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A TOAST. You ask ine, friend, to sit with you And drain a wassail bowl, " To tko gentle hearts that love us To the puro and good o/ soul." I Cil thc glass up to the brim And drain it with a sigh Forgive mc if your pledge should bring Thc moisture to my eye. . The pure and good !-I turn'and look "Adown "life's traveled" track," And Memory takes rae in her arms And bears me softly back To dear old days when oven tho ?bedes Along ray .flowery way, Wen brighter than the full'sunlight That shines on me to-day. .. ' She shows "me in her magie gla.<>s A inaiil of faultless grace- 1 Thc love" she felt sprang from her heart, And blossomed in her face ; My boyish soul was all entwined Within her hair of gold-. A.flowery mounuV-a marble slab And lo ! thc tale is told. na She shifts her glass-I see a form In far off Texan lands A friend !-our hearts were closer linked ' Than ever were eur haads : A regal a;nd-a noble soul, Puro as the Vestal's flame Ile fell-hi.' country owes a slab On which to wrTte his name. The pare and good ! another name The noble words reeall-; The finit I ever learned to lisp. And dearer far than all : . She lives to bless my pilgrim life With all a mother's love To lead me, by her word* and deed*, j.' To purer life above. I Now fill a lumper to the brim And drink a ?ledge vt ?th me And drain it fairly to the dregs, As I'have done with thee. Let no bright smile play round our lipr, But bow the haughty head The '.Tin* f hall be a sacrament The toart-Our country's dead. Capt. Jas. L. Butler. We are pleased to.see in a late number of Ihe Greenville Enterprise, the following com plimentary alludions to Capt. JAS. L. BUTLER, an elder brother of the. gallant Gen. M. C. j j BUTLER, and who has resided for a number years beyond the Mississippi. The many friends of Capt. B. will be glad to hear from him in his Western home, knowing full well however that be will ever Le found fighting in the cause of freedom, right and justice so Jong as these inalienable rights are denied him. The Enterprise says : j ^ 4< A friend who has received letters, of late j} date, from his correspoiipciiti beyond th-- ; ? Mississippi, furnishes un with t.he following extracts. -; TEXAS, March 25th, 1SC4. . * * * Captain Jam?3 L. But ler left here a few days ago. Ile is in fine . health and spirits, and has doue enough to make him a Brigadier Geueral. I will send y*0U Standwatie's official report, which com pliments him though not as much as ha de serve. In the battle bf Fort Gibson he was wounded in the hand, had-: several holes iii his overcoat made by bullets-has made some hair breadth * escapes. Ile is a .terror to the Indians ?nd tories. The Captain went up to Cane Hill on a scouting expedition, and says the ladies, for instance the Misses -who are highly educated, are cutting and hauling their own wood with exen, as the Fed?, will not allow them to keep borres. One of these young ladle-5, when she saw Capt. Butler and his company, got on the tongue of the ox cart, stood up, waviug her handkerchief, and gave a cheer-for the de fenders of the South. The women in his route came out and cheered, brought apples in their aprons and baskets, and offered eve rything they bad to the soldiers, and say they never will be subjugated * * * * AB I wrote you, Capt. Butler has h?st the first finger of the right hand to the first j->int, and it was whilst in this condition he went through the bloody fight at Fort Gibson, lie says he has enough left to pull trigger. . * * * *. * The Cherokee Nation is ruined. John Ross's house, furniture, and everything have been burned, and a great many o? the Indians killed. Tho Sacs now do not num-. her more than 500 fighting mea, they died j t with small pox by hundreds, and hundreds j have been killed. * * * * ? * *' |." Everything ia very high out here. Bacon $ji per pound; flour 30 ronla; corn $?1 pe? bushel; jeans frlO to $U per yard ; calico .$15 ; domestics S 10 to $13; spool thread #3 per spool, ic. Another friend writes thus of Capt. James L. Butler: u You South Carolinians have jnst cause to be proud of your old stock *f Butlers, but the sons of the late Dr. William Butler have ! in this war added oew lumire to their honored j 0 name. Every une. o?'these boys from thc J % oldest, the gallant and generoua Col. Georgi) i a who was Captain, fought with Gen. Price ail j * his bloody battles in Missouri, to the young- I v est, have distinguished "themselves for their . 0 ?cal, courage and ability. Thc most of then?, ! j? though ss> yonag, ha?e iiad rettposible com- j c manda, and havo never failed to acquit them- I ? selves, not only well, but with distinguished ' c honor in the hour of trial. T;;deed how l j, could they do otherwise, with the noble ex* ! v ample of their ancestry to stimulate their am- ' : bition, and the blood of heroes "coursing In j v their veins ? They sprigg from a game stock, , not only ou their father's sid?, but their ' t mother? a" sister of thc gallant naval hero, j'r Oliver M. Perry, possesses the firmness and patriotism of a Roman matron combined with the refinement and gen llen?is of the Christian lady. But I purpo od saying a few words concerning tho services of Capt. James J/. Butler with whom you ar? not so well acquainted. He sharoifcwitU tfen, price all the fatigues, privations, dangers and hon ors of his numerous campaigosr am} in somrj.] of those battles no quarters wes asked QB given. I? one of tb? kind, all tho enemy were slain except a preacher whom Capt. B. spared.'' K -^r_4._*_-?. . - --. DjSTixcursintp AnglvAI..