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^ ?&! > YORKV|LI.E< S. C. ~T TBEBBOAY MOBHIHO, MAT 88, 1868. ft?-Mr. Joax R. Aixnx, Post Master at Chaster, is our authorized agent; and fully empowered to receive money for the office, and give receipts for the same. fty-In cases where subscribers do not take the Exqcixi* .rout the post-office, Post-Master* are requested to notify us m mediately. OChSubscribers desiring their papers changed must mention th? Post OAceJrom, as well as the one to, which they deaire the ehagen to be made. EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. . Ox TEK WlXO, PSNtXSULA, VlSOIXU, ) Wednesday Evening, May 7,1802. J % Dear. Enquirer: While resting on the march, we torn up the smooth side of a knapsack, to tell you of the long and hotly contested, though throughout ih.eday and at the close favorably issuing fight at Williamsburg on Monday. Our army began to retreat very quietly and orderly from the Warwick-river lines on Saturday. This retreat was oqvered by General Longstreet's Division, the rearmost of whom left the banks it v TIT oi xne tt arwiun. a utuc uuuic uaj-uguv on Sunday morning. Late that afternoon Longstreet's Division entered the entrenched suburbs of Williamsburg; while the front divisions of the army had reached positions at a less or greater distance above the town, and encamped for the night. The enemy by some means?we have heard it said by a treacherous citizen-very soon ascertainea our movements, and made a vigorous .pursuit. Our rear guard and the cavalry-had a slight skirmish with them a mile or two below the town; and their sharp-shooters, armed with Belgium rifles, appeared in front of our earthworks before night-fell. 1 Williamsburg, on the South bank of 1 York river, is situated just in the narrowest point of the Peninsula, and only two or three miles from either the 1 James or York river. It occupies an exceedingly level landscape, and is quite nn old settlement of the colonists. ' Fort Magruder, the main one of ten or fifteen redoubts which Gen. Maguder ! constructed for the defence of the place, occupies 3 or 4 acres of ground on the j road leading from Yorktown to Willi&msbnrg, about two miles from the ] latter place. The other redoubts lie in a broken line on-the right and left ' of the roads, at intervals of 3 or 4 hun- ' dred yards from each other. Between ' Borne of these redoubts rifle-pits were dug for infantry. An open field some 1 500 yards wide in front of Fort Ma- " grader and our left wing, and some two or three hundred in front of our right, gently receded to the edge of a vast pine-forest, through which the road ran, and along the edge of which the huge J timber had been cut down to obstruct ^ the progress of the enemy. Immediately after day-break the Belgian rflRes drove in our pickets, advanc- , ing within two or three hundred yards of Fort Magruder. The chivalrous Gen. Anderson toolfc the right wing of ( Jenkins' Sharp-Shooters, which had been posted within 'the Fort on the nisrht previous; deployed them as skir O < * 7. , mishers in front of tjzie Fort; and in his grave but pleasant manner ordered 'Skirmishers, Forward, Double-quick /', heading the charge/ in person and on horse-back at tbfat. In this gallant manner did the fight open; but our boys were forced back into the redoubt. The enemy,, in their turn now advanced with the,'greatest boldness and apparent confidence, as if intending to storm and carry our strong-hold whether we Were willing or not. A few well-aimed fires from our Harper's Ferry and Enfield rifles, made them bite the dust or retreat in consternation. They retired and concealed themselves among the fallen timber, from which they kept up an irregular but astonishingly accurate fire upon the fort for more than one, perhaps two hours. In this time R. L. Hemphill, a member of the Jasper Light Infantry, was shot through the brain, while in the act of firing his piece; and H. H. Erwin, of the same company was wounded very seriously, if not mortally, by a minnie-ball which entered his right breast, passed through the right lung, and escaped near the upper lumbar vertebra of the backbone. Dr. Thomson, who left him early Tuesday morning, thinks he will not recover. The enemy soon planted a battery of artillery near where the road passes out from the woods, and opened fire upon us, and which was kept up on both sides vigorously for the best part of the day, (which was returned by ours.) By ten o'clock, their infantry were found pushing their way through the woods in large bodies, as if with the design of turning our right wing. They were met by several regiments, which had been ordered to that section of the field by Gen. Anderson, (in temporary command of the Division of Longstreet, who was acting as full General,) and repulsed after a short but terrific fire. They rallied, came again, and suffered a repulse, as many as four times. It was now twelve o'clock, or past. The sky was overcast with leaden clouds, and it had been raining at chilly intervals all day. In a few rounds the powder bed would become a powder mudhole ; and we have thought that the enemy perhaps retired designedly in order to be unmolested in wiping out their guns. v ^ They now came in full force to the ft ^ ~'': t " "A J Mi. final onset on our right. For upwards of three long hours the battle raged with fury, and without a moments cessation. Thus long it being in even scales, both sides holding their ground well, when our boys began slowly to beat back the enemy before them. They! fought gallantly, contesting the field inch by inch for more than an hour, and gave it up at last with great reluctance. Our boys pressed upon them with unflagging and unquailing resoluteness. Occasionally, as the columns of the foe wavered and retired, a shout of exulta-! tion rose over the bloody field. As J they fled our boys pursued?the faster they fled, the faster we pursued, until their feet saved them, or they fell into our hands, and we had overtaken and captured several pieces of artillery. This closed the fight on our right. Some while before this, the enemy with considerable force of infantry and a battery of artillery, occupied our extreme left redoubt, some half a mile from Fort Magruder, which, by some mistake, was