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. <%eM?i ?fikxtMx PITULISUKD EVERY WEDNESDAY MOKNINt ." D Y v. . DUBISOE, KEESE & CO. SlTUSei'lPTlONS to the ADVERTISER for o year EIGHT DO LL A. Us in advance. For Six Mont FIVE DOLLA KS. ADVERTISEMENTS will bo inserted nt FH DOLL Uti per S-iuarc (10 minion lines or les?) f>>r eu insertion. Advertisements without instructions as to t nunibcr of times to he inserted, wiU he published un forbid, and charged accordingly. Ann*u*cin- Candidate? fer any Office nf honor profit, TWJSSTY DOLLARS, to bc paid before the s nnunceiiciit is published. Obituary nolicws. Tributes of Respect, or any coron ideation personal In ?ts nature, will bo rated as ?dri tiiriiicuta niel charged accordingly. ?'rom Petersburg. . TUE ENGAGEMENTS OF FRIDAY, SATURDAY A: SUNDAY. (tumor was busy on yesterday giving 1 gubrious accounts of the final repulse of o troops on the Weldon Railroad, Sunday t ternoon. The fight of that day was hot ai heavy; our triumphs were brilliant, ai promised to r?uiain unbroken, but by soc one or more Of thc accidents of war, t] work we had accomplished was in part u doue. We lost heavily, probably a tbonsai nieii in the day's operations ; no estima exceeds that number. Aud the enemy r covered possession of the Weldon' railros They are strongly reinforced, ned will n ?bandon tbejr position until that road torn up for many miles, if our cavalry Shoo not preventtbem, and our infantry and a tillery drive them off, which we have eve reason to believe will be the case. The ft .owing account is taken from the Express yesterday .--Richmond Enquirer, li'id. FRIDAY'S ENGAGEMENT. The engagement of "Friday afternoon t the linc of the Weldon Rnilioad was a t e\re one, hut resulted in no material adva taff? to us r,s far as position was concerne The enemy having advanced his lines, son three tpuarters.of a mile from the position o . cupied by them on Thursday, were attack? and driven back- Un Friday l ight, ther fote, the position of the Yankee army wi unchanged on the immediate line of the rai road. , t lu the engagement, however, the enen "was severely chastised, losing two thousai two hundred prisoners, and a large numb of killed and wounded. Their loss in billi and wounded is represented to have bet Very heavy, and to have "thickly covered, tl ground over which our, troops charged ar ?fought Vast quantities of knapsacks, oi cloths, small arms and plunder of all kim were thrown away by the Yaknees, much i Which fett into the hands of our men. Oar owo loss was not inconsiderable... W lost some prisoners and a number of wouni ed, but a PID?H proportion killed. We ai gratified, to ??tate that the lur.'e majority < tba wounded are only slightly injured, ar will be able to return t? their commands i a few days. We noticed many who had*r ceived only slight ?cah wounds. On Friday night our forets again fell bac on the Hue of Railroad, and the enemy s soon as they discovered our withdrawl thre forward their line* of skirmishers, ead acai O'-cunied the fields boy p^d^ ^? ?^ i\<r??'bpi&i 4 und veesti or tue r?ai!.*" They at ance threw u breastworks, and"at 'the same time continue tb strengthen their ?aie l'n<? of works o; thc billa beyond Davis farm. SATURDAY. Saturday passed without any fighting be tween the armies-6ave a little shelling am picket Srinsv but |t"-*aii goally ^ougb ?it yes'tetuay \fjouid b.e an' eventful day ant ?T?3j b^yjr?a fVe?a?^ m te ???s ine luuuucra v* -e?lrO' -?W"' f heavy fiirht did occur, but the battle for tb possession ol the railroad is yet to be fought and the signs are that it will bo a bloody ont THE ENGAGEMENT ON SUNDAY. Early in the forenoon -yesterday, our Ht of battle wes formed east and west of tb railroad, and an advance ordered. The tropf, as Copfedcrr te troops always do when goin into battle', moved forward in beautiful oi der, and the tiuest of spirits, to the work b fore them. Over ground on which they ha " twice fought before, they fought agaip, an with like success driving the enemy out < their front lines of breastworks, back upo their main Tine, and capturing three hui dred prisoners. The enemy did not .retil without gjving battle, and the ground wu hotly contested for. tho space of an hour c two, before they wore forced back. Ia th meantime, the* enemy's artillery was tbrowin sheltand'canister at our nu ks, and our bal teries iii the rear were replying. We ri g'ret to learii that a number of our troof were^iiled'abd' ^ottuded by our own batt? "fies'i'fin a portion of the line. The enemy ninia works on the lailroad were adjudge too strong to attack, and our troops, then ibre, bold their second line of entrenchment In the meantime, a more important move ment wag started towards the enemy's es treme left-about one milo west pf the rail road.