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? I I ' ' I ?b* IMwlk ^ " YORKVILLE, S. C. THUB8DAY MORNING, APRIL 24,1862. ? {fcjhMr. Joh* R. Alum, Post Master at Chester, Is our authorized agent; and fully empowered to receive money for the office, and give receipts for the same. 5QK In cases where subscribers do not take the Exqcirer rom the post-office, Post-Masters are requested to notify us mmedlately. Q(7- Subscribers desiring their papers changed'must men tion the Post Office /rom, as well as the one to, which the) desire the cbagen to be made. LAMP OILSpecial attention is respectfully called to the advertisement of Mr. M. Jones, . of this place. THE RECORD OF FORT SUMTER, From its occupation by M$jor Anderson, to its reduction by South Carolina Troops, during the Administration of Governor Pickens. This is the title ot a neat pampmet of 50 octavo pages, from the press of the Carolinian, Columbia, for a copy r of which we are indebted to the compiler. W. A. Harris, Esq. It consists of the entire correspondence and Legislation on the subject in and out of the State Department, all of which is certified to by Col. Moses, Executive Secretary ; with a brief but correct preface. It is familiar now, but should be carefully filed away for future reference, as forming a true basis for the Documentary history of Southern Independence.? "The danger of the day's but newly gone, ? Whose memory is written on the earth, With yet-appearing blood." Battle at Yorktown Richmond, April 17.?Official despatches, last night, from Lee's Farm, on the Peninsula, state that the enemy commenced a furious bombardment on cur lines, at half-past 8 o'clock yesterday morning, continuing until 7, p. m. Their attacks upon our centre were splendidly repulsed. They tried to occupy and force Gen. Cobb's position, between Lee's and Winn's Mills. They waded our rifle pits, but were driven out and repulsed with heavy loss. Our troops behaved nobly. At 10 o'clock last night, all was quiet. Our loss was twenty killed, including Col. McKenny, of the 15th North Carolina ; not over seventy-fiye of our men were wounded. Eight artillery horses were killed and a howitzer disabled. An official despatch received this pvening from Gen. Magruder makes no mention of any subsequent fighting on the Peninsula. He refers in terms of high commendation to the behavior of our troops in the affair on Wednesday. < i Progress of the War. ( Norfolk, April 20.?Heavy can- 1 nonading was heard yesterday after- \ noon at the Rip Raps, from which 31 , shells were thrown at Sewell's Point \ without damage?discharges of musket- \ ry continuing. On Friday and Saturday night it , was supposed five thousand Federals ] had landed at Pasquotank River, in Camden county, and near Elizabeth ,j ' City, N. C. On yesterday the Federals were attacked.by Col. Wright's 3d Georgia regiment, and Capt. Ferrebee's militia 1 company, whichlasted until one o'clock, \ n_ m. Onr small forces fought with IJ r" :? ~ o great bravery. The Federal loss was. eavy. Six Confederates were killed, including Captain McComas, of Henningsen's battery, Wise's Legion, and Lieut. Wilson, of the 3d Georgia, regiment. 16 killed 15 missing. The battle continued five hours. Colonel Wright's force retired from the field at midnight, and fell back to the half-way house on the Dismal Swamp canal, a very stong position, and has been reinforced. Our wounded arrived here and were placed in the Hospital, most of them wounded slightly. The body of Capt. McComas arrived here this evening. The Enemy Attacking Mew Orleans. Official dispatches received in Richmond last Friday state that the mortar fleet of the ^ enemy is bombarding the works just below the city of New Orleans. The bombardment had continued for three days. Friday, however, the fire was general and raged terribly during the entire day. At forts Jackson and Phillip Gen. J. M. Duncan is in command; he is said to be the most accomplished artillerist in the service, and strong hopes are entertained of the repulse of the enemy. If the forts should be reduced the iron clad boat the Louisiana, which is said to be superior to the Virginia, is expected to contribute to the defence of the city. Bombardment of Port Jackson. < New Orleans, April 21.?A special dispatch to the Delta, dated Fort Jack- ( son, April 20, 8.30 p. m., says the [ enemy's fire is very much slackened.? ' They have fired three hundred and sev- ] enty thousand pounds of powder, and ^ over one thousand tons of iron. Such < a bombardment was never before heard t of, nor recorded in history. Our loss was five killed and ten wounded. The i firing now is very slow. The mortar vessels are out of sight, behind Point ] Woods. We sunk two of them yester- < day, and disabled a steamer. I Confederate Congress?Skirmish near 5 Falmouth. ( Richmond, April 18.?The Senate i has passed a bill increasing the rate of ] postage on single letters to ten cents, j It also passed the House bill prohibit- i ing the sale of cotton, sugar and tobac- j co to the enemy. i The House passed a bill to raise bands j $ of partisan rangers. ( Gen. Van Horn's report of the battle in Arkansas was presented at 4! o'clock this afternoon. j 1 On Thursday the Yankees appeared d six miles from Falmouth. Our pickets !< were driven in, and several were wound-p ed. The infantry and cavalry sent out {1 repulsed them twice, when the enemy M in large force advanced. Our troops! -< fell back to Fredericksburg, and set fire f to three bridges across the river. They t also burnt three steamboats, 22 vessels loaded with one hundred thousand bush- J els of corn, and one hundred bales of cotton, at the depot. The inhabitants lo were panic-stricken and trembling. re Our troops have evacuated the city, oi The enemy sent shell after them, which tc struck a cotton factory, doing some ni damage. e< All the rolling stock belonging to the d< railroad company was saved, except 8 in cars. ' w Richmond, April 18.?The enemy sc occupied Falmouth, opposite Freder- fr icksburg, this morning. ti The Confederates burnt the bridges T across the Rappahannock and evacuated cc the city. tr "*n t.r From the Mississippi. Richmond, April 18.?Intelligence from Lynchburg 'ofthe 18th, says the ^ Knoxville Register has received a dis- j' patch from Bridgeport, dated April 16, m which states that neither Decatur nor tj. the Decatur- Bridge has been taken. ^ There are only three thousand Yan- w kees at Huntsville, the balance having w falen back, and there are none this side. of Gentlemen who just arrived from rp Nashville say the enemy were removing their stores, sick and cannon over the ? river to Edgefield. jT Gentlemen from Watereesay Colonel Stearns killed seventy-five of the enemy ^ in a late fight and wounded a large number. Only two bridges were burnt on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.? Our pickets went to Bellfonte last night to see, and there were none of the enemy there, according to the best infor- a mation. The enemy have gone back to Huntsville. nf Pnrt TVTnr?nn Wilmington, April 18.?Private ?