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- f i v - - r *0" i . fl)f Cantlirti Coufr^cretf, AT THREE DOLLARS A YEAS, PAYABLE INVARIABLY HALK-YEARLY IN ADVANCE .. ?? Tonus for Advertisins?: For ono Square?fourteen '.ires or '.ess?ON E DOLLAR AND TWENTY-FIVE CKN TS for . each 1 insortion. Obituary. Notices, exceeding oac Square, charged ? to at advertising rate*. Transient Advertisements and Juu \\'or?r MUST BE ; PAID FOR IN ADVANCE. No deduction made,-except to our regular advertising > patrons. ?P?????fc??grM?a?i i J. T. HERSHMAlV, Kr'itor. FRIDAY, MAY 29, I S?3. To Delinquent Pnfroia*. ri A ? ... jrairons knowing themselves indebted to the i Confederate Office, arc earnestly requested to call at once and make settlement of .the same. We dislike sending out accounts, especially f when we are put off with perhaps one-tenth [ of the amount due, and frequent excuses of j having invested their surplus in something tnore to their advantage than paying their debts.? j VVe are not of those who refuse Confederate currency. . We will receive the whole amounts -duo us in that currency, in preference to any other that mav be offered. " Ann Abundant Wheat and Rye j Harvest. Wc have been assured by a great number of the best planters and farmers of Kershaw District, that the prospect has never, to their recollection, been more encouraging for a fine crop of wheat and rye, than the prescut. At Brownsville, Texas, molasses is selling at fifty cents per gallon; shoes, of good make, eighteen dollars per dozen; hats at the same j price; domestics, twenty cents per yard. Two hundred barrels of flour sold at auction at ten dollars and fifty cents per barrel. i To the friends of Education. We have received the following letter, ac- ! companied by a statement to the U achets and friends of Education in the Confederate Stales (and to be found on our fourth.page) from Mr. T. J. Wells, of Wallerboro, S. C., who is the agent for the State, and to whom all corres-1 pondence must be addressed. We would be 1 pleased to present our views on the sustainancc i of this noble work, hut have not time in this issue, instead of which wo take the liberty of using his remarks to us: Walter bo ho', S. C., May Gth, 18G3. Dear Sir: An Association in behalf of Education in the Confederate States, was recently * organized at Columbia, S. C., when it put forth j tlic e DC rosed "Address" to Teachers and al! friends of the cause. Believing that all of our c? people are its friends, we being anxious to call their attention to the importance of the move then or there made, do earnestly request you to give the "Add..-ss" the benefit of your circulation. Nor, dear sir. do we feel that we are o imposing upon your generosity. The press is the watchman on the walls of our political zion. Unmoved amid the clash of arms, and the contending councils c: legislatures, its pure patriotism seeks the country's welfare, analy- i sing, proving and pressing upon public atten" i tion, those measures, which make for its pros-1 cnt or. prospective good. We, the teachers,' feel we have our part to perform, and with the I blessing of God, we intend to perform it. Our warfare is none the less important, because silently waged. It is true, wc have not been assigned "a place in the picture near the flashing of l! e gur.s"?ours is an humbler office, but sve are unwilling that our heroic soldiers should ret.ni > 1 liAiiiA. ?11-- p 1 uvtuko iiutuu jjvuuvuiit/ iree oy tticir valor, to find those homes intellectually in bondage to Yankee books, Yankee "influences and Yankee cant. A single victory may decide tlie boundaries of an Empire, but there must be victories of days, of months and of years?victories as silently won as is the unfohliiig of the human soul?to create that influence whi< h forms a nation. It is to create a Southern influenre, an influ. ii wo firmly be he ye, is based upon i.. .ii, justice and a well directed civilization? an influence which, catching the spirit of a pure religion, has the glory ot God in its motive, and the good of man as its object?that we appeal to you to enable us to reach the firesides of our people, through your valuable f journal. Very respectfully, * J. T? VVEIXS i , j y . PUBLIC MEETING. 