- A body of our troops, acting in con juction with others, was sent down on th Vaughan road, some three or four miles Iron the city, to reconnoitre the enemy's positioi in that direction, and ascertain their itrengtl there, with a view to further movements. " The expedition was entrusted to a mos skillful aud gallant officer, with men upoi whom he could depend. It was discovered that the Yankees had extended their linci west to the Vaughan road, in the direciioi of Popes Springs church, aud were rapidly fortifying. An effort, we learn, was made to turn their Hank and dislodge them, wbicli did not prove successful. The outer worki were carried, but the inner were found to be of fUch great strength, and so heavily armed with artillery as to render their capture a matter of doubt, without great* loss of life Some advantage.- were gained, we learn, at 8 eonsiderablo cost is killed, wounded and missing, which were subsequently jieldod, The loss at this point will probably reach several hundred. The brave General John CC. Saunders, of Alabama, was killed here while leading his men in a charge. He was one of the most promising officers of the army, and has been conspicuous for his gallantry on many fields. Thc position of thc enemy, as near as we are able to judge, ts about this : Their cen tre re-its upon the Weldon Railroad, about three miles from the city, their right extend ing across the wooded country to the Jeru salem Plank road on thc ea-t, arid their left lp the Vaughan rond on . the west. Along this whole linc they have strongly fortified . themselves, and works of great strength have sprung updike magic. In their rear, or. the railroad, and on both sides, they have thrown up heavy works to pr?vido apainit flank movements. At the Yellow Tavern and Gurley house*heavy batteries of guns are planted. At*very point open to attack they arc strongly fortified. * . Warren's corps, which first occupied the railroad, have been heavily reinforced with in the last two nights. Hancock's 2d and Burnside's '.Uh corps have reached tho road and now confront our troops, numbering in the aggregate fully thirty thousand men. The -Yankees have been busy iu destroy ing the railroad, and reports say that the track is torn up to and beyond Reams' sta tion-a di.tance of ten miles from the city. ! Parties from the rear, who nrrived in town yesterday, staj.e that the Yankee cavalry un der the notorious Spear were engaged in de stroying the trr.ck oue mil? beyond Hearns' yr.>tciday morning. LATEX. We le ".rn that in addition to the strong character of the fortifications on the enemy's left, which were assaulted by our Uunking column, oue of the main causes of the-repulse was the giving away at a very critical mo ment of a brigade, which caused conoid crabbs confusion and gave the enemy a great advan tage. Our troops were compelled to retire after capturing a line of tbe enemy'* Meir-; tnishers and reaching their strongest works. .Col. Lamar, of Florida, was mortally wounded. DEMONSTRATION ON THF. LEFT. About ll o'clock yesterday mbrniD.i the enemy made a strong dtnion?tratfon cn our', left, on the City Point road, with a view to ascertain the strength of our forces at that point. The firing of artillery &nd musketry was very rapid fur half an hour. At the same time a heavy shelling was opened by^the en emy all along the lines in Prince George, but nothing was accomplished. OFFICIAL. August 22.-Official dispatches roceived from Petersburg~yesterd:iy state that Gene .ral Hill attacked the enemy on the? Weldon Railroad Sunday morning, and drove bira from his advanced lines to his mata entrench ments, capturing over 300 prisoners exclusive rf wounded. Our loss was principally in HuRood's brigade, which mounted the ene uiy:a entrenchments, but support failing, many were captured. -. ? Another Fight on thc Weldon Railroad? PETERSBURG, August 2o\-*-Tbe-af?airon the Weldon Railroad on Wednesday was a very gallantone and Successful in its results. Whilt the enemy's cavalry, uuder Gen. Spears, were eugaged in tearing up the track, several miles beyond Reams', Gen. Hampton attacked and forced them back behind their infantry sup ports. Hampton dismounted his men and fought the infantry, gradually but steadily forcing them back, until they reached their strong works, one milo this side pf Reams', capturing about 80O -prisoners. At5 o'clock this alterno n Gen. Hill at tacked the; enemy's works", and after ff-short but sharp liybt took them, capturing a large cumber of priaont-ni and uine pieces of at-' t'llery. The enemy lied in great confusion. Col. Pvgrain, P? Rk-lxnoiul, turned- tho cap-" turt-d guns upon the enemy, with great effect. The number of prisoners will probably xench 2,'JOO. Gen. Culler was captured. The pris oners belonged to -Hancock's corps, and have been brought to town. There was considera ble firing down the road to-day, but no heavy firing. Our cavalry acted with conspicuous gallantry. ? - RiCflM?NP, August 20.-Thc following des ; patch.was received to-night: HDADQCARTEUS ARMY NORTHERN VIRGINIA August 2ii.