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Katie Lee and Willie Grey.
Two brows heads with teeing eurls,
Ked Upi sha tiing over pearls,
Bare feet white and wet with dew,
Two eyes bleak and two eyes bl??;
Little boy and girl were they,
Katie Lee and Willie Grey..
They were standing where a brook,
Bending like a shepherd's crook,
Plashed its silver, and thick ranks
Of gre^en willow fringed its banks ;
Half in thought and half in play,
Katie Lee and Willie Grey.
They had obeeks like cherries red;
Ha was taller-most a head ;
She, with arms like wreaths of snow
Swung a'basket to and fro,
As she loitered, half in play,
Chattering to Willie Grey.
k " Pretty Katie," Willie said
And there esme a dash of rod
Through the brownness of bis cheek
" Boys are strong and girls are week,
And I'll" carry, so I will,
Katie's basket up the hill."
Katio answered with a laugh,
" Iou shall only carry half,"
And thon, tossing back her Curls,
" Boys ari weak as well as girls."
Bo you think that Katie g Messed
Half the .wisdom she expressed ?
Hen are only boys grown tall
Hearts don't change much after alf;
And when long yoari from that dey,
Katie Lee and.Willie Grey,
Stood again beside the brsok,
Bending like a shepherd'a-erook,
Is it strange that Willie ssM
While again a dash of red
Crossed the brownness of his cheek
"I am strong and.you are weak ;
Life is but a slippery stoop,
Hung with shadows eold and deep."
"Will you trust me, Katie dear?
Walk beside me without fear ;
May I earry, if I will,
All your burdens up the bill ?" .
And she answered with a laugh,
.' Ko, but; you way carry half."
Close beside the little brook,
Bending tike a shepherd's crook,
Washing with its silver hands,
La:e and eariy at the ?ands,
Is a cottage, where to-day,
K".tit lives with Willie Grey.
Ia a porch she sits, end lu !
Strings a baiket to and ft*.
Vastly different from the ose
That she swung in jearj ?goa? ;
This is long, sad deep and wide
And Lat-rockers at the side !
Miscellaneous and News Items.
A Brooklyn livery stable-keeper let
a e.oof horses and a carriage on Sunday
for a ride. The ten m ranaway and thc ve
hicle was smaahed. The stable-keoper brought
suit for damages and carriage hire, aud has
been non gaited, the court holding that the
letting of horses for pleasure traveling on the
Sabbath was an illegal act.
ff?r ? Hindoo law says : * Strike not thy
wit?, even with a blossom, though she be
guilty of an hundred faults."
flgy* A DKFiNiTtoN.-Artemas Ward delires
war to be naru tack for the soldiers and hard
taxes for thc citions.
tSp'?n urchin, not quite three'years old,
sai- to his sister, v.'hile munching a piece of
ginger-bread-" Siss, tako half* ub dis cake
to keep it to afternoon, when 1 gets cross."
This is nearly ES good as the child that bel
lows fro? the top of the stairs-"ala, Han
nah won't pacify *ae."
jjffif A iliXTune_A basinets firm ad
vertises in one ol' our exchanges, fur sale,
yam potatoes, elementary, classical and reli
gious book?, opera music, hobey in the ccmbj
au<l cow peas.
j^y* The Indians out West never touch the
telegraph wires. They regard them as some
thing supernatural. The extraordinary stories
they sometimes circulate would seem lo juEti
ry the Indians in their superstition.
UHSTTHB BEACON'S' GUESS.-A ?ertain
divine who was more eminent in his day lor
the.brilliancy of his imagination than thc
force bf lt's logic, was preaching ou thc
u Mmistsy of Angels,5' aud in the peroration,
he suddenly observed-"I hear a whisper !"
The change of lone started thc deacoD, who
sat below, from a drowsy mood, ar d spring
ing to his feet, he spoke-M I guess it's tho
boys in the gallery."
ScdtT" Tho planters throughout Texas hare
made most abundant crops of everything in
tho subsistence line-in truth, the present
corn crop of the State of Texas is considered
most abundant, sufficient to sustain the popa
lattou ol' the State for the next lhree years.
i>ery thing is cheap throughout Texas. Corn
four to six b u per bushel, wheat one dollar,
salt lour cents per pound, and everything else
in proportion.
?3?T The Yankee House of Representa
tives has passed a bill providing that all ma
jor-generals arid brigadier-general* of the
United S tat ea who .shall not upon "he 25 th
of February uext .te in the service corres
pondis g to their rank, and who had not been
lor three months previously, shall be drop
ped from the rolls of the army, and the va
cancies filled by promotions, and new ap
pointments.
Of all tho marvelous .works of the
Deity, perhaps, there is nothing thal, angels
behold x.'ilh .-'ich supreme astonishment as a
proud man. . *
5S2f%The excesses of our youth are drafts
upon our old age, payable with interest, about
thirty years alter daie.
j?Sr W*M DEBT or mr Noam.'-A North
ern journal-eetimatrs that tho war debt of
th<* 1'uited States, should the war continue
to thc f-H ol Juiy next, will be $ 1,500,000,
OOO.. h. erest en public debt $270,000,000.
Ordiharj expenses of Government, $330,000,
000. Total vfeariv amount to be paid in gold.
$600,000,000. * .
? -O- !?
