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I ? j i - * 1 1 i-i iu <;> . v~ r^trrwwwmM^-f "^^wmtmrjmurm >? william wrieast.}proprietors' Inbcptiibeni Jamilj Itefosjiaptr: Jfor i|c .|)remetioit of tjje political, Serial, Agricultural anb Commercial Interests of t(re Soufjj. 1 |?2 h? yeah, iw advawce.^ . VOLUME 1. ' YORKVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1861. . . .." V.. ... NUMBER 37^ five gtafrim. YORKVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY MORFING, SEPTEMBER 12,1861. {37"Mr. John R. Allen, Post Master at Chester, is our authorised agent; and fully empowered to receive money for this office, and give receipts for the same. ?ft?" In cases where subscribers do not take the Enquirer from the post office. Post-Masters are requested to nOiify us immediately. (3?-Subscribers desiring their |>apers changed must mention the Post Offiee/rom, as well as the one to, which they desire the ehngen to be made. TO THE PUBLIC. The undersigned having volunteered for Confederate Service, the business of the Ar>?Tn-n Kfl ntfon/lof] frt Kt7 ltlLK VHIVXj >*iii k/v c*i<vvuuvvt vvr vj 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 tnet with cash, we request those indebted to the concern, to pay the small demands that may be due.? Our Co partner, Mr. W. W. East, will continue his interesting letters from the 5th Regiment, and it is the purpose of the undersigned to communicate 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. Afoust 15, 1861. LARGE BEET. We return our thanks to Mrs. W. E. Rose, for a fine beet, weighing four and three-quarter pounds. Our correspondence from Lightwood Knot Spring has failed to come to hand this week. We understand from a private source there is no news of importance there; all are getting along very well. "Our Corporal" has failed also to come to hand, no doubt from pressing duties. YOKKVILLE MARKETS. Corn.?Very little offering?would command 60 to 65c per bushel. Flour?meets with ready sale at 82 25 per sack. Groceries very firm at high prices?Salt S6?Coffee 40 cts per pound. Molasses 60 to 70c. Bagging 30c. Rope 16 to 18?c. THE LADIE'S RELIEF SOCIETY. The Ladies of the Relief Society acknowledge the following donations : Two pair socks and 2 pair ready made drawers, from a Lady. One bolt of linsey and S3 50, from a Lady. One pair socks, from Mrs. J. Brown. Three pair socks, ? - i r from Mrs. Dr. Lowry. Six pair socks, rrom Mrs. William Walker. Three pair socks, from Mrs. Jones. Three pair socks, from Miss Cates. Five dollars, from Mrs. Sims. Five dollars, from Mrs. W. B. Wilson. We are pleased to see that the series of letters addressed to Volunteers, which appeared some time ago, in the "Enquirer," have been collected and published in a very neat pamphlet, by Mr. II. M. Stokes, Columbia, S. C., under the title of' "The True Soldier's Spiritual Armor." Written in the usual earnest, pointed style of H., breathing a patriotic, noble, Christian spirit, and full of instruction, we thought, when we first read them, they were worthy of being published in a more permanent form. In our humble judgment,! they are eminently adapted to be useful; and a copy should, as far as practicable, be put within the hands of every volunteer. * Late from our Army. We extract the following from the Rich mr>nd Kmminer. Fridav. the Gth, bv which it will be seen that our array has gained possession of several important positions.? As usual, a portion of the South Carolina volunteers (Col. Jenkins' regiment) were in the van, accompanied by the gallant Keraper and his efficient battery : "A stirring skirmish took place yesterday in the advance of the army of the Potomac. For over ten days our forces have been gradually driving in the pickets of the enemy and closing up our lines, seizing and fortifying strong positions. Having possession of Munson's, Mason's and Upton's Hills, and strengthened them by suitable entrenchments, it was thought advisable to push on still further in the direction of Arlington and occupy Hall's Hill, a mile further in advance, where the enemy was posted in some force. Colonel Corse's Alexandria regiment and a detachment of the Washington Artillery were dispatched for this purpose. The enemy defended the position at first with some spirit, but soon retired, after a loss of between one and two hundred killed and wounded. The Confed-j erate loss is estirncted at about twenty "The day before, Colonel Jenkins, commanding one of the South Carolina regiments attached to Gen. Bonham's brigade, was sent, with Kemper's battery, to look after two regiments reported to be encamped on the other side of the Potomac, in the vicinity of the Great Falls. Col. Jenkins marched eighteen miles, starting at eight in the morning, and reaching his destination the next morning about two hours be fore day. Waiting for the grey of early dawn, ho opened fire on the enemy, which were posted as reported, just as they were preparing for their ruoruing drill. They 'made do resistance, but fled precipitately, leaving, it is believed two or three hunded killed and wounded. There was no pursuit, as the river was too deep to ford. "For now more than a week the glove of battle has been thrown down to McClellan by the Confederate generals, and as yet he has no1 dared to pick it up. Five thousand Confederate troops have for ten days beer in sight of Washington The Confederate flag has been flyiDg in full view of the Lincoln cabinet. 