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g.s On the 18th February, General Lee ad-
dressed letter to lion. E. Barksdalc, of Mssis-
s;ppi Chairman of tho Military Committee, on
the suEic=: of using negroes as soldiers, in which
he says tie negroes, under proper circumstances,
will make efficient soldiers. They possess the
physical qualifications and habits of obedience
that constitute good foundation for discipline.
Thinks thoso so employed should bo freed. The
matter should be left to tho people and tho States,
buttho mode of organizing them left free from
legislative restraint Experience will suggest the
best course. Considers the measure not only OK
pedi.nt, but necessary. Tho enemy will certain
Il use them il ho gets possession; and as their
numerical superiority permits penetration into
many rnrts OF Tho country, ho cannot seS tho
wisdom or policy of holding them to await his
arrival, when VIC may, by timely action and Ju-'
,iicious management, use them 10 arrestthe cne-
mss progress.
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Crpn,blc Not.

Large quantities of forage and provisions have
lately been, and are ail being, impressed, in our
part of the country, to supply the wants of
considerable body of Southern soldiers who must
pass through EdgeGeld on their way to- join Gen.
JouSs7oNs army. This impressment will, in
all probability, lead to some dissatisfaction and
give rise to murmuring. Alroady hayetws heard
of men saying that they will not, in ftturc, raise
any surplus of produce, because the Gnyernment
impresses aud does not pay them for it not even
receiving its own certificates Of indeaednessin
payment of taxes and dues. They claim that
tho Government opprcssos them by nj these Sc
yerities, and as they have the power iatbeir own
hands, they will only, make.a sufficient crop for
their own use. These people, ifsany such, there
be, fargcttheir great patriotic principles and
fir ctfurlher that the army-thc mfa who are
doing the fshting-must be fed. They forget
that their own pocuniary losses are agf tithe In
comparison to the suffering our soldisfs on the
outposts undergo daily, weekly, anq year after
year. These peoplc-people at home, generally
live in comfortable and luxurious houles, not ex-
posed to Tie vicsstudOs Of cold, rain, ice, and
snow, or tho boats and storms of SUMNER. They
know not the terrors of the battlefield, the hor-
rors of gi,asty wounds the privations of hunger
and the pinching pains of starvatOns sfcver, sick
ness and exposure. They DO not edtfpr, even IN
the loss of their entire ". !, the slightest trou-
bic and pain, in. comparison to the faintness of
bloody wounds, and the sickness and death OF
the brave and gallant soldier in the field. And
yet, because they rotnin thoir liberty and their
homes, bus perhaps are divcsted of few dollars
worth Of property, many of them become enc
mics to the cause, and retire within the sullen
gloom Of their own ungenereus hearts, to brood
over lima ginary wrongs and vcntthef spitofulnoss
against the Government in words and deeds. How
shameful their course How eulpatly forgetful
arc they of the sublime motto Of South Carolina
An;mi,, opisus que parati. While the soldiers
fight and starvc and die, are the pcbple at home
to suffer nothing, and make no sacrifices? 1t So
the latter are sitting like the money-changers in
the tcmple an abomination in tho sight of God
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Ennay S1YninS.

Happy to be thus rewarded! "A bevy of be-
w;chng young ladies' from The College send US,
on the eve of going press, ;bc following for in
sertion:
"The young ladies' Of the Eageield College
rctarn many thanks. to the gallant screnadcrs
os las. evening, for the delightful strains which
soothod their spirits after the iatsuins duties of
the day, aud calmed their souls iEto swodt repose
OH! that gcnt!o Spring had furnished rosy gar
lands, with which to honor the skillfnl porformcrs
College, Mar. Nth, 'Gl.
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A Tale of Loye.

{. Who has not heard of the incomparably beau
tirul Miss B. of Columbia? And who that has
soon her Gun forget her physical loyeiiness3 Pearl
powder had no part in tho SHOWS of her complex
ion, carmino had no part in the rose-tints of her
check or the chcrry-tints of her lip, cotton pads
had no part in tho superb symmetry of her form.
She was rarely and really beautiful. We speak
of her charms in the past tcnsc,t for they have
passed away from the. South and gone North.
But let us tell the tale. It isa taleof loye,-love,
song which poets arc ever chanting of which
the listening world is never wcarys.
Yankoe officer, gay, gallant and chiralrous (?)
is imprisoned in Columbia; telescopes, and falls
into the hands of the lovely Miss, b.; she con-
.coc.o=;. them fhe.-secona
month of his concealmert, Sherman enters CO.
lumbia; the lovers Gull Chaplain and are made
one. The h'ushing Southern bride leaves Columbia
alont with the Yankee army; sitting in an open
carri. ye by the side of hor Northern bridegroom;
iinrling band box of gold and silver, which
The latter had presented her. Oh the harmonious
and divine chink Of silver and gold! How irre-
s:stiblc is il!
The world has always forgiven much to beauty
Helen, who created the great Trojan muss, and
Cleopatra, and catharinc II, and Mary, Queen of
Scots, and Pauline Bonapartc, and Lola Montez,
were all worry naughty women, but the world not
only lorgaye but adored them. Morally speaking,
the lovely &. has not been so naughty as they;
hut still We can't forgive her. She married her
country's enemy.
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AUGUSTA, March IL.

