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NOTICE.

During my absence in the army Amos
McManu- 10 authorized to act as my gener-
nj agent. Persons having business with
the Estate Of John Massey, deceased, will
apply to him,
&c. MASSEY. :;
May IL, 1854, lA--W
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$50 RE WARD.

RUNAWAY from the subscriber about
the LIST instant negro boy named tom,
twenty years old, copper color, Ave feet ten
inches high, eighs about so pounds, looks
down when spoken to and has scar on his
left arm. lie is supposed to be in the
neighborhood Of d. w. Browns plantation
near the Ferry, as he has a brother living
there. The atose reward of Fifty Doliars
will DO paid for his apprehension.
JAMES M. INGRAM.
Hawking Rock, p. O., s. C.
April 10, 1854, lo-H
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COMMISSARY DEPARTMENT,
Mavl 1874

COMMISSARY DEPARTMENT,
May 10, 1864.
In view Of the urgent necessity at pres.
ent existing for an increased supply Of sub.
slstence, for the troops from this section Of
the country, and in view Of those persons,
who, in order to be exempt from service,
have given Bonds to supply the army with
a certain number Of pounds of Bacon and
Beef: Notice is hereby g,uen that am ready
TO receive the said meat, in 100 lbs. of Bs.
con, and 100 lbs, nett Beef (to be-delivered
on foOD for eaeh able bodied slave on the
farm or plantation within the ages of lS
and SO.
l.. B. NORTHRoP.
A. A. &. 8.
May a.. 1854. i5-tf.
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AUCTION SALE.

will Sell at Lancaster Court House on
in June next, at Auction a lot Of
old Carriage Iron and Steel.
J. II. Mellow.
May ~, 1864, u
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
May 81, 1864.


CohUMBIA, May 90, 1864.
GENERAL ORDERS NO 8.
in the present situation Of affairs lit is
Is deemed proper 10 direct the attention
OF the people of the State to the lat Sec
tion of an Act of The General Assembly en-
titled "hn Act TO provide for Volunteer
Companies OF Mounted Infantry and for
other purposes" herewith published, aud
to call upon all male citizens capable Of
bearing arms, and who are not liable to
Confederate military service, to organize
themselves into companies in pursuance of
its provisions.
IL. Companies organized in accordance
with said Act, upon presenting their rolls
to be hled in this office, will he accepted
for the service therein provided for, and
will be armed and furnished with necessary
ammunition.
iii. The troops called into service under
this Act will be subject to the orders of the
Governor and Commauder.in chief, and
| whilst IN actual service, will be subject to
| the Articles Of War and Army Regulations
Of the Confederate States, and shall receive
the same pay and allowances as Confeder
ate troops Of the same class are entitled TO.
7 ~. The commanding officers Of compan.
les and the corporate authorities 10 whom
arms have heretofore been delivered, or
| who now have the same in custody, are
charged with keeping them 10 good order,
and any necessary expenditures made for
that purpose will be paid Sy the State upon
the accounts being duly certified and ap-
proved at this Office.
BY command:
Isigned] A. c. DARLINGTON,
Adj't. and 1nsp. Genera, Of s. e.
| Official: q. A. FoLLI, A. A. G.
EXTRACT.
| SECTION !. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives, now met
and sitting ia General Assembly, and by
the authority Of the same, That The Cover.
nor be and 10 hereby authorized to accent
as many Volunteer Companies OF Mounted
Infantry as may be offered, TO consist OF
not less than sixty four, ner more than one
hundred men, exclusive Of Commissioned
Officers, who shall be organized BY him
into Battalions or Regiments by the elec.
ton OF Field Officers if the number Of said
Companies be sufficient for that pur, ,se,
and said Companies shall be called out at
the discretion Of the Governor, to suppress
Instructions, or to :eptl actual or threat.
ened raids OF the enemy within this State
and shall be discharged from actual service
whenever ia his judgment the actual neces
sity for such service has ceased.
| Nav Al l&sA ,e
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BY command:
Isigned] A. G. DARLINGTON,
Adj't. and 1nsP.- Genera, Of s. &,
Official q. A. FoLLH, A. A. G.
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l was at Jackson Hospital yes,erday.-
Eli Dunlap, Gooch, Wesley Piyle Capt
S,sver, Lieut. Rollings, wv. a. Marshall.
sick not wpundsd) VIM. Roberts, Faile.
(ssn OF Rev. N. Faie) w. J. Williams,
James Graham the1e, all doing very well.
Iascertaiaed that 10 Capt Blarktnon's
company, formerly Capt. Frank CIsburn,
the wounded as follows:
w. J. Williams, head slight; Wn. Rob
srts, thigh; John N. SoSslI, arm; Jos p.
Johnson, thigh; John Williams, leg; G.
7. Miller, side John Mungo, ankle; }. F.
Faile, finger; John c. Blackmou George
Lyles; ID. F. Gardner; F. Dean.
Missing--Lieut Blackmon, 10 command
Of company, supposed killed /; Warren vii.
Hsns wm. Johnson w. J. Bowers. killed;
=. l.. Lyies; J. j. Outen, killed John T..
Blackmon ; Lieut. j. r. Fortsnbsry; ; Yves.
ley Humphies; - Moody.
The wounded are doing very wsll. wounds
generally slight, The danger 10 erasipelas
or gangreen. Jackson Hosplta, is the best.
Extract Of letter from Lieut. w. Mex.
Mittsg, atth N. q. Regt;
BATTLE FIELD NEAR
SPoTrsyLvAMA e. II. Va.
May Is, 1864.
DEAR FATHER--By the blessings Of God
| am we'll and safe. We have been fight.
ing evsr since the 4tb OF May. The enemy
have lost heavily. Phs loss Of the enemy
10 ssid to be over 80 thopsand.
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EditoriA. Brevities.

