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YANKEE TRICKS or ouIlPRlsoNEHs.-krom
some of our prisoners returned from Camp
Chase. we hear that the Yankee authorities
are using all means the viiest deception, OF
course. and sometimes actual violence, to in.
duce or constrain our prisoners to take the
cath of allegiance When one lot Of prison.
ers were sent OF from Camp Chase the re-
nander were told that there was no prospect
ofa general exchange, that they had been
left in the lurch, and that no ether means re:
Inained for tleir extrication from, prison than
to swear allegiance to the Yankee govern
1nent. This ingenious deception is, of course,
rot without some effect.
The few hundred prisoners recently return
cd from Camp Chase, before their departure
were drawn up in line, and each was re-
ouiied. when his name was called, TO say
ayes,'' il he desired TO be exchanged, and
+" no. if he preferred to remain in the North.
Outo of three hundred men, one answered mo"
One of his comrades undertook to rebuke
him. He was singled out by the provost
marshal placed in irons before the eyes OF
the other prisoners; and it was announced
before them that for his temerAy, ne would
be kept ia irons until the close Of the war.
We have been promised the name OF this un-
fortunate person, as it has been suggested
that the, circumstances of the outrage fur
.nish grounds for some sort of retallation.-
Richmond Enquirer.
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Hints for the Month.
From an oldsMarch member ofthe farne'

From an old;March member fthe Farmer
q; Planter, we Gull tho annexed Hints for
the month"
This is one of the most important months
Of the year,to the planter. So many things
begin now to pressupon you, that yet day,
or bad spell of weather, or little bad man.
agement, will be felt throughout the season.
If any repairs about the farm, buildings,
fences, or implements, be required, have it
attended to as soon as possible. There is
now but little spare time for piddling after
this month.
Misunderstanding convertible into ma.
nure should be done at once, and hauled out
upon the farm. Always select the fields near
est the manure pile for improvement, if pos
sible, for it will not pay to haul it a great
distance. We do not believe in the doctrine
advocated by some writer's, that tho planter
can easily make manure enough for his plan
tstion. This sort of talk will do for planters
who own rich plantations, and have only a
field ur SO near the house that requires ma
nure and petting There are very few Of US,
however, who cannot do better than We are
in thehabit cf doing, and it is our duty as
our interest to do it. Scrape up all the litter
about the negro quarters, hog pens, cow pens,
stables, wood-piles, ash-horpers, and feeding
places, and haul it out to the field as soon as
possible.
In the preparation Of corn land, keep in
mind that you cannot plough too deep or pre-
pare it too thoroughly. Land should not on
IL be we'll plorghed but left SO that it would
not bag the water, or suffer by being run over
by the spring rsins-matters about which
very few of US ever trouble ourselves to think.
Rainy Dcys.-Take look into the gear
house-repair plow gear; see that you have g
full supply oil back-bands, hame-strings, bri-
dies, collars, sc. See that your plows, plow-.
stocks, trace-chains, cevis, siDgle.trees. heel,
screws, false coulters dc, are all at hand, a:d
in order. 1t is we'll always to have icw ex.
tras in this Department." things are always
breaking when people are in pash"
Siock.- his is u trying month on all farm
stock. Keep en- eye to your mules and horses;
see that their shoulders are not hurt, and
that ahey are well cared for. If you can
grind their food, do il, and be sure to cut up
/. y6ur tops, fodder. and oats.
Keep your cyws we'll protected frcm the
chilling winds of March, and feed well. Tae
calves will require particular attention; give
them the beae6t Of your grass lots, barley,
or rye patches.
.:i.esp will do we'll OH :. little hay, straw,
cotton seed and bran; they should have an
opsn shelter TO resor: TO in bad weather, and
plenty Of salt.
Hogs, and sows with young pigs, MUST be
watched ard fed. IF you a-gc c'''7ac i"'s.
they will pay well new. Make an Effort =.
keep alr business moving Onward systcrnGs!-
cally; it better even to move sicwly aad
surely, than to astonish the ncighborhood by
clustering and rushing through all sorts OF
wind and weather.
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.,...-.5.:1H aeuo;d hoard shall a