1 Id accordance privious notice, a public meeting of the citizens of Kershaw District t was held this day, at the Town Hall, to adopt s measures for supplying the' families of 'soldiers c now in service, widj corn. i On motion of Col Win. M. Shannon, James t Dunlap, Esq., was called to the chair, and Mr. t \\ in. McKaiii ret]n : *o a< r as Secretary. t Ool. W in. M Shant r.?, at'tci <?n appropriate 4 address, offered the todowing preamble and re- I solutions, which, after remaiks from M, j A. t M. Kennedy, Maj. L. W. It. Blair, Maj. ,1. M i DeSaussure and% Capt. J. B. Mickle, were i adopted. j The citizens of Kershaw District are im- i pressed with the following facts, viz: That, 1 mere .s an inequality in Uic distribution of < breadstuff's in our midst, causing a partial scar- < city of these prime necessaries of life. That there is decided cause for apprehension that ] during the approaching summer' this scarcity \ may be seriously felt by the families of some o1 1 our absent soldiers, unless guarded against by j the men who are at home. That every com i fort, every luxury, every necessary of life, every ] article of property held or enjoyed by them ai i home, is so held and enjoyed as the result of I the conduct of our brave soldiers in the field, < but for them our homes and property would i have been deso'ate and waste, our wives and i children homeless fugitives. 1 Therefore, he it 1 Resolved, That the citizens of Kershaw District, who are not in the army, acknowledge it 1 as a very small part of their obligation to pro- < vide for the families of our brave soldiers, who < are absent. ^ 1 Resolved, That a committee of five he now appointed who shall nominate a committee of ! five from each election precinct in the District, < whose duty it shall he, to call upon every per- 1 son within the limits of their respective pre- 1 cinct?, to procure contribut'ons of corn, to be 1 deposited with the Board of Belief, to he sold i at one dollars per bushel to the families of < soldiers. . i Re sol I (d, That a contribution to this end 1 of one bushel of corn for each negro slave owned in the District, or for the amount of property equal in value to one negro, would furnish an abundant supply of coin for this purpose, while it would be a vervMight burden in view of the obicct to be aceomnlislirwl onrl ^ r ",,v* the duty owed. Resolved, That it, is recommended to each citizen of the District to contribute one bushel of corn for each slave he owns, and whero his property is invested otherwise than in slaves, one bushel for every fifteen hundred dollars of \ property?provided so much be necessary. Resolved, That each contributor be requested to give to the committee who hall upon him an acknowledgement specifying the amount of r* I O corn which he undertakes to deliver, the place i of delivery, &c. and that, this acknowledgment te turned over to the Board of Relief, who shall receive and sell the same. ; Resolved, That the contributors deliver the i corn contributed by them respectively at what- i ever place in the District which is most convenient to them, and in such quantity as may be called for by tin? Soldiers' Board of Relict", and that the Board ol Reliet only call upon each contributor for bis proportionate share <>t his whole contribution as it may be needed. Under the 2d resolution, the following genr? o . tomon I M;ij. ,J. M. DeSaussure, Maj. L. W. R. Blair, 1 E. Parker, I >. D.- Perry and J. J>. Mickle, who reported the following persons to act in the different Heats. | Cmcton's Mills?J. J. Nelson, W. B. Huck' abee, L. L. Whitaker, R. L. VVhitaker, David , ! G. Robertson. Goodwin's?J. B. Mickle, R. O. Drakeford, A. A. MeDowall, G. W. Barnes. Flat Rock?John Thompson, L. B. Stevenson, Jesse Truesclell, Thomas J. Cauthen, G. R. Miller. Buffalo?Wm. Mosely, Charles Raly, Wm. Mungo, Burrell Jones, Seaborn Jones. Lizzenby's- J). Bethnne, B. S.Lucas, Angus McCaskill, John McGougan, John R. Shaw. Liberty Mill?Wm. Dixon, L. J. Patterson,! R. B. Cunningham, A. I). Jones, jr., J. R. Dye. Shrock'sMill?B. J McCoy, E. Barnes, W. Kelly, Alex. McLeod, Daniel Gardner. Camden?R. M. Kennedy, Samuel Shiver, Jos. W. Dolfy, Wm. J. Gerald, WT. II. It.! Workman. j On motion of W. B. Huckabee, the proceed-' ings were requested to be published in the Can den Confederate. Upon motion, rho meeting adjourned. JAMES DUNLAP, Chairman, Wm. McKain, Secretary. Die Yankee Prisoners in Aujgunta. * It is possible, says