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, ^ . :.jr"-' jj ~^j J wSniSiHut.)1"^ ' $* Inbepenbent Jamil} ftctospaper: Jor % promotion of tjfe foiitital, Social, ^fricultural anb Commercial Interests of t|e Sontjf. {?mnu,aadvawcb. p . ? 1 ? - ..... .' , ,. .. , . . .... .. VOLUME 7. Y0RKV1LLE, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19, 1861. NUMBERS#';* 7 ' 7 ' '-'tit*. .--,< 'aSefttSg ,owS Ik fjwkitte liajjttim. 18 ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY MORSTHG, AT Two Dollars a year, In Advance. THREE COPIES, ?3 S3, 10 COPIES, |I8t And an Extra Cop; to the person making a Club of Ten?the money to be paid in Advance. ADVERTISEMENTS Will be Inserted at ONE DOLLAR per square for the first, and Thirtt-skven-aND-a-HaLF Cents for each subsequent insertion (less than three months.) A Square consists of the space occupied by 10 lines of this sixe type ; 100 words, or one inch space. 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["y A on ounce men t s? of Marriages or Deaths ; Notices of 1 BeliKiou* Meetings published GRATIS and solicited. Eg**Tributes of Respect rated as advertisements, jy Obituary Notices exceeding one square la length, wilfbe charged for the overplus at regular advertising rates. I % Personal Communications, when admissible ; communications of limited or individual interest, or 1 recommendations of Candidates for office# of houor, profitortrust w ill be charged for at from 3 to 10 cents per line. I From the Charles ton Mercury of the 12th. ( THE GREAT FIRE. < i This morning dawned drearily upon a < night of terror and disaster. About 9 o'- ' clock last evening the alarm rang out, cal- 1 ling the citizens to quell the beginuing of ( a fire, which, in the subsequent extent and ' rapidity of its ruinous sweep, will compare e with the most terrible conflagrations which i ha we ever visited the Amerioan continent ' The wild work of the flames, and the immense destruction of property which has ( thus far taken place, is chiefly attributable ' to the sodden and unfortunate change in 1 the weather, which occurred almost simul 1 taneously with the breaking out of the fire 1 The mild and spring-like calmness of the 8 atmosphere during^tbe last fortnight was 1 broken by heavy gusts of wind, which c swept the dust and smoke and sparks hith 8 er and thither in blindiog clouds. Great I flamine bits of wood were boroe in dense O. - . showers for a distance of nearly a mile io a c South-west direction, and the whole city 1 was brightly lit up by the dreadful and wi r deoiog glare. s Before 10 o'olook, the fire had begun ra- 8 ging in several different points io the lower ( part of the city. The buildings in theN stricken neighborhoods were mostly oi 1 wood, old, closely built and surrounded by 1 small out-buildings of an exceedingly io- 8 flammable character As tenement after 1 tenement was flrst licked by and then en- I xeloped in the fast spreading flames, the 8 panic became awfnl. The fierce and roar- ( iug march of the fire was indeed a horrid 8 scene; bat far more heart rending was the ( sight of hundreds?we ought, perhaps, to c say thousands?of poor and bewildered J families, driven suddenly from their homes, I destitute even of their scanty effects. All the available carts, drays, handcarts and 1 wheelborrows, were immediately brought ? into requisition ; but these were altogether * inadt-quate to remove even a tithe of the * moveables beyond the reach of the devour- 1 iog element. & Towards midnight the fire had assumed 1 proportions of appaiiog magnitude The |a circumference which it embraced was sucti|a as to render the most desperate efforts of ic our entire fire brigade of comparative in- I significance. The regiments from the Race Course came down at double quick to the c burniug Wards, aod co-operated most ear- ( neatly aod iodefatigably in the labors of our^t undaunted firemen. But still the North-'r eastern gale fanned the fire with its deso {f lating breath, and the people began almost if to despair of checkiug the progress of the 1 disaster. From the precincts of Market, J East Bay and State Streets, the conflugra- e tion had now reached Meeting and Qaeeo ; i Streets. The terror of the families (in!e many cases without their usual protectors, 8 owing to the military exigencies of the; times J was contagious, and much farther jc up into the city the work of packing upjt valuables and getting ready to desert their | i homesteads became general. j< To give auytbiag like a full account of |t the results, of what will hereaf.er be known !i as the Great Fire of 1861, in thp cqqfqsion j and geueral consternation that prevails while we write, is manifestly impossible.? t Many portions of the burned district are t quite uuapproaohable, and it is exceeding < ly difficult, at this time, to gleau any aecu-jt rate information whatever m regard to the ? enurmous losses which have occurred. We|? must content ourselves, therefore, with giv- j i iug our scanty notes jotted dowu at vorious! hours during the night. Ten O'Clock.?The fire began in Rus- ( sell & Co.'s Sash and Biind Factory, at the , foot of liase|l Street, and the report? | though a vague one?is, that it appeared J ( in three places at the same time. Crossing! to the other side of Hasell Street, it hasj, burned Cameron & Co.'s iuiujeuse Machine. Shops and, under the impulse acquired at!, that puiot and the stiff breeze from the , North-east, without a sufficient supply of j water?for it is dead low tide?it has be- ( come totally unmanageable, and rages with- | out the hope of being able to arrest it, ex- j eept at certain strategic poiuts, upon which I, extraordinary interests depend. |< Eleven 0 Clock.?The out-buildings!j in the rear of Institute Hal! have been set , ou fire by the sparks. The attention of the ; firemen is directed thither and they are | straining every nerve to save Meeting street. , The frame buildings on Queen street are ( smoking and will presently blaze forth. Tyvelve O'OpocK.?Meeting street, j frotu Market to Queen, is one mass of flame, i The Circular Church and Institute Hall f are burning. The Mills House is thought