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? ? --j. _av >^** ^ I^B^paae ... J li ^MgMBBBgaBBeggH^gBgggBgSWBgBg^M^^W^pBB , .CAROLINA SPARTAN!^ wj? I.ii. TitmaoiBR. #Mtti it Jfcmthern Rights, gMH Z&uV.m, and |Hi:.vc!lanu. *3 pkr .v jxTM^r^t'% . Vol: x?. .' spartanburo, s. c.. th*jrsday, sertfmbt-r to, mh.: . >. no^'IH y " - *. . -. -. " i "*? CAKOtlNA. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, ClI ahi.fckton. August 8, 1863. . AVukukah, ly iyloiuption receive at ''ibis Department, il appears fhut In Charlesftfln?f?-'?lbe,24th l> oevker last, u man by jf -the same of SAMUEL COLLINS was N ?tablAn the breast by some person or ,^ersonsH(|> tolhis time unknown, and that ti:e said Samuel Collins di?;d itrsfcaJCr;.^ >OKW ?0?r,4i?f '' - *** L. $i?c?tEt& pQoTerfMr ahvl Commander in cliiet in and r ijjrer t^Cafovesaid State, uo issue this my V ?j*roelnnintion, offering a reward of THREE ,*IUNDRKD DOLLARS for the apprehen too and delivery of the real murderer ot the said Samuel (VI ins into any of the jails of this State; nr. 1, it more than (?nc, an r?i. fcitfonnl reward of Til HEK UL'NPRED v)01jLAKS for each one who shall be proved to he an accomplice. Given under my hand and the seal of the State, at Charleston, this eighth day of S.j August, A. i). one thousand eight hundred and sixty three. M. L. BONIIAM. Wm. Tl. Ih ntt, Secretary of State. Aug 13 20 4w Slave Labor for (he Coast? DIVISION NO. 1. i To fill the r -'pination oi the Command- j t*ing General, an.i in pi-rsimnce i%( the 01 dera .of ilia Excellency Governor Boiihatn.'^e Cdiphii.r ion- - of the Do ids nud tfie Town ^Authorities of the incorporated towns and vHlagcs with; 1 the limits of the judicial lKatric a ol I'uke O-eenvilb, Spartanburg, Amler.-on, i ni n, York, Chester, Daurens, Abb vi;le and Newberry are here, by requited fo thw ifit to son nn 011 ^persons in possesion ?>! liable to nmid duty, ;Vilh in tliv. limits ni their oUthority, to dclircrone fourth oi'their slave* liable to road duty at the Kai'r.iad Depots nearest the owner's r i ience on MONDAY, the Fourteenth day of September next, in time For the down lr> ight morning train, there ^to await transportation to Charleston, for, ' thirty days' labor on the fortifications. II The l.f ji-ilature, at its April .session. wVomptc*1 tli.- ned but one Koad pand lion; .1 <i i 1 i>y under this Act. Those ^ p? own / or u traction over a kttttuhcr ii ' '/'jitrtft will s.gud forward ?:ic )i ?? ! fir such fVactioti; 01 ?w? vwncrsh.iV vv."U IV n. v unit' lid .; it 1 f'.iv h ad out ??f-cvor\ four. Ill Or. z- as, ..t the rate ol otic to even hu i ! ??i ii in Is. arc tiyt only allowed fcif. s.rC di- TV oy arc scSy^.ed by the 'oVf-eir a i.. I i : "> the 0 in fed elite author *{(?9? at tl; of lil'ty doliors per month. iV. ilea;', will be riven at the ltepots. 4\*j the ii * rti.-s. and they arc aascs cd in Charleston I . re they arc put to work. V 11 ic Art requires the attcndencc of cm ol tli ?. 11 i .r nisiionarH at e.oh Dap >t lie will I i i y an agent authorized to receipt for 'he negroes. , Yl. t).i tiers arc requested to furnish" tlicir negro s with spades or shovels atid three davs rations. Vll. O.vncr. who hire substitutes will< fuminh me witii a c q>y ot the receipt taken for such : ti'i. titu'.es. VI 11, It i- regarded by the Roads to be A - ? jrnt in rmsnremrm, m gangcnm^ro run extra trains heavily la?len with pa&scn{?qrs. It is ther, fore necessary that th isc on the upper portions of the UoacLs should be in attendance very early in the morning in time lor the regu'ar freight trains; or they might deliver Lite negroes the evening before to tho'agent or 'Vj the railroad agent, ^rho i? authorized to receipt, for>?hcni. IX. Charleston, it is hoped and believed, will soon he impregnable. I f so, the slave labor of the State wil* have tffccomplishcd it Labor is yet needed in large quantity to secure this position. The portion of the State now called on, has poured out richest trens euros of noble blood on a most ever)' field in this war, it will not hesitate now when so much is to he accomplished at so little sacrifice '( One earnest, combined effort mav put the Stale beyond danger. W.M. M. SHANNON, Agent of the State of South Carolina. Obut-Ivu, lOth, IXUli. JJtijrAil papers in tiro Division publish . once each week until ldth September and forward hills to inc. Aug 20 21 . 4w. J?