never occupied by us during the day. Portions of all the regiments of Gen. Anderson's brigade, we believe, such as could be spared from the six redoubts which they occupied, were combined and sent forward to storm this battery. This attempt was necessarily unsuccessful from the distance which our boys had to doublequick it, before they could reach the fort, all the while exposed to a raking and destructive fire of grape, canister and shell. Sergt. N. B. Bratton, of Capt. Meacham's company, was seriously wounded in the thigh in, this charge, by a piece of shell. One of the most magnificent sights of the day was a cavalry charge in line of battle, which bore down like an ava lanche upon the broken columns of the foe, as they fled in confusion along the outskirts of the field at the close of the Eight on the right. The enemy's sharpshooters concealed still among the fallen pines,. and the portions of their Seld troops who fell back towards our left in good order, fired upon our cavilry; and in a few minutes the field was resonant with the hoofs of hundreds if flying and riderless horses. Some if the riders were killed, some wounled; while many had dismounted in hot liaste to use their carbines and sabres in foot. This daring and chivalric jharge lasted but a short time, and with no marked result except that of silencing the enemy's Belgian rifles for ;he remainder of the day. Onr artillery, however, raked the retreating Fragments of columns with a terrible Eire, which was kept up till night sat in md closed'the conflict. We claim a victory, and justly, for we held the battle-field till we choose to leave it late that night. But it was stubbornly contested to the end, though apparently for the purpose of preventing; the show, and not mitigating the reality of a defeat. Six redoubts were occupied by Anlerson's brigade alone. Fort Magruler, the centre of the fields, around which for two thirds of the circumference of a circle the battle raged, was under the fire of artillery (and sometimes a cross-fire) and Sharp-Shooters for twelve hours. Saturday Morning :?The loss in killed and wounded on our side is roughly estimated at 1000; that of the enemy is supposed to be much greater, though nothing accurate can be known at this early date. We captured about 800 prisoners, and took one or two stand of colors. We forbear to mention conspicuous deeds of gallantry, for want of time and space, as well as because our opportunities for observing were too limited for us todojuBtice to all. Our army commenced the retreat again on Sunday night. We are now here, that is somewhere, jaded down, chafed, foot-sore and hungry, but quite well and in No. 1 spirits. Paper scarce, chances to write scarcer, and no mail at all. Richmond is still our Post Office. W. R. Erwin of the Jasper Light Infantry is missing. It is supposed that he remained behind to take care of his wounded brother, and fell into the hands of the enemy. MILES. Swamps or Chickahomint, Viroi.su, ) Saturday Evening, May 10, 1862. ) Dear Enquirer :?This week, by common concession, has been the seI mi* koo nvrtavmn Y CI Ck> t luaif UUJL UWO VA|/V14VUVed, since we entered the service. It has been, indeed, a most trying time to our whole army. We have been mobilizing ever since the battle at Williamsburg, on Monday, which, by the way, seems to have been a marked, though bloody, victory for us. In retreating to its present position, we had to cover a train of wagons, ambulances, and artillery from 3 to 5 miles long, over a road which, especially on Tuesday, had been rendered almost impassable by Monday's rain. The sandy and limous soil was in places cut into mud-holes, which wore deeper and deeper at the passage of every wagon, until they were sometimes belly-deep to the horses and mules. The whole face of the country for three miles in rear of the battlefield, and for an hundred yards on eacl side of the road, was over half-leg deej 2- . a% ftf " V. JU MI .. in mild; and even the pavements of Williamsburg were over the shoe-mouths of the infantry^ With all the precaution that could be taken in a night-march ?for our retreat was anything else hut precipitous?every foot soldier was handsomely bedraggled to the knees. No one who has never seen an hundred thousand men in motion, carrying with them the means of subsistence and battle, can at all form any just conception of the scene. The long, tortuous, irregular line of muskets, moving at rout-step, and at a snail's pace, as far as eye can reach both ways; divided into fragments which mark the different brigades; the front end now checked by some obstacle, the rear still moving; now the whole stopped to rest for a moment, the men stretching themselves out on the ground, sun or shade, like a vast herd of buffaloes; the teams pass ing on, or one stalled, stopping mty others behind; the shout of the wagoner and the crack of his whip; and a legion of cavalry tramping by, and the enquiry, "how far are the Yankees behind;" the frequent rumors that they were hanging closely upon our rear, and occasional halts to give them battle; stragglers pushing on to their regiments before, or resting on logs to await them behind: these and a thousand and one other things similar, make up the unique and interesting tout ensemble of a retreating grand army. The reader will at once* perceive that the progress of such a column, such meeting with obstacles and every one's pause checking the advance of all the rest, must be slow in the extreme. By 12 o'clock, however, the whole army had been withdrawn to Smyrna church, six or eight miles above Williamsburg, and by one road at that. Here the routs diverged, the main column under Gen. Johnston passing to the right near the York. Longstreet's Division taking the left by an old colonial church called Burnt Ordinary, and both meeting at a large open farm some five miles above Smyrna, where they encamped for the night, after a muddy and fatiguing march of 12 miles. Hungry as we were, our rations that night were two hard biscuits ?cracker8. We however, had secured a haversack full of peas, beans and rice, from a barrel which had been thrown away; and a portion of the Jaspers regaled themselves on a delicious potfull of "Hopping John"! After the first day the road's were