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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 *