in imminent danger, while the fire seems < stretching its red arms around the Charles- i ton Hotel. There has been a general de- ] sertion of both hotels by the guests, under i( the impression that they cannot be saved, jj One O'Clock.?The track of the con-m fi igrution begins to be clearly defined ? ( Leaping Church street, (on which no filocl; i excepting that next to Market, has been , Durned,) the fire is steadily pursuing its South westerly coqrse towards the cdruer: of Archdale and Queen streets. About ai half hour ago, a light drizzling rain begat falling, which may, perhaps, be beneficia in keeping damp the tops of wooden housei exposed to danger from the sparks. Th< people now understand that the fire has un checked sway, and farniture is being re moved as far a p as Masyck street. v Two O'CLOCK.?At this hour the fire is still raging with violence scarcely abated. A splendid effort was made by the fire companies to save the house of L. W. Spratt, Esq , on East Bay street, which was successful ; and with it was saved the fine line of buildings on Hassell street, the fate of which depended upon the result. Passing to the South, Westward, the fire has swept the entire tract to the rear of the Charles ton Hotel, and to the end of Hayne street ranges. There are no buildings North of Market street, and East of the Hayne street stores, still standing, except, perhaps, those Df Henry Gertds and the Misses Pinckney. Crossing Market street, the fire has extend ed down East Bay to Cumberland street, and thence aoross to the Mills House, taking, in its way, the Circular Church, Institute Hall, the Charleston Theatre, all the buildings upon King street, from Clifford street up to within a few doors of Broad street. Crossing King street, the flames ire approaching the rear of the Cathedral, the Unitarian and the English Lutheran Ohurohes. Whether it will eroaa the area jovered by these churches, or pass the Mills Bouse down Meeting street, is still uncertain. The fire department is making insredible exertions. The men are in the ast stages of exhaustion, spriuging to ;aoh occasion with renewed vigor, and suoh ixhibitions of courage and endaranoe have >eea rarely witnessed. Three O'Clock.?The steeple of the Circular Churoh has just toppled and falen, with a heavy crash. Gen. Ripley, vho is moving to and fro, superintending he movements of the troops with charac eristic energy, gave orders, several hours Lgo, to blow up certain buildings in the rack of the flames The execution of this >rder, delayed at first, has as length be*.n tccomplished. Ever and anon, during the jast hour, the explosions have rent the air. In the lower part of the city, tne fire has lone its work in thorough style. Its path s now burned cut, and nothing now reuaios to mark where it has passed, save mouldering piles of cinders and gaunt and mokiug walls and chimneys. The Charleson Hotel is safe, and Hayne street, too.? ["he wind has swept the danger off, further o the South. Although the fire rages on bree sides of the Mills' House, that fine tructure has not caught. The Theatre, jloyd's Coach Factory, opposite, the Ex irons Offino rha nlrl F.T0nnfiva KniUini) iod all the bouses between that point and Jueen street have been burned. The fire eems making straight towards the jail.? Companies of the Reserves have beeu orlered out to repress auy possible disturb Looe among the prisoners oonfined in that >uilding. The wind has somewhat abated Four O'CLOCK?A change in the wind >as bent the oourae of the fire towards Broad Street. The Lutheran and Uoitaraio Churches are now oonsidered safe. The Cathedral seems now in exceeding danger, rhe buildings on the West side of Friend Street, near the oorner of Queen, are burnng fiercely. St. Andrew's Hall is on fire, md the spire of St. Finbar's glitters with i splendor of portentioqs import. The oc iqpaats of houses on Broad Street, beyond ?iog, are moving their effects. Quarter past five o'clock.?As the slock of St. Michael's tolls the quarter, the 3atheral steeple baa fallen, with a tretneud>us crash. The Cathedral is burning fu iously; likewise, St. Andrew's Hall. In act, the whole of Broad Street ia on fire rom Mr. Gaduden's to Mazyck Street ? Phe residences of Messrs. Geo. M. Coffij, lames L. Petigru, and others near by, are lonsumed. The flames have now crossed droad Street, and, as the wind has not lullid, it is impossible to say where they will top?short of the river. There does not appear to be uny imrniient danger of the Are again making headway either to the right or to the left of the urrow which it has cloven through our fair jity from East Bay to King Str.et. But be head of the conflagration is still fearful .0 look upon an(J is pushing forward with jiaqt strides as we go to press. Great, indeed, has been the calamity vhich has fallen upon our noble noble old :ity. But let us, with uofailiug hope aud :ourage, bestir ourselves at odoc to amend be losses we have sustained, and to relieve, :ach oue according to his me?nc, the great offerings which tne fire must entail upon its poor victims. further particulars. Yesterday was a gloomy day for Charles too. Bdsinesa vyas qqiversally suspended, ind, with one impulse, our commuoity uoi ted in giving sympathy and aid to the victims of the great public calamity. Our report, in our last issue, of the pro ^ross of the fire, closed at quarter past five j'clock on yesterday morning, when the uajestio spire of the Cathedral had just :ottered and crashed heavily through the nurning roof. From that time the aisas;er may be said to have assumed a new phase. The flames leaped madly across Broad street, and forsaking the business neighborhoods which they had already desnlated, they seemed to devote their whole fury against the elegant private residences svhic'a have so long been the pride of the Southwestern portion qf our city. As these beautiful homesteads succumbed, one alter another, *o the resistless march of the des troying element, the scene was awful The fire advanced steadijy oow^rcj, stop ping ouly when having reached the river, it had uothing uiore to burn. We give some notes of the