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?h* ? ivkriUt VORKVILLE, S. C TKTTESDAT KOKHIHO, XUHX IS, 1882 ft?- Mr. Jo MX R. All**, Poet Muter at Cheater, la oar aathorbed iftnt; and fully empowered to reeelve mouey for the ofice, and glra reeelpta for tbe earn*. (UMwhnt aabecribera do not take the Ewqoiaaa rem thapeet-oflce, Poet-Mantra are requeeted to noJfy ua Mediately. Snbecrtbera deelrlnf their paper* changed moat mention the Poet OSce/ram, aa wellaa the one to, which they daalre the ehacen to be made. WEATHEB AND CHOPS. The season for t}ie past month has been remarkable for its alternations from heat to cold?wet to dry. One of the greatest freshets known for years has occurred the past week. In the bottoms fencing has been washed away, and the young corn entirely destroyed, while the uplands have been washed into gullies, adding to the almost general destruction. The wheat that was threatened with rust had partly escaped, the same having been confined to the blade, but the fresh, we suppose, has left us about an average crop. Fruit promises an abundance, though the forests furnish but little mast. At the present writing, fires are comfortable night and morning. The health of the District is excellent; and business confined altogether to provisions, though exportation seems at a stand still. Flour from wagons, $4,50 @ $4,75. Bacon, 25@30. Butter, 15@20c. NEWS ITEMS. The Conscripts of this State will soon be summoned to some point near Columbia, at an early, day, as the necessary arrangements will be completed by the 15th inst. All persons between the ages of 18 and 35, except specially! exempted by the Confederate Act must attend?Physical disability is to be tested by a Codfederate Surgeon. As the conscripts can form or join Partisan companies, but little time is to be lost. The pay of Chaplains in the Army, is now eighty dollars per month, with rations. Gen. J. Johnson Pettigrew, of North Carolina, reported killed at the late battle, is wounded severely and a prisoner, but doing well. Col. Lightfoot and Maj. Loring, also. The small pox is prevailing to a terrible extent among the negroes at Fcrnandina, Florida; their new comrades will not tolerate them, and of course there true masters must leave them to their fate?they have no home, but in the hospitable grave, if they can find one. Yet the Yankees still cry out at the North, "Lo, the poor African." The retrograde movements of our Army from Corinth, it is said was "brilliantly" and successfully effected, during which the enemy was twice repulsed. Gen. W. B. Smith, has already taken the place of Gen. Mercer, as Military Commandant of the Charleston District 1 ' t _ _ r. 4 4^ ?tne latter navmg ueeu ifausicncu iu Savannah?Gen. Lawton, of that post having been sent to Virginia Gen. Humphrey Marshall, it is said, has sent in his resignation to the War Department. This, we presume, is in consequence of the order to MajorGeneral Loring to take charge of this department, Gen- Marshall claiming an independent command. The Charleston city ."Reserves" have! been ordered into active service. From the advertisory tone of the daily papers, there seems to be a determination to defend the old City to the last?to destroy, if they cannot save it. The Citadel Cadets are sent to James Island, as the Mercury says to "take a place in the picture" there?there is not one of them over 18 years of age. Andrews, the train-stealer and spy has been apprehended by citizens and brought in. He has been convicted by court martial at Knoxville, and sent to a 7 Atlanta to be executed. * A letter has been received from Rev. A. J. Witherspoon by his family in Alabama, post-marked "Johnson Island, Lake Erie, three miles from Sandusky, Ohio," and dated "May 2, 1862." It is brief. He had been sick, but was again doing well. He had written often, but only this letter has~bcen received. The Atlanta (Ga.) Intelligencer ot the 5th reports that Governor Harris, ? - - n of Tennessee, is fitting up a division ior an important aggressive movement. The Guardian learns that on Saturday a considerable force of the Yankees made their appearance on John's Island, and were attacked and driven ofl by our troops under General Evans, leaving behind them camp equipage, fcc. Whatever it maybe worth, the Northem papers are still harping on the re cognition by France of the Southerr Confederacy. Fears seem to be entertained of ar attempt by the enemy to reach Columbia by way of the Congaree with their gun boats. "We doubt the practicability, even should the necessary meant not be taken to prevent it. We shall endeavor by our next tc procure a correct list of the killed and wounded of our State?our own editoi being among the wounded, may account * for nothing on the subject having beer Ufe. yet received. The correspondent of the 9^Bfe?harle?ton Mercury says: wounded from South Carolina are not all sent to the C. S. Hospital in Manchester, but are scattered among various private and public hospitals.? The same may be said of the wounded of other State9. Hence the difficulty of ascertaining with certainty the facts in regard to individuals in particular corps. There should be, and doubtless soon will be, a Central Depot of Information, to which persons can repair with the assurance of getting a reliable answer, instead of an unreliable one obtained after visiting twenty or nlore hospitals, two af which (Camp Winder and Chimboraao) are cities of sick, holding several thousand. The distance be' tween Chimboraaso and Winder is two mileB in a direct line, and the Alms House Hospital, the next lergest, is a mile to * the right of this line, going west. Hence the difficulty of obtaining information." Reports have been published of the killing of Gen. Butler; also, of Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, by Ex-GovemTrlirk it. xrftfl flftid WR8 killed also?but our latest dates do not confirm either. Our latest news bring us intelligence of the death of the gallant Turner Ashby. The laurel and the cypress is truly embodied in our remembrances. "It was a bloody field where Douglas fell." The Municipal officers of each village, or District, will soon be called on for an enrolment of all transient males in their respective limits, with a view to prevent any evasion of duty due the State, and secure the conscription against unnecessary duties. A large number of steel bracelets were captured in the Yankee camps on Sundays battle at Richmond. They are said to be a neat article, and will probably be tried on the manufacturers ere long. The London Times says : If the Northerners could only see their own interests, they