considerably drier, and the troops be- ' fore us had beaten them into fine travelling condition. In all other respects the first days experiences were a prototype of the rest- The stoppings were numberless. The second day we passed another old colonial building, called "The Academy," built two hundred years ago. It was protected on three sides by a brick wall, as if for defence against the Indians ; and the whole wore the plainest marks of age and dilapidation. This day we succeeded in making the distance of five or six miles. The next we marched only two or three miles; every day our journey became "small by degrees and beautifully less"; and to-day we have not moved at all. Our fare has been necessarily very meagre; but we are glad to say that the bovs have not suffered much from * hunger, and that when the sick were called upon to report to the surgeon, not more than a dozen could be found in the whole regiment. They were never in better fighting condition. Encouraged by the results of last Monday, where the enemy are said to have had 80,000 men by the close of the day, and only nerved for greater resoluteness and valor by their hardships, they are ready for the invaders whenever they swarm into the Chickahominy valley.? Our generals expect them soon, and anticipate at least a three days fight. We neglected to say in our last, that Col. Jenkins was acting Brig. General on the day of the battle. He bore himself with perfect self-possession ; yet his warm, generous, brave heart was visible in his glowing face and kindled eye; and he moved hither and thither, bent only upon duty, and exposed to great danger all the day. The fact is, with Jenkins, Anderson and Longstreet to lead us, we all expect to be placed wherever the battle rages thickest and longest. So, here's a health for those who survive the stormy days when they come, and a tear for those who fall. MILES. Gen. Johnston's Army. From a gentleman who left the army at ten o'clock Tuesday forenoon, we have information of Gen. Johnston's position at that time. His vanguard was only one mile this side of New Kent Court House. Gen. McClellan's advanced forces were at the Court House, but the impression seemed to prevail that he was retiring. New Kent Court House is 28 miles from Richmond, and were McClellan defeated at that point, the greater portion of his ' forces would be compelled to retreat in the direction of Yorktown, before reaching which they would be captured or , cut to pieces. It was thought not improbable that General Johnston would 1 tender the young Napoleon battle and ! we think it more than probable that > this is about the most favorable oppor[ tunity the Confederates will ever have P to engage him. The loss of three thousand (as admitted by his surgeon general) at Williamsburg has doubtless giv1 en him a fair foretaste of what he is to > expect when the great struggle shall take place. This great struggle will not take place near New Kent Court House if McClellan can avoid it. Petersburg Express. - ? From the Southern Guardian. From Charleston. ' ;. A correspondent writing from Charleston informs us that on Monday night or Tuesday morning the steamer Planter, which plied between the city and the various fortifications, was taken from her wharf and passed the forts to the Yankee fleet. She had on board six guns for the new fort, all equipped. There evidently has been gross negligence somewhere, and we trust the recreant parties, whoever they may be, will be brought to speedy justice, and the prompt penalty of the halter rigorously enforced. Since the above was written, we have received the Charleston papers of yesterday. The Mercury has the follow ing: ~ Yesterday, at daylight, the steamer Planter, in the absence of her officers, was taken by four or five of her colored crew from her berth at Southern wharf, to the enemy's fleet. She is a highpressure cotton boat, of light draught, formerly plying on the Pee Dee river, but latterly chartered by the government, with her officers and crew, from Mr. Ferguson, her owner, and used as a transport and guard boat about the harbor of Charleston. Her-armament was a 32 pounder and a 24 pound howitzer. The evening previous she had taken aboard four guns for one of the newly erected works, either that on Morris Island or Fort Timber, viz; a 42 pounder rifled and banded, an 8-inch columbiad, both of which had been struck at the reduction of Fort Sumter,; an 8-inch seacoast howitzer, and a 32pounder. These guns were to have gone to their destination early in the morning, and been mounted yesterday. Three sentinels were stationed in sight of her, and a detail of twenty men were within hail for the relief of the post. -1-?Q A- A'AIAOL" fll n I DCbWCCll liOiU*paot u auu ~x v v&wa vwv Planter steamed up and cast loose, the sentinels having no suspicion of foul play, and thinking she was going about her business. At quarter past 4 o'clock she passed Fort Sumter, blowing her whistle, and plainly seen. She was r eported by the corporal of the guard as the guard boat, to the officer of the day, Captain Fleming, one of the best and most reliable officers of the garrison. The fort is only called on to recognize authorized boats passing, taking for granted that they have their officers aboard. This was done as usual. The run to Morris Island goes a long way out past the fort, and then turns. The Planter on this trip did not turn. The officers of the Planter were Relyea captain, Smith mate, and Pitcher engineer. They have been arrested; ana will, we learn, be tried by courtmartial for disobedience of a standing general order, that the officers and crews of all light draught steamers in the employment of the Government will remain on board day and night. The result of this negligence may be only the loss of the guns and of the boat, desirable for transportation. But things of this kind are sometimes of incalculable injury. The lives and property of this whole community are at stake, and might be jeoparded by events apparently as trifling as this. It is, therefore, due to the service and to the cause, that this breach of discipline, however innocent in intention on the part of the officers, should be dealt with as it deserves. Without strict discipline, no military operations can