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mtwm ??!??> mmt*****m]riaam l Mi ? * ??. ? nu? ipi Nh < , yn?. HOBT. A. THOMPSON, Editor. !;U.A.THOMPSON, IL YOUNG, W.H. HOLCOMBE, PROIMUET0118. 8 THUMS --$1.50 per annum, in ad vance. If pay ment hy delayed until after tho expiration of the vo?r, $2. For six months, 7f? couts in advance. #jr*AdyortleoincntH insorted at tho tu 'id ratoS. PICKfiNS C. %? S. C.: Saturday Morning, June 29,1861. No Court. Owing to tho disturbed condition of tito coun try, il hus boon determined that there shnll bc tito Court of liquify, nt this placo, next wook Proftpinjr buRinQ?s moy bo disposed of at Green ville, ut chambers. Then; was no court at An j? dorson, this week, for tho snmo reason. Serious Accident. Wo regrot to learn tbnt a sorious ncoident oo R? curred nt the Railroad trestle over Six-nnd |y Twenty orook, between Pondloton and Ander son on Saturday lost. In romoving tho 'trestlo, jj^Ibr tho purposo of putting up a bridgo over that stream, tho trestle giving woy, fell and knocked two of thoworkmcn off tho trestlo, who foll to tho ground, a distance of forty and fty-slx foot respectively. They word danger? tsly'lfijt?rod.' Other persons had i narrow capo._^_ Save your Seed ! It is,a matter of concern just now that garden era and housewives save seeds of all kinds. Tho VtSiital,supply from tho North, eton wcro tho seeds as good-'ns thoso liAturod hero, will bo cut off. Hosido, thcro is a commendable economy and in dop?ndonco connected with it, that should make I tho injunction to save seeds bo observed. There f?fco, " Save your Seed." ?_ The Seat of War .Is glimmering'with tho occasional Hashes of conflict botwect. ibo opposing forces. Tho fed?] ?crnliste havo moved upon Virginia in three heavy columns, and thc contest for victory can i 'not be long postponed. . Tho onward movement k <of Gen. Beauregard is significant. Ho is witb . l.Hn a few miles of Alexandria, and is renlly uien ll^ioing Washington. His policy doubtless is, ' howevor, toprovoko au attack upon bis forces ?ind then fall baok on his entrenchments nt Mn liassns Junction, where he eau safely hazard a tgeneral battle. Then, when tho enemy arc leaton back, a forward movement of his cotn ?aratively fresh and eager troops would result i completo disaster to tho Lincoln Hessians. ftt now, all is speculation. With a little pil ton, tho result will be before us. T?ie roportcd secession of Maryland reaches us through Iliehmond. It needs confirmation. Tho proclamation of Cov. JACKSON-, of Mis souri, on thc first pago, is proof of thc change, If any were wanting, taking place in tho char acter of tho government of thc United States, tait is now one of tho most detested despotisms. tal Throughout tho Confederate States great L cenfidonce is felt in tho government, and much ?p!-^l?efleTi?icoiirity for life and property is attained than wo oxperionced this time lost year. The crops, too, aro good, and our prospects general ly arc encouraging. Our columns contain thc latest nows. Our Volunteers! Tho gallant Fourth Regiment arrived in Richmond, Va., on Monday tho 17th instant, whoro it remained until Thursday tho 20th, whoo it marched to Mannssas Junction ; where, in conjunction with the other six Regiments from South Carolina, they ure under command of Gon. 'BEAUREGARD, and are advancing on Alexandria. May victory porch ou thoir proud J . and stainless flag. Itfg'i'iB/^y?. o/'py-^""T tho-Richmond Examiner tho fir fallowing compliment to tho Fourth Rogimont: ! ' "FOURTH REGIMENT or SOUTH CAROLINA J'/ VOLUNTEERS.-This Regiment is composed of ?j j tho mountain boys of South Carolina, who re side, when ut home, in tho Districts of Auder ?on, Green vi Ile, Picketts and Pendleton, a stal wart and unconquerable body of men, about nine hundred strong, accustomed to tho*uso of linns from childhood, full of the spirit of in dependtmco, and burning to avenge the wrongs and oppression which, for the last forty years, tho South has suffered at the hands of thong ""-pfiKWS>*e North. Wo attended tho dross parade nf this fino regiment, at moir camp ground, near the Reservoir, on Wednesday evening, fgj whoro they wore delightfully quartered in a ru ral and shady situation. Tho mon were well uniformed and fully equipped, with everything nccossary to comfort and active service, and moved and handled their weapons with a facil ity, grace and precision, which proved thut they hod been well drilled by ohio and accomplish? \I od commanders. Wo had the' honor of hoing introduced to most of tho field officers mid to exchangecordinl greolings with tho command ing officer of tho rogimont, Col. Sloan ; Cap tains Kilpatrick, Dean, 0 ri fifi n. Hawthorne, Sbunklin. Pool, Hollingsworth. Anderson. Hum phreys and Leng; Chaplain Gwinn, Surgeon Cooloy, of Greenville, and Assistant Surgeon Run.lu. u, of Anderson; Maj. Whiiner, Lieut. Col. Chas. S. Mattison, Adjutant Wilkes, Quer tormnstor Adams, Commissary Canble, Lieut. Crittonuon, and sovornl prirntes, among whom wo are happy to seo tho son of an old uoquain tanco-J-Mr. ii L. Whitaker, of Orconvillc-at tached to tho fourth company of tho regiment, under tho command of Cunt. Hawthorne, and whom ho pronounced ono nr his bost soldiers. .'Last evening, (Thursday.) this regiment ol <y*WftmVwlth their accomplished officers, left ?by railroad for Munussns Junction, and have bV tho time of this writing, doubtless .rouchel) their- destination. May a kind Providence watch over thom nnd crown thoir efforts tr .maintain the rights of thoir Southern soil witli viotqry and honor." Tho Wilmington (N. C.) Journal nlso says: jf "A tuan nnmed John M. Brook*, behmginp to tho Fourth Rogimont of tho South Cnrolinn Volunteers, and under tho command of Capt Shanklin. foll from tho cars while in motion near Gorro fiordo. Ho is bndly injured in ont of his feet, besides bruises on other ports of tht body. He is now at Corro Gordo, recoivinp medical nttontlon and gnott nursing from Mr .Powell, who will bo uotUficd for bis.trouble bj nity round about tho piuco." Northwestern Virginia Tho, tories of Northwestern Virginia hnvt organized a Blate government, elected Govornoi and other oflieors. Wc do not think this n for midahlc movement. Tho majority for soces sion tn tho Stoto was 94,7501 and tho voti secession was 32.134-ninny of ?bb Yitimbeft.are truo to their Stuto. The Richmond fy?juirer ??y? x " A friend ha? handod us a copy of thc Whoeling Intelligencer, of the 13th, which cen list of those in attendance at tho Tory lon, then In session thoro. Thirty-one 1 ato in tho catalogue? tight of which ;^v-i?j?*itiWi" js^?9sWS^??SS?S?Ii?ff*/?l>" IH?jj,l>|j'i!!a?-yrtL>j|Lil!!.l-'..ll " Preparo ! Tho following extract from tho editorial col limns of tho Chnrlostnn Mercury contains worm of truth and nu abundance of wisdom, and wc accordingly commoud it to the prompt notion ol our patriotic and vigilant citizens. To bo pro pared, is almost half tho battle. Should thc wnr continue, (and wo think it will for some timo to como, having by ns no rulo by which tc reason against tho action of madness and folly that govern at thc North.) tho fall and wintor mon Mis will witness perhaps on our own soil, tho bloody and tragic events that oro succeed ing each other so rapidly in Virginia nt this timo. Then bo pteparcd to welcome tho llos sinns " with bloody hands to bospitablo graves." Artillery Companies, cavalry companies, .'Ho companies and shot gun companies, of tho youth and moro nged, should bo formed nud drilled. Let it ho remembered, with profit, that ono well drilled soldier is worth on thc hut tlo-fiold threo row recruits. No time, then, should bc lost. Andmore: but few occupa tions should bo followed, mimoly-tboso of tho soldier, tho farmer, ami thc mechanic-till penco i? declared. To this end, lot our energies be redoubled in preparation for tho conflict. Our friends below may need our services, us their section of tho State is exposed. Tho coast of Florida is also open to the enoiny, nud our aid moy bo roquircd to expel tho common enemy from her hurders, and also from our other South ern Sisters. Let thc note of preparation, then, resound from tho seaboard to thc mountains ! But wo return to tho article alluded to, mid nguiu ask for it the consideration it so gravely deserves : "Active preparations for tho war, should be going on now, over tho wbole South, in every pre cinct, whelber exposed or not ; everybody drill lng from sixteen to tilly ; everybody securing the best wcapouj thal .cnn bo lind ; encouraging nil that ho can, and preparing in every possible way to resent aggression, resist invasion, mid conquer a perfect independence, which slinll securo us pence nnd prosperity for thc next fifty years nt least. A good pull, long pull, and pull altogether, is nowjthe gnont necessity, mid the only policy. Wo aro all in tho same boat, nnd wc have to lido out tho storm only by tho instincts of n common necessity, a common causo, ti common feeling and I spirit. Let none hold back, especially in our eily I and thc seaboard parishes. Not a mun must show j himself sluggnrd or Indifferent. Arm. prepare, I practice, got llibCiplinO; learn lo feel the touch of j a brother's elbow ; and tench euell other where j you may bc virtually secure of a support, with un enemy in front. , "Koop one thing in mind. .South CoAolina, in abolition eyes, is the bend and front of Tho offend ing. Charleston is the very henri and fountain ot offence. Policy, hate, interest, avarice, gluttony i plunder, lust, are all arraying themselves ngniiia. J this State mid city. Shall they prevailt Never; I if yon will do your duty. If you will only prc 1 parc in due season, and us one man. grapple willi your necessities. Thus prepared, you will make a new record of glory, such as will honor nud beautify your past history ; such as will stimulate your sons to like performances, carrying down thc reputation of our lillie Stale, in triumph, to thc remotest period of time. Virginia is having bei time. We may have ours in November. "If nil hands pitt theil' shoulders to thc wheel, you ure invulnerable-you nre invincible, lt ev ery neighborhood "hunt," or "club," or knot ot hunters, organize, with regard lo the destruction of the Yankee banditti which threatens us, they cnn never penetrate our country ten miles, any where, without meeting sharp and swift des tr no tion! Thc partisans, who might not be sirona enough to confront na invader in force, cnn yoi bang upon front and rear, cut off his advance, cul down Ills SCOUtiH nnd sentinels, and so gleam, dai ly, nightly, from his bands, ns to leave him strand ed and lost in (he first battle. Our country is one of dollies, in which lnrgc. bodies ol' troops, whet li er marching or in camp, cnn never be secure for n moment. Hunt tho country before them, cut oil their supplies from