MORE DIABOLISM.-A returned Confederate
prisoner who wa* confined on one of ihr
Federal vessel?, relates the lol low i tig inci-'
dent, which he'dec'ares be saw with his owif
eyes : A negro Woman was -on board with a
ehild, which being sick, was rather .fretful
and ??Ci..ymo30. Its sobs disturbed a Yan
kee officer, and he roughly ordered tue wo
man to " silence that brat." The poor crea
ture dtd her bett to do so, but of conrse did
not succesd, whereupon tho officer seined tho
wailing innocent, and tossed it into the sea,
where it sank to rise no more. This is one
of the new ways, und probably not ono of
the least human enies, which thc Yunkees
have invented for n^olfhhirfg slavery.
f?T Six blockade runner- wit':. reJiiaVc ear
goo? reached Charlotton a few cveaii.gs . ' .
Cotton has adraaeed ia that eiTy to $3 per pound.
Sherman'* ?larc?i through Georgi
A correspondent of the Cincinnati i
merdai, writing from near Savannah, \
an interesting account of Sherman's tn
through the Empire State. We make
following extract.: '.
Newspapers occasionally picked up dis
ed an intense commotion.' Governor Bi
bad ordered a levy cn masse of tbja whole :
bodied militia, and a large forc?' Vas air
concentrated at Macon. Proclamations,
patches, and notices to assemble were in
ry column, and the sule order of the
Although Kilpatrick'^ cavalry'went iutr
suburbs, they did not attack Macon, as ihi
there were many reasons why we should
but turned East instead, destroying the
road. The iron was-heavy, - partly of th
and partly of the T pattern, laid on strin,
of pitch-pine, supported-by cross-ties of
same material. The divisions, forking
turn, where there was a rail fence at hi
pill d that on tho track and burned it.
iron, kept down by tbe spikes, and having
room to expand lengthways, kinked ?dew
to huck an extent as i effectually to destro;
"Where there was no fence, the ties were p
up and burned, and the rails so heated a
bend of their own weight. All saw-mills ii
enough to the road to be used in rebuild
it; were destroyed. Depotsand water-ta
shared the same firle. Making easily
average of about twelve miles a day, on
2Sth the whole army was together, bert
the Oconee. .General Sherman - now ca
from thc left wing, and traveled with ;
17th corps. He seemed in excellent apir
H Splendid country to loaf in,'' be called it.
And it was. The first day out the coun
was sterile or annihilated, and wc looked w
apprehension to our supply wagons., 1
second showed a -little corn, an occasioi
beef, and a few sweet potatoes. The tb;
day brought ns to plenty. "We turned (
ou. forager*, and from that time until .
reached tho coast, there was not a day wh
corn, fodder, beef, pork, and great Juscic
sweet potatoes, wer?'not abundantly will
reach, with occasional lots of salt, and bi
reis ol'molusses... The commissary snppli
tbree-fifihs rations of "bread, coffee, salt, i
gar and soap, and our avoirdupois steadi
increased.
Not that all-these things were to be h
for askiug. Not only what we were in que
of, but every thing that could be, waB hidd
with all imaginable artifice. No use.
stock or hogs were - driven to the swamp,
corn bid under a pile of shucks, or 1 potato
under a barn floor; was pointed out by t!
inevitable nigger. Carefully buried, ai
strewn with leaves, some horse's loot w
sur?io sink in the new earth, and digge
were at work in a minute. Whatever w
found in this way, if not eatable, was apt
be destroyed, aud books, clothes, beddiij
and much eise that, in itspioper place, woui
not have been disturbed, was every day lost :
tbis manner. It was both sad aud comics
The march was as peaceable as a pic-ni
The militia were hurrying by way of Tbct
wilie anti Albvny,'to bc before us at Savn
nah, to which we had no particular objectio;
In our front was some extempore cavalr
which nobody ever saw except the advanc
guard. The weather was about such as *
have in September, and the little" tents whic
tho mtn carry were hardly ever set up.
As fiir as Gordon, we used the countr
pretty roughly. Thc Provost Mardbal bun
ed all thc mills, cotton gins oud presses, at
shot thtfho?nds'. Tue st anglers burned al
the unoccupied houses, an? mule free wit
the rest, lt touched mc sadly that our prc
gress could be traced for miles bj smoke ria
tug above the trees, and, that we could trac
in the same way the column on t ith'cr barn
But at Gordon, orders issued, denouncing th
death penalty for tiring any buildii.g or en
tcring an inhabited bouse, to the gratificf
tion of thc army aud with excellent effect.
From MHledgeviile, November 21, Ger
Kilpatrick was sent to cut the railroad be
iv.ten Millen and Augusta, a:id, if possible
rescue our prisoners confined near .Villen
At Waynesboro, he had a smart ii ?kt wit!
Wheeler's cavalry,-but cut the railroad ::
that point, aud captured a train. The j,ri-;
oners, poor fellows, bad been whistled oil tc
Savannah and out on the Florida Railroad.
Tho close of the first week in Decetnbci
brought u* near the coast. A sandy loam,
varying to tho extremes of barrenness r.ncl
fertility, and proportionately .-ottied, extends
from Atlanta lo tho coast. The .woods arc
almost altogethcrpine, with an occasional
growth of large trees, but no whine ap proa eh
inc the great clear woctl pineries cn om
Northern lakes". The whola co?nrry is i;,
tersperscd with swamps, which, as wo turar
-.?<[ ;?-.i> sea, increased in cumber and extent.