would stop short now and treat, as they will probably never have so good an opportunity. We are not dry, Johnny Crapeau. K?T?Th?n?T a T. nonRKSPOHPENCE. NlAK ElCHMOHD, VlROIXIA, ) Friday Morning, May 30, 1862. ) Dear Enquirer :?The latest'news at this point is that McClellan commenced withdrawing his army from their recent lines before Richmond, at three o'clock yesterday morning, and that Gen. Gus. Smith's Division immediately commenced a vigorous pursuit, overtaking the rear guard of the retreating foe about sunrise. A sharp musketry skirmish ensued, the results of which are as yet unknown to us. McClellan's intention, it is thought, is to retire his army under cover of their gunboats at West Point, so as to co-operate wholly or in part, with an advance from Norfolk up the South bank of James river. A wholesome fear of a combined attack upon their right, front and rear, by our left wing, which has been strongly reinforced within the last few days, and our forces near Fredericksburg^ acting simultaneously, may have also inclined him to this movement. Gen'l Jackson has been doing wonders during the last 'ten days, in the Shenandoah Valley. Milroy was at Front Royal ; Banks at Winchester; f and they desired to unite before receiving the shock of battle ?rom Jackson. "Stonewall," who kept up the show of a steady advance upon Winchester, on last Friday morning detached a portion of his command and sent them hastily ? ^ i .i i to J?ront itoyai, wnere iney met iuuroy, cut him to pieces, and put his Hessians to an ignominious and disgraceful flight. The two sections of our forces were again combined, and led at once against Banks at Winchester, who in his turn suffered a total defeat. The two columns of the enemy were now routed, and in full, disorderly retreat, hotly pursued by the victorious J a ckson. Banks' army fled in broken squads acros? the Potomac. The last account of Jackson is, that he was occupying Williamsport, Maryland, on the Frederickstown turnpike ; having captured a vast amount of provisions, 12,000 stand of arms, and ammunition in proportion ; having totally demoralized an army of 12,000 or 15,000?taking 2,800 prisoners and more still coming in constantly; and having effectually broken up the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which is the main channel of com' munication between Washington and the North-West. All this, too, with a loss on his part of only about 100 men. Glorious hero ! the first to tread the soil of Maryland for the liberation oi i her oppressed and down trodden people The new "Maryland Line" are wit! i him ; and how their hearts must throl , and thrill with delight, at the prospeel , of redeeming their homes from a ruth less bondage, and their mothers, sisters sweet-hearts, wives, from insult ant loathsome surveillance. It is said thai - - 1 "1 t 70,000 Marylanders are reaay ana ea ger to rally to the "onward" standarc i of Jackson. Many have arms hidder in the earth, while those who have not will seize any old scythe, bowie-knife - axe, they can lay hands on, to strike i > blow for their native State. The spiri of the 17th May, 1861, has survived { > twelve-months terrorism and tyranny [ even burns more fiercely for redress anc deliverance. ; Regiment after regiment, from some i where, it matters not where, is said tc ) have been sent forward to reinforc( Jackson. The "Maryland Line" musl k soon increase to one or two magnificent Divisions. If Jackson can collect around him an army of 75,000 men, Washington falls, Maryland is redeemed, and the flag wrought by the fair hands of Miss Jennie Carey, floats over the Washington Monument at Baltimore ! These may seem high-sounding words, with McClellan's powerful army before us. But Jackson is in no danger from him. He has thrown himself into a vortex from which he cannot escape. He must be stranded on the outskirts, or engulphed at the centre.-? Our army is ample to occupy his undivided attention. He must retrace all his steps since the opening of the present campaign, in order to threaten Jackson. He can hold Norfolk only at the sacrifice of Maryland. When he i finds that such is the case, he will come to the conclusion that a few more such successes will prove more disastrous than a defeat. If he halts at West Point, he will be, to say the least, reduced to the same state of inactivity that prevailed all last Summer and Fall, in front of Washington, Gen. Heth has sustained a repulse recently in Western. Virginia; but his command is small, and our loss there is comparatively unimportant, in the face of the grand denouements of the near future. If Gen. Johnston has the sagacity which we all attribute to him, we believe that in four or six weeks time he will gloriously work out the problem of our destiny at this place.? The enemy are foiled in the very beginning, really, of their second raid upon Richmond?as effectually, though not as disgracefully, foiled as at Manassas ; what is left to be done, is to chase them, as a' "deep-mouthed" pack would a chafed bear to his very den.? Let them feel the force of Southern steel. Let them be harrassed night and day. Let our whole army raise "My Maryland," and march forward. Now is the time. The tide is auspicious. Unless our criminal inertness after Manassaa be repeated, the tide of battle rolling back from Virginia's ahrvrpa. and the dawn of Maryland's de liverance already gold-tinge3 the eastern sky! We should have informed your readers that Maj. Mattison's Battalion? the glorious remnant of the old 4th IJegiment, the heroes of Manassas? were engaged in the early-morning charge of skirmishers at Williamsburg, headed so gallantly by the hero of Santa Rosa Island, Gen. Anderson. It is ever our pleasure to do justice to all, especially to the brave and gentle, wherever they may be found ; and the above statement was not made, only because we were not aware of the fact when we wrote of the fight. It is now made with the greater cheerfulness, because we believe that no men in the army have acquitted themselves with more credit, and received a less proportion of newspaper praise, than the men of the old 4th Regiment. We may here add that Col. Giles' and Col. Bratton's commands, and Lieut. Paul's Battalion Louisiana Volunteers, constituting the remainder of our brigade, all behaved quite as well as any on the 5th inst., so far as w& know; but our field of view is necessarily limited on the field of battle. To compensate for this in some measure, we have solicited, and again solicit, immediate information of all deeds of individual, company . i i ~ or regimeniai uaring aiiu vami, caycciallj with