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WICQ victory, xxuu iiic nuuiu uiovuijr ui the world attest that to cooqaer and subdue either a brave man or a people who have the fervor, light and strength of religion ic their bosoms, and the panoply of justice around their cause, is next to an impossibility. And herein, gentlemen, are the claims of this spirit commended to you. Just listen to the language of the lovely and brave Captain Hedley Vicars, who perished at Crimea, and of whom it was well said, "England had not a better Christian nor a better Military officer than he." Shortly before he died he wrote, "The Lord has called me to eternal life in the army, and as a soldier I will die. Death alone, shall ever make me leave my colors." Should you, gentlemen, be called to the direful contest, may you go in that spirit which made this Christian hero of Crimea, the bravest of the brave. 4. Such a spirit will also regulate the deportment of the soldier towards prisoners of war, and even his comrades with whom he may he brought in collision. Religion will always temper the treatment of captives with mercy. Besides the inhumanity and sinfulness of inflicting unnecessary cruelty upon defenceless prisoners, the wisdom and propriety of such are often to be doubted. The best and most successful warriors have been the most humane and merciful. Admitting that under peculiar oircumstances retaliatory measures by taking the lives of captives, may be justifiable and prudent, yet as a general rule, it is our firm persuasion that, to punish or destroy the enemy who is taken captive, with a view of overawing and subduing others, has, in most cases, the very opposite I'or the Yorkvillc Enquirer. To the Volunteers from York District. Gallant Sirs :?To the considerations hitherto urged as a plea for fidelity to God, as the spirit requisite for the true soldier, another may be added as drawn from tho proposition submitted as the third proof. 3. It inspires the viaii with genuine heroism. It is not denied that there may be courage and even patriotism, in tho bosom of him who docs not fear God, nor regard His laws. Some men aro naturally and constitutionally courageous?being insensible to fear. There is apparently much of patriotism which has no alliance with religion. That it is genuine, disinterested patriotism, might, in many such cases, be doubted, for it is too olosely identified with selfishness. But even admitting it to be, what it so nearly resembles, yet the spirit of the irreligious patriot does not possess that peculiar excellence which trust in God imparts to the soul. A man constrained by a due fear and love for God, will be ever controlled by a sense of his responsibility. By such a one the summons to war will be duly weighed? the causes of it properly estimated, and in his mind the question will be decided, whether the conflict is just or not. Having these things clearly ascertained and his judgment and conscience approving the contest about to be ongaged in, the Christian will step forth with an impelling motive stronger than animal courage and selfish love of country, or the impulse of passion ; it will be the intelligent, conscientious conviction that he contends for the right, and to this even his religion gives him a moral incentive. Just hero let it be observed that fanaticism may operate to produce an effect similar to true religious fervor, and hence as evidenced in the history of the crusades of Europe, and the conquest of the MahommedanB, whereas in both cases, a spurious and fanatical religious sontiment controlling the mind, an almost supernatural power and spirit of daring and enduranoe were exhibited. So in all other cases, where either a true or false religion operates to instigate the warrior, the contest is a fierce one, for let the man feel that his cause has a religious sanction, >n/l lilu fnatu rif vnlnr will ho :imn7inT. Again, especially if bis religion be real and properly developed, tbefriond of God and champion of truth and right, will also be stimulated by tbo promised presence of God. With conlidence in the power of Jehovah to vindicate the cause of justice, and with a lirui belief that his is such a cause, and knowing the promise to be appropriate to himself and his attempt, the valor of the Christian patriot rises to an unexampled height. See what Oliver Cromwell with his immortal Ironsides achieved!? With a firm confidence that theirs was the cause of God and truth and righteousness, before they would engage in a battle they would commit themselves in prayer to the God of battles, aud chanting an inspired l'salm, they would make that dashing charge which always brought defeat to the army of Charles. You may denounce this cxauiplo as being simply a specimen of religious fanaticism, but even if it was only this?against which we protest?yet it aptly illustrates the point, for if a religious dolusiou would do so much