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; , VQl,. 1* OAMI)]t!y, S. P., WEDNESDAY, OC T. 19,1864. 'NO. 94. a. .7=^ By X>. P. HOOOTT. Term's of Subscription. Daily pnp?r per monlh - $3.00 . for Six Months ... $15.00 Weekly, - - - ' $5.00 -* . - . ' Rates for Advertising: For one Square ? twelve lines or lew?TWO DOLLARS nud FIFTY DENTS for tbo first insertion, and TWO DOLLARS for each subsc^emiL .. agftoart Notices, exceeding one square, charged at advertising rates. Transient Advertisements and Job Wont MUST BE ?'* PAID FOR IN ADVANCE No deduction made, except to our regular advertisinx patrons ~ How tSarrolerji are Punished in England. The following is extracted from the Durham Chronicle, an English paper : * John Crndacc and Thomas Allison, who were ; convicted at the assizes last week of garrotc robberies at Sunderland, and sentenced, the ? . former to five years and the latter to ten years pc'nai servitude,,with twenty lashes each, underwent the? punishment of flogging at the ccunty prison (in Saturday. The instrument of punisbipeut was manufactured by a sailor, who is undergoing imprisonment in the goal, expressly for the purpose. The cat is' ingeniously composed of nine thongs of stont. leather, in each ofwhich-are nine knols, and these being connected to a flexible handle, the pow? . \ cr; wielded by strong hands, is terrific. At evefy stroke the kuots cut deeply, making flesh and blood fly in every direction. The prisoners were?6rinly tied np in a reclining position, j the lowei part of their shoulders exposed, the . higher ilia Tower part of their backs being protected. by padding, Tbo warders, Hodgson nod Alison, executed their task with the skill of more practiced hands. The officials of the ? . goal were present, but the prisoners were kept in their cells. Hodgson and Allison alternate lyr inflicted-ten lashes each on eacli of the, prisoners. The first lad) was received with comparative equanimity bv each prisoner; but. on " the second, the yell of deep and exoruliating agony which burst forth is represented-as ltide seribable. Their cries continued during the whole of the punishment,-, and these, together with the sight of the flying'fiosh and oiood, the mangled'bncfcs of the sufterei-s, and the clotted skeins of the,cat, made up a spectacle of horror overpowering to thos-; who w itnessed it. AYhen the punishnibnt-had been inflicted, the prisoners were, taken down and removed to the prison infirmary in a state of complete prostration?indeed, it is averred that neither of tbem could have leeched another lash withe out the greatest-daugOr. Althongh the pris otiers: did not witness the punishment. tliev could heAr the shrinks of the unhappy sufferers in their cells, and it is to be hoped the contemplation of the punishment may have a salutary effect on their lhinds. < mm ?- ?? a -j- ? Horrible Villain v.?The New Yjbrk. Herald ofihe Stb'has been received in Richmond. In it, aays-the Dispatch of Monday, is a letter irom Grant to Sheridan, in which lie directs liim to burn every bonse in the Valley to drill every horse, cow, hqpr, slicep or other aniin)d; to destroy every mill; to set fire to every barn, wheat or hay stack, to cut down every i ornamental tree and carry off every negro. He savs that if this war continues twelve months longer, be desires to convert the whole Valley into a howling wilderness. There is nothing in modern history so atrocious asthis'order.? It is the a<ft of a man with small brains and great vanity, who has been beaten and baffled until his .senses have fled completely. It is the outpouring of a beaten and wounded spirit.? He cannot whip Leo, but he can starve the women and children. We tnrn him over to ' Gen. Lee. This order was issued while Sheridan was, ' as he thought, carrying everything before .him. It had not time to be published before be was flying down the Valley with his freebooters, and Early in pursuit. Is there a man belonging to the Valley who can stay away froin hpt eolors under such circurostancts ? If