disastrous results : The Cathedral of St. FLabar.?This splendid structure, built only about eight ^ears ago, was justly rated one of the finest srchitectural ornaments of our city. It was instructed of brown stone, in a very massive and costly manner All the sacred vessels were saved. The Bishop's residence, attached to the Cathedral, contained i very rare and valuable library, a portion of which was saved. The Circular Church.?The site recently occupied by the Circular Church was formerly, in the memory of many of old ] citizens, the locus in quo of a brick churcf I known as the "White Meeting." It ha s its origin ooevally with the settlement o ? the city in 1680. On t^e 25th May, 1806, the new bnild ing was opened for the first time with ap propriate religious exercises. The nev i building was circular in form, and 88 fee in diameter. In 1888, the additiou ofi lofty spire, 182 feet high, added to the ap , pearance of the building. A few years since, the church was en i tirely renovated, at an expense of $20,000 ' rendering it one of the most beautiful anc consistently arranged of our city places o worship. The numerous tablets were re set, the old fashioned pulpit gave place t< the more appropriate rostrum, the pews were re-arranged, aod the manner of light mg the entire banding, from the centre ol the dome, secured a soft and equally d'ffu sed light. The buildiuji is a total loss. The Cumberland Street (Method* it) Church.?This was a plain, substantial structure, affording commodious apartment for their large congregation, with galleries and basement rooms for a very large slave membership. It was swept away in the great fire of 1838 and re-built soon after It is again entirely destroyed. St. Peter's (Episcopal) Churoh, located on Logan street, betweeu Broad and Tradd streets, was a neat and well arranged edifice, with ground floor and galleries. The eou gregation is quite a full one, and it has been for some time past under the rectorship of the Rev. Mr. Prentiss. It is en tirely destroyed. The Friends' Meeting House ?This unpretending structure on King street, South of Queen street, was burned to the ground. The St. Andrew's Hall.?This well koown and historic building, in which the Convention of the People of South Carolina held its sitting and agreed upon the Ordi nance of Secession, on the 20th of December of last year, is now in ruins. The walls are standing, but the interior is entirely ('consumed. We learn that the splendid i full length portrait of Queen Victoria, by !an eminent artist, whioh has always been I considered one of the attractions of the ! room, as well as the portraits of Tuuno, Robertsoa, King and others, were removed [in time. Institute Hall?This magnificent Ilall .1. I . . . .L . CI. ?L V I . . _ _ 1 tne largest iu cne ooum, is tost to us, ana we feel sure that it will be seriously missed ?connected, as it was, with the popular heart, by the fact that, within its walls the first uprisings of the people of Charleston in thiB revolution had utterance ; and, more than all, because the Ordinance of Scues sion was ratified there Those who. but a short year ago, were witnesses of those soulstifriog soenefl which ended iu secession, will deeply regret the demolition of the Institute. The office of the Southern Express Cora paoy was burned to the ground, and a large quantity of miscellaneous goods was lost. The express office will, we learo, be re opened in Meeting street, opposite the Cbarlestoo Hotel, in a few days. The Saviugs Bank is a sufferer to the extent of its convenient office; all the pa pere, books of accounts, records, &c., were saved. We regret to hear that the Treasurer, Henry S. Griggs, Esq , who resided on the premises, lost all of his household furniture, and a portion of a very valuable collection oi paintings, which he had been collecting for some years. The Apprentices' Library is, we learn, a total loss./" To no one will this be more distressing than to the octogenariao gentleman, Dr. Joseph Johnson, under whose care the society has been for so tuany years. In addition to this, the doctor is, we believe, himself a'sufferer by (he conflagration. Cameron <fc Co.'s Phoenix Iron VForArs ?This extensive foundry and machine shops is agaia in ashes, being the second jtirue iu the last ten yeurs that its energetic . and popular proprietors hare beea visited i with fire. The entire premises are in ruins, i including large quantities of shot, shell and other ordnance stores, ready for delivery to the Confederate States; amongst which were valuable and improved machinery for : rifling cannon, inakiqg percussiou oaps, &e. i'fho powerful steam fire eogiue, which was prominently at work during the conflagration at different poiuts, was built at this establishment. We sincerely trust that our stalwart friend and his co workers will soon, phoonix-like, arise from their nsfies, and overcoming all obstacles, furnish anothor illustration of their ability to meet the most disbearteuiug reverses with manly | fortitude. One of the most gratifying incidents of the fire of Wednesday night, was the zeal manifested by our slaves in their efforts as firemen and laborers The entire colored population, male and female, worked most earnestly; and not unfrequently, master-; 'and their slaves could be seen working tojgetlier in removing the hoqsehold goods and valuables. We notioed one instance ; particularly, where a white haired old body servant was giving way to his feelings? j subbing bitterly?at the loss of the "family i mansion, where we beeu libin all our lives." The following is the course of the fire j from Cameron a Foundry : On East Bay the fire extended, on the East side from the resideoct of Mr. S ! Bird to the corner of Market street. On the West side from Mr. George Kinloch's to the South west corner of Market street, inclusive, was destroyed. ; On Pritchard street the property of Mr. j Johu Torrent, Mr. Tavcl, Mr. Artope, Mr ! Cordray and others was consumed i On iMarket street, from East Bay to j Church street, South sido, was destroyed On Anson street, East and West 9ide, | from Ciaussen's Mills South, sundry build lings