succeed. The Courier says: The Planter was a new high-pressure steamer, belonging to Captain John Ferguson. She was regarded as one of the fastest steamers in the harbor, and very valuable for river service, but unfit for sea work. Three of the negroes who left also belonged to Capt. Ferguson, one Mrs. Michel, and one to! Mrs. McKee. There are rumors of others having gone, who were missing from the city yesterday, but for information on this point we suppose we must await the next arrival of Northern news from Port Royal. The Planted was observed alongside of the fleet yesterday afternoon, and from appearances it was supposed that one of the Federal gunboats was engaged in removing the arms from her deck. Such are the material facts so far as we have been able to gather them in relation to this extrarooinary occurrence. The Courier remarks editorially: We are informed that this shameful proceeding is due wholly to the criminal absence of the master, mate and engineer from their posts; and that Gen. Ripley has arrested them for the purpose of having them court martialed.? The escape took place in broad daylight, the crew taking advantage of the absence of all the officers, and the vessel having been seen on her way by both the police detective and a sentinel on duty, they supposed her on the lawful errand of conveying cannon from one post to another. The State Beserves". The Governor and Executive Council have established the following regulations for the organization of the First and Second Corps of Reserves in South Carolina, viz: That those constituting the First Corps cf Reserves, when formed into Companies, shall elect their Company Officers; and, when formed into Regiments, the Field Officers shall be appointed by the Governor and Council. And those constituting the Second Corps of Reserves shall be organized into Companies and Regiments, and placed under the command of Militia Officers of the State who may then be in Commission. But this resolution shall not apply to the City of Charleston, where the Reserve force is already organized and officered. Charleston Mercury. Exemptions from the Conscription Law.?The Executive Council of this State has adopted and published a resolution, construing the Conscription Act of Congress as exempting from Conscription all persons at the time legally exempt by the laws of the State, including, in South Carolina, the exemptions made by the Convention, and those made by the Governor and Coun cil by the authority of the Convention, and those made by the Legislature and i retained by the Council ; the Governor i and Council holding that the Exemp- i tion Act of Congress does not repeal the Conscription Act, but is Concurrent 1 with the existing laws of the State. ] Charleston Mercury. j From the Southern Guardian. Camp-Notes. The New York iTeraZd, some months 1 ago, announced the grand programme 1 of the movement against Richmond. Four separate columns were to move i simultaneously. Recent events seem j to indicate a carrying out of that pro- ] gramme; and a batch of Yankee pris- ] oners brought in yesterday give us some ] statements that confirm in part the j idea. McClellan is advancing by way j of the Peninsula, and Johnston is to moot liim Hmmairlo ia tr> onmo OT1 thfi South. Banks is to reach the city through the Valley provided Stonewall 1 Jackson doesn't stand in his way. And, 1 fourthly, McDowell is to cross the Bap- j pahannock and sweep down from the 'j northeast, and our "Aj*my of the Rap- 1 pahannock" is to receive him ! It is 1 from this division of our forces that < this note is written. In the Army of the Rappahannock, J Gregg's brigade assumed Its position of honor on the 3d instant, the 13th regi- < ment S. C. V., leading in the advance < under Col. Edwards, the senior colonel i of the brigade. Gen. Gregg takes the < tented field with his men. The 12th, 13th and 14th regiment, S. C. V., are 1 encamped immediately together ; the other regiments of infantry and the ] artillery of our brigade are hard by.? > And around and near us on hill-top and valley for miles extend the camps, and 1 parks and bivouac-posts of the various 1 brigades of our army. How many and in what positions, let the invader find when he comes. We are in sight of the enemy; and'can examine with I glasses the various camps and movements of McDowell's forces, who line i the Rappahannock from above Fred- 1 ricksburg for several miles below. Our ' pickets and scouts come in contact from 1 (time to time with theirs; hardly a day j passes but tbat our men bring m aj; batch of prisoners. The statements of 1 these fellows concerning the Yankee 1 army vary from 5,000 to 90,000. From ' other indications we gather there are about 35,000 or 40,000. The railroad bridge at Fredericsburg is just rebuilt ] ?finished yesterday; from which fact 3 some infer that McDowell's advance ' will be along the railroad. Others, in ' view of the less distance, expect him to 3 advance from Port Royal, fifteen miles ' below. We shall see probably in a few 1 days. ( The seeker of the picturesque may rest him awhile here in Spottsylvania county, for the eye of the artist never brightened at lovelier landscape than these. ., The Peninsula is quivering under the shock of armies; Beauregard is covering Corinth with glory and blood, Stone- ' wall Jackson is waking the Valley with ] new shouts of victory. How soon will . the drama of the Rappahannock open ? Whenever it be, theye is no man more , eager for the work than our own brigadier. Letters for the 13th regiment should be addressed to the "care of Colonel Edwards, lZtk regiment South Carolina volunters, Gregg s Brigade, Richmond, , Virginia," adding a note of the company when -necessary. An agent in Richmond forwards them to us where- 1 ever we be. On the Rappahannock, May 11. i?M Latest Prom Fort Pillow. ? < /"V t HT .:. 