there is, be must be dead to all the impulses that en no ble man. Never was vengeance more londly called for. ' The invaders of the old Dominion ought to be pretty tfell "seasoned" with their experiences of /Sa&ville and Culpeper.?Mail. WiiDXCSiMY OCT. ID. The President sent General Fokkest lifteen hun- ! drcd tine English carbines for his men. ns an appreciation of (licit services during the past -few months, which is a well deserved tributo to then; prowess. Wiiat the Wak uas Kkvea led.?Official docu-' ments from the War office at Washington show that the Yankee Government has called into the lipid, from fii st to last, over three million of men. They have, , besides, some six hundred vessels of war, equivalent, i we should think, in what they hnve done and what i they have prevented us from doing, to a million more of men. . i Goon Move.?It is stated that Col. Ou^d, C. S. Commissioner, for exchange of prisoners, is now on the ove of eutoring into fresh negotiations for an agree-; ment which shall secure for each Government the right 10 furnish to" its own soldiers in the liands^-f the other, I 3ui.ii pujjjiij ui wjiriii coming iiuu owDKew ns may oe : required for comfort during. 'lie approaching winter,! and a slated ration of meat, bread, coffee, sugar, pickles j and vinegar^ ho that actual physical siiffe-ing shall not ! lie added to those that arc inseperable from imprisonment. The Richmond Sentinel of the 13th, lias.the follow- , ing items from Bichmond and tlio Valley; The armies confronting each other, on tho. James River, with the exception of some artillery firing night befqro last, remain quiet. Gbast seems indisposed " tojrenew the-cotnbnt; inoced, we do not believe he. is in a condition to act in the offensive. His at;my? which is believed to have dwindled down to 50,000 men?is not of the same material as that which crossed , the Itapidiin last May, but it is chiefly composed of new recruits and negroes. f)e:KETio.vs Piio:i tjib Enemy.?Since our Govern- 1 ment have adoptod the policy of sending Yankee de- 1 sorters through the lines to their homes, instead of holding them as prisoners of war, they have been com- j ing within our lines in large uuipbers, and when tiioso Who. are drafted learri how easily they can escape nnd the facility afforded them by the Confederate Government to return 10 their own country. they will come ' 1... 1 .l-rv U) .4IUI!lll<JU?. At first, n>osttof the Federal deserters were foreigners, hut for several days nearly nil who have arrived within our lines are natives of the United States. Butleb piiaexologiqally Developed.?( while in New York n sho:t time ago* whs o.vumincU | >>y Professor FowiJir, wiio, it is said, ?ravfc hiin a plire- , nologieal explanation oi the peculiar defect in hie moral organization by attributing it to an, unhealthy development, of. the organ of nppropriativt-uesa. Hero- ' marked, however. immediately afterwards in a sooth- j ing tone, that this bump hi the Great Mariborough's < head was almost, il not quire as large, and that it is? and has been in all ages a 'peculiar- characteristic of true greatness, to have petty foibles and trilling weaknesses. The General greatly gratified replied: Fewr.Eit von aie a smart follow "and n hanrUlt' tr> m"P raoo. When I am President you shall bo provided for. ' ] From Georgia.?Wo are still without any definite - ' information from our army in Georgia, owing, we-sup- ' pose, to the embargo laid by Gen. Hood on the send- < ing <Jr despatches The following extracts may assist j in dispollirjg the fog which just now shrouds eVery < thing in thai qunrter : Mail Office, Montgomkrt, tuesdar-r-11 a. m.?The movement of Gen. Hood's army has at last developed into a march for Middle Ten- ,( nessee. and has thus far nroven entirely sneense- ' ful.. ' After df strgying the State road, with its gar- 1 risofls, froni Big Sbantv to Kingston^ tbe army. 1 turned to the left towards Rome, and en route < for tbe Tennessee river. ' 1 We have no doubt that the report of our 1 special