were destroyed, to Market street.? j Clausen's fine Flour Mills were most for I tuuately preserved. tto State street, on either side, the flames spread destruction from Market to Cumberland. Cumberland street to Meeting, in 'eluding its elosgation, ilorlbeck's Alley | to King Street, is in ruins. Church street., from the comer of Market to Cumberland street, is also burned. Lingo nd street, with its sundry little tenements and man) occupants, was completely deatfuyed. Meeting street, on the East side, from i, the Ice House uear Market street, to Mr. d Kennedy's tailoring establishment, opposite if the Mills House, and from the.Theatre on the West side to the Mills House, is in I- ashes. This range inoluded the Circular i. Church, Institute Hall, Theatre, Apprenv tices' Library, Palmetto Savings Institution, t Art Association, Charleston Savings Instia tution, and the fine residences of Dr. Rod* rigues, Dr. DeSaussure, and Dr. North.? The Mills House most fortunately escaped . with little damage. Queen street was laid iu ashes from 1 Dighen's stables, North side, East of Meetf iog street, to the school of the Sisters of Mercy near Mazyok street, atyl on the South > side from Meitzler's Globe Hotel, to Mr. i Jabez Nortoo's residence, midway betweeo Mazyck and Franklin, f The hue buildings owned by the Sisters ,.e M c ??i i ui wcio uiuat lurtu&iatoi^ picaeiveu by the most strenuous efforts of the firemen, I who blew up several buildings for this par! pose. i Archdule street, from Unitarian Church, i on the East side, and from Mrs. Thomas : Ryan's, on the West side, to Queen, was i destroyed King street, from Horlbeok's alley, on either- side Southward, save the buiiuings on each corner, were destroyod?on the East side to the Quaker Meeting House, on the West side to Mr. Melcher's bakery, near Broad street. Broad street was destroyed?commencing with St Andrew's Hall on the North side, to the residence of Dr. Wragg, inclusive, corner of Franklio street. In this range are included the* fine residences of Bishop Lynch, George M. Cofifia, Mr. J. B. Heyward, Postmaster Huger, Miss Bowman, John Laurens, Dr. Mazyck, Capt. Rutledge and John Bonneli. On the South side the fire raged from Mr. C. F. Levy's, opposite the Cathedral, to Mr. Seabrook's extensive West end, destroying all, save the house standing on the corner of New street, and Mr Huguenin's briok residence below Savage. Mazyck street, from Queen to Broad, East and West, is laid low. Short street, running from Mazyck street to Franklin, was laid in ashes, including the handsome residences of Mr Middleton, Mr. McKay, Mr. Graveley and Mr. Williams. Logan street was entirely destroyed, except one dwelling on the East side, near Tradd. New street and Savage street are left without a land-mark, save the briok chimneys of the handsome dwellings which recently adorned that section. The residences on Tradd street, from Logad to Savage, on either side, with Greenhi.l, Limehoose and Council streets, are, with one or two exceptions, all in ruins. * We copy the following from the Charleston papers of yesterday: Nearly six hundred houses were burnt. From the foot o: Hasell street, on Cooper river East to the end of Tradd, on the Ashley, running West, the conflagration has made a clean sweep of some of the finest public buildings and private residences of our city. Only a portion of the walls and blackened ohimneys, with here and there a grate in its original position, and the remnants of pillars, are left standing in the dismal waste, which a few days ago was the scene of busy life and happy homes. The splendid Cathedral, the lass of which is so much deplored, was built of brown sandstone, aud cost over 8150,000. Its architecture was Gothic, and after the fashiou of the Elizabethan period The body of the structure was 160 feet long, aad the spire towered gracefully 225 above the ground. The Public School in Friend street, one if flu* finocf in fho nnnntru with nil Mi pj furniture, &c., is destroyed. Huudreds of boys and girls will, for a time, be deprived of its advantages. A negro woman aged about 35?a cook belonging to Mr. Win. Stevenson?was : burned to death in bis residence, whither ! she had rashly returned to save some arj tides belonging to her mistress. J It is somewhat singular that the fire' should have burned a path close to, audj almost exactly parallel with, tbat of the J great fire of 1838. The cause of those who are suffering by! ; the calamity excites a just and substantial j : sympathy. Our baoks and our citizens havej ! come forward nobly in this emergency, and j ; have subscribed most liberally. The a-1 mounts, though large in themselves, will j be altogeher insufficient for the great work j of relief. More help is wanted and that 'Iimmediately. Let those who can spare no! | money contribute in clothing and provi-i isioos. Clothing is much needed?especially children's olothiog Many poor babes were snatched from their cradles in the midst of the confusion, and are qow in an j almost naked condition. We trust that | there will be no delay in affording assistance i in this respeot. Our Insurance Companies.?The Boards of Direction of our local insurance companies met yesterday. We are gratified to learn that they have decided to meet all claims promptly. Notwithstanding they have been the principal sgtferern, the utmost c jntideuce is reft in their ab'lity to discharge every obligation in full and continue their business. The aggregate a-i , mount of property insured is about SI,500,- ! juoo. The loss of the hlraore >Jutqal Insqraoce| Company, one of tho youngest corporation ! in our city, does not exceed 370,000. The total loss is Jas. H. Taylor's South-; 1 ern agoucies will not be over 385,000, dis-j trihuted in five different companies. The; largest amount in any one falls short ofi 325,000. Mr. Taylor is prepared to meet all claims, and will contin e to take risks as heretofore.? Charleston Courier, 14/A. The Loss.?The Charleston Mercury of Saturday'has a full and complete list of the houses destroyed by the fire. It then adds : So much for the real estate. But of the vast quantities of