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? william wBIIIsT.}proprietore- ' I1'1 Iniitjpknf inmiln ftctapajjer: Jfor t|e promotion of \\t political, Social, Agricultural anb Commercial Interests of t|e jsoutjj. |?2 pee tear,-in advahce. " I VOLUME 7. YORKVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA; THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 22 1861. " NUMBER 34,*'ij. Ik fjkkttk YORKVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 22,1861. (J^-Mr. John R. .Vllen, Post Master at Chester, is our authorized agent; and fully empowered to receive money for this office, and give receipts for the same. Q9-In cases where subscribers do not take the Enquirer from the post-office, Post-Masters are requested to nodfy us Immediately. do- Subscribers desiring their papers changed must mention the Post Office/rom, as well as the one to, which they desire the chagcn to be made. TO THE PUBLIC. The undersigned having volunteered for Confederate Service, the business of the Enquirer Office will be attended to by J. E. Grist The publication of the paper will be continued as heretofore. The expenses of the office being heavy, and most of which has to be met with cash, we reqaest tbose indented to me concern, 10 pay the small demands that may be due.? Oar Co-partner, Mr. W. W. East, will continue his interesting letters from the 5th Regiment, and it is the purpose of the undersigned to eommunioate such matters to the paper as are likely to prove interesting to our readers We repeat the request for those indebted to make payment. L. M GRIST. August 15, 1861. MAJ. S. WTMELTON. We were highly gratified on Tuesday last to weloome Maj. Melton on his arrival from the Virginia Army. He looks well and in good spirits. We have not had an opportunity to converse with him as yet, but hope to hear from him soon. YOKKVILLE MARKETS. / Corn.?Very little offering?would command 60 to 65o per bushel. Flour?meets with ready sale at 82 25 per sack. Groceries very firm at high prices?Salt $6?Coffee 40 cts per pound. Molasses 60 to 70c. Bagging 30c?Rope 16 to 185c. THE "PALMER GUARDS." ^ This fine company, under the command of Capt. Wm. H. McCorkle, left our town on Tuesday morning last, for the Camp of Instruction at Lightwood Knott Springs. The company numbered something over one hundred. May Heavens blessing attend them. - COL. M. JENKINS. The war correspondent of the Lancaster Lcilyer writing from Camp Pettus, Fairfax Co. Virginia; under date of the 29th of July says: "We are in Fairfax county, a mile or so from Centreville, about 18 (I think) from Alexandria. Col. Winder's Regiment arrived a few minutes after we did. Colonel Sloan's came into to day. Col. Jenkins was here, and these four have been put into the 3rd Brigade, S. C. V., under Gen. I). R. Jones, formerly of Charleston, a graduate of West Point and of experience in the Mexican campaign. We have met with many York, Chester, and Fairfield acquaintances. We heard in Richmond that Col. Jenkins was not engaged in the great battle on the 21st, but he was, and that in a very warm place. He was under a very heavy fire from the enemy, and at the same time was vigorously fired into by one of the Mississippi Regiments, whose business it was to assist him. Such was the confusion that this Regiment did not seem disposed to listen to any evidence going to show that Col. Jenkins was not a Yankee. He tried several times to let them know better but to no purpose. Once, as many as four of their refles were aimed at the Colonel himself, when one of our young friends from Yorkville rushed up to them with two drawn revolvers, told them that that man was bis Colonel and that if they * * v *? ' ?? -' J onoiT Ann nf snoot Dim, Lie wumu u?up c>6i; uuv them in their tracks. I heard the Colonel say today, that he had no doubt this young man saved his life. The Mississippi Regiment, brought down not less than 20 of his men between their fire and that of the Yankees about 70 men of the brigade were brought down in three minutes?not more than 5 of them killed." CAPT. WILLIAM B. LOWRY. The gallant conduct of this young officer in the battle of Manassas, must be gratifying to his relatives and friends in our community. He is only 18 years of age, and a few years ago, was a student here in the Military School of Messrs. Jenkins and Coward. He is a son of John Lowry who was formerly a lawyer in this village. He commanded, in the battle, the "University Greys," a company composed of the students of the University of Mississippi.? The following notices appear in tho "Southern Rural Gentleman," and in the correspondence of the Guardian : "1 arrived at Manassas just one day after the fight, greatly to my dissatisfaction. However, before reaching the Junction I heard that Johnston's forces, or at least a great portion of them, had been ordered to make a force march from Winchester to Manassas, and that the "University Greys" and "Noxubee Rifles" were engaged in the battle?they being the only companies of this, the 11th regiment, that could obtain cars at Piedmont for transportaion to MaI L T nassas in time to eDgage in me Dame, i found the "Greys" at Manassas Junction without tents, (their tents having since come to hand from Winchester,) paddling about in the rain attendir g to their wounded as well as possible, and burying theii dead. The "University Greys" lost, dead on the field, the Orderly Sergeant Rice, and two privates, Meek antJ Johnson ; 2nd Lieut. Besland, from New Orleans, wa: mortally wounded and died in two days.? Seven or eight others wounded?two sup posed to be mortally. The loss on the com pauy was very severe, considering that th< "squad" (as the Yankees named it) was so very small, only numbering sixty in the engagement. We have, beyond a doubt, a very gallant and brave Captain. Capt. W. B. Lowry has now the commendation of all the distinguished officers around about Manassas Junction. He advanced in front of his company when charging on the cannon of' the enemy, bidding them, "oharge, my boys, and the victory is ours." The result of the oharge did