thc sen. harass them willi horst und rifle at every covert, and their hope lo pcuc IrotO the country will lie a dream lo be dissipated by death nt every turning ot Ilia forest. " Wo take for grunted t ti ii t all our 1'arisb conn I ry is in arms nnd vigilant ; thal it drills, prac) i ces, keeps on the watch and urges a proper organ Ixntlon. Kvory trooper cnn carry his body-ser vant to the war, well armed also, ns Marion dh in 'lie Revolution. When Marion joined Itiinsoll to Gates' army he lind but thirty troopers, nm perhaps fifteen negroes. The negroes were armed and euch followed his ni aster. Mail tintes-win was a mero martinet-followed Marion's conn se and practice, thc fatal battle of Gum Swam] would never have taken place. Marion, dismissci from thc camp of Oates as useless, recaptured tlx American prisoners made by Cornwallis, Let m study this history. We have no doubt I li nt the war will developc fifty Murions in South Carolina Especially should wc regard the excellent wood men, the propor scouts, of our Parishes. Subsid izc, incorporate them ut once : give timm I bel commissions. With Vheir knowledge of wood am swamp, they will be invaluable. Look out fo: next full, nnd get ready now. " In th? war such as we nre waging now, ii which our enemy shows the worst animus, nm dooms not only the destruction of peace and lite but our institutions, there must bc no half policy We must be prepared for a wnr of extermination we must burn the country. Ibo town, sooner timi suffer iiim to take foothold in either, bet un innki bis camp n conflagration, ami semi in bolts o death oven while he is struggling in tho flames I .'Wc nre told tlint proper care bas been taken by thc Government, Ol' our local, seaboard liefen ces. We hope (hat thib is true. Hu! oar Govern ment, nnd that of thc Confederate Stales, are beti of limited resources. Citizens nnd con.munit?es and individuals, will need to sup.ply immy delicien cics. We may have, ii battery, here nnd there, ot our headlands, but we need ritlemen nnd envah it) thc rear to prevent artv landing. Thc enemy i now rapidly building flat bottom iron (dad gun boals. Wc need ihmling batteries (Hid submarin batteries in our inlet.) nnd rivers, planted judi ciously, and with heavy guns ; nnd we need rille? cannon of heavy calibre, 24s, ttlis and L's-15 inch cohtnibinds-guns along tho shore to furn isl entilado batteries ; mid we must have squadron in rcHfi ve, rnpidly moving, to cover points sudden ly assailed. There is really no danger of success fill invasion, if we aro duly prepared lo pu' on resources to proper uso. Out now is thc appoint Ci time, nnd before thc summer closes. Then, w< may look for the enemy. Wo havo fully foti months for preparation. It will bc our own fnull and a most miserable liultrexe. if wc aro not wei entrenched and prepared be foro next November If need be, remember that no half mensuro wil suffice. Depopulate where you cnn not defend nnd while you enrry your women nnd children black and white, to friendly receptacles in the in tcrior, arm your plough boys willi sponrs, nnd lc them follow their young masters lo thc field. This, which was thc niau of John Laurens, in th Revolution may become your pol loy now. whorcv er .no enemy shall effect a binding. Tho womel and children in thc interior arc hostages for th conduct of those nlong the shore." The Con.ped ?rate Lear.. It is proprosed that tho farmers of tho Con fedorato Stitt es sell to tho government thoi surplus of cotton, \. ..jut, etc., nnd receive pay mont in treasury notes or bonds, boorin g inter est at eight por cont. Already largo sales hav been made to tho government, und ulso sub scriptions for bonds or stock. By this moan thc wnr can bo curried on, and ?ho farmer rc coiveo fair prico for bin ont lon, grain and bacon whilst tho blockade lasts. Tho treasury note ulso furnish n good circulating tn cd i ti in. It ii an experiment which promises fnirly for all-li patriotic-and wo feel no hesitation in rccom mending it to such of our citizens ns may havi A surplus on hand. Full particulars may bi learned, on application to lion. C. 0. MKXUI.V CL?, Ot ltIftamd, Y?, From Texas. Extract of a lotter from Toxns, dated 30th i Moy. 1SGI : . J 11 Wo have lind fine pensons Up to this time. f, Corn looks well. Wheat is good throughout the Stnto. nod wo uro very busy harvesting it now. Wheat will not ho worth moro than 50 ' cents per bushel nt present. Hnrvost hands ?. oro worth $1 ncr doy, or two bushels of whoat. i Nothing now. Tut BANKA IN SOUTH CAROLINA.-Tho Chnr ' i leston Mercury publishes the CompnrntiVo View of tho uvorngo weekly condition of the Bunks i in this Stute, from their returns to thc Comp troller General, for tho month of Muy. From this statement, we compile tho following synop sis, which omhrncos all tho important purlieu la rs to the general rciuler : ' Lt Atti UTI es - Cn pi lol, $11.952,480.88: cir culation, $0.3b.?.402.43 ; profits on hand. $2. 198,288.28; due banks, $4.082,335.28: depos its, $0,007,307 38 ; duo State, $2.781.254.20 ; other items, $1.450. $37.070 '?85.31. j RESOURCES.-Specie, $1.445.052.-14 ; real es 1 tate, $004.596.38 : hank notes, $0G4.099.0fi ; duo from banks, $3,212,823.70; discounts. $11. 