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Military Despotism in Baltimore. Events succeed each other at present, (says the Baltimore Exchange, of July 2,) with such startling-rapidity, that it is scarcely worth while to do much more than chronicle them. Each day it is thought that the minions of the Blaok Abolition Republican party have perpetrated the crowning outrage of the age; but the succeeding one witnesses some other act of military usurpation and tyranny, more infamous and outrageous than any that have preceded it. Yesterday, at an early hour, the greatest excitement prevailed. Men hurried to and fro; crowds gathered on the streets and business was almost wholly suspended. A large military force had marched into the city, in the night, and arrested the Board of Police. Rumors floated about as to the rrefit nf ooupral nther leadinc gentlemen. %M4VU" V4 uv,v**" O O Troops and batteries were stationed in all the important positions ef the city. The facts, as near as we can learn, are as follows : A detachment of Col. Morehead's regiment, under his command, siz hundred strong, proceeded first to the residence of John W. Davis, Esq., on Montgomerystreet, near William-street. On ringing the bell Mr. Davis answered from one of the upper windows, and as^ed the cause of the vist. He was informed that they had come to arrest him, and desired him to dress himself and come down. Mr. Davis immediately complied, and in a few moments was seated in the hack. This arrest took place about two o'clock in the morning.? The command then proceeded to the residence of Charles D. Hinks, Esq , No. 257 West Lombard-street. The bel! was rung, and quickly followed by a heavy rap on the door. For some dp.ys past a young child of Mr. Hinks' family has been quite sick, and at the time the bell was rung, Mrs. Hinks was up administering to its wants. She went to the window and observed the files of soldiers, and instantly surmised the object of the visit She asked what was wanted, when an officer replied that they had come to arrest Mr. Hinks. Mrs. Hinks requested them to make as little noise as possible, as there was sickness in the family. The officer replied that he could not help that; Mr. Hinks was his prisoner, and he wanted him. Mrs. H. then awoke her busband. He went to the window and told the officer that he would DC down in a iew minutes, rui uiuie tuau a year past Mr. Hink9 has been in very delicate health, and he occupied some few minutes in dressing. The officer at the door became impatient, and demanded that the door should be opened, or he would burst it in. He blew a whistle, aod ten men answered it and came to the porch.? ] By this time Mr. Hink9 had gotten down stairs and opened the door. He complain- 1 ed that the officer had beeD so impatient, 11 and asked where he was to be taken. The ' reply was, "You'll see." Mr. Hinks said * that he desired that his family should know, i1 when the officer replied, "Fort McHenry." On entering the carriage, be found Mr. Pa- 1 vis there. The column faced about, and 1 the line of march was taken up for the fort. 1 Col. Jones of the 6th Massachusetts In- 1 fantry, proceeded with several hundred men 1 to the residence of Charles Howard, Esq., ' in Cathedral streeet, near Read. On ringing the front doorbell, Mr. Howard appeared at the window, and being informed of the object of the visit, after the necessary I delay of a few moments came down and de- ! livered himself up, when he was placed in a hack and escorted to Fort McHenry. Another command of about five hundred men, marched to the house of Mrs. Dueatel, in Saratoga street, and rang the bell.?! Mrs. Pucatel made her appearance, and was informed that they had come for the purpose of arresting Mr. Gatchell. Mr. i Gatchell, who was necessarily detained for j a few minutes, not making a speedy appear-) ance, the officer in command became very impatieut and rapped loudly at the door. Mrs. Ducatel appeared each time at the window and told him not to be in a hurry, that gentlemen must have time to dress, and that she thought there was no cause of uneasiness, as certainly five hundred soldiers ought to be able to capture oue unarmed elderly gentleman. This did not allay the impatience of the officer, who knocked again several times. Mr. G. at last appeared. As he came in the street, several revolvers were drawn by the military. Mr. G. made no remark except as he entered the carriage, when he said quietly that it was certainly a great array for the! - capture of an old man of sixty-two years of j age. On the arrival of these gentlemen at the; Fort they were confined, together with Mar-j shal Kan6 and Mr. Merryman, in three very small rooms. .No attention was paid to their comfort, nor were they provided with or asked if they desired bed, bedding or food. They were visited during the day. by Major Brown, Mr. Wallis, Mr. Pitts, j and several friends. Later iu the day or- j ders were sent by the gentlemen themselves] to Mr. Jenkins, cabinet maker, to send! them down the necessary bedding. There is every appearance of great un-1 uneasiness exhibited at the Fort. Checun.i \ dc /rise are being thrown up and active] preparations being made to protect the fort! from assault. At any other period than | the present the ridiculous alarm exhibited by the troops in and around the city would be a matter of much amusement. Yesterday morning when the office of the Board of Police was thrown open, Richard Pryor, with half dozen of the vice-police, entered and took possession, when -? i t* -i - i .c nriii! 