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CASON, rcepect-l ully announce him a candidate for reellflctit n or Tr.x Collector of Abbeville District, at?tfo: text clcction. Nov. 14, '03, t9, If li?MB? . RAGS WANTED AT HODGES' DEPOT. Tha undermgned will pny the highest CAST7 RICK, for Clean J.inncn and Cotton HAGS lelivercd nt bij ulioivr.t Ilodge'a Depot. J NO. L. CLAltK, llodges'8 Depot, S. C. SMS I M6S n THE HI nil EST CASH PRICE will bo paid r CLEAN LINEN AND COTTON RAGS iu : \y quantity. JA.HKS ISAKjMLS, I I.owndt-sville. S. C., Aug. 4, 1863. "FORSALL Tlie Subscriber lins on Jinnd, for a lnrjje | jnnlity of BROWN AND STlUIT.l) SlllilING. and large Lot of FINE CllEWINO UBACCO. JOHN MelillYDE, August 26, '63, 16,?tf GREENVILLE AND COLUMBIA R. R. COMPANY. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE, Vr TUAtM LEAVE tluoibi^ S.fiO o. m. ton 9-54 " iwberry 11 ?S ' nety 8ir . 1.46 p. m. tenwood -.48 " jhovillo 4.3') " lcesbu'ry S.30 " jlton t.23 " illi&mston 6.4'J " * AUJUVlt rMnrille ' 7.00 " BOWK Tr.AlX LKAYK rcenyilla 4.45 a. m illinruaton 6.04 " >lton 6.58 " '>brvill? 7.45 " >ke?liury 8.55 " "eeuwood 9.S5 " inety Six 10.17 " jwbcrry 12.46 p. m, StOD 2.oil " ARRIVE >ltimLia 4 15" To eammmop on MONDAY 16th inst. IVl?. 20, 18G3, 41. NOTICE. 7 TAVIKG hocglit ihe IiVercft of Dr. 1. 1 BRANCH, in llie 4 Book and Ding Store, will. ? for ne the limited racnoe wtll allow. *ing to tho war, keep such Stock bp Ims slays been kept. All orders must be addressed > ma. ' C .A_ S H ing tlio System all over tbe Confederacy, it utt attend Orders, a? I do not intend to liave book of Credit. EDWIN TARKER. Feb 18, 18C3 41 if Sliiiisslm PUBLISHED DAILY AND WEEKLY, TERMS: AILY PUBLISHED MORNING AND EVE1NG. - - * fcTE YEAR $20,00 tX MONTHS 10,00 t BREE MONTHS 6,00 TRI-WEEKLY: NE YEAR ?12,00 I X MONTHS 0,00 IIREE MONTHS 8,00 WEEKLY. A. MAMMOTH SHEET: N? YEAR - ' 4,00 ALWAYS IN .ADVANCE. ' IX PAPERR STOPPED AT TfJje KSD OP TUB TIME Al? MI yor PREVIOUSLY RKNBWKD. /in mrnuii. All persona indebted to the firm of M. T. & J. T. Owen; by note or account, aro earnestly requested to-settle the same at the earliest peaaitde convenience, those having demands gainst the firm will plensa present them. JOI1N T. OWEN, - Surviving partner. August 19, UQ3, 16?tf " JSXCHAHGE NOTICE Na 7- " . RICHMOND, VA.. Oct. 16, 1863. , _ , 'M THE following Confederate officers and men are hereby declared duly-exchanged : I. All officers and men captured nnd paroled ?t any time prsvious lo the first of September. 1868. This section, however, is not intended to include any officers or men captured at Vioksbure, Joly 4, 1868, except such as were deelarfed exchanged by Bxchange Notice Ne. 6; September 12, 1863, or nre specifically named id tbie notice. But it does embraci all dalivenaa made at CiCtr Pnint or n?h#r 9iu>* b?fofo-B?piember 1. 1&63, and with the fimi'Uwn atoora named, all eaptnres at Port Hnd0OD or any other place, wheritbe parties wer? released ?fi pawrteV ->,) II. TbaStaff* ttf General* Pescberion, Steven sod, Bow en. Moore, Parian. tl.-D. Lee, Camming*, Harris and Baldwin, aid of Colonels Bmp*1w< Coet w-el 1 and Dftckerr/ the officerp sttd man beUnginjj to ihe Eorinier Gorpa and flapper* auditing ?nd the 4ta-aad 46 Mississippi ^ Vfcksbnrg, . ra.'Tba <^#ral>?ea??* ptc red at Vickslaw^? de^W^hasa?4 1 RAGS I RAGS 11 J THE niGTTEST CASH PRICE will bo paid for CLEAN LINEN ANI) COTTON RAG3 in any quantity. II. W. LAWSON, March 8Q, 'G3, 48, If STRAYED From tha Subscriber 2 small Steers, one R*d tbo other Rcil and White Spotted. (?5 Reward will be paid to any person ae?? riug tbe above c^Ule for sne. JOHN T. OWEN. Abbovill*, JTot. 11, 184J1?28 if ' PUBLIC NOTICE. I hci ul'V JOHN TAGOART my lawful liiisisitia nS! lousiness for mo an Surviving partner of Davis cfc Crewe, nnd linvc plocp'l the Notes nnd Accounts iu bin hands lor collection. lie is also authorized to nmKo settlements for mo individually, nud,for the firm; receive nnd receipt for the snme. -J Tliose^ndcbted to the firm of Davjh <fe Chews' will please mnko payment, and thn?e (laving < claims will present ifteni to Mr. Tnggurt"ior. payment". T. R *g.RKWt<, Sttrviriftrj PnrJ.nor. Abbeville C*II. FL C. ) . * * Sept. 1 2l 1803, 20. J" . 