908.531.38. domestic exchange $5,032.514.82; foreign exchange, $4,041.2^9.20; bonds and I stocks. $4,500.190.05; suspended debt. $2.433, 051.31; brunches. $1.823.780.38; State. $354. '89017; oilier items, $959.104.84. $37,070, 585.31. I By comparing this statement with that of thc previous month, wc notice nu increase in depos its to tho extent of $050,584.81 ; nu increase : in discounts of $09.501.10; nu increase in for , eign exchange (d' $890,050.40, while domestic ! exehnnge shows a deoronse of $831.489. 20; '? specie, a decrease of $28.233 70, and circulation , a decrcusoof $949,914-50. - Pennings and Clippings. PROMOTEU-Col. I). IL Hill, 1st Begiincnt of North Carolina Volunteers, has been promo ted by the Governor of North Carolina, to bo Brigadier (?encrai of 1st Brigade N. C. V., for distinguished services at tho butilo of Hotbed ' Church, Virginia, to take rank from 10th June, : 1801. Col. Hill isa native of South Carolina, i and is an elder of the Presbyterian church. ! TUE STATE HOAD-Tho Atlanta Intilliyencei j stales, by authority, that for the month of Mardi j $40,000.'of April $50,000. and of May $50,000, i were paid into thc State treasury, making tin ; sum of $140.000 paid in of thc earnings of thc ' i Georgia State road for throe months. I TUE MASSES IN GUIO Ol'i'OSF.n TO TUE WAR. I An Ohio correspondent of tho New York Jour I ?tul oj' Commerce writes: "There is un under ? I current of fooling among the masses opposed ti j thc further prosecution of this war. Althougl most of the presses and leaders have boon car ? ried away by tho furor of thc hour, still yo? ! will lind that the masses of thc people han not gone with them; and there i? a great roue ; tien going on daily." 1 i ACTION or THE PRKSUVTERIAN CHURCH.-Tin Memphis Appeal, of tho loth instant, soys "Tho Presbytery of Memphis, ?ti session nov in Somerville, on Thursday hist unnnimousl . passed un Ordinance of Secession from th i General Assembly of thc Presbyterian Churo ' j of the United States. The other Proshylorlc I of the Confederate States will ?ill secede jut . - pu ra tory to thc organization ol' tho General A: j sombly of the Confederate States. Thc fin I Assembly ol' tho Southern Church arc invite j to hold thoir mooting in this city." ' j THE UNION MEN IN TENNESSEE.-The dono ! ! boro Expresa, which is understood to renrcsoi f thc views of Hon. T. A. lt. Nelson, Presidei ; j of tho late Union Convention, has an artic! I upon the duty of Union mon of that State, i which it counsels acquiescence in thc vote < the. majority, ?ind cheerful submission to thee pressed will of the voters of thc State. j FAYETTEVILLE AS AN ARMORY.-All tho rif r works recently at Harper's Ferry have hoi I boxed up and removed to the Armory at Fa ' otteville, N. C., where tho fabrication and alie I anon of arms will bo Immediately commence > A number of workmen have passed tlirotif ' lllohmdnd from Harper's Ferry, Cit route f 1 North Carolina. i BULLS HUN AS A BATTLE-FIELD.-'Thc Cai . den Journal tells us of a pleasant little eotivt \ saturn which occurred between Colonel Ki ,. shaw and General Beauregard, on tho oconsl I of a visit of tho General to tho camp. Talki) 1 about tho probability of this point boco mi j j fain ins in tho history of the war, Cd. K. i I j marked thal the place should have a more ch . sic nnmojthau Hull i run. when (Jen. B. prom] '_ ly replied that it is quite us g nod as Coio pa i This rettlcd the question, 'f RICHMOND, .June 22.- The President of t .Memphis and Charleston Railway lias tnk i, j $40,000 of tho Confederate b inds, mid $17,0 ? Treasury notes ?it par. , PATRIOTISM or TUB AUGUSTA RANKS.-T . thinks of Augusta wore culled upon Wodli ^ day morning by tho agent of thc Confedori y. j States Government tn know how much of i s ; Confederacy Treasury notes they would toke They promptly answered 15 per cent, of th capital. As the sum total of bank capital I Augusta amounts to $3.075.000, the anim thus taken nnd placed to tho credit of Pn J dent Davis is $401,250. SALT-Tho Nashville Union noticing that.' . hus materially advanced in tho market, sa, \ "This advance has resulted from a fear that u j stock in tho Southern States will bo OX hans '' before a supply (ran bo obtained in conserpic j of thc blockado. Tbero is a manufactory . Smyth county, Va., which turns nut lu ' amounts annually, and it may bo IncrOnsoi ' I almost nny quantity. There aro probably ot . I poi ti I s in the Southern Slates whore stilt t ' lie manufactured, nnd it would ho well for terprising capitalists to turn their attende ~ tho subject, TUE Acte York Day Hook say'ss "All > II York is failing. Thc suspensions and fidh for thc past few days have boon fearful, nnd war promises to bankrupt every mcrchnn New York. Tiie retail business is us bad ol i- tho wholesale. Trade is killed." R THE POUT SUMTER OFFICERS-Capt. Don day, of Fort Sumter memory, commands heavy artillery of tho column advancing aga 0 Harper's Forry from Hngerstown. Lieut. J '" is Commissnry of tho sumo command. A SHORT WAR-Thc Now Orleans Dee Hw on tho groat nnxioty of tho North for a s n war-roforring to tho dolorous plaints of n Herald over its cxponsivonpss and lassos, " odds, truly enough, that tho only way to m . it a short war is for tho Yankoos to go bau a thoir onion patches, ropont of thoir sins, h ? tho Confodorate States to monago thoir . affairs, and resign themselves to the oonseqi Wo of au oc'bionco sep?relo uud apart ii otu ? ' A TRKROR TO LINUM.KITKS-Tho Li ned ni toa iu St. Louis wore- painfully exercised n few doy? ugo, by a report that Con. Beauregard WHS in tho oby. Squads wero