nothing more nor less than verify his promise. During the whole fire of his muskets he cautioned them to shoot low; they were obedient to his command and succeeded in routing three thousand Yankees, and taking three pieces of cannon. This is the time that the enemy observed that there was only a "squad" about to whip three thousand, when he rallied and the squad was compelled to give baok. At this time, Col. Faulkener oame up with his regiment and again routed the enemy, and securing the pieces which the "Greys" first took." * * * "In one place, side by side, I found the bodies of two beardless youths. They appeared to have stood together in the fight, and had fallen as they stood. Their features were smooth and peaceful, as if sleeping after the toils of a well-spent day. These lay not far from the spot where the storm of battle had left its deepest marks?the ground where Sherman's battery was charged first by the University Greys, a company of youths from Oxford University, Mississippi. \ They had picked off, one by one, all of Sherman's horses; there they lay, just as i they had fallen, in their harness, leaving i the guns immovable, and at the mercy of the gallant Georgians, who soon came up, to complete what the boys of Oxford had been prevented from accomplishing only by fatigue and exhaustion. EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Camr Pkttub, Fairfax County, Va. \ Sunday Evening, August 13,1861. ) Dear Enquirer:?The comments of the English press on Lincoln's message have reached us, and they meet very fully our highest anticipations. The London Star, which without circumlocution or hesitancy strikes at the heart of the matter, says that the demand for 400,000 men, aud S400,000,000, to crush the rebellion, ;s unmistakeable evidence of Southern power and unanimity. If the rebellion embraced "only a few discontented men," the exhorbitant demand for men and money would be ?1 A TKic pCHCUUJ UU3U1U auu A lUIUUiVUU. AU?u glaring exposure of Southern power, and that other glaring exposure?the victory of Stone Bridge?place our cause, abroad as well as here, securely and certainly upon the course of final achievement. Foreign nations can hesitate to recognize our independence now?and the North can prosecute this wicked war longer?only from prudential considerations or from desperate malice, and not from averting the manifest decree of a gracious Providence and relentless destiny. These are the views entertained by our soldiery as well as people everywhere, as far as we can learn; and nothing can exceed their sublime devotion to the cause, or their joyous and undoubting hopes of success in the end Whatever hardships they may be called upon to endure, they are bearing, tkerefWe, and will bear, most cheerfully, in v&fc of the resplendant reward which lies in their country's future. We have been about a month and a half with this corps of our army ; we have met numbers of volunteers from almost every Stace in the Confederacy; and we have yet to seo the first one whose words and ac tioDS, and very countenance, did not indicate that he would spurn the least idea of submitting with the utmost indignation.? This is trae, we are proud to say, all over the South. Our whole people are as determined, as the world ever saw a people, | to "never look back"?never, never, ?until our Confederacy stands out as distinctly upon the mass of nations as the ! Pleiades upou the mass of Heaven. While this deathless determination will assist us against our enemies and with foreign powers, very materially, it may possibly lead us frequently to misconstrue signs of returning peace. The peace resolutions of Connecticut, and perhaps other States, and Mr. Cox's resolutions in the Northern Congress, produced, with many, the hope of a speedy solution of our difficulties. Yet they only amounted to a truce, and a national convention to treat of terms of reconciliation on the monstroiis basis of preserving the Union. The insolent North, which boasted that the South could not be kicked out of the Union, and threatened to bring a crusade of 18,000,000 freemen against her if she went out, still hug the delusive phantom of hope?the abortive kenneling of jaundiced reason?that the government of our fathers, pure equal and just in its benign intent, will rise stronger and purer from all this fiery ruin. Every sign of peace that comes from the North is colored with this infatuation. Europe sees that the Union is hopelessly dissolved. The South feels it to the marrowbones. Yet the North fights on. Why ? Cau it be for aught less than the blind hope that the rent "Stars aud Stripes" will be cemented in blond : and will wave, after the cloud of war shall have disappeared, as proudly iu the Southern sky as ever beforo ? Just the other day a benighted portion of western New York, sent into Congress a i petition for an armistice and a national i ccuveution. Other petitions of the same class have beeu laid before that body. This i is simply adding ''insult to injury." These ' propositions are based upou the assumption, that the South is capable of backing down ?that if she cannot be whipped, she can be wheedled and fooled into the Union aguiu. Even after the war is virtually over?and we think at least one more great battle will place it there?even then we fear a long period of disgusting cajolery will ensue. It I is sickening to contemplate to what an ig , noble prostitution of all manhood, our ene1 mies have reached. No means are too de * grading to be used, if they promise success; - and when the war programme shall have . vindicated its utter futility, even to then . own eyes, will they not resort to othei i means far more contemptible ? Gov. Pickens has fully exposed the diabolical character of the war, which the Lincolnites have desired to arouse?oDe of rapine, rape, plunder and extermination.? Before them is an Eden ; with them a polluted pestilence; behind them, a charred and desolate ruin. We have seen with our own eyes, the Church of Centreville, besmeared over with obscene pictures of Jeff. Davis, subscribed with equally