3Tn HOUSE AND LOT'M SALE. A nice aim! comfortable Brick Dwelling, containing six Iloom?, and lot attached, fereale in thelo'vn of Abbeville. Ajiply to ARMESTEAD BUIIT. Abbeville C. II., Dec. 2, *03, 31, tf ESTRAY COW AXD YEARLING. Estrayed from tlie Subscriber, a Milch Cow nnil Vi>nf1i?.r Tho <~V.ru ... 1 T? ? Spoiled, wiJli plmrt horns turned inward at the points?the Yearling a Hrindle color. A liberal Reword will be paid to or.y person taking up, and securing to me the ab?-Te-nained cattle. Applv to Mrr. W. C. MOORE. Abbeville C. II., Dec 2, '63 31 tf NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDIToas. Estate J- B- Crawford, Bec'd. Persons indebted to the Estate of J. B. Crawford or to the firm of Pobb and, Urowford," arc earnectly requested to call and settle the same, also, tlioso having dnnr.nnd* against the Deceased will please prcs?ut tlieiu properly attested. WM. II. WILSON. Ad:n'r. Abbeville C. II., Dec. 1, 1863. 31 4t j NOTICE. All por.?ons having dernntiJ* nguin?t the Estate of the late Lieut. B. 11. Latiuiwr ilec'd, will present them to me for paym.MU, mid all pi'raoiis inaeiitod will make payment bylut Jauuary 1864. JOSEPH ELLIS, Adm'r. Nov. 2rt,1R63,SI, tf TLIE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AhbcoiVe District.? Citjlion. j By WILLIAM HILL, Esq., Ordinany of Abba # vine jji6i.nct. WHEREAS Ellington Senrles lina applied to mo for letters of Administration of all aud singular the goods and chutteit;, l-iglits and cri'diis of Gitortjf W. NeWby, lute of the District, aforesaid tlec'J. These are therefore, to cite arid admonish nil and singular. the kindred and creditors of the said deceased to be and appeur before me, nl our next Ordinary'* Court for the e&id District, to be 1'iolileii lit Abbeville Court House, on the Hlh of December next, t? show cause, if any, why the said administration should not be granted (;ivon under my hand and seal, this the 27th ?}.?y of Nov. ono thousand eight hundred and hfxty-'thrce nml in the 88th j-ear of the Sovereignty and ludepenJti.'ee 01 tie 3iato of South Carjlii.a. WILLIAM HILL, o. y d IsOTTLES /LND VIALS" BE!N(J much wanted, I will buy niiy that ma}' be brought to mo. They must be CLEAN EDWJN FARXER. Feb 1-8. Ift'.3 4itf SLAVE LABOR FOR THE C0AST-"DIVISION NO. 1. 1TDB Coniniiepioners of the Uoads and the T"Wr? authorities of th? judicial Dmtl-icts of IMirkciiK. Grr-enville, Spostanburg, Andt-rson, Uii5 . >*> Vt!:, Ch^ter, Laurens, Abbeville iil 1 '.> ?' ?*j "'i ; ] forthwith to summon fill ptrdouj;., jiC.^creion of slaves liable to Road duly within iiic liiLiUof their authcritv, to deliver one-fourth of their clnves liable to such du'y at the Railroad Depots nearest the owners' residence, on WEDNESDAY, 1 Gtfa I Dpcomber pr<?x., in time for the Jtwn morning trains, for thirty dav'B labor on the fortifi.-n tions. II. The Commissioners of Itoads and the Town authorities aforesaid will also impress and deliver at Hie Depots at the same time, ono-fourth of all mole .free negroes between the ages of sixteen and fifty, within the iisjits of their authority, lo be forwarded for the same term of labor. III. The aggregate of the calls made on this Division, including the present call, ib four months' labor of one-fourth theRond hands.? in pursuance, there, of the terms of the Acts of (he Legislature, the Commissioners of the Roads and the Town authorities will only require of the several slaveholders such an amount ot labor as will, when added to that already furnished, make up such ownor's quota i. e., one fourth