1.1 tney waiteu ior tue arrival ci >v juiaiu r. McKewen, clerk of the Board. He arrived about eight o'clock, when Richard Pryor made a demand for the keys of the safe, desk, and other articles. Mr. McKewen said that he did not acknowledge Pryor as an officer and would not deliver up the keys. Pryor then iuformed him that be was a prisoner. Information of the arrest was sent to Provost Marshal Kenly, who! come up to the rooms and made a demand on Mr. McKewen for the keys. He delivered them to Colonel Kenly aud asked for a receipt for them. The Colonel told him to write a receipt aud he would sign it. This Mr. McKewen did, statiug in the receipt that he had' delivered the keys while a prisoner in the hands of Col. Kenly. On reading this Col. Kenly refused i to sign it. Mr. McKewen would not ac-l cept any other kind. Consequently there j was none given, and Mr. McKewen was told that he could depart. Previous to the arrival of Mr. McKewen, Mr. Holliugaworth Ilinks, son of Mr. Chas. D. Hinks, entered the rooms expecting to i find some of the municipal police in charge. | He was placed under arrest and held until! his release was ordered by Provost Marshal Kenly. All day yesterday a squad of vicepolice held possession of the building. It t is reported that Marshal Kenly will occupy the rooms as his quarters. The following is the proclamation under which these arrests were perpetrated : Headquarters, Hep't of Annapolis, ) Fort McHenry, July 1. J In pursuance of orders issued from the headquaters of the Army at Washington, for the preservation of the public peace in this Department, I have arrested, and do now detain in the custody of the United States, the late members of the Board of Police?Messrs. Charles Howard, William Gatchell, Charles Hinks and John W. Davis. The incidents of the past week afforded full justification for this order. The Headquarters under the charge of the Board, when abandoned by the officers, resembled in some respects a concealed arsenal. After public recognition and protest against the "suspension of their functions," they continued their sessions daily. Upon a forced and unwarrantable construction nf mxr Proclamation of the 28th ulti mo, they declared that the Police law was suspended, and the Police officers and men put off duty for the present, intending to leave the city without any Police protection whatever. They refused to recognize the officers or men necessarily selected by the Provost Marshal for its protection, and hold subject to their orders, now and hereafter, the old police force, a large body of armed men, for some purpose, not known to the Government, and inconsistent with its peace or security. To anticipate any intentions or orders in their part, I have placed temporarily a portion of the force under my command within the city. I disclaim, on the part of the Government I represent, all desire,, intention and purpose to interfere in any manner whatever with the ordinary municipal affairs of the city of Baltimore. Whenever a loyal citizen can be named who will execute i4s police laws with impartiality and in good faith to the United States, the military force will be withdrawn from the central parts of the municipality at once. No soldier will be permitted in the city, except under regulations satisfactory to the Marshal; and if any so admitted violate the municipal law, they shall be punished according to the civil tribunals. Nath'l P. Banks, Major-General Commanding. From the South Carolinian. LINCOLN'S" MESSAGE. Washington, July 4, (via Mobile, July 5.)?The message of Lincoln to the Northern Congress says that at the beginning of the present Administration, the Federal Government was found to be suspended in several States, except in regard to its postal functions. The national prop jrty, except Fort Pickens, Taylor, Jefferson and Sumter, had been seized, and nnt ? J J I in an offensive position ; other forts had beeu built, an army organized and being arganized with avowedly hostile intent, and the Federal force in these States beseiged ar menaced. A disproportionate amount jf arms and munitions of war had somehow found its way into the rebellious States; the accumulations of the national revenues within the rebel borders was seized; the Federal Navy was scattered ; and Federal Army and Navy officers had resigned in great numbers. Ordinances declaring their separation from the United States had been passed, and these States, were applying to foreign powers for recognition and assistance. The incoming Administration believed it to be an imperitave duty to prevent the threatened dismemberment of the Union. In the choice of means towards this indispensable policy, that method was chosen which was indicated in the Inaugural. The Government exausted all peaceful measures before it would resort to coercion. It was seeking only to hold the public places and property, and to continue the unresisted collection of the revenue, relying upon time, discussion and the ballot box for the rest; promising, in the mean time, the continuance of the mails. Everything was to be foreborne compatible with keeping the Government on foot. On the 4th of March, a letter was received from Major Anderson, commanding Fort Suuitev, stating that the place could not be held. On further consultation, Geo. SnnH t-Viof tVin fnrno af fh/a rlic. posal of the Government was uot adequate to the relief of Fort Sumter, without immediately victualing it. The duty of the Administration was thus reduced to the safe withdrawal of the garrison. It was believed, however, that the abandonment of Sumter would be utterly ruinous; that the actiou would be misunderstood as discouraging the friends of the Union and emboldening its enemies, and as encouraging ihe recognition of the Confederate States abroad ; that, in fact, it would be the national destruction. If this course was unavoidable, previous to Sumter's starvation, Fort Pickens might be reinforced, thus indicating the policy of the Administration, and preparing the public mind for the evacuation of Sumter as a military necessity. Orders were immediately issued for the reinforcement of Pickens, and as it was impossible to transmit these orders by land, they were sent by sea. The first return to this order was received the week before the fall of Sumter. The Brooklyn, under Buchanan's (jtmsi armistice, refused to land troops to reinforce Pickens before the crisis should be relieved at Sumter. In order to prevent the evacuation of Sumter before Pickens could be reinforced, ? n _i i J nit; vjruvcruixxuut piuuutu uu cApuuiuuu to victual Sumter, to be used or not, as circumstationes might require. Contingencies requiring the consummation of this plan, Governor Pickens was notified that if