to fortify the heart and arouse the spirit, how much more a genuine spirit of piety in a just aud holy cause'! Thus it is designed to teach that religion supplies stronger, because purer and higher, motives to prompt to deeds of valor and heroism ; such motives as confidence in the rectitude of one's cause, and conscientious belief in the willingness of God to aid aud sustain suoh a cause, impart. Let not the quibble be made against this that all religious men are not brave men, and some not so valorous as reckless and wicked and abandoned men. The writer baa admitted a natural and constitutional bravery, and of course tbe same kind of timidity; but what is now contended for, is that trust in God always imparts additional moral courage to any soul: hence if a man by natural endowment be a stranger to fear, such a one will be made braver still should he have the love of God in his heart, and bo subject to all the inspiring influences of religion. Other things being equal, the Christian hero will be always the most valiant and unconquerable of soldiers. The powers of endurance which arc supplied to him whose mind has all the supports and consolations of religion, would also evince the point in hand.? Brave souls, without hope of victory, and to be at enmity with God, is to be without grounds of assurance of hope, arc liable to be discouraged and falter. But if the man can trustfully confldc his cause to God, and is braced up by a religious hope, then delay in securing the triumph of his cause, and the hardships to bo borne for a protracted period, will uot unman his courage, nor tempt him to abandon the contest. The noble and pious Waldcnscs, although but a small handful, buttling for their religion and homes and liberty, against the teeming millions that infidel Europe and tho bloody Papacy poured upon them; the immortal and prayerful Washington, leading his believing countrymen against the veil disciplined ranks of proud royalty; and the invincible Huguenot spirit and faith of Francis Marion, never faltered, never despaired, although they all had to light loug and endure much, until God sealed their cause A - .1 iL. nf effect. AH, who are familiar with the first Revolutionary straggle in South Carolina, know the indignation and new courage with which the execution of Col. Hayne, by the British, aroused the hearts of our countrymen, and so in a thousand other cases.? Here religion dictates what wisdom and experience prove to be best, to combine mercy with justice. Likewise does it operate to abolish what is shamefully common among men of military spirit, that is avenging private insults and injury at the point of the sword or pistol. True religion forbids duelling, and thus it shields the soldier from what is too often the appalling and heinous sin of ambitious. but reckless spirits. So thinks your MENTOR. What the English Papers Say. Napoleon III in Alliance with Jeff. Davis.?We are informed upon the best, most unnameablc authority, that all this uproar is caused by the Beelzebub of the Tuilleries. Louisiana, Florida and Mississippi were all French possessions once.? The French owned the half of St. Domingo, and many of the little fragments of a submerged continent which peep up above the waters, as the Antilles, were French. The Emperor has an idea; it is to revcnquer frontiers. The inference is easy. He has set the Spaniards at St. Domingo and the Americans by the cars, that by and by he may step in as a benevolent mediator to stop the effusion of blood, and to quarter the Palmetto of Carolina with the Ii/lies of France. Quantities of rifled cannon and shell arc sent to New Orleans and Pensacola in French bottoms; but Louis Napoleon is a great manufacturer of artillery, and ha3 always a store from whence to lend a friend. He cannot be blamed, for Virginia herself is casting cannon by night and day, and it is a toss up whether they are sold to Northerners or Southerners. It is quite true that the French are making vast preparations in the naval department, but the American nary could all be spit into matches by La Gloire alone. The Emperor doubtless watches events, and as surely will "consult the interests of France" hereafter; but he has other objects nearer home at present, and the voyasre to the Gulf of Mexico would exhaust all the coal his steamships can carry.?Liverpool Courier, 30th April. Bewildered.?Very few persons in this country ever believed in the possibility of a Southern secession and of a separate Southern Confederation, until the fact was actually accomplished. Fewer still, perhaps, were prepared for the display of en ergy, resolution, ami political sagacity apparent in all the proceedings of the South, and furnishing so marked a contrast to the treachery, the imbecility, or the bewilderment of certain Northern statesmen. No one anticipated that some of the foremost men of the victorious anti-slavery majority would seek in the