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. . ' r ________ o a ' * 3L. ~ ~ * ? ?*?? . - i ?. : wi^LiAM wribast. fProPrietors- Jitbtpcitfeciit ^liij flefospaper: Jfor % ^promotion of % political, Social, ^grirallural anb Commercial Interests of % Soutjj. {? m yhab, ? advance. ; i VOLUME 7. YORKVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8, 1861. NUMBER 32. f Ih.? fjfrimtt* ! P VQRKVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8,1861. j (Hy-Mr. Joitx R. Allen, Post Master at Chester, Is our authorized agent; and fully empowered to receive money p for this office, and give receipts for the same. i cases where subscribers do not take the Enociher | i rom the post-office, Post-Masters are re-quested to noitfy us mmedlately. \ The Ladies of the Relief Society ' gratefully acknowledge the following donatioos: From Mrs. Dr. Craven, 12 yards t homespun and 6 yards flannel; Mrs. Hern- ] don, 12 pairs woolen socks ; Mrs. Wright, 12 pairs socks; Miss Boggs, 5 pairs socks > 5 Mrs. John McGill, 12 pairs socks. 2 battalion"parades. In the advertisement last week announc- . inr? the oarade of the South and North bat- j. ?o r ? talion, errors occurred as to the days of the I reviews. The South Battalion will be re- < viewed at Carroll's Old Field, on Saturday, \ August 17; and the North Battalion at 1 Galloway's Old Field on Saturday, August 24. The Commissioned and non-Commis- ] sioned officers will assemble the days pre- s vious for drill and instruction. ^ ? BETHEL AND THE SOLDIERS^ ( 4 We Team with pleasure that the ladies of v Bethel, have formed a Sooiety for the pur- ^ pose of furnishing our soldiers with neces- c sary clothing for the winter. In as much i as the supply of flannel in the country has r been nearly exhausted, the ladies in that ^ r vicinity have commenocd its manufacture, and we learn that over one hundred and f fifty yards will be ready by the time it will f be needed. We make the latter announce- I rnent with peculiar pleasure, for it gives us | another evidenoe that we have the means of , supplying ourselves with every thing neces- ^ sary for our comfort. The ladies of our 11 district are working wonders, and with God jj and them with us, the success of our govI ^ ' ernment is certain. The ladies are doing s . v theirpart?will the 'Aome guard' do theirs? 1 TROPHIES OFTHE BATTLE. g We have been kindly shown by our young j( friend, William F. Beard, several trophies r found after the late battie by his brother, John W. Beard. One is a Son of Temper- 8 auce travelling Card granted to Michael jj II. Burke, by "Liberty Tree" Division, No. 47, of Boston. The card is dated 12th s of June. We infer that the person toj1' whom the card was granted, received a re- ^ ception different from what he anticipated p and travelled from the battle ground with- e out taking his card with him. s Mr. Beard also picked up on the ground " a number of other articles. Several buld lets and pieces of shell, a pipe, canteen, j arnbrotjpe; Massachusetts, Maine and N. v f York buttons; and a Bible presented to 8 the "Defenders of their country by the N. York Bible Society." a THE "PALMER GUARDS." Is A company numbering near one hundred men, was organized in this place on yester-^ day, for Confederate service, with the fol- j { lowing persons as commissioned officers : |i W. H. McCORKLE, Captain. ? L. M. GRIST, 1st Lieutenant. JNO. T. PARKER, 2nd Lieutenant. ( I. I). WITHERSPOON, 3rd Lieutenant. The Company has been named the "Palm- > i er Guards," in honor to our young friend jf Lieut. Richard A. Palmer, who was killed j at the late battle of "Stone Bridge" while! leading nis men to tne cnarge. i f The "Campbell Rifles," under the corn-it mana of Capt. Jno. L. Miller, of this place,, 3 are fully organized, and we learn will de- ^ , part for camp in a few days. We will pub-!g | lish a full roll of both companies in our c next issue. 11 In another column will be found the roll; of the "Indian Land Guards," Capt. .Tones. , There are yet other companies beingformed , ? in the District. la Jc PERSONAL. t We copy the following just and discrim- c mating paragraph in relation to a truly es- t timable young friend, from the Carolina i* Spartan. It is found in the correspon- | dence of "L."?the spirited and gallant ( Col. Leggj we presume?from the seat ofj| war. The paragraph was written ou the t occasion of the funeral of Mr. Steeue, a 1 member of the 4th Alabama Regiment, ales > ( luded to by "Our Corporal" a few weeks | ago: ! "I must here be permitted to make per- ' l sonal mention of the worthy and truly pious ]( young gentleman who so kindly officiated i1 .? n \f- T A TT7:.1 on trie saa oceasion?iur. o. rv. >v uner-1 spoon. He is the son of the late Hon. I. P . D. Witherspoon, of Yorkville, S. C. He1! had gone to Europe prior to the secession ' of his State, but so soon as he heard of the 1' election of Lincoln, he immediately re- j1 turned and joined oar regiment at its first ! organization as an independent volunteer,;' and with Bible in one hand and sword in j' the other has been a constant, devoted and ' zealous memberever since. Day and night 1 he is a visitor to the several hospitals, kind- 1 ly serving and ministering to the sick and 1 afflicted. Not a night passes without his ' prayers with some company or mess of the 1 regiment. He is everywhere humbly and ' meekly devoting his whole time to the spiritual wants and personal necessities of his fellow soldiers. His purse is open and flows freely. His gratuitous distribution ( of the Bible aud religious works are liberal and bountiful, and when the bugle sounds' his bucklar is on. His example is truly worthy of all imitation " I EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE Camp Prrrrs, Fairfax County. Va. ) Thursday Evening, August 1,1661. $ Dear Enquirer : Since the great battl* of which we wrote you in our last, nothing of marked military or camp interest, has occurred within reach of our eyes and ears Our "field of view," however, you musl know is quite limited?being confined chiefly to the beautiful blue hills and luxuriant :lover