the victualing was not resisted, no attempt I would be made to throw in men, arms 01 j ammunition, without giving him notice. [The fort, however, wa.s taken without waiting for the victualing expedition ; thus the attack on Sumter can in no seDse be said to have been in self-defence. The assailants knew that in no evont could Fort Sumter be mischievous : and they were notified that feeding hungry men was the only object; | that Government only wished to maintain nominal possession of the fort, thus preserving the Union from dissolution, trusting to time, discussion and the ballet-box for final adjustment. The fort was assailed for one object: to drive out the visible Federal authority, thus forcing immediate dissolution. This the Executive understood, and having inaugurated hostilities, you can have no conflict, without being yourselves the aggressor. President Lincolu took pains to keep this declaration good m the circumstances surrounding the Sumter affair. Then these Confederates began the conflict; they have forced upon the country the destructive is* i sue of immediate dissolution, embracing more than the fate of the Union, as it solves the question whether a government of the people can maintain the integrity of its territory against domestic foes, and whether a band of individuals, too few to control the Administration by organized law can break up the Government, thus ending the freest Government on earth.? It forces this question, must a government be too strong for the liberty of a people, or too weak to maintain its own existence ?? . No choice was left but to call out the war power of the Government to resist the force omnlfvror? fnr ifja dflstrnnt.inn. The resnnnse ? ? r to the call for troops surprised the most sanguine expectations, Delaware, alone, however, of all the slave States, responding. A few regiments have been raised in slave States by individual enterprise, and acoepted. The Border States were not uniform in their action. The course taken by Virginia is the most remarkable and important. A Convention to consider this question, in session when Fort Sumter fell, with a large Union majority, went over, and carried, the State out of the Union. They made extensive military preparations, seized the Federal property, received large bodies of Confederate troops, entered into a treaty with the Confederate States, sent Representatives to the Confederate Councils, and permitted the insurrectionary Government to be transferred to the capital of Virginia. The Government has no choice left in regard to Virginia, and does so with the less regret from having been called on to protect loyal citizens there whom it is bound to sustain. Other Border States favor an armed neutrality; that is, arming to prevent Union or disunion troops from oocupying their soil. This would be disunion complete ; figuratively speaking, it would be building an impassable wall along - the line of separation. This right, under the guise of neutrality, would tie the hands of the Unionists and feed the insurrectionists; taking all the trouble from the secession hands, except what arises from the external blockade. It would give the malcontents disunion without any struggle of their own. It recognizes no fidelity to the Constitution, no obligation to maintain the Union. While loyalists favored it, it is very injurious. Recurring to the action of the Government. It first called for 75,000 troops, proclaimed a blockade of the insurrectionists, denounced privateering, and made a call for three years' troops and large additions to the army and navy. These measures were ventured upon under the popular demand and public necessity, trusting to their ratification by Congress. Soon after, it was considered a duty to authorize the commanding general to suspend the writ of habeas corpus where the public safety required it. This was necessary to the execution of the laws. The continuance of the law made in such extreme tenderness of the liberty of the citizen, practically relieved more of the guilty than the inno- , cent. To state the question more directly : Are all the laws but one to be unexecuted, and the Government go to pieces lest ooe be violated ? Rut it was believed that the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus was not unconstitutional. The forbearance of Government had been so extraordinary and long continued as to induce foreign nations to shape their action on the supposition of an early dissolution. The Administration was concerned about this, but is now happy to state that the sovereignty of the Union is now everywhere practically respected, and a sympathy with the Government manifested throughout the world. The reports of the Secretaries will give detailed information, and the Executive and Departments are ready to supply any omissions necessary to guide your deliberations. I recommend the adoption of meas| ures to make the contest short and decisive, I and tnat you place at tne uovernment s (lis'posal at least four hundred thousand men | and four hundred millions of money, that ' number of meu being about one-tenth of the available men within the willing region, and.thatsum one-twenty-third of the wealth of the men who seem willing to devote their property to that object. The whole six hundred millions would involve a less debt per head than the proportion in the j revolutionary war. | Surely the motive now, is as strong as [then. Might the result now be worth to the world ten times the number of men and i ten times the amount of money. Legislative sanction is only necessary, the material for the work being abundant; the greatest perplexity of the Government is to avoid receiving men faster than they are prepared. The people will then have a Government, if the Government do its part of the duty. While perceptibly there is little difference between secession and revolution, the movers knew they could never raise their treason to respectability by a name implying a violation of law ; they could only ad| vance indirectly in the teeth of the noble sentiments of the people. They commenced with an insiduous public sentiment, and invented iugenious sc; phisms, which, if considered logically, fol| lowed all incidents to the destruction of the I Union. The sophism is legal, peaceful ; withdrawal, without the consent of the U; Dion. This sugar-coated rebellion drugged ,i the public mind during thirty years, and | placed good men in arms against the Govj eminent. The sophism derives currency ! frntn tho iiwnmnfinn (\f some imnnfpnf. 