-Tbe**GolJsboro j Journal, of the 8th in>?., CQutains thc follow- j jog paragraphs ; J . : On the WilrninVno train, North'yesterd iy, ve saw Captain Peacock, of Her Moje*1} '3 (Otteeu VictoriaV"^4ih' infantry. We un ^^sttjnd ^e ho? resigned tis cQrrmijssiop j jj t't;e"British aripy, add easts bio Jot vyith "tue . galiant Confederates. IJis choice is tbe ranks, j but be wili occupy any post given bim. On the *Hm8,tr&iar abo, was Mr. Lawley, & special correspondent of* the London Time*. ! Both of tbese^fentlemeu leiched ? Couled? ??te port on Monday morning Mr. Lawley says the English. pre**/is singularly unani mous in favor of the South, and ufa now di recting th?hvatteatiou 'o the question of rt cognixioa?^ijeir'i?enonce o? Ihe Yaukeo charaliwW thofoughly disgusted tbtj? '* Thc Feacc Manifesto of Congi JOINT RESOLUTION DECLARING THE 1 TIONS, PRINCIPIES . AND Pl'KPOSES ( " CONPEDCRATE STATES IN RELATION EXISTING WAR WITH THE UXlTKD ST. "WHEREAS, it is due to the great ca humanity and eiviii/'-ition, and especi; the heroic sacrifices of their gallant a the field, that no means, consistent proper self respect and the .apprssjed of nations, should he omitted by the C erate States to eulighten the public ( of the world with regard to the true < ter cf the struggle in which they are ec aud the dispositions, principles and pt by which they are actuated therefore, Resolvedly the Congress of the Conft States of America, That the following fest* be" issued in their name and by authority, and that the President be reg to cause copies thereof to be transmit! our commissioners abroad to the end tie same mAy be laid before foreign G< meats. MANIFESTO OF TOP. CONGRESS OF CONFT.li] STATK3 OK AMKRK'A RELATIVE TO Till ISTlNt! WAR WITH THE UNITED STATES, The Congress of the Confederate Sta A rn? ?ca, acknowledging their rcspons to the opinion of tho civilized world, h great law of Christian philanthropy, ti the Supreme Kulc-r of th? universe, fo ??art they Lave bee J compelled to bear i sad ppectacle of war and carnage wkicl continent has, for the "last three years hibited to the eyes of afllicted* kuini deems thc present a fitting . occasion t< clare tho principles, the sentiments an purposes by whicb they have been and ?till actuaUt]. They have ever deeply deplored the n sity which constrained them to take up in defence of their rights aiul of the frc it i tut ?ons derived from their ancestors; lhere is nothing they more ardently d than peace, whensoever their enemy, by i iug from their unhallowed war waged i them, shall permit them to enjoy in peac? sheltering protection of those heredctry ri md of those cherished institution*. Th rips of successes wiih which it has pie Almighty Cod, in so signal s. manner, to 1 >nr anns on almost every point of our invj borJer*, since the opening- of thepr?sent < paign, enables us to profess this desiri peace in the interests of civilization aud inanity without danger of having our mot misinterpreted, or of the- declaration b ascribed to any unmanly -sentiment, or distrust of eur ability fully to maintain cause. Thc repeated aud disastrous che foreshadowing ultimate discomfiture, wi their gigantic army, directed gainst, the t ?lal of the Confederacy,"has alruady mut R are hut a continuation 0/ the'samc provk tial successes for us. Vie do not refer these successes in any spirit of vain boast! but in humble acknowledgment of that - mighty protoction which Las vouchsafed : granted them. The world must now see that eight milli jf people, inhabiting so extensive a terrie* with such varied resources and such num )us facililiesjfor defence ss the benignant bo ;y of nature Las bes.'owed upon us, and a mated with one spirit to encounter every r ration, and .sacrifice of pase, of health,-of pr srty, of life itself, int her than be deerad rom thc condition of five and independe Ua^s into which t loy .were born, can nci ie conquered. 'Will nut our adversar] hemselve* be^in to feel that humanity L iled long enough ; that tears and blood ai rearare enough have oeen expended in ootless undertaking, covering their own lao 0 leas than ours, with n pull of mouruiti nd exposing thurn far more than ourselv o the catastrophe of financial exhaustion ai ankruptcy, not to speak of tho loss of the berries by the despotism engendered in r, ggressive warfare upon the liberties of ai ther and kindred people? Will 'they 1 -'?liing, hy a longor perseverance in s wai in and hopeless contest, to make this cont eat, which they *o Jong boasted to be th hos*n Voode of liberty and self-governnien f^peace and a h'gher civilization, the theah f the most causeless and prodigal effu-ion < Iood which the world ha? ever, seen, of irtusl relapse intothe barbarism of tl?e rhili ges, and of the destruction qf