-I/on. James A. Seddon: Gen. A. P. Hill attacked the enemy in his entrench ments at Ream's Station yisterday evening At thc second assault he carried the entire line. Cook's and Mediae's North Carojfc^ brigades, under He th, Lane's North Cs^oHua brigade, of Wilcox's division^ tindee'. Conner, with Pegram's artillery awi nosed the assault ing colum.0., ?ty }i?y? oi': brea.st,ii.ork3 was carried, bj t^c cavalry under Hampton, with jjgr?a.1 gallantry,", who contributed largely to* "the snccess. Seven stands of colors, two thou sand prisoners ajid nine pieces of artillery are in ohr possession. The loss of tLo enemy in killed and wounded is reported neaw ours relatively small. Our profound gratitude is j due to the Giver of all vtctory, "and our thanks/ to the brave mon and otficers engaged. (Signed) . H. R. JXE (?eu. Forrests Raid ion Memphis. The faifowyig official iH'paichwas rece?T?3 ?'. fh? WUT iXlpantneu; Weq?fediy; BY TELEGRAPH FROM MOBILE, ( Auguit 22-1804. S The following dispatch was received rrorn General Forrest, dated Hernando, 21st : ?. 1 attacked Memphis at 4 o'clock thia morning, driving the enemy to bis fortifications. "\\o killed and captured four hundred, cajiwing their entire camp with about tbre> hundred horses and mules.' Washburue escaped in thc darkness ofthe corning, leaving his clothes behind. Mylossis twenty killed and wounded. [Signed] " N. B. FORREST, Major General." SENATOBIA, Aug. 22.-Gen. Forrest *ur ! prised and entered Memphis at four o'clock ! yesterday morning, killed and wounded about four hundred Yaukees, and captured betweeu two and three hundred, a large number being oilicers. Oue Brigadier" General is rt-porled killen, Our loss is comparative^ sli^t, [\t surprise being cotapMe. Gen. Forrest found that the Yankees out numbered him four to one, and had to fight his way out, making a fortunate escape. Among his spoils are five hundred fine horses, new hats, clothes, &o. ; In the dash upon Memphis, Cipt. Forrest, commanding Geu. Forrest's advance guard, rode into the Gayoso House before the Yan kees knew the Confederates were in town. Additional Appounfs from Oxford. OXFORD, Aug. 23-The enemy's rear left town at C o'clock, P. M., yesterday; Their force in town was 7,000 of all arms. All the business portion of ihe town, the Court House and several residepces are burned. " Gen., Smith had the guards from all houses withdrawn on reception of th? news of For re8t's*capture of Memphis, ordered the town burned, and commence.', a hasty ret reut for Memphis. He is now in full retreat towards Holly Spring?, with cavolary in advance to intercept Fort est. They committed every depredation ; pillaged houses and attempted to destroy the entire town. Our forces re-occupy the town, and wiil pre3s them rapidly. They killed all the poultry and stock, burned up the Court House and the entire square, the depot, the residence of Col. Jacob Thompson, aud many other private, reei dencea. * . Hood Neu s from Atlanta. ATLANTA, Aug. 27-.-Thc enemy diaap peaieJ from our entire front last night ex o jpt on the extreme left, supposed to be mov ing upon our left. Picket" firing cctsodat midnight duringathe rain. Rumors are cur rent thia morning that .Sherman is cros6in<* the Chattahoochee. ATLANTA, Aug. 20.-The enemy retired from our right front last night. Our forces occupy their second line this morning. The enemy's lines from Decatur to the Peachtree road are all abandoned, but they are still on our left and centre. The movement is inter preted as a concentration upon our left and centre. There was skirmishing thia moram" on the left. Prisoners brought Mn thia morning from the right state that Wheeler tapped the road twice, which was repaired immediately, and the trains are running tbrough. They also state that Sherman's army is on full rations. ^ - --4>.?_ The" New York Herald of the 221 inst., has a letter from Niagara Falls, which says that Judge Black, the Attorney General un- ' der Buchanan'.-, Administration, and Hay, j Lincoln's private Secretary, have had another : interview with Clay, Holcombe & Co., aud ? that Lincoln is about to oller an armistice, j and proposes a meeting of Commissioners ia j Baltimore t-r som? other border City. THE ADVERTISER. JAMES T. BACONi EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, AV ii 31, 1804._ ?&- The " Extract fr..in a Lotter," tbou^L'ful ly seut us by a lady-friooJ of Hamburg, will ap pear iu our next. ^_ Kcligious Notice. ibc next Session of tbe Byefield Baptist As sociation will bc held with tho Mt. Lebanon Church on Wednesday before tbe Second ^Lord^ day in September next A. ? Ricardo." We call tho- special atteution of all, but par ticularly of cur farmers and planters, to Ibe emi nently wi.'e, temperate and patriotic comiatrbica tion'of " RICARDO." SO earut?t and sincere an exhortation should not be lost upon our people. Thanks. We .are indebted to Gen. M. C BuTLta f<er a copy of tho Philadelphia Enquirer of August 10th. Gon. B. is now in'command of Hampton's Divis ion, and report hath it that he bas already been made a Major General. So mote it be. Also to our kind and brave friend, Capt JiLts M. BEnnr, Of tbe 7ih, for Richmond papers of August loth. . . f/?Y'\ . ' -:-? .?-?