And If majority of said board shall ap-
prove the same, they shall forward It, toge'h-
er with the reasons for their aeproval, to the
general officer controlling conscription in the
State, and ifhe approve suck application, the
detail shall be allowed. If.,the General Off
Ger of conscription shall disapprove such ap.
plcation, the applicant shall have the. right
of appeal to the Secretary Of War, and if the
said board shall disapprove such application,
their decision shall be final, and no right OF
appeal shall exist. -.
Sec. 10. The bureau of conscription, the
camps of instruction, and the office of com
mardant of conscripts, are hereby abolished.
and all rules and regulations of the War De-
partmsnt, inconsistent with this act, are here
by repealed @
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The FALL OF CHARLEsToX.-The WASH
ington Chronicle has just such IN insolent
editorial as might have been expected about
the fall Of Charleston. Tie article is headed
g. The Nation Avenged" We give para
graph:
Charleston hos fallen |! That proud, inso-
lent and wicked little city, the cradle of the
rebellion, protected by its position, and by
fortresses built by the government of the
United States, has resisted the most terrible
cannonaling on record for nearly two years
but it could not Withstand one of Sherman's
flank .movements!' He turned away off to
the west, as if to avoid the pestlent place,
and the country began to fear that it had re.
ceived new lease Of life, when suddenly the
news flashes over the wires from Fortress
Monroe that the place had been abandoned !!
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From Charleston.
Official:
j. NJ. NJ. OrEY, A. \. G.

Through tue courtesy Of 4 friend (>Sys to
.,uaasta Conyt;iatioaaf's', We have received
c1;i.!ca ol inc Char!eston Courier, which has
i,;,ca into the nands q tnc Yankees, ana Is
". .:;.,ha.3 ily them
IN, e,l:,o:s of the. Courier are Writte,uorr
aodL;. ". johnson T'hcse gents do nci
.e,I us who th..v are. Wat Ihcs are every
decent mah can guess. Iucr terms are $50
per annum.
Oac editorial contains a lugubrious account
Of She condition o he city; another rompli-
ments itself upon ile assumed fact the the
rebellion is wi,iti,d down to fine PoiEt.
Recruiting officer are :eportcd to He heels
over head in business. he negroes arr e.
listing by the score. a recruiting office: had
arrived for Sherman's army. He is alter
white men and advertiscsa meeting DIT the
II bernian Hall.
All lsloyal citizens" are invited by General
Ortlers No. S. to call at the Provost Marshals
office, register their names and take the oath.
No passes or other hvors will be granted to
the contumacious.
Redpath Of the John Brown noioriaty, is
announced as Superintendent Of public in
struction. Ye!Gods!
General Gilmore is in the city. Re is
.commander.in Chief.
Ci,izensare ordered to give up their shoot
ing irons aud doft the rebel uniform.
Browns and Beunet's wharves are tho only
ones at which marketing is permitted.
No soldiers are allowed in the city without
passes and strict decorum is enjoined:
All abandoned property has been turned
over to the us. Treasury.
The people Are invited to open their schools,
churches, etc.
A limited trade is allowed.
Gold and silver are received, by order, at
the port of Charleston at the following rates
Gold, 100 percent premium; silver, seventy
! five.
Colonel S. L. Wsodford is Commandant Of
Post, ard Major R. II. Wiloughly Provost
Marshall. -.
Nat Fuller advertises hat he has resumed
business at his old stand and offers for lunch
boned turkey mock turtle soup and other
delicacies
General Gilmore offers to exchange priso
news with the nearest Confederate General.
David Barrow informs the citizens that he
has reopened his stock Of goods.
Rice is being served out to the needy.
Steinmeyer's mill, on the west bank oftht
Ashley has been destroyed BY fire.
A number of refugees aayereturned, bring
lug their household plunder.
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THE New CONFEDERATE IRoH-CLAD.-An-
other corra=ponde 1t Tins refers to the new
Confederate iron-clad 0linde, which is now
at sea;
The statement which I made in my last
letter relative to the departure Of tho rebel
ron.clad is fully confirmed. She sailed from
the Isle of Houat, which is between Belle
Isle and Qaiseron, on the coast Of Brittany,
on Saturday last, after having been furnished
with coal by French steamer, and with
number Of cannon aid quantity of powder
and other munitions of war, Us Well as crew,
,y M accommodating English steamer; i'm
.asaia:ely afttr this, sic hapicd down the
Danish f-g--w hieh, uplo that time s2e had
carr;.;-hnislad ti4s. rrtcl liag and got I" sea.
Her object, it i. said il TO force tho block
ade Of Charleston.
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Dick Cheathan