correspondent, "E. P.," is altogether 1 correct, and that by this time a large part of J our army is North of the great river. Sherman, with a.portion of bis men, is at ^ Chattanooga, but he will be forced back to defend Nashville. ' Tbe garrison at Atlanta will be isolated and r starved out v \ . * ? ' L ...i riL* ' - / _ 1 ii young limn wa.s arruaieu iu v/im-ago a lew days ago, for running away with and selling a 1 horse and buggy. -Another man's wife was in | the buggy. t , , Thq Indians in Kansas arc visiting upon the r Yankees a just retribution for their cruelties to t Southern men there, and farther South. f LATEST Bt TELEGRAPH REPORTS OE TUE PRESS ASSOCIATION. Entered according to tlio Act of Congress in tlio year 18G3. by J. S. Thrasher. in the clerk's office of the District Court of tlio Confederate States lor tlio Northern District of Georgia. . FROM PETEIISDUHG. Petersburg, Oct. 17.?No military move-1 ? J .1 i . . i i ntenis nave irnjisptrcu in irns department, anu no appearance of any since Grant got into position before the.citv. :r The \? ashing ton Chronicle of the 15th has been received. It says that the Democrats arc even with the Republicans in Pennsylvania ; though the vote in the army'may carry it Re- j publican. Maryland has voted against the new Constitution by 3000 majority, aim! the soldier's vote will adopt it.- Indiana and Ohio have both give Republican. Despatches from Grant's army, before this city, says active operations will soon be renewed. ' The Chronicle says Mosby ltiadc a raid on the Baltimore and Ohio JLtailroj^cI and the Manassas Gap Railroad, at White Plains, in both of which lie was successful. Price is at Boonville, Missouri. Shejby is north gf the Missouri, pillaging and conscripting^4 Price made a speech at Boonville, stating that he came to redeem the people, and it was the last effort in their behalf. If they would r.^Ily to his .assistance all wonld be, well, and lie could remain with them; if not the Confederacy would not again offer them the opportunity of redemption from their woe. Mosby is reported to have crossed the Poto-. mac in Montgomery county on Friday last ? Nebraska has gone llcpublican. Gold in New York 214, and no war bulletin / . from Stannton. % FROM VIRGINIA. ' Charlottsvii.lk, Oct. IS.-r-In the affair at Fisher's Jlillon Thursday, we killed and wound sd from- .50 to 75 of the enemy, and took as many prisoin-rs, who report that jhc 6th. corps was at Front Royal. T{jc enemy were near Strassburg on Friday,' and a small force-of their cavalry were in the toWn. Lieut; France Adjutant to Prig. Gen. Carter, of the artillery, was severely, though not dangerously wounded in [lie leg, on Thursday. Nothing else has ocjnrri'il. ' % KORTUSRST.KEWS. Mcbile, Oct. 18th.?The Advertiser l?as dcs-. patches from Scnatobia. The Memphis Bulletin of the IGth says the Republicans claim 40,00(3 majority in Ohio. Chief.Justice Taney tlied on the 12th. . Chase is spoken of as his successor. Nothing from Grant,- Sherman, Sheridan or Misouri. Yankees admit a defeat it Eastport, by Forrest. Mosbt Defeats Tire Yankees at Salem, n "n n ti UAPTURING J3AGGAGE, UAMP EQUIPAGE, (SC.? Official dispatches received yesterday state that i body of about one thousand of the enemy moved np tho'Manassns.Gap railroad on the 4th, with trains loaded with railroad materials, and jccnpied Salem and Rectorlown? Col. Mosby ittacked them at Salem, defeating them, captu*ing their baggage, camp equipage, stores, &c., ivith fifty prisoners and killing and wounding a joryuderable number. His loss, ttvo wounded, rhe prisoners reached Richraoml last- evening jy the Central train. . ' . . . Northern dates of the 7th inst. state that on tuesaay, (4tnj the reool UTMiert.1 Stirling 1'ricc, ivith a force of about twenty thousand, was six niles West of Union, marching Westward towards'Jefferson City, designing to take the. dace, install a Secession Governor ami hold the state for Jeff. Davis. Union is the county scat of Fra'rtklm county, md about fifty miles from Jefferson, and somewentv miles Sonth of the Missouri T-tivn* ntvl orty milesWcst of'Str Loais. , % ' / % Ulurdor of Confederate Soldierraud Ciiizciixat I'roul itoyah The Richmond Sentinel has received from a gentieman. who was an eye witnessed the atrocious acts of the Federal troops at Front? Royalj ^ the following particulars of the affair: The Yankee cavalry, nnder Gen. Torhctt, on-' teipid the town, and drove out the few Confederates x>n picket, who fell back to Miiford.