Railroad communication with Ric hmond
upon the Danville route is now complete
and unmolested. The mails are now car.
ried upon that route.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-08-29

The Plantation Btters make the weak strong the Ian
guild brilliant, and exhausted natures great resorer.
They composed of celebrated Casaya Bark, Win
tergreen, Sassafras, Roots Herbs &C. all preserved in
perfectly pure ST. Croix Rum.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-08-29
YIcKsBuRG. MISS, Aug. 9. ls6:

VIcKsBURG, MISS, Aug. Q, 1868.
Dr. JOHN BUIL-Dear Sir: am happy to state TO you
that have used your valuable Cedron Btters with
benefit myself in general debility and protraton Of
my system, produced by the unhealthy and miasmstic
influences of the Mississippi River and around vcks-
burg, having been with Gen. Grants army throughout
its whole Southern campaign confidently recommend
its to all persons who exposed in unhealthy eli
mates. II. W. FOGLE
Agent q. s. Sanitary Commission
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-08-29
LAW BOOKS.
DAVIS INDIANA DIGEST.

4 DIGEST OF THE DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME
Court of the State of Indiana comprising the
reported in the eight volumes of backord and the first
sixteen vonmes Of Indiana Reports together with the
Revised Statutes of the State embodied in the edition
Of Gavin Hord. By Edwin A. Davis, L. l.. q. VOL
Svo Sc 90.
The first edition of this valuable work completely
exhausted in less than three months from the time of
publication. edition, printed on fine white paper,
is ready. This is of the complete and best
arranged dgests published and has received the
highest concentrations Of the legal profession.
The Hon NJ. NJ. RAY says:
The Digest is in its plan and execution as it
is useful to the profession. This is abrdgement of
the Reports but genuine digest of them"
The Hon. DAVID MCDONALD says
st is no small commentator Of the work that il is
Digest only of all Supreme Court decisions which
have been published, but also of all the modern statutes
now in force.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-08-29

- The Plantation Bitters have cured nae OF
arrangement of the kidneys and urinary organs that has
distressed me for years. II acts like a charm.
c. C. MOORE, 254 Broadway, n. Y"
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-08-29

"* Ihave given the Plantation Btters to hun
dreds of disabled soldiers with the most astonishing
effect G. W. D. ANDREWS,
Superintendent Soldiers Home, Cincinnati. o.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-08-29