7 n T)7 I wana jLvavai name ai jriumu jruciu. Oar Cotton Boats Victorious. The steamer Golden Age arrived at i [our wharf yesterday afternoon from ' Fort Pillow, and from an officer ' in the 1 engagement, we gather some interesting 1 particulars of the grand naval battle which took place there on Saturday. : Gen. Jeff. Thompson, who is in com- < mand of the gunboat fleet at Fort Pil- < low, on hearing that it was the intention of the enemy to come down to at- : tack that place on Saturday, concluded that he would go up and anticipate their ; movements. Accordingly about 6 o'clock on Saturday morning, the fleet was put in readiness, and about 7 o'clock : the fight commenced. The steamer Bragg, Capt. Wm. Leonard, led in the : attack. She steamed up amid a shower 1 of balls to the St. Louis gunboat, which was coming down, and struck her on the starboard side, the Sumter, Capt. Wallace Lamb,' followed next, and butted the St. Louis near the stern; the Gen. Bncey Capt. Henthorne, followed next, and also butted the St. Louis in the stern, knocking away her rudder and sternpost. The Van Born, Capt. Fulkerson, come up last. i The Bragg had her chain shot away, and dropped back ; the Sumter was surrounded by three gunboats, which, for the space of fifteen minutes, poured a most deadly fire upon her. Some of the enemy's boats were almost alongside the Sumter in the engagement, yet she ; was not seriously disabled, though her cabin was almost riddled. The Van Born had a special engagement with the mortar boat, and it is believed seriously damaged her. Indeed, it is reported ' that tlie mortar boat ha8 since sunk.? Some of the enemy's balls penetrated as much as six feet into our boats, yet so far as their serviceable capacity is concerned they were uninjured. The Van Dorn'8 upper works were almost riddled. A spy glass was shot out of the hands of her captain. There was no damage done to the hulls or machinery of our boats. Gen. Thompson was on board the Bragg, which made the first attack. All did their duty nobly, though special mention is made of Capt. Fulkerson, of the Van Born. The St. Louis was seriously damaged, was run on a bar opposite Plumb Point. Yesterday at noon, she was ' still on the bar, with a transport along, side, supposed to be in a sinking condition. The fight was brought to a close by the Federal gun-boats withdrawing inshoal water, where ours could not go. They then opened broadside after , broadside at us, throwing some three hundred shot, but with no damage. TBe Benton gun-boat, Com. Foote's Jag-ship, did not leave the shore, but 1 ill the time poured a most destructive i Sre upon our boats. t The Federals made an attempt to i board the Sumter, but the boarding s party were all dispersed by a shower -\ [)f balls and hot water. Several of the j Federals were killed at their guns, e md others at their forecastle. We j fired from our big gun not exceeding i twenty shots, mostly from the Jeff, i Thompson. i Our loss in the engagement is two? the cook on the Bragg, and the steward on the VanDorn. The former had 1 bis leg shot off at the thigh, and the j latter had his head shot off. We also bad four slightly injured. The Federal loss is known to be at least twenty- 1 five. j ?+* < From Corinth. 1 A special dispatch to the Mobile Ad- 1 uertwer, dated Corinth, the 14th, says '< that skirmishing continued throughout the day, without results on either side af importance. The Confederates cap- > tured to-day 150 beef cattle. The 1 Confederate advance captured 70 Fed- j r\wtr* 1 et <r\ ney y* PoriD I CKUD UUOl X aiiOj xvuuvuuvvi European intelligence to the 27th bas been received. ; The London Times considers the check of the Federal advance at Shiloh ' equivalent to a Confederate victory, ; and finds in it a confirmation of its opinion that the military difficulties of 1 the North have just begun with its attempted invasion of the cotton States. The steamer Tubal Cain left Liverpool with a heavy cargo of arms and ] ammunition. A weekly journal, established to ad- ' vocate the Confederate cause, is soon 1 to appear in London. Important from Corinth. Mobile, May 19.?A special despatch 1 to the Advertiser, dated Corinth, May 18, says that Capt. Avery, of the Georgia Dragoons, successfully penetrated 1 the enemy's lines, two night's since and ; discovered that the whole Federal army i wras moving from the river upon our position, ana fortifying as they advance; j they are also bringing up siege guns of ; immense size. There was considerable j novement of the enemy on our right j last night. One of Morgan's men, who arrived last night, reports that Morgan lost 20 ; tilled and wounded, and 40 prisoners* i n the fight at Lebanon. Morgan's ( forces killed 60 of the Federals and , captured 140, but were compelled t<*, retire, a heavy Federal force being near, coming to attack them. Morgan's missing men are coming in. Capture of some of the Monitor's Crew. . Petersburg, May 19.?Eeighteen ( cf the Monitor's crew, came ashore, at ( ;hree o'clock this afternoon, at a point , >n the river, and were surprised'upon landing by the Confederate pickets, md ordered to surrender. Nine, in- : eluding four officers, laid down their j pistols and cutlasses; the others rushed ' ;o their small boat, and pulled for the i Monitor, eight of whom were killed, j ;he remaining one lost an arm. The j Monitor opened with a heavy gun, i vhich prevented the rescue of the boat J md survivor. The nine (japtured reach- ] cd here at half-past 6 o'clock, and were 1 Tiarnhftd through Svcamore street to < 7 O? ? Gren. Huger's headquarters, surrounded J Dy a great crowd. One of the officers j was a paymaster, the others midship- ; men. None of the Confederates hurt. ' Prom Vicksburff. Mobile, May 19.?A special dispatch to the Advertiser says that five j of the enemy's fleet arrived in sight of Vicksburg yesterday noon. A boat 1 with a flag of truce was stopped by our j batteries a mile and a half below, when j a ferry boat went down and returned i with a summons to surrender the city. J The Mayor replied that it was unpro- 1 tected, but he would never surrender. ' Col. Anthony, the Military Governor, and Gen. Smith, commanding, answered that Mississippians never surrendered. Two additional gun-boats arrived later in the afternoon, when the ( fleet moved over to this side of the river behind the point. All was quiet" this i morning. Confederate Currency.