\ F.quity, *>, SPAIM AN1IUHU UI^TUICT. tliram Neighbors vs. Richard B. T*.r;11is ami lilijafi Hu.tictt. Bill lor Fund*. IN j><jrsua< cc of an order uf tho Court oi Btp.iity passed at June term, 18f>3, the creditors of the absent defenduut, Richard B Willis, are required to come v in and prove their claims, as the law di reels, before the Commissioner, on or before the 1-t day of October next. T 8TOBO FARROW, O.KS.D. Commissioner's Olliec, June 22, 1803. June 2o 13 3ui "state or south i uioi.ivt. ; OFI 1 ;V. OK COMPTROLLER OKK'L. CoLiJini.v, August 16th, 180o. I HERE; i certify that I. M. ELFORD. of 1 H|mr, inimrfr. S C. Age; oftlieMER 11 l.MN IKHl!lt.4H ecOMrANY 1 incorporated by I lie Stiuc of Virginia, linn * complied willi the conditions and r?jiii.itiuns 1 of the An of I ho General Assembly ostiiiled, 1 " An Act io regulate the Agencies of Insurance Companies not incorporated in thfc of Mouth t arn!inn," nn<l I hereby license the said J. <1. ELFORD, Agent, as aforesaid, to take ri$^; .tiul transmit all business of Insur* anr>- in this State, for, and in behalf of said Company, to continue until the statement of c January Cl, i.tluo. W. LAVAL, < 1 or Comptroller General. ^ Augu.: 20 21 3t ?e? j?l ! _i. Town Ordfouncc. it Ordained by the Town Council oi the ToWn of Spartauburg, that from and after the passage of this ordinance it shall not be lawful for any negro slave or Free person of oolor to own or hold in their own tight a horse or horses, mule or mules, Waggon or waggons, to bo tiscd ?r, hired tfortheirtse or benefit; under penally in enso bf violation of this .ordinance that such horse mule or wagon rhall bo seized end sold and the funds accruing from the sale of snoh property be nppropriatcd fcr the public good of the town. Ito it futihcr o^duincd. That from r??<l after the pfcsfitgtoi ftttoo.d'.nunco, tin t it (ball oat bo lawful for ntiy negro or tic*roca to occupy any Uoimc or housed within the corporate tmits of the tola of ? port anbury uV.lesa o ti^? acme responsible White person rctbK'.oa iu charge of them on tha ^fotuiaoa. or anoeial frcrmh^vn bo gu,t><?d by t'u tywn authorities', I'ndor pet:;'U>-in oose.ofji TtoUtidy oi this ?rdltmnce the owners of | such alu^c*, or guardian* cf Crop persona of color t^ull pay the sum of not less than j $5 pr. dlt^i f??r awry dVy ??.jh offcnco is I committed. | Whereby the goat* rostklThg al large within U?c town of bp.v.'tanburg have been often ovmplufivLd bt l?y the citizens, and have beoi reported to the town authorities as aqviblic nuisance. Therefore, be it ordained, that from and after the passage of tins ordinance, that in the event that an>r jcoat or goats be found at large, and without the enclosure erf the owners thereof btfcvccn the hours of sun set in the allCriroa, nud sun rise in the morning, that flic owner thereof glial! be indicted to bo made 'o answer r. court of common nlcas and general sessions, or that the s;id goat or gnats shall be impounded and sW 1 at pi.Viic out ery by fhe arrrftoritiea of the town, and alter paying from the proceeds ol such sale all expenses accruing thereon, the balance to be held by said authorities to be disposed of as they uiay ihink right and lawful. Ratified in Connril, August 24th, IS'!-). J. 11. CLKVE1.AN D, lirtendant. .1. M. Mnt*)K!>, Clerk. Aug 29 21 St In l?<|sailv. SPAU'VANKI U<; MSIKICT. THOMAS 1,1 la.-KSS and otitcr.s. Com ptainairtr., vs. JOHN 1?I liUi:SS.Luciiulu A! rims, Vi illiniu liurjpai mid others, DclenotMit?. If appearing to nt.v satisfa* ti<>? fh ' Ktnily llur?>es, Mary, i>oo?ait, Vir/'.a li'.t minor childrvq of James lluYjps*. . vpo^entqd \>j Thomas i.?un:oss, guardian in? litr.m, Joint 1> irge *, 1, leinda Ahraiu-,, William llur^ ss, Jo-, till a Uurgoss, Klean. >r Jones, and lie> husband l.ewis Jones, 'joorire Fnstcrweod s<?d Ins wife Mary liuHlcrwqpti, Joltr. uc s and his wile A uiandu Jlnrs, heirs and legal represent a lives of Willisint Hurgers d c VI, resid.* from and beyond the limits ol litis State It is on motion ot Complainants Solo<-itor. ordered that they appear and p ead. un swer or'demur to eomphiiiiauls bill tit eom plaint within thiec month* from the pi. lift itiivn n ' #li?^ o?* #!%- ? ?*- ?'* ! vi mil i?l\ , vi IIIU O IU1U Will M ^lukcu pro ronl \?so against them. T. STOBO K.\ I? HOW, r. k.s. i?. Spartanburg C. II . August 10, 1S0;I. ft August 13 30 . 3in STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. APJ'T. AND insp. GKNKTU.'S OPFICi:, "I Ot? aut/estmn, Atnrnst 33, 1S03. \ [GKNKllAI. OUDKUS No. 3.0] I Til K COM M AN I>I NG OFFICIOUS ? OF TilK HBGI.MFN'TS lately or gnnizctk for Local Defence utni Special Service in the State; are rot|uiVed to furnish Major C. D. MKLTON, Commandant Conscripts S. C., with complete Ilolls of (ho persons in their nelective commands be tween thc'igej c*' forty and forty-Fvc )*ears; and the Co:t man ling Officers of Militia Regiments and other State nrttanuations, will furnish to Major MKI.TOX complete Rolls oi all persons in their comma mis between tbe cgca of eighteen and forty five years. ****** By command. A. C. O ARLINGTON, Adjutant and Inspector-General Sjuth Carolina. hir Papers of this State will publish three times. Aitpruot 27 ? 