1 supremacy pertaining to a State. The States have ueither more nor less than re[ served power?no one of them being a State of the Union. The original ones passed | into the Union before casting off the British colonial dependence, and the new ones came in from a condition of dependence ? Even if it was during a temporary independence, it was never designated a State. | The words Sovereign State are not in the Constitution, nor, as it is believed, in any ' State Constitution. Here follows an elaborate argument a! gainst the right of secession. It is questioned whether the people of every State, except South Carolina, are not in favor of the Union ; the contrary has not been demonstrated, though our adversaries have adopted it. Some passages in the Declaration of Independence, in which it is said "all men are created equal," are omitted. Their Constitution, iustead of "we, the people," has, "we, the deputies of the sovereign and independent States." Why ignore the j rights of men?the authority of the people ? I This is essentially the people's contest. I am happy to believe the plain, common people appreciate this. It is not worthy that, while in the nation's trials, officers have resigned^ no common soldier or sailor has deserted the flag. It remains to be demonstrated, that those who can carry an election can also repress a rebellion?that ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors of bullets?and that when ballots have fairly and Constitutionally decided, there can be no successful appeal back to bullets; no appeal except to ballots themselves, at the succeeding election. Such will be the lesson of peace, teaching men what they cannot take by any election they cannot take by war. Lest there be any uneasiness regarding the course of the Government towards the Southern States, after suppressing the rebellion, it is proper to say it will be guided by the Constitution and laws. The Executive desires to administer the Government as administered by the Government makers and as loyal persons everywhere have the right to claim. This the North perceived. To 4-Vi nnn aaawai an nnV\in<miia?v mm a ao bucic <*uy uuciuiuu, ouuj ugaiiULl U1 UUU* qaering in these terms ? The Constitution guarantees to each State a representative form of Government. If a State withdraws, it may change the form. To prevent its going out, is indispensable to maintaining the guarantee. With the deepest regret, the Executive employed the war power for the defence of the Government, but it was forced upon him. He could but perform his duty, or surrender the Government. No compromise in this case could cure. Not that compromises are not often proper, but no popular Government can long survive a marked precedent, that those who carry an election can only aave the country by giving up the,main point on which the people gave the election. The people themselves, and not their servants, can reverse the decision.? As a private citizen, the Executive could not consent that the institutions should perish, much less destroy so vast and so sacred a trust as a free people had conhded in him. He had no moral right to shrink, nor count the chances of his own life in what might follow. In full view of the great responsibility, he has done what he deemed his duty, as you know. According to your own judgment do yours. He hopes your views and actions will so accord with his as to assure faithful citizens, disturbed in their rights, of a speedy restoration of them. Having thus chosen our course, with a pure motive and purpose, let us renew our trust, and go forward without fear and with manly hearts. Ik ?0iMfe #Uipirn. YORKVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 11,1861. Q(7-Mr. John R. Ali.en, Post Master at Chester, is our authorized agent; and fully empowered to receive money for this office, and give receipts for the same. (if?-1" cases where subscribers do not take the Enquirer roin tile post-office, Post-Masters are requested to nodfy us inmediately. Subscribers desiring their papers ciianged must mention the Post Office from, as well as the one to, which they riorfire the cliagen to be made. "THE YORK GUARDS." By reference to the proceedings of a meeting to be found in another column, it will be seen that the above company, which recently left this District, under the command of Capt. J. M. White, was mustered into Confederate service on the 2nd instant, and is attached to the 6th Regiment, S. C. V. We have endeavored to get a complete roll of the company, but have not as yet succeeded. As soon as we can procure it, we will give it to our readers. We learn from Mr. S. L. Love, that 73 members were mustered into the service. Fie will leave Yorkville on Saturday morning next for the Camp, and he informs us that he will be pleased to obtain a sufficient number of recruits to raise the company to odo hundred. Recruits will be taken to the camp without expense to theui. MERE-MENTION. It is said that 360,000 volunteers have tendered their services to the Confederate States to defend the rights of the South. They will do it The Confederate Congress will assemble in Richmond on the 20th July. The Governor of Tennessee has issued his proclamation, according to law. ordering the election for Delegates to the Congress of the Confederate States on the 1st of August, being the day of the general election in that State. The Davenport, (Iowa) News, of the 5th ult., says: ''Corn was selling in town yesterday at the very small sum of twelve-anda half cents per bushel. This is very low, but there is no market for the article." The New York Ilerald styles the Confederate States "New Dahomey." The Maryland Legislature has taken a recess uutil the 30th of the present mouth. That body will yet cover itself with