yNTLL stand the Spring Ssa.on of 1865 at
wv One Hundred Dollsrs the seuson.
Ne will be At Edg.hc!d c. II. Mondays, Iuas-
days, Nsdse,dsys and Thursdayss-ihe sslnain-
der Of the Hosk q, Harmon. Gsllman't. Be will
b.s;n the ssafon lst February and eEd it 10th
Jsps He will rensih at Il. Galimans during
the Hentl Of February, after which tine he viii
be alternately u Rdseisld Z. III and II. Gsll-
msn,s. -.
BY special contract With my Agent, Jas: N.
Harrison, OF myself narss will be- injured with
foal for Two Hundred D. ellats. The money viii
be considered duo at tho end of thsseason.
THO. g. BACON.
Jana1 2st
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Memory and Hope.
BY LANES N. ELLIS.

BY LANES n. ELLIS.
Oft at the hour whom evening throws
It's gathering shades Ger hill and dale,
While half the scene in daylight glows
And half IN twilight slories still
The thought of all that we have been,
And hoped, and feared, on Life's long way
(Rcpembrances of jty or psin)
Come, mingling with the close Of day.
But, soft Ger each rcviving scene
The chasening huss of Memory spread;
And, smiling each dark thought between,
Hope softcns every tear we shed.
o thus, when Deaths long night comes on,
And it, dark shades around US lie,
May parting beams from Mom'ry's sun
Blend softly in our evening sky
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THE FAVORITE
NEWSPAPER /!

rHyHE attention Of those who wish1o subscribe
Il to FIRST GLASS RELIGIOUS AND
LITERARY NEWSPAPER, is called to the Az
nsuncement that
THE BAPTIST BANNER
Is published'cyery Saturday in Augusta, Ga, 1t
the price of $40 per ranrum. 49,
Each number (Hhols sheet) contains choice
original and selected reading.--Stsries, ,Missel-
laniss, Communications, Current News, he.
Edited by Rev. A. C. DAYTON and JAMES NJ
ELLIS.
Enclose $40, and address,
JAMES. N. Ellis,
Augusta, tta.
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Tur I.py OF Lyons AGA1N.--A lady Of
Irous. France, who had been whipped and
beaten by her husband, lately wreakeed ven
pssncc thus: When her spouse was asleep in
bed she tied him thereto with stout tTvine.
and then, armed with a powerful srick, re-
turned, with interest, the accumulated BLOWS
Of past years. TIL exhausted by the exer'ina'
She WAS compelled to rause. After an in
.s;art's rot, she made deep courtfs7 to her
b-lsLored husband, and announced TO him
her ;r,ention Of clipping to her parents resi-
,|ence. The husband has sued for a divorce.
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mr F-oni the Augusta Chronicle, Of Sun
day, We gather the following news items:

DAY, We gather the following news ltens:
From SAVANNAH gentlemen who left
Savannah on Tuesday last reached here to-
day. He states that all was in copmotion
there in consequence of the prevalence of a
report that ShermaH's left and, centre had
been defeated near the border Of North Car
olina, and thirty thousand of his army put
hors du combat In consequence of this he
was not allowed to bring any letters or pa
pers out with him. The excitement was in-
te..sa wien he lett. There were but few
white troops in the city.
SHEaMAN's MoyEMsxTs.-The rumor is
current in reliable circles that Sherman has
crossed the Catawba and was hurrying towards
Wilmington, or East. He found unexpected
obstacles in his wsy to the rear of Lees
army.
From BELow.-Nineteen negroes were re-
Gently captured from below, enGeavoring to
make their way 70 Savannah.
SAFE.-Mr Kenney, the route agent, was
not captured by Sherman's army as reported,
but escaped their clutches after many hair
breadth adventures and arrived here safely
yesterday.
FoxY.-Itis rumored here that one of our
Generals has. been tricked by Sherman who
sent him 9earer of dispatches with orders
from Gen. Beauregard to fall back to . GER
tain point. Our officer fell back to the point
designated before he discovered the forgery,
and that it was ruse of Sherman's to gain
time.
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FromaCoIumbia.

A gentleman just from Columbia gives us
the annexed items:
The number of whites who left Colum-
bia with Sherman, is about two hundred.
Number of negroes, twelve hundred.
The Yankee troops adore Sherman, and
call him by the familiar uame of "Old Bill"
They put great confidence in him.
1t is rumored that ES- Governor Aiken re-
maincd in Chareston,. and has been made
Mayor Of the city by the Yankees.
Nearly all .ho plate sent from Charleston
and Columbia for safe keeping and much of
the valuable plate of the citizens of the lat
ter place was stored in Columbia Bank vaults,
all fell prize to the enemy.
1t was said some time since that. the new
State House at Columbia was spared because
it contained statue of Washington which
could not be removed without destroying it.
A gentleman just from Columbia states that
this is not so. He says the statueitself was
badly defaced, and that the reason why the
State House itself was not blown up was be-
cause Sherman could not spare the powder.
The State records OF South Carolina were
removed toa place of safety. The records
OF Beaufort and other districts which had been
removed to Columbia for security were unfor.
tunately destroyed.-Augusta Chronicle:
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State Of South Carolina.
EDEEFIEI.D DISTKICT.
TVnRITM MARY

IN ORDINARY.
HpY ". F. DuRISoE, Esq, Ordinary of Edge
ED field District.
whereas, z. W. Carwns, C. z. ED, has ar.
piled 20 mo for Letters of Administration, on all
and singular tho goods and chattels, rights aud
credits of ". L. Butler, late Of tho District
aforesaid, decd.
These are, therefore, to cite and almonish all
and singular, tho kindred and creditors of the
said deceased, to be and appear before me, at our
next Ordinarys Court for the said District, to be
holden at Edsofcld c. H., on tho 22d day Of
April nexl. 70 show cause, if any, why the said
administration should net be granted.
Given under my hand and seal, this l4th day
of Mar in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and Sixty-fve, and in the eighty
ninth year of the Independence of South Caro-
lima. w. i. DUklSOE, O.E.D.
M,r14 OF IL
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GbgefeIa 9aabertiser: ,
For tho Advertiser.
Columbia.
BY g. A. L,