} letters of the 17th inst. received here 811 say the enemy attempted the capture ca of Fort Macon last Saturday, and had W1 been fighting two days. Col. White sent out a part of his men on the beach, P where they found three hundred Yankees. They killed fifteen of our men. We then retreated to the fort. Col. White fir.ed canister M the enemy, killing large numbers. The enemy has Pa built a battery within two miles of the fort on the beach, and planted mortars P? and large sized siege guns. Eleven large ships were outside the bar. ,( The enemy has sent to Newbern for pf gunboats to operate in the sound. The enemy is committing every immaginable outrage in Carteret and Ons- ^ low counties. r1 The fort had not been taken on Wednesdav. tei ne Latest from Cornith.?The follow- T1 ing dispatch is published by permission us of Gen. Beauregard: thi Corinth, Miss., April 17.?Reports T1 of commanders show that 14 pieces of a c the enemy's artillery were brought from in| the field of battle. Over 25 stands of aci colors, and 3,000 prisoners were captured. My general reports of the bat- ha tie will be sent in two or three days. Pr [ have applied for an exchange of pris- ha )ners for those taken at New Madrid tal Bend. G.T.Beauregard. To Gen. R. E. Lee, Acting Generalin-Chief, Richmond, Va. ^ IT T? it V 1S1X Ut T?US rttiSJNUH iUlIU&TfcK.? 1UI tVe learn that Count Henri Mercier had acl in interview with Mr. Benjamin yes- rel ;erday, and that for two hours Mr. Ben- be amir, spoke French fluently. The ob- bei ects of the French Minister's visit have cia lot definitely transpired; but it is said sta hat outside of his official commi nica,ions he has expressed great interest to of iscertain what commercial treaties the wh Confederate Government was disposed - i o make with France.?Richmond Ex- Co miner, 18tA. vil ' ""' ca) Count Mercier.?The Richmond ^ Dispatch of the 19th contains the folowing . . del Count Mercier has opened negotia- ^ ions with the Secretary of State, and Congress have determined to remain at j ^ heir post during the important mission gar >f the minister of the Emperor. Any x:ind of arrangement will be made with ^ he President of the Confederacy, and tjia his is a perfect acknowledgment by ^ j France of our independence from the >ld United States. I am happy that we ny article in the Enquirer of yester- me lay has produced the desired effect to Qe irolong the Congress while negotia- ^rQ ions with Count Mercier are going on. Dr. Lemoine. ltBt) nO J??"* From the Mobile (Ala.) Tribune, PU] >f the 14th instant, we condense the im< ollowing paragraphs : on( Gen. Van Dorn started from Memphis on Tuesday last for Corinth, with Ge [5,000 men. * sec The Confederate troops cooked, ate an< (upper, and slept within 5,000 yards of me he enemy's gunboats. f01 Gen. Buell's orderly, who was taken ^h jrisoner, reports that Buell had died of the ;he wounds he had received during the mgagement on Monday. Co Breckinridge was in command of a a * livision. His brigade was composed of mii 'our Kentucky, two Alabama, and one ta^ Fennessee regiment, and Capt. John t0 H. Morgan's squadron of cavalry, and the vas commanded during the fight by the Col. R. P. Trabue, of the 4th Ken- he ;ucky regiment. dis There were 19 Confederate generals twi n the fight. vil. From a member of the 21st Alabama ho' egiment we learn that on Monday Col. Co Oayce was taken prisoner, which left 001 die 21st without a leader. The regi as nent had been fighting hard all day, Th md finding themselves in this condition eri jailed on a major of a Georgia regi- ho nent to lead them again to the field.? at> He took the colors on his horse, and a 1 iccepted the position. They soon af- his terwards met Gen. Bvagg, who pro- he Dosed three cheers for the gallant regi- led nent, and said he would lead them him- tai ;elf. Col. Cayce soon afterwards es- del atped, and re-assumed his command. fec w??? int Prisoners.?We are informed that I,000 Yankee prisoners arrived in ble VIontgomery on yesterday. They were wh aptured at Corinth and sent round by Ge vay of Mobile, as the Yankees still cee lave possession of the Memphis and it 1 Charleston Railroad at Huntsville, nol Via. These prisoners are to be con- adi ined in Montgomery until they are reg- des ilarly exchanged. Ch North carolina.?The Wilmingtor ournal says: The enemy, in their late visit to Ons w county, N. C., brought over ont sgiment, one piece of artillery, anc le baggage wagon?such at least seems > be the most correct account. In the jighborhood through which they pass 1 they committed the most unheard oi jpredations?carried off all the prom tent citizens in irons and ropes, anc ent so far as to paddle Mr. Hender >n, a very respectable man, for having ee negroes bound to him. Mr. Pelleer they cowhided ; also a Mr. Buck hey took off everything of value the} mid get hold of; they broke oper unks, took jewelry, blankets, carpets, ?wels, everything. In fact they ranicked every house they came to, using le most abusive language to all, anc le most insulting to the vyomen. Thej cited the negroes to fight against theii asters, telling them that in a few days ley would have a line of pickets fron ewbern and Swausboro', that thej ould be back in seven or eight days ith reinforcements. The robberies committed at the house Mrs. Sanders are fully confirmed, hey even stole all her gold and silver. >ld and silver plate, jewelry, gold atch, notes, title deeds, and so forth. 1 fact the half of these outrages has )t been told. They took everything tey could carry off. Their only excuse e hear of was, that Mrs. Sanders had ven entertainment to a body of Conderate cavalry some time before. Prom Huntsville. A Chattanooga correspondent of the ugusta Chronicle, in a letter dated 5th instant, says: You have, of course, heard of the demt upon Huntsville by the Federak 1 Thursday last, their taking posseson of the town and railroad, and alsc .pturing a pass, jger train, together ith the passengers. Two of the train hands from the Memlis and Charleston railroad arrived ire to-day, having made their wa^ om Huntsville, which they left on mday, the 13th. From them I learn at the Federalists have released the issengers that were captured on board e train, and have given them passirts to leave. On Saturday last there were 7,000 jderal troops at Huntsville. On Suny 5,000 were sent to Decatur and >rinth, while an additional force of >,000 were expected to reach Huntslie on Monday. The Federalists capred eleven engines and