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ALMANAC FOR 1863. ?p k h 5 h ^ j* ! f a b | i | 5 5 5 i | 5 I * a 2 h ----- ^ 3 ^ ^ q jamlakt ? o ? a ** ?> 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 J It 12 13 14 15 IS 17 18 IS 20 21 22 23 24 j 25 26 27 28 29 80 31 I February 1 2 3 4 6 6 7! ? 9 10 11 12 13 14 * 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 March i 2 3 4 6 i 7 . 8 9 10 11 12 M 14 15 16 17 18 10 Ao 21 22 23 24 ?5 20/37 -8 i 29 30 31 J April xsl 3 4 5 r? 7 / 9 10 11 12 13 14 j!t> 16 17 18 19 20 21/22 23 2f 25 UQ 27 afi 2Q 80 Wat f 1 u 1 JT 6 6 1 8 9 )0 12 13 14 15 16 , 18 19 20 21 22 23 J?\ 25 20 27 28 29 30 ^ 31 JUKI 12 3 4 5 6 ^ 1 ? ? 1(1 11 19 1<t 14 16 16 17 IS JO 20 1 21 22 2.1 24 26 20 27 28 J9 SO JPtT 12 3 4 6 6 7 8 9 IQ^Vl ' 12 13 14 15 16 iT 18 19 20 21 22 23^24 25 c 26 27 28 2aX?0 31 A^uax 1 2 6 6 7 8 1 Q^r 11 12 13 14 15 ? yri7 18 19 20 21 22 I 24 25 26 it 28 ?9 so 31 eKn^BEB 1 2 3 4 6* 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 18 14 16 !6 J7 18 19 f 20 21 22 23 24 25 20 M 48 29 30 x r\ i A ? t vuuukh | jj o 4 5 G 7 8 t 11 12 13 14 LA^O 17 , 18 1'J 20 RT 23 24 54ft 20 27^^T 29 3<l Jit November I 'j _jr 4 6 f> 7 1 U 11 12 13 14 | Jfn6 17 1H 19 2u 21 . 23 24 25 20 27 26 \ ' * Oecembi! 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 S* Hi U 12 I 13 14 15 10 17 18 19 , 20 21 22 2? 24 25 20 27 28 2l? 3*1 31 | j ( "ciiANGIi-S OF THE Mi?i>.V~T | , . JANUARY. / nil Moon, 4tji tiny, lull. 14m. aflei^r I.osi Quarter, I'illi day, 2li. 6m. af\Mc New Mood, lOtli day lOli. 45m nui/. .First Quarter, '2Uth dav, 4b. UfutJlfiur, ' FEBRUARY./ 1 ?Full Moon, 3d dav 6li. IStn. iJFt, J.aat Quarter, Hilt day. 2l> fidT ?m?m, < New Moon. l7:Jidny. till. 6jm>. after. j First Quarter, 23'li dnv, 6t|i. ?)in. MARdH. JKuil Moon. 5th da_>, PU.Mhit tn"ni. Quarter, J'itli d?vf Oli 17m. ytt.r, ' Jew Moon, 19lli duy^Ht. 39m ?y<rr?. First Quarter, 27tli dpy, 4li. ??iu. iu??r|j, JpRIL. Full Moon, 3d Ji\W111?. 23ui. oflrr. , Last Quarter, lCp <Ju\ , <Jh. lim nficr, 1 New Moon, 17tWliiy, lull. 17m. nft?>r. Pirot Quarter, jBtti <lny, 8li I in. alter. I MAY. I J'ull IJoon. SWday, lOli. lm. morn. ' Luat Qtiart^TlOth day, 5h. 16m morn. I New Moon/kjth day. 1 Ih. 63m. morn. I Fir?t Quar4r, 2olh day, Oli. 2m. after. # JUNE. Full Mn#, Ifct day, 6l>. 25 m. after. . LsatQwR'ter, 8th day, lli. 29m. after. New 3J0on, 16th day, 2li. 24m. morn. Firat Quarter, Sii4ili doy, Oli. 49m. morn, c T JULY. FilII^Tnnn 1s( ^?r 1l? 21m mnrn J>unrU?r, 7th day, lOh. 43m. after. # I loon, 15iIt day. 6h. 21m. morn. oon, 30th dav, 6h. Om. morn. AUGUST. Quarter, 6tli ay, ttli. 4m. morn. ' Moon, 14tit d?y, Itili. 44m. morn. Quarter. 21st duy. 4>i. 7m mum. loon, 28Llk dnj*, 3h. Sum. after. SEPTEMBER I.o?t Quarter, 4th duy, lilt. 24m. ^Ler. New Uuun, 12th day, 11 h. 31m. aAr. First Quarter, 20th day, ?h. 25m. llorn. full Mowj,27th day, fh. dm. mvrm OCTOBER. / Laat Quarter, 4th day, 3h. 25m. JFtter. New Moon, 12th day. 111. 48m^lfter. First Quarter, 19th day, 2h. 1 ??. after. Full Moon, 26th day, lh. 2nuCfter. HOVEMB YM. 5 |*aat Quarter, 3d day, Oh. Win. morn. ; New Moon, 11 tit d??3', tth.?n. tuoru. * j-'irtl Quarter, 18th day, Mi. 4tn. morn. ( .Full Moon. '26th day. SIiIdoiq. mora. ; DECEMBER. i l>astQuarter, 3d dny^h. 10m. morn ! New Moon, 10th dnymhh. 16m. after J'int Quarter. 17th Ay, I 111. 7m. more. Full Mooiij dm, 9li- 3tfin. after. ( ECLIPSES J?R THE YEAR 1863. ( Fir?t?Of the Sum, May #?ih, lib. 63m. in the \ morning I Second?Of the Moon, Jnne let, 4h. 45m, after i noon. - ( Third?1-Of the Moon, Nov. 26th, 2h. 16m. in ( the mprning- , I THE ABBEVILLE P*W ' \ . BYLBB * WILbJ. ( ABBEVILLEj/k, G. ' Two Dollar* in Ad^nist, ' * Tv r Dollars and Fifty Cents at tha. Expiration of tJe Yt*i, %ar AD Mjt*criptioiiB m>\ limited at li* -time of rabscribinp, wis be cui>?ider* a ---> -.-.n J ?"? >du w .iti lujtinufu uiirn arrear>agM are -paid, or at the wtion of the Propne- S itotv. Order*from othejAtatea miint in vnriml\ ? Am accompanied -by tbdEaab. Ml , ?AtEB OF JfDVERTISIJT G Every Advettlaemaft inserted for a it-** turn Hum tliree months, wi be charged hv the in- " je.rtion at Oflfl Holftr per Square, inrh I ' ?therfpaceof 12 solid line* or it-w.J foi llir J ?rat insertion, and Fifty Cent* for each snh sequent insertion. / 4 aqjunaJ month*, $6; 6 month #10; 1 ve?r$l6 2 squares 9 ' #10; 6 " Ml6; i*ear #2fi 1 8?quarea3 " #16; 0 " #25 *8'? * ^square* 8 " f-'O; 6 " %'id^ljpf.nr *33 H .6 square* 3 " $26: 0 " tmfj jPVear $85 iS square* 8 " *80; 0 " I year $40 -7 *aW?ref 8 ? *35; 6 /%*<); i f ?ar *45 l1 ;8?