-\->r ? ?? The Soldiers' Heaven." This.is tbe name given hy the soldiers' them-' selves to the Ladies' Hospital lately established in our midst. ' It may seem a lit.tle like blasphemy, but afrjjr visiting this hospital a few evenings since, soting all the interior'arrangements, wit nersivg the evening meal, ?e., WO fully concur with tho foldiere. Mr. J. B. RriN has.ne1.ly and generously placed at the disposal of tho ladies, fur this hospital purpose, tho lower rooina of ono wing hf his spacious hotel; and here thoy kavo established themselves. Tbey-bavo in- all, five room.*-a dining room, three doVinitofies and a baining room. All these are ?arge, wt?l aired, ceinTortobly furk;shed, and scrupulously:<?ean. ' A'Committee of four Wies {appointed en the evoning previous, from among tho memhers of the association) attend daily, and conjointly con duet tho business of the establishment. They repair to the scene of action at ? A. M. and nd j'jurn at 7 IV M. E.ich of thoso ladies carries a scrvant,~and each rarrles threo meals for herself and servant, so that the provisions of the hospi tal may be devoted solely and- entirely to the foldiors. The bod furniture, table furniture and kitchen furniture, has been contributed by the ladies of the village, and the vicinity for fivo miles around. eT D'r. A. G. TEACLU has volunteered his profes sional services to care for thc patients, and is. daily to bc seen.gpitg the rounds among there. ' Ho is ably assisted by Mr. J. B. HOPGXS. This, on the part of these gentlemen, is an act of the purest patriotism, llcligious services aro held in th.ohespit*l each day.by ene or other of our resident GJorgyHien. The oiimber of patients at present ?s twenty. ! Miostttf these came looking sick, worn out, and ghastly; moetof tire m are now so far recovered aa to bo almost ready to depart. As soon as they do so, tb '-places will be supplied by new comers. The- hospital accommodations will-be gradually enlarged, and soon thc ladies will bc ?Ido to en tertain from thirty to. forty roldierf. So tba " Sold ?ors Heaven'' is fairly under way. God grant it eioy he as lasting as ilvavcn itself! An???aow wc emf by pulicit?n? contributions for this hospital from all quarters of our District. Contributions of monej,-fish, flesh, fowl, vege [ tables, frails, flower-V The ladies in-?baree beg their sisters, even iu.lhe most distant parts of the District, to come ta their aid. It i.< only by such contributions that tbis'noblc cherity ?'im bo kept up. ItVevcry il Anet in the State wr-vdd enter tain and ?decor thirty or forty sick and wounded soldiers, how "m?nense the gwi dose .' bow God like the c-hr ri ty ! Ia these dr.y?? tu laka caro of the soldier U our most bvun,?s>?"duty next to our duty to tvji' ; iud;ed tbe one embraces the other. Wo vii jr in it upon o ii r noble wemen to remember ever theee words of Jesus : " Inasmuch as yo have done it unto one of the least of these, yo have done it unto me." . We enjoin it upoo them to make these words their dear and sacredrcommis sion. Let this beautiful and comforting promise linger ou their lips and in their thoughts when ever they feed, clothe or comfort a suffering soli dior, or lay their bands upon tho dying head of one out of those myriads Christ left for us to serve, so sorting him. k Thc Edra-^eSd Female College. V,'v congratulate our immediate community und ridgefield District at Urge, upon tho present bright and reliable prospect of a permanent fe male school of high order. As will be reen by j#tho notiee in auothcr'co'tmw, tho EdgiCcld Fe male College y, ill bc opened on Monday the 19th Soptember.- The Rev. M. W. SAWS is a Baptist Clergyman of the highett character and attain ments-a South Carolinian, a geutlwnan, anda scholar, lie "a of an old and very honorable Beaufort family, and bas taught for many years in Greenville of our State, where his reputation, in every possible respect, is deservedly high. For the four or five years immediately past, this gen tleman has been teaching with eminent success and popularity in our sister town of Aiken, and now comes to seek a wider sphere of usefulnor-s in old Edgoficld. We welcome him mo.-t cordi j ally, and bespeak for bim the most liberal pal j runagu and tho kindest social attontion. We earnestly hope, and fully expect, to seo ieFuiiny?maidcMS crowding from all ports of our District to avail themselves of tho advantages uow offered. Let parents bo <ulty alive to their duties towards their daughters. These duties do not all lie in tbeprosont. Wc owe much to future generations. A high and biuding duty "rests on us in which our children aro chiefly interest ed. We refer to tho education of the latter. Even the mighty struggle in which wc are now engaged will not excuse a ncgleut of that. It depends altogether npon the aural and intellectual in struction which wu give to those growing up about us whether the liberty which we hope to attain shall be'uf such a character as all lovers of pure religion and right government would rejoice to seo established. But surely our people need no elaborate argu. menta to show tfiem tho necessity of carefully I educating their daughter^ We conclude by ex ! horting tho public to earnestly encourage and support tho Edgetield