valuable books, paintings, j clothing, furniture auc| property of- every kind vj;lmh hitvo perished, we can, of course, give no account. The losses in this respect are peculiarly grievous, inasmuch I as, in the present condition of affairs, many i of the articles of prime neoessity which i have been lost cannot be replaced, even by those who have the command of money.? ' With regard to the aggregate value of the property consumed, the estimates which we have heard range wildly from four to eight millions. For ourselves, we have not the heart to reckon up, as a money loss, the fall of those hallowed edifices and the obliteration of those ancient landmarks of our city, which have been so ruthlessly swept away. * An Act To Amend and Suspend Certain portions of the Militia and Patrol Law of this State. Sec 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 'Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That all free white males, between the ages of sixteen and sixty, shall be liable to perform ordinary militia duty during the existenoe of the war between the Confederate and U. States of America, except the persons exempt from all militia service, and except the members of both branches of the General Assembly, and their respective officers; all regularly officiating clergymen; all regular licensed practising physioians; the faoulty and officers in the South Carolina Col* lege; professors in other incorporated colleges and in theological schools; schoolmasters having under their tuition not less than fifteen scholars; and all students at sohocls, academies and colleges; all branch pilots; one white man to eaoh established ferry, toll bridge and toll grain mill, if actually kept by suoh white man ; the pres ident, cashier and teller of the several banks of the State; the officers and men of the city guard and the fire departments of Charletson and Columbia; the officers and employees of all railroad companies; the superintendent and keepers of the Lunatic Asylum; the keepers of the arsenals of the State; all persons holdiug offioe under the Confederate States, and the offioers and cadets of the Military Academy; and that all said males, from the ages of sixteen to sixty, shall be liable to perform patrol duty, and shall be subject to be ordered by the Governor and commander-in-chief tr perform military service in their respective brigades. O mt^i. 1_ _ * A 1_ _ L i... 3 A it. xutilhu ujuoq oi me one nunareaanu forty-eighth section of an Act entitled " Ao Aot to reduce all Acts and clauses of Acts iu relation to the militia of this State to one Act, and to alter and amend the same," as limits the term of servioe of the militia, when drafted, to three months within this State, and two months oat of the State, be and the same is hereby suspended during the said war; and that duringsuoh suspension the commander-in-ohief may call out any portion of the militia of this State, from the ages of eighteen to forty five, (except those exempt by this Aot from militia service,) for twelve months, unless sooner discharged, for servioe either in this State or any of the Confederate States: Provided, That on his ordering a draft the companies (neat or volunteers) of the militia shall be allowed to furnish the quota required of them by volunteers for actual servioe 3. That the companies shall furnish their quotas of volu.-.teers or drafted men in proportion to their relative numbers liable to a draft by the provisions of this Act, and be exempted from sucfi a call to the extent of the number of volunteers they have already furnished, and who are then in the military seivice of this State, or the Confederate States, or who shall have served at least twelve months iu such service ; Provided, That no company shall be reduced by draf dug below the uumberof fifteen; And provided further, That it may be lawful for any one so dratted to tender to tho commander of the regiment a capable substitute, and apoo his being received, the person drafted shall be exoused from going ioto actual service, but shall be liable to perform ordinary militia and patrol duty. 4. That all troops thus raised, whether volunteers or drafted men, for the term of twelve months' servioe, shall be organized by the commander-in-ohief into companies and regiments, battallious or squadrons, by ordering forthwith elections for their company and held officers, conforming in said organizations to the laws, rales and regulations of the Confederate States. And all volunteers for a longer period of service shall be separately organized in a similar manner. 5. That all Acts prohibiting the reduction of beat oompanies below the number of fifty men, and all Acts imposing penalties for default of service in the miiitia organization of this State, be, and the same are hereby, suspended as to all persons who may volunteer in the service of this State or the Confederate States in the war aforesaid 6. That all Acts and clauses of Acts prohibiting persons from being eligible to office, by reason of not holding oommissions in any battalion, regiment, brigade and di vision, be, and the same are hereby, suspended during the said war, and that any person, during such suspeosiou, shall be eligible to any of said offices, and that all j uws requiring wo?e than ten days notice | for any military election be also suspended during the same time, and that any time within ten days shah be sufficient notice for any such election in the militia ano voluoteer service of the State ; and in de- , fault of such election, the Governor shall , forthwith fill the office by appointment. |, 7- That all persons required to perform . ordinary military duty shall be called out { for company muster and drill at least once in every two weeks; aud, in case of default, to be liable to the same iiues and forfeitures now provided by law. 8. That the commissions of all officers of | beat companies, battalions and regiments of the militia of this State, noj called into actual serviog, r,nd those in actual service, i when relieved, be, and the same are hereby, i vacated as soon as new elections can be bad , to fill said offioes so vaoated, except the < volunteer corps of the city of Chaile9ton . attached to tho fourth brigade j and all i volunteer pqmpaniea in the State not now i having the nuuioer of officers, uon-coinmia . sioued officers and privates required by law, i exoept those now in actual service, or al- > ready ordered into actual service, be, and < | the same are hereby, dissolved ; and that all persons liable to do ordinary militia ' duty, under this Aot, and patrol duty under the provisions of this Aot, or under any Aot, shall be entitled to vote in all oompany, battalion aod regimental elections. 