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3 , Letter from Asa Hartz. Through the kindness of a young lady of Lexington, Ivy., we have been favored with the followiug letter from A'o.i rTirl7 Atai, (rnnrcrfi IVIelvililfht.^ 3 *?<? ? -. D ,, prisoner at Johnson's Island, to a lady t friend. It was published in the Cincinnati Euquirer on the 4th ult. We trust that its publication in Dixie may be the means of letting "the quiet, happy maid" hear from "the exile from bis'home-" , , Block 2, Room 12, Johnston's ) Island,?Christmas Night, 1863. j My Dear Friciul: The anniversary of the bifth of a world's Saviour finds me, "Asa Hartz," sitting on the 6ide of a bunk, in a Federal prison, inditing a letter?inditing a letter to a ' lady I never saw in the whole course of my short, bright and somewhat checkered life, and never,heard of until to-day! My lively, good tempered and much ""esteemed friend, Colonel W?, lias just, read me, spots from your letter, and as <soon as he had finished I quietly, but ' with characteristic firmness, remarked, "Colonel, I'm going to write to that wotunu to-night " I'm doing it; and I know you too well to apologize for so doing. ^ . Today is Christmas ; or rather, this - :_i.? ?...i r IS uunsunas Ulgilfc. .iuu i tia?c ouj the day wry tnucli. I don't think that the day a.-a holiday, possesses any. great chanus for me, since 1 felt my teens, some ten years ago-; hut I love the day because of a something which transpired on it the last time it came around? whicti something 1 shall not tell you. I have done all 1 could to make it (the day) pass off as agreeably as I knew how: I have destroyed my share of a turkey of the Job style of architecture, and, I verily "believe of sufficient antiquity to warrant the coutfiaswa that he might have gobbled bis gratitude when Noah called for his motley freight at the time of his celebrated voyage. I have watched the couu'cui aticcs of my fellow prisoners., as they *atked down to the impress office to sec if a friend had sent them a Christmas dinner, and walked back again, saying as olain as silence can say?that they Jjad'nt. I've stretched myself upon toy bunk, -and gaz?l upon toe shores, oi Erie* . lovely lake, in "icy fetters bound," letting my imagination go in a rapid flicbl '-be.v-md sfc.ve prisou walis, beyond the spire's of Saudusky?beyond the r-ealuis of "Abe" ?to a beautiful liuJe hike in -it semi-tropical State, Uj * quiet little homestead units margin, where dwells? well, somebody Ttlio wishes as I do that <tUte "-crnel w+r was H^er."* 1 have had -x Knie a+KAiwtasiiit during the day too? rf<T two hours ucxt preceding sunset i alternately coaxed, with a piece of tal'.oW candle, a rat from bis hi le, in the yooui, aa i : hank d hiin, when he did appear, with Col. W's tooth brush, but he grew "wary, and stopped coining out to be chunked. (Mem. This reh learns an" important lesson from the prism rat, and if ever the, rub, aforesaid, gets back into his hole, he ailj watch for Yanks, before he puts his head'out again.) Miss A I wish to wake an hou-cit confession to you?I don't, like to stay lure.' I would much prefer living cn Columbia, S. C., where I spent all but thi* la-t eleven years of my life. This place likes nie nqt. The climate is .not so warm as that which prevails in Cuba, and the people who surround nu don't seem to like my style. "Asa Ih rU'' is a trump card in Dixie, but [tore lie is looked upon as meaner than the--deuce. iVheu I shouldered my musket, two years ago, to go into the fceivioe, I did it with the facetious impression that it was a migi ty funny thing, that there was a good joke in it somewhere and that 1 was the Columbus who was discover it. I loved on, marched on, went up tlie bill of promotion, lijl 1 got a star on my collar, still hunting for tlie funny part, for the joke. I Hatter tiiysctt t rouu-i it?found it on the 19th i>f last July, (letit staud aye, accursed in the calendar) away down' in Mississippi, when and where I rode into a few regiments