Carolinians, amongst whom the Enquirer has its chief circulation. To ourself verbally or by note, or to the Enquirer, in the shape of letters of correspondence, such information will always be received as a very acceptable courtesy. This is all the "justice" that we are able to give any one?all th5y are entitled to from us. Yesterday evening was a gala-time with the Palmetto Sharp-Shooters.? Gen. Longstrcet, in the glowing sunset, presented them with \ beautiful battle-flag, inscribed with but one word ?" Williamsburgbut that word contains a delicately expressed compliment to Col. Jenkins' new regiment.? Gen. Longstreet laconically said:? "Colonel?Officers and Soldiers: I hand you this flag?this battle-flag. You are honorably mentioned at Williamsburg. I trust that we may be able to mention you in the same way ! whenever your country calls upon you ^ to do battle." ! Col. Jenkins remarked that he was i glad to see from the inscription on the ) flag, that the confidence which his men t reposed in their Division General, was - reciprocated; and that he thought that , he did not promise too much for his I men, in saying that they would stand t by those colors with honor to themsel ves and serviee to the country. Then I A 1 A? l.io n/trnTYinV^ Vl O tlinm 1 turning IU mo i^uiuuLiU'tivA^ juv wiv? v?*v*M i that he had pledged their honor and , sense of duty to the defence of that flag, , wherever it may wave; and asked them: i "Am I right?" After a respectful t pause, to ascertain if his remarks were i finished, the cry of lcYes ! yes ! yes !" ; went up from the line. The whole 1 thing passed off with the usual ceremonies, and in very happy style. Maj. Anderson was not in the Crim> ean war, as was before stated, though ^ he is an old soldier of the British army, t His reputation both as an officer and ; gentleman, only improves with the men as he becomes better known. Captain Seabrook makes an efficient Adjutant. C^pt. Withers and Capt. Meacham, both Lieutenants in our old company, and both now in command of companies of their own, .are very acceptable to their men in their new positions. Indeed, most of the officers in our brigade, we believe, are trying to do their duty; every leisure day is improved by drilling in squad, company and regimental drill; and the whole brigade, for the opportunities enj oyed, are rapidly acquiring facility in manual and movement. MILES. For the Yorkville Enquirer. FROM THE COAST. Camp Simons, Junb 1st, 1862. Dear Enquirer: Thinking iome of your readers would like to hear from the lTth Regiment, I take an idle moment to give you a few items. We have at last been removed from John's Islland, and after several counter marchings are now located near a little village on the Charleston and Savannah Rail Road, called "Ravenel." We are highly pleased with our present location ; we have excellent water and unlike our old Island camp we have an occasional view of home scenes, (as many families are still residing near our camp.). It is decidedly refreshing and pleasurable to behold the joyous faces of children, and the Jlovely smiles of our fair country women, no one can appreciate the emotions produced unless they had been confined to an uninhabited Island as lonely as was our regiment. The health of our regiment is steadily improving, and if we continue long in our present camp, we will soon appear once more with full ranks. Our Yankee friends, after a long silence, have again commenced operations on our coast; we have had two "long rolls" since we left the Island. My principal object in this letter will be to give you an account of our last operations: On the morning of the 2?Hh ultimo, the Yankees landed at Port Royal Ferry,- and took up line of ' march directly towards Pocotaligo staonrl SQVft_nnn.il l/IUIi) UJLi tliu vuaixgovvu wuu k/u>? Rail Road; our forces had all been removed from that point, with the exception of two companies of cavalry. The enemy had doubtless received information from the negroes escaping to them; at half past 2 o'clock, p. m. we received orders to march immediately to meet the enemy; a train brought the order, and without time to prepare a mouthful to eat, we were to be on the road, with the uncertainty of getting any thing at all for several days; but notwithstanding our men werer ready to start, in 20 minutes, and anxious to be on the way. At half past 3 o'clock -vye were on the road, as fast as steam could carry us. We reached Pocotaligo station just as the sun was setting, and found that the enemy had actually advanced as far as the causeway between "Old Pocotaligo" and the station, but had there been repulsed by our cavalry; a pretty sharp conflict had been kept up for several miles between our men and the enemy before they were repulsed. The force of the Yankees, from the account given by three prisoners taken, and the observation of our men, was between 12 and 1400 men. In the fight along the causeway we lost two killed and several wounded?the Yankee^ loss was 3 killed and six wounded. As soon as we could'get out of the c^rs we were ordered to push forward after the enemy, and attack them as soon as possible.? We set forward in the best of spirits in pursuit of them?the Cavalry (5 companies) 2 companies of Infantry, and one of Artillery; the Beaufort had already gone in pursuit. We overtook them seven- miles from the Station; our regiment was then halted, and arrangements were then made to attack them at three o'clock in the morning, they then being encamped within a mile and a half of us, at a place called Gardner's Corner; two Companies of our regiment wer? then detached to support a section of the Beaufort Artillery Companies ; A & F were detailed, and Capt. Avery placed in command of the whole. These companies were to move by a circuitous route, and come in the rear of the enemy, as they should have to pass to Port Royal Ferry?the other troops bivouacked until 3 o'clock, a. m,. As your correspondent was with the detachment, he will speak of the route taken by it?the road was principally through a densely wooded country, with all the superfluity of undergrowth common to the low country, and we knew not at what moment we might come across the enemy as we had not a single picket on before us ; the night was so dark you could not see your hand before you, and our near proximity to them required us to preserve the utmost silence. It was certainly one of the most romantic marches your Correspondent has ever taken; tne scream of the night birds, the multitudinous frogs?the silent tramp ? the thick darkness, all conspired with the contemplated death-struggle of the morrow to