But littie cotton wa? Lund, on . oacii planta
tion, thu law forbidding to raise- mite. East
of tne Oconee there was a sensiblo chang?
in tbe vegetation. In thc swamt-j cypress
.often appi-ared. ai d we hailed on all fcides
embryo palm-leal" fans." hulCadoxeii leaves,
sometimes three or four fret Irish, growing
independently from one root. IN the. doo:
yards were immense live oaks, which I thought
finer shade trees tban the best alms of .New
England, to which-they arc liot unlike. The
leaf, however, is very small. The sorghum,
which had entertained us. hitherto, was ?.ow
replaced by Louisiana cane, though we no
where passed a sugar plantation-for instance,
one with a sugar house.
As we neared Savanuah, we, fer the first
time, found trees felled in the sw-amps to'ob
struct our progress. A few houses were I urn
ed by way ol retaliation. .
A PICTURE roa HISTORY.-A letter from
Washington, North Carolina, giv*s an account
o?" tho desolation of that town, a?~d the fol
lowing description of a faithful old negro :
K One of the first thi?gs that strikes the
visitor upon reaching Washington is the al
most entire absoncc of negroes. I du not think
there arc over six in tho entiro corporutioD,
very nearly all of whom are free persons
One of these-and a most remarkable mau
every Way-is Abram Allen, concerning
whom it is almost impossible to speak other
wise then in term ol' extravagant eulogy.
Abram was nit old citizen, and a bijzhly re
spectable one. Ile was reared with Badger
and thc Stanley's ; poisoned the higheslin
toll?clual quai ties ol any colored man I ever
saw ; and was a Southern patriot to the back
bone. When the Yankees; under tho appli
cation of tho mle to " rmi thc chercho-'' as
well as the Government, undertook to unite
the colored church in Washington io the
Connecticut Cuitfercnco, they wanted io or
dain Abram and make him pastor. . But 1'he
heroic colored man told them that it was
against the laws of bia Str.te for a colored
man to preach, and ho intended to keep the
lawe. Tho/ could not bribe or intimid?t:;
him. He atood to bis colors. They carried
away hi? wife and fnmily, and left him soli
tary by bia own hearth. But he retrained
true to tho South. And- whvn I visited
.Washington the first tim-, kfound the brave
old Christ ia? colored tran, like Old Mortali
ty, busy.among.the grave's of the old eili/.c-ns,
robbing np and shutting in the desolated
tombs ol his departed friends. Let Abram
live in story.'*
j^S"- Foreign correspondents and Canada
. papers shy a great deal about the alliance
between England, France and Spain, looking
- to th*- recognition of the ?puthft*n Cor.fid
eraci, on ibe ground that Lincoln v. BK n i
; I're-i'lenf. after that ?bit?-, Having b?en.rc
I elected only by ? section of the*former United
! States Government.
Gen. Lee and thc President.
Ricf-^oxn, January 24.
j Thc Legislature of Virginia, adopted re
j 1.liions on the 17th. declaring tho appoii
j nient ol' Lee to the command of thc arni:
j of thc Confederate Status, would promote t
! efficiency, operate "jowe: fully to reanimt
the armies as well as thu spirit of the peo^
of the several Stales, and inspire renew
confidence in the final success of our cam
This resolution was communicated
. President Davis, who, in reply, said : Vi
giuia canuot have higher regard for Lee.
greater confidence in his character and abili
than is entertained by him. :Ho has alwa
expressed his inability to assume the cor
mand of other armies than those new con
ded to him, unless relieved of immedia
command in the field, or of that army no
opposed to Grant.
In conclusion the President assures tl
General Assembly of Virginia thatwhenev
"t shall be found practicable for General Li
to avsume command of all the armies of tl
Confederate States without withdrawing hi
from the command of the Army of Northei
Virginia, he will deem it promotive of tl
public interest to place him in such con
mend.
? ? ?.
Englaud and the United States.
The New York Times' London corrospoi
dent, under date of Dec. 31, writes thr.
about the existing state of affairs in En
land : -,
We.end this year and begin the new wit
three matters of interest: War with Araeric;
a new agitation in Ireland,- and the Eucycli
cal of the Pope. I may menti n one or tw
other subjects, but theso are thc chief, an
pearly absorb the attention of those enlighl
ened minds that are engaged in giving ligh
to others.
First, of the war; England does not wan
war with any civilized country, and dreads i
more than all with America. Asl hav
heretofore explained,'it would be disastrou
to commer?a, destructive io manufactures
and might be ruinous altogether. But.it ha
been the prevailing opinion here for threi
years, that war with England would be ii
some way the termination of the war ii
America. There is?a powerful party hen
that would ask nothing better.
They believe in the power and resource!
of the British Empire, and that a "short
?harp and decisive"'war between Euglanc
and America would secure peace and indc
jpeudence to the Southern Confederacy. Thc
Times, which, moro than any -other paper
speaks the real feeling ol the Government
and governing classes in England, says, ia
efftct: "If you want war with England, gc
ahead. Wo will do nothing to provoke it:
but if.}'Ou are fools enough to do so, wc ar?
(ready, and whatever else may result from it.
it will secure Southern independence."
Here is a'littre of the old traditional blus
ter, no doubt ; but a fair pretext for inter
vention, und striking a blow for the South
would be welcomed with jojT by thonsauds.
