe
lie autliorijImnS^yeatei^hy tile~&>4ifema?
mid the oIKt General Awembly, to
into satilfwMK toll or iuob port o? of
militia' tA?ia?dftotD neeeWarjr to'jr?Pf)
ision, daAan* .Nww Jfroolamatlpo,.MP*
upon ih Aintriotta?i%seiPni of tBa 0t*ta to
I a pro?t?nk jaUftn*, obedience'fce 'til* ori
of ihuXdjataqfcrOfciiwat- tbr? <f*y iaMiarf,
ring #portfjp<iaf tfiemroopj ?f. ?iiM into
field diii Ih^ MawmaaA 0tol4 * &?!*< ' t
tadi?B8 to tnarah at a \,'?onant'a warning,
en iflVder nfcWnH * V'-ir ~- * -"
a-llTuxr year *0/0*1" ^
eplit hundred and sixty-* ffa. . Iv. "
Jfi<" IIu.vtt. Deputy Secretary of gtaia.
A. 20, 1888, 4 J, I t -T rr*
; ? ?1 ?<
tREENVILI^E A?D GOLmQlA /
; : vtte ?.-#*?: 1 J
vr xmAty.* ***!, ? *'-i: * #
wVi* ;l.. ;t
on "v.4ni 14 -f
'berry- ."vv. i Vi
ty Six .o ,'p i .2 '?.>i
sn??>o<i ?U? . ,;y
*iiffe; ... .vt w' : ''f* ^ fad . .1
Spi"
?mii. ' : ' 22S5?!tf?w
a comment* on
?b. to, J