the Augusta Chronicle, ; bat one may sometimes entertain an ange) un- ; i wares, though he is far more apt to got hold if the Cloven Foot in the disguise of a gentlenan; but we believe there is not the slightest loubt as to the identity of the uniformed genry who peraiubulaled our streets on Tuesday, he 12th inst. They were no angels, unless 'destroying angels," and to disguise,, neither >y garb or speed), was their true character con ea/ed. There were circumstances, too, conlected with their presence in this city, which nade them known to us as the murderers and blunderers of Southern citizens. Yet with a'l these convincing proofs before us, one could lardly determine' whether they were friends br toes, judging front the treatment they revived. The " freedom of the city" is one of the highest courtesies that can be extended to distinguished strangers, and this many of our hlue-conted guests seemed to enjoy, roaming about the streets at. pleasure, mingling freely with our citizens and servants, arguing trite |iolitieal questions with some, and indulging in insolent swagger in the presence of others. Some residents bought gold and green-backs bf them, a few entrusted them with letters to their friends at the North; others furnished them with cigars and refreshments, and a ConFederate officer of some rank dismounted from his horse and slmok a Yankee by the hand, ll.illt tl.n ll..t I... 44 ?I- J ? 1 nil IUU ICIIKIIA lllrtU lie *V?? ~ glHU 10 see Kim !" Did the pressure of that grip leave no >tain of blood upon his lingers?thcfiesh blood of murdered kinsfolk? And women presented the unfortunate prisoners?guests, we mean? with flowers. Did any of our Confederate soldiers who acted as guards to these men receive such floral testimonials of good will and female favor? Not one. No wonder the cap tives manifested such exuberance of spirits throughout the day, and bore their term of durance so lightly, or that the}* left the city at evening with the manner of an excursion party returning from a pic-nic. A rare jaunt they have had through the 44 land of cotton."? Pleasant reminiscences will they have of their tour to the South, expenses pa\d?pleasant recollections of Augusta. Soon again in camp they will tell the jolly story of what rare times they had in Dixie, and long for another gallop through the land of flowers, where greenbacks are worth three for one, and wh?re fc males kiss the hand that slew their brother.? And the fortunate recepientof a choice boquet will exhibit its prcsspd and laded leaves as a tribute of Southern devotion to the Union, and sympathy for those who have battled for the 44 glorious flag." Intelligent officers will prate of Union sentiment, and encourage the pristine hope that thousands of victims of rebel tyranny would rally to the stars and stripes, could they once again be tin furled in their midst. And many of these precious vandals were the same who openly avowed in the streets of Rome, their intention Lo return again in less than three months, burn up the town, and hang every man in it, and who cursed Gen. Forrest as a rascal and a scoundrel. These men, fresh from the scenes of murder, burning and pillage, with hands scarcely wiped of the blood of our citizens, are received in Augusta with a degree of leniency and civility, if not of sympathy, that is absolutely criminal, and womeare actually found who bestow their fa\o:s upon them. What humiliation ! What shall we sav < Wo wnnl/1 ^ . . w .. v/u.Vi WllliSUl I1U harsh measures with prisoners who fall into our hands; we would offer them no indignity; but prudence as well as justice require that no communication should he permitted between them and citizens; that they should be kept closely under guard, and not be allowed to wander about our towns, free to poison the minds of negros, to spy out defences, factories and Government works, or even to slip away under the guise of a citizen's dress, stealthily furnished by some traitor, and lurk among us for future mischief. Shall we permit these attentions and intercourse with Yankees, while there exists orders at the North forbidding all expressions of sympathy with, or the tendering of aid and comfort to rebels, even to the communicating with them by letter, under penalty of death ? while worthy citizens and their wives hnd daughters are imprisoned and