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Sams ny Pi. asctation Lands.?Tiie auction; ales of Plantation lands in the Parish of St. ; Helena, by the Direct Tax Commissioners, have about closed, owing to the fact that preparation for the coming crop should be begun immedir I ately, and the surveys baring not y t been com* pleted, the plantations on Port Royal Island will ?>e leased tor the current year at the rate of about -? :4.for arable land, and a jn?t WO UU4UU. ... compensation ?'r th? ux? of building*. The bidding at the sale* has been very spirited, notwithstanding threatened enforcement of preemption rights by person* desiring to buy under i suspended instructions, plantation houses and , grounds at a dollar and a quarter an acre. Over ten thousand acres have been sold at an average price of about nine dollars an acre, including improvements. itiO acres of the Daniel Pope place on St. Helena Island, was bid off by Capt. IVm. J. Randolph for $f>.050. This i* the highest price yet paid. The lowest sales have been at but a trifle over the minimum price, which is $1.25 an acre. In one or two instances freedmen have bought j the plantations on which they were formerly held as slaves, and several parties have bid, ostensibly for the colored people. The greater number of purchases, however, have been made by person* from the North, who hare at once .gone into the work of cultivation. Persons in tending at the beginning of the sales to buy foe i speculation, have for the most part considered the prices too high for them. The Bedels at Seabbook.?In our last week's issue we made mention of a demonstration by i the rebels on our pickets at beabrook, which resulted in the capture ef five of our men. We have recently been favored with additional par- ' ticulars consenting the affair and insert the same in this connection. The picket boat that was captured contained one Corporal and four men , -of the 76th Penn. Regiment, and was posted at a 1 noint well advanced front the reserve pickets. consequently was much exposed and without immediate connection or support The night was extremely dark and quite cold. Our pickets observed the rebel boat approaching and having challenged it, the rebels replied with a volley of musketry which was met by a volley from our own men. The rebel boat then came alongside -Mid our pickets on shore heard plainly the clash of bayonets as if the parties wcra having a haad to-hand fight, arhich was followed in a levy raiments by a suppressed cheer of exultation. The i 'boats were then moved rapidly off in the direction of the main-land, and were out of distance before our main force of pickets had time to give chase.- As the land sentinels heard a groan .escape from our boat, it ia believed that one or .more of our men were severely wounded. This wan the first time that any of tbe 76th Regiment have been captured while on picket, and the lose of the men ia to be regretted, as they were of good metal and could be depended upon in an .emergency. Saturday morning, just before daylight, another attempt was made by the rebels to effect a landing at Jenkins' Island. They were quickly discovered by our pickets, who awaited till they eame within eaay rifle range, when a volley was fired at them, doing considerable execution. They withdrew at once. The moaning of the wounded could be distinctly heard. Still Another. ?Tuesday morning about 3 lock, our pickets discovered two rebel boats praity well manned, approaching a point near Spanish Wells. For unknown reasons they con-e uded not to make a landing, but altered their .course and went up the Creek. Signal rockets ?j -l--. jnh, astmn were fired, end tue Hteaiuar uu yu? uuy >v... ome up and went in pursuit, but no 'race of .them could be found. . * -It#, The following ia an order by the President ef the United States Executive Mansion, ) Washington, March 14th, 1864. j In order to supply the force required to he dr fted for the navy, and to provide an adequate reserve force ior all contingencies, in addition to the five hundred thousand men called for February 1,1864, the call ia hereby made and a draft ordered for two hundred thousand men for the military service, army, navy and marine corps of the United States. The 15th of April is designated as the time that troops may be raised by voluntary enlistment, and if not full by that period, drafting will commence as soon ss practicable. The Government bounties will continue until April 1, 1864, st which time the additional bounties cease. On and after that d*tp, one hundred dollars will be paid. A Hedel Spy. On Sunday morning at an early hour a considerable force of cavalry was aeut to scour Hilton Head Island