pastures immediately around us ; foi we receive papers even from Richmond ony with the greatest irregularity. Occaiionally a Charleston Mercury, and usually mce a week the Enquirer, pay us very welcome visits; and these are about all the innpr<i wa apt in see from nur native State. These few papers, seen and read so mnch ib random, are insufficient to famish us isith little material at all times; and now ind then, especially while the tented villa s oar abode, while immobility rests like a lightmare upon the army, and while no brilliant individual achievements and sidejvents even give spice to the leaden calm, ;he letter-writer finds a sore need of all his joterprise and ingenuity. But to morrow ?yea, to night, even?a tide of stirring jvents may begin to roll over us, which it ffould require a volume to chronicle. We have visited the battle fields, both ol Blackburn's Ford and Stone Bridge, which ihould be the name given to the last great jattle. They were in one sense sad and lickenine scenes, recalling to mind the post's plaintive couplet: "Man's inhumanity to man .Makes countless thousands mourn." ?or miles the ground was strewn with the lead or wounded bodies of men and horses. \.ltbough it was noon of Monday when we eached the field, and although every diligence had been used by our available cavaly and wagons to clear the field, yet we saw i number of arms ; and could stand in diforont. nlawe and rnnnt a hundred nrnst.ratfi , -orms stiff in death, or weltering in their ;ore. Here and there were to be seen ;roups of Southerners digging graves and :onRigning cherished comrades to them ; vhile as far as eye could reach, visitors vere straggliug over the field to gratify heir curiosity and gather up trophies of he grand victory. Most of our maimed lad been carried to Manassas, or placed in he neighboring farm-houses?indeed, we aw not one of them on the field ; but a arge proportion of the enemy's wounded, wing to the impossibility of removing them ooner, were still lying where they had falen. with faces upturned to the descending ain. We conversed with a poor fellow roni Michigan, a Canadian by birth, who aid he had joined a volunteer company jerely to defend Washington, and forced a to actioD, after his time had expired on Virginia soil. He was shot through the tomach?was evidently dying?and under he circumstfnces we could but deem him ruthful. We conversed with another who ad been through the Crimean war, who raised the fearful accuracy of the Southrn rifle, and said if he got home now, he hould never fisht aeainst the South again. k third?a beardless youth of fine form nd countenance?bore bis misfortunes with i proud resorve and manly fortitude, showng that there was no craven blood in his 'eins. We admired both his appearance .nd bearing, and stopped to converse with lim. He replied with marked politeness ivery time, but invariably waited for us to isk the questions. Among other things, he ttid : "We should have been in N. York resterday instead of here," and we believed lim, too; for we thought there was too nuch boyish candor and real manhood a)out him, to quibble there. A wounded egular tc-ld us that, if he had not been lound to go wherever called, he never vould have been engaged in this war. Now ind then a prisoner would justify, or exsuse the North; but the vast majority, lither iu sincerity or to lighten their punshment, keep silence or take sides with he South. One thing we think certain, and that is : he Northern volunteers will never fight sc veil again. We have several good reasons or this confident opinion. The next time, hey will send worse men into the arena of trife. The hosts we fought on Sunday, list ult., were raised to defend their capial; the next army will be raised for our ubjugation Many who espoused the first iau.se, will recoil from the other. Again, hey were gulled into the belief that Southrners would not fight; that perhaps a short kirmish at Bull's Hun, and then a little lotter fight at Manassas, would give them : ..I....; v;?. )05sessiuu UA limniupuitout lv T itgi.jiM; ,nd they were inspired with more confilence in themselves and hopes of success han they ever can have again. It was a :urrent impression in the "Grand Army of he Potomac"?a wounded prisoner has old us?that Richmoud was reduced aud leld by Northerners; and statesmen and adies of tun, everybody here believes, were in to greet the victors and cover them with aurels while the dust of battle was yet on ;'neir brows. The veiled decep'ion and the nspiring presence of their gifted and fair ?the confidence springing from a belief of Dur weakness, the hope of reward and the Fear of shame if defeated?all nerved their rrms; and "they fought like brave men, long and well." Their utter defeat has ,-ast the dispiriting gloom of despondency over the whole North ; while the prestige of success gleams over the South, like the [laming sword set by the angel over the ^ates of Paradise. With Heaven still on our side, during the whole war whether long or short, we may expect their myriad inyamidons to fly from Southern lead and steel, as once did the hordes of Persia beFore the well-trained bands of Greece. We bear that the French consul at Richmond has sent on a special messenger to Paris with the news of this great triumph ; and ;hat Mr. Russell, who is said to have been with the Northern army, compliments their rout as the most complete that has occurred within the last fifty years. The language itf Johnson and Beauregard's proclamation is in substance 'Soldiers ! this victory won by your arms, secures the independence oi your country.' There is now an apparent calm, though how long it may last, or what may be it! cause we cannot tell. It has been publish ed that Lincoln has requested au armistic* of sixty days; and we have heard it rumor . ed?you know what rumors are worth? that a thrice of forty days has been gran} ted him ou the condition that he would f withdraw all his forces from Virginia soil! | No one can question the desire of the Yankees for time to reorganize and increase ^ their army. On our part the question