exiled to the South for such offences? Confederate prisoners are not invariably treated cru * 1 1 I'l. l 1 . -i~' elly at the North, but we know how freqoent and just aro the complaints of severity thai is absolutely barbarous. We would not mete out to them, the full measure that they mete out to us, but it is a burning shame, it is humiliating, and insulting to the widow and fatherless, that these relentless, blood-thirsty foes should be treated as friends and guests. The act belies our professions of patiotrisra and devotion to the cause of the South, and stultifies us in the eyes of our enemy and of the world. Let our prisoners feel that they are regarded as enemies. Let them see that, we are not inhuman, but that we look upon them with that loathing and bitter hate which the unholy cause in which they are enlisted so natnrally inspires. Let no moro such attentions bo Klirtvvn to r?risr?nr?r? vvtirtni w?ir mav - ? i ?" *"v" "* j throw into our hands. Burial Place .of Oeneral Jackson It is to be regretted that the remains of Gen.Jackson could not be interred near those of Monroe, in Hollywood, that beautiful spot, so near the theatre of his glory, where every breeze waits his renown, and the murmuring waters, as they roll solemnly by, seem to attune themselves to sweet yet mournful melodies of the grave. But, in accordance with a desire said to have been expressed in his will the body of the fallen hero will be removed to Lexington. This was his place of residence before the war; and there, for years a subordinate professor in the Military Insitutc, lie lived and labored, unknown to the world, * and perhaps even to himself, til! called forth by Providence to play a part in the affairs of mankind which has borne his name to the remotest comers of the earth, and to achieve a fame that will be grand and enduring as the eternal mountains at whose feet he was cradled, whose long shadv , ows, like those of some majestic cathedral, will consecrate his grave, and whose loftiest pinnacles will derive new sublimity from their association with the name of Jackson. Vallakdiguam.?It appears that the offence charged against this gentlemen is resistance to the bloody and despotic order of Burnside declaring death against all person, who should denounce or oppose the war policy of the Abolition Government at Washinton, an act that has no parallel in audacity among the despotisms of modern times. f The arrest and trial of Vallandigham brings up the issue squarely between the Abolitionist and Democrats at the North. If the latter have any pluck, any spirit cf resistance to tyranny and usurpation, tlicy will now show it. They can dodge the question of resistance no longer without disgrace and dishonor. We predict they will cave in and cowardly yield their necks to the oppressor. The Wounded in the Late Battles.?We have been enabled to ascertain, says the Richmond miner of 14th inst., the exact number of our men who were wounded in the h ut battles about Fredericksburg. They amount to six thousand one hundred and thirty-eight. Six thousand one hundred have been brought . i by railroad to this city, The balance remain in hospital near the battle Held. Of those who have been brought hither, the wounds of two thousand are very slight?only sufficient in the majority of cases to enable the sufferers to obtain furloughs. Why should our noble hearted women who are doing so much for the soldiers and the country, suffer for the want of such implements as Cotton ami Wool Cards, or pay speculators a thousand per cent, for them? Cannot Cards be made here? If not, cannot Cotton?-and perhaps Wool?be spun without Cards? Whero are our inventive and ingenious citizens and patriotis? Was there not a simple machine called the Columbia Spinster, invented during the last war with England, and in operation in this State, taking the Cotton from the field and converting it to Yarn? Execution of a Deserter.?Jacob Adams, says the Charleston Mercury of Tuesday last, a deserter from the Forty-sixth Georgia Regirnnnf ? 4 n ^ -iiw siiut m iuu nace uourse about 12 o'clock yesterday. A large number of troops were at the execution. Frank P. Blair, the Yankeo prisoner who took the oath of allegiance to the Confederate States after the late battles, is a son of Frank P. Blair, the member of the Lincoln Congress from Missonri.