in consequence of a report, brought in by a uegress, that a spy was within our lines. According to her statement she espied the evening previous a man dressed in our uniform, lurking in the vicinity of her house, evidently having no good purpose in view. She approached the person in question and thought she recognized him to be the s;m of Gen. Finnegau, and upon asking him if his name waa not William Finnegau, he made no reply but immediately ran ?if into the woods. The uegress . . >. J ofH. liutlanuy ouilir 1IUI1 aim III mi ui.u car on dntj- what had transpired. which led to the waling oat of the scouting part}-. After making a thorough search they returned to camp, having failed to discern any person that answered the description of a spy. For the past week or ten days the rebels have been thrusting their scouting parties forward in various directions in this vicinity and Beaufort. Thus far they have been foiled in every instance but one. in accomplishing their object, and we are inclined to believe in that case they did not succeed in doing ail that they intended to do. Our men are amply prepared to meet any further demonstration. A careful watch is kept along the entire length of the liues and the gunboata are in a position to make themselves felt should the opportunity be afforded. Dismissed Fob Disloyalty.?Capt Chas. F. Garrctson, A. Q. M., at Washington, formerly in the same position at this post, has been dismissed the service for disloyalty to the Government. The Congress of the Confederate States have recommended, and Jeff. Davis has proclaimed, that Friday the 6th day of April r.ext, bo set apart and observed as u day of humiliation, fasting, ard prayer. "The American Minister at Paris has collected enough evidence in regard to the Rappahannock to satisfy him that this vessel, if allowed to go to sea, ought, by every fair construction of international law, fo stand in the same relation to the French Government as the Alabama and F.orida do to ths English Government, and he has tnerefore given written notice to the French Government that it will be held responsible for all the damage she may do to American Commerce." NORTHERN NEWS. The transpout Fulton arrived Thursday mornwith dates to the 20th. Purser McWannus will please accept onr thanks for full flies of.N. Y. and English papers. The news is unimportant : FROM CHATTANOOGA. Cincinnati, March 19. lbto. A special despatch from Chattanooga says : The rebels ai in a large force on our front, but make no demonstrations. Thirty-five Union prisoners escaped from the Columbus, 8. C., prison on Wednesday. A despatch from Meridian, Miss., says that General Sherman lias gone dhwn the Mississippi with his trnope, evidently for the Red river. General Hindmon has resigned the command of his rebel corps, and General Hood takes command in bis place. General Breckinridge takes command of the Department of Southwestern Virginia. The Union prisoners at Colombia very nearly ! made their escape a few days ago by " tunnelling" I out Part of John Morgan's command left Decatur a week ago. General Price has issued an order, dated Longwood, {Arkansas, March 3, resuming command , of the Departmen of Arkansas. Newbern, K. C., March 14, 1864. This is the day the enemy were to be in pes: session of Newbern, according to their expectation, it being '.he second anniversary of its cap< tnp? With the exception of a slight skirmish | between the enemy and the Third New York cavalry, tnera haa been no coliission as yet. The Wilmington (N. C.) Journal says that out of the recent party of Yankee prisoners in transit from Richmond to Amerieus, Ga , two froze to death in the cars between Weldonand Raleigh, twelve were so severely frozen that they bad to be left in the hospital at Raleigh, and thirty-one escaped from one of the box cars, between Branch*ille and Augnsta. A released Union officer from Richmond, who has arrived in Newbern, thinks a lack of food, instead of frost, was the cause of the above mentioned deaths. I It is understood that the rebel authorities have signified their iaten ion to give up the remains of Colonel Dahlgren, and It is expected that they will shortly arrive at Fortress Monroe. Lieut.