Canada might be lost or ?ot, as it happened,
'but except as a question nf hotior stnl pres
tige, Canada is ol' uo account. Canada
bas her own destiny in her own keeping.
England wiil not desert her in thc hour ot
need, but England would rot aise a finger
to coerce her to remain a cok??y or append
age cf the crown.
The loss, i Canada, therefore, i.< r.or*n.
matter ol' enough cons?quence to bu a tuol vc
for peace. I"believe ti at in ?pite of the ter
rible ccsts of war to England, it coal.i bc
brought about, and I judge so from the lone
of the most friendly Pro Northern, ns well
HS the most violent Pro-Southern papers.
Invade British territory, in accordance with
thc orterst of Gen. Dix, and war would be
begun. I do not know thc nature of thc
dispatches sent to Canuda by the last f-tnam
er, but rhero is not a British Minister who
would daro to face Parliament, if they were
not. ??i accordance with UK; instincts and tra
ditions of John Hull.
The last news frora America, after all thc
whittling down of which i; was Capable, was
a terrible shock. Sherman safe, Ho d de
iktcd. Savannah* taken ! It was too nindi
for ona day- Of course Savannah was saar
enough, and Hoed had fallen back for strategic
reasons : but thnt Sherman had been allowed
io reach 'be Atlantic was sufficiently Hggra-.
vating. Comed? v?*c. f-tccks tumbled down
e:[:ht pound-: in three days. Ti was enough
lo make the Southern press bQlligp.fr.ut. lt'
a newspaper rut i eic could b? a r-f ts brill,
the review fifths war in the Times lliis
morning would be as good a one as ever was
ottered.
TH;: A nit Y of rue V.'KST.-Late and relia
ble information from T: nne.*sce, is lo thc cf-'
feet that a large portion of the mea- who
straggled from Hoo's army, during his late
retrenlj are making their way out of Tennes
see in large numbers. An oUUr-r of. i.i.-h
rank, who came out o? Tciinerise?since Hood's
army croped th',- river, assures US that on all
sides of his.line of march;"ha could hear of
stragglers who wore preparing clothing, slm?-.-,
otc, for tho winter cann, ig?, r.nd that but
lew, if any of them, who had ?-.cr bolongr-d
to the army, had any idea "1 remaining in
tho Yankee lines. Fifty joined him on his
way ont, and all along the road he could hear
of numbers who were about to move towards
the army.
CIIAKOKT) His BASE.-The Richmond Ex
aminer, of tho llb, says: Wc learn that J.
M. Willis, a large merchant, and broker in
Augusto, G?.., has absconded to the Yankees,
tf.king along wifh him a large amount ofgold,
silver, and r.egot'rible paper, and it is ?Iso
supposed the a;sels of a Georgia bank, plac
ed in his vaulffor 'nfc kecp':D,'i. Some of thc
notes t?f tho ab'-conding merchant have been
protested by the brokers of Richmond and
paid by his partner, now* in the city, and who
received on Monday the first intimation of bis
absence.
AN ASTOUND KI? DEACON-In thc city of
II-there resides a worthy deacon, blessed
-or cursed with a tall, gaunt figure, Jso bands
of enormous dimensions. Ile was strictly
pious, never failing to ask a blessing, not on*
ly when bis own family dined, but also nt tho
.servants' n eals. On oi c-ccc-ieion he employ.
! cd a male servunt, who. was entirely ignorant
j of i hn Beacon's religious propensities. He
! made his appearance shortly before the din
ing hour, and PS soon as the bell sounded,
the servant stained tor tho trihi-, anti without
ceremony commenced devouring the good
[Lings. The D aeon waa horrilied, and ex
tended his hand, siring:
Pau.-.e, young man, pause !"
The young 'man ^addressed ?aiael .his eyes
^significantly lo the Deacon's upraised Land,
and replied : "Yet-, and pretty ?cod sized
paws, I should -say 1"
WOULDN'T CROSS TIIK LINE-We under*
"slaiid that thc Home Guard force sont to meet
thc Bellfield miders, refused to crois the line.
This w:-r- very unpatriotic, if by erOssing thc
line the raider-; cuulcl have been wei! thrash
ed. V/e understand, also, that our excellent
and patriotic Govi rnor loct.hbj. temper over
this ungallaut behavior. And who blame?
htm t To hava an army tba*t halts at a Siato
j line, and let the enemy perp'/fnite out i nges
i almost in il sticht, and thru escr^pe, r.'.lher
. t?an'le?p*bvejr ihn linc and chas'ta the foe,
j is rather vexatious.- Wonder if the Home
I Guard would have had such a high " respect''
'for Slate hi es if lin: Yanks !r;d been in its
[?rear, driving ;t p?M'intU ! Wc must d?> Ibo
rncv of'CaSwyll and Kii-sui i hf. j raticr* tot-ay
i tbst no'jiC ' ?i ?K'cm sv?ie in that fquad.-Mil
t ton (N. C.j Chronic!?.
Singleton's Mission.
A Washington Correspondent o? the N. Y.
Tribune, under date of the 15th inst., gives
the subjoined information in relation to
Singleton's visit to Richmond :
" Mr. Singleton, the peace Democratic envoy
to Jeff Davie, did tot leave Baltimore until
Thursday, lie was detained by fogs and
storms on the Chesapeake. It is not gener
ally known that he came herc directly from
Clay and Thompson in Canada. Such is the
fact. It is not? disguised that the interest
which organized the mission is willing to at
tain peace at the cost of recognition, ind ita
leaders say frankly that thc majority of the
people of the United States, and especially of
the Western States, are willing and* aching
to do so. Singleton's mission bas for i .s pur
pose simply to ascertain upon what terms
Jeff. Davis would be willing to make peace.