a large numr of cars, ana pressed the Superinndent of the road, and all the engiers and train hands into service.? ley gave orders to run the trains as ual between the points occupied by em, and to collect the usual fares.? ley have already commenced running 1 ! M , TT Ml 1 1 laiiy man to liuntsvme, ana are aoy quite a driving business on their own count. P. S.?I learn that the Federalists ve two armed boats -it Bridgeport.? obably they are not gunboats which ve passed the Shoals, but river boats ten possession of by the enemy. Latest from Nashville?Direct. A gentleman who left Nashville last iday, the 11th instant, furnishes the lowing interesting details of transdons there, which may be implicitly ied on. From his statements it will perceived that Nashville is far from ing a pleasant place for Federal offi,1s, military or civil; in fact that the ,te of things must be dreadful. Gen. Buell left Nashville at the head one hundred and ten regiments? ich, however, were not entirely full in two columns. On Duck river, at lumbia, about forty miles from Nashle, he encountered Scott's Louisiana -airy, fifteen hundred strong, who ight him gallantly, checking his adice across the river. The stout and ;ermined resistance made by the spird troops, caused him to send to shville to Gen. McCook, who was t in command there with fifteen thould troops to form a junction with ii. Against this, however, Governor idy Johnson protested, alledging it it would leave him and the city enceless; that he should not feel safe ;re, and threatening that if the troops re taken away, he would leave imdiately after for Washington city.? n. McCook accordingly left 5,000 ops there to defend the arch-trai, taking 10,000 with him. This uld indicate that Gen. Buell's army inhered one hundred and twenty regents, and, probably, not less than e hundred thousand men. The day after these troops left under neral McCook, Gov. Johnson depol the Mayor and Council of the city, i placed them under heavy bonds to et him even' day at the Capitol at ir o'clock in the afternoon for trial, e object of this was to assure him of ;ir presence in the city. Upon deposing the old Mayor and uncil the Dictator-traitor appointed tew Mayor and a new Council, naog a day for them to meet him and :e the oath of office and of allegiance the United States. But one out of ; whole number (about twenty) took i oath, the rest refusing, whereupon denounced them all as traitors, and missed them, declaring it would take enty thousand troops to keep Naslile in order. One of the gentlemen, wever, took occasion to return the >vernor's complimentary remark with npound interest, by denouncing him a traitor to his State and section.? ie evening following this, as the Govlor was returning from his boarding use to the Capitol, he was twice fired and since then has been attended by nounted guard when passing from i lodgings to the Capitol. Many beve he is in great danger of being kil1, and it is thought to be quite cern that he will leave Nashville without lay should the Lincoln army be roul in the battle impending near Corh. From the same intelligent and reliai source we also learn that the force ich entered Huntsville is that of n. Mitchell, and that it does not exid eight thousand, all told; and that ,vas only a marauding expedition? : an imposing invading force. They ,'anced to Stevenson, and designed to ;troy the bridge of the Memphis and arleston railroad which crosses the i Tennessee; but the people of Stevenson deceived them, directing them to the - bridge on Wills Valley creek, on the ; line of the Wills Valley railroad, a del ception easily practiced on account ol 3 its trestle-work and length of the bridge. ; The men who stole the engine on the State road were detailed from this force f and were to act in concert with it. The party numbered twenty-one, and was I under the direction of a member of the firm of W. L. Whitman & Co., formerly ; engaged in paper-making near Nash ville, who having traveled extensively . through Northern Georgia was well r acquainted with its geography, t Atlanta Commonwealth, 18tA. i The Conscription Bill. ; This important measure (says the I Richmond Examiner) was yesterday r passed by the House, and the injunc tion of secrecy removed from the bill, j though not from the various amendments i it received, or which were offered to it. r We are unable to'say whether it has or \ has not yet received the Executive sanction. > At a late hour a copy of the bill, as , printed after the second reading, was , placed in our hands, with the informal tion, which we believe correct, that it . passed its third reading without alter\ ation. ; A Bill to be entitled "An Act tojur> t her provide for the public defence.'' I In view of the exigencies of the . country, and the absolute necessity of keeping in the service our gallant army, and of placing in the field a large additional force to meet the advancing col' umns of the enemy now invading our I soil; therefore, Section 1. The Congress of the Con federate States of America do enact, > That the President be, and he is hereby, * authorized to call out and place in the military service of the Confederate ' States, for three years, unless the war shall have been sooner ended, all white men who are residents of the Confederl ate States, between the ages of eighteen ' and thirty-five years at the time the i call or calls may be made, who are not i legally exempted from military service. ' All of the persons aforesaid who are not now in the armies of the Confederacy, and whose term of service will expire before the end of the war, shall be continued in the service for three years from the date of their original enlistment, unless the war shall have ' been sooner ended : Provided, however, That all such companies, battalions and regiments, whose term of original enlistment was for twelve months, shall have the right, within forty days, on a day to be fixed by the commander of the brigade, to re-organize said companies, battalions and regiments, by electing all their officers, which they had a right heretofore to elect, who shall be commissioned by the President: Provided, further, That furloughs not exceeding sixty days, with transportation home and back, shall be granted to all those retained in the service by the provisions of this Act, beyond the period of their original enlistment, and who have heretofore not received furloughs under the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act providing for the granting of bounty and furloughs to privates and non-commissioned officers in the Provisional Army," approved 11th December, eighteen hundred ana sixty-one, saia furloughs.to be granted at such times and in such numbers as the Secretary of War may deem most compatible with the public interest: And Provided, further, That in lieu of a furlough the commutation value in money of the transportation hereinabove granted shall be paid to each private, musician or noncommissioned officer who may elect to receive it at such time as the furlough would otherwise be granted : Provided, further, That all persons under the age of eighteen years, or over the age of thirty-five years, who are now enrolled in the military service of the Confederate States, in the regiments, battalions and companies hereafter to be organized, shall be required to remain in their respective companies, battalions and regiments, for ninety days, unless their places can sooner be supplied by other recruits not now in the service, who are between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five years; and all laws and parts of laws providing for the re-enlistment of volunteers and the organization thereof into companies, squadrons, battalions or regiments, shall be and the same are hereby, repealed. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That such companies, squadrons, battalions, or regiments organized, or in process of organization by authority from the Secretary of War, as may be within thirty days from the passage of this Act so far completed as to have the whole number of men requisite for organization actually enrolled, not embracing in said organizations any persons now in service, shall be mustered into the service of the Confederate States as part of the land forces of the Same, to be received in that arm of the service in which they are authorized to organize, and shall elect their company, battalion and regimental officers. Sec. 3. Br it further enacted, That for the enrollment of all persons comprehended within the provisions of this Act, who are not already in service in the armies of the Confederate States, it shall be lawful for the President, with the consent of the Governors of the respective States, to employ State officers, and, on failure to obtain suclf consent, he shall employ Confederate officers, charged with the duty of making such enrollment in accordance with the rules and regulations to be prescribed by him. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That persons enrolled under the provisions of the preceding section shall be assigned by the Secretary of War to the different companies now in service, until each company is filled to its maximum number, and the persons so enrolled shall be assigned to companies from the States from which they respectively come. Sec. 5. Be, it further enacted, That all seamen and ordinary seamen in the land forces of the Confederate States, enrolled under the provisions of this Act, may, on application of the Secretary of the Navy, be transferred from the land forces to the naval service. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That in all cases where a State may not have l in the army a number of regiments, ; battalions, squadrons or companies, ) sufficient to absorb the number of per sons subject to military service under this Act, belonging to such State, then the residue or excess thereof shall be kept as a reserve, under such regulas tions as may be established by the Secs retary of War, and that at stated pei riods of not greater than three months, ! details, determined by lot, shall be made from said reserve, so that each company shall, as nearly as practicable, be kept full: Provided, That the persons held in reserve, may remain at home until called into service by the President: Provided, also, That during their stay at home, they shall not receive pay: Provided, further, That the i persons comprehended in this Act shall not be subject to the rules and articles of war until mustered into the actual service ol tne iJonieaerate States ; exi cept that said persons, when enrolled and liable to duty, if they shall wilfully refuse to obey said call, each of them i shall be held to be a deserter, and punished as such under said articles: Proi vided, further, That whenever, in the i opinion of the President, the exigencies ( of the public service may require it, he shall be authorized to call into actual service the entire reserve, or so much as may be necessary, not previously assigned to different companies in service under provision of section four of this Act; said reserve Bhall be organized ' under such rules as the Secretary of War may adopt: Provided, The company, battalion and regimental officers shall be electecTby the troops composing the same: Provided, The troops raised in any one State shall not be combined in regimental, battalion, squadron, or company organization with troops raised in any other States. i Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That all soldiers now serving in the army or : mustered in the military service of the J Confederate States, or enrolled in said service under the authorizations hereto- 1 fore issued by the Secretary of War, and who are continued in the service by virtue of this Act, who have not received tne bounty of fifty dollars allowed by existing laws, shall be entitled to ! receive said bounty. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted. That 1 each man who may hereafter be mus- 1 tered into the service, and who shall arm himself with a musket, shot-gun, 1 rifle or carbine, accepted as an efficient weapon, shall be paid the value thereof, to be ascertained by the mustering officer under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Sectretary of War, if he is willing to sell the same; and if he is not, then he shall be entitled to receive one dollar a month for the use of said received and approved musket, rifle, shot-gun or carbine. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That persons not liable for duty may be received as substitutes for those who are, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That all vacancies shall be filled by the President from the company, battalion, squadron or regiment in which such vacancies shall occur, by promotion according to seniority, except in cases of disability or other incompetency:? Provided, however, That the President may, when, in his opinion, it may be proper, fill such vacancy or vacancies i by the promotion of any officer or officers, or private or privates, from such company, battalion, squadron or regi- \ ment, who shall have been distinguished in the service by exhibition of valor c and skill, and that whenever a vacancy t shall occur in the lowest grade of the fi commissioned officers of a company, said j I vacancy shall be filled by election t Provided, That all appointments made j by the President shall be by and with x the advice and consent of the Senate. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That c the provisions of the first section of this Act relating to the election of officers I - L.n 1_ i.i snail appij iu muse icgiiucuu;, uanaiions and squadrons which are composed r of twelve months war companies combineddn the same organization, without e regard to the manner in which the offi- t cers thereof were originally appointed. Sec. 12. Beit further enacted, That b each company of infantry shal1 consist 1 of one hundred and twenty-five rank and file; each company of field artillery of one hundred and fifty rank and file; d and each company of cavalry of eighty r rank and file. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted. That b all persons subject to enrollment, who r are now in the service, under the provisions of this Act, shall be permitted r previous to such enrollment to volunteer in companies now in the service. The Great Bridge Burning Plot. u The Atlanta Confederacy, of the 15th I inst. publishes a long account of the t attempted bridge-burning plot of the s Lincolnites in Georgia, and draws the b following conclusions: b Too much praise cannot be bestowed 1 on Fuller and Murphy. Their indomi- 9 table energy, and quick, correct judg- c ment and decision in the many difficult I contingencies connected with this un- v heard-of emergency, has saved all the p railroad bridges above Ringgold from p being burned; and the most daring y scheme that the revolution has devel- n oped has been thwarted. Had they ? succeeded in burning the bridges, the ii enemy at Huntsville would have occu- ii pied Chattanooga before Sunday night, c Yesterday they would have been in Knoxville, and thus had possession of all East Tennessee. Our forces at n Knoxville, Greenville and Cumberland ti Gap would ere this have been in the a hands of the enemy. Then reinforce- o ments from all the Eastern and South- si east portion of the country would have been cut pff from Beauregard. The g enemy have Huntsville now, and with G all these designs accomplished, his ar- 1 my would have been effectually flanked, fi The mind and heart shrink back appal- ei led at the bare contemplation of the ii awful consequences which would have tl followed the success of this one act.? a When Fuller, Murphy and Cain started from Big Shanty on foot to catch the fugitive engine, they were involuntari- ti ly laughed at by the crowd, serious as lc the matter was?and to most observers ai it was indeed most ludicrous; but that n: foot-raoe saved us, and prevented the fi: consummation of all these tremendous C consequences. n< When we learned by a private telegraph despatch a few days ago, that the Yankees had taken Huntsville, we attached no great importance to it. We regarded it merely as a dashing foray of a small party to destroy property, tear up the road, &c., a la Morgan.? When an additional telegram announced the Federal force there to be from 17,000 to 20,000, we were inclined to doubt it?though coming from a perfectly honorable and upright gentleman, who would not be apt to seize upon a wild report to send here to his friends. The coming to that point with a large force, where they would be flanked on either side by our army, we regarded as a most stupid and unmilitary act. We now understand it all. They were to ^ move upon Chattanooga and Knoxville < as soon as the bridges were burnt, and < press on into Virginia as far as possi- 1 ble, and take all our forces in that State ' in the rear. It was all a deep laid 1 scheme. There were but two miscalcu- 1 lations in the whole programme; they 1 did not expect men to start out afoot to pursue them, and they did not ex- . pect these pursuers on foot to find Ma jor Cooper's old "Yonah" standing 1 there all ready fired up. Their calcu- * lations on every other point were dead j certainties, and would have succeeded 1 perfectly. This would have eclipsed j anything Capt. Morgan ever attempted. To think of a parcel of Federal soldiers, 1 officers and privates, coming down into j the heart of the Confederate States? 1 for they were here in Atlanta and at Marietta? (some of them got on the train at Marietta that morning and others j wer6 at Big Shanty;) of playing such a ( serious game on the State Roaa, which ^ is under the control of our prompt, energetic and sagacious Governor, to seize the passenger train on his road, ' right at Camp McDonald, where he has j a number of Georgia regiments encamped, and run off with it; to burn the bridges on this same road, and go safely through to the Federal lines?all this t would have been a feather in the cap of < the man or men who executed it. i MM* ( 19* The Governor of Vermont has j offered to the (Lincoln) Secretary of War, several of the most eminent surgeons of that State for expected events i at Yorktown. ' s The Mayor of Cincinnati has sent 1 i i. T 1 IWU Bl/CttiUCIB LU XiLLBUtUg JJttUUlIig, 1 snth nurses, stores, &c., for the use of t Gen. Halleck. ? Arrangements to facilitate the prompt removal to Philadelphia of all the Penn- r jylvanians wounded in the coming bat- J tie at Yorktown have been made, and t 3urgeon-General Smith, with extra i jurgeons and medical stores, will proved to Fortress Monroe, ready to ren- j let any aid and assistance, and remove i ;he wounded to vessels, to be conveyed t to Baltimore, then by rail to Philadelphia. In order to secure, as far as possible, the decent interment of those who have t alien nr may fall, in battle, it is made i the duty of commanding generals to lay a )ff lots of ground in some suitable spot lear every battle field, so soon as it nay be in their power, and to cause the emains of those killed to be interred, r vith head boards to the graves, bearing ? ;he number, and, where practicable, the fl lames of the persons buried in them. Dhe "Irrepressible Nigger," in Con- 1 gresa. j There seems to be an infatuation a>out the negro question in Washington _ rhich members of Congress cannot ivercome. More than oneJaalf of their ime, probably, is occupied in discusling "the nigger," notwithstanding im)ortant public business and the protes- J ations of the press. The Cincinnati Enquirer thus enumerates the meas- in ires of a similar kind: a 1. Recognition of the negro Empire M >f Hayti. 2. Abolition of negro slavery in the )istrict of Columbia. i 3. Prohibiting our army officers from etunring fugitive slaves. } 4. Establishing a plantation for free m legroes in South Carolina, and taxing he people ot the .North to support it. ? 5. Proposes to aid the States to a- * ?olisb negro slavery by taxing the m Northern people to pay for the slaves. 