of blue coats with an innocence, the simpllcity of which was not only beautifully infantile, but truly sublime I They pressed rne so cordially to go with them that I weut ! That's the way I found the joke?curiosity?morbid curiosity. I did uot think it one of my many f-dluig, and if it-is, I will grant it for ihe sake of argument,) it has becu fully gratified, and I w int to go bics again 1 i'lease pardon me if I repeat with a double j>reasted vim, "I want to go back ?gain r I wouldn't like Federal authorities to know I an tired of the country for they might send the two thousand five hundred other officers here back to Richmond, where the high price oj provisions would exhaust my stock ol greenbacks so quickly?well ! the very idea; makes me hungry, Besides, tin . authorities who watch over us with each unmitigated vigilance to keep o-yejrythiug from coming in to hurt u? ?of<course, would think me and my com panious very uugrutful, if they kucw we ?rere restive uudcr so much tender soli .citude. Please, therefore, don't men tion to any one, that I want to go bad again?We have many, very many methodi of killing time here. We have a firs .class theatre in full blast, a minstre band, and a debating society. The oy door exercises consist of leap frog, bul pea, town ball, base ball, foot bull, suov ball, bat ?ball, aod ball. TLe iudoo games comprise chess, backgammon draught ami every game of cards knowi .to Hoyie or bis illustrious predeoessor J- 1-1- .1. ff "me gentleman in uiac&. There ire representatives hero o *very orthodex branch of Christianity and religious services held daily. (N B.?Col. W. and yours respectfully al tend every time.) We vary our monotony witluan occs iooal exchange. May I tell you wh: 1 mean by that '/ Well, It is a simp] ccrciiscoy. God help usPLo ''e; ? ????? * * - ~ v changed" is placed on a small wagon, drawu by one horse, his friends form a i line in the rear, and the processionjupves; i passing through the gate, it wirms its way slowly round the prison walls, to a little grove north of the inclosure, the . "exchanged" is takeu out of the wagon o o ! and lowered into the earth?a prayer? au exhortation ? a spade?a headboard ?a mound of fresh sod?and the friends rot urn to nrison asain. and that's all of - - rt # o it. Our friend is "exchanged"?a grave attests the fact to mortal eyes, and one of God's angels has recorded the "exchange" in the book above. Time and the elements will soon smooth down the little hillock which marks his lonely bed, ' but invisible frieud^ will hover around it, till the dawn of that great day, when all ' the armies sh ill be marshalled into line j again?when the wars of time shall cease, aud the great eternity of peace shall i commence. Hut I have written you four pages, and for the life of ine I cm see no point in it all, and I must stop. 1 will wind : up with four verses of "jingle" I had the temerity te send to Geo. D. Ijm mice, of Louisville. It is true that I do not know you by the conventional form, but it is also true that you are equally ignonmt>of myself. In a mutual ignorance, L beg leave, with my interest and wellknown modesty, to suggest that you 1 appropriate any of the most prominent hints which the following liucs is a copy: The list is called, and one by one The anxious crowd now melts away, ^ I linger still, aud wonder why No letter comes for me to-day. Are all my friends in Dixie dead ? Or would they all forgotten he ? What have I" done, what have I said. That no one writes a line to ine ? It's mighty queer! ' I watch the mails each weary day, With anxious eyes the list, o'er ruu, 1 - - - 11 % I envy him whose uame is eaiiea, Jiut. love hiiu more who g ts not out*, for t can sympathise with him. And feel how keen his grief must be, Since I'm an exile from my home, And no one writes a line to me. I do declare! Within a quiet, happy home, Far,, far in Dixie's sunny clime, There dwells a quiet, happy maid, J Who wrote me in by-gone time. Sow, others from their loved ones hear In tender