92 Till' O'P \ T L' l \ If OMII 'Kii ........ 7 x iiu cx .11 iv v^r ou Hi i i H.Y IV l M,i A A HP ART AN Bl'Rfv Dl ftTflICT. II. AYOFFORD AND 1$. WOFFOKD, Ei'rs. Applicant. vs. J, W. WOFKORD, and others, De'endanta. Petition for Final Sctileniont and Deere.*. H. WOFFGllD AND .1KKKM I All WOFFoKD, lvx'rs., Applicants. vs. J. W. WOFFOKD, ct al Defendants. Petition for Final Settlement ami Decree. * ? H. WOFFOUD, Administrator, Applicant, * vs. 8. W. TUCKKU.^et al Defendants. IT appearing to my satisfaction thnt .1. W. V/otford, Marti a White and her children, heirs of Jno. A Tucker, decetuied; .1 W. Tucker, Rebecca (iillnm. Martha Powell, Mary Powell and Atnanda Powell, ttie heirs nt law of Nancy Tucker, deceased; the heirs at law of J. W. Tuck er, d -ceased, and the heirs of Hiram Tucker, deceased, defendants in the shove stated cases, reside beyond the limits of this .State ; it is therefore ordered that they ippear at tho Court of Ordinary, to be hidden Tor Spartanburg District, at .Spartanburg t 'ourt House, on the nth* day of November next, in show cnusH ifruiy wliy firm I scttlcim-nts ?f ?nid u.iiaiCM hlioitKl not be made and dci rco.-'uadcrcd thereon. jNO. I;.Ai:UOMAH, O. ?. I? An 1 iy hi ?\rrle yard notice. Pi>R30N8 viish??j? to purchase MAIIDLU loi tliuir deceived,Frieada und Kebitivei* i;vn do So hy applying i.o Mr. WJI. Hl'NTFK, >ur nnthvnl-td .igeut. HAPL A PALMEK. April 3 1 tf I au'.. 1 " 1 ! TTIE SITUATION. PUBLIC MEETING ! The farmers and plnnlcra of the District I having awoke to a souse of duty, and the no| ccsaity of taking some measures t? stop the ! increasing apeoulation in our midst, met in the 'Court House (Salcday.) to express the 'souse of the people iu our present trying situ| lion. Tho meeting was larg" nnd bore traces of I Hio talent and industry of the State, and was ' or^anired by an unanimous call of Iter. t\ S. ! Beard to the chair, nnd a like call for Mojor ! W. II. Trijproler, to the Secretary's d4?k. I The Cittlrwtan having stated the meeting i ready for bu-iueas, General B. P. Foster rose 1 and said: My friends, as ono of the farmers | of the country, I move for the adoption by this ;,i... r..ii :? ? | tlij| ui iuc iviiuniug r JSUIUI1OI10 : L in llA prfisi.l itSflf ?ftour 1 nfi.i'is, ! l? l^io sense of iIti.-t meeting lhal all i <uir*p*M9p!a who have supplies of any kind such . <&' >? require-! for tlie sustenance and clothing of the country, or its other necessary want*, should bo witling to dispose of them to those wlio need, at fair ami reasonable prions. Itisotvrd, That it is the uen.se of this meeting ^that the prices fixed by tlie Assessors appcltt cd by tlie Confederate Qvrciutncni, ere fair J nud reasonable A' ? deed, That we cordially ry npalliisc nit'i the tatniliet vf our gf Mailt sol li. rj jj, (Ii<> ligld, and pledge cv.rstlrcs to do all in >???*r ^bwor for the supply of their wants at prices lowt.- t!u.a those fixed by the Assessors. J'tKulcrd, i hat to withhold the necessaries i of liTo for those who need tlieui. exhibit* a i want of patriotism, and is the surest way to | provoke disaffection and anarchy at homo ; and 1 we hereby pledge ourselves to disc sttntetianee ! such a pructico. j In proposing ' * ? ?; resolutions, I .feel. sir. i that it behooves ail vf us to espicss our feelI ings fully. and without reserve, in the muttcr ; ol futnilios in tins Dis'i'ict, having hoeti rclteI i-d the necessaries of Ills- tmr brave soldiers | in the held are the recipients from time to ' time of letters from a mother, sister or wi e, | stating that in I licit* homes, they are refined ' v e common necessaries of ex steuoe. an 1 l?v | IlleU Willi lull gl'UUIiriCS. U.i.it, sir, must bo tlio feeling of liim who, having risked life, home nnd all his commit lor his Ci-uiilrj?is daily l?>M of w.te aud ciiil'irc'i authoring, for want ot that which Iiih j i iiJ-gh'v.-r holds in plenty. Thi-, sir, is avin.t | itie Vuukics wish, mid though we tnuy gaiu J vielury upon victory in open field, yet ni hwiiio, in -noli n cause. we witi driest uarsclvci, Let its, sir, like men determined m n co;uiuoii catue, come forth nud do our duiy, tu.d I fear not the result. Kcv. Wuitcfoord"Smith said, lie did not ox jv?>et upon coming here te-dav, to uiaki h ' opeeeli, but as lie considered that in this mat - j tcr no man s' oold tail, so on this occasion he t j coilhl not refuse to express 'h.??e feelings his i n.