obscene language; and the walls and gables, from floor to comb, covered with the namts of volunteers, in charcoal. Fall's Church is said to be io the same condition. The Churoh of Hampton was so befouled, and then burnt. Now, what must we think of the soldiers who manifest, and the officers who permit, such graceless and impious conduct? In other ways the same wretched prostitution is shown. A secession lady of Baltimore, i who was in Washington when the grand, rout took place, saw a wayworn soldier lean-1 ing against a post; went to him and had occasion to give him her handkerchief as "a memento from a Southern lady;" when he accepted it, replying, "it is the only kindness I have experienced since I left home." The.30,000 handcuffs captured at Stone Bridge is a fact of the same complexion. The very fact that the war was waged at all, shows its character to be brutal, from necessity. N You at home, no doubt, frequently ask of yourselves and one another, why we do not march upon these Godforsaken hordes, since the victory of Stone Bridge ? We cannot answer?nor would we if we could?because we feel more deeply every day that in war sikre est sapcrc?silence is sagacity.? The Richmond Dispatch of the 10th, has a long and labored article, bolstered up by Soripture, upon "carrying the war into Africa." It advised an attack not upon Washington, but Philadelphia and New York; and desired our army to carry desolation to the Northern people. Such publications can only aggravate and prolong the conflict, while advising the North of her weak points and whispering to her to fortify them. Look at it in this light. If our army were moving upon Philadelphia, and a Yankee spy were in our camp, this is precisely the developement he would make to the North. It is true the Dispatch's opinion is no evidence of what is being done, or what will be done ; but as a leading journal of our capital, its remarks are weighty enough to put an enemy on their guard. We repeat: we have nothing at all to say upon the even probable movements of our corps, nor even the surmised intentions of our Generals, Beauregard and Johnson. We believe that they, with Davis at the head of all, Lee, MaGruder, MoCulloch, and a thousand other brave and able officers, seconded by our army and the favor of Heaven, can do the work wisely and well without the aid of paper generals, who are not advised of plans and movements, and who are, therefore, liable to put their foot ?or both feet?in their mouths every time they open them. Let ua all rather "bear patience"; and instead of trying to see deeper into a millstone than the man who pecks it, let us bethink ourselves what we can do for our glorious cause. Our regiment moves a few miles to morrow morning; but our Post Office remains the same. j We have had a few deaths in the regii ment recently?among them Mr. Willard, I of the Spartan Rifles, and J. J. Hemphill, of the Catawba Light Infantry. Sweet be the last sleep of the brave defender of his country! The remains of Mr. Hemphill repose in the cemetry of Charlottesville. By the way, our sick and wounded soldiers, as well as those of the enemy under our charge, we are proud to say receive the best of treatment and attention. All of our sick who have retuwed from Charlottesville, unite, without exception, in saying that they were cared for as they would be at home. But there is a heavy drain upon the hospitality of some Virginia towns.? We all know how exhaustive, for instance, is a course of typhoid fever upon a family; and how necessary even is the kindly sympathy and succor of neighbors. It is the case somewhat here. Especially do we observe the need of hospital nurses, and bible and trr.ct readers, in our hospitals; and we seo no earthly reason why the ladies of the whole South, thousands of whom are eager to make any sacrifice of ease and luxury for the good of the soldiers and to show their ardent patriotism, should not share with the ladies of Virginia this golden opportunity to draw out their latent heroism and Christian philanthropy. Untold good might result from a well-advised Association for this purpose in each State Woman, the more sensitive and intensely feeling sex, is acknowledged to be the greater sufierer in these times to try men's soula; and one of the chief reasons is because she is made a witness, afar off, of the fiery ordeal through which her kith and kin are passing?a chained martyr to ruthless suspense and fruitless anxiety. The more immediately and actively she espouses the cause, within her proper sphere, the more fortitude, patieucc, hope and ardor rally to the support of her sensitive nature. Only once in the history of a nation docs such a time as this occur :?a time not only to test the metal of which a people is composed, and to draw out all their energies and virtues; butatime, also, to lay broad and deep the foundations of their social, religious, political and literary prosperity. "National recollections are the foundation of national character;" and we are enacting a history which, from its influence in the school room and studio and sanctum, at the do mestic hearth and in the social circle, is hereafter to teach the young idea of millions how to shoot?to mould their minds to lofty deeds aud shape our destiny as a people.? We cannot?we cannot begin to think too much, feel too much, or do too much, for the thrilliug cause of the South. If the heroes of Runnymedc battled so bravely ; for "Magna Charta;" if our fathers and mothers struggled together through seven j dark and bitter years for the legacy of lib Ierty bequeathed to us; we should gather up all the thews au-i sinews of our national i strength, in rearing this proud monument to free institutions and enlightened Christi anity. " Wo do not leave the inference to be drawn that the women of the South are not doing their part in a manner beyond all praise. They have given np their natural proteotors as cheerfully as the heart can give up its treasures. By the matchless inspiration of their sentiments, they have even urged thom onward to do or die for their