{o*re?8 *$o; a ^ |M< J jt*r *60 , One column, oi^vear $86.- .. -... . Obiljaify /ottM? Exc?*dU)g one wjuior twelve line*, will f<V, adv/fi-t^??menU. ?ar M? Doth& leolici.Ved. tar 4J1 CommuqAtat^Qtie 0Ql of general initre*l Will ha th*??<l * /.:UT>. AMnopnejS CepdjdaW* Fir* Doil***. . *# AU<4*jBiihhijU not having Lf)t> num- 1 ??rka^-0*? * popy, f ii) ha J ppbhshedulWorbid and ebargrd v^ordj^gly. M jjm" *wAif W/ww w4 Ad^artUitu? 'J O^wwept regular patron* jrili fea co?jid- M ai tka??rkii done. 0 MV^Li. ?2? a *m . . ^ " jy/j 1 ??>!, IB de?( M) m, {? raaoMUtf U Mad m th? uwut L, Insurance NOTICE. THE SUBSCRIBER IS AGENT FOR THE 1LABA1IA 1XSLRAXCE COlli'AW, Located at Montgomery, and for the BERCIIAMS l\'SLRA\CE COMPANY, OF RICHMOND, rwo of tlic best Companies IN THE CONFEDERACY. HE WILL INSURE Houses, Cotton, or Human Life, ?i the 7noat favorable Terms. ISAAC BRANCH, M. D. Abbeville C. II., Feb. G, 03 ^0 EXCHANGE NOTICE NOyfe. RICHMOND, Jan. 10,^3. rllE following officers and men 1?uc duly exchanged, and are hemty dt slared. M 1, All tlie officers and mon captured in Ken uckv, Tennessee, Alabama. Missiulppi. Georgia, Floaida and South Carolina, up to Dcccm >er 10th 1802. ? 2. A" officers ond men oritur#] ii) Missouri, vansas. New Mcdii-o, Arizona, Arkansas and Louisiana, up lo January 1st isfc. 3 The (oreifoing sections apiBy not only to ?ffic?*ra and men of the Conffterate service, >nt also to all persons eapl'ireilin arms or hos ,iie array agninst the United States, whatever niiy have been the eharaeterJof the military trgntiizatioiiB to whieh lliei were nit nulled, ind whatever m.iy have beef the terms of the lurolcs given by them. If *iy are in Inderal it ir-otis. lliey are t<> lie immediate y released, ind ,e)i vered 11? t lie ConfSeratc authorities 4 AM 4 ??nlV?lerate (iftCrni mid men who iav? ii delivered lit C2y l'oint ll|> to Janiar\ tiih. 1803. a 5. All Confederate otieera and men who iiive ln-i'ii delivered at Jickntinri; up to De'elllbi-r and in:lildin^ ail id date, ft. All |>ari>lled fuiiffdrraie otliurrs and men c-oipven tor at VicKflinrj* U|> to Lfeeuiiihcr i3d. 1KC2. uikI i iic I Hi] ifat; said date. 7. All I'onf.-deriilc k'flicerti ami men enptur-<l mid |>ur<-ilad nt t fr rederiekaburir, Va., in December, iBti'i. i 8 All Coiife-lcrale jffieera and tnan ftapttir* ?d and paroled at (iofflshoro', N. C-, in JJrcism>er, 1 bii'2 ? 9 Other mini-ell'inf cons and minor exchange*. <>f which tin- j|i8i<>j)i iate uttiocrs will be Inly liitoivncd. j I ItOKKflT OULT>. 1 Agent of Exchange Fell Id f _4l tit EXCHANGfflNpflCE NO. 3. 1 ALL Confide ateofficrm aii:l men who iave been oupt.urui imH p?r->led in \ irginiaor ilurvhmd, nt any I me from the beginning of inutilities to the li of November, 1862. have leeu duty r^chang A. and are hereby en delared. \ 2. All Confedei ,te officers and men who j lav. been delivun 1 qt Aiken's Landing, on | I ii me a river, at sn# time previous to the llih j if November, 18<J , hove been dwH' exchanged i <n?J are hereby ?u ddaiar?ci. 3. All Confe(!ei ts cfficeM and men who k;t vs been d*dit'ur< 3 nt Viekabtirg M iF.-'iscippi, >revi.ius to the 1? of November, 1862, and inImliiiR said dut*, iave been dnly e*cb.ij|iged, iikI lire hereby so declared. ROBERT (j JLT), Agent of Exchange. Feb 11 4l fit GBEENVIL E AND COLUMBIA R. El COMPANY. CHANG! OF SCHEDULE, ,L'P tbai.v leave >lnmhia 7.30 m. llston 9.24 ' s'ewberry 11 u8 " finely Six l.ic p m. ^rwnwootl 2. .18 tMutville 1.55 . k< . *! uj-?- w.'iO < lellug # 4 54 'Villian).it<>Q 5.]9 ARRIVE Srtenvillc 6 30 " POM I TPA1M LKAVS reenvilla 4.45 a. m V i 11i>1 rustor> 0.(14 ' Jcltvn 0.58 " Uihcvillo 7.46 ' Joke* bury K 53 ?. Jreen-voo'l I- {i.86 " ninety Sij \ 10.18 ieu heirv I 12.1 ft p. m. vlmoi) ft 2 32 " ARRITK ?unihi? 1 4 16 " T<> commence onttlONDAY 16th inst. f??. .?q. ihkh. 41.f," NOTICE. 1>*T. BY recent OH* ?11 is-t-i- - lie ?'on*Ti|)t Act, b*r iIik privi.ege of Vol ring in any Company they nee prope/- to elrnt w.ijlioyt through t! a ordi'inry ?niai|> of InoiruulIajK 2<1 Theyii'lrif ig?il li-ving Wen appointed nif of tlie Krcruitjflt OfficfM for 2<1 South Car >lina R< gin ent, Cwjiinuirleci by Colonel KEN JEDY serving lufflie army ol Northern Vir;iui?, ?vill l>e fcmnd at Greenwood, H. Vedneadeys nd>US?turdays of each week for 'hirty dajs. /t# enlist all persona wIiq may risji to ityail/themselves of tb.? temporary dvantage grafted liieni. 