the Agent of the Associated Press and Off
cially approved:
AUGUSTA, March IL.
The greatest enthusiasm isapparent on the
street in this city, today. Thousands of SOB
aicrs from the Armies Of Virginia and Ten
nesscc have congregated here during the past
ten days. The wagon train of TIE Army Of
Tennessee has been preparing during to-day
for the long march on which they will start
on Monday morning.
By orderof General Fry, General john
ston's appeal to his soldiers, and Gen. Lees
amnesty order have been printed and circu-
lated broadcast over the country where news.
papers do not reach in this department. The
effect is visible in the hundreds who are ar
irving at Camp of Direction daily. Their
shouts and cnthusiasms arsheard at all hours
as the crowded trains pass through the city.
The enemy has been progressing very slow.
ly in his march since he left Chester. Rumors
Of battle having been fought between our
forces and the lat wing of the, Yankee army
near Florence, have not been authenticated.
The Yankees occupy about sixty miles, in
width as they move; our troops are opera
ting on their north side, skirmishing every
day and exhausting Sherman's strength and
forces by a series of annoyances, avoiding
battle as much as possible.
Hardee effected a zjunction,with the main
body of our army at OF near Wadesbore.
Yankee accounts of the fall Of Wilmington
magnify the affair very much. Our actual
loss not over two hundred men. Negro en-
listments progress rapidly in Charleston and
Savannah.
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5s" During the retreat from Columbia, train raj
of cars, fllsd with ladies, broke down, and Tho
enemy threatened to capture it. Hampton threw
his cavalry in front, promising to defend them
with the life of evcry man in his command.
Hampton, Butler and Wheeler did most of the
fighting in the retreat, the main force not being
gessrally ensascd.
5ts.- Gen. Lee dispatched to the Secretary Of
War on the 9Th ult., that Lieutenant Mcneil,
with thirty men, on the morning of the 2lst on
tered Cumberland, Md, captured and brought
out Generals Crook and Kelly he AdjGtant Gen.
cral of the :. -tment. priyatea, and the
head a-qu. risrs aag, w..nout firing a gun, though
considerable force is stationed in the vicinity.
Lieut.. Mcneil and party deserve nuch credit for
this bold exploit.
aze~ In the Norwegian mines, pay day is thus
managed: Tho workmcn go to the orcrseor who
casts up accounts and puts tho amount due each
in chalk on his back then the man goes to The
paymastcr, who turns him around, and pays the
sum, and'rubs out the chalk for receipt; and
not q word is said or written by other party.
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OBITUARY..
DIEp, at his residence onthe 27th of Feb, of
Col. TH0S. w. LAEHA4l, aged