country. They have contributed, too, in. almost every conceivable manner, to the material advancement of our cause. No ! we speak for their relief, and not for their censure. You will receive this through the kindness of Rev. Dr. Stoney, who leaves our Camp for Yorkville to-morrow morning, after a stay of a week or ten days, during which he has greatly endeared himself to our regiment by bis affability and zealous Christian deportment, he has conducted our prayer meetings for us, in the absence PKnnlotn an A riraaoVio.3 n fp 07 qpr. Ul VUO UUUJ^??? U j ^/ivmvuw ? .v., ?. edoqs to us. Our hearts feel drawn out to him very tenderly. He has oar many wishes for his safe retarn home to the circle of his friends, and the bosom of his church and family. The hospital of our regiment has lately received a large supply of blaokberry wine and cordial?some as old as three years? from the noble ladies of Spartanburg and Yorkville. The thanks of the regiment are eminently due them. Lengthily, , OUR CORPORAL^ \ ... ? For the Yorkville Enquirer. The General Convention of the Independent Presbyterian Church. The Convention met on the 8th instant, aooording to adjournment, at Hephzibah Church, Gaston County, N. C,, and was regularly constituted Rev. J. S. Bailey was elected Moderator, and Mr. A. J. Roberts, Clerk. There was not a full representation from the churches, and the meeting was not so largely attended as on some former occasions, but it was a very pleasant, and, it is hoped, profitable meeting. There was but little business transacted besides the ordinary routine; but a spirit of harmony and brotherly love pre vailed throughout the sessions, and the regular business of Convention was transacted pleasantly, and with much unanimity of sentiment and feeling. The devotional exercises of the occasion were marked by a peculiar earnestness and energy, and were attended upon by respectable and serious congregations from day to day. The people of that section of country, like our own community, and like almost every other in the Confederacy, are much interested in the great events that are transpiring in our country. They are not a highly educated people, and as they have not enjoyed, to a great extent, the refinements and luxuries of wealth, so they have not experienced its corrupting inliuence ; and consequently we find amongst them a native simplicity, and a freedom from that rigid formality which is sometimes met with in communities that have been, in some respects, more highly favored; and we cannot fail to be pleased with the spirit of genuine and c^K" dial hospitality and kindness which is so apparent in all that section. They are an humble, earnest, and zealous community, and having learned to love Christ, they render a glad obedience to his divine command to "love one another." From their peouliar locality there has probably been less of strong exoitement amongst them, on the subject of our political relations, than has been felt in many other places, but there seems to be no division amongst them, the only spirit pre vailing being one of determined and persistent opposition and resistance to fanatical rule, and Northern despotism. In a word, they arc true to their country, and are furnishing, to the full extent of their ability, men and means for the defence of our coun-i try, and the protection of our homes. There were several sermons preached during the meeting, in which pious, but clear, and distinct and patriotic reference was made to our national affairs, showing the infatuation and wickedness of the Lincoln government, and exhibiting the justice and righteousness of our cause, and the true source of our strength and success?the arm omnipotent?and also showing what are our duties and privileges in the day of trial, and in the hour of distress. A Committee was appointed to consider what action the Convention should take with reference to our national affairs, and the following resolutions were offered, and unanimously adopted, viz : \ Resolved, That this Convention feels impelled from a sense of duty to God, and our bleeding country, to give a solemn and public expression of opinion upon the present crisis in our national history. Therefore, Resolved, That as the representative embodiment of the Independent Presbyterian Church, in the Confederate States of America, we denounce as unconstitutional, despotic, and tyrannical, the counsels and acts of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, and his associate Cabinet, in waging war upon the seceded States, and upon the Confederacy formed by them ; and we hold in the same reprobation, the Congress of the U. States, who have endorsed the measures of the President, and even emulated his lawless Iilnnrln ] fnr fhn rlpafpnr*_tinn r?f our ?U.-? 1/.WV.JT ?..w - ?V beloved country. And further Resolved, That we cordially approve, and love the Government of the Confederate States of America, and solemnly pledge our prayers, our influence, our fortunes, and, if need be, our lives, to sustain the noble efforts of our government, to maintain and perpetuate the right of freemen to constitutional self-government. Rev. R. Y. RUSSEL, ) Rev. W. W. CAROTIIERS, V Com. D. McCALLUM. J The Convention adjourned on Saturday evening, the 10th instant, to meet at Salem Church, Union District, S. C., on the 2nd Thursday in August, 1862. A MEMBER. Nigger Stealing Butler.?Should the fortune of war throw into our hands the negro stealer, Butler, of Great Bethel ce' lebrity, we trust that no white man will be I received in exchange for him, but that the ; nine hundred negroes whom he is understood to have stolen, be requierd at bis hands, before he be given up. This will i lessen the complications at our final settlet ment of accounts. NORFOLK CORRESPONDENCE. . "Camp Carolina," f Near Norfolk, Va., Aug. 10, 1861. Messrs. Editors :?The exchange of the rural retreats of home for the more busy scenes of camp life, has deprived me thus far of one of my earliest affeotions?a desire that has grown as I have grown and increased with my love of reading?I allude to the former