Female College. Sergeaut Major Stullnorth. This bra*o soldier, young in years, but a vet eran in shrvtce, has made our town a short visit.1 during thc past week. Tho oid 7th caa bear unanimous testimony to bis entire fidelity abd efficiency all through tho throe years ?nd half of tbjs wari No soldier has wi-n' brighter, laurels-and none wears them* moro modestly. We wish him continued safety on bis return tb the battle-fields of Virginia-and many a happy furlcugh-tn future. Exchange of Prisoner*. A report reaches us from a reliable source that all preliminaries are arranged, and that tho ex- j change of prisoners will be resumed at a very early day. We hear it rumored too, that LONGSTREET'S Corps, which left Richmond some threo weeks ago for the Valloy, brts returned to Petersburg. Death <fPR. Jasper De lpn. AVE drop a tear of sorrow and regret over, thc" bier of R. JASPER Di:i.m, lalo Sergeant Mnj?r ol l Uo'-rgia Regime nt, tho t.* me and BtttabsT,' Ol j which Las escaped bur memory. Mr. DKI.PII . bas Hrcd for many yon ri in tLo town of Hamburg, \ and was widely known tLrougbout our District I BV an hone? and Ligh-iniuded gentleman, a mer- ! t-lant of tb? strictest probity, aud a lover or his j country before whom none could take precedence. II?B nome belongs now to freedom and to Tame ! Thc subjoined ?strict will tell the time, place, und circumstances of this good man's death : " To the list is to be added another nobl* spirit who bas given up Lil life in tLe cause, from wound." received in tLe memorable battle of tho 22d July. Sorgt. Maj. it." JASPER Diam bas fallen .' In bis death tho community has tost one of its best citiztns, and the South ?ne of its most zealous and devoted sons." De Dow's lteview. Wo havo received from Columbia, where it'nj now published. De Btfw'a Rtticu for July nod August ISol. The publication bf this sterling periodical, for fifteen years past tho most flour iihiug in th? South, has been suspended siuco August 1SC2-in conneq?euco of the pressure of tho war. Its gifted and indomitable Editor starts it again in the espita) of cur own State, and has i the guarantee of a large printing house lhere (?at it shall continue.\ J appear. Ia those days, when good and useful reading is so scarce, all cur planters and practical men fltould Luke Du. Row. We all knew what this JUeitu has been in th? past ; it will bc the simo in tb? future. J. D. B. DK BOW ii still thc Editor and Proprietor. Sub scription price, $15 per annum. $10 for six months. Fort Morgau in the Hands of the Yankees. Fort Morgan, at tho entranco of Mobile Ruy, capitulated to the Yankees on Tuesday tho 23d inst. Tho enemy's bombardment of the work for several days previous had been very heavy. Gen. PACE, commanding the fort, destroyed everything in it and spiked his guns. Ile and the garrison, numbering f>Sl mei, have keen font to New Or leans. Our loss seveutecn killed. Not being ac quainted w^th the circumstance? et particular; o/ this surrender, we forbear to mike any comniont*. Tbii< much we know however, that it does not ia the faintest digreo necessitate or haste ^ the FAH of Mobile. The latest despatches say the enemy has thrown a force of four thousand on the mu in lan J, at Grant's Pa?s, oppoaito Fort Fowell. Casualties in 1st S. C. Beg't. Dn. 8\ G. MOB LEV, Assiitant Surgeon, 1st S. 'C. Y., has tent us a list of casualties iu that Reg iment in the battle of the IGth inst., on the Dal by Town Hoad, Maj. A. P. BUTLER commanding, from which we extr_*;t as follows : Fltld and Staff.--TOmaded: Maj. A". P. Rut 1er, severe contusion, right thigh ; Lieut. A. F. Miller, Acting Adjutant, severo contusion, left hand. Cu. f?,-Lieut. W. J. DEH'U commanding - Wounded: Private G. W. Hm cock, leg severe. For tho. Advertiser. Casualties in Co. I, 24th S. C. V? TRCSCUES, near ATLANTA, July 30ib. MR. EniTOR :-Ey -publishing tho following casualties in this Company, you will no doubt groatly relievo Ibo painful suspense of many ralatirca and frier. >. The gallant dead sleep bcueath tho mantle of military glory. Each fell as became a Southern patriot. July 20th.-Wounded : Sergt W W Prescoti. mortally, Finee dead; lt C Cox, slightly, head; Corpl W A Yeldell, slightly, side; J A Rochelle, slightly, shoulderr James Welch, slightly, shoul uur. Missing, wounded, supposed dead, J. E?.ra Moore. July 22.-Wounded : Sergt Wm McDaniel, so vercly, side ; Corpl G R Lanham, severely.thigb?: A Hodgoseverely, leg ; G Barden, severely, hand; Jesse Prince, slightly, leg: "William Augustine, slightly, bip ; S Prince, slightly, hand; John-Ii Bush, slightly, arm. Missing,-supposed killed er wounded? aid in the hands of th? enemy, S S Cnfton. .Tuly 27.-Killed : Corpl W A Yeldell. July 29.