honor. Mr. Russell, of the London Times was in Canada on the 29th ult. \Vm. D. Porter, commanding the U. S. steamship St. Mari/'s, at Panama, has addressed a letter to his son, Lieut. Porter, of the Confederate Army, stating his intention to return home and devote the remnant of his life to the wronged South. The Richmond Enquirer of Friday states that news has been received there that Thomas Harrison Haker, of Charleston, and his associates of the privateer Savannah, recently captured near Charleston by the war brig Etn j, have been found guilty of piracy by the United States Circuit Court, now sitting in New York. President Davis Las issued his proclamation recognizing Tennessee as one of the Confederate States. Ata recent convivial party, an Irishman connected with the Confederate service, gave the following toast: "May the Coniiderate aigle pick out the eyes of the baste Lincoln !" Brigadier-General Anderson, late of Fort Sumter, was at Cresson, Penn., on the 28th ult. The supply of water at Fort Pickens has been cut off, and the Federal inmates have uow to go fifty miles to obtain that indispensable article. We presume! that this also will be cut off at an early day. Among the prisoners captured by our soouts recently near Winchester, is Lietft. Chase, son of Chase, Secretary of the Treasury. It has been officially announced that no more shipments of tobacoo will be allowed from Tennessee to Louisville. It is stated that part of the Jersey regiment, while passing through Baltimore, were greeted with cheers for Jeff. Davis. Small notes about to be issued by the Bank of the State are now being executed and filled up, and will be pot in circulation as soon as possible. They will be a great relief to the community. The Memphis Appeal reports the arrival at that place, on the 26th ult., of a shipment of copper from the Polk County mines, to be used in making brass for cannon. The Nashville Union mentions a rumor that all the Federal forces, with the exception of one regiment, have evacuated that mosquito-infested, ague and fever ridden place called Cairo. Our Fifth Regiment.?A correspondent, writing from the camp of the 5th Regiment South Carolina Volunteers in Virginia, says: <iThe 5th Regiment South Carolina Volunteers has been peculiarly blessed in point of health. We have now been in service since the 13th April, and have only lost one white man and one negro by death, either from sickness or accident. EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Camp Walker, 5th Reg., S. C. V., \ Near Manassas, Va., June 30,1861. J Dear Enquirer)?At dress-parade this evening, orders were read for us to have three day's provisions cooked and in our haversacks, ready for marching at any mo; ment. We anticipate orders to march perhaps to-morrow. Some think that we advance to attack the enemy at Fall's Churoh, to which place, we learn, they have returned in increased numbers; others think that they will advance upon us. Of course, we know no more than Beauregard's coat. At any rate, if there is any fighting to be done, you may expect to hear of the Fifth being in it. Our gallant Colonel is conceded on all sides to be one of the best, if not the very best in the field ; and Gen. Beauregard, himself, we have it from an entirely reliable source, has said that ours is the best drilled regiment he knows of in the Confederacy. We do not say this in self-praise at all; but to prepare our friends at home to expect that we will be placed emphatically at the post of danger. Col. Gregg's regiment, we learn, goes home on the 10th, to return, however, again. We doubt whether they will leave at all. Lieut. F. G. Latham?of Union he is ?was assigned the duty of Acting Assistant Adjutant General of our Brigade.? We had occasion a week or two since, to allude to his gallantry. A few oases of measles. Good health, however; and all right on the marching question. Capt. Coward and his brother reached here in safety. Laconically, OUR CORPORAL. For the Yorkville Enquirer. / THE VOLUNTEERS. York, S. C., June 25, 1861. Messrs. Editors:?We notice in the columns of your paper words of advice to the volunteers, from experienced gentlemen of the District, but have not seen an expression of the sentiments of the fairsex. Now it is for this end, that we as an humble representative of this very important class of the community, would transcend, for a moment, the bounds of our proper sphere. No doubt many little sweet missives pass between us and the dear volunteers; yet they are personal documents, and the matter which they contain is altogether private?but what we say is for the benefit of every soldier who has gone from our midst; and although we cannot from our inexperience presume to give advice, yet we can, by words of encouragement, enable you to sustain patiently hardships, and nerve your arms to strike for glorious victory. Yes, by our sympathy, to encourage you to contend for our dear rights and blessed privileges. You have gone forth to fight our battles on Virginia's soil. She is well worthy of your assistance. We rejoice to know that we can now repay her for the gallant blood shed in our defence at King's Mountain. We love to refer to the days of the Revolution when Virginia's sons were ready to leave their bones to bleach on the sides of the mouotain, or gain glorious victory; and now you go to defend and rescue the homes, the birthplace and the lives of the descendants of those who fought so valiantly for us. Go then; we give you up willingly for such a cause. We can but wish (although it is a sin) that we were men, that top tnn. mioht cird on the sword to con " O"' O tend against the foe of our common country; but, women as we are, you may rest assured before Lincoln's minions shall contaminate the soil of Carolina with their dastard feet, every one of us with arms in our hands, will perish around our dear hearthstones and sacred altars. But shall it ever come to this ! that a foreign enemy shall pollute our atmosphere by their foul breath ? We think we hear you say, "No, never!" never while one of Carolina's sons can raise bis arm to defend her. And we, too, can echo back the