of their Road hands for four months. IV. The inconsistency of calling for hands lor thirty-days which are detained sixty-days, is a mailer beyond my control. The Act requiien me to call for a term of service of thirty day*, while the negroes can only he discharged hy orders of the Qeneral Coin man ding.y. Person? to whom it will be at all convenient to contribute labor in advance under this call are earnestly requested to do bo ; the ifkw assures them of fall credit for it on future call*, which will come probably at a lesa opp'dHuiie season. VI. Owners are advised to furnish their slaves with rations to last to Charleston, VII. The Agenia sent out U? receive the negroes, are prohibited from furnishing substitutes. WM. M. SHANNON, Agent Slate South Carolina. Camden, S. C., Nor. 12, 29, 4t 1863. Carolinian, Courier, and AAerciiry will -publish once a weak each in daily and'tri-weekly for four weeks, oth?r paper* in the Division once a week for same time. * BUCEPHALUS, Tho fine Arabian Stallion will eland, until the Spring Season, at Samuel Robinson's place, 2^'milee from Abbeville C. H. Bncepbnln's is 10 handsand ^locli high, well btiilt, fine limbs, and splendid action.? l^oV. I* 1808, 28, If "first rate plantation FPB SALE, CONTAINING EIGHT HUNDRED AND ' <atvT?v ? UJ?W < uwivi mwu, situate in ADU?Till Diatriot, 8. C., on wa?era.o? Little R<vqr. Twelve milca we*t of Abbe?Hle Village. ' rA Firat Rata Grain and Cotton "Plantation?160 Acrea of Low Laiiida, and 180 Acrea of firat qaallity df Wood Land?a Dwelling Hepae an^1 all"necessary Out-Bnifdinga.?To a pnrcbaaer. applying immediately, be?re the firit of J^ary nex^ mary . important and Tfllutble mdncitneot wi3!b SB3B-g^r WJOflfly (X BL;,Umt/lt ? JUrtift on >?e preraiaea, or.th# Pnderaignid ntTwkeA, Ala H??S5,18?? , *0 4t : , - ' '*' *'-'?* / '<*.- .y4 ,V. ... -i % PUNCH'S BHOET PATENr 8ERM0H. Intended to be read and inwardly digested on Sunday. My Heakgus? You will not find my toxt in tho Book of Jasher, nor tlhe Third Epi*llo of l\?tor to the Hebrews. It is found iu tho first chapter, first verso of tlio Hook of Judas, and runs tbuB : ''Male all ycra aam, and keep ell you maA*?." An irreverent man lately askod another I irrarareul awin "What akall we do wilb and insighated by 3at>m. replied "What can be done? Tho Lord triod his liand with them for about five thou*au<l vaara, and faded, and I don't aco what use there is in U9 trying to do anything with the race !" My LLtarers.?The Jowa, from l^ine immemorial, liavo'worshipped at*the shrine of Mammon. To chisel and cheat a CRri*-* tian is with them an act *of' justice; to accumulate fti^ney, the aim and end of lif??. "Vou have but-lo look at their nose*, to knew ilial they are always on tho (s)cmf I Sultan Addel Modjid holds Jerusalem as tight in hia hand as a Jew holds a sil ver dollar irom tho dominions of Abraham. Jerusalem has, therefore, "gono up"?it is neither to bo purchased nor captured. Tho blood of tlio Maccabees has died out, vamosed. The Jew9 are determined, as cannot build up the Old Jerusalera^roTound a New Jerusalem. They have hit upon a silo, and the Confederate Capital is tho ! Great Elect, as sure as tbe Devil's in Hicb: mo.id 1 j To this ond, the}' come hither in swarms j t.'.ick as ' ocusi& of Egypt. They havo j already " monopolized Main and Broad street.