6. To repeal the fugitive slave law. 7. To repeal the law which forbids legroes from being stage drivers or car- ying the United States mail. 8. To prohibit slaveholders from ta:ing their slaves into Arizona territoy 9. To prohibit slavery in all territoy, arsenals, dockyards,- &cArrival and Departure op Pris ners.?The railroad train, Saturday light, brought down upwards of 1,700 rederal prisoners, who, with those < hat had arrived previously, except uch as were too severely wounded to j >e moved, went up the river Sunday, w: iound for Montgomery and Tuscaloosa, v. Lhe whole number sent off is about 1,- f01 '50, including 158 commissioned offi- ? ers. Among the prisoners is General mi tentiss, who acted the dog completely rhile here, and whose condition as a q risoner saved him. He probably ex- J tected to be lionized and sympathized J'jj rith, and gave vent to his disappoint- _ lent in abusive tirades against the South generally and Southern women ft i particular. His insolence rendered 2 ; necessary to threaten him with close ^ onfinement.?Mobile Advertiser. d0. Kjp The report of the Special Com- ^ iJ+fon nn ffnrt Unnalunn affair nnn. UIIIIW VU VUV A V* V 4/VUVWVU MUWii VVXA~ CIU line a volumnious mass of evidence J nd documents, explaining the conduct | f all the generals engaged, and clo- no. ing with the following resolution: Y? Ketolved, That the thanks of Con- t resB and the country are justly due to X ienerals Floyd, Pillow, Buckner and yo ushrod Johnson, their subordinate of- J cers and men, for their gallantry, en- X rgy, resolution and persistent bravery 1 the various sanguinary contests with enj le overwhelming forces of the enemy y t Fort Donelson. J mi. ? for A bill has passed the Legisla- j ire in Kentucky inflicting a fine of not T >as than $50, or more than $500, on X ay minister or priest who shall solem- "ie ize a marriage unless he shall have ? rst taken the oath of allegiance to the J toted States, and sworn that he has cai ever aided the Confederate cause. ele? Buttons.?Some weeks ago, in anlouncing tlat a blacksmith in North Carolina commenced the manufacture >f needles, we asked 4<who would, make ;he buttons ?" A correspondent from [lockj Mou nt sends us a sample of good 10m buttons, made by Mr. Wm. D. Benson, of that place, who is regarded is no ordinary mechanical genius. He ;an make anything of wood, iron or steel that the necessities of man require. Be is a man for the times ; let him be jmployedGuardian. Confederate Coin.?The Senate ias passed a bill for the issuance oi rold and sil ver coins from the mints at Charlotte, N. C., Dahlonega, Ga., and New Orleans. The denominations of join authorized to be struck will be jquivalent ?;o the United States eagle, lalf eagle, quarter eagle and dollar, Diid?In this plaoeon tbe )8th instant, Mrs. REBECCA >. FELTS, formerly of 80nth-Hampton County, Virginia, 1 the 62nd year of her age. TO HTBTS. r HAVE still THREE NUMBER L ONE NEGRO WOMEN?prime field bands?one a >od COOK and WASHER, to hire. EDWARD MOORE, > Yorkvllle, 8. C. April M 17 tf TERREBENNE OIL. Da rkness turned Into Light by the fine illuminating qualities of tills Oil. ( :o: LTAVING obtained the agency for Li tbe sale of TERREBENSE OIL YORK DISTRICT, Dom the Manufacturers themselves, would be pleased to furnlsb tbe citizens of tbe VILLAGE ND DISTRICT with a cheap light these bard times. The CASH must accompany every order, or no, sale in ty case, as I can only buy it for the caahmyseif. \ M. JONES, f"Stowe's" Hotel. April 34 17_^ tf STATE OF SOFTS CAROLINA, YORK DISTRICT. uTTHEREAS Joseph Starns has apr V piled to me for Letters of Administration, on all id singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of 1MES D. BOYD, late of the District aforesaid, deceased. These arc therefore to cite and admonish all and singular, e kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and spar before me at our next Ordinary'sCw^t for the said Duct, to be holden at York Court Houston the 5(b day of ay next to shew cause, if any, why the said AdInlstration should not be granted, iven under my hand and Seal, tbls 91st day of April, in tbe year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Blxty-two, and in the elghty-aixtb year of American Independence. ^ JOHN B. JACKSON, O. Y. D. April 24 17 2t* jTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Hzjldqoxrters, Counou, April 19,1669. PHE Sheriffs of Edgefield, LexingL ton and Sumter, or of any other Districts, together it'll their deputies, are hereby directed to apprehend and rest any men from the 19th Regiment, South Carolina rtlunteers, (commanded by Col, Lvthgoe,) who may be tindin the country without furloughs property signed. They are to be considered as deserters, ana can be Iged in jail or delivered to any offlaer of that Regiment, to Brigadier-General Ripley, Confederate General cominding at Charleston. F. W. PICKENS. April 24 17 , It YORK DRUG STORE. PHE undersigned hereby appoints L Dr. J. F. LINDSAY as his agent, to transact all bu\ess connected with the YORK DRUG STORE, during 3 absence from the State. A. E. POWELL. April 10 15 4t CARRIAGE SHOP. 1 0 rflBW-^Ls THE Subscriber still continues the CARRIAGE and BUGGY BUSINESS ? al A1? 0,d STAND. All kinds of coun produce taken In exchange for work. ALSO, HORSE SHOEING and general country WORK ne by W. P. McFADDEN. lanuary 23 4 tf JETTLE UP!?ALL PERSONS j indebted to the undersigned by ojien account, previous the FIRST of JANUARY 1861. are hereby requested to ise the same by NOTE at an early day. L. M. GRI8T. Vlarcb 28 13 tf 70R TAX-COLLECTOR.?THE . friends of Mr. PETERSON JACKSON respectfully anunce him as a Candidate for TAX-COLLECTOR of irk District, at the next election. November 22, 1860. 47 Iy* ?0R TAX-COLLECTOR.?THE . friends of GEORGE W. COBB, Esq., respectftilly anuncc him as a Candidate for TAX-COLLECTOR for irk District, at the next election. November 6, 1860. 45 tf ?or^SHE?ot.?THEFMMDS . of J. HARVEY FAULKNER, respectfully announce n as a Candidate for 8HERIFF of York District, at the mine election. August 30, 1860. 35 tf ?OR SHERIFF.?WE RESPECTFULLY announce JAMES MASON as a candidate SHERIFF of York District, at the ensuing election. MANY VOTERS. flarchjW _12 tf rOR SHERIFF.?THE FRIENDS of JOHN A. MAY, Esq., respectfully announce him at Candidate for SHERIFF of York District, at the ensuing ctlonfovember8, 1880. 