'Dixie' has been dis coursed morning and evening by our regimental bands in ear-shot of the Federal troops; still they keep closely in their lines, aod dare not venture out in force. What, indeed, has become of the grand army ?" The Examiner of the same date says: "Passengers by the cars from Manassas on yesterday report, with considerable confidence, that on Wednesday a sharp engagement took place at Hall's Hill. The 17th regiment, Col. Corse, commander, Gen. Longstreet's brigade, attacked the enemy aDd drove him from the heights, at a reported loss to the enemy of 300. Our loss is stated at twenty. "Our troops retained the height, which they are said to be fortifying. The whole rumor we give as it was told to us, with the usual caution to our readers in reference to the crediting of reports. Hall's Hill is nearly in a line between Falls Church and Washington, but considerably nearer to the latter It is a commanding position, and important in the future operations against the enemy at Arlington Heights,^ from which it is about three miles distant." The Richmond Examiner of the 7th instant, says: ic rannrfo/1 fn t.hp HUlUlUg UUUIHUUUI 10 Vjn?.v? movements od the Potomac. Our troops are steadily fortifying their advanoed positions. and extending their lines in every direction. Regiments go down daily as reliefs to those on duty in advance, so as to distribute the hardships of the forward position. Meanwhile, the whole army is oo the alert. Nothing cau exceed the enthusiasm of the troops or their anxiety for battle. A few days since the balloon came over in the direction of Munson's Hill, where iCapt. Rossey, of the Louisiana artillery, | had several rifled pieces. When about a mile off he fired at it, without disturbing its occupants. Sighting another of his pieces with more care, he repeated the experiment with a better result. This time ifka Kollnnn rliaonnpnrpd earthwards with | UIC UUiiVVU UlUUj/^vw. v?> ? I startling rapidity, and has not been seen since. Life in the advance forces is full of stiring incidents. The men have no tents, bivouacking nightly and sleepiug on tbei. arms. Few camp-fires are permitted- Tbe long roll is beat sometimes four or five times during the night in preparation for an attack, while the sharp, quick crack of tbe rifle and musket is heard at intervals through both night and day. Those Hills. Munson's Hill, it has been stated, has Lbeen occupied by our forces. It is within sight of Washington. The correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer writes as follows of the position of our troops there: "Their fort is apparently done, so far as the work is concerned in front. It is a mere embankment, from eight tofifteen feet high, the top being level. The highest place is to fill up a ravine. Sentries are stationed all along the parapet at a distsnce of twenty or thirty feet. Near the centre is a large flag, the stripes of which are four or five feet wide; it floats in the wind today, with its broadside to the National capital which is plainly visible from there. "There is a group of men in dark clothes visible, who have a large glasson a tripod; they are coming and going continually from that point on tbe fort, and we would judge --.flKmoM nil rriotninrr nilr Pnnif.nl IUC1I umvcio nnv nil ??* ?^ v?* and our camps. Id the review this morning they had no artillery or cavalry ; this looking as though they were using them in some other direction. To the left of the fort, or in an easterly direction, a battalion was on parade. A wagon or two, and sev- j eral cattle were driven up from the direction j of Baily's Cross Roads, evidently the result j of a foraging expedition. To the westerly side are a number of horses picketed to a rope, and at about twelve a regiment camel up from the direction of Hall's house, aud, soon afterwards their baggage wagons fol-j lowed, and they pitched their tents on the side of the hill in a peach orchard, in plaiD j view with a glass They are strolling all j around the hill lazily, not with any appa-j rent activity. The) and their flag can be i distinctly seen without any glass from ourj camps." The correspondent of the Richmond Ex.-} aminer says that our troops also occupy i Hall's Hill. This hill is stated by bim toj be about a mile from Arlington Heights, and had been held by the enemy for some days. The occupation of this position'is * * * * ? Li positive, and is now trie extreme rigni 01 the advance of our line, commanded by Gen. Longstreet. W. H. Bird. The Charleston Courier has the substance of a conversation between Mr. W. H. Byrd, late private secretary in the War Department at Washington, and a fellow passenger on the cars, down from Augusta, of which city Mr. Byrd is a resident. He is now on his way to Richmond. We make some extracts from the Courier's account: "Mr. Byrd states that with regard to) their army, they have about 120,000 men around Washington, but that they are the j 'riff-raff of every part of creation. They arc in a completely disorganized State, not drilled, nor have they any regularity in their army arrangements. They put great; faith in their fortifications. The men arej not paid regularly, the treasury being ex-, hausted. Mr. Byrd said that out of a debt; of 310,000 due him, he was unable to get; but SI ,000, taking 3100 in specie, and| S900 in treasury notes. The latter he managed to dispose of after a hard effort, at three per cent, discount i t r i it. nr.. tie stated tnat Liincoin was in tae ?? ai Office wben the news of the defeat of the Grand Army arrived. Never before had he seen such a disappointed and woe-begone expression of countenance. It was by turns pale, crimson and dark. He sauk ou a sette trembling, and apparently filled with the utmost terror and alarm. He remained in this state for some time, speechless and unable to move. But a few moments before, and up to four o'clock, dispatches were received announcing the success of his forces. Now, however, he was told that they were routed and flying from those whom they had heretofore despised aod ridiculed. Mr. Byrd also said that he was able to testify from direct and positive testimony to the hanging of two South Carolina prisoners after the battle of Bull Run on the 18th. In addition to those hung, fifteen | n prisoners were shot by their captors, under I tl the fear of losing them. When their pris-Jtl oners, captured in the battle of the 21st, J at were taken to Washington, the Fire Zou-j aves succeeded in forcibly wresting 25 of! vj the number out of the hands of the guard, I w who took them to the Capitol building, and! tl there had a rope thrown