*, and aro buying up all the real oatate in market. The Capitol is to bo converted into a temporary Temple, and tho Broad Street Baptist Church into their chief Syu sigogue I These Jews havo but one motto, a^d that is my text? "Moke all you can, and keep all you. make." Many of you, my liear?rs, spend your money iu strychnine whisky, which will kill any Bound man around tho corner.? Somo of you bet privately on tho "tiger," and some waste your and substauce on fast horses, and paiuted ARpasias.? Xour motto is, "Muko all you can, but spend nil you make." The Jews drink no dollar anl a half strychnine, the Jews bet on no ''tigers," the Jews waste no money on fast horses or Aspasia?, the Jews do not dress to kill? for their rule of action if, "Mnke all you can, and keep all >ou make." My Ilearcrs?You patronise the J*w*. They handle your money; they buy .oal estate will) it; they will own Richmond. Henrico nnd Chesterfield will be the Tudea, this ancient city their Now Jurcf salom. and the Jkines their Jordan. The Yankees in your midst will slope to Lincolnia, having turned their Confederate money into gold' and silver; the Jew3? Abraham, I*aac, Jacob, Solomon, Ilezekinli, Benjamin, and the rest, will renmio here to fouud a new Temple and eip?l the Gentile i' You, my fair heaiero, who rowed to wear hono??pun at the comnaoooment of the war, play iutn the hands of the Je^ and Yankees. Blockade goods?siifce, satins, furbelows and flounces, decorate your forma when you go to church, or spin a Monday morning street yarn for the benefit of young gentlemen who love to stay away fioin camp. On Mount Calvary the Jews prfrled lhe raiment of the Sin of Man, and drew lots for it; and to this day, wherov&r'n Jew is found, he is still engaged in the clothing business! You all know this; and yet you prefer to buy of tbe Jews the old clothes they have on hand, in preference to wearing the old clothes you hav# at home. FB0H-A&KAK8A& TTf AIM O lot oi-LlwAArtA^l /v' n A- VIM n ivkkvi auuicoaou LVi a llJClli UCI U1 Congress, we are permitted to give an extract or two. The writer is a gentleman of undoubted credibility. It will be 3een tbat tHe statement of the Yankee General Blunt and his men hairing been surprised and cat to pieces by Quantrell is bei^e confirmed.: "CampBraoo, Near Washington, Ark.,-Oct. 29, 1863. "Quantrell arrived hers a day or twe> since. On his way out he met Gen. Blunt, bis atafjf and epcuft, and killed eveiy one of bis party, save 25,' who' escaped. He Villnrl -11 I-: - -i ? ??v? ouu an in* sum, fcogeinor wiin 180 of bis escort. He # brought all of Bluet's, commissions, clothing, papers, brass band, atnbulanccs, trunks, <fec., into camp with hi>n. Qimr.trell camo-into our lines at Port Gibson. Iu passing through the Pin ?ndian country bo kapfr Brunt's afars and stripes flying, the Pins rallying to the flag and Quantrell killing every one that showed himself, la ono dny he killed' 160. In coming out, iridludlog tb$ massacre of Blunt, J?is staff and escprl, ho kill* od at least six hundred Yanks and Pins. Blunt's fine sword^ Quantrell Jias given General Price. .A- w _ .TmiA? T: -r- r; * pendtnce, was on Blunts, staff, and was killed by Quantrell. Wlfeh theJboys oarnc on he was sitting in his ambulance, enjoying a qnfet smoke. When Qu^ntrell charged him, J>e jumpcf ogtof .fyiggjr^ snd took it afoot thfoygh the prairie gr^ss. *S?- wj- 1ij? yfa wWenr one of the bo^imptfod about 40 buckshots in bia back, killrag ' bira instantly,' Be bad in bit peoketa %2$Q in geld J#? #700 in greoDbwcks. Q?*nt?tf 'b^gbt 400 p?tt with bi<? -f- ? -yy-'-r'. ' . A TJSW ATltTAEY DEPARTMENT. Amiil tho revardea that have recently befallen the Confederate arms in East Tonnossee, it is gratifying to learn that in West Tonneisoe an army n springing up like magio to resist the invading foe, and for the defence of West Toqr.oasee, WeBt Kentucky, and North Mississippi to the Tallahatchie river, to be known as tbodo pwtoiGut ol West Tennessee, undor the j command of C?l. H. V. 