constitutiont reedunt by the lawlessness of usurped power These are questions which our adveriarie rill decide for themselves. We desire t land acquitted before tie tribunal of th rorld, as well as iu the eyes of Omniscier ustice, of any responsibility for the origi r prolongation of a war as cohtrary^-to th pint of thc age as to llte traditions and ac nowledged maxims of the political Rysti:r f America, On this continent, whatever opinion ma ave prevailed elsewhere, it has ever beei eld and acknowledged by all parties tha lovernraent, to be lawful, must be foundet n the consent of tho governed. We wen jrcod to dissolve out- federal connection witl ur former associate^ by their aggressions o? he fundamental principles of our compact o iiion with them ; and in doing so we exer iso a right consecrated in the grf.at charter o. Lraeripan liberty-tL,<> right of a free'people, ?rben a government proves destructive of tb< nds for which it was established, to, recul o original principles and to institute new uards for their security. The separate in ependence ef the. States, assovereign and sc qual members of the Federal Union, hail ever been surrendered, and the pretension f applying to independent coniutueities, tc, (instituted and organised, the ordinary ruicj f coercion, and reducing rebellious subjects o obedience, was a solecism in terms, as well ? an outrage on the principles of public law. The war made upon the Confederate States ?as therefore, wholly one of aggression. On ur side it has been strictly defensiva. Born recaten, and the descendants of a gallant an estry, we had no qption but. to stand up in lefence'of our iuvaued firesides, of our deua rated altars, of our violated liberties and lirtbright, and of the prescriptive institutions /hieb guard and protect them. We have not Qterferred, Dor do wo wish, in any manner /hatevcr, to interfere with thc internal peace nd prosperity of the States arrayed in hos ility against us, or with the freest develop nent cf their dustin ?cs iu any form of action, ?r line of policy they may think proper to idopt for themselves. All wo a*k, is alike mmunity for ourselves, aud to be left in tte undisturbed enjoyment of those inalienable ights of " life, liberty, aud the pursuit of hap 3iness,:! which our common ancestors declar ed to be tho equal heritage of all the pat lis io the social compaou Let them forbear aggressions upon t*, and ' the war is at an end.- If there bo questions which require adjuatrn^j?t by negotiation, we have ever been willing aud are still willing to enter into communication with our adver saries rn a Bplrit of peace, of equity, and leanly fr?nkne3s, (?rtrong in the t;fJniasiop pf th6 j'ustjee'of our capae, in the gallant' devotion of our citizen soldiers, and of thc whole body of our people, and above all in the gracious protection of Heaven, wc are not Siripi toyoft%?Hperc. tfcsjre for peace .ju tewiie ponsisient with our honor and the pennareat secitoity of-our right*, and ari p?r npsUa-piration to s?2 tte. ttorlfj once pipr* ?s.orccj [fi the Loneiiuent puraka of indus, try and pf mutual Intercourse and exchanges, t; )* essential to its well being, and which bave been 60 gravclv'intcrruptcd by the existence of "this unnatural war in America. lijt if '?ir Bdyer?oHc&i or tliOe'o wbgtn they ha?e p]acod in tcthovit-;, djcf U tj;e ioiae ai reason and jus'tice',viiie?lccf against the dio? tutes o( prudence and humanity bj the ?f -sV presumptions and deludive confidence in their own numbers, or thoso of their black and foreign mercenaries, shall determine upon an indefinite prolongation of tho contest, upon them be the responsibility of a decision so ruinous to themselves, and so injurious to the interests and r?pose of mankind. For ourselves, wc have no fear o? the re sult. The wildest pictures ever drawn of a disordered imagination comesf-short of the extravagance which could dream of the con quest of eight millions of people, resolved with one mind " to die freemen rather than live slaves," and forewarned ? by the savage and exterminating spirit in which this war has been waged upon them, and by the mad avowals of its patrons aud supporters, of the worse than Egyptian bondage .that awaits them in the event of theirjubjogation. With those declarations of onr dispositions, our principles, and our purposes, we commit our causo to the -enlightened judgment of the world, to the sober reflection of our adversa ries themselves, ?nd to thc solemn and righ-aj teous arbitrament of Heaven. Official Di -paten from General Forrest. GDNTOWX, MISS., Juue 14, ) ?. . via Mobile, 14. J To lion, lskam G. Hams I mot the enemy under General? Stewart and Grierson, ten? thousand strong-seventy five hundred infantry, and twenty five hundred cavalry, and twenty pieces of artillery-on tba 10th instant, with four thousand cavalry and eighteen piece's pf'anillery. After a hand to hand fight for six hours, I completely routed him. Their battle cry was " Remember Fort Pillow." My loss was 150 killed and 450 wounded. Among the killed were many valuable offi cers. Tho enemy's losses were 1,000 killed 2,000 prisoners, 2?0 wsgons and ambulances, and all their artillery and ordnance stores. We are still followingiand killing many in the woods. Their loss cannot be less than 5,000. Buford, Bell and Ligon distinguished them selves, as all thc officers and men did on this occasiou. N. BEDFORD FUHREST, Maj. General. . G KANT'S SAVAGES.