-Gen. G ran f form ally assumed command of the Armies of the United States on the 18th, and announced that his headquarters would be for the present with the Army of the Potomac. All official despatches, except from the army immediately under his command, were ordered to j be sent to the slice headquarters at Washington. | The advices from Nashville announce that Lietitenant-General Grant will leave that |eity for Washington on Saturday next, and repair j immediately to the front. He will be aocompan. ied by his staff, which is composed of those offl. cers who were with him as commander of the j Military Division of the Mississippi, including General Rawlingsas chief of staff. General Sherman was expected at Nashville last evening to assume command of thrtlilitary .Division of ths Mississippi, rec-.Vitiy mid* vs cant by the promotion ot General Grant. He wan in Louisville yesterday morning, en rout for the division headquarters. It was announced from Louisville yesterday that the rebels were moving their artillery from i D<on toward linggold, and that Taylor's Ridge Gap was being picketed by rebel cavalry oa the 13th inst The rebels vrers reported hi have a largo force of infantry, cavalry and artillery, and aUhmidi driven off ouedav from their dvaoced j positions would return the next and re-occupy i them. A grand review of th? Third Army Corps by General French is reported in the the cew? trom ' the Army of the Potomac to hava taken place on i Weduesday la?t, lief re Generals Sedgw ick, Carr Bobinson and other*. This is the largest corps in the army. A grand ball was given the same ! evening by General Bartlett's division of the Filth Corps, and the Irish Brigade yesterday j1 celebrated St. Patrick's day with great enthusiasm. The brave and dashing General Custer has i been thrown from his horse and injured, but to j r.'hat extent is not stated. A body of rebels, fifteen hundred strong, are | reported within fifteen miles of Guyandotte, I Western Tirgi i ia, threatening BArbourville. A | strong force was sent out to intercept them. I'bom Western Virginia. The latest information from the Kanai tvha Valley does not confirm the rumor that an enemy'* force in moving on BarIxmrsville. There is no positive indication that the enemy contemplates an extensive raid in the Kanawha region. SHU the trnth is that the enemy is preparing, in tne neighborhood of New ' rirer, for an as ret unknown more-! ment Everything is quiet in the Rkenandoah ! Volley. In said Valley there are no; movements of the enemy of a serious j character. The Department is full of rumors, but we can trace but little foundation for them. CoNsrnucr in Kentucky. The Jonrnal editorially says of the conspiracy in Kentucky to turn the State over to the rebels:?"We doubt not there is some foundation for the rumor," and adds, "We base this opinion on the fact that many of the rebels taken are intensly and passionately anxious for the triumph of the rebellion." It advises the driving of the invading host beyond our borders, as the best means of keeping the rebel sympathizers within the btate quiet. r^~l* '"1n?nowo1 I i rAa y tins LL/ XHC tuuunuig UIMVI ui?| been promulgated for the benefit of the command : I. "Whenever claim is made for an in; stalment of Bounty due a Re-enlisted Veteran Volunteer, the following remark ! mnst be made against the name of the i claimant upon the Muster Pay Roll, viz: "Re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer, under General Orders No. 101, War Department, series of 1883."?Instalment of Bounty, $ due. When claimed by a soldier of the Reg-' ular Army, the following remark should j be made: "Re enlisted under General1 Orders No. 190, of 18C3, and No. 25, of 1864."? Instalment of Bounty. $ due. J The $23 Advance Bounty due a recruit, 90 ' ' - ' nMilAvlka A /l4 A/ j enlisting ior uirve vcm?, uuun ui? July 22, 1861, and General Orders No. 74 and No. 77, 1862, should be paid by the Mustering and Disbursing Oificer, bnt when not so paid, claim should be made upon the roll as follows: $26 U. S. Advanced Bounty due, ?never paid." The Final Statements-of a discharged volunteer should, in all cases, show when the clothing was last settled, or that it! has never been settled, and the amount of! cfothhvj draicn since settlement, or enlistment, as the ease may be. In the absence of such record no clothing allowance can be paid* They should also show whether or not the Advance Bounty, or any Boun-, ty has been paid, and how "much; also, ( whether the discharge was for wounds n* c-ir-Vnocs inr>ur> <>d since last' I iCt viUCU \/A o*V??r-?, ..?? ( i enlistment,?otherwise the Paymaster will J I deduct $25 Advance Bounty from the pay of all soldiers discharged within two years from enlistment, except in those' cases where the enlistment occurred prei rious to July 7, 1862, when the payment , of the Advanced Bounty waa authorised. Any informal claims for Bounty, or , payment for clothing undrawn, will not be recognized. All discharged officers, upon application for pay, must present to the Paymaster certificates in duplicate : 1, From their Commanding Officer, that tliey have not been absent without leave, ?uul that they were last paid to (laic uy i'ujiutMkci . 