'Riohardaou, a j brave officer, who hot aokicred woudora iu tho dcpaitiuunt flit&e its first organization. Commencing aa ho did with tho organization of a single regiment, surrounded l>y Federal troop?, and cut off from tho Confederacy, ho ha?, with consummate skill ^Od b/avery^Jypt tho euemy back, or evaded pursuit w-hon overwhelming uumhcrtj . wero brought ngninst him. Thus beset with ever-liarrasgincr difficulties and clan | gere, Colonel Richardson and his laborious j artd equaliy bfavo condjutors moved on j steadily in organizing, firat his "invincible Twelfth Regiment," and finally a brigade, composed of tho follewjng: Twolflh Tennessee ; Col. J. J. Neeley's Fonrteonth and Col. Ft M. Stewart's Fifteenth regiments of Tennessee cavalry, now thoroughly organized and equipped ; to which have been added CiJ. T. II. Logwood's Sixteenth and Col. J. W. Marshall's Seventeenth regiments of Tennessee cavalry, and four battalionp, commanded respectively by Lieut. Col.' G. 'W-. Bennett, Lieut. Col. D. Stewart. Mai. Sam'l Street, and M:ii. \V P. * ' J" * * * ? Curler, (late Davenport's battalion.) It is boped and expected that the Confederate Government, In establishing this department, will include within its jurisdiction the First regiment Tonnessee cavalry, com tuanded by Col. Duckworth ; tbo Sccond regiment Tennessee cavalry, commanded by Col. Bartow; and the Twelfth regiment Mississippi cavalry, commanded by Col. W. M. Inge^a!! to report to Col. Richardson. Not only bns CoL Richardson fully organized this effective force, and equipped it, for the most part, at the expense of the &nomtr Kill Iia Kno ?*? i wawmji vwk uv uitp *>il.tO CU, UW?U*3 bis name and oommaml a terror to the surrounding Federal posts. Sinco Juno last he has captured from tho enem}*, according to their own estimates, about six hundred thousand dollars woi Lh of stotes, arm?, horses, mulos, wagons and clothing; mounting, arming and clothing his men. and turning the remainder over t6 the Confederate Government, along with 6ome nine hundred and odd prisoners. As the commander of the Department of West Tenne ?oe Col. Richard.?on possesses, in an eminent degree, the confidence of the men and officers under him. and conFoquently, li.c old man and tho yontliful, stripling &. ? to be found iu tho ranks now orgatiis' ig -?-?!1 ?hk? by patriotism, ami nerving {>>* i'ua lliat i* to rid them of the proscnco of the hateful foe. Ab President Tolk's Assistant AdjumntGeneral for the organization of Tennessee troops during the Mexican war, Col. IticUardson is possessed of a fund of military information, experience and knowledge that eminently fits hiin for lii? pc?i;icr,. The grand objects of his op9rationB have been the maintaining of his grouud, the holding in okeck, and tho k^epiBg out of service at other points, largely superior Federal forces, inflicting permanent injury upon tho railroads and interrupting transportation of supplies to the Federal army. All he asks of the Confederate Government is to be left'alone, freo to hunt and destroy the enemv in the way that bet t suits him. ?7Richmond Examiner. THE FIGHT NEAR OEBMANNA. One hundred nod eoventy-five fold'ers, of General Edward Johnson's division, wounded in tjifl fight on Friday evening, near Germanna Ford, on the Bouth side of the Rapidan, arrived by a special train on the Central road; yesterday afternoon, at three o'cloc^, Th#se comprise the severely wounded. The total Iosr of" the division was about four hundred and fifty killed and wounded, including Gen. George H. Stuart and Gen. Jones, slightly wounded. The former, welearn, was not incapacitated from duty by his injuries. The woun ded state that the battle wna very severe. Johnaon'a division found itself, on tbe afternoon of Friday, pitted against a whole army corps of the enemy^ under General French, but went-ia bravely, and though outnutnbered three to one, finally- repulsed the 'assailants and drove them several miles. During the night vour forces fell' back to a better position, and-in tbe morning the enemy were reporlod to have ofccupied the ground held by the former Gii the previous day. Our entire line,'froth Fredericksburg np^ is in readines* for the enemy at afty mexc'etrt. T^is--serious repulse, however,; added to the.difficultiea produced by th'ewteoenV.rains, will doubt 1833 rouru bis ft^rerowt?, and.pnayft ua. more completely to iqeet' future emergencies. the enemy ie suppjJ^c( la hjiire lest upwards of a. tjjcrusand, killod, wounded aod prisoner*, in i^ft eog?gerarftit.