letters, lov ng, free, Vet here I've been this half a year, And no oue writes a line to me* . We're not estranged. I Will no one write me just a line, To say that I'm remembered yet ? ; You cannot guess how much delight I'd feel could I a letter get? j Could I IJut hear from some kind friend, Whose face I ne'er again uiay set-. Will s'mie now my anguish cud? If some doesn't write totue, I'll get exchanged ! Your friend, "Asa IIaktz." ' Another Prophet come to Judgment. We will relate a dream as it was told us by our friend, Lieut John H- H?H, for the truth of which he cites us to his neighbor, Mr McDaid, an aged and j respectable citizen, who lives within i half a mile of this city, on the opposite i side of Flint riveF. Mr SicD. is well known to tnaov of our citizen* as a man y x of veracity and g>o J sense, ami no way I inclined to a- belief in |the supernatural ' years of age, and is bie.-sed with good health and more than ordinary i?telli? ! uence; however, the "Angel Gabriel'' | ehose him froiu among the millions of : the Confederacy to convey the foliow1 iog cheering and undoubted revela! tiou : About two weeks ago, Mr MeDaid, I after partaking of u slight supper, and indulging in the soothing pleasures of his pipe, retired to rest. Shortly after, he fell asleep and dreamed that the Angel Gabriel came to him and, culling him by name, informed him that lie was not long for this world, .but, before he would be called hem e he, w<>u!d reveal ! to him-the ultimate fate of the object : nearest his heart?the future destiuy of the Confederate States. Our existence as a nation, the angel said, depended ; principally upon the success "f Gen. ; Johnston's army; that the scales of fate I would be about balanced until tbe wan; ing of the year, when a Warrior from : the South would join Johnston, and .; both combined would route and anuihil: ate the hosts of the enemy; that no i European nation would recoguize our l independence until this Was done, and that policy alnue now keeps the nation ruled by the sou of destiny from extending to us the right baud as it did to | our fathers on a less momentous occas] ion. During the present year peace will p be restored between the Northern and p Southern republics. We would prosper , J and multiply and dissension, for an in, definite time, banished from our midst: while civil war, . riot and desolation were'to be the accursed fruits of the uncurbed ambition of the Nortb. Mr. McD. asked if all this would come ! to pass in his days, but the angel an I swered evasively, by telling him that lie i would soon die* Life was not for the , : aged and care-woru, who has already lived aud beheld more on earth than j uineteen-twentieth? of his fellow mort tals. Man'in his (the angel's") celestial j! home was uotorious for bis inquisitive 11 propensities, as tire exainple^of 8t. i'cj ter clearly illustrated, who, thcu told by bjs Lord and Master that "iu a lit>lo timo" bp would he with hiut aeain '( f 1 ?" ?? ? ~T c: j lie eootented and prepared^ for the jour^ ney will soon have to undertake, aud | thy curiosity aud worldlincss subser' j vient to faith. Thus spoke the angel j-i to our aged friend, who trcuil lingly ! j risked another interrogative. How ' , should be know what he heard waf truth or hallucination? The angel thee inforuiod him .that he would send a k tnerseuger to vouch for the correctuosi of all he said. When he arose in tb< ^ morniDg he was to traverse a well kuowr lo oow path in tb.c woods adjacent to bii j- bouse w)d be woqld inwet an "srac 4 41 . Jfc ii A, ?- ? ^ tttt I coon" coming towards him, which he was to take home - and produce as a J confirmation of his story when he re luted it to the iucredulous?;that few would believe him otherwise, and nol many then; but time would corroborate the facts to the iieneml satisfaction of all. Mr. McD. when he arose next morning did aj the "angel" told him, and, sure enough, a nondescript part .coon and part fdx?met him in the path and allowed him to take it in his arms and carry it liomc. lie kept it Cor sonic days, and then gave it to. Mr. James Doyle, ivho lives on an adjoining place aud in whose possession we have seeu it. Messrs. 