DIED, at his residence onthe 9th pf Feb, Of
Consumption, Col. TH0s. w. LANHASl, aged
40 years, month and 10 days.
The deceased, as husband and parent, was warm
and devoted in his attachment to his family, who
mourn him as the temporal object of their su-
pfemc affection. AS friend, neighborS and citizen,
with high sense of truth, honor and equity,
blended with kind and courteous naners, Le Was
loved and respected =s
lie was for moro than thirty years a. member
of the Baptist Church, and it may be truly said
of him, he adorned his profession with aNel
ordered life and Cody conversation, possessing
that humsle, feryent zeai, that shone tho more
brilliant through temperament quiet and unas.
gsuming. In his! Church aver ,desirous Of promo
ting its best best interest ;>in Sabbath SCHOOL,,
with child.like simplicity, storing his mind with
THOSE truths that were To teach bis Masters will,
for his council and guifc, thereby rejecting tho,
glorious image of his Saviour.
Notwithstanding his impaired health his Chris
Might marked. him az choice Of bis Church.,
for Deacon, to which Office he was set apart and
ordained in Jan. 1854. When consulted rs to his
accepting tho Office his reply was, g trough un-
worthy, and in declining health, 7 feel 10y duty
heightened to work while 1t is: yet day"
During his protfacted illuess his daily prayer
was for resignation, and as the messspg death
daily drew perceptibIy nearer, NO mark of fear
was depicted on his ceuntenance, but calmly his
house was setin entire order; his soul, eommitsed
into the arms of his Saviour was speedily borne
from world of sorrow to.mansionsof bliss. 80
How peaceful, how, quiet--yeas show joyful the
death of Che righteous. J. P N.
/. DIED, at Adams Run, on the - day Of jar,
1855, JOHN OSBORNE, aged 17Jeare:
This noble youth entered the service Of his
country on the 18th Sept s64, in Go. 9Th Bat.
S. c. Reserves, and continued to discharge TtAe
duties Of soldier until he was attacked witha
disease which had already claimed for its victims,
KnCHKIsr and HowLE OF the same Company
The writer of this feeble tribute can bear testi-.
mony that no pareuts have offered upon fhe altar
of patriotism brighter jawel than those of this
noble, self.sacri6cing and unuumplaining boy,
7who, through the dispensation. of an Alwiss
Prosidencs, was not permitted to yield his life
upsn the battlefield, amid the din and clash.of
arms, bat it was his sad fato,to nnger in the hos
pifal for away from homo and loved ones, until
his spifittook its flight, and he too was numbered
among the noble dead. =,
I Most sincerely dove sympathise with his ps-
rents in their deep afliction, and may God, in HE
mercy, sanctify this sad bereayementto their ster-
| nal good; and may they have the grace to ex-
ielsim, /" the Lord gave, andthe Lord hath taken
away, blessed be the name of tho Lerd."
4
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The Military Situation.

As to the whereabouts or movements Of. the ar
mics of Sherman and Gen. Johnston, We can gain
no important or reliable intelligence. There is
little doubt however that both armies are now in
the heart of North Carolina. The evidences &C
cumulate that the lcgions of tho continent will
meet in tremendous and terrible confics far to-
ward the Atlantic coast. Not in two years past,
has SO great energy pervaded every department
of our army Our people and our soldiers are
unmistakably determined to accept nothing short
of independence. and liberty from Yankee rule
and Yankee violence.
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" CharIeston'' and &C Columbia''

On moro than one occasion, VIC have hoard the
noble verses our last issue, entitled Charles
ton" very much admired; and very deservcdly
SO. This week, We publish CoinmJia," from
the same pen. These verses are not only good
and truo poetry, but they breathe the high and
ennoblng spirit of the mass of Southern women.
We honor the patriotic and gifted authoress, and
will always consider our columns graced and made
moro worthy by her contributions.
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A Tale of O FRYING Pan.

Ex Gov. AIHeS, man of immense wealth, rs
ever; one knows, sent a large quantity Of splsn-
did silver to Winnsboro-to get itout Of the way
Of the Yankees. When the Ynnks reached Winns-
boro. it fell into their hands-or rather, o part
into t. cir han,ls,>and q part into the hands Of
certain negroes. After tho withdrawal Of The
Yankee army, nm ancient slave was found frying
1acon in magni scent silver waiter, of elegant
work nauship and huge vnlne.
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HISTORY REPEATING ITsEnf.-The follow
ing incident of the Revolution is not without
its parallels in he.present war:
During the severity of the wintercampaigu
in North Carolina, General Greene, passing
seatinel who was barefooted, said :"I iaar;
nv good fellow, you must suffer from coId."'
aPretty much So" was the replS;M. but Edo
not complain, because know I should fare
better had our Genera. power to procure sup
plies. Tkey say, however that We shallhave
a fight in a few days. and then, by the bless
ing Of God, 4shall take care % SECURE o pair
Of shoea."
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LIDO KS DlV. Of uE Nl
In the.feld. Feb. "a, 1865. g.
Liic,a Gen. WuasSHamptoa, COn:dg Caralry
Forces, C. S. 4:- e
GENERAL: tits officially reported to me
that our foraging parties are murdered after
capture, and labelled .sDeath to all Foragers.n
One instance ofa Lieutenant and seven men
near Chesterville, and another of twenty
"near,a rayine, 80 rods from the main road, y
about three miles from Feasterville. l have
ordered similar number of prisoners in our
hands to be disposed of in like manner.
hold about 1000 prisoners captured in
various ways,and can stand it as long as you,
but j hardly think these murders are COM
mittcd With your knowledge; and would sug.
rest that you give notice to the people at
large that every life taken by them simply re-
suits in the death ofone of your Confederates.
Ofcourse you cannot question my right to
forage on the country.-sIt is o war right. as
old as history The manner OF exercising it
varies with circumstances, and if the civil
authorities will supply my acquisitions, viii
forbid all foraging. ButI@ find no civil au-
thorities who can respond to calls for forage
O. provisions, and therefore must collect OF
tho people. have no doubt this is the oc-
casion Of much mishehavior on the part Of
our men, but cannot permit an enemy to
judge, or punish with wholesale murder.
Personally, regret the bitter feelings en-
gendered by this war; but they were to be
expected, and simply al!ege that those who
struck the first blow, and made war inevita-
BILE, ought not in fairness to reproach Us for
the natural consequences. merely assert
our war right to forage, and my iesolve to
protect my forager, to the extent of life for
life.
am, with respeet,s
Your obedient servant,
TSigned] VT. SHERMAN.
Maj. Gen. U. S. A:
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"Be it ever SO humble, there'sno place
like Homc..'