45 ly* pOR SHERIFF.?THE FRIENDS of R. L. SIMMONS respectfully announce htm as a ididate for SHERIFF of York District) at the ensuing ctlon. * iovembcrS, 186C. 45 ly* * & " ** '* ^ ; aalf dollar, "quarter dollar, dime and aalf dime. The designs add names of ;hese piece s have not yet been established.?Rjchnond Eviquirer. Take Care of the Factories and Foundries.?One of the rascals taken with the stolen engine confesses that mother band of incendiarieB is either to be sent, or has been sent South to i)urn and destroy all the foundries, factories, &c., they can. This is not the Srst time that we have been warned ol the danger, and again we urge proprietors to guard well their factories and foundries.?Atlanta Commonwealth. A writer in the Richmond Enr \uirer of the 18th urges upon Congress to remain in sessiop until the proposals )f Count Mercier are submitted. "I snow," says the writer, "there are proposals of magnitude," &c. "The Emperor, to my private knowledge, is disaosed to have the American question jettled." Palma Christi. TVip flnlnmhm Smith Onrnlrnian. of ;he 20th inst., says Mr. John R. Hall, )f Ebenez.erville, York District, is well icquaintf d with the manufacture of sold-presued Castor Oil. He wishes to mrchase a bushel of the beans or seed. The "Atlanta Ladies' Hospital Association" has organized a regular ystem of "conscription" among the adies of that place. The fair conscripts lave to cook and otherwise provide for he sick soldiers during one week. Blackwood's Magazine of Febnary assumes that a war between the Jnited States and Great Britain will ake place before 1868, and welcomes t with satisfaction. It is true that the Republican eaders and the Republican masses $uld prefer a peaceful separation to he bringing back of the seceded States is slave States.-?Syracuse Journal. The Confederate steamer Sumer remained at Gibraltar, and the Ulion steamers Tuscarora and Kaorsage it Algeoiras on the 21st of March. (Sbitoarj. F KATES OP POSTAGE * , IN THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA , QEC. 1. The Congress ofthe ConfedO erate Statu of America do enact, That so much of the ' first section of an Act entitled ' an Act to prescribe (he rates of postage is the Confederate States of America, and for other purposes,", approved Petruary 33,1861, aa relates to sealed packages containing other than printed or written matter, Including money packages, be and the same I* here by so amended as to require that eneh packages shall be rated by weight, and charged the ates of letter postage. Sec. 9. Jtnd be it farther matted. That the second sec, tlon of said Act be amended as follows, to wit: That all newspapers published within , the Confederate States, not exceeding three ounces in n i IjW, and seat float the office of publication to actual and bonajUe subscribers within the Confederate States, shall be charged with poetaao as follow* to wit: The postage on the regular numbers of a newspaper, published weekly, shail be ten cents per quarter; papers, published seml-woekly, double that amount ; papers published thrice a week, treble tltat amount; papers, pub 'ishfidslx times a week, six times that amount; and papers published daily, seven times that amount And on news1 papers weighing more than three ounces, there shall" he ' charged on each additions! ounce, in addition to the foregoing rates: On those published once a weak, live cents ; an ounce or fraction of on onoe per qaane?; on those pnh? lished twice a week, ten cents ner ounce ner Quarter: on those published three times a wee?, fifteen ceilta per ounc-s per quarter; on tboee published fix times a week, thirty cents per ounce per quarter; and vu those published dally, , thirty-five cenu per ounee per quarter. And periodicals published oftcnertban bi-monthly shall be charged as newspapers. And other periodicals sent from the office of publication to actual and bona fide subscriber* shall be charged with postage as follows, to wit: The postage on the regular numbers of a periodical, published within the Confederate States, not exceeding one and a half qpnccaln weight, and ' published monthly, snail he two and a half cents per qua*-, ter { and for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce, two and a half cents additional; If published semi-monthly double that amount. And periodicals Dublished ouarterlv orbl monthly shall be charged two centa an ounce j nnd regular subecriben to newspapers nnd pcrlodlcaJsjshall be required to pay one quarter's postage thereon In advwee, i at the office of delivery, unless paid at the office wl?re published. And there shall be charged upon every, other ; newspaper, and each circular not scaled, handbill, angn. ving, pamphlet, periodical and magazine, which shall be ' unconnected with any manuscript or written matter, and . not exceeding three ounces In weight, and published within the Confederate States, two cents; and for. each addi> tlonal onnee or traction or an ounce, two cents .. and in all cases the postage shall be pre paid by stamps, or otherwise, as the Postmaster General shall direct} and books, bound or unbound, not weighing over four pounds, 1 shall be deemed mailable matter, and shall be charged with ' postage, to be prepaid by stamps or otherwise, as the Postmaster General may direct, ?kt two cents >n ounce fortaiy . distance. And upon all newspapers, periodical and books, , as at wesaid.. published beyond the limits of the Confcderi ate Sates, there shall be charged postage at double theforegoing specified rates. The publishers of newspapers or periodicals within the Confederate Stales, may erad and receive to and from each other, from their respective offices of publication, one coj y of each publication free of post age. AO newspapers, UDsealed circulars,or other unsealed , printed transient matter, placed in any poet office, not for ' transmission but for delivery only, shall he chorgea postage l at the ate of one cent each. /- 'vi. Sao. 3. iSnd be it further erurried, That the third eectlon of the above recited Act be and the same Is hereby so amended as to authorize the Postmaster-General to provide and furnish ten r - ..stamps and stamped ecveSoM*; and that the provisions, restrictions and penalties prescribed by aid section of said Act, for vidattonsof the same, in relation to two, five and twenty Sent stamps and stamped envelopes, shall, In all reapeue* apply to tlie denomination of stamps and stamped envelopes herein provided far. SKC.-4. And be Ufmiker enacted, That the proviso contained In the fifth section of the said Act, be. so amended as to extend to the Cblefii of the Contract, Appointment and Finance Bureaus of tho Post Office Department, the privilege therein conferred upon the Pommaster-General, us chief Clerk, and the Auditor of the Treasury for tiic-JPost Office Department, of transmitting through the mailt, free of postage, any letters, packages 01 other matters relating exclusively to their official duties, ot to the business of the Post Office Department, subject to the restrictions and pen1 alties prescribed by the .