-?The Rich- i mond Examiner very properly says: ( The man who, by word or act, by inadvertence or direct effort, brings die- j credit upon Confederate money, wounds the Southern cause in a vital part; and ' is in fact, if not intention, doing the work of the traitor. He takes bread from the mouth of the army by impairing the ability of the government to provide for its subsistence* He denies the soldier the luxury of a wayside J meal, which the Confederate money in his pocket would procure him. He strips the wife and children at home of the meat, bread and shelter whicb the husband and father in the army could nrnvidp hv means of the money recei- 1 f- j 7? ved in the service. fig?* We are pleased to notice true , philanthrophy find it where we may.? ' A gentleman, of this District, says the Chester Standard, called on a Mr. Smarr, of Bullock's Creek, (York) ; and offered him 25 cents a pound for meat. Mr. Smarr's reply is worthy of note. "I have a great deal of meat to >; spare," said he, "but I assure you, my dear sir, I cannot accommodate you just : now. In my neighborhood, the wives and children of many soldiers are left, ' with but little meat, and they must not ' be neglected. I offer my meat to them at 15 and 16 cents per pound. If I ; have any to spare, after they are cared for, I may favor you." The Fight at Giles Court House. < ?A letter was received in Lynchburg, Monday, from Capt. G. C. Otey, by his mother, giving a very hasty account j of the fight at Giles Court House.? ! Capt. Otey says that our forces engaged were twelve hundred, those of the ene- ( my fifteen hundred. Our troops were ; marched all Friday night, and notwithstanding the fatigue they encountered, whipped the large force of the enemy < and pursued his flying columns six miles from the scene of action. These are about all the facts stated in the very hastily written note. Petersburg Express. ' " J 1 1 ' 1 u 1 ' The Spirit in Naseville.--T1i? Nashville correspondent of; the Louis^ rille Democrat says so sure as Grant ind Buell are defeated and have to pass ;hrough Nashville in retreat, "just so iure will every house have a concealed veapon?every woman will glut her evenge in murder." The same writer lays it is impossible to convince the jeople that the South will be defeated it Corinth. The citizens remain , firm ind true to the cause of the Confede acy. Brownlow.?It seems that this trai;or parson does not altogether suit the ibohtionists at the North. ' Garrison's Boston Liberator thus speaks of him: A more coarse-minded, vulgar, abusive, pugilistic disputant, it would be difficult to find. It is something to his credit, under such trying circumstances, that he refused to play the traitor; but this makes him neither a gentleman nor a. Christian. Newspapers and the War.?These are terrible times for the newspapers. The scarcity of paper, and enormous prices charged for it when obtained, are everywhere forcing the first class daily newspapers of the South to curtail dimensions. Three of the four dalles in Richmond, viz: the Whig, Enquirer and Examiner, are now printed upon a half sheet. All the newspapers of Mobile, Memphis, Vicksburg and New Orleans, also issue a half sheet only. ?-?.? ? t .'x ; Sad Causualtr, We grieve to hear that, that beloved patriot-in-arms, John Williams, Esa., was inadvertently shot, , last week, whilst on picket duty, in Virginia by one of his fellow-soldiers, the latter mistaking him for an enemy. The wound inflicted, though serious, we have great hopes, from accounts, is not mortal.?Lancaster Ledger, May 14th. v !! , Firing the Thames.?Setting the Thames on fire is a scheme proposed in London by one Mr. Macintosh, in view of a possible foreign invasion; He proposes to float a sheet of some combustible hydro-carbonaceous liquid over the water that sustains an adverse fleet, to ignite this combustible liquid, and thus to envelope the enemy in flames. ?: ?? Federal Confessions.?Petersburg, May 19.?Late Northern papers report the sinking of the Mound City and Cincinnati gun-boats by Jeff. Thompson's cottomhopt fleet. The Benton badly damaged iimm t&F Gen. Floyd has been appointed Maior General of the Virginia, forces, with anthority to raise a force of twenty thousand men for the, defence of Westera*Virginia;the force to be composed of non-conscripts. Dm?In this District, on the 1st Instant. SAMUEL PAUL eldest son of Mr. S. L. and Mrs. K< M. Campbell, igcd 4 years, 7 months and 17 days. . Fell?shot through the head, at the battle' of WilUamsMtff, Vs., on the Stb of May, 1883, and in the twentieth rear of bis age, ROBERT LOVE,' only son of Saml G. ElemphJll, Esq., of GuthrieavlJIe, S. C. . Renouncing his itudies in the Spring of 1661, he repaired, with the Catawis Light Infantry, to Virginia, where, without a day's laenmption from any cause, he bote the hardens of the.ctunmlgn until February, 1882, when, after ? fttrkwgh of thirty lays, having re-enlisted for the war, he joined the Jaaper Limit Infantry aa newly constituted. He was an obedient rod promising son, an amiable, affectionate and beloved Mother, a pleasant, attractive and valuable companion, and i faithful, patriotic and valiant soldier. Hence his ttnfllp. tomrades and country must bitterly mourn bis early detease, but never can forget the many noble traits that clusercd in his character, and now give preciousness to the memory of one who was sacrificed for his country and lbexty 1 , ? WANTED.?A GOOD MIL.CH T COW with a YOUNGCALF. Apply at this 3FFJCE. May 15 20 tf T 1ST OP LETTERS?REMATNJLi ING in the Poet Office at Yorkville, S. C., May 15, L862. . Amy, Mrs. Jane Armstrong, Miss Nancy Alkens, W. Sratton, 2; James A. Black, A. G. Beam, Elizabeth Crocker, Mrs. M. J. Dowdle, Mrs. ?. S. Dunbar, J. A. Bates, Mrs. M. L. Fulton, Miss A. R. Greer, James Garvin, Martha E. Grant, Miss Nancy Gwinn, W. F. Ganrls, Miss J. E. Hartnets, Miss M. A. Humphries, Rev. A. S. Lynch, Mrs. Betsy Lynn, S. JL MUler, Miss J. G. McCarter, J. B. MUler, John Poag, W. G. Richmond, A. E. RoMson, A. C. Sutton Louisa 8tswart, Margaret Stewart Captain L. P. Sadler, Miss G. Sanders, Mrs. E. G. Smith, Cept. Felix iVslker. JOHN R. ALEXANDER, P. M. May 22 21 . 3t. RECRUITS WANTED THE COSGAREE CAVALIERS. 9B50 BOTOTTY. THE undersigned desires to secure JL 90 recrulu for the CAVALRY COMrAwx wnn vblcfa he la connected. By volunteering soon each result will be entitled to *50 BOUNTY. TRANSPORTATION will be ftimiahedto the point where he Company is stationed. For farther information enquire 3f F. M. GALBRAITH, at Yorkvllle. G. W. MELTON, let Lieutenant, Company B., Cavalry, Holcombe Legion. May 92 91 - tf TEREBENE OIL IAMPSTot JL SALE, from 81 50 to $3 00, at my shop. The OIL mn be procured in Chester at f 1 SO per gallon. M. ALEXANDER, Watch Maker. May 15 90 3t?. WM. M. WAXiKBB. T>E1ST T I S T, YORKVTU.E, 8. C. {K7? Office in the rear of MOORE, RAINEY. 