words, "never!" until our own soil shall conceal in her lovely bosom every daughter of Carolina.? Fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers, shall die together before we will yield our free land to the vile oppressor. Then go forward, remembering the sacred cause in which you are engaged; remembering that whatever may be your destiny, your memories shall be preserved by us, and never forgotten. And you may know, too, that every morning and night the incense of prayer ascends in your behalf from every family altar in the broad land, and the warmest sympathy and most sacred emotions of every true woman is for your welfare. Yours very modestly, JENNIE. For Jie Yorkville Enquirer. "THE YORK GUARDS." Camp Woodward, | Summerville, July 2, 1861. J After being mustered into Confederate service in the 6th Regiment, S. C. V., the "York Guards"?the Company from York District, commanded by Captain John M. White?held a meeting, at which Captain White was called to the chair, and Orderly A. H. Farr, requested to act as Secretary, when the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the thanks of the Company be and are hereby tendered to those citizens of York District, who have aided us in our organization and manifested an interest in our behalf; and to Col. A. B. Springs, in particular, whose disinterested kindness we duly appreciate. Resolved, That a complete list of all persons who have aided our company pecuniarily, be furnished by the Secretary of the Company as early as convenient, for ^mblication. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Yorkville Enquirer. J. M. WHITE, Chairman. A. H. Farr, Secretary. y " For the Yorkville Enquirer. NEGRO HANGING. Pleasant Ridge, N. C., 1 July 8,1861. / WifVt n Trianr fr* nrarrflnf fVia monrr ororr. ,,1?U ? IU p.w.vuu '"""J "?ft" gerated reports, which in these troublous times may grow out of the following circumstances, we have concluded to give the facts to the public, as they occurred, in an authentic form. Mr. D. A. Jenkins, some few weeks since had a child to die under peculiar circumstances, and from facts subsequently elicited, induced a suspicion amounting to almost a certainty, of the child having been I poisoned. Eliza, a negro woman belonging to Mr. Jenkins, was suspected of being guilty of the crime ; and at the request of Mr. Jenkins, the Vigilant Committee of the neighborhood, together with a number of citizens, met at his house on Monday, 8th instant, for the purpose of fully investigating the affair. The Vigilance Committee organized by calling Ezra B. Wilson, Esq., to the chair, and requesting Wm. D. Glenn to act as Secretary. The Chairman then appointed Messrs. William Crawford, John R. Falls, W. R. Holland, James M. Craig, James D. Smith, R. A. Falls, Robert Wilson, C. Q. Petty, Z. S. Hill, Eli Mendenhall, Thos. F. Quinn, and J. M. Huffstetler, as a Committee to investigate the case. On motion, the Chairman was added to the number. The Committee then proceeded to examine several witnesses, whose testimony left but little doubt of the guilt of the accused. After the testimony was concluded, the woman confessed that she had given the child something from a vial, which she supposed to be laudanum, and which she had procured from a negro boy belonging to Mr. Jenkins. She also implicated the boy with herself. The Committee then retired, and after a short absence returned and reported that they had, by a unanimous vote, found her guilty; and recommended thatshe be hanged. She was sentenced by the Chairman, and the sentence at once carried into effect. EZRA B. WILSON, Chairman. W. D. Glenn, Secretary. ^ For the Yorkville Enquirer. CHUHCH SECESSION. ? - ?? 1 i . 1 if Tbe toliowing paper was aaoptea Dy ine Session of Bethesda Church, at a recent meeting: "W ehave heard with surprise, mortification and indignation, that the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church?Old School?of (what were formerly) the United States, of America, at its late sittings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, made the subjoined deliverance upon the duty of the church under the present national crisis : "Gratefully acknowledging the distinguished care of Almighty God towards this favored land, and also recognizing our obligation to submit to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake, this General Assembly adopt the following resolutions : 1. Resolved, That in view of the present | agitated and unhappy condition of this coun| try, the first day of July next be hereby set apart as a day of prayer throughout our bounds, and that on this day, ministers and people are called on humbly to confess and bewail our national sins, to offer our thanks to the Father of Lights for his abundant and undeserved goodness toward us as a nation, to seek his guidance and blessing j upon our rulers and their counsels, as well jas on the Congress of the United States about to assemble, and to implore tnem, in the name of Jesus Christ, the Great Iligh; Priest of the Christian profession, to turn away his anger from us, and speedily restore to us the blessings of an honorable peace. 2. Resolved, That this General Assembly, in the spirit of that Christian patriotism which the Scriptures enjoin, and which has always characterized this Church, do hereby acknowledge and declare our obligations to promote and perpetuate, so far as in us lies, the integrity of these U. States, and to strengthen, uphold and encourage the Federal Government in the exercise of j all its functions under our noble Constitution : and to this Constitution in all its pro-1 visions, requirements, and principles, we profess our unabated loyalty, j And to avoid all misconception, the Assembly declare that by the term Federal! Government, as here used, is not meant any particular administration, or the peculiar opinions of any particular party, but that central administration, whioh being at any time appointed and inaugurated according to the forms prescribed in the Constitution of the United States, is the visible representative of our national existence." "Inasmuch as we regard this action of the Assembly as unnecessary