8d. All pi erf of Abbeville District liable to he Conscnpfr Act now is your opportunity to rlact a $? & <V>" P*?V ami Regiment, oom)uliAsd bwable and efficient Officers. 7 H. F. FULLER, prrgf ant Go. (V) 8d 8. C, Regiment. ? tnwuoi], re?? w 42 3t 1 No i-ICE [ S hereby given to ail whom it j^3fc>nc?rn L tliMt on mil ufur tbe Tw#{ jpCh a.y ?f Ifrch m*xi, (1868) I intend Ji^rtd* * a n)? wlnr. JHy husband. iorSfln C. Bvill. ia I Ii 11 KiuliKt l>v !> <( ?? t\? - wrw wr v jMr ;i?w "c?r lAiro old '? *lwi/fl*trLot ?f. Abh?vflJk, p. 8ARAH3EALJU 1 of JoBtph Q. Bead, -Poni't |?a 98, 1BW. 3^1 ? ?.? - '.** ' . NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS. 1! ii I WILL attend at the undernamed times and places, for the purposu of collecting faxes for the year 1802. t Di|e West, Monday, March 9th: j, Donaldsville, Tuesday, March 10th ; Soil file town, Wednesday, March 11th; t Cokesbury, Thursday. ftlareh 12th; r Douglas'* Mills, Friday, March 13; Abbeville C. -H., Saturday, Mau-ii 14th ; 0 iiowiiUL'sviiie, Monday and Tuesday Ma roll I 1 Jf>th and 17th; | . Speeds, Wednesday, March 18 ; ' Calhoun's Mill?, Thursday, March 19 , t Warrenton, Friday, March 20 ; Tribble's, Saturday, March 21 ; 8 Wjllinglun, Monday, 23 ; r Bordeaux, Tuesday, March 24; Talbert's (in tlie Kange) Wednesday, March 25; ( Bradley's Thursday, March 80; Ccder Spring* Friday, March 27 ; Coljiran'n, Saiuriluy, March 28'; t While Hall, Monday, March 30 ; Woodville, Tuesday, Marph 31 j Ninety-Six, Wednesday, April 1 ! ^ Greenwood, Thursday, and Friday, j April 2 and 3 ; Smithville, Saturday, App) 4 ; F Abbeville, Monday," April A; r Callahan's, Wednesday, April 8 ; I will be at Abbeville Court House on llir 5 1-t day i? May, which will be the last day for | receiving returns. All persons failing (< make return* on the above day, liable to double tax. * All tajti-8 to be paid by the 1st day of Junp r or execut ions may he mailed. I'ropei t v to be returned in the name of tlie proper owner. (lunrdisins, Kxrcutuiv, and Administrators wi'.l return property undff their control. l'orsotiB having transferred properly hoUycen the l?t October, 18QJrond 1st Oct. 1802 will make it known to me. Free person* ol color xnust p/iy their tf>5cs the 17th of April. II. S. CA80N. T. C. February 20, 1863, 4I> fit NEGROE8 WANTED, THE HIGHEST CASH PHICES, Will be paid for NEGROES. Address, ALLEN VAN CP.. < Greenwood, S. C. i Feb 27 J3 tf ( NOTICE. As there is n great want. of COTTON CARDS, ; in our Couniry and it *13 certain they enn 1 be obtained in the STATE OF GEORGIA,) FOR l IXidos Tanned, Therefore, I pledge myself, to linve all tbu 1 HIDES lluit can be exchanged for ( COTTON CARDS, 1 WELL TANNKD IN ' TIDIS^ DAYg, ! alter they pet to my ' < YARD !; ATT ' deer, sheep, goat ' am dog swi, : WILL ANSWER. I will have (hem Tanned Complete ONE-ItALF FOB THIS OTIIEll. f All [Tides Kent on the Railroad to Don? ' aid's l>ej?ot, with the Return Destina ticn, marked Plainly on them will be re- ) ceived. D. O. HAWTHORN. F-h 20 42 3t | NOTICE. HAV.FNO bought the Irteiest of Dr. I. , BRANCH, iu the , Book and Drug Store, j ( I will, ns far ns the limited means will allow, owing to the war, keep such Stock ae has always been kept. All orders must be addressed to me. C .A.-S H Bi-ing the Sj-stem alt over the Confederacy, it must ntlend Order*, as I do not intend to have a book of Credit. EDWIN PARKER. J F<*b is. 186-3 4Mf COTTON SEED FOK SALE. 100 ushejs of Zipppora J COTTON SEED AT IJO per BUSHEL. * Applv hi ill is office. P -- - f reu i? 11' If DEBTORS AND CREDlTOftf, Estate of David. Keller, dec'd. f LL Perions Indebted to .tho Estate of 1 k David feller, ijpce*Bed, now due, by I??>teor Account, lira aolicited to pay the me io Mr. Wtt. U. Wulbon, (*t tl?e pre?? Offlct ) and tho*e hnvin^ demand* agaipat the I&iat* will present them to tbe tame, properly attest p ed. NANCY KjEL^EIt. Admrx. " Jan 80, 1883 89 8m NOTICE TODEBTORJ. ] *n? dowi ma aoeoanu oi UKAV * ROBERT- v BON, are in the band* of Mr. MATTHEW )tp M IH )N A LI>, who it authorised to r?e?if? ud rtfeipt tor *11 p*id?n onr account 15 GRAY * ROBERTSON. " Abbeville C. H., Jan. 7. 