3t CO.'S 3 to re, formerly occupied by Messre. MELTON k MELTON, as a Law Office. July 11 98 tf DR. ALFRED CRAVEN ~ Itaikti Sturgeon gtntisf, YORKVILLE, S. O. [ft?- On the East side of Main Street, South of the "Palmetto Hotel. "-&) January 6 1 tf QETTLE UP!?ALL PERSONS O indebted to the undersigned by open account, previousj ;o the FIRST of JANUARY 1861. are hereby requested to' :Iose the same by NOTE 8tan early day. L. M. GRIST. March 98 13 tf I?OR TAX-COLLECTOR.?THE I? friends of Mr. PETERSON JACKSON respectfaJhr antounce him as a Candidate for TAX-COLLECTOR of fork District, at the next election. November 99,1860. 47 ly? 170R TAX-COLLECTOR.?THE JL Mends of GEORGE W. COBB, Esq., respectfully anlounce him as a Candidate for TAX-COLLECTOR for fork District, at the next election. November 6, 1860. 45 tf IfOR SHERIFF.?THE FRIENDS J. of J. HARVEY FAULKNER, respectfully announce lim as a Candidate for SHERIFF of York District, at the nsuing election. August 30, 1860. 35 If, , I70R SHERIFF.?WE RESPECTX? FULLY announce JAMES MASON as a candidate "or SHERIFF of York District, at the ensuing election. MANY VOTERS. _March30 12 tf t?OR SHERIFF,?THE FRIENDS X? of JOHN A. MAY, Esq., respectfully announce him as t Candidate for SHERIFF of York District, at the ensuing riectlon' Novembers, 1860. 45 ly* OR SHERIFF.?THE FRIENDS of R. L. SIMMONS respectftiUv announce him as a Candidate for SHERIFF of York District, at the ensuing riectlon. ? Novembers, I860. 45L_ ly* JACOB'S CORDIAL.?A SURE V Remedy for DIARRHOEA, DYSENTERY, AND FLUX. Sold for CASH at _ r THE ENQUIRER OFFICE. " July 11" 98 tf >. JACOB'S CORDIAL.?A SURE tf Remedy for DIARRHOEA, DYSENTERY, and FLUX. Sold for CASH at ? THE ENQUIRER-OFFICE. July. 11 , . 98 tf JACOB'S CORDIAD.?A SURE o Remedy for DIABRHCBA, DYSENTERY, AND FLUX. Sold for CASH at THE ENQUIRER OFFICE. July II 88 tf - RATES OF POSTAGE IN THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. QEC. 1. The Qongrees of the OonfedO crate States of America do nuut, That so much of the first section of an Act entitled "an Act to prescribe the rates of postage In the Confederate State* of America, and for other purposes," approved February 23,1881, aa relates to sealed packages containing other than printed or written matter, Including money packages, bend the same Ishere by so amended aa to require that audi, packages shall be rated by Weight, and charged the rued of letter postage. Sao. 2. vSud be it further enacted, That the second section of said Ac: be amended as follows, 11) wit: That all newspapers published within the Confederate States, not exceeding three ounces In weight, and sent from the oflSce of publication to actualand bona jidc subscribers within the per, puhUshetl^vcdSy, shall beaten cents per qaaner; papubUshed thrice a week, treW that amdant," papers, pub llshedslx times a week, six times that amount; and papers published daily, seven time* that amount. And on newspapers welshing mora than three ounces. Were shall be charged oneach additional ounce, in addition to the foregoing rates : On those published once a week, dve cents an ounce orfmctton of anonee per quarter; no thosepubHshed twice a week, ten cents per ounce per quarter; on those published three times & week, fifteen cents per ounce per quarter; on those published six tima?? useekythlny cents per ounce per quarter; and on those pabllahefidaily, thirty-five cents per ounce, per quarter. And periodicals published oftenorthan bi-monthly shall be charged as newspapers. And other periodicals sent fiom rbc office of publication to acutal and bonaflAt subscribers shall be ciuiqwd with postage aa follows, to wit: The postage on the regular numbcra of k periodical, published within the Confederate States, not exce^one.md_a half W^wcjgf^Md puwunea mammy, botui oe two uiu tuui ?;?! ^ Hotter ; and tot every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce two and a half cents additional; if published semi-monthly double Out amount. And periodica*paMlshci quarterly (orhl monthly shall be charged two centa an ounce; and regular subscribers to newipapera add periodical* shall be required to pay one quarter's poqta?;U*reou inadvarce, at the office or dttivay. unless paH at the office where published. And there ?aH be charged upon evarr other newap^r^ai/^ e.ach circular net sealed, hndj^eyaunconntwd vrith any maauscripfer writtenmatter, and not exceeding three ounces in weight, and published within the Confederate States, two centr; and for each additional ouniie or fraction of an ounce,.two cento additional; and in oil cases the postage shall be ^re paid by stamps, or otherwbe, as the Postmaster General shall direct-, and books, boand or unbound,not weighing over fbur pounds, shall be deemed mailable matter, and snaQbe^charfodwitb postage, to be prejrui by stamps or otherwise', as the Postmaster General may direct, at two cents an ounce for key distance. And anon all newspapers, periodical and book#, as aforesaid, published bayond the limits of the Confederate States, there shall be charred postage at double tbeJhregning specified rates. The publishers of newspapers orporiodlczus within the Confederate States, may sendund'lBcelve to and from each 'other, from their rmpeettveffilcNIi of publication, one copy of each publication free of postage. All newspapers, unseated cirbular^eradlarunseUM printed transient matter, placed in any pott office, ran for trans mission but for delivery only, shall be charged postage at^erateof^^^tej^,^^?;^ ^ Sded as to authorize the Puftmastef-Genetal to provide furnish ten cent stomps and- stonftied' envelopes; and that the prpvlslOBs. restxiotlOfSs and pawtttasprescttbod bgr said section of said Act, for vlol?tl6iuof thosama, in relation to two,five'and twenty cent stumps and stamped envelopes, shall, in an respects, apply to the denoWdntmaf stamps and stamped envelopesiertlamovlded for*rr. Sec. 4. -And be it further enacted, That the provtsocoomined in the fifth section of the said Act, be ttv amended as to extend to the Chiefs of the Contract, Appointment and Finance Bureaus of the Post Office Department, the nrtvlelhcf C1 erk, andthcAuditcr of^the Treasury fortbc 'Post ot postage, any i6ucni? pacKagcs or ocoer masters Ttistug rost utnee Department, suDjectto tne rsstncuOOf ana pen toKanters and farmers. mer Gin*! and bu no f^i... gin Factory to produce an equal ln^rffl^mMe?