Frsn the army hsspltal-the bloody batils- aeld-the
mansion Of the rich and humble .bOd. g the poor
from the Office and the sacred deskfrom the mountain
top. distant valleys and far eli Islands of The
from every nook and corner Of the civilized vor,t-.
pouring In the evidence % the astonishing effects Of
DRAKE's PLANTATION RTrTERs. Asu..nds upon
thousands Of letters like the fOosins may be seen a,
o<ioe
REEnssUxr, us, Sept. ls iss3.
- l have been in the army hospital Tor
H. they gave me 4 bottle Of Plantation Bitters
Three bottles restored my speech and cured me.
C. A. FLAUTE."
80 One young man, who had been sick and
net out Of the house for years with scrofnls and
Eryspelas, after paying the doctors Sl5o without
benefit has been cured BY ten bottles ofyOur bitters
go EDWARD woUSAIL.
The following is from the Manager Of the Union Home
School fo- the Children Of Volunteers
HAvExSrEE MANSION, FIyrY -sEvrSrH srKxrrl
NEw foRk, August lo63.
-DR. DRAKE Your wonderful Plantation Bitters have
been given Of little children suffering nom
weakness and weak lungs, with most happy effect One
little girl In particular with pains in her head loss Of
appetite, and daily wasting consumption whom all
medical skill had been exhausted has been entirely re-
tiers day Her appetite and strength rapidly increased
and she Is now we'll.
Respectfully, MRS. o. NJ DEvOE."
"a owe much to you, for verify believe the
Plantation Bitters have saved my life.
REV. w. II. wAGGONER,
Madrid, n. T."
". Thou wilt send me two bottles more OF thy
Plantation Btters. Ny wife has been greatly benefited
by their use. Thy friend,
ASA CURRIN, Philadelphia, Pa"
a. - have been a great sufferer from Dyspep-
STA, and had TO abandon preaching. . The
Plantation Bters have cured me.
Rochester, n. Y"
- Send Us twenty four dozen mere Of your
Plantation Btters, the popularity OF which are daily
increasing with the guests Of our house
SYKES, CHADWICK & CO,
Proprietors Of Wizards Hotel, Washington, ID. G.
a. have given the Plantation Btters to hun
dreds of disabled soldiers with the most astonishing
effect. G. W. d. ANDREWS,
Superintendent Soldiers Home Cincinnati, o.
a. The Plantation Btters have cured me Of
liver complaint. Of which laid up PROSTATE and had
H. B. KINGSLEY, Cleveland, o."
a. The Plantation Bitters have cured me Of
arrangement of the kidneys and urinary organs that has
distressed me for years. II acts like a charm.
c. C. MOORE, 254 Broadway, N Y"
&C., &c, &c, &C., &c.
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RESTAURANT.
HAPPINESS OR MISERY?

That Is the Question.
FTyHE PR0PRIETORS OF THE NEW YORK MUSEUM
j Of Anatomy and Medicine have determined, regard
less Of expense free for the benefit OF suffering
humanity, FOUR Of their most interesting and fnstruc-
tive Lectures on Marriage and its disqualncatons Ser
vOus Debility, Premature Decline Of Manhood, lndiges-
uon Weakness Depression Loss Of Energy and vital
Power the Great Social Evil, and those Aaades which
result from youthful foes Of maturity OF g
norance Of Physiology and Natures Laws
These invaluable Lectures hsye been the means OF en-
tightening and saving Thousands and viii be forwarded
Free receipt Of four stamps by addressing Secretary
New York Museum Of Anatomy and Medicine, els Broad
way, New'York. septs63-dly
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PAIN TING.

L. LONG. 40. 5 EAST NEW YORK STREET, oP.
POsITE University Square, i prepared 70 % al
kinds Of House and sign Painting. Granting and Glazing
On short notice and IN the very best style Psrsoss
ssf. dsse~e9
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Ior,sru1r Ky Sent JIG. 1863.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept. Is, 1858
On the 23d Of July last submitted, through agent
of mne the Medical Director Of the Department Of the
Cumberland sample of my Cedron Bitters for his in
specon and requested, if after analysis he found it
meriterious sanction and approve its among
soldiers.
The following is the Medical Directors reply, and also
Gen. Rosecans permission to ship 800 dozen at to
have II sold to Suffers. JOHN BULL.
81 satisfied that Cedron Biters will do harm TO
any one taken properly and In moderation. see no
objection to Dr. Bull being permitted to dispose OF IL TO
Suffers. A. HENRY THURSTOS,
Surgeon and Medical Director, ID. c."
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S. T.--186O.-

Persons Of sedentary habits troubled with weakness
lasstude, papation of the heart lack Of appetite, dis
afer eating torpid liver constipation, &C., deserve
to suffer il they do not try them.
They recommended by the highest medical author
ities and warranted to produce immediate bene
fetal effect They exceedingly agreeable perfectly
pure and harmless.
NouoE-Any person pretending TO sell Plantation
Biters in bulk by the gallon swindler and impos
tor 1t is put up only in patent log cabin bottle
Beware Of bottles reed with imitation deleterous stuff
for which several persons are already in prison. See
that every bottle has private United States Stamp
the cork unmutilaed and signature steel plate
side label.
Sold by respectable dealers throughout the habitabe
globe.
II. III. rake & CO..
400 Broadway, N. Y.
feb4-d6m
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HEADQUARTERS DEPT OIL THE CUnBEKLAsD,l
NASHVILLE, Tenn, July "a, 1853. \
DR.. John Bulls Agent, Ar.-, has permission to
ship Nashville, Tenn twenty five gross Tor 800 dozen
Of Bulls Cedron Bttsrs for sale to Suffers in the army
only.
The regulations OF the Treasury Department to be
complied with strictly.
By command Of Major General Rosecrans.
WIN. NJ. WILES,
Major and Provost Marshal General.
Sold Wholesale and Retail by
j. +. SEN0UR. Druggist,
West Washington Street, Indianapolis.
march, -d6m
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-05-07