hour of triumph to evade the "irrepressible conflict" which they had themselves announced, by unworthy suggestions of compromise ; and it was equally contrary to most people's expectations that every concilitory overture should be contemptuously ignored by a beaten minority. j At one time the most sanguine friends of I peace would have hardly ventured to suppose that six weeks could elapse from the date of tho new President's inauguration without a single blow being struck on either side. On the other hand, many persons had latterly been encouraged to hope that ' | there might possibly be no war at all. Liverpool Mercury, April 30th. The Blunders of Lincoln.?By talking of coercion, Mr. Lincoln kept up a continual fever in the South, enabled the Montgomery Govornmentto concentrate its energies on military preparation, and forced the border States into hostility to the Union.? Were coercion actually practicable, this course might have been defensible, but niwAXM riA^ fnlrA fA*Ifa onr) atp I OtlUU^ YVU1U3 UU UUb tanu Jiuibo^ uuvt mi* Lincoln is farther now from success against j the South than ho was when he started from ! Chicago. As regards Fort Sumter itself, he did the worst thing he could do. He intended to evacuate it in a few days ; bof sooner than consent to acknowledge ^hat South Carolina was rebellious, he expressed his intention to send in provisions, by force, i if necessary. He thus gave the South the provocation and opportunity of a brilliant j victory, and had to submit to a mortifying defeat. The oonduct of the Southern Government has, on the contrary, been marked by moderation and good sense. They clung to no fictions, and were hampered by no legal ignorance of plain facts. They wanted to leave the Union and they left it. They wanted to take Fort Sumter and they took it. They wished the border States to join them, and, by precipitating a collision, they seem to have got them?unless, indeed, some good sense at Washington prevent them at the eleventh hour.?London Chronicle, May 4. YORKVILLE, S. C. FBIDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1881. (J^-Mr. John It. Ali.en, Post Maxtor at Chester, is our authorized agent; and fully empowered to receive money lor this office, and give receipts for tin; same. In cases whore subscriber* do not take the Enquirer from the post-office, Post-Masters arc requested to notify lis immediately. "the"semi-weekly.Owing to the difficulty of many our subscribers in receiving both numbers of the Semi-Weekly immediately after publication, and the increased rate of postage to which some will be unwillingly subjected, we have concluded after this issue, to discontinue it, and resume the publication of the weekly paper. secession of n. carolina. The good old North State has justified the expectation of her friends in honoring the anniversary of her first declaration of independence. Reliable intelligence gives us the information that she passed the ordinance of secession on Monday, 20th inst., by a unanimous vote.?Columbia Guardian. T*\T> T>-GITTV? TPPmrrDPS X/Xi. XVJUXX^ U XIXiV4. In answer to inquiries, we take pleasure in stating that Dr. Reid's nest two Lectures will come off in the King's Mountain Military School on Tuesday, 27th instant, at a quarter to 5 p. m., and the Female College on the 3d of June (Tuesday) at 5 p. m., and that by the kind arrangement of Capt. Coward and Rev. Mr. Anderson, these able lectures are free to the whole community. As these will be the last delivered by Dr. Reid till the hot season is over, we advise all that are able to avail themselves of these lectures, to do so. JJ6T The attention of the young men of our district, is called to the card of the nC "\TaI ?mfA k/i in \jUUiLLllllCU Ui > UlUUbCClSj IU uv avuuu iu another column. We learn that the company are to be armed with the Minnie rifle, and to go into immediate service in the Confederate army. The Committee feel assured that a sufficient number will be raised on Monday, to organize; and persons who wish to join the Company, are reques-1 ted to como to town on that day, in order that they may have a share in the organization. Wo should like to see our District have a corps in the Confederate army.? York has not forgotten Kings' Mountain and llrattons; and in addition to the noble companies already in service, she can furnish another that will vie in prowess with any in this broad land. MERE-MENTION. In retaliation for the seizure of goods bound South, Gov. Letcher, of Virginia, has issued an order, to prevent the sending out of the State anything; to be used at the North. A lot of tobacco was stopped at Alexandria on Friday, and will be returned to where it was B8nt from.** 'It is stated that two nephews of Gen. Scott's are serving with the second Mississippi regiment, now stationed at Lynchburg, Va.