1898, ft, |m ? BOTTLES AND VULS 5 o BEING muli waateJ, I will boy ?ay tbat M? b? brought to ra*. Th?y nnit b? CLEAN. EDWIM PAEKES. T*11, IMS filf * XJC -ft f X4 V <A> A4 FKOM BEAUFORT. The Mercury furnishes the following ews from Beaufort, which is more in tie- up ail than our dispatch of yesterday morn- C ng: ti; We have some late and trustworthy Ix idings from Beaufort, which fully confirm 01 I uo news Heretofore published, of a person- ct il difficulty having occurred between Major tl Jenerals Hunter aDd Foster. The quarrel a elated to precedence in rank, and concluIccJ by General Foster informing General hi Junter that sooner than fight under bin), a? ie would fight against Itiffi; and suiting o! he action with the word, General F. dealt m i blow in the face of General JJ. Gene- ai al JI. was not slow to assert h's bel- jr gercnt rights, and replied by str king u Jeneral F. on the head with a billet wood p >f drawing blood propusely. Before hos'.ili u les could bo resumed tlig combatants were u eperated. Foster, after ordering the do ij tarkation of his division on St. Helena |i sland, left for Washington to have hie ^ 'osirion defined. Meanwhile it is cttr-j' b ently reported nt Peaufort that IIimtepr j> rill try Genesis Point and Causten's 1)1 lift' It is preliminary steps to the attack on Sa? V 'aiHiali, and at the samp time march a- s< [ainst the railroad at Pocataligo; and thus, j< f successful get the inside track from his 0 rival. The attack on these points, it was w .bought, would take plate about the 1st. of i< tiarch ; so that we may hear some Stirling news in a few days from the coast, j 0 !)f c<>ur>e every "lad" in grey is perfectly ? ileiighted nt the prospect of getting India c ubber clothes and blankets, to s:iy notli- ^ ng of water proof boots, Arc., <fc \ s We learned from the same source when |, ,ve obtained tlip above information, thai c here are over 150,000 troops at Port lluy^p il, and more expected. . ^ Savannah, Feb. 28.?The Nashville ixJr coming up the Ogeecliee last night, gtoui* ^ Jed on a sand bar above Fort McAhhtel, mid whs discovered this morning by the j jiK-my'H flfet. An ironclad opened fire ^ icross the marsh at tlie Nashville at 7.50 ' 1 iikd c.ontiimi'il until in u iinii .. > r. u] shell struck tlij Nashville, setting her ^ 3D fire, and sbc is now a tMtal wreck. The g fort fired upon t!:? ironclad, hitiing her ,hree time*. Other "Utiboais from the fleet . s ihelled the fori, doing no 'laina^e. The Steamer Ukooklys Taken* ? From the V:ck>burg Whiy we lake i lie ollowing paragraph. Il ii is true, it i?, glo- 1 ions news: ( Caitche of the BiiooklYx.? We have i < information, which comes through a w ell? < kiiowii gentleman, from New Orleans, that . f CJcii. Magiuder cai.tnred the fipiunis Yankee man o!?war Brooklyn, oil' Galveston, a t short time -ince. Sin.-grounded, and whil(, i ler rew wen- in the act of'shifti ng i he gnus l .o get her off, Magruder suit out liis m>i<; 1 pnto fiuet and boarded hat', This is cer- j Utility a brilliant achievement, and will add ] t idd tional lustre to the nurneolJ. Bank .? Iiead Magrnder. t Richmond, Feb. >.$.? Northern dates to j 1 .lie 20th have Leon received. TiiA bill to |?! jnroll and call out the militia pns^ythe 1 Hou-c with amendment:)?yeas ) 15, ' t9- . .. ^ The Senate passed a bill nuthoi izing tin* > v ['resident to suspend the writ of habeas , 1 :orj>us?yeas 24, nays 13. Si The New Yoik World says gold was ' "urious on the 2lih?the premium touched v "eventy-two, with heavy sale-, mostly n 'rom foreigners. r niE STvfKuF SOU ill caroijna ' o Abbeville District.? Citation. , }y WILLIAM IIILL, Esq., Ordinary of Abbe villfi District. 0 iyiJKKpA^, A. F. Wimliifli has applied v .o me f/>v Letters of AdminiMration of all n ind siaguUr tlie goods and ehattels, rights and sredits of John J. Wiiubiidi, late of the ^ district uforeHn d. decM. a ThMA flffl I III-. I'offtKO l/v ?J - 1 * iv. vne Hiia n*iuionisli | . ill and singular, tlw kirdred mid ?reditor? of " lie said deceased to lie and appear before me, |j it otir next Ordinary's Court for tlie said Dis- ^ nut to be holdeu at Abbivillc Cuini lJ<*use, * >n tlie 13th March next, to tdi^w cnJJs?, f uny why the said administration should not >e granted. , Jiven under my band and seal, this (be 24th day of February, one thousand eight bun- ti dred and sixty-three aud in tbo 8t>th year of Sovereignty and Independence of the State of -.outli Carolina* WILLIAM HILL. O. A. D. ,, Ordinary's Office, Feb 'il, 1803, 43 2t. |?fll? on* a mn av-- - - me, oiAlc Ui* SUliTIi CAROLINA P Abbeville District?Citation. e }y W'LLIAM HILL, Esq., Ordinary of Ab- 6 Seville J)iUricL jj ITIJ'HEREAS Sam'l A. Wilson, has applied to Yl me for Letter* of Admidi*trntii>n of nl ind singular (lie goods and chattels, riehts and 9 fedits of John li Wilson, late of the Dis , rict 9 foresaid dce'd. These are therefore to cite and admonish nil m ind singular, the kindred and creditors of the aid deceased to be and appenr before Tf)e, at u. next Ordiudnry's Court., for the said Dis.