* nd nature prompted him to express. 'I no I I resolution* 'mod wuh ins he.iriy appro1 *1, ' ] and it was wiiii fooling*ot sincere pbasare, l.e ; J Miw |l.e:ii omenaie fj ' ; I of tliit I>r trict. Me believed that, taking n vr: r ?po. iv e vio.v >!* our "u :> -.wj uv! a- j r-ais i.i i lie field?taking in view the trouble Iin rosp.oi to currency, Ihe taiiure of < ur re- | c. giu.von?aye all. both good and had, vc are ' u ( in tv.ui ilie ditficuily many a c 1 d to >u; - ! pjse, should every inau step foi vavd and do I tils duiy. Tut sir, should ilte b.nve Voiuu- i teer toinC liotup, and frd llmt t lie deirvme* I he left bohVi", had been denied a fi.npie s4l?- j aisintco. 1W would a.- k you how eau I light, i how cull 1 endue all the privations of a i >1diet, living uoder toe plea thtf iny wife', my inj HVI hit, iiiui mi i:my u.j tiiij. I loll you gout Istncn, dread.ul would be tu? lecltug- ui sue.. Ik nil Men lii arms g T , ally le. I tneir >wn power, ni|<l when ti.?y ; Ionru t.i it ttii.r tii.ir ..ties li..ie been riToMM food?I warn you Mint tictce tit they lM<vnict mill loug.ii the cur tic abroad, tin ecr, tea times fiercer w.ll i!iey luo i ihe wuciuy m home. ' ^ We luive iiNo uiuunv us ntiiitbe.'-t ol' if t'ug6ea, driven from ilioir Lotus-, mid depending u| <u (he g imrosity exhibited here t> the rinun^i* of tlie w ir, expected at\er?t, the simple iiiceesarie; of life, mid what must be the tooling* ol such when upon asking you to sell them your piuduc.', you answer wo have no Ling to sell', when tiiey u-k you, sell u- loo?\ lor mr liille otn s n id ?e will giveyoii the va'dc in our / 'in: moil currency uod tLey answered we luivc lioth.llg to sell, not I itig to sell. Mil l I \ Oil nave leaped 11 richer L lrvcst ibmi cu ninotily falls to your lot. You w.unu a kind tiod Lablrss. d wit ii plenty, you that have Iferciiousecrowded wnh wheat, corn and produce, noising to soli! Why - r, rather th in this state of things, better would it Lave been Mi it our liable aruiy should have been defeutbd in Virginia and the nor;hern horde, spread d 'S diii|<>t through our land. How can tve expert tue (riyer of a poor widow a suffering orphan worn we refuse t lie in bread.' Men who three year- ago started from our i tillage volniitari*y to umet the vandal for-, started cheerfully, net fore* 1 by draft or con/ scriplion logo?such men-ir, will wreak drcid vengeaucc on those who rclu-c their fatnilivi I bread 1 know there are men who croak, we nit ruined, and who are tliey 1 tliey are ihc incai, the sordid, (lie ungodly ol'the | roplu. Tne are the meu who to morrow would ina^c lerui* with our enemy. would rather g> Ui<k ; iate the I'uion in tguiuoy, ihap hto tree utfd ' ' independent nit oT it. Tiucli imjii 1 ctinrge is< traitor* arid let inc referdlicm to the annuls it ' history, rml ihi^re tliey !l lind that our old coiik ' try had an Aril I<1, finJ iu hi" lite, d?tlh tney litiil a camera vicy of a traitor,* doou ? Much men would rather live in di-gruco, g< v erned hy their own slave*, than tight or *ut? port thus? who do tight, and die an honorable doaih. 1 have hope yet sir. At Virginia, at t'harltfeton, we have noble hearts ?delrrmnied ncv?y to falter, never to give uj>, and 1 want the txws to go out such us the resolutions convoy, to every man in our gallant army. Let then hear that isuuigh treason tnuy have Nee* -owa. I yet here it has been nipped in the Ltd , that | ihe hidden cueiny hits been discoytocd t ud I driven out. A more practical view of the m .Iter is the depreciation of the currency. Men object to ; the sale of produce because they are paid iti i Confederate money, it i* not as good a; State. I I have it troui otliciuls of Hanks l.? this Conled* eraey, that there is not u Hank whose Capital is not invested in our national currency. Lei me ask such ineti should the currency ho bad, does not the tact of your advanced prices create more of it, and thus furl tier depreciate your money, and in the end you arc just where you started. Ilet liming soldiers say why is this drsp 't? / uucy at home ? we hate ? ute ma'l ?i'the ?.iay and t would rather be there ii a k tiefc' r >ii j diiion than here despond'.ig an 1 t.is.iearieiied. j I call upon all lo come up and rustaili the ; cause, and especially those interested in the . planting interest. The Kev. gout Ionian closed l?y asking n strict surveillance of nl! wlio withhold the r j produce. Imping that the Government Agon's ! would he notified of such. Col. liviuis being loudly called for. rose ai 1 , staled ho heartily responded