and inexpedient ?demanded by no obligation binding the Assembly to all its parts; tending to no good, but productive of unmitigated evils; as unkind?taking advantage of the absence of all the Commissioners from the South, except a mere nominal representation, and even that, not reflecting the true sentiment of the South; as inflammatory ?calculated to exasperate the South, and more to excite the North, already possessed with the spirit of fanaticism; as unconstitutional?being "in collision with chapter xxxi, and section 4th of Confession of Faith, and chapter xii, and section 4th of Form of Government; as tyrannical and spiritually oppressive?attempting to bind, without the authority of God, the consciences of the South, to submit to a political Government which they have renounced and now abhor ; as grossly unjust and insulting to the South ?totally ignoring our present political relations, and' claiming our allegiance to a perjured administration and a military despotism ; as contrary to the spirit of the Gospel?favoring coercion by means of a fratricidal war, involving an enormous waste of property, and the temporary disturbance of the peace, and loss of an untold number of lives in the unoffending South ; as detrimental to the interests of religion?which must be greatly imperiled and suffer much, so long as the direful contest shall rage; and as secured by a misrepresentation oj the real state of things, and the feeling at the South : Therefore, Resolved, 1. That we hereby raise our solemn protest against this aotion of the highest Court of our Church, and do disclaim all obligation to obey the resolutions of that Body, either in letter or spirit, being ourselves willing, content and glad, to be privileged to give our allegiance and support to the Government of the Confederate States of America. 2. That in our judgment, the Presbyteries of the South, should immediately retire from all Ecclesiastical alliance with the Northern branch of the General Assembly, and adopt measures for the formation of a General Assembly of the Confederate States of America. 3. That we cordially approve and cheerfully respond to the call for a pro re nata meeting of Bethel Presbytery, and do instruct our delegate to vote for the immediate withdrawal of our Presbytery from the General Assembly of the United States, and for a call of a Convention looking to the formation of a Southern Assembly. The Engagement near Winchester. The Winchester correspondent of the Richmond Examiner, under date of July 2, furnishes the following: At ten o'clock this morning a courier arrived from Martinsburg, announcing that a large Federal force, under General Patterson, had attempted to cross the Potomac at Williamsport, and were met by Colonel t?i f j c -JUCKSUU 3 CUUJLLIL1UU, UUUSlSUUg U1 XUU1 IKglmerits of Virginia infantry, Capt. Pendleton's battery of flying artillery, and Col. Stewart's cavalry, numbering about five hundred men?the whole force amounting to about 4500 men. Assistance was asked from Gen. Johnson. Orders were immediately issued for three brigades to march to Martinsburg. The first under Col. Elsie, of the 1st Maryland regiment (successor to Col. Hill); the second uuder Col. Bartow, of the 8ch Georgia; and the third (embracing the 2d and 11th Mississippi, 4th Alabama and 1st Tennessee), under General B. As I write, they are passing through Winchester on their way to the scene of action. 10 o'clock p. m.?The stage has just arrived from Williamsport, bringing a number of passengers, and among them a wounded soldier of Col. Stewart's cavalry, who was in the engagement this morning. From him and others present at the fight, I gather the following particulars: Last night, a large body of the enemy crossed the Potomac, some above and some below Williamsport, and marched -two miles this side of Falling Waters, six miles east of Martinsburg. Col. Jackson hearing of it, advanced to meet them, taking Col. Stewart's cavalry, Col. Harper's regiment of infantry and one piece of Captain Pendleton's battery. The vanguard of the enemy consisted of a company of eighty five men, distributed fifteen in front, thirty at a distance of two hundred yards from the front, and forty, three hundred yards in rear of them Col. Stewart advanced within thirty steps of the first fifteen without receiving a single shot, the Yankees evidently mistaking his men for friends. At this point two of Stewart's men dismounted and let down a fence, and immediately the Col. rode up to their line and demanded their instant surrender on pain of death, with which demand they promptly complied. The next thirty fired a few shots and did likewise. Of the remaining forty, four were taken prisoners, seventeen were killed and nineteen wounded. In the mean time a portion of the main body came up, and were engaged by Col. Harper's regiment, with one piece of artillery, for one hour and a half, when they (the enemy) retired to falling Waters, and Col. Jackson prudently returned to an entrenched position two miles west (this side) of Martinsburg. The number killed Tjn our side is said to be eight killed and eleven wounded. The wounded man who came to night is only slightly injured.? The loss of the enemy is variously reported, but I take the minimum?sixty seven killed, eighty nine wounded and forty nine taken prisoners. The front of our column from this place is reported to be within seven miles of Col. Jackson's present position. The Richmond Dispatch of the 6th instant, says : Several persons present at the recent engagements near Martinsburg concur, substantially, in the following accounts: On Tuesday last the Yankee forces, numbering near 10,000 while approaching Martinsburg, were met by Col. Jackson's advance, consisting of a portion of Col. Har per's Regimeot from Augusta county, bout 700 strong, and a squadron of caval^Blggj under Col. Stewart. The Federal forces^BH excepting Sherman's boasted battery, oc-^^B cupied a forest. The Confederate troops advanced, under the protection of a rail fence, to within three hundred yards of the enemy. Col. Stuart, with Capt. Patrick's company of Cavalry, from Augusta, opened the