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Mona?y MoraiBff, April 11, 1S61. ZS'''- ' Situationof Affair* : Clothing very -%ert*rn upon the sTtuntion of affaira within our precincts. We ara told of 'gun .beata, or boat ev lion g the Conga rec, aa far up as Fort Hotte. The doubt is whether they can get farth?'r.-or whether they will find it profitable, to make tbs .attempt. There ia very little plaoder left fer the Yankees, and perhaps less forage, whether for man er beast, on any nearer approach to Columbia. - We take for j granted that the .Yankees seek nothing farther than the appropriation of-hogs and oatt le and contrabands from tlToae plantations along the river which bare not been stripped. Some of j the reports tell us that the gun boats have re? tired-^gone homewards; but this is doubtful | while any of their troops remain in the neigh borhood of these. We learn nothing precisely. ! It is understood that the Government bucheen* the-chief sufferer by the raid upon Sumter atores and other property, including rolling Stock of railroads, having Mien destroyed, tc the estimated araouct of two millions of dollars. We take for greeted that the citizens were plundered of all their most portable valuables, sad that watches have fulfilled the design-of - the?rTn?nufacture, ?nd been found to ff. The ladies have, no doubt* lost their ear ring?, the children their eilvtr aupe, end the? triumph of . Yankee patriotism bas been made complete, by ?anying off any quantity of ??Iver fork? and .peons. The-force thTeating these achievement*, and bearing off these spoils,*is estimated"~at 4,000 white and black troops-dedact one-half from this estimate, ead yen probably havo the real number of the enemy in the field. As their transports are-all open boats, a force of a I hundred sharp-shooters, properly distributed along thc hanks, and af the proper mettle, would probably have prevented their landing at all. A few acere of railroad operatives, we are told, effectually baffled sad drove off a party, preventing their attempt to destroy the rolling steck of the Sooth Carolina Railroad, v> iiivL happened to he m seme inconvcnsvut piopinqnity to the assailants-but where, we need not mention. A little more pluck, good kudership, andr enough gunpowder and bul? lets, would suffice to arrest many of these foi a} ing enterprises. While wc write, we hear that our troops have encountered the enemy n<ur Statesburg, ?nd that fighting was in sharp pi ogress on Friday. Should, wc learn more in sea fou, we shall append a posteript to thi* summary. Since writing the preceding, we karn, that, as ase anticipated, the virtuous incmy, moved hy intense patriotism, did most thoroughly plunder the town of Sumter, .ead in their progr?s., one of their sable ruffians nurOcrod Mr.?RobertBee, an old man of sixty - pcp kihi y became he did not deliver his watch cv ?tb sufficient promptness. ? Adequate Forces at Proper Places, i yur exchange? frequently . tell their read? ers, v. hen they have to*report aa approaching' ' raid of the enemy, tbat we 'have "adequate <??es**t.the proper,.pi acas, " Witb which lo meet them. The assurance,'. howeveV^Wch, couched in lao guage, has elmort ceae?Ho be adequately comforting. It hopper^ too fte* .quently, that when the force is.adecJuKte, it is* apt to fail to be at the proper place in season; and strother tim?? it happens, when the proper place is reached, that the doroe do?s not prove to be altogether adequate. If we could only reconcile tho two requisitions of adequate farce and proper.pises, wo should, no doubt, do much better; but really to be told, after all the pre? paration mad?, that oui forcea were compelled Os* fall back; or did not get up in time, is asy thinjffwut consolatory to a patriotic stomach The how, the -when, the where, and the how aiueh, are cesen ti al elementa-in all problema which need per foi maree for due solution.* Thia is especially tiuein military affairs. STA RUN? CAUGHT STEALING.- The "Winnsboro Nevis reports a self-styled Confederate soldier, named Starling, who claims to represent this poor old town, as stealing t pair of mules from : Mr?. Woodward; but the Starling wararrested , in his flight by the town marshal of Winnsboro, j who seems to hear the appropriate name of Smart. Kow, Starling himself, while stealing, should have been swart. That he waa not, proves him to be doubly criminal. However moody he may be new, while jn prison, he is certainly no longer mulish; he is accordingly in pieper condition to ha wrought ?pon by the moral agencies which shall moke bim stuart fdr his luck of jtmarlnees ia' thc profession he has so witlessly undertakes*. - i. Tu? OATH.