visits of the Enquirer.? But I must be content with, perhaps, only a sigh for the return of former days. The South has demanded the service of her faithful sons; and who would be recreant to her just demands ? Nay, we must forego the pleasures of home and all its allurements. Having once set our faces Northward, never torn back until the justice of our cause is established beyond the contradiction of any earthly power. The prestige of our arms has been established, and a change has come over the fancied dreams of our would-be masters. To their sorrow, they have found themselves vastly incompetent to compete with a brave, enlightened and chivalrous people in arms, defending their all. It may be safely in ferred that their chicanery henceforward, will he used for the porpose of invitiqg peace. Still, as is natural with beasts in a ''dying hour, they may give some severe kicks yet. However, our cause has nothing to fear. With the exception of measles and minor diseases, all the troops in defence of Norfolk harbor, are in a very healthy condition, although this is not a renowned locality for health, there are no symptoms of anything like a scourge visiting it this season. A great number of the troops are getting very impatient at remaining here, seemingly inactive. They left their homes, their peaceful and quiet abodes, for a display of vigorous and active life, and now that the fortifications are so complete as to almost preclude the possibility of an attack, they have become chagrined at the mere possibility of the war ending and them not having the privilege of playing a more active part. The town of Hampton, about fifteen miles from Norfolk, was burnt the other night, in accordance with Q-en. Butler's orders. The conflagration was plainly visible from our encampment, and presented quite an exciting scene. Various are the conjectures as to what induced him to commit the wicked deed, but none seem to gain more credence than that of the fear of an immediate attack. This is only another instance, Messrs. Editors, of the baseness of our enemy, and must, for the present, be borne; but it is to be hoped that the day is now dawning when the last enemy of our liberties will be driven far from our borders, and our ca pabilities of self-government acknowledged. Then, and then only, will peace be sweet. A PRIVATE. ^ For tlic Yorkvllle Enquirer. TO THE LADIES OP YORKVILLE. We hereby acknowledge the receipt of several boxes, containing articles contributed by you, for the sick and wounded soldiers of the 5th Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers. For this testimony of your kindness and sympathy, we tender you, in | behalf of this regiment, and its sick, especially, our warmest thanks. For your generosity aud benevolence, we can not bestow upon you too much praise, nor too highly extol your earnest exertions iu behalf of this Regiment; prompted, as we feel assured, by a knowledge of the present unhappy condition of our beloved country, and by motives of purest patriotism, to aid her now in that way, which is wOjt.appropriate to your sphere of societyft/And we trust you will ask no higher regard, in return, than the assuraoce that your contributions is the source of comfort and consolation to the sick and wounded of our Regiment, reminding them that they are not forgotten by those near and dear to them at home?for whose homes and firesides they 1 nnf t-n knftlo inqnirincr f.hflm iiuvo guug wuu vv ^ 0 ? with new courage and zeal to "dare, to do or die," in defence of all that is most dear to ns, and enabling them to drive back with defiance the vile mercenaries of Lincoln, should they ever again attempt to place their unhallowed feet upon Southern soil. Yours with highest respect, A. W. THOMSON, M. D. J. R. BRATTON, M. D. For the Yorkvllle Enquirer. TRIBUTE OF BESPECT. At a meeting of the "York Guards" 6th Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, held at Camp Pettus, on the 9th August, 1861, the following preamble aud resolutions were uuanimously adopted. Whereas, it has pleased the Allwise and merciful disposer of human events, to remove, forever, from our ranks Samuel J. Faulkner, it is our mournlul privilege to offer some suitable tribute to the memory of a gallant comrade in arms, who has nobly fallen at hie post, in the dark hour of our country's trials and peril. Therefore, be it Resolved, That in the death of private Sam'l J. Faulkner, our Confederacy has lost a gallant soldier, and we have been bereaved of a kind friend and brave brothei in arms Resolved, That a blank page be preserved in our minute book, in honor of the deceased, and that we wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. Resolved, That a copy of the preamble and resolutions be forwarded to the YorkVille Enquirer for publication. JOHN M. WHITE, Chairman. J. H. Stewart, Secretary. More Success for Maoruder's Boys. ?A fight is reported to have taken place last Monday, in the vioinity of Newport News, in which Butler's vandals have "catohed it" again. One hundred and twenty of our cavalry were out on a reconnoitering expedition, and fell in with a company of sixty five Yankees on James river, between Smith's and Lee's places, above Newport News, when a fight ensued, which resulted in our complete sucoees.? Out of the sixty-five Yankees engaged, there were only fifteen of them left alive to tell the tale of the slaughter.?Nor/olh Herald of Any. 12. For tiie Yorkville Enquirer. GASTON INVINCIBLES. Messrs. Editors :?T send you a list ol the "Gaston Invinoibles." This companj has been recently formed in Gaston Connty, North Carolina,' mostly tttfoVgh' the influence and exertions of Rev. T. H. Edwards, who. ifas -unanimously elected Captain. The company is now pleasantly quartered, and drilling at High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina. The names are as follows: OrricgRS.?T. H. Edwards, Captain ; S. N. Stowe, 1*1 Lieutenant; E. L. Pegrara,2nd Lieutenant; D. B. Smith, 3rd Lieutenant. Privates.?W. W. Clonlnger, R. A. White, T. T. Smith S. W. Love, H. A. Torrence, J. B. Carson, A. J. Jenkins