9. That upon any proclamation or order from the Governor and commander-in-chief calling for troops, the commandant of eaoh militia regiment, not excepted in this Aot, shall forthwith assemble his command at the usual muster ground, and prooeed to execute the requisitions thereof; and that offioers commanding beat or volunteer militia companies, and if there be no such commissioned officers, then some suitable person appointed by the oommandant of the regiments, shall forthwith take, or cause to be taken, a census of all persona liable to militia duty under this Act, residing within their respective boats, and make oat a roll of the same, and also seperate rolls of those between eighteen and fortyfive, and of those who have volunteered from said beats, and are in the servioe of this State or the Confederate States; and shall return aopies of said rolls to the oommaodant of the regiment and to the Adjotant and Inspector General of the State, and for default in making said returns within ten days after being required to do so by the order of any superior officer, they shall be liable to a fine of fifty dollars, to be imposed and recovered as provided for by the militia laws of this State. 10. That immediately after the passage of this Act, it shall be the duty of the Adjutant and Inspector General, and be is 1 hereby required, to issue an order for ' elections to fill offices in the various com- ( panies and regiments, battalion or squadrons of the militia of this State, which order shall be published in the newspapers of this State, and thereupon the commanding offi cere of said corps shall extend said order 1 to their respective commands ; and said 1 elections shall be conducted in the manner 1 provided by the militia laws of this State, 1 and in the time required by said order; and . the managers of said elections shall forth- ' with teturn the result thereof, in writing, 1 to the commandant of the regiment, who ' shall immediately transmit a copy of the 1 same to the Adjutant and Inspector Gen- 1 eral. < 11. That the corporate limits of any 1 town containing not less than five hundred, J nor more than two thousand five hundred ' inb .L 'ants, including slaves and free per- * HOu^ of color, shall constitute a separate mi- 1 litia beat; and it shall be the duty of the inhabitants of all such towns corporate, 1 who are liable to militia duty under the 1 provisions of this Act, to organize them- I selves into a company, to be attached to the f regiment in which such town is situate, 1 unless any such town is divided by regi- i mental lines, in which case the company ' therein organized man filent the reciment ' to which they shall be attached; aod the I companies thus organized shall be subject to all the provisions of this Act, as other militia beat companies. 12 That the companies which have been or may be, accepted by the Governor, under the resolution passed at the call session of this Gieneral Assembly, shall not be subjeot to the call for volunteers, or to the draft herein-before provided for, but shall be organized by him, in pursuance of said resolution, into regiments, battalions or squadrons. 13. That the Quartermaster General and Commissary-General of this State shall each be entitled to one assistant, with the rauk and pay of oaptain of iofantry, and as many ' other assistants with the pay of first ser- 1 geant, as the Governor may deem uecessary for the efficient administration of their departments; and that the Adjutant and Inspector General shall be allowed, if deemed Qeoessary by the Governor, to employ a olerk, at a sum not exoeeding sixty dollars per month. 14. That the troops raised within the limits of the fourth military division, and organized under the name of the Pee Dee Legion, be, and the 3ame are hereby, exempted from the operation of this Act: Provived, they shall, within tweoty days from the ratification hereof, file in the office of the Adjutant and Inspector-General a roll of sueh comoanies as mav be williug t * w to be mustered into Confederate service, un- der the provisions of an Act to provide for t local defence and special service," approved i the twenty-first day of August, in the < year of our Lord one thousand eight hon- a dred and sixty-one; and shall,in the mean- 1 time, continue in the service in which they c are now employed : And provided, that a such troops as shall not be mastered into * the Confederate service, as aforesaid, shall t be subject to all the provisions of this Act. 15. That every person liable to military duty under the provisions of this Act, who shall make default when summoned into c aotual service, shall be liable to suoh pun- * iabment, short of death, as may be imposed t by a court martial, according to the articles of war of the Confederate States; said ^ court to be convened by the offioer com- ( manding the regiment to which the delin- 1 quent shall belong, who is hereby authori- a zed to order said oourt in conformity with ( the usages of the army of the Confederate 0 States. ^ 1G. That all Acts and clauses of Acts in ^ relation to the militia of this State, oonsis- ' cent with the provisions of this Act, shall ^ continue of full force and effect; and all F acts and clauses of Aots inconsistent with 1 kUsi Af' fkin A nf Ko Ottrl fko aamu C bill; piU V iOlV/UCS VI VUIO UVV v?) HUU VMW BKUib - ire hereby, suspended during the continu- 11 ince of this Act. * tl Northern News. <1 We have advices from the North to the ^ rth instaot, from which vye gather the fol- a lowing summary of news: p OaNGBBSS AND THE SLAVERY