sont in all directions to sonroh suspected houses, and arrest tho Conoral. BOSTON P.U ROU AS! NO AMERICAN COTTON IN EOROI'K-Tho British ship George A. Holt cleared from Now Orleans, April 7, with 3,500 bales of cotton for Queenstown. She nrrivoi' ut tho latter port May 21 ; her cargo was sold by samplo nt 15 cents, to a Boston purchnser, and the ship ls orderod to ro-cross tho Atlantic for tho benefit of tho Massachusetts Cotton Mills. LinRRAi. PROPOSITION-Mr. L. llanover, of Pocahontas, Bundol ph county. Arkansas, ?fters tho Southon) Confederacy a loan of $200.000, without interest until tho war is ovo., and then will toko tho bonds of tho Confederacy at low interest. BICK-Tho Charleston Courier Icarus that the prospect for a full yield of rico, at this sea son of thc year, was never bettor in that scot lon of the country, and that ropnrtsTroin every other section oro equally flattering. DKOI.INK IN TIIK BF.VF.NUK-Tho foreign im portations nt New York continuo to dwindle, omi 'ho Government revoluto from that source has fallen to a very trilling figure. Tho custom receipts at that part, on Friday. 1 Ith inst., noel the aggregate for the week, did not. it is stated, exceed $100.000. 1 Telegraphic News from all Quarters Oe KAN SpuiNns, Miss., Juno 23.-There is a gun boat oil' Doer Island. They have taken three schooners to day, loaded with rail road iron and salt-one is the. Olive Branch. There is also a war steamer off Ship Island. Loi; is Y ii.i. K, 'lune 23.-A requisition will bo sent to Indiana for four additional regi ments. lt is believed that tho Government will not interfere with the due course of btw in tho ease of the privateer Savannah. The case of tho schooner Tropic Wind will probably be appealed to tho United States Court. lt is said Crittenden will oller his compro mise in Congress, coupled with thc threat of tho secession of Kentucky, if it is nut adopted. Con. Beauregard is evidently preparing to ndvanco. Thc gossip of tho Post states that good judges say there will bo no battle for n week yet. The Government will soon issue orders for preventing thc army and navy performing service ns slave-catchers. Andrew Johnson bas arrived in Washing ton, and claims that lOnst Tennessee will imi tate Western Virginia. 20,000 Southerners arc ut Fairfax Court House. NiiW YORK, Juno 23.-It is reported that tho navy is to bc doubled. Congress is to suspend tho writ of habeas corpus at un cor ly day. There is no nows from Missouri. Tho line has been interrupted by a heavy tornado. RICHMOND, June 24.-lt is reported that Maryland bas passed nil ordinance of seces sion. 1 cannot vouch for thc reliability of the report, ns il is said it was passed in secret session. KANSAS CITY, June 24.-Porty men were drilling in n house in Wyandotte, when the building foll, burying and killing some in stantly, and wounding ninny. TIIK OPPOSING Powens SHAH WINCHES TER--TW KNTY-'f HR EB M Ott K Y ,\ N K KKS KILLED.-We lenin from Capt. M. 10. Price, thc master of transportation, and employed in removing tho machinery from I Lo per's'Per ry, who arrived ?it Richmond last evening, tliat within an aroa of ten miles of Williams port there aro twenty thousand troops of tho enemy. Some estimate tho number at thirty I or over thirty thousand. Among them there ? ?rc between four and live hundred citizens of Borkoly county. The rest are from Pennsyl vania. Ohio, and some fruin Allegheny coun ty, Maryland. 'Ibo bulk of the tinny ?sat \V illili Rispo rt . Wo have about fourteen thou sand volunteer troops in thc neighborhood, that is tosa)', ri bout ten thousand within four I miles of Winchester, two thousand, advanced I guard, six miles from lMartinshurg, and two i housand in Hampshire county, watching the movements of Mcclelland. Cul. Macdonald left Wiuohestei Inst night, ! with four hundred and fifty mounted rangers, j The militia is nil culled ont in Rockingham, j Augusta, Shenandoah, Frederick, Clark". ! Jefferson, Berkeley, Morgan and Hampshire, anti were moving last night anti this mot tiing, i t immense force, to join the main body of I the army nt Winchester, livery man that conni get n gun was moving. All the property, consisting of stock wag gons, grain, provisions, household goods and sot vants, was taken on Tuesday by tho Fede ral troops from Dr. Allon C. Hammond, O. C. Cunningham, Janies Cu n nigh am and William Creswell. Col. J. IL H?ge, with 130 mounted rah gors, killed 23 Yankees, and brought their scalps to tho Quartermaster. He ?outed the rostand drove them across thc Potomac. [Richmond /irani incr. j ONE OK TIIK HORRORS OF WAU.-We i learn that on Thursday last two of tho dead j bodies of Lincoln's moil were found in tho ; woods in the neighborhood of tho Bethel but I tie-ground, in a State of decomposition. They j were traced out hy moans of tho buzzards hov j cring over tho spot. One of the corpses had I in his haversack a quarter of baked shoat. It is supposed they had crawled away from tho scene of battle after being wounded, and died on tho spot on which they were discover ed. From their uniforms, it is presumed they were members of thc Zouave Regiment. lt is said that all along tho road from Beth el to llninptonn most intolerable stench pre vails, nnd that from the appearance of the buzzards circlings around about, there must bc numbers of putrifying car?aseos ?n the woods. [Norfolk Dat/ Book. DARIN? EXPLOIT.