is ' should we advance on Arlington Heights . and Washington, or await new, more nu. merous and as well equipped an army.? We have not the remotest idea which horn of the dilemma will be seized by our lead-1 , ers; and if we had, its publication would j , be unadvisable. One or the other course,] however, must be taken; and, it is there-j fore "competent" as the lawyers say, or; germain as the politicians say, to discuss! ! the probable future which may be anticipa-j , ted from the adoption of either line of policy. If we advance upon Arlington Heights, and thereby threaten the Capital of Yankeedora, we rekindle the war feeling, and make the raising of their immense proposed loan and army more easy, speedy and:' ! certain; or if their fears of securing these] prevail, we at once bring them to terms of] , peace. Meanwhile with the forces theyj can rally now and from fortified conditions | of those heights, they aro able to make a. stand there any day. A Baltimore paper] has said that give him two weeks and Lin-! coin can rally 200,000 men to the entrenchments around Washington. The South can make ready to meet those in a short while ; and if the policy of advancing prevails, you may be prepared to hear before long of fighting on a scale compared to] which even the battle of Stone Bridge wasj mere child's play. Bull's Run will long be remembered by the North. They will scarcely, we think, try this route to the heart of Virginia again. If the policy of holding our ground and not going forward, rules our rulers, either South Carolina will be invaded during the cold season, or active hostilities are mainly jover until next Spring. Qive Scott and j Lincoln their own time and they will not j be prepared to open another campaign much j before the first of October. By that time ! the weather will be mild enough to go any' where South; and you know how rancorous I is the venom which they all wish to spit ! out upon South Carolina. They cling to the delusive idea that if she were whipped, secession would be crushed; and her coast, moreover, appears to them peculiarly expo j sed to invasion. If, however, the loug line of comraonication, and that two by sea, j which would have to be kept up, and the rigors aod hazards of a winter campaign ! anywhere, deter them from the enchanting I nroieet. of hrinainp her neck under the | i j - ? - ? n"~o yoke?having no such exquisite malice for any other State?they will very likely take wiuter quarters in their border cities and villages, and grow fat and sleek in villany till Spring. If this latter event comes, we will have; to pass the winter, in all likelihood farther j North, than is our wont. Our friends at I home may fear that the cold will be too severe for us; and the good people of the South every where may feel anxious lest the j rigors of a Northern winter should prove! j more disastrous than Yankee lead and steel, i We doubt it not in the least. It is estimated that in ordinary campaigns, three die from disease and exposure to every one from violence; and Providence has graciously I accorded to our lives upon the field so far, ' extraordinary and almost miraculous projection. Our hospitals, however, need not } be fuller here than if we were garrisoned j jupon the soil of our own State. The win-J | ters of Virginia, though more severe than those of South Carolina, are at the same i time less variable. That clear, cold, braicing weather, known at homo as "hog-kiljling seasons," when every body grows fat j on sausages and spare-ribs and cadaverous j melancholy is thrown to the dogs with the! j bones, is more uniform and constant here.! ! All, too, that our Southern soldiery, ani-j ! mated and fortified in their deathless pur-j pose to free their country, need, is.abun-j i dance of warm outer and under clothing,! i from head to foot, and constant and guarded and watchful prudence on their part, to! ' enable them to stand the climate of the j North Pole. Rev. Mr. Anderson, the excellent aDd ' la'-ge hearted President of your Female Coi'|lege, who came on a few days ago to visit iour regiment, has been with us since I Monday. He starts to-morrow morning for | home. Since he came he has been like a | father to us all; and his visit in the absence of our Chaplain and our much prized young friend, Mr. Witherspoon, will accrue, we trust, very greatly to our benefit. He has! i supplied their places in distributing manyj ! valuable tracts amongst our soldiers, and i ; holding nightly prayers with the regiment Tonight in bidding us farewell, he spoke | the words of the devoted Christian patriot. He carries the best feelings of all oar hearts, I i both for himself and all our friends, w(th j him to his home. \ | His kindness reminds us of the generous ! j people of Kbenezer, who have contributed j 880 for the comfort of the York Volunteers, land those of Rook Hill, who have given |839 for the Volunteers of our State. These I contributions were forwarded through Capt. j Avery, who requests us to make this an| nounoement. We have used so many <*ifs," and made so many flat assertions in this letter, that j we own up, Conditionally or unconditionally, OUR CORPORAL, j i For the Yorkvlllc Enquirer. PUBLIC MEETING. In accordance with the notice given, a large number of the citizens of the District assembled at the Court House, on sale-day, to hear addresses from our Com-j raissioners and other gentlemen, upon the subject of the Confederate Loan, j On motion of Col. A. B. Springs, the j meeting was organized by calling Mr. Sam'l ! Rainey, sr., to the chair; and on motion of I Col. Wilson, John H. Adams was appoint1 {ed Secretary. 1 j Mr. Rainey, on taking the chair, in a few j forcible and appropriate remarks, explained i the object of the meeting. i Addresses were then delivered by Col. - A. B. Springs, Col. W. B. Wilson, Col. > R. G. McCaw, and W. C. Black, Esq. The citizens were then requested to sub scribe to the Confederate Loan, and a large amount was obtained. Col. Wilson offered the following resolution, which was adopted : Resolved, That a Committee of three in each Election precinct in the District, be appointed by the Chairman of this meeting, to solicit subscriptions of crop to the Confederate Loan, and that the same, when obtained, be delivered to A. B. Springs, at Fort Mills, or W. B. Wilson, at Yorkville. Under the resolution, the Chairman made | the following appointments : Yorkville.?S. Rufus Moore, R. 0. McCaw, and Dr. A. I. Barron. Brattomville.?Sam'l Rainey, sr., Jno. S. Bratton, J. M. Wallace. a/. n 77 .