to the- resolution* j a^J pledged hts support of them, calling r.e '< i\Til, upcu all to do ao. M*J. F. r. Smith coic^idcd *lt"j 'r re-. murks already undo, and Ito irtily endorsed I tho roEolut OIIK. Oapt. Choice. (on furlough from the army,) ' said : My friends. I s.m out of practice in tho i speaking line?my course lately heing mom in notion limit in speech, but I can tell yo.t it to* soldid truths. In the tinny wc litir? little or . uo distrust ; our failures and sufferings hare i been rather nn incentive to new exertion than | a cause of distrust. Id my command 1 can only find two who haye evor expressed doubts of our full aud cutii'c success, only two frlio tbiiik nwr iicuse ip danger. The.sol?Ji?r, sir, feels that th lime for comprotWw fo past, .hat -we must now fiyhl or dir. My men reluming from their homes, (having been furloughed/ I n.-k inc. why is it, Cnptatn. that the folks at \ I I otne think we are whipped, why do they so ! ! despond? their neighbors ret use them bread, and say we hid better come home and make bread f?>r ottr little or>nst lor we are as good as whipped. 1 tell you. gentlemen, lucre is something wrong here til home?there are some black , I becomes you to rcinoTP. Trace then* tones I out, and drive litem from you: come to the ! nrnty and learn lessons of trust ami hope, i Coine to the army and see inen determined to ! be free, t'oinc there ami see men trusting in j their cause and in a good God. There we fear not the foe. and all we ask is that you will 1 feed our dear otr:s at heme. The Captain, after making explanations ! showing that desertions were only from con- ! sc;-:j>tion ranks nnd other matters, concluded . his remarks by an appeal to all to feel hopeful. ' Mr. Bubo said t' at he did tiot crpect any ! dtsagrectncr.t in the house in reference to the I resolutions. There was no one who iudividu! n'.ly would r<Tti?e to sustain both the soldiers ' and the refugee families; but the evil was that every otto looked for his neighbor to act i bilore lie acted himself. He called upon all J to cotue tip and, forgetting words, do his duty \ I i i ajilo'i fie doneted whether ther? was a ' a,'ction of country now wuhout its quantum of : I Spec !~i . . pl i.O II1RI1 Would acknowledge | himself such, from the man who was worth tnt rely what ho owned before the war. to the milleti.tire all refused to he called spec .lalor. The honorable gentleman, eftcr a stirring speech tif great weight, bearing direcly on | the point before the meeting ; concluded, by asking the hearty support by all of the rcT lution.s and their intentions, pledging his honor, wealth, an I all, to the cause of his country. [ believing thai our success is certain, lie of I feted the following resolution. Ji-Uilcftl, That c^ery effort to depreciate the j (Vnfedcratc currency " * a traitorous blew nt j tho common cause in which we are engaged, | ' and should he denounced by every patriot. I l?r. Smith offered the following as uu u'.d.n- . la to the above. lit suited. That it is the sense of litis mod- i H13, that the Confederate Congress should levy I a t.ix. sulli tent to defray the ext enscs of the war as in :urr. d from year to year The errstiyi! or. the adoption was taken by a firing v?.ie. an?l was unanimously adop ed. ctOUtlf S. liKAHD. Chairman. IVh. 11. Tit :-ix 11.a. Secretary. rrotn <?"" *rcst f nt!k:;xjl5; "V.. rn.M iANu k;a, .September -J. Tinl?.Au j..tfitiit rut. t.ll the truck, alien i;e-r I h: thin it'or-..;.^ i no ii j .1 \ wis -iij.il. .\1 the trains were I delayed .several hours. The (nmny were fcignsKnp all night \u. Wii! ivr. s 1 . i \ , b^.t i-Vv'i uli;.p?< vri re inarkubly tjuiet aern's the river to day , .No lurthcr indications of a tuovc on tins pustuf Kosenet4It?? j Cupt. J. K !'.t . ".e?, of the 1st C'onfcd| oraty liitmi'iy. ?ln>t at ry> m, lur en| cournotitj; d,.M i ,. u his uw"h ctnjaliv. j itnl eisi'je. r . in iii' the iiiiiiies ol sub- j I itilutes tie i' . !? a sort u! speech, ac- ' ! knowled;?!ig t: J list if el' the sulilcucu, ' I hut uiatl.iesied itillc euaoeru, and died j without a miti- ;!e. l.t Col. Advuhold.ot } | the mi ii regiment, was cashiered and con s r.ptei, yesterday, lor being connected in j the same ufjir. j Atlanta. September 4 ?A special i despatch t?i the Apjcil, front Scnatobin, , ?ays Geit. I'r.' o bad an engagement with j ! the enemy, fifteen miles fr??m Cittlo lioek. I i lint obtain { . victory. I he i nlives ale i : lit| itlly rcui.ui c.ug the Arkunsa- a: toy. j The Chicago l ittles of the -V th ulttnio, ' sovs a messenger that the \ atikees lately ! j sent to Kurope reports that six Con fetter ate iron-clads fro m r-~tr \o r.' if the blockade of Charleston, and that thirteen other arc in a state of completion; with all the modern ini| rovctnents and appliances, designed to operate against the 1 a.ikec seaboard. | ilulK-ck. excused hid inaction by *ayin_ : that he is waiting the culmination of the . siege of Charleston, and - ?ys th.it in three ' weeks, three J till corps, under Hanks, will move on Mobile Irom 1'aseaguula. Ictullalloii The following order, says the Haltiuiorc Clipper, i?