over a beam, and C were on the point of hanging them, when A Gen. Scott came with a large force and se tr cured the prisoners' safety. m General Scott was very indignant, and ar threatened to hang the ringleaders of the to Zouaves with the same rope designed for the Southerners. Some of the prisoners tl: were wounded by the stones thrown at them te hv the Zntiaves while in the hands of their E guard. These fellows, Mr. Byrd said, are si very expert in this practice, and throw ni 'rocks as straight as a good marksman would b( fire a bullet. They make it their daily su study to perfect themselves in all kinds and tii forms of deviltry. of The most important facts with regard to their defeat at Manassas are concealed. Position of the Hostile Armies. m The New York Herald has the following d< dispatch from Washington, dated Saturday v( last: ac The relative positions of the two armies to remained up to to-night the same as yester- w day. The rebels are throwing up immense ri: earthworks on both sides of Munson's Hill, on the Leesburg- turnpike, one mile from de Bailey's Cross Roads. The hill referred to ly is of cleared land, and the en6my make no secret of their movements. Their cavalry, pc of which they have several hundred near co .1 . >?1-. a. u:ii? __ mat locality, mauuauvru over me umo, uuu jjl sometimes venture in small detachments na within half a mile or so of the Union pick- lei ets. For tbiR presumption several of them ul were shot to day. The temporary rebel so rifle cannon battery alluded to in my dis- th patch of yesterday?located at the sou.h ha side of Munson's flill, and used to cover their working parties?was kept in play at te: intervals to day. At one time, when one tic of the Union pickets killed one of the rob- mi els who had the temerity to expose himself th on the turnpike, the rebels got terribly m' wroth, and opened their battery with great vigor upon the empty buildings at Bailey's th Cross Roads, iu which they supposed our all troops were sheltered. ua The rebels arc throwing up works at a or place about three miles from Bull's Cross- su ing. The exteut of these works I am nor sit able to state, but it is said that the rebel soldierly are in considerable force at that ac point. The Herald maps out the following as in the plan and design af the Confederates: wi Under the whip and spur of necessity to do something, the rebels are pushing for- to ward, erecting defensive works immediate- th ly in our front, banging away with their be artillery at all the houses within our lines ne that are in reach of their missiles, merely pr for the purpose of distracting attention from the movement of a heavy column to- b) wards the upper Potomac, with a view of C< crossing over into Maryland at some point M just below the Point of Rocks, They ex- ca pect to find fewer of our troops in that direction than at any other location, and to be enabled to throw into Maryland a sufficient force to form a nucleus for its seces- sti sionists, and inaugurate a civil war there. CI It is estimated, by men entitled to know, Ci that there are seventy-five thousand of the rebel army between Harper's Ferry and fr< Edward's Ferry, awaiting an opportunity to P< force a crossing into Maryland, and willing ui to take the chances there of an insurrection sti of the malcontents, that will enable them N to transfer the conflict to that State, aud to ru place Washington between two rebel armies. f)t In the meantime huudreds of Maryland fr< .1 * I. . secessionists are garnering upon iue eastern Shore, for the puipose of carrying out er the psogramme indicacated several days A ago, of cutting off direct communication so between Philadelphia and Baltimore, situ- th ultaneously with the passage of the rebels B across the Potomac. Under various ex- tw cuses, numbers of men have procured trans- re portation across the Bay in small boats, for nc the purpose of joining this expedition. At its the little town of Easton, in Talbot county, ar these arrivals have amounted to as many as of fifty per day. The rebels are in such a condition that M they are compelled either to attempt to ad- F< vauce or to retire from the Potomac. The resources of this region are exhausted, and Di they cannot much longer subsist their im- to mense force on the Virginia side of the Potomac. They must either avail them- de selves of the riches of the splendid agiicul- lal tural district of Western Maryland, or fall hack at least upon the Rappahannock.? A h^n tin 11 tTtrjlrp litjplt? tirtlPQ 1 UCU UVOj/biailUU ?T?i* mwuv ?>mvw ? along the Potomac in a few days, and perhaps in a few hours. V m Invasion of Western North Carolina, tu There are apprehensions that there is a th matured design to invade East Tenuessee ex and Western North Caroliua. From East T1 Tennessee it is stated that columns will be th organized to invade North Carolina, this in State and the Gulf States, and by this strategy cutoff our communications, getting fn in the rear of the troops now in Virgiuia. of The Asheville Wcics and other journals de- Tl mand that the Governor of North Carolina rb will take steps to resist the invasion. The wl Nashville Union says : ' If our enemy is permitted to be success- L< ful in this scheme, he may do us as great lu an injury as in any other way. All our resources, energies, vigilance and skill should, sp | therefore, at once be brought to bear to an rru i __ i | | prevent success, i nc eviueuces every uay j te thicken of such a design. Wc arc persua-jth ded it is uot a mere demonstration, to draw j rij our troops from other important positions,, rij from the fact, that if once successfully exe- j cuted and skillfully followed, it niuy be j lo< made to work greater advantages to the in enemy than any other strategctic movement he can make. By activity, vigilauce and R courage on our part he may be easily defeated." m The Greenville Patriot, commenting (re upon this design of the Lincolnites, says: be "It seems, from information proceeding co from a responsible source, that a scheme for