-Two Lincoln prison ers woro brought to Mannssas Junction, Fri day morning, who wore captured in the fol lowing during manlier : A volunteer from Hanover County was out on picket duty, when tho two Lincoluitoscaine suddenly up on him, and leveling their guns nt him, or dcreu him to surrender.' Our picket, how ever, instond of surrendering immediately, drew his revolver, mid aiming it nt thc ene my, orderod thom to surrender, or their lives would bo tho forfoit. Tho cowardly Lincoln itcs, thus boldly confronted, nt once dropped their arms, and to savo their bacon, allowed themselves to bo quietly taken to tho Junction us prisoners of war. We uro unable, to loam tho natue of the hero of this bold exploit. \jLynthlwg ftcyublfctyK ? ?Ill IIUMo?ii?i<ll| ll ililli! IIIHBIIIB>IUI i Itt III ll? ?I.I.< ' VOR TIIK KROWER OOUHIKR. l)ear Courier: I sond you ft Hut of tho officers ?nd pr?vales, of Golden's Crcok Company, which was formod for homo protection, und hiking caro j of tlio wivos and children of our volunteers within ' our hounds. The company was organized on tho 1st of this lustnnt, ami officers elected, and a crnn mittce appointed to draught A constitution und byo laws for tho samo, which was done by electing tho following officers. WM. IIUNTRR, Captain; J. ,1. GARVIN, 1st Licutcnont ; J. li. JOHNSTON, 2d " J. C. C. PARSONS, 8d *' G. 8. GARVIN, 1st Sergeant ; C. Kimi:. 2d 8. A. J A MKS, Sd '* WM. STONR, Ith ? DA NI m. MlkI.S( 1st Corporal ; JOSKPII YOUNO, 2d " J. V. JAMKS, ,*M (?. Uoi.I.INO, -lill " PRIVAI ?S-Jefferson Pilgrim. Aaron Munn. II. Sargeant, rt'. G. Kllinburp, Wm. ferry. 1). Merida, Pleasant. Keys. John Garrott, John linds. Lewis Green, Joseph Lawson. Silas Perry. John Waddel, II. W. Johnston, David Qilllinni, G. J. tiUinbure, ? Karl Cbuinney, ?. II. Brook. Wm. Nixon, Lewis Munn. John Ka ni pey. J. P. Knmpey. W. 0. Mroek, Win. Smilh. J. O. Pilar?n); L. Floyd, Isaac Chap man, Win. Hanks, John Garner. D. Klaokwoll, J. C. Allen, W. Dow. Wiley Kussel). It. D. Johnston, K. Lawson. T. K. Madden. Siimncl Chapman. Win. Allen, Tyler Sargeant. Mnylls Sargeant, .lonnihan Prince, li. Pilgrim, J. V. Gillhnm. J. t). Lutitpkiu, G. V. (tolden. Thc eonnnlltoo consista of the following: Thus. 1). (?arvin. Wm. Clayton. Robert Johnston, Zlplm niall Smith. J. IL Clayton, Jonathan Lolling, li. Mathieu, Caller Clayton. Von may rest assured our constitution and lawn are all sufficient and binding. Thc publishing ol them might lake up loo much of your space ; there fore, wo coulent ourselves to give, hy your invi tation, the names of our officers and privates ir your excellent paper. THOMAS D. G A nv IN. Clerk, and Chairman of Committee. WALHALLA, Juno 2C, 1801. ' ll. A. THOMPSON. Ksn., Kditor Kcowcc Couria - Hour SiteAjYoU will greatly oblige thc Wal balbi Hillcmcn, and our citizens generally, lo publishing the following account of their meet ; ing on hist Monday, the 'J lib inst. Thc-reasot j for their meeting on (lint day, is the following It will bo remembered, that last year, whet ibo call for volunteers was addressed to our Keg ?mont, their whole company promptly and unan imonsly stepped forth, ready to march to liv j defense of Charleston, expressing thereby thci earnest By m pa thy with the Stale, and I Itel hearty approval of thc secession act ; and tba at a time when, many of their fellow-citizen around them, bad not yet manifested their set timcnts. Their readiness to servo tho Stnti shown on this, na well as on subsequent ocei sinus, was invariably acknowledged in the mm honorable manner by thc Executive Hepar ment. Not less fluttering was the invitatio addressed to them by thc lion. J. L. OUR, t juin his Legion. Hut bore arose a difficulty which for .some time delayed their acceding t the Colonel's proposition. They bad been lid by tho Executive Department thal, ns hilo ti April 18th, the State needed their s?vices, nu that they should hold themselves in readme. to mareil uta moment's warning: mid'up I the l illi instant, no assurance had been ^i\e that the Governor would consent to their loir ing thc State. And. aftct all. lhc\ bad a rigl to exorcise their own judgment in the matte just as others have done ; and to gratify ibo own preference. We are not propnvod to cn .sider a man's disinclination to light for Vi gillie, as a want of loyalty and courage. SCO ir lhere arc many other States lind cities linen cued by thc enemy, that are fully as much en! tied to our sympathy and assistance as "0 V irginin." 'I bero is no doubt that the eminent posilii of Col. J. L. OKI?, thc great popularity he pe sasses among us,- and respect for his privn character, ns well as fur lite gentlemen that a to be associated willi bim in the cominan strongly influenced the men in their final deei ion. It is chiefly owing to Capt. J. M. IIKNCKI and Lieut. II. OlssKi., thai the company w ordernd out mi last .Monday, for the purpose considering wini I course they should purst under existing circumstances. Col. J. L. Oi und Gen. J. W. UAKIU-ON, who bad been int led to be present un the occasion, being miali to attend, the company, nt the request nf (I Captain, was addressed by the Kev. 0. V HA SKMLR. Tho result was. that forty expro'-si their readiness to join the Legion of C?>1. Qa and we expect that ibis number will be gi eal increased. Some of the members t hat ?ire livil in Charleston will probably join their form j comrade!