BY 8. A. L.
Pride of our State, home Of the Free.
The high-toned, chivalrous, and brave;
wheye had thy guardian angel aowa
When his right arm was slowto saver
When lurid flames ascend5d high,
And licked their forked tonguesin greed,
Less cruel than the arch iiend's heart
Who sought 70 fill our souls with dread;
When screams veat up from childish lips,
And pitsous walls were hoard for bread;
When the wan mother hugged her child,
And strore to lift her fainting head;
Was this the way they thought to win
Allegiance to their boasted power?
To torture, crush, and bend at will,
Tho helpless victims of tie hour.
MOI let the mariner forget
To watch his faithful polar star,
And some eccentric comet grasp.
To.guids to ocean wastes afer;
Tho FURNISHED needle trait'rous prove,
And daily with each, shifting tide;
The earth's mysterious currents cease,
Toscek tho wooing loadstone's side;
wheu red flames rage in quenchless wrath,
O'sr tho boandless heaving sea,
And proud ships set their sails and plough
The Westerniprarics---let it be-.
They do not conquer us,-Oh no!-
But leave their hidcous, filthy stsil,,
So that ne know them well, and d,strikc
With deadlier, more determined zeal
Behold the fearful Holocaust!
And ask if loyalty be given, z :
Tothe vile horde, by US again,-
We answer NO So help US Hcaven.
March 4th, 1865. = ICY.
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TO Farmers.

u HAVE a large lot of Government HORSES
4 and Mules few good AIures. Many Of
,heso animals arc in good condition fov farming
purposes. will exchange in the proportion Of
Two, three ors,noyc, for one GOOD HORSE or
MULE, iG proper condition fcr Artillery or aruy
;rr. port. ton. Ali lesiruuS Of making suoh OK
change are requested TO call aariy.
j. Il. NICHOLSON, Gov'nt Agent.
rltefrld G.. H. Mar Tth, ct IL
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Edgefeld Female College
EDGEFIELD c. a., S. C.

EDGEFIELD e. H., 5. G..
vEyHE SECOND SESSION Of this Institution
Il will begin March 9th, will continue until
July 21st, and will be closed by an Examination
and Concert.
TERMS.
Tuition in Collegiate Course, including
Latin, $1,000
Tuition in Academic Course, 5000
French, 5000
Drawing, 5000
instrument, 1000
Contingent Fee, 1000
Board, including Fuel and Lights, s12 per
month, to be paid in provisions at old ratesa
Boarders must furnish their own towels sheets,
pillow cases. blankets or comforts coverlets, hand
soap, and drinking cup. All the pupils are re-
quested to bring their School Books with them.
Payment will be required strictly in advance.
liberal discount will be made in favor of re-
fugecs who have lost their property, and the
needy families of soldiers.
A fair price will be paid for all the text books
that may be needed, even If they are old. Per-
the public by selling them TO the College.
Rev. NJ. W. SANS, Principal.
sWe will give for butter 25 cts.; bacon Is to 15
cts pork mott cts. follow IA cts. beef to cts;
mutton 80 to rs cts best -four $40, inferior 81
per barrel: corn, meal md pe,s 81; sweet pota-
tnes so to rs cts per bushel; fowls Is to rs CTS.
piece turkeys Sl,5o to 81 per pair; syrup so cts.
per gal; eggs 12i to Is cts per d0z; fodder and
hay 81 per hundred; wood So for four hor.c load.
Mar i tt
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State Of South Carolina,
EDGEtIEkD DISTRICT,
IN ORDINARY.

IN UtDtNhlil.
EpYW. f. DURfSoE, Ese, Ordinary Of E!lgO-
ID field DisLriut.
Whereas, DR.. L. Andrews and james G. Penn
have applied to me for Letters Of Admiuistra-
ton, on Ill and singular ths goods and nha.tels,
rights and crtdte Of Edmund Penn, late Of the
District ntureaaid deed.
These arc, therefore, to cite and admoyiah 81.
and singular tue kindred ind creditors Of The ssd
dscsased, to be and appear b1fcie me, at our next
Ordiparys Court fer the ssid District, to be holden
az Edgeheld C. H., on the 18th day oi Mar. inst /,
to show oause, If any, Why che ss;d sa=isisrst;cs
should not be granted.
airan under 1ay hand and scsl, ttie 4th day Of
Mar. in tho yoaT Of our Lord one thousand sigh:
5aaared and si1sy-fsc, and in this Ssh yea- 81
tie Iai ensn ierce Of South Carolina.
W. F. DURIB0E, a.r.p.
MIR IS at IL
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Agency Fax in Kind.