11 ill and Doyle told us the story as they heard it, aud we lay before our readers its substance as they repeated it to us. It stands a head and shoulder above all the dreams we have yet read iu relation to the war as it is the most feasible and simple and its veracity stands unquestioned in this piny-woods region, as the narrator, or dreamer is Known as a truthful man; hesides he is backed by the "Israel coon" which is still ttic property and playmate of our friend, Mr Doyle. Opinion of the British Press. The news of the late buttles has produced a profound seusation in England. The people are astonished at the magnitude of the Federal losses. The Coufederate loan recovered three per cent. The London Times says Granf has fully sustained his reputation for unconquerable tenacity, and has approached success more ucarly than any predecessor. Lee has uever actually lost a battle The Post thinks tlie Federals have sustaiued a crushing defeat. The Morning Herald pronounces the advance on Richmond u failure, aud hopes the South has passed its lust fiery ordeal. The Globe thinks Lee has succeeded iu ! barring Grant's mad to llictimoml. The Port lloyal New South state that the inroads ofthcscaupon Morris Island still continue. So rapidly has the wash, ing away advanced, that it will take but a short time to make a deep inlet between Forts Gregg and Wagner, The bcacii has receded so fur as to reveal the remains of ITi??on and rebel dead buried around the fort last summer These have been reiuterred where jt is hoped they will not again be disturbed. & ' ? ? Grant's Bill of Faro, It i- Miid that Grant ex pec s to cat his Fourth of July dinner in lliclnuoud. We should not be: surprised it be diJ. It suuh shout I be the case, the following will t e the bill ef fare : 4 ounces Confederate bacon., i cup of peas 1 corn dodger. James river water ad libitum' DESEi.T?One corn cob pipe* filled with Roanoke tobacco and refl< jc ions on the uncertainty of human affairs Tbisculludon will be served at the Hotel de Jyibby,?Macon Confederate. Chickens kept in an orchard will eat all tl;c worms from the trees, Old orchards that have been almost profitless from insects have beeu entirely restored I in two yea:s merely by the protection of I . t I a icw ueus. Sevcwtei'u poles on the S. W. Telegraph line were shivered lo atoms by one lightning stroke on Monday last?a heavier performance than was ever known before in the region of Macon, says the Tcleiifoiik State of South Carolina, KEKSHAW DISTRICT. I TT?V I'Kit MISSION OF A. L. Mc DONALD qp iis'p. Ordinary fur the District ami State aforesaid, will he sold* bv Sheriff ot Kershaw District on the first Monday in .Aligns; next, one Tract of Land belonging to the estate of W, TJmrlow Caston, deceased, containing ninety-three and one-tenth acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Est. II. W. DeSaussure, Duncan Mcltae. and others. DUNCAN SIIKOKN. Sheriff, June 20 i Headquarters, Enrolling Oilice, m edical dei*a htm ent. Cm CoNuukssionat. Distiuct, June 22, 2804. The examining doaiidfoii the titli Congressional District will meet | at the following places ami times for the re> j vision of old certificates and examination ol | all persons enrolled under recent orders from ! the War Department : Yorkviilc. Tuesday, July ">. Chester, Thursday, July 7. Winnsboro. Saturday. July 9. Columbia, Tuesday, July 12, Camden. Friday. July lo. Sumter, Tuesday. July 19, Manning, Thursday, July 21. V til.IN IJAXNELLY. Surgeon 1*. A. C. S,. and Acting President of the Board, junc 22 tith Cong. Disi., S. C. , New Publications. BY BURKE. B0YKI5 k C0,s Macon, Georgia. ^0 W READY : j^[ MASTER WILLIAM MITTEN; Or, the Youth of Brilliant Talents, tflm >va ruined by bad luck. By Judge Longstrect author of "Georgia Scenes." Price ? "). CAMP AND FIELD. Papers^ from th Portfolla of