AN old and beautiful line, Tao truth Of which
hundreds of.our bravo soldiers, lately released
from Northern prisons gro now experiencing
As every one knows, arrangements harc been
lnadc between Coils. oULp aud MuLroED, for
general exchange Of prisoners. This exchange
is now progressing rapidiy. All The noble c1i'os
viii s,ior, be in their loved South. Four ',svr re-
Gently arrived III Edsadcli, viz: JAMES sicGrL-
lorc... of &c. u, III Rcg't. S. C. g, who has
spout tventy-onc months in different Yankee
Bastiles; WILLIAM LAsDnrM ofCo. a, 2ed,Rcgt.
S. ", who waseapiurcl at Drcwry's Bluff : MlrcH-
ELL GLOVER Of Gel, 2nd S. G. Cavalry, car
turod moro than twelve months ago in Northern
Virginia and cBtrLIE covAn Of Co. H., 18th
hegt. S. CIV, captured in the vailoy Of vir-
ginia during the past fall.
-----o s.
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ns,. Some ono, somewhere, has we'll said,> tina.

aa~ Some one, somewhere, has well said, that
" Woman's mission is that of peace, charity, and
love, and the brightest jewel in her colonet is
that gentle-heartodncss which would xseder ex-
tenuate, than set down augbt in malice. Good
temper would recommend any woman to the at
ten,ion of gentleman, who would assure to her
the proud distinction of being hOnored and ro-
spccted. If ladies were to respect themselves
moro, and not TO indulge in vagarics of DISPOSE
ton and exhibitions Of character, they would
command the loving esteem of those whom they
like best iii their heart of he.rt.."
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Good and Bad.

We learn with infinite pleasure that the Column
bia Somt Carolinian has removed its publication
at Charlotte, N. c. And VIC learn with deepest
regret that the entire printing interest of the
Charleston Mercury was destroyed at the Char
lotte Depot in columbi.l, during, or immediately
preceding, the late occupation of that tow: by
Sherman's army.
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The NEGRO soIdier IsilI.

The negro soldier Law was killed in the Senate
in secret session, by one vote on the 24th Feb.
But VIC do,not imagine that this settles the ques-
ton. AS long as tho session lasts, great efforts
will undoubtedly be made to put the negroes into
service.
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: He ADVERTISER.
JAMES T.-BAcoN, EDITOR.
WEDNESDAY, MAR.-15, 1865.
Death of Col, Lanham.

Col. THos. W. LAyHAM, ono of EdgcGeld's most
honorcd, most honorable, most upright, most use
full citizens, departed this life, at his residence
eight miles below the Court House, on the 9th
FEBRUARY last. Very few mon leave behind them
such an unspottcd record and such an untarnish-
ed reputation as has the intelligent and lamented
gentleman Of whom We speak.
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The True Grit,

In our columns to-day, will be found late cor
rcspondence between tho ruflianly SHERMAN aud
the chiyalrous II .MrToN. TIE latter, as will,bc
seen by hi letter, knows how TO punish the foe
ras veil with.his pen as with his sword.
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Official: Jno. NJ. 0tey,

N~ ]. K. SASS, Esq, prominent and iufu-
entail gentleman of Charleston, and for many
years the President of the Bank OF Charleston,
died in Grsenyillo, s. c., on the 1st inst.
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Administrators Sale.