D. A. Linebnrger. Leroy Stowe, E. M. White, R. D. Rhyne J. L. Allison, YV. T. Allison. L, M. Bell, J. F. Beaty, R M. Beaty, Andrew Beaty, YVm. Boyd, J. T. Carpenter, J Caroenter. T. F. Caroenter. E. J. Cleinmer, G. A. Clein mcr, J. L. Clcmmer,' J. H. Conner, J. L. Costncr, J. B Crenshaw, T. L. Carrol, L. R. Clemmer, W. H. Carpenter J. W. Canley, J. R. Dixon, D. A. Fronabarger, N. P. Farrcr, J. S. Foy, T. M. Foster, J. N. Ford, J. A. Floyd, Andrew Friday, L. M. Gaston, James Groves, J. L. Grler, G F. Iiovls, M. V. Hovls, E. M. Huffstetlcr, vV. Hawkins. J C. Hoffman. J. H. Hoffman, Thomas Koffman, W. B. Harris, George Jenkins, Rufus Jenkins, E. \V. Jenkins, Mlchae Kiser, Caleb Klscr, W. A. Larvlng, A. C. Llnebarger, J Llngerfelt, J.J. Lewis, W. F. Lewis, Alex. Lanier, G. M Logan, D. Miller, E. B. Mendenholl, J. W. McKcc, A. R McCay,J. T. Murphy, A. McCarver, VV. A. Miller, Andrew Mnnney, J. L. Mcintosh, J. A. Morris, Glirist Neal, Petei Meal, Julius Neaglc, 8. A. Nichols. D. R. Pasom, John Per kins, A. A. Rhyne,J. H. Ratchford, Alfred Rhyne, Ambrost Rhync, George Rhyne, W. A. Smith, Jno. Sclirum, J. W Shields, T. B. Stowe, Moses Stroup, J. H. Slroup, R. B Stone, Peter Smith, Lawson Smith, Noah Smith, Thoinai Sanders, L. L. Suggs, B. F. Stowe. M. C. Whitesldes W. A. Wiatt, E. L. Whitesldes. W. E. Whitesldes, Martii Willis, S. Hand, T. Hamilton, H. D. Stowe, Leroy Stowe <" H. D. S. Declaration of Independence of*the State of Missouri by Gov. Jackson. The Nashville papers, of the 10th in stant, contain the proclamation of Governoi C. F. Jackson, concluding as follows: The General Assembly of Missouri, tht recognized political deparlment of her gov eminent, by an Act approved May 10th 1861, entitled "an Act to authorize th< Governor of the State of Missouri to sup press rebellion and repel invasion," hai vested in the Governor, in respect to tht rebellion and invasion now carried on ir Missouri by the Government and people o the Northern States and their allies, tht authority "to take such measures as in hit judgment he may deem necessary orprope: to repel such invasion or put down suet rebellion." Now, therefore, by virtue of theauthoritj in me vested by said Act, I, Claiborne F Jackson, Governor of the State of Missouri appealing to the Supreme Judge of th< world for the rectitude of my intentions and firmly believing that I am herein car rying into effect the will of the people o Missouri, do hereby, in their name, by theii authority, and on their behalf, and subjec at all times to their free and unbiased coo trol, make and publish this provisions Declaration, that by the acts and people an( Government of the United States of Ameri ca, the political connection heretofore exist ing between said States and the people am Government of Missouri, is and ought to b< totally dissolved; and that the State o Missouri, as a Sovereign, Free and Inde pendent Republic, has full power to lev; war, cpnclude peace, contract alliances, es commerce, and do all other acts am things which independent States may o right do. Published and declared at New Madrid Missouri, this 5th day of August, in th year of our Lord one thousand eight hun dred and sixty-one. CLAIBORNE F. JACKSON, Governor of Missouri. Proclamation of the Bogus Gover nor of Missouri.?Gov. Gamble has is sued a proclamation to the people of Mis souri, the principal features of which ar as follows: I do hereby strictly charge and enjoii upon all sheriffs, and other magistrates whi are conservators of the peace, to use all tb< powers conferred upon them by law, in ar resting and bringing to punishment all per sons who disturb the public peace b; using violence against any of their fellow citizens; and especially are you charged b bring to justice all who combine to practici violence against other persons on accoun of their political opinions; and if fore should be employed to resist you in thi discharge of your duties to an extent tha you cannot overcome by the means provide! by law, yon are charged to make knowi that fact to this department, that prope measures may be taken in such cases. It i enjoined on all citizens that they perforn the duty of giving informatioon of deposit of munitions of war belonging to the J^tate that they may come to the possession oWh' State without being captured by the troop of the United States. It is further enjoin ed on all citizens of suitable age to enrol themselves in military organizations, tha they may take part in defence of the State All citizens who are embodied under th< act of the last Assembly, commonly callei the military law, are notified that the lav has been abrogated, the troops disbanded and the act of the same session, for the ap pointment of a major general, has been an nulled, and all soldiers are enjoined b cease acting in a military capacity. If thosi citizens, who at the call of the late Gover nor, have taken up arms, choose to retun ' voluntarily to their homes, to the peacefu pursuits of their occupations, they will fine in the present executive a determinatioi to afford them all the security in his power i and there is no doubt entertained that the; . will be unmolested. The officers and thei . troops of the Confederate States, who havi invaded Missouri, are notified that it is a gainst the will of the people of Missour , that they should continue on the soil o , tbe State, ana tnac tneir continuance 11 Missouri will be considered an act of war , designed to bring upon our State the hor , rors of war, which Missouri wishes to avoid They are, therefore, notified to depart a once from the State. HAMILTON R. GAMBLE. Since the Governor's proclamation wa written, the following despatch has been re i ceived: ; Washington, Aug. 3, 1861. i To his Excellency H. R.1 Gamble, Gov I ernor of Missouri : In reply to your mes . sage, addressed to the President, I am di i rected to say that if, by a proclamation, yoi i promise security to persons in arms, wh voluntarily return to their allegiance am , become peaceful and loyal, this Govern ment will cause the promise to be respected SIMON CAMERON. ) Secretary