~ _Wtth Kood,di7 Cotton, the to* in the (tocaniKR Mtokqn nor made to ipew over?which cannot bftaatd of any .otter gin. Hi* gin sisoju> advantage* end irepttweagBW wfaBh ?finch m the exclusion o. -nus from the broth, ?c., by the comSSed, the smooth w^ ftngeirS?'^^ and different other pattern* He bliwlH^ trat ,d(j& To House-Builders, X will say that I am constantly 1*. ^^!/vBB38teS35ySadEfcr?5gSd^feaSZ"^35n5SSSMrelMM""*"" R0SE3TH0TEL if** ' YOBHV7IIiI/E? 8. C> &?> Ijgp^^SSSStSS^SSSi *1im' 1 ..-' B - aagfiurancfi to all who patronize him, ttet they will find at M?h?w?e, roawf equal t* any Jntte State, and the table supplied with the fcecttfcfe murat will aflbrd, the Proprietor remrne thank* ibr the literal paOflhMe totheTrarcllerand profitable to himtOt. ^ MYOaraiBUS will be found at the BAIL BO AD DEPOT to convey papsengers and their baggage to this House, FREE OP CHABOE. < Good STABLES attached to thla Hotel. -Ouiriuea, Hor scs, and attentive servants, always In readiness to convey travellers to any part of the country. Wo Jg&h or re i est boot. STATE OP. fiOCTH CAROU1TA, york district. ' 'tui WHEREAS Eliza A 'AJama has H -applied to me fix Letters of Administration, on afl and sin pilar, the nods aod chattels, rights and credits of JAMES M. H. ADAMS) late of the District aftrrtsaid, deceased. - . . _ These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and stnga ana appear ocnwe me. as our ae? ororawys toun. for qm said District, to be bolden at York Court Howe on theNSth da* of May last, to ibew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. :vi :<* Given under my hand and Beai, this 12th day of May. ' in the year orour Lord one thousand eight hundred and < slxty-two^ndin the 86th year of American independence. May 15 . , V A CHEAP IaIGHT. I HAVE on hand arid for sale, ri'sttpply of TEBE8KNE OIL, LAMPS, CHIMNEYS and | WICK. This Oil is burnt at a cost of less than a half cent per boor, and Is cheaper than candies at twenty cents per pound, ft is taunt in the common KEROSENE. LAMP with a slight alteration. Send in your lamps and have them altered, and five it trial. TEBM8 CASH. ^ , .'ve-s- M. JONE8, Manufhcturert Agents* At "Stowes" Hotel. ALSO A LOT OF GOOD W3JXJL TOSS PATER FOR SALE. M. JOKES. statu o| ?wnm , YORK DISTRICT. J > G. B. Batchfordw. J. R. Hudson-^Bmteejrf. > j YY7HERBAS the Plaintaffdidon the ' YY I8th day of October 1881, die Ms -declaration aijainst the Defendnnt, who { without the limits of this State, and has neaherwUhnw attorney known within the same, upon whom n copy of the said declaration mtebt be served. It is. therefore, ordered, that the said Defendant d.. eMMkMnn/minnil tAbkn mM r)<w*lA?etf<Ul.lM AP.tMAMthfe 19th Jay of October, which Wffl be lit Hie year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, otherwise final and absolute judgment will then bealren and awarded ;against him. - 8. E. MOORE, c. a. c. ?l*. o***"94 -XW v STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Atri>. Fallj, fur another, w.j.'R. Hudson WHEREAS, th? Plaintiff did on the T V 18th day of October, 1881, file hi# declaration against the Defendant, who, as It la said, is absent from and without the limits or this State, and has neither wife nor attorney known, within the nine, upon whom a -copy of the said declaration might be served. It Is, therefore, ordered that the said Defendant do appear and plead to the said declaration, on or before the 19th day of October, which win be In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, otherwise final and absolute Judgment will then be given and awarded against him. ? : 8. B. MOORE, c. c. o. October 24 ($8) 43 Iyq YORK MARBLE YARD. RICHARD HARE, respectfully Informs the citizens of York and Chester Districts, and the adjoining counties of North Carolina, that be is fully prepared to supply every article in the MARBLE LINE, of the bdghesuoyie oif finish and at reasonable prices. J He keepa constantly on hand, a large rappiyof FOREIGN J and DOMESTIC MARBLE, and specimens of his work may be always seen at the Yard, nearly opposite the "ENQUIRER" PRINTING OFFICE, and a ftw doors North of "8towe V Hotel. 0(7- All work will be delivered at any point an the King's Mountain Railroad, FREE of charge. He is also prepared to tarnish to order, IRON RAILING of any desired pattern, for Fences, Balconies, Ac. January 10 ? Jp J J* -. . II ' Elfwsjg aHOdHOJLVTI *0 H qttM auop aq pan % no srnoj og -xa&iot Am no ll Saprodjo paan on *eS <q 1 aooy dmn sauojM aqj j*a> ay? ?<>" ?VJ fo uojtied 9 m 'potop aq pfnoqs stunoaat ire wqt laana -ausjti ysaiAaquafjovqeqtuopeaipesipswi.qugam w *HRVq ? 3X0N *1 ajutioooe ipqt optos pun neo ?* P<> ' -lsanbw2ns<^a?<-oo'* craoAHOjwnrii 'O TT JO uug eq* o^ po^qopin suosjo^ TJ V xsaabaiy xsasara pORN! CORNU-^1 WISH TO v boy, ewfewly for the GOVERNMENT, 10,000 BUSH- , BL80F CORN. I wOl fhmlsh SACKS and pay the , highest CASH price. I wtafa It distinctly understood that tills la not for (peculation, and I hope that those who hare Corn to sell would prefer selling It to the GOVERNMENT at a tlr price rather than let it pan into the hand* of (peculators. rrw^- J. C. MILLER. February 37 -9 tf pOTTON IS KING!?THE SUB- i V_y 8CRIBER gives this notice to all those that know j themselves Indebted to htm, that he must pay his debts, and ]i that he conot doit without nonejr; and also, that those who | have accounts with him of long standing, must make settle- fl ment either by Cash or Note, as be is determined to cl<xe 5 upsiia books to the first of January 1861. ? 2 ' JOHN SIMPSON, Chester, S.C. February21,1861 8, . tf i CARRIAGE SHOP. /-ujjQKSy THE Subscriber stlD continues the A -TARRTAGE and BUGGY BUSINESS J VTYyat the old STAND. All kinds of coun- M try produce taken in exchange for work. 1 ALSO, HORSE SHOEING and general country WORK done by W. P. McFADDEN. January 83 . tf ' eW J