impress upon each one peculiar feelings of awe. An incident served to increase it: As we were passing through a deep wood, supposed to be in less than 1 mile of the enemy, our advance came upon a horse grazing by the road side, with sword, saddle and bridle all on him ; we knew that no pickets were on the road from our men, and the horse with accoutrements|certainly indicated a rider, whether he was a Yankee picket who had fled without his horse or one of our own troopers we could not tell; we took the horse, however, sent forward pickets to scour the road, and marched on; we halted at a bridge and awaited for the attack to be made by our troops; but unfortunately the enemy either ascertained that we were in force, or ex! pected it, and left their camp between 12 m. andl p. m. and hurried towards the Ferry; the consequence was they had too good a start for us; had we all pushed on and attacked them in the night we should certainly have whipped them easily, but our scouts were too tardy; as it was, we renewed the pursuit and rejoined our regiment where the Yankees had stopped in the night, and near this place we obtained the seI quel to the mystery of our captured horse. On the side of the road (shot through the heart) lay the dead body of Dr. Godard, & member of the Rutledge Riflemen; he had been to the Station with a dispatch to Colonel Walker, the commander of our expedition, and had taken the wrong road and was fired upon and killed by a Yankee picket stationed at the forks of the road. As our men filed past his dead body, each quickened his step and grasped tighter hiaweapons; we pushed forward rapidly; our scouts soon reported the enemy only a few hundred yards before us, when our rifle compan, ies and the cavalry were thrown fori ward to scour the woods and rouse the enemy; but whether the scouts were deceived, or a small detachment of the enemy were kept in the rear to cover I their retreat, we are unable to say; but with the utmost exertion, we aid not come nf with them until they had taken their boats at the Ferry, and were making towards Beaufort. Our artillery unllmbered at the river, and sent the Yankee rear guard, "on the hills and far away" in double quick time. We fired on them as long as we could, and then, in our turn, made for Pocotaligo, which we reached before sun set, having marched upwards of thirty miles j with nothing to eat, and without water fit to drink. Our men were as cool as I ever could expect to see them; they were expecting the fight every minute, and I assert positively the men seemed anxious for the conflict, and chagrined when they found the Yankees had "heeled i^' out of the way. Our men all stood themarcfi finely;but 22 miles in a burning sun is no "child's play" I assure you. We have many a blistered foot in camp now; but our appetites are all good. I have troubled you too long and I will close abruptly, hoping the next time we have a "Yankee chase" we can report some good execution done by the 17th Regiment.. The Yankees will never be able to earn their salt, on the coast of South Carolina. Yours. L. For the Yorkville Enquirer. V FROM THE BATTLE GROUND. Camp Near Richmond, 1 June 2nd, 1862. J Messrs. Editors:?I send you the following list of killed and wounded of Company G., Captain I. N. Withers, Jenkins Palmetto Sharp Shooters, in the engagement near Richmond, onythe 31st of May, which I wish you to publish for the satisfaction of those interested : Killed.?HI. H. Moore. / Wounded.?Capt. I. N. Withers, severely, in the leg ; Lieut. J. W.,Carroll, severely, in the thigh; Lieut. Jajs. Black, severely, in the arm; Sergt. p. II. 0'Farrell, severely* in the siae; Sergt. J. M. Adams, slightly, on khe head ; Corp. J. L. Mcl/lwee, slightly, on the knee; J. A. Adims, severely, through the thigh and leg; D. M. Allison, severely, in the leg ; J. F. Barron, severely, through ithe mojlth; J. J. Coward, slightly, oil the shoulder; D. H. Carroll, very severely; through the left breast; W. F; Dye/ severely, in the side; Wm. W./ East, severely, in the thigh; W. A. Fewfell, severely, in the knee ; W. K. HaoKett, mortally, in the right breast; J. /T. Hall, severely, in the hip; Johh Kersey, severely, in the hand; R. McCa/w, very severely, in the bowels; H4 |w Neal, severely, in the leg; R. R. fflfobiso^, severely, in the hip; C. C. lloeerts, slightly, in the hand; E. M. Roserf slightly, in the forehead; J. K. S. Sims, severely, in the thigh; T. C. Williams, slightly, in the leg; James Wood, severely, in the side. Missing.?J. H. McKenny and H. Sarratt. W. BAITY SMITH, Lieut. Commanding Company G., Jenkins' Palmetto Sharp Shooters. For-the Yorkville Enquirer. King's Mountain Guards, 5th Regiment, S. C. V. For the following list of killed and wounded, we are indebted to Captain TTVU? r.nTTri (GLA wAiin/ln/1 Kn, X1 llCIlt'll. XJLC oaja, nib nv/ui-iuvu WVing absent at the Hospital," he cannot describe the wounds: Killed.?John Turney, W. A. Moore, J. A. Clinton. Wounded.?S. H. Lynn, H. J. Allison, Wra. B. Whitaker, J. A. Bell, S. J. Harvey, S. A. Smith, U. B. Fewell, C. H. Mintz, J. C. Faris, J. II. Year|wood, J. J. W. Gazaway, Jos. Murphy, R. E. Wilson, D. R. -Johnson, Curtis Parrott. An Infamous Contrivance.?We were shown yesterday, a shattered Minnie ball that had been extracted from the thigh of a brave South Carolina volunteer, Mr. William W. East, from Laurens District, by Dr. J. H. Jones, at the Manchester Hospital. The ball had in it a piece of hardened steel, crooked so as to produce the most irritating wound, and sharpened as if by machinery. One would think the leaden missile deadly enough in itself without the addition of the above diabolical contrivance. If the Union were not already everlastingly broken, such arguments as the above would go a very little way towards mending it again.? Dispatch. jgiap Among the incidents of the late battle may be mentioned the fact that one company of Col. Jenkins' 1st regiment of Palmetto Sharp-shooters, Company E, Capt. Colclough, captured one hundred and thirty prisoners by themselves. They were deployed as skirmishers at the time. The 5th South Carolina, Colonel Giles, captured three regimental colors, together with one red flag. This latter was taken bv Capt. Walton, acting on " / A ^ Gen. H. R. Anderson's staff, and presented to the regiment in the hottest of the fight. Newbern, Washington and other Banks.?Newbern, Washington and other towns in the Eastern part of this State having been occupied by the enemy, some doubt, we are informed, exists in portions of the country as to the currency of the notes of the banks formerly located there. We cap assure our