of War. LElfsBURG.?The Charleston Courie says: Leesburg, to which attention is now direoted, is the shire town of Loandonn ' County, Va., opposite to Montgomery Co., Md. It is near and under the Kittootan branch or spur of the Blue Kidge, and within three or four miles of the Potomac, and we . judge about thirty miles from Washington. It commands one of the best fords on the . Potomac. Lord Lyons' Dispatches. It was announced some time since by the i telegraph that the Lincoln Government had ' refused to permit the transmission of Lord > Lyons' dispatches. A letter received in ! St. Louis and published in the Bulletin, of that city, explains the dispatch referred to. We make the following extract: "It appears that the day of the battle of Manassas was that fixed for the departure of the Cunard steamer. The news at first received was so mnoh in favor of the Federals, that certain prominent Northern men raised 81,500 to pay the expenses of de* r taining the boat till Monday, and telegraphed the arrangement to this city. When the tide of battle turned, and it became p^idpnt that, the "Forward to Richmond" | meant "Back to the Potomac," an impera tiv?,-me98age was sent by the authorities -'here to send the steamer off immediately. ) She sailed, therefore, without any news. "The British Consul at New York im mediately telegraphed this fact to Lord r Lyons, who in turn dispatched to Halifax to detain the steamer at that point until his i dispatches should arrive there. "When he had received correct informa, tion regarding the battle, he took a dispatch ) to the telegraph office, and supposed it would be sent immediately. Something oci curring to arouse his suspicions, he, aocom* s panied by his secretary, drove to the tele1 graph office and requested that his dispatohf es should be repeated from Halifax. This i forced the operator to acknowledge that 3 they had not been forwarded. "By whose r orders are my dispatches suppressed ?" i queried the indignant Briton. "By those of Secretary Seward," was the reply. The j British representative drove immediately to . the State Department, and inquired of the , Premier if such orders had been given.? ; He replied in the affirmative. "My pass, ports !" was the stern demand of England. - Seward hesitated. A Cabinet consultation f was held. The dispatches were sent, and r Lord Lyons reluctantly withdrew his det mand, but informed the astonished Cabinet that he should refer the matter to his 1 Government." 1 _ ^ Sketch of General McClellan. The following sketch of the new leader i of Lincoln's "grand army" will, at the 3 present juncture, be read with interest: f The desperate manner in which the ! drowning Lincoln Government has caught y at the McClellan straw exhibits, even in i- their military affairs, that peculiar "from d hand to mouth" expediency characteristic f | which has marked the political course ol the Northern people from the civil revolu, tionof 1800. I know McClellan well; we e crossed in the same steamer when we was - en route to Europe, with Mordecai and Delafield, to visit the Crimea. I saw a great deal of McClellan in Paris. We dined at the same table (at the Great Britain Hotel or Cafe) almost daily for three - weeks, when other special invitations did . not separate us. I have a distinct recollec tion of the man, and as compared with Dab vis or Beauregard, he is nothing. McCtallan comes of a good cross?Scotch Irish, ] but of <ithe breed" I know nothing, o The animal preponderates over the ine tellectnal to such a degree as to destroy his - mental intellect. He has light hair, with - a reddish tinge in it, sandy whiskers, and 7 an intensely nervous organization. I men tion these things, because they indicate the 0 temperament of the man, which is an ime portant matter in a command. McClellan t is a rash man, that is, he has a great deal e of the "dash" about him. But I do not e believe that he can manage a large army.? t He does not possess that peculiar organiza1 tion ??sential to long continued effort.? a *McClellWs forte consists in his knowledge r of Prussian and Austrian tactics, his thor8 ough information in regard to the military 3 habits of the German militia, and his fas miliarity with that language. After leav, ing Paris, I believe he went to the Crimea e via Berlin and Vienna, making German s military affairs his specialty. If he is evei dangerous to us at all, it will be after be 1 has bad ample time to organize an army ol t Germans from the West, commanded b) . German officers. * e - I Arrest of Hon. C. J. Faulkner. j The Washington correspondent of the , Baltimore Exchange, under date of the - 12th, says: "The olimax of the atrocities of the Ad3 ministration committed on private individ --1- J d?T7 In the nrrflst of Hon. s uaia uuuuucu iv-wj, - ?? ? Charles James Faulkner, ex-Minister to the ] Court of France, on the charge of treason. 1 The arrest was made by the provost mar1 shal in person, at Brown's hotel, and un] der the following order from the Secretary , of State: f Department of State, r Washington, August 12, 1861. s To Col. Porter, U. S. A., Provost Marshal, City of Washington. i You will proceed to arrest and detain f Charles James Faulkner, ex-Minister of 3 the United States to Paris, and hold him , under arrest to await further orders from - this Department. WM. H. SEWARD. If the Senate had not adjourned it might t have been supposed that that body had impeached him on a charge at or before the time he was reoalled; but as it is, the ars rest was one of the most despotic actions i- that could have been perpetrated by the most arbitrary Government on the face of the earth." a fmm WootiincFt/?n. in addition ' Ul Uiopaivu xivw (? mu-.-q.v-j i- to the above, says that Mr. Faulkner is not permitted to hold correspondence or converi sation with any of his friends at present.? 