the invasion of North Carolina by a is Lincoln force marching through East Ten- se essee, has been detected and exposed, and lat Gen. Zollicoffcr, at Knoxville, and le military in Western North Carolina, re fully apprized of it, and on the alert. "The plan detected did not stop at an inlsion of North Carolina, but the enemy as to march in force to Ashevillc, and lence pursue their way to Greenville, S. ., and from this point to Columbia, or tlanta, Georgia; the force to consist of j oops under Anderson, of Fort Sumter craory, aided by deluded Kentuckians, id such forces as are expeoted to join the iry banner in East Tennessee." There is apparently little reason to doubt tat the Lincolnites and the tories will atrapt to put this scheme into operation.? very man al?le to bear arms in tho State lould get ready, and the militia compaes nnd volunteers not in service ought to i drilled and properly organized. At ich a time as this there can be no exempen from the pressing duty of the defence ' our State, our homes and firesides. From Richmond. Congress assembled on Thursday, at 12 ., in obedience to a proclamation of Presiint Davis, issued September 3, 1861, con:ning said body for the purpose of taking ition on a bill empowering the President make appointments in the army and navy, hich had failed to be reported to him du- j ng the late session. The following message from the Presi>nt was repotted to Congress by Mr. Josn, his private secretary: Gent!omen of Congress: The bill irn- , irtant to the public service, being one to ntinue in office persons who had been ap- ( linted and nominated, and whose noraiitions had not been acted upon, was, I , irned after your adjournment on the 31st < tirao, engrossed for my signature, but by , mo accident was not delivered to me, and us failed to become a law, wherefore it s become necessary to convene you. You may either make the provisions cod- i mplated, or, by acting upon the nomina- | >ns, or otherwise, as in your judgment iy seem best, relieve the Government of e embarrassment to which otherwise it i ust be subjected. Mr. Miles introduced a bill to authorize i e President to continue the appointments I ready made by him in the militaTy and : val service during the recess of CoDgress, ji at the last and the present sessions, aod j brnit them to Congress at its next sesjn. r The bill was read three several times, i id passed unanimously. Yf M P nnivn n nn Innno l n f rl I a It a A a Villi I ull. ivctigauj uu iuutv/j iuoiuuuwvu ? wm relation to the pre-payment of postage, is passed. [The bill modifies the original act so as require each newspaper or periodical sent i rough the mail or over the post roads to i endorsed by the postmaster of the office :arest the place which they are sent, as e-paid, instead of the "package."] The above bills being reported as signed i r the President, on motion of Mr. Waul, jngress adjourned, to meet on the third | onday in November next, unless sooner lied together. From Washington. , Fortress Monroe, September 8.?The 2amcr Roanoke is here, beiDg relieved eff larleston by the Wabash and Quaker ty. She is here coaling for a cruise. | Washington, September 8.?Reports , 3m various points on the other side of the 1 Dtomao represent everything as quiet last . ght and this morning. The Confederate aamer Yorktown is twelve miles above ewport News, waiting an opportunity to , n the blockade. The Confederates are within five miles ' * (he President's House?only three miles Dm Arlington Heights. At day-light, the relief guard of the Fed als was tired on near Hunter s (Jliapei.? i t sun rise, two Federal companies were nt out to reconitre. They discovered that e Confederates had taken possession of nil's Cross Roads, having thrown forward 'O regiments during the night. Three i giments are posted along Little Creek, sar Hunter's Chapel, with four brass how:ers drawn by men. They have no other tillery. They are digging rifle pits West Hunter's Chapel. The Confederates are briskly drilling on unson's Hill, occasionally firiug at the i ideTal pickets. I Washington, September 8.?The War I epartment has advices from Rosencrantz the Gth, which report all well. ] Gen. MeClcllan has issued general or- 1 :rs against Sunday labor, or unnecessary ' bor or movemeuts. I The Times says that the Court Martial at < lexaudria has sentenced thirty soldiers to i t shot for various offences. I Careful and extended observation on the irgioia side has discovered a new and foridable battery, commanding the Leesburg rnpike, seven miles from Chain Bridge, i e felling of timber by the Confederates :poscd the battery to view at day-break, i ic Federal pickets advanced a mile fur- < er iuto Virginia, the Confederates retreat- f g before them towards Arlington. I On Wednesday, the Confederates fired j )m an eminence at Great Falls at a body i Federrals in Maryland, wording four, i le Confederates attempted to ford the ; ?er, but were repulsed by sharp-shooters, ] ao killed a number. I Gen. McClellan ascended with Prof, i )we iu his balloon, and remained up two ] mrs. j Fremont's proclamation, on his own re- < onsibility, at first struck the President id Cabinet with utter amazement, but af- 1 r discussion it was unanimously decided ( at the proclamation was issued just at the 1 ^ht time, in the right manner, and by the < *ht man. St. Louis, September 8.?Gen. McCulch is reported at Mount Vernon, recruitg briskly fcr a bold movement Northward. I It is stated that Generals Price and 1 aines have captured Fort Scott. i Kansas Montgomery and most of his com- ] and are reported as prisoners. Another i port says that Kansas Lane's brigade has icn defeated, Raines capturing his entire mmand. It is reported, also, that Gen. Magoffin < a prisoner at Georgetown, and has been ntenced to be hung. Jl The Richmond Examiner of the 3d says: "We have interesting information of the defences of Washington that has reached here through ptivate channels, and which, in connection with present movements of our forces, may have some