an Army Chaplain. By Rev Joseph Cross, D. i>. I'tui 1st now ready Price S3. DUNCAN ADAIR, t?r, Captured in Escn ping. A story of one of Morgan's men. B m? r? T It I'rnw Nparlv rpsulv. Pric iUI'JS tlttliv A. 11. -v - Si. YOUNG MAItOONERS. By Kcv.Fnuici R, Gouldiug. A most entertaining hook fo young persons. Pronounced by good judgi I to be equal to Robinson Crusoe. Price So. A liberal discount to the trade from th , foregoing prices. For the amount |[namc( remitted to us, in current funds, we will sen ' either of ail these books, postpaid, to any pa 1 of the Confederacy. Address i BURKE, BOY KIN & CO.. j June 24. Macon, Georgia. > ti&~ Any newspaper in the Confcdcrac copying the above advertisement, with th DOtc, will receive a copy of each of the abc 3 books, upon thereoeipt of tfce contain 1 leg tbn iiidferti?<?c3eci ? ;? ^ SPECIAL "NOTICES. ~ ' : HEADQUARTERS, RESERVE FORCES, S. C. Colcmuia, June S, 1804. ; G EX ERA L 0 RDF.R XO. 1. I. THE FOLLOWING ORDER FROM THE Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, j Richmond, 30th April. 1804, is published lor j the information of all concerned: j SPECIAL ORDER NO. 101. j I * * . * * * * I VI. Brigadier James Chesnut. jr. j.is assigned to the command of the Reserve Forces of the State of South Carolina, enrolled and mustered into service in accordance with the fifth and sixth sections of the "Act to organize forces to serve during the war," approved February 17, 18154. * * * * * IT. In pursuance of the above, I now ns: sume command of the new forces, with lnv ' headquarters for the presentat Columbia. 111. Capl. ED. II. BARNWELL is ani nounced as Assistant Adjutant-General; Lieut. ISAAC IIAYNEas Aid-de-Cnnip- They will be obeyed and respected accordingly,. JAMES CHESNUT, Ju." Brigadief-Gencral. Papers of the State copy once. EXCHANGE NOTICE No. 10. Richmond, V.i., Jc.nk 0, 1804. THE FOLLOWING NOTICE IS RASED upon a recent declaration of Exchange ! made by the Federal authorities, bearing date May ", 1904 ! and is supported by valid Federal paroles on tile in my office : Sec. 1. All Confederate officers and men who have been delivered at City Point, Vir ginin, previous to the 1st of June, ^804, are | hereby declared to be exchanged. Sec. All Confederate officers and men, ! and all civilians who have been captured at j any place, and released on parole prior to I May 7. 18G4, are hereby declared to be ex- : i changed. This section, however, is not in< . ! tended 10 inciuue any uiiiowia ui micuvii^oivm at Vicksburg, July 4,1803, except such as were declared exchanged by Exchange Notices, numbered six, scveu and eight, j 1Kb 01'LI), ; Agent of Exchange, j -June II ^ 1 fcijT Each paper in the riiate copy once ! and send accounts to District Enrolling Of-j ficers. Headquarters 22 d Reg. S. C. M.,! Camobx, S. C., June 7, 1804. j a est:ual order s o. 8. 1. In pursuance ?>f Gone nil Order No 7, i from Adjutant and Inspceter General, A. C, Gailington. the lield odicers of this llcgimeul are hereby ordered to return the date of their Commission or election to otfcoe to tlicse head quarters on or before the loth inst. 2 Captains or officers cnnnnanJing Heat ' Companies will have all vacant offices in thwir ! respective companies immediately filled, -according to law, (Act J)gnd make their j returns to these Jjeud quarters, on or before the 5th July | 3. Captains L. i. Patterson, John Thouipi son. J. i'alkiuberry, John 15. Micklc, Adam Team. S. D. Hough, Tobias Enlsont, E. Parker, are charged with the cxtention of paragraph U'of this order. Jly command Col. Jones. J. >J. GAVI.E, Adjutant. June 8 j Ivingville I-Iotel. I THE SUBSCRIRERSHiEG LEAVE i to inform the travelling public that they have leased and reopened the IvINGVILLE HOTEL, at the Junction of the South Carolina and Wilmington and i Manchester Railroads ; and that, hence,! forth, passengers on these roads may cx! pcct a GOOD MEAL at their House.' j The subscribers are aware that, under ; its former management, the KING* . VILLE HOTEL was allowed {o suffer in reputation; but they have determined that", under their directorship, it shall be kept up to the staudard of a I'LRST CLASS EATING HOUSE, and they, therefore, solicit the patrouagc of the i travelling public. ! Gjve us a call, and judge for your1 j selves. j * May 11 RATES & MILLER. ! ANNOUNCEMENTS. ;j FOR SENATOR. , ! Mn. Eoitou: Please announce .Major A. II. HOY KIN a candidate 10 represent | Kershaw District in the Senate, and oblige April 20 .Many Friends. FOK THE LEGISL.VITKE. Wc arc authorized to announce Col. W. It. TAYLOR as a candidate for tnc Legislature ' at the cnsucixjg flection, j June 8 j We are authorized to announce Col. A. I>. GOODWYN a candidate tor Representative i in the Legislature of South Carolina, at the | ensuiug clectbu in October. April 20 " Many Voters. Mr. Editor: You will please announce the . following gentlemen as candidates for the s ; Legislature, at the election to be held in Oc? J tabcr neit, and oblige . Many Friends. _ j Capt. W. Z. LMITNEH,' ,U ! Capt. W, L. Lift'ASS. \ j April 20 *j Mr. Editor: You will please announce the following gentlemen u< candidates for r< ' election to the House of Representative;!, from s IJershaw District, at the ensuing election in r ' October, and oblige their friends; Major J M. DkSAUSSURE. IC Capt. D. D. PERKV. 1, April 50 rl * FOR CI.EllK OS THE COURT. Mr. Editor; I'letiso announce Lieut. JO' EL A. SCI1 ROCK as a suitable person to till the office of Clerk of the Court for Kershaw ib , ... yC District, at the ensuing election in October n- and oblige iljs Fiujii'PS. April 20 m 0? 4*1 V "' ' . ~ ~ V j Mk. Ktrrroii: Please announce-Capt. WM. L i CLYUUKN as u candidate for re-election to ! the office of Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions, for Kershaw Dis- ; trict, at the next ensuing election in October, j and oblige his Many Fkif.nps. Vnril ft "i" ? - ? g i NOTICE. All persons having demands against the estate of L. L. Whltn4:cr del council are requested to hand in their claims j properly attested, and all indebted to make payment to II. H. WIUTVKER. j T. M. Mill TAKER. June 8 Adui'tx. ' TOBACCO^ SEGARS, and WRITING INK, ! Wholesale and retail, at S, A. BENJAMIN'S. April 4 ?i m ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. ALL PERSONS HAVING DE- i MANDS against the Estate of Anderson Stucky dee'd., are requested to present tlicni to the undersigned, and those indebted will please uiake pay- , inent of the satne. ? 13. M. DROWN, Admr. May 4 2 JUST RECEIV ED AND FOR SALE, Extract Logwood, Sup, Carl). Soda. % Spanish Brown. E. I. Caster Oil. Spt. Camphor Jb'or sale by April 27 o IV, McKAIiV ~DRL<7S~AnFMEDICIN^BT~ Best spanisii sweet oil. Quinine. Salt Petri:. Alum: K?. Peppermint, ('aluim-l. Pine Mass. Spirit? Nitre. Sulphur. No Six. lii.rnx. iVc. For Sure stile by W. McKAlN. April -7 ' > Hates of Postage in the Confederate States of America. M .Nor t lie convenience of the public the ful.3? lowing simpliticil statement of the rates of postage tiiidor tlie act of Congress of the Confederate States of America, ha? been prepare! : JluUi or 1 Single letters, not exceeding a Jialf ounce iu weight, to any part of the Confederate States. shall be each !<> cents. 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The proprietor will spare uo effort to niainI tain the high reputation of this standard family paper. ' All letters addressed to STOCKTON & CO., April ft Augurta, \?a. # % * ?' . ' > ? ! , " .. . " ON CONSIWMEflV , 4 A I3RO>VN HOMESPUN; FORSALE IMmiM. by tb'e Dolt. April ti . / J. M. OAYLE. , <rt??MENT. "mjdTILMINGTON WORKS SALT, BY the Sack,-at April 0 ' J. M. OAYLE'S. State of South Carolina. ADJ'T. & INSP. GEN'S. OFFICE, 1 Columbia, May 20, 18G5. f GENERAL ORDERS NO. 6 ' I IN THE PRESENT SITUATION OF a affairs, it i? deemed proper to direct tk ? attention of the people of the Statcto the 1st section ??f nn Act of the General Assembly entitled "An Act to provide for Voluntor Companies of Mounted Infautry and for other purposes," lierwith