---i?iV^ mond J5nquirqf,!20th. KvtCRTBORy TO i>&2& j$* fjljtHVIOK,-*TJje B^nate' pf CUorgja Ji&? unanimously passed resolutions . providing that .avery abje bodied ci t tseo fi ibi&ifc&nt FEDERAL FIHANCERING. The editor of the Petersburg Express has roceutly hud mi opportunity of conversing with a very intelligent gentleman who resided for tfiany years in }sew York, and has an oxtenrivo acquaintance with the financial operations of the I/ucoln GovernI'naent, derived from his pergonal observa* tiou and association! in that < ity before and ninco the opening of the war. Ilia explanations of the comparatively little di*turbunee of Northern ourreucy aod public 8ee(uiii?a by tho imtncusu ovor issues of treasury uoi?s, wmou nave lor two years > beon pouring upon '.ho people in Federal- ' dom, arc worth giving to our reader:", as they rent, no doubt, upon facta that be "13 familiar wish : To prevent, ho snid, inflation of the currency and consequent high prices, a system of compulsory funding lias been successfully used by the Confederate Government, which consists in requiting, by acta of Congress au'horiaing loans, all greenbacks issued prior to 21 certain date to bo paid in for the said loan. By Treasury circulars advertising the loans, Secretary Clmse Informs the lioIder3 ot such greenbacks that unlets they aro used for subscription to said loam, on or before a certain day, they will not be deemed. ? Again. All greenbacks which arc in tho Bliglitest degree torn or mutilated, aro by act of Congress made illegal for ordinary payments, and must be redeemed by, tho purchase of United States bonds. By taking the issues of Bauks, tho notes of the-lattor have retired flora circulation. All other noto?, such as thoso of towns, individuals, are prohibited with a penalty. In 18G3, when gold had risen to 170, Secretary Chase being "alarmed, placed in the haudp of private .brokers in New York, fifty millions of dol'ars in gold, with orders to flood the market; which, having been done, cnuscd a sudden fall to about 145, and ruined many bullion dealers. Orders were then given to those brokers to buj and sell in such a niannor as to keep jK gold market at or below 150. ThoyjJere _l . 1 . n ' -? uiso mstrucieu 10 noo<i iiie market at every considerable battle, whether it resulted in a victory or a defeat, so as to produce sA false show of public confidence in c\\\\p event. After the battle of Gettysburg vpi fall of Vicksburg, the value of gold, by this methoJ, vras made to fall to 123. It has of late fluctuated botweon 147 and 151 ; and will bo hold un jer 150. if possible. ? Such, in few words, was the substance of the explanation given of the Northern r, ;-i j .i-_ ?t i t - iiunllbllli i-jrntwlll N1IU I.UU upriligi L>y WQlCfl it is movc-l. e ? . * TRULY ELOftUENT. ^V. Wo know not where or when we hare iiiol WJtli anything in prose mora striking ?J??n the burst of eloquence we are about to copy. One paul r;enu>u, of 'roxus, n, Methodist preacher, it appears had advertised a barbacue with better liquors than are generally furnished.?When lliri people were a^semblod, a desperado in the crowd cried out, "Mr. Paul Denton your rever* | enco has lied.?You pro'.nised not only a good barbecue, but better liquor. Whar's the liquor?" 