-Wounded ; Sergt Thomas II Curry, slight, arm. J. A. TILLMAN, lat Lt. Com'd'g Co. L For the Advertiser. A Card. MR. EttiroR:-I see in your issuo vf the 9th mst., that I have been honiisated by Companies I und K, 24th S. C. V., as a suitable man to serve as a Representative in the Stale Legisla ture. After gratefully aehnowlidgiag t'jc confi dence and respect reposed in me Ly my friends, I L"g leave most respectfully to decline, knowing that tho place can be moro wisely Siled. . Respectfully, JOHN F. BB BRESS. Loogmires, Au;- 23d, 1514. - Terrible Explosion. Yesterday at a few minutes to '?wo frelock P. M. au explosion occurred at fie Powder Works a short distance above tic city, re ?altine in the death of eight oroployees and .the destruction of thu Granulaaihy; House, which was the immediate sceue ot'the acci denL Tue quantity of powder explo?? d was, we learn, very close in the ueighbothl.od cf (3,000 lbs. and, had it not been that (fae building was a light and frail coustructu] e, the dam age would have been immensely' greater. As it was, all but one bf thone enployed at the time were blown Sato fragtaej ts, portions of some (f the bo,a>? it is state I being hurled to the distance id'over a hundred yards. The names of tbe-U.iforlunate viet*?ms are as follows; Tom Farda. Fdrenan ; "JansVs Heath, James Shields* Thonrhs Keese, renjumin Scarboro, Brantly Kitchens, George Hayes and Alfred Rory hand*", and Jamea Aikens, a detailed soldier erordoyed as .a guard. Thia latter was tho oj dy One not instantly killtd nnd even ha, ? rough living some ten minutes after the expie sion was iruabje to give any infor mation is to tho cause of the sad disaster. From t?:? (oct that a match box was found in the. y i (.ihr if, \t is supposed that some match es, contrary to express orders, had been con veyed into " the building. Ic is not suprosed that there will be any but a temporan- delay resultant on the acci dent, DO damage whattvrer having been done to the main works. Most: of the victim* vee re gret to learn were married men and leave families. The shattered remains of three of tho unfortunate men, ?rato be buried this morning.--Augusta Constitut?onal?st, 28 th i -. ? W hat are Christian s Doing ? '.?To the thoughtful mind, our country is ia .1 State of great -peril, btu by no means enough I aoto create despair.- Our governricht nn>! military are doing all they can to stem thv: tide; and our people are gallantly flocking, by thousands, to the front, to 'aid..in repelling the invaders : all this will, in time, effect ita: object and relieve us from thw curse ol' a hos tile foe's presence. But wfarat are Christians doing ? Are they praying fervently, to the Lord of Hosts-to the Kjiug of ki ogs and Lord of lords-to Him wb > ruleth in tho ar mies of Heaven and amomg the inhabitants of earth? This is their ?duty. Let tihem cry aloud and spare not. I#3t them unceasingly invoke the favor pf Almighty God., and rest not day nor night, untif he gives as a perfect deliverance- from our dangers Rude calamities., Says he, Gall upon ino ifn the day/ pf trouble^ and I will.hear and da-liver theo;, and thou shalt glorify me.-Cbriititra lode*; For tho Advertiser. Cc mini s?ioners of Appraisement mers of Virginia-Mr. Trenholi ' Letter to Gov. Bonham. Wo believe that it is a principle gencr; jeived among Political Ecccomistr, tLat iiegtn with the producers of the necesei life, and consequently, the value of labor, product of labor, is elevated or depressed; prices of the necessaries of life aro increi diminished. Money which is the represent! labor in exchanges,-money, by which w the. actual or legal iu :cs'ure of. values, is i by thc same law as the subject which x{ septs, and requires to bo increased, or dim as the prices of provisions riso or fall, ever therefore, the prices of the necessa life are raised, lhere it a corresponding ii in the wages of labor, and the prices of pi in every department of butdness, and of only a.'neminal increase of pn-fit to the pri Men are deluded, by the idea of large into the belief, that they are accumulating i forgetting that there must necessarily be responding asd proportionate increase products of tho labor of avery class in th munily. If the fumier Raises *the price wheat, corn,,bacon, ?c., all ether persons labor is in demand, must meet him * ?th ch of price/, nod values necessarily be?otne%d, by that law of equilibrium which -regu healthy ?tata of trude. If tbe farmer rai; pri?e of uny of his products, from one dol bushel, to fiv?s ten, or twenty dollar?, f not know that ho must ntcestarily pay creased price for.the labor be require?, a articles ho consumes, and that consequent pri?es do not .in reality improve ilia pee conditioa any more than the prices from he started, and which were the legitima! remunerative profits on his capital ? In a that if ho raises ono, two, throe, or live bi per cent in his prices, other persons must d j the same proportion, and the only effect produce continuous fluctuations in the ] measure of values. . These position? are demonstratively ti tiraos of peace, and with a currency rceoj l>y every oue to bo unobjectionable. But ii of war, when tho financial condition of the try is diseaiod, when tho precious metals ( ore ?June deemed-money,} are scarcely found, and the currency consists alone of resting on no valuable basis ia thc opin capitalists, far graver evils oecur than ?ny we have yet alluded to. High prices of pri arc