important bearings. ^ "Since the Manassas battle all the energies and resources of the Government have been directed to fortifying Washington, while attention has been ingeniously turned from this ciroumstance by reports of advance movements on the part of MoClellan, and by other divers wings of the press. "We learn that the lines of fortifioations have been very quietly and efficiently completed around Washington, especially in the Northern and Eastern directions. "On the Virginia side there is a com plete circle of fortifications, commencing at the point of the bayou or creek jast above Alexandria, and extending to Arlington Heights, and beyond them to the Chain bridge, on a line opposite Georgetown.? The enemy's entrenchments extend, it is said, about two and a half miles from the Chain bridge. There were thirteen field batteries planted in the neighborhood of the bridge. "Every accessible point north and east of the city is said to be strongly fortified, lines of entrenchments being thrown out some three miles beyond the Columbia College, and about the same distance from the boundary lines on Capitol Hill. "The batteries on Arlington Heights number, it is said, nearly 300 guns, some of them of long range. Munson's Hill, which our troops have occupied with field cannon, is within range of the "Union Works." on the heights, but at an angle of elevation that protects the southerly face of the hill, where our forces are said to have already erected a battery of rifled cannon." Washington, September 7.?the War Department has sent word to hold Hatteras permanently. Brigadier-General Barr, of California, has arrived, and will be assigned to the command. The Victory in Arizona.?Important events have jnst transpired in this fine Territory. The brilliant movements of Lieutenant-Colonel Baylor, the commander of the Confederate troops at Port Bliss, Texas, against the Federal troops at Fort Fillmore, on the Arizona side of the Rio Grande, under Major Lynde, have hardly elicited notice, notwithstanding their great importance. On the 25th of June, Maj. Lynde attacked the Confederates in the town of Mesilla, but was repulsed and hnd to retreat on Fort Fillmore. The Confederates pursued and compelled them to evacuate the fort on the 27th. Continuing their retreat, the Confederates pursued them and again came upon them next day near San Augustin, where preparations were speedily made for an attack. A flag of truce came from the Federals, inquiring upon what terms our commander would receive a surrender. The Confederate reply was for an unconditional surrender, which was agreed to by the Federals. Thus the whole Federal force, numbering 700 men, (regulars,) with their leaders; 4 pieces of cannon"; a large quantity of small arms; equipments; 200 cavalry mules and horses ; many wagons and 270 head of beef cattle, fell into the hands of our troops. The fruit of this victory is the freeing of the whole Territory, including the rich Me silla Valley, from Federal domination?a Territory unsurpassed in climate and soil and containing fully 100,000 square miles. Gen. Floyd's Brigadf?The Battle at Cross Lanes.?A gentleman, upon ? a .? i. t x.i . r\ t wnose larrn ine late Dacue ac u;ross ijanes, between Gen. Floyd's aud Gen. Tyler's forces, was fought, gives the Petersburg Express the following story of the battle: On Sunday, Gen. Floyd's pickets had some skirmishing; without any serious results, with those of the enemy. Yesterday morning (Monday,) they attaoked him in force at sunrise, and were repulsed in less than an hour, losing all their wagons and baggage of every description. They net, also, with the further loss of fifty killed and wounded, and from sixty to one hundred prisoners.. Gen. Floyd pursued them eight or ten miles, and it is said the rout was complete and our victory decisive. The number of Floyd's force is not known here; that r\P thp onomr anirt tn hp 1 Sflft tcilhnilt nr. u. -..v. -"--"J ? - - 7 _ "" tillery. Gen. F. had sotne artillery with bim. Kessler's Cross Lanes is a place three or four miles from Carnafix's Ford, over Gauley, and eight miles South of Summerville. rhe Yankees had the advantage of position, and tnadc the attack, but could not Jtund our fire. Gen. Floyd lost four killed ind eight weunded?one in the groin, mortally. Two Thousand Prisoners. The Richmond correspondent of the Wilmington Journal writes: The many wounded prisoners here are recovering slowly. Yesterday thirty were lischarged frog) the general hospital and sent to prison. The officers rode through the streets, while the privates marched. A just and noble retribution to the ignominious manner in which our brave boys are treated under their harbaroiia rule. Thev ? J ire all allowed to write home, and in their letters express the opinion, after the kind treatment they have recieved, that they are ill to be hung. Such a liberty should not be allowed theui as to correspond with their friends. Two thousand prisoners are now on the way from Missouri. A guard has just passed the house with 25 to 30 taken by our pickets at Fairfax On the arrival if the 2,000 we will have near 5,000 a heavy expense to the Government. Can't you advocate some plan through your paper by which they may be made to work. Seizure of Letters.?We understand that some thousand or fifteen hundred letters received from the South Thursday night by the American Letter Express Company were seized by Mr. L. G. Alexander, i special agent of the P. 0. Department.? We suppose they will be forwarded to Washington, and the money they contain belonging to our oitizens will be confiscated nrw) iuoJ fnr flin nurnfuo nf ftidinc thfi .Tflhn r?r o Brownites in their attempt to subjugate the South.?Louisville Courier. A Plea for South Carolina Soldiers. Tlt/MtnAM/ln a rt Urn nA k Antiffl n a nnnn *n 1UUU3UUU9 ui as uiavc uoauo ao aosisted a cruel tyrant or panted for liberty, t are upon the soil of Virginia, or ready to v move there, prepared to do battle, and to a die, if need be, in defence of our homes p and firesides. These are our own brothers, 6 fathers and sons. They have freely ox- c changed the quiet and happy home, with ii all of its comforts, for the privations of the b camp, with all of its battle-fields and its t blood. They are exposed to temptations to p evil which are peculiarly strong. Scarcely n any school of vice can be found equal to 0 that incident to the camp. ti The Baptist Colportage Board of South li Carolina has determined to counteract these o evil influences, by putting into the hands e of each soldier "the Word of God." The t Bible, together with traots and volumes of s kindred influence, will, it is believed, be as ii a wall round about to protect them. In .