*77. t? n. t iricuua. JiuviCj jsi. Jiutcj Reuben MoConnell. Fcemster's.?Sam'l Blair, S. C. 3Toungblood, G. L. McNeel. Sharon.?A. S. Wallace, S. G. Brown, John Harkness. Wylie's Store.?Dr. R. T. Allison, Theodore Moore, Edward Byers. Barber's?J. N. McElwee, sr., John McGill, J. B Lowry. Kiny's Creek,?S. H. Anthony, Jackson McGill, R. Caveny. Buffalo.?W. C. Black, Theodore Fulton, John B. Mintz. Wier'i.?A. Hardin, Dr. L. A. Hill, James Fulton. Bethel.?Loander Adams, Rev. S. L. Watson, Clinton McCarter. Clay Hill.?Leslie Wright, John Wat- i son, J. D. Currence. Smith's.?Myles Smith, J. J. Wilson, i Anderson McElwee. Ebcnezer.?Edward Avery, sr., Simon < Mills, John Barron. Rock Hill,?Rev. A. Whyte, Daniel ' Williams, D. C. Roddy. Shiloah.?James Robison, David Roddy, i Sam'l Anderson. 1 Coafe's Tavern.?L. II. Massey, John i R. Patton, Thos. Spencer. Fort Mills.?Dr. James Stuart, Clark < Harris, J. H. Faulkner. Clark's Store.?John Smith, Jeremiah 1 Moss, E. M. Leech. i The meeting then adjourned. SAM'L RAINEY", Sr., Chairman. I Jno. H. Ai>ams, Secretary. < '???' - / For the Yorkville Enquiror. ONE MOBE FOB THE WAB. Messrs. Editors :?The organization of I the "Indian Land Guards" was completed i at Rock Hill, on Saturday, the 3d instant, i As the list will show, it is composed of < good material, as good as any section can 1 boast. York is acting bravely in the pres- | ent struggle. She refused to take British i protection in Revolutionary times and as long as King's Mountain has a place in the memory of her sons, she will not be unwilling, nor forget to do her duty, her whole duty. | This District has a voting population of 1 twenty-five hundred, not more but often 1 Ices, and has now in the field four large or- ' ganized companies, besides those who have ' gone to the assistance of sister Districts, ' and of North Carolina; not because these ' needed their services, but that they were 1 eager to be enrolled among the patriotic 1 warriors of their country. 1 We know that the South Battalion of the ' 46th Regiment of S. C. M., has one hun- ] dred and twenty men or more in the field, ' belonging to companies gouo both from this ' State and North Carolina. It now reports ^ - ~ ~ ~ n?A? nnJ m o r? rrrft nnt I a CUUipttUJ JLUl tliC YTUlj UUU UJ Ukj n v mv/v add, "well done." * As this company has not yet obtained a hundred names; others will be recoived 1 until the company is full. "If'twere well, 'twere done, 'twere well done, done quick- 1 ly." This quotation applies to the making 1 up the company, as well as to driving back f the ruthless invader, from our soil. Vir- ( ginia is our sister and we are not willing that the mother of heroes and Statesmen 1 should be trespassed with the unhallowed heel of such an unholy foe. Like our fathers of '76, we have the cause to give 1 us success, the Statesmen, the generals and ' heroes to give our new-born Confederacy a 1 position among the nations of the earth, 1 and a bright place in history. Let us all 1 contribute in some way to make for it a 1 spotless name. The following is the list: 1 Officers.?Cad. Jones, Captain ; O. E. MoSteel, Firsi 1 Lieutenant; F. A. Envln, Second Lieutenant; K. M. Kerr, i Third Lieutenant; T. E. Roddy, First Sergeant; A. W. I'oag, Second Sergeant ; W. A. Steele, Third SelpWit; . J. S. Sand iter, Fourth Sergeant; A. M. Black, First Corporal ; W. J. Boyd, Second Corporal; W. H. Ilar.d, Third ' Corporal; M. A. Moore, Fourth Corporal. I*"'"" t> r?? Itialnolr Snm'l Carter. I II;ir\y Carter, E. C. Clendenan, J. I. Ferguson, Wm. Gaulden, It. II. Hope, M. I).; John Hart, II. H. Han, W. I.. 1 Holcomb, J. X. Henry, S. G. KcKtlcr, W. J. Kimbrell, J. C. ( McKnv, J. II. McC'anunon, A. B. McL.iln, John McCrliht, W. T.McCright, S. B. McCulnufih, J. F. Miller, Win. .Moore, J. G. N'owlimd, 0. F. JS'eely, R. H. Neely, Robt. 1'atton, W. W. I'atton, VV. M. Pilmon, J. L. Roach, T. J. I Roach, XV. I,. Roacli, W. W*. Richardson, J. C. Reld, T. N. Iteid, W. G. Held, Thos. Rattaree, M. I). Rodger*, A. K. Smith, Robt. Smith, J. H. Smith, J. B. Steele, W. A'.^teele, , Jr., J. M. Steele, J. N. Steele, 1). F. Simpson, WT. T. Stureis, XV. M. Sparks, Jas. Sexton, John Shillinglaw.J. F. Sims, (?. M.Sims, Daniel Sweat, J. C. Spoers, J. B. Thomnsson, J. 11. Taylor, R. M. Turner, J. R. W'estbrooks, J. A. J VVestbrooks, C. \Vesthrooks, J. R. Ware, J. A. W Iterry, , J. F. Wherry, D.Worth, W. A. Workman. For the Yorkville Enquirer. ] AGRICULTURAL MEETING. The Indian Land Agricultural Society ! met this day. John Massey, President.? ' Minutes of last meeting read and confirmed. ' On motion, Resolved, That the Execu- ( tive committee be charged with the duty < of making all suitable arrangements for tho < Anniversary Meeting. The meeting of 5 the committee to be at Rock Hill, on Saturday August 10th, at 10 o'clock, a. m.? i The committee consists of John Massey, 1 A. White, Cadwallader Jones, J. F. Work- i man, J. J. Watson, Allen Robertson, A. < E. Hutchinson, T. S. Neely, Samuel An- < derson, Daniel Williams, Wm. Erwin, D. t T\ T? T A J Tl XT T X u. xuoore, iv. j. .n.aams, xv. n. ooraan, o. < W. Rawlinson, R. A. Springs. I Members being called upon to Btate the ' system they pursue in the culture of corn, J Mr. Thomas S. Ncely said, that in plant- i ing red land, he subsoils every year, in i January or February, using a two horse sub- < soil plow (Warlick's) and plows as deep as < possible; and follows the sub-soil with a 1 one horse colter. He beds in march, about < four and a half feet wide, and a distance of four feet in planting. Lays off his rows with i a long Gasher, believing that it will stand the drought better when thus laid off. He i beds