published, and to call upon all male citizens capable of bearing arms, and who are not liable to Confederate military service, to organise themselves into companies in pursuance of its provisions. II. Companies organized in accordance with said Act, upon presenting their rolls to be filed in this office, will be accepted for the service therein provided for, and will be armed and furnished with necessary ammunition. III. The troops called into service under this 'Act V/ill be subject to the orders of the ' Governor and' Coinmander-in chief, and . whilst in actual service, will be subject to U'nn .nzl Avmv 1? emtio f inn? rtf uiu .iiuvrvn v* ?i.%? cn.u .*?hi^ the Confederate States, anil shall Fcceive the same pnv and allowances as Confederate troops of the same class arc entitled to. IV. The commanding officers of companies and the corporate authorities to whom arms have heretofore been delivered, or who now have the sunic in custody, are charged with keeping them in good order, and any necessary expenditures made for that purpose will he paid 1?y the State upon tho accounts being duly certified and approved at this office. * * * * Ify command : > [signed] A. ('. 11 ARLINGTON'. Adjutant and Inspector General S. C. Official : G. A. Follin, A. A. G. EXTRACT. Suction 1. licit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly and bv the aulbprity of * i he same. That the Governor be and is hereby authorized to accept as. many Volunteer Com- - , panics ol Mounted lufantry us may be offered, -to consist of no* 'ess than sixty-four, nor more than one htutdn.? men exclusive of Commissioned Officers, shall be organized by him into liuttnlions or Regiment by the election of / Field Officers if the number of said Compan- J| ies be sufficient for that purpose, and said Companies shall be called out at the discre- ' loon of the Governor, to suppress insurrections, or to repol nclus.1 or threatened raids of the enemy within this State, and shall be discharged from actual service whenever in his judgment the actual necessity for such service has ceased. * * * ? Papers of State copy thrcce times. may 25?ill , State of South Carolina. ...? Adjt andTwsp. General's Orrice, 1 * \ Columbia, June 1, 1864. / GESF.RAJ. ORDERS NO. 7. . fTFIK Couiiiinnding Officers of the #scxeral Militia Regiments of the State will immdiaicly return to this office lists of the * Field Officers of their respective Regiments, with the dates of their commissions or election to office. II. In Regiments in which there are no , ; Field Officers the ranking Officers of the line will make the above return and forthwith order elections for field officers of their respective Regiments, giving due notice. Ill The Commanding Officers of Regiments are required to have all vaccnt officers in their respective Regiments immediately filed according to law (Act 1841.) ' V ***.# * _ * 13v command: a. c. garllston. ? \ - Adjutant and Inspector General S. C. Official. i t G. A. Folm.n, A. A. G. June 8 fltcgrPapers of State copy twice. MUTUAL Life Insurance. * * ?:o:?' THE SURSCR1RKR HAVING ACCEPTed the Agency of the MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY of Raleigh, North Carolina, for CAMDEN ANI) VICINITY, i prepared to receive applications fot policje of LIFE INSURANCE, on the moat reason able terms. The Lives on SLAVES insured at moderate rates. w. L DePasg, Agent. April IS ly ALABAMA :/AL ' iFire Insurance COMPANY. The undersigned, as agent for ~a4 ilie nhovc Southern Insurance ComI panv, is pn-pared to issue policies of Ineuritnce against loss by Fire on all* buildings, &c. W. L. DePass. April 13 ly j MANSION BOUSE, | Camden, So. Ca. X ' Tills old and FAVOR- l 1 ! TTE ESTABLISHMENT I |?H "SSL still in full blast, and thciimBL ) l?ilHHBpro]irictor extends everyilHIsB accommodation and comforts to bis guest I nn' Klin. ghf Hid TABLE Will he kepi up, if provisions can be liad at any E. G. ROBINSON, April 20 ' 3 * GINGER, A SMALL LOT O.N HAND, AND JO * A^el,7 ' J- M.GAYLB April$ w t S