0 As to the specific charges under which he 1 is held, they are, so far as the publio is - concerned, mere matters of speculation j !. but something has been said about his having a commission as a brigadier general in the Confederate Army. Truly Lincoln and Seward are carrying r it with a high hand.?Guardian. English Shoos-for the South* - * We mentioned some weeks since that *" f ' Edward Daly, of Charleston, S. C., left for Liverpool in the steamer from Quebec, intending to buy shoes for the Southern ar- . ^ my, and for the people at large. A gentleman who went? over in the same steamer informs us that Mr. Daly has a contract to* furnish 80,000 pairs of shoes for the Southern troops, at $2.25 per pair, and that he has placed it in England at rates which insure him a profit of about 80 cents per per pair. Oar informant states that the business there is receiving an impetus, from the large orders for dry goods, boots and shoes, trunks, &o., &c., which are being given by Southern merchants, several of whom are in England purchasing goods for cash. Mr. Daly buys men's russet broeans for 75 cents, men's Congress boots. oak leather and sewed, at 92, ladies' Congress boots at 90 oeats to 91.12, and other goods in this line in proportion. They are paid for by dratfs on Fraser, Trenholm & Co., of Liverpool. The prices, it will be seen, are remarkably low, especially for sewed rasset brogans, bat the gentleman from whom we get oar information says he was present, and in several instances saw the goods purchased. A line of steamers, intended to ran between Liverpool and Charleston, S. C., is nearly ready; the first vessel is advertised in the Liverpool papers to leavo August 15th (the time has sinoe been extended, we believe, to September 15th,) and when oar informant left, it was actually loading with these goods. .How they are to elude the blookade is not stated; but it is probable that the Southerners who have been unsparing in their promises of direct trade, and have depicted its advantages to Englishmen in glowing colors, ex* pect aid from thence to insure the safe carriage and delivery of their purchase*.-? Whether these anticipations are well grounded or not, they correspond with the very sanguine expectations of Southern men in other respects. At any rate, goods to thp amount of a million and a half of dolla^ have been purchased there by Southern merchants for cash, and a portion of them are loading in swift sailing steamers, by whioh means they may perhaps expect to run the blockade, if the privilege of going in under British guns is denied them.? New York Shoe and Leather Reporter. Jokes of the Times. Virginia Races.?The quarter stretch was woo by Lincoln's bay horse MoClellan. The four mile race was won by Jeff. Davis* Louisiana brown horse Beauregard. The old veteran of the field, Scott, was distano ed. His weight, consisting of editorial warriors and civilian generals, rained bim. McDowell's ran is the best on record. Quick Time.?An editor in Washing* , ton says:?"We are indebted to a gentle* i man direct from Ball Rao, for important i information in advance of the army." i Lincoln, Seward, & Co. oaght to be satis* : fied. The grand army saw Jeff. Davis' rebels hanging?on their rear. i The rear of McDowell's army fled with* i oat firing a gun, or meeting an enemy. The [ front fought bravely. Reverse the ffatAs, , the-Yankees in front and the Irish in the i rear, and divil the bit will one of them escape ! The Emerald boys woald hold them to their post. N The Yankees were always oelebrated for their inventive genias. The late battle proves it. They have invented more excuses for their defeat than Beaaregard can give for his victory. If Gen. MoDowellwas as good at billiards as he is in military affairs, it is supposed that at his first attempt he would succeed in making a great run. On the return of the grand armytft Washington, the President visited a number of Regiments without receiving a salute. Thev were not in a conditon to pre sent arms. The Fire Zouaves, who, at the commencement of the rout, were in front of the battle, and are said to have been the firstio reach Washington. The ''Grand Arm;" during the late root, threw awa; their arms aoi.accoutrementa, thereby convincing the world that they were not able to hold their own. ' The brave Irish were deserted at Manassas b; their Yankee friends. How the Lincolnites love the^ Irish as long as the; can get them to fight their battles. Stealing Negroes. Through the favor of a friend we are indebted for a N. Y. Tribune of the 5th, whcb contains a document of some importance. It is a letter from Butler to Cameron. The old marauder admits that he has succeeded in stealing nine hundred negroes, ' and he desires to know what disposition he shall make of the contraband articles. We are much obliged for the information; it will constitute an important item when we come to a final settlement. It wil be seen that the old rogne, with an eye to the future, pretends that he found these negroes; that ' the; were deserted b; their masters and he oame upon them, as it were, by aocident, and appropriated them as waifs, wreoks or estrays. The paltry trick will not serve hiur. He owns to the possession of the stolen property, and he and his will be made to answer for it. It is supposed his visit to Washington is intended to make arrangements with Cameron, by which to extract the greatest possible profit out of this speculation. The probability is that they will sell the negroes in the West Indies or Brazil and pocket the proceeds.?Richrumd Whiff, 10th inst. Two Hundred and Forty Millions Tribute to Europe.?One of the first effects of the war has been the departure of Mr. Belmont for Europe, in the Persia, as agent of the Secretary of the Treasury, ' to borrow 8100,000,000, for which 8240,000,000 is to be paid back. In ordinary times 8100,000,000 borrowed for railroads would reproduce itself with interest. Money borrowed for war is mere waste. A value equal to five years of California gold products is thus thrown away in one transaction. To state it briefly, as Mr. Chase is an Ohio man, the whole amount of the wheat crop of Ohio for twenty years is to ' ni ?j u. oe given 10 iur. vjubso auu i?i< wiuiuuii to keep 400,000 men destroying lives and ; property for three months.?New York Daily Newt.