2. From the Quartermaster,' that they have turned over all Government property, aud are not indebted to the United States through that Department 3. From the head of the Ordnance Pepartment, and the projier accounting officers of the Trear.rv. (in most cases the 2d Auditor,) a certitieate that they have made all prescribed returns, and are in nowise indebted to the United States. II. The foregoing instructions most be strictly complied with. Br Command or Maj.-Gkn. Q. A. GILLMORE, F.n. W. Smith, Official : Aut. AdjL Om'L Israel, U.Skalt, Cnpt. 47Ik y. i'. VoU., Act. At ft. Adjt. dfcu'l. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. PORT OF PORT ROYAL. arbived. March in, Kteaiuxk;p Arago, Gadiden, N Y; Proiuetheux, Batax. do; xchr John Aumack, Pcarce, do; J E mammons. Smith, Phila; Jo to W Ramsey, Crammer. X T; brig T D Wagner, Bergman, do; schr DBW rnor, Kempton, do; 8allie I Aiken, Godfrey, do; March 17, Martha Ann, Sargent. Boston; Caleb Stetson, Robinson, X Y; Lath Rich, Bunhoff, do; Maria Lunt, Tracy, do; Thomas Halcombc, Godfrey, Phils; Edward T Allen. Allen, do; \Vm H DeWitt, Cary, X Y; Sallie B, Robinson, Phils; March 18, Western Sta*. Crowell, do; Joseph W Webster, Blake, X Y; Gori8h Banker, Eellis, do; Trade Wind, Carson, Phila; bng Delmont Locke, Wise well, Bucksport; schr Sarah H Sharp, Batchelder, Phila; brig John H Kenedy, Smith, do; March 19, schr Chas P Stickney, Garwood, do; March 2*1, steamship Fluted States, Gordon, X Y; brig alfred Hufnagel, Phila. schr C?. .ititution. Darling, X,Y; brig John P Wetherell, Thompson, Phila. cLxanzn. Mar. 17th schr Jessie L. Leach, Ehdicott, Phila; steamer George C. Collins, Lane, Xew York; aloop James Grubbs, Fruill, Maria Island; Mar. 18th, steamer Promctbus, Bates, Xew York; schr. F. A. Simpson, Ellis, Morris Island; steamship D. H. Mount, Pinckney, Xew York; steamship Arago, [Gadsden, do,; Mar. 19, bark Hawley Booth, Chipinan, Philadelphia; schr. Samuel Castuce, Robinson. Jacksonville; brig Levi, Race. Xew York; schr. Electric Spark, Mendall, Few Bedford; {Mar. 21, schooners Mary G. larr, Malay. Philadelpnia; Artie Garwood, Godfrey, do; Lizzie Maul. Frambes, Feraandina, Fernandina; X. W. Smith, Tooker, Xew York; Mar. 22, schr. Calvin 8. Edwards. Gargood, Philadelphia; Mar. 23, schr. John W. Ramsay, Cramner, hew York. Omn or Chikt Commissary, 1 Department or the South, J Hilton Head,Port Royal,S. C., March, 23, '04} Sealed jtoporals (in duplicate,! will be received at this office, by the undersigned, until the 31st day of March, instant, at 12 o'clock, M., for purchasing from the U. S Government all the Hides, Hoofs and Horns of Beef Cattle used by the Army, in the Department of the South during the months of April, May, June, July, August and September 1*04. The contractor will receive all Hides Ac., aa soon as taken from the Beet, and will be held accountable for them, whether he gets them or not, and will remove them, at his own expense, ss often as required bv the commanding officer of the post or place wV.ere the cattle are slaughtered. Each bid must have a copy of thia advertisement TuixtA.l st its head, and will be in the fol lowing form: I, A, B., do hereby propose to purchase from the V. h. Government all the Hides, Hoofs and Horns of Beef Cattle need by the Army in the Department of the South during the months of April, May, Jane, Jaly, August end September, 1864, paying dolls cts, for the Hide. Ac., of each animal slaughtererL a b To be subscribed to by two responsible sureties. as follows: We, the undersigned, do hereby agree, that should the above bid be accepted, we will give our bond in the sum of One Thousand Dollars that the contract shall be lullilled, j?^B . No bid will be entertained unlesa the bidder la present to respond to his bid. Payment to be made once per month. Envelope containing bid to be marked "Proposal for lleef-hides, Ac." M. R. MORGAN, Lt.-Col. and C. S.. Chief Com mi wiry Dep't South. Auction sale of condemned horses. Will be sold at public Auction, on Mommy, the 28th day of March, 1864, in front of the Assistant Quartermaster'* Office, on Bay street. at 12 o'clock, M. 35 CONDEMNED HORSES, the property of the United States. Tkbmp:?Cash on delivery. Jso. H. Moon*, Capt and . Q. If Aut. QuarUrmtuUr't Offirr, ) Broufort, X C. Manh '24, 1864. j JJKW PHOTOGRAPHIC ESTABLISHMENT. CARTE-DE-VISITE8, LARGE PHOTOGRAPH* and PHOTOGKAHIC VIEWS of all descriptions made equal to tboM of tha first artist's North. Also AMBKOTYPES and MELA1NOTYPES, taken at the Hallux in tub Rzab or No. 23, St xLiiit's Row. We shall sjmrc neither pains nor expense in our Pictures, and will guarantee satisfaction lit all ra?e?. 8-NH4M St READING.