AIKEN, S. c., Feb. 22d, 1865.
yE7HE producers CT Edge6sld, Lexington and
Il upper part Of Barpwelt Districts will please
deliver their Tithes as early as practicable.
The supplies necessary to maintain the army
while passing through here, and encamped at this
place, have been entirely exhausted, and we are
daily in need. WIN. ROACH, Agent.
Mars Ct 10
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Gen. Johnson's Order on taking Com
mand.

Gen. Johnson's Order on taking Com.
mand.
CnAnLorrE, N. c., Feb 23 1865.
SPECIAL ORDERS, No. l.
In obedience to the orders of the Comman
der in Chief, the undersigned assumes com.
mand of the army of Tennessee and-all tro"ps
in the Department of South Carolina, Geor
gia aud Florida. He takes this position with
Strong hope, because he will have in council
and il. che field the aid Of the high talents ard
kill of the distinguished General whom be
succeeds.
lIs exhorts all absent soldiers of the army
of Tennessee to rejoin their commands aud
again confront The enemy they SO often en-
countered in Northern Georgia, and always
With honor. Ee assures his comrades o.!
that army wis Arc .sliil with their colors that
confidence in-stssdistiplire;and valor which
he has publicly expressed, is undminished.
(signel) j. Il. JOHNSTON,
General.
Official:
J. NJ. III. OTEY, a. j. G.
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Flour Wanted for the
Navy.

EHyHE Honorable Secretary Of Navy, through
Il Maj ". F. HOWELL, Nnval :Agsnt Au-
susta, Gn.. suthorixrs me to .purebsre all the
FLOUR fur sale in this District, for the Navy
Department, and, for the, present, to psy th-
MARKET PRICE for the same. Therefore, az
persons hhving FLOUR to sell (from sack to t
hundred barreIs,) are earnestly requested to de-
liver it to mo in Ha@burS forthwith, AZ the de-
mand for it very urgent. Cash paid on deliT-
cry. S. +. BOWERS, Agent
Navy Department.
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Notice.

ALL psrsens Indebted 80, tks. Estats Of Robert
IA ]. DELPHI; late Of gsfsid Districts ascsased,
are requested to come forward ana make pay-
ment; and those having delaanda sEainst said
A. J, ,PELLEfIER, Admir-.
Oot,1s fy - ~
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Strayed

NROM the residence of Mrs f. J. Nicholson
IL about two weeks since, DROWN HORSE
COLT, Two years old,-n small whito spot in tho
forehead. A liberal reward will be paid for the
delivery OF said Colt to me.
i. e. NICHOLSON.
Elton p. O., Mars ct 10
East Saginaw courier., 1865-08-30

WHAT GIVES "A MAN PROPERLY THE
TITLE OF Hon. THE prefix /" Hon"
has become almost as common as the
tag ESQ.," and is of about as much
consequence to the one who receives
it. Some journals put Hon. before
the name of every man has held tho
Office of justice Of the peace or town
collector. A gentleman died in a
neighboring city, and the papers had
lengthy obituaries. Deceased was re-
ferred to by all as Hon. SO and So
In reading the sketch of the life to
see how he had won the "Hon." we
found that he was once a candidate
for State Senator and was defeated.-
1t would be grotifoing to have some
one Who claims to know how and when
the prefix "Hon." may be properly
used, inform the public, ere the true
significance Of the of'the term is lost
to those deserving of it. We rarely
use it editorially, except for members
of Congress or ex-members, or Gov
emors Of States, or cabinet officers
Never for judges or members of State
Legislatures. 1t has ceased to add
Importance to a name. Plain Andrew
Jackson or Horatio Seymour sounds
better TO the ears Of true American
citizens who are educated and intelh-
gent