engagement by capturing the van of the enemy, consisting of an entire company of Pennsylvanians; a sharp firing was kept up for an hour and a half between the . main bodies, with a loss to the enemy esti- d mated at the minimum of 67 killed, 85 I wounded, and 53 prisoners; when the firing ceased, and Colonel Jackson fell back slow* ly to a stronger position nearer Martinsburg, with a loss on his side of three killed and five wounded. '> f}pn. Johnston, beincr notified, advanced from Winchester with bis forces, and reliable reports received yesterday say, that in coojuction with Co!. Jackson's force, he three several times repulsed !he attacks of Gen. Patterson's entire army of about 20,000 men, and drove him into Martinsburg. Gen. Johnston has since succeeded in throwing his army between Gen. Patterson and the Potomac, thus cutting off retreat, while reinforcements are constantly arriving from Beauregard's camp at Manassas in sufficient numbers to assure the complete discomfiture, if not capture, of the entire Hessian force, which may God grant. 1 Paying the Piper. It is stated that Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury estimates the total expenses of the Rump Government for the current year at about 8300,000,000. Of -this a- J mount it is estimated that 830,000,000 will be required for the ordinary expenses and for the payment of the interest on loans. A correspondent of the New York Tribune writes: Various plans have been under consideration by Governor Chase for meeting the extraordinary demands upon the treasury. He has finally decided to have recourse to the three following measures, all of which will be recommended to Congress in his report: First. A great national loan, subscriptions for which will be opened all over the Aftiintrv. Gflrtifieates for this will be issued in sums of 850, 8100,8500 and 81000, and will bear interest at 7 30 00 per cent.; so that the interest on a 850 certificate will be exactly one cent per day. The rate of interest will be endorsed on the back of each note, so that each holder may kqow at a glance the amount of interest due for > any given time he may hold it. This loan will be redeemable at aoy time within three years, at the option of the Government, and will not be convertible into bonds, or received for custom house or other Govern- J ment dues. Second. A foreign loan, bearing interest at the rate of 6.35 100 per cent. Third. The issue of treasury notes of denominations as low as 820, bearing interest at the rate of 3.30 100 per cent. These, if issued, will circulate as currency, will be coovertible into stock of twenty years' loan, and will be receivable for customhouse dues, &c. Many Western men urge this plan warmly, but it is not regarded with much favor by Governor Chase, and he will resort to it sparingly, if at all. He anticipates that these notes would not keep out in circulation long enough to make it an object to issue them. The Secretary will recommend a special tax on tea, coffee and sugar, and also some further changes in the present tariff, for the purposes of revenue. It is proposed to pledge by law the proceeds of this special tax on subjects of luxury to the creditors of .the Government, for the payment of the interest nn its nhlications. It is estimated i that the revenue arising from the special tax, and other sources, will be 890,000,000, which will cover all the ordinary expenses of the Government, and provide for the payment of the interest on loans. Burying a Fort.?Quite an original method of taking a fort is described in the last number of Blackwood's Magazine. In 1696, a large Russian army besieged the Turkish fort at Azof, which was situated on a plain, strongly fortified, and had a small but well disciplined garrison. No common approaches oould be made to it, and the Turkish cannon swept the level with iron hail. In this case, the engineering skill of the Russians was baffled, but Gen. Patriok Gordon, the right hand man of Peter the Great, and the only one for whose death, it is said, he ever shed a tear, being determined to take the place at any , cost, proposed to bury it with dirt by gradual approaches. He had a large army; the soil of the plain was light and deep, and he set twelve thousand men to work with spades, tbowing up a high circumvallation i of earth, and advancing nearer and nearer every day to the place, by throwing up the huge earth wall before them in advance.? The men were Kept in gangs, worxing aay and night, the earth being thrown from one to another like the steps of a stair, the top gang taking the lowest place every half hour in succession. In five weeks the huge earth was carried nearly one mile until it rose to and above the highest ramparts, and the earth began to roll over them. This caused the Turkish Governor to hang out the white flag and give in. Had he not done so, General Gordon would have buried the fortress.?Exchange. A Bad Practice.?A custom is coming very much in vogue in the South of politicians raising regiments and placing themselves at the head?or with the understanding that-they will be placed there?and taking thoroughly educated officers from the regular army for Lieutenant-colonels, i majors and other subordinate positions. * We know colonels in the Southern army ^ who six weeks ago were profoundly ignor- fl ant of the mystery of 'shoulder arms!' and fl yet are ambitious of leading the armies of ' the republic. his is all wrong, and public sentiment, if nothing else, should put a stop to it. Unskilled civillians who place themselves, or allow others to place them, in responsible military positions, of whose duties they know nothing, do injustice to professional soldiers, to the service, and to themselves. Nor can we see bow well educated military men can, consistently with a proper respect I for their profession, consent to be placed in \ these subordinate positions, with superiors in authoriay who are perfeot dwarfs to them in understanding. What estimate must they place upon their reputations when they are willing to peril them in time of ^ battle upon the blunders of an incompetent leader! "There is no reason why the rules of