-** A letter from New Orleans, under date of the lGth inst., says that the Ocean Eagle has been captured by the privateer Calhoun, and conveyed into that port. The Ocean Eagle is said to be a Medford built vessel, of about 600 tons, and is valued to be worth twenty thousand dollari?. Four hundred and twenty of the troops stationed at Cairo were, by the last accounts, in the hands of fever and doctors. The musquitos had made their appearance, and a pleasant summer is before the patriots. A dispatch from Montgomery says the President has vetoed the resolution providing that Congress shall adjourn to Richmond, on thejjround that the whole machinery flf JtVe Government ought to go too. EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Sullivan's Island, 1 Monday Evening, May 20. J Dear Enquirer: You have seen it stated in the newspapers that the troops who have been quartered on the Capitol grounds at Washington, were converting the public buildings into a regular hog-pen and baconhouse. This is even so. Hogs dead and alive, are desecrating the place where Clay, Calhoun and Webster once stood and wrestled like giants for the weal of the defunct nation. We have thought of this as a kind of retribution for the chuckling joy felt at the North for the reign of the RedRepublicans in France. A nation's sympathies?especially a republic's?mould its destiny; and we can now say of the North, as a Northern poet has esultingly said of France in the day of her disaster, ' Tlic rough-shod foot of tlir people tread* Iu the silken rooms of royalty." A private letter from Memphis to our camp speaks of a gentleman jaat from Washington, who confirms the most loathsome news that has reached us from that place. The capitol buildings are shamelessly besmeared with greaso, and abused in every way. Lincoln is "possessed with unclean spirits" constantly. He has the fear of Jeff. Davis before his eyes, and sleeps no two nights in the same place. How disgusting and ridiculous! South Carolina's promptitude and uncalculating devotion in defence of her principles, are reaping their reward at every turn. She has, without the loss of life, obtained her complete emancipation. They now give a peculiar and honorable distinction to her volunteers in the Confederate service; that is, if we are to credit the last news. This news is that 8000 volunteers have been called for from South Carolina for the Confederate service; but in view of the fact that her forces were long since organized into regiments and officered at the call of the State, to serve her twelve months when she stood alone, the present organization is to be maintained, and we will go to Virginia or remain here our time, just as we choose, i< ive tnousana only are warned for Virginia; the other three being needed to defend onr coast. All these facts show that Nature loves to privilege those who are prompt to defend the right?who swerve neither to the right nor the left?who count not the cost. The blookade here has been a complete blander so far. The Niagara stayed just long enough, to let a few ships run in in spite of her, and to turn a few off; and her departure leaves the port as open as ever. All this is blander, blunder from beginning to end; a Bedlamite could not do worse. The first brings the blockade into contempt; and the second excites the ire of Johnny Bull. In fact the British Consul here, Mr. Bunch, has made out an account of the damages done to British shipping interests by this milk-and-wator blockade, and sent them on to Lord Lyons, and Lord Lyons has presented them to the Lincoln Government. The third?that is the departure of the Niagara?leaves the thing J where it began?perfectly unsettled?with no advantnge gained?and a difficulty provoked with a foreign power! They opened the.^r mouth this time, and put their foot in it. There is no news in reference to the regiment. A little more sickness than usual prevails. No one is dangerous, however. The increasing heat is, perhaps the occasion of the sick ness. Some little dissatisfaction exists; but we really know no good reason why. We have been treated in every sense well. Idle rumors are constantly afloat?groundless oftten ; but they work their work, like an evil genius. We hope, however, that all will be right in the end. There is no storm at all; and little clouds will soon blow over. ; So we are, Hopefully, OUR CORPORAL/ ++??? / Commencement of Hostilities in Virginia.?Richmond, May 20.?Special dispatches to the Richmond Examiner say that the battery at Sewal's Point was t fired into, yesterday, by the United States steamer Monticello. The battery returned j||g the fire vigorously, and with great effect, Iggg disabling the Monticello. She made sig- 'Mm als of distress to Fortress Monroe, when the an steam tugs from Old Point came to her re- fm lief and hauled her off. The United States jR man-of-war Minnesota also came to her aid, ||0 and fired shells at the battery. A schooner ||jjj passed the blockade. All is quiet just now, but stirring times are expected to day. f|3 The cannonade at Sewal's Point, between the battery and the Minnesota, was kept up f&j several hours. Sewal's Point is near Nor- jH folk. The number of shots fired were a- |B bout fifty, and the firing was kept up until dark. But one man on our side is wound- _R| pd Snmfi heftvv puns were taken to the JKSb Point last night. A large bod; of troops at various points are holding themselves in |g? readiness to march at a moment's notice. It is believed that an attack on Richmond BB is contemplated, and that large bodies will V sadvance from Old Point and Western Vir- H giuia simultaueousl;, burning the bridges, ||g &c.'