readers that such doubts are without foundation. The assets of the banks were all removed before the coming of the enemy, and their notes, if good before, are still freely received and paid out by the banks here.? Wilmington Journal. JACKSON'S VICTORIES! o Stonewall's Victory over Fremont. Richmond, June 9,1862. "Jackson has gained a complete victory over Fremont, and is in close pursuit. We have taken artillery and prisoners in abundance. He will get Shields to-morrow. Generals Stewart and Elzy slightly wounded." So says a despatch to us from Staunton. The Yankees crossed the Chickahominy yesterday and attempted to fortify, but were routed by Hood's brigade, leaving forty dead on the field. Our loss two killed and two wounded. Richmond, June 9.?Thank God Jackson has whipped Shields to-day.? It was a complete victory. One entire regiment was captured, and all his artillery. Richmond, June 9.?Gen. (late Col.) Turner Ashby was killed near Harrisonburg, on Thursday, in a skirmish with the enemy. Johnson J. Hooper, late Secretary of the Provisional Congress, died in this city on Saturday. Richmond, June 9.?The following dispatch was received last night. Staunton, June 8.?Shields crossed the Shenandoah river at fort JttepuDiic, and attacked Gen. Jackson this morning. After a short contest Shields was driven back with the loss of two pieces of artillery. Fremont attacked Ewell. We have driven him back, and Ewell is still.pressing him hard. Shields is on the bank of the Shenandoah and Jackson holds him in check. I hope to be able to announce a great victory to you to-night. second dispatch. Fremont is completely routed, and in full retreat. We will get Shields tomorrow. I will give you casualties to-morrow. third dispatch. Generals Stewart and Elzey are both wounded, but not dangerously. It is a complete victory. Jackson is in close pursuit, and has captured artillery and prisoners in abundance. Bombardment of Chattanooga. Chattanooga, June 6?5.30 p. m. ?The enemy have just opened their batteries from the opposite side of the river, with shell and round shot. No notice Avas given. The women and children are flying in every direction. Our batteries are replying, and the sharpshooters are keeping up a hot fire. No serious damage has yet been done to the buildings. During the past thirty minutes several of our .men have been wounded. Chattanooga, June 7.-8 p. m.? The bombardment has ceased. It continued brisk at intervals until eight o'clock. The enemy had three batteries in position on a high ridge. They were replied to by our battery of t^o sixpounders, under the command of Lieut. Armstrong, situated on the bank of the river, and Capt. Barry's battery of.four guns, situated on the heights overlooking the ferry. Spirited firing between the sharpshooters was kept up on both sides of the river. Barry's battery lost one killed and one wounded. Capt. Haines, of the forty-third Georgia regiment, and private Stublitt, of Col. Morgan's command, were badly wounded. Several others were slightly wounded. A number of the enemy ar?' known to be 1..-11.J r\ C ,1 ? K111CU. VU1" 1UHJC CllJJttgCU 11113 J1VI/ uver five hundred, while that of the enemy was from fifteen hundred to two thousand. Two of their guns was silenced. The enemy are reported also at the mouth ot Battle Creek, below Shell Mound, twenty-two miles below Chattanooga, eight thousand strong. They are building flats and preparing to cross the river. Several of the latter have been destroyed by our shells. The above account is reliable. Late Northern papers report that a council of war was held at Nashville last Thursday, when it was resolved that a force of fifteen thousand men should be put in the field to re-take East Tennessee. Chattanooga, June 8.?The enemy resumed shelling the town at 10 o'clock, A. M., to-day, and continued it till < noon, without any casualties to our -troops. The buildings were slightly injured. Our batteries did not respond. Our scouts from across the river report that the enemy left for another position below. They are expected to attempt to cross the river at Brown's Ferry, three miles below Lookout Mountain, or above it some four miles. They have a small boat fitted up as a gunboat. Our troops are in fine spirits. The Confederates ace still holding Chattanooga. The enemy's force is believed to be the whole of Mitchell's command from Nashville and Huntsville, and is estimated as eight thousand strong.? Sharp work is expected to morrow. Camp Notes.?We have had nothing but very light skirmishing since Sunday. Our for ?es have since then drawn in a mile or two at the point of the fight. We generally understand that the enemy are making ready for battle at four points?J, at Drury's Bluff, close up the bank of the James; 2, by the Long Bridge; 3, .by Bottom's Bridge ; and 4, directly from Mcchariicsville.? With the first will of course co-operate Burnside and the Monitor, with other boats. An attack or feint will of course be made from above, north; and this will hold the attention of a column of our forces, or engage them. Gen. R. E. Lee is in command of our I forces, and commands the entire and ' universal confidence of our men. The enemy have uj^ balloons nearly all the time. The immense rains of the 4th may stave off the action several days. The wounded are very well cared for in Richmond. CmcKAiioMiJfY Bridge, June 5. ! Guardian. MoClellan's Concentration. Several private letters found on the battle-field of Saturday last present us with conclusive evidence that McClellan's forces on the Chickahominy consist not only of his Potomac army, i but of heavy drafts from his variously posted forces on the Confederate coasts, I and the armies of the West. It is apparent at once that Richmond is inten- 1 ded to be the prize upon which is J staked his last and grandest effort, for t if he fails, it must be his last, and the \ the last we will ever see or hear of Mc- J Clellan. Here, in front of Richmond, i lie would, if he could, concentrate the entire available force of the United J States, believing that the fate of the ? "rebellion" and his own glory rests up- < on this one blow.?Iiichmond Enq. ' i Federal Losses. The Herald of the 7th and also the [ Tribune state that the Yankee loss at J the Seven Pines, was from 3,000 to 3, 500 killed and 25,000 to 2,700 wound- i ed and missing. * J AN^D^ATG0OD milch j COW with a YOUNG CALF. Apply at thb OFFICE. May 15 20 tf ! Si'ATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, i YORK DISTRICT. ] WHEREAS Lavina 'J. Wilson has | applied to mc fur Letters of Administration, on j all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits , of MATTHEW VV. WILSON late ot the District aforesaid, , deceased. . i 'rim,in -in. ihprnfnre. to cite and aiftnonlsh all and singu lar, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to he and appear before me, at our next Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be holden at York Court House on the 20th day of June lust., to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hnnd and Seal, this 5th day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and , Klxty-two.andin.the 86th year of American Independence. J. B. JACKSON, O. Y. D. June 12 24 2t* STATE' OF SOI'JH tAROLI\A, | YORK DISTRICT. VI7HEREAS Smith Sanders has T T npplied to me for Letters of Administration, on ail and singular the goods and chatties, rights and credits of JAMES SANDERS, late of the District aforesaid, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish ail and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and , appear before ine at out next Ordinary's Court for the said District, to beJiolden at York Court House on the 24th day of June inst., to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand ami Seal, this 0th day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and in the eighty-sixth year of American Independence. JOHN B. JACKSON, O. Y. D. June 12 24 2t* SATTE OFSOITH CAROLINA.. Adjutant and Inspector-General's OrptcE, Columbia, S. C., June 5, 1862. GENERAL ORDER A*0. 22. T GEN. JAMES JONES of ColumX* bia, S. C., having been appointed by the Governor and Council, Quartermaster-General of South Cnroiina, (vice S. L. Glover, deceased,) is hereby announced as such, and will be obeyed and respected accordingly. By order of the Governor and Council. VVILMOT G. DeSAUSSURE, Adjutant and Inspector General of S. C. June 12 24 It "STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER, Columbia, June 6,1862. rpiIE following resolution of the GovJL ernor and Council ha* been ordered to be published : Kcsolreil, That the Resolution of the Governor and Council in relation to the distillation of ardent spirits from fruit, be so far modified as to permit such distillation for private use, but not for sale, except to authorized agents of the .State and Confederate States, and, to regular practicing physicians for medical purposes; and any person distilling or procuring the distillation of ardent spirits from fruit, for sale, or who shall sell the same, except as hereinbefore permitted, shall be subject to the penalties heretofore provided for distilling spirituous liquors from grain, and the distilleries or places of sale of spirits used in violatiod of these regulations shall be deemed nuisances, and liable to be abated. By order of the Governor and Council. -B. F. ARTHUR, Secretary. June 12 24 It /CHARLESTON, JUNE 2,1862.? V_y The undersigned would call the special attention of Planters, and others interested, In this State, to the following REGULATIONS, just received from the Treasury Department. He has also been instructed to obtain from Subscribers the ARMY SUPPLIES, in kind, (such as RICE, CORN, &c.,) which they pledged to the Produce Loan Bureau, for whiclf payment will be immediately made in Confederate Eight per cent. Bonds, or Transferable Slock. I. S. K. BENNETT, Genera! Agent for the State of South Carolina. REGULATIONS AS TO THE PURCHASE OF PRODUCE UNDER THE "ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE EXCHANGE OF BONDS FOR ARTICLES IN KIND, AND THE SHIPMENT, "SALE, OR HYPOTHECATION OF SUCH ARTICLES," APPROVED APRIL 21, 1862. The several Produce Loan Agents appointed In each State shall accept Cotton in kind, which has been or shall be subscribed, in exchange for Eight per cent. Bonds of thb Confederate States, under the following regulations : I- Each Agent shall, by public advertisement, call for offers to be made, setting forth tire quantity, price and quality of the Cotton, and the place at which the same is.deposited ; and upon receiving Ihe offers, he shall cause the Cotton offered to be examined, and the price ascertained and rcjmrted upon, by nn experienced Cotton Broker, and, upon being satisfied that the purchase would be desirable, and tltut the place of deposit is safe, he may conclude the purchase to the extent prescribed to him by the Secretary of the Treasury. When bids nre equal, preference shall be given to subscriptions heretofore made to the Produce Loan. II. No purchase shall be made of Cotton deposited on a plantation, unless the seller shall engage, in writlng4b take due care of tile Cotton while on his plantation and to deIfcmr the same, at his own expense, at the usual place of shipment or rail road delivery, whenever demanded by the Secretary of the Treasury, or Ills Agents, or his or their assigns ; nor shall any such purchase be made of less than twenty bales on one plantation. Wherever purchases of a.,.. i??iSroS inipa nn. maiip. tlie Government A gent in authorized tp have Uiem collected and deposited In a warehouse, or upon some plantation where proper pro vision can be made for their secure custody, and for delivery at the usual place of shipment; and he shall report to the Chief Agent the arrangements thus made, with proper documents for the delivery. f III. Before completing the purchase the Government shall see that each bale of Cotton Is sufficiently secured with Rope and Bagging, and is deposited in a warehouse, or if on a plantation, in some enclosed or covered building, secure from fire, to remain under charge of the seller as warehouseman. The purchase shall then be completed by the delivery of Confederate Bonds or Stock for the price, in exclr'nge/or the documents transferring the property to the Confederate States, and stipulating as specified in these Regulations; and thereupon the Agent shall place upon each bale a Government mark to identify the same. In all cases he shall take the transfer of title in duplicate, setting forth the particulars, one of which he shall forward to the Chief Produce Loon Agent of the" State wherein the Cotton Is deposited, and the other to the Treasury Department at the Scat of Government. ********** VIII. When the Cotton is deposited at a warehouse, the form of transfer shall he in the usual aud customary form in private transactions. ? *?* ??