- V riet, to be holder, at Abbeville Court House, ,t in Jhe 10t)> March next, to show cause, if any vby the said administration should not be tl ranted. liven under my hand and seal, litis The 23d of February one thousand eitfht hundred tl d sitiy three and to III.* fcGMi jeae o( Uie p, IudejeydrBAe of lh* State of sUjutb Caro- ' lino. WILLIAM IHLL, 0. A D. 1,1 Feb. 26, 1863, 43. ?t ^ THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ?? Abbeville Ditfrifit?PUation. !y WffJ,fA3f PJLT? Ordinary of 4b,- cl beyilla Pistriot tli INHERE A? Robert Jones, has applied to | th w -w nm iut lienors 01 Aanmnlstration of all ad singular the goods and chatties, rights and -edits of Jane Jones, late of the District aforer- . ud dso'd. ?M These ara therefore to oita and admonish all go od singular, tha kindred and creditors of the ^ kid draeated to be and appear before roe, at 7 nr next Ordinary'a Court, for the a*id District, lib > be holdan al Abbertll? Hah.. ? L - - WM mi Lq Mi March neat, to ehoqr e?v e, H any why ie said ?dminUtr?.tio* jjjcmld uot be granted. iveu under my band t^id eeal. thie the 23d of . February on* t)iotf?*od eight hundred and <i|tjfthrf??ndiii Uittl y/ea* .of the lade* .bit pendente of the fltato of ?o.uth Caroline. ?t. WILLIAM HJU* 0. 4. P. * JTeV H, Mi, *9( it fttf JU X XV JUOO. A CHEERING SIGN- j English papu b a t received in Now Yo k sure us that the cott?>u warrants of the onfederate Government are roadily tiegouble on the London Exchange. It will } recollect"*! that these bonds are promisee i the pnrt of our Government to deliver irtiin amounts of cotton Ip ihe bolder of 10 bond, at some Confederate port wit bin specified time. Tbe fact that tbe-o bonds are saleable nt sought for in England, is the strongest isufance we have bad of tbe confidence I the mercantile glasses then- in our ylii into and eqily success. Still more, it is i indication qf t|:jjir belipf that ihcproresspf tiie Federal arnis Jiaa roael.e 1 its j trnost limit, lor they are awjire of the oliry of our Government and the deterlinatjon of our people to destroy the cot>11 when eu<lai'{jere?l by the approach of re enomy. liotids fpunded upon the dpvery of cotton ?t qur seaports would rarcely l>o saleable anywhere if it f.'lii-ytd that the cm tny cojild ppsseas trfy or'.s, or could much longer prevent ships", oiu entering and pouveyir.g it away. V o thi|j|c (lie pirciimstuuce is indicative of j nothing more and better th in mere re- ' ^cognition. Thp confidence is bitted up i n some authoritative assurance that the j ar bliall soon close and commerce return 3 its regular channels. It. is gratifying to observe that the faith j f the Confederacy is so much esteemed broad. While the securities of the Fed-i ral Government, cannot be sold at any ' rice, the promises of our Government are j ought, for and invested in. There will | ereaMer lie no lack of means for the piir-l base of arms and supplies, for the largest iart o( the cotton in the Confederacy urn iB purchased and devoted lo that win If cotton warrants can be sold to ailvam. age in England, wfl can see no reason vby they connot be used for investment iore, and be made av-nilable for the purpous of exchange. The absorption of the surreney is an object ?t least as desirable as my otlici,and we have no doubt that londs for the deliyprv of cotton would be ought for in preierenco to any other se:urity, and would prove an i-O'cctual aborbanl for an immense amount. [Juyusta Chronicle. "Pkack Uf'os An* Tehms."?The Yancees are now growing almost af dimerous ->r peace as they were Rome month? ago or war. Tiie Washington correspondent if the New York Heruld, speaking of the eeling ii| Congress, says: pi'oinineii! U publicans |);>ve been heard .o announce themselves in favor of peacc in any term-, and to say that platform is he only one that can bo sueee.-sful in llio I'l ?>-'w).