QlTES- P riON?Washington, December 6 ?Ttie a radical faction in Congress is rnoro noisy ;haa numerous. Their extermination of ? ilavery proposition is received v^it^ diafa- J' /or. The ooaser^adyep, who really oon- h ititi^te a large majority, insist upon the J recognition of the constitutional rights of *' the loyal oitizens in the South, and will al justain the polioy of the President. How C :o punish disloyalists in reference to their 0< daves, without injury to loyal slave own S ars, is the difficulty to be solved. A nam ! ber of Senators and Representatives favor a proposition to give to the border States of the South reasonable compensation for their slaves enumerated in the census of I860, lea ving the State governments to distribute the amount thus paid, apportioning to each lojal citizen the valuation of his slave, and manumitting all the slaves and colon izing them in some portion of Central A merioa. One of the reason for the adjourn m jnr of Congress until Monday was to enable the friends of the administration to consult each other, and perfect their arrangements to render .effective their efforts in support of the policy of the administration in reference to all the questions to be brought to the consideration of Congress. It is the inteotion of Gen. MoClellan to consolidate the different companies of each regiment of the regular army. The exigencies of the service hitherto have made it necessary to scatter this force, so that there is hardly anywhere a whole regiment of the old army together. To effect this consolidation, a number of companies of iofaotry are to be sent to Pickens, where the rest of their regiments are sea tioned, aod other companies are to be brought from Fort Pickens here to till up the regiments to which they belong. Thus, in a little while, each of the regiments will be all together for the first time sinoe the Mexican war, and in some instances for the first time since they were organized. Provisional Congress?Important Bill. Congress has passed and the President approved a bill providing for the granting cf bounty and furloughs to privates, musicians and non-commissioned offioera in the Provisional army. It is in the following words: Seo. 1. Tlx Congrsss of the Confederate States of America do enact, That a bounty of fifty dollars be, and the same is hereby, granted to all privates, musicians and noncommissioned odicers in the Provisional army who shall serve continnosly for three years or for the war, to be paid at the following times, to wit: To all now in the service for twelve months, to be paid at the time of volunteering or enlistiog for next two ensuing years subsequent to the expiration of their present term of service. To ill now in the servioe for three years or for the war, to be paid at the expiration of their first year's service. To all who may hereafter volunteer or enlist for three years cr for the war, to be paid at the time of entry into service. Seo. 2. And he it further enacted, That furloughs, not exceeding sixty days, with transportation home and back, shall be granted to all twelve months men now in the service who shall, prior to the expiration of their present term of service or for three years or the war; said furloughs to be issu ad at sach times and in such numbers as the Secretary of War may deem most com patible with the public interest; the length :>f each furlough being regulated with re fcrencc to the distaooe of each volunteer from bis home: Prvidedt That in lieu of a furlough the commutation value in money jf the transportation herein above granted shall be paid to each private, musician or non-oommissioned officer, who may elect lo receive it, at such time as the furlough itself would otherwise be granted. Sec. 3. This Act shall apply to all troops who have volunteered or enlisted for a term )f twelve months or tnore in the service of iny State, who are now in the service of :he said State, and who may hereafter vol mteer or enlist in the servios of the Confederate States under the provisions of the present Act. Seo. 4. And be it further enacted, That ill troops re-volunteering or re-enlisting ih-ill, at the expiration of their present term cf service, havo the power to re-organize ibemselves into companies and elect their company officers, and said companies shall have the power to organize themselves into Dattalions or regiments and elect their field effieers; and after the first election vacancies shall be filled by promotion from the company, battalion, or regiment in whieb such vacancies may occur: Providepi, rhat whenever a vacancy shall oocur, whether by promotion or otherwise, in the lowest jrade of commissioned officers of a company, laid vaoancy shall always be filled by election: And provided further, that in the case of roops which have been regularly enlisted ato tbe service of a ay paruoular State pri>r to tbe formation of tbe Confederacy, md which have by such State been turned >ver to the Confederate Government, the dficere shall not be elected, bat appoiated ind promoted in tbe same manner and by he $ime authority as they have heretofore >een appoiated and promoted. Those Compromise Resolutions. In tbe Washington Senate, on Wedneslay, tbe 4th inst., the following preamble md resolutions were offered by Mr. Sauls>ury, of Delaware: Whereas the people of the Senate of firgioia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, jonisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Tennessee, re in revolt against tbe constitutional rovernmentof the United States of Ameri a; and whereas the Congress of the United | States, approving the sentimeats expressed iy the President ia his annaal message, ( chat the Union must be preserved, and leuoe all indispensable means must be em- ^ iloyed," and believing that kind and fraernal feelings between tbe States is iudisinnoutiL ti\ tils muinfaniinna nf i> hunno wu^w.w .w .-V. ? "? - ""Y/J j od-prosperous Union, and being willing o maoifesc such feeling oa their part to ( be end that peaee may be restored to a istraoted oouatry, and the Uoion and Juastitutioo be preserved and maintained, ad inviting the eo operattoo of the peo ' le of the aforesaid States in the aocuuilishinent of objects so beuefioiat to each ^ ad all, do resolve as follows; . Retolved, &o., AJiHapd Fillmore, . 