* X. Subscribers to the Produce Loan, may, at any time, pay the amount or value of their subscriptions In Treasury' Notes, Instead of delivering the same in kind, and such payment shall ent'tlc them forthwith to receive Bonds or Certificates of Stock in exchange. C. G. MEMMINGER, Secretary of Treasury. June 12 21 2w WM. M. WALKER. DENTIST, YORKVILLE, S. C. og- Office In the rear of MOORE, RAINEY ?c CO.'S Store, formerly occupied by Messrs. MELTON 4c MELTON, ns a Law Office. July 11 08 tf DR.ALFRED CRAVEN |ksitaf ^urgtcn gtnfist, YORKVILLE, S. O. Qg- On the East side of Main Street, South of the "Palmetto Hotel. "-?l?l January 6 1 tf CAHRIAGE SHOP. rvdB-dyAS THE Subscriber still continues the SZSySjSfj. CARRIAGE and Bl'GGY BUSINESS \I\/ VSy at the old STAND. All kinds of country produce taken in exchange for work. ALSO, HORSE SHOEING aud general country WORK done by YV. P. McFADDEN. January 23 4 tf MOTICK-AT THE NEXT GEN~1 y ERAL Assembly of the State of South Carolina, a|> plication will i><! inane 10 incorporate Dtoncin-u^ CHI.'UCII, of Bethel Presbytery, 8. C. June 5 i2a 6in* Q ETTLE UP !?A LIT PERSONS kj indebted to the undersigned by open account, previous to the Kilt.ST of JANUARY 1861, are hereby requested to close the same by NOTE at an early day. L. M. GRIST. March 2c! 13 tf EOirTAX-COLLECTOR.?T H E friends of Mr. PETERSON JACKSON respectfully announce him us a Candidate for TAX-COLLECTOR of York District, at the next election. November -ii, 186(1. 47 ly* F~ OirYAX-COLLECTOR.?T HE friends of GEORGE VV. COBB, Esq., respectfully announce him its a Candidate for TAX-COLLECTOR for York District, at the next election. November 8, 1860. 43 tf p RATES OF POSTAGEN THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. EC. 1. The Congress of the Confedcrate States of America do enact, That ho much of the irst flection of an Act entitled "an Act to prescribe the ates of postage in the Confederate States of America, and or other purposes," approved February 23,1H51. as relates o sealed packages containing other thnn printed or written natter, including money packages, be ami the same Is here >y so amended as to require that such packages shall be atcd by weight, and charged the rates ot letter postage. Sec. 2. And he it further enacted, That the second secIon of said Act be amended as follows, to wit: That all lewspaper* published within the Confederate States, not ixcecdlng three ounces in weight, and sent from the office if publication to actual and bona fide subscribers within the sonfedcrate States, shall be charged with postage as follows o wit: Thf postage on the regular numbers of a newspa>er, published weekly, shall be ten cents per qunrter; pa* >ers, published semi-weekly, double that amount; papers mblished thrice a week, treble that amount; papers, pub lshedslx times a week, six times that amount; and papers mblished daily,.seven times that amount. And on newsj/lpers weighing morn than three ounces, there shall be :harged on each additional ounce, in addition to the fore;oingrates: On those published once a week, five cents in ounc.i or fraction of an once per quarter; on those pubished twice a week, ten cents per ounce per quarter ; on hose published three times a week, fifteen cents per ounce >er quarter; on those published six times a week, thirty :ents per ounce per quarter; and on those published dally, hlrty-five cents per ounce per quarter. And periodicals mblished oftcnerthan bi-monthly shall be charged as newsjapcrs. And other periodicals sent from the office of pubication to actual and bona fide subscribers shall be charged with postage as follows, to wit: The postage on the regular lumbers or a periodica' published within the Confederate States, not exceeding one and a half ounces in weight, and [mblished monthly, shall be two and a half cents per quar ter; ?1x1c1 lor every iuiukiuiiuj truiieeurirnvuun ui u? two and a half cents additional; if published semi-monthly double that amount. And periodicals published quarterly arbi monthly shall be chanted two cents an onnee; and regular subscribers to newspapers and periodicals shall be required to pay one quarter's postage thereon fu advar re, at the office of delivery, unless paid at the office where published. And there shall he charged upon every other newspaper, and each circular not sealed, handbill, engraving, 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 carh additional ounce or fraction ot an ounce, two cents additional; and in all cases the postage shaUl be pre paid by stain;*, or otherwise, as the Postmaster General siiail direct; and books, bound or unbound, not weighing over four pounds, shall be deemed mailnblp matter, and shall be charged with postage, to be prepaid hy stamps or otherwise, as the Postmaster General may direct,sot two cents an ounce for any distance. And upon all newspapers, periodical and books, as aforesaid, published beyond the limits of the Confederate States, there shall be charged postage at double the fore going specified rates. The publishers of newspapers or periodicals wlihin the Confederate States, may send and receive to and from each other, from their respective offices of publication, one copy of each publication free of postage. All newspapers, unsealed circulars, or other unsealed printed transient matter, placed in any post office, not for |ransmlssioD but for delivery only, shall be charged postage at the rate of one cent each. Sec. 3. Jind be it further enacted, That the third section of the nbove recited Act be and the same is hereby so amnnded as to authorize the Posttnnster-Gencral to provide and furnish ten cent stamps and stamped envelopes; and that the provisions, restrictions and penalties prescribed by said section of said Act, for violations of the same, In relation to two, five and twenty cent stamps and stamped envelopes, shall, in all respects, apply to the denomination of stamps and stamped envelopes herein provided for. Sec. 4. Jlnd be it further enacted, That the proviso contained In tbe fifth section of the said Act, be so amended as to extend to the Chiefs of the Contract, Appointment and Finance Bureaus of the Post Office Department, the privilege therein conferred upon the Postmaster-General, his chief Clerk, and the Auditor of the Treasury for the Pott Office Department, of transmitting through the malls, free of postage, any letters, packages or other matters relating exclusively to their official duties, or to the business of the Post Office Department, subject to the restrictions and penalties prescribed by the said proviso; and that this act take effect and be in force, from and after its passage. - HOWELL COBB, President of the Congress. Approved Mav 13,1861. JEFF. DAVIS. TO PLANTERS AND FARMERS. YORK DISTRICT. Aty D. Falls, for another, is. J. R. Hudson?Attachment. \T7HEREAS, the Plaintiff did on the T T Ibth day of October, 1861, file his declaration against the Defendant, who, as it is said, is absent front and without the limits or