*, and lill up their ranks, i Wc have thus, given what mav be consider an ticen rn le account of tho sentiments ami ; j lions of 'be cmnptiuy, Our object is to corn smite erroneous impressions that np pear to bu I gone turill, li is certainly unfair to ascribe i i sentiments and character nf one, and that ti , a very iiisignilieaiil person after all. toa win I community or body nf men. Hut saine of o j cotcmporarios appear lu lune no use for tin I cars but to treasure up idle mles and repor j especially those that nie injurious to tin I neighbors. We beg thc privilege to assure tin I ?.hat it is not a profitable business to intorft willi other men's nil a ir* und characters, and il il each would sweep bis own premb.es, i whole District would present au array of clo habitations. We conclude this notice by adding a mimi of resolutions adopted by tho company on i occasion : PRK A M HIX WltKRRAS, we have on former occasions rope wily manifested our readiness to shun no saeril in the defence of our Slate, and in advocating I Southern interest; and. whereas. Ibo'kind II very honorable manner in which the Kxeeut Department acknowledged pur good intentions well calculated to stimulate us not lo relax i efloiis ; ami whereas, nenie of our neighbors i peni to cherish thc error thal weare wauling our duty; therefore, to stop the mouth of slain (hut ha?, from limo to tone assailed us, and lo rest error in its swill course, he il Resolved, That we do not allow tho idle repc i ami surmises and insinuations recently drouin by some evil disposed person or persons, appareil luincipininted with our character ami oircuuisl ces, lo pass unnoticed and unrcbuked ; lind h by our actions mid in express terms, we pronou them false and malicious. Rewired, That though mosl of us are strang in n strung!) laud, having no friends and relnli to take cure of our families and property in absence, and I hough we nre convinced that services aro ns much needed al homo ns che win and (hat our leaving I ho Slate for the sent of t at a distance, will esposo us lo great losses, nevertheless, cheerfully offer our services, if I arc needed, to tuc Confederate Stales during continuance of thc present war ; and hereby I press our desiro lo join tho Legion now bc formed under thc com mund of (Job Ona. Resolved, That wo do not shun any troubb sacrifico of timo in drilling nud preparing < selves for thc duties of ucl uni warfare, but cannot alford to leave our bornes and spond ! lives in a distant camp, unless our expenses I defrayed by tho Government. We oxpool. liv fore, to receive the pay and rnlions allowee1 soldiers in similar situations, from the moment enter into the camp service. Resolved, That we hope that our 'fellow ?ol tit remaining nt homo, will share with us the bur of the dfty. and prelect our property und pro' for the families wo leave behind us, nseirouinsi ees muy rcquiro, while we ourselves, al adistn are unable to attend to their wants ; and thal t bc flailed upon to express their willingncBn to d< Resolved. That the citizens ol' our ncighhorln 4U<1 M'C P?61 viet in genero!, bc iuyit?d.to nttci . 1 ul infini m ii) I i> ii ij?iim1 .niiM m m*k frutar?a? gdb|? meeting nt Wallinlla on Saturday July Olin nt 10 o'clock, n. m.. for tlic purpose of forming o Homo Guard, mid ii Society for Hie relief of suolifamilies of t li o volunteers ns uiny need tho assistance of their follow-oft Ikons. Resolved, That nfior our meeting on next Mon dny, July, 1st, and ns soon ns our offer shnll havo been accepted by Col. J. Ii. Onn, n b'i>t of ?ho names of t|ie volunteer? ho published in thepnpors, as well ns n list of tho mimes of those in our com pany who remain at homo. i Capt. J. ?I. HKNOKEN. Scrg't II. KAUEN. i Lieut. M. IIEI.WINKEI., Ur. A. K. NOIIMAN, Serg't H. Pi TIIODK. Kev. O. F. HAKBEMKR, Committee nf Publication. IM? TUE KBOWER CUUIUKK. J/)\ Billion At a meeting nf tho "Pendle ton Homo Guard." held Saturday June Sib, . 1801, tho following preamble and bye-laws wero adopted, and officer.-. mooted by the Oom puny. I send you also a list of mombo;'* nt promeut enrolled. Others w ishing to becmno momhors will leave thoir nomos with tho Socrotary. Tho resolution* may perhaps occupy too m ooh spnoo iu your columns ; if so, pienso publish tho list, of ol?oors and privates. Tho next mooting will ' bc hold *' . first Saturday ?ll July next. I Very rospooffullv, yours. JAME* SEAUWN. Secretary, ' I'll EA MULE AND I1VB-I.AW* UF Til K l'KN DI.ETON HOME Ol-VIII). I A time hus arrived in the history of ?ur coun j try when it bocino* the duty ot* every true man, ! nf whatsoever ago, who is physically able, to j raise his arm in the defonso nf his dimitry, to i enroll his nmuo in sumo volunteer company, ' either fur active service ur fur thc protection of . j our fundios nt home. Wo uro invaded, for no ! just cause, by tho peuple <?f a p illion of tho j States of the niloc North American Union, and ! they arri now ounoiiti ing thc most. heart-rending I atrocities hu tho peupla of th ono Confed?ralo I Slates residing along tho borders, And. fr un what they have already done, together with tho threats continually Issuing from them, we havo good reasons to believe that they will not only continue this unholy war upon us themselves, hut that they will use every means in their pow er lo incite insurrection a:u mg om' slave p >pu lation. lu view of tho-e facts, wp, the undersigned, j havo organized ourselves I ti td a Volunteer Mill* I (arv Company, to be styled tho " Pendleton j Homo Oinird,'* und wo agree to bo governed by the following bye-laws, to wit : 1-t. Thc Company to consist of ono Captain : and three Lieutenants, to ho ol eel od by a lini ' jority of tho Company-four Sorgen nt? and four j Corporals, ono Secretary and one Treasurer, to ! he appointed liv the Captain, and ns many pri vates ns may be enrolled. 