'rautyiQ ^loroe, lijger B. Taney, Edward jverett, Geo M Dallas, Thomas Ewing, ? Loraoe Binney, Keverdy Johasou, Jehu c . Crittenden, George E. PagU and llioh rd W. Thompson be, aud they are hereby j ppointed eommissiouers cm the part of ] ongress, to cotter with a like nainber of t jtQatis&iooere to be appointed by the ] tates aforesaid, for the preservation of a ie Union and the maintenance of the . Constitution, sod that they report the result of said conference to Congress for approval or rejection. Resolved, That npon the appointment of commissioners, as. hereby invited, by said States, and upon the meeting of the joint commission for the purpose of conference as aforesaid, active hostilities shall not be resumed unless said commission *" shall not be able to agree, or in case otmL V ^ agreement by them, said agreement shall be rejected either by Congress or by the iforesaid States. Mr. Sumner, of Massaohbsetts, objected to the reception of resolutions. Mr. Hale, of New Hampshire, said the list of Commissioners named was very good, but be suggested that of James B*ohanan be added. That would complete the list. Instructions to McClellan Respecting Fugitive Slaves. The following has jost been made pablio:. Department or Static, Washington, Dee. 4, 1861. To Maj. Gen. George B. McCUUan, Washington City. General : I am directed by the Prmd- > dent to call your attention to the following subject: Persons claiming to beheld to service or ^ labor under the laws of the State of Virginia, and aotually employed in hostile service against the Government of the United States, frequently escape from the lines of the enemy's forces, and are received within the lines of the army of the Potomac.? This Department underataods that so|t persons, afterwards coming into the city of Washington, are liable to be arrested j>y the oity police, upon the presumption, arising from oolor, that they are fugitives from service or labor. By the fourth section of the act of Congress, approved August 6,1861, entitled "an act to confiscate I property used for insurrectionary purposes," V such hostile employment is made a full and j sufficient answer to any farther claim to service or labor. Persons thus employed, and escaping, are received into the military protection of the United States, and their arrest as fugitives from labor or service should be immediately followed by the military arrest of the parties making the seisure. Copies of this communication will be sent ^ to the mayor of the city of Washington, and to the ^marshal of the Distriot of Col L:. .l.I 2. J L .? ' . ii ' uuiuib, mat any collision Between toe military and civil authorities may be avoided. I am, general, yoar obedient servant, Wm. H. Sxwabd. Artemas Ward in the Army. As I previously informed you, I am. captain of tbe Baldinsville company, I ria gradooly, bat majestically from drummer's secretary to my present position, but i found the ranks waa'ot full by no means, and kommeneed to rekroot. Having notist a genaral desire on the part- of the young men who are io tbe kriais to wear epplctts, I determined to have my company exkloosively of officers, everybody to nok as brigadier general. Tbe foljerin was among the various questions I pat to rekroots : Do you know a masked battery from a chunk of gingerbread ? Do you kaow a epplet from a piece of v*;i$ chalk ? If I trust you with a real gua, how many ,, men of your own company do you .-pec you can manage to kill during the war? Hev you ever bero of General Price, of Missouri, and can you avoid similar sfcsideuts in case of battle ? Hev you ever had the measles, mud if so, how many F ' - f How are yon now ? Show me yoar tang, etc. Sum of the questyans was sarkastikai. We are progressing putty well with our drill. As all are commanding officers, there ain't no jealousy, and as we are ail exceedin smart, itaint worth while to outstep each other. - . The idea of a company composed exklooaively of commanders ia chief originated, I spose I skarceiy need say, in these Branes. Considered a idea, I flatter myself is party hefty. We've got all the tactioks at our tangs ends, Datwnai we particularly euei is in restin in as kits. We oan rest maskita with any body. Oar corpse will do its daty. We go to the aid of Colamby?we fight for the sura. We'll be chopped into sassige meat before we'll exhibit oar coght tails to the foe 1 We'll fight till there's nothing left of as bat our little toes, aad even they shall defiantly wriggle. "Ever of thee." A. Ward. Oar Foreign Relations. The Washington correspondent of the New York Times gives, in the following ooodensed form, the pith of the foreign correspondence with the State Department, from whioh copious extracts have already been published: England entertains, or at least expresses no sympathy for as, bat rather the reverse. France has oot been cordial, bat has been less offensive than England. Aastria has been friendly, and from the outset has declared that she wonld not recognize the Soatherq Confederacy. Prussia and all the German States bare been eqasliy cordial. Russia baa been friendly, bat anr.tons for ;he war to end. Sweden and Norway have been friendly from the beginning. Belgium is undecided, bat passive. Holland is disposed to follow the lead of England at a respectful distance. Italy is fall of warm sympathy for our jroveromeot and for freedom. Spsio, though not aggressive, has ao eviient leaoiog towards the Jeff. Davis rejublic. Denmark is friendly. The Pope, though he announces that his iovornmeat is not of this world, but that le is concerned with spiritual thiogs, yet f he were to express an opinion, he, as a jood Christian, will always be on the side if lavjr and order%?&uUiinore X<.wt Sheet. Xiis^ about Poax Koyal ?For the mrpose of keeping up their spirits, (he fankee papers publish long acoouots about he capture of large supplies of oottoo at 3urt Royal, the capture of batteries, the pikiug of guos, '-contrabands/' &o.? Very like a whale." ^ r