>-.ued when the execution of Captains Saw vKit and I'i.ynn v.a.- tii.-t thicatciied,is promulgated lor publication: ll'.lilftiitrter* f-J i'lt JtryiirtiH-Ut < ' It'.;. ' ,u;:U M IK July ' ?, Coniiu inding officer l urt Momoe, Col laid- ! low, agent tor the Kxchaiige of iTisomrs of War?The i'resident directs that you j linmciiiatoly place \V. 11 Lec anil anotbci otiiuer selected by you, not below the rank ol Captain, prisoners ut war, in close "on tinemeiil and urnl r strong guard.;, and that j yo:*. notify Mp. K. OulJ, Conledciateagent . i'oi exchange of prisoners of war, that it : Captain 11. \V. Sawyer, 1st New Jer-cy | Voiupu-cr Cavalry, and Cii|Kaiu John 1* ly tin, ;> 1st Indiana \ oluntecrs, or any other officers or men in service oi' the 1'. nitcil States, not guilty of crimes punisha. bio with death by tbo lawsol war, shall be executed by the cue my, the aforementioned pr sellers will bo immediately hung in retaliation It i- also directed that immediately on receiving official or other nut hen lie iinformation oi the erevuti m of t.'ap t tin Sawyer and t'ai'. in I lyun, you wi 1 I proceed.! iniuii t>vi. lav and llie o h r i'ebcJ of en dei'ionu'cd a* herein above Ui reelrd, and that you notily Hubert Oolil. Ks<j , of said proceedings, and usmwv him lliat the (1 ovcriiineut ol the I niteil State* will proceed to retaliate lor cveiy similar barbarous violation ol the laws ol civilized war. 11. \V. IIAliLKCK, (ioucral in-chief. ! Official coy: D. C. Wassi.k, A. A. (1. i The New York, papers of the f?th aay J the return*, of C-*lifaruia olwctiun inli- { Lieu-, tienerul llur<1*:e 4V cure sure, the country will share with us the s.i'isfaction caused by the perusal of the followiug official announcement of Ucnrra! !)u?>leo. it lifts u weight of ui?zicty fiotn the public uiind, and removes the chief obstacle in the way cf a reconstruction of'he brave nriuiea that lbught at Vicksbur.r and Port Hudson: Entliij-rimf., Miss? 1&63. % d,. ectiou oP'tho Pi^ffdcnt df the' Confederate States, I assume command of he puro.od prisoners of M i.?si>i?ippi, Ar kau>a*t Missouri, Texas and Jjouiaiana, recently forming a part of the garrisons of \ icitsburg au>l i'ort Hudson. ? 1 could desire no greater h ?nor tlian the j con-.tuund of troops whoso suiTci'ii^n atrd achievements ha\c ud-'ca to the tcnewu cf their country, and. .compelled- tbo aduiir.i?i Hon even of their enemies. Tl.o place ol rendezvous for all paroled prisoners from tlie above named States, is changed irom Dcniopolis, Ala., to lSnterprise, 31 i s. In anticipation of an early exchange, the worf of reorganisation will proceed ! with energy. The troops must he organ j ized and prepared to t k the ti II win n the ex.di >go is effected. All officers and i men mil"' i<e at their po*t-<. They siioCld be there now. To those present at the roll j calls no e nd is needed. Their daily an swers are uttered in the manly tones ofdt ty and iiuiior. Many ate absent They 1 IllU't L'nxitir !?t nni>j> ?<i tl?.? ?P WJ. The :jip? ils that meet us on every s'dc ure the l.ii^ugest that hi any age have stirred the iiiin hrar*. S .Uiers! Look at your country?the car, i ravaged? properly carried away, or disappearing in flumes an<l ashes?uhc ' pe? | . murdered?the negroes arrayed in ' a > against the wh es?cruel indignities i itle.ied upon women and children. Deruction marks ihe put h of aur invaders. Their motto is, "Woe to the oon<|uered." ile who fa.tors in this hour of his coun try's peril, is a wretch who wmtM coin- ! ' unit for the mere boon of life, robbed of i that makes life tolerable. Fellow Soldiers! There is but one path to . >1 ow. It leads to the cirnp Conic to jo .r colors and stand beside jflfcr centrail' -, who, with heaoic constancy, arc confronting the enemy. Choose, now. he ticen the glory of successfully defcuding u:t that entitl* s VOIl to till* nf ami tl o infamy oV creeping abjectly to the feet ot a toe. who will spurn your siibuiic-io:i and J.s' ifo your cowardice. (Official) J. 11 \ III >EE, *.