-Tho Augusta Constitutionalist bas been furnished, by au exile from Savannah, wills the following oath, which is rsquired of the citizens of that plaet: f I, ? , do solemnly swear, in thspresence of Almighty Gol, that I will bear true and fi riu allegiance to the Unittd States of America, and will faithfully support th? Constitution and laws thereof, and that in this behalf. I will, tc the inmost of my power,oppose sud iliseonttte nance alt sect a??cn, rebellion and divl?ysjjty, und everything !<>. kiug to a (fisiuplion ol th? national Union; that I utterly repudiate all allogini.ee to ilie so-called Confederate States o: America, tr tm}- '?iher power. Shite or so've reignty whalevei; that 1 will not, ly woid 01 uct, sign, Utter or meseage, give aid "or comfoi lo any person or persons hostile to the Unite? Slates, nor hold any cowrnunica'ioti whatevei with such person or persons,- except througl and with the consent of the properly cousti tuted authorities. ? 1 do further promise and aw eur that 1 wil give lo thc n ernest commanding officer of th. United States forces immediate notice of lin presence o? near approach -of . any ?neroy, sp] or disloyal person, and-of.all mutters that mai at any time com? within, n.y knowledge, ii 'which the interest of the United Slates ar concerned. All this I do most solemnly and sincere^ swear, without any hesitation, .mental reserva tion or aacret evasion of purpose iii me ? hal ever, pledging my' sacred honor,'my life uni my property to the du? and full ?baerva&ee o thia my solemn oath of allegiant'*. Description of person appende d. Engine, Boiler, ?Yo, at Friyaje Sale. WILL be sold at private cale, a Fl YE-HORM POWER ENGINE, a BO?LER. SO tee long by 3 feet in diameter, and SMUKEPIPK ?c. is very good condition. Applv lo AK R. PHILLIPS. Aprill? fi* AtDr, Geiger's. fUJJ?. ' #* J^Q^^1 ^iF&:jc0jm' Th? office of the Voli&tbia T?ctnix is on Gate!* street, second*door from Plain. The public -will bear in mind that a large collection of very elogant household fut nitutc. crockery and latches* utensil^ '?rill 1 * p?ld tliia day, bj F. Lance, earner x>f Bridge and Liaeola streets. _ _^Jl "? Rscoans OF TBS Cavar OF EQUITY.-"?#e are pleased to learn thnt, by the exertions of D. !>. DeSanssnre, Commissioner of the Court of Equity of this District, the records of that ?csrt were saved from the fire, r It is to b? *egrotiid that, by Ilia devotion^ this,' public ?h?ect, *lr. D. incurred th? loss of -JA?S own-select prcfes-* sio nal and private library. We regret to lorn that the records of the Court of Appeals, with the valuable library of that court,' as well for Charlea ton as Columbia, were lest in eente quence of a failure'to find transportation. These volumes contained th? -loDg accumulated legal decisions bf this State, and the loss is irreparable. It .will .be BO small parteftthe duty and difficulty ci the Legisle ture, at its approaching session, to digest seme scheme which ?ball secure the ovnei E of property in their rights; to establish sonic rule by which to adjust equitably the claims ol unfortunates, thus-deprived of all their usual proofs ef right and tenure. Tfit BATTLE; OK FETBBSBUEG.--AB officer who left Richmond at nine o'clock on Monday moi n big last, ?rifo?ms ue that at the time tie left, thc city was.in flames from Cary to Canal streets. Thc Sbockoe warehouse and other entrepots of supplies were burning: The bridges also had been fired. N.o mob or violence of any kind had occurred up to the period when be left,?so that the re? ports of a destructive mob on Sunday night are untMie. -The enemy's cavalry entered the eity as the train moved off thstbf. , came eut in. Tire fetory of the mob, therefore,- we hope is entirety erroneous. This officer describo^ tb? I fighting un Sjiliuday tel vi tic beyond dr scrip.tbn. TI.e enemy forced column after column ou our works, ia-?pjng^our. lines on the extreme right. They came nine columns deep, light lines faltered and weie broitn by thc obstinacy of cur defence*, but the ninth bl oke over our forces like a whirlwind. He say? thc I dchtiuction of the enemy was immense. Our I rots, we think,-consistid mainly in thc tirbon : eis taken by the- enemy. All the prisoner* j whom we captured were drunk, having been i prepared, according to Yankee tactics, for this j dreadful ordeal. Cn Monday, Sheridan attack . j ed Fitz Lee and was handsomely repfaked. [Raleigh Confederad. i Cit is tumored that Montgomery has been i evacuated.. - ' . * j " 1 "*> *j*^*\P^*^?m*mmmmmm' ?? in ? ? ?I .' Tunera7. Invitation. * TL? friends and acquaintances of Mi. ?m<< Mrs. Junie* K. Kennedy, Mr. and Mi?. K. Morrison, aud of Mr. and Mrs. J?nc pjihcarv, are invited to attend the funeral .of tl/ KV MU UK ii: O?s, eldest daughter ol the lot in ?c. from the residence ot the. latter, TH fi* (Mt-; day) AFTERNOON, at 4 o'clock. For Sale or Bent OO'ITA?? HOUb'? conta?iiijg five roua.? aud necistary ont-building?-, willi sixtv acieeof land atUcbtd, two niles and a he? I roui tb? city, lao eire at this office. April IV / '