<? pursuance of this plan, I have been direct- I cd to appeal for aid to all such in South c Carolina as feel an interest in the spiritual 1 welfare of our soldiers. Companies have Ii been found in which three-fourths are with- li out a copy of the New Testament, while in a almost every'company members are found b -i ? _ 1^1 wno nave euner negiecteu to carry wuu them, or have lost, this invaluable book.? l Much of their time the soldiers have noth- a iDg to do. Time haDgs heavily. How s easily may sinful habits be prevented by n suitable reading being given to them.? They are calling on us for something to read, e In many instances they have begged for the b New Testament and tracts, but were unable a to obtain them, for the supply obtained from a the North is exhausted. Wc can no longer a buy thera from that quarter. We must a print them ourselves. The New Testament S will very soon be issued in the South, and numbers of tracts suited to the soldiers are t being printed, and will continuo to be. We have pious aud devoted colporteurs o appointed to this most inviting field, and o numbers of others anxious now to carry to I the soldier the Word of Life. Had we the b requisite funds, we could supply every sol- ( dier from South Carolina with those means which would teach him how to become a soldier of the Cross. Applications have been made to the Board for New Testa a ments, tracts and good hooks, and they will i be given as early as it is possible to do so. d The friends of the soldier will see h.:w [greatly funds are needed, to prosecute this v | work with the vigor which its importance 9 demands. It is a work which may not be e [delayed. Battles are beiugfought. Hun- I jdreds arc being killed, and are dying con- p stantly. Churches may be built a year hence, but unless we give the soldier the t Word of Life now, we shall never be able a to give it to him. He must have the Word f of God ; but to put it into his hands, and u to employ colporteurs to carry it to him, we li are dependent upon the free-will offerings ti of those who care for the souls of those si men who have and will offer up their lives upon the altar of their country. Our books b and tracts will, for the most part, be given a away, and will be such only as will be ap- b proved by all evangelical denominations. h How can we so well discharge the debt n of obligation to those who are fighting for U9 our battles, as by surrounding them with e the restraining and sanctifying influences of o Christianity'! Influenced by these oon9id- p orations, I earnestly invite the hearty and s prompt co-operation of all classes through- t! out South Carolina iu this inviting field of a Christian labor. Let $11 who will aid in t this good work send their contributions at 1< oven. Address Wr-D. RICE, c Gen. Supt. Baptist Col portage, u Sumter, S. C. a Fidelity and Affection of Our Servants, ^ We have seen many anecdotes (says the Spartan) to prove that we are strony just . where our enemies think us ictuk, but none ^ more touching - than the two following, for ? the truth of which wo vouch : | Last Friday night, when the new companics came in town, to take the cars for q Lightwood Knot Spring, it was found, in ^ nnantAM iriAnirma t# korl Knnn imnncolKlo ouonci luHu'"?l '? ?t'? g| to purchase blankets for all of them. A ^ number were quickly contributed by the ^ ladies. A servant, named Louisa, belong* ing to Mrs. Jesse Cleveland, brought to one of the ladies of the family a fine, large white blanket, and asked her if she thought g it would be accepted. When asked if that ^ was not the fine blanket her master gave her before his death, (more than ten years,) ^ she replied that it was, and she thought so ^ much of it she had never used it: but if a soldier, who was going to fight for us, would accept it, she wanted him to have it. It was accordingly sent and accepted. The other is of a different character.? 61 Many letters received from the Oth Regiment since the battle of Manassas, have j mentioned it. We have also heard it from the lips of Rev. Mr. Durant and General ^ Edwards, since their return. Wegivtitin the language of the latter : Sunday morning, after the firing commenced, but before our regiment (the 5th) had entered the battle, I met Henry, aser- ^ vant belonging to my friend, Mrs. H. J. D( Dean, of Spartanburg. I was surprised to see him, for the other servants belonging to A the regiment were left in camp. He had *e his young master's knapsack and blankets sa strapped on his shoulders. I said to him : "Henry, you have no gun G to defend yourself, and are therefore in hi great danger; go no further, take your 'r station behind a large tree, and be careful." He replied : "No, sir, I can't stay here. v' I came with Mass Eddie, and 1 am going tl to stay right behind him as long as I live n< and he lives." 