4*TUPRP I" J ? *>*? ? vt uvi ktiu ui tooiviiNi y | in a tone of thunder, and pointiug his motionlass fin gar to the matohlesp doublo springs, gushing up into two strong columns with ii" sound like a shout of joy from the bosom of the earth. '"There r* J?e repeated, with a look terrible as lightning, while his enemy actually trembled at his feet; "there ia the liquor which God, tho Eternal, brew's for all b'9 children. Not in the oiminoiing still, over smoky fires, clicked with the poisonous gases, surrounded with the stench of sickening odors andlcorrup tions, doth your Father in HeavcnVrepare the essence of life?the pur/a cold- Vater ; but in the green glade and grassy\dell, where the red deer wanters, and the <^Id loves to play, there God brews it; inal down in the deepest valleys wher? th^ fountain murmurs and the rills sing, and high upon the mouutain tops, where the nak&l granite glitters like gold in the Bun, where the storm cloud? broods and tbe f ll ? ?>* af Al?nAA siMAatla, ~ ^ 1 1 vnw?oiuiiuo oiuou) nuu nyray mi vut uu the wild wido sea, where the hurricane howls music, aod the big waves roll the chorus, sweeping the march of God?there ho brows it, that beverage of life, health: giving water.?And everywhere it is a thing of life and beauty," gleaming in the dew drop, singing in the summer rain; shining in the gem till the trees all 'seom turned to living jewels, spreading a golden veil over the setting sun or white gauze around the moon ; sporting in the cataract; dancing in the hail shower; sleeping in the glacier/.folding its brighe snow curtains softly about the-'wintrv'world, and weaving the many colored iris, that syren, whose warp is the vain drop of the earth, whose' wodf is the sunbeam of nenven, all checkered over with colostial iliowcr# by the mystio hand of-refraction. Still away it is beatitiful?that biassed, life I no pOieon bubbles on its brinkfits foam bripgj no madness And murder; no blood strains its Jtquid glass j'pale widows and orphans weep'not burning tear3 in' -its depths, no' drunkard's ehrfekmggWfct from the grave, curstos it. in word* of ' eternal' despair I Speak out my friends, would you exchange it for thfc demonVT'drf^k, Alcohol !" A abloot like the roar of a tenaest, answered, ?NOt? * " . ^ m ^ . The Augusta Conttiiutionaiist saya: It ia due to Mr. Mordecnf,'of South Oarcliofi. Jo state that h'e is tlio author of the ajstopv proposed by the Columbia banks, and which oaa^bean substantially adopted bythe Bagk-Con vaation. It is eincferely. , to be fa oped th a t the plan adopted - will ba?etVie banefloial eflfecta on the ourraocy whioh ir? accomplished author and ifi ; many 4tbgr frienda anticipated foe it, flhrfuld ; it. n?et: Witb^Pr ia the. Con fed'orifce Con - :" ,> ?,.*"? 'Si' V" 'i * >W',-<V' ' V , ' HID AWAY IN THE SMOKE-HOUSE. Oua day last wovk, uno of Captniu Shannon's m< n foil asleep, arid wrlulo' in this mood, "dr?am<d" wliero a deserter could, ba foxnd. IIo told his Captain of his dream,.and ho immediately sent a squauj of mon to tho ptaCe whore youtig soldier dreamed he wop, and found him.. \Yett> reader, where do you think ho was? IIo was in a hole or oellar, all hid away, and thing* suoh u barrels, boxes, <Siti, piled up ?r?r him io his eraoke-hcoAe. There wad a sm.-ill space left open throoghv which his wife fed him. When taken by tho cav? | airy, he beggod them to let him boo his children, that he had not seen them in flvfe' weeks. This is what wo call running tho i tiling in.;. a wo f^iuiiu-1. 4 ins ib noi uio only ! deserter that ibis same foldier lias drenttrt |'of and found. We would lrcro any to the | deserters (in the way of parentheses) who are in o^ves and close placos, that yon jusi might as well c ine along and report, be-' cause if this man gets at you ho'll find yon" sure.?Soul/urn Jfotipc. The celebrated Gilbert West and Lord Lytlleton, both men of acknowledged talent, had received tho principles of infidelity from a supcificial view of- the Scriptures. They ngieed together to expos? what they termed >ho imposture of the 13ibie, and Vir. West chose the Reaurroclion of Christ, and Lord Lyttleton tho Conversion of St. Paul, as tho subjects of" their criticism. Both eat down to their respective tasks, full of prejudice and. a contempt fur Christianity. But what wag Iho result? They