-ril i;t 1 n-jnuiss Tim r> \ prnssion of A case which \\fts recenily decided in lie Liverpool Court of Passage, in of conliJerablc interest to shipowners and seanen. A sailor who had shipped on board he sliip Admiral, at Liverpool, for a vo>tge of twelve monlljs, the filial port qf disilujrge being in the United Kingdom, wund LliaL tlie Aiimiral was being directed^ owards Savannah, though in the total i lie had signed it was distinctly st<i I'd that lite vessel was only to visit "safe' nid not blockaded ports. The ship, how!V?t, when in the neighborhood of Saannah, was cm pi tired by a Federal cruiser, ,nd Kdward McDonald, the plaintiff, anongst others, was caj4urod and conveyed o New York. For the owners, it was onlendtd that they had no previcus ;now ledge of Savannah being in a Ktate f blockade, and that they had wilfully iolated 110 contract. Ultimately, after a ;ood deal of argument and evidence on <oth sides, ii was decided that the own< rs hould pay McDonald the sum of ?10,1)6ng compensation for loss of time between is release by the Federal authorities ai Cew York and his arrival at Liverpool. Ci.orin'g of tiie WAtt.?Tlia Richmond ')espit(ch takes a gloomy view of the fuure, ami thinks wo are not yet near to lie beginning of the end. It says: So fur from being about to end, we be- j levo^hat the war is nbout to assume a ii*|>e more terrible than it has ever yet resented. The Yankee armies were nev-; r so large a? they ar? now, and they ne?r threatened us at so many importaot oints before. It i? well for this fact to be iroughly understood. It is all important >r individuals, as w ell as communities, lwaya to look their equation fully in the ici', ami they may know how they stand, nd what they can do in tha crisis. We shall l?eat the Yankees, we believe. l7e bavt* alwavs beaton them whenever ley have given us a chance. Unless in 10 case of an *soliied position?ns at lontJjinn nnrl If.mnnl/. 1-1 1 1 aoiuiiu ? or wiiera iey bavo b,eei) pimbje<l- U> bring their su* jrior fleet to bear upon up, they have 9rer been able to contenj| with us. We ivja rarely ever encountered then), when , iey bad i.pi at loa&J, three to one agaiiut , i, and if pone of o r nuigemus victories ire been pu*hed to a satisfactory conimmation, it is be^HJJse of ibat inferioiity | jjujpben, We will coQtjpue vo beat ein. I3ut the lime baa pot ytt come, for em to giveMp Hie contest, * - '< Joe Hook?#.?We have beard a little ^ pa about "Fighting Jq," which ia father | ou. ?oir?*- OQA n-keci a Confederate | jner^J, *boae name we do not feel at < erty to mention ti^tbi* ?onnvclion, be ( ?w anything taut rfjgbtjkif Jo." t 'ighting Hell," ,b?L replied. v j"Omea when i were ?i West point together! UicfceJ n outof inj room, and. aU be said vaa a ill Tail wbat're you about!'" Jbia ia t Lbonlic.?Richmond Whiff. & _**.t..^. rr->rrfiii'nirf A PRAYEB. OI? 1 God Btill fineld our gullnot meu? Oh! enve them in the fight; We trust in the*, and prtty that Thou Will still dubJid the right. As children to their father look With confidence and love, Father, we come to Thee nud ask Thy blessings from atiovp. I We feci. O Lord, that Thou nit now 1 Our helper ami our friend? We lean on Thee ntnl trust tlint Thoil Will our just cause dutend. Of ull t|ie vjetqripy wp |javc (jained To Thee, Hie pruixe be given, Then guard, Oli! ijuord our brave around, ! Wjth sentinels from Heaven. YANKEE CONSCRIPTION. A Conscription bill bus passed the Yan kee Congress which lias shaken h 11 Doo? dledom to the very core. The Times thus j speaks of it: This measure, which has pns?ed the i Senate, provides for the enrollment and [ calling into service, if needs be of nil the .able bodied men b-tween twenty and turfy-five. The on'y exernpfions beinpr tllft (rftVfrnnr.4 Altfl Silo!<? Jiwlooa nnlv ~ " "*,bv"i v"v sons of poor widows and a few others. Substantially, ns the New York Times savs, it is pulling all the able bodied men of tbo loyal Status in for t?|\eo years, and all told, the force will number three millions. The enrollment is to bo mailp by ofllccifi directly accountable to Lincoln. It is to be called forth by draft in such numbers ayd assigned to duty in such places as Lincoln sees fit. No State functionaries have Fahything to do with it. Provost Marshals are to be appointed *>r each Congressional ' ,.,i .i._ ?