with a twister, the bedding to be as i close furrowed as possible; never less than eight or nine furrows in a bed. And this not to be long before planting, as otherwise i grass or weeds are likely to spring up.? He prefers covering with hoes, believing that unequal covering, as must necessarily follow covering with the plow. A portion covered deep, and a portion shallow, is injurious. Worms are not so apt to cut corn covered with the hoe, as with the plow; and it is a saving in planting peas, the furrow being there and a guide to the dropper, consequently the labor of one hand in opening chops for the pea is saved. Mr. Neely uses all his cotton seed for bis wheat. In land properly prepared, and carefully worked, he will, with favorable season, make from 25 to 30 bushels of corn to the acre, in drill. Hilled corn has a distance of four and a half to five feet; and invariably thinned out to one stalk?uses a small twisted gasher in bedding, and working, except in the last plowing, when he uses a larger plow? a cultivator. In the second ploughing he plants his peas, opposite the hill of corn, and sows broad-oast when he lays by. In cultivating sandy land, he lays it off without breaking it up and making into beds, in the same manner as with hilled land. When the corn is large enough to work, he throws two furrows back, and follows with harrow, leaving the ground level?thins in wet days to one stalk?works with small straight shovel, and lays sandy land by early. Ought to be laid by earlier than red land. The foregoing are substantially Mr Neely's remarks. There may be some errors, and some omissions ; and it is due to Mr. Neely to say, that he had no opportunity of reviving them. J. P Workman, J. J. Watson, and others spoke briefly of their experience. Dr. J. M. Lowry entertained the Society with an account of his system in reclaiming fishing creek-land. We regret our inability to furnish the public with a sketch of his remarks, and hopes the Doctor will at some convenient time favor us with his views. He wound up by a humorous aocount of his neighbor's (Mr. A ) mode of linann ^Anti W ll A A . V. A FAWTA TT. AAA [ SUYlUg llU10U-liC9U. TT ilOU bllC JUno nCICI long, he required the plowman to turn,; about half way, and not go to the end of the row. His neighbor retorted by saying that he was compelled *o do so, on account of the depredations committed on his crop by the Doctor's half starved chickens. If he had worked up to the line, the Doctor's chickens would have rendered valueless all his labors. Probably on the principal stated by the member of Congress, who said, that formely, he got very little use of his outside row, on account of the squirrels; but ho of late had baffled their thieving propensities, bv not planting any outside row. SECRETARY. Rock IIill, Aug. 1, 1861. Jenkins' Eegiment. We are pleased to place before our readers a communication from a correspondent! in relation to the part of the Fifth Regiment South Carolina Volunteers, in the ?reat battle of the 21st. In an extended line of battle, covering seven miles, and J with regiments marching beyond reach of; jnquiry soon after the engagement, it is! manifestly impossible for any one or two! men to see, hear, or tell the various occur- j .t . a.f? i J Ti J _ renceB oi mat eveniiui aay. 11 is uur ue-; lire to furnish the public with truthful, im-j partial and unexaggerated accounts of all | anr troops ; and to that end we shall be ex-j jeedingly pleased to have detailed accounts! from gentlemen of character in every regi-i nent and company. If they will do this, j :hey must blame themselves for omissions. I They must be expeoted as a thing unavoid-i ible. The Fifth is a splendid regiment, and' we are gratified that they had a showing in ! :he field. In battles there seems always a< *reat deal in the luck of opportunity fori distinction. Camp Pettus, Fairfax Co., Va., July 27. We are somewhat surprised that the 5th Regiment, S. C. V., Col. Jenkins, has not received a prominent place in the picture of last Sunday's great battle, when what they did contributed so very materially to i the success of our arms on that day. The fact, however, finds a ready explanation in the circumstance that the part they played was the closing scene of the drama; and the news of the victory at Stone Bridge had reached and left Manassas, and its limits been defined, while the fifth were in the midst of their fight. Gen. Beauregard himself has said that this movement contributed not "a little," as Gen. Jones modestly reported, but "a great deal" to the completeness of the victory j and President Davis also remarked upon the brilliancy and daring of the action. E-:rly in the morning, Gens. Jones, Ewell and Longstreet were ordered to co-operate in making a demonstration upon the enemy's reserve, on their extreme left, opposite Blackburn's Ford, consisting of four regiments of infantry, a battalion of cavalry and two field batteries of eight cannon, [f this design had been consummated, the success would have been followed up upon i the enemy's left in action, and the battle would have closed hours sooner beyond question. But Gen. Ewell's Brigade, from jauses unknown to us, failed to meet the jthcr two, and Gen. Jones was ordered to retrace his steps. In the afternoon again, the same brigides were ordered upon the same enterprise, 3ut after Gen. Jones' brigade, undaunted ind alacritous as ever, had marched three )r four miles, the movement was again jountermanded. These repeated orders ind countermands of themselves, show jlearly both the extreme importance and :he extreme difficult; of this undertaking. These last orders reaohed Gens. Ewell and Longstreet, but did not reach Gen. Jones; ind his brigade alone, therefore, went forward to the hazardous feat of storming fight field pieces, situated on a hill very lifficult of access, and supported by at least four thousand infantry and five hundred javalry. Col. Jenkins' regiment was drawn up in i line of battle on the brow of a hill, the Mississippi 18th on their left, and the Mis-j fissippi 17th behind ia a ravine. Here the