-? Special Dispatch to the Charleston SB Courier. ^B The Foreign News. H The Black Republican papers of the S North are terribly put out concerning Lord |f Russell's announcement in the House of Commons that the British Government m should recognize the right of the Confede rate States to issue letters of marque. The ||] Times wants old Abe to protest. It says: ?? "The telegraph from Halifax notices a S debate on American affairs in the House of ||g Commons, on the 4th, in which Lord John . || Russell is reported to have said that our |8 blockade of the Southeru ports can only be 11 recognized "when effective"?and that, JH 'regarding letters of marque, the Government were of opinion that the Southern Con- ,, fcdcracy must he recognized as belligerents.' "The only meaning of this is, that their fl right to issue letters of marque must be re- H cognized; their privateers muBt be regar- ' ded as legitimate combatants; and the Eng- fl lish Government will protect them in hold ing and selling their prizes, when brought into an English port. Lord John Russell's H statement means this, if it means anything. fj| "Such a declaration as this, at the very H outset out of the rebellion, put forth before fjlj consultation with the accredited minister of I our Government, will unquestionably be fl regarded as unfriendly to the U. States. H "If the full report of the debate justifies Wt the vereihn given of it by telegraph, we Jm take it for granted that our Government flS will instantly protest against the conclusion, whioh Lord John Russell announces." IB Important Discovery. New discoveries of saltpetre have been $1 made in Arkansas, which bid fair to fur- |w ish a quantity of that article to more than I supply all our wants. It has been found in || caves, in a chrystalline form, and of a fine jfl quality. A large quantity has been found near Jacksonport, Jackson county, and in KSj White county, within twenty and twenty five miles of navigable waters. The mines | in White county are now turning out from ff one to two thousand pounds of nitre daily, ?1 and a contraot has just been completed with the chief of the Ordnance Bureau, to sup. ply the Confederate States with one thou- j|? sand pounds daily, to be delivered in Nash- 18 ville, and an additional quantity, if wanted, fl landed at other points. Sulphur has also H been found in quantities. From a late survey we learn that saltpetre, lead, coal and iron, are found in abundance in the State of Arkansas. The saltpetre is found in caves and in positions where the mines can $S hp pnsilv worked, so that it will be but a ' short time before it can be gotten into mar- II ket. Nitre, or saltpetre, is an important fl salt of potash that is fonnd in great abun- I dance throughout the world, wherever the mineral salts exists in any large quantities in the soil. The Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, |S has furnished large quantities of it, and it can be found in any cavern in this country, in all soils that contain materials undergoing decay. It is not found as a mineral in the v earth, nor is it manufactured except by the |g hand of Nature, wherever there is a heap of moist rubbish, with some base as potash or |g lime present. It is found in all the lime ?1 soils especially, but if exposed to the rains m it is washed out and consumed by vegeta- || tion. It is to be presumed that in lime- H stone districts much nitre could be obtained |j by taking soil from under negro houses, or ' I heaps of decayed wood, and leaohing it in If hoppers, as is done in making lye, then I boiling to dryness; but the recent discov- 11 eries in Arkansas will prevent resorting to 1? such labor for sometime to come. Should I uecessity require, a few simple directions |] scattered among farmers might afford the || Government an abundance of this material. ?| As is well known, this important substance jl is used principally in the manufacture of i gun-powder, into which it enters in the pro- a portion of seventy-five parts in the hundred, although this proportion varies a little in j:ir?. T u? i ?138 umerenc cuuuwiea. x uo*o uccu muo ? ( plicit in description of this matter, because ^HJ it is now engaging considerable attention in g scientific oircles.? Correspondence of the 1 Charleston Mercury. fl