coyn~ y, buyrrs who arc not very sure Of their
owVtaete are alarmed and they refrain from buying
lc thcv shouId make themselves ridiculous ls this,
V arc asked not raior hard upon yonne artists Who
in ,ry ease have no very easy path to tread Now
surely this is not honofohle question for the friends
az h artists 10 put since II implies that the pictures
wonh except fer the critsm, have been sold under
msapnrehension. DO the artists wish higher lTiccs
Maid FOR their works than they are fairly worth and
Vow is that worth 10 he established hut ly frank eX
preston Of opinion, Are authors also 10 he allowed TO
protest agans; adverse criticism because II Injuries the
sale of their books II, indeed. man paints picture
rs piereI Of furniture and merely wishes 10 get the
Highest price no for H. without regard TO ts in
trnsc value 20 the intelligence OF the Parchascr-
counting. indeed upon the ignorance OF the bnyer-he
must be held TO prostitute liz art and be judged accord
ipgly. But IN that the intelligent iUyers have Il
ight 10 protest They may Justly ask Why the market
ehould be spoiled by the high prices Of poor wares
Every who s sincerely interested in the elevation
of art and the consequent refinement Of society IL also
interested 70 that the prices OF pictures so ihr AZ
possible, tbal have some relation 10 their exceencc
In fact the whole discussion comes to this SIN gie pam
pont-shal there he any criticism OF pictures Whatever
If there may be- who shall criticsehe painters ther
friends their enemies the spectator ii ne aioWtu
that the spectator may De the vic tue question Oh s
competency canont he arbitrarily determined II can uo
settled only BY the criticism itself II this ASSAULTS
traditions IN ant and traditional reputations may w
concluded by equally s,rcng statement OF opiosnk
princpes hui IL cannot be evsdcd by personal acrinol
aza Indignation For ii should be remembered that
every man who attacks any established Reputation GOES
so at the risk Of snnihi,ating himself We al Anyn
that there has been really very little art criticism ~ ,s
country M any time and ought 70 welcome hcaiuy
auy effort at IL however mistaken we may pcheVe inc
philosophy to BE- upon which it rs founded For II gives
US the opportunity of setting forth what we may beeSg
20 be time philosophy and Establishing the works 81
onT fayoritos mon clearly defined grounds The criii.
csns in TnD TRIBUNE evidently the result oil oareiul
study and profound interest in art They are person
gly impertal and evidently wholly sincere We do not
agree with them altogether but then on the other hand
the critic does not probably agree with US AND n
there is asy painter who cannot read them WIN
ont Indignation We beg him humby never 10 SHOW al
other pcture For ali the signs SLOW that criticism ~
AN art is beginning in this country. and Notices oil
Pictures" arc hereafter 10 be something else than
weak " ash Of compliment. hariers weekly.
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Obsolete southern Ideas.

Miss Martineau, in late number OF Mac
..illaa', MGgssiae produces some interesting remnis
cencos Of her yisit 20 America in 1885 Among THESE
are her interviews with OK President Madison and
ChiefJustiee Marshall OF Virginia Speaking Judge
Marshall. she says;
He was 79-as frightened and warm hearted as
ever while dgnihed judge "a ever hled the hghost
seat in the highest court Of any country lie said ne
had seen Virginia the leading State for half bis fe he
had seen her become the second. and sink to Dr. THINK
the fifth. Worse than this there was no srre-tng her
decline II her citizens did not pot an end to slavery
and he saw signs Of any intention % DO So east OF
tho mountains at least. lie had whole groups OF
estates populous in his time lapse into waste he had
seen agriculture exchanged for human stock breeding
and keeny felt the degradation. The forest was return
ING over the fine old estates and wild creatures which
had not been seen for generations were reappeaIinS
numbers and wealth declining. and education and
manners were degenerating IL would not have sur.
prised him TO be told thu; that sol would the main
battle be fought when the critical day should come winch
he fOresav.
Tie venerable Madison uttered similar sentiments,
but he seemed more hopeful from the operations oil the
Colonization Society.
Mr Madison had cheerful snd sangune temper;
and IL there thing than another which he
had learned TO consider secure il was the Constitution
which he had SO large a share In making Yet be told
mr. that he nearly In despair and that he had been
quite 50 I'll the Colonization Society arose Rater
than admit 90 hims. that the south must be laid waste
by srrylle war. the whole country by civil war.
he siroye believe that millions OF negroes would be
carried 10 Africa, and ~ got rid OF.
He talked morc Of Slavery tnan OF all other subjects
together returning Ia II morning. noon and night He
sad that the clergy perverted the Bible because 4 was
altogether against Slavery that the coiored population
WIS increasing faster than the white and that the state
OF morals was snch barely permitted society TO exist
OF the issue Of the conflict whenever should occur
there could he raid be no doubt. society burdened
with slave system could make no permanent resist
aIce 10 the unincumbcred enemy and he was aston
ished At the fanaticrm which blinded some Southern
men 10 clear certainty.
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What the Birds Said.
BY JOHN @. WHITTIER.