sharp-shooting began; and instantly with a shout, the Fifth rushed over the hill, across an open field, and then had to descend an exceedingly rough and precipitous hill, oovered densely with mountain laurel. All this while they were exposed to the fire of the enemy's sharp-shooters, and a treraen- i dons shower of grape and shell from their artillery. As they crossed the stream, in < places waist deep, at the foot of the hill, i and began to climb the next and last as- i cent, they received a farther and most gal- i ling fire from the Mississippians behind, ' until the latter fell back under the active i and well-aimed batteries. ! The 5th were now isolated in the presence of a force at least six times as great, I liATtinr* <*11 n^r?onfnnoa nf f Vl Ck ff\t* \ uaviug an auTaubagoo vi |/voiiiivu j tuw w < mer, too, exhausted by wearisome watohiug I and forced marches, the latter were as fresh < as oiled athletaa for the fight. Yet their 1 line, which was necessarily broken in de- ] scending the hill, was reformed; and their j Colonel, cool yet firm as steel in the hoor I of peril, only awaited the support of (wo 1 companies (his orders) to make the charge. ' Capt. Fontaiue's Company of the Mississippi 18th, rallied to the support of the 5th; and they were held there by the indomitable spirit that brings victory, three-quarters 1 of an hour hy the watch, until orders, which 1 were three several times issued, came from < Gen. Jones for them to retire. 1 Meanwhile, just before these orders were 1 received, the enemy's bugle sound ((to ' horse" was heard, and Col Jenkins was in ( momentary expectation of receiving a 1 charge of cavalry. Considering it prefer- 1 able to the open field behind the laurel 1 jungle, he marched his regiment forward ( in good order under the brow of the hill, 1 where they were screened from the artille- 1 ry. Two companies of sharp-shooters, with | long-ranged guns, were thrown forward upon the right, whose well-aimed and effective firing drove the gunners and cavalry to the woods. The miscellaneous firing and cheering, and the exoeeding boldness ot the charge, seem to have produoed a panic, and the foe fled precipitately. They appear to have regarded this whole movement as a feint to disguise a flauk or rear attack from a much larger force. Their retreat added greatly to the general rout. Seventy-four were killed and wounded in Gen. Jones' brigade. Many of the 5tb 1 were shot from behind by the Mississip- 1 pians, whose brave and generous hearts bled within them when they learned what | they had done. The loss of the enemy was about 40 killed and wounded. But for the hand of a gracious Providence, whioh was visibly on our side everywhere during the day, the 5th must have been cut to pieces as the Palmetto Regiment were at Cherubusco ; and their veteran coolness and firmness must, to some extent, at least, be ascribed to their ignorance of the enormous danger to which they were exposed. Take it all in all, this ' charge of the 5th on the afternoon of the 21st, was one of the most brilliant, daring and dangerous, if indeed, not one of the most "successful" side-events of the day. E. Prom Washington. "Ion" writes from Washington to the' Baltimore Sun (July 26) as follows : The public appear to have recovered, in i part, from the shock produced by the disaster of Sunday. But in Congress yesterday the subject was treated in plain terms.? Senator Wilson did not hestitate to pronounce it a total rout, and to indicate one of ' its prominent causes, the incompetency of officers in command. A bill is now before Congress proposing a remedy for this defect; while in the meantime, the War Department has provided a ' preventative by the creation of a military board, for the examination and approval of! all officers prior to their being commission-! ed. 1 The disaster also finds an explanation, ! though not an apology, in the declaration of Gen. Scott, that for once he had yielded his judgment to the politicians who beset , him, and permitted the army to be led, un- ; prepared, into battle. The same sort of untoward influence still exists, and will ' hamper any commander, or council of war, or Cabinet. The President, it is true, did ' not uudertake to warp Gen. Scott's judgment, but it is not doubted that the Cabi- ' net did. Congress vigorously and almost unani- ' mously seconds the efforts of the Adminis- ' tration and of the State authorities to retrieve the disaster. 1 The money market in New York wasjj * i ^ i .i- -c nr _ I I inucn uepressea oy loe pauiu ui muuuuy, and Mr. Cisco withdrew, for th3 time, the 1 applicatiou for aoother temporary loan for 1 the treasury of five millions. Most of it ! had been offered, however. 1 i j Confederates probably lost as many on ( the field last Sunday as the Federal forces. But that loss, however great, cannot be set ' off, in the eyes of the world, against the moral loss of the Federal side Yesterday the Liverpool mail paoket took out the N. York papers with the details of the defeat and flight of the Federal army of invasion, ' and it cannot fail in Europe to prejudice the cause of the United States Government. Many stragglers of the army have come ^ in. There is nothing to hinder the return of all of them within the lines. ( Gen. McClellan is about to assume the command of the army of the Potomac.? ( Will he act under the advice or direction of the politicians? Will he have the whole j responsibilty of his command, or will he share it with Gen. Scott? Much is expected from Gen. McClellan, and it is hoped . that he will be untrammeled. The Wasington Star, of Monday even ing, says: Col. Farnham.?This gallant officer, < (Col. of the New York Fire Zouaves,) we|( regret to have to state, has become deran- ( ged from exposure and wounds received at ? the battle of Bull's Bun. He has been | taken to the Government Insane Asylum. ( Military Movements.?There was an I alarm omnnc* t.hfl trn.ins on the Vircrina side i ? o r a of the river all Saturday night. The long \ roll was beat, and twenty or thirty shots 1 were fired, but what caused it is still a mys- 1 