- At this latter point Gen. Wiekiiam iqet the Yankee force and.repulsed it., ., A part of Moshy's men, nnder the command of Capt. Chapman, annoyed the enemy very much on their return to Front Royal, whiclifwith the mortification of their defeat by Wit'kr ham, excited in them such savage feelings a* to prompt them to murder six of our men who fell ? into their hands. Anderson, Overby, Love and Rhodes were shot, and Garter and one- other, whose'name our informant did not recollect, wurt; hung to the limb of a tree at the entrance of the village, with a card attached to the bodies, threatening with hanging on the same limb any one who should remove the corpses from the ire'e. . ' Henry Rhodes was quite a youth, living with his widowed mother, luid supporting her by bis ' labor, lie did not belolig to Mosby's com-- . tnand. Ilis mother entreated them to spare the life of her soil, nyd treat him ** a .-prisoner ot war, but the demons answered by whetting tfieir sabres on .stories, and declarinnr thev would 7 >f. P ^ cut off his head and hor's, if slur cainc near.? Thev ended by shooting linn in Iter very presence. The tnnrdem were committed on the 22d of Sept, Gens. Torbcrt, Merfrtt and Custer being present. It is said that .Torblfeit and Alerritt' turned the prisoners over to Custer for their fate, who ordered the execution. . V Carter, one of the two tlfttt were hnngj died the death of a brave man, defying his executioners, atld tlirentehiiior them with the tenfold vengeance of his comrades. If either of the three generals in command on that <'ay, wji'o are responsible for these brutal inassarfes. should be captured, liis immediate exerution by hanging would meet the demands bfjnst cc and the anorbvai of the people. i r- i * PkacsT, ant lion'.?A hopfful corn^poiulont writes to-tlie Mobile Register from Clinton, La. "As to tlie result of the norl election for a Yankee President, I h.dicve it will make but lltlc difference to the South who succeed*. If Lincoln is ro-clecfltl there will Ik- a Western fevolltion amf Confislcrnev before tlie 4t!i of Mnrch*ie\t. If McOLIInn i? elected Lincoln? will make peace 'before the 4th of -Marcji.? Keep this in mind." Special y of ices. FUNERAL'"llOTflCE.' THE FRIEND? AND ACQUAINTANCES' OF' Mrs. S A. Jot and family are requested to attend thefunonil services of her daughter RACI1EL, to-morrow (Thursday) morning 8t 1PJ o'clock, at the Methodist f!!mr/"*h * . October 19 CENTRAL ASSOCIATION. * Central Bureau. ) ( Columbia. Oct. 1, 1864. ) HEREAFTER, CARS WILL BE DISPATCHER regularly for'Lee's and Beaaregard's Armies on every Wednesday; for Hood's Armv'on the 1st, 10th and 20th of every mouth ; for Charleston and the Coast on ftie 1st, 10th and 20th of every month. if. LaBORDE, Chairman. pHT It is again requested that boxes be properly secured by wooden hoops; and that molasses jugs and bottles be excluded from the boxes. Oct !8 " . . ' ' - Papers of the State please copy. CENTRAL ASSOCIATION. Central Bureau, Sept 24, 18S4. * JWicrvn#e-o n/ IPWr ?. v THE CENTRAL ASSOCIATION' WILL FORWARD packages, containing Clothing and Tobacco, for PRISONERS OF W AR, to Colonel Jones, Commissioner' of the State of South Carolina, who will forrr-oivl ti.nm frt thn rviint nf oTehanire below Richmond All charges on this side of the.line, will be paid by us; . ' the charges on the other side, must be paid bj the receiver. Also, all open letters of one page for TRIS0- NERS OF WAR will be forwarded by us.. / ' M. LaBORDE, Oct 18 Chairman Association.. P. S.?Boxes must be socujoly strapped,