He expects, as I understand, to bring back
thc independence of the Confederate States
as thc first of these terms. Extremists of the
Democratic Peace Congressmen say that this
condition, while it is the choice of the rebels,
is our necessity. They say we have got to
accept it, and otherwise scramble ont of the
war before the first of April, or wc will fina
ourselves in a war with France as well as
with the South." The.Terdict of the people
on the 8th of November last seems to be for
gotten by these men, or else net comprehen
ded. Thc influence of the peace rumors and
the peace feeling in New York on Friday,
which was strongly felt here, has disappear
ed. No one oxpects now any termination of
the war except through the submission of tho
rebels. All feel that while slavery exists, by
law or in fact, peace is impossible."
'-? ? ?
The Confederate Press.
The Augusta (Qa.) Register remarks :
Our honest opinion is, that no class of our
countrymen, except our soldiery have done
more for our success than newspaper men.
This ia our candid opinion, after maturely
considering the subject. They have given
lone to public sentiment, and aroused the
patriotism of tho people to every demand
made upon them. In the emergencies of our
country, many harsh and grievous laws have
boen passed-many orders and regulations
hard to be borne have been adopted. In
some casos designing, men, in others well
meaning ones, supposing they were doing
thoir duty, have done much to arouse all the
feelings of prejudice and opposition by the
people to these suppo.'ed usurpations and
tyrannies. Just here thc press have come
in, and, by their daily pleadings, thoir patri
otic appeals, reconciled apparent differences
and allayed all opposition. They huve edu
cated the minds of the people to every great
and important.chango in the policy ot our
Government, aud have, with rare exceptions,
with all :hoir powers sustained the cause ol
our country.
Blot out tb? newspapers of the country, and
you will have no general policy among the
people. There will be RS many opinions
as there are individuals, and as many lead
ers aa there are com tn uni ii cs. Rumors will
b? rife nil over tho laud, and, in the absence
of reliable information, aa nov obtained, tim
people will be subjected to imposition, and
will always be depressed by dangers real or
imaginary. Newspaper; form a kind of bond
of union-a common medium of interchange
of id-.as, and next to our organized armies j
arc the most powerful engines within our j
count ry for thc attainment of its i n depen d cn cc, i
by holding up the duty of tho citizens on thc
ono hand, the rights of thc Government on
thc other; the grounds for encouragement on
the one hand, and tho necessity for endur
ance on (he other. From the President to
the humblest citizen-from the general to the
private-the high and tho low, the rich and
the poor, would all feel the need of this com
mon source ofluloii?ation and comfort. Wee
be to our country when it is destroyed !
Yankee appreciation ol' inc Southern
Press.
Thc Yankee* r.evr.r lose any opportunity
for venting their malice on the press ol' the
Confederacy. They understand thoroughly
Unimportance and power as a war engine,
and visit upon it, whenever they can. the
same fate they do- upon the implements of
battle and munitions of war. Many papers
bavo Fallen'victims to thc venom of their hate,
i\iA iiil thc graves of nwrtrys io liberty and
right. One by one lliey have fallen in the
great struggle for independence, uniil now
but comparatively few o? the papers that wore
pnbbsbed^before tho war are in existence..
There re n^t a? many new in the entire Con
foaWncy as were published in the State of
Virginia alono before the beginning ol' hos
tilitits. .
Thu federal government appreciates fully
the truth and force of the declaration of thc
gi\Kt English statnnnii that :
Give m- 'he liberty cf the Press, and 1 .
will give to the Minister a vonni House of
Peera-1 v. ill -ive him a corrupt and rervile
Hull! qfCominoiis, I will give him the full
.;v,:u.r ni il"4 patronage of officc-i-l will give
bim the whola host of the ministerial iulln
eiu-.-i will give him all thc power that place
c;,;i confer upon him to buy up submission
a?-? overawe resistance; and yet, assured with
th?- liberty of the Press, I will go forth undis
mayed to meet him ; I will attach with that
mightier engine the mighty fabric he ba3
raised; I will shake down corruption from its
height, and bury it beneath thc rum of the
abusos it was meant to sheller.''-Lynchburg
Virginian.
Confederate Gncrrillr'as in Kentucky.
Thursday hst, Captain McCormick and
Surgeon Sherk, of tue Seventh Pennsylvania
cavalry, left camp at Bardatosrg for the pur
pose ol visiting the family ot' Mr.- Origsby,
ene and a half miles from town. While .thc
two gentlemen were sitting in Mr. Grigiby's
parlor conversing with thc ladies, they were
surprised by the sudden appearance of Sue
! Munday, al the head of a gang of thirteen
I desperadoes. The two officers, finding resis
I taucc nsehfs, immediately aurrendered. Sue
Mandy was apprised of thc fact by one of Mr.
Grigsoy's daughters, who begged her to spare
the lives ol'tuc two men.
She replied by cuni ni her, and told her
nh-- would be her ?ira judge, at the same lime
walking .np to Captain McConultka.ud shout
ing him through ttie head. She then shot
Dr. Sherk through ibo bre-a?t. Both mon
died almost instantly.