DN Virtueor au ordersfrom W. 3. Drrisos,
Is Esq, Ordinary of Fdgefeid District. We viii
procccd to sell at the late resiaence.ot EDMUND
PENN, deoeaeed, ON nsWEDNHSDAY- tho 5tk
APRIL, all the personal Estate Of said deceased,
consisting of
NINE LIKELY NEGROES,
LONE HORSE,
CATTLE AND HOGS,
VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN
FURNITURE, 81
- Blacksmith and Plantations Tools,
CORN, FODDER AND TsHUCKs,
ONE TWO HORSE WAGON,
eNE.1 HORSE WAGON, :,
BE, &c, dc.
TO RENT.-Also, will be rented for the re-
mainder of tho year, at the bame time and place,
A SMALL FARM, containing about Thirty
Acres, in good repair, and adjoining isnds OF Grs
Err Bland, Maj. z. W. 0arwile and Others.
nNrTorms made known on day Of sale.
E. ANDREWS, .a.u
]. G.sPENN.
Maj IA At "a
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We acknowledge the receipt Of 500 from D.
S. WILLIAMS, Esq, Of Liberty IIill-and slOo
from lady Of our town--for the sufferers in Co.
lumbia. We hare turned over these contributions
to Col Dunovant.
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50 The Military System of the confed-
crate States.,,

"PErRR THE HERMIT" pull. down the Bureau
of Consumption upon the heads of its myrndons.
This learned legal gentleman writes in the ablcst
manner, and always prores what he writes. We
above subject
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So TAe ladies' ef Grecnyille, mt fair in that
town, recently rcali1ad the sum of six thousand
dollars n aid of lhe hospitals and vay,ids homes
in that p.ocs Tha; f;,irwus decided success in a
pece.:ary point of view. Ladies of Etseiold,
what say you to Fair, 1fbt Supper, Tablcaux,
Or something OF tbc kind, III aid o. our Hospital7
Reflect, and act.
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Paw Up! PAY up!

A LII those indebted to US on account for the
"A. years 1863 and 1864, are earnestly requested
to come, forward and pay up ut once,-otherwise
We shall consider ourselves under no obligation
to take the present currency Of the country.
SMITH j. JONES.
havo FINE TWO HORSE. WAC ON, Iron
ayles, perfectly new, which I will barter for Cora
ut old prices. LEWIS JONES.
Mar IL 2t - IL
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GO sweeter than Honey and the Honey
comh .,

The pure and delightful ribbon-canc syrup sent
US ty Mr.. II. 7. WRIGHT He sends Us one bottle
now; we fondly hope his cane for next season
will increase thirty, sixty, an hundred fold, and
that our share will be il proportion.
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nag WuAr NExr?-We have been told
that Grant was a gambler, q rowdy, a real
estate agent, stock .jobber and money
broker. Now, o Yankee journal says, six.
teen years ago. occ Giant was setting type
in an Ohio pril ting Office"
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;s71y~ 4 soldier snys tho prcttiest sight in the
world, when on u long march,, is.a sixteen year
old girl standing in tho door waving white
handkerchief: and the mex. rrOttiest sight is n
good fat hog.
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Executors Sale.

usY Virtue of the power in mo vested, and an
H6 ordor from the Ordinary, I shall proceed TO
,all, a vths late residence Of GUY BR0ADWA-
TER. iced on TUESDAY, the 2Sth March inst,
lion of the Personal Estate of aaid deceased,
consisting of
TWO OR THREE LIKELY NEGROES,
Two BALES OF COTTON,
CATTLE, SHEEP AND HOGS,
Some Household and Kitchen Furniture,
Ono Road Wagon, &o., DO.
ooSTorma made known on day of sale.
&, RACHEL BR0ADWATEk, Exi1.
Mar IL JN IL
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Tax in Kind.

n WILL be prepared to receive TAX IN KIND,
Il except Bacon and Syrup, at Fdgefeld G. H.,
on and after Monday, the 10th inst. I hope to
have barrels and be prepared to receive tho Sy-
rup in n week or SO thereafter. I nm directed not
to receive tae Bacon until have further orders,
that ths Bacon may become thoroughly dry.
8. 3. TOMPK1NS, Agent.
Mar IA Ct II
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Saluda House to- Rent.

vEyHIS large and comm.dious House, pleasant
be vacant on the 9th April next. Any ono wish
ing comfortable home IN this Village will do
we'll to apply eoon to the undersigned This
House has some fifteen good Rooms, nine Of which
have fire places. The Dwelling and out buildings
arc all in good repair. A we'll Of choice watOr
in the yard, and fuo garden attached to the
premises. Tcrns reasonable.
LEWIS C0EAR.
Mqr is If ls