- - | JU10VIIWV) ifiiv ?uo iu oco tu lilts uoilljueicness of the work. Heavy penalties are imposed for all resistance or counselling resistance to the Llralt; in fact, says the Times, every part of the bill bristly with provisions ensuring ite efficiency. The Southern Confederacy, it,continues, has put every dollar and every drop of blood in its limits at the d'uposal of J?tF. Davis ; if we are not prepared to make similar submission, we might as well give up our ttinds for infamous and ruinous discomfiture. Iiisgl td however, that I... ...:U i 1- mm. j me. s>HI;I IIICC uui uc ma'iv. i iit? purrenuy j bill will pledge evcrv dollar, and the con scription act will pledge every drop of ! blood to the national cause. Now for the I first time, it continues, wo shall have the ! power of the nation pilled against that of j tlie rebellion. It predict3 flow the succcssI ful crushing out of the rubol}jqn. This i act, it says, furnishes the means of pulver! izing ihe Southern Confederacy. It can ] now defy armed intervention and enter a ! caveat to the world. It now sees tho signs | of ultimate triquiph, inasmuch as the Uni' ted Sratcs n^v realizes its strength and its 1 work. THE NEGRO ENLISTMENT BILL. Iif regard to the negro enlistment bill wl^h was before Congress 8&mo weeks aqg, and which passed the House, the HerJfld remarks: We like tlie idea of rpd breecla-3 for the I Afrionn noldier. tl?? ...mi . * >.v wMinnuv UVIUI *? 111 | tickle his fancy ; but wiili yellow stripes I down the legs of tlie breeches, and a red | coat with yellow facing', and wiih n red ! cap and a white feather, Cuff, o would be | complete. .We would liowov?r, admonish ' the President of the danger of exposing j these magnificent African allies to the rebel guerrillas. Thp average of an ablebodied field hand in the Scuth js from fifteen hundred to two thousand dolla/s in ; Confederate script Put a regiment or a ! brigade of nuch fellows withiu striking distance of Jeb. S'uart, or Forrest, or the rebj * ! Morgan, arid nothing will pave them ! From-the auction block. Perhaps the best j thing that can he ilone with these fylendid ! Africans is to put them behind the forts of | Washington, where they can be protected. I Thus secure frotu danger? with General | Ilooker between thern and the rebel army, these red coatel soliliers of African descent may do something for the cause of human freedom. Let President Ivncoln consider the value in Confederate wcrij't of nn able-bodied African, and he will be satisfied that wc nre not i ikilltf in this mftftpr Our - battling fijr'frcedooj, should not be cafeJi'gsly exposed to the chances of being snapped up and sold into slavery. Invkstino in Confkre.batp Bonus.? There seems to be now a great rage for inventing in Confederate bonds. Everybody ia buying bop.ds?fbiU is ?verybody who has Treasury notes wherewith t.Q buy Iloir.great the contrast is .here, our people are seeking Confederate Government paper. In Li/i.coludoin every-body id avoi* ding Government paper, and paying enormous prices for erery article which will enable thn.ni to get rid of Ynnke '"promises Lo pay." This is one of the best sign? of the times.? Ch, Mercury. Northern Ktws.?Tlje W'Pphjester (Tfenn.) Bulletin bus r?ce ved a GiminnatIt Enquirer of the tyih, frqifl which it gath?rs additional news to the disaffection >f the Va th-west. Oter one hundred Democratio meetings haw bfetf held in [Hinaiaand inHiaiw ** ?it-~* t- ??>? ui woicu re#o* mioat were passed in favor of an anni*. ice and a at9].p*ge of the trir. Volun. eering, rays thO Enquirer, has oeaspjjand ' u> raproita ciro be had. . ?*??< An attempt to arreet a deaerter jp Hudon City, N. J. last week, was reqjated by he people, and the Provost forop} to liU- < rata bia prieoner, ' i -) i' -iiflf*-''-- " - - A MOMENT OF HORROR* Wo are indebted to the Mobile Register for the following: For. twenty-thrco years, olcj Juke Willnrd has cultiv.atfcd the soil of Baldwin courj* ty, and drawn thoiqfrotn a support for self and wife. He is childless. Not long ago Juke left the bouse in reared of a missing tow. II18 route led him through'an ord worn out patch of clay land, of about six aores in exi*."', ? the ccnter of which was 9 well, twppty fifb or thirty feet deep, that at some tiroo, probably, I?a<l furnished the inmates of ft dilapidated hoUBe near by with water. Iu passit.g by this spot an ill wind lifted Jake's "tile" frgm bis bead, and maliciously wafted it to thp edge of the well and in it tumbled. Now Jake had always practiced the. virtue of econqmy, and he immediately 8&t about recovering t,l,e lost hat Uo ran to the