-We are informed by one of our scouts, who ba* been behind the lines of the enemy, that their copduct in F sex, Spotsylvania and Caroline has been most atrocious-exceeding in villainy, if possible, their outrages heretofore in other purr? of the country. The house of Mr. Wm. Bou!'.rare, of Essex County, was burned, and nil hie propcity destroyed. Ilia mother, a veiiera ble and estimable lady, eighty years old, was murdered by negroes belonging to Gram's army. Murder, arson, robber ry and outrages of pvery character marked the progress of the scoundrels calling themselves soldiers. Fuiir villains, arrested while attempting to cutiage the person of a most respectable young lady, ure uow awaiting their jtiit doom. Why they were permitted to pollute the earth with their living carcasses for an instant aftar thc}' were in our power,- we cunna imagino. Prisoners of war shouid be treated with all kindness, when engaged in legitimate warfare; but when caught burning mill;;, dwellings, or oth er private property, robbing citizens, commit ting outrages on females, or wantonly dcsijjpy ing thc provisions of individuals, no mercy should be shown to them. The fate of tho pirete and thc mad dog ?honld be visited upon the wretches, until'their h iders are taught to respect, in some degree, the laws that gov ern civiI?7.cd*nations.-RLbruoud Sentinel. TIME LY CAUTION*.-It- is net impassible, remarks ihn Macon Telegraph, that before ?u'r next iasue, Johnston may haye ?.gain been flanked and again have fallen back be low Marietta. We hardly thiuk this will be :he case, but if it should so prove to be, we beg pur readers te restrain their impatience ?nd curb thiir. (uar*. The more we study 5ver th!? campaign of Shermau's, the more ire we amazed at its audacious stupidity. If Lhem is a chance of success about it, it is too remote and improbable to be counted on, whereas, on the other hand, al I the conditions jf most disastrous failure crowd around him in front and rear iu terrible array. If Sherman gets nut of Georgia with an organized army we shall be miserably doeived ind disappointed. CoQn?ge, then, and let this campaign work out to its rert.-iiu conclu dion. Johnston will stiike when the condi tions suit him, and pot before y nnd when he ?.trike?, rest assured it will be a terrible blow; and when Sherman falls back, what it ii left of bim wiil be on tho double quick. When Johnston is done with Sherman in Georgi?, we think he will not get another wiiliyg inter view with the gentleman short of Kentucky. -- t? .Brigadier General John C. Vaughn, who has marched through Fast Tennessee, und is now engaged in destroying the railroad in Sherman's rear, was the Sheriff of Monroe County, Tenn., when tho war beg.tu. His personal courage is unsurpassed, and bis ser vice in Mexice, and in every part of the Con federacy, from the first day of thc revolution, ha* miido him ?- skillful official 1-iike Forrest, ? 1 every battle with him is a personal struggle. His soldiers say that he killed eighteen men in a single fight-with Woolford'* cavalry, last fall. Not long ago the Yankees burne-'1 Vaughn's home, and drove his wife and chil dren into the mountains* He has come down Trora Bristol lo wreak a terribl* vengeance upon his foes. PEACE.-The Charlotte Bulletin makes the following novel statement: Through the kindness of a friend, we are permitted to lay before our readers the high ly important information that for some time p~a*t, a committee appointed, in behalf bf the Confed?rate States, for the sole object of se curing a peace. That recently the intercourse between said oommittccss has been mose fre quent, and if not more friendly, more fruitful in their results, until strong hopes ure enter tained of a speedy adjustmeut of oil our na tional difficulties. The utmost harmony aad good feeling pre vails among ihe different members of ?aid committee on our pu*?, and notwithstanding they are widely separated one from another -some aro beyond the Mississippi, unable to communicate with those on thiel side, except with difficulty-yet their concert of action is strikingly great. That it is confidently ex pected said committee will soon be prepared io make their report, which shall be accepted by the Unified State?, and acknowledged by all civilized nations. Wo aro not perrqilted to go jntq ?i.'t?v'.lt? wr.tb.er iban to 6tato" that, Morgan and Formst, are chief Corresponding Secretaries, a-cd Taylor, Ff ice, Smith, John ston and Beauregard are. some of the com mittee, of which Gen. Robt. E. Lee is Chair man. i< A NEW SECRETARY OK TUK TREASURY,-?-?-, We Lear it sttile? ou ' ??'cml onieial authority thnt ]\on. John A. Campbell, of Alabama', formerly orie of fc'the Supremo Bench of the old United States, ugd since the war Assis tant Secretary of War, will, in all, probability, bp appointed as the successor ofjjir. Meramjn ger, it heingrsgafded as certain that'tho lat ter wjll resign. FA-? MER WITH A DiVo^Kix.-" Jest look at that will you, and price it-fatest dogskin ever you saw-what'll you Rive for it ? Tanner.-"-dont want it-dont buy fat dog skins they arc ?l*3e>?3 joi^'n." ' , * ]?iir,i!'-v -J1 t^oll now-come to think of il, i vi'ss j'okin-th-i dog werunt so blame fat asjj you'inigkt suppose-I'll be darned if he diduv! starve, to death." m Liijuia Manares. Why are liquid manares more than would hu ve been the solid i from which they were made ? This is often asked, nnd involves the ex natural laws, precisely in the -din which farmers should investigate it. We claim that the compost heap, j with a cistern at its lower, end, and i with a ?pump, so as to throw b? fluid drainage, frequently adding wat tho drainage is insufficient, will ca whole mass, io due time,'to be couver the fluid form without loss of the at and will thus render all the constit compost capable of being applied sprinkling cart. The reasons why a single cord of i thus treated will have the effect, of more cords of the same manure ap the soil, after the usual decompositiot ordinai-y way, are two-fold : firPty tb form secures the ability to bring por "this manure in contact with the sm all I hp, partic les of (he EO?, dissemin so that it comes in contact, as.a ne with all the roots percolating the soil, a form ta-be_reftdily received by obsp: second, the chemical changes which ii rily go on during the entire 'decomposi l.the compost heap before it reaches th j ble condition, are most complete; j ingredient is brought in chemical, cunta every other ingredient, -.and progi.-esi conditions is occurring continuously, u the time oT the eventual solution, tl gression probably equals what wooli occurred by the whole manure having place once or oftener in organic life, finding its place as a manare iu lhe*-soi same effects ure illustrated when we p clover a green crop.: it receives froi soil its inorganic pabulum,- and is thc gressed by its appropriation in its orga when fdic clover is onco more decom beneath the surface, these inorganic cc uentfi arc yielded up ready. for use on i crop. So with the fluid manures mai tured in Flanders and elsewhere ; no p( of fi straw, decomposed irt the sr il, car a new plant, until it,, is capable of beinj solve*! in "water, and this solution a occur without chemical changes, thc c tions for which are supplied by the sufr< ings. Such changes occur mest rapidly the compost h<-ap is arranged in tho mt wc have described : and, therefore, Unie nure contains all Ure inorganic mutter ?olubie form, and will not be refuel] ),y p ing clops. ' 'lu this wuy all 'timi mit ure'? would*bring about with manures in ai dinary state, plowed into the ground, ii years, are ready and occur the current sou whpn these manures nr<j presented tc roots of plants in fluid form. . The convenience of .thu compost hen] ranged with a cistc-rn and pump, as we i described, is very great, for it admits of i ?ng larg?quantities of.inert materials in compost, and of rendering thsm solu thus, swamp muck decomposed hy the] and ?alt mixture, river mud ?nd other sin material*, may form part of thi* compi all thc wastes nf the house in the fort soap suds, chamber lye, etc., may pass thro this cistern and perform their part in complet heap, besides'supplying their i grant.-; eventually to the field. In soils wi potash is deficient, this may ho uided i soluble form to the cistern, or in sn insolo lorin placed on top the heap ; for thor will meet with so many changes of conditi mid combine with such a variety of ot Bhemieal eonsiituents, as to render it so] ul Wheu ammonia i-"escaping, which, hythe s not likely to occur where tho hpap is ft lupplied with moisture, then sulphuric u. may bo a'ddc-d to this cistern, and bc pumped on thc com pest, t as diluted] v? :huugp. the carbonate of ammonia, which ion-volatile, and is valuable f.<r ?ts power ?endering water capable of dissolving tb< iii I ?'graut.-' of manures and soils, most net ul to planK. Confederate Stfgar. A correspondent of the MajCon T<l'-<j7ti rives the following process ftjr making " Cc federate Migar.*' As there ?a likely to bc jreat quantity of syrup made from the Cl ip.se sugarcane this year, thc mode of co rortiiig it into sugar is'worthy of bei i ennwn : The process "is dimple and easy,- and ; jlain as thc " handwriting on the wail." J ,he first place, the cano must not only 1 ?ipa, but lui ly ripe-and the bei-t test of i ipeneasjs the hardness and brittienesa of i ?ecd, never being governed by hs general R] ienrar.ee. It is my opinion' that the pria :uuso of thin, dark, sour syrup, is owi&? I he greenness of the cane from which it nade. ?lie .cane being fully ripe, it is ground an the juice boiled in thc usual way. Airer ? put ta to boil sonic alkali ihould bo addet ?ither lye, soda-or lime water, vet I know n 'pex'iHl quantity to be added, it makes ver R-ell to :tdd a ball-pint of lime water ocor sionally for three or four times tur; a kitti sixty or eighty pniions, until the Ecum cease ;o rise on thc top, which should be remove arith a strainer us fast as it rises. .All th alkali, of whatever kind, can be added a juco if you chose lo do so. The lire *boul> ?ever be too hot for the first half hour t< ?. able you to skim well- Altar tha,t it cai bo boiled rapidly- \( you chouse until it i ready to take oil1, which should not be toi 30011* as thick syrup U much to be preferred provided you wish to make sugar of it. Whet it has reached the stage cf thick syrup verj littl? more boiling will convert, it into sugar which will granulate ns soon as it cooli-. Bj boiling a little onee or twice and experiment ing for sugar you will always know at. what stage to reniovcrit from th? kettle better ihati I can tell you, though I did'nt make' a singh Tai!ure. After removing from the kettle, place it iu some vessel ? short while until -onie of its heat has left it, and then pour it into your barrels with the honps a-little)loose in order limUthe molasses may chip from it, of which there will not be as much ai many might suppose. i)o not stir U efter removing it from thu kettle ns" ?3 tho custom, or the grains will.be/mall and fine. Tu? SECBET OF " TA M I 'S O HOUSES.-? cor respondent of the New York Express sub mits the following method of horse taming : For the oil of cummin the horse baa an in stinctive passion, and when the horse scents the odor, he is instinctively drawn towards it. The'oil of1 rhodium possesses peculiar properties-all animals seem to c??eerish ?| fondness for it?- and -it .exercise? a kind of subduing influence over them To tame h^rsci, procure some caejtor, and grate it fine ; also get some oil of rhodium, and oil of cummin, and keep thc throe separate" in air tight bottles-rub a Jittta oil of cummin on youj- hands and approuch the horse in tho fitdJ, on the windward side^ so that ho can Btncll the cummin. Tho horse will let you come to him without trouble. Immediately rub. your hand g'mtly on tho horsfj'i hosp, getting a little of the oil i?-jt, Yoxx can then bsd him anywhere, (tiyo him amitie castor on a piece of loaf sugar or apple, fut eight drops of rhodium into a lady's silver thimble ; between the thumb and middle finger of your ri?ht hand, with*your . foref(tige,< stop, ping thc mouth, of the thimble, to prevent the or! from t unning o.ut whilo you ure open {ng it, tip tjje tulnrflde on his tongue and ho is your servant. He will follow yon like a Im3t dog. He is now your servaut and friend. You can teach him anything, it you aje'ge.n ..o aud i:ud ?<?h.ivv : H* . - 4V ?V. How to ?lake Hay. MR: F.DiToa :-For th? last three yea? I have carried on a farm, and each year have saved eight or ten tons of crab grass hay. My plan is aa follows: I sow wheat and oats on land previously cultivated in cotton. After cutting my grain, I pasturo my hugs until t?ae grain left by thc reapers is eaten. TheJiogs are then turned out. If any weeda appear with the grass they arc cut out with : the hot. By September the grass is iu bloom, j I cut.with mowing or reaping scythes attach ed to mowing suatbs orsneeds. "if the swath is a thick ono'it should be turned over dar? ing the process of wilting. "VThen thoroughly wilted it is throwu into piles aborit live feet in height and diameter.. It remains until cured,- which'/Jeqnires several days. One hand with a horse or mule, and a cable madc of two or thron pairs of trace chains, draw these piles together as fast as two hands can-, stark them. Tor* slack* are maa? thu3 : A pole about thirteen or fourteen feet hi?b is' erected; around its base .a floor, of polesHor rails is laid about one foot from tba ground. The stack is thus about eleven foet in dia meter at ita base--is perpendicular lor the first six or seven feet and then ia- corneal ; the top bi the cone being onadctwu lent above tho top of the pole. The stacker tramps down the hay with his feet, und beats it du wo with a pole, making it very compact; bc then des cends by a rope thrown over the top ol the ?stack, one end- hoing held by the man that throws up the hay. A stack of this kind, con tains about two tens of hay. I have now (24th April) prepared a lot for early mdwing} this I have dono by plowing and harrowing ; I hope this will be ready for the scythe by ,.the last of July. I have been thus minute, not for tho information of haymakers, bat of tloBO who perhaps know no moro of the pro cess than I did a few years ago. I think the hay thus made is decidedly butter for. horses ?nd mules-than fodder, and for milch cattle nothing is better-the milk of cows fud upon it is ric.1', and the butteryellow and firm. Skill in mowing is eaWy acquired and thc lab jr not so difficult or disagreeable as fod der pulling, and is/rom ii vc toten times more profitable. A skillful mciver will mow about an acre of ground per day. -? ?. ? . ' WEEVIL TX WHEAT.-An old subscrilier de sires us to republish a preventive for tho Weevil io wheat. He says we published the recipe len or twelve years agu, that he adopt ed ir in the manugement ol his grain, and has pursued the same course every year since, with invariable euccess-thc weevil not hav ing troubled him during the whole of that time, whereas before'ha suflVrcdgreatly. The plan is.to put the wheat in boxes holding ten or twelve"buahels each ; first rubbing a little tar around on the inside uf each box, and then smearing three or four paddles with tar and-| pushing'them down in the grain after ilia placed in the box, allowing them to remaiu there. The remedy ls simple and effectual. Fayetteville (Tenn.) Observer.. BrarEDrinnT WINE.-Now is the time to make this delieious and healthful beverage. A patriotic lady, who has bren makiri wine for the soldiers, (God bless "her !) fiiroi*.bes the Athens llanner with the node she adopts. Instead of following the old plan ol squeez ing with the' hand aud attaining through .-l.ith, she tal.cs a" k(g, ?cts it upon the end, puts straw in the bottom, and alter pouring the herries in, pounds them with a wwuleo pestle, and the juice comes out of a hole in the bottom of the keg, perfectly strained and pure. We have had many inquiries as to the smallest quantity nf sugar*that will preserve the wine. Thejady alluded to abuve is of ibu opinion tfl?tt the pure juice will keep Without any sugar, and shu is putting np some in that way. There should be no water ns?d in making; ihe wine fermenter!as aeaal. Other? think that a pound to th?'gallon is necessary to preserve it. Our readvri must icr npnn their own judgment ll she wine should sour, however, it will make goo<J viuegar, which will be almost ai valuable us as the wine. SORE neck* of Oxen ar*, sometimes rured by covering the yoke with sheet L'ad. Whi e lead is also an e.tet-rient thing to dry np the wes of oxen or horse?, and is well worth trying. S War Tax ! War Tax ! WILL rittend nt the titr-e aod place? mention* _ ed below to receive Keturus or Taxes io Pro perty, Moneys and Credit- under the Tax Act ol' Pobruary 17th, 186-1, knowu as lb?- ii per cent. Tax. Allen Kemp's, ' Monday, Jtlth June. J.Srnyly's, Tuesday, 2tst " I)>ru's Mills, We.lneeday, 22d " ftountree'a Store, Thuisday, 23d *' W". ii. Moorul,' Friday, 2 tth " Hnltiwaugir'sStore.Saturday, 25th " laban Culbreu'h's. Monday, 27ih " 1 C"lein4ti'i X Roads, Tuvjaday, 2Kth " Perrv's, Wcdnoaday, 2J?ih " Hui?t's Store, Thursday, 3?th " J. P. Mickler'a, Friday, 1st July. " Richardsons, Saturday, 2d " Mr-. Allen's, Monday, ' Ith Dr. J. C. UeadyV, Tuei-day, 5?h ? Ridge, Wednesday Otb '.' Janes D. Watson's-, Thursday, 7th '< Mr?. Norri-'. Frito- plh " Uciwgo AdrlyV, Pioaruiy, Ot Ti " M ra. Gib-ion'*i, Monday, ll Mi " Mouiil Willing, -Tuc-Jay. 12th " Dr. J. R. M ibiej's, Wednesday, VA'M ** . Richardsons, 4 Thursday; 14th " In mnking your return I" the Afsess..r you -till be.rcquirsd lo make an invcuiory of everything you owne'd on the ?7tk day of February last, lia ble tu be ta.tod under the said Act, in the follow ing form, vit: No. Acres of Land or other Real Properly. No. Slave?, N'?. Holies. Milks. A's?" md Jennets, N?. Cuttle of thc Bovine Spccius, No. S':eep, Goats, ami Sarina, . # No. Lbi. Colton and Wool,_ No. Lbs. Tobacoo, ? No. Bush'. Corn, Wheat, Ry, Oats, Buckwheat,' Rice and all other kinda of (?rain, No. Bush. Potatoes of all Kinds, Peas, Ground P-jss. Heans, and all ether products of tho Farm, Gsrlun, or Orchard, not spoeifioafly mentioned in tho foregoing columna. No. Lbs., Bush, or Gat*.*FI?ur, Meal, Sugar, Molasses. Bacon, Lard, and all other Groceries, | Goods. Wares and other MerehanJi-.o, Spiritu ous Liquors, Wint.s, Cider. Vinegar, ?fcc. ? i HouschtMH nnd" Kitchen Furniture (specifying ' thc most valuable,} Agriculture! T?q!s and Ira- j plemoutg, and ali Tools of Mechanics or others, ri t?sica'; Instruments, aud all articles of domostic US?. ( No. Carriages, Wagons, Carts, Drays, and ev ery species of Vehicle on Wheel?. No. Watches, Gold ind Silvor Wares, and (Plate, Jew-Ms and Jewelry. No. Books, Maps, Picture!, Paintings, Statua ry, nnd all other works nf Art. No. Shares and vallie of nil Shares in any Bauk, Bankitfg Company, or Aasoeiation, Canal Navigation, Importing, Exporting, Insurance, Mai'ifcotftring, Telegraph, Kxor:ssf Railread and Dry. Dock Companies, and ?ll other j ei ut Stock Companies of every kind, whether incor poratedor not. v All Gold aud Silver Goi?JyHi old Dust, Gold and Silvor Bullion. Amount of all Solvent Credits, Bank Bills and all other papers insued as Currency (exolu?ive ef non-interest bearing Confederate Treasury Notes, and not employed in a taxed busincas.) Amount and valoo of all moheyB bel J abroad, billi of ertehango oe Foreign Countries. ' 'ins Value oP all -ril?los nf ptr*ouul or mixed : properly, hot in torms embraced in any of the foregoing columns, nor exempt from toxatt-.n. Tax Paver: are requested t? begin at onco and make out .hoir Us&f property, 4*j acive?, and as Exv&tor. Administrator, Guatdi an, Agent, ic. Come prepared, and ooma oar.y, ss thc w-irk will be heavy. R. C. GRIFFIN, Assessor 13th Col. Dist . Juan 5 6t C&u?i?ttes tor the Lfjislalare. Oki. JOHN E. BACON, DR. A. W. YQUNOBLOOD. . * . W. W. ADAMS, Esq. P. A. TOWNSEND, ESQ. . . DB. H. R. COOK, Gs*. R. Q. M. DUNOVANT, . Mu. A. J. HAMMOND, Cot. JOHN I?UIET, * CATT. LEWIS JONES, DR, W. D. JENNINGS, REV. A W. LINDLER, J. P. MICKLER, Est. GEO. D. TILLMAN, ESQ. Por Tax Collector. . W. H. HOLLOWAY, BENJ. RGPJ.R, % HTABLING TURNER, CHARLES CARTER. PERRY HOR.NE, AT LA MT A, OA, MAT lim 1*64. YOU ore hereby appointed Agaat ?r tko col lecting of Wool for tba ute of C. S. Angy in District "I," comprising tho Counties of Riek moad, "Columbia, Glasscocir, TaHlafetr?, Warren, Wilka?, Lincoln arni Elbert, io tho State of Ooor ?ria, anet tbe Districts of Edgetieid, Barnwell, AbJi?villo, Orangcburg, Lanrease s nd Newberry, South Carolin.!, Yours ie., ? G. W. CUNNINGHAM, Major & Q. M. To L. 0 BEIDEWSLL, Major k Q. M., Augusta, Ga. In accordance with tho ab?te, I call.upon tb,* Citizen?, in tb? Counties and Di trie ti named, to tell all turplu? Wool to the Government. The necessity is great ; and as the Soldiers wa ? are defending your h..mcs ran .only, be clothed by soiling uS your Wuol, I trust all paT'otio ?nil loyal mon will bo wiping to assist. My Agenta w?l 4/avorse tbe whole District Partit* lirisg at cnn vc nie ut distances to August-?,.can ?end their Wool to me. Sacks will be returned. Wool will bo reccirad.at any Rail Road Depot or Station ia r tho District* The Government offers the following liberal prices : For t lb. Unwashed good Wool (caab).......~$7.l?? . or for 1 lb. Unwashed good Wool, 2i y ar Ja 4-4 Shirtings ; or '?J. i .Sheeting? : or2* y. 8 I?E. Osaa burgs; or U lbs. No. ti Cottas Yarn; H lbs. Ne. 8 Cotton Yarn.; or L lbu??_I? Cotton Yara ; er ; ib. No. 12 Cotton Yarn^ . Permution baa been v-koJ, and will be ;;rastcd, to impress all Wool in the banda of speculators: but Ihiejis du.igr?ealle,aad it \* boped these priou will induce tbe farmer to sell at oncelo the Gov ernment, for the benefit of the soldiers. Corres? pomlan^eMeoired with wool men in all parts of the District. ' Any perron having agiotait, sclliug bis wool to any other than an Agent of ike S. C., will forfeit bis detail. L. 0. BRIDEWELL, Major * Q. M. " Mr. E J. YOUNG BLOOD, at Leefield C. H., is hereby appointed Agent f.-r Kdgotlold District JuneS tf . 24 Co. B,^Hampton legion. ALL ABSENTEES trom Co B. Hkinpton Le gion, ure hereby uoti?od to report i. iboir Uouipur.y, oear Richmond, Ya., aa or before the expiration of their.Jiuriougbs. Thu.? who- fait tu do s? w Ul bj r swarded *? des*rter? ?ni treated ?icordi^ly. B. E. NICHOLSON. . Co. B, llampton Lsgi?. Juno 14 jj*_?__2t_25 Notice to Bridge Builders WILL be 1 ' t to-^be leweet bidder on Satur-' day. tba '2.r.b. ip?t., nt tbe plaee, the build, iiig of a BRID G E across Big Stevens' Creek as Gai reit'* old Milli For tu nt er particular* cali .^either of tba dsimiasioners.* G. W. MORGAN, Chair. Juno 7 lt v. ' " 24"' NEGROES WANTED. WASTED t - r-art-W- FIVE OR SIX LIKE LY YOUNG ?NEGRO WOMEN, wiih or without" children, tut which the highest Cash price be't aid iii thu new issue. Apply at tili? (jCi./. Juue ?5 St* 24 Wanted. WANTED tu HIKE, by tba moil* er fer th? balance of the year, a GOOD HOUSE SERVANT. Liberal wage? will le paid, Apply ut this Office. June ? tf . 24 Notice. APPLICATION will be aaa-le at tbe next sit ting of the r.-gislalure of Seat? Carolina, te inorease the fat? of Toll al the (Sand Bar Ferry on thc Savannah River, neartheaity m Augur!*. * E. R. WHATLHY, Proprietor. . _May?.t_ tf _211 Notice. DURING my ab?ence I lea*? all my papers with C. ii. Wife, who I? my a-itb.n/.ed Agent to transae. all fenainera for us eenaeoted with the Estate of A. Turner, dee'4. "R. A. TURNER, Ex'or. May :tl I* 23 Strayed. CjTRAYED on of abeu? the ?"tb. ir-?., IY<IH?. nv? ? rerideuce, cn..- mil? East et Gilgai Che rea, II HAY MAKE, with ene or ni ?re'watte feet. Ne orher marks retnomliered. Aged three years. Al! information concerning said mara thankfully re ceived, and a euiuble reward will he paid. . LEWIS REYNOLDS. Plessaut Laue, May 24 tf 22 Administrator's Notict. ALL person* iadektod te the Estate of Wm, Teney, dee'd, will pay the same without delay, and tho.?? having elli me against iiaid JSMate are notified to reuder them ia properly attested, to Dr. J. U. Courtney*, Agent ter the Administrator, forthwith, as we desire to close up tae ileura us ?oon as possible. 0E0. J. TONEY, A4'?r. Nov. 25 ly* |; ------.-.-_ ? -y^ Burial Casas! Ikeep coQ'lantly on hand a fi?\ ?tork, of Valnui. and Mahogany C0FFI?W. whieh, from and after ?his date, nil! be seid for t'A ii'., and t; pricus.as r?ia?wurt*>nc as Ike Mme; will admit ?f. Tb? u?e of the UEARSE Will bf <;b?rge4' f?r aeenrding to tho taus o ratio. . ' . JOHN M. WITT, Edge?eld-, S. C., Oct 19, lS?t. ff 42 1 .-"j ? Estate Notice. ALL persons in anywise Indebted to th? Estate of E. M. Pettru, deo'd-, ?re earnestly nantit* ed to come forward, and settle up without delay. ThoH-Miiivin j elaiihi against said Esute will rea. der them ?B, properly atUited, at an early date, .G. L. PENN, Ada'or. Aug 4 tf 81 . _ - ? -?? - ---nt ," Estate Notice. PERSONS having claims ?gaic?t- tb? Batata ef Br. E. .Bland, deo'J., are requested te pre sent tbe sanie forthwith to Mr. James M. Hani* son, who ls my authorized Agent ia settling np Vi-i_ .r .I.? l<...t. ?tt^e business of tho Estate. R. E. BLAND, Ada's. ' NOT 4 tf 44 Estray/< STROLLED before nu, by )>. A. BoiMie. a SOR X REL HOUSE, th years old, ball f^cc, and lett oar ott'. Appraised at $109. , W. EDNEY, M. E. U. Granltevillo, Apr )9ib, ls?4. atavi?;? Bags Wajjited. CLEAN COT?VN AND L?N"?N RAGS ?aa t>0 wld fur caa li a* Ka*-A 4-<.rt\*er o? cc Aog.17 <st ll x <e* t