31 He kept his word Through the whole tl1 of that fearful day he never faltered in his P( devotion to the youth, whose cradle he had rocked, and his conduct is the admiration te of the whole regiment. m New York Herald, Times and Tribune, |w pleaae copy and "make a note of this," in 11 getting up plans for insurrections. B&~ The free colored men of Charles- pi ton have contributed S450 to sustain the G cause of the South. The zealous and unfailing alaority with which this class of our w population have always devoted their labor tc and their means to promote the safety of 01 the State, is alike honorable to themselves m and gratifying to the community.?Mercury. d< From Bichmond. Congress has passed an Act seques* rating all Yankee property in the South, pith the exception of Confederate State tocks and bonds. According to the irovisions of this Act the Confederate States Government has taken under its ontrol all the Yankee property and effeots n the States of the Confederacy. The iill only differs from a confiscation bill in he particular of holding this property for articular ends, subject to claims for indemity and to the farther disposition of the irovernment. There can be no exaggeraion of the extent and importance of this iw. The verv best oninions. as devel J -r / pod in the views of Congress and gatherd from intelligent financial estimates, is bat the Yankee property in the South abject to the provisions of the bill?inoladag the mortgage interests?loill not fall hort of three hundred millions of dollars. t is a singular fact that a majority of the ity real estate in the Soath is owned by Yankees. In the city of New Orleans ajne, it is estimate J that there is fifty miltons of real estat', orvned by Yankee aliens, nd coming nni. -rthe operations of this .ill. On the 10th of Augusc, 18fil, the folswing resolution was proposed and adopted, nd the injunction of secreoy having been ubsequently removed, the resolution is tow published for general information : Resolved, That a committee of one from ach State, to be appointed by the Chairman, .e instructed to inquire and report to an djourned meeting of this Congress, what dditional legislation, if any, is necessary nd proper to secure the financial and commercial independence of the Confederate States. The Chair appointed the following genlemen : Messrs. Bocock, of Virginia; Garland, f Arkansas; Walker, of Alabama ; Ward, f Florida; Hill, of Georgia; Perkins, of jouisiana; Harris, of Mississippi; Morelead, of North Carolina; Rhett, of South Carolina; Hemphill, of Texas. N. Y. Newa in Reply to Indictment. On the morning after the day the News nd other New York papers were indioted, t camo out with the following manly and traightforward replication: Strenuously, consistently and answer* ingly, the Daily News has maintained, ince the bombardment of Fort Sumter, an vent for which the Administration of 'resident^ncoin is wholly and solely reslonsible^V 1. That the civil war in which the ooun* ry is involved is iniquitous, uncalled Jo**, nd destructive of the prosperity of the Republic, and that it has grown ^^ot&| ricked and demagogical catering tffa.boition fanaticism on the part of the authoriies at Washington, which cannot be too everely reprobated. 2. That every drop of blood that has een shed in the present contest has been calamity, and that every life that has een lost has been a murder, which might ave been avoided, had patriotism and loderation prevailed in Federal counoils. 2. That the increase of our army; the xpenditure of money without permission f Congress; the blockade of Southern orts ; the proclamation of martial law; the uspension of the writ of habeas corpus; he invasion of sovereign States without uuimons from their Executives or Legislates ; the overthrow of the authority of )oal Courts; and the abrogation of our military and naval laws, have been utterly inconstitutional acts, committed in defiance nd violation of the oath of office of the Jhief Magistrate of the land, and for which >e ought to be impeached and deposed. 4. That it would be far better to permit he discontcDted portion of the United itates to depart in peace, and more in oonsrmity with the views and intentions of he original framers of the Constitution to uffer the Republic to be divided into two Jonfederacies, than to array the different actions against each other in internecine trife, and to blast the future prosperity of be whole Union, by an expensive, unprofitale and bloody war, which must inevitably nd in leaving sectional issues as unsettled 3 they were before it began. 5. That the grievances of which the outhern States have complained have een, mainly, well founded, and that the ompromise plans suggested by Senators Irittenden and Bigler in the Thirty-sixth longress, and by other conservative repasentatives of the people in the extra >o,;nn nf nrooonf flnncrroaa Atinkf I v* "**w ~?a "-6"" ) have been adopted. 6. That the acknowledgment by the Fedral Government of the right of slave ownrs to convey and hold their property in le common territories, would have been re-eminently just, and that the Confede- ' ite States will do wisely to insist upon a 1 institutional right so self evident, at all 1 mes, and under all circumstances. 7. That civil war is to be avoided, and ' tat amity between the several States is to ? cultivated. ? 8. That the pecuniary profligaoy of the dministration of President Lincoln is utrly condemnable, and the system of wholele speculation and plunder which has taracterized the different branches of the overnment, since the fourth of Maroh, is no parallel in the history of our couny i 9. That we are firmly and earnestly connced that the mass of the people are hosle to the President, hostile to his Cabi' | ;t, hostile to the usurpations of the last <\r>A Kolinoo fKqtt mnaf if nnn. A. IlJUUlUOj auu UVItVTV WUVjr imuuvj Aft WVU- , ued, end in anarchy or a military des)tism. These have been the constantly reiterad views of the Daily News for several onths past, and if they render oar paper orthy of indiotment, we have only to say lat we covet no better fate. Sqaully.?The Charleston Mercury nblishes the following order from Brig, j en. Ripley: I "Citizens residing on Sullivan's Island ill hold themselves in readiness to preceed i the city at short notice. Circumstanoes | ily can determine when or at what mosent it may be absolutely necessary to orsr a removal from the island." < A Voice from the Pulpit* < The following letter from a retiring minister in New York has been publised: New York, August, 15,1861. ATo the Trustees and Stewards of the Bedford Street M. E. Church: Dear Brethebn : I berby tender my resignation as pastor of the Bedford Street Methodist Episcopal ohuroh. It is alike due to the congregation as well as to myself that I should give a statement nf fho reasons whinh have imnellftd me to take this step. From the fact of having been born on the Sooth side of a certain mysterious parallel of lattitude, it was very natural to suppose that I should feel a de- "? gree of sympathy for my kindred and oofln- el trymen. It was not unreasonable to con- * jecture that I had no heart, either as a man 4 or a Christian, for a polioy which, if: prose- ? cuted with vigor and determination felt and cherished by the North towards the South, must inevitably result in the horrors of civ- i il war between the two sections. It was in view of these oircumstances that I frank- li ly told you before the meeting of the New- i York Annual Conference, in May last, that if my position would ocoassion any embar- ? rassment to the church, I would at once vacate the oharge. I have acted in good ? faith with my Hook and the record of my whole ministerial life. . -,v .<? Id the bitter feeling of alienation and i almost incnrable hate now existing in the * public mind, I have fonnd it required far more courage to preach peace than war. S And yon will bear me witness that I have B steadfastly adhered to my purpose, whilst almost every other pnlpit in New York war-c fulminating the moet terrible anathema v against the South. Believing, as I do, that the oondition of * the world cannot be made better by eon- .? verting the Christian pnlpit into a political arena, I have never, in this city or else* ? where, introduced polities or war into An i sacred desk. I acknowledge no allegiaooe ,n to New England Puritanism in Chnreh or 4 State. But in maintaining my oonsistenep'^ and the rectitude of my principles, I have > haon oooaiInrl kn on ?k/vl? mn 4? wvva %jj uu flVUIiUUU J/ICOO y WJ '?# character and motives have been traduc< 'i the worse than midnight assassin, who Lad ? not the oourage to meet me faoe to faiqej has clandestinely pursued me, and eren^thcb^r question of personal safety, and thit ot i the "parsonage and church," has been *m? subject of animadversion among partisans f and excited men. Finding, therefore, that I can no longer t be spiritually profitable to you, I have oon- ?r eluded to give place to another pastor who, u in your judgment, may be bettter adapted * to the peculiarity of the times. No earthly motive oould ever induce me to thrust myself upon an unwilling ped? pie. I shall gladly return to the Conference of my home, and link my destiny with her fortunes, for weal or woe, in peace or war. In dissolving my relations with you 1 am reminded of the separation also from many dear friends of other pastoral charges whom I have served in this city, and children in,. ,i n i . r i t-? iL _ me uospei to wnom i am Douna oy toe , , strongest ties of affeotion. With sincere thanks to those friends from whom I have received many evidences of kindness and,-* sympathy, .1 /. u I am, very faithfally, yours, John Posial. , Gen. Ben. McCuIloch. A correspondent of the Memphis Appeal which we take to be Mr. J. P. Simmons, writes from Sardis, Miss., under date of August 22, as follows : '* ' v *' "In the Daily Appeal of this date I find a very interesting sketch of General Ben."* McCulioch, but it contains one inaccuracy, which I hope you will permit me to correct. It is stated in the sketch that Gen. McOol* loch was born in Tennessee. This is *a error. He was born near 'the Marsh Store,' in the county of Halifax, North Carolinw, and is a kinsman of the Joneses, Littlejohns, Eppeses, (of Virginia, the widow l Afl J it I . TT T TTf ana cnuaren or me iate tioo. uno. nr. Eppes,) and Bartons, of North Carolina and of Texas. "A few years ago Gen. (then major) McCulloch visited his relatives in North Carolina, and while there spent a good deal of his time in the vicinity of Weldon. Mrs. Colonel Joyner is a near relative, and the late Dr. W. L. Long, having married one of her daughters by Governor Barton, Ma? jor McCuiioch spent some time with him in Weldon. While there I saw him ofteo, and before leaving he paid the old family residence' (or rain, for the hoase has long since decayed) a visit. It is almost seven miles from the town of Weldon, and about five from the town of Halifax." Popular Eleotiona. We regret the neoessity that appearato exist for the filling of vacancies in this State, caused by Senators and members accepting offices in the Confederate army. It is also to be regretted that Congress did aot postpone the election for the Senators J ? ? L ~ that a n <1 Dmaoi/Iam 1UU IlieuiUClO Ui iuav uuujr auu x iooiuou;ial electors until after the close of the pretent war. There should be nothing at this time to listract our people, who have engaged in i high and patriotic work?the disenthralnent of their country; and as there can be 10 popular election, where rival candidates ire in the field, without some petty dissentions, it is a pity the necessity has boon breed upon us. The only remedy left us now is to have . ;he election conducted with as little rivalry is possible, and certainly with no personal squabbles or animosity. Let the people themselves indicate in some way their ohoice, so that no electioneering contest may take place in the State. We must remember that a large portion of our voters are on the field, and will prob ably be there when oar elections take place. rhey are fighting the battle of oar inde- j|l pendence, and it woold be a source of great || mortification to see those who have remain* H ?d at home squabbling over this or that of- l|i ace, forgetful of the hardships and priva- H fions that the soldiers have to endare, and |g| >ver-riding the great cause, dear to all, to ||? 'ratify a petty ambition for office.?Gruar- |g m Bof* The Hatteras prisoners are confined . Sj )n board the old hall of the Brandyvrine. |||