well, and finding it was dry at the bottom, be uncoiled the rope which he had j brought for the purposo of capturing the I truant co\vt and after &evgr>?l attembta to ? I ! catch the hat with a noose, he concluded ' to save tiino by going down into the well ( himself. To accomplish this, he ronde fast j one ^nd.of tlie rope !o a stump hard by, j and was quickly p,n his yny down the I well ! I is a f.ie!, of which Juke wn? no le?s j oblivious than the reader thereof, that Ned j Wells \\n$ in the dilapidated building ' aforesaid, and that ai,i old blind horse, with J a bell on his neck, w\.o bad been turned | out to die, was lazily crazing within a short distance ol the well. I The devil himself or $91^0 other wicked j spirit put it into Ned's cranium to have ft ! little fun ; fco ho quhtly slipped up to the 1 horsp, and unbuckling the bell straps apj proachod with slow measured '.'ting-ft-ling" j the edge of the well. t "(ji ? d dang that old blind horse 1" said J Jalce, "lie's a comiu' this wauy^re, and j ain't got no more sense lhan to fall in here. I Whoa, Ball!' " 1 liuj. the continued apprpach of thp 't'"ga-ling" ?aid just as plainly as words that ' Ball would't ;,ivJioa." Besides Jak? w?? i at the bottom, resting, before trying to i "shin'' it up the rope. "Great Jerusalem!' said he, "the old ' cuss will be a top of me before I can soy i ' Jaek Robinson. Whoa! G?d dang you, '' whoa! Just then, Neil drew up to the edge of ! the well, and with his foot kicked cj little , dirt, i to it. "Oh ! Lord I'exc'aimed Jit^e, falling upi on his kriee3 at the bottom, "I'm gone now , whoa! Now I lay me down to sleep? w-h-o-a! l?nll! ? 1 pr*y that Lord my eoul j to?w h-o-a, now. Oh, Lord, have mercy : on me!' | Ned could hold in 110 longer, and fenrfvl Jake piiglu sufli-r Irotn hij fright, J?e rcveali ed himself. j Probably Ned didn't make traclj? with I his heeld from that well. Mayb? Jake wasn't up to the top of it in short order; | and you might think he didn't try every j night for t\jo w$gk? to get a shot with his | liliu at Ned. M;t\be not. I don't know. Hut I do know that if Jack finds out who I sent vou this, it v. ill be the laaf ?nm1i fnn'lt I - - ! gCtA THTJE AND TOUCHI1JQ.8TORT. AVe clip the foljowing Trom the Fred1 crick ^burg (Va.) u Christian Banner:" A young man and his wife yrore preparing to ntlcnd to a Christmas party at the house of a friend a few miles distant. "Henry, my dear husband, don't drink too much at the party to-day; you will promise me, won't you ?" said she putting her hand on his arm and raiding her ey? to his face with a pleading glance. "No, Mollie, I will not?you mpr tri^st ! iue." ? | And ho wrapped his infant boy in & i noft blanket, and they descended. ! The horses were soon prancing flvef jhe | turf, nnd pleasant cpnyeraation beguiled ! the way, ! 'Now, don't forjjpt your promis#," ! whispered the yo?iug wife, as #he passed UJ> tlje stpju. Poor t-hing! Sho waa the wife of a man i who loved to ipok upon the wine when red. But liis love for his wife, and their babp, whom tlicy both idolized, krpt him hack, and it was not often that hejoineJ in Bacchanalian revelries. The party passed off pleasantly, the time of departing drew near, and the wife descended from the upper chamber to join Iier husband. A pang shot through the lnifrtiug heart 83 she met him, fop bo intoxicated I He had brpjcen bja -japmise. Silently they rode homefrard safe when the drunken man bpko into rile matchcs of song ur unmeaning laughter. Hut the wife rpde op, ber bubo pressed closely to her grieyed heart. "Giv# pio tho babe, MolHe, I cant trnsl jwu Willi liim," saiclUe SB he approftclled a dark and somewhat swollen streap^ ' After Borne hesitation she resigned Ver first born, her darling babe wrapped in the great blanket, to his arms, Orej the ciaik waters the noble steed safely bore them, and when they respbed the bank the mother asked for the child. . m . With mugb cate and tenderness be placed t^e b.undlfc ip kf# aiwa^ wfcej^shs elasped it tp her boao^i po babe #as tilers I It hiy? slipped fro^ tfoe blank*, t aq4 tba dfunkon 'fathfr fcil^W it not. A wjl^shmtk arj>use4 hiqs,aalM turned 14?* *? Kttie ntff on? moment above the dark wares, tbeu sink (orever. ? . * ' Yiiv i? uo Action bol Jfo pUm fru*. The paniM ware ]M?*? Mf tip the Vjriler, *nd >t pp ft *?roief to III ow who delight jft intoxicating di ?nd resist the pl^^iing oflovioqj wfvev ' -:]*>**