woro both converted by their endeavors to overthrow the trulh of' the Scriptures.?They came together, not as they expected, to exult over an imposture exposed to ridicule, but to lament" their former unbelief, and to congratulate each othor that they had discovered tho truth of rovelation. They published their inquiries, which form two of Ihe most valuable treaties now existing, in favor of tho truths of God's word, one entitled "Observations on the Confession of St. * Paul,''and the other, "Observations on tlfe Resurrectiou of Christ." ^^fANIGATJLTS AND DEAS* BRIGADES Wo stated some daya ago, that as nciu imuruiLMi, ueas una Maingnult's brig? ades had first failed to maintain tbe>r pflsilicn 'ot> our lefu The distinction won by tlicso honored brigades at Murfrccsboi-o fcnd'Chickatnauga was also alluded i*: still, v/c have done injustice to these oon* mands, aj the following facts will serve, ton show: % Manignnlt's brigade was posted on Mis? % sionary Ilidgo, w'th a peak of the moun- * tain near the centre?thus the right flank could nof know what w.is happening on the left, nor the left on the, right. When * the enemy advanced and attempted to <rf?rTV t.llfl IlPtrrlifq I -J 1 "J U?HUIgUllll, they were .repulsed, not only on the first j attempt, but on every succeeding one, and ' M they never succeeded :n a front attack on J TSfcPipttition. f However the brigade on its left Was driven back*, the enemy occupying its po8Uiuu, >.u.n tlm Yankee fbrc.3 there turned ; a captured gun upon Manigault'a line, and with its fire enfiladed it; and the enemy at the same time formed a line of battle at right angles to our line and swept down upon Manigault'a then exposed. left flank ; tliis caused the left wing of tb# brigade to give back." The enemy, formed upon the left flank, oontinuod to advance; and the right of th? brigade, not knowing what had happened ' ? to the left, because of the inlftrvaninnr no air 0 r?r held their position until tbo enemy was--' actually upon thoir flank. By this time the enemy bad carried ihe billon the right' of Manigault's line end driven back the i troops holding it," then the right of the M brigade fell back. Thus it happened that B 'Manigault's brigade wa9 not the first to f give way, but the last in tbht portion the line.?Atlanta Register, Otk. Slauohter. of Yankees.?Col. the 1st Tenn., who was wounded' while the right'of our lines at Mis sionary Ridgu, with Shormau's force, end 1 19 no.w in Hospital here, says tjiaj ba never' saw anything to equal tho slaughter of tie enemy. Hp think* that Shormatt retreated with 1083 than half the fotce he advanced wi'.h. ?Atlanta Confederacy. A distinguished officfer in our array, who was for pome time a prisoner in the hands of the enemy, informs us that the hostility at the North against the Irish population is so great, that Federal officers declare that the time will won come when their soldiors will kill an Irishman for no other reneoq ' than because he Is on?. m Tint Steamer ^.py^npi.?Tfho HB^liaula Heral4 of the 2?th Reports tlid arrivnl there, on the the 23d, of llta piepmer A.dvBnce/'CMpt.C/oj8an) froth VViiliijjgton with ootton to Sawder ?fe M&fdfidez; - "?:?1 *'' * The Cotton-States, published at Gainesville|-Frg.-, eayS a dispatch''received aihetdquarters? Lake City, nstates-that 6tmannto river is blockaded?steamer Union dea? m ' troyed?Lnja supposed to be?Lanra Clay Lnnaipg, Thus ends the. blockade ruaning. for that port. . rag} ^ Camfb^iahs Joining jUiSocTHJW|jr army.?-A. private letter from a Texas soldier, dated at -Ikferidian $e \ltb^ ' the lust acqpQDta from bejrofatf the .tirpt report ttffee full regimenj8'froaj Catifornia, well armed and e quipped 5 W have jdin6'<J owr Mnjf^gd^vra^/M ' fot'xhe ^parpogt. ^ , ,t?/ . - | T>at^r^d^, w^lyoa y? heaor, ? $* . r ' 1 ' "": -: - ' ' - ' ' -. v... ;" ; ... ' ' ' . ' .. *': . *v ;. ' >/* .. :y|$i " ? $H