absolutely attended with tho misfortu impoverishment to thosa who imagine tba are realizing wealth, because they tond expansion of the currency, which becomes worthless in proportion to its increased rc High prices at such a time indicate a i dated and worthless currency, and every act latien of such paper carroncy is evidence i ! treme folly. Men accumulate money eithei the love of it, or from its capacity to gratify wants and desires. If it is of itself wort there can be no advantage ia accumulatioi it can gratify their wants and desires, it mi j so at a very heavy expense, iii th? necea increased value of th? articles which it pur? and for which such depreciated money is pi Hut if our position be trtt>, that inci prices produce corresponding results-i other departments of labor, then tbe surpl even this depreciated currency, does not tbe producer any greater latitude cf enjoj than hu possessed with priaos at their corn healthy point. In a word, as is well said by a dittingu Political Economist, " Prieta ar?-as remunei J at one limit as at another," and consequec ! farm.tr makes: uo more by selling his wh< ; ! corn at ten, fifteen, or twenty dollars per bi \ than at ono dollar, if the prices of all artic ?I consumption- aro increased at the samo rat ?? rent, which they necessarily must be to enabl ? ?consumer to lire. Tho effett then of tba ?pri?es of producers is evidently injurious t( I prosperity and safety of tbe country. E y' Those reflections are ?Haced by tba conda 1 the. people of Virginia, aud the schedul j prices of the Commissioner? of Appraisemen I luded to in the newspapers and in tbs lett J Mr. TBBXBOLM, Secretary of tha Treasury. '. fatuity as unaccountable as it was dangerous ! Commissioners for tba State of Virginia bad il their schedule prices for wheat and corn at and ?21 per bushel respectively, for tbe mo ; of August and September, and this too in very face of the fact tb?t the currency had 1 reduced from about $808,1)1)0,000, to $200,000 ia round numbers. Tbe farmers of .Virgi profoundly ?entibio of thc fact that tbe ?ncr? i in thc prices of nerissaries inevitably proli I increase in prices neutrally, causing tfcqutitk bly % necessity for a further issue of Confedei Notes, aud thereby a furtbor depreciation of currency, wisely met and objected te the sehet proposed by the Commissioners at Richmond. Was there ever manifested by a people s thorough abnegation of selfishness,-siiek t< disregard of gain,-such devoted constancy the vause of freedom ? Virginia, glorious mot ber of States, torn, lacetatid, mangled, most in ruin, yet from bor desolation, stand - forth tba chastened luminary of a sublime ? ' tiocttl patrioti.-m. . . - Bub in what light shall wo regard tho cond . of the.Ccmmira iouers,'in fixing their .ched price* at sucli exorbitant figures? These part are Agents of tbe Government, (whose duty, a acme, it is to improve the currency by loweri nriccs,} yet they were deliberately countcracli such purpose,. l>y tri;cully declaring in effeet tl the ettrreney.was worthless. Was there evpi country managed by such imbecility in Official Tho wisdom and patriotism of the people of Vi ginia howovor, regulated tho action of the Col missK ncrs, and reduced tha schedule price wheal to?7.!>Q p*r biithel for the mouth of Align* and 9*5 for September. This hat been dene by ti farnmrs vf that Stott, which it wasted and des. lated, by ?:e enemy, and which hat leen the gran theatre of a gigantic and ferocious mar for fot yean. Mr. TaxNHOLy in subsumes informs us, that is tho people alone, who can rogulale the currei cy. The efforts of any one man, in tba pecullt lunation aud condition of this country, ara nm vailing to carry on a war of euch magnitude o this in which the Confederacy is engaged. Th piople mast assume the burden themselves. Tho must co-operate, and that heartily with tbei gorernmont, in placing the finances of the coan , try upon a sure footing. It it only ntecttary fo the producing class in the country to mal t the more and all other clauet mutt follow. It is only se eaistry for some pr.omi?ont and influential citizci . ' among the former class, who is not afraid o losing his popularity, and who loves his country 'better than himself, to take the initiative, one ?others will rally around hun, ia advancing tin tholyjcsusato which he may consecrate his time Land his abilides. Caa no such man be found in ??Soutb Carollaai Will tb? people .of our State, j twlth tho glorious example^of bleeding Virginia Le for? thenr, hwlUto to saet,tfi<>s ?raf lc? to bono! an's,' to safety ?-' Lat them thea respetad ?a every PbS.vict, to th? fernie? ?f RoeliiaghUBi, and let Sdg\ **la he**1 W1- **rw,ce i**** *f tn0T?" .-^pij.VwrT our financial-oondi?o?'Wttlhov?nova. i ted a?d invigorated, and the Eafety and iadepsh enc? of our country^wilL, ?nd?r the previdcno? Ip?o?, bo effected by tbc'arm.y ktilUiifr?crs f Ibo Confederacy. ( RICARDO. SUBSTITUTS roR /QCI.VINE.