TIKI BIRDS against the April wind,
Flew kortbward, singing as they flew;
They sang 1.-The land we leave behind
Has swords for cOrn-blades, blood Tor dew.
30 wild-birds, flying from the South,
What saw aud heard ye, gazing down !"
I" We saw the mortar's upturned mouth,
The sickened camp, The blazing town.
Beneath the biyouaos starry lamps,
We saw your march-wOm children dieJ
In shrouds of moss, in cypress swamps.
We saw your dead uncollined lie.
We heard the starving prisoners sighs;
And saw, from line aud trench your sons
Follow our fight with home-sck eyos
Beyond the battcry's smoking guns"
"Lnd heard and saw ye only wrong
And pain, Dried, 40 wing-wom focks =
1--WE hesrd, they sang, the freedman's song,
The crash Of Siayery's broken locks.
We saw from new, uprising States
The Trcason-nursing mischief spurnod,
A., crowding Freedoms ample gates.
The long-esiranged and lost returned.
"O'er dusky faces scanned and old,
And hands horn-hard with unpaid toll,
With hope ia every rustling fold,
We saw your stardropt flag uncol.
"And, struggling up through sounds accused,
A grateful murmur clOmb the air,
A whisper scarcely heard At first,
II filled the listening Heavens with prayer.
p" And sweet and far, as from star,
Replied voice which shall not cease,
Till, drowning all the noise Of war
1t sings the blessed songs OF peaceI'
So TO me, in doubtful day
or chill and slowly -greening Spring,
Low STOPPING from the cloudy grey,
The wild-birds sang or seemed to sing
They vanished in the misty air.
The song went with them in their fight;
But 10 they left the sunset fair,
And in the evening there was light.
Independent
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Increase Of Efficiency In the civil Service
aof the Umited States.

The bill introduced by Senator SIMMER to
provide for the greater efficiency Of tho civil service OF
tho United States provides as follows
IL authorizes tho President appoint subject 20
nrnmon Of the Senate. Board u Examiners, consist
ing ofthree Commissioners at salaries Of - dollars
u year-ihe Commissioners having power To appoint /,
clerk 10 The Board nj an annual salary o two thousand
dollars No person 20 be appointed. after the date Of
the act Ia any oiyil office under the Government
whether by wa! u original appointment or promotion
unless recommended by certificate OF inc Board pro
,ded that ibis shall not apply TO offices the appointing
power which is by the Constitution vested IN tie
President subject a. confirmation Of the senate
but such candidates Ia DO examined by.
as other applcafis. Tho Board to hold
sessions when and whore the service may
require. All applicants 10 be citizens OF the United
STAIRS between the ages of IL and 20 and u dnties OF
sny "c. /" be performed In any particular State,
the applicant 20 have resided therein one year. and
exsmnat ~ be made within such State provided,
the PRECEDENT may suspend the operation VI this clause
at his discretion
The Board to determine after consultation with the
President Courts or Heads Of Departments. as the
may he. upon the subjects OF examination, and
sso whether the examination shnl be oral written.
both To have full discretion to regulations Of exan
nations and power to employ ,nch learned and honor.
able they may ft a. assist IN the eramins
tons supernend examinations In their ABSENCE and
TO report their doings annually 10 Congress:
The Board after the examination 10 assign the rank
Of the applicant according 10 the degree Of merit and
fitness shown and he who stands nj the head Of the .t
have The choice OF vacancies In the particular depart
ent or branch for which no was ainned and so on
down the list To The minimum OF merit which shall have
been fsed by the Board beyond which no certificate is
10 be given.
Appointees under recommendation Of the Board not
to be ell eacrp for good cause and promotions to
be according to seniority to DO determined by date OF
recommendation. and the rank therein assigned; but
fifth Of the promotions may DO made un account OF
merit. irrespective Of seniority