*. annum (JeUcr.il. F. It. Rov, A. A. tleiierul. C?lo*>tii In it ay^ta^'ton A ~r ''C!ul d; irolli \V ashing tun of! the ^_-i speaks gloomily ol the present | ettna ioii which places W " hit: .ton in the -Mi! situation it wa ? this tiir.c !rst year. I lie dispatch bays Leo has been heavily rciuWtud, and exercising v.isdow, anth decision, end action, while Meade is guilty ?.t gro-s-tapi lily, hesitation and inactivity. W e .-liquid not he surprised any day to hear ot tliq'niiny of tin* I'otomac lulling hack to W; shiti;;h?n. I "nles-, proniptl ui<live uio i tuents are taken u predic other h ?c the two j?rec Jing w iter-, W asliiu t >11 I eleagurod. an?l tin: Coifed? < iuUj 111. ; la -ititig n 3 .lit of the Cap to!, Uh e t. i-r.joci'.- ol (in; udu.iiiisiralieit ur<Sj dt pre-se by the nature of the dispatches 21. t*v t.'i artesian. NYrwithafauding the ' owing ; ccounta iii the newspapers which every day pr>ni.-c?hut it i- never fuitilled?thai Charleston will be t..ken in a lew nay*; 1 o Gunner will gfiou be ours, Hint tin. not . rebellion bo wiped out, it is 1 well know tlieic is no prospect of iuinediav m:ci there, and very little of ultimate k>. ec? s at present. '11..; till jl Sumter will n t be tl.e fall ' nl Charles ai, bu: only the 1 chinning of it. '1 he t l .oo can only bo taken by investment by I md and sea with two huiwurod thousand men. The same disnatch speaks discouraging? !y nl the ..lagnit.i lo ot the task of suhju ...iting a tlctcriniueu people, and the It I men an l money, and uys the struggle i? but fairly begun. Ciiari.kntun, Sept. 5.?Today has witnessed a not her furious h mburdiueut of batteries Wu-ner and llrcgg by the one my ". ? fleet and laiol batteries* The tirinu j w.is in-guu at nav light an.I maintained steadily until ilurk. A monitor id now ti i ig at I'ort Moultrie. Another assault 0.1 Warner is deemed not improbable to night. ^iucc Tuesduy ni?rlit no further attack lias born made on Sumter. The 1.rn-k built Sumter lias been held twenty j Ha\s against all the iff -rts of ihc ononiv's | g ci-i L*uii> by land . n 1 sc::. Seven thous-' lid live 11uiiored ami titty one stiuts n.i\c j been li. d at it; oil1.) have etruck outsid , an I li, l.Td inside. Tbc flag bus been sho j away fourteen times. Orders against ex. I'i> ure having been rigidly enforced, the lasiialties wcie but few. Sept t>. i*i a. in.?The bombardment ol batteries Wagner ami Crcgg lias been in Ccssatit lor t'>e last thirty-two hours, and the noise of the cannonade is tremendous l,4St night the > nciny landed uecr Cum inmg's To ut in burgles and assaulted lli'-! trry llregg The assault \v*t." ri pulsed. .No particulars yt! received. f Seat > Eli? tuba rd me lit CllAltl.fc.-ioN, September 5.?To-^lay Has w itnc.-scU another tm lou- lionihaiduitMii ill lintleries Warner and (iiec^^ by tlif enemy's fleet and laud button***. JT.c til tii^r wan ber'im at duVliglit and uiuiaUiitcd steadily nil darl<, A iryuityr u now firing at Muultvio. Another msju'l on Wajjnoi is decimal not iiu, tobal/lo tonight Since Tuesday night, no tu'tbnr attack lias bet n made on Sumter. 1 ?i u-k.built Sumter ltn.? becn he] i twenty days against all their gun* by land and sea. 7,557 shots have been tired at tt. ii, 1)5 have struck, out side and iuside. 'i'l.e flag ha* bo?"\ shot fbur'cen luue* ^5^ l 4?wiio?iia> i? n'? ii i * H H GoMval Itvyd I General Jcwia II. Ki.oyn ?ra.<? born ttt I , Montgomery (now cutmi j, Virgio'- W I ia, in lSdi>. fie graduated at South <Jar<>- H liuu College iu 1820, studied taw, ?u ?<! wilted to tho bar in 1828. and iu IRSrt moved tu Helena, Arkansas, wlicro ho prao* H ticed h s profdasicW ltr>re ulr three yuffi. H Iu 1830 he returned tu Virgiri:a'ni?d sotticd in Washington county. 1-17 ho tvai elcctod to the lower branch of the Virginia Legislature, an! reelected in 1849. In Uccerm/rr l that your he wm chiM>en Governor of the Slate lor the term i expiring January l?t, 18/,3. In 1855 Iro H | wa? again elected to the Legislature In i ISoG he *viis chosen a Presidential clectol, and vcfod lor JaMls IIl'OdANAN, lot 1 ?b?auo nomination he buvl fScrtcd himself t>?-mwrntic National ? volition at JMB Cincinnati, and whose favor, during tho B , contest preceding tho elect ion, lie had uiade f^^H| I many speeches. In 1857, he was appointed by liucliauan, the President of thll J U uitod States, Secretary of War. Tha \ Jfll valuable services cf Geo. Floyd to tha B Confederate States are too well known, and too fresh iu the uiinds of his country- j^BH men to Lu recounted by us. , .B^B IT r'.Linoud iiii'uer savs of tho B j The Hon. John 11. Floyd, 31sjor Gen| era! of Virginia, and formerly Gover, or, B died yesterday of disease contracted in tha | ni'litary service of his country. Whic> ^^B | the commanding officer of Confederate and I | Stale troops, he lived as a private soldier. lie was not one or thosu Generals who . i ImprtM housis for headquarters. 