-An ?article ia he Medical and Sargjeal Journal is devoted o " the External Application ' of. Oil of- Tur tentine as a Substitute for Quinine IQ leter uittent Fever." Surgeon Kenn?dy reports the uccessful trial of Ibis application,' without 'ailure, in over thirty case?. Of seven cases eported at the: Genera! . Hospital, Guyton, ja., the result waa immediately successful in di, but in three of them the chills Returned tftejwards. The mode of application recom nended is : *' Half an hour before the expect ed paroxyism, a band a ge, wet . wit h' th e tar? pent:DC, ii applied around, the body at the lower part of the chest, ? th*#linen replaced and tire outside clothing .buttoned. If con venient, the patient should he placed in blan kets." When there is % probability of the return of the paroxysm on the seventh or fourteenth day, the application should be re peated. HYMENEAL. MARRIED, cn th? ISth inst, at.the r?sidence of the bride's father, by Rev. J. S. Mathews, Corp!. J. M. MURRAH, 1st Regit S. C. Cavalry, and Miss MAU GIE ?. SAMUEL, daughter Of Robt. Samuel, Esq., all of this District. MARRIS?, on Thursday evaniap, the-13tb inst., by J. A. Lott, Esq., Mr. T. J. GLAZE and Miss HARRIET LYBRAND, all of thia District. FOR TAX COLLECTOR. Wo bavo bien authorized by maty, friends of Capt. THEOS. DEAN to announce him fi can didato for re-election to the Office of Tax Collec tor for Edgcfield District at the sashing election in October noxt. . Aug 31 > te . . "30 DR? PAUL F. EVE TENDERS his PROFESSIONAL SERVICES to the community,' specially in Surgery. Orrice and Residence, McIntosh Street, Augus ta, Georgia. Aug 31 4t* 20 THE EXERCISES OF MRS. McCLIN TOCK'S SCHOOL will bo resumod on M eu Jay, thc 5th Septemlor : ffaret of Tuition. First Class,.$ 15,00 Second Class,.:.^. 12.0U Third Cia?.-,. 10,00 Aug 31 lt 80 JOSIAH SIBLEY & SONS, No. ?I, Warfen Block, Angosta, Go., RUY AND SELL ON COMMISSION C?r?ox AND PRODUCE. Augusta, Aug 3!, 2t 36 Co. K, 7tkS. O. Reg't. ALL Absentees ftitheut leave from Co'. Ki of this Regiment, bad better r'port for duty, or send on certificates of their disability ; other wise they Will be dealt with as tba law directs. J. -WY CH EAT HAM, Lieut, Commanding Company. Aug 22 _ lt 38 NOTICE. THE ' KJi?eGcU VM-.?? Beat Chapan? viii asseirffto in the Park on next Saturday, th? 3d Sept. The roll will be celled at ll o'cluek, A. M. Punctual attendance is required. To complete tho organization thara will bo bald an election nt that tim? for 2d add 3d Lieutea ante of said Company. Tho non-Cemmisfioned Officers will also bo appointed en that day. Let no one abie to shoulder a musket fail to aUend. Our bonus and firesides are threatened, and thc emergency of the timas requires prempt organization. Let oach man do bis duty and all will be welt Dy order M. FRAZIER, Capt. Aug 31 _lt_36 "DOMESTICT GOODS FOR TUE MfLTITPPE. JUST received a larg? supply of LIGHT SHIRTING ; 4?4 SHEETING ; 7-9 SHIRTING ; ?DRILLINGS;! COTTON YARNS, dec., dec. Which ! offer to the people of Edgefield, Abbe ville sad Barnwell District*, AT Otu PM IC ES, If paid for ia Flour, Corn, Bacon, Molasses, Lard, Meal, Ac, an?, will give as good bargaias as any Factory in th? Confederacy. * A SIMON. . Hamburg, Aug 22 lm '?? All Right Again. HAVING rep. .'rei .the Dam fi ml put tho Mill io running operation again, I am new pro pared to GRIND CORN ia th? best possible manner, with promptness and despatch, and to> thc satisfaction of caoh and every customer. L. DE CO A OH, Agent ** FOR Mas. R. M. FULLIU. . Aug 31 _ U , 3C Good Sugar for Bacon ! IWILL BARTER good brown SUGAR for BACON-1 pound of Sugar for 2 pounds of bacon. A. A. GLOVER. Aug 31 tf 36 Runaway FrtOM the Subscriber, ?a-tte 21st August, two N?gro men, WEST- ?nd BILI, both tolerably dark cempleeted. No particular marks or scars recollected on either of them. They can both write, and it is possible-that they may bo passing thcmselve.? in Augusta as free. West is very well known about Edgefleld C. H., Ham burg and-Augusta. They, wa? rais?d by Mr. David Harris. ?, I will pay pa han i seme reward for the appre hension of both or either of ?aid Negroes. JOHN E. PADGET. Aug 31 - 2t? 36 Notice. THERE will be application-made at the next sitting.of the Legislature to. karo Shatter 4ield re-aurreyed and incorporated, and named over. , IAug2? lt 30 $200 Reward. IWI LL give Two Hundred Dollars roward for apprehension of my boy PETER. H? is a good looking mulatto, about 2.S years old and about 5 feet 10 inches high, weighs about 140 pounds, has Very handsome teeta sad heavy black beard, and polite and oivrl whan speken to. I have ressens for believing he is making his way to tho Tanka*, lines' in Georgia. My ad dress is Ridge, S. O. E. W. SEIBELS. Aug 31 6t . 36 Gross Pork Wanted. 1WILL Baiter S>LT fer GROSS P0BR at the rate ef two pounds Salt for ene of Gross Pork. A. A. GLOVER, Aug 24 ? tf_ 35 Factory Yaru. ff/X BUNCHES COTTON YARN just rac eire i UV nod for sal? at reduced pri?es by E. PENN, Agt. Aug 23 it_35 Notice APPLICATION wilVbe-mado at the sitting*of the next Legislature rarity. r?-chart?r of the Ferry across Big Sailvda^lMvet at th? pjaoe knsx?*s John Holley'* Teer*. ' Kuann as ?A*? DANIEL D. HOLLEY. AUJ.17 3* ' 3*.