tery. [ There was great strictness in regard to f passes along our lines yesterday, not even s commissioned officers being allowed to pass i over the Long Bridge without passes. A f move in the right direction. I The work of felling the trees still pro* < gresges from Arlington Heights to Alexandria. Parker & Allen and D. C. Woods went down to Alexandria on Wednesday morning, and took with them six howitzers and three 9-inch shell guns, for the parpose of establishing a naval battery near Fort Ellsworth. The work is under the command of Lieut. Parker, with 150 sailors and 30 marines. . i Gen. Patterson.?Among Gen. Patterson's excuses for his terrible blunder is the allegation that he was grievously embarrassed by the contract for the supply of wagons for his army; as that contract forced i him not only to get none that did not come I from Pennsylvania, but also none that come I from any but a single Pennsylvania manu- i factory, that turned them out so slowly as ! to delay the movoment of his army for i weeks. ?? >?? i The Battle Field. The writer of this, on Monday last, passed < aver the scene of the battle of the 21st, | near Bull Ran. It was gratifying to find, ] contrary to rumors which have gained some , circulation, that the dead, not only of our nwn army, but also of the enemy, have all { been decently buried. In the whole area nf that terrible onset, no human corpse, | and not even a mangled limb, was to be ( seen. The earth had received them all, and so far as the human combatants were concerned, nothing remained to tell of of those who had fallen victims of the , shock of battle, save the mounds of fresh earth which showed where they had beea laid away in their last sleep. Many of these mounds gave evidence of , the pious care of surviving comrades. En- j closures were built around the graves, and , branches of evergreens cover the spot.? Sometimes boards marked the head and foot on which were carved or painted the name and fellowship of the deceased.? Sometimes boards nailed to a neighboring tree told that the ground adjacent contained the fallen of a certain regiment or com- ( pany. , Numerous dead horses, scattered over the area, show where the batteries of flying , artillery were captured or disabled, or , _I -n: J: .?.i wuere Mjuit; uuiuer was uinuiuuuiou. xuc pro3trate fences, too, served to mark the , track of the battle. Where the infantry , crossed, they were broken down so that a man might step over; and wide gaps show- | ed where thp artillery carriages had than- . dcred along. I The ground, too, trampled by the feet of , the rushing men and horses, evidenced . where the struggle had been fiercest. Of relics of the battle, already but few , remain. The field has been searched and , gleaned by daily crowds of visitors, seeking ( for mementoes. A few bullets that had ( run their errand, some fragments of exploded bombs, a haversack, and a few other things, were all that an extensive ramble brought under our view. Canes cut from the battle field are also considerably in demand. The enemy's column of advance, as shown , by the battle-ground, presented a front of , about one mile. Their onward march from the point where they encountered our advance bodies to the limit where they met our full line, and the full battle was joined and the fate nf the dav decided, was about - - ?- ^ , a mile and a half. A parallelogram of about a mile by a mile and a bait', therefore, covers the scene of the great conflict In this area are included Ave dwelling houses, all of these which we visited bore j evidences of the storm which raged around them. Many were killed in the yard of : the house of Mr. J. DeDogan. A bullet < hole in a chamber door remains a mernen- , to of the battle. His family escaped just ( as the battle joined. But it was on the hill South of the turn* j pike road, where the enemy's farthest ad- t ranee was checked, and where the final , issue was fought, that the inwrapped dwel- | lings showed most plainly the fury of the Bght. Away on the extreme Northern verge of the battle-ground, is the pine grove in ( which the Georgia regiment met the ene- < my's advance. The gallaut band there | withstood the enemy's columns until nearly , jurrounded. They then retreated, not j from those in front, but from those who ( were closing around them. In this pioe ( *rove there seemed scarce a tree that was j cot struck by the enemy's balls. A number of Georgians fell here, and their graves j ire close by. In the grove was pointed out ^ :he spot where Lamar fell. In the rear was the dead charger of the lamented Gen. ( Bartow, killed under him, himself to fall , ioon after. But the Georgians suffered not f ;heir heroes to fall unavenged, for they , piled the ground before them with the slain , jf the enemy.?Richmond Enquirer. , - - , Scenes after the Fight. ( The Alexandria correspondent of the , Baltimore Exchange, gives the following in , J .L . regaru 10 iue sueucs unci mc ugm . j The scenes I witnessed in Alexandria, ( ;he day after the battle, will never pass ( from my mind. Foot-sore, blood-stained, j iveary, and exhaasted from exposure and ] want of food, returned the fragments of ( regiments. In many instances they had :hrown away knapsacks, muskets, coats, ] ind even shoes; they came back cursing j :hc day, and also the men who had led ( ;hem into such a trap. It was then that ( ;he chivalric spirit of the South shone forth t !n the deeds of her children. As an inva- ^ ling foe, shouting the war-cry of "On to J Richmond," they had shrunk from them n disgust. At their hands the wives and s listers of the Southern soldiers had receiv- a ;d the most gratuitous insults; but when t ;hey returned fallen and crushed, going to c ?nd fro a bewildered herd, seeking vainly ? or their officers and comrades, these Southerners, whom they had injured, provided c food for them, tenderly cared for their c vounded, and, in deep pity for their c vretched state, seemed to forget that they ? lad been their enemies. I should never a lave surmised that such a victory had been gained or that the men thus tenderly cared