2d. Tho company to continuo i" full organi > Kallon until tho close of the unholy war now being waged on us. And it will lin the duty of every member to koop u sharp look out for nil evil disposed white persons in our midst: and also to keep a watch over the shiv? and free negro population, and to report promptly fo the Captain, or in hi? absence, to the highett ofllort* present, everything which might seem tu en danger our domestic penco. 3d. Hither nf the officer* to whom any report i shall bo made, ns i nd ion tod in the second sec tion, shall immediately call, n meeting of nil thc commissioned officers, who shnll consult ns to what shall be done in the promises ; ur, il tho ? cavo shall he an urgent one in the opinion of I the highest officer present, he may ordern meet ing of the winde company, or ?el otherwise as , he inav think the emergency of lin Cliso requires, j -1th. The highest office I' present, may ?it any i time order thc arrest of any suspoctod person, who shall try snob suspected person, and make j ,?uch order in the promises as two-thirds of tho*.-. j present may deem proper-fifteen members, in ; eluding ono or more commissioned officers, shall ] form a quorum for such purposes; provided., { that such number shall not ucl until all a viii I u : hie momhors have been notified to appear. I fttlfi Knelt member shall arm h un ?elf with an ! efficient weapon, to bo approved hy thc officers. I The company shall meet on tho 1st Saturday in each month nt Pendleton Village, nm) nt any j other time whoo ordered by thc lillicor in coin j niand : and any member failing to n tl Olid s ich meetings w ithout a suth mint excuse, shall pay ! a fine nf fifty cents. j Otb. The highest officer present, or any three ? members may order a meeting ut any time for ! business purposes or consultation, und the high I est officer present shall presido, i 7th. The Srereiarv shnll he precent nt all j meeting.0, mid keep n true record of nil the pn - eoedings. Thc Treasurer to koop safely all I moneys arising from Hoes or otherwise, and pay I them cul by order of the eotnpiinv, attested by I the highest officer present, and I he Secretary. Stli. A majority ?f the e immissmnad ni?eo?'", j including tho highest officer present, shnll OOH? , slitule u C url for the trial of all delinquent I members; and every member .shnll ho honora ? hly hound lo pay nov fixed fine which snell ' Court shall decide him liable; mid. in addition. ! such Court shall ?niv e power to try menthol's for disobedience of orders or ol her misconduct, and i may line nt discretion, not exceeding live (lol ? hu .-, in any casi-, which lines, thc members aro j also honorably bound to pay. The Secretary i to be presen I ut those C ?urts, nm! keep n true record of their proceedings, mid issue nil orders ' for.lines, and place them in the hu lids of tho I Treasurer for collection. j [hit. Any alteration, addition or amendment I of the. e bye-hivvx, most he made ?it a regular j meeting-- two thirds of uh present concurring. 1 In all ml (..? business malters nf the Company. I except for t?to I rial of suspected poi s ins, n mu ? jority shall decide. ? 10 th. Ko-ihr faithful performance of thotrqo object ol' tho fur mu i ion of this company, we plc Ige nil i stiel e l honors and horOUllto subscribe eur ru mes : V. A. Hom;. Captain ; .I so I' I! rx TER, 1st Lieutenant'; li. S T WI.OU, 2d .'. M. .S. Met'.vv. lld ?. T. J. W mis EU. 1st Sergeant ? JOHN CAMISADE, 'Jd " H. M. Conn. ?d ? 1). Ai KKAHI.KU, 'tili o WM. SIMPSON, 1st Corporal; lt. C. SLOAN, 'Jd A. LEWIS, Rd " J. W. Ol.AHK. 'lill ? JAMBS th: A lin nx, Seerctarv & Treasurer. /V/tvi/c'v-' teorge Seaborn. J. W. Cobb. J. J. Lewis, J. N. Dovle, S S. Cherrv. .lohn Miller. John ll. Sitton. *W I). Dillard. \V. A. ll o ?so ll, W. Manly, Archibald Phillips, Jahn'Mustio? Henry Clink. W. ll. Cherry, La leans. Hieb nrd lleddv. M. Collom.Ceo. Dovlo.'I'vrn Mnulv, Win. U.V. Manly. J. W. Crawford. A. C. Campbell, Janies Hunter. W. II. P (Inillari!, John McGrath, John II. Maxwell, T, L. Mc bryde. rou TUE K Row EE Col/RI Ell. Patriotism. Mr. Editor: Tho good old ned loyal citizens of this neighborhood, in Convention mot. Ilnv ing tho honor nod love of their Country nt honrt. nod duly considering tho exposed condition of the front lora of our beloved Confederacy, in con nexion with tho perfect security nf our own comparad ve secluded District, willoh wo can not concoivo to bo exposed in any woy, ns our Northern invaders would hnvo to traverse nn immenso territory to renell us from any point, mid ns to Internal foes, nono but tho timid und gownrdly nro at all apprehensive of thom, ro-, solved them.seli'c.i into a committco of tho whole, und nftor calm, cool, und dolibornto consultation, they thought it wiso and prudent lo appoint n comniittoo of patriotic young ladies to toko ohargo of tho timid, soullc.ts, unmarried mon of this Distrlot, (who nro nblo.) and (lld notiind havo not oourngo mid patriotism onough in their igmiposlttoa to volunteer their 4?vierte . ? ? 1 ?. .. ?? ?