Tho gang then left in tho' direction , of
Bloomfield, where they hnve their headquar
ters. The citizen recognized among them a
m in by thc name of Turner, from ?nrdstown,
who was scut across the river some weeks ago
lo remain during the war.
This gang has been prowling around Bards
towu fur thc past week. They have sworn
to kill every Federal soldier caught by thom.
They rcb every hedy, and are a ten or to thc
whole country.
I I M rora A XT.-Wc.learn from thc Crandon
\ Republican thnt the Government has decided,
, in thc case of Mr. Augustus Spann, deceased,
; who was an exempted agriculturalist, lhal
where a detail or exemption was revoked, or
: tho detailed cr exempted party died, univ a
payment pro- rata for the time thc party enj?y
( 1 i he deuil or ??xemplion, would be exacted.
Tl is decision was elicited from thc Secretary
! of War by a letter from A. G. Mayers, Esq;,
cn the subject of tito liability ol'the estate of
Mr. Spahn, he having died ii few mon:hs af
ter he'iras exempted. We publish thia net
, as r.n important decision lo detailed and ex
! empted agriculturalists.- Macon Telegraph,
I CONTLPKSATK CAVALRY CAKRTIN? Ri-ru
v.EK? TO Tnt YANKEES-Detective Recite
and other detectives succeeded on Thursday
night in mak?Dg an importaut arrest. For
some tim? they have been looking for John
Parry and George A. Spencer, South Caro
linians, of Gary's brigade, the parties being
suspected of piloting refugees to the Yankee
lines". On Thursday night they came upon
them in a house of ill fame, kept by one Thom
as in Lombard alley, aud heard them bar
gaining with one Johnson to carry him into
tbe Yankee hues for ?l,000. On arresting
Parry and Spencer, forged passes to come to
the city were found .on their persons. The
detectives say these men belong to a band of1
Gary's cavalry, who, for months have been
engaged in carrying refugees to Kautz's head
quarters. It is said they were to have car
ried off several parties Thursday night, and
among them one of our public raen, who is
well known, but whom we will not mention.
Parry and Spencer were put in the Castle_j
I Richmond. Whig.
We learn from printer?, to whose craft
Spencer belongs, that he is not a South Car
olinian. He comes from a State further
north.
-
ANOTHER PALMETTO GONE.-J. H. Shiv
erocll who served through the Mexican war
as a member ef the famous Palmetto Regi
ment, and who has been honorably distin
guished for active service during the present
war in Capt. Caseon's company at thc bom
bardment of Fort Sumt?-r, and subsequentlW
in Virginia in Capt. McFee'a cavalry compa-1
ny, until his health entirely failed, died of j
consumption yesterdayunoming, at his resi
dence in this city. He was a useful member
of the craft of printers, and held in warm es
teem by his companions and friends. He
has for a considerable time past heen employ
ed in the Guardian office.-Columbia Guar
dian.
State Record of the Names of
Deceased Soldiers.
SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGS,
COLUMBIA, January 16,1865.
UNDER appointment by the Legislature to
prepare this Record, I earnestly appeal to
the families or friends of our deceased toldiers
to sond me at once their names, Ac., while there
id an opportunity to secure accurato information.
Hospital registers and reports of casualties from
the army aro deficient in the information required;
it must be obtained at home.
The Record will date date back to the begin
ning of tho Kar, and include all who havo been
killed in battle or died of wounds received in
battle, or from disease or accident. If yon hare
hoon so fortunate as not to loee friend or relative,
yet remember that it is noblo to rescue from ob
livion the name of but one friendless youth who
had gone from your neighborhood to die la our
cause.
Give-1. Xume in full. 2. Fruin what District.
3. Rank. 4. Company. 5. Jieginient und arm o/ I
nercicc. C. Died, year, month, day. 7. Catlee of A
death, end rotnarks (as tchere be died, age, previ
ously wouude-J, ?c.)
Circulars and blanks to be fillrd will he sont to
such ns desire them. No fee or expense is incur
red hy any ono for having tho record made. The
State is endeavoring to fulfill a sacred obligatio
in recuring nor, and recording for pnsteritv} the
name* nf nil her tone who have fallen in this war.
In 1SP>2, the Convention unanimously resolved
that, this ?bculd ho lion?, V se a token ?.l r*:s>!Cvt
to their memories, ami rt legacy of inestimable
value to their friends.;''and the resolution w.:.
sent forth, by their order, "o bc read to -.or refl
uent.--, battalioni aud coroptuici erferywh?
Matty ii brave soldier may bare died iu solitude
ur ru.-dir.-l upon the fue, with the thought in Itt*
heart that his nemo would be honorably preserved
at homo.
WM. J. RIVERS.
JSfi- Each naper in thc. State copy three times
and simd l ill to mc.
.IanL25__ 3t_5_
Flour Wanted for the
Navy.
THE Honorable Secretary of Navy, through
Maj. W. F. HOWELL, Naval 'Agent, Au
gustu, tin., authorizes me ty pun-bane nil thc
FLOUR for salo in this District, for the N?vy
Department, and, for th? present, to pay Ihe
MARKET P.KTCB for the s.:me. Therefore all
persons haring FLOUR to foll (from a ?ack to u
liuudrod ba.rrc'iii,) ate earnestly requested to de
liver it to mc in Hamburg forthwith, as tho de
mand for it is very argent. Cash paid on deliv
ery. 3. H. DOWERS. Ageut
Navy Department.