-aid proviso; and that this set take effect and be iu force, from and after its passage. HOVvEIsL COBB, President of the Congress. Approved May J3,1861. jitfv ! '. . % JEFF. DAVIS. TO PLANTERS AND fARMBIS. TIE Subscriber desires to inform the public that.Jie Is prepared to ftvatsh to any one tb? wants such a thing, the BEST COTTON GIN that is made anywhere, and be fat still making improvement* on hie former Gins, and has no fear in challenging any other Gin Factory to produce an equal In performance or speed.? With good, dry Cotton, the roll in die gin cannot be broker nor made to spew over?which ctomotbe said of any other no other can have, oa these haw? been regularly patented, ?such as the exclusion of rats from tba brash, he., by the peculiar construction of the gin. which no other has a right to make. He also makes Til BASHERS of differ*** construction to suit the wish of any one j. the spike beater combined, the smooth drum with fingen and no.spikes and different other patterns. He has uso the light of the celebrated Garlington Thrashers which are very much gdmired'by every ono that ha* seen or tried them. .,, Any one wanting a superior Gin or Thrasher can he supplied hy sending his order to me at Chester C.. B-> So. CmWork will be cartftiJly shipped to any place desired. Repairing done at Short notice. JOHN SIMPSON. Off-To House-BuUders, I wit .say that! am constantly marmiactnring Sashes, Blinds at i Doors of evety description, of good material tad of the rery best workmanship. All work weftthy packed and forwarded to ordse. Januarys I tf ' ROSE'S HOTEL TOBK.TDL.lf. g. C. A THIS brick building is still opea 'jiyflK-Vfc. for the reception and acdemprodedoool M**SbBmB the travelling public, under the supernff tg?^RJUhBr- intendcncc of the ownerhimaelf. With asssurance to all who oatroalxa him. that they win And at his bouse, rooms eq ualtoany la the State, and the table supplied with the beet this mat hot KB afford, the Proprietor returns thanks for the liberal patron.age extended to him In the past, and hopes by strict attention In ftttare, to make this house as heretofore?comfortable to the Traveller and profitable to himself. '. '-fflnr omnxBus fr * will he found at the RAIL BOAD DEPOT to convey p?n^o^ud their baggage to this Hook," FREE OF N Good STABLES attached to (his Hold. Carriages, Hor ses, and attentive servants, always hi readiness to convey travellers to any pari of the country. No drnh er rt no timed fvhtpt, at this establishment. W. R. ROSB, January ?n 4 tf STATE OF SOUTH CiBOLlIA, YORK DISTRICT. WHEREAS 6. W. Williams .hae all d'lrural1 *** of R. L. TOMilNSONTlate of the 6l?rtct aforesaid, deceased. ' - " These are, therefore, to cite Bad admonish all and stngu lar, the kindred and creditor* of the said deceased, to be and appear be lb re me. at our next "Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be holden at York Cotm Houue on 'be 30th day of April Inst., to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be wan ted. Given under my hand and Seal, this 15th lay of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and slxty-twojjnd In the 86dt year of American independence. J* 8. JACKSON, O. Y. 0.'April 17 16 St STATE OF SOUTH C ARMLET A, YORK DISTRICT. 6. R. R&tchford v$. J, R. Httdcoo* ?wltt crcfcunt. \\[ HEEEAS the Plaintiffdid on the H 18th day of October 1861, file hia riedaratiou against the Defendant, who ft without the limits of this State, and has neither wife nor attorney known within the same, upon whom a copy of the said declaration Bright be served. It is, therefore, ordered, that the said Defendant do appear and plead tome said declaration, oo or before the 16th day of October, which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, otherwise final and absolute judgment win then be riven and awarded i against him. S. ?. MOORE, c. c. c. fls. October 94' (#8) ~ 43^ -T; " Ijrtj ^ STATE OF SOUTH CAROLUKA, v-t > >:., YORK DISTRICT. - . ' - <: ' Aty D, Palls, for another, v*. J. R. Hudson?HfcreAsnen/. WHEREAS, the Plaintiff did on the T T 18th day of October, 1861, file bis declaration a'galnst the Defendant, who, as it is said, is absent from and without the limits of this State, and has neither wife nor attorney known, vithln the same, upon whom a copy of the said declaration might be served. It is, therefore, ordered thatthe said Defendant do appear and plead to the said declaration, oil or before the 16th day of October, whlohwlli.be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, otherwise final and absolute Judg inept will then be given and awarded against him. 8. E. MOOkE, c. c. o. fLa. October SM ($8). 43 . , . lyq YORK HARBLE Y ARD. . RICHARD HARE, respectfully Informs the citizens of York and Chester Districts, and the adjoining counties ef North Carolina, that he Is fully prepared to supply every article In the MARBLE LINE, of the highest style of finish and c. disenable prices. He keeps constantly on band, a large supply of FOREIGN and DOMESTIC MARBLE, and specimens of his work may be always seen at the Yard, nearly opposite the "EN QUIRER" PRINTING OFFICE, and a few doors North of "Stowe's" Hotel. {&- All work will be delivered at any point on the King's Mountain Railroad, FREE of charge. He is also prepared to furnish to order, IRON RAILING of any desired pattern, for Fences, Balconies, lie. January 10 3 Ip P t * II . fil?lww - traoJHOivajh o ni *?p 9*pot no ooioa os M38uo( aot no u sujitnd jo paao on ? oj iooyHmu ?3uojnq pus vtmjfp oyj ?j atou are tajfjad ayj fo uotjsod v to 'pasop aig sjouoore tt* rent fipesm -aasjtx tssi .Ctamref jolsj aiji uo p?akm*TP tern uug aqj w'HBVO JoaiON?l siunooontuip aitms pwutaoi pa -isanbat A(tsaarea are "00 ^ (IHOdHOXVH "8 '0 TJ jo raig aip o$ pe^qapm saoe-iad ?j?j \ isaabaH jMgRgfa pORN! CORN f!?I WISHTO Vy hoy, ?xpreuly for the GOVERNMENT, 10,000 BUSHELS OF CORN. I will famish SACKS and pay the highest CASH price. I wish it distinctly understood that : his Is not for speculation, and I hope that those who have Com to sell would prefer selling It to the GOVERNMENT at a felr price rather than let it pass Into the bands of speculators. J. C. MILLER. Fcbruary27 ' 9 If pOTTON IS KING!?THE SUBV_y SCRIBER gives this notice to all thoee that know thecurlves indebted to him, that he most pay his debts, and that hcc&not doit without money; and also, that thoee who have accounts with him of long standing, must make settlemeat either by Cash or Note, as be is determined to close ud .ils books to the first of January 1801. K JOHN SIMPSON, Chester, 8. C. February 91,1801 0 tf wa. MTWAEKBE DENTIST.. TOBKT1LLB, ?. C. Qg Office In the rear of MOORE, RAINEY fc CO. *8 Store, formerly occupied by Messrs. MELTON A MELTON, as a Law Office. July 11 ?- - 88 SAVE TOUR TAN BAR&. T WILL pay FOUR DOLLARS PER A CORD, in cash, for FIVE HUNDRED CORDS TAN BARK, delivered at my TANNERY in Yorkville. I will also pay the highest market price, In CASH, for Hides, Tallow, or Beeswax." J. HERN DON. March 13 11 tf i DR. ALFRED CRAVEN J^sitat jjnrgemt gtniisl, YOKKVILLE, S. O. 09- On the East side of Main Street, South of the "Pal' . metto Hotel. "-60 January6 1 - tf m ^ /K . v, -a. -3 .