this Suite, and has neither wife nor attorney known, within the same, 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 10th day of October, which \yill 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. S. E. .MOORE, c. c. c. vis. October 24 ($8) 43 lyq SOUTH CAROLINA--YOKHDISTl THIS day, J. M. Deal, of King's Creek, of said district brings before me, A. Hardin, Magistrate, an estray HORSE of the following-description: A dark bay Horse 16 hands high, with a white spot in bis forehead and one on his nose ; no brands visible?supposed to be thirteen years old?appraised at one hundred dollars. Said horse can be found four miles North-West of the King's Mountain Rattle Ground, about eight miles NorthEast of the Cherokee Iron Works. A. HARDIN, Magistrate. June 5 23 3m JJ II ' CIM*"?K tmOJUDlVH H Q ^ ;ilUl!Ai?uopoqpuB uo aiuoa oh Ja3uu| aub JJo ij ijupwdjo paau *oa o; aany lima aauojoy ay; pno 'nuuy ay; ut aiou 310 saiJJOd ay; fo uoiiiod. u so 'paso|J aq pinoqs siunoaau n? juqi .Gussaa -au sj'jj js?| .Gentrer jo isj aqj uo paAiossjp sum uug aqi sb 'Hs'V'D JO 3X0N *1 tnunoooB jjaqi apjas pus ||bj oi pa -is an ha J .(psatUBa am '00 Y aaoiHOXV'd H D TT to mm oui oi Daiaa?ui suosiod tt V J" o 1 'I ' I ^ . XX f *XS3ilb3H XS3VMV3 pORN! CORN!!?I W I S H T 0 \J buy, expressly for tin- GOVERNMENT, 10,000 BUSHELS OF CORN. I will furnish SACKS mid pay the highest CASH price. I wish it distinctly understood tliat tills is not for speculation, ainl I hone that those who have Cora to sell would prefer selling it to the GOVERNMENT at a fair price rather than let it pass Into the hands of speculators. , J. C. MILLER. February 27 9 tf ^ OTTON IS KING!?THE-SUB^ SCRiBEK gives this notice to all those that know themselves indebted to him, that he must pay his debts, and thut hecanot dolt without money; and also,'that those who have aceounts with him of long standing, must make settlement eithur by Cash or Note, as lie is determined to close up .lis 1 looks to the tirst of January 1861. JOHN sJIMFtSON, Chester, S. C. i February 21,1861 d tf % ' i BUDscnoer aesires to miorm tne JL public that he I# prepared to furnish to any one that wonts such a thing, the BEST COTTON GIN that Is made anywhere, and lie is still making Improvements on his former Gins, and lias no fear in challenging any other Gin Factory to produce an equal in performance or speed.? With good, dry Cotton, the roll it! the gin cannot be broken * nor made to spew over?which cannot be said of any other gin. His gin also has advantages and Improvements which no other can have, as these have b?en regularly patented, ?such as the exclusion of rats from the brush, fcc., by the' peculiar construction of the gin, which no other has a right to make. He also makes THRASHERS of different construction to suit the wish of any one; the spike beater combined, the smooth drum with Angers and no spikes and different other patterns. He has also the right of the celebrated Garllngton Thrashers which are very much admired by every one that has seen or tried them. Any one wanting a superior Gin or Thrasher can he supplied by sending his order to me at Chester C. H., So. Ca. Work will be carefttlly shipped to any place desired. Repairing donii at short notice. JOHN SIMPSON. (Jg- To Hnusc-Builders, I will say that I am constantly manufacturing Sashes, Blind* and poors of every description, of good materia! and of the very best workmanship. All Work carefully packed and forwarded to order. January 5 1 tf ROSE'S HOTEL. fORKYILLE. S. C. , 4 THIS large brick building is still open . ' -for the reception and accommodation ot the travelling public, under the superB iffifjeJUlfc- intendenee of the owner himself. With *?n.J4jamee- asssurancc to all who patronize him, that they will find at his house, rooms equal to nnv In the State, and the tnblc supplied with the best this market will afford, the Proprietor returns thanks for the liberal patron age extended to him in the past, and hopes by strict attention in future, to make this house as heretofore?comfortable to the Traveller and profitable to himself. MY OMNIBUS will he found at the RAIL ROAD DEPOT to convev passengers and their baggage to this House, FREE OF CHARGE. Good STABLES attached to this Hotel. Carriages, Hor ses, and attentive servants, always hi readiness to convey travellers to any part of the country. No or re noirned Whip*, at this establishment. W. E.' ROSE. January 26 4 tf A~cheap light. THAVE on hand and for sale, a supnlvnf TEREBENE OfL. LAMPS. CHIMNEYS and WICK. This Oil is burnt at a cost of less than a half cent per hour, and Is cheaper than caudles at twenty cents per pound. It Is burnt In the common KEROSENE LAMP with a slight alteration. Send In your lamps and have them altered, and give It a trial. TERMS CASH. M. JONES, Manufacturer's Agent, At "SRowes" Hotel. A LSO A LOT ?OF~"iGOOD WRIXX TING PAPER FOR SALE. M. JONES. May 8 19 tf "LIGHT! LIGHT! I LET THERE BE LIGHT!" THE SOUTHERN OIL. IT is non-explosive?it is a cheap light, a brilliant one?it Is Indigenous to our own soil?it will not cost more than # a cent an hour?and I will sell it at .$lnergallon; If any person who buys a lamp is too poor to nil it, / trill do it, gratuitously, if they buy their lamps from me. I liave no Agents, and want none. M. ALEXANDER. May 29 - 22 tf ? O R K MA RBLE 1A R D~ RICHARD HARE, respectfully Informs the citizens of York and Chester Districts, and the adjoining counties of North Carolina, that he Is fully prepared to supply every article in the MARBLE LINE, of the highest style of finish and at reasonable prices. He keeps constantly on hand, a large supply of FOREIGN and DOMESTIC MARBLE, and specimens of his work may be always seen at the Yard, nearly opposite the "ENQUIRER" PRINTING OFFICE, and a lew doors North of "Stowe's" Hotel. 0(7- 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, ice. January 10 2 lp STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ' YORK DISTRICT. _ G. R. Ratchford vs. J. K. Hudson?Attachment. YX7HEREAS the Plaintiff did on the T T 18th day of October 1861, file his declaration pgainst the Defendant, who Is without the limits of this State, and has neither wife nor attorney known within the same, upon whom a copy of the said declaration mignt be served. It is, therefore, ordered, that the said Defendant do appearand plead to the said declaration, on or before the 19th day of October, which will be In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, otherwise final and absolute judgment will then bo given and awarded against him. S.'E. MOORE, c. c. c. pls. October 24 ($8) 43 lyq "state of solth carolijia,