or were the same who had invaded their ? toil, or taken up arms against them. It is i noted fact that the only houses closed a- a jainst them were the homes of prominent ] Union men, and the only hands not stretch- t id forth to aid them were those which iu c their cowardly march had wared the "Stars and Stripes." The "Washington correspondent of the same paper says: It is not credited by military authorities here that the Confederates either bayonetted the wounded or shelled the hospital, as is asserted by many of the Nothern papers.? Oa the contrary, it is asserted that the shells of the Federals were thiokly poured into the hospital tent. A Brevet Captain of the 2d South Carolina Regiment, while a prisoner in the hands of the ?? Connecticut Regiment, said he would like to have an opportunity to fight rather than be taken prisoner. He had hardly uttered the words when he was shot through the head by two of the Fire rr tfi ill a .a /a ?_ ? . .a ?iOnaves, wane neia ny cae uoanecucut men. A Colonel of a Western regiment, it is currently reported, left bis men on the field, jumped into a private carriage, drew his revolver upon the driver, and oommanded him to drive on, leaving behind those who had hired the coach. Upon being interrogated at Fairfax as to where his regiment was, the brave Colonel informed his friend that he supposed they had "all gone to h?1." Gen. Scott is pained beyond de-, scription at the oonduot of the officers in command of our forces. The Prizes Taken. We have made a grand haul at Manassas, as will be seen from the following list whieh we find in the Riohmond Examiner: "It is now ascertained that stores and;/ .. munitions to the value of fully one million of dollars were captured by our troops from the enemy in the recent battle. Sixty seven pieces of artillery were taken, among them one long rifled 32-pounder, which, by the way, has already been moved in a direction where it will render good service. The rest of the pieces are light field artillery, 6 and 12 pounders, more than half rifled and superbly sighted, among them m several Parrot guns, and several made on ^ James* celebrated patent. The fortune of ?war put into our hands, along with these, cartridges and ammunition sufficient. to serve them for a day's steady firing. "It is impossible to state anything with accuracy as to the quantity of muskets and small arms of all sorts left on the field. The number could not have been less, however, than fifteen to twenty thousand, half of which the ordnance offioers, charged with their collection, think have disappeared in* to the poss8esion of unauthorized individu* als. Some of these latter may, through the vigorous measures taken by the Chief of ^ the Bureau, Major Gorgas, be yet recover*: ed, he having ordered a thorough search of the surrounding country, and taken other steps to seduce them into possession of the Government. The most of the arms a found are very fine, bat maoh mildewed and rusted by exposure. They will nearly ail 1 have to be brought here and thoroughly cleaned before being fit for use. From fifteen to twenty thousand blankets were undoubtedly left on the field and . i xi. _a _ mi* strewn oy tne way sine, xnia is prooaoiy too moderate an estimate. About one-balf of these will come into possession of the Government. Haversacks, cartridge boxes, knapsacks, canteens and overcoats in immense quantities were also thrown off by the flying enemy, and now lay in immense piles before the quartermaster's office at Manassas. "About one hundred and fifty wagons laden with stores and ammunition, together with twenty ambulances, the like of which, for comfort and convenience, are not, in the Confederate States, also form no inconsiderable portion of the tpolia opima ot the recent victory. "Among the munitions captured , are probably quite two millions of cartridges, manufactured with great pains and cost, and including a full assortment of all calibres and kinds." Keep Back the Cotton, We have already noticed the card sign3d by all the cotton factors of the great Orescent City, urging the planters to keep jack their ootton, and by all means to present its accumulation at the seaports. The 'actors of Mobile have unanimously come mt in a similar recommendation. Is it not ;ime for the factors of Charleston to do ikewise ? A writer in the Augusta Constitutiono'istf in alluding to this subject, justly renarks : "No greater inducement can be offered ;o the Lincoln Government for an attack ipon any city or seaport, or for a continuance of the blockade, than the presenoe :here of a largo quantity of cotton. Cities will be the ohief objects of attack next winter should the war coutinue; the coun:ry, they well know is unassailable. Place jne million bales of cotton in New Otleans jr any other port, and the Federal Government could cheaply afford to expend five millions of dollars and employ an army of ene huudred thousand men for the capture ef such a prize. If Lincoln's pirates and illibusters were unable to effect its seizure, lis secret incendiaries might effect its desiruction. "No better bait could be offered to the British and French to contiune their nonntervention policy than for Lincoln's Govsrnment to say to them, "keep hands off in his quarrel, and when we have captured he ports the cotton accumulated there shall ;o out to Liverpool or Harve as it always las done." "With crop3 stored in cities at a few asailable points, such would be the Northern irgument to foreigners; scattered through he country, it would be beyond the reach if the enemy, and cotton would still be ang. "Is it not apparent that it is better that cotton should be kept in interior towns, ac ? .? t_ e * p i iCSSiDio to toe cniei markets in a lew aaya, ir, better still, be stored by the planter limself at home natil there is & prospect of , revival of trade ?" A Short War.?The New York Tribune of the 24th says: Men and brethren ! it will not do to make i long war of this. The necessity which Europe realizes of obtaining cotton and to>acoo at any rate?the general interest of lommerce?the cries of unemployed labor