1 taring V the dlmpaign of Western VTruita and r fl Teniifsspo, ho uercr tlept under a roof. Tho suffering of his iucii were great, but their ehi' l slurcd thcui all. Hi was not B 'content to order, but aided and supervised a'l that he ordered, l'rotn the point e? | il ij to the point of ihe last oi light, in ITl 1 weather, he could be seen wherever hi* 1 troops, or any part ol them were on duty, ' er r*i movement. " lie supported fatigue :.n<l hardship which killed many ol tiia nest robust young men of this generation, not only withou* apparent injury, but acem ed to bo rt iuvrnnr<?l Kv ? *? ' j ? mrj mm I VIUI Bl \\J lU^ bur.Jer life of his youih. But no rentier wore the powerful motives which upluld him withdrawn, than did it become evident th.it his constitution had been broken by an exposure for which age; a:id the indoor occupations of an official life, had ui.fitted him. Immediately afuer his return hmoe ir. April, when tlie State Lino ha? Viei" d -h.til led, he wes soi~cd- wit?* jauuuico an I typi.jo in cLeir wor?t for ns. Tho v t t. j. i.jsical and l.ior.ii energies of tho iisii preserved life luuch Laager than the physicians thought possible, and to the lit moment, his intellect retained all in *:r< r.gth arvl elect mcss, l ie iper its cheer* fulness, and hi.* el.Vctions their manliness.' I'titi! \v?thin-a vorj fcrief period preceding dissolution, he could not hcltcVe Lis disco.sc was mortal ; but wicn that fact bccarae evident, he made necessary arrangements with the eomjMjsure of a philosopher, the decency of a gentleman, and the siu? c r# taith el a real Clirif>tian. the reverend jmrtion who" had h.-^en ii%* chap? hiin in the war, and who administered to Itiin the sacram6ntal rite o 1 religion, he r nun bed that ho was "about to leave the world wit boat ^ any vegreto, and without ;niv icaw." f , General Floyd expired on the anniver->aty of liii first combat in Wee Lorn Virginia Enemy Caossixo tiik Trnnesstk.? I'r n: ud'rr illation which wu. deciu reliable, it would appear that the enemy arc crossing the Tennessee riv^r lch?w BrldgporL in 'urge force, and it is anticipated lha? the battle which cannct be delaye.. lor many lays longer, will take place in Northwcs* t rn Georgia. This movement of th# cne* tuy is lor the purpose of flanking CiiutU noojm, an ! compelling Bragg to abandon that al old impregnable position ?whether he will Ruccctt* or t?0t, cannot yet Le as, terminer?. * The movements cf the enemy in East Tounessec was evidently n uurc feint of which we have reason to believe tbutGcii.Brogg was aware, uad has acted accordiug I to this idea. The advance of the enemy towards Ceor| gi.; ij a despcrat- more of theirs. Kc.?c~ evans is playing a game that nigst c'tlicr be ^ucsesslul in every re. pcct cr be will UaTO his army entirely destroyed. I Wo are not aware to any extent of tho prep arations being made to receive thesnos my, but suppose that every tiling necoessary has be; 11 pei formed.?Atlanta /(yen! D'/i. * . K'roiu (tie North. A tr'egritu from Ilochcxtir, l'Jth, givei ths uiioitd adopted at the Conservative Conx e.iiaiii at Kbchester, New York. TUe resolutions affirm: l?i. Mi u this mortitt? favors an association of . ru??cira:ivo I'niou men fur the next Preai cutUI campaign, itud invites the co operation of ill opponents of hcccpsioii, abolitionism or ut ivci mi ol any Wind. "Our abiding purpose ii i lio >upprt -ion i-f i lie rebellion. iiiuin'enatice if iite I nmil. adherence to the Constitution, fi -li'lit\ t?? tlio Untsi iiici;!, enforcement ?i the laws, end opposition -> lo.-cijjn intervcntioi? :Jd. Pre*hres for a Nr.riomil Committee, whs tli.;f- c Hi tvatioin.l Convention. etc, and con' ut rti h other conservative organizations, for ih puvpose of securing united action. -!(l. Advocates a "vigorous and successful prosecution of the war egtinvl the people.in a * state of military Insurrection, until they retort totlie lition under their rotpecfiy# Stats Soti itulioiis r ii ting ut tli? tiroo they revolted." 1th. Dcliuet t lie tights of lh? pea pis of nay S" tie who me in iucuri octiottj npea returning | ta their allegiance, etc. j oili. Heel res that 4 the right of property, ; whether in the lands, ^|>c?\sSltilily, or slavTf Ma | the Stales e<c enUiM.elv within I is authority l and jurisdiction of the .State- re-pjctivvly. uii. The sole end for whicti tWc L' uiied K'alf* i Govern room has power to cnri r on the cxntisg war against the pu-vlo in iyToH is to euppTMS I the iusuirtct.oti, cto.