Hamburg, Dec 21 ti 51
TO RENT,
THAT BEAUTIFUL AND COMMODIOUS
Ri; >1DENCE, belonging to Mr. R. II. SCL
MVAN. si?iiHtc'l on tho C* du m h ia Road, 1-V miles
from the Vi I lng*. For terms, fte., annlv to ?
O. L. PENN,'Agent.
Jan 18 tf 4
Negroes Wanted.
ANTED TD HIKE Twenty abb-bodied
NECEO MEN to work on tho Columbi
ami Hamburg Railroad. Liberal wages will bo
pai l nn-1 eppefial care taken of Ihe Negroes.
Negroes employed t*i work on the Railroad will
bc exempted from labor ou tbe Const for'itirations.
A. D. BATES.
Leesville, S. C., Jan. 2 5t 2
For Tax Collector.
The Many Friends of D. A. J? BELL, Esq.,
rcnncotfully nominate him as a Candidate fer
Tas: Collootor at the next oloction.
Oct 13 to . ?
For Tax Collector.
TOE many Friends ot Capt. JAMES MITCH
ELL respectfully nominate him as a Candidate"
for TAX COLLECTOR nt the next election.
SALUDA.
D oe ii te= 60
$500 Reward.
RANAWAT from tho Sub-criber about eight
months ?go, hie Nvgro man JAKE. Snid
Jake ia about 82 y-.ars ol' age, Mack complexion,
thick heavy ?i-t. and weighs about 1K3 pounds.
II? has a wife ut. Mr. Maillon Padgett?*, on the
Ridge, anil he may bo lurking in that vicinity.
. I will give a reward of Four Hundred Dollar."
for the apprehension and delivery of said Jake
at tho Edc:oSuld Jail, or I will pay Five Hun
dred Dellars for his delivery at the Augusta Jail.
WILLIAM BLEVINS.
Dec H fit* 51 *
Notice.
ALL person? indebted io rhe Estnte of Robert
J. Dulph, late of Kdgeficld District deceased,
ur? requested tu c*me prwurd and make pay
ment; aud thoso having dumnuds against said
Estate will present them io duo time, and propor
ly authenticated.
A. J. PT.LLETIER.-AJw'r.
Oct IS ly_ 42
Soldiers' Claims.
WIS have on hand a fow quires of Binnies for
obtaining deceased Sol?ier*' Claims against
tbe Oovemmont. ADVERTISER OFFICB.
July 20 _ tf_>)0_
IRON! "
?T {\i\J\ POLNUS SUl'ERIOR BAR IRON.
ijjvMJ\J A inches wide and f, thick, which will
bo told low to elosa out thc lot.
S. E. BOWERS; Agt.
Hamburg, Oct 21) . If 40
Bethany Academy.
TUE Exercice of this Institution will be rc
Mime? Monday, SOlli .Jauiwry l-^Cr>.
Term per Quartet of lt? ll'????.--Ttn Dol
lars iiud ene Moshe! Corn awl bait .l:u?hcl Wheat,
or Iheir enuivalcbt< in other pr-uduc*:
UEO. 0ALFRIN.
Jan 21 2t
For Sale,
ALIKELY NEURO WOMAN,-Cook. Wash
er and fifhI hued--with three children, aged
2, ll mid 12 vears. Apply Ht tai* OU'tce.
Jan 21- tt 5
I
EXECUTOR'S SALE!
BY permission af W. E. Durisoe, Ordinary of
Edgefiold Dieixict, I will sall at tb? lata
rosidonce of MRS. CHLOE WATSON, dee'd. (OB
thc Ridge,) on WEDNESDAY, the 8tk day of
February next, the personal Estate of ELIJAH
WATSON, dee'd., to wit :
About Sixty, Likelr Negroes,
HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN FURNITURE,
MULES AND CATTLE,
FAT A KD STOCK HOG5,
BACON AND LARD,
CORN, FODDER, PEAS,
WAGONS AND CARTS,
BLACKSMITH'S TOOLS,
FARMING IMPLEMENTS,
And many other articles not necessary te mention.
Tho above property will he sold OB a ?redit of
twelve months, with interest from day of sale, fer
good and lawful money of the State. Purchases
will be required to givo Notes with two or mere
approved sureties. Naagproperiy delivered until
terms of sale are complied with. '
TILMAN WATSON, Bx'or.
ZSr-The Plantation wiri be rented at the sam?
tine and pl.ice.
_J'an_10_2t g
A Likely Young Negro
FOR SALE.
WILL ?ell on Salo-day in February next, (tho
_ 6th,) at .he Court House steps, a VERY
LIKELY YOUNG NEGRO FELLOW, 2? years
of age. A good field hand, a very toed soars?
Shoemaker and Plantation Blacksmith,
^?f Tera? to suit purchasers.
A. CK TEAGUE.
Jan IO it g
State of South Carolina,
EDGEFIELD DISTRICT,
INEQUITY.
vTinneford Boyd, \
es yParlkUm.
Thos. B. Roese, Adoa'or et al. J
BY Virtuo of an order of the Court hi this
ease I will tell at Ed ?j* i ela C. H., ec Mon
day, the Oth Fob'ry. next, THE REAL B8TATB
of James Boye, dee'd., to wit :
ONE TRACT OF LAND containing Throe
Hundred and Seventy-five aeres, more or lest,
adjoining lands of John F. Burns, S. 0. Strom,
J. B. Grims, et al.
TERMS.-The above property will ho ro-sold
on a credit pf twelve mouth-, at thu risk of. tho
former purchaser, with interest from day of sal?,
oxcept costs and expenses of salo which mast
bo paid in cash. ' Titles extra.
Z. W. CARWILB,C.K.E.D.
Jan 12_3_
State of South Carolina,
EDGEFIELD DI8TBICT,
IN EQUITY.
Franklin Norris and others,
by their next friend, j
B. F. Landre?, * [ Bill fot Po*,
vs. . j
John M. Norris, Administrator, j
BY Virtue of an order of the Court in this
ease, I will sell at Edgefield C. II., oa Men
day, tho 8th February next, the rwd estate of
William H. Norris, dee'd., described ia the plead
ings, to wit :
ONE TRACT OF LAND, situate in Edgefiett.
District, containing Eight Hundred Aores, more
or lei?, adjoining lands of John M. Norris, L. V.
Youngblood and others. This Ls ona of the ruo**
desirable and valuable tracts of land in the Dis
trict, boiug Ridge laud on the Columbia Read,
and immediately on the line of the eonumplated
Hamburg A Columbia Railroad.
TERMS.-Sold on a credit of one and two
year*, in cquul annual instalments, with lateros*
from dato. Purchasers will be required to give
Bond nilli at least two good sureties to seoare th*
purchase money, and pay for papers extra.
Z. W. CAR WILE, C.K.E.D.
Jy.n 7_4t_
Valuable Negro for Sale. -
L. H. Adams, Executrix, )
vs. \ .
T. J. Adams, et al. j
BY Virtue of an order of Court in this eanse, .
I will sell it Edgefield Court House, on tho
first Monday in February next, SOB, a No. 1,
Blacksmith, belonging to the. Estato of Hires*
Adams, dee'd.
Terms Cn-h. LYDIA H. ADAMS.
Ex'ix of the lapt will of Hiram Adams, dee'd.
.Tan lo _St_4
State of South Carolina,
EDGEFIELD DISTRICT,
IN ORDINARY.
BY W. F. DURI60B, Esq., Ordinary, of Edge
field District.
Whereas. John F. Burris has applied to nie for
Letters of Administration, on all and singuhr
the goods and chattels, right? and cr?dita of
Charlo? M. Burriss, lute ff the District aforo
-nid de-'d.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said
deceased, to be and appear before me, at our nex?
Ordinary's Court for the said District, to' bo holden .
at Bdgotioid C. IL, cn '.he inc day ol Feb. n?<xt,
to show oause, if any, rrhv tee said administration
should not he granted.
Givon und. r my han.i r"\? teal, '.bis lr?h day qi
JAB. in tho year of oar Lord on* tLcusacd eighi
hundred and nixty-flve. and in thc SiJ>n vr?r
?h<s Independence ef PiM>ih Corolin*.
W. F. DU RI S OB, o.P.o.
Jen 54,_2t_S
Smoking Tobacco.
Qfk?\ POUNDS SMOKING TOBACCO, put *
CsvA/ up in S lb. packages, warranted pore,
or no sale. S. E. BOWERS, Agent.
Hamburg, Oot SI tf 4S
Barter!
WILL BARTER YARNS FOR FLOUR
from one barral np.
SAM, E. B0WBR8.
Hamburg.. July ? of 24
Visiting Cards !
F')R sale at -ho ??ttrtU.tr Office, Ladies and
Gentlemen's VISITING CARDS.
July M tf 80
Notice.
A
LL persoBS indebted tn tho Batato of Lewis
Hurtes, dee'd., previous to his death, aro re
quested to tasko Immediate payment; and all
those havin* olaluit against said Estele will pre
ao?'t them, duly attostod, without delay, to tb?
undersigned. L. L. HALL, Ad'er.
i Nov 16 if ?7
Notice.
ALL Persons bavins claims on tho-EsUto. .ct
Shirley B. TVEatWy. d^-e'd., nrc r?qne?lcd to'
hand them in to thc unuersirricd, duh- altostad.
W. W. ADAMS, KxVr.
Jan 18_Sro_4_
Final Notice.
AFINAL SETTLEMENT on tho Estate of
R. M. WA I. LA CE. dee'd., will be maila ia
tho Ordinary's 0i?ec, on Thursday, tko 9th. Feb
ruary next. All persons having claims against
said Estato will present th? mme by ihat tts??,
and those indebted are requested to p?y up forth
with. J. II. ADAMS. Ad'Or.
Jim 18_St?_
Take Notice
ALL porsons uro cautioned against trading foy
a oertuin Noto giren by mo to Shirley B.
Whatley, with T. B. fceOse ccc.nrity, for $700? din
ted I think in August 1801, ats the money has boca
tondcrod, in tho presence -of witnesses, ?nd r>
foscd, and I am determined cot to pay tho hat
unless oompelled by law.
T. fi. "HUDSON.
Jan 1_8__ 3t 4
Notioe.
TUE Grr-.nitevllle Matu, fa .-turing Cgtapauy wlH
not purchase COTTON after this